>> happening now a friday night fundraiser. >> no puerto rican alive has seen anything like what has happened in the past 48 hours. >> unthinkable ruins, unimaginable heartache in puerto rico. our community coming together for victims of hurricane maria.

you see on tv israel. >> the devastation in mexico, local groups are vocalizing to lend supplies and support. the news starts now. starts7 news at 11:00 now. of puertog news out rico where tens of thousands of people are told to leave their homes because a dam is breaking. >> this as puerto rico lies in ruins from hurricane maria. the island is already seeing severe flooding with millions of people out of power tonight. we are watching this situation closely but we will bring you updates as soon as we learn them. in the-lysa gayle live southeast for us, it looks like quite the crowd out there. >> that is for sure. as the death toll continues to rise, puerto

everything they can to make sure that everyone stays alive. this is the third truck they are packing up tonight. >> with just one message, these sisters were left in tears. voice noteone, a from their mother whom they have not heard from since tuesday night before hurricane maria made landfall in or to rico. it is one of the strongest 1920 eight. >> how hard was that for you guys? >> it was horrible. comforted.e >> she said i'm fine, i miss you and i love you. >> those words came just as the sisters were helping out with a fundraising event for those impacted by maria. the event was organized by james abbott

the pieces after the storm. >> my grandfather lost the entirety of the roof of the house. memories will be in our mind. >> his plan is to fill three planes with everyday necessities to be shipped to a puerto rico. >> no puerto rican alive has seen anything like what has happened in the past 48 hours. >> the items collected here tonight will go to the group known as united for puerto rico. they need things like bottled water, baby formula, canned goods and much more. if you would like to learn more, visit our website. >> great to see everyone out there. help pouring in from all over our

virginia mcauliffe has activated the national guard more than 100 members. is alsoinia red cross headed to puerto rico. the task force's already there on the ground to help in rescue efforts. >> it is inspiring to see people helping and not just from here. this is the british navy ship. it is chock-full of supplies and people ready to help the hurricane victims. we are 360 miles from nassau. at this point the nice thing here is the hurricane force wind just over the ocean. we are still maintaining category 3 with maximum wind around 125 miles per hour. it maintains tha

saturday. by sunday it's looking to get down to a category two. it is now working its way into the predominantly ocean waters. the system cannot maintain that same sort of strength. as we get into tuesday and wednesday, the western edge is close to the outer banks. we will be watching exactly for where the storm goes, even if it stays to the middle or further east you can see some dangerous rip currents at the beaches. closer to home we are talking about the heat rolling on into the weekend. for the heat finally breaks your next chance of rain, i will have that coming up in just a bit. >> now we turn to the devastation in mexico. >> tom is here with the latest out of mexico and how the people in our backyard are coming together to help. >> we talked to some helping

out. the death toll is now nearly 300 people today. the crews are still searching. each circle passes the odds of finding him alive are getting worse. in the d.c. area, there are more than 100,000 mexican-americans if you include virginia, maryland or west virginia. --y say seizing the video seeing the video of their homeland is just got wrenching. >> this facebook video from mexico city shows rescuers receiving desperately needed donations. where the money for them came from is written on that paper, washington, d.c.. >> i have 700 or 800 donors here. >> gabrielle e

spana started a different relief fund after the earthquake hit mexico a few weeks ago. >> now donations are pouring in. >> from mexican american communities. now it is all over the u.s.. we are collecting the money and the money goes to mexico city. >> always contrary us is helping with the efforts as the money is going to the former d.c. resident of the air who asks residents of the ground what they need and then posts videos after buying it for them. just like the thousands who volunteered to help in mexico, local mexican-americans are doing what they can. >> we're trying to do the best that we can from here. >> that spirit of helping is what is making this alive. >> if you're looking for ways to help victims of the earthquake, we have posted some resources on our website. we want to show you this

this is a warning for parents in particular after a series of thefts from cars. a fever caught on camera snatching a purse, each time right outside a day care. don't leave valuables in your car, even if you are only gone for a second. >> grief counselors on hand today. they are the loss of a classmate. the promising student was killed in a park near his home northeast wednesday night. police say that another teen tried to rob kelly. they say he stacked his attacker who shot him and both teams died. >> we don't know anything about him carrying a knife. is tired of getting robbed. >> he texted him warning him to be careful. b had narrowly escaped

same night. >> metro police want you to see these pictures. this man is accused of an inappropriately touching a woman in july. >> he got probation but was not put behind bars. >> new tonight, a local nursing home worker suspended as police investigate allegations of sexual misconduct. tim barber with the investigation happening right now. this woman was sexually assaulted by the employee at the nursing home. >> she is very distraught about the incident. >> the woman's nephews asked us not to show their faces. he says this happened in the nursing home early monday morning. he did not find out until thursday.

