which we have blurred. taken by the self-described "nova creeper." >> "nova creeper"? >> oh, my gosh. stephen: loudoun county sheriff investigators identified 37-year-old matthew bishop as the "nova creeper." they learned of the identity and the actions in a child porn investigation. he is alleged to have used his twitter feeds to send child porn via private messaging. >> he was exchanging child pornography. that is really what the charges are all about. it's the other activity he was engaged in we find disturbing. stephen: bishop captured the image of grocery store, clothing shop or a.t.m. without their content or knowledge. >> guys come up and take pictures. that is scary. >> the charges are

>> some of the women who shop in this part of northern virginia use harsher words to describe bishop. >> it's creepy. >> yeah. >> that is not right. stephen: bishop turned himself in yesterday on child porn charging but he has bonded out. the covert photos of women may be disturbing. from what investigators have seen so far they don't rise to level of criminal. leon: new information for briggs-cheney area. they have a sketch for a suspect who tried to sexually assault a 16-year-old girl. attack took place in castle boulevard. the suspect followed the 16-year-old in her apartment building and exposed himself there. her brother came to her aid and forced suspect

alison: trains were forced to single track between vienna and east falls church station. this is after a problem on west falls church station. the u.s. secretary of transportation announced he is not opposed to shutting the metro system down. brianne carter is live in bethesda where the metro general manager met with the rest of the system manager today. >> more than 600 manager, many that came through the metro station headed to strassmore to hear a message outlined in this. pamphlet handed out to all the managers that says safety. more than 600 metro managers there is only one message. safety trumps service. >> the

unified. the workforce under the message was the right thing to do. we all came away as one team saying that. >> the first meeting of its kind, general manager paul wiedefeld to everyone in room that nothing comes before safety. this is after a string of safety problems. the new safety mandates from the f.d.a. today wiedefeld told the manager if you can't get on board, you might not be a good fit. >> they know where i am coming from. >> mentioning the alice rule. named after he is daughter telling managers don't let riders on any part of the system you wouldn't put your family. >> look at what we do every day is serving somebody in the family. >> back live in rush hour. many of the riders are getting all too used to dealing with

delays. do ride others think it will change anything? we have more coming up. leon: we are in record territory as another rainy day blankets the area. after a midday break more rain coming in. if we get more than a hundredth of an inch of rain at reagan national airport it will be the 14th day we had to grab a raincoat and umbrella. richard reeve live from fairfax. at least you are dry. >> minor miracle in fairfax. you can see shadows on the ground. that means the sun is on the sky. a lot of aaron around folks are getting tired of it. >> the sky is crying. so the story goes. >> a little rain is okay. heavy rain is

>> it's like a rain forest. >> in sterling virginia, near thunder road and national weather service driver -- >> stagnant weather pattern. >> the national weather service. >> i lived in nevada for eight years. having had to endure log period of endless sunshine and someone who enjoys weather i'm okay with this. is there for most of us, this gloom and doom is debting old. including for the lacrosse team. >> raining for two weeks straight. it's enough. >> busy bike trails are deserted as the rain is falling. >> it will eventually be nice again. >> maybe. >> maybe. maybe it will

>> i'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the tote board at the national weather service show we get more rain every day this week. sunday is supposed to be really nice. richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: you can't help but notice how green it is behind him. beautiful. doug: this is an important time of year for farmers. now we are past mother's day. you can officially put your tomatoes out. see what the pattern is. no way to know if we see it all summer or go to a long dry summer. leon: you are a weather guy. do you want the record? obliterate the record? doug: we set the record. it's day 13. 14. what the heck? go for it. alison: a few breaks. show you what we have now. few showers northeast of washington. briefly tell you what is happening in southwest

