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

school. it happened less than half a mile down the pathway as the teen headed to school. police say it all happened around 7:45 this morning near silverbrook and monacan road. >> i was shocked. really shocked. it never happened. >> according to police, a 16-year-old girl walking to school along a path when a man grabbed her around the waist. >> it seems like a random event. this is scary for the young girl involved. >> police say the girl scream and the suspect ran away. she reported it to the school resource officer immediately. >> normally i drop off the kids in the morning and i pick them up in the afternoon time. sometimes they walk home, now, from now on, i'm so afraid. i have to go pick them up from the school. >> neighbors say it's common for kids to walk to school. >> it's not that far behind. >> police plan to patrol in higher numbers for the rest of

school hours. >> we don't get calls like this every day. i don't think it's a problem in this area. >> still parents are boarried and say that they are going to remain cautious. >> i want if kids to be safe. not only my kids but the neighborhood. >> police only have a vague description of the suspect describing him as a hispanic man with a mustache wearing dark clothes. police will have patrols coming through the area before and after school hours for the rest of the week. for now we are live in lorton, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. it has been a year and a half now since that plane crashed into this house right here in gaithersburg. when the smoke cleared a woman and two of her small children were found dead inside. today the national transportation safety board took a closer look at what caused this crash. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in gaithersburg with new informa

brad? brad: this is where the house stood. in the last month or so, the man who lost his wife and children here built this house. he is not going to live here. it is for sale. i don't want to trivialize the story. but this little model helps explain what the ntsb found. that is the plane should have been coming in like this for a landing. but the nose was up. the plane going too slowsly. it flipped over. and was so low it couldn't recover. almost from the start, ntsb investigators knew the plane was going too slow on approach to monaca air park. now -- montgomery air park. now they know it was the fault of the deceased pilot, dr. michael rosenberg who they say ignored the buildup of ice on wings. >> the individual was not adequately aware of the dangers of the small amount of icing and failed to turn on the ice protection system that ca

slowly than it needed to be to fly. >> sending the plane crashing in the gemmel family home killing marie and her young sons devin and cole. her husband ken is in the audience today as the ntsb finalizes the crash report and recommend the small jets be equipped with an ice warning system. >> it's a good first step. good to know that the accident was reventable and hopefully down the road it won't happen again. >> gemmel now raising his daughter alone thankfuller the generous donations to a go fund me drive for him and his daughter with survivor with one of the passengers in the plane he is suing the pilot estate and the builder of the jet. >> the pain never goes away. hopefully what the board just did will help prevent a crash like this from occurring again. >> now, back to this model to explain what the ntsb w

essentially when ice gets on the wings of an airplane it changes the flight characteristics. the pilot in the cockpit can't see that. so what the ntsb is asking that manufacturers of small jets like this put in a warning system so the pilot gets an alert, can flip the switch. to deice the aircraft and avoid any future crashes like this. in gaithersburg, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly a.t.v. crash in frederick that happened yesterday afternoon on michels mill road in buckie's town. 21-year-old chris monday crossed a double yellow line on his a.t.v. and then drove into an oncoming car. monday was thrown and died at the scene. witnesses tell abc7 they believe an officer was chasing that a.t.v. but so far police are disputing that. >> the a.t.v. is a fun vehicle. a vehicle, yes, a fun vehicle. but it has its place. it's no

it does not belong on public roads. and that would be true at any time. it's extremely true with the increase traffic we have. making a danger more dangerous. alison: police say that beer conditions were visible on and near -- beer cans were visible on and near the a.t.v. the drive of the vehicle and her son are expected to make a full recovery. leon: well, today is the second weekday we should say for safetrack on metro. we are starting to see an impact on the road. more and more people turn to the car instead of the rail. stephen tschida live in southwest d.c. where he is watching the roads for us in town. i know we could tell here it was heavier. how does it look where you are? >> well, first, this just in from metro. ridership west of ballston nearing this morning's rush down more than 27%. check out the southwest freeway here. it is

traffic than usual tonight. day two of safetrack and another slow going through part of downtown d.c. >> lousy! >> just getting into the city. >> it was slow. all this is ridiculous. >> some who drive in say the commute took extra long today. >> normally it takes 13 minutes. i took what? 30. >> vdot confirms congestion to d.c. jumped substantially. while it maintains it's too early tody fintively say safetrack is -- to definitively say safetrack is the cause, causing others to drive. a lot of people call safetrack the culprit. >> that is totally what is going on. >> parking garages are also jam-packed. >> too much more cars. >> another aspect of the safetrack which has some angered tonight. d.c. extended rush hour restrictions. >> which are we supposed to go by? i'm not sure. i have a parking ticket. i thought we were supposed to go b

>> put up the emergency signs, didn't take down the old signs, though. conflicting and for some a confusing message. >> this is $100 parking ticket. yeah. or more. >> vdot says it is too soon to tell whether the jump in traffic congestion is related to safetrack. vdot says it will monitor closely as the safetrack progresses. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: we'll get used to this. all right, folks. text "metro" to 4387 if you want text alerts on your phone. get constant update on the safetrack and suggestions on the alternate route and the schedule at wjla.com. one note for you. metro, wmata told us that chillers at the federal

station should be back up tomorrow. but units are still at the metro center arrest week. >> new developments in the race for the white house today. right now voters are casting primary ballots in six states. as hillary clinton looks to make history, donald trump is releasing a statement saying his controversy comments about the judge overseeing the trump university lawsuits have been misconstrued. elizabeth hur explains. reporter: hillary clinton reaching the magic number to secure the democratic nomination but remaining focused with six states still voting. >> according to the news we are on the brink of a historic, historic unprecedented moment. but we still have work to do, don't we? reporter: overnight the support from super delegates pushed clinton over the top to make her the first female nominee of a major political party eight years to the day when she withdrew from the race endorsing then senator

obama. ut clinton's current challenger bernie sanders is refusing to bow out just yet. >> we will go in the convention with enormous momentum. >> sanders defiant and confident he can convince super delegates to change their mind despite meeting more than half of the 500 super delegates to flip the vote. donald trump still defending his views is now trying to minimize the importance of mexican-american judge ethnicity in the trump university case. >> well, the question was asked to me. i don't care if the judge is mexican or not. i am going to do great with the mexican people because i provide jobs. >> the backlash from his own comments that the comments were racist is still building. >> claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is the definition of a racist comment. >> that said speaker ryan added he does not regret endorsing thrump as we learn that president obama is not yet prepared to endorse

anyone. alison: okay. one more thing politically. look at this. do you have any idea who this is? leon: i do but i didn't believe it at first. alison: meryl streep. meryl streep dressed as donald trump. she showed up last night with a sprain tan, fake belly, oversized red tie. hair going on. she and actress performed duet of brushup your shakespeare from "kiss me kate." i don't know if she did it wearing the trump -- leon: she did. i watched the video. alison: streep says she supports hillary clinton. put that out there. leon: you think? how long before she shows up on s.n.l. like that? alison: it won't take long. leon: sometimes the images are indelible. ask tina fey. coming up at "abc7 n

breaking in the boss' home and holding his wife and that man hostage takes the stand in his defense. alison: later the war of words unfolding online bout the sexual assault after a stanford university frat party. leon: ten people arrested for running heroin in the district. find out the simple way they were moving their product. alison: but first, manatees in the front yard? surveying the impact after

leon: we are on storm watch all over the globe as heavy rains in australia. it has led to damage along the australian east coast. three people died as a result of the floodwaters. thousands were evacuated. more this afternoon a hundred rescued by helicopter. alison: in this country, tropical storm colin made landfall in florida. they are urging the residents to get rid of any standing water quickly before it breeds mosquitoes that could care zika. >> packing heavy rain and high

drenched the sunshine state. >> we have a train over tampa. not a physical choo choo train but a train of rain. one storm on top of the other just like trains on a traintrack. >> in jacksonville, colin brought down trees and it poured on the gulf coast. i pushed a tree on to the house in the middle of the night. >> another branch came in through the bedroom there, where they were sleeping. some part of the ceiling fell down, insulation. reporter: in st. pete's beach, people waded through waist-deep floodwaters. >> i haven't seen it like this for ten years. it isn't high. this isn't even hurricane. >> florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency. 6,000 national guard troops ready to deploy to the hardest hit area. colin tracked quickly across the state and up the coast bringing more rain and the risk of damaging wind to north carolina. back in jacksonville they are cleaning up the

behind. to -- colin is the third named stormwatch7 -- third named tropical storm. leon: wild weather captured on camera last night. we will show you this because you will see for yourself. the green bay packer tweeted out of lightning over lambeau field. however the detroit lions twitter account tweeted back because they think the shape looks fack to people in detroit. does the lightning bolt look like the lions logo. alison: yeah. doug: crazy. are they playing this season? leon: yes. they are in the same division. alison: that is crazy. leon: that is an omen. doug: you could interpret that as lightning strikes when lions visit lambeau field. yesterday at this time the circulation gulf of mexico. the rain looked east.

