nancy: for a brief time the sun is out but we are tracking more showers on the way. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with the forecast. a lot of people are starting to head out of town early. doug: they are. this is getting to be a busier and a busier rush hour the thursday night before memorial day. after the few hours of sun that got you in the mood, yeah, summer, weekend, and thunderstorms and rain and all that stuff. this is coming back. this is what we are looking at. here is the d.c. metro area. we are looking south of warrenton. winchester. far back of the mountains of i-81 and the woodstock areas. numerous thunderstorms developing. as they head knot east, some of them are stronger. many areas will get the downpours. this cluster we are tracking for you. manchester at 4:29 will come in the area. 4:52 to make it to fairfax. 5:26. that is an hour and a half before the patch get to the d.c. metro to coincide with thursday afternoon rush hour. this is

we have one batch and another batch tonight as the upper level low will swing more rain in our way. this is the last vestiges of the storm center. we will see this pattern move east to see the improvement in the overnight hours as the rain ends. a much better forecast tomorrow. we will check out the complete holiday forecast in 15 minutes. nancy: thank you. busy evening for you. >> the police dogs pal troing high schools as the opioid epidemic grips the nation. we explain the new action taking place. reporter: the school is a time for learning. lessons of math, science, english. the arlington public school officials want to make sure the illegal drugs don't mess

they will soon start walking the drug dogs through the high school hallways. >> we are working closely to monitor that and make sure that the trend is not brought inside the school buildings. >> the program is set to begin in the coming weeks and will be conducted after hours when the students are not present. it's no substitute for parental guidance on drugs but a way to keep kids safe. >> we want families to have the conversations that are important in the homes first. we work closely with the law enforcement and our school resource officers in the building daily to make sure that the students have a positive relationship in connection with them and they are aware of the danger of the use of illegal substances. >> parents have mixed reviews. >> i'm not sure if it's helpful or a good use of resources. once you identify there are drugs in a specific setting how do you figure out who they belong

the resources invested in that is not worthwhile. >> i think we should keep the kids active in other ways, healthy ways. so if this is a way to find other avenues for having a good healthy time, then that would be great. alison: right now the search is on for two men who robbed an armored truck outside of bb&t bank in laurel. this happened at 12:30. it's right there on main street. police say the men were dressed in black. they were masks and they had rifles. they left the scene in a black four-door car with paper tag and tinted windows. jonathan: new at 4:00, the body of a man found dead in a welfare check this morning in washington. this is 9000 block of mill street. police are treating this as a murder investigation. a crew is headed to the scene. we will have an update when we have more information available. >> just in the federal appeals court inic

ban. the fourth circuit, the first to rule on the executive order that would have blocked travel from suspended visas. if the white house appeals the next step for this is the united states supreme court. nancy: breaking "7 on your side" consumer alert to pass along. general motors now being sued accused of cheating emission test with the diesel vehicles. the chevy sill sir ra doe and the gmc pickup part of the suit with report of 700,000 vehicles involved. this comes days after fiat chrysler was sued and as a v.w. is working in several countries to repair its reputation. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guys that came in here did the same thing. get out of here. alison: so today, voters in montana are deciding whether to cast a ballot for a man roughing up a reporter. this is the seat who is now

the secretary of the interior. sam sweeney has both sides of the story that unfolded on the recording. sam: the candidate greg gianforte running for an open house seat in montana now stands accused of body slamming a reporter. the sound of the confrontation captured by reporter ben jacobs with the guardian newspaper. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guys did the same thing. get out of here. >> you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing. >> you body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> the next thing i knew i had gone from being vertical to horizontal. >> he said he was trying to ask a question about the healthcare. but his campaign blames jacobs, saying in a statement that the candidate was merely grabbing for the phone he says jacobs pushed in his face

