a little less than an inch in clarksburg so far. three-quarter in leesburg. half an inch capital beltway. the numbers are getting higher temperature wise in the past few hours but generally a cool rainy day. temperatures are only dropping a degree or two. may actually rise in a few spots this evening. as the back edge of the cold front gets closer and closer to metro washington. heavy rain south of the metro area. that will continue eastward. as you look farther south through southeastern and carolina that will extend through georgia. that is the most active part of the storm system. that, too, will move off the east coast tonight. gradually we will see things come around for us as the rain ends. we might see a touch of clearing. wide range of temperatures overnight. 39 to 53 degrees. we look ahead to weekend in a few minutes. back to you. leon: you got it. thank thy the worst of the rain is over but it could make for a messy commute. jeff goldberg on the road in mobile track 7.

where are you and how is it looking out there? jeff: this is the rush hour you expect conditions to be terrible on the road. but we are moving. we are at 28th headed south toward centreville in the chantilly root 50 area. we will let you look up front to see some red light. this is traffic that just really started. we have been moving relatively smoothly. take a look at the back of mobile track 7. traffic is moving. so, definitely a lot of rain and fog. visibility is not ideal. but it seems like people must have known the forecast was going to be an ugly one for this rush hour commute and maybe have stayed off the roads. we are continuing to track the traffic around the area. but things at the moment moving relatively smoothly despite the gloomy weather. back to you in the studio. leon: all right, jeff. be careful out there. folks, you can stay connected with the storm watch 7 team on wjla.com, or you can follow the facebook and the twitter feeds. you can download the storm watch 7 app for your tablet or

your smart phone. alison? alison: now new developments in the murders of a mother and daughter in fort washington. today, police charge the 2-year-old girl's father in the shooting. maryland bureau chief brad bell broke this story first on twitter. and he joins us now from police headquarters in palmer park with the latest. brad? brad: alison, we are set up here in the multipurpose room at police headquarters for a press conference that will get underway anytime now. one of the cameras back there is ours. we will bring it to you live when it happens. first i want to show you video we took a little more than an hour ago. what they call a perp walk. we got an opportunity to see in person this young man arrested and charged with the terrible crime. his name daron boswell-johnson. 25 years old. it is alleged that yesterday at just about 7:00 a.m., he shot the mother of his child. and then in her own car seat his own 2-year-old daughter.

their names, neshante davis. 26 years old. 2-year-old chloe davis-green was the little girl. now a little background on this case. last fall, it was determined with a court-ordered paternity test that in fact mr. boswell-johnson was the father of chloe davis-green. subsequently a judge ordered in december that he pay $600 a month in child support to neshante davis. we don't know if that was, if it was alleged that was the motive here. we expect to get more details on this case. what police know about it. we going to hear from the state's attorney angela alsobrooks when the press conference gets underway. we will bring it to you live. at police headquarters brad bell, abc7 news. leon: we'll see you soon. in the meantime, lawyers for natalie keepers withdrawn the bond request ahead of a canceled court appearance. keepers is accused of helping

fellow virginia tech student david eisenhauer dispose of 13-year-old nicole lovell's body. they also charged keepers being accessory both before and after the crime. eisenhauer is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapped. lovell's funeral is schedule for tomorrow in blacksburg. alison: the virginia general assembly is now considering a bill to bring back the use of the electric chair. this measure would allow for the chair's use if the drugs used in lethal injections are not available. even if the bill passes it would not apply to the case of ricky gray. he is scheduled to die march 16. virginia has run out of the drug cocktail. gray killed seven people in richmond in 2006. leon: only on 7 tonight, a 7-year-old tells doctors that his father and stepmother forced his hands in to boiling water and also shackled him to his bed. now the clarksburg parents are facing felony charges of child abuse. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis spent his day digging through court records

for the story. kevin: cops say craig and nicole wilson beat and rescraped their 7-year-old home in this clarksburg home. in necessary, the young boy was irlifted to children national where he told doctors the parents often encased him in plastic wrap and zip tied him to his bed. he was frequently left hungry, even on thanksgiving day. the boy also said his parents put his hands in hot water causing blisters. >> it is. this is just crazy. ludicrous. reporter: today, nicole's mother preached innocence. >> i want people to know my daughter is not a monster, not a child abuser. she is a good mother, loving mother, her children will testify to that. kevin: yet police say the williams admitted to restraining the child nearly every day for seven months. craig allegedly recalled seeing fee call matter and -- fecal matter and urine on the boy in morning check-in. >> you have faith in your daughter and craig. >> i do. >> how come?

