traffic alert. road closure's in effect. >> get the latest on the elfing commute. we are checking things out for us. near the convention center now, mike? >> we. a couple of blocks remurphed from the washington convention center. in an hour we will see the road closures in effect. the parking restrictions are in place for a couple of days now. parking, driving, in this area is challenging. they are encouragingstep working during the summit. most of the road closures at 7:00 p.m. more closures around the white

department. there are temporary road closures. the washington convention center and mount vernon station is closed for two days at 8:00 tonight. they will be skipping the station. in block after block there are parking restrictions creating a challenge for commuters ands residents here. >> plan ahead of time. if you take telework or work from home. >> i was leaving town. >> planned ahead? >> convenient to be not in the area.

mike: the summit is thursday and friday but many continue saturday at noon when life gets back to normal around here. reporting live in northwest, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. >> thank you. we will have the latest for you on air and online at wjla.com. online you can find a full listing of the street closures that you need to know about. maureen: president obama is computing the prison sentences of 51 people serving time for drug related offenses. a third of the inmates were serving life sentences. the president comunation shortens them. and most are nonviolent offenders. a few for charged with firearm violations and will be released in july. terry mcauliffe vetoed legislation aim told protect those opposing same-sex marriage. the marriage would have stopped the state from punishing the

refusing service that are related to gay marriage. the law would have legalized discrimination. leon: there is more drama in the race for the white house. g.o.p. front runner is defending the campaign manager corey lewandowski. who has been charged with misdemeanor battery. this happened this month. initially trump denied anything happened at all. the security video shows lewandowski grabbing field's arm and yanking her. the g.o.p. rival ted cruz and john kasich are calling on trump to fire the top aid. be trump stood by the decision to keep him on board. >> if he did something like that. he would have been fired before she got

>> trump backed off on the penal he took in october and saying now he won't support whoever wins the nomination if it's not him. republicanrethtive comstock said she has given away $2,000 donated to her by the trump campaign. she says he does not represent the republican party for her. >> the metro riders have to brace for shutdown. maureen: they had a discussion on the future of the transit system and jack evans says unlike the other symptoms with three and four track, the metro has two tracks. additional closures are likely. >> that is a realistic assessment. lines have to be closed

>> three hour a night and on the weekend won't do it. >> in prince george's county a brutal attack caught on tape. a man attack and robbed by a group of teenagers at the iverson mall. knocked out cold. tonight the police are sharing his story. >> he said it was bad. he felt it when it blow to the back of his head. >> that happened on march nine. the teens struck again on march 11. three teens were arrested. the rest of the group are still on the loose. if you have information call the police. >> in the next hours mourners will hold a vigil in memory of 15-year-old davonte washington. the teenager was shot to death over the weekend in front of his mother and citizener at a

>> this is a tragic shooting that happened in broad daylight saturday afternoon around 4:00ful 17-year-old maurice bellny charged as an adult for this crime. washington was in a bus shelter in the platform. we don't know which one it was. but bellny was walking by the friends and saw washington with the family. washington got up and came out to talk to bellny. bellamy the court documents say pulled out a gun and opened fire. wing of the poignant moments is when the mother saw feathers coming out of

that went through his body. show you money more thing. surveillance camera here is very important. the police located bellny. from surveillance video. they went through the photo array and found him in there. put him under arrest. so a 17-year-old is? jail and a 15-year-old is dead. there will be a lot of discussion tonight in the vigil about gun violence and what to do about it. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- medstar health making improvements after a virus crippled computers. >> we rode up to the top of the monument in the elevator that broke down yesterday. i am stephen tschida. i'll tell you about the ride in a moment. >> the gusty winds bringing warmer temperatures here but rain and thunderstorms. we have the timing of the arrival coming up.

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maureen: update tonight at mallware unfected medstar health. the three systems are almost fully restored. other systems are improving and medstar says no patient data compromised. the pointment systems are back up and

leon: side with health matters and frightening findings on the impact of a zika virus on the unborn. new report focuses on a 33-year-old woman living in d.c. she traveled to mexico, guatemala and belize early in her pregnancy and she became infected along the way. fetal ultrasounds show no evidence of microcephaly. but at 19 weeks, they found severe fetal brain abnormalities. >> we know by seven weeks after the symptomatic infection we could see something on ultrasound. so maybe it's not as reassuring as we thought. leon: the pregnancy was terminated and they found that the fetus tested

zika. the first sign may not be microcephaly and calcification but the potential abnormalities in the structure of the brain. alison: still ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a little girl makes the right call in an emergency and meants the dispatcher who got help for her family. their meeting coming up. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports the caps could see the first round playoff matchup tonight. what players say about them. the wizards didn't help themselves out but we show you surprising highlights from that game anyway when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues.

