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we see ponding and splash back as you're driving on route 42. be careful northbound traffic slowing a little bit as you head toward the walt whitman bridge matt. >> thank you karen. >>> breaking news we're learning details about a shooting inside a home in news can ale county, delaware. police say an off-duty state trooper was the victim of an assault and fired her weapon to protect herself. katherine scott is live along the 3200 block of champion drives in pike creek with the new information. >> reporter: matt, that's right state police say an off-duty trooper shot her -- shot his girlfriend who was severely beating her. it's quiet here on the scene in pike week this morning. a delaware state police vehicle parked outside the home where it happened on the 3200 block of champion drive. this morning around 4:45 a.m., a tow truck arrived and a silver lexus was hooked up and towed away from the home. the off-duty trooper called 911 shortly before 11:15 p.m. they say she was being assaulted by her boyfriend had official injuries among other things t

extra ponding and puddling on the roads there, perhaps. this will push off to the north over the next little by the way. later this afternoon it will be clouds and showers. on the bus stop mid 50s, rain can't rule out a rumble of thunder and rain gear morning. >> you can watch this round of rain and the next one coming later on 6abc.com/weather with storm tracker 6 live. >> a modern family star is pushing back against online body shamers, they addressed recent pictures that show fluctuating weight. she wrote she is not promoting anorexia, she is battling health problems. she would not disclose a specific diagnosis. we know that highland suffered from kidney disease and got a transplant back in 2012. >> up next, a local first grader is honored for a heroic deed that may have saved his baby sister's life. >> a driver has been arrested that caused a school bus packed with children to crash. actually he should never been behind the wheel. that's coming up at 6:00 a.m.. >> the opioid epidemic have claimed the lives of two men who were supposed

pond. we talk to the u.k.'s nigel fajr about what happened in manchester. stay there. finding time to get things done isn't easy.

and that seems to relate well with the, uh, presence and levels of contamination in ththese ponds. >> there have been few studies to date on how neonics affect ocean life. this is an area of specialization for dr. craig downs, and what he is learning is troubling. >> for example, imidacloprid can affect crab larvvae as low as 50 parts per quadrillion.n. it afaffects ththeir mitochondra at this level, so that it's a mitochondrial poison. it can affect their muscles. if the mitochohondria a are damaged ine muscles, it c can cause paralys. it also causes immune suppression in these crabs. meaning that they are much more sususceptible to bacterial infections and fungal infections when co-e-exposed with imidacloloprid. >> craig downs also studies the impact of imidacloprid on sea urchins. >> neonicotinoids cause dna damage in sea urchin sperm as low as 500 parts per trillion. it c causes developmental abnormalities as low as 5 parts per trillion. it means that they're a mutagen. um, it t meas there's a d direct threat to the rreproductivive fitness of the entire biodiversity of marine envi

. >> every time there's an incident here or or across the pond. when you see the weaknesses or the enemy is using, we we don't have to approve. agencies here learning more from their collectings in the u.k. >> reporter: mere is the ariana grande tweet she posted it says broken from the bottom of my heart. i am so, so, sorry, i don't have words, so far more than 80,000 people retweet that day tweet. it was ariana grande who was performing here at the manchester arena. it's a also important to note in the department of homeland security tweeted out and rails add statement saying they do not believe that music venues are at risk or jeopardy. tisha lewis, fox 5 local news. >>> tonight there were tears and laughed to honor the officer of rich collinses third murdered at an unprovoked attack. the p whether was a hate crime. we have video of him speaking days before he was killed. >> lindsey watts is live where the vigil was held. >> reporter: it was heartbreaking and the video that you just saw was played is it the iv. less than two days before lieutena

. >>> and an officer jumps into a pond and pulls a child to safety. we have some new video of that dramatic rescue. >>> a good wednesday morning. we begin with another busy day on capitol hill. lawmakers are set to vote on a trillion dollar spending plan to fund the government and they're still battling over a bill to replace obamacare. >> oh, yes, they are. republicans are struggling to find common ground on how to cover people with pre-existing conditions, but for now they still don't have enough votes to push the bill through. abc's kenneth moton joins us now from washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the white house is hoping for a health care vote before the house goes on a week-long recess tomorrow. today president trump making another play on health care. >> how is health care coming, folks? how is it doing? all right. we moving along? i think it's time now, right? >> reporter: the president more like a coach in front of lawmakers while honoring the u.s. air force academy football team. by our co

