she identified the man and wouldn't name him. it was only a week later they made the connection between the crimes. darwin martinez torres is held in the fairfax county jail and facing charges for the murder. live in the satellite center, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you. an hour ago the head of the prince george's county schools responding to the accusation of the grade fixing to the this year's graduation. we have the school district response. good evening. >> good evening, larry. this is the first time that the school c.e.o. dr. maxwell opted to talk with the news media on camera about this scandal. we met him here across the street from

amid growing scrutiny and concern they sent a letter and deny any accusation of a systemic effort to fix grades. hogan and staffers say there is evidence showing unethical behavior. the department of education which had previously examined a similar claim now announcing the hiring an outside agency to investigate. >> there is no truth. we are working hard to improve outcomes for the children. they are doing a good job of that because of the work of their parents supporting them, the hard work of the classrooms and the support staff doing what they need to help the

we are confident they won't find systemic corruption. >> a teacher's unit released a state in the part to say we are concerned it will have a destruct tiff impact on the school system. there is one unknown if the federal student privacy act if that could have an impact on unadultered access to the school system grade books. we are live in baltimore, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile we have new developments by the minute tonight as the senate delays the vote on the healthcare reform. nancy chen at the "live desk" now monitoring the latest. the buses leaving from the capitol at 3:30 after we learned h

bushed back. they worked in secret on the version of the health bill for weeks. five senators said they cannot support the bill. >> it's difficult for me to see how any dinkering is going to satisfy my fundamental and deep concerns about the impact of the bill. >> the legislation of this complexity almost always takes longer than anybody else would hope. >> i believe we will get to yes. it will take more discussion. >> vice president pence said to be at the white house. we are standing by and bring it to you if they speak. nancy chen, abc7 news. larry: d.c. mayor muriel bowser defending the response to the di

alternate vehicles. bowser said the police can only do so much. the community bears responsibility. >> if you are allowing them fuel up at the gace station. we have more to look at what they are doing to combat the swarms at 6:00. alison: it's another beauty of a day. doug hill in the weather center with more. >> we have had more showers to go through the area. this is the back edge of the showers that passed here an hour ago. let's talk about the doppler radar. show you a remaining

this is just about done. more sunshine through the evening hours. the ballpark is fine. sunshine, 74 at the first pitch. the range of temperatures is 502 to 60. but tomorrow is beautiful at 83. then the heat and the humidity will build and build through the weekend to the low 90's. it will feel warmer. we will check out the fourth of july in ten-day in 11 minutes. larry: talk to you then. theresa may calling for an investigation in the high-rise fire that killed 79 people in london. this is after they evacuated an 11-story building because of what was raised by the london

they have identified the body of romero in the top floor apartment where saturday's fire started. they have yet to pinpointed the cause of the fire. alison: rough morning commute for new yorkers. the emergency braking system was triggered but it's unclear if a passenger pulled the brakes. another headache for the red line here. the metro general manager has a plan to fix a decade old problem. brianne carter covering this live to explain it for

water getting in the system and calling the problems like the now known arcing insulator s. now a temporary fix. water leaking in a stretch of the red line. >> it's not just the moisture but it's muck to be frame. >> speaking before the council tuesday, metro general manager said the transit agency is now looking at new technology to prevent the water from getting in the busiest line. the technology is already used in other transit authorities could come to the red line in the near future. >> this is to prevent moisture seeping through the walls.

>> last year they canceled to rebuild the problem. last week, the water led to the three different arcing incidents that created the commuting chaos for thousands. >> we know that metro is working to pump water out of the system. the system designed that way for the water to get in. today the general manager saying it could come soon. no definitive answer on a timeline for the fix. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: on the hill a house committee is considering a bill to privatize the air traffic control system. supporters say it would make the air travel more efficient. i would compromise the safety

power, opponents fear. larry: the member of the associate committee grilling environmental protection agency about the future. >> is the plan to eliminate the e.p.a. in four years? >> no, sir. there are important roles they will continue to serve and it is important we fund those and prioritize those. larry: it came as a trump administration took the steps to roll back another obama administration environmental policy. today the e.p.a. and the armies corps of engineers outlining the clean water rule. it defined which waterways are covered by the clean water act. president trump ordered the e.p.a. to review the rule that critics called too strike. alison: coming up at 5:00, the warning the u.s. is giving syria's pres

country's military could pay a heavy price. >> vandals strike headstones that stood for tentureries. -- centuries. alison: how you can use the ride sharing app to get someone else a

