jonathan: at 4:00, we are on storm watch. nancy: drenching rain heading at us. it could create traffic snarls. alison: the worst of it will come in the friday morning commute. let's go straight to stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill who has the forecast. doug: form is a weather alert day. high likelihood of a significant impact in the morning commute because of the heavy rain. the heaviest rain will fall in the morning commute. it's all showing up on satellite and radar. a lot of rain from the south and eventually from the atlantic ocean. one to two inches when it tapers off. this is 2:30 in the morning when the whole area should see the rain, heavier elements down south. by 6:30, numerous downpours, isolated thunderstorms and gusty winds throughout the entire time. we move forward to 8:30. pockets of moderate to heavy rain moving through. we get to midday and it slows down a bit. when we get to late afternoon another shower or thunderstorm could de

as well. brief relief tomorrow night. then a much cooler and unsettled weekend ahead. we want to leave you with the informational numbers. latest computer output from an inch to inch and a half of rain likely over a time period of basically 3:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. over a nine hour period. that means ponding of water is a possibility. here is what you need to know. 3:00 to 9:00 a.m., the heaviest rain. total rainfall across the viewing area. one to two inches. good time to have the stormwatch7 app. we are on storm watch and be back in a few minutes. alison: thank you. we want you to be prepared for whatever comes in the morning commute. don't miss a beat with "good morning washington." your traffic and weather updates. start at 4:25 all the way through your ride right here on abc7. >> i went through two years of campaigning and i'm telling you no matter where i went people are suffering so bad

jonathan: the first step to get rid of it has taken place. president trump flanked by republican members of the house. they passed the first step in repealing and replacing obamacare. this is the first step in replacing that legislation. it's now going to head to senate. that is where it will likely face very stiff changes and challenges. we are gathering reaction on the hill now and we'll have more throughout the show and late in the evening. nancy: breaking out of prince george's county a body found overnight. the police now have a murder mystery on their hands. detectives searching for clues at the park. this is right behind an elementary school. brianne carter is at the park with the investigation. brianne: also happening in this quiet and idyllic community. police say the man's body found here about 200 yards off the street. in the

thigh are not saying how he was kill only that he was found with trauma to the body. adjacent to where he was found is a popular trail leading to the lake that is usually busy every morning and evening. >> 100% shocked. it's a safe area. it is quiet. we never had any issue here. i mean we are not talking about a robbery or -- yeah. scary, actually. brianne: now just within the last half hour we talked to prince george's county police who say at this hour no information on motive or possible suspect in this case. they say if this is an area you frequent, and were in this area yesterday, you saw anything, you think that may be helpful to give police a call. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison

this soccer coach also arrested for sexual abuse of a minor. miguel flores is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a then 7-year-old in the summer of 2015. investigators believe all of the inappropriate contact occurred at the centerway park soccer field. in montgomery village. there might be more victims so if you have conversation call police. alison: this herndon man now under arrest. nancy: eric judy charged with sexually abusing a child in the past four years. he took inappropriate photos of the then 13-year-old, police say. they picked him up and took him in custody last night at his home. jonathan: developing news out of las vegas, a deadly school bus crash while children were being taken to school. the bus as you can see flipping over to the side. it looks like it went off the road and in the desert. michelle marsh is monitoring the situation in the "live desk" with the latest. michelle: that school bus and another vehicle collided. it was a driver

vehicle who died. our sister station in las vegas reports 16 children were injured in that crash. at least one of them critically injured. there were a total of 40 people on board. students say they actually had to help the driver get off the bus. the business flipped over on the driver's side. all the students have been accounted for. the driver of car was sadly killed in this. it's nettlier what caused the crash. when we find that out we will have an update and bring it to you. i'm michelle marsh. back to you. nancy: this has gotten nationwide attention. racist message left after students at american university elected a black woman as the student body president. bananas hanging on campus. today she and the sorority are demanding the person who did this come forward and face punishment. richard reeve has the powerful reaction. rich? richard: that is right. members of congress toda

