so far no storms and no flooding. this is all potential at this point as we watch a number of storms that continue to try to again over the mountains and heavier downpours now but small ones to the south of hagerstown. we have performs to the south of the viewing area and more west. it's moving and we will monitor the storms to see if we do see the lines and the elements of the showers and the storms come together and strengthening. that is possible east of the blue ridge. east of the mountains where the air here is warmer and more buoyant and humid. there is the potential for showers and storms. nothing in the next hour or so in the metro area but we will keep our eyes all over the weather map. jonathan: thank you. prince george's county says the head start program will start on time this school year. even though the federal investigators cut the funding. that is after a scathing report from the department of health and human services citing bad teacher behavi

corporal punishment and humiliation by a teacher. brad bell is live in upper marlboro where the school c.e.o. just finished addressing the issue. this was millions of dollars at stake. brad: so many questions. we are talking about abuse of children just months after the terrible scandal involving child porn rattled the entire school system. we asked the superintendent how can this possibly be? he says apparently a few people in the system just had not gotten the word. but he is making assurances tonight to parents who count on the head start program for the young children age 3-5 that things will start on time. >> with our parents and children enrolled in head start and throughout the school system let me say in no uncertain term

indoesn'ts are unacceptable. brad: for parents the news is troubling. it's upsetting to hear a 5-year-old walked home alone and crossed the street after leaving the elementary school. >> i wouldn't want my teacher. >> someone should lost their job. >> the first step in the education system. >> head start is a way for the kids to get educated. it's not right for them to terminate it.

february that the head start funding was in jeopardy. after a desincident at the -- after an incident where a 3-year-old was humiliated after bed wetting incident. then a 5-year-old walked home. monday the school system was informed. $6.3 million grant to run head start is terminated. just minutes ago, the c.e.o. of the school system and the chairman of the board said they met with the h.h.s., the federal agency that does the work with the head start and they have not figured out how the appeal will go forward. they still hasn't figured out how they will pay for it. they are continuing with head start in county. we talk about abuse. i can give you an example of one of the things that children were made to do. two young children bouncing on cots. the teacher made them hold

until their arms hurt so much the children were crying. the superintendent telling us that everyone involved in this has been removed from the head start classrooms. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we have new information now on the story that abc7 brought you first. more bacteria has been found at prince george's county hospital center. discovery made last night. at least one patient care area outside of the nicu. earlier this month the bacteria was spotted in the center's water pipe. this is after two newbons died in the neonatal intensive care unit. jonathan: more bad news to tell you about the washington monument. you know what i will say before i say it. they shut down after another problem with the elevator. sounds like a broke record. the elevator stopped between two levels. 84 people had to walk down the stairs. they don't

the interruption but this is the third time there were issues in three weeks. alison: now race for the white house. the new polls show hillary clinton with a commanding lead. donald trump has shaken up the campaign staff. kenneth moton shows us who is taking over now. reporter: donald trump's team shaken and stirred after lagging poll numbers. >> he can hire and fire anybody he wants from the campaign. they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. but he is still the same man. >> chairman of conservative breitbart news steve bannon is the new c.e.o. kellyanne conway was promoted to campaign manager. >> going in the last 12-week stretch for the campaign look at personnel as more is more. >> manafort is

team after allegations he helped political party in ukraine funnel $2 million to washington lobbyists firms. it's a possible federal felony. the g.o.p. nominee who held a round table at trump tower called it feeding islamic radical terrorism and also getting his first classified briefing but he told fox news he wouldn't trust the intelligence. >> not so much of people doing it for our country. look at what has happened over the years. catastrophic. reporter: clinton will get the same briefing. she rallies supporters as the state department prepares to release thousand of her deleted e-mails from the private server. the f.b.i. recovered the cheated e-mails e-mails in the investigation. state department says next week a judge could decide when e-mails will be released. alison: here at abc7 he want to connect you to the

candidates. we reached out to the candidates to speak with us and the sister stations around the country. get a voice in the race for the white house. e-mail at yourvoice@wjla.com. jonathan: covering metro and word that the chillers may not be working this year. they have been testing the pipe under connecticut avenue for leaks. metro says it's waiting for parts from overseas once they are installed it opens everything will be fixed. theywill have to dig under connecticut avenue to push the repairs to next year. alison: in the last hour crews suspended the search for a security guard at national harbor that disappeared after trying to swim. the rescue set up a command post near old anglers inn. cheryl: it has been ten hours of searching but the crews have no

identified as abdul qadir. swimming is not allowed in the mow -- potomac river because it's a dangerous place to be. they visited the search area where the crews are back for a second day. the large group identified him as abdu will be qadir, a security guard at the national harbor. the bah at thion chief michael hamilton with montgomery county fire and rescue says qadir went in the potomac river tuesday evening and said swimming is not allowed in the potomac river because it's too dangerous. >> it's rocky on the bottom. you can get your foot stuck in something easily. usually the current is strong. cheryl: the young paddle boarders know their limits. >> sharp rocks there. you could hurt yourself. cheryl: crews are traveling a mile up the riverer from the launching point -- riverer from the launching point. they are putting hooks in the water to help find his body. they are confident he has drowned. he

still supporting his family. >> the only one who came through. supporting u.s. military in the afghanistan for a long time. cheryl: crews will be out here tomorrow to continue their search. along the potomac river, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- search and seizure. why a judge in brazil issued warrants for ryan lochte and another u.s. swimmer's passport. but there is a catch. >> an enormous mansion along the potomac river in northern virginia and has been the site of many big parties but that could be changing very soon. i'm jeff goldberg. we will explain in a live report. alison: plus, out of control. the latest as the crews try to tackle a massive wildfire in california. jonathan: when you see breaking news, weather, or sports, sn

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developing story today that has as many as 48 million x-box live users looking for other things to do. the online gaming system has been down for hours now. mostly on the east coast and in england. microsoft says it is aware of the issue and they are working to get everything back up and running as soon as possible. jonathan: organizer of a party planned at an arlington mansion this weekend say they are going to cancel it. that is after neighbors of the house complained about another party last week. a party that ended with a drive-by shooting. this is a huge house. millions of dollars. jeff goldberg is live with more. wasn't it at one time one of the most expensive properties for sale in the area? jeff: yeah. no question about it. i spoke with the party promoter set to host the party this weekend. he says they are canceling it because of the negative publicity surrounding the

property. here it is. it is on cambridge road. the northern section of arlington. you might see, it looks unkempt these days because two months ago it was foreclosed on. but the parties have adopted here anyway. over the past several years the home has been the scene of big, big bashes. organized by promoters, advertisedded on social media featuring d.j. food, drink, pool and stubbing views of the potomac river. the recent party happening saturday night. it could be a turning point in the situation. a fight started at the party sunday morning and it continued to the road leading to a drive-by shooting in mclane at the corner of dolly madison and kirby road in mclane. a vehicle pupped up to another and shot -- pulled up to another and shots were fired. the arlington police are keeping a close eye on what happens next. >> since the coverage over the weekend we have had people from the neighborhood reach out to us

we are working with the law enforcement and the county partners to address all the issues up there. jeff: visible sign of the party still here outside of the property on cambridge road. now arlington police say that they did respond to two calls about the fights at this party on saturday night. by the time they got here, the fight cooled down rapid everybody was cooperative -- down and even was cooperative. coming up at 6:00, we will tell you about the man who built the home many years ago and why now he is in jail. until then, live in north arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: a lot going on there. thank you. right now in california look at this. this is the blue cut wildfire. it's just burning out of control. so far it has burned 30,000 acres prompting a state of emergency declaration for southern cal

cadaver dogs were brought in to search for remains there. the firefighters had an important message for people living in the danger zones today. >> if question ask you to leave you have to leave. alison: to the north arson investigators made an arrest in connection with the clayton fire. 4,000 acres 175 homes and businesses were charred. jonathan: more help coming to small businesses and homeowners that lost everything in the ellicott city flooding. horrible situation. maryland board of public works approved $2.5 million in aid and money used to provide zero or the low interest loans for those wishing to rebuild. we learned larry hogan asked for additional money from the catastrophic event fund. alison: then there is louisiana where the news gets worse for the flood

