of interfaith center across the street tonight and they are calling it a gathering of home. they hope she comes home safe. this is video we have taken from throughout the past week as ecoverred the case -- we covered the case. wilde lake high school is less than half a block from apartment complex where laura wallen's black s.u.v. was found thursday night. that is the last big clue. police don't have evidence of foul play but they don't know where she is and what has happened to her. she is a very popular teacher at the wilde lake high school and former students think highly of her. that is why they are helping organize the event tonight across from the school. they are holding out hope she will come home safe. they are expecting a large crowd i'm told tonight. reporting live in columbia, in howard county. i'm tom roussey. abc7 news. jonathan: now to breaking news out of washington state. we come on the air, we are learning new information about a shooting at a high school

a student is dead. three others are wounded but they are expecting to recover. a gunman opened fire in the peak of the school day. >> one more victim in the classroom. >> police say the shooter is in custody right now. the governor of washington calling the deadly incident heartbreaking. michelle: another big store we're following tonight. guilty. that is a plea entered for the man accused of murdering a d.c. yoga teacher on christmas day last year. authorities say johnson sexually assaulted mccauley and strangled her with her own scarf. he is expected to be sentenced to 30 years in prison. a decade after a deadly shooting at a graduation party in landover police have a suspect in custody. the investigators say larry rosio opened fire on a crowd in june of 2009 killing shay caldwell and wounding others. we spoke t

after the shooting. >> to see her, she always had a smile on her face. full of life. >> rosio is in a federal prison in west virginia for unrelated crime. after the sentence is complete there, he will be extradited to prince george's county. jonathan: now for the latest on the aftermath of hurricane irma. police in south florida now are opening a criminal investigation after at least eight elderly people died at a nursing home having power issues because of the storm. a dozen others left in the sweltering heat with no air conditioning rushed to the emergency room. power outages could go on for days or perhaps a week and a half. in orlando a generator running in the garage poisoned and killed three members of a family. >> on the sad meter of 1 to 10, this is an 11. jonathan: in keys fema says 90% are damaged or destroyed. president trump hea

florida to meet with first responders the coast guard and fema. the help has been slow to get there to the regions decimated by the storm. there is growing frustration across st. croix, st. john and st. thomas. >> our government did nothing. nothing. people come out with boats and say there is more for you. people are breaking in houses, hurting people. >> the department of defense deployed 10,000 personnel to the virgin islands and puerto rico. president trump expected to visit the island in the coming days. michelle: now to a push from the lawmakers to get president trump to take a stand against white supremacists. both chambers of commerce approving bipartisan resolution to con fem the violence in charlottesville, white nationalists and the k.k.k. you will remember a woman was

and now the white house weighing in on whether the president will sign the measure. >> we look forward to doing so as soon as he receives it. >> the resolution describes the violence in charlottesville as a domestic terrorist attack. >> right now police are investigating to find out who painted the words "racist anthem" on the base of the francis scott key monument in downtown baltimore. key who owned slaves wrote the "star-spangled banner" while being held captive by the british in the war of 1812. michelle: join us tonight for a frank conversation about free speech in america. "your voice, your future" airs at 7:00 on the sister station newschannel8 and wjla.com. jonathan: right now amazon trying to find a spot for the new corporate headquarters. some analysts say the d.c. area could be a prime choice. michelle: that would mean more jobs for the d.m.v. richard reeve joins us live in ashburn with a look at which part of the area are wooing the internet giant. this

richard: this is big. this is prince george's county and the district that all want to jump on this and say they want to submit bids. why not? with billions at stake. this amazon pickup location just a hint of what is to come. >> we need a new word instead of a game-changer. it's that significant. >> amazon on a nationwide search for the new headquarters h.q. 2. a massive investment. 50,000 jobs with $100,000 annual salaries. $50 billion investment. >> anytime you get people that many people a job, steady job and income is a great thing. richard: loudoun county has a short list of the five potential sites near the metro silver line along the dulles toll road. >> the workforce is one of the most highly educated in the country. we have the highest median

tech is the bread and butter. >> the university of maryland has a different approach. a specific 128-acre location called discovery site. across from route 1 on the campus computer an engineering school. a new hotel, green line and a future purple line service nearby. >> when it comes to the knowledge worker of the 21st century we have deliver 8 million square feet with the university and mass transit. >> amazon does want specific conditions. new headquarters would need to be 30 miles or less from the major city center. access to highways and public transportation and within 45 minutes of international airport. >> definitely make a lot of money on the east coast with the colleges. >> the district being tight lipped where the mar sells would be. the district has especially aggressive plan to land this particular job. they have 36 days to put in

their bid. michelle: police chase with a bizarre ending. store manager helped nab a wanted man but you will never guess how. the unexpected detour that landed the guy behind bars. jonathan: plus alarming site in greece. it's disgusting. we learn what caused a massive oil spill and what else may be affected. doug: you are looking at the leftover circulation from irma. pushing to the northeast. the chance of the showers and maybe thunderstorms. we have timing tomorrow and the weekend outlook still to come at "abc7 news at 6:00".

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jonathan: a man accused of leading police on a chase takes unexpected detour. he calmly walks in the electronics store. then he applied at the desk. >> let me see. grab them. he starts to tussle with them. the other two come in. guns in hand.

>> the manager tipped the police off. he is facing charges for running those over split in the traffic stop. i guess he didn't get the job. >> i don't think so. >> he has other problems to work out first. the tanker carrying more than 2,000 tons of oil sank over the weekend. now it's washing up on shore. the pumping operation is underway and could take weeks. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- hazard on a frail in loudoun. >> the small objects that you need to watch out for. plus this. >> i'm cheryl conner. inside the netting that is now called the fearless flight facility. we will show you drone research at the university of maryland.

