still some wet streets here northwest washington. live view from our tower camera. a cool morning with drying pavement. mild afternoon. then may get wet again. later this afternoon as we have a chance of some thunderstorms coming through. likely this afternoon as those storms come through we won't get any severe weather. but some downpours with maybe some thunder and lightning. that's going to be mid to late afternoon. now let's check on the friday morning commute. melissa, what's happening? >> some of the roads are wet as you're talking about this morning, tom. wide look at things, beltway looking quite good. still have this issue again, scaggsville, 95 south at scaggsville road. you can see the right shoulder is taken up. as long as they get out of the way here that crash out of the way in the next little bit it shouldn't pose any real problem for anybody this morning. 95 in general in maryland overall looking good in green. same thing at b.w. parkway. no major issues but remember we do have this in frederick county westbound 40 at pleasant walk road, that is shut

alison: we have some breaking news just coming to us out of northwest washington this afternoon where an arrest has been made in the donovan hotel murder. david messerschmitt was found dead inside of a hotel room earlier this month, and police confirm the person charged is a woman. but they did not identify the suspect. abc 7 is working all angles of this story and we'll bring you new information tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. leon: all right. coming up ahead here on abc 7 news at 6:00 tonight, new life for d.c.'s streetcar project. new plans unveiled by mayor muriel bowser weeks after it appeared that project was going to be scra plus a first-hand look at the moments after a disaster. what we're seeing from a police body camera moments after tornado ripped a home apart. plus for the first time in seven years, a u.s. senator has been indicted. the accusations against senator robert menendez coming your way here at 6:00. alison: all right. first, another check of our weather. lovely day today but changes are coming. leon: as usual. see anything good right? doug: sure. spring has sprung

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. leon: thanks suzanne. major step up for the white house. new measures in the works now after several fence jumping incidents. just this morning the u.s. commission of fine arts approved a plan to add anti-climb features on top of the white house fence. those features reportedly steel spikes 1/2 inch long. >> won't be a house anymore. the idea of the house is the home where the president lives and he's in town with all of the -- his -- all the americans, all of the tourists, everyone feels welcome here. leon: last september, omar gonzalez armed with a knife was able to make it over the fence at the white house and into the east room. a month later, another man climbed the north fence and was immediately taken into custody by secret service there. at least one government agency knew about doug hughes' plans of trying to deliver those letters to members of congress. coming up at 5:30 we will take a look at just how he was still able to get so close to capitol dome. alison? alison: maryland state police are in

sam: in northwest washington sam ford abc 7 news. alison: what an interesting interview. leon: i'm telling you. bless her heart. all right, still ahead here at 4:00, how a sheriff's office in tulsa, oklahoma is making changes after a reserve deputy alison: the maryland woman charged in the disappearance of her two children appeared in court today. she has been in a mental health facility undergoing treatment. leon: and the search continues for her children. they've been missing since september. jeanette reyes was there for the court hearing. jeanette: it was supposed to be another day in court for the case. and inside of the courtroom, it was that way. but outside emotions ran high. this morning's status hearing was short. the district judge asking for an update on her mental competency. seven months after her toddlers went missing, her attorneys say doctors believe she is still not competent to stand trial although she is showing signs of improvement. the prosecution and defense attorneys did spend much of the time going back and forth about evidence that has not yet bee

when the suspect was captured after a shootout in northwest washington. when she returned the next morning to get her car, she found a ticket for an expired meter. >> i cannot get my car or possessions. and they have the nerve to give me a ticket? they should be sending me a letter of apology. kellye: she is in the process of getting the ticket nullified. a major effort to improve driving conditions in the district gets underway. ddot has begun working on traffic signals at over 600 intersections downtown. a will adjust the timing of the signals to reduce the length of time that driver stop at red lights, expected to continue through the month of may. and get ready for changes to your facebook feed. company says they did not what you do miss updates from your friends, so they are making changes to be sure they are higher up in the newsfeed. change comes after criticism the social network's last update made it harder to keep up with friends. coming up -- social insecurity. 7 on your side i-team reporter joce sterman got dozens of social security numbers an

