locally we are watching the effect of the daytime heating today. it has been cloudy for a week. the sun comes out. the areas with the warmer temperatures are the most unstable part of the atmosphere west and southwest of town. those are the areas that are bubbling up with the showers and thunderstorms as well. we see it on doppler radar. they are generally moving east. we can check the one cell in mann that is headed to lake ridge and dale city -- annandale. there will be isolated showers and thunderstorms this evening. clearly the heaviest rain, the concentrated rain will move in much later tonight. we don't think it will be severe. that will stay south and west. plenty of rain later tonight. we will continue to monitor pop-up storms in the meantime. we have a lot more to say about this coming up in a couple of minutes. alison: we will see yo

you can stay connected around the clock. connect with us on social media. download the storm watch weather app to your android or mobile device. leon: localized catastrophe in fort washington. two years ago the roads gave way to force homes evacuated and condemned. today they declared the repairs complete. brad: two years ago we stood behind the house to show you the hill. it was collapsing. a slope failure and it became the most expensive national disaster in history of the county. but today finally the neighborhood has been declared whole. >> may 2014. the hillside slipped. the trees fell. the road appeared as if

hillside slipped. those past the break on piscataway drive cut off from the rest of the world. debbie thought she may lose her dream home. >> there was a time we thought it was a possibility. >> the price tag then was $15 million. the people in the neighborhood became lobbyists, today standing with the politicians they battled on a repaired road. along a newly graded hillside. >> it's amazing what the citizen action will do. >> $11 million from the county and the rest from state and federal tax dollars. two years later pistcataway drive is open to debbie's home and 22 others. >> we are happy. >> it was a lot of money. painful to see how much it cost. >> ts

ending. this is one of the five houses condemned. never able to be occupied again. when we come back at 2:00, we will tell you more about that aspect -- come back at 6:00, we will tell you more about that aspect of the natural disaster. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: this just in to the newsroom. first-person look at the moment a c.s.x. train began to derail. this was in northwest washington over the weekend. so take a look at this video here that metro security cameras captured from the platform of the rhode island station. the car begins to wobble and then they begin to twist and turn and it turns into a log jam mess. by the time it came to a stop 16 cars jumped the track. now a look at the aftermath. we are told it could be days before rail travel back to normal.

but the has mast clean-up that followed. brianne carter what is the latest today? brianne: the clean-up continues and the smell in the air continues as well. take a look at what is happening below us. they are working to remove the area where the track once was. speaking of the tracks the damage tracks remain. they are immediately lay new tracks here. capture on camera watch as the 16 c.s.x. train cars collide in this just release video. you can see the derailment it as it happens. now more than 24 hours after the derailment, the clean-up continues. today crews work to upright and remove the damaged rail cars. after the ethanol and sodium hydroxide was removed. impacted soil was

damaged section of the track. >> working as fast as we can to restore service through the area. >> while metro trains started running today, the derailment continues to cause issues for marc riders. two of the camden line trains have been canceled. wile only three brunswick trains will run from silver spring after commuting changes impacted riders this morning. >> i'm about 45 minutes late. >> you are handing it well. >> the derailment raises questions about the safety of the tracks running through the city. d.c. eleanor james holmes got a first-hand look and plans to regulate what goes through the area. brianne: back live speaking with the c.s.x. officials they tell us it was 750 gallons that spilled just from one of those 16 cars that derailed. they also tell us it could be days before everything is back up and running. coming up

hear from delegate james eleanor holmes norton. alison: that is stoking the flame of a year debate over the trains like this one carrying hazardous material right through the district. at 6:00 tonight, our diane cho explains why the d.c. council says it is powerless to stop those trains. leon? leon: metro's making a significant safety change. next month there will be a uniformed fire officer stationed in the metro nerve center around the clock. that position is going to be tasked with coordinating response between metro and the local fire department in case of an emergency. this announcement is coming one day before the ntsb issues the final report on the january 2015 smoke incident at l'enfant plaz. one woman die and dozens of people were hurt in incident. abc7 will have a thorough look at the report's finding in the coverage tomorrow. alison: update now to a story we brought you in march. on the