kentucky. there are a number of tornado warnings in kentucky. our weather is gentler with a few showers but not so much this erg. most rain is north east of baltimore. next batch is tonight. so until 9:00 or 10:00 we should be in good shape. the model say by 11:00 at the latest the next batch of rain will move through. that should work out well for nationals this evening with the first pitch at 7:05. alison: thank you very much. new developments tonight as three brothers are indicted for action outside of a prince george's county fire station. actions that left an officer dead. look at the indictment against ford brothers. >> all three, michael, malik

charges for the death of jacai colson. the head of the officer's union says that is just. >> this is no way diminishes the sorrow in this case. in the loss of our brother jacai colson. but it does reaffirm our faith in the system. >> the grand jury decision was by no means a foregone conclusion. the reason is clear. in screen grab from video of the ford alleged march 13 attack on police. they show michael ford shooting at the district three station and cars. the phone is in malik's hand. elijah is simply there. a nonparticipant. the shot that killed colson was fired by another police officer. prosecutors had to convince the grand jury the actions of each caused colson's death. >> they aided michael that day. they were aware and they participated. >> so michael ford faces 55 counts including second-degree murder. his younger brother, a long list of charging including att

strong cases. >> relatives of the ford brother attended each of the court appearances. in court they called malik and elijah innocent. >> these are not the guys i know. >> prosecutors will attempt to try brothers together. they are going to try to separate the trials. if convicted on all charges the ford brothers each face life in prison. upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: today d.c. police charged a woman with several hit and run accidents in the city on saturday. 47-year-old bean accuse of hitting several pedestrians and vehicles in seven different places in northwest. that included two police cars. all the injuries were minor. leon: today the white house announced that president obama is going to be visiting hiroshima this month. michelle marsh has details on that move from the "live desk" in the newsroom. history being made here. michelle: it is. it has been 70 years since th

atomic bomb on hiroshima. president obama will be the first sitting president to visit the city. >> the president intends to visit and send a much more forward looking signal about his ambition for realizing his goal of planet without nuclear weapons. alison: the president wants to push for global action on nuclear weapons the white house is quick to point out he won't apologize for the bombing that helped end world war ii. michelle: 140,000 peep died when the bomb was dropped on august 6, 1945. japanese prime minister says no apology is necessary. alison: back locally. the prince george's county sheriff office took time out to remember two of their own. wreath presentation was held for fallen office

james arneu and depdy mcgruder who were killed in 2002 while serving a psychiatric warrant in adelphi. the families were given wreaths adorned with their names. this is police week in capitol. you can see a photo gallery around the area at wjla.com. leon: coming up, guns going missing. "7 on your side" investigators why we are not finding out whether it happened at law enforcement agencies across the country. alison: then later, catching a glimpse of "hamilton" without heading to new york? leon: but first, tornadoes tear through the central u.s. for the second day in a row. >> his legs were up off the

alison: remember, we watched it unfold live on abc7 24 hours ago. today the national weather service says it believes the tornado that tore through moore city, oklahoma was ef-3. jennifer do

oklahoma, just outside of oklahoma city. jennifer, we watch this unfold. reporter: this is all that is left of a home here along county road 1680. the families here are digging through all that is left. unfortunately this is the case at at least ten other homes in garland county. two-mile stretch that saw the worst of the damage. they had seven tornadoes in oklahoma from yesterday's storm. they were at least an ef-3. learning new information. right now in grady county, oklahoma, we are still working to learn exactly what the extent of the damage is. we hv

with the american red cross here who just arrived on scene in the last ten minutes. they are going door to door helping as many families as they can. they say they are prepared to be here as long as possible. no word whether or not they plan to set up a shelter here for the night. complete devastation here. we are looking at trees down, power lines down. it's really isolated to a two-mile stretch here. we will of course continue our coverage staying here on the ground in grady county and continue to bring you new information once we learn more. alison: thank you. we knew this time yesterday it was going to be bad. look at that. doug: today most of the action shifted east to kentucky. there are several tornadoes on the ground in kentucky. that severe weather will not affect us. we are in a cooler, more stable air pattern across midatlantic. good shape. more rain possibility. get started here to give you a time lapse. this is from the science center in maryland and prince george's county.

