nancy: straight ahead, saving science. researchers and thousands of people braving the rain as others gathered around the world to send a message about the importance of science on earth day. a mother in tears, a fellow passenger angry about a near miss involving a small child. and what went down on an thatcan airlines airplane caused a flight attendant to be placed on leave. ad a small airplane endured crash landing after the weather forced the pilot to turn around. thank you for joining us on this saturday. kimberly has the night off. did not

thousands gathering on the national mall today for the march for science. the rain is still falling across the area at this hour. meteorologist josh knight has a first look. josh: for the most part, we are looking at trying trends overnight and tomorrow. a big improvement from today. bethesda, congressional country club, just over a third of an inch of rain. we have had rain most of the day, but pretty light. the other number that jumps out is 51 degrees. switching over to satellite and radar, rain working its way across the area. a severe thunderstorm watch in southern virginia and north carolina. thereason we do not have severe weather is thanks to the cold front that is cutting through norfolk right now. light showers, but the back end starting to dry out the i-81 corridor. right

things are really starting to break down and dropped to the south. as the high pressure moves in from the north, we are looking for a dryer sunday, but cool, low to mid 50's. rest in right now 51, annapolis 56. we stay cold tonight and into tomorrow. moves out,the rain and by. tomorrow morning, all of that is pushing further to the south overnight temperatures into the 40's. tomorrow morning, still sticking with cloud cover, but i think it is a dry sunday. a wet beginning to the work week. i will talk about that coming up. the world today, thousands showed up to march for science. today's demonstrations showed support for scientific research and evidence-based policies and protect their federal funding sources. tens of thousands of people marched right here in the nation's capital. anna-lysa gayle has a look at

90a-lysa: nancy, about minutes ago, thousands of people were marching down madison avenue. l nye ate met by bil;l 15th and constitution avenue. he was one of many of the marchers, and then they wound up here in front of capitol hill. >> science is political. but it is not partisan. anna-lysa: many of the signs on display for the march were a political statement, summer urging president donald trump to continue providing federal funding for organizations that rely on science. people came from across the country, including this nine-year-old from flint, michigan. >> kids are getting lead poisoning. anna-lysa:

you feel? >> mad. >> this is very much about the bipartisan need. we have to be careful to ever think it is partisan. it's not partisan, it's our future. anna-lysa: nancy, we noticed a few protesters who were against the march for science, but for the most part they were outnumbered. we will have much more coming up later tonight. live on capitol hill, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. the march,re speakers took the stage to discuss the importance of scientific discoveries and advances. ryan hughes continues our team coverage with a look at the policies that were front and center. scienceshe blinded me with ♪ ryan: crowds of people gathered on the grounds of the washington monument in the pouring rain to support science. >>

for science which the past few years has come under threat. : organizers say the march for science is political, but not partisan. were protesting against the environmental and energy policies of president trump. the list of speakers inspired people to take action. tooknye the science guy aim at lawmakers, telling them not to ignore the significance of science. >> denying science is a very short-term idea that has an impact for very long. 24 sessions were held to educate people on the vital role science plays in the world. >> science has changed the world in arguably for the better. for: the earth day march science has attracted people from around the world. this man is

cuts to science and agencies. >> the epa being defunded and dismantled. ryan: earth day network said this is the first step in a global movement to defend the role science plays in everyday life. ryan hughes, abc 7 news. nancy: call it an out of this spacexarth celebration, sharing this stunning photo captured last month. beautiful. and there is complete coverage of the march for science from this morning. just go to wjla.com. developing now, an investigation under way after a woman was stabbed in germantown and the man believed to be her attacker went through a glass window. this happened on grey eagle court. aficials say the man phil couple stories but the ground he landed on was soft.

w each other. no word on if charges are filed. in lot and county, federal aviation investigators are looking into a clash of -- crash landing this morning at leesburg executive airport. the pilot was taking off on a trip to georgia. about an hour into the flight, the weather started to worsen, so the pilot turned around and started having engine trouble, landing in a field. he was not hurt. attendant onight leave after a confrontation with a passenger. guy, you do that to me and i will knock you flat. nancy: another passenger shot the video. this happened on an american airlines plane at the gate in san francisco. a woman from argentina was traveling with her children and became upset when a flight attendant told her she had to gate check her stroller.

too wide for the aisle, but winces said that he nearly hit one of the children, leading the mother to tears. >> he just yanked it, violently. a baby almost got hurt. that is what fired me up. nancy: the woman and her children were put on another flight and upgraded to first class. american airlines has apologized and is investigating. fire departments responding to track issues on two different lines in d.c. and maryland. the problem started this morning on the red line, heavy smoke with fire caused by an arcing light. they suspended service before being restored after a few hours. the other problem was an arcing insulator at columbia heights, leading to single tracking in the area on the green and yellow lines. an unusual afternoon

his clothing and went streaking down the street. prince william county police were called and arrested him as neighbors watched. coming up, a presidential first. ladyresident and first taking their first trip to walter reed medical center for a ceremony for a wounded warrior. and let's find out what "g.m. w" is working on next week. >> monday, april is world autism month and autism is on the rise. a local therapist shows how they are changing the lives of children. >> and seven colorful foods to boost energy, combat allergies, and help you lose weight.

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doctor is out as u.s. surgeon general. president trump asked him to resign so he could make his own choice. personal obama appointed a doctor more than two years ago. it will be an acting replacement. the president and first lady visiting with wounded servicemembers at walter reed medical center. the president awarded the purple to a service member who lost part of his leg in afghanistan. president trump said it was something he wanted to do himself. it is going to be a very busy week ahead when congress returns from recess monday. the first order of business, avoiding a shutdown. next friday is the deadline for congress to ag

congress may consider a new amendment to the gop health care overhaul plan. president trump has expressed optimism about the chances of passing that bill soon. xt, oklahoma cleans up after drenching rains. we get a look at a daring rescue when a woman's car flipped in high water. and speaking of rain, will this weekend be a total washout? josh

nancy: family and friends saying goodbye to a man whose murder was posted on facebook on easter sunday. that video remained on facebook for about two hours before it was deleted. the police say this was a random killing.

himself following a police chase in pennsylvania tuesday. in oklahoma, cleanup is underway after a series of storms yesterday that brought heavy rain and high wind, as well as hail. trees were uprooted and buildings damaged. new injuries were reported. a tornado watch was in effect for southern oklahoma and northern texas, but no confirmed touchdown. and take a look at this good whosetan rescuing a woman car went into a creek during the storm in oklahoma. before first arrived -- first responders arrived, bystanders jumped in to help the woman. they managed to break a window and pull her out. men then stayed on the side of the car to keep the driver from drowning. >> the car flipped. no sense standing around. nancy: the driver was not

hurt and she walked away on her own. but it was because of the good samaritan hospital around her who all just gathered and not think twice to help save her life. toh: that is good, not mention the position they are putting themselves in to do that. turn around, don't around, they say that because it is one of the leading causes of death in bad weather. nancy: not as much rain here, but we had showers. very pretty saturday, and we do have heavy rain on the way for the week. this picture very telling of saturday, cloudy skies pretty much all the way around. the wind out of the north. makes it tough for us to warm up. coverrse we had the cloud rain, but the brees stifled any warming. eeze stifledbr any warming. we dry out at about 9:00, 10:00 tonight, first to the north and

at severe looking cold, but a wave of low pressure develops along the front that get stuck with us sunday. fortunately, a little further to the south. monday and tuesday we will get some rain. throughout the evening, looking for rain chances until about 9 p.m., 10 p.m., and then we are dry but the clouds stick around. dropping into the 40's overnight, so it will be a cooler start sunday. if you are waking up early to it will be dry, but remember your jacket. the high-pressure starting to build in, just close enough to hold the rain further to the south. the cloud cover sticks around tomorrow, but i think the rain basically get stuck around richmond. that allows us to have a pretty dry sunday. it moves out quickly, making room for the wave of low pressure to move in. moay

rain coming down. by the time we get everybody off work,s stop and back to sticking around most of the day monday, the slow very slow to get out. heavy rain tuesday morning. 8 a.m., still sticking with us until tuesday night. a wet start to the week. enjoy tomorrow. not the prettiest day, but should be dry. 41 to 50 overnight. some of us will be in the low 40's tomorrow morning, so keep that in mind. we get up to about 60 degrees. the average this time of year is right on the edge of 70, so we are below average. the showers hold off until after dinnertime. the further south you live, they will get there earlier. 56 monday, 59day, tuesday, cool and cloudy, along with the rain. it out, we get to make up for the cooler temperatures, back into the 70's wednesday, looking for highs in the 80's thursday, friday

with the extra heat, we bring in a chance of thunderstorms. i think the more likely days are thursday and saturday next weekend. nancy: a roller coaster ride for temperatures. but it's also a little bit of a roller coaster ride and sports right now. scott: that's a good transition. of gamehave an update three with wizards and hawks. and capitals fans are still trying to recover from last night's overtime win.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. nancy: a pretty big basketball game going on right now in atlanta, game three between the wizards and hawks. right now the wizards are down 46-27 in the second quarr.

postgame reaction later tonight. there is nothing like the nhl playoffs. example number one, caps off in leafs. it has been unbelievable, filled with drama. three of the games have gone to overtime, including last night. >> the puck back along the left-hand side, sent in by washington, out in front, he scores! scott: justin williams the overtime hero. caps are now on the doorstep of clinching the series. one more victory and washington is going to the conference semi finals. game six is tomorrow night in toronto. don't be surprised if justin williams makes an impression again. >> he believes in winning. he is a winner. his mindset does not think anything else but winning. that's why i think he is special that way. >>

to win a championship, you need to relish these moments and come up big in these moments. we've done that in two odf the four overtime games and we will need to come up big in game six. >> one-shot and it's over. we will take it. looking forward to tomorrow night. scott: game six will be in toronto starting at 7:00 tomorrow night. after last concerns season, i think bryce harper has proven he is still a good baseball player. win the m.v.p. award in april, harbor a he is back to the player he was in 2015 when he the m.v.p. for thinning today, matt wieters lines and pasted into

right, runner scores. ryan zimmerman0, base hit into left. trea turner slides in safely at home. right now the nationals lead 3-1 in the seventh. maryland visiting ohio state, overtime, tied at 10-10. johnny pearson gets the rebound, shoots and scores the game-winner. terps fall in overtime 11-10. women's soccer, the washington spirit on the road, facing orlando. kick,inute, the corner looping header finds the back of the net. her first career goal. however, this game would end in a 1-1 tie. d.c. united also back in action tonight, visiting new england. united has played seven games this season with only two wins so far. hopefully they win tonight up

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nancy: oh, man, today a bit of a washout. sunday will be cloudy, not a beautiful spring day, but not raining. about 9howers until p.m. tonight, and then the dryer turned. tomorrow the rain comes in after dinnertime. monday and tuesday will be pretty much washouts with heavier rain as well. we are still in the moderate drought, so the rain should really help us get back to closer to where we would like to be. cooler monday and tuesday, then 80's thursday and friday. nancy: keep the umbrella handy. thank you for joining us. we will be back here for the 11:00 ws

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tonight, the clash inside an airplane involving a mother and her children. the run-in with an american airlines flight attendant over a stroller. the incident nearly leading to a fistfight in the cabin. >> i don't care what the story is, you almost hurt a baby! >> inside the hideout. how that teacher accused of abducting a student hid from police. that teenage girl now back with her family. tonight, her brother speaking with "abc news." on the march. tens of thousands rallying in the name of science and against the polices of president trump. this, as the president announces plans for a massive tax cut and faces a budget deadline. state of emergency. homes destroyed, thousands evacuating, more than 100 intense brush fires burning right now. plus, moment of panic. the desp