consumer reporter john matarese shows what can go wrong... so you don't waste your money. trt 1:42 oc: sigout washington," on your side. larry: john, john. more run-ins of a deadly terror attack in london. and what mayor muriel bowser is doing in the day ahead that could be seen as a challenge to president donald trump. larry: get ready for the temperatures to drop. midweek down on the way and the heatwave on its heels as we keep writing this roller coaster of whether. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] veronica, a fabulous weekend. you said you got out and did some gardening and yardwork? veronica: my back is killing me. looks like next weekend, if you want to plan ahead, next weekend is looking nice. for the next couple of days, looks like the showers and clouds are going to get us.

consumer reporter john matarese reports on why that gold is now coming back into style...so you don'tte your money. a hard-fought national spelling bee at national but this morning - a winner! 12-year-old ananya vinay took home the 40-thousand dollars in prizes! the sixth grader from california won by spelling "marocain" mare-o-cane... which is a french word for a dress fabric made of silk or rayon. vinay went head-to-head against rohan rajeev from oklahoma in the final round. but the eight-grader missed the word "marram" mare-um... a type of grass found on sandy beaches. that set up ananya as the first single champion since 20-13. the bee added a written tiebreaker test this year, but that didn't come into play. time now for weather - still nice saturday - rain looking later sunday today mostly sunny to partly cloudy, beautiful highs: around 80 degrees winds: west 5-10 mph, a little breezy during the afternoon tonight: partly cloudy & cool lows: 56-62 winds: northwest 5 mph saturday: mostly sunny and comfortable highs: 76-80 winds: northwest 5-10 mph coming up - a major retailer taki

consumer reporter john matarese shows the newest way to find a cheap flight, so you don't waste your money. you've heard of mighty mouse.. but one rat in new mighty mouse.. but one rat in new york city may give him a run for his money for strongest rodent. take a look at this.. that's a massive rat dragging a garbage bag more than double it's size across a sidewalk in brooklyn. the rat then took off with a mini-sized pizza. the video has already gone viral online. time now for weather ef0 tornado confirmed in montgomery county yesterday in the four corners neighborhood of silver spring at 3:48 pm. - nice, less humid today - summer begins tomorrow - humidity rs through the weekend; storm chances return today: partly to mostly sunny. less humid. highs: 86-89 winds: wsw 5-15 mph tonight: partly cloudy and comfortable. lows: 61-69 winds: sw 5 mph wednesday: partly to mostly cloudy. stray afternoon shower. highs: 86-89 winds: w 5-10 mph breaking overnight - senate standoff. breaking overnight - senate standoff. by democrats while you were sleeping. the new battle over health care - coming

consumer reporter john matarese shows how cell companies are finally pitching in, so you don't waste your money. an incredible achievement being celebrated in fairfax county this meet george kah-shoo. the springfiled man made it to the top of mount everest! we're talking about enduring 60 miles-per-hour winds and temperatures 30 degrees below zero. we first told you his story a few weeks ago - and now he's back home! kah-shoo says it was hard to eat, sleep and recover each day. but it was all worth it. and he's not done yet. now- he's got his eye on climbing the highest mountain in antarctica. we'll be talking with kashou later this morning. don't miss that live interview - coming up at 8:15, when we switch over to newschannel 8. time now for weather - cloudy & uns - fantastic friday - weekend warm up - heat wave sunday through thursday (feels: 95-100) today: cloudy and cool. isolated showers. highs: 67-70 winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy and cool. lows: 50-56 winds: ne 5 mph tomorrow: mostly cloudy. milder than today, but still cool. highs: 71-74 winds: ne 5-10 mph toss to break a

john matarese, abc7 news. larry: at it again. two new incidents and a promised crackdown.minent domain eyesore. neighbors vent frustration to abc7 about leftovers from the $5 billion purple line crisis. and lead in schools for a decade. "7 on your side" calling them out. again. and the news isn't much better. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00", on y alison: we begin tonight with this. caught on camera. a sea of people on a.t.v.'s and motor bikes weaverring through traffic, even up on the dividers in between the lanes. this is on k street northwest d.c. the same group, police believe, buzzed through national harbor this weekend as well. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live there. sam, what can police do about this? sam: well, alison police say they are making greater efforts to identify and lock up individuals who are involved in these groups. places like here at national harbor last evening, buzzing with dirt bikes and a.t.v.'s as traffic stopped. it's all over social media today. the a.t.v./dirt bike crowd seen here at the national harbor around 8:00. a group blowing past t

they recommend the increased safety measures and john matarese wasn't involved -- wmata wasn't involved in the crash today but they use wearable technology to prevent similar incidents on the line. it alerts them to the oncoming dangers. metro is trying out the safety program and hopes to expand it to more employees in coming months. federal worker show the railroad worker death nationwide increased every year from 2012, from two in 2012 to six last year. we asked the federal railway administration what is done to increase safety on the tracks. they tell abc7 there is new safety regulations and training on the books but they apply to track workers and not conductors as the two killed in today's crash. they have not answered what safety equipment was used by those killed in the crash. nathan baca, abc7 news. alison: t alerts from abc7 news anytime at wjla.com. larry: developing now. new directive from the administration security administration in the last hour about flying to the u.s. nancy chen is at the "live desk" with what the changes do and do not include. nancy? nancy: first, what

