don't know at this point. yesterday, fairfax county fire officials responded to another fire at the kingdom hall of jehovah's witness in falls church. that was similar. they are working to see if the two fairs are connected. if so, how? no comment today from the minister about the fire. as this investigation continues. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: also police end a standoff that lasted for hours. the deputy killed responded to disturbance call when he pulled him over and they shot him. when they arrived to the disturbance call two people were shot outside the home. alison: after a 30-hour standoff police in trent

to convince a shooting suspect to give himself up. he opened fire when they tried to serve him with a warrant yesterday. bystander was kill and three officers were hurt. they evacuated this area where he barricaded himself. larry: tonight the man brutally attacked after stopping to he an woman is speaking out after being beaten. this is as robert mallette was sentenced for the crime today. brad sat down with the good samaritan earlier today. brad: this is a tough story. a man who was 79 years old almost 8 o last september in bowie. there was a young woman who needed help. he provided that helm. for his efforts he was severely beaten. tough story. bob remembers clearly how the nightmare began. >> a young woman came running across the intersection. brad: he was a block from his

the woman stopped his car and said -- >> help me, help me, please. my boyfriend is trying to kill me. brad: he let her in and they took off but soon realized the boyfriend robert mallette was following. he cut them off. jumped out, kicked the car. he drove away again only to have mallette race up and ram him from behind. three times. mallette reached up and opened the door and the beatdown was on. today bob came to court to tell a judge how bad it was. the 8 o-year-old retired engineer and air force vet had a broken jaw, dislocated chin and mangled ear. the judge listened and sentenced mallette already found guilty of assault to seven years in prison. bob, who was just being a good samaritan hopes he can put the whole episode behind him. >> i'm glad i helped her

brad: it was so bad for him he actually had to have his jaw wired shut for weeks on end. he could only eat liquid food. now he is only about 9 o% recovered. we will be back at 6:00 with more on the story including what mr. mallette had to say in court today. his apology. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. police need your help to find two armed men who robbed a pharmacy in woodbridge. they are wanted for a c.v.s. pharmacy at jefferson davis last night. one showed a handgun and the other grabbed prescription drugs behind the counter. larry: 7 on stormwatch7 tonight as another gloomy week descends on the area. three of the last five saturday was soggy. this next one is

six. that forced people to make other plans. stephen tschida is live with an umbrella in northeast. we are at catholic university who are set for the graduation on saturday. all the chairs out here. no tent. downpour, drizzle and damp spirits. >> a little depressing. i would like it to be sunnier and warm. >> the persistent precipitation causing a bit of panic. catholic university already set up for the outdoor graduation this weekend. some who are about to pick up the diplomas wonder who is going to happen now. >> a bunch of chairs without a tent.

>> it is hard to tee off in torrential rain. >> it's discouraging but it's the game. that is the way it goes. you can't control the weather. >> they can't control it here at catholic u. either. thatly make a decision on how to handle graduation saturday by 8:00 a.m. saturday. now a check of the forecast to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: the transition of improving weather will happen in the afternoon. the heavy rain moves out. but steady lighter rain continues through the everything. but that, too, will move out. we will hit a break period. cloudy, drizzly tomorrow and overnight. the next batch of the steady rain will move in. all the while it will stay chilly. temperatures in the morning are upper 40's to 50.

average in temperatures. the rain will move in, in the afternoon. it will get heavy late tomorrow, tomorrow night and saturday. then slow improvement. we have have that in the weekend outlook coming up in ten minutes. larry: a developing story from the white house. there is a panel to investigate voter fraud to boost the public confidence in the integrity of the system. trump claimed many people voted illegalfully the investigation and it comes in the midst of the investigation of the role russia could have played in the election. >> did you threat on the quit over the comey fallout? >> no. i'm not quitting. >> did you threaten to quit? >> no. today we caught up with rod

rosenstein. lana zak has the latest. lana: the white house initially claimed that james comey was fired at the recommendation of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. speaking to nbc news, president trump said it was never the case. >> he made a recommendation. but regardless of the recommendation i was going to fire comey. alaska the white house said -- >> he said he had to go. >> the f.b.i. lost confidence in the director. >> but the new acting director andrew mccabe said that is not accurate. >> i hod comey in -- hold comey in the highest regard. he had broad support across the f.b.i. and still does. >> there is one reason that has democrats and republicans concerned. this is prompting some who opposed the investigation to rethink suggestion.

>> we have to get rid of this cloud. it's the best interest of the republicans and the democrats. >> the or comments where trump called comey a showboat is not sitting well. >> i'm offended at the president comments today. >> i found him to be one of the most ethical, upright, straightforward individuals i have had an opportunity to work with. >> many at the capitol question the president's assertion that comey reassured him he was not the subject of any investigation. that would be out of character for the f.b.i. director. there is a formal request on the role that the deputy attorney general played in comey's firing. reporting from the capitol, lana zak, abc7 news. larry: trump says that the d.c. wine bar can't sue him because the president has absolute immunity. the owners of cork say the bar inside the trump hotel have unfair advantage since it is blocks from the white house. president trump's attorney filed paperwork this week to ask for t

tossed. alison: virginia's first lady says she will not try to cross the river to capitol hill. we told you two weeks ago that dorothy mcauliffe may be considering challenging for the virginia tenth district congressional seat but she says she decided against making a run. mcauliffe could be tied to an f.b.i. investigation in annapolis. we are told a consulting firm was searched as part of an investigation in the 2013 virginia governor race. thee are not -- they are not elaborating on the work. but saying it's the 2013 gubernatorial candidate. larry: a school didn't do anything and so a rapist struck again. that is one of the claims in a lawsuit against howard university tonight. anna-lysa gayle has been

and is live offcampus with details. >> the attorney representing the five women want to send a clear message that change is needed to protect all victims of sexual assault. >> if a student has a problem and wants to report it they should feel they can trust the administrators or people they are going to and feel they are being advocated for. >> the five young women include the current and the former students who reported sexual assaults between 2014-2016. in several cases they say they were assaulted by people with power. jane doe 1 says she was raped by resident assistant and jane doe 2 says she was also raped by the same assistant. jane doe 3 says she was physically and sexually abused by a campus police officer. in the

is deliberately indifferent to the student title ix rights and it alleges that the university had discriminatory and retaliatory response. attorney linca corea says there is a culture on the campus that needs to be corrected right away. >> we want to make sure that howard implements policies and the procedures that are effective so that students in the future don't have to worry about having the assailant on campus on an ongoing basis. >> recently we got a statement from howard university that says in part -- sexual assault is a critical issue on campuses across higher allegation. howard university takes all discrimination or assault on the campus or involving the students. we'll have more on the complaint filed. live at howard university, anna-lysa gayle, abc7

>> this is the ultimated crime against seniors in the community. >> what the bad guy did and how the detectives caught him. alison: plus, doors opening on the wrong side. what metro has to say about the mistake. >> five days from now, five stations shutting down. why some say the notification wasn't given soon enough.

>> they are fuming about the next safetrack surge. brianne carter reports that it's all about time. >> they have not done a good job explaining what they are doing. >> they are concerned that metro riders may be in the dark next week. starting tuesday, the transit authority will shut down these five stations on the east side of the orange line for a month. >> the notification was not given this them more than two weeks ahead. >> the closures is a change from the original plan to single track around the safetrack work. metro says it only impacts the five stations. whereas the impact of the single tracking

been felt up to 31 stations. >> we can get more work done when we shut down the station. i get that. it's much bigger number. you don't know why we didn't communicate it earlier. >> he worries that it is going to leave to rider ditching the system. responding to the criticism thursday, he had this to say. >> we can do better. >> there will be shuttle buses in upcoming surge. meanwhile, prince george's county leaders talking to marc officials and bus trying to add capacity. >> from safetrack to a

ride, check this out. the doors on the redline train open on the wrong side. it happened on the elevated tracks. at the rhode island avenue station. metro officials say it was an operator error and say the case is under investigation. >> i got a tornado. tornado on the ground. larry: storm chasers had the cameras rolling when a tornado touched down on the highway. drivers pull up to side of the road. there were no report of injuries. near chattanooga. wow! alison: around here, you know, it's hard the believe yesterday was so nice. because now we just feel like we have soggy mess. larry: i know. doug: 70's with sunshine. but it is coming back by sunday.

