it was one week ago today that hurricane harvey made landfall. >> and now families for the first time returning to see what's left of their homes. >> others being told to stay away. reservoirs still being emptied. flooding could last for days. >> as marcy gonzalez reports from houston, the mayor says the city is open for business. >> marcy: dealing with a double dose of water troubles. the flooding still stranding people in their homes. and the water system paralyzed. nothing flowing into faucets in most part of the city. the desperation leading to nearly four-hour-long lines just to pick up bottled water. the ongoing problems forcing evacuations of every shelters there. families loaded onto military planes flown to dallas and san antonio. >> we underestimated it. we didn't know it would be this bad. >> in houston, some vackuations in some inundated areas. >> things are not going to change over the next 10 to 15

marcy: as east texas communities drying out, families returning home, starting to clear out their soaked belongings. >> everything we owned. it's ok. marcy: and some uninvited guests, including this monstrous 11-foot gator. >> looked at it and asked me, is that thing real? i said yes. marcy: finally captured and taken away. lots of calls of animals inside of homes. just one more challenge as people start coming back to the more than 185,000 homes in this state that were damaged or destroyed. in bel-air, texas, marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> well, one family encountered this, a big gator, when they got home in humble, texas. they called police to get it out of their home and haul it away. now residents are being warned to expect anything when they return home and open the front door. >> they mean anything. check this out, the urgency in trying to get to people who may be trapped in their homes.

you see there, coast guard rescue groups busting through the roof. they said do not go to the attic unless they can get out on the roof. we don't know if there are people in this home's attic or not. and more damage discovered today as news crews were able to get up in the air. this is the scene out of humble, texas. raging floodwaters washing away the bridge supports alongside that railroad. water in some spots may not recede for days as overfilled reservoirs continue to empty. >> flooded water pumps left the city of beaumont without clean water, forcing a hospital to evacuate. newborn babies were airlifted this morning to another location. 11 of them are in the nicu. doctors say the crisis has been especially hard for new parents. >> some parents are stranded. they haven't seen their infants for days. and so we're just calling them and letting them know, you know, every couple of hours ho their babies are doing, giving them updates. michelle: the hospitals say doctors d

with every baby that's evacuated. nancy: all right. we're here with doug hill tracking showers that may be here in the weekend. doug: yeah. pretty good rains in indiana and ohio. eastern side of the rain moving in. we had this cool breeze coming out of the northeast all day. it's holding the rain back but not much longer. let me tell you what to expect but this weekend forecast is kind of starting off on a soggy note. we will have a sunny and warm ending. all right. so there's the bigger picture. dry air inhibiting the moisture from coming in but moisture will increase later tonight and tomorrow and we will have periods of rain around the area. right now rain through fredericsburg. as we get through tomorrow, most of the region just kind of periods of rain but there are increasing chances that across the northern neck, middle peninsula, southern maryland there could be some thunderstorms developing in the afternoon as well. so it's not going to rain every minute of the day but it's going to be cloudy with periods of rain throughout the day and throughout tomorrow night. it will be chilly

but everything is still on track for the system to get out of here sunday morning with clearing skies to follow. tonight, periods of rain, more as we get through the late night and overnight hours am coming up next time, the latest on hurricane irma. right now category 2 storm. within the hour we'll get an update as this thing slowly but steadily travels off and strengthens to the west. michelle. michelle: doug, thank you. as a part of our parent company's efforts, sinclaire cares, we're teaming up with the salvation army. call the number on your screen. to make a donation. or head over to wjla.com. we'll be checking in throughout the hour. we have been blown away by your generosity. sinclaire broadcast group will match $100,000 worth of donations. nancy: also today, the charges with the most damaging consequences dropped against a man who drove through a crosswalk killing a baby and severely jurring the child's mother. this happened nearly a year ago with a memorial still standing

at that intersection in lansdowne. northern virginia chief has more developments stirring up outrage. >> a year ago anna did not know the family, but after tristan's death she reached out. >> when there is nothing you can do all you can do is show your compassion. >> she heard the news she will be fearing. manslaughter charges had been dropped against the driver. >> heart broken, devastated, enraged. >> it's all happening just one day after the one-year anniversary of tristan's death. >> feels cowardly and despicable. >> on august 31 of last year, mindy was walking in the crosswalk on riverside parkway with 5-month-old tristan in a stroller when authorities say 45-year-old john miller turned his jeep grand cherokee striking the mother and son, killing tristan and badly injuring mindy. miller had been charged with

reckless driving, but prosecutors dropped the manslaughter charge. defined as gross wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard of human life. like street racing or drunk driving. evidence, prosecutors say, that is lacking in the present case. and here's the reason why. while initial findings had witness testimony suggested miller had been texting and driving, additional investigation of cell phone records revealed nothing more than the lone activity powering the phone. >> this is a deep wound here and i think any parent will understand why. >> and this is the memorial for tristan at the intersection where this incident took place. the driver in this situation, john miller, and the family both live just a couple blocks from one another in this lansdowne neighborhood, making this very difficult situation that much worse. the next court hearing in this case is set for tuesday

goldberg, abc 7 news. michelle: 24 hours ago we showed you cesar morales, the man wanted for a shooting outside the metro station. now this morning police tell us he's behind bars now. the shooting happened last week at the columbia heights station in d.c. montgomery county police found him not long after his picture was circulated. d.c.'s chief of police took to twitter to thank officers. metro bus drivers protesting today, saying their work on the busy x-2 line which cuts through the heart of the city isn't safe. their protest forcing managers to take the wheel. d.c. bureau chief sam ford with their concerns and the backup plan to keep your commute on time. sam. sam: michelle, i am at the busy intersection of eighth and h streets in northeast washington along the x-2 line and it seemed to perhaps take metro by surprise this morning when the drivers reacted to that urine

this morning. for a few hours this morning, the x-2 buses were not operating as drivers demanded police on board for safety at the insistence of their union leaders. >> people that's actually treating them like garbage because they're doing their job. sam: this comes after a woman was seen on video throwing urine on an x-2 bus driver. opa averbings brown pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. drivers say it's just an example of the problem, and metro transit police reported in a tweet today they issued over 1,000 citations and more than 200 arrests on the x-2 bus alone so far this year. the chief has not endorsed the idea for a cop on every bus. >> we've done a layered approach. we've done ctv on every bus. sam: by mid morning, supervisors were driving. we talked with passengers who generally agree the bus line

blues, especially with these young kids. sam: they're split on the idea whether drivers should drive without police on board. >> they kind of work for a paycheck so, yeah. i feel as they definitely need to be here. sam: and as we said, this is a busy x-2 line here at the eighth and h street. the line generally goes here on h street on over across the river to the minnesota avenue metro station. now, the question is, what happens? was this a one-day event to make a point or is this going to continue? i just spoke with a spokesperson for the union and could not get a clear answer. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc 7 news. michelle: all right, sam, thank you. the labor day weekend getaway would normally be getting under way. nancy: more people than ever are taking the whole week, those lucky ducks, especially considering maryland schools now start after labor day.

seeing lots of green out there. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in o.c. brad, looks nice behind you. ocean city boardwalk is packed. that is unusual. on labor day weekend people usually begin to arrive friday night. instead they've been here all week. boardwalk businessman bill gibbs says he's loving it. bill: today is amazing. the boardwalk, the crowd is just amazing. sales have been a whole lot better for the last two weeks of august. brad: gibbs owns a restaurant and hotel. he employs 500 people. he says because of the governor's order to open schools after labor day, business is up 20%. families, like gabriella, says is works for them too. >> pretty nice. brad

times. brad: well, back live now. that really wasn't all that tough a question to ask a little girl at the beach why it's good to be at the beach. we're saying it's not a very nice beach day. it's kind of chilly, not a lot of sunshine but, yeah, there are people here. look at this all up and down the boardwalk, including this very large group of school-aged children who just don't have to be in class yet. so in ocean city, yeah, they're calling it a success. now, we'll be back at 5:00. we'll try to give you some hard numbers and we'll also hear from some of the people who say, maybe this longer summer isn't all that great an idea. in ocean city, brad bell, abc 7 news. nancy: i bet those kids would disagree, though. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a bike share program where you don't even have to return the bike. we'll show you. michelle: but first, this 7 on your side consumer alert -- it looks like a real receipt but it's from a predator. the fake apple app email trying to lure you into

>> we're done. we're done. you're under arrest. we're done. nancy: this video is shocking. a nurse pulled out of the hospital screaming refusing to draw an unconscience patient's blood. this is all connected to a police chase and a fiery crash. we will have it all, next. >> abc 7 standing strong for texas and we need your help. i'll tell you

nancy: welcome back. a scam involving apple's app store. michelle: you have one of these malicious emails. i was standing next to you. you were freaking out. >> it's so tricky. it's great when scammers try to get us at abc 7 news. we will show you what to look out for. it's an email that's designed as a receipt for a very expensive in an app purchase. the email looks very similar to a real apple store app receipt, but that $49.99 charge for virtual currency in a mobile game sticks out. >> they're counting on you going, hey, i didn't buy that. let's fix this. >> c.e.o. of optimal networks has seen this scam before. >> it works well because it lays on your p

lindey: scammers know your first instinct is to dispute a charge so they provided links to do so. they will show you where the links will take you. >> the scammers are looking for you to enter into your user name and password for itunes or your apple i.d. once you do that they got you. >> he believes the scammer will sell the information online or use it to steal your identity. >> they have at that point everything that apple has on you. they got your credit card information. they got your home address. you know, they got all the security questions. everything they know which devices you have. >> so how can you tell whether an email is trapple or a scammer? there are some telltale signs. let's start at the top. >> it looks like it's coming from the apple store but it really is not. t's apple at something crazy dot-com. >> there is a typo at the bottom and this -- >> you also have copyright

paypal, ink. so you can see they -- paypal, inc. >> so you can see they are using it. >> if you fall for this scam, he said immediately change your password, call apple. and you want to contact your bank and get a new credit card. it's also a good idea to enable two authentic verification, the two-step verification is what made me think there's no way someone hacked my account. this has got to be a scam email. michelle: for the record you don't play that game. lindsey: i do not play that game at all. it's new to me. nancy: good advice there. thank you very much. michelle: moving on now to this. this fiery crash sets off a wild chain of events in utah that sends -- that ends, rather, with a nurse being arrested. e semi-truck driver is not suspected of doing anything wrong. police show up asking for his blood. the nurse refuses

violates their policy. then this. >> i'm just trying to do what i'm supposed to do. that's all. >> no. we're done. you're under arrest. >> i can't be under arrest. [screaming] michelle: it gets out of control really fast. the nurse was arrested for obstructing justice. 20 minutes later, she's released and no charges. >> i just feel betrayed. i'm a health care worker. it's the only job as a nurse is to keep my patients safe. michelle: really stunning video. police say the officer is still on duty. >> we're done. michelle: but internal affairs is investigating. >> we're done. michelle: wow. that is absolutely shocking to see. one week ago today, hurricane harvey slammed into the texas gulf coast. the entire texas gulf will be feeling the effect for years to come but you can help.

a drive to raise money with the salvation army. and steve is in the abc 7 help center where phones have been ringing all day, steve. steve: they are ringing off the hook. the total we have so far is really impressive. going to talk to you about that in just a moment. abc 7, our parent company, sinclaire broadcast group, standing strong for texas, and we need your help. all you need to do is call this number. 703-236-9220. we have volunteeres that are standing by to take your donation. whether it's $5, $20, $50 or $100. every penny counts. and we need your help for texas. joining us right now, major chip hall, salvation army. you're helping to oversee everything that's going on here. you were telling me something fan fastic. every dollar raised here today, not only will we raise the money, but it's going to get matched and all of it is going to go where? >> all the money goes where it's needed in texas. sinclaire broadcasting group has decided that it's a

so everything we raise is matched today. double your money. steve: so the money it's raised, once it goes to texas, what's it going to by and help the victims? >> relief effort is to make sure everyone is well-fed. not only are we operating 11 shelters but taking food actual the other shelters that are operated by our entities and we have portable shower units. we have these portable kitchens that makes thousands of meals a day. we're very well-organized in being able to get out and help people that need it the most. steve: awesome. thank you very much. every dollar counts. he phone number, 703-236-9220. operators, volunteers are standing by, and we need your help. doug, back to you upstairs. doug: all right. thanks, steve. let's get you updated from the weather. brad bell showing you ocean city not pretty. tomorrow is not going to be a pretty day. sunday might have a ragged start. but by the afternoon and through monday, it's looking

