said this -- we have no evidence to indicate the sheen is from a recent mineral oil spill at a dominion substation. we recovered 90% of the mineral oil as well as 200 tons of dirt around the site. >> i can't rule in or out any source at this point. as the investigation continues we will attempt to determine if there are responsible parties involved. jeff: the geese are now in the hands of the wildlife officials on the way to delaware for rehabilitation. >> it's unfortunate that maybe the water is not as pristine as it once was. jeff: no word on how much oil spilled. officials say it will be determined upon further study. the word how long the clean-up will take. but the coast guard saying with confidence today that this spill has presented no public health risk. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. new hospital is coming to prince george's county. thanks to an infusion of cash from the state. maryland governor larry hogan today announced a $15 million sub mental budget to allow the current prince george's county hospital center to stay open until a replacement is bui

one site outside the dominion substation in crystal city where mineral oil spill took place january 24. dominion saying it has no evidence that the incident is connect told the current spill. >> i have not ruled out potential sources. >> wildlife experts continue to look for the animals impacted by the spill. 30 affected. 29 canada geese and a mallard. the birds receiving treatment and one goose died. despite the impact and the lingering questions. officials say the situation is under control. >> this is not a significant spill. rather minor. >> once the birds are rehabilitated it will be in the while. now the oil, a thin substance. not tangible but it is enough to be tested. the test happening in connecticut. we'll expect the results wednesday. >> alive but shaken. that is how a woodbridge family is feeling after escaping the home minutes before it plexed. it happened yesterday a few blocks away from the woodbridge middle school. >> if you talk about scary. this is a remarkable story. jonathan: they called and said there was a gas odor. they couldn't find the problem. yesterday the sm

the coast guard saying today all the oil samples tested can be traced directly to the dominion substationty and the storm drain near the substation that flow to roaches run and eventually in the potomac river. the petroleum could be mineral oil. that the same oil spilled on the january 24 spill at the substation. >> we have not named a we want to make sure the facts are accurate. >> we look forward to the material that the coast guard developed. we should have review completed soon. we find the mineral oil from the facility did result in the sheen on the potomac we will take full responsibility. jeff: it has had impact on the wildlife. 21 birds died. mostly canada geese. 32 were successfully rehabilitated at a facility in delaware. coming up in a half hour we'll hear more from the coast guard and explanation from do moinion as well as where the investigation goes next. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. funeral arrangements made for mark logsdon. they will take place next week at the mount christian church. that is thursday from 2:00 until 9:00. the funeral

conclusion as to what the relationship is between the sheen on the potomac and the spill at the dominion substation. >> reporter: now, dominion virginia still declining to take full responsibility, though they do acknowledge they did have a 13,000 gallon oil spill on january 24th at that crystal city location. it's now up to the environmental protection agency whether or not to charge dominion with this and fine them and ask them to pay for the cleanup costs. chris, back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot, mark. >>> this afternoon a man is being held on a quarter million dollar bond accused of running into a montgomery county police officer and killing him. i linked to this on my facebook charge. chris gordon is live in rockville where we just heard from the police chief. pretty emotional stuff, chris. >> reporter: oh, yes, and the they're family too. prosecutors this afternoon gave me this indictment against luis reluzco. he appeared in court this afternoon. the judge set bond at $250,000 cash. if he's released, he has to surrender his passport. he cannot drive a motorcyc vehi. he cannot drink alc

conclusion as to what the relationship is between the sheen on the potomac and the spill at the dominion substation. >> reporter: now, there is some good news out of this press conference today. the coast guard said they have not located any more injured wildlife in the past two days, and t it is now up to the environmental protection agency whether or not to go after dominion power to recover the funds it cost to clean this up as well as possible fines. wendy, back to you. >> all right. mark segraves. >>> well, right now local health officials are working to not only fight the zika virus but they want to calm fears. we have learned today that a vaccine could start being tested as early as this summer. there's also a possible second case of zika in the u.s. that was transmitted from sexual contact. most cases come from mosquitos in certain regions. all infected people in hour area traveled to central, south america, or the caribbean. health officials say chances of a local outbreak are quite slim. >> we're cautious. we're not presumptuous. you never say never and you never say always, but it is hig

. >> so we don't know if it came from dominion substation, but it could have? >> we aren't ruling anything out. we're looking at all possibilities. >> reporter: d.c. owns the river and is taking responsibility to clean it up. authorities say there is no threat to public health. >> do minnian, virginia, had a recent mineral oil spill at a substation in crystal city a few weeks ago. a spokesperson for the company says that they cleaned up 90% of that oil. and also 200 tons of dirt surrounding the site. and again, that there is no evidence that this spill came from that substation. the mystery and the investigation continues. peggy fox, reporting live, back to you. >> have some work to do there, peg. thank you. >>> the coast guard say its is working to clean up the oil as quickly as possible. and by testing the oil and finding its pathway, they hope to quickly identify the source of the spill. >>> two -- to northern virginia now, where a family is hoping someone has seen their missing loved one. sarah way was last seen wednesday afternoon in fairfax. police say th

substation. meanwhile... dominion power is reporting hundreds of outages in both botetourt and alleghany counties. more than 100 customers are still waiting for power restortation in campbell county. power crews in salem have also been busy today. city spokesperson .. mike stevens .. tells us there are fewer than 100 outages tonight. at one point today .. salem was reporting as many as two- thousand without power. wsls 10's alan auglis continues our team coverage now. he joins us now live along tinker creek in roanoke. alan -- not only are we seeing downed trees .. but there's also concern for rising water as well .. and as you can see behind me, tinker creek has been on the rise. river levels will be on the rise but most will stay below flood stage at this point. the exception is the dan river at south boston and roanoke river at randolph where flooding will occur over the next several days. the heavy freezing rain added weight to the limbs and power lines last night causing a lot of damage. there are still thousands

fro the coast guard says the oil o came from an area near a dominion virginia power substation. ibility and will help ahe clean up that incident.en >>> and next week could bringoug back painful memories foror survivors and families of the 1999 mass shooting ating columbine high school inhigh denver, colorado.ad eric harris and dylan klebold ko were both shot and killed andild 12 students and teachers teaches before t now more than a decade aftera da the tragedy dylan's mother, m sue, is expected to release ase book on monday reflecting onle this incident. in the book she reveals her h ongoing battles with grief andd shame. ann-marie hock holter waseras paralyzed in the shooting.d he s she posted an open letter on line to klebold sharing her feelings about the book. >> my mom committed suicide. sce she had depression and just ifui we can help prevent anyone any from committing suicide that would mean everything.rythin >> she said she's not sure not r whether she'll be able to read t the book but she has chosen to forgive the mother of the mass killer. killer >>> the virginia state

dominion admitted that oil came from its substation transformer in crystal city. >>> acclaimed americanuthor, harper lee is being honored. the author of to kill a mocking bird died today at 89 years old. much more on lee, coming up later in this broadcast. >>> we are just getting started on wusa 9news at 5:00. donald trump calls for a boycott on apple products. >>> the melting snow and ice, leaving behind giant craters out there on the roads. we are on pothole patrol in a live report. topper. >>> these fluctuating temperatures are not going to help the potholes any. here's a look at your evening planner. and temperatures are going to be kind of chilly. but not as cold as last night. notice they don't fall much. upper 30s at 8:00. can 10:00. look ahead to a weekend. and more changes on our storm next week. >>> and right after the break, a government agency calls them a danger on wheels. i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. we're out of 2% i wo

