with breaking news at 4:00. robert muler is now enpanelling a grand jury in the russia investigation according to the "wall street journal." nancy: months ago he was called upon to look into where russia interfered in the 2016 election. this is the first significant action he has taken and this is a developing story we'll follow throughout the newscast. jonathan: also breaking in burtonsville, power lines are down blocking all traffic from columbia pike and spencerville road. everything will be backed up in the area. if now know someone who uses this way to get home call them to tell them to find another way. people at the county place apartments on blackburn lane they can't get out or back in the complex because of the utility work going on. we will let you know when it clears up but this is expected to continue in the everything rush hour. that is a big problem. they have to get the poles out of there and get the wires down and then reconnect with the new poles to put

nancy: it's not just there. more trouble southbound i-95 near quantico is backed up for miles. in fact, up to ten miles after a tractor-trailer overturned. the tractor-trailer has since been moved but the damage is done when it comes to the commute. that is something to be aware of as you hit the roads tonight. more breaking news now out of college park where a construction worker has fallen to his death. this happened by the university of maryland where campus drive and route 1 intersect. a construction crew was working on a new building there when the worker fell from one of the upper floors and died. there has been no word yet on what led to his fall. jonathan: even more breaking news to tell you about. southeast washington is where we go now. it's where a carjacking ends with a big crash in front of the safeway on 14th street. but it all started in maryland. kevin lewis is on the scene with what happened. kevin, break it down. castles -- kevin: this is a terrible two-car crash. the tow truck driver is gathering the

the intersection. on the back of the flatbed tow truck is the victim's car. three people were inside the vehicle. it's now mangled. this is happening where 14th and d street converge with kentucky avenue in front of the safeway grocery store. d.c. police tell us two men carjacked a blue ford. along rhode island avenue in mount rainier just over the prince george's county line. a d.c. officer later spotted the stolen blue ford on benning road and tried to stop it. but the ford sped off, ultimately running a red light at this corner where it t-boned the gray acura. they had to remove the roof and the doors of the victim's car that had four people inside. two taken to the hospital with critical injuries. the d.c. police did manage to catch the two suspects who tried to walk away from the crash scene. >> there was a vehicle stolen from maryland that the d.c. officers spotted. the d.c. officers didn't pursue t

were being pursued so they were driving at a high rate of speed. they had a crash at the intersection. kevin: the gentleman in the green shirt and hat owns this tan mercedes car which was also caught up in the crash. it was parked on the street. you can see it's got damage to the front of the vehicle. the carjacking suspects are both charged with leaving the scene of an accident and another charge that is related to stealing the car in the first place. live in southeast, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. nancy: all right. thank you. more breaking news now. after two people drowned in severna park. we are over the scene where a man and a child were pulled from a pool at a house. they were taken to the hospital and we just learned they have passed away. make sure to stay on top of breaking news judgment dates from abc7 even if you have to step away from the television. go to wjla.com/text to subscribe to alerts sent straight from the newsroom to your phone. jonathan: i want to update you on a developing story we're followin

holding his own family prisoner. nancy: two boys 8 and 11 with their mother forced to stay in the spotsylvania home. this is according to police. richard reeve spent the day in the neighborhood. the news a big shock to people there. richard: a big shock. a lot of folks thought the house was abandoned. you can see the door over here. sheets behind the windows in there. look at the window here. again, blocked over here. you can't see into this house at all. a lot of folks shocked that a family lived here for two years and that three people were allegedly held hostage here. the house on mind road in spotsylvania sits back from the road a ways but take a closer look. virtually every door, every window is blocked off. police say inside 43-year-old moore kept his girlfriend and two sons age 8 and 11 hostage by "force, intimidation or deception." according to an arrest warrant. the woman and two

discovered saturday around 5:00 in the evening. when the police stopped by after the call by a concerned citizen. investigators say when the officers began interviewing moore outside the house, the girlfriend and two children ran out a side door. they said they lived in the house for two years and the children told officers they had never gone to school. >> i'm shocked it would happen this locally. it's also pretty awful. it's an awful thing to happen to them. what will happen to the kids? i heard they haven't had schooling or might not have had schooling for a while, too. richard: police say the kids are okay. they are healthy with the family members. the woman treated at the hospital for alleged assault, injury. meanwhile, moore faces assault and abduction charges. coming up at 5:00, you will hear from a woman who says she spoke to the two young boys about the time it was happening. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. also developing, d.c. firefighter ba

call on f street in northeast hit him. d.c. bureau chief sam ford with an update on his condition and what happened early this morning. sam? sam: yes, well, his condition, jonathan, the last i checked was still critical. he did under go surgery. we are outside the house in northeast washington. f street northeast where early this morning d.c. firefighter was critically injured in a vehicle accident. firefighter dane smothers was critically injured when he jumped off engine three, the fire truck on the left and struck by the arriving truck seven, the vehicle on the right. he suffered massive injuries to the upper body and underwent surgery at med star washington hospital center. the condition is still listed as critical. the fire on f street started in the back. some 75 firefighters from throughout this part of the city contained the blaze to the row house where it started. no injury to occupants.

whereas as a probationary firefighter just on the job, there is concerned about young smothers. the situation from another firefighter. she expressed her concern. the firefighter margie dickey. >> the district of columbia is a young fire department. we have a lot of members that are here or have been here for under two years. when they get the first big fire, which this was dane's first big fire. sam: we are told that smothers was from a firefighter family. and that, in fact, one of his unclals was here on the scene from another fire company when his nephew was struck. we will have more on the story coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00". including police who came to the engine three firehouse this afternoon to express their concern. reporting live from northeast washington i'm sam ford, abc7

news. jonathan: scary moment. a car slammed through the door. one person was hurt. displays were overturned. shattered glass seen everywhere. but just one injury. nancy: the search is on for the driver who slammed right into an apartment building in southeast early this morning. the s.u.v. hit another vehicle before plowing into the side of a d street apartment building. police tell us a man and a woman who was pregnant both inside at the time. the woman taken to the hospital as a precaution. 20 people were evacuated. jonathan: we are getting new details about a high-speed chase involving a motorcycle in rush hour on i-66 in fairfax county. they arrested 25-year-old ruden puckett of tennessee after he sped off and at times was going over 100 miles per hour. that's when the police tried to pull him over. he lost control. he crashed on a ramp that ran into the

now for a third straight day the storms are bubbling up. we are stuck in a pattern. doug hill has more. doug: we had a couple pop-up. one turned severe. this is over eastern section of prince george's county. this is just across the river to anne arundel county. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 4:45. plenty of lightning, torrential downpours. you can see the community from lanham and woodmore on the west side through bowie, all the way east along route 50, 214 central avenue to merger route 3. moving through anne arundel county. good wind gusts there. it looks like crofton will be hit at 4:20. chesterfield, that community at 4:28. prince george's county and anne arundel county, those sections until 4:45.

developing to the east of potomac falls north of restin and route 7. keep an eye on that drifting east as well. you mentioned in the beginning a daily routine of the pop-up thunderstorms. all this pattern will change as we head into the weekend. we have all afternoon to explain that. our weather story has a happy ending for weekend. for now we look at just a chance of a thunderstorm or two in the rock creek area this evening as the citi open play continues. we'll be back with more. jonathan: looking forward to it. thanks. we now know president trump's first vacation and extended break from the white house begins on friday. he will spend 17 days at the private golf club in central new jersey. that means a lot of work done before heading out of town for r&r. emily rau has the latest from the white house as president trump faces new low poll numbers. president trump: russia is a ruse. i have nothing to do with russia. emily: despite his insisting a new quinnipiac university poll show 58% of vote

trump attempted to derail or obstruct the investigation into russian meddling. 33% approve of president trump's performance in office. today he promised a big announcement at the campaign style rally in west virginia. >> we have a big announcement that will be exciting for the media. >> lines are forming for the rally. the last event before the president starts his august vacation. departments for the golf club where he will stay for the next 17 days. vacation for the president despite his repeated comments and tweets denouncing the idea of taking time off and criticizing president obama for doing so. and whale he is away, renovations at the -- while he is away, renovations at the white house. the three decades old heating and cooling system will get upgrade with fresh paint, tar petting and a -- carpeting and a new stairas

president trump's reported comments calling the white house a dump. he tweeted about that statement denying he ever said it. in northwest, emily rau, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a popular police s.u.v. could be dangerous. nancy: the fumes flowing in the cabin and which departments here have the cruisers. jonathan: a new timeline when it comes to restoring power on north carolina's outer banks. the progress report and the changes that things may be opening soon. scott: i'm scott taylor live in back seat of an uber black. up next, a lot of you are not buckling up in the backseat. latest testing shows that is a bad idea. ouch!