well, listen we have a lighter rain yesterday today we're seeing pockets the heavier rain so the ponding and puddling on the roads is heavier this morning. right now it's pushing into wilmington and delaware county and southern chester county and coming through cumberland and salem counties and new castle county delaware. those are the areas where you have the worst problem right now. behind the rain you're still going to be seeing a period while the roads try to dry. up to the north it's lighter rain, but enough to get the roads wet and slow you down. that's the batch coming through right now. behind that on satellite and radar you're seeing spotty precipitation. by lunchtime we'll be down to spotty precipitation and another batch comes in later this evening. 56 degrees in philadelphia. 57 in allentown. 5 in trenton. 56 in trenton. even numbers across the region with the rain falling. as we go through the day, the rain continues 7:00 a.m. to noon. 56 degrees by 7:00. 57 by noon. by noon it is pushing off. 3:00 p.m., we're inching up to 65. if we get a lull 72 is possible for a high befo

they did put up a sign that you could see behind me around this pond. and alligator siding has been reported that officials think the alligator was probably a pet but outgrew the home. the climate however is not ideal for a gator. fish and wildlife stated that it probably cannot survive long because it is out of its natural habitat. the water back here is probably too cold. it may have died or could be anywhere. i hope you're watching my back. >> i will keep a look at. >> did you put the waders on and go out in the water? >> oh that's cold. that's as far as i will go. >> how do you plan on catching this gator if you are not in the water? on not following it. >> the ducks are around the perimeter of the water and i'm waiting for the gator to come and strike. >> how does the gator eat? >> they eat like this. do me a favor. i want to know that you are safe, if the gator comes out what will happen is if you run in his exact motion the gator cannot follow you. we want to make sure you are qualified and ready. run toward the water away from the camera and jus

could have ponding of water on roads and in philadelphia the rain falling at the rate of 4 inches per hour. this is the kind of rain if you are driving through it you pull over and wait it out. it's hard to see when it's raining that heavily. for tonight more evening showers and thunderstorms waiting on the bigger batch over d.c. there is potential that storms could have gusty winds and even small hail. delaware and southern knowledge they broke into sunshine today and temperature there's near 80 degrees with the possibility of isolate the severe storms. heading into the weekend i am tracking some unsettled weather it won't be a washout and i'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> we have the latest now on helicopter tragedy in delaware a pilot was killed when his medical held cop crashed. it ended in smoke and flames. sara bloomquist and vernon odom are on the scene. sabra let start with you. this is the same company that supplied choppers for the university of pennsylvania health system. >> reporter: jim that is right, but the pilot was the only person on board. no

watch for ponding on the side of the roads.ted, and similar light rain, not dealing with those issues but ponding will be in the card at this point, but light showers to deal with, and temperatures will be hard to budge because we don't see a lot of sunshine. temperatures near 70 degrees, and a couple of stray showers this evening for areas to the west. 6:00, generally dry, and 10:00 tonight, another round of showers pushing in 10:00, a few hours later than we had yesterday, and better news for the nats' game tonight. i grab a sweatshirt, and it's muggy feeling out there. i will go through the futurecast coming up. >> hopefully it's changing from what you said yesterday. we have a tree that is down near gw park parkway. we are sending a crew out there to see what is going on. if you're close

band. >> this was a huge fish pond full of clay and mud and they emptied it.t it's nice to be able to let out the tears and to have some relief in our hearts. >> crosby's remains arrived yesterday in san diego. he'll be buried tomorrow. his headstone will read, he is home. >>> back here in the bay area, children took part in an event today that's been a local memorial day tradition for more than 50 years. as the nation remembers our military service men and women who died in service boys and girls placed flags at each of the 112 graves in san ber dino. >>> next at 5:00 from richmond to hollywood, students get a trip of a lifetime and for some this was their first time ever outside the bay area. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a stellar start to the weekend. temperatures are going to rise before they drop dramatically in the coming days. i'll explain the accuweather forecast ahead. >>> now here's tom with a look at what's ahead on abc's world news at 5:30. >> coming up, the breaking news jared kushner's alleged plan to set up back channel communications wi

the cop scoured the park and found the boy gasping for air in a pond.he officer's body camera captured stunning video of his dramatic rescue. >> reporter: had police officer aaron bullmer arrived at topeka's central park any later the outcome could have been tragic. he was responding to a robbery call. what he found was a 3-year-old autistic boy who desperately needed help. >> i turned and looked and see a small child about 100 yards away about. >> did you see any adults nearby? what were you looking for? >> no adults. as i glanced at him, he looked like my own son. i went around the block but i lost sight of him. and that concerned me. >> reporter: following his zbut, he gets out of his police cruiser. >> two or three seconds later i see elijah basically drowning right there in the pond. >> reporter: the officer breaks into a sprint. >> hey! >> reporter: elijah is wallowing face down in the water. >> he was struggling. then i saw his face in the water. i could see that he was just gasping for air. >> reporter: without breaking a stride, officer balmer