a radical change is coming. let's get busy to tell you the weather story on thursday. a live look at national harbor. the sky looks nasty out there. the rain is steady but fairly light across most of the area. so far today, since midnight we have picked up an inch and a half of rain at washington, dulles. the numbers like the frederick and east to the midzore is zero. that means problem with the report from the rain gauge but there is plenty of rain. that is round one. the rain mostly steady and light. from northwest to southeast. later tonight we will continue to see the pattern move out. it will be drizzly. but this is a huge front here separating very warm air from cool air. this is causing tornado watches in oklahoma. it is on the move and will bring us heavy rain tomorrow night. the good news for our area pote

will stay well south of us in the warm air. we will stay locked in, cool air on through saturday. so we get more rain but no severe weather worries in the region. look at the temperature difference. 54 in washington. 57 in richmond. but you drive a couple of hours to roanoke and it is 75. 81 in charlotte. rally at 84. a boundary in the atmosphere. locked cool every side with plenty of rain to come. tomorrow afternoon and evening, the storm system will move eastward so we have a possibility of steady rain and moving through friday and saturday. possibility of the stormy weather. maybe heavy storms especially saturday as we get into north carolina. we will be in the rain and the rain only. the good news according to the models is the steadiest rain should move out of the area midday early afternoon on saturday. clearing skies moving in late at night for mother's day. and warmer weather as well. here is the forecast going forward for rainfall

close to two inches on many spots. places like annapolis might get a touch more according to the modeling. the weekend outlook, soggy start tomorrow with the mist and drizzle. more rain tomorrow night. 59 for a high on saturday. just nasty. rain in the morning, an. may see an end and some areas far west of washington beyond the shenandoah valley could get a peek of the late afternoon sunshine. then everybody goes out to enjoy a warmer day. lower 70's with sunshine and a breeze on sunday. check out the outlook, we shake this off next week climbing to 80-degree range. wednesday and thursday and friday and saturday. we will be warm in the 80's. way below to above average. that is the way it goes. alison: that's just the way it has been. par for the course. doug: yep. alison: thank you. see you in a minute. larry: plenty of couples want a majestic

them -- vista in the wedding photos. alison: wait until you see where a couple took the whole wedding. larry: and what we learn about great eight today. alison: after fighting a battle over a lost caused finally ends. larry: a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7 --

larry: a statue that paid homage to jefferson davis removed in new orleans. it's part of their plan to remove statues of three confederate leaders from public land. we explain how it is causing controversy on both sides. >> early thursday morning construction workers dressed in tactical gear. faces covered. remove the 106-year-old statue of jefferson davis. as a crane lifted the statue of the confederate leader in the sky, supporters of davis and protesters of the monument faced off. >> beautiful, historic monument. a lot of people are against it not from here originally. and don't understand our culture. a lot of people from here don't know the history. if they knew the history it would be a more humanfying thing. they want to demonize history. reporter: the city of new

timing of eare move due to threats of violence but an area school was notified and sent a message to parents and then word spread. >> culmination of six decades of struggle in the city. >> it is. >> we are proud to have you with us tonight. >> the new orleans mayor leads the effort to remove the three statue and the monument that honors the lost cause of the confederacy. two of four are now gone. the statue will be placed in storage until they find a permanent home, possibly a museum. >> you cannot oppress our heritage. reporter: attention turns to the two remaining monuments of the confederate generals. these will be the most challenging to remove because of the size and the location in the heavy trafficked areas. >> i thought if i kept going i'd be on a tr

