if you have friends, family down that way, time to check on them. of course we will keep you updated right here on abc7. talk about what is going on for the everything around the d.c. metro area. great night. outdoor dining. after school practices were fine earlier and now the kids are probably home and maybe want to go for a swim. temperatures fall in the lower 80's. by 7:00 tonight, to 80. dropping to the 70's. a cool start to friday. and the weekend outlook. you are not going to want to miss it. if you like low humidity and sunshine you got it. the next chance of rain on the ten-day outlook. more on that coming up in a few minutes. larry: i can't wait to hear details. with hurricane harvey threatening a huge swath of texas coastline, millions are preparing for impact. as marci gonzalez shows us, that means being ready for mother nature's worst. marci: the ominous view from space. harvey churns in the gulf of mexico expected to make la

early saturday as a dangerous category three. >> the only three predictable about the storm is it's unpredictable. marci: from texas, louisiana and mississippi, people loading up and laying out sound bags. >> i think i'm going to have to get everything off the floor. marci: preparing for more than 30 inches of rain in some places and a storm surge up to 12 feet. >> we need people to be aware. marci: that is already leading to long lines at gas stations. >> absolute insanity. >> empty shelves. marci: they are staying put and stocking up on the essentials. >> water, food, batteries. master others are packing up -- marci: others packing up and heading from the low-lying areas where the voluntary evacuation orders are in place. >> we will in the strongest possible terms get out of dodge. >> the governor of texas pre-empttively issued disaster declaration in 30 counties.

for the entire state. marci gonzalez, abc7 news, los angeles. alison: thank you. the power of hurricane harvey and the potentially deadly amount of rain extends far part texas coastline. emily from the sister station in san antonio joins us from the impact zone which is port lavaca, 75 miles up the coast from corpus christi. what are you seeing so far? the big question -- is texas ready for this? emily: we are seeing a lot of people not heeding the mandatory evacuation order. instead, they are staying put to get the homes and the businesses ready boarding up. they will keep an eye on the sky and the coast and evaluate tomorrow if they are ready to go. you ask if texas is prepared? i stoke to george p. bush, the land commissioner, son of jeb bush about this and he says texas is not prepared. over the causeway, you can see one of the reasons he is so

over there is part of the vast oil business, me trelum industry. george p. bush tells me that the mo jurorty of the -- majority of the petroleum moves through the texas refineries. never the country should be concerned about the hurricane. little done to prepare the coastline from ike and dolly nearly ten years ago. 65% of the texas gulf shoreline is eroding every year putting homes and businesses at risk. as i said, texas has not been tested in ten years. people in this area really do need to heed the warning. take care of your homes and businesses and try to get out to get yourself inland to safety. alison: people are evacuating? emily: i didn't hear the question. i think you asked if people are evacuating? we do not have a number but i can tell you the entire barrier islands along the coastline all the way from aransas pass to several miles up here are under the

particularly the islands where there is only access through a ferry or causeway like this one. you can see with the storm surges that we are expecting, 10 to 12 feet the causeway doesn't give you a lot of protection. they are focusing on the people on the barrier islands. where we are, we are a little bit protected because there is water. but on the other side there is a barrier island. with the storm surge all bets are off. alison: thank you very much. keep us posted. you can stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team around the clock. the updated forecast is always on wjla.com. download the stormwatch7 7 app or follow us on facebook or twitter. larry: we are following breaking news out of charleston where a hostage situation is over. they shot a man holding people hostage. he is in critical condition at this hour. but another person shot before the police moved in has died. the city mayor says the shooter was a disgruntled employee wh

we will stay on the story and bring you the new information as soon as it's available. alison: we now know more about what led to a texas woman's death in ocean city. police found her buried in the sand. on the beach in july. investigators now say the woman was sitting in a hole about four feet deep and it collapsed on her. it's unclear what caused the hole to collapse. the office of the chief medical examiner ruled the death accidental. police now say human remains found near nokesville this week are a missing fairfax county teen. abc7 cameras were there as the investigators return to the scene today. homicide detectives identified the victim as 18-year-old miguel luis carrillo. and they believe he was killed in a gang-related attack. three people have been arrested for the abduction but have far not charged in the death. larry: the developing story in fair oaks where a half dozen people were sickened after someone left a car running inside a townhouse garage. stephen tschida joins us with what he

