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tough trees. kimberly: they are resilient. the cherry blossoms survived the cold snap, at least half of them did, and now the celebration begins. >> abc 7 news begins with breaking news. kimberly: thank you for joining us. i'm kimberly suiters. the police were called out for a shooting in prince george's county that turned deadly. tim barber is on the scene at columbia place. tim: the investigation is just getting started. dhese crime scene vans arrive on the scene and just started combing the scene. -- [audio breaking up] now, that is all the information we have about that teenager. we will stay out here and gather information about possible suspects or persons of interest or any leads that could help the police by the shte

we will bring it to you. tim barber, abc 7 news. kimberly: tim, thank you. a silver alert, 72-year-old sylvester johnson was last seen at 6:00 tonight in 17th street southeast. the police believe he was headed home to his home in capitol heights, maryland, in a red cadillac eldorado. man, six feetlack tall, 200 pounds, bald with a gray beard. he was wearing khaki pants and a blue polo shirt and a brown leather jacket. now, normalcy returning to the vegas strip after a day of chaos that started with an overnight armed burglary at a jewelry store at the blah gio hotel and casino. this afternoon, a gun man shot two people in your vegas hotel and b

inside for hours. that shooting on the double-decker bus killed one person come injured a second. the gun man barricaded himself and surrendered at about 6:30 our time. of mine from arlington was in the cosmopolitan hotel at the time and said people ran for their lives, absolutely terrified. >> this was an isolated incident it everything is safe in vegas. kimberly: the police a that the person injured in the gunfire will be treated. and then released the search three armedr two of robbers who targeted a jewelry store at the bellagio hotel. enter the blasio shopping mall after midnight, broke the windows of the store, and smashed display cases. theesses say that one of suspects was wearing a pig mask. these then ran into trouble -- th

ieves then ran into trouble trying to escape with her vehicle and try to carjack a couple. spring has sprung. it was a comfortable night, beautiful day. will the temperatures stick around so we can check out the cherry blossoms? let's check in with meteorologist josh knight. josh: it is going to be tough to hang on to the warmth of today, but sunday looking predominately dry and not a bad day. it was a great evening, lots of people out for the evening. now the temperatures are tumbling, especially further northeast. the cold front will be dropping across the area right now, moving through parts of northeastern maryland. at this point, not too far away from d.c. the cloud cover with us, the rain, we a been predominately dry today and it will be that we most of the night.

streams are coming together, right around the d.c. area. this is starting to turn more out of the northeast, which is where the chilly temperatures are moving in. -- 56ue in delaware, 66 baltimore, 57 annapolis. the cooler air continues to push to the west. , theill for leesburg different air masses as the cooler air moves in. 50 in the morning, clouding during the day, but stuck in the upper 50's. we are back into the 70's early this week. more about that and the timing of the rain coming up. ♪ it's that spring feeling, like newness and freshness. kimberly: cherry blossoms in bloom and warmer spring weather, it all adds up to crazy big crowds at the tidal basin. hundre

afternoon for the national cherry blossom festival opening ceremonies. in the crowds, people from around the world and across the country. in anna-lysa gayle takes us from outside to inside. anna-lysa: following a few cold snaps, some will worried about the future of the cherry blossoms, but they proved to be resilient. the national cherry blossom festival opening ceremony celebrated the resiliency and more. michelle marsh served as the master of ceremonies. michelle: we are very happy in the district spring has officially arrived and that are cherry blossoms are blooming. anna-lysa: the ceremony featured performers from across the country and some from as far away as japan. some flew in from tokyo thursday. she says one of her favorite things about the cherry blossom

giving, forming a beautiful friendship between japan and the united states. areeople in d.c. celebrating the cherry blossom festival. japanese people really love the cherry blossom, so seeing them enjoy them like we do is amazing. anna-lysa: this was a sold out show. one .5ers were expecting million people to participate in the cherry blossom festival. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. kimberly: abc 7 and news channel 8 are proud sponsors of the national cherry blossom festival. we want to see your pictures. burst.com/wjla and upload your photos. in silver spring, a fire left a family of 12 and their pets without a home tonig

of the home on stony hill drive. thankfully, everyone made it out safely. firefighters say the kids were cooking when the fire started and the home did not have working smoke detectors. one firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury. a woman was airlifted to the hospital after getting pinned , inr an suv at about 5:00 the library parking lot along duke street in alexandria. tim barber filed this report earlier. tim: this medical evacuation and crash investigation captured the attention of this normally quiet alexandria library. >> hopefully she is ok. tim: yellow tape surrounded the center of the investigation. the driver hit a woman and the woman was pinned until first responders got her out. it is not clear what condition the victim is in, but the police

when they found her. >> it's crazy. i've never seen a crime scene investigation before. who waswas not clear driving the toyota or who if anyone is facing charges. detectives were talking to this woman, but it's not clear what role she played. tim barber, abc 7 news. now, u.s.developing and iraqi forces are investigating claims that an airstrike targeting isis in mosul killed dozens of civilians. the coalition is looking into whether the casualties occurred, why they happen, and how many people may have died. the coalition said it is possible that isis used people as human shields. investigations are also underway into two other airstrikes. coming up -- severe weather whipping up the south. strong wind takes down a church is another threat looms. and finding a treasure in trash. a new york woman

