or anyplace else that is an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it. he will regret it fast. alison: that was just moments ago. president trump doubling down on his locked and loaded tweet from earlier. nancy: he shared the pictures from the pacific command. b1 bombers at the ready over guam. alison: north korea says it's prime to strike the waters off guam guam in a show of force. the instapoll for you today. do you think there is a diplomatic sol lution in handling -- solution in handling north korea? nancy: go to wjla.com/votenow. emily rau has the latest round of threats to and from north korea now. >> there is an opportunity for dialogue. we have not seen in north korea a willingness to address the fundamental problems. emily: abc7 news learning the trump team has been engaged in back channel diplomacy with the north ko

but now kim jong un showing no interest in backing down. the latest message on state-sponsored tv, "we consider the u.s. no more than a lump which we can beat to a jelly anytime." president trump: if he does anything with respect to guam guam or anyplace else that is an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it. he will regret it fast. emily: another dire warning from president trump. >> the american effort is diplomatically led. it has diplomatic traction. it's gaining diplomatic results. emily: defense secretary james mattis stressing diplomacy as the u.s. b1 bombers arrive in guam and japan deployed patriot missiles. in guam guam people are going about the business. the governor is encouraging everyone to enjoy the weekend but also to prepare for a possible attack. in northwest, emily rau, abc7 news.

when it comes to preparing for potential threats. july 11, a missile intercept test was successful off alaska's coast taking down unarmed missile dropped from a plane. experts caution one positive result like this might not be a trend. naps last week the fourth minute man 3 ballistic missile test of the year. this launch from california. a message that the united states has the power to reach targets both near and far. alison: as you know, over the past couple of days the war of words and threats from the president cautioning north korea to tone down its rhetoric and its military advancements. now to this. just in the newsroom, the transgender teen has dropped his legal case against the gloucester county school board. gavin grimm sued when they refused to let him

bathroom. last week they determined the lower court would have to determine if it's still valid now that grimm graduated from high school. nancy: a fire ripping through an apartment in alexandria. the mother and the son who lived there rushed to safety by a good samaritan. stephen tschida with the story. this is a case of being in the right place at the right time here. stephen: in the right place and the right time and of a heroic nature. three minutes ago i got an update on the condition of the man identified as a hero. still in medstar, still on oxygen. they are checking his vitals. he is expected to be okay. i want to show what went on. the hole in the roof, that is where the flames are shooting and that is what this man saw. he bolted in the store here. he ran into that door up the stairs to get this elderly woman and her son out. >> flames shooting out of the townhome.

>> he care royed the woman out through the flames and the smoke. >> after he put her down. then he folded over like he was going to pass out. he started removing his clothes. i guess he was very hot. stephen: extremely hot. this is his vale. the hero identified as edwin. everybody here in the parkfairfax complex knows who he is. as far as what caused the fire, apparently accidental. that is the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. truly heroic there. developing this afternoon a 17-year-old girl in grave condition after being shot yesterday. police have made one arrest but they are still looking for more people connected to the violent outburst. it's in north east. we will pass along more updates a s

on the story. she was preparing to start college. alison: meanwhile in southeast, this is video from a shootout at the end of july. just released yesterday. police are looking for the men. you see them here opening fire on 22nd street. you can see everyone else running for cover in the video. we have posted it on wjla.com to share it and help police find the shooters. nancy: now to prince george's county where police are trying to track down a killer. they were called there for a welfare check and they arrived to find a man had been shot and killed. police do not have a description of who they are looking for. find out exactly what crimes are being reported in your neighborhood. "7 on your side" helping you fight back with this alert i.d. map. you can find it under the "7 on your side" tab at wjla.com. alison: let's switch gears to talk about the weather. we have overcast skies, some showers have passed through. that seems to be how the workweek is ending. will it clear out and dry up in time for th

meteorologist steve rudin is here. steve: i wish i had better news. it will improve by sunday big time. 83 at the airport at this hour. a few showers and thunderstorms that are beginning to development. let's focus the attention west of d.c. along the i-81 corridor where we have a newly issued thunderstorm warning for paige and shenandoah county until 4:45 this evening. the cell is capable to produce heavy winds and downpours moving east to woodstock in the next half hour or so. we will keep you updated on it. talk about the hourly forecast closer to the d.c. metro. it will slowly fall in the 70's for the late evening hours. a chance of showers and rain later tonight. the timing coming up. alison: the montgomery county agricultural fair open today.

