kevin: today, president obama addressed the term "radical islam." suggesting it unfairly maligns the entire islamic faith. president obama: calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. kevin: meanwhile on capitol hill, top congressional republicans urge democrats to support a bill to prohibit suspected terrorists from purchasing guns or explosives. >> keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of people who wish to do our country harm is a solution that we should all be able to get behind. kevin: also today emerging questions about orlando shooter omar mateen's sexuality. amid reports he visited the pulse nightclub dozens of times before. >> i have introduced myself once before. when we first saw him there. me and a security guard that used to work at pulse. we said hello. he was friendly. kevin: all the while this man says mateen messaged him on a gay dating

>> i was in contact with him. kevin: either way, mateen was marry and now authorities are investigating his wife. seen here wearing a gray hoodie. they want to know if she was aware of the plot and chose to keep quiet. omar mateen's ex-wife smoke with cnn today. leon: 27 people now still in the hospital after that attack. several doctors and one of the victims. >> of the 27 people six are listed in critical condition. five are in grave condition and the

standing by, but they had no idea what was coming. >> they weren't being brought in by the blasts. there was no paramedics coming in to give us support and dropping them off. they were being dropped off in truckloads and the ambulance loads. >> people like angel colon who were shot three times in the leg and the hand and trampled by other people trying to get out of pulse nightclub. >> i'm there laying down. i'm thinking i'm dead. >> colon says he wished he remembered the name of the police officer who dragged him out over a snore covered in broken glass -- floor covered in broken glass. >> he is dragging me out while i'm getting cut. my behind, my back and my legs. i don't feel pain. i just feel all the blood on me from myself. from other people. he drops me off across the street. i look over and there are bodies everywhere. we are all

>> he thanked the hospital and the staff with the warm words but turned cold when he spoke about omar mateen. >> this person has to be heartless, ruthless. i don't know how you can do something like this. just seeing all the bodies everywhere. and this person is enjoying doing this. there is no way. i don't know how. michelle: the nightmares will stay with all of those who lived through this. doctors say they are hopeful but will not be surprised if the death toll from sunday morning's attack rises. at the "live desk," michelle marsh, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile the parents of two children killed in the 2012 sandyhook massacre are willing to settle a lawsuit against the city of newtown and the school system. the parents of jesse lewis and noah posner want $5.5 million to drop the wrongful death suit. the families claim a lack of security at the elementary school allowed the gunman to

adults. leon: developing now, authorities in france are questioning several people after a series of raids in a paris suburb. the raids followed the fatal stabbing of a police officer and his girlfriend by self-identified isis sympathizer. police stormed the family home saving the 3-year-old son and killing the attacker. the attack comes as france host the month-long euro 2016 soccer championships. alison: it was an eight-hour manhunt, but pennsylvania state police finally arrested a man accused of killing three other men in west virginia. police say 32-year-old eric chute killed the men yesterday near a state park. he wasn't tracked down until early this morning. police believe the murder was over an apparent property dispute. leon: breaking news out of fairfax county where jurors have just convicted andrew schmuhl. he was accused of holding his wife's former boss and that man's wife hostage in their home. northern virginia bureau chief

courtroom when the guilty verdict was read and he joins us live with if reaction. jeff? jeff: well, leon, no reaction inside the courtroom from the defendant andrew schmuhl. but a few minutes ago i spoke with the defense attorney brad haywood saying that the team is disappointed about the verdict. they truly care about andrew schmuhl. they believe in him and they believe he had impairment in his life. the jury was not left with entirely fair options. now this is related to a home invasion, violent home invasion in november of 2014. schmuhl found guilty on all seven counts. one of the victims leo fisher after the hearing was hugging relatives and friends following this hearing. again, this all relates back to november 9, 2014, when prosecutors say that andrew schmuhl burst into mclean home of sue duncan and leo fisher. he is accused of tasing leo fisher, tying both of them in zip ties, stabbing both of them and shooting at sue duncan in a three-hour long ordeal. prosecutors say he had ee

