>> now, abc 7 news at noon. on your side. >> the mission on the road to recovery is to figure out how to restore hope. adrianna: that recovery mission starting to get underway in some parts of texas. harvey is blamed for more than 30 deaths

explosions of a chemical plant and the destruction of up to 100,000 homes. we start our team coverage live in houston. what is the scene now? >> the worst of the weather may be over in houston but the road to recovery is only just beginning. harvey is gone but the storm's aftermath rocks used in. overnight from explosions at the arkema chemical plant just outside of houston. releasing a plume of fumes that sent several people to the hospital. >> it is similar to standing over a burning campfire. messages at the local sheriff and a plant officials tried to downplay the concerns. >> the smoke has toxicity relative. >>

damaged the plant and the surrounding area was in back you waited in anticipation of an explosion, another blow to a city still reeling. rescue operations continue more than 13,000 people have been saved so far from the rising waters. >> somebody gave me a ride on the boat. it breaks my heart. 15,000 calls for help and officials going door to door now, marking bright orange c's on homes that are clear and officials believe 100,000 homes have been destroyed, making shelter a necessity. >> we want to accommodate everybody and are not turning everyone away. >> the energy center is set to become the main evacuation center, ready to take in 7500 people. a place for people to shop and may have been displaced. and a place just for the kids with stuffed animals and board games, all donated by fell

days. he has volunteered through the night. >> texas is a big neighbor, we love helping each other. >> people are getting medical care, legal services, and meals, mostly from volunteers and in 16 different languages. back to you. adrianna: thank you for the update. at home, trucking weather changes. doug is here with a look at the forecast. doug: looking good with sunshine and a few high clouds, very pleasant with a slight chance of a spring goal or shower later. -- sprinkle or shower later. harvey, moisture on the far eastern flank being pulled to the north which we will deal with late tomorrow night and saturday. sky conditions now as we look at the national harbor, sunshine getting through and times of clouds that will not inhibit temperatures

reagan national airport. even with some filtered sunshine in the area. through the afternoon, watching a cold front approaching from the north and west. a few scattered showers late this afternoon and early this evening which are pretty much washout. as the wind turns northerly later, cooler, highs in the upper-60's tomorrow. mostly cloudy as the day goes on with a chance of rain late tomorrow night and saturday from the remnant circulation of former hurricane harvey. this afternoon, low to mid-80's with plenty of sunshine and a stray shower. coming up in a little bit from now, we will talk about category two hurricane earl a which will get stronger -- irma, which will get stronger. maybe,alk about traffic, back to adrianna. adrianna: dinner plans tonight can help victims of hurricane

restaurants donating proceeds to relief efforts and one of them bowl.'s chili >> dozens of restaurants in the d.c. area are taking part in this one-day effort to help houston. this is called d.c. dines out port houston with a portion of the proceeds sold all -- in all of the meals will go to relief programs. here, they scrambled a and fried bacon very early. this restaurant will get 5% of its take to the cause. more than three dozen restaurants will also take part. patrons think it is an easy way to help out. >> i think it is a great deal. a very great deal. houston, texas people, they need the help. other people should help out. >> we should come together, black, white, at the end of the day, somebody needhe

together and help. >> the black restaurant group doing it part, saying it will match all money raised at his restaurants today, up to $100,000 and donate it to help houston. in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy. adrianna: we are on your side with the latest help from home, prince george's county schools are donating 1000 backpacks to do and in houston. staffers will fill them with school supplies and send them to texas. they are hoping to also raise $130,000 to support the students in houston, about one dollar for every student in the prince george's district. and fairfax-based rescue foundation helping pets impacted by harvey. they are planning a trip to the gulf coast and collecting items like dog and cat food, kitty litter, so far, one donation drop-off location and 40 tales send them in the mail -- for details, send

you can donate to the website online and 100% of the donations go to the animals affected by the hurricane. help hurricane victims right whichext harvey to 90999 > gets $10 to the red cross and they say every little bit helps. tomorrow, we team up with the salvation army with our parent company and is matching the first $100,000 in donations. new developments about the woman caught on camera throwing urine on a metro bus driver. in court and one hour or so and will be joined by several metro union representatives. sam sweeney tells us what the union members are demanding. : she will be in court later this afternoon for her arraignment and joint in court by members of the union. they represent the drivers -- the metro bus drivers