the fair. nancy: kevin lewis is there and the gates opened not long ago. kevin: just about an hour ago. this takes me to my middle school days. just shy of the carnival section. you can see the ferris wheel. helicopter ride. the fair games open well. there are plenty of events scheduled. 7:30 there is a min sure horse pulling show. there is a hypnotist taking the stage. it's $10 to park on site or park at the lake forest mall for free and take a shuttle bus to the fairground. the agriculture fair running for nine days through saturday. an estimated 220,000 people are expected to passion th

the food. i probably have to remove my belt for the waistline purposes but now we are live at the montgomery county fair. kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: the best part of fair is trying the crazy food. alison: you are strategically positioned in front of fried dough. good luck with that. kevin: wise man, i am. alison: see you soon. all eyes on mei xiang at the national zoo. the giant panda we are told is possibly pregnant. keepers have been performing ultra sounds hoping to find signs of a cub. the zoo hasn't quite been able to do that but says mei xiang has been showing signs and hormone levels indicating a pregnancy or a pseudopregnancy. we should know if there is a new panda cub in the next month or two. nancy: exciting. alison: coming up next at 4:00, you might want to search your wallet or look in your purse. nancy: if you want $750 million. doesn't it sound nice? the huge jackpot up for grabs th

new twist after this video and an arrest because of it. why the jogger's attorney is telling police don't jump to any conclusions. nancy: frightening seven-story fall. the video mate have you parking on the street next time. >> and interns creating video games to teach students about the workforce. i'm ame ame with the story -- i'

alison: welcome back. someone could be a whole lot richer after tonight. the mega millions jackpot is now at $393 million. that is the sixth largest in the game's history. the odds of winning we have to tell you this. it's a bummer. they are 1 in 250 million. the mega million drawing at 11:00 tonight. that is not all. the powerball jackpot for tomorrow night is up to $356 million. nancy: someone has to win. there is always a chance. some kids might have spent a lot of the summer break playing video games but interns at wssc use their time to build some. alison: and amy aubert shows us the educational games will help teach other students about water and jobs that help keep it clean. >> do any of the bacteria look familiar to you? amy: video games that will get you thinking. >> traveling, through the clog, through the pipe.

of the interns with wssc that is helping to bring students virtually inside pipes underground and through blockages. >> we want to present the video game to them in a way they can understand it. amy: the interns were broken up to two separate teams. >> how could you make the impact deeper for the students? amy: today the judges got the hands dirty crawling through the animated tubing and picking a winning game. >> the game that most closely aligned with our objectives was actually scene two. amy: they thought about how to make the game more difficult or less difficult. the teams created nine games total. like this one. hydrant hero. a water droplet avoids the obstacles to make it through. >> that was pretty good before. amy: while they were played by judges, employees and even the c.e.o. on friday, 10,000 students will soon be clicking away at the games.

we had at the water utility are hidden. just like our pipes. amy: they are hoping to dig out that message and get students learning hands on about what they offer one click at a time. amy aubert, abc7 news. nancy: hydrant hero. i like that. hero for our time. alison: they are going about it the right way to resonate with kids. they love the video games. nancy: they really do. alison: you will remember this video. we have an update now. this is video of the jogger who pushed a woman into traffic. an american financier was arrested yesterday. but his attorney says it's not his client. his attorney also says they have irrefutable proof that it's not him in that video. so far, he has not been charged with a crime. police say the investigation, though, is still ongoing. nancy: the google c.e.o. cancel an interim town hall me

