he has resigned. it is a stormwatch 7 weather alert day. dollars -- thunderstorm watch has been issued. >> we have deployed storm trak 7 and mobile trek seven to monitor conditions on the road. >> let's go right to steve rudin . steve: it is hot in the atmosphere is unstable and that is why we are looking at showers and thunderstorms beginning to interrupt. the temperatures 90 degrees in the heat index value at reagan national, 108 degrees. it is hot out there, and we have a heat advisory that remains in effect. are theaded in pink severe thunder

the same area. we could be looking at heavier downpours through the next several hours. the showers and thunderstorms on interstate 81 moving toward the east, nothing has been pouring on. we will head a little bit closer looking at dark variety showers, embedded thunderstorms, and a little bit of lightning. we are moving toward the east at 20 to 25 miles per hour. as we get closer to the immediate metro area and the beltway. nothing right now, but that will change as we move to the next hour or two. we will get the storms out and then we are looking to the weekend. more coming up in a few minutes. >> even if you have to step away from the tv, don't

update from steve rudin. you can stay up-to-the-minute on facebook, twitter and with a stormwatch weather app. jonathan: there is a horrible story, a murder investigation after three it'll girls were found dead inside a home. it was on brook lane drive were a family member made this horrifying discovery. stephen, what are they saying? stephen: we have learned more about the victims, three little girls killed inside this home. investigators arrived on the scene. discovered the bodies after arriving home. investigators are talking with members of this family who were home at the time. they're trying to discover who was at home and what may have transpired. we did get an update about 40

take a listen. >> when they arrived on scene, they were met by members of the family, who informed us that we had three juveniles under the age of 10 who were located in the residence. we have also learned that the cause of death in the situation was some type of trauma to the body. have learned it was some kind of grizzly method of death. this domestic group, they do not believe there was any threat to the community at large. >> stephen, thank you. >> steve bannon out of the white house. the rumors have been circulating for days and it is official, he is resigning.

he has been described as one of the most influential voices in the west wing. >> speculation had been growing over whether his time in the white house was limited. the white house confirming that he is out. >> is the fourth major shakeup of the trump administration in as many weeks. now all of the president's original men are out. in the last month sean spicer resigned, then chief of staff, reince priebus. after 10ony scaramucci days and now steve bannon. it came after president trump would not commit to whether he has confidence in benin. trump bank he is a good -- bannon. pres. trump: he is a good man. we will see what happens with mr. bannon.

that the press treats him unfairly. say staff were urging him to privately fire steve bannon. there is new backlash from trump's reluctance to renounce white supremacists in the wake of the violence at charlottesville. right siteatory all with a record of producing a number of racially charged headlines. >> are set down with steve bannon and said, are you a white nationalists or white supremacist? by steveleration of it bannon was unacceptable. >> -- it does not change the man behind the resolute desk. lee statue ine. charlottes

as jeff goldberg reports the city's mayor is ready to see it come down. >> the charlottesville mayor had been in minority in the decision of whether or not to keep robert e. lee's statue here in emancipation park. gothe said that he wants it , saying that last weekend changed everything. in that statement released a few hours ago, he's making three proposals -- proposals calling for the removal of the lee statue and the stonewall jackson statue in justice park. he is asking the general assembly to allow for localities to decide what they want to do with confederacy statues. he is also asking locales to ban weapons at events where they might pose security threats. white nationals rally, many were openly

firearms. here and emancipation park all week, we have seen the signs, heather heyer park. we will hear from her mother why she does not want to speak with president trump. analysis we can events have been canceled. it is a direct result of what happened in charlottesville and protests across the country. the state's governor making the request a couple days ago. we will have much more on this in a moment at the historical significance of this. >> we will continue to cover this on abc 7 news. at 4:30, the

for one of the officers who died in the chopper crash. day at theve in university of virginia. killed, -- 14le people killed, more than 100 injured. it appears to be the work of the terror cell. an american is among the victims, we learned today. molly hunter is in barcelona with the search for the driver. excellent to acknowledge that we have received word confirmed the death of what american citizen in the terror attacks in spain. >> jared tucker from nora -- from california traveling with his wife heidi. >> there was screaming and yelling, and a little further and further away without my husband. >> more than a dozen also died in at least 24 hours. authorities say that the victims are