conversations] >> host: some of the sights and sounds of among tenth street in northwest -- northwest washington you on this historic evening? just go after spending a lifetime researching a bram lincoln. it a bram lincoln was not only our greatest president of one of the greatest americans who ever lived and he still lives today as a great example of how to live, how to do politics in several countries country so it's very important that tonight we remember not just lincoln who was shot tonight. tonight is a night at like to remember the living and the sources of the greatness and what he did for the american people. i would say don't remember april 14 and 15th just as his assassination in death. remember who he was in life and what lessons he teaches us. >> host: james wants in the book sub for sub live "manhunt" the 12-day chase for lincoln's killer a >> so soon after you in the end at the work. >> a real tragedy. all the celebration and excitement that we were expecting at the end of the war and gone and instead. >> do you have any idea which direction he was headed? >> i couldn't say. i saw

in northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. kimberly: a record gift for the smithsonian's national museum of natural history. they received $13 million. it is the largest educational gift in the museum's history. whitney also donated a gem on display at the museum. a new stamp honoring maya angelou features a quote that is not hers. "a bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." the line is actually attributed to another point. the forever stamp features and oil portrait of maya angelou. the author come up for what, and civil rights activist died last may at the age of 86. ahead -- big boosts for the blossoms. how long d.c. will benefit from the tour is him. -- from the tourism. and the forecast is coming u kimberly: we cannot get enough of the weather today. tomorrow? eileen: even better, less wind and warmer. it will be a little cool in the morning, but great outdoors. not only at the tidal basin, but people were also at the winery. we have a weatherbug camera at the there'll local winery. be

police looking for someone who killed a man in northwest washington. it happened on butternut street northwest around 2:00 a.m. you can see police pretty much shut down the area according to officers whoever they are searching for shot two people one in the chest, one in the leg. the man with the chest injury died. the other recovering in the hospital. >> people in india raid for victims of deadly earthquake. 34 people in india killed in the quake and its aftershocks. india sent a military aircraft to nepal with medical equipment and relief teams. united states will send a million dollars in aid to nepal following earthquake. more than 2100 people have died thousands more hurt. magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit outside the capital of kathmandu. kelly cobiella live at the london bureau with more on the massive cleanup effort. really kelly, a deteriorating situation. >> good morning. more strong aftershocks this morning have triggered more avalanches on mt. everest. kathmandu, more building falling down. images of people people from the debris pulled out aliv

david's body was found in a room at the doniphan hotel in northwest washington. we have details on the arrest. who is this woman? >> last week 21-year-old jamyra gallmon was charged with murder. today, her roommate was also arrested, 19-year-old dominique johnson is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. >> i just think it is crazy. >> tony johnson lives next door to the women. >> they were relatively quiet people. they were nice neighbors. >> police have not said exactly what they think johnson's role was. court documents say that david messerschmitt, a married attorney who lived on capitol hill had tried to solicit men on craigslist. gallmon allegedly posed as a man with the intention of robbing her. court records indicate that gallmon and johnson were taken to court by their landlord in southeast. it ended march 24, after the february murder, but before gallmon's arrest last week. leon: ok, tom, new at 11:00, a severe weather outbreak of texas to west virginia. several tornadoes touched down in kansas in the last hour. a possible tornado damaged homes and

reporting from northwest washington, sam ford. maureen: a parent charged with child abuse will not face jail time. ere locked inside this room and lived in phil, fed through that makeshift gate you see on the left side of your screen. the couple was charged in december with three counts of child abuse. the three children are now in foster care. the parents are on probation but are allowed to visit the children and could someday give them back. an arrest in the shooting death of an inspiring d.c. wrapper. he was filming a rap video when he was shot to death on wednesday. police say they have arrested -- he is charged with murder. police are investigating a motive. a close call for an elderly couple in arlington. the driver crashed into a concrete wall and a parking garage, leaving the car hanging from the second floor. this was in the 42nd hundred block of four mile run drive. the passengers were unhurt. an emotional reunion in norfolk today. a sailor sees his family after 66 days lost at sea. lewis jordan went fishing in january.

