others. jonathan: kevin lewis and stephen tschida monitoring the conditions but we start with doug. warnings over the beltway now. it was intense for a mu minutes. doug: it is. still very intense rainfall. we saw the light go out behind me. that was the exmir ration of 4:00 straight up, the -- expiration of the 4:00, straight up. but still heavy storms in the region and they will be monitored. additional thunderstorm warnings could be issued in spots at any moment. this is a large area under severe thunderstorm watches this afternoon. we see on the doppler radar, the heaviest amount of the storms now is just over northeast washington. north toward western baltimore suburbs where the lightning and torrential rains are located. individual thunderstorms south and southwest. more south of fredericksburg and more downstream. most of the lightning past the metro area we'll still have quite a bit of heavy rain for some time to come here across the area. much needed rain i might add as we have had very little to any rainfall over the area since the first of the month of june. new severe t

warning now. this just shifted to the east a little bit now. this stretches from this until 4:45. kettering, berwyn heights, laurel and prince george on the west. it extends through anne arundel, howard county and just to court of annapolis to shady side. that is the next area getting ready to get hit with the heavy storms across the region. in the current track, the new severe thunderstorm warning will hit moments from now in savage, severn, glen burnie and nap his as it pull waist from the metro area. kevin lewis spent a good part of the afternoon in mobiletrak7 in the storms and in the rain. looking out through the side view windows, i'm going to guess it's still raining there, kevin. kevin: yes. you got that right, doug. no doubt about that. we are southbound i-270 right now just past the montgomery village avenue exit near the lake forest mall. this is the view as we see it now. rain coming down. you need headlights and the windshield wipers working but by no means

where the montgomery county fire rescue reporting a lightning strike has caused a house fire on oak ridge avenue. countywide, montgomery county, responding to a good number of wires, trees and branches down. storms county wide at this hour. some areas with heavy downpours. we first started seeing the ominous clouds around 2:00. that is when the wind started picking up a bit. around 3:15 is when we hit some rainfall at first in gaithersburg. we have seen bolts of lightning and certainly loud rumble of thunder. but no pooling of water. it's my understanding montgomery county is under a flash flood warning. we haven't seen any serious issues just yet. stephen tschida in stormtrak7 in northwest. what are you seeing from your perspective?

stephen: we are heading north on connecticut avenue crossing the bridge heading up connecticut. right now rain coming down steadily but lightly. half hour ago, the clouds really darkened. the wind picked up. and then it came down heavily about 15 minutes ago for a short period. then immediately lightened up. the wind has died down. and as you can see the sky is a bit lighter as well. the rain still coming down here in northwest d.c. let's get back to doug hill in the stormwatch7 weather center. doug: thanks. across the area even though most of the heavy weather, strongest wind gust and lightning moved out there is more rain coming for district and the metro area. gardens and the yards will be happy but the heaviest concentration of the heavy rain and electrical activity, lightning northeast of the area all the way to the bay. that is where the severe thunderstorm warning has shifted. let's pull back and show you what we have on a larger picture on doppler radar.

a lot of storms moving in new england. more is coming our way. still possibility of additional severe thunderstorms over what we have had right now. our future cast shows improvement coming our way but it will be slow in the next couple of hours. eventually, this is 7:00 and eventually tonight we're out of it. by 9:30, 10:00 the rain will be over. stay with us. steve rudin and i will be back with a full update and look ahead to the weekend in a few minutes. nancy? nancy: we'll see you then. thank you. don't get caught by surprise with an active radar. download the stormwatch7 weather app to stay ahead of storms and get updates even if the power goes out. all you need is a network connection. developing today, the murder of a 17-year-old girl in sterling no longer investigated as a hate crime. she was reported missing in fairfax county, her body later discovered sunday in a pond. today while one person is in custody, the victim's father is speaking out. tom roussey with that interview. tom? tom:

mcdonald's where she ate early in the morning on sunday. it's behind me. in ramadan, muslims fast in the daylight hours so that is why she was here in overnight hours. with a group of 16 friends. they walked this way on drainsville road but only made it less than a half mile that way, back to the mosque. when a crime happened according to police. this is video here. the suspect is darwin torres. according to the police he followed a group in a red car. he got out of the car with a baseball bat, everyone ran but she fell. ultimately dumped her body in a pond not far from near and close to the apartment where he lives at. he is charged with murder this afternoon. nabra's family is trying to come to grips with this. they were receiving a lot of support earlier today while we were there. although the police are not investigating this as a hate

crime, her father is not convinced it's not. >> muslims. they were all muslims. not bad people. why are we hating each other for religion? tom: a lot of nabra classmates at south lake high school in reston were coming by the apartment trying to comfort the family. they say the community there is devastated. she was a sophomore at the school and she was supposed to be taking her final exams this week. but instead her classmates are mourning her loss. you will hear more from one of the classmates on the newscast at 5:00. of course the big question in this case is motive. at this point, police are not saying what they think it was. reporting live in sterling, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. new at 4:00, police in arlington are hoping you know who this guy is. look at the tv. this is new video of a man wanted for s

police say he sexual assaulted a woman after he went to sneaking in a rosslyn apartment building, went door to door knocking until somebody opened the door. if you nethis guy the police want to hear from you. nancy: also new at 4:00, what was originally believed to be a barricade situation after a robbery has turned into a manhunt. hyattsville police say nobody was left inside. roads surrounding the restaurant, though, on annapolis road were closed off while police moved in this afternoon. the employee who saw the robbery, well, never saw the suspect actually leave. that is why s.w.a.t. teams took extra precautions. jonathan: the three men accused of killing two northwest high school students will not be freed anytime soon. the two victims gunned down in the car, the night before they were set to graduate high school. maryland bureau chief brad bell with new develops. brad? brad: this afternoon we had a bond review hearing that is required by the law. the three defendants appeared via closed circuit television

without bond. a judge of each of them said what they did showed there was planning involved and it was over-kill and a brutal crime. the victims in this case, of course, the two young high school students were getting ready graduate from northwest high two weeks ago. they were ambushed. 30 shots fired from three guns. one victim hit four times. the other ten times. well, police asked last week for help. we did the story and we asked the community for help on behalf of the police. they got a tip friday night and they were able to link three suspects to the crime. the police are saying that the motive was revenge. one of the young victims nejjar, an honor student on his way to college had himself gotten involved in the

trade. in the winter he was involved in a robbery of a sort of a young woman. the young woman police say was the girlfriend of one of the suspects. when we come back, we will share the emotional words from the mother and father who came to defend their sun today and say that that is lies and they raised a good boy. sigh you at 5:00 with that part of the story. rockaway, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you >> pan's coast guard said an hour went by before a collision between a u.s. naver i have destroyer and a container ship was reported to local authorities. serve sailors were killed -- seven sailors were found in the sleeping compartment when the uss fitzgerald returned to port. among those kills was xavier alec martin of halethorpe,

maryland. >> it is very hard. my only child. the only child i had. jonathan: they made several course changes before colliding with the destroyer. navy says the fitzgerald will be repaired but it will take at least a year. nancy: new video of the moments where a driver ran the car into a police vehicle in paris. inside the car, the police found a collection of rifle, gas canisters to launch terrorism investigation. this was the fifth attack on the police and the terrorists in the last four months. terror in london again. this time muslim worshipers were targeted following the services in the holy month of ramadan. one person is dead and several injured and 47-year-old man was arrested. today's the london major saying this one j

ones in manchester and the westminster bridge are all attacks on what he called shared values. jonathan: a busy day for the supreme court justices. one of their decisions impacts the redskins. nancy: next at 4:00, important night at simpson field at alexandria. the team that will take the field less than a week after five people were shot there. jonathan: we remain on storm watch. we'll have an update in a few minutes. you can stay connected as always on all of our platforms. if you have to step away from the tv, twitter, facebook and the website wjla.com.