far -- what he has learned so far. stephen: three minutes ago the cab pulled up behind me. you can see it there. a man got out of the cab and went in the home. you can see the cab driver waiting for him to come back. it's in this home where the car was left running in the garage. at least five of the town homes flooded with extremely high level of carbon monoxide. residents of a string of town homes in fairfax suddenly so sick they called 911. >> i had a headache and uneasiness in the stomach. my older daughter was taken into the ambulance to get oxygen. >> firefighters quickly discovered the source of the problem in a neighbor's garage. >> the family just basically forgot that the call was running. >> the vehicle left running in a closed garage had flooded nearby town homes with carbon monoxide. the levels extremely high. >> we also had transported six uniformed firefighters to the hospital as well. just for precaution

were so high. >> apparently none of the homes had working carbon monoxide detectors. the neighbors here shocked at how long it took to air out the homes. >> i don't understand how a car could be left on in a garage. but yeah, it affected a few houses. it's horrible, i think. >> there was another house, a neighbor's house but the firefighters tell us that no one suffered life threatening injury from this infiltration of the carbon monoxide. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: tonight we have new information on two f.b.i. raids that began before dawn in prince george's county. first raid was at a home in fort washington.

hours later, police hit a second home, seizing evidence including a half dozen dogs. this was in temple hills. now a person arrested in the raids is facing a judge in greenbelt. richard reeve just stepped out of the courtroom with an update for us. rich? richard: yeah. alison, actually, a dozen defendants defendants in this wide ranging case. the charges documents just came down a few minutes ago. this was a wide raging conspiracy. authorities say it all began in march of 12015. it -- 2015 and it lasted until today when they made the raids. take a look now, you can see in the neighborhood federal agents going in the homes. one of them as you said fort washington. the other in temple hills. the f.b.i. at the two homes today two of the 12 defendants lived in the homes. you can see they brought out all kind of property, plywood boards, rugs. we can safely assume computers and hard drives were also seized. investigators say thi

operation that began with a man spotted with 40 to 60 credit cards in his car it at a gas station in manassas park back in 2015. authorities say the agents used cell phone intercepts to uncover the operation where the suspects used credit card encoders to put the false codes on the magnetic strips of the fraudulent credit cards. they say there were thousands of dollars of the fake purchases. the cards used to buy great on credit and sell for cash. amount of $it,000 to $10,000 on each card were not uncommon. we are talking about hundreds and hundreds of fake credit cards. people in the neighborhood here pretty much were shocked by all of this. >> we have had a quiet neighborhood over here. when something like that occurs. it is upsetting. it's a changing world. we realize that. so we just try to go along with whatever is

>> these are serious charges. conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. we understand the defendants went before a federal magistrate in greenbelt. we don't know what the current status is but when we know we will let you know. larry: president trump is threatening to let the government shut down unless congress raises the debt ceiling in. a pair of tweet he blasted leaders for the inaction on the issue. he blamed the democrats for holding up the debt limit negotiations. president trump is threatening to allow a shutdown unless congress agrees to pay for mexican border wall. president trump: believe me, if we have to close down the government we are building aal wall. >> he campaigned on a wall and won on talk about building a wall. >> he will shut down september 29, unless congress raises the debt ceiling. coming up at 5:00, the government says in three years the refridge ritors must -- refrigerators must use new te

side" discovered many repairmen may not be ready for that. alison: plus, tragedy strikes in our area. reaction from a community that is home to one of the sailors missing from the uss john s. mccain. >> this isn't true. this can't be. larry: meet america's newest multimillionaire. where she was when she realized she just hit historic jackpot. alison: only on 7 today, a look at the year round effort it takes to ensure d.c.'s prize cherry trees stay healthy and beautiful. 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. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

