announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: we're following two big stories this afternoon. the first today one of the victims in the fiery crash at the silver diner in tysons corner has died. 74-year-old andre shereen was hit by the hummer and could not overenemy combatant plications from the injury -- overcome the complications from the injury. michelle: the driver could face serious charges now. we'll let you know as soon as we get an update. jonathan: also breaking at 4:00, the driver charged in the death of montgomery county police officer noah leotta has pleaded guilty. michelle: last month 47-year-old luis relusco agreed to plead guilty in the case. 30 minutes ago he entered the plea. he has been in jail since the arrest in december. he had been drinking heavily when he struck leotta who was outside of his patrol car after pulling over another vehicle. the

later. the bill named for him, "noah's law" will require convicted drivers in maryland to use ignition interlock devices. we have more on this story at 4:30, including how much time he could spend behind bars. in the wake of fairfax firefighter nicole mittendorff's suicide women in the department are saying bullying by a few bad apples doesn't reflect the culture within. today they spoke out. >> i love my job and i love this family. as am two, i am not afraid to come to work. i am not ashamed to be a member of this fire department. we trust our lives in each other's hands every day and will continue to do so. >> i have found the department supportive. it has been a difficult time. looking at, you know, what may have happened. a lot of speculation. but i also feel like, you know an event like this brought us

michelle: the firefighters were clear it doesn't diminish the complaints that have been filed recent days. fairfax county wants a third party review of the department. jonathan: developing right now in the district, police are investigating a deadly shooting. they found one victim in this case. this happened 12:30 this afternoon on mount view place in southeast. police are now looking for the person who pulled the trigger. >> he was last seen running away from the area on foot. jonathan: the only description they have is police are look for a man in his late teens with shoulder length dreads wearing black shirt and blue jeans. also developing this is a warning going out for warrants about extortion scheme. archdiocese of washington said someone called the parents of a students and then claimed to have kidnapped their child and demanded a ransom. no money was exchanged because the parent determined the call was a scam and that child was safe. the archdiocese wouldn't name the school but some parents of the local catholic school students received e-ma

alison: let's talk about travel. when it comes to flying americans reached a boiling point. not the cramped plane, but the wait just to get on board. missing flights in major cities because it takes literally hours to get through security. except here it seems. often it hasn't been that bad. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter set out to find out why. brianne: are we just that lucky? that remains the question tonight. there is not one simple answer. one thing we did notice looking at my t.s.a., the app so many travelers use is look at the difference in wait times. here it says one to ten minutes in some of the concourses. when you look at chicago, one of them says 31-plus minutes. that could be even more. an hour or two because the app only lets you put in 31 minutes plus. so you just don't know

but many say the wait is just too long. we reached out to t.s.a. to find out exactly what is causing the change city to city from what travelers are seeing. they say there is not just one factor that can be pin pointed when it comes to this. the t.s.a. say there are a number of factors including the layout of the airport check point, staffing and the time of day. it comes down to the numbers of people flying. listen to this. on monday at chicago o'hare the t.s.a. screened more than 88,000 travelers. that is 10,000 more people than the previous four mondays there at the same airport. with the surge we have not seen here in the d.c. region. overall we don't have the same volume of people that need to be screened either. in chicago, people are trying to get to 189 different gates at that one airport. that is more than both dulles and reagan combined. meanwhile, 76 million people flew out

compared to just 22 and 23 million out of reagan and dulles last year. some say, though, what else could be to blame? many also saying just don't jinx it. we are quite lucky now. coming up tonight at 6:00, hear what passengers think. they are weighing in on what may be a contributing factor. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. another note here. alison: one delay getting through security is often when you forget to take out your spare change. after that, do you remember to pick it back up? a lot of us forget. tune of $750,000 in 2015. the t.s.a. can keep it if it is not claimed. it has gone up every year. $679,000 in prior year. $640,000 in 2013. don't forget your money. by the way, if you hate the wait times take a picture or a video and send it to us.

