sight. rising temperatures caused the peroxide to overheat at the chemical plant without power since sunday. in houston, door-to-door searches for victims as the others grapple with grim news. rick salazar lost multiple family members when the van was swept away. >> my neighbors came over to give me a hug. they said, "we are so sorry. whatever you need." everybody, "whatever you need." i guess they can't imagine going through something like this. >> vice president mike pence arrived in corpus christi and headed to hard hit rockport with the trump cabinet members whose agencies will be involved in the long recovery. >> we are here today. we will be here tomorrow. we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. [applause] the mi

troops to help with the response with additional ready to deploy. nancy: new photo from virginia tars one helped out in houston. the elite team from fairfax county helped rescue six people and two pets from the flooded areas today. they are mainly focused in the kingwood community there. larry: fairfax county firefighters say they will be donating the proceeds from the weekend stuff the boot campaign to harvey recovery efforts. but that is just one of the ways you can help. in addition to money, supplies like dimers and -- diapers and feminine products are in high demand. we have links on how to help. at wjla.com. you can learn more about the push tomorrow with the salvation army to stand with texas. nancy: the cars are lining up with a chance to get to the pump. the ripple effect is felt all across the country. maryland bureau chief brad bell picks up the team coverage in beltsville with a look at the gas prices. they are ar

brad: yeah. we really started noticing it today. this gas station went up 15 cents a gallon for regular. it's now $2.599. what we are hearing is the experts say it's likely it could reach $3 a gallon for regular before long. most people we speak to started feeling the pain at the pump this morning. >> this is unbelievable. this was, this is not good. >> a bit much. >> yesterday was $2.16. now it's $2.49. it's really bad. >> a coyrding to a. -- according to a.a.a., on average the gas prices at the pump have gone up a dime go lon in one week from $2.30 to $2.40.

>> we expect the gas prices will rise 10 or 15 cents in them coming days. >> because hurricane harvey forced closure of at least eight major refineries. now the colonial pileline that proceeds 40% of the gasoline is turned off, too. >> 100 million gallons a day from houston to new york. serving 50 million customers including those of us who live in washington metro area. >> the good news is when the supply chain comes back online the prices will drop. it won't happen as fast as the spike. >> i depend on my gas to make my money. >> well, there you go. there is the evidence. the person spent $25 and got 9.6 gallons for the fill-up. gas prices are expected to come rising. we don't expect to see a drop again probably for several weeks at the earliest. in beltsville, brad bell, ab

larry: the spike comes just before the labor day holiday. a lot of people are making the long getaway tonight. "7 on your side" to make sure you find the best prices no matter which way you are head something we'll give you the best places to fill up. whether you are heading north, south, east or west. let's start out heading east. according to the gas buddy heat price map, the best place to fill up is on the other side of the bridge. station in stephensville charging $2.57 a gallon. find out the best prices at wjla.com. nancy: now we know how harvey could impact the holiday travel when it comes to getting there. what will it mean for the weather. we have the answer to that question. it looks nice outside now. doug: it is. it will stay nice. cold front is coming through tonight and change things a bit. they are waiting for remnant energy. moisture on the east

marching our way and could arrive tomorrow night. in the meantime, watching a cold front with sprinkles. i don't think we see much. just clouds. the numbers drop tonight in the 70's with the cloudy skies. tomorrow is in the 60's for the highs. then we look for the effect of what is left of harvey. coming up, we have a brand new update from the hurricane center. irma on the move. stronger and forecast to get stronger still. looking ahead to the labor day weekend weather. it's not all bad. most is pretty good. we will share it with you in ten minutes. larry: looking forward to that. thanks, doug. new development between the homeowner and the district. "7 on your side" investigator scott taylor is live in northeast d.c. where the man chained himself to his house. scott? scott: he did that because of this alleyway. this is the house that collapsed over a year and a half ago. damaged his house. and the city has been trying to access this home for quite some time.