here we'll get the clearing a little bit sooner. 65 degrees on the beach right now on this first day of meteorological autumn. at the beaches tomorrow, cloud of periods of rain and thunder. sunday a slow clearing trend and more sun expected monday. right now we are socked in the clouds. we have a flow of dry cool amplete remember the cold front that came last night, dropped the temperatures? well, the air is also very dry so that's keeping the rain south and west of the metro area but slowly but surely the dew point temperatures are rising and that will mean the rains will make it through the bits of the evening. it may drop in the upper 50's. so the rain right now still south of metro washington. some areas sneaking in western maryland and the valleys too. couple of rumbles of thunder. the rain will get steadier across the region late tonight and overnight and tomorrow as we get closer to the core circulation what's left of harvey that will approach our area. with that, as often is the case, sometimes you get some

it and that may be the story northern neck, middle peninsula, southern maryland tomorrow afternoon, slight risk of severe weather there. our doppler shows there's a lot of it around. tornado watch across north carolina. tornado warnings now to the east of the raleigh area. west of the raleigh area. so we'll keep an eye on that and all the weather, but again here the timing is on our side as well for later in the weekend. our future cast keeps rain here tonight. tomorrow morning some heavier elements south and east and that will be how it plays out tomorrow with the heaviest rain south and east of the city. we'll get some clearing in very late tomorrow night, early sunday morning. and through the day sunday, more rapid clearing trend, we think. it's not going to be clear and sunny all day but it's improving. waiting on the 5:00 update from the hurricane center on irma. last track on the scale eventually getting to a three. maybe potentially more after that. this takes us through the middle of next week as category 3 storm. and then it starts to get over much warmer water. all we can do is watch and

wait. our forecast -- don't wait at all. here it is. cool, cloudy, scattered showers overnight. through the weekend, showers at times tomorrow from harvey. sunshine returns on sunday. and then labor day looks great with sunny and warm weather throughout the entire day. and wind up with a look at our next 10 days for you. that's going to include lots of sunshine. maybe we'll wait until next day for the 10-day outlook. that's what it's looking according to our click he, michelle. michelle: next on abc 7 news at 4:00, as our tracking -- as we are tracking hurricane irma, worst-case scenario, are we prepared to handle more than one disaster? a closer look at what's realistic. nancy: a bike share system where you don't have to pick up or return a bike at a docking station. the new

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michelle: with bike share is the at an all-time high, finding a bike could be easier. we explain d.c. dockless bikeshare program. >> you may have experienced it. you're riding along on a bikeshare bike and get to a docking station, but there's no available spots. >> it all depends on the time of day. in this part of town there's multiple bike stations. almost every other street is a bike station. there are pockets that don't have as many.

pilot program, you could get the chance to lock up your bike without ever returning it to a dock. the district department of transportation is looking into the possibility of adding dockless bikes to its system. so unlike the current system where you have to return a bike, docking station to make sure it locks up, this new system would have bikes that lock on their own via controls on your cell phone. they say using this kind of technology could potentially expand the number of bikeshare bikes in d.c. and provide bike access in areas they have not been able to add bikeshare infrastructure. >> i think right now the convenience is nice but anything that makes it easier for riders to get on and get off would just be welcomed. >> vdot says the pie lat program will begin wednesday, september 20, and last through april 18. vdot will develop appropriate regulations for the new system.

michelle: up next on abc 7 at 4:00, the moment where a tornado hits right next to one of our sister station's weather cameras. we'll show you another angle from a police cruiser. that's next. doug: hurricane irma on the heels of hurricane harvey. are we prepared if we take

nancy: right now hurricane irma is in the atlantic but steadily moving west. significant resources are north carolina it right now. is the country ready to handle ? o disasters at the same time eevepb -- stephon stephon -- stephen tschida. stephen: we checked in with the people on the front lines in fundraising and fighting to protect people from major storms to see if they believe we can handle another big hurricane if it does hit us. hurricane irma churning away out in the atlantic, expected to get even stronger over the weekend. since it's on the heels of the devastating hurricane

lot of concern about irma's path. >a -- irma has a wild set of path. it could stay on the east coast. it could be along the east coast environment. [horn honking] stephen: those on the front line of recovery missions during hurricanes say they are prepared to take on another major storm. montgomery county has a search and rescue team in texas, but the bags are packed if it needs to dispatch another team. >> to anywhere within the state of maryland or the east coast or beyond. stephen: now, keep in mind it is far too early to make any kind of prediction about irma's path. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. nancy: take a look. a tornado passes by our sister station. michelle: they're based in birmingham. this is in pickins county. as it rolls by the county, it

