we're looking at areas of heavy rainfall throughout montgomery county.f you're headed up the northeast extension right now we are looking at those tropical downpours, reading looking at the heavy rainfall that continues a lot of lightning right now through sections of berks county and also a lot of heavy rainfall and lightning showing up currently through sections of trenton, mercer county and some of this activity will be moving toward places like west windsor also around the princeton area there in mercer county as we move back into sections of bucks county, a lot of heavy rainfall around bensalem, moving toward places like doylestown. perkasie, quakertown looking at heavy rainfall. lansdale as we move into sections of montgomery county about to see very heavy rainfall. also, as we move right around places like nor tsuris town, plymouth meeting, blue bell right now looking at very heavy rainfall through sections of montgomery county and then once again we'll focus on this area. that is the active tornado warning in effect until 6:15 for berks county, c

we have tonight effect for portions of montgomery and chester counties. it looks like northeastern chester county and western portions of montgomery county, pottstown is included in this warning. we are dealing with two different cells of concern, this particular, where you see bright red on the radar, so right over stonersville, seeking safe shelter, only down in 30 pine land, moving offe southe at 30 miles an hour, eventually, and moving toward amity area and pottstown as well and then dealing with the secondary cell as we continue to focus south east ward further inner to montgomery county. we are dealing with the second ary cell, also showing signs of rotation, around lower providence area limerick , graterford, upper providence just to the northe, phoenixville, collegeville as well, perkiomen just to the south of the strongest portion of this cell, moving off to the southe at 30 miles an hour both showing signs of rotation it is weak rotation at this point but we have to be concerned for possibility that there could be in fact a weak tornado on the g

. >> many kids are attending school this summer and montgomery county police say some drivers stopped buses it's dangerous and i will legal. kristin leon is live in bethesda with more of this. hey, kristin. >> good evening, ladies, we're standing in front of a bus drop-off as we speak in the county. and as of last year. october of last year we're told that montgomery county police teamed one district to install a hundred cameras on school buses again to try to catch those breaking the law in this case and not stopping. they since added another hundred making it 200 right now as of june and they're hoping to make that number to 500 cameras installed by end of calendar year. what we learned though today is that thousands i repeat, thousands are currently breaking law and also putting those kids at risk. >> it may be summertime. but a lot of kids are still going to school. and using bus in montgomery county. >> there's school children loading buses. >> and these kids are smart. >> the cars run straight by us. >> they know not all cars will wait patiently for them to get off. >> i really

the biggest concern right now is montgomery county, but we have flood warnings through southern montgomery county, eastern fairfax county, fairfax itself into arlington, alexandria, and a new flash flood warning came out about ten minute ago including northeast d.c. and also prince georges county. so this is where things are right now. very much. this is a two-hour loop. you see this big area of red? this is heavy rain setting up over montgomery county, prince georges county. it is not moving much. this is why we've had water rescues underway. most of these are situated right near the wheaton area. and we have our stormtracker 9 on the roads right now. our photojournalist is there at connecticut avenue. nick, what have you heard about the water rescues underway that have been in the last hour and what do things look like right now? >> reporter: hi, melissa. a few minute ago, a honda civic was parked here, flood levels rose about 3 or 4 feet. montgomery county police said they were at the door handles of the car a couple minutes ago. the owners pushed it away, but you can see on the ground

heaviest rain in montgomery and loudoun county. inching its way closer and closer to the immediate metro area. movement only around 10-15 miles per hour. that's why we're seeing so much rainfall over the same areas over and over again. we're going to keep you updated. jonathan: we know the nats got rained out. >>> there you go. there you go. put it in reverse, tim! put it in reverse. oh, lord! lord, jesus! oh, lord! what you doing? >> announcer: tonight's "jimmy kimmel live" is brought to you by fireworks and terry. back up, terry. >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- kit harington, from "girls trip" regina hall, and music from trey songz. and now, after all, here's jimmy kimmel!

because we have one still to the west so basically in montgomery county. where you have a tornado warning we have the severe thunderstorm warning and now we can see it's stormy weather and it extends into south jersey right now and you can see north of mown holly and new egypt and parts of mercer county and towards it's shore severe thunderstorm warnings, reports of wind damage with the thunderstorms and reports of some localized flooding witness storms and a lot of lightning strikes. chris, lets zoom out since we are off the tornado warning, we really have been focusing on berks county and chester county and montgomery county where we had the tornado warning that is canceled but you see a lot of storms firing up and draw your attention to what is happening to it's north and east of philadelphia. philadelphia right now there is not a lot going on but landsdale heavy rain from the same cell near trenton now thunder and lightning and heavy rain and lightning strikes 128 in the past 15 minutes. you can see how they are drifting to the east, jock sonville now