sunshine now. 61 degrees the current temperature. overcast this morning and then through the day. sunshine under the cloud cover. rosslyn we see some now. get you updated on the numbers and the record pattern we are in. 13 days and counting of consecutive days with .01 of an inch or more. .01 of an inch of rain is measurable rainfall. we have had 3.5 since april. i think we will get the .01 of an inch of rain before midnight to take us to day 14. temperatures plenty cool. only holding in the 2 o's metro and -- 60's metro and south. 50's east and north. because we have consistent cloud cover northeasterly winds. if you get farther enough south and west, a different weather pattern. 82 in sunny

82 in knoxville. you get closer and it cools off. across the mountain 602's. this is all weather action now. 66 in louisville right now. across kentucky the whole area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. one, two, three, four tornado watches in effect now from southwest of paducah to southeast of louisville. those will continue to move up to ohio. we will stay fairly stable with clouds. chance of showers moving in. but it looks as though the frontal zone separating the cool air from southwesterly winds. warm air may not make it through the area at all. it will get close. subtle change of winds southeast thursday. getting close to 70. tomorrow is another day in 60's. with more rain around the area. we get through wednesday evening looks like most of the rain should shift south. come back on us as we head through thursday in light rain and drizzle. we are still locked in cooler air. then it starts to break open. warmer wedge develops ahead of

the cold front come through friday. shower and thunderstorms across the area. saturday, partly sunny. afternoon shower and thunderstorm. finally the drier winds take over forq sunday, monday, and maybe tuesday. that will be improving weather. future cast for the rainfall between now and 7:00 tomorrow everything half an inch, generally around the area. farther southwest you are closing in on two issues over the augusta county. forecast tomorrow, cloudy. rain in the morning, rain at midday. highs in the 66 degrees. heading through the next seven days, we have our rain chances showing up. diminishing probabilities the next couple of days. back to 60% on friday with a front. 30% on saturday. 72 degrees. cooler and clearer up there and monday. alison: okay. ready for the sun. any day now. leon: absolutely. alison: okay. thank you. leon: all right. arlington late night staple gone tonight. this is all that is left of the wendy's in the courthouse area. sat between wilson and

clarendon road. last fast food place in the area. alison: my drive-through of chis in both pregnancies. at all hours. very sad today. leon: girl named wendy. alison: it should be. all right. well, put down the predinner snack. when we come back, we will tell you the product at the groarry store wants you to stop eating. leon: women's health in maryland.

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leon: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. giant voluntarily recalling certain nature promise trail mix and walnuts because of listeria concerns. this has an impact on the 12-ounce package of cranberry trail mix with best buy of september 17, 2016. and also walnut halfs and pieces best buy of april 2 and 19, 2017. no illnesses reported so far. alison: a lot of parents heard kids whine. please let me have the light-up shoes. tonight the safety of the shoes are called into question. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes shows us why. horace: do your girls c shem? -- girls have them? alison: they don't. horace: it's just like this. they make contact on the surface. a family in texas say jake and the

shoe started a fire now under investigation. 2-year-old warren holds what is left of his shoes. >> jake and the neverland pirates light-up shoe. >> saturday morning they found the rear passenger side of the car burnt to a crisp. warren kicked off the light-up shoes the night before. >> i saw the shoe on the ground with the wires sticking up. lightbulb. i knew immediately. >> they are sure that the shoes were the culprit. they believe it was a lithium battery. they were purchased at payless shoe store. this afternoon we went to a pay less and we found light up shoes were still on the shelves. we called payless in a statement this afternoon a spokesperson wrote -- first and foremost safety is first priority. out of

we removed the boys jake lighted runner from the shelves until we can thoroughly investigate." >> if this happened while my son was wearing them or in the house, who knows? >> the consumer product safety commission told it has opened the own investigation. anyone else who experienced this to go to the website. find the link. click on our website wjla.com. leon: what if it ignited over the gas tank instead of the front seat? it could have been worse. thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- lost or missing. "7 on your side" investigates transparency issues as guns go missing at law enforcement agencies across the country. >> take a look at the screen. we have red pandas here at the national zoo. new digs. retur bished asia trail has

