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

that has people living there concerned. as well as families here worried as well. richard reeve in the satellite center after getting reaction with some of them today. rich? richard: there is a lot of concern. despite the uptick in rhetoric. the governor of guam is not changing threat level there. his aunt is working in d.c. 9,000 miles from home as a liaison to the u.s. government. margaret metcalfe works in this office less than a mile from capitol hill. she has hundreds of family members, mostly cousins living in guam. in recent days she has started calling or skypeing at least once a day, aware that north korean leader kim jong un vowed to fire four missiles in the waters near guam as early as next week. guam is 2,000 miles from north korea, but a missile could make the trip in 12 minutes. she and her husband chris, a retired banker, worked in guam for 20 years have dozens of picture of family members so far away. she says they are stocking food a

also trying to continue living their lives. >> as it has escalated, i have gotten a little bit more concerned for my family members. i don't want hem to be worried. how can you not be? i constantly can them or check on them and ask where they are at, if there is anything we can do from this end. richard: guam is not a large place. the island territory is only 35 miles long and eight miles wide. with 7,000 military personnel it has a lot of defensive fire power. coming up at 6:00, we look at that. and the mind set of those living in guam. live from the satellite center, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you, rich. developing now more than three dozen people are dead after two trains collided outside alexandria in egypt. more than 120 people were hurt when a train slammed into back of another one that was waiting at a station. it's egypt's deadliest train crash in a decade. nancy: at home, the fl

alexandria. they did not stop a man from running inside to save an elderly woman and her son. stephen tschida is live in the parkfairfax neighborhood with the latest on this. stephen? stephen: nancy, still an active clean-up going on here. you can see over my shoulder and you can see up on the roof, the workmen up there trying to figure in the hole from the raging fire. i want to show you something that puts this in perspective. you see this? that is the walker from the elderly woman who lives here who was rescued by a man working nearby. wrapped inside a -- trapped inside a burning building an elderly woman and her son. >> he goes in there. a hero. stephen: several people spotted the flames and ed weapon realized people were inside. he ran in the building and he carried

safety. >> edwin was coming down the steps. it was unbelievable. a hero. stephen: the woman and her son rushed to the hospital. the man who saved them suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to medstar. >> good thing he was here at the time. if nobody was here they would have been trapped. he did the right thing. >> this is ed weapon's truck. we got an update on his condition in the hour. he still is in medstar on the e.e., -- in the e.r., he is receiving oxygen but is expected to be okay. the other two people are hospitalized. the cause is accidental. three units had to vacate. reporting live, stephen tschida, news. nancy: heroic there. this is a horrific story out of new york city where police say an 11-year-old girl was seriously burned when another girl poured boiling water on her in a sleep ov

the pictures may be hard to look at. the victim's mother says her daughter is in for a long struggle with the excruciating burns to her face, her shoulders, her neck and her chest. she was doused with the boiling water as she slept on a couch. only recently was she given a mirror. >> she is okay. but she is still traumatized. i just want justice for my daughter. nancy: a 12-year-old is facing assault charges in monday's attack. larry: new developments from virginia where a transgender teen has dropped an appeal in his case against the gloucester county school board. gavin grimm sued the district when it refused to let him use the boy's bathroom. last week the federal appeals court said it was up to a lower court to determine if the case was still valid because grimm graduated from high school. nancy: kids around the area will be back in class before you know it. in loudoun county, 3,000 new students. that manes 800 new teachers. this right here is some of em

treatment in orientation today. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live in ashburn to put the spotlight on education. this is well-deserved, jeff. jeff: this is amazing, nancy. looking at schooltrak7. the growth of schools in loudoun has been unbelievable in the past 20 years. this is an example. this is the construction site of what soon will be independence high school in 2019. then right across the way here, bramelton middle school to open up the week after next. one person in particular who is definitely ready. >> it turned out nice. i like the prep rooms. jeff: it's not christmastime but it feels that way for renee dawson. >> so, how are you? >> the first ever principal of bramelton middle school. >> i'm excited. jeff: the school combines state-of-the-art technology and planning. >> this is the crossway

