accessible by land. community fighting to make it to the makeshift shelter under the overpass on i-10. complete devastation well were unprepared for. >> it's just survival. i never would have dreamed it. day later we would be like houston. >> debra just one of hundreds here with nowhere to go. no way to get there. >> wheelchair in my truck. we just forgot. we hopped in the boat. >> no shoes and no medication. but grateful to be with her loved ones. for others there is anticipation and ange savety act when they will see the babies next. >> i can't wait to get to them. >> we were seeing her standing alone in her pajamas. completely distraught. >> this is awful. it's awful. >> you're shaking. >> i have been shaking since 3:00 this morning. praying that, i just kept praying it w

it just kept raining and i just kept praying it would stop. >> the rain continues to fall the boats keep coming in. family after family, pet after pet. lost with nothing but the loved ones, friends and faith. >> it will be okay. god is there. god will help. i've got his strength. >> you are seeing photos that we have of a chopper coming and rescuing people. we actually saw the choppers doing right by the area a little bit ago to beaumont. it's amazing to see how many people are coming together to try to rescue all of the people who have lost everything. >> in orange we are told by officials one shelter is open. meant to hold 200 people. it's now overflowing with more than 500 people. that is not including all the people we showed you over that -- under the overpass. they are working to get another one open and we will be sure to continue to report any new

nancy: thank you. a lot of people need help out there. members of virginia task force one mobilized in kingwood, texas. governor mcauliffe say 40 members of the virginia national guard heading to texas with seven helicopters to help. the red cross is sending resources including 38 train volunteers and the staff members from the capital region. we spoke to a staff member in houston earlier who had a message to those in the d.m.v. area. >> don't forget about the people when it's a sunny day. even in houston it's sunny out there now. it's going to be flooded for a while. they are worried about reservoirs breaking. rivers overflowing. nancy: as we speak, donations are being boxed up nationwide to head to texas. a local church in damascus says it is packed with donations from across the area. as amy aubert shows us, it is a collection that spans well beyond th

>> a lot of pampers and stuff through here. >> donations pouring in. in damascus a local effort to help those hundreds of miles away. >> i sat around and i tried to imagine what is it like to lose everything? >> piece by piece. members at difference makers church are collecting just about everything. >> basic needs that need to be met now. >> you love god, you love people. if you see people hurting you try to help. >> since monday a third of the building is full of donations. by the time they leave on tuesday, they are hoping the rest of the building is packed full. >> it's to the heart of people. they are really good, you know? people are good. >> people like jessica. >> this is baby pajamas and baby clothes. >> she is collecting clothes, food and diapers for a friend who lives in houston.

tons of stuff on our porch. it's incredible. >> she plans to build extras to a church making a big difference. >> it is important we all come together and help one another. >> the church plans to pile all the donation on a truck tuesday and start the journey to texas. >> god bless texas. >> amy aubert, abc7 news. nancy: great to see everyone come together. plenty of money pouring in to foundation and charity for texas. earlier this afternoon j.j. watt tweeting his foundation is now up to $6 million. they are setting a new goal of $10 million. fantastic to see. we want to thank all of you who took time to donate to the red cross yesterday in the "7 on your side" phone bank. we raised $41,000 in two hours. friday we will team up with the salvation army and the parent group matching the first $100,000 in

larry: meanwhile we want to continue on. repair and recovery from harvey as you imagine can prove demanding and incredibly expensive. kristine frazao looks at the financial storm that harvey is leaving in its wake. >> devastation, damage. >> the worst i've ever seen. >> the high waters will translate to a high price tag when the clean-up finally begins. a look at the cost of the previous storms. economists estimate hurricane harvey will cost more than $160 billion. becomeing the most costliest disaster in u.s. history. >> this is a water damage catastrophe. >> since most homeow

don't cover floods by natural disasters many will try to rely on federal funding. >> the standards haven't been updated in 50 years. limits are antiquate and the program is underfunded. >> another impact is pain at the pump. >> with the oil refineries shut down and pipeline operating at a reduced rate, the gas prices are expected to go up not just texas and louisiana but gas station nationwide. this could impact airline ticket and fuel that needs fuel to move. >> once the waters recede there could be a small bright spot ahead. per dox of the peril of hurricane harvey. >> the level of the economic activity goes up from rebuilding. not like we are not poorer but we put people

