i want to start off in bethesda. this stretch between cedar lane which is going to be north of the walter reed medical center and adjust south is jones bridge road. -- and just south is jones bridge road. i will to take a live look in this area and show junior south drive where it is blocked up. as we take a live look, no traffic gets to this area in either direction. we did have a lot of cars about 15 minutes ago in here. they were letting everyone stuck in his traffic out. right now we are blocked off. as far as giving around this, let's talk alternates. for you traveling northbound on 355 from the chevy chase area, you can take connecticut avenue. use that instead of getting onto wisconsin and 355. if you will be heading southbound from the rockville area, same thing. connecticut avenue instead of 355. they are not letting any traffic through on 355. we will keep you updated on these closures. jenny: within the past few minutes navy.mil posted a brief statement confirming that naval support activity bethesda is cu

nas bethesda. we're focussing on building number one, that's the one of the tower in the center of the campus and apparently that is where the person who reported the sound of a gunshot was at the time, at least that seems to be the center of things. but as we're seeing, they're blocking off track. we just heard in front of the building along rockville pike. we don't know how much of the facility and how much of the campus is actually being looked at at this point. >> it's a huge facility right now and montgomery county police told us they're going to have to go through these buildings and secure the campus before they can give the all clear. at this point they haven't even confirmed what that shot was that they -- that was reported this morning at 10:40 48. there is a helicopter over the scene as police respond to the situation. as derek said he heard the live announcement moments ago telling people to shelter in place. our other reporter on the ground inside walter reed showed us that there are e

a busy intersection shut down after a water main break in bethesda. that is where chris papst is now come alive with a timeline on repairs. chris: as of right now 25 customers in the bethesda area do not have water. it took crews three hours to turn the water off to stop water from gushing over this road after the pipe burst. you can see the damage to the road from the buckling of the asphalt and the giant sinkhole. it will be sometime before this busy intersection in bethesda will be back opened to traffic. you can see what this looked like after 7:00 when the water main busted. we are at the intersection of huntington parkway and bradley boulevard. you can see how much water is flowing over the road. much of it going to the storm drain. you can see how badly the road was buckling then under the pressure of the water. we did not know that big sinkhole was here because it was filled with water. thankfully no one tried to drive through this. neighbors have been trying to take a look at this. they said there is not many newsworthy events were exciting t

in bethesda, bradley boulevard is shut down at huntington parkway. your alternate there, do wilson or georgetown river to avoid it altogether. 270 southbound, you're on time there. top of the beltway outer loop, 95 to 270 looking quite good this morning. 66 inbound, no problems. 95 north you about about six minutes behind. no big deal obviously. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >>> some new concerns for smartphone users about security. the flaw that can let hackers take over your phone with a message even if you don't open it. >>> the images are enough to make any parent cringe. two young boys in the hospital with severe sun burns. the accusations that have forced one daycer suspended after being caught on camera surveillance video captured him tossing food to a handcuffed suspect at the county jail. the suspect had to eat the food off the floor. the police chief said she was disappointed by what she saw in the video. internal affairs now investigating. >>> it's 6:15 right now. a special committee of atto

news 4's jackie benson is in bethesda with more on the heightened state of alert. jackie? >> someone today called it the new normal. the law enforcement response to reports of shots fired at two major military facilities in the d.c. area since thursday, although both unfounded was robust even by standards of the national capital area. dramatic images from the navy yard in southeast washington and again at walter reid medical center in bethesda underscore the fact that federal law enforcement is dealing with a drum beat of internet threats, mostly from overseas by people who claim to be part of terror groups such as isis. those passed along to first responders who are tightening and refining protocols. after officer searched all 20 floors of the high rise after a possible gunman there is a second search for possible explosive devices even though a caller did not mention one. the police read the long list of law enforcement agencies involved in today's response. >> u.s. customs, montgomery county police, metro transit, "ncis," montgomery county sheriff, maryland state police

you get closer to bethesda and we are in the teens. bethesda, heads up. if you heard about everything happening earlier near walter reed medical center. we had the closure. now everything is open on 355. just normal congestion. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: thank you. kimberly: a humid day. the sun came out and it got nicer. doug: a warm front through the area. heat and humidity will be with us for the next few days. let's get to it to tell you a weather story. this is douglas elementary school. look at the clouds. classic summertime cumulus clouds. during the day, the warm front made its move. a few showers develop. low-based clouds. a couple of showers move through leedsberg. a few more farther west. we are watching one shower now. a heavy shower forming as we speak south and west of the district through the fairfax and move up to the west side of the beltway. the warm front area of low pressure spinning west as well. most west. but for the next couple of hours anybody could see a brief pop-up shower. nothing severe. everybody is war

this is the problem that tom was talking about in bethesda. bradley boulevard shut down at huntington parkway. take georgetown, don't go down bradley because of the water main break. beltway at kenilworth avenue. no issues at this point this morning. taking a look at 66 okay. 95 northbound through dale city is getting slow because it's 5:30. travel times in ten minute. >>> baltimore police shot a man during a traffic stop. it happened after the man pinned his vehicle against the officer -- pinned the officer against his patrol car. "the baltimore sun" reporting this morning that police there got a call for reports of gun fire. they went to the neighborhood and pulled over this vehicle. and that the man just reversed and pinned the officer and that is when the police officer fired. the man then continued to speed off, according to police and then finally gave himself up. a warning -- warning officers he had a weapon. that officer we're told just had some minor injuries. and right now, police are searching for a second man who hopped out of that