keep in hyped if you're out the roads here the next few minutes you could encounter some of that ponding suddenly you know you want to turn around don't drown here. rain moving through the city and just off to our north and east. so beltsville, working up knife towards laurel and columbia very heavy rain out towards annapolis, bowie, crofton thinking of you guys we're watching that line of showers and thunderstorms approaching the bay here. it will get east of us and north of us in the next i'd say 45 minutes to an hour and things will gradually improve around here this afternoon we talk a lot about sin company de washout the worst of it will be during the morning hours. by this afternoon, i don't want to promise a lot of sunshine but how about if we just have scattered showers and clouds around here and relatively humid afternoon temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s. here's your afternoon forecast and again going to warm it up into the 70s but we'll keep scattered showers maybe potential for another rumble of thunder this afternoon. weekend forecast, i've got the details. it look

we have a get that fell into a pond. >> i got a civilian. i got him out. he fell in the pond. almost drowned. i got him out. >> heart stopping to listen to and to watch. as you heard him say yes, they got him out. it turns out that the little boy the parents had been searching for him after he was unlocked the backdoor. his father was in the bathroom. his name is elijah and his family says he is all right. but terrifying to see him. you see how quickly the officer jumps in. he does not think twice and he saved his life. larry: love the body camera there to show the heroism. we forget they are people, too. nancy: absolutely. heroes in what they do. larry: very heroic. thank you. alison: well, you know today would have been the fourth birthday of former baltimore ravens tight end todd heaps daughter. to keep her memory live, they started hugs from holly. all around the country people have taken this message to heart. >> we have been giving hugs all day. everywhere. all over facebook, twitter. >> it is wearing pink and random acts of she died last month when her father accidently

the officer spots the 4-year-old next to a pond. the kid falls as the the officer is getting out of his cruiser. see the officer race over and quickly pull the boy out of the pond. reunited with the parent actually searching for him at the time. >> move on now. second grade teacher in texas. it was, giving little extra attention we might say because of a series of photographs. so, that's jennifer pope, preparing a lesson plan. while getting ready to deliver her fourth child. >> that is some commitment right there. her husband, gave the plan to pope's substitute teacher who was waiting in the parking lot. less than an hour later, there is their daughter clara. >> well, pope says she is seeing her students doing well. and is like watching her own kids succeed. she calls teaching rewarding and fulfilling and says can't imagine being in any other line of work. clearly. >> clearly. >> have to say. >> committed. >> i love my job. don't think if i am sitting on the table getting ready for labor don't think i'll go through the scripts. >> i

he never found the suspect but he saw a small child dangerously close to a pond. within seconds, the 4-year-old boy who was with autism alone in the park went in the water and under. >> hey! sam: the officer sprints toward the water. you see the child's head bobbing. he jumps in and rescues him. >> a kid fell in the pond. >> the boy's parent had been searching for the 4-year-old after he disappeared. children with autism are often drawn to water. in this case, officer aaron bolmer in the right place at the right time. sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: so observant. he saw the little boy standing by the water and saw him go in. okay. look at the video out of washington state. run it for you. you see a small plane. check this out. first eclipse the lines and then it tears apart and explodes in the middle of th street. this is dash cam video and it happened in the middle of rush hour. >> i could feel the heat on my face. the fireball and the wing clipped the van. the closest i have come to thinking this is the end. jonathan: everybody is all smiles now because everyb

what we are now hearing from the police officer who jumped in a pond to save a little boy with autism. >> you know, god's hand of protection on that child. he used me as an instrument. michelle: the officer was actually looking for a couple of suspected criminals when he saw a 3-year-old elijah go into the water. he just happened to be in the same park. the little boy's mother says struggled with speech but after the ordeal -- >> as soon as he saw me, his eyes lit up and he stood up and said, "momma." that is something we worked hard to get him to say for the longest time. michelle: so many emotions. the officer says he hopes elijah will be his little buddy forever. jonathan: s that is a barbecue joint. it's still identified a the barbecue restaurant but it is a complete loss. part of the problem is look of fire hydrants in the area. michelle: an idea that might be hard to swallow. eating money to hide it. that is what happened in columbia where a woman swallowed cash to hide it following a fight with her husband. she ingested $7,000. all $100 bills. doctors had to surgery remove the

