he bought into doug's crap hook, line and sinker. >> doug stewart preyed on this boy. daughter directly, but i think that ricky should get more than a year in county jail. my daughter is dead, ricky's alive. >> reporter: venus' family is pushing for at least a ten-year sentence but prosecutor mcdonough wouldn't budge. family members ask prosecutors in virginia to file a murder conspiracy charge against ricky but they didn't. >> he could have saved my sister. he could have let the authorities know. they could have been waiting for him at my parents' house and it would have been over. ♪ >> reporter: on april 26th, 2011, a year to the day since venus disappeared from her parents' house, the family held a memorial service. ♪ they watched a video tribute to her spirit and her smile. played a gospel song she would have liked. ♪ and they spoke from the heart. >> i just want to say how much i miss my sister. i mean, i love her so much. it's going to be tough to not see her around anymore. >> she just was awesome. she's a character. she made my life complete. >> reporter: when

only one doug, doug bradford. and she vaguely remembered something lynne mentioned in a letter. >> saying that doug was no longer coming to the wedding. >> okay. >> and that he was on the back burner and -- burner and -- and i just sorta put it outta my mind because i had all this wedding to organize. i knew, obviously, he didn't -- light her fire too much. >> reporter: this was the first bit of heat on a cold trail. they gave doug a call. he lived with his parents. he sounded shy, but agreed to meet at the house. where, it turned out, doug bradford had a lot to say. it's the kind of trick cops always use in the movies. >> we're not gonna tell him that she's dead. >> reporter: see if it works in real life. i am having a really great time. >>i am so glad you came. i knew everybody here would love you. oh no. >>who... is this?! i told you, i am seeing someone else. >>hi, i am heinz new mustard. hi na na na na she's just jealous because you have better taste. you! who do you think has better taste? anybody wants a ho

>> i knew doug for many years. he was important to me in my early career, and i kept up with neil: a long time. on many different levels. he wander. the first virtual reality thing i did was here off campus. now there are condos. he used to wander by and pick flowers in the fields by the cottages. he was such a lovely guy. i have to say that. when i was a teenager, probably my most important mentor was one of the founders in the field of artificial intelligence named marvin minsky. they used to have arguments. marvin would say we are going to do this this and this for machines, and then doug would say but what are you going to do for the people. what i really think it boils down to was that for doug, the idea of progress meant expecting more and more from people not creating conveniences for people, not creating superpowers for people or science fiction scenarios. he expected people to be able to take more responsibility, to be more ethical, to be more considered in their actions. he expected them to gain virtuoso

our meteorologist doug hill following all of this for us. doug? doug: it's been a slow-moving cold front that has been the trigger in the atmosphere to form up the showers and the thunderstorms. they are slow moving, a lot of lightning and heavy rain and hail. good news the national weather service canceled the severe thunderstorm warning that happened around potomac and on the virginia side in great falls and canceled the one out of winchester. the only one left until 4:45 is this one that is drifting toward haymarket area now. there is hail and heavy rain. every time one area of rain and storm fizzles out, a new one seems to form back up. we have several more active hours especially with prince william county and hail and rain. we have more in a few minutes. back to you. leon: you got it, doug. now a prestigious montgomery county private school is on edge tonight after police arrest a maintenance worker on charges of child sex abuse. alison: now detectives are urging any other potential victims to speak up. abc7's kevin lewis spoke with the accu

thank you, doug. doug: we'll try again. leon: all right. still ahead in "abc7 news at 5:00" -- find out what is time for the first three at-bat today. alison: later, we have all had a moment stuck waiting at home for the cable company to come. find out how one provider wants to make it worth your while. leon: but first, why local parents say the spirit of this event gets lost in shuffle. alison: a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. we'll be right bag. leon: that is unless doug has your remote. leon: today, several schools across the region host events to mark national bike to school day. alison: it is the fourth year of this event. this is designed to encourage kids to bike to campus and urge drivers to share the road. leon: but as mike conneen reports, some want to extend it beyond one day of the year. mike: on the fourth annual bike to school day one d.c. parent expressed his frustration in a blog post. >> we do all the events and year avenue year after year, we have the mayor come and what does it mean? mike: last year, tim decide

. >> the man was 38-year-old doug de silva. in his truck taped to his windshield, he had a newspaper article about the case with a copy of the attacker's composite sketch. >> when he was asked about that, why he had that, he said that so that he could drive down the road and look for the suspect and keep his eye on the composite at the same time to try to find someone that looked just like that. >> but someone did look just like that -- doug de silva. de silva lived 100 miles away, but his ex-wife and daughter both lived in the same mobile home park as kaye robinson. a year earlier, he was the suspect in the murder of a 16-year-old girl at a nearby high school. police brought de silva in for questioning. in the middle of the interrogation, he did something very odd. he asked for a job application because he said he wanted to become a state trooper. >> we thought maybe he might even be taunting us at that point. we were very suspicious of that. >> police put together a photo lineup, and kaye robinson identified de silva as the m

each cup forms an almost unbreakable seal on doug's head and mask.the sucker fastens on, it's almost impossible to pry off. my mask was coming off. my regulator was coming out and the fight was on. i'm at a great disadvantage when i'm under water, because this is the octopus' territory. that's where the octopus lives. i don't live there. the octopus doesn't need air to breathe. i do. the octopus has eight arms. i only have two. you're at the octopus' mercy. >> the regulator is slipping out of his mouth. time it up. it's do or die. >> i'm not going to let it go for anything. i'm trying with one hand to put my regulator back in my mouth and trying with one hand to put my mask on and with anything that's remaking i'm trying to peel the arm s of the octopus of my mask. >> one by one, he peels off every vacuum-like sucker and each overpowering tentacle. >> it was all of doug's strength just to get one arm off, and he had three or four of them all over his head. >> i'd peel one arm off and two more arms would stick to me. i'd peel those off and two more wo

doug: i'm doug hill in the weather center. today is beautiful. tomorrow not so much. i tell you what to expect and look ahead to the narrator: puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support, putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story... woman: "unfair treatment from washington." man: "thousands without medications." woman: "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." narartor: washington must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late. maureen: authorities identified the body of a missing waldorf, maryland man. he disappeared when the pickup truck was swept in the river yesterday morning. a witness told police he saw him drive through a flooded section of rock ridge road. the search team found the body this afternoon. collapse at a building site at georgetown injured two construction workers this morning. we are to

doug is tracking the cool air that's moving in, but it won't last long, will it, doug? >> no, it won't last long at all. this is a one day area of very cool air. we're talking not just cool but this is really cold for this time of year. our average temperature is inching toward 80 and we hardly hit 50 in some areas today. we saw the rain coming through mostly south and east of d.c. that's what we've been telling you for the last couple of days. we saw sprinkles early but they moved toward the south. look at the numbers here, how chilly it is aclos the mid-atlantic mid-atlantic. today we're on the chilly side. tomorrow and the weekend we start to see warmer temperatures. and then well, it just gets plain hot. we're talking about the potential first heat wave of the season. i've got the entire forecast for you and we'll take you toward the beach in just a minute. >> thanks, doug. >>> there are some new surveillance photos that show people negligenceal alintentionally setting fires up in baltimore a few weeks ago. tonight police are asking for help in finding those people.

. >> doug collins of georgia is about regulation of the internet. >> doug collins is a member of the judiciary committee, vice chairman on the intellectual property and the internet. he is our guest on the communicators. i want to start with net neutrality and the statement that tumblr, sec tom wheeler. the internet is simple he too important to make the rules. >> the evolution of his own statements. we have recently introduced a resolution of disapproval. what that says is that if congress -- they can do away with the recently passed rule of the fcc. i believe we should be using more to rein in we believe is right andd lawful. mr. wheeler was on the exact opposite of this side. there were some other issu es coming from the administration. it is better left to congress, something this massive and far-reaching to every people need to be decided by their elected officials. not by a group sitting in an office building somewhere in downtown washington, d.c. it simply says what they have said will not be valid. we believe that needs to happen in the congress. >> a resolution can be effect

