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

firefighting involve more than just running into a burning building. d.c. firefighter dane smothers age 28 is listed in critical condition after medstar washington center following surgery. he was hit by a fire truck. he arrived on engine three. the truck on the left. jumped often of it and he was hit by truck seven, crushed in the upper body. the engine three firehouse where he was based expressed much concern today. >> when we have an emergency incident, sometimes particularly the younger members get focused on the incident versus everything else going on around them. sam: major crashes are investigating what happened. it was busy overnight for the d.c. fire e.m.s. in addition to f street there were house fires on buchanan northeast and van buren street northwest. a car into a house on d street southeast. at smo

fire house closest to the u.s. capitol, today a group from u.s. capitol police arrived with pizza. a way to show solidarity with the firefighters whose colleague was injured. >> we are all on the same team. red or blue we are all on the same team and supporting one another. >> smothers is from a firefighter family. we noticed his locker at engine three was empty today. >> we don't even know if he is going to be able to return to a career that he loved. or if this was a career ending injury.cle who worked at the engine eight firehouse was also here on the scene last night fighting the fire when his never faw was -- nephew was struck. again he is in critical condition at the medstar washington hospital center. reporting live from northeast washington i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: wishing his family and him the best. thank you. now to a "7 on your side" i-team report tonight.

and all across the country are taking a second look at their ford explorers. some allow carbon monoxide in to the s.u.v. essentially knocking out whoever is inside, even if they are driving. some local agencies use similar vehicles. tonight we found out montgomery county is inspecting the fleet after cracks were found in exhaust manifolds which means fumes could leak. >> the driver may not smell it. it's not a smell you will detect. if they have the window cracked they could circulate right through. we have a grey concern about the on traitors and that is why we take it seriously. alison: the safety administration and ford are investigating a million explorer s.u.v.'s. so far more than 2,000 complaints have been filed. larry: wow! let's get back to breaking news. we talked about it at the top of the hour. power pole and the downed lines blocking route 29 in montgomery county. this is also keeping people from getting in and out of their

burtonsville. let's get to jeff goldberg. he is there on the scene live for us with the latest. jeff? jeff: well, larry, we have a lot of frustrated residents. we have drivers that are extremely frustrated. 29 is closed for miles in both directions. that is because of the situation we are looking at right here. you can see b.g.&e crews trying to repair the power line. at 1:00 this afternoon the power line, something caused it to fall to 29. a truck driving by caught the power line causing that power pole to bend. thankfully in one was injured in this situation. but it obviously caused a great deal of concern with the live power line going across 29. 29 was shut down. not too long after that. now as we take a look at what is going on, on the ground view we have a lot of residents from the country place apartment complex. who cannot get into where they are going. i'm joined now by graham

the daycare inside the facility there. what is your reaction to what is going on here? >> this is not a bad reaction. this is just what happens in a day. whatever the accident was that caused it. we just have to deal with it. >> i know you are told that the children including your child, everybody is okay inside there? >> yeah. there is no problem with anybody. they can take as long as they want to. >> thank you mr. robinson. this is slow, deliberate work. there is still no word on what caused the power line to drop. the traffic in the situation is a mess. 29 is closed for miles in both directions. green castle on the south and 198 to the north. if you are driving anywhere near 29 in burtonsville you will want to steer clear of this particular area. we will keep you posted as the situation continues to unfold. live in burtonsville, maryland, jeff

news. nancy: i'm nancy chen at the "live desk" where we are following breaking news in the investigation of the russian interference in the last presidential election. "wall street journal" reporting special counsel robert mueller has empanelled a grand jury in d.c. the move suggests that he think he is will need to subpoena record and hear witness testimony for the investigation. there is a lot to unpack hear. we are working to learn more about the story and we'll bring you details as soon as we get them. at the "live desk," nancy chen, newsom. larry: thank you. the trump administration says baltimore is at risk of losing out of a new program designed to help cities struggling with gun violence. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions says it is one of four cities that will be ineligible for the program unless they give up the sanction ware city status. the new program specifically helps fight drug trafficking and the gang crime. letter from the justice department says the cities have until august 18 to give federal authorities access to jails and start giving the notice before anyone wanted on immigration violations is released fro

