the victim's bicycle is still laying underneath the vehicle. police say that the victim was pinned under the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency responders but pronounced dead at the scene. they had the southbound lane of frederick avenue blocked off between chestnut and south summit avenue as they continue the investigation. they are can wanting to have the area blocked off for another three hours from what we are told by police. this happened around 2:30 this afternoon. in the 100 block of frederick avenue in gaithersburg. they aren't sure how the s.u.v. collided with the cyclist but the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating. we are told that person was not injured in the accident. they have not released the victim's name at this time. in gaithersburg, diane cho, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. more breaking news this afternoon. blue angel jet has crashed in tennessee. chris papst now in the newsroom with the details on this. what do we know? chris: we are getting more

the sister station in nashville reporting there is at least one person dead. the one person has not been identified. we do not know if it's a pilot or somebody on ground. this is what we know. the u.s. navy blue angels jet crashed shortly after take-off. 3:00 this afternoon. practice flight for a show they have coming up this weekend in nashville, tennessee. here is nashville, a few miles southeast. airport for that location. quickly we want to show you a video that somebody took. shortly after this plane crashed. the person took this video. giant plume of smoke rising eerily up in the sky. you can see how big of a crash it was. how significant it was. off of that video with the person saying, "pray for the pilot." hopefully that person is safe. one person has been confirmed dead from the abc7 news affiliate in nashville. for now, live in the newsroom, chris papst. jonathan: another developing story. air force thunderbird jet on the opposite side of the coun

a flyover at the air force academy graduation ceremony. that is in colorado. the pilot ejected and landed safely. there were no injuries on the ground. but president obama delivered the commencement address and was inside the stadium at the time of the crash. we are told he is expected to meet with the pilot. michelle: back at home a boat full of students in restricted part of the chesapeake bay. alison: the boat started sinking and a waterman was close enough to help save the day. our maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in cambridge with more on the story. brad: the boat is off an island that was for years used by the army as target practice. the ground has eroded. sea level and the tides have take an toll on the island. the tanks are now under water. it's believed the chesapeake bay foundation boat hit one of

those tanks. started as a dream field trip to the center for a group of fourth graders, teacher, chaperon for kent school in chestertown. a day aboard the 40-foot board ends in the waters. parent brian cole telling us everything changed in an instant when they hit the submerged object. >> like hitting a brick wall. brad: everybody was thrown to the deck. he broke fingers. a girl lost a tooth. the captain briefly losing consciousness. >> strike to finish was maybe five minutes. he got out a 911 call on his radio. brad: ten miles away in a waterman's harbor, the crabber jeremy shockly hears the call. >> taking off water. brad: with his son daniel he fires up his boat and races to the scene. realizing it's young children as they draw near. >> not a good

kids on the sunken boat. brad: they get everybody on board and race to shore. this photo of arrival. >> they take care of us. medical attention and everything. the waterman. true blue americans. >> anyone else would have done the same thing. i don't classify myself as a hero. something we all do. something is broke down we help them out. tow them in. brad: everybody is congratulating the waterman including the natural resources police patrolling the water. that is an irony because police charged with waterman with possession of undersized oysters in the winter and he is due in court soon. he hopes this doesn't hurt him. in cambridge, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: well, we are just more than 24 hours away from the start of the metro safetrack program. even if you don't ride metro you will see the impact.

live at the eastern market station. after d.c. announced changes today. tell us about them. brianne: this is the same day they handed out the panel let laying out the safety surge 1 and surge 2. they are trying to ease the commute in the next year. in a matter of hours, commuting in the d.c. area is about to get more complicated. as metro's nearly year-long rebuilding project safetrack gets underway. >> the project will affect every single commuter. >> even the first of 15 safety surges will happen on the tracks in virginia. people heading in and out of d.c. will be impacted. today d.c. officials announce new plans to help reduce congestion for crush of commuters. parking downtown can be difficult starting next week there will be an additional

park on major east-west routes to help the flow of buses. morning rush hour restrictions will be extended from 9:30 to 10:00. >> currently, the everything rush hour begins at 4:00. ends at 6:30. extend it to 7:00. brianne: ddot will put more traffic controllers at key intersections and adjust signal timing. ddot will provide staging areas for taxis and carpooling. >> we have plan for each of the night life area to put in place to make sure we can get night life referrallers in and out of the light life areas. >> they are also looking at the possibility to extend the circulator bus until 3:00 a.m. it's not just those on buses and trains and in cars. it's also those considering taking two wheels. coming up here tonight at 6:00, what ddot announced today on how to get a discounted ride using capital bike