behavior from a liberal journalist created the scene at the campaign barbecue. the fox news at the time also confirms that jacobs' account of what happened. >> grabs him by the neck, both hands. slimmed him to the side. body slammed him. got on top of him and started punching and yelling at him. >> the poles in the special election are open and they close later tonight. greg gianforte before this was the front runner. sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: so voting is taking place right i know as three of the state's biggest newspapers pulled back the endorsements of gianforte. jonathan: new developments in manchester as the anti-terror raids and the investigations do continue. in the meantime, families grieve. this is as the british intelligence pledging it will not share with the u.s. all because of the intelligence leaks taking place in the states. elizabeth hur has the latest on the terror in

elizabeth: a moving show of solidarity across the u.k. a moment of silence for the victims of the manchester terror attack, including 14 children still in the hospital. surprised today by a visit from queen elizabeth. >> really? i didn't expect it. >> as the nation stood united in silence, the british police intensified the search for others who may have been involved. [sirens] pursuing what they call a network of terrorists after discovering what looks like a bomb workshop at the home of the suspected suicide bomber salman abedi. >> really suggesting he probably did not exact alone. >> according to the experts the detail of the bomb caught in the pictures, published by the "new york times" show greater

troubling for british officials who are outraged the pictures were leaked. >> disrespectful for the people of greater manchester, particularly in the families of those injured in the darkest hour. >> the mayor of manchester telling abc he wants an apology from the u.s. government. for now the u.k. official sales they will stop sharing intelligence with the u.s. involving the manchester bombing. britain's prime minister with her concerns and president trump at the meeting in brussels. >> president trump called it deeply troubling and is asking the justice department to investigate. elizabeth hur, abc7 news. jonathan: the british transport police will be armed for the first time. this is in addition to underground patrols that started before the manchester bombing. nancy: elijah cummings will be hospitalized for the next few days.

sure that the heart isn't working too hard. he opted to go for the less inveighstive route opposed open heart surgery. alison: d.c. is gearing up for summer to keep young people busy and safe. we lay out what is ahead in the next three months. >> memorial day weekend approaches the mayor talked about summer from jobs to recreation to crime. mayor bowser: today we are here to talk about summer safety. >> lots of room and recreation program at the pools and rec centers. 13,000 summer jobs for the young people up to age 24. we saw employers talking about the summer jobs that may lead to permanent ones. >> this is not limited at 18, 19 age range. >> another focus this summer is crime. the chief of police, peter newsham designated captains to six

apply to every area. every part is different. >> the chief says the initiative will focus on the four areas in southeast as well as langston and this area called greenway along minnesota avenue here in northeast. it means more attention to crime. more cops on the street. >> i'm so thankful. >> for the neighborhood anticrime activists a popular move. >> we have a decrease in the pharmaceutical entrepreneurs -- >> drug dealers? >> drug dealers that set up the lawn chairs in the community. we are not tolerating that. >> the mayor and the chief insist that d.c. is a safer city and the focus of the cops, jobs and the recreation will keep it that way this summer. in northeast washington i'm sam ford, abc7 news. nancy: next at 4:00, catch me if you can. the precious cargo on board the r.v. and how the chase came to an end.

the arlington national cemetery. service members honoring those who came before abc7's steve rue in stormtrack. we are scanning the skies for shower and thunderstorms. live report coming up next. alison: from stormtrak7 to skytrak. this is going to be a busy place over the holiday weekend. we will keep an eye on that and more when we come back.

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jonathan: this is a time honored tradition at arlington national cemetery. alison: a thousand soldiers placing flags at each headstone for memorial day. jonathan: richard reeve is there for us. nancy: this is a poignant sighted to see, rich. richard: yeah. this is a labor of love. hundreds of thousands of the american flags planted at arlington national cemetery. it's truly an honorable way to remember the fallen. >> honoring the fallen. >> the seasonals -- soldiers call it flag in. soldier to soldier. grave to grave. they plant the american plans as a way to honor and remember. 284,000 headstones. some bleached whi f

the red, white, blue. tradition that dates back to 1948, before korea, vietnam, iraq and afghanistan. it begins with a silent march. the small flags tucked in the back packs before the member of the group called the old guard fan out. 1,000 soldiers will complete the task. this quiet vigil in four hours. moving up and down the roads of arlington this time honored garden of stone give the men and women the time to con template the fallen. for staff sergeant jason cohen from indiana, this is the fourth time he has taken part in flags in. a duty that is very personal. >> i try to read every head steeped see what their life would have been liked. you see when they were born and died and the wars they served in and think how different it is compared to my time in afghanistan.