countries. 4:00 p.m. in barcelona, the street was filled on a warm summer eve. >> we heard screaming like a park was a wall of 100 people running at us and we rent. >> they say that it was absolute chaos. another american tourist describes that moment of panic. >> issa bodies flying in the air and i said, calm down, you have to get out, you will get killed. >> skating is not easy. the van was speeding down this path at 50 miles per hour. the front of the vehicle smashed . >> the lookup people's faces is so different tonight.

they select feared that the recent horrors the neighbors had been through pagenaud joined them. >> in finland, a man with a knife went on a deadly rampage. man inhave arrested one the hospital. are not labeling him as a terror attack. just yesterday the president approving a plan to create an independent center command unit at the pentagon. u.s. cyber command may have eventually split off from the national security agency, but for now, this unit will have more autonomy from the usa. next, in case $510 million was not enough to make ticket, thaterball number has gone up. >> sites that a baby is about to

the reason that abc 7 is on panda watch tonight. tips to keepminute in mind as you get set to watch it. >> we want to show you a live look from mobile track seven. it is still dry but we are tracking and approaching line of storms.

>> this is exciting. abc 7 is on panda watch and there are sites that the panda may be pregnant. the zoo has partially closed the panda exhibit to keep a quiet area around the possible mom. isare told that mei jong showing signs of nesting behavior. there is no pregnancy test, so doctors have to test hormone levels. if she has a baby, it is due soon in september. >> you would think for a bomb to be, they would give her more than that -- mom to be, they would give her more than that. >> we hope so him a but our hopes are always dashed around here. news information regarding polish

nestle is being sued. the complaint alleges that it is springwater, but is bottled groundwater. allle says it meets relevant regulations for springwater. >> we have liftoff. >> at nasa, you think they would have better microphones. a successful rocket launch for nasa with that bad microphone. the rocket ripped through the atmosphere at 1100 miles an hour. nasa says that satellite would be used to support critical 020's.tion in the mid-2 >> nasa's voyager one has troubled further from earth than any other spacecraft. it is a mind-boggling 20.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch. it i

now, voyager ii, is only 10.6 billion miles away. >> what is intertec -- interstellar space anyway? way out there. >> let's talk about earth and what we will see on monday. we are three days away from the total eclipse. >> maggie rulli with all of the excitement at a few headaches that this event is causing. >> seeing one is a life-changing experience. >> it is coming at americans are getting ready. >> all hands on deck enforcement strategies, patrol and deployment strategies. >> this monday, the great american eclipse will sweep across the u.s., the first of its kind in 38 years. >> the 7 million people who will be traveling to see the eclipse across 12 states will definitely be

that are not accustomed to seeing this influx of people. >> the lines of traffic are already hours long. in portland the airport has already rented out 70,000 cars and suvs for the big event. in georgia, they are expecting 200% more people that live in the town. >> there is a reason to panic, we need to enjoy the event. >> some cities are getting ready for numbers so large that they are preemptively declaring a state of disaster. >> police departments are overwhelmed and they need us to come set up traffic control checkpoints. >> the red cross will be in place all along the eclipse zone to help out. city officials say they are expecting to double the city's population in a single day. >> the powerball jackpot has soared to a

million. the multimillion dollar payout has been growing since june 10. $324ash payout would be million. numbers will be drawn on saturday. that somewhere around $220 billion? >> not too chevy. >> you will be -- shabby. >> you will be able to pay for your kid's college with that. [laughter] >> just enough. >> let's talk about the eclipse. what are we really going to see? >> i don't what to be a party pooper. i don't want people to think it will be super dark. it was still be pretty bright, considering that about 80% of the sun will the covered. you will notice a giving effect . >> will we be able to take off our sunglasses? >> you d'

