they asked "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes for help with the water woes. horace: water, water everywhere. but for dayna and joey and the 4-year-old son -- >> this is for cleaning your dishes supposedly. >> there is not a drop they want to drink. >> giving my grandson a bath is n a mud pool is no way to do anything. >> this is what they claim the water coming out looks like. >> it has a yellow orange tint like virginia clay. >> or at any time could come out dark brown. they say they have tried everything they could think of the past two yaf years. they have to run the water for 20 minutes to drink to get it clear enough to bathe in or use to wash clothes or dishes. >> this is what you have to deal with. >> everybody day in the toilet tank. the problem is a bad well they claim only muched clean water for the first couple of months after it was dug. they hold white oak construction the builder who put up their home and oversaw the digging of the well responsible. they want the owner of the company to pay for a new well. >> he doesn't want to put anything more

reporting live in baltimore, horace holmes, abc 7 news. scott: all right. we'll head back to baltimore shortly. in the meantime, switching gears, the man who planted bottle bombs in local theaters learned his sentence today. alison: as jeanette reyes explains the legal troubles are not over for manuel bell. jeanette: the man who terrified moviegoers with a series of detonated bottle bombs will be behind bars for 18 years. he remained stoic during this morning's sentencing as one prosecutor accused him of carefully planning the bottle bombings saying that joiner bell picked theaters filled can capacity, some up to 400 people inside. he read text messages making fun of the moviegoers running out and yelling that shots were fired and a bomb went off. he told his friend he was going to be a legend. he pleaded guilty to possession of a destructive device and six counts of second degree assault, reckless endangerment and conspiracy to use a deconstructive device, all of that in prince george's county. as part of his plea he agreed to plead guilty to two counts in

horace holmes has the details on this. horace: the announcement was made this afternoon by the national highway transportation. it's the largest by the admission. they are declaring 34 million are defective. that is twice the number of air bags in the u.s. in a previous recall. the megamism in the bag can explode when hit with too much force. it can send particles to the department. >> this involves many part suppliers, not just tacata to double the amount of vehicles built in the united states every year. >> they are resportedly responsible for six deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide. reporting live in the news room, horace holmes abc7 news. alison: thank you for the update. a few hours ago the owner of the new england patriots weighed in on the team's punishment for deflating footballs. scott: sports director tim brant joining us with what robert kraft said about this. tim: this is interesting because he was the guy talking in the last few days. he is close with the commissioner roger goodell. they met face to face

. >> i'm horace holmes abc7 news. scott: our crews were the first ones there last night. within minutes of wint's arrest. and our jennifer donelan led the charge. she continues our team coverage now. generaller if if you can -- jennifer, if you can give us perspective. what was it like being there when it came to a conclusion? >> jennifer: i will be honest with you scott. i was dead asleep when i got the information from a source that indeed ours or the made the arrest. i was jumping out of bed and running down here. i am here exactly where i was hours ago. this is rhode island avenue. this area right here at the intersection is where the box truck was boxed in. if you look up rhode island avenue is where the white chevy was where they found wint. i have pictures to show you. pictures i was taking as i was walking up to the scene. so when you turn the corner rhode island was filled with flashing lights. both sides of rhode island avenue have been completely shut down. you saw the u.s. marshall in the street. dozens of them. there were more than 20 vehicles on the scene. t

horace holmes explains. dy says every time a bus or truck moved over this spot of east-west highway in chevy chase, his house would shake, sometimes violently. >> like an earthquake. horace: it started in january after washington gas hired a contractor to dig a hole in fix a gas line. the contractor patch the hole in the road, but the neighbor say it was not a good job. as vehicles rolled over the past, the houses nearby, 20, 30 yards away would shake. this did not happen before the gas line work was done, so they called and wrote the contractor repeatedly, but they claim nobody fix the road. the contractor left this piece of equipment on his front yard destroying shrubs. so he called 7 on your side and we called washington gas. a few days later crews came out, cleaned up the area, and fix the road. now the shaking has stopped. >> i don't have the words to say how much i appreciate everything 7 on your side has done. every complaint was not resolved until i got in touch with you so thank you very much. kellye

