at central station. you are looking at live pictures now. one witness said it sounded like fireworks and it happened near the center of the train station where a lot of people would be waiting. right now police have set up a perimeter around that train station. there is a very large police presence. and military presence. as they try to secure the scene and make sure there are no secondary devices. brussels, as you know, is on a continued heightened terror alert because of recent events. at this time, no word on injuries but we are learning that the person responsible, this is just coming down, has been neutralized. so that is the very latest on the status of that person. no clarification as to exactly what that means but brussels police just tweeted out a short time ago that the situation is under control. of course this happened minutes ago so we will continue to bring you the latest details on this active situation. back to you. jonathan: all right, michelle. thank you. sign up to get breaking news text alerts on you

your pad on abc7 news. go to our website wjla.com. alison: back at home now, funeral services will be tomorrow for the fairfax county teenager killed in what police believe was a case of road rage. 17-year-old nabra hassanen was in a group of teenagers when a car pulled up alongside them early sunday morning. tom roussey is live in sterling where her parents are scheduled to take part in a vigil tonight. tom? tom: alison, we are here not too far from where she was attacked. you can see folks are starting to leave flowers as well as balloons in memory of nabra hassanen. 17 years old. she was killed not far from where i'm standing. after police say the suspect in this case got out of his vehicle, chased the group of teenagers she was in. caught up with her and beat her with a baseball bat. according to police it was a road rage incident. they believe one of the teens was on the bike in the road and exchanged words with the suspect in this case. that according to police led

i was just talking to someone who came to the scene here and she told me how in shock the entire muslim community is around here. they are shaken up. especially those who knew nabra hassanen best. she was a ray of sunshine, they say, everywhere she went. they can't believe she is gone. >> this girl brought joy and peace and happiness and self-esteem everywhere she went. that is kind of what makes it hurt even more. she was an angel taken from us. tom: now as for the suspect in this case, darwin martinez torres. today we looked in his background. could not find a single arrest around here. that said, i.c.e. the federal immigration service tells us they do suspect he is illegally in the country. they placed a detainer on him and they only do that if they suspect somebody came to the country illegally. they say he is a salvadoran citizen. we couldn't find any prior arre

never dealt with him before. there are vigils in the coming day. funeral is tomorrow. i have jill tonight in dupont circle and a vigil tomorrow night in reston. both expected to be well attended. as far as the crime there is a lot of talk in the muslim community. was it a hate crime? the police say they have no evidence it was. we hear from some coming up at 5:00 in the community that believe the way she looked may have had something to do with why she was killed. reporting live in sterling, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. nancy: tom, thank you. skytrak7 was in georgetown when a man died after being hit by an s.u.v. it happened at the intersection of great seneca highway in middlebrook road. police say the man was standing in the median when a driver lost control and hit him. the driver stayed at the scene. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a developing story in prince george's county and accusations of grade-fixing. maryland bureau chief brad bell live to sort through what is fact and fiction with the case, a side of the story you will only see here

brad: the accusation being made by four members of the school board is simple. there is a systemic effort in the school system to change grades. from failing grades to passing grades. so that more young people graduate from high school. well, tonight, the school system is firing back here in a big way. it's not just those that run the system. we talked to a group of school principals today. in the wake of allegation that the prince george's school system as the direction of c.e.o. kevin maxwell is filling grades to graduate failing students. more than a dozen p.g. high school principals gathered today to invite us to the meeting. the educators say they are under pressure to boost graduation rates but they should be. they say struggling students are being kept in school by offering more resources than just their classroom teachers. they deny the central allegation in this letter to

the governor from four school board members there is systemic construction in the system. >> when we are alleged to have changed grades, what it does is tells my community they are not worthy. we stand before students and parents every day. let them know we are worried. despite stumbling blocks they can achieve. brad: extraordinary meeting this afternoon at eleanor rose vent high school. one -- eleanor roosevelt high school. one of the principal was on the verge of tears, she was so hurt by the allegations. there is a lot going on with the story. when we come back at 5:00 you will hear from a school board member behind the allegation. he says he stands behind his claim. we will tell you why at 5:00. upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. >> see you at 5:00. thank you. what a difference a day makes. last night's storms ushered out the humidity and in great weather for the last

