announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: we begin with danger at the diner. michelle: a hummer slams into it during the lunch rush. both catch fire. it's the silver diner in tysons. this is cell phone video from the scene. jonathan: it was immediate action trying to save the people inside that s.u.v., as you were seeing in the video. jonathan: that all happened on fletcher street in tysons. both directions were shut down while firefighters responded. kevin lewis is on the scene for us this afternoon. michelle: kevin, even more startling here, some say this was no accident. kevin: yeah, absolutely. a number of people we talk to say the driver of the hummer was a former employee of the silver diner. police tell us they have been made aware of the allegations as well but haven't confirmed them yet. take a look at the scene here. the burnt remains on the hummer remain in front of the silver diner. that is where it came to rest. we are told -- and take a look

help substantiate what i'm saying -- that the hummer ran in the front three times, hitting a man in his 70's in front entryway. we heard he had trauma to lower half of his body. at some point then the hummer started to smoke. and then orange flames were seen emitting and shooting through the roof. customers had to use a knife or some sharp object to cut the seat belt and get the driver out in time. they then dragged his body across the parking lot and pinned him down until police arrived. police then cuffed him, took him to a hospital because he had burns on his face. this was more than chaotic inside of the restaurant. this was the height of the lunch hour. we talked to a number of witnesses. here is short medley of what they had to say. >> i said, "oh, my god. this guy has just ran into the building." >> it scared me to de

would blow. he didn't stop. >> sounded like a bomb going off. people were screaming. the people next to me in the next booth fell over and passed out. kevin: fairfax county police tell us four people in total injured. the driver of the hummer, that man who was pinned up against the vehicle. the third person injured witnesses told us was one of the men trying to get the driver out of the hummer. the hummer was still moving around and one of those individuals got hurt in that process. the fourth person did not get taken to the hospital. minor injuries for that person. we are told all four people expected to survive. but i will tell you from everyone we talked to, the man pinnedded against the silver diner in his 70's, it sounded like his injuries were severe. live in tysons, kevin lewis, back to you. michelle: thank you. take a look at the video. this is the moment that police rushed a hijacked metrobus at a gas station. the driver in court in

police say keith loving took over the bus and ran over anthony payne. payne died. today, stephen tschida is outside the courthouse. those who knew payne are especially devastated because this is a man who was just doing his job when he became a victim. stephen: that is right. right now 30-year-old -- the 30-year-old charged with second-degree murder in this case, keith loving is appearing before the judge. we have video of just what went down yesterday in northeast d.c. according to charging documents which were just released investigators maintained that loving hijacked a bus with the needle-nose pliers. he went after the driver, forced the driver off. the passengers fled. he took the bus on a wild ride and stopped at a gas station where payne was working. surveillance video shows payne next to the stopped bus. they maintain that loving backed up and intentionally

to ground by a dumpster where he was working. we caught up with one of payne's friends laying flowers a it a makeshift memorial. this is what he said about his friend who was killed yesterday. >> he never bothered nobody. he always was a helper. yesterday he pumped my gas. we was talking. it's just sad. stephen: now we also learned from the charging documents that prosecutors maintain that when loving was taken to howard university hospital because of his behavior, because he had resisted arrest and was acting belligerently and angry, they took him to howard university hospital. they say they overheard loving tell medical staff there he had smoked p.c.p. and taken another drug named k2. the drugs are often linked to aberrant and violent behavior. loving is still in the courtroom. i will race down there after this and be back at 5:00 to bring you the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: there is a new snapshot on crime in schoo

shows a decline. according to the fed, 3% of students 12 to 18 years of age say they have been victims of a crime at school in 2014. 1.3 million students were suspended for a day or more for alcohol violations. this is the shocker. between 2001-2013 the number of sex crimes on campus more than doubled. what is still unclear is if that reflects increase in sexual violence or reporting of this kind of crime. michelle? michelle: closing arguments are happening right now in the murder of grace mann. the university of mary washington student killed by steven briel. he doesn't deny the murder but his legal team argues he wasn't sane at the time. north virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg reports from the fredericksburg courthouse. jeff: both the prosecution and the defense resting their cases today as we now get closer to a verdict in the murder trial of steven briel. the final witness for the defense testifying for several hours this morning, trying to build the