cruiser. these actually were spawned by harvey's remnants just 24 hours ago. several homes were damaged as a result. so still seeing the impact of harvey. doug: yep. and now the tornado possibility has shifted here in north carolina. very common. very common after a tropical storm makes lawful there is rotation and instability in the atmosphere well east of the center. we've seen it before in our area. here's the deal -- tomorrow no chance of tornado but chance of thunderstorm southern maryland. the rest of us just -- michelle: it certainly looks like it's moving faster so you don't have to worry about soaking rain is that right? doug: downpours, not a lot of periods of rain. what we'll look beyond, michelle, because it will get better through the day sunday when the remnants moves out and the rain is done. doppler radar shows patches of rain. but notice most is to the south.

cool, dry winds from the east. we will deal with periods of rain late tonight and at times tomorrow. the temperatures aren't going to budge much this afternoon. holding in the mid 60's. these are temperatures we get around the 20th of october for afternoon temperatures. definitely chilly. but a warm-up's in store. just wait. any showers around will end sunday morning. the afternoon, about 80 degrees. about 84 with a full day of sunshine on the day, monday. so we're looking for information coming up from the hurricane center. they will be updating their outlook and their projections on hurricane irma here probably in about 15 minutes. still a category 2. we'll let you know in our next update what's going to happen beyond that. nancy. nancy: thank you very much. as part of our parent company's effort, sinclair cares. you see all these volunteers here taking those calls. make sure you call

to make a donation or you can head over to wjla.com. we'll be checking in with them throughout the hour, and we have been so far blown away by your generosity. sinclair broadcast group will match $100,000 worth of donations. michelle: a 17-year-old gunned down, caught in the cross fire. abc 7 has been covering this story for three weeks now. today, the funeral for the young girl who should have been going to college this fall. d.c. city leaders were on hand for support and make a promise there will be justice. >> there was a outpouring of love and support, as you can see here behind me, for a 17-year-old. this is the greater mount calvary holy church in the northeast. t was packed with city councilman mcduffy. the her death is one we covered

she was hit days earlier by a stray bullet driving down the street in the 1,400 block of saratoga avenue in northeast. 10 days before she was heading off to college down in florida. she was a woodrow wilson high school graduate, a captain of the cheer squad. she was a member of the choir there, a peer counselor and the list goes on. she was also a daughter and a sister and dear friend who will be deeply missed. >> we are not overexaggerating. she was just a phenomenal, phenomenal young lady. know ust been an honor to her. q: we also found out she was an organ donor. after her death she was able to help six people. as for the investigation into her death, i spoke with police chief newsome. he said they were searching for two suspects and will have more coming up

michelle: just a couple hours ago in the oval office, president trump said he's nearing a decision on what to do with daca. president trump: we will be releasing on daca sometime over the weekend. probably sunday, saturday, latest will be monday. michelle: all right. so the president's remarks there. latest monday. white house press secretary contradicted her boss, saying it will happen tuesday. we'll keep you updated as daca allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children to live and work in the country without concerns about potential deportation. nancy: sheriff david clark is resigning from milwaukee county in wisconsin. the loyal supporter of president trump had previously been passed over to serve in the administration, but he had been in office since 2002 and has made headlines for his conservative commentary. now his resignation letter, there was no reaso

his departure. next on abc 7 news at 4:00, it was once destined for dinner ut now got a new look on life. looks like he's saying hi. and where you can now see it. >> a montgomery county company is collecting donations for those in need from the floods. i'll have that story coming up. michelle: and here's a first look how you can start next week with "good morning washington." >> monday on "good morning washington" -- we're tracking another massive hurricane. what impact it could have on the united states. >> plus, the big warning on the major airlines adding supercheap seats to flights. are they costing you more cash?

nancy: here's a radical idea, pay with your face. interesting, right? that's the new tech beat rolled out by ant financial. michelle: you walk up to it, scans your face and deducts money. it's only in china for now but it recognizes your face and matches existing information with your profile. of course, there are concerns when it comes to facial recognition technology and your privacy. nancy: this someone of the things you hope you have an identical twin out there where they are also very wealthy and you can take advantage of this.