kimberly suiters is live in northwest washington. heartbreak is being felt at home. kimberly: kellye, washington is such an international city, you don't have to go far to find people who are terribly worried about loved ones two oceans away. two bouquets left on the steps of the embassy of nepal in northwest. and a nepalese restaurant, as people who have family members still in kathmandu. >> i try to call my family. kimberly: he finally connected via facebook and read about their desperate escape from rock ing buildings. >> they were running out of the building and they'll most broke their legs. kimberly: while many are relieved, he has close to 100 friends still missing, including the wife and child of his coworker, who is deaf. he thanked us for our concern and said he is not afraid they won't be found. the losses extend beyond the people. there are aging structures ruined that can never be replaced. >> it's really troubling troubling. cannot even say how devastated i am. kimberly: and it may be more devastating as the full death toll and the damage come into view

embassy plans on add a 6-foot fence around its embassy row campus on massachusetts avenue in northwest washingtonnce will be attractive and compatible with the building. pope plan sisfrancised is scheduled to visit philadelphia new york and washington during his five day visit. >>> and as many of you observe holy puigweek it seems you like the new leader. 55% of americans think highly of pope francis. among catholics, more than 70% view him in a positive light. popen francis ranks highly overhead pope benedict. the same poll back in 2013 showed only 30% americans had positive thoughts toward him and the latest leader ranks up with therewith pope john paul. >>> 6:51. and we can take a look at this picture all day long. beautiful colors on display there. tom, no clouds in the sky really to speak of this morning. a spring day you would hope for. >> these are the days we were pining for just two days ago. it's here but we're not pining for the pollen. it is back. pollen starting on get swirling around here with a little bit of a wind thorn. live view from the capital camol camera looking at union sta

i took this picture in northwest washington. tomorrow cloudy cooler, highs 50s. maybe a sprinkle and drizzle. fog and drizzle on thursday. mild friday maybe afternoon and evening thunder showers. great weather for the weekend on outdoor activities on saturday sunday highs in the out of. >>> breaking news once again have the problem. the water main break in alexandria it is closed on route 1 at forest place north and south. all lanes blocked. police will push you to hieyland, pole and frye. take a look here have the crash branch avenue and silver hill road. that popped up about a half hour ago. it is sticking around. a new crash here oxen hill road and kirby road. wide look at things no major problems. erg everything is nice and green. 270 and old hundred gets a little slow but no major issues. >> thank you. >>> you can raise your glass today as it is national beer day. it's an unofficial holiday but it's recognized by beer lovers everywhere. 82 years ago today, president roosevelt signed an act that allowed americans to legally drink beer again after 13 years. a

you're looking northbound from northwest washington into southern montgomery county.these clouds will be gaining a little bit of height and thickness as we go through the remainder of the day. current temperatures mid to upper 50s. we'll gradually reach to the low and mid-60s. 356 o'clock, 4:00, there will be a chance for a few hit-and-miss scattered showers. a better chance in the higher terrain north and west but can't rule out a quick shower around town. next time i see you, we'll talk about that seven-day forecast. >>> a new poll finds most americans support same-sex marriage. quinnipiac university surveyed more than 1300 registered voters across the country. 58% of them said they support same-sex marriage. 34% said they oppose it. the numbers are out one day before the supreme court hears four same-sex marriage cases. >>> right now people are already lining up at the supreme court to hear those cases. the justices will hear arguments tomorrow. the court will basically decide two questions -- does the constitution require states to license a marriage between two p