around the laytonsville montgomery area there was a lot of rain slated to go to 7:15. literally it just dropped. reports of flooding and goshe branch was out between laytonsville and goshen this is in eastern portion of district and western portions of prince george county and northern portions. this is sdeched quickly. it's barely moving and potentially dropping some very heavy rain with gusts to 40 or 50 miles an hour and don't be surprised if it's able to drop a little bit of pea sized hail. watch for that 201. walker mill headed for you and silver hill as well. strong storm we were watching in frederick. also seems to be weakening to do is kind of wear t themselves out over the same area. so your evening forecast will keep the chance for thunderstorms through 7, 8:00 and with temperature of 86. by 9:00 we should see everything drying up around the region and 11:00, 79. unfortunately we cannot ditch humidity or second heat wave for july it got expensed today with high temperature of 91. we'll let you know what to expect tomorrow and rest of week in a few minutes. to

montgomery county reporter kevin leis will see only on 7. kevin: like most schools montgomery college has a tight budget which the police say the long time employee michael agunlia made leaner. since 2015, they allege that he, staffer, in the college office of procurement stole eight cargo style vans. heavy box truck. fort pickup truck. golf cart. four a.t.v.'s. a generator and six land scaling blowers. the grand total taken from the community college nearly $36,000. police say the 44-year-old offloaded his hefty loot at the j.c. cochran auctioneers in maryland. later cashing the check at the education system federal credit union where he banked. montgomery college confirms he is now on unpaid administrative leave. that said, his name is still listed on the school's felony criminal case which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. he gave police the montgomery village post office as his mailing address. we managed to find him on linkedin and sent along a message, but so far we haven't heard back. at montgomery college in rockville, i

we t river between loudoun and montgomery counties.re's a new debate about building a new potomac river crossing. of course we have so much development in our area, especially around the dulles area. all these homes and businesses out here around the route 7 corridor. a lot of those people have to get over across the potomac river to montgomery county and vice versa. now montgomery county is saying, hey, all this agricultural preserve over here, let's not ruin this. a new potomac river crossing would absolutely bring traffic through this area. you would ruin areas like this, which are picturesque. you'd have to build new highways and you'd be talking about tens of thousands of cars a day that would have to come through here. take a look at some of this land from the ground and you see how picturesque it is. if you drive across the legion bridge, you know how backed up that is and transportation planners are saying something needs to be done to ease the gridlock. loudoun county leaders thinks a new crossing needs more study. saying no w

again, montgomery county is the big area. another storm with some lightning. this storm right in here has been the strong one, this one has a new storm, right along the road here south, you're looking at that, but this is the storm it's currently right on top, again, that severe thunderstorm warning goes until 4:30. a lot of lightning. we've seen a couple of storm forms you flooding, please be careful in this region if you're in parts of howard county. let's zoom a little bit more and show you where it is. you can see that's where the heaviest rain is, right over towards the only area, so heads up, stay in doors if you're in the ranges, the rest of us, we're talking the heat, but big time heat, making its way our way. much more on the next heat wave. we'll talk about that, we'll see you back here in just a minute. >>> a loud explosion on capitol hill as police used robots to search the trunk of a car. >> that officer and the driver of the car suffered minor injuries. >> news 4 derrick ward is live, he's got more details on what happened there, derrick, what's

montgomery to frederick county. we are confident to get fi at all. we start you off with a big picture here around the capital beltway. few showers. head northern montgomery county to frederick county where we have a newly issued severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45. this cell right here a little bit of lightning associated with it. moving south and east at around 30 miles per hour. so if you are in damascus or frederick, these are the areas that are likely to see the stronger storm with the heavier rain and the gustier winds. not a tremendous amount of lightning. so once again, damascus and the wood field at 6:28. and 6:30. as we move through the next ten to 15 minutes or so. show you a different perspective for this. the 3d slice. tops at 30,000 feet. it's a strong storm out there. heavy downpours will continue. you can see the lightning embedded in the storm. seek shelter right now if you are in damascus. the thunderstorm is moving over your area. over the next ten to 15 minutes or so. head over to princess george's county and ca looking at a fe

the normal flood warning part of montgomery county. i suspect this will cancel out earlier than that. the reason they have a flood warning is this area here. you are beginning to clear out a little bit. this is moving your way. the storms will drift to the west. notice the skies are darkening up. that is where we have a lot of lightning and thunderstorms that are popping up. the thunderstorms are going to continue to pop as they move through t so. this is going to get hot around here. it's 96 tomorrow. 96 on thursday. near 100 degrees on friday. this is a time period we'll see the heat advisories for most if not all of the d.m.v. take a look at the ten-day outlook coming up in a few minutes. nancy: all right, steve. thank you. coming up next at 4:00, new path to explain how you may get to reagan na michelle: developing now plans to give you another way to get to and from reagan normal airport. brianne carter has more on the proposal to let you get there on your own two feet. >> direct access from crystal city to reagan national airport