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maureen: a 7-year-old girl receiverred the everyday hero award after making a call to save her father's life. jenna viloria was at home with her father when he passed out and became unresponseive. jenna sprang into action an called 911 and was able to give a dispatcher her address. something the montgomery county fire chief isn't common for children her age. >> i saved his life and it's my first time. my

>> you pass out, that is what they keep telling us. your daughter did a very good job. maureen: and so she did. jenna even counted her father's breaths for the dispatcher using the word "now." she wants to be a doctor when she grows up she says to prevent her family and lots of other people from being sick. congratulations, jenna. leon: so cute. all right. now the washington monument is back in business. the elevator broke down yesterday to trap visitors there for close to an hour. today, though, some of those who lined up for the ride up said they were nervous but they were determined to go for it. stephen tschida went out there and he went with them. >> all the tickets. >> open, on timed and the visitors lined up early for the ride to the top. >> fewer than 24 hour after the elevator came to an abrupt halt at 240 feet up. trapping close to two dozen visitors. the elevator took off again and the tour to the peak commenced. >> today is the

structure. >> some of those two decided to go for it acknowledged they had some concerns. >> he said it took an hour when they were stuck in the elevator and going down. >> some people acknowledged they were nervous about riding up in the elevator. once they got up here they say it was worth it. >> i'm glad i'm up here. it's fantastic. >> they linger over the views which stretch for miles. but eventually those who went up had to come down. now the safe ascent led to a mar relaxed descent. >> i feel very safe. we have the guys with us. we are fine. >> what you are seeing is the upper portion of the monument completed following the civil war. >> when the lights went down for the added attraction of the commemorative stones some pulses went up. but only briefly. at for the cause of the problem yesterday, electrical in nature. the rep for the national park service says the elevator did what it is supposed to do in t

shut down. stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: everybody is safe and had a good time. maureen: the elevator is still working. snooped the elevator is still working. maureen: good luck. doug: are you ready for 70 s? maureen: yes! doug: talk about the temperatures. leon: that is what we were hoping. maureen: that's what i thought you were talking about. did you have something else in mind. doug: my golf score. that won't happen. leon: you have a leisure suit waiting on you. doug: maybe when i play the henly acres course -- heavenly acres course. maybe then. 70 tomorrow. close to 80 on friday. with that showers and thunder. we are starting with the time lapse from nationals park. it will get busy there next week. in the meantime the weather is beautiful. high clouds around the area today. from the stadium view of the sky. looking across the city with the high clouds. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the 60's. keep an eye on that for you. tomorrow a mixture of clouds and sun in the morning. a lot of cloudiness moving in. talk about the number. this is a

us that is gorgeous of the supreme court. 62 and 41 the high and the low. averages are 61 and 42 so it's close to average this time of year. we mention the high clouds. we want to keep an eye on the sky. a couple things will happen. southerly and southeasterly winds. temperatures are low to mid-60's. especially along the water. everybody else comfortable with southerly wind and the cloud cover. cloud cover tonight to keep temperatures up a little bit. at the same time you could mids your chance for flyby of the space station tonight. 8:55. you will see it above the southwest horizon. not overhead but close to it being overhead at 79:00. it will trail off to look as it is starting to drop off. it's worth if you are in an area away from bright lights go outside for a couple of minutes to get a view. it's the

reflecting the sunlight. its is drawing in warmer air. what it will do is increase chances of the isolated shower tomorrow afternoon. that is the chance of thunderstorms to clear off friday afternoon. 73 tomorrow. slight chance of showers in the afternoon. only near 50 with a gusty wind and we warm up a little bit next week. back to you. maureen: thank you. leon: robert knows nothing about the "sen i

robert: nothing at all. i know something about 6'3" and basketball. maureen: from a guy who is 6'3". leon: we will tell you how the caps could start playoffs early. robert: sports is next.

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robert: well, tonight we could see preview of the first round playoff matchup for the caps. if the playoffs started tonight that is the matchup. philly is hungry and neck in neck with detroit for the final playoff spot in the east. they clinched home ice for the playoffs and the flyers are one of five visiting team in to win in washington for the past four months. >> a fun game and it should be physical. hopefully make for them a negative statement. go from there. robert: playoff chances for wizards look dim. the loss last night to the warriors didn't help. steph curry actually dunked on someone. he is not just a shooter. he is 6'3". he finished with 26. wizards are three games back from the l

baseball. nats in the grapefruit action. ry zimmerman enjoyed the weather and the game as well. just look at the swing. bottom of the first. he smacks one to left field. was that you, doug? that sounded great! matt harvey, that was who that was off of. three-run shot. nats win easily. final for this one is 12-1. don't miss the nats special. countdown to first pitch is to get you ready for another season with the lofty expectations saturday at 7:00 p.m. on abc7. remember the fight between adrian and ashley? the fighters were back for the press conference to promote the april 5 fight at the d.c. armory. there was a lot of trash talking. a final note. according to the "washington times" free agent nose tackle terrance knighton leaning to accept a deal with the patriots after meeting with the redskins today. leon: ahh. robert: i know. snap my fingers at that one. leon: thought he was coming

doug: that is where we are headed. 70's tomorrow. and upper 70's for friday. tomorrow is sunshine in the morning and increasing clouds. slight chance of shower in the afternoon. 73. friday even before sunrise the showers and the thunderstorms are likely as a frontal system moves in. cold front. rain should end by the early afternoon. we could hit upper 70's. we will turn cooler through saturday. highs of 63. gusty breeze. breezy and only near 50 for high on sunday. steve rudin in tonight at 11:00. we will talk about the timing of the strong cold front of the weekend. look ahead to cooler weather next week. maureen: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. with a response to donald trump's controversial comments on abortion. will this affect his lead in the polls? leon: we'll see if this does. nothing else has. get ready for 11:00 tonight. have a good and safe

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