[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jummy: that breaking news happening right now. officials say the mother accused of pushing her three-year-old son on a swing in la plata until he died not be held criminally responsible. brad bell in la plata with new developments from outside the courtroom. brad: a judge has just ruled that she is not criminally responsible for the

may of her child in a swing in a park in this community. the child was in that swing 44 hours before he was discovered by police. the judge has agreed with psychiatrists that she was not criminally responsible because she was in the midst of a psychotic episode at that time. she will be released to the community under certain provisions that require continuing treatment. we will have the very latest. man, a judgeis sounds katherine heigl, the montgomery county mother -- is still notgle confident to stand trial. she is charged with neglect and hindering the investigation. underway into a fire that ripped through a federal building. you can see

smoke from news chopper seven. it took firefighters about two hours to get the fire under control. investigators are combing through the rubble right now. john: it took about 40 firefighters two hours to get this fire under control. i want to show you the scene behind us. we are on the grounds of the culturale every research center, which is part of the usda. the fire started at around 6:30 this morning and the building is destroyed. firefighters did not have any options, they never went inside and battled it outside and tyrol he. -- entirely. they got some assistance for montgomery county firefighters to help with this. plantng 202 is a boiler that supplies utilities to the otr

a very well advanced fire before we got to the scene. the structural stability of the building was compromised. john: they are literally combing through the debris, trying to figure out exactly what happened but i have been told this afternoon, there does not appear to be anything suspicious, no foul play involved. the exact cause of the early morning fire but the best news is that no injuries are reported. fire investigators will be here for some time today trying to piece this altogether. in beltsville, john gonzalez. jummy: new information about a southwest airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing at bwi. bird37 may have struck a and return to the airport out of an abundance of caution. it was swapped out for another

we are drying out on this monday. a few peaks of sunshine but it will be breezy and you will want to keep the sunshine -- the umbrella handy. doug: a break of high pressure, sunshine and a few clouds. temperatures get about 50 degrees or so, and rain will be the story tomorrow into thursday morning. time temperatures, upper 40's, and about 50 or so. not much of an additional rise in the thermometer. ashburn and dupont circle. the story is a cool northeasterly wind coming in with enough dry air to give a son, but the attention turns to the south. areas of rain starting tomorrow morning.

head off to see, but we will see rain study at times. we get into wednesday and it will be rain with a warm front heading this way. there is no worry about snow or sleet and by wednesday, we will be near 60 degrees. cooler weather as we head through the end of the week. jummy: now we want to get to a check of traffic, jamie sullivan joins us with a look at the roadways. jamie: we are starting with a water main break. we are seeing this pop-up in quite a different -- quite a few different areas. 355 northbound traveling through gaithersburg, you drop down to one lane. traveling on metro, the blue line has scheduled track work from addison road to stadium armory and the same thing on the red line. on the silver

want to use orange or blue because silver is only operating from weekly rest into ballston. --wiehle ballston. prince george's county, we are in pretty good shape, and we will take a live look at virginia. roads are south, the dry, the sun is shining, and it is a pretty picture. jummy: some good news. two people are in custody after police say they drove a car into a gaithersburg accor store and took off. it happened in the 400 block of frederick avenue overnight. the 19 year world woman driving hit the gas pedal and plowed in front of the store. away.then drove police were able to trace the car to a home down the road, and the woman is charged with dui.

with hit and run. a new twist in the security showdown between apple and the fbi, the fbi director responding in a blog post. apple's ceo tim cook thinking employees for backing them. sam sweeney takes a closer look at all the new developments. sam: the director of the fbi himself put out a personal message to the american people about why apple should unlock the iphone of the suspected san bernardino shooter. also overnight, the ceo of apple sending a mass e-mail to employees, thanking them for their continued support and reiterating why it is important they do not unlock that phone. the iphone belonging to a san bernardino shooter has started a national conversation over digital privacy. fb

the american people deserve a thorough and professional investigation, and to do that the fbi needs apple to unlock the phone. the fbi currently has the cell phone in its custody but it is stuck at the lock screen and they need the four digit pin to get in, where police believe there could be a treasure trove of information. he goes on to say, we do not want to break anyone's encryption or send a master key loose on the land. i hope thoughtful people will understand that. we cannot look for survivors in the eye, or ourselves in the mirror if we do not follow this lead. apple ceo tim cook wrote an e-mail to employees thanking them for their support, and reiterating why apple should not cave to the u.s. government. attorney ted olson is helping apple fight the case. >> this is a pandora's box.

liberties and give the terrorists a victory. --: internet's rights internet rights supporters are planning a protest at apple tomorrow. one protest will be outside of the fbi building tuesday night at 5:30. reporting in northwest washington, i am sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: several individuals investigating the deaths of 13 bald eagles in caroline county. ony were found on a farm laurel grove road. a man looking for shed deer antlers noticed for bald eagles dead on the property. officials searched and found nine more, but have not said if they were killed intentionally. the u.s. fish and wildlife service are on that investigation. members of the maryland air national guard's

fires squadron are joining the fight against isis. they will make their first deployment. there is no word on how many airmen will deploy or exactly where they will be stationed. in the past, deployments typically last about six months. following some new developments in a deadly shooting spree in michigan. the uber driver accused of killing six people and wounding two more will go before a judge today. elizabeth hur has the latest on this investigation. elizabeth: six people are dead, two others injured, one suspect income -- custody, but no motive. police, it started shortly before 6:00 saturday evening in this residential complex. a woman was shot several times and survived.

were shot in a parking lot. outside a cracker barrel restaurant, five people were shot, and four of them died. the victims were apparently selected at random. , jasonater, the suspect dalton was taken into custody. police are now looking into reports and he was working between shootings. to remainho asked anonymous says he was one of the customers during the rampage. >> i said, you are not the shooter, are you? he said no. he said this was about an hour before the first shooting. in theere driving median, speeding along, and finally once we came to a stop i jumped out and ran away. >> there was nothing

there was a problem. elizabeth: the youngest victim was eventually believed to be brain-dead but eventually gave doctors two thumbs up. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, ager developments in one of the cases against bill cosby. we have the latest on the deposition hearing for his wife. the stakes are high for candidates on the campaign trail. events happening today in our region. of aust-see reaction 106-year-old woman as she makes the president, and the dance party she started. some gloomy weather ahead for the week. you might not be dancing. when the rain will hit and how much we will get.

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. jummy: security is tight at the massachusetts hotel where bill being deposed. camille cosby will answer questions under oath, despite a last-minute motion seeking to postpone it. this has to do with a defamation lawsuit against bill cosby, claiming that the comedian sexually assaulted several women years ago. most of the remaining republican candidates are in nevada. they are going to caucus there tomorrow, just three days after donald trump tom and edit the south carolina primary. a host of new endorsements for senator marco rubio, including from a tv star. >>

never voted for a republican presidential candidate. that is until this year, thanks to marco rubio. years ago, only 8% of registered republicans took place in the -- took part in the caucus. it took the state party three days to release the results. john kasich is campaigning in virginia. a town hallped up meeting at george mason university and is headed to charlottesville and onto richmond. the virginia primaries are next tuesday. fairfax in stafford county schools will be closed to accommodate the expected large clouds. hillary clinton hopes a decisive win in south carolina will propel her in super tuesday. she won in nevada in the polls show her with a 20 to 30 point lead.

-- itshowing but is accounts for nearly 48,000 tickets issued, and $6 million in fines in the last four years. abc 7 investigates what many in the area are calling the most obvious speed trap. this is a story you will see a 11:00 on abc 7 news. there are 150 three speed cameras in the district and one has been getting a lot of attention. it sets off a common highway that has a unique feature. one side is 45 and the other is 35. which side you think the speed cameras on? government watchdog investigator chris path shows you the traffic studies. you can decide for yourself if this camera is about safety or about revenue. no information

about a seven on your side i-team story involving lumber liquidators. the cdc has increased its estimate on the cancer risk from formaldehyde in some laminate flooring. it said its previous report was incorrect and now anticipates -- lumberf cancer liquidators' ceo resigned after the news became public last year. a pretty nice weekend. today, ok. doug: it is kind of cloudy, but it is just temporary. a couple of storm systems will affect us but no worries, this is going to be rain. it is going to be pretty warm rain, near 60 degrees on wednesday. jummy: we will take that. spring showers. doug:

a look at nationals park, some high clouds in the area and that will be the story for the next few hours, but overcast conditions will develop into the afternoon and evening hours. that is going to be the story as we head through the day. temperatures probably around 50. 47 right now on the campus of gallaudet university, 50 degrees in falls church and ashburn. 52 in dale city. southve to go pretty far where there is a noticeable difference in temperatures, a warm front in charlotte. us, that iswest of where the storm system and warm front are going to bring us rain. further to the north and west, colder, but not february cold. once the storm gets cranking it will bring in some colder air.

as we get through here, we are seeing the separation of very warm air from the cooler air being buttressed by this northeasterly wind. it clears out of it but it brings us chilly temperatures here. the cloud cover will increase as we head through the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of the first system, and that is going to bring rain and some areas as early as sunrise, especially south of town. we get through the day tomorrow and the rain will continue, but snow will be well to the west of the eastern continental divide at the higher elevations. a break tomorrow, and we will get into the day on wednesday and it starts all over again with more in the way of rain coming. that is the story we will deal with, rain. i do not think we will have flooding issues but we are talking generally about an inch or so locally.

were the model says about two and a half inches. only rain chance tomorrow, 45. clearing, breezy, and chilly for the weekend. temperatures below average on saturday and sunday. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, proof you are never too old to dance. an update on a remarkable heritage high school student. the blind sports announcer fulfills a lifelong dream.

for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood,

now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. jummy:

story of the day. adc woman fulfilling her lifelong dream of visiting the white house. it is hard to believe for gin yet is 106 years old. her age certainly did not show her -- stop her from showing off her moves to the president and the first lady. to say she was excited to meet them is an understatement. we are happy for her. she began a social media to go to the014 white house. we will have more coming up at 4:00 and 5:00. we continue to follow the remarkable story of brendan frederick. he joined

washington and while he is blind, it is not slowing down his dream of being a professional announcer. he does announcements at heritage high school and he became an honorary member of the washington capitals. he stated at the practice facility and was able to call part of the game. coming up after the

jummy: a little sunshine out there today. doug: take a look at the forecast for this monday.

degrees, clouds tonight, rain tomorrow. jummy: thank you for joining us.

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