>> now, abc 7 news at noon on your side. jummy: we will get our breaking news of the police sent out in just a moment, but first happening today, a race against the clock ahead of a deadline. john gonzalez is there with the shutdown of main street. john: nearly a month after this 1000 year flood decimated a mile stretch of main street here in historic elegant city, some

residents have so much work ahead of them. this is an area that is not close-out. you look at the damage and the debris in the front yard, you have a riding mower almost completely flipped over stuck in the mud. this is the day residents and business owners will have one final chance to get work done before the entire area is shut off for a while. knowing that time is running out, there was a flurry of activity this weekend. dozens of vehicles came through to clean out close to 100 properties, we understand. after today, main street will be closed for at least three weeks right here in the heart of the city to allow county crews and other utility workers to complete the critical infrastructure repairs. >> mike wright yard was washed away -- my front yard was washed away. just on saturday, i brought it in to fill in the hole. john: the idea is to have pedestrian

they will keep the area open until 7:00 tonight. after that, it is off-limits. a supply truck will be in the area handing out cleaning supplies throughout the day. the county council will be getting an update this afternoon on how the work is progressing. back to you inside. eather concerns in our area right now except maybe finding the best way to get outside and enjoy the weather. doug hill is here with the forecast. this is a welcome break from the and humidity. doug: it sure is, and by the power vested in me by myself, i hereby declare that heatwave over. not to say we may not have another heatwave late august and early september, but in the short term, it should be delightful. 77 right now but as the country club. a light breeze. a beautiful day. zero chances of rain. we will put together back-to-back giveaways with low

temperatures a couple degrees below average. 79 in baltimore. 81 at reagan national. and in fredericksburg, the dewpoint temperatures determine the amount of moisture in the air, and it feels the life also keep rooting for dew points to hold in the low 60's. -about 83 degrees. -- highs about 83 degrees. the levels are high for ragweed and mold spores. we will check out the next week for you in a little. jummy: now we get to the breaking in clifton, where there is a massive police response to a man barricaded in the home. you can see dozens of police officers outside the home on henderson court. jeff goldberg joins us now from the scene with more. tff:

ongoing investigation as this man, a 20-year-old man, remains barricaded inside his home with possession of a firearm. off.son court blocked a huge presence from fairfax police and fire and ems on the scene. take a look at video from the ground and howard or so ago. the call came in at about 9:00 this morning. a man barricaded himself inside this phone. family members were inside the home at the time. they were able to safely get out. that is good news, but the man is still inside barricaded. huge presence from fairfax county police. the swat team, hostage negotiators, and immobile crisis unit are here. meg, first of all, what can you tell us about what is happening with negotiations with this man as he remains barricaded inside the home? >> we are attempting to make contact with him so we can bring him out and result this issue safely. jeff:

this all started? >> it started just like you said. we responded about 9:08 a.m. this morning for a man that was emotionally distressed, and he reportedly had a handgun. there were family members inside, but we believe he is inside alone. we are attention to get him out of the house. jeff: thank you very much. obviously an ongoing investigation here in clifton. this is three years to the day of the situation involving john gear in springfield. a similar amount of fairfax police on the scene in that situation. that sadly resulted in the death of joh john deere. updates later on abc 7 will bring you updates later on abc 7 news. jummy: thank you. all morning long, commuters have

cut through. suzanne kennedy explains what caused the crash and how commuters had to cope with it. have beenrews working through the night to remove the vehicle and repair the powerful it struck -- power pole it struck. the accident took place in the 4000 block of the road between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m. the driver of the silver four-door honda lost control of the car as he was coming home from work. >> i saw crossing the road. one of them spread across. -- sped across. the other one stood still and then went across. i did not really see him at first until i did see him and then i swerved. suzanne: they first had to remove the car before repairs to begin.

to help restore electricity to customers, which at the height of the outage was at 54. another route was shut out for more than nine hours, which impacted the ride for monday morning commuters. a little more notice would have been better, but no notice at all. suzanne: the driver was not injured. nor was he cited by fairfax county police. two people are in custody this noon and a woman on the right after a police chase ended with a crash in fairfax county this morning. it started when an officer discovered a jeep was stolen. when he tried to pull the jeep overcoming the driver took off, eventually causing into a car. in the 60's-year-old woman driving the other car was hurt but will survive -- the 60-year-old woman driving the other car was hurt but will survive.

governor terry mcauliffe is preparing to make a major announcement on voting rights. the washington post reports the announcement is to restore voting rights to 13,000 felons who served their prison sentence. republicans call it an attempt to add more democratic leaning voters to the roles in an election year. meantime, a final goodbye underway for the son of former d.c. mayor marion barry. christopher berry is lying in repose from now until 6:00 p.m. in southeast cc. -- d.c. that is when the service will begin. he was 36 years old. also new this noon, donald trump is taking aim at a foundation run by his opponent. he says the clinton foundation is the corrupt enterprise of political history.

foundation announced they will not accept foreign or corporate donations if hillary clinton is elected president. the all caps as hillary should --urn money that i trump says hillary should return money to countries that disseminate women and gays. one school is starting with history. sam: more than 40,000 kids went back into the classroom, and 110 right here walked through that door at 8:45 a.m. this morning, and this is a very special day because this is a historic moment. this high school is the first public all boys high school in the district. the mayor and chancellor explained why the school will make such a difference for boys, young man of color. >> focusing on how we will develop our young men academical

them ready to be the fathers and young men that will lead our city forward. sam: the city spent money rehabilitating this school, and it will start with only the freshman class and continue to grow until it has all four classes in a couple years. all of the boys are required to wear jackets, shirts, and ties every single day. it was quite a learning curve this morning. back inside to you. jummy: get to see, and we want to see your back-to-school pictures. we had a lot of smiley faces excited to go back to class. look at some of those pictures. keep on sending them in. com/wjla, and you can upload your pictures there. we will show some of them on air, and the others on our website. still ahead, the scandal many

expensive for ryan lochte. the sponsor telling him to hit the showers. the zika virus and the natural disaster that could help spread the virus. really, what an incredible day out there today. the and humidity are gone -- the heat and humidity are gone.

jummy: six months after more than a dozen bald eagles were found dead along maryland's eastern shore, federal wildlife officials are closing the investigation. they believe the raptors were poisoned at say it is unlikely they will find the source. of

to an arrest. some evacuation orders are now being lifted in parts of louisiana though things are far from improving. a count has been evacuated because we reached levy that has been short o-- shored up. arrivent obama will tomorrow. more than a dozen people have died. there are concerns that the flooding in louisiana can lead to the spread of the zika virus beyond south florida. that is where you are calling for the increased funding of the response. >> the fight against zika spreading to miami beach means florida has no identified two zika hot zones. >> does this put a damper on your trip? n>> no. not yet. definitely still having fun.

worry about it right now because i am not in the first trimester of the pregnancy. >> this expectant mother visiting from mexico not concerned, but the cdc is not taking chances, now warning pregnant women and their partners to avoid travel, not just to the two hot zones, but anywhere in miami-dade county. >> i will not be surprised if we see cases in texas and louisiana particularly now when you have a situation with letting louisiana. louisiana. in >> health officials say attacking the virus by spreading aggressively is key to containing the above, which is why some officials are asking for congress to do more. >> we have to make sure we passed legislation that is free riders. >> the funding is set to run out next month so to keep the outbreak under

need help from congress, and they need it now. jummy: more trouble for the western u.s. as wildfires cause major problems now in washington state. several homes have been damaged outside of spokane. a fire grows to cover 15 square miles there. at least one community has been evacuated there. a wildfire in central california has destroyed 47 homes and is rsteatening her castle -- hea castle. thatare still dealing with and out here, we are dealing with nothing. doug: we had a cold front come through yesterday with gusty winds and heavy rain. terrible lightning, but we are on target to have a pleasant week. temperatures and humidity levels will be creeping back up again, but in the meantime, it will be delightful. let's start with the time

on the campus of old delhi school in southern frederick county, maryland. 75 degrees there right now. it will continue to be absolutely spectacular out there. a few clouds will form, but mostly sunny for the next few days as high pressure continues to build into our region. 79 in billy right now. -- bowie right now. 78 in springfield. ford washington at 79 degrees. 79 in largo. a look at the temperatures combined with the moisture in does not getit more comfortable than this around here, so enjoy every minute of it. 83 to 85 for the high with a breeze out of times bringing in drier and more comfortable air. very enjoyable. higher pressure from the lower likes to the missouri valley. we will get a northwesterly wind that will bring in drier air.

the ground is still wet from the heavy rains yesterday. most areas will stay mostly sunny. the center of the high will move overhead and move offshore in the next several days, and that will lead the wings to turn to the south. maybeis a slight chance by friday we might see isolated showers or storms, but nothing until then. that is good news for you. will wake up tomorrow the temperatures that will be refreshing. locations few valley 52, 54 degrees. next few days, gorgeous. sunshine and 83. 86 on wednesday. 88 on thursday. our advertising 86. average high-- the is 86. the redskins play on friday. gorgeous weather conditions that and the next seven

for temperatures at the 80's at kickoff. absolutely nice. 85, around that today. 83 tomorrow. mid 80's midweek, and then we see the numbers creep up a little bit over the next few days back to 92 maybe by friday and saturday. we will cool off again by sunday. a nice pattern developing to the end of august. jummy: i know. i like it. i hope it hangs on for a few more weeks. doug: me to. -- me too. for the milestone today panda turning one year old today. the celebration held over the weekend. a cake was presented. the band has slept through so his mom got to do some of the dirty work and he for him. as older sister also received a cake for her upcoming third birthday. we just love our pandas. cong

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jummy: virginia beach native gabby douglas is not taking a break after winning gold in rio. she is now headed to the miss america pageant. she is not competing though that would make for a pretty impressive talent show. she will be one of the judges this year. it airs live on sunday, september 11. meantime, ryan lochte's notorious incident in rio is hurting his

speedo announcing they are no longer sponsoring the swimmer and will donate $50,000 lochte's fee to a charity supporting the children of brazil. lochte and his teammates told police and the press they were robbed at gunpoint when they were confronted by police after vandalizing a gas station. lochte however maintains he did not completely line. >> i was not lying to a certain extent. a gun was pointed at us and we had to give the money so you can call that a robbery, extortion, or say we had to pay the money for the damage of the poster. jummy: lie or not, the u.s. olympic committee announced they

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last month, he jumped through a wall of fire on his motorcycle. he did it again this weekend while jumping over a helicopter. he says his jobs are a symbol of his faith with the rent representing the highs and lows of life. i have faith, but i do know is that is in my wheelhouse. doug: not so much. the weather turned as we expected with a cold front coming through, and we will enjoy this for a couple days. lower humidity, lower temperatures, lots of sunshine. a mainlyight, under clear to partly cloudy skies, we will drop to 58 to 64 degrees. tomorrow, sunshine and 83. 86 wednesday. next chance of rain, next friday. jummy: thank you. thank you for joining us this midday. be sure to watch abc seven news at 4:00. have a good day. [cap

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