>> to maximize the experience. >> there is not a space where the kids can't learn. >> they have tripled population and doubled the number of schools. this year alone the district is adding 3,000 new students and 800 new teachers and staff members. >> it's a good idea. a lot of government jobs, a lot of tech. and i think a lot of people move here for the school. >> this morning loudoun county public schools throwing a pep rally for new teachers. >> the greatest party i have ever seen. >> with superintendent eric williams decked out in a tux offering the celebrity treatment. >> because the important role of teachers in our society, they deserve the red carpet treatment as well. >> we want the hallways bustling. >> renee dawson is ready to lead the bears and she knows the students. >> that is what we are. >> will soon follow. >> i'm so excited for the first day. i cannot wait. >> a lot of e

construction site, loudoun county is currently building three to five new schools a year. the resources are consistently in place to keep up with the growth. school officials say it will probably be five or ten years before all the county land is built out and the school construction slows down quite a bit. live in schooltrak7. jeff goldberg, abc7 news, ashburn. nancy: thank you. just a reminder back to school tax free shopping begins monday in maryland. larry: in d.c. repairs are about to begin on the bridge carrying monroe street over metro tracks in brooklyn. brianne carter explain what is you need to know about the project. >> distressed, depressed and deteriorated. work to overhaul the aging monroe street bridge in brooklyn is now underway. >> if it is for safety reasons it's more important. it's track underneath it. >> the bridge which sits over metro and

safe. city officials say it's 86 years old and it has come to the end of its useful life. for the next year and a half, folks using the bridge will notice lane closures and delays. as crews rebuild not only the crumbling bridge deck but the support below. >> ddot officials say it's more cost effective to go ahead and replace the existing bridge structure rather than repair it piece by piece. the project will be divided into two phases. construction will start on the north side and swap to the south side. allowing traffic to still use one lane each way. bicyclists and pedestrians are expected to have to deal with the detours as well. the project calls for traffic signal improvements, dedicated bike lanes on each side and new sidewalks and lighting stretching beyond bridge. >> the cost, we do need like more space. >> there is also the bike paths that runs along here.

along the bike path. >> the project is slated to be complete in march 2019. >> in northeast, brianne carter, abc7 news. >> right now part of east capital and third street northeast is closed for some movie filming. crews are getting iconic shots for the film the papers. that is the film about rick spielberg's take on the pentagon papers. the real estates on the map here will be closed until 10:00 tonight. they will be closed from 12:00 noon until 10:00 tomorrow. >> it appears to be smell. larry: an investigation underway in the source of the smell. on a jetblue flight thursday night, the plane made an emergency landing in buffalo. one of the pilots and the two flight attendants started

once on the ground the crew members taken to the hospital. passengers were put on another plane to continue the flight to san diego. coming up at 5:00, what is in your water? "7 on your side" to try to find out after complaints in one local county. nancy: plus. panda watch. what has the national zoo watching mei xiang closely tonight? larry: later. north and south. the street signs can cause confusion in the area. but find out why one sign is adding to the problem. >> i'm kevin lewis live at the montgomery county agricultural fair. i'll sample tasty bites where there is your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory.

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nancy: are you ready? we are just ten days away from the eclipse across america. you can watch live coverage on the sister station newschannel8 and wjla.com on monday august 21 between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. i am pumped. larry: i can't wait. inspiration for the solar installation. in chi

recognizable symbols. the panels will take the shape of two giant pandas. isn't that great? the 170,000 panels are expected to generate more than 3 billion kilowatts in 25 years. nancy: fantastic. larry: cute and powerful. power the world. right now it's a little cloudy outside but hopefully the sun will shine for the rest of the montgomery county fair. nancy: it just opened today and runs through next weekend. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is there with mouth-watering ideas for the visit. what do you got over there? kevin: i'm surrounded in smoke from the barbecue right now. when i think of the county fair, i at least, think of food. in my last job in indiana i made a big mistake, sampling food on the air. i took a huge bite and realized i can't even talk now. i will try a smokie from joking joe's barbecue in baltimore county. the juice shoot

carolina smokie. they have a ton of food here. this is very good. piping hot. not too shabby. now at wild bill's is a trailer full of sodas. they have a custom mug for the montgomery county agriculture fair. founded in 1949. i'll go for root beer. nice and frothy. not too shabby. all right. we have housekeeping. about the fair, open today 3:00 in the afternoon. it runs for nine days through next saturday, august 19. tickets online are $10. if you come to the gate, they are $12. parking is $10 on site. but if you want to be thrifty you can save money. free parking at lake forest mall. there is a shuttle bus.