>> work kneaded for years to come. >> we have more for college students impacted by hurricane harvey. the department of the education is easing the financial aid rules and sending in the paperwork. larry: a major ripple effect. thank you. harvey is starting to wind down and irma is taking shape in the atlantic. this is moving 15 miles per hour off africa. let's get to doug hill in weather center. >> we have the newest update at 5:00 from the national hurricane center. the top wind speed is 60 miles per hour. tropical storm that is expected to reach category one status.

this is going to be a high end category two. only six miles per hour away from category three so a lot to watch in the future. there are severe outbreaks. rim nants move north and northeast and it could effect our area on saturday. we will check out the holiday weekend and eight days coming up here. nancy: thank you, doug. developing now, six stafford county schools could start the year with uninvited guest. lead in the water. jeff goldberg is live in stafford with the details. it's not the way to go back to school. >> not at all. >> this came as a surprise to parents when they received the e-mail yesterday saying that six schools have the high quality o

led including wright middle school, and garrisonville elementary school. >> the school starts on tuesday and the water quality safety is on the minds of so many people in stafford county. after hearing about the discovery of lead in the water. many parents reacted like this. >> how long has it been going on? that is a question to ask myself. we have to make sure we have the water bottles ready. >> in mid-august they tested water at all 12 of the schools built before 1986. >> the district received results of six of the 12 and all of them have one or more fountains or taps like these with the levels of led above the e.p.a. threshold of what is considered safe.

>> i wouldn't say surprised but more concerned. >> all the taps with high levels of lead have been shut down or signs put up. it is important to note that the findings are isolated. test results in other part of the school are below action level. >> i think the county responded well letting us know. we will wait to see what the county finds when they do the further investigations and proceed forward. >> a lot of cars are coming in here for the a.g. wright middle school open house tonight. the county says bottled water is available in abundance as the clean-up continues. furtherfesting

if 22 other schools in the county will be tested in the next six months. live in spotsylvania county, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: thank you, jeff. coming up at 5:00, major breakthroughs that could bring us one step closer to a cure for cancer. larry: later, less than a week after the crews broke ground where you soon won't be able to go for years to accommodate construction on the purple line. >> a wrong turn leads to a daring rescue. that story in a moment. >> the search is on to reunite a passenger with a prized possession lost at reagan national airport. how you can help a heartbroken your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory.

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nancy: right now take a minute to look at the screen and see if you can help make a 6-year-old's day. this is a picture of the stuffed badger the child lost somewhere at reagan national airport. airport tweeted out saying the child slept with the doll every night since infantsy and it was lost between the american airlines gate and the garage. if you or someone you know

share the picture from the wjla facebook and twitter feeds to bring the guy home. this is something that everyone relates to. everyone had a stuffed animal, badger or a teddy bear. hopefully a nice reunion. larry: my daughter had a bunny and my son had a pooh bear. we lost the pooh bear once. on my watch, of course. i'm still paying the price. nancy: all these years later. larry: please find it. nancy: speaking of reunions, heartfelt reunion for a woman. >> off-duty firefighter spotted her car after a crash and found a woman choking with the seat belt around her neck. nancy: stephen tschida was there when she got the chance to say thank you. >> she got a chance to say thank you. >> i want to thank you from bottom of my heart. >> the vehic

inside a peck anymore designed to save morris seth was choking the life out of her. >> it's enough for me to unwrap the seat belt. you are small enough you slipped through the seat belt. >> i can't imagine what my lay would be like today without my only child. >> thigh also share a birthday. >> i never have an opportunity to see his face, touch his hand and give him a hug and

>> stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> angels come in all shapes and sizes. >> this storm rapidly intensified on friday. >> the itself navy helicopters now in bow mont, texas, rescuing people at this hour. in some levels the water level is starting to drop but ongoing story. story also we are looking at the video now of what is happening in beaumont, texas. we monitor the rescues as they continue. louisiana was braced for dose of rain and flooding. we go to jacquelyn kelly. we c

rain free right now. >> absolutely. i can tell you right now a lot of folks in new orleans breathing a sigh of relief today. they dodged a bullet on this one. they remembered the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina yesterday. you can imagine that a lot of people are feeling overwhelmed because of the vulnerability knowing that the system is compromised now. a lot of pumps are out. 14 of the 120 pumps are out. they could not have handled hurricane harvey or tropical storm harvey or any heavy rain at all. >> now we look forward from a weathers perspective, it looks like they are in the clear there. people just kind of brushed this off jacquelyn and think man, we were fortunate and blessed this time around. >> the hearts are going out to the neighbors in houston. they really feel for them. they know what this feels like. as we mention with the p

they have really, folks here they have come a long way in 12 years. they have rebuilt the levees. they were supposed to be fortified. the systems are better, stronger. of course, they know they are not out of the woods yet. they need to address the problem. they were supposed to be past this. frankly they learned the hard way what not to do. doug: thank you for the live update. in the sunshine, new orleans, jacklip kelly. let's talk about stuff here and gulf coast. all kind of weather here including the latest on irma. the circulation now continues around tropical storm harvey. it's totally inland right now. the large area in yellow is under a tornado watch at this hour. very common phenomenon on some of the widespread feed arabianss -- feeder bans. we will get tornadoes. that is the story. still heavy

gradually tonight and tomorrow it will lift north and east as the future cast shows the rain bans not totally associated with the fringe of the harvey circulation. it could move in friday night in the area. saturday during the day, i think when the remnant will come over to push the main slug of moisture in our direction. it will turn cooler. cold front is coming through the area tomorrow afternoon to give us showers. only in the 60's on friday for a high. friday night, saturday, some of the rain from harvey here that should quickly get out to salvage the last two-third of the holiday weekend. rainfall potential along the track of the low. three, three and a half inches. we are on the lighter side but combined with chilly temperatures not a pleasant saturday outlook. tonight, pleasant all the way around. temperatures drop in the 60's late tonight with partly cloudy skies. heading through overnight hours, 58 to 66. range of temperatures. the winds will turn around south. the southerly, southwesterly winds tomorrow push us in the lower 8

sunny skies. nice day. friday it changes. clouds increase through the day. later friday night we see possibility of light rain. look at the temperatures in the day. only in the mid-upper 60's at best for friday. plan ahead. earle morning clouds lead to sunshine high of 80. monday on labor day beautiful. sunshine and 84 degrees. at the beaches pretty good. saturday not so much. saturday may be inside day. movie day. go to the bowling alley. go get the thrasher french fries, hon. otherwise it will improve with sunshine and warm temperatures. this is what we have in the ten-day. warmup and a cooldown. we deal with the harvey rain and what we see. clear it out by monday. next week will cool down. i have been thinking all along we will have a september surprise, a big heatwave. not out of the question. but the first week of september is not so much. nancy: it does not feel like the end of august. doug: n

not a bit. thank you. larry: all right. sun may be shining in part of texas for the first time in a week. the danger is not over. >> find out why rivers are rising and when they could crest. >> say hi. >> one of the most prominent children hospital in the country turned into a zoo today. nancy: but first a look at what is coming up ton

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larry: only on 7 tonight a mother struggling to keep her kids healthy in a home is making them sick. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in southeast to explain why. sam, you just heard from d.c. housing, right? sam: this is a story with the d.c. housing subsidizes the section 8 properties. the mother insists she has been complaining about this. however, d.c. housing in the last hour called us saying that today was the least the latest complaint this month was the first time the mother had mentioned mold in her complaint. when we rivered we found men putting on a

too late, she said. with two of her three children home from school because of doctor appointments she says linked to a house filled with mold. >> they cut the heat off i started to have migraines. >> her 11-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter. >> my mother had the air on. it's like i can't breathe or i had to take asthma pump. >> the walls are full of it, she says, from years of roof leaks. >> it's been replaced five times. >> she is on welfare and says she cannot afford to move. >> it's a mess. >> she says her land lord does cosmetic repairs and the d.c. housing accepted it. >> they will not remove us out of the house. we have been sitting sitting ine mold for three years. >> this is the first time they heard of mold so they gave the land lord 30 days to fix the problem. the mother insists she complained numerous times. >> the mold was going inside the pillows. growing inside of things. >> the local a.n.c. commissioner. >> d.c. should st

