live in bethesda shomari stone, news4. >> thanks shomari. our coverage of the power outage doesn't end here. you can head to nbcwashington.com. >>> looking at our weather now, veronica, some more rain coming our way, huh? >> that's right. i'm tracking some showers right now, even a little bit of fog and definitely cooler air that will be making its way in across the overnight period. let's take a look and see what's going on on storm team 4 radar. the green, that's where we have showers, nothing too heavy right now. howard counties into areas like eastern montgomery county the weather in prince george's county too, to baltimore. really important to focus on the rain and the cooler air, too, that will be coming in on the north side of this weather front. more rain too, coming through west virginia. that's about six hours away. so all that coming together with this weather system early part of the day on wednesday. we're at 52 baltimore, 65 here. there's the weather front. it's coming in. by tomorrow morning, you will need a jacket. our temper

news4's shomari stone is in bethesda maryland at the metro station. >> reporter: well jackie technicians replaced a speed sensor and a brake on the escalator. it is 31 years old. officials are telling us that a voltage from that massive power outage that you just described is what caused the damage. it was a very stressful day for folks who take the metro out here in bethesda. >> it's frustrating. >> anyone need to get on the metro, you cannot board here! >> a long day. even longer with metro. >> reporter: she's having a stressful evening. she blames metro. >> it's really inconvenient. i didn't expect any of this. and i expected it you know metro to have their stuff together. >> reporter: tonight metro says the widespread power outage across d.c. and maryland caused

again, the bethesda metro station closed as crews complete escalator repairs there. this comes after reports of smoke in the tunnel this morning at the same station. montgomery county fire tweeted there was smoke in the tunnel between bethesda and medical center. a metro spokesperson says crews found and removed an arcing insulator from the tracks. >>> family and friend arethering at the maryland home where a single father and his seven children were all found dead this week. a short time ago authorities ruled the house accidental the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. chris gordon has more from prince ann on the eastern shore. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is the home where the tragedy occurred in princess anne maryland. 36-year-old rodney todd and his seven children all found dead inside. this afternoon i spoke to a nephew and some friends of the family all gathered outside. >> didn't ask nobody for nothing. took care of them kids by himself. he sacrificed for his kids. and at the end, sacrificing causing his life. >> reporter:ed to rod knee todd was raising

the project would run from bethesda to new carrollton. governor larry hogan is expected to make his decision on the future of the project in about a month. chris papst explains that business leaders say billions are at stake. >> probably the worst business dilemma is small business could be put into. chris: deborah's small business has thrived in this silver spring shopping complex for 22 years, but the past fee years she has been in limbo. she wants to expand, but cannot. the proposed 16-mile-long purple line would run through her storefront affecting her and 600 other properties. >> we would like to potentially sell our business. nobody in our right mind -- nobody in their right mind would do that. >> for the 1.5 million, 2 million people who live in this area, there is a larger good. chris: and that greater good can be found in this new study by a frederick-based transportation company. it estimates a purple line will bring 25,000 new jobs, increase household income by 2.2 billion an increase robert he values by an estimated 12.8 billi

in bethesda the last hour and a half, two hours. it just started raining again, nothing too intense yet, but it did get pretty nasty a few hours acquisition out here, as it did -- hours ago, as it did throughout the metro area. we've got video of what it looked like about two hours ago here in bethesda. there was certainly some heavy rain, lightning, strong winds, all sweeping through the area. this was around river road in the beltway. e thstorm moved east into silver spring. it was an impressive show there as well with even more lightning, more rain, strong winds blowing through. we also have some cell phone video from the district where the thunder boomed as it rolled through this evening, also with some rain and heavy winds. finally a look at northern virginia dealing with their take of the cell. you're looking at the mclean area of fairfax county earlier tonight, lightning, heavy rain, winds sweeping through, folks there certainly felt it. made the drive on 123 and the gw parkway very dicey for the folks around there tonight. w

live in bethesda kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: all right. the crack of the bat! the roar of the crowd! the smell of those hot dogs. we're just days away from the start of baseball season. and this year fans are in for some new surprises at nats park. horace holmes took a tour behind the scenes today. horace: the rush is on. to get the final touches in place at nats park. >> feels like springtime today. horace: in time for opening day monday. there will be the familiar things and the familiar faces. but also -- >> our fans that are with us can expect to see something new and fun in the ballpark. horace: for instance -- >> so the tablet will allow you to order merchandise, food and beverage call your suite attendant. horace: the first thing you'll notice as you walk through the gates, metal detectors. >> encouraging all the fans to come early. horace: once inside you'll be told of the season long celebration of baseball's return to d.c. 10 years ago. signs everywhere and apparel galore, shirts hats, sweats will all be on sale and speaking of that there will be a br