sun. just in general. >> it is cloudy right now. this.have been hyping >> i don't want people to think that 2:15 it will be totally dark. this is an interesting picture. this is national harbor looking toward the north. let's flip the camera around and show you what it looks like it belle haven country club. the camera we just what that is located here at national harbor. skies, a few passing clouds. that will change as we move through the next several hours. 90 degrees at reagan national, 91 in falls church. you can probably guess where we had the rain and the thunderstorms. 77 in winchester. temperatures are going to cool down quickly in frederick. look at these heat index

international airport. it is cooler off to the west and some relief is on the way as we move through the evening hours and into the overnight. 9:00 this evening, all the areas are shaded in pink. i have a feeling that we will shae some of this away before. the flash flood watch remains in effect. some of the storms will be capable of producing heavier downpours. a lot of lightning to the north of us. we will zoom in closer at this hour. thunderstorms continue to move toward the east at 15 to 20 miles per hour. heading toward frederick, maryland, this is what we are looking at. frederick,0 toward you are looking at a thunderstorm. the storm at 25,000 feet. we will spin this

a little bit of thunder and lightning, heavier rain in this thunderstorm as it moves toward the east. eventually it will move out. let's head to montgomery county. this over brink, this was over 270, five minutes ago. no problems around the capital beltway. showers and storms will come to an end. it is going to stay on the humid side. temperatures waking up around 70 degrees. those humidity levels will slowly fall through the day tomorrow. it is a great day to get out doors. the highs tomorrow are still on the side. your beach forecast looks like 86 degrees on saturday, 83 on sunday. let's talk monday, the eclipse day. temperatures at 90 deg

least a little bit of it, but make sure that you have proper eye protection. it is not going to turn super dark, at least out around here. coming up next at 4:00, another controversial monument removed and the cover of darkness. the statue of roger tawney is now down. >> i was a little bit nervous for my son. >> moving day at uva in charlottesville. what

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>> the statue of robert county is down for good in annapolis. the former chief justice defended slavery in the dred scott decision. we look at the busy night outside the maryland state house. >> this historic statue is history. it stood here for 150 years on the grounds of the statehouse. it has been reduced to a wooden box covering its stone base. crews doing their best to prevent the granite from being vandalized. our cameras were rolling during the wee hours of the morning, following

was being removed. they delicately hoisted the statue of roger tony onto the flat bed. it was a challenge for the train because of the large trees. it is the second roger tawney statue to come in maryland this week. tawney ruled7 that against scott. his ruling was upheld, denying rights for african-americans. >> we should not be memorializing people who rose up in arms against our country. i think it is a slap in the face to african-americans, and that is not right. that is not what we are supposed to be about. >> i am not glad to see any of the statues gone. they stood for a reason, they had a meeting. you cannot change that meaning. that is the past. >> governor larry hogan, who once defended this statue, had a change of heart after charlottesville.

archives facility. it costs $80,000 to have it removed. >> coming up next at 4:30, i wild conclusion to a carjacking. see what happened that led up to all of this. >> it is a stormwatch 7 weather alert day. tonight until linux on -- lasts until 9:00

>> welcome back, everybody. we're here in the weather center with steve. it is a storm watch 7 weather alert day. >> it is a busy afternoon and already starting to see it flare up out there. >> this is heading north on 270. skies are getting darker. traffic is moving fine. roadways are still dry. it's location, location, location. depending on where you are depends on whether you'll see the stronger storms. they are beginning to pop up. this is what is going on at this hour. severe thunderstorm watch for everyone including arlington, alexandria, the district, areas shaded in pink until 9:00 this evening. could see gusty winds, heavier downpours, and the storms will flare up as we head through the next hour or two. so once we get through

