>> we didn't get enough ice in the wintertime. leon: look at that. severe weather afternoon in the afternoon as the storms drop hail and rain across the region. we have crews on storm watch all over the area. the coverage begins with steve rudin. steve: severe thunderstorm warning reappearing on the map. everything shaded in orange including the southern frederick county, northwestern montgomery county to loudoun county. jefferson and berkeley under newly issued severe thunderstorm warning. it sends through the area. we have the potential of stronger storms. starting out to the west of us, severe thunderstorm warning moving from hedgeville. it will continue this cell here to move toward the south and the east at 25 miles per hour. this is the area that has just been warned on.

that is where the radar is. the potential of golf ball size hail. strong storms out there now. to culpeper another severe thunderstorm warning. another 45 minutes to go on this one with the gusty winds and heavy downpour and lightning the heavy rain. north and east toward bowie it's dry. but another round of showers and thunderstorms are on the way. the team coverage continues with richard reeve live in mobile track 7. >> we are traveling around all day long. this is bowie. the guys are now working to clear off the road. we have been following the trees u

we came up on the scene and we are like that is a big pile of trees. a small compact car. two folks inside mother and son on the way to piano lesson. they are both fine. they didn't want to appear on camera. driving along. the tree fell on them. this is something we'll see on a lot of areas in the market. it's funny. up and down the road we had isolated trees. these are the winds that steve rudin has been talking about. alison: what a scene that is. thank you. in waldorf crews assess the damage after a tree fell in a house.

coverage. brad: the storm came through here and it was horrifying. wind, rain and this house here. it brought down the power lines and it sparked a fire. the small ranch house has been gutted. the fire starting in the back and burning forward. the firefighters are still on scene trying to make sure that there are no hot spots. popping up -- mopping up. the fire was put out quickly by the hardworking firefighters. now they want to make sure that nothing sparks up again. utility on scene. to get the power lines under control. remains of the tree, burned in the backyard. can i have see the stump that is a two-foot diameter tree. a neighbor heard a noise. they saw the tree down and saw the fir

who live in this house were not home. no injuries. but an example of the kind of damage that can be done by the severe weather. in waldorf, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we want to show you this. this video was shared on twitter. that is hail falling on what looks like her back deck. in germantown. share you pictures with us by sending them to pics@wjla.com. what was supposed to be a weekend of fun at delaware music festival ends with a deadly crash. now friends mourn a young man set to be a junior at syracuse this coming fall. northern virginia bureau chef jeff goldberg explains what happened. >> he was my best friend. the sweetest guy. so much respect for every person he met. >> debbie had known hunter since they were in se

grade. sometimes they wouldn't speak for months, they would pick right back up like no time had passed. >> he will always have a special place in my heart. he knows i was there for him. jeff: hunter a friend attended the fire fly music festival in dover, delaware. on saturday near the festival, hunter was in the passenger seat of the friend's jeep grand cherokee according to the delaware state police the drive of the jeep ran a stop sign and slammed into an oncoming pickup truck. hunter was killed on the scene and the drive suffered serious injuries. >> i want him to know i love him. jeff: hunter just finished his sophomore year. he loved to play and produce music. a member of a fraternity that released this statement --

he attended the potomac school in mclean. he is being remembered as bright and creative, personable young man with a great sense of humor. everyone involved in the car crash was wearing seat belt and alcohol does not appear to be a factor. we spoke briefly with the mother of the young man who survived crash and he is physically and emotionally in deep pain. in the newsroom, jeff goldberg. leon: a police from police after a crash friday. the wreck was related to another one that happened blocks away. kevin lewis has the new information on the story. kevin: the fatal crash happened half a mile down the road. crash number two involved a black s.u.v. that turned right onto new hampshire avenue.

ran straight in a pole. they are certain both cars were speeding but they pant to know why. >> police are perplexed. 71-year-old victoria hitchens of rockville lost control of her tan toyota camry. along randolph road in colesville. the car flipped on to the roof. she died in the wreckage. then at 6:56, one minute later 20-year-old barry crashed the black mercury mountaineer. three of his passengers bail and cops found drugs in his car. the next photograph, today police shared enlarged photographs of both vehicles which they say were speeding moments before they crashed. they are looking for video to hope of piecing things together. >> randolph road is a major thorouf

we spoke to several. >> two days before the wreck, barry crashed in a parked car at the mcdonald's in olney. he was handed five tickets including driving uninsured vehicle. charges in this case are still pending. we are live in colesville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: development in the case of the once prominent orthodox rabbi, a lawyer for rabbi barry freundel argued to an appeals court that the robbie's sentence should be reduced to 45 days because of his plea agreement. freundel is serving six and a half years behind bars for secretly videotaping nude women. his lawyer says the sentence should have been 45 days total. a judge said it's unlikely prosecutors agree to a short

he admitted to recording 150 women in ritual bath between 2009 and 2014. leon: right now prince george's county police are canvassing the fairmont heights neighborhood where they hope someone has information about a man who tried to kidnap a child from his bed this morning. the child screamed and a man ran from the scene. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00", what the boy's father has to say about the attack. alison: well, developing now, a trio of self-described vigilantes are in police custody in new jersey. officers found guns, ammunition, vests and knives. they were going to rescue a teen. held by drug dealers 1234506789 u.s. attorney general loretta lynch visited orlando in the wake of the terror attack there and

first responders. >> this is a shattering attack on the nation, people and ideals. the message of orlando that i have seen today what the american people have seen is the message of determination. to live our lives freely without fear and stay true to the principles of liberty, justice and equality. that define america at our best. alison: on the hill new proposal in gun control debate. tim kaine joined bipartisan group to unveil a new bill to keep guns out of the hands of terrorist. jonathan elias at the live desk with the details. jonathan

failed to pass four gun control bills. >> after spending a week listening to republicans talking about radical islam terrorism. this is the definition of cowardice. jonathan: the bill had three provisions. no one on the no fly or selectee list can buy a firearm. if you feel you are on the list you can appeal with the burden of proof by the government. if you win you can get the court costs reimbursed. the f.b.i. will be immediately notified if anyone in broader terror screening data base tries to go out and buy a gun.

>> if you are too dangerous to fly on an airplane you are too dangerous to buy a gun. jonathan: today people arrested outside fairfax this morning are facing charges of loitering on public highway after spending the night outside the building. that is the latest from the "live desk." back to you. alison: thank you very much. well a what thought was a precious moment turned out to be a sad signs of the times. she snapped a picture of her daughter on the toilet at the michigan home. she thought the little girl was doing something cute. then the child told her this. >> i learned later that she was practicing for a lockdown drill. i was totally taken bang. alison: so, yeah, her daughter told her she was practicing for a lockdown drill. shet wanted to post it for her

impact what she believe is a lack of gun control policy in the u.s. she hopes it will spur action. leon: interesting to see if it does.n coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- first too much ice. now not enough latte. the latest lawsuit asking starbucks to get it right. alison: later, did you see this? smoke billows out of a popular place to live and shop. 123450 fighting the heat and the flames. record temperatures scorch the west. alison: but first -- >> 52 years later. we have done all we can do. closing the file on one of the darkest cases in history.

alison: new developments tonight in the murders of three civil rights murders 50 years ago. today marks 52 years since michael, james and andrew goodman were abducted and killed in mississippi. they were working to register african-american voters in the

attacked by member of the ku klux klan. bodies were found buried in a dam. late night federal and state authorities are ending the investigation because there are no more viable suspects to prosecute. leon: two wildfires burning near los angeles now. they have scorched 5,400 acres and forced massive evacuations but that is not the only region scorched by flames. 17 large wildfires are burning eight western states including alaska. reporter: overnight north of los angeles two separate fires forced hundreds to leave. at least 53400 acres torched in two separate fires burning dangerously close to each other. the reservoir fire difficult to fight over steep terrain and the fish fire approaching people's homes. >> it's nervous wracking. reporter: people picking up garbage hoses