as we move to bethesda i want to talk about what's going on with the bethesda metro station. it is temporarily closed right now. that is because of an escalator issue. and it is medical center that's the best alternate for you. buses are also in that area too. so want to plan ahead because you'll need a little bit of extra time. traffic lights malfunctioning in the d.c. area. seventh street northwest right at madison drive northwest. in this area we've got a lot of other traffic lights that are out. so just make sure to treat it as a four-way stop. as we move to take a look near good luck road congestion as well. we're still sticking to the beltway where i show you a lot of this congestion this afternoon. just want to get ready for these delays. again, we had a couple of earlier accidents. they've mostly cleared out so our interstates we are accident free. that's just normal slowing. that's a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. up next at 4:00 a weekend of highs and lows for a local robotics team. more on the search for the person who stole the team's trophy and th

there is nebraska avenue there is wisconsin avenue out toward bethesda. just clouds and rain and drizzle right now. more where that came from. the back edge of the first rain chance is in here about 9:00 10:00 this morning. between now and then, umbrellas at the ready. chevy chase toward aindrops immediate future. again there is that back edge. so this first batch of rain goes through here between now and 9:00 a.m.. the clouds will stick all day long. temperatures mid to upper 40s around the metro area. we'll inch our way into the low 50s. so what should you expect today? showers around this morning, clouds an drizzle around this afternoon. much much cooler than yesterday. tomorrow not much better. cool and cloudy. drizzle again. but by friday things are looking up. warm chance for thunderstorms friday afternoon, but friday's high near 79. so through today, first area of rain pulling out around 9:00, 10:00 this morning. lots of clouds an drizzle chances through the afternoon. another area of light rain after about 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. and then cloud

he's apparently not here at his bethesda apartment. he's not as his parents' home either. a woman claiming to be his sister told me she doesn't know where he is, but there's a warrant out for his arrest for eight counts of possession of child pornography and have uncovered a disturbing new video and say he's likely fled the u.s. to the country of georgia where he has citizenship. >> he should be located and prosecuted. >> reporter: police say more charges would be coming and they want to speak to the young male teens seen on newly discovered video engaged in sex acts with alex inside the karate studio. they say the video was taken before october, 2011 when alex was just an instructor there. police are asking parents to talk to their sons if they took classes here any time before 2011. they suspect something night have gone on. then this place was called d.c. martial arts. in bethesda debra alfarone, wusa9. >> police also say the man has taken classes at the studio since he was a young child. >>> a followup to a similar story we've been keeping tabs on, the fairfax county p

autria: the stamp was designed by ethyl kesle of bethesda. maya angelou died last may at the a of 86. jummy: james best best known for role as boscoe coltrain died. he died from complications of pneumonia. he starred on the show from 1979 to 1985. he was the law man chasing the duke brothers. and blues magician b.b. king is in a los angeles hospital this afternoon. he was admitted yesterday for dehydration caused by type two diabetes. king's daughter says he is doing much better. his latest health scare comes less than a year after dehydration and exhaustion caused him to cancel a concert tour. a young boy with autism is back home this afternoon after getting lost in the australian woods. 11-year-old luke shambrook was spotted by a helicopter three days after wandering off from his parents' campsite. rescuers slid down embankments to come to his aid. while volunteers used chain saws to clear a path for a stretcher. >> overwhelmed by the response and we're very thankful that we live in a society that puts a lot of effort into finding children.

the bethesda metro station still closed that the hour. jim, doreen?ks pat. >>> tonight a community in montgomery county is dealing with a hate crime. somebody painted hate symbols on the synagogue. that synagogue also serves as a nursery school. mark segraves is reporting on how the rabbi plans to explain the crime to the congregation's youngest members. mark? >> reporter: jim, earlier today the entire front and in fact every side of this synagogue was covered with swastikas and other hate graffiti. members of the congregation here spent the entire day cleaning it up. the rabbi tells me he's thankful this happened over spring break so most of the students here didn't see it. but he says when they return next week he'll use this incident as an opportunity to teach them about hate. >> we tell students that there are people who are not nice in the world, that do have hatred in their hearts. fortunately they're not most people. most people have good hearts and are welcoming and caring. and we just have to stand up to that hate. we have to be strong. >> re

between the bethesda and medical center stations. metro tells abc 7 the issue was an arcing insulator and the response was just a precaution. no one was hurt but the trains were delayed for a little while. leon: why don't we see if there's anything on the roads delaying people heading home on this evening commute on this tuesday? jamie sullivan watching things for us now. jamie? jamie jamie: we have a couple of different problem spots. also on the beltway, we've got slow traffic. this is right near the toll road on the outer loop so typically we see the traffic is slow on the inner loop. but look at the backup from river road. everybody is inching along getting closer to the accident scene. everything is to the side but everybody looks to see what's going on even though no lanes are blocked anymore. as we move to talk about what else we've got right now, let's take a look at our maps. i want to focus on what we have right near the bethesda metro station so this is this escalator outage to pick up so it is temporarily closed. you can