minutes to get here on site. tonight they have a hypnotist, a miniature horse pulling show. also have a magic show for the kids. the hypnotist magic show are free. open 10:00 a.m. to midnight. again for next nine days here at the montgomery county agriculture fair. we are going to try bubba's bacon. i'll be going to the gym tomorrow morning. steve rudin how does the weather look for weekend? steve: we hear in the background, is that a squealing pig or a kid screaming? what is going on there? can you hear? >> it's a pig. i -- it's a kid. i got the pig in my hand. steve: all right. looks fun. food looks awesome. it is going to improve draw matticly. the skies are darker. the showers and the storms are well west of us. heat and the humidity

it feels like a typical summer in washington. 82 at reagan national airport. temperatures in the 70's. that is where we have showers and thunderstorms. some of the storms and the cells are severe. let's zoom in closer. front royal and a severe thunderstorm warning in effect. they just redrew it. they have expanded. it includes fauquier, rappahannock and warren counties until 6:00. the old warning that expired at 5:15 has been expanded until 6:00. so it does include washington out in washington, virginia. not washington, d.c. a lot of thunder. a lot of lightning. let's slice and dice the storm for you. a new flash flood watch has been posted for part of the area. looking at heavy rain. front royal and arco. this will continue for at least the next half hour to 45 minutes. we are going to look for stronger storms to continue to move on off to the east at 20 miles p

the cloud tops are 30,000 to 40,000 feet. so a heavy storm out there and a strong one at that. gusty winds and downpours be on the lookout. nothing for the immediate metro area, at least not right now but we are looking at showers and area of heavier rain to overspread the entire d.c. metro area later tonight. once again, give a quick update here. wakefield manor at 5:23. rain totals have been everywhere between an inch to an inch and a half. these are doppler radar indicated rain totals. heavier total around woodstock. tonight, thundershowers and thunderstorms are coming to an end. we will wake up in the morning and it's warm and humid. temperatures in the upper 60's to lower 70's. the future cast moving through overnight, good news at 11:00. originally the area was painted with heavier rain. we are looking for rain in southern maryland tomorrow morning and another round of showers and thunderstorms

some may contain gusty winds and hier downpours. we will keep you updated on abc7. high tomorrow is 85 employees. ten-day outlook, once we get through tomorrow, the montgomery county fair is fantastic and fun for day on sunday. 85 degrees. unsettled monday and tuesday. let's fast forward to a week from monday. the eclipse. right now it looks like we have passing clouds. we will keep you updated on the storms. nancy: thank you. spreading on the web like wildfire. larry: when we come back, finds out what happened with the lost lava in connecticut. nancy: interesting. we have new information on the murky black water at the base of niagara falls and the lawmakers call for more answers. larry: find out why this couple is looking for

crashers that they say turn in life of the party. nancy: if you going to crash a wedding, might as well have fun with it. a look

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larry: developing now, the national zoo keeping a close eye on mei xiang tonight because veterinarians think she may be pregnant. the zoo sharing this video today of a giant panda gritting an ultra sound. the hormone levels indicate she could be pregnant after being artificially inseminated earlier in year. we'll let you know as soon as we hear. nancy: we are officially on panda watch. we shall see. larry: did you see the lama drama play out last night larry: nancy: it started when a connecticut police department tweeted out a picture of a lost lama hoping to find the owner. as lindsey mastis reports they found the person but not before it spread on social media like crazy. lindsey: police in connecticut put out this tweet showing the lama and it reads if you are missing this, please contact the gramby police. no, we are not kidding. which is code for jokes, please. one guy tweets i have been missing her my whole life. and this woman responds was he patted down to make sur

