the lynnhill condominiums may be the worst housing in the region. most are vacant and abandoned and some occupied by renters. some by squanders. the condo association can't even find all the unit owners. sylvia gill calls it home. >> i have nowhere to go with all of my babies. the youngest is five years old. >> gill was watching as the prince george's fair chief made the announce. today. the 60 or the 10 people living here have 24 hours to get out. >> those who are not out by tomorrow at 12:00 noon the county will seek court order to have them removed. >> i have seven children. /work at dominoes part time. >> the conditions have deteriorated badly. utility bills went unpaid for years. now the owners hope to sell to an

>> i have nowhere else to go. this is my fourth time being homeless this year. >> back live. you can see some of the opera us the set up to help the residents. the public safety command unit, they will have information from social services and the american red cross is over here. the lawyers for the condo association says they will go to court to try to get judge to say they will slow it down. they mean business, too. if they don't leave they will get court orders to get them removed as well. tough situation. sad situation. it appears that the end is coming. larry: thank you for that. a story you don't hear oftn.

13-year-old boy tried to abduct a 31-year-old woman. jeff goldberg has details. jeff: it was just saturday evening, beautiful and a clear night when the 36-year-old woman walking along this heavily trafficked area of the elm farm road in woodbridge when she was accosted by the 13-year-old boy. when it happened she fought back. >> they are looking for 13-year-old boy that is suspected of trying to abduct a 31-year-old woman. >> i was shocked with how you young he was. >> the woman says she was walking on elm farm r

she noticed she was being followed by a male on a bicycle. >> the 13-year-old got off the bike, grabbed the woman and started to drag her across the road likely toward the woods. the woman was screaming and fighting and called 911 as the teenager took off on foot. >> you don't often hear of the 13-year-olds committing a crime like this. >> a mother of three wants to know why and how a 13-year-old boy could do this. >> a parent's responsibility to take care of their kids. >> the 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile. he is being held at the prince william county juve anytime

detention center. the woman only suffered minor physical injuries. live in woodbridge, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you, jeff. a man that made national headlines after killing a guest on tv talk show after the man revealed he had a crush on him is out of jail. he was 24 on the "jenny jones show" in 1995. in the show an acquaintance told him he was interested in him. schmitz shot and killed that man three days later telling police he felt embarrassed on national tv and sentenced between 25 and 50 years in prison and granted parole in march. >> well, bill cosby's sex assault trial has been pushed back to allow the new legal team a chance to catch up. the new date has not been set but the judge says he expects the comedian to be tried before next summer. the jury from the trial will likely come from philadelphia. that is a change from the first trial which had jurors from the pittsburgh area. cosby is charged with

and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. larry: now to a developing story in arlington where wilson boulevard closed at north courthouse road. you can see that the gas is pouring out a pipe on the construction area. right now the gas is off and the hospital is operating normally. larry: a strong line of storms is making its way through the midwest. meteorologist steve rudin has whether it has an impact on us here. >> if you are going outdoors this is hot and humid. there are

it is dry. but just off to the north and west of us with we have the first line of the showers and the thunderstorms. now moving to morgantown. there are severe thunderstorm watches for them until 9:00 tonight. there is no watch for the d.c. metro area but showers and storms may develop. through the evening the temperatures will fall through the 80's. a better chance of storms tonight. tracking them for you. looking ahead to the rest of week and the upcoming weekend in a few minutes. alison? alison: thank you. happening right now, president trump landed just moments ago in yuma area. he is touring a border patrol station. >> when presidents take politics on the road local leaders often roll out the red carpet but the democratic mayor of phoenix did not. >> i stepped forward and i said this is not the right time for t

president trump said this about the white nationalist violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> you look at both sides. i think there is blame on both sides. >> trump traded criticism with arizona republican senator. john mccain and jeff flake. some pundits wonder if the president will endorse 2018 challenger to flake at the rally. then joe arpaio. trump said he is considering pardoning him. >> at the end of the day we have to admit it. the history, the evidence staring us in the face. president is a racism. >> the white house rejects that saying that the president view on the racism are clear. >> there is no place for bigotry or tolerance for hate. >> the ad

will show the hardline immigration stance works. >> the president is focused on an agenda to move the country forward. alison: we just got word from the white house that president trump won't take any action to pardon sheriff joe arpaio in arizona. larry: we have new information on the destroyer uss john s. mccain. some of the remains of the sailors have been found. this is two days after collided with an oil tanker. tonight the families of those missing have