steven briel is not guilty by reason of insanity. u.v.a. forensic psychiatrist eileen ryan spent 12-1/2 hours evaluating steven briel and came to the conclusion he did not understand the consequences of his actions when he killed his roommate and fellow mary washington student grace mann in april of 2015. dr. ryan testifying that briel is schizophrenic and leading up to the murder his delusion and paranoia intensified. according to ryan, briel felt a group called "the organization" was trying to kill him and his three female roommates, especially grace mann were planning his murder. grace is the one that is out to kill me, he told ryan. on the day of the murder, while home alone with grace, briel said to her "why are you trying to kill me?" and grace loudly responded in disbelief and he pushed her, ultimately leading to him stranglal and killing man -- strangling and killing grace

mann. dr. ryan believed he knew the difference between right and wrong but he believes he was incas pating her to keep himself from being killed. this afternoon we heard doctor for the prosecution countering the claims of dr. ryan. he believes that steven briel was sane in the murder of grace mann. we are following the trial closely and will bring you updates on later editions of abc7 news. in fredericksburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: all right, jeff. thank you very much. another gray day. a little bit of a chance for rain out there. we have seen this all week. michelle: in case you are keeping track, we are talking now a full week each day for the past seven we have seen some rain. big question now. will showers affect your ride home again? chief meteorologist doug hill now with the forecast. doug? doug: yes. back to you. we're stuck in this pattern now. the showers are not nearly as numerous as yes

scattered around the area now. north of winchester to hagerstown. farther south to the foothills. then south of fredericksburg through caroline county. showers and thunderstorms will drift east/northeast or the east over the next couple of hours. that is the story. 40% chance any one spot might see a shower or a brief downpour. otherwise, cloudy skies for sure. past the local showers there is more and more and more. we will get to elongated area of low pressure that controls the weather late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and friday. rain chances will continue to increase. especially tomorrow afternoon and through the day friday. so rain. in some of the heavier downpours friday there could be localized flooding concerns, too. the forecast heading through the evening hours, we will keep cloudy skies here. 48 to 53. patchy fog and a few showers. northeasterly winds. the forecast through thursday, cloudy again with showers. especially more likely getting through the day. high of 61. the heaviest rain chances are

area. jonathan: thank you, doug. the ntsb absolutely slamming metro for the safety practices. or lack thereof. leading up to the deadly smoke incident just outside the l'enfant plaza station in january of 2015. dozens of trains were passing through the smoke-filled tum until the yellow line train that carol gloveer was on stopped. as a result she died. brianne carter has more. brianne: patrick reagan the lawyer representing the family of carol glover, the woman who died in the smoke incident in l'enfant plaza in january of 2015 speaking to us tonight. after the ntsb issued more than 30 recommendations for not only metro but other agencies here in this city. he said he was looking for information specifically related to what was in that smoke that filled not only the tunnel but the train. while t

mr. reagan says the report is still a positive step. he said until the report was issued, the law preventing him from moving forward in this case and now he expects that all the lawyers in the case will be able to meet with a judge in a matter of days. he says then depositions could begin as early as next month. he said until the ntsb investigation was finished and the report was,, issued, they were prohibited from doing that. glover son filed a lawsuit against the transit agency. their lawyer again today saying the goal is to make metro safer. >> we are hopeful. the problem has been that safety was a last priority and not the first priority. the new head of metro i think now is appropriately placing safety at a higher level of priority than it has been placed before. so, yes, there is reason for optimism. we will have to see how it ends up translating into whether there is

improvements. brianne: for improvements, coming up tonight at 6:00, we went back and looked at all of the different agencies cited in those findings yesterday to see what they have done to make it safer for you in a tunnel. we'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. if you want to hear the latest on wmata or voice your opinion, tonight is the night. the metro's riders advisory council will hold the monthly meeting tonight and it is open to the public. it begins at 6:30 and takes place at metro's headquarters. michelle: well, service is back to normal today for the marc trains in the district. this comes after a c.s.x. train derailed on sunday, spilling hazardous chemicals and leaving several cars overturned. emergency officials say repairs are now complete. freight rail service returned in the area as well today but you may still see minor delays. there is new information about the days leading up to the death of prince. the singer was trying to get help, it

