john gonzales with the announcement of who the father is. john: proud papa tian tian is celebrating with a blue crate. biologists and zookeepers in northwest d.c. has announced the newborn panda cub is a healthy baby boy and the son of tian tian. toher mei xiang gave birth two cubs and was inseminated from cells from two pandas. in pandaic diversity conference of asian, the other panda what has been a better choice. having the father with the newborn is essential for development and healthy progress. 167 gramsb weighs and is growing fast. already very attached to its mother. evening,ut 8:15 last mei xiang started putting down the cubs and was trying to leave the den. the cub would squeal and she would run and pick it up. john: officials determined the panda that died was a male and the father was tian tian as well. the cause of death was nursing problems that lead to pneumonia. the good news is that there is a full family, mother and father and a third cub. shan, thehind us, tai boy, and now another male with the name undetermined. at the nat

john gonzales, abc 7 news. shooting invernight northeast and it with the victim dead, bringing the total number of people killed this year to 101. that was the 300 block of 54th street at 3:00 this morning. on any suspects or motive. huge delays on the bw parkway in virginia because of this, a car flipped over on the parkway near reagan national airport. that tied up traffic for more than an hour. no word on how this happened, but surprisingly nobody was seriously hurt. county, two cars hit each other, one of them catching fire. this was old centreville road and old mill road this afternoon. two people were taken to the hospital. neither of them was seriously hurt. now, a prince george's county firefighter is recovering after being hit by falling debris from a burning house. the fire started on the back deck of a house in suitland. it apparently bypassed the smoke alarms and sprinklers and did a half million dollars of damage. it has been a weekend of perfect weather, but you should enjoy it while you can. devo

john gonzales has been in roanoke all morning long. he joins us live where colleagues, friends, and family continue to pay tribute to those victims. john: so much sadness. we in seeing tears and hugs all morning long at this new station in roanoke as the staff somehow tries to regroup today. take a look behind me, the aunt the line of media. you see the memorial that continues to get rigor and bigger. we've seen a new fan come by with a new bouquet of flowers or candles or a card. one woman told me off camera she was born and raised here and knows this area like the back of her hand and could not think of anywhere else she would want to today. >> i don't think too many people in our community got much sleep last night. john: residents are coming together, grieving and warning news family. >> it's very unfortunate that it happened in such a lovely place. >> the staff here overwhelmed, the pain and anguish still very raw, and the memorial at the tv station continues to grow. getting the kids ready for school and seeing this happen was, li

our john gonzales has more on how you can be a part of celebrity d.c.'s -- celebrating d.c.'s there for life. for perhapso you do the most prominent political figure in d.c.? do you build a statue, do you rename a building for him would you create a holiday for marion barry? known as the mayor for life, passed away this past november. he was 78 years old. forum to getd a ideas and suggestions could we came here with our dry erase boards to get your ideas. we have named it the "mayor for life" dry erase board. some marks -- "he loved the this" "good man," and woman, "my first summer job." russell, what are your thoughts? how should the city remember him? >> the city should remember barry in a big way. he should have a sculpture. john: what about a sculpture? where would you put it? >> in the heart of d.c. downtown. john: you can give your ideas. if you are not going to be there tweete on e street, us your ideas using #mayor forlife. jummy: coming up, the road to recovery. a look at the progress 10 years after hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. the little pink pill. h

john gonzales is at police headquarters with what she is asking for. >> this has truly become a war againstillegal guns and our city. this afternoon, the number stands at 103, the homicide rate here in d.c., more than 40% higher than it was last year at this time. these numbers don't lie. and the mayor, who is been in office for about seven months, she is asking the city council to expand police powers, but those who fight against these stop and frisk type laws, well, they are our he up in arms today . she essentially wants to make it easier to search people who are on parole or probation and immediately detain anyone who has violated their terms of release. >> to make sure sentencing guidelines are followed, supervision when we have violent offenders come home, that the proper supervision is in place as well. >> instead of doing the harder humidity work to build the police relationship with the people who live here, your program -- through programs and drafting of smarter, no code, they look for tactics that allow ,hem to round people up enmass detain them, and pump them for information. >