dramatically for us around the d.m.v. show you what is also going on, maybe looking at localized flash flooding. areas shaded in green including frederick county, the district, all of southern maryland, that extends until 2:00 tomorrow morning. so 2:00 am saturday this will eventually come down. i have a feeling parts if not all of this will come down well before then. show you live doppler radar from storm watch 7, a line of storms beginning to move through montgomery county all moving off toward the north and east at around 20-25 miles per hour. heaviest storm activity at this hour just over leesburg. if you're watching us right now, heavy rain, gusty wind. poolesville just on the edge of this moving on off toward the east. barnsville, you're also looking at heavier rain at this time. a little further to the south around fredericksburg and stafford, this is where you're looking at a stronger thunderstorm but nothing that is severe. getting ready to move across 95. a busy friday afternoo

rush hour commute. things will likely slow down there. as we head back up to the north again, this is what we see. sandy spring up toward lisbon. scattered showers and thunderstorms but not a tremendous amount of lightning at least not right now and no active, severe thunderstorm warnings. one more look just off toward the south and west of us, this is just to the north of culpepper. this is where we're looking a the a thunderstorm that's beginning to pop up with a little bit of hail. but once again, nothing that has been warned on. for tonight, once we get the storms on out of here, we will see warm and humid conditions. temperatures mid 60's to middle 70's. the warmer temperatures will be inside the beltway, coming up just a few minutes looking ahead to the rest of the weekend. the beach outlook and, of course, the eclipse forecast. don't want to miss that in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, a crazy chain of events in fairfax county this morning. police are trying to figure out why a man with a pit bull tried to carjack someone. we'll go live to and anddale tonight. police just told you what happened before th

reporter: just within the last 10 minutes police identifying the suspect in this case, telling us it is 35-year-old kelly christopher robinson of triangle saying he is now facing charges. this after damage stretching for blocks here in annandale. take a look. you can see one of the damaged cars still sits in the parking lot and the damage continues as we look right outside this safeway. police used a stun gun before taking this man into custody in a busy shopping center after authorities say he rammed a dozen cars and tried to carjack a woman. police say the chaos on the road began along little river turnpike when the suspect allegedly plowed into half a dozen cars including jonathan green. >> as soon as i got in the right lane, there was an impact. i got hit really hard. >> witnesses tell abc 7 the suspect got out of his car, grabbed his pit bull,

the now debris-littered road, to this shopping center. that's where police say he tried to carjack that woman. then the manager of the bank of hope says the suspect walked into the bank and grabbed a security guard's keys. now in the security guard's car, police say the suspect damaged additional cars in the shopping center parking lot before a short standoff with police. now, you can see here outside of the safeway, we had crews working all day to get the brick down, away from where it was chipping away after the car ran into that area. we also learned from police within the last 10 minutes, now saying that suspect pulled a knife on that security guard. we have also learned that any of the injuries sustained from those drivers all said to be nonlife threatening. abc 7 news. >> crazy situation. thanks. look at this. this is a crash in aspen hill, maryland. s.u.v. and ambulance hitting each other about noon. this was at connecticut avenue

and a total of five people were hurt. we're told everybody should be ok. family and friends celebrating the life of one of two virginia state troopers killed in saturday's helicopter crash. >> as you can see by the large crowd here behind me there was a huge outpouring of love and support for virginia state trooper burt baits here in richmond. the funeral service happened here at st. paul's baptist church. the church was packed with family and friends but mostly law enforcement from as far away as california but of course right here in virginia as well. bates passed away saturday in the line of duty when his helicopter crashed outside charlottesville during the white nationalist rally that day. today bates was praise and honored by his colleagues as well as the governor of virginia whom he protected as a member of the executives protections unit. >> there are so many stories about burke bates. he was a character.

reporter: virginia state police pilot lieutenant cullen also died that day with bates in the crash. berke bates has been a member of the virginia state troopers since 2004. he had just transferred to their aviation unit last month. bates would have turned 41 sunday, the day after he passed away. and he is survived by his lovely wife, amanda, and his twin children. they are just 12 years old. richmond, i'm q mccray, abc 7 news. >> you can find comprehensive coverage of all of the events in charlottesville online, at our website wjla.com. another memorial vandalized. this time in chicago. and this is a bust of president abraham lincoln. it was wrapped in tar paper and set on fire. the statue has been part of that community for almost a hundred years. it is not the first time the bust has been targeted by vandals but it has never been set on fire. officials are now working to try to preserve it. jonathan: in the meantime it

