families and other departments is not affected by this. it is believed that the other hospitals in the area have resources to accommodate the expecting mothers in the light of this. in a statement the councilmember gray described a look of communication between the city health department, the hospital and the leaders. at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. increased police presence is expected at the college park city council meeting. michelle: that is because the council is scheduled to take a vote on controversial bill to allow noncitizens to vote in city elections. jonathan: tom roussey is live in college park where tensions are so high the vote may not happen. explain that, tom. tom: college park is known as the home of the university of maryland but it's also home to more than 32,000 people. not all are u.s. citizens. >> i'm an immigrant. tom: she was born in ecuador. she wanted to vote but for years she cou

became a citizen. >> if you work here and pay your taxes i don't see why you shouldn't vote. >> if you pay taxes and live here it gives you a vote. i disagree. if you take a path to citizenship and become citizen of the country. >> the measure would allow noncitizens illegally and the immigrants to vote. there would be a separate voter list since they would vote in the state and the national election. >> if i went to another country i couldn't vote in a russian election. >> an hour and a half from now this is expected to b

the police. they say one of the members, they won't say which one, increasing threat. it is possible they will vote to delay it until september. this is some of the e-mails they received that is getting the national attention. at least those released by the city. the general feeling is running 4-1 against passing this measure to allow the noncitizens to vote. reporting live inside college park city hall i'm tom roussey. abc7 news >> we will track it tonight. thank you. if college park votes to allow the noncitizen to vote in the city election it would be the largest city in maryland to do so and it would join hyattsville, mount rainier and takoma park to allow it. jonathan: there is a warning from president trump after a report concludes that north korea can fit nuclear wean

ballistic missiles. president trump: north korea best not make threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. jonathan: according to the "washington post." the defense intelligence agency does believe they can miniaturize nuclear weapon but has yet to test the device. >> the president commented in north korea before a meeting on the opioid crisis facing the country. there were no policy announcement. but the president promised to combat addiction and increase the prosecution of the drug crimes. noticeably absent from the meeting with was new jersey governor chris christie. he is head of the president's opioid task force on vacation. michelle: the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in salisbury yesterday afternoon.

the weather service says the twister was on the ground for a mile with winds of 100 miles per hour. >> the noise of the train coming through. it went through quick. >> no one was hurt, of course, the businesses and the residents clean up the damage. jonathan: kevin lewis as crystal clear survey linas ved -- surveillance video that forced them to confess to the crime. >> video that showed a woman peering through a window. ring the doorbell and peer through the glass again. then her boyfriend checks the door but it is locked so he grabs a ten-pound rock. winds up on the deck and checks the rock shattering the glass. not once. but

he enters the house and stuffs items to a red duffel bag. the officers dusted for fingerprints and one came back at ernest jeffries. they caught him and his girlfriend at the motel 6 in gaithersburg. a red under armour duffel bag and the gold sneakers in the hotel room. the match to the male burglar. >> it's obvious they did it. >> today the prosecutors accepted a guilty plea from the crooked couple who ironically committed the break-in on the afternoon following valentine's day. both are facing prison time. >> this wasn't "the italian job." >> no. this reflects the adage that crime doesn't

>> rockville. >> the prince george's man was arrested after he was stopped at the thurgood marshall airport with two handguns and the ammunition. he was traveling with the two children. he told agents he forget it was in his bag. children were picked up from the other family members. michelle: singer glen campbell died after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. >> ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy ♪ michelle: he sold more than 45 million albums in his six decade career. his 21 top 40 hits included "rhinestone cowboy" you just heard and "wichita lineman." in 1968 he even outsold the beatles. he was 81. jonathan: coming up next at 6:00, the stunning admission in a road rage case in alexandria. the reason the shooter says he pulled trigger. >> it's al

michelle: still ahead what is causing that murky and sometimes smelly pond along the national mall? doug: it's delightful outside now after a day of cloudiness, bright sunshine and 81 in washington. comfortable weather. how many more days like this? we let you know in the forecast still to come at