the victims. but at one point after the shot was fired, due duncan played -- sue duncan played dead and was able to trip the alarm, alerting authorities. after a chase, andrew schmuhl and his wife alecia was arrested in springfield. andrew was found only wearing a diaper at the time of the arrest. prosecutors say the motive here was revenge after alecia schmuhl had been fired by leo fisher from her lawyer job at an arlington law firm. the defense rather, claimed andrew schmuhl was so intoxicated on prescription drugs that he did not remember what he was doing at the time at the crime. the jurors clearly did not buy the defense. no comment from the prosecution after this case. they will be talking, hopefully after the sentencing hearing on thursday. they still have to try alecia schmuhl at her trial coming up in september. the sentencing hearing for this case for andrew schmuhl will be happening on thursday morning. we can expect more evidence, more witness testimony. andrew schmuhl is facing

live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much, jeff. well, police believe the man who they arrested for robbing a bank in east falls falls churn friday is the serial robber they have been looking for since 2014. they believe amin huie is the "forever loyal bandit" and is responsible for six other bank robberies. and one attempted robbery in fairfax in arlington counties. huie has allegedly been robbing area banks since june 2014. leon: feels like we have been stealing something from mother nature the last few days here. the weather has been so nice. you lived in seattle. this is more like what you had there than this time of year here. alison: it's beautiful there in the summer. low humidity is nice. we wish it wasn't going to end. steve: enjoy the weather tonight and get out to take advantage of it. look at the temperatures out there. in the upper 70's, to the lower 80's throughout the area. it will stay that way through

if you are planning to grill out this evening, 80 by 6:00. in an hour, 80 degrees moving through the 7:00, 8:00 hour. the baseball game first pitch at 7:05. the temperatures upper 70's. slowly falling through the 70's. by 11:00 by the time the game is over. we see temperatures around 70 degrees with a few clouds here and there. show you satellite and radar. not a lot going on. let me tell you, we have rain on the way tomorrow. i will give you the timing hour-by-hour and what to expect for the rest of the week and into father's day weekend in a few minutes. leon? leon: all right. thank you, steve. new developments now in a sex assault case we told you about last weekend in landover. prince george's county police arrested 24-year-old jahahree chester thanks to a tip from a good samaritan. police say chester attacked a woman at the 4000 block of garden city drive last thursday. they believe he followed her from the new carrollton metro station there. chester is being held by the department of corrections on no

finished. now get ready for phase two. saturday metro safetrack push moves to the other end of the orange and the silver lines and it will also mix in the blue line. transportation reporter brianne carter live at rosslyn . brianne: this is a much bigger challenge when the phase two will kick in on ard sand then monday morning. basically 60 to 70% of them need to find a different alternative for the commutes next week. we have seen the packed platform and the crowded rail cars but it could be worse next week. what is considered a crowded rail car is one with 120 riders jammed end to end. some even left standing on the platform. if riders along the blue, orange and silver lines don't change up their commute next week, the number of people trying to get on each car

75 riders. >> sounds like a transportation nightmare. brianne: when phase two of safetrack kicks in saturday buses will replace trains between eastern market and benning road and eastern market and minnesota avenue. a typical train of rail cars can hold up to 1,000 people per trip, the buses can only move 50 to 60 at a time. >> we have almost 300,000 passenger trips that will be impacted by reduced service during this next surge. keep that in mind. almost 300,000. brianne: riders are being encouraged to telecommute. adjust the commute times or find another mode of transportation. michael jones says he still plans on taking the train. >> i just try to get earlier to get to work on time. i don't work that far anyway. if i need to, i can walk to work. brianne: hal is taking the bus to work for the first time in 30 years. >> now there is more traffic on the road so

going slower. nevertheless, it's an oms that seems to be working -- option that seems to be working if i give it enough time. brianne: this comes as arlington county announcing starting saturday that the art bus 43 will have supplemental service seven days a week. the goal of that to get riders from crystal city to rosslyn and further down into the orange line, down courthouse and clarendon. this, of course, with that service that will be disrupted between arlington cemetery station and rosslyn starting saturday. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: okay. reminder you can stay one step ahead of safetrack signing up for text alerts from abc7. just text the word "metro" to 43817 or sign up at wjla.com. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" today -- status check. the chief of the d.c. fire department only sitting down with abc7 news to talk about how he thinks the use of third party ambulance service is going in the city. alison:

who's who in the district today. the issues they are working to address. >> million-dollar problems with how virginia awards contracts. i'm chris papst. coming up, the eye-opening report the state leaders are now wondering how this happened. leon: but first, a couple of things to note here. happy flag day. this is the 100th anniversary of the u.s. holiday. today in new jersey, a giant american flag balloon inflated there in hoboken. 52 feet tall. 78 feet wide. 29 feet deep. happy birthday to the army today. established on this date in june of 1775.