right now emergency road work in bethesda after a water main break. help you get around the mess on your way to work this morning. we have you covered at the scene and from the first 4 traffic center. >>> and important information coming from storm team 4 this morning. the start of another heat wave. temperatures not too bad right now. but that will change. let's go to meteorologist tom kierein for what we can expect. >> oh you know, it's inevitable here by the end of july, into august. we on average will get an extended heat wave. that's the haze over washington now. a warm morning. your headlines for this tuesday a hot and humid afternoon on the way. there is a small chance of an isolated thundershower this afternoon. probably not as many as we saw yesterday, but there's still a chance. so have an umbrella ready for later this afternoon. right now, it is mild and muggy. upper 70s in washington. nearby suburbs in montgomery, fairfax counties and mid 70s away from the water. shenandoah valley near 70. that's some patchy dense fog forming in the shenan

someone called 911 reported hearing one shot inside a building on the campus in bethesda. workers are currently sheltering in place. >>> we're following breaking news out of new jersey. state police have issued an amber alert for a missing baby. they say 9-month-old william marino junior was taken at knifepoint by his father. it happened in new brunswick middlesex county. the childhood on the right side of the screen was last seen wearing a yellow shirt khaki pants and black sneakers. anyone with information is asked to call 911. we'll keep you updated throughout the day and 6abc.com. >>> turning to the accuweather forecast on a warm and very humid monday let's get the latest conditions from david murphy at the "action news" big board this monday. >> reporter: let's cover the precipitation first nothing happening locally alicia. we have small cells by gettysburg, if you look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, so far all the precipitation is in the line moving north. i think it will slide to the east. well get a shower or isolated thunderstorm later in the arch. the big s

bethesda, bradley boulevard and huntington parkway. that's is shut down for the morning and evening commutes as they make repairs for the water main break. you can take river road or old georgetown. you just don't want that section of bradley boulevard. back in ten minutes. >>> there is a lot of outrage on social media aimed at a dentist from minnesota who killed cecil the lion. cecil is the most revered lion in system backzimbabwe. walter palmer said he hired professionals, local hunting guides apparently lured cecil out of the park where he was protected. some reports say palmer paid more than $50,000 to go on that hunt. there's been so much backlash for killing cecil, that palmer closed the doors to his dental practice. people are flooding him with negative reviews. the yelp rating and things on facebook as well. so he shut down that page for his practice. >>> in the day ahead, the united nations will decide whether to set up an international criminal court do prosecute the people who shot down a plane. all 298 people on malaysia ai

2011 when a woman carrying kpc was transferred from a new york city hospital, here, to the nih, in bethesda, maryland. >> talking about hospital infections is really difficult for a hospital because what you are saying is that we all know that when you come to the hospital there are certain risks. but we have now laid bare what are those risks. >> narrator: the nih had never treated a case of kpc before. and as the patient was brought into the icu, the staff was determined to keep the kpc from spreading to other patients. >> we immediately went on high alert, the equivalent of

police identified the driver as 83-year-old mary also tabb of north bethesda and they are still investigating. >>> it's a stomach turning attack all caught on camera. the victims say they were beaten for their bmx bikes. >> now police are upping the rewards for information about the attackers. ellison barber is in northwest where this all went down. ellison, this was a tough one to watch. >> reporter: it was and d.c. police are now offering up to $5,000 for anyone who helps to id some of the people who may have been involved in saturday's attack. it happened right here on the 1100 block of r street northwest. the video which we are going to show you is a bit graphic, but it's that vitality that has some bikers in this area very

this is a new build in bethesda.i'm told they tore down the existing house here about 85% done on this house and had plans to move in as early as the end of this month. i've always talked to a neighbor who said he saw folks bringing in concrete as they were getting things done and he looked up and saw smoke coming out. about 75 firefighters were out here today. they brought reinforcements because it is so hot out here today but again, we're told that extensive damage to this house primarily because of all the open spaces. again, one person injured. injuries to arms and face and hands. but he is expected to be all right. reporting live here in bethesda news 4. >>> just in from an emergency meeting in brussels about greece's money problems. the country's finance minister apparently has shown up at this meeting with absolutely no plans on how to get out of debt. leaders of the eurozone, they were expecting ideas something from leaders of greece. the prime minister of the country is there at that meeting facing angry eur

continuing closer toward bethesda. your trip outbound on 66 is not bad. southbound on 395, averaging 20 miles per hour. accident move to the shoulder near seminary road. but the commute from the 14th street bridge on 395 continuing to the capital beltway. will take you just under 30 minute. it doesn't loosen up there. continuing up on 95 through morton to dale city triangle to stafford county you are still on the brakes. i want to take a look and focus on 395. the live shot of the commute near seminary road. you can get a good idea. with the accident moved to the shoulder traffic is affected. no problem on the commuters traveling to glen mont boucharding to shady grove out of the d.c. area. the single tracking in place between grosvenor and developbrook on the red line -- grosvenor and twinbrook on the red line. they expect it to the continue. jonathan: coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- "7 on your side" consumer alert for families hitting the road. how the thieves target hotel guests and how you can stay safe. jonathan: if you want to travel the wo