right here. george ferris who chained himself to his front door. george, why in the world have you done that? >> i'm a disabled veteran. senior citizen and 37-year-old taxpayer for the district of columbia. the department of transportation has been neglecting the alleyway that abuts my house for 37 years for a considerable time it has caused leaking. two years ago the hydrastatic pressure from water down the alley imploded my walls into the basin. >> why won't you let the city in to fix everything? >> two reasons. one, justice for my wife and myself. i think they have taken unlawful taking of our property.

we deserve to have it fixed. secondly, historical preservation. this house was built 155 years ago in 1862 in the civil war. by charles alman the surveyor for georgetown. it's built by working people and for working people. scott: that is a city lock on the front door. the city says they are working to get inside the home legally. they will get inside one way or another. george has been chained to the front door for the past two days. scott taylor, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. we have new information tonight about the shooting at the top of the metro escalator. today police releasing this photo of the man they are looking for. investigators say cesar morales started shooting at the columbia heights station at 12:15 last friday and ran off. if you see him, he is considered armed an dangerous. so please just call police. nancy: this video is startling. a woman throwing a cup of urine on

now the union is scaling for more protection for the drivers. transportation reporter brianne carter covering metro live outside d.c. superior court. where the woman just appeared before a judge. >> this is in the last 90 minutes. we saw opal brown the woman accused in the case walk out of court here. brown is facing a misdemeanor assault charge and said the judge telling the court today that with it being a misdemeanor she would be released this afternoon. as she was walking out she had no comment. this afternoon walking out of court. she is supposed to stay away from the bus driverer. she will also under go weekly drug testing. apparently she threw it at the bus driver because she was mad and hates

>> first thing we want to apologize to the operator for what should have never happened for anyone serving in public service. this is a tragic intersection between public help -- public health and transportation issues. >> speaking of public transportation the largest union had a large presence in court in the hearing today. they don't believe it goes far away to have a stayaway order but would have seen it from all bus lines throughout the metro system. larry: flames tear through historic buildings. we will tell you who is hurt and how many people

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horace: welcome back to the "7 on your side" help center. 703-236-9220. today we are talking about your problems with your utility companies. perhaps you have a bill that just skyrocketed suddenly, you don't know why or how to get it fixed. maybe you are facing a shut off, a cut off notice now and you want to figure out how to get through the problem. these people are here to help you out. 703-236-9220. they will be here from now until 6:30 tonight to answer your questions. nancy chen, back to you. [music] nancy: a beautiful and a haunting moment in the midst of the destruction in texas. eric harding is his name. he returned home after being evacuate and he sat down at his piano and he started

as you can see he is surrounded by water. it's covering entire town now. severe medical risk could emerge in the near future. as chief political correspondent scott thuman reports the aftermath of harvey declared a public health emergency. scott: high priority arrivals in texas. blood and vaccine. medical professionals pouring in. among the concerns protecting the storm victims from floodwaters that are more than just rain. but also a dangerous mixture of sewage and chemicals. >> i have done two tours in iraq and afghanistan. this ranks up there. not as bad as combat but not far off. >> infectious diseases like cholera and tie food are unlikely -- typhoid are unlikely, rashes are. walking in the water increases risk of e. coli and diarrhea and open and unnoticeable cuts could mean infections.

the department of health after hurricane harvey could repeat itself with hurricane harvey. west nile virus. health investigators saw a sharp increase of doubling of the mosquito-borne disease due in part to the standing water left around. there are spontaneous worries that emerge. today confusion over what may be emitting from a crippled chemical plant now on fire. peroxide in the air and in the water forcing more evacuations. >> is it not toxic? you are not able to say any of this is nontoxic, right? >> days or weeks from now once the waters move out and people back in, that is when the respiratory issues arrive since mold takes over still standing homes. another lingering and a dangerous effect from the flood. in fact, the houston health department spokesman was quoted as saying there is not even a need to test the water, saying there are millions of