jonathan: michael pond? >> absolutely.e already prepped the market by the end of this year and early next year. they are trying to not impact market conditions. jonathan: michael pond of thelays, mark cabana of comerica merrill lynch. let's get an update on outside the business world. this is emma chandra. >> in washington republican congressional leaders who want to focus on health care and tax overhauls have given into democrats on the spending bill. house and senate negotiators have agreed on a $1.1 trillion budget measure that would keep the budget -- the government in operation through september. it rejected most of trumps ironies including money to build a wall. president trump's chief economic adviser says he thinks republicans have enough votes in the house for the obamacare replacement bill. gary told cbs news there were be a vote this week and provisions of the health care bill still are not clear. the kennedy space center in florida. spacex launched a sensitive mission for the u.s. military. the falcon nine rock

throughout the morning expect at least moderate rainfall, ponding, road spray, all concerned through the morning rush. later today we will hit 70 degrees but the whole day will feature at least possibility we will get wet out there most widespread rain happening through the morning and then becomes more scattered and then toward evening there may be heavier thunderstorms. we will track this all and give you specifics when it comes to timing but then also talk about this all important upcoming holiday weekend, so many have picnic plans, beach plans, unofficial start to the summer in less, meisha but i will let you know how it is panning out. >> all right, katie, thank you we are waking up to wet roadways, we know it will be busy, already busy, you can see boulevard behind me, pack your patients and leave your hems just a little bit earlier this is boulevard pushing in the southbound direction toward the schuylkill lots of your neighbors out there already, very wise, give yourself that extra time when we have rain coming down, in some areas and as i said, the weather splashing on vehic

the downpours ponding on the road even reports of some small hail across the area.making for a wet thursday evening commute allow extra travel time there's some of that small hail being reported with the thunderstorms that have been popping up this thursday evening. back to ultimate doppler right now, it's lit up right around center city as you move north and west as well. we'll take tour. you can see right now, moving through chester, piles grove, deerfield right now looking at some of those downpours. this will likely dump another half an inch to an inch of rain. we'll zoom into center city, west philadelphia, east falls, kensington, port richmond, looking at that red. that is some very intense rainfall. this is lifting on off to the north. now take a look at the hail track on ultimate doppler. indicating some small hail moved newest deptford moved right through the center city area we're talking about pea size to do dime sized hail. but certainly those thunderstorms packing a punch. we'll go hour by hour and watch the clock. by eight, 9:00 o'clock we're looking a

they'll pond the raids early sunday morning.ed a dealer nonas fb who is believed to be a boss in downtown south holland. >>> more now on u.s. president donald trump's visit here to israel. he arrives in tel aviv in just a few hours. mr. trump has been pushing for a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. listen to what he said about that when the israeli prime minister was in washington back in february. >> i'm looking at two state and one state and i like the one that both parties like. i'm very happy with the one that both parties like. i can live with either one, i thought for a while, the two state looks like it might be the easier of the two. honestly if israel and the palestinians are happy, i'm happy with the one they like the best. >> my colleague is here with us now. all right, is it clear at this stage, which option is most likely, if any, at this point. ? well, anything is more clear than the answer he gave there. that was seen as noncommittal or uninformed answer about the conflict. yet his position has since

ponding on the roadway is going to be a possibility as well. notice the wet weather advancing toward d.c. but not into the northern portion of new england just yet. memorial day weekend is just around the corner. notice wet conditions will continue throughout the east. hot out west. diane, kendis. >> all right, that's justin povick. that's accuweather's justin povick for us. justin, thank you. >>> and still ahead, how ariana grande's mother helped victims at the concert following that attack in manchester. >>> and president trump and the pope, the two meeting for the first time overnight. the details in a live report. >>> plus, new this morning, a major american airport shut down after a plane catches fire. see the new video and the passengers talking about the ordeal. today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans. connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is

in philadelphia a half inch that evening's commute, and especially of ponding, and lingering from the rain we have already seen through the day today but we could see drizzly spots to i-76, i-95, pennsylvania turnpike looking better with mainly dry conditions for your evening commute, and after our extreme heat streak, last week, temperatures today, much different. 65 degrees. well below average. in the middle 70's. sixty in allentown. sixty-four in atlantic city due to the east wind off the atlantic. temperature of the ocean very chilly at 58 degrees. for this evening, 63 degrees, damp, with a few spotty showerse of the city and then overnight tonight, cloudy foggy with more drizzle around low of 60 degrees. we have another pretty rainy day, in the seven day forecast and i'll let you know when to expect that in a few minutes, coming up. >>> delaware state police say off-duty trooper fatally shot her boyfriend during a domestic dispute. it happened around 11:00 inside a home in the 3200 block of champion's drive-in pike creek. investigators say when officers got there they found a fem

