bei. >> northwest. happy birthday, bei bei. >> amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: how cute! >> that is why we need another cub. keep the party going. >> we hope so. larry: a little stick of butter. they get so big so fast. >> show me the money. now where maryland knows where the money could come from, take a closer look at what the project looks like after so much time in limbo. >> the reached another level. >> people with bloodshot light but not from you each drive a ford pickuyes.ght? i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. awesome. let's do this. the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. stronger the better. and best of all, this new truck is actually- oh my... the current chevy silverado. it's the chevy summer drive. get a total value of $9,600 or, get 0% financing for 60 months on this silverado all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. larry: president trump is one of many that took a glimpse at the sun without the special glasses. some of them flooded the ophthalmologist offices fearing they damage

bey bey. alarm went off this morning. should have heard the fanfare in my bedroom this morning. >> is that why you brought -- >> bey bey is turning 2 years old today. >> oh, little boys. >> terrible twos for a panda. it's a bear. not sure has planned yet, but we can predict it will include bamboo possibly. bey bey is the youngest giant panda cub at the national zoo. his older sister was moved to china earlier this year. her fourth birthday is tomorrow. >> we'll never forget our baby girl. sometimes they make the ice cake with the food inside. no chance. >> can pass for twins, too. bow bow and bey bey. >> i feel like they can. >> bow bow is a little bigger. >> oh. >> a good mother can tell her children apart. >> i would imagine out of anyone, eun would be the one person in this universe who would tell the pandas apart. i am sure she has the markings down pat. >>> ice cake probably going to melt today. feeling like 100 to 103 degr stay hydrated and in the shade. we have great news ahead. this is going to be our last day. feeling like triple digits for a while. cold front moves through tomorrow. we're going to have a huge co

bei bei's birthday. we do love your pandas. the giant panda turned 2 and celebrated with a birthday bucket and cake. you can see she was overcome. the zoo visitors got treats including the birthday hats and the stickers and beibei was the center of attention. all eyes on the mother. we should know soon because there is rumors now that maybe she is pregnt the problem is the folks at the zoo are not 100% sure. there is all the testing that has to go on. some is not as reliable as they would like. we will find out if she is pregnant soon. michelle: giving her, the privacy just in case she is. steve: she has been doing her nesting stuff. jonathan: that is one of tepid kateors -- the indicators. steve: so good news there. it's hot and humid and we hit 92. heat index values around 100. now we get relief on the way. and prolonged period of relief. outside we go at the national harbor. it's quiet and relatively nice evening out there. if you have the outdoor plans go for it. the showers and the thunderstorms are now well west of the d.c. metro area. 89 degrees at dulles. look at the 68 degrees in oakland, maryland. this is settling down and they have even taken down the severe thunderstorm watch for extreme maryland

bei bei the national disa panda turned two today. a panned dangerous deliveries friendly ice cake. happy birthday. that's an old picture of bei bei. where is wr is today's picture. the birthday >> that went fast. >> i understand we're under a potential panda watch at the zoo >> i heard that. nothing is confirmed. you don't know until you know. >> we are looking forward to a very refreshing change in air mass. i don't know about you you guys but it can't get here soon enough. it is really hot and humid. today was really bad and while our high temperature got to about 92-degrees the haze made it so bad. we may see them a little later tonight and we're going to have watch radar closely. many other areas close to 90-degrees as well. factor in the humidity and you know the deal. it feels like 98 here, 104 annapolis, 100 for stephens ville. ninety-six in the lots of other places, hagerstown, frederick, you feel like 97-degrees. what we have to much what, tho big blow up of thunderstorms that we're seeing through pittsburgh via our visible picture. and you also note that there are no clouds in our area that could change later tonight no

bei bei. >> and a special cake made just for him. in case you wonder about ingredients, sweet potatoes, carrots and apples. he may have a sibling on the way, hold the phone. bei bei's mother is under possible pregnancy watch. >> pandas can have false pregnancy, you never know until you see a baby panda born. she's doing the behaviors we expect for her to do, building a nest, sleeping a lot, not very hungry. and she's kind of doing her quiet time. so we're hopeful she's also pregnant. >> poor thing. can you imagine always being under possible pregnancy watch. the zoo will know for sure in the next few weeks. you know to have another panda. couple other birthdays, the big sister turns four today, and bei bei's dad has a birthday this weekend. with lauren ricketts. >> she gets to party with the panda? >> not together, but both this weekend. >> happy birthday. >>> 5:38 is the time. at white supremacist wanted. you may recognize him and the new development in this manhunt. >>> wild weather, rooftop rescues, the rising >>> an espn announcer's name effecting his ability to do his job. robert lee won't call the william and mary game because his name too similar to ro