spring. our chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch7 weather center with the forecast today. nice out there today. brad: beautiful! you are right. a big change mainly the dew point dropping. zero chance of rain. comfortably warm temperature. talk about yesterday's cold front. it's still showing up on the satellite and radar now across southeast, the carolina coast and the beaches to georgia. this is going to stay there. a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures in the next couple of days. nice until friday. friday the pattern will start to change again from the approach of a cold front. 85 in warrenton. 88 in fredericksburg and quantico. it's 87 at reagan national airport. the hourly forecast shows the temperatures dropping through the 70's tonight. overnight we drop between 62 and 72 degrees. nice with clear to partly cloudy skies. ends with an update on tropical storm

the guidance taking it on shore late tomorrow. then the moisture of it will head east. will it effect our area? it's possible. we'll have more to say in nine minutes. see you then. nancy: thank you. developing now the investigation of the role are you shay may have played in the last u.s. presidential election. tomorrow special counsel robert mueller is scheduled to meet with leaders of the senate judiciary committee and they will discuss the scope of the probe. meeting comes as president trump's approval rating drops to 36%. >> this has been called the vam tire bill. they are afraid -- the vampire bill. they are avoid for it to see the late of day. >> they're ashamed. they don't want anybody to see it. least of all the public. >> the obamacare law is collapsing around us. we have to act. we are. jonathan: there is intense debate on the hill about the senate version of revised

healthcare plan. democrats pulled an all-nighter on the senate in particular protesting the fact that the bill is negotiated behind closed doors. senate majority leader mcconnell says a draft could be released thursday in time for a vote before the july 4 recess. alison: the debate may have stayed civil but more and more often politics on the hill is anything but. new poll sheds interesting light on how divided we are as a country. our chief political correspondent scott thuman shows there are solutions and we have seen some of them. scott: whether it's voters squaring off, celebrities sounding off -- >> i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. scott: -- even a politician physically attacking reporter heard in recording last month. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here.

scott: civility seems to be in short supply. new poll shows 68% think the tone and the civility of the political debate is getting worse. only 7% say it's improving. across party lines say 73% says it's encouraging violence. professor richard vatts. >> there are 40 million people in the united states. the more people you have, the more people you will get on the fringes who believe given an okay for violence by people in authority. scott: the silver lining on some is the attack on the congressional members playing baseball. most showed signs of unity. it may be up to them to reign others in. >> the language and the rhetoric on both

out of control. >> we have to come together and say enough is enough. >> otherwise he worries -- >> it reminds me of 1984. the work by george orwell when you have hate week and people go around yelling "hate, hate, hate." scott: on capitol hill, scott thuman, abc7 news. nancy: the tone of special election in georgia taking a dark turn after last week's shooting in alexandria. a group started to run an ad saying similar attacks would continue if jon ossoff wins the race. karen handel disavowed any connection to the ad. and the polls close at -- tonight and we'll have results at 11:00. jonathan: two little league games will be played tonight at simpson park. several elected officials and representative from the police and the fire department will be there to help throw out the first pitch. the baseball game republicans were practicing for

$1.5 million for charity. alison: the d.c. council renamed a street in honor of rochelle jones, one of four people shot and killed in a driveby on south capitol street seven years ago. it was cowell my nation of days of violence in the area that started with a brace level stolen at a party. jonathan: we have breaking news now. coming to us from new york city. that is where a crane collapsed. you can see right now live pictures and the first responders are digging something out of there. somebody may be trapped perhaps underneath. in the long island city neighborhood in queens. 24 is what the first responders are up against. in years past we have seen the cranes working on top of the high-rises and they do topple over from time to time. people have been hurt and other people have been killed but this look like whatever happened is isolated to the work site, itself. we'll let you know if anything should change. nancy:

meantime, the police say they went on a crime spree in three counties. these guys did. that could be the beginning. >> all the possessions are here. all the pictures and the kids, grabbled kids. jonathan: they are just settling in to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary when a sense of déjà vu hit. >> a chorus of woodchippers fills the air in this silver spring neighborhood. a look at tornado damage w

