michelle marsh, abc7 news. alison: thank you. take a look at this video. train slams into an empty truck that was stopped on the tracks in poland. but it's not the collision today that is capturing people's attention. it's this. after pulling the emergency brake, the conductor right here runs through the train and tells the passengers to brace for impact. today they are saying thanks to his actions no one was hunter. isn't that quick thinking? leon: quick thinking. quick feet. alison: unbelievable. leon: nice move. nice move. >> thank goodness he did that and had the wherewithal. leon: move over dogs, man has a new best friend. this is forsale. take a look at this big girl here. this is 1,000-pound bison. her name is the name. alison: whatever. leon: karen has been raising bullet in texas for some time now. lives behind a fence but she is allowed to go inside her house. she swears that bullet is domesticated and potty trained. but she is running out of room for the pet and she is putting her on the market. >> i think she deserves better. some better space.

michelle marsh is here to explain how it works. michelle: we have been talking a lot about this.eattle is planning to take the crumb rubber off a field in combination of a combination of cork and sand. it costs 20-30% more but it could have impact on health. we told you back in february, the federal government is launching a joint study with the environmental protection agency centers for disease control and prevention and consumer product safety commission into crumb rubber fields. this state of california is undertaking the own study to find out exactly what crumb rubber is made of and whether it can take a toll on athletes' health. >> i think we have just been listening to the community. and we just want to know that there are alternatives out michelle: seattle hopes to have the field in the pilot program replaced by the end of july. back at home, gaithersburg is experimenting with a field using rice husks, coconut fibers and the cork at lakeland park. michelle marsh, abc7 news. alison? alison: okay. thank you very much. go ahead and check on the roadways with jamie sullivan.

tonight at 10:00 with michelle marsh, jonathan elias and meteorologist steve rudin. erin: we begin with the nationals in new york. last night the nationals and the mets, 7-1. before the game, max took time from the warmup to play catch with a young mets fan. he was nice enough to send the video of his son and scherzer. afterwards, he tweeted "they may be met fans but they're life-long max fans as well." i love that story. back in washington, 15 fans received free tickets to monday's national game at home against the mets. they just have to show up at the square and take a selfie with a life-size max scherzer bobble head. tweet out the pick with the all the fun earlier today. >> you are too excited. ridiculously awesome? >> yeah. my world is rocked. >> would you rather a ticket or the life-size max scherzer bobblehead? be honest. >> i can always buy tickets. >> this goes in my living room. >> i don't care what my wife would say. >> i don't care either. erin: orioles and mariners was close until the sixth. they broke this open. seattle takes two out of three from the b

join me and michelle marsh and storm watch 7 meteorologist steve rudin at 10:00. ♪ amsleep number bedsh you with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. it's the semi-annual sale! save $500 on the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. know better sleep. only at a sleep number store. erin: the nba finals are set. it will be a rematch from last year between the cavaliers and golden state warriors. steph curry and company beat cleveland 4-2 last june. but the cavs will arrive in the bay area in much better shape than they were a year ago. and they are going to try to end cleveland's 52-year title drought. right now the warriors are listed as 2-1 favorites to repeat. but that doesn't mean much to cleveland. >> i wouldn't say revenge. i just think both teams are happy and excited to make it to the finals. it's a big thing. i just think that, you know version a different team than we had last year -- you know we have a different team >> i don't get involved with the underdog, overdog whatever the case may be. it's stupidity. erin:

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michelle marsh is here with promising news. michelle? michelle: yeah, this is offering families hope. the idea started with a father in washington state, who saw his daughter react like never before after getting an interactive elmo doll. a rare genetic mutation leaves 4-1/2-year-old lucy developmentally delayed. unable to speak, she only began walking this school year. she also has autism. but her parents noticed musical toys seem to hold her attention. then a relative gave lucy a talking elmo doll. >> in the beginning of the video, she is trying to get him do the song and dance. she does a hand waving thing. and she ge can see her go in for the kiss. michelle: the tech savvy dog made therapy robots. >> the robots are drawn to them. they have sort of like really advanced toys. he and his wife misty formed a non-profit organization called robo-starter with a goal to raise enough money to purchase therapy robot for lucy's school. the teachers and the therapists believe it could be effective tool. >> i would love to for her to say hi one d

michelle marsh with reaction. michelle: it took three hours for the judge to hear from three witnesses. but it only took ten minutes for her to decide the case will go to trial. >> we are here because we want to seek the truth. we are here to serve justice. >> cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand in his pennsylvania home in 2004. the judge reaching her decision after hearing from three officers involved with the initial investigation. including the detective who interviewed the former temple university employee. that detective testifying constand told police cosby gave her three blue pills and wine. she then had blurred vision, couldn't talk and felt paralyzed. >> it was intoxicating to her and she was unable to concept. that is michelle: cosby's defense team maintained taco median is innocent of the charges and the encounter was consensual. they tried to argue there were inconsistency in constand's statements to no avail. she is one of more than 50 women accusing cosby of sexual ass

