security guards busted for preying on fellow guards. scheme involving firearms training. takedown after an intruder goes for a ride. "abc7 news at 4:00" starts now. jonathan: we begin with the weather. the stormwatch7 weather alert on election day. nancy: the rain has moved in. alison: it's going to hang around for most of us. jonathan: as it gets dark a cool gloomy day coming to an end. when will it dry out? alison: chief meteorologist bill kelly has the timeline for us. bill: good afternoon. it will be in a couple of hours. if you are looking to head to the polls in the next 30 minutes to an hour it will be around. you want the umbrella with you and you want your coat. look at the numbers. we are in the 30's. these are not wind chill factors. 37 at winchester. dulles at 40 degrees. district low 40's. but you add wind to it, we have wind chill factors knocking on the door of freezing. we are talking about january conditions out there when we look at the temperatures. in terms of the rain, here is

you see green and yellow on the map. the brighter the colors, the yellow and the oranges and the reds, indicator of more intensity in terms of the showers. it's raining across the beltway. all the metro. especially up north. moderate rain to baltimore. if you go farther north to the mountain of p.a., the colors switch. the doppler, the blue shows how cool it is. for us, that is the next big story. how cool it will get. we will talk about that in a bit. nancy: we will see you then. alison: be prepared for the weather even away from the tv. download the stormwatch7 weather app to get alerts on your location. it's all on google play and at the app store. michelle: i'm michelle marsh at the "live desk." first from seat pleasant, moments ago the fire officials ruling a deadly house for a arson. we told you two people died in a fire at a house that was supposed to be vacant on fo

the victims' names will be released after the families are notified. the prince george's county officials are looking for clues in the arson now. now to the other breaking story at this hour, form teacher latoya parker of waldorf accused of sexual abuse of a minor and other charges. she is accused of sending inappropriate pictures and messages to a student. police say it happened while parker was a teacher at the high school fall of 2016 through this spring. the school sent a letter to parents and parker is out on bond. y'all thank you. vote 2017, "your voice, your future" for the virginia governor's race today. the polls are open until 7:00 tonight. as long as you are in line by then, you can vote. but in prince william county, accusations of voter suppression. confusing calls. reportedly placed to voters hours before the polls open. stephen tschida has the developing story

stephen? stephen: alison, we have been working this story since this morning when we first heard of the complaints. 25 minutes ago, i spoke with a rep of the fairfax county board of elections who confirmed for me that also in fairfax county today, they received complaints about the bogus phone calls. now here in prince william county, rep of the board of elections told me they started to get complaints yesterday from the voters. they informed the virginia board of elections. it is investigating. this is what some voters in woodbridge had to say about the calls. >> i don't think it's fair. they shouldn't do that. >> it's a shame. i don't know who they are trying to influence, which voters. i'm sorry to hear about it. stephen: we spoke to the local head of the naacp as well a few times who said that the

originating in gloucester, virginia, and in georgia. the state of georgia. he also speculated that they are indeed an attempt at voter suppression. we will stay on top of this throughout the day. reporting live from woodbridge, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. we will hear from the democrat and the republican candidates for who cast their ballots today. if you are still undecided head to the website wjla.com. see the interviews with both of the candidates. >> stay with abc7 for vote 2017 coverage throughout the everything at the bottom of the hour, a check on the turn-out so far today. the polls close at 7:00 and we'll track results as they come in. we have live extended coverage on the sister station newschannel8. alison: we are tracking city elections in maryland where the polls there close at 8:00. they are picking a mayor in annapolis, frederick and college park. we will announce the winners

called tonight. nancy: they are supposed to protect you, now some security guards are charged with fraud. brad bell has a story you will only see on abc7. brad: this has to do with the security guards in federal buildings in silver spring and bowie. the people that hang out in booths like that one about to be revealed behind that. they are required to carry guns. they are required to be periodically recertified in the use of the weapons. the alleged cam here is that supervisors were telling guards that they had flunked the weapons test. but that they could get past if they would just pay the supervisors some money. >> they were holding the test and telling people they failed. they wouldn't show them the results. they would just tell them they failed. by failing they wouldn't

and they wouldn't be allowed to work. brad: it's alleged that the four supervisors demanded 150 to $500 from seven victims. they were qualified to have the guns on the job? when we come back i'll tell you what is done about that. nancy: thank you. fire investigators call this an accident. this is video from skytrak7 after flames erupt inside the home. the family were not home and three dogs were tracked and we are told they did not survive. it appears to have been electrical fire. jonathan: in white oak a man called 911 saying he killed his

the man was outside his home and taken into custody when police got there. the girlfriend's body found inside. nancy: a man set fire at the malaysian embassy and threw a rock at the austrian embassy on saturday. the buildings are next door to each other. he told the secret service he did it because of the country's ties to the half brother of kingstead kim jong u. his half brother was assassinated in an airport at malaysia. damage was considered minimal. president trump arriving in south korea. the president is calling on the north to come to the table. this is as they have forward testing weapons and ballistic missiles that may have range to reach the united

nancy: now the latest on the texas church massacre. the airport is reporting they did not report information that would have bombed devin kelley have owning a gun. bombshell today. he once escaped mental health facility. is it the right time to talk about the gun control and does it apply in this case? maggie rulli reports from sutherland springs, texas. maggie: questions remain how devin kelley the gunman in the texas church massacre was able to buy a gun despite the past criminal conviction of extremely violent domestic abuse against his wife and her infant child. a charge that led to a court-martial for the air force veteran. >> this is nothing to preclude him owning firearm. >> they are admitting they never gave it to the f.b.i. data base. in 2012

behavior center and tried to carry out the death threats. >> we have all the questions with the air force, how did it slip through the cracks? many argue the political conversation should not focus on the air force but rather on gun control. maggie: when asked about the extreme vetting in the trip to south korea, he says gun control might have kept the hero shooting the gunman. >> if he haven't a gun instead of 26 dead you would have hundreds more. >> the small town left reeling from the unfathomable loss. the brave man that stepped in wish he could have saved more life. >> i am no hero. i'm not. i wish i could have gotten there faster. >> the survivors say the memory from inside the church will haunt them forever. >> people screaming

crying. >> the f.b.i. says they have a cell phone that is heavily encrypted but they believe the shooter was acting alone. >> stay with us for updates. if you get updates online at wjla.com and through the news app. jonathan: officer caesar goodson the driver of the van where freddie gray suffered the injury that resulted in his death found not guilty in a disciplinary hearing. the three member board unanimously decided officer goodson did not violate any police department policies in the april 2015 arrest. next on abc7 -- your consumer alert going out. netflix user, the scammers are out there preying on you. the e-mail to be on the lookout for. >> a security breach on

the baggage belt. the video showing what happened when he got to the tarmac and the warning to all airports across the country. nancy: also, some claim it will eliminate part of the makeup routine. micro blading. abc7 is on your side to look into whether it's worth it. bill: i'm chief meteorologist bill kelly. over half an inch of rain what we have seen today. more rain to come in the next few hours. we will break it down and talk about a chilly forecast. the first freeze in sight. that and more in a few minutes.

jonathan: check this out. this is the space needle's major renovation project. 55-year-old seattle icon that is undergoing a major revamp and a big theme of the remodel the glass. lots of glass. the new look will have floor-to-ceiling panes showing off the incredible views of the peugeot -- pugot sound. >> the glass floor, it will attract or deter people. both. be exciting and a thrill. people are afraid of heights might not come but they might not come anyway. an experience. jonathan: the first of the three construction phases expected to be done

stunning. nancy: gor outspot. alison: look at this. watch this guy. security scare at miami airport. he crawled through the luggage carousel and then he ran to the tarmac. >> it happens quickly. they tackle him and wait for the police to show up. they called the man's action sensitive. we know that the guatemalan man was involuntarily committed for mental health reasons a few days before the saturday incident. he was caught and ranted about wanting to depart on an aircraft. a more common way of breaking

jumps or breaks down a fence. nancy: netflix subscribers pay attention. there is an e-mail going around telling you to update your billing plan. you are taken to a fake website and you are asked to put in the credit card information and it goes right to the scammers, not netflix. keep an eye out for that. google self-driving cars are going driveless. they used to have a human backup behind the steering well but now humans are out of the equation and taken out of the driver's seat and put in the back. they started this on public roads in phoenix suburb. watch out, world. jonathan: that is wild to see cars with nobody behind the wheel. ifix for a iphone. not a play on words. it's a problem with the letter i. some found the bug that automatically corrects

or something else. apple says you can go to settings, access the keyboard and add replacement letter. no word when the software update will fix it on your own. nancy: i fixed it this morning. was driving me crazy. jonathan: you didn't even need us to tell you. nancy: we want to show you a break-in at a library caught on camera. it's not vandals. mother nature. hundreds of water came in ruining books there. >> it is awful to think about the damage done. we are glad that the students weren't in the building. alison: other nearby schools floodedded and the kids will be out of school for the next couple of days. jonathan: might want to put the library on higher ground. bill: little higher.

we have the rain out there. nasty day. the biggest thing are the temperatures. go out and we have 70's. we are where we should be in january now. it's in the 40's. with the wind chills in the 30's. not only is it raining. i will say for me personally the worst weather is that like 40 to 45 degree, maybe the 35 to 45 degree range. i'd almost rather have snow. a lot of people hate me. i get that. but the cold icy rain is what we have out there now. you can see the water accumulating on the ground. the tree is still beautiful. man, 43 degrees. that is we with officially at reagan. winds out of the north at 15. you add the winds to it. it's very, very raw. some temperatures, air temperature, not feels like temperature in the 30's. winchester, luray, 37. stanton at 39. warmer spots at well below. well below the normal. fredericksburg at 43. andrews at

the bay, the temperature of the water is still up there at 63. you add wind to it. it's feeling like 33 right now around dulles, chantilly. 35 in frederick. even the district at 35 currently with the wind chill factor. the air temperatures will hang in the mid-to-low 40's. you will need umbrella taking off tonight. i just don't expect the rain to end. we will switch it to more spotty showers over the next couple of hours. this is what it looked like in the last three hours. current radar showes the widespread rain for everybody. i went back and looked at the traffic map we have near the weather center. a lot of red on there. the loved ones may be home later tonight than normal. look to blue ridge and the areas to the west. there is still rain here in west vas. that's hoding our way. several hours left of the rain. break it down on the future cast. doing a great job of showing you where showers are now. take you to 8:00. still raining. you want the umbrella with you if you are heading to the polls or dinner tonight.

11:00, then it will dry out. area of fog and it will be a chilly night. the morning drive will likely be dry. the biggest change, not a major change. the biggest change from when we met yesterday is a chance of showers. keep it south. some of the southern communities make it south but a drier day than today for sure. the specifics, 50 tomorrow. we call it mostly cloudy. stray shower out to the south. drier weather on thursday and friday. but another shot of the cold air coming in. the high of 43. that is where we are now looking at a high of that on friday. saturday we have a good chance of the first freeze of the year. when we look back over the 30 years, average is november 18. we will be ahead of that on veterans day morning.

nancy: thank you for the warning. thank you. abc7 on your side with a cosmetic procedure that claims to cut down on the makeup routine. >> is it painful? >> no. >> are you sure? >> yes. nancy: so she says. that is good news. but are threading and micro blading procedures worth it? we have a closer look next. jonathan: this is interesting. he is not running but the new jersey governor chris christie confrontation at the polls and the sarcastic message that followed up the back and forthcoming up next.