. >>> no one was hurt when a man hole cover exploded in northwest washington. said a flooded manhole caused some electrical wires to short. they didn't report any power outages to us. all southbound lanes on 14th are open. >>> a new app could help your kids find and research scholarships to college. it won first prize at the university of maryland's business competition. it was developed by a group of students from drexel university and it's called skoaly. it was chaired by under armour ceo plank. >> they produce some good people. smart. >> i would say so. >> i'm just putting that out there. >>> all right. 6:11 right now. let's go to chuck bell and check your forecast. >> all right, sunrise in ten minutes from now. already a lot of early morning color in our eastern sky. a couple of fair weather clouds as well. the big story of the day is how much colder it is compared to how mild we have been recently. we have dropped to 36 in gaithersburg and dulles 41 in reston town center. you'll need an extra layer of warmth on your way out the door this morning. keep your

census bureau to northwest washington. one person in custody two people shot, including a d.c. police sergeant. tom roussey has an update. tom: leon, it was a long series of events, the police still on the scene where this has been shut down for a number of hours. this all-star it -- this all started with a domestic kidnapping. it goes to the census bureau, where the guard was shot after he approached the car. then the car comes back in to do the district, there is a big police chase, and this is where it ended. the car in the distance, where the police were finally able to stop it just before 12 street, on h street. this is video from earlier this evening. this is where the final shootout was. the sergeant was conscious when transported, the suspect was also shot and conscious when he was transported from here. as far as the woman who he initially kidnapped the police say they have located her. as far as we know, she is ok. that is the latest on h street which is still shut down at this hour. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: it was a terrifying ordeal that was all too real for s

their ceremony took place at the intersection of seventh and eighth streets northwest washington. the figure skaters exchanged "i do's" while the light was red. >> my mom says it's crazy to be out in the middle of the street. she couldn't resist. alison: the couple came up with the idea after roy forgot to schedule the marriage ceremony with the judge. he said he wanted to give his new bride something she would never forget. leon: thinking outside the box. still ahead, a gorgeous day for the nationals home opener. alison: and the change that you leave behind at the airport add up to a big chunk leon: 7 on your side with a consumer alert about the change that you leave behind at airport security check once. -- leave behind at airport security checkpoints. the agencies get to keep the change. turns out it's kind of a modest collection $675,000, but it is 76% more than collected in 2008. starbucks is expanding its tuition program from two years to four years. they launch the program last year. this change comes as the improved job market is forcing many companies to raise wages and i

in northwest washington, the police arrested a suspect in a sex assault that we told you about last night. officer say that he attacked a woman on clifton street northwest yesterday morning. he is turned with kidnapping, sexual abuse, and robbery. and for the second night in a row, a bus destroyed by fire in northeast. it happened in the 100 block of oak street. nobody was on board the bus and there were no injuries, but this is the second bus to burn this week. the police are investigating what could be causing the fires. developing now, growing pressure after the death of a suspect in custody. new protests broke out in baltimore tonight. the entire nation is watching the case. demonstrators once again took to the streets of baltimore demanding justice for freddie gray. >> when you are trying to put somebody in jail, before the investigation has been completed, that's wrong. alison: the cause of his death was a severe spinal injury, but it's not clear how or when that happened. police officials say they are cooperating with the feds. >> we are handing over a copy of all the documents we

at a second protest in northwest washington, that ended moments ago. jay korff is there alive. tell us about it. jay: that protest just broke up along the u street corridor. there is a feeling of solidarity on the streets of the nation's capital. late tonight, hundreds of protesters with purpose and passion rallied from chinatown. they want to the wilson building, then to the white house. some of them broke off and came here to the u street corridor. n, which came out of the unrest in missouri, they raise their voices in unison over the many issues that concern them -- police brutality, economic equality, just to name a few, and tonight they are calling for justice for baltimore's freddie gray. that is the story live in the district. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: new york city had a massive protest tonight as well. officers moved in before dark and started making arrests. at least 100 people were arrested, mostly for blocking the streets, but no reports of violence or injury. leon: in other news, virginia state police have finished their investigation into the arrest of uva st