alison: long-term closure and the earlier closing time will have an impact of people working at restaurants and maybe hospitals and have to use metro to commute late at night. cheryl conner picks up team coverage and she has that side of the story. cheryl: metro silver line came on less than two years ago. the shiny rails don't keep it off the list of needed repairs as the safe track programs begins this weekend. >> i have to take uber instead. it's three to four times as much if you were able to take the metro. cheryl: daniel relies on metro to make a long trip to get to the job at the prime seafood in tysons corner where he is a server. >> huntington metro stop to the pentagon metro stop. switch to the blue line. pentagon to rosslyn. switch to orange line and take it to falls church to silver. which brings us to tys

he is avoiding track work. it typically takes him an hour and a half. with the track work he is estimating three hours. then he has to walk from this station up to his job. according to the trip finder if he left he would get to huntington and he would miss the train. riders are told to check the website to know when the last train leaves the station. safetrack means metro closes at midnight even on the weekend instead of staying open until 3:00 a.m. in tysons, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we have details on wjla.com. while there, sign up for the metro text alerts. jonathan: a man accu

metro station is in custody. this happened on the platform at l'enfant plaza last night. metro transit police say this guy, 18-year-old jose pleitez grabbed a woman's behind and then he raced off. well, they raced him. they caught him. michelle: new development tonight and new bombshell in the ucla campus murder. alison: a third person now dead. this was hundreds of miles away. a kill list was found and the shooter mainak sarkar's minnesota home with several names. one woman on the list was found dead in brooklyn, minnesota. ucla professor william klug was killed on the shooting. the gunman's car is still missing. >> we believe the vehicle will be unoccupied. we don't believe there are outstanding suspects. we believe that the vehicle may contain

establish motive. alison: another person on the kill list who works at ucla is okay today. jonathan:well, right now we are on storm watch. rain and a chance of storms moving in the area. chief meteorologist doug hill joining us now with a check of the forecast. >> what we see closer to the metro area. light showers. slowly drifting off to the east to the metro area. farther west. a heavier band of storms to south side virginia. a warm pattern. daily chance of showers and the storms. overnight, 63 to 70. with showers and the storms late night and overnight. patchy fog and light winds. check out friday, the weekend and seven days in a few minutes. alison: thank you. new information about the death of prince. autopsy results showed the ta

overdose of the prescription drug fentanyl. that is a powerful synthetic opioid, many times more potent than opium. report this afternoon says the death was accidental. prince died at his paisley park home april 21. at the age of 57. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the redskins getting ready for the next season. but find out what one trainer did that could put some nfl players' personal information at risk. alison: plus, we tell you about the drastic measures a famous museum is taking in the face of massive flooding. >> "7 on your side" helps residents get rid of a nuisance neighbor. that story is next when "abc7 news

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jonathan: "7 on your side" tonight after a neighborhood's call for help. the problem a massive dead tree that was hovering over several houses in one potomac neighborhood. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live now. this has been going on for over a year. kevin: yeah. absolutely, jonathan. this is a limb that snapped off the tree only two days ago. we

another tree. i'm 5'11". the limb is well over twice my height. >> we think this could come down at any time. kevin: for more than a year, this troubled timber shed a number of thick branches. >> anybody who happens to be there gets hit. >> parent james edward. >> someone could lose their lives. kevin: and ryan say multiple limbs have come crashing in their yards. both are fathers of young children. >> sum etime they want to be outside. you don't want them outside playing with this every -- over your head. kevin: they called montgomery county 311 to request the dead tree be cut down. but a year later no progress. >> we think it is important to try and, you know, follow the appropriate protocol. but at a certain point you realize that you are not getting anywhere. you have to try to make yourself heard. kevin: so he

your side." a day later arborist surveyed the tree to promise to have it cut down by the end of next week. >> there is a lot of punting back and forth. the response this week since calling "7 on your side" is fantastic. they were out here twice today. if they follow through and take it down in the next few day or weeks, a-plus. in the last week. but this has been a year-plus in the making. that is not good for a tree of that nature to the serious damage. kevin: one more look at the dead tree. montgomery county spokesperson says it stems from confusion over whose property the tree was on. that spokesperson telling us a crew armed with chainsaws and cherry pickers will be out here tomorrow to begin the big project. live in potomac, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. at least six people are dead following severe flooding in europe. several rivers flooded from paris to bavaria in southern germany. that is an area

