kristin leon is live in bethesda with more of this. hey, kristin. >> good evening, ladies, we're standing in front of a bus drop-off as we speak in the county. and as of last year. october of last year we're told that montgomery county police teamed one district to install a hundred cameras on school buses again to try to catch those breaking the law in this case and not stopping. they since added another hundred making it 200 right now as of june and they're hoping to make that number to 500 cameras installed by end of calendar year. what we learned though today is that thousands i repeat, thousands are currently breaking law and also putting those kids at risk. >> it may be summertime. but a lot of kids are still going to school. and using bus in montgomery county. >> there's school children loading buses. >> and these kids are smart. >> the cars run straight by us. >> they know not all cars will wait patiently for them to get off. >> i really like seeing my parents but sometimes cars zoom by and you have to slow down when you don't

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meanwhile, c to start repaving bethesda avenue in front of bethesda road.between arlington and woodmont avenue. right now it's scheduled to start monday and will run each night from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. it should take five nights to finish if the weather cooperates. larry: the metropolitan washington airport authority wants to make sure you are ready for major construction work at the reagan normal airport that is expected to begin next fall on the $1 billion project. what will notice most is construction on the lower level of terminal "b" and "c" where you pick up the rival. traffic patterns begin to change this fall through next year and the whole project won't be done until 2020. alison: covering metro tonight with a reminder of waterproofing work over the red line over the weekend. the medical center and the bethesda stations will be closed. starting tonight at 9:00. bus shuttles are offered between grosvenor and friendship heights but should be back open on monday morning. larry: red line to red check out the pictures from the smithsonian conserva

mcclain, watch out in bethesda. not a lot of lightning here, but this is where we're seeing the heaviest rain, it's right around the resting area. where we're seeing the heaviest wind. notice right here, around -- back towards mcclain. right over towards tyson's corner. always a problem this time of day. you know you're going to see problems here. this severe thunderstorm warning once again from arlington county, the district and montgomery county until 5:00 tonight. we'll continue to keep you posted on this as we move on through. now, this entire line, you can actually track the whole line here. i'm going to time this out for you, that's whole time. i'm going to time this out to show you where it's going to come through your area right now. this is where it is. oh, wow, you've -- we've seen this pop up here in fairfax. this line is moving really see what happened right there, watch what's going on here as i move this back about an hour, watch how fast this moves into the tyson's area. i mean, some really strong win

here at bethesda elementary school where police say not one but two teachers' purses were stolen. the you suspects using the victim's credit card to rack up thousands of dollars at nearby stores. >> he knows there's a limited amount of time before the female victims realize my purse is gone, my wallet is gone. >> reporter: montgomery county police want to know if you recognize this man. they believe he's responsible for at least four of almost a dozen purse thefts from local schools and daycares. investigators say they began back in may when school was still in session. but the most recent was on june schools from rockville to silver springs to bethesda report having wallets or purses stolen from unattended classrooms or offices. sometimes even during school hours. police say at three of the schools, the suspect was even confronted and questioned by staff. >> we offered a short excuse, brief excuse, one time he said he was a member of the cleaning crew. one time he was trying to locate a summer camp. at that point, he quickly left the school. he knew people were questioning him an

the break-in bash that left a bethesda home trashed. the news at 6 starts right now. >>> but first tonight we begin with some rough weather that has been moving through the area. thanks for joining us i'm tony perkins. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> let's take it outside tonight. most of the day was pleasant. if you like the humidity and heat. i'm sorry i'll sneezing tony. >> but the skies took a turn and in came the heavy reigns. let's get over to sue palka for more on the storm. >> shawn, you're never al allowed to sneezing on air. i notice she suppress today by the way. you're right, though, not everyone has seen storms shawn and tony but where you have had them they have not wanted to move very much. and tonight's issue is flash flooding and we still have a flash flood down they. i want to show you the big picture. not everybody is seeing it i'm wondering if they just dropped. they sure did dropped the flash flood warning for montgomery county and that's why you don't see anything green. around the laytonsville montgomery area there was a l

