steve: we move in the day tomorrow. and everything in green, on top of that the area in. district, alexandria, prince george's county. the flash flood warning that we are likely to see the additional flash flood warning posted moving through the overnight. show you what is going on out there now. the stormwatch7's satellite and the radar. heavier rains now across montgomery county. nobody compared to earlier today with drenching downpour that led to a total of four inches. right now upper marlboro looking at the heavy rain at this time. widen the view out a bit. to the west of thus is on the way. there is heavy rain by midnight. it will continue through the early morning hours and for that we head to brian van de graaff.

brian: the heaviest rain may not have been at your house yet. we have more bands to push through. look at the timeline here. there may be a lull through the dinner time. around bedtime midnight tonight look at the chevy bands of -- heavy bands of rain. the key time is 11:00, 3 till 4:00 in the morning. heavy rain pushing to southern maryland. by the time you wake up in morning it will be lighter spotting rain. flooding could be possible. more so tonight than earlier today. with the several more inches on top of what we have. be alater and aware. make sure you have a app on your phone. more on the second half of the weekend and the ten-day outlook in a bit. jonathan: thank you very much. >> we are in the alexandria section by fairfax care in the a section by fairfax county. we can see that this is moving quickly. the water with force. this reseeded in the past hour

this was covered with the rushing water an hour ago. we are here because at 3:30 this afternoon the alexandria fire and rescue got a 911 call from a woman who had seen a young boy playing by the water. she did not see him anymore. she got scared and called 911. it turns out the boy went back to his home so a false alarm and nothing to worry about there. we did speak with the alexandria swift water rescue team. they were out on the call. this is not a time to take chances on the road or on the ground. >> if there is water on the roadway. people think they can make it through and we can't. we pull them out of the car. there is too much debris. get called on it. next thing you know you will be under water and we can't get to you.

we have seen this coming up. we talk about the debris coming through. you can see it moves quickly. certainly not something you want to get caught on. whether you are on foot. we hear it again and again. turn around, do not drown. jonathan: a lot of folks are out on the road getting done with the work and the weekend. stormwatch7 continues with the kevin lewis live in the mobiletrak7 from takoma park. kevin, it's been a mess out there all afternoon. kevin: the rain won't stop coming down. we came across another road closure. there is yellow police tape blocking the access from the parking lot. there are cones and

beach drive where rock creek spilled over the banks and swallowed a playground, a basketball court and park. the water so high it nearly overcame the cedar bank bridge. at last check the beach drive is closed from the rockville pike and connecticut avenue. the closure is possibly going even further. height of the day's rainfall in montgomery county between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. wheaton, gaithersburg olney getting hit hard. they had to shut down a road south of cons avenue because of the -- connecticut avenue because of pooling water around 12:00 noon today. a lot of residents took photos, documenting the flash flooding and posted them online. i, myself, haven't heard of water rescues taking place today. that is the latest from the mobiletrak7. back to you. jonathan: thank you. nancy: head out now to ryan hughes in alexandria. there

out there. the neighborhood has seen this in the past as well. ryan: nancy, the residents here are used to the flooding. we are getting a break from the rain. the flooding continues to come here on fenwick drive. this is the huntington area of alexandria. if fire officials are knocking on doors and telling people to get the vehicles to higher ground. there was a vehicle that had the back tires the water up to the trunk. going door to door on this road here. also arlington terrace runs parallel. they are also reminding residents to move the cars. if we zoom in you can see that the water rising over the bank. that is the current. the officials tell us once the water recedes over the banks it takes 30 to 40 minutes for the area to get

there is more flooding expected. the residents are moving the cars and told they can park at the huntington metro station. ryan miller, abc7 news -- ryan hughes, [music] nancy: thank you. stay connected on the stormwatch7 weather alert day. get the update on facebook, twitter. stormwatch7 weather app and on wjla.com. breaking news in the past hour. reince priebus is out at white house chief of staff. scott thuman joining us on the phone. this is another friday and staff departure scott: you are right. colossal development that general john kelly will lead the department of homeland security to take over for reince

the writing was on the wall after anthony scaramucci was the communications directionor. they butted head in the palapas it led to the departure of sean spicer. so what it does now is changes the management style of this. based not on what president trump brought in. nancy: what do you think of the timing? scott: to now what may fit his management style more. brash, tough tone. dip than what we have seen so far from reince priebus. nancy: quite the interesting week ahead. what do you think of the timing? they were on air importance one when this news came out. >> it was on air importance one. we looked to see who got off of air force one. peter

[out owe interruption] he was talking to reince priebus and said he had no clue that priebus had been fired and was unaware of the development. he said priebus kept a poker face. president shouted that reince priebus is a good man and kelly has done excellent job. incredible job. so another shift at the white house. nancy: absolutely. scott thuman with the major shake-up. thank you. update on a police chase. we dash cam video. the officer will run the man over. today the officer behind wheel given probation and community service.