alison: 7 is on storm watch with another chance of showers around the area tonight. the chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center with what we need to know tonight. doug? doug: between 4:45 and 5:20 that was the active time of the new storm building up, warning issued. now it's settling down. the only area we have heavy weather is northeast of washington metro. we will zoom in to this severe thunderstorm warning that runs from the south side of baltimore to the north side of towson. that is it. there is a lot of lightning. the southern side moving away. that will settle down. otherwise just have a couple of spots here and there. showers and the thunderstorms that are developing through chantilly. that is about it. there are still chances for more to develop in the next hour or two but generally most of the action is over. it will calm down and be muggy. only drop to 70's. tomorrow one more day of thunderstorm possibilities. as we look at the future cast through tonight to tomorrow, this starts off quiet enough in the morning. through the day, more storms may develop. 67 to 74

muggy, too. with a light wind out of the south. then for the day tomorrow, partly sunny, hot and humid. a stray shower in the afternoon. but thunderstorms are likely tomorrow evening, tomorrow night ahead of a cold front. gorgeous weekend forecast. i will be happy to highlight here in ten minutes. larry? larry: we'll talk in a few minutes. tonight a man accused of holding the girlfriend and the two kids hostage for two years is behind bars. moore won't be back in court until next month. but tonight we are starting to get a clearer picture of what may have happened in the spotsylvania county house. richard reeve is there live with the latest in the investigation that is developing right now. richard? richard: a lot of folks thought the house was abandoned. look here. the window and the door here are all sealed off. there are sheets behind here. a family lived here unknown for two years. a man was holding them hostage. virtually

door are covered. the grass unmowed. two warn out cars out front. >> who lives like that? richard: inside 43-year-old moore kept his girlfriend and two sons age 8 and 11 hostage for two years. by force, intimidation or deception according to a court document. >> i'm shocked that it would happen this locally. it's also pretty awful. it's an awful thing to happen to them. >> the woman and two boys were discovered saturday at 5:00 in the evening. when the police stopped by after a call by a concerned citizen. the investigators say when the officer began talk to moore the three ran out the side door. the boys telling police they had never been to school. >> it's bizarre. it's just sad, actually. richard: amy fitzpatrick said over the weekend she met the boys outside her house and began asking questions. she said they were neat and clean and showed no signs of abuse. >> they told me they were homeschooled.

they told me they were moving on sunday to pennsylvania. richard: the police say the woman was hospitalized with injury from alleged assault. the two boys appear healthy and are with family members. >> i'm glad they are out and safe and with their mom. i kind of had a little tug at my heart for the two little boys. richard: amazingly, all the utilities in the house were working at this time. a lot of folks say the case has left them shaking their heads. moore faces abduction and assault charges. in spotsylvania, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you, richard. enough developments in the case of a massachusetts woman who encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide. michelle carter today convicted of involuntary man slaughter in june and reports today that in carter's sentence. >> a sullen michelle carter standing in a massachusetts juvenile courtroom facing her fate. >> guilty finding on the indictment charges you with the

of conrad roy iii. now sentencing you to two and a half years in the bristol county house of correction. >> the judge recommending that carter serve 15 months behind bars but staying that sentence until after her appeal. the 20-year-old convicted in june of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her boyfriend conrad roy. just before the judge's decision thursday emotional statements from roy's father and sister. >> he gave me an amazing 13 years being my best friend and best role model that any little sister could ask for. >> michelle carter exploited my son's weaknesses and used him as a pawn if her own well-being. >> in 2014, roy locking himself inside his truck dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. during carter's trial prosecutors showing text messages between she and roy. revealing carter encouraged roy to get back in the truck. repeatedly urging him to go through with his plan to take

carter's defense team arguing her actions did not constitute a crime. >> now find you guilty on the indictment charging you with the involuntary manslaughter of the person conrad roy iii. reporter: less than two months after a guilty verdict on thursday, michelle carter walking out on pro base. -- probation. her future in the hands of the court. the judge made a point to say he avoided media coverage of the trial and sentencing and he forbid carter from profiting in any way from this case. abc news, new york. larry: coming up at 5:00, progress and the work to get power back to people in the outer banks. when the lights could be coming back on. alison: plus, how your eyes could hold the key to diagnosing autism even earlier. larry: little, the lines were long in baltimore. but how successful was the amazon hiring day all around? ja but first feeling the heat in te

