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we'll pick up another inch of rain across the area. more towards the bay and the eastern shore. the day tomorrow starts with the rain. could be heavy. ends with some clearing late in the day and much better weather on sunday. we'll talk about the weekend and the next 10 days coming up up in about 15 to 20 minutes, alison. alison: thank you, doug. download the weather app. larry: well, the search for this man who police say sexually assaulted a woman inside an apartment building. ephen tschida is live in arlington. stephen: they are concerned in this neighborhood and now we have learned that police believe the suspect in sunday's attack tried to get into this apartment building just before he's alleged to have assaulted the woman. the suspect in a brutal beating and sexual assault apparently made an attempt to get into
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nearby building just prior to the attack. >> it is scary for everybody else who lives in this area. >> surveillance video shows the suspect enter the building on claredon boulevard when an occupant opens the door. but the consee arge tells him to stop. >> it's good that he didn't recognize the person. >> he did get into the building a short while later while they say he posed as a maintenance worker and knocked on doors. the female opened the door and he allegedly assaulted her. it struck fear into this area pulsing with young people. one emailed a warning. some are hoping this new video leads to break in the case. >> hopefully they'll arrest him, yeah. stephen: police say the suspect was last seen heading in this direction just a couple of blocks from the condo building where the woman was assaulted. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison:
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much. now this -- a drunk driver who caused a crash that killed five people was a no-show for his sentencing today. just in the last two hours, a judge issued a bench warrant for kenneth kelly. in march he plead guilty to driving drunk and causing that deadly crash in prince george's county. family members are upset what didn't happen in court today. you'll hear from them coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. larry: well, this just in -- wells fargo may have created far more unauthorized accounts than previously thought. lawyers for customers suing the banking giant say they created 3 1/2 million boeing us accounts over the past 15 years. the previous estimate was two million. a wells fargo spokesperson called the new figure unverified and hypothetical. lawyers included the new estimates in a court filing asking a judge to approve a $142 million settlement. alison: we have breaking news right now about a massive cyberattack that seems to have started with hospitals in england. jonathan elias is
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the latest. jonathan: this is a huge attack and it's kind of scary because within the last hour we learned more than 70 countries have been hit by this, including russia, italy, spain and japan. at this point it does look like russia is bearing the brunt of this cyberattack. russia's interior minister says about 1,000 of the agency's computers were hit. hospitals in england now are turning away nonemergency patients because of this. it's ransomwa rembings. it locks computers and demands $300 sent via bit coin. that's an untraceable currency. we have not heard about an attack here in the u.s. but we have seen that in the past. we'll keep monitoring the situation throughout the evening. we'll get you an update as soon as we learn anything new. in the satellite center, i'm jonathan elias, abc 7 news. alison: now we turn to a developing story. "politico" reporting that james comey will not testify before the senate intelligence committee next week. that committee is investigating, of course, russia's involvement with last year's presidential
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had said comey was still welcomed to testify before closed doors, but senate aides says comey declined that invitation. larry: well, the day began with a tweet storm for president donald trump. he wrote he is a "very active president with lots of things happening." and maybe all future press briefings should be cancelled if his surrogate at the podium can't be accurate. that referred to the discrepancy about the chain of events leading to the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey. then the president tweets about comey, "he better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." well, today's abc 7 instapoll is asking, if you think the president spends too much time tweeting. let us know at wjla.com/votenow. richard is live in front of the museum getting reaction from the president's tweet and a very busy week. richard. richard: yeah. take a look at some of the headlines. president, this russia thi