there. they expect half of the parishes to l be declared disaster area. the red cross says the flooding is the worst natural disaster in the u.s. since hurricane sandy. jonathan: insult to injury. 30,000 rescues and the number is going up of people who died there. doug: we are also getting to the peak of the hurricane season. this wasn't a hurricane. tropical moisture in there. praying and hoping that no tropical storms get to the gulf. we have our own concerns. let's share a story with you. looking live at the weather bug camera

hagerstown. they are looking south and southwest. you can see the storm. moving right to left across the screen. cold air that is coming down in the thunderstorm. water splashes on the table and rolls off. this is not severe. this is topping out at 40 person. but inside the area severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 tonight. we have the possibility of the flash flooding in some spots. when we start to see it happening the weather service issues flash flood warning. cautionary adviry

possible that points west. we showed you the storm in hagerstown. more in woodstock and 81. more across west virginia. there are a number of storms developing farther west. the close zest the hagerstown storm that is moving through the city shortly. and meyersville in the next 45 minutes. back to the other storms south and west. this is the source region for what is building in the evening. we have three or four segment or the lines moving northwest. across west virginia, western virginia and kentucky. all of this will transit to our area later tonight. is there enough interest to make the garden style thunderstorms turn severe? those are possibilities. if we look at this guidance to the future c

by 7:30 some of the lines might come together with heavier rain from the blue ridge. heavy rain with points west. in the rainfall estimate we have potential of 1.3 to 1.7 in part of the area. it might take more than 1.3 to get a flood but it is close for some areas. overnight we watch showers and the storms come to an end. warm and muggy. 69 to 74 degrees. next three days at the fair, hot tomorrow. isolated storms south of the city. 90 degrees. i like to save the best for

the weekend. good chance more storms on sunday. 60% chance. then monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. lower humidity and the cooler temperatures and sunshine. alison: won't that feel nice? doug: i can't wait. hit 97 again today. getting hold. jonathan: nice to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train. harry potter fans may have a way to catch up on the favorite wizarding world. alison: simone biles may be coming home with the gold medals but

jonathan: we are following a developing story out of rio where a judge issued a search warrant for two swimmers wants their passports taken. but as we report, ryan lochte and alex fagan already left the country -- ryan lochte and james feigen have already left the country. >> they were robbed and they recounted it on instagram saying they were victim of robbery. and on the "today show" on monday. >> i was with a couple of swimmers. coming back and we got pulled over in our taxi. the guy pulled out a gn

put to my forehead. he took our money and my wallet. >> the police went to the olympic fell lage after a fa civilian judge issued a search warrant for the two to seize the passports. but the u.s. olympic committee says the swim team moved out of the facility days ago. there has been increase speculation about what happened after the "daily mail "released a video it says of the athlete returning to the olympic village monday after after -- he said his client is back in the united states. have not been asked by the authorities to remain in brazil for further investigation. in washington, abc7 news. jonathan: james

rockville and we spoke to his father today. the family won't talk about what happened until it's sorted out. alison: bethesda's katie ledecky arrived home to a hero's welcome today. jonathan: look at the crowd who gathered near baggage claim to welcome the it would gold medal winner home. we have more on the big homecoming celebration later in sports. stay with us. you will want to see that. jonathan: it's so nice she got the welcome. the most decorated american olympian if you put all the medals around his neck he couldn't get up off the floor. michael phelps arrived in phoenix after winning five gold and one silver and plans to spend time with the fiancée and the 3-month-old son before helping out and his job will be, get it, ready for this, he will be coaching swimming at arizona state university in the fall. can you imagine having him as a coach? alison: there are lucky swimmers there. jonathan: awesome. alison: let's complete the pool trifecta with simone manuel who came home to houston to

home two gold and two silver medals. jonathan: simone biles who is amazing on the floor exercise last night. if you didn't see it, check it out. she wrapped up her time in rio winning gold in the floor exercise last night. that is four gold and one bronze. the best moment may have come this morning. that is when biles tweeted the video of getting a kiss from actor zac effron. she says she has a cardboard cut out of her favorite celebrity in her bedroom. he surprised her on the "today show" and posed for plenty of pictures. me met the whole gang. alison: larger than life athletes and they see someone like efron and they are like every teenager girl. sign up for olympic text alerts from abc7. just text "rio" to 43817. jonathan: still ahead for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- work is in progress. let you know when