look at the live shot over thenail activity complex at bethesda -- over naval activity complex at bethesda and the walter reed. this will be replayed many times over the viewing area as we get a hit-and-miss showers moving through. there is sun and then ahead there are rain falling. that is how you get a rainbow. beautiful. as far as the showers most coming to the metro heading north. we have a lightning strike in the last 15 minutes. this is more rain shower than thunderstorm activity. over the next hour or two we will see more pop up that move through the area. widespread. not heavy line. individual clusters of the showers and fast-moving downpours. that is the story. hot and humid for sure. 88 in washington. 83 in martinsburg. 88 in quantico and fredericksburg. we will have isolated thundershower. nats first pitch at 7:05.rossed any showers will be hit-or-miss type and will leave the game alone. leon: d.c. police captured a man they believe murdered a man on a metro train july 4. abc7 learned 18-year-old jasper spires is the man. he has a history of arrests. his most recent arrest is ra

plan to use old georgetown through bethesda. back to you. jummy: thank you, jamie. bedbug cleanup to tell you about today thanks to 7 on your side. we responded to a call about insects infesting a fairfax office building. sam sweeney is live with what is next. sam: good afternoon. this parking lot is empty. that is because there is a bedbug infestation inside this building. yesterday, an employee contacted 7 on your side investigators saying she had bed bugs crawling around her cubicle and management was not addressing the issue. 7 on your side got involved and within one hour of contacting the management, this building has been evacuated. they said they were aware of the bedbugs found, and the situation appears to be contained to the second floor. employees should remain home and they will be returning to work hopefully by wednesday. we did some digging to find out what you should do if you suspect bedbugs are in your office. first, make sure they are in fact bedbugs and not other insects. if they are, any clothes that have been in the area near those bedbugs shoul

matter, there is a look at the rain still mostly in virginia, shower activity montgomery county near bethesda. as national harbor, prince george's county, rain. the red box to the west is a flash flood watch. quantico, fort belvoir getting into the mix, old town alexandria showers moving your way. most of the storm staying to the west. the flash flood warning for the rural areas rappahannock culpeper, page counties. we are tracking the rain. all of the indications, the radar information, this will be here for parts of the morning commute. the second round will be tomorrow afternoon, evening. after that, the heat returns to the forecast. how hot and how long in just a few minutes. kellye: a deadly stabbing on a red line train and the police are zeroing in on the suspected killer. they want you to be on alert for 18-year-old jasper spires, charged with first-degree murder in the death of kevin sutherland. a lot of new developments in the case, and roz plater has been following them. rozl: sources tell abc 7 the fugitive task force is hunting for the suspect. we begin with what we learned about

bethesda, the next 20 minutes moving out of the beltway, i think into areas like lanam. a few wet roads out there nothing storm mir not detecting lightning with these. this one making its way along 66 into areas of fairfax and idle wood, staying north of annan dale. wet weather, yes, but the chance for some more rain before the week's up. -- a weak weather some coming through the area this evening. mostly cloudy by 11. 73. see the drops falling right now. we are going to be cooling off. impact forecast tomorrow not only some rain back, but also the chance of thunder. the weather will have a moderate impact on your day tomorrow. roads will be wet. going to need the umbrella. keep that in mind. here is your commuter forecast between 7 and 9 a.m., 73, showers around the area. yes, even early in the day tomorrow, this time around 9, 10 11 a.m., we can see an isolated thunderstorm temperatures hit the mid-70s by then. so some wet roads likely early. again moderate impact on your morning, moderate impact also for the afternoon with a thunderstorm chance between 11 a.m. and 2 p

in the last 30 minutes it exploded over dc with lightning extending to bethesda, toward the legion bridge. couple of new cell around dulles and look likes it's trying to ride route 50. west through loudon county and scattered towards winchester, we have a few cells popping here, as well. heavy stuff that really heavy downpours here. this is what's been happening here in fairfax and prince william over to haymarket and gainsville. in a couple of hours they will rain themselves out. the same may happen tomorrow. the seven-day forecast coming up in a few. >>> the woman who helped two convicted killers break out of jail will become a prisoner herself. today joyce mitchell cried as she pleaded guilty to helping richard matt and david sweat escape an upstate new york prison. after the hearing, mitchell's lawyer said she is sorry and explained why she did it. >> to a certain extent, matt got her to feeling good about herself better than she had for a period of time. and she was swept off her feet for a period. and then when she realized who she was dealing with, everything changed. >> well, toda

