>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> breaking right now, we are following a hazardous material situation going on in baltimore. police have evacuated part of fairfield road for reports of a large paperwork -- vaper cloud. there is a shelter in place order for one mile around this site, and it covers three different zip codes. we will keep you updated on any deve

we've got breaking news, this coming out of prince william county. police are looking for the man who stabbed a woman near quantico gateway drive. a medevac helicopter landed at the middle school to fly the victim to the hospital. she has serious injuries but is expected to survive. police say the suspect they are looking for is said to be a woman. right now at noon, we are keeping a close watch on major storms gathering strength by the second. east coast could see some impact from hurricane jose, but the bigger concern is with hurricane maria, now upgraded to a category three hurricane. that storm will likely hit puerto rico and the virgin islands, already severely damaged by hurricane irma. meanwhile in the florida

keys, a heartbreaking homecoming for those who fled hurricane irma. tens of thousands of residents, returning to ruins, many seeing utter devastation of close for the first time this weekend. more than 20,000 are still without power. more than 600,000 throughout the state of florida alone. these storms just keep coming one after the other. brian: outside, we have three main systems. is just a depression. it has lost a little bit of steam. on thebearing down islands already impacted from irma. let's get into what is happening outside. i will show you what is going on with the very latest.we do have some great skies across the area. joseovercast, part of churning off our coast.

degrees outside at the midday hour. as we head through the day, these clouds will continue to stream through. if we widen out the view, you can see that center of circulation churning 150 miles east of the carolinas this midday. it is a category one storm, wins at 75 miles per hour. it is just on the cusp of being downgraded to a tropical storm. nonetheless, it is going to ride up the eastern seaboard, and with its proximity, it is close to landfall, but it looks like it will stay just off the tape. -- the cape. we have a tropical storm warning all the way down to hatteras. there is going to be some rough surf. locally around here, it is going to be about breezes clouds, and maybe a few passing showers. once we get past this system, we do warm up.

maria in the longer term. we will talk about that coming up in just a bit. melanie: the stormwatch 7 weather team has been tracking every major hurricane this season. grab our free app to stay one step ahead of any storm around the clock. now to new york and the start of the united nations general assembly, more than 190 members gathering to put their agendas on full display and tackle the biggest global issues. president trump spoke for four minutes this morning saying, he wants to see change in the international organization. ariel russia is at the u.n. >> this morning, president trump arriving at the united nations. >> the speech is a tremendous opportunity to reach so many world leaders at the same time. >> donald trump's day, packed with world leaders outside the general assembly, as the america first president gets ready

deliver his address. >> he comes out with the u.s. being very strong. on the campaign trail, president trump blasting the u.n. as fundamentally anti-american. >> the united nations is not a friend of democracy. it is not a friend of freedom. it is not a friend even to the united states of america. beginning withgathering> gathering a meeting on u.n. reform. >> we want the secretary to make firm decisions to advance the u.n.'s core mission. and south korea, conducting joint military drills overnight, the growing threat from north korea expected to be a major topic. >> if the united states has to defend itself or its allies, north korea will be destroyed. >> the u.s., throwing down the gauntlet with, president trump in the rapid fire of foreign-policy meetings.

abc news, the united nations. melanie: covering metro this monday morning frustrations for commuters along the orange line. construction issues caused single tracking between new carrollton and the chevrolet stations. suzanne kennedy has more on the headache it caused drivers. suzanne: metro says it hopes to have service back to normal around midday with these issues not spilling into the evening rush-hour. the single tracking was due to weekend work not wrapping up on time. five stations, including new carrollton and minnesota avenue, were impacted. trains have been running every 16 instead of eight minutes through the morning commute. it was not the way many commuters wanted to start their workweek. >> it seems to be a common occurrence.

