roger leggett has seen it first-hand, visiting his grand daughter, diagnosed with cancer in 2011.ched a pole tip on to a child in a hospital elevator. >> and he looked at me when the elevator closed and said there has to be a better way to do this. >> reporter: then weeks later chad died suddenly at 24, roger knew how to channel his heart break. with money from his own pocket, the georgia grandfather created a hospital-approved wagon with an iv pole attached and started giving them away. >> my son loves it. he gets to ride it. so it makes it very easy on the parents. >> reporter: more than 140 wagons now in eight states. not all in hospitals. >> i saw a wagon with the bracket pole on it and i was like -- i want one ever those. >> allison and lee plumly's son need breathing and feeding tubes around the clock. >> you want to go for a wagon ride? >> and he could be like other kids in the park now, in a wagon, instead of a wheelchair. >> it might be just an everyday thing, but for a normal family, but these are special moments for them. >> reporter: roger leggett is counting his own b

leggett reminded wheaton residents that they can travel to other libraries in kensington, rockville andver spring. in wheaton, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: it's time for a check of the roadways. it's friday. how does it look out there? jamie: look at this. it looks more like a picture. but it's not. this is a live shot. you can tell by the cars flying by. this is 95 in virginia. probably doesn't need much of an explanation because we always have heavy traffic. also in virginia bottom se the outer loop from the springfield interchange to the wilson bridge bumper-to-bumper delays. d.c. is heavy as well. no crashes to report. 66 to the american legion bridge. on the brakes past that point. move to the waze map. i want to show you how heavy they are. the area of lanier moving north to -- area of mclean moving north. we are heavy. north on the spur you are okay once you get closer to tuckerman lane. if you are continuing to bethesda we have a slow patch here. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: a very long week for folks in the houston area of texas. so you can imagine t

county executive ike leggett will join other county officials in the twin brooke neighborhood to talk about how you can protect yourselves against mosquitos. a new page has also been added to the county's website to give you more information on symptoms of the virus. right now the zika virus has not been found locally. >>> 4:31. and mosquito weather hasn't really shown up yet even though may is right here. >> and i like that so far. pretty cool, though, chuck bell. good yeah, you're lucky. i've had plenty of mosquitos in high backyard already. haven't been below freezing in a long time and that really -- those darn bugs have been around for tens of millions of years. they can survive just about anything. so, yeah, as long as we're not below freezing, mosquitos will do just fine. what do you need to know today? number one, no sun for you. probably not tomorrow either. moderate rain coming our way for late this morning up through at least lunchtime today. staying on the cool side for sure. and our rain chances for the second half of the weekend especially appear to be going up, up, up.

skillion minute comment about a service to minorities as a college graduate have made to rethink leggett there because i'm black? that i thought that was untrue but then i thought of all the young people of color and i was wondering closely their reaction was to ignore him but what did you think of that comment? >> i disagree in and find it condescending because from my perspective affirmative action is a technique to try to write many of the wrongs that occurred from slavery where whites got advantage because blacks were not allowed to compete but if you are white and a slave owner and became wealthy you could pass that on to your family to discuss for generations so from my perspective affirmative-action is a way to try to correct that injustice. it is always a controversial topic but many people who have benefited tries to correct a historical wrong. those who did well. justice sotomayor in contrast to justice thomas said is very critical of affirmative action but she added to princeton because of affirmative action but then did bell subsequently. that is my response. in the medical s

the operator, 9-year-old jacob leggette got a fist bump from the fan in chief.a break through in treating paralysis. ian burkehart paralyzed below his shoulders is now able to play video games, swipe a credit card, and play the guitar. researchers at ohio state implanted a chip in his brain that transmitts his thoughts directly to his hand muscles. bypassing his damaged nerves. >>> up next, he holds a record that may never be broken. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we end with the voice of heaven. vin scully, the longest serving broadcaster for a single team in history. last night he began his final season with the dodgers and carter evans was there. >> it's time for dodger baseball! >> reporter: over nearly seven decade, vin scully called some of baseball's most famous moments, including hank air run's historic home run. it broke babe ruth's record. and sandy koufax's pitching gem. >> a perfect game. >> reporter: now 88 years old, scully called every dodger season since 1950 when the team was still dodging trolleys in brooklyn. jackie robinson was hinz prime. and harry tru