alison: three navy crew members are safe after their helicopter crashed in newport news. it happened near the james river bridge in a routine training mission. the coast guard says the trio was rescued by a nearby civilian ship. although the condition of the men is unknown, you can see the three right there walking on their own. leon: all right. $6 billion. that is how much money the commonwealth of virginia awards every year in contracts. new report that is out says that many of the contracts have serious flaws. our government watchdog investigator chris papst h

he joins us live from the "live desk." what flaws are we talking about? chris: state leaders call the results of the report pathetic and significant. every year, virginia spends billions of tax dollars to secure contracts for transportation, construction and i.t. but the report found many of the contracts are simply not being done properly. and taxpayers' dollars are being wasted. the analysis done by the join legislative audit and review committee. the general commission watchdog agency. i analyzed $8 billion worth of contracts and found nearly $2 billion dollars was tied up in contracts that had the flaws or did not meet expectations. that is 25%. now the reason according to the report is bad policy. and that staff throughout the state is undertrained which led to overpaying for services and getting poor quality. state delegate of fairfax county says the most significant problem with the contract is many are not

so taxpayers money is not protected. >> i can't even -- that's why i was shocked. you have to be kidding me. you are doing contracts for million of dollars and you are not having legal review on it. it just doesn't make sense. >> they outlined 30 recommendations to improve the state contracting including more training and legal reviews. in the newsroom, chris papst, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you, chris. boy, who do we thank for the weather today? steve:ly take some of the credit. tomorrow i will push credit to eileen or veronica or jackie. alison: is it a wash-out the rest of the days? steve: it's not a wash-out. but we need the rain. it's looking crispy out there. a little rain but we will get it out of here by father's day weekend. good news there. this is a sight for sore eyes. ocean city, maryland. this is the weather bug network. not a lot of folks out there now.

have had a lot of sunshine. looks great for this upcoming weekend. if you head to ocean city, bethesda. winds out of the southeast at 5 miles per hour. if you have anything to do outdoors for the evening, it will be fantastic. of course, first things first. if you are a pet owner or dog owner, walk the dog. temperatures are in the 70's moving through the early evening hours. a few added clouds later tonight. but it will stay dry. hitting the pool this evening temperatures will be in the 70's. a lot of sunshine. sun sets around 8:30. we are getting in the longest daylight hours of the year. summer arrives this upcoming monday at 6:34. here it is. the temperatures across the area upper 70's to if lower 80's. it does not get much better than this for this time of year in washington with the low humidity. sunshine. the timing is perfect. we need rain around here. nothing out there now as you look at the satellite and the radar. it will be quiet for

if you see to the west of us to ohio and indiana and kentucky, that is on the way for the day tomorrow. scattered showers late in the day. mainly west of d.c. wildly scattered showers with the heavier areas of rain tomorrow night and in the day on thursday. no means are we talking about a washout around the area. nighttime lows 58 to 65 degrees. the skies will eventually turn mostly cloudy by early morning. mild temperatures. winds out of the south and east. waking up tomorrow morning a light jacket early on. the temperatures are upper 50's to lower 60's. northwestern suburbs around 62 in bethesda. 60 in college park. pepper marlboro in lower 7 -- you upper marlboro in lower 60's. we have lower 80's for the daytime highs. give you hour-by-hour. what we expect for the day tomorrow. mostly cloudy skies early on. heading through the midday hours, a few showers develop along the mason-dixon line to the west of us around elkens, west virginia.

