several of them appear to have fled this way. we see the escalators in the distance. two person of interest was captured. these men have not been found. two other suspects are in custody. metro is asking for help. this is video we took when the train was still at the station. this is the first shooting to happen on a metro train in more than a decade. we are told that the victim was shot and conscious handwriting when he was taken away -- conscious and breathing when he was taken away. even though there wasn't too many passengers in metro it caused a panic as you can imagine. we talk to folks on the trains that arrived shortly after the shooting happened. they were scared by this. they say there needs to be more security. >> there is always coming

the train. they have them but they should have them at the hot spots like anacostia. >> we need more police around. especially on the train. this shouldn't be happening. sigh tom: this is not far from the anacostia metro station. that is where a 15 and a 19-year-old were taken into custody. we are told by metro they believe it was the 15-year-old who was the shooter. those two in custody. two other person of interest are out there. we come back here live you can see things have for the most part returned to normal. we have extra security but mostly back to normal here at the anacostia metro station. the rush hour trains are moving at the normal. you can see the station is back open. i was closed for a time after the shooting happened around 12:45 this

tom roussey abc7 news. alison: thank you. last month's crime report saw a drop in robberies in metro from january of last year and increase in assaults. this is only the third time that metro dealt with a shooting on board a train. brianne carter picks up a team coverage with a check on metro crime. brianne: metro transit police chief calling this a very rare occurrence. what happened here today on board of a train. now we also understand there was a metro transit police officer by the buses when all of this happened. the police in place and the technology that tonight police are touting in quickly being able to track down those they believe to be responsible. >> we always want to reassure riders we have a safe system. this is an anomaly event. i can't recall one that where a shooting occurred on a train. >> they call the

one today on board the green line train rare. but reportedly it has happened in the past. according to the "washington post" in 2003 a woman was shot and wounded on a green line train in what may have been an accident. in 1993, a man was shot in the shoulder on an orange line train. today's shooting, however, part of a growing number of crimes involving the teens on the system. just in the past month a group of teens was arrested after assaulting a man at gallery place. on monday, three teens were arrested in connection with the lobry on the sidewalk outside the station. while it didn't happen on the metro system the teen just got off a metro bus. metro transit police chief says they have a number of cools in place to keep people safe, including a security operations system with the eyes on camera at all 91 rail stations. >> we share a video realtime, the snapshot of the suspects. helpful today. >> the city leaders say the

proved successful with the suspects taken in custody. >> we have 800,000 people that rely on metro rail alone for the transit each day. we want to make sure they feel safe. we want to make sure people who perpetrate crimes know as in this case if you commit a crime on metro, chances are you won't get away with it. >> it is important to note in each one of the incident the metro transit police responding and quickly apprehending those they believe to be responsible. for metro transit police on the system, police say that they are in fact on the system sometimes. you the not see them. sometimes you do. that is part of the visibility that the general manager is now working on as well. in the last week he said they are working to add bright colored vest to the police officers to make them more visible to the riders and those who think they might want to try to have crime or be responsible for the crime within the system. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison:

reminder that abc7 is your station for breaking news. sign up for the breaking news alerts on the phone through the website wjla.com. leon: the team on storm watch as it could give way to storms tomorrow. chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center with the forecast. doug: it's drizzly out there now. patches of the light rain. tomorrow is the day we will get heavier rain and thunderstorms. take a look at the map. flood watch in effect tomorrow morning at 10:00 for most of the area. you will notice lower southern maryland, middle pennsylvania and virginia not included the watch area. kicks in at 10:00. there is a look at all the jurisdictions across the area included. light rain on the doppler radar. moving south to north. most places seeing drizzle tonight. waiting game for the giant storm system to get stronger and stronger. i say giant because the expanse of the rain and the weather conditions is hundreds and hundreds of miles wide. including severe weather

section of louisiana and the mississippi gulf coast. rain tomorrow and heavy thunderstorms. look how it will warm up in 602 degree range with downpours tomorrow afternoon. we have more coming up. back to you. leon: you got it. folks stay connected with the storm watch 7 weather team through wjla.com. monitor the facebook and the twitter feed or download the app on your phone or tablet to get the forecast at your fingertips at all times. alison: breaking news from falls church where the police are investigating a man's death. his body was found in the 5500 of seminary road behind the target on route 7. investigators say the man suffered from drama to the upper part of his body. we have a crew on the scene. we will bring you updates as soon as we get them. leon: new developments in the last two hours in the case against a former teacher's aide and

child pornography. deonte carraway is facing federal charges. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in greenbelt on the story and has more on what it means. brad? braked we reported two weeks ago -- braked we reported two weeks ago that the federal authoritiers were getting involved in the case. the implication of the federal complaint are significant, it mean he is is looking at a long time in prison. federal child porn charges mean deonte carraway's alleged sixties likely won't have to testify in court against him. in addition he faces different penalties for the state child abuse charges for which he has been indicted. >> carries maximum sentence of life on each count. more cig can'tly each count of the production of child pornography mandatory minimum sentence of the 15 years in federal prison. >> the federal crim

lays out horrific details of the alleged abuse of children at civil vania woods elementary school. it contains the written confession to police. "i would get the video, the kids would send them in. i would hide them but i really do care for the children. i know it was wrong. i'm a bad person. i am no child of god for doing this. i know i'm grown. i made a lot of mistakes." u.s. attorney saying the words should be a warning to parents to monitor your child's social media. >> chances are they will be expose to predators and asked to produce inappropriate photographs and receive inappropriate photographs. we can't know about that unless the parents tell us about it.

leon: a coach in fauquier county high school is held without bond after detectives say he was involved with a 16-year-old student. universities say george logan iii had inappropriate relationship with a student since january. logan is accused of sending the student inappropriate text he saj -- messages. the victim was student where logan coached. alison: you saw if first on 7:00. today police arrested two people in the brutal assault on a marine in d.c. stephen a. smith -- stephen tschida live where the juvenile appeared before a judge. stephen: they are appearing now. 12 minutes ago the judge read charges to the 17-year-olds. the male faces aggravated assault, felony assault and assault with a

weapon. the female with one count of robbery. the female stood there nervously. the 17-year-old male shook his head in a negative manner when the charges were read. through the attorney it was apparent he intends to fight the charges. >> the assault sparked outrage. it hit christopher marquez and he is hit over and over again while another suspect robs him. we caught up with marquez moments a of learned there were two arrests in connection incident. 17-year-old male charged with assault and 17-year-old female with robbery. >> i'm happy now. since they are caught they can't attack more people in the city. that is good for not just myself but for everyone in the city. >> marquez is disappointed they are not charged with a hate crime. he maintains moments prior to

him, taunting him, asking him if black lives matter. he did his best to ignore him they started to call him a racist. >> i forgive them. i believe after they face consequences nay could start over and have a second chance in life. >> the 17-year-old male in court now does bear a strong resemblance to the individual seen in the you surveillance video. at this time the judge is making a determination where to hold teenagers or release the female to her father and the 17-year-old male to his guardian. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a fiery fall. the story behind a crane collapse ahead. leon: plus -- >> president obama: counterproductive to the fight against terrorists. they use it as propaganda in efforts to recruit. leon: president obama lays out a plan to close

nevada. we will take you there for preview of the caucuses up next. leon: we have a team of experts to help you collect unclaimed cash. call 703-236-9220. to find out if there is something for you. phone lines are open until 6:00.

alison: to politics now. the nevada republicans hold the caucus tonight as a new poll finds americans are concerned with the economic issues. a continued reduction in unemployment to top the economic concerns. republicans want to reduce the deficit and government regulation. scott thuman is in las vegas where issues are on the voters' minds. >> you vote for trump. we win here, we will run the table. >> is donald trump unstoppable? that is the question as the businessman barrels into nevada after two big primary wins. >> it is hard to stop momentum. so there has to

significant change in the candidates for people to shift. >> but a shift may just be what the g.o.p. establishment is hoping for. with marco rubio veeving onslaught of endorsements before the nevada contest. >> i'm 100% sure that our best path to the white house is for marco rubio to be the nominee. >> the cruz campaign fired a top aide over spreading false information about rubio. the effect of the dustup on the chances remain to be scene, but the iowa caucus winner continues to point out a glaring problem for rubio. >> you weren't able to win in iowa. you weren't able to win in new hampshire. you weren't able to win in south carolina. when can you win a state? >> the other two remaining g.o.p. candidates ben carson and kasich trying to hang on until super tuesday.