u.s. justice department to investigate now. some of those leaders on the hill meeting with the a.u. student council president here. we have video of the meeting. hundreds of students and faculty packed inside what they call a town hall meeting discussing strategies on how to move forward after this. they said this is not about blaming the administration but creating protocols to deal with racism on campus. earlier this week, they released surveillance video showing a man they are calling a person of interest who hung the nooses early monday morning. the administration said they have plans to expand diversity training and other programs and the student leaders call it a pivotal moment and time to apply pressure to make change. >> i'm absolutely concerned. but not just for myself. but for the members of the a.u. community. this isn't the fi

has happened this year. i caught me off-guard. i glad that everyone is inspired to act. richard: in minutes, student leaders and the administration will be meeting to hash it out and discuss ideas and try to get closure. richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: late last night we learned of a noose found on the campus of the university of maryland. the university president calling it despicable saying there is a thorough investigation going on now and he stands against bigotry. that was found at a fraternity house last week. jonathan: well, we can tell you tonight this man david watson is back in custody. we have three pictures of him. this is the ones they released when they wanted him. that is what he looked like when they captured him last night. week-long manhunt to find out where he was hiding but they caught up with him. not far where he escaped. brad bell with how they finally

brad: his face shows the wear and tear of six days on the run. eating according to a source scavenged tootsie rolls and cookies. the freedom ended before 10:00 last night. the police have been through the area multiple times. checking it again and again. early yesterday they checked the pipe and found it empty. when they came back with night vision last night and looked inside, david watson was looking back. >> when he saw us, we identified and pulled him out of the pipe. a little bit of a drop off there. it wasn't like it was a violent struggle. >> for nearly a week watson frustrated searchers. last friday he jumped from a transport van somehow free of his shackles. he ran into the woods next to the perkins psychiatric prison hospital and vanished. days went by without so much as a tip or sighting. police figured he left the area. nope. he was fo

patch of woods in the drainpipe. one of many it seems he had been calling home. >> so he had been covering an area anywhere from one to two miles in either direction from the actual site of where the escape occurred. brad: coming up at 5:00, we have more on the network of tunnels that allowed the recognizable guy to go undetected for so long. in jessup, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: good work on the searchers' part. coming up, why a woman ate more than $7,000 in cash. alison: also this -- >> whoa! alison: my goodness. a sight not fit for students on a bus. what the driver did right after that has come calling him a hero. nancy: look at this flooding in st. louis reaching historic levels. the concern for those who are living there. >> a it 9-year-old woman takes on the korean gov

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house. >> cracked walls and dead plants. >> this is killing me. to go through this every day. >> 99-year-old smith lived in the logan circle home for 87 years. the last two have been hard. >> to breathe sometimes it's so much dust and dirt coming in. >> this is her problem. the grand own mansion. in midst of painstaking restoration by the government. >> the response they won't pay anything for damages. >> she complained to the chron tractor and even contacted a lawyer but so far she hasn't gotten relief.

>> we spoke to the supervisor who said he could not comment. jonathan: u.s. troops could be in iraq for the foreseeable future. the governments are talking about keeping forces there after the fight against isis is over. talks are ongoing. they have been backing isis and the forces are trying to retake mosul. nancy: isis developing its own platform trying to create something similar to facebook. on it the exists will be free to recruit others and share materials. this was uncovered last week. alison: the paris prosecutor's office opened investigation to see if the fake news is

to influence the french presidential vote. sound familiar? this is after marine le pen suggested in a debate that her rival could be holding an offshore account in the bahama s. >> must see video from ohio. in this video the police in alliance are arresting a guy for driving under influence. this shirt reads "this guy needs a beer." police say the man denied that he had been drinking but then he eventually came clean. >> beers or kegs? i don't believe you. jonathan: the testing revealed his alcohol content was .316. he was almost pickled. he didn't walk the line well

alison: goodness. a fight between a couple in columbia ended with a woman taking desperate measures to hide money. authorities say 30-year-old woman swallowed more than $7,000. it was in several rolls of $100 bills. they had to perform surgery and remove the money from her stomach and intestines. jonathan: paid as soon as they did the job. nancy: she really did not want her husband to get the cash. are you in need of a caffeine boost? we might be. having a bagel. this is the expresso buzz bagel. the first caffeinated bagel of its kind. it has 232 milligrams of caffeine, a third of the cough