it hopes to have all the power on after the transformer fire on tuesday. alison: plus -- >> i knew i had to do something. because the or competitors were close. i got to step it up. alison: you will love this. we will show you what the police officer did that has the internet buzzing. search and recovery continue at the site of the fire. the latest on the investigation

jonathan: breaking news from burtonsville. one person killed on a crash on columbia pike. skytrack7 over the scene live. it's shut old columbia pike down in both directions and it looks like a head on collision. how it happened we don't know. who else has been involved or hurt we don't know either. we'll try to get more information and give you an update as soon as we can. alison: crews in hazmat suit cleaning up what neighbors describe as the sludge-like sewage water. the contractor who could be responsible for this says he is ready to pay up after the houses were flooded in d.c. richard reeve went to southeast for the story you will see only on 7.

the backyards off chesapeake street look like. no yard sale. furniture, vacuum cleaner, filter, all kind of stuff pulled from the basement because of what happened in the apartments this morning. a huge flood of sewage water. it's not a pretty picture. >> it smells like sewage water. there was a lot of sludge under it. >> many in hazmat suits cleaning up after this. >> a sewage backup. not sure the original cause. the basement flooded with sewage water five and six inches deep. she showed us the bathroom where her husband was brushing his teeth. >> the water coming up from the commode.

shows the water spreading but where did the mess come from? residents say the sewer personnel pointed to the sewage contractor working here to do a job on the next street over. >> one of the pumps stopped working and it washed it back up into the houses. >> left behind, piles of the belongings, if you wereture, clothing and more. >> we will throw away. the problem with the sewage any soft goods contacted have to be disposed of. >> they have the fans here to suck up the water. the contractor says it does have a claims procedure. cleaning up the whole mess could take several days at least. in southeast washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: "7 on your side" with a scam alert tonight. you have heard about the i.r.s. imposter scam. the biggest fraud ever passed on the american public. tonight there is a new version

"7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters just got an alert from the maryland state police and she is our live desk with more. kimberly: this afternoon, maryland state police sent this warning to "7 on your side." a telephone scam. this is in rockville. maryland state police do not collect fines at all. they use the court system. just like with the i.r.s. the state police and the tax agents do not call and threaten arrest. it appears that the victim in this case was a woman in her 70's from allegany county. the caller demanded $800. senior citizens appear to be the main target. this week in fredericksburg, the police told us a 72-year-old woman was scammed out of $12,000 by an i.r.s. imposter and the same thing happened

at the live desk, kimberly suiters, abc7 news. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- looks like karma comes around. she is getting the response from her community. jonathan: but first -- how a local non-profit empowering young minds to write new chapters in their lives. alison: coming up at 6:00 -- as you know a big vacancy to fill in the metropolitan police department. we look into who could be the d.c. next police chief after cathy lanier says she is headed to the n

jonathan: harry potter. they are releasing three books next month. the three short collections will be out september 6 on the pottermore website. alison: estimated 250,000 youths are tried, sentenced and encars rated as adults every -- incarcerated as adults every year in the u.s. they face daunting odds when they are enter society. there is a unique book club changing the odds for hundreds of young men. starting when they are teens in the d.c. jail. that is why the free minds book clb

workshop is this week's "harris' hero." >> at the shakespeare theater in d.c., a special poetry night. less than one year ago, doug chambers was in prison serving a seven-year sentence and the poems he and the other poet ambassadors are reading here all come from young inmates in the same situation as part of the free minds book club and the writing workshop. >> what do you think? thumbs up or down? >> they founded free minds more than ten years ago. believing in the power of books that create tiff writing could change lives. now integrated in society, the poet ambassadors are proof of the transformation. >> start to read things that i went through seeing the other people. kind of painted a picture so i understood. >> where would you be if you hadn't have been here? >> still in jail.