somebody discovered the lincoln memorial on the mall vandalized. the profane message has now been cleaned off. so far there is no word on who might have done this. abc 7 has reached out to park police for an update. as soon as we get that information we'll be sure abpass it along to you. coming up next here on abc 7 news at 4:00, crab feast, beer festival. summer time in the d.m.v. great time. that is part of what is on tap in our weekend kick off. alison: move-in day at the university of virginia. first-year students and parents speaking out about what we've all been watching in charlottesville. jonathan: here is a look at how you can start next week with "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. monday on "good morning washington" d.c. students finally heading back to school. we are live to see how they're gearing up for their first day. >> plus, you can't find these eclipse glasses anywhere but we have them and are giving them away. >> keep it right here for traffic and weather starting at

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>> it is time for your weekend kickoff. alexandria summer restaurant kick off starts today and goes until august 27. they'll feature a $35 three course dinner for one or $35 dinner for two. more than two dozen restaurants also offer lunch deals at 10,

addition to the dinner specials. the temperatures are going to top out in the 90's today. but you can stay cool inside and see snow at national harbor. the summer snow globe opens tonight and runs through thursday and sundays until september 3. you'll forget it is august in d.c., with snow falling around you, we'll enjoy live music and drinks. make sure you get tickets in advance. it is really cool. tap's sports bar will host a first of its kind beer festival on potomac maza on saturday from 2:00 to 7:00. the tap beer fest will offer an unlimited dinings and craft beer experience featuring live music and six local breweries. for $30 guests 21 and over will receive a wrist band, drink booklet, and limited edition sample glass. tickets will be available for purchase at the tap restaurant the day of the event. also at the national harbor on saturday the eighth annual chesapeake cra

festival. it's an all you can eat and drink extravaganza complete with over 65,000 crabs, tons of beer, music, and family fun. session one is from 11:00 to 3:00. session two is from 5:00 until 9:00. tickets range from 60 to 120 bucks depending on the package you purchase. it sounds like a great deal. whatever you do this weekend i hope you do something that makes you happy. have a great weekend. jonathan: thanks very much. coming up next on abc 7 news at 4:00 your worst fears come true when you're driving over a draw bridge. >> my wife said, i think the bridge is opening. jonathan: that's not something you want to hear. what he did next and just how far the bridge started opening. we'll have you gripping your steering wheel a little tighter the next time you go over one. >> it is move-in day at u.v.a. following a very tumultuous week in charlottesville. we'll hear the thoughts of new students and parents.

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jonathan: it is moving day at the university of virginia. the parents get to dump their kids off and, two, the kids never forget it either. alison: it is a point of pride and independence for their children. in charlottesville it carries a different meaning today. jonathan: especially after last weekend. we caught up with students and parents who like all of us have kept a close eye on what has been happening there. >> what do you want to take up to your room? reporter: move-in day is always filled with excitement and hope but this year at uva there is also a sense of anxiety. >> i was a little nervous for my son. >> that is how nicole durant of woodbridge felt watching the violence unfold in charlottesville last weekend knowing her son antonio would soon start his first year at uva. >> i think he'll be ok. they've assured me that they'll take care of him here. >> i feel pretty safe coming here now. >> uva is

4,000 new students and staff following a tumultuous week in charlottesville. last friday night, white nationalists carrying tiki torches marched through the historic lawn on campus, followed saturday by a rally that led to violence, including the death of 32-year-old heather heier. despite the unrest parents at the alderman road dorm say this week uva has reassured them students will be safe. >> i think the university is on point and doing a good job protecting the students moving in. >> we don't have any fears or problem with their coming here. >> that confidence got a boost on wednesday night after seeing thousands gather on that same historic lawn, many of them students for a peaceful, candlelight vigil offering messages of unity and inclusion. >> they are coming together. they are trying to move forward. >> we'll be able to stand for justice and definitely make our mark in a positive way. reporter: in a letter this week to the

