decoy car after serial smash and grabs. the dramatic scene that played out when our car was targeted. jonathan: after three nights of bombshells, the president facing questions. we asked the one that everyone is talking about. did you urge fbi director james comey to shut down the investigation of michael flynn? and also, did you -- >> no, next question. alison: a cancer diagnosis changes your life. lifesaving aggression or unnecessary anguish. 7 on your side investigates stage zero breast cancer. a 7 on your side exclusive. [sirens] undercover investigation after a string of daylight smash and grabs in northwest. jonathan:

bait car right in the middle of the strike zone, and the criminals take the bait. you talk to anybody who lives in this neighborhood, they will say smash and grabs are out of control. aidedd to this decoy car to did not take long for us to confirm that. i-team parks the decoy car in a neighborhood that has seen a rash of daylight break-ins. in less than three hours, we noticed these two men walking by our vehicle several times. within seconds, they move in. one shatters the window, the other grabs the bag from the front seat. we called 911. as we are giving the details of the crime, this happens. those are the guys right there. i spot the two men driving by who just brokent

d.c. police go after them. the police make the stop a block away. >> are you trying to get away from me or something? scott: are these the two same men who broke into our decoy car? the police find our laptop tossed a few feet away and crime scene investigators surveying the suspect's call. both men are handcuffed and taken away. so our window is long gone. at 11 p.m., we dig deeper, the i-team investigation continues, and we will ask tough questions, including questioning the d.c. police to find out what they are doing with all of the smash and grabs. scott taylor, abc 7 news. jonathan: we are on storm watch. it was a nasty night and a lot of places.

storms moving through. theon: we may not be in clear very long. here is meteorologist steve rudin. steve: another round of storms tomorrow. the storms we had earlier this evening have now diminished across southern maryland. not amounting to a whole lot more. tomorrow, another hot day, daytime high upper 80's, close to 90 degrees, but a cold front arrives during the afternoon, into the evening. that will trigger yet another round of thunderstorms. timing, plusou the looking ahead to the weekend in the stormwatch 7 10-day outlook coming up. jonathan: steve, thanks for stop we are close to watching severe weather out west. this is new video of a funnel cloud in oklahoma, huge. downal tornadoes touched in that region and they are not out of the woods. out of all the storms come in reports of serious injuries or damage.

act of animal cruelty in fairfax county. the police say that a drunk man attacked a family of dogs, killing two puppies yesterday. tom roussey spoke to the owners in the aftermath. >> they are a big part of the family. of: the family lost two their five dogs, including this puppy. the mother in another puppy are recovering. the police say that 26-year-old kevin was home alone. >> i came home from school and summary was outside. tom: the police say that he stabbed, kicked, and through the dogs, including hurling them against the oven, breaking the glass. >> it was really devastating. tom: about three hours later, they found the puppy's father wondering this community pool. he is ok but

animal cruelty charges. called thesaid he policing that a dog bit him, but the police said that he provoked the dogs while drunk. they say they think that and the barking set him off. tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: a former secret service officer has been convicted in a 16 case. lee robert moore was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexting. he was on a white house detail during the time of his arrest in 2015. he was sending sexually explicit images to teenage girls in several states, but one of those was an undercover officer. along: a deadly crash temple hills road that involves a school bus. no students were on board and there were no injuries on the bus, but a person in the other car was killed. we are working on getting information about the circumstances

to you as we get it. and breaking now, a woman killed by a truck in gaithersburg along woodfield and emery woods road. drivers have not been identified. stay with us for updates. jonathan: the city of new orleans says it will take down the statue of confederate general robert e lee tomorrow. they have been removing confederate symbols for several weeks now. today, a heated debate over jeb stuart high school in falls church. some say it is time to change the name, but others say it is not worth the trouble or the price tag. tonight, parents on both sides of the debate tackled each other, which prompted meeting referees to treat them like they are children. >> we ask that you model the behavior you expect from others. tim: the