at the noon hour, 86 in bethesda. i cannot imagine being a golfer out there right now. they're certainly feeling the heat. the heat index has reached 96 downtown. 87 at dulles. seven at andrews. 91 in frederick. take a lot of breaks if you are working outdoors this afternoon. drink lots of water. this is the satellite, something to watch here today. right now, we're seeing some of this west of the blue ridge, and the rain will hold off for today. we have a cold front moving across the nation in this section. this will cut of stall out to our north. that will allow the heat to build across southeastern parts of the country. how far north that dome advances is a question for late in the week. it will make all the difference between dry and hot temperatures and more active weather and thunderstorms in those 80's. right now, i am leaning towards a drier trend towards the late week. thunderstorm chances are back tomorrow as that front gets closer to us get you see a few clouds this afternoon. overnight tonight, the cosmos are to increase. by the time you wake up tomorrow, a

this is the one you have to worry about, bethesda, bradley into huntington, again shut down. georgetown alternate, will get you around it. 66 here, right lane closed at the beltway until 5:00 a.m. but that x lane on the right side of the roadway shut down throughout the morning commute between nutley street and the beltway. kristin wright is on that story. taking out to virginia no problems northbound or southbound. remember to listen to our friends at wtop when you hop in the car. >>> outrage, after a 911 answers a dramatic call. what he's accused of doing when a teen tries to get help for her dying friend. >> and a >> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." >> he barely breathing. how many times [ bleep ] do i have to tell you? >> you know what, ma'am? you can deal with this had yourself. >> this morning, a 911 operator is on administrative leave after hanging up on a caller trying to keep a 17-year-old gunshot victim alive. you can hear the teenager trying to help her friend who was shot at a house water in new mexico. the dispatcher abruptly hung up the phone after gett

bradley boulevard and bethesda still shut down all day. take river, old georgetown, wilson. >> that is the news today. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. >> have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybo >>> good morning. breaking news is moa omar dead? reports that the reclusive head of the taliban is dead. we are live with the breaking details. summer scorcher. the mercury rising across the u.s. 40 million americans facing excessive and in some cases dangerous heat. if you think relief is coming soon, think again. >>> a huge tree comes down at a camp in california. at least eight children injured. >> they were just screaming. >> emergency crews using chainsaws to free victims. what caused the tree

you just have to -- you just have no words because -- >> reporter: reporting in bethesda i'm ellison barber, wusa9. >> swinton was supposed to go on a ski trip that summer, but instead a friend convinced him to go to prague. that's when he started to collect the names of children who needed to flee. >>> coming up next a wusa9/usa today investigation reveals tsa has paid is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number now there's an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store. right now, save $300 to $700 on select mattress sets, plus 36-month special financing. ends monday! know better sleep with sleep number. >>> tonight's investigation into dulles, reagan national airport and bwi evolved into a national report that our investigative reporter russ ptacek wrote up on the front page of today's usa today, a report that may change your airport of choice if you're anxious about the odds of your baggage ever getting where you're going. >> we sorted through 50,000 claims against tsa and found most rejected or pending, but about 1/3 of those cases the agency used your tax dollars payin

live in bells da i'm mola lenghi for wusa9 -- bethesda i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> thank you.did make several attempts to reach valenzuela for comments but have not heard back. >>> we are learning the victim of a child sex trafficking ring helped the cops capture her abusers. jarnice harris was arrested yesterday in virginia and she and an accomplice were running a juvenile prostitution ring mostly out of a southeast apartment. our ellison barber is at the seventh district police station with more. >> reporter: police arrested later yesterday. they arrested her accomplice about two weeks ago when -- harris yesterday. they arrested her accomplice about two weeks ago. one neighbor tells me she wasn't surprised. >> a car came. she was looking for her daughter and knocked on the door. >> she was hysterical. >> reporter: she was upset because of what was going on inside of an apartment on the first floor of this building. >> she was real upset and wanted her daughter and said there was a lot going on in there as far as teenagers prostituting in there as well. >> reporter: police sa

this one moved toward bethesda, bethesda seeing rain, heads up around the rockville region.oving your way as well. chuck will have the forecast in a few minutes. >>> you want to check the next treat you give your dog a pet foodmaker announced a recall today for a brand called step pa and chewy's, a routine test found listeria in its chicken freeze dried dinner patties for dogs. the impact patties will have the lot number 111-15 on the label. so far, the company says no one report third dogs has gotten sick from eating the patties. >>> you may have been buying this lip balm for years but likely never knew his name. he died at the age of 80 and his photo doesn't look familiar his logo will. he was the bearded bee cheaper founded butt's bees. in the '780s, add chance meeting with a hitchhike here started using leftover bee's wax to make candles they expanded into aftershare. burt's bees was sold for nearly $1 billion. >>> could a visit to the your doctor make you sick? an anonymous survey of doctors and nurse practitioners finds the vast majority, more than four and five worked

dispute last month with her divorced husband barack sanford that landed the elected official in bethesda in cuffs in the back of a montgomery county police vehicle. >> this is a very unfortunate personal family matter that kind of boiled over. >> reporter: the dispute took place here last month when delegate kelly arrived at her ex-husband's home on alta vista road in bethesda. all parties seem to agree that kelly became irate when she was dropping her two children off and discovered that her ex was now living with his fiancee. >> the idea was it would be a transition so the children could adjust. when she opens the door, she sees apparently that he has moved his fiancee in. >> reporter: luis said his client will fight the charges. >> she'll be judged as a politician, but she reacted as a mother who was being authentic and honest about her feelings. obviously she wished that the incident didn't occur. >> reporter: the ex-husband came to the door today, but he refused to talk with us. he apparently used his cell phone to record parts of that confrontation with his ex-wife last month and s

