announcer: now, "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: right now at 4:00, we are following two major stories. in louisiana, there is new information being revealed about the ambush that claimed three officers' lives and injured three others. and in cleveland, the republican national convention is underway, as protesters make their voices heard from outside the arena. we will have much more on both of the big stories in a second. michelle: first, though, we want to begin with a severe weather alert as we are trading in extreme heat for thunderstorms. alison: we'll begin with chief meteorologist doug hill. he is tracking them. what is the latest? doug: there are severe thunderstorms closing in to the immediate washington metro from the west. the entire area is under a severe thunderstorm watch and delayed. that watch goes all the way north and northeast to new england. we

stafford county warning in effect for 15 minutes. for the next half hour this area west of the city of washington under severe thunderstorm warning. this is how it looks right now at the chantilly, udvar-hazy center. usually you can see the control towers of dulles but they are slammed with the rain and the wind right now. it's moving our direction at 40 miles per hour. let's zoom in and give you details. there is the southern storm for the viewers in effect for a bit longer. this is the larger one that is pressing eastward. the storms are moving at 40 miles per hour. they will blow through quickly but briefly we will get a lot of lightning and heavy rain and strong wind gusts and proceed eastward through the eastern superbs and the chesapeake bay. the latest timing says in moments it will be at reston. 4:23, burke. 4:41 coming through the district. 4:47 in alexandria. east of town in bowie at 5:06. any more warnings come back, we will be back right away. aliso

of course, once the storms clear out we are still dealing with a week of very intense heat. so d.c. parks and strayings -- parks and recreation are extending the hours across the city. so now they will close at 9:00 all week. we have a complete list on the sites on the website at wjla.com. jonathan: baton rouge, the city that desperately need healing but yet, once again it is suffering. retired marine who appeared to be biding his time sprayed police officers with ar-15 rifle. as a result, three officers are dead. a fourth fighting for his life in a hospital. emily schmidt has the latest from louisiana. reporter: investigators are lacking into the strange world of mark gavin long who gunned dn three police officers on his 29th birthday before officers killed him. officials say he wanted to kill cops. long who legally changed his name

posting online saying, "fighting back was the only way to bring social change." fallen officers montrell jackson, matthew gerald and brad garafola are willing honored for their service. >> i watched them at football games and parades and being out in the parades. he does the right thing. reporter: the shootout comes two weeks after the controversial death of alton sterling in baton rouge and philando castile in minnesota. both african-american men killed by police. monday morning attorney general loretta lynch vowed to help heal rifts. >> now is the time to ensure that every american, everyone under the sheltering arm of our constitution feels respected, feels supported and feels safe. reporter: in the wake of this attack and the recent murder of five officers in dallas numerous police departments around the country are taking extra precautions for personnel. reporting from baton rouge,

jonathan: now that shooting in baton rouge on the heels of the ambush in dallas has police officers from all over the area on edge. in baltimore police are sending two officers to every call. in our next half hour, we will talk to an organization founded by black police officers about the current challenges they and the nation right now are facing. michelle: new developments in the nice truck attack. france's interior minister says investigators have yet to find any direct communication between the drive and isis. investigators believe the attacker was self-radicalized penalling support to the -- pledging support to the terror group and looking up information about the orlando nightclub shooting online. there is an attack in the french resort area killed 84 people, including three americans. alison: all of the horrific events like the attack in nice and the killings of police officers in texas and louisiana and that attack in orlando all underscore the focus of this. this is the first night of

republican national convention. that is security. jonathan: right now on the abc7 instapoll we are asking you what you want to hear about during this convention? the choices are national security, immigration, the economy, and race relations? if you would like to take part in the voting and it's instantaneous as far as the results go to wjla.com/votenow. michelle: the polls just opened up. the republican national convention is underway. you are looking live at the convention floor. things kicked off at:00 this afternoon with -- 1:00 this afternoon with the national anthem, followed by prayer and a moment of silence for the police officers killed in louisiana. the focus tonight is make america safe again. with that in mind, that theme could apply for concerns what is happening outside of the cleveland quicken loans arena. jonathan: many reporters set to cover the convention are showing the safety equipment they brought