>> yeah. >> for alvin james who spent a decade behind bars free minds is helping him find a job. and he wants to go back to school. >> if not for connections to positive groups like free minds, the options would have been different. >> thanks to the free minds they hope to make a difference in the lives of other teens sharing their experience. >> it gives them purpose. in life that is what we are looking for. purpose. we are so ecstatic. >> you are the new pack. leon harris, abc7 news. alison: by going back in the old neighborhoods, the former inmates hope to show the young peers that there is a different path for them. since its inception, free minds reached more than youths and they are continuing the support in the program. jonathan: still ahead for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- check out the moves. meet a local deputy making a big splash on the intern

>> up next a hero's welcome for katie ledecky today. she returned from rio. what is next for the america swimming sensation? she tells us when we

jonathan: today crews searching pulling debris from the flower branch apartments in silver spring in an effort continued through the flames rimmed through the apartment last week with the explosion -- ripped through the apartment last week with the explosion. amy aubert has the latest. amy: recovery efforts on site continue. >> going through. >> the police locating a seventh victim tuesday. a thorough search continuing for days. >> late in the afternoon the operation closed down. from the folks inside the fence, they wanted to keep going. >> she lived in the building where it happened. she doesn't speak english but through a translator she says this is her first night away from the shelter. >> since the incident happened, i am in

>> the red cross says 45 to 50 people are still staying at the shelter. they plan to keep the doors open until everyone has a place to go. >> identification of those missing. really hit folks hard. it was a real strong indication that they are gone. >> for the crews on site. the search efforts continue. on knowing if they will find another victim. >> we are hopeful not to. this is due diligence. to make sure every i is to thed and t is crossed. alison: that was amy aubert. jonathan: she returns home to a rockstar welcome and it's well deserved. >> i thought she was the member of the beatles. i was wild! great in -- great energy at dulles airport. what a journey it has been for

the quiet 19-year-old can't hide from the spotlight now. she has grabbed the attention of the entire world as her golden performance in rio. friends and family delivered the welcome party today for katie at the dulles airport. [cheering] the smiles and the hugs tell the story. >> it means so much to me to have the support. >> katie ledecky returning home. from the rio olympics with four medals and a silver medal wrapped around her neck. >> it feels great when the hard work pays off. i set big goals and i didn't know if they were attainable. i met them on the nose. that is the best feeling any swimmer can have. >> inspiring the next generation of the swimmers. >> i look up

>> "sports illustrated" cover girl getting ready for the next phase of her life. >> i head to stanford and i need to get ready for that. >> plenty of selfies in her future. >> katie will have a busy couple of weeks to get ready for school. items to buy for the dorm room. normal 19-year-old things with the five gold medals. she won the last two olympics. impressive. 19. >> the redskins are returning home and they have plenty of mistakes to correct after the loss to atlanta in the preseason opener. at 2:00, we will have more on the redskins and the new locker room in ashburn. the players were excited. >> she had the question of the day. alison: is she on the

team at stanford? >> she is. ready for the collegiate swimming career. jonathan: every division i swimmer said ohh! >> impressive. jonathan: how about this? a stafford county sheriff getting in formation and using a controversial song to bridge the gap with the community. alison: lieutenant diggs is doing this and sharing his love for beyoncé and the dance moves. it is getting him attention. >> this is the county sheriff doing dead onionsions. this is an event to collect the school supplies for the kids who need them and the law enforcement lipsynch contest is the highlight. the lieutenant diggs sealed his victory doing the splits completely unplanned. >> i knew i had to do something because the other competitors were close. and so i wa

so it came out. >> the video is starting to go viral. >> and diggs is suddenly a celebrity. >> i was in the shop today and a lady came up and gave me a hug. i'm looking at her and i'm going i don't really know you. >> diggs is a huge beyoncé fan. >> i followed her since destiny child way back in the day. >> the song he chose is controversial and the video has reference to police and the phrase "stop shooting us." although beyoncé herself denies it, some think it's antipolice. >> people have different interpretations of the video and i don't take it as an anti-cop song. he thinks it's a great way to reach out to the community now. i am bridging the gap and i'm listening to people. >> tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: you k

this is actually the second time that he has taken part in the competition. he did beyoncé last year, too. it was single ladies. jonathan: he won this year and last year. the guy has moves. what a great attitude. alison: it's awesome. great way to relate. jonathan: no question! alison: you know? jonathan: there are people now will try to do his dance moves. he has got them. almost better than her. alison: he is good. let's check on the roads. jamie sullivan with traffic watch. any dance moves? jamie: nothing at all! no dance moves. leave it for doug hill to see what he can do for us. rain dance. we are in burtonsville, maryland. fatal accident completely closing you down if you travel on columbia pike. this is near route 198 and route 29. you can see the traffic watch 7 wazers checking in with bumper-to-bumper delays. because they will be doing investigating that is the thing you have to avoid the area.