>> we wish we were searching. he is a hero. larry: they are inspecting the damage. the recovered remains were found in the damaged compartments sealed to keep the ship afloat. alison: the naval academy is offline because of a campus wide i.t. outage. electrical problem in the hulls apparently caused a ripple effect throughout the campus. so all i.t. services are down, phone, in the, e-mail and everything. the repairs could take 12 hours. larry: b.w.i. is back to normal a a bomb scare slowed things down. this man hollenbeck left a back unattended near a checkpoint to claim there was a bomb inside. no bomb was found. alison: a man died after the pickup truck collided head on with a dump truck on the i-395 express lanes. both vehicles involved in the

zone. didn't see the others coming. larry: they have a safer way to navigate the intersection. this is what it looked like where i-66 and the root 15 near the hay market meet before reconstructed. transportation reporter brianne carter takes us to what is the diverging diamond. brianne: shifting traffic to the opposite side of the road to improve congestion. >> they cut the ribbon or the kirst d.d.i. in northern virginia. in -- on the first d. d.i. in northern virginia. they will now veer left to ease the traffic flow on and off. >> people would

minutes to get here to gainesville. >> this is about eliminating 90-degree turn and about the safety for the tens of the thousands of cars passing through each day. officials say since the first lane opened in january the interchange has been accident free. at other diverging diamonds across the state, the crash numbers have dipped. however, the residents are concerned that the unusual and at times confusing pattern could lead to more problems. >> i don't think it's best idea ever. i like the old way. straight there, straight back. the draft plan for 66 outside the beltway project calls for adding one at nutley street in fairfax. in hayward, brianne carter, abc7 news.

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larry: right now not one but two corpse flowers are in bloom at the botanic garden. alison: q mccray is live where people are flocking to see and smell the rare combination. hey, q. q: oh, and the smell, guys. it's so distinctive. right now it smells great. no, not at all. it stinks here right now. a look at the three corpse

flowers. the one we are smelling now bloomed late last night. the stench is something like diapers. stinky diapers. this scheduled to bloom on saturday. with me is susan at the u.s. botanic gardens. >> this is very exciting for you. >> very exciting. we believe three corpse flowers at once is unprecedented. this is an unusual opportunity for visitors to see the plants. q: no doubt. it's packed here. >> we have had steady crowd all day long. >> we harvested pollen from the one that bloomed over weekend and we transferred that to the second bloom to pollinate the female flowers on the botment to. we collect the pollen from this plant as well. alison: and good news, the friendat

u.s. botanic gardens you are staying open late. >> right. we are open until 10:00 tonight and 7:00 tomorrow night. q: thank you. that being said come on down to enjoy the stench for yourself. they are open until 10:00 p.m. that is the latest. q mccray. alison: lucky you. what an assignment. larry: good for him to not using a clothespin on the nose. steve: i wonder if you stand there long enough you don't smell it. alison: or get sick. one or the other. steve: he is toughing it out. alison: so we have the storms every night now. >> they will decrease in the intensity and that is due to the sunset time around 7:52.

sun is coming up. 92 degrees at reagan national airport. 90 at winchester. it's cooler north and west. pushing the hot air around gusty winds. 25 to 30 miles per hour. that is inside the beltway. this feels like 101 and 102 in leesburg and manassas. if you riv closer to the city you shouldn't have problems. the barbecues looks good. upper 80's for the mid-80's by 8:00. by 9:00, well to the west

there is a severe thunderstorm line for pennsylvania and west of us in virginia. this is the line over here. this advances to the east. it's going to lose a punch a bit. good lose for the immediate metro. this is what we have with the stronger storms. morgan town west virginia. there are no active severe thunderstorm warning. the forecast, the temperatures toes are 68 to 75. mostly cloudy. bit on the muggy side. best chance of the storms is north and west of d.c. waking up tomorrow morning the kids are back to scal and to work and looking at the temperatures at 74 to 75 degrees. this will be on the humid and

