kimberly: straight ahead ,a wet stormy weekend comes to a close, rain and storms toppling trees and power lines. josh is striking the rain chances through the night. stereotypes associated with pitbulls. how some are now fighting back against drugs on the streets. and disturbing details about how many people were smuggled into the country in the back of that tractor-trailer. an underground project affecting people above ground. how montgomery county's tunnel project could impact your monday morning commute. >> now abc 7 news at 11:00 am on your side. kimberly

between storms. the rain threat is not over yet. thank you for joining us. i'm kimberly suiters. heavy downpours swiftly moved through about four hours ago. morning, trees toppled onto homes and cars after the storm. a flash flood warning remains in effect as you go to bed. josh knight has the first look at the forecast. still looking at thunderstorms moving through the area, some moving through right now. if you look really closely, people along the national harbor with their umbrellas. as far as the flash flood watches in effect, no warnings in place right now. the watches for d.c., prince and anne frederick, arundel counties. these are the areas that had heavy rain earlier the day, so

as we deal with more storms overnight, those are the places with a better chance of flooding. the rain coming down heavily, parts of fairfax county, into d.c. looking at the national harbor with light rain, and towards reston, ultimately towards areas that are part of the flash flood watch -- montgomery county, into d.c. by tomorrow morning, the rain is predominantly done. we start off very warm and muggy come in the 70's. back into the 90's one more day with cooler weather on the way. we will talk about that and the next chance of thunderstorms coming up. kimberly: the fast-moving rain and storms popped in and out the entire weekend, catching some off guard. the wet weather toppling power lines, causing power outages, and uprooting trees, sending someone to holmes and onto cars. the roof of this alexandria house

bedroom. they had to be rescued. >> they were able to get us a safe path out of the house. the top level is almost completely gone. kimberly: in northwest washington, a tree came crashing down onto a car parked on k street. >> i heard this real loud crack. at first i thought lightning hit. kimberly: she looked outside to find her car crushed. luckily, nobody was hurt. stay connected when the weather gets bad. download the stormwatch 7 app, by the was on facebook and twitter for instant forecasts. engulfed by fire at a fairfax county gas station. firefighters extinguished the flames. officials say the car drove into the gas pumps and spark the fire on richmond highway in alexandria. the driver was not hurt.

at one point there may have been more than 100 people crammed into the back of that tractor-trailer as it crossed into the u.s. eight people died by the time the police were called to the walmart in san antonio. another is in the hospital. a store employee called 911 after a man came up to him asking him for water. to areae were rushed hospitals, most in critical condition. the truck driver is now in custody. >> they were literally taking in the heat of the texas sun without access to water. kimberly: some survivors are as young as 15. security video shows dozens of people getting out of the truck and into cars before the deadly discovery. a bad rap,ten get but some of them now are sniffing out crimes. cheryl conner shows us how they are trading to catch the bad guys instead of being the bad

cheryl: kaya, a four-year-old nose in thees her corner, stiffing out drugs left on a wad of cash. justin is a police officer with a small department in new york. for a worked with kaya few years now as a school resource officer. just like a german shepherd, she is trained to find narcotics. >> you basically get a free dog from the pound and you were not costing the department thousands of dollars. cheryl: they are attending the convention this week in northwest. her handlers hope that she attracts other police departments to rescue pitbulls instead of spending thousands on a purebred. >> these dogs are the exact opposite of what they are painted to be.

change the perception of pit alls. -- pitbulls. students are able to walk and stop and take a picture with her. >> they are not any scarier than any other dogs. the trainers say so far the d.c. area has not used pitbulls as police dogs, but may be kaya's personality will warm hearts. >> they are free and are saving taxpayer dollars. kimberly: here is an example why bad rap.get the this one attacked a minority leader in the maryland house of delegates. he was walking with his family and their dog, tucker, when he says a stray pitbull attacked him and his dog. and his dog got nasty wounds, but they are both stitched up and resting at home. a

underway by the medical center metro. the work in bethesda is being done underground, but is having a big impact on those above. montgomery county department of transportation recently started the project. as q mccray reports, things are only expected to get worse monday. these orangeo cones, block sidewalks, and traffic backups in bethesda. this intersection has been a problem for longtime. >> a lot of people cross the street halfway and they take their children there. >> with a busy street and i worry about people getting hurt. busy area with the national is to do health, walter reed, and the medical center metro just steps away from each other. $110have approved spending million to make it more pedestrian motorist friendly. it is called

crossing, drilling a massive hole to accommodate an elevator to take people straight down to the metro. the second part of the project builds an underground pedestrian tunnel. that will help people get from the side of rockville pike to the side of rockville pike. reed, ando walter vice versa, a lot safer. >> i think it is good. >> it will help a great deal. i cannot wait until it's done. will have to deal with inconveniences until the project is complete in 2020, including underground explosions expected to rattle life above. there will be one less lane in the months to come. q mccray, abc 7 news. kimberly: so here is another reason why you want to sign up for traffic text alerts. avoid the trouble on the road by heading to wjla.com/text.

russia. in one tweet, president trump called the various russian investigations "a phony witchhunt." he said it was sad that republican are not protecting him. his newts came after communications director said the president still remains uncertain of russia actually interfered in last year's election. >> i don't know who this anonymous person is who said if the russians did it we could not to attacked it -- we could not detect it. >> how about it was the president. he called me from air force one and basically said, maybe they did it, maybe they didn't do it. kimberly: tomorrow jerod kushner will testify in private before the senate intelligence committee. tuesday the house will vote on bipartisan deal for new sanctions on russia. russia's longtime ambassador to the u.s. has returne

concluded his assignment. he met with several members of the trump campaign during last year's election, including fire national security adviser michael flynn and then-senator, now-attorney general jeff sessions. moscow has not yet named a permanent replacement. up next, democrats say they have a plan, details of their agenda that they will unveil tomorrow. plus, a fish out of water. why this gator was in the wrong place in florida. attractionoute 66 meant to draw a very big crowd.

