doesn't seem to be showing any signs of stopping anytime soon. i got a text from a source outside the house chamber telling me that that more senate democrats will join the house democrats as it flows in the house chamber well over 100 people at this point. the chant and the hashtag they are using today. no bill, no break. it was a dramatic and a chaotic scene at 11:30 this morning. 60 house democrats led by democratic and civil rights leader john lewis of georgia sitting down on the house floor. the house republicans gaveling the house out of session calling this move out of order. against the house rules. at that point, the cspan cameras inside the house were shut down. all afternooner the house democrats have been sitting on the flash, posting photo to twitter and facebook. calling for vote on gun control legislation inc

terrorist to obtain firearms and calling for expanded background checks. the democratic senators, barbara mikulski and tim kaine have joined the house members on the floor. many of whom have been giving speeches about how the gun violence impacted the community back home. >> now in the time to get in the way, the time to act is now. we will be silent no more. >> conspiracy of silence against tackling gun violence. we are not silent anymore. we are not bystanders anymore. that is what last week was about in the senate and today is about in the house. jeff: house republicans have no appetite to appease the democrats. not only calling the house to recess but many republicans say they have no interest in holding vote on the gun control legislation bills. the democra

about. we are in the sixth hour of the sit-in. no signs at any point it will be stopping anytime soon. live on capitol hill, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you, jeff. see what plays out there. in the meantime we are following breaking news from arlington where the police closed down washington boulevard at second road south of route 50 near the gate at fort meyer if you know the area. jay korff is live on the scene. he checks in with us to give us the latest. we understand that the police are investigating a report of gunshots there? what are you hearing? >> moments ago, multiple gunshots fired. i'm on second street south above washington boulevard closed in both directions as you can see. authority are confirming when they came up to the station wagon. a member of the law enforcement walked up to the car. they say the person inside to

person fired a number of shots. the person in the vehicle is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. due to the serious nature of the incident and the shots being fired the law enforcement wanted to make sure they and others would be safe. they didn't know if there was any danger in the vehicle. so they shut down both directions of washington boulevard. they are going over the scene to make sure they investigate what happened. this is during rush hour and this main corridor here in arlington. being shut down. causing domino effect of the traffic issues throughout the area. so this is an area you want to avoid. reporting live in arlington, jay korff, abc7 news. leon: thank you. get back to us if you hear something new. trees are down, cars are crushed. people cleaning up after the nasty storms swept through the area last night. the clock is ticking now before t

storms rolls through the region. our meteorologist steve rudin is live in the stormwatch7 system monitoring the forecast. we are getting more of that activity coming through? steve: exactly. freshly updated computer model just come in. i want to show what is going on for the evening hours. no problems at all if you are outdoor activities this everything. go for it. you can swim or play golf or play tennis or barbecue. temperatures in the 90's. we will be in the 70's overnight. this is what it looks like. by 9:00 hour this is overhead, the d.c. metro. keep in mind this is a computer generated model here. this will likely fluctuate as it moves through the next 12 hours or so. this is a good idea of what to expect. another round of the strong storms tomorrow afternoon. more on that plus looking at the upcoming w

in a few minutes. leon: all right. as you know, howard county was the bullseye for the damage in the area. today the national weather service confirmed e. ef-0 tornado touched down on the ground for 13 miles. richard reeve picks up the team coverage. richard: there is debris everywhere. there is thousands without electricity. the roar of a chainsaw. the scream of a woodchiper. >> we didn't see anything. that is what made it scary. richard: glenelg, maryland, slammed by a tornado. >> trees are down. trees are in the wires and electric poles have to be replaced. >> the midst of the clean-up chaos is

she and her brother were huddling in a downstairs laundry room when the massive tree went down in front of the house to back. >> all you can hear is the glass shattering. crushing and breaking of wood. >> this is what 78-year-old carolyn johnson's front yard looks like. >> i heard boom from the trees. the trees snapped in two by 80-mile-per-hour winds. pile of unwanted wood everywhere. >> it was so fast. i didn't have time to get scared. >> this is hobbs road, tornado alley. >> block party is out. >> the only source of the power, generators like this. cookout to thank the utility crews for the work after a destructive day. >> no one was hurt and no one died. no where you know has serious injuries, that is amazing to me. >> like we said, the tree debris is everywhere. look at this. downed power lines on the