controversy is whether to change the name of jeb stuart high school, named after the confederate general. nearly 70 people showed up to the auditorium, most of them respectful. >> the school has been here 60 years. why would you change the name? its history. tim: it would cost nearly 700,000 dollars to change the names on the signs and uniforms. >> the school has not always had the best reputation. it's time to rebrand the name. tim: there were not a lot of kids here. only about a dozen. ultimately it is up to the fairfax county school board to figure out the name change. tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: tim, thank you. new developments as the white house faces fresh chaos. president trump responding to this week's bombshells not in a tweet or statement but in person. jonathan:

chief political correspondent scott thuman asked to the big question and tonight joins us with this. you stood up and point blank asked the question everyone wants an answer to. president'ss the first public remarks and special counsel was appointed to investigate the russian ties. didident trump told me he not ask for fbi director james comey to stop investigating michael flynn, his former national security adviser, and he denied any illegal actions involving the russians or anything that would be worthy of impeachment. former at any time urge fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no, no. next question? there was no collusion. everybody, even my enemies have said there was no collusion. so we want to get back and keep on the track we are on. the track we are on his record-setting.

announced former fbi director robert will or has been given sweeping power -- robert mueller has been given sweeping power to investigate the alleged ties. alison: scott, thank you. devastation in southeast, loved ones sharing memories of a child struck and killed by a car last night. xavier luckey lost his life on his sixth birthday. as anna-lysa gayle reports, the shaken community is now grieving together. xavier ♪y birthday, anna-lysa: they sang happy birthday and placed candles on xavier luckey's birthday cake. >> no family should feel this pain. anna-lysa: xavier, a kindergartner, died on his birthday while crossing

see me and his mom. anna-lysa: his aunt said he was a loving, smart little boy with lots of dreams. she joined the community in the middle of livingston road thursday night. >> we are tired of seeing our kids die. we are tired of it, lord. anna-lysa: his great aunt pray for changes on the street. >> they should do something, save somebody's child. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: tonight, stunning new video of a tragedy in new york city, in the heart of the city, times square. a man plowed his car into a crowd of forests. -- into a crowd of tourists. the driver is a navy veteran with a criminal record. it is believed he was high on synthetic marijuana at the time. an

boston isendan charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, going double the speed limit on a curve. eight people were killed. a 7 on your side health investigation. you hear the word cancer and there is the pressure to act fast, but is that for the best? >> i have been over-treated, over-diagnosed, over-scared. alison: senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher goes to leading cancer doctors to talk about stage zero and the aggressive treatment. >> a very confusing thing. zero is zero. alison: what she uncovered, next.

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a virginia that works for everyone. alison: the word cancer strikes fear into everyone. last year, nearly 1.7 million people in the u.s. were connected with it. jonathan: there is an increasingly loud conversation going on that the medical community needs to reevaluate many

aggressive treatment should never happen. investigative reporter lisa fletcher looks at the trend of the stage zero diagnosis. >> i describe it being called a survivor, because i'm not. ofanything, i'm a survivor the medical establishment that lie to me and intimidated me, bullied me. lisa: she has always been healthy. she runs marathons, hikes routines, yet her mammogram led to stage zero breast cancer. >> is very confusing. zero is zero. lisa: 60,000 women per year i diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer, accounting for 25% of all breast cancer diagnoses. some question of who should be called cancer at all, suggesting the abnormal cells in the lining of the breast duct

to harm most patients. but women are often forced into radical surgery and radiation. >> i've been over-treated, over-diagnosed, over-scared. lisa: urgent was stamped on her file and she was offered a metake to me -- a mistake to ofastectomy and weeks radiation. >> i was like, women come you're telling me mastectomy or radiation, this does not make sense. >> we have been conditioned to think that what you have the diagnosis you must act fast, and that is not right. lisa: he is one of the leading voices urging this is overdiagnosis and overtreatment. he said the widespread push for early detection has had little role in the decline of the breast cancer death rate, but it can lead to unnecessary and often radicatr

of thousands of women per year, leading them to think they are sicker than they are. typical treatment for stage zero breast cancer is nearly as aggressive or more aggressive than early-stage invasive cancer. i would argue for most women it does not need to be treated. this radiologist leads the breast cancer center at george washington university hospital. >> we know some carcinoma if never becomell killer cancer, but the problem is we don't know which ones. lisa: it is that situation that originally convinced donna to have three surgeries, including a partial mastectomy. >> we are not telling women there is harm, severe harm. invasive surgeries, radiation, drugs, years of anguish, anxiety medications.

