but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress o's authored landmark ogressive laws -- marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. raskin: i'm jamie raskin, and i approve this message. >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. major isis player is said to be dead and more raids in europe. sam sweeney is in the newsroom with the breaking relevance. last hour, wehe have learned the number two man in isis has been killed by u.s. forces.

-- he was the finance minister. u.s. officials are calling this a significant blow to isis. he is the second senior isis operator killed this month. rates continue in belgium. -- raids continue in belgian. police are moving into neighborhoods where tuesday's bombers lived. from the mormon missionary critically wounded in the attacks. who was in the boston bombings and in paris during the attacks. >> i was looking at my ipad. when the blast went off. it was really loud. it was really loud. i was looking down.

i believe my body was picked off the ground for a moment. my eyepatch disappeared. ipadnk it might -- my disappeared. i taken may have hit me. my left shoe was blown off. my body got really hot been really cold. -- then really cold. i was covered in blood. make a is expected to full recovery despite severe burns. he will have little to no scars on his face. in france, officials say they have captured a senior militant in the final stages of preparing attacks. europe is grappling with their new normal. jummy: unbelievable. thank you.

and wjla.com for breaking updates on the terror situation in europe, full covers tonight on the news at 4:00. , friends, colleagues, and strangers paying their final respects to officer jacai colson , the police officer killed by friendly fire when a man was shooting at a polling station two weeks ago. john gonzalez is outside the funeral service in glenarden. john: it has been an emotional day as you can imagine in prince george's county. the clouds and the rain almost fitting on this good friday as this community says goodbye to a hero. this is the funeral program handed out at the door for officer colson's funeral that is still going on. the picture of the officer and inside filled with a number of

pictures. look at that poem. written by his family. they say you were the perfect chart -- child, you made us laugh and made a smile, and made us proud. funeral with hundreds if not thousands of people still going on. it is getting ready to conclude. at around 8:00 this morning is when the casket of officer jacai colson arrived. tammy and friends walked in to the first baptist church -- family and friends walked into andfirst that the church hundreds of police officers from maryland, virginia, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania, are here. we spoke to a close family friend who met the family before colson was born. >> he was a beautiful boy. he struggled because he was prat

john: you can see the honor guard moving back into place in front of the church as they get ready to conclude the funeral and remove the casket. the 28-year-old decorator officer was a native of pennsylvania and his final resting place will come on easter monday when he is buried near his hometown in pennsylvania. jummy: thank you. metro, single tracking on the orange line between the rosalind and salton stations. smokereports of fire or shutting down the clarendon metro station this morning. train service suspended as the fire department investigated. metro says expect delays in both directions this afternoon. you can see a live look at the tidal basin and the cherry blossoms, beautiful. a beautil

all the trees could be at their peak. doug hill is it with a check of the mother. -- of the weather. doug: a couple of showers then moved through with a cold front and has left a few raindrops on the lens of our camera. the sky is brightening and we will see sunshine this afternoon. breezy as well. the front is to the east of washington with rain showers and heavier downpours over the upper bay north of annapolis. through the afternoon, they will move out of the picture as skies brighten and clear, temperatures in the 60's locally and 72 in fredericksburg. 64 in leesburg and frederick. wind speeds are starting to pick up, 17 miles per hour at winchester and 15 --

everything you need to know about the "easter forecast in a few minutes. -- about the weekend, easter forecast in a few minutes. >> slow traffic into dc. southbound near eastern avenue, you hit the brakes. 10 miles per hour. approaching the 11th street bridge, you clear out. no delays in the capital beltway. great shape from joint base sanders to the winter wilson road is to -- bridge. in virginia, 66, 395, and 95 moving very well. metro, the orange line is single tracking, foggy bottom to boston. silver line trains only operating and expect delays on the blue line. the reason for the single tracking is because outside clarendon there was debris.

while they work on that, expect delays on these lines. an earlier reported issue on 270 near old georgetown road. everyone moving well both directions no delays -- with no delays. jummy: developing news out of north korea. another american is being detained in the country. a man from fairfax county. north korea says he collaborated with the south korean spy agency to try to bring down north korea . south korea he had affiliations with their government. he was born in south korea by became a naturalized u.s. citizen and lived in northern virginia and to -- until moving to north korea -- south korea in 2011. -- north korea in 2011. this comes after a virginia student was sentenced to hard labor. a majority

of americans appear to be ready for a new supreme court justice, 52% want the senate to confirm president obama's pick to replace antonin scalia a. . the president nominated merrick portland but senate republicans say they will not hold confirmation hearings. coming up, what caused a huge explosion that forced the evacuation of an entire town? meet the local student whose art was featured on google's homepage. plus, what we can expect from the weather on this easter weekend.