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jonathan: back with must-see video as a small plane crashes on the side of a highway in texas. check this out. all of it caught on a police officer's dash cam. pilot and a passenger were hurt. the f.a.a. is investigating what caused the plane to come down. nancy: take a look at the massive flames from massachusetts. they could be seen from miles away. this started shortly after midnight with a family inside but they did get out safely. the cause is still under

jonathan: in san antonio a high-speed chase ending in a crash as they tried to find a man who used a machete. he was driving like that. eventually he did crash. police were able to arrest him. both women were hospitalized for the injuries. nancy: "7 on your side" alert. the last time you jumped in the backseat of an uber, taxi or lyft, did you buckle up? scott taylor has new numbers on backseat safety with surprising finds. scott: take a look at this crash. a family in the backseat enjoying the ride until -- dad and son in the backseat violently thrown from the seats. not wearing seat belts. according to a new survey from the insurance institute for highway safety, adults riding in the backseat, in your own car, uber, taxi are lyft or less likely to buckle up than when they are sitting up

>> we have been telling people for years it's safer in the backseat and we should put the children back there. but people have gotten a misunderstanding about the safety of the rear seat. scott: "7 on your side" did our own unscientific survey at union station in washington, d.c. >> i buckle up when i get in. scott: we didn't see one uber passenger not strapped in. uber drivers say they demand it. >> it's mandatory. it's my license. it's not their ticket. it's mine. scott: across the nation it's a different type of wide. watch as the unbelted woman on the left goes flying into the window. the other woman in the car strapped in wearing her seat belt. d.c. allows police to stop a vehicle when they spot you not buckled up. $50 fine and two points off your license. in maryland, $50 fine and in virginia it's $25. take a look at this crash test. the unbelted dummy in the backseat slams in the driver who hits the air bag and the

steering wheel. 35-mile-per-hour impact. scary stuff. drivers are weiss as like -- are twice as likely to be killed in the crash when the left backseat passenger is not wearing a seat belt. what is odd, people are more likely to buckle up if they know the driver. if they have no idea of the driver a lot of people are not putting on a seat belt. hey, everybody. please buckle up. scott taylor, abc7 news. jonathan: great reminder, scott. thanks. check this out from ventura, california. it may have been thrill-seekers. you will think twice after you see what is happening here. that is a bungee jump at a county fair. it didn't go well. it was supposed to bounce. one person didn't. hanging from the cord for half an hour up in the air. two others stuck in a steel cage dangling from the crane. they were there twice as long. fire crews had to repel everyone to the ground safely. still, there is no cause on the latest fai

clearwater, florida. rescue here. washing ashore and it couldn't get back in the water on its own. taking a look at this, it's a huge mammal and not easy to move. took an entire group of people on the beach and firefighters to push it back in the water. but that is what they did. the manatee was rescued. jonathan: that is cool. the japanese artist setting off 10 million bubbles in hong kong. it's a sixth level parade of bubbles. 45 machines creating 10,000 bubbles per minute. how much fun is this as a kid? the artist has been holding exhibitions all across the world since 2000. look at the little one. having a blast. staying in china. look at this. incredible video of a strong sand storm. that is big. sand and dust blanketing streets of building. it made it hard to see to create poor air quality. we have s

they have them in arizona. they are extraordinarily dangerous. they create and the vizn't goes from you can see as long as you can to nothing. matter of no time. nancy: if you are on the street, that is not something to drive around in. jonathan: dangerous. nancy: back at home. we have more storms popping up. doug: brand new one. we have two thunderstorm warnings in the area. let's get to the first one. east of the metro. severe thunderstorm warning that is in effect until 4:45 this afternoon. that is for mostly just anne arundel county. it's moved out now to prince george's county across the putuxon river. we have heavy rain and it is moving northeast to 15 miles per hour. this is moving northeast at 20 miles per hour. the difference is these storms have momentum to them.