>> they are good people and good parents. kevin: a judge initially set nicole williams' bond at $400,000. her husband craig had $300,000 bond. but the duo cried foul and the judge knocked the bonds down to $10,000 each. guess what? the couple has since bonded out of jail as they now await trial. nicole's mom is more than pleased. >> the police can say anything they want. i am telling you what i know. my daughter is not a child abuser. kevin: inform clarksburg -- in clarksburg, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. leon: court hearing underway in the sexual asought case against bill cosby. a judge will decide if an agreement between previous direction attorney and cosby is valid. the prosecutor said he reached the deal to help a civil case of a pennsylvania woman who said cosby assaulted her in 2004. it was a verbal agreed in that case. the current prosecutor used information from the deposition to charge cosby.

dozens of women have come forward over the past year to accuse cosby of drugging and assaulting them. alison: to politics now. two more presidential candidates dropped out after pour show -- poor showings in iowa. rand paul and rick santorum calling it quits. paul will focus on re-election to the senate. democrat martin o'malley and republican mike huckabee dropped out on monday night. so polls showed donald trump leading in iowa. as you know, he came in second. now, new polls show trump ahead in new hampshire. the latest poll gives trump a 17-point lead over the nearest competitor. that is jeb bush. kitch kitch kitch -- john kasich comes in third. and ted cruz round out the top five. leon: for the democrats, vermont senator bernie sanders the latest presidential candidate to receive secret service protection. former first lady, hillary clinton has had lifetime ro

text with secret service. now, in the last three minutes we learned hillary clinton is planning a day of action in virginia thursday. it's unclear if she is in the old dominion. her campaign is planning events in fairfax and reston. we will keep you posted. alison: coming up here at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- adding time. how a local school district is upping the antiwhen it comes to teaching your kids. leon: later, fighting for a new trial. we will take you to the first day of a hearing in saed's case being featured on a serial podcast. >> i didn't know what had happened. alison: as an area works to pick up the pieces the same storm that spawned tornadoes isn't finished yet. plus, as the zika virus continues to spread around the world. find out how

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control them opposed to boston or washington, d.c. >> dr. fauci says it is unlikely to see a major outbreak due to the mosquitoes. dr. fauci: we have had mini outbreaks in texas. as soon as it was noticed there was an aggressive mosquito control effort put in to put the lid on that. it went nowhere. >> even though there what been two document cases of sexually transmission of zika virus before this week, but stresses the primary transmission is through the mosquito. it's unclear the potential for sexual transmission is now. dr. fauci: we are trying to find that out quickly. we know the virus likely has to be in the seminal fluid if it's transmitted sexually.

we don't know how long it lasts there. >> he adds they are working with the university and pharmaceutical companies on the vaccine. leon: thank you. clean-up is underway after a powerful storm system sweeps the country. six tornadoes reported in mississippi overnight. check out the funnel cloud. that was captured in alabama. the system also brought severe flooding to georgia. in atlanta the firefighters were able to rescue the driver. alison: we are talking about flooding but nothing like that. doug: it's localized here. the terrain, topography. the big hills and the low areas plays a lot with a lot of runoff. here it has been a fairly slow steady slow melt. the aggravated factor is the area of rain. it is moving through quickly. we will get out without a lot of flooding. get to it. time lapse from damascus in

montgomery county. you can see the snow around the trees. watch just from the temperatures in the 50's and the rain watch a lot of it start to recede and melt off. multiple -- multiply it across the snow on the ground and look how quickly it is melting. plus the rain. setup is in place for possibility of flooding so there is a large area that is under flood watch. generic flood watch until tonight. the jurisdictions in the dark green. specific areas are added. localized flooding could be experienced. that is the pattern few tonight. but the best news is the rain is moving out of the area. the temperatures have been all over the place. we never warned up across the board as we thought. the areas not far from here did with 77 degrees at noon in virginia beach while 45 in reagan national. we had warm air overhead and warm air to the north, to the west, to the east, to the south.