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nancy: as you get ready to head out for the night and you put on your best face, what is to cut down on the time in front of the mirror? there is an increasingly popular cosmetic procedure that some claims eliminates part of the makeup routine. perfect eyebrows and no need to touch up. is it worth it? abc7's troubleshooter horace holmes went to find out. horace: our relentless pursuit for beautiful brows can sometimes look a bit painful. >> is it painful? >> no. >> are you sure? >> yes. horace: in the beauty industry, they call it threading. this is micro blading. >> few more strokes so you on

the morning. >> this is silky, owner of the silky smooth salon in dupont. most of her business deals with disposal of unwanted body hair. but this fills in and evens the look of the brow. it's using -- >> tiny needles. >> and ink to tattoo on the appearance of hair. threading which is removing stray hairs takes a few minutes. it costs $15 a session. micro blading can cost anywhere from $600 to $1,000. >> is it worth it? >> it sounds painful. >> i have been there. i'm greek. so i have a big uni-brow. >> i have big eyebrows so i don't really need them. >> beauty is in the eye or the eyebrow of the holder. >> is it worth it? >> yeah, i think so, because all the money you spend on your

years is equal. i gives a good shape. you don't need to make anything the morning. you are ready to go. horace: beauty is in the eye of the -- thank you, guys. every now and again. we show you the threading along with the micro blading to compare the two brow treatments and the prices. micro blading has more detailed complex and it can take a couple sessions before it's complete, the original and a touch up a week or so later. it comes dark at first. you can see it in the video and it fades to a more natural look over times and it lasts few a few years before you come back for another session. with threading you come back with the stray hairs grow back. nancy: i wanted you to try it. jonathan: yours looks really good. horace: mine would be purple or something. nancy: go crazy. jonathan: boss would love that. you know silky? nancy: yeah. i had threading there before. i don't know about the

row blading -- micro blading. horace: the subject said it was not painful at all. nancy: thank you. nancy: coming up for us next at 4:00 -- he is anything but a lame duck. chris christie sarcastic remarks and the confrontation at the polls today. >> the day is here. virginia voters going to the polls. will the rain keep them away? take a look at that in a live report coming up. alison: new at 5:00, metro is getting grilled for the plans to wrap old rail cars in new vinyl. find out why they say it's better for riderrer ♪ it's time for the sleep number semi-annual sale on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. and snoring?

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announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. q: we are live in the 600 block of 14th place northeast. you will notice the fire trucks behind me. d.c. fire on the scene. they have just put out a blaze that happened right here. we are going to tilt up and show you the apartment. the fire was basically isolated to the second floor apartment here. we understand that the renter here is now homeless. the american red cross is here to help the person out

to stay. food and clothing. now the apartment underneath we are waiting for the residents who live there to return from work according to the fire firefighters. but we understand that there is a possible that a number of the pets on the second floor apartment, cats to be exact, may have died in the fire. i can tell you that two firefighters were also hurt in this blaze. they are recovering just fine. that is the latest here now in northeast d.c. i'm q mccray, abc7 news. lindsey: i'm lindsey mastis at the "live desk." we are following breaking news out of the tampa, florida, area. unfortunately, a small plane crash has claimed the life of roy halladay. he was a pitcher with the phillies and the blue jays as well. he has 40 years old. we are told he was the only person in the plane. he just got his pilot's license in april. he leaves behind a wife and

he was also a two-time cy young award winner. we are still waiting on information about what it was that brought the plane down. at the abc7 "live desk," i'm lindsey mastis. bill: good evening. i'm meteorologist bill kelly. we are tracking the showers or the rain around the area. widespread between half an inch to an inch of rain. the general total so far today. when we focus this down on the metro, it's raining everywhere in the beltway. you go to the surrounding counties outside the metro region and it's continuous rain. windshield wipers and very cold. we are not seeing thunderstorms firing up but we are tracking the change to a cold air mass. when we look at the doppler air mass, granted the mountains of p.a. you see blue on there. precept in the form of snow. i'm showing you and i don't expect it in the region. talk about the temperatures. right now we are at 41 i