doug: i'm doug hill. bright sunshine and warm temperatures feels more like the middle of june than early may. it's not bad out there. we will tell you what to expect ahead in the forecast was we continue here on the "abc7 news at maureen: a new fire chief today. first day on the job for chief dean. he spent most of it taking care of live paperwork. chief dean was hired from seattle to help turn around d.c. fire and e.m.s. the new chief said in march he understands the challenges the department faces and he plans to confront staffing and maintenance problems that have left parts of the fleet unusable. a d.c. firefighter is on live leave after the department says he threatened his supervisor. on saturday morning, a police report says everett green threatened to get a gun out of his car and shoot the supervisor at edmond station 79 in northwest. i came after green received an assignment he didn't like. when asked to rethink what he had said, the victim said green repeated the threat and was then arrested. to

my question is for doug and sasha. you are doing amazing work but in what you are doing you are going to have waste of your own. what do you directly do with it? sasha: we are already doing something with it. [laughter] sasha: so we actually used to -- if you know central square, there is a house right behind city hall, a big white house and that is where we are housed. the cambridge economic opportunity committee gives us and we have been there as far as i know for 30 years. we used to have a big compost pile in the big backyard but there were red issues among other things-- rat issues among other things. many of my drivers would go to whole foods down the street. whole foods pulls a bunch of stuff from the shelves. the compost some of it and give it all to us. we say that some of it is not good enough. we passed some on to food pantries. there is waste along the way. we were trying to bring it to the waste composter and it was too much. it should not matter, it was their food to begin with, but i understand. cambridg

doug, what is the latest? doug: maureen, at the moment no severe thunderstorm warning though there is downpours and hail and rain. nothing to severe levels yet. get you up to the rooftop above the furniture weather center. it's cloudy and we have a patchy of blue skies getting through in spots but there is also the area of rain we are checking on storm scan. a cold front over south central pennsylvania dropping south to maryland, virginia, west virginia. it is heavy with rain and hail and moving northwest to southeast. close up on the live doppler radar shows thunderstorm activity from gaithersburg northwest to the west of sugar love mountain. and crossing the potomac river and more fragments of this area moving from marshall to warren. the area will continue to be monitored. it's possible we could see something severe. but right now heavy downpours but later tonight the storms and skies will leer. look at the weekend in a few minutes. leon: a new mother is pleading for help to find her missing husband. he lef

chief meteorologist doug hill has a first look. doug: at the moment it's muggy. tropical outside the belfort furniture weather center. look at the doppler radar. we have a few thunderstorms. romney west virginia and back southwest to the virginia line. they are drifting now. east a little bit at the same time most of the area having partly sunny skies. rather warm temperatures. across the bigger picture, we will continue to keep the eyes on the area across ohio. the heavy duty action will stay north and west. steve rudin will watch it in the evening. all of this related to a tropical disturbance moving off the coast of soothe eastern -- south of east virginia. some spots close to 90 degrees early. you will wake up tomorrow morning with the temperatures close to 70 degrees to get us on a path to take us close to 90 degrees in spots by tomorrow afternoon. we have more on that coming up in a few minutes. maureen: thank you doug. bad weather in the south and midwest. storms and tornadoes are blamed for at least four deaths. 30% of the small town of van texas, was dam

what about the other people involved in the case doug?nted to hopeful cooperation with the heavy pressure on, you think that will do it? >> we don't know what role, if any, this they played. we have accessory after the fact somebody who participated, you know, the classic law school example. the getaway driver in a bank robbery. and they're going to call him in in no uncertain terms and pressure them to cooperate. but as the other guest says whether it was good police work, bad or indifferent. they have solid evidence. >> this raises red flags terrifying any home owner anyone, you mentioned the case in connecticut as well. is there something as a consumer alert, wendy, that you can ease our fears or give us a reminder to protect ourselves? >> absolutely. lots of families that have safe words. there are communications that were made. there were words used that are plea planned signals to call 911. indoor precautions as well. a lot of wealthy families take a lot of the precautions because the perls of wealth lend themselves to people target

doug hill. doug: the air will dry out and cool off. this evening even though the numbers are impressive in the upper 80's. once we get past 7:00, 6:30 or 7:00 it will be comfortable. 91 in frederick. 91 in fredericksburg. 89 at reagan national airport. it's already the warmest day of 2015 in the nation capital. the winds gusty and now it's blowing hot air around. early this evening it will be a comfortable breeze throughout the evening hours. the breeze also blowing around high volumes of try pollen and grass pollen. moderate amount of mold spores in the arizona. throw in pollen, too. a miserable day for the allergy sufferers around the area. later tonight breezy. the winds will diminish. temperatures fall from 59 to 49. tomorrow makes a recovery to low to mid-70's about average for middle of may with sunshine and a nice fresh breeze. we will look ahead to weekend in a few minutes. leon: all right. could you have money or property out there and not know it? well, there is a way to find out now. alison: "7 on your side" consumer investi

doug hill is here with a first look at forecast. doug: 80 degrees right now. hazy, but still some sunshine through the area. we will expect that for several more hours. this is satellite image here. it's black and white because it clearly shows the dark background. where you see the dark background, that is clear sky. a lot of clear sky, but some areas like south of petersburg that are popping up in those show showers and thunderstorms in progress. we will triangulate between woodstock and west of blu-ray -- a repeat pattern from what we saw yesterday. warm and muggy weather today with pop-up showers and thunderstorms. 80 in washington, 81 in frederick. this afternoon, we will see temperatures in the mid-80's. we will check out the rest of the weekend for you in just a couple of minutes. jummy: a major construction project now on hold. first things first, crews are cleaning up 10,000 gallons of sewage in prince george's county. this is on north carolina drive. sam sweeney explains what it that's why it took so long to stop it. sam: the sewage line has been sto

doug: no, a couple of quiet days. temperatures in the 70's. he will hit 80, lower 80's the next couple of days. then sunday through tuesday very warm. we [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ >> yeah! hey! [laughs] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ welcome to millionaire. i'm so glad you've joined us because all this week we're playing for a great cause, children's miracle network hospital! [cheers and applause] it's a fantastic charity that helps kids suffering from every illness and injury imaginable get the life-saving care they need. today every time someone gets to round 2, not only will they win money for themselves we're gonna give a $10,000 check to children's miracle network hospitals. [cheers and applause]

doug: absolutely. leon: the weather fit.g: the traffic is not good but the weather will be so improved through the weekend. at the moment the rain on the doppler radar is well east, over southern jersey, delaware, and the shore of maryland. over the next few hours this guys will start to clear a little bit and we will get some good stuff. 63-53. the 63 was early this morning before the rain started. 77 and 58 for our -- our our averages but today. low 50's around the area. that is not going to change much. later tonight once the sky circuit clear, temperatures will drop a little lower. by tomorrow morning we will make up to temperatures in the 40's along with clear to partly cloudy skies. a big picture view of the storm system moving out across the coast. it will continue on its way. it is making good progress. it left the cloud deck behind it. up to the north and west is a cold front with not a lot of action. it could be a few bands of clouds associated with it. we are looking forward to that front coming through tomorrow.

doug hill is here with a look at the forecast for us. doug: we do not have heat and humidity yet. it is gorgeous out there still. we will start to warm up a bit and get into familiar patterns here. wind out of the west southwest. 82 degrees in baltimore. dew point temperatures are climbing into the mid-60's. he will start to see that feel the mug yunis in the air. for now, farther west, scattered showers, a chance to head east but i think they will be few and far between. partly sunny and becoming warmer and more humid in the later afternoon with high to mid to upper 80's. we will see if this is a trend when i join you with the full forecast. jummy: you can get alerts when a severe weather hits. sign up right on your phone. head to our website and enter your phone number. we continue to follow this devastating scene in texas this noon. another round of storms brought major flooding ted cruz are leaving it stranded. three people have died in 12 people are missing. live with recovery experts, now underway this noon. >> good afternoon. police allowed just behind the barricades -- bar

doug hill is here with a first check of the forecast. doug: another day like yesterday, sunny warm, and getting more muggy by the minute. let's look at the weatherbug camera. looking across the middleton valley, beautiful, 84 degrees. it feels like it is 86. 85 as of the noon hour at reagan national. 82 in hagerstown. the dewpoint temperatures holding mid to upper 60's. many areas will hit 70's this afternoon. that is the magic number. this is the difference between being a little bit humid and oppressively humid. it will be out comfortably warm, kind of like a midsummer day here at the end of may. we have another little frontal band, a weak system in the atmosphere that will be moving across the mountains. that will be the trigger for more showers and thunderstorms to come in. so, that is the story today. 87-88, it will fit closer to 90, 91. we will see you in the studio in a couple of minutes. horace: storm weary texas steel dealing with the continued flood threats as more severe weather is forecast for today. the death toll is up to 2

