right now with breaking news. alison: it will go down as one of the most disappointing nights for d.c. sports fans across the board. the caps falling to the penguins at home in game seven. so bad was tonight, the caps were not even able to score a goal, bringing an end to the season. for the fans, this is a disappointing close call on a roller coaster season. alison: we have team coverage from the verizon center, starting with erin hawksworth who just finished talking to the players. that had to be hard to do. lot oft was difficult, a long faces, blank stares, no answers for what happened. they did not think they would be in this position after the last two games. once again, the capitals were the best team in the rig in the season and once again they could not get past the penguins in the

you know, it hurts. there are no other words to really explain it. i do not think we would be in the situation, the way we were playing. it sucks. i mean, the playoffs like this, you have to capitalize on your chances. especially in game seven like this. erin: i think you have to hand it to the penguins goaltender, who was spectacular tonight with 28 saves. i think what makes this more difficult is knowing they are so many free agents and this will be a completely different team next season. i think what makes this more difficult is knowing they are so many freethe guys are taking tht as well, knowing this is a special group that may not be together next year. alison: i think it is safe to say this may have been worse for the fans. jay korff is live in

where the fans are disappointed. jay? jay: yes, a feeling they had felt many times before the last 15, 20 years. moments ago, thousands of fans came pouring out of the verizon center, demoralized and crushed. year after year, this is what has happened to the capitals. quite frankly, when we were talking to fans, some of them feel that there is actually a curse hanging out over the washington capitals but the town. >> it's so sad. i wonder if they will ever win the stanley cup. >> or a championship. >> something. thehether it be the caps, nationals, or the wizards, we make it every year and we'll all must get the taste of sweetness, and then it just goes away, every time. jay:

here is the bottom line on why the capitals are understandably crushed -- it has , thenearly 20 years 1997-1998 season when the capitals last went to a conference finals. live in northwest, jay korff, abc 7 news. jonathan: that is just salt in the wound. a disappointing night for d.c. sports fans across the board. the wizards played against the celtics in boston and lost. the nationals at home, the beltway series, they won, barely squeezing by in the bottom of the ninth. we will have highlights and reaction coming up and sports. steve: the first forecast from themwatch 7, showers on way, arriving sooner rather than later tomorrow. tomorrow, a big drop in temperatures. daytime highs only in the upper 50's, near 60.

need it all day long. you will need it friday and saturday. mother's day, a lot brighter and a lot warmer. more of that, plus heating up big time next week. the 10-day outlook in just a few minutes. alison: breaking news now -- charges dropped against the inmate who escaped custody this month. prosecutors in howard county dropped the escape charges against david watson. sixon was on the loose for days before being captured. on hisack behind bars conviction for attempted murder. faces an escape charge i in wicomico county. jonathan: faces an escape charge in a serious crash on crain highway. there are life-threatening injuries with this crash. we are waiting on more information. stay with us for updates. umddemand for change at the

campus, students protesting after a news was found on campus last month. alison: anna-lysa gayle is live on campus. some of the students were out there for hours. anna-lysa: that's right, some of the students were out here because they want their demands to be heard even as they are preparing for finals next week. a hope the demands will unite this campus and push out the hate. some students protest for hours at the university of maryland wednesday, starting with dozens of others at the student union. >> we pay tuition, we fund this university. anna-lysa: tensions reached a boiling point after a news was found hanging inside of a andernity house in march, white supremacist flyers were found on campus. >> people have written in chalk

on the sidewalk. anna-lysa: they are asking the school president to meet their demand's which includes providing an immediate response to hate crimes and calling for diversity training for organizations on campus and an external review board to investigate hate crimes. at one point during the protest, they met briefly with the vice president of student affairs. >> i think the only message we got was the president was listening. anna-lysa: the vp of student affairs said they are extending an invitation to meet with her individually. live at the university of maryland, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: happening now, urgent searches going on in a number of locations. all of these robberies were caught on tape. alison: nancy chen has the pictures that the police want you to see. nancy: these are clear images of terrifying moments. the police are trying to track down the people behind them.