down on the flooding potential. more and more popping up. another is southwest of gaithersburg. keep an eye on it. more in the warrenton active. it will be active here for the next few hours. this is closeup of one storm until 4:45. the storm is over prince george's county to the bowie area and even west. it will continue to move east as it continues to move toward the western and northern section of anne arundel county. close up on the developing system. southwest of gaithersburg that is coming across the potomac river. the other one in manassas. all of you in the areas watch. the storms still look like they are in the building stage. there is potential for them to get stronger. if a couple pop up severe you heard it here first. you will see what happens. the future cast had it nailed as the possibility and the location this afternoon. we will continue to see the showers and the storms. toward the sunset they should begin to diminish. muggy night. tomorrow the possibility of

for a different reason. we'll still be hot and humid. but a cold front come to play from the west. we have a slight chance of the severe weather over the extreme western portion of the viewing area. farther north we are under a marginal risk. late afternoon, evening and tomorrow night, the best chance of a storm ahead of a cold front. the storms may make noise it will have a good outcome over the weekend with a change of the weather pattern here for saturday and sunday. looking good for 4h fair and carnival in fairfax underway through sunday. we have showers and storms late tomorrow. few today is possible. then tomorrow night. the weekend looks terrific. a lot of sunshine. lower humidity. lower temperatures. looks great. toronto in town saturday night against united. 7:00 at r.f.k. watch it live on newschannel8. the final day of the citi open sunday, terrific. all next week, look at the cooler temperatures. i will point out a high likelihood of storms on monday. nancy: doug, thank you. still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- dangerous debris. wait until you se

through this windshield on a highway. the market left not just on the car but also this man. first, though -- >> i'm scott abraham at the citi open. we

shrinks and the pressure mounts. nancy: abc7 sports scott abraham is there and every year we wonder what the draw will look like. it's star studded again getting closer to the closing round. scott: we are past the halfway point of the tournament. day four here at the citi open. there is a reason they come back every year. a lot of the players at the city open. the city open is becoming a favorite stop on tour. >> i just love it. >> first, it's beautiful. the tournament is a great atmosphere. >> a rising star in the sport and the top seed on the men's side. dominic had never been to washington before this week. >> it's great.

milos raonic returns. dealing with the temperatures comes with the temperature. >> this is a challenge in the summer. >> the frenchman was sent home early as he was upset last night but he enjoys being here. what is it like to play in front of the washington fans? >> i love it. this is a place that i feel good. people are very nice. they cheer very loud and good for me. positive vibes. >> the fan support is tremendous.

up at 5:50. >> thanks. get to the breaking news from burtonsville. jeff goldberg is on the scene where the power lines came down on columbia pike. the poles look like they are coming down as well. this is a mess. >> a total mess. the crews are dealing with the situation right now. what we are told by an officer, there was a power line going across 29. fell. a truck driving in one direction or another caught the power line causing the power pole to bend there. that is what crews are dealing with there. this is a dangerous situation. we don't know what caused the power line to fall. 29 is closed in both directions. this is obviously causing a

in addition to the disruption causing to the residents here that live at the coupes place apartment complex -- country place apartment complex who can't get inside the apartment complex. people living inside the complex who cannot get out. i want to walk down here briefly. i'm here now with ivan brown who is caring for 84-year-old evelyn wallace. and miss brown, you tell me that miss wallace, her oxygen is running out. she lives inside. you have to get in. how are you dealing with the situation? >> well, i am trying to remain calm. but they assure me maybe 15 minutes. [audio interruption] jonathan: we apologize. we have having trouble with jeff's shot. the situation is unfolding. you can see that the power pole has broken, the wires are down. they have to take down the wires and put in a new pole and restring it. we let you know how it plays out. coming up next at 4:30, found guil

boyfriend to kill himself. the texting suicide case coming to a close. the sentencing that shocked both sides. plus -- >> i saw a black object fly up off the black top. jonathan: he is lucky to tell you that. dangerous debris. you won't believe what he did next and how close it came to killing him. doug: the stormwatch7's weather team keeping an eye on a severe thunderstorm right now over bowie, prince george's anne arundel. a severe warning there and another one over the portions of east and west virginia. shepherds town across the potomac to washington county. more may be brewing. we will tell you about

