representatives of the national park service came to d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton's office today at her request to brief her at the status of the monument which has been closed because of elevator issues since last wednesday. >> we had h it open by the end of next week. we think now it will be longer. at the earliest mid-september. >> that really does bother me. this i regard as an emergency situation. sam: now the monument, of course, is important to d.c. tourism. the national park service officials say the alone elevator is a one elevator at the monument. and basically they are going to have to go into a big overhaul program that means having people bid on contracts. it's going to cost about $2-$3 million and take eight to nine months to complete. we will have more details on that coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00". reporting live from the national mall, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. turning now to the developing story in italy where at least 120 people died in an earthquake early this morning. in the last hour, an 8-y

reporting at d.c. police union allison barber wusa 9. >> and on the facebook page, dozens of people had nothing but well wishes for chief lanier. karla wrote d.c.'s finest great job chief latherer. and billy posted, we will miss you and the work you did for d.c. and the surrounding areas. enjoy your new job. we invite you to leave your thoughts and parting words for chief lanier on the wusa 9 facebook page. >>> the latest round of storms is moving out, but it's still plenty hot out there. we are tracking weather and the threat for storms is over. >> i think we can sound the all clear now. i really do. i want to share this picture with you. this is earlier about three hours ago. that shelf cloud out toward virginia. pretty impressive storm. but it just fell apart as moved across the river. here's the radar. that is what is left of the storm that is sprinkling in baltimore. it was a monster in western louden county. the watch has been canceled. that said it is toasty. temperatures right now 92 downtown.

d.c.'s 911 call system to never get answered. plus, it looks like a train derailment. it's local emergency risk ponders sharpening their skills the next time something goes wrong on metro. and interstate tragedy, the disturbing information invest getters have already uncovered on the bus driver involved in a deadly charter bus crash. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:30, on your side. us. d.c.'s 911 system is active in running tonight but investigation continues at this hour after a power outage took the call center down for nearly two hours. a reporter is live outside the 911 call center in southeast d.c. do we know how many calls were missed? that is one of the many questions tonight. officials tell us they are not exactly sure the number of calls that were missed but at that time, usually they get about 300 to 350. this was anlling us equipment failure and tonight, the people relying on this 911 center want to know how this failure happens. >> d.c. 911 service is experiencing a service interruptio

tomorrow on good morning d.c. b boas man is heading to the loft. she will perform her song go and she'll dish about the hit fox show which is in production now. you can catch v boas man tomorrow morning at the 10:00ori hour on good day d.c. we'll be right back. nats seven strasburg has been human. housing his last two d this week he took his unbeaten road record to defense colorado and he got rocked.cked the first six batter's reachedre base against strasburg.rasb a total of eleven batter's came to the plate in the first inning as the rockies scored seven runs, the most allow by the nats all season. he allow two more runs after departing after surrendering nine runs. the nats battled back, but losee 12 to 10. they jumped on him, everybody.ev we've got to go back to the drawing board. every pitcher every year goes through a rough streak likee that. there's only two in history tha p.t we'll get it back togethergeth again. > going into game two of the preseason, the redskins have issues beyond -- > tony, what -- let me try this again. position battles

in october, d.c. ps chancellor kaya henderson will stop overseeing the district's public school system. today, the woman who has lead d.c. police for nearly 10 years and a total of 26 years wearing blue in the city a farewell as part of the mayor bowser team. bowser took office about a year and a haling a and with six significant departures in that timeframe. she's now averaging one major exit from her team roughly every three months. shawn. >> thank you, marina. tomorrow in the nine a.m. of good day d.c. mayor muriel bowser will join the crew to talk about chief lanier's retirement and the search for a brand new chief. fairfax city is also undergoing a major change. scott silver thorn left his seat. tonight the city council held a special meeting. members voted to hold a special election february 7 of next year to fill the mayor's seat. in the meantime they have appointed steven stomach prays as interim mayor. a sheriff's deputy is on administrative leave tonight following a shooting at fairfax hospi

