now they pay tribute to two generals in a scene that includes the flags but amy aubert shows us that it is all changing amy: construction materials are now blocked. two stained glass windows at the washington national cathedral. >> they are settling up the scaffolding to remove the process to remove the windows. amy: one honoring robert e. lee and the other stonewall jackson installed in 1953 are coming down. >> monuments like this may have whatever they were in the past, they now have powerful symbols in ways that are not helpful especially for a house of prayer for all people. ames the cathedral community and a task force organized have been in talks about removing the windows for two years. saying lately they have been paying attention and responsive to resent events like -- recent events like what happened in charlottesville. >> they were becoming obstacles to the ministry. amy: in a couple of days the construction site will be gone and the windows will look like the window above that is covered for routine cleaning. >> never easy to remove sacred fabric fro we feel this is approp

his mother talked with amy aubert about the deafening silence as they awaited word of his fate. >> winds whipping by. st. martin condo. frederick native, his wife and 3-year-old daughter were trapped inside as hurricane irma swept through. >> the top of one of the cars was crushed. >> kara says glen, her son, has been living on the caribbean island with his family and attend medical school. >> keeping my fingers crossed and praying that they made it through. >> 14-hour period went by that she says she didn't hear anything. >> no communication. can't get anything in or anything out. >> he says they relied on the he from the local political leaders. >> the senator's office coordinated a lot of the >> they made it through safely. glen taking the photos. around checking out the damage on the island. they posted videos like this one showing the winds whipping through. mom says social media was one of the best way to stay updated. >> infrastructure was gone, the airport was destroyed. >> no way out and hurricane jose expected to be not far off. >> unbelievable how bad it is. >> they eventually

amy aubert introduces us to jose flores, who said getting in touch with his family in mexico is a topority. amy: days after the massive another,es in mexico, this tied magnitude 6.1 in southern mexico. >> just tragedy after tragedy. flores says he was born and raised in mexico and still has family there. >> i was looking out for my family. grew upsaid where he was quite a ways from where the quake hit, but it still feels close to home. >> it was really hard to watch. where i came from, where i grew up, the place i love such bad shape. say this isogists an aftershock of an earlier earthquake. the death toll is now in the hundreds. >> we are going to get through it. i know that we will rebuild. we will come back stronger than ever. amy: he said after today's earthquake him he plans to stay in contact with family still in mexico and is hoping there is a way he can help out. amy aubert, abc 7 news. ,imberly: now to puerto rico where the devastation from hurricane maria death toll is now at least 10. more than two dozen are dead around the caribbean. maryland task force one is heading to h

i'm amy aubert. i will have that story coming up. larry: as we head to break, debate brewing in virginia about the languages spoken at a daycare. tonight's instapoll asking do you think child care workers should be required to speak english. log on to wjla.com share your thoughts. we'll get into the story in four minutes. stay with us. i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. werful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. alison: we are back with new developments. >> i'm sorry. my dad had surg i will walk off. alison: after this baltimore woman was forcefully taken off the southwest airlines flight at b.w.i. marshall airport tuesday night after she claimed she had a life

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in landover, amy aubert, abc 7 news.rly: among theers may be youngest people trying to make a difference after harvey. five-year-old payton and four-year-old madison are selling lemonade in texas. their mom said she tried to not let the much too much news during the storm but it was tough and they care. they're hoping to buy supplies or home depot gift cards for people in their neighborhood who need them. thank you to all of you who took the time friday to help us stand strong for texas. we raised more than half $1 million for the salvation army. you can still donate to the effort or find others to support at wjla.com. developing now, in the last five minutes, reuters news has reported a 5.6 magnitude tremor in north korea. it could be an indication of yet another missile test. this just hours after north korea claimed that it has a have urgent bomb that can fit onto a ballti reportedly showing kim jong-un inspecting the device. there have been no independent verifications of the claims. russia has closed its consulate a