michelle marsh has details on that move from the "live desk" in the newsroom. history being made here. michelle: it is. it has been 70 years since th atomic bomb on hiroshima. president obama will be the first sitting president to visit the city. >> the president intends to visit and send a much more forward looking signal about his ambition for realizing his goal of planet without nuclear weapons. alison: the president wants to push for global action on nuclear weapons the white house is quick to point out he won't apologize for the bombing that helped end world war ii. michelle: 140,000 peep died when the bomb was dropped on august 6, 1945. japanese prime minister says no apology is necessary. alison: back locally. the prince george's county sheriff office took time out to remember two of their own. wreath presentation was held for fallen office james arneu and depdy mcgruder who were killed in 2002 while serving a psychiatric warrant in adelphi. the families were given wreaths adorned with their names. this is police week in capitol. you can see a photo galle

before you go and break out the bottle of sun screen, michelle marsh has startling numbers from consumer report. michelle: the numbers are surprising here. consumer reports tested 65 different water-resistant sun screen lotion, sprays and sticks with the s.p.f. of 30 or higher. half of them didn't live up to claim on the bottle. >> two had s.p.f. 30 but only tested at 8. they were kids sun mish banana boat reject how they did the testing. c.v.s. said their approved testing by the f.d.a. shows no indication that the product has f.d.s. lower than 50. and banana boat said they met the rigorous specification in the testing process. >> all right. good advice. leon: "7 on your side" tonight for your pet health as well. dr. katie nelson is live with a panel of experts on the phone to help you ask the veterinarian tonight. >> we have universitirynarians from ca nine of them if i count correctly. call 703-236-9220. if you have any questions about your pet, feel free to give us a call. 703-236-9220. >> still to come at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- they have dominated the competition at the high school l

michelle marsh is in the help center with the phone bank ahead of the weekend's komen race for the cureichelle: now is the time to call. we have several vol tooners standing by and we want to get them busy. don't wait until 6:00 or 6:30. that is when the phone lines will get jammed. call now, 703-236-9220. alison: okay. thank you very much. reminder join us saturday morning for the komen race for the cure. the live coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. saturday morning on the newschannel8. the food and the drug administration announced new regulations this morning aimed to limit the usage of e-cigarettes and the other nicotine products. some of the new restrictions include banning vendors from selling e-cigarettes to minors and checking the i.d. of anyone who is 26 or younger. with the vending rules producers of cigars and the e-cigarettes must register with the f.d.a. for federal review. >> we cannot let enormous progress we have made toward tobacco-free generation to be undermine by products that impact health and economy in this way. alison: the rules extend to cigars and pipe tobacco. the va

michelle marsh reports now that the plan comes on the same day airline industry experts release the summertravel forecast. >> if you think the lines at the airports are unbearable now -- >> ridiculous. >> brace yourself for the situation to get uglier. >> frustrating. takes a while to travel. >> according to the travel experts, passengers this summer will be one for the record books. with 231 million people expected to fly, surpassing the record set last year with 222 million. that is 95,000 more every day. >> the noose about the people sleeping on cots. >> that was at chicago o'hare where thousands of travelers had to come one a plan b after missing the flight. >> if i did my job this bad i wouldn't re-sign. >> part of the problem are fewer screeners and more passengers. while the t.s.a. promises to fix the problem by the summer -- chicago is getting immediate help. 100 part time screeners rushed to full-time by this weekend. 250 more agents added in the coming months. this is just in. in the last hour, four chicago alderman called for the city to privatize security at the two airports. c

the delays are southbound with a stalled big rig at marsh road. michelle> airbnb wants to make political allies in order to keep home sharing afloat in the bay area. the city's ethics commission claims that airbnb, the home sharing site, poured $257,000 late last week into campaigns for moderate democratic candidates and their issues. the donations come just days after progressives at the board of supervisor threatened fines and even misdemeanor charges for home sharers violating city laws. >> they are intensely swaying the election. they have just dropped a quarter of a million dollars and 25,000 additional dollars for the progress slate that is friendly to their interest. it is unheard of. >> last year airbnb helped defeat a local proposition that would have put different restrictions on home sharing sites. >>> round 2 of the nba playoffs off to a nice start for the warriors. in oakland yesterday they beat the trail blazers in game one, 118-106. the win over portland came despite the absence of steph curry who is unable to play because of a knee injury.