if people in montgomery. montgomery is 50 miles from where i grew up. i was deeply, about that. i went back to nashville. >> you did dosomeing? >> i got inlved. started studying. the philosophy and the discipline, of nonviolent. studying the way of piece. the way of love. i wanted to look fresh. of what people call sharp. had very little money. went to the used men's store in downtown, nashville. and i bought a suit. and a vest came with it. so i paid $5 for the suit. my first arrest on february 27, 1960. $89 students, black and white, went to jail. became the first mass arrest in the city. >> this didn't sit well with your folks right? >> oh, no, no, no. they thought i lost my mind. thought i was out of it. >> but you have written that you found it, a liberating moment. that this was a, transitional moment. transformational moment. in your life. why? just being arrested. and, taking off to jail. and committed a crime. violated customs and traditions. you became the first group organized to break these barriers. and, you, you had a dinner that you wrote about in your, splendid b

>> all montgomery county departments have them. upper montgomery is fortunate to have two devices.y. this particular mother dell was purchased through funds raised by our auxiliary. >> okay. >> the ladies auxiliary for upper montgomery county volunteer fire department i've turn it over to jeff and let him do his thing. >> may i show you allison. >> please do. >> this is lucas device. and it's used in cpr and in particular it does compressions. >> okay. >> it does automated compressions. i'll tush it on and we'll activate the device. you'll hear the beep beep beep. pig the cup, press the button to indicate where the depth is, and then switch it on. >> wow! >> i would imagine this is just little more effective and faster than somebody doing it old fag way. >> precisely. this does according to the american heart association 100 to 120 compressions per minute, and at a depth for an adult of at least 2-inches. >> wow. now you would do two >> it stops. 30 and two. >> and the good thing about this, it doesn't get tired. >> right. >> it's continuous. it's constant. and it's very consistent

a fire at a montgomery county home. our suzanne kennedy just got to the scene - she's live in clarksburg.. suzanne? happening now - one man is missing and 9 children -- dead.. after flash floods swept through parts of arizona this weekend. just take a look at this incredible video.. a woman recording as a flash flood sent water..debris and mud rushing down a mountain. several in the river below were rescued and treated for hypothermia. many calling this some of the worst conditions they've ever seen. the national the national weather service announced a flash flood watch in southeast arizona until tonight. today crews will resume their search for the person -- still missing. new concerns about a massive sinkhole in florida the sinkhole has already swallowed up two homes and a boat. the 225-ft sinkhole expanding - but now officials worry that everything floating inside the sink hole could impact the local drinking water. some evacuated families have been allowed to return, but they are being warned about toxic debris, ch

now this has moved into upperen montgomery county. we're going to revisit the tornado warning, which is now continuing on. let's just see what time that this is extended to. so 6:15 p.m. on this particular storm. so this severe thunderstorm is moving through here. the tornado warning is now for southeastern berks county. it's stretching, if you want to. hop into the weather monitor you can walk people through where this is going next. we are looking at pottstown and reading at 5:43. so anybody that is in the path of this cone that i just drew, you absolutely have to seek shelter. you have to get inside a sturdy building and stay away from the windows and get on the lower floor. that's what's important. we have seen damage from this storm that wed upstream. we have gotten reports and the national weather service has got b reports of some wind damage this is trees down and snapped. this is in west beaver. this is the in the county north and west of berks. >>> we have breaking news. we will be this tornado warning. follow us on our app.

and upper montgomery county, as well. we fast forward into the afternoon hours, one or two stray showers or storms you can say a lot of us stay dry. we get into the evening. here comes the main event barreling across the western suburbs first and eventually crossing over the delaware river and south jersey and delaware after 10:00 p.m. or so. after midnight we have another round battering the lehigh valley and the far western suburbs. the good news this computer update shows everything is gone in time for the morning commute tomorrow. that's good news, maybe the traveling will be a little bit ears here. cloudy conscious, peeks of sun, monday a stray shower. monday is a day of transition, one or two showers possible. overnight tonight, lightning there's a high probability of seeing numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes. sphrong -- strong gusty winds 55 miles per hour that could create damage like we saw yesterday with the complex of storms that raced through here, we saw uprooted trees and power outages and we could s

