announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. michelle: that breaking news comes out of the white house, which is locked down right now after a shooting nearby. tom roussey is live on the scene with the latest. tom? tom: well, here is what we have right now. we are at 18th and e, a block away from where it happened. the secret service has the street shut down here. you can't get closer. we can zoom in on the distance. you can see the secret service car headed toward where this happened. it happened around 2:00 or a little after. we are told at this point that according to cnn there is a shooter in custody. someone opened fire. we don't know why. less than a block from the white house. or at least where the white house property is. we know that someone was hit. d.c. fire say they transported a victim in critical condition. when we got here on the scene we saw an ambulance driving away. not 100% sure it was the victim. but d.c. fire did transport

condition. the secret service is investigating this right now. we had a shooting near the white house. where it happened is in the area where you can't drive closer, where they shut the streets off. you can't take a car closer unless you are authorized. that is the area where it happened. there were a lot of tourists around at the time. we just talked to a couple of folks who were right there when it happened. they had a video we are hoping to get for you of the aftermath of what happened. where the victim was actually on the ground shot out here. this happened on a beautiful day out here. a lot of tourists around. all of a sudden gunfire less than a block from the white house. we'll stay on the scene and bring you the latest. i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. michelle: tom, i'm wondering the section of the road there, executive drive. is that an area where you need security clearance to access? tom: it is but from what i'm told the shooting may not have happened exactly there. although very close to there. you see the gate in distance

if you look in distance a block away you see the gate. you can't drive a car closer than that. it's in that basic area, somewhere there where it happened earlier this afternoon. so it did happen where it starts being secure for cars. however, it's around an area where people can go if they want to view the white house in some spots. but basically it's not an area you can drive a car in from where i'm told where the shooting happened. back to you. michelle: thank you so much. chief political correspondent scott thuman is in the newsroom. scott, where is the president right now? scott: yeah, michelle, look, the president left the grounds at 1:00 this afternoon. beautiful day out. he went golfing. he was at andrews air base at the golf course there. the vice president was on white house complex grounds. we are told he was secured when they went in lockdown mode. no issue there. the motorcade was just seen leaving the white house. we don't know if it's him or if he is staying on grounds. meanwhile also from the mayor's office in washington, d.c., muriel bowser, the mayor saying we are aware of

situation. i have been briefed by my public safety team and they are coordinating with federal partners. of course, the federal partners involving not only the capitol police and the secret service but the f.b.i. always responds a few blocks away. when you consider the washington field office and the headquarters are close to the white house. you know, it's just one more measure here as you take a look. they already added sharp points to the top of the white house fence. they have added an extra layer of barricades. it's something that the white house has been vigilant in especially over the last couple of years since there has been high profile incidents with a fence jumper and in 2011 someone shot a gun at the white house, striking the white house fa sand the windows. that -- white house facade and the windows. this is maybe them reacting quickly to what may or may not have been a serious threat. michelle: thank you, scott. jonathan: we are also following breaking news this afternoon coming to us from metro. general manager paul wiedefeld just fired 20 managers. this comes just two

program is set to begin. transportation reporter brianne carter covering metro live from the rosslyn station. this was a big move. brianne: absolutely! this is the official memo released by the general manager this afternoon saying he fired 20 managers. seven of them senior managers. and a third from the rail side of this system. now this, of course, comes days after he had that major manager meeting. 650 managers gathered together where he laid out his expectations moving forward. he said that this is all part of the restructuring that first began with the operation restructuring we saw months ago. back in march. with the officials that were directly reporting there to paul wiedefeld, the general manager. take a look here of the statement he released to us earlier today. it says that in part of the restructuring, 20 managers are being released from wmata. seven senior managers. more than one-third from the rail