>> back live look at the precision of the flags. we watched this aldiers moved to measure the distance between the gravestone and the flag. very neat and an interesting thing they are doing. coming up at 5:00, we will hear from a young woman, a young soldier doing this for the first time. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: flags in is a great event. abc7 covers it every year. we find stories from the service men and women who make it possible. if you would like to go to wjla.com and search arlington flags in to see the tradition throughout the years you can do so. >> this is video from arlington, texas. police chasing a man in an r.v. accused of shooting his wife. the children inside the r.v. the police had to use a spike strip to stop this. that caused it to catch fire there. two children were safe but the man inside was dead. alison: update now on the story we saw and couldn't believe. the little girl pulled in the water by a see lion in canad

an infection. she got from the see lion's mouth. it's called seal's finger. it can be tricky to treat because it's resistant to many antibiotics. jonathan: yikes! traffic cameras catch everything. they do. including this in ohio. look to the distance. you you saw lightning and the clouds coming down. that would be what is called a tornado forming. it dances around upstairs before drowning down. this has to touch down to be qualified as a tornado. nancy: video here that is fish across a flooded sidewalk. that is not a river. this has caused the mississippi river to go over the bank. alison: the hurricane season is expected to be a

atmosphere administration released the predictions and there is a 45% chance of above normal season. >> the season outlook has a range of the storm activity in the six-month period across the atlantic. it does not predict when, where and how the storms might hit and if they will make landfall. >> this is expected to begin june 1. it got off to an early start in april. jonathan: skytrak7 over the bay bridge. still sunny. traffic moving right along. everything is moving fine. if you think of starting the holiday weekend early this is going to get more congested. nancy: not sunny. >> you have to have wipers on. >> sounds like a busy afternoon. doug: it will be. busy for the next couple of hours. there are storms forming up. we're tracking

this is near washington dulles near the udvar-hazy center. the sky conditions are looking cloudy to the west. you can see the edges of the storms in the distance. we have an eye on them. this is possible. some of the cells could reach close to severe levels but right now they are still well west. the metro washington. approaching from the south. lightning and across the potomac. we have more south of warrenton and i-81 corridor. this band is moving north/northeast. affected in the next 45 minutes to an hour. the heavy rain is about to move to southern maryland. the next batch again is intense. that shows sign of holding strength and getting stronger. steve rudin is out in the vienna area in stormtrak7 and keeping an eyes on the sky and how the storminess could effect the people bumper to bumper with you. what are you seeing? steve: it's

in stormtrak7, doug. we are continuing to make our way due west on 66. show you what is going on ahead of us. onto the metro stop. the skies are growing darker and darker. we notice a bigger difference through the next 20 minutes or so. we are moving toward the west. you can see the clouds beginning to develop. we will scan the skies a little bit here to show you what is going on. traffic, wow, bumper to bumper out here. at least right now. but the roadways, they are dry. there will be bigger changes on the way. they will track storms moving northeast and east. we have head back inside for more on that with chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thank you. we are tracking an area west of the metro area. according to the speed and the direction it look like gainesville in the next five minutes. manchester at 4:23. reston at 5:00. to the

moving along. numerous showers and storms that we will track for you. the future cast shows them in the area at 6:00 to 7:00 or 8:00. we are waiting for a frontal system and the upper level low to spin out of the way. eject the storminess out of here. 55 to 60 in the morning. through the day is a nice day. partly sunny and breezy. we can't rule out a stray shower. it will be drier but a pleasant day to be outside. this is the way it looks. saturday is partly sunny. temperatures are 80. there is a chance. 30% chance of the afternoon showers or the thunderstorms. monday memorial day looking warmer, 81. still partly sunny skies. then there is drier air coming in but still isolated chance of thunderstorm or two in

memorial day. coming up we talk about the beaches. it's okay, not terrific but okay. i'd go if i had time off to go. but it will be cooler. i'm not complaining. jonathan: no. you never complain. all right. coming up next, spanish el galeón pulled into port. the significance and where you can see the beautiful ship. q: i'm q mccray. we will have a closer look at what to expect on the roads and talk about the hot spots that the drivers like to hit up as they are heading out on the holiday "tom went to washington to take on the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks... that's what tom perriello is about." progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello... and before and after congress i led non-profits to battle climate change, poverty and president bush's attacks on civil rights. now i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality.