you don't see every day. a new island. off the coast of north carolina off cape point. not far from the cape hatteras lighthouse. locals call it shelly island because it's a great place for seashells. how about that? larry: beautiful. a small bug that is causing big problems. roosevelt island is closed and the park service does what it can to clean up the damage. nathan baca is live to tell us how. nathan: this tree is affected by the ash bore. the

this tree. the danger broken branches falling on the unsuspecting hikers. >> it's the look of disappointment. people kept coming to theodore roosevelt island only to find out it's closed. >> wi have never been here to see the island. we have seen the signs. but we had a free day. >> the national park service cut down 200 degrees on monday and are affected by the emerald ash bore. invasive insect from east asia. >> no idea it was closed. when i have a chance and i come here for work i bring the running clothes and jog around the island. >> this is not just a problem for theodore roosevelt island. tens of thousands are up infected. >> this is innovating the whole area. >> despite the disappointment these people say they will be back. ing thatful the p

the dead and the dangerous trees. >> you are in the middle of the city but you feel like the middle of nowhere. >> i feel bad for the trees. >> the park rangers tell us the great falls and b.m.o. park has thousands of these dies and dead trees. reporting next to roosevelt island, nathan baca, abc7 news. larry: thanks >> another pleasant day. doug: we need the rain. we will pick it up. the dry weather ahead. hot weather will follow later in the week. we'll catch up for what is happening around the afternoon. time lapse from great falls. it's 78 degrees there. blue sky is showing up. in the past several hours there are cloudiness and showers. that is done with now. most showers are shifted east and south of the metro are

it's partly cloudy for a while. then it will turn clear overnight. 78 in washington. 79 in baltimore and frederick. 81 in fredericksburg. 71 with a heavier shower over ma nap his. at 8:00 tonight, lionel richie. there will be music -- ♪ all night long it will be beautiful. the temperatures fall from the 70 to the upper 60's in the night. here are the concerns. the showers are close to what the computer models looked like yesterday afternoon. the forecast is on target. heavier showers moving across the potomac to charles county. offshore right now from calvert county. it will push out and we have a comfortable everything ahead. the storms got nasty with severe thunderstorms across northern n

it will pivot northeast. check out the numbers. 45 degrees tomorrow morning in oakland, maryland. 55 in fredericksburg. tomorrow is nine. sunshine all day long. on thursday it begins with heat and the humidity. 90 on thursday. hotted and humid on friday. looking ahead to the weekend and the fourth of july. heat and humidity. 40% chance of the storms saturday afternoon. isolated sunday afternoon. temperatures near 90 on sunday and monday. it will feel warmer because of the moisture. 30% chance on monday. tuesday the 4th the current forecast 92 degrees.

then it will feel like the upper 90's so plan ahead. look at the beaches, it will be cooler and that is good. the showers and the storms are likely sunday night. late day could pop on the 4th. the next ten days, 83 tomorrow. let's see. one, two, three, four five days in a row in 90-degree. i didn't do well with numbers. right there and i can't do it correctly. i think there are six. one, two, three, four, five, six. six in 90-degree range. seven, eight. get the picture. hot and humid for some time to come. just like it happens for july. crazy thing. alison: funny, right? larry: like clockwork. alison: all right. still to come here. a local lawmaker has a plan to see more playgrounds than parking lot. larry: a small change at the d.m.v. alison: but a

what is coming up tonight -- larry: nowhere is adrianna hopkins with a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thanks. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the book that spans time. space. and culture. join us for a special first look inside d.c.'s brand new museum of the bible. the best spot in town to catch the fireworks without national crowds on the national mall. alison: keep it here for traffic and weather every ten

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we are following breaking news on the beltway where several lanes of the inner loop are closed after an accident and a fuel spill. it happened just before the river road exit there at the curve, montgomery county police say a crew and a sand truck are there on the scene to help with the clean-up. there is a lot 0 backup. we will keep you posted on what happens next. larry: okay. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert about uber. ever trial to hail a ride for someone else? like a relative heading to the airport while on vacation? that is about to get easier. today the ride hailing app added a feature to let you designate a ride for someone else who may not be where you are. alison: the d.c. department of motor vehicles making history. as of today, city residents

the driver's license rather than designating male or female. as sam sweeney reports d.c. is the first in the nation to take the step on transgender rights. >> a big day for the transgender community. people began lining up outside the d.m.v. on benning road well before the doors opened. they want to be the first in line to get neutral gender x on the identification or the driver's license. for 14 years, nick has waited for this day. >> i got here at 4:45 in the morning. i really wanted to get here to be the first person in the u.s. to apply for nonbinary gender neutral driver's license. >> by 7:00 a.m. he was joined by several others. they are just people who want to be recognized for who they truly are. >> for me this is important to have an i.d. that validates my existence and i know the

person and i want an i.d. that isn't false. >> in february, the transgender rights group began to work with the d.m.v. and the mayor's office to make it a reality. >> i'm excited to be in line here this morning to apply for a gender neutral i.d. >> by 8:15, nick was out the door with the first ever license with an x on it. >> i'm excited. i'm really glad to have an i.d. that matches and showing my i.d. doesn't mean telling a lie every time. >> while d.c. is first in the nation to allow this, oregon plants to start issue gender neutral i.d.'s in july and california and new york are both looking at their own legislation. in southeast washington, i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. larry: well, still ahead at 5:00, changes at the top. find out who is taking over as -- at under armour. alison: now the latest from

become his best known role. >> vandals hit a local

offering up cold hard cash if you can figure out who caused a damage at a cemetery that is listed on the register of historic places. brad bell live with details. >> you know what? in my career i have seen a lot of senseless crimes. this has to rank up there. in the cemetery, a beautiful cemetery at the st. thomas church near upper marlboro. the tomestones down there. then there is another one next to me. they date from the 1800's knocked over. this is the history of maryland. the names include family families. bowie and calvert. >> there are seven british soldiers from the war on 1812 buried there. >> the parish his attorney has a personal link to the

graveyard. >> my son is buried here. >> someone toppled two dozen grave markers. some new. some old. all considered sacred. >> it's just mindless act of violence and vandalism. >> it's not easily righted. each of the stones weighs hundreds of pounds. repair cost is estimated at $300 each. today the parish leaders appear with the chief of police hank stawinski to appeal for information and for those who did this to come forward. >> we pray for the individuals that did this. they will hopefully learn serious life lessons over this.

we will hear what the chief of police says about this. this hurts him. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. checking our top stories, the c.e.o. of prince george's county public schools joined the maryland governor hogan asking for an independent investigation in the allegation of grade fixing. today c.e.o. maxwell and the nine board members sent a letter to the state superintendent denying the allegation of wrongdoing. the state board of education that investigated a similar claim plans to hire on outside investigator. this afternoon the senators meet with president trump at the white house to discuss a way forward. >> new information about the man police charged in the murder of nabra hassanen.

a week before the order a woman went to the emergency room claiming that darwin martinez torres assaulted her and said that he was a member of the gang ms13. the victim did not pursue charges saying he was afraid of torres. larry: and a man was in court to face charges of killing a 5-year-old in california. prosecutors think he killed his son in april. and believe he committed it as part of a divorce with the mother. alison: there is ransomware that has popped up in six countries. ukraine, pharmaceutical giant merck and the shipping giant maerk hit particularly hard. in the last hour we

that the chernobyl nuclear site was also included in that attack. meanwhile, french officials say construction of an eight-foot high bulletproof glass wall around the eiffel tower will begin in september. this was approved in november. this will cost $330 million. it will be designed to still see the eiffel tower from the street and protecting visitor visitors. >> specifics from the white house that syria may prepare for chemicals weapons attack. the only high-ranking officially to seek on the warning sign is the unambassador nikki haley -- u.n. ambassador nikki haley. >> i believe the point is not just to send assad a message but russia and iran a message if it happens again we are putting you on notice.

alison: tonight don't be startled if you see a laser over chas peek bay. it will hit -- chesapeake bay. it will hit islands on a boat and compound on chesapeake beach. they will stop test but they won't say what it could be used for. larry: member of the alexandria fire department escorted the body of rigsby home this morning to palmyra. a memorial service will be held for all seven in japan. alison: july 4th around the corner. the consumer product safety commission wants you to know about the dangers of fireworks.

>> so this demonstration was held on the national mall today. mannequins holding fireworks there as you can see damaged. this highlight how dangerous they can be. if you are going to use the fireworks have water available in case of an emergency. >> sparklers burn at 2,000 degrees. make sure if something doesn't light you don't bend over to check it out. it mate go off in your face. that could -- it might go off in your face. that could be a severe injury. alison: another reason to be careful, four fireworks related deaths last year associated with the illegal or professional devices being used but untrained consumers. larry: be careful out there. today metro relief planned for the service on the fourth of july. it will stay open until midnight. read more at wjla.com. alison: c

reading, writing and arithmetic may fall by the wayside. find out how schools could be graded themselves. larry: later owning a piece of the babe's history with interesting history of its own. coming up at 6:00, a police officer cruiser not cooperating in a traffic stop in ohio. we'll explain what went wrong.