-- he's 26-year-old alex soumbadze of bethesda. police uncovered videos with soumbadze involved in sex acts, some with underage boys. the videos were made inside this karate studio in bethesda where he was an instructor. >> oh, my god, that is shocking. nobody said anything. >> you can see the studio, it's called on the mat sports international, but it used to be called d.c. martial arts and police are trying to get in touch with families of those teenage boys seen in the videos. >>> the fairfax county police officer arrested on child pornography charges is no longer on the force. william bud walker turned in his resignation after being released on bond today. he's ordered not to have contact with minors and not to use computers. police received a tip that child pornography had been uploaded in fairfax county. the home was owned by walker. >>> showers are clearing out setting the stage for a spectacular saturday. >> first alert meteorologist howard bernstein in for topper shutt. you say it's going to be a good day so far? >> fantas

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police are looking for 26-year- old alex soumbadze of bethesda. police got a tip he was uploading child porn and when they uploaded his video she found video of him involved in sex acts with male teens in the studio. now we have more where police say the videos were made. deb? >> reporter: yes, leslie. they were apparently made inside the establishment. alex soumbadze was a partner in the business when the video was made he was an instructor, all made before 2011. he was part of the studio since way before that. he came here and started taking classes when he was a child. he came from the country of georgia with his family when his dad came here to be a diplomat. at this point police think he may have fled the company to go back to georgia. >> the least person you would think would do it does it. >> reporter: 26-year-old karate instructor alex soumbadze isn't at the karate studio he partnered in and is not here at his bethesda apartment or his parent's home, either. a woman claiming to be his sister says she doesn't know where he is but police hav

from bethesda, maryland, please welcome carl perez. [cheers and applause] hello, young man. are you? >> all right. >> hello, young man. oh, come on. wait a minute. >> [

he's apparently not here at his bethesda apartment. he's not as his parents' home either.is sister told me she doesn't know where he is, but there's a warrant out for his arrest for eight counts of possession of child pornography and have uncovered a disturbing new video and say he's likely fled the u.s. to the country of georgia where he has citizenship. >> he should be located and prosecuted. >> reporter: police say more charges would be coming and they want to speak to the young male teens seen on newly discovered video engaged in sex acts with alex inside the

crews are testing the escalators at the bethesda metro station, but it's still not open to customers. trains began bypassing the station after the escalators went out during the rhee region-wide power outage. now that the power is back up the escalators are running but metro wants to make sure it's operating correctly. the escalators are operating correctly before allowing passengers back inside the station. this comes after reports of smoke in the tunnel this morning at the same station. montgomery county fire tweeted that there was smoke in the tunnel between metro -- bethesda rather and medical center. a metro spokesperson says crews found and removed an arcing insulator from the tracks. trains were single tracking but normal service was quickly restored. >>> turning to storm team 4. showers, possibly a few rumbles of thunder rolling through the dmv tonight. veronica johnson is tracking the rain for us now. hi v.j. >> that i am. keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar where we saw a little lightning off to the west. i-66 pretty good moderate rainmaking its way eastward in the nex

bethesda, eventually areas of 495 will see this rain move in right along 66. and 50. meanwhile, down on the tail end is where we've seen some of heaviest rain, south of culpeper and right on down into areas of southwestern virginia. severe weather threat for this evening, fairly low. there could be some brief high winds coming with some pockets of moderate rains. but for the most part it's friday that will be the day for severe weather across the area. umbrella? yes. there could be an isolated thunderstorm or two coming this evening. and there is a chance of a rain delay because this line will be making its way right over the ballpark i think around 7:00. 48 degrees the temperature. you heard diana say it's chilly out there. by last out, temperatures drop to the mid-40s. here is a look at 7:00 p.m. there it is around the ballpark, 7:00 p.m., gaithersburg, frederick seeing that line of rain move through with some embedded thunderstorms. by 8:00, i think it will be east so the delay should not be too long. frederick, maryland still hanging on to some of the rain. a lot

a man from bethesda is charged with burning vehicles in bethesda. neighbors discovered the fires early on wednesday, and from the beginning police were confident that the clues found on the scene would lead to an arrest. >>> we're tracking a koum of showers and even i couple of rumbles of thunder. but nothing to worry about. really most of us will stay on the dry side. take a look at the radar, pig up the showers mostly in through northern virginia. we had a couple through parts of maryland earlier that's all gob. these won't be holing together. they'll move to the south and fall apart a little bit. let's zoom on in and show you this area of showers and thunderstorms to the south. we've only seen a bolt of lightning here or there. just to the north of gainesville toward manassas, chantilly and centerville, this shower down. then another shower in stafford county. if you live in stafford county, you'll get wet, 100% chance of rain with this system coming right across stafford county. more back toward the culpeper area. in the d.c. metro area we're no

