announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: right now at 4:00, a 16-year-old was grabbed by a stranger. michelle: it happened while she was walking to school this morning. alison: this was all happening in the lorton area today along silverbrook at monaca. she was just walking to school. so this afternoon students and parents are on edge. amy aubert is there. amy, police are still trying to catch this guy? amy: that is right. we are on silverbrook road outside of south county high school. i'm not sure if you saw, but police on bicycles just rode by. they are patrolling the area. this happened less than a half a mile up this pathway. police say a 16-year-old girl was walking to school this morning when a man grabbed her on the waist from behind. they say she immediately told the school resource officer but so far the suspect has not been found. they only have a very vague description of who they are looking for. the

hispanic man with a mustache, average size, wearing dark clothing. i spoke to parents who say this type of thing doesn't happen here often. >> normally, i drop off my kids in the morning and i pick them up in the afternoon time. sometimes they walk home. from now on, you know, i'm so afraid so i have to go pick them up from the school. amy: police say they will have increased patrols in this area before and half school hours for the rest of the week. we'll have more on the story tonight at 5:00. for now, live in lorton, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: amy, thank you. a horrific crash. a plane fell out of the sky and slammed into a gaithersburg home december 2014. today the ntsb says it was the pilot's fault. everyone on board was killed, along with marie gemmel and her two small children. maryland bureau chi

brad, at least some closure from this today. brad: yeah, you know what? that is exactly right. a couple of minutes ago i spoke with the husband of marie you mentioned. he built the new house on the lot that his house was destroyed. it is for sale. he will not be living here. the plane was coming in with the nose too high, too slow. it stalled. and rolled over. at that point it was too low to recover. the crash a perfect storm of tragedy. a small business jet falling from the sky. the pilot and two passengers killed instantly as the plane hits two houses. the fuel-spilled wing slicing through a third. that house

flames. for marie gemmel and her two children inside, there is no escape. her husband and another child were not home and survive. today ken gemmel says it is good to know once and for all why the plane crashed. >> i just wanted to thank the ntsb board for their diligent board and the great research they did today. brad: gemmel in the audience today as the ntsb formally adopts the result of the year and a half investigation into the december 2014 crash. the blame placed squarely on deceased pilot dr. michael rosenberg. not reacting to a buildup of ice on the wings of his plane. >> we had a pilot that did not turn on the deice system. we don't know why he didn't turn on the deice system but he didn't. we could also throw in the mix the speed. he was 34 knots below what he should have been. brad: now the ntsb says it was the pilot's

there are technological changes that could be made in the cockpits of the planes that could prevent accidents like this. we will tell you about that when we come back at 5:00. in gaithersburg, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: brad, we'll see you then. thank you. if you would like to see all of our reporting into the december 8, 2014, gaithersburg plane crash, log on to our website. wjla.com. search "ntsb gaithersburg." jonathan: so for the first time in more than a week, the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo is back open. michelle: that's right. harambe, the 400-pound gorilla shot and killed the weekend before last after the little boy fell in the pen. the gorilla picked the child up and dragged him around, the scary moments caught on camera. today new measures in place to make sure it doesn't happen again. protecting zoo visitors and the animals. we have a live report from cincinnati. reporter: g

at the cincinnati zoo, i can tell you everyone was excited to get back inside to see the gorillas. it was the first time they were allowed inside the exhibit. right away the new barriers were put to the test. i saw child after child climbing up to get a better look at the animals. the new barrier has a thick wood beam at the top and bottom. netting in between. a half a foot higher than before. there are also three security cameras now up. no zoo camera captured what happened on the 28 of may but a visitor videotaped it on her cell phone. a 3-year-old boy -- [audio interruption] >> what we have most of the zoo is 42 inches high, substantial wood as well as the netting in between so no one goes through it. it's more than adequate. >> it's sturdier for the kids. you have to

kids. reporter: and everyone out here today either didn't really notice that the barrier had been changed or they liked the new design. the us sda is investigating -- the usda is investigating what happened and the zoo is fully cooperating. reporting live from the cincinnati zoo. jonathan: thank you. yesterday evening was tropical storm colin. this is what it looked like roaring into florida's gulf coast. video from the "tampa bay times" as driving wind and rain arrived. elsewhere scenes like this were common. trees were down and several homes damaged when the worst of it hit. this is a picture from sarasota, florida. you can see the tree on top of the roof of the house. elsewhere, flooding is a major concern. they had inches of rain with high tide in low lying areas that put the roadways and the homes at risk and fast, too. it also increased feeding grounds where the manatees are. look at this. they are venturi

they are just there floating up looking for something to eat. this is something they are starting to see in florida with all the rain they have had and the storm that moved through. chief meteorologist doug hill keeping an eye on the forecast. that storm while it was big, it moved really quickly through florida. doug: yeah. moved at 31 miles per hour at times. it's post-tropical now, it's offshore. it has stronger winds now than it did when it was coming into florida. when it moved across land, land interacted and knocked the winds down. now across water it oched up and it's powering along. it is going to eventually merge into a low pressure center. it's 81 right now at reagan national airport. skies are cloudy. look at the winds. 25 miles per hour. few showers as an upper level disturbance moves through. it's scattered around the area. we have them. they will calm down around the sunset and go out of the picture here. the heaviest one close of town moving north of manassas. so th

it will be partly cloudy, breezy and cooler overnight. 55 to 62. check of the weekend for you in a few minutes. michelle: thank you for the update. it's day two of the first safetrack surge. traffic tie-ups on the way. the biggest issue so far, the single tracking on the orange and the silver lines between east falls church and ballston. trains running at reduced intervals from opening to close. stephen tschida is in southwest for us in washington. how is the ride home looking for commuters today? stephen: check it out over my shoulder. the southwest freeway here. you can see pretty heavy already. now we checked with metro. 15 minutes ago they informed us that ridership west of ballston this morning during the rush was down more than 27%. a lot of people opting to drive instead of taking metro. we got some video of downtown d.c. today to showju

of the city. and indeed, vdot confirmed for us as well that traffic into the district this morning during the rush hour was substantially heavier than a usual day. this is what one commuter had to say about his drive into the city this morning. >> oh, yeah. that is totally what is going on. yeah. everybody is driving in. stephen: both metro and vdot say it is still too soon to tell whether there is a direct correlation between the dramatic increase in vehicular traffic and safetrack. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a lot of you have already done this but we don't want anyone to be left out of the loop. text "metro" to 43817 and get update on the metro service from our newsroom sent straight to your phone. this is the best way to keep up throughout safetrack when you are away from the tv. jonathan: a

too. the frederick county sheriff department right now is looking into whether alcohol played a role in a deadly a.t.v. crash. five witnesses told abc7 there was a police pursuit. but authorities deny the claims. the a.t.v. did cross the double yellow line on michels mill road colliding head-on with an s.u.v. beer cans were visible on or near the a.t.v. you see it there in the road. the passenger on board the a.t.v. was killed. the drive rushed to the hospital. he has not yet been criminally charged. coming up for us here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the next step in the fight for $15 an hour in the district. when a $15 minimum wage will start. michelle: and imagine this little fish saying, "help me, help me." jonathan: what in the world? alison: where the shot of a lifetime of a jelly fish eating a fish was captured. and the nfl apparently hacked. the target, the commissioner himself. the announcement about h

shockwaves through the league.

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jonathan: five days after the death 06 one of their pilots the blue angels now have canceledded their performance in the dayton air show. they were supposed to appear there and decided not to. a marine

killed when his jet crashed in a practice flight in tennessee. the dayton air show will go on as scheduled june 18. plans to add one attraction and also a tribute to captain jeff kuss. well, the parrot in michigan -- you hear it? it's a parrot. i can talk really well. this one in michigan may be the key to solving a murder mystery. have a listen one more time. listen. >> [bleep] now! no! jonathan: obviously we're bleeping out the curse word. he has a mouthful of it. but video surfaced showing bud, the name of the bird, repeating what may have been a conversation he heard before the murder of martin durham last year. that was his owner. you can hear the bird saying, "don't [bleep] shoot." they thought the durham death was part of an attempted double murder initially but his wife who was found with a