and this one. he ain't saying spit. it got political as well. this reads "please, please tell me his name is barack olama." they found the owner and they tweeted the lama drama is over. animal has been united with owner. but it's not enough. the owner says pics or it didn't happen and are we going to get any reunion photos? we are all going to worry otherwise. we need closure. so the saga continues and we hope there are reunion photos. don't you? nancy: there isnology like social media. save your lama drama for your mama. larry: ten years ago it wouldn't have existed. everyone right now is going i wonder -- nancy: glad they reunited. larry: i want to see the pictures. i don't know. so they say. have you seen today's google doodle? it's celebrating the birth of hip-hop. check it

turntables and you can mix your own track. nancy: whoa! larry: 44 years ago today a d.j. named cool hurk had a block party in the bronx and introduced this. in the control room this is d.j. jessica. take it away. [music] nancy: i like it. >> e has done this before. nancy: try it out. >> i know what jess does on the weekends. nancy: apparently so. still ahead tonight -- ponying up with the bronies in baltimore. we explain why so many men are dressing up like the children's characters. larry: oh, my. plus, more help on the way. as new orleans struggles with the flood pumps that just won't work. nancy: but first, brown water out of the faucet. what they are saying about what is happening in montgomery

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nancy: you turn on the faucet and you expect nice, clean water to come out. but that is not what some folks in montgomery county are getting tonight. as montgomery county reporter kevin lewis found out they are saying it's nothing to worry about. >> it smells weird and tastes horrible. tastes like metal. kevin: andre's tap water

>> not good. kevin: the 34-year-old and his wife live in this downtown silver spring apartment complex noticed a yellowish tint sunday. >> it started to bother her stomach. if she had a sip it went right out. kevin: 14 miles away in the condominiums near downtown bethesda a woman snapped this photo of her bathtub last night after running the water for ten minutes straight. in silver spring a man compared these cups. one on the left from the faucet. one on the right run through a filter four times. following a number ofm co-mains wssc issued this statement today saying the discolored water contains manganese and iron from the pipes. it's not pretty but it's harmless. >> we are both going to the bathroom a lot. kevin: but some are concern about the health risks and dissatisfied with wssc's response thus far. >> if someone calls

with this, and you dismiss them telling them you don't have an issue and you dismiss their concerns with the health doesn't look good. especially on the emergency line. the guy tried to get me off the phone. kevin: in the last hour wssc revealed that it changed the filtration process at the potomac river water plant, causing this color change. but thigh underscore that the water is -- they underscore the water is safe to drink. kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: new developments on the black water at niagara falls that we told you about last month. the local leaders are asking for criminal investigation of how waste water ended up in the niagara river. an investigation is underway and the water board says workers at a wastewater treatment plant let a pump run for longer than they should have. nancy: a combination of too much rain, poor drainage and century old pumps are blamed for the recent flooding. this is a scene out of new orleans. last saturday ten inches of rain fell in the city in four

additional generators are being installed to make sure enough pumps are online to pull rain water out of storm drains and canals and funnel it to nearby lakes. larry: scientists off alaska made contact with some of the rarest whales on the planet researchers with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration believe there are just 30 to 50 of them left alive. the rest of the population was decimated by whalers over the years. nancy: a far, far different kind of animal roaming the halls for baltimore's convention center this weekend. john rydell takes unside bronicon. >> take a he step toward me. two and three. >> welcome to the mackay world of -- wacky world of bronicon where anything goes. a place to see and definitely be seen. >> there is a lot of people that come to the convention because they don't feel

interest. this is a fun show. >> convention which celebrates the animated series "my little pony." >> i watched it when i was a little girl. everything was pony cake and party hats. >> kayla brought her mother, they are from jacksonville, florida. >> my official impression was shock. but the overall crowd seems friendly. very accepting of each other. >> child of the 1980's. opportunity for girls weekend with my mom. john: that is what brought erica, her daughter and mother. >> the atmosphere is very, very accepting and warm. >> you are accepted. they will give you a high five. they will walk past you and hold your hand up and give you a high five, give you a hug. nancy: that looks like a nice treat for everyone involved in that. larry: i don't see any kids there. i would do it for my kids. but me, myself. nancy: i thought it was more

