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

this evening looks better. a lot of sunshine for the early everything hours. temperatures are falling through the 80's and in the 70's. talking about the upcoming weekend. looking ahead to labor day weekend in a few minutes. michelle? michelle: reminder when the severe weather strikes stay with abc7 here, on air and anytime on wjla.com. don't forget to download the stormwatch7 weather app and follow us on facebook and twitter. jonathan: breaking news we are following closely. hostage situation in south carolina. authorities say this all started after a disgruntled employee showed up with a gun, shot and killed somebody. and wounded another person at a charleston restaurant. police say they shot the gunman and critically injured him. several hostages were safely released. nearby buildings on the lockdown. investigators led up to the deadly hostage situation. michelle: now to a developing story. the u.s. navy suspended search

ing for missing sailors. jonathan: the recovery efforts are still underway but tonight we learn two sailors are from the area, from maryland. one from gaithersburg. michelle: kevin lewis live there tonight with what we know about electronics, technicians second class kevin bushell. kevin? kevin: well, kevin bushell graduated from gaithersburg high school. now his friends are taking to facebook. sharing their fond memories. one saying and i quote -- "love you like a brother. and i wish i would have found a way to say that more often." >> it looks like him. >> this gaithersburg woman never met kevin bushell but lives only a few doors down from the missing u.s. navy sol lor father. >> my kids like to play outside. they have cute dogs so they always go there and play with the dogs. they are very, very friendly neighbors. >> on monday, an oil tanker collided with the uss john

flooding two levels of living quarters. nine sailors including bushell remain missing. today navy divers searched the mangled maze of corridors and rooms. on board the 505-foot destroyer. we have learned that bushell graduated from gaithersburg high school in 2009. his parents are divorced. but both still live in gaithersburg. his mother is the deputy clerk in rockville and his father operates a home improvement business. both grieving privately. >> i don't want to imagine. this is a difficult thing. >> friends further explain that bushell is married just before this accident took place. his wife posted on facebook. "everything is booked. i'm going t

so tragic. live outside gaithersburg high school, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: at the same time, a baltimore native is among the missing sailors. timothy eckels grew up in carroll county. 23 years old and information systems technician, second class. the navy is calling off the search but still searching the ship to find any that are missing. michelle: a carbon monoxide leak that happened this afternoon at a home on caldecott lane. all the victims are expected to be okay. theyry covered six to seven dogs and a man was taken into custody. recent raid happened on st. claire drive in temple

hills. this is for the bicyclists out there. there is a lot of them. this is the beginning of a troubling trend out on the road. "7 on your side" with startling new numbers about the bicyclists being killed while out riding. transportation reporter brianne carter is live in arlington with the new data. brianne: jonathan, take a look behind me. we have one there just across the way. of the bicyclist across the street even more. this is a popular intersection in arlington. but according to the new data it's not the intersection necessarily they need to watch out for. it's everywhere else on the road. >> you have to be on your toes and be careful. >> judy is an avid cyclist. today choosing to ditch the car and hop on a bar and run an errand. but there is a troubling trend that comes to riding on two wheels. according to a new study out today the governor's highway safety association the recent data shows the bicyclists deaths are up 12%.

are up 7%. >> i have had several near misses. the troubling trend shows a majority of crashes involving cyclists and cars aren't happening at the intersections. but rather along the road. >> really, really scary. i don't want to give it up. >> the most hazardous time is at night with 53% of cyclists deaths happening between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the most dangerous three hours from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. regardless of the time of year. 37% of the time alcohol was a factor for the cyclist or driver. >> the look of trail and signage or the look of a light. people are not paying attention. >> pairing road improvement with the public education and refining the crash data are among 30 recommendations they suggest should be done to reduce the numbers.

something to keep top of mind. the bicycle association telling us that this is a responsibility shared on the roads with the bicyclists and the drivers. also citing tonight the ntsb information saying they would like to see the local jurisdictions to work on the speed limit to slow drivers down. michelle: president trump saying government shutdown is negotiable but nancy pelosi is