horace holmes, abc 7 news. kellye: good information. the baltimore orioles will pay hourly employees for the time they missed during recent unrest in the city. the money will be paid to employees at the end of the month and concession workers were loss of be compensated for the lost hours. -- concession workers will also be compensated for the lost hours. kellye: 7 on your side with health matters. a new fallout from the listeria went with blue bell ice cream. they said they will lay off more than one third of their workforce. this week, the company signed agreements with health officials detailing steps they must take before resuming production. three people died during the listeria outbreak. google's self driving car is closer to reality. it will be tested on public roads this summer. it works without a gas pedal or steering wheel. it does not have airbags or required safety features, so i cannot go faster than 25, but it can have passengers to recognize road had hoosiers. -- road hazards. google wants to make the car available to con

reporting live in the newsroom, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: as you said, santorum isn't the only candidate planning to enter the race. just this week, tomorrow, former new york governor george pataki is expected to launch a bid for the republican nomination at an event in new hampshire. saturday, former maryland governor martin o'malley is set to announce he is running for the demococraratiti tonight in the world's most popupu from soccer's governing body fifa were indicted on corruption and bribery charges. many others were suspended from all sport-related abtiveties. bribes were found in collection with the selection of south africa as the host country for 2010 world cup. suzanne kennedy has more on the international scandal and the local reaction to it. suzanne: you can tell by the number of children here for the youth soccer try-out how popular the sport is. the indictment includes everything from marketing to world cup to bids to broadcast deals. corruption officials say spans a period of two decades. it was at a high end hotel in

horace holmes has details. what is the story here? horace: it appears that 100,000 taxpayer accounts have been breached. the agency says the thieves were able to access an online system that the i.r.s. uses called get transcript. from there, they had to be able to get in the files of taxpayers and glean information from the return. the i.r.s. says to get in the system the these were able to clear a security screen that requires personal information about the taxpayers like dates of birth and social security numbers. the breach apparently occurred between february and mid-may. the i.r.s. says get transcript has been shut down. reporting live from the newsroom, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: okay. thank you for that. meanwhile, in d.c. mayor muriel bowser has signed off on expanding the city summer jobs program to residents up to 24 years of age. leon: but as the d.c. bureau chief sam ford tells us not everyone agrees with the new age limit. sam: at a packed ceremony, muriel bowser sat the late mayor's son next to her and signed a bil

i'm horace holmes. alison: we'll be watching. thank you. dozens of choir members are recovering from a dramatic stage collapse in china over the weekend. watch this video. it was caught on camera. 80 singers were rehearsing for a competition on saturday. they were on stage for 20 seconds when the stage suddenly gave way. the performers fell 15 feet. eight people were injured. but luckily everyone survived. leon: that is scary looking. alison: incredible video. leon: the sirge -- injury list is only eight people. lucky for them. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- paying the price. gas prices in the area mark a milestone as we get closer to the busy summer travel season. alison: then later you heard it first on 7 this weekend. now hear reaction to the pick to lead the university of the district of columbia. leon: new at 6:00 marking two weeks since the riots in baltimore, what could happen as they struggle to rebuild what was lost th leon: breaking news now out of the nfl which is going to have major repercussions throughout the sporting wor

reporting live at city hall in baltimore, horace holmes abc 7 news. leon: thank you, horace. now, other political leaders, i should say, have been weighing in as well with their thoughts about maryland senator barbara mikulski earlier today called for peace and calm to play out as the legal process plays out. that could take some time. congressman elijah cummings had this to say just moments ago. >> you think a message sent by our state's attorney that she treasures every life and that she values every person. so let the wheels of justice begin to roll and it's good that they are rolling as opposed to standing still. >> amen. leon: that is something for which a lot of people here have told us that they are quite grateful and they were saying there was anticipation this whole process could be slowed down and that in fact was actually beginning to build up some tension that may have exploded negatively. now today the announcement that six officers will be facing charges in the death of freddie gray, a lot of people saying that to them is proof there will be justice in baltimore

leon: horace holmes is standing by in the newsroom and he has details. what is the latest? horace: the details just coming out now as the reporters are leaving the courtroom. we know that he faces death for six of the 17 count against him. the jury in boston the same jury that found him guilty for his part in the marathon bombing case deliberated for 16 hours in sentencing phase. this means he will likely die of lethal injection. his lawyers reportedly will appeal. that will extend this. but most appeal on criminal cases on a federal level are not overturned but it could be years before tsarnaev is put to death. witnesses in the courtroom this afternoon say when the jury decision was read, tsarnaev had no reaction. reporting live in the newsroom, horace holmes abc7 news. alison: thank you for that. well, we know more this afternoon about the man arrested yesterday in that drone incident at the white house. park police say ryan mcdonald of california flew that drone north of the white house. officials say it was a hundred feet in the air when he was detained by the secret ser