bei bei turns we're not sure what the national zoo has in store. but maybe a yummy ice cake. bei bei is the youngest giant panda cup at the smait soithson national sdploo. >>> 75 years is the federal sentence handed to a former school aide now convicted of sex crimes against children. >> that will not be the end of it. prosecutors plan to take caraway to court again next month. he needs to be held accountable to the local counts against him. caraway pled guilty to abusing -- he's one of several school employees recently arrested for abusing students who worked in a school without a license. >> tomorrow, the news 4 i-team investigates who is and is not required to be licensed and why some are pushing for more oversight of all adults who work around children. >>> more than two months after a maryland man was family is finally getting answers. prince george's county police arrested two men for shooting and killing this man in oxon hill in june. the two men had an ongoing dispute with him. >>> this is not the type of abduction story we're used to hearing. a 13-year-old is charged wit

bey bey. how you can join in all the fun. >>> you know how i watched him grow up. >> he's a bear. >>> it's 5:31 now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm eun yang. we're going to feel the heat as soon as you head outside. it's going to stick around all day. >> sheena parveen is here with warnings before you get to the commute with wtop's rob stallworth. will melt. hopefully they give him a nice birthday cake. temperatures will be so hot with the humidity that you'll be feeling around the low 100s. we have a weather alert and this is the last day we'll be like this. feeling like anywhere from 100 to 103 degrees. very little rain relief in sight. even tomorrow as a cold front moves through, we don't have much rain with it. with that cold front, we have a long stretch of cooler and drier weather heading our way. you're going to really like that forecast. 76 degrees in the district as you wake up and walk outside. quickly warming into the 80s by 9:00 a.m. we'll look at the afternoon. heat is in the forecast. check traffic on this tuesday morning with rob stallworth at wtop. >> good morning, sheena. the traffic is not very friendly, especially in virginia on 395 northbound. otherwise, the beltway is clear in maryland and virginia with no real problems. route 4 in the northbound direction after the exit for wayson's corner. crash involving an overturned. stayed far right in order to get by. live from the wtop traffic center, i'm rob stall ort. >> rob, thank you. >>> we take a look at the top stories. the charlottesville city council want to relocate two confederate statues sooner than expected. the decision after protesters shouted at council over their handling of a rally at a meeting last night. this comes after counter protests left one woman dead. >> president trump promises a new path forward for the war in afghanistan. he reverse -- a quick exit and recommitted the u.s. to the 16-year-old war during last night's primetime address. today, the president heads to arizona for a rally. ng live to capitol hill for more on why he's already facing backlash before arriving in phoenix. >> people who live at the condominiums in temple hill will find out if they have to move out. that building must pass a fire safety inspection by this norng. last week, the prince george's fire department declared the building unsafe. last year, the residents had to leave because utilities were shut off. >> it is 5:34. breaking news right now. after a serious crash outside of philadelphia. >> train filled with people struck another train. matt delucia from our sister station in philadelphia is in upper darby, pennsylvania. >> reporter: investigators with the transit agencies, they are here trying to find out what caused this crash early this morning. right behind me, that is one of the damaged cars as it sits and the investigators are poring over the evidence trying to figure out what caused this early this more than r morning. 42 people were injured. four critically. video from the scene earlier. authorities tell us this crash happened just after midnight. the inbound high-speed line train was coming into this hub, the transportation center. the train crashed into another train that was parked and occupied. as you can imagine, we spoke with one of the passengers who was on that train and we spoke with him just after he got off. >> my face hit the wall. put a big hole in the wall. i wept straight down. i blacked out. it was loud. i mean, and it hurt. >> reporter: to recap, more than 3 dozen people injured, including four people who are critically injured. big question right now, how did this happen? investigators working to figure that out. i'm matt delucia in upper darby. back to you. >>> 75 years is the sentence handed to a george's school county aid convicted of sex crimes against children. that will not be the end of it. prosecutors plan to take him back to court next month. they say he need to be held accountable to the local counts against him. caraway pled guilty to abusing at least 20 children at the elementary school where he worked. he is one of the employees recently arrested for abusing students who worked in a school without a license, wednesday, the news 4 i-team investigates who is and is not required to be licensed and why some are pushing for more oversight of all adults who work around children. >>> it looks like the purple line is ready to roll. maryland governor hogan expected to sign a federal funding agreement tore that project soon. the governor's office says this new agreement would free up $325 million already appropriated. 16-mile purple line would connect montgomery and prince george's county. they estimated a >>> today is one of our favorite panda's birthday. >> happy birthday beiei. parents will know the seshl twos roll into the theshl threes. we're not sure what's planning but we know it's going to be a big party. some bamboo and prabl probably a nice ice cake. he's the youngest bear in the zoo now. his sister moved to china. >> is that as big as they get? >> might get a little bigger. >> her fourth birthday is tomorrow for bow bow. the new baby comes and she's left out. >> we'll have more panda video tomorrow. >> excellent, yes. >>> the national park service raising prices. a $10 pass jumping to $80 in less than a week. we're working for you how to get the deals to some of our before it's too late. >>> preseason. the biggest moment from the game didn't come on the >>> took a knee during the preseason game against the giants. the 11 players kneeled behind the cleveland bench. several other players were nearby and put their hands on the teammates' shoulders in support. this is the largest anthem demonstration so far this preseason. >> the browns released a sta