. >>> montgomery county search on for teenager, police say stabbed a man at a rec sender when the man tried to break up a fight. the man live now recovering. evan, what do you know so far? >> reporter: well, tisha, police tell us that the man has non-life threatening injuries, but we do know that he was admitted to the hospital. i just spoke with a rec center employee, not too long ago, who tells me they actually found blood inside the entryway to the community center, the wh wisconsin police community rekey agents center in chevy chase, maryland watch montgomery county police say happened. group rented out the community center for a party, for middle school aged children, some kind of graduation celebration. police say a teen who wasn't invited showed up, and started fighting with other teens at the party. just after 11:00 last night, zero six year old the rec center got involved to break up that fight, when, according to police, he was stabbed. according to investigators the teen suspect ran and got on metro train here at the friendship heights, they say, not -- they say they know w

likely to move from montgomery county to loudoun county. south across the district. and this will make a very slow go for the rush hour commute. once again this is for tomorrow evening. if you are planning ahead. talk about your day planner for tomorrow. the temperatures upper 70's to lower to the middle 80's. there are the showers and the thunderstorms. looking ahead to the weekend it's better out there. lower humidity. lots of sunshine. upper 80's on saturday. sunday is around 86 degrees. take you out to look at the ten-day outlook for stormwatch7. upper 780's to -- 80's to 90 on saturday. cooler on sunday. next week is more typical for the washington weather. temperatures in the upper 80's to the lower 90's. tomorrow everything the models show we could look at the areas of flooding and that will coincide with a busy rush hour commute. we will keep you updated on abc7. as always, wjla.com. good time if you don't have it already, download the stormwatch7 weather app. alison: a bit of a mess. thank you. still ahead right here, a significant

montgomery county fire and rescue making sure this fire is completely out. neighbors have gathered, just stunned about what happened on the eve of the holiday. let share with you cell phone video who took by the neighbors. many describing a plume of smoke they could see rising above the neighborhood. just very concerning. a lot of people are home for the holiday and were able to come out and see this happen. montgomery county fire and rescue is selling us this involved a backyard grill. let look at chopper 4 video. the grill was on the back deck. most of the damage is toward the back of the house. they are saying this is a propane grill that someone may have been using charcoal in the propane grill which is very we saw a photograph of one person trying to help put the fire out with the help of a garden hose but the flames were too intense. >> it was half engulfed. the backside looked like it was burst into flames. there was popping and crackling. >> it's sad because the persons are out tonight. and could be worse. but at least we're okay. it's material. we c

there's a severe thunderstorm warning for 6:45 for parts of carol, frederick and montgomery.it's moving into demass cuss rightno where you can almost connect the dots. off towards our north and between glenn bernie and annapolis. these are classic ones that should diminish by sunset. we are dry over washington right now and we should be okay for fireworks. keeping our fingers crossed for everybody. we're moving out. thanks for joining us tonight the at 6, everybody. keep it here. beyond the lens is up z2ejcz z16fz y2ejcy y16fy this this this this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain this is my body of proof that i can take on psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, includi

these are flash flood warnings, this one in parts of montgomery county. first, some heavy rain right now around frederick, down towards the prince georges county area, in towards parts of montgomery. here is the flash flood warning. this is around montgomery village, we have had some roads closed because of this. we have a crew on the scene here as we did see some of the roads due to high water. now, we're watching i-95. baltimore right on down to dc. it is a mess it's going to stay that way. that includes 295 as well. up towards the frederick area, look at this, we've seen numerous storms develop here and then move off towards the e i would not be surprised to see flash flooding on going in frederick and around this area. so watch out around middleton. watch out to the west here, just to the north, we could see some heavy rain and we'll continue to see that, too. now, the line of storms, you've seen it all across parts of the northeast today and makes its way close to our region, but that's really about it. behind this, we're going to stay on the hot sid

is on the scene after a home was engulfed in flames, we're live at the scene with the details in montgomery county. >> an armed man points the gun at police and officers open fire. >> you probably saw this comfortable after a few comfortable days, the heat returns. accuweather is tracking possible showers now. >> david murphy says what do you think this is? it's not fall, it's still summer. and matt pellman is in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: govern everybody, we expect the humidity to rise as the day goes on. we have sunshine to the east and generally speaking we've clouds and sunny breaks and we may see a pop-up storm later. humidity on the low side, 68 in allentown and reading, 71 in wilmington, 71 in cape may. 68 in dover, delaware. your call for this afternoon 68 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, 80 degrees, later today 85. by 3:00 p.m. i expect a high of 86 around 4:00 p.m. notice how i'm posting a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon and into the evening. where those hit you want to take cover because there's a small chance of an isolated storm that p

it happened on the montgomery exit lane. the victim was sean patrick grazer.was pronounced dead at the scene. police are looking for a dark colored nissan with damage to the front passenger side. if you have information contact police. >> the people of buck's county continue to show their support for the families of the four young men found on a far in sudbury township. the event was organized by ismael rivera a concerned father along with the elks lodge. all of the money raised will be split evenly among the victim's families. >> it's not uncommon to need tissues for a wedding, but for the next story you may need a box. a military couple tied the knot over the weekend. those that attended will never forget the groom's son. annie mccormick has the story. >> you expect tears at a wedding, but it's the tears of this little boy, the son of a marine that stole the show this weekend. josh, you may kiss your bride. >> it wasn't this kiss that brought on the tears. >> or the couple's first walk down the aisle as husband and wife. it was this, the touching vows from t

