earthquake. right now the focus is on hunting for survivors in the rubble. this is clearly the wrong video here. but this is back breaking work. they are digging into what is left of schools. you can see not much there. but in that rubble there is a little girl trapped inside. that as we learn at this hour at least 225 people are now confirmed dead. thousands more have no home left with hundreds of thousands without power and afraid of what could come next. >> i still don't feel safe. michelle: in a mexican state alone 44 buildings collapsed. we are monitoring rescue efforts and we will bring you updates about what happened. alison: virginia elite tars one team is standing by now to help those who rescued in mexico. that is despite all the images taken in the past week of the task force one helping victims of

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is the only reporter with task force one tonight. they have spent all day preparing to be ready to go if they are needed. jeff: they were ready and they wanted to go. seven members of the team were told the fly to mexico but in the last hour and a half they were told to stand down. federal government is sending a medium size team from los angeles down to mexico. probably in large part because so many members of the bigger team in virginia are already deployed elsewhere. the images of the destruction out of mexico leave even experienced first responders worrying about the impact. >> it's heart breaking. it looks like there is a lot of damage, a lot of life lost. >> members of the virginia task force one were set to travel to mexico to assist with earthquake relief efforts. but got called off at the last minute. so last month have been extremely busy for the fairfax

rescue teams. members responded to texas following hurricane harvey. then the u.s. virgin islands after hurricane irma and now puerto rico for hurricane maria. 80 members of the team rode out the storm today in san juan. >> they are doing great. they are anxious to get to work. they are wet. >> assistant chief chuck ryan says the team is gathering the marching orders from fema. ready to conduct whatever search and rescue efforts are needed, wherever they are needed. >> the team is tired but excited. this is what we train to do. this is why people join the team. this is a competitive process. we are excited to be where we are. we really are. jeff: no question they are ready to go at all times. last year, the team was sent to haiti for the aftermath of hurricane matthew where they saw incredible and sad property destruction. many of the members we spok

to say they fear the situation in mexico could be similar. live in chantilly, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. now to the hurricane that was keeping us all on our toes. hurricane maria, which is leaving devastation in the path across puerto rico. maria is the most powerful storm to strike the island in 90 years. the territory's governor says the island is deavor stated with power knocked out for pretty much everyone there. >> we have not experienced the event of the magnitude in modern history. >> at least nine people have been killed in the storm. puerto rico has 500 shelters open across the island. alison: massachusetts is bracing for tropical storm jose as the storm churns north. there are concerns now on cape cod, nantucket, martha's vineyard of severe flooding.

banks. they have all taken a beating from this. host and maria keeping the stormwatch7 weather team busy. i'm with josh knight now. josh, i know you have to keep a close eye on maria to see where it goes next. josh: we have between the two of them, jose barely wants to move at all and maria is more than likely going to follow a similar path. bringing the storm close to the coastline as well. so one after another really creating the erosion along a lot of the beaches. talk about the latest with maria. we now have a category two storm. but it's right on the edge of still being category three. now that it is back over water more than likely we will see strengthening again. so here we are with winds of 110 miles per hour gusting up to 130. as it does, work its way past the dominican republic and watching it go back to category three storm. major hurricane with the winds of 115 and then 120. it does look like it will stay east of the majority of the bahamas going close

but what we will have to watch is where it goes after that. you have to look at the hole cone to put it close to outer banks. keeping an eye on that storm. it will want to follow the same path that jose did. jose creates that path of the least resistance for the storm to follow. speaking of jose. 70 miles per hour winds now. again while we are cloud free bringing a lot of the wet weather to the new england coast. look what happens. it goes east and it starts to drift back farther west. that can impact our weather early next week. we take a closer look at that in ten minutes. alison: we will see you then. look at this. this here is a preschool roof that collapsed in the middle of the school day. as a strong storm whipped across brentwood, tennessee. we are told the teachers managed to get all 100 students out unharmed. a building next door took them all in until the storm passed. michelle: amazing work. update now on

investigation in to a sexual assault in college park. a woman says a man broke into her home on guilford road early saturday morning. tonight, more people are coming forward saying they believe the same man entered their home. near the university of maryland campus. police say over the past two weeks two women reported a man inside their home or looking in their windows. another homeowner believes they stole two computers and an x-box. they have not made any arrest. alison: more than $500 million is what the pentagon says it would cost to repair and modernize the two navy destroyers. they say it would cost $600 million to make the uss fitzgerald and the john s. mccain sea worthy again. the ships were damaged in separate collisions that claim lives of 17 sailors. the cost of a new destroyer would be nearly $2 billion. michelle: the longest serving director of the

national air and space museum is retiring. former marine four-star general jack daily plans to leave his post in january. in the 18 years leading no this they began the largest expansion in museum history. alison: developing now word that a half dozen people are sick in maryland after being exposed to pigs. what we know just ahead. michelle: why the man who fought off an armed robber getting stabbed in the process is now facing his own legal problems. the suspect claims to be the victim next at

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alison: wow! how about that caught on video. the moment a florida family knew they would lose their home. that sinkhole opened up underneath the home near orlando yesterday. after that collapse there was a mad dash to save as much as they could before the sinkhole could do any more damage. that home is one of several swallowed by sinkholes since hurricane irma. michelle: now to must-see video. this is exhibit "a" here. this is a shocking lawsuit. let me walk you through this. you see this man wearing a transformer mask. he is the one trying to rob the coffee shop when all of a sudden that guy craig jerry rolls through with the seat in hand and lays a smackdown on this guy. jerry ends up beating and disarming the would

and holds him until the police arrive. here is the twist in this. now the mother of the man charged in this case is suing the hero. >> he has 17 total stab wounds, lacerations and defensive wounds. the guy, in my opinion, went from a good samaritan to a vigilante. >> it doesn't take that many stab wounds to get somebody to succumb to you. michelle: she is clearly claiming excessive force was used here. the town police chief has one word for that. >> that is ludicrous. michelle: sums it up, doesn't it? that was chief of the police department there saying that jerry is a hero who even survived being stabbed in the neck fighting off the robber. the man arrested is still behind bars. alison: still ahead at 6:00, a trip to the fair ends with dozens in maryland getting sick. now healt