con tam nants. >> we are talking about harvey. you got new information on irma as well. doug: the 5:00 update. we will give you facts as we have them here. 38 in culpeper. 85 in charlottesville. frederick at 84. 84 in annapolis. sunshine and 83 at reagan national. there will be clouds and cooler temperatures. 18 degrees to 20 degrees cooler tomorrow afternoon than in the afternoon in some spots. that is a dramatic

the rain is moving north. we will get it friday night late and overnight on saturday when the remnant makes a turn and gets closer here. by sunday we will be in good shape. irma is a strong hurricane already. category two. west of cape verde islands. this is all over the edge. you find barbados and the eastern edge of the caribbean. the forecast is not what a lot of us would like to see. spaghetti plot goes out seven days. we would feel better if it would turn north in the lat lan tick but that is not the case. most of the operation model keep it on a westerly

we know it's 115-mile-per-hour winds now and upgraded to category three hurricane. when it gets over the warmer waters for the next few days it will blow up to category four with the top winds of 130 to 140 miles per hour. then we have to see what happens. it's one of the situations. stay with us. watch it day-by-day and check the modeling and the satellite and see what happens. no way to know for sure. 64 to 52. we are sure of that overnight with the cloudy skies and isolated shower. temperatures in the 50's tomorrow morning. 54 in gaithersburg. 55 in columbia. 58 in fairfax. 61 in woodbridge in the morning. we are only going to climb a few more threes because of the cloud cover. higher up the clouds come in at the surface and the cooler air. the two will work together to make it not a comfortable day. the rain holds off until tomorrow evening. confident of that. we

at times. the key is the temperatures only in the 60's all day. if you are heading to the beaches for the weekend, saturday does not look like a good beach day at all. 68. cleared in the afternoon. labor day looks great. 81 and sunshine. the extended outlook as we head to the labor day weekend. 84, 86. that is two more days monday and tuesday. it turns cooler with a chance of showers thereafter. we look ahead to next weekend. we don't see signs we'll have a major warmup at all. the temperatures going the other way. in mid-september we get warm stretches but it doesn't look like that is what is developing. nancy: it has been abnormally mild. doug: not hot. month and a half has been cooler than warmer. up usual for here. nancy: it is. thank you. larry: the buzz at the zoo is all about the possibility that the panda could be pregnant. nancy: got to love a good panda watch. still ahead, find

tonight. >> i'm sam ford at the hospital. a week ago, a mom delivered two babies in the backseat of a car. we will meet her and the firefighters who came to the rescue next on abc7 news. larry: wow! that is a tease. but first, a look at what is coming up tonight. preseason football. ravens taking on the saints in new orleans. stay tuned for abc7 news. nancy: now veronica johnson with a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- harvey on the move and creeping toward the area. will the storm shakeup your plans for the labor day weekend? we let you know. >> plus, save money with the fast,en if and the healthy school lunch ideas for less than the price of cafeteria food. keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow starting at 4:25 on abc7's "good morning washington." your official

larry: two new additions at the national zoo. look at this. a screaming hairy armadillo. named for the squealing noise they make when they are threatened and the hair on the shell. it's the first time this species has been born at the zoo. you can visit them when they are bigger and get comfortable with the new digs. i love it. the national zoo is closing the indoor viewing area at the panda house starting tomorrow to let the panda deliver if she is pregnant

pseudopregnancy. it's hard to tell in pandas. you can see the zoo male pandas in the outdoor yards. >> a new mother in d.c. has an unusual story to tell kids for the rest of their lives. d.c. bureau chief sam ford spoke with her and the people who helped her give birth to twins a few months early in a parking lot. in a story you will only see on 7. >> firefighters and doctors gathered outside george washington hospital to tell us what happened last wednesday when the premature baby twins arrived. ryan and the sister riley. in the parking lot of a stanfon glen apartments in southeast. >> they were trying to get her to the hospital. in a car. the babies didn't want to wait. >> the ambulance happened to be passing by. >> the firefighters say they were on the way to a stabbing when a crowd stopped her saying a woman was having a baby in the back of a van. >> as the mom tells us, it wasn't easy. ryan wanted out. >> his head got stuck. so the e.m.c.