bei bei, the national zoo's giant panda cubbies two years old kea and the zoo threw him a big birthday complete with a panned dangerous deliveries friendly frozen birthday cake made of juice, sweat potato, leave biscuit. beiay soon be a big brother. they are watching and waiting to see if may sean is pregnant. it would also be wonderful if somebody would win the power ball jackpot, especially one of us. the jackpot has gone up to $700,000 that means that if you you won and took the cash option you would be taking home $443 million before taxes. the odds of winning the power ball are one in 292 million. it doesn't mean you you keep trying . growing up your parents and teach issues told you you do not lie. in a recent study people admittedded to lying on an average of one and a half times a day. they found that lying could improve your relationships and boost your friendships. telling a white lie like i'm busy or that looks great on you are always ways of avoiding people's feelings. >> did i ever tell you tha were one of my favorite people in the whole world. >> i knew you were going to say something disingenious. how do you expect us not to say it. you look great in that tie, by the way. moving on. is the

bei bei likes. he seemed to enjoy the box more than the toys. there is bei bei.'t know just because we wanted to show him. he is 2 years old. okay. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. can you always end with pandas. the story hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. "special report" online begins in five seconds. ♪ ♪ >> it is thursday, august 24th, donald trump back in washington following back-to-back speeches urging the country to come together. >> time to heal the wounds that divide us and seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> not backing down on his threat to shut down the government over the border wall. heather: harvey strengthening, millions of americans in the path a possible hurricane. janice dean following the latest track. rob: we have a winner, just one matching ticket in the powerball jackpot, somebody, hopefully a group of people waking up to 7 $50 million and we just learned where that ticket was sold. "fox and friends" first starts now. ♪ the w

smithsonian's youngest giant panda cub -- bei bei -- turns two! he will get a cake in his yard at ten this morning. and his older sister, bao bao, who moved to china earlier this year, celebrates her fourth birthday tomorrow! happy birthday to them. as the moon covered the sun yesterday -- many people saw the but one woman in new jersey experienced her own diamond ring effect. dana russo and adam goetz -- dating for the last three years -- were both excited to see the eclipse. as the moon started to cross into the sun's path, adam got down on one knee and popped the question. dana of course said yes. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. - hottest day of the week; feels 100+ - not as hot tomorrow with falling humidity - delightful end to the week and weekend - unseasonably cool end to august today: mostly sunny. hot and very humid. breezy. highs: 92-95 winds: sw 5-15+ mph tonight: mostly mild and muggy. lows: 70-77 winds: sw 5-10 mph wednesday: mostly cloudy. some late day clearing. falling humidity. highs: 83-85 winds: nw 5-10 mph kidd o'shea

bei bei likes. he seemed to enjoy the box more than the toys. there is bei bei.se we wanted to show him. he is 2 years old. okay. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. can you always end with pandas. the story hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. "special report" online begins in five seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> martha: hello, everybody, i'm martha maccallum and this is the story live from the kentucky state fair in louisville. this week the president is taking his message back to the places where it resonates the most. the military in virginia, a rally in arizona last night. and an audience in nevada today. and here in louisville, home of the kentucky derby, land of mitch mcconnell and rand paul, the people that we spoke with have a far different take than those inside the beltway and in much of the media. the blue grass state went 62% for donald t