tropical storm colin. this is post tropical storm. there is no organization with it at all. what you see is there is enormous rain and the thunderstorm activity racing northeast at 40 miles per hour. just like yesterday and this morning we are gnarly down there it is sunny in florida now. we have to face the damage and the standing water. there it goes projected by the national hurricane center for the next several days to move rapidly to northeast. the speeds now are impressive. the whole system moving at 40 miles per hour. top winds still at 60 miles per hour. but it will get absorbed to a larger area of low pressure over the north atlantic. only a threat to mariners, ships and boats in the shipping lanes. as far as what is happening locally. give you a look in spotsylvania. heavy clouds and rain. this is all part of the system that started severe thunderstorm warnings 25 minutes ago. we are monitoring things well. the weather service canceled the western extent. stafford county a

william county. a little piece now earlier in fauquier county. this system, too, is moving quickly east and southeast, those warnings have been dropped. so the center of action is along colonial beach north of there along big bend of the potomac. stretching to calvert county. that is moving out. isolated storms diminish approaching sunset. to give you an idea what we are dealing with, as the line is chesapeake bay southwestward to fredericksburg. it will be hit as we speak. colonial peak, mild town and leonardtown a starting to see the effect of the line of storm for the next 45 minutes. later tonight, things clear out. west of the mountains it's calming down. we will see the clearing, cooler, the breezy weather tonight. the future cast shows 8:30 there may be a lone shower but that is that. clear skies overnight. strong cold front tonight if you like cool

when it moves through late morning to midday there could be showers. look at the wind barbs. gusty winds to bring in cooler and the drier air. it will be delightful here. maybe the winds 20 to 25 miles per hour. temperatures in the 70's. the same deal thursday. biking forecast for the morning tomorrow is beautiful. clear to partly cloudy. breezy conditions all day. 60 degrees in the morning. 76 in the afternoon. chance of showers along leading edge of the cold front. after that, we will bounce back to the mid-to-upper 70's thursday. close to 8 o in some spot on friday. plenty of sun. low humidity. breezy day on thursday. over the weekend we look at a partly sunfy and a warming trend. mid-80's. we will see chance of storms saturday afternoon and sunday. another string of nice days. >> the nice thing with the low humidity if you're in the spring -- shade it's like spring. thank you. leon: thank you, sir. alison: well, still to come recall of flour. starting

leon: look at that. and the changes in place at the cincinnati zoo as the gorilla exhibit reopens for the first time since the little boy climbed inside there. >> a violent attack in which two people almost lost their lives but the man accused of perpetrating the attack says he does not remember a single thing. i'm jeff goldberg. we will tell you what is going on when "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after

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alison: new developments in trial against dan shulman as he took the -- the trial against andrew schmuhl. he took the stand to defend himself. jeff goldberg was in the courtroom. what did he say? jeff: this was a big moment in the trial. the bottom line is andrew schmuhl says he does not remember a single detail of this attack. he doesn't remember the planning in the days leading up to it and does not remember the police chase that followed the incident. all loy long his attorneys argued the client was too intoxicated to remember what is going on that night and that is what andrew schmuhl said on the witness stand. when questioned by his defense attorneys andrew schmuhl described the awful state of his life in the period leading up to the violent attack on november 9 at the mclean home

duncan -- leo fisher and sue duncan. schmuhl said he was bedridden and taking up to 13 opiate prescription drugs a day. "i was fuzzy and confused. it was weirdness on top of weirdness." when questioned by the prosecutor, schmuhl testified hi did not remember a single detail of the incident at the home where schmuhl is accused of holding fisher and duncan hostage, tasing, beating and stabbing fisher, shooting at duncan. less than two weeks before fisher fired andrew's wife alicia from her lawyer job at a firm in washington. schmuhl does not remember being arrested by the fairfax county police after the incident. at the time he was found wearing a diaper. "i don't remember wearing a diaper," he testified. "in the state i was in, i honestly could have been wearing a dress and i wouldn't realize it." anew

today that his wife alicia helped a minister the medication. defense attorneys argue that alicia was the planner of the attack and andrew schmuhl was a foot soldier. coming up at 6:00, we will show you more powerful evidence introduced today in court as well as how a fake german name may have played a role in all of this. until then live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- >> i don't know what happened that night. but he does. alison: bobby brown speaks out about the death of his ex-wife and his daughter and the man that could hold the key to one of the investigations. leon: later, why today is so important for the judge at the center of the stanford rape case. >> and 88 pounds of heroin seized. the stretch of roadway where police say the drugs were so

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: ten people arrested and more than 80 pounds of heroin taken off the street. and d.c. police sad the supply method was something but covert. kevin lewis live i

tonight to tell us how they were distributing these. what did you learn about this? kevin: d.c. police chief cathy lanier said the drug only ratives in india and african nation were shifting the heroin by way of commercial providers. by the time it got to united states it ended in the district and sold along the benning road corridor where we are standing now. acting on intel, m.p.d. teamed one homeland security and the immigration months ago. they seized 40 kilos of heroin yesterday that translates to 88 pounds. chief lanier started the morning testifying on capitol hill about the impact of heroin. she returned to m.p.d. headquarters to proudly reveal the major narcotics bust.

several months. and the suspects involved in this case coordinated the trafficking effort with sources of supply in india, africa and elsewhere to bring heroin in the united states and the district of columbia through postal and commercial shipping. chief lanier said they tracked increase in crime and hope that the major drug bust will cause illegal activity to dwindle. leon: they have voted to raise minimum wage $15 and it will increase with the cost of living. sam ford will have more at 6:00. alison: fairfax county voters will decide in

meal tax goes through. the meal tax would generate $100 million in revenue with 70% of that going toward school. >> today rove gold issued voluntary recall of pretzels because they used the flour that could have undisclosed peanut products in it. tiny twist, thins and honey wheat braided pretzel on the list. alison: they are -

mourning the death of ferguson who was able to parlay youtube success to a mixed martial art career. leon: today is prince day in the state. it would have been prince's 58th birthday. he died of a drug overdose. in a proclamation minnesota governor mark dayton praised prince as the creator of the minnesota sound. no argument there. alison: bobby brown is pointing the finger at a family friend for the death of his ex-wife and their daughter. michelle marsh has the story you will see only tonight on "20/20." tell us about this. michelle: in an exclusive interview with robin roberts, bobby brown opens up about whitney houston's death four years ago and their daughter bobbi kristina's death last year. >> it's not a mystery to me.

daughter is what happened to whitney. there was only one person around on both occasions. >> you won't say his name. nick gordon is who you are referring to. >> i won't say his name. >> whitney houston death ruledded accidental drowning after her body was found submerged in a bathtub. bobbi kristina was also found unresponsive in a bathtub. but autopsy couldn't determine if it was intentional or accidental. both women had drugs in their system. in his new book, bobby brown says he first saw whitney houston do drugs the day of their wedding. she was, "hunched over a bureau snorting a line of coke." he said she offered him a hit and he said no. >> she wasn't that. the drugs wasn't her. she did drugs. but the drugs didn't do her. e knew how to handle -- she knew how to handle herself.

protect her more. michelle: but many fans believed he was the pusher in their marriage. >> it wasn't me. it started her. i take my part and i take it hard for me even being part of it. but we all have our own minds. some of us are stronger than others. michelle: bobby brown joined a wrongful death suit against nick gordon in his daughter's death. nick gordon denies having anything to be do with her death. you can watch the rest of the interview with robin roberts tonight at so:00 on "20/20" and then stay tuned for abc7 news at 11:00. you are left with the option, do you believe him or do you believe the story that the houston family shared so many times? unfortunately whitney and bobbi kristina aren't here to vouch for which is true. leon: but it

if your story is different why are you saying it now? why weren't you saying it then? michelle: he has a book coming out. leon: that will raise more questions than answers. michelle: i think so. but everybody will tune in. leon: you know it. alison: thank you. leon: coming up for "abc7 news at 5:00" -- all smiles. find out what is making this boy so happy. alison: but first, look out. there is something behind you. see why this guy is not the least bit concerned. somebody got the nfl attention. the twitter account was hacked. what they posted about commissioner roger goodell.

doug: doug hill back with you. head to the weekend. showers and storms will move away. the warnings have been canceled. tomorrow, sunshine, breezy.