pushing, keep pushing until the baby was officially out. >> had two legs sticking out. the woman was giving it all she had trying to push it out. >> they succeeded with a breach birth ready to transport. >> she told us there was another one coming behind it. >> it was riley's turn. >> they decided they wanted to come out. >> riley was not breach but it was busy there. >> trying to deliver two children and take care of the mother at the same time. it's kind of difficult. you don't have enough hands to do that. >> they made it to g.w. and two ambulances. the mom praising the firefighter and e.m.t. >> they did a good job. >> the hospital agrees. >> our team of doctors and nurses swooped in and take care of the babies and they are both doing well now. >> mom by the metro bus missed the group here arriving labor. the premature twins may be in g.w. a couple of months. ripe weighed 3 pounds circumstances pounces and riley two pounds, three.

sam ford, abc7 news. larry: wow! nancy: very lucky that she had the first responders ready to go. >> passing by going somewhere else. good job. as the little ones, soon they will go to school in a few years. head back to school next week. it's coming up. have the cameras ready to share the first day 4infos with us at burst.com/wjla. we will love to see them so far. keep them coming. we will share them on air and online. nancy: great to see those. coming up the push to make a difference. how the kids are helping texas after harvey. there are kids out there. before the own school year begins. >> good food, good drink. house and d.c. area restaurants are uniting to help those in need. in the harvey ravaged areas. we will explain how they are doing it in a live report coming up. >> it has been a tradition going on in fairfax county for 17 years. but following the events of

be happening this year. we will explain what is going on after the break when

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canceling a civil war reenactment. jeff goldberg is live in chantilly to explain why. jeff? jeff: well, nancy, in the past few weeks the city of manassas and fauquier county canceled the civil war battle reenactment out of the concerns for safety. fairfax county is following suit. this is the historic site set to take place on september 23 and 24 will now not be happening. for the past 17 years civil war enthusiasts spent two days every summer reenacting the battle that happened at the historic site in chantilly. not this year. >> i would like to see it. >> jake visiting the site today with the family understands why the event was canceled but he does not agree with the decision. >> i think the civil war is a big part of the history. we shouldn't bury it. we should understand what it's about. >> moving to charlottesville was a d

decision. >> charlottesville followed by the heated national debate about the confederate monument, led to concerns that the reenactment could attract groups that could result in violence. >> i think it's with great comfort we said this year we are suddenly not going to do this. >> attendance was a factor. county says in the year 2000 the event through 3,000 to 4,000 spectators but last year it drew 300 people. for some of the reenactors themselves the decision is disappointing and understandable. >> they have learned to deal with this in a positive way. >> it's too bad it's caught up in this frenzy of worry and hate and discontent in the country. jeff: i spoke to a reenactor set to be here in a few weeks on the

he was not happy about the decision with the county. the county officials say they have heard with plenty of people with the point of view. the county says they possibly will resume the reenactment battles in the future but they felt for this year it's best to take a pause. live in chantilly, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: all right. larry, "7 on your side," going in the holiday weekend with a check on gas prices. heading south. according to gas buddy price heat map the best spot to fill up south on i-59 is the fast fuel in lake ridge which is charging $2.25 a gallon. prices are going up right now. find lowest prices at the pump at wjla.com. prince george's county schools have a challenge for those who want to help with the hurricane harvey relief efforts. they are sending backpacks to houston and he is challenging the surrounding school systems to do

they are asking each family and the school system to donate a dollar. it would raise $132,000 in relief funds. now to an update to a story we brought you on abc7. a local animal shelter finding homes for dogs displaced by hurricane harvey. we have gotten a lot of reaction to this. another truck of shelter dogs arrived this evening. some of them are in loving foster homes. a hundred dogs arrived here at the last chance animal rescue in waldorf since tuesday. more are on the way. looking for good homes. make sure to watch "good morning washington" tomorrow. we'll have the dogs in the studio during the 6:00 a.m. hour. what a treat. to help clear the way for other animals displaced by hurricane harvey, nats ace max scherzer and