you would think they were gearing up for war. alison: scott thuman tweeted his luggage and that included body armor. he joins us now to talk about security and the focus tonight. national security. scott: you are right. inside all smiles. festive atmosphere. no real worries about security inside. frankly getting inside is a difficult effort. once you are here there is a pretty significant sense of calm. outside, yes. a different scenario. you talk about the picture we tweeted out. it wasn't to alarm anyone but the matter of showing the difference between this convention and those past. there is a palpable sense of concern and worry. that is why security has been stepped up so much in light of what we saw that you have been talking about in baton rouge and dallas. one organization, global security journalists was recommending that the journalists bring military grade body

this is perhaps overstepping but you can never be too careful. this is, however, not traditional in many sense convention. we say that because not only is donald trump going to be the one on the main stage thursday night receiving the nomination. but at the same time, it's also because of the tone here. for example, take a look at who is going to be speaking. hey, we are not doing this where every four minutes we have another politician talk. you have everyone from the host of "duck dynasty" and melania trump, donald trump's wife taking the spotlight tonight. they say just set the tone that they aren't going to be the traditional g.o.p. format that takes place every four years at the events. we are seeing it so far. michelle: not the traditional line-up with the speakers. i want to ask you a question about security, though. talk about the open carry law in that state. folks have the right to walk around with the weapons in plai

what are the law enforcement officers saying to you in terms of their feelings about folks still being able to do that in the climate we are in now? scott: the areas we are in, we haven't seen it a lot. but we are working with the other politicians and we have other crews doing that. is it a contentious -- it is a contentious argument. i spoke to the head of the police union in cleveland. he is serious about it. he said, "yes, it is part of the law but we would like a state of emergency declared in light of what we have seen with the officers." they want john kasich to have open carry law stopped around the convention but the governor indicated it won't happen. they believe there is an antipolice sentiment amongst very small portion of the population it could get out of control. they

anyone with a gun. it may keep the eye off the prize and off the real focus and is just one more hurdle that the security experts say believe could be an issue. we will keep an eye on it and let you know if it develops into anything serious. alison: we'll talk to you all week. thank you for your reporting. tonight we hear from the woman who could become the next first lady. trump's wife melania. at 4:30 we look at her life, what led from being architectural student, to modeling to becoming a wife and a mother. jonathan: this just in. father of a fairfax man was critically hurt in an explosion in new york central park says his family is overwhelmed by the help they received since the incident. his son connor golden has undergone three operations since doctors amputated his left leg below the knee. terrorism not suspected in this case. but police are still looking for whoever it was that left a bag of homemade fireworks in

the 18-year-oldjumped on the bag -- 18-year-old jumped on the bag visiting the park july 3 and it exploded. michelle: for the third time a judge exonerated a baltimore police officer accused in freddie gray's death. this time it is the highest ranking officer charged in the case. lieutenant brian rice. now there are calls for the state's attorney to drop all charges against the three officers awaiting trial. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in baltimore with that angle of the story. brad? brad: just in the last couple of hours or so the head of the baltimore city police officers union called a press conference to say the state attorney needs to drop the malicious prosecution of the other officers. the union claiming there is no evidence. what we saw today, as the heavy winds come into town here, what we saw today was that the judge is agreeing with the f.o.p. that there is not much of a

lieutenant brian rice was the bicycle officer who first spotted freddie gray on the street of west baltimore. he initiated a pursuit after they made eye contact and gray took off running. rice called for additional officers to help make the arrest. he gave the orders to shackle gray's legs and loaded him face down on the floor of a police transport van choosing not to seat belt him to the bench. for that reason, prosecutors argue he caused the subment death of gray from a tunnellable in the back of the van. judge barry williams rejecting that claim saying just as he did in two prior acquittal of the officers charged in the case indicate that an error in judgment is not a criminal offense. finding rice not guilty on all counts. >> i'm not surprised at all. brad: arthur johnson, among a handful of peaceful protesters outside the courthouse. >> over nothing serious and not even reckless

endangerment. brad: when we come back at 5:00, you will hear from the head of the police officer union. he wants the case dropped but he is also calling for a better dialogue between the police and the community. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thanks. coming up next at 4:00, the hundred of millions mark convention on interstate 27 222 -- interstate 270. michelle: space-x off to the international space station and the important cargo coming up. president obama: the soldier that was there that day said with all due respect to john wayne. alison: the president awards the highest military decoration. heroic action by retired lieutenant colonel charles kettle ahead at 4:00.