. >>> at an early morning shooting in northwest washington leaves one man dead and another hurt tonight. dc police found the 39-year-old of waldorf. another man suffering from gunshot wounds to the 400 block of butternut street just before 2:00 this morning. he died a short time later. tonight police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in that case. >>> tense moments in alexandria. an early morning fire from several dozen hotel g for their lives. it all happened at the quality inn and suites at root 235 -- on route 235. it started with several explosions. >> reporter: even after the fire started, the firefighters were still out here fighting this as you can see the damage, it is very dangerous with the roof and the collapse. that there were about 200 people inside this hotel. a large high school group out of new york city and several students were among the guests that ran from the quality inn and suites hotel before 3:00 a.m. this morning. >> the last thing we expect is these major explosions. and yelling fire and screaming and you

happening now, the police are searching for a suspect who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman in northwest washington this morning at 7:00 in the 1400 block of clifton street. the victim said that she was forced into an alley by the suspect. if you have information, d.c. police want to talk to you. scott: the police arrested a suspect of a sexual assault in rockville. now they want to know if there are more victims. the police say that warned giddings sexually assaulted a woman with learning disabilities. tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. tom: scott, the police want everyone to take a good look at this mug shot we are about to show. this is warren, 23 years old, facing a host of charges related to this alleged sexual assault. giddings lives in charles county, in waldorf, but he is accused of the sexual assault in rockville. montgomery county police say the alleged victim has a cognitive learning disability, she is 20 years old. she met giddings on an online website. >> they exchanged messages through the online site and again through texts they agreed to meet at the victim's house. the

towards the national cathedral at the intersection of wisconsin and massachusetts avenues in northwest washington. there's the washington monument on the right side of your screen. that's the view in town. across northern virginia, reston town center doing pretty good. as you look to the north sugarloaf mountain. skies are blur and bluer. 50 in hunting town and calvert county. the rest of your morning cool. some clouds out there, but not enough to bother anybody. by later this afternoon, plenty of sunshine. temperatures making their way into the mid 60s. rain chances are back and not too far from now. i'll talk more about that when i see you next with the seven-day. >> thank you so much, chuck. today is easter sunday. new this hope, pope francis delivered his easter message. the pope prayed for the middle east peace process to be resumed and for the iran nuclear framework to be successful. he called for peace in syria, iraq, libya, yemen nigeria and south sue dachblt he specifically mentioned those who lost their lives in kenya. >>> closer to home, several churches across our region celebrating e

reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. alison: the show must go on over there, sam. thank you. meanwhile, the outage forced the university of maryland to close campus today at 2:00 p.m. brianne carter continues our team coverage live from college park with the latest from there. brianne, what can you tell us? brianne: within the last five minutes, we've learned that university officials say most of the power to the north campus has been restored. that includes a number of dorms there on the north campus and in talking to students, many were afraid they wouldn't be able to get back in their dorms because of an electric swipe measure they would need to try to get back in. taking a look behind me student union back here and for hours, people have been sitting outside of the student union. students were swarming the campus, sidewalks and streets in the middle of the day when most of them would be in class after this campus wide power outage. students tell us they were listening to a lecture, taking a test and the lights just w

leon: tragedy at a row house in northwest washington. one person died and another was injured on kenyon avenue. our diane cho was there and spoke with the neighbors. what did they have to tell you? diane: leon the doors and windows have been boarded up at this house where the fire first started this morning. it affected these two homes next to it as well and firefighters are investigating exactly what caused this deadly fire earlier this morning. police tell us one person died and another in critical condition when the fire broke out here on kenyon street northwest. by the time they arrived, they saw flames shooting up 20 feet into the air at the home next door. after the flames quickly spread into a neighboring home we talked to two guys who live in a home next door and they say they heard their smoke detectors going off and later realized what was going on. >> i mean it was, you know 6:00 a.m. an hour before i was going to wake up and kind of crazy seeing that the neighbor's house is on fire and all of a sudden, your house is filled wi

in northwest washington sam ford, abc 7 news. leon: all right. interesting. alison: tall order there. leon: uh-huh. coming up next on abc 7 news at 4:00, "7 on your side" with a safety alert about e cigarettes. not about the ingredients this time. it's about the increasing risk of explosions. we'll explain that. alison: and problems for kanye overseas. why his concert was shut down in armenia. so i'm working from home. i get on a video conference. with my boss, and my boss's boss. t i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. i don't and it was takg forever. we don't miss a beat. i'm yelling at the kids to get off wi-fi. get off the movies! get off the video games! i think i got a promotion. i think i need a new job. are you guys hiring. why settle when you can have you have fiber optics with a two year price guaranteed. fios. the fastest, most reliable internet. leon: a concern now about e-cigarettes, popular alternative for smokers but they can actually explode like firecrackers. one store owner says the explosions were

