over a water rescue playing out. crews were helping people stranded by floodwaters along mount feel your drive. jury's reported. alison: this is the second night of big rain and storms. are we in the clear for the weekend? forecast, werst are making progress with the wet weather. all ofellite and radar, the action moving to the north and east. that is good news for the d.c. metro area. heavy rain around berwyen h eights, towards laurel. around columbia, baltimore, a severe thunderstorm warning, but nothing for the immediate metro. showers stay with us through the evening it into the overnight. we have cooler temperatures on the way. daytime highs tomorrow, only in the upper 60's, lower 70's.

weekend, looking ahead to next week, and memorial day weekend. more on that coming up. jonathan: steve, thanks. more breaking news -- a building in clarksburg destroyed by fire. alison: crews rushing to contain the flames and keep them away from propane tanks. anna-lysa gayle just got to the scene. what can you tell us so far? anna-lysa: right now, firefighters are wrapping up behind me, doing the work they are doing. thankfully, nobody was inside of this building in clarksburg when it was on fire. this is a furniture finishing business in clarksburg, south of frederick road. montgomery county fire and rescue responded at about 8 p.m. with heavy fire and flames shooting through. because there were no hydrants close by, water had to be brought in. this building is

the owners were here earlier assessing the damage. at this time the cause of the fire is still under investigation. 355 was closed but is expected to reopen shortly. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. alison: now this just into the newsroom, road safety changes after a tragedy in southeast. a child was struck and killed by a car on his sixth birthday. ddot says it is evaluating changes on the road. you can expect to see pedestrian warning signs to willard drivers and crews are evaluating if there needs to be a crosswalk or speed bumps to make the area safer. we will: it appears hear from fired fbi director james comey. thegreed to testify today, same day we are hearing reports from the new york times where the president called him "a nut job."

this. tom? it was tonight that virginia senator mark warner announced that comey would be testifying before the senate intelligence committee and the hearing would be public. many new developments today. it new york times reports was red and official white house document, sing the president told russian officials last week , "i just fire the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real not job." at times said president trump would on to say, "i faced great pressure because of russia. the president has gone as far as he possibly could go. tom: there are reports fired fbi director james comey was not comfortable being around the president while investigating his campaign. president trump is accused of asking comey to drop

national security adviser. but the president told abc 7 scott thuman -- did you urge former fbi director james comey to close or back down on the investigation of michael flynn? >> no. no. next question? tom: as far as when comey will testify in the senate intelligence committee about the investigation, it will be sometime after memorial day. president trump is in the air right now. he will land in saudi arabia on his first foreign trip as president. live outside the capital, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. also late-breaking tonight, sources are telling cnn white house lawyers have started to research impeachment procedures. it's believed to be an effort to get ready for a distant possibility of it. some lawmakers have suggested impeachment in reaction to this week by h

week's headlines. nancy: new information about the man who try to rush the cockpit on a flight. he had been arrested hours for opening a door that led on to an airfield ramp. ing fighter jets were escort the plane after he attempted to get into the cockpit. fire crews and passengers blocked him from the front of the airplane and duct taped him to his seat. the flight landed safely in honolulu and federal agents arrested him. jonathan: cleanup underway after several tornadoes hit the southern part of the united states. >> on the ground, on the ground. storm chasers shot this video of the tornado touching down in oklahoma yesterday.

touching down as part of the tornado alley. a race track hit a direct hit from the fences and taking down light. no serious injuries or deaths from any of these twisters. overn: a lawsuit launched a local -- detained by ice as more immigrants are being arrested and many are living in fear of deportation. jeff goldberg has the details. ljubljana has been active with immigrants rights group casa over the past several years. >> a sweet caring mother. members werecasa with her when she made her regularly scheduled check in with ice officials and fairfax. she was detained and the process has begun to dert

native el salvador. >> this is a mother, someone who has been here 10 years. there is no explanation. e said that she was ordered to report it was arrested by border patrol. stars with aas minor driving offense and fairfax county. >> exercise discretion on two previous occasions in 2014 and 2015. jeff: but this time is different as ice is taking a tougher approach under president trump. arrests have gone up nearly 38%. the majority have criminal records, but roughly 11,000 do not. >> i think it is morally wrong and not a reflection of american values. it needs to stop. jeff: jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jonathan: the family of a dnc staff member shot and killed in northeast washington once a private investigator to cease and desist.

was killed in the bloomingdale neighborhood in 2016. no arrests have been made, but some question whether his job at the dnc played a role in his murder or if it was a botched robbery. today private investigator was handed a cease-and-desist letter by his parents. the letter claims that the pi made comments that were not authorized and caused the family severe mental and emotional anguish. a stunning architectural discovery. archaeologists found burial remains at a construction site in old town alexandria. experts are trying to figure out who these people were and how they fit into history. alison: the city of new orleans looks different tonight, an iconic and controversial statue is gone. the statue of confederate general robert e lee was removed from its pedestal tonight.

confederate symbols for weeks now. baltimore are in scratching their heads over the way that a road crew did not do their job. of the one resident federal hill neighborhood did not get the memo. were coming and signs were put up telling people not to park. the owner either ignored or never saw the signs. car.rew paved around the >> why didn't they tow it? >> i don't have the slightest idea. alison: there is your answer. after all the complaints, baltimore wrote officials found the car owner and had it moved. less than an hour later, road crews finished the job. new developments in an infamous political scandal. former congressman anthony weiner pled guilty to sexting

he is facing prison time and has promised not to appeal any sentence for stop he cried in court, apologize to the teenager that he sent the sext messages to. he made political headlines over the emails that were exchanged between his wife, who worked for hillary clinton. jonathan: there is a search for this man who took pictures of women's skirts -- up women's skirts on mother's day in walmart. they say that he recorded images of a 10-year-old girl and 36-year-old woman. if you know who he is, the police would like to hear from you. a 7 on your side i-team exclusive, children trafficked for sex. >> hey, you want to order a pizza? sure, let me get my phone. ordering a kid is just as easy. alison: backpage.com is the site of many of these ads and they are shielded by the law. jonathan:

speech or putting children at risk, next. again. and it happened look at this, minutes after 7 on your side set up a bait car in northeast washington, thieves struck for the second day in a row. we first told you about this problem thursday night. now we are trying to get some answers from the top, next. we want to know what d.c. leaders and the police are doing. investigationside

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estimated that 5.5 million children are trafficked every year. jonathan: in the u.s., the national center for missing and exploited children said 73% of children trafficked through prostitution are sold on backpage.com. alison:

reporter lisa fletcher has learned this website has been allowed to flourish thanks to an up secure federal law. >> children not prostitutes. they are not selling themselves, they are being sold. buyers are not having a date, they are raping a child. once herselfrs, trafficked, she has been advocating for victims of sexual exploitation. today she counsels a 16-year-old girl who was pulled out in a sting operation. >> people have a hard time wrapping their brain around this. they are paying to have sex with children. >> it's the vulnerability. there is a demand for that. lisa: according to a new congressional report, that is being fueled by an online classified site called back page. >> this is a business model that makes $9 million per

this exploitive model, and we know that children are being exploited. heads and data group suing to shut down the section of the online bulletin board where children are sold for sex. >> there should not be a vehicle that has made the trafficking of kids as easy as ordering a pizza. lisa: in january, after obtaining more than a million pages of internal back age documents, the senate subcommittee on the investigation concluded back page knowingly facilitated illegal activities, including child sex trafficking, and that they concealed evidence of criminality. >> these are kids. these are young kids. ors, and there is no justification or way to defend it. lisa:

not much needed to. that is because tucked into the communications decency act, section 230, which shields internet platforms like facebook, twitter, and a back page for liability over objectionable content posted by users. >> it's one of the cornerstones of free speech online. she works with the free expression project, funded in part by silicon valley through prevent restrictions on the internet. >> if companies were vulnerable to lawsuits due to the content of the speech their users are posting every day, they would quickly be sued out of existence. lisa: the senate subcommittee confirmed there was no question back page, whose top executives refused to speak at the hearing, was not only aware users were trafficking children but that it actually facilitated them in doing so. >> i would hope that a court regardless of the case would

ramifications across the internet ecosystem. lisa: what about the civil liberties and free-speech advocates who say this would have significant implications on free speech? >> yes, there would be implications, but you cannot sell children online for sex. that's the implication. you cannot rape children online. that's the implication. lisa: others have taken on back page in the courts and lost. but the congressional report they say is a game changer that incriminate back page with its own documents, showing it is not a passive, neutral business, but engaged in criminal behavior. there is also a bill working its way through congress that would hold publishers accountable for child trafficking. we requested an interview with back page but they declined. lisa fletcher, abc 7 news. steve:

it was hot, 93 degrees at reagan national airport. not a record. 96 back in 1997 is the record. if you like the heat and humidity, we have a break on the way. a big change for the forecast this weekend. stronger storms near baltimore, beginning to ease. the warning we had five minutes ago has canceled. showers greenbelt and berwyn heights continuing to move off to the north and east. not amounting to a how lot more -- to a whole lot more overnight. widely scattered showers stay in the forecast and tomorrow another round of showers over the dmv. the temperatures are slowly cooling, a cold front on its way. 69 martinsburg, 76 reagan national, 58 fredericksburg. up temperatures tomorrow, not quite as soupy and warm. the morning temperatures, upper 60's

if you are going out early, take your umbrella. clouds hang around for pretty much the entire day. a little thinning late in the afternoon, early evening, but don't expect much sun tomorrow, the temperatures well below average this time of year. futurecast, 7:00 a.m., widely scattered showers montgomery county, gaithersburg, rockville, frederick, hagerstown, and to the south and west, warrenton, showers on and off. you may stick around for lunchtime, and we could be looking at another round to the south and west late evening. that pretty much fizzles out and has no impact on the media metro. it will set the stage for brighter skies sunday, but the temperatures well below average for this time of year. tomorrow, downtown d.c., 73 degrees,

moving into the next 10 days, stormwatch 7 extended outlook shows upper 70's and a chance of storms monday. 70's tuesday, lower 70's wednesday and thursday. hard to believe a week from now we will be entering a long holiday weekend. memorial day, looking at highs in the upper 70's, lower 80's, nighttime lows in the 60's. the temperatures at the delmarva beaches will be in the 60's. surf temperatures, a bit too cool to swim. jonathan: something fun friday night. alison: you never know who you will see singing karaoke, next.

alison: this is great video. jonathan: a police officer getting in touch with his inner rockstar. ain't got nothing to say ♪ jonathan: bruce springsteen has nothing on this guy. that is a takoma park police officer on his dinner break in silver spring last night. it was karaoke night and officer hamlin got up to saying "dancing in the dark." seem to be a hit with the crowd. steve: the body language is the best. jonathan: it's the gun. alison:

arresting someone. jonathan: versatility. scott: a for effort on the dinner break. that is a dinner break. the nationals back in action tonight, trying to get back into the win column. opening a new series in atlanta tonight.

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alison: it's kind of cool this weekend. steve: today was 93. a 20 degree drop tomorrow. then sunday, only about 69 degrees. we turn things

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you guys are really cousins. >> really cousins. >> first cousin or second? >> his mother and my father are brother and sister. >> oh, my god. i married my first -- second cousin. >> is that right? >> in north carolina you can do that. anyway. does it bug you that he kind of sends you out to do all that dirty work for him? >> like the pranks? >> the pranks. >> yeah. i don't know, i kind of feel like -- >> he gets to sit back in his comfy chair and orchestrate. it's kind of cowardice. >> yeah, i never really thought of it that way. yeah, but i mean i kind of think of us as a team. like he has the idea to paint my aunt chippy's house and i go out and do it and i'm there and she smacks me around and he laughs. >> yeah. i think somebody from hr might be interested in that. okay. well, thanks for your time, sal. >> yeah, sure. thank you for --