"live desk" with the update. lindsey: abc7 news reporting a major milestone for congressman. he is out of the intenseive care unit but there is no timetable for his release. a week ago wednesday a man opened fire for scalise and the republican team were practicing for the charity game. matt mika lobbyist is also improving and was just visited by the nats jayson werth. two capitol police officers were injured and two others. only the shooter died. alison: a pothole repair for the national airport main runway. that is causing delays approaching at least an hour this afternoon. we did learn they had a temporary fix to allow the

then tonight they will get to a permanent fix. check your flight or any arrivals on the way to the airport. jonathan: a metrobus had a crash and thankfully it was not full at the time of the crash. it doesn't look like it will reopen. that's good news. >> it's reopened by there is car debris littering 8th street. this is one of the victims that got struck by the car, careening down the street, heading eastbound. let's show you the video. 8th street is jammed with vehicles here -- h street is jammed with vehicles here. the driver of a metrobus heading eastbounds on h street. driving straight. wasn't weaving. going 30, 40 miles per hour. he first smashed into a van and then pushed that van into a car of after car. folks say it went on for half a block and the sound was unbelievable. you can see the damage

car parked along the street. witnesses tell us the pedestrians are lucky to be alive because the cars prevented the metrobus from going on the sidewalk. one guy who saw the whole thing asked us to not show his face. >> from where the starbucks is he just drug the van from there all the way down here. crashed into cars here. we don't know. we don't know what happened to them on the bus. we don't know what was going on with him. >> a witness trying to figure out what was going on with the driver. if he had a medical condition. one person believes he was fast asleep while driving. we'll try to find out the story and get back to you. richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: thank you, rich. we are starting friday evening on stormwatch. the rain stopped this morning just in time to dry out and wait for another round. so what is next? stormwatch7'

steve rudin with the forecast. steve: round number two on the way and for many of you it has arrived. looking live at the belle haven country club in alexandria. the rain is falling. that is likely to slow things down for the early morning rush hour commute. make it the late afternoon rush hour commute. show you the satellite and the radar from stormwatch7. showers are arriving. this is down to mount vernon. indian head. looking at the moderate rain. now the entire capital beltway. it will slow down and more rain on the way. once we get this round out of here for the next hour to hour and a half. the heftier rains arrive tonight. the remnants of tropical storm cindy. the temperatures will fall through the 80's. eventually the 70's tonight. give you the timeline for heavy rain tomorrow morning. then when everything clears out look at the rest of the weekend coming up in a few minutes. nancy: thank you. earlier this month, a frightening scene in adams morgan. a truck plowing to three

officers. the other a ddot employee. today the man place say was behind the wheel went before a judge. stephen tschida has new developments from court. stephen: nancy, 23-year-old brandon figures sat stoically in a hot courtroom. no a.c. in there. we learn more about the man with him on the night of june 8 said went down. he went to a marijuana club, that they both did a dab of marijuana. that is a hit of intensified form of the drug. he was acting normal. he wasn't staggers, he wasn't swerving or swaying. he went out and got in the truck. read a text message. took off down 18th street, striking the police officers and a ddot employee. we also got a glimpse of just where the defense may be going here from the line of questioning. raising questions about whether or not someone may

that hit of marijuana. maybe it was laced with something. or maybe there was a malfunction with the truck he was driving. one other bit of information from the hearing. we have learned about the conditions of the people injured. the police officer whose bone pierced his heart remains hospitalized but is improving. the ddot employee, the woman struck apparently suffered a severe head trauma in the incident. this hearing is continuing as we speak. right now we are heading back in and bring you more information later on. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: one of presidents trump rallies after the election a boeing plant in south carolina. in february he boasted about the operations there, where the 787 dream liner is built. now word that the plant is laying off 200 workers right there. here is what the president told employees at the time. >> we are here today to celebrate american engineering and american manufacturing.

celebrate jobs. jobs. jonathan: this is the first round of layoffs in the factory since it began making the 787 in 2009. boeing said the job cuts were in the works since december but they never told the president that. maybe they should have. in the meantime, at the white house, a bill-signing ceremony. president trump making stricter veterans administration accountability to make it the law of the land now. with that signed he gives the v.a. leadership more power to fire failing employees and protect whistle blowers. this received bipartisan report after the v.a. came under fire for very long wait times at several of the hospitals. even a false waiting list in arizona. alison: there has been a lot of violent rhetoric geared toward presidents in the past. of course, when it comes to the commander-in-chief, the secret service takes security seriously. even the smallest off the cuff remarks could be grounds for an investigation.

