nancy: abc7 has been following the case of laura wallen and her boyfriend tyler tessier. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis with the new developments. kevin? kevin: nancy, the state's attorney office reviewed status on fetuses. the verdict? because laura wallen was only 14 weeks pregnant, her unborn child would not have survived on its own, making a second first-degree murder charge impossible to prosecute. >> many have asked about the fact that miss wallen was four months pregnant at the time of her death. kevin: today, montgomery county's top prosecutor declared tyler tessier won't face charges in the death of laura wallen's unborn child. a child police say he fathered. >> i don't know where she is. that's all. i don't know. kevin: tessier seen her pleading for the public's assistance in early september is now in jail awaiting charges on allegations he killed walen

school teacher, and buried her body on a damascus farm. her child only 14 weeks old. >> based on the medical findings and a matter of law in maryland, as a result, the defendant is not chargeable with a second count of murder related to the child. kevin: despite the prosecutorial setbacks, both wallen's family and antiabortion groups, the state's attorney explains tessier still faces a sentence up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> we are proceeding under maryland law with what we think is possible for us to do here. kevin: now the public defender's office is representing tyler tessier. prosecutors say it will take at least four months to prepare for this trial. a trial expected to last two weeks. we're live outside circuit court in rockville. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: all right, kevin. thank you. abc7 will stay on top

story. you can get updates on the gogo there wjla news app. you can download it from the app store or google play. just search "wjla." alison: now the man suspected of killing nabra hassanen in june was before a judge today. the hearing was interrupted by her mother's outburst and direct threats to darwin martinez. richard reeve was there when it all happened. richard? richard: alison, it was a surreal moment. one moment the translator was speaking to the hassanen family. the next moment, her mother, the victim's mother said in a loud voice, "i kill you!" she threw a shoe at the defendant. this is the video and the parents coming out much calmer now, coming out after the hearing. there is the father who in court leaned against a railing and shouted, "he killed my daughter." there is the mother. they were seeing the defendant darwin martinez torres in person for the first time. the courtroom had to be

torres, 22, accused in the beating death of his daughter after an encounter on a road in june, a road rage incident prosecutors say. now authorities, especially the prosecutors, say they understand what happened about that outburst given the emotions of the moment. they are saying they will take this case to a grand jury as early as monday. coming up at 5:00, you will hear from the family, their words about what happened today. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: all right, rich. thank you very much. now to a developing story in falls church where police are looking for the thieves who robbed a gas station convenience store right along leesburg pike. the robbery happened about 11:30 this morning in the seven corners area. paramedics took one person to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police are not saying if the person is a suspect, an employee or someone else who was in the store. jonathan: now we turn our attention to the deadly wildfires burning in california. the death toll is climbing over 30 now. making

wildfires across the state one of the worst on record. in fact, firefighters can't even recall such devastation across so much of the state like this. 17 fires, nearly 250,000 acres scorched, thousands of structures gone. elizabeth hur is in santa rosa where the bad news keeps coming. elizabeth: jonathan, good evening. here in santa rosa, this neighborhood you go around and all you see is home after home like this burned to the ground. but you get to this one block here and take a look. there is a handful of homes still standing and the lucky homeowners say they still can't believe it. the current california wildfires now the deadliest fires in state history. so far killing at least 31 people. burning an area as large as new york city and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. firefighters now racing against time with winds expected to get stronger overnight and through the weekend. this as new questions emerge with so

staff at a senior center in santa rosa, left dozens of elderly residents to fend for themselves. >> why did nobody stay behind to ensure that everybody was evacuated? elizabeth: homeowners in communities still threatened continue to watch the forecast nervously. >> here we are. this looks like world war ii. elizabeth: jean and mike already overwhelmed by the destruction surrounding them. >> i have been here 35 years. to find it still standing, i don't know what i did but i must have done something right along the lines. >> this is the only three homes for one mile that way and one mile that way. elizabeth: 2,800 homes were destroyed in the city. their home is among a handful in the neighborhood still standing leaving them with what they call survivor's guilt. >> why us? 7020 other homes