with his addiction to painkillers. alison starling is at the "live desk" with the latest on the story. alison: what we have learned today is prince's representatives reached out to a renowned addiction doctor in california the day before prince died. however, a lawyer for dr. andrew cornfeld says his client couldn't immediately fly to minnesota. so, cornfeld arranged for prince to meet with a doctor in minnesota the following morning. and prince never made it. cornfeld's son who took a red eye flight to get out to paisley park was among those who found the body. there are reports the plan had been to get prince to go to california for long-term care under dr. cornfeld's supervision. >> dr. cornfeld was never able to meet prince, never talked to prince. and sadly, was not able to arrive in time. alison: investigators are still looking into whether prince died from an ov

not expected to be released for a few more weeks. at the "live desk" today, i'm alison starling. jonathan? jonathan: thanks. president obama right now is in flint, michigan, visiting the area hard hit following the water disaster. that is an effort to try to save money and the state switched over the water supply. that didn't work so well. listen in a few minute to hear what the president has to say. president obama: worried about what it means for children like her. she is worried about the future of the city and the community. so in the middle of a tragedy that should have never happened here in the united states of america, the denial of something as basic as clean, safe drinking water, this 8-year-old girl spoke out. jonathan: the 8-year-old he is talking about wrote the president a letter. remember, this was a problem for two years

the water, high levels of lead, contaminated with all kind of other things making people in the community sick. the president very critical of the decisions made to try to save money to get that water. and also critical of the decisions afterwards. that is why he is in flint right now talking about the situation and also the need for infrastructure repairs. we'll stay on top of this and let you know what else he has to say. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- do-it-yourself background checks. michelle: don't be surprised in the world of online dating what you can do to learn about your suitors. gearing up for race for the cure. ahead we continue a week-long series highlighting survivors in those fighting breast cancer. today, no age group spared. how the youngest patients are battling the disease. jonathan: even the youngest coming down with playoff fever. i'm talking young! the special gift for newborns. we will introduce you to the newest good luck charges for the caps.

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behind in a revenge killing that took place in katy, texas. police say the gunman shot two people, killing one and injuring the other before he turned the gun on himself. the gunman was fired from his job this morning from night transportation. but he showed up later and shot his coworkers. michelle: many of you have friends who met through online dating, whether online or the old fashioned way, the dating scene can be risky. people might pretend to be someone they are really not. so many are turning to do-it-yourself background checks. when we are curious about someone, many of us check out social media. that is a good start. but whether you are looking for love or hiring someone to take care of a family member, social media might not be enough. >> just using a name will get you something but usually not very much. michelle: linda montgomery and her team at her private investigation firm do background checks for a living. they check social media all the time. >> so i see you have

michelle: their advice? use social media like facebook, twitter and linkedin to verify information the person told you about themselves. >> their age, towns they have lived in, any activities they have been involved in. michelle: where did they go to school? where have they worked? all information you can easily obtain in a conversation in person or online. >> you need to first determine if this person is being honest and truthful and open about themselves. michelle: but one way to dig deeper is to use an online background check service. the cost from as little as $2 to as much as $50 depending on what you request. one site intellius gets top sites with the easy to use records. it's $50. people wise has premium reports for $25 but you pay more if you want criminal records checked. >> get to know as much as you can about them before y

become too involved. michelle: consider the cost of a background check an investment in yourself, your safety and your future. in some states you can request background information from the state. depending on the location you might get criminal convictions, recent arrest and sexual offender, but if you want to use a search to hire a person legally you must get their permission in writing. jonathan: that information coming in handy. michelle: so many people post pictures and it's not them or not recent pictures of them. jonathan: is that catfishing? michelle: i think so. jonathan: get a check of the traffic situation. jamie sullivan keeping an eye on things out there. it's busy out there. jamie: it is. but right now we are not seeing the rain we were seeing yesterday at this time. traveling outbound on 66. you know what? it's slow. we are seeing that. this is inbound, this is the outbound traffic. we are seeing that on the beltway as well, 66. the lowest spots in the