amy aubert, abc7 news. brian: thank you.i'll be there tomorrow morning, be there at 10:00 before it opens and be there throughout the weekend. come check out stormwatch7. it's cool. the weather is finally feeling like fall. a true autumn weekend headed our way. dry, pleasant, crisp in the morning. comfortable in the afternoon. we are in a dry patch. we have a outlook yesterday. everything is okay now but if we don't get rain, we will see the beginning of a trout here. tonight the temperatures drop from the 60's to the 50's. overnight tonight you might want a coat. it's crisp. heading out the door tomorrow, german town is around 50. 53 in ashburn. but unlike this morning we have a breeze around. cooler air sneaking in with a cold front. the next couple of days, ples sand and the low 70's. we have a pattern to linger to monday/tuesday. then we will get a surge of milder air. by the middle of next week the average we see temperatures rising. in fact the ten-day outlook shows we could be back in the low to mid-80's. enjoy the co

i'm amy aubert. have that story coming up. >> blast just around the block from oriole park this year. entire chunk of road sent flying hundreds of feet. next at 5:00, the born and raised incian, dr. rrural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. nancy: we now know what caused a steam pipe explosion earlier this summer. the company that owned the price is blaming it on pipe wall thinning. it replaced the pipe with a different material that the company says will work better with thinning. larry: police in montgomery county had to deal with dÉjÀ vu after two pedestrians struck by vehicles at the same location within an hour. both are expe

amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: "7 on your side" in health matters now and a new study on flu shots in pregnancy and miscarriages seems to create more women who suffered miscarriages in 2010-2012 were more likely to have back-to-back yearly flu shots including protection against swine flu. they warn the miscarolinas may not have been caused by the vaccinations but other risk factors like age. doctors and the study's author caution more research is needed. >> i think it is important that women know all the facts and have all the information in order to make the decisions but i advise them of the benefit of the flu vaccine and recommend they have it done. alison: past studies found flu vaccines are safe in pregnancy but they warned doctors to anticipate questions, confusion and worry. larry: tonight at 6:00, amazon trying to find a spot for the new corporate headquarters and the d.c. area could be a prime choice. it would mean more jobs in the d.m.v. a look at the areas trying to woo the internet gianta alison

live in stringfield, amy aubert -- springfield, amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: a second benefit is planned for hurricanes of hurricane harvey. lyle lovett, clint back, will bonnie rait signed up to play. it's helps texans and the show is in fort worth in november. three devastating hurricanes and two earthquakes in the last month. a lot of us are wondering how we can help. we have a list of organizations to contact at a ebb with sit wjla.com. alison: we have new information about a woman was sexually assaulted in college park. this happened early saturday morning in the 4500 block of dillford road. not far from the university campus. as maryland bureau chief brad bell reports other people in the area say they say think think the same guy has been in their homes too. brad: the home invader hit jack's place early saturday morning. >> he stole my computer and my buddy's computer and x-box and headphones. brad: now he and his roommate keep a baseball bat handy. >> it's terrifying. to think someone was in my room taking my stuff. crazy. >> two hours perhaps th

amy aubert with new details just uncovered in this case. amy? amy: well, guys, take a look at this flier. we found it posted inside the starbucks along georgia avenue where an employee tells me wallen visited almost every day. it's one of a stack of fliers that a family friend tells me she put together in an effort to find wallen. i want to go to video, just coming in our newsroom that we got from baltimore station, wjz. they say that this video is of wallen's ford escape found last night. now i do want to tell you, i spoke to montgomery county police within the past few minutes. they cannot confirm that just yet. they told me they are working around the clock. but at this point they don't have any upstates. to give you a bit of background on the case, police are on day four of trying to find missing pregnant high school teacher laura wallen. i'm told the last contact she had wit message that police describe as alarming but they wouldn't give any further details on that. now police had a two and a half-hour meeting last night. another meeting th

amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. checking the other top story, searchers sifting through the rubble 24 hours after a massive earthquake in mexico. the mex owe city there are no children reported missing at the school that collapsed. >> however, an adult who works at the school may be buried under the rubble. larry: parts of puerto rico may be in the dark for months as a result of hurricane maria which knocked out the entire island power grid. the san juan airport is now back open for military and the rescue flights. commercial flights could resume tomorrow. alison: maryland governor larry hogan is proposing the biggest highway project in years. it would expand and add hot lanes to the beltway, i-270 and the parkway. to add lanes the government would have to transfer control over to the state. larr the georgetown university campus. for the third time in three weeks a swastika was found inside a bathroom at a residence hall. discovery was made as the campus marks the jewish holiday of rosh hashanah. >> it's really sad.