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but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. announcer: this is a stormwatch7 severe weather alert. doug: we are watching two severe thunderstorms. the first across the potomac river to maryland now. jefferson county across to washington county. this is in effect until 5:00. there is quite a bit of lightning, heavy rain and win gust to 50 miles per hour. then we shift east of town. this conglomeration of cells that have developed and held strong for 20 minutes. severe warning there until 4:45. close up for the communities. boonsborough, middle-up to, myersville. in t

are moving in your direction. the eastern zones here, the bowie area is where the heaviest concentration is now. that warning is in effect until 4:45 moving northeast to the southern suburbs of baltimore over the next 30 minutes. for this evening, around the entire metro area, more cells develop now. more showers and more thunderstorms to keep an eye on. they should settle down and dissipate after sunset. mild and muggy. tomorrow more chances of storms through the afternoon and night ahead of a cold front. after the front goes by look at the weekend. at the 4h, the citi open, around the area, sunshine, breezy, cooler, less humid. a great weekend ahead. we are still on stormwatch7 because we're not quite finished today. nancy: thank you. a young woman who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. mike carter-conneen is following this breaking news from the "live desk." mike? mike: michelle carter was

involuntary manslaughter. a massachusetts judge determined she was responsible for the 2014 death of her boyfriend 18-year-old conrad roy. that day she sent him dozens of text messages encouraging his suicide and urging him to, "get back in his truck" as it was filling with carbon monoxide. carter was 17 at the time. during the trial carter's lawyer argued roy was determined to kill himself and nothing carter did could change that adding that she struggled with her own mental health issues. prosecutors sought the maximum possible sentence of 20 years. and today in court, roy's family said they were heart broken and deavor stated by his death -- devastated by his death. >> gave me amazing 13 years being my best friend. and the best role model a little sister could ask for. not a day goes by without him being my first thought waking up or my last thought going to bed.

two and a half-year jail sentence but the judge said she will only spend 15 months plus five years of probation. at the "live desk," mike carter-conneen; abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. now to the latest on the power outages affecting the outer banks. good news the utility officials say they expect to restore power to two north carolina islands by this weekend. that's aggressive. the outage started a week ago when the construction crews damaged the underground power lines working on a bridge between hatteras and ocracoke. it's affecting thousands of vacationers and it has forced others to cancel the upcoming trip so this is ahead of schedule. nancy: the phone bank today is ask the dermatologist. horace holmes has questions asked tonight and help with safe skin products. horace? horace: absolutely! we have a very energetic group of dermatologists gathered here eager to answer your questions. 703-236-9220. opening up the lines right

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from now until about 6:30. this is always a very popular segment. we have the dermatologists in. be patient. keep calling until you get one of these. back to you. jonathan: all right. great. it's a free resource. a good one to take advantage of the how about this. a man in washington state lucky to be alive after debris came flying through his windshield driving down a busy freeway. look at that piece of steel. he was on his way to work yesterday when he noticed something in the air. >> i saw a black object fly up off the black top. all i could do is hold on to the steering wheel, shake the glass out of my eyes and look at traffic around me so i didn't kill anybody else. jonathan: wow! what hit him was the five-pound chunk of steel. he has bruising. clearly on his arm. but otherwise he is okay. officials aren't sure where the steel plate came from. now the video and the wreck that has the police departments across the country

fleet. the cabin filling with carbon monoxide that caused the vehicle to cross the road. the "7 on your side" i-team looking into which departments here operate the s.u.v.'s. nancy: veronica johnson has a look it it at the friday wakeup for "good morning washington." veronica: thank you. tomorrow on "good morning washington" don't miss the one-on-one interview with al gore and climate change and the new movie. >> plus the essential lifeskills every young adult needs to know starting out after college. >> stay with us for traffic fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service

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nancy: welcome back. normally we don't cover patriots training camp but that is tom brady celebrating his birthday at work. jonathan: 40 years old. he has enough super bowl rings to fill the entire hand and is in the conversation for greatest of all time. the abbreviation for that is goat. so you understand why they brought in baby goats for fans to pet today. while at practice. nancy: that is the best way to celebrate a birthday. look at the goats. make sure they don't eat the cardboard cutout. jonathan: get it too close they will. from goats to pandas. momma panda set a record. nancy: the 23-year-old panda gave birth to twin cubs becoming the oldest to do so. they were born last sunday. chinese officials say momma and the babies are doing well. jonathan: look at

enjoying things, too. the human years, she is 80 years old. i should say i guess that is in panda years. the previous record for elderly panda to give birth was 22 years old. jonathan: look how small they are. sticks of butter. nancy: exactly. jonathan: then they get the fur and they look so cute. nancy: not to be outdone here. quadruplets. siberian tiger giving birth. and they are so adorable. the first litter born at the zoo in 15 years. jonathan: adorable! when they get big, they get cute but don't get too close. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- you won't believe how fast the wait list is growing her the tesla. the economical version. the model three. wait until you hear the numbers. >> concerns nationally about a certain type of police car

