father trying to protect himself and his daughter. maryland bureau chief brad bell has been following this all day from brown station road and he has the latest for us. brad? brad: yeah, truly a bizarre and a terrible incident that happened right here in this shopping center that is best known as the location of the dutch vim -- village farmers market. you can see the paint left by the crime scene technicians as police at this hour still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> oh, my gosh! brad: this cell phone video taken by a witness captures the raw grief seconds after a young man is struck by an s.u.v. and killed. there is confusion. and then -- >> he has a gun! whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. she has a gun on her. brad: witnesses say the dead man has an assault rifle. his mother still screaming in disbelief seems to reach for it. then poli

the bizarre story emerges. according to multiple sources, the driver of the striking vehicle, the red range rover, say the man he hit assaulted his daughter last night. then this morning in upper marlboro, he and his daughter spot the man riding with his mother in another vehicle. they follow. they call police. and then there is a confrontation in this parking lot. the father claiming he struck the younger man in self-defense after spotting that assault weapon which later was clearly visible in a police officer's hands. this witness arrived just as the dead man's mother realized what happened. >> he just kept saying, "that's my son, that's my son. i hope he's not dead. god i hope he's not dead." i said a prayer for him myself. brad: a terrible scene this morning. so much grief and it car

in the story we showed you a picture of the gun, very clear in video. the big question tonight was it visible to the driver of the survivor -- driver of the s.u.v. or was it concealed? we are working our sources and we hope to have more on that at 5:00. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. strong winds tearing down strees. the strongest gust topping 70 miles per hour. if you walk outside you could feel the winds pushing you around as you try to get by. stormwatch7 has team coverage, the forecast. and surveying the damage this evening. we begin with chief meteorologist doug hill. when can we see things quieting down as far as the winds go? doug: as you speak, the winds are starting to diminish. everything is on target as the big blizzard moves to the atlantic ocean. let me show you the wind gusts. we have been monitoring them all day long. now it's up to

the surge of the cold air after the front came through. joint base andrews, 72-mile-per-hour wind gusts. before that, it hit 66 miles per hour at reagan national. hagerstown, 60 miles per hour. newington, 55. the winds have peaked. we are still under a wind advisory. the high wind warning was canceled at 11:00 this morning, ahead of schedule. but they are starting to subside. the latest wind gusts between 20 and 32 miles per hour in the metro area. much lighter than earlier and it will be lighter in the evening. this evening forecast is skies are clear, dropping to the upper 30's. all the while the winds continuing to slowly diminish. michelle: in fairfax, downed trees caused power outages that lasted to the morning. schools were delayed. jeff goldberg is live in arlington. what we are finding is really amazing that nobody was hurt considering dam

right, michelle. that is incredibly true when you look at the scene we are lacking at in north arlington. crews working very hard to remove this enormous tree. we are by 31st street north and stewart in north arlington. this is just enormous. look at the base of it. it gives you idea how big it is. it is one of many that did not survive last night's storm. after standing strong for 65 years, the towering willow oak was no match for the overnight winds. >> when it happened, no one was home. jeff: jim white owns the home in arlington but lives in boston. he was in town when the tree toppled last night. white finally got a glimpse. >> we came down the street and kind of stopped. wow. jeff: it fell on power lines on stewart street, that caused the transformer to fall in the street and that caused neighbors to lose power. >> thankful it d

jeff: familiar sights and scenes played out across northern virginia, from arlington, to mclean and annandale. fallen trees, closed roads, power trees hard at work. >> the gust comes up and it was ferocious. sounded like a freight train. jeff: the power was still at at the elementary school. they bused them to another school to finish the day. >> it's an inconvenience but as long as everybody is safe. jeff: no question about that. everybody is safe. dominion virginia crews working hard to restore power. 50,000 customers had no power. 30,000 at once in the peak. but at the moment, just more than 4,000 power without power. dominion virginia hoping that everybody is restored by later tonight. that is the situation in a very noisy, north arlington, virginia. now over to richard reeve in silver spring. rich? richard: jeff,

off roofs. that is the kind of power we are talking about with mother nature. take a look. you can see up there, the chimney up there crumbling from a fallen tree. the big reveal, the culprit. the tree falling on the house. i scared the wits out of a woman watching tv inside. the wind chimes are still blowing around outside her house but nothing compared to the 50, 60-mile-per-hour winds that toppled the giant tree. >> i heard something very terrible. richard: around 11:30 sunday night, she was watching tv in her living room when suddenly -- >> i'm on the phone and i hear the bomb. richard: that is the neighbor abbey, among those who heard the crash. >> i don't know what happened. i saw the ceiling, maybe something broken there. i just ran outside. richard: the high winds also slammed d.c. woodland terrace neighborhood, sheering off roofs, shattering car windows an

