reporting live in rockville, nathan baca, abc7 news.arry: developing now an island in portugal undergoing a mourning period after 12 people for crushed to death by a tree at a popular religious festival in port gal. accident happened in the island of madera biggest annual festival. more than 50 others were hurt. the island government declared three days of mourning for the victim. alison: a similar scene in new york after a tree fell in central park injuring a woman and three children. witnesses say they heard a cracking sound. the tree came crashing down seconds later. two of the kids were in a stroller. one was in a baby carrier. the woman briefly lost consciousness but all of their injuries are con larry: overcast day today but doug is telling us it will start warming up. that is on the way quickly. alison: what is next? doug: we see sunshine break out in the local area. sunshine streaming in the windows here for the first time in arlington and down the river at national harbor. a lot of blue skies and the sunshine. with that, even t

nathan baca, abc7 news. >> thank you. harvey will come ashore hundreds to mails from the area. the effects are felt here. all flights in and out of corp pus kristen are canceled and this has a ripple effect across the country. >> i'm trying to get home so i can get supplies. my son says the shelves are empty. nancy: they are allowing passengers to change reservations for free. jonathan: hurricane harvey impacts the gas prices. the map and the dots reflect the oil refineries and the offshore oil rig fill up your tank this weekend, hundreds of oil rig in the gulf will shut down to push up the price at the pump. there are a lot of them in the storm's path. maybe ten to 30 crepts is what we can expect -- 30 cents is what we can expect to see go up. dogs and cats rive at a early shelter by the truckload. they heard animals are euthanized at a stepped up pace. the hue main society said they heard of the report of euthanizations but they can't confirm it. >> this is a second chance for a truckload of puppy, dogs and cats. arriving at the last chance animal rescue in waldorf. >> i feel

nathan: i'm nathan baca. the purple line rail will run through the silver spring lawn row -- silver spr nancy: new information tonight about plans to build a purple line. the georgetown branch trail will close next tuesday as part of the project. the trail will be closed for four to five years between wood mont avenue in siller is spring -- silver spring. larry: business owners along the path of the purple line face a deadline. mauve or close up shop. the government watchdog nathan baca shows us how the business owners believe they are getting short changed through imminent domain. >> the first building to be demolished for the future purple line empty storage shed. down the line, the businesses. livelihood all stand in the path of >> often very little money. >> the restaurant has been in silver spring 17 years. 20 people work there. >> i don't know what i will do with all of them. >> the purple line may not be complete until 2022 but the business owners need to make a choice now. decide by august 31 to move

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nathan baca, abc7 news. jonathan: mayor bowser unveiling the circulator buss with the clean diesel technician to improve and -- reduce emissions and improve reliability. they cost $600,000 each. not cheap. but a second wave of the d.c. circulator buses expected this fall and those will be electric. those cost more. $1 million apiece. alison: today marks ten year since this happened. the i-35 bridge collapse in minneapolis. 13 people died. another 145 were hurt when the span just fell in the mississippi river. the national transportation safety board cited a design flaw as the cause of the collapse. jonathan: no one likes to look in the rear-view mirror and see flashing lights. we have seen pursuits and it ends when the officer does a bold move. they push the car out of the way. they practice that move. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg takes us along on the p.i.t. ma neurotraining. jeff: when the police officer uses the p.i.t. maneuver primary consideration. >> deciding whether they think the dang

reporting live in rockville, nathan baca, "7 on your side." michelle: great service there, nathan. thank you. still ahead at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- getting ready to go back to school with a little bit of help. >> i'm talking to law enforcement. pretty awesome. >> student and an officer paired to get back to school shopping done. the friendship forged and unlikely things they have in common ahead. >> document dump by the ntsb. the new information we now know about last year's silver spring apartment explosion still ahead. nancy: then new at 5:00, what is under the water? where the mysterious object was found and why plans to try to figure out what it is are being postponed tonight announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: new at 4:00, a year after the deadly silver spring apartment explosion, federal investigators releasing new information from their work. kevin lewis has been following the case since the beginning and he is live for us at the scene with a report. new pictures. what have you been able to uncover? kevin: well the ntsb is not identifying

i'm nathan baca. enough scam going around and "7 on your side" has the alert.lison: coming up new at 5:00, months after instituting a new digital way for residents to get the neighborhood parking passes, montgomery county is reversing course. find out why and what you will do now when i join you here at 5:00. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. virginia attorney general says there is a rise in scams for the purebred puppies. michelle: sc up websites claiming to sell puppies that don't exist. "7 on your side" nathan baca talked to the attorney general and shows us what we need to know before we buy a puppy. as pet owners ourselves, you know all it takes is the puppy dog eyes to break you in. nathan: it's hart-breaking to think about this. there are two websites highlighted and we are told a growing number of spans. there are red flags to spot. we will show you. treasure yorkies and marvel chihuahua are s