high school junior who died after taking a drug at a friend's birthday party. the virginia medical office is calling the death of 17-year-old alexea springer accidental. they found morphine, oxon hill, -- oxicodone mixed together. she went to sleep and never woke up. leon: the man accused of kills his roommate says he was insane when he killed grace mann, a popular university of mary washington student. it's up to a your to decide if it's true. the trial began for steven briel. jeff goldberg stepped out of the courtroom and heard opening statements inside. jeff, fill us in. jeff: leon, an unexpected argument in defense in the opening statements. i want to paint a picture of what is going on inside the courtroom. thomas and melissa mann, the parents of grace mann holding one another inside the courtroom in

steven briel look i ahead with a blank look on his face. he said he did kill grace mann. they are not arguing that to be the case but they are saying he is not guilty by reason of insanity. steven briel's family avoids news cameras outside court. inside his attorneys present a specific and a bizarre explanation why he killed 20-year-old mary washington student grace mann in april of 2015. they say he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and on the day of the murder he felt he was threatened by evil forces. the defense said that he texted his mother and say a hail mary and he responded "hail mary full of grace." defense attorneys claim after the text briel felt grace mann posed a serious danger. it doesn't make sense but the evidence will show this what was in his head. they were h

fredericksberg with two other students. mann's mother melissa testified grace, a junior from mcclain was happy, and had big plans for the future. prosecutors call the insanity defense ludicrous saying after the killing briel changed his clothes, tried to shaver and fled. all signs prosecutors say he knew what he had done. prosecutor citing a text conversation. i made a mess. what should i do? run? he said to his mother. "yes, get out of there." we heard from one of the two roommates who saw steven briel after the killing saying he was drenched in sweat, looked very, very nervous. the roommates saw grace mann body inside a bedroom, bound and strangled. we heard from a detective from the police department and we expect that the courtroom activity to wrap up and then resume in the morning.

wednesday. live in fredericksburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: okay. thank you. for months we heard about a contested convention. last night, bernie sanders declared we will see a second contested convention days later when the democrats gather in philadelphia. how feasible is that? let's get answers now from the chief political correspondent scott thuman. we heard about it with the republicans for months and months. now bernie sanders saying we may see another one. >> the mantra of the republicans ted cruz and john kasich saying donald trump won't get to 1237. we can prevent it from happening. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is mentioning it. saying without super delegates hillary clinton won't get to magic number. what he is doing is trying to convince superdelegates in states that have already voted and have aligned themselves with hillary clinton change your mind. you have the ability to

your mind. this is a quick clip of him reiterating that point. >> the convention will be a contested contest. i think the evidence is clear. i would be the stronger candidate to defeat trump or any other republican. >> we will see what happens. staying the the democrats here. trump was talking about hillary playing the woman card. it sounds like he will capitalize on that. >> we see it on her website today. looking for the create tave ways to get donations. here is an image from the website to make a donation and get their official "woman card" and receive it in response for whatever amount you get from $3 and up. what is interesting about the funds reyeser if you look at the past month for april she ra

but bernie sanders $25 million. she outraised him. that is a rarity on the campaign trail. but that is $20 million less for bernie sanders than he made in march. he did $45 million in march. alison: wow! scott: $25 million in april. she says this is sign momentum may be on my side. alison: that put it in perspective. to the other side now. republican side of the ticket. of course a battle for indiana. senator ted cruz desperately trying to catch donald trump in a de facto two-man race in the primary. as part of the agreement with cruise john kasich is not campaigning in the state. but trump still leads the polling. leon: still ahead at 5:00, new antismoking campaign about to hit airways in d.c. and 12 other major cities. but there is one group it's targeting and research shows they smoke more than the rest of the population. it might surprise you. alison: plus, making a difference in the fight against cancer. why one

history makes her a strong alley for women in the fight of their lives. leon: plus, a fight for prince's estate. the you surprising first step. alison: the former penn state convicted football coach and pedophile jerry sandusky says will prove he is innocent. that is next at "abc7 news at 5:00".