>> everything went out. the light, the phone, everything. richard: as you can see a big clean-up ahead. live in silver spring, richard reeve, abc7 news. president trump: we also have a lot of other options including filing a brand new order. >> is that your plan? president trump: that could very well be but i like to surprise you. alison: that was president trump friday. so far today, no new executive order on the refugee ban that has been held up, of course, in the courts. but today, our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman pressed the president on immigration, terrorism and trade during a joint news conference with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. scott: as you move forward on issues from trade to terrorism, how do you see the relationship playing out? are there any specific areas with which during your conversations today you each decided to perhaps alter or amend you stances already on those sensitive issues, like terrorism and

president trump: we just began discussions. we are going to have a great relationship with canada. maybe as good or better hopefully than ever before. we have some wonderful ideas on immigration. we have some i think very strong, very tough ideas on the tremendous problem that we have with terrorism. i think when we put them all together, which will be quickly, we have a group of talented people, we will see some very, very obvious results. we are also doing some cross-border things that will make it a lot easier for trade and a lot better and a lot faster for trade. we have through technology, we have some really great ideas. they will be implemented fairly quickly. alison: still no time frame on a response to the ninth circuit's decision to uphold the restraining order on the travel ban but stay with abc7. coming up at 5:00, our chief political correspondent scott thuman will break down that exchange with the president and his question for the prime

followed. this has also been posted on the website. so you can watch it in the entirety right now. head to wjla.com. see that entire news conference. jonathan: things have slowed down a little bit. he was move something fast, he was getting something done every single day. or five and six things. kind of a lull. michelle: this might be a time-out before it speeds up again. jonathan: coming up next for us at 4:00, the flight from hell. the pilot's crazy rant that left passengers in tears. alison: also this. >> look at me. we stick together. michelle: warrants of the little boy -- parents of the little boy killed on the tallest water slide speak out and how they are getting through the darkest part of their lives. y'all -- alison: flood fears in california. jonathan: download the stormwatch7 weather app. it is free on android and iphones. get weather wh

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we are there now with the latest on if -- the emergency. are they evacuating people downstream right now? reporter: actually, the people have already been evacuated. they started last night. the evacuation order spread 40 miles and it affects 200,000 people. you can see behind me there is water rushing through the spillway here. with such force that it looks like a mist is being sent to the air. now the race is on to make sure that the water levels are lowered. it has never happened before. the oroville dam, the nation's tallest, just north of sacramento now at record levels. its emergency spillway in danger of failing and unleashing uncontrolled floodwaters on towns below. >> this is still a dynamic situation, still a situation we are trying to assess the damage. reporter: sunday, more than 180,000 people told to evacuate. >> we already ran out of

all we have is diesel left. our gas truck was supposed to come but it never did. reporter: stuck in bumper bumper-to-bumper traffic as nay flee. >> we are probably going to be stuck down here. >> i am scared. i have never been in anything like this before. reporter: last week, a nearly 200-foot long, 30-foot deep hole created after chunks of concrete came out of the main spillway. >> there is a plan in place that will hopefully plug that hole. that would use including helicopters to drop bags of rock into the crevice and prevent any further erosion. reporter: for the first time, officials forced to use the emergency spillway. then finding a second hole causing evacuations. officials now saying the water levels are dropping but the threat is still there. there is a little bit of good news here this evening. officials say that the water

rate of four inches per second. and the erosion area is stabilize and has stopped progression. in oroville, california, back to you. jonathan: how soon could evacuation orders be lifted there? reporter: that is a good question. officials telling us that there still is a threat of flooding so they are not lifting the evacuation orders right away. they are now putting a plan in place to make sure people can come back home but there is rain expected in the forecast later this week. as of right now they don't know when they will be able to