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horace: welcome back in the "7 on your side" help center. i'm here with the dermatologists and this is your opportunity to ask about any questions or concerns that you have about your skin. these folks are here from now until 6:30 to answer your questions. keep calling. if you get a busy signal, we will make sure you get in to talk to one of the guys. if you need to make an appointment, arrange it with them or they can find another dermatologist for you. now until 6:30. 703-236-9220. back to you. nancy: fantastic resource. thank you very much. police departments all across the country looking at the ford explorer. some allow exhaust to fill the cabin of the s.u.v. knocking out whoever is inside driving. some departments here use similar vehicles. and brad bell has this in the "7 on your side" i-team report. brad? brad: we're in the garage here in rockville where montgomery county takes care of the fleet including the police cars. they are taking the

most local jurisdictions. this is one of the police interceptors on the rack. larry here is with the automotive division and he is doing an inspection to look for a problem. what he is finding is more often than not up here on the little screen he uses. there is a problem. this lift in the garage has been a busy one. one-by-one they have been examining the 108 ford explorers that the county owns. what they found using the specialized camera is stunning. the survey is not yet complete but they estimate 80% of the explorers have a crack in the steel exhaust manifold which could leak exhaust fumes in the engine come -- compartment. when one is found the car comes out of service.

make it in to the passenger compartment. >> the driver may not smell it. it's not a smell that you will detect. if they have the window crack it could be circulating right through. we have a grave concern about the operators which is why we take this so seriously. brad: so back live now, you are looking here at the screen. larry is holding the camera up in the engine. this is the crack right here. a crack in the exhaust manifold. take your arms down, larry. exhausting. it's way up in there. you can't see it if you don't have a special device. this car has a crack. about an inch and a half long. this one will be taken out of service. when we come back at 2:00, we will tell you what about montgomery county is doing about the problem. brad bell, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." new tonight a woman ordered to pay millions to the man she says raped her. and how eyes could hold the key to diagnose autism at an

of justice is sending four sanctuary cities including one in the area to try to get them to change their ways. it's coming up tonight at 5:00. jonathan: see you then. thanks. backup quarterback derek lornzen is documenting his weight loss journey to help others that is struggling with obesity. this starts with an eye-opening scene as he steps on the scale for the first time in eight years to see he weighs 502 pounds. he has been working with a celebrity trainer and nutritionist and he says the goal is the personal health while convincing children to stay active and eat right. >> it's to get them to understand there is better stuff out there. you will feel better in the long-term. hopefully gets across to them. i think it will. jonathan: the promotional video for project reached hundreds of thousands of views on facebook. we wish him the best. the wait list for the

model 3 continues to grow. this is crazy. it's accelerating. the electric car maker says it is averaging 1,800 new reservations every day for the less expensive car. when it ramps up for production later this year it hopes to turn out 20,000 cars a month by december. last month the company delivered the first 30 modeled three vehicles at a special event. they are beautiful. nancy: they are. you know what else is vehicle? look at this doughnut lovers. rejoice. krispy kreme is going to feature a reese's peanut butter doughnut with chocolate icing. and more peanut butter and chocolate drizzled on top. if you think it could use more, they agree. mini peanut butter chips finish it off. all you have to do is get one is wait until friday. jonathan: work out for five hours and then you feel better about that. nancy: but it is going to be so good for the two second it takes to eat it. jonathan: o

doug: poison on a plate. jonathan: you are right. nancy: yummy poison on a plate. doug: let's talk about the storms and the beautiful coming. it will be just that. delightful. the green stuff is rain. the yellow and the red you see are the heavier storms. we had one storm that expired at 4:45. the one that is east of bowie. this hasn't moved a lot. it's still in place but no longer severe. unless we zoom in and i see something different. the one over the eastern west virginia potomac, poof! it collapsed on it. zoom in and give you features here. i don't see anything new brewing that is too large. west of gaithersburg a little cell. the other stuff is collapsing. western fairfax county you have a cell. we will keep an eye on here. it should pass to the east of dulles in the next 15 to 20 minutes. this is the area now that is continuing over eastern section of the section. laurel to bowie. northeast to 97 to eastern howard county. suburb of baltimore moving northeast at 15 miles pe