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news.

ryan romitar pleaded guilty to the attack in northwest washington. police tied him to the crime after he was caught on surveillance video using the victim's a.t.m. card. prosecutors also said d.n.a. evidence from a rape kit linked him to the assault. only on 7, video of a confrontation between a man and security guards at a temple hills apartment complex. >> this morning's incident was reported on a cell phone. the video shows the guards punching and kicking deion giles using pepper spray and then a stun gun. giles' reported violation was driving the car into the complex without a permit. >> i couldn't breathe. i thought i was going to die. >> they tased me once and tased me here and tased me in the back. maureen: giles accused the guard of repeated harass. they identified the man as michael bell and jaba bishop. both have been suspended without pay and prince george's county police are investigating the incident. next on abc 7 news at 6:00 the new steps police are taking to fight the growing problem of distracted driving. plus a big shift is under w

bruce johnson reporting from northwest washington for wusa 9. >> but it turns out even the mayor may be softening her position on this one. she says she is now open to discussions for how to make the police body cam video available to the public. >> vile,vi el and a sexual pred store what montgomery -- predator. that is what montgomery judge said to the beer pong predator today. joey poindexter will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. we're joined live at the montgomery county courthouse with the sentence and the judge was not playing. >>reporter: absly leslie. poindexter ended up getting 150 years in prison. the state had asked for more but at one point poindexter's attorney asked the judge for mercy for her client and the judge turned around add and said i'll give him the same mercy he showed his victim s. 150 years is a huge number. it is a sentence that will probably mean that mr. poindexter will die in jail. 40-year-old joey poindexter may have continued to get away with his sexual crime spree if it wasn't for the man seen with him here leaving loony's pub in of 2013. p

the alleged assault happened this afternoon at dunbar high school in northwest washington. stephen tschida is there with what he's learned. stephen? stephen: maureen, we have learned that this attack took place shortly after noon here at dunbar. we don't have details about exactly where in this school this occurred nor what it involved. we have learned that the alleged victim is a teacher, the alleged assailant a juvenile girl. police descended on dunbar high school shortly after noon. you can see them outside and inside the school. they took a female juvenile into custody. this after the girl allegedly assaulted a teacher. >> i heard teachers and students fighting. reporter: neither the school system nor police would say what led to the alleged attack or provide details about the teacher or the teacher's condition. but word of the incident spread through dunbar fast. >> i do know that the teachers didn't want to fight. reporter: we spoke with teachers and students who say the threat of violence is something they contend with here regularly. >> it's scary. sometimes unexpec

in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: a clear start to the day, although there is rain creeping us as we head into the work week. eileen whelan joins us with the first look. eileen: 80's across the board already starting to see the high clouds move-in in, associated with the next weather system. 80 degrees at reagan national, 82 culpeper, and we will fall into the 60's by 11:00, waking up in the city in the mid-50's, 40's and the suburbs. most of the day tomorrow will be dry, cooler. highs only in the 60's. i think the rain will arrive after 5 p.m., most of the day dry, but i am anticipating a wet commute monday. kimberly: hundreds of people waited in line today for a chance at a job. the summer jobs program draws thousands of applicants every year. this year, mayor muriel bowser expanded the program's maximum age from 21 to 24. a man accused of vandalizing two metrorail cars has done it before. the man from new york city is charged with trespassing and damaging property. a say that he vandalized metro cars at t