it goes on to say others are in administrative areas including procurement. he says this is part of the statement we just got. addressing the firings. as you also mentioned, though, this just comes as we are now marking two weeks before the official start of the safe track plan that will cause major disruptions for metro riders. so tonight we reached out to the local jurisdictions to find out what they are doing to try to make your commute as easy as possible with so many disruptions on the rail side of metro. many say they are still finalizing the plans after getting the final draft of the safe track plan. but we spoke with ddot earlier today. they say they will be working on a number of things including changing traffic signals downtown. perhaps changing parking downtown as well. they are also going to be working directly with metro for the bus bridges that will be put in place when the shutdown happens. again, tonight, the breaking news. 20 managers now gone from metro. we will continue to follow it

brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. today we have a new tool to help us know how you are feeling about a story. michelle: it's called abc7 instapoll. it's focused on metro today aren't you confident that the safe track plan will fix metro? log on to wjla.com and go to vote now. as you watch, you can see the results change instantly on air at the bottom of the screen. of course the numbers will change as more people vote. jonathan: this is realtime, too. if you have a reaction to any story we're covering, it doesn't matter what it is. you can get on there and we'll have a poll set up to weigh in and let us know what you think. we'll share the results with you realtime. michelle: instant feedback. other news today. middle school student -- >> i think it's stupid that he did this. michelle: a middle school student has been suspended over a carton of milk at lunch. it doesn't sound like a crime but the school resource officer who confronted the child

triangle, virginia, sorting out the story that you will see only on 7. roz? roz: well, in addition to all of that, the parents just got a letter late this afternoon saying that their son has to make an appearance in juvenile court. he is being charged with larceny. that on top of being suspended from school all over a 65-cent carton of milk that he should have gotten for free. it all happened here at the graham park middle school. that was on may 10. the student says he had gone to the lunch line, got his food and forgot to get his milk. he went back to get the milk, the prince william county officer accused him of stealing. he is on the free lunch program and shouldn't have had to pay for it. the police say the student became disorderly so they cuffed him and took him to the principal office and searched him for drugs because he was "acting inappropriately." the letter the mom shows us it says her son was suspended for

using his cell phone. his mother is fighting to get him back in school and keep him from having a juvenile record. >> it went too far. then they try and charge my son. they charge him with larceny. i don't have no understanding to why they are trying to charge him with largeny when he is entitled to the milk from the beginning. in a statement, the prince william county spokesman -- the school spokesman says they could not comment on the individual case because of privacy issues but that, "the need for dismr.nary action is determined by how a student behaves throughout any given incident. appeals process is in place to ensure the fairness of any disciplinary action." apparently this was all caught on surveillance video. the mother asked to see it. she has been shown a couple of clips so far. coming up at 5:00 you will hear from the student and you will hear what the behavior was that led to the accusation of h

live in triangle, roz plater, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. we have new information in the investigation of a high school lap experiment that went wrong. it was called the rainbow experiment and it resulted in the firefighters having to show up and put out a classroom that caught fire. lisa fletcher is joining us now to bring us up to speed on the conclusion of the fairfax county schools. what did they come up? lisa: a couple of things. last october five students were burned, two seriously when the science demonstration failed and it shot the horizontal flames across the desks. i burned the students and burned their belongings. the image is unforgettable. charred shoes, blackened backpack and melted chairs. while virginia occupational safety and health found no workplace safety violations at the conclusion of its investigation, the school district now says things that should have been done by the teacher were not. the fairfax district confirmed "7 on your side" that the teacher violated district policy that she and the students should have all been

demonstration. but none of them was. the district tells us that the teacher remains on administrative leave even though it has been seven months since the accident. they wouldn't go into details as to why she is still on leave but they said since the accident they have now required all the science teachers to under go mandatory training that includes safety and goggle training. jonathan: i'm sure a lot of parents wondering is the rainbow experiment still being conducted in class? >> it's not. it's been ad in a number of school districts but since 2014 there have been 24 minor and serious injuries to students and teachers. jonathan: thank you very much. michelle, back to you. michelle: a wild week for folks living in the 4300 block of douglas street northeast. i it started with mail being pulled out of a sewer and it ended with a house fire and live wires sending sparks in the air. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live along douglas street. and hopefully, sam, this afternoon has been a quiet one over there. sam: well, it has been quiet here. but as you say,

a dramatic week. the latest episode in this drama is the house that is being renovated behind me. at least it was being renovated by an organization called "street to street" and delta sorority as an after-school program for young people. this is what's left. last night, firefighters struggled with the blaze here having to stop for a time after power lines came down and made it dangerous to continue. that was thursday night. wednesday night a police officer was bitten by a pitbull which another officer killed when they came to the same house and arrested a man allegedly chasing his girlfriend with a knife. >> for the last two and a half weeks, whenever i come home, there is a lot of shouting, screaming. sam: we have been in the same 4300 blok of douglas northeast much of the week after we learned a postal employee was disposing of mail in a storm drain instead of delivering it to residents. mail was coming up in the drain of the woman living next

then wednesday was the incident with the dog. last night the house caught on fire with the fireworks. i was scared to come home. i was like i don't know what i'll come home to. sam: we will hear more from that woman on "abc7 news at 5:00". she tells us what it has been like this week with all that drama in one block. reporting live from northeast washington. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a day of diving turns into an ordeal above water and below. >> he was as close as the end of my flippers. alison: i'm alison starling. we will tell you how the dive ended up stranded with not one but two sharks when we come back. jonathan: later, the team helping a wounded warrior conquer the biggest battle of his life. jonathan: update on the breaking news story we're following, the lockdown at the white house. after

house. the response was very fast from law enforcement. and white house security. they were out there with the guns right away. they did lock the white house down. you are looking at a live metro stop where we have more breaking news apt metro where they fired 20 managers. seven were high-level managers. more on the white house situation. lockdown is not lifted. the shooting took place less than a block away. more on both when we come back.

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jonathan: all right. you are looking at pictures now. they look like they're fighting. that is what siblings do. shot of the eagles nest at the national arboretum. freedom and liberty. they are getting bigger every day. they are trying to figure it out. born in march. you can see how they have grown. they will start to get coloring later as they get older. these are bald eagles. an hour and a half we saw one trying to get out of the nest. we pretty sure they will start flying any day or mom and dad will fly back and kick them out of the nest. we'll keep an eye on them and let you know what happens. [whistle] michelle: a 30-minute dive turned into a two-hour ordeal for a florida man. he wasn't really alone for the two hours was he? alison: no. not at all. in fact, michelle, randy suddenly found himself without

started out with, of course; and instead with two sharks. the florida dive had his go pro camera and it was rolling when her surfaced from 30-minute dive and found himself stranded in 990-feet of water 17 miles offshore. >> came up at the end of the dive. looked around. no boat. alison: within minutes, unwanted company. he uses his spear to keep the eight-foot shark at bay. >> the first shark showed up and started to swim around here. and swimming toward me. then seswam by me and hit me with one of his pectoral fins. alison: an hour after he surfaced, a second visitor. >> they started to swim around me in circles underneath and swimming close. alison: still, he kept his cool. blowing a whistle. using his neon yellow dive bag to signal for help. his daughters were on the family boat. but they

him. >> i was desperate. i didn't know what to do. alison: when they couldn't find him, the family alerted the coast guard. after 90 exhausting minutes a fishing boat just happened to find fales. a happy ending to one man's terrifying fish tale. >> when it got near me i said boy, am i glad to see you. alison: once he was reunited with his family. >> i asked him if we wanted the go do more trolling. they said no, that was enough excitement for the day. they wanted to go home. alison: so randy fales says his muscles were starting to cramp up when the fishing boat showed up. thank goodness. but said he can't wait to head out diving again. michelle: adrenaline rush i guess. he enjoys that. we were just looking at the shot thinking poking it with a spear, i would be afraid it would get the shark angrier. alison: what other choice do you have, right? otherwise you're just there waiting. michelle: scary. jonathan, what would you do? jonathan: don't poke the bear. he did exactly what you