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: new at 6:00, arlington county police want you to take a good look at this guy. marvin velazquez. he is accused of assault and indescent exposure and acruised inappropriately touching two women yesterday. jonathan: tonight we know that the 30-year-old woman from texas buried alive sitting on a hole at ocean beach last month. investigators say she suffocated when the whole collapsed around here. either d -- when the hole collapsed around here. she was either trying to climb out or tractor and moved the sand around her. alcohol was a factor. michelle: president

on the debt ceiling negotiations. the clo icking on a potential government shutdown and the president says the border wall is non-negotiable. president trump threatened to shut down the government and pull the u.s. after nafta. this comes as a new quinnipiac poll shows the majority of americans believes trump is a divider, not a uniter. >> it goes straight to trump's vulnerability. he was a businessman. he will make government work. he will bring people together and run it like a business. if we go to a situation and the government is shut down due to threats from the president it makes it harder to move forward. michelle: the president has preemptively blamed the democrats for the possible government shutdown but minority leader nancy pelosi points out republicans control the white house and both chambers of congress. jonathan: cherry blossom season is behind us. it was a meager one at that. the national park service is working right now to get ready for the influx of the visitors to s

traffic. it compacts the soil year round and it leads the trees in a compromised state to make them susceptible to infection and disease. >> when you do that, you are making the soil denser. there is no forced space for air or water infiltration. never mind root growth. jonathan: that is a problem. so they are digging trenches with the high pressure air to protect the roots. the old soil mixed to allow the roots to grow and get water they need. michelle: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- burglars tear through a southeast d.c. radio station. the community is stepping up to help them get back on the air. jonathan: plus, two local folks struck it big. they didn't hit the win, the huge jackpot. they did pick winning tickets. we show you where and how much coming up.

jonathan: well, sorry to say, nobody in our area won the huge jackpot on powerball last night. it was worth more than $758 million. that ticket was sold in massachusetts. locally, though, two tickets sold struck it big. matching all the numbers except the power ball. they were sold to the

lorton and potomac shell on darnsston road in gaithersburg. that is $1 million each ticket. cheryl conner is in gaithersburg with how the store is cashing in. cheryl: the ticket scanner is getting a workout. >> i spent $40. i have a good chance i think. let me try. cheryl: but he does not hold the winner. the manager of the potomac shell in gaithersburg says maryland lottery gave him a good surprise this morning. >> he said, "you are the powerball $1 million seller." cheryl the gas station is -- cheryl: the gas station is a winner as well. for selling the ticket the owner gets $2,500 bonus. now the guessing game continues. who is $1 million richer? jonathan knew it wasn't him before coming back to play again. >> i have the app. i scanned it. i looked at the numbers. it says 6, 7

powerball is 4. cheryl: it matches the first five numbers but not the power ball. >> i get up in the morning i scan and check my tickets before i come to work because i may want to take the day off. cheryl: someone in virginia may be taking the day off. $1 million ticket sold at parkway express in lorton. both states say the jackpot generates millions of dollars for education each year. >> the winners have not come forward. in maryland you can remain anonymous but not in virginia so they may be having dinner with an accountant before coming forward. cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: supporters are pitching in to help a d.c. radio station that went silent after a break-in that happened early yesterday at we at radio in southeast. the burglars took the door off the hinges and they stole equipment from the studios but after word got out that someone started

page, people started donating. and they raised more than $16,000 in just one day. >> we stay positive. look at what is happening. look at the love we are receiving. we are definitely survivors. michelle: they hope to be back oniary in two weeks. jonathan: nice to see the support. talk about the support, they need it in texas after harvey comes ashore. michelle: rapidly intensify intensifying. steve: this is thursday evening. tuesday we weren't talking a lot about it. jonathan: not that big of a deal. steve: here it is thursday and by tomorrow night to early saturday morning is when it isn't expected to make landfall as a category three storm. cool picture for you now. this is a satellite. think of it as a snapshot from above. it will get darker tonight. this is a well defined eye. you can see the cloud tops.