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larry: this just in the abc7 newsroom. two days after prosecutors declined to charge the engineer in the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia a judge says they have to. a municipality court judge ordering boshen charge. eight people died when the train he operated accelerated to 106 miles per hour on 50-mile-per-hour curve. alison: a senior citizen killed in her own home. all for $125. and a hybrid car. today, the murder confessed in court to the savage crime. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis was there and explains how a worried neighbor made a terrible discovery. >> last august, 3-year-old linda johnston hadn't been seen for days. her prius missing from the driveway. neighbor called 911. >> i opened the door, and the front door and i yelled for

her. they found her wrapped in a bloody blanket, stabbed 25 times. today, kwasi sadler who was friends with the woman respecting the basement apartment confessed to eight charges including first of degree murder. >> this is the ultimate crime against seniors. >> sadler used the credit card at a rockville target store where he worked. silence plate readers captured him driving johnson's prius in the district. then once arrested, sadler told cops i don't know how i went from stealing cars to murder. >> this is a -- savage. he went there with a weapon to make sure no one would stop him. >> he has a history of mental illness. regardless a judge will sentence him and he faces nebraska prison. >> reporting in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7

gibbetedden and stabbed to death is what prosecutors accuse ms-13 gang members to doing to damaris rivas in january. 17-year-old venus irreheta stabbed her 13 times because she felt she was responsible for the death of her boyfriend. irreheta went missing after the murder but was later charge and is now tried as an adult. >> crackdown on illegal immigrants nationwide. i.c.e. agents say 1,400 people were arrested in a sting operation targeting gang members. in the past six weeks 52 people were arrested including 29 members of the gang ms-13. 21 of the suspects face murder, rain, sex assault charges. these are just the type of the people that i.c.e. agents want off the streets. >> the goal at the end of the day is to arrest, prosecute, imprison, deport and

transnational gang members. as well as depress violence and prosecute criminal enterprises. >> agents seized 238 guns and $492,000 in cash. alison: new developments in a story we have been following all week from out in washington state. that is where crews have finished filling a hole in a nuclear waste storage tunnel. workers plugged the hole with 50 truckload of dirt. energy department says to one was hurt and no radiation was released. larry: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert tonight. good news in the market for a new car. pepco is joining nissan north america to offer $10,000 rebate if you buy a new 2017 nissan leaf electric vehicle. that brings the cost of the car down to about $20,000 in part of an effort to advance clean transportation alternatives. the offer is available only

alison: all right. earlier in the day, maryland regulators cleared the way for the largest offshore wind project in the country. so a company wants to build $368 -- 368 megawatt wind farm near ocean city. the project would create thousands of new jobs and contribute some $74 million to the state economy. larry: remarkable rescue in montana a hiker found safe after disappearing for a week. nancy chen has the story. nancy: incredible. 23-year-old madeline was visiting family in montana when she went for a hike with her dog. the pair ended up taking a wrong turn in the woods near glacier national park. they were lost in the wild earnest with no food. they launched full scale search by land and air that intensified when the grizzly tracks were found in the area. they finally found them and the helicopter called in to

to safety because of the rugged terrain. >> just want to say thank you to everyone that put in all of this effort to help me. >> the first words when they found her was can i hike out with you? >> they were five miles away from where they entered the woods. they were cold, tired and hung are you but were both in good spirits and unharmed. she reunited with her parents last night. thank you. alison: a different ordeal of sorts. a california couple came one a unique way to take the love to new heights. they traveled to mount everest to tie knot. they climbed 17,000 feet to the every rest base camp and -- everest base camp

gown and a tux and said, "i do." the single digit temperatures and the blistering winds were worth it to have a stunning backdrop on their special day. larry: the families were happy they didn't ask them to climb with them. when you come back we'll have a reception. how is that? alison: look how beautiful that is. >> incredible. alison: they have a lot to top after that. larry: no pun intended. alison: there you go. larry: how the four-legged members of the virginia task force one are learning on the job. kimberly: are you missing any money anywhere from 50 contracts --50 cents and up? i tell you how to get it after this. larry: a fiery crash caught on video. what the motorcycle rider did next that may have saved his life. >> but first, veronica johnson has a preview of "good morning washington." >> thank you.