nathan baca is live after speaking to vugna friends and supporters and prosecutors in this case. nathan? nathan: the courtroom was packed with three dozen family members and vigna. they were wearing the shirts here that say "vigna strong." but a judge says that john vigna is the destroyer of children's souls. he was a long of time teacher, elementary school teacher at cloverly elementary school. he was convicted in june for sexually abusing four girls. they were in third grade at the time. he made a last-minute plea for leniency asking to take his life experience as a teacher, coach, father into account. judge could have sentenced him to 80 years in prison. unstead he was sentenced to 48 years in. >> he has been wrongly convicted. >> some of the kids are having emotionally hard times. really emotionally hard times. a tough time sleeping. , is about suicide -- issues about suicide. >> one of the fathers of the victims pointed his finger at vigna blaming him for troubles that his daughter was going through. it was very emotional in court. reporting live in rockville, nathan baca, ab

here is "7 on your side" reporter nathan baca. >> "7 on your side." than: the phones never stopped ringing during the two hours "7 on your side" phone bank for the american red cross. for personal. she is from houston. >> i am very grateful that my parents and my family are all dry and safe. my dad is working a lot for city of houston. he works for the power company. this is heartbreaking. this is where i grew up, where we used to play. and to see that much water is unreal. >> the entire "7 on your side" team partnered with iheart radio personalities to get the water out. every dollar donated helps. >> maybe do it in honor of your kid you get to come home to tonight or the warm bed you get to sleep in when so many don't have it now. >> the national capital region of the american red cross says money, not donated supplies is the best way to rush help where it is needed. >> we are feeding people, providing them shelter and helping them in the recovery which is going to be quite long. we are going to be at this for weeks, months a the fema administrator i

nathan baca, abc7 news. alison: a big boost today for the national hisser are park. ben cardin and chris van hollen says they are giving the park $100,000 grant for upkeep and repairs to be match by another grant from three other groups. larry: two big jackpots for folks playing the powerball and the mega millions. tonight it's up to $307 million. on friday, the mega millions million. alison: so how would you like to spend time in the house the donald grew up in? you can rent president trump's childhood home in queens, new york, through airbnb. the five bedroom house was built by trump's father. sold in march. three and a half bathrooms, room for meetings to hold 20 guests who stay there. it will cost you $725 a night. larry: but i have to have the cardboard cutout in my room. otherwise the deal is off. can't do it. all right. new tonight. hats off at the loudoun county schools. we have confirmed the board revised the dress code again to not allow high school students to wear hats inside the classroom. this reverses aune decision that let them wear hats. there are ex

reporting live in rockville, nathan baca, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. also new tonight, new developments of a former d.c. police officer accused of paying a teen for he used social media and offered to pay for sex. he could face life in prison. larry: they are 13 and 14 and killed a man after asking for money and then killing a man when he didn't have it. brad bell has more. brad: this happened at a park where tonight you can see the people are here practicing cricket. a park where children play. in fact, in this case, as you said the killers themselves children. in his mugshot, the 14-year-old boy appears wide-eyed. he is 5 feet tall. 130 pounds. his name elias portillo. he is charged with first-degree murder. it's alleged that in the adelphi park on july 27, portillo and h homeless man after a failed robbery attempt. >> the suspects approached the victim. and demanded money from him. the victim did not comply with that. at that time, is when the victim was fatally stabbed. brad: the man's body found in a wooded area off the foot path in adelphi park.

nathan baca in the " side" help center. and incredible show of support so far. one lines are ringing. that is a good sign. so many people need so much help. nathan: the phone won't stop ringing here. 703-236-9220. again, 703-236-9220. i am joined by ally jacobs with the partner here 987. you have seen the phones ringing. >> this makes me feel hopeful. this is a horrible situation. i have been feeling guilt. i want to be there. i know you feel the same way. you want to do something. call to donate and help. 703-236-9220. one of the things that especially with the powerful to me is stuck with me is heartbreaking, seeing a mother caring her -- carrying her baby. nathan: or the senior citizens in the retirement home. america's o sunday water. america's capital city is here to help. the phone number is 703-236-9220. the phones continue to ring. you can get through to the phone lines. 703-236-9220. every little bit helps. you know what? we will need the help for weeks and months ahead. we will continue here in the phone bank. michelle: it's great to see the show of sup

northeastin washington, nathan baca, abc 7 news.gency labor six weeks early. and the only person who could save her was her 10-year-old son. ashley says her husband had just left work. as she was using the rest room, water broke. she says she looked down and saw the baby's feet hanging out. adult nearby to help, she turned to 10-year-old jayden to save the baby's life and her own. >> he said -- he just like took a deep breath and he was like, okay, mom. tell me what i need to do and it.l do like he didn't even look scared. >> i wasn't even thinking. i was amazed. i didn't know what was going on. of the, here's the rest story. minutes after jayden pulled the walked in to do the rest. doctors at the hospital said if jayden hadn't helped, both the and his mother would have died. >> oh, my goodness! well, there's a future doctor for you. there. >> absolutely. no question at all. for him! congratulations to that family. all right. well, let's go ahead and talk weather. another active friday night. >> just like last week. here, thetting r