the world has never seen. nancy: right now, president trump responds to reports that north korea crossed the nuclear threshold. jonathan: the "washington post" reporting that the country has miniaturized a nuclear warhead. alison: that can then be placed in a rocket to be used in a strike. michelle marsh has the latest. michelle: that is the latest from the "washington post." they were first to report this. this is a development that was not expected for another year or two. they cite intelligence officials and this comes days after north korea successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the range to reach the lore 48 in the u.s. -- the lower 48 in the u.s. over the weekend, the security council enacted some of the toughest sanctions ever for north korea. the vote was unanimous including support from china and russia. moments ago, president trump with this warning for north korea. here is the full

president trump: north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state. they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. michelle: very strong rhetoric from the president there. the report from the "post" says north korea controls up to 60 nuclear weapons. be sure to stay with abc7 throughout the evening as we gather more information on this breaking story. at the "live desk," michelle marsh, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. even if you have to stem away from the tv, you -- step away from the tv, you can get updates on the story and the breaking news. just log on to wjla.com/text

want straight to your phone and to your pad. also happening moments ago in d.c., police are briefing reporters about two new murder arrests. stephen tschida right now at the headquarters with the new development and an explanation from the chief on why crime seems to be down. stephen: the d.c. police chief peter newsham spoke 15 minutes ago or so about this very violent weekend, the last weekend in july. he announced two arrests in two homicides from the weekend, one involving a teenager and the other a fatal stabbing. but we also asked him why d.c. is seeing such a dramatic drop this year in violent crime? it's down 26% over this time last year. the chief also addressing something that a number of people have raised as a potential factor here. the rainy, cool weather. take a listen. chief newsham: we have one of the best homicide units

and the folks who work in that unit really roll up their sleeves. they are committed to finding the folks that are responsible. if weather is playing a factor, i hope we get a lot of rain for the remainder of the summer. stephen: the chief acknowledging that when it is hot out, crime does tend to spike. now he also mentioned some other factors. such as, improved opportunities for young people and mental health experts for those who are out on the street. coming up at 5:00, we'll talk about progress in yet another crime plaguing the city for the past few years. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. meanwhile, a maryland man is facing charges today after police say he took pictures up women's skirts on metro. last thursday, a woman reported a man took her picture while she was leaving the columbia heights metro station. police arrested 19-year-old brandon williams from

other victims have been identified and investigators say there could be more who don't know they are victims. nancy: it seems like it has been a while but the sun finally came back out today. we are turning a corner because it looks like it will be a great evening. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with the forecast. the kind of the night you want to turn off the a.c. and just leave the windows open. doug: that is a good idea. this has been a painfully so process but it's underway. a lot of sunshine now appearing. 79 at reagan national. northerly winds at 12. on the 8th of august, hello. that is good stuff. the rain has finally ended. now we have increasing sunshine from west to east. through the evening we will hang on to the sunshine. 78 in the city at 7:00. 74 at 9:00. 73 at 11:00. that means it will be spectacular at the ballpark tonight. so through the day tomorrow, sunshine all day long. temperatures are about 82 or 83 for a high.

values are a good four or five degrees below average. that trend will continue. so the short list of tomorrow's superlatives. sunny and warm. but the weekend storms are back in the forecast. we'll talk more about the weekend in about 12 minutes. jonathan: we look forward to it. thank you. this guy here is now charged with a road rage shooting in alexandria from a couple of weeks ago. but there is no argument over who opened fire. but his attorney is claiming that he did it in self-defense. and jeff goldberg has new developments and he joins us live. jeff? jeff: ernest sickle appeared in court. this is a few weeks after the road ragens doesn't took place in alexandria -- road rage incident took place in alexandria. his attorney today said he was not the aggressor and he fired his gun in self-defense. on the moment of july 19th, the prosecutors say he got in

and the passenger of a chevy s.u.v. likely on the beltway over who cut off whom. when both cars stopped at the light at claremont and eisenhower in alexandria, both parties got out of the vehicles and started to yell at one another. stickle allegedly got in the driver's face and shot her multiple times including in the neck and face. the victim a 33-year-old woman survived the shooting. the prosecutors say that he left the scene and went to his home in mechanicsville, maryland, and then changed vehicles. he later turned himself in to police 95 miles away in frederick where prosecutors say he told police he got rid of his gun earlier in the day. stickle's defense attorney says while at intersection in alexandria the driver of the s.u.v. boxed him in so he couldn't drive away. then the driver and passenger got out and began yelling and threatening him.