metro. it really is. >> it was awful. they need to get it together. i'm glad i got out early. suzanne: metro says this was an unexpected delight. a machine they were using to lake crack -- lay concrete under the tracks malfunctioned. suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. melanie: right now, it is 12:07, and last night, d.c. public schools was one of the most talked about issues on social media, this after a shout out at the emmys by d.c. comedian dave chapelle. home onehapelle took of these golden statues at the emmys last night, so d.c. public schools, probably very proud. after all, he attended easter near rfkol over

arts in northwest d.c. it is what he said on stage as a presenter that really put the school system on the national stage. >> now i am going to read this teleprompter. please forgive me. shout out to d.c. public schools. here we go. >> like dave chapelle, i would like to unexpectedly think d.c. public schools. schools wentblic viral overnight. the school system took full advantage of the spotlight, sharing their link on twitter, saying it was an unexpected honor. >> if people are talking about cps, that's great. we have increased graduation rates. we can see enrollment climbing. >> anytime the focus is directed towards young

need that encouragement from our older generation. >> it seemed to start off as kind of a joke last night at the emmys, but as one twitter user wrote, let's make sure this trend means something. john gonzalez, abc seven news. melanie: coming up on abc seven news, two buses colliding in the big apple, the impact deadly. details on what happened and the investigation underway. a mancaught on camera, falling from a ferris wheel after another ride at a state fair goes haywire. why some kids say they will never get on a ride like this ever again, but first, let's get a check on traffic with eric smith. eric: good afternoon. it is going to be a late -- light ride this afternoon. northbound in

gaithersburg, no delays. further in towards the beltway, traffic is looking pretty good past montrose road. no big backups. down in virginia, 395, looking southbound past seminary road. both directions are behaving at the moment. that is a pretty good start. 95 in virginia, traffic does look pretty good here, but we do have some delays further down south. northbound traffic through stafford county past courthouse road, you do have a work's adding to a few delays. just a few spots that will be heavy. i-66 is off to a great start. nothing to worry about near germantown. the capital beltway is fine past connecticut avenue.

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dave: dave lucas at the live desk, updating that situation in the fairfield neighborhood. this is a picture from about 20 minutes ago where you can see a tremendous plume of smoke coming from that plant. this is fairfield road in the brooklyn neighborhood. it is being described as a couple of neighborhoods. the baltimore office of emergency management is calling it fairfield. they have put in a shelter in place order for three zip codes. 21225, 21226. folks are being asked to stay indoors, close their windows, limit their time outside.

our sister station in baltimore w bff reports that employees at a neighboring business that they smelled a strong acidic aroma, and you can see the smoke billowing in the air.that smoke is effectively gone now. this is a situation we are following very closely for you. as we get more information, we will bring it to you. melanie: dave lucas at the live desk for us, thank you. developing now, three people are dead, 15 injured after two buses collided in new york city. this happened in one of the most densely packed intersections in queens. the accident set the charter bus involved onto the sidewalk, and that sparked a small fire. investigators are trying to figure out what caused this crash. caught on camera, a scary moment at a north carolina fair after a ferris wheel malfunctioned, leaving two ch

for dear life. oh my god. >> watch as this carnival worker fallshis footing, then from this fares wheel in front of terrified fairgoers in north carolina. on tense moment, caught camera after fair officials say the gondola car began to tilt. see the car tilting at a near-90-degree angle. an employee jumped into action, climbing up the ride to adjust it back to normal, and then the fall. fortunately, the car slips back into place, but the two boys inside were left swinging, their mothers watching helplessly from the ground, until another employee finally freed the boys. >> i felt helpless, and it was a scary moment. >>

this comes less than two months after a deadly accident at the ohio state fair. one person was killed, seven injured on the fireball ride. it malfunctioned and broke apart. both boys are ok in north carolina, and that worker, only suffering minor injuries. melanie: it has been a bad year for rides at fairs. redskins fans have something to cheer about this noon after washington notched their first victory of the season. the skins offense seemed to click against the l.a. rams. in the second quarter, chris thompson got the handoff from cousins. he outruns everybody for a 61-yard touchdown. the skins go up 20-10, and kirk cousins connects with ryan grant for an 11-run touchdown in the fourth.