wide. thousands of people trapped in the homes by the fast-moving floodwaters. in paris, boat tours have been canceled. some rail lines shut down. how about this? the museum is moving artifacts upstairs. jonathan: in texas, they are declaring 31 counties disaster areas. in the houston area alone hundreds of people had to be evacuated because of flooding on the brazos river. stay with us. we have more on the flooding in teg later in the newscast. they have had to rescue people from their homes because it has come up so fast. alison: around here, humid, summer like. >> it's april and may where we had the stretch of 15 straight days of rain. but the rain was right. these peak are having the

downpour. jonathan: five to seven inches in system of the storms. >> let's get started here. plenty of sunshine in metro. live look from the weather bug camera atop allegany high school in cumberland. if you look on the left-hand side, that is unmistaken live image of the thunderstorm. watch it from higher elevation and probably eight to ten miles away from the vantage point here. plenty of rain. a lot of lighting and thunder with it. keep an eye on this cell, what the edge of it looks like. we look at it on doppler radar. southwest of cumberland. there are others. if you get close to charlottesville they have torrential downpour and thunderstorm. you see dot of red and yellow indicating that the storm are developing a bit. leading edge is west of warrenton. later in the everything at 11:00, midnight, metro area could see shower or thunderstorms as well. heavier area out the moment is north and west cumberland to

pennsylvania. meanwhile we look off the coast. this is bonnie. tropical depression. but this could get stronger briefly as it heads over the atlantic ocean. we could use rain to get over the pollen but heavy moisture in the air. very little rain. with that, high level of ground pollen and mold spore. moderate range for tree pollen. temperatures with the clouds and sunshine mix, lower 80's. that is what we expect. slightly cooler than yesterday. 75 at annapolis. 77 from baltimore. cooler east. as far as bonnie goes the latest hurricane center has it offshore. 60 miles northeast of cape hatteras. according to the computer models it will develop to low-end tropical storm again. it will maintain in the afternoon and downgrade. get a kick across the gulf stream. hit the cooler waters farther east to begin to fall apart

midnight tonight. showers in the area. possibility. overnight fog. tomorrow more showers and more storms. better chance that the frontal zone crosses in the area. better chance tomorrow than today. early saturday things clear. with the sunshine in the saturday forecast we will have a chance of the scattered showers and the thunderstorms. mostly high of 84. sunday could be active weather day. a lot of ingredients. warm front is coming through to put us in warm humid air. in the afternoon approaching the cold front that could produce heavy to severe thunderstorms. damaging winds a possibility. behind that a fresh air mass comes in. delightful here. alison: not bad at all. still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the rules of the road are simple. >> if you see a yellow light, you go slow. when it turns red yo

>> he knows the rules of the road. we will tell you how the little guy let the father know the rules apply to him.

alison: coming up tonight at 9:00, game one of the nba finals on abc. john legend will sing the national anthem before the golden state warriors and the cleveland

court. warriors came out on top in the same matchup last season. they are hoping for repeat. jonathan: in today's abc7's instapoll asking you which team you are rooting for in the nba finals. we're about to open live voting at wjla.com/votenow. so long as you are ready to see the results live. that is how it happens. alison: some die-hard kevin durant fans are hoping to lure the nba star back to washington. so they started a to gund -- a go fund me account asking for $20 million to convince him to sign with the wizards in the off-season. we all know that kevin durant is local. went to high school at montrose christian. organizers of the push say if durant comes they will donate the money to his favorite charity. in the last two days they raised grand total of -- jonathan: wait for it. alison: $52. they're close. >> it's the thought that counts. alison: good luck. so the nfl combine is a

for future nfl stars to shine. jonathan: a redskins trainer's mistake putting the information of thousands of players who attended the camp at risk. alison: horace holmes is here to explain how it happened. horace: since the medical record affects thousands of nfl players and others who tried out for professional teams. according to information obtained through the nfl players association and the washington redskins this happened in indianapolis. this happened at the combine, an vent where representatives from all the nfl teams and the former college players who entered the draft gather for try-outs. police in indianapolis say someone broke in the car of a redskins trainer and stole a back pack. inside that back pack was a laptop that contained the medical records of perspective players and a number of current and past redskins players. the nfl players association learned of the crime and released a statement saying the backpack contained password protected but unencrypted laptop with copy