but it does stay dry around the capital beltway and the immediate metro. widespread showers late tomorrow night and the pockets of rain and rumble of thunder moving through the day on thursday. it could be a slow go for the rush hour commute early thursday morning. for tomorrow we look at the temperatures in the 70's. we will eventually make it to the lower 80's. added clouds. you will see seven-day. wet on thursday. friday is pretty much the same. cooler temperatures only in the 70's. look at saturday. around 80 degrees. father's day looks fantastic. outdoor activities. barbecues and picnics, it will be a firm go with the temperatures in the lower 80's. monday will be around 85 degrees. added humidity. the same goes for the day on tuesday. so a nice stretch of days on the way. once we get through this workweek. it looks great for the weekend. alison: okay. leon: all right. thank you, sir. alison: thank you. get to breaking news right now coming to us out of fairfax county. crews are now responding to reports of an ov

bus. this is on the g.w. parkway. we are told it is at stratford lane. this is in the alexandria area near mount vernon. that section of the g.w. parkway. that part of the parkway is closed right now. reports of multiple injuries from this tour bus overturned. so we have crews on the way to the scene. we will get more details on that. we will bring it to you as soon as we get them. leon: one of the world's largest subway systems wants to stop sending mixed messages about health. alison: that is right. plus, reaching out to members of the lgbt community to let them know they are not alone in wake of what happened in orlando. >> along those lines, tonight is the 12th annual night out at nationals park. it will be a lot different this year in light of what happened over the weekend. i'm tom roussey. i will have that story coming up. alison: but first a look at what is coming up tonight right here

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tonight the nationals are planning to pay their respects in what they call a night out. tom roussey live with the story. tom? tom: we have a lot of fans arriving for tonight's game here. let me step out of the way to show you them. some are coming specifically because this is the 12th annual night out. a night the nationals have aimed at the lgbt fans. this was planned long in advance to do this. but in light of what happened in orlando they are changing things up here. there will be a ceremony before the game to honor the victims in orlando. one of the vokes who will be here who works for major league baseball is billy bean. former major league baseball player who came out as gay after he retired. he will be on the field. there will be song performances and other things as well before the game starts honoring the victims in orlando. we will be on the field and covering that in a little while. reporting live outside nats park.

alison: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- infamous national landmark reopens the doors with the unique take on its history. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. the memorial for the victims of the orlando shooting tripled in size in one day. we look at how the lgbt youth cope with the tragedy. sam: it has been two and a half months since private ambulances hit the street of d.c. we have the interview with the chief on how he thinks they are doing. i'm sam ford. leon: we are continuing to follow breaking news after a tour bus crash along the g.w. parkway. stratford lane if you know the area outside of mount vernon there. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we will bring you more information as soon as they get there to check

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leon: back now to the breaking news of the tour bus crash on the g.w. parkway. let's get to michelle marsh standing by. what is the latest? michelle: this is what we know so far. the tour bus overturned in the location of george washington parkway and stratford lane. we have multiple crews on the way to gather more details about injuries. we know that there are reports of multiple injuries but we don't know the extent of those.

you exactly the precise location where all of this happened. a number of agencies are avoiding people to avoid the area. traffic will be an issue. they want to get to knows injured on the scene to get help they need. our crews are en route. as soon as we get details about the conditions and what happened at the location, we will bring it to you. live from the news desk, back to you. alison: keep us posted. thank you. meanwhile, we have two and a half months in the district using a private company to help make ambulance runs. well, today, d.c. bureau chief sam ford sat down with the city fire chief to ask how it is going. this is a story you will see only here on abc7. sam: outside the emergency room at george washington university hospital today we counted eight a.m.r. private ambulances for lower priority transports.

>> the fire chief said the addition of the private medical response ambulances has given the department a breather. since march 28, once they get on scene to determine a patient is not in a life threatening emergency a.m.r.'s are called to make the transport to the hospital. >> at the end of the day, i tell you the system has been stabilize. sam: the chief says with the private ambulances, the paramedics and the e.m.t. have time for training. d.c. ambulances are being repaired at twice the rate as before. with a.m.r. 30 units and the d.c. 379 there are seldom -- d.c.'s 39 there are seldom shortages. they have now decided to let a.m.r. transport children as well as adults. criticism, they said they are allowed to transport p.c.p. overdose patients and she doesn't think they should be able to do that. there are some complaints if they are nonemergency why are they driving around w

some people say so fast. >> the idea of lights and syrups is to allow them to get to us within a time frame so that we get units back in service. they don't transport the patient to the hospital with lights and sirens. >> they are limited to speeding ten miles over the posted over the limit. but they haven't heard lately is the horror stories of ambulances that don't arrive. he is happy about that. sam ford, abc7 news. alison: 14 families have been displaced by this fire here. that ripped through 14 row houses in baltimore. causing three of them to completely collapse. it happened around 4:00 this morning. on eaton street in the highland town. it took more than 90 officers an hour to control the flames. fortunately mo one was injured -- to no. one was injured. leon: a new investigation of freight train i