as we move now to bethesda we have an accident for you old georgetown road at bells mill road. e.m.s. on scene. police there. but you are able to get by. it's not closed. we're seeing a lot of red otherwise. inner loop delays congestion for you working your way from virginia getting a little bit closer into maryland but this is typical. so we don't really have any interstate access right now as we move to talk about what we're seeing as far as congestion. virginia heading southbound on 395, a live look will show you some of that congestion heading out of the city. h.o.v. lanes were clear. you can see in the main lanes, the heavy traffic right near duke street. and then heading outbound on 66 near the vienna metro, same thing. lot of congestion working your way out of the city. that's a look at traffic. back to you. leon: thanks. more than a dozen high school seniors were recognized today for their leadership and work with the community and i was very proud to serve as a speaker at the joe riley youth leadership awards luncheon. the kiwanis club honored them with laptops and cas

. >>> we're talking about this problem in bethesda on the outer look of the beltway at river road. we only have the right lane getting by. we are jammed for three and a half miles approaching this crash. just after montrose it basically stops. if you can avoid it please do. take your alternate if you can do that. it's kind of hard not to take the american bridge if that's what you need to do to cross the river. north van dorn at brad dock are still closed due to a fatal crash. 66 headed into town 95 headed into town no major problems same thing when you are looking at prince george's county and i'm back in ten minutes with more on this issue on the beltway and how that delay could be growing. >>> thank you, melissa. 6:25 is your time right now. we have breaking news in baltimore. chopper 4 just arrived over the scene of one of many fires in baltimore. take a look here. this is a live picture. there is smoke coming from that building. it looks like the middle section of the building is burned out right now. firefighters on the scene as well. four buildings are burning right now on p

this happened in a neighbor around westling lane in bethesda.here's what police have learned so far. >> reporter: investigators say they are confident they will get to the bottom of this. a police officer is talking to one of the homeowners now people are wondering why someone would do this. >> initially, the car was just filled with smoke. >> reporter: an arson right in his driveway. the inside of his wife's honda society fire. >> the flame were shooting up a few feet when it was on the driveway. inside the car it was smoldering. >> reporter: zimmerman discovered the fire when he was out getting the payment at 6:00 a.m. he thought the light was. on he open the door and the fire just went. >> the flames started quickly to ignite. i snuffed out what i could by handle. >> reporter: it wasn't just the zimmerman van. they got the range rover across the street also. the fire burned through the front passenger seat. whoever did it went around the corner to a house on glen brook road and set fire to a lexus suv. came m.o. the zimmermans think they left

roz: investigators seized hard drives from his bethesda home april 1.he admitted to receiving and trading child porno, but before they could get an arrest warrant, he fled the country two days later. the police say they believe the videos they found were shot before october 2011 and are asking any victims to come forward. roz plater, abc 7 news. kimberly: a happy update after crews in montgomery county freed a nine week old puppy from a pipe. he was freed early this morning after being stuck 12 feet low ground nearly seven hours. -- below ground nearly seven hours. rescue crews brought him oxygen and food, and then backhoes dug up the section of pipe near blair high school in silver spring. blue is doing fine and is back home safe tonight. coming up -- new pressure from capitol hill when it comes to your commute. what lawmakers are calling deeply troubling. ryan: and we have heavy rain across the area the next several hours. that could lead to flooding. we also have the chance of severe weather tomorrow afternoon. kimberly: a fixture for the art scene i

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into the action inside the beltway, this storm system not quite as intense now headed toward bethesda, eventually to the north and west hitting wilewood hills as well as scotland area, pulling into montgomery county. another cell we're tracking has heavy rain, lightning potential as well as hail. this one headed toward western maryland hancock. right around 40. it's headed toward williamsport clear spring, new hope by 5:12. this whole line thshgs is where we've seen most of the action just to our west. right down i-66, bluemont middleburg area just down into areas of falkier county, that pulling to the north and northwest toward blue ridge mountain xaets s estates as well as della plane. potential for heavy rain, downr pours, lightning. tomorrow morning still wet weather but just showers, nothing too heavy. we start the day at 54 low 50s, 60 between 8:00 and 10:00. it will turn drizzly, cool and damp especially the early part of the day. our rain chances will start up around 60%, mainly south of d.c., then we'll start to see the chance drop by the afternoon. once it drops still going