gaithersburg at 39. when you add the wind chill factor to it, the way it feels for you, we are in the 30's. flirting with the freezing mark. layer up or i suggest you layer up if you are going out. temperatures right now are anywhere between 20 to 33 degrees cooler than it was at this same time yesterday. we don't get these 35 degree temperature changes in the course of 24 hours. all that often. so the evening planner we are keeping the temperatures in the 40's with the wind chill in the 30's. rain showers will remain for several hours at least. it will wind down. we talk about that and the first freeze coming up in a few minutes. >> this race is very, very close. every vote will count today. i hope my supporters get out and vote. it will make a huge difference. it will be a close contest i suspect. i feel like the momentum is there for us. >> there is enthusiasm across

i encourage everywhere, today is the only poll. i encourage everybody to come out and vote today and exercise the right. michelle: the final push for votes, democrats and the republican gubernatorial candidates today. tonight we expect a close race and a lot is hinging on turn-out. richard reeve has been following the candidates and is in fairfax. key swing county. rich? richard: you have been talking about it and the candidates, too, how the voter turnout is crucial. we have a weather factor. we are at the secondary school and you can see behind the cardboard cutouts. this is where people are voting. paper ballots. you can see people arriving here. it's steady here. let's show you first the gubernatorial candidate out there this morning. northam, the democrat voting and republican ed gillespie in

alexandria. there is 31% of the people voting so far. this is considered pretty good. 40% of the electric in an offyear campaign. that is pretty good. but the fly in the ointment may be the weather. will people come in or stay or go. we are getting fresh numbers coming in. at 5:00, we'll have all that for you. reporting live in fairfax, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. stay with us for the coverage throughout the everything. polls close at 7:00. we will track the results as they come in. jonathan: chris christie may be a lame duck governor but he is going out the way he came in. watch this. >> that is the joy of public service. jonathan: that is him confronting a voter over merging downships in new jersey -- townships in new jersey. that race is going on and we will watch it

a voter that is not good. nancy: at home, with so many numbers to remember, loudoun county trying to make it easier to get tips on the heroin activity. sheriff's office changed up tip line so it is catching. hoping more people call. cheryl conner gets us dialed in. cheryl: a phone line the loudoun county sheriff office wants to see light up more often. 911 dispatcher takes the information from the tipster who will remain anonymous. sheriff michael chapman says that is the key to getting drugs off the street. it's everything. we rely on the community for all kind of information. cheryl: the hotline has been around for a few decades. it wasn't so hot. as part of the new initiative for the heroin operations team or h.o.t., the phone number to the tip line changed to 1-833-hot-tips. only ten phone calls have come in the tip line so far this year. changing the

to make it more catchy so maybe more people remember it. melvin st. claire says he feels confident his identity would be protected. sheriff chapman says a tipster could never be called to court. >> you try to eliminate bad things around you. you try to assist the officers the way you can. >> rebounding the tip line may bring down the heroin numbers. 17 people overdosed last year. so far, 11 people this year. >> that way we can come to identify suspects. >> 1-833-hot tips, may be knew cure for the heroin epidemic. in leesburg, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: combat helicopters arriving in the heart of washington. these are retired. still ahead, where you can see the vietnam era choppers and why they are on display. nancy: tragedy strikes a mount vernon high school football player but thanks to family

field.

michelle: newton has gone through serious tragedies on and off the field. but his drive and determination keeps him going and he leans on the football family for support. scott abraham takes us to meet today's rising star. >> life is much bigger than football. >> i just thin

strong i can be. >> last fall, mount vernon senior slot receiver darian newton had his life turned up side down. >> on the first few plays of the game i got the ball and i made a sharp cut and i had a meniscus tear. >> then his best friend and sister was killed in a car crash. >> it was the first time i questioned god or anything. >> the football team is like a big family. when somebody is hurting, everybody is hurting. darian's strength and determination to get back on the field has motivated and inspired his teammates and even his head coach. >> he is the kind of kid that gives hope for the future. i hear people say they are worried about the youth. i'm not. we have kids like newton. >> now fully healthy he is playing for a purpose in the final high school season. he is playing for amari. >> every time i get a

for her. >> a true angel in the end zone for darian newton. i'm scott abraham with our rising star. jonathan: prince used to own this guitar. it just sold at auction. the whopping six-figure winning bid and how he made this one famous. >> montgomery county follows the lead of seattle, minneapolis and d.c. but what is it doi