was in the room as well. but the video belongs to martin's ex-wife who was given the bird after durham died. the police say they have not finished the investigation. they are not sure if it's a double murder or a murder-suicide. michelle: incredible how it sounds like a human. alison: it sure does. michelle: all right. onto another story that is grabbing headlines. a decision in california sending shockwaves across the country. we are talking about outrage after a star college swimmer gets six months in jail for a sex awault. -- sex assault. alison: a lot of people are rushing to say the sentence in lenient. testify -- even the swimmer's father is apologizing for something he wrote to the judge asking for a lighter sentence. the judge is in the hot seat. reporter: public outcry is mounting to the judge who sentenced former star swimmer brock turner to only six months in jail for drunken sexual assault outside a

party. a remove the judge petition garnering a quarter of a mall signatures. the district attorney expected harsher sentence. >> i wrote a lengthy brief and i asked for six years in prison. >> the judge ruling that a prison sentence would have a severe impact on brock. outrage mounting at this letter. turner's father begging for leniency for the fun saying the guilty verdict would be a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action. the victim's read a letter directed at the man assaulting her. she said, "i read according to him i liked it." the withering 12 pages read on tv. >> majority of the statement i would like to address

directly. you don't know me but you have been inside me. that is why we are here. he thought i liked it because i rubbed his back. a back rub. >> one of the most articulate letters i have ever read. reporter: reading the state in the court the victim said hours after the assault i wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else. millions clicking on her it will -- letter online. jonathan: a tough story. it's just, for parent, people with sisters, anyone with a woman in your life it makes you sick. alison: awful story all around. michelle: how courageous of her to share the victim impact statement. she wanted it to be viewed by many. so many people shared it on social media. alison: we have to see what happens with the judge and where it goes from here. jonathan: he

chewing gum. it has been a busy 48 hours for newly crowned miss usa. she is wonderful. only going to get busier for deshauna barber. michelle: today she was on "good morning good morning america and live with kelly. >> you could snap our necks at any point. >> i'm not that talented. >> can you take apart a rifle blindfolded. >> that's g.i. jane thing. i could take apart an m-16. >> why. that is why she did it as her talent in the show. >> that was my talent. michelle: on "live with kelly" she said he moved to new york and is missing the quiet of washington, d.c. jonathan: playing the cello, she is field stripping an m-14. perfect. congratulations. michelle: time to check what is happening o

we saw earlier that a lot of folks are using the roads because of the safetrack work. >> of course. in virginia we are seeing 66 heavier volume this afternoon. begin in maryland. look at the solid red line. single digits in maryland shady grove to route 28, three lanes are blocked with an accident. look at the backup. it is bumper to bumper. as you head north. so we are really seeing big, big delays here. if you had to head home this way call home. you may be late to dinner. this bridge work has been in place for a few days. the bridge is down to one lane. hopefully they will have it wrapped up by 8:00 this everything but we are still seeing slow traffic, especially mixing in the afternoon volume. the police activity now still sticking with the district. northwest side connecticut avenue completely closed.

the bost alternate is cathedral avenue. we have footage of that area. just so you get a better idea of some of what they are doing right now. again that is a complete closure. hopefully it will be reopened soon. cathedral avenue is what you want to use as an alternate for now. back to you. michelle: thank you for the update. did you like yesterday? today was even better in my opinion. jonathan: pretty nice. alison: the low humidity is the best part. it's still warm. but not sticky. doug: today we have had little showers and the thundershowers popping up like popcorn. i will show it to you on radar. part of a weather system moving overhead. this is the live camera from national harbor. low clouds. looking back to the horizon, on the left-hand side of the screen watching what was, it's diffuse now, but a rain shield we were seeing several miles away west. a little cell that we

metro area. tucked in here to the south and the west. this is no organized line. later it will calm down around sunset. we will do a quick zoom in and show you the action we have now. one little cell in southeast part of town not far from oxon hill. moore across fairfax county to prince william county. that area will move across the river as well. time stamps for you. 4:26. the arrival time of the heavier cell. alexandria. later in mount vernon. clinton will in prince george's county, 4:44. piscataway southwest at 4:55. part of this will make it over the river to 5:15. watching showers and not unexpected. there is a 30% chance in the forecast.