discrimination. after the questions for management was leaked online. it was for employees to air out grievances after an engineer circumstance laled a memo -- circulated a memo and explained biological differences. the engineer has been fired and since sued google. nancy: two jetblue flights diverted after two crew members got sick midair. alison: one made an emergency landing because of a strong odor. the pilot and crew members were taken to the hospital. hours earlier on a different jet three flight attendants complained of headaches and it was forced to turn around. both are under investigation. nancy: the man arrested after upping on stage after a brittany -- after jumping on stage after a britney spears concert shared his perspective saying he just wanted to dance. he had no plan to hurt her. they took down the man in the concert and it briefly stopped the

alison: okay. usain bolt, the greatest sprinter in modern times plans to retire after running the final races this coming weekend. this is at the world championships taking place in london. last saturday bolt had a bad start in the 100-meter and he had to settle for a bronze medal. on saturday he is slated to run in the last race overall to represent jamaica in relay finals. nancy: look at the surveillance video. terrifying incident from austin, texas. b.m.w., someone is inside. it plunged seven stories in an alley. this is in july but the car was parked in a downtown garage when it went through a protective barrier. it bounces off an s.u.v. on the ground. that driver was shaken up, the one in the s.u.v. and not hurt. incredibly the woman in the car is expected to survive. nancy: a few feet back and it would have been a different story. alin:

now. this damage is in tucson, arizona. heavy monsoon pounded the city. several other trees were uprooted around the city blocking roads that were already flooded and congested. 7,000 people lost power. nancy: an intense scene there. how about at home? what do we have going on? steve: it's friday. we should be happy about that. we have to dodge thunderstorms in the next six to eight hours. it will improve later tonight and tomorrow afternoon, a few thunderstorms. part of a cold front. it hasn't been terribly hot this summer. we have had plenty of rain. it's nice and green. what is green, the golf course. this is belle haven country club. the sun may make the atmosphere more unstable so we could look at the stronger thunderstorms as we head through the next few hours. so we will keep you updated on abc7. a good time to download the

83 in manassas. cooler to the west of us. 73 in oakland, maryland. we have had the rain showers and that is where the temperatures are cooler now. show what is going on with the stormwatch7 satellite and radar. it's quiet and dry inside the beltway. no problem for the early part of the rush hour commute. to frederick and hagerstown, that is where we have stronger thunderstorms that are beginning to develop. the severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for paige and shenandoah county until 4:45. so another half hour to go. this is moving to the east at just around 20 miles per hour. capable of producing the gusty winds, the heavier downpours. that is going to continue at least for time being. but notice has it has moved east it will run in the high erelevations, the mountains. this may slow the storm and allow it to diminish a little bit. give you a track on

the heaviest rain is falling. happy creek at 4:49. at that point that warning will likely be over. here is the forecast tonight. mostly cloudy. lingering thunderstorms, especially later tonight. winds out of the south at 3 to 6. low temperatures 65 to 72 degrees. a warm and a humid start to saturday morning. may be dodging raindrops. this is what the future cast wants to paint. 7:30 tonight to look at the areas of heavier rain moving in the d.c. metro area. by 11:00 tonight we could look at the heavier downpours. if we have plans later take it slow. the heavier rain will move out of here and the showers reappear to tomorrow morning. then once again the showers and the thunderstorms come tomorrow afternoon. we are not looking at a widespread severe weather event. forecast tomorrow, highs will make it in the middle 80's. the beach forecast is mid-70's tomorrow. 81 degrees on suny.

tomorrow afternoon. but sunday looks really nice for ocean city. ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. 85 on sunday. 81. showers and thunderstorms. monday and tuesday. and look what happens for the middle of next week, we warm things up. a week from this monday eclipse day. temperatures then around 88 degrees. fingers crossed. we are going to be looking at a few passing clouds. >> this is not like anything i have seen before. alison: well, next at 4:00, she has never seen anything like it. loudoun county hasn't either. the record number of students about to start school. this, the teacher's red carpet welcome. 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.

