news, this is a breaking news alert. lindsey: from the story that has captivated the rockville community, rate charges dropped for the 2 -- rape charges dropped for the two teenagers accused of raping a girl in the bathroom. we are live with what just happened in court. >> this is very shocking news to a lot of people in the community . prosecutors say, after a thorough review of the evidence, they found the 14-year-old storyd female victim's

they tell me the 14-year-old a 42nd long nude video to fellow classmates, 17-year-old jose montano, the day before this alleged incident took place, the video took place as beyond graphic. jose montano's defense attorney says surveillance cameras caught them making out and pressing them each other against longer -- lockers when -- before going into the bathroom before henry sanchez joined in to what they call consensual sex and all the rape charges dropped but jose montano is facing new counts of possession and distribution of child pornography, going back to the video that the girl sent him . because he is 17 years old him if his case will move from adult court to juvenile court.

count of possession of child pornography. because he is 18, his case will stay in adult court. reporters asked if both of these teenagers could return to montgomery county public schools upon their release. the school system did not say one way or the other. the fence attorneys for jose montano say their client has a right, like anyone else, to public education. live in rockville, kevin lewis. story, stormwatch, the weather is a mess around the area. steady rain falling since late death late last night. -- since late last night. doug -- doug: the rain moved out a couple of hours ago. left is huge

sperryville been. .eneca ridge, 2.36 inches additional chances later this afternoon of showers and storms. here is washington and there is the beltway, the rain on the eastern shore and out of here with a few more showers along interstate 81, most should stay west. later in the day, another opportunity with clearing skies to the west. possible we see 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 showers but the question is whether they will deal keep their integrity and strength by the time they reach our area. the jury is still out but a possibility. other than that, no big weather headlines over the next few days, other than cool weather. markers and get high wind reports. pretty extensive across the area.

four cars at dahlgren, the navy station, were flipped over because of the high wind. a difficult situation. one inch to two inches of precipitation. we will keep our fingers crossed for a break this afternoon, the weekend and ten-day forecast coming up and a bit. q mccray is an storm trak 7. , very sensitive to heavy rain as you are finding out firsthand. q: that i am. you have talked about precipitation, a lot of it here. this is from runoff. it looked worse two hours ago when there was a car in the runoff. we had video to prove it. the driver of a white kia try to make their way through this water. the car

the driver had to be rescued. we have been busy. we were in northwest workers say there was a different type of storm damage. tree removal crews have their hands full, first in the 1800 block of randolph street northwest, a tree came down and took power lines with it. had it fallen in the opposite direction, it would've hit a house with the family asleep inside. back up the power before sunrise but had to replace a transformer. seven minutes away, a tree crashed on a road in the 2000 block. westbound lanes shut down for hours as a crew clear the mess. the eastbound side was not affected. here is another live look at the mess on the lawyers wrote. -- road.' they know that when it rains heavily,

and cause floods. you can see people tried to drive through the water. when you see water covering the road, turn around, don't drowned . lindsey: to a crazy scene overnight in often help, a driver in critical condition after slamming his car into a home. 11:00 last night, the car slammed into a home on audrey lane and three people were inside when the car hit. no word on what may have caused the crash. these are flames tearing through a house in manassas. not one, but two families without a place to stay. the home was not the only valuable asset lost. john: you still have plenty of caution tape on nash drive in manassas, va. this large home is a total loss.

night. you can see the damage. a burnt out shell. the top floor is completely exposed. even the homes on each side have significant damage. two families this gate from this burning home. relatives were throwing their loved one over the fence to get away from the flames. the fire started in the garage. a family that recently immigrated from mexico was renting the basement of the house, a husband, wife, two children, eight-year-old girl and four-year-old boy, they did not have renters insurance and were obtaining legal residency and citizenship in the country. they were going to meet with an immigration attorney today. all of their paperwork, documents, even their money for immigration fees were destroyed. >>

to our house and rang the doorbell so -- and said their house is on fire, i said get in our house. i ran back with the husband to see what we could do to try to help. if there was anything we could salvage. home 10 people were in the at the time of the fire, tragic on so many levels fortunately no one suffered life-threatening injuries. the cause is still unknown. in manassas, john gonzalez. lindsey: coming up at noon, a deadly plane crash in west virginia. a live report on the investigation into what went wrong. enough, therry good apology from delta airlines to a family kicked off a flight, when will the root of the issue gets all? a story that dominated headlines for weeks, we have a preview of tonight 2020 on the teacher accused of kidnapping his own

first, a check on the traffic. we will look at some of the effects of the early rain storm. in northwest d.c., 16th street in massachusetts avenue at state circle, you cannot get under the tunnel because of the flooding. you can get around but is causing a backup. southeaston the southwest freeway towards the 14th street bridge where the right side of the 14th street bridge for arlington from the district was affected with high water. still delays from the third street tunnel. 95 southbound, an accident near , still veryparkway slow approaching the scene of th

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. lindsey: two are dead, killed in a cardinal plane crash. in west virginia. we are at the scene in charleston. airporte at yeager where it is a very active scene. i want to give you a look at what we can see. directly behind the yellow caution tape, you can see the wing of the aircraft. we are waiting for the arrival of the national transportation and safety board who will begin its investigation into what caused the crash. there were no survivors. a man and a woman, pilot and copilot both from west virginia have been identified as the victims. the airplane was a short

operated by air cargo carriers, a contractor for ups, landing hill from louisville where it was coming in sideways and hit the runway hard. it rolled down the hill. there was heavy entrapment and a huge response to get to the wreckage which is 150 feet over .he hillside you just saw and initial indications is that something was wrong with --craft

>> lawmakers say the plan needs some drastic changes before they would get on board and it becomes law. senators on both sides of the art of the battle. -- uphill battle. you am sorry to disappoint mr. president, this bill in its current form is not getting through the senate, no way. >> i do not think that the house bill projects what is in the senate bill. lindsey: house republicans admit they did not read the entire legislation before voting yes, including virginia representative tom garrett. an update on the

texas police officer fired after killing a 15-year-old boy. roy oliver was briefly suspended in 2013 following a complaint about his conduct while serving as a witness in a drunk driving case. he was ordered to take training courses in anger management. he opened fire at a car leaving a house party in the dallas area , killing a high school freshman jordan edwards with no charges filed so far but oliver has been fired. delta airlines says it is sorry for kicking a family often overbooked flight. the airline is offering refunds and compensation to the family after they were forced off of a plane. they were threatened to be thrown in jail for refusing to give up their two-year-old baby 's seek. it was caught on camera and congress is intervening, looking at several bills looking to overhaul airline policies hoping no family has to go through this.

lot of families. -- the skies for a lot of families. doug: heavy room -- heavy rain has moved out. maybe sunday afternoon, some sunshine. not the greatest forecast in the world but the heavy stuff is over. you see the green polygons indicating flood warnings that are in effect, the largest area to the north east of washington through the extended baltimore areas until 6:00. hagerstown southport winchester until 5:00, a flood warning. a lot of three inch rainfall totals. you can see the heavy rain has moved off and moving off the coast. we have our area mainly cloudy with a couple of showers to the west. a clear area before more showers and storms in the cincinnati area. a chance, not a high chance,

over western portions of the area.& rainfall totals, wintergreen at 3.63 inches of rain. 2.5 inches in woodbine. temperatures are very cool. they will stay that way. west of town, sunshine will warm to the 70 degree mark and the rest of us will be about six feet with a light sprinkle or shower. a chance this afternoon that a couple of individual showers or thunderstorms could pop again but not a great chance. we expect more showers tomorrow. at her chance of scattered showers tomorrow as the wind shifts to the north-northwest. morning showers likely. cloudy and cool with a passing shower in the afternoon and evening. sunday, the promise of more sunshine. it may turn out to be a decent day, a little bit on the chilly side with highs above 60 the next several days. a good chance of rain tomorrow

sunday with the average high at 63. no big numbers on the weather map. we will needdsunshine to get 75. a finish to the heavy rain has passed us and we look for showers into the weekend. cool numbers monday and tuesday with highs around 60 and more mild through the end of next week. saturday is cooler with showers. mother's day, upper-60's. a very long and cool stretch. lindsey: mother's day is coming up, a good reminder. thank you. happening tonight, the story that left so many around the nation asking -- how could this happen? a tennessee high school teacher accused of kidnapping his dune and hiding out for 38 days during a nationwide manhunt. we hear from those closest sonight on 2020 two pat cumming and elizabeth thomas.

undetected for so long? >> it was a combination of henning, investigators say planned, but also look for rad -- tad cummings. lindsey: what did he say to compel her to come with him? >> he created this relationship with her over on amount of time. not something that happened in just days or simple weeks. he created a safe place for her in his classroom. he put a microwave and coffeemaker, even a cot in her classroom, she came from homeschooled to put in the public school system. that would be a difficult thing to do. hard to fit in in high school and now

than you have ever experienced. -- a harde for her time for her and he helped her make the transition and gained her trust. lindsey: are there lessons here for parents worried about their own children in school systems? >> i think the lesson for parents is to ask a lot of questions. that, even if the school is supposed to be doing their job, you have to ask questions. and to be very careful and alert to even things that seem innocent. tad cummings took elizabeth thomas to church with his wife, that was used to gain her trust. lindsey: thank you for joining us. we will have much more ahead on abc 7 news at noon. first, a preview of what is happening tonight at 11:00. >> tonight on abc 7

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lindsey: the wizards prevailed last night in game three of the eastern conference semifinals but bad blood between the two teams and it boiled over. the wizards were up big in the second quarter, a huge shot on a screen from a celtics player. there was shoving and he gets tossed from the

expect a fine and a suspension. the wizards get the win. they are one win closer to tying the series with game for this sunday. do or die tomorrow night for the capitals who face a limitation. down -- elimination. down 3-1 against the pittsburgh penguins. game five at the verizon center tomorrow night at 7:15. we will be right at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet. perdue. over 200 products no antibiotics ever.

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lindsey: listen up game of thrones fans, hbo says as many as four possible spinoffs for the series in the works. hbo has hired writers to come up with storylines, no word on when we may see these other shows or if they will be prequels thomas equals, or something else. only two seasons left of game of thrones which the new season debuts in july, pushed back because it was too warm and winter is coming. doug: we will feel more like fall and summer. up to 70 andatures much cooler for the next several days and maybe another chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. lindsey: thank you for joining us and watch as at 4:00.

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>> hey, everybody. it's teacher appreciation week. we've invited some of the great folks with the world's most challenging job to play the world's most challenging game. and nothing would make me happier than to send one of them home with a check for $1 million. so let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] [cheers and applause] hey, everybody. welcome to the show. it's teacher appreciation week on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] today's teacher. she is more than just an educator. for one student, she's an angel. from denver, colorado, please give it up for jen sculley. [cheers and applause] jen, how are you doing? welcome. >> good. can i hug you? >> bring it in! >> [laughs] thank you. thanks. >> welcome to "millionaire." um, you have gone well above and