reporting live in gainesville, kellye lynn, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. as the investigation into a child porn bust that rocked prince george's county and the school system short comings and come up with solutions is out with the own report. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in upper marlboro, maryland, with the findings. brad? brad: yeah, well, this is that report. 50 pages. the product of about four months of meetings, surveys, interviews. and basically it boils down to five main recommendations. essentially what it says is there needs to be better accountability from principals. there needs to be better public reporting, better education for children. and that there needs to be better screening of employees. and from this task force report and recommendations, now come a work group according to the c.e.o. of the school system to implement the idea. a discovery in february that school aide deonte car videoingtapeing it inside the school and that prompted safety review. in response to angry parents the school c.e.o. maxwell formed a task force to review

sudley road in gainesville is shut down near lawnvale delay. and 95 at mine road no major problems there. >>> 5:56 now. police in loudoun county want you to protect your cars. they are looking into a series of rim and tire thefts in the ashburn and broadlands areas. suv, gmc pickup trucks and minivans with customized rims and oversized tires are targets there. so far there have been 11 reported thefts. park in well-lit areas and if possible install wheel locks. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. google and chrysler are teaming up to develop self-driving minivans. they are looking to equip the minivans with with your cnbc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. >>> 5:57. president obama will spend time in flint today learning about the response to the city's water crisis. he'll meet with community members and residents while there. the president also plans to give formal remarks when they switched their water source to the river in 2014 causing lead to seen into the drinking water. >>> a developing story involving the ta

this happened after lunchtime school in gainesville. news chopper 7 just missed the sighting but we are told that the bear was seen trying to get into parked cars before it ran off. bear was cited in the same area last week. well, coming up next at 6:00 -- >> parking in d.c. costs more tomorrow. we will tell you how much it isn't expected to bring in for the city next. maureen: chief meteorologist doug hill has timing of changes in the weather that could mean thunderstorms. erin: i'm erin hawksworth. the nba finals are set. stupidity is what lebron james said in the interview with the media. we more on that when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comc

in gainesville, florida, news 4 i-team. >> the family is back in touch with police for the first time in nearly 30 years. investigators think it is possible the murder weapon could still be in somebody's home. check out the original story on the car barn murders in our nbc washington app. you can also send the i-team a tip. >>> next month an aggressive plan to rebuild an improved safety could dramatically change how you ride metro. the transit agency's gm unveiled a new plan called safe track. it inlewding limiting late-night service. also see long-term tracking on several lines. >> sunday is mother's dayful this week some of the men of news 4 not a chance to celebrate special mothers in our area. >> happy mother's day to you first. >> we made a special delivery or two this week. i got to meet agnes here in alexandria thanks to her sons who say she is the best mom in the world. they can keep a secret. and monique got a hug, too t. her son says she always puts her family ahead of herself and dawn got a knock on the door from chuck. she raised two sons on her own and it is now time to c

a live look shows you i-66 from areas like gainesville, fort royal. all lanes are open.eturn on the 9s. over to you. >>> at the live desk, two in fairfax county, police are investigating a shooting in the 2900 block of still wood court in falls church. a witness reported seeing a man and woman screaming outside of an apartment complex. when police got there, they found a person with a gunshot wound. they were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. no suspect information at this time. in prince george county, this is video from a shooting about 1:00 this morning. police say it happened in the 4400 block of temple hills. no suspect in that case either. we have a crew on the scene and will bring you updates as soon as we get them. now back to you. >>> did the san diego padres organize a homophobic prank before the game this weekend or was it a technical mistake. 100 members of the san diego gay men's chorus stood on the national anthem as part of pride night at the stadium. instead the san diego padres played a recorded voice of a woman singing the anthem

is estimate, folks, but saying there could be hail to the size of 1.2 inches, not too far from gainesville, half inhale. so if you can get your car into shelter, good idea. that's pretty much the lone ranger at the moment. there is definitely more activity down to the south west. look at all of the lightning with, that as well, and those could also produce hail, as well as some very damaging gusts over 60 miles an hour. so the severe thunderstorm watch got expands today include dc and the suburbs, that goes until 10:00 tonight. what are the risk that we will be watching for as cold front gets ready to move and drop our temperature big time tomorrow? well, there could be gusts to 60, heavy downpours, large hail, that could damage vehicles, and a lot of cloud to ground lightning. we will keep an eye on all of the warnings, manassas, fairfax, warned until 6:30, things go downhill quickly. we will keep you ahead of any new strong storms that pop up in our region, but that's definitely the biggest one right now, what we are seeing in manassas area, jim, shawnette, i promise we will let you know

