chris: the voice in court is the attorney for the county police union. he will represent any officer who gets a ticket. >> officers put their lives on the line every day. there in the car, 8, 10 hours per day. we feel very strongly they should not be ticketed when they are protecting citizens. chris: is it a valid argument? >> no, and as an agency we hold our officers accountable. chris: the captain went on to say this issue is not with the police department but rather with the judges who rule in favor of the speeding officers. we reach out to all 12 judges in the district court who hear the speed camera cases, but none of them were willing to talk with us. chris papst, abc 7 news. kimber motor vehicles has a new warning about these targeting drivers in the district. withmers receive an e-mail a notice of overdue parking violations in the subject line. they are asked to pay past-due fines or their cars could be impounded it says. it contains a link to a website where experts say hackers can grab your personal information. the marylandt -- moving company

in voice that you heard court was this man, the attorney for the county police union, who represents any officer who gets a ticket. >> these officers put their lives on the line every day. they are in the car 8, 10 hours per day. the officers feel very strongly they should not be ticket when they are working. chris: is that a valid argument? >> an agency we want to hold officers accountable, but we recognize they do have their day in court. captain went on to say the issue was not what the police department but rather the judges who ruled in favor of the police officers. we reached out to all 12 judges at montgomery county district who hears beat camera cases, but none of them were willing to talk to us. chris papst, abc 7 news. leon: this videonot quite the thrill that guests at busch gardens intent but expected today. an electrical issue stranded 64 riders on the top of the steep incline. nobody was hurt, but it took about two hours to get everybody safely back to the station. a safety review was underway. alison: 7 on your side with a health alert for parents. adults know to check

jim, the attorney for the montgomery county police union and represents the officers in speed camera court. we sat down with him and asked him why police should not have to pay the tickets. here is what he said. >> police officers put their lives on the line every day. they are in the car eight and ten hours a day. this is their office. they are serving us and on the roads working for us. if they have to speed in the work day we would ask him to consider it legitimate, acceptable practice. >> tonight at 11:00, with le show you how many are not paying the speed camera tickets and how many live in chevy chase, chris papst, abc7 news. steve: skies were brighter an hour ago. now cloudy skies returned. we have rain on the way. 65 degrees now. the temperatures on the mild side through the next few hours or so. rain to the west of us arrives later tonight. 58 to 62 degrees. we could see nothing fog this morn -- we could see fog this morning. daytime highs tomorrow are around 77 degrees. mid-day showers and thunderstorms. some may contain gusty winds. part of a cold front. national police wee

county police are looking for right now. they say he used the stolen information to buy the designer tub at union hardware in if you have any information, you should contact police. >>> today, montgomery county council members will vote on a plan bethesda development that has angered some neighbors. the residential and retail development is proposed in west bart in south bethesda. it's not far from the boundary line with the district. residents in that neighborhood have protested the development saying it's too big and will change the community's character. one of the developers insists he's worked with neighbors to make the project fit. >>> this story is getting a lot of attention online this morning. there's controversy over an old navy ad depicting an interracial family. this is the ad, it shows a white dad, a black mom and their child. well, apparently some people took offense at the ad and called it disgusting and said they would stop shopping at old navy. dozens of interrational couples responded by posting pictures of their mixed families. the families also thanked old nav its ad. the male model in the ad even tweeted

montgomery county police say he used the stolen information to buy the designer tub from union hardware in bethesda. it retails for $13,000. some bathtub. it if you have information, contact police. >>> some students in virginia are hoping they gave goat a brand new outlook on life. this is lilly. she livesed a an adoption center in the roanoke area. she was born with only two legs apparently. some high school students in that area learned about lilly and they decided to build her a wheelchair. now she can get around better. >> lilly has never walked before in her life. i bet you she's excited. >> now, it took the team 70 hours of work to make this wheelchair. the shelter is hoping that lilly can meet and comfort people with disabilities p. >> imagine what these young engineers can build in the future. >>> breaking news both in the district and montgomery county, what is shut down? coming up. >>> it was created after a child pornography scandal rocked a prince george's county elementary school. now we're learning when we could hear what a student safety task force plans to do to protect

county police are asking for your help identifying this guy. he used a phony credit card to steal a bathtub from a store called union hardware. this was not your run-of-the-mill porcelain tub, this thing was worth $13,000. don't know how big it is but i'm sure impact quite a punch. >> 13,000. >> that's a whole lot of bubbles. >>> check the video, we want to thank everyone for all the pictures and video of the hail, this is pretty impressive. >> i hope everyone is okay. >> kind of worried about damage to the car but we will see what happens. i wish someone would cut it in half an the rings, that is how many times it circulated in the thunderstorm. hale is not that common in the metro area. >> thank you, appreciate that. this is a pretty impressive cloud, that is the mother of our former intern daniel who has done some freelance work for us. >> kind of a flat hailstone but almost 3 inches in diameter. >>> 3 degree guarantee. we made it. a high of 79 and 76. it was 79 on the button. still down to 62, light rain, nothing crazy heavy at the airport and nothing severe but we are not done with showers and the occasional thunderstorm