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comey firing, my decision. then over here, trump adds to uproar in firing. when we asked folks if there is one question they could ask the president if they had a one-on-one, they had some pretty interesting answers. those glaring headlines on display as the trump twitter storm continues. many people asking why all the tweeting. a lot of folks wondering why specifically former f.b.i. director james comey was fired. others asking, does mr. trump have a vision? where does he plan to be three years from now? will he run for re-election? some questioning why the president isn't tougher on the democrats and why didn't he fire comey sooner. some wish they could talk to the chief executive on a personal level. even some questions about how he feels about the protests going on across the country. but the most frequent questions are about tweeting, the fate of comey and political fighting. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think he needs to grow up and act like an adult. he's like
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phone in the middle of the night sending multiple tweets. >> when is he going to get tougher with the democrats, you know, right now? because they seem to be trying to have their own way, you know, speak to the american people and just take charge and go around them. richard: so a lot of headlines and the tweet storm continues. coming up at 6:00, a lot of folks asking -- what about the president's political future? we will delve into that coming up at 6:00. reporting live, richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: meanwhile, michelle obama is criticizing efforts of the trump administration to reverse school lunch reforms that she championed while first lady. mrs. obama: this is real. this wasn't fake news, you know. obesity rates are rising. continue to rise among our youngest. alison: so the department of agriculture is delaying an obama-era requiremen
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lunches. larry: this morning it was the justice department's turn to roll back another policy from the obama administration. nancy chen is at the live desk to explain that one for us. nancy. nancy: it has to deal with how prosecutors charge and sentence various offenders. jeff sessions sending a memo to every u.s. attorney around the country, urges a crackdown on gangs and drugs and harsher sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. jeff sessions: i asked them to charge and pursue the most serious offense as i believe the law requires. most serious, readily, proveable offense. nancy: the 1 1/2-page memo rolls back the smart on crime initiative that was credited for bringing down the crime rate as well as the incarceration rate for the first time in 40 years. at the live desk, nancy chen, abc 7 news. larry: thiis
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in ceremony for peter. he's been the acting chief since former chief kathy linear retired and took a job with the nfl. the d.c. council confirmed him earlier this month. alison: well, tonight, d.c. police are working to find the person who shot and killed a grandmother. sitting in her wheelchair back in january. d.c. bureau chief sam ford met with vivian marrow's son today to talk about the first mother's day without her. >> there's a hole. there is a big hole in my soul. and i pretty much know everybody in my family feels the same way. sam: this street memorial, including a wheelchair, was all they had left to remember 68-year-old vivian marrow, mother, grandfather, great. neighborhood kids called her the candy lady because she always had a treat for them. she was on her way to the store at 10:00 a.m., martin luther king day, when police shows two young males, a shooter firing and a target running past mayor noh her wheelchair. the ta
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marrow is killed. her chair spinning in circles. >> they said the gentleman had a parole violation that could be the suspect. sam: william marrow, the son, said months ago the detective told him they believed the shooter was in jafmente but the other was scared and couldn't cooperate. >> i was like, what is he scared of? they tried to kill him too. they know he lives around here. so what's going to happen? there's going to be nor murder. sam: he wants the shooter charged, saying he hasn't cried yet but has a hole in his heart this mother's day. >> i have to talk to my grandkids and things like this because i like to bring them over this way to come visit. so now it's kind of rough. sam: marrow says that is not his mother's wheelchair. hers was electric but obviously someone thought a lot about her and thought it was appropriate to have it here. reporting from southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc 7 news.