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>> a lot of people hitting the roads for the longer memorial day weekend. alison: a road trip is not a road trip without a pit stop or two. nancy: we have our favorites. if they have gummy worms i'm on board. q: those are my favorite! i love the gumny worms. there is nothing wrong with that. here we go. this is something to stop people on the way south. if you head south right now, on 95, that is your plan this is what you look forward to around

he's bumper to bumper. people will have to make a pit stop. it's inevitable. this is where they plan to stop. inevitable on a long holiday road trip the chances are you have to make a stop or two. >> they are known for the food, made to order. jack has different tastes. >> real farms. the chicken is crack. >> he is on his way to cleveland. then there is the armstrongs, laurie likes to get where she is going and fast. >> i only like to stop for gas and coffee. starbucks and thego nuts and gas -- doughnuts and gas. q: her husband, not so much. the more stops and snacks the better. >> how many bags do you need? >> four.

he says the energy rinks keep him awake. and hannah likes how he thinks. >> definitely food. we always stop for food. >> other honorable mentions. chick-fil-a. cracker barrel. 7-eleven. wherever you are going for the memorial day weekend do so safely. that is the latest for mobiletrak7. back to you. jonathan: thank you. the clouds look like they will open up any minute. this is a pit stop a woman will never forget how she single handedly stopped the thieves from stealing her car. more of the video and the explanation is coming up. >> the force is with this crowd at the air and space museum and the national mall. i'm kevin lewis with the

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doug: doug hill with you. a cluster turned severe. look at the lightning. this is area over king george, charles county and leonard town and log o zillion mayry's -- town and going to st. mary's. this is in effect until 5:15. we are keeping a close eye here. this this may get farther. a lot to watch. this area dogrin. it will be in hughesville in charles county so we will see a continue wation of the showers and the storms moving with a lot of lightning and the possibility of damaging winds and hail. there are numerous showers developing ahead of a system rolling

this looks as if the heaviest batches are forming now and it will affect us through the nighttime hours. you can feel the rotation of the low. later tonight most of the activity will settle down on tap for a good looking day tomorrow. then the showers and the storms are back in the holiday weekend. jonathan: you don't need to see the title. can you believe it's been 40 years since "star wars" hit the screen? wow! alison: -- michelle: it's

the young wannabes. nancy: some of them are at the air and the space museum. that is where we will find kevin lewis with a screening for the fans. you have made friends we saw. look at the princess leia. she is ready for the showing at 5:00. but there are other events taking place inside of the museum. they are going to celebrate the classical musical score we know so well. but all the tickets for the 5:00 and the 7:30 p.m. showing are sold out. but the other events i mention are open to the public. a little housekeeping to pass along if you are planning to come out. costumes are more than

lightsabers and blasters on the no list. security is not going to let you through. looks like a good time. michelle: today 209 bills were signed into law but the one that didn't get signed made headlines. they sent back the paid sick leave bill to the statehouse. he called on the jobs killer and for them to come together to make a sick leave bill happen. nancy: they believe the improper landing technique called a crash and killed two people on board. the circle turn is usually made four miles out and it crashed to nearby buildings ando

now the must-see video from milwaukee. a woman pumping her gas. a guy jumps in her car. trying to take her car. they just did this. she did something to try to stop them. we have incredible video. melissa smith on the south side of milwaukee pumping gas. everything is normal until after she begins. a stolen cad lack with four teens comes around and the door opens. one of the teens jumps out and jumps in to melissa's car. she realized what is happening. and says not so fast. >> i didn't see him until i saw him get in the car. someone was in my car. they had my -- i had a this isn't happening to me moment. >> he laughed at me. which really irritated me. >> she jumps on the hood.