i'm john matarese. abc7 news. >> now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: a swarm of a.t.v.' dirted bikes taking over k-street in d.c. and national harbor as well. police think it was the same group that hit both areas last sunday. they want your help to track them down. nathan baca has photos to help you nathan: they have more cameras looking for the a.t.v. riders but the surveillance camera at the gas station captured the faces. the police need your help. video all over social media shows the dozen of the a.t.v. and the motorcycle riders charging through national harbor last weekend scaring pedestrians and the motorists alike. >> crazy. i hope they slow them down. there are kids here walking around. anybody can get hit or hurt. nathan: now they are revealing the face of who they think is responsible. >> they are creating lawlessness in the county. >> not just prince george's county. the police say the same group charged throughd neighborhoods. police say they already identified some a.t.v and they hope people recognize those and these gas station surveillance picks. >> this

i'm john matarese, abc7 news.larry: right now at 5:00, judgment day for the "pizza gate" shooter and the judge pulled no punches. the sentence and the tongue lashing the man received for acting on outlanding rumor. investigators take a huge step to find a rapist using evidence the attacker left behind. tonight, fallout from the baltimore steam explosion. the substance at the scene. >> "7 on yr >> breathtakingly reckless are the words from a judge as she sentenced the comet pizza gunman to four years in prison. larry: terrifying families were eating there. the bizarre twist he thought he was freeing child sex slaves he red about online in false arguments. alison: stephen tschida has more on what the judge said. it was pretty harsh. stephen: he gave edgar welch four years after they said welch's girlfriend and the two friends he tried to get him to come along on the venture tried to talk him out of it. he tried to find exmilitary personnel to join him in the quest. the judge jackson clearly considering this event co

john matarese, abc7 news. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. >> monsoon hitting! larry: well, the stormwatch7 team told you it was coming and now we are in for more rain after the line of storms rolled through the region. chief meteorologist doug hill is in the stormwatch7's weather center on severe weather alert. doug? doug: hi there. the most of the immediate metro area, the heaviest storms have moved through. in the southern viewer area, northern neck of southern maryland and north and east. you can see on the doppler radar. new deveer thunderstorm warning across -- severe thunderstorm warning across mary county, calvert county. we are having piece of the severe thunderstorm watch canceled early. more of those will fall away. right now we have two areas under the warning. st. mary's, calvert, charles and over to maryland and the delaware midshare have severe thunderstorm -- delaware midshore have severe thunderstorms. we have plenty of lightning south. we are tracking that through leonardtown. that is the heaviest storms by far. we keep an eye on plenty of ligh

i'm john matarese, abc7 news. [gunfire] >> east monroe avenue. >> i still have shots being fired. >> for two or three minutes it was absolute chaos. >> i got a look at the shooter. >> our lives were saved by the capitol hill police. if they had not been there, it would have been a massacre. larry: congressman steve scalise is in critical condition after this morning's shooting in alexandria. jonathan: two capitol police officers, staffer and a lobbyist were also hit when the shots rang out just after 7:00 a.m. jonathan: they were all here at the alexandria baseball field practicing for tomorrow night's congressional baseball game. nancy: we have team coverage from the hill to the hospital to illinois where the man who started shooting was from. let's start, though, with chief political correspondent scott thuman who joins us from del ray. scott? scott: yeah, nancy. just behind me you can s taped off. authorities, investigators with local and federal are on site. we say federal because the attack took place against

consumer reporter john matarese has a caution before you sign up so you don't waste your money.at a great way to earn a few hundred extra dollars this summer. advertising popular sports drinks on the side of the car. wait until you hear what happened to one man who tried to sign up. we have seen the cars wrapped with ads. maybe you spotted one a mini cooper or a van advertising monster or rock star energy drink. he saw an ad pop up an facebook. why not? >> it was an advertisement to advertise energy drink and they would pay $4 looked good. john: fuller applied. in days he received an envelope saying he had been selected and it came with a check to pay a detailer to place rock star logos all over his honda. >> i would cash the check, take out my first week's payment and pay the detailer the remainder of the check. john: but it's how he wednesday supposed to pay the detailer set off the alarm bells in his head. rather than drive to local detail shop the instructions were bizarre. money gram the rest of the check to the detailer and gave me the address in puerto rico. john: this is

john matarese, abc7 news. >> right now at 5:00, the heat index values in the mid-90's but there is reliefus, issue scams are about harder to spot. and then -- >> the artifacts are being destroyed and it needs to stop. >> art destroyed by isis is being recreated by students and how it's done at home. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: first tonight, dangerous heat that has everyone pretty much sweating all across the area. the heatwave is just getting started. nancy: steve rudin is live in the heat but we begin with chief meteorologist doug hill with what is on tap. it's hot out there. doug: it is. earlier we hit 95 that tied the reag a reagan national airport. old record has been set several times but last time in 2002 at 95. it's possible between the hours we went up to 96. we find out shortly on that. it's 92 in washington. 91 in leesburg and frederick. 93 at the joint base andrews. plus add more degrees to the way it feels outside because of and the true measure of moisture is up a little bit. the nats open a series against the braves. first pitch at the park, 7: