shocking moments here caught on video. a man crashes a car. stripped down to his birthday suit. and then begins attacking vehicles. that scene ended with the crashes and the traffic delays for miles on route 28 in herndon. jonathan: at this hour we uncovered new information about the man at the center of all of this. richard reeve live where it went down. what was the deal? richard: john, incredible story unfolds here on route 28. this particular guy first is walking on the roadway with the shirt off. then minutes later, he is completely naked. nina johns was feet away when it happened. the man without a shirt striding down busy route 28 is 32-year-old jose gonzalez flores. >> i see a man walking between cars. i'm thinking it's an accident and he needs help. richard: she saw an accident but that is only the begivenning. >> we have

coming in for what originated as an accident. now there are males fighting in the roadway. >> moments after ramming the pickup through the vehicles, flores begins punching one of the other drivers. >> he walks past my car and punches my door with the side of his hand. he has something else in his other hand. >> that something else is this cutting tool. but he doesn't get back in the car. >> instead he climbs over the barrier. and he gets undressed. he comes back in traffic buck naked. >> in the birthday suit jumps in a moving flatbed and start hitting the cab with the cutting tool. >> the suspect now has no clothes on and he is running against the guardrail and banging on other vehicles. >> a shopper and k9 search is on. until he is found in a drainage ditch in nearby woods. >> we are not sure if he had a medical emergency after the accident or under the influence of drugs and alcohol. >> it was frightening for everybody

>> flores now faces assault and indecent exposure charges and he is being checked out at the hospital. this is a commute she will never forget. live in herndon, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: i imagine that. thank you very much. we have a minute of the video of the road rampage in the story. we posted it online. you can find it and share it on social media on the abc7 news app. michelle: a winter weather alert. some part of the area could see snowflakes after a day of blistering cold and the windy weather. chief meteorologist bill kelly has the details. bill: good evening. it's the next weather story. not going to be a big snow maker. we have it focused on the d.c. metro. nothing going on now other than cool. that is understated. chilly outside in the mid-20's. we tracking the snow bands here west to get you localized. right up and down 81. getting the return. 66. moving through the front royal over the blue ridge mount

william county and part of loudoun county. moving from the west off to the east. i do expect it to move through the d.c. metro through the everything tonight. we are still cold. layer up if you are heading out. the wind chill factors in the 20's. it is warmer than this morning. by 7:00, we are at 32, 33 degree mark. not the wind chill. these are the air temperatures. snow flakes from 8:00 to 11:00. light accumulation but there is a possibility of getting it on the ground. we talk about it and the weekend coming up. jonathan: see you then. president trump turned to virginia families to out the the republic deal on tax reform. they spoke at a white house event to detail the plans to use tax savings to pay for home renovation or college tuition. for the tax plan, the house and the senate negotiators say they have found the common

the vote could come next week. >> f.b.i. agent removed from the special counsel russia probe this year referred to the president as a, "idiot." before the election. the house judiciary committee requested communication that led to the reassignment. before the committee today the man who appointed the special counsel robert mueller defended the probe. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel muler? >> no. >> thank you. if you were ordered today to fire mr. mueller what would you do? >> i would explain previously i would follow regulations. >> you see no good cause so far? >> correct. >> the white house called for a second special prosecutor to investigate the anti-trump bias in the f.b.i. and the special counsel office. jonathan: president trump fired omarosa manigault newman for the fourth t

fired. there are reports after learning from the termination of chief of staff john kelly the former "apprentice" contestant cursed him out and tried to enter the first family residence. she didn't get in. she has been forcibly removed from the property. michelle: covering metro tonight. there are signs of life for a long dormant proposal to put another tunnel under the potomac river. stephen tschida joins us. under this plan there would be two rosslyn stations? how would that work? >> we are here at the rosslyn metro station. in the near future if the proposal leads to fruition or comes to fruition we would be at the rosslyn one and there would be a nearby rosslyn two. >> there is a sin

the result is the frequent bottleneck and the trains backed up waiting their turn. >> the blue line has a lot of problems. they want to, plore building a second rosslyn metro station. it would service only blue line trains and run on a separate track through a new tunnel under the potomac. >> alleviate less congestion on the station why not? >> but if they can swing it, some believe that it will pay off in the long run. >> without it costing more i would be for it. yes.

>> we did hear from metro late today and the spokesperson said they want to stress the focus is to make the current system as efficient as possible. >> the metro commuters are in day one of process of replacing the communication line. this afternoon they said this is proof that the system needs reliable funding from d.c., maryland and virginia. >> caught on the video. a man hurling the beer cans at a store clerk. what happened moments earlier sparking this bizarre rampage.

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fitch. he grabs a bag and starts to fill them from around the store. then the last you see he is walking out the door as if he had a busy day of shopping. having a hard time to get the door open with all the bags he has got and he walks off. >> also on video attempted robbery turned rampage in california. you see a man put a 12 pack on the counter. when the clerk asked for money he tried to bolt. triggering a tug of war. then it really gets ugly. >> he destroys it and then he runs off. go figure. special reunion. 911 operator comes face to face with a baby she helped deliver over the phone. >> check out heavy snow in western maryland. we could see flake

very soon. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist bill

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jonathan: now must-see video from michigan. a guy that police say was drunk, and you will understand why, is running from them. starts when he rammed an ambulance called to check on a guy who passed out in the parking lot of a gas station. then he comes alive, ran past the cars and the chase is on. the police flipped the car once but he flips off the police and keeps going. they have stop sticks to blow out the tires before spinning him out again. it worked. they ram his car in a corner and the man continues to flip them the bird as they arrest him. this time he indiana up in handcuffs -- ends up in handcuffs and jail. michelle: it's happened again. a ghost ship with a skeleton inside washed up on the coast of japan. it is believe the boats are north koreans who die at sea attempting to flee the communist regime. new video of sou