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nancy: back with an update from breaking news at the top of the hour. explosion at the train station in brussels. no civilians were injured or killed in the blast. this is a major incident going on in belgium. we will keep you posted when we get new information in the newsroom. >> it looks like an oven. that's what it feels like. jonathan: it is so hot out there. they say it's a dry heat. when you get between 115-120 degrees, really? does it matter? that's just hot. highs right now expected to be in part of arizona, california, nevada. today up around 120. in phoenix, some flights were canceled because it's too hot for the planes to take off. alison: unbelievable. we had our own taste of summer. not like that. but we had a line of storms

they were quick but they left a lot of damage in some spots. kevin lewis live where where they confirmed it was tornado that came through there. kevin: it was an ef-0. that is the lowest ranking on a five-point scale. but despite that, 70-mile-per-hour winds packed a powerful punch. look at the metal trampoline. it flew 50 feet through the air. wrapping itself around the large tree. three homes and six vehicles in this neighborhood have serious damage. a large section of frees severed the metal roof of a new infinity s.u.v. eerie site. covered if green leaves and shattered

the weather service warned about storms but it couldn't issue a warn in time. >> i was upstairs in the bedroom. the wind came across this side of the house. i was on the phone with my son. i said, "i have to go. i have to go. i don't know what is going on." you could just hear crashing. like someone was just banging. kevin: remarkable. tornadoes are rare in montgomery county. the last recorded one happened in 2013. most people here have homeowners insurance so this is more of a headache than anything else. alison: the national wth

was a tornado that swept through delaware but they have caught the footage. no one was hurt but 1200 homes did lose power in the storm. nancy: dramatic. the storm did serious damage in new york as well. celebrating the 40th anniversary and father's day when a neighborhood called and he told the that lightning struck the roof and it was on fire. it was an uncomfortable scene for them. they lost the myrtle beach condo four years ago in a massive fire. >> the loudest they have ever heard. >> they spotted smoke under the shingles. they don't have the water to speak of with the fire hydrants so they have to bring bumpers in to pump water. nancy: luckily they is all they needed to put out the flame and save the home.

minute later it would have been a different story. jonathan: glad they got it out. talk about here. doug: you always have humidity. but it's whether it's tolerant or not. the dew point is the measure of the moisture. that is great. it's as good as you get here. we have a couple more nice days before the weather turns again and we get more rain and storms in the area. but for now, i want to start back with yesterday. we went to take single frames from the animation of the live doppler from yesterday afternoon. we saw the facts. kevin lewis and team showed us the report from the county. dennis avenue area on the four corners of montgomery county.

we will show you wheaton. we will zoom in on this wheaton area here. go through the time step through the afternoon hours we will get closer and closer to 4:45, 3:45 in the afternoon. we started to see the indication that there is a little bit of a notch that we see develop here. south of the wheaton area. that is where we saw the indication that in retrospect it could indicate circulation and a tornado. that's exactly what we had. this is a quick feature. 200 guards on the ground was a track here -- 200 yardsen on the ground was the track here. it was small. ef-0 tornado. but enough to do the damage it did moving through the area. subtle feature but noticeable here. it was in a larger area of storms. that's why no tornado issue was issued. we don't have any worries like that today. it's sunny

the temperatures in the lower to the mid-80's. we will be 8:00 at 70. it's a great outdoor evening. looks good tomorrow. 89. we can't rule out an isolated shower today. 91. humidity will creep back in the area on friday. we have showers friday, saturday and sunday. the best chance on sunday. late friday and saturday period we will have to talk about the moisture left over from the tropical storm cindy on the gulf coast now. the temperatures will be just like summer moving forward. alison: thank you. coming up, it's swimsuit season. you will see why one of latest suits to hit the market is making a splash of its own. jonathan: later for us. what a head of gray h

alison: here is adrianna hopkins with a look at what is coming up tomorrow on "good morning washington." adrianna: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington," it's no secret that obesity is on the rise. we show you how to keep your portion sizes in check and take charge of what you eat. >> plus, ever dream of becoming an entrepreneur? seven key steps to launching your own successful product-based business. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 a

jonathan: we want to update you on breaking gnaws from new york. there has been an accident from a crane. this is live pictures from the sister station in new york. first responders are everywhere. they are digging out from what happened. the initial reports were that the crane collapsed but our abc affiliate is reporting it lost its load. so whatever it was holding it dropped in the astoria section of queens. three people hurt. they look like they are digging out to get to somebody. if this has been damage to something they would let it go. the contractors would be there. they look like they are going after somebody who might be under the rubble. we'll stay on top of this and we will let you know if it should change; as soon as it does. alison: back at home. "7 on your side" with a call for action. lisa fletcher is live in rockville to explain how we can help you. lisa?