bethesda. rockville. showers and then here's this one right around the i-95 area and i-95. this is the bdw parkway right here. making the way to south laurel. this's the shower we're continuing to watch moving up. heavy downpours. no lightning or thunder. her's the line. back to the west. this is the line i'm watching right along the mountains and the i-81 area making the way in towards northern virginia and a chance for severe weather. this evening, possible strong winds, winds gusting upwards of 50 miles per hour and ice lathed tornado. tornado watch in effect until 10:00 font and we'll be here all evening long making sure that we keep you safe. guys? >> we know you will doug. thank you. >>> firsthand from the man, the latest accused of jumping the white house fence last night. jerome hunt tells us he used a bike rack to get on to the lawn. news 4's mark segraves just spoke to the man. mark? >> reporter: jerome hunt from sacramento california told me he took a greyhound bus from california directly to washington, d.c. specifically to jump the white house fence. and he sai

alison: a patient that was treated for ebola has been released from bethesda. the worker had become ill while working in sierra leone. the worker is said to be in good condition and no longer contagious. leon: the national park service says the tidal basin cherry blossoms are expected to hit peak bloom next weekend. ahead -- a hollywood star's sense of security is shaken. why the intruder and sandra bullock's home is no stranger to them. alison: and pre leon: back to the breaking news we have been following all night, from the u.s. census bureau to northwest washington. one person in custody two people shot, including a d.c. police sergeant. tom roussey has an update. tom: leon, it was a long series of events, the police still on the scene where this has been shut down for a number of hours. this all-star it -- this all started with a domestic kidnapping. it goes to the census bureau, where the guard was shot after he approached the car. then the car comes back in to do the district, there is a big police chase, and this is where it ended. the car in the distan

we have a band here of moderate rain and sleet towards bethesda, potomac and rockville. it goes out to fairfax county into michaels. buoy about to get into heavy rain showers. this goes into southern maryland. prince frederick hunting town into charleston county you are seeing that. then we go back west. all this is moving east southeast. low to mid 40s in the valley. reagan national light rain. humidity 64%. weather headlines showers tonight into sunday. sun returns tomorrow afternoon. cool, windy monday with isolated thundershower. by tuesday our fortunes will turn for the better. tonight 41 to 46 with showers south. we could get breaks d.c. and north. south of town you'll hold on to showers, even into early tomorrow. 40s and 50s to start the day. a much better afternoon. the sun will return northwest winds 10. monday will be windy, cool, low 60s with isolated afternoon showers. looks better tuesday. can't rule out a stray shower. seven-day forecast on wednesday. second half of the week thursday, friday into saturday look good. sunny, dry, warming up into the low to mi

he fainted last night while conducting holy thursday night in bethesda. a spokesperson tells us the cardinal was sitting in a chair towards the end of mass when he briefly lost consciousness. he is the archbishop emeritus of washington. he retired about nine years ago and is 84 years old. >>> president obama's visit to louisville kentucky took an unexpected turn. a pregnant woman gave birth while stuck in traffic caused by the presidential motorcade. natalie martinez has the story. >> reporter: the presidential visit delivers eager crowds a traffic nightmare, and a baby? >> there was a woman that was in labor in the back seat of her car. they couldn't get through due to the traffic from the motorcade. >> reporter: traffic on i-65 was backed up as the president made his way downtown. the mom about to give birth gets stuck near the fern valley exit. an ems worker and a nurse stuck in traffic, too, helped deliver a baby boy. >> pretty much had to ride the emergency lane all the way down. >> reporter: mom and baby are doing all right and got to the hospital w

then toward bethesda, some of those.you'll see a few more showers in parts of the area especially folks in montgomery and fairfax count eighties. that same shower will clips the district in the next half hour. more showers to the west but that's all it is not any heavy rain. but tomorrow a little bit of a different story. we'll still have the scattered showers around, but tomorrow maybe some thunder possible with the showers, mixture of clouds and sun, high 71 to about 7 degrees. next couple of days 75 tomorrow and then everything gets really nice on saturday. of course, earth day on saturday with that big concert downtown. beautiful on the mall, 80 degrees for that 65 degrees on sunday. right now take a look at the weekend, the entire weekend really on the dry side. the only exception is going to be late sunday. so sunny and beautiful saturday clouds on the increase sunday, but a dry day and a wet evening and into the overnight period. not just that, but early on monday also going to be very rainy. i think we could see

that's a long line. >> definitely use the purple line from college park to bethesda kind of a hasslec. and back out. it would probably cut commute time in half. >> reporter: the government has invested $100 million in the purple line but further funding is uncertain. today montgomery county was one of more than a hundred communities across the country that held stand up for transportation events. they say the federal highway trust fund authorization expires on may 31st. congressman john delaney is sponsoring a bill to provide stable transportation funding for the next six years. >> i think it should be our top domestic priority. it's much more bipartisan than anything else we talk about in washington and if we did it we'd be helping individuals, helping businesses and we'd be helping workers. >> reporter: congressman delaney says every dollar spent on transportation results in $2 of economic growth. now coming up tonight on news4 at 6:00, the role more ride-on buss will play and they need more as well as rapid transit here along rockville pike. >>> a new nike store opened its doors i