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after the music festival disaster and it's now present at the air force base in nevada. f-15 slated to commemorate the airport anniversary painted with the vegas strong message in the style of the welcome to fabulous las vegas sign. pretty cool. >> it really makes us prouder of the work we have have been put forth and asked to do. jonathan: when they asked a lot of the air force members there, they say the big morale booster as well. the paint job took three weeks. it will be on display for the aviation nation expo. nancy: the end of an era. the last 747 jumbo jet flight for united airlines. you don't have to know about planes but when you see one of these you know it's the 747 with the signature second deck. flying from san francisco to hawaii with a 1970's retro feel. they took off earlier this afternoon. flight attendants are dressed like the

received the double decker. delta is now the last u.s. passenger airline operating the 747. even that will end this year. michelle: very cool. piece of musical history raking in $700,000 at auction. the iconic blue cloudy tar once owned by yes, prince. the legendary performer used it on stage in the late 1980's to early 1990's before donating it to an auction in 1994 to benefit los angeles earthquake relief. nancy: now to the crisis in the caribbean where the recovery efforts in puerto rico could fail if the island doesn't get more he from the trump administration in congress. that is a warning from the executive director of a federal control board overseeing finances there. 60% of the island still without power today. it's estimated there is 45 to $95 billion in damage from hurricane maria. congress has approved a fraction of that. $5 billion in aid

michelle: wells fargo sued by the former employees. class action suit by many who were fired they say after reporting sales practice misconduct. last year, several former wells fargo employees told cnn they were fired after reporting wrongdoing to the bank's ethics hotline. the bank as you know has been in the headlines for the fake account scandal. jonathan: vcs wants to -- cvs wants to bring medication right to you. in bigger markets they may offer same day delivery. the deliveries will start out in new york this december before expanding to the other cities. this comes just weeks after amazon reportedly got wholesale pharmacy licenses in a dozen states. michelle: there are still more than 6 million job openings according to the labor department at the end of september. still plenty of jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%

last month. nancy: montgomery county voting to raise minimum wage again. this time the decision may be veto-proof. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have a unanimous vote. genuine excitement as the montgomery county council said yes to a $15 an hour minimum wage. >> this is not about political talking points. >> as it reads, big companies must pay $15 an hour by july 2021. hid size companies by july 2023. small companies by july 2024. with staggered increases along the way. in other words full-time minimum wage workers will go from 24 to $31,000 a year. that is a 30% increase. >> this is a difference from what people bring home every day. it will help change lives. >> councilman tucker says around 100,000 residents stand to benefit from the bump in pay. money hucker contends wil

groceries. >> no suburban community like montgomery county has done it before. >> still some councilmembers grappled with the pressure $15 an hour will put on the businesses. big and small. >> i do not take lightly the concerns of employers who will find a wage mandate makes it more difficult for them to pay the rent, keep the lights on or even stay in business. >> county executive ike leggett who vetoed a prior, more radical version of the bill says he will sign the amended measure to law. in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. lindsey: i'm lindsey mastis at the "live desk." we have an update now on breaking news we first brought to you this morning involving a possible has math situation at kennedy high school in silver spring. we just learned that three staff members have been released from hospital. two are there getting treated. i

found with a white powdery substance and taken in the conference room where the substance filled out. the substance come back negative for fentanyl. they still don't know what it is. as soon as we get information about what it is, we will let you know the student is being questioned. so far the county school is telling us there are no charges filed. we'll stay on this and bring you updates as they come in. at the "live desk," lindsey mastis, back to you. michelle: thank you. what a cold, rainy, raw day out there. nancy: it is! one of those days you do not want to get out of bed. bill: sometimes we say you might want to grab a jacket depending on your perspective. very few people walk out and go i'm good. i'll keep going. it feels like we should in late december and january. it's chilly out there. that kind of tells the story. the shot at national harbor is a rainy night. we have picked up over half an inch of rain, half an inch to an inch of rn.

officially at reagan we are standing at the last observation .54 of an inch. last time we had more rain on this day was 1997. so it has been 20 years on this day. that we have had more rain than today. the record is two inches of rain. we are nowhere near that. 45 is the temperature. that has gone up a degree or two from the last time. we are playing around in the mid-to-low 40's. 30's there. 36 in winchester. 39 in leesburg. frederick at 41. look at this 24-hour temperature change. i only run this map when it is significant. 25 to 35 degrees speaking. colder than it was at this time yesterday.

rain is. and the rain extend back to the west. showers will move out in the day tomorrow. most will stay south. the next weather story will be is the cold shot of the air working its way into the area by friday. that will bring us big changes. if you are going to the redskins game, you want layers. the forecast in the 40's with the increasing clouds that is where we are tonight with the rain showers around the area. they are going to stick around and looking ahead, seven-day forecast, notice 57 on thursday. we will rebound ahead of the front. by friday and saturday, highs only in the mid-40's with the first freeze on saturday morning. michelle: all right. we have been warned. thank you, bill. next on abc7 -- >> got to try out a new app like pokémon go but educational about the national mall. i'm mike carter-conneen at th

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mike: a way to make being outdoors fun. the national park service launched the agents of discovery app on the national mall. like pokémon go, the game encourages players to explore real-life sights with the mission and quizzes along the way. >> how many of you like to go national parks? how many of you would like to play with these things? >> they designed fun and informative experience. mindful that some sites are for

takes them to the front steps of the memorial but not in the chamber themselves. >> they will offer the penn and paper rangers program but they believe the app will provide more content and might better connect with children used to using the smart phones. >> they are already using devices at the sites. why don't we look for the ways to engage them with the devices and have the devices help them to not only look down but look up at the sites. >> children who complete the mission can pick up discovery patch at the national mall park bookstore. >> i have been to the memorial more times than i can count. i never realized that he was standing on corn and tobacco. >> now the park service looking to possibly developing the own august meanted reality app for kid and adults. at the jefferson memorial, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. announcer: right now at 5:00. with all eyes at the virginia

voter suppression over the phone. messages raising suspicion. metro worker comes up with an old car makeover that saves big bucks and the environment. plus, watch your inbox. netflix subscribers. someone is after your name and the credit card number. you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". alison: good evening. tonight 7 is on storm watch as a cold rain is falling all over d.c. area. larry: we knew it was coming. get to chief meteorologist bill kelly on alert in the weather center. bill? bill: we continue to watch that. the rain is more on than off. we are getting a couple of breaks well west. look at the green on the map. a raw, rainy evening and it will stay the way along the beltway. the traffic is slower out there. i was looking at the traffic maps around. the rain .97 of an inch. nearly an inch of rain. widespread totals. ha

around the region. the temperature outside the 43 degrees. wind chill factors are colder than that. we are talking about the 33 to 37. grab the coat and the umbrella. traveling out over the next couple of hours. it will taper off. we will discuss that and we talk about the first freeze in the next few days. we will see you in a couple of minutes. larry: thanks. download the stormwatch7 app on the phone or tablet to stay ahead of the storms. alison: only on 7 tonight, security guards at a federal facility accused of fraud. maryland bureau chief brad bell broke the story on twitter and he joins us live from new carrollton with the latest. brad? brad: yeah, alison. this a matter that raises serious questions about the people assigned to guard federal buildings. it raises questions about basic honesty and the ability to handle the weapons required to have. the ripoff allegedly ha