morning. a few showers may remain. cooler, drier air will settle in as we mauve in through the afternoon hours. for tonight 9:00, there are the showers and the storms beginning to dissipate. the high of 84 degrees. 10-day outlook. the nighttime lows are in the 60's. we have the temperatures well below average. not humid but dry and comfortable. alison: that is the best part. today is really hot and humid. steve: i know. my dog's tongue is hanging out. alison: it all comes out to gus. larry: he's the producer. steve: right. alison: thank you. see you in a bit. now that the eclipse is over, what do you d

glasses? >> we explain that and what will happen next for member of the confederacy taken down in 24 hours in maryland. >> today, bei bei turns two. the crowd came to help them celebrate. i'm amy aubert with the story coming up. alison: but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. larry: kidd o'shea has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." kidd: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- could this simple solution stop the card-skimming thieves ripping you off at the pump? >> plus the most effective way to get kids to hit the book after summer. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes starting at 4:25 a.m. on "good morning washington." your official

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alison: we have an update on whether we wait to see if one of the pandas is pregnant. they closed the panda house after she showed higher hormone levels but the pandas often have pseudo, or the false pregnancies so you don't know if they are pregnant until a cub arrives. we will keep you posted. >> that is incredible. alison: we're hopeful.

>> happy birthday, bei bei. we love you. >> a birthday party that drew big crowds. >> we have to go on the panda day so we are here for that. >> we wouldn't miss it. this is a great time to be here. celebrate. >> he is cute. >> he's adorable. >> and chowing down on cake. >> he is different than his sister. >> eating piece by piece of the favorite things. >> ace cream cake. a little honey and the extra juice.

>> it took workers a couple days to put it together. >> we like to see bei bei eat ice cake. >> they help by giving out a panda hat and stickers. >> it's great. the adults are just as happy to be here. >> happy to be here to send a message. >> happy birthday, bei bei. >> northwest. happy birthday, bei bei. >> amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: how cute! >> that is why we need another cub. keep the party going. >> we hope so. larry: a little stick of butter. they get so big so fast. >> show me the money. now where maryland knows where the money could come from, take a closer look at what the project looks like after so much time in limbo. >> the

reached another level. >> people with bloodshot light but not from

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larry: president trump is one of many that took a glimpse at the sun without the special glasses. some of them flooded the ophthalmologist offices fearing they damaged the eyes with the quick glimpse. stephen tschida is live after talking to the doctors today. stephen: i spoke with people 15 minutes ago. >> he said i saw so many people with the blood schoth eyes. >> a solar eclipse, too big of an event not take a peek. >> i was so curious and i wanted to see it. >> she said she knew she shouldn't use it. >> i was blurry and a shade over my

offices were swamped today with calls. >> people fearing they damaged the eyes looking at the eclipse. >> it could be a problem. >> the damage is mostly temporary but stresses it can take only seconds to harm the retina. >> it can cause inflammation. >> it could be only a few seconds to look at an eclipse to inflict damage to the eye. in most cases like we heard from in the story by this morning her eyes were back to normal. >> thank you. eclipse mania is officily

>> what do you do with the glasses? >> you can use some again but only if they meet a certain standard. >> check if they have this certification, iso 12322-12. check if they are listed on as have to no, ma'am call web page. >> donate it to a good cause. astronomers without borders plan to distribute them to south america and asia for an eclipse in two years. but most distributed are expiring in three years. we have more information on what you can do with the glasses at wjla.com. larry: meanwhile, presidential adviser jared kushner back in the middle east tonight.

he is part of a trio to meet with the prime minister to jump-start peace talks. >> developing now. ellicott city the latest maryland town to remove confederate monument. dedicated in 1948. the names of the 92 confederate soldiers are on it. kittalman believes the more appropriate place is at a local museum. >> this was a raucous scene since the august 12 rally that sparked the protests around the country. today, u.v.a. medical center announced the last of the 19 people inned in the crash are now out of the hospital. meanwhile, charlottesville mayor says the anger they showed there another the meeting last night is the beginning of the process of the catharsis. shows just how de