you can e-mail it at pics@wjla.com. jonathan: all the time in the world to do when you are waiting in line. michelle: might as well. jonathan: we have been flirting, i should say the sun has been flirting with us, in and out of the clouds owl day. michelle: playing peekaboo. this is like a nice day compared to where we have come from. you know, more rain is going to be on the way soon. check in with chief meteorologist doug hill for the forecast. doug: all that matters is brilliant sunshine coming to the windows in rosslyn shining off of jamie sullivan birthday balloons. happy birthday, jamie. get you started. peeks of sunshine right now. the weather conditions will improve friday. then the weekend, is saturday a washout? a possibility. i have a lot to tell you about that. scattered showers here and there. a lot are drying up. cloudy skies for the evening. if you are headed out and around the city. isolated shower or two tonight or later in the morning but the skies bright an

tomorrow afternoon. otherwise, overnight 47 to 55. late night shower possible. we will get into gear here getting to one good weather day in the next few. we will talk about that and the weekend and the next seven days in a couple of minutes. jonathan: see you then. thanks. major changes in d.c. the concealed carry law to carry a gun struck down again. a judge saying it's just too strict. the appeals process will play out. but today d.c. bureau chief sam ford talked to the top lawyer and found hundreds of residents, law-abiding citizens waiting for their permit applications to go through. sam: the judge said the right to bear arms is for self-defense in and outside the home as he struck down d.c.'s law. this is where people have had to come to this tiny room at police headquarters to submit a good reason for concealed carry permit. so far the city approvedded only 74 such permits. there are pending applications for 175 d.c. residents and 188 nonresidents. reaction out in the

i think a good reason makes good sense. >> why would he do that? when we get all the murders. sam: d.c. attorney general. >> we are moving expeditiously to stage a order and appeal the decision. sam: he notes other judges ruled the opposite. >> we think we are in the majority. and it validates good requirement. >> gun dealer. >> the phones are ringing off the hook. sam: long-time resident jordan a like n.r.a. member said he has been denied once. >> with the new ruling i will go down and i want a license to carry concealed weapon. sam: this is the camera they use to take pictures for people getting permits. if this judge's ruling

there will be a lot more and they may have to have a bigger office. reporting from northwest, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: a major change in overtime pay impacting 4 million u.s. workers. the labor department is expanding mandatory overtime pay to salaried workers making less than $44,000 a year. or about $913 a week. the change goes into effect november 1. they are expected to impact retail and restaurant industry the most. officials will update the qualifying figures every three years to keep up with factors like inflation. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- >> it all comes tumbling down. the point behind the explosion that caused 30,000 tons of rocks to collapse in less than a second. >> i need to control something. i know what i'll do. i'll just not eat. michelle: an unlikely admission from gin

meteorologist has been dealing with her entire life. jonathan: we head to pimlico for preakness prep and how the soggy conditions could affect the race.

jonathan: an eating disorder is a serious mental he

surrounding it for a long time. alison starling is here. one famous face we are used to seeing is speaking out on this. alison: part of our abc family. we know her well. meteorologist ginger zee. also come petting on this season of "dancing with the stars." she said she battled anorexia as a child. now she recently had a child of her own and just a few months later she was on "dancing with the stars." zee says it has been a big help for her coming back so soon after going through pregnancy and childbirth. but it was when she was younger that her mother identified a problem. >> i went to pick her up from the airport. in all honesty when she got off the plane and was walked toward me i almost collapsed. she went from 90 pounds down to about 70. >> after college is when it started to get better but with years and years of therapy. al

mention therapy. that is a serious issue. as kimberly suiters found out a lot of insurance policies do not cover eating disorders. one family is fighting to make sure that changes so others don't endure the pain they went through. >> generous, smart, beautiful. 19-year-old leslie, sophomore seemed to have it all. until september 29, 2000. >> she said to me at one point i'm going to die. i said you aren't going to die. she said mom, i'm going to die this time. >> for five years leslie suffered from anorexia and bulimia. insurance covered next to nothing. her family paid out of pocket for therapist, nutritionist, psychologists trying to save her. >> the general practitioner basically said leave her alone. she's fine. just leave her alone. she will work this out. we stupidly followed that very, very bad advice. it was five week

