together. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captions paid for by cbs television distribution announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: right now at 4:00, where in the world is jack conger? alison: the olympic champion swimmer from rockville, by the way, caught up in the scandal involving ryan lochte and two other teammates was due home today. lochte meanwhile apologized for the incident that left the gas station damaged along with their reputation. jonathan: we're curious to know what you think about this. is an apology enough at this point? head to wjla.com/votenow to weigh in. jimmy feigen is left with the tab. $11,000 is what he has to pay to the charity to resolve the dispute with police. alison: so today locally many

conger? ryan hughes is outside the conger home in rockville. you have been staking out the home and the airport as well. what is the latest? ryan: we have been here for a long time. in the past hour we saw the family car pull in the garage of their home behind me. a short time after that, conger's dad seen driving out of the neighborhood. he would not tell us where his son is. but we know he was set to land at reagan national airport around noon today. but we never saw him get off of that plane. this video taken today, conger and his teammate gunnar bentz landing in miami. on wednesday they were taken off a plane and detained in rio. ryan lochte and his teammates have been under fire after authorities revealed the swimmer fabricated the story being held at gunpoint and robbed the last week after a night of partying. rio police now saying the four men lied to cover their tracks after and have losing a

station -- after vandalizing a gas station. we spoke to conger's dad a short time ago. take a listen. >> i can't comment on anything at this time. >> is he home or -- >> i can't comment on anything. >> portraying he was an innocent person in this. >> i can't comment. ryan: the only thing that conger's dad did say is it's good to have his son back in the u.s. the question remains. where is he? we will have more coming up at 5:00. we are live in rockville. ryan hughes, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. it's been more than a week since the deadly apartment explosion took place. it happened in silver spring. seven people killed in the fire and the blast. we now know it was a leak near the meter. officials confirming that. we first reported it at "abc7 news at 4:00" yesterday. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis now with the latest on this investigation. kevin? kevin: there had

speculation that this was an intentional act. but today the a.t.f. shot down all of those claims. instead the special agent assigned to the case says natural gas filled the basement meter room of this building. for hours after the explosion the potent gas fueled the fire. in part water can take two hours to cut the gas line. in the lengthy press conference, the montgomery county police confirmed they have identified three of the seven victims. two men and one woman. the injuries so severe the medical examiner relied on science. one reporter asked if the apartment building should have been outfitted with a natural gas detector. the maryland state fire marshal saying it wasn't required by may soon be. as for the smell of the natural gas leading up to the explosion the acting fire chief said the department ha

call on july 25. they didn't find anything. >> after conducting 100 interviews of witnesses. countless hours of video, reconstructing the gas meter line and digging by hand through four stories of debris we are prepared to say that the tragedy was the result of a natural gas explosion that occurred in the meter room of 8071. >> it is worth pointing out an agency absent from any public comment is washington gas. last week they said condolences to those displaced and the families of the victims. aside from that, silence from the public utility agency. live in silver spring, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. stay with abc7 news on air and online for updates on the deadly silver spring explosion. we will have updates throughout the evening and on

at 4:30 we look at the continuing need for donations. jonathan: breaking news from the national park service. the washington monument will be closed for at least the next ten days. a lot of tourists in town. that is bad news. elevator cable broke loose wednesday prompting the closure. there were two separate issues this past weekend not related to the cables. the monument was only open for two full days this week. monday and tuesday. alison: except for a stray storm or two most of us have been dry for a couple days now. will we make it through the weekend? chief meteorologist doug hill has a look it at the forecast. happy friday. doug: chances are we will not get through the weekend without rain. what we're working on now is a pleasant friday afternoon. for the tenth day in a row we are at 90 or better. 91 at reagan national. 90 at manassas. 88 in fredericks and fredericksburg. 85 in annapolis. it's 89 in landover. highland park elementary school. th

from fedex field. where the jets are in town tonight. the game starts at 7:30 for kickoff. it looks in landover it will be 82 degrees with partly cloudy skies. light winds. should be comfortable with the temperatures in the lower 80's late in the afternoon. for the rest of friday the metro area is dry. we see showers in the mountains to the west. they are traveling southeast. isolated shower or storm is possible within the greater area, we think that the majority of them will stay west and southwest. and enjoy a pleasant evening. the timing of weekend shower and storm chances coming up in a couple of minutes. back to you. alison: thank you. we turn to campaign now for the race for the white house. paul manafort one of the key architects of the trump campaign is officially out. this is as trump is apologizing for some of the comments on the trail. jonathan: it's coming in a speech he gave in north carolina last night. today we was in flood-stricken baton rouge.

