kimberly: colorful flowers the on a grayt spot saturday. >> we are thankful that we are all ok. an amazing story of survival shared only on 7. on the brink. a must win game five four the cats. the news starts now. at 6:00.bc 7 news on your side. kimberly: the calendar says may but it does not feel like it. gloomy weather keeping people away from the flower mart at the national cathedral. josh

your forecast. is we willood news see dry weather take over that this has been the picture for most of the day. light showers with us. we are looking for things to break down over the next few hours. the big picture. here is our area of low pressure with a counter clock wise flow. cloud cover moving in the same direction. it creates enough lift in the atmosphere to bring us these showers. farther to the west not as much going on and that will be the trend. with the cloud cover and rain sticking around, most of us are in the mid-50's. apple blob of -- apple blossom festival in the low 50's. by the time we get to 8:00 most of those are off to the bay and we look for drier weather

the majority of the weekend. a look ahead to the game with d.c. united. that is on news chancellor eight. if you want to watch the cats game at the bar, things are looking drier for that. they lowered the flood wall along the potomac river but storm 17 is tracking rising waters along the mississippi river. illinois, indiana, missouri, arkansas, and tennessee will all be impacted. it is the latest threat to the central u.s., which has already seen record flooding. stay connected when bad weather hits. tonight firefighters are back out at this manassas home 48 hours after two families narrowly escaped the inferno. we are hearing from one of the families.

ryan hughes has the story. >> we are thankful that we are all ok. we are alive. and hernica ortega family are starting over. they escaped with their lives but are left with nothing. >> we came out with nothing on, no jackets. ryan: the ortega family was living in the basement of this home, another family living upstairs. on thursday both families ran for the lives after a fire started in the garage. a landlord and her neighbor over ther throw kids fence and her husband was on the other side to catch them. a citizen in 2014 but her husband was in the process for citizenship.

money for the application were destroyed. the community is rallying. neighbors dropped off clothing, shoes, and toys for the kids. >> that is what neighbors are for. we look out for each other. ryan: the home is gutted. monica says they are staying in her sister's house but space is limited. they are looking for a space to stay and are thankful for support. >> from the bottom of my heart i am thankful. ryan: the cause of the fire is still unknown. ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: the pentagon has identified a navy seal who was killed in action in somalia earlier this week. senior chief kyle milliken died in an operation against terrorist group al-shabaab. milliken is the

first american killed in somalia since the infamous black hawk down incident in 1993. a health care backlash for some. republicans in congress are getting an earful from people back home. david wright shows us. david: four republican members in congress act in their district today, a reality check. >> the bill for tax -- david: constituents are venting their anger over the health bill the house just passed. >> republican senators do not like this bill. david: congress members are on the defensive, trying to explain why they voted for this bill. >> this is a step in the right direction. david: after a constituent confronted rowel labrador saying that people

would die because they don't have access to health care, a reaction. >> people don't die because they don't have access to health care. david: today the president used his weekly address to praise the bill. >> it will mean great health care and your premiums will come down and your deductibles will come down. david: the president is having to defend what he told the australian prime minister about the single-payer system down under, medicare for all -- you have a better health care system that way do. david: senator bernie sisters. -- care system than we do. david: senator bernie sanders. >> thank you, mr. president. we will quote you on the floor of the senate. kimberly: she did not win the congressional seat, but

matthews to lead the state party. she has served as interim chair since march. she ran for marilyn's eighth congressional district. anchor here on channel seven, signing off in 2006. france's election commission warning journalists and those on media not to share emails --om hack to hacked emails. a large on-campus fight at howard university. 30-40 people were fighting. punches were thrown. three people were fighting

disorderly conduct. a fourth women interfering with the investigation was warned to back away and didn't. they try to when arrest her and taken to jail. we don't know why that fight started in the first place. >> ♪ when i was born a coal miner's daughter ♪ kimberly: country legend loretta lynn remains hospitalized after a stroke. the singer was admitted to a nashville hospital thursday night. she is expected to make a full recovery. her upcoming concerts have been postponed while she recovers. coming up at 6:00, dangerous drugs. why police officers are being warned about touching some drugs when they find them. check your freezer. seven is on your

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listeria contamination. there are no reports of people getting sick. that weather is on the way. and talks it out about the return of the sun. it is time to rock that read. that red. >> it is do or die for the cats tonight. a live report ahead of the big game coming up.