celebrity has gone too far? melissa dipane has more. melissa: i spoke to a number of peek about johnny depp -- people about johnny depp's statement, the one last night, making headlines. a law professor said some of the statements may have crossed the line. actor johnny depp, comedian brian sean griffith and singer madonna adding to a growing list of celebrities demonstrating the displeasure with president trump. this isn't the first time celebrities made commenteds about people in power. in obama's administration ted nugent made comments about the commander-in-chief. and americans have the right for freedom of speech but it does in out cover harming others. this is the statement he made last night in the u.k. >> when is the last time an actor assassinated a president?

i'm an actor. i lie for a living. however, it's been a while. maybe it's time. melissa: will depp be investigated by secret service? spokesperson said they monitor threats but they cannot comment on this matter. johnny depp issued a statement apologizing for what he called a bad joke saying it was in pour taste. coming up at 5:00, hear what professor says about freedom of speech. melissa dipane, abc7 news. alison: thank you. russia continued the attacks on isis filing missiles on terrorist targets in syria. the long range missiles fired from the warships in the eastern mediterranean sea. it comes after a war plane was shout down in syria. the russian ministry of defense called the attack violation of the sovereignty. jonathan: the flint airport officer stabbed stabbed in a nek after a terror attack is

doctors say jeff neville could be released from the hospital in a couple of days. he was stabbed in the neck by amor ftouhi, canadian citizen from tunisia originally. doctors credit the quick action by the first responders saving his life. nancy: the mayor has a pledge to end homelessness by 2020. we are live at the new housing center in northwest washington with the latest on this? >> we were here as they walked in the new home after years of being on the street. they now have 84 permanent

homes. 38 are already occupied. d.c. pays for the permanent housing. >> you can't see the 5,000 units but for us think about the families that we saved from being displaced. >> coming up at 5:00, we will show you what the new home means for a washington woman and also why some homeless people don't trust this city's offer. reporting live in northwest washington, nathan backa, abc7 news. alison: thank you. right now mourners are paying respect to former d.c. councilman jim graham at the wilson building. funeral services will be held tomorrow. jonathan: coming up next, a lot of problems today on the red line. nancy: also this. firefighters making a point with the demonstration. how to avoid becoming a

alison: and just dance. the gorilla taking the internet by storm is coming up next. jonathan: wait until you see his moves. as steve rudin showed us, some showers are passing through the area right now. this is just outside the d.c. superior court in northwest. we have an update on the forecast and more rain ahead. you can stay ahead of any weather coming our way by downloading the stormwatch7 weather app. go to the website. back after this.

alison: it's hard to believe but july 4th is around the corner. today fairfax county firefighters took time to make sure everyone has a safe holiday. they do this every year and they demonstrate the dangers of fireworks. sam sweeney shows us how devastating an accident can be. sam more than 10,000 people will go to emergency room for firework related injury. the majority of the incidents happen in july. >> if you use illegal fireworks the potential for injury to yourself, to your neighbors is significant. >> kids between the ages of 5 and 9 had the highest rate of injury and death. common myth is the bigger fireworks are dangers but most show up from sparkleer burns. today the firefighters demonstrated the danger. >> if the child waves

child the clothes could catch on fire. they don't understand the temperatures the sparkler can get up to. sam: the best tip don't let kids light fireworks and don't to relight one that malfunctioned and keep spectators 25 feet back. >> it's important to have a bucket of water and hose nearby to make sure you can make any unexploded fireworks safe after the fact. don't go near it for 15 minutes. because you don't know what is going to happen. the quality control is often not there in a lot of the fireworks. >> many fireworks are illegal in virginia, maryland and d.c. the general rule if it goes up or blows up, it's illegal. in prince george and montgomery county, all fireworks are banned. i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: clearly didn't take long for the 4-year-old to step in the new role.