there tuesday. kenneth moton takes us on the trail. reporter: trump appeared on the campaign trail. on the ground in louisiana. donald trump was lending a hand. meeting the people impacted by the historic floods and touring the devastation. the g.o.p. nominee is working to pivot to look more presidential, admitted he hasn't always chosen the right words. >> i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. reporter: but he took time to criticize president obama who is taking heat for not cutting his vacation short to visit louisiana. >> the president doesn't want to get under the golf game. reporter: he welcomed trump to louisiana but not for a photo on. it comes after another shakeup in the management. chairman paul manafort is out re-signing under allegation he -- resigning un

allegation he received illicit payments. manafort said he did nothing wrong but one of trump's son said his father didn't want to be distracted by manafort. hillary clinton's campaign released this video and a statement saying you get rid of manafort but it doesn't end the odd bromance that trump has with president vladimir putin. to counter the image also of trump in louisiana, clinton sent out an e-mail how to donate to the flood relief. and clinton foundation announced if hillary clinton becomes president it will no longer take foreign or corporate money and bill clinton will re-sign from the board. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. jonathan: well, some say he has a healthy ego. now he has a life-size statue to match. naked statues of donald trump have been appearing in different parts of the country. alison: this one you are looking at, this is seattle. each figurine of the billionaire businessman weighs 80 pounds. they were created by ginger, a las vegas

>> well, it's not often that you get to be with a person who is so out there. alison: well, other statutes have been spotted in cleveland, new york, and san francisco. jonathan: someone will start carving out hillary, too. we want your voice to be heard. what would you ask the candidate if given the chance? that issues are relevant to you? share your thoughts with us in an e-mail to yourvoice@wjla.com. coming up next at 4:00, we put amazon's new one-hour delivery service to the test. >> i lost him. i'm praying. it's all i have. alison: this is an incredible story of self-sacrifice in maryland. we will tell

heroic act to save a baby from a fire. >> we are in arlington awaiting the arrival of america's 9/11 ride. but take a live look. the riders are inside the capital beltway making their way to arlington. look at the riders. more than a thousand of them making their way to the pentagon. i'm jeff goldberg. coming up in a live report we'll show you why this ride holds special cig caps. that's coming up after the break as "abc7 news at 4:00" continues.

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jonathan: listen to this story. alison: this is out of baltimore. a mother steps outside to go to the car. moments later she turns around and the house is on fire. look who is inside. the 8-month-old baby girl and her dog. erica. she and the neighbors tried time and time again to get the baby out of the house. they couldn't get to her. when firefighters arrived they found something amazing. the dog was in the room and covering the baby. >> that way nothing got to her and he stayed there. he only had burns on the side. he stayed with her the whole time in the bedroom. he wouldn't come downstairs to get out the door. alison: so paramedics were able to revive viviana, the little girl.

face and arm and leg but the dog polo didn't make it. officials still don't know what sparked the fire in the first place. erica has received a lot of support from a go fund me page. jonathan: i have to believe the dog saved the child by getting on top of the child and covering it. alison: no question. everybody who has a pet says they are a member of the family. jonathan: no question. alison: proof of that. alison: unreal. jonathan: all right. the animal america's 9/11 ride began today in shanksville, pennsylvania. bikers coming down to arlington this afternoon and a lot of them. this, it's unique. this could be the final time they make the ride. jeff goldberg is in arlington with the riders. this has been a display of patriotism over the last 15 years. >> no question. that is still the case today. although a lot of emotions, of course, this could be set to be the last ride. here we go. this is ve

this ride arriving in arlington as we speak. the first police escort coming in the double tree hotel in arlington, virginia. as the ride began this morning. in shanksville, pennsylvania. let's stay with this live before we show you video from earlier. 1,400 motorcycles with police vehicles are leaving the pentagon parking lot tomorrow morning for new york city. followed by a service at the world trade center. sunday morning. now the purpose of this ride is to of course honor the 417 first responders who died on 9/11 and all who wear the uniform. after 15 years the governing board for the ride along with all the local municipalities along the route really concluded that the ride is simply too disruptive of traffic. require too many resources from the local law enforcement. the organizers who state