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a march inlection -- california. nobody was hurt in a scuffle between protesting groups. detained, were several arrested, and one person required medical attention. president trump tweeted about the failure of the obamacare replacement saying that obamacare will explode and we will all piece together a great health care plan for the people. do not worry. republican leaders canceled friday's vote because the bill did not have gop support. senate democrats introduced a bill that would force this and future administrations to release white house visitor loss. the title of the bill, making access records available to lead american government act. maralago. the president

office. according to the washington post, the secret service requested an additional $60 million of funding this year. nearly half of the money would go towards protecting the president's large family and tower in new york and travel by the president and others. theomb reportedly rejected request, meaning if congress does not at the funding, the secret service will likely have to make cuts elsewhere. on stormwatch, severe weather pushed through the south central parts of the u.s., cleanup is underway. andle in texas, oklahoma, arkansas are bracing for another round of severe storms. strong wind destroyed a louisiana church and a tornado ripped a mobile home off its frame and arkansas. the size of hail golf balls. a 7 on your side consumer alert

the powers because steering hoses could leak fluid, causing a fire. the recall affects the 2013, 2014 mirano. the problem is the power steering hose clamp may not adequately secure the hose. nissan says that dealers will have to install a new kit. murano owners should contact nissan customer service right away. this is a lesson in what not to do if you are a professional cow wrangler. a police officer in texas try to corral a runaway cow in the park but had to bail on the effort when it came running towards him. this was all captured on the officer's dash cam. the officer was not hurt. the police say the cow is still on the run, and so is the police officer. josh: oh, my gosh. kimberly: wow, they don't look fast, but they are. josh: that little chain-link fe

today." warnern to spring time -- to spring time warnearmth. josh: it was perfect today. tomorrow is not a bad day, but it will be noticeably cooler. a lot of people out and about, a lot of nice pictures shared with us on burst.com. it is easy to do on your phone. burst.com/wjla. all you do is put in a little information so when you share them we have that information. , the sent this picture cherry blossoms and the ducks. this one does not have a name with it, but it was titled "mr. jefferson." lots of cool shots from the nice warm weather. now we are watching this cold front work its way through. overnight tonight,

the way across the area, through culpeper, close to luray, allowing the cooler air to work its way in from the northeast. as is a backdoor cold front because the direction is not nearly the normal direction. we are used to seeing this would across from the northwest to the southeast, but this is coming from the opposite direction. the high pressure to the north makes room for this cooler air to settle in. we do not get too far out of the region, but it means temperatures likely get stuck in the 50's tomorrow. the good news is the high moves out monday and tuesday, so it is short-lived. warmer air moves back in, back into the 70's monday and tuesday. along with the warm air, we also have a chance of rain. morning, this is where most of us are starting off, upper 40's closer to baltimore, andrews. the further south, a little more mild. the cold air really cannot penetrate too far, 50 d.c.,

fredericksburg. in the afternoon, 59 degrees average across the area. some of us will be cooler. some places, further to the southwest, closer to the low 60's. before 8 a.m., the cloud cover in place, hanging with us. just a the day is dry, few isolated showers into the evening. more likely getting rain overnight into early monday morning, just enough of the rain hanging around for the monday morning commute. the rest of the day is drying out and we will see more sunshine come through come helping temperatures up into the 70's. tuesday we flip that over. startingstarting the day mostly, isolated shower, better chance of rain lunchtime. then working at the evening tuesday. the monday morning commute and the tuesday evening commute are the most likely to have the rain. tomorrow, a slim chance, 20%. 50% chance monday, 60% chance tuesday.

into the 70's. still not bad wednesday, hanging in the 60's. cooler for the end of the week come into the 50's. next weekend, back into the 60's. right now the rain chances look better friday, a few showers could linger into saturday. we will keep an eye on that with the 10-miler coming up and the kite flying. kimberly: alex ovechkin was just chilling in the bar tonight? robert: alex ovechkin making history again. and the wizards tested on the road in cleveland.

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john wall has been one of the best all-around players this season. did, a great performance on both ends in's of the floor -- tonight, a great performance on both ends of the floor. 0.urth quarter, wiz up 1-0 otto porter knocks it away. water goes the other way, finding porter for the smash. wiz.15 cap set home tonight against the coyotes. alex ovechkin makes one for the history books, again. third player in nhl history to his first 12s seasons. in the first, the coyotes on the power play. that is the go-ahead. 4-1. add two more and win

women. the sweet 16 match up against 10th seeded oregon today did not go well. second quarter, maryland down five. jones gets big inside. the terps up by nine at the half. but then they struggled. fourth quarter, maryland down double digits. throwing back inside to jones. leung, finishes with 16. she also had 15 boards. three minutes left, oregon had a secret weapon who was on fire. she led the ducks with 21. , with theirstunned lowest point total of the season. four teams battling it out for chance to go to the final four tonight. we start with the cinderella versus the number one seed, xavier-gonzaga. first half, nigel williams feeds inside to jonathan willis

second half, gonzaga dominated. gonzaga wins, advancing to its first final four in school history. oregon-kansas. this might be a shocker. , tyler dorseyt with the three, goes glass as time expires. second half, 55-41 ducks. , brooksthe hustle finishes on the other end. oregon advances to its first final four since 1939. the final for this one, 74-60. are you ready for some football? the washington valor held their media day today. the head coach was on hand,

questions about the campaign. the valor kick off their season friday, april 7 at the phone booth. and congrats to kirk cousins. he welcomed his new baby on instagram today. he and his wife, julie, are having a baby --what do you think? you saw the prompter, baby boy. it was a big celebration

just income an update to the silver alert, it canceled. mr. johnson has been found. no word on his condition. >> you are talking about 21 tons of garbage to find a ring. . shannon lost her wedding and engagement rings under tons of trash. she took her rings off to clean, they wound up in the trash. they called the city, which held up its trash pickup to let her look for her jewelry. shannon,ot find it, so her husband, and three sanitation employees went digging through 800 bags of trash and hit paydirt. they found the rings after only

tears of joy. ofberly: what a cool act service. and now they are cleaned up and looking pretty.