in northwest, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: what a fantastic program. larry: i love that. i grew up in the country and we didn't have that when i was growing up. i think it's great. alison: it's wonderful. so healthy to be out there in the fresh air. larry: good habits, too. early age. yeah. alison: all right. great story. ends i'm erin hawksworth at the quick --ends i'm erin hawksworth at the quicken loan national but today was more than golf. my story on a surprise military homecoming later in sports. >> it's been go weeks since the shooting at congressional baseball practice and mass calls for unity. where do we stand now? we will take the pulse of announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: we have new information tonight about the plan to fix the water problems along the metro red line. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis at the grosvenor metro station to explain. kevin: abc7 first told you yesterday that general manager paul wiedefeld had a plan to tackle years of water problems here along the red line. today, metro announced that starting

kellye: i'm kellye lynn in alexandria. here you go, sara.l tell you how public school substitutes are learning how to swim in p.e. that story coming up in "spotlight on education." alison: looks like a good one. but first, they are supposed to stop fraud but they are turning out to be frustrating. "7 on your side" to get to the bottom of why chip readers take so long. horace: horace holmes in the "7 on your side" help center. 703-236-9220. we have a panel of experts here. we have got some open phones the topic is ask the insurance agent. you can talk about life insurance, car insurance, homeowners insurance, travel insurance. valuable items insurance. we'll be here from now until 6:30. back to you. alison: okay, horace holmes. thank you very much. a "7 on your side" consumer alert now regarding the micro chips in your credit card. almost all cards have them now but not all stores accept them. scott taylor with the reason why. scott: right now in america, there are 766 million chip cards being used at just under 2 million merchant locations,

i'm kellye lynn at wilson high school in northwest with th jonathan: after the heart-stopping fall inix flags. the teenager dropping 45 feet to a waiting crowd below. they caught her. but they are now saying it was her actions not mechanical issues to slip under the restraining bar. she was not seriously hurt. for the crowd below, pin a medal on all of them. they caught her, saving her from broken bones or getting hurt. michelle: july 4th, the holiday weekend is around the corner. the best way to enjoy it is safely. jonathan: yes. that is why a fireworks demonstration held on the national mall today to get your attention and to get you ready. nancy: you will see how damaging mishandling the explosives can get. suzanne kennedy with the story for us. suzanne: we are one week away from the fourth of july. that means a lot of people will have the personal fireworks display. this morning, the consumer product safety com issued its annual warning about the dangers of improperly using the explosive devices. according to the c.p.s.c., more than 11,000 people were injured and treated in u.s. e

as kellye lynn shows us the workshop is taking off. llye: seventh grade girls at glasgow middle school are tapping in for all sides of steam. >> i learn how you use technology and you can blend the categories like science and math. blend them together. help the world. >> they with working toward helping the world by helping themselves. learning the basics of building a drone. >> we develop called the challenge to build a drone workshop to inspire students of all ages to get interested in steam. it is everything from assembling a drone, to ground testing and flight planning. >> it's fun for me. this is the first time i had flown a drone. >> think i it's a great program. because it builds confidence in young girls. confidence in the ability to effect change. as they learn workshop participants are asked to think of the ways drones can resolve real world challenges. >> we are excited to see where it will take us in the future. kellye: inspiring girls to solve problems with kellye lynn, abc7 news. jonathan: update now. the solar eclipse sta

coming up -- kellye: i'm kellye lynn at the college of student park where the student athletes spends >>> i have some travel in p-cards for you. kellye: ryan spending much of the summer at the athletic department business office at the university of maryland college park. >> i go through and i take off purchasing and the travel cards. with the university of maryland. kellye: the college junior is here to gain experience and understand how athletic departments operate. as a quarterback for the terps, football is his passion. >> it's another reason why i'm interested and i chose to do the internship. kellye: it's through an internship academy providing professional developments for student athletes who are often too >> it's built to give athletes opportunity for paid internship and continue the training. kellye: most are offered in the athletic department, other sites include a financial institution, medical device company and public school system. >> i run from class to workouts and i have to go back to class and then i go eat. and then i have study hall. it's a lot. athletes don't get

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