>> donald trump has 67 delegates. the nearest competitor is cruz. 30 more up for grabs tonight. week from today super tuesday. scott thuman. abc7 news. alison: scott is in nevada for the caucuses. he will be live coming up at 6:00. any results that are available tonight at 11:00. leon: massive fire ripped through a storage facility in prince george's county. it broke out at 11:00 at the fort knox storage facility on depot lane. it started at a two-alarm and escalated to three with firefighters and medics were on the scene. no word on the cause of the fire. alison: take a look at if amazing video of fire at a construction site in melbourne, australia. cameras were rolling as the crews battled

stories up. >> fighting a fire. you are in bad shape if you are afraid of heights. >> terrifying situation. >> everybody is tired today. go back to bed. >> sunshine, and a nice breeze. perk everybody up. wait a while for that. picture worth a thousand words. let's prove it to be true.

the flood watch from anne arundel, district and points west. expanding the view. pushing west of the mountainful. 59 in louisville, 58 in columbus, ohio. warm air moving northeast. what we see constantly in the wintertime are the wedges of the cold air. early tomorrow or late afternoon we have to see. cold air is

the steady rain finished for us. this is a huge storm system. large area of the south central part of the u.s. to the gulf coast under the tornado watch. in the next hour or two there is a high risk of the damaging tornadoes in northeast. the rain is spinning from oklahoma and the inflow from the panhandle. the outlook for the weather is north carolina. in our area we could see isolated severe thunderstorm with a chance increase farther south and east.

we will have patches of rain and downpours and developing ahead of the storm. storm will stay well west of the appalachians. move now to northward and southern great lakes. on the warmer side. by 3:30 we have heavy rain in our region and it will move out quickly tomorrow night. the heaviest rain is projected and the latest run had the heaviest rain to our area. steve sees you at 11:00, the next model rain could bring it closer to d.c. ebb and flow. we know this. heaviest chance of rain. thunderstorms tomorrow. temperatures climb throughout the day. we may not hit 62 until this time tomorrow. slow slog. thursday is windy. partly sunny. colder on friday and the weekend. saturday is 48 with sunshine. 60 on sunday. alison: nice! good. leon: spring. doug: it's

leon: all right. alison: thank you. forget the pigs in space. just wait until you see the orbit of the ape. leon: looking to the future. new insight to what could be next for robert griffin iii. >> should arlington county require child care providers to encourage mothers to breastfeed their infants? alison: and quick a look at what is coming up tonight at abc7 --

leon: back now with a look at the iowagyna memorial in arlington -- iowa jima memorial -- iwo jima memorial. alison: jonathan elias has a look at how the commander-in-chief wants to close the facility at guantanamo bay. jonathan: it has been seven year since president obama promis t

been outlining broad plans for a few months but this is the first time we heard specifics. this involves transfer most detainees at the facility to or countries. the rest would come to a detention center in the united states. there are 13 different possible sites for the center including a military prison in leavenworth, kansas, and super max prison in colorado. president obama: keeping this facility open is contrary to the values. it underminds our standing in the world. this is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of the rule of law. jonathan: couple of obstacles to point out. one this is a partisan issue. second is the legal obstacles to overcome before any are transferred to the u.s. soil. they are planning to discuss it with various lawmakers to come up with the plan. i'm jonathan elias, back to you. alison: thank you. still to come on "abc7 news at

look at how the local speed cameras doubled the revenue in one year. leon: before we head to break a reminder we have experts in the "7 on your side" help center tonight. waiting to help you find unclaimed cash out there. call 703-236-9220.

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alison: this just just in to the newsroom. texas prosecutor says the antonin scalia's long list of the health problems made the autopsy unnecessary. the district attorney says he has a letter from the supreme court physician stating that the late justice suffered from coronary artery disease and diabetes. scalia was also obese. he says all three ailments are believed to have con tibeted to the 79-year-old's -- contributed to the death february 13. leon: family member of 68-year-old albert jackson and the lawyer called a news conference to denounce d.c. fire and e.m.s. january 3 when the family called 911 because jackson was having trouble breathing the firefighters went to the wrong address. where they went to is the place where police responded to an incident and the police there said they didn't need them so the firefighters left. help eventually re

the correct accident but jackson tied of a heart attack. fire chief gregory dean called it honest mistake. >> i don't know what is going on. where is the accountability for the whole thing? we are lost. we learn everything from the news. nobody contacting us. then my dad is gone. nothing will bring him back. but something has to be done. we want to know what is going on. this could happen to somebody's else. leon: the family attorney says there is a doctrine to prevent citizens suing e.m.s. and the law allows the department to get away with anything. alison: updating breaking news from falls church. police just declared the death of a man in seminary road a homicide. kellye lynn is live on the vene with the latest -- life on the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> thank you. the death

turned into a homicide investigation. we are at 5597 seminary road. this is where the skyline towers apartments are. police confirming that an adult male has apparent gunshot wound, found dead at the location. trauma to the upper body. reported around 2:30 with abc7 being first at the scene. we found several police vehicles. an adult male with gunshot wound. homicide investigation underway. reporting live, kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: thank you. new study finds couple don't have to wait three months to get pregnant again after losing a child in a miscarriage. the determining factor is if a woman is emotionally r

try again. alison: in arlington, daycare providers and preschool administrators are crying foul over the child care regulationing. they call many measures in the 34-page document unnecessary and ridiculous. as mike carter-conneen reports if approved operate face a long list of requirements affecting staff training, classroom lay-outs and wall colors. >> according to the arlington county proposed child care regulations building interiors in light or the bright colors and aural cribs, cots and mats must be a minimum of three feet apart. >> it does not work. you have to strip the room of over the do it. >> on the open comment tool the proposal has been flagged with a lot of criticism. first reported by arlington now, smaller, part-time program are vocal in the opposition. >> the regulations could potentially close down schools like ours and they wouldn't exist. they'd be