the shootings were in northwest washington earlier her month. two men were suffering from gun shot wounds in the 400 block of butternut street. the other man is being considered a witness and his information is being withheld. >>> an early morning fire sent hundreds of people running for their lives in alexandria. >> having to have them missing, they are your friends for 4 years, and you know, like who they went through, everything with you, and that was like, that was the heart breaking moment for us. >> reporter: rolex describing the infence moments that describe in quick moving fire. the group was staying here on a trip. firefighter said an electrical fire sparked on the first floor. erfle finally made it out. several witnesses described hearing up to four explosions before this. >> we thought it was a gunfire. this area is not really as safe, so we just laid on the floor, and then when we heard the second explosion, someone was yelling outside this is not the police. everyone out of the building. >> reporter: the voices came from capalli and

down the road towards wheaton and into forest glenn, silver spring and northwest washington there are more showers just developing on the southern end of that from the potomac river into mclean. but the heavier showers are restricted in a few spots. culpepper, and you get farther south through gordonsville lower end of the shenandoah valley heavier showers there. that's well southwest of fredricksburg. but richmond is the jackpot right now. stretching from the middle peninsula all the way south to richmond to petersburg. those are heavy storms. a lot of lightning there. and at least one of those turned severe a little while ago. all that is moving to the northeast towards the middle peninsula at the lower end of the chesapeake bay. just a few showers tonight we think. we'll continue to monitor that. eventually that will land the thunderstorms well south and east of d.c. and then we'll see clearing skies overnight and on tap for a beautiful weekend. join you that with in a few minutes, maureen? maureen: thank you, doug. a fairfax county police officer is facing possible child pornograp

in northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. autria: nationals fans will face new parking restrictions this season. ddot will enforce parking at meters around nationals park during ballgames including on sundays and holidays. so even if the meters are turned off everywhere else in the city ddot is supposed to have temporary signs up in time for the d.c. emancipation day game which is april 16th. jummy: big storms are expected to sweep across the midwest today. large hail high winds and even a few tornadoes are possible for parts of kansas oklahoma missouri and western illinois. eastern missouri, western indiana and all of illinois could see even worse weather tomorrow. weather experts blame seasonal warming and changes in the jet stream for the new round of storms. and keep us in mind around here we are not expecting strong storms until friday. now, hopefully it will not have a big impact on the cherry blossoms. peak bloom is expected this weekend. hopefully it all stays intact. autria: i'm afraid you'll bring in some winds that

. >> and our pothole patrol is bumping up and down on 8th vote in northwest washington. here you'll find a hum dinger after crater in the intersection of butternut and aspen streets. it's so deep the asphalt is almost gone and it's down to the cement. we already alerted ddot and with pothole palooza under way, crews should get it patched within the next two days. if you have a pothole would you like fixed, go to tellwusa9.com or tweet us using the hashtag potholepatrol9. make sure to include the city and a block number so we can >>> stunned family and friends await autopsy results on a loudoun county high school student. madison small fell ill suddenly monday night. then the broad run high school senior died yesterday. small was senior captain of the school's softball team. health officials say even if small contracted a virus, it's not likely any classmates caught it since last week was spring break. it's expected to take at least a week to determine what caused her death. >>> now to some good news about the american getting treatment for ebola at the national institute

that means they want to add a 67-foot fence around embassy row in northwest washington. they say it will be attractive and compatible with the building. pope francis is scheduled to visit philadelphia new york and washington during his five day late september visit. >>> this next story might make you a little crabby. pun intended. it turns out what you think is maryland blue crab may not be the real thing. >> that will make me crabby. >> "wall street journal" is reporting a dna testing found more than a third of the time the crabsmislabeled. 90 were tested and they found that some crabs advertised as being from matter land or the chesapeake bay were actually caught as far away as endo sneeze i can't. blue crab season on the chesapeake bay started yesterday. and officials have said that it's just more cost effective to impore the crabs. >> crabs are expensive. but being from this area there is nothing like blue crab. summer to me means a bush she will will bushel of blue krabs. >> we'll test you see if you can tell the difference. >> i'll go for it. >> crab cakes. oh love