jersey helping make chasegilchrist dream come true. look at him. he got his own badge. his own cruiser. mini one. a bright spot for the young boy who has been battling a rare brain cancer. >> this is my best birthday here. >> now that he has the official police shirt on and the police car he will go nuts. jonathan: that is awesome. the officers want to go all out. it's unclewer -- unclear how long time he has left. he got up close look at the k9 and he took the cruiser on the road. good for him. he had a good time. alison: that does so much for his family. jonathan: no question! alison: to see him happy. wow! how about this? you may thought about doing this stuck in traffic and one man did it. he put the

passenger seat to cheat the h.o.v. lanes. he got caught and got a ticket. if you think it sounds familiar, you are right. it happened i-66 in virginia last july. jonathan: nice job. put a beard on him and never got caught. nancy: looks good. lead foot to a wooden one. jonathan: what is that? nancy: 3,000-year-old prosthetic toe. it's discovered in egypt. it's fake. it's okay. it was made for a daughter who had her right big toe amputated. i can't stop looking at it. jonathan: the tow looks good. the other i could do without it. wish we had a theme for the "flashdance"? look at this. nancy: oh!

gorilla. he's not kidding around when it comes to the dance move. that is zola. the break dancing gorilla. if you are that big you can do whatever you want. zola came to the dallas zoo in 2013 from calgary zoo where he was known for monkey business. the moves have gone viral. he has good form. nancy: and the rhythm. alison: that is fantastic. i love the music, too. all right. so solar eclipse tourism is a real thing apparently. small towns across the country are preparing for visitors. in fact, all the way over in mattress, oregon, they are expecting 100,000 people to show up. one of the best spots in the country if you want a view. every hotel room in the town is already booked. the small town has hired an eclipse planner to work with 50 different federal and state agencies. it's like a wedding planner. but for the eclipse. nancy: the event of the

jonathan: the hard part is once it happens you just put on special glasses and do this. that is the move. that is it. alison: a lot of you guys in weather center is going to see it? steve: we are geeked up over this. we can see it too far but we'll see 80% in the metro. that is good if you don't want to travel with the crowds. you have a good show here. but make sure you wear glasses. we will talk more about this from now until august 21. then on august 22, it will be like it never happened. this is what is going on. temperature wise is 84 degrees at the national airport. martinsburg at 85. hagerstown is the hot spot at 89. the wind gusts upward of 25 to 30 miles per hour. winds out of the

garrett county until 10:00 tonight. even though we are not under a watch with the d.c. metro, it does not mean we might not see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. now until 10:00. the main event across ohio and northwest pennsylvania. we have showers now. the timing with the rush hour commute and a friday afternoon. if you are not trying to get home from work. maybe trying to get out the door to go to the delmarva beaches it's a slow go. the cloud top 20,000 feet. nothing severe. if you are traveling rosslyn, cherry dale to tysons corner. we are looking at light showers at the time. the forecast tonight 68 to 75 degrees. after midnight, around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in the

areas of the heavy rain north and west of d.c. waking up tomorrow morning. it will be warm and humid. temperatures in the lower 70's. gaithersburg, georgetown and frederick could look for heavy rain and lightning and thunder. all this is out of here. according to the model by 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. look what happens. the skies will clear out. sunshine. then the temperatures begin to warm up once again. calling for the highs around 90 degrees. a look at the beach forecast. if you are out the door, 89 tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms clearing out nicely on sunday. lower 80's. ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. once we get through the weekend. we'll cool the temperatures down. and lower the humidity levels. not as sticky and uncomfortable. lower 80's on monday. upper 70's on

we will crank up the heat and the humidity toward the end of next week. nancy? nancy: thank you very much. next at 4:00, tropical storm cindy leaving her mark. the damage in a life and death scares as the storm moves south. >> the sidewalk behind me is clear. tapped shoulder to shoulder with the folks waiting for a ride after major disruptions and delays for the red line riders.

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jonathan: the morning old problems popped up on the red line. nancy: brianne carter is covering metro tonight. this was a huge met! brianne: it was. free and clear on the sidewalk. when we got here in the mid-morning rush, though. it was shoulder to shoulder and you could not see the road behind me. folks waiting for a shuttle bus because they could not access the station at the dupont circle station. we had arcing insulator causing delays on not one but two stretches of it happening on rush hour. this morning service had to be suspended and the single tracking was put in place mid-day for arcing insulators along the red line. metro tonight saying heavy rainfall may be to blame. metro apologized

it didn't touch the core of the system or downtown. some riders say they have had enough. >> i had friend trying to get there. the kids are like are we ever going to get there? brianne: we know about the problems from the past and we know that a general manager canceled a contract when he came on board to look for a better solution and a fix to the problem. how long did it take the folks to finally get to work? we outline all that and hear the