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>> you are watching abc seven -- new.new that noon -- noon. jummy: people in a minnesota town of being kept out of their homes because of a massive explosion and now a gusts lake. -- a gas leak. everyone have been ordered out of their homes and into a church. officials are headed back to the crash site to determine whether the evacuation needs to be extended. closer to home, a man behind bars after a dramatic car chase and arrest in anne arundel county. a witness captured it on video

this is not over. he jets out of the car and tries to run away. -- he jumps out of the car and tries to run away. this happened wednesday in millersville. showsthink the video everybody how dangerous this individual was. we know who he was and we had arrested him several times. many police know him by name. suspect has been charged with possession of track -- crack cocaine with the intent to distribute and more charges pending. high school student back from california after winning the google doodle contest. she was there and honored at her school. >> she is the

winning google doodle contest. was be the type of person that not only turns heads but souls. >> it shows a woman's portrait, test, names of historical figure and edc flag. -- and the dc flag. >> i went to roots public it taught usl and about history. arthe says it was her teacher at eastern high school who encouraged her to enter the contest that had more than 100,000 entries. >> the fact i encouraged her and this was the outcome, it was really furring -- really affirming and i am happy i did it and that she accomplished this. >> going up on

homepage, her first place prize includes a $30,000 scholarship for college. she says she loves art and wants to study criminal justice. >> i want to be a csi the effective. -- detective. >> her school will also get technology for the students. jummy: great story here to theemorate good friday, national shrine of the immaculate conception, station at the cross got underway 15 minutes ago. at 2:00, a choral prelude. at 3:00, the liturgy of the lord's passion will be read. the events are open to the public. the national cherry blossom festival in full swing. the blossoms should fully peak and expect a busy weekend at the tidal basin. kidd o'shea s

to enjoy the cherry blossoms. we are surrounded by the cherry blossom trees that are in full bloom. a lots of people taking advantage of that. including this family getting set up for a easter photo. girls in their easter dresses. a lot of that throughout the day. let me show you video from yesterday that we shot. incredible pictures. when the sun was shining, beautiful weather, warm temperatures helping the cherry blossoms go into peak bloom. a lot of people enjoying that. the people we talked to early this morning said they came down today because they had a rough time getting here yesterday with so much traffic. had a hard time finding laces to park.

. opening ceremony is tomorrow at the warner theater at 5:00 p.m., sold-out, if tickets do become available they will have walk up tickets available at 4:45. tomorrow along the tidal basin is family day. bring the kids. tons of activities, crafts and more planned. along the tidal basin, kidd o'shea, abc 7 news. jummy: i know he had fun all morning. we are proud sponsors of the national cherry blossom festival come ago to the tidal basin and send us your pictures. doug says it will be a good weekend. look at all the people. at --i was there yesterday afternoon and it was breezy but the blossoms are so new and strong they are not falling off. give it a few more days and they will fall like rain. the begin looks

looks great for the jury blossoms. -- cherry blossoms. thank you to jenny for showing this picture. gorgeous. another beautiful image sent in by laura. same view of the jefferson memorial. a gorgeous weather pattern today. we expect sunshine to develop as the cold front swings through, 73 now. a little bit warmer ahead of the front and behind the front it cools off. with the sunshine, it will warm up this afternoon. 70 to 72 with clearing skies and sunshine this afternoon. dropping tonight in the mid-50's. the rain showers ourselves and east of town mostly with a few heavy showers through charles county into northwestern calvert county and

bay. that will move to the east at a good clip in the next hour. a beautiful afternoon today. the weekend looks fine with plenty of sunshine tomorrow to start and winds are supposed to be north-northeasterly but if they turn to the east during the day that will result in added cloud cover. sunday, for easter mostly sunny, highs 66 degrees. we have been talking about the possibility of rain late sunday night and that is still a possibility but the daylight hours dry and pleasant. chance the city, a 70% of showers for the next hour or two, then partly sunny and breezy, temperatures could rebound tubular-70's. tomorrow, partly cloudy

, maybe some overcast conditions and the cooler high of 60 degrees. easter sunday, delightful, sunshine, 66. a rainy day on monday. wednesday and thursday, another warm-up, 70 degrees. jummy: hello spring, welcome to down. -- town. mammograms might be able to detect more than just cancer. kathleen matthews: if we want to be heard, we need women in congress. it was the women who forced republicans to include women's health and contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act. in congress, i'll fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. and, as an environmentalist, i'll work combat climate change. i know as a journalist and as a senior executive in business that when women are at the table,

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car intentionally. carvictim got out of his and that is when police say the suspect tried to hit him again. the victim was not hurt but call police in fairfax if you have information. with a health matter of alert, heart disease kills more women each year than breast cancer but a new study finds one that you may be able to detect both with one test. researchers found most mammograms detected hardening of the arteries in the breast which is a possible predictor of heart disease. scientists say research disney surged -- needed -- research is needed but the test may one day serve double duty. woman in los angeles suing a fertility clinic for $7 million after they destroyed her embryos. she had a reproductive center extracted, fertilized, and stored embryos. the center later coulter and said an employee

-- called her and said they inadvertently discarded of an only offered $600. the case could go to trial next year. the fda is encouraging generic drugmakers to reformulate their highly addictive painkillers to make them harder to abuse. they include making them more difficult to crash so people will not snort or dissolve them. the agency approved by the brand-name painkillers to discourage abuse but most of the market is dominated by the low-cost generics. coming up, a final look of the easter and cherry blossom forecast.

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green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. raskin: i'm jamie raskin, and i approve this message. jummy: you can see people at the cherry blossoms. the weather is great. doug: this afternoon, after the rain showers move east, the metro area and points west break into sunshine with temperatures in the lower-70's, breezy. i think the blossoms will be fine for a couple of days but at some point will drop. cooler tomorrow with clouds and sunshine, 60 degrees. 66 easter sunday and he rain moves in on monday. jummy: thank you for joining us. have a great weekend. watch abc 7 news at 5:00. -- 4:00.

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