died. kimberly: after a night of binging and purging her stomach burst. looking back on the worst night of their lives they believe they treated the disease as a physical one, ignoring that an eating disorder is fundamentally a mental disorder and deadliest of all. >> it has the highest mortality rate out of any mental illness. rate of 20%. kimberly: katrina is fighting for mental health equality when it comes to insurance coverage. every day she catalogs reports of denied residential care, rejected resideial treatment. missed opportunity. insurance cards determining which one lives and which one died. >> for families like the georges, their tragedy happened 16 years ago. they're astonished that change hasn't come here. what is standing in the way? >> access to treatment is one of the biggest barriers. some health insurance plans will exclude eating disorders.

>> it was life-saving. for me it was. kimberly: as an undergrad at g.w., katie was not considered sick enough. without seven months of intense therapy at the renfroe center she would not have survived. >> it wasn't enough to cover? >> no. >> you would see people here one day and not the next because the insurance didn't cover it. >> fight on capitol hill right now to force insurers to offer the full range of coverage. because even though eating disorders can be fatal, they don't have to be. >> it feels like yesterday. i wake up and i think maybe it didn't happen. birdiebirdiekimberly: kimberly . alison: to heart breaking. they are track legislation to have insurance coverage. we checked in and the bill is marked up next month and is expected to pass both the

summer. that is very encouraging. update for you. back to ginger zee. it does so much for someone with her recognition to speak out. it has to be a difficult thing to do. it brings up so much awareness. michelle: that show is so popular. younger audiences watching will be able to connect with her on that front. jonathan: the crazy part is, i remember in hospital i lost a good friend to anorexia. none of us at the time knew what to do. you didn't even know if you should say something. two weeks later after everybody was plugged into it, it was too late. she died. it's horrible. people taking it seriously with stories like that go a long way. thank you. time now for a check of the traffic situation. jamie sullivan joins us. this is a celebratory day. no matter how many cars are parked out there on the roads, it's your birthday. jamie: thank you, guys. you probably notice we were saying earlier doug mentioned we have a huge balloon in the weather center. so thank you guys. i want to start with the police investigation. mount view place

d.c. we have a closure between morris road and talbert street. we have a closure with the d.c. police on scene. this is for a medical emergency. 18th street, right at n street northwest. new hampshire avenue, mass avenue both options for alternate. slowing at the third street tunnel. 6 miles per hour you drop down to. seeing the volume outbound on 395. it will take you 22 minutes from the 14th street bridge continuing closer to the capital beltway near the mixing bowl. then if you are going to be traveling in that northwest stretch, slow traffic for you. take a live look. right near river road. you can see some of that heavy traffic. then you get a better idea here. right near river road with the slow traffic. so we have to bring the balloons in the picture. see! princess. that is my nickname, guys. back to you. michelle: you fitting. jamie: thank you. jonathan: nice that they are blocking

michelle: nice that the rain is not really coming down. doug: no. the sun is coming out. couple of showers in area tonight and tomorrow morning. few showers. generally pleasant, more pleasant in the next couple of days. saturday is the problem. if you have outdoor plans, take it from the old koot here. if you have outdoor plans saturday to transfer them to sunday. that is my advice. of course my advice free. take it for what it's worth. conditions in northwest washington. it's not changing too much. i think we see more of that in the afternoon and through the day on friday. allergy levels. high for tree 308en -- tree pollen. moderate. the high mold spores because of the wet grounds. we dry it out over the next 48 hours. number wise. sunshine goes a long way. pop it up to 66 in reagan national. still cloudy north and west. mid-50's, upper 50's reported. 642 at

65 in baltimore. so, got a bit of a frontal system coming through. the showers are breaking up as they come eastward. we mention the isolated showers this evening and tonight. maybe even early tomorrow morning. after that, it's cloudy. the skies will brighten a bit. we take the future cast through the morning. few showers early on. but then they dissipate as we get through the day. it shows showers tomorrow evening. that is overdone. it will be partly cloudy. however, friday is the day. with everything out of the question as far as rain goes. we will enjoy sunshine. but it won't last beyond friday afternoon. the clouds are back in. then we will deal with a storm system out of north georgia and eastern tennessee. that will bring rain south and east of washington. it will be just a rainy day on saturday. with the cool temperatures. only 59 degrees. 71 degrees on sunday. isolated shower possible. both sunday and monday. highs lower 70's. finally if you can believe this, we do, it's going to change and warm up with a lot of sunshine tuesday, wednesday, thursday.

repeat a big 8-0 degrees. jonathan: yea! michelle: it has been a long time. thank you, doug. well, who could forget the preakness stakes last year? the second jewel of the triple crown. jonathan: we may see similar conditions this weekend. kathleen is in baltimore to tell us how an important element could influence the race. this is interesting if it's déjà vu from last year. >> i know. we are worried about it. that element is this. check it out. this is a dirt on the track now. you can see this is sticking together. that is because it is a little bit of wet. because we have had our share of rain like you have at washington, d.c. check out the drainage system here. that is how much water is in the drain right now. right now the crews are working hard because they are worried about potential rain

they have been grooming the track. six trucks, each loaded with 20 ton of dirt help build it up. the one mile oval is 70-feet wide. head of maintenance is danny fink, sometimes called the dirt keeper. he is preparing for what is in the forecast. >> right now i'm trying to keep it consistent. before it rains we have to encoo it tight, packed down so the water runs off. it's better for the horses. >> you are looking at the track right now. you can see this is the problem. puddles are building up. of course, we haven't had a lot of rain. if we have a lot of rain on saturday that could be trouble. they will have the extra crews out here trying to make sure puddles don't build up. they will have three tractors running as well to keep you the dirt smoothed down. live at pimlico, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. make sure you wash your hands before suppertime. michelle: all right. still

dog stolen right from a parked car in d.c. window smashed. today the owners offer massive reward. how much you can get if you find maggy the boston terrier. jonathan: but first, the high school coach of the week. chantilly high school lacrosse coach. having to dye his hair. the promise he made to the players that resulted in this fashion statement.

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jonathan: time now to honor a local mentor and the motivators who means so much to the student athletes out there. victor chen turn around the girls lacrosse program at chantilly high school in northern virginia. the team success has come with a price. here is erin hawksworth with more on the abc7 coach of the week. >> he would say the losses are on us. >> for victor, the time had come. >> today we will go from a transformation of dark hair to bright blonde hair due to a bet. >> the chantilly girls lacrosse team won three games in 2013 and 2014 combined. lacking in wins and growing in confidence. >> if they won ten games he'd have to go blonde. >> did

it? >> absolutely. >> they won ten games and they made the playoffs. >> to be picked up in a game they had ten wins and coach is blonde. we played so much better that game. >> i was nervous beforehand. look at it now. looks good. >> victor chen a new do and all is the coach of the week. >> i'm honored. it's easy to coach a team like this. if you have that much talent and heart it's all them. i just sit back and ride the coattails. michelle: nice. maybe next year he will do his eyebrows, too. up the ante. jonathan: he looks

he should keep it. jonathan: team did a fantastic job. michelle: congratulations. losing man's best friend can be heart-breaking. how far would you go to get your dog back? a couple offer ahead. we have some of you looking for maggie. jonathan: still ahead for us, the family's worst nightmare. >> man accused of hitting and killing montgomery county police officer. you can see the photo of the squad car there. admits guilt in court. i have the story up next. jonathan: still ahead for us -- a family's worst nightmare. three people break in their home. >> you have kids in the house? >> yes. jonathan: father in this case fights back. what he did that could help break the case wide open.

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michelle: a gay couple says a home folk slur was used against them -- homophobic slur was used against them. jonathan: and stephen tschida explains what went down and how the coffee shop could be punished. stephen: the dupont circle starbucks what call affection

it was here two years ago today where they say the manager called them names and chased them from the store and assaulted campbell. >> [bleep] he said he would break his [bleep] neck. >> campbell and rivera filed complaint with the office of human rights in d.c. and conducted two-year investigation and found the complaint is justified. it stemmed from introducing him to a barista as his boyfriend. >> i was shocked. >> the manager of the starbucks denies the allegation but remains on the job. even though he is alleged to have used homophobic slurs on a customer at another starbucks as well. >> a prior customer, a witness he stated he was called a homophobic slur by the same individual. >> instead of firing him what did they do? >> moved him to the dupont circle starbucks.

stephen: the finding of human rights rested on customers and witnesses coming forward. >> i would thank you for coming up to help us. >> despite the office of human rights findings, neither rivera, campbell nor starbucks have been able to come to an agreement to resolve the complaint so it appears all parties are headed to court where a judge will make the final ruling. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: we should let you know we got a statement from starbucks saying they disagree with the findings of the office of human rights and the account of mr. campbell and rivera. saying that the company does have a zero tolerance policy for discrimination and they take this accusation seriously. michelle: the search is on for a missing puppy stolen from a car in the district. we don't always do missing puppy stories but this is unique. the owners now offering $10,000 reward. sam sweeney is in northwest with the desperate search. >> we are talking a lot of

lost dog. $10,000. it means the world to the dog owners. their puppy was stolen from the car. the intersection here at ninth and k. one of the busiest intersections in northwest washington. in the middle of the afternoon. in front of the convention center. the owners tell me they went inside to get some food. while they were gone, someone came up to the window and smashed it. grabbed the dog. they say the dog was in a cage that looked like a duffel bag. the only thing left are pieces of glass on the con careen. look -- concrete. 4-month-old bostoner the rer named maggie. she was sick at the time. she needs her medication. i asked the owner why they are offering $10,000. this is what he said. >> seemed like enough money to make a difference in people's lives to help them, well, to get them to do the right thing. my greatest fear is she is in a dumpster or dumped down a storm drain. nightmare scenario. stephen: if you have seen her

all the information on the poster is on our website. take a good look at the picture. wjla.com. click on her picture. there is a direct e-mail address to the owner. $10,000 could be yours. reporting in northwest washington, i'm sam sweeney. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. back to break news we started the newscast with at the top of the hour. the man who ran over montgomery county officer noah leotta pleaded guilty today. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is in rockville where it just happened an hour ago. kevin? kevin: well, jonathan, simply put, there was so much evidence stacked against reluzco. he had no option but to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter. in court, prosecutors read the 13-page proper from start to finish which included some newly released photos of the december 3 crash. one of the pictures showed officer noah leotta's damaged squad car. the front driver side door pushed forward. gas cap ripped off.

cracked front windshield where officer leotta was hit on reluzco's honda s.u.v. officer leotta sent 27 feet down rockville pike. of course, reluzco had just left the rockville hooters less than a mile away where he had ordered five beers and four shots. the waitress even advised him to order food and slow down. reluzco's attorney describes his client as remorseful. >> from the day that this happened through this day, he has had problems handling what he has done. he knows gravity of his actions. >> these are done as deterrents so the next five people think about it and they may not do the same thing. my son doesn't come back to me no matter what we do. no matter how things go. but i know that i can pay it forward with noah's law. to me, that is the biggest

kevin: a judge will sentence luis reluzco in august. he faces up to ten years in prison. all new at 5:00, i will tell you what the guilty drunk driver thinks about noah's law. live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thank you very much. we heard noah's dad there a second ago. regarding noah's law, maryland governor larry hogan will be signing that law tomorrow. that strengthens punishment for first-time d.u.i. offenders and it would include interlocking devices for all offenders. they test the blood alcohol content in drivers before a key can be turned into the ignition. they have to blow into that. if there is alcohol the car won't start. michelle: trial for officer edward nero charged in the death of freddie gray coming to a conclusion. the judge saying he will announce a verdict monday morning after closing arguments tomorrow. nero was one of the officers helping gray into the van in the arrest. this is a bench trial so there is no jury.

decision. taking a look around the nation now. train service is back up and running in new york city after a huge fire under the track shut down the north rail overnight. the frames reached a garden supply store with flammable materials inside, including lumber, fertilizer and propane tanks. the cause of the fire is under investigation. train service will be limited until friday. jonathan: this is an absolute nightmare. three people busting into a family colorado home looking for drugs and money. apparent case of mistaken identity. wrong house. but a young father fights back while the mother calls 911. police are hunting for two suspects in a terrifying robbery. >> they're in my house. three men are in my house. attacked my husband and i. jonathan: jess is a and jesse, both middle school teachers with two young children were at the golden, colorado, home monday night. >> they knocked on my door and came in my house. jonathan: when three men

barged in. jonathan: jesse grabs a knife and fights back. he is stabbed. jonathan: but not before taking down one of the suspects. jonathan: police say the bad guys were looking for $10,000 in cash and drugs. it turns out they somehow had the wrong address. police arrested two men and are now looking for 20-year-old cody jones and a woman who is accused of driving the get-away car. this morning jesse is in the hospital recovering. and the school where he works is calling him a hero. michelle: in the race for the white house, new signs that the candidates are being hacked. director of national intelligence james clapper says f.b.i. and homeland security monitors found patterns sho

hackers are spying on the candidates saying both hillary clinton and donald trump's network are not secure enough. hacking was rampant in the 2008-2012 election cycles as well. the i-team is tackling cyber security. lisa fletcher has a preview of what we are finding in hospitals. >> coming up on thursday, almost anything can be hacked. but did you know that includes life-saving equipment like drug infusion pumps, infant incubators and x-ray machines? in fact, your smart phone has for a more security on it than a machine you may depend on to save your life. you trust your doctors but you may not be able to trust the equipment they are using. join us thursday. michelle: so again, that is tomorrow night at 11:00. lisa fletcher, one of the newest members of our "7 on your side" i-team digging into hospital hacking. jonathan: well, coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the underwoods always get what they want. ro rin wright who plays the rs

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but the pear shaped pink diamond is bigger. $15.3 carats. jonathan: if somewhere for $90 million you can have both on your finger. michelle: i will need to do exercises to keep them up. they look heavy. jonathan: heavy rocks. all right, ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- d.c. area looking good. physically we are among the best in the nation. the top five fittest cities. we have the list coming up. >> underthe hard hat and the safety glasses i'm cheryl cheryl. coming up, i will show you a blast at a virginia quarry as the state addresses complaints of people living nearby.

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jonathan: almost one year to the day after the quarry blasting accident, rocks sent flying off the loudoun quarry facility. michelle: boulders flying into homes and businesses and windows.

jonathan: cheryl conner takes us there. [explosion] cheryl: you just watched a blast of rock. >> it's foundation and shake your house. it makes you uneasy as a homeowner. cheryl: victor felt it in the past but not today. the camera stayed steady and the noise level we're told measured no louder than a lawnmower. 30,000 tons of rock from the pit. >> we monitor the shot to make sure they stay with the limits. cheryl: the demonstration is a year after rocks went flying and the damaged homes in sterling. since january 2015, the va department of mines, minerals and energy has taken 17 complaints about quarries in loudoun. two have been in violation. >> we write

violation and blasting is closed down. we have a new blasting plan which we approve before they begin again. cheryl: they want to see safe blast in normal operation. >> rocks from the blast are set up at conveyor belts and crushed to a large pile. cheryl: this is the making of roads, basements and driveways. >> if things fall off the shelf give us a call. if they just shake a little, that is probably normal. cheryl: cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> it's a surgery that makes your butt look bigger. the brazilian butt lift is the fastest growing plastic surgery in the country. every 30 minutes someone is getting fat liposuction out of the stomach, arms and legs and reinjecting it into their butt. >> if a patient says i want a butt like serena willi

do you tell them? >> they show you what is realistic and what can happen during and after surgery. our special report on the brazilian butt lift tonight at 11:00. jonathan: three years running d.c. has a nice honor. michelle: the fittest city in america. for past nine years the american college of sports medicine and the anthem foundation has put together the american fitness index ranking fitness in the 50 biggest metro areas in the country. jonathan: the d.c. metro leads the pack. minneapolis, st. paul, denver, portland and san francisco finish out the top five. a nice honor to have. michelle: give it to minneapolis with all the snow. steve: they are dedicated and hard core. jonathan: they have the sky walk around the city. michelle: which is great. we make excuses when it's raining -- or i, i can't speak to anyone. i make excuses. jonathan: sorry a lot of people in d.c. don't make excuses. steve: exactly. we havea