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jonathan: big ruling from the supreme court. sex offenders can use facebook if they're not committing a crime. we have reaction. >> the supreme court ruled on a north north carolina law to kp sexual predators away from sites that children might use but the court ruled it's unconstitution the only bar an offender from using social media together. >> the sex offender is a sex offender. they should put the children first. >> the high court found it believes there is a difference between the virtual venue, twitter and facebook. and actual venues like playground. >> we need to do something about that.

there. >> they argued the social media sites like facebook and twit rer the same as a playground or schoolyard. but some parents understood the ruling. >> the predators are in the real world and the online world. it's up to the parents to keep the kids state. >> only one other state has a similar law to the one struck down today. louisiana. but it only applies to those convicted of sex crimes with children. stephen tschida, abc7 news. nancy: on that note, "7 on your side" with the rules about staying safe online. never agree to anything that would make you feel uncomfortable. if you get sexual comments don't respond and report the person to facebook. never share sexually suggest i photos. if someone does threaten you, call the police. jonathan: the supreme court justice will review a c

the state district were unconstitutionally drawn to benefit republicans. it would decide how far they can go to redraw the districts. they will hear the case when the term begins this fall. several people said it hurt chances of electing candidates in western congressional district. talking about the supreme court, also this. major decision to help keep the redskins name intact. they are saying the government can't refuse to register trademarks offensive. it's ruled in favor of slants. they were denied because it has disparaging speech toward asians and the same reasoning was used to revoke some trademark held by the redskins. with 40 pet recalls this year

uncertain about the safety of projects they are giving to the pets which are family members. nancy: lisa fletcher has been following the recalls. she as news of pushing back. lisa: they filed a $5 million lawsuit. the pets were sickened and one died after eating premium pet food usd 0 gannic and promoted to have human grade meat. it was anything but. the 86-page dog food against the dog and cat food alleges that the company knew the foods were neither usda inspected or fit for the u.s. consumption despite that some products were adorned with the usda logo. we found in the own court documents it accepted 42,000 pound of meat from the supplier inevitable hand

inedible means it is not for the human consumption. in an investigation the f.d.a. found it was not only not beef, but horse meat that contained the euthanizum drug pentabarbothal. it sells a million cans of the dog food a year under its own brand name it produces against the grain product and privately labeled for other brand including party animal. both against the grain and party animal were recalled this year for contamination. party animal also filed suit against them. and update to a story we brought you last week about recall of the rawhide chews. today they expanded the recall to include many of the companies for which it privately labeled. you can go to wjal for the detail investigation. it's for

industrial processing equipment that caused the dogs to get sick. last week we pressed united pet group on the issue to suspect the privately labeled brands were involved and they refused to answer questions. turn our attention to the weather. doug: the heaviest lightning and thunder is moved out of washington bearing down to baltimore. there are additional periods of rain for the next hour or two. we are sitting better off in metro area. we need rain. we are getting some. some area got quite a bit. the large area in pink is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 8:00. this stretches all the way to mained the northern canadian border. huge area affected by the cold front. a little area here in yellow and orange is the area da is still under severe thunderstorm warning now. it's all shifted east to

the chesapeake by bay. there are still showers and storms southwest to southeast of fredericksburg. we are not finished with it yet. more rain. the core has moved northeast of the city. severe thunderstorm to 4:45. so anne arundel county will get the heart of this to the next 20 minutes or so. we are looking to the southwest for the next batch of storms. moving .421 to manassas, fairfax, the district around 5:00. eventually to the east side of side in chillum in prince george's county at 5:04. lightning with that but not as much as the other cells. this will turn into beneficial rain. in the meantime farther south. from fredericksburg. this area of the storms will cross fairview

come across to big bend, potomac, all potomac, allen fresh in st. mary's county and drum point. we have a lot to keep an eye on here as we get through the next hour or two. the main organized line moved through the d.c. metro already. in leesburg with the storms 1.84 inches of rain. 1.70 in frederick. 1.5 in clarksburg. 1.35 in perryville. it's dropped dramatically from the mid-to-upper 80's. but the feels like temperature went from the mid-90's to the 60's like that when the storm went through. the future cast continues to keep rain over the area. even the significant rainfall through 7:30. but the heaviest, the nastiness is well removed from the area before skies start to clear later tonight. flash flood watch in effect continues until 9:00 tonight for wide area in green. flash flood warning south and southwest. forecast overnight all the storms will be gone.