now. remove the kids, the children and the lady to another place. >> according to the housing spokesman, again, they insist that this is the first time they heard of mold but nevertheless they have given the land lord until september 14 to fix this problem. we will see what happens. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. kimberly: coming up, i'm consumer investigator kimberly suiters and "7 on your side" has a warning about a fake phone call that may play on your fears of flooding after hurricane harvey. nancy: then later with a deadline looming, "7 on your side" to find out why bis owners in the path of the purple line say they are shortchangedded in the deal. larry: but first, breakthrough that could change the game when it comes to curing can

nancy: now even though the rain has stopped, the deluge of analysis tushing images from texas is still coming in to the newsroom tonight and it could be years before recovery is done. sonya is live from richmond, texas. can you tell us what you are seeing tonight? has it changed significantly in the past 24 hours? reporter: well, you know, we are seeing so many people, te

30,000 in shelters in the area that had to leave neighborhoods like this one. they are so grateful to be in the shelters because the homes often times look like this. i want to give you a look at the neighborhood behind me. this is a neighborhood inundated with water from the brazso river. it's behind the neighborhood. you know a day ago there were puddles here. the water moved quickly in the area, catching people off-guard. the rain did stop yesterday afternoon. the sun finally came out for the first time in several days. people had to move out of here because the waters came up. i have talked to people in shelters who were so grateful to be there. they walked in soaking wet. i went to a shelter that was a furniture store. whose owner, a big philanthropist this the area decided to open up the store to evacuees and national guard. letting people schlep on brand new mattresses still with the plastic on. letting them lounge on the sofa

houstonians trying to help out other houstonians. a beautiful thing to see after seeing so much devastation over the past few days. nancy: great to see people come together like that. thank you for joining us. larry: back to texas. live pictures. navy helicopter making live rescues. we are trying to get the picture back in beaumont, texas. you can see here, the live pictures that we have as the rescue efforts continue. regardless of all we are seeing there is sun in some areas and raining in other areas. but the rescues, 3,000 reported in houston. this is in beaumont, texas. navy helicopter. we have been watching this for you all afternoon long. we will check in and drop in on the live pictures as we have them coming up. there are more people to be rescued. we will be there following that and bring it to you as it happens on abc7 news. nonstop,24-hour effort to get people to safety.

water now as we continue. we are watching this picture here. look at that. nancy: tough to see the situation, the little girl. the family that just got rescued minutes ago. this is a live image from beaumont, texas. the family, who knows what they have been through for the past couple of days. the people come in. they bring people to safety after days and days of wondering what will their lives look like? they have a family. the father, boy and girl on board the helicopter there. yet, these rescuers continue to look over the scene. if we can stay with the scene for a little while. you can see them drop a rope down. no word what they are searching for now. you can imagine there are plenty more people in the area who is seeking shelter at this point. >> as we talking at the top of the show, we saw a live picture as they were scanning, up higher and scanning over looking for

see standing up on the rooftops or the high ground looking to be rescued. >> it's unimaginable what they have gone through in the past week. they have not known if they will survive. even if they do where they will get food and water. we have seen multiple reports about boil water advisories. people who can't drink and people have not eaten for days. so to be able to have someone come in and say i got you. i will put you in the helicopter and we'll take you to warmth, to safety, to food. basic necessities as a human being. you see them now. it's not clear what is on the other side of the rope. i don't think we have seen what is on the other side of the wire. a group of people at the bottom. three people onboard the helicopter. they have been flying around for days to rescue people.

board the helicopter in bow mont, texas. you see them bringing up more people now. as they come in the frame. larry: look at that. nancy: a baby. a mother and her baby clinging on. finally to safety after all the days. larry: to your point. this is simply about survival. these people are not concerned about their possessions are gone. the homes are destroyed. this is simply survival. getting their children and families to safety. we can't say enough about the rescuers working tirelessly. sleeping an hour or two and getting back out again. we have heard so many first responders saying i have to do something. bringing in trucks, bringing in boats. how can i help? i have a paddle board. i will go door to door and try to find somebody. this is something happening here and again as the storm is churning now. over louisiana.