- bethesda neighborhood it's the opposite.is is live to explain a story you'll see only on 7. this is a short walk to metro station, ton of restaurants and shops. that making permit parking a necessity here but it also comes with a cost. >> frustration. kevin: robin's street requires a parking permit. all day, every day. without a driveway she used to pick up paper visitor passes at the parking enforcement office. but montgomery county recently moved to a digital system. which she argues is a big hassle. >> so if you have people stopping by to say hello you have to run out and get the license number and register it to make sure they are okay. >> when a friend received $50 parking ticket on july 2, she took to the neighborhood facebook page and learned she wasn't alon. >> they were up in arms as well. other people saying they got tickets. they hated the new system. they wished they would go back to the paper system. >> montgomery county acknowledges the residents abused the paper permit system making cop'. they are open to publ

in bethesda, brianne carter, abc 7 news. adrianna: from the rails to the roads, eric smith has a look at traffic now. c: it is going to be a bit heavy, just a few spots this afternoon. freeway, we have the report of a disabled dump truck. that is adding to this bit of volume. downtown, looking at constitution avenue, looking good from both directions off the national mall with nothing too bad ahead of you. virginia,5 in northbound, anything past prince williams parkway, it looks like that is not going to happen. we will try to get up to fairfax county parkway. county parkway as you had northbound. that is just a ton of midday volume trying to clear out, and the capital beltway won't be too bad for both directions at river road. that is all from the traffic center. back to you. adrianna: thanks so much. j.k. rowling is opening up about a secret manuscript. wait until you hear where she wrote it. the state trooper killed in the line of duty and the woman found dead at the scene. keepight continues to little cha >> you are watc

county owned surface lots in downtown bethesda will charge $1.50 an hour. county owned garages depending on how prime the location is will charge between $1 and $1.25 per hour. late this afternoon, we reached out to the montgomery county department of transportation asking why the increase, who approved it and how much added revenue the county now expects to bring in. so f we are live in downtown bethesda, i'm kevin lewis. alison: all right, kevin. thank you. still ahead at 5:00, it could be a major breakthrough in the search for amelia earhart. we will show you the new picture shining new light on the 80-year-old mystery. and where it's been hidden away for decades. larry: i can't wait to see that. also we talk about this here how a shoplifter got caught red-handed and held at gunpoint. still, managed to escape. brad: it wasn't just the sound of fireworks echoing around prince george's county. i was gunfire. fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 2

or bethesda, walter reed. it is embarrassing.ere, these things are pretty superfluous. when i think of my life. when you see the suffering that happens there. >> the doctors asked me if i wanted to keep my legs. the chance of me being able to walk again was pretty low according to them. it was early on, they hadn't seen many cases like mine. the question was do you want to keep them? i said i came in with two. s i would like to leave with two. >> sean: you made it part of your recovery. >> it did. i got up of the wheelchair to try to walk again. i was on parallel bars and i went half the way with my arms because i was strong up top. i had no mobility down below. i am walking with my arms. the physical therapist yanked ow the belt that was around me, pulled me back and said no, that is not how this works. just try to put 1 foot in front of the other. it was very difficult. >> sean: he didn't want you relying on your upper body. >> correct. >> sean: where are you in terms of your progress? >> well, golfing, cycling. >> president bu

live in bethesda, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: trump, he was back in washington for the fourth of july celebration in honor of the u.s. marines. >> you have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul in defense of our country, our people, and our great american flag. kimberly: the president's one going tweets against journalists were a topic, again going after the host of "morning joe" and cnn today during his speech. >> the fake media tries to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they are not. kimberly: the president also tweeted his displeasure to states pushing back against his voter fraud commission, asking what they are hiding. the paneltrump formed to investigate his claims of the legal voting in the 2016 election. 27 states refused to tu only provide a partial information based on what is legally allowed under their state laws. an injured bald eagle rescued in southeast d.c. today. the humane rescue alliance rescued the eagle. no word on the extent of the bird's injuries, but it

not her most dominating performance, but the bethesda native won.ld medal of the championships. d.c. united in action tonight on the road against minnesota. coverage kicks off at 7:30 or news channel 8. and in hamburg, germany, the 17th hole. the tee shot drops into the cup for a hole in one, no bounce. for the effort, you will get a brand-new porsche. and the orioles try to avoid taking on the rangers at 8:00. a porsche. kimberly: because golfers do not make enough money. kimberly: it is national chicken wings day and lasagna day. and lipstick. york,yor of buffalo, new the birthplace of the buffalo wing declared july 29 national chicken wing day in 1997. referred to the pot that the noodles were cooked in. and an entrepreneur was named the modern-day founder of national lipstick day. if you have never heard of her before, she has 20 million followers on instagram. robert: and i don't know who she is. kimberly: you do now. josh: you can just go around naming days? kimberly: when you have 20 million followers, you can do what you want. for the are dr