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>> one more day till the weekend. we'll get the rain out of here by the middle of the upcoming weekend. don't forget d.c. united-philly saturday everything. a little sunshine. maybe a sunset on saturday. temperatures moving through the evening hours on saturday in the 50's. but let's focus on mother's day. daytime highs lower 70's. nice mix of sun and clouds. at least it will be dry. but on breezy side. outdoor plans, picnic and barbecues. make sure that

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alison: key part of an international rescue group. abc7 traveled with them to los angeles for a major training exercise that will eventually help the members save real lives. tim barber is there for it all. tim: this might look like a real train crash but it's staged. this is the search dog foundation. virginia task force one bringing the search dogs here in a blackhawk helicopter to scan the area and look for real live victims. these are people pretending to be injured so dogs can comb the area to try to find the staged

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he had the opportunity to give a group of kids a loving home so they could be part of and have value. alison: this family of three has grown to family of ten. seven siblings, four boy, three girls joined the clark family after spending three years in foster care. the super season are the great eight because they joined the clark's 3-year-old son noah.

alison: special story. larry: one thing to add one adopted sibling but seven? alison: incredible. they have huge harts. larry: a lot of love. ryan hughes takes to us a house in clinton that is built by students. >> one thing to work on electric tis or plumbing or masonry in a classroom and it's another thing to build a house. >> students show off the hard work. >> put the walls up. we did wiring in the air ducts. >> every step of the way from the design. it's a foundation for applied construction technology for students program

as f.a.c.t.s. >> they come here and they do it hand on. >> standing next to skilled tradesmen the students helped build the four-bedroom, two and a half bath colonial house. >> i helped build this. >> this is not a coincidence that the home is on student drive. they have helped build every home in the cul-de-sac. this is the last one but the program will continue. >> they are washing away with a possible career path. it's bringing to life lessons in classroom to give kids a sense of accomplishments. >> students are building houses. that is cool. >> in clinton, ryan hughes, abc7 news. alison: ahead at 6:00 tonight we go one-on-one with an 80-year-old man beaten protecting a woman running from a d

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we know washingtonians have $2 billion in unclaimed funds. so give us a call and find out how to find out if you are one of them. do not pay might be to get the money. it is yours. you don't have to pay anyone to release it. larry: wow! i bet the phone lines will be going nonstop until 6:30. call it now. alison: the story at 11:00 is a good one to watch. how is the weather shaping up? we would love to see it dry out soon but i don't think it will happen. doug: not anytime soon. sunday is when we see the drying. the steady rain pattern has developed more to the watches of the rain. that trend will continue. it will be patchy late drizzle.

light rain around the metro area. the nationals, the game is on that we have still heard. but it will be cloudy, damp, chilly. 47 to 52. patchy showers and drizzle. the temperatures are on the cool side. the future cast shows tomorrow will be cloudy and a patch of drizzle but it's not until this time tomorrow we see another batch of steady rain to see heavy rain tomorrow night in the area. overnight through saturday. saturday morning to midday a lot is going to shift out of here. this is noon. after that, there will be improvement. whether we see sunshine, it's possible. the red of us stay cloudy and cool. but the rain will end. additional rain through saturday inch, inch and a half

is common. we have put end to drought or the dry issues. that shows up in the forecast. ending with sunday's forecast of the breezy, sunny and 72 degrees. we have a big change around here. we are going to stay in the 80's all of next week. it will be a major turn-around weather wise. that's it. back to you. larry: thanks so much. well -- >> oh, man. what a disappointment. erin: i know. can you believe it? it's like we are here once again. day va view. the tri -- déjà vu. the trifecta could have been one of the biggest nights in d.c. sports history but instead the washington fans were left extremely disappointed. you know what? they are not alone. even the capitals can't believe it. >> i don't know. i don't know why it didn't work. tough to comp rehend right