covering all adoption fees at the humane rescue alliance between now and sunday. meantime a lot of us are wondering how to help those hit hardest by harvey. one way is a donation to the american red dros. text "harvey" to 90999 to donate $10. another way is to eat dinner out tonight. richard reeve is live in northwest d.c. to explain how it works. hey, rich. >> hey, nancy. this is a unique effort that they are doing. calling d.c. dines out for houston. right now we are in arlington. you request see people out here enjoying an evening meal. they are donating $1 for every cocktail they serve here tonight and tomorrow night. among three dozen restaurants are taking part. that money is going to harvey relief. some of the classic places like ben's chili bowl contributing 5% of the earnings to help those in the flood zone. dell frisco's in downtown d.c. contributing

the black restaurant group is matching money raised at its restaurant. up to $100,000 to hemp with the cost. both restaurant staffers and the patrons say culinary fundraising is a great idea. >> if we can do this and care for others. like a hospital to give every person in the restaurant. we can reach out and help others. >> a great deal. >> i think houston, texas, people, they need the help. others should help out as well. >> it is casual to fine dining. a lot of folks coming out. they have a complete list of the restaurants on the d.m.v. on wjla.com. live in arlington, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: great to see that, rich. thank you. torr

up with the salvation army to stand strong for texas. we will have the representatives from the salvation army at the station all day to take calls and collect the online donations. you can learn more at wjla.com. >> shoppers complain about the traffic around the new clarksburg outlets since they open. but see relief that came today coming up. >> later, fire ripping through historic area. what was damaged and what some people living there have to do now. >> if you have complaints about the utilities "7 on your side" to help. call the experts standing by in the abc7 help center now. 703-236-9220. they will be there until 6:30.

steve: we have brighter skies around 80 on sunday. monday, labor day looks fantastic. with the temperatures around 85. delmarva beach forecast. if you are rushing to get out early tomorrow and in the day on saturday, saturday is the worst of the long holiday weekend. temperatures are 68 degrees. we warm things up on sunday. by monday what a way to end the summer. daytime highs around 80 in ocean city, rehoboth beach and bethesda. you are wat

larry: relieve tonight for drivers in clarksburg. wider lane. hiking and bicycling path. not to mention the updated sidewalks are now still open. $8 million project took 17 months to complete. now it's been widened from two to four lanes. he's all in the name of safety and improve the flow of traffic. after several crashes and complaints near the new outlet mall. nancy: governor hogan traveled to howard county today -- larry: i'll take it. governor hogan traveled to howard county today to widen the street. they broke ground on the $235 million project. the route will transform from two lane to four-lane road. it's considered one of the most congested roads in the state. th

improve safety. >> we are going from a two lane undivided highway to a four-lane divided highway. the great teams at the maryland department of transportation and the state highway administration have been working hard to rebuild our state transportation infrastructure. >> it will carry 108 to linden church road and expected to be completed by next fall. >> "7 on your side" before you hit the road for the long weekend. if you are heading north, gas buddy price heat map says there is a gulf station charging $2.14 for a gallon of unleaded. if you headed for the jersey turnpike it's $2.34 a gallon now. find the best prices at the pump on the website wjla.com. nancy: overseas in seconds a bridge in china, look at that. turned to rubble. buildings surrounding the 41-year-old bridge. they

demolished. state media reports the bridge had safety concerns which is why they blew it up there. new bridge will replace it. larry: still ahead at 5:00, what tens of thousands of people evacuating around this construction site. that is coming you each drive a ford pickup right? that is comingyes. i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. awesome. let's do this. the bed is made of high-strength steel,