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for that. ohio bullying case that may have led to a child's death. this is newly released video showing the attack the 8-year-old. another boy pulls him down, knocking him unconscious. either kids stop over him or kick him while he was -- laid there for seven minutes. they say he killed himself days later. alison: that is terrible. a warning tonight about a new game and it's sweeping the nation and it's putting children's lives at risk. it's a popular game called the blue whale challenge and it dares children to do different things. the dare starts small like listen to a song. then they get progressively violent. the last dare tells children to commit suicide. experts say talking to your kids could prevent them from falling victim to this. >> whether it's "13 reasons why" or whether it's the blue whale challee
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child. learn more about it. take the stigma away from these sites. you have control. alison: the popularity of the game, though, is prompting school districts nationwide to warn students and parents. larry: well, coming up at 5:00, officers on bicycles descend upon the nation's capital. what nation one from prince george's county so unique for this year's unity ride? >> he comes upstairs and says, karen, i think there might be something wrong in the basement. alison: plus, this woman made a call for action. >> puts you face-to-face with people that already are down, essentially. without having to worry about that stigma. larry: and then a bit later -- stoking the fire of love in the digital age. alison: but first, the threats of your car catching fire just sitting in you
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larry: fiat-chrysler is recalling a million trucks in the u.s. a software glitch could prevent side air bags and seat belt fathers working during a rollover. it clulled some 2013-2016 ram
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00 and 2500 pickups and 2014 to 20163500 pickups. fiat says they will fix the issue free of charge. alison: a frightening scene at a home in maryland. look at this. a family's b.m.w. parked in the garage catches fire while it's parked. 7 on your side senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher is in the newsroom. this isn't an isolated incident. lisa: we're learning these b.m.w. fires are not only happening in our back yard but across the globe. here's what happened to one maryland family who just as you said parked their car in the garage for the night. the family home in maryland going up in flames after their 2008 b.m.w. s.u.v. catches on fire. bill tells the 7 on your side eye team the vehicle was parked in the garage and it wasn't running. >> there was already smoke coming out of the engine compartment and a flame shot out that
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no time other than to call 911. lisa: the eye team learned this isn't an isolated incident. reports from dozens of b.m.w. owners across the united states and around the world tell the same story -- their vehicles are catching on fire. >> the very crazy thing is it keeps happening to b.m.w. lisa: b.m.w. says fire incidents involving b.m.w.'s are extremely rare. there are roughly 4.9 million b.m.w. vehicles on u.s. roads. here's what b.m.w. has found -- the vehicles that have caught fire span in age range from one to 15 years. some with more than 232,000 miles. multiple generations of vehicles and model types. b.m.w. says they have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure. the eye team reached out to the national highway traffic safety administration and right now they won't confirm or deny they are conducting their
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investigation. now, b.m.w. does add that incidents in other parts of the world are being investigated and they claim the majority of the fires in korea were caused by unauthorized after-market modifications. as for the macko family, the fire was a year and a half ago and they are still not back in their home. larry: lisa, thanks for that. a fire in fairfax county being called suspicious. this happened early this morning in laurdon. fire investigators say a man was seen leaving the home around midnight with several pieces of luggage. the home, by the way, is a total loss. alison: well, it started later than planned but the crew of the international space station performed the 200th spacewalk outside that station today. among those taking part was station commander peggy who has spent more time in orbit than any other american. the first station spacewalk, by the way, was in 1998. how about that? larry: very cool.
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alison: and pretty impressive. larry: is that a desire of yours? doug: no. claustrophobia is a thing for me. you ought to me in the elevators. i have a lot of nerosis, come to think of it. alison: do you want to share? doug: yeah. that's one for the day. alison: well, let's talk about this weekend because, of course, mother's day. some people have plans and they will be outside, maybe. is that going to happen? doug: it's going to be a complete turn-about between tonight and tomorrow. the storm will bring us rain, move out and bring us warmer temperatures. this is the time lapse. the langley school this morning, it kind of brightened temporary and we thought, oh, might be nice but knew the next batch of rain was coming. here it is back in town. 51 in mclean and raining. temperatures close to that everywhere lower 50's especially west of rain with a new batch of rain. current temperature in the city of washington comes in or reagan national 56 degrees.
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50 in winchester and lou ray and that's where we see the rain in the west and southwest of the metro. the nationals cancelled the game between the phillies. that's two they have to make up now. the rain will be the story through the evening hours. it's all part of a low-pressure system that will continue to move out of southwestern virginia, extreme southern west virginia. it will bring in this batch of rain and eventually these heavier showers and thunderstorms. exactly how close to d.c. metro area we get with the thunderstorms still a question. i think a better chance will be in the southeastern southern and eastern suburbs. don't be surprised if you won't hear a rumble of thunder. that's no surprise with a system going through. here's what our future cast says as we get through late friday night, the rain completely overspreads the entire viewing area and then some. heavier downpours. here's what i indicated early in the morning some rumbles of thunder. it goes to the cost. midday, probably the best time we think the back edge of the rain will move across the y.