be the last. >> it's not what we are here to do, cause congestion. we are here to honor and remember those that died that day and honor all the first responders across the country. jeff: here they are coming in live to the double tree hotel in arlington. over the years the event raised $1 million for college scholarships for children and equipment for police department. the goal this year to raise $60,000. this ride means so much to the men and the women in law enforcement. you see them right here guiding the ride along the way. they are from all different parts an departments along the middle atlantic region. very proud to be part of this race. part of this ride. we can tell you that this ride being a part of it means special meaning for them this year in what has been a difficult period for members of l

we have more at 5:30. we have more of how the race came in. back to you in the studio. jonathan: shame to wrap it up. it's fun to see. alison: definitely. jonathan: jeff, thanks. if the you live in northern virginia, you could be checking off a shopping list from your couch than the store. amazon prime now is bustling from arlington to springfield to alexandria. i mean they are on the move. alison: yes, so here is what it means. your online purchase should show up at your doorstep one hour from when you place your order. jonathan: wow! alison: our amy aubert joins us live from the newsroom with more on this. amy: we had a shopping cart full of stuff. everything from shampoo to ice cream. amazon prime now giving us a two-hour window for those items to be delivered. we were going to put it in the test live on air. but our delivery opti

showed between 2:00 and 8 -- 6:00 and 8:00 tonight. the one-hour option wasn't available to us. the delivery windows are based on the proximity to the prime now hub and the demand and the availability for one-hour delivery. a speedy delivery service to check off your list and have sitting on your doorstep in less time than it might take you to get up and go out to the store. you have to be an amazon prime member. the one hour is $7.99. the two-hour delivery what we were offered is free. we spoke to people in northern virginia who say they can't wait to use it. we have that story coming up at 5:00. amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thanks. how about this? scammers found another way to try to get your money. while calling people and claiming they owe money to the i.r.s., that is not a new scam. but demanding they pay with itunes gift cards, that is a

itunes gift cards. that's what the loudoun county sheriff office say the crooks are doing now. they are telling the victims they owe back taxes and a warrant has been issued for the arrest. this is the important part. government offices, government officials, i.r.s. will never require you to use a gift card as payment. in fact, they don't call you. they send you the litters in the mail. they never get you over the phone. if they call you, hang up. if you are a victim of this sort of scam, the police would like to hear from you. alison: here is something else happening out there. another alert for you. all of eddie bauer north american stores were targeted by cyber thieves this year. the company announced they scrubbed the malwear from registers at 350 stores. the data breach started in january and it wasn't stopped until midjuly. now if you shoppedded online we are

is secure. let's check on how the traffic is looking on friday. >> we have delays. the 9/11 memorial ride. they will be in the volume as well. we will take a live look for folks making a trip on 395. this is the crash activity that is blocking the right side of the roadway. that will jack you up if you are making your way to arlington or the district. a lot of heavy volume there. we also had an earlier incident 395 at the 14th street bridge. that is gone. for folks on the beltway we had a report of an accident at van dorn veet. that is out of the way. not much of an issue. this is the outer loop of van dorn. if

will find the crash at 123. in the eastbound direction. it looks like everything is hogging the left side of the road. jonathan, what is going on with you this afternoon? jonathan: just trying to stay cool out here. you walk out and think it's warm. the outer banks are popular this time of year to beat the heat as well. but you have to see this. that is not a tornado. that's a water spout because it's over the water and off the coast. incredible and scary sight for those vacation. they are capable of throwing all kind of options around. it's rare they make the landfall. when you do, umbrella and chair, say goodbye. water spouts do often fall apart but they bring a dust devil effect when they hit the sand. we have seen those. doug: not good if you are in a small boat. another day in the 90's. at least 91 so far.

