hes caped, though -- he escaped, though. he made a break for it getting out of the van. police say he is dangerous and do not try to get near him. if you see him call 911. >> certainly. primarily because the police have no idea what this man is capable of doing. >> some officers are driving down the street, walking through the woods and looking inside buildings for the wantedded man. >> police scoured the ground. they searched by air for convicted felon david watson. shortly before 10:00 a.m., two wicomico jailers were helping watson out of the transport vehicle. there, watson pushed a guard to the ground. in an unfenced parking lot and ran into nearby woods. ditching his handcuffs

the wicomico county jail director telling us that the incident is under investigation. >> he had not made his way to the facility yet. >> the search zone is massive and it includes kavnous warehouses and the windy railroad tracks. >> we don't believe he is armed. the guards from the detention center due -- do carry weapons but they secured them in the lock boxes inside the van before opening the door. >> there are a lot of unanswered questions about policy. >> he weighs 180 pounds and 5'8". he has a tear drop

>> watson was transferred for psychiatric evaluation bull he is serving more than 100-cheer sentence in delaware for firing into a police officer home. he is facing charges for a similar crime in maryland. but that trial was reportedly delayed because of the questions over watson competency. police are warning, good to repeat this. this is considered dangerous. if you see him, call 911. >> you can help by going to the abc7 facebook page to share his photo and get it out to see his face. abc7michelle: break news from north korea where the country reported another missile test. the missile flew 20 miles before breaking up to fall in the sea of japan. meantime --

>> they released this video. it shows a live fire military exercise. this comes as rex tillerson told the united nation security council the u.s. is open to talks with north korea about the nuclear weapons program. >> all options must be on the table. michelle: this comes after president trump told reuters there is a chance we could have a major, major conflict with north korea. jonathan: new information to share with you on the death of two army rangers in afghanistan. tonight the pentagon is investigating whether they were killed by friendly fire. joshua rogers died in a raid in isis fighters

unclear why they think friendly fire is expected. >> it's a health emergency that claimed 15,000 american lives lives in 2015. now a maryland community is fighting back. as ryan hughes reports the fight is providing a visual reminder of how quickly the crisis is spreading. ryan: on the county, the drivers can see reminder of the opioid crisis that is tearing people apart. >> i don't think people want to die from this. >> her son lost a scholarship to n.y.u. and was homeless after becoming addicted to heroin. >> he lost a lot of opportunities in his life. some people his age would be grate to feel have had. ryan: the south is looking to raise awarens

and show a strong message. they released the billboard that shows the number of the drug overdoses. is a people died so far in the county this year. last month the number was at eight. if you add the two numbers together, you should get 111. but the numbers change so fast the county ran out of the number one. >> it is a disease. >> victoria's son is two years clean. the numbers will be updated each month. they hope it will spark a conversation to erase the stigma. >> whether what they are saying is negative or positive, it doesn't matter. they are talking about it. it raises awareness and that is important. >> in frederick county, ryan hughes, abc7 news. jonathan: something to illustrate what a problem this really is from new jersey. that is where the school teachers and the staff members are learning how to administer naloxone.

an overdose in seconds. >> unfortunately, this is the world we live in. in 2017. very scary. jonathan: learning how to administer it. every school now carries the life saving drug. >> the "7 on your side" i-team called the four biggest school districts and none of them stocked the drugs and no plan to start. >> a government shutdown averted for now. get alerted to the break news as it happens by going to wjla.com/text to sign up for the breaking news alert. just another day at the office? a cashier's nonchalant response with a gun shoved in his face. all on video. jonathan: look at this. why is her mother pulling out a gun while her 7-year-old son is getting haircut. this

wait until you see what happens seconds later. doug: this is friday. it's day two of a five-day summer preview. you think it was warm today? wait until tomorrow. it could be a record-setter. stay with us. "abc7 news at 6:00" continues

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michelle: abc7 on top of breaking news. a convict david watson you see his picture on the screen, esca

transported to a prison medical facility in jessup, maryland, this morning. he is still on the run. if you see this man, call police. jonathan: must-see video out of ohio. this looks like a typical barbershop. 7-year-old getting a haircut. barber college. but mom gets impatient. mom goes into her purse and pulls out a gun. she said the haircut was taking too long. >> for a $6 haircut and you are doing all this? jonathan: that is not healthy. the barbershop instructor calmed the woman down and she left with her son. thigh are still looking for her. michelle: a man at a jimmy john pulled a gun on the cashier who is unimpressed. watch this. he takes off his rubber gloves even when the gun inch

his head. he opens the door and methodically cleans out the car and hands it over without clinching. a great poker face. he offers the thief the change. after the thief leaves the clerk puts away the drawer, walks to back of the store and call police. the call and the video all work. they have the robber behind bars. jonathan: look how calm he was. this woman is anything but calm. ohio woman got in a mace fight. she is in the back of the squad car, in handcuffs, topless. she lost her top in the fight. then she decides to mix it up with police. that is not a good idea. she reaches over to her purse and sprays mace. they are spraying it back at her. that must have been a fun car to sit in. she lost the fight. michelle: next at 6:00, fire for the history books. what firefighters revealed about the fire that burned for

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michelle: david watson escaped a maryland prison complex this morn something if you see this man, he is dangerous. call the police. jonathan: they have completely put out a building at college park. they spent days to make sure the hot spots did not flare back up. the fire was believed to be accidental but the cause is under investigation. >> so much excitement in the air. cheers filled auditorium for a big day for the high school seniors. hundreds came together for signing day. they announced they are going to college. >> i'm going to attend old dominion university. >> a pep rally. not for a competition bu

>> d.c. students from the public and the public charter schools came together for a signing day which unlike traditional signing day for the athletes and their college choices this is all about the academics. >> committed to assuring that every student in the district graduates from high school -- >> you have a whole community cheering for you. >> some knew where they were going. >> i realized how nice the environment was. at that point i realize where i wanted to be at. >> they made different choices but the goal is

stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: congratulations. george h.w. bush is back at the houston home after two weeks in the hospital. doctors released the former president after treating him for a mild case of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. this is bush third hospitalization this year. he is 92. >> indictment for those accused of rioting in the presidential inauguration. the additional charges include incitement, conspiracy and the destruction of property. today a florida man pleaded guilty to the charges against him. while more than 100 defendants have agreed to combine their defenses and not testify against each other. jonathan: it seems that the head of the security for chicago two airports now is out of a job. the "chicago sun time" report that jeffrey redick was fired for failing to disclose sexual harassment allegation against him at a previous job.

after hour of the officers were suspended for dragging a passenger off united flight at o'hare international airport. michelle: a major traffic alert for you this weekend that could get you both when you leave town and everyone worse when you come back. starting tomorrow, crews will shut down a lane of southbound i-95. they are working to repair crumbling bridge. this means that the normal sunday crunch won't have express lanes to help out. the delays could spread from fredericksburg to the district. jonathan: this does mark 15 years since the strongest tornado ever hit the d.c. area. it leveled much of la plata. it killed five and damaged or destroyed more than a thousand homes and businesses. 12 o other people were hurt. it left a path of

the wednesday were clocked at 260 miles per hour. that is the second strongest recorded on the east coast. i know you were here for all of it. doug: less than an hour after the tornado hit i got a phone call from former viewer who lives in delaware. he had seen land in his yard a package from a bank in la plata. bank receipts and stuff. there were so many reports of the debris picked up injected for 70, 80 miles away. brad bell did a great job updating today. the town is back. jonathan: good to see. michelle: resilient. doug: yeah. let's get started. the weekend forecast rain and drizzle and temperatures in the 60's. but not this weekend. we're haded the other way.

and mold spores but no weed pollen to worry about yet. 88 in frederick and culpeper. it's 81 in baltimore and washington. satellite and the radar is not much to see on the east coast. across the mountains. but we are watching this area of the shower and storms. spreading northeast. computer models depending which model you look at, some continue to move all this eastward. overnight. some of them are dissipating. so what is it going to be? not to know for sure. but the overnight hours where a possibility; especially in the mountains. but even in metro for showers to get by. maybe an elevated thunderstorm. meets a rumble of thunder. we continue through the morning. the next batch is coming in. that should wash out during the midday as well. plenty of sunshine. temperatures to the races. 90 or 91 for the high. that i

the computer picks out 93 for culpeper and fredericksburg. hot, humidity, summer like day on the 29th of april. with that a record high tomorrow. 91 in washington. and b.w.i. 87 at washington dulles. we could tie a record tomorrow for reagan. set a new record at washington dulles. come close to it at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. 30% chance of shower and the thunderstorms with the heat and humidity tomorrow afternoon. cold front in the neighborhood sunday. partly sunny with a shower or storm. 84 is the guesstimated temperature. it looks like it will be somewhat cooler north of washington. swa warmer south -- somewhat warmer to the south. more shower and storms on monday. cool down in the week. then getting very, very chilly again by the end of next week and weekend with the temperatures below normal back in 60's. erin? erin: sounds good. thank you. how the redskins first round pick jonathan allen is ready

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a game seven with the hawks they have to do something neither team has done so far. win on the road. the home team won every game so far this series. we'll see if washington can change it tonight. i expect john wall to have a big gaming after he was held to series low 120 points game five. the wizard's fast pace of play has kept dwight howard on the bench. he has arched just under eight points a game. day two of the nfl draft starts in over a half hour from now. the redskins may have gotten the steal of the draft so far to draft jonathan allen from stone bridge high school. the 17th overall pick last night. allen played college ball for alabama. ready to make an immediate impact for washington. >> i'm prepared for what is to come

through the process. starting from scare one. building a good foundation to help me have success in the league. erin: time to welcome nationals home after one of the best road trips in team history. out of ten games on the road, they only lost one. they are off to the best start in nationals history and tied for the best start in the franchise history. the nats open a series and max scherzer on the mound and the weather is perfect. doug: i did my part. perfect baseball weather. 80 degrees for first pitch. weekend is hot. steve rudin at 11:00 to tell you about the 90's. wow! what a change in the next few days. michelle: find your favorite patio. this is the weekend. "world news tonight" with david muir is up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. see you here tomor

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breaking news. reports that north korea just launched a missile. the u.s. military on alert. this, after president trump warned a major conflict with north korea could be coming. our martha raddatz standing by. also developing tonight, the president's stunning admission on the eve of his 100 days, saying he thought the job would be easier. that, quote, "this is more work than in my previous life." and vowing not to give up on the wall with mexico. also breaking, fugitive manhunt. the dangerous prisoner escaping on the way to the hospital, overpowering a guard. the all-out search to track him down. time to sell? the hottest housing market in ten years. prices soaring. is your neighborhood booming? and, nightmare in paradise. thousands ra