i had the quat -- "care bears." larry: i'm "dora the explorer." nancy: moving on. larry: something you don't hear every day. newlyweds in new jersey want to thank the two people who crashed the wedding. the bride and the groom say they were life of the party. >> they were dressed and professionals the way they pulled it off. >> in the center, dancing all over the place. up in our face. photo bombing every picture we took. larry: well, the next morning the newlyweds opened a card and inside was a $1 and a message. congratulations, sorry for crashing your wedding. best of luck. nancy: only a dollar? larry: only a dollar. >> if you go to a wedding you are supposed to bring a nice present. if you are crashing it there is a whole nother set of rules. larry: eating food and drinking. nancy: they contributed to the entertainment. larry: it's a card. the thought that counts. nancy: sure. coming up at 5:00, special delivery. why the ice cream man took on

a new form. it looks good! but first we will tell you what inspired this woman who never dreamed of life in politics to run for office. in the name of a friend. >> you have likely seen the video. arlington county police synchronized swimming in fuel fuel -- full uniform. coming up, meet the officers and he

steve: stormwatch7 weather alert. there are no problems around the beltway but head closer to the front royal area where a severe thunderstorm warning remains at this time until 6:00. it does include warren, rappahannock and fauquier counties. and on top of that we also have a nod warning -- flood warning for shenandoah and warren county. there are a few inches of rain

only about 20 miles per hour. severe thunderstorm warning front royal, arco until 6:00 this evening. more than likely this warned area will expand toward the east. cloud tops at 30 to 40,000 feet. so it's a potent weather maker. we will keep you updated on abc7. stay with u pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. abc7. raspberries for stay with u john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices.

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alison: a few months ago you will remember governor larry hogan declared a state of emergency because of the opioid crisis. he is not the only lawmaker taking bold steps to fight the problem. tonight's working woman is a young single mother who never had political aspirations. she is now on the hagerstown's city council because the opioid crisis took her life-long best friend. >> she was my first friend. we met the first day of kindergarten. alison: emily keller is talking about her best friend ashley. >> she was -- sorry. she was kind and smart. and genuine. sorry. she was a good person. alison: but a few years attorney general john ashcroftly became addicted to heroin and died from an overdose at just 29 years old. >> she was a wonderful person. she made

cost her, her life. alison: that is when keler a 31-year-old insurance agent and single mother said it was time to do something about the opioid epidemic gripping maryland and her hometown of hagerstown. so she ran for city council and won. >> election night was humbling that so many people supported me. alison: in june she hosted opioid epidemic summit with more than a hundred people, healthcare providers police, judges and more to come one a unified game plan for her community. >> absolutely a public health crisis. there is a lot of underlying mental illness, there are so many layers of addiction. alison: gor -- governor hogan committed money after heroin and fentanyl killed nearly 1,500 maryland residents in the first nine months of 2016. that is up 62% from the same period in 2015. keller says she refuses to let her friend ashley be remembered as a statistic. and she is

tide in her memory. >> i thought if i could go out and share her story while i couldn't save her, i may be able to help a lot of people. alison: so keller has a 9-year-old dare and she hopes that she -- 9-year-old daughter and she hopes that she sees her mom doing the right thing, even if it's not easy. for future political aspirations, for now she is focused on hagerstown and fighting the opioid crisis. larry: wow! alison: that is staggering. when you see it that way and it puts a face to it, that is her point. she wants people to know it's not just a statistic. it's real people, affecting real families. larry: as a life-long friend you can't be closer. amazing. thanks. still ahead here at 5:00, shattered windows and dented hoods. but it wasn't vandals that caused this damage in the midwest. >> a debate over the free market versus government regulations. the so-called soviet safe way in northwest wa

i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up, why neighbors say they o