get a little break getting into bethesda and you can see top side of the beltway, we're in the yellow. so the heaviest spot is this red stretch and that's going to be basically from the toll road to the american legion bridge. as far as our volume heading outbound on 295, so far so good. but we do have the nats game tonight. just a few hours and we'll see the closures put into place. that's a look at traffic. back to you. alison: thank you very much. coming up at 4:00 we are hearing from the woman at the center of this incredible video swept off a cliff during a vacation. what she credits with saving her life. larry: that's stunning. "7 on your side" with health matters as many work to get your body beach ready for the summer. the simple steps to take now to reduce belly fat. larry: it's the incredible video making headlines around the world and shows a woman swept off a cliff by a massive wave. alison: and it all happened while she was on vacation. abc's marcy gonzalez explains how it happened and how the woman was saved. marcy: soaking in the stunning irish coastal views when there

she's now working in bethesda. >> you're a success story. >> she's an amazing story. she had a dream. it all came from her dream, i guess, going down and asking for things she really want. when things got too hectic she had a dream she wanted to get married, raise a child and we did that. dreams come true. >> dreams come true. we're going to continue our talk with you about the department on disabilities service in the district right after the break. stay with us. lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you don't so you could get kids channels sports... or entertainment mix and match, or get them all. now fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv starting at $74.99 -- including internet and phone. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. >>> welcome back. we're talking about the department on disability services in the district. andy reese, who is deputy director for rehab services adminis

the light rail line would connect new carrollton and bethesda. it could mean a big boost for the economy. >>> in boston, runners take part in 119th boston marathon. it's now been two years since the marathon bombing that killed three people and hurt more than 80 others. police say they have been working on the event safety all of this and last year. >> we certainly have people's back. they can relax. >> if you're an apple lover, we know you have this coming friday circled on the calendar. the apple watch coming out. it should be arriving in your mailbox then. they presold more than 1 million watches. they won't be available in stores for another two or three months. >>> parents with children with disabilities wonder what they will do when they are gone. now a ground breaking law in virginia that will ease concerns. >> the search for these two missing children in montgomery county. derrick ward following bris searching right now. what he's learning about the locations that are the ♪ ♪ stop dreaming. it's time for the volkswagen stop dreaming start

they traced it all the way back to soumbadze's bethesda home. two weeks ago detectives knocked on the karate instructor's front door search warrants in hanldd. they seized a handful of devices they say contain eight crude videos showing this instructor having sex with young men. he fled before police arrested him. authorities think he's in the republic of georgia but they're not sure. it is worth pointing out this studio went by the name d.c. martial arts until 2011. police want anyone who has soumbadze as an instructor or child who had him as an instructor to contact the authorities. they want to hear from you. i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. alison: thank you. we want to get back to that breaking news unfolding near the memorial bridge in the district. two people were struck and injured this afternoon by a car. our richard reeve just got to the scene. what are you learning? rich: as you say, two people struck. i'm going to move out of the way for just one second. this happened around 3:15 we believe or are being told by the authorities that a man

police say those videos were made before october 11th inside that studio in bethesda. >>> oh my godetias shocking, that's -- god that's shocking, and nobody said anything. >> the on the map sports international studio in bethesda is at the center of this investigation. it used to be called the d.c. martial arts studio. police are trying to find the families now of the teenaged boys who were seen in those videos. >>> caught on camera. a massive fireball flew hundreds of feet into the air in northern california. 11 people were injured. three of them critically. after a gas explosion at a gun range in fresno. investigators say crews working near a gas line sparked that blast. all of the victims suffered burned and both texts of a nearby -- directions of a nearby highway were shut down due to the hazardous conditions. >>> u.s. officials are on alert after a blast near the american consulate in northern iraq. isis is claiming responsibility for the car bomb which killed four and injured 18. all u.s. consulate personnel were safe and accounted for following the explosion. >>> and at least 40 p

he has family there and two months ago told the online publication, bethesda now he came here with his parents who were diplomats when he was 5. anchor: showers have cleared out of the area, giving way to what looks to be a gorgeous saturday. steve is here with more now. steve: it is looking fantastic maybe not so great for the day on sunday. let's backtrack. look at the temperatures outside. 70 at reagan international airport and cooler north and west of us. 63 at dulles and gaithersburg, upper 50's in frederick, maryland. showers remain and are well to the east of us. skies clear moving through the overnight. wage -- waking up in the morning, in the 50's and by 5:00 p.m., temperatures near 80 degrees. changes on the way for sunday. more than likely, parts of the area will need an umbrella. we'll talk about the timing and next week coming up. leon: the man accused of shooting and killing a guard at the u.s. census bureau has been charged with murder. ronald anderson is also facing charges including kidnapping. we're learning the guard got into a shootout with the suspect thursday nigh