doug: it will get cooler but we hit 90 degrees after 4:00 this afternoon. the first final in the season we have hit that number. take you live now to the high school in laurel. 86 degrees. live look for the weather camera. a gorgeous evening cooking up, taking a stroll or taking a walk. whatever you want. it will be gorgeous. still warm. cooler air is coming and much later tonight when the temperature starts to fall. inside the beltway 70's 11:00. then fall to 49 to 59. the range of temperatures by the morning. it will stay muggy for a while but the drier air will move in tomorrow and it will be spectacular. mostly cloudy, breezy highs of 74 degrees right on the money for this time in may. with a northwesterly wind at 10 to 20. we look ahead to weekend coming up in a few minutes. maureen: thank you. you can get instant weather alerts sent right to your phone. just go to wjla.com/texts to sign up. three federal appeals court judges weighing the fate of former governor bob mcdonald. he and his attorney made the case to have the corruption case overturned. jef

meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast. doug: it will stay this way of who tonight and then we are in good shape. periods of rain coinciding with the busiest travel time of the season. the trends we are seeing here on doppler are encouraging as the heaviest rain is over the eastern shore. a few more pockets of rain tapered off between 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. that should work out just fine. 49 in alexandria. 52 in woodbridge. close to an inch of rain in many locations. showers is the story, ending this afternoon, clearing tonight. we have the weekend forecast, the beach forecast, all sorts of things in a few minutes. autria: thank you. we will check back in in a few. an update on the ongoing controversy involving virginia company lumber liquidators. the company's ceo robert lynch has quit over an investigation about their products imported from china. the justice department is seeking criminal charges against lumber liquidators saying it sold floor knowing that it contained dangerous amounts of formaldehyde. the compan

doug: want to go to beach? alison: love to. doug: a live look at the boardwalk. cool. 67 there now. clear skies. the waves rolling on shore. a sneak peek at saturday and sunday. cool every on the beaches on saturday with the upper 20's expected. but we do 70's for sunday. monday is the same. we will add degrees to that. the water temperature is chilly. but it will be fine for the most part through the beaches saturday sunday monday. temperatures are comfortable enough. 71 in norfolk. heat of the past days is pushed south to hang and lurk there for a while. it is coming back. probably by, you know, monday and tuesday of next week. meanwhile, cool numbers. 46 in chicago. 59 in detroit. 53 in pittsburgh. this is a setup for what will happen here tomorrow. look at this. 48 in st. louis. low pressure here and as it advances eastward it will turn the winds off the ocean. tomorrow is not bright and sunny. the clouds coming overnight and the rain after the sunrise to 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning to overspread the area. period of rain. there could be pocket of e ver rain. i will depend the co

we get right now to chief meteorologist, doug hill standby and the weather center with a look at doug: where the storms are right now. doug:we have noticed here outside the furniture weather center in arlington the sky is getting very dark. we will show you why on doppler area showers and storms are inching closer and closer from the with heavy downpours drifting from west east, you could see a few more showers popping up closer to washington south of alexandria into the mount vernon area, we will see the chance for more showers and forms over the next few hours across the area. if you do not get wet he wills a warm and humid through the evening and nighttime hours. as far as the bigger picture there is a cold front to the north with slight movement to the south, some troughs of storms coming out of the appalachian mountains. when you see is what you get. warm temperatures now, we will drop through the 70's, and be clearing overnight. tomorrow, the weekend the weekend, that forecast ahead. alison: right now we have some breaking news we are following. this is from the jesse matthew ca

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doug, good to see you again. think you so much.comes to predicting the world's biggest rally, there is only wrong and very wrong. ♪ mark: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. let's get straight to a check of the markets. julie hyman. julie: we had the big selloff going on today. the most we have since the beginning of may. better than estimated economic data. they think the fed will be more aggressive on rates. we have a lot of dealmaking. one that succeeded was charter communications bid for time warner cable. sending shares of both companies hire. the acquirer also rises. look at the fallout within the cable industry. you take a look here, we are seeing shares of directv off a little bit. we are also watching shares of cablevision, comcast little changed. speculation it might be involved in some sort of deal. today evens to grow though the big deal has not been announced. yannintly sergio mark approached general motors in march about some kind of takeover talks. fiate seeing shares of chrysler pulled back by 1.5% today. sell

so doug and -- had this very powerful motivation. it was a life's work. and there were specific moments in his life, epiphanies really. there was one very famously when he read vannevar bush in the 1940's. and then when he was driving home on 101 from working -- and i am going to quote from the oral history and kind of let you think about this and ask you about similar things in your life. you told me in the oral history -- i soon realized if i wanted to contribute in some maximum way, i needed to provide a real driving force, so i asked -- i best pick a field that is really something and if i find a set of goals so there is some way i can use the engineering training, then that would be very valuable. but i somehow have the feeling that more engineering was not what the world's dominant need was right now. i came to realize -- i had a flash, a lot of the complex problems are getting to be too much. the time available for solving problems is getting shorter and shorter, and so the urgency goes up. i put together the product of these two factors, complexit

but for doug click, the story doesn't end there.is bravery and quick action captures the media's attention. >> doug click, good morning. >> good morning. >> man, what a morning you had. >> it's been a heck of a 24 hours. >> but for the son of a police chief and brother of four police officers, doug's response, he says, was nothing more than being brought up with that old-fashioned sense of responsibility. >> i remember back when i was a kid, you know, if anybody had done anything like that, the dads would have definitely stood up and stopped the guy. he wouldn't have gotten anywhere. the police are the cleanup crew. they're not there when the crimes are going on. if you can stop the people from doing crimes, you try to stop them as best you can. >>> another terrifying crime on the road. this one on a public bus. a man boards a bus in broad daylight and immediately begins pummeling the driver, taking him and the passengers on a wild ride to remember. may 2008, in milwaukee, wisconsin. and a masked man reportedly asks, do you remember

chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with what we need to know. doug: cloudy skies. sunshine mixed in outside the belfort furniture weather center. warm and muggy. that is the theme. get to the doppler radar. pop-up showers. not in the way of thunder and lightning. but boston, madison, virginia farther west along the interstate 81 corridor. we have seen the showers that rain themselves out as they head to the north and the east. over the next few days it will be more of these. they will be closer to the metro area. hot and humid. here is the largeer view. stanton area to north of roanoke is where most of it has been. as it drifts northeast it will diminish heading through the next few hours. left-hand side of the screen, storms through columbus and northeast ohio and eastern kentucky. we will see more widespread showers and storms tomorrow. 85 right now at reagan national airport. it feels warmer. it feels like 89 from the heat index. feels like 93 in fredericksburg. for tonight, the afternoon showers dissipate. partly cloudy, warm and muggy. 67 to 73. check out the

doug went to i guess one of the best places around to enjoy it. doug? see what i mean? >> reporter: oh vance, i'm having a great time. these guys are here from woodbridge. something just happened that i will not mention on the air, but it had to do with a bird. that's all you've got to do. a beautiful day down here guys. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies, temperatures in the 70s today. next couple of days a little different down here. i've got that forecast. take a look. this is what we're talking about. the weekends forecast obviously the beach forecast. and then we've got a heat wave coming up over the next couple of days. so enjoy the nice spring weather now. things will change in a big way over the next couple of days. i'll be back live from ocean city in a few minutes. >>> coming up, news from inside the cockpit. we'll hear from the pilot at the controls of a world war ii plane as a tense scene unfolded. >> reporter: a state engineer says that this area of piscataway drive is not safe to live on, but the folks who live here have their own engineer who has a ver

doug: something to look forward to. alison: thank you. leon: flooding concerns growing across the state of arkansas. the arkansas river is expected to crest at more than 44 feet today. but the worst iso come some believe. in the island harbor estates neighborhood in pine bluff, residents have been preparing since tuesday. more than 10000 sandbags were delivered. >> we are paying attention. a slow rise. we are above the stage at van buren. we will be at a flood stage dark now. day after that to little rock day after that it will get to pine bluff and to the mississippi river. leon: cleaning up the garbage and the damage left behind can take two or three months. 21 people are dead. others are still missing. another round of rain dumped seven inches on a water logged region in texas overnight. thousands of people evacuated. 91 twisters have been reported across the plains. alison: earlier this week we told you about a text message that can shut down your iphone. still ahead we will tell you about apple tetch rare fix. leon: new details what

doug hill has a look. doug: the weekend tomorrow is the better of the two weekend days because the chances of rain are better. a better chance of thunderstorms by sunday afternoon but warm and muggy straight through. let's get you started. live look from the rooftop camera. partly cloudy skies. no rain anywhere close to the area. we will stay warm and a bit muggy through the evening. 86 in frederick, maryland. 83 at fredericksburg and reagan national airport. through the evening, partly cloudy and mild. upper 70's for the first pitch at the nationals game at the park. then 70's for most of the evening inside the city. late night overnight. partly cloudy. 59-64 degrees. the cool temperatures will provide an opportunity for patchy dense fog again. not a lot of action satellite wise locally but if we extend the view south, say hello to subtropical storm anna, forming southeast of myrtle beach south carolina. hurricane center says this may become a full-fledged tropical storm in the next couple days. the possi

doug? doug: no. it won't go the same way.nd humid and the chance of thunderstorms popping tomorrow and sunday afternoon. at the moment it's pleasant. take you down the beach. people head down the beach for the weekend. general waves on the shoreline here. 60 degrees is a boardwalk temperature now. southeasterly wind knocking the temperature down. you know how it feels with the water off the water -- air off the water. that is what they are dealing with at most of the atlantic beaches now. 80 in fredericksburg. 74 at washington dulles. 75 in baltimore now. 77 at reagan national airport. picking up light showers. winchester. green county virginia. between harrisonburg and culpeper. 58 to 65 overnight. partly cloudy skies. as we head through the day tomorrow over the balance of the weekend, a summary field. mid-80's. partly sunny and muggy. chances of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. that is the latest. see you in a few minutes. leon: all right. now a big weekend in baltimore. whether it rains or not, whatever do

jummy: looks good, doug. jummy: a frightening home invasion in san jose call-up on it is common on surveillance cameras. two burglars armed with knives went to room to room has three family members hit in the bedroom. >> i don't know what to do. you don't feel safe in your own house. jummy: this is not the first time burglars have targeted his home. now he hopes that releasing the video will help police find the attackers. it is back to sp jummy: staying cool the rest of the day. doug: upper 60's with sunshine and breezy conditions. the wind will diminish tonight. between 42 and 52 degrees by the morning. tomorrow, lighter winds, comfortable and back in the 70's. possible weekend thunderstorms. when you own a small business there's a never-ending list of small things to do every day. appointments... orders... deadlines... every one of them matters. so you need internet you can count on. verizon fios is really fast with 99.9% network reliability because when everything is running right, all those small things

doug what do i do? what do you tell them? there are 93 million americans who are not even in the workforce right now. i know that men in particular out there are under duress they are worried about their jobs. even in tony communities, men are worried they'll have to get blue collar jobs the fear factor is huge. what do you say? >> i want to repeat a couple things that have already been said. they are the keys. number one, get an education, the dividing line between success and failure in the labor market is the skill us that bring. if you get a chance to upgrade skills or you're a young person finish school. that's important. second thing is do put something away so you have a cushion when you have to get a better job, you can afford to do that. you're not locked into a job you don't like, and i'm with the genius on voting. we don't have the right mix. >> i'm with the genius on voting, too. >> we've got to change the direction here. this is just unacceptable what we're going through right now. gerri: h

doug: things can change. alison: all right, doug. thank you. leon: don't let mother's day sneak up on you, folks. it's this sunday. still ahead here, a look at what are spending to say thanks to mom. alison: but first -- >> it empowers you and gives you confidence you might not have had before. alison: the exercise that is making a difference for some parkinson's patients. leon: now here is a look at what is coming up tonight on abc -- okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> "7 on your side" with a workout to help fight the effect of parkinson's disease. a new boxing program aims to help patients keep moving. the moves are supposed to build back balance and coordination for those suffers from that disease. >> those with parkinson's know there is usually a parkinson's side. like the right or the left side. when you box you have to use both sides. >> you feel kind of rejuvenated i would say. kind of g

chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast. hi doug. doug: he low. low to mid-80's. the average high is 72. we have temperatures now reminiscent of late june in the area. showers/thundershowers possibility late afternoon on wednesday. take a look what we have weather wise around the area. 83 at reagan national airport. 87 in fredericksberg. 84 in downtown baltimore. now as far as the numbers go, we just took a look at when the last time we hit 85. we couldn't do that at reagan national today. it was last september. september 27 at reagan. 11 ath b.w.i. 11 at dulles. it is possible to hit the 85-degree mark. we will be close to that as well for the next couple of days. this evening is warm, comfortably warm with a bit of a breeze. the nats' first pitch will be close to 80 degrees and it will slowly fall through the 70's. tomorrow a beautiful day but by mid-to-late afternoon warming up to perhaps as high as 86 degrees. there is 40% chance of showers or thunderstorming popping we could replay the scenario on wednesday. we look to the rest of the week and the weekend in

thank you, doug. doug: all right. scott: coming up here on abls 7 news at 4:00 prom season is in full swing. some students are choosing not to wear one popular item. we'll explain why. alison: be sure to sign up to receive text alerts about breaking news, traffic and weather. go to wjla.com/texts and enter your cell phone number. abc 7 news will return in just a moment. alison: it is prom season. that means high schoolers will be thinking about what to wear. scott: yes there is one item that won't be a part of the prom outfit for some. suzanne kennedy explains. suzanne: it's a right of passage for high school students but there's something missing this year from this time honored tradition. >> i did not wear the crosage. suzanne: whether it's roses or carnations, wrist or pin-on some area students are foregoing the flowers. >> definitely. definitely wasteful. suzanne: this gonzaga high school senior came one the idea when he was picking up for yet another corsage for another dance knowing at the end of the night it wo

chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center and tracking ana tonight. doug: travel south. a like look on the weather bug network from the weather camera. that is the atlanta lodge looking live. some tropical looking skies but a little bit of a breeze. in the next 48 hours that part of southern north carolina beach and westward toward the border with south carolina toward north myrtle beach, that area could get heavy rain

doug: i'm doug hill in the weather center. today is beautiful. tomorrow not so much. i tell you what to expect and

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doug: it happens every year. jummy: sure does. thank you. coming up at noon, the controversial photo that landed jummy: a supermarket chain is now inspecting its produce. get this, after a woman was bitten by a black widow spider hiding in a bag of grapes. shaw supermarket in vermont sold the grapes. the woman is rushed to the hospital after the woman said the spider crawled out of the bag and the -- bit her arms. black widow bites are rarely lethal and the woman is expected to be ok. a flight attendant is in hot water this noon for a preflight photo shoot right in a plane's engine well. take a look at this picture this is a spirit airlines flight attendant. it started when passengers spotted her posing and grew concerned. many in the flying community say that the outrage over the photo shoot is known out of portion and she has removed the photos from her facebook age. tracking some storms this noon, doug will be back with a look at where we are at now, next. jummy: right now some of the youngest and brightest spellers in the country are sho

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture. serious thunderstorm watch has been canceled but there are still heavy downpours in the area. it's time we have a president that sees the struggle of working families in america not as an opportunity to divide us along race or class. but as a chance to unite us. maureen: that is rick santorum. within the past hour, he became the seventh republican to run for president. the former senator made the announcement near his hometown in pennsylvania. santorum finished second to mitt romney in the g.o.p. race four years ago. former new york governor george pataki is expected to enter the race tomorrow. on the democratic side former maryland governor mark o'malley will announce his candidacy on saturday in baltimore. nearly $50 million. that is the estimate of the cost of the baltimore riots. that figure includes $20 million being taken from the city's rainy day fund to pay overtime for police. another $20 million goes to national guard and the state response. the ball business administration