she grabbed underneath the windshield wipers and holds on. the thief tries to break and slam the car twice but melissa doesn't fall off. finally, second thoughts. he jumps out of the car while still in drive. she is holding on trying to stop it. she jumps off the hood. in the car. slams the breaks. as it heads to the middle of traffic. >> he was laughing on the car. he was trying to throw me off. so zero remorse. >> she wasn't laughing either. she was in shock but said the instinct kicked in. we should mention there were no children in therca. melissa wasn't hurt. the teens got away with a stolen car, melissa's phone and her purse. sam sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: i hope they find them soon. all right. to texas now where they are one step closer to being able to hunt from hot air balloons. we are not making this up. lawmakers in the lone star state aro

would allow the hunting of feral hogs and coyotes from the hot air balloons. the critters cost million of dollars of damage to crops and the population is booming. balloons are quiet and stable. jonathan: they tear up crops. i understand wanting to get rid of the pests but how many have a balloon? >> aim well, too. >> you got me a big ford. and a balloon, too. michelle: that sounds like something in a video game. not in real life. nancy: they do it big in texas if nothing else. >> i understand it will give you the height and the quiet. it's a good vantage point. nancy: all right. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- george washington university grad students helping leave a high profile murder investigation inside the forensic unit ahead. jonathan: plus, a braves fan picks up a fair ball. oh, no! he gives it to a kid. watch what happens next. does he get booted from game?

from the kid? or does the fan leave the security guard on a wild chase through the stands? you take your pick. we have the answer up next. michelle: here is autria godfrey with a first look at the friday start with "good morning washington." >> thank you, michelle. tomorrow on "good morning washington." from the beltway to the beaches we are getting you ready for the great memorial day weekend get-away. >> the dog at a high school yearbook joins us in studio. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes

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jonathan: the campus is taking the steps to prevent the hate crimes and the other violent acts on campus. abc7 maryland bureau chief brad bell has a new action plan. brad: yesterday, at the university of maryland, as hundreds gathered and marched to remember the black bowie state student slain on the college park campus by a white maryland student some took to twitter under the #feartheturtle to share their idea of hate on campus. >> they should verbalize and use social media. brad: verbalize they did with name calling and worse. we showed some of the tweets at

president. >> these are difficult times around the country. brad: he is responding to a five-point action plan and he is creating a rapid response team for the hate-based incidents spending $100 no support diversity, demanding a yearly report on the incidents working to prevent the hate based action and symbols at the sporting event and establishing a task force to review campus policies. >> we will own our own campus. we own the values that define the campus and define us as a nation. >> for the actual murder of richard collins iii on campus. my sources are telling me that the investigation has yet to turn up any evidence that this was a hate-based crime. additionally multiple sources are telling me that the suspect sean urbanski told police he was drinking for about 12 straight hours and does not remember what happened at this bus stop. police are now waiting for the results of the blood test.

brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: overseas today, president trump's nato meetings. he led a moment of silence for the victims of the manchester bombings and pledged to plug the leaks. he chastised other nato members when it comes to the mandatory defense spending citing the resent attacks abroad. >> the grave security concerns are the same reason i have been very, very direct with secretary saltenburg and members of the alliance saying that the nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meet the financial obligations. michelle: nato members are requiredded to spend 2% of the g.d.p. on defense. nancy: the investigation in the death of democratic national committee worker seth rich still unsolved murder case ten months after he was gunned down in

neighborhood of d.c. a group of the george washington grad students spent the last few months probing to rich's death. only on 7, item investigator scott taylor is taking us inside the project for an exclusive look. scott: you are inside the profiling project at undisclosed location. a group of g.w. grad students taking a look at the link analysis of the murder of the d.n.c. murder seth rich. >> trying to figure out the persons of interest. any areas that the police may have overlooked. scott: the lobbyist that put up his own money is funding the proill tooing project and made the announcement of the creation months ago. the grad opportunities working on the project are volunteers. studying criminal investigation. and forensics. >> this is a skill set they have. these folks will become profilers, and become the lead investigative agents. >>

profile of seth rich in three stages just like any other murder investigation. the seth rich people know. the private side of seth rich and if there is any secret side to the murder victim. respecting the wishes of his family. >> we want to keep the family in mind to give them closure. scott: they are looking for one piece with a practy value. >> there could be surveillance camera that has been missed. we have turned it over to the police. >> i will let everybody know the reward forking the murder is up to $250. we did reach out to the d.c. police, detectives on the case are in contact with the profiling project. scott taylor, abc7 news.

