jonathan: irma's deadly path moves towards florida. nancy: lining up for supplies, lining up for gas as irma lines up with the united states. the nupathe path of the storm just coming into the newsroom. jonathan: concern tonight for a missing teacher who is pregnant.

now. and -- >> that is the first thing that goes through your head is panic. nancy: parents say that their children's middle school bus never even showed up. >> now, abc seven news :00, on your side. >> oh, my god! jonathan: just listen to the new video as hurricane irma's ripping through the caribbean islands, blinding conditions, people hunkering down indoors, now trapped. strongest storm ever recorded over the atlantic, now blamed for at least one death. one official said the island of barbados is basically uninhabitable with 90% of it destroyed. what we are waiting on in the next coming days is how it will impact the u.s. 25,000 people have evacuated the florida keys. jonathan:

starting with meteorologist steve rudin. you just got an update on the hurricane's path. where is it heading now? steve: we have not seen a lot of movement, the wind is still at per hour, sustained wind, looking at when gusts around 225 miles per hour. it is moving to the west northwest at 16 miles per hour come exactly -- has been the last eight hours or so. the latest track on it stays a category five storm moving into the day friday. by late friday it begins to take a turn to the north. it could very well hug the eastern coast of florida. it may land by miami and fort lauderdale. and moving up the coast, turning into a category two. it,way that you look at there is a lot wiggle room between now and then. this storm very well by friday, saturday morning could be over here, or could be over here.

the model. we should not folks entirely on just the center point. a little further to the west or east it could be. we will take a 3-d look inside of the storm coming up in just a few minutes, plus the local weather. and i promise you, sunglasses, you will need them the next few days. nancy: irma is not alone. katya ise jose and expected to make landfall in tothern mexico and jose is the southwest of burma. this is the first time there have been three active atlantic hurricanes for the first time since 2010. jonathan: people in florida are being forced to watch and wait. nancy: we turn to michelle marsh with the latest on the preparations. new mandatory evacuations in miami. there are bumper to bumper lines, cars waiting to fill

on gas, many getting bad news because more than a quarter of gas stations in miami-dade are out of fuel. grocery stores are running out of bottled weather. -- bottled water. florida's governor not mincing words, saying you should have a three day supply or evacuate. >> we can rebuild your home. we cannot rebuild your life. if you stay, in some sense, you're on your own. we will not put ourselves at risk. aneselle: construction cr are another concern. city officials are warning those who live near cranes to leave their homes as well stop gridlock on florida highways, more than 1000 flights canceled, and amtrak canceling trains to florida. at least eight cruise ships are shutting down upcoming trips. jonathan: we can also tell you in anticipation of will could be a catastrophic hurricane slimming into the south, both

maryland task force one are hitting the roads to help. both groups recently just got back from eating victims of hurricane harvey in texas. crews are now awaiting instructions on how best to help . we wish both groups safe travels. nancy: absolutely. back track irma, steve is with the latest on the storm in the next 15 minutes, plus updates around the clock at wjla.com. & up for breaking news alerts at wjla.com/text. jonathan: turning to other news happening now, an all-out search for this teacher who was pregnant. lney hasaura wallen of o not had any contact with her family since monday. tom: this is where laura wallen lives. neighbors say they last saw her this past weekend. the makes the concerning -- situation more concerning, she is about four months pregnant. in 2016 so

teacher laura wallen was awarded teacher of the year. the police say she had been getting ready for this school year but never showed up for the first two days of class. >> my daughter went to school with laura and i just -- what a sweet verse and she is. it is so out of character. tom: residents of the condos in olney are shocked. one neighbor said he last saw her saturday night when she and her boyfriend arrived at her home. the neighbor said the boyfriend left a few minutes later. then wallen left about 10 minutes after that. it was around 10 p.m. and her vehicle has not been seen since. she drove away in a black 2011 ford escape with maryland tag m522473. the police say that her family received a text from her phone monday, but that is the last clue. >> my heart goes out to this family. it's three people and so tragic. to

