discuss how to take down the rest of the tree. tourists and the passer by stopped to look. >> the oldest brother has had the two tree tragedies in his own backyard. in the last two days. >> one of those things that is a freak of nature. the tree gets to a certain age. the branches give way. >> with news that the ground worker died, the house speaker paul ryan issued a statement of condolence for matthew mcclanahan's wife and two children. the loss is so sudden and unimaginable. i asked my colleagues and everyone in the capitol community to keep the loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. the architect of the capitol web site writes that there are 890 trees in the megablock that holds the capitol. there are signs on what type. the question is why did one fall apart today. >> we are live.

colleagues of mr. mcclanahan who died today is. some of the people who have been cleaning up independent avenue and it remains closed to traffic. as it has been for eight hours. at some point they will open it. there is no rush hour traffic today because of the tragedy here at the u.s. capitol. reporting live from the u.s. capitol grounds, i'm sam ford. larry: thank you. new information tonight in the deadly blackhawk helicopter crash in maryland. a military crash team is on the ground to figure out what went wrong. >> a rule area, peaceful, quiet. >> hundreds of yards of police tape wave in the afternoon wind at the picturesque breton bay golf course. this is after a u.s. army blackhawk crashed ye

afternoon. they carried the member to safety. before they were taken to shock trauma. >> they flew over and they were close. >> missy was inside the home, 200 feet from where the multimillion dollar chopper struck ground. >> my 9-year-old daughter said we need to thank them for not hitting the house. i said it's very sad. i don't know who they are. this is upsetting. >> today the semi-private golf course remained closed, as the military investigators sifted through the wreckage. the crash site peppered with the flags to mark crucial evidence. the scene is under 24/7 guard. >> you see this on television all the time. but to see it up close is astonishing. >> well, o

flocks of buzzards often crowds the skies in the area. could it have played a role in the deadly crash? so far the u.s. military isn't saying. jonathan: a scary moment -- larry: a scary moment when the school bus caught fire. the engine was smoking when the investigators arrive and caught fire moments later. the driver and the students made it off safely. the cause is under investigation. nancy: all right. nice day outside but get ready for a cooldown across the area tomorrow.

baltimore is 6. cooler with the bay. it's 71 in the district now. looking ahead for overnight hours. clouds are moving in. the future cast shows cloudiness and rain in the west of the city. most is cloudy and damp and cool. patchy drizzle. that is the story. we will tell you what the next few days are like in 12 minutes. >> we have a close eye on a story as the manhunt for steve stephens ends in pennsylvania. the man wanted for killing another man near cleveland and posting video near facebook had been on the run since sunday. he killed himself after being spotted near erie pennsylvania. jonathan elias w

jonathan: they put the word out so they knew what they were looking for. this all played out near erie, pennsylvania, on day three of the police church. after the stip there was a pursuit. it's brief. the car spun out of control and that is when he shot himself. a search spanning the country and there was $50,000 offered for his arrest after the murder of an elderly man on sunday. random murder of a man who had just left his family on easter sunday and was confrontedded by stephens. then he posted it on facebook. the credit given to fast food employee. >> people said you can't be around here. it looked out and it said it looks like him. hats off to the crew and the managers. i'm

everything. >> no word on why he did what he did and some of the things he reported were talking about losing everything from gamblings and having trouble with his girlfriend. larry: new development of a murder of a man inside the d.c. home. norwood's family says the man he and his wife took in off the streets killed him sunday while they were at church. stephen tschida has the latest. stephen: a troubled young man is charged with a vicious stabbing death of 79-year-old david norwood. the suspect, 21-year-old tinnie cunningham who goes -- 21-year-old malcolm cunningham is a step-grandson of norwood. >> got the wrong thing. >> malcolm amir respected a room for nine months. he says that amir became abusive

>> ray says when his mother left for church amir returned to the home to clean up the room he vacated. leaving him to bleed on the floor of the home. >> a father figure. >> amir is charged with second-degree murder. stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: a murder mystery in prince george's county. police are trying to identify the victim and the suspect from the murder on springdale avenue. this woman knocked on a door before collapsing in the yard. a reward offered for information leading to an arrest. nancy: a 2-year-old murder and the man that the f.b.i. says is responsible is now on the most waned

bhadreshkumar chetanghai patel has not been seen hins police say he slashed his wife to death in the dunkin' donuts in the anne arundel area. >> this is a horrendous and a terribly violent crime. that elevates our concern that this individual is still in the community at large. nancy: they believe his wife wanted to return to india and he did not. they believe he is staying with the relatives in the united states or have fled to canada or india. hanz coming up at -- larry: coming up at 5:00, -- president trump: we are going to take new steps to follow up on the pledge to hire american. larry: closer look at whether the plan will create jobs. nancy: how reliable is

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nancy: back with an update on a story. there were measures put in place after three people were killed turning off river to pile road to get to the school. the residents say the intersection has been a problem in the past. the new flashes beacon is the first of $300,000 in the improvements planned at the intersection. larry: plans are taking shape to ease the traffic congestion on i-270 in maryland. the transportation reporter brianne carter is live right now in potomac to explain how. brianne: this spot last year, governor hogan announced $100 million up for grabs for the innovative ideas.

we learned from the information on the council of government the planned call for roadway improvement including the technology and the road improvement. among them adding a lane and reconfiguring the lanes at the 495/270 split. and create a third lane between 28 and 189. today we met michael thorpe. >> there is no way to get around it. you have a key bridge. if it's that, we might as well give up. brianne: it's not just the additional lane. we will have more on the announcement and who is already saying it just won't work to ease

nancy: a meeting is set to begin in an hour on the plans to widen route 1 in alexandria. the virginia department of the transportation wants to make the road six lanes. a public hearing is scheduled to go until 8:30. larry: 7 on the storm watch. heavy thunderstorms in the houston area that caused dangerous flash flooding. look at this. there were report of one to three inches of rain per hour. where the storm is most severe. doug hill, they have seen it so many times recently. doug: the last few months. >> at home it looks decent. doug: this is a pattern where sometimes we have the pattern that a

are similar and change and repeat. now a pattern that every other day is different. today is gorgeous and tomorrow not so much. check this out. 74 in centreville. this is the weather camera from bull run elementary school. there is nothing but sunshine. a couple of the fragments of the clouds that form and dissipate. we are clear tonight. mid-to-the high level cloudiness move in tomorrow ahead of the next season. the pollen count is no surprise. but not the very high range. tomorrow is not an issue. so the numbers are 71 in hagerstown. 73 in cumberland. cooler on the bay. only 67 in annapolis. 67 in baltimore.

to get removed removed removed e maritime and warmer temperatures. tomorrow everybody is under southeasterly winds. it will be pleasant until sunset. dropping to the 50's in most areas. the former rain and the cloudiness moving in. the air off the atlantic ocean. what will happen is we will see cloudiness around the area. we start off upper 40's to the west and the northwest. everybody else is 50 to start the day. then through wednesday morning, the clouds roll in. the you flowers depicted along and west of the mountains. through the midday, patches of the light rain will develop. only highs for the lower 60's tomorrow.

we have the warm weather for sure on thursday and friday in the low 80's with the afternoon showers and the storms. saturday is better of the weather days. there is late day showers and 63. on sunday, period of the rain is heavy at times. highs of 58. then we start to pull out next week. saturday is earth day. the weather is fine but later in the afternoon the shower chances will pick up. the next ten days for you. we highlighted at the beginning of the weather cast, a lot of up and down and the changes. afternoon shower or thunderstorms. monday it clears out. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. perfect. nancy: it is hard. i get what you are saying about keeping the right wardrobe ar

what it has done to me. [laughter] nancy: you look good. larry: all the roller coaster rides. nancy: 5:18. after the months of question, richard simmons has been spotted outside of his house. larry: but not where he would have wanted. we'll explain coming up. nancy: plus the local county taking action to ensure you have the healthy choices at the vending machine. >> building renamed and coming up, how georgetown university trying to make right with the past. larry: a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7 -- nancy: and autria godfrey with a look at what is coming up on "good morning washington." >> thanks, nancy. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the six most important questions to ask before every doctor's appointment to cut down on skyrocketing healthcare costs. >> plus, ever hear of "bl

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larry: vending machines are about to get healthier. the county approving a bill to require 50% of the items in the vending machines on the county

nutrition standard. a sill bill passed in howard county in 2015. nancy: months after issuing an apology for part of the past, georgetown looking forward to the future. cheryl conner was on campus as two buildings were renamed for former slaves. >> ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet, the sound >> we are profoundly sorry. cheryl: you are looking at the descendants of slaves. and listening to georgetown university trying to make right with the past. >> the pain is still here and it burns in the soul of every person in the united states. >> the oldest catholic university wanted to apologize for the role in the

272 slaves sold for more than $100,000 to clear university debt. >> i felt it was sincere. >> behind me is isaac hawkins hall. cheryl: two buildings have been renamed. isaac hawkins was the first name on the list of the 272. as second building was renamed for a free woman of color who built a school for black girls. they will be treated like alumni but right now no financial assistance. >> everyone can't afford to come to georgetown university. >> the history books will not change but georgetown university added a chapter. in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> there are a lot of

thing. and maybe this is the first step that the places will do the same thing. >> it's nice to have have deten -- descendants. larry: food is what attracts many to a restaurant in colorado but for a mother it's food, comfortable birthing conditions. yes. nancy: what? larry: that is right. she has been coming back for five years. they are not part of the menu. nancy: i'm glad you clarified that. maybe she had a craving for kabab. looking for them. larry: breadcrumbs on occasion. okay. well, coming up

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. nancy: police say a mcdonald's employee recognized steve stephens when he pulled through a drive-through this morning. he called 911. once the police found him the man accused of killing a stranger and then posting the video on facebook pulled out a gun and killed himself. tom boscoe from our sister station in erie tonight. it had to be terrifying for the employee. what did the employee do? >> it's amazing. they tried to delay steve stephens in the drive-through. he ordered a 20-piece chicken nugget and fries. the employee told him the fries would be delayed trying

to buy some time. the employees inside the mcdonald's called the police. the police caught up with him. it's not clear at what point stephens decided he needed to pull away from the mcdonald's but they caught up with him on buffalo road in erie, pennsylvania. what happened next the police did a pick maneuver. they bumped the car in a control way to spin off the road. he did and he crashed his car on the side of the road. as he said, before they could get to him, he pulled the gun out and turned it on himself. right now the police are saying that the public's help was invaluable in the situation. the pennsylvania state police saying thank god for the public. saying it is nice when the public realizes that the police and the public are all in this together. where has he been for three days? did he have help? how did he go for the three days wit

especially since it was a nationwide lookout for him throughout the police agencies and the public and the media around the country. nancy: tom, on that note what happens next in the investigation? they will continue to look and see and they are hoping now that the suspect is dead people could come forward that may have seen him or helped him and were too scared to come talk to the police about it. also an autopsy will be conducted. that is conducted here in erie, pennsylvania. nancy: tom, thank you for joining us. sign up for breaking news text alerts at wjla.com/text. larry: he said he will be the greatest jobs producing president in history. today he took another step to the goal with another executive order but it won't be easy for trump to deliver on the pro

president trump doubled down on the theme. it's one way he hopes to fill a promise of 25 million new jobs in ten years. they are bringing in cheaper labor for some companies and in the tech industry importing foreign workers for the position that americans sometimes aren't qualified to fill. >> this is good for america. forget if you are a democrat or a republican. >> getting rid of the regulations that tied up the business in legal limbo and the the business friendly tax code.

>> now a place to be treated fairly. >> the construction products use american products have a limit. >> let's be fair. there are things that need congress and a president that have complete control over. >> there is no plan to how we deal with the infrastructure. >> many argue there is little about what they can do about the automation. technology replacing the factory workers. they are requiring a good faith effort first instead. nancy: new developments on the water crisis in flint, michigan. they recommend that they continue to get the drinking water from

staying with detroit water is less expensive. larry: the judge in atlanta has granted bond to the man who started the highway bridge collapse. the workers rebuilding the damaged section of i-85 and hope it to have it done by june. another interstate is back open after the crews worked overnight to repair 20 that buckled monday afternoon. the authorities say a rupture forced the concrete pumped upward and caused buckling. >> covering metro tonight and the good news when it comes to the their reliability. wmata releasing a new report at the quarter of the year. a third of the trains in service in rush hour are those that are new 7,00

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steve: we are inching closer to the upcoming weekend. the first half looks okay. sunshine. but the temperatures are below average. only around 60 in the mountains on saturday. sunday appears to be a washout. period of rain on sunday. the temperatures are in the upper 50's. staying closer to home. the arlington festival of the arts saturday around 60. few showers later. then the heavier rain on sunday. take you to the ten-day outlook. tomorrow is 64. lower 80's on thursday and friday. there is the weekend. by next week back to 70's. we're back after this

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a lady the started it all is right here. good afternoon. shirley, first of all, let's talk about one of the big concerns in spring. people get taxes back and they want to do home improvement. what are the tips to give people to make sure they get the right deal. >> they haae to do shopping around. they have to know who they are dealing with and the contractor they will get. they need estimates. make sure you understand the contract and what is specified. suppose you are having a deck built. you want to know the wood or the composite material. what is used in it. the completion date, and what the grade of the wood. the more specific you can be, materials and what not, when you start out, you will save yourself trouble be. sure they have a license to do business in the

scott: thank you. she got a call from someone with a problem with an electrician. she will try to work it out. what is cool about this group, 90% of the cases they solve. that is terrific! the call for action command center. we are here until 6:30. back to you. nancy: that is terrific. thank you. cap fans have been here before. trailing in the playoffs and robert burton hitting the streets to find out if it is time for fans to hit panic buttons. oh, man.

larry: 75 years ago today, 15 b-25 bombers took off from the aircraft carrier in the western pacific. they were to bomb cities in retaliation for pearl harbor. today the last surviving member of that robert cole took part in a ceremony. he is standing to the right of jimmy doolittle in the fronted row of thi

before the mission. >> lift off of the atlas five rocket. and the s.s. john glenn. nancy: the rocket launch this morning was more than a reply mission to the international space station. it is named for the late astronaut. inside that, nearly,000 pounds of the food, experiment and equipment. it was the first time they had 360-degree view for those watching online. larry: a former military pilot breaking six-year silence and says that the pentagon covered up the truth about an afack that killed 17 elite special forces in afghanistan in 2011. circa has the story. >> retired air force captain joanie marquez tells us that the hardest thing she had to do was helplessly watch a navy seal ejected from the

chinook helicopter lose his life on the ground. but the fight didn't end there. army ranger called in for air weapons team. they killed six enemy fighters and two managed to survive. they disappeared to a grove of trees and never located. >> they lied to the families. >> monitoring the surveillance camera, they watched as the fighters crawled away. rounding up more in a nearby village. later the crew watched as the cylinder objects believed to be r.p.g.'s removed by the taliban near the area where they attempted to land.

of engagement kept them from firing against the target without permission. marquez says she and the team begged to engage the enemy. in a drama that played out for precious minutes. the u.s. command did not comment when asked about the account. all because sealing the fate of those aboard. >> i won't rest until justice is served. be realistic. >> circa will continue to share stories of the people whose lives have been affected by the rules of engagement. reporting from washington i'm sarah carter. nancy: new inform

we told you about the popular podcast trying to track down the fitness guru after he hadn't been seen for three years. today the manager issued a statement saying that simmons was hospitalized last night after a bout of indigestion. he is said to be already feeling better and expected to make a full recovery. >> a case in the d.c. court of appeals could set a precedent around the country. at issue is how cops track cell phones. we take a closer look at the sting ray system. >> this is sparking a legal battle. >> this is a cell site simulator. it's tracking cell phones in an area to gather the data. >> they mimic the phone. >> prosecutors and the aclu are swearing off in court over

31-year-old prince jones on rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. >> wi think they need to go a judge and get a warrant. in this case it was not a search under a trespass or a reasonable expectation for privacy theory. critics say there is more. that the sting ray interferes with the texting or calling. >> the use is shrouding in secrecy. >> it could take the panel months to make a decision. requiring warrants would be a major change before the police department across the country to be washing. in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: still ahead at 6:00,

the f.b.i. ten most wanted list. plus, thrashing and crashing the fight to get rid of an unexpected house guest caught on video. this looks like a pack of cigarettes but what is inside coming up at 6:00. don't take me seriously. i always have to have a joke. nancy: look at the teeth. i don't think you are getting a pair of shoes out of him anytime soon. larry: if you know what you are doing. nancy: so let's just talk about the weather. >> change for a little bit and then bring it back. >> we are looking live at the weather bug camera. at the hyatt regency at tysons. warm sunshine. look at the numbers in the district. 71 in fredericksburg.

72 in woodbridge. we will keep the sunshine for a while. the sun will set before 8:00. then it is mostly sunny. the temperatures will drop. it won't be chilly but a few upper 40's to the valley. the wakeup chart is 48 in ashburn. 52 in dale city and the district. 48 in largo. the story tomorrow is the changeable weather. moisture is moving in from the west. the low level winds coming in from the atlantic ocean and the eastern shore and the chesapeake bay. a combo here to ensure that mostly cloudy skies develop. i think we will wind up with low clouds and drizzle. thursday morning may clear out overhead. a change for thursday

friday. clouds and maybe somehow earns at night. on sunday get ready for a rainy day. cloudy with highs in the upper 50's and period of rain. that will do it for now. larry, nancy, erin, back to you. nancy: last night did not go as we hoped. erin: no. not as many fans hoped. it's crazy to think. they have all gone to overtime. caps, of course. i don't think that anybody saw a young team from toronto leading the capitals after three games. but give the maple leafs credit. some fans in washington are hitting the panic button. robert burton has more. robert: the caps are in a jam. down 2-1. game four in toronto. we are asking you, are you pressing the panic

game four in toronto. do you press the panic button here? >> i do. robert: go ahead and press it then. yes! it wasn't easy. >> it wasn't easy g. did you want to press this here? >> not yet. keep the faith. i believe in the team. we can do it. robert: but your hand is close. >> close. >> how close? >> trying to eat the panic button. >> sports radio, 106.7 the fan. >> he isn't pressing yet but he is close. >> the panic button. deal or no deal. i'm hovering. i'm not going to hit it. if they lose game four, then you

this is a problem. if they win game four, there are two left. best of three series over a team they are better than. i will take chances. robert: for the caps, we don't know. robert burton, abc7 news. erin: awesome report. very official. nancy: official button. erin: i like how smooth he was. it wasn't easy but they hit the panic button. the fan had a good point. optimistic. >> i agree. i'm not -- i agree. best of three, take the chances. nancy: if you take it to overtime like last night we can do this. right? larry: i want a 4-0 win. be divisive and bring it back. erin: it starts tomorrow night. nancy: thank you. meantime the search is on tonight for two missing hikers at the grand canyon. larry: connection to

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are you okay? larry: take a look at this. a fishing crew that are known for reeling in big catches hooked something different easter sunday. they rescued a man and a woman who got stranded when the kayak started taking on water. they used a life ring to pull them to safety. wow! nancy: a desperate search tonight for two missing hikers who were swept away in a grand canyon creek. the two are from the family that started a clothing company. we have details now. reporter: the search is on for jackson and his step-grandmother. >> this particular kind of incident is rare. >> they were hiking at the grand canyon with family and friends on saturday when the family group says as they were crossing the creek, four people including jackson's mother fell in

fast-moving water and the other two were rescued. >> that two people would be washed away in a crossing something unheard of in our local memory. reporter: 14-year-old jackson is a swimmer and his 62-year-old stepgrandmother is married to the c.e.o. of popular hiking boot company merryl and said to be experienced hiker who knows the area well. >> both were reported to have food and water in the backpacks. reporter: on facebook, jackson's uncle posting writing the, "the outlook is not promising but there is still a glimmer of hope. we'll hold on to the hope until there is a reason not to." both hikers are equipped and have the knowledge to survive. this happened in an area of the grand canyon that is so remote some places cannot be accessed by foot so the search crews are using boats, helicopters and drones to find

michelle: now at 6:00 -- >> i looked out and i'm like it sure does look a lot like him. >> the manhunt is over and how they tracked down the ma that many are calling "the facebook killer." >> huge branches crash to the ground and crushed a man outside the capitol. michelle: plus, out of control. what the police are blaming for sending a car crashing to a gas station. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00ment" on your side. jonathan: we are following breaking news in fresno, the central part of the state. the man who killed three men in a shooting spree in fresno was yelling in arabic when he was arrested and they say he was yelling "allahu akbar." 16 gunshots were fired within minutes at four locations including a bus stop bef

the police managed to catch this guy. it's too early to tell if this was an act of terror but there is a long criminal history and has made posts about hating white people and the government. we will mon for for updates. michelle: former president george h.w. bush is back in the hospital. he is being hospitalized near houston as a precaution. the elder bush spent almost two weeks in the hospital battling new moania. jonathan: he is accused of slashing his wife to death in a dunkin' donuts and then disappearing. the escalation in the search for bhadreshkumar chetanghai patel. they are trying to find him and now he is on the ten most wanted list. this case now has a substantial