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the school of engineering at maryland has test site for drones. what is known as the fearless flight facility complies as the campus is close to d.c. this could help in the recovery effort we have seen following the recent hurricane. >> we can fly to the area. land on top of the water. >> the dean of the school of engineering dr. pines says the students are working on technology to assist in taking down crime. >> someone wants to fly a drone in a prison and draw up contraband to an inmate, may

maybe just drugs. whatever it is, we want to be able to detect that and prevent it from happening. >> the engineers gave me control. these are the eyes of the drone. i am able to see the video from the camera mounted on it. pretty soon the community will be welcome in to the fearless flight facility. >> senior josh is racing the drone he built. he is an engineering student. the hobby can turn anyone into mcguiver. >> basic electronic work, basic coding work. how to fix something broken. >> they are taking flight for the future of drones. >> in college park, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: cyclists on the washington and the old dominion trail have been running into problems for the past several days. they have been running over the problems. >> do you see those? tacks. someone has been leaving industrial tacks on the pavement causing riders to get flat tires. given the incidents, some believe they are left on purpose.

bike so they can turn you into a victim. jonathan: they collect as many as possible but they want to put a warning out to let you know it's going on out there. michelle: that would be a surprise. roll doing and all of a sud an flat. >> big bummer. talk about the weather. michelle: this is the last weekend of summer. doug: that is right. tell you the weather story for wednesday evening. you have the whole beach to yourself. everybody is in school.

the local temperatures at 6:00. 80 in warrenton. 75 in martinsburg. win chester and 78 in gaithersburg. patuxent river at 77. this evening we have partly cloudy skies. it's comfortable outside. no rain worries. this is what is left of the circulation around what was once irma. fair amount of rain that is pushing north. it is going to migrate east/northeast. our chance of the direct impact of what is left comes tomorrow afternoon and everything where we will get the showers developing. southerly winds and sunshine. more humidity. thunderstorms may pop. it is the middle of september but the sun is still intense. afternoon evening and

then we clear out early on friday. we will be in good shape after. this is early tomorrow morning. showers like 9:00. then we will get going in the late afternoon and everything. 80 tomorrow on partly cloudy and 82 on friday. there is a slight chance of isolated shower but this is great weather through the upcoming weekend. take a look at the extended outlook now. take us through tomorrow with the thunderstorm chances and a brief shower along the beaches for friday. that is it. the weekend is good. lower 80's. partly cloudy skies. the isolated shower chances only and nice for the

nice for the end. we look at friday. it's 79 and partly sunny. that is the first day of fall, beginning of the fall season. autumnal equinox. we will lead into next saturday the first weekend of fall. looking pretty good to me. no major stories weather wise at the moment. michelle: thank you. we have sad breaking news here. just in the newsroom. police telling us the body of laura wallen, teacher, the missing teacher who we have been reporting about who is four months pregnant, she has been missing since september 4. she has been found dead. police tell us that someone has been arrested in this case but they haven't said who that person is. we are not sure where she was found but we are expecting a news conference tonight at 8:00. we'll bring you the latest tonight on abc7 news at 11:00. erin: the redskins were back at work today in ash burden of proof. jay gruden was blunt and to the point about what they falled at in the loss to the

and kirk cousins had a different tune. sports is

erin: the redskins started off the season poorly on offense. dreadful in the 30-17 loss to the eagles at home. washington now goes cross country to take on the ram an

coordinator sean mcveigh. after they lost a home divisional game they should have won sunday's game in l.a. is now more crucial if the skins want to be a wild card contender. jay gruden said there is little margin of error if you start the season 0-2. >> you talk about the situational football, things to improve on. we talk about the third downs and we are 8-13 on defense pand-10 on offense. we dropped four balls. there are three critical areas to be successful on we failed miserably. erin: i appreciate the honesty. that was jay gruden after practice. but kirk cousins sounded optimistic as he addressed the media this afternoon. >> the

fixable. we have to get out and keep worked and never lose confidence. prepare for the next one. erin: sounds good. the nationals look to bounce back after the ugly 8-0 loss to the braves last night. max scherzer on the mound. first pitch 7:05. jonathan: thank you. michelle: one more check of weather. doug: partly cloudy, comfortable tonight. tomorrow we will see isolated showers and thunderstorms but things will improve quickly for the weekend. pleasant. steve will have timing of the charges and fresh update of jose keeping an eye on jose at 11:00. michelle: before we go, today we took time to celebrate doug with a luncheon. >> hi,

you will be missed in the future. enjoy it. >> over 14 years ago you took a chance and brought a teacher in the weather center and i'll forever be grateful. i am looking forward to spending more time for you in retirement. from the classes here -- >> happy retirement, doug! >> that is so sweet. jonathan: is it sinking in? doug: starting to. the reality. i know it's coming. it was my idea. but when it gets there it's like yikes! this is a long, 39-year tv career. 48 hours and three minutes from now. jonathan: it's like saloon doors. they open back up. you can come back anytime you want. doug: talk to mrs. hill about that. michelle: "world news tonight"

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tonight, the nursing home horror after hurricane irma. several of the residents have died. the images of the evacuations playing out today. the nursing home using backup generators. no air conditioning in sweltering heat. how did this happen, with a hospital across the street? also breaking tonight, the deadly school shooting. several students hit. entire classrooms huddled together. also developing, a major accident on a u.s. military base. tonight, 15 marines hospitalized after an amphibious assault vehicle catches fire. president trump tonight inviolating chuck schumer and nancy pelosi to the white house. what now is this dinner about? and what republican leaders are saying tonight. and the new