ground here. these are the repair crews over here. they are working on this. the work, still 2100 people without power. live in glenelg, maryland. >> thank you, rich. didn't mean to confuse you with steve. all right. look at this video. in the last hour metro released this inside the cleveland park metro station in last night's storms. look, a time lapse. you can see the people there standing on the stares and on the escalator. water just pours over the feet and down in the station. metro closed the station for several hours. they want to get things to dry out. 240 one was -- no one was injured. alison: we want to thank all of you who took time to send us video and photos. we can't be every

what is happening in much as of the area as possible. see the photo gallery at wjla.com. send them to pics@wjla.com. leon: stay connected connected e stormwatch7 weather team before the next round of storm hits the area. go to wjla.com. follow abc7 on facebook and the twitter feed as well. you can download the storm watch 7 app for your smartphone or tablet. alison: right now residents of a d.c. apartment complex are fighting to get back rent a judge agrees they overpaid. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes is live in northwest at their protest. horace: they are gathering here behind me at 1320 nicholson street northwest. some say they are owed thousands of dollars by their landlord. >> how much does the landlord owe you in your opinion? >> around

horace: $7,000? >> $7,000. >> he says lived at the apartment for 18 years. for the past couple he and the other tenants -- >> coming from the upstairs apartment. coming down on the ceiling. it is landing on the kitchen sink. >> conditions have deteriorated. >> one problem we have garbage in the basement. the rats come in because there is so much garbage. from there they climb up in the apartment. horace: at the same time, a couple of years ago the land lord filed hardship petition with the city. landlords are allowed to file hardship petition if they are making less than 12% profit. the lard lord raised the rent. they help the tenants organize and challenge the rent increase in court and the judge ruled in their fair claiming the landlord filed papers incorrectly and lordered the tenants be given

tenants have been waiting but they haven't gotten the money back. >> they are tired of waiting around. no one else is enforcing the decision. it's time for the tenants and the supporters to hold the land lord accountable. >> there are 50 or 60 tenants who live in the building. they will be gathering and kicking off the protests. they tell me in a few minutes. we were able to talk to the land lord briefly by phone. late this afternoon. he said that really the issue was that the city filed the papers wrong. he actually has done nothing wrong. is disputing this. reporting live in northwest, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: thank you. coming up at 5:00 -- >> not ideal to fly in the winter the antarctica. there is reason we don't fly this time of year. alison: rare rescue underway that has roots in our area. leon: amazing st

fight heroin epidemic sweeping across the country. alison: but first, the area is not the only one dealing with the nasty weather. where floods are impacting 7 million people.

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alison: you will remember he walked in the fox affiliate in april in an animal costume claiming to have a bomb strapped to him. but it turned out it was made of candy bars. the judge today said that brizzi showed sign of mental illness. he will be sent to a state hospital and not stand trial. leon: dual speeches in the race for the white house making news. and donald trump today took aim at hillary clinton's credibility. the clinton campaign fired back a short time ago. we have the back and forth. >> hillary clinton. a world class li

mincing words in the latest attack on the democratic opponent. >> hillary clinton hay be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> reading from a teleprompter the presumptive republican nominee laid out his plan as president and laid into hillary clinton saying she rigged the political system for personal gain and special interest. >> they totally own her. that will never ever change including if she ever became president. god help us. reporter: trump even made an appeal to democrats. >> we are asking bernie sanders voters to join us our movement. reporter: the speech come after a bad day for trump. new numbers show he lags tens of millions in fundraising and the new polling has him trailing clinton five points nationally. clinton piled on with her own attack on his business record and economic

>> he just continues to spout reckless ideas that will run up our debt and cause another economic crash. reporter: trumps speech may mark a reset of his campaign. he fired manager corey lewandowski and is bringing in new political operatives to help refine the message as the campaign looks to november. leon: meanwhile in the district of the upcoming presidential election is pithing neighbor against neighbor. >> i have decided to put the flags up. you know what? i will put a trump sign up, too. >> i put my sign up he said you did it because i had mine. i said you're right because i said that just couldn't stand there. leon: more on what could feel like a contentious counterpoint tonight at 6:00. alison: they seem pretty pleasant so far shaking hands. we go to china now. this is developing there. the search for at least two dozen missing people. this is after

slides to eastern china. 35 people have been killed there. more than 7 million others are affected by the damage. now estimated at $96 million. tonight at least 90 people are dead. all killed by lightning strikes in india. can you imagine? the light show happened in monsoon rains yesterday. four indian states saw the lightning strikes and one of the states the strikes set a grim record for the highest number of the fatalities in a single day. indian government statistics show that lightning is the leading killer among all natural disasters in india. leon: wow! who would have thought that? you are surprised by that, aren't you? steve: i am surprised. a lot of people in one day. 90 folks. well had a lot of lightning around here yesterday with storms. and the confirmed tornado in howard county. neat video from the security camera. a lot of folks have these in their homes to look at the front lawn watching for packages delivered. this is a

this is from frederick, maryland. leon: struck the package? steve: it struck above the garage. show the video. you can see. corner of the screen and then you hear the alarms going off. there it is. leon: left-hand side. steve: thankfully, even though the house was struck, not significantly damaged. just a small fire they were able to contain quickly. the power out of the weather. why you stay away from windows and find a low space when it comes to thunderstorms. wild. leon: wow! alison: more storm. steve: more tomorrow. we will go straight to the graphics for you to show you what is going on right now in ocean city. a great place to go. the weather is not so great tomorrow. but the upcoming weekend, fast forward. the temperatures in the low 80's. the surf temperature middle 60's to 70. if you

tonight. the barbecue forecast is fantastic. clouds in the next hour or so. we may see breaks in clouds 7:00 or 8:00. not a tremendously beautiful sunset but a little sunset this evening. the temperatures will slowly fall through the 80's. satellite and radar for you. we have a flash flood watch that will go into effect overnight and the day tomorrow. western maryland hugging the i-81 corridor. the areas that are likely to see the heaviest rains from the storms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. this is what we have out there now. you can see the line of storms now beginning to develop across indiana to chicago. the you know of anyone with travel plans to or from chicago, it will be a bumpy ride.

we are under a slight risk. the biggest problem out here will be the heavy rain. the clouds will be on the increase. thunderstorms dep by dawn. grab an umbrella. keep your patience handy tomorrow. our freshly updated future cast. 5:00 in the morning, showers and thunderstorms entering western maryland. look what happens moving in the 9:00 hour. heavy rains over the district. arlington, alexandria, down to fredericksburg. this will move out of here eventually. and yet another round of storm on the way late afternoon and into the evening hours. some may become severe. we will get this out of here by friday. for tomorrow, keep a watch. eye to the sky. showers and the thunderstorms in the

everything. highs will be in the middle 80s. look at the next seven days. we clear things out nicely. friday may see a storm or two in the mountains. lower 80's. mid-80's on saturday. upper 80's on sunday. showers and storms on monday and tuesday but not looking anything like we are expecting tomorrow morning. don't forget "good morning washington" starts at 4:30. veronica, eileen and jackie on duty. they will keep you ahead of the storms and keep you safe. leon: okay. alison: awesome. sounds good. thank you. leon: you know a good way to stay safe is with guns. that sounded weird. doesn't make sense. this will. check it out. the only way to beat the heat of summer and stay safe and not get overheated. use water guns. nearly 7,000 people say they will do to cool off. and what they will hope to be the largest water gun fight in d.c. history next month. organizers calling now for the folks to come up and gather near the washington monumented. july 9 at 1:00 p.m. now the blog

reports that the same person who organized the massive snowball fight in meridian hill park in january is behind this idea is well. alison: that is the first thing i thought of. snowball fights. man. that will be interesting. all right. some changes are coming to the water in d.c. schools. leon: we will explain that. why a drug already on the market could hold the key to stopping a deadly disease. >> a physics teacher in arlington gives us a lesson on apt arkca in light of -- antarctica in light of a rescue mission. i'm cheryl conner. he will talk about the research plan next year. alison: first a look at what is coming upment to --

the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection.ve your choice of delicious chicken or hearty steak. with crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. try our mediterranean collection today. subway. fresh is what we do. alison: "7 on your side" with health matters. could a drug already on the market help prevent breast cancer in high-risk women? the drug is currently used to treetops. the journal nature medicine reports in -- it's currently used to treat osteoporosis. the your mall nature medicine reports they are planning clinical trials but it could take ten years to see solid results. leon: the first step of a risky rescue operation in the

sick workers off the south pole arrived at a british air station this afternoon. cheryl conner spoke with a woman who is heading there for a unique perspective there. cheryl: mission complete. this airplane landed on the south pole to rescue two sick patients. the national science foundation says it returned to a station in antarctica away from the most dangerous conditions. >> i was in fair banks. heading to the sight of the rescue next year. the physics teacher at washington lee high school trained to deal with the conditions. >> strong winds. and 2 hours of darkness. >> extreme means 70 degrees right now during.