growing. this is simply as you said survival. high area. we haven't seen grass in several days. the pictures. so much water ever where. i saw a picture on twitter on interstate 10 in houston. it was completely submerged. all you saw were signs far above the interstate. nancy: it will be days, weeks, perhaps years before all the damage is cared for. hopefully the water will recede. the water level is unimaginable. historic flooding at this point. which is why the human toll of the hurricane harvey has been so great. it seems like right now they are searching for more people, still bringing up more

wire taunt right there to try to bring more people on board. you see the people come on board the helicopter. we saw an interview earlier in the newscast this afternoon in which a woman said she had been shaking. shaking all day. even after being rescued. because she is in shock all the people. all the people are in shock of what the lives have gone through and what their lives will look like. even after being rescued. even after getting to warmth to safety and the shelter. >> we have heard the stories. some people said why didn't they leave? a lot of people did leave the area. some areas also felt they weren't in harm's danger. then the storm moved and it stayed there. we heard stories saying it started raining and never stopped. rained, rained, and rained and now we are in this situation. it's amazing the number of rescues down there that have gone on nonstop since this began. as doug mentioned earlier, it began as a

elevated to category four. it came in fast. now hearing reports as we had earlier some shelters even having issues with flooding. nancy: it is tough to see this. they are trying to get to more people. we have seen countless images of the rescues happening and it makes me think of all the time yet to be rescued at this point. a lot of people are in places that normally are not flooded. we cited two in ten people in the area have flood insurance. while area close to the coast are often inundated with the floodwaters, the water of the hurricane reached areas never seen anything remotely close to this. larry: not just reaching it but reaching the levels that we have never seen before. we saw sonya's live shot a few moments ago.

river. all the tailer park homes in hip-deep water. another family coming up now. nancy: a woman coming up and joining the others on the helicopter if you're just joining us. this is a navy helicopter. we watched them for the past couple of minutes. but they have been there all day, and have been there for the past couple days. you see the people, the families on board. a mother holding, clutching her baby to her tightly. just hoping and grateful to be in safety and the security as well as the father you see on the right holding his baby son and his daughter right there. they have gone through the worst thing not knowing if they would survive. now they have mer

helicopter. >> it's amazing to watch. it is one thing to hear the stories or see the stories later on tape. but to watch it live and this is again simply life or death. each one of the people on there have a story to tell in terms of what they endured, what they have gone through and what they have done to get to this point. all amazingly calm at this moment. as they are rescued. you get a look here again. this is what we saw earlier trying to look out and see anybody on the rooftop. the church you can see, you can't get inside the doors there. this is beaumont, texas. we'll break away from this but stay with us on abc7. we will follow this camera as they make amazing rescues there in beaumont in the aftermath of harvey. >> in the midst of the rising water, criminals are playing off flooding fears since hurricane harvey. lying about insurance premiums. "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters at the "live desk" nowwi

kimberly: put this in the context of what we just witnessed, how outrageous the crime is. they are saying that the flood insurance payment are overdue and you must submit a payment over the phone. f.t.c. says they are lying arp you shouldn't pay up -- and you shouldn't pay up on the spot. what about getting flood insurance in the first place? most of us assume it will never happen to us. >> you would say that the washingtonians are woefully underinsured when it comes to flood insurance. >> the nation is woefully under insured. >> you might expect tom santos with the american insurance mean to say that -- company to say that but he says you will get paid more and faster with insurance as opposed to relying on federal disaster. >> the risk is

this area. >> he points to recent examples. ellicott city's main street last year. georgetown's water front in 2011. oldtown alexandria anytime we have heavy rainfall. historically wash has been under water before. opinion avenue in 1889. the naver i have yard in 1936. the -- naver i have yard in 1936. fema's website you can input the modern day address to assess the risk of flooding but it may not give you enough information to make the call on flood insurance. the industry and the government are working on that. >> we need to do a better job communicating with the risk of flooding is. kimberly: it's interesting to check your flood risk for your own home address. read more about the fake flood robocalls. all the answers are at wjla.com. back to you in the studio. nancy: thank you. the big concern tonight in

