the area is going to move southeast. earlier this afternoon we had that. now it's rain. it is moving fast enough it doesn't hang around any one area too long to cause flooding. but they could get out of the banks briefly for some of the area. as far as sunday, tomorrow is going to be like today. sunshine, muggy. low to mid-80's. sunday is a different possibility. that possibility is the atmospheric conditions that are coming together in the late afternoon or the evening to produce enhanced possibility of severe weather. what does it mean? in a situation with an outlook like that, we look for the possibility of the gusty and

possible tornado. the best time is before 8:00. this is not a done deal but it is looking more like some if not many part of the viewing area will affected by the storms later in the afternoon. i will be here sunday afternoon and sunday evening to keep you informed on what to expect. maureen: thank you. we are getting ready for the safe track to begin. metro will close at midnight tonight. the region will see the effects of a massive and aggressive maintenance effort. abc7's transportation reporter brianne carter is live with the metro final message for riders. that sounds ominous. brianne: this is it. the last rush hour. for people to see things like this. three to five minutes between trains coming in the station. that will triple as we move to the morning rush on monday. the question tonight are riders heeding the

>> we have other options. brianne: that is the message from the metro general manager. orange and the silver line riders starting monday will see 20 to 70% fewer trains. the workers can replace the tracks. work that if it isn't done in long-term could lead to derailment. there were photos of the tracks on the way to the system. >> there are a series of issues to deal with in the system, the rail cars that you know i am working on. the administration. the management side of the house. series of the things we need to do better on. >> some metro riders say they plan to driver. that is just what the local jurisdictions are urging against. >> maybe 13 hours early. take the time.

people will use additional buses or bikes in place. i have to be in work in an hour. >> now metro will have additional trains and trains along the system when this all kicks in. also new tonight, we learned from the general manager, he hired a safe track director. start with the organization on june 13. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: thank you. maureen: a local pizza place adjusting the schedule to help the employees. they are closing an hour early at 10:00 p.m. on friday and saturday night. until the employees get on

metro. >> if the employees are happy they make sure the customers are happy. >> they don't want to worry about them being stranded. or finding expensive form of transportation. >> get everything you need to know on wjla.com. you can get metro alerts sent to your phone. text "metro" to 43817. this just in. metro police are searching for three persons of interest after reported sexual battery on a yellow line train last night. a woman told police she was approached by three men who asked her to perform a sexual act and assaulted her when she refused. if you have any information about the men in the p

an early of the law enforcement officers descended on leesburg heights this morning. the f.b.i., a.t.f. and the local authorities carried out a search for suspected member of the notorious ms-13 gang. >> a neighbor cell phone caught frank tick moments. army of federal agents rounded up people holed up in leesburg house. >> the neighbors awoke 5:00 to shout and flashing lights. a loud bang. >> they tell us a mobe link to the notorious

ms-13 gang prompted the raid. several people took it for questioning as they combed the home for evidence. >> the house was being surrounded. >> everyone we spoke to used the sail word to describe this -- same word to describe this. >> neighbors hope if anything comes of the extensive investigation it will be less noise and activity around the house. jonathan: new development about the man shot outside the white house last month. maureen: court documents say 31-year-old olivera told police he came to washington to shoot people. todd they shot the man.

they shot him. he is still in the hospital. >> as the flooding continues in texas, so does the search for four missing fort hood soldiers. what the commander is now saying about the soldiers' actions. plus they called "7 on your side" about a dead tree in the neighborhood. 24 hours later see what happened. >> see what is bringing the geeks and the other to the convention center this weekend.

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: search crews are trying to find four missing soldiers from fort hood, texas. they were on a training exercise when their vehicle overturned in rapidly rising floodwaters. they were swept away. three other soldiers were rescued and are being treated for minor injuries. >> our priority has been since the first report of this incident and continues to be the search for a four missing teammates. >> the commanders say they followed procedures at the time of the accident in an area not affected by the previous flooding.

jeff kuss was killed in a blue angels yesterday. he was 33 and married with two children. breaking news from oregon tonight. residents have been ordered to evacuate from a half mile radius around the side of a train derailment and fire. this happened at the colombia river gorge 70 miles east of portland. wal-mart is getting ready to offer the customers a new service that involves teaming one uber and lyft. plus, why the convention center will be extra awesome this weekend. we are on storm watch. rain is moving through the area and doug is back with

weekend could be worse than tonight.