>> weather prediction. plane out of canada made it to a british research station in antarctica. and had to fly 900 miles to reach the south pole before transporting the patient. >> we don't have the capability of handling it site. >> they have to go through medical checks and the average temperature will rise to negative 15. >> miss miller be away from her classroom for a month. but she plans to do live video chat with her students and others across the country. >> i think with my team supporting me and i should be okay. i hopefully be okay. >> in arlington, cheryl conner. cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: remarkable. the conditions. leon: crazy they are willing to do that but crazier they are able to do that. alison: it is. goodness. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" --

problems in flint. as d.c. schools take steps to make sure the water there is safe for the students to drink. >> this brand new shining community center in palmer park. an example of some of the good things that happened as a result of t.n.i. but the county also admitting that the work is not done in the neighborhood. palmer park among the communities staying in

ealison: new development in the flint water crisis. michigan's attorney general filed a civil lawsuit worth hundreds of millions of dollars against two water engineering companies that helped the city change the primary water source to the flint river. the suit claims negligence from two firms that caused and exacerbated the lead-tainted water crisis. the firms are already facing suits from flint residents. now we turn to the water crisis at d.c. schools we first reported on last month. deputy mayor kevin donahue says the city is spending $2 million to face walt -- place water filters in any d.c. building that accommodates children. this comes after the standard by the academy of pediatrics announced nid level over 1 b.p. requires abatement. 15 used to be the standard.

installed. leon: a major vote tomorrow coming in britain. this is all about deciding whether or not the country will leave the european union. jonathan elias is live to explain why the outcome won't just have an impact across the pond. jonathan: the polls are showing that the people are split down the middle of the issue. both sides are lobbying very hard for their side. newspapers are printing special editions. groups are now lobbying for support out on the streets of london. prime minister david cameron says britain should stay in the 28-nation bloc because leaving would cause economic chaos. those who want to leave the e.u. say the burden of refugees and immigrants from other countries and also bailing out other countries in the e.u. is becoming too much of a drag on england. what remains unclear tonight is the impact an exit vote would have on the rest of the world. u.s. federal reserve chair yellowstone national park

reserve chair janet yellin says it could lead to uncertainty around the world. that is never good. we will keep a close eye on the vote and let you know what happens. i'm jonathan elias, back to you. leon: see what happens. major implications involved there. all right. coming up at 5:00 -- >> a local high school raises thousands of dollars for a new wheelchair. all for a special student and in the process they change the lives of everyone involved. alison: then later, the maryland meeting trying to develop a strategy to fight the heroin epidemic. leon: coming up tonight at 6:00 -- imagine seeing this billboard while driving out there on the road. what is more shocking is it was put up by someone running for congress. we'll explain.

steve: it's already wednesday. looking forward to the upcoming weekend. going to d.c. united game against new england it starts at 7:00 on r.f.k. stadium on saturday. during the evening hours plenty of sunshine early on. lower to middle 80's. we will fall in the middle 70's moving through the afternoon. let me take you out with a look at the evening. seven-day outlook to take us through the next seven days. friday is beautiful. the weekend is stunning. there the mountains to the delmarva

leon: "7 on your side" and kevin lewis trying to get answers of exposed wires that are making residents nervous. what is this all about? kevin: the problem is more than 100 light poles are missing the safety caps. this is a noncontact voltage detectors. it sounds a tone when it recognizes an electric current. if you walk with me, i will place the device against the wires. the device will not stop beeping. >> this is a possibility that electrocution can occur. >> take a ride dow

near shady grove hospital. you will likely see this. dozen of light poles with elec tri wires. in some cases the metal rods are exposed to the weather and humans. >> if they are working on it, they have to close it up every night. >> rockville resident spotted the hazard on an evening walk with his wife. he fired off a flurry of e-mails. >> when did you contact montgomery county? >> i contacted montgomery county last week. >> has anything happened since? >> nothing. going down the street each evening. i haven't seennariry -- i haven't seen nary a highway official or d.o.t. kevin: they told us that it recently asked pepco to restore electricity to the street lights but for some reason those crews didn't replace the safety covers on dozens of the metal poles. so this afternoon we used a

which confirmed the wires are hot. >> in law enforcement this is what they would call criminal negligence. failing to perceive the risk. not doing anything about it. >> montgomery county officials say a contractor will begin fixing the light poles on monday. the job could take two or three weeks to complete. still no word from pepco, though, about how the problem started in the first place. live in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: thanks, kevin. let us know folks how 7 can be on your side. call the hotline at 866-236-3401. or send the team an e-mail at tips@wjla.com. alison: $363 million. that is how high the lottery jackpot soared. you have another opportunity to try your luck. two winners matched five numbers for a $1 million prize last night.