d.c.. there's the big picture. cold front is kind of sliding right arou cincinnati area at this hour. one thing that's a change from yesterday is that things are a little faster today. let's get to future cast. by 8, 9:00 could there be a shower or two out there, yes. the model is over doing this a little bit. what i don't think it's over doing is how things progress this afternoon. we head to the lunchtime hour storms fire around the i 81 corridor and as we head to 1, 2:00 in the afternoon there we go. storms firing west of d.c.. montgomery county, loudoun county, western portions of fairfax county. do get ready. this is all little faster than yesterday when it looked like things would hold off until 5, 6:00. 3:00 could be heavy rain in d.c.. main concern today is maybe gusty winds. but the biggest concern is going to be heavy rain and potential for flash flood around the region. as i mentioned everything fas faster this system pushes off east here as we get towards that it out by late ev

into the d.c. metro area potentially as early as noon. there is a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. i'll have more on that, erica, coming up in the full forecast. >> thank you. we'll see you then. down load the app before you go to bed. it's your best source for weather when we're not on air. >> first america to win the games since 1908. >> the track coach cannot control his excite jmtd. he went to high school in annapolis. we're going to have more on that story coming up later in the broadcast. in decision 2016 donald trump making his case to virginia voters today. he forgot city he was in. >> so fairfax, on november 8 -- >> trump was speaking at a rly in frictiedericksburg. he said he wanted tpd african-american to honor him with their support. trump also attacked hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton will make america you're going to lose your jobs. >> according to real clear politics, trump trails clinton by an average of about 11 points in the commonwealth. hillary clinton took a break from the campaign trai

students in d.c. and in frederick county maryland. >> one of the skis to staying -- keys to staying on track is being prepared. >> these are fat pencils to help you so you learn how to write. >> school is brand-new for william who is five and super excited about his spiedy backpack. >> it's supposed to help me in math. >> she's preparing her supplies for fifth grade. >> i'm so happy because i get to see all my friends and the teachers that i missed. and getting to go to the si grade which is middle school. >> with supplies all around her, big sister is ready to start high school after finishing up summer bridge classes. >> they say it will be harder throughout the school year, but it's just to get us like introduced to it. >> their mom admits all three are handling back-to-school stress better than she is. >> every day, it's high, but every day, they are not nervous. i'm nervous. >> you want to make sure that you are well rested. you want to make sure that you are level headed and you want to make sur

near d.c. we're keeping iteepi clear.ty h is up, 78 percent with thoseh to winds out of the south andouth d west. next couple of days, yes, unfortunately heat and humidity are back. this cold front will swinglwi through tomorrow afternoon andrw kind of clear out the humiditymd a bit but we'll keep the heatea around for the weekend.ke jet stream off to the north soth we'll have 90's both saturday st sunday. for the day today, 92 degrees,dr sun mixed with clouds fromlos time to time a spotty storm spo can't be ruled out but it's i not too likely. l 76 later on this evening so eveo again heat and humidity back, b no more 60's during the overnight unfortunately. at least not for a couple of o nights. zip trip friday we'll quick q college park tomorrow morning. n it's wisdom, it's tucker it's hole.'s what a crew.what a come on down and see them. the here's your forecast.ouc it's going to be a hot one.o be. it will start comfortable 77for7 but will quickly get into the it 80's so dress lightly. light take a look at your fox5 f

we have got an officer, a detective with the d.c. police. she works with the d.c.ng these type of issues. investigating them. we have a young lady with the federal trade commission as well. wes with the aarp. what calls are you getting? >> we are getting a lot of calls about the i.r.s. scam. people are calling to say the i.r.s. is go house or take them to court. 80% of the calls have been from the i.r.s. scam. scott: that is huge. thank you so much, wes. you can get the questions answered until 6:30. the number is 703-236-9220. i'm scott thuman for "7 on your side." alison: thank you very much. another "7 on your side" warning. this is for parents. fairfax county getting out the message of phone scams targeting parents and the children. these are scary. cheryl conner has a word of caution. cheryl: kathy already thinks she is taking the innocence away from her kids explaining how some people can be evil. now she has something else to worry about as a parent. >> is somebody calling me, telling me they have my son, screaming in the background, ransom. i think i would