>> reporter: the marin county sheriff's department told us the teens in custody may be tried as adults. in novato, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> the san francisco police union is criticizing mayor etd lee over his comments on the city's most recent officer-involved shooting. the may 19th shooting left 29-year-old jessica williams dead. later ha day, then police chief greg suhr resigned. this weekley told the "san francisco chronicle" there has to be consequences for the police sergeant who fired the fatal shot. today the president of the police union sent an angry letter to the mayor. it reads in part, you have publicly tarnished the reputation of a 15-year veteran with your damaging remarks. >>> an alameda firefighter will stay in the hospital at least until tomorrow after getting hurt in an overnight fire. it broke out at a home on fountain street near sant layer clara avenue. flames chased one woman out of her home. a firefighter said they had access issues which made it difficult to fight the flames. >>> a woman has to pay a $5,000 fine after jumping from a tour boat into the bay. the coast guard said today the woman jumped overboard on may 7th after ge

county. the fire department is considering firefighters wear ballistic vests just like the police officers wear. what the union it is needs to happen first. >> beyond charity group that's more like a cult. >> we hit 80 for the first time this month and there are more 80s in the forecast and maybe a storm for memorial day. hey d.c., guess which airline added more nonstop straight-shot flights than any other out of reagan national last year? here's a hint. did ya catch it? no? here's another: their colors are yellow, red, and blue, and they save you tons of green. still nothing? that's okay. just go to southwest.com for the answer. on this airline, everybody wins. ♪ >>> oh, boy. this is going to be aggravating. you may have to get airport even earlier if you're headed out o town for the holiday weekend. security lines are growing in the wake of tsa budget cuts. now travelers are being urged to sign up for the tsa pre-check program to avoid scenes like that one, but as mark segraves shows us, get

union was a 1% raise for teachers, over six yes. rally at the school on wednesday. >>> we have just learned the man who tried to run over two prince george's county police officers hasntered a plea. gene thomas brandon was behind the wheel of this dump truck when he tried to ram two county police officers in january 2015. he pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder on friday. but a judge ruled that brandon was not criminalbly responsible for his actions and ordered him to a mental health facility for treatment. >>> finally, some sunshine. it feels great out here. the temperatures are still below average. but we will take it. there is not a cloud in the sky. 50 degrees. and it only feels a little cool when the winds start gusting. nothing like yesterday. we know that. so windy yesterday. we are talking just a light breeze, 10 to 20 miles an hour. and in that case, a good gust up to 25. and looking at lows, these are very typical for mid april. we want the mid may temperatures, we got the sunshine and now we need the temperatures to warm up, so we dropped down to 45 in washington and a lot of 30s out there, and baltimore, tied the record at 37 deg

county police have made an arrest. his wife. >>> potholes and the lack of lane striping on roadways are just some of the issues the president of the park police union says is causing roadways to be dangerous and potentially deadly. coming up at 6:00 >>> it's been nearly a year now since a man in virginia, in vienna virginia, a husband, father of two, was found shot dead in his bed. police have now made an arrest. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports the >> reporter: kim pham la roke and husband eric la roke in happier times. both virginia tech grads and successful in their careers. he was an engineer at dewberry consultant and she worked at fannie mae. they started a family and had two young children. last summer eric la roke was found shot to death and monday night after she left work, kim laroke was arrested accused for shooting her husband to death. >> somehow it led to a 35-year-old woman killing her 33-year-old husband. >> eric laroke was found dead in his bed on july 31, 2015. police discovered a handgun still there, a bullet, pillow and sheet stained red. his wife mourned the sudden death. 12 days after the passing she updated

murder and union that transports drivers is asking metro to provide better saferty features for drivers. >> police will hold memorial services to honor fallen officers. in montgomery county officer noah lee ot ainscription that will be placed on law enforcement officer memorial d.c. will be unveiled and detective coleson's name will be added to memorial in d.c.. >> let's turn to the race for a white house now and the field got smaller this morning. ted cruz bowing out of presidential bid after the senator last to donald trump in indiana primary. this clears the way for donald trump to be the republican presidential nominee. on the democratic side sanders clenched win and however november election will be between donald trump and hillary clinton. >>> 6:31 now time for morning line when the capitals take to ice in pittsburgh tonight penguins will be without defense man chris la tang us is spended one game by nhl for a hit that happened in the last game there it is. they called it a late hit. now this comes of course after capitals had players us is spebed three games. not direct retaliation but for penguins they will be down their best defenseman one of the best players on

police he believed they were intruders. the fire chief wants to make sure firefighters feel safe here in prince george's county. >> we have had several requests from our membership as well as the firefighters union to at least take a look at vests and see if it's something that will make our personnel safer. >> the vests the chief tried on weighs between 3 to 4 pounds and cost $400 to $500 a piece. so this is a significant investment. the chief expects to make a decision sometime this year. in prince george's county, darcy spencer, news4. >>> happening today, michael lazar will appear in court. the hacker is expected to plead guilty and charged with breaking into the accounts of the bush family and others. >>> and federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty of dylan roof who killed nine parishioners during a bible study in charleston. roof faces 33 federal charges including hate crime, obstruction of religion and firearm offenses. roof targeted the victims because of their race. >>> okay. so let's be clear about this, there is no such thing as a federal student tax. the ftc says scammers are posing as irs agents into paying that made up fee. there's one piece of accurate personal information