this is bei bei celebrating his second birthday at the national zoo. he is licking a giant cake with several ingredients, including sweet potato, carrot, apple and apple juice. do you remember the older sister, she's in china celebrating a birthday today. she's four. the father has a birthday this weekend. it is a big family affair. i am sure the mom will get in on the action, too. >>> how often i share my birthday with the pandas which is this saturday. i am excited about that. i cleared the weather out. today you wake up for scattered showers. sheena has timing when you need the umbrella after the break. >> network's got talent gone wrong, a stunt fails. new at 5, >>> good wednesday morning. notice some big changes compared to yesterday. look at the radar, we have a lot of clouds and light showers around. you may run into some of those this morning, but this is part of a cold front. once it moves through, we will see dramatic changes in the weather pattern. coming up. >>> plus, an officer escort to kindergarten. why he had an entire department on his

bei bei. the panda cub at the washington zoo turned two and celebrated with a special bucket and a big birthday cake. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, august 23rd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you cannot look at that and not smile. >> i did not expect that. >> thank you for that, bei, but you're making us smile. >> a lot of news to get to this morning. >>> we have severe storms heading into the northeastern states. >> some of the strongest storm cells have moved through new jersey, the new york city area and now into new england. >> the storm system is coming out of the midwest where heavy rain in a short amount of time caused some big flooding. >> we saw so many dramatic scenes from that area. hundreds of calls in the kansas city area alone for rescues. abc's alex perez has the story. >> reporter: the deadly flash flood emergency, trapping families in their homes. parts of the kansas city metro area getting up to 10 inches of torrential rain. >> evacuate the area. >> reporter: more than 160 water rescues. one man caught in high water losing his life. >> rushing water is a whole another animal. it can move a great deal of weight with its force and can literally sweep those cars off the roads very quickly. >> reporter: firefighters uses a ladder truck to receive a

bei bei celebrating at the national zoo. >> see the people there to take his picture. >> he just wantsto eat. >> he gets a special cake with sweet potato, carrots and sibling on the way. >> his mother under possible pregnancy watch. >> she's always on pregnancy watch. poor thing. >> no easy way to test for pregnancy. >>> all right. it is 6:40. >> you know, we have a few light showers out there right now. it is a little on the muggy side, definitely on the warm side. this afternoon you may be able to make it out to the pool. by noon, still having cloud cover. temperatures in the mid-80s today. sunshine later on. humidity falling as rain moves out of here. sheena has timing on the rain and jack has timing on traffic now. the commute to work. hey, jack taylor. >> hey, lauren, good morning. up in damascus, trouble is here near the library. 124 at 108, that vehicle should be on the road, mott the sidewalk. authorities are there. if thiis to, be aware, hopefully you won't have the intersection closed down. traffic moves by. back to you. >>> eviction notices have been served, moveouts have be

bei bei is the youngest giant panda cub at the smithsonian national zoo. >>> we can't forecast whetherthere will be another panda baby but lauryn can tell us about the heat. >> it's going to feel closer to 100 degree business this tonight. >> thank you, lauryn. >> that's going to do its for this is the moment. the moment you could put yourself in the driver's seat of a new mercedes-benz. come to mgm national harbor and enter the choose your ride giveaway. the more you play, the more chances you earn to win your share of $350,000 in prizes including a new mercedes-benz convertible, sedan or suv. so get a move on. join m life rewards and enter the choose your ride giveaway for a chance at your share of $350,000 in prizes and freeplay®. this is monumental. >>> stand by, everyone. we're live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >>> as you know, my name is conan o'brien. or, for any of you ladies who watched the eclipse today without protective glasses, hi, i'm ryan gosling. >> looking good, ryan! oh, happy hangover eclipse day, everyone. >> he does look like ryan gosling a little bit. >> can you see him? >>

how about we look at bei bei, who turned 2, the giant panda at the national zoo and a cake with a 2. be happy if your mom made you a sweet potato cake? >> no. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. kind of off to a cloudy, hazy start. an averageso somummer day on th menu. clouds return for tonight's commute. today, the coast, mid to upper 60s into san francisco. mid to upper 70s around the bay. 80s in the north bay and south bay. 90s inland east bay. tonight's comfortable. temperatures from about 54 to 62. my accuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuw >>> all right, switching gears now, we're going to our "cracking the code" series, nutrition edition and sparkling water which we both love. so many drink it as a substitute for soda. how good is it really? mara schiavocampo has a closer look. >> i keep my house stocked with this stuff. i can't get enough. a lot of people choose it as a healthier alternative to sugary drinks but now there are reports that it might not be so good for you after all. it could lead to bloating and even damage your teeth so what's the real deal? it's a