numbers. so the next drawing is coming up friday night. leon: the next one has nothing to do with money. you can't put a price on the impact of the story. montgomery county high school sets out to help a fellow student and an amazing thing happens. not only does the school make a difference in the person's life, but the people have an impact on the entire school community. meet the "harris' hero." ibra. and the student and staff at watkinsville high school. >> 20-year-old ibrahim has a new independence these days, all thanks to a new set of wheels. >> and the entire high school community. he has cerebral palsy and he can't control his body movements. he and his family moved from kenya six years ago he had been using a donated wheelchair. last year it became clear he needed a

>> that was the scene and a pep rally at the start of school. in a matter of months, the students and the staff exceeded their goal of raising $25,000 through a go found me campaign for a new power wheelchair. >> he thinks he is a boss now. >> the teacher matt johnson spear-headed the campaign. everyone embraced it for one simple reason. >> every day, i see a smile on his face. look at him. >> with the difficulties that he has, he is able to still have a smile on his face. and be happy. >> in the process of helping ibra he changed the culture for the entire school. >> got people looking out to the world. i think it's still in their brains now thanks to ibra. >> thank you. to all the students and the st

leon: that is the coolest story we have ever done. coolest thing we ever covered being done for somebody else. the new wheelchair arrived this spring. one day before his 20th birthday. they have a new fund. friends of ibra for other students there in need. alison: wow! leon: i don't know how you top that. alison: that teacher, you know, making the kids think about something other than themselves. is that and learning that at that age will change them for their lives. way to go. alison: congratulations on that. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- making metro great

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alison: "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. for months we have been tracking the heroin highway from baltimore to western maryland to west virginia. and then into virginia. but hour area is not the only part of the country dealing with the crisis. adam yosim went to a symposium today as 17 states try to work together to curb the epidemic. >> this symposium wasn't just for law enforcement agencies that brought them to the same table as knows the public health community for a collaborative approach to address the heroin and opioid epidemic. it brought together the drug trafficking areas that have resources to coordinate the drug control effort. the white house director of the national drug control policy called the event an

progress not just against heroin but all substance abuse. >> this conference is to really help amplify and replicate good programs we see happening in many areas of the country and bring them to scale in many of the local communities. >> the director described heroin of a drug that affects all ages, ethnicities from the cities to the suburbs. >> we have to work together and share information. government agencies are pitted against each other. they are supposed to work with each other. that has to take place from the grassroots on up to the federal level. >> tomorrow organizers announce a new way to share information from different agencies. those in the public safety and the public health make better decision when it comes to heroin and opioid treatment and prevention. leon: get a check of the roads for the evening commute tonight. eric smith on traffic watch for us.

>> this is 66. westbound traffic cleared to centreville at route 28. you can see a lot of volume still heading out this way. it will take a while to clear out. looking back to nutley street near the beltway. the delays will be jack-packed. also capital beltway near brad doc road. crash on the right shoulder is active. attracting attention from springfield. springfield to wilson bridge is solid. both ways lookable heavy at eisenhower -- looking heavy at the eisenhower and remains on the washington bridge. there is barely anything moving across to the 270 spur either. that is all from the traffic center now. back to you. leon: good deal. thank you, eric. talk to you later. today marks seven years since the deadly crash on metro red line. nine people were killed after a moving train collided with another one stopped between the takoma and fort totten station. investigation

transportation safety board found a faulty track circuit and part of metro automatic control system were to blame for the crash. alison: metro general manager announced a new hire. joseph leader is the system new chief operating officer. he will be in charge of metro rail, bus and paratransit services. leader comes from new york city where he was the head of subway operations and the chief of safe investigations there -- safety investigations there. the appointment comes in the midst of the second safetrack safety blitz. the phase focuses on blue, orange, silver lines eastern market and the blue line between rosslyn and arlington cemetery. you can get updates to all of that. leon: two local group want your ideas to make metro great again. coalition for smarter growth and the greater, greater washington are joining voices for the metrogreater contest. submit your ideas to improve experiences on

metrobus and access. there are ground rules involved. the ideas have to cost less than $100,000 and violate no laws and take three to six months to implement. so you have until july 15 to submit any ideas you have got. we have a link for you to do that at wjla.com. alison: okay. well -- leon: don't break the law. alison: all right. the more storms to talk about for tomorrow. steve: we have lunch box weather. we do this every thursday. it's something that is exciting and the last one of the school jerboas most of the kids, not all the kids now are out of cool. finally. finally. finally. meteorologist brian van de graaff visited crestwood elementary school in springfield.