>> we are still months away from the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms in the tidal basin but tonight we get a look at what it takes to keep the national treasures thrive. we have a story you will only see on 7. q: it's been unusually loud around the tidal basin this week. but for a good reason. >> we are trying to make sure that the trees are as healthy as possible. this is something we can do. q: the cherry blossoms are a d.c. staple millions come to visit annually but at a cost. the foot traffic compacts the soil. >> so when you do that, you are actually making the soil denser so there

way for air or water infall tration, never mind fruit growth. q: this is what the trees have to deal with. the soil is more clay like than anything. tough as a rock in some cases. >> compaction wouldn't kill the tree but it would leave in a compromised healthy state to make it susceptible to infection or disease. q: the crew is digging trenches so not the hurt the tree's roots. they will allow the roots to grow and give it the water they need. this is the first time the national park service is doing this. it's spending $50,000 to get to the root of the problem. what hopes of doing it all again next year on a different section of trees. from the tidal basin, q mccray, abc7 news. alison: well, we are now meeting the whom who is the envy of the nation. there she is right there. that is

she came forward this afternoon only hours after she learned she had made history because she was the only person to match all the numbers for the powerball. $758 million jackpot. the massachusetts medical center worker was on the job when she realized she had won. >> i pulled mine out. i go hey, i have that, i have that. he goes, "let me see that ticket." he goes, "you just won." you're joking! alison: that was her coworker she is talking about. he followed her home to make sure she got there safely. the 53-year-old mother of two said she is retiring effective immediately. her big dream is to kick back and relax. larry: why not? locally two tickets sold struck it big matching the numbers except the powerball. the tickets were sold at the parkway express in lorton. potomac shell on darnstown in gaithersburg. the store in lorton is expected to get a $10,000 bonus for selling the

store in gaithersburg coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00". we at abc7 also struck it big. take a look at this. a big check to the office pool winners. $28 divided among 35 people who pitched in more than $240 worth of tickets. the 80 cents per person jackpot isn't going to our heads. >> 80 cents taking home. how do you feel about that? >> gypped. >> you are a big winner. >> big winner of what? >> 80 cents. >> okay, it go toward my son's college tuition fund. >> do you feel bad you didn't take part in the pool? >> i do. i feel horrible. 80 chents could have gotten me half a pack of gum, quarter of a candy bar, not even a full soda. larry: if he joined leslie, the two of open could buy a 20-ounce soda in the vending machine. i added it up. alison: we tried. you can't win if you don't play. steve: don't spend mine in one place but i

alison: can i borrow 80 cents? larry: that is what happens. you win and people come after you for money. steve: my 80 cents is already gone! it's beautiful out there now. alison: so nice. steve: a real treat for end of august not to deal with a lot of humidity and the it chos. -- humidity and the temperatures. a lot of thoughts on texas. we have a brand new update coming up in a moment. right now looking over at the belle haven country clubs. we had golfers there a few minutes ago. a few clouds. it's beautiful. get out there if you can enjoy it this evening. take advantage of it. it's cool out to the west of us. look at garrett county. oakland, maryland, now at 63 degrees. hagerstown at 76. head closer to the d.c. metro area. lower 80's for andrews and reagan national. upper 70's in culpeper and manassas. 80 in fredericksburg this hour. here it is, the temperatures for this evening. looking great. upper 70's.

a few added clouds moving in the 9:00. but overall a fantastic evening to get out. strassmore in rockville, look at movie night. 7:00. temperatures in the upper 70's. satellite and radar from the stormwatch7. looking good around the beltway from the rush hour commute on thursday evening. no problems at all. a few showers trying to pop up across extreme western maryland. not going to amount to a lot. may see a stray shower or two later tonight. once again hit or miss. won't see anything at all. i will only give it 10 to 15% chance that you will see anything in the neighborhood. the first band of hurricane harvey made landfall. the storm itself has not made landfall but the bands are rolling in. heavy, heavy rains already starting. this is just the beginning. here is the latest 5:00 p.m. update. 85-mile-per-hour sustained winds. wind gust upward of 105. moving north and northwest at around 10 i

next 48 hours or so. this is what it looks like. the latest map for you showing where it is going to make landfall around the corpus christi area. category three storm not out of the question with winds upward of 125 miles per hour. then the storm just sits there. hardly moves at all for the day on saturday. for the day on sunday, monday, and tuesday. that is why we are looking at rainfall totals that may exceed 20, maybe even 30 inches of rain. bay city european model wants to pull out around 27.5 inches of rain. by the time the system moves out of here. that is wednesday next week. closer to home, the mid-50's to the middle 60's. overnight lows, moist lu cloudy skies. isolated showers. waking up tomorrow looks good. cool side and a light sweater heading off to school. middleburg at 67. upper marlboro around 61. the day planner for tomorrow end of the workweek, end of the school week. the daytime highs around 80 degrees. the average for t