78 on thursday. the d.c. jazz-fest all weekend long. the only issue is late saturday afternoon and saturday night. thunderstorms in the area. if you are headed to the beaches, the water is warming up a bit. 65 to 70. most of the weekend is fine. late saturday the thunderstorms are a possibility. settling in to a normal june weather pattern. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" will

alison: well, back with this. it feels like a precarious situation in mexico but don't worry. it's cool. it actually turns out the jaguar was playing with him. his name is eduardo and he has saved hundreds of animals who now live at the sanctuary in mexico. the sanctuary shared the video of his encounter with the jaguar on facebook. like superman there. more than 9 million people watched the video. leon: doesn't something tell you that will end badly. you see that and you think of steve irwin and the orca at seaworld. alison: it is scary. makes you nervous. leon: i bet his insurance agent isn't happy about that. alison: probably used to it. in the w

don't always work out so playfully. leon: a photographer diving off the coast of australia snapped the pictures here. this is a fish being eaten by a jelly fish. alison: can you believe it? leon: the fish must have just been caught because he was struggling inside there. no word if it was able to get away. the prospects of that escape don't look good from here. alison: what are the chances of photographer catching the image? that has to be a rare occasion. leon: sushi at its freshest. alison: all right. much better ending to a rescue involving a group of students at the u.k. more than 30 teenagers and two adults from london were stranded in a coastal walk at the base of the cliff there near dover. the students used the phones as the distress beacons to alert the rescuers. you can see the u.k. maritime and the coast guard agencies using the infa fred cameras to find -- infrared cameras to find the group. this type of story rarelyh

>> more often than not unfortunately, the story from the area where we rescued the group tonight is very different. people lose their lives. it is an incredibly lucky story. 40 coastal volunteers helped with the operation. leon: all smiles from a little boy in japan today. check this out. he is the 7-year-old who was abandoned in a forest by his parents last weekend. now they ditched him because they said that it was punishment for him throwing rocks at people and other cars. yamato tanooka spent six days in the woods. six days! he says he took shelter at a military training ground. and people cheered as he left the hospital today. but get this. police say his parents will not be charged for that. alison: amazing. he said he just wants to go back to school. leon: i'll bet he does. alison: get back to normal. leon: in japan, they don't play. get a time-out, you get a time-out. alison: for a week. all right.

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leon: we are monitoring a developing story out of california where a judge sentenced a stanford swimmer to six months in jail after raping another student is up for election in today's primary. judge aaron pessky running unopposed but a petition was launched to recall him. 400,000 people have signed that push. stephanie ramos now shows us how letters from the swimmer's father and the victim are getting a lot of attention. stephanie: brock turner a top-tier swimmer found guilty of sexual assault. his father now composing what some are calling a bombed and offensive letter in his defense. >> he talked about how this had really had serious implications for his son because his son could no longer eat his favorite foods.

father begging for leniency for his son writing the guilty verdict and the many consequences would be a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action. >> you read it out loud in court 15 feet from the young woman. stephanie: judge aaron perssky sentencing the swimmer to six months in jail for the drunken assault outside a frat party. the district attorney suggested a more severe six-year prison term but persky ruled the prison term would have an impact on brock. so now there is an online petition to remove the judge from a bench. >> he ignored a jury and ignored her. >> but millions of people are not. clicking on the letter she wrote. the victim reading her statement at the sentencing. among her words hours after the assault i wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else. >> brock turner withdrew from

registered for a sex offender for life. the victim says she wants to remain anonymous but now feel she is speaking for every woman. in los angeles, stephanie ramos for abc7 news. alison: back here at home now george washington university president says he is stepping down. he will not seek a new contract when his current one expires in july 2017. by then he will have served as the school's president for a decade. leon: all right. time for a check of the roads. day two in the weekday safetrack program. how is it looking? where is that? it's heavy. jamie: 270. this is not because of safetrack. safetrack issue on 66 in virginia. this is 270 traveling north from monaca county. we have had an earlier -- from montgomery county. we had an earlier accident that tied us up and we are diehling with it. this is before that po

some of the heavy traffic as well in d.c. no accidents. back to you. alison: okay. thank you. leon: well, tonight at 6:00 a local athlete vying for olympic gold. what he does about being honored by the d.c. council. plus, a son accused of shooting his father moments after the funeral. bizarre circumstances and the investigation into that happening now. that and more coming up tonight at 6:00. alison: when it comes to having a good time some people in texas won't let a little flooding get in their way. look at the people. yep. they are dancing in standing water. at a bar. in crosby. that is outside of

