john matarese listens to secrets that will get you to spend more. john: do you ever notice if you go in the grocery store to buy milk and bread you spend $40 on things you didn't need? it's designed that way thanks to the super market tricks you need to know about. produce in the front, mill income the back. candy at the checkout. it's designed to get you to spend more time and money. and it works. >> there are two or three aisles now for the snack food. they have one just for john: we found secrets that get you to spend more. >> the super narcotics have a lot of strategies to get the consumers to purchase food. john: see the colorful produce? it puts you in a happy shopping mood. and the displays, they are for the products that pay for promotion. >> not always are they good buys but it is placed there to entice you to purchase it. john: when it comes to get you to buy items it's all about the placement. put kids items where kids will find them. that brings us to the checkout lane stopped with the sweets for the kids to demand. >> with a checkout cou

john matarese shows us a surprise that can await you after a year so you don't waste your john: does anyone have a bank account they haven't touched for a while? a woman wants everyone to know about the monthly fees that can drain the account down until there is nothing left. kelly looks over her deceased mom's bank accounts, something that adds to the grief over the loss of her mother. >> we brought in a death certificate. they said it wasn't good enough. we need something from the court. we waited until we had something from the courts. john: but it took two years for her mom's will to go through probate. the $200 bank account was empty. it was hit with the monthly maintenance fees because it was below the minimum. >> $11 every month. we could not touch the account. but they were taking $11 out every month. until it overdraft. john: this is important not only if you have older parents but if you have children with a bank account in their name. don't touch the account for while and money can be taken out of it every month. until it's so don't let this happen to you. find out how to

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john matarese, abc7 news.larry: at 5:00, rape charges drommed against two high school student -- dropped against two high school students in a case that charged national uproar. other charges that could spell trouble. close calls and the aftermath. abc7 takes you the area hardest hit by the extreme weather. what the [bleep]? why researchers recommending adding the "f" and other profanities to your routine. >> now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: we begin with breaking news out of falls church. mobiletrak7 is arriving on the scene of a building fire. this this is by a seafood buffet and a carpet store. we'll get you information when it is available. stay with us. alison: bombshell in the high school rape case that made headlines across the country. prosecutors dropping the rape charges against both suspects at rockville high school saying they don't have the evidence. kevin lewis was in court when it happened. montano's family clapped outloud in court as the charges were tossed out. this is asth this

i'm john matarese. abc7 news. president trump: no politician in history -- i say this with great surety -- has been treated worse or more unfairly. larry: but now the house and senate are stepping up the questions about the president, russia and the former f.b.i. director. >> p the hospital. the item getting answers from the hospital. >> stump me with that. you got me with that one. >> what this woman had under her shirt when she crashed doing 7 o on a city street. >> from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> our breaking news is out of arrest mat, maryland, where -- arnold, maryland, where route 50 is closed. a woman was going the wrong way on the eastbounds lanes and crashed head on with another vehicle. the woman died in that accident. her infant child was flown to a trauma center with injuries. the car she hit ended up there out in the woods. brad bell is joining us on the phone. brad: for some reason the woman was driving westbound on the eastbound lane of the high-speed interstate highway. the head o

t consumer reporter john matarese show why some are safer than others so you don't waste your money.> with the security of the security breaches some wonder if it's safe to shop with a debit card. debit card is a debit card, right? not exactly. some have more features and protections than others. some debit cards help you look up a lost receipt. some have a spending limit. others will shut down as a protection from charge. if someone starts to make multiple charges on the beaches of north carolina or los angeles if you don't live there, the card may lock the account until you tell the bank you are on from the doesn't that stink file a nasty secret with many debit cards. on signature based tran actions, it can take a day or two for a purchase to show up. if you buy a tv or appliance and you sign for it without using a pin number the purchase can take 48 hours to show up. you could bounce your account. so the ambulance -- balance may be less than what is shown. great idea to keep a pad in account so you don't waste your money. >> let's check in with horace holmes to see what is coming