>> another allegation that did not rise to anything criminal. sexualions of misconduct. i spoke with the company representative over the phone tonight and he told me they are taking these allegations seriously. alerted local and state authorities. telling family members say not only want the worker arrested and fired, they won his supervisors fired. >> i'm shocked because i did not receive a call. >> reporting in prince george's , abc 7 news. >> president trump calling out senator john mccain tonight because today, senator mccain refused to support the new effort to repeal obamacare. theident trump says that

horrible for the party. the president says it will get done down the line. the dangerous war of words escalating between the united states and north korea with the insult growing more personal. the president saying that north korea should have been handled here's ago. -- years ago. north korea threatened to test a hydrogen bomb over the nuclear weapon. >> a hydrogen bomb will have lots of nick. -- radiation. if it hits the water, there will be contamination for hundreds of miles. >> heated language with with kim jong-un: president trump to ranged. and president trump labeling him a madman. why the flu this year may be worse than the past. plus -- >> he didn't pull over. >> this guy took action.

to help police tracked down a hit and run driver. tonight, groceries delivered right into your fridge. a new chapter and walmart's battle against amazon to make your life easier. >> a little girl's mistake paying off big time. how a typo and a generous power company worker led to her dream

>> a heads up about the flu. doctors say that this season may be one of the worst we have had in a while. they use the flu season in the southern hemisphere to predict it. it has been a bad year in australia. they have had a huge surge in reported cases. won't necessarily keep you from getting the flu but it will lower your chances and makes your symptoms less severe. >> a scary scene hoping police find a possible hit-and-run driver.

hit a vdot worker who was setting up cones. >> i heard a thump. i looked again, all i saw was a vest and legs flying. he had somebody, but -- he hit somebody, but he didn't pull over. i said, hell no. i got in my car and followed him and got his license plate number. >> thanks to his help, police tracked down that green mustang. investigators are questioning the driver and there has been no word on any charges. we are told the worker will survive. seven is on your side with consumer news. groceries delivered not just to your door, but to your fridge. here is what happened. the delivery person gets access to your house using a pass code

and then puts away the food items. you can watch them in real-time on your smart phone. right now the service is only being offered in silicon valley. >> a heartwarming story. collapse on his bathroom floor back in july. but these firefighters got there in time and quickly brought him back. you can see him smiling and wouldn't even know what. he was honored with a firefighter badge and some chocolate as well. >> great story. happening tomorrow, the national museum of african american history and culture is celebrating its first anniversary. it is hard to believe it has been a year ago this month. nearly 3 million visitors have walked through its stores. will be held outside the museum tomorrow and sunday. this typo making

she wanted to ask petco for a hamster. she ended up sending a letter to pepco, the power company. >> lucky for her, the health care worker at pepco understood what was going on. he and a coworker got serenity that hamster and all of the supplies needed. >> i like that they also asked the family. we have more pictures from the special moment as well as the letter serenity wrote right now on wjla.com. that is a big cancer. >> i love that story -- that is a big hamster. >> i love that story. she looks excited. we're dropping down into the mid-70's, thanks to the clouds that will break down after midnight. this will be the coolest morning we have had in the pt

off at 65 andt the warmest spots will be toward the bay. that is about as cool and fall-like as it will feel tomorrow. it will make for a nice day for the -- it will make for a hot day. sunou will be out in the all day long tomorrow, you will be feeling that feet. the cloud cover we had today is not really going to stick around for tomorrow. it's going to be a lot of sunshine. you have food from about 30 restaurants. make sure you are staying height -- hydrated. think of this weekend is more of a summer one. leesburg,., 90 for

for fredericksburg. it translates to a nice evening for the football game. we take on the raiders and have temperatures close to kickoff. even by the end of the day we are in the low 70's. we are running to the latest spaghetti models. each individual line is a different computer model. want to point out that a few of them are getting closer to the coast. the storm will the weakening on the way. this would be next week as we get to to stay and wednesday and we will see the storm hit closer. this is just your early heads up. as we head into the week it does make that sharp turn. behindw, both quiet days us. thee get to the middle of workweek, still mid-80's above

end of the week. and we go below normal as we get to saturday and sunday of next week. we will go from 10 degrees above average to 10 degrees below average over the course of the week. >> we all know it is pretty cool to play hockey on the street. is whatis even cooler ralph northam: i'm ralph northam,

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>> alex ovechkin hit the streets for a special event today. thanks to the american special hockey association

ages a chance to learn and grow by playing hockey. >> they play hard. a couple of guys tried to hit me. [laughter] i had fun as well. >> i had fun. >> it was fun. >> ovechkin didn't just surprises fans here, he donated $5,000 to the organization. he looks very clean shaven. cup,at family -- stanley it would be nice to have it in washington, but the caps always do a great job in the community. great to see them supporting a great cause. a big night of high school football across the dmv. a lot of eyes in hyattsville. find out which team is celebrating a massive

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racist on the sideline for the score. demand for wood trail -- demassa trails at the half. johnson breaks the whole, hits the tackle and goodbye. they rallied past tonight the 42-18 is the final. said,challenged us and .his is it, >> gave up 18 points of the first half, we responded the way that we needed it did not allow them anymore points for the remainder. gave most of their starters a day off against the mets and still almost beat them. ki hita rookie -- nori aoi the ground rule double. the mets take the lead and go on

this home opener tonight, blanked by st. louis. that is why they call it preseason. make the mistakes now and get ready for the regular season. did you like that positive spin? >>

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