incheyesterday. much the same in upstate new york. it's part of the same system to give us the high winds and not a lot of snow. alison: passengers got off of a flight in austin, texas, because of a pilot's bizarre behavior. for starters, she was late. that is not the worst part. emergencies say once the pilot arrived she asked them to take a vote to see if she would change her uniform, change into her clothing that she is supposed to have on. then she began venting about a divorce and then moved on to politics. >> she started off by saying she had not voting for either trump or clinton because they are a bunch of liars. that is an odd way to start off "welcome to your flight." it just really went downhill from there. michelle: that is what 20 passengers said. they didn't feel safew

on the plane. a new flight crew got there and the plane eventually took off. bizarre. doug: check, please. alison: well. a disney vacation got a little more expensive. bad news, i know. tickets for the u.s. parks will be going up starting sunday. $5 for single-day passes. a year pass will cost you $40 more. parking will set you back another few dollars. michelle: that is just one park. jonathan: if you have a family of five or six, holy cow. remember this corvette? this is the one that fell in the sinkhole at the corvette museum in kentucky in 2014. that is the video we have it. there it goes. the car has been on display ever since then but the museum says the corvette needs $52,000 of repairs. so it will create a display so

made as they're being made. kind of fun. nice car. abc7 is on traffic watch. erik smith has a look at the ride home. the vehicles on the road today, a lot of them. the commute to work was a mess. erik: that is right, jonathan. it will be a busy ride either way you go. 66 near nutley street beyond the beltway, plenty of volume. it's more of an issue to 123. the capital beltway is looking better now. here past kenilworth avenue in maryland. for both direction, you will see volume but no major slowdowns. just before the b.w. parkway to the good luck overpass the outer loop is a big factor as well. 270 to rockville, past shady grove road is looking good for you. you may see volume beyond gaithersburg. the beltway will be more of a factor now for both directions. this is below the 270 spur. inner loop on the right side of the screen with heavy delays. down on the virginia side, you can see the delays are pretty

georgetown pike, that is a tough ride either way you go at this point in the afternoon. that is all from the traffic center for now, though. michelle, back to you. michelle: all right. here we go. this is mr. president and the first lady, resident eagles of the national arboretum. they are nesting there but we are also on egg watch there. there were two last year. this also gives us a perspective on just how windy it is. some of the branches you see swaying there but gosh, the sun is also shining. jonathan: literally nesting. she is putting it together. or he is. i can't tell. alison: this is a day i thought i'm so glad i don't have to drive over the bay bridge. that would be terrifying. doug: the worst winds are behind us and they are diminishing here. the high wind warning was canceled early. now we just have an advisory that just got canceled.

out and told me. i was in effect until 6:00. i was canceled early because the winds are no longer gusting anywhere close to 40 to 50 miles per hour. we are seeing lighter winds gusts now. 32 miles per hour gusts at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and reagan. that is it. look to the west, they are in the teens. we are finished with the worst of it. it's all moving out. the damage behind us now and the clean-up underway. if you are near the water in some spots you are picking up a stiff breeze now and then. we find steve rudin now live at gravelly point. are you jostled by the wind, steve? steve: it is windy and good news that the advisory is now canceled. normally what we do with the storm track is pull the monitor out. the winds are gusting so much we keep everything indoor to keep our equipment safe. it's getting a workout. let's head to graphics for you to show you what is going on from the storm track

gravelly point. we have wind gusts at 30 to 35 miles per hour. but they are beginning to ease a little bit. that is the good news. but last night we had wind gusts right here at 65 miles per hour. the winds were so strong look at the garbage cans. to the left of me and behind me, these garbage cans are full of trash. they are heavy and they all tumbled down last night. coming up, we will talk about the weekend forecast. but let's talk about tonight and the next few days. we head inside to a studio with no wind. doug? doug: a little hot air from time to time emanating out of here, but no winds. take a look at these reports. the light blue are wind damage report from the wind storm. out was alerted as a severe thunderstorm warning in the area. all the areas in blue you see here, all of these indicators are hi

over 58 miles per hour. as far as the strongest gust, it was joint base andrew, 72 miles per hour gusts. tonight the winds diminish to 5 miles per hour overnight. a big change there. 27 to 34 degrees by morning. as we head to the day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. it will warm up to 51. winds won't be a feature. fairly light. tended outlook, take a look. the valentine's day forecast plenty of sunshine and 51. dry tomorrow night. wednesday, partly cloudy, breezy. 50 degrees. colder and 40 on thursday. that may be the coldest we see for the rest of the month of february. look at that. then we warm up. 61, 61, 61 through the weekend next week and we will stay above normal. that is the latest. michelle: doug, thank you. next at 4:00, pothole problems popping up all across the district. one particularly bad stretch of road and the reason it can't get fixed. jonathan: also next for us at 4:00, the president's handicaps. we look at the score