the question is -- tell us about the craziest weather event you have ever tracked. the memorable was the blizzard of 1996. i moved here two weeks earlier from madison, wisconsin, where you think we had seen a lot of snow. i never had seen so much snow in my life. it kept snowing and snowing. doug hill working at that time. unbelievable. the first weekend of snow. about 18 inches at reagan national. it snowed for every weekend after that. the cars packed on connecticut avenue looked like maresh mellows and then the garbage trucks started to hit them. they couldn't see them so they used the garbage trucks as

alison: amazing. nothing like that right now. steve: absolutely. leon: that qualifies. steve: more on the severe storms in a bit. alison: thank you. leon: see what is happening in sports. what is the word? erin: you can tell how bad tiger woods wishes he was playing on the eve of the first round of the quicken loans national. he says he can't set a timeline for his return to professional golf. why he wishes he could play he is looking forward to giving back. >> it has been ten month since we saw tiger woods play professional golf. >> it's not fun. it is tough. erin: since tiger won't play in his own tournament this year the fans focused their attention on players like ricky fowler who took part of the shot for heroes today. with the former redskin turned radio host chris cooley playing emcee. >> do you know immediately upon release where it will land? >> pretty close. i don't hit with a

normally. no excuses, though. erin: baseball fans will recognize this guy. ken griffey jr. played in the pro am and tiger appreciated his buddy's show of support. >> for us to play, and b.j. is playing on the senior tour. champions tour. sorry. >> pga tour champions. >> there you go. for him to make the effort to be here is fantastic. >> how special is that for you? >> i'm mind blown. this is so cool. it's thankful. >> good for him to make the most of the opportunity. >> meanwhie

pack the streets to celebrate the cavaliers first ever nba championship. take a look. >> the entire state of ohio might have been out there for the parade today. the players could just crowd surf the streets. you can see the larry o'brien trophy out there. polished it off at one time. a sea of people. >> that is the best shot right there. you know the friends and family out there. leon: everybody i know was there. everybody i know was there. erin: it looks like it. leon: they are all wearing kyrie

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alison: in prince george's county, city leaders gathered to announce the next phase of transforming neighborhoods initiative. our maryland bureau chief brad bell was there and explain what is the initiative is and what is next. >> four years ago in glass mon

had come for help. >> the value had gone down. >> community activist jackie says the 4-year-old transforming neighborhood initiative, intense focus of county service in target areas was part of the cure. >> we wanted trees. we want crime down. >> the potholes aren't filled. >> the county executive today announcing his initiative has been so successful that three neighborhoods east riverdale, langely park and glass manor are transitioning out to community management. >> we see a difference in the community. hardest part is to get people to believe that government is responsive. >> the brand new shining community center is an example of the good things that have happened as a result of the t.n.i. but the county admitting that the work is not done in the neighborhood. palmer park is among communities staying in the program.

forestville, silver hill and lanham neighborhoods with tough job prospects with high truancy and high crime rates will be added to the program. a program glass manor jacquelyn key calls a success. >> when i call, they come. >> palmer park, brad bell, abc7 news. >> we will occupy this floor. we will no longer be denied a right to vote. alison: drama on capitol hill today. democrats lawmakers stage a sit-in to force a vote on the no fly, no buy gun control bill. who can forget the images from yesterday's storms? we are learning if any damage was done to metro by all the water rushing down into a d.c. station. new at 6:00, how the race for the white house left one d.c. neighborhood divided. >> from abc7 news,

breaking news alert. leon: we have breaking news coming in this hour from capitol hill. the fight over gun control measure now taking a new and somewhat unusual twist. dozen of democratic lawmakers spent the better part of the day holding a sit-in. they are trying to force a vote on gun control measures. this comes one day after the senate failed to pass four bills on the same issue. tom roussey live on capitol hill now. tom, what is the latest? what is going on? tom: [no audio] >> there has been a conspiracy of silence against tackling gun violence. any meaningful way. we are not going to be silent anymore. >> all the gun bills have been offered so far, none of them would have stopped any of the