leon: a new move by disgracedded former penn state coach jerry sandusky, the man convicted of 45 count of child sex abuse and now wants to present evidence that prove he is was wrongly convicted. elizabeth hur with the latest on the court appearance. reporter: fighting for a second chance to prove his innocence. jersey sandusky arrived in court carrying documents about sounding defiant. >> read what has been written. >> tomorrow forepenn -- the former penn state assistant coach was sentenced for abusing boys he met through the charity organization. his lawyers say they deserve a few trial. >> in court they argued that he received ineffective council from the previous attorneys who allowed

bob costas. >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted? but no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> the costas interview played a important role in trial of the case. it was referred to by the prosecuting attorney. the position is the client was not prepared for that. >> the defense wants to cross example people who investigate and prosecuted the case. citing grand jury leaks. >> jerry sandusky is not going to get a new trial. the motions are routinely filed. but rarely granted. >> prosecutors decline to comment. the judge said in court he has questions whether the defense has factual evidence to support their argument.

the fate of prince's estate lasted minutes. the late singer property holdings are estimated it $27 million. prince did not have a will and took care of his six siblings. going so far to buy some of them houses. the cause of singer's death is still under investigation. leon: all right. from purple rain to real heavy rain. doug: the national storm prediction center expanded the severe thunderstorm watch which was southwest virginia and now includes metro area. get you started. active weather day but looks as though south and west of washington. this is a live look from the national harbor. you see that the dark cloud mass on the horizon? that is 18 miles away from the camera. that is what it looks like on the naked eye. this is what it looks like for the doppler radar. north of dale city is the red dot and the leading edge of the showers and the thunderstorms

blue ridge. spreading across warrington and prince william and fauquier county. this will continue to make a trip to the east. the new part of the area placed under severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. the whole d.c. metro area, prince george's montgomery, charles, south and west. back in the preexisting which is huge. this extends to kentucky, tennessee, west virnia as well. in the past 20 minutes ago starting to organize to the metro area. we have a close eye on this. in the next 25 to 30 minutes as the system continues to move east northeast. what is left of this is the annandale area after mount vernon and fort hont. then alexandria and d.c. at 5:50. then close to 6:00 hour it's in

most of the activity is well displaced south and west. it is bubbling up for the rally durham. and more in roanoke valley. east of town not so much. storms for 9:00 and thereafter. the will make a movement west to east. tomorrow in the 60's. it won't rain every minute but it will threaten rain in the day. the next several days days will have plenty of chance of rain. after the day that featured the sun and the

storms for five or six hours. tomorrow is cloudy with the highs reaching 68. probably of rain at 70%. drop it to 60% on wednesday and 70% on thursday. 40% on friday. weekend looks better with more sunshine. this is like last week only warmer. alison: keep us posted. alison: still ahead here, insight in fight against cancer. the attribute a local oncologist says is a blessing and a burden. as she helps her patient in the fight for their lives. leon: first, though, group a new ad campaign is most at list to start smoking. the new ad campaign aimed at just them.

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not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up, we want them to grow up stronger. leon: the f.d.a. antismoking ads are targeting one of growest group of tobacco using. lgbt teens. >> it siphons money from the cket. leon: this $35.7 million ad campaign dubbed "the free life" will begin running this week. officials say the young adult and the