be up to 40 years in prison foreman police say made a deadly deliver toy a hospital patient in montgomery county. travis suita was charged with drug delivery resulting in death in east norriton yesterday. police say suita made five trips in five days to sianni sell illegal drugs to sierra hadrick. she was receiving none in life threatening treatment at einstein medical center, investigators say it wasn't heroin that killed her but something much worse. >> suita delivered what we later learned was pure fentanyl, 40 to 50 times more deadly then the deadly drug heroin and by delivering this poison, travis suita killed sierra. >> police say suita is fourth person charged in montgomery county for providing a deadly dose of drugs just this year. >>> republican senate leaders are working to pass a so-called skinny repeal of obama care, leadership failed to repeal obama care twice since tuesday their skinny bill proposed yesterday would remove obama care's individual mandates and get rid of the employer mandates and medical device tax. bipartisan group of 10 governors immediately responded by ask

autria: it was a similar scene in montgomery county. people in laytonsville dealing with up to 4.5 inches of rain. down the trees and power lines along with flooding caused problems during the evening commute. three different areas. >> everything is blocked off. they've got one roadblock, the water is high. you don't know how to get to where you need to go. >> i know where i am here. i will just have to walk to my house. autria: that woman had driven to her zoomba class. you can stay connected with stormwatch 7 anywhere you go. grab our free app for weather alerts anytime you need them. a bizarre shooting investigation that caught national attention. larry: a woman who said she lost her baby after being shot at her own gender reveal party was never pregnant. adrianna: really weird here. the woman, who was shot in the leg, claimed to have lost her unborn child as a result of the injury. now she is coming clean, saying she was not pregnant to begin with. 8 people were hurt and one person was killed once an open fire at the party. police c

the weather service issued a flood warning for parts of montgomery and prince george's county until 9:00. we've had some heavy rainmakers coming through. the benefit of that, we haven't had the heat today like we've had. there's another cluster of storms in ohio and pennsylvania and west virginia headed our way for later this evening. first things first, this is the flood warning here, this box in montgomery and northern prince george's county. heavier showers are coming in toward d.c., but under the warning till 9:00 and you got to worry about some streams or creeks that might be getting high after heavy rains yesterday and heavy downpours today, also around laurel and county going until 9:00. we've got rainfall rates upwards of 2 inches an hour, a little lightning on the other side into virginia toward arlington route i-66. i want to show you howard university, downtown, the pentagon. we have a live shot down by the verizon center right now where it is raining at a pretty good clip. it's going to slow you down. we'll come back to the weather computer to show you where this is headed

we have breaking news in montgomery county. two people have been shot. this happened on stuart lane in silver spring after 2:00 this morning. >> investigators say a woman is in serious condition. a man also wounded. no update on his condition. police have not released information on a suspect either. we'll have updates on the nbc washington app as we get them. >>> right now, flights are taking off and landing after a nightmare scenario last night. an evacuation of the fbi -- brought air traffic control to a standstill. >> that left thousands of people stranded with nowhere to go. news 4's justin finch is live at reagan national airport this impacted travelers. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. good news. to many of the stranded passengers, broken up, packed their blankets and made their way to the -- you'll see lots of on-time flights. they're going from the boards here, making their way to the tsa line. that's the best it's been looking for quite some time. the word is progress. it's progressed throughout the morning. flights are com

a shooting investigation under way in montgomery county. >> a haz-mat scare. flights canceled without warning. a lot of people waking up in the airport this morning. >> plus, turning up the heat. you are going to feel the change in the weather when you step outside. it's going to get worse >>> it is 6:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i am eun yang. take a look at the temperatures here. it's 6:00 a.m. and already in the 70s. 76 in washington, d.c. we could see temperatures in the triple digits this week. >> oh, boy. >> we have your news 4 team getting you out the door. >> chuck and sheena on the weather deck. >> good morning. yes, it is nice out here this morning. we are in the 70s. but quickly we will be heating up later. >> we've only had two days this summer 95 or higher. we may be able to add two or three more of those in the next two or three days. outside, sun is already up. it's a good looking sunrise. how hot it's going to be today. red skies all over the place here this morning. 70 in leesburg and front royal. 70 in

breaking news in montgomery county. a home and a police cruiser were destroyed after a fire on haney avenue in damascus. >> justin finch is at the scene right now. justin, tell us what you know about this fire. >> reporter: hey there, aaron. good morning. a delicate operation mere so far. what happened was a police cruiser was on the ground of this house fire. as you can see, it was destroyed by the impact of this fire. making matters worse here. inside of that cruiser, there was live ammo. as this hous i ammo began to explode. neighbors telling us for several minutes, they heard the clap of the ammo in that cruiser. montgomery county firefighters getting the scene under control. take a look at the damage to this one-story house here. as you can see, the front end is completely gutted. black, down to the wood frame of this home here. that damage does extend throughout the home. through that window. a lot of heavy damage in that particular room there. as you mentioned, this fire did break out close to 3:00 a.m. on the bl