d.c.'s fire union will be protected to fire chief. chief dean and the mayor have been working to improve the public image of the department after problems like the death of medric mills outside of a fire station. the 77-year-old's family went to the fire station after he collapsed. nobody responded. >>> a new death toll from that devastating earthquake in italy. as of right now, we know that 247 people have died. the quake hit italy a little more than 24 hours ago. you are looking at brand-new video of the wreckage all shot by a drone. three towns are piles of rubble m tents and shelters right now. recovery crews are using dogs to try and find any more bodies in the wreckage. >>> a popular playground in northwest d.c. is supposed to be a safe haven for neighborhood kids. parents are now worried after two incidents involving guns near the hamilton rec center. in one case, someone pointed a gun at a person on the basketball person. that person was arrested. in a second case, shots were fired

d.c., frederick county elementary schools as well, ninth grade students in anne arundel county. morgan county schools preparing for their first day of class. we have got live boards coming up in just a few minutes. it feels like back to school, doesn't it? a little bit closer to a taste of fall. those temperatures continuing to drop. this morning, even cooler tomorrow.es coming we all deserve it, right? we got through the 12 day stretch of 90 prospect of back. even though we will see the temperatures back around 90 degrees, we will have another heatwave coming up soon. a great start to the day for all those schools that we mentioned going back today. safent everyone to be today, but monday, tuesday, wednesday, a lot of sunshine across the area. fairly dry with low humidity. taking a look at the end of the work week, moderate impacts with temperatures going up, we are talking tracking thunderstorms across the area. a little bit of heat of the end of the work week. metro,starting with delays

d.c. police stations there was some confusion. someere stations called allleal officers back in off the streets for roll call so theyrol could physically say whereayhe every officer was and account ac for them while other d.c.ther police stations decided to send their officers out ontonto the streets in very visiblevisil ways again so people coulde cou flag them down.fl the a lot of confusion over this almost two-hour period from saturday night into early ay mor.morning.m here's a look at some of theme e chain of the events. aboutt began at 11:50 -- 11:30 saturday night nt and that is when there washe some kind of a power outage atu the office of unified unied communications and a backupacku facility.city. now, there were residents who wd were alerted through text or e-mail through that d.c. alert service.ic well, if they had signed up h for that service they wouldy wo have received a message with aia phone call to d.c. police andnd a different for d.c. fire.ir the power was back on at abo

d.c. is looking for a man who shot and killed a man in the 3100 block of pointa vista terrace. >> and tracking metro. soon you will be able to get wifi on metro. testing up the hookup to internet at six metro stations, metro center, gallery place and union station cut off after 45 days to be evaluated. they will see tracks trains and realtime location and they'll move forward using wifi after receiving feedback from this pilot period. >> rescuing a person trapped by a huge tree. take a look at video. 8:00 last night beach drive calvin street northwest. the driver was in critical condition after a tree fell on their car. we're told about 30 people jumped in to help and pulled the tree off the car and got the driver out. >>> the threat of a tropical depression in florida is so strong the nfl moved the last preseason game for the redskin redskins. tlel play tampa bay wednesday night instead of tuesday. it interfered with the welcome home lunch scheduled for wednesday. >>> a little early, 4:35

d.c. took some of the biggest hits. >> as you looked up, you could see all of those fragile elements that are all overcome adorning the building. i was hearing impact of things coming loose. stephen: it left the washington monument with cracks. the national cathedral still has a lot of repair work. we have done $12 million of repairs. kimberly: the washington monument was closed for three years after the earthquake. repairs cost $15 million. well the issues are now fixed, the elevator has never been the same. have forcedblems the monument to close multiple times in the past two years. the monument is closed right now , until mid-september, possibly longer, to try again to fix those issues. a series of construction sites hit by thieves. it is what is being stolen from the locations in loudoun county getting extra attention. jeff goldberg explains. jeff: construction theft may not be new to loudoun county. >> it has been happening a long time. jeff: this is different. >> it seems more blatan