homes burned. ours remained. >> i couldn't believe it. police car, firemen, everybody that has come by has been so nice. i wish we could all stay that way forever. elizabeth: it is incredible but they say aside from some smoke damage, their homes are just fine. reporting from santa rosa, california. i'm elizabeth hur, abc7 news. jonathan: a little rest and relaxation for some of the firefighters. they are working literally around the clock. three straight shifts. no breaks. literally where they are trying to get some rest is the front yard of places they have been trying to find and put out. if they find any safe surface to lie down and close their eyes or grab a bite to eat. then right back to the fire lines. nancy: look here. a man in sonoma county capturing this haunting scene. that right there is a tree burning from the inside out. this man was trying to escape when he saw the hallowed out tree glowing in the distance as he evacuated. alison:

here and our weather. a chilly, drizzly start to the day. we are warming up as we head into the weekend. stormwatch7's meteorologist steve rudin with the weekend outlook for us. hi, steve. steve: hi, alison. a nice warmup on the way. we just have to get through the evening and half of the day tomorrow. and then we will start to feel it. looking at the weather bug camera at this hour. frederick, maryland, low clouds in place, patchy drizzle. swing it to the big wall for you to show you what is going on in terms of cloud cover. pretty much the entire metro area, cloudy skies. it will stay cloudy as we move through the everything hours. if you have any outdoor activities, i'm not saying to bring a umbrella but be prepared that you may feel a few raindrops here and there. temperatures are only in the 60's this hour. moving through the evening we will see the temperatures slowly fall in the lower 60's. sunset at 6:30. talking about the weekend and daytime highs in the middle 80's. more on that in a few minutes. president trump: ira

lining up to the spirit of the deal. jonathan: a fiery president trump today made it clear that the iran nuclear deal is no longer in the u.s. national security interest. the president now will not certify that iran is complying with the nuclear deal, forcing congress now to take action on this one. abc7's chief political correspondent with the latest move from the white house that stopped short of fulfilling a campaign promise. scott: the controversial iran nuclear deal was forged in an effort to keep the worst kind of weapons out of iran's hands. in terms of removing debilitating sanctions. but in the past, president trump has hardly been shy about his distaste for the 2015 agreement crafted under president obama. president trump: that deal is an embarrassment to the united states. scott: today, the decision the world awaited. president trump: we cannot and will not make this certification. scott: by decertifying but not pulling out of the de

the hands of congress. lawmakers now have two months to decide on snapping tougher sanctions back in place or modifying the deal altogether. while some believe technically iran has abided by the original plan, it hasn't in spirit. among several failures, fell short of promoting stability in the region as promised. >> clearly the generals, master kelly, mattis, they realize this is a very dangerous thing to do but i don't think they can control the president. >> president trump's refuse call to recertify is a grey mistake that threatens america's security and our credibility at a very critical time. scott: the president making it clear that the united states will continue to monitor iran closely. president trump: it is under continuous review. and our participation can be canceled by me as president at any time. scott: the speaker of iran's parliament said any moves by the u.s. against the deal would be an

united nations since it had the u.n.'s blessing. further, he said iran could then act. that might destabilize the whole situation. in arlington, scott thuman, abc7 news. nancy: now talking about iran, president trump attending the value voter summit where he boasted to the crowd of christian conservatives that he is protecting freedom of religion. he also talked about the affordable care act and his decision to scrap subsidiaries for the health insurance providers that sell plans to low-income families. president trump also pledging more work to repeal and replace the law that is in the works. we'll have that at 4:30. alison: abc7's on your side with a consumer alert. i.r.s. is canceling a multimillion contract with equifax to confirm identities of americans calling the i.r.s. the credit reporting company, of course, suffered the massive data breach exposing more than 140 million americans' sensitive information. the i.r.s., which handed out this no-bid contract, says this was a

measure. jonathan: "7 on your side" consumer alert up next. b.m.w. company recalling air bags that don't inflate. nancy: a shootout caught on camera. bullets flying back and forth. a school bus caught in the middle of all this. we'll show you how close the bullets came to hitting the students on board. q: elementary school students filled the wilson building today in d.c. they have problems with the artificial turf fields they are forced to play with at school. they want them gone now. i will tell you why, what the city is doing about it coming up in a live report. >> here it comes. he struck him out! [applause] alison: oh, man! another season ends in disappointment. are the nats and really all of d.c. sports for that matter cursed? a

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another parent came in crying. the kids are comforting me. they don't know they were almost killed. jonathan: police are using this video to see if they can identify either one of the guys. right now, they both got away. >> she just hit me, too. get out of the car now! show me your hands! alison: so a suspected drunk driver in wisconsin caught on dash cam video driving the wrong way, slamming into two vehicles including a police car. now making matters even worse here, police say this driver had his 4-year-old son in the car. >> i didn't mean to. >> well, you did. alison: no one was seriously hurt in either crash. police say the driver also had two guns in his car. he now faces multiple felony charges. jonathan: well, a recall alert to pass along to you.

85,000 of the s.u.v.'s because the air bags might not deploy in a crash. there is a sensor in the front passenger seat and it can fail. meaning, it might not recognize someone is sitting there. it covered the x3 s.u.v.'s from 2006-2010. the german auto-maker says it hasn't heard of any injuries as a result of the problem but they have issued the recall. alison: look at this video. it may look like it's from kansas. but this tornado touched down thursday afternoon south of portland, oregon. no one was hurt but the twister flipped two planes at a small airport in the city of aurora. the storm had winds of about 70 miles per hour. nancy: you don't normally see damage like that often in oregon. steve: not in the pacific northwest. not often. jonathan: we have seen so much weather from so many other parts of the country. knock on wood, it has been calm and beautiful here. steve: quiet. we are making a transition now as we move to next week. the cooler air. this graphic that i have for you will put everything into perspective as we move through the next

half. 18 days until halloween. 23 days until we fall back one hour. 41 days, that's it, until thanksgiving. jonathan: how many more shopping days do we have left? steve: my gosh, the year has flown by so fast. when we set the clocks back by one hour it will be brighter in the morning and darkener the evening. if you have anything to do this weekend or don't have anything to do, travel to the west by an hour and a half to two hours. this is where the fall color change looks excellent right now. western maryland, garrett county. southern tip to west virginia, to elkins, west virginia. near peak right now. around the immediate metro you are not going to find a whole lot. at least not yet. give it another couple of weeks. southern maryland, you have another three or four weeks to go. show you the satellite and the radar now. low clouds will stick around through the everything hours and in the overnight. patchy drizzle and fog later tonight. especially along the i-81 corridor. temperatures have not moved

the mid-60's right now at reagan and dulles. the sun will set around 6:32. for overnight, a little bit of drizzle, patchy fog. it may become dense to the west of us. winds will be out of the northeast at two to five. temperatures mid-50's in the mountains. lower 60's in downtown d.c. wakeup temperatures tomorrow morning, farmer's market if you are going to grab a cup of coffee, take your dog out for a walk or just relaxing the temperatures are in the upper 50's to 60 to start. we will be dodging a few raindrops. this is during the morning hours. as we move through the afternoon, the skies begin to clear. the winds change direction. we will see warmer temperatures and sunshine toward the end of tomorrow. then even warmer yet for the day on sunday. so highs tomorrow will eventually make to the middle 70s. clouds will decrease through the afternoon hours. then, of course, we have a big football game on sunday. fedex field, 1:00. look at the temperatures. 80 to 85 degrees. make s

of sunshine. winds will be out of the southwest, 5 to 10. cold front that may triller showers. i -- the cold front that may trigger showers but i don't think it will amount to a lot. look at this change. it's only 64 on monday. it will fall through the day. mid-60's on tuesday. nighttime lows in the 40's. later next week in the 70's. nancy? nancy: thank you. "7 on your side" has tracked the investigation into crumb rubber at area sports fields closely. today the d.c. council is taking a close look at turf surfaces in the district. specifically, those found to be dangerously hard. q mccray is on the story. some fields are ready to reopen now? q: that is exactly right. we found out that there are 52 artificial turfs that are public in the city of d.c. 16 were tested as being too hard. and the department of general

repair all of them. they have but one. the one right here at brightwood elementary school. their goal is to have them all fixed by the end of the month. they are on track to do that. but now some people want the fields gone and replace with grass fields. take a look at this video. earlier today, a dozen second and third graders testified at the wilson building, accompanied by teachers, parents and health advocates. they voiced concerns about artificial turf, about it being too hard to play on and the potential health risks in the turf. >> what do you think of going on at your school? >> i don't like it. i can't play with my friends because my mom banned me to play on the turf. >> it can give you cancer if it gets in your bloodstream. if you fall on it or if it

you. q: it's important to note that there has never been a study done that proves playing on a turf field can lead to cancer but today during the hearing, doctors on both sides of the argument said in the past there have been concerns with the little rubber crumbles made from shredded tires. sometimes they are known to have toxic materials in them. now the d.c. department of general services is putting together a multidisciplinary committee and group to listen to the arguments and come up with a solution for all of this. we will talk more about that coming up in the 5:00 hour. reporting live from northwest, i'm q mccray, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. abc7 has been tracking crumb rubber field safety for more than a year across the area. you can see all the original reporting online at wjla.com. just search "crumb rubber." alison: still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a detective on the case. what she

expected. an anaconda far from its original home. we let you know how it might have gotten out ahead. jonathan: that's a big one! >> here it comes. he struck him out. jonathan: no other way to explain it. we have to be cursed. can someone fix this, please? we want to hear there you. do you believe there is a d.c. sports curse? like a ghost. i don't know. nancy: a ghost? jonathan: in chicago they had a ghost problem. nancy: not anymore. jonathan: i know they don't anymore! vote now, weigh in. we have results throughout the

jonathan: well, it was another heart-breaking finish. the nats eliminated from the playoffs before they could get out of the first round. did you watch the game? nancy: i did. i stayed up live. jonathan: you don't make a mistake in game five. alison: it has been years and years before any of the d.c. sports teams got to a championship round. nancy: so we vested this question, especially being friday the 13th. is something supernatural at play here? some fans think the city is cursed. >> here it comes. he struck him out. jeff: the nationals' season came to a heart-breaking end. >> disappointment. jeff: they were not happy.

jeff: but they were not surprised. >> yeah. the curse is there. jeff: it's real? >> uh-huh. >> it's not really a curse. they just can't win. jeff: yet again, d.c. sports fans are forced to ask if their teams are truly cursedded. the national despite strong regular seasons can't seem to get past the first round of the playoffs. the same for the capitals who get stuck in the second round. the wizards have improved but they, too, failed to advance beyond round two. the redskins have not gone deep in playoffs in decades. >> i can't say the redskins. you notice i have not mentioned the redskins. >> it's just not their time i guess. it's a cycle. they will come back. jeff: with baseball season now over, many fans look to capital one arena and ovechkin to break the cycle. >> i'm taking the wizards. jeff: whether it happens this season or next, or the one after that, fans do have faith that one day -- >> it's coming. i can't say whe

jeff: -- we will be the champions. in northeast washington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: hope springs eternal. a dramatic measure taken by president trump to help pay what low-income families can't on their health insurance policies. a look at whether he can effectively repeal the affordable care act. >> a crime spree in a d.c. neighborhood has residents wondering what can they do to keep their cars safe? alison: then new at 5:00 -- a win for wildlife is turning into terror for some neighborhoods. we'll explain how when i join

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: parking garages in the district targeted by criminals. you see here it was all caught on video. stephen tschida talked with homeowners. what are they telling you? stephen: well, there is a lot of people concerned about this, michelle. this is what went down the other night. early morning, rather. the suspect got in the front of the building and over here in the back right over here is

the parking garage. he got out that way apparently after doing a lot of damage. we do have surveillance video of one suspect. i want to point out this has happened to numerous condo buildings in this neighborhood in just the past few days. at least several. and dozens of vehicles damaged. the suspects break out the windows, steal what they can from the vehicles. we caught up with an auto glass repairman a few moments ago. this is what he had to say about what he is seeing. in the parking garages around the logan circle neighborhood. >> i don't know how to get in. but it still happens a lot. inside or outside honestly. richard: a lot of break-ins on the street but the sudden rash of interim break-ins in garages. this video has been forwarded to police and the hunt for that suspect we just saw is ongoing tonight. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7

we are in the weather center with steve. it's been a dreary day. steve: it is. this is the weather bug camera from washington lee high school. the clouds are not going anywhere for 12 to 18 hours but this time tomorrow will be a different weather pattern. nancy: just in time for saturday. steve: i like that. nancy: yeah. steve: show you what is going on. satellite and radar. we have a few pockets of drizzle out there now. not amounting to a lot. if you have plans for this afternoon in the evening hours, an umbrella you might not want to drug one along with you but be forewarned you may feel raindrops on your head. 63 in leesburg. 67 in quantico. 65 at reagan national airport. wakeup temperatures for tomorrow morning. if you are out and about early on, clouds and patchy fog. especially west of d.c. temperatures middle to upper 50's to the lower 60's. coming up in a few minutes, we will talk about