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but with this timing it does leave the door open in a few places, especially north and west of washington. could see some clearing, a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon. look how chilly it is. 55 for a high. that's it. the average high is 75 degrees. so we're way lower than the mark. rainfall, one more word on that, an additional half inch to inch in the metro area. more as you get closer to the coast because the system will intensify. bottom line the weekend, morning rain tomorrow. little nasty. the rain will continue at times. end around midday. breezy, 56 at best for the high. warmer, 72 sunday. mother's day, here you go. starting off in the 50's. so the morning temperature will be warmer than it's been during the afternoon. so that's a step in the right direction. 68 at noon. 72 for an afternoon high with sunshine and a few breezes. that's just getting us started. look at early next week. up to 80 degrees on tuesday. upper 80's by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. ne
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maybe a few showers, thundershowers thursday and friday but we stay definitely on the warm side. a complete flip. that's been the story here since at least late february where we go way cold and then go way warm. there's no mid ground. alison: today was quite chilly. doug: wait until tomorrow. larry: the mother's day gift could come a week ahead. doug: absolutely. larry: well, get ready to pay more for metro but not get more access to it. alison: we'll explain when you can be ready for the changes. >> and police officers were across the -- from across the country are tired tonight and probably a bit sore after biking of miles to this spot. coming up, find out what motivated them to keep on peddling. larry: here's a look at what's coming up tonight on abc including
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county. >> it humanizes us to do something like this. more ladies will come out this year. ryan: the first female cyclist to join prince george's team. they stopped outside headquarters today as they ride to honor police officers who died in the line of duty. >> it's an honor to ride to show that we appreciate and the fact they can never do this. ryan: homicide sergeant ben brown is riding next to his son, officer jason brown. jason is biking the hundreds of miles motivated busy his brother in blue who was shot and killed last year. >> i remember the call going out and us, you know, hearing that over the radio and a lot of my squadmates knew him or were classmates with him. ryan: today a solemn ceremony and a moment of silence only feet from where coltson was hit by friendly fire. >> it's been a year but it's a moment for us and it impabbletspakts every facet of
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the department. there's not a day goes by that's not in our conscience. ryan: that's what motivates this team and hundreds across the country. crowds cheering them on as they bike to the national law enforcement memorial. >> it's great. everybody clapping and cheering us on. ryan: and you can see detective coltson's name at the national law enforcement officers memorial. that's where the tour ended this afternoon and over the years it's helped raise more than $20 million for the memorial fund. now, police week runs through part of next week, including a canned light vigil tomorrow night on the national mall. live in northwest, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. larry: ryan, thanks for that. coming up, april showers, lots and lots of potholes. how the district is doing when it comes to getting through. >> coming up, how this app helped a local marijuana
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>> i'm jonathan elias at the live desk. it's a cyber attack around the world right now. when we started the newscast, we told you
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involved. it now has gotten bigger. 74 countries are involved in this attack. we have confirmed that fedex was by this malware attack. what they do is lock out the computer. you to pay $300 in bitcoin, which is untraceable online. money, thene that they'll open the computer back up. fedex will not confirm whether computers were hit overseas or here in the united states. russia seems to be the hardest now.ight they're investigating how they can get their computers back up. in england, hospitals had to turn nonemergency patients away, werese their computers also locked up. we continue to follow the situation. we'll let you know if we get any updates, especially if that attack comes to the united states. news.nathan elias, abc 7 >> tuesday, metro starts with closures on the orange line in maryland. june, a change for every passenger as rates go up and hours cut back. reporter ison
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from now,six weeks major changes are coming for metro riders. problems, i so many think this may be the solution. reporter: new operating hours, fares and schedules, all previously approved by metro's board, will officially start sunday, june 25. the new hours include 11 p.m. sunday, 11:30 closings monday through thursday, and 1:00 a.m. closings on friday and saturday. >> it's not that big of an inconvenience for me. some people, it's not too good for them. reporter: the changes also mean increases. bus riders will have to shell out an additional 25 cents. rail riders will see an increase of 10 cents to 25 cents. regular rail rider angel martin is considering getting a car. frustrating, because like to me, i make about a $10 commute. yeah. and