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ask the dermatologist today. a great service. a great opportunity. because the advice is free. 703-236-9220. 703-236-9220. we are here from now until 6:30. back to you guys. larry: thank you for that. we'll talk to you in a few minutes. new information tonight about the massive power outage in the outer banks. utility crews now expect to get power back to hatteras and ocracoke islands by tomorrow or saturday. a crew working on a bridge severed three cables supplying power to the islands last thursday. tens of thousands of people vacationing or living there were forced to evacuate. alison: well, larry, smoke from wildfires in canada is now starting to settle over the pacific northwest. that combined with the vicious heatwave is making the air bad to breathe in seattle. keith eldridge is live in centralia south of seattle with a look at the heatwave. hi, keith. keith: hi there. yeah, we are used to rain out here. yo

but we have been now 47 days without a drop of rain. the real concern now the haze. but really the fire danger. take a look at this fire danger here. the flames yesterday came next to the house. burned the side of the house. the fire is warped. the fire danger is really high. it continues to be high. the fire crews here are still on scene at the fire located partway between centralia halfway between seattle and portland. the whole thing broke out, a fast-moving fire that really consumed a lot of acreage in this area. people were scrambling trying to get out of the way of the whole fire scene here. frightening thing for folks here. it's really concern all over the northwest. one of the big impacts from the neighbor or the north, 100 or so fires burning in british columbia turning the air

level. portland seeing the same impact sitting on pacific coast. it's not used to the terrible air quality. people are urged to stay indoors but that is a challenge because with the heat many folks are eager to get outside to beat the heat. there is a heat warning with the temperatures that are hovering near the 100 mark in the late afternoon. people head to the water parc and the livestock and the kids. the heat and the haze is not posing too much of a problem for this weekend's big air show. with blue angels. we thought the skies would be perhaps too hazy for them but they are practicing in the hazy skies to perform for the seefair this weekend -- sea fair over this weekend in seattle. the fire crews are still out here. this is a real concern now. but this is the second day of this heatwave. we are at 92 degrees here.

we are heading to 100 degrees and we are approaching the washington, d.c. style humidity. we are at 45%. not quite the 55% you have but it's not what people here really expect. to make it through next few days. it's hot on the northwest and on the west coast. reporting live for abc7 news, keith eldridge. alison: certainly. they are not used to it out there. doug: they get the heatwaves. alison: a lot don't have air conditioning. doug: no. when the pacific northwest has heatwaves they do it big-time. here we have one more day of the heat and the humidity. it's not extreme. 90 degrees is not extreme for us. alison: no. doug: it will be nice over the weekend. let's get you started. we have the storms bouncing around the area. look at the doppler radar. the heavier storms now are in delaware. they have a flood warning in fact for longer south and east of dover. headed down the shore there. we have other little areas of showers and the storms popping. the biggest thi

to d.c. but local to baltimore. a severe thunderstorm warning over the northern suburbs. now we have new areas of storm we are keeping an eye on. western fairfax county. along 66. showers and the storms continue to develop. they are moving northeast. we will keep an eye on that and headed to the potomac river and across to maryland. we are watching the other possibilities here for the next couple of hours. downstream, pocket of showers and storms. the closer we get to sunset the more we will see that action settle down. as the daytime heating starts to diminish. overnight is partly cloudy and muggy. it's very light winds out of the south. through the day tomorrow we have a repeat process. is there is a difference tomorrow. the storms will develop in a warm and a humid air mass. cold front that is coming from the west tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow evening. tomorrow night. that will give a little more lift. it will create the isolated afternoon thunderstorms. we will hit 9