>> this is my home. >> the winds are kicking up. temperatures are high. perfect storm. reporter: 17 large wildfires burning in eight western states including action. high winds remain a concern today. four states, california, utah, nevada and utah have excessive heat warning. arizona had five people die due to the heat. pair metics making a hundred calls in 116 degree temperatures. the scorching heat is moving east with 100-degree temperatures expected from colorado to kansas. for the california wildfires the crews hope that the blazes don't merge into one huge inferno. in new york, abc news. alison: well it seems like the chimes in the weather center for all the alerts seem to be slowing down. is that true? or not? steve: one just came out. alison: there is still more. steve: this is a new one. straight to the maps. i'll show where it is

southwestern baltimore county. northern howard county. northwestern montgomery county. southeastern frederick county. until 6:00. another 40 minutes to go on this one. this storm cell moving east at 35 miles per hour. has 60-mile-per-hour winds rodded. half dollar size hail as potential. another severe thunderstorm warning expires just off to the southern portion of washington county. that is at 5:45. show you what is going on at the weather bug network. national harbor. looking toward the west. the skies are really beginning to darken. this is a storm cluster in a moment warning on with the severe weather. this is what it looks like with the radar. these are all the watch boxes and the warning boxes underneath. what you see in pink is severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. the orange boxes are severe

howard county to baltimore county until 6:00. take a trip and trip away the watch box behind it. talk about what is going on closer to the d.c. area. montgomery county, gaithersburg, moderate rain. further north to 270 is where we have the stronger thunderstorms developing. the storms capable of producing wind gust of upward of 660 miles per hour. if you watch us in the sugar land run or bethesda this storm is moving over your area. as we head through the next half hour or 45 minutes. south we go to remington area the warning has come down earlier than expected. good news there. culpeper area, gustq wind and the heavy downpours. we have wind and downpours but lightning out there. and hail. scooching to the

stephensberg, 5:35. the cell will advance to the east at 25 miles per hour. chesapeake ranch is on the dry side of things. to thed metro to mclean and ballston area, showers. nothing warned on. southern half of the capital beltway around the wilson bridge is dry now. that will change in the next half hour and 45 minutes. this is going to drift south and east. we have chopper video to show you up near baltimore. show you what is going on. west friendship, maryland, off i-70. the skies are very dark. this is the eviest rain until 6:00. 40 minutes on

the weather map. flood continues. montgomery county under flash food warning. tonight the showers and the storms will end. 63 to 69 for overnight low. tomorrow there is a turn around. on thursday we will do it over again. strong thunderstorm. when we get storms out of here it will give way to a nice stretch of days on friday, saturday, sunday. highs in the 80's. i'll track the storms. it will settle down in the next two or three hours. alison: we like the timing of the weekend.

lesson. we get towns we never heñiard of before. summer duck? that is a first. stev?bwe: it's theoremmington. a hot spot. leon: take your word for it. alison: thank you. coming up, you could call it a thing of beauty for the eyes and the ears. ♪ ♪ leon: this is no c.t.i. or optical illusion. this guy is really playing. a grand piano in the middle of the arctic. we'll explain why coming up. ♪ ♪ alison: today to politics, neck in neck. the latest numbers show how close it could be come november. leon: now a look at what is coming up tonight on abc.

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reporter: a new poll gives donald trump the edge over donald trump leading 47-42% among registered voters. 22% also said their minds could change before they go to the polls in for. clinton aims to widen the gap blasting every level of trump's economic plan in a speech in ohio. >> every day we see how wreckless and careless trump is. he is proud of it. well, that's his choice. accept when he is asking to be our president. reporter: clinton needs to land punches. the new poll shows trump stronger on economic issues. in her speech clinton trashed trump's tax policy, his business record and claimed his economic plans would launch america into another recession, calling trump the king of debt. >> hillary clinton is onl

right about one thing. i understand debt and how to handle it. i have made a fortune off debt. but debt for the country is disaster. >> trump tweeted that he plans to reveal clinton's bad judgment. popularity may be part of the fallout. new poll shows neither candidate scores high in favorability. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- there's an app for that? a look at a way that some women are getting a key prescription filled that raises congress certains for kids. alison: -- raises concerns for kids. alison: later, a family's hope turns to heartbreak after a dispute between neighbors takes a nasty turn. >> dominion crews are working the scene after a fire. i'm amy aubert. i have the

that is until 6:15. the strongest storms north and west of d.c. area. this is what it looks like on radar. still raining inside the capital beltway. strip away the watch box that is in effect until 9:00 tonight. we head in a little closer to northern montgomery county. these cells can produce gusty wind, heavy downpour and small hail. we will track the storms and have an update in a few minutes. alison: see you then. thank you very much. reminder to stay connected with the storm watch 7 weather team through the wjla.com and facebook and the twitter feeds. you can download the storm watch 7 app for your phone or tablet. leon: a burst water line sent water flowing in the rayburn house office building. clean-up is underway. the congressial staff and the capitol hill visitors are asked to avoid the area. steve: we will break in to give you an update on newly issued severe thunderstorm

this just came out until 6:15. it includes fairfax, falls church, alexandria, arlington, city of fairfax. once again fairfax county, also includes alexandria. arlington and fairfax city until 6:15. we have a thunderstorm capable of producing 70-mile-per-hour winds with half-dollar size hail. that is going to continue to move on off toward the northeast. excuse me, the southeast at 25 miles per hour. you can see the map we made for you. d.c. the district at 6:15 or so. the district is not under the warning but it is going to see or will see the strongest storms. d.c. anda

flash flood warning for fairfax, prince william, loudoun and fauquier counties until 8:30. we will track the tomorrow moving south and east at 25 miles per hour. more in a few minutes. alison: thank you. heavy black smoke flowed through the streets in arlington this morning after a transformer vault caught fire. this happened at the market common in the clarendon section of arlington. amy aubert has an update on what happened. amy: black smoke pouring through clarendon boulevard. neighbors capturing the entire thing on video. >> we actually watched the fire for ten or 15 minuteses keep building and getting bigger. amy: waiting out out behind the yellow tape. crews say a transformer vault in the street caught fire before 9:00 tuesday mornin

>> at that point the crash unit from the national airport was requested for their dry chemical and the foam capabilities. >> smoke. i'm sure you could see it for miles away. amy: chris says he was trapped in an elevator for half an hour. >> i was just going to work to take the elevator to the garage. all of a sudden it went pitch black. >> it wasn't until after he and two others were rescued they heard about the flames. >> that is when it got us. a little more scary. we could start to smell the smoke. we knew something wasn't right. >> if flames got the flames got up to 30 feet. amy: crews couldn't confirm how many transformers are in the vault. they tell us no injuries were reported. >> it will be different than i thought today. they cleared the scene around noon today. in arlington, amy aubert, abc7

news. alison: we sent a breaking news text alert about this when it happened. you can sign up to get notifications on your phone, wjla.com. leon: all right. check out this scene. boy, fire ripping through a barn in fairfax county. this happened in the morning around 3:30 on van thompson road. the fire officials say the barn didn't have animalsen side. no one was hurt. this isn't the first time the structure was caught on fire. it turns out the roof was on fire a week ago. investigators ruled that was an accident. today's fire is still under investigation. alison: "7 on your side" health matters alert tonight about birth control pills available through an app. well, for many of them app can describe women, girls as young as 13 birth control without stepping foot into a doctor's office. the women first have the option to answer questions about their health online or by video chat and then they are paired to a doctor who talks tem

and ultimately can provide the prescription. the new websites and the apps require no legislative approval since clinicians still write prescriptions and need to follow state laws for telemedicine. still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- topping off what some customers want from starbucks with the latte lawsuit. leon: coming up new at 6:00. the newest snapchat user called the white house home. we have first lady michelle obama signed up for the

steve: the newest warning south of district. it includes fairfax, arlington, alexandria. this is now until 6:15. some of the areas that it will impact,

old town alexandria at 6:03. oxon hill, 6:09. the rest of the area in thunderstorm watch until 9:00. the area in pink. another severe thunderstorm warning northern howard county. western or montgomery county. wind gusts upward of 60 miles per hour. man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me.