from sharks to spiders. fear of spiders is common. a lot of folks have the arachnaphobia. even for those on television. for a weather man his fears became for public during one of the forecasts. watch. >> a couple of days. we talk about, guess what, texas tech is always the national champions -- [screaming] jeez, louise! why did that just happen? jonathan: yeah. why did that just happen. i will live on youtube. live it down forever. weatherman brian hughes, so startled. it takes him a while to recover. 30 seconds went by. lifetime in television. he didn't continue the forecast until after he recovered. the spider was on a weather camera. it looks like a ginormous taking over the city. michelle: would you scream like that? doug: we have bugs, bees. jonathan: spiders, bugs. michelle: you are so cool. you have had laughing fits. doug: i do. sometimes my pulse get

no. it's pretty funny. it's live. it happens. it's done. everybody gets to see it. jonathan: there is another funny one. guy doing weather and the spider crawled in the studio and he flipped out and ran out of there. [laughter] doug: you watch. i will go and there will be a snake or something and i'll have my chance to go ballistic. the weekend is coming. we have been telling you that the weekend wouldn't be a happy weather story for the outdoor activities. i wish i could change it. here is the deal. sunshine all day. looking live at the capital wheel at national harbor in prince george's county across the potomac. high clouds covering the area. the sun is still strong enough and the cloud deck is thin enough we have plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. 75 in reagan national. southeasterly winds at 6 miles per hour. the cloudiness advancing. clear skies, washington and metro. crystal clear. that is be the high pressure center is. storm system developing over

northeastern mississippi. spreading rain to north. that is the saturday weather forecast i'm sorry to say. if you have plans this evening, i think you will be fine outside. comfortable. clouds rolling in later tonight. the rain we expect to begin just after sunrise in the metro area tomorrow. we will drop from the 70's to the 50's early tomorrow. the future cast gives us important timing. take a second when i show you the future cast. we have several computer models to do the function of the future casting. this is probably the most likely timeline and effects at 7:00 in the morning. the rain will move in and it will become steady. the brighter color and the heavier element of rain. through the day. 9:30. heaviest rain, d.c. metro south and east. through the remainder of the afternoon. it looks like that will move off the area. we will still have rain. however the winds out of the northeast will keep it unsettled. even though the overall pattern will be there, we don't expect the heavy rain. patches of rain through the evening. that is important for the preakness and the big concert out at jiffmy lube. so

rain is the tale here. sunday we could have a batch in the morning. clearing out. sunshine midday. we could have scattered showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon. all told the weekend noon sunday will give us over an inch, inch and a half of rain locally. two inches of rain across southern maryland and northern neck. preakness, afraid to say "rain." likely in the morning and maybe rain in the afternoon. we'll talk more about what the next seven days have for you in a few minutes. back to you. jonathan: thanks. i want to get to breaking news at the white house. the situation out there, they were in lockdownment the lockdown has been lifted. brad bell is on scene. still a very strong police presence there. what is going on out there? brad: this is the old executive office building. you are looking south on 17th street. the uniform officer

officers at the ready. they are telling folks that the road is closed. you can't head down there now. what we understand at this point is the person approached the most. carrying a weapon and was told to drop it. did not. kept approaching. uniform secret service officer opened fire. the person is critically injured. the important thing to know is that the person did not get in the white house. secret service telling us that no one they protect was affected in any way, shape or form. we are hoping to get a briefing from the spokesperson at the u.s. park police at this location. when we have that we will get back with you as soon as we can. the roads are closed. the police still on high alert. back to you. michelle: thank you. jamie sullivan standing by. is all the activity by the white house

the other roads? jamie: of course. we have closures in that area. i'll get to that. i want to start with the closers in d.c. malcolm x. avenue blocked off with the police activity. this is where brad bell is. 17 blocked from c to pennsylvania avenue. constitution avenue blocked at well. there is a lot of heavy traffic in the area with a lot of police activity as well. outbound 395 takes 28 minutes from the 14th street bridge to the mixing bowl. there is a disabled vehicle on the inner loom of the capital beltway before you get to the g.w. parkway. this is not terrible but the volume is building in to the heaviest part of the afternoon rush.

southbound in virginia. back to you. michelle: thank you for that update. there were fewer cars on the road today. >> it's a good thing. we will explain why it happened. kili'm abc7 kimberly suiters with -- kimberly: i'm kimberly suiters and i have report on nutrition label. you will be able to read how many calories are in the chips. jonathan: but first -- >> ♪ do you believe in life after love ♪ jonathan: the diva turning 70 years old today. the only artist to have number one chart in 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000 an

michelle: gating back to breaking -- getting back to breaking news, scott thuman at the "live desk." do you have any information? scott: we know that the president has been informed about the incident and the shooting very close to if not on white house complex grounds this afternoon. we have been asking the pool reporter, that is the one reporter who is kind of responsible for reporting everything directly from the president when he is off grounds. again he is at andrews air force base golfing today. they have been trying to ascertain whether or not they had to secure the president at that point from the golf course, if they had to secure him in any way, wondering

singular than what we saw outside the white house. we are still waiting for an answer to that. he has been told about it. he left the white house at 1:00 today. the vice president was on grounds and he was secured, we are told. we understand may have been right away put in a motorcade there for protection. additionally this is interesting because as we try to sort out information here. the media would often is much more information. because they are there at the white house. but because the president was traveling and offgrounds, much of those who are instantly getting information about what the president is up to. the minute-by-minute wasn't at the white house. you had a left flow of information and for a brief while the media sequesters into the briefing room or the office attached to it. now, of course, that lockdown has been lifted we are getting more information and bring you more as we get it. the latest, the president has been informed and we are waiting to see exactly what precautions were taken instantly where the pre

is. jonathan: thanks. if you have not heard what happened. the executive road outside the white house, blocked off for cars. you have to have access with a pass to get in. people can walk in there. a man walked in. he had a weapon. he was immediately confronted by secret service agents undercover. they ordered him to drop the weapon. when he did not follow their commands they opened fire and critically wounded this man. that sent all of the wheels in motion. they locked down the white house. they had no idea if that is one guy working by himself or a group that is testing security. they had no clue. they locked the white house down. we saw them ramp up security like we have not seen them before in quite a while. the posture was immediate. people were coming outside the white house. they had the semi-automatic weapons ready to go. everyone was just in lockdown order. then about an hour later they lifted the lockdown and realized maybe it was just one guy. clearly there is more information we are trying to get. this is live video now of the vehicle that the guy drove up into to walk out ofh

executive road. live pictures. the lockdown for the white house may have been lifted but law enforcement is all over the area. it's just about a half a block or a block from the white house. you can see as a result, streets have been shut down so they can try to figure out what has happened here. anytime somebody in law enforcement uses their weapon, it creates this kind of investigation that has to be thorough. that is the response. you can see the streets are blocked off. this is an area you want to avoid. this is just at this point one man walking in to what is otherwise a secure area with a weapon. immediately confronted by secret service and shot when he did not drop his weapon as he was ordered to do. we have a team of reporters working this. as soon as we get new developments we will pass it along to you. switching gears now. to a consumer alert. you know the bag of chips you just ate with your sandwich today? it is going to get a whole new look. the f.d.a. is announcing new

products. kimberly suiters is joining us with the information. a lot of products. kimberly: yep. what will it do to your chips and spaghetti sauce, soda and ice cream? new labeling on all will give you a much more realistic picture of what you are putting in your body. this makeover is 20 years in the making. these are the change you will see in the next two years. calorie count font will be a lot bigger and bolder. so you can actually read it without granny glasses. there will be less emphasis on fat. more on calories. this one was a little controversial. a line about how much sugar was added in processing. consumers want to know what is natural and what is added. the sugar association not too happy about it. they were disappointed because the f.d.a. hasn't demonstrated a link between sugar and disease. so, what is going to be the effect? you will see a lot more manufacturers making healthier products. serving sizes are more realistic, too. not the ideal amount that you want to eat.