here to demand not only action from the court, city, but also metro as they say metro bus drivers are not protected physically with guard various like you see in europe -- barriers like you see in europe. they say those who harm bus drivers are not penalized enough like postal workers or police officers. a worker harm a post or police officer, it is a felony, we should have the same accountability. people who harm transit workers. : sam union members say they will be going to the governors of union, maryland, virginia, to demand anyone who harms a metro bus driver or train operator to face a felony, rather than a misdemeanor. now,nna: developing right a gun man on the loose after a deadly shooting at a popular d.c. favored but with one person shot and killed late last night in northwest. investigators still on scene at this hour

block from columbia heights metro station. police have not released the victim's name or a motive in the shooting. up, terrifying moments of a -- on a metro, a child nearly snatched and the search is on for the woman accused. and sometimes you have to do whatever it takes, the incredible way a houston-area doctor went beyond the call of duty to perform life-saving surgery during harvey. another bombshell for wells fargo, then covered more fake accounts, the other big problem thousands of customers did not know about until now. up, the latest on the upcoming holiday weekend forecast and the latest from the hurricane center on now category two hurricane irma. >> it is a pretty quiet ride so far, considering we have getaway tr

first-rate tunnel off of new york avenue, a bit of volume will build southbound towards massachusetts avenue but not as big of a deal right off the new .ork avenue, a good start southeast southwest freeway, traffic looking good in both directions all 7th street. nothing to worry about on this side of 395. austin national mall, constitution avenue looking wide-open. barely any traffic. southbound,ia, towards the screen pass route 123 in woodbridge, a big bottleneck but so far no big delays. 66 clear off the beltway with no backup so far. that is all from the traffic center.

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. adrianna: police searching for the woman they say tried to abduct a seven-year-old boy off of a metro bus. other writers stepped in to intervene and help the child and got him to school safety. john gonzalez is in northeast with the latest on the investigation. the womansand like physically tried to grab this drought and pull him -- it sounds like this woman physically tried to grab in -- this child and will him on the bus near the corner of eighth and eighth streets -- h street in northeast and they say it happened yesterday morning when the seven-year-old boy was riding the bus to school with his 13-year-old sister. detectives believe the suspect got on a mile up the road it eastern market

the city bus to school without parents. not uncommon. asked the- the woman child where are your parents and then said it, when i get off the bus, you are coming with me, we are going to the feds. >> and broad daylight. -- in broad daylight. >> what did he say about the a great the bus? >> thing to be that social ecologists to do something like that. >> detective tried to figure out what her intentions were but after talking with several witnesses, they believe the woman took off after the good samaritans stepped in and detectives are now going through several hours of video, trying to capture a good image of this suspect. they tell us they are not releasing the name of the school until they have someone in custody. in northeast washington, john gonzalez. adrianna: new, wells fargo unco

fake accounts. the findings show the companies problems are worse than previously admitted to win the scandal broke almost one year ago. wells fargo now says it has found a total of 3.5 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts. another problem, thousands of customers enrolled in online bill pay without their authorization. she was the people's princess and 20 years ago today, they lost her. princess diana is being remembered through her to royal sons who are caring on her legacy. prince william and prince harry are remembering the day quietly and privately. emptiness.er an >> i am a fan of the royal family and i wanted to see how everyone remembers diana. i wanted to see what it was like. >>

a high street crash in paris -- high-speed crash in paris in 1997 after being pursued by paparazzi. a permanent statue will later go up in this year in her honor. continuing coverage of harvey with an incredible story. this houston area dr. raved rising floodwaters in the middle of the night to perform life-saving surgery. he used a canoe to get to the hospital and went through waist high water. >> when we got to the exit for the hospital, the theater was the. we took the -- feeder was deep. we took the canoe up the river, the river, and then we ran the rest of the way. adrianna: the pediatric surgeon's trip usually takes 10 minutes but this one took one hour. his 16-year-old patient is thankful and says he is feeling a lot better. they have been pounded down there.