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kimberly: democrats and the house and senate will travel to announce a new economic platform tomorrow. >> is called a better deal. we will raise people's wages and make better paying jobs. we will cut down on their everyday expenses they have to pay. and we w

they need to compete in the 21st century. kimberly: that was senate minority leader chuck schumer. he hopes to bring together progressives and blue-collar workers who voted for president trump. the senate this week open to vote on whether to begin debate on the embattled republican health care bill. it remains unclear if there is even enough support to begin that debate. >> i've told them i will vote for a motion to proceed if we are proceeding to the clean repeal vote. if it fails, they can put up their monstrosity, but i'm not for that. kimberly: friday the senate parliamentarian rules, certain parts of the bill, including abortion coverage, would violate certain roles. that means though proof versions -- those provisions will need democratic support to pass. wildfires have burned more than 200,000 acres in eastern montana. firefighters

extreme drought conditions. onlyonditions are marginally better in california, where nearly 20 wildfires are burning. no rest for these alexandria firefighters, spending the weekend training at a soon-to-be demolished building at the ship ireton high school. they practiced forced entry, evacuation, and searching for victims. early this morning, fire officials say that a man was rolling trash away in his northwest apartment building trash chute and then his cell phone went down. the mainly then to look for the cell phone and tumbled into the chute. the apparently found the cell phone and was able to call 911 for help. rescue crews pumped in fresh air as they work to free him. he was not hurt. ands officially shark week olympic great michael phelps faced off with a great white shark. the swimmingha

on an episode of the discovery channel's shark week programming. phelps said he and the great white were not in the water at the same time, but other sharks rubbed against the cage that he was swimming in. llelps and his shark wi appear in another episode sunday night. in florida, a startling sight in miami beach, and alligator swimming near the beach. florida fish and wildlife captured the reptile on the rocks near the south point jetty. no one was hurt. a lot of wildlife to contend with. i'm feeling like we are going to have monkeys swinging from vines around the city. a rain forestke when you walk out into the air. there is still so much energy pent up in the atmosphere. it is that unstable. right now, if you look

bit of mist next to the rainfall. at 77 degrees,s but it feels much warmer, thanks to how muggy it is. on the dew point, way in the high category, in the 70's. it stays that way tomorrow as well. i want to point out this green color. we are not the only ones with the flash flood watch. points east and north come all the way into new york and pennsylvania, a lot dealing with wet weather. radar, a over to the lot of this is through pennsylvania. our showers and thunderstorms are developing now. heavy rainrticular, for most of us, a few flashes of lightning, but this batch in particular, closer to chantilly, this is the one that could have small piece size hail. for most of

severe, but if he here a little extra noise, it is pea-sized hail from the storm. hagerstown, another spot where we have heavier rain. will not sees, we this last two much beyond about 3 a.m. hangs aroundt rain for a while, we could be looking at an inch of rain per hour. the good news is most of them are moving quickly, so should not be too much of a chance to pile up. most of us in the mid-70's, a few places in the 60's tonight, still another warm start tomorrow. extra cloud cover in the morning, but then more sunshine through the day allowing temperatures to about 91 degrees. you will notice we do not get too much rain. futurecast bringing us closer to the mountains. most of us stay dry tomorrow. if you get a shower, more likely later into the evening. tuesday should be

expecting cloudier condition sticking around. tuesday and wednesday looking at that. but it is cooler, not as humid, and will be dryer. good news tuesday into wednesday. 7morrow feels like 83 at a.m., 96 the hive. not as bad as it has been, but still very warm. tuesday, the nationals back in town, that is when we look for nicer temperatures, lower humidity. great weather to get to the ballpark. butt pitch still warm, 84, towards the end of the game, mid-70's. back to about 90 degrees towards the end of the week, chance of storms thursday. that will stick around friday into at least the first part of the weekend. kimberly: did you watch any golf today? josh: i saw the highlights. kimberly: so many. scott: if you do not know by now, jordan spieth is pretty good at golf. a finish to remember.

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>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. scott: the nine game west coast road trip just about finished for the nationals. you know the players would love nothing more than to celebrate a big win

flight back to d.c. series finale against the diamondbacks. stephen strasburg makes a pitch in the first inning and looks like ea shaking out arm discomfort. after the game dusty baker said he was taken out as a precaution. he will be reevaluated in washington. the offense did their part, scoring four runs of the first, including this brian goodwin blast to center field. nats win 6-2. the british open final round, and jordan spieth struggled early, but took out in the final five holes. on 15, from 46 feet, that is an eagle. spieth with a two-stroke lead over matt kuchar. spieth trying to put this away, another birdie attempt. chirp-chirp.

at 12 under, his third major championship. klaus is thek nichol only players to win that many before 24. coming up after the news, abc 7 "sports sunday." we will talk redskins and kirk cousins in about 10 minutes. also, bethesda native katie ledecky adding to her trophy case. e gold medals at the world championships. she is hoping to win six gold medals this week in hungary. jordan spieth good at

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