teresa sullivan saying that healing from last weekend will take time and energy but says it is something the school must do together. n charlottesville, abc 7 news. larry: coming up tonight at 5:00 a loophole, our government waste. the 7 on your side team digs into thousands of dollars in grant money doled out to district bars that shouldn't get them. also next at 5:00, monuments, schools, and streets. new calls tonight to remove symbols of the confederacy. a quick-thinking 10-year-old you might want to call the next doodie houser. how he helped his baby brother come into the world. those stories and more at 5:00. see you in a few. alison: all right. thank you. you can now buy chicken soup stock. not the food and checken stock but chicken soup for the soul entertainment. the company behind the books just went public today. the initial public offering 12.5 million shares at $12 each trading under the csse symbol in the nasdaq listing. there

those chicken soup books. jonathan: hum. new jersey isn't new to bridge scandals. it seems they have another one on their hands. this is crazy. a family says a draw bridge opened while they were on it. it happened back on august 1 on the middle of the thoroughfare bridge. the man's wife noticed the bridge was rising 3 to 6 feet in the air. tough to miss. he put the pedal to the metal to try to get to the other side. >> he accelerated and, of course, then we landed with a big impact on the other side on the concrete. >> the biggest impact i've ever felt in my life without a doubt. jonathan: look at him smiling. "dukes of hazard." like woo hoo! police reports said the bridge operator didn't notice the family's car because of a "strong sun glare." hate it when that happens. they put the blame now on the cape may county bridge commission who have yet to reach out to that family. i hope their car is not damaged. alison: my goodness. how scary. jonathan: kind

alison: no. [laughter] all right. well, tomorrow is national aviation day. airports across the country hosting as geeks as airplane and flight lovers are affectionately called. they call themselves that. our very own sam sweeney was part of the celebration today at national airport. sam: it is a one of a kind day here on the eve of national aviation day with an unbelievable sneak peek behind the scenes. over here you have a u.s. coast guard helicopter about to take off. and then over here, you have one of the firefighter -- fire trucks here. then that you have the line maintenance facility. this is all part of national aviation day and the guy who set this up, this young man, 18 years old from potomac, has set up a program at 15 different airports around the world to make this happen. brian, this is happening from london to washington to new york. not many people do this. what has gotten into you? >> there's nothing like the

morning. that gets me up and ready to go. i love it. >> what is the most exciting part of today? >> so far being in the hangar. >> thanks so much. today we got to go inside an airplane, sit in the engine, go to the belly of an air bus a-320. there are 170 around the world but 15 here. brian has more than 22,000 followers on social media. his website has 75,000 hits a month and thousands of people wanted to be here but only 15 people got it. pretty exciting stuff. i have to say in full transparency this is not my first time out here on the ramp. as you take a look at this picture this was 11 years ago when i used to pump out the toilets for us airways to get me through college. so it's nice to be back here. reporting on the tarmac at reagan national airport, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jonathan: i love sam. the nose plugs

tough when he's doing an interview while a helicopter is landing or has its engine going. good for him. alison: did you pump out the toilets rnings too? >> hey. someone has to do it. right? alison: that makes me respect him even more. >> all right. we don't have anything severe around the immediate metro area right now so we'll take a little turn toward the east and go to the delmarva beaches. this is rehoboth beach, delaware. you can see a beautiful day out there. everyone is enjoying themselves. it's only going to get better as they move through the rest of the weekend. here is your ocean city, rehoboth, bethney forecast for saturday and sunday. temperatures 83 to 86 degrees. lots of sunshine. make sure you got the sunscreen. t looks fantastic out there. let's check what it feels like right now. still at 108 degrees reagan national airport. you see where it is a little cooler where we've ha the showers feeling like the 70's and 80's