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alison: working in partnership with our parent company sinclair broadcast group it's a privilege and responsibility to serve you. in tonight's sinclair cares report a woman who lost her hands, her legs an almost her life to bacterial meningitis is fighting to get every college student in america protected from every strain of that disease. >> she is the voice for survivors of meningitis all over the world. 28-year-old jamie has made a name for herself as the girl who is saving lives. >> i didn't know it was a life

threatening disease. i didn't know when you are at a college campus you are at a higher risk to catch it. i walked on not knowing that and i almost lost my life to the disease. >> in 2008 as a student at the university of texas in austin, jamie contracted meningitis, a dangerous infection that attacks the tissue around the brain and spinal cord. >> i washed my limbs to go from red limbs to purple, black, rotting, decaying. my fingers shriveled up like raisins and my feet curled up like ballerinas couldn't fathom. i was decaying. >> she lost both legs below the knee and majority of her amp and spent seven months in the hospital. her mother went before the texas legislature, urging lawmakers to create a law requiring students who live on campus to get the meningitis vaccine. it passed. >> i

the vaccine was available, i didn't know about it. if i had gotten it, it would have been fine. >> even though it's typically spread in places like dorm stories, jamie -- dormitories, jamie got it living offcampus and knew mores that to be done. after the death of a texas aebm student she helped to get the law amended to include all college students in texas, period. >> jamie says her next mission is to get the law amended to include the meningitis b vaccine so all five strains of meningitis are covered. this young girl with an unstoppable attitude refusing to let meningitis ruin her life or anyone else's. for sinclair cares, i'm delane matthew. nancy: a mother angry af

her autistic child is dragged out of a classroom. while teachers in this video say they did nothing wrong. >> schools are opening soon. but the construction and the amount of school growth in loudoun might surprise you. interesting numbers in a live report. alison: then coming up new at 50:00 tonight, this young single mother says she never wanted to be a politician. but hear how losing her best single mother says she never wanted to be a politician. but hear how losing her best i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can also help with this.

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>> announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. [applause] alison: we love this! the red carpet rolled out today for 800 new teachers in loudoun county. the new educators were given a warm welcome to kick off the new school year. they deserve it. the superintendent was there to thank them each personally. >> in our society we give rock stars, we give star athletes and movie cars the red carpet treatment. because of the role of teachers in the society they deserve the red carpet treatment as well. alison: agreed. next week 80,000 students walk through the doors of one of loudoun's 90 schools in the county. nancy: they deserve that

day. alison: absolutely. nancy: in loudoun county case of the rapid expansion when it comes to the school district. alison: more than enough new students to fill the kennedy center's main theater. think about that. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg putting the "spotlight on education" for us today. hi, jeff. jeff: these numbers are amazing. we are out here and we'll show you what exemplify what is we are talking about. this is bramelton middle school. opening up in a few weeks, a brand new middle school. next to that the construction of independence high school is opening up in 2019. the growth in loudoun is amazing. this year alone, 3,000 new students will be starting with the loudoun county public schools in addition to 800, yes, 800 new teachers and staff members. since the year 2000 alone, 44 new elementary school, middle and high schools opened up here in

the school we showed a moment ago has state-of-the-art design. it's using light. it's sleek inside. everything they are doing to maximize the student experience. >> it's endless possibility for kids to learn. there is not a space in the building that you can't have learning happen. jeff: that is the idea. the idea to have the kids learn wherever they are. that is renee dawson the new principal. she is a great person, speaking with her today. we'll hear more from her in a half hour as well as try to answer the question why is loudoun county growing so much? and continues to grow so much? that is coming up at 5:00. until then, live in ashburn, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. out here in schooltrak7. nancy: i like it. thank you. back in the weather center with steve rudin. it's a very active radar now. steve: we have one cluster of thunderstorms out there.

woodbridge is out of the warning. front royal moving toward you. if you are watching in fauquier county there is a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15. we will track it for the next hour. show you the temperatures out there. a warm and a humid day. i will waltz over here to get the clicker. 86 in warrenton. 82 in luray. culpeper at 83. want to show severe thunderstorm morning one more time. if you are watching us in front royal this is moving east at around 20 miles per hour. capable of producing the gusty winds, the heavier downpours. for the immediate metro area there is nothing to worry about. it will stay dry for the early part of the rush hour commute. later tonight is where we look at the heavier rains across the area. the outlook, falling through 70's. by 10:00 or 11:00. inside the

we are forecasting areas of heavier rain. once the heavy rain moves out of here looking at patchy fog early tomorrow morning. then yet another unsettled day for tomorrow. sunday is looking brighter. more coming up. alison: thank you. did you know bronicon is going on in baltimore? nancy: what is bronicon? we go to john rydell to explain. alison: what is this? >> i have covered presidents and i have covered the pope in town. i never covered bronicon until today. it's quite an experience. the celebration of the animated tv series "my little pony" from the 1980's. bring in chris yates a veteran of bronicon and you are taking pictures of folks all day. why is this a big deal? >> it's a place where people

come from all over to gather, have a good time. not feel they have to be judged. they want to stress love and tolerance. they jump up in a lot of things, not necessarily from "my little pony." they don't feel judged. they have a good time. meet or find new friends that from other countries. people come all over to do that. >> it's all about the acceptance and the tolerance. >> absolutely. >> i can tell you that "my little pony" you can watch on cable as well as netflix. nancy: thank you very much. the president's administration endorsing obama administration tech plan. it's innva

startup companies trying to develop high-tech solutions for threat. and today a man accused of shooting a diplomat in mexico deemed competent to stand trial. federal judge ruling that he is ready to have the case tried. he has been charged with attempted murder of a diplomat shooting christopher ashcraft in guadalajara in january. alison: now to one of modern aviation biggest mysteries. texas company interested trying to solve the question what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370? it disappeared in 2014. the original search went on for years and cost $so million. pieces of the plane wreckage were found but the cause of the crash is a mystery today. nancy: bill o'

he discussed trump's comments about north korea. he was fired from fox after allegations of sexual harassment. alison: as shopping malls face reality of increasingly online shopping community, one megamall is standing the test of time. the mall of america is celebrating the 25th anniversary. of course this is the biggest mall in the entire country. in bloomington, minnesota, outside the twin cities. it has 520 stores. 11,000 employees there. $2 billion a year in economic activity. tonight they are going to try to break two world records to celebrate. most people in a cone birthday hat and most people decorating cupcakes. we will let you know. nancy: it's very specific. cone birthday hat. next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a live look -- there you go --

cub cam. one adopted from another city. her new mother and family loving her. the story behind the family of tigers next. alison: still ahead, contracting nightmare. summer home improvements on hold in the middle of the project. the three mistakes you don't want to make when it comes to hiring just ahead. nancy: adrianna hopkins has a first look at how to start next week with "good morning washington." adrianna: thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington" -- it is back to school week and while kids are gearing up for class we laid down important guidelines for parents on sexual abuse and how to protect the kids from predators at school. >> plus, countdown to the eclipse is on. we reveal the incredible dynamics behind the rare mind-blowing vent. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes monday morning starting at

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like they are all bonding as a family nicely. nancy: they had feeding time earlier. we saw mom go away. maybe for a little break. they look like they are having a good time. alison: cool story. here is one that will warm your heart. a grammy winning hip-hop artist putting the mic aside to help a little girl in need. alison: big boy from outcast bought a service dog for her. nancy: she needs one because she is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot in atlanta. >> she has been through a lot. to see how strong she is now. that was just like my goodness. it's inspiring. touched our hearts. nancy: very sweet. her mom says the new puppy will help her recover. she named the dog king. that is not all big boy is doing here. he is also paying to make the bathroom handicap accessible. see the smile on her face and it makes it worth it. alison: what a bond they will have forever. nancy: absolutely.

awesome. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a first class lunch option for students who can afford it. it's a controversial plan. it was eventually scrapped but it would have put some kids at the back of the line. nancy: plus, a body worn camera captures the moment an officer shot. he survives and now he is talking about it, now

