live in alexandria, chris papst, abc 7 news. leon: keep us do, chris.d news to report the national zoo. one of the two newborn panda cubs died. veterinarian spent hours trying to save the four day old cub but had no luck. they said the cub struggled more than its sibling. the other is healthy and behaving normally. it is rare for pandas to have twins in captivity and even more it is rare for pandas to have twins in captivity and even more rare for wow. this thank you .ectacular. we worked with a designer from hfravertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted more space. how much more space? we went from a hunundred square feet to... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we still have the original structure. she uses it as a yoga studio. it's more like a tool shed. refresh your space with an extra one-hundred dollars off every thousand at havertys. plus enjoy thirty-six month, no-interest financing. havertys. discover something you. [

chris: chris papst, abc 7 news. kellye: love a happ kellye: tomorrow morning will be a big day on "good morning washington." it will be donnie simpson day. send your good wishes to wjla.com, pics@wjla.com, or #donniesback. we may show them on the air. so excited to have him back on the air, in this building. buzz: there has been a big since that was announced. that will be a long day. kellye: he will be fine, he is a pro. forecast, seven-day rain shower activity and thicker clouds to the south look to be underuesday, highs back 90. still hot and humid tomorrow. stay cool monday, 94, feeling close to 100. kellye: have a good night. . >>> this weekend on extra. e good friend who tried to convince donald not to run. howard stern advising his long term pal,l, trump. >> i said what aoure youdoing? >> it's better than camp david, it's better than any white house. >> why donald wouldn't have it. the debate's big winner. >> when did you actually become a republican? >> the man behind megyn kelly. >> she's definitelyy intere

i'm chris papst. coming up the conclusion to a chilling hotel murder from announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. kimberly: a young man gunnedded down in a robbery attempt. and the tramdy he was trying to do the right thing. leon: the jury debating the fate of the accused murderer and chris papst has been in the courtroom all day and is live in upper marlboro with the new development. chris? chris: the jury here reached a verdict, guilty on all counts for deandre weems, which does include first-degree murder. this is the video right here of the incident that happened in october of 2013. prosecutors say weems is the man who walked in the clarion hotel w a handgun robbed a pregnant clerk and shot another employee in the chest killing him. now that employee's name was jessie chavez. chavez had seen the man walk in the hotel with a gun, go into and then cop front the pregnant employee. and then he confronted weems. now the defense was not arguing throughout the trial that the crimes

footage of the scene where the vester flanagan's car crashed. "7 on your side" iteam investigator chris papst spoke with the bbc reporters and the state police. chris is in the satellite center with both sides of the story. chris: the bbc said this is a problem in other countries where law enforcement confiscate cameras that pressure journalists to delete the footage. this is the first time they told me the employees complained of it happening in america. tweet from bbc reporter franz strasser has sparked a virginia state police internal investigation. i was sent wednesday morning. shortly after shooting suspect vester flanagan crashed his car. on i-66. in the tweets, stas -- strasser told him to delete the footage or lose the camera. he deleted the footage. strasser's colleague said her camera was confiscated in the name of evidence. the bbc tells the iteam it hopes to recover the video that strasser cheated and also filed a complaint with vfp. they told us, "we hope our complaint will remind officers there are things they are legally entitled to ask of journalists and things they are not. w

government watchdog reporter, chris papst. rereporter: just ahead -- >> there was t this blue bin, ad piled up on p of it broken, rroded, tarnished silver. reporter: a missing treasure found in t the trash. it was what was underneath it kekelly: the national zoo buzzi. the new a addition to the pda family. how d.c.'s newest cubs doing tonight. had beautiful weather this weekend but we need to track our nexpossible round belongs to. a one in a million discovery is kicking off an inspiring search and it starts with the simplest of things, ts,nd a collection of silver. 7 on your side's troubleshooter horace holmes sasays it is not where the story starts, but where it leads that is remarkablele. horace: help, i made this waslievable discovery as i leaving my job on the way to my car and i don't know wt to do with it. that was just the beginnining oa remarkable story. it was an unexpected and unbelievable find, sitting next to a trashcan in the parking garage of the blding where she works. >> t there was this blue bin and it was pi