you got the heavy downpour, you got the ponding in the intersections, just one of those yucky thursday mornings. here satisfaction ample of the freeway coming in from new jersey again, be careful, all of the construction zones, like i-95, 202, as this heavy rain comes down, it is all heading for the drainage great, which on 95, is right there, in that lane that you're traveling in, as well. an accident, west on the vine st. expressway. right before you get to the schuylkill. that's causing a delays from broad street on back. we're shut down on route 73, in maple shade, mt. laurel. the northbound side, heading in toward philadelphia just past 295, took down a pole and telephone wires, all of the northbound lanes are closed, heading in toward the talcony palmyra bridge. use church road, maybe route 70 as alternate the accident west on the pa turnpike near norristown, right around the block here, water main break from yeserday, third street, remains closed from walnut to chestnut. and the key here, is anybody that's coming in for class trip today, with the kids, to see the museum of ameri

they set out to improve the eco system by cleaning the pond. in a special effort to save the frogs. with a local environmental firm to develop a strategy before starting their restoration project. >> well, students in philadelphia spent time with a professional football player today but this was more about academics, not sports. the former penn state football player and offensive lineman for the baltimore ravens encouraged the students to take math and science seriously. he's studying for his ph.d. in applied mathematics at mit its all part of stem behind sports day the goal is to show students the connection between academics and athletics. >> all right. good for him. >> uh-huh. >> in the meantime let's get an update on the commute home on a friday afternoon. >> let's see if there's anything good here. matt standing by with the update for us. >> not a whole lot. but it's nice of to ask. yeah, we've got some big delays resulting stemming you might say from a crash here along the roosevelt boulevard extension northbound side approaching wissahickon was blocking the left lane but the

and there's a boy drowning in the pond. how he saved little elijah. she was a contestant on the bachelor. >> i will definitely accept this rose. >> now she's facing

he is the main measure of stocks across the pond and trading still going on but wall street down.ce in the middle east? that's what the leader of the anglican church justin welby says. on a tour of the holy land, the archbishop of canterbury has met with both israeli and palestinian leaders. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, caught up with him in jerusalem. something that was discussed in both meetings is whether there is, for all kinds of reasons, a moment of opportunity. one of the things i was particularly emphasising was the need, particularly of the poor and the weaker in the area, the minority communities, for peace. although some people can enjoy these situations for years, but others, it becomes an injury report, and i'm thinking that perhaps some of the christian communities around... you met refugees caught up in other regional conflicts. what really struck you there? these conflicts are on a completely different scale. as we know, those have been huge wa i’s as we know, those have been huge wars in which the majority communities, the yazidis, the christians

i'm like, we're going hato have pond. >> were they okay with it? >> they were fine.hey were kind of like, this is going to be a nightmare. >> when aaron and zach flew the nest, the griffiths' lives seemed to get busier. joined a moteer cycle class through their church, and were a foursome with friends. >> everybody loved him. >> did he become your best friend? >> yeah, definitely one of my very best friends. >> temple felt that way about julie, too. >> she had a heart of gold, would do anything for you but she also wasn't afraid to tell you exactly how it was, either. >> did she get people's feathers ruffled? >> oh, yeah, but everybody loved her. >> after early retirement from the water company, keith found a second career as a traveling lawn mower salesman which left julie to spend a lot of nights alone in the house. but keith never worried for her wellbeing in a safe neighborhood, their own door watched over by their beloved great dane, cleo. aaron's wife, ali. >> a long time they'd never lock their door, they'd go to dinner or town, leave their door unlocked becau

we've got ponding out there on the roads. you know. >> trying to be positive. >> i know.it of a pain. >> the morning commute is never a fun one. then you add rain or any other weather on it and it really gets to be unpleasant. rain still coming down. here's the deal t rain has been heavy in spots or at least moderate in spots overnight. we're still dealing with it. you can see it pushing south to north there. we got a lot crowing on overhead. bottom line is it's a warm front lifting through at the moment and it will that continue to give us rain for a few more hours. the good news in today's forecast, the rain should shut off by 8, 9 o'clock in the morning and then we'll have a dry period through the middle of the day and then by mid to late afternoon be on the lookout particularly if we can get a little sunshine going, be on the lookout for some showers and thunderstorms to redevelop but there's a bigger look and again rain showers are here with us for a few more hours so i'm afraid the morning commute whether you be going to work or going to be wet. put on those cool fr