ow average. not dealing with humidity. not for day tomorrow or the upcoming weekend. 79 tomorrow. ocean city, 75 on saturday and sunday. water temperature looking good. middle 70's. we hold in the 70's for the weekend. upper 70's for monday and tuesday. a better chance of showers wednesday next week. back to 80 degrees toward the end of next week and into dare i say labor day weekend. where has the summer gone? alison: i know. larry: wow! steve: flying by. it did. alison: it wasn't that hot of a summer. steve: it wasn't. considering how hot it normally is around here, the limited 90-degree plus days. see how wet it has been. three and a half inches of rain. green out there. i love it. still ahead at 5:00, police ignored a business burglary because of an unpaid fine. alison: mourning a life lost

after learning a sailor missing from the uss john s. mccain is from gaithersburg. larry: first, the countdown to school has doctor offices busy. how local county is working now to make sure the students don't have to miss school waiting for shots. alison: it is back-to-school season. look at this. we have a few of the pictures that you shared with us. share your own by going to burst.com/wjla.

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alison: like i don't know about that. a special welcome back in ash burn as the teachers were there to welcome students to the brand new brambleton middle school. today was day one of classes for loudoun county where the schools seeing a boom. this year's enrollment is up 30,000 students. from day one last year. larry: wow! alison: imagine that. meanwhile, prince george's county public schools won't return until after labor day. there is a big push to remind parents to be ready. larry: hundreds of students had to sit out the beginning of last school year because they weren't up to date on the vaccinations. maryland bureau chief brad bell shows us what is being done to change it this year. >> the prince george's county school system does not want a repeat of last year when more than 6,000 students didn't have the required immunizations to attend school.

so pushing a simple message. with a vi >> no shots, no schools. >> a warning from the system spokesman. if you don't have immunizations you cannot attend school. >> the school system won't know how many students don't have the shots until next week when the school nurses come back from summer break and start entering data in the system. it could be a big number again. the county health officer says she hopes not. >> it's more important than the books and the bags and the backpacks. debt your kids immune newsed. >> the -- immunized. >> the parent says she is not waiting until the last second to get her family ready. she came to the clinic for shots today. >> i make sure they all have them. because like if they need them, it's necessary for them. >> these are the flyers that the county health department is putting out in english and spanish. be wise, immune news. it makes it -- be wise, i

immunize. they offering shots to children five days a week. free of charge. in cheverly, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. still to come the potential problem with a refrigerator change aimed at helping the environment. the man who couldn't get his eco-friendly fridge fix and how "7 on your side" helped. larry: police accused of ignoring a burglary caught on video because of an unpaid fine. where it happened just ahead. >> an international news story bringing sorrow to

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: the u.s. navy suspended search effort for ten american sailors missing after the uss john s. mccain collided with the oil tanker. now we have learned one of the sailors is from gaithersburg. kevin lewis is live there tonight with what we know about electronics technician second class kevin bushell. tell us about him. kevin: yeah, alison. kevin bushell spent much of the teenage years at gaithersburg high school. today by telephone his father telling us his son is a bright and a kind kid who from a very early age knew the difference between right and w

>> this evening, u.s. navy divers continue to search for nine missing sailors assigned to the uss john s. mccain. that includes kevin bushell of gaithersburg. bushell an electronics technician second class on board when an oil tanker hit the 500-foot long destroyer off the coast of singapore. the 26-year-old pictured here last month standing on the ship's bridge. as it floated through the east china sea. today montgomery county public schools confirmed bushell graduated from gaithersburg high school in 2009. his parents are divorced. but both live in gaithersburg. his mother karen works as the deputy clerk at the montgomery county circuit courthouse in rockville. his father tom owns a home restoration business. the company truck is parked in the driveway this afternoon. >> i'm speechless. kevin: this woman lives only a few doors down. >> they ar

neighbor. again, welcoming. like whenever we are in the neighborhood. hi, how are you? good morning! when the kids come to their house they are like come, come, play with the dog. awesome neighbors. kevin: friends explain that kevin bushell is married. earlier this month his wife posted on facebook. everything is booked. i'm going to see kevin soon. live outside of gaithersburg high school, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. also missing is 23-year-old timothy eckels jr. who was originally from manchester in carol county and graduated high school before joining the navy. larry: n street on north capital street in northeast. worker fell from the top of the building under construction. e.m.t.'s tried to revive him but were unsuccessful. lake forest mall will stay open despite