there's the view from the tower, over northwest washington. neighbors, on nebraska avenue northbound up wisconsin avenue chevy chase, beautiful day outside today. cherry trees around town, not just tidal basin, all out in full bloom. a lot of nothing to worry about right now. temperatures have warmed into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees already. hometown forecast today, leesburg virginia 56 as of 10:00 hour. 63 by noon. 68 degrees by 5:00 6:00 this afternoon. detailing next chance for showers on seven-day forecast and great viewer pictures sent in by the tidal basin all coming up. >>> thanks chuck. new, a pedestrian was hit along the cherry blossom ten-miler route into d.c. a picture of what the scene looked like. take a look. happened on 1600 independence avenue in southwest. organizers rerouted the race between mile marker 4 and 6 to avoid the accident scene. the route is a half mile shorter. one person was taken to the hospital. no word on their condition. >>> crews are getting ready for the first anacostia river festival final event of th

police are searching for a person they believe shot a man in northwest washington early this morning. this was around 4:30. officers responding to the 1200 block of m street when they got there they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. police say the victim and the suspect did know each other. >>> there have been two more robberies at 7-eleven convenience stores in northeast washington d.c. to stores on hawaii avenue -- two stores on hawaii avenue were robbed. no word if they are connected to a recent rash of 7-eleven holdups. >>> it is now official. vermont senator bernie sanders is running for president. he made the announcement shortly after 11:00 this morning. he's the first candidate to challenge the heavy favorite hillary criminalton on the democratic side -- clinton on the democratic side for the presidential race. he says he wants to improve campaign finance and improve the economy. >> most people are working for low wages and today we have a grotesque level of income wealth inequality. >> he will raise the minim

this is bruce johnson reporting from northwest washington for wusa 9. >>> a montgomery county man convicted of sexual assaultingmen that he met at beer pong tournaments will spend 150 years behind bars. joey poxtindeer was sentenced today. in two trials earlier this year juries found him guilty of 12 counts of second and third degree sex offense. prosecutors call him a sexual predator unlike anything the county has ever seen. >> 150 years is a huge number. it's a sentence that will probably mean that mr. poindexter will die in jail. >> poindexter was convicted of sexual assaulting five men but prosecutors believe there are at least 25 more unknown victims. that is based on the videos and photos they say poindexter himself took of these assaults. >>> police have arrested a man who tagged a local synagogue with swastikas and other hateful messages. 18-year-old sebastian espinoza- carranza was arrested after vandalism at the synagogue. vandalism cost the shaare torah synagogue nearly $1,300. >>> police released the name of a woman hit as she crossed an intersection in fort washington tuesday.

reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you sam. the smithsonian was forceed to evacuate several of its museums along the national mall because of the loss of power. the museums were closed for a couple of hours. when power was restored all the museums reopened before 3:00. metro also had problems tied to the outage. train service never stopped. but the loss of power to elevators and escalators forced the closings of the dupont circle and stations. the bethesda station remains closed at this hour. power has finally been restored at the university of maryland. but for many the outage was more than just a break from classes. brianne carter is there live with the problems that many faced on campus. brianne? brianne: that's right, maureen and at this hour things are starting to get back to normal very quiet here just outside of the student union but it was a much different scene in the middle of the day where people were all over the sidewalks and streets trying to figure out why in the middle of class the lights just went out. now, a n

. >> yeah we're at 51 at northwest washington. reagan national at 50. it's only and 40 in prince georges and farther to our north down to the 40s. out of the mountains mid 30s this morning. maybe near freezing over the next few hours. a chill in the air between 7:00 and 8:00. between 8:00 and 9:00, around 50 degrees. a nice warming so you'll need that fleece this morning. jacket for the morning and some sunglasses, but you'll need an umbrella during the afternoon. let's check on the forecast for the later week chances of rain. that's coming up at 4:51. now a look at first 4 traffic with melissa who is checking in early this morning. >> checking in with some road work. i hate to show you this early in the morning but it should be out of the way by 5:00. not too much else happening. georgia avenue between randolph, we have the two left lanes blocked again this