doug: in the past few minutes we have severe thunderstorm warnings to tell you about. look full screen at the radar. full in the details. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 4:45 for portions of charles county, prince george's county, fairfax, prince william and stafford and king george in virginia. another warning out for the district. this is until 5:30. for the central, district, eastern, prince george's, anne arundel, calvert, fairfax, montgomery and the city of alexandria. they are moving quickly but they will rom and roll with thunder, lightning and winds. full update coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00".

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jonathan: check this owl. storm track 7. it's coming down heavy. some are seeing heavy rains and others see partial blue skies and it changes so fast. doug hill will have an update on the storms in a matter of moments. stay right there. michelle: more than 2 tons of supplies and gear speeding toward the international space station. a space-x fall come rocket launched this morning from cape canaveral. it includes a new port to standardize how spacecraft connect to the station. the space-x dragon crash will deliver the payload to the station wednesday morning. alison: maryland governor larry hogan is promising help for those constantly stuck

bottlenecks. chris papst in the newsroom with the improvements planned for i-270. chris, tell us about this. chris: today, governor hogan announced $230 million to reduce traffic along the heavily congested i-270 corridor. he says it's one of the biggest problems he encountered when he became governor. now he is making a push to improvement. the highway carries 260,000 vehicles a day. 20 years the numbers are expected to increase by 30,000 hogan said the congestion creates safety issues and it hurts the local economy. the $230 million, of that, $130 million will be for a new interchange at watkins mill road to reduce traffic on local streets. that construction should begin next summer. the other $100 million for ideas on how to solve the i-270 congestion. those proposals are due in january. >> we don't want to put the cart before the

to attract the best ideas from transportation, innovators and companies from across america to come up with the best idea. it's not what i want to see. it's what the best ideas are. we'll figure it out when we get if proposals. chris: the republican governor was announcing the transportation money, the republican national convention is starting in cleveland. we asked him why he is not there when he has attended five other republican national conventions. coming up at 5:00, we will tell you what he said. in the newsroom, chris papst, abc7 news. alison: okay. a very active weather day. michelle: storms. doug: we have a new severe -- numerous severe thunderstorm warning in effect. the entire metro area under a warning for the next hour or so is the ease east way to put it. give you live look at then conditions. this is live at national harbor on the maryland side of the potomac. in the background you see the wilson bridge.

the left of that looking back north and west of the area here, this is arlington. farther over is alexandria. this is the storm headed in our direction. a fast mover with a lot of rain, lightning and thunder. the overall picture, everything in pink is maryland, delaware, pennsylvania, to eng new -- new england under severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00. everything in yellow are severe thunderstorm warnings that are in effect. the areas to the south and southwest until 4:45, the larger area here from the district eastward to the chesapeake bay, that is under a warning until 5:30 this afternoon. here is the doppler radar. pretty much rain. not a lot of extensively heavy rain in the north baltimore area of the storm. but the red color shows how heavy the rain is. a lot of lightning. wind gust potential to 45 or 50 miles per hour as this line comes through the area. a quick zoom in. we have a little storm by

that is just north of acin his. we see the other -- that is north of annapolis. and we see the other line that is south of b.w.i. from gaithersburg south to northwest washington through cabin john to mclean and that is the line we looked at live. that is under effect until 5:30. this region here as the storms move in from the west. this is south of stafford through the blue ridge. that area is power packed with lightning and thunder as well. this is the main event for the next hour. savage, maryland, 4:23 the storm will come through. it should come through the district at 4:31. silver hill at 4:45. annapolis at 5:05. dunkirk at 5:18. a big storm. we keep an eye on the southern ones and the northern ones. but the good news it will be out of here by 6:00 or 6:30 this evening. so we will cool it down a tiny bit tomorrow.