steve: all right, everyone. we are looking to temperatures in the holiday weekend. saturday, 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. 93 degrees for a daytime high. and we are looking at the heat index values on saturday that are in the upper 90's. close to 100. cooling it down a little bit sunday and monday and for the fourth of july, a week from today calling for the temperatures lower 90's. chance for thunderstorms. fingers crossed we are to get

big fireworks display later in the everything. going to the delmarva beaches, ocean city, rehoboth beach, bethesda. temperatures in the middle 80's. saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. by tuesday for the fourth looking at a chance for showers and thunderstorms. not too bad considering the time of the year. "abc7 news at 5:

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we showed you this earlier in the hour. there you can see that this is -- some lanes are open but this is causing a backup. inner loop before river road. three right lanes are closed because of this. we will let you know when lanes are back open. larry: kevin plank will no longer protect this house. he is the founder of baltimore based company under armour. but stepping down as the company's president and handing the title to patrik frisk. we will still

but the change goes in effect july 10. alison: a d.c. principal is convincing her students to put down the electronic devices and she is doing this by paying them. diana smith of washington latin public charter school will hand out $100 to every student who goes without looking at a screen every tuesday this summer. she is willing to write a massive check to change their lives. >> i hope it's disrupting enough to get them to think maybe i liked who i was on tuesday and maybe i want to be like that on wednesday and thursday. alison: to get the money they need to show her two letters from adults to sign off saying they stayeded off the devices. >> you have to lock them away. take it from them and put in a safe box. larry: you do. >> do you think your kids would do that f

larry: yeah. good incentive. maybe we are on to something. see what pay i can dig up for them. chaffetz wants to get in on the cash perhaps. he is the last week of washington and he is proposing that members of the house and the senate get $25 stipend for housing and says living in the district is too expensive. especially for the members who can't afford two mortgages or rent. for the record, member of congress are paid $174,000 a year. alison: some d.c. students get big bucks for high-tech experience. larry: recovering the white house. reaction after people resign from

alison: back with "spaceballs" the anniversary. it was released 30 years ago today. can you believe it? larry: i can't. prince valium. alison: that is your favorite? larry: may the shorts be with you. all right. i'll stop there. happy birthday to them. alex baldwin is sticking with -- alec

sticking to play the president for now. he is back on "saturday night live" this fall after saying he might be too busy to continue. now he says he will stick with the satyriases his schedule allows. alison: three journalists at cnn resigned on monday after the network was forced to retract and apologize for a story tieing a member of president trump's transition team to russia. the national correspondent michelle macaluso has the story. reporter: the department of the three cnn workers following the retraction of a story not true. a single unnamed source claimed links between russia and a close ally of president trump and that lawmakers were investigating. cnn was forced to apologize and pull the story from the website saying it did not meet the network editorial standards. the writer and head of the unit handed in resi

president trump blasted the network in a series of tweets. wow, cnn had to retract big story and three people had to resign. what about the other phony stories they do? fake news. the conservative activist group designed to damage liberal advocacy groups released an undercover video featuring a cnn producer who says the russia is pushing -- says the network is pushing the russia network to improve ratings. >> trump sweeted later they caught fake news cnn cold. others say the news media is crucial to the nation's democracy. >> we want media to have the confidence to report and critique. at the same time they have a responsibility to own up

>> sometimes reporters can get it wrong. in washington, i'm michelle macaluso. larry: spotlight on education focus on high school students in northwest d.c. that are teaming one imax to help the environment. wilson high school is one of four schools across the country selected to take part in the project. the school will get $5,000 so students can make two environmental documentaries. >> super group oriented from the ebeginning trying to get as much experience as possible. larry: they are four and a eight minutes long and used to support the u.n. nation priorities for climate action. how cool is that? alison: that is fantastic. and paid to do it. good stuff. charles

six and today he introduced a bill to let the schools give priority to outdoor playgrounds or fields instead of the on-site parking. the mayor has the ability to create school parking zones. teachers and the staff would apply for the permit in the zone within a few blocks of the school. larry: coming up tonight at 6:00, a brutal attack. a woman spotted throwing haymakers outside a drive-through in georgia. you won't believe what sparked the rumble. plus donald trump's travel ban going in effect in days and you will hear reaction from the council on american-islamic relations. alison: but first a check of the weather. all in all a nice day. larry: awesome. great night ahead as well. >> a few showers that are moving across the viewing area. looking now from belle haven country club. most showers moving east. talk about the temperatures because they are plenty

comfortable. joint base andrews it's 79. 78 in baltimore. the showers continue to pop up. the heavier showers across lower potomac and across the bay. more south of the city. across charles county. to the west, scattered isolated shower left. by 7:00 all of this will be out. thing the chances drop to zero for rain. this is looking good weather wise for partly sunny skies. 74 tonight is ideal at the park. weather wise. we hope it's ideal otherwise. wakeup temperatures clear skies and cool temperatures for the 28th of june. the 28th of june tomorrow.