skies. less humid, 64 to 70 overnight. tomorrow we look for partly to mostly sunny. less humid weather. highs to 87 degrees. warm but more pleasant. for the next ten days we see the temperatures start to rise right back up again in the lower 90's. 90-degree range heading through saturday. showers and the thunderstorms are possible saturday. then next week temperatures will take a drop and stretch of drier, cooler air. but not there yet. nancy: thank you. next at 4:00, new details in the depth -- death of carrie fisher. the drugs in her system that may have played a part in her death. jonathan: and the chemistry competition next when we shine

nancy: students are around d.c. to participate in the test con tem industry knowledge. -- chemistry knowledge. we take you to the you be the kemnist competition. >> which element of the hope diamond has the largest molar? kellye: future scientists put to the test. some of the best performing students competing in a chemistry competition. >> they are doing not only high school chemistry. they are doing chemistry that is above high school level. kellye: samuel is an eightth grader in d.c. >> i never thought

was something super interesting before but now i see you can do stuff with it. kellye: he and 41 other contest tants battled it -- contest tants battled it out. the interactive economic contest offers the champion a $12,000 scholarship. >> there are a lot of competitions that the kids who are interested in other things this is their chance. kellye: every participant leaves here a winner. >> we want to make the connection now an show them how cool it is to know science and be a chemistry pro. >> it's not so much winning a prize or a trophy for but me it's more i want to become a kem cyst or a physicist. i want to know how much more i have to study to become that. kellye: kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: well, here is something colorful for you. the radar scr

it reflects rain. there is lightning in the area. stormwatch7 as the storms move through the area. look at that. that is a parking lot. a beltway. slowgoing. the inner loop in kensington. we have an update where the storms are moving next. that's all coming up. nancy: also next, the autopsy results back on carrie fisher. what medical examiners found in her system that may have had a role in the actress' death. >> del ray prepares to reopen the ballpark but can the community rebound after the shooting from last week? we will e i feel it every day. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply but feel light. and wake up ready to perform. even with the weight of history on my shoulders.

announcer: this is a stormwatch7 severe weather alert. jonathan: if you have been dodging raindrops you know there are strong storms moving through. nancy: busy team for the weather team. chief meteorologist doug hill is here. doug: heaviest stuff in baltimore. but we still have heavy showers and downpours so we hope this is the good rainfall. we need it for the garden and the lawns and we hope severe stuff moves away from the area. that's all i have to say. nancy: all right. doug: but go get a snack and a cup of coffee i'll cover 30 seconds worth of weather here to talk about the severe thunderstorm watch which has been discontinued, dropped over montgomery, frederick, loudoun, eastern panhandle and bit by bit the big watch that extends from t

virginia-north carolina boarder to the u.s. canadian border will start to fall apart as well. we hit later in the day, lose heating and we have more cloud cover. it will stabilize the atmosphere. there are more areas of rain to come. can't rule out claps of thunder from the south/southwest. at the moment the lightning is limited downstream. that is east of baltimore. northern section of the call university county. there are more -- calvert county. there is more rain but it's going to move out. zoom in at the lightning strikes and it is moving southeast and east of baltimore as we speak. this is globing to move to dogren and all across charles and southern call -- calvert county. that will cover southern portion of the viewing