roads may have some ponding taking place. a big soaker of a day. friday will be weather alert. lead,infall rates could in fact, to a handful of flash flood warnings. there is that possibility. saturday, a few scattered showers. shese are the weather impact the next couple of days. starting out chilly, 50's around 60 by 9:00 a.m. mid 60's through your afternoon. overcast today without the rain. the rain will start after midnight. once it does, 3:00 to 4:00 a.m., it is going to pour. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, 55. whenlightning by 8:00 a.m. a lot of folks will be on area roads. by late most of it will be coming down heavy prior to 10:00 a.m. a few areas where it will still be running hard by lunchtime to around -- raining hard by lunchtime to around 1:00. we will start drying out just a little bit. still quite a few clouds. saturday and sunday with the next system running in the lower 60's across the area. 10 degrees below average. i am calling this week in a good weekend for maybe taking in a movie. week in the 60's with the exception of friday. back in a few minutes to show yo

or a little fish in a big pond. i'm just gonna be, and if there's opportunities, then right on, yeah. this is a good place for that. - this would be a place for that. anything else you got coming up next, what's after this? what's after this? - more touring, x is having its 40th anniversary. - there will be a series of shows? - yeah, we have 60 shows booked already. - 60 shows? - that's not so much. - oh man. - that's not like buddy, you know. - i'm just exhausted saying it. - it's not like buddy guy. - yeah, right. - yeah, right. - yeah, do that. - and you go back and play all the old stuff, but probly have some new stuff to play too? - the way x plays now is more like a concert, because we have another player, we're playing songs we never played. we go some real deep cuts, like, i must not think bad thoughts, which is a particularly poignant song at this juncture. which is a particularly poignant song at this juncture. we still play punk rock, that's our meat and potatoes, but dj's playing vibes on several songs,

when i had a ride around up there on friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet holes that are usually there all year round. they're all dried out, they're absolutely bone dry, there's nothing at all in the bottom of them. stuart herd has farmed here all his life. the riverbed drying up is not unheard of but he's noticed the hillside springs aren't right. you can tell that it's been a lot drier because we're actually noticing sheep that have come down to parts of the river where the water is still running, noticing sheep standing on the river bank drinking. whereas ordinarily they would be spread about up on these fells and drinking out of little springs and streams and things like that, which suggests there isn't as much water up there as what there has been in other times. southern england has seen the driest conditions with just over half the average rainfall since last july. restrictions later in the year. and these pictures were taken in northern england over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart in a similar condition. but yorkshire water says there shouldn't be wide

but the dredge pond itself is on private property. but it's just feet from the public beach. that's where the sand really comes from. >> when you have big waves and high tides, the waves overtop the top of the beach and fill up this pond, all the sand originates from the organization. >> critics are sending sand to politicians demanding action. >> if we can't get this sand mine closed, it really calls into question our ability as a state to protect our coast line at all. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom made no promises. the company refuses to say exactly how much sand it's taking from the site. we have posted the company's entire statement and the coastal commission's preliminary cease and desist notice on our website abc7news.com. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney examines your rights when your flight is delayed or your flight is delayed or cancelled due to mechanical are making the move to nissan. ♪ because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. ♪ titan, with america's best truck warranty. ♪ and the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling mo

we will see the possible ponding of water and the localized stream flooding. no warnings now.we have a flood watch along the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. the moisture will uploop come up the mountains. bus stop is rainy. and breezy. isolated thunderstorms. the weekend outlook is not perfect but we'll take it. spotty shower for sunday. lower 60's. the average high is 73. so we are below. the gold cup has showers saturday afternoon. the cup 10:00 to 7:15 p.m. but breezy throughout the day. d.c. united possibility of a shower. but should see improvement by owe can watch it here. tomorrow is a weather alert day for sure with the morning rush affected by the rain that is heavy and the thunderstorms. the weeker is cooler. next it's cool. next the temperatures will stay below average. we will watch creeks and streams in the morning. a couple -- it's creeks and streams. two or three years ago i got into that when we had warnings and i stood at the wall and they were going to take me out of here on a stretcher because it took me 20 seconds to say it. i keep creeks and streams.

paul, minnesota who had a medical issue and drove into a small pond. he is doing okay this morning. >> now to a warning be being issued about swimmerness the ocean and a video to go along with it. paddle boarders along the southern california coast were literally swimming with sharks. than a dozen but not on purpose. they had no idea the sharks were there. they found out when a crew in a sheriff's helicopter gave them a call from above. >> you are paddle boarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. >> now, there were advisories posted on the beach. authorities say the sharks are not aggressive but there were more than two dozen of those sharks, more than two dozen great whites have been spotted up and down the coast this week. you don't want to run into one of those. >> you do not. >> i would rather run into no sharks. >>> on the east coast, beach goers in myrtle beach helped a shark into the water. the shark was stuck for a few minutes before making its way back out into the ocean and out to sea. >> that southern hospitality in my home state