twice as likely to use tobacco as the peers. they attribute it to the coming out process, which can cause anxiety and the social stigma. that drives people to smoke. alison? alison: leon, all this week on abc7 we'll highlight the work of woman across the washington area making a difference in the fight against breast cancer leading up to this weekend's komen race for the cure. we begin with a local surgical oncologist with unique insight in the disease. as mike carter-conneen reports it's not often breast cancer patient have a surgeon who is also a survivor mike: in 2013, dr. laurie wilson got the diagnosis she never expected. even after several years working as a surgical oncologist, cancer was not on her radar. insad she was focused raising her son, 18 months old. >> in my heart of heart i knew something was going on. but i was devastated. mike: a mammogram s

in both breasts. one was triple negative. a much more aggressive cancer. >> i didn't expect the diagnosis. i wasn't particularly high risk. mike: her extensive knowledge was a blessing and in some ways a burden. she approached her prognosis and treatment as a patient, not a doctor. >> i wanted everything explained to me. i wanted expert opinion. mike: she says fighting cancer herself opened her eyes. it can be overwhelming. the time frame we ask patients to make very life changing decision. can be very short. mike: three years later she is healthy. now at howard university hospital she is sharing her own experience. her tears and her prayers with other women on the same journey. >> she hears you and listens to you. you can see she is feeling what you are feeling. mike: dr. wilson is proud of howard partnership with the komen organization working with the local groups to reduce health disparities among underresourced and underserved women. >> raising funds. supporti

for women in our community. mike: because she understands, because she empathizes her patients adore her. alison: what strong woman. abc7 and newschannel8 are the media sponsor for saturday's komen race for the cure. you can track the stories we'll run leading up to the event. use #seeitpink. we have live coverage from the race from the national mall on our sister station newschannel8. leon: it gets bigger year after year. still ahead on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- an exact replica of stonehenge. would you believe there is one in virginia? we tell you why the artist who built it says he will give it to you on one condition. alison: plus, getting

despite not breaking the law. the action that will get you an unusual ticket from d.c. police. why many say it's a good idea. horace: "7 on your side" is at it again. this time we are going undercover to put air duct cleaning companies to the test. we will take you where you likely have never been before. inside an air duct. we'll explain why up next

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: now air ducts carry the air that you and your family breathe inside your home. companies incise that the ducts are something you should -- insist that ducts are something you should clean out regularly. others say it's a waste of money. horace holmes put air duct cleaning companies to the test. we have been waiting for days to find out what you found out. tell us all about it. horace: the reason we went under cover is you get so many ads and offers. telling you get your air ducts clean. should you do it or should you not? here is what this woman looks like on the outside. see how much dirt is there? well, we want to get you information so you can make a decision on whether you should get the ducts of yours cleaned. so our journey starts deep

conventional wisdom says if you haven't had them cleaned out in a few years you better blow them out soon. >> of course i say get it done. >> "7 on your side" went under cover again. this time to test air duct cleaning companies. air duct cleaning is a big business. but there is a big debate over whether you ever need to have soone come in and clean them out. >> as long as you are keeping up with the normal maintenance of the system, clean the duct work every three to four years. >> the national air duct cleaning association says absolutely. you should have the air carrying tunnels through your home cleaned out by a professional company every three to five years. after all they say what is inside the duct will eventually wind up inside your lungs. >> we rented a house in the d.c. area, set up hidden cameras and hired eight air duct cleaning companies to check out the hvac system. >> you have to be careful. you have to -- if you are

ducts, you have to really investigate. horace: the companies aren't hard to find. they do a great job finding us and bombarding us with ads and deals like the coupons that offer to clean out your duct system for as little as $44. >> people are trying to rob you and come into your house for $44. >> steve owns ducts of northern virginia. >> normal air duct cleaning takes from three to four hours. you are going to tell me you will go to every register and clean my line fully for $44? you are going to inspect my hvac system for $44? clean my hvac system for $44? horace: we are back live inside the air duct in this house in falls church. well, it looks pretty clean in there. but -- we have a lot of information at 11:00 so you will be warm and you will know what to do and t