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: air force f-16 part of the thunderbirds crashed at an air show in dayton ohio. nancy: for the latest on this, go to nathan edwards from the sister station wkef. nathan, what is the latest on this? nathan: a passenger and another taken to the hospital. they were alert and talking to the emergency crews at the scene. the emergency crews are still on the runway blocking the thunderbird jet. it actually flipped on the top trapping the pilots inside. i took hours to get them out. the air force said it was a practice flight ahead of the weekend air show. the weather hasn't been ideal for flying. it's been wet and windy all day. so we d

caused the crash. what we are hearing from the thunderbird team shortly. it's not clear if they plan to fly in the air show this weekend. jonathan: quick question, f-16 is normally a single-seater. so two people is usually a ride-along for media or v.i.p.'s. do we know if this was a ride-along plane that went down? >> we are hearing familiarization flighted. what that means is the people riding were likely part of a thunderbird crew out getting a feel for the air space and testing out the runways and stuff like that. jonathan: got you. thank you for that. appreciate it. join us in the weather center. you woke up to drizzle and there is more rain coming our way. >> the timing is on our side. most if not all of it will be out of here. the dulles airport now, the clouds are out there.

show you the wider view, the stronger storms across ohio and pennsylvania. there are showers enough to make the roadways wet. with know what a little rain can do for busy friday evening commute. it will slow down. d.c. proper inside the beltway is now wet. i won't stay like that for long. be mindful there are showers out there. nothing heavy in rockville, gaithersburg and germantown. we are looking for the wet weather on and off for a couple of hours. heavier rains late tonight and tomorrow morning. highs once we get the wet weather out of here. make it to 90. moving through the weekend, 85 on sunday. tuesday is only around 78 degrees. if you like it hot and you like it humid, don't worry. hot and humid weather back again. we will talk more about that

nancy: thank you. now that the senate g.o.p. has come forth with a healthcare overall plan. the next phase, the art of the deal. negotiations. so far, there are not enough votes from within the party to pass it. abc's kenneth moton with a road ahead. kenneth: president trump at the white house focused on veterans affairs on friday. president trump: we have received transformative change at the v.a. believe me, we are just getting started. ken in the: also getting started negotiations on the senate g.o.p. healthcare bill. the president telling fox news it's complicated. president trump: it's a very, very narrow path but i think we will get there. >> many worry it guts obamacare too much.

rand paul coming out strong against the bill. >> i didn't run to allow the death spiral of obamacare to continue to unsy diaz it with taxpayer money. >> the bill ends requirement everyone must have health insurance. it offers tax credits to help americans buy coverage but scraps subsidies to lower costs. rolls back the obamacare expansion of medicaid and leaves in place protections for people with preexisting conditions. that could be a sticking point for house republicans who are paying close attention to what is happening in the senate. >> it's the starting point, not the end point. >> the freedom caucus believes the senate bill does not have enough conservative support to pass in the house. what to expect next week? negotiations, details on the impact and possibly a vote before the july 4 recess.

jonathan: that is khoa hoang nguyen. he is accused overtasking over clinics and paying people to let them take sample of blood. they are leaving open the possibility of filing different charges in the case. pat rick mallory accused of selling u.s. secrets to china. the case has been continued and he will remain behind bars for the next hearing scheduled six days from now. overnight a deadly crash on new york avenue in the northeast area at the south dakota avenue. a person kill and two others injured. they are expected to make it. this shut down the road throughout the early rush hour. all lanes are back open. nancy: on the fairfax parkway the lanes reopening after a big wreck there. a person was killed in the crash.

jonathan: dozens were killed when a fire spread through 20-story tower started on the fourth floor and went up. inspections are mandated. those are happening now. nancy: russia has an app to share the user information with the government. the app company telegraham prides itself on privacy -- telegram prides itself on privacy but they do threaten to block the app if information is withheld. jonathan: they are outraged in north korea over the missile tests. the launches that end up in the see between the peninsula and the island nation are close to the fisherman. heads from 100 cooperatives spoke at an emergency meeting. the con earn is they are safe going to work anymore. nancy: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- extreme weather. this time in pennsylvani

train. find out how much it rained here in a short amount of time yesterday. jonathan: plus, living out a dream. markelle fultz starred at dematha and the university of washington and now number one draft pick. sounds good, doesn't it? his destination and how the other local stars fared in the draft. that is up next. now a look at what is coming up on monday on "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington," the sizzling summer heat is here. don't miss smarter ways to cut cost on the electric bill and keep your home cool. >> the newest cosmetic craze for men. how guys revamp the look with facial rejuvenation. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes monday morning at 425 on " ♪ introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed.