two lanes are blocked. the backup already from the 270 spur. right now it will take you 20 minutes. that is getting from the american legion bridge to 66. we are not even factoring in what you will see from the 270 spur continuing south. you can see that is the main focus. the northwest corner. doug we dodged the rain. are you dodging dancing? doug: yeah. i would not subject the veers to see me dance. that would not be kind. part of the severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the northern and the western viewing area has been canceled. that is pointing to the fact most of the energy developed is southwest. that will be seeing for the past couple of hours. the storm weaken and never got to the severe levels. fair amount of rain over the mountains and farther south and west. if you live in this area toward middle town and moving through the areas closer to martinsville and through frederick county, this are

is hammered with heavy rain and lightning. i will move through urbana at 6:23. through upper montana county at 6:43 this afternoon. more element of rain and thunderstorm. late in the afternoon and the early evening there is potential as the areas get in the warm air. there are no watches. in is later tonight. anticipating the possibility of heavy rain. the outlook tonight. showers and the thunderstorms will drop in the 70's. have a muggy night. through the day tomorrow. plenty of night. the highs near 90 degrees. could see isolated storm south of the city. alook ahead to friday night. the jets in town against the redskins at fedex at 7:30 and it looks as if the weather is on the tasty side but drops to the 80's with partly cloudy skies. back to you. jonathan: thank you. it's amazing when pe

together what they can accomplish when they work together. alison: yes. the firsthand lesson a woman is getting when we

jonathan: update now on the efforts to restore power of buildings near 18 and l street in northwest d.c. this has been going on for a while. pepco hopes to have electricity with air conditioning, everybody needs it turned back on as early as tonight. underground transformer power knocked out power to the area early tuesday morning. the sprint 911 service disrupted by the fire. it came back online this morning. alison: remember toya graham, the baltimore mother who made news for this? yanking her 16-year-old son from the riots last year. well, tonight, she doesn't know when she will be able to go back home after a kitchen fire over the weekend left them with no power and plenty of smoke damage. keith daniels shows us how graham's neighbors and complete strangers are stepping in to help. >> graham and her on

it's a day of gratitude. >> i first want to say thank you. i want to say thank you because at the end of the day did you know it's good people out there? >> the family has established a go fund me page with more than $5,000 raised by 150 people in less than 24 hours. graham and michael stubbed by the response -- stunned by the response. >> a lot of people care about me and my family for what my mother did. we don't know these people. but they see us, hear us and care for us. >> graham, five children and a granddaughter are displaced after being burned out of their home saturday by a kitchen fire. accidentally set by michael. they are staying on a hotel on route 40. initially with help from the red cross. but with the funds now depleted it's a day-by-day effort. >> it's a worry and a

a relief i can lay my head to the pillow and my children and i know that all of them are here with me. >> graham says the family is homeless, no place to go while repairs are made at the house she rented. no word from the land lord on whether the family will be able to move back in the house. still, there is hope. >> i'm grateful. i'm very grateful. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". here is what is coming up tonight at 6:00 -- abc7 is on storm watch for tracking thunderstorms again and also potential flooding. we will tell you the timing and the totals coming up.

doug: "abc7 news at 6:00". we will lead off talking about heavy storms just to the south and the west of the metro area. the good news is we do not have anything severe at the moment. we continue under a flash flood watch for several more hours. part of the watch to the north and the west has been dropped. the heaviest rain is moving southeast. fair amount of thunderstorm activity so far. the areas near urbana around 6:24. 6:23 in woodville. this is part of a growing complex of showers an storms to the west. this is moving in your region. the potential exists for shower and thunderstorms. the severe thunderstorm watch