clean the air duct. the great "7 on your side" air duct test tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. please join us. alison: we'll be watching. thank you. we need to get to breaking news right now out of brandywine. this is where stephen tschida and mobiletrak7 just arrived at the scene of a homicide. stephen? stephen: lets show you what is going on right now. you can see down general lafayette boulevard to the end what appears to be a dead end. that is where the body was discovered about 2:00 this afternoon. the body of a man in the roadway. we understand now we have news chopper 7 hovering above to show you a better look at just what is going on down there. where this body was discovered. a couple of hours ago. now the investigation is underway. we understand there are individuals that investigators are talking with. we are not sure whether they are deemed suspects or what the connection is or whether they were witn

this body. if we come back to me down here on the ground i want to show you this is called the chas for development. if you look to left it is a very nice townhome development. we spoke to a woman a minute ago two says she walks her dog down there every day. she says she never noticed anything out of the ordinary in that area. again, though, one man apparently fatally shot. the body found in the roadway. the investigators talk with the individuals. as soon as we learn more we will get the information to you. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: thank you. the clarence mitchell courthouse in baltimore is closed until next week because of a fire there. workers are cleaning up damage there from a fire that started in the basement. filling the six-story building with smoke. it's where proceedings in the death of freddie gray are taking place. court an rations have been -- court operations

alison: maryland man facing chargings after police say he got so high he imagined someone broke in his house. that is not all. police say 30-year-old jason proud hid under his bed in the imagined break-in. fired a round from his rifle and jumped out of a window when he called police for help. police realized no burglary actually occurred. brown is facing several charges including filing a false report, discharging a firearm, and possession of cocaine. coming up tonight -- a unique approach. a new reason for d.c. police to ticket your car and what they are trying to stop. >> jennifer: he is accused in a drive-by shooting in prince william county where a 12-year-o

update. thunderstorms entering the area. look for yourself on the map. it includes district, arlington, alexandria. all the areas shaded in pink. this is until 10:00 tonight. going to radar and you can see a line of showers and thunderstorms training off to the east. we are going to look for the areas of old town alexandria and eventually moving across the potomac. we move through the next half hour to 45 minutes or so. right now nothing warned on with the storm. the next seven days has temperatures in the 60's for the rest of the work and the school week. focus on the upcoming weekend. lots of sunshine. highs in the upper 70's. stay with

jennifer: i'm jennifer donelan. this is the "7 on your side" wall of justice. we have a case that involved a 12-year-old boy being shot. but first we have news of an arrest. last week arlington county police arrested calderon. he slashed a man's space in an argument over a soccer game. new to the wall tonight is 20-year-old pearson. the prince william county police say he was one

12-year-old boy in a driveby shooting. in prince george's county police looking for murder suspect christopher crawford. in arlington police are looking for jesse kim for assault and battery. thaw want to get donald young off the street for robbery. tonight the spotlight on kim. on the wall for the second time for the same crime. they tell us when we put him on the wall last summer he called in from korea and said he would come back and turn himself in. that never happened. he is on the wall again. he needs to face charges in 2015 attack on the new owner of his father's former dry cleaning business. we are seeking public assistance to locate hi

>> he is 5'7", 145 pounds, black hair and brown eyes and wanted for assault and battery and destruction of property. they want to put him behind bars. >> arlington county police say if you know kim, let him know to make good on his promise to surrender. i'm jennifer donelan with a "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. see you next week. leon: curse words, vandalism, depiction of genitalia. images that shocked a montgomery county school. alison: why students are just as upset as school administrators and officials track the culprit down. >> car break-ins so bad in d.c. police are giving tickets to people leaving packages in the cars. i'm stephen tschida. i'll fill you in, in a moment. leon: how to get your hands on replica stonehenge and for free. a good reason that the artist has to get rid of the

alison: the life-size foam plastic replica of england famous stonehenge monument needs a new home.