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reporter: riders will also notice service changes, including slightly longer wait times during rush hour and being eliminated. some bus routes are also being cut. that june 25 date, metro says they plan to launch an extensive outreach campaign, on bus and rail, to make sure everyone is aware of the changes before they are implemented. abc 7 news. >> meanwhile, officers in are crackingunty down on drivers who are ignoring school bus stop science. the public school system says, through march 31, police have cited nearly 11,000 drivers. that's 88 every day. 217school district has cameras operating right now. the fine right now is $# 125 -- but it will double to $250 in october. george, bad news for mason university students. the school plans to increase the upcoming5% for school year. that's
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in-state underdog grads and $1788 for out of state student. will help with a pay raise for faculty and staff. driving case councilman. he crashed his government vehicle last november. judge gave franklin probation and ordered him to pay a fine. the crash hurt two people in another vehicle. >> i can clearly remember, three seconds before the impact, my screaming, oh, my god! i'm thinking, somebody is coming out the woods. i'm like, what? before i could really get my head around it, we were cold.nded, and i was out >> i take full responsibility for the accident. i'm very, very sorry to the the accident. >> franklin said he hopes matthew collins as well as his constituents will forgive him. because this was franklin's third crash in a county
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pothole palooza is in the books. the department of transition 7600it filled more than pot hills during the -- potholes during the campaign. lot to be done out there. this is the ninth year of the push to fix potholes within 48 hours after they're reported instead of the usual 72 hours. >> well, the roads could be navigate over the weekend. but it's not all bad news. she's on traffic watch. >> a busy weekend on the roads and the rails. work expected. so check the colors that coordinate to your destination tracksheading out to the on metro this weekend. all right. here's where the fun begins tonight. town, out ats in jiffy lube live. the parking lots open up at 3:30 set to kick off at 7:00. heavier than usual volume out on 66. 15, 29 university boulevard as well as welington road. tonight, you're watching the nationals play
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game to bele postponed. keep that in mind. you want to use the metro headed out on the green line. also, if you're a washington wizards fan, metro on the red line headed downtown. paradegress heights day from 10:30 to 12:30, look for closures between 10:30 and 12:30. 20 17 5k. additional closures along independence avenue across the headed up of 395, towards eighth street and, again, keep in mind, for 2017r's day, it is the d.c. bike ride happening on sunday. look for street closures between and 7:00 sunday evening. that's our traffic watch. back to you. >> i'm reporting in los angeles. tonight we're gonna take you inside this tunnel to show you
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the rubble.s out of >> but first, staying a step thing.f the next big you're gonna meet a working woman who is trying to get ahead. >> and ahead at 6:00, a dangerous view. how police officers managed to save this woman from her precarious perch atop a high-rise. >> and now, a preview of good morning washington. >> thanks, alison. monday on good morning it's "is it worth it week." better?simple solution >> way more energy! >> plus, how musicians are helping to heal local patients. us for traffich and weather, every 10 minutes, monday morning, starting at
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>> the weekend, it is finally here. temperatures tomorrow, a bit on the cool side. the middles 50's. but my mother's
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turn things around. sunny.ing to be breezy, highs will eventually make it into the lower 70's and if you heat, you're gonna love outlook. the 10-day upper 80's to near 90 on wednesday and thursday of next week. a few showers and thunderstorms at the end of next weekend and into the following week. but temperatures well above average. stay with us. you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00. we're back right after this.
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been a lawyer for the federal government, focusing on labor and human rights. had a creative side, but it wasn't until 2013 terrible collapse in bangladesh that she decided to take action and become a clothing designer. >> what happened in bangladesh visceral. reporter: it was the deadliest garment factory accident in history. people were000 killed. workers there made clothing for brands with household names in the united states. ballard couldn't get the images out of her head. ana man and a woman in embrace, and they're deceased, locked in this embrace. and we still don't know who they are. we still don't know their identity. we just know that they were working in the plaza. ballard created a d.c.-based clothing line, dedicated to ethical, sustainable fashion. >> i think the d.c. woman is someone who really thinks about social consciousness with everything that she does. and you see that in the
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various social causes. have simpleey styles. the dresses are made in india, trade manufacturers. ballard recently visited and dresses.hem create the and their hand-printed linings. she hopes by offering these to business women, it will empower women all over the world. positive fashion statement at a time. >> a versatile basic that has a more interesting detailing and a flattering cut that they can pair with a suiter or pair with a coat. >> so the dresses sell for about $200 each. >> wow. >> i love that she sort of herself.d she went from being a lawyer to finding a whole new passion and work.line of >> and making it work. it's one thing to have a passion to to find a way to bring it fruition... this weekend, we celebrate all moms working to raise their kids.