hurricane, this one still in the atlantic. doug: probably 1000 miles off the west coast of africa. probably not going to get close to the eastern caribbean until tuesday or wednesday of next week. who knows be on that. -- beyond that. forecasters will keep a close watch on it. around the area, very pleasant with sunshine and high clouds. even on the beaches in ocean city with temperatures in the upper-70's. down to the final week of normally summer vacation season for folks, capping off with the big labor day weekend. it is 81 now in ocean city. forecastk to the saturday, sunday, monday, saturday with showers and thunderstorms, temperatures about 70 degrees. a be a lingering showers sunday. clearing in the afternoon. labor

with plenty of sunshine. a few clouds now, sunshine around the nation's capital with reagan national airport tempter at 81 degrees and a viewpoint of 66. -- dew point of 66. a cold front could bring a sprinkle later and definitely a big change in temperatures, cooler tomorrow around here. 80 now in manassas and 81 in cumberland. 82 in fredericksburg. 81 in annapolis. 81 at reagan national airport. a nice breeze. we do not expect heavy, strong winds with a cold front. a big change in air temperatures . a trace of showers ahead of the cold front as it settles to the south and east and we could see a sprinkle or shower later this afternoon and this evening. most of tomorrow is cloudy and cool. tomorrow night and saturday, some of the moisture from the leftover circulation of former hurricane harvey. do the afternoon, clouds and sunshine.

model quickly washes it out, that is the way it will work. today and tomorrow, cloudy and the late afternoon and evening, and especially after sunset, then some areas of rain with us at times through saturday. how long it lingers to saturday, we will wait and see, at least between just too early in the afternoon and through the eye time -- nighttime, scattered showers before it clears. hurricane irma is a category two storm as it goes north and west, will go a little bit south, and when the spring of forecast days , as next tuesday morning major hurricane, category four hurricane with top winds of 130 miles per hour, just east of antigua, barbados. could it turn and go into the caribbean? yes, creditor north, yes. all kinds -- could it turn to the north, yes. 82 with a pleasant showers -- day with a shower in the afternoon.

in the 60's -- through tomorrow, much cooler, 60's. adrianna: we will warm it up. sounds good, thank you. breaking news, a fire is in frederick, happening on south market street. that road is closed. way, bere headed that aware that south market street is closed because of a fire. as we get more information, we will pass it to you on air and online anytime there if you use instagram, you may have been hacked, some verified users accounts were breached this week and instagram says contact information was accessed. the company is not saying how many people were targeted but it comes after selena gomez was hacked earlier this week. instagram officials say to use complicated passwords to protect their accounts. expanding

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adrianna: it turns out that traffic is not the only thing that causes drivers to waste a lot of time. a new study says that d.c. drivers spend about 65 hours a year looking for parking. nearly three days per year and almost four times the national average

>> it is pretty horrible. >> depends on the area, you can spend 30 minutes driving around. , it isf places extensive, $16, $20, $25 per day. adrianna: the circling works out to about $1300 per year in gas and it is worse in new york, los angeles, and san francisco. still to come, get ready for some wet weather, the final check of the forecast coming up.

adrianna: here is a live look at in thed the -- panda, last phases of pregnancy, or she could be extruding a pseudo-pregnancy, hard to tell in pandas. they are closing the indoor viewing area tomorrow to let her get ready to deliver, if she is pregnant. you can see the male panda bears at their outdoor yards. doug: she said she would post on her twitter and instagram attack when she knows for sure. and maybe a late a shower, 82, much cooler tomorrow and working on the holiday weekend forecast and we will have that at 4:00. ♪ thank you -- adrianna: thank you and thank you for joining us , have a great day, watch abc 7 news at 4:00

>> welcome to whiz kids week here on "who wants to be a millionaire." we've invited some of the smartest kids we could find to play with us this week, and they're hoping to make their proud parents even prouder by walking out of here with a big pile of cash. so let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ >> hey, everybody, welcome to whiz kids week here on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] today's whiz kid was taking apart computers before he even lost his two front teeth. some may call him the next bill gates. i just like to call him our next millionaire. from athens, alabama, please welcome 13-year-old connor higgins. [cheers and applause]