dominion power said it's possible for that oil spill on the potomac river. they said the source is likely a previously reported spill of 13,000 gallons at its crystal city substation. that oil made a message of the potomac near reagan national and the water sanctuary. the coast guard said dominion likely will bear the cost of the clean up. >>> a mother has been found guilty of abuse and neglect in the death of her little boy. investigators say ashley white left her baby daughter and her 5-year-old son noah home last march. noah wandered outside and days later officers found his body in the backyard septic tank. white will be sentenced in may. the father goes on trial next month. >>> the father of montgomery county police officer noah leotta who was hit and killed in the line of duty isn't just blaming the man suspected in his death. rich leotta is pointing fingers at hooter and lawmakers in annapolis. >> you're over the limit, you don't drive drunk. that puts everybody at risk. my son is dead because of that. that's the liquor lobby. they don't care about the people. they just care about selling the alcohol. >> now prosecutors say luis rezulco's blood alcohol cont

. >> reporter: today, do dominion power said they would be happy to take responsibility, if its own review of oil did, in fact, come from its substation. >> my understanding is that they said the materials are consistent. we'd like to form our opinions on that. >> reporter: dominion power planned their own test, after the coast guard revealed degraded fuel was found in a wild fowl sanctuary on the potomac river. the sheen, spotted eight days ago, could be seen on an 11- mile stretch. so far, 21 mostly canada geese. another 32 have been rescued and rehabilitated. the over coast guard would not link the oil as leftover from a previous oil spill in january. but they did confirm it was the same type. >> we do not know how much actually went into the river. and our bigger concern is what is the overall impact? >> and the coast guard says cleanup could take several more weeks. adam? >> all right. we'll be watching, jan, thank you. >>> if you spot an oil sheen, the coast guard asks that you call the national response center. you can find that on our wusa 9 app. >>> we will talk about the yellow weather alert. topper is talking about a little

dominion virginia power admitted the spill came from its crystal city substation. the u.s. coast guard says it has been contained now. >>> it's been quite a busy day for members of a local delegation on a mission to cuba. d.c. mayor muriel bowser, montgomery county executive ike leggett and virginia's secretary of commerce and trade maurice jones are all exploring business opportunities on that island nation. our david culver is with them and joins us right now live in havana. david? >> reporter: hey there, vance. last time i was doing a live interview with mayor muriel bowser it was at the height of the blizzard. so here we are in a very different setting. >> for sure. >> reporter: i know you have had a busy day. i want to talk about that in a moment but one thing i notice, m the plane and the crowd at the international airport, you were taken right onto the bus but you said, wait a minute, and you got back off the bus and you just wanted to take in some pictures and take things in. what strikes you so far. >> it's important for us. we're part of a historic delegation we t

dominion power transformation station. and they said they would be happy to take responsibility if their own review showed the oil came from their substation. the machine spotted in the waternine days ago, could be seen eight miles from the stretch. and so far, 21 birds have died. mostly canada geese. another 32 have been rescued and rehabilitated. >>> we haven't reviewed the materials yet. so it's really hard to say how long it will take for us to carefully review it ask and arrive at our conclusion. >> cleanup could take several weeks. the coast guard would not link the oil as leftover from a previous oil january. but they did confirm it was the same type. >>> michigan's governor and the head of the e.p.a. will both testify before congress on that water crisis in flint. schneider has been heavily criticized for his handling of the lead water crisis. schneider said he requested the opportunity to testify before the household committee. he said levels of government have failed the city since the water supply was switched to the flint river two years ago, in order to save money. >>> legislation slapping north korea, with more sanctions on t