but now, officials in montgomery county are saying times have changed. there is a proposal right now between the montgomery county council that would ban animals from performing in circus or any other kind of paid entertainment performance. now, why do they want to do this? why do they want to take this piece of americana, the author democratic councilman george leventhal said he has come to believe that animal don't want to perform and it is inhuman >> circuses can be popular and successful utilizing humans. humans have informed concert. they know what they're doing. an animal cannot consent. >> reporter: turns out includes wild animals in exhibit shows for entertainment purpose that is collect fees, this would include cam else, elephants, bears, primates wildcats, croc dials, snakes. obviously it would affect circuses including circuses like the lewis and clark circus, which you might remember wound up in the news a couple of days ago was one of its cam else bite one of its handlers. councilman leventhal said he got a lot of support. when we went out a

. >>> the coroner is on the scene of a house fire in montgomery county. >> a thrill ride at the ohio state fair breaks a part flinging people into the area, one person is dead, others injured in a horrible spectacle. >>> the mayor in allentown is due in court today charge with corruption for a series of pay to play schemes. >> matt pellman is looking at traffic and david murphy has weather good morning gentlemen. >> reporter: satellite shows you a little bit of cloud cover out there, we are expecting sunny breaks through the day, the humidity levels are going to rise up gradually as the day goes on there's a chance of a pop-up showers or thunderstorm later this afternoon and tonight. temperatures, 64 in trenton. 68 in allentown. 68 in beach haven. 63 in ac. philadelphia, 68. 69 in wilmington. 68 in dover. fairly comfortable conditions with the humidity on the low side. 68 by 7:00. noon, 80. today's high, 86. you don't see it on the map because i think it will happen probably back around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. notice how i am posting a chance of a spotty thunderstorm at 5 and 7:00

problem in montgomery county has been going on an hour and a half now. and we're continuing to see more storms develop over the same region. at the moment, weaker, what looks like a green rope coming out of the montgomery storm and moving south west. that's what's called an outflow boundy. that makes more storms fovrment we have to watch loudoun and fairfax to see if we get anything else. this storm looking weaker now than it did just 30 minute a ago. still raining so hard in gaithersburg that the storm only slowly moving northeast at a few miles an hour. this green area here bordered by montgomery to late o onesville to brookville that is the flash flood warning until 7:15 and we're getting reports of flooding around the leightonsville area. you're getting reports and we got hail large hail in many areas and now problem is heavy water. go shen branch reporting flood at 4:45 montgomery village an as we check the radar estimating how much rain as folen look at the bulls eye around laytonsville and that's with one storm. that's enough to promote that flash

severe thunderstorm warning for north central burlington county in southern new jersey central montgomery county in southeastern pennsylvania southeastern bucks county in southeastern pennsylvania northeastern philadelphia county in southeastern pennsylvania until five thirty pm at four forty nine pm under storm was located over ambler or twelve miles northwest of philadelphia moving is that thirty miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts and quarter size hail source radar indicated impact minor damage to the goals is possible expects damage to trees and power lines locations impacted include philadelphia bensalem ewing norristown norton florence burlington bristol borough ambler jenkintown beverly yardley new town telling town abington langhorne bring nothing idol and feaster bell turbos for your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building in addition to a large hail and damaging winds frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm moved indoors immediately remember if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be struck by lightn

. >>> montgomery police investigating a rash of purse thefts from area schools. investigators say nine different schools and day care facilities were hit in may and june, the suspect stole purses and what's left in unattended classrooms >> angelie hemphill is live with more on this. angelie? >> reporter: these brazen thefts began during the school year and continued into the summer here ats bethesda they say two teachers' purses were stone and used the credit cards to rack up thousands of dollars a the near nearby store >> we know there's a limited amount of time before these female victims realize my purse or wallet is gone. he knows what he's doing. >> reporter: police want to know if you recognize this man. they believe he's responsible for at least four of almost a dozen purse thefts from local schools and day cares. investigators say they began back in may. when school session. but the most recent was on june 29th. 11 teachers at nine different schools from rockville to silver springs to bethesda report having what's or purses stolen from attended classrooms

it's covering a guide good bit innen montgomery county. and it's still covering parts of berks county. now what happened here, we saw a report of wind damage. that's moving to the reading area and that's along the particular line. that's some damage in alty township. we're still seeing heavy rain. this is north hampton. so bucks county is still getting pounded. this finally got the heavy thunderstorm past reading. and so there's more of that moving past. these are the various warnings that are in effect across the area. and one in berk. s county until 8:30. this is southeastern beucks county. this is a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 for parts of bucks county. and montgomery county. so we have a pretty significant storm system here. and we have been looking at the velocity mode to see if we have the winds going in different directions to indicate some kind of circulation. so that was the basis for the tornado warning that was issued a little after 5:00. it's still in the 90s in delaware without a drop of rain. 90s in south jersey wi