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nancy: this is awful to see. caught on camera. a 7-year-old boy with autism dragged into and through a school. this is in ohio. the teacher and the teacher's aide say they were both trained to deal with children in this situation but the mother, his mother couldn't believe what was happening when she saw the video. >> i just couldn't catch my breath. my heart broke. i was mad. i was mad because i trusted these people. i trusted them with him all school year. nancy: very difficult to see. the child was okay and one of the teachers ended up with a black eye in the situation. school put both on paid leave but th

criminal charges filed. alison: now also caught on camera, the moment a man opened fire on a south carolina police officer. this was on new year's day 2016. the officer survived. but we warn you the video is violent. >> if you don't stop i'm going to tase you. i'm not playing with you. take your hands out of your pocket. take your hands out of your pocket. take your hands out of your pocket. [gunfire] shots fired! alison: the officer survived. elizabeth hur shows us how the confrontation began and explains how long the gunman will be behind bars. >> stop. stop. >> the dramatic video. >> take your hands out of your pocket. >> showing officer quincy smith trying to stop a theft suspect. also caught this chilling moment. >> if you don't stop i'm going to tase you. i'm not playing with you. take your hands out of your pocket. take your hands out

pocket. [gunfire] shots fired! >> shot four times times in the neck, arm and torso, officer smith somehow runs to the patrol car to call for help. >> i'm hit. i'm hit. >> fearing the worst, this was the officer's last message for the dispatch. >> tell my family i love them. >> that was new year's day 2016. this video captured by a pair of eye glasses with a camera he bought to wear on patrol because the police department in south carolina does not have body cameras. >> i had nightmares sometimes, stuff like that, about the incident. trying to heal up injuries to my arm. >> still home recovering says he forgives the suspect. and is now praying for the 29-year-old and his family. >> both of our families are the ones really suffering the most. violence and guns are not the answer. that's why i became a police officer. >> just this week, 29-year-old michael

convicted of attempted murder and convicted to 35 years in prison. officer smith says he hopes to return to work early next year. in new york, i'm elizabeth hur, abc7 news. nancy: update now on a tragic story we brought you yesterday. daycare worker in florida now facing charges in the death of a toddler. she is accused of leaving a 3-year-old in a van for hours after the temperatures soared well above 100 degrees. orlando police finding several violations and failed procedures at the day care, including the boy being marked present when he wasn't. alison: right now some parents in florida are claiming classism in the cafeteria. they are upset about a letter sent home regarding a fundraising idea. the principal says it was a mistake. what it does is ask for donations. if a kid gives $100 they could skip to the front of the lunch line. >> you got those who can pay and those who can't. >> my dad has more money than you, i get to

you have to wait. alison: the principal says he never signed off on this letter and the parent-teacher student association claims it was an idea but that it was never going to be implemented and the letter was sent home because of a clerical error. let's go to the "live desk" now. larry smith with a first look at what is ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00". larry: coming up, we'll explain why people living near the so-called soviet safeway in d.c. say they are upset about plans to let you buy liquor inside. plus "7 on your side" trying to get to the bottom of a new street sign causing confusion. meet the flight attendant who helped track down a passenger who left a bag behind. why she thought gets it back immediately was so important. that is coming up tonight at 5:00. see you in a few minutes. nancy: all right, larry. look at the pictures from london. smoke filling the train carriage. they had to evacuate the whole station earlier today. this is the scene they'rely similar to the deadly smoke incident you might remember in d.c. on the metro yellow line

fire officials looking into what caused smoke to fill that car. alison: now a "7 on your side" alert. a phone scam. nancy: it sounds like the inspector general's office. and scott taylor has the call and what you need to know to fight against it. >> if you don't know the number that is calling you and you don't answer you are golden. but they don't give up. theyal called the potential victim twice. what do you do when you get a call like this. >> this is linda. calling you from the office of inspector general of social security administration. your social security number has been suspended. please contact the emergency help line number which is -- scott: "7 on your side" reached out to the real office of inspector general and its investigators with the social security administration.