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strayer university. let's get it, america. jonathan: we told you about markelle fultz hoping to go to the first person in the draft. history came true. >> 76ers select markelle fultz from the university of washington. jonathan: nice job! the former dematha high school star is the first princess george's county to go number one. sixers traded up to the top spot just to get him.

nancy: they gathered to watch him get drafted. it was good to see someone they call their own make history. >> to think it was just five years ago a lot of people didn't know who he was as a basketball player. nancy: they have some work to do. 76ers only won 28 games last year. jonathan: you think? nancy: on a good track now. jonathan: josh hart goes from a national championship a year ago to the utah jazz as a final pick of the first round. marylandstrar and the upper marlboro native -- maryland star and thepp

native didn't get drafted but he could earn on a spot on the roster with markelle fultz so that could be fun to watch. still ahead, baseball, barbecue, you name it. on tap for the weekend kickoff. we will help you find places to go in the planner. >> back up, back up. >> the rescue and how two young brothers helped a neighbor out of a d

jonathan: video we just got in of the newsroom. we told you about the rain down south from tropical storm cindy. this is a car almost completely under water. rescue crews trying to get the driver out of the car. going to the back window to do it. that is a lot of rain. nancy: two brothers credited rescuing a woman after tropical storm cindy damaged her home in f

calling for help after gusts brought down her roof. she couldn't get out. that is when 19-year-old young busted the door open with the shoulder. >> back up, back up. >> i do not believe this. thank you. i can't believe this. >> glad you're okay. nancy: as for why he did it, simply put young said he hopes that somebody would do the same for him one day. jonathan: video from pennsylvania yesterday afternoon. you can see flash flooding after up to four inches of rain came down fast in some spots. this is indiana county. not just the flooded road but the section of the rail track swept away while a freighter on it. some of the water receding but more rain are in if forecast. nancy: family sadness shifting to anger. a father in california told his son passed away to find out it was a

his son suffers from a mental illness and chooses to be homeless. the family could see him periodically but in may frank got a call from the coroner's office. they said his son was dead and they identified him through the fingerprints. the family saw the body before the funeral and said it's unrecognizable. they buried the body to find out 11 days afterwards frank's son was still very much alive. >> oh my god, oh, my god, oh, my god. >> i went to my knees. this is not normal. >> the family paid $20,000 of their own money to bury a body not their son. nancy: the family is suing saying the coroner was negligent. no fingerprints came back and it was made off old d. m.v. photo. jonathan: tonight on "20/20" digging in the investigation of the death of university virginia student otto warmbier.

united states from north korea. a preview from the report. >> if otto was not unconscious and it did not happen, would he serve the other 15 years? >> none of the other prisoners sentenced to extensive terms in prison ever served the entire sentence. one of the first thing i said is the north koreans will let otto come home when they are done with him and he is no longer of value to them. when they don't see any utility to his continued incarceration. that advice based on my experience dealing with a number of cases going back to 1998.

thaw investigate them, try them and put them if prison for number of purposes, one of which is to spend a message to the people and the determination to enforce the laws, however odd they may be. to enforce sovereignty. to intimidate the international community. particularly the united states. to send a message that the laws are not to be messed with. jonathan: that is "20/20" tonight. let's get to the "live desk" to check in with larry smith to see what is coming up at 5:00. larry: coming up, we are monitoring a developing story as it takes a closer look at loretta lynch's possible interference in the investigation in hillary clinton's e-mails. coming up. plus a child still in a car seat goes flying out of an survivor. and should a person representing the neighborhood live in the neighborhood? wh

case in d.c. jonathan: sears is planning to close another 20 stores on top of the 200 they shut down. two are k-mart locations. the department store struggled to keep up in a market that rapidly shifting to the web. alison: a small village in india considering renaming itself after president trump. nancy: a toilet service wants to call it trump sewage village. no one knows why. none of it is coming from president trump or the united states. regardless, some of the villagers believe the trump name would bring them good fortune. jonathan: okay. jonathan: if you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, we are here to help. nancy: kidd o'shea has ideas in the weekend kickoff. kidd: a lot going on this weekend. "game of throne" night tonight at nats park. the first 20,000