d.c. in which a driver hit and killed a popular restaurant owner.e armen armin was leaving when he was hit. mark segraves with more. >> reporter: good evening, a sad evening in the shaw neighborhood as people come home and learn that they've lost someone who was an integral part of the community. they say the restaurant is more than just a corner restaurant. it's a part of the fabric of the neighborhood. they said that armin amin, the owner who was killed, was a crucial part of this community. he and his partners owned chaplin's on 9th street and were planning to open another restaurant across the street. >> everyone is kind of in shock and not really sure what -- what we're doing right now. what's -- what's the next move. >> reporter: at nearby bread for the city, a neighborhood nonprofit that provides food and clothing for the less fortunate, amin was a prolific fundraiser, using his restaurants to raise thousands to help others. >> hel be remembered as somebody who captured the spirit o

we came to d.c.ouncil offices to review their records and found less than half of members keep a formal log of who is using their tickets. the logs we did find didn't always include full names. >> reporter: at the mayor's office, records are kept and some are posted online. for many events, only the group of the attendees is listed, not the individual the mayor's office declined our request for an interview, issuing a statement saying, tickets are given for a variety of seasons, including to help support community groups and public schools. or to thank government employees for their hard work. in several cases, we did find charities and community groups receiving tickets. >> nice gesture. >> reporter: including the d.c. youth hockey team. sports club for d.c. teams that helps with academics. >> great to get together and enjoy the hockey game together. >> reporter: the city ought to consider giving all the tickets to charities and youth groups. >> the best way to use the box is for folks who don't hav

we're hearing what d.c.cer's curbside confrontation. >>> plus a fairfax county deputy involved in a shooting outside inova fairfax hospital. find out what happened moments after that deputy pulled out his weapon. >>> and it's a finish line dive. is it fair? you make the cl.al but you're the one who's gonna save some serious money with amazing deals down every aisle on family favorites. and get doritos, fritos, and cheetos, 8 to 11.5 oz., selected varieties for just $1.99 each. happy anniversary to me. the safeway anniversary sale. it's just better. >>> good morning, everybody. another weather alert day for dangerly high heat indexes this afternoon. the heat advisory for all of the i-95 corridor, including the d.c. and baltimore mel troe goes until 8:00 tonight. heat indeex between 105 to 110. 98 is the forecasted high. slight chance for storms today. rain chances go up that will help temperatures go down just a bit. if you are planning your weekend at the beac

the first one would be the d.c. opportunity scholarship program. as the name suggests, it's a d.c. program, has a constitutional basis. but i would have it privately managed. there is no reason to have a u.s. department of education involved in the d.c. opportunity scholarship program, particularly since through the efforts of the u.s. department of education one of -- this is one of the few programs deemed effective by the department's own what works division. and they've tried to kill it by attrition. the d.c. opportunity scholarship program stays, but it's privately managed. number two, postsecondary education scholarships for veterans dependence. now, of course, these scholarships are an earned benefit be, not an entitlement, that should be administered by veterans affairs. finally, the office for civil rights could be moved to the department of justice since it does perform constitutionally-sanctioned work. however, since there won't be any u.s. department of education plans, any funding it would see to oversee u.s. department of education programs would be restored. they woul