are going to eat. michelle: thank goodness. sometimes the serving sizes are so small. kimberly: i know. you were worried that the bags were empty. they are not. i'll leave the snacks for you. this is one is better. this one is worse. jonathan: but the cheetos taste so good. kimberly: you won't need a microscope or a scale. jonathan: how about a chemistry degree. kimberly: that, too. you won't need a chemistry degree to figure it out. labeling should happen in two years. jonathan: even with the labeling it hasn't stopped people with the dietary issues. people still eat it because they like the taste of it. they are not going to read packaging. kimberly: that is true. the most dangerous thing is sit there with a bag and just do this. then you have no idea. at least putting it in a bowl you have an idea the portion. michelle: portion control. kimberly: give you the bad and the good one. jonathan: isn't ignorance bliss? thank you. michelle: thank you for the snacks. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a spike in the number

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brad: i'm brad bell at 17th and pennsylvania, just outside the white house where today, this afternoon there has been a shooting. reportedly, a man parked a car, gets out on foot and approaches a checkpoint with a gun visible. what we are told is that uniform secret service officers ordered that man to drop the gun. he did not. he continued approaching. the secret service opening fire, striking that suspect. that man critically injured. the scene around the white house remains, though not on lockdown inside, certainly closed streets. you can see the police officer over here armed. has the assault rifle out. at this point this is a traffic nightmare.

jonathan: thank you. let us know. a viewer said this day care is close to liquor store. cheryl conner went to check it out. cheryl: abc on the window next to the montessori. this is not a learning tool. parents are fighting a mov by the virginia alcoholic beverage alcohol to relocate an existing store right next door to the school. saying it goes against abc's own policy. he is concerned for his son and daughter. >> there is a policy they are not supposed to put the store within one-tenth of a mile of a school. cheryl: that policy includes churches according to a spokeswoman. a few blocks away there is another virginia abc store. a spokeswoman for the alcoholic beverage control says this location has been sold. it will be demolished and redeveloped. they plan to come back

to complete. kelly joined the fight to get the liquor store to relocate based on his experience of living close to the current store. >> there is a small core of clientele that are disruptive, that can be violent and loud at times. cheryl: the school's owner tells us she has had several parents say they are not going with northeast stars because of the liquor store. >> it's detrimental to the business. it's not good for the children. cheryl: in alexandria, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: abc rep says when they toured the location, "the landlord indicated that the adjacent tenant would be departmenting the location later in year upon expiration of the lease and at that time it was neither known or observed that the agy sabt tenant was a day care -- adjacent tenant was a day care." they are collectively working with the landlord and the day care for a resolution. there is no projected date taupe

temporary liquor location. michelle: garang kidd -- "good morning washington" kidd o'shea got in on the action on the bike to work day. he is one of thousands treated to great weather for the annual push for alternate forms of transportation. meteorologist steve rudin is live in alexandria where folks are starting to head home. hey, steve. steve: hey, absolutely. beautiful, beautiful day here in d.c. we are in the del rey section. there are plenty of bikes left from this morning. since 1956, that is when they started bike to work day. then here in d.c. it started little bit later than that. it has grown tremendously since 2001. started with a couple hundred riders. now they have over 18,000 riders. earlier today muriel bowser had good news for riders in the district and montgomery county. mayor bowser: we are focse

completing the trails. the metropolitan branch trail being one of them that will connect washington, d.c., to parts of montgomery county. we have acquired the land. now we want to complete the trail. steve: so here we are back live right now. the bikes are here to enjoy for the rest of the evening. a lot of folks are now heading home from national bike to work day. weather will cooperate absolutely perfectly. but a different story for the day tomorrow. for that, we head back to the studio for chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thanks. in the next couple of hours ideal to say for people riding home. we will have increasing cloudiness. some sunshine for the next couple of hours. temperatures hold in lower 70's. changes are on the way due to developing storm center well southwest that will spread heavier cloudiness tonight. rain tomorrow. it will start in the morning. the rain will be heavy at times. especially south and southeast of washington. this is the future ca