as you get into rockville and bethesda, expect things to start picking up there. again no accidents to slow you down this morning. your next update coming up in roughly ten minutes. >>> this morning the f.b.i. is continuing to investigate that deadly shooting at a navy training facility in chattanooga, tennessee. >> investigators say it was mohammod youssef abdulazees who killed four marines before he was killed yesterday. mike hydeck has been following this from the newsroom. mike, where does this investigation head today? >> reporter: why did he do it. that's where the investigation heads today, nick and andrea. police will be checking his computers, interviewing family members, local business owners trying to find out just why this 24-year-old who some say with a friendly personality suddenly turned violent. he was born in kuwait but went to high school and college in tennessee graduating with an electrical engineering degree. neighbors say he got along with kids in the neighborhood as they were growing up. they don't remember any signs of aggression. investiga

in fact wolf, you may remember some time ago we did a phase one trial right here in bethesda of thatme vaccine, by phase one we mean to determine whether it's safe and what the right dose is. so this is a safe vaccine tested here and tested in europe tested in africa on much much larger number of people than were actually in the vaccine trial in guinea. so we feel comfortable about the safety of the vaccine. >> and what about side effects? >> again side effects, you see that with any vaccine. it's a having seen that's made of a live virus which has nothing to do with ebola. and what you do is you take one of the genes of ebola and stick it into that vie vous that you can make ebola protein. you get side effects, sometimes fever, sometimes pain in the arm but there haven't been any prohibitive side effects that would make you put a red flag up about the safety. >> very, very impressive news dr. fauci, thanks very much. thanks for the important work you and your colleagues are doing at nih in bethesda, maryland and all of your colleagues around the word. very promising information abou

the proposed 16-mile run would connect bethesda to new carrollton.gan slashed the budget. negotiations begin now. >>> it looks like the iconic oreos are thinning out just a bit. the oreo cookie company is coming out with oreo thins. they're 5 millimeters more slender than the original so begin looking for goldens, mint and regular oreos to hit the store shelves on july 13. that's next monday and they'll be right next to the triple stuffed chocolate oreos. delicious. >> give me the double stuffed. >>> breaking records with the word watching. the women's world cup final proved to be the most viewed soccer game in american television history. the win over japan was seen by a record 26.7 million people. the fans of los angeles now get a chance to see the champs up close during a public celebration at the l.a. live complex next to the staples center. now we're waiting for the trip to the white house. >>> it's going to be hot today. 90 to 95 degrees. pretty dry as well. if you're going to the nats game, sort sleeves and sunglasses. it's going to be a good

thank you for spending your weekend with us at barnes & noble in bethesda. we're excited to welcome best-selling author kate andersen brower with her extraordinary book "the residence: inside the private world of the white house." my name is amelia duroska. i am the business development manager in the noble in bethesda and all of us are so happy you are with us today. kate andersen brower has written a meticulously researched and fascinating book that chronicles 50 years of service by white house residence staff and she's going to speak to us about the writing of the book and read from her book. kate is an accomplished journalist to cover the first term of the obama white house from bloomberg news and is a former cbs news staffer and former fox news producer. she and her family are local residents right here in the washington d.c. area. please join barnes & noble in bethesda and extend a warm welcome to kate andersen brower. [applause] >> thank you very much, amelia. i set out to write this book almost three years ago. i was a reporter at bloomberg news and

a camp counselor in bethesda is charged with having sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl. his name is john lewis valenzuela. he lives d.c. he worked at the houlton arms creative summer camp in bethesda taught magic classes there the kids call him jolly. the 11-year-old girl told police that during those classes last week, valenzuela inappropriately touched her. montgomery county police who says anybody else who believes they maybe a victim of this teacher to come forward. back tour jim. >> thank you, pat. >>> a well-known landmark in montgomery county is gone. we will show what you is left of white flint mall and explain what is next for the neighborhood. >>> he lied to his patients and treated healthy people for cancer. it is now judgment day for the doctor who was just trying to cash in. >>> and it's a popular painkiller. they are all popular pain killers and the fda is strengthening its warning to raise the risk of heart attack or stroke. so what's really safe to take? you have answers fr >>> we are looking at beautiful friday, plenty of sunshine. call it a fantastic fr

rockville into bethesda this morning. as you make your way eastbound on 66, going from areas like gainesville, you'll have no troubles there just north of route 7100. as you make your way toward the beltway and on to 395 and over the 14th street bridge, expect problems mainly in dale city. >>> in the news right now at 6:17, the e-mail saga dodging hillary clinton's campaign continues to unfold. 3000 pages were released dating back to 2009. the e-mails addressed to various aides and colleagues had been stored on a personal server in clinton's new york home. some republicans claim she used the server to avoid public scrutiny. >>> this morning a county clerk in texas who wouldn't issue marriage licenses to same sex couples is now clarifying her position. >> the clerk says her offices will give out licenses, but she won't. >> reporter: lisa rowsburg and aaron jones went to fill out paperwork now that a historic ruling has allowed same sex marriage in every state. >> it hurt, we are no different than anybody else. >> reporter:

angela: no change on the morning commute in bethesda.ident with heavy delays. making your toward -- your trip on gw parkway, all the way to the 14th street bridge the crash has been moved over to the shoulder. reported on the beltway on route one, minor delays, interstate 272 gaithersburg jummy:. jummy:a water main break a long bradley boulevard in bethesda is not expected to be fixed before the evening rush-hour. the main broke last night, 29 homes affected. planned parenthood -- anti-planned parenthood activist plan to rally today on the capital. they are upset over videos in which executives discuss prices for fetal tissue. ricks are calling for an end to government funding. $500 million per year go to planned parenthood in tax dollars. have a great day. it's hard finding time to moisturize your skin every day. ♪ with micro droplets of vaseline jelly, new vaseline intensive care spray moisturizes and absorbs in seconds to help heal dry skin. so there's always time for healed skin. that's the healing power of vaseline. in seconds. >> i

it happened in bethesda. zachary is there and can you tell us if things are clearing up zach? >> reporter: i can tell you the culprit is old pipes. there's been a little bit of progress since last night when they started but the emphasis is on little. i just got word that there is everything you can imagine in that hose. there's now pepco folking out here looking at transmission lines. this has been one big headache for them. under all that water is a broken 16-inch pipe and it's making things pretty tough around here. i caught this woman has she came out to get the mail. >> it is a mess. i tried to get home last night from a game and my friend was driving and we came down bradley and we couldn't get to my draw. >> 25 homes have been without water since last night. fortunately for her, she's not one of them. drives were hit especially hard this morning on this popular rout. >> not a typical repair. we like the ones that are cut and dried can but there's a gas line and storm drain running through this. >> reporter: it's also in a low point and all the water is draining right wh

there's downtown bethesda. the rain drops have stopped here now. reston, a lot of cloud cover. national harbor, rain drops hitting the potomac river. you could wash your car. dry weather for sure back tomorrow. >>> the nationals will not have home field advantage if they make it to the world series this year. the american league won the mlb all star game last night. the game determines which league gets home field advantage in the playoffs. bryce harper played in the game but didn't get a hit. scherzer didn't get the chance to play. >>> good news about a virginia baby. he's home. he was on both a breathing tube and a feeding tube when he arrived at the hospital. that was earlier this month. take a look now. these photos were taken yesterday as the 3-month old left the old. botulism is so rare only about 100 babies get it each year. >>> and the search is on. this comes as police released video showing the fact moment the this man escaped from a maximum security prison. there's more on the escape on the search. >> reporter: this video released by the mexican government shows el c

ongoing repairs will have part of bradley boulevard in bethesda shut down through the night. we have more details and ways to get around this mess. melissa? >> reporter: you have got to think about getting around this one for sure. it is still a mess. this is a 16 inch pipe that broke last night. it snarled traffic all morning. just a mess. as you mentioned going continue into tonight. we're just talking about that section of bradley boulevard there at huntington. we watched it all morning. it took a long time to drain the water. you can see the crews on the scene. we're taubing about gas lines and storm drains. we have 25 people without water there. just causing a mess for a lot of folks. best idea here i would say tonight is if you have somebody coming that way, tell them to avoid bradley all together. take wilson lane and river road. anything but that section of bradley boulevard because you're going get stuck wiggling your way through the neighborhoods. and tonight tomorrow morning. >> sit is a busy intersection on a normal day but when a car crashed into a power poll. st

this case, a good citizen did the right thing and really drew attention to that little house in bethesdaland. >> the neighbors said they hadn't seen the family in a week, and the papers and mail were backing up. normally the family would actually tell the neighbors that they were going out of town, they were going somewhere. >> i received a call on the police radio, i was working that beat, and they told me to go to the residence on williston drive in bethesda. as soon as i got in there, the whole thing was just, you know, awful to even look at. just blood dripping down and pooling up on the floor. it was like a horror house. >> montgomery county authorities picked up the flyer that we had left at poch hardware, and the neighbors identified it as the bishop family. >> the whole family was described repeatedly by a number of people as being the perfect foreign service family. brad bishop, rising star in the state department, trophy children, beautiful wife, talented. bishop's mother living with them. >> the victims of the crime were bishop's mother, lobelia bishop, who was 68 years old. a

that was over bethesda, chevy chase, silver spring, college park, northwest d.c.y 90 degrees. misery loves company. jacksonville mississippi little rock, arkansas, 99, 100. it felt over 110. excessive heat warnings, the heat advisory that we had last week. what we are watching is the next weather front north and west, coming closer sunday. sunday is not a lot more hot in the way of heat and humidity, similar to standard a -- similar to saturday. overnight rain chances sunday into monday. the next two days, backing up and starting over. the high-resolution forecast coming in. tomorrow morning, starting off mid 60's, the humidity holding overnight, the temperature up. tomorrow, widely scattered showers and storms. though storm should weaken overnight sunday into monday. that is what we are tracking. humidity is what most of the immediate metro gets. 92 feeling like 95. the cold front will be weak, could spark a time storms as soon as midday, all the way into the afternoon, evening, 40% chance of scattered storms 92, feeling like 95. the higher humidity, a lot harder