d.c. they'll tell you a lot of things. they'll tell you there are a lot of unanswered questions aboutut this.th how did farouk get back into the us. what contacts did he have with the extremist group and how closely was he monitored afterrd he was turned away from syria. robin sympathomimetic the homeland security terrorism expert says right now in his opinion individual listed loan wolf are the most common threatm the people in the united statesi are facing from radical groups like isis. are these roadway liedhe individuals the biggest threat >> i think they're certainly thn most numerous.most in terms of the actual bodydy count, isis can rack up in the united states i think it's theth organized cells that isis has some control over that we hew be most worried about. what is worse is these radicalized individuals that can attack. investigators right now say the have not been able to piece together any relationship between far wreak and these two victims, seemingly making itt that they wer

d.c.'top politicians get them year round at nats park, a bowl of box suites and luxury seats are the mains. the seats in 361 go free of change charge. the perk was referenced in a land agreement for the arena wh need free tickets to help economic developments. but when we dug through records, we found often those tickets are going to vips and friends and family of politicians who get the freebies, any time tax dollars are being spent, taxpayers are the right to know how they are being spent. >> we found access to the free mayoral sweet went to the man voted out of the office in 2010, adrian fenti, the bruce springsteen concert and justin bieber and rihanna and listed alongside fenty, celebrity chef, a real housewife of d.c. was listed as a recipient including a maroon 5 concert. >> the price for similar suites at nats park start at year according to club on a similar suite costs thousands of dollars for one big game or concert making it a valuable commodity. >> when they have a taxpayer fun

. >> d.c.ublic schoolsools officially welcomed students back to school and one ofnd onef those schools is welcoming -- bringing them back for the first time. that it's the ron brown bro college president busher toesio high school, d.c.'s first all.'t boys public high school. sch this morning d.c. mayor murielul bowser chancellor kayaerlo henderson will kick off t school's first year. year. they'll serve ninth grade this year and it will add a grade each year until ninth through tu 12th are served. ser 100 students are enrolled thislh year. >> let's talk about who elseabou is going back to school today. frederick county students,unty e most of anne arrundel countylou you guys also headed back toac class. if you're among the studentsstus starting school today, we want to hear from you so send usou ss some pictures, that's thes the bottom line. l post your first day back to t school pictures and use #fox5 # first day.t d >> today virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expectedxpec to announce that h

d.c. police, as you can see th scene on 34th street. police say the shooting happened after 11:30 last night. at last update, investigators were working to identify the suspects. >>> a commute home by metro bus turned violent. one man stabbed on the bus in hyatts ville. we're working to learn what happened there. it happened 8:00 last night. metro transit police arrested one person. the victim went to the hospital with life threatening injuries. >>> new this morning, police have made an arrest in the murders, shocking murders, of two mississippi nuns. rodney earl sanders has been charged with capital murder. the bodies were discovered thursday when they didn't show up for work. police aren't saying where saunders is being held ahead of the court appearance. >>> new warnings for virginia's smoothie shop tested positive for hepatitis a. dozens of people were affected with the virus in virginia. it's possible it's linked to the straw ber aberries the shop use august. anyone who ate at the gai

. >> and we're minutes away from football's return to d.c.. we're at fedex field with a preview of the redskins preview game at home. >>> today investigators ruled out tampering or a bomb and instead said a gas leak in one of the buildings meter rooms is likely to blame for an apartment fire. investigators also announcing three of the seven people believed to have been killed in the blast have been identified. now the investigation shifts to who is to blame. one survivor and his lawyer told us today he had previously reported smelling gas and building owners kay apartment management ignored his compla >> we have information that is the management company was repeatedly told there was a smell of gas and that they should do something about it. the management company responded by saying well, that was nothing to be alarmed about. it was just chemicals, cleaning agents, and/or paint. >> kay apartment management has ignored our request for comment. the ntsb is taking over the investigation to find a definitive cause with the help of washington gas.