ill is still over 89 at the patuxent river naval air station. if you get back to the rain cooled air and it is 70's. nancy: stay connected with the storm watch team on facebook and twitter. we also want to take you to storm track. it's not far from dupont circle. the heavy rain departed but the skies are still gray out there. the roads are still wet. so as you start our evening commute, take it easy on the roads. we will keep it updated on the conditions across the area. jonathan: well, just in the past 45 minutes, abc7 learned that tonight's little league game scheduled to be at the del ray ballpark where steve scalise and the g.o.p. baseball team ambushed have been postponed. it was set to reopen tonight. not going to hpe

live. you understand with the weather it could be a reason but they were scheduled to get the games going again. >> that is right. they planned have a short ceremony before the game to honor those who had issues last week and last wednesday and try to uniform the community after what happened here. a lot of people are talking about the new normal dealing with. at the news conference they said we have to come back. maintenance crews are work to get it in shape for game tonight. the little league game is now scheduled tomorrow night. there are stark reminders from when the gunman opened fire on the congressional baseball practice. we found bullet holes in a maintenance shack, fence post and even the stands. two ministers brought flowers

dugout and the other areas. tomorrow a short ceremony before the game to show solidarity in the city. the mayor called this a shock time for alexandria and the country. this is a place of courage as well. >> as shocking from last week now this is a time of garage tuesday. we know how lucky we are. as we as citizens runway from danger there are those in public safety standing with me and those in the city, the officers and all the public safety team who ran toward the danger. >> the alexandria police chief mike brown called this a courageous gun battle and lauded the two police officers who fired back and injured the gunman. one of the officers still in the

the coming up the people who use this park every day and how they are dealing with the new normal. richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: new information in the death of carrie fisher. an autopsy finding cocaine, eck -- ecstasy and opiats in her system. she went into cardiac arrest in london and died four days later. the coroner listing sleep apnea as cause of death and drugs as contributing factor. jonathan: groups like the southern not verity law center say google and other tech companies have not done enough to prevent radicalization online. hours after a meeting on ways

to monitor the advisor, jared kushner will leave to meet with jerusalem and the palestinian authority president in hoping to broker a peace deal. nancy: murder case gone cold getting new life. in 2013, letter carrier tyson barnette was shot and killed on his route in cheverly. today postal inspectors and the police are teaming up to drum up information. melissa dipane has more. melissa: investigators are looking for any tips they can get. the postal inspector sent out the postcards to two neighborhoods in the area that were looking for tips. the shooting happened at 7:25 the night of november 23 and 2013. tyson barnette was delivering male near the intersection of jutewood avenue and reed street in cheverly. that is where they found him shot to death. the police also need help identifying an s.u.v. seen on surv

murder. >> it has been a long time. people move. it's possible they may have heard something and want to help us solve the crime. melissa: there is still no motive in the case but there is up to $100,000 reward for arrest and conviction in the crime. if you have any information, call the police. live in landover, melissa dipane, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the t.s.a. got a bad rap but you won't believe what one agent found and returned. the discovery and happy reunion coming up next. nancy: plus, bringing a knife to a gun fight actually worked. the incredible video of a man fighting off intruders still ahead. jonathan: here is autria godfrey now with a first look at what is happening tomorrow on "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington," trave

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veggies is difficult sometimes. especially for kids. jonathan: why not seduce them? certain descriptive labeling can make it more appealing. rich, sweet, sizzling. sounds better. nancy: seductive. jonathan: it does. the scientists at stanford ordered the food lunch and found the descriptions resulting in that food being 25% more likely to be chosen when you use the words. nancy: like sizzling. there you go. move on. jonathan: t.s.a. officers went above and beyond for a traveler who lost something precious. a precious stone. a woman was seen crying when a check point officer spotted her and the passenger explained she lost the real pear shaped diamond from her engagement ring. nancy: officers combed the check point with the flash lights and got on the hands and knees to track down

resting next to a issue in an empty bin. the resident hugged him and the other officers who helped her look and wrote a thank you note to t.s.a. that is wonderful to hear how busy they were but they know how special it is. jonathan: it's nice to get one in the good call. nice job. coming up for us -- nancy: next, a closer look at . trump and congress effort to undo the obama era policy and law. steve: i'm abc7's steve rudin tracking thunderstorms out there now and a shrinking severe thunderstorm watch box. all you need to know. plus looking ahead to the upcoming weekend coming up.