if you work in montgomery county, you could soon be making more money. there's a push to increase the mim wage in the county. >> justin finch is live in rockville with how soon it might happen. justin, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, eun. good morning. if in measure passes, it will not be happening overnight. instead, montgomery county would ease into a $15 minimum wage over the next few years. you may recall, the county council has been in this position before considering a $15 minimum wage by the year 2020. they each have support from the national group fight for 15 campaign. they were behind this as well. this was last up for vote in january. but county executive ike leggett businesses in montgomery county uneasy. now the proposal we now know is back with a revised plan to get businesses with fewer workers until 2022 to hit that target. the sponsor of the bill, if it goes up today, rather once it goes up today, it will be on this agenda for this afternoon. back to you. >> justin finch, like in rockville for us. thank you. >>> we did a quick surv

. >>> right now there is a special event going on in montgomery county. it's to celebrate the life and legacy of maddy step anec. maddie's mom is calling today's event the 2017 peace day party. she's signing copies of maddie's books and there are music and face painting and a bouncy house for kids. business and elected leaders are also attending. maddie's mom says she would like to see this event expand to a national day of peace. >> maddy only lived 13 years. maddy's been gone almost as long as he was here and look at this. his message is growing. people want peace. people need peace. >> maddy created seven best-selling books of poetry and complications from a neuromuscular disease. this afternoon's event was put on by the maddy stepanek foundation which was created to continue his message of peace and hope. >> conservative commentator anne coulter lashing out on delta and how the airline is responding to the controversy. >>> three, two, one. [ cheers and applause ] >> and see how a local community is paying tribute to a swim coach who made such a hundre

we had trees down on brink road in montgomery village.his is a 1 in 10 storm that sort of parked itself over montgomery county and prompted us to issue a yellow warning. it's still 90 outside right now, feels like 93. winds out of the south at about 11. early isolate heavy storm and then muggy tonight. morning temperatures, 72 to 84. that's 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. 84 by 9 a.m. hot tomorrow with a few more storms, probably the best chance for storm very hot thursday through sunday, temperatures, not heat index, 93 to 100. 93 tomorrow, 94 wednesday, 96 thursday and 97 on friday and saturday. future cast, by tonight we'll see a couple leftover showers and by tomorrow morning we're in pretty good shape. a few upper 60s, 68 in fredrick and 74 downtown. upper 70s to 80s in the evening and a couple sprinkles possible, but a better chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. again, those that develop could be heavy. 70s to start. 85 by 11:00 and 89, almost 90 by 1 p.m. isolated storm on wednesday, 94. isolated storm on thursday, 96. you'll notice a patter

if you've seen her, you're asked to call montgomery county police. we know now a fire at a popular restaurant is, in fact, arson. the fire at coconut charleys was intentionally set friday morning . it caused $200,000 in damage. investigators are now trying to determine who set this fire. we do know a firefighter was injured after fallin off a ladder while fighting the fire. no word on . one person is dead following an early morning house fire in woodbridge. the fire was discovered along the burnt home just before six this morning. the police department is assisting in determining exactly how that person died. to t fairfax where the search continues for this man. both women were attacked within minutes of each other at wells fargo in fairfax. both incidents were caught on camera as well as as crystal clear image of the suspect ts case. the same man is also responsible for stealing money out of a grocery store cash register earlier that day. russia is taking a hard line against proposed sanctionsment the order from vladimir putin that will force hundre

we have an update from investigators we'll have a live report from montgomery county. >> new this morning, a man is facing charges for attacking a septa police officer. you see the video there, what we've learned about the suspect's past. >>> after a few comfortable days, the heat returns and accuweather is tracking possible showers. >> hope you enjoyed yesterday is the bottom line. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: the sticky stuff will rear it's head once again. >> reporter: it does look like it will come back and we could have a late day storm, too. we have a bit of cloud cover out there this morning. we expect the cloud cover to hang with us with sunny breaks. 67 in philadelphia. in allentown we're at 67, as well. 71 in wilmington, 71 cape may. humidity is on the low side it will come up as the day goes on. the temperature will rise, too. 68 degrees by 7:00. noon, 80. 85 degrees with a high of 86 we'll hit that at 4:00 p.m. you can see how i'm posting afternoon spotty showers and thunderstorms. not everybody will see these, but thos

heavier rains now across montgomery county. nobody compared to earlier today with drenching downpour that led to a total of four inches. right now upper marlboro looking at the heavy rain at this time. widen the view out a bit. to the west of thus is on the way. there is heavy rain by midnight. it will continue through the early morning hours and for that we head to brian van de graaff.