through the next few hours or so once we get the rain out of here. show you what's going on in terms of the severe thunderstorm watch remaining in effect until 9:00. only warning we have right now that is active is well north of baltimore, so that's well a ways away from here. no impact on us. flash flood watch remains in effect until 2:00 in the morning tomorrow. and the latest for you on the warnings, as mentioned, this is off to the north and east of us. no impact on the d.c. metro. but montgomery county now looking at heavier rains, also into loudoun county with some gusty winds. once again, nothing that is severe. elmer, looking at stronger storms right now along with poolesville with the heavier downpours. as we move toward berryville, barnsville, i should say, and off toward damascus is where we're looking at the wet weather at this time and then farther to the south of us around the stafford area, this is now just due north and east of you getting ready to move into quantico and then over into southern maryland and then we will see improving conditions as they move into the la

more on that coming up in just a few minutes. we'll continue to track the storms for you around the d.m.v. alison: steve, thank you. up next on abc 7 news, no eclipse glasses? no problem. if you can't find a pair we've got three ways for you to watch the eclipse

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this week and stores are running out fast. you may still find some at walmart, home depot, lowe's, or toys r' us. they're going quickly. we found other options. if you can't find safe glasses for next week's event --. >> observatories, libraries, and museums are buzzing this week with eager eclipse gazers like ann and joel looking everywhere for eclipse glasses. >> we got two pair and then my sister wanted some and my daughter wanted some. reporter: that is the bad news. stores everywhere are running out of the official nasa glasses. dean regis, nationally known astronomer and host of the pbs "star gazers" has some ways to protect your eyes if you can't find nasa approved glasses for the eclipse. dean: take a box like this, put a hole in it. reporter: he says anyone can make a safe pin hole projector with a cardboard box. dean: let the light come through the hole on to the ground and watch the image on the ground. it should make a picture of the

reporter: a lot of people want to record the eclipse with their smartphone perhaps to post it on facebook. experts say pointing your phone at the sun for several minutes might not be the best idea. >> if you have your camera phone pointed at the sun for long periods of time, it could damage the electronics inside of it. reporter: nasa says it is ok to snap a quick photo or two of the eclipse but if you are shooting it for more than a few seconds put a darkening filter or eclipse glasses over your phone's camera to prevent any possible sun burn in. >> take the picture through the filter and it will help a lot. reporter: when it comes to a $500 phone dean says better safe than sorry. sunglasses, no matter how dark, will not protect your eyes from the sun. find a safer way to view the eclipse so your family stays safe and you don't waste your money. abc 7 news. >> tonight at 5:00, steve bannon is out. why the latest white house exit was weeks in the making. also --. >> fire personnel arrived on scene and

juveniles deceased. reporter: the search for a killer after three young girls are found dead in a maryland home. charlottesville, call for change. and then --. >> apparently the suspect stole another car and then got involved with another accident down there with three cars. >> carjacking, crash, and arrests. what police used to get their uspect in cuffs. >> first at 5:00, a storm watch weather alert with rain and storms popping up all around the area. >> we have storm track 7 out on the streets headed into the worst of things but we begin with our meteorologist in the storm watch weather center tonight. steve, what's going on? steve: looking at a severe thunderstorm watch remaining in effect from now until 9:00 tonight. all the areas shaded in pink including the district, arlington, alexandria, all of or most of southern maryland and then up toward the north and west into frederick county. no active warnings around the immediate metro area. however, north from the baltimore area is where we're looking at severe thunderstorm warnings. on

watch in effect for the d.c. metro. everything that is shaded in green. if you find yourself under some of the heavier downpours you are likely to experience flash flooding. straight to satellite and radar from storm watch 7. heaviest activity now north and west of the capitol beltway moving off to the east at 20 to 25 miles per hour. we'll head in just a little closer to montgomery county. gaithersburg area, heavier rains along with damascus. as we move off a little farther toward the west looking at some showers and thunderstorms around la ray moving toward washington but, once again, no active warnings. we're also looking at a heavier downpour, a cluster of thunderstorms moving off toward the north and east of stafford. we'll give you a complete update on what to expect for rest of the evening plus looking ahead to the weekend. and your eclipse outlook coming up in just a few minutes. larry? larry: as we track emission ness the coming hours we have storm tracker out on the road. this is germantown headed toward