i also hope the accuracy is pretty high because you want to go through your account and find out that you're negative $100 -- nancy: there seems to be issues with this one. michelle: now to this because it has to deal with food. a real lobster caught in new england was saved from the dinner plate. now he's enjoying life at a boston area aquarium. nancy: it looks like he's saying hello right there, right? michelle: there is a blue one too. nancy: he's not alone. they are all part of a community of other unique crustaceans. michelle: just how rare is this yellow lobster? it is 130 million rare recently found in a trap in the ocean and the 7-year-old lobster ould live to about 60 years. nancy: so he and his pals are out there. michelle: i wonder what it would taste in a butter sauce. nancy: we're terrible people. aaron judge, he has a cult following at yke

section, the judge's chambers. look closely who was there last night. supreme court justice sotomayor. and when aaron judge walked to the plate, she, like everyone else, knew it was time to rise. even wore the special yankees robe with the n.y. logo on it. the man in front of her -- you can see it now. he was blocking it. very cool. she must be a big-time fan to have that special robe. nancy: no pressure, right? next for us -- that is a car. check out this video. michelle: out of the woods. nancy: yeah. michelle: it's heading right towards the president's motorcade in missouri. what the driver said happened, come comming up. steve: phone banks are open, volunteers are standing by to take your call to donate to help the victims suffering from harvey down in texas. 703-236-9220. we're back

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hour ago on anacostia road in southeast. the teenager is alert and breathing. anyone with information should call police. v.w. is rolling out a plan to resell most of the cars involved in the diesel emissions scandal. nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles in the u.s. had software uploaded that was designed to fool emissions testing. those recalled or bought back by the german automaker which says it has retrofitted the vehicles to meet current standards. nancy: and ford is recalling new vehicles. these are about a thousand vehicles but includes some f-150 trucks as well as muss standings. by new we mean brand new as in they were built this summer. to find out if your vehicle is recalled, go to wjla.com. and you can see abc 7's award winning research. search sudden impact on our website.

jonathan: we are continuing to detail the path and recovery after hurricane harvey. plus, getting answers. the popular georgetown branch trail does close for construction of the purple line. find out how montgomery county officials went about getting an answer for why the whole trail has to close as a result of this construction. and tonight, 7 salutes two u.s. army band singers as they sing their final song. these two guys are amazing. you should stick around and hear them coming up at 5:00. michelle: all right. now to a viral video of a close call as president trump's motorcade rolled through springfield, missouri, on wednesday. you see that car. it comes crashing down an embankment as the motorcade passes by. two people in the karsay the brakes went out so they swerved from hitting someone and ended up going down the hill. soon they were surrounded by secret service agents. police confirmed the brakes were bad. nancy: wow.

for families left with nothing after harvey southwest through. amy hooked up with a rockyal company to pull together resources to send a team to help pick up the pieces in texas. amy: workers in certified builders, inc., said it's about helping those in need. >> everyone so willing to just give their time and donate and help out as much as they can. amy: lauren tripp says her company is no stranger to dealing with flooding and emergency situations. lauren: if we can pull it together we would love to get everything back to place. amy: the full service janitorial company specializes in environmental services. although they have not dealt with a flood as devastating in texas they want to make a difference. lauren: everyone is hands on deck to make sure we can get up there and help as much as we can and get people back to everyday life.

out the logistics of perhaps heading to the flood areas. meanwhile, they're collecting and loading up all the donations they can. lauren: being a janitorial company thankfully we had great vendors that helped out with the paper towels, the toilet paper, hand sanitizer and everything. amy: they collected enough plates and utensils for 4,000 people. the family-owned business is getting the entire family involved. lauren: i think it's great. i think it's great they're learning to help others. amy: for now helping others through donations. with hopes to soon send their own crew to help with the cleanup she expects to take years to complete. steve: all right. we are looking for your help this friday afternoon. and we are at the phone bank that's opened at abc 7. also along with our parent

company, sinclair broadcast group, in conjunction with the salvation army, operators are standing by. we are looking for donations to help the victims of hurricane harvey. the phone number to call, 703-236-9220. once again. 703-236-9220. i want to see all the lights on these phones light up to keep these volunteers busy. so far today we have collected nearly $63,000. $63,000. we want to keep that going. phone bank is going to stay open until 6:30 this evening. if you don't want to talk to the volunteers -- but they are very, very nice and i highly suggest you do -- you can go to our website at wjla.com and you can donate there. we will take everything from $5 to $1,000 to $5,000. it doesn't make a difference. our parent company is going to match your donation up to $100,000. so we need your help and it's going to a great cause. all of it goes to the folks in