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too. it's in the newsroom and it was delivered by uber eats. this is the first day the service started delivering free ice cream. it works with the uber app on your phone. you just have to request the ice cream truck. larry: so good. yeah. love that. well, grocery chain safeway applied for a liquor license to sell beer and wine at one of the d.c. stores. but as mike carter-conneen reports some neighbors collected hundreds of signatures in opposition, even planning a town hall meeting for monday night. mike: in d.c. dupont circle neighborhood it's long known as the soviet safeway. >> limited selection of products. long lines. poor service. empty shelves. >> i think they need to talk to people in the community and ask them what they want to see if their supermarket. mike: after safeway filed paperwork to sell beer and wine at 17th and corkran, the neighbors organized opposition complaining there is already plenty of liquor stores in the neighborhood and

want food aisles replaced with wine and beer. >> when the shelves are empty and they devote more space to other things that are not food the problem is exacerbated. mike: the liquor store owner across the street says more than half his sales are beer and wine transaction and worries that safeway will undercut his family's business. >> it's absolutely a concern. the same way when costco came in on the northeast side. it put businesses out. mike: in response, safeway says if approved alcohol would make up less than 4% of the products sold here. across the country the stores offer quality wine and beer at many of the locations. it's our hope to extend the same convenience and value to the corkeran street shoppers. many other residents call the opposition ridiculous and say they would welcome more beer and wine options in the neighborhood. >> if safeway wants to sell liquor, let them sell it. >> it shouldn't take up too much space. quarter of an aisle for wine or beer. >> there are plenty of options. you will not starve. i pro

mike: alcoholic beverage control board hearing set for september. in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. nancy: such a d.c. story there. "7 on your side" tonight with what looks like a sign mixup in one arlington neighborhood. this here is 23rd road north. the street sign that someone has covered in duct tape reads 23rd street. after we reached out arlington county says it's now looking into the mix-up. larry: roads, streets. c'mon! be accurate. beach-goers on the east coast of britain came up on a sight. check it out. giant pipes, each eight feet wide watching up on a beach two hours north of london. at first no one could figure out where they came from but it turns out they were on the tway to africa when they broke free from the tugs. work is underway to remove the pipes. nancy: that is not something that you see normally on a beach. in pittsburgh, southwest airlines employee really, really going above and beyond to track down a cancer is

it was filled with important medication. this act of kindness continued when the woman battling stage four colon cancer found inspiring note from the airline worker in her return luggage. the two friends met face to face for the first time this week. >> i still can't believe he did that. i can't thank you enough. >> you touched me when you called me on the phone. in that situation, people can, it's frustrating. you want your stuff. thing goes wrong sometimes. you could not have been more kind. nancy: that incredible to see. the employee tracked down the bag after midnight. not only did she track it down, she drove it to this woman's house at 3:00 a.m. leaving it on her doorstep. larry: wow! nancy: that is dedication beyond anything i have seen. it's very sweet to see. larry: human touch. it wasn't just a bag. nancy: right. larry: this was really important. nancy: absolutely. larry: very cool. 7 on storm watch. look at this. this nasty scene in colorado. severe

hail that it looked like snow. this just happened. one neighborhood in northern denver was covered in two feet of hail. just after 15 minutes. some cars were stuck. but the kids as you can see hey, look. wintertime in august. what do you do? you jump in it. nancy: make a snowman. larry: i'm sure. nancy: always have fun with that. larry: hilarious. nancy: meantime, steve rudin in the stormwatch7 weather center. we have our own severe weather. steve: there is good news and bad news moving through early friday evening rush hour commute. the good news is the severe thunderstorm warning we posted has come down early. bad news is the cell riding 66, moving toward the east. so if you are expecting anyone who rides that part of the road, expect delays and slowdowns. especially to front royal and marshall. that is where the heaviest rain is falling at this time. on top of that, a lot of rain fallen so we have a flood watch that still remains in effect. it goes until just past 11:00 tonight for areas off to the west of us.

west of front royal. otherwise the heaviest rain, wakefield manor, marshall, that is where you are looking at heavy rain at this time. once again the severe thunderstorm warning has canceled out early. for tonight the temperatures range from the middle 60's, suburban locations. lower 70's downtown d.c. we look for mostly cloudy skies. showers and the storms come to an end. highs tomorrow are in the middle 80s. keep in mind the showers and the storms again in the afternoon hours. and your beach outlook, better news ahead. once we get through the day tomorrow with the scattered showers. sunday looks absolutely awesome. rehoboth beach, dewey, bethesda, ocean city, 80 degrees for daytime highs. check on sports. over to erin we go. erin: thank you, steve. we begin with unfortunate news for the redskins. i'm not talking about last night performance. i'm talking about the injuries. safety cravens will miss two to three weeks after he tweaked his knee in last night's loss to the