27-20. >> you have to credit the titans with the way they block on the edge. our receivers have done a really good job locking. i'm proud of our offensive line and how they battled today. we are going against a lot of really talented players in the front seven. melanie: next for the redskins, they try to put back-to-back wins together when they host the oakland raiders this sunday. football in high gear, but it is starting to feel like summer out there. andn: you can feel the heat humidity. it's not hot pot, but you definitely feel the stickiness. the leave it or not, this system is churning off the coast. all of those islands battered by irma are about to get battered again. you can see the clouds out there now. those clouds continue to thicken up, and that will be the story the last couple days. jos

e, churning off our coast. that is one of the reasons we see this extra cloud cover. we may make it to near-80. our average this time of year is 79 degrees. notice we started off this but we with sunshine, have been noticing these clouds starting to back in, moving from the northeast to southwest. that is all part of jose churning off the eastern seaboard. it is east southeast of cape hatteras. it continues to churn out there as a category one storm. it is right on the cusp of being just a tropical storm. fairlyoing to stay active and strong as it works its way up the eastern seaboard. through tomorrow, it will be passing a little bit more closely, and we will be watching -- this model indication has it doing a little bit of a loop. maybe it will head back our way into early next week. there are still some question

that. a better we will have chance to feel some of those breezes out of the north at 10-15. if tomorrow is trash day, make sure your trash is securely down on the ground. here's our model simulation. we are going to get more of an east, north easterly flow. those winds will start to relax a little bit, and because of winds, theyurf and actually have warnings up for the coastal areas as we go through time. i've got to talk maria. it is a category three storm. this is a major storm headed towards st. lucia and dominica. it is going to be headed towards antigua, verb you do, and it may make a direct hit on puerto rico as a

storm. this time, it is looking a little bit more impactful. our thoughts and prayers to the folks down there who have been ravaged by this tropical season. by wednesday, thursday, mid to upper 80's, warm and sticky. the first day of fall will feel very summerlike. we are keeping it warm with temperatures well above average, watching to see if jose loops back around. we are going to step away for just a moment. more of abc 7 i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

melanie: now to a health alert for women, and we are getting a look at the new and cheapest home test to

of developing breast cancer, which launches today. here is adrian banker. has her whole life ahead of her. the last thing she expected was to test positive for the braca-2 gene, which gives her a dramatically increased risk of getting breast cancer. >> i guess it is this thing that is looming in the future. >> but there is a silver lining. genetic tests can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. devin took a test called color right in her own home. at $149, it is the least expensive test for the braca genes on the market. >> one out of eight women will develop breast cancer in the lifetime. for women who are high risk, we want them to have access to the tests. >> provide a saliva sample that carries your dna and send it to the lab. once it is analyzed, you

was there any point where you thought, this is not fair? >> yeah. definitely. it is a higher risk. it is not a guarantee. promptitude -- prompted to take the test when a her aunt was tested positive. we found a couple spots. they didn't think it was anything. when we came back, it was time -- it was cancer. >> with the early detection, lauren is now cancer-free. >> it would've been a totally different outcome come next february. >> lorren is grateful that both she and devin were tested. >> now she knows what she needs to do, and she will stay healthy. melanie: if you are headed out to get some lunch may be, it's the perfect day to get

melanie: not a bad day. still a bit humid. brian: the clouds have moved in. we have a hurricane just off the east coast of north carolina, so that is wedging us in. shower chances are rather minimal, and one thing that will feel an impact from hurricane jose will be the breezes tomorrow. if it is

mind. your trash can could be down the street if you don't pay close attention. our trend once we get jose out of here is well above average. we are going to be pushing mid to upper 80's through the end of the week. it is going to feel summerlike. melanie: probably all the pools closed because of it, but now they are wishing it

melanie: we are keeping a close eye on a hazmat situation in southern baltimore. dave is in the newsroom with details. dave: thanks to our sister aation wbff, there is facebook video live of the scene on the ground.