the first was 8:30 in gainesville. four hours later black bear spotted next door.tyler elementary school. no one was hurt by the bear. but as a precaution all the outdoor activities moved inside for the day. good precaution. >> good call. rising sea temperatures are taking a toll on the great barrier reef for the second time in six mont sounding the alarm about the reef's health. the arc center of excellence for coral reef studies says 35% of the coral at the world heritage site died. researchers say climate change, one of the main causes of the damage. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- for a virginia high school junior running for a state title is only part of her journey. how this week's rising star is running free thanks to the skills on the track. >> a music group back in rhythm after an outpouring of support from the community. i'm amy aubert. i will have that story coming up. jonathan: a music support group on the homeless is back playing tunes again. thanks to big donation. they had to shut the doors after somebody stole the instruments. t

you can see this here just around areas of 66 headed to broad run, gainesville in the next couple of. then eventually toward weaverville as well. this is really slow moving, only about 10 miles per hour. your future weather here by 9:00 this evening there'll be slow moving showers in leesburg. 49 to 52 the temperature to start tomorrow. finally a pattern break for thursday. there's your rain. friday could be a soggy morning rush. we'll talk more about that soggy day coming our way for friday. what rush hours will be like in just a >>> well, hollywood celebrities raising some big bucks for the national museum that is dedicated to african-american history. the crowd raised more than $17 million for the smithsonian's museum of african-american history and culture. the museum has a $550 million price tag. the federal government contributed half of it, but that leaves the smithsonian and others to make up the other half. the museum on the national mall set to open september 24th. >>> well, a lot of you are calling tonight's caps playoff game a must-win. lose to the penguins and the team w

is estimate, folks, but saying there could be hail to the size of 1.2 inches, not too far from gainesvilleo if you can get your car into shelter, good idea. that's pretty much the lone ranger at the moment. there is definitely more activity down to the south

this is the line that just f you can see it there potentially producing some hail around gainesville and manassas. moving toward burke as well as the brook hill area in the next couple of minutes just prior to 6:00. more of it right there around charlottesville. advancing north and northeastward. we have several hours of this. when the rain does come in, those storms could be moderate to heavy allowing some ponding on area roads. i-66 more than an inch of rain. right in and around d.c., 2 inches possibly. there will be quite a bit of rain. with some of the wind, we could see some limbs down as well as some debris flying around. don't think we're going to see any power outages with these storms. 70 our temperature by 9:00. mid 60s by 1:00 a.m. our temperature tomorrow will be primarily across the area. 67 degrees on wednesday. 60s for the remainder of the workweek. it's this upcoming weekend where we'll get back to some warmth and sunshine. saturday is looking dry with some sunshine. >>> angry frederick residents promising to file another criminal complaint against employees at mt. ol

sky 9 flew over tyler school in gainesville, virginia. but did not find the animal. officials say the bear has been seen several times, trying to break into parked cars. the school sent a letter to parents last week, alerting them to their unwanted visitors. authorities say everyone is safe at the school but the students are kept indoors. >>> there is dead silence today. from the montgomery county school superintendent, as a huge controversy is exploding over teenage drinking. you see, superintendent larry bowers has overruled his own school. he has decided that six students will get to graduate and participate in ceremonies tomorrow. wusa 9's bruce leshaj is -- leshanna is -- bruce leshan is at the high school. >> reporter: that's right, adam. supporters are saying that the principal's get tough policy was, in fact, working. that there were i let fewer students drinking at prom. and none of them had to be rushed to the hospital as had been in the case in the past. she explicitly told the students and f they were caught drinking at prom, they would still be able to g

. >>> some gainesville students got a lesson that wasn't in the books. have been seen at pace west school and tyler elementary and school his to move their outdoor plans inside just to be on the safe side. a bear tried to paw its way into the car in the tyler parking lot. both police and animal control were on the scene today just in case they were needed. >>> it's going up. parking prices in the district could soon cost you more, but we also found out where that extra money is going, and we've been asking all afternoon if the higher meter fees will change any of your habits. the answer still to come. >>> forced to be facebook friends? all new at 6:00, the controversial demand from a landlord that's stronger is blasting without risking her bones. to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to gro