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we are the the height of prom season and wedding season about to hit the stride. people counting on holding their events at a popular place in frederick may have to make other plans. kevin lewis explains why there is a mad scramble. kevin: the rolling ground landscape in frederick county attracts more than 100 events each year. but last week, panic struck when county officials shut down the venue because it was

permits. dozens of upcoming events are still scrambling for a plan b, including maryland school of the deaf scheduled to have the prom here. on the venue facebook page a nervous bride-to-be asked my wedding is july 17. do i need to find another venue in another person said frustrating to have to find out through the news about events canceled the weekend prior to your may 14 wedding. is there you put the -- >> you put the pond in as the center piece. kevin: phillip runs a competing event center inside the mansion. he is offering homeless wedding party or prom a safe hitch if their schedules align -- safe haven if the schedules align. >> we have a lot of dates available for anyone who can help us. if we can help them financially we'd do that also given they have spent money they can't recover.

story, frederick county officials decided they will in fact allow this venue to host all previously scheduled events through the end of july. the caveat is they first need to pass safety and health tests here. that will lead to the next question. how long will it take for them to pass? live in frederick county, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: thank you. fans of "scream on the screen" won't be going down this year. the event is canceled. "screen on the green" working with the trust of the national mall to bring the program back at a later date. alison: theater lovers rejoice. less than a week after setting a record for the most tony nominations today we found out "hamilton" is coming to the kennedy center. the national tour of the broadway musical is added to the 2017-2018 season line-up. full subscriptions to the kennedy cente

on sale next week. no word on when individual show tickets will go on sale. leon: the hook is the kennedy center is saying they will not guarantee you to get a seat unless you buy a full season pass and membership this year and next season. alison: that is a good way to guarantee you will get a seat. you may be able to if you wait. or get them way in advance. leon: we have both seen the show. it's worth it. alison: they don't need our endorsement. but man is it good. leon: the polls open for another two hours in west virginia. voters there are heading there for the presidential primary. voters in nebraska also voting today. but only in the republican race. donald trump is the only candidate officially running on the republican side. hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders still vying for a spot on the democratic ticket. sanders looks to be ahead in the polls in west virginia at this point. we have all the results for you tonight at 11:00. alison: we

developments in the fight over bathroom access for transgender people. virginia attorney general is weighing in on the issue. he is a democrat and says violation of the federal antidiscrimination laws would also violate the virginia human rights act. meanwhile, california lawmakers consider legislation to make all single stall public restrooms gender neutral. >> no woman wants to use the bathroom after many have been in that same bathroom. >> i don't think because your aim is bad makes you a special category. >> the justice department and state of north carolina sued each other. they have a law to have people use bathroom that corresponds to the sex on your birth certificate. leon: something to expand on the contraceptive

the affordable care act. it's the first to allow them to cover over the counter emergency contra acceptive and it prohibits over the counter cost for men with vasectomies. alison: water in school in boston will be tested annually for lead after the water tested positive for lead in drinking points at nine schools throughout the city. they are conducting a review to find out how the lead got in water. risk is very low given the amount of lead detected. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- we will talk about make way for ducklings. we explain a show of force in nature. >> students get a chance to try their hand at new career. i'm amy aubert with the story coming up. alison: new at 6:00 -- demands for culture change in fairfax county. the observerring message deliver -- sobers message delivered three years after police o

steve: i'm steve rudin. the weekend four days away. a lot going on. temperatures are in lower 60's early saturday morning for the national police week 5k. we see temperatures in the middle 60's by 10:00 in the morning. don't forget the e.u. open house saturday 10:00 to 4:00. there are 28 countries and check that out. weather will cooperate most of the day. the taste of arlington on sunday noon until 6:00 p.m. temperatures in 60's. dry on sunday. a lot of sunshine. get out there and enjoy. we are back

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look at what we have here. new red pandas that are debuted to the public today. we will speak to a zookeeper here. this is an exciting day. what does it mean for a zoo to have the red pandas back? how long were they gone? >> gone for two years. this is exciting to bring an animal pack to the park. they are an amazing species. across from the giant pandas is a good tie-in to the two bamboo eating animals. john: marty is outside, she likes your voice. walking toward us now. they are in endangered animals, exotic animals. >> they are. recently classified as endangered. to have an animal like that to tell the story about and have the public to see is exciting for us. john: a beautiful trail here. you might ask where the rusty the red panda that escaped three years ago? he is doing okay. he is in front

virginia, at 2 conservation -- at the conservation institute making babies. while we enjoy the new red panda at the national zoo. back to you. leon: sure. that is what rusty said he was going to do. said he was doing. unless he has an ankle baselet i don't buy it. that boy is in west virginia now. alison: he is. on the run. hanging out in adams morgan. leon: chilling. alison: so funny. take a look at this. stop what you are doing. this is worth it. students at the elementary school in grand rapids, michigan, lining the hallways of the school for what they call the running of the ducks. you see the ducks have nested in the school court-yard for 30 years. so they made at it tradition for the students to line the hall and the route to the nearby river to help the duck and the ducklings get there safely. 11 eggs hatched last wednesday. leon: cute. alison: adorable. leon: that is a cute one. alison: i

forward to that every year. really nice. leon: all right. caps hope to put birds on the run themselves tonight. alison: very true. erin hawksworth live in pittsburgh. this is exciting. erin: good producing. i love the transition. the caps will have to step it up if they are going to i avoid elimination and force game seven. we have a game six preview up next. alison: but first, the i-team investigates after dozens of guns go missing from

we pack the trunk and he forgot about the guns. he drove off. someone took it. >> you make mistakes but that is a pretty big gun. >> but not the only gun. the item did digging. they have lost 13 fire arms. that total second to d.c. which lost 34. the departments declined to

>> we are targeted frequently. >> matt, a retired special agent says the police are targets. he says law enforcement holds itself to higher standard. >> if any officer leses a firearm it's reported to if national data base that contains 3.2 million missing guns. the law enforcement want to know how many were lost by law enforcement. but it's not part of the breakdown. >> it shouldn't be different than we are. >> lou klein has a gunshot in maryland. any gun he loses is made

>> law enforcement agencies are not required to tell the public how many guns they lose. a recent report found general services administration lost 485 guns in 15 years. that got the attention of the national scub committee on national security. >> do you think the federal government should tell the american people how many firearm it loses? >> absolutely. >> a huge deal. >> they are forcing them to publicly report missing guns. >> i don't think it's good business or in good order. >> but it may help people relax. >> i don'

that. how can you sleep well knowing that. >> time for a check of the roads. >> we will start off with metro. on the red line. longer wait time if you have to get to glen mont. services recovering from an earlier train that offloaded at union station. expect delays. 66 the outbound and the solid red line you get a break to theparkway. this is near old dominion. not bad on the outer look.

traffic on the streets in the district. the slowing continues to the 11 street bridge. south to national harbor. clear out if you are heading to prince george's county. we are still heavy. outbound kenilworth avenue is slowing until route 50. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: ahead at 6:00, what the u.s. transportation secretary saw last week that nearly prompted another metro shutdown. plus, training for disaster. why the record breaking string of rainy days has firefighters on alert and what they say we could be facing by the end of week that is causing them concerns. we have it ahead tonight at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: before we get to more on the rain we have come to anticipate and get excited about the lunch box weather. doug: we go to the fourth grade classes. brian van de gra