traumatized the community is. >> vice president mike pence said the protest stirred up of the memorials should be decided by the state and the local authorities. he told cable news show this morning he would call himself someone who believes in more monuments not less. alison: right now the odds are slim but it stops people to get in on the record-setting jackpot. this is the second largest in u.s. history. cheryl conner is out talking to the players with the big hopes and the dreams. >> ken washington hopes the dream comes true. >> i have things i dreamt at one time. >> washington bought three tickets with the number and five more with a random draw. he is happy to get in on wednesday night

so far it's at $700 million to make it the second largest in u.s. history. >> i haven't bought one in almost over a year. >> panel has a theory. she bought ten games instead of the ten tickets and playing for the month and not just the night. >> it's karma. if you mess up on the lottery or the ticket you keep it. >> most let the computer do the picking but one who won picked the numbers himself. washington says in 1988 he had the numbers but the wrong line-up. >> i guess i wasn't supposed to win it. i was married at th

>> it may be his moment since he is divorced. >> the rain leads to rising water. we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. >> then later what the president may have meant with the statement as he laid out the plans for the war in afghanistan. >> a local priest with a unique confession. in his youth he was in the k.k.k. we are getting community reaction and what the priest himself is saying about

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alison: happy chuck brown day. the godfather of go-go would have been 81 today. just before the congress went on the august break eleanor holmes norton introduced a resolution to make every august 22 chuck brown day in the capital. when "american idol" comes back this fall we are excited because it will be on abc7. larry: we want to help you get to the front of the line at the audition. >> ♪ a brand new plan ♪ good morning, washington ♪ tell me what to wear where the smiling face ♪ ♪ waking up my day >> i'm waking up my day ♪ ♪ make it feel all right ♪ good morning, washington ♪ don't you k

♪ i'm waking up my day larry: they sound awesome! that is two of the people who submitted the videos of themselves singing you have until midnight to get us the video. you will get in and we announce winners on friday. >> i am impressed. >> really good. >> that one sounded like nora jones. really good. well, mark wahlberg tops the "forbes" maggie: of the highest paid actors in $68 million. edging out the rock. "forbes" says emma stone is the highest paid actress. but get this, the top ten men make three times as much as

>> the purple line may have the green light. that is coming up. >> share your first day of school photos with us. share them onl

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>> this summer brought a major victory in federal court. now sweet talking by maryland governor. >> the purple line has been stuck at a figurative red light for a year. but signs of progress on display today following the recent productive high level conversaon

maryland governor larry hogan and the u.s. secretary of transportation. hogan now stating he is confident $900 million in federal grant funding will soon start pouring in to maryland. the businesses must be torn down. it includes the apex building in downtown bethesda. where a demolition notice sign and work crew were in plain sight. we spotted a special crew and the structure to be raised. but the answers are unclear. how long will construction take. could additional civil lawsuits, federal judges or the white house tr

derail the terribly tardy project? we are outside. the crews have placed a fence here. this is also slated for the demolition. alison: across the river a prince william supervisor is speaking out. he told the officials that he hopes the state will not move forward with the bicounty connector and connect 66 to route 50. he believes the transportation funding could be better spent elsewhere. >> that man should be put to address problems on 66, 28, 95, route 1. the areas causing the problems for the people to get to the jobs.

project but believes the routing plan will increase the traffic. >> he brothers trapped in the early morning earthquake are free tonight. the baby were rescued this morning and the brother pulled from a debris a few hours later. one of them trapped for 15 hours. all three are set to be in good condition. a person did die in the quake and two dozen others were injured. alison: to the midwest where a person has died in historic flooding in kansas and missouri. as much as nine inches of rain have fallen in the kansas city area since monday. while the water is reseeding in most places -- receding in most places hundreds had to be rescued from rooftops. look at them there. they were stranded in the cars, too. this was the second major flooding event in the region in less than a month. alison: a scary scene. larry: fortunately there are no problems like that here. steve rudin has the latest. steve: we are watching a cold f

that will arrive later tonight and the day tomorrow. outside we will look outside to the pentagon. and crystal city and reag national airport. it's hot and hazy. feels like 100. reagan national is at 92. 89 in martinsburg with a rain shower and thunderstorm. 93 in ashburn. hagerstown at 91. the same in dale city. show you what is going on with the stormwatch7 satellite and radar. no problems from tysons to college park. south to oldtown alexandria. it's dry out there at least right now. i don't foresee any problems as we move through the early evening hours. barbecues and the outdoor activities a firm go. there is a severe thunderstorm

watch. we expect the line of storms to dissipate moving on off to the east. so tonight the temperatures fall in the 80's. a better chance of a industry storm, thunderstorm or two across the i-81 corridor by 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. the wakeup temperatures are in the 70's. there is a lot of sunshine. the ten-day jute look shows the temperatures in the 70's for most of next week. larry: the site of the army-naver i have football game usually rotates. philadelphia is the home for next five years. they will play at the lincoln financial field from 2018 to 2020. this is at met life stadium in new jersey 2021 before back to philly in 2022. last year they played in baltimore that is not in the rotation for now. alison: okay. erin is here now with a look at sport

erin: interesting story. professional soccer hasn't always been easy for selon of the spirit. a few years ago she broke her ankle and she needed several surgeries to fix it. scott abraham shares the story in the rising star. >> a soccer journey on roller coaster ride. >> i can't be the old havanna. i have to be a new one. >> it all changed when she was playing for seattle. >> the ball popped out. i vividly remember hearing the crack. >> a spiral fracture of the ankle. two surgeries, one year recovery. >> score! >> she was back scoring goals now with the washington spirit. >> battling back to the injury tells us a lot about the mentality and the grit. she fits in the grit. >> she has the skill to adapt and adjust to any situation that stem

moving to the multiple country. she lived in hong kong and singapore. visited 20 different countries. the experience of several cultures shaped her to the player and the person she is today. >> from a young age, understanding different cultures made me open minded and tolerant to everything. >> it's more from the standpoint of i want to understand. >> showing compassion from others -- >> the shot deflected and a goal. >> becoming an example to those going through a difficult time. >> you have to have a mindset of hope that it will get better. >> she is back where she belongs playing sport she loves. >> you can see the match on newschannel8. the co

larry: it will all come together. alison: i want united to win. larry: there you go. erin: that was good. i like it. alison: well, still to come here, the president says we are no longer in the business of nation building. larry: what it could mean for the future when we come

michelle: the president is scrapping a study designing study to find out more in the appalachian mountains. statement from the department of the interior says that the project was cut because of the cost. jonathan: president trump plans to put -- larry: president trump plans to put more boots on the afghanistan and vowed to make changes to the current strategy there. what does it mean to the future? kristine frazao takes a closer look.

>> what does the line of demarcation mean? >> i think it's directing of the overpromising. in the post-9/11 era, the government set objectives difficult if not impossible for the american forces to achieve. >> the white house director of strategic communications at the national security counsel. >> the critics after the speech said if we are not going to nation bill we are going to just go in and kill people and then leave? >> no, not at all. what we are not doing is trying to impose our way of life, our system of government. trying to insist that people with different tradition live up to expectations that we set from the outside.

>> he has called for more transparency. >> how long will it take? how much does it cost? how do we get out of the country as soon as the mission is accomplished? >> he suggests that strategy is flawed up to this point. he says the policy moving ahead is different. it's one that candidate trump initially argued against. jonathan: people are forced out after

unsafe. what happens now? >> just accept it for what it is. that is it. ask for forgiveness. michelle: new reaction to a local priest revealing he was once a k.k.k. member. why he is bringing his past to light now. jonathan: you want to save eclipse glasses for the next one in seven years? think again. >> that is what the residents in the local condo buildings face. they are being told to move out. >> they are ordering the changes and touring again, the fire officials ordered everyone out of the lynnhill condominiums building. what happens now? michelle: maryland bureau chief brad bell following the trouble and is live with the new developments. brad? brad: i can show you why the fire department is so concern ed.

>> if you walk over here, another abandoned unit. right up above. i can hear the air conditioner running. someone is living in that unit. fire inspectors arrive at the lynnhill condominiums early this morning. they fan out across the two building 106 apartment complex. they found a long list of the safety violations. >> trash in the trash chutes and the closures of the emergency fire doors. >> the end result is the order for the 60 or so residents hanging on to get out within 24 hours. the end coming for years. the condo owners say management is to blame. utility bills were unpaid and needed repairs were ignored and now the place may be the worst housing in the entire region. the current condo board wants