it on wednesday. near 90 thursday. look what happens at friday, saturday and sunday. 9, 5 -- 95, 96, 99. i think the lyrics are "hot time in the summer." alison: you look nice and tan, relaxed. jonathan: you look relaxed. doug: i am for the moment until all of this stuff started. michelle: right. alison: coming up next at 4:00, the keynote speaker tonight at the convention as we told you is melania trump. we take a closer look at the woman who could become first lady. scott: i'm scott taylor live in montgomery county. coming up next, you will meet a family who desperately needs your help right now. the dad vanished 19 days ago. you can

jonathan: welcome back. 7 salutes an army hero. today, president obama awarded retired colonel charles kettles who served in vietnam the medal of honor. a uh1 helicopter commander kettles is credited with saving the lives of 40 soldiers and four of his crew members. before handing him the medal he received the high praise from kettles received from the seasonal he saved that day. president obama: a soldier there said that day major

with all due respect to john wayne, he couldn't do what charles kettles did. jonathan: kettles went on to develop an aviation management program at eastern michigan university college of technology and worked for chrysler upon his return to the u.s. he is now 86 years old. we congratulate him. michelle: well deserved. a family is pleading for help tonight finding a father who just vanished. alison: it has been close to three weeks since anyone has seen him. scott taylor spoke to the family. scott, what are they saying about this? scott: they are scared to death. they don't know what happened to idris sesay. i want you at home to play detective to help track the father down. they are trying to stay to the daily routine in s

spring, including packing a lunch for school. the little girl's father, 379-year-old idris vanished 19 days ago. they share two beautiful daughters in a 20-year relationship. they split a year ago and idris lives in lanham. they last saw him june 29 at the home when like clockwork daddy picked up the two daughters for a visit. his family is sending a message to hope to bring the man home. >> if you are out there, whatever it is we can fix it. just come home to your kids. please. it's really, really hard on them. forget whatever else is going on. you need to come home. scott: montgomery county police are doing everything they can to help find idris. we tweeted out his picture if you want to take a secon

and hopefully we'll have it at 5:00 or tweet it out as well. live in montgomery county, scott taylor, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. coming up next at 4:00 for us, she could be the next first lady. we take a closer look at donald trump's wife as she is all set to speak at tonight's republican national convention. michelle: local tennis players back home at the city open. alison: hear from them before the matches coming up. michelle: storm track 7 finding heavy rain in some places and peeks of sunshine in others. chief meteorologist doug hill is back with where the storms are head "why are you checking your credit score? "well you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "then she says...bazang!" "ok, good one." (laughs) "bazang. remember?" "bazang...you get it?" "bazang?" "yeah!" "uh, how do i check my credit score?" "credit karma, don't worry bud it's free."

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. doug: hi, doug back with a quick update on the severe storms moving through the metro area. everywhere in yellow, district, part of arlington county, fairfax county, prince george's, charles, calvert, anne arundel, prince george's all under severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30. for good reason. gusty storms blowing through the area now. the area highlighted in red on doppler radar shows the most intense portions of the storms. winds gusting locally over 50 miles per hour. they are plowing through the city. the worst part of the storm right now looks like it's south of the city over portion of eastern fairfax county moving across

river to charles county. everything will move eastward. alexandria here just getting hit. bowie at 4:39. arnold in anne arundel county near the community college at 4:57. in annapolis at 5:01. stevensville across the bay at 5:17. the storms are moving quickly. waldorf at 4:48. prince frederick at 5:22. chesapeake ranch estate at the end of the county at 5:48. we don't have to wait for rosslyn to be hit. we know that. abc7's jeff goldberg is standing out in the rain getting wet. what are you looking at? rain, i'm going to guess. jeff: we are in the bullseye, doug. ten minutes ago we saw nothing. dark skies. then drizzle started. now this is what we are looking at in rosslyn. the rosslyn section of arlington. an absolute deluge. you can see the water and the rain and the wind real