but we had chilly air because of the snow pack here. locked into it. the warm air is bringing us fog. we have zero vizbility in the airport at leesburg. to the south of manassas ten miles visibility. it's variable. it's not everywhere. if you are in the fog you could be socked in. check out numbers now. 74 in virginia beach. 61 in pittsburgh. 52 in reagan national. the temperatures won't drop a lot tonight. the satellite and the radar shows what is happening. long expansive thunderstorm developing ahead of the cold front. this stretches from new england to georgia. pull back. we have 800-mile stretch off the coast of dell marva to the panhandle. numerous and the widespread showers and the thunderstorms. in a small line.

all of this is pushing out. the cold front is still west. that is important because as we go through the next few hours there could be another band of light showers tonight come through. that is the heaviest rain. most of this will stay south of washington. continuing through the middle pennsylvania, southern maryland, the eastern shore. rain ending to the west. look at the future cast. the model suggests by 1:30 in the morning ahead of the actual cold front there could be another batch of showers coming through. that is it. it starts to clear out. we will enjoy sunshine. late tomorrow night, though, we will keep eyes farther south and east along the frontal zone because by late tomorrow night to friday morning a little storm system will develop and it may brush east and southeast of washington with snowflakes friday morning. day planner for tomorrow, we will get sunshine at times. the temperatures are 50 degrees in the morning. we will fall a little bit as the northwesterly winds bring in drier air and cooler air as

well. falling temperatures tomorrow. weekend looks good to me. 50's on saturday. low 50's with sunny on sunday. turning chillier on monday. storm system to the south and east could bring light snow or snowshowers to part of the area monday night, tuesday, tuesday night. right now we are expecting mainly cloudy and cold weather. we don't expect the blizzard 2016 partdeaux. alison: daily dose of cute. can't get enough of bei bei. the national zoo posted video of the panda cub. he is growing more. the zoo says he is starting to eat solid foods now. leon: fingers. alison: yeah. [laughter] he nibbles on the usual panda snack of bamboo. his favorite food is sweet potatoes. leon: hook him up with patty

pies. alison: go to breaking news in a moment out of prince george's county. this is the story we have been following about the young mother and her dodd her who were shot and -- toddler who were shot and killed. leon: neshante davis the mother, 2-year-old chloe davis-green shot and killed in the parking lot of their apartment building at 7:00 a.m. yesterday morning as she was going to work. waiting now to see the prince george's county officials come out and brief the press on the latest. we understand that they have in custody the person they believe is responsible for the shooting, the father of the child. >> i'm julie parker, the media relations director for the prince george's county police department. our homicide detective, some of whom are in the room as we speak have worked on this tragic double murder since 7:00 yesterday morning. we have pleased to announce, albeit with heavy hearts, that this case is closed after a father admitted to fatally shooting his 2-year-old daughter chloe and the little girl's mother, 26-year-old neshante davis.

the suspect is 25-year-old daron boswell-johnson of 6500 block of pennsylvania avenue in forestville. prince george's county police officers arrested him yesterday in neighboring montgomery county, maryland. at this point, we believe that the father had gone to confront miss davis at her home about child support issues involving chloe. interim chief and the state's attorney angela alsobrooks are going to elaborate on the problem with domestic violence and what we are doing together to try our best to prevent future tragedies like this. chief? >> thank you, julie. i want to begin by expressing my sympathy to the family of neshante and chloe.

this is not a happy circumstance. this is a callous and a cold-hearted crime. i want to thank the state attorney miss alsobrooks being there side-by-side with me from if beginning. i want to thank the men and women standing behind you who haven't slept since yesterday in order to bring resolution to this. as we promised the community yesterday, when we know what happened we will come to you and we will explain it. at the end of this process, we found that this is another tragic case of domestic violence. a father killing a child. as a father of a daughter it's incomprehensible to me. it's cold and callous. the circumstances do not lend us to celebrate. yes, we made apprehension and we have closed the case. i assure the public this isn't a random crime. but i am asking and so will the state's attorney to enlist your support around the issues of domestic violence because coming and talking about the death of another child is

unacceptable. i spoke to faith leaders and know that the county executives and county council reached out to me in the last 24 hours expressing their grief and wanting to know what can be done. i want v to thank the men and women behind -- i have to thank the men and women behind you. they brought it to resolution for the community. i'm asking for your support as we work on the difficult issues. and the goal is not to have the conversations. not to lose another child. with that i turn it over to miss alsobrooks who wants to make remarks as well. >> i, too, want to offer my deepest sympathies to the davis family and to say to them i think i speak for this entire community when i say that we continue to be grief-stricken, angry and just so sad about the events of the last 24 hours or so.

i, too, want to thank the men and women of the department. they are phenomenal. it's no exaggeration when we say they have not slept at all since this occurred to this moment. many of them have the same men and women i saw on the scene yesterday didn't go home to their families last night. instead, they wanted to make sure that neshante and chloe's family had some relief today in knowing that the person who committed these acts had been apprehended. so i want to thank them so much on behalf of the community for the work they continue to do in each of these cases. as the chief said and i want to thank him and i also want to thank joseph ruddy, the chief of our homicide unit who is here and who also from the very first hour of the event to now has worked around the clock to make sure that this case was investigated and we are beginning to prepare our case to be prosecuted. i want to thank him as well. and also echo the sentiments of the chief who i want to

thank for his leadership, for being out there yesterday. we both have young daughters. so i can tell you that this case was not -- none of the cases, in fact, are just numbers. these are all people to us. we are both parents. it struck us in a way that is hard to describe. oil was painful for both of -- it was painful for both of us. we are committed to not just responding which we find we do in these cases. that case i assure you we will continue to investigate. well will prepared to present the strongest case possible. to make sure that we bring mr. johnson to justice and we are able to bring peace to the family. we assure you we will do that. even after that is done it won't be enough. unless unless we assure there is never another chloe davis-green and never another neshante. we are tired of talking about

babies dying in your community and we are committed to continuing the work we started before this happened. working with the faith community. these cases can't be resolved here at the police station. they can't be resolved at the courthouse. we said it over and over again and we mean it. these are the issues that have to be dissolved many our families. in this community. we are really committed to working to make sure that we do everything possible to ensure our families don't continue to experience the kind of violence we have seen. four of our cases so far this year have been domestic in nature. far too many. we are going to continue to work to make sure we never ever have another baby killed in the way that chloe was killed. thank you. [inaudible question] >> in the early morning hours yesterday, we believe we had strong suspect information.

we were able to quickly piece that together and develop a suspect that we eventually took into custody. and then through a series of interviews develop the case from there. apologizing in advance so that is as much detail i can give you right now. we are transitioning from a closed police investigation to beginning of a prosecution. >> thank you very much. leon: prince george's county police and the district attorney there saying that the case now is closed. they did get a confession from daron boswell-johnson. saying he was confronting the mother of the child, little chloe davis-green, 2-year-old chloe davis and killed neshante and chloe davis in the parking lot. alison: here we have a situation, we are hearing from the officials but they are speaking very much as parents. both of them. referencing the fact they also were parents of small children. this broader issue of domestic violence is one they plan on fighting in the community. leon: yeah. saying they are tired of talk about babies dieing in the community. they are saying that but they

didn't mention it here. there was another case a month ago, the second case where a child was killed in thatcourt this year. it happened with a 6-year-old child killed last month. that is why they are taking it so seriously. alison: four cases in all this year involving domestic violence. so, that is the situation in prince george's county. we will continue to follow the case and the others. we'll take a quick break. we'll

>> we are back with a water main break in arlington. it was just an eight-inch main but it caused a lot of damage. they are still making repairs after the road buckled between north quinn and rhodes street. one lane is getting by on wilson. leon: it will take real commitment to get to ben's chili bowl from there. right now the search is on for flint michigan emergency manager after he failed to appear on congressional hearing on the water crisis. michelle marsh has the new developments in the investigation. michelle: darnell early was on the list of those to testify at the house oversight committee but his attorney refused the subpoena saying there is no way his client could make it in time. >> we are calling on the u.s. marshals to hunt him down and give him that subpoena. michelle: other state and federal officials at the

hearing played the blame game. >> they urged them to address the lack of corrosion control but encountered resistance. michelle: few members of the house panel had any patience for. >> i'm disappointed at the response from the local level and the state level. >> we must get all the facts and get them right. there has to be accountability where it needs to be taken. the children and the families deserve nothing less. michelle: outside the u.s. capitol some of the families pro tested the lack of action up to this point. >> we finally wanted to see justice. seeing the governor and the emergency manager who pus us in this position not show up screams their guilt. we want to see it move forward. michelle: in michigan, governor rick snyder announced plan for $30 million to help pay water bills for the flint residents dealing with the tainted water. will it satisfy member of the local delegation on the hill? >> a high-preside lead episode in the nation's capitol didn't alert people in 2000, surely

this is the time for each of us to inquire of the appropriate authorities. >> we simply do not have the right to remain silent. we do not have the right not to act. government broke it. government must fix it. michelle: here is the background on all of this. the city of flint changed the water source in 2014 to save money. it was under state management at the time. elevated lead level can lead to lower i.q. and learning problems. governor snyder budgeted emergency raid for flint. michelle marsh, abc7 news. alison: all right, thank you. well, it is not year round but the district plans to add a month of learning at ten schools all around the city next year. kellye lynn is putting the spotlight on education live in one of those schools in

southeast d.c. kellye: i am outside of chart hart middle school -- charles hart middle school in southeast. it's one of many slated to have a longer school year. a push to close the achievement gap for the d.c. public school students. >> we have selected ten schools, elementary school and middle school who will have an extended year. kellye: most of the elementary school and middle schools are in ward seven and eight. all will extend the academic year from the current 180 days to 200 next school year. >> we want them to have more time. more time to go in depth in the academic subjects, more time for art and music and p.e. more time for field trips so teachers don't feel stressed out about trying to fit it all in 180 days. kellye: the new calendar set aside three weeks of summer vacation between july and august for students. two weeks for teachers.

>> extending time does not necessarily mean students are going to improve in academics. kellye: washington teachers union president elizabeth davis said she didn't find out until the extended school year plan until wednesday morning and would like teachers to collaborate with school leaders on a suitable pooh pose sal. many apartments we spoke to like the idea of a longer school year. >> i approve it. to be honest. good idea to me. >> give them chance to learn more and stuff like that. then they would be out of trouble. at least the parents know where they are at and they would be doing something positive. >> when i first heard of it why do we have to have more school when we have enough now? kellye: that is so true. many students not thrilled the the idea of extending school year. after teachers explain some of the benefits then they warmed up to it a little bit. i want to emphasize implementing the plan is not cheap. it will cost the school system $5 million. reporting live in southeast, kellye lynn, abc7 news.

alison: all right. thank you. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- getting another chance. we have the look at the first day of hearing for saed after being featured

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ago. bob holmes made an off-hand comment to british newspaper. the give-rayway isn't sitting well with folks in vermont. what is bernie sanders country. so now the owners of the two tattoo studios in the democrat's home state offering free tattoos as well. >> we are insulted by the free donald trump tattoo. i don't want people to get the idea that only donald trump has followers that are that passionate. alison: the owners of one of the shop would be willing to do tattoos of hillary clinton, too, not donald trump. they are also offering to cover up trump tattoos for free if folks have second thoughts. leon: need to ask him where he is putting the tattoos. alison: that would be an interesting question. leon: who wants a trump on your rump?

former president jimmy carter says there is no sign of cancer in misbody now. despite the news carter says he will continue to receive treatment next week. in december, carter said a brain scan showed cancerous lesionsdy appeared from his -- disappeared from the brain. can sitting around the house increase risk of diabetes? that is what a new study from the netherlands is suggesting. according to to the journal the extra hour of sedentary time is associated with increase chance of type ii get. you should be aware of how long you are off the feet and plan to move around for a few minutes every hour. alison: all right. plenty of movement at the verizon center tonight. leon: that is for sure. we got a big event happening down there tonight. what is going on, robert? robert: that is right. we are talking about a team coming in tonight that is 44-4 on the season. that is not normal. the wizards will have their

hands full tonight. warriors are in town. much more coming up. >> what do you like to do? >> i like angry birds. leon: ah, but first a lunchtime club breaking down communication barriers. and virginia teen behind it all. alison: new at 6:00, virginia's governor raked over the coals for a bipartisan deal on gun control. who is calling him an n.r.a. ally? and how he is responding.

leon: for students who have challenge communicating it can be hard to form friendships. but a fairfax county teen is helping to change that. she started a lunchtime club to use technology to break down communication barriers and build bonds. that makes ally and her technology social skills club this week's harris' hero. south county high school senior is having lunch with friends. but there is something unique about the lunchtime club. >> do you like school? >> i love school. >> some use ipad to communication. >> do you want to see?

leon: others use sentence strips. ally started the technology social skills club after volunteering in the resource classroom at her middle school. >> i signed up to help. it became fun. leon: now more than 30 students participate in the club. including her younger brother. >> she twist my arm. forced to do it next year. probably have to be president. >> the club is making a difference. >> i feel more confident when they talk to them or anyone else in general. >> sometime everything else is bad and they make you smile. you have to see the positive side of everything. leon: it's ultimately about breaking down barriers. >> they are all friends. nobody is better than anybody else. they all care about each other and help each other.

leon: that is why she is one of the coolest kids we have met. she started planning for the club when she was a freshman. by the next school year her technology social skills club began meeting. since then she hasn't missed a lunch period. on top of her involvement with the club she earned the highest honor in girl scouting, gold award. way to go. alison: she is good. coming up at 5:00, doug is back with how long the rain will last. stay w

jamie: quite a few issues this afternoon. when it rains, it makes things worse. we had a couple of crashes earlier near connecticut avenue. the inner loop and the outer loop that added to this congestion. as we move to take a look at the maps, flooding reported. washington boulevard between 395 and the g.w. parkway. same thing traveling on the inner loop of the beltway. mainly that slow stretch getting to college park. so pretty typical. with extra 15 minutes on top. we move to the ways map i want to focus in on the d.c. area to talk about how heavy we are. this traffic in most areas in the single digits right now. you can see just how heavy we

are again. around the national mall, bumper-to-bumper traffic. again, when you add in the rain, everything just gets a little bit slower. doug? doug: it sure does. the good news is the rain has ended in the district. it is moving east. check this out. let's go full screen of this live shot from the weather bug camera at national harbor. look to the west. a little clearing slot above the horizon. the sun has been down for a little bit. flash of light as the skies clear a little bit. it's not crystal clear skies. generally the rain has ended for the district. it's pushing eastward. we still have a flood watch in effect. in dark green. bright green are the localized areas where the flooding is happening or about to happen in creeks and the streams and the small areas. we will keep an eyen that. temperature wise has been all over the place. low 40's to 50's across the area. visibility is up and down. an hour ago it was zero zizzability at leesburg. now up to five miles. a tenth of a mile in

frederick. they will come up tonight as well. live doppler. heavy for in from beaver dam to eastward and the middle peninsula, tappahannock. across the northern pennsylvania, southern maryland and east of baltimore. everything will push east. very heavy thunderstorms from tide water, southwest through the carolinas and georgia. for the metro area points north and west it's mostly over. although isolated somehower with a cold front after midnight is possible. breezy tomorrow. falling temperatures in the 40's. maybe a couple of snow flakes friday morning south and east of the city. mainly cloudy. nice weekend turning colder. maybe snowshowers by tuesday. robert burton is downtown at the verizon center. the warriors are in town. what are you watching, robert? robert: big stuff here. thanks for the toss. hottest game in town tonight. warriors are currently 44-4 on the season. that is not normal. i will give you history. the last team was 44-4 at this point in the season was the 1995-1996 chicago bulls.

also they have the reigning m.v.p. his name is steph curry. he is killing the game right now. also a rough couple of days for the warriors right now. they have this game. tomorrow, some fun stuff. they are in the white house with barack obama. after winning a national championship. now, our scott abraham caught up with steph curry this morning to talk about the next few days. scott: a big couple of days here. game tonight and the white house visit tomorrow. got to be excited. steph: for sure. end of our road trip, too. we want to finish strong. got to take care of our business tonight. play the game we want to play. tomorrow will be fun. can't, you know, fast forward past this game. robert: switching gears here, a big day for high school football players across the d.m.v. they made it official where they will play the college football. abc7 scott abraham went to many schools as he could this morning. scott: national signing day. where pen to paper is the name of the game.

>> this is all over. i'm all penn state now. ready to work. scott: is alebration across the region -- celebration across the region. at wise in upper marlboro, maryland. meade high school at anne arundel county. h.g. woodson high school in the district. student athletes signed on the dotted line. >> legend in itself. family, overall atmosphere of ohio state is going to be a good experience. scott: the four-star quarterback recruit duane haskins will join him in columbus. >> we have a good family atmosphere there. and going there for practices and the catches in the games you can tell that they are really close. scott: there was a serious maryland flavor. five of the players joining the terps football program. >> most of the major football programs in the country you look at the roster. they are winning. they have most of the top talent that stays home.

we are trying to do the same thing here in maryland. scott: hoping for success over the next four years. scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: good stuff there. back to tonight's game, the wizards trying to become a part of an exclusive club. that is becoming one of the teams to beat the warriors this season. back to you in the studio. leon: you got it. thank you. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- >> there could be a new kid on the block in d.c.'s already very crowded burger marketplace. i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up, we will explore whether there is ram for the walburg brothers in the washington region. leon: alexandria is one of the most romantic cities in the country. find out where to find

alison: burger shops are everywhere. they seem to be the new gourmet go-to.

leon: that is because everybody loves them. mike carter-conneen reports tonight it's unclear if the newest restaurant on the block will have the right stuff. mike: former boybander donnie wahlburg, the movie star brother mark and the chef brother paul are taking stems toward opening a restaurant in washington. >> it used to be oh, the wahlburg kids. >> it has the same name as the reality show "wahlburgers" that focuses on the running the chain. >> i saw it on the internet. mike: wahlburgers has location in boston and new york with plans to open more across the country. recorded by the washington business journal the celebrity brothers look locally for a 5,000 square foot space. >> take another burger joint. >> more the merrier. >> it depends how good the burgers are. mike: d.c. already has five guys, z burger, btr, the burger joint, plus shake shack, bobby's burger palace, smash burger and many more.

is washington over-saturated with burger places? >> i don't think it's saturated yet. mike: you might call jodie fellows a burger expert. or at least a burger lover. >> cheese, bun, neat, that is all you need. mike: when not working the newspaper editor job he adds to the blog. >> if i get paid to eat burgers i would do it. >> it's highly unlikely customers would see marky mark flipping burgers in d.c. he thinks the celebrity factor would be a good draw here, that could hurt older chains. >> new shine. mike: we worked out to the wahlburgers publicist and real estate broker for possible doations, timeline and dinner reservation but we did not hear back. in northwest, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. maureen: we'll see how it goes. yammer perhaps you are looking for something more romantic for the next meal out? virginia really is the place for lovers. according to the reservation seitz open table, six of the most romantic restaurants in

the country are in the old dominion. three of them in northern virginia. cafe renaissance, which is in vienna. good stone independent estate restaurant. and la bergerie in alexandria. no places in d.c. or maryland made the list. that will do it for us at "abc7 news at 5:00". but right now, at 6:00 -- >> we are pleased to announce with heavy hearts this this case is closed. alison: a confession in the case of a man charged with killing his daughter and her mother. what police say led to the brutal crime. break egg tonight. vin vent gray's plan to return to politics. who is criticizing virginia's governor for bipartisan deal on guns? announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: on storm watch tonight as the heavy rain and the melting snow bring serious

flooding risk. leon: that is right. it's a risk that won't go away when the rain stops either. chief meteorologist doug hill monitoring it for us. how does it look? doug: it looks okay. there are a few areas we are concerned about. the good news is the rain ended in the city and points west. start with a live look at national harbor. the sun has been down for 30 minutes. you can see clearing on the western horizon. this is a view from national harbor. the rain moves east. it's changing a little bit here. get to the watches and the warnings. everything in dark green are the jurisdictions under flood watches until tonight. bright green area are more concern. those are localized areas under flood warnings, which means flooding is occurring or about to occur. this is mainly over areas of the streams and the creeks. and low-lying areas. not widespread. but certainly to the north and west with the heaviest snowfall was. we will continue to monitor those conditions. overall things will improve overnight. temperatures have come up a few degrees. chilly all day. 55 in