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"abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: back with an update of the story we first brought you last week. police have now caught the man they say was taking pictures up women's skirts at a metro stop. surveillance video helped police catch 19-year-old brandon williams of forestville. last thursday a woman reported feeling a hand up her skirt at the columbia heights metro station. police say other victims have been identifieded but there could be more women who don't know their pictures were taken. the defense attorney in the alexandria road rage case said his client opened fire in self-defense. jonathan: a judge denied bond for ernest stickle. he is accused of shooting a 33-year-old woman after an argue in the a road rage incident in court today, the defense attorney said that stickle felt threatened after the other driver cut him off and boxed him in and threatened him. prosecutors say that he drove away after the shooting changed vehicle at his home in

himself in. michelle: "7 on your side" with health matters. u.s. news and world report is out with the annual list of the country's best hospital. johns hopkins in baltimore finishes third in this year's ranking. it's also the top hospital in maryland. the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic ranked first and second nationally. medstar georgetown university hospital is the top hospital in d.c. while u.v.a. medical center in charlottesville is top in virginia. jonathan: coming up for us, what is it about all this buzz? coming up next for us a closeup look at the huge structure. what it is. and how you can actually get inside. michelle: and a pond along the national mall is full of nastiness. have you seen this? the cause and what is done to clean it up next on "abc7 news at 6:00".

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jonathan: this is the hive. signed the structures visitors can go and hear the instruments to hear how the acoustics change inside the hive. you have until september 4 to check it out. that is cool. michelle: how fast we are on the vid joe. >> we set that up. michelle: i know! now something you might not want to see. jonathan: you can smell it if you don't see it. a pond that is disgusting. constitution garden on the map. along constitution avenue on the national mall. the park service is keeping a close eye on an algae bloom to took place in the summer. >> they pass by or through it every year. most don't know the name. but everyone seems to a agree that the constitution gardens needs to be cleaned up. >> i'm sure the geese would like it, too.

>> part of this is what the ducks feed on. >> if you look down this, it's mucky and murky. >> on hot summer days the smell can be overwhelming. >> so a je blooms are typical to require the ongoing maintenance. >> this is a installation that is built without the 2017 sensibility of the sustainability or the green ark tech isture. >> lodge-term the park service plan to overhaul this with the phase one underway. relocating the historic lost keeper's house and build two facilities and the restaurants here and rehab the pond to make it deeper and add circulation system to reduce but not eliminate algae. some

the rangers will wait until the fall to drain and refill the pond. michelle: now something you want to see. cuteness overload! the national zoo is tweeting out this video of the three new red panda cubs getting weighed. they were born last month at the smithsonian conservation biology institute in virginia. each weighed nearly one pound. jonathan: so cute. shania porter returned home with a surprise for her two sons. watch. >> attention p-k 1. i ha

jonathan: her 4-year-old had no idea that the mother was reading the announcements on the first day of school. she walked in the classroom. seconds later. my goodness! it's my mom. broke down in tears. similar scene followed at the brother's school down the road. watch this. coming out the door. see it? he trips trying to get to his mom so fast. that is so cute. but he makes it. a big hug. >> in the air force. truly a blessing. jonathan: this was porter's fifth deployment but first as the mother. overseas seven months and nice to have you back. doug: they were outside the school. facetime on the inside to make them think she was still deployed. thaw turned the camera. jonathan: the kid was young but you knew something was up. they don't let you face time at sch

the weather changes. it's nice and clear. it's beautiful for the next couple of days. friday and the weekend is unsettled. this view now by the international harbor. you see this? michelle: looking good. doug: it's beautiful out there now with the temperatures in the upper 70's and the light winds. gorgeous evening. no weather concerns at all through tuesday night. 77 degrees right now. 76 in herndon. 80 in centreville. 82 at rockville. across the wider region everybody with similar temperatures. upper 70's to 80. partly if not mostly sungny skies across the -- sunny skies across the region. tonight we drop through the 70's. just a scattered cloud or two. by late tonight the viewing area is you remembered the clear sky. clear sky and dry air, drop to 50's. satellite and radar will show folks on the outer banks. the second full day of

slowly moving east. far enough north we are you remembered the -- we are under the influence of the high pressure. 55 to 65 degrees. refreshing and a light breeze to the north. tomorrow and through the day on thursday, high pressure will give us sunshine. warm temperatures. dry air. but still below average temperatures for this time of august. a couple of clouds and showers to blow in the ocean. it won't have much impact. for the day tomorrow we start off in the 50's and the 60's and wind up in the lower 80's an the sunshine in the day. later in the week change here getting to friday. the shower and the storm chances will be up to 50% in the afternoon. highs of 81. saturday, scattered showers an storms for 83. for the weekend we will keep 30 p.c. chance of the isolated -- 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms saturday and sunday. highs in the lower 80's. the extended outlook for the next week shows cool temperatures again. there will be shower temperatures friday, saturday, sunday, and monday. then as we go through

in the lower 80's and the sunshine. that is a pleasant forecast by anyone's standards. even yours. michelle: he has tough standards. you are right. it's good weather for training camp. jonathan: it's great for training camp. normally the redskins players at the training camp sweating buckets. erin is there. this is fantastic weather. it will make them that much better. michelle: we hope. erin: i hope so. if only every day was this nice. this is my last day here and i got a one wisconsin one with kirk cousins -- one-on-one with kirk cousins and jay gruden. hear what gruden's goals are for the season and why were the redskins at richmond raceway with earnhardt jr.? we'll explain

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erin: today was the last practice for the redskins. the first preseason game at the ravens is thursday. that is a game you can see on abc7 and newschannel8. earlier today i went one-on-one with the head coach jay gruden. he told me he really likes the depth he has this season. especially sense a few key players -- especially since a few key players like reed, josh doctson and crowder are injured now. i

happen for him to consider this season a success? what needs to happen for you to consider the season a success? coach gruden: win it all. erin: super bowl or bust. coach gruden: that is the only goal. that is what the city expects and what we expect. erin: jay gruden missed out on a fun day at richmond raceway today. several players, juror norman, kirk cousins and ryan kerrigan had an opportunity to ride around the track with nascar's dale earnhardt jr. >> just another adrenaline rush for the guys. you can tell. they like it. >> i don't know. i may have to buy an american made sports car. >> my dad is jealous right now. my dad is like a huge nascar fan. i am as well. but it's once in a lifetime thing. erin: now

preseason game is thursday night in baltimore. the you game kicks off at 7:30. i will be there. quickly before i go, i want to add dale earnhardt jr. just tweeted "i was so geeked out about going to redskins training camp today, i left my truck running all day at the airport. no b.s. he said." can you imagine he was that excited he just took off and didn't turn the car off. [laughter] jonathan: it can happen. those nascar guys aren't used to turning the cars off. they have to have someone say "gentlemen, turn your car off." michelle: thank you, erin. great ending to the day today. doug: beautiful the next couple of days. quick reminder that thursday is a big stuff the bus day at safeway. partnering up with newschannel8. d.c. united and the united way to get good stuff for the kids. steve will be back at 11

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tonight, breaking news. president trump's new warning. the president threatening north korea, warning the regime against any new threats aimed at the u.s. >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> those words amid a new and alarming warning from u.s. intelligence. what have the north koreans now accomplished? also at this hour, the urgent manhunt. a police officer shot and killed and now the new surveillance tonight. the dangerous storms. flood rescues playing out, and word coming in now the tornado confirmed in the east. winds more than 100 miles an hour. the day care horror. the 3-year-old boy left in a sweltering day caravan.