some of the records of the combine players dated back to 2004. talking about potentially thousands of records. players right now are participating in off-season practices in redskins parks and none of the players would speak with us. but the team released a statement saying -- horace: the redskins say steps have been taken to make sure it doesn't happen again. they are consulting with the health and human services and the union is taking the manter seriously. alison: you can see why. jonathan: don't leave your backpack in the car. tuck it under the seat. horace: especially if it has something precious inside. alison: thank you. jonathan: we said it was instantaneous. who are you picking for the nba finals starting tonight, game one? the results. this is a complete turn-around. at 4:00, golden state was getting 60%. clevelandwas 40%. now wait. ju a

right back to it. alison: listening to you. jonathan: now it's bigger. 80/20. golden state fans are voting. go to wjla.com/votenow. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- broken dreams. "7 on your side" after a burst pipe forced local dance studios to fall silent. jonathan: also ahead an accused war criminal is found working at dulles airport. the crimes he is allegedly committed in his home country and what the attorney is saying about this. >> veterans heading out on administrative leave because of how he reacted to a parking dispute. i'm stephen tschida.

alison: we areup dating breaking news. these are the first live pictures of a crashed thunderbird jet that took place in colorado springs. the plane went down in the air force academy commencement ceremony earlier today. president obama was in attendance there. however, we have learned no one was hurt. here you go. here is the first images of the air force thunderbird jet. this is colorado springs.

no one was injured. jonathan: bryan whitman is charged with stealing license plates off of a neighbor's car three times. it apparently stemmed from a fight over parking. stephen tschida is in the neighborhood to fill us in. stephen: people in the residence, this neighborhood stunned about a long-time resident, pentagon official suspended on administrative leave and facing charges because of a dispute over something like this. you see the parking pass here. some believe they are abused. the department of transportation tells us that a woman, the nanny that whitman went after did nothing wrong. it began with a note about a visitor parking pass. the person who wrote warned they would report the domestic employee posing and a visitor and have her car towed. the man who put men to paper, pentagon official bryan whitman. >> the pentagon, yeah. some pentagon official. yeah. crazy. that's

>> the note came back in april. a few days afterward the license plate disappeared from the vehicle of the nanny who work at this home. then a couple of days later they caught the thief in action who appeared to be a man who lived around the corner. >> that is terrible, man. that was something you think of a small, you know, teenager, knucklehead would be doing. not something of that nature. >> court documents when asked to produce the license plate. whitman handed them over. under the court agreements the charges will be dropped if they pay $1,000 fine and performs community service. >> we show up here and we are supposed to get the jobs done in a certain amount of time. when you ride around and you have to move your car every two hours it's

>> aside from the fine and the community service whitman must stay away from his neighbor's home and their nanny. we also have learned doing research on this story that the department of transportation is so concerned about abuse of the temporary parking passes that it is rethinking how to issue them. how they should be used. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: we are following a developing story out of dulles tonight where a security guard is accused of being african war criminal. cnn is reporting yusuf ali was a military commander in somalia's civil wars of the 1980's. and accused of torturing civilians. burning villages. conducting mass executions. his attorney is strong hi denying all of the allegations. >> my client was a member of the somali

reports to me he served honorably and i have to reason to doubt him. >> he has been put on administrative leave and lived in alexandria for 20 years and he is sued in civil court in the u.s. for crimes against humanity. jonathan: there is new information to share with you tonight in a deadly shooting near a basketball court in landover hills 24 hours ago. maryland bureau chief brad bell gets us to speed on this. brad: the manhunt continues tonight for gunhan who shot and killed a 20-year-old resident of a group home for those with special needs. the terrible crime happening yesterday afternoon in landover hills. as the victim and three others walked to a park to play basketball. >> i mean it's a great park. i will be here with my kids and my dog every day. it's shocking to me. like i said, i heard about it this morning. really shocking. i see kids. they play. even get along. >> the victim identified as 20-year-old conrad

sources say he suffered from mental illness and placed in the group home for care and supervision. sources saying the detectives believe the shooting may have stemmed from argument between cole and a person in a car. after cole's basketball may have bouncedded off the suspect's vehicle. police say they have strong leads in the case. the hope is that an arrest will happen soon. in landover hills, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: remember "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. check the incident reported in the neighborhood. go to wjla.com to click on the "7 on your side" tab. you can check out the spot crime link that identifies what has happened in the neighborhood and other neighborhoods. alison: now new information regarding the cincinnati zoo. zoo officials say the gorilla exhibit will be reopened this upcoming tuesday. but not before changes are made around the exhibit. they are building