ike leggett and other lead respect will speak about it today and how residents can use it. >>> when you tell your grandkids about the historic january blizzard, how much snow fell may always be in question. after a three month review, the sticking to its 17 inches. a measuring mishap was questioned leading the agency to look into whether the total was too low. they found the method was not eye deal, but the total stands based on nearby unofficial measurements. the report recommended future changes at official measuring sites. and the controversy around this, there were questions about whether the actual monitoring device, measuring device, was in the right spot, whether it was blocked by some of the snow, if it was calibrated correctly. >> i saw it with my own eyes. i trudged through it. it looked like more than 17 inches. do you know who would know? chuck bell would know. what do you say? >> the trick is in how you measure. the reason they need to sweep the snow off the snow measuring board each time is because the weight of the snow actually compact it s it down. taking it out and dus

county executive ike leggett announced he's cutting his proposal nearly in half. why the hike in the first place? well, the county needs a way to pay $50 million in tax credits for residents who paid income takts outside the state after a supreme court ruling last year. this week governor larry hogan signed a bill giving the county >>> the front-runners took a backseat in the latest primary race. we're looking ahead at what's at stake on the road to the white house. >>> and a local community rattled by recent suicides is taking bold new action. >>> and a tribute to the late justice scalia has turned into a bi >>> and now your storm team4 forecast. >> it was cold this morning. how cold? we actually broke a couple records out there. one of those records towards dulles. another towards baltimore and martinsburg. all broke records for low temperatures this morning. amazing how cold we were. down to 21 in martinsburg. 23 in frederick, maryland. 23 ft. meade. 24 at dulles and a pair of 21s down to the southwest. d.c. four degrees shy of a record at 32 degrees. so a cold

he and montgomery countyomerynty executive ike leggett willlegge doing and what residents can can doselvesms and their families.and their a new web site will also be a b part of their zika education campaign. >>> overseas now and to the vatican where vice presidentic p joe biden is preparing toden speak about the president's psi new global cancer initiative.r t before the speech biden new toiw iraq for a brief visit with officials to deliver an in person plea top end theon p country's ongoing politicals on crisis. the u.s. is worried that theiede country's civil concerns arecern serving as a distraction fromtri the all important fighting fht against isis in the region. rego >>> less than 100 days now0 day until this year's olympic oly games and health concerns arerne still lingering in rio. bacteria filled water andat viruses plague the venues p putting around 1600 athletes00 at risk especially thoselly competing in the water events.. world health organization announcing the water quality in the bay meets their standard. despite the clearance games officials plan on keeping as close

>> he was introduced to jacob leggett, a printing wiz.test. >> been a while since i've done this so i need to know. >> he might neted some help. >> 1 billion dollars for private investment for math and science education. >> you were the right saying the obama's the first to host a science fair at the white house. he said if you can win a ncaa championship you can be acknowledged for your knowledge in math and science. >>> donald trump and megyn kelly meet to clear the air. that is coming up. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvon

we also have 9-year-old jacob leggette from baltimore. where is jacob? there you go, in the bowtie. [applause] so jacob loved programming ever since the age of 2 when he nearly wiped clean his grandmas computer -- which im sure she was thrilled with. but dont worry, jacob fixed it. last summer, this young maker wrote to a company that anufacturers 3-d printers, asked them if he could have one of the 3-d printers in exchange for feedback on whether their printers are kid-friendly. so clearly hes a good negotiator and business person. and today, jacob is churning out toys and games for himself and his little sister, and he dreams one day of making artificial organs for people. i should add, by the way, jacob, john, had a very good idea, which is that we should have -- in addition to our pcast, which is my science advisory group, all these scientists and leaders in various fields, we should have a kids advisory group that starts explaining to us whats interesting to them and whats working, and could help us shape advances in stem education. anyway, that was jacobs idea. so way to go, j