rivers will crest. according to the national weather service brazso river should crest in richmond, texas, tomorrow at 7 sr. p.m. colorado river should crest this afternoon. the trinity river should hit the crest in lick berty around 1 -- liberty around 1:00 a.m. tonight. san jacinto river already credit and should only go down from here. make sure you stay with abc7 for continuing coverage as harvey loses the strength. you can find out ways to help at wjla.com. larry: "7 on your side" with health matters. today the food and drug administrator approving land markable gene therapy designed to fight childhood leukemia. it strengthens the immune system genetically honoring the child cell. leukemia makes up a quarter of all cancer diagnosis in children younger than 15. >> that is what is novel or innovative about this because you are really curing

with your immune system. not with the drug therapy and not with radiation. >> the treatment is not cheap. it's customized for each patient. the cost estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. nancy: the children national hospital turning into a real zoo today. the maryland zoo brought the exotic animals to the hospital to comfort children who don't often leave the building. a real treat for them. the zoo officials have animals that are featured on the san diego zoo station that plays throughout the hospital. >> i think the research and the evidence is starting to show that that leads to more healing, better outcomes when we do these kind of things. nancy: i love seeing that. the peng king and the rabbit -- penguin and the rabbit together. one mother said it help her son get through chemotherapy. larry: i bet. nancy: a lot of smiles. if you were wondering what the fury creature was a lion haired rabbit. we were

the more you know, the more you learn. >> learn something new. thank you for that. coming up, redskins players are showing up to the annual welcome home luncheon in style today. robert burton was there. he has the latest coming up later in sports. nathan: i'm nathan baca. the purple line rail will run through the silver spring lawn row -- silver spr

nancy: new information tonight about plans to build a purple line. the georgetown branch trail will close next tuesday as part of the project. the trail will be closed for four to five years between wood mont avenue in siller is spring -- silver spring. larry: business owners along the path of the purple line face a deadline. mauve or close up shop. the government watchdog nathan baca shows us how the business owners believe they are getting short changed through imminent domain. >> the first building to be demolished for the future purple line empty storage shed. down the line, the businesses. livelihood all stand in the path of

>> often very little money. >> the restaurant has been in silver spring 17 years. 20 people work there. >> i don't know what i will do with all of them. >> the purple line may not be complete until 2022 but the business owners need to make a choice now. decide by august 31 to move and get average of 200,000 or call it quits and get capped amount of $60,000. the plan is to demolish the strip mall. we talked to multiple locally owned businesses given the same command. move or close within the next couple of months. >> this laundromat has been in the same silver spring strip mall 23 years. both owners know the government intended to take over property. moving the heavy equipment is difficult and expensive. >> 25 pounds.

to a new place. >> both business owners claim the amount offered by the state contractor is less than what they will need. "7 on your side" took concerns to the political leaders at the ground breaking search this week -- ceremony this week. >> under the law they are entitled to fair value. if that is determined that is the number. >> i believe the process will produce the correct value. >> demolition continue. in the path, many business owners will have a future. in silver spring, nathan baca, abc7 news. doug: back with an update on harvey. some of the cloudiness here gives us a clue of the travel. upper level winds pushing north and then east to bring us rain by saturday. meantime circulation over central louisiana. it will weaken slowly and rain in advance but not associated with the harvey making the way through part of georgia right

the track weakens it. 25 miles per hour winds saturday afternoon. enough of a shield of rain that we think there is a high likelihood of the period of rain and cool temperatures on saturday. next 48 hours look good to me. overnight we have clouds and 68. tomorrow sunshine and 82. clouds roll in tomorrow night. friday it will be cooler. 67. cold front tomorrow. it could be isolated shower. unrelated to harvey. cool weather on friday. rain possible friday night. rain effects are possible from harvey over the weekend on saturday. sunday and monday will clear up. delightful sunday afternoon and monday with temperatures in the 80's. that is the latest. robert, let's talk about sports. robert: out of the nfl, the league canceled thursday preseason game between the texans and the cowboys. good stuff there. the game was scheduled to be played in arlington. instead texans players will be able to return to their homes sooner than anticipated. meanwhile, the ravens and the saints are going ons a planned

orleans. you can see that on abc7 and newschannel8. coverage begins at 7:30 tomorrow. good time. the annual redskins welcome home lunchen. the fans, current around former redskins and nascar superstar dale earnhardt jr. under one roof to raise money for the youth programs programsn loudoun county. a day where the players brought their a game with a different uniform. >> can you take me through the jesus piece right quick? >> nice jesus piece. had to ice him out, too. you know. >> looks good. i like the hat. >> the some players the welcome home luncheon is a reminder time to walk down the long road called the season. >> a long off-season. just ready to hit somebody else. get it going. robert: it means that the roster will soon be down to 53 players. >> we have competition across the board. it will be excited for me. i'm excited to go out there

>> players mingled with the fans and the donors. virginia governor terry mcauliffe making a pitch for the virginia stadium. >> you want a super bowl? you come to the commonwealth of virginia. i'm just telling you. >> over all, a good time for a good cause. >> get to see the fans and raise money for the children's program in the loudoun county area. we are excited about that. >> especially with personnel comes up to shake your hands and things like that. >> we are excited to be here and pingal with everybody. happy to raise the money we are raising. >> it seems like quite the party. bling there. robert: they were clapping for the jesus piece. larry: exactly! robert: that was good. larry: the redskins, too. yeah. robert: exactly. the jesus piece. larry: thanks. coming up next at 5:00. >> major bottleneck for beach goers trying to get over the river. now a new plan to

point. the details coming up. nancy: kids across the area head back to school next week. share first day photos with us at burst.com/wjla. then we will share some of the smiling faces on air and online.

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larry: easy the beach bound bottleneck. soon they will begin adding fourth lane across the severn river bridge. brianne carter explains that the construction will wait until after the labor day getaway. brianne: major botneck. route 50 across the severn river bridge. next week, construction will start on a new $22 million project aimed at alleviating the backup. today, maryland governor larry hogan announcing crews will work to add the fourth lane eastbound along the busy

bridges. we join them together and we will be able to thin up the barrier between the two. we will move the outside barrier farther to the exterior. the lanes will be reduced to an 11-foot lane from 12. i don't think people will notice the difference. >> the improvements are not only expected to save the more than 122,000 daily drivers hide on the everything commute. but also provide relief for beach-goers next summer. >> the newly designed severn river bridge planned be open for business before next year's commissioning week at the naval academy and before memorial day weekend. >> transportation officials saying if not addressed problem would only get worse. saying right now on friday in the summer 145,000 cars go through this stretch. by 2040, the number is expected to jump to 186,000. the project slated to be completed by may of 2018. in annapolis, brianne carter, abc7

announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: we are monitoring breaking news from beaumont, texas, where more people are rescued from flood ravaged video. michelle: a helicopter pulling an entire family to safety. including children. some of the children looked shocked here. the little girl in the video even crying. jonathan: some of the stucks have been stuck for a long time. days. this is a dramatic scene playing out in texas. tonight we understand the death toll is rising. michelle: marci gonzalez has more from houston. marci: relentless downpours as harvey moves northeast. burying areas along the texas-louisiana border under fast-rising floodwaters. people and pets pulled to safety by the first responders and selfless strangers back in their own boats today saving lives. >> they will keep bringing boatload of people out to the truck. load th

get them out of the area. >> still more rescues in hard hit houston. the sky is now clear here. but water is still inundating homes. estimated 30% of the county, 1700 scare miles now flooded -- square miles are now flooded. >> people have been stranded for days. >> with the water receding in some places the death toll from the monstrous storm is climbing. police finding the six family members who died when the van was swept away. >> the worst fears have been realized. >> evacuations today in port arthur, texas, at a nursing home where the patients waded in the water for 24 hours. and the shelter. >> water is coming in from every angle. it's coming in from the bathroom. it's coming in from the backdoor, the front door. >> more than 32,000 people are now living in shelters in texas. from this overcrowded convention center to churches and mosques. some are reaching c