new owner in foreclosure auction. according to the "washington business journal" the u.s. bank bought the mall on tuesday for $19 million. the bank has no plans to make changes to the property. the mall has 160 stores. 75% of which are leased. alison: the purple line is about to take a big step toward becoming a reality. larry hogan will join other officials for ground breaking ceremony in hyattsville. the light rail is planned to run from new carrollton to bethesda. it faces an uncertainty after a lawsuit trying to block the process works through the court system. larry: the west wing at the white house is back open. they renovated the area while trump was in new jersey in a work vacation. the wing has a new heating and air system. we are told that the president requested all materials used be american made. alison: still to come -- is your refrigerator running? it's not a joke. this is

call for action story you need to hear about. new energy efficient refrigerators want to tinker with. "7 on your side" stepped in to help. larry: teaching civil war history the newest debate as the kids go back to school. it's more complicated you think. the lessons you learn depend on where you grew up.

steve: a lot going on. moving ahead of the weekend to talk about something going on tonight. friday and saturday. this is the outdoor film-fest. if you have never been it's outstanding venue. the weather is awesome out there. tomorrow or tonight, low humidity. middle 70's. tomorrow night is just as great. passing clouds around 75 degrees. saturday night around 73. the film start at 7:50 and they go on for an hour a

half to two hours. tonight looking really nice. talk about the beach forecast. ocean city, rehoboth beach, dewey, bethesda. great weather. tomorrow getting out around 80. 75 for a high on saturday. few added clouds but it will stay mainly dry. we could see a passing shower or two. sunday looks fantastic. around 75 degrees. the surf temperature holds in the middle 70's. storm watch outlook, temperatures this weekend are fantastic around here. upper 70's on monday. the next best chance of showers come wednesday next week. limited to 30% risk. most of you won't see anything at all. then we throw in a chance for showers come later next week. and into labor day weekend. back after this.

alison: held without bond is the order from a judge against the white supremacist that helped organize rally in charlottesville. the charges are he illegally used tear gas in the clashes with counterprotesters. we are learning today about a delay and the man driving a car in crowd of protesters. jails field jr. is accused of the crash that killed heather heyer. but he will not face a judge until december. larry: the debate over civil war monuments and statues is unavoidable this summer.

school where they will soon learn about the men memorialized for better or worse. kristine frazao reports how to teach the civil war has become its own debate. kristine: the recent debate over confederate monuments and the place in society follows a more lengthy one. about the way the history of the confederate leaders should be taught. >> southerners are simultaneously taught to divide themselves from northerners. they are thought about it's state right and southern pride not american pride. >> professor of history and international relations at american university. and stands from the beginning and argues slavery was the main issue and institution over which the civil war was fought. >> i think we should tell the truth.

confederate statues is disputable. battle lines being drawn 160 years later. as charlottesville officials work to hide reminders of the civil war, some believe they stood for more than one thing. >> we never want to teach any great event in human history as a result of some singular cause. >> history professor at the university. >> if we reduce a war for taxes for the american revolution, slavery for the civil war or pearl harbor for world war ii, then we are robbing ourselves of learning how complicated human life could be. >> the complexities are alive and well today. as the bebait on how to -- debate on how to remember and pass on th

on -- memories rages on. alison: a burglar smashes out a door and sets off around alarm. the police don't respond because of a fine. we will tell you where it unfolded. larry: first, the though, the required change to refrigerators that some repairmen won't touch. "7 on your side" next at "abc7 news at 5:00". alison: back-to-school season. look how cute these are. a few of the photos that you have shared with us. share your own by going to burst.com/wjla. look at her looking good.

