announcer: "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: police are on the look out after a man tried to attack a woman on the w&od trail in leesburg this morning. this is the second attack in a week on that trail. it runs from arlington to peres. this time they have a sketch in the incident. jeff goldberg is live in leesburg with the latest in this investigation. jeff? jeff: well, michelle, leesburg police confirming the female jogger involved in this incident was off-duty sheriff deputy for the loudoun county sheriff office. physically she was unharmed. thankfully. emotionally, not surprisingly, she is shaken by the experience. this is where it happened this morning. what a noteworthy of the section of the w&od trail, this is a busy section of the trail with bikers, joggers and people on t

away of the center of town. this is a sketch of the suspect the police released this afternoon. late 40's to early 50's. 6'1", 6'2", weighing 130 pounds. the woman in her early 30's jogging along the trail when she was approached by an unknown man displaying what appeared to be a boxcutter. woman was able to run away and the suspect did the same. the two never physically coming into contact. the woman calling 911 almost immediately and police responding quickly. including a k9 from leesburg police department and also the loudoun county sheriff office and helicopter unit from fairfax county. no signs of the suspect. >> truly saddened. unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be terribly surprising these days. >> absolutely. >> it's concerning. regardless of where it occurred. either in town or outside of town. that is why we want to get the information out there as quic

jeff: and just last week in sterling, also along the w&od trail there was an attempted sexual assault that took place. that was happening at night. law enforcement officials do not believe that this case and that one are connected. coming up in an hour, we will speak with a jogger who is on this trail every day. after hearing what she heard about what happened this morning, she is definitely going to be making big changes. until then, live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. right now in prince george's county there is a meeting just getting underway that could change the face of the school board. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live at upper marlboro. this stems from the county's head start program. that was big money that just got lost. brad: yeah. the federal government revoking, terminating the grant. $6.4 million to the school system to run head start. we have been watching board members come into the building. they are literally in this back room, behind the au

meeting. they have a long list of issues to deal with. the head start, that money and their own infighting. the school board gathers for a private meeting with $6.4 million and the future of the head start program at stake. they will meet for three hours with much to discuss. will there be an appeal to the feds for a restoration of the grant money? has the system fixed the problems which led to the case of corporate punishment and humiliation in classroom and then the federal sanction? how will the board move forward after five members demand the resignation of the board chair and vice chair? vice chair declined comment. then the security appears to remove news crews from the grounds of the public schools, the public headquarters building. c.e.o. kevin maxwell does speak to us and vows head start will not be interrupted. >> i can't tell you where we will end up. i can only say we'll have a conversation and we are going to come out with a result that provides services of the children

brad: back live, you see the security officers over there. they have been put in that place to keep reporters away from board members as they arrive for the meeting. one board member did speak with us. a little while ago. when we come back at 5:00, we will share his comments with you. he is concerned that there are many more incidents involving head start than have been reported. the problem far deeper than we know. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. in the last few hours prince george's county updatedded us on the number of the student immunization numbers. we told you more than 6,000 students were kept out of class on the first day of school on tuesday because the records were not up to date. today 3,700 students still need to be immunized. michelle: now to the latest developments in italy where the scene of destruction is haunting after yesterday's early morning earthquake. at least 241 people died. and the town of amatrice was just de

like before the quake hit. beautiful, historic buildings. now i want to show you what it looks like after the quake. piles of dust and rubble. we are talking about dozens of buildings that collapsed. scott mclane is five miles from the quake's epicenter. scott: rescue team in central italy go through rubble. cadaver dogs hoping to find sur survivors. time is running out to find people trapped in the debris. aftershock are making rescue operations more difficult. heavy equipment is only just beginning to arrive in isolated areas cut off by landslide and debris. in the devastating town of amatrice, the 13th century clock tower is frozen. it hands stopped at 3:36 a.m. the moment the quake struck.