d.c., marina maracco, fox5 local news. > question, can you rely on 911 1 #? well, after this his weekend's outage in thethe district, fox5 has been asking what is being done to make suree that y need just in case of an emergency? a maintenance contractor accidentally flippedn the wrong switch and caused the outage. the calls should have been rerouted to a backup center, the outage also impacted communication for the police and fire departments so we asked d.c. mayor muriel bowser what is in place now to prevent thisre from happening again.g we're very obviously concerned c about any systems that aren't working. we have identified the rootntif cause of this outage and we are investigating the root cause oft the equipment failure. so i've ordered our teams to do a top to bottom review of the technology problems and we're actually going to have our chief technology officer lead that effort. > the district is now workingo to test a new fail/safe program. in the meantime d.c. will have two 911

breaking news out of d.c. where long-time police chief cathy lanier announced that she is finished at the end of the month. michelle: the next move for her, the national football league. jonathan: thank you for staying with abc7 news on thi this story broke on twitter. the department was posting this announcement online. michelle: chief lanier has been with the department for 26 years, the past ten as chief. alison: we have team coverage beginning with stephen tschida. stephen? stephen: the chief wrapped up the news conference announcing her retirement 45 minutes ago. she will be going to the nfl in new york where she will be vice president of security operations for the nfl. she talked about the importance of heifer new position. she was also reflective about her accomplishments here at the metropolitan police department. she also expressed her gratitude to the city and to the department for what she gained from her years here. chief lanier: when i started here in 1990. i had a ninth grade education and g.e.d

d.c. police chief cathy lanier has about 18 mo job before she officially re-signs from the position and -- resigns from the position and begins a new career with the nfl. she has been with the department for 26 years and served as chief for the last ten. she sat down with bruce depuyt on news talk. the chief talked about what kept her motivated throughout the years. chief lanier: people ask why do i put myself in that position? so i see the heartache all the time. it's the heartache that i'm trying the to prevent. so to get out there and see it first hand makes me work even harder to try and prevent it. leon: her next challenge will be to go on and serve as the senior vice president of security operations in the nfl. we wish the chief well. michelle: we certainly do. we are looking forward to changes that folks might actually lake when it comes to the weather. leon: youcan feel it outside already. the humidity coming down a little bit. as promised but our chief meteorologist doug hill. how

we're challenging d.c.ions tonight on our new political show 5@6:30.@6:3 tune in and see if you couldou pass tonight right here at fox5. tonight a major blow to president obama's major hell care. aetna has announced it will pull funds from obamacare. it will cut 70 percent. that means instead of selling individual policies in 15 states they will only target four states, including virginia. aetna says i was actually losing money in many of the otherther markets. the move will not only reduce choices, but it could also drivo up prices. wikileaks says it may have in its possession a group. the group announced over the ove weekend it wants to auction off the stolen data. wikileaks says it also obtained the code and will release it fot free at a time yet to be determined.ed. new tonight, new york city willl pay more than $4 million tolion settle a lawsuit over the deathe of a man who was fatally shot by police in.in. the wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the family old aqueue girl i. he was shot and killed bya

news4's learned caputo is scheduled to go trial in d.c. misdemeanor charge of illegally entering a restricted government space. >> all right. thank you.ñrÑi >>> back to school monday in montgomery county, but not every student will be inside the school. >> that's right. news4 has learned nearly 400 so-called relocatable classrooms will be deployed. portable buildings that are used for classrooms in crowded schools. that's what they're called. the elementary school in germantown will have 15. school records show increasingly crowded schools down county to -- actually include bethesda. >>> a global security update tonight from apple about its iphone. the company had discovered a powerful spied spooiware emanating -- powerful spyware emanating from the middle east. it takes advantages of weaknesses, to take complete control of iphone handsets. apple says it has fixed the >>> the drugmaker that raised the price of its epipens hundreds of dollars says it won't lower the price but will help some pay for it. the price of a two-dose package has go