possibly numerous thunderstorms tomorrow evening, tomorrow night and after sunset. as the front approaches. but behind the cold front for the weekend, cooler, drier air moves in. a little bit of a breeze. let's talk about friday and the possibility of the severe weather. severe storm prediction center put out an area this anout look in yellow here of a slight risk of severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening. from the d.c. metro area to the north and the west. all the way to the interior knew england. the -- interior new england. we are talking about frederick county and frederick county, virginia, as well. panhandle of west virginia in a slight risk. everybody else is in the marginal risk. as far as the numbers we will be in the 80's tomorrow morning and we will climb up to the 90-degree mark or so. at 5:00, just an indication on this computer model of the storms popping mainly west. that makes sense. that is the direction from which the front will come. then we get to the evening and the nighttime hours and we will see

eastward. any we get will be between the best chance of 9:00 and midnight across the area. slowly in the morning area of saturday. beautiful sunshine through the day on sunday. sunshine and 81 on saturday. and then upper 70's for sunday. looks terrific. d.c. united has a game and it will be perfect there. the final day of the citi open is perfect there for rock creek. the storms are becoming likely with another system monday to tuesday. we will settle down to nice run. cooler temperatures. then the early august it's cooler with plenty of sunshine. alison: what a change from last weekend. larry: little different. we'll take it. alison: thank you. still to come. a mermaid was spotted drifting in the gulf of

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alison: look at that. do you buckle up when you ride in backseat? four out of five adults asked from the institute of safety don't bother and we look at why they may want to rethink the decision. marci: doing just one thing proven to save lives. many adults aren't buckling up. according to a new survey adults riding in backseat of vehicles are far less likely to wear seat belts than when they sit up front. some saying they simply forget. but the most common explanation of those surveyed the belief it's not necessary in the rear seats.

for years it's safer in the backseat and we should put our children back there. but people have a misunderstanding about the safety of the rear seat. marci: the dangers are clear. in this crash, you see this father and son violently thrown from their seats. and in this accident, the unrestrained woman on the left sent flying into the window. woman next to her was wearing a seat belt. >> when passengers in the backseat aren't buckled up they are putting themselves at risk and they put other people in the vehicle at risk. marci: drivers are twice as likely to be killed in the crash when the passenger sitting behind him or her is not wearing a seat belt. this shows what can happen. the unbelted dummy in the backseat slams in the driver's seat. the dummy behind the wheel hits the air bag and steering wheel at impact at 35 miles per hour. the author of the study remind people that the need to buckle up includes anytime you are a passenger in

ride sharing vehicle no matter how short the trip is. los angeles, marci gonzalez, noosed abc7 news. larry: i'm convinced. still, finding out early how your eyes could hold key to diagnosing autism. alison: later, brides left scrambling after a popular shop backtracked on the offer to fulfill all orders after going bankrupt. >> vindication for an alexandria man accused of rape and a blog post decades after the alleged act. what a jury decided a former

larry: retired army colonel won multimillion defamation lawsuit against a bloger that accused him of rape. it's a unique case because she made the claim online 30 years after they were classmates at west point. joce sterman has the new developments in the case. joce: will was a decorated army colonel up for general. in 2015 when we broke the story, we discovered military documents that showed he was filly qualified for the pro -- fully qualified from a promotion. but he said a blog post from a woman he hadn't seen in decades changed everything and landed them both in court in fairfax county.