by being that, we can be the ripple in the pond.ring jobs around, those manufacturing jobs create more jobs around them because you have a service industry that builds up around them. we'll b announcing the first investment in this fund later in the month of may. >> and our top stock to watch this morning is facebook. >> facebook beat expectations on the to t the top and bottom and reported 2 billion users. they expect a slowdown in ad revenue growth and an uptick in expenses put pressure on the stock. ceo sheryl sandberg told me, they benefiting -- she also explained yesterday's announcement that facebook is hiring 3,000 more people to monitor videos. >> we're in constant conversation with our advertisers but we have not seen a revenue impact from this yet so that's no why we did this. we did this because as take every step we can and that includes hiring more people in big numbers, as you saw, but also building better tools to keep ous safe. >> and they're making changes to crack down on fake news and hoaxes and he said they're la

, and they using those ponds to irrigate crops. we flew through the hot and heat to drop water next to an active fire. instead of degree everything else he knew he had a young copilot who was eager for experience, me. one day as unnerving for me as for him he late the take controls who while we were filling our water bucket, the parachute like neon orange assembly on the belly of the hasn't. as i flew the helicopter over the water surgeries could i here the back enders calling out 20 feet, 510, 5, for, three, two, told, filling, hold, okay, start back up. and that was the point where the bucket was the top of the water. at this point i started to slow lift lit the bird up so the bucket would open and fill with water ways climbed and this as a rather delicate operation. you're asking a lot of your engines to lift this much extra weight and higher elevation is can be a reese be for disaster. with all of this the for front of his mind reed would guarding the controls as i was on the dip. there's some language here i'm going to skip. w

but the dredge pond itself is on private property. but it's just feet from the public beach.y comes from. >> when you have big waves and high tides, the waves overtop the top of the beach and fill up this pond, all the sand originates from the organization. >> critics are sending sand to politicians demanding action. >> if we can't get this sand mine closed, it really calls into question our ability as a state to protect our coast line at all. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom made no promises. the company refuses to say exactly how much sand it's taking from the site. we have posted the company's entire statement and the coastal commission's preliminary cease and desist notice on our website abc7news.com. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney examines your rights when your flight is delayed or cancelled due to >>> you have seen these viral videos, tickets passengers forced off of united and delta flights. >> what about when flights are delayed because of mechanical issues? >> slightly different perhaps. >> most people get this wrong. they really don't understand. not all fli

when i had a ride around up there on friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet holes that are usuallyhey're all dried out, they're absolutely bone dry, there's nothing at all in the bottom of them. stuart herd has farmed here all his life. the riverbed drying up is not unheard of but he's noticed the hillside springs aren't right. you can tell that it's been a lot drier because we're actually noticing sheep that have come down to parts of the river where the water is still running, noticing sheep standing on the river bank drinking. whereas ordinarily they would be spread about up on these fells and drinking out of little springs and streams and things like that, which suggests there isn't as much water up there as what there has been in other times. southern england has seen the driest conditions with just over half the average rainfall since lastjuly. the water company affinity says people must do their bit to avoid restrictions later in the year. and these pictures were taken in northern england over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart in a similar condition. but yor

over the pond in the us the james comey sacking saga continues.he financial teams leads with the headline: defiant trump calls for closer moscow ties after firing fbi chief. that's of course following his meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. staying with that story, the new york times runs a piece on what they call a "sense of crisis" deepening in washington following the dismissal of comey. another crisis in waiting perhaps over on the other side of the world where the japan times looks at the newly—elected south korean president's policy towards its neighbour north korea. president moonjae—in also said that he would not rule out a visit to north korea under the right conditions. and finally, back in the business pages of the telegraph, news that high street food chain pret a manger is planning a listing on the new york stock exchange. experts are saying that it's likely to be valued at around $1.1; billion. with me is nick hungerford, founder of the investment management company nutmeg. after a big night out? yes, the asian women