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horace: horace holmes in the "7 on your side" help center. the phone lines are open. 703-236-9220. 703-236-9220. we are here with the folks of the office of the people's council in d.c. to talk about your problems with utility companies. perhaps you are having a problem with a bill. you are facing a shutoff notice. they can help steer you through the problems. give them a call right now. 703-236-9220. back to you. nancy: a great resource. on that note, good news from dominion energy. rates are dropping tomorrow. the average customer should see the prices go down $1.50 as the cost drops. larry: it wasn't the water or if power company but a l

issue with when mushrooms started sprouting inside her apartment. she called "7 on your side" for help and kevin lewis responded. she is like "mom, there are mushrooms growing out of the carpet." >> discussion of the mushroom mold in her daughter's bedroom sent her to a panic. >> she contacted management on tuesday. today workers clipped the mushrooms and cleaned the tar pet. but black marks remain. >> owens adds that they won't pay for air quality test. >> no apology. >> there is no apology. they just think it's your problem and you deal with it. >> today an employee at the leasing office told us the claims were "ridiculous." a spokesman for the

company avalon by a community later sent an e-mail saying that management handled the matter promptly and thoroughly. >> it's gross. disgusting. horrible. >> now with every window open, owens, her daughter and the puppy want a refund at a new place to call home. >> i can't even believe that is the way they are treating me and the way they are reacting to it is almost antagonistic or somehow it's our fault. >> well, owens and her daughter scheduled doctor's appointments, they are planning to take solstice to the vet. rent refund of any kind, owens add would be greatly appreciated. north potomac, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: serious situation in germany. 60,000 people are evac it wad after a warsame ii bomb found there.

people evacuated for a mile around it. larry: coming up tonight at 6:00, a plan supposed to make history is up in the air and why harriet tubman may not end up on the $20 billion at all. recall eclipse glasses at the center of the lawsuit. why amazon may have to pay up over defective glasses. local school hat-trick working to make sure students impacted by hurricane harvey have one less thing to worry about when they head back to class. nancy: a lot of marriage proposals are done in front of family and friends. but a man topped that when he proposed in front of the pope. according to popefrancis.com, an exexiled politician met with pope francis in austria and he introduced his girlfriend to the pope and got down on a knee and proposed. the pope blessed the couple after the woman said yes. i have to tell you, very lucky for him she said yes. that would be an

conversation if not. larry: if you are the pope, what do you say? nancy: blessings to all! larry: next. nancy: exactly. larry: exactly. nancy: congratulations to them. larry: millions of muslims making their way to mecca right now taking part in the pilgrimage called hajj. the five-day journey began yesterday. today muslims are praying on mount arafat and asking god to erase the past sins and start anew. that is where prophet muhammad gave the last sermon. nancy: "7 on your side" if you are driving for the labor day weekend. if your travels take you west gasbuddy.com says the best place to fill up is off i-66 in marshall, virginia. pay $2.17 for gallon of unleaded there. find the cheapest places to fill up no matter where you are going at wjla.com. it is very important to note how because prices are going up a lot since harvey. larry: and will keep going up as brad bell said in his report earlier this h

center tracking what is coming with harvey and also irma in the ocean. doug: absolutely. we have the latest on both. we start with a look at the national harbor. clouds around and a comfortable evening to be out. i think the threat of the sprinkles and the showers diminish as we speak. it's 83 in washington. lower 80's for martinsburg, hagerstown. 8 in dale city. the numbers will fall through the 70's. by 11:00 tonight it's 73 downtown with cloudy skies and cooler in the suburbs. overnight, temperatures drop further as the cooler northerly winds develop. drop temperatures in the 50's. satellite and radar locally. the heavier clouds south. not so much to the north. that allowed us to warm up. lurking farther south the front edge of the rain pattern on the fringes of the surgelation left over from harvey. they will move in tomorrow night. as the center of circulation gets closer heading through the day on saturday, rain likely around here. 58 to 64 overnight.