others were playing pool. even sitting at the bar having a few drinks. they post video from the party on facebook. >> i wanted everybody else to see how awesome it was to see everybody here no matter water or whatever having a good time dancing in the water. alison: the video has been seen 100,000 time online. leon: go fishing and shoot pool in the same time at the same place. alison: good for them. texas had a rough time. leon: make the best out of it. they can all say they got sloshed. alison: literally. all right. check in on our weather. we have a few storms out there tonight. doug: they have moved south and east of the metro area. we have clear skies in the city. bright sunshine. breezy and pleasant. we'll start with a time lapse from centreville. cardinal ridge elementary school. if you put it in motion you will see the sunshine and the fair weather clouds. skies will darken as the showers came nearby. that was pretty much a quick

now back to sunshine. 79 degrees there. there is the line of showers leonardtown to lexington park, maryland. across the shore. showers other places. they will diminish in the next few hours. closeup now. active lightning crossing the bay. no longer any severe thunderstorm warnings to deal with. instead we will look for a general drying trend. cold front moving out of michigan that will come through here in the morning tomorrow there. could be additional brief shower with that passing through. the general theme tomorrow is for the gusty winds. clearing skies, cooler, drier weather. 60 at 9:00. 76 by 5:00. strong winds, 25 to 30 miles per hour. look at the next seven days. it's close to 80 on friday. saturday will turn humid and warmer. 85 on saturday and sunday. could be thunderstorms saturday afternoon and saturday night. clear on monday. sports time is

erin: today we have a story of a swimmer who won't let autoimmune disease prevent her from reaching her ultimate goal. scott abraham takes us to mclean for the rising star this week. scott: at first, madeline didn't have a good relationship with water. today the bishop o'connel freshman is one of the top swimmers in the country. >> she was ranked number one. as 13, 12. scott: she is a tough young lady. she was diagnosed with autoimmune disease attacking the hair follicles to cause the air to fall out. there is

she will have the condition the rest of her life and her hair will come and go. but she is becoming more and more comfortable with it. she is focusing on swimming and competing at the upcoming trials in july. >> this is an exciting experience. it's cool to make it at a younger age to hopefully later on i will be able to swim, too. cot: maintaining a positive attitude in and out of pool. >> trying to be comfortable in her own skin. owning her situation. can't worry about herself. can't feel bad. keep going. go on toward her dreams. scott: reaching for stardom. scott abraham, abc7 sports. erin: she is resilient and we'll be rooting for her. if you would like to nominate a high school athlete overcoming adversity e-mail us. we have bre

news. we have it in the next half hour for you. leon: uh-oh. okay. good deal. looking forward to it. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- back in business. alison: the changes being made at cincinnati zoo in the wake of the incident that cost a gorilla its life.

alison: new developments the cincinnati zoo. they reopened the gorilla exhibit after a child fell in the exhibit and they had to shoot the gorilla. >> a small photographers were escorted to the gorilla exhibit for otherwise quiet reopening. the crowd of parents and the small children stood in the spot where the boy made his way in the gorilla enclosure in the memorial day weekend. today they were kept back by netting and it did not b

most seemed to like it. >> i think it's better because how even a 4-year-old would be able to squeeze through much less through this hole. >> i think the old one stood up for 40 years but this one is better. >> here is the big change to gorilla world. post on tom, post on bottom. netting in the middle. no way to go under or through. only way to get inside is over the top. it's six inches higher than the old one. nevertheless parents held tightly to children trying to get a better look. usda investigation in the may 28 incident is still underway. no charges will be charged against the parents of the boy. and they have no plans to sue

it's okay to look as long as you keep your distance. at the cincinnati zoo, joe web, abc7 news. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". right now at 6:00 -- stunning new testimony in a high profile trial. an attorney accuse of taking his wife's former boss hostage and torturing him. what he said in court today. plus, metro's safetrack plan enters the second weekday. the impact on the commute and the future of metro. d.c. reaches a deal on the minimum wage. how much pay could go up when and next. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". leon: up first, police say it was a gruesome scene a man and his wife they were tortured.

leon: jeff goldberg joins us live. jeff: evidences from the prosecution showed schmuhl doing surveillance on this home before the attack. schmuhl's attorneys claim their client was too intoxicated on prescription drugs to know what happened in the attack. that is what schmuhl sarred today. >> the police chase and the arrest that followed the attack was dramatic and intense. but andrew schmuhl testified today he doesn't remember any of it saying any detail of the attack itself. which happened at the home of leo fisher and