hollywood elementary school in college park for lunchbox weather program. he used the high energy approach to keep the kids happy. if you get a chance to do brian do a public appearance it is worth the free admission. he has energy. making clouds in a bottle to show how the tornadoes are formed, answered questions, took them out to the weather bug, the storm tracker. had one with the kids there. we had a student today manning the kid cam. two weather questions. >> doppler radar impacting the storms. >> what other do you use to collect data? >> how does doppler radar work and the other tools to collect data? it comes to to lar radar what we are able to do is technology allows us to see

most importantly, only doppler shows wind is blowing away or toward the radar. the new technology to pin point the hail, and the heavy rain and debris from the tornadoes. we look at the storms as they approach the area. we have a few areas around our area. we look to the computer models that will help us check the weather going forward. plenty of chances of rain through the next few days. best chance is friday with a cold front to give us the showers and the thunderstorms. warmer temperatures and showers and storms on saturday. we will clear out and turn cooler on sunday. mo

the kids i hear were great at hollywood elementary school this morning. alison: very good. leon: good to hear. tonight's season comes down to what happens in pittsburgh. alison: right. erin is there. ready for the big game. erin: i have been covering the capitals throughout the series. one thing that has never wavered is the confidence. they are going to need plenty of that tonight to avoid elimination. the capitals forced a game six. while they may be down 3-2 in this series, this team embraces the pressure. >> you have to lay it on the line for sure. a game that you have to make sure you eliminate the mistakes and go after it. guys are ready and in good spirits. erin: they will get a boost from the top defenseman brooks orpek who returns from the three-game suspension tonight.

year in league i was in a hurry to go in the corner. he is heavy, strong and he does his job well. >> game six won't be easy. the penguins haven't lost back-to-back games since january. >> we have to build outside. one of the strengths. it's something we want to carry. erin: meantime we have surprising and exciting nationals news. stephen strasburg signed seven-year $175 million extension. he spoke to the media today with his agent scott boris outside of nats park. he said

stay in washington. you can hear from strasburg at 6:00. for the capitals the players said they like it when their backs are up against the wall. the pressure is mounting tonight in game six. >> you have to be the best team tonight. >> coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the art of the field. leon: how the folks who will be holding the cards at a new casino

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alison: so the m.g.m. casino is taking shape at the national harbor. the crews are working on the physical building. but today some of the people who could work inside started learning more about the jobs. we go inside the first step for dealer training.

anything. i don't take it. >> information session put on by the m.g.m. national harbor and the prince george community college has a good opportunity. >> this is fun. every time i'd go with my mom it was -- she'd play slot and we play tables. >> the cooler school open house -- dealer school open house gives the dealers background information on registering, schooling and getting started. >> my job is to get everybody in the community to work. >> jeffrey worked his way up from security officer to dealer. now the v.p. of table games. he says the workshop could be step one for a career like his. >> it's rare that you can walk into a dealer job with no experience. we want to train people here in the community to give them an opportunity. if they come in and invest in ourself we invest in them. >> they got the opportunity to stand in shoe of a dealer. 700 chances to try their hand at a new career

a lot to learn. six-week class. happy they have it. >> the $350 blackjack classes start on monday. you have to pay $20 to register. blackjack serves as prerequisite for other classes which will be additional cost. for boyd it could be a game changer. >> doing good. >> in prince george's county, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". but at 6:00, unprecedented meeting with a message for metro employees as we learn the entire system was nearly shut down last week. all new at 6:00 -- >> there is a significant credibility and image problem for the police department and the county as a whole. alison: what fairfax county leaders are told must change to improve the very culture. the unseen danger from the historic rain we are getting that will only get worse in days

"abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: this video of an electrical fire last week at metro federal center station nearly shut down the rail system. that revelation came from the transportation secretary who says he has serious concern about metro safety. this comes at the same time the metro general manager held unprecedented meeting with 650 of the system managers. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter was at the site of the meeting and joins us live with what the general manager message was. brianne: today, paul wiedefeld pushing the message that safety has to come first. issuing this pamphlet to more than 650 metro managers. of the 13,000 employees. he says now that message has to be driven down to the bottom all the way back up to