friday, with three suspects barging in. one had a gun and waved it around. the other stood guard. over the counter, everyone inside order to the ground except for a man working told to get an medication, apparently because it contains codeine. moments later, across town near american university, two suspects barging into a drugstore and amending the same type of medication. areindividuals in this case believed to be like to another drugstore robbery friday and prince george's county. jonathan: fast-moving developments in the probe of russia and the u.s. elections. coming up tomorrow, the senate intelligence committee issued a subpoena to the former national security adviser michael flynn, asking for documents about his directions with russian officials. so far, no comment from f

russian investigation will go on even after the president fired fbi director james comey yesterday. ane lawmakers are demanding independent prosecutor to look into whether the trunk campaign colluded with russia. and fallout after yesterday's firing because some democrats say it is an abuse of power and an attempt at a cover-up. the president called democrats "phony hypocrites." in tonight, just look at this collection of knives. the police said they stopped a possible high school attack in north carolina. thede a student backpack, officer found knives, gasoline, firecrackers, and a hit list. girl andame from a canada come who warned the police because she saw a discussion about the plans on internet chat room. searching for armed robbers after a scary overnight rampage in prince william county. jonathan:

with a gun and baseball bats are robbed three men last night, one of the victim 73 years old. all of this playing out in quiet neighborhoods. tom roussey has the investigation going on right now. tom: surveillance video provided by a neighbor shows the moment the suspects stopped their car on a hill drive in montclair. hill drive in montclair. they ran into a dead end, then turn around. and zoomed away again. >> everyone is in shock and cannot believe it happened. tom: the robbery happened at about 11:00. off-camera one man appeared to have an assault rifle, the other had a baseball bat. the police to leave the men with another person with another bat did the same thing about 11:45 four miles north in woodbridge. about an hour later,

another managed short distance away. >> we want to be extra careful when we walk the dogs at night. it is making us very much more aware of what's going on. tom: prince william county police say what she just said is good advice. police do not the have a good description of the suspects because they were wearing dark clothing and masks. tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: voicing concerns over airplane noises and fairfax county, community members were talking about taking actions. >> they are upset. this is like a superhighway of air traffic that is annoying. with someup solutions, which is go higher, further down the river, and disperse at the end of the river. jonathan: the group says they will continue to work with local officials and the faa to try to reduce the noise. >>

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jonathan: north carolina's governor says he is shocked and disappointed federal funding for hurricane recovery. the state was asking for $900 million to recover after hurricane matthew. it got $6 million. hurricane matthew killed 25 people and caused billions in damage. alison: we have an inside look at the daring training exercises that make a local rescue group one of the best in the world.

to travel to california with virginia task force one. he explains how they use exercises to save lives. tim: a task force member dangles above and 80 foot canyon, held by his team. >> a mistake on our end causes injury or death. tim: matt burns heads the operation. the 14-year veteran knows this exercise to save a dummy in the canyon will eventually help them save real lives. urns has helped virginia task force one rescue 26 people after the rig -- after the earthquake in haiti. >> it's a big number, but you always wonder if there could have been a 27th person. are using an old-fashioned system of ropes and pulleys, under the

which captures the daring exercise from the year. the sun sets, the moon rises. hourssk force works four before the dummy is saved. the group has a turning facility, but they flew to l.a. to simulate an international rescue. even before the lights come up on the sand gabriel mountain range, the next morning the group is back at work. rescuing a fake patient whose cars slid off the cliff. anotherhe corner, person, carefully cutting their way to a dummy under concrete. are fake,the patients but the situations are realistic, and could mean the difference between life and death. >> you think

about the ones that you saved, but you think more about the ones that you could not, so that is always the hard part. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. how aboutw tonight, getting pizza delivered to your jail cell? that is a reality in chicago. inmates in the jail cook, deliver, and eat the pizza. they are supervised by local chef. aogram organizers say it is way for inmates to gain skills that could later lead to a job. jonathan: this looks like a cell phone, but it's not. it is a gun. it is being mass-produced and could be marketed by the summer. the maker of it says it is safe for the public and has been approved by the federal government, but some, including , have expressed concern about its safety. alison: a surprising piece of technology may be getting in the way of safety. jonathan:

apple watch. culprit is a little button on the side of the watch. one woman said it was accidentally pressed when she was leaning against her shopping cart. others are stunned to hear who was on the line. >> 911, what is your much as a? >> -- what is your emergency? >> i'm so sorry, i hit something on my watch on accident. alison: in that kansas county, there have been 131,000 mistaken calls since last year. on your apple watch, you can turn off the function that causes the auto-dial. if you find yourself make it an unattended call, 911 operators say you should stay on the line because if you hang up they legally have to call you back to make sure you are ok. was 76 degrees today at reagan national, slowly

stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, not a lot going on around the capital beltway. widely scattered showers to the west, front royal and harrisonburg. willore of the system that arrive tomorrow was still well to the north and west. that slides to the east through the morning tomorrow, and it will be a slow go for parts of the early morning rush-hour come into tomorrowthat slides to theh the morning evening. nighttime lows, upper 40's, near 55, mostly cloudy. tomorrow morning you will need a jacket. normally temperatures like this in the morning we warm up, but not really the case. upper 50's, lower 60's. that is it for the daytime high tomorrow. the umbrella, absolutely. leave the sunglasses at home, not only tomorrow but friday and saturday. a wet day thursday, lower 60's. tracking the

a.m., the core just to the west of us, winchester, woodstock, fredericksburg. still dry around the immediate metro. throughher over spreads noontime. outdoor practice for the afternoon for the kids may be questionable as we go through the daytime tomorrow into tomorrow evening. another round of what weather tomorrow night. fast forward friday evening, heavy rain expected friday evening into early saturday morning. once we get this out of here, a huge, i improvement mother's day. mother's day looks beautiful, lower 70's. a bit breezy, but brighter skies. the temperatures rebound dramatically as we move into the middle and end of next week. we go from the 50's to the middle 80's next week. jonathan:

big announcement about our abc family today, and a sad one. chief meteorologist doug hill, an absolute class act, is retiring in september. he is still with us until then, so share your stories and gratitude using #thanksdoug. he said he is getting flooded with emails. alison: he deserves a relaxing retirement. jonathan: no question. coming up, a puppy born without a foot is now running around with the best of them. alison: an then you're a couple. think of all you'll share... like snoring. does your bed do that? the dual adjustability of a sleep number bed allows you each to choose the firmness and comfort you want. so every couple can get the best sleep ever. does your bed do that? for a limited time save $900 - $1200 on select final clearance beds during our spring clearance event.

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alison: call it a new "leash" on life. golden retriever was born without a foot and got a new prosthetic. by ahan: it was made company near dulles airport. totook about three hours make and it costs about an average of a thousand dollars. read that full story on wjla.com . alison: the best story of the day. jonathan: the worst story of the day, the caps. is at: erin hawksworth the verizon center with the debrief. erin: one of the players said big players need to show up in big moments. and another player

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>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: unfortunately, the same old narrative continues. the capitals still have not been able to get past the second round in the alex ovechkin era,

game seven come in the second, it was scoreless. turnover leads to a penguins goal. pittsburgh'sturnover leads to a second goal was the most important because it gave them make ocean. 2-0 penguins. to be ad not seem sense of urgency from the capitals in the third. the penguins win game seven and will play ottawa in the conference semi final. big players play big, and regrettably i don't think we did that tonight. >> we did not lose the series tonight, we lost in the first three, four games. >> it sucks. erin:

unfortunately, i don't have better news with the wizards. in boston, game five, another tough one. the wizards off to a terrible start. boston dominated washington from start to finish. the celtics jumped on the wiz early and never gave them a chance. game six is friday at verizon. but the nationals did beat the orio

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