arrives. the skies have been clearing and that trend is here through the afternoon tomorrow and the next few days. 84 in manassas. 79 at andrews. 81 in frederick and washington. a break in the action this everything. it will calm down overnight. northwesterly winds. breezy tomorrow morning to midday with a cold front. pop showers and gusty winds and sunshine tomorrow afternoon. tonight 6 of 0 degrees -- 60 degrees. breezy tomorrow. then getting in the weekend a chance of showers saturday. clearing andable is, sunday, monday, tuesday. jonathan: for a brief time today somebody hacked the nfl's official twitter account posting fake tweets about roger goodell, the commissioner. saying that the league's commissioner had passed away. for the record, he is not dead. whoever gained access then decided to make fun of it all later tweeting using the nfl account, you amateur detectives win. le in all three tweets were taken down.

that vulnerable by just hacking in and doing that. michelle: that is why it is so important in line of work we do we fact check and double and triple source. a lot of people take what they read on twitter as fact. alison: good point. jonathan: you can't do that. alison: that is a good point. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- remember the little boy left on the side of the road as punishment? he is out of the hospital. we tell you the one thing he is looking forward to doing. there is surprising decision about his parents coming up. michelle: plus, the cause that helen mirren to the hill. under oath when "abc7 news at 4:00" returns.

michelle: a 16-year-old artist in afghanistan is gaining fame not just for her drawings but the way she is doing them. she is born without the use of her arms so she taught herself to draw using her mouth. incredible. she specializes in portraits. the latest subjects are the canadian prime minister. amazing. alison: okay. the japanese boy whose parents abandoned him. you will remember that. it was in the forest. it was punishment. well he is now out of the hospital and he says he is okay. the boy was treated and tested for dehydration

six days in the woods. his parents left him by the side of the road to teach him a lesson for bad behavior. when they came back he was gone. police say the parents will not be charged for this. 7-year-old wants to go back to school. jonathan: dane helen mirren appeared before a senate sub committee to recover artist stolen in the holocaust. she was in come the woman in gold." the movie is based on a true story of a woman trying to recover family possessions seized by the nazis. still ahead for us at "abc7 news at 4:00". boy scouts backtracking after a controversial decision. a young mother's mission. we'll explain 20 you coming up. >> d.c. is joining cities like new york and san francisco. the council this afternoon voted on the $15 an hour minimum wage. i'm sam ford. the story is next.

alison: thank you. coming up at 5:00, andrew schmuhl a man accused of tying up a couple in their own home takes the stand in what has proven to be a bizarre case. his explanation for what happened coming up at 5:00. i'll see you then. but "abc7 news at 4:00" with jonathan and michelle continues right after this.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: the fight for a minimum wage increase in d.c. takes another step forward. the city council approving a plan to boost it to $15. they will have a big impact on the d.c. workers and the businesses. bureau chief sam ford has the story. sam? sam: yes, michelle. it will have an impact in places like downtown washington where there are a number of food service, janitorial workers. this afternoon the d.c. council passed a measure that would not only raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour but would also tie it to the consumer price index. so, that the minimum wage in the city would increase with the cost of living. the council passed the measure unanimously and so doing eliminated a need for a ballot initiative that would do the

even before the vote took place, mayor muriel bowser led councilmembers and the unions in celebrating what was going to happen. saying that $15 an hour as she said would give d.c. residents a fair shot. unions insist they are doing this to help other workers not just their own members. >> the goal is simple. we need to put more money in the pocketing of our working families and to put more people on the pathway to the middle class and the city. we want every resident to have a fair shot. >> all of our members are well above $15 now. dish washer in the district of columbia working at the marriott makes $19.55 an hour now. sam: the mayor and the councilmembers essentially admitted they were let's say pushed to do this sooner by the people who initiated the ballot measu

an hour wage in d.c. there are some differences there. we have more coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00". we'll hear from some of the workers. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. you know what a good barometer for the weather outside? people's faces walking around at lunch in d.c. or arlington. they were all smiles. doug: perfect weather. blue clouds, skies, sunshine, breeze. all good. we are looking live at the camera at the st. john catholic school in frederick. gnarly looking clouds. they are not producing rain. blue sky, too. in the metro we have showers and even a few downpours. share those as we look at the map. some of these fired up quickly. especially the ones east of the city. take a look at some of those guys moving across southern portions of anne arundel county to the eastern shore. same thing happened down here with these clusters of the cells north of