this is the place where it happens where the viewers call in and they have consumer issues, whether they're wrong, have a bad product or not getting what they pay for. this is where you call. shirley started the call for action in our region 41 years ago. she is the president nationally. you are always looking for volunteers that you train. why should people come volunteer here. >> i can't imagine a more fun way to spend your day. we only ask for one day a week. our hours are really -- people who have small children for example, hours from 10:00 to 3:00. middle of the day. you will be interested. let me tell you a case we worked on. we just got back $16,000 for a homeowner because we are persevering, we purr sigh the problem. we don't

>> so they called in and they had something wrong with the deck and you solved it. >> they had a deck and a wall built on the house. the wall was leaning. that is not something that you want to happen with the wall. so we got the wall replaced to the tune of $16,000. lisa: that is something a lot of times people would call an attorney for and spend out much money to get it resolved. you can call here and we will help you solve it or apply to be a volunteer. call for action. nancy: thank you. coming up, she thought she picked up a toy her dog left behind. oh, no. jonathan: wait until you find out what she found in her hands instead of the dog's toy. that's coming up

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jonathan: ten robberies in four weeks and now four people are behind bars. stephen tschida has new developments in the investigation that spanned three counties. stephen? stephen: jonathan, four weeks of fear for 7-eleven employees in the three counties and hyattsville. apparently over tonight. you see the suspects clothed in black, faces obscured, gun in hand. they started their robbery spree may 17. by mid-june they hit ten 7-elevens in montgomery, anne arundel and prince george's county. they also accelerated the rate of robbery. >> they weren't going to stop. they were going to continue to keep doing the robberies until we stopped them. stephen: june 16, the four suspects ages 19 to 31 alleged to have hit two 7-eleven's in anne arundel county. making off with the usual loot.

prince george's police beefed up the presence near 7-elevens. officers pulled over a vehicle which matched the get-away car. that was the crucial break. >> they are in the process of going through the vehicle interviewing the guys, taking them in custody when the 911 call comes to out there had just been a 7-eleven robbery. it was them. stephen: when asked how sure they are the four suspects from d.c. are drinked to all robberies in maryland an investigator gave a definitive response. >> 100%. stephen: just to make that clear, the two robberies on the 16th in anne arundel while talking to suspects they heard there was another so three in one night. but apparently the crime spree is over. stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> thank you. let's talk about the weather. what a nice way to end s

i would love to see more of those. this is 82 and a nice breeze. it's gorgeous. but the heat is coming back. it's all relative heat. 8 a in washington. but in phoenix it's 112. so it's 27 degrees cooler than there. that is not the hot spot. palm springs is 117. really -- bakersfield, california, at 104. big numbers. it's only 1:33 in the afternoon out here so they will see the temperatures go up a couple more. the record high in phoenix is 122. i don't think it will make that but we will see it to 116, 117 degrees there. the heatwave advertised for a long time and it is coming to pass. on the other side the seasonal temperatures and

the temperatures will rise here on thursday. then the weekend gets complicated. the temperatures in the 80's. partly cloudy skies in the evening hours. we could have a passing shower north and west of taun. 11 on thursday. friday showers and storms. what happens after friday evening, friday night, saturday and the weekend may have something to do with this. tropical storm cindy. and is that is a tropical storm with warning ace long the coast. gid dance suggests that the remnant moisture moves north and northeast. it's not out of the question it could effect the atlantic on the day on saturday. we have a new update at 5:00. we will let you know what that says. nancy: thank you. not many americans are in favor of president trump's decision to withdrawal from the paris climate accord. a new poll from the "associated press" n.o.r.c. shows less than a third of americans support

only 18% think pulling out will help the economy. instead, 52% of americans fear it will hurt the economy. 27% think it will have no impact. michelle: today 500 native plants on the part of the trail. but this is more than beautification effort. they look at how it's meant to attract insects. q: the work out here and you can notice the people with the shovels in hand digging holes to attract pollinators. this is what is going on here. a jointed effort with the nova park, dominion energy and arlington county park and recs. there are a drop in the pollinators around the country and arlington is no exception. people today are planting plants like the orange county flowers and the short time-out mountain mint to attract