>>> now at 11:00, a new hurdle for d.c.'s plan to relocate thousands of homeless people across the district. why neighbors in one community are suing to stop it. >>> new tonight, the last of four u.s. swimmers caught up in that their silence. why jimmy feegen says it took him so long to get that passport back in brazil. >>> and she's throwing out the first pitch tomorrow for the nationals. but tonight, you get a sneak peek with the interview with katie ledecky. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> first up, new developments in the fight over where to house d.c.'s homeless population. >> this is the story that you're only going to see here. we obtained a copy of the lawsuit filed to stop the plan because of controversy over how it was rolled out. jackie bensen is live in ward three to explain. jackie? >> reporter: angie, the lawsuit was just filed. it does not ask the district to relocate the homeless shelter planned here at the second district police station. instead, it claims city leaders hand. the lawsuit, brought by a group

the d.c. board decided the first of community meeting was held tonight to get input from community members. tonight's meetings was in northwest. john davis will serve as the interim chancellor while the school system searches for a replacement. maryland is searching for a new option to get drivers back and forth across the chesapeake bay. the chesapeake bay bridge has become more and mo over the years. i'm sure you know that. today mayor larry hogan looked for funding options to build a new bay bridge. the study could take up to four years. they say the bay bridge could be maintained safely through 20606789 but within 25 years drivers could experience up to 14-mile delays. new tonight, take a mr. at this dash cam video out of new york. that is a 10-car pileup. the dash cam was mounted in one of the cars. it shows some of the impact. it also shows how a group of people jumped to help rescue the woman in that burning white car right there. you can see the shooting flames up. they used a fire ex

again 88 for d.c. 83 for leonardtown. that heat and big area of high pressure which sinks to theo th south as the week goes on o continues to up p p p in not just the who the air, but the humidity, too., not only are we headed for mid, maybe even upper 90 by p friday, but those dewpoints which havesh been so pleasant the past coupls of nights are going to be back e at the oppressive range at or above 70 objection to the form noticeable tomorrow, not bad by friday. your seven day forecast we'reorc going to take you through the time period with the who the who stuff coming back on sat about 9 # gr sunday, 926789 it looks like by monday, 94-degrees, tuesday alsy a couple of storms possible.sibl we're right back into the 90, so pass fasten your set felt for that. and soak up the 80s tomorrow.mor > a college student's plan to impress his date failed in a fashion.fa the couple was out on the town. he tried to jump from oneone rooftop to the other only he didn't make it. in ted he fell and got wedgedwe into between the two build

it happened here on southern avenue in southeast d.c. from a church. the firefighter was flown to an area hospital. he was conscious, alert, and stable. the shooting happened at 4:00 in the afternoon. the lookout is for a black and red sports motorcycle. the gun violence a surprise in this neighborhood of single-family homes along a ve busy road along the border with prince george's county. this woman has lived here for decades. how concerned are you to find out there was a shooting? >> very much. i've been living here about 40 years and i have never had that problem. never. you know, people sort of stay to their self-but never any crime. >> the fire technician is 44 years old, a 20-year veteran. he works in northwest d.c. paul is an area neighborhood commissioner. it's another example of gun violence that police need to focus more attention on getting guns outfit of the street. >> we need a special group out here so they can locate these guns and take them off our streets. >>> chief gregory dean of dc fire and ems released this statemen

d.c. warmer 57.e'll continue with that high pressure overhead to bring us low humidity tomorrow and warm, dry comfortable day for tuesday looking just as nice as today. and we'll head to 85 degrees as you know. but maybe closer to water 80. 83 winchester and mar continue continuesburg and 83 hagerstown and frederick and 84 and that's where dulles is as well. we're not done with hot stuff. heat will return later this week. that high pressure system is going to change position and will start pumping in more hot and humid weather and maybe even some thunderstorms and yes you're not seeing things. mid 90s by friday. we do kind of go up and down a little bit as we get through later this week we'll khaiing chase the dry air which we show in orange out of here and juicy stuff returns as we get into thursday and friday. and it could fuel up a couple thunderstorms as this frontal boundary the week. toive gued an idea on the 7 day forecast. the heat is back on thursday at 92. we'll keep the storms out for litt