nancy: breaking news just in the newsroom. effort will -- abc7 just learned 22-year-old otto warmbier passed away. doctors say he had a severe brain injury after being held

a propaganda banner visiting north korea. he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison and hard labor. jonathan: president trump is making good on campaign promises and rolling back obama era policies. last week the president announced his canceling his predecessor's cuba policy. we look at the other obama initiatives that trump is working to undo. reporter: piece by piece president trump is chipping away at president obama's legacy. on friday, trump slammed his predecessor's move to normalize relations with cuba. president trump: i am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. reporter: the cuba policy is just one of many obama initiatives trump is reversing. trump's favorite target, obama climate change and environmental policies. president trump: so we are getting out. reporter: last month, trump took aim at the paris climate agreement, announcing the

u.s. will pull out of the multination accord. the move sent shockwaves across the globe. >> it was a stunning abdication of american leadership, walking away from the agreement is extremely dangerous. reporter: trump signed executive order rolling back obama clean water rule, which gave the federal government authority to limit pollution in major bodies of water. ranchers and farmers oppose the rule. >> the rule wasn't about protecting our environment. it was just another washington power grab. >> it's just dangerous. if flint proves anything we should improve protection for drinking water. reporter: president trump greenlighted production on the dakota access pipeline. president trump: we'll see if we can get it built. reporter: reversing the obama administration decision to block the project. president trump and republicans celebrated after the house voted to repeal and replace obamacare in may. >> the bill has passed. reporter: the first major step in undoing obama's signature legislation. the white house is putting

quickly on a bill to repeal and replace obamacare in order to try to get a legislative win. senate republicans are hoping to vote before july 4. and the senate democrats say they will try and slow down the process. an capitol hill, michelle macaluso. larry: larry smith at the "live desk." tonight theat dore roosevelt island is closed and find out why the popular trail is off-limits. plus, "7 on your side" team gets results after taking a smash-and-grab video from the car to mayor muriel bowser. how do you dedicate funding to metro? the change local lawmakers think needs to happen to make it a reality coming up tonight new at 5:00. see you in a few. nancy: thank you. incredible video out of sarasota, florida. five masked men bursting in a house. one with a shotgun. the homeowner was ready as the man advanced. he came at him with a machete. he disarmed a robber and everyone else ran away. the homeowner held one of the

until the police arrived. they also found the four who ran away. not good for those involved. jonathan: one against five. that worked out all right. war against terror, u.s. forces are shooting down syrian wear plane in air-to-air combat that is accused of dropping bombs near american partner forces. russia is stepping in saying it will treat u.s. coalition planes west of the euphrates river as targets and the enemy aircraft. meaning, they may shoot at our aircraft. cooperation of the syria civil war and the fight against isis appears to be deteriorating. iran is taking matters in its own hands launching a strike on isis. the revolutionary guard sending missiles into syria and says in part as retaliation of the attack to iran parliament and a shrine in tehran earlier this month. the islamic state took responsibility when seven were kill and dozens injured but not clear which targets were hit in syria. nancy: in london, inside the charred shell

tower. we are learning that 79 people are presumed dead in all of this. the british minister says the new panels adding to the building in a recent renovation may be banned in the u.k. because of the flammability. embattledded comedian likely to go on trial again after mistrial was declared in the sexual assault case against him this weekend. retrial is expected after the jurors remained deadlock following more than 50 hours of deliberation, moving forward this will mean the prosecution will likely revisit the initial petition to have 13 of the 50 cosby accusers testify. >> a big part of the case is trying to establish a pattern on the part of bill cosby. we'll see if the witnesses testify. they may significantly impact the outcome in a second trial. nancy: in a statement read after the trial concluded cosby's wife camille called theda heinously and exploiti