military training to defend against drones using heavily armed helicopters. take a look here. the apache helicopter with a drone midair. this is the latest of the military drill to counteract aggressive moves by north korea. jonathan: new advances in the war on terror. t.s.a. working with the metro system and the washington metro system to develop technology to detect the suicide bombers. look at this. this is the standoff explosive detectives unit and it would set off an alarm if someone walked past it wearing explosives. such technology could have detected the man who attempted to set off a bomb monday injuring several people. michelle: interesting story. "7 on your side" health alert. health matters here. men will definitely want to listen up to. canadian researcher said the so-called man flu

thing. john cosigns on this. it's believed that men are exaggerating their symptoms of the flu. the doctor who also happens to be a man says he found men are more susceptible than women to a range of respiratory diseases and complications and women may have stronger immune systems. jonathan: never a doubt. we get to whine more. michelle: that is the last thing we need. 911 operators handle thousands of calls each year. it's not often they get to meet the people they help in what are often life threatening situations. jonathan: it's always nice when they do. mike carter-conneen reports a happy reunion held in d.c. today featuring a baby girl delivered at home. mike: just in time for christmas. special delivery. this priority package not willing to wait. >> it was sunday, november 5. andre smith called 911. >> my wife i

>> his wife was on the floor and the baby was coming. >> i knew it about that time. >> the operator desiree calmed him down and instructed him how to care for the baby. the baby is slippery so don't drop the baby. >> he was calm. he helped me stay calm. >> minutes later, the fourth child was born, healthy 7 pounds. the first cry recorded on the 911 recording. >> is the baby crying? >> yes. >> for once the baby was delivered, they walked through the door. >> at the office of the unified communication, she and the coworkers showered the smith and the baby girls with essentials.

but it was a swift surprise. she will likely hear how she arrived on time but unin an unbelievable way. >> i will never forget it. wow! >> in southeast washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. >> the stories never get old. >> the baby is adorable. the dad is beaming with pride. nice job. bill: the essentials, talk about the baby wipes and all of that. jonathan: if you plan to have more kid you need a catcher's glove. michelle: just make it to the hospital next time. builds let me tell you what is going on out there. the story is cold but not as cold. we are 34 degrees so many of you are above freezing. not when you account for wind. but the wind isn't that strong. it is up to 10 miles per hour versus the 30 to the 40-mile-per-hour gusts we had yesterday. 29 in hagerstown. 30 in winchester. 34 in leesburg. what we

now is some snow ban moving through the area. the snowshowers widespread through the west. we look at the traffic cameras. 81 and 66. it looks like the traffic is moving along. not a lot of this is sticking to the road. it will be a dry snow. almost a snow globe snow that is blowing around like this. in part of warren county to fauquier and loudoun county is where the line is where the snow continues to move west. it's not yet around d.c. i do expect it to move through the progression for the next couple of hours. i want to show you the hour-by-hour forecast. i will advance this to 8:00. notice by that time it starts moving in to the d.c. region. the d.c. metro up to the part of gaithersburg area. farther north. in northern maryland. there could be some spots to get an

over the course of a couple of hours. once we get to 10:00, maybe 11:00, that should be out of our area. so if you are going to be out and about this is a night that you could go to dinner. walk in the restaurant. hanging out. you will go outside and look, snow on the car. snow on the grasses. i wouldn't expect any on the roads. roads are fairly treated but it will move through. tomorrow will start out cool. much warmer than this morning. we will probably have more sun than clouds and it should be a dry day. slightly warmer. still on the cool side relative to where we should be this time of year. the forecast for this evening, 26 to 32. the snobs early. mostly cloudy and cold early and skies will clear out. more tomorrow. partly cloudy. the breezy conditions as well. not going to feel warm. but warmer. 37 on friday.

good right now. we will warm that up a little bit to 46 on sunday. by tuesday we will increase the chance of the temperatures to the 50's. "abc7 news at 6:00". we'll

erin: the wizards will have the all-star po

wall hasn't played in a game since late november due to the inflammation in his knee. wizards star missed the last nine games. the team went 4-5 in the stretch. bradley beal has done his best to carry the load in wall's absence. scored 25 or more four straight games. this is the first game of a four-game home stand. welcome back. redskins went back to work this afternoon preparing for sunday's home game against the cardinals. washington has been on the wrong end of the back-to-back blowouts. now that they are officially eliminated from the playoff race, you have to wonder the effort they will see sunday. but there were rumblings after last week's loss that the team wasn't prepared. jay gruden addressed the concerns. >> we didn't spend last week playing checkers. we have meeting

time, they have ipads. they are mentally and physically prepared. we have a weight room and water to drink. we cannot dwell on the past of last two games. we can't. if you wallow in it and you will continue to suffer. erin: that was just funny. i love his honesty. the lakers reportedly met with lavar ball, the outspoken father of the rookie and they have asked him to tone down the public criticism of head coach luke walton. good luck trying to tone that guy down. jonathan: that is just not going to happen. erin: basically impossible. jonathan: they have a lot of water. and they play checkers. erin: i want to play checkers. michelle: good weather for that. bill: it is. good indoor night. exactly right. chilly out there. quiet the next couple of days. we are watching the snowshowers through the area. someone hit 777 clearly. winner, winner, winner. jonathan: what is that? calling you on the phone? michelle: the winning forecast. erin: sound effects. michelle: "wo

jonathan: see you at 11:00.

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