alison: in tonight's "spotlight on education," scrabble, anyone? that is you something students may ask from buck lodge middle school. they finished first in maryland and 12th in the nation. in the vocabulary bowl. it required participants to spell words correctly and provide the definition. buck lodge students mastered more than 100,000 words. leon: wow! >> all students would practice vocabulary and the math classes. the whole class tried to master words.

>> he was performing in the middle of the arctic ocean as part of the campaign to protect the area. >> it's incredible. you can feel the pureness in the fragility of the area. leon: as i was saying he mentions that you can see the walls of the icebergs there crumbling as he plays there. alison: wow! leon: he played aga

massive glacier. the crumbling scene in the background which made it on the recording, i watched the whole thing. completely underscores the point they are trying to make. striking. alison: how does he keep his fingers from freezing up? leon: i don't know. alison: warm them up somehow. coming up here on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- safetrack. the second phase of a massive maintenance push hits its stride. >> a young family in mourning over the loss of after a beloved dog they say was murdered by a

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alison: we are monitoring a story out of maryland where a family is struggling to come to terms with death of their puppy. brad bell reports now their neighbor is accused of killing the little dog. brad: this was little harley, a tiny chihuahua a few

old. so small he fit in his master's pocket. tonight the owners seth and jessica say their can't stop crying about his death sunday afternoon. >> we went from celebrating father's day one minute to having a dog in our arms dying. >> he was vh1 of my children. my pet child. i feel like i lost a child. brad clap what makes it so bad is harry was killed by the neighbor in a fit of rage. tonight the woman who lives across the street sabrina richards is charged with the crime. >> i have never seen the rage, i have never seen someone so enraged to do that to an innocent creature. >> it started when angry richards barged in her house looking for her husband. they told her to leave. seth and jessica say before they could get the dar closed the little dog ran out and was on the porch. th

it so hard that little harley landed all the way down here on the yard where now they have set up a little memorial. that memorial set up by 7-year-old olivia who wrote a poem about her puppy. >> i am so sad. i miss you so much. brad: richards was not home for comment. she is facing animal cruelty charges. the owners speaking out hoping for justice. brad bell, abc7 news. leon: the most awful thing we had this week. crazy. the second weekday of the second safetrack surge is wrapping up now on metro for the next week and a half it will be closed on the orange, blue, silver lines at eastern market. the shuttle wases will help the passengers head east from there. no service between rosslyn and arlington national cemetery. you can stay a step ahead of the safetrack changes now with the text alerts from u

text the word "metro" to us at 43817. alison: let's check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. weather is causing a problem on the roads. jamie: it has. look behind me. this is traffic along the capital beltway. if you travel on the inner loop past tysons to get closer to the american legion bridge. you can barely see through the raindrops that cover the camera. you can tell that the traffic is barely moving. go ahead and focus in on other issues we have. this is slow. we move to the maps in virginia, heavy as well. this camera shot is better and we have seen the delays northbound as well as southbound getting to dale city. this stretch on the beltway from the springfield interchange closer to the wilson bridge is under 25 minutes. a lot of traffic lights

and florida avenue. all of these street as a four-way spot. moving to talk about what we are seeing in the area where we saw the first camera shot this is where we are seeing it now that it is getting bad. use caution. poles and wires down in some areas. watch out for the debris. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. we hear the thunder out now. "7 on your side" with consumer alert. lawsuit against starbucks. federal judge ruled two customers can sue the coffee chain. it at it cuses star bunks of overcharging -- at it accuses starbucks of serving lattes that are too small. the manager says if they are unhappy with the drinks they will remake them. alison: you can buy all the lattes that you want if you win the megamillions jackpot. up to $33 million. play in d.c., maryland, virginia. the odds of winning we throw this in there are 1 in 176 million. leon: so you are saying there is a chance.