d.c. police investigating a triple shooting there. news 4 kristin wright is headed to first street southwest between o and p streets right now. a man and two women were shot there. they are all expected to survive. >>> good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm eun yang. >>> that's it. brazil has upset the united states. >> it is the major upset everyone will be talking about this morning. the women's beach volleyball team falls to brazil in the semifinals. we'll have much more coming up. that's the match. stunning. >>> we begin with meteorologist chuck bell with a check on your weather headlines. chuck, good morning. >> good morning you guys and good morning everybody. wednesday finally here. skies are mostly clear right now. the best news i can give you is the extreme heat with temperatures near 100 degrees. that is officially over. the upper 80s and low 90s. an increasing chance for rain coming our way this afternoon. shower chances tonight into the front part of tomorrow, opt

the d.c.pportunity scholarship program and it has a killer forward by senator joe lieberman. [applause] >> good afternoon. i love when patrick does the research because i consider and think yes, that's right. we saw them firsthand and we saw how it really affects kids. first i'd like to talk about my own son who, which is how i got so involved in as a parent. and who was the recipient of a scholarship, and we saw such a dramatic change in the kind of person he became. he had been a young child who didn't want to go to school, you would drop off at school and he would leave. in school would coincide your kid is not here. i dropped him off but he was gone, to really find a student athlete. the changes we saw in him were incredible and life-changing our family. but i watched his life change but i watch my neighbors lies not change much but i saw children in our community that were really not doing well in traditional public education, many of which end up in the criminal justice system, dead, on

young man's life along with his family. >> d.c. police say the suspect and the victim interacted before the shooting. voyales insists her son was a random victim of the robbery. a 15-year-old was arrested in this case. >>> stafford county authorities need help tracking down two suspects allegedly involved in a home invasion. sean colley and stephen szurko took off when officers attempted to pull over a group of men. they were involved in an armed home vegas robbery. anyone with information about where they could be is asked to call police. >>> d.c. police saying a man kidnapped a woman using her own car. this happened on saturday morning on holbrook street in northeast d.c. police say that the man sexually assaulted the victim as she drove him around. police are offering a $1,000 reward for any information leads to the arrest of a suspect. >>> we learn what caused d.c.'s 911 system to go out over the weekend. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the all stop button because he feared it would damage equipment. >> we know about

onl any questions at erin fox5 fox d.c.dated on monday for how fh safe track sump eight will impact the weekday commute.om let's see how the roads in the t dmv are shaping up. 395 as you make your way inbound 14 street and out onto o independence of a thingsnden looking good. we have congestion as usualsu across the 14th street bridge. sea of brake lights. average speeds under 15 miles 1i an hour. an h once you get on independence at 14th traffic in bothafc in b directions moving along fine. m i like what i'm seeing there.eie things on new york avenue by bladensburg on the inboundurg oe side is seeing s iome volume increased but so farut so far independence is just startings u to wake up out there in the district.di we'll switch back to our mapsk o right now and take a look at our wide view. we saw the congestion over thene 14th street bridge. things on the key bridgen roslyn inttho georgetown still s cruising. gw parkway on the southbound side looking really beltway problem free.m f we don't have congestion yetn yt and the

mau that's right, d.c.ce remain on scene of this of pedestrian accident.stri they tell us that the t pedestrian was hit shortly before 3 a.m. this morning. mo this is the 1400 block off ninth street northwest d.c. d you can see it remains closed c at this hour. hou sadly, the victim did not make it. police have this area blockede h off to traffic and so ninthff street between o and p sictreets northwest remains closed bothh directions will remain closed for several more hourse h impacting your morning commutenc so keep that in mind.n m hours later police still policei trying to figure out exactly exa what happened, trying to putut together the pieces but itt appears that the striking strikn vehicle did remain on scene.ce in fact, if you look straight ahead there at the red the mercedes that's the car theyr t have been focusing in on alln morning long with its windowsws shattered and you can seeanu ca there's a busted headlight sitting about 50 feet from a right now where the pedestrianea was walking or how