all this information is out there? lisa: some suspect one reason for aggressive treatment nationwide may be the amount of money involved. in 2015, a study in the pure-reviewed journal found false-positive mammograms and breast cancer overdiagnosis account for $4 billion in spending every year. >> there is absolutely money involved. some people generally -- genuinely believe this is always the way to go, but there is a lot of money. cost of years lost, financial loss, loss to a family? we are seeing one side of this. there's no doubt if we do not treat this, some women will lose their lives. lisa: as for donna, she says it is her mission to make

women who are diagnosed know the whole story. >> give us the truth then let us make the decisions. lisa: there are no studies yet to show that women who are treated for stage zero are less likely to die of cancer than those who do not get treated. both doctors agree on one thing is not urgent.s you have time to educate yourself and talk to more than one physician. lisa fletcher, abc 7 news. steve: awesome lightning display earlier this evening. stormwatch 7 captured these pictures from falls church. the rain came down heavy at times, severe thunderstorm warnings. no warnings to talk about this evening. ashburn, virginia, lightning strikes there, and huge clouds in middleburg and woodbridge. thank you for sending these. not a lole

no warnings or watches, a few scattered showers at dulles international airport, but not a lot more this evening. another round of what weather on the way tomorrow, and a cold front moves across the mid atlantic. tomorrow morning, i don't think you will need the jacket, but grab your sunglasses and umbrella heading out the door. day around 70 degrees, warming up into the upper 80's, near 90 degrees, before the cold front moves in from the north and west. futurecast, stormwatch 7, quiet and dry early tomorrow morning. looking good at lunchtime. 4:00, four clock, showers and thunderstorms begin to develop, sticking around tomorrow evening, likely lasting tomorrow night into early, early saturday morning before finally clearing out. for the weekend, cooler air on the way, saturday looking great, near 7

of sunshine, dry sunday. the high temperature still slightly below average this time of year, lower 70's. if you are looking for warmer temperatures, we have them. monday, better chance of thunderstorms. upper 70's tuesday. mid-70's wednesday, cooling into the lower 70's thursday. looking ahead to the following weekend, back to near 80 degrees. alison: steve, thank you. up next, a transgender army soldier released from prison sharing the first image of herself. jonathan: millions of drivers could be entitled to some cash, next.

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alison: tonight, the first post- prison picture of chelsea manning. manning is the transgender u.s. army soldier sent to prison for releasing documents to wiki leaks. at the time she was a 22-year-old named bradley. chelsea thank people for their support and say she is rebuilding her life. jonathan: 7 on your side with a consumer alert for drivers. remember the faulty takata airbags? car owners may soon be getting up to $500, part of a new consumer settlement that involves toyota, subaru, bmw, and mazda. the exact amount may vary. right now it

amount waiting to be finalized. erin: despite being one game away from the conference finals, should the wizards make a drastic change? ralph northam: b

atrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia.

jonathan: breaking news, a massive fire in san antonio, texas. these are live pictures.

started at a shopping center and spread. in a shoestarted store. at least one person is hurt. stay with abc 7 news for updates. toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. matinee for the nationals as dusty baker and the boys try to win their three-game series against pittsburgh. tapper, matt wieters and adam lind score. tied up at 4-4. did not stay that way. bottom of the fifth, jsdo goes yard -- jaso goes yard, solo home run. pirates win 10-4. by most accounts, the wizards just

successful seasons in a long time. could it have been better? team president ernie grunfeld teams,n seven playoff but none have advanced past the second round. some think that the wizards city to make a change. tten anyve not go farther than the second round of the playoffs, i don't know who has that kind of job security. a season like this, people feeling they should have a parade down pennsylvania avenue, and the expectations are so low, if there was ever a need for a fresh set of eyes, this franchise needs it. airs atat

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