chris papst just spoke with the zookeepers there. chris, what can you tell us? they have to be disappointed. chris: well, they very much are, leon. it's very rare for pandas in captivity to have offspring and it's even more rare to have twins and both of them survive. so to a certain extent this was expected. director the zoo told me today they feel this is a success even though one of the panda died. the smaller of the two pandas that weighed 3 ounces whenth was born on safed, the other one weighed 4.8 ounces. died 2:05 this afternoon. up until this morning both cubs were doing very well. they were switching them back and forth between the mom so the mom would fete used to handling both of them, not just one of them. but something happened and by the early afternoon they couldn't keep the second one alive. they had to let it go. this is a big loss for the zoo. but the director said they also learned a lot from the panda that tied today so that the future pandas may survive. >> when we receive back the result from the pathology, depending what they identify may

chris papst, abc7 news. scott: all right. abc's "20/20" will have more on the investigation into the shooting tonight. it begins at 10:00 right here on abc7. kimberly: breaking news out of florida. a car crashed right into a pool. wow! and went deep. these are live pictures from the miami area. it is not clear if anyone was hurt in this situation. although we don't see rescue crews on scene. maybe it happened a while ago. scott: we will continue to monitor this situation with the live images out of miami area via the newscast as we get it. florida is bracing for what could be the biggest storm to hit the area in years. kimberly: tropical storm erika making its way through the caribbean and they are keeping a close eye on the past. steve has the latest. >> erika is pounding the caribbean and setting sights on florida. at least 12 people are dead. more than 20 are missing on the island of domenica. there are reports that at least one airport was damaged. the dominican republic faced the bankrupt of the -- brunt of the storm. fo

i'm chris papst. coming up, the incredible story of how the grandfather and his brand daughters announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". kimberly: took a quarter century to happen but today a maryland grand father finally met for the first time his two granddaughters. a reunion "7 on your side" was not just there to document but one we helped make possible. chris papst has a story you will see only on 7. >> what are you feeling? nervous. >> exciting. chris: twins are ank,ly awaiting -- anxiously awaiting a special guest. >> i'm tingling. my heart is about to jump out and run away. chris: the sisters who are adopted are a minute away from meeting their biological grandfather, a reunion 25 years in the making. a moment "7 on your side" helmed create. >> thank you "7 on your side" for helping us. i didn't think it would happen chris: in the spring she saw a service and recognized this man's name. >> that's him. >> i was emotional. i never seen him before. >> she knew he was her biological grand fa

live at the national zoo, chris papst, abc7 news. leon: thanks, chris.a lot of us rooting for the little guy. kimberly: all of washington. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- stuck in traffic. kimberly: find out how the region compares when it comes to time spent in our cars. beautiful weather. warm temperatures and low humidity. how many days before heat and the humidity will return? and it will return. that's the forecast still to come at "abc7 news at 5:00". maureen: i'm maureen bunyan live at the white house where i just finished talking with president obama. he is trying to fend off critics of his iran nuclear deal, a deal he says can guarantee there will never be all-out war in the middle kimberly: that is the sound of the closing bell at the new york stock exchange. you heard cheers in there because the stocks are rebounding from a six-day slump prompted by concerns over china's economy. here is a look at the numbers. the dow joneses average rose 619 points. the s&p jumped 72. the nasdaq surged 191 points. leon: critics blamed president obam

chris papst is at the zoo with details. colorado theater shooter james holmes, now set to serve life in prison. that sentence was handed down cqtoday more th three years after he killed twelve people and hurt 70 more at a midnight batman premier. prison officials are still waiting on a mental evaluation before deciding where holmes will spend his life behind bars. in vote 20-16 news... republican presidential candidate donald trump is maving waves on the campaign trail. trump is facing new criticism for his tense confrontation with univision anchor jorge ramos during a press conference in iowa last night. security personnel escorted ramos from the event after he challenged trump on his immigration proposal. trump told nbc's "today" show that ramos was "ranting and raving like a madman." the g-o-p frontrunner eventually let ramos back in that event, but both men refuse to apologize. earlier today, our maureen bunyan got the opportunity to sit down with president obama...to talk to him about the iran nuclear deal. look for he