erin: they fell to the them mispenguins in a -- this their nemesis the pittsburgh penguins when it looked like this was their year. >> big moments. big players have to play big. i don't think we did that tonight? erin: this may have been the caps' last best chance to win a cup. aging super stars and expiring contracts will surely mean a new look caps team next season. >> it makes it harder. obviously to take when you know that this group won't be together next year. >> meanwhile the wizards had an opportunity to take control of their series with the celtics last night but were never in a game they should be been more than prepared for. >> they played a good basketball game. they beat us. we have to regroup and come back to play better friday night. erin: but all wasn't lost in the d.c. sports trifecta. the team that received the least

the nationals staged a three-run ninth inning rally to best the birds in the battle of the beltway series. >> i knew the other games going on. i didn't know where they were as far as wins or losses and hockey and basketball. winning or losing or not, we enjoy to get a win for the nats fans. >> so we knew there would be a hero. it was matt wieters. we also learned today according to the russian hockey federation alex ovechkin had been playing with a lower body injury. he reportedly finished the playoffs with pain numbering injections and will not join russia for the world championships so that makes sense why we didn't see a lot of production from ovechkin. especially against the penguins. even getting moved to the third line. alison: my gosh. larry: he would love to play for russia. erin: yeah. he never misses that. larry: you know it's a serious injury. okay. thank you. well, what are the greatest threats to national security? alison: where experts are sounding th

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larry: top u.s. intelligence community officials testified about worldwide threats in a rare open hearing before the senate intelligence committee. we have details now of the changing threat facing the nation and where the national security officials are sounding the alarm. >> the annual report from nation's intelligence agency cited a threat from russia's cyber capabilities. >> it's clear, though, the russians have upped the game. >> do you believe that the january 2017 intelligence community assessment accurately characterized the extent of russian activities in the 2016 election in order to influence the elections? >> yes, senator. i do. >> intelligence officials acknowledge that russia actively interfered in several elections around the world. >> increasing desire on russia's part geographically to have a presence. their involvement in our elections and what looks to be

montenegro elections, potentially german elections. >> the hearing focused on threats from terrorism -- >> homegrown violence extremists. this threat will persist with many attacks happening with little or no warning. >> to north korea. >> the greatest danger to the united states is north korea. >> to afghanistan. >> left unchecked, that stalemate will deteriorate. >> while conventional warfare is more visible, they believe the greatest vulnerability is cyber warfare. >> if you add up all the costs of what russia spent trying to disrupt our elections, the french elections, what they will spend disrupting the german elections, that is less than 5% of the cost of an aircraft carrier. >> large portion of the hearing was dedicated to the firing of james comey. however, the main focus of the hearing was the most important because they were able to share with americans the changing threat and the

challenges. jonathan: right now at 6:00 -- president trump: he is a showboat. he is a grandstander. jonathan: the president contradicting his own staff as the acting f.b.i. director takes on the white house on capitol hill. michelle: plus, look out below. what metro is saying after passengers face this frightening view on their commute. jonathan: speaking of frightening. a fiery crash with a shocking outcome. what may have made the difference between life and death for the motorcyclist. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: ducking for cover from the soaking rain. it has been a washout of a day. you will need to keep the umbrellas handy. mother nature isn't done with us yet. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill shows us what is on the way next. we have another round? doug: we do. it looks like it will taper off in the short-term later tonight and tomorrow, drizzly. latetorium afternoon and tomorrow to saturday morning there is more heavy rain

doppler radar shows the pat earn from northwest to southeast. the pattern is breaking up from the steady rain. so we will see the clouds and the rain and later we'll see drizzly stuff around the area. chilly as we drop to the upper oh's to near 50 -- oh's to near 50. the rain will continue to saturday but will end saturday afternoon. we could see one or two more inches of rain. it's still looking good for mom on mother's day. we highlight that coming up in 15 minutes. jonathan: a changing story from the white house on the firing of f.b.i. director james comey. in an nbc interview the president refuted reports that the firing came at the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. >> you made the decision before they came in room? >> i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it. by the way. >> in your letter you said i accepted their recommendation. you already made the decision. >> i was going to fire regardless of the