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>> now to a 7 on your side call for action. when you go to a big company for a home improvement project, many is not thecompany one that will be doing the work. wheno is responsible something goes wrong? it's a problem that one of our wentrs have, so horace asking questions and found important answers. >> new flooring all the way through, into the basement and into the bedroom. then we had tile, new tile, put into the bathroom. so happy,karen was she'd just put the finishing touches on her new basement apartment. friend staying down here. came upstairs an
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karen, i think there might be something wrong in the basement. reporter: raw sewage. >> it was coming like a river, flowing into the corner towards the door. reporter: she called a plumber, who fixed the valve. later...ys reporter: another river of sewage was flowing through the basement. plumber.d a second >> he put a camera down the and that's where he found the back water valve was sealed shut. reporter: cemented closed. >> obviously from the new tiles put in by the tiler. homeownershe insurance covered the cleanup, but she was still out more than $220 to the plumbers. she thought it only reasonable that home depot cover that cost. she hass later, and gotten nowhere. happen to any of us, when a third-party contractor, hired by the company you from,sed the service comes in to work on your
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>> ultimately, the main contractor is going to be the who is responsible if the job is not properly done. for action.e called she says, before you even sign on with that main contractor, willout what company actually be doing the work. and then check on the reputation thatecord of subcontractor. >> it's your money. you have the right to get information and if the main won't provide it, i'd else.ewhere >> karen is left waiting with a torn-up basement floor and out $2200. >> who is going to put on the floor? >> i don't know. >> 7 on your side called for action contacted home depot and guess what? a happy ending. a spokesperson told me the company aims to make its customers happy and in this case, there was a mix-up that delayed resolution. now paid hert has plumbing bills in full. i'm horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> that's good to hear. al
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horace, thank you. you move a 15th century tomb that weighs 1100 tons? very slowly and carefully. moved thisrkey monument to make room for a dam. it took 400 hours to move the tomb. fighting the dam, saying it will endanger archeological sites. >> well, a crash that killed five people, instead of being manenced to prison, now the is missing. the manhunt taking place in county.eorge's >> there's a car parked in a pool. >> why this man says he's used waking up finding cars parked in his pool. $4 million in damage to air force one, ahead at six. all want to, we know how the weekend is going to be shaping up, because it's just been so soggy. what doug is saying is that moms are going to
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your dinner plans, you'll be okay. >> yeah. i think it's gonna work out fine. ofve got rain and a lot more it coming our way. just a very soggy start. mid-50's, overnight. thunderstorms overnight. especially d.c. metro area south warmer wedge of air that's accompanying the storm system. but here's the good news, morning, early on, you get up, rain will be steady, could be heavy. midday, the back edge should pass through washington. by noon or so, even though it breezy, theoudy or rain will be gone and some communities might find themselves clearing out sunshine the middle of the day. windy, high in the 50's. changes., everything we'll have plenty of sun and temperatures in lower 70's. about an inch of rain, metro and east for the rest of tonight and early tomorrow, across the bay more than that. side, saturday, boo! sunday, yay! for mom. 72 with clearing and breezy
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beyond that, it's looking like dry, dampr will be and still chilly but no rain. d.c. tonight, you can see on newschannel 8. extended outlook here, where we see the cool weather tomorrow, for mother's day and monday. then it gets hot. wednesday and thursday near 90, warm right through next weekend. sports. wizards, game six. downtown. scott abraham has the latest preview at the verizon center. scott? doug.er: thanks, all i can say is home sweet home! the washington wizards awfully comfortable playing inside of verizon center. they haven't lost all season at home. a perfect 4-0 mark. need one more home win tonight for the series to move on. the washington wizards had their backs against the wall. down 3-2.hit, got an opportunity to win a