but we have a change for next week. alison: we have been talking about it for many days. it's getting closer. doug: let's get started. time lapse, and a beautiful sunrise this morning. this is frederick, maryland. just gorgeous weather through the entire morning. a few fair weather clouds here and there. that was that. no rain in frederick area at the moment and nowhere anticipated at night. over the weekend rain is a possibility at times. tell you what we have temperature wise. we go through the area. 91 at reagan national. 88 in hagerstown and frederick. 26 -- 86 in leesburg. 87 at andrews. cumberland, 84. somebody told me we never talk about cumberland. cumberland is 84. for outdoor dining it's good. through the evening it's 80 to the mid-to-90's. it's warm

we have downpours we're watching from the cumberland area south of there. down to the south through the valleys and toward interstate 81 corridor we think most all of this will stay well west. we can't rule out isolated brief pop-up shower in the metro area. get through the night and it will be partly cloudy. temperatures will drop in the 60's and the 70's. in the weekend, it looks as though we will see the shower chances west of the metro tomorrow. outdoor activity should be fine. we get to the day saturday. sunday it will change. we have a higher probability that thundershowers will develop in the early afternoon. behind this front is the nice cool and dry air. we will lay it out in detail in a couple of minutes. jonathan: all right. thank you for that. coming up next at 4:00, an important update about a potential deadly bacteria found at prince george's hospital center. the new steps they are taking to make sure that the

when its nicu unit will reopen. first -- >> i shut everything out. i don't think about anything other than just fill the water, fill the -- feel the water, feel the boat, feel the waves. alison: the inspirational story of a blind army vet that is a natural in the water.

alison: today's rising star is an army veteran who has turned into quite the whitewater kayaker. but the catch is he is doing it blind. scott abraham with today's rising star taking us to the potomac river. scott: it's time for a day on the water in the kayak. >> it's therapy for whatever i need. scott: the blind army veteran. the last six years he has embraced kayaking. >> i got hooked right away. the first time i broke through a wave and the water hit my chest. scott: thanks to joe's team river runners program, al has the perfect setup in the water. >> incredibly accurate with his paddling. it's very, very, it's amazing to see the skill level he has. totally blind. white water kayaking is not easy even with perfect vision. it's hard to imagine trying to go down this stretch of the potomac river blind. al not only does it, he thrives in it. conquering those rapids. >> i shut everything

i don't think about anything other than feel the water and the boat, feel the waves. scott: refusing to let a disability hold him back. >> i have been out there sometimes for hour, hour and a half, paddling hard. i don't think about it when i'm in the water. i just do it. alison: ready to paddle -- scott: ready to paddle through lay's rapids. jonathan: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- we head back to the silver spring, site of the deadly apartment explosion from a week ago. the free from the donations and what the victims need. >> action plan by p.g. hospital center but still many questions. potentially deadly bacteria.

jonathan: crews try to continue to disinfect part of the prince george's hospital center. alison: they reported the deadly bacteria in the neonatal intensive care unit which was shut down. now it could reopen soon. richard reeve has the timeline for us. rich? richard: new information about the timeline. late august and maybe early september before they reopen. they will do something th

they will clean out the water system. it has to be approved by the state environmental and the health officials. now we did get more information about the possible source or the source they believe of the bacteria. they believe it comes from the pipe that lead in the nicu as they call it. they say they found bacteria in four sinks in the nicu and three in the regular intensive care unit. those are treated now. we broke the story that the pipes were an issue and the deadly bacteria were found in the nasal swab of three infants. the good news today, they found none of those youngsters have any sign of infection. still no comment from the hospital about two previous infant deaths, whether or not they were connected with the bacteria. they say this cleaning and investigation will be a slow process. >> the best det

can make from this as we have done the investigation and mapped the plumbing it is in the pipe, the water system that leads to the nicu. richard: so again, they are talking august, maybe september before they can reopen that unit. coming up at 5 zerd, we look more at -- at 5:00, we look at what the hospital is doing to prevent it from happening again. in cheverly, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: thank you. let's talk about the weather. it sounds like we have to get through the weekend and then it will be fantastic. we have to get through the big game tonight at fedex field. doug: the weather will be fine. i don't expect any rain. temperatures are 88, 87, something like that when the kickoff is at 7:30. temperatures will fall. it's a pleasant evening game. if they were playing this afternoon it would be uncomfortable in the sun but it will be fine there. we got through the weekend and on target for cooler and drier air for next week. give you the story. if you are headed to the beaches a live lo