. >> dorothy spencer is live in bethesda tonight with a practice that could end what's called predatory towing. dorothy? >> reporter: it's inconvenient and it's expensive. many companies put up these signs in their parking lots warning people if you park here you're going to get towed. but one montgomery county councilmember says some of these towing companies are taking it too far. jeanette bordeaux knows what it's like to have her car towed. >> what was your thought when you walked out and your car was gone? >> i thought my friends were playing a joke on me. >> reporter: but it was no joke. it happened when she was visiting friends in an apartment complex in montgomery county. >> i was literally there for an hour and a half. my car got towed. >> reporter: while she admits it was probably her fault, many feel they've been victims of predatory towing. >> you walk into a store and two minutes later their car is gone. >> roger berliner introduced a bill to crack down on predatory towing. the bill would also ban spotters who look out for cars to hook. >> it's not okay how this business is

it would run from bethesda to new carrollton. the maryland governor larry hogan is expected to make his decision on the project's future in about a month. "7 on your side"'s chris papst explains why business leaders say billions of dollars are at stake. >> probably the worst business dilemma a small business person could be put into. chris: deborah hyman's small business has thrived in this silver spring shopping complex for 22 years. but for the past few years, she's been in limbo. she wants to expand but can't. the proposed 16 mile long purple line would run right through her store front. affecting her and 600 other properties. >> like potentially sell our business. no one in our right mind will buy a business. >> from a larger perspective of our community of the citizens 1 1/2 and two million people that live in this region, there's a larger good. chris: and that larger good according to the economic advisor can be found in this new study by a frederick based transportation company. it estimates the purple line will bring 25,0

from bethesda, maryland, please welcome carl perez. [cheers and applause] hello, young man.ght. >> hello, young man. oh, come on. wait a minute. >> [laughs]

rebecca: my friend said he gets the most reviews for puttinghe dunkin' donututs in thehe bethesda metrogave s so much back to the community. the was a self-madee billionaire. he did not like a lot ofof media attention. dodoug: he was notoriously press shy. when i interviewed him in 2006 he boasted it was only the fourth interview in his career. i believe e it w the last in his career. rebecca: i never got one even though i admdmired him. there are so m many ththings he contributed. he built the clark school of engineering at the university of maryland. what you t think his biggest legacy will l be? doug: the biggest legacy i think is his impact on washington's environment. everything hisis company has built, clark construction things are everywhere. they did every project y could want to build in wasngto he used to say if it is in our backyard, we want it, we want to build it. he was also a great philanthropist. many of the great developers in this city are. he gave to a lot of caus, but he gave quietly. otr than the u university maryryland, he gave quietly. as part of his legegacy. reb

this is a light rail line that would connect new carrollton and bethesda metro stations. they say it could mean a big boost in the economy. in boston 119th boston marathon happening tomorrow. police say there's a year's worth of safety in place, things like backpacks and suitcases are not allowed. >> we'll certainly have people's backs. they can relax and enjoy the time. but like anything else in this day and age, something out of the ordinary please say something. >> and if you're an apple lover, we know you already have this coming. friday circled on the calendar. i'm sure angie does. apple release arriving in your mailbox then. apple sold more than a million watches and says they one be available in stores for a another few months. >>> community center will hole holocaust observance. the event will honor people who lost their lives as well as those who survived and helped rescue others. international holocaust remembrance day happened thursday tied to anniversary of 1932 warsaw ghetto uprising. >> still ahead what a maryland police officer did when a man stole his car

the bethesda station remains closed at this hour. power has finally been restored at the university of maryland. but for many the outage was more than just a break from classes. brianne carter is there live with the problems that many faced on campus. brianne? brianne: that's right, maureen and at this hour things are starting to get back to normal very quiet here just outside of the student union but it was a much different scene in the middle of the day where people were all over the sidewalks and streets trying to figure out why in the middle of class the lights just went out. now, a number of students telling us they were taking an exam and all of a sudden the power went out. some pulled out their cell phones and try to see the paper in front of them. meanwhile, scarier moments for some students inside of an elevator at the time all of this happened. prince george's county fire officials tell us about six elevators they helped to get open to get those students back to safety they say that everyone was ok after all that. we do kno