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annual blessing of the bikes. promotesof the bikes cycling in d.c. those cyclists are clipped into their bikes. it is hard to maneuver. is the drawing tonight capitals, hosting the penguins in a win or go home showdown. sam sweeney is live among a sea of people rocking the red. i see you have stepped outside the crazy bar scene. sam: there are so many people down here. at pug strikes. this is when those people will be inside the verizon center. they are ready to go but a bit nervous. need, why do the caps

what do the caps need to do to win this game? >> they need to score goals. sam: why did you come from new jersey for tonight's game? >> my cousin is on the team and going to score a goal tonight. sam: we have team coverage inside the verizon center. we will see you after the game at 11:00. back to you in the studio. kimberly: it is harder to tell whether it is louder outside the bar or inside the bar. josh: you can see quite a bit from both sides. kimberly: offense versus defense? josh: yeah. a lot of people saying goals, goals, goals, and other people defense. kimberly: i think it is goals. josh: i think you are right. thene complaining about rain with the game on the mind, but in general showers breaking down for us. really tough to warm up today with t

scattered showers. we are looking for improvements as we head into tomorrow. areared to where we yesterday we are 17 degrees cooler in d.c., 20 degrees cooler in frederick. yesterday's thunderstorms was wrought on by a cold front. behind that we have cooler air and that is what is sticking around with us in the evening. tomorrow it gets a little warmer. 8:00 go through 7:00 and most of those breakdown. a break for dcu right now but you see that second batch working its way farther from the west crossing over 495 and 95. that will move further to the east as well. this is thanks to the area of low pressure and it does not want to go anywhere. that is why i hang onto the chance for a few showers. the kentucky derby in louisville. they had rain

get closer to the big race things are starting to dry out. 67 degrees around 7:00. dealing with showers around 10:00 or 11:00. that is when things dry out. much nicer weather for that last walk before going to bed. tomorrow morning we start off on the chilly side. d.c. right around 49 degrees. your sunday morning not exactly what you expect to wake up to in may. get ready for a chillier start. i want to take you through 8:00 this evening. fast-forward into tomorrow morning. most of us starting off drier for your tomorrow morning. clouds pop back up quickly. clouds not out of the question tomorrow but not looking at that link it sized coverage like we did today. most of those showers will start off to the south. if you have t-ball games, worth

throw it in the car. probably won't have to open it up that i don't want you to go out without it. temperatures will go from the 40's into the 60's tomorrow. your best chance for isolated showers in the middle part of the day. we are around 62. that is almost 10 degrees below average. we start to warm up wednesday but as we head into next weekend, more wet weather moving in. kimberly: let's head back now to the verizon center where scott abraham has got a preview of game five. scott: it is do or die as you said. the cats trying to extend their season. it will help if they get a big-time performance from this guy. alex ovechkin walking into the locker room. the russian machine needs to step up tonight for the caps.

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>> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. scott: i'm scott abraham live at verizon center for game five of the conference semifinals. the caps on the brink of elimination. from here on out it is win or go home. down 3-1 in their best-of-seven series with the pittsburgh penguins, the caps have their backs against the wall. moving from the top line to the third line. coach barry trotz trying to create a spark. the coaches can only do so much. it is time for the players to step up in the big moment. we are here to

takes to get the win and move forward. >> a chance to play with ovi is pretty cool. if i can play with him, that is awesome. i think we played with different guys all year and we are looking for a spark here. scott: in this series washington is dominating play. against the penguins that is not enough. little things add up. with the caught up voice of the caps, john walton, to break down tonight's game five. alex ovechkin getting sent down to the third line. your reaction to the move? >> you can look at it a couple of different ways because the third line has not scored much. star ofm wilson was the game one in toronto, no one has. no shot on net

alex ovechkin only had four shots in game four and t.j. oshie still looking for a goal. bytt: is this a panic move coach barry trotz or is he trying to find spark? >> there is only so much you can do. you have a second line going so appeared kuznetsov, you could argue he has been the best. there is not a lot left to mess with. they are going with seven defensemen so there really isn't a fourth line tonight. scott: the caps need that when tonight. the washington wizards trying to get back into their playoff series. a big win on thursday. they need another one tomorrow night against the boston celtics. they will have to do it without kelly oubre

suspended for shoving kelly olynyk thursday. these teams do not like each other. thursday's game featured a technical foul's and three injections. tip-off will tomorrow at 8:30. tonight, game five set or 7:15. the caps have come back to other times in franchise history from a 3-1 deficit, the last coming in 2009 against the new york rangers. they have done it before, they can certainly d

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and kentucky derby. worst possible weather for these events. josh: we are getting better throughout the evening. dry right now but that rain off to the west will be pushing through the next 20 minutes. little bitmorrow, a warmer and the sun will push through. even mother's hanging onto that rain. it will still keep temperatures below average. 60's will be the rule for us. kimberly: the d.c. united game is over on news channel 8. we will see you after the game tonight at 11:00.

tonight, the fight and fury over health care reform. town halls erupting. lawmakers back in their home districts, facing passionate voters on both sides of the health care debate. plus, the president's new demand. >> i'm calling on the senate to take action. charged with murder. a white police officer under arrest for allegedly killing a black 15-year-old honors student. tonight, the officer's record and what our team found about his past. election eve hack. hackers now trying to influence the french presidential race. the jolt to the election being watched around the world. penthouse murders. the couple killed inside a luxury apartment building. the alleged suspect in a shootout with police. and sharp turn.