city, maryland. 83 on the boardwalk. beautiful day. the weekend could be fine as well. some thunderstorms could develop late sunday afternoon. otherwise it will be fine. the forecast this evening, get a swim in this evening or hang outside it will be fine in the metro area as well. 89 degrees. 5:00 temperature. mid-80's at 7:00. it's a comfortable evening across the region. overnight is partly cloudy and mild. northwesterly winds at 5 miles per hour. we continue to see showers well west of the metro area toward the mountains. i don't think they will bother us. the weekend forecast. partly cloudy, hot and 91. maybe showers late in the day west of metro washington tomorrow. a better chance of the showers and the thunderstorms developing area wide in the afternoon and the evening. sunday ahead of a cold front. highs near 90. after the front goes through. the pleasant weather comes in for next week on monday. that is the latest. jonathan: thank you for that. back to the explosion that took place at the s

there is a huge need for donations for the victims. as you imagine. today many communities are coming together to try and provide support. q mccray has the story. q: well, yeah, as you can see behind me the good people here at inventus community services for greater washington are hard at work. everybody you look at here is a volunteer. doing your best to help the victims of the terrible explosion here in silver spring. what they are loading up are clothes and bedding for people in the area. check out this trailer. strollers. plates. microwaves. you name it. they have it. what they really, really need right now are things for men. 26 single men were living in the apartment building when it exploded. they are all in need of shoes, pants, t-shirts, undergarments. that is what they are pushing for right now. in addition to the men's clothing they need,

need soap. specific kind of soap. >> we get a lot of soap. shampoos, hand soap and things like that. laundry soap. one of the lan -- laundromat offered to let people wash for free but laundry soap. q: in addition to the laundry soap, they need men's gear. so guys if you are at home with a bunch of stuff in your closet you don't need, come on down to 501 sligo off of piney branch in silver spring. they will definitely accept everything you have to give. that is the latest from silver spring. i'm q mccray. back to you in the studio. alison: thanks. if you want to see how to help in silver spring, log on to wjla.com. we have information posted there. developing story out of fredericksburg today. police are now investigating a triple shooting. one person is dead. officers responded to a disturbance call this morning. on the way to the 200 block of kings mill court. another call for a shooting. when the cops showed up, they foun a

gunshot. the victim has not been identified. two others were hurt. police are still looking for the suspect. jonathan: it has been a long standing u.s. policy. no ransom payments for hostages. but now according to the state department, the recent release of four americans from iran was contin sent -- contingent of $400 million. a payment some argued was ransom. now it's putting american lives in danger in the future. we have more. >> no one denies that $400 million worth of cash was transferred from the u.s. to iran. on the same day four americans including "washington post" reporter jason rezaian were freed from iranian prison. but what to call that january payment has brought about a war of words. >> we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> he said we don't pay ransom. but we did. >> it's not ransom for many reasons. first of all, this is iran's

money. >> but what to call it is less concerning for some foreign policy experts who are more worried about the future in the war on terror. >> i think it sets a horrible precedence for the war on terror. negotiating with terrorists or establishing payments akin to a ransom. you don't want the enemy to know they can be involved in whatever tactics they do. reporter: he is a senior iran analyst for foundation for democracy. he is concerned about the remainder of what the u.s. still owns iran. >> we don't want to encourage the reminder to be timed with the release of any other prisoner that iran would take. reporter: they are working on legislation to ban future payments to iran. >> one of the reasons you don't want to transfer $400 million in unmarked bills in cash to iran is because it's going to end up in the hands of hezbollah.

defending president obama and the timing of the payment. >> would we send them the money before they are released or after their released? i ask for your judgment. i know what i would do. >> abc7 news. alison: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- new travel warnings for pregnant women. the zika zone growing in southern florida. the big tourist destination the c.d.c. wants pregnant women to avoid ahead. >> the wedding cake that is not exactly cake. what the couple was cutting into when "abc7 news at 4:00" returns.

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a drink... a spoon... a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. jonathan: who cut the cheese? the bride and groom. a cheesy tradition to tell you about. some bride and grooms instead of getting a cake, they are doing that. they are putting together a cheesecake. alison: you couldn't wait for the joke? you were so excited. jonathan: there was no joke. no pun. alison: check this out. we have wheels of brie, gouda, cheddar, bleu cheese. stacked like a wedding cake. what else? but wisconsin. jonathan: don't you know. >> people come in wanting cheese for the special occasion. weddings. so the more we started thinking about it, why not do something to create memorable moment for that special day? alison: i love the

company. fromgination. while you get creative with these, the block cheeses don't work as well, you have to be careful with the soft cheese if you are serving it outside. all these things to consider. jonathan: it's much more practical. alison: right. aren't your guests a little disappointed if they wait for the wedding cake like i do when i go to the wedding. jonathan: you take the top and put it in the freezer and wait 40 years and throw it out because it's really bad? alison: really gross. jonathan: it's an imaginative way to do it. coming up -- you are right. i waited a long time for the joke. coming up for us. >> liftoff of the delta 4 rocket. jonathan: successful launch. military mission and the equipment that is sent in orbit. we have it coming up. >> live on the field at fedex field ahead of the redskins-jets. take a look. pretty quiet right now. the gates haven't opened. desean jackson talked about the team's goals for the season. you will like it co

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alison: new at 4:00,sick victim spreading in florida now to the popular miami beach area. c.d.c. is warning pregnant women to avoid it. the cases were not brought there from the other neighborhood, the winwood neighborhood. now five cases where people believe to have gotten zika from mosquito bites in miami beach. the c.d.c. says pregnant women and their partners may want to consider postponing all of nonessential travel to miami-dade. the blue cut fire in san bernardino county, california. now more than 25% contained but it continues to grow in size. 37,000 acres. dozens of square miles scorched. there are m

firefighters involved in the effort. they are trying to stop it but it continues to grow north. 34,000 homes, businesses, other buildings all still at risk in this fire. it's, of course, just one of several out there in the southwest. well, there was a successful launch from florida's coast today. >> three. two. one. lift off! united launch alliance delta four rocket carrying the space mission for the united states air force. jonathan: yep. military mission that took off just before 1:00 this morning. on top of that, 206-foot rocket. a second set of satellite for the air force are going up. it now joins two others launched in 2014 to control a belt that wraps around the equator more than 22,000 miles up. the sat late group will be able -- satellite group will be able to stop threat to the satellite. space minds. interesting. there are things that we know that you can

area this weekend that would be a lot of fun. alison: we have fairs, concerts going on. we want to help you fill your planner. kidd o'shea has the weekend kickoff. kidd: there is a lot going on in d.c. we begin with the d.c. restaurant week. this is your chance to try new restaurants maybe you haven't tried before. special menu and prices let you enjoy the best of the d.c. greatest restaurants. the website to check out the ramw.org for menus and locations. all right. let's move on to the montgomery county fair. the final weekend of the fair. this is your last chance to grab your favorite food on a stick. take in a monster truck show. take a spin on the rides. or grab a scoop of ice cream at dairy bar. the fair ends tomorrow. kids 11 and under are free. finally drake is playing tonight with future at the verizon center. one of music's biggest stars will play all the hits from best i ever had to

dance. it's sure to be a great show. will there be any special guests at tonight's show like eminem and the game who recently joined him at other shows? whatever you do this weekend i hope you have a great weekend. i'm "good morning washington's" kidd o'shea. jonathan: you do know you kick off your weekend tonight? a lot of folks know off. alison: kickoff. good one. erin hawksworth is at fedex field where we get our look at the defending n.f.c. champs at home tonight. erin: that is right. the second preseason game is upon us. this is a great chance for the redskins to try to build momentum as we head toward the regular season. take a look at the field behind me. this is quiet right now. some of the players are here warming up. getting ready for tonight's game against the jets. other than that, it's just personnel setting up the operations. ahead of tonight's game against the jets. it will be a great opportunity for the fans to see the newcomers like josh norman, vernon davis and the local

one thing i noticed about the team, they are loose and they have pretty big goals. >> i have told my teammates i would like to be the san antonio spurs of the nfl. be super boring and maybe people at the end of the season go wow, they had a really good year and no one talked about it. >> winning a lot of games. i'm familiar with san antonio. win a lot of games and the championship. however he wants to compare. hopefully we'll go out there and back it up and do the play on the field. >> we are growing. we have a good team. good guys. good group of everybody. different pers mel. -- different personnel. keep getting better. erin: next hour we look at the areas for improvement tonight. but for now we send it to over to steve rudin with the weekend forecast. steve: all right. nice evening for a little bit of football. temperatures right now are 91 degrees at reagan national airport. leesburg looking at 88. showers well west of d.c. way, way to the west. western maryland. not going to amount to a lot. let's talk about the forecast for the game tonight. we just