they will be heavy north of fredericksburg. a few others to the west we will keep an eye on. this will dissipate closer to sunset. these are heavy cells. stafford is the lead edge of the rain. overnight, the showers and the storms will end in the next few hours. partly, cloudy, breezy, cooler. northwest 5 to 10. breezier than that. 55 to 62 by morning. get through the morning hours if you have biking on your mind, bike to work day. 76 in the afternoon. it could be a few showers mid-to-late morning to midday as the cold front passes through. then gusty winds through the afternoon and the everything. check out the next seven for you. sunny and warm on sunday. cooler. but rather pleasant monday and tuesday. jonathan: thanks. massive heroin bust to tell you about. ten people. dozens of pounds of the deadly opioid. new at 4:00, kevin lewis along

happened. kevin, police are hoping that this will slow down what has been a very much a rising trend in crime. kevin: that is the desire here. today police chief cathy lanier acknowledged that the benning road corridor historically has been a problem for crime and heroin is making it a lot worse. chief lanier making the announcement flanked by some of her department brass. she reveals details of a month-long joint operation that m.p.d. had with homeland security and immigration. together, undercover officers confiscated more than 40 kilos of heroin, which translates to 88 pounds. according to chief lanier, they would use commercial mail carriers to shift the highly addictive drug from african nations and india to the district and sell it along benning road. yesterday, police had four addresses connected to the ring and arrested ten people

>> ironic i testified today on the hill about the impact of synthetic drug and heroin and the impact on the communities. all around the country. sitting next to the parent of a young man who lost his life because of the drugs on the streets. i think the efforts and the coordination between the federal, the state, and the local law enforcement and both of these cases sends a clear message we are not going to give up on the battle. kevin: so far m.p.d. have not identified the ten people arrested in the drug ring. they do tell us that federal charges are pending. live in northeast i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. tennessee mother is trying to heal from what she calls a dramatizing experience -- traumatizing experience. a boy scout leader publicly shamed

an her son's scout meeting. we have an explanation from the headquarters in nashville. >> jasmine miller says she is still traumatized after being publicly shamed for breastfeeding in a boy scout meeting. >> it was shameful and embarrassing. pretty mortified. reporter: she says she was told to stop or leave immediately. >> a lot of emotions. i cried the whole way home. i cried when i told my husband. it was a traumatizing experience. >> what happened that night and the reaction is wrong. >> we certainly could have been more sensitive to the situation. we could have handled the entire situation a lot better. >> the trooper who confronted miller for breastfeeding will be spoken to. >> i will meet with the leaders to talk about the situation and make sure they understand it's her right to breastfeed. it's state

>> in addition to being state law she hopes the boy scout will make it their own policy. >> i want this to not happen to someone else. if i had been a first-time mother i would stop nursing. it's just not an option sometimes. michelle: so true. your baby acts as it's hungry and you want to respond. good they acknowledged they could have responded in a better way. jonathan: all right. a woman is alive thanks to paramedics from the area. they were attending the meeting at the american heart association offices in west virginia of all things. shortly after the meeting, a fellow paramedic collapsed so they jumped in and saved their colleague's life. >> the stars were in alignment. it was set up for resuscitation. >> a teamwork approach. a team effort. jonathan: a lot of people knew what they were doing that. is helpful.

chance more was the presence of that. portable defibrillator. she survived. doctors say she is recovering and doing fine. good for her. michelle: great timing for everyone there. jonathan: no kidding. doctors now revealing new information about muhammad ali. he passed away after the weekend after decade long battle with parkinson's disease. michelle: we are also learning more about the memorial on friday in his kentucky hometown. marci gonzalez is in louisville. marci: the last portrait of alison starling months before his death -- portrait of muhammad ali months before his death. and he showed glimpse of the fighting spirit that carried him through the battle with a debilitating disease. he estimated he had taken 29,000 punches to the head. current scientific evidence suggests the head injuries were not a major factor in his parkinson's disease. >> he appeared to have a typical parkinson disease.