railing with solid beams at top and the bottom. precautions are made after the boy fell in the exhibit last weekend and the officials killed the gorilla to save the boy. jonathan: update on the missing county fairfax teenagers. they were found safe in baltimore city. alison: a 6-year-old boy in massachusetts respects the law. so much he called 911 on his own father for running a red light. robbie and his dad mike were on the way home saturday when they came to the red light. his dad stopped and then he made a legal turn. a legal turn. robbie though only knows that red means stop. so he called his father out. but when his father tries to explain, robbie wasn't having it. and he picked up the phone. >> 911. what is your energy? >> daddy ran a red light.

mommy's car. he had to go to the car past and he went past the red light. alison: he is in trouble with mommy, too. robbie's father got on the phone and explained the situation to the dispatcher. robbie wants to be a police officer when he grows up. jonathan: well on his way. guarantee the call made his dad a better driver. think twice before he does anything. funny story. coming up here at 5:00, out of this world discovery. king tut's connection to outer space. no kidding. we have that coming up

steve: a lot of folks get early start to the delmarva beaches tomorrow. 75 degrees. showers and thunderstorms and better chance of stronger

storms sunday.

alison: a huge fire ball caught on video streaking across the night sky in arizona today. wow! experts think it was a single meteorite burning up as it entered the earth's atmosphere. witnesses heard a loud boom. it was visible for hu

miles. jonathan: the metal from king tut's towers may have come from the outer space. the iron blade was forgedded from a meteorite. found in 1925. was one of two blades buried with the ancient pharaoh's body. the exeter restial origins -- extraterrestrial origins theer rorrized but not until confirmed. alison: a letter written by charles darwin returned to the smithsonian.

in the 1875 letter he thanked the geologist sending him field study of the american west. jonathan: that letter is stout. it survived. the postal service delivered a letter to west haven, connecticut, man from an and. but arrived 53 years late. the aunt sent a postcard and attached was a note from the postal clerk who found the postcard to track down the family to make sure he received it. >> he had no clue. jonathan: better late than never. he is grateful that tom tracked

alison: would they excuse it if it's a bill? jonathan: somebody would be in the clink by now. alison: who do you think will win the finals tonight? that is the question asked. >> she danced and she taught dance for 60 years. now smith is dancing alone. we will explain why.

jonathan: a 98-year-old teacher has to shut down the studio. horace holmes has the story. horace: like any passionate ballerina, she is transformed when she dances. >> this is why i'm here to teach the children.

>> this transforms her to a swan floating across the floor to move with grace and ease to defy ravages of time. 98 years old. she is a marvel. >> i'm still here. filled with the sound of laughter and footsteps of those she taught is now quiet. these days smith dances alone. >> that is where the water came in. >> the pipe burned in the building next to her studio that poured water in and caused a flood. more than i can handle. i know people want to help me. i need help. >> posture, pictures, chronicling

lost. the deavor stating is the board of the dance floor were warped by the water, ruined. forcing her to close the doors. the insurance company denied the claim stating according to smith the person rending the building is responsible. >> i sent him a registered letter. i haven't heard from anybody. >> the burden to fix this to reopen falls on her 98-year-old shoulders. >> this is my life. and my joy. taking it all away from me. >> timeless soul with the heart breaking. so there is now a lingering dispute between the owner of the building and the tesant. no one is claiming responsibility now. smith sent her own money to clean up and make re

the tenant moved. we reached out to him but received no response. jonathan: i can't imagine the insurance company hasn't stepped in. alison: how it sometimes happens. horace: they say we won't do it. we hope students will step in. alison: she is a marvel. thank you. alison: get a check on the roadways with jamie sullivan. >> we are starting with metro. i want to focus on how we can help you. the best thing is to sign up for the metro text alert. grab the cell phone and text "metro" to 43817. you will be signed up. again, we are going