>> did you hall of fame susan shan -- rape susan shannon? i did not. reading the blog every aspect is verifiably false. joce: and the jury agreed with him. he sued a west point classmate susan shannon for defamation. she claimed in a blog post in 2013 that he raped her nearly 30 years earlier. he said that the false claim cost him a promotion to general. now the case could cost shannon millions of dollars. a jury this week found the claims false and defamatory awarding him $8 million in damages. when we talked years ago he told us the day in court was not about money but vindication. >> money is not the reason we did this. this all about clearing my name. joce: suzanne shannon's attorney didn't comment when we asked for a reaction but they plan to have it fought to throw it out lat

his client is pleased but would rather have his reputation than have to file the lawsuit in the first place. back to you. alison: thank you. one of the founders of the legendary group grand master flash and the furious five is facing a murder charge. kid creole was arrested yesterday accused of stabbing a 55-year-old homeless man in new york city. police say he got in an argument with the victim alleging that the man said something that offended the rapper. larry: lawyers today filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of several local women who said a doctor sexually assaulted them. they say dr. brian williams assaulted them in physical exams in maryland and virginia. >> dr. williams was an anesthesiologists and a pain management doctor with kaiser from 2010 through 2014. dr. that time he sexually assaulted at least a dozen women we know of

assaults took place in 2013 and 2014. the state board suspended his license and kaiser fired him. alison: the first look at an eye test that could help diagnose autism. it measures rapid eye movements which can identify the issues in an area of the brain that is key to emotional and the social development. for now the test is used on the kids between the ages of 10 and 16 on the autism spectrum. but researchers hope it will be a tool for early detection. larry: early detection is key goal of all of the folks working in the neurodevelopmental disorders. >> the sooner you know a child is on the autism spectrum or has dyslexia, or a neurodevelopment disorder, the sooner you know the quicker you can do something about it. alison: more research still needs to be done. autism affects 1 in 68 children in the united states. the d.c. department of

close sidewalks on the key bridge for a month. it will alternate between the inbound and the outbound side of the bridge. closures will start sunday. it will happen sunday, monday, thursday, friday. between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. larry: oklahoma city rattled by earthquakes in last three days. one quake captured by news anchors on facebook live. check this out. >> oh! >> are you feeling that earthquake? did you feel the earthquake? >> wow! that was serious one. >> that was a big one. larry: the 4.2 magnitude quake hit yesterday taking the anchors by surprise as they were interacting with the viewers live on facebook. it's one of seven in the last few days. no injuries or significant damage has been reported. things behind the scenes. you never know. imagine -- wait. no. we're okay. alison: we're good. check in with horace holmes in the help center and the panel of e

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doug: back now to "abc7 news at 5:00". quick update on the storms. the cluster out near reston and chantilly. we are watching th

not severe. another thunderstorm near dale city. heavier stuff near baltimore. we start tomorrow with the temperatures back to 91. partly cloudy. late day storms. maybe a few in the afternoon. evening and the nighttime the best chances for storms and that opens door for a beautiful weekend forecast. sunshine less humidity. it will be gorgeous. highs in the mid-80's. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" returns after this. 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 for two years, all with a two-year agreement.

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alison: well, take a look at this. how about a bubble art show? that is what is happening in hong kong. a japanese artist setting off 10 million bubbles. this is a six level pyramid. they have 45 machines going. creating 10,000 bubbles per minute. the artist has been holding exhibitions across the world since 2000. you know the kids are loving it. larry: i'm loving it. alison: i know! larry: i'm jealous. i want to be there. here is something that you don't see every day. look at this. a mermaid in the middle of the gulf of mexico. but as you can see it's not swimming. it's drifting. the floating dock broke loose from florida and drifted 200 miles to suth of louisiana. several people in key west reported seeing it but so far no one reported it missing. alison: interesting. larry: if you are streaming or happen to know about it, call them to tell the mermaid is missing. alison: you wonder what is inside that. larry: yeah. ob

still ahead -- >> brides who ordered an an fred

larry: back now with birthday wishes to tony bennett. he left his heart in san francisco but was born in queens 91 years ago today. happy birthday. alison: does he look good or what? incredible. tony bennett received kennedy center honor four years ago. now we know who will join the elite list this year. l.l. cool jay, goria estefan, lionel richie, dancer carmen delavelaud. l.l. cool jay is the first hip-hop artist to get the award of people influencing culture through the arts. larry: congratulations to them. brides around the country are starting to scammable after a popular bridal shop closed. they originally said they would complete the orders but now it's not the case. cheryl: weeks after the doors closed some brides left searching. >> we got a lot of panicked brides.