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michelle: so many of us have been enjoying the roller coaster temperature the past few weeks but they are creating a big problem on area roads, as d.c. bureau chief sam ford shows us, be on the lockout for potholes. sam: we have yet to have a

up around the city. the potholes. for those familiar with the routes, they look out for them. slow down to survivor them. >> i come through here every day. i pretty much know where they are. but at night, it's kind of hard. kind of hard. sam: for the city, keeping up with them is not easy. ddot told us where to find the potholes crew today. cold weather isn't conducive to the repair but you have to do something. motorists tell us one of the worst area is on fort davis drive between ridge road and massachusetts southeast where the potholes are they say treacherous. >> look at this road. you have ten potholes in one section. this is crazy. >> the federal government should fix them. sam: it is federal. in the middle of dupont park in southeast. though a park service spokesman told us fixing this road is not a priority. the park service priority is repairing the memorial bridge

everything else is secondary. which for some of these folks is outrageous. >> i don't think they drive through here, obviously. you know what i mean? if they did, a ber sides benz, truck, or -- mercedes-benz or truck or anything like these, if they touched one of these -- sam: sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up, a man found dead in his car. and what could give prince george's police a clue as to what happened. >> coming up the filth police say five children were forced to live in. alison: here is what we are working on new at 5:00, lots of questions but not a lot of answers. there is usually a lull in white house tours as the new president settles in. but congressional office phones are ringing off why are you checking your credit score? i think we could finally get a bigger place. yeah, let me check my score too.

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: developing now in prince george's county, there police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man in his car. stephen tschida is there live now. and there was a lyft sticker in the car's window, i understand. was he a driver for the company? stephen: well, michele

definitive word there but if you connect the dots a lyft sticker in the window. usually people put them in the windows when they are on duty and take them down and out of the window when they are not working. strong evidence to suggest he may have been a lyft driver. we have video from earlier in morning when the man was discovered slump over the wheel of a dodge charger. he had been fatally shot. now an off-duty police officer did make the discovery. we have communicated with lyft. we have been talking with police. no identification on the victim. no definitive word on the circumstances leading up to the shooting. if indeed this man was a lyft driver, whether he was on duty, whether he was making a call, of course, all that would be vital evidence to this investigation. but at this point, just a lot of speculation to who he was. what he was doing. what may have transpired. keep in mind, lyft drivers are not like cab drivers. they don't necessarily

have experienced fatal shootings with cab drivers before that are often linked to robberies. a lot of questions here. an active investigation. investigators we assume working with lyft trying to find out what transpired here. that is the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. abc7 on storm watch. you are look at damage left behind. roofing that was ripped off of buildings. this is in southeast d.c. bricks scattered after a wall came down and some fell on a car below. if you weren't ready for the winds, at times it could almost blow you over. this is a small sample of what we have been seeing as a result. this is starting to calm down this afternoon. you listen outside and it's like a tornado blowing through. doug: the first blast came through before midnight depending where you live. the back of our house faces the northwest. when it hit, the whole house rattled. both

seconds later, i was under the bed. the winds have lightened up slowly but surely. a few gusts. 30-mile-per-hour gusts at leesburg. the strongest gust in the past hour in hagerstown at 36 miles per hour. still 32 at the tower at reagan national. the winds speeds will continue to diminish slowly and steadily through the evening hours here. all of this due is what is called "a pressure gradient force." high pressure to the southwest and the low pressure, blizzard off the coast. barometric pressure low there and high there. in between the two, you have this forcing but as one moves in and the other moves out it stretches out and the winds correspondent on the surface. as a result, the winds get lighter. that is the process tonight. we will be clear tonight. pretty nice night overnight tonight. it will be cold. 30 degrees. then tomorrow the skies are sunny and it will be

another cold front comes in wednesday morning that could be accompanied by clouds or snow flurries or snowshowers in the mountains. then we get a breeze on wednesday. not windy but just breezy wednesday. beyond that it looks like it will calm down. beyond that, thursday and friday we will see another big warmup over the weekend. let's leave you with a look at forecast tomorrow. tomorrow, morning clouds and afternoon sun. lighter winds. 51 degrees. if you are going out tomorrow night it's just fine. partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40's. steve rudin live from gravelly point and he will have a look at the forecast. michelle: police say this woman abandoned her five young children for 24 hours. inside the crammed two-bedroom apartments conditioned that made even seasoned police officers queasy. abc7's montgomery county reporter kevin lewis with the charges of child neglect against her. >> you have to be responsible and take responsibility for your own kids. >> within this modest apartment building police found

children, ages 2 through 12 behind this apartment door, alone and living in absolute filth. in the kitchen, officers noted dirty dishes stacked high with rotten food. moldy chicken bones and curdled milk. the bathroom sink was cloggedded. the tub, dirty. in the children's bedroom, no sheets. fee fecal matter on the beds. eddie lives one floor up. >> it's disgusting. the walls are crawling with fungus. they could get sick. >> neighbors and police say saunders who is 28 was overwhelmed raising five kids from multiple dads, all of whom were nowhere to be found. >> is this woman fit to be a mother? >> i would say physically yes, mentally no. >> child protective services have taken custody of all five children. prosecutors filed ne

could result in prison time. in gaithersburg, kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: on the hill tonight, senate is working late again after dinner. expected to approve the nomination of steven mnuchin as president trump's secretary treasury. i could be on party lines as democrats raise questions about his time of c.e.o. as a a -- time as c.e.o. of a bank that profited from foreclosures. jonathan: also tonight, a rally to preserve the death with dignity law up for review in congress. house committee on oversight and government reform chair jason chaffetz signaled he may try to strike down the law. all the laws signed by the mayor are subject to congressional review. sam ford will report from the rally at 5:00 and then again at 6:00. jerry sandusky's son is now in trouble with police, accused of sexually assaulting a child. police have arrested 41-year-old jeffrey san

of including statutory sex and assault and unlawful contact with a minor. his father, jerry sandusky, is in prison for the sexual abuse of ten boys. michelle: next at 4:00 for us, can you spot the mistake here? the reason the library of congress had to get rid of this poster of president trump. jonathan: here is jummy olabanji with a look at what is coming up on "good morning washington." jummy: jonathan, thanks. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the warning about the popular website selling fake designer dresses as the real thing. >> plus totally amazing ways to a better sex life and a deeper sense of self-love. >> and stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 on "good morning washington." announcer: countdown to the red carpet brought to you by --

michelle: so president trump likes to golf as we know. he did it this weekend with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. jonathan: he is a good golfer. the president lists the handicap at 2.8. that means he is a two handicap. that is very good. if you normally play a golf course and you par every hole it's 72.

perhaps a 75. that is a very strong handicap. michelle: what is yours? jonathan: i'm not that good. but you compare it to the last three presidents and he would wipe the course with them in a foursome. obama unofficially estimates a 17. w improved, he is now at ten. bill clinton is about a ten. i'm a single but not a two. that is crazy good. i don't think i get as much golf in. michelle: that's right. jonathan: this is a poster now of president donald trump for sale at the library of congress shop. you could get that. michelle: we are bringing it in closer to see the mistake there. there is a typo. it reads "no dream is too big. no challenge is to great." but you can see highlighted "to" is spelled t-o. missing the second o. this poster is no longer available for sale. jonathan: now it's a collector's item. michelle: next for us at "abc7

a side-by-side look before and after isis. jonathan: the battle returning from battle. confronting ptsd. this is a tremendous fight. >> i just wanted nothing to do with it. i wanted to put vietnam behind me. forget about it. never think about it again and move on. jonathan: the incredible story how this vietnam vet is helping others overcome the fog of war coming up

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side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. now's the time for a better moment of proof. ask your doctor about victoza®. jonathan: you know we are learning as a nation that ptsd has debilitating impact for service men and women returning from war. michelle: a local man has taken it upon himself to travel the country in an effort to heal himself and countless other veterans and he is doing so with the help of a camera. our jay korff has more on a means to heal. jay: for the first time in decades, mile walsh of maryland recently dusted off the projector. >> it's been 40 year since i pulled them out of

jay: he is looking at the pictures he took from vietnam. he is amazed that he survived. >> there is a slide in there of places we would go when we were off-duty. the day i left it was hit pretty hard. and i don't know what the total number of guys killed was, four guys that i had lunch with that day were dead. that question has run through any mind a thousand times since. why did i get to go home early? and these guys didn't. jay: he returned statewide to a nation in turmoil. to distance himself with ptsd he threw away the dog tags, boots and the letters he sent to his mother. >> i wanted nothing to do with it. i wanted to put vietnam behind me and never think of it again and move on. jay: walsh discovered he could

but he found a way to cope. through the lens of a camera. he went to a pilgrimage of vietnam memorials. >> this is why i get up in the morning. jay: the goal is take a picture in all 50 states. that morphed to tens of thousands of photographs. in a web exclusive, wjla.com, join us as we show you what mike walsh has captured while crisscrossing america. jay korff, abc7 news. jonathan: you can head to wjla.com right now to see jay's latest story called "a means to heal." you can see all of jay's long form pieces. you can check out abc7 stories under the features tab so when you on the website look for the features tab. to the war on terror and new video of destruction in the historic city of palmyra, syria. on the left let me show you something. video of the ancient ruins looked like before the islamic state attack.

russian ministry of defense. russia claims to have detected an upsurge in truck movement near palmyra saying isis may be causing more damage before they leave that area. the parents of a 10-year-old boy killed about six months ago at a water park in kansas are now speaking out for the first time to abc news. their story was told on "good morning america." michelle: our amy aubert has been following the story and joins us now with the latest details. amy: this happened in early august. the kansas state lawmaker and his wife saying they are still hurting. scott and michelle schwab speaking out for the first time since the tragedy to "good morning america." >> six went to the park and five came back. amy: a tragedy on the summer day they took the kids. one of them, caleb, pictured dancing here, to the schlitterbahn water park. they headed to the 168-foot tall water slide. >> he was

he flew from verrückt. amy: 10-year-old cable was somehow decapitated on the ride. >> a gentleman wouldn't allow me to come close enough to see what was going on. he just kept saying trust me, you don't to go any further. amy: for the family, utter shock and terror. >> i need to hear you say it. is my son dead? he shook his head. i need to hear it from you. he said, "yes, your son is dead." it's surreal. i don't hardly remember driving home. amy: now the family getting through with faith. >> what do you miss most about caleb? >> giving him hugs. >> hugs. >> hearing about his day. >> the morning hug. >> watching him play soccer. so much. so many things. >> why was it important for you to do the interview? >> we have a box of greeting cards from around the world. we just want people to know one, we're thankful. yeah, we're still hurting but we're going to b

amy: in january, the family settled with the park for an undisclosed amount of money that will reportedly go to caleb's brothers. amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: amy, thank you. our thoughts are with the family. now to a "7 on your side" consumer alert. boeing employees at the plant in south carolina will vote on whether to unionize this week. 3,000 people work at the plant in north charleston. boeing opened a plant in south carolina a few years ago because there was little union presence there. jonathan: all right. get back out to meteorologist steve rudin at gravelly point. michelle: yeah. a lot of planes fly over the pathway. if you are in a plane, pretty bumpy but on the ground, how is it looking out there, steve? steve: it's still windy out here. we have a plane that just took off right over there. they are in for good news for them. because the winds are so strong, the tail winds are helping flights go faster. heard of flights

ahead of schedule. let's talk about what is going on out there right now. wind gusts still at 30 miles per hour here at reagan national airport and gravelly point. temperatures, it's chilly out here. temperatures below average for a change. 38 degrees. reagan national. 36 in leesburg. talking only 30 in hagerstown. for tonight, bundle up. if you have outdoor plans, make sure you have a warm coat, hat and gloves. it won't be as windy. nighttime lows around 27 to 34 degrees. let's talk about tomorrow. the best news at all, it's not as windy. high temperatures of added sunshine in the afternoon hours just around 50 degrees. so it will feel better out there. here is your ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. 50 for valentine's day. 50 on wednesday. we have a cold front that is going to move through late wednesday. that will drop our temperatures on thursday. only to around 40 for a daytime high. cold weather is not going to last very long. upper 40's on friday

look at that weekend. upper 50's to lower 60's. and for president's day, a lot of folks have the day off then. temperatures are around 63 degrees. let's check out what is going on with traffic. monday afternoon. the sun is out. it's not wet. erik smith has more in terms of what to expect for the rush hour commute. erik: thank you, sir. it is still going to be a bit of a tough ride out there. seeing plenty of delays on the beltway across the area right now. we will jump to a few live shots as well. 395 northbound, you have volume remaining. look like a crash on the freeway did clear. as you head further along the case bridge. so the pace improved a little bit. to 95 in virginia, southbound past 123 to woodbridge, the delays are still heavy as the rains narrow down. north of that, not as bad. past fairfax county parkway, so that could be worse. 66 beyond the beltway is looking heavy for bo

directions. 270 northbound is heavy through gaithersburg. plenty of delays northbound for a shorter stretch. that is all from the traffic center for now. back to you. jonathan: thank you. coming up next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- it is heart health month. one woman found relief from a heart condition that affects millions of people. we will tell you how up next. michelle: we are tracking breaking news out of baltimore. a warehouse burning. we are told this is a vacant building. you are looking live at the pictures of the flames still rising and the smoke. we have live update coming up at 5:00.

michelle: about 84 million americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. working with sinclair group, we believe it is our job to keep you informed of health and safety matters. reporter: 74-year-old glenna love and her husband bob have been married for 34 years. they have always loved traveling the world together but two years ago she became very ill. >> i couldn't breathe. my heart was racing. very fast. it felt irregular. we quit traveling. we q

basically my life stopped. reporter: after being misdiagnosed by several doctors and then getting a pace-maker, she was final told she had atrial defibrillation, a heart condition that causes irregular heartbeat. she was referred to a doctor. >> very symptomatic for the patients. they feel miserable. eventually may cause heart failure and the weakening of the heart muscle. reporter: e first prescribed med sen and then an ablasian. neither worked. >> so when she continued to have the symptoms and feeling miserable, i thought we should offer her a second procedure. reporter: glenna's surgeon explains that it can be a lengthy procedure with major risks. >> including from bleeding, injuries to

stroke, heart attack or even death. reporter: she was so sick, for her the risk was worth it. >> it is probably the most miserable feeling that you can imagine. reporter: after the procedure, glenna said she immediately felt like a new woman. now she can't wait to get back to gardening, writing and it having new destinations with bob. >> the two gentlemen gave me back my life. reporter: according to the american heart association there are at least 2.7 million americans living with at it triial fibrillation. risk factors are advanced age, high blood pressure, alcohol use or family history. to lower your risk, doctors suggest you exercise, eat a heart healthy diet, don't smoke. avoid excessive amount of alcohol and caffeine and manage cholesterol levels and high blood pressure. for sinclair cares, i'm alison courtney reporting. larry: tonight, a man run over on purpose after a bizarre family dispute. a gun found at the scene, as two sides tell dif

trees and utility poles splintered by winds approaching 70 miles per hour. team coverage of the damage done. and a spillway near the nation's largest dam gives way. >> i'm scared. i have never been in this before. larry: 200,000 people forced to make a mad dash to safety. where the threat stands now. >> now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we begin with that bizarre death investigation. a man run over on purpose. prince george's county police are now trying to find the truth as both sides tell very different stories. our maryland bureau chief brad bell has been following us all day and joins us from the scene in upper marlboro. what is the ratest -- the latest there? brad: this took place in the busy shopping center in front of the papa johns. you can see the evidence paint left by the crime scene technicians.

firefighter with a clean record but police are still trying to find out if it was justified or not. we arrive on scene not long after police encounter a terrible site. a young man hit by an s.u.v. is dead. his mother overcome with grief. she is just feet from where her son lays. a small, horrified crowd gathers. >> that is terrible to see the young guy land on the ground like this. brad: a witness shares this video of the moments after the fatal encounter. catching the mother telling police what she saw. >> he ran over him with his car. brad: the driver of the red s.u.v. then tells police he did strike the young man because he was armed with an assault rifle and because last night that man assaulted, pistol-whipped the driver's daughter. we see that gun in a police officer's hand. another witness tells us he saw it, too. >> big gun. a47