those who got out are sleeping outside or in cars unwilling and up able to go back inside. >> inside the house is a complete mess. disaster. everything is collapsed. this little village, they were, they have seen 22 people that died. scott: others don't share the same fear. this man went in his home to get his tv. his only protection was a bike helmet. rescuers pulled a young girl from the rubble alive in press pescara del tronto. in the video the man is talking to the girl, begging for her to live. rescues poised her out of the rubble, her body in day dust. a bystander crying out "beautiful girl" in italian. jonathan: that breaks your heart. hopefully they will pull more people out. 7 on storm watch as they look

ravaged kokomo. check this out. wow! shocking sight from the storm. that was a starbucks. was. flatted by the high winds that blew through. the employees were sheltering in the bathroom and they were not hurt. mike pence was surveying the damage today and spoke with survivors of this twister. mr. pence: speak to a man whose mother and sister in a home that only has two walls standing. they came out. it's just remarkable. nothing short of a miracle. jonathan: it is a miracle. 10 to 15 suffered minor injuries but no one was killed in the swath of tornadoes. it wasn't just one. there were a few that touched down. all right. the heat started to creep back in our picture today. did you feel it? michelle: i did. getting there. getting warmer out there. tomorrow is look like the hottest day of the

chief meteorologist doug hill here with the forecast. just in time for the weekend, doug. doug: it's the hottest day of the week but not the heat that is the extent of the heat and the humidity to last a long time. nothing like we had a couple of weeks ago. it's still august and we get the heat. we have several days. gorgeous at rehoboth beach. if you haven't made plans and you are thinking should i go to the beach or not? it's perfect at the delmarva beaches. temperatures are 88 at the reagan national airport. 89 in hagerstown and fredericksburg. 86 in annapolis. the weather forecast for nationals-orioles is good. 89 degrees. one "w" is all i'm asking for. just one. do it. tomorrow, we will wake up to the temperatures lower

mid-70's in town. it's been a long time since we had warnings so warm because of the southerly winds and the increase heat and humidity. at the bus stop, 76 when the kids go out. 58 at recess. 95 tomorrow. weekend and beyond in a few minutes. michelle: thank you. there is breaking news coming in the newsroom out of mississippi. police in jackson say two catholic nuns have been killed. the two appear to be a homicide victim and they were not shot. they were sure to make that specific. but they are not saying how they died. both nuns are nurse practitioners. we'll follow up to bring you the latest information as soon as it comes in to us. jonathan: new developments regarding ryan lochte, olympic swimmer. multiple news agencies reporting a brazilian judge summoned him back to the country. he has been asked to file

gunpoint. lochte apologized for embellishing the event. if he doesn't show up, which probably won't happen, the process goes on without him. michelle: still ahead for us next at 4:00. >> puppies at rescue in waldorf. i'm amy aubert with the story coming up. michelle: no clouds in the sky. why were hundreds on the national mall opening and closing their umbrellas? jonathan: first a deadly fall after a trip to a road course. what investigators think may have happened. we it for you next.

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jonathan: back now with a developing story out of delaware in the last hour the operator of a popular zip line course said the woman who fell 35 feet to her death on wednesday actually disconnected herself from the park's safety system. eva pilgrim has more on the situation. reporter: zip lining adventure ending in tragedy. a woman dying after falling from a course in delaware. >> i can see how it could happen. reporter: authorities say the woman exploring the tree top adventure course in delaware fell approximately 40 feet off a platform later dying at the hospital.

the course which according to the website a two or three-hour journey as you take on suspended obstacles and breath-taking zip line with an incredible view. they released this statement after the fall saying it is deeply saddened by the tragic occurrence. the thought and prayers go out to her family and friends and in particular those on the course with her at the time. authorities still trying to figure out how the woman fell to her death. >> if they didn't go up with the caution to hook her up and lost their balance and fell from the platform, it could be possible. >> meanwhile, the latest accident raising concerns about safety. jonathan: abc7 reached out to a course in rockville to ask if any changes are being made at the location in light of the investigation, it appears nothing is changing. michelle: to new information regarding the d.c. streetcar system. saturday will mark six months

riders get a present. another day of service. the department of transportation will add sunday hours beginning september 18. the day after the eighth street festival. the streetcar carried more than 400,000 passengers since started. jonathan: one more day closer to friday. time for a check of the traffic situation. jamie, a lot of folks may take tomorrow and head to the beach early. jamie: that sounds nice, doesn't it? but unfortunately we have to get through the afternoon rush today. inbound, a lot of volume. this is something we'll see throughout the afternoon. we have a nats game tonight. we have increased traffic but it will get worse throughout the afternoon. the reason for the traffic is you are heading 395 because of a crash. the reason for slowing and we also have slowing in this corner.

as you head northbound from tysons to the 270 slowing. utility work slowing down l street in some spots. the average here past the g.w. parkway is 15 miles per hour. a live look at bradley boulevard shows how congested we are. this is thinger loop to connecticut avenue and where we get a break. back to you. michelle: thank you. flooding in louisiana leaving many without a place to call home. including our four-legged friends. amy aubert caught up to meet with the shelters affected by the flooding and bringing dozens of animals in need hopefully to their forever home. >> last chance animal rescue in waldorf. have the hands full. taking in 66 dogs and puppies and 12 cats. she and a

trek south to bring cleaning supplies for people in need. bringing puppies, it can on thes, dog -- kittens, dogs and cats to waldorf with a home of a forever home. >> if animals are in need. we helped a tiny portion. the need is so great. amy: they were contacted by three shelters in louisiana. the bunch she rescued all from those shelters. >> the excitement is seeing who the new animals are that are coming in. >> some of them already in foster care. the rescue still has 40 other dogs and puppies. just like dawson here from louisiana that still need a foster home. >> they are all happy now. >> the next step finding the loveable animals their forever home. >> they just want you to love them. look. take me home. >> the rescue stresses the important of spay and neutering and microchipping theet

september 10 in alexandria and 17th in columbia, maryland. amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: so cute. jonathan: maybe they'll adopt. michelle: doug. jonathan: he said he has seven cats and five dogs. doug: i think the spca has a sign with the hill family. circle and a line through it. don't let the hills adopt you. jonathan: if your wife is walking you will get another dog. doug: when i lay in a box like this is when i'll get another dog. we have two already. beautiful morning. that is gorgeous. upper 8

the rest of the numbers are 89 in potomac. 91 in ashburn. 92 in aspen hill. 87 in largo. bowie at 88. 84 in waldorf. the pool forecast, we only have a couple more weeks after labor day. back to reality. bull for the next couple of weeks the weather is also going to cooperate here it will be a perfect evening for a swim. the winds are out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour. the reason for the warmth increasing, the high pressure off the coast pumping up the heat and the humidity from the south. cold front crosses tomorrow afternoon. not a lot of weather. only storms

it may drop humidity but not the heat that much. high pressure moving north to clear us out. the seven-day forecast, hottest of the next seven is storm. it's warm saturday and sunday. trend is going to continue monday and tuesday in lower 90's then. wednesday and thursday and friday of next week, partly cloudy. warm in the lower 90's with a daily chance of showers and thunderstorms. jonathan: thanks. still ahead for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- what goes up, must come down. see the painstaking end to this. michelle: first, a call for action after a spike in heroin ov

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michelle: for months we have been tracking cases on the heroin highway. cases of overdose and death that stretch from maryland to west virginia and virginia surrounding the opioid drug. today a call to action from the government after at least a dozen overdoses in one city in this week alone. dianne gallagher has the story. dianne: the sound of sirens, a soundtrack to a crisis in middle america. as the heroin

to get more dangerous. >> i'm really disturbed about it. it saddens my heart. dianne: 28 overdoses in one night last week. 12 people overdosed in the area. 90 overdoses since this weekend, leading to five deaths in the area. authorities believe the particular overdose spikes are due to bad batches. >> when you have that many overdoses like yesterday, in such a short period of time, it taxes the resources. >> last week the obama administration announced $17 million in funding aimed to prevention and stop the supply of opiates. the d.e.a. busted a semi truck in new york with $2 million of heroin stuffed in the axles. the cd

urgent public action. releasing a report showing sharp increase in opioid-related overdose deaths and increase in counterfeit prescription pilling. specifically ohio and florida, opened with fentanyl. which is what they believe killed prince earlier this year. >> it draws like flies to sugar. dianne: dianne gallagher, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up here a promise about the pen. the maker of t epi pen is taking action after a slew of criticism about the price spike. is it enough? >> if you haven't been to a national park you haven't been anywhere. michelle: how you can enjoy the centennial celebration of the elmwood parks service without paying a cent this weekend.

jonathan: today is the national park's service 100 birthday. the centennial celebration had free boa

canal in potomac, which is fun. woodrow wilson signed the organic act in 1916, the newly created bureau was responsible for managing parks and the monuments. michelle: today they oversee 58 national park and 150 national monuments including the national mall were more than a thousand people tried to make history of their own today. >> the national park service celebrating 100 years now. you can see the folks with the umbrella up. that is how they are doing it. they are cheering big. i'm at the top of the emblem. the arrowhead is pointing toward the washington monument. here is 2 deal. we have folks here of all ages and from all over. even the little ones here. where are you from? >> washington, d.c. >> well, right here at home. all right. well, here is the thing. folks here love the national parks. they want to be part of the celebration.

could go in the "guinness book of world records." i'm jointed by mike, a p.r. person for the national parks in this area. now, mike, talk about why people feel so compelled to be out here this morning. why are the parks so important? >> the national parks in many ways represent america as a whole. where we came from. how we got here. where we are headed. it's not just yellow stone and the grand canyon. it's the civil war battlefield. the site associated with the struggle for civil rights. they are relevant today and tell us who we are as a country. >> thank you. everybody out here is very excited. they love the national park. if you have not been it stays open through the winter. it's all about conserving and preserving what we have. i'm meteorologist veronica johnson. back to you. michelle: great shades, veronica. "national geographic" is releasing a 360-tour of the park to celebrate th

centennial. and president obama was one of the people to preview. the commander-in-chief narrates the 11-minute video. it was filmed on the first family's visit to yosemite in june. jonathan: another tribute came from google today which changed the little icon you use to see the street level to a national park service ranger. pretty cool. michelle: what is your favorite picture from a national park? share it with us at burst.com/wjla. we will put up a gallery this weekend when all the country's national parks are free. jonathan: we have had a couple of really nice days. today somebody threw water on the rocks. it's getting warm in the sauna. doug: it's warm but not like it was a couple weeks ago where it is 101. jonathan: it is august. doug: good view. a little cloudiness that has helped keep temperatures down today. looking live at the national harbor and the capital wheel. let's start n

thank you. i lose track sometimes. blue sky and cloudiness. a gorgeous afternoon. 88 at reagan national. the dew point temperature is 74. just doing the math in my head which is painful and dangerous it feels like 93 degrees outside. it is starting to have an effect. if you are dining outdoors tonight, good call. it will be nice. the temperatures will drop around 7:00 to 85 in the metro. all the same at 8:00. the sun sets at 7:50. all week long it's alexandria restaurant week. now the wake-up temperatures tomorrow will be in the low to mid-70's throughout the metro and the suburban area. 74 in aspen hill. 74 in la plata. 71 in manassas. the buffalo bills are in town tomorrow night at fedex against the redskins. 83 degrees the kickoff. 83. muggy with the winds out of the northwest. the weekend outlook is sticky but not bad. partly to mostly sunny saturday and sunday. the highs both days around 90 de

the weekend and the extended forecast in a few minutes. jonathan: thanks. how about this? with the latest on the epipen price controversy. this is really getting heated. mylon the company that makes the epipen creating programs to help patients pay for the products. but they say lowering the price is not an option. keep in mind the average price of a two-dose epipen pack is more than $600. a $500 hike from what it cost five years ago. they are facing pressure from members of congress to lower the price but they are refusing to back down. >> the hospital that treated survivors of the orlando nightclub massacre is footing the bill for everything. michelle, go to you. michelle: he is not just robbing banks for hundreds of thousands of dollars but he is terrorizing the people who work at

as richard reeve reports today, police hope you can help bring the bad guy to justice. >> the f.b.i. now on a manhunt. they are looking for this masked bank robber, walks in, his gun out. >> it's upsetting for anybody for a guy to walk around with a gun and go into a bank like that. >> wearing a dozen disguises. this individual held innocent men and women working inside the bank at gun poit and terrorized the lives. >> nine holdup in three states between march of 2015 and this past january. three times from winchester, twice in charlestown, west virginia, and brunswick, maryland, plus two others. >> a lot of the bank robbers we see are obviously folks suffering from addiction or they are desperate. you can tell sometimes the heart is not in it. that is not the case with this individual

robber is the level of the violent intimidation he uses in the holdups. >> he used shotguns handguns with no accomplice. >> willing to terrorize the bank personnel. >> the pickup in the older model pontiac as the get-away cars. now a $15,000 reward for information. >> it concerns me. i don't understand people anymore. jonathan: that is 5-year-old william everett jr. he bought officers subway sandwiches. all of them. he saved up his allowances to pay for the sandwiches. william's mom says he loves police officers. as a thank you the

department shirt and other gifts. i have to imagine a couple of hugs and high fives as well. michelle: a thoughtful thing for a young child to do. love the story. jonathan: someone tells me he will grow up to be a police officer. michelle: for sure. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- this is only a drill. the goal behind this morning's exercise in arlington. jonathan: but first getting your pizza delivered piping hot. the new way a popular chain is experimenting. we show it to you up next. michelle: and we, as we head to break we would be remiss if we didn't tell you this is national banana split day. so grab your bah been -- bananas and have a blast. that looks delicious.

michelle: back now with a look at seven hours of work. jonathan: oh, no! no, no, no, no! michelle: isn't that fun to watch? gone in the blink of an eye. the ambitious artists used 3,000 dominoes to build the largest domino tower in america. they were trying to add an antenna structure at the top of it. that is the fun of it. watching it all crumble. jonathan: no. i'm sure

saying did i do that? no! at least they came down with it. how about that? if you want pizza and you don't want to wait for the drive to deliver it? how about this? drone. yep. 3,000 dominoes are going to build out and try to do the drone process. as you can see here, it is successful. they are testing this in new zealand before they bring it here. they hope to use the drone for the delivery sometimes later this year. you get it delivered to you in 30 minutes. michelle:

some of you can use a scheduled ride feature to allow you to set up a trip 30 minutes to 30 days in advance. i should be available to everyone in the next few weeks. jonathan: still ahead here at 4:00, days after you heard jennifer lawrence is the highest paid actress in hollywood, find out which man at the top of the list. michelle: calls for a judge to be removed from the bench. the verdict that has him under

jonathan: we want you to have a voice in vote 2016. we have 65 sister stations across the country and we have all reached out for opportunities to speak with the candidates. you can e-mail us your questions at yourvoice@wjla.com. michelle: thousands of people are

removal after he sentenced an athlete to probation after sexual assault case. >> thousands of online petitioners are calling for removal of the judge who sentenced 18-year-old david becker to probation instead of prison time. after he was charged with sexual assaulting two classmates. at a plea hearing in june, judge thomas esty citing with beck ears lawyer who argued the former high school athlete had already suffered due to his actions. >> there have been significant consequences to being charged the the offense in the first place. >> the judge adding that a harsher punishment would slam a lot of doors for becker whose lawyer described him as a model student who deserved to go to college. >> everything was going perfect for him. then suddenly april 20, 2016, he's at a house party. there is no parents. there is alcohol and marijuana. testosterone and

perfect mix for bad behavior and he made a bad decision. reporter: he was arrested after two women went to sleep in a bed with them. they each woke up at separate time with becker assaulting them. victim one said becker texted her after the incident writing sorry about last night. very much in the wrong. she replied don't worry about it. it's all good. later telling investigators she didn't know what else to say. becker told police he was unaware she was asleep and denied having any contact with victim two. prosecutors recommended two years of jail time for becker. instead he got two years probation. >> the judge's sympathy is misplaced.

crew had to be removed yesterday. michelle: one of the passengers live tweeted the entire thing. he started saying this is a first. my flight returned to the gate because the cabin crew had a tiff. one being offloaded. jonathan: couldn't get along. two more tweets and ten minutes later he says please be patient with us. water offered. suggest those in the back should come to the front where it's cooler followed by, "this is incredible. we have all worked with people we don't get on with, right?" michelle: there is even this picture of the captain explaining why the flight is delayed. at that point two members of the crew were taken off the plane. it appears that the members of the crew just don't like each other. disagreement over unwrapping water bottles or something. jonathan: if you own that airline, you always work with people you don't get along with. it happens. human nature. but if you can't be

rid of those people. >> think how they inconvenience the passengers. usually the passengers you have to worry about. >> i love that he had a sense of humor. move over "iron man" the rock is moving to the top of the list of the highest paid actors. that is forbes magazine saying duane johnson tops this year making $65.5 million. earlier in week forbes reported that jennifer lawrence is the highest paid female actress in hollywood. $46 million. michelle: a lot of money. jonathan: debait raging online about the latest list looking to rank movies. michelle: we were surprised with this. jonathan: shocked. michelle: out with the list of the best film of the 21st sengturery. survey of 177 critics

holland drive" at the top. jonathan: what are you thinking? michelle: followed by "in the mood for love." jonathan: "no country for old men" round out the top ten. i get that one but the other ones -- michelle: stop it. if you want to check out the list go to wjla.com. i have to move beyond the top ten and top 20 to see the films i have gone to the movies and watched. jonathan: some of these i'm living in the dark. who are they? michelle: this weak the toyota team player made a mark on the game of golf. even though he is still in elementary school. jonathan: can you imagine? erin hawksworth

prodigy. the only thing he can't do when it comes to golf -- is shoot his age. at least not yet. >> i'm 10-1/2. i turn 11 in november. erin: he rumped from the u.s. kids world golf championship in pine hurst, north carolina. >> everything was in sync. >> he dominated shooting 23 under par over three days. he has taken home trophies from as far away as scotland. but there is a drawback. he can't play with his dad anymore. >> we play 13 holes. >> up 11-0. i gave up. finished at 14.

i will a full-time caddie since then. erin: he has his sights set on a pro career. >> you got it all figured out. >> pretty much. especially but for now, practice, practice, practice and elementary school. >> we want to support his dream. we support him. erin: graduation to him, representing the red, white and blue, this week's team player. michelle: his daddy is his caddie. jonathan: his dad will not play against him anymore. up 11. 12 holes. michelle: game over. steve: all right. on the verge of the heatwave. ready? michelle: here we go. steve: look at the temperatures outside. 80 in leesburg.

forecast for this evening if you are dining outdoors or exercising or watching the kids football game, looking at the temperatures that are in the 80's under partly cloudy skies. on the muggy side. the daylight hours are shrinking on us. now sun sets at 7:48. it feels like closer to 98 to 102 degrees. we may see a stray storm or two. not going to amount to a lot. the renaissance festival in maryland. 10:00 to 7:00 in the evening. the temperatures are around 90 degrees. on the humid side. sunshine to enjoy. look at the beach forecast. it looks awesome out there. heading to rehoboth beach or bethesda. it's 84 on sunday. surf temperatures around 73 to 77

lower 90's on monday and tuesday. the next best chance of thunderstorms are wednesday and thursday next week. a check on traffic on thursday evening, jamie sullivan. jamie: slow traffic inbound 395. all of this volume for a couple of reasons. crash on the southeast beltway freeway. we have a nats game at 7:05. the big picture look, yes, a lot of slowing now. heavy traffic on the iner and the outer loop. the inner loop is 21 miles per hour. that is the highest you

get. working its way closer to silver spring. on the outer loop, we are okay near bradley boulevard but this is because of a crash near 355 with injury. back to you. jonathan: thank you. coming up next at 4:00, a sight you don't want to see at the pentagon. the reason behind this drill coming up.

jonathan: if you drove by the pentagon you might have panicked. it's just a drill. q mccray shows us what they were training for. q: let me show our friends where we are. in front of the pentagon. this is the pentagon mall and the heliport. you are watching a simulation of a disaster. helicopter crash with mass casualties. started out at 9:00 a.m. the goal is to make sure first responders are ready for anything and everything. without practice, that won't happen. >> it's fortunately days like this to have the allie

in a real world operating environment to test and exercise multiple facets of the plan. q: there were issues of traffic on 27 and 110 in virginia would be backed up. that's the case now. in addition to the pentagon protection authorities several other first responders around the area are here. including arlington county and fairfax county fire department. and the american red cross. that is the latest from the pentagon, i'm q mccray. back to you in the studio. leon: tonight, a high-stakes closed door meeting with the future of head start for area kids at take. >> this has to stop. leon: frustrating metro leaders demand answers after the summer. and derailment raising suspicion. out of heartbreak and destruction in central italy a reason to rejoice after the earthquake. you wonder if you have zika. why it will cost you if your test comes back negati.

side. leon: up first tonight at 5:00 another woman attacked on a popular running trail. the second in a week. this morning a man carrying a boxcutter confronted a woman along the w&od trail in leesburg. tonight a break in case and new police composite sketch. jeff goldberg is live in leesburg. the intended victim today wasn't just any runner, right? tell us about it. jeff: that's right. this was an off-duty sheriff deputy for the loudoun county sheriff office going for a morning run in a popular section of the w&od trail. physically she was unharmed but she is shaken. >> i run this every day. i generally feel safe. >> we told her who is training for a marathon about the attempted assault in the mo

in leesburg. >> a woman was jogging when a man approached her and displayed a boxcutter. the woman took off and so did the suspect. >> the jogger was unharmed and called 911 immediately. leesburg police responded with the loudoun county sheriff office and a helicopter unit from fairfax county. no sign of the suspect. who is 6'1", 6'2". authorities do not believe this incident is connected to an attempted sexual assault along the w&od trail last week. that happened in sterling and at night. >> it