alison: "7 on your side" consumer alert tonight. pay special attention if you are thinking about buying a new refrigerator or maybe you just bought one. if your fancy new appliance breaks it could lead to a huge problem. it happened to one of our viewers who then reached out to "7 on your side" call for action. for help. our troubleshooter horace holmes explains what happened. >> what do you want for lunch? horace: vincent yates didn't think it was cool when one day

his kitchen fridge to pull out food for lunch. only to find the fridge had failed. >> i had a refrigerator that i liked, but had a freon issue. horace: it wasn't cooling. he thought well, a appliance under warranty so he thought he would call repairman to get it fixed. >> he said this is something new. never heard of it. >> his fridge was special. it contained the latest technology in cooling. a form of butane gas, hydro carbon refrigerator r-600. >> it tends to be much more energy efficient and perform well but have it will to no climate impact. >> the law says by 2020, all freon systems must be updated with a new version of freon. >> no more freon. the folks at the environmental investigative agency pushed for new regulations to require all new refrigerators to use the refrigerants but

just coming online in united states. yates tried but because his refrigerator contains butane and if not handle properly it can be explosive. >> you can't just cut it and replace it. >> he found no repair company in the area that would or could touch the appliance. >> a lot of the equipment on the market is still fairly new and probably hasn't needed much servicing. >> yates called "7 on your side" call for action and we ber vened -- intervened. >> in four hours i got a call of someone working from the office of the president of sam sunk. >> they sent him a check for a new refrigerator. >> he decided to buy a different brand. this is not an issue exclusive to sam ford refrigerators, folks. other companies are introducing appliances with the hydrocarbon refrigerants as they understand this will become the standard in a couple of years. new ones ones will have this. repair technician are beginning to be traine

if you have one of them now and something goes wrong, you may have a hard time getting it fixed if you're in the market for a new refrigerator. ask is it freon or hydrocarbon. alison: excellent information. thank you very much. you got him a call from high up. wow! the president. larry: he makes things happen. alison: how do you get ahold of "7 on your side" call for action if you want help with consumer complaint? reach out to wjla.com/callforaction or call us. the volunteers are trained to resolve consumer issues. if you want to be a member of the volunteer team helping others solve their problems do it, too. another number. 800-647-1756. larry: well, caught on video. a man burglarizing a popular st. louis restaurant. even though it was blaring, no one is coming to stop him.

[horn blaring] not annoying at all. police receivedded the security call after the alarm went off and refused to respond because the owner owed $50 fine. fine from the false alarm in may. they don't recall to new calls until prior alarm fines are paid. >> you owe us $50. so we are not going to protect you. that is frustrating. i would think we are more than an account or a permit. we are a business that we want people to work here and to be safe. larry: howard says he wasn't aware of the fine. police eventually did respond after howard called 911. the city has been using the policy since 2005. police say it's so that chronic false alarm calls don't put a strain on city resources. alison: wow! "7 on your side" with health matters now. apparently so is google. tech company is launching a new feature designed to help people dealing with depression. so now pe

clinical depression on their phone will be offered clinically validated questionnaire. called a p.h.q.-9. this test is private. it suggests whether users should seek professional help. larry: tonight at 6:00, a woman assaulted on an arlington trail. police have the suspect but they believe more victims are still out there. plus an alarming report every bicyclist needs to see. deadly accidents on the rise. the dangers on the road. what could help reverse the trend. we continue to track hurricane harvey as well. that and much more coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: as we track that. look at that interesting shot. are they painting the capitol? larry: wait a minute. didn't get that memo. alison: steve, look at that interesting shot of the capitol. steve: we see it every so often with the sun angle this time of year. i can rest assure the capitol is not painted yellow. outside we go. looking nice out there. the you have not been outside for a couple of hours the humidity is low.

a light breeze around 5 miles per hour. temperature at reagan national stands at 82 degrees. we will slowly fall in the 70's as we move through the early everything hours. if you have barbecue plans this evening or going to an outdoor te race, it will be fantastic out there. 70 around 80. middle 60's by 9:00. should see stars in between the clouds. stormwatch7 satellite and radar as we widen the view out a bit. we have a few showers well north and west of us. just north of the mason dixon line. a few showers may creep in overnight tonight. but the chance you will see anything in the neighborhood are very, very limited. overnight low temperatures are 55 to 65 draes. wake up tomorrow a little on the cool side. enough for maybe a light jacket. fleece of some sort for the kids getting off to school. temperatures are upper ''s, northern and western suburbs. middle 60's in downtown d.c. tomorrow looks great. lower humidity. upper 70's for daytime