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michelle: the driver forgot to put down the truck's bed and slammed in the overpass. no one was hurt and it was back open for the morning rush. alison: look at this. the minnesota state patrol spotted a giant panda riding a motorcycle down the interstate. the first time he was spotted he was weaving through traffic and riding with no hands. he got away from the police. so the trooper saw him a second time. they pulled him over and confiscatedded the panda head and ticketed him for reckless driving and he told him he was trying to make videos that would go viral. of course. michelle: giving pandas a bad rap. people who

pandas and other animals at the national zoo know parking can be a hassle. now there is a plan to add a parking deck. mike carter-conneen is live at the zoo with the plan and the response that it is getting so far. mike: some cannot wait for parking. with 888 spaces across all the zoo surface lock they could use more parking according to some. 100 days out of year the lots reach capacity by midday. this means many search for parking in surrounding neighborhood, frustrating the nearby residents. the zoo added plans for more than 1,000 spaces. that would replace lot "c," the biggest lot. but the critics point out

woodly park station is a short distance from the main entrance on connecticut avenue and they question why encouraging more driving when the visitors can metro, walk or bike here. >> i don't think you can choose parking over nature. i don't think a garage is the answer. >> i have to drive down to find a parking space. >> so many people. of course they don't have spaces. >> the zoo says this is a green garage with an electric charging station and bike parking and it would allow for the expansion of some animal habitats. at the national zoo, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: mike, thank you. "7 on your side" with health matters. breaking news out of maryland. the state department of health reporting seven people tested

influenza. that is when the swine flu transferred to humans. each person had close contact with pigs at the charles county fair and tested positive for swine flu. >> we are telling them if they have a fever and either a sore throat or a cough or any flew like symptoms we are asking them to check with the healthcare provider. alison: none of the seven people that tested positive need to be hospitalized but the pigs are now in quarantine. michelle: update to a story that you saw first on 7 about the mold growing in the trailer classrooms at the high school. in a letter they reiterated that the trailers are clean and are safe. a staff ham only meeting held soon and p.t.a. meeting

new concern in using crumb rubber in sports fields around d.c. we have parents worry about the potential health effects. and concussion on the surface after recent testing, the city decided to use a different substance. but some believe it's safe. michelle: i had the a.c. on level three and i had to crank it up more. nancy: surprisingly warm for the time of the year. josh: it's just not what you expect. late september and you step outside. i look at the numbers and then you step outside and i think it's really hot.

this is not july mugginess but it is something you notice out there. going throughout the evening because of the moisture the temperatures fall slowly. 75 by 8:00. still 73 at 9 sr. have dinner on the deck. it's just a matter of time before it's too chilly for that. close to 71 in annapolis. we are spots to get in 50's around win chester and closer to martinsburg. if the kids need a jacket early in morning remind them to make sure they bring it home. looking for hot temperatures by the end of the day. feeling closer to 90 when you factor in the humidity. jump to friday.

this still host. you will see the slow back building as this is working its way west. as we get into saturday it hangs clear. there is cloud cover. rain is not a tropical system. we could bring in extra cloud cover. but we expect it to stay off the coast. the temperatures are more typical of the middle on summer. 76 for debin organization to tabbing united game and it will stay nice saturday evening. with work our way to sunday. taste of georgetown hot again. we are looking at a good bit of sunshine going throughout the day. and hey, if you head out there, taste from 30 different restaurants. for next few days, mid-80's. that is the story. fall starts on friday. again you

you look at the weekend. we head to next week, more cloud cover again. by the time we get to friday and saturday next week the temperatures are closer to no

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erin: the redskins were back at work today in ashburn gearing up for a primetime matchup against the raiders. sunday night's game at fedex field marks the first primetime game of the year for the burgundy and gold with four more scheduled on the slate. the skins beat the packers on sunday night football last year and will seek consecutive sunday night wins for the first time in ten years. >> we are excited. winning the home opener against philadelphia hurt a little bit. we are excited for the next home game. we need our home crowd support to make it loud and hard on them. >> chris thompson emerged as an offensive leader and sunday night he will have the opportunity to score a touchdown in three consecutive games for the first time n

his career. >> the moment is not too big for him. can't say enough good things about chris. we will continue to lean on him. erin: breaking news for the wizards. according to the "washington post" morris will undergo surgery this friday and is expected to miss the start of training camp next week. big loss for them if he can't be back in time. michelle: hoping for a quick recovery. thank you, erin. alison: is this warm weather going to stick around? josh: at least for the next week. so hopefully this is what you are into and enjoy summer hanging on for the last hoory. next week back in 70's. michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. nancy: join us at 11:00. have a great everything.

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lan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane maria's direct hit, slamming puerto rico as a category 4. one emergency official tonight saying the island is destroyed. the entire island without power. a curfew in place. and the new models tonight. the track as hurricane maria gets closer to the east coast, and the timing. also breaking, we are on the scene of a frantic rescue operation in mexico city. children trapped in a school. the catastrophic earthquake. buildings collapsing. the explosion. the death toll rising tonight. just in this evening. north korea responding to president trump, referring to kim jong-un as rocket man. what they're saying now. the horror