these delays from maryland to bethesda are heavy. 19 miles per hour. as you get closer to connecticut avenue. we pull out a little bit. you will get an idea. 395 heading out of the city delay. on 295 the same thing in the d.c. area. we 11 miles per hour. as an average. again 395. we did see delays. i do want to take a live look outside to show you it is wet. bottom stretch of the beltway mainly getting from the springfield interchange closer to the wilson bridge. there is some road spray to turn the headlights on. just be aware that you will have a few wet spots. nothing causing the delay. just adding to it. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. kimberly: thank you. it's souppy out there. you went running in it. good for you. doug: some of us like this stuff. leon: others don't. kimberly: he likes a long hot summer better than a long cold winter. doug: absolutely! you the humidity gets to you after a while. tomorrow less humidity air. rainfall wise not a lot happening. southbound 395 is the only part of the beltway with rain. it's ho

. >> i'm rebecca cooper in bethesda. officials in loudoun and montgomery county say do away with final exams and it will make students smarter. we have reaction to the controversial plan up next on leon: we have breaking news coming in the newsroom now. get to jonathan elias to find out what is going on. what's happening? jonathan: metro police need folks help identifying five people. last saturday at 10:30 in the evening in the 1100 block of r street a young man out riding his bike was attacked by five guys. show you the video. it's grainy but you can see what is happening. you can see they jump on top of him after he is on the ground, kick him. robbery. grainy video. you can see what is happening in the video. they put the video up and asking for the public help. they want to identify the people attacking and robbing the guy. hopefully they will pick him up soon. we'll pass on new information to you. i'm jonathan elias back to you. kellye: thank you jonathan. update on sweet briar college in virginia. the school says n

has been arrested for inappropriately touching an 11- year-old girl at a creative summer camp in bethesda. he used the 11-year-old girl as part of his acts. he turned himself in to police and was charged with sexual abuse of a minor. >>> it's 7:04. in montgomery county, police need help finding a man who has been stealing items from cars. >> these are still shots from surveillance video. he targeted cars at the burtonsville -- the cars belong to volunteer firefighters and emts. and the thefts occurred between april 18th and june 10th. >>> a traffic alert where i-95 passes over the parkway in prince george county. two northbound lanes will be closed tonight for repairs and next week the work moves to the southbound lanes. the crews will resurface the bridge deck. concrete shattered a driver's windshield but he was the not hurt. >>> locked in the oval office -- sort of. >> checking out a new action experience for all your mystery lovers. it's called escape the oval office. and she's live with more. >> reporter: it's so fitting. this is a thrilling team building game. and yes, how fitting is

jamie: i want to start off in bethesda. a huge hole. 16-inch water main break. that is on bradley boulevard near hunting top parkway. i want to focus in on the best option to get around this. this happened late last night continuing through the morning that we had closed off. still the afternoon and continuing in the evening rush. old georgetown road is if best option. as an an alternate. we talk about the bridge and on the capital beltway. the slowest spot is 22 miles person. on spotsylvania look how slow we are. doug hill lets hear more about what is going on here. doug: the rain popped up quickly mid-afternoon. it has not been moving. flooding issues. warning for bottom of the screen. a mall piece of stafford county. we have a storm in la plata. it is drifting north to form in place. not a lot of wind with these at all. lightning spot. mostly heavy rain as they drift and slowly dry out. we had nine a couple of hours argue. then the clouds rolled in. it continues this hour. once we get through the system we'll be in good shape but spotsylvania only picked up a

live doppler radar very close and this is still going, chevy chase village out towards bethesda. you can see this shower activity is just stationary. putting some rain out now and looks to be maybe close to tacoma park. that is the lone shower right there. it's the only thing. once that's gone that should be the rest of the shower activity right into the next two days. the wider picture here saturday from sunday and monday it's heat and humidity. this fading front will spark the next likeliest route. what do you say we back up now. we'll get in very close and start back over with the forecast towards tomorrow. mid sixties to start off sunday morning and low temperatures note the humidity is up and holds overnight temperatures as well. future cast paint the picture with more storm activity. could be fading storms that turn into showers. getting back to work monday morning is rain. hot and humid. lower mid 90s. this is now monday. this is going to be the likelyier chance but still scattered scattered storm activities. afternoon to evening time frame it's still pretty hot and humid

widening the american legion bridge and extepiding the hot lane from tyson to the 270 spur in bethesda. >> that would be proponent of that. i would use it daily. >> more then 220000 vehicles cross the legion bridge every day and that number is only growing. with no plans for another bridge vdot argues the paid to drive hot lane on 4295,395 and 95 makes this a natural solution. jim corkrin is the ceo of the fairfax county chamber of commerce and says the project will benefit fairfax and montgomery county. >> i would have more time with my family and less time in the car. who wouldn't want that? maureen: that was jeff goldberg reporting. if we would get great weather for folks stuck on the beltway. doug: happy with great weather tomorrow and friday? maureen: that will do. doug: decent weather over the weekend, too. like to start the weather cast sometimes with the time lapses. beautiful summary of the day looking to the clouds. this is courtesy of the weather bug camera in virginia. a beautiful sky. sprinkles here and there. this is a great cloud watching day because of the colder air th