partly to mostly cloudy. winds kick up to the northeast. that will keep us cool. highs, mid-60's. upper 60's best. tomorrow night the rain is moving in from the south to southwest. starting tomorrow suburban area in the 50's and then only a small rise of the temperatures through the daym to. extended outlook like this. 69, 69. chilly. morning shower sunday and 80 in the afternoon as the sun shines. that is good. labor day looks great. 86 on tuesday. cold front will bring temperatures to the 70's. we think it will hold in the 70's for the end of next week. and next weekend. back to you. nancy: thank you. larry: time for sports. ball family, they have been quiet for a while -- erin: but they are back. the youngest ball brother. 16-year-old lamello ball now has his own signature shoe and his dad lavar ball reportedly doesn't care whether the shoe will effect his son's college eligibilit

he can't play, then he can't play." that's what he said. the shoe, the mb-1 is available for preorder through big baller brand website for $400. he verbally committed to attend ucla in two years and ranked as the 27th player in class of 19 in the country and not under the ncaa purview until he signs a letter of intent. who knows what will happen there? earlier this week, united midfielder paul ariolla named to the u.s. men's national team for two upcoming world cup qualifiers. he is one of the most recent signings for the black and red as the team continues to rebuild. >> ariola. >> in order to turn the season around, d.c. united conducted a massive mid-season overhaul this month. headlined by the u.s. national team member paul ariola. >> in the interest to play in the mls has always been there. four years ago it wasn't the right time for me. i opted

i knew one day i wanted to come back. >> even though d.c. united sits at the bottom of the eastern conference, that did not the former club tijuana player who wanted to return home and play for the mls. >> you have to do what makes you happy. a lot of people forget that. the only thing you do is search for happiness. in the end this is a spot i felt comfortable with. i knew coming here would be happy. >> now that he is wearing black and red, he has one goal. >> i am here to help the team win. it's all about the team. anyone who knows me knows it's always about the team. >> it's great to have him. he was living in san diego and driving to tijuana when he was playing. imagine that commute. going through the border every day. nancy: now he is here and hopefully a new future for the team. larry: the commute won't be as bad regardless of

quiet main street interrupted by sirens. nancy: what crews believe started with the fire in frederick when we come back. larry: complain about the utilities, "7 on your side" to help. call experts that are standing by in the help center. 703-236-9220. they will be there for another half hour.

larry: developing now in frederick, fire damaging three historic buildings near downtown frederick. stephen tschida explains how many people are impacted. stephen: smoke burst from the roof of an historic building in downtown frederick. >> the smoke came up over the building. it was on the top. i could see the smoke. stephen: as it filled the sky, the flames reached into neighboring buildings. >> our initial report was there were people trapped. so our crews went and searched the building and found all the occupants were out. stephen: the flame

so intense two firefighters needed treatment for exhaustion. one occupant of a damaged building required treatment at the scene. two of the homes are apartment buildings. one a single family home. eight units now deemed uninhabitable. >> the crowd was increasing. they were saying, "get out, get out." stephen: no word what caused the fire. however investigation is underway. neighbors do say that people often hang out in the rear of the buildings. firefighters acknowledge it does appear that the fire started on the exterior. stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> we will stand with houston. horace: right now at 6:00, some people lost everything in hurricane harvey. but now one school district is working to make sure students in texas have one less thing to worry about when they head back to class. >> plus, hour harvey is driving up prices at the

they could increase even more. horace: a change of plans. why reenactors are told a local civil war commemoration won't be happening. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: still at this hour dramatic rescue, waters that continue to rise. a long road to recovery ahead. the state of texas feeling harvey's impact. in the city of beaumont, an already devastating situation made worse. hospitals evacuated after the storm knocked out the water supply in that city. horace: still a tough situation. president trump announcing a $1 billion donation to relief efforts as the vice president and his wife work to comfort those who lost so much. and the governor declaring sunday national day of prayer in the state.

>> we will be here until this city, this state and this region rebuild better than before. horace: a scary scene playing out at a chemical plant in crosby, texas. the plant has been without power since sunday. and today rising temperatures leading to explosions. evacuations are now underway. surrounding that plant. michelle: meanwhile, a sight playing out across the state of texas. long lines as the people wait sometimes for hours to get gas. nancy: refineries shut down. that with the usual labor day price increase will have us all feeling the impact on the wallet. brad: the prices at this gas station went up 15 cents overnight.