stickle's attorney said he fired his gun in self-defense. he is currently being held without bond. his next court appearance is set for next month. now we all know that road rage can be a serious situation and a serious problem. what do you do if you find yourself in a tense situation on the road? we will have good suggestions coming up at 5:00. until then, live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. meanwhile, abc7 is on storm watch now. this was the very moment that an ef-1 tornado struck in salisbury. look at that! this is on the eastern shore of maryland, of course. the national weather service teams just today confirming it was a twister that hit there. our maryland bureau chief brad bell is there. brad, at the strongest the winds topped 100 miles per hour. brad: yeah, you know what? this is a fairly weak tornado. they ruled it an ef-1 tornado.

damage. this house, you see back there? it has the red sign on door that said it's condemned. i it looks fine here. but walk with me to the back of the house. the tree stump. this free fell down. then look up -- this tree fell down. then look up here. the entire cinder block wiped out by the tree when it came down. the tornado didn't last long. just seconds. the track was three-quarters to a mile in length. look what it did in its brief life. a car tossed like a toy as a security camera rolls. the warehouse wall knocked down. in this neighborhood, trees crushing cars and houses alike. cam wheatly saw the window smashed in his car. >> crazy. it never happened before. brad: after surveying all damage, the national weather service confirming what everybody knew. this was a twister. w

and it is a tornado. it was an ef-1. the maximum win somewhere in 10 -- maximum windsor in the the -- the maximum winds are 100 to 105-mile-per-hour. brad: but in a very concentrated area. this is another tree that came down. another one right here. one of the things that everybody is talking about is just how lucky nobody was hurt. look at all the houses around here and you had the trees down. this just hit the corner of this one. no injuries. when we come back at 5:00, we will tell you more about the science of this tornado. and why the meteorologists from the national weather service are saying they couldn't predict it. brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: looking forward to that. we were first on the ground in salisbury and you can see the picture of the damage. we posted a photo gallery at wjla.com. search "salisbury." the city of college park is weighing a decision t

undocumented immigrants voting right. they may delay the deciding vote tonight. the measure would let noncitizen vote for mayor and city council but not be able to vote in presidential or the congressional elections. alison: house democrats are trying to figure out how much they are spending at the trump properties. they made a formal request for the information by the 25th. this comes as trump is on a working vacation at the gulf club in new jersey. it seeks document about any payments made to the trump organization or any business that the president has a stake in. jonathan: tight security measures near the president's summer getaway to the golf club in bedminster, nonetheless, is having an impact on local operations. the airport is within the ten mile no fly zone required by the

that is a problem. the airport owner is losing tens of thousands of dollars. >> i knew there had to be does instruction throughout haiti. jonathan: the survivor that he owes his life to. nancy: next a man pulls a gun on am with while driving. he won't believe the excuse he gave the police for doing it. >> safety first. that is the mantra at the machine machine county fair

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jonathan: if you see this on the highway, you'd be terrified. this guy coming up and holding a gun. the woman in north texas is taking this video as she is driving. the woman very shaken by this. >> i don't feel like i provoked him at all. it scared me. the look on his face. jonathan: she started recording after the man started braking repeatedly. the man in video did turn himself in. he said he thought the woman's phone she was holding up was a gun. nancy: wow! moving on. a tense standoff between a cat

this is in denver, colorado. the predator approaching and the coyotes getting too close for comfort. so the cat swatted it. coyote got scared away. a good reminderrer the pet owners to keep animals inside if you live where the coyotes are known to hang around. if you see it in the slow motion, oh, no. you are not messing with me. jonathan: if the cat made it through that, let the cat stay inside the house. nancy: tough cat. jonathan: montgomery county fair opens friday. alison: they have 40 rides. so we sent richard reeve to see how the inspection process is going to make sure there are no accidents like recent one we saw in columbus, ohio. rich? richard: that is right. look at this. everywhere you walk around the fairground you will see the people wearing vests or t-shirts that say "safety first." that is the mantra. that means

inspections. they are complicated. hundreds of parts have to be assembled by hands. it takes two days to assemble the 40 rides here. the inspection of labor and industry are in the gray shirts. the in-house inspectors check the rides before assembling and why they are put together. each ride has its own manual and a safety checklist that is double checked every day before the opening and throughout the day. the inspectors maintain strict standards. >> if the ride is dismantled and put back together every week or two, we might notice something of a permanent structure that you don't notice. wear and tear. we take it apart so we can see it and be proactive on it. richard: you can see they are up there now to work on the

rides. the executive director has been here for a decade. there has only been one accident, a minor accident. and the safety regarding the fair-goers. richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: 7 salutes military heroes being celebrated. yesterday was national purple heart day. purple heart is awarded to the members who are killed or wounded in the service. in new york they put a twist on the idea. instead they were turning lost purple hearts to the veterans and the families of the fallen service men. >> for a lot of the families the medal is the last tangible item they received of the loved ones and to have it reunited will bring the veteran back to them. jonathan: the purple heart was created by general george washington in 1782 before he became the first u.s. president. originally the badge of military merit. alison: a military mom in arizona got what she has been waiting for, for

air force sergeant shania porter just got back from the fifth overseas deployment and she decided to surprise her two sons. hey little guy. jonathan: that never gets old. alison: that is so great! that is blake who she surprised first. then she did it with the brother. he thinks they are video chatting and then he real iced -- real iced mom is 'sed of class -- realized mom is outside of class! >> to be in the air force and doing everything she does is a blessal. -- blessing. alison: that is her first deployment as a mother. it's so much work. nancy: you see how happy they were. her son running. sprinting. jonathan: we could do an hour

so much down to watch. doug: i see them on facebook, it's like 10 or 15 minutes. if you are not crying, there is something wrong with you. jonathan: i love the mascot and throws the first pitch. doug: we got rid of the clouds. took all day but now it's gorgeous. there is still no indication of any hot weather coming our way anytime soon. the capital wheel in the foreground. the rain finally ended this afternoon in ocean city. it's still raining at virginia beach and the outer banks. not a good week for that. it looks like the cloudiness will hang on in the morning through the outer banks.

friday a big area of the high pressure will move in to the east and the clouds come back. the temperatures temperatures ie sunshine. 80 in martinsburg. 78 in manassas. 77 in the mid-shore in easton. 77 in baltimore. 79 at reagan national. for game number two against the marlins tonight at the park. the first pitch is 7:05. it's perfect ballpark weather. just a breeze. temperatures may be lower 70's by the time we head home from the game. forecast is short and sweet. clear and comfortable. out of the north the lows from 55 and 65 degrees. the future cast keeps clear skies overhead through early morning hours. it shows a little cloud pop up. but who cares? we are in good shape. friday is a chance of the shower in mid-day. better chance in the afternoon. the day planner from start to finish. a lot of sunshine. comfortable temperatures. the weekend is warm enough for the

some sun. thunderstorm chances. a few on saturday and a better chance on sunday afternoon as well. we will hit lower 80's and then we have a long string of the dry and the cool days. the average high in the upper 80's. there is no sign of a heatwave anytime soon. nancy: thank you. next at 4:00, head scratcher of a t-shirt and the artist point behind a questionable fashion statement. kellye: i'm kellye lynn in gaithersburg where the students are engaged for interesting experiences. that is coming up in "spo

alison: a new program that is placing high school junior and sean yours at the job sites to prepare them for the future. this is kellye lynn's with the spotlight on education. fire trucks are on the move at fire station rescue 8. this is where melo put in three week of work. >> we were able to do the physical training they have to do to become firefighters. >> one of the 450 students who participated in the summer rides program that st

experience. >> we had them working in i.t. and bio. they were able to experience the school system. >> they then spent three weeks at the job site. >> i want to be a doctor. >> it's good to have experience. >> we are trying to show them what it's all about. >> they shadow the professionals at kaiser personal innocent -- kaiser permanente. >> it's cool because i got to see all aspects of the field under one roof. >> students cn

>> it's really cool. in gaithersburg, kellye lynn, abc7 news. >> next at 4:00, trapped an connection. coming from an elite rescue team from our area. the story of survival is next. kevin: i'm kevin lewis. there is a fight to keep this banquet hall from ever serving a single plate of food. that's ahead. alison: at 5:00, holding out at the golden archs? what set this man at mcdonald's and what happens when police arrive? i'll see you back at

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banquet hall in the woods behind the potomac structure. >> he lives in a nearby neighborhood and carries a petition. he claims that the six-acre plot of land is zoned for single family homes. >> to build this three time the size of the old anglers doesn't seem to be feasible to us. >> he explains that traffic along the boulevard is bad enough. especially on weekends. when droves of hikers and backers use -- bikers use the trail. events will add to the congestion. plus cause red aye. >> the hours would be until 1:00 at night.

weddings are celebrations. the noise would echo to the adjoining suburban homes. >> they are scheduled to take this up next month. we contacted management today but so far we haven't heard back. in potomac, kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: back to the weather center with doug. calmer day compared to yesterday. doug: yesterday was lousy. this is ocean city, maryland. now we have sunshine that are breaking through the clouds. the next few days are terrific. jonathan: we'll take it. mid-august. it feels like april at this point. doug: it's okay. unusual temperatures here. the skies are clearing from northwest to soue

studios in arlington. clear skies and comfortable temperatures. dropping in the lower 70's. in fact, by morning it will be cool. western suburbs in the 50's. on august 9. figure that! 65 in washington for a wakeup temperature. 61 in la plata. the forecast tomorrow looks terrific. the temperatures make a climb to the 80's. ditto for thursday. another chance of showers and storms for friday. steve will be back in 15 or 16 minutes with a complete weekend outlook. jonathan: all right, doug. we look forward to it. thanks. tragedy at a daycare center. a 3-year-old boy found dead in the backseat of a van left for hours in parking lot. maggie rulli has the latest tonight. maggie: an orlando daycare is under investigation after a 3-year-old was found dead in the van parked outside little miracle academy. >> miles would have turned 4 years old on august 22,

month. this is a tragedy. >> the police believe he was left in the hot vehicle the entire day. >> they knew he was in the van. he was in that van. they knew they hadn't taken him out. >> his family said he had been at the little miracles academy for two years and was supposed to be dropped off before 8:00 p.m. but monday night he never came home. his grand mother said he was missing. >> they found him in the van. >> responding officers say the child was found dead in the floor in the backseat of the van. >> the daycare worker has been cooperative and is obviously extremely distraught. >> the daycare worker involved was driving miles and other children from one location to another. she admits that she did not do a head count when the children were dropped off. that she had no idea that miles was still in the

today miles' mother leaves child outside the daycare where the child's both was found. authorities are awaiting the autopsy and criminal charges are pending. if confirmed by the autopsy, miles will be the 32nd child no died this year after being left in a hot vehicle and the fifth in the state of florida. in new york, maggie rulli, abc7 news. nancy: the marines could put women in combat training on the west coast for the first time. right now they can only train in south carolina. they will start training at boot camp next spring. men training to be marines can do so on either coast. michelle: online retailer pulled a lain of t-shirts and the -- line of t-shirts and sweatshirts that featured a swastika. they were sold on the tspring website. they wanted to make it to a symbol of love and peace. in a statement on the web site they said they pulled the shirt

jonathan: they just needed a history class. michelle: how does that get by? jonathan: not smart. the 3-year-old finale to the "bachelorette." we were glued. nancy: it blew up on social media. michelle: i love how it ended. jonathan: she chose wisely. michelle: she did. not up for debate. nancy: out of the final three. michelle: that was the best choice. if you haven't seen it yet, spoiler alert. kidd o'shea takes us through the dramatic season finale and proposal. kidd: billed as one of the most dramatic endings ever. boy did they deliver. rachel had to deliver between ryan and peter. fans thought it was peter but she went with ryan. here you see how difficult it was to say goodbye to peter. a lot of tears. a lot of "i love you." and i "love you, too" but it wasn't enough to keep them together forever. peter confessing he didn't

propose, leaving rachel with a tough decision. the real question is what do you do after a bad breakup on national tv? you do what peter did. you take your shirt off. how is peter doing since the breakup? >> are there feelings there? >> of course. i wouldn't be here right now if there wasn't feelings. kids so get to the -- kidd: now get to the good stuff. we watch for a good tv marriage proposal. >> rachel lynn lindsay, will you be my queen forever? yes! >> marry me? >> yes. kidd: but after all of that, rachel still had one more tough decision to make last night on jimmy kimmel live. >> would you like to keep ryan and marry him as planned or would you like to trade him for whatever is behind door