what torew up in olney, sherwood high school, and she was at a football game there this past friday night. the police are asking for any clue to where she might be and to please call immediately. live in montgomery county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: following a number of developing stories involving the president, including a surprising deal. democrats and the president have agreed to a three month budget and that extension. this caught republican leaders offguard. the deal staves off the possibility of a government shutdown for three months. and donald trump jr. tomorrow will be before the senate judiciary committee. he weighs her questions about the now-emphasis meeting with russian lawyer during last year's campaign. d.c. and virginia and 14 states have filed a lawsuit seeking to get the president from ending the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, known as daca. it

undocumented immigrants brought to the uss children to stay in the united states. the demise of daca is the subject of a protest outside of a d.c. hotel tonight. the crowd unfazed by the rain. .im barber was there thatunder the hotel sign bears the president's name, dreamers held hands in solidarity, discuss it with president trump's decision to end president obama's docket water, which gave 500,000 illegal immigrants legal status. immigrants called dreamers, who is fasting until friday with 27 other dreamers. >> we show the world that pain is happening and being inflicted on us. it isresident trump says congress's job to create laws and today stood by his decision. >> we are fighting back this injustice. tim:

united states as children said the president's decision puts them at risk of being deported to country some of them have never known. are you worried? >> i am concerned, of course, i , but i'mhave daca ready to take action. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: hundreds of protesters arriving at the martin luther king jr. memorial this afternoon, the culmination of a ten-day march from charlottesville. participants are angry over president trump's response to last month's violence at a white nationalist rally that left one person dead. >> our neighbors and fellow americans are being attacked by our government. there is no difference between them and us. there should not be. nancy: later this month charlottesville will post a day of healing, a concert performed on september 24. people

to charities. the concert is free. jonathan: closer to home, removing more confederate symbols. if you have been to the national cathedral, you may have seen the stained glass with the confederate flags. church leaders say the debate on what to do with the window centered on whether they had a place in the nation's spiritual home. the removal will take a few days and has already begun. nancy: insane clown posse ready to to send on d.c., but they are not alone. dueling rallies are coming to washington, drawing crowds and safety concerns. plus -- anna-lysa: two middle schoolers in prince versus county say their first day was a nightmare. here with their messages, coming up. and we continue to track hurricane irma. look at these images. it destroyed islands in the caribbean and is not losing strength says it arrows to the u.s. -- it is not losing strength as it arrows towards the u.s.

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jonathan: we have breaking news into the newsroom from montgomery county, where there is a major police presence, road shut down, all of this effort personal on a scooter was hit and killed. the authorities say that the car involved was a police cruiser. tim barber joins us live from wheaton. tim, what happened? tim: this is veirs mill road. investigators are blocking the road. d.c. is that way, which is where the crash scene is. you can seesh in, how many police cruisers are scattered down the road. what we are being told by detectives right now. this involved in unmarked police cruiser, and the unmarked police cruiser collided with a scooter. der of the scooter has

of the crash, but the public information officer is on his way to the scene, so we will get more details about this. they are redirecting traffic along veirs mill road, which is a major artery in silver spring. as we get new details, we will bring them to you on abc 7, social media, and wjla.com. that's the latest from silver spring, maryland. tim barber, abc 7 news. nancy: new concerns about the safety and military readiness of navy ships in the pacific, this from a government accountability office report. 37% of japan-based cruisers and destroyers expired in june. the report comes on the eve of a congressional hearing sparked by two collisions that killed 17 sailors. jonathan: washington, d.c., is no stranger to

protests, but we are watching the chance of massive crowds next weekend. authorities say the dynamic on september 16 will be a special challenge because the groups include the juggalos, fans of the insane crime posse -- insane clown posse, protesting the fbi classifying them as a gang. and hundreds are protesting the russian interference in the election. and a proton rally -- and a pro trump rally is expected to draw thousands. authorities are making plans to mature that everyone is safe as they exercise their first amendment rights. an apparently rocky start at a local middle school. parents are the bus never showed up this morning and it was more than an hour late this afternoon. the-lysa gayle explains parents concerns with the lapse of communication. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: nancy, this was a very concerning thing for parents. this is where the girls were supposed to be dropped off this

their father said he was here at 4 p.m., waiting until about 5:20, when they finally got here. tonight he wants answers from the school system. >> we had no communication at all. anna-lysa: many kids expect a great first day of school, but he said that his 11-year-old and 13-year-old girls had anything but. the school bus never showed up to pick up his daughters in the morning. >> stood there about 30, 40 minutes. well up driving them to school. anna-lysa: they were late for school. when it came time to return home, they had even more problems on the bus. >> the bus driver did not know where he was going. people were directing him where to go. >> they came home and our in 20 minutes after they were supposed to. anna-lysa: he said he never received a response from the bus lot, or details on why the bus was late. >> who wants to send their child to school on a bus like that?

the road? as a whole, pg county needs to be more responsive. anna-lysa: we reached out to pg county public schools, who say they are looking into the matter. they have not released a statement. live in greenbelt, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. steve: a lot to talk about as we move through wednesday evening. temperatures did not move a lot during the afternoon because of the cloud cover and showers. 61 dulles, 62 reagan national. oakland, maryland, 46 degrees, the coldest spot on the map. temperatures falling into the 50's, lingering showers end. gradually clearing. where we have clearing, patchy fog is likely, but nothing to travel air -- nothing to cause air travel delays. back tokids going school, leave some extra time especially west of d.c. tysons corner, the showers over with for the evening. college park still looking at wet

maryland. all of this ends over the next hour or two and all of this clears. hurricane irma, the update from 18 minutes ago, the eye very well defined. if you go from one side to the other of the eye, it measures about 20 miles. it is not huge, it is not tidy, but the storm is humongous and powerful. the strongest part of the storm is the outer edge of the eye wall, with wind gusts upwards of 225 miles per hour for stop sustained wind right now of 185 miles per hour, making this a category five hurricane. it will stay a category five at least for the next two to three days. the strongest part of the stormy shaded in red. this is where the wind gusts are upwards of 225 miles per hour. the good news is this area of the storm stayed well to the north of san juan, which is why they did not get the tremendous

would receive full stop moving to the north west at about 16, eventuallyfined eye heading towards the dominican republic and scraping the edge of haiti as it moves across the northern coast of cuba. a lot of questions where will go closer to cuba and florida moving into the day saturday. the latest projections, category five storm. we will pause it here. 8:00 friday evening, the wind at 160 miles per hour, takes a sharp turn to the north. whether it makes direct landfall to south florida, still to be determined. a much more clear explanation friday as it begins to make the turn of exactly where it will go. a appears that it will weaken bit, a category two storm, but still 110 miles per hour wind monday at 8:00. the day planner

tomorrow, temperatures around 75 degrees. sunglasses all day long, a fantastic day for baseball tomorrow night. the temperatures fall into the 60's. the 10 day outlook am a beautiful day friday. looking great saturday and sunday. the race for the cure is saturday morning with temperatures in the 50's and 60's. tuesday and wednesday of next week, a chance of showers. on that note, a reminder to join us on the national mall this weekend, where we will be providing live coverage of the susan g. komen race for the cure to raise awareness and money in the fight against breast cancer. coverage starts at 8 a.m. on

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to eat the buzzer. -- beat the buzzer. later in the fourth, elena delle donne, the nice move. the mystics advance to the second round of the playoffs, the final score 86-76. the nationals trying to sweep the marlins tonight in miami. for thinning, ryan zimmerman crushes this solo shot, his 31st long ball of the year. the nationals beat the marlins, 8-1. washington's magic number two clinch -- to clinch the national league east is now six. a lot has happened during the preseason. even players announcing their retirements. with different vibe now the new season. >> it's a different vibe at practice, the tempo is different, guys are going a lot harder this week.

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nancy: after a rainy day, tomorrow much better. steve: sunglasses, from morning until noon until the evening. per 60's, low 70's, mid day five the daytime high. baseball to nor night -- tomorrow night looks really good. mid 60's during the seventh inning stretch. the 10 day outlook looks fantastic, saturday for the d.c. united game. sunday we have the redskins playing, a fantastic game, hopefully. about 75 degrees. maythe next chance of rain be tuesday and wednesday, all part of he

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