ophelia and ireland. yeah, ireland. pretty weird there. warm and breezy on summed. how long will it last? more on that in a few minutes. jonathan: thank you, steve. your healthcare costs may increase or go down depending on where you live. this is all because of the trump administration's announcement that it will stop making healthcare subsidies to reduce out his pocket cost for low-income americans on obamacare. serena marshall reports that the administration says the payments are unlawful. serena: a critical element of the affordable care act killed overnight. a late night statement from the white house said insurance payments have been making for months were unlawful and did not have congressional funding. therefore they should be stopped immediately. president trump: with respect to healthcare it's step by step by step. serena: the attorney general on "fox and friends" said they can't spend the $7 billion a year without congressional authority. >> the

from congress. the president cannot do it. serena: the president took to twitter to call it a broken mess and the insurance payments have stopped. dems should call me to fix." it helps lowerco pay and deductibles for 7 million americans. insurance company warned instability of the marketplace came from the look of security and knowing the payments would be made. >> they should make clear that the look of security is causing premiums to rise significantly. serena: earlier this year, the house republican continued making payments in. august the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimated it would mean 20% increase in premiums by 2018. 25% by 2020. increase in the federal deficit. democrats calling this sabotage. >> this is crazy town. this is a decision that is

organization, doctors, the nurses, the hospitals. serena: senators on capitol hill are still working on bipartisan legislation to stabilize the marketplace and ensure subsidy payments. what is unclear is if they came to an agreement, if the president would sign it. serena marshall, abc7 news, washington. michelle: an unusual call but a detective is ready for it. she has experience with snakes. she rangalled a yellow anaconda in northwestern florida. they believe it's someone's pet that escaped. what a relief. jonathan: heads up. very little protective gear on. very brave. jonathan: that is one word. you probably remember fiona. we watched at the zoo scrambled when the hippo was

nancy: they usually 80 pounds when born but this one only 29. but she is now thriving. >> you can follow the whole story. >> they followed the story. was the baby born early? >> so did monica. her daughter kennedy was nurtured inside this neonatal care unit. >> she was born six weeks early. >> one of the biggest challenge for baby kennedy. >> the biggest challenge was eating. when they are that preterm they have trouble breathing, sucking and swallowing at the same time. >> to get her weight up, mom started breastfeeding right away. >> e had a tube in her -- she had a tube in her nose for anything she did not get out of me. >> for miss fiona, something additional is needed. >> there is not a go buy hippo formula off the shelf situation.

take her mother's milk and have a lab develop a similar formula. it had to be fed through a tube feeding. >> she had eight feedings a day. >> just as fiona needed humans to fill in where her own mom couldn't. >> i can sense the fears. i can sense the excitement, the frustration. >> one of the fears of both care teams, those milestones -- >> heart rate. respiratory rate. the oxygen levels. >> the other big concern is cognitive growth and development. for foiena that meant -- >> would she know how to behave like a hippo? >> she figured that out when she hit the ideal weight of 87 pounds. >> she has hit every milestone since then as if born on the right schedule. >> as for baby kennedy up from five pounds, four ups -- pounces to almost double her weight. put ten-pound kennedy against 500-pound fiona

share similar success. >> healthy and a squirmer. she is getting chunky rolls which is fantastic. nancy: he is too young to have a name but this baby hippo capturing the heart of people in san diego. watch out, fiona. born three weeks ago the calf weighs 100 pounds. they described him as fearless with a big personality. he is the 12th born this mother. jonathan: really cute. nancy: they are. she is fun. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a "7 on your side" i-team investigation turns just how much local school district money goes to the administrative costs. where our schools rank nationally may surprise you. jonathan: halloween is around the corner so we sent our kidd o'shea to talk to the experts, of co

