leon: the mystery gripped the region, an eight-year-old girl vanished, her disappearance with no traces to be found. alison: relisha rudd has not been seen since 2014 comment tonight a renewed search focusing on the national arboretum grounds. are we any closer to finding out what happened for her?

investigation happening now. richard: you have to believe that the police do have some leads. after all, something lead them here. they are not sing with the leads are. this is also the story of a family, waiting and watching, not knowing what happened to their little girl. tonight, perhaps there is some hope. through dense brush and woods, the search continued for relisha rudd. >> i'm not going to say that we give up all hope. relisha was eight years old when she disappeared to years ago, last seen on a hotel security camera. lanier: it's not unusual for us to find missing children months, weeks, years after they were missing. ishard: the arboretum site just blocks away from the holiday inn, where relisha rudd

enters a room with kahlil tatum. >> i'm glad they are continuing to keep her name alive and keep her face out there. richard: investigators say kahlil tatum, a janitor at the d.c. shelter where the family lived, later committed suicide. we get newr: information on the case that has led us to areas. richard: the police are using k-9 units on land and divers on an unidentified body of water on the property. the family waits. >> we are hoping that she is still alive and save somewhere. richard: there appears to be some urgency to the search. operations will continue at 6:30 a.m. one family member said tonight the most difficult part of all of this is not knowing. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: we ll

stormwatch, rain on the way could impact the commute tomorrow in the rest of the day as well. it's get a look at the timeline from meteorologist steve rudin. steve: rain likely to fall during the morning and early afternoon tomorrow, another round of showers late tomorrow afternoon into the evening. no worries right now if you are heading outside. it is dry, although clouds are beginning to rapidly increase. to the west is where the moisture is located, advancing to the east. that means a wet rush-hour commute early tomorrow morning. grab the emerald and pack your patience, because we could be looking at delays -- grab your umbrella. the showers and thunderstorms possibly later in the afternoon, just in time for the nationals baseball game, the home game, the first one of the year. plus talking about -- i hate to say this --

potential of rain and maybe even snow this upcoming weekend. more on that coming up. alison: ugh, we are not ready for that first. this week, metro's general manager paul wiedefeld are sure to commuters they would not face long-term closures. tonight for the first time he faced riders with poignant questions. tom roussey has that story. tom: what he was responding to got a lot of people talking. imagine the possibility of these folks winning for the metro would have a line on the tracks for six months at a time. that was raised by the metro board chair. metro seems to be dialing back on that possibility. here is video of where the general manager met with the advisory- riders council who asked about the idea of shutting down lines up to six

wants to do. himn the media talked with after the meeting, and here is what he said to a question about that. did they rule out a shutdown of the duration? >> i have not seen anything that leads me to that length of a shutdown. >> i think that's really good to hear because i heard that he was going to shut down the blue line, which is what i ride often. it's good to hear they will fix what is going on. >> i guess you would say you don't mention you are going to do something or bring it up if you don't plan to do it. that does not seem like a very smart idea. tom: that said, it now looks like full lines will not be shutting down for six month set a time. the gm says that maintenance and safety work has to be done, and he is still deciding the best path forward as far to how to do it with ni

riders. tom roussey, abc 7 news. maryland board of public works has unanimously approved a contract to build the purple line, the 16-mile line that will have 21 stations between bethesda and new carrollton. maryland will be responsible for more than $3 billion of this $5.6 billion price tag. federal and county funding will pay for the rest. construction will begin late this year. leon: a law enforcement conference about off-road vehicles on public roads. the us will include several jurisdictions, including d.c., arlington, and prince george's county. we will have complete coverage right here on abc 7. a disturbing arrest, only on 7, a man in custody accused in three sexual assaults in silver spring. in one case he is accuse

ght has a say that kni court of record. he was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation. knight confessed all three crimes, saying he attacked the women because he was hungry. an independent investigation after somebody fired a gun at houses in prince william county. nine homes have in hit, the most recent incident sunday in woodbridge. the homeowner said he thought it was fireworks, but then he realized bullets made it inside his home. nobody was hurt, but there have been several near misses. the police are investigating the shell casings, but they do not have a suspect or car description. leon: several students take of the hospital after a school bus crash near baltimore. the driver was taken to a trauma center. eight students were brought to the hospitals. the student injuries are not life-threatening. no word on the driver's condition or what caused the

connecticut, a middle school teacher charged with carrying a gun in the school. jonathan elias has more on that from the satellite center. teacher, jason adams, facing criminal charges. security officers at newtown middle school spotted him with a gun and call the police. officers say that he has a valid concealed permit, but school policy prohibits him or anybody else from having a gun on school property. newtown was the site of the sandy hook elementary mass shooting in 2012. the school system released a statement tonight calling the charges serious and troubling. adams is due back in court later this month. he is now on administrative leave. alison: the race for the white house moves east tonight, the front runners in both the democratic

holding rallies this evening. donald trump greeted by a large crowd of protesters as he arrived at an event on long island. despite losing wisconsin, by double digits, trump insisted he is on track to win the nomination before the convention. trump: we have momentum, we have a movement, and we will turn this country around so fast, so fast. alison: ted cruz campaign today in the bronx. paul show him trailing in new york state by pretty wide margin. him trailing. hillary clinton spoke to supporters in pittsburgh a short time ago. bernie sanders held a rally in philadelphia. despite the loss in wisconsin, clinton's lead by sanders struck by just 10 delegates. warning on theg global stage, north korea now has the ability to mount a nuclear warhead on a medium-range missile, according to south korea.

could reach u.s. military bases in asia. u.s. intelligence is still investigating, but officials say they have to assume the nation has at least an untested capability to launch a nuclear weapon. a showdown over gay rights in the south. in tennessee, a controversy a religious freedom bill that would allow people to deny services to gay people if it violates the religious beliefs of business owners. it became law in north carolina and mississippi. it was rejected in georgia and virginia. the battle centers on big business, with several companies threatening to back out of projects in states that have these laws. -- a battlel ahead over breastmilk. in arlington mother told that she could not bring a bottle inside of a bar. this story is getting a lot of attention. what the bar is saying. leon:

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surgery, the harris health system thanked her for the recording and said it reminded employees to be mindful of their comments. she is considering whether she will sue the hospital. alison: a controversy tonight over breastmilk in a bar. in arlington mother said she needed to ditch a bottle of breastmilk before going inside of a d.c. bar. she had twins just four-month ago. she was out on the town for the first time for her birthday since having the babies and she stopped at a place on h street. she had bottles of milk and a pump in her bag, but the bouncer stopped her and said she cannot bring the breastmilk inside. >> i thought he was joking. he said i respect your condition, but why would you bring them here? alison: the bouncer told her the d.c. up a whole and beverage -- holy beverage administration friends are from bringing drinks from

she left and went to another bar where she was led in without questions. saidkesperson for the bar its staff was doing its job, but the owner would revisit its policy. it is the emotional moment making waves around the world, a little girl from ohio with a rear debilitating ailment meets pope francis. she is slowly losing her site because of a genetic disease that often takes hearing as well. now her family is helping her with what they call a visual bucket list. they are trying to show her some of the wonders of the world before she goes blind. thank's to generous offers true help, this included a trip to rome, where she got a chance to meet the pope, and he blessed her eyes while she was there. and she has hearing aids already, losing some of her hearing as well. as special moment for that family. leon: absolutely. alison: it is cold out there. steve:

chilly, rain on the way. a little bit of rain around here can cause big problems, especially coinciding with a rush hour. tomorrow morning, leave extra time if you are walking to the bus or metro. it will be wet on the metro platforms. the nationals game, still questions about that especially towards the end of the game where we could have shower activity. air travel up and down the east coast, especially over philadelphia, new york city, boston, there may be delays early in the morning. the high today was 56 degrees today, well below average this time of year. 92 the record in 1942. if your allergies are bothering you, and minor driving me crazy, tree pollen, oak, and elm in the high category. the temperature outside, 51 degrees at reagan national, the clouds are here to stay

the day tomorrow. with the clouds, we will see rain, but the cloud cover will stop the temperatures from falling a lot. mid 50's leesburg and manassas, upper 40's andrews, southern maryland 53. wide in the view, not a tremendous amount of cold air, but the milder temperatures to the west will try to move overhead during the day tomorrow. this right here is the system that will bring the wet weather. i sunrise tomorrow morning, the rain will start, becoming heavy at times in the morning. once that moves far enough to the east, a little bit of a break followed by more rain into the late afternoon. if you have anywhere to go the next few hours, it will be dry, so no worries, but leave the umbra low by the door so you do not forget it tomorrow morning because you will need it. -- leave the umbrella by the door because you will need it. 9

of the baseball game, widely scattered showers, some isolated thunderstorms. the skies begin to clear, but then another system arrives for the weekend, which may bring rain, rain/snow mix, and may be a coating in some areas. tomorrow, 55 to 60 degrees. the forget to watch the ,tormwatch 7 weather app download that. 45 saturday. we could be looking at record low temperatures early sunday morning. back into the 60's early next week. alison: a coating of snow? steve: some areas. maybe i should not even have said that. leon: we don't want a coat of any kind. football, we are talking about rg iii. he is not here, remember?

frustrations with the redskins. and the wizards dropped off the nets tonight.

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he was dealing, six innings of one run ball with four strikeouts against the braves. the game was tied in the seventh. matt den dekker delivers a shot that scores a pair. nats up 3-1. ♪ it's closing time ♪ jonathan papelbon comes in to close it out. things, leon. leon: no problem. robert: the home opener is tomorrow against the marlins. nats win tonight. o's hosting the twins. chris davis crushes one to center, his first of the year. the birds win 4-2. they go for the sweep tomorrow night. in football, here is a question --do you miss rg iii yet? if so, no worries, we have you covered.

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