evening. we will drop back in the 70's early on. here is the ten-day outlook. looking at the temperatures holding in the 70's moving to the middle of next week. then the next best chance for rain around here will come on wednesday. but only about 30% risk. moving in to labor day weekend. the temperatures upper 70's to around 80 degrees. larry: wow! alison: nice. larry: looks like mid-september. >> it feels like it. larry: it does. erin: i was saying there were leaves on the ground when i was driving before work. i'm not ready for that. larry: mother nature tricking the trees. what is going on in sports? erin: redskins fans will be happy to hear junior gillett could play in game against cincinnati. he was back on practice field following a hamstring injury that sidelined him in the second half of training camp. the skins waited two years to unleash the park rusher on the field. but he had a unique way of describing the very long wait. >> it has

a movie that wasn't released. it keeps getting postponed. man, you have jay gruden. you are talking about you are just a tease. it does weigh in on you. he is kidding around but same time you are like i want to go out there to prove i am everything they expect me to be. erin: what a great attitude. i can't wait for that. now a school underway, the howard basketball team will begin working out as the bison prepare for the upcoming season. this will be an opportunity for last year's meac rookie of the year c.j. williams to continue to develop his game. in his freshman season at howard, c.j. williams lived up to the high expectations. >> embrace an opportunity. just coming in. being able what coach wants me to be. the leader of the team. >> williams was forced to a starting role on a squad plagued with injury. >> we were able to bring in c.j. williams last year. seven 30-point games.

erin: has the leading scorer williams learned meac rookie of the year honors. >> ultra talented, one of the more talented freshman at any level. erin: williams embraced the challenge of being on a team is rebuilding. >> i love the challenge. i like that everybody likes to count us out. that everybody doesn't think we are that good. they can come to howard to get an easy win. that is not the case this year. that is not the case from this year until i graduate to the freshman that is playing now. that is not the case. we will come in here and play hard and give the teams challenges. we'll give them problems. erin: a big up side i can't wait to see how he does next season. larry: cool. thanks. alison: thank you. larry: up next at 5:00, rotting food. fresh from the grocer? push for better service. alison: what spurred a d.c. councilman to take safeway to task and how the grocery chain is now responding.

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alison: d.c. councilmember vincent gray are concerned about the two supermarkets in his ward. they are both safeways. he says they are providing substandard service to low-income customers. sam ford looked at the store that gray says generates the most complaints. sam: outside the safeway near minnesota and benning today -- >> last friday, had no ice cream. >> it was an -- it was an eggs in there but just brown eggs. everything else was gone. >> after the former mayor found the expired meets and the other problems today the safeway reps met with him at city hall. more than an hour. afterwards rushing for elevators. >> productive me

>> i would love to say we are reassured as to what will happen. i can't make the statement. >> at the safeway we ran into don who said after waiting in a long line last week because there were checkered he complained loudly and videoed a manager talking on the phone. security is on him. >> y'all see this? i want y'all to see this. >> they need to put people in here that understand customer service. >> some here fear what if the supermarket closes. >> we don't want the mayor to close our grocery store down. where will we get the groceries at? sam: i walked throughout the safeway and employees are stocking shelves and cleaning things. i have never seen the place look so spotless. how long will it stay that way is the question? reporting from northeast washington i'm sam ford. abc7 news. michelle: right now at 6:00, search and rescue efforts called off.

two sailors from maryland among the nine missing. >> they are bracing for impact. hurricane harvey bearing down on the coast of texas. when it is expected to make landfall and the cities in the path. michelle: an alarming report every bicyclist needs to see. deaths are up. the dangers on the road and what could help reverse the rising numbers. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: all eyes are on hurricane harvey. the national hurricane center says it could become a category three hurricane when it makes landfall corpus christi, texas. jonathan: they are not taking chances. they are filling sand bags and boarding understood and evacuating. >> it doesn't take more than a two or a three-foot surge to impact the ability to drain. with redictions up to 20 inches of rain that could be a

jonathan: the governor declared a state of disaster for 30 counties. houston even canceled the first day of cool -- school for monday. steve is tracking where it's headed for us and it has the potential to gain more strength. >> over the warm golf waters. the strongest storm to make landfall in 12 years. long time. thelated updated information shows the maximum winds of 80 miles per hour. he has wind gusts of 105 miles per hour. the storm is now moving north, northwest at 10 miles per hour. expected to make landfall as we move in to late, late friday night. and early saturday morning. as a category three hurricane. with the winds at around 120 miles per hour. after that, it is not going to move a lot. that is why some areas may see upward of 20 to 30 inches of rain. so a lot to watch out for. we are willing to keep you updated on abc7 over the coming days. back home we go for