acetone. the car was one of 13 that derailed monday morning. no one was hurt. there was no danger to the public. the crews hope to have the line cleared tomorrow. alison: from the las vegas landmark to pile of rubble. the crews imploded most of the hotel and casino. i was home to sinatra and elvis in the heyday. new resorts doomed the riviera and the property closed last year. they are tearing it down to expand the las vegas convention center. leon: one going down and another going up here. construction beginning on $4 billion rebuild of the new york laguardia airport.

breaking is joe biden. >> the greatest city in the world needs and deserves, needs the greatest infrastructure in the world. >> this $4 billion project is scheduled to be completed in 2021. the airport is one of three serving new york city. going to stay open and operate in construction. alison: well, after a decade of renovations, the watergate is back open tonight. the infamous hotel has more than 330 upscale rooms. including two presidential suites. the cheapest one $425 a night. our favorite part about the story is the usb drive that the watergate press people gave our photographer today. if you look at it. it alludes -- is that -- leon: blast from the past. if you are gray in the hair recognize that. that is a cassette tape. alison: right. so, of

the d.n.c. phones wiretapped back in the famous break-in 1972. this is actually a usb drive, right? leon: figure out how it works. >> you have to flip it. >> there you go. alison: it's not actually a cassette. what would you do with a cassette? leon: a little too clever. alison: the anniversary is friday. leon: how do you celebrate? alison: that is a good question. go play a tape. leon: go bug somebody. alison: don't bug me. leon: too late. coming up at 5:00 -- president obama: our country is not just about the benjamin. it's about the tubmans, too. leon: the president and vice president addressed a first of its kind summit in the capital. alison: then later the big move proposed at baltimore aquarium to make waves really all around the world. leon: ahead at 6:00ability to, a brutal beating caught on video. what a judge saw on the video

book at the man responsible. alison: we are continuing to follow breaking news for you today. a tour bus crash. on the g.w. parkway near mount vernon. it's specifically g.w. parkway at stratford lane. we have several crews on the way to the scene. we hear there are injuries. so we will bring you new information as soon as it comes in the newsroom.

steve: the d.c. jazzfest starts friday. temperatures in the 70's on friday. dodging raindrops. saturday and sunday is looking at around 80 to 82 degrees. taste of reston friday and saturday. better the two days will be on saturday. breaking news coverage con

leon: a first of its kind summit is underway in the nation's capital. michelle marsh standing by at the live desk with a look at the united states of women. michelle? michelle: well, summit is set to wrap up in about half an hour. it focused on gender,

healthcare, education and economic opportunities. it's sponsored by the white house. so president obama and vice president joe biden took to the stage to talk to the attendees. vice president biden: there is not a single, solitaire thing, not a single solitary thing that a man can do that a woman cannot do as well. president obama: if we have truly a nation of family values we wouldn't put up with the fact that many women can't get a paid day off to give birth. we should guarantee paid maternity lead and paternity leave, too. that is how you value families. michelle: other speakers at the summit included first lady michelle obama, oprah winfrey, warren buffett, kerry washington and billie jean king. alison: impressive group there. a lot has been made of donald trump's comments about the woman card. about november's elect

town hall meeting on the role of the female voter in november. michelle will moderate that thursday at 7:00 on the sister station newschannel8. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the man behind this mission ahead. alison: plus -- >> it was tough. sorry. we almost lost her a lot of times. alison: the inspiring story of the local girl excelling on the field. desperate losing her legs to cancer. meet our rising star when we

alison: the move followed a backlash against suggestive marketing in public places. leon: utah man bought a fully

functioning railroad. that's right. railroad. he installed it in his backyard. take a look. miniature railroad comes with a train track, stoplight and a train stop. corey is his name. he spent $17,000 and $18,000. it's a success. it's now an attraction in his neighborhood. >> they all love it. all the neighbor kids are hanging on the fence since i have been building it. i have given the neighbor kids a ride or two around here. they enjoy it. my mom thinks it's just a thing. she is 74 years old. she thinks it's just as neat as can be. leon: there is more coming. he is not done yet. he wants to add scenery and even a little town back there. alison: is he charging admission? he could make money. leon: i know one thing. if that brother builds a town in my backyard one of us is living in it.