the gusts are definitely coming through. very, very strong. it is absolutely pouring here right now. of course doug will have a much better idea of how long it will last but you see people taking for cover. looking inside office buildings and you see people staring outside waiting for water to pass, waiting for the rain to pass. it looks like it won't be letting up anytime soon. it's coming down with a lot of force. i came on quickly. as sometimes the summer storms can. a lot of people trying to take cover, to wait for the storm to pass before they get on the metro or start walking the streets. this is tough to get caught in the middle of as some of the people have. the rain just keeps coming down here in rosslyn. i'll send it back to you in the studio. we keep an eye on things happening outside. michelle: thank you for that, jeff. it was a diabolical attack on the fabric of our society. that is a direct quote from louisiana's gover

time ago as he discussed the attacks that killed three baton rouge police officers yesterday and left three others seriously hurt. it was during a law enforcement conference here in d.c. that some of the baton rouge police officers and the louisiana state police first heard about the shooting. jonathan: horrible. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is in northwest washington with reaction from the conference that is underway. sam? sam: we are here where 1,200 members of noble are holding the convention. they are black and law enforcement officials and the events of the last couple weeks have hit them particularly hard. the u.s. attorney general loretta lynch spoke to the organization in the morning in the wake of eight law enforcement officers killed in dallas and baton rouge by lone gunmen. another ten officers and two civilians wounded. this is after police in baton rouge a

black men. >> we must not let hatred infect our hearts. we must not. that is the message we have to carry. from this convention. throughout this country. in our work, in our daily dealings. sam: noble stands for "national organization of black law enforcement executives." we attended their session on police-citizen encounters. we will tell you about the session coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00". the frank discussions they had there. you will meet one of the officials from baton rouge who knew one of yesterday's victims. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. two different images from the opening hours of the republican national convention. it began with a moment of silence to honor the police officers killed in baton rouge. outsi,

gathered outside quicken loans arena to protest against presumptive nominee donald trump. michelle: tonight, the focus is on those speaking inside. alison: the list is rick perry, former new york mayor and much of the focus is on a woman who so far shied away from the spotlight. donald trump's wife melania. >> my wife has been so supportive. come on up, honey. alison: she quietly emergedded. >> good evening. isn't he the best? alison: the glamorous wife of the front man. >> no matter who you are, a man or a woman, he treats everyone equal. alison: taking her husband's critics head on. >> as you may know by now, when you attack him he will punch back ten times harder. alison: she would follow in the foot steps of nancy, jack,

but she would be the first first lady not born in the u.s. since louisa adams. >> i support my husband 100%. >> she has shied away from the campaign trail. she said she is busy. >> we have a 9-year-old son at home. alison: born 46 years ago in slovenia she was a young architecture student, fluent in five languages but modeling became her career heading to paris and milan. eventually new york city where she met her husband in 1998. >> he was very charming. alison: no first lady posed naked on a yacht but the couple dismisses any suggestion that some of the photographs would be unbecoming a first lady. >> i think people will always judge. that is part of the job i was doing. i was

i did some photo shoots. >> i will say this. if i'm lucky enough to win, the public will be so lucky to have melania as the first lady. she will be so beautiful and elegant and good from the heart. alison: their 2005 wedding at trump's palm beach estate was a lavish affair. the clintons, among the guests. she also has her own line of jewelry in qvc and she dabbled in tv commercials like this aflac ad. despite her preference for staying out of the political limelight it's getting harder to stay in the background. >> she said she was never afraid of what the campaign would bring. she said she doesn't like to live her life in fear and even though there were negative reactions from the gate, she could block it out and focus on her day-to-day life. alison: when asked what kind of first lady she would be, she said she would be traditional like b

a lot of people will tune in tonight for their first look at melania. jonathan: a lot of people make a lot out of what the first ladies and what they wear. if they look back, she will be one of the best dressed first lady we've seen. they talked about jackie o.'s fashion. alison: and mish obama, everything she -- michelle obama and everything she wants to wear. michelle: but it's interesting to hear her message. a smart woman as well. alison: she speaks five languages. jonathan: thanks. abc7 will offer in-depth coverage throughout the convention. you can watch all the events live on wjla.com. we are streaming it each night at 7:00 on newschannel8. it will be hosting an hour-long special with analysis from all sides. that is every day leading up to thursday. chief political correspondent scott thuman will head up the coverage from cleveland. we have you covered every

join us. coming up next here at 4:00, another city is mourning the tragics will of police officers. we will go back with baton rouge and how the community is coping with the latest loss. michelle: g.m. owners listen up. you might be able to get a few hundred dollars in a refund. alison: tonight on abc7 at 5:00 --

michelle: we have new information coming to light about the ambush that killed three baton rouge officers and wounded three others. jonathan: police now say the gunman was looking for locations to kill the officers and was armed with two rifles and a handgun as the community now is focusing on healing. we are covering the story live from baton rouge. brian, it is heartbreaking when we hear stories over and over again. dallas, baton rouge. reporter: people, one baton rou. reporter: people, one after another came here to the scene of the shooting to pay their respects. each of them had a different story and each had a different purpose in wake of the horrific tragedy. this moment shared between a police chaplain and civilian. they say it all

recent tragedy hitting the united states. >> it's a tragedy and symbolic of who we turn to in time of tragedy. what a gracious heart. reporter: the chaplain osler was in dallas helping lay five officers to rest. a friend of his called about more officers being killed baton rouge sunday morning. >> come to work and gee, i'm not going home tonight. reporter: one after one returned to the scene monday, to pay respects at a make -- makeshift memorial. >> it's bringing us together. reporter: each with a different range of emotion, just 24 hours after gunfire ripped through the place they call home. >> i wouldn't say it's anger. it's just a sense of loss. sense of hurt. that is what i feel right now. reporter: for some it's this attack against their own is still too hard to handle. >> heartbreaking what

it's just so emotional. that's all i have to say. reporter: now the focus for this city in the deep south is peace moving forward. >> today feels peaceful. i feel my heart is healing. i literally cried all day. yesterday and prayed. that is all i could do. reporter: you can see how much the memorial has actually grown over the hour. people are just heartbroken. they are trying to do something, trying to repair the community. just 24 hours after the shooting took place. reporting live in baton rouge. michelle: thank you. so much hurt, so much pain in that community. next for us at 4:00, with harrison ford out of the picture, we will introduce you to the new

c'mon, baby, don't let me down. jonathan: i love "star wars." so, we are hope. -- we are home. that is the thought we learn after who will inherit the hans solo character from harrison ford. disney revealed over the weekend it's found the actor

focuses on hans solo from before he met luke skywalker and ob1. don't get worked up. that is the best picture we have. harrison is a good looking guy. that is the prequel. he will be portrayed by 26-year-old alden ehrenreich. one of 3,000 people who auditioned. how will he do filling harrison ford's shoes? these are big shoes. we find out when the unnamed hans solo film is released. wait for memorial day in 2018. michelle: thank you. check on the forecast. we had a strong line of storms move through rosslyn. what are they doing now? doug: they are southeast of town. i will tell you this weekend is sunny and hot in the mid-to-upper 90's. okay? this is comfortable weather but pretty nasty stuff at the

strong storms move through. severe thunderstorm warning until 5 tether from the metro area -- 5:30 from the metro to chesapeake bay. small area in pink is under severe thunderstorm watch. the good news once the line comes through in the next 45 minutes it's done, it's over. heaviest rain is southeast of the district, prince george's county, charles county. along the river, just west of the river over portion of fairfax and morn prince william area. baltimore is hit with a lot of rain. we have seen a lot of lightning. over 600 lightning strikes in the last 1 minutes from the cells moving through. i want to give you a diagnostic line from the storms. this gives you height of 30,000 feet. the storms are all below. the heaviest part below is 30,000 feet. that is low top storms. that is good news. we can really cut down on any large hail. now we are dealing with winds and heavy rain. the warning is up until the western shore of the bay untl

5:30. we have had a number of wind reports. we will give you a couple. chevy chase section, montgomery county. trees down near wisconsin avenue and woodmont avenue because of the thunderstorms. there have been dozens of storm reports all around the area. they will continue to pour in here. but eventually like i said, over the next hour, all of this should move out and have a few showers. i will stay muggy tonight. we are talking sunshine for the day tomorrow. that's the latest. back to you. jonathan: thank you. well, we can tell you this about what is going on with the rain outside. the heat isn't stopping the citi open tennis tournament but the rain is making it interesting. michelle: yeah. to say the least. the citi open is underway right now at the rock creek park tennis center. erin hawksworth leads the coverage as it moves from qualifying to main draw. erin? erin: that is right. you know, i thought the heat was going to be part of the story today. but now we are inside. here in the media center. this is the room he

i want to show you what is going on outside. it's hard to imagine that about 40 minutes ago these courts were filled with some of the world's best players in the world. and now look! the rain has pretty much stopped everything out here. pretty much the only thing you can see is big plants that have been blown over. it's a bit of a disaster out here. but everyone is safe. we are inside. the tournament is finally underway. it's a great event to come out to with friends and family this week. the citi open has a rich history and it is a wonderful opportunity to get up and watch your favorite players practice. as cheryl conner tells us, there are a few local players who have the opportunity to shine in front of friends and family. cheryl: in a stadium where flags from across the world are flying, we can feast our eyes on two local pros. denis kudla from a

francis. he grew up at the junior tennis champion center in college park with his twin brother. >> as young kids we have come to the tournament every year and we watched the pros. it's great. cheryl: both tiafoe and kudla spent the younger years at the tennis center in college park. >> i don't have a great track record here. >> from argentina, they are living and playing. >> last year i was five in the world in junior. i won juniors and now playing the citi open again. i won the first match here when i was 13. cheryl: tiafoe takes center court at a feature match monday everything. he is the local guy that keeps getting better after becoming the youngt

orange bowl. cheryl conner, abc7 news. erin: now as cheryl tells us there are excellent players to keep ania on this week. as for -- keep an eye on this week. coming up at 5:00, we hear from former world number one tracy austin with the tennis channel who has a preview of the citi open. michelle: let's check now on the traffic this afternoon on monday. let's check in. how are the roads with all the rain? >> well, with the rain, i decided to wear my waterproof hair. so no problem for me. but if you are on the roads there are delays this afternoon. anyplace you can think about taking a car we are seeing a lot of slowdowns. a live picture here from the beltway. this is 495 in georgetown pike. it's slow in and on the outer loop making your way from maryland and virginia. we have wires

georgetown pike. that is between the beltway and spring hill road. if you are traveling there mindful of that. authorities should hopefully get it out of the way quickly. we have an issue for folks on river road westbound before the beltway near burdett road. tree is down and cleared to the shoulder. on the 66 corridor we have slow-moving volume. you can see the rain coming down there. earlier accident leaves the lest lane blocked eastbound 66 at 15 and hay market. the traffic is still slow from the plains. i can only imagine the delays are heavier making your way back to the beltway. news is back at the 4:00 hour afte

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search online. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we are following several major developing story tonight. what investigators are learning about the man who shot and killed three police officers in baton rouge. a not guilty verdict for the fourth baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. and nervous eyes on the city of cleveland for the start of the republican national convention. security there is very tight. right here is video looking right now at what happened about 30 minutes ago. we are told anti-trump protesters with there trying to make their voices hearted. we will get to all of that shortly but right off the top at 5:00, we are on storm watch tonight. leon: that's right. we began the day feeling the heat. but now we are being socked by serious rain going through. chief meteorologist doug hill

doug: the good news is the storms are moving very quickly through the area. in fact, the severe thunderstorm warning now is only in effect for part of prince george's, anne arundel and northern calvert as it races toward the bay at 40 miles per hour. officially we are under severe thunderstorm watch for longer but trust me, once the line is gone the threat of severe weather will end as well. right now doppler radar shows waldorf to northeast, prince george's county across the northern western section of calvert county and anne arundel. that is where the severe storms are going right now. farther north and west there is still rain and hier downpours but this -- heavier downpours but this is the heaviest area. 4:57, about this time, moving through upper marlboro. coming in a few minutes to dunkirk and calvert county. then prince frederick at 5:26. it will hit neeld estates at 5:27. that is on the shore of the bay. that is the timeline. 5:27 the bulk