-henning a deg ago. it's in natural bridge, virginia. i was april fool's day stunt but he has to move it before august 1 because it's on property that will be part of the natural bridge state park. he tells abc7 he would love to keep it in virginia and he has heard from a few municipalities. so, we will let you know where it turns up. leon: do you believe it was an answer in "jeopardy" at one point. foamhenge. a ramp in crime has thement police department taking unusual approach. i was aers are going after the would-be victims. i may sound harsher than it is. stephen tschida explains. stephen: apparently they will look like these. the dreaded parking tickets. d.c. police will stick them on cars in the coming weeks. >> i thought it was an actual ticket. that's my original thought. stephen: oh, no. they will be warnings.

break-ins. something they see a lot of in d.c. the smash-and-grab epidemic continues to spread leaving shattered windows and stunned victims across the city. >> usually we walk out on a sunday morning and see glass platterred on the sidewalk. you just wonder what they took. stephen: on this street the car break-ins are so bad you may see police van up and down the street or warked with the officers inside trying to keep an eye on what is going on. >> i think it's fine if they are warning you for your safety. why not? >> the warnings are basic. don't leave anything in your car to entice the throngs of the thieves prowling the street to car get your vehicle. >> for me i would not remind them. stephen: where and when they will hand them out is unclear. car break-ins happen all over d.c. and around the clock. stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: well, two city blocks were shut

began to resemble a water park. take a look. that is a massive water main break in downtown peoria, illinois. washington gushing as high as 50 feet in the air. second ruptured water line backed up traffic in another part of the city. it's likely extra water pressure from the first break, then that caused the second one. leon: look at how things look on your roads. not wet but will be soon. jamie: we are seeing the cameras. it's darker than even an hour ago. look here. this is 66. our traffic leaving the city. just past nutley street. bumper to bump every. you see the brake lights. for you, if you are going to be heading outbound it looks like they are zooming in and may be looking for an den.

this backup is a bad one. heavy traffic on the inner loop from 66 to the g.w. parkway. not terrible. the traffic is not terrible. slowing is leaving the city. that traffic is 25 minutes from the 14th street bridge continuing closer to the capital beltway and then heading outbound on 95. the lowest spasm approach -- slowest patch is approaching the occoquan and southbound to stafford. we will keep an eye on the 66 traffic. but plan ahead as the rain will start to come in later. we are going to see extra volume. back to you. alison: hopefully the cars will be off the road by the time the rain gets here. find out timing of weather coming through. doug? doug: we have rain getting close to south and west of springfield right now for one heavy storm. give you headlines. the areas in pink, we are under severe thunderstorm watch until 1

news chopper 7 live over the city. looking southwest. that is a vantage point not far from the wilson bridge. looking at the storm center that is the leading edge now that is probably five miles southwest of springfield. it extends through the heart of the storm in mann. secondary part of the system toward warrington. it's so dark it is moving east at a good clip. you notice on the right-hand sky still blue skies. this storm is moving toward the metro area. this is a small piece of the overall storm action displaced well southwest and south of washington area. get back to graphics for a minute. show you the area under the watch until 10:00. the d.c. metro area that extends through the carolinas. this is the first coming through. then we have a larger area. that storm system that you see a box armed. the national weather service issued severe thunderstorm warning for the cell.

and look at live from the helicopter here. this is in effect until 6:30 tonight. the actual storm itself could produce 60-mile-per-hour winds. and some quarter-size hail. meanwhile it is moving northeast at 20 miles per hour. so on this time line, it looks like at around 6:02 it will be close to alexandria. 6:14 we will cross to silver hill. 6:23, a portion may effect the district. the severe thunderstorm warning for 40 minutes of the cell. there are more following suit. north and east of roanoke. more to the west of that. this is around a cold front that continues to push slowly west to east across the area will wind up with a look at the future cast here showing the areas of the showers and storms with us through the night an overnight. break tomorrow and more showers and storms by tomorrow afternoon. more on the latest and the watches and warnings coming up in a couple of minutes. back to you. alison: thank you.