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be us, a game seven, let it 50/50. reporter: game six, the celtics trying to close out the series, wizards are trying to stave off elimination. >> we don't like each other. we both want to win. it's competitive. it's fun. i enjoy it. this is how hoops should be, in opinion. reporter: the wizards have been a jekyll and hyde type of team this series. road.le on the but dominant inside verizon center. exactlyh i really knew what it was. we just -- we both had success at home. both -- we want to protect our floor. we refuse to let you come on our floor and try to get a win. we've been doing a good job of that. reporter: three times in the last four seasons, the wizards easternen the conference's top seed a push. twice, those series ended at six.in game john wall and company hoping history doesn't repeat itself tonight. >> it would be a disappointing season. it would be a waste of time if we don't get to where we want to
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go. we'll see if we get to the finals. reporter: another battle awaits. washington trying to extend fightseason and live to another day. i asked bradley beal this morning how teams facing elimination tend to press and do things out of character. will not do team that tonight. they know what to expect. doy know what they need to as a team to win this game. guys, opening tip set for 8:00. insidebe a good one verizon center. >> all right. thank you. undefeated at home in the playoffs. it going. 50 years ago today... >> but, oh, how things have changed since then. back, we'ree come gonna have a look at the so-called tinder for tokers. and yeah, it's just
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for marijuana smokers. and now, as mike reports, there's an app for that too. promoted as the tinder for tokers. thisll, i was actually in area, downloaded the app. looking for a place to smoke. his next high,r 28-year-old john paul found love too. >> i had weed. she had some blunts. it was pretty much from there on forward. >> a match made in heaven. >> pretty much. girlfriend, met his elizabeth, he said he'd often datesjected on first after revealing his job. >> it kind of turns people away, with him.hing reporter: that's why he created proximitywhich is based. users can simply connect with a account or use a more discrete name. they then select their pot interests. and other >> whether they like movies,
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culture, food. reporter: there are critics who impacts ofthe health marijuana, skeptics who think relationships should not revolve and the factse that many users live in states where pot is not legal. it comes down to commonsense. >> you don't want to do anything any platform., on reporter: hi there is not the only way to find cannabis-friendly dates. but he says he's now approaching 500,000 users, mostly and majority male. >> to kind of connect with someone and not have to shy away hey, i'm kind of 4/20 friendly. i don't know if you are. >> i just moved to the area and wanted to meet people who had similar interests. reporter: john paul was only for platonic pot smoking. he never expected to find a girlfriend. weeks later, he's still euphoric. >> it's very nice. tomoke a lot and it's nice have someone that does too. reporter: abc 7 news. >> right now at 6:00, it was a
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five people killed in a crash. are hunting for the man who admitted to causing it all. >> and caught on video, a landing that's gone terrible wrong. this simple item blamed for sending three people to the hospital. >> there it is. there's a car parked in a pool. got out of the car, and looked like a groundhog coming hole. his >> why this homeowner isn't fazed. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:00. on your side. right away at 6:00 with a weather alert for a soggy start to the weekend. is here now with how long this is going to stick around. doug? >> it looks like through a late morning to midday tomorrow, that's when we're going to have the heaviest elements. this is what we have right now. of steady rain in the metro area. but farther to the west, that's where we're gonna get the rain andlements of maybe
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tonight and overnight, as low pressure will slowly make its coast.the when it gets to the coast tomorrow, midday, and starts pulling away, that's when our rain will end. you can see in your futurecast, going through late tonight, plenty of rain. yellow.r the areas of those indicate heavier downpours through the overnight and early morning. around noon tomorrow, we think is when we'll take a break, with the heaviest rain 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. after that, we'll see lingering maybe atill noon and touch of clearing later. >> thank you, doug. for theg now, a manhunt driver who killed five people in this horrifying crash. two and a half years ago. kenneth kelley was supposed to be sentenced today, but he never showed up. bureau chief brad bell joins us live from the prince george's county courthouse. be a this was supposed to day of closure for the victims' families. reporter: oh, yeah. not get it. this was highly unusual. after hewas released

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