this is a tragic case. >> cash cam shows that he is smashing the police cruiser. >> in may, the he was convicted of sex-degree assault but not guilty of misconduct. last june hernandez was responding to a call of an armed suspect. another officer gave chase on foot. hernandez pursued him in the patrol car. he said that hernandez intentionally swerved and struck the suspect to call it callous and hazy policing. >> an incident should not define the great work of the man done throughout the career. >> hernandez has been suspended since last year. the future is pending interim administrative

>> he must complete 100 hours of community service. today they had no comment. >> we have seen several fall. the worst is yet to cop. this is a mild situation. there is a break between the storms and more is coming. we have seen flooding. we'll be back after this.

jonathan: 70 college bound students got a boost today in the form of money. the city awarded $2,000 scholarship to help with books and travel heading to campus. three other students received $3,500 awards. among them was a man from southeast seeking a degree. he says it will help go to school in the fall. make his mother proud. >> this is god's

>> i understand this is a process. jonathan: this program is in the 39th year. coming up at 6:00 -- >> what can riders do to make amusement rides safer? we talk to tim kaine.

jonathan: "7 on your side" continues to dig for answers to protect your family in light of what happened at the carnivals in ohio. nancy: we discovered lamases in government oversight when it comes to amusement rides. >> what can political leaders do to make amusement rides safer? we talked to virginia's senator tim kaine. >> a tragic accident. i'm sure all 50 states are rethinking what do we need to do to protect people? >> a father's whose son was killed at the fair demands answers.

>> whether it is bolts or metal fatigue it had to do with the structure. what caused it? we have to wait to see. >> virginia relies on the local building code inspectors to enforce safety laws. >> i saw the news and it made me wonder if the virginia rules are what they should be. >> there are no government mandates to pass on the urgent safety bulletin to operators. >> that seems like an obvious omission or error. >> we posted the blueprint to show structural flaws on the amusement ride on website wjla.com. nathan baca, "7 on your

jonathan: we are getting more weather. steve: there is more on the way. we have wet weather across the area. a little lull in the action for you. we show you what is going on with the national harbor at this hour. the rain has a break. flash flood watches in effect. everything in green is overnight in the day tomorrow. you will notice here the would-be flood warnings until midnight tonight. the rain totals a lot so far. some areas have seen four or five inches of rain. brian? brian: we are keeping an eye on the radar. the areas indun dated

reprieve. there is a bit of a lull. a break. there is more to come through. northwest of town we have lightning strikes to bartonsville. there are more copious amount of rain north and west across the area. it will continue deeper in the everything. steve rudin will have more and a look ahead at brighter times. >> the timeline, the lull continues around the immediate metro. heavier rain is beginning to develop midnight tonight. bigger changes underway. loudoun to the i-81 corridor. the heavy rain continues through the overnight hour and annapolis across the

in the morning the real heavy rain is east of the d.c. metro area. in the morning hours and improving conditions will arrive but it will take time. the wind gusts upward of 20 to 25 miles per hour. head to the west. look at ocean city. the wind gusts will go up to 45 miles per hour come early tomorrow morning. the winds will east in the afternoon hours. forecast tomorrow we have lingering showers but some clearing in day. ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. once we get rain out of here, sunday looks nice. back to the upper 80's and 90 to the middle of next week. let's check with erin hawksworth live in richmond. erin: no rain here. the redskins have a new defensive

i ask corner back josh norman how comfortable he is in the new scheme. his

erin: the weather calls for thunderstorms. i haven't seen anything yet but it does look like it could start coming down at any moment. the redskins got day two of the training camp in. it's only day two so it is too early to talk about who is starting in the position battles. now i did sit down with the cornerback josh norman and i asked him how comfortable he is with the new defensive coordinator's scheme. >> really comfortable. this is my backyard. i know that like the back of my hand. >> what is different from last year with the defensive that you like? >> i'm reading more. i am reading. he has a lot more coverages in there where i can play with my eyes. and let my feet fo

understood and breaking on things -- talking about coming up and breaking on things i see. in a quarterback in a way he hasn't seen before. >> it sounds like norman will thrive in the new system. i do want to point out that the nationals game was postponed. there will be a double header on sunday. the redskins are off on sunday. jonathan: thanks. nancy: all right. lull in the showers now but not lasting for long. steve: heaviest rain midnight to 3:00 a.m. in the early morning hours tomorrow, things begin to improve a bit. soggy and breezy day for saturday. temperatures only in the middle 70's but clearing out on sunday. look at next week. a nice treat ahead. dry weather a lot of sunshine, upper 80's to near 90. night time lows in the 70's. jonathan: looks good. that will do it for us here tonight. "world news tonight" up next. nancy: have a good weekend join us at 11:00. have a good night.

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tonight, several developing -- as we come on the air the shakeup at the white house. the president's chief of staff is out. the president just a short time ago, asked to explain. and the retired general now in the west wing. also breaking tonight, we're watching north korea. they have launched another ballistic missile test, the icbm flying farther, higher and longer than any missile before it. this kind of missile could now possibly reach the east coast, new york city or washington. the republican effort to repeal health care collapses. the officer