>> i think i'll stick with him. >> please reveal what is behind door number two. oh! i'm so sorry, rachel. you lost. you could have guilhermo. kidd: cheers to rachel and brian. with that another successful "bachelorette" proposal is in the books. jonathan: the funny thing she gave him the first rose, the first rose of the whole deal and the last rose. women intuition. nancy: i didn't know you weather stilld you were so into this. jonathan: i must have read it somewhere. some of the stuff is unbelievable but some of it is good. i thought she was great. nancy: she was. next on abc7 news, the video you have to see twice to believe it really happened. a jogger shoving a woman out of t

right in the path of a bus. what happens next? that is ahead. jonathan: plus, mega million jackpot rises again before tonight's drawing. and if you don't win that, there is another nine-figure jackpot drawn tomorrow. michelle: and here is kidd o'shea with a first look at your wednesday wakeup with "good morning washington." kidd: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- it's easy to feel overwhelmed and stretched out beyond the limits. the experts reveal seven ways to stay grounded. tackle stress and live a happier life. >> plus, how to deck out your new college digs with the ultimate dorm-like da core. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten

jonathan: the biggest jerk of the day. in london. he is jogging, passes a woman and shoves her. there he is running. there the woman. he shoves her into the path of an oncoming double decker bus. thank goodness the driver was paying close attention. they are trying to track him down. this is insane. nancy: the definition of a close call. in opened

the base of confederate memorial has been open. it was stored for 106 years and taken down from a public park in june. inside the capsule they found minutes of the meeting of the daughters of the confederacy, a letter and confederacy currency. michelle: speaking of currency. dueling jackpots back to back nights topping $300 million. first the mega millions drawing. today is prize is bumped up to $350 million. that is not the end of it. tomorrow's powerball drawing surged to $307 million. are you all this? jonathan: yeah. michelle: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- tropical storm franklin makes landfall over the yucatan. that is the first one. the forecast path could have it make a second landfall this week. jonathan: but first, behind the scene with the elite rescue team virginia task force

jonathan: he described the moment that the task force found him and rescued him. that's next.

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nancy: developing if china five are dead after a strong magnitude 6.5 quake hit near the southwestern part of the country. 63 others also injured in this. buildings were left mangled in the mountains you region with the phone networks knocked out to make the communication difficult. that hit before 9:30 at night. jonathan: you know when disasters happen around the globe, a local team of the first responders is often sent in to help rescue people. michelle: we are talking about virginia task force one in fairfax county. one of two teams that are trained in the urban search and rescue. nancy: tim brant went on a training mission with the task force and spoke to a survivor who owes his life to the local rescuers.

>> everything started to crash down around me. i wondered if i was dead. it was terrifying. >> dan was trapped under a six-story hotel with days to survive. >> i knew it was a catastrophic earthquake and there had to be destruction throughout haiti. i knew i was at the bottom of a hotel that collapsed. >> working for compassion international on january 22, 2010. when a 7.0 earthquake ravaged haiti. >> i saw it topple back and forth. i saw it come down. then it went dark. >> 200 guests were killed. the father of two started to write letters to his family. >> i am still praying that god will get me out. he may not. but he will always take care

of you. after two days without food or water hope arrives in the form of a flashlight. >> start banging on the metal sheeting that was cutting off the top of the elevator shaft laying horizontally now. into the shaft, and i started to yell and yell and yell. >> i heard a human voice. he called out and he said i know where you are. we will try to get to you. i saw his face looking down. i went down in between the two elevator doors. there were two people who had been there for days. >> he brought a flashlight and water. they were sanity to me. they were life. that with us the first moment

just stuck here. this isn't the way the story ends. >> after six hours of work they pulled him out of rubble. >> at one time the guy says if you look over your shoulder, you will see the sun. you are not supposed to look at the sun but i looked over my shoulder and i stared at the sun until everything turned green and black. that was the moment i knew i was out. >> such an amazing story. that is tim brant reporting. there is much more about virginia task force one on the website wjla.com. they do amazing work. you can see the entire report on website. go downstairs live to larry with a first look at what he is working on at "abc7 news at 5:00". larry: good to see you. ahead at 5:00,

school. how a community is getting ready to welcome the president's son to his new school. caught on video. a daring rescue for a dog. the community coming together to save a trapped pooch and what made them angry they had to be heros in the first place. that is coming up. and tip for diffusing road rage before it turns dangerous. that is coming up in a few minutes on "abc7 news at 5:00". see you in a few. jonathan: we'll be watching. sad news from world of country music. glen campbell now has passed away. the legendary singer best known for the hit "rhinestone cowboy." he had a long battle with alzheimer's. he was 81. >> the businesses are looking to take on more employees. >> the only down side is that it means

struggling to find qualified candidates for the opening. >> mcdonald's poised to make china the second biggest market in the world. right now japan holds the position with the united states in the top five. the golden arches expect to have 4,500 restaurants open in china by 2022. that is nearly double the current market share. it pales in comparison to the 14,000 mcdonald's in the united states. interesting story for you here. doubling down isn't rare in las vegas. but it is when rabbits are the only thing that are doubling. there you go. the rabbits are moving around. the rabbit population are booming and people are dumping them around the city. a woman is rescuing them herself. but the state is not helping her financially and she is told if she puts the bunnies back where she found them she will be fined for dumping. >> i have to believe one day they won't be here.

hope is very small. nancy: the county officials have not received complaints about the rabbit population and they thought it was a city issue. the city officials said they have not also heard of complaints. michelle: tracking tropical storm franklin now. it made the first landfall on the yucatan peninsula. i's weakened a bit with winds at 45 miles per hour. the amount of rain might be the biggest concern with the storm. the storm is expected to go back over the gulf of mexico and make a second landfall on the mexico eastern gulf shores. >> that blew up down there. nasty storm. >> we are on easy street. for the next several days. michelle: we'll take it. steve: as we move closer to the weekend it will become more unsettled. but not a wash out for the weekend. gad news there. outside we go. just a few minutes ago they were trimming the

the: club. they were going pretty fast. they are done. nobody is out there enjoying the nice afternoon. the sun is out. it's quiet and it's dry. it will stay that way. if you have the afternoon dinner plans or the evening dinner plans it's gorgeous out there to barbecue or take the dinner and sit outside and enjoy it. 79 at dulles. the same at reagan national. 80 in culpeper and charlottesville. the forecast for the nats game. tonight the first pitch is upper 70's. mid-70's by the seventh inning stretch. by the time you head home is almost a full moon. the temperatures will be in the lower 70's. in town and dropping to the upper 60's. we will see the mid-to-upper 50's. the day planner looks like this. 83 for the high. brilliant sunshine. the weekend i wish i had better news but it's not a washout. saturday and sunday showers and the thunderstorms. highs around 83 to 85

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the federal government canceled plans for a new f.b.i. headquarters. it turns out the cancellation of the

of dollars of your money has gone down the drain. >> speaking of the wasted taxpayer money, there 20 million has been spent. partly looking for a new location thatted a been narrowed down to one site in virginia and two in maryland. this is a project that even the taxpayer watchdogs say is important. >> this is not an example in my mind of an excessive demand by government officials. i think this is a well-needed new building. >> but the general services administration which had been in charge of the project has now canceled it, calling it too expensive. a decision which blindsided many lawmakers on capitol hill. >> the men and the women o

office building that meets their needs. >> in 2016, the lawmakers approved $390 million for the project. another $523 million the following year. with plans to raise more money from the old headquarters which sits on prime real estate. >> my hope would be from the white house to capitol hill they would look at this and say this is a no-brainer. >> for now those in charge of investigating crime and tackling terror will stay here. a more than decade-long project halted in its tracks. in washington, i'm kristine frazao, abc7 news. larry: right now at 5:00, a different story from the defense after a road rage encounter. plus critical advice keeping your cool in a heated situation. safety first in the wake of a recent tragedy. abc7 heads to the local fairground to see what goes into making sure it doesn't turn tragic.

and the shove that almost cost a woman her life. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. michelle: we begin with a new explanation tonight in a case of violent road rage. it was last month police say a man shot a woman twice after a beltway confrontation. jonathan: but today in court, he gave the judge a different explanation for his actions. larry: the northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg joins us with the explanation and the advice from police from diffusing road rage. good evening. jeff: good evening, larry. the road rage confrontation happened here at this intersection three weeks ago in alexandria. following an argument that took place on the beltway nearby. but the man accused of pulling the trigger says he was not the aggressor. >> prosecutors say on july 19, 58-year-old earnest stickle got in a road rage incident with the driver and the passenger of black survivor. both cars stop

at clemont and eisenhower in alexandria and prosecutors say they all got outside and started yelling at one another. stickle then allegedly shot the driver in the neck and face. a 33-year-old woman from bladensburg, maryland, who did survive. surveillance video shows the vehicle moments after the shooting. prosecutors say stickle took off to the home in mechanicsville, maryland, and changed vehicles. he later turned himself in 95 miles acin frederick. his defense attorney says he fired in self-defense after the driver of the s.u.v. blocked him in and threatened him. >> i try to take a few deep breaths and relax. jeff: drivers we spoke with said when they encounter road rage they don't fight back. >> i get angry but i don't act on it. >> it's not worth it. i back off. >> it gets worse and worse and the levels people take it to. jeff: sheila ayres says if you feel threatened by another driver pull over and