pollenators to keep the other plants to grow. >> we are acting to help the pollinators to pay off in the end. hopefully people can see this and bring ideas to the houses. q: the flowers today, some might be flowering by the summer but next year they will be blossoming and contributing to the echo system. i'm q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: breaking news. this has to do with mendez. we are learning that she was sent back to el salvador, deported. it's an effort to save her from deportation. terry mcauliffe pardoned a misdemeanor driving conviction on the record and a number of members of congress stepped in on her behalf because she was deported june 14. her children are u.s. citizens. nancy: "7 on your side" with a

we know how hard buying clothes online because it's tough to make sure it fits correctly but amazon has a solution. they are testing out what is called prime wardrobe. they try on clothes at home and you only pay for what you keep. millions of pieces of clotheing will be eligible. calvin klein and levois. this is a god send for so many people. michelle: including us. nancy: you don't know how it will fit. michelle: you don't have to ask does it make me look fat? she is always no, it's great. please, they always tell it looks great when it's questionable. jonathan: if you are at home and your girlfriend or wife asks if something like that, no. no, no, no. nancy: you have learned. michelle: safe way. nancy: coworkers, too. michelle: still ahead, it's not ken clothes all the talk but find outha

doll is doing to stay hip and with the time. >> i'm lisa fletcher. the "7 on your side" call for action call center is open and ready to help you call the problems. give us a call.

jonathan: check out the tv. see the gal? she see what is she thinks is her dog's toy and picks it

whoo! run, run! it's not a toy. a baby rattlesnake. she just picked it up like ho-hum. she is so lucky she didn't get bit. she ran off, the dog ran the right direction, too. l.a. county firefighters say the baby snakes are more dangerous than adults. they cannot control the venom. lucky thing she did not get bit. michelle: look at the high step! nancy: you would think the dog will help out. he's like no. i'm out of here. michelle: he's like i told you so. jonathan: don't touch the snake. nancy: how about this? an actual tire story getting a make over. the ken doll is getting 15 new looks. different skin type and hairstyles including the corn rows and man bun.

nancy: and different shapes. michelle: no beards? everybody is wearing a beard. nancy: our floor director has a beard. he's upset. jonathan: shaking my head on the man bun. michelle: you can take president trump to the beach now. jonathan: behold the trump bathing suit. right there. the hand crafted suit in america and california to be exact. nancy: he looks surprised to be there too. michelle: 23-time olympic gold

swimmer michael phelps is going to be swimming with a shark. not with a shark but against a sharp. competition. he is racing a shark as part of the discovery channel "shark week." billed as the great gold versus the great white. jonathan: the shark will beat him and then eat him. nancy: if anyone can do its' michael phelps. jonathan: no. my money on the shark. if he could live to tell about it, it could be big. nancy: we shall see. coming up -- >> i'm sam ford in north east washington where the city ordering homeless people who had been living under bridges

michelle: we are 15 minutes away from the gates opening for tonight's u2 concert at fedex field. skytrak7 over the stadium which morning as the the crews set up for the big show. the band is celebrating 30

album. nancy: a big night ahead. in d.c. it's not what is built but what is taken down today. sam ford reports that crews moved in to remove a series of the tent cities set up under the traintracks in noma. sam: at 10:00, city authorities moved in on the homeless people under the railroad bridges in noma in northeast ordering those living there, they have to go. >> we are human beings like everybody else. stop treating us like trash. the mayor is not hemming us. she is moving us without a place to go. sam: they told us they lived in the spaces eight months or more and told us about the crime down here. >> my friend had his throat cut from here to here. they don't know what happened. sam: but sot prefer living here than the city shelters. the city officials say they cannot say since the law provides a place for them. >> we want them to come insi.

offering legal right to shelter. sam: some say it's a shell game. moving the homeless people from here and they will go some place else, perhaps a place they moved them from before. eric says it's okay to pitch the tents. it's not off-limits yesterday and accused the mayor on using ma car ra on the -- mascara on the problem. >> she's become good at covering up a problem rather than solving it. removing people from a tent city to push them to another location. some of them will go back to older tent city locations. >> it seems to be part of being homeless in d.c. eventually the city will catch up and you will have to move. >> we are homeless and human beings. we eat and bleed like you do. sam: i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a call for action. lisa fletcher is live in rockville with a team of volunteers ready to get it done. just call. right, lisa in lisa: that's right. if you have a