you call a number back and a live person does answer the phone. then they engage in a conversation with you, attempt to get the information to use it for identity theft or social security benefit theft or other nefarious purpose. >> the inspector general received multiple reports from across if nation act the scams. we decided to call the number back. >> the google subscriber you called is not available. please leave a message after the phone. >> how persistent are the criminals? they called back a second time. >> this is linda. final reminder of the office of the inspector general of social security administration. don't provide any personal information. >> we have post links to the federal investigators that you need to alert if you get a

find the number at wjla.com. look for my story. scott taylor, abc7 news. steve: the weekend is here. we are looking at the rehoboth beach, delaware. it's nice out there now. look at the beach forecast. 76 degrees now. there are scattered showers and thunderstorms. the temperatures are lower 80's. manassas is now at 83. the winchester and martinsburg and the reason they are in the lower 70's. they have showers and thunderstorms. wildly scattered at this point. we zoom in the one that is moving in the front royal area. this includes rappahannock and fauquier county and

the cloud top on 40,000 feet. this is a strong storm but it is moving to the east. it will eventually move away from the front royal. we are going to look for things to improve a bit. it's capable of producing heavy downpours. upward of an inch, inch and a half of rain. the forecast tonight, shower and thunderstorms. this could be over the d.c. area. waking up tomorrow, we are this the upper 60's to 70. the future cast does want to bring the heavier rain in here tonight. we clear things out moving through the morning with another round of rain and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. we will keep you updated. head to the news desk.

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john: it's late summer. swimming season is winding down but no, ma'am never got it because the pool inflation job turned into a pool nightmare. leaving them hot in more ways than one. the staton family dreamed of swimming but instead they have a leaking pool. >> this post is not supporting anything. >> james says the pool wall is buckling. >> it's buckling under a good two or three inches. >> it tore a support post loose from the bottom plate completely. another one getting ready to tear loose. >> they say they purchased pool in the box from another family. they then hired a local pool contractor to build it. but it started to lane and leak. then they say the contractor stopped showing up leaving several young children with no pool

>> us telling our kids you can swim today or tomorrow. every day is a new story. >> i called contractor. look. it's hot and the family can't use the pool. >> they promised to make it right. beware of buying a second hand pool. you have no warranty support. then check out the installer and talk to another family who hired him. demi wishes she had done that and she doesn't even want them in the backyard now. >> you don't want them near the pool? >> no. i'm scared standing here now. >> there is a roofer, driveway paver or any contractor look up the better business bureau record and find other homeowners who used them in the past so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. larry: right now at 5:00 -- >> they would have died if it wasn't for him. larry: bystanders praised a contractor who ditched the tool belt and dodged flames to

tonight skeptical homeowners wonder if it makes hem feel sick. celebrity treatment for teachers who have their work cut out for them this year. thousands of enough students. >> "7 on your side." >> on your side. nancy: 7 on stormwatch7 tonight with a risk of heavy rain. meteorologist steve rudin is in the weather center tracking the forecast and some warnings. steve? steve: severe thunderstorm warning issued for chantilly, paige, rap -- shenandoah, paige, rappahannock county. it's capable of producing the gusty winds and the heavier downpours. it's not going to last terribly long. head to d.c. area. rush hour commute is underway friday afternoon. dry for at least right now. but heavier rain on the way later tonight in the early morning hours. we will do it again tomorrow with another round of the unsettled weather. warm and humid out there. the temperatures in the lower

80's. keep a watchful eye on the sky. we are tracking the timing and the thunderstorms moving through the evening hours and for the day tomorrow. but i promise there is better weather on the way for sunday. more on that coming up in a few minutes. larry: thank you. military solutions are fully in place, locked and loaded. that is what he said. after the president sent the latest tweet threatening north korea, the u.s. pacific command sending one of its own showing u.s. bombers standing by in guam. then this from the president an hour and a half ago. president trump: if he does anything with respect to guam or anyplace else that is an american territory or an american ally he will truly regret it. we will regret it fast. larry: on the south pacific island the residents are getting all kind of information on how to survive an attack as tensions escalate between the u.s. and north korea. nancy: the island is just