>> antique white. >> this is posh bridal and says brides and entire wedding parties came rushing into her shops with hope to find replacements. >> most often girls are like whatever you have got in the right color. >> they heard the news and they ordered double the number of accessories they usually get, anticipating a rush of brides coming in for the last minute details. >> the bridal shop community a tight-knit bunch she says came together. >> the second the news hit, everybody was going what can we do? >> in an effort to make the bridal dreams reality. even if it means without the an fred angelo dress in some cases was ordered months prior. >> it's heart wrenching. you don't want to see anybody upset about the excitement quelled for such a big event. >> now the company saying it's no longer possible to fulfill each and every

>> a farm can be a nice setting for a wedding but what about the one inspiring "charlotte's web"? the farm that inspired them to write the classic is up for sale. he lived there when he wrote the story. the house dates back to the 1700's. white and his wife bought it in 1933. he lived there until he died in 1985. now you can buy it. for $3.7 million. larry: wow! spider web come with it? alison: good question. hopefully not. larry: everyone is looking to beat the heat these days. in arlington a police officer didn't need encouragement to take the plunge. >> up, jump, jump, jump! >> [laughter] the arlington county police twitter feed says that the officer with the kids for the

a.h.c. inc. summer camp. nice. alison: good sport! very funny. larry: i love it. great. alison: now know the kids love it. let's get a check on the weather to see if we have good pool weather coming our way. doug: absolutely. this evening keep an eye on the sky because of an isolated thunderstorm that is developing. close in now. a thunderstorm there moving east. keep an eye on that. we have a fair amount of lightning. keep an eye on it. moving northeast at 15 to 20 miles per hour. farther north is where the action has been and it will continue with the severe thunderstorm warning north baltimore. my hometown of towson is in effect until 6:30. it stretches to hartford county. as far as what will happen this evening the isolated storms will end. muggy and humid. we are used to

the 70's. then for tomorrow a muggy start. temperatures 67 to 74. through the day a fair amount of sunshine. look for the afternoon thunderstorms as a possibility. the way it is shaping up, the best chance of storms will be toward and after sunset tomorrow. burr that will clear skies out -- but that will clear the skies out to bring cool and drier air for the weekend. there is sunshine and 81. sunny and pleasant. 79 for the day on sunday. that is it. back to you. alison: okay. thank you very much. larry: all right. well, fun time for tennis all week long. went out to the citi open last night and had a great time. scott abraham has the great assignment to be there front and center. alison: how is it going? scott: we're halfway through the tournament. let me tell you that fun is just beginning here. simona h

the world now and always a big draw at the tournament. she is through to the quarterfinals. she had a tough three-set win today over mariana duque-mariino. tracy austin is joining me. you watched the match. what was your take away? she had to dig down and win the last two sets. >> she struggled in the beginning and simona couldn't keep the forehand in the court. she moved to a tighter racquet and put more spin on it. she figured it out. both players were struggling with the heat at the end. it was over 130 on court temperature. the third set both were struggling physically. scott: staying with the heat theme. you are a former player. how do players adjust the game? >> so much of it is mental. the 24 hours prior to playing you have to hydrate. once the match starts, it's too late then to start hydrating. also it's about the m

really staying tough. being determined. having a strong will. you know that your opponent is just as tired and just as hot. scott: at another match had andrea petkovic and eugenie bouchard and the german came out on top. >> it was interesting because they are both now struggling with the ranking to put the match wins on the board. petkovic came out in the third set more aggressive and more consistent. that made the difference. scott: the marquee matchup tonight probably is here former citi open champions on the men's side going toe to toe. juan martin del potro and kei nishikori. >> it's an amazing match. del potro slipped outside the top 25 because he has had