information you need to know. take a look outside now. fatal accident is what we are dealing with in gaithersburg. police are still investigating. closing down frederick avenue. heading southbound on 395. definitely backed up. seeing the slow traffic as well on the interloop. you get from virginia to maryland. we talk about how slow we are. volume to tiner -- on the inner loop. outer loop is not that bad. 66 look heading outbound. slow. back to you. doug: i will grab the weather. tell you a word on the weather outside. it's muggy. 81 degrees at the reagan national airport. winds out of the east. a big player controlling the weather pattern. look at the big picture of the wheel. it feels warmer. plenty of moisture from the atlantic ocean. pushing west over the mountains and lifted up to showers and storms. flood concerns from harrisonburg to

the big picture is wide area. creeping eastward to the metro. right-hand side of the screen is now tropical depression bonnie. could be tropical storm bonnie late tonight. winds close to 40 miles per hour. tomorrow morning, a little fog. temperatures are mid-to-upper 60's around the metro area. through the day. day similar to this. clouds, sunshine, warm and muggy. in the lower 80's with a chance of showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon and the everything. saturday we will do the same thing all over again. low to mid-80's. showers and thunderstorms. warm and muggy. the big story could be sunday with cold front coming in to warm and a humid air mass to give us strong to severe thunderstorms. if you have a beach plans for the weekend. this is how it looks. partly sunny, warm and muggy. 70's for highs at the delmarva beaches. daily chances of showers and thunderstorms. latest on the weather. less' talk sports. what do

erin: the nba finals begin tonight. cleveland cavaliers at the golden state warriors. game one. rematch of last year's finals where steph curry won in six games. i was at redskins park and i asked the players and the head coach who they think will win. nba finals, who do you got? >> that is a tough one. i wouldn't bet against steph or lebron. >> i want to say l.b.j. but i'll say steph. >> who has a better shot? >> i don't know. different ballgame this year. >> i don't know who to go with. >> tough decision. nba finals, who do you got? >> golden state. i'm from the bay area. >> steph curry. repeat? >> yeah. >> i would like to see lebron and cleveland get one. >> nba finals, who you got?

i like steph. >> final prediction? >> five. >> cavs in five? >> yeah. i love watching the series and the players play. big-time players making big plays are fun to watch. erin: good stuff. don't forget abc7 is your home for the nba finals. we will broadcast every game with game one tonight. tip-off at 9:00. which nba final star are you? that is the question we are asking now. fun quiz. it has the scientific questions. like what is your favorite meal? what word best describes you? i took the quiz. turns out i'm klay thompson. one of the splash brothers playing for golden state. coincidently i covered him in college playing hoops for washington state university. if you want to take the kilto find out the nba star you are most like head to the website. quiz at the top of pag

outside shot. erin: yes. i like to being part of the splash brothers. maybe steph curry would be better. alison: interesting that you covered him. erin: both producers were lebron. take it to see who you are. alison: you can't lose with that. coming up, texas flood. jonathan: look at the major problems they are causing and how long the rain is lasting down there

alison: back now on storm watch. texas experienced the wettest month on record and bracing for more rain. as we report, last month's rainfall is enough to cover all of texas in eight inches of water. >> texas is already dealing with the record rainfall. there is more to come.

stranded cars under water. this family left to get groceries but had trouble getting back. in fort bend county outside houston, more than 550 people rescued after the brazos river burst its banks. >> we urge the citizens to take te vac wait notices seriously. this is a long event. you have to act yourself do you want to spend four or five days locked in your home surrounded by water. >> even the livestock are not immune. the cows could barely keep their heads out of water searching for higher ground.

and more rain on the way the situation will likely get worse before it gets better. all of south central texas will be under flash flood watch until friday. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: we are following several breaking stories next at 6:00. two of the military performance jets crash less than an hour apart on different sides of the country. at least one crash is deadly. what we have just learned. alison: also breaking a roadway shut down after a teenager is killed while riding his bike. >> a voiding a commuter disaster. what you need to know about metro's last day of service for another year. maureen: breaking news involves two crashes. some of the military's best pilots.

force thunderbird jet crashed minutes after performing at the air force academy graduation. in tennessee, a blue angel jet has crashed and we're learning that crash has turned deadly. chris papst has the latest live from the newsroom. chris? chris: just in the newsroom we know one person has died in that crash. it happened in nashville, tennessee. we do not yet know who the person is. we do not know the pilot. we know it happened near an apartment complex where it crashed. i want to show you where it happened and the pictures from people around it. here is nashville tennessee and the airport where it happened. southeast of the city. the first picture we can show you of the plume of smoke after the plane crashed. with the blue angels up here. 'resy picture of the blew angels over the plume of smoke turning back around with the person writing unsettling to watch a fatal accident.