of hockey pucks going in for the capitals tonight. alison: that is right. erin is standing by in pittsburgh getting ready for the big game. leon: hey, erin. erin: hey, guys. the big story continues to be that brooks orpik on olli maatta. he is going to serve a three-game suspension for that late hit. let's show you how it happened. take a look at this. orpik hit maatta in the head after the puck was gone in game two on saturday and given two-minute minor penalty for interference. after hearing from nhl the punishment it was far more severe than anybody expected. today orpik spoke out for the first time about his suspension. brooks: it was a bad decision. it was late. obviously no intention to hit him in the head. but that was the result. i'm

>> he is a first class person on and off the ice. true pro, all that. he does not target people. he plays tough against people. we'll take his punishment and move forward. erin: well, even though orpik is suspended, he is here in pittsburgh with the rest of the team. he scaled earlier this morning. in about 20 minutes ago i spoke with voice of the capitals john walton to get his take on how the capitals move on without orpik. how will this affect the rest of the series? >> well, i think for the next three games what you need is orloff to step up and taylor chorney in and out of the line-up. they will be in and out the line tonight. the defense will log a lot of time. >> orlaff struggled. do you think he will step up? >> it might serve as a wake-up call. i hope so. he is a guy that has been reliable in the offensive

times defensively. if he can provide the offensive spark, thecas hold on to the puck. you don't worry about the defenses much if you have the puck. hopefully that is how it will go down. erin: the puck drops at 8:00. i expect game three to be another close one. back to you. alison: very exciting. leon: big stakes. all right. thanks. alison: thanks, erin. leon: coming up next -- >> it was a shocker. >> a local school peppered with vulgar words and images. up next, where it happened. and who is

alison: montgomery school officials nabbed those who spray painted graffiti on the school of the high school. the vandals took aim at everyone from the school principal to the marching band. >> we don't get that a lot around here. we don't have that sort of reputation. >> sunrise friday exposed collection of graphic graffiti plastered on damascus high

fields. vandals spray painted a number of foul, four-letter words and crass depictions of genitalia, hence the need for heavy blurring. >> it was shocking. >> junior alison is most upset at the cheap shots they took at certain individuals and groups, including tagging the high school marching band booster stand. the stand built by two students as part of an eagle scout project. >> a lot of it was personal. there was stuff directed to a formal student that graduated last year and the principal at well. i was immature to be honest. >> administrators say loose lips and school surveillance video helped them quickly determine who was responsible. the school isn't naming names but describes the graffiti gang a group of seventeens, some in not all ncps students. >> the stuff put on the walls is just really, i mean it was shocking and disgusting to look a

>> with the he on the power washer all by one bit has been removed and no one is facing criminal charges. the principal is disciplining those involved. in damascus, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: that is all for us at 5:00. right now on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the video that shows the moment a c.s.x. train derailed in d.c. tonight why the latest incident is raising old concerns. >> it's amazing what citizen action will do. alison: two years after weather created a landslide that damaged a number of homes in prince george's county, that naked -- that neighborhood is whole again. why not everyone is back home. and the $5 million lawsuit over iced coffee. but first "abc7 news at 6:00" starts on storm watch. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: at this hour part of the

thunderstorm warnings right now. as rain moves in. maureen: chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking where the storm is now and who will experience the heaviest rain tonight. doug? doug: at the moment the storms are just southwest of the metro area, heading toward the city. severe thunderstorm watch up until 10:00 tonight for the entire area shadedded in pink. you see a little yellow area. that is the severe thunderstorm warning. you see it now in the center of the screen to the southwest of the district. a lot of heavy rain and lightning in the cell. it will continue to move east at 20 miles per hour. with that as we zoom in you can see lightning activity with it as well. it will push to fairfax and toward the city. southwest side of the beltway. springfield, mount vernon. eventually across the potomac river to the city of washington in the next 20 to 30 minutes. it will cross annandale at 6:14. 6:34 in the nation's capital. part of a larger comple