the young age of on set which is a little by atypical. marci: his children said ali never blamed boxing for the illness and never felt sorry for himself. >> he never said why me? that can be encouraging for other parkinson patients. marci: his broad impact felt across the country in louisville. the city preparing for the final sendoff friday. actor will smith portrayed him in the movie. among the pallbearer. ahead of the memorial there will be a muslim prayer service on thursday also open to the public. thousands of tickets to that are now being given away here. marci gonzalez, abc7 news, louisville. michelle: today prince fans in minnesota are honoring his legacy making june 7 prince day. the declaration comes on what would have been the sing's

prince died last month from accidental overdose of painkillers. fans across the globe are planning to celebrate his contribution to the world of music from a dance party in minneapolis. to an official birthday celebration in dublin, ireland. jonathan: coming up next. o.j. simpson back in news for his new mugshot. we will show you his smile. michelle: it doesn't end well for the fish. the rare find and what the photographer said about the fish signed the jelly. when "abc7 news at 4:00" returns.

michelle: simpson back in the news. he had a new mugshot taken today. jonathan: ready? take a look at this. it was released by the nevada department of corrections. this is the old one. years ago. compare it to the old mug shot where he has the stern face. and now you can see him now where he has a smile on his face and gained considerable weight and he looks like he aged quite a bit since his initial mugshot when he was arrested for the double murder. he is spending 33 years for armed robbery. he will stay there for a while. there is always a bigger fish. always a bigger fish. it's true! michelle: this

rare. a fish stuck inside a jelly. not a good place to be. it was swallowed whole. this is off the coast of australia. the photographer said the fish was still alive and trying to swim in the opposite direction. jonathan: talk about having a bad day. that spells it out. michelle: do jelly fish eat for the rest of the week? jonathan: good for a few months. michelle: wow! what a shot to catch. something else. jonathan: he probably had to take it back to realize what he had. michelle: for sure. how about this? ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the "associated press" called the democratic presidential nomination for hillary clinton. but five big states vote today. six, actually. how did voters today feel about essentially being left out? that is next. jonathan: plus, sending teachers to space camp. how it is helping them better reach students putting the spotlight on education on "abc7 news at 4:00". that is coming up for you.

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white house, new jersey jersey chris christie. he cast his ballot. he has been out on them campaign trail with trump since dropping out of race. five more states are up for grabs including the biggest prize across the country in california. adam with the sister station kbak is live in bakersfield. adam, the big question up here on this coast with the "associated press" calling the democratic race for hillary clinton. has there been a significant drop in expected turn-out today? >> it's hard to tell. in bakersfield, in the central valley, all over the place, it's a working town. at 1:45 pacific standard time people are at work. they are not voting at the moment. of course there are a few people that are retired. veterans coming in at this hour. as far as the voter turn-out, it is tough to say. we spoke to bernie sanders reporters. bernie was in town a week or

bakersfield. hillary clinton elected to speak in fresno. this was a hillary clinton state in 2008. she was running against barack obama. this is one of the states that came to vote for her. another thing to keep note on june 7 was the day she dropped out of the race in 2008. so right now we are hoping to just get more information on the voter turn-out about 8:00 pacific standard time. 11:00 for you. michelle: something our viewers can't feel is the heat out there. we were talking briefly before. you said it was over 100 degrees. >> over 100 degrees. the high today. i'm not a weather man but it is expected to be about 102 degrees. i don't know what it is like in washington, d.c. so yeah, i'm sure that is a variable as well. people will try to come to any polling place with shade. there is shade behind me now which is nice where i am standing now. it's hot. people will probably wait until the sun goes down. when it gets to a manageable 90, 95

we know there will be another rush of people once they get off of work. adam is there 234 bakersfield. thank you for that. baking out there. in bakersfield. jonathan: bakersfield made famous by the "streets of bakersfield" song. it is a dry here out there. doug: yeah. it's still hot. severe thunderstorm warnings to jump into. get to the full screen. look at the doppler radar. this came in. severe thunderstorm warning in effect here for another 45 minutes. the storms are moving to the east at about 40 miles per hour. 60-mile-per-hour wind gust and hail. we are looking south of the metro area. we are talking fredericksburg, stafford, king george county. it continues eastward from there. packing a wallop with the gusty winds. a lot of rain and hail, too. wind gusts could hit 60 miles per hour with

