nancy chen, abc 7 news. u.n: nancy, thank i'm here now with stormwatch 7 meteorologist steve rudin. we have been talking about irma for days and days. steve: seems like forever. alison: it does come especially for those affected. where is it right now? sight,the end is in about five miles southwest of columbus, georgia. it is lifting to the northwest at 15 miles per hour. brand-new 11:00 update, the major chains come it is now a tropical depression, 35 mile-per-hour wind, wind gusts up to 45. it will eventu deteriorate and turn into just a rainmaker for tennessee. our weather tomorrow, the clouds will stick around, but most of the rain will hold off until late tomorrow evening, into the overnight tomorrow. the highest tomorrow, a little below average. mid-70's for most of us. lower 70's further to the west. we will talk about what we expect as far as the rain, and watching another hurricane, this one jose. when we see the track him cut you will say, what is going on with this thing? more coming up. jonathan:

nancy chen has the latest. nancy: the police say they need more tips. friends and family of laura wallen continue their mission to find the four-month pregnant schoolteacher. they searched across colombia not far fromolney, where her car was found late last week. investigators continue to search for clues. people are posting notes, pictures, and laying flowers at her home as the police investigate this is a missing persons case. wallen was last seen in olney september 4. there is a $25,000 reward from the family leads to find her. jonathan: you can sign up for breaking news text alerts at our website, just go to wjla.com /text. alison: meanwhile, present time for two men convicted of stealing guns from virginia stores. they stole 35 some way automatic guns from a store in chantilly in march. the whole thing was caught on tape. each of them will spend five years in prison. they were also involved in the attempted gun theft in fredericksburg. jonathan: high tech swiping thousands by placing skimmers on a fredericksburg bank's atm. bank.appened at this bb&

nancy chen has an update. power has been restored to 5 million people but 18% are still in the dark at this hour. florida ports are open and that the police supplies and the food and water are now coming in. the goal is to keep everyone to do everything we can to rescue anybody in need. nancy: members of virginia task force one tweeting out these pictures. searching for survivors the team says they also rescued an injured woman. the red cross says 19,000 people are still in shelters in florida. at this point combine donations red cross for hurricane harvey and irma topped $300 million. at the "live desk," nancy chen. back to you. larry: thank you. happening now, typhoon slamming to several regions of vietnam. four people have been kill and ten others injured. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. the storm dumping heavy rain, causing flooding and bringing wind for the ripped off roofs. thousands of the homes alison: at home we have questions about where hurricane jose will be heading and it could threaten

buildingstire collapsing, people trapped i jonathan: nancy chen has the latebreaking developments. these are tragic images coming in. nancy: this is truly a horrific situation. this shows how close the epicenter was to the densely populated mexico city. people are dead, and that number is expected to rise. videos posted on social media shows just how strong the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was. inside, ceiling lights sway uncontrollably, and at an office building people run for cover. outside, buildings rocking so hard that glass falls. building's reduced to rubble, rescue workers racing inside this building, rushing a woman to safety. another woman covered in dust is carried away on a stretcher. >> i would not be surprised to see a lot of deaths. nancy: hit just after 2:00 eastern, less than 100 miles from mexico city. >> mexico city is the worst possible area for an earthquake. the soil magnifies the shaking by more than a factor of 100 or more. nancy: many residents are without electricity as the country begins to assess the earthquake's toll. this comes on the anniversary of a deadl

nancy chen, abc 7 news.ison: meanwhile, only on 7, wife's admission after her husband died in a hit-and-run crash on i-95. she is searching for the driver who left him to die as she battles cancer. now without her longtime caretaker. tim barber with her heartbreaking plea for help. tim: shaler taylor wants to find the person who killed her husband. >> i pray for that , and i pray that they will have the strength to come forward. tim: the hit and run crash on i- 95 happened in dumfries on august 28. >> thinking somebody just left him there like that tears me up at night. tim: they met during her junior year in high school. >> he had a good heart. tim: and she instilled those values and their boys. >> he always told the boys that and we haveprincess to protect her and love her, so if i'm not here, boys, you are in charge. >> he tried to do the best for everybody. tim: the 47-year-old was also taking care of cheryl, who has cancer. >> even when i lost him i hear and i was sick, he would always kiss me on my fou

at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. larry: thank you.a cigar that wasn't put out properly is to blame for a house fire in haymarket. one man had minor injuries but it cost half a million in damage. alison: one of two girls accused of slashing a classmate to impress horror man is going to plead guilty. she will remain a mental hospital. they will advice hour long she will be in treatment and the codefendant already pleaded guilty. larry: only on 7 tonight. stunning video showing a prince george's county patrol officer wrestling on the ground with a suspect in hill department is raising the officer for showing incredible restraint and the commander spoke with mike carter-conneen outside the police headquarters in hyattsville. mike? >> this has been viewed by 65,000 people shared merely 600 times. the police say it happened sunday, amidst the shopping center around 2:30 p.m. >> p.g. police are commanding the patrol officer seen in the footage wrestling with the suspect trying to make a trespassing arrest. >> when we have video like this. it

nancy: i'm nancy chen at the "live desk." we are following a shooting at an office building. it's just outside the beltway. if you know the area it's also near fairfax plaza. far from the area. police officers and the first responders are responding to reports of a shooting at an office building. there are med cam office buildings in the area -- medical office buildings in the area. we have a crew on the scene. we will follow this and bring you the latest developments when wet get them. larry: thank you. we are tracking maria now. maria stays off the east coast. the powerful winds. high surf and the strong rip current. the visitors are warned to stay out of the water. alison: maria has been hammering the outer banks. justin hinton is live tonight. we talked to you last night. how does today compare to yesterday? justin: yeah, it is a lot worse today as far as the wind is concerned. we are not experiencing the rain like yesterday. that wind is kicking up. prevent some people from staying away from the water. there was a group out here that was in the water not long ago. one of