power. and nishikori is a touch under six feet but he is a counterpuncher and speedy. i love the dynamic. it's such a contrast of styles. scott: tracy austin, thank you. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. scott: there is a lot of great tennis action to come here at the citi open. we'll have much more. we will hear down from simona halep tonight at 2 of:00 on the sports cast -- at 6:00 on the abc7 sports on abc7. back to you in the studio. >> all right. thanks. alison: thank you. coming up next on abc7 news, online retailers like amazon helping or hurting small businesses? larry: it depends which ones you talk to. we have both sides of the fight for your business. alison: a reminder as we get closer to back to school time. abc7 and newschannel8 are happy to join forces with the united way and d.c. united to stuff the bus. on august 10, bring your backpacks and school supplies to the safeway on 14th street southeast. then the united way will

the local kids. >> we are still following breaking news out of burtonsville where a cracked power pole and downed lines are blocking all lanes on route 29. the latest on the clean-up coming

larry: well, new information tonight about the amazon john fair that had people lining up across the country. they were looking to fill 50,000 positions nationwide. i drew 20,000 people in ten states. but amazon says another so,000 candidate applications were processed today. meaning about 30,000 people applied for the jobs. there is no word tonight on how many of them were in baltimore or how many of the applicants will be hired. one thing we do

for the many mom and pop stores around the country and cheryl conner spoke to the owner of one where it proved to be too much. cheryl: five small shops in a store front and sharing rent is how they are able to compete. >> these sell well. >> the owner cecilia and her colleagues say keeping up with the online giants like amazon can be tough. >> she saw people looking at some of her ceramics. and then looking at a phone. i guess on the phone and checking it out. cheryl: we looked for the south african headband on amazon and found something similar. it was actually more expensive. $20 in store and starting at $24 online. as amazon looked for 50,000 new employees in the largest job fair this week. we ask them if they are trying to help main street america. >>

amazon is doing for small business owners is opening up the marketplace to make amazon customers available to people making and selling their own wears. >> amazon's lauren lynch says more than half the merchandise is from the small business owners. amazon offers selling plans with a monthly fee of $39.99 plus a per item price which varies. they hope the items are unique enough to bring in customers but says if you can't beat them, join them. >> i think if you are a smart her chant you need to -- smart merchant you need to join the bandwagon. cheryl? takata park, cheryl conner, abc7 news. announcer: this is a stormwatch7 severe weather alert. doug: right now a new severe thunderstorm warning just issued now for the areas of loudoun county and montgomery county over the broadlands. we have a thunderstorm. some of the precipitation is being obstructed because

but it is heavy rain and a lot of lightning moving north at 20 miles per hour. the winds could gust in excess briefly of 50 miles per hour. monitoring the other lesser storms to the south of route 50 and north of dumfries. we will keep an eye on that. that could develop but that is a storm we are keeping a close watch on. the other larger clusters of storms north of baltimore moving away. for the next hour or two we will keep an eye on it. another area we are watching is showing the development of the rain and the heavy rain. we will watch it for you and keep in mind that the weekend is a promising forecast. hang around for that as well in a few minutes. alison: see you then, doug. breaking right now a power pole snapped. a major road shut down. people cut off from leaving or entering their own homes. jonathan: all of that at one place on columbia pike at the intersection with blackburn and burtonsville. jeff goldberg joining with us a breaking news update. what is going on out there? jeff: well, we could tell you

country place apartment complex have been allowed to walk in and out. not allowed to drive. show you what is going on now. the power crews are shoring up the power line that snapped earlier today. what happened at 1:00 today, somehow, that power line fell to route 29 in burtonsville. it got caught one a truck. thankfully no one was injured. the truck caused the power line to move. causing the power pole to snap. or bend at least. not snap entirely. the power crews able to shore up the power pole. route 29 got closed at 2:00 this afternoon. at the worst possible time for rush hour. it's been closed since. a mile or two in both directions to the north and the south. traffic on 29 obviously a major thoroughfare has been shut down completely. a major inconvenience during the rush hour. obviously a big inconvenience for the residents who want to get in and out