him get away with that. alison: exactly. my goodness. the weather outside is perfect. we wish we could hold on to it. it sounds like things are changing in a big way. leon: what is word, steve? steve: they are but not for another 12 to 18 hours. enjoy the evening. a lot of folks are head to national park. first pitch at 7:05. the temperatures will fall through the 70's. we will see few added clouds tonight. clouds will turn mostly cloudy tomorrow morning. 58 to 65 for a low temperature. making up tomorrow morning a light jacket. northern to western suburbs. owe than that, if you are inside the capital beltway skip the jacket. but make sure you have an umbrella. there will be hit or miss showers. hour-by-hour forecast. 9:00, it should be dry for the rush hour commute. noontime for kids going off to camp. and for the adults who may check out the food trucks looking nice out there. the showers approach from

harrisenburg. don't be surprised if you hear a few rumble of thunder. we'll keep wet weather in the forecast for the day on thursday and into the day on friday. both days are not wash-out but an umbrella absolutely. you could probably skip sunglasses. 82 tomorrow for a high. we will see improving conditions once we get through thursday and friday. look at saturday and sunday. father's day weekend, absolutely beautiful. 80 on saturday. 82 on sunday. summer officially arrives on monday. along with warmer temperatures, we are talking about added humidity. that will stick around for a chunk of next week. we look at what we expect for the barbecue forecast coming up in a few minutes. as we mauve into the 6:00 hour. alison: sounds good. leon: good day to go camping. with the skins today. erin: finally mandatory. redskins mandatory mini camp started today. wide receiver desean jackson in attendance and he looked good. he caught

cousins. the got everybody fired up. but we didn't hear from him because he wasn't in the talking mood. however, jay gruden was and i sat down with him. you can watch a big portion of the interview coming up in half an hour. this is tuesday so that means the abc7 rising star series has the spotlight. today, we are hitting the lacrosse field with an amputee. scott abraham shows us a fairfax county girl turning heads with her play on the field. scott: the season is winding down for the u-15 stingers girls lacrosse team. >> when i first started it was hard. once i got into "it" started to get easy. scott: 14-year-old amanda is a rookie to the sport. >> i like that there is a lot of running. scott: she runs with only one actual leg. >> i was 2 years old i got diagnosed with cancer.

i had, they had to amputate my leg. scott: a toddler at the time. she went through 14 rounds of chemo to beat cancer. >> it was tough. sorry. we almost lost her a lot of times. scott: now amanda is a fierce competitor against her lacrosse opponents. >> some of them just give me a weird look like uh, i don't think you should be out here doing it. scott: lacrosse is one of the many sports for amanda. let me tell you this young lady is quite the athlete. basketball, soccer, nothing is off limits. she is quickly becoming an inspiration in fairfax county. >> i don't see what she has been through as what defines her. what defines her is what she is doing now. >> amanda is being a teenager. >> i don't wish that i had two legs. i am just like i've got a prosthetic. i don't care.

for life's next obstacle. scott abraham, abc7 sports. erin: wow! i just love her. scott abraham is doing a great job with the series. do you know somebody in the d.m.v. area overcoming adversity? we want to hear from you. contact us. risingstar@wjla.com. you could be featured. leon: anybody out there who knows amanda tell her we think she is amazing. erin: awesome. keep it up. leon: over to you. alison: thank you. after tragedies like the orlando nightclub terror attack we often consider how parents should talk with their children. for lgbt youth in particular, this violence may be especially difficult to process. as mike carter-conneen reports local advocacy groups are ready to help. >> this is horrific. >> four years ago, johnny came to help with the transgender and bisexual youth. >> it felt like home.