there could be a few more popping. these are replays of the past few days here. plenty of lightning, heavy downpours, no report of the severe activity and no longer severe thunderstorm warning. through the return we keep mention of isolated storms in the forecast. after sunset they should go away. temperatures drop in the mid-80's. overnight it looks like we will drop to 72. tomorrow is partly sunny. hot and humid. the difference tomorrow is the thunderstorms are largely induced by approaching cold front. while we may have isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. the better chance of the storms are tomorrow evening and tomorrow night as the front is closer. as we get to the weekend we use pool outlook to tell this story. it will be beautiful. less humid and 85 on saturday. bright sunshine. 84 on sunday. quick look at the delmarva beaches. gorgeous there as well. maybe isolated thunderstorm but you will get off the beach if that happens. otherwise plenty of sunshine and gorgeous weather. it is looking good. we'll keep an eye on the stormers

evening. jonathan: thank you, doug. coming up next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- update to a rabies scare. it turns out that a dog that died in d.c. did not have rabies. that finding after owners across the area were told to take immediate precautions. what did the c.d.c. find and what should dog owners do the ford summer sales event is in full swing. it's gonna work, i promise you, we can figure this out. be... little help. -hold on, mom. no, wifi. wifi. it's not a question, it's a thing. take on summer right with ford, america's best-selling brand. now with summer's hottest offer. get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. during the ford summer sales event get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. offer ends soon.

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more questions. it left people seeking emergency vaccines for their animals. now the department of healthcare issying they made a mistake. stephen tschida -- healthcare is saying they made a mistake. stephen tschida has the new developments. stephen: there is a lot of relief at the dog parks in d.c. we spent quite a bit of time talking to a representative for department of forensic sciences. the agency which conducted the tests. we learned from them, they were weak positives, later proven to be false by the centers for disease control. but the local representatives saying they have no regrets calling for the dogs to get boosters and a lot of people to get rabies shots as well. out of quarantine and outside to play. >> c'mon, baby girl. stephen: dogs that spent time with the bulldog that tested positive for rabies got a reprieve. spent time at dogma, a daycare and boarding facility. a few days a

began to show signs of rabies and died en route to quarantine. the city ran two tests on the dog's brain and they both came back positive for rabies. this prompted a call for vaccinating a hundred dogs and the numerous people since rabies proves fatal. followup tests by the center for disease control came back negative. >> the reaction from positive positive -- from clients are positive and relieved and sad for the dog that lost his life to this. stephen: as far as what did lead to the death of that dog, no definitive word yet. stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: tonight at 5:00, a d.c. firefighter seriously hurt on a call. but it wasn't flames or smoke responsible. >> firefighter's injuries are serious. he is in critical condition. how it happened. >> i was raped in 1986. larry: plus, why this woman is paying millions to

she says raped her. and who the local brides are turning to after a bridal shop says orders won't be filled. announcer: this is a breaking news alert. larry: it's out of montgomery county. where downed wires -- alison: we'll get to breaking news right now out of montgomery county where a power pole and downed wires are blocking route 279. this is also keeping people getting in or out of the apartment complex in burtonsville. jeff goldberg is headed to the scene. we will get to him as soon as possible with update on the breaking news. we are keeping a close eye on this. this is i-95 in virginia. where a tractor trailer flipped over. this happened two and a half hours ago. traffic though is still impacted. even at this hour. this happened at joplin road and triangle near the national museum of the marine corps. the police tell us several vehicle w

but the delays are stretching some ten miles in the southbound lanes. so be aware of that. >> two people were injured when a car stolen in mount ra near crashed in theirs. when they tried to pull over the two men in the carjacked vehicle they ran a red light hitting the other car. the carjackers ran but the police did catch up with them. the two people injured in the other car are expected to be okay. alison: well, tonight, investigators are trying to figure out how a rookie d.c. firefighter was hit by a ladder truck at the scene of this fire here early this morning. he is in critical condition tonight. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live at 8th and f street in northeast where it all happened. sam? sam: we have all seen fire scenes where people are in a hurry. equipment is every which way. trucks this way, hoses that way. as one firefighter put it to