michelle: all right. so good to see people opening their wall etc. we want to get to the $100,000. nancy: absolutely. a lot of busy people. doug, now we're heading into this labor day weekend, it's remarkable how chilly it is out today. doug: yesterday we knew that was coming because we had a cold front. today is barely in the 60's. tomorrow not pleasant it will get better sunday and monday. a live look at national harbor. 66. these temperatures you see right now, these are our average high temperatures for the afternoon in the middle of october, not in the very first day of september. there's rain. dry air at bay. most of the rain south and to the west. as we get to the nighttime hours, more rain will move in. circulation from what was harvey, often the case some of the bands of moisture, some coming from the atlantic, some from the gulf, isolated tornadoes. we will see the action pick up in tempo with periods of rain at times, most of the heavy

rain should stay south and east of the washington metro area and there will be chance of severe weather, middle peninsula of virginia. tomorrow, our futurecast shows the story through the day. patches of rain throughout the day, throughout the afternoon, throughout the evening, throughout tomorrow night. and then we get into sunday we see improvement early in the morning as most of it quickly lifts out and we will see clearing in the afternoon, highs near 80 degrees. looking ahead to labor day, sunshine all day long. highs about 84 degrees. and a quick check on the hurricane for you right now, we're waiting for an update from the hurricane center. see if they have their 5:00 update in. the latest one keeps it category 3 and eventually category 4 storm late on wednesday. it's a strong storm. away from any land areas. it will be north of the antigua coming up wednesday. there is a long way to go and no definite idea how long it will stay strong if it will get weaker, stronger, turn, curve. stay with us. we got you covered.

back to you, nancy. nancy: all right. thank you, doug. 7 on your side consumer alert coming up. could a slipper actually catch fire? the warning for on

>> thousands of people in the d.c. area have the battery powered swiffer jet wet in their

cleaner. one family's experience is a bit concerning. ricky takes me into her mom's laundry room. >> it was leaning up against here. >> you can see scorch marks from a fire that appears to have originated in her swiffer wet jet floor cleaner. by the time she raced over from her home down the street she saw so much smoke she thought the dryer was burning. >> it was so much i didn't know if it was like a dryer or appliance or whatever. i didn't realize until we got in there. john: all that remains is this melted, blackened stuff. >> i had a sheet right beside it. john: carol said she just returned from the floor and was working here in her kitchen we she suddenly started seeing flickering lights on her ceiling and walls and thought, what's that? she doused the flames which were m

the swiffer still had the original batteries in it. they had never changed or recharged them. we contacted proctor & gamble and said the safety of our consumers is our utmost priority. i can confirm this is not a recurring issue with the swiffer wet jet. back called the swiffer in 2004. rikki wonders what could have happened -- >> if she wasn't home and the whole place burnt down, i just never would have thought this being a possibility. john: they believe this to be an isolated case. they believe no reason homeowners be concerned. >> right now at 5, new cause for concern as the recovery starts in texas and louisiana. now it's hurricane irma. what the odds are for trouble here? metro bus workers

protest making the boss drive behind the wheel. and problem not solved. new developments in a renter's mushroom mess. just 24 hours after a thorough cleaning. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] nancy: damage assessment and waiting for the water to go down, that's the situation now in houston, port arthur and beaumont, texas. jonathan: some of the pictures out of houston are heartbreaking now we're seeing the water recede. we know 39 people died as a result of hurricane harvey but that could climb as door-to-door searches continue. more than 135,000 structures were either damaged or dough steroid. beaumont is still without power so people are lined up to get bottled water. nancy: and the mayor is expecting to request a $78 million financial aid pack -- package. >> harvey's rain has stopped in southeast texas.

over. >> i mean, these are people's belongings they worked all their lives for. and, you know, it's gone. it kind of, you know, breaks your heart. >> authorities going door to door in some areas looking for victims but hoping to find survivors. officials say more than 72,000 people have already been rescued. many have begun the gutwrenching process of cleaning up. [crying] >> but others could see standing water in their homes for days or even weeks. >> if you're living in houses with water, you have water currently in your home, i'm going to encourage you in the strongest of terms to leave your homes. because things are not going to change over the next 10 to 15 days. >> in cross bee, texas, two blasts rocked chemical plants and more could occur. in beaumont, 118,000 people are relying on bottled water after two pumps failed at the water treatment plant. the failure has prompted the evacuation of a hosp