coffee. >> keep it away from nancy. nancy: can you imagine that? the bage and the coffee and you are ready to go for the rest of the day. alison: sounds good. >> this is yesterday. we showed you the incredit about of rain this week. almost 300 roads in the county were closed at one point. the rivers set to surpass the high water marks from 2013. jonathan: the only line of defense in the downtown area, you can see it. those are the sandbags stacked up high. now they are trying to keep the building safe and keep them dry. that is putting it all in perspective for us when we expect a soaking. >> the same system there, too. >> the storm system will

north. doug: we are dry. but we think the rain will be spread out over a few hours. we can handle that. but the morning rush will see the heaviest rain and it will fall enough to be the ponding of water in low-lying areas. we've been through the drill hundreds of time. jonathan: is this the biggest soaking we have had so far? doug: i can't remember two days ago. [laughter] back on september 28. a lot of rain. it's rain but it's not flooding rain. we are getting the influence of the storm but the moisture is pushed in here from two, one, two, directions. this the warm fronted. when it comes through

from the south. we have moisture coming in. we do expect it to be a progressive system. it's not going to linger. come and go through. in the process, we think that one to two inches of rain will fall. bulk tomorrow morning. localized flooding. not necessarily in a river flooding but the low lying areas. the areas with the thunderstorms, creeks and the streams could come close to bankful. we look for that. it is a slow morning rush. download to keep up on the radar trends and know what is coming your way. cloudy skies across the area now. prediction. the big push of the east/southeasterly winds. feeds moisture in, in the form of cloudiness. by late tonight the area west of town and valley and the blue ridge will see the rain and pick up quickly in

overnight. 4:30 in the morning we'll have moderate rain. temperatures are around 6 to degrees. mild and breezy. through the morning. thunderstorms. it look as though time will get past 9 sr. to 10:00. there could pop-up of thunderstorms in the afternoon. we are updating the models between one and two inches. the only advisory is the flood watch in effect because the southeasterly winds are lifting up the warm moist air over the front rain of the blew ridge. the weekend outlook is not pretty but it's

the trend will continue. slow and a deliberate warming trend underway next week but it will take until next weekend to get close to average temperatures. this is something we don't see often in may. long stretches of the below average temperatures. but that is in store for us. jonathan: it would have been huge "saturday night live." how close president trump and alec baldwin came to sharing a stage. nancy: and the end of an era for prince philip and the impl ready or not, here i come.ek.) ♪

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jonathan: president trump and alec baldwin had a chance to meet face to face but it didn't happen. baldwin said that trump was invited to appear in february when he was a guest host. they were so hopeful he would accept the invitation but he didn't. nancy: that would have been something to watch. decades of the duties now winding down. today the royal family summoned all staff to buckingham palace for emergency meeting revealing prince philip is going to step down from public life. molly hunter in london with the

prince philip is putting the royal feet up and retiring from the public eye. seen today after the announcement with his wife clean elizabeth by her side. like he is often supporting her as for decades. >> helping her, supporting her, anything that is valuable to her. >> overnight a flurry of activity at the palace. the rumor mill churned in the wee hours. big announcement was coming. the queen's most senior aids calling the staff together and bringing those from scotland to town. we saw the queen yesterday return to buckingham palace from windsor castle and prince philip, too. the couple has been married 69 years. both in their 90's. still doing more events than any other member of the royal

family. it is taking a toll last christmas when coming home with heavy colds and prince philip hospitalized several times in the last few years. >> they are saying it is not to do with his health. but 96 he will be when he steps away it will have an impact. >> we will likely see more of the younger royals stepping up to take some of the load off the queen. nancy: next at 4:00, another day and another problem for an airline. the reason a family says they were kicked off a delta flight. >> on the national day of prayer the official service focused on one religion and then the other service focused on other religions. we are going to explain and show you what happened here today coming

>> new at 5:00, small kids and small screens. parents know about this. the new risk that parents could be taking when it comes to the children's development. we have details on the important story when i join you at 5:00.

doug: cloudy and breezy weather now but it will change as a storm system out west is moving in the area. drill down for details. start in the metro. cloudy skies. showers south and west through virginia but the action now is well south and southwest. this system is moving in quickly. we'll see the thunderstorms develop around the area but probably not until after midnight around here. this timing coincides with the morning rush so that means potential of a big mess in the morning. overnight the storms will get closer. the moisture coming from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. it converges as a warm front moves ov

thunderstorms, too, toward the early morning. definite impact on the morning rush. taper off midday. may see additional pop-up showers or storm in the afternoon. but generally most of the rain we get is at that point. getting through the weekend it will be drab and cool with a few showers. rainfall amounts we think an inch and a half will be common rainfall in the eight or if nine-hour period. it's something to keep in mind. we leave you with this. the day planner tomorrow, the showers and the thunderstorms. heavy at times. 63 in the morning. 69 at 12:00 noon. 73 in the late afternoon. peak of sunshine in the weekend. steve rudin will have the ten-day in 20 minutes. jonathan: protesters there are gathering near the uss intrepid where president trump will speak this evening. republicans just passed a healthcare replacement law. through the house that happened a couple of hours ago. earlier he spoke

liberties. here is what he had to say. president trump: we will not allow people of faith to be targeted, bullied or silenced. jonathan: that is a big first step but now it goes to the senate. michelle: that was trump speaking on religious liberties. he signed executive order to allow churches and other organizations to be politically active. president trump also made some remarks today on religious discrimination which connects to what was the big subject in loudoun county todayia. religious leaders there are saying they are not included on what is recognized as national prayer day, which is today. nancy: jeff goldberg is in leesburg with this story. hey there, jeff. jeff: hi, well, today we saw two separa

the national day of prayer inside one building. at one point in the afternoon, it was the official event marking the day of prayer. down the hall at one point on that side of the building at the loudoun county government center a different event bringing together many different religions in one room. now here is the footage of the official service with the prayers and the words related to jesus. that is what organized tell us is the intention of this day. prayers based on judeo christian beliefs. down the hall in a counter gathering which brought together leaders from many different face. christians, jews, muslims, sikhs and others. they say they were not invited to participate in the official service and the organizers of the so-called official service say there is a reason for that. >> there is a desire amongst national day of prayer task force to pray to the judeo christian god. and other people are welcome to pray to their god. >> that is

however, that does not represent the entire nation. we want to reflect the nation. it's not about what they are doing. it's about what we're doing. jeff: you heard a few minutes ago about the executive order signed by president trump. there are strong feelings here today about that. both for and against including an individual who called the move dangerous. more on that coming up in the 5:00 hour. until then, live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. michelle: the alexandria city council will vote on a plan to raise the property tax rate by 5.7 cents. the officials say the money would address years of overcrowded schools aging buildings, outdated sewers and a growing bill for metro. jonathan: a teen was c

the gun was taken from a rockville police officer patrol car. why didn't they notify residents about the theft? today, montgomery county reporter kevin lewis went looking for answers. kevin: 6:00 a.m. saturday, an off-duty police officer walked to the squad car parked outside his home. the department shotgun, ar-15 assault rifle and the ammunition were missing from the trunk. then two days later police arrested 18-year-old mario alvarado at albert einstein high school. alvarado, a high school junior and a citizen of el salvador had allegedly brought the ar-15 to school important. today we asked the rockville police department why it never notified the community after criminals stole the high-powered weapons and ammo. a spokeswoman dodged that question and declined on

>> i suspect that they were embarrassed about it. >> mary's beliefs rockville p.d. made a bad situation worse by keeping quiet. >> first, it's the responsibility of the police department to inform the community at large. >> rockville p.d. has a thorough 12-page firearm policy that states the republics can be left in a locked car trunk. however, investigators say the unmarked chevy impala had no signs of forced entry. >> feel like as the general public we want to know. we want to know if somebody has a cop gun runs around on the street. kevin: i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: gamers listen to this. four old video games are new to the hall of fame. combat from the hallow franchise on x-box made it in with the older games like donkey kong. michelle: good one. nancy: i love it. two versions of pokémon. not one but two. and street fighter two.

hall of fame created in 2015. so it's pretty new. i still love my mario, nintendo 64. michelle: remember duck hunt? nancy: classic. jonathan: space invaders? pacman? no? nancy: maybe. michelle: these are -- jonathan: now they do it on their phone. michelle: speaking of the oldest technology, majority of the homes an apartments no longer use land lines. that probably comes as no surprise. no phones hooked up to the home. old school concept these days. renters and younger adults are likely to only have cell phones. it's still close. almost half of american households and apartments still have land lines. nancy: keep you are going can you hear me now? jonathan: finding the fun, too. you had a cordless. you never lose your phone. it's part

today is may 4. may the 4th be with you. michelle: "star wars" day so you likely saw people posting pictures online in the favorite "star wars" gear. alison: absolutely. nancy: now a look that lindsey mastis gives us. lindsey: a lot of people in the d.m.v. are superfans. this couple, the photographer sharing their pictures today. these were taken in the wedding last year. we have storm trooper marshmallow from the little bit shop in maryland. darth vader cake from tiffany bakery in maryland. "star wars" snacks inside the nasa headquartereds. lightsabers there. mounted vernon is getting in on the action. america, i am your father. there is a darth vader gargoyle on the national th

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jonathan: they are going to cast shadows over the boston garden. the tower developers have offered up $153 million to the city. nancy: now a big mess. this is on the road. road is reopened after the water main break caused a sinkhole over there. check this out before rush hour. the water gushing in the roads. many were trapped in the parking lot near the break. michelle: check th o

momma bear and the cups heading for the higher ground. this is in pennsylvania. why? a dog outside the home started parking. not pictured is the dog. we don't know what kind but it could be a chihuahua that scared the bears away. who knows? cute. next at 4:00, family is picked off the plane and threatened by the crew. this time it's delta. >> kids in foster care? did delta go too far? or did they follow policy? the family speaks out. >> that is not something you see

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michelle: this is damp cash. the bus is loaded with children. the driver by ally able to stop in time. suzanne kennedy describes what happens and explains why the bus driver is called a hero. >> a bad accident. it was not our fault. >> the quick action prevented a bad situation being worse. >> the truck is upside down in front of us. it's very bad. very bad. >> a pickup truck crosses in oncoming traffic. hitting a car and school bus with 19 students on board. you can see good samaritans sprang into action. three people were treated for injuries. >> sit in the seat that you belong in. michelle: another major airliner coming under fire. california fam

were kicked off an overbooked delta flight and threatened with jail time for refusing to give up a seat. held by the 2-year-old son. >> i have two infants. they have nowhere to stay. no more flights. with resupposed to sleep in the airport? >> delta apologized promising to figure out what happened and find a resolution. meanwhile the family says they are out thousands of dollars but they don't care about the money. they just want answers. nancy: if family of a 10-year-old boy who died on a giant water slide at a water park in kansas will receive nearly $20 million in settlement payments. the money will come from two companies associated with that park along with a general contractor. the 17-year-old story water slade has been closed since last august. jonathan: the army is offering big bonuses. $5,000 to try to recruit soldiers to a new training brigade. this comes as the demand for advisers

afghanistan are on the rise. they are spending time training and building forces than participate in combat. that is a carry over of president obama's strategy of fight against isis. it's time to check in with larry smith for a look at what is coming up next at 5:00. larry: coming up at 5:00, while you are watching us. is your child watching your phone or tablet? what the small screens could mean in the long term. and she was told she had 48 hours to live but now this retired teacher fighting back after losing all four limits. caps and wizards on the rope in the second round of the playoff series. how do you feel about the chances? log on to wjla.com/votenow to take part in the instapoll. watch erin hawksworth's life report ahead of the wizards game three tonight against the celtics coming up at 5:00. michelle: thank you. group of diverse students are coming together for the love of the game. erin hawksworth takes us to woodrow i

player. >> you are looking at one of the most diverse lo cross team in the country. >> we are proud to have an established organization. ed organization.nicity and the proud of the ethnicity and the diversity on the team. this brings us together more. erin: woodrow wilson 41-player roster divided in vars did and j.v. is made up of 24 african-american players, ten white, five hispanic, one filipino and one indian. >> people don't understand once they are exposed to it everybody loves the sport. the problem is too often the kids from the inner city regardless don't have the opportunities to see the sport. erin: jackson barron is a freshman and this is his first time playing lacrosse. head coach begley recruited him from the basketball team. >> he knows that lacrosse and basketball

movement. he said some basketball players would be interested in lacrosse. i said why not? i picked it up and i love it. >> he embraced the sport. he has shown a lot of promise. one of the better players i have seen pick up the stick. erin: congratulations, jackson. you are this week's team player. >> nice afternoon to play a game of lacrosse. looking at the temperatures in the 60's. cooler to the west. win chester is 59 degrees. we have clouds in place. with the clouds we'll see rain and a lot of it later tonight and tomorrow morning. this evening the temperatures are in the 60's. added clouds. by 9:00, showers to the west of us. most of the heavy rain will hold off until after midnight. few showers in west virginia to maryland. garrett county. not amounting to a lot. the big picture shows a lot of rain to the west.

moving through the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning. it will arrive here in time for the busy rush hour commute. julie wright will be here and they will get you through this. if you have somewhere to be tomorrow morning you might want to double the time it takes you to get there. look at the yellow. and the reds. and the oranges. that means heavier rain and coincides with the busiest part of our rush hour commute. montgomery county to loudoun. the district. arlington, alexandria. 7:00. not looking good around here. we can't rule out a chance for a few isolated thunderstorms. better news moving through the mid-morning. everything lifts toward the north and east. lingering showers and then the skies clear a little bit. you may squeeze out a sunset come tomorrow evening. a look at the day planner tomorrow. highs make it in the 70's. best chance for heavy rain.

3:00 a.m. until 9:00 and a few thunderstorms. talk about the weekend. saturday and sunday. scattered showers here and there. the better of the two days is sunday. we will see cooler temperatures as we move into next week. jonathan? >> thank you for that. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- nuclear capability. the department of energy's role in determining what other nations are able to do. inside look as questions over north korea's arsenal remain. announcer: honored with six edward r. murrow award for journalism. including the prestigious award for excellence.

may think it is the main mission of the department of energy. two-third of the budget goes to overseaing the vast nuclear arsenal and the policies that deal with handling and disposing of the dangerous nuclear material. when countries like north korea, russia seem to be strengthening and not weakening the nuclear capabilities. larry: a developing story. a youth soccer coach is facing serious allegations involving a 7-year-old. also -- the bill passes but why the prognosis is uncertain. dispute is an international standoff. 99-year-old d.c. woman squares off with south korea. >> "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side.

team is watching the radar and the skies as the rain moves closer to our area. >> this is west of the appalachian mountains. it's moving in our direction. we have seen the cloudiness move in, during the day. that is pushing in. most of the moisture is west. what will happen between now and 3:00 in the morning we have the moisture off the atlantic ocean. we have moisture from the gulf. it will give us probability of rain and high likelihood with the thunderstorms and the timing suggest it has a significant impact on the friday morning commute. 4:00/4:30 in the morning area of the heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms. we may see s

the bulk of the rain will fall between 3:00 and 9:00 a.m. by the time it tapers off about an inch and a half of rain in the metro area. so for tomorrow, a weather alert day. the stormwatch7 app is a good way to keep ahead of it, too. messy friday. weekend is a little improvement. i will be happy to share it. alison: this is worth repeating now is a good time to take a moment and download the stormwatch7 app to track rain on the smartphone or tablet. jonathan: the montgomery county police are trying to find out if a soccer coach touching a 7-year-old on the team has other victims. kevin lewis is live with the story that is developing as the kids get home from school. >> the allegeed assayed