amy aubert was at the church as they were loading up an amazing outpouring of support from across theing hand. he just returned from texas. >> it was hard to surprise because so much of the area was flooded. just town after town after town. amy: several others brought down two boats to help pull people to safety. >> it was amazing. all of america was all in. >> to help those in need. ripple effect from maryland. >> what i can do to help people in need. >> oh brault his tractor- -- he brought his tractor-trailer from florida. he is getting behind the wheel and heading for texas. >> i believe who much is given much is expected. >> people dropped off the donations until the crews were gearing up to leave. >> /saw the news story about the church helping the flood victims in texas. >> it mak >> fema said they don't manage donations but sending money to the trusted non-profit in area is the quick e and the most direct way to help out. >> this is all about making a difference any way they can. >> the sadness didn't set in until the immediate demand of doing what we had to do. >> amy aubert,

amy aubert went to fairfax county to get reaction to the plan. >> the net effect will be tragedy. amy: tragedy in the form of businesses going under ground. that's if the proposed regulations regarding child care in virginia, specifically the workers and the ability to speak english are passed. >> the state has come in with an imposition they speak statewide rule that challenges. amy: the virginia department of social services says it applies to child day programs approved subsidy vendors. the proposal is currently on the governor's desk. >> it's mean-spirited and it's dangerous in my opinion. >> also headed to the governor's desk a letter to the fairfax county board of supervisors. >> you want diversity of the programs you offer people because we have a diverse community. >> that letter reading in part should the regulation be approved some locally permitted family child care providers could lose their ability to serve children who receive state wilde carrie subsidies. potentially reducing the supply of affordable child care for working families in fairfax county. >> i spoke to a

amy aubert joining us from frederick, maryland, with the latest on the case. amy: the 18-year-old victim taken from the she was grabbed by her hair and they dragged her to a vehicle. a teen assaulted, kidnapped and raped not far from the area in frederick. >> the males forced her with a knife and took her to a nearby vehicle and drove thor an an a -- drove her to an apartment. amy: two were arrested. the victim knows victor gutierres and edgar chicas-hernandez from school. a third suspect that police say recorded the reportedly hours' long attack had his face covered and has not been located yet by police. >> it's shocking. heart-breaking because i have a daughter. >> diana gomez lives in the area and says it's usually pretty quiet. >> nervous. i'm definitely checking my surroundings more. >> police say so far they don't know of any connection to any gangs but say they are looking into all leads. coming up at 5:00, shocking details as to why police say it was planned out on social media. live in frederick, amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: bond denied for the 24

amy aubert caught up with the executive director of only helps who says lately it's tough to keep up with the demand. amy: for volunteers with only help, lately it can be tough to keep these shelves stocked. >> we are nerve every year are we going to make for we are nervous every year, are we going to make it? amy: she has been in charge for a year and a half and she has seen the need spike. where they get ten new clients in a m >> the way the numbers continue to climb lately, i am getting anxious. amy: only help, does just that. helping area families with food and financial assistance. >> the economy really affects people and their ability to put food on the table. which bills you are going to pay. amy: they put together specific bags for families that last three to five days to fill it with things like tea and pasta. from there they deliver directly to families in need. >> i wish you could see the faces and the gratefulness when you meet them at the door. they are so thrilled to see us come there. amy: it can be hard to keep up. >> for 48 years we have been able to encoo it going bu

amy aubert joins us live in springfield, virginia, where a food truck shut its doors today. keep a close eye on puerto rico. amy? amy: well, this food truck right here has been moved from this spot all day. take a look down here. it's still sitting plugged in and charging during what is normally a busy time for workers. that is because the owners of living lavita loco are focused on the family in the area of puerto rico. her hus rico and they still have nieces and other family members still leaving there. they spent all morning making phone calls. she says at first they couldn't get through to some family but were able to finally hear from them through facebook. >> it causes a lot of shock. it causes a lot of stress. the fact being in the island for a long time, it's home. amy: she says they plan to donate a portion of the proceeds to help out the victims of hurricane maria. coming up at 5:00, how she says the family is making out as the hurricane came through. live in springfield, amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. abc7 continues to monitor the disaster in mexico. a

i feel bad for those people. >> amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: good points there. michelle: absolutely. the heat longer, sticking around longer than we anticipate. this time of the year you have ups and downs. josh: that is what i wanted to start with here. for the month of september, the first couple of weeks we are cooler than average. now we are back above average. all in all we are a degree and a half below what would b we have to see how it wraps up. i think this weekend adding in some of the heat will bring it closer to overall a completely normal month. why have we been so warm. we have a dip in the jetstream farther west. for us it means quite the opposite. if you think we are hot, minneapolis is 94. 94 in omaha, chicago at 94. detroit even hotter than we are. our temperature hanging closer to 82. the area of high pressure continues to build our way. so our temperatures continue to go up over the next couple of days. right now our 82 with a breeze of 10 miles per hour making it feel nice outside. a little on the muggy side. but not like middle of summer sor

amy aubert joins us live from fairfax with what is on the agenda. hey, there. amy: this is exciting for kids and families. take a look. we are inside a fun house at the fall for fairfax kid-fest. they actually climb up the rock wall, they go over it and slide down the slide next to me. take a look here. how much funds are kids going to have going through the punching bags. if i can make my way through. this is one of the 75 activities they have for the kids. i will start up tomorrow morning. i'm joined by barry, the c.e.o. what does it mean for the kids and families to come out here and have this free event? >> this event is based on the concept of engaging kids, helping them with creativity. and edutainment. it's educational but it's fun. we think those two go well together. we have public safety exhibits and the touch truck. there is a helicopter landing here. we have environmental educ amy: you tell me that you got out here on tuesday night. some of the carnival rides arrived tuesday night. setting them up since. >> they started to come in on tuesday. amy: th

amy: amy aubert, abc7 news. nancy: we will bring you stories like this all week to lead up to the race for the cure. we have coverage of that event on saturday on the sister station newschannel8 as website wjla.com. michelle: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert here. starbucks is adding spice back in your life. pumpkin spice, that is. if your location isn't selling it yet. wait a little bit. like tomorrow. it will be there. 1200 million pumpkin spice lattes sold in the first ten years of existence. i am a fan. nancy: are you? jonathan: they are very good. michelle: not you? nancy: i just like black coffee. a cultural phenomenon. jonathan: you don't like the foo-foo coffee. >> there is something about the p.s.l. there are oreos and cake and -- michelle: i'll all about all of these. the duke and the duchess are expecting baby number three. jonathan: they do make beautiful babies. no kidding. abc7 is on stormwatch7. look at this. wild! this is the moment that a fast-moving storm struck a beach in santa barbara.

amy aubert has the latest on how the community is stepping in to help find her. >> you will find signs like this one posted all across colombia and in these areas, to help find schoolteacher, laura wall and. a group of 20 people posted fliers over the weekend and tell me that they will not stop spreading the word until she is found. police are investigating this as a missing persons case. they tell me that they are looking at many possibilities but don't want to label it any differently. i spoke to police who tell me that their team has not stopped working on this case. they tell me that tips are coming in but they need more. i asked if any came in following the news conference and they declined to comment. coming up at 5:00 i will catch up with the group hitting the streets again to help find the missing teacher. a judge in philadelphia dismissed criminal cha amtrak crash. the judge says that there is not enough evidence to allow the case to proceed. eight people died when the train went off the tracks. federal investigators concluded that he came -- he became distracted by word that

amy aubert is live in columbia where a group is expected together tonight. likeu will notice flyers this one posted all across columbia. look at this one right over here. police tell me that that car is at an indoor facility and they are combing through it to see if they can find anything. let's go right to the video today. you can see there are notes, pictures, and flowers left at the home of the teacher. they started passing out the flyers this weekend. they tell me they will not stop until she is found. here is what we know. police telling me they are working around the clock and are continng tonight. they are looking at this as a missing persons cases. they say they are checking all of these efforts but are not labeling anything differently. they said they have an number of tips but still need more. when i asked if they had any following the news conference, they declined to comment. a $25,000 is offering reward for information that leads to her coming home. this is laura. she is four months pregnant. police are asking anyone with any information to cont