collaborating with the d.a. cosby's legal time is somehowing to fight on. jonathan: a number of chickpea products are headed off the shelves due to listeria concerns. crunchy chickpeas, the two-ounce packages. so far there have been no report of anyone getting sick associated with the recall but only a limited amount of the chickpeas distributed online and in the retail stores nationwide. nancy: check your pantry for that. jonathan: let's talk about the weather again. steve: a lot to talk about. my goodness. we got the worst of it out of here, at least in terms of the stronger thunderstorms but still the rush hour commute and downtown. jonathan: a mess. steve: a lot of heavy rain. we know what a little bit can do around here. looking at the white house. nancy: very dramatic. steve: even though we have stronger storms out of here we have the pockets of heavy rain inside the district and around the capitol beltway. if you are expecting anyone to be on time, driving home from work, you may expect them to be a little late. we are not the only ones t

weather. up and down the east coast, if you have travel plans or are expecting anyone in from new york city from boston, philadelphia, we have the severe thunderstorm watches from richmond to the district, philly to new york city and up toward boston. then when you see the orange pocket, those are the severe thunderstorm warnings. now a newly issued severe thunderstorm warning across southern maryland. this is where we have it now. st. mary's county. we move to southern calvert county with a stronger cell. the good news, montgomery county, you are now out of the watch area. the storm system or the system in general, the cold front generally moves to the east. head in a little bit off toward the d.c. metro area. this is the heavy rain we saw right over the white house in to dupont and logan and woodly park. now moving to the berkland area and eventually up toward the college park area. heavy rain will eventually impact parent of the beltway. if it has not impacted the beltway across northeastern part of the quadrant. head to the t

springfield. that is where we have another area of the heavier rain. talk about the temperatures now. what a cooldown. compared to what we had earlier in afternoon. temperatures dropped now to the mid-70's at reagan national airport. even better yet, the feels like temperatures in the middle 90's have now dropped by 20 to 25 degrees. it feels like 73 in leesburg. still hanging on to the heat. it will change with stronger storms on the way. it's becoming partly cloudy. 46 to 70 for overnight low. temperatures are in the middle 80's. grab sunglasses. the first half of the

weekend, temperatures are around 90. then we will cool it down a little bit moving to the middle of next week. temperatures are in the lower 80's. and doug hill will have the latest on the severe thunderstorm warnings in a few minutes. jonathan: see you then. thanks. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the better deal. there is always one out there. or is there? in cable and satellite war to cut the cord, we examine if

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in the southern viewer area, northern neck of southern maryland and north and east. you can see on the doppler radar. new deveer thunderstorm warning across -- severe thunderstorm warning across mary county, calvert county. we are having piece of the severe thunderstorm watch canceled early. more of those will fall away. right now we have two areas under the warning. st. mary's, calvert, charles and over to maryland and the delaware midshare have severe thunderstorm -- delaware midshore have severe thunderstorms. we have plenty of lightning south. we are tracking that through leonardtown. that is the heaviest storms by far. we keep an eye on plenty of lightning thunder and heavy rain we are watching longer. even where the big storms stopped, we still have more downpours and rain for the next hour or two. california, maryland, st. mary's county, drum point, calvert county and calvert be

the storm in the next 15 minutes. this line is moving east quickly. more somes over the city and over northeast and northwest washington. more showers downstream i-95. we are not finished with the rain. we need it and we will see more of it be you the heaviest part is finish. we are continuing to pick up reports across the area. and the rainfall has been impressive, too. many areas picking up over an inch. leesburg 1.84. the heaviest amount we have seen sor fa. in the afternoon, in the height of the storms, kevin lewis has been out in mobiletrak7 to track the weather conditions. find out what is happening now in silver spring. kevin? kevin: we are in silver spring off of colesville road near montgomery blair high school. this roadway is shut down right now to vehicle traffic. it's a neighborhood, single family homes. a lot of tall, large