outside linebacker trent murphy who tore his a.c.l. and m.c.l. last night and will miss the entire season. murphy was already suspended for four games this season for violating the league's p.e.d. policy. his suspension is not expected to carry over. one minute he was enjoying the sport he loves. the next, he is on the ground in pain. and unsure if he will ever be able to cycle again. scott abraham takes us to columbia for the rising star. >> i use this as motivation every day. scott: a simple sign to some. but not to jerry. >> i look at it all the time. it's just, you know, it keeps me in focus. scott: the 65-year-old columbia resident has always had a passion for cycling. >> when you are racing and you are going as fast as you can on your bike it's exhilarating. scott: that changed in april 2014 when jerry was out for a ride. he was hit by a car, leaving his bike mangled and leaving

injuries. >> well, i had three fractured vertebrae. lacerated spleen. my shoulder blade was in pieces. broken leg. scott: since the accident every day jerry feels fortunate to be alive. as you can imagine it took him some time to get comfortable again going out for a ride on the bike. but jerry is back competing in the sport that he loves. the maryland senior games. the national senior games. he is doing it all. refusing to let his past hold him back. >> that is my motto. don't ever give up. just keep on going and try to do the best you can do. scott: i'm scott abraham with our rising star. erin: as i'm watching this i am thinking he looks so good. you never would have known he has been through all that. the pictures are wow! nancy: terrific to see. but see him cycle now and he looks like he is having a good time. erin: looks like a million bucks. nancy: great story.

coming up, maryland governor is one of several blocking people on facebook. larry: when we come back, why he and other governors who have done the same thing are now being sued. nancy: and as we head to break, two chances to win a lot of money tonight. tonight's mega millions jackpot is worth $393 million. if you don't win that one, tomorrow night you have a shot at $356 million in powerball. good luck if you decide to play. make sure to send some money over here if you do

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nancy: virginia governor urging people not to attend protests in charlottesville and should they decide to attend, white nationalists are organizing a rally to protest the statue of robert e. lee. a large counter demonstrations are planned there.

and the latest governor to be sued for blocking followers. maryland governor is facing a similar lawsuit. as for what happens now, michelle explains. reporter: social media has changed the way in which the world communicates, if you agree, disagree, like or dislike, you can express your opinions on facebook, instagram. they communicated with constituents and it provides americans a way to connect with their elected officials. but some politicians are blocking users and deleting posts on facebook and twitter pages. e aclu is suing some governors. attorney at the aclu of maine says it violates free speech. >> the governor is using his facebook page in an official government

and he blocks people because they don't agree with him, that is censorship. reporter: they said they are blocking those who post abusive comments. >> it is silly. we have a million people a week. four of them were blocked for iolating our face bock policy. reporter: kentucky governor stresses they want input from all view points adding blocking individuals from engaging in such inappropriate conduct in social media no way violates their free speech rights or expressing their opinion in "an open forum." president trump is facing a . wsuit for blocking and there is still a lot of gray area when it comes to government officials blocking people on social media because there is

larry: this is a storm watch 7 alert. meteorologist: we begin in the weather center, we have new weather.for severe steve: prince william county until 7:00, an hour to go. the reason it's so long and only moving 20 miles per hour. it's a long line that is going against route 66 and heading closer for you right now. producing gusty winds and downpours and lightning along with the thunderstorm warning, also a flood warning until later on tonight. this is the area we are focused on right now as this moves on towards the east. the heavier downpours across the front royal area. they were about a half hour ago. right

halfway, those are areas looking at the heafert rain and moving due west and will impact the metro area as it moves through the next hour or so. we will keep you updated. download your storm watch weather 7 app and looking for an nother unsettled area. larry: montgomery agricultural fair. nancy: kevin lewis is there with how people can try to keep dry and safe. kevin. captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> there are plenty of activities here at the fair under shelter. we are hanging out with the sheep. every single barn is covered. here are the sheep. a number of them are pregnant. there are barns with horses, pigs, goats, pigs and cows.