horace holmes, abc 7 news. leon: that is stunning. alison: it's scary. and who has the time to call that many? leon: that is why 7 on your side . alison: exactly. leon: nice job horace, and mr. helton. alison: tomorrow could be the first day reaching 90 degrees but there is a change of the forecast. leon: steve rudin has the outlook for us. steve: it will be hot tomorrow. i hope that everybody has working order air-conditioners. we have storms to the west. the storms will break apart. live doppler radar, as they move closer to the early morning hours. i don't see a huge impact on the immediate metro. the forecast as we move through tomorrow morning, waking up 74 degrees. a nice mixture of sun and clouds. it will be warm and humid for the noontime hours. the high approaching 90 degrees. it will very well turn out to be the hottest day so far this year. what to expect in the next seven days coming up. leon: scary new details about child abuse inside of a silver spring elementary school. today, a man pled guilty to videotaping young girls. as roz plater repo

i'm grateful, grateful. >> you got your money. >> i got my money. >> horace holmes, abc7 news.son: there you go. perfect. leon: still ahead at 4:00 -- drawing attention to people in taxis, people not wearing seat belts in the backseat. how that could prove dangerous. >> so you may take care of your yard. what happens if you live next to this? i'm consumer investigator kimberly suiters. i will have a li >> announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". "7 on your side." leon: a desperate call for help to "7 on your side" after a woman says her neighbor moved out and left behind a pile of trash and a terrible stemple to go with it -- a terrible stench to go with it. kimberly suiters is live in southwest with the story. how long has it been going on out there? kimberly: the woman who owns this property says it has been going on for a month. she says when the neighbors left they left all this junk and calls this not just an eyesore but a health hazard. >> would you like for your mother to live in this condition? >> oh, no. by no means. kimberly: 83-year-old barbara hare forcing th

as horace holmes shows us for the veterans the final day of world war ii are more than world history they are personal memory. >> they made it in fhe green spring retirement home. seniors many in their 90's came to pay tribute to the planes and the men who flew them. >> they were trained for those exact planes so it was like wearing a suit that had been tailored for them. if a pilot of today entered one of those planes they would be lost. >> to honor a country with a single focus. >> everybody was patriotic. even was doing their part to win the war. >> they remembered that heady day, 70 years ago when the war at least in europe had ended. >> it was announced to us that our bombing at 7:00 in the morning meant we were going home. we weren't going to lose any more friends, we weren't going to have to cause more destruction. and the planes that now look so antique. >> there is no comparison with the speed and the engines now. they did the job when it had to be done. they did the job. kimberly: there was a brief scare today for one of the planes as it made an emergency landing at the rea

horace holmes outside of the baltimore hire station where hogan was visiting when the charges were announced. horace joins us on the phone? horace: i'm here with you. anchor: what did governor hogan have to say? horace: the governor is over in west baltimore and actually far from where freddie gray grew up. he was here to tour this fire station and he stopped over to talk to the press and he was listening to the city's state attorney's press conference. he says at this point, just let the process continue to work itself out. and he urged calm. here's a little bit of what the governor said just a few minutes ago. >> well, you know, we understand that emotions are still high. that there's a lot of frustration out there. i've been incredibly impressed with the people of baltimore. they care about their community they're concerned about their neighbors. i want to continue to ask for calm and peace. and we're going to be here to make sure. we still got some very big protests and demonstrations going on here tonight and tomorrow. we want to make sure people have the right to express their frustrat

leon: our troubleshooter horace holmes with a look at what they found. >> hor ras: we put electricians to the test. we hired electricians and sat back and watched. one of the "7 on your side" producers posed as a homeowner. the electrical problem we created a very simple one to fix. any of us could fix it easily. we hired eight electricians and we got eight different estimates. eight different solutions. >> put this in again. >> but really it's breaker number ten. the problem will connect you. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> horace: stick around. at 11:00 tonight we see how the electricians did tonight on abc7 news at 1:00. you want to stick around. leon: different solutions? that seems crazy. alison: it does. i can't wait to see how it goes. thanks. leon: now if there was an award for world's best boss chances are it would go to the ceo of chinese company. alison: the billionaire celebrated his firm's 20th anniversary by going on a holiday. with his staff. all 6400 of them. we have a report. >> it's tough enough traveling with colleagues. imagine going away with 6000 of them. the ch