is the place to do it. give us a call. 301-652-help. if you consider yourself a problem solver and would be willing to volunteer one day a week the folks here would love your help. call the same number. 301-652-help. nancy: all right. lisa, thank you. putting the spotlight on education and the school in fairfax county tapping into an unusual program to increase interest in science, technology, engineering art and math. as kellye lynn shows us the workshop is taking off. kellye: seventh grade girls at glasgow middle school are tapping in for all sides of steam. >> i learn how you use technology and you can blend the categories like science and math. blend them together. help the world. >> they with working toward helping the world by helping themselves. learning the basics of building a drone. >> we develop

called the challenge to build a drone workshop to inspire students of all ages to get interested in steam. it is everything from assembling a drone, to ground testing and flight planning. >> it's fun for me. this is the first time i had flown a drone. >> think i it's a great program. because it builds confidence in young girls. confidence in the ability to effect change. as they learn workshop participants are asked to think of the ways drones can resolve real world challenges. >> we are excited to see where it will take us in the future. kellye: inspiring girls to solve problems with

kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: update now. the solar eclipse stamp we told you about in april hit the shelves today. the postal service is issuing the stamp ahead of the summer's total solar eclipse. it has a picture of another solar eclipse taken in libya a decade ago. the ink on the stamp mimics an eclipse when you touch it. how about that? michelle: excitement surrounding that. but we are still two months away from the eclipse. some are getting ready. if you want to look at the sun on august 21, you better have the right kind of classes. >> do not use your sunglasses. do not use a camera with the new filters or the u.v. filters. none of these will protect your eyes. michelle: bad ideas. doctors say the damage can happen in less than a minute. you won't feel it. but once it happens the damage can't be reversed. if you are planning to buy glasses online make sure they are certified by the international organization of

standardization, i. s.o. steve: we are looking at the temperatures that are nice out there now. 83 at dulles. luray is 81. we will show you stormwatch7, satellite and the radar. clouds south of us. this is going to stay dry out there for the everything. waking up tomorrow morning is still comfortable. middle 60's in downtown d.c. college park and bethesda. 61 in manassas. the day planner looks like this. highs in the upper 80's. a little bit more humid out there and more sticky. but still comfortable. talk about the tropics. may have impact on the

wind gusts at 60 miles per hour. it may move our way heading to the upcoming weekend. it could impact the beach forecast. the highs saturday and sunday around 85. a lot can change between now and the upcoming weekend. the daytime highs near 90. same on thursday. we will rebound in the upper 80's for thursday and friday. nancy: thank you. next at 4:00, what the gray hair on your head could tell you about the heart's health.

nancy: doctors have a new way to monitor heart disease looking at your hear. a man's gray hair is a good marker for potential heart problems. tonight we explain why men should take note of the hair color. bill a bit of a regular at the swedish heart institute. his first visit was 1979

>> they determined i had a blockage. i thought it can't be. >> he didn't believe it. he was only 45 years old at the time and thought it was too young for heart problems. he is in the hospital after surgery. and he looks young. by the early 50's -- >> your hair was gray. >> that is significant because when a man starts looking older on the outside he is probably showing more signs internally as well. they analyzed the heart help of 500 men. the heart risk went up when they had salt and pepper hair regardless of age. >> if you are starting to go gray and still younger it's probably a good idea

about see about getting screening test done. look for coronary disease. >> the gray hair test is valuable tool. it is a way to be alerted to heart risk. you can slow down heart disease. >> i think diet and exercise are more important than this. now at 83 years old bill has more gray hair. he is stays on top of the heart health. larry: at 5:00, area principals and county school c.e.o. in war of words of school controversy. and why a family isn't ready to take hate off

>> safety concerns grow. >> this a breaking news alert. >> this comes from brussels. a massive response at a subway station after an explosion took place under ground. soldiers shot a man appearing to wear some device. media outlets in brussels report the man had a back pack and an explosive belt. you can see the intense presence and the response. it appears that the damage is minimal. they have been on high alert since suicide bombers killed dozens of people on the subway and airport last year. larry: also at 5:00, the state and the county denying that prince george's county inflating the graduation rate fixing grades. alison: accusation coming despite a report saying there is nothing out of the ordinary. brad bell

words of both sides tonight. brad: in 2013, only 71% of the class graduated on time. by 2016, got up to 81.4. it's still low, among the lowest in the state. but now a school board member is suggesting that this thumb was achieved with smoke and mirrors. the educators tonight are responding with anger. more than a dozen principals reacting angrily of a claim there is corruption in the school system. denying the suggestion that grades are being changed to boost graduation rate.