nancy: jay korff starts our coverage tonight. jay: the death toll along with water continues to rise. there is a curfew from midnight until 5 a.m. to ensure safety amidst of the horror. rescuers plucked tractor residence in southeast texas. >> there they are. we are coming to get you. are still being saved from this the savage storm that drop nearly 50 inches of rain, dozens of lives lost. a 61-year-old police officer is among the victims, drowning while driving into art. >> this is a more powerful event than anybody in texas has ever seen. jay: the houston convention center is nearly double the capacity and some are rationing purchases. and a sobering sight, roads covered in nearly six feet of water. from the louisiana helped a homeowner who turned on a jet ski to rescue his seven dogs. >> thank you very much. god bless you, everybody. doing a good job. trump visited texas today, praising emergency operations officials, calling their work incredible. jay korff, abc 7 news. nancy: countless images from texas. people sleeping on ma

jay korff is live outside of united medical center. any idea why they are doing this? jay: no, that's the thing, no one power is saying why this happened, and that is just one of the headlines in a shocking story. pregnant women who came to the united medical center in southeast d.c. for prenatal care or planned on giving birth year will have to make other arrangements, to the dismay of longtime health care advocates. >> i was shocked. the first question that came to mind was, where did the women go? jay: tuesday health department officials issued a statement that said this applies strictly servicesry and nursery for the next 90 days. anyone as to what happened to spur this decision. one high-ranking city officials grossly other serves the community. ward seven councilmember vincent gray has been pushing for a new hospital on the east side and was out of town said, i hope this unfortunate situation shines the spotlight on the inadequacy of health care services for eastern residents. >> when you shut down something like obstetrics that cares for mothers and children, tha

jay korff, abc 7 news. steve: the first forecast on this monday evening, the last night of july, looking at temperatures right now in the 70's. we had a high today of 91 degrees. the daytime highs once again into the upper 80's, near 90. plenty of enjoy for the day. as we look ahead to the upcoming humidity inheat and the next best chance of showers and thunderstorms. the timing of that coming up. jonathan: steve, thanks. th disturbing case and charles county. alison: a former teacher's aide who has hiv and died it on more than 100 counts of sex assault and child pornography. jonathan: tim barber is live in waldorf with the case against l.rlos beltran stop tim tim: the principle has been reassigned, but the case is still ongoing. the sex abuse case against carlos bell is building. >>? what's going on at the school tim: so was anger from parents who knew bell. >> they just knew something was funny about them. tim: charles county prosecutors slapped him with 100 new counts. >> the investigation is not conclud

i'm jay korff for abc 7 news. >> finally some relief from the heat and humidity. we hit 90 degrees earlier, we have now called down to 84. a lot colder off to the west of us but the heat index values, what it feels like out there, still hanging onto the 90 degree mark at 9 -- reagan international airport. hotter downtown where we have concrete and buildings. stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, nothing around the metro area right now. another batch of showers off to the west of us, getting ready to move into the hagerstown area. heavier rain embedded within the showers, but nothing has severe and the best news, not a lot of thunder and lightning. once we get this out of there, a cold front moves through and temperatures begin to drop had tomorrow, it feels better around the dmv. by tableaux from 68 to 70 five degrees. mostly cloudy skies, it stays on the muggy side. isolated showers and storms will come to an end. tomorrow morning, back to work d middle 70's. as we move to today, humidity levels begin to fall. begin to going to clear. new time, mostly to partly cloud

police headquarters, jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: the senate voted to confirm christopher wray as fbi director. the vote was 92-5. he replaces james comey, who was fired by president trump in may admit his investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign manager russia. no word when he will be sworn in. jonathan: a developing health alert for pet that a d.c. dog died of rabies even after it was vaccinated. right now it is tracking about where the dog had played and stayed. latesty is live at the on a concerning situation. jonathan, we are talking about a dog that was in contact with more than 100 pets. according to the health officials, she said some of those pets were in this clinic in northern arlington. pet owners are on high alert after the health department issued a warning. a rabid bulldog named fred had died recently after being seen at sherry dale clinic on lee highway. pet owners were shocked and spoke highly of the clinic. >> i love it. i keep coming back. is for pets and people who were at the clini

jay korff, abc 7 news. among make sure you are the first to know about breaking news by signing up for text alerts at wjla.com/text. brian: outside right now, the first forecast, we have a thunderstorm lingering in the northeast, moving out of frederick county, along the mason-dixon line. ,n the maps, from frederick thurmont, basically along 15, over towards gettysburg. that is the last heavy pocket of cells pushing through. there are still a lot of showers way out in west virginia. at is the cold front that is bringing in the nicer air, and tomorrow looks good with lots of sunshine. more on the next 10 days coming up. nancy: a toppled tree and fallen this is in fairfax, and drivers should avoid that area while the cleanup continues. jonathan: stunning video of a guy station -- of a gas station gunfire. the gun man was seen running backwards and shooting into a car. we first told you about this as breaking news last night. four people were shot, one killed. the police do not know why this happened or have a

jay korff has more. a rare world war two b-17 bomber is touring the country.. and it's area. the plane is named the "madras maiden." abc-seven's tim barber got a chance to ride in it. he is far lighter than the plane's original cargo. during world war two, the plane typically carried eight or ten bombs-- each weighing about 500 pounds. more than 12-thousand b-17's were produced back then. only 12 still fly. and sunday at martin state airport outside baltimore. but rides "are" expensive. tickets cost 450 dollars.. because the plane costs more than a million dollars a year to operate. if war planes aren't your thing-- right now: the third corpse flower is blooming at the u-s botanic garden. the u-s botanic garden stayed open until 10 o'clock last night so more people could see it. corpse flowers are known for their signature rotten scent. this is the first time they've had three blooming around the same time. some blooms only last for about a day, but this one is expected to last until wednesday. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - wet, windy, and cool today - awaiting 5am

jay korff, abc 7 news. reported e previously a those owners manuals. a pin number and sometimes your registration and your v.i.n. it to contact se the car's maker and get a replacement key. keepe encouraged to always the manuals protected. anthony: first forecast from storm warn 7 on this monday evening, the showers and [p] had orms that we earlier have completely fizzled out. we'll zoom in a little bit closer. partly cloudy skies and stays warm and humid through the vernight hours and a hot day tomorrow. tomorrow morning, patchy fog and to arrive on et wednesday. i'll give you the timing for that plus the next best chance and thunderstorms and looking ahead to the upcoming weekend, how about humidity, cooler temperatures and sunshine, more minutes.n just a few jonathan. jonathan: another night swift strong storms during rush hour. our crews found damage in charles county tonight. flooding to fallen trees. reporter: the damage out here, this sign snapped in half. fromign is back there back the post. that tree was ripped right out of the ground. that's

jay korff is there to explain why. jay: the update is 18 students expelled following a lengthy investigation in the allegation of the physical violence, hazing and the underage drinking. according to the american university, the spokesperson, the conduct did not occur this semester. this occurred in the past. last semester or the year before. they were part of epsilon. and that fraternity kicked off campus for similar allegations and this group dove tailed off of that. the unsanctioned group was like fraternity and they held the wild parties offcampus. this group closed systemic threat to the safety and the well being of the students. we will have the reaction a student who is relieved they were dismissed. reporting live, jay corp, abc7 news. alison: thank you. nancy: developing now members of a christian church want to know why the police did not send out an officer after the mostly black congregation was threatened with talks of lynching. kevin lewis is there after speaking to a woman who says it brings her back to th