the weekend is looking better toward the end of the weekend. a lot going on. saturday could be a total wash-out. it's 66 degrees at reagan national airport. ten degrees below average where we normally are this time of year. temperatures are in the 50's. if you have outdoor dining plans and going for a walk, grab umbrella for the scattered showers. they are isolated. the sun will set at 8:17. show you what is going on with satellite and radar here. the showers that are about to move in, very light. not going to amount to a lot. highs tomorrow are in the upper 60's. mix of sun and clouds. once again chance for showers. it does not look good. 65 degrees early in the morning and heavy rain. the rain should let up by the noontime hour. the big race is 6:45. 76 degrees. the final stop takes us to

sunday. let's check in on traffic. jamie: we have a few issues. closure is in place. police are investigating a shooting. closed between morris and talbert street. medical emergency 18 street blocked at n street northwest. police are there. alternates to get around the area. if you are traveling on 395, seeing delays. northbound is where we see delays. but southbound, in the teens. northbound there is an accident before duke street. trying to get in the city. keep in mind you have the volume just like you do on the beltway. crossing the american legion bridge. jonathan? jonathan: all right. thank you. coming up for us next. >> where are we right now? >> a garden. >> is this a g

why? >> because a plant can grow. kellye: i'm kellye lynn. at d.c. only 2016 green ribbon school. i'll tell you what sets the school apart coming up in spotlight on education. michelle: new at 5:00, "7 on your side" investigates after parents complain about a bottle of cleanser they think looks like juice.

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jonathan: a public charter school celebrating a new title that other d.c. school has. in today's "spotlight on education," kellye lynn takes us to the district's only 2016 green ribbon school. kellye: so can you see the black dots? there is a lot to see at capitol city public charter you might not find at other schools. since the school moved to this location in 2012, the focus has been on green. >> really large windows so we have more natural light. having lights that switch off automatically. having water safety measures in place. minimizing paper waste. little plants that eventually put in place to make it less polluted. kellye: some of the many efforts that help the school become a 2016 u.s. department of education green ribbon school. the only one in d.c. to receive the honor. th

have implemented innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility cost. improve health and wellness. >> there has been a lot of projects, just little things like testing water makes me -- i don't drink as much bottled water now. kellye: from metal grates to keep the dirt out and improve air quality to outdoor spaces featuring native plant and vegetable gardens. students here feel the impact of living green. >> it does make you, help you appreciate like how beautiful this is. you want to help it more and more. kellye: in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: local firefighters came to the mic to defend their department. look closely. what is it? juice or is it a cleaner? "7 on your side" where the product is for sale as the customers voice

>> very threatened. i was shocked. >> a couple says they got more than coffee at the local starbucks and a human rights group agrees. now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: today the person who hit noah leotta enters a guilty plea. kevin lewis has more on where the emotional hearing wrapped up an hour and a half ago. tell us about it. kevin: well, leon, prosecutors compiled a mountain of evidence against luis reluzco leaving the 47-year-old no sound option but to confess to the vehicular manslaughter. prosecutors read 13-page proper from start to finish and it outlines a tragic and a preventable case. a packed courtroom with more than 30 police officers inside. all the witness luis reluzco

officer noah leotta. pictures of the december 3 scene released for the first time today. show leotta's damaged squad car. including a front door bent forward and the fuel flap sheered off. reluzco's s.u.v. had a spider webbed windshield where officer leotta was hit and thrown 27 feet. witnesses describe seeing smoke. >> noah i can't get back. kevin: today marks the first time the family saw reluzco in the flesh. >> i was preparing for it. i didn't look at him much. i didn't, you know, there is no vengefulness. i can't get my son back. but there needs to be appropriate punishment for crimes people commit. kevin: on the evening of the crash, reluzco says he took a xanax pill, smoked pot and opened a tab at the rockville hooters. he was so impaired the prosecutors say reluzco had no idea he hit