it's the strongest part of the storm. this likely to produce jairzs that are upward of 30 inches of rain. this is located off 300 miles off the coast of texas. maximum winds at 85 miles per hour. the gusts at 105. it will increase moving through the next 24 hours or so. here is the latest update that came in at 5:00. we get another one at 8:00. another more substantial one tonight before 11:00. coming ashore late tomorrow night. early saturday morning. look what happens it just spins around for the day on sunday and monday. by tuesday, 1:00, it doesn't move very far with winds at 40 miles per hour. how much rain are they expecting down there? i said upward of 20 to 30 inches. look at bay city, texas. this model puts it at 27 1/2 inches of rain. head back home now. things are quieter around here. it will stay that way for the next several days.

overnight lows. mostly cloudy skies. we may see isolated shower later tonight. it won't amount to a lot. most of you won't see anything at all. waking up early tomorrow morning the kids are back to school in loudoun county. back to school in the district. temperatures upper 50's to the lower to middle 60's. good amount of sunshine peeking through the clouds. but not picture perfect tomorrow morning. things will improve later in the day. look at the highs. only around 80. low humidity. keep a comfortable air mass overhead not only tomorrow but in the upcoming weekend. speaking of the weekend many of you are getting a head start. 79 in ocean city for tomorrow. rehoboth beach, dewey, bethesda, 75 for saturday and sunday. we may see a passing shower or two on saturday. once again ut's not a washout. if you get away this weekend to any of the delmarva beaches it looks fantastic. the water temperature just around 75 d

stormwatch7. 79 for a high tomorrow. upper 70's come saturday and sunday. don't forget the d.c. united game on saturday. 78 on monday. we hold in the mid-70's on tuesday. the next best chance for showers out here are wednesday. only 30% risk and moving to labor day weekend. right now is a chance of a few showers. michelle: all right. pure sunshine for this weekend. thank you. jonathan: talk sports now. erin: let's do it. jordan reed had an awesome catch. good to see him back on the field. catch of the day. then mayhem on the diamond. why future hall of famer was in the middle of this me lay lay -- melee when we come back.

erin: redskins tight end jordan reed practiced again today. head coach jay gruden says he looks fine but the pre-game warmups on sunday will determine whether he plays against the bengals at feld exfield. judge -- fedex field. judging by the video, i'd say reed looks more than fine. he appears to be in mid-season form as he makes a nice catch in the one-on-one drills with safety d.j. swarringer. >> jordan caught a couple of passes one-on-one. that is about the only thing. 11-on-11 he won't stand a chance.

end in the game. erin: miguel cabrera had a pitch thrown behind him which led to the ejection of yankees reliever tommy and the manager joe girardi. the catcher romine and cabrera started to exchange words. romine slips the mask, pushes cabrera, punches him and tackles him, brings him down. that set off a melee. jonathan: nice wrestling. erin: nice move. not baseball's best day, though. tigers won the game 10-6. hopefully the nationals and the astros can keep their tempers in check tonight. stephen strasburg will be on the hill for the series finale in houston. jonathan: that is a takedown in wrestling. erin: you are a wrestling expert. jonathan: g

at all. final check on weather. steve: yeah. beautiful day on the way tomorrow. looking at the daytime highs that will make it in the upper 70's torpedo 80 degrees. average high for this time of the year. it's below average. beautiful tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. good time to download the weather forecast. looking good at rehoboth beach, bethesda, ocean city. temperatures tomorrow around 779 degrees. a little cooler on saturday and sunday. we will be in the middle 70's. but the beach shares for weekend are slowly, slowly dwindling. here is your ten-day outlook. this is going to take us all the way in the start of labor day weekend. dare i say that? labor day weekend. a chance of showers. michelle: almost time to say goodbye to summer. jonathan: don't! hang on longer. michelle: "world news tonight" up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. see you at 11:00.

tonight, breaking news. a major hurricane bearing down on the u.s. evacuations already under way tonight in texas. a state of emergency declared tonight in parts of louisiana. harvey rapidly gaining strength tonight. now forecast to hit as a category 3 hurricane. authorities warn up to 35 inches of rain. possibly life threatening. our team in the storm zone, and ginger zee is here with the new track just in. also breaking tonight, the hostage standoff in charleston. a man walking into a restaurant, pointing a gun into a woman's stomach. authorities then say, firing at someone else. the threat from president trump. he says he will shut down the government if that's what it takes to get funding to build