>> it would require the teach stores a bachelor's degree in education or a similar field and nine so -- so mester credits. >> if arlington will require they should help the money toward it. >> there are several proposed program programs. staff member should conduct health check of each child every morning. birthday celebration should have healthy food or nonfood treats. only full drink pasture rised juice will be served. 2 years old and older will be served 2% skim milk. they will ensure that the mothers are encouraged to breastfeed the infant. >> that is a parental choice. that is not for to us dictate. >> in a statement, the county emphasized the draft process is ongoing. the feedback we receive points to a number where the draft regulation ventures to the best practices and the operational aspects to be more appropriately addressed in the centers

we agree and will draft the code accordingly. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: you should know the county is still accepting public comment on the proposed regulations. leon: time to check on the two favorite parents to be. pair of bald eagles laid eggs in the tree. they should be hatching in a few weeks. you can watch the live feed when you want to through wjla.com. alison: okay. how about this story? one of my favorites of the day. a baby gorilla born by caesarean section at a british zoo. making a splash online. zoo officials say the birthmarks a handful of times a baby gorilla has been delivered by ce-section. a gynecologist was called in for the rare emergency operation. after the mother showed sign of potentially life

ing preclampsia. it was the first time he has performed a c-section on a gorilla. leon: so you are a gynecologist, do you put it on the resume? alison: he said it was the biggest moments of his life. leon: really? alison: yeah. i mean think about it. leon: what kind of an h.p.o. would pay for a gynecologist for gorilla. alison: i'm sure there are insurance issues. leon: speaking of the gorillas the crew of the international space station has gone been a nannas. astronaut scott kelly posted this video. this is a gorilla terrorizing the crew member in zero gravity. the crew having fun up there with the help of a halloween costume set up by kelly's twin brother mark kelly. scott kelly will return to earth after spending a year on the space station. he has been there since march 27 last year. he is probably ready to come down. alison: it looks like it. you have to find some way to have fun. a year up the.

leon: it does look like fun. don't you think? alison: look at this. this is from the cassini spacecraft to show three of saturn move. you can see the famous rings in the photo. the moons are smaller than our own with the smallest measuring only 13 miles across. in fact, saturn has 62 known moons. leon: amazing. alison: isn't it? leon: amazing. stay with us. coming up at 5:00 -- student behavior issue that has gotten so bad the principal of the elementary school had to e-mail parents asking for help. what is wrong this answer coming up. alison: then new at 6:00, popular commuter parking lot again hit by thieves. what police say now about the plans after they remove temporary security cameras.

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leon: lines are open until 6:00 p.m. alison: it turns out 2015 was a big year in d.c. for speed camera revenue. the number ofp

fine in district doubled. this is a story you will only see on abc7. our i-team government watchdog investigator chris papst found out it's not because people were driving faster. tell us about this. >> for the past few years the drivers were getting a break when it came to the speed camera tickets. but not anymore. >> several times, $800. it's crazy. >> "7 on your side" caught edward valentine leaving the d.c. d.m.v. the oxon hill resident just paid off speed cameras. >> if i had to check it off, which i had to wait. if the i'm not put out poor first. >> the $800 that he paid makes up a fraction of the rapid l growing speed camera lever knew. at $84 million the documents contained by the i-team showed the speed camera fines doubled in 2015.

from the previous year we see huge swings in revenue. the metro police department operate and maintain the speed camera. they say over the past few years, many were broken. >> assumeing 2015 was an average year, the broken cameras cost d.c. at least $75 million in revenue. >> it's the safety. >> if you lose $75 million that is significant and would account for needs the city has. >> when the speed camera revenue first tanged she didn't feel the police department adequately

done. or how the cameras broke. now she wants it explained to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> on the website wjla.com we posted the revenue total for every speed camera in the district for four years. go to web site to click on the story to see which are the most profitable. >> that is interesting. thank you. let's check on the roads with jamie sullivan. >> you can see that this is the beltway at route 50 in maryland. start with why this is so slow. inner loop of the beltway.