. >> last week dominion said it had no evidence that it was connected to the spill at the substation. today is a different tone. >> we had no reason it is from our mineral oil. but if it is determined it's ours we'll take responsibility for it. leon: jeff goldberg reporting there. new information about the night that montgomery county officer leotta hote was struck and killed -- noah leotta was struck and killed. the case laid out against the driver is claiming that the suspect pounded bourbon and beers at a restaurant and got in his car. kevin lewis is live at the courthouse where a judge made a decision on a stiff bond. tell us about that. kevin: luis reluzco received $250,000 cash surety bond. he cannot cobble together $250,000 he will remain in jail while awaiting trial. ten weeks after killing noah leotta luis reluzco indicted. count one manslaughter by a motor vehicle. count two failure o max penalty ten years and $750,000 fine. >> i believe this is the case of an individual who displayed indifference for the lives and the safety of the drivers on the road. >> prosecutors say on

be forced to pay for cleanup costs dominion says more than ninety five percent of the oil has been recovered a transformer failure earlier this month at a substation in northern virginia released more than thirteen thousand gallons of mineral oil into the river when the weather in chicago. the winds as strong enough to cause two walls come crashing down at a construction site. you see the collapse in this video are told workers were putting up the walls of the building when they came down like pieces of cardboard. when the walls crashed on parkour cross the street is working inside the room with the whole like the whole building shook. chicago police had to close some sidewalks because of falling debris. one man was injured by falling bricks as a way to the bustop high winds also took down the street and problems in iowa authorities were called out to several crashes involving tractor trailers. this is one of the incidents some i was blown onto its side by the wind. no one was hurt in this accident. some of the wind gusts were reportedly more than sixty behold the power of protein in birds eye protein blends. ok. they're delicious side dishes with

be forced to pay for cleanup costs dominion says more than ninety five percent of the oil has been recovered a transformer failure earlier this month in a substation in northern virginia released more than thirteen thousand gallons of mineral oil into the river this morning two people are lucky to be alive after their new car burst into flames on the highway it was all caught on camera check this out. the driver recorded this video on his cellphone in portland oregon he says he was driving his one week old car when he tried to change gears car struggled and the engine light came on the driver says he tried to maneuver the car over the shoulder but the engine kept turning off and as soon as i thought might try to turn the car on it wouldn't turn on and a lot of smoke coming from the engine mean a friend got out of the car soon as we could and just three minutes and exploded now the owners insurance agent says the cause of the fire is under investigation. the abc affiliate in washington and or the car's vehicle id number into a national highway traffic safety administration database. it says there's a recall for this line of cars involving a power s

representative of dominion power in richmond telling me there is no evidence that the minor oil spill is in any way connected to an issue they had at spill in mineral oil spill at substation on january 24 here in chris call city. -- crystal system. these are big orange boons containing the petroleum at gravelly point and by roaches run. i don't know how you can pick up on it but a thin sheen of oil of petroleum by reagan airport. boons were put in water at 11:30 this morning after the spill was noticed in the water. for a while it closed down gravelly point and roaches run. they conducted a nighover to get a look at what is going on. d.c. department of emergency and environment noticed rain bow type of sheen in the potomac and the anacostia rivers in the past few days. they say it is the result of the storm run off from the big rain and the big melt from snow melt particles. we are told the sheen spotted here has been as far south as eight mile south of old town alexandria. now the big question is whether the sheen of oil is connected to what we are looking at here. officials say it could be a few hundred gallons of a spill or up to 5000 gallons. >> there is no acute impa

dominion virginia power could be fined after mineral oil spilled into the potomac river. the virginia department of environmental quality issued a notice of violation for the spill. a transformer failure at a substation in crystal city led to the release of more than 13- thousand gallons of a portion of the spill ended up along the banks of the potomac river and in the river itself. 29 result. the state can fine the company 100-dollars per gallon and require corrective action involving any environmental damage. according to the virginia department of health ... three adults in the commonwealth have the zika virus. all three cases were travel- related. last month ... a student at the college of william and mary contracted the virus while traveling in central america during winter break. around the same time ... a northern virginia resident contracted the zika virus while traveling in a different country. the c-d-c issued a travel alert for those going to countries or regions where the zika virus is widespread. as of february 17-th ... there have been 82 cases of the zika virus reported in the united states. a bill ... which would allow doctors to give long-term treatment to lyme disease patients ... m