plenty of sunshine. warm and on the muggy side. temperatures will eventually fall in the 80's. the winds out of the west at 5 to 10. for tonight, upper 60's to middle 70 it. partly cloudy skies. already the weekend. 91 for the high. heat index values closer to 95. showers and thunderstorms likely from a cold front on sunday. highs then around 90 degrees. if you have travel plans to any of the delmarva beaches, middle 80's tomorrow. ocean city around 87 on sunday. the showers and the storms. cold front. on monday, mid-80's with the water temperatures in the 70's. i'll take you out with a look at the next seven days. there is the weekend for you. lower 90's. middle 80's monday. lower humidity. low 80's on tuesday and wednesday with the nighttime lows in the 60's. a good time to download the storm watch 7 weather app. stay ahead of the storms. you will need it for the day on sunday. let's get a check on the afternoon's rush h

trenice bishop? trenice: pleasant weather for the redskins-jets this afternoon but not a great drive. we have an incident on 50. it's westbound. just at the capital beltway. it looks like the traffic there is only squeezing by to the left making your way through. we also have an issue on the beltway that has moved to the shoulder. if you're in prince george's county trying to get to the 50 corridor. we had an earlier accident there. that is still leaving you jack packed from the d.c. 295 at this hour. so heavy volume for you on 50 westbound at the beltway. on the outer loop trying to get to the prince george's or to and through prince george's county. you will find heavy volume there as well from the d.c. 295 corridor. now on 66, we still have the incident. it's off to the left shoulder. you see the flashing lights. travel lanes are open. that slow you down as you make your way westbound through fairfax county. for folk option the trip on the beltpay. it's heavy through virginia. inner and the outer loop if you ma

virginia. heavy volume. jonathan? jonathan: thanks. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- burial or cremation? in some cases it doesn't matter what you put in your will. a family's cautionary tale and the state that mandate your family sign off on

get higher and higher, and cemeteries fill up, more people are considering cremation. but a family learned it's not that easy to get permission to be cremated. >> he never thought his mother's passing would create problems and he tried to honor the wish to be cremated he learned it's not so simple. >> in 1998 my mother prepaid for her funeral arrangements. >> she paid for cremation even writing it in the will. >> she thought everything was done. but the plan hit a snag. >> all of your siblings have to agree that she can be cremated. >> the funeral home would not allow anything until all four adult children signed concept form. charlie says it was not a shock to him and his wife but also to the family finances. his mother prepaid $800 for cremation. not $6,000 for a full burial. >> then he couldn't find one

brother. my older brother was in the philippines. >> each state has different laws according to the national funeral director association. some states like florida, indiana, california allow the deceased to decide before they die. but kentucky, michigan, massachusetts require children to sign off on cemation. ohio and many other states are in the middle. charlie learned if you desire cremation -- >> check with your children before hand to save added headache. >> in the end he was able to have his mother cremated as she wished but there are major legal risks. if a funeral home doesn't follow the law precisely. check the local laws early on so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. jonathan: tonight, more elevator troubles at the washington monument. how long the close sure -- closures will continue? plus, a family dog steps up in a desperate situation. the self-sacrifice that saved a baby's life. and then amazon prime's one-hour delivery launches today.

announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: well, this is hard to believe but for the 23rd time in 15 months, the washington monument is closed because of an elevator problem. but in the last three hours we learned it will not open again for ten days. stephen tschida on the national mall with the latest on the developing story. >> the washington monument chronically failing elevator is out of service now for at least ten days. during the height of tourist season. >> we couldn't go up to the top. it's unfortunate. >> the elevator broke down three times since saturday. now it will undergo a thorough inspection. the goal determine what is causing the failures. >> we are in the shop. there was a sign that says you couldn't go up to the elevator wasn't working. >> again. >> the elevator shaft will be inspected and cleaned as well as the fans and the circuit

information gathered will be used to help design a more foolproof elevator control system. >> the lift doesn't work. c'mon! you are the best country in the world. you can do better than that. >> back here live. a jam-packed national mall. a lot of disappointed tourists out here tonight. we spoke with search of them. they said that they plan to come back later in the week. maybe after the weekend. and then go to the top. now they are learning it will be another week and a half before they will be able to go to the top. if even by then. now as long as they are inspecting the monumented, trying to find out what is causing the problems, the national park service will be working on the stairwell. in case there are other breakdowns of that elevator in the future. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: two more of the four u.s. swimmer accused of making up the story of being robbed in rio are back in the u..