up for unemployment help for the first time last week than the previous week. but it's still below 250,000. it's a sign americans are spending more and employers hang on to the workers longer. michelle: mortgage rates hit new low. that's good for you thinking of buying a home. the average 30-year fixed rate lone below 4% at 3.95%. if you lock in that at number it will add up to a big savings over the life of the loan. jonathan: hopefully you are getting outside. nice day. now the clouds start to roll in. steve rudin in the stormtrak7. he is inside. has the rain started yet? we are entering the first exit off of 66. there are newly issued warnings. the first came out for the chantilly, p

shenandoah, paige, rappahannock counties until 5:30. charles and st. mary's county until 5:15. they are capable of producing heavy winds and downpours. give this another couple of hours or so with the storms as the atmosphere is unstable. look at the forecast. we move in the day tomorrow. partly sunny skies. it's breezy at times. but at least it's dry. talk about the holiday weekend. if you are staying in town looking better to the end of the extended weekend. there are better chance of showers and thunderstorms. there are lower 80's on me moral days. if owe have the outdoor activities, barbecue fans it's

looking good. 75 degrees on saturday. unsettled for sunday and monday. there are temperatures of 80 next week. upper 70's to 80. back live at the roof camera from the stormwatch7. moving due west. the shower and the rain continues to fall. however we have brighter skies just on the horary von. there are more active storms. doug hill will keep you updated on "abc7 news at 5:00". back inside to jonathan. jonathan: drive safe. this is back. coming up next at 4:00, we will take you aboard el galeón. the old town stop and how to check out the beautiful stall ship up next. michelle: skytrak7 over the bay bridge. the clouds are moving in but the traffic is moving.

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>> we are standing on board of el galeón on the quarter deck where the captain and the crew would command the chip and make the

it was early this morning that the 16th century replica made its way under the wilson bridge returning here to old town again for the next five days. you, too, can get a close up look of this incredible tall ship. now el galeón is a full-size reconstructed spanish sailing vessel that is one used for the colonial times. the biggest differentiation between this and a regular sailboat is the hoisting the main mass and the sail. it would take 16 to 17 crew member. on a regular sailboat it may only take two or three. we talked to a crew member for

favorite part of the trip is the down time. >> you can relax. >> this one mask is 108-feet tall. here are hours to visit the ship. from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at night. the ship will remain here until may 29. brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: leading us off at 5:00. money for blood. >> they were giving out government cheese here. >> how much people were paid to roll up the sleeves. the body slam and the ballot. the montana voters are at the polls. and in time for the holiday weekend abc7 tracks down the cheapest gas. north, south, east, wes

larry: doug hill is in the weather center. doug: we have a new severe thunderstorm warning we'll talk about as the storms are gathering south and west of the metro area. this is the two boxes here. the severe thunderstorm warning and the existing. let's give you detail here as we zoom to waldorf. this looks like 15 minutes away. others on the maryland tide, the heavy storms. with have a new thunderstorm watch in effect until 5:45. this is to the maryland side as well. this is upo

hour and hail. the area of the storms are moving northeast. for the new area mount vernon, waldorf in ten minutes, the district before 5:30. rockville at 5:54. so the active areas are under severe thunderstorm warnings. the big picture shows these are the main clusters that are pushing northeast to metro. later this everything there is three or four hours to see the activity slow down. steve rudin is running into rain. what do you see now, steve? steve: a little rain out there. we have clouds increasing. we have seen lightning. there is nothing for the torrential downpours. that is the good news. switch you back to the roof cameraer