we've got breaking news out of montgomery county.se an police car have both gone up in flames. this happened on haney avenue up in damascus right around 4:00 this morning. that police cruiser parked out in front of the home reports from the scene say ammunition inside the car was exploding. the fire is now out. one person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhal inhalation. >> deadly shooting today -- yesterday outside the world's holiest sites the temple mount in the olde city of jerusalem. officials say three terrorists attacked a group of people near the entrance of the temple. three of those people were hurt. police responded quickly and shot and killed the three gunmen. >> pennsylvania man who has confessed to killing four missing young men and burying their bodies in a grave on his family's farm have told reporters "i'm story." officials say 20-year-old cosmo dinardo selling the victims' marijuana before the murders which police say occurred separ separately. >> 5:15 is our time. checking in with mike thomas for outer loop fo

montgomery county, prince george's county, arlington, fairfax. i would just say home. it is just not looking good out there. the national weather service -- flash flooding will continue to occur in the next few hours. we've already had some reports, especially near harrisonburg. but through the overnight hours, downed trees and power lines, that's going to be possible too. tomorrow morning is going to be rather gusty. imagine all the soil kind of drenched. it will turn to mush. that's enabling trees to fall over. when does it get out of here. not anytime soon. tonight is a washout. tomorrow we are going to see the showers continue and slowly gets out of here by tomorrow afternoon. more so into the evening hours. so count on tomorrow not looking good for outdoor plans. even if the rain starts to get cloudy and cooler than you're used to for late july. i was just checking the airport delays. there's a lot of them and some cancellations at reagan international. this storm is not moving. it was moving at 15 miles an hour to the northeast and now it's not. flash flood warni

montgomery county police say he's from germantown.was last seen on tuesday by family members at their home on leather bark way. they're concerned about his emotional welfare. >> prince george's county police have identified a murder victim. we've been covering this all week. santos morales' body was dumped in riverdale sunday morning. >>> a chep oipotle customer tes positive for norovirus. the health department says more than 60 people became ill after it closed tuesday for cleaning. it's now back open. >>> 6:34 right now. we turn to northern virginia where a handyman is accused of a crime against children. >> the man is accused of sexually assaulting children while working in their homes. fairfax county police arrested the man yesterday. he's accused of assaulting at least three children in the last several years ranging from 4 to 11 years old. palma came into contact with the children while working as an independent contractor. >> even in some cases while parents were elsewhere in the home and palma was around the home, it's alleged

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains why.for decades, visitors have had to clear security at the montgomery county district and circuit courthouses in downtown rockville. today the county council building followed suit. opening two check points. all other building entrances now closed to the public. >> it's good. >> mabel smith didn't mind walking through a metal deck techor while her -- detector while her bag traveled through machine. >> airport beefed up security. i'm not offended. kevin: this comes amid a tumultuous political climate that generated a recent spike in county hate crimes. many councilmembers received threats after the rockville high school rape case made global headlines in march. i think they are responding to done certains about that. >> they spent $300,000 on security equipment and construction. and plans to shell out 600 grand each year in staffing. banned items are guns,inis, explosives, mace,sy czars ands tasers to -- scissors and tasers to name a few. >> it's annoying. we go through the security in cou

on day two in montgomery county, tordil shot three people at the montgomery mall in bethesda, killing one. he also shot and killed a woman in aspen hill. three killed, another three injured. the wife of victim mike win fell looked tordil in the eyes in court today saying, "we never think of you. today, god willing, you will be officially irrelevant." >> miss molina fought for her life. she wrestled the glasses off the face of mr. tordil. when she died she died with his glasses in her hand. the glasses were later linked to him as well as his d.n.a. found on those glasses. kevin: tordil declined to speak today at the sentencing hearing. the public defender serving him in the case saying his remorse and sorrow." but to recap eulalio tordil sentenced to life in prison without parole. live at circuit court in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. some of you first heard of the tordil sentence through an abc7 breaking news alert. you can sign up for those, they are instant updates. you can find them at wjla.com/text. president trump: it's going very well. we've had some

that's right, police still here in montgomery county, police still sort of processing this scene.nvassing, taking photographs and just kind of looking around the house. they tell us that a 21-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday. the circumstances are a bit unusual. they say they got a 911 call just before 10 o'clock from someone inside this home in the forest glen area of silver spring. the caller reportd that a suspect had that entered the home and shot the victim a it's unclear right now whether the victim lived at this house or if he was just visiting but when police got here, they found the 21-year-old man upstairs suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to a hospital where sadly he did pass away. so, right now still very early on in the investigation. it looks like they're sort of doing a shift change at this point possibly also waiting for some daylight so that they can get a good glimpse of what's going on around this home but that's all we know right now. as soon as we get more information we'll bring that to you. that's the latest from silver spring. back to y