this is a six-mile stretch. we have another stretch coming in at richie marlboro road. this accident we are at 12 miles per hour. we have a crash on the g.w. parkway southbound. because of the delays we are seeing in the teens from reagan. we have wet roads. >> we have light rain and drizzle. and fog. that is the story.

and southwest through the alations. heads up if you live above 1,000 feet elevation. 43 at the reagan national airport. patches of light rain move south to north. the low pressure moving offshore. the track to take it from there to the cleveland area. severe thunderstorm, tornado across south central mississippi now. i don't think we will see severe weather.

flooded watch tomorrow. through early thursday morning the area in green. southern maryland, not included. the future cast shows what is happening. tomorrow afternoon through the rush hour. and start to clear out. once we get through this. we will turn breezy and colder by thursday afternoon. thursday is strong and the gusty winds. check out the seven-day up at 6:00. back to you. alison: see you then. leon: the clouds parted over the future of rgiii. robert: we haven't talked about him in a long time. i used to be a story every day. my how the times have changed. something we are expecting. skins regular season, rgiii no longer wearing burgundy and gold. that was pretty much confirmed today. here is what the redskins team president bruce allen said about it on the

>> well, no. i see robert getting an opportunity with another team. i think we have heard from teams that are interested. i think he has a choice of a couple of tames to let him excel in the future. robert: there it is. some say it's all in a name. in this case it's all in a name and the game. specifically with a high school baller. abc7's scott abraham explains the family affair. >> isabela has grown up with basketball. >> every since i could walk and dribble a basketball i was on the court in the backyard with her dad. >> her father was a third team all-american in the senior year at duke. played four years in the nba with the washington bullets. >> i never knew her path would follow

>> bella is averaging 25 points per game coming from a basketball family can have challenges. >> we figure out when is it time to flick the switch. >> e followed her grandfather to princeton. >> she has too manies to be a great player. it can happen for her. i hope it does. >> for a father/daughter game of one-on-one, bella now has the advantage. >> he is slowing down a little bit. >> a basketball name thriverring with the next generation. leon: scott thuman. abc7 sports. >> going down. princeton over duke. future plans. >> that explains the orange and the black shoes. >> right! >> i didn't catch that. great

>> a local principal says enough is enough. >> what she is asking parents of the students to do to stop cyber

alison: a principal is trying to crack -- a principal is trying to crack down on cyber bullying. >> they are combating a 21st century problem. yesterday the principal at chevy chase elementary school e-mailed parents saying we recently we have seen a rise in cyber bullying. students have a hard time focusing, they are preoccupied with the online events outside of school and are not feeling safe, happy and ready to learn. >> sense of in vols. we are not teaching our kids like we are supposed to at home and like we were taught. >> parents want to know who was bullying

children were victimized. >> my kid is young. i'm sure he is not involved. when he told me he didn't know, i believe him. >> the son used to attend the elementary school. mcps recent roll out of the chrome book laptops for students could be partially responsible for the spike in cyber bullying. >> the technology is being provided to children at an early age. before they have the psychological, the social maturity to control themselves while they are developing the important interpersonal skills to communicate and empathize. >> either way, mcps reminds parents facebook, twitter, instagram, what is that. kik messenger, snapchat and youtube prohibit the elementary school age creating the online accounts. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00".

windows smashed. cars left on cinder blocks. the problems plaguing a popular commuter lot for the third time. and gunfire. on board metro. the two people arrested and two still at large. after someone is shot on a green line train. and protesters target the f.b.i. in the fight to force apple to unlock a terrorist iphone. the big name in computers that is now siding with the uncle sam. we begin with breaking news. announcer: this is a breaking news alert. >> the breaking news comes in the case of a marine veteran attacked, beaten outside a northwest d.c. mcdonald's. our stephen tschida was given special access to a juvenile court where two teens charged in the crime had hearings moments ago. stephen just stepped out of the courtroom. what can you tell us about what

>> the detective is on the stand and we learned the crucial evidence cracking the case that led to the arrest, the surveillance video. this is video taken february 12 outside of mcdonald's on e street. this is where chris marquez was assaulted. this is what we have learned. according to a witness in the mcdonald's that night and who was interviewed by the detective on the stand right now, this witness corroborates marquez's story that indeed the group did surround him and begain taunting him with slogans about black lives matter and if he supported that. and when marquez did his best to ignore them and did not respond that angered one of the suspects. the suspect you first see striking marquez. the witness told when marquez refuse to respond. as we was leaving he smiled at the 17-year-old male. that drove