closeup look now. stafford, fredericksburg, spotsylvania, purning quickly east. in hilltop in charles county south of waldorf the heavy storm passing over there now. the forecast tonight, shower and the storms. they are popping up. they will diminish and we will drop to 60. breezy and cooler. 76 tomorrow. 78 on thursday. there is beautiful weather. lower humidity by the time we get into friday a lot of people are celebrating fairfax. celebration friday through sunday. the weather is fine. only area to watch saturday afternoon or evening. there could be showers and thunderstorms. going to the beaches, beautiful weather, too. storm on saturday. otherwise the temperatures in the 70's with plenty of sunshine. >> we are starting off with 270. 35 minutes ago we had bumper to bumper traffic with an accident. now, still bumper-to-bumper traffic but the accident cleared away. this is northbound. take a look at how big the red line is. you are seeing the bak

here is a look near tradedy grover road. earlier the traffic was a parking lot. we are moving trying to get closer to gaithersburg. it will be a rough ride. getting better. still slow, though. as far as the traffic now on 66; we have had issues southbound. this is the beltway. not bad at all on the outer or the inner loop near tysons. we don't have much to worry about in d.c. as far as crashes. we had earlier police and the fire activity on connecticut avenue. northwest section of d.c. that is cleared away. you can see we head on 66, a little sun glare. you can see that everyone here is driving in the sun. it's typical volume. no crashes on 66 right now. jonathan: thanks. coming up next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- >> building rockets to mission simulation. how sending teachers to a space academy is making a

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county in maryland is under the warning. doug hill is keeping a close eye on that one. the need for increase stem education giving educators a chance to live like astronauts. in today's spotlight on education, kellye lynn shows us how a space camp for teachers is helping d.c. students. >> we got back late on friday. kellye: back from a trip to space camp. >> used a lot of teamwork. and everybody got something. kellye: but the fifth graders might not have gotten the opportunity had the teacher not gone first. >> i went down for a week on a team of 16 people from around the world. participated in all of the honeywell training program. >> training at the honey well educators at the space academy. the all-expenses paid program held at the u.s. space and the rocket center in huntsville. teachers enge

survival training and interactive flight dynamic classes. >> can you find vanessa in the photo? kellye: she is at space academy in 2014 with teachers from nine countries. >> team building, lesson plans to bring back to students. the whole purpose is to build our own content as teacher. >> with the host that it will motivate students to pursue career in stem. ford was so inspired she raised $35,000 to send her students to the space and the rocket center. >> what do we do to see if it works? >> it makes me want to learn more about space. kellye: with his teamer headed back to the edge kateors at the space academy this week, chances are amare will do that when she returns. in northeast, kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: tonight, as the investigators point the finger, a father speaks out about the crash that killed his wife and two of his children. >> thank the ntsb board for the diligent work and grea

leon: a judge under fire for giving a college student a light sentence for rape. what is wrong with this picture? an odd image surfaces of a fish in a tight spot. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: right now the stormwatch7 team keeping an eye on the skies as the pop-up storms are moving through the area now. chief meteorologist doug hill tracking the warnings out there. tell us about it. doug: we had pop-up storms all day on the sunny, ples sand day. then they -- pleasant day. then they start to flank out. we have an area under the severe thunderstorm warning for 30 minute. there is fredericksburg. so it includes a number of counties part of the spotsylvania county, stafford, piece of fauquier county, orange county. eastward along the river to

5:06 the lead edge is there. me cansville in st. mary's 5:16. then 5:50 in miles town is coming our way. we will sea the line of showers there are a few additional showers north and west of metro washington. the good news is the next couple of hours they will end with partly cloudy cooler forecast overnight. the temperatures by morning are 55 to 62 degrees. that is the latest. leon: all right. in the meantime, police on bikes fanning out in lorton after a girl was grabbed on her way to school. it happened near silverbrook and monacan road. that is where amy aubert is live to check in with the latest. what do we know about what happened here? amy: well, they are still looking for the suspect. we are on