moving in. brighter color is the heaviest color of rain. mostly south and east of the city by mid-afternoon. late afternoon, steadier lighter rain across the region. upper level low, surface low in the coast. they are combining to keep winds spinning in from the northeast. keep the air chilly. give us more period of rain tonight. scattered showers and thunderstorms later afternoon. sunday may feature sunshine at times earlier in the day. something to keep an eye on. so the weekend outlook unfortunately tomorrow is chilly with period of rain. 59 degrees. a little sun. afternoon showers and storms. 65 degrees here on the day sunday. back to you. michelle: thank you. "7 on your side" with a health matters report. the number of women infected with the zika virus in the u.s. has tripled to 157. it's all because of a new way the government is counting cases. previously officials counted women who had both zika symptoms and positive blood tests. now they are counting anyone with a positive blood

thuman examines if the government is making too much of a big deal of the virus. jonathan: how about this? it was hidden for decades and the owner may have been killed by the nazis. treasure belonging to the inmate of a auschwitz death camp has been found. they discovered a gold ring and chain hidden under the false bottom of a mug. the nazis confiscated the mug and it ended up among museum exhibits. experts say the ring was made in poland between 1721-1931. at this point there is no way to figure out who owned it. workers found this treasure a few months ago wile doing conservation work on enamel items. michelle: the owner was afraid of theft but hoped to use the item in the future. incredible. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the all-out effort for the first c

to summit mount

morning noon or night there's always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment jonathan: anyone can make it to the top of mount everest. you have to be in great condition and be resilient and strong. it takes a lot. i took a team and soldier of one mission to get the first combat wounded veteran to the

marine corps staff sergeant charlie linville made it to the top. jonathan: he is the first amputee to summit all 29,000 feet of mount everest. not far behind him u.s. veteran and retired staff sergeant chad jukes who lost his right led to i.e. -- right leg to i.e.d. explosion in iraq. they were four days away from reaching the summit at 21,000 feet speaking exclusively with abc news via satellite phone. >> feeling really good. feeling strong. jonathan: they are amongst the first wave of climbers taking on everest again since the earthquake rocked nepal last spring. climbers battling 60-mile-per-hour winds and drastic temperature changes to pay tribute to their fallen colleagues. >> i have here a picture of p.f.c. keith williams. and staff sergeant benjamin crane. i am going to bring them to is summit for their families. >> also to bring awareness to veteran mental health with

committing suicide every day. staff sergeant jukes says he struggled with ptsd after the amputation. >> i have found great happiness getting in the outdoors. i think that a lot of people can share in that healing power. jonathan: to add to that an amazing sense of accomplishment. i started saiding anyone can go up -- saying anyone can go up everest. it's so hard to do that. it's hard to breathe, let alone climb. one lost a leg and getting to the top. amazing accomplishment. michelle: inspirational to see them do it and do it together as brothers. jonathan: hopefully more, you know, especially saying he suffered from ptsd. it's nice to see it's an outlet and hopefully it will let him heal faster. michelle: connecticut convenient store record broke her record scaling mount everest for the seventh time. sherpa was among 18 climbers who

morning. she was already the most successful female climber. she climbed everest six times between 2000 and 2006. we are just discussing how challenging it is. imagine doing it seven times. >> she had the right last name. sherpa. michelle: that is what they use to help get up there. jonathan: coming up at 4:00, g.m.w. kidd o'shea with a look at the weekend's events for you. michelle: join us thism coming wednesday for a town hall on opioid abuse. we have with live reports from communities struggling across the country and you are invited to be part of the live studio audience. just log on to wjla.com to fill out our audience participation form.

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the developments with this. if anything should change we will get back to you and let you know. michelle: there is great weather out there on this bike to work day. steve rudin is out there. steve, are you going to perhaps respect a bike and ride it back to station later? steve: it sounds really, really ttempting. it is beautiful out here this evening. we are going to look for a quiet and a dry condition as we move through the evening hours. i wish i could say the same as we head the day tomorrow. plan to eat outdoors tomorrow? it looks fantastic. or tonight. the temperatures will fall through the 70's. it will stay dry. the clouds will increase a little bit. 's we move through the day tomorrow we have the preakness this baltimore looking at the temperatures only in the upper 50s. with rain, heavy rain in the early morning hours by 6:45. we will see the temperatures around 60 degrees. i will take you out to look at the inaugural d.c. bike ride on sunday. the temperatures will be in the lower 60's. with just a few scattered showers. there is so much b

huge impact on the rush hour commute. we head back inside to jamie sullivan. jamie: steve, that is where we are going to begin. this is the waze map. you can see the red and the white dotted line. that is a closure. we have it on 17th and constitution avenue. you are going to see, look at this. a lot of extra volume in the d.c. area with the police activity happening. as we move to maps, i want to talk about a big backup. this is on the inner loop of the capital beltway in prince george's county. under 40 minutes from route 4 continuing closer to branch avenue because of an accident. that has been moved to the shoulder. the traffic right now crossing the american legion bridge getting lighter. but still going to be heavy volume this afternoon. we have more coming up after

kidd: there is so much going on this weekend. start with this. there is nothing quite like a springtime bike ride. with the sights and the sounds of d.c. and meeting great people. passionate about biking. the d.c. bike ride takes place this weekend. this is a ride not a race. crews the city at your own pace. just you, two wheels and some of the most iconic sites in the world. after the 17-mile ride hop off the bike and celebrte

capitol. it should be fun this weekend. calling all country music fans this weekend. thewmzqfest. this year there will be headlining with the music, country music superstar miranda lambert. brothers osborne are performing, brett young, run away june and chris lane. it will be fun. asia fiesta was supposed to take place this weekend. but with the forecast calling for all rain tomorrow, they have decided to move the date to june 5. from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. pennsylvania avenue. between third and sixth. if you had plans to go this weekend, postpone that. i'm "good morning washington's" kidd o'shea. whatever you do, have a great weekend. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: that breaking news comes from just outside the white house where a man has been shot in some sort of a

enforcement. alison: that is right. it happened near a check point. it was just off of white house grounds near 17th street. we have team coverage tonight. the chief political correspondent scott thuman has what the president was told about this. we are going to get to him in a moment. leon: but we begin with tom roussey standing by right now outside the white house. not far from the scene. fill us in. tom: we have been talking to folks nearby when it happened. we are at 18th and e. it was in that area behind the gate that you see, the security gate. that is where as best we can figure out this happened. a little after 2:00 this afternoon. now here is what we have got from eyewitness at this point. they say there was a man who was there. fairly big guy, six feet tall. maybe 200 pounds or so. they say he walked in to an area that said you weren't supposed to go there. so, they didn't hear a lot of commio

they turned around to take a picture. the next thing they knew they heard one gunshot. they believe law enforcement were the ones who fired the gunshot. they said they turn around, the man was on the ground. they were already cuffing him. he was still conscious according to witnesses we talked to. other than entering the nonsecure area they didn't hear a lot of noise. they weren't sure what had happened. be -- but they did hear one gunshot and realize he had been shot. here is more on what the eyewitnesses had to say. >> after he was shot i heard screaming. everybody was in chaos. nobody knew what happened. he was in handcuffs. by the time we looked at him, he was down and in handcuffs. everybody was scared. the secret service, the police officers, everybody started coming out with the big guns, machine guns pointing at us saying run, you need to go. everybody needs to get out and evacuate. tom: that young lady there you heard from was in the midst of it all. this is a picture she took after the fact. you can see them on top of the