i'm john matarese, abc7 news. alison: right now, the headline everyone is talking about gets bigger. late today another twist in the james comey firing. an invitation to speak freely. and we are tracking separate robbery investigations with plenty if common. both groups hunting for the same drug. plus team coverage of a perfect storm of biggest sports days in decades. >> now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. >> former f.b.i. director james comey could testify before a closed senate session next week. about russia's involvement in the u.s. election. today they started to interview people to serve as interim director one day after comey was fired. the chief political correspondent scott thuman live at the capitol hill bureau. you were at the white house today when they got their explanation for the firing. scott: listen, they faced tough questions today about this one. as you might predict. for the most part gave the same answer over and over that president trump really never had despite earlier claims full confide

john matarese, abc7 news. larry: lights flashing, sirens blaring and the a.m.on home by an ambulance chase. the wild ride from start to finish. close call. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. collapse. possible firefighters trapped. larry: students lose almost everything in a devastating fire and why one is saying thank you to the university. that's a wrap! regulars queue up on k street for one last meal from a lunchtime pioneer. announcer: "abc7 news at alison: we start right now on storm watch. warnings start to pop up in the area today. this is 95 just south of fredericksburg. you can tell it is coming down there and of course slowing down the commute this afternoon. let's get straight on over to the stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill tracking things from the weather center. what are you seeing? doug: heavy storms. a lot of lightning. the next few hours will get active across the viewing area but this is the one with the warning until 5:30. fredericksburg in the middle of it here. lightning and the torrential rain that is spreading eastward toward the potoma

john matarese, abc7 news. >> it's not just the case he was going to be somebody great.e already was. larry: at 5:00, a murder victim remembered after a stabbing at the university of maryland. why him? no membership for you. white nationalists spencer gets earful in the gym and he gets expelled. and new fertility treatment enters a new age. 3d printed >> "7 on your side." larry: university of maryland student accused of killing a bowie state student is being held without bond. brad bell has more information in the emotional case. brad? brad: it's an emotional case. it's destroying two college campuses. families upset. it's terrible. but yes, a while ago there was a bond review hearing. sean urbanski, the young man charged in the crime. the murder on the university of maryland campus has been ordered held without bond. the judge declaring him a danger to the community. it's alleged that urbanski stabbed and killed richard collins iii, a bowie state soon to be graduate had been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army. a young man who had accomplished much. i was al

john matarese, abc7 news.arry: happening now at 5:00, police are searching for a door-to-door sex predator. the newly released video and what put him in a panic. he was once accused in death of chandra levy. where gaundique has been whisked off to now. if airlines can't take care of you, take care of yourself. >> now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: we developments tonight with the man once believed to have killed chandra levy. nancy chen at the "live desk" with new information about ingmar gaundique. nancy in nancy: tonight, gaundique is back in el salvador. immigration and custom officials say he was deported friday night. he had been in i.c.e. custody since june. he was convicted in 2010 for murdering the congressional internal in 2001. but that conviction was overturned last year after questions about a jailhouse informant testimony. news release from i.c.e. today said he was being deported because he is a documented member of the gang m s-13. larry: the search is on for this man. police believe

consumer reproter john matarese has an important alert so you dont waste your money.een all across the region. and in some areas a downpour right now.. let's get right to veronica johnson. toss to veronica - weather alert morning (heavy rain & wind; isolated storms & flooding) - unseasonably cool weekend (10 below avg.) - showers likely saturday - continued cool next week today: heavy rain through 11am. isolated storm and flooding. windy & warm with pm scattered showers. highs: 72-75 winds: se to sw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: cloudy & cool. isolated shower. lows: 55-59 winds: sw 10-15+ mph saturday: mostly cloudy and cool. showers likely. highs: 59-64 winds: sw 5-15 g 20+ mph dramatic new video coming in overnight of a massive fire in manassas the live desk.. autria... flames shot miles. and two families made it out alive. all of this unfolding last night in manassass. two of the people inside just 4 and 8 years old... they made it out with no problems. but this morning, their out with no problems. but this morning, their mother is recovering from smoke inhalation. the f