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jonathan: halloween season is here. michelle: in a few weeks thousands of kids around the area will hit the streets to grab as much candy as they can. nancy: get ready, parents. we are curious to see how the process works. apparently it's very scientific. we sent kidd o'she

arlington to learn from the experts. kidd: so now a lot of times people go trick-or-treating around this time as well. does anyone know what that is? >> i do. kidd: what is trick-or-treating? >> trick-or-treating is like when you go out and like knock on a door and then you get candy. kidd: oh. now do you have to pay for the candy? does it cost money? >> you don't need to pay because they only give you candy so you can save it for other people when you don't want to go trick orr treating. kidd: so i guess i don't understand how you get the candy. could someone explain to me the process of how you get the candy? >> you walk around your neighborhood. you knock on doors. if the house lights are on that means they have candy. if the house light is not on, they don't have candy to give out. kidd: okay. now, what if there is only one

is three or four of you up there? then what do you do? fight over it and whoever gets it first gets to keep it? >> no! kidd: no? okay, okay, what do you do. >> steal it. kidd: okay. perfect. what do you do? >> you cut it into three. kidd: that is very nice. what would you do? >> i'd draw straws. jonathan: i didn't hear what she said. michelle: draw straws. nancy: very diplomatic. jonathan: parents need advice, too. when the kids come home with the candy, you pour it on the table and separate it to make sure it's all safe and ten you taste test your favorites. like butterfingers, snickers. nancy: kids wake up and there is no candy left. jonathan: there's that. nancy: you see which neighbors are the most generous and who gives out the full size candy

jonathan: or boxes of raisins? really? it's always a dentist giving out the raisins or the apples. nancy: still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the rise of mobile payments. the top apps to let you pay your friends back and the catch-up game that banks are now playing. jonathan: an i-team investigation. how much money the school districts are spending on administrative costs. not the students. management. your district may be among the most ex

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jonathan: the state of maryland has a spending problem when it comes to paying public school administratives. nancy: they discovered maryland public school lead the country in administrative cost per student. nancy: they analyzed the federal data and they discovered where the tax dollars are really going. >> take a look at this map assembled by project baltimore. after analyzing 2017 u.s. census report on the nation's 100 largest school systems. these are america's

spending on administration costs. do you notice anything about this map? we did. >> that is completely upside down. >> six of the top ten are in maryland. >> i am shocked but not surprised. >> so how can this happen? well, let's compare school districts in baltimore, which is number one and austin, texas. the census tell us each serve 84,000 students. for each student baltimore spends $1,630 on administration costs. austin spends $709. less than half. part of the reason could be this. according to the district websites, austin pays the principals and the assistant principals far less. and has far fewer of them. austin runs 130 schools. baltimore has 177. that is 47 additional

paid administrators. but to learn more about how maryland landed six districts in the top ten, we went to the state department of education. we were told spending decisions are made locally. the state gives the money but has no say in where it goes. so we reached out to all six school districts asking for a reason why they spend so much more on administrators compared to the national peers. three districts offer statements. anne arundel schools wrote -- administration is not a dirty word. our administrators play a valuable and critical role in our school district. baltimore city said --" "we do not know the expenses other states reported for each category. therefore, it would be irresponsible to comment on what these data may indicate." baltimore county added --" "our concerns is this is not comparing like data so it's not possible to answer this question without having the underlying data for all 100

>> what is going on? >> what is going on is there is not accountability. clearly not adequate safeguards. >> state delicate says something needs to change. as a result of project baltimore findings, she wants to see the state impose some regulation on how school districts can spend their money. so more goes to the classroom and less to administrators. >> this kind of information begs to have lawmakers get involved with how that money is spent. >> the concern that many people have with the high administrative costs is it's money that doesn't go to computers, books or science equipment. the kids don't see it because it doesn't get to classroom. chris papst, abc7 news. larry: coming up at 5:00, response from a virginia school system on the list. how a recent contestant on "jeopardy" found the secret to her success at the local library. she is the first woman to be the tea

professional football and baseball team. what the woman who works with the redskins and the nationals every day has to say about that experience. when alison and i join you here at 5:00. jonathan: we'll be watching. thanks. "7 on your side" health alert now. alarming warning to everybody. obesity rate in the country reaching an all-time high. this is according to brand new data from the c.d.c. 40% in the national health and the nutrition examination survey qualify as obese. 40%. staggering 20% of those, 12 to 19-year-olds. the american heart association is calling for drastic changes to reverse the trends and urging federal, state and local governments to promote healthy nutrition and fizz cam activity -- physical activity. nancy: overseas and must-see video from china. no other way to describe it. panda cubs. 36 born this year making the first appearance before the public in the southwestern part of the

they look like stuffed animals. jonathan: what do you do? i'm a panda wrangler. best job. nancy: overboard, overdose of it. jonathan: they move so fast. that is the thing. steve: they make lots of noises, too. michelle: lots of bamboo. steve: when you think of hurricanes we think of the tropics. we don't generally think of ireland. jonathan: not so much. steve: guess what? right now we have hurricane ophelia and winds at 120 miles per hour. look what is going to happen. it will move across the azores, south and east to head where? ireland. crazy! by monday. they could have 75-mile-per-hour winds. just outside of dublin as it moves toward, it will be tropical at that point but still quite a storm. closer to home we go.

there. drizzle. not going to amount to a lot more. temperatures will fall in 60's as we move through the evening hours. the temperatures at 8:00 tonight around 61 degrees. cloudy skies will stick around. allowing patchy fog. farmer's market tomorrow. oldtown alexandria. middle to the upper 60's to 70. skies will start to clear as we move through the later morning hours. then don't forget about the bethesda row arts festival. tomorrow's temperatures by the afternoon around 75 degrees. middle 80's on sunday. we are going to watch a cold front that is going to begin to move on through later in the day. sunday night to early monday morning. that will allow showers to develop. look at the temperature change. sunday is 85 degrees. only 64 on monday. middle 60's on tuesday. brilliant sunshine wednesday and thursday with the temperatures around 70 degrees. howard university homecoming a week from this saturday. looking really nice. temperatures in the middle 70's. jonathan: all right, steve. thank you

going cashless is happening faster than you think. the top apps that let you pay friends back online that banks now are kind of trying to keep up with. we have the story up next.

john: don't you hate to go to the a.t.m. for crash every time someone needs $20 or write a check to a friend raising money for something? these days

to do that anymore. brent ramsey using the a.t.m. for the umpteenth time this week and saying it will be nice to use the smart phone instead. >> i don't know why not. we use it for everything else. we use it for home security and cable and watching television and everything. john: good news, the day is here. some of the biggest banks teaming up to launch zell, a person-to-person money transfer system via smart phone. download the app. >> transfer money from your own debit account, checking account, to another friend, tamly member or someone doing a vs. for you. >> it's the banking industry's answer to something used for millennials. >> think of the number of times you need to give someone $20. you open your wallet and you don't have it. so you have to run to the a.f.m. >> melissa stevens says it is perfect to split a tab with friends or chipping in for an

office pool or baby gift. >> it's faster to write a check and wait for it to clear and get the money in their account. >> type in an e-mail address and send money. it will be free through the bank's app. customers we spoke to said they are looking forward to trying it. >> that would be a good thing. >> then meantime it has been exploding in the popularity that it is a verb, like i'm venmo someone. to check out the person-to-person system so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. abc7 news. larry: right now at 5:00, a grieving mother erupts in a fit of anger at an accused killer. the threat that cleared a local courtroom. young athletes stepped to the mic to have their say about toxic turf. uneastern forces -- unseen forces. d.c. fans say it's proof we are cursed. turkey takeover in stride. how a suburb is coping with the

>> "7 on your side." >> mother's pain, manifested in court as she took off her shoe. through it and threatened the -- threw it and threatened the man accused of killing her daughter. richard reeve was in the courtroom for nabra hassanen's parents' outbreak today and joins us with developments in the case. >> this was an unusual scene. one minute the family was speaking to the interpreter and the next moment the mother of the victim stood up and she was yelling at the defendant, "i kill you." then threw her shoe at him. meanwhile other people were cursing outloud while the judge cleared the courtroom. >> justice for nabra! richard: most of the people who left the courtroom or escorted out were outside chanting support for the victim, 17-year-old nabra hassanen. her father also yelled at the defendant s

my daughter." martinez torres is accused in the june 18 beating death of hassanen in what prosecutors are calling a road rage case. authorities say torres dumped the 17-year-old's body in a pond near his steriling home. he confessed and he led police to the body. >> i love my daughter with all my heart. a very nice lady. she liked to help. she had emotion. she think about other people. but today she is not with me. i lose her. >> i think we can all understand emotions here. >> i thought they did a great job clearing the court. richard: an amazing scene inside the courtroom. the prosecutors now say the case could go before a grand jury as early as monday.