marriott is in bethesda and they said earlier this year they will be looking to see where they go when their release runs out in 2022 and there are lots of groupshat want to bring them toto the new pike community and see if ty can get ththem to move over that way. rebecca: what you think will be the answer to that? jennififer: it depenends. ththey are rebranding it and they e making g a big push. they want to have amenities for millennialal's and they want to push metro. the old white flint d dtrict is making a push. rebecca: robert, you have been following headlines inhe region. prince george's county with a couple of -- one that especially surprid me -- what are the headlines from prie george's county? robert i think the one you are referring to, the coty executive has quietl pushed to move his offices and the county council -- rebecca: picick up the capital. thriving largo he is also really now t the one where the purple line now res. robert: leggegett frorom montgomery county said he would kick in a couple million dollars more as governor hogan asks to bubud the purple line. now pr

>>> things back to normal at walter reed national military center in bethesda tonight.perations will resume there tomorrow. so if you have an appointment scheduled, you should still show up tomorrow. >>> mean time, getting a closer look at how today's lockdown played out. chris lawrence in our newsroom now with that part of the story. chris? >> reporter: jim, from the first report of a shot fired to hearing the all-clear everything happened quickly. the call came into police around 10:45 this morning and almost immediately, they sent out an alert to shelter in place. just after 11 officers started searching building one, room by room, floor by floor and workers were sent outside, hands up as police swept their offices. around 11:40 rockville pike was shut down to traffic drivers who had been sitting outside the gates waiting to get in had to leave. nearly two hours later, rockville pike reopened the first sign that things were winding down. around 1:30, police announced they finished the search of building one and 2:00 they gave the all-clear. walter reid officials canc

water crews are working to repair a 16-inch break in bethesda. this one happened around 7:00 last night. at the intersection of huntington and bradley boulevard. water flooded the road there for three hours. that caused a large hole and buckled asphalt on the road. at this hour, about 49 customers are without water. wsse says repair work is expected to continue in the night so the drivers will want to avoid the area. jonathan: there has been a dramatic shift in the admission policy at a local university. george washington university is changing the requirements for s.a.t. and a.c.t. scores. kellye lynn is live in the school now in northwest with more on this. what exactly are they basing the admissions on if they are not going to ask about s.a.t. or a.c.t.'s? kellye: a number of things how they performed in high school, one thing to consider. extracurricular activities et cetera. but university hopes that the change will attract more outstanding students from more diverse backgrounds. it will get underway on august 1, when it will take effect. th

i do want to focus in on the area of chevy chase, bethesda, heading southbound on connecticut avenue at jones bridge road. accident locking the left lane. stay to the right and follow police direction. jummy: we have another traffic story, some sobering numbers. the greater washington, d.c. number is seeing a great jump in drunk driving related deaths. they have been found on the decline around the country. newly released numbers from 2013 show 81 the ui deaths. arrests went up with police booking 17,700 drunk drivers. the accused of murdering three alexandria reverend -- residents is in a courtroom right now. he is in fairfax county circuit court for a pre-sentence trial. we will have more on what comes out of this hearing tonight on abc seven news starting at 4:00. you can find the latest on our website, wjla.com. two teenagers are in jail accused in a gruesome attack. a 16-year-old an 18-year-old stabbed five people to death inside a home in oklahoma. found five people inside as well is a child who was still alive. both teenagers are related to the victims. an american base jumper

one was in bethesda, going to chevy chase, silver spring college park. you may have gotten that. 90 today, a lot of low 90's. the humidity is way up. the current temperatures, 81 downtown the humidity is way up, 70. the drier days that we have enjoyed, gone. the heat and humidity continue mostly sunday. storms fire up north and west with the next approaching front, bringing the next chance of rain. the next likely is round of showers and storms monday. the biggest aspect of the forecast is the extreme heat and humidity. we will let you know how hot it will get and how long it will last in the complete forecast. autria: concerns are growing tonight about crime in d.c. very very violent night last night. last night 20 three-year-old antonio mcallister was shot and killed in southeast. so far, no arrests have been made. this morning, a bullet grazed a woman's head off of benning road in northeast. >> i heard 3, 4 gunshots, then it stopped a second, then there were 7, 8 more. i heard some shouting, i need help, i need help. autria: the woman's injuries are n

if you know this man or he has worked from you, especially in tacoma or bethesda, the police want to hear from you. leon: an unsettled weather pattern brought showers and storms into the region, with flash flooding and storm warnings and no effect for parts of the area. steve rudin, looking at a tough night? steve: things are beginning to improve a little bit, leon. doppler radar, the doppler in montgomery county has canceled out with the severe thunderstorm warning. things are improving. further to the south and west, front royal, chester gap, shenandoah farms middleburg, looking at stronger storms. as we expand the view, the capital beltway is dry, but we will have the potential of showers and thunderstorms during the overnight. tomorrow morning, plus the upcoming holiday weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. leon: only on abc 7 a disturbing arrest in montgomery county. the police say that a man that a camera on a poll to spy on his neighbor. he is facing charges in the case. officer cedi he that he set the camera to record and hoisted it over his balcony to watch the woman