maureen: wal-mart is going to part with uber and lyft. customers order online and will schedule a delivery. wal-mart orders the driver who delivers the groceries. for now the pilot program will be offered in denver and phoenix. presidential candidates continue to campaign in california and tuesday's primary. hillary clinton got support from some celebrities including elizabeth banks. sofia bush and sally field. on the g.o.p. side, house speaker paul ryan distancedded himself from donald trump following minutes about a judge of mexican descent. today paul ryan says he doesn't agree with a lot of what trump says. comics, games, superheroes. you name it. awesome con has it. little kids and big kids alike will flock to the convention center in d.c. for the weekend event. cheryl conner takes us inside

awesome. >> where the word "geek" is said with pride. >> i have read comics since i was 7 years old. i am an i.t. guy in real life. >> he agreed to show me around awesome con since this is new to me. but we will start with him. >> in the comics, used to be part of the marine corps. >> it stands for passion. >> each spectrum in the universe request be harnessed by powering. >> the safe military style weapon, too. >> all the indy go describes describes -- indigo tribe has this. >> he is in from idian head, meeting up characters he calls friends. chloe isn't in the mood for full dress-up. >> i feel powerful now. >> the d.c. convention center filled with the power of people who put the time and the energy into playing dress-up. >> this is a passion o

relieve stress. >> northwest d.c., cheryl conner, abc7 news. maureen: a lot to talk about. doug: showers and up thiser this everything. sunday afternoon and the everything is a clear threat of the possibly the severe weather here. the adults tower in the background. a and you can see blue skies. then we see clearing. communities will get in on the sunshine here before the sun goes down friday evening. as far as the numbers are 81 and the 72 are the high and the low. 81 and 36 are the averages. high humidity continues. air mass is in place. daytime heating this is what we get. line of shower and

as this heads to the charles county and southern maryland this should dissipate. there are other areas of the storms to the south and the southeast o washington. heavy through middle of the peninsula. it should calm down as the atmosphere cools after the sunset. we remain muggy overnight. tomorrow we may get a glimpse of thunder in the day. in the evening, more thunderstorms across the area. sunday is key. the way itworks out there is a cold front approaching. getting through the mid-to-the late afternoon and the everything hours. that is the time frame for possible severe weather. the more sunshine better chance for isolated severe weather. the less sunshine we will have the isolated severe thunderstorms. the storm pre

the severe weather. most all of the viewing area. east of the blue ridge that extends farther south. thunderstorms are possible. hail one to two inches in diameter. potential for the tornadoes. something to keep an eye on. i will be here with the storm watch weather team and let you know everything. and tell you if there are threats to the area and what is happening. 100% chance to be deal with some shower and storm activity. it will be cooler and dryer through the weekend. maureen: thank you, stay connected to the storm watch weather team. doug hill and the rest of the team. get the forecast. wjla.com. or any of the social media platforms. you can sign up for th

website. "7 on your side" with update on tree threatening a potomac neighborhood. just after the story aired, the massive tree taken down in hours. cutting crew showed up first thing this morning. the tree was gone by noon. residents spent a year complaining that the tree was in danger of falling on their homes. action was delayed over who was responsible for the tree. coming up in sports the warriors took care of business in game one of the nba finals. robert burton will tell us their secret to success. and tonight on newschannel8 at 10:00, it was already one of the hottest tickets around. now ticket prices for the broadway hit "hamilton" are skyrocketing. find out why. stars for women's soccer

what a judge says about equal wages. that is tonight at 10:00.

robert: no one knew what to expect last night. cavaliers were back to full strength. but so were the warriors. the splash brothers were held to only 20 points. this is a strange game for us. robert: but there is always someone to pick up the slack for golden state. this time shaun livingston. he led the way for the warriors with 120 points and the gold state bench outscored cleveland 45-10. >> obviously, shaun came in. come posed. he got to the spot. had the confidence. knock them down. andre the same way. >> this is all a feel. being aggressive. we are out there. it just takes one shot to go in. >> the game ball

shaun livingston. gave them a huge spark. no matter what you do with steph and klay and draymon, 25 points off the bench and 25 points on the turnover is not a good recipe. >> they are hoping to avoid last year's game two loss. >> we with much more experienced. we have the memory in the mind. we have been through this now. we like to take care of business. >> remember abc7 is the home for the 2016 nba finals. catch two right here on sunday.

we could have numerous thunderstorms. we could have the potential for isolated tornadoes. this seems like it will converge late in the afternoon between 4:00 and 8:00 across most of the viewing area. the big key is how much sunshine we will develop in the day on sunday. more sunshine the better the chance of those severe storms. less sunshine maybe the risk aren't as severe. steve is tracking the timing for this. updating the computer models with the information tonight at 11:00. looking ahead is a different pattern next week. maureen: thank you. a reminder. in preparation for metro safetrack, you can get metro alerts sent to your phone. to subscribe text "metro" to 43817. metro's closure starts at midnight tonight. "world news tonight" begins now. with david muir.

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