member here planning group counseling sessions in response to violence in orlando. >> program so the youth can talk about the feelings. talk about their experience dealing with a horrific incident. mike: the memorial in dupont circle continues to grow. many visitors leave messages. others quietly sit and reflect. >> i feel like younger kids are scared to come out. >> we learn more and see their ages. this is worth noting some of them may not be fully out to the families. adding another element of trauma to parents face something much grief and unanswered questions. >> never talk to them about it. it's a hole in my heart. it's so heavy. >> even after such a dark day many believe the tragedy could shed new light. >> we have to support people

lives in the truth. >> there is hope that closeted youth will see the response, resilience, pride and the colors of rainbow flag to reflect i have dersty and the unity -- diversity and the unity of the community. >> this is a you poreful message in tem administration hopefully they are not alone. >> in dupont circle, mike carter-conneen. alison: monday we brought the banner to dupont circle to give you an opportunity to show you are on the side of the people in orlando. a look at the finished product. we want to thank those who signed it with words of support and condolences. now we will pack it up and ship it to orlando to a place called "the center." that is an organization that works to promote and empower the lgbt community there. leon: all right. we want to thank everyone who took time to go out there and show your support. every one of the messages will be welcomed in orlando. alison: absolutely.

participation. leon: all right. now let's get it wrapped up and sent out. alison: okay. leon: now a look at what is ahead new at 6:00 today. positive pregnancy test at the national zoo. the big reveal for the pregnancy the zoo hasn't seen in a generation. why they were able to use a product sold over the counter to confirm the pregnancy. that is ahead tonight at 6:00. alison: but still ahead at 5:00 -- the national aquarium plan making waves around the world.

alison: breaking news we have been following today. leon: tour bus crashed near mount vernon on g.w. parkway at stratford lane. we have several crews on the by a to the scene there. we hear there are injuries involved. we heard several buses that normally run through the area are delayed because of the cra

delayed. 101, 109, 151, 152. stay with us. we'll keep you updated and have the latest in a few moments. alison: developing now, animal rights activists are praising a decision by the national aquarium in baltimore. the aquarium is relocating its dolphins now to a seaside sanctuary. we explain why some think the move will have far-reaching implications. >> they have been a main stay for 25 years. but this morning officials announce the dolphin exhibit will be staying somewhere else. >> we know so much more now than we knew before. the 25 years we kept the dolphins here we have learned a lot about how they can thrive. reporter: by the end of 2020, says the c.e.o., the eight bottle-nose dolphins will be thriving in a more natural habitat. seaside sanctuary that organizers call the first of its kind in north america. >> som

like being able to form social group. express natural behaviors and live in a setting most like their native habitat. for which they are so superbly adapted. reporter: visitors we spoke with -- >> the last time we were there, they said they were reducing the dolphin show. they weren't doing tricks anymore. they were just talking about the dolphins. i guess it's not that unexpected this is the next step. >> welcome the news. >> i think they will be happy. play around a lot. reporter: as did the organization empty the tanks which protested in baltimore last month. in a statement the founder said in part we hope more aquariums and the marine parks follow their example and begin transition of retiring them. >> we could see the dolphins in the water. there is always an opportunity to see them. reporter: they are scouting locations for the sanctuary including the site in the florida keys and the

caribbean. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. alison: hour breaking news today comes from near mount vernon. this is where a tour bus has crashed. we have been tracking this. this happened on the g.w. parkway. we have been following this for an hour or so. michelle marsh is at the "live desk" with what she has learned about it. michelle: information is just starting to trickle in about the details of the crash. we are since learning since we last spoke media reports of at least one fatality. we have multiple crews on the way to the scene. as you can imagine very tough in navigating to get there because all directions of the g. w. parkway at stratford where it happened, all lanes las in both directions have been shut down as a result. in fact, we are getting the first pictures of this scene. this is a picture sent in to us, it is tough to make it out. this is close to the location where this is hap

are multiple injuries. agencies are urging the drivers to avoid the area at all costs. we are learning that the parkway will be shut down indefinitely. no word when it may reopen. you want to avoid the area. this is the first picture we are getting of the scene. as soon as the crews get in position and powered up we will bring you a live report. that is the latest from the "live desk." back to you. leon: thank you, michelle. now to new video coming out to give us further insight in the man behind the nightclub terror attack that claimed 49 lives in orlando. this video just coming in to the newsroom now. you see it here. this shows the home of the suspect omar mateen. police seized items there in the home including computers and other assorted electronics. this information coming out as we learn more about the 27 people who were still hospitalized at this hour. six of whom are critically hurt. kevin lewis tracking the developing story this evening. kevin: based on the confiscated devices