weather. we hear the thunder. alison: we have thunder rumbling overhead. steve: a better chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the power ball i bet. nothing to joke about. talk about what is going on in terms of the severe weather. straight to the weather map. this is where we have a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. everything this pink, active severe thunderstorm warning out there for fairfax and howard county. this is what it look like from the udvar-hazy center at the dulles international airport. 15 minutes ago the cloud formations were amazing. it is beginning to improve out there. there are stronger storms at this time to strip away the severe storm watch box for you and keep the warnings out there. northern montgomery county and frederick county. warning coming to an ends. across metro burke and alexandria, oxon hill, mou

the path of the severe thunderstorm. capable of wind gusts that are 30 to 40 miles per hour. the latest warning that came out. 6:15. clarksburg, germantown and gaithersburg you look for potential for stronger winds. the severe thunderstorm warning for clark, frederick and jefferson counties. 13,000 peak are impacted by this storm. that is set to expire at 6:30. aalex liggitt handing mu information. montgomery county, fairfax, alexandria and arlington until 8:45 this evening. we will keep you updated but first head to erin. erin: thank you. tiger woods tournament the quicken loans national begins at congress. we will have more at 6:00 but first, scott abraham hit the links with a special olympic

star takes us to golf course in fairfax station. >> that sweet sound. the club meets golfball. >> yeah! i just gripped it and ripped it. scott: 29-year-old dave is quite the golfer. >> i'm pushing myself to get better. steve: he is masters the sport despite being diagnosed diagnosa lishing disability as a -- learning disability as a child. >> you learn how to deal with it. steve: 20 years ago he found special olympics to forever change his life for the better. >> i'm glad they are there. if he hadn't had the opportunities no telling what. steve: he has traveled the world competing. he says he simply is living his dream. to enjoy every swing he takes. >> i want to

what special athletes are capable of. >> leading by example for the next generation of special olympic athletes. >> with hard work and determination you can get where i am now. scott: swinging his way to the top. erin: a great example. inspirational. do you know an athlete in the d.m.v. area that overcome adversity? contact us at

alison: thousands of young people getting ready to start work. before but they get to work they had to stand in line. sam ford explains. sam: many of the 15,000 people were in lines and wrapped around the verizon center today. they came in shifts to pick up the transportation cars at the program now gives

>> i am working for my old middle school. >> they are stacking money. >> pull enough money until i go to school. this is the 37th year. hundreds of thousands of young people have been through it. the second year they entered the fare cards to make it easy to get two and from work. each is 14 to 24-year-old now gets a $110 metro fare card for the six-week program. >> that is the biggest thing about getting back to work. the cost is absorbent. >> some didn't like the waiting. >> it's hot outside. >> i don't kno

mail it to us. they got through it. alison: thank you. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". "abc7 news at 6:00" begins with a severe weather alert. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. is that look and listen to that. at 6:00 hail pull mels the area while others deal with lightning and intense rain. part of a powerful storm system crashing across the area. that has us on severe weather alert. utilizing the resources to keep you covered. newschopper7 is gathering images of the aftermath of the storm as richard reeve and brad bell. we will check in with themi

outside now. boy, coming down out there. we are tracking this. where do they stand now? >> heavy rain. severe thunderstorm warning in effect for fairfax, arlington and alexandria. until 6:15. this does not include the district. central d.c., downtown d.c. looking at heavy rain. strip away the watch box until 9 segmenter tonight. head in closer. strongest storms over the d.c. metro area. another batch of the stronger storm northern montgomery county. that is arlington and alexandria. this will move toward the east southeast. 25 miles per hour. producing heavy rain. wind gusts up to 30 and