the city. this is work done on seminary road just over 395. not slowing you down but keep in mind you will see the barrels out. southbound 295 from the 11 street bridge to national harbor averaging about 20 minutes right now. we will move to the waze map showing you 270 leaving the city to rockville. many of the wazers reporting that heavy traffic. as you continue north we still have a few slow patches getting closer to gaithersburg and georgetown but no accidents to report. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: gray day like this, it makes people get up in the morning and think you know what? i don't feel like getting up. michelle: i wore yellow to remind myself what the sun looks like. doug: it's funny. we had a stretch a few weeks ago with day after day the sunshine. there is a break in the pattern. it will develop over the weekend. hang in a couple more days. rain is in the future starting right now across the area. looking live at the national wheel from national harbor. on the potomac

no rain in the metro area at the moment but give it time. there are showers south and west of washington that we are keeping an eye on. 59 at reagan national airport. east/northeasterly winds at 10. that is why i have the low clouds stuck in place. as far as the numbers across the area, cooler. average high is 72 degrees. this time of the afternoon we should be close to that. it's 63 in fredericksburg. 64 in luray. cloudy skies all over the place. we have a couple of showers. lightning strikes here north of winchester. they are headed to the northeast. we have that little cluster. this same area we had a few of these yesterday. but you notice as they move a little bit, they are diminished. southeast of winchester a storm. when farther south to the metro area and through culpeper to the foothills more showers and storms. they are drifting to the western suburbs in the next hour or so. we are in a pattern with occasional showers and an occasional do

michigan. cold front, low pressure here is slowly going to settle overhead and take control of the weather through friday night or saturday morning. increasing chances of rain tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and through the day on friday. saturday is the day we do a transition and start to break out of it. rain chances continue. 51 tonight. 61 tomorrow. 61 on friday. over the weekend it looks better here as we brighten it up. close to 70 on saturday. 74 on sunday. 76 monday. shower chances tuesday and wednesday. look at that. warming to 82 degrees. sunday don't forget is mother's day. on mother's day, i think the weather will be just fine around here. we will see partly sunny skies. just a chance, just a chance of a morning shower. other than that, it should be fine. that is the latest. jonathan: thank you, doug. michelle: even the smallest of us can't escape caps playoff fever. two newborn babies got a chance to meet slapshot, the caps' mascot at medstar georgetown university hospital. the new arrivals each

capitals onesie, knit cap and a bib. they were born monday and jonathan came in the world yesterday. the parents are all about the playoff season. >> i think they will do it this year. >> maybe donovan is a good luck charge. >> he is looking good in the gear. look! jonathan: we will need the luck tonight. let me tell you that. both parents say slap shots' visit will bring the team good luck. that is what we are hoping for tonight. to beat penguins in pittsburgh, get one game, tie up the series and come back for home cooking. michelle: they need to win tonight. desperately. jonathan: earn certain in pittsburgh. we are hoping this is a turning point tonight -- erin hawksworth is in pittsburgh and we are hoping this is a turning point tonight. they have not been playing like a number one seed. erin: they are playing well but just not good enough. they will stick to the game plan. but this is a very important game. because the capitals certainly don't want to find themselves in a position where they ar

now the caps did have an optional skate this morning. it appears that head coach barry trotz might be shaking things up tonight. pittsburgh native mike webber is expected to see his first playing time of the series. after today's morning skate, braden holtby addressed the pressure they have heading into this one. braden: i don't think the pressure is any different for us. this is a series we want to win four out of seven. it doesn't matter how we do it. it's focusing on playing seven good games if necessary. tonight is game four of that. you can only do so much as you are capable of. we are ready to do as much as we are capable of as a group. erin: now coming up next at 5:00, i have a great story. braden holtby, he helped out a very

fan. find out what he did and how he reacted to it. that's in sports at 5:00. jonathan: looking forward to that. good story. thanks. coming up for us at 4:30 -- we will take you back to the silver diner in tysons. more of the video and why a witness thinks the crash and fire was no accident. >> one doctor tells me prince george's county has a significant amount of young people diagnosed with breast cancer. i spoke to their youngest patient. i hav

jonathan: a practice called the number of people with breast cancer disturbing. michelle: they are seeing more people under an age than other areas. >> doctors community breast center medical director regina hampton says her youngest breast cancer patient is 26. >> we step up to the plate and make sure we service the needs of the patients because they tend to have different needs other than women that are older. >> stepping up to the plate. >> how is radiation going? >> for patients like sabrina diagnosed last july. >> sickness doesn't have an age group. it doesn't say because you're 40 let me give you cancer. >> she would know. at 26 s

chemotherapy and continues radiation. >> the hardest part for me was losing my hair. >> a bit easier with her biggest supporter, her husband of six years by her side. >> i couldn't do it without him. >> dr. hampton says typically breast cancer patients are about 60 years old. but says in this community 30% of their breast cancer patients are 50 and younger. >> it's alarming. and disturbing. these patients tend to be mostly african-american women. >> hampton says they work to give personalized treatment and says there needs to be more research, especially in more diverse communities. >> we probably don't need to get any other thing -- >> hampton says the office is the recipient of a grant from susan g. komen who allows them to offer free mammograms to women in prince george's county who are uninsure and underinsured. a program that allowed sabrina early detection and support along

>> i want to experience things. travel. you know, enjoy my life. amy: amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: abc7 is a media sponsor of the race for the cure. you can follow survivor stories using the #seeitpink. we have complete coverage of saturday's big event on the sister station newschannel8 at 7:00 in the morning. coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- we are going back to tysons to the silver diner. the silver diner fire. more of the video and why some there say this is no accident.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: if you are just joining us we want to get you caught up to speed on the situation. driver of a hummer accused of deliberatery running into the silver diner in tysons corner. this is cell phone video. let's go to kevin lewis. it's just as shocking every time we watch it. kevin: since we talked to you a half an hour ago the flatbed tow truck loaded the hummer that caused the mayhem on to its back. you can

s.u.v.'s, those are vehicles that belong to the fire investigators. noon today, the driver of the hummer rammed the front of the silver diner here in tysons. at one point he pinned an elderly gentleman up against the industry way to the restaurant -- entry way to the restaurant. the fairfax county police are confirming they are looking into allegation that the driver of the hummer is an exemployee who had an axe to grind against the restaurant. they are looking at this not being an accident in any shape, way, form but rather a malicious attack on his excoworkers and customers inside. live in tysons, i'm kevin lewis. back to you. jonathan: we shows you this video after a black bear yesterday. having a good time with the bird feeder. at 5:00, we have new video of this guy and what the person who shot hit has to say about him stummaling upon him in

he get -- stumbling upon him in the backyard. doug: that bear has good posture. could it be a guy inside a bear suit? he has human moves there. jonathan: you know what it is, the posture is so good because he loves the sunflower seeds. doug: you love the clouds, rain, cool weather. jonathan: we are going to get it. doug: nothing severe out there. we are seeing the downpours. we see showers now. southwest of hagerstown. a pattern. i think as we get through the everything hours most of the action will bubble up west of the city. we don't see potential of anything severe out of this. maybe lightning and thunder, garden variety shower and storms. as we get through the day tomorrow the same deal. south and west of metro for

late tomorrow and in the day on friday the whole kit and kaboodle is overhead and maybe heavier downpours on friday. a few showers in the area. northeasterly winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. the future cast shows low pressure off the shore. another one with a cold front to the west. this moves southeast. most of the rain is southwest of us tomorrow in the afternoon and the evening but it will start shifting back in the area throughout the day on friday. sit and spin. the question is when does it leaf? -- does it leave? saturday it will start to make an exit. the three-day outlook is 61 tomorrow with the period of showers. south and west. more widespread at night. rainy friday. maybe lingering shower on saturday morning. back to you. michelle: all right. thank you. the country's largest ever auto recall just g

doubling the number of takata air bags on the recall list. jonathan: "7 on your side" consumer reporter kimberly suiters joining us now. what do the drivers need to do now? we are giving warnings out and we are adding to it. kimberly: a great question. first, 40 million consumers need to take the air bag recall seriously. we are talking one in every five cars on the road. at least ten people died because of the exploding air bags and more than 100 people injured. mcclain woman you are about to see was injured by her takata air bag. hehe is -- she shared her story. she asked in 2014 how many more people need to be injured or killed before a total recall? since she asked that question, six more people have died. nissan saying the air bags were not dangerous when they installed but time wears away at them and th

warns too quickly. if you are driving with one of the recalled air bags the head of nitsa offers this advice. >> talk to the dealer. get a loaner be. in contact as much as you can. at the least, i would say the owners check every week. kimberly: if you don't know if your car is on the list, head to wjla.com. we have a link to the government site to find out for sure. back to you. jonathan: thanks. the department of homeland security is taking steps to increase security ahead of the busy summer travel season. the t.s.a. is down 6,000 screeners. federal security officials say more teams will be added but they say you can expect long lines. they recommend arriving at least two hours for domestic flights. they encourage passengers to enroll in t.s.a. precheck to help expedite the process. >> i think it is important to keep us safe. they have to really think

this is a difficult problem. i understand that. as a travel come earlier. so be it, stay safe in the air. jonathan: the t.s.a. is working to relocate 700 screeners to the busiest airports. they also plan to shell out another $26 million in overtime to try to help keep the lines shorter so they can keep staffed. ja breaking news from the justice department. the detomorrow says north carolina's controversial transgender bathroom law is discriminatory and violates the 1964 civil rights act. north carolina has until monday to agree to not comply with or implement house bill 2. there is no official response from the north carolina leaders. the law requires transgender people to use the bathroom of the sex listed on the birth certificate. jonathan: coming up for us on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- may the 4th be with you. may 4th. it's "star wars" day. you can celebrate on your cell phone. we'll show you how to do that coming up

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michelle: there are versions of the characters, luke, princess leia, chewbacca and it comes with an epic lightsaber battle and the millennium fall come noises, what we heard from jonathan. jonathan: no. do you realize how much time people will waste on this? the boss will say you are supposed to working today? no, the emojis are too much fun. michelle: i can't wait till the 5th. a 10-year-old boy from finland rewarded $10,000 from facebook to hack instagram. jonathan: paid the hack. the boy they are calling "johnny" found a bug that let him delete any comments on

app, even justin bieber. michelle: should be applauded. jonathan: after johnny reported it, facebook rewarded him because of their bug bounty program. he is the youngest hacker to receive an award. 10-year-olds and he is hacking. he is going to buy a bike and a soccer ball. it will buy you more than that. michelle: yeah. jonathan: just saying. michelle: his friends can get one, too. jonathan: all right. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- evacuating an entire town. that does it take to move people out of the way of a wildfire in canada? michelle: but first, despite concerns in fairfax, the field kept going in. the question -- why? we are looking for the answers in e-mail just made available to the "7 on your side"

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jonathan: fairfax county public schools spent millions of dollars putting down crumb rubber on dozens of athletic fields. michelle: the "7 on your side" team want to interview school leaders about crumb and concerns it could cause

investigator joce sterman did the next best thing. joce: i put in an information request to fairfax county public schools and i got 800 pages of e-mails. these aren't even all of them. this is what i could carry. the rest are on my desk. the messages relate to crumb rubber and the controversy. tonight at 11:00, the "7 on your side" i-team will show you what we dug up in all of those messages. they cover questions and concerns related to crumb rubber. that is the infield now on fields all over fairfax county and the schools. advocates say it's safe but the government is calling for comprehensive testing because of a link between crumb and cancer in athletes. >> the idea of this is that millions have been spent. questions have been raised. now we are asking, oh, is this safe? we should probably find out. >> yeah. the questions should have been addressed from the start.

11:00. we will tell you ma the school leaders say is the number one priority when it comes to the crumb rubber debate. it's something surprising. we are digging in to find out why infill continue to be installed even after some had cause for concern. back to you. jonathan: thanks. look forward to it. michelle: fiat, chrysler and google teaming up. they are working on the self-driving vehicles. 100 chrysler pacific minivans will be engineered to drive themselves. it does not include licensing to chrysler. they are free to work with rivals. developing now, an entire city in canada is evacuated as firefighters battle explosive conditions from a massive wildfire. more than 80,000 people were forced out of their homes. authorities had to fly patients out from hospitals and other medical facilities as well. so far, about 1,600 structures are destroyed or

suppress the fire have failed. jonathan: all the video, not only is it dry there but the fire creates their own wind anyway. it's flying all over the place. steve: people don't realize. they have temperatures around 90 to 95 degrees and record-breaking warmth. 80,000 people evacuated. michelle: feel for them. steve: they think it will get worse tonight now. a repeat of yesterday. we are lucky for us. we can deal with the rain and the clouds. we don't have to deal with it for -- we have to deal with it for another three days and then we will see glimmer of sunshine. looking now at the national harbor. the clouds are there. downtown d.c. held off. but keep an umbrella handy through the evening hours. outdooren plas. chilly out there. you will need a jacket. with the temperatures are 59 degrees. that is it. 59 degrees. normally we are there the lower 70's.

mann. 63 in luray. show you radar for you. the doppler radar. it's quiet and dry around the capital beltway. that is good news for rush hour commute. further south and west we go we have area of heavier to the moderate rain at this time. nothing that will become severe. not picking up any lightning with this. if you are watching us in remington or warrington you will be wet for the next 15 or 20 minutes or so. night time low from the upper 40's to the lower 50's. patchy clouds. an umbrella day. i will take you out with a look at race for the cure. temperatures will be in the 50's to start. middle 60's by 11:00 a.m. back to 80's middle of next week. check on the commute with jamie sullivan. jamie: slow traffic but not as many crashes. happy to report that. at least not on

this is capital beltway closer to 50. that is the heavy traffic we are getting into. in the d.c. area not bad. we are in the teens in some spots on 66. the traffic in area of leesburg pike is slow. especially eastbound before the beltway. the crash has two right lanes blocked. 295 to national harbor. it will take you 12 minutes to the capital beltway. in the northwest corner live look shows you what we have now with the slowing. michelle, back to you. michelle: all right. thank you very much. next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- tax season is history but for many there are issues with the i.r.s. are just beginning. it's not even your fault. we explain the common mistakes made by those tax-filing services you pay for. jonathan: at 5:00 -- shot just before christmas. mother of two entrepreneur continues with her recovery.

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leon: tonight, fiery lunchtime chaos at a local diner. >> it scared me to death. i thought the building would blow. run the people over. he didn't stop. leon: witnesses say they believe the driver wasn't out of control. stranded. >> we did everything right. they left us. leon: "7 on your side" with a mother's ordeal that bring poor customer service. and it was supposed to be a short drive to the metro. >> it was bizarre. i ripped it up. leon: a mystery gunman left her within an inch of her life and changed it forever. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: we have breaking news coming to us from rockville, maryland. brad bell is on his way in mobiletrak7 where someone was hit by a c.s.x. train? is that what we are hearing? brad: that is what we are hearing. we are rolling in that direction now. we can show you pictures from

scene. we understand a short time ago a c.s.x. train crew reported to police and fire officials that they thought they had hit somebody. the train coming to a halt. a search underway. i took them quite some time but in fact they did find a victim of this train strike. very sadly we understand that that person is deceased. at this point we don't know male, female, age, anything of that sort. we know it's a pedestrian, someone on the tracks was struck by the c.s.x. train. we will get there as quickly as we can and bring you the latest. we think it is on bow after off of rockville pike. we will be back with you when we arrive. alison: thank you. see you then. look at this. flames pour out of a hummer after witnesses say the driver rammed the silver diner over and over today. this is at the one in tysons