live in downtown bethesda, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 michelle: now at 6:00 -- >> part of my head, my shoulder. it could have been worse. michelle: a 14-year-old still optimistic despite losing three fingers to a fireworks explosion. only on 7, the goal he says he is not giving up on. and the stranger that has this family livid. >> it's very hard for me to see him devastated by losing my kid's best friend. michelle: the painful toll after a family home is blown off its foundation. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> here we are on the hottest day of the year. turning to ice to keep cold. this was two hours ago. ice sculpture working on 350-pound block of ice outside the studio. then an hour done and melting underway on the sweltering penguin. fast forward to right now and you can see the penguin will soon be a puddle. all of that is part of living in the nation's capital. it is july. we have team coverage of the summer swelter led by jonathan elias on the national mall. jonathan? jonathan: how are you doing? it was oppress

in the morning in bethesda, 65 fairfax, middle 60's upper marlboro and woodbridge. the futurecast shows a nice mixture of sun and clouds tomorrow morning. cloud cover about noon time, but it will stay dry. we keep the sunshine in the forecast tomorrow evening. a great night for picnics, and more portly tomorrow, lower humidity, so i's will be in the middle to upper 80's and not feeling sticky -- the highs will be in the middle to upper 80's. 86 tomorrow, middle 80's wednesday, another gorgeous day. thursday we crank up the heat and humidity, highs approaching 90 degrees. don't forget the noontime start for the baseball game thursday. it will be hot, upper 80's, near 90 friday. a cold front in the afternoon. showers and thunderstorms likely. middle 80's saturday and sunday, and we stay in the upper 80's most of next week. a hot summer day, you want to cool off in the pool. jonathan: especially if you are wearing a fur coat. this is not his first time. nancy: to back to school time. abc 7 is happy to join forces with the united way and d.c. united with school supplies

meanwhile, stormtroopers descending on bethesda? jonathan: but they are not here defending the empire, next. nomake this a greatniture, specialtime to save. inancing through august 7th, find savings in every room. plus, twenty-four month, no interest financing makes every decision that much easier. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. i'm going to the movies with britney. hurry in...these savings end soon. havertys. life looks good. jonathan: it was all smiles as the force descended on the national is true of health in bethesda. chewie, and2, several stormtroopers visited the children. a greate children had time, some of their parents had we are here to have fun, and that is what this places. it keeps it fun. it does not make you think about dr.'s appointments all day long. alison: it's a nonprofit home for families to stay while their children are getting treatment for rare in

bethesda improving a little bit. if you are familiar with the mclean gardens area, toward the national cathedral, the highest point of the district. that is where we are looking at heavy rain at this time. a lot of thunder and lightning. but the back edge of it here now beginning to clear mclean. that is good news as we move through the next half hour to 45 minutes. lightning strikes, 23 strikes. that is quite a bit. we are looking for more on the way heading through the evening hours. the early everything hours. it will begin to improve. this right here the warned area. it includes alexandria and prince george's county and the college park and the district. southeast d.c. out west we don't have the warning. this warning here until 5:15. arlington, city of alexandria, the prince george's county. we are looking for this to slowly improve. the atmosphere was primed this evening. or this evening. we have heat advisories and the heat index values around 100 to 107 degrees. now we have a cold front. the leading edge of th

start with metro, we do have two stations closed, medical center and bethesda.heights and dprofner. yellow line, regular weekend intervals between huntington and national airport this weekend. as far as what's regular, regular weekend service, orange, silver, blue and green lines. taking a look at the roads for the weekend. one thing i do want to mention there, bethesda, rockville pike, medical center metro. 10:00 p.m. friday until 5:00 a.m. monday. we do have two northbound lanes shut down. "news 4 today." >>> thanks, melissa. they are people you see every day but you don't know their story. >> folks that do good things for the community, often without recognition. some prefer it that way. in loudoun county, to change. june 2016, the deadliest flood in six years. but parts of west virginia under water. hundreds of homes destroyed. thousands of lives impacted. >> there were hundreds of families that lost their housing, lost loved ones. family pets. it was just a complete loss. so i had to do something. there was a family that had 13 children, and they weren't ab

medical line and bethesda. the yellow line now, regular weekend intervals between huntington and national airport. and as far as service, orange, silver, blue and green lines. looking now at the roads for the weekend. one thing i do want to mention there, in bethesda, rockville pike, and your medical center metro, from 10:00 p.m. friday to 5:00 a.m. monday, two northboun lanes wildl fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabi