i-95. that is where jay korff is live with the investigation happening now. jay? jay: the seemingly skilled thieves are coming in and actually taking the lug nuts off. taking the tire and the rim. so essentially the whole wheel with it. all they are leaving behind are the lug nuts. >> a lot of people come down here and we rely on having our vehicles safe in the parking lot. jay: more than 2,000 cars park in the lot off i-95 and prince william county. some vehicle owners are wondering if they should continue parking here. >> the cars should be safe here. jay: thursday evening to find all four of the wheels stolen. she wasn't alone. they shared the pictures with us. two s.u.v.'s. friday morning we found a fourth victim, the black toyota without tires and rims. only the lug nuts left behind. >> it was everything.

it was anger. it was shock. it was surprise. then kind of embarrassment. jay: this is not the first time it happened in. he october we reported a similar rash of crimes. they installed temporary cameras and placed the undercover detectives at the time. no arrests were made. >> i wish that prince william county or the state or somebody, whoever can, can do something. it's unacceptable to the commuter. >> that is how it's set up. jay: they carefully selected the vehicle friday afternoon hoping it would be their last wheelless victim from the lot. >> i get up at 4:30 in the morning. every day i go to work and i come home and i think everything will be interact. jay: so we did speak with prince william county authorities and they say after the latest rash of crimes they will increase patrol in the commuter lot.

live in woodbridge, jay korff, abc7 news. leon: wall street ended the week on a down note with the stocks plunging to the worst start of the year ever. the plunge caused by another drop in the price of oil that is under $30 a barrel. first time we have seen that in a long time. the dow fell 390 points to close under 16,000. the nasdaq dropped 126 points to close at 4488. since the start of the year the dow is down 8%. nasdaq is down 10%. maureen: we are on storm watch tonight with the widespread rain moving in the area. how long will it last? get the latest forecast from chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: it is around tonight and most of the night and the overnight hours as well. light rain outside the belfort furniture center after a cloudy day. check the numbers. chilly. raw out there with the rain. too warm for any snow or ice worries at all. 50 in chevy chase. 44 in dale city. 49 in college park. 48 in anacostia.

43 in ashburn. the day lar is a solid sea of green. that is the rain. the orange and the yellow is the heaviest rain. we think it will stay south and east of the city. where it is now, over portion of charles county and st. mary's county. that area extends well southeast to the lower bay, lower eastern shore, maryland and vass across the outer -- maryland and across the outer banks. this is intensifying off the coast and it will help pull the rain out. so as we look for rain through the night. if you are out tonight you still deal with the rain. temperatures will fall between 36 and 42. we'll talk about the weekend weather in a few minute. leon: you got it. a dozen marines are missing after helicopter crash. it's off the island of oahu.

rough seas with a big challenge now. 30-foot waves in the area. the cause of the crash is under investigation. stay with us at abc7. we will keep you updated on what we learn. maureen: crossing state and the city lines to compromise on gun control. attorneys general from virginia, maryland and d.c. stemmed down today. the talk about how to reduce the gun violence in the area. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live with the result of the discussion. jeff? jeff: a pledge by the democrats to work together on the issue. but no specifics how it will take shape. >> the top cops from a district of the state and the commonwealth. >> we are taking action.

>> on issue with anger and pain every day. >> they are trying to revent guns reaching criminals and the mentally ill. >> through the regional operation we can stemof the gun violence. >> according to the maryland attorney general gun deaths in the jurisdictions average 1,500 a year with the virginia topping the list followed by maryland and d.c. when pressed on the specifics the leaders have few answers. countering that it starts with communication. >> 2 information sharing is what can help lead to concrete steps. >> one idea is asking gun owners to sign and keep the guns off the street and from crossing the state line.

>> we seem to become the face of the villain. >> operation on all levels is good in theory. like to see how it will play out. >> another issue here is politics. the city council in washington and the legislature in maryland are more open to gun control legislation than general assembly in richmond. now attorney general are going to fight for the gun control legislation that he adds will help the cooperative effort with maryland and d.c. live in mclean, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you. jeff. next tuesday join us for a town hall roundtable discussion on guns in america. the chief political correspondent scott thuman is live in paris where he will be

comparing gun laws. maureen: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a string of the business burglaries in montgomery county. tonight they use surveillance video of the suspect. plus a group of the fifth graders have their own take on the ihave a dream speech. i have that story coming up. leon: the lawmaker making a news push for the dangers of crumb rememberer field. details ah

maureen: montgomery county police released surveillance video. they are investigating burglaries and believe they're connected to all three cases. montgomery county beer and wine targeted twice with the a-1 mailbox store. in each case they smashed a glass door to get in. if you have any information about this, call police right away. leon: a suspect featured on abc7's wall of justice days ago is now in police custody. facing say all the and robbery charges. they arrested melvin latney last night saying he was responsible for five sexual assault robberies. they found him thanks to tips from the surveillance video.

>> it was ramped up when we realized we were dealing with the same person. >> the attacks happened all across the city and he approached women from behind and hit them on the head. >> coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- >> standing right here. the people were looking out. i felt like i was doing the same thing. leon: an annual tradition. how elementary school students honor the legacy before the holiday. maureen: rain tonight and possible snow before the end of the weekend. doug is back with a complete storm watch forecast. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports, villanova is town and the nets hang on to a big -- nats keep a big piece of their pitching staff. that's when we continue. for the girl scout meeting...

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congress just voted to label getically engineered salmon; which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. why not other foods? gmo crops are doused with heavy doses of an herbicide the world health organization says probably causes cancer. isn't that reason enough to label? 64 other countries label gmos. why don't american shoppers have the same information? tell your senator, high tech gimmicks like qr codes aren't the answer. wewe need clear on-package labeling. leon: "7 on your side" i-team update now. northern virginia lawmaker is calling for a moratorium on crumb rubber after concerns and a potential link between cancer and the popular filler used on the athletic fields in the area. our i-team exposed the problem

in november. now delicate marcus simon is calling on the commonwealth to stop installing chrome rubber for three years. >> stop making the problem worse. we have enough indications that this is a problem, potentially a serious problem. le's not make it worse. stop where we are. pause as far as the crumb rubber is concerned until we get the answer we need. leon: getting the answers, they are calling for the virginia health department to do its own testing and report back in a year. they picked similar legislation last year but said he didn't get the time to sell it to lawmakers. maureen? maureen: wal-mart is walking away from the plans to build two stores in the district. those stores were to be build at the sky lam down center in southeast. and the capitol gateway marketplace in northeast. but today wal-mart canceled the projects as part of a plan to close 269 stores worldwide. >> oh, my gosh, it's supposed to be going in over there.

>> unbelievable, man. we need the jobs, especially in these areas. maureen: when we asked mayor muriel bowser about wal-mart's decision she would only say the city is looking at all of the options and possible remedies. leon: fifth graders from a d.c. elementary school took to the podium today in the spot that martin luther king junior did 50 years before. we go to the memorial and perhaps back in time. >> i have a dream one day this nation will ride up and live out the true meaning of the creed. >> 10 and 11-year-olds stepped up and into some big shoes. >> we refuse to believe that's not the great opportunity of the nation. >> standingstanding in the same. >> to be where martin luther king stood. >> reciting a speech that said the fifth graders say is still important today.

>> he wanted everybody to have equal rights. >> more than 50 years having gone by. the scene out here is a big difference. the parents tell me the message still rings true. having the kids involved in stuff like this is a step in the right direction. >> this shows them that yet today we still have a dream. >> the audience this time around still involved. elementary school doing their part to overcome. honor the minister and the activist through his own words. >> free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last. maureen: you can watch monday's mlk day parade live on monday. sam ford is the host and it starts at 12:30 p.m. on the sister station abc7 newschannel.

>> i'll chilly. bundle up. in the morning in the 20's. 20's in the day. gusty win and the wind chills. no rain or ice or snow. maureen: we will have some rain this weekend. doug: it's raining now. the good news is the rain will move out by 4:00 in the morning. the weekend looks good. tell you the details on friday. we start off with a look at the almanac page. another day in book as above average temperature day. 50 and 34 the official high and low at the reagan national airport. the average is 43 and 28. as we get through the evening hours here we will drop, because the clouds and the rain were not dropping that much. we have been keeping score every day through december and january. yellow dates highlighted are the days above average. blue ones are the below arch days. right now there there is yellow so we will see what happens. it will turn cold next week. next week we will see blue days there. as the crazy weather patterns tries to set in.

cloudy. we look at the capitol wheel. 46 at the reagan national airport. mid-40's in the metro area. later tonight the winds will draw north. it will draw many colder air. plenty of rain on radar. the old screen is filled with rain in the green. this is the heaviest rain. this is on target with the computer models. heaviest rain is east and southeast of the metro area where the heaviest amount would be. over an inch or so to lower eastern shore. metro area, maybe .7 or .8 of an inch. we will give you a big view of the system now. it's all consolidating here. all the rain is pulled together as the storm system starts to consolidate. i will get stronger and moves

offshore. that motion is beneficial to us. as that happens overnight, 3:00 4:00 in the morning it will accelerate rain moving offshore. and clearing skies. despite rainy start for the weekend it's going to turn out nice here. 35 to 42. the overnight temperatures. once the rain ends. it will be northerly by morning. wake-up temperatures in the area, a lot of upper 30's. 40 in brentwood. 38 in waldorf. 36 in germantown by tomorrow morning. the future cast shows the low pressure center. take it one step at a time here as it pulls out. rapid clearing through the morning. gusty winds. temperatures around 50 or so. plenty of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. clouds roll back on sunday. by sunday night another push of cold air and maybe snow flurries and it will turn cold next week. 51, 40, 29. the high temperatures for the next few days. see which way the numbers are going here. in the next seven days once we turn cold on monday, on dr. martin luther king day

with a high of 20. it will stay cold all week with temperatures in the 30's until we hit 40 next friday. that is the latest. back to you. leon: good deal. when you last were here you mentioned something might happen with stephen strasburg. robert: it's big news. if he can stay healthy. like you mention. one more year. how about it? the nats avoid arbitration holding on to a big piece of their staff. will the hoyas give villanova the first big east loss since last season?

robert: we start with big news out of the nats camp. they agreed to a one-year deal with right-hander stephen strasburg. worth $x.4 million. he went 11-7 in 2014. making a surge near the end of the season. second half of the season he went 6-2 with a 1.90 e.r.a. for more on that go to wjla.com. all right. in college hoops the big matchup for the hoyas tomorrow afternoon. they are hosting sixth ranked villanova. villanova hasn't lost a big east game since last season. they were blown out by guess who? georgetown. hoyas won by 20. 78-50. erin hawksworth caught up with hoyas on tonight's matchup. >> definitely. on a streak of our own. at the same time we can't let it get in our way of the goal ahead. we are trying to beat them.

be one in the big east. >> it's just motivation. we have to come out and play hard. we should get another "w." >> with a game like this, this time of year, conference play. i don't think that the coach, sometimes you have to go looking for things to pump your team up and the added incentives. i don't think we need anything added for the game. >> caps-spurs last night. the three from last night. three from jimmy green and then leonard. where did he come from? one-handed putback. spurs win that 99-95. leonard wins the night. starting sunday at 11:30 we will debut the brand new sports show. get your fix on sundays night. again at 11:30. some quick notes. caps are off tonight and the wizards are on the road taking on indiana. that tips off at 7:00. big news with the nats. stephen strasburg, one more year. leon: now they have him locked

down. they need to know what they will do with papelbon. that is a question. >> mystery right there. maureen: what does it have to do with the weather? doug: not so much but that is good. weather is easy. it is going to rain tonight. clearing out overnight and back to sunshine. breezy weather and 51 tomorrow. turning colder with the clouds increasing and sunny and 40. sunday even colder air arrive with the flurries. monday it's brutally cold compared to today. highs in the upper 20's. gusty winds and sunshine. the numbers, it will stay cold next week. for the snow lovers the deal is we get cold air but no storms around. if we get storms in the 40's then it's rain. steve rudin will have more on the weekend trend and update the monday parade forecast. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: see you at 11:00.

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