camera overlooking tenleytown in the foreground and off in the distance friendship heights, there is bethesda on the horizon. all under a clear sky this morning. got take bright moon with us. your weather headlines this first day of april, a chilly morning, cooler weather for the afternoon, but turning warmer for the end of the week for thursday and into friday. right now manassas down to just 38 in prince william county. temperatures there by mid to late afternoon should be hovering in the upper 50s with lots of sunshine. right now in wheaton, they're just at 37 degrees. later today, there should climb to the upper 50s with bright sunshine. meanwhile in sterling they're now at 37 with a clear sky. later today, lots of sunshine there, as well, reaching the upper 50s during the afternoon. so quite a bit cooler than we were yesterday. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 4:41 a look at the hour by hour temperature changes through the day ahead. and now melissa, construction but otherwise no problems? >> you can see india head highway, branch avenue everything looking quite good. this

the health care worker arrived at the bethesda campus a month ago and at one point was downgraded to critical condition. the patient contracted the virus while volunteering in an ebola treatment facility in see era leon -- in see era leon -- siera leone. >>> a group is asking for $150 million in damages against a health care -- [indiscernible] [ inaudible ] >>> the effort to conserve water and drought -- [indiscernible] we don't have any water problems here. here's allyson. >> lots of rain this morning. now it's cloudy and cool. lots of questions about the nats game tonight and tomorrow. we'll have the forecast for that and also looking at some thunderstorms. i'll let you know how strong and severe before the weekend arrives. keep it right >>> it's been hard to miss for the last year or so, the direct tv ads featuring rob lowe and all of his alter egos. but those commercials might be forced off the air. >> my kids were always fighting over what to watch. that's their stepdad's problem now. oh! >> on tuesday a consumer watchdog group called on directv to pull the popular ads off the a

police issued a warrant for 26- year-old alexander zumbaze of bethesda. there's also evidence that he had inappropriate cot ntacwith at lisente -- adolescent males. he worked at on mat in chevy chase. police believe he pled the country and maybe heading to the country of georgia. that is where he was born. >>> in virginia fairfax county police officer william bud walker is a free man again. walker had been jailed for several days after being accused of possessing child pornography as well. but he is released today after posting $15,000 bail. walker is a spokesperson who has worked for the force for 15 years and under the terms of his superviseesed release now, walker is under orders not to have contact with minors or acuter. >>> homicide detectives are investigating a woman's death in arlington. police were called to the 1100 block of south 18 street this morning. that is where they found the body of an adult female inside a home. police say a neighbor noticed that her 3 and 5-year-old children were just wandering outside the house. arlington police say t

the 16 mile line would connect the new carrollton and bethesda metro stations and include 21 stops. >>> a major earthquake strikes japan overnight. we are just learning it is deadly. >>> the map accused of landing a gyrocopter on the lawn of the capitol speaks out. why his message was more important than the security threat. >>> and taking another live look outside this morning, as we start the week off with a weather alert day. 60 mild degrees outside but raining. when we can catch a break, at which part of the day, amelia is back with that with your weather and traf okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> one person is dead after a powerful 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of taiwan in okinawa. the person died in a house fire. a warning for a tsunami, up to three feet high was issued but was cancelled after one hour. officials say there's no threat of a tsunami hitting hawaii. the quake caused buildings in the taiwanese capital of tai

>>> a patient being treated for ebola at the national institutes of health's clinical center in bethesda is improving and upgraded from fair to good condition. the worker contracted the disease while volunteering in an ebola treatment unit in sierra leone. the patient arrived at nih last month. >>> a developing story now in if south carolina where a police officer is in jail for shooting an unarmed black map whon who was running away from him. video of the attack led to the arrest. tracie potts is "life" onon live on capitol hill to tell us how the family is reacting. >> reporter: in it is beliefdisbelief. and we'll show you video that some might find disturbing. it appears to show an unarmed man being shot by a police officer. you can hear the officer firing eight times at his back as the man is running away. authorities say he has now been charged with murder that police officer has been charged with murder. officer michael slager said in the 911 tape that the person that he was shooting at walter scott, had grabbed his taser. the individual why shows after the man went down the office

today is the 24th annual prom dress give away at bethesda chevy chase high school. >> sounds free. >> it will take place between 2:00 and 6:00 in the dance studio. each year, a group of students puts together gently worn dresses to help those who are not in the position to buy one. there will be raffles with a whole lot of fun prizes. nice to see this happening because prom is expensive. >> it is. >>> well, a treasure hunter in fairfax county has returned a priceless piece of history to a local family. tom coles found a u.s. naval academy ring from 1928 while he was using his metal detector in the lincolnia area. but the last name had been rubbed off the ring and an internet search led him to the son of the ring owner. it belonged to ronald eager howard who is buried at arlington national cemetery. >> he says i think i discovered your father's naval academy ring. >> now, howard says his father wore the ring his entire career. family members believe the ring was stolen in the 1980s. it's likely the burglar discarded it in the woods during the get away. pretty awesome. >>> stay with us.