>> ponds, lakes, and cocky pretty boys.t ham penned ppened to the l. >> i'm matt brody hold the >> matt brody. we still don't give a -- >> hey, hey, hey. >> oh, yeah, dialogue here is even better. if you can wade through the waves of four letter insults. there is some sort of plot here. >> lot of action scenes. >> we got a dead body on our beach. >> that's not our job. >> my gut says there is bad [ bleep ] over there. >> my balls say take it easy right here. >> why do your balls sound like 3-year-old girls. >> i don't know that's how they talk. but they're wise. >> oh, my god. >> in case the star power isn't enough for you. there are surprise cameos, not so surprise. hass hasslehoff, pamela andersen. a wipeout. scored 19% splat on rotten tomatoes. critics are scathing. and calls it -- >> get a sense of humor, owen. >> glenn kenny says -- >> oh, okay. maybe they're on to something here. >> ha-ha. >> so they're not loving it. writer from business magazine calls it, shockingly unfunny. >> there is a little bit of hope for some

that means ponding of water is a possibility. here is what you need to know. 3:00 to 9:00 a.m., the heaviest rain. total rainfall across the viewing area. one to two inches. good time to have the stormwatch7 app. we are on storm watch and be back in a few minutes. alison: thank you. we want you to be prepared for whatever comes in the morning commute. don't miss a beat with "good morning washington." your traffic and weather updates. start at 4:25 all the way through your ride right here on abc7. >> i went through two years of campaigning and i'm telling you no matter where i went people are suffering so bad jonathan: the first step to get rid of it has taken place. president trump flanked by republican members of the house. they passed the first step in repealing and replacing obamacare. this is the first step in replacing that legislation. it's now going to head to senate. that is where it will likely face very stiff changes and challenges. we are gathering reaction on the hill now and we'll have more throughout the show and la

people were on pins and needles on this site and that side of the pond waiting to see with this announcementbout. we know as of august, prince philip will retire from his royal duties. this in c speculation revolving around

when i had a walk and ride round up there on friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet holes that year round. they're all dry now, absolutely bone dry. there's nothing at all in the bottom of them. stuart herd has farmed here all his life. the riverbed drying up isn't unheard of but he's noticed the hillside springs are not right. you can tell that it has been a lot drier because we are actually noticing sheep that actually come down to the parts of the river that are, where water is still running. you are noticing sheep standing on the river bank, drinking, whereas ordinarily, they would be spread about up on the fells and drinking out of little springs and streams and things like that, which suggests that there isn't as much water up there as what there has been in other times. other catchments are parched, too. these pictures were taken around england over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart in a similar condition. but yorkshire water says there should not be widespread alarm. i think nationally, it's been very dry. up in yorkshire, i think it has been a dry wint

with the ponds full -- (please stand by, audio difficulties). >> i'm glad i didn't go swimming. >> i wish i had known about it before i got in the lake. >> so far no fines have been levied over the problem. lake berryessa does provide drinking water for vacaville and vallejo but county officials say the public is not at risk because the water is treated. >>> it warmed up out there today. five to 10 degrees warmer today than what we saw on sunday. 92 in napa. no records today, although it's pretty warm. this isn't crazy vought control heat. 87 in oakland today. that's warm, right? 90 in hayward. 87 in san jose. downtown on that concrete, all the heat that was absorbed and reradiates, it feels about 95. if you were 80 in san francisco, it feels about 85. it's hot downtown. across the middle part of the country they've had severe weather all weekend long as this line of storms moves from basically florida through rhode island. most of the activity is dying down now. for us we're just under a nice high pressure ridge. the high pressure is set up. these are the current temperatures. boy,

the government says he'll have to change his land. >> remove all the trees, replant new trees, dig ponds that have to be maintained and drained every six months, put the frogs back on, burn the forest every year. >> he wanted to build houses on the land. i got rezone for that. no problem sis fish and wildlife, we work with land owners. they wouldn't agree be interviewed about the complaint. instead they posted this video. >> we are looking forward to working with willing lan owners in louisiana. >> they tell you how to cooperate. they haven't this handbook. >> it's an enormously complex, tedious, bureaucratic road map. >> 300 in pages, unbelievably complex. certainly couldn't have a life and deal with this. >> you couldn't. >> this is san antonio. >> yes. -- this is san antonio. >> yes -- this is reasonable? >> yes, if i can understand it, they can understand it. >> you're an environmental lawyer. what about normal people trying to live their lives. i see why you lawyers love this. >> i would probably write it defendant live but it does make sure the government commits itself to a proces

from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. >>> some dramatic video this evening of a horse rescued from san bernardino county ravine. horse and female rider fell off about noon. sedated and blindfolded this horse before rescue helicopter brought it to safety. horse able to walk away and rider suffered minor scratch. everybody okay. >> horse is like what in the world happened? >> i was flying. >> better day than james harden. >> unbelievable game. >> spurs and warriors in the western conference finals. this is why you shouldn't gamble. i would have bet everything against the s it's day one of we're playing zombie tag! i'm tired, but i'm teaching them hopscotch. i'm starting a garden with my neighbors so our kids can eat better. and we feel happier! i have more energy at work. i feel stronger! small changes you make today can make a big difference in how you feel.... and may help prevent obesity, high blood pre