a national themed "game of throne" t-shirt and a chance to visit authentic iron throne right at nats park. have fun out there. tomorrow, the national giant capital barbecue will take place. taste great barbecue and enjoy fun activities. jazz in the garden will take place in the gallery of art every friday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. if you haven't gone, the admission is free. there is a great menu. eat while you are there. saturday night the biggest country stars take over jiffy lube live for night of music and fun. lady antebellum is headlining and i'm told to expect a big surprise. that is all i can tell you. sunday, want to take it back to

the total package tour coming to the verizon center. have fun at that show and listen to the hits. i hope you do something that makes you happy. i'm kidd o'shea. have a great weekend. nancy: big weekend. with all the events happening outside you have to hope the weather is nice. i'm off to the barbecue. steve: you are not going to paula abdul? jonathan: barbecue first. steve: a few showers out there. it's humid and sticky but we will get through it and then bigger changes on the way next week. talk about what is going on. 80 in falls church. we had the showers that moved through in the last hour/hour and a half or so. that is why the temperatures dropped a bit. hay market at 78 degrees. 82348 cumberland. elkins west virginia to the west is 81. this weekend,out door plans. a few showers. if you are planning to go to rooftop terrace or a wk,

at least early on. then we see a lull in the action. if you are out really late tonight, early tomorrow morning. there will be heavier rain. there is nothing for the immediate metro area. that is good for us. we are watching showers and thunderstorms. a lot of them toward the north and west. strongest storms should remain north of us. there are wide showers breaking apart. the cloud tops not much at all. only 20,000 feet. they are not going to amount to a lot moving through the next hour, how and a half. the future cast, heavier rain tomorrow morning north and west of the d.c. metro. it's out of here moving to the early morning hours tomorrow. the temperatures warm up nicely. daytime highs aroun

85 on sunday with lower humidity levels. over all a nice weekend shaping up around the d.m.v. back to you. nancy: thank you very much. next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- totaled after a fender bender. why insurance companies are denying four pairs on one in every five accidents even though it may not be that bad a

john: jerry loves his low mileage 2002 chevy impala. he was heart-broken when another driver side-swiped it denting the driver's side. >> the damage on the left front fender, the doors. the doors will open and close. john: but he says the engine is fine. it's just a bad fender bender. >> in my opinion it's still drivable. >> not so according to the insurance company progressive. they told him his car is so old the cost to repair it a close to the value. >> they are saying my vehicle is worth $3,000. john: it turns out this is becoming common if you have an older car. according to insure.com, if the cost of repairs is more than 50/60% of the car's value, most insurance companies will now total it out. progressive is offering him book value. $the,900. but jerry says

he wants. >> it sends me in a direction i don't want to go. >> it is offering total loss concierge to help people like jerry find a similar car. an option, you can get it back with a salvage title and get etry paired on your own but he is not happy with that either. >> by putting the salvage or the total loss on the vehicle it's not drivable. >> i can't do much with it. >> salvage title can't make the car expensive to insure and impossible to sell except for a junk yard. larry: a man on a mission to find out if the neighborhood representatives really live in the neighborhood they represent.

is it a joke? or a threat? secret service looks into celebrities going too far. alison: we begin with breaking news out of arlington. firefighters are in a house fire at the 1700 block of 17th street north. this is live. crews are on the scene and working as we zoom in. you can tell crews are working on the roof. this is really all we know at this point. we will keep a close eye on this. the fire in arlington an bring you more when we have it. larry: right now things are dry. in the next few hours tropical storm cindy could make it soggy here. meteorologist steve rudin is in the stormwatch7's weather center tracking the forecast. >> we are at 84 in the reagan national airport. we had a cooler shower. stretch from the district and

cloudy skies now. here is the satellite and the radar, lingering showers north of the d.c. metro area. if you have plans this evening, make sure you keep a watchful eye in the sky. the rain event may come later tonight and tomorrow morning. line of heavy rain will move through. once that is out of here, the skies begin to clear. daytime highs tomorrow around 90 degrees. talking about the delmarva beach forecast. looking really, really nice. what to expect for the rest of the weekend and next week coming up in a few minutes. larry? larry: talk to you in a few. stay connected all weekend. download the stormwatch7 app on the phone and tablet.