60 in downtown washington. the scattered storms on saturday. it will feel like there is high 90s for the 49 of july. the fireworks weather right now look fine for tuesday evening. that is the latest. back to you. >> okay. see you then. thank you. larry: time for sports. what do you have going on? erin: a great story today. >> always. >> sometimes in life it's not what you achieve but what you overcome. after losing his father life changed for billy hurley iii. here is scott abraham with the

rising star. >> a two-year roller coast at quickens loan national. >> a police report filed. missing persons report. >> that was in 2015. the father of billy hurley iii missing. then last summer billy hurley won the tournament to earn the first career pga victory. >> people like you want to talk to me now. >> a heart warming ending endinh a sad beginning. two weeks after his plea for help his father was found dead after committing suicide. >> the only thing that i can sit back on is faith. >> he is finally at peace with the loss of his father. in february he wrote a beautiful letter to his dad in the player's tribune and it was emotional

he told his father he forgives him for taking his own life. by winning the tournament last year the perspective on everything changed for the better. >> for whatever reason that made it okay for me to have joy again and celebrate who my dad was. >> now helping others get through difficult times. >> just keep going. there is all sort of adversity. brings all sort of challenges. >> the defending champion and a role model for so many. i'm scott abraham with the rising star. erin: thank you, scott. he will defend his quicken loan national title thursday when play begins in potomac. larry: i remember when it happened. that is a great time of year. >> i'll be there tomorrow. >> thank you. still to come the school rankings may not be for the sports teams anymore. larry: how maryland plans to

schools stack up next. alison: how about this? happy national sunglasses day. we hope you have your shades, too. also one of the longest day of the year. larry: our future is so bright. we

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alison: get back to breaking news the fuel spill on the beltway. looking live from skytrak7. the crews reopened one lane on the inner loop south of river road. but the two right lanes are still closed. so the crews are using that sand again to clean up the fuel spill. but be aware there are delays and backup there. we will let you know when they are back open tonight. jonathan: -- larry: people bidding on the babe he

charlie sheen is auctioning it off. he is also selling the contract to the yankees. the contract is north of $oh $400,000. alison: maryland students won't be the only ones receiving grades. today the board of education approved a grading system for public schools. we explain how the schools will be judged. >> at the maryland state board of education meeting -- >> we have to make sure that we are collecting the data that is clean and focused in the same way. >> a master plan on how to evacuate maryland public schools is under debate. >> we are serious about access to rel rounded curriculum -- well rounded curriculum or we are not. >> it has other factors, attendance, curriculum and input on the parent surveys. >> i think you have to send a signal that this is the goal. >> what the data is and how it is collected is

a lot of kids aren't going to have that. >> the board will vote on the final version in august. >> well-rounded means well rounded. >> i am reluctant to have it fly in the face of common sense. >> the new evaluation standard part of a federal requirement to make school system transparent and accountable. >> we want to ensure this is the standard and the goal we setted for them. jonathan: now at 6:00, president trump travel ban approved. now the nation's largest muslim civil rights organization is responding. find out what they had to say. >> dozens of gravestones vandalized. the search for the culprit behind the heinous crime at a

historic church. jonathan: what you need to know about the firework so this won't happen in your backrdia. >> this is a breaking news alert. >> we start with breaking news. >> this is on the inner loop. this has caused a backup for the commute. go slow. if you know someone using the route to get home give them a heads up and let you know. this is a low go because of the screen. >> it extends several miles in two days. president trump scaled down travel ban will go in effect. this follows yesterday's supreme court

jonathan: foreign nationals will be barred to enter the united states with a few exceptions. scott thuman now outside the white house with the reaction and more on what comes next. scott? >> supreme court says for the most part only those with family, work, education ties allowed in from the six targeted country. president trump called it a lud and a clear message moving forward. >> the president's mandate is unequiv -- unequivocal. if you look from the 1980's there is one person in the united states government who has comprehensive authority to decide who comes in the united states and that is the president. >> at the center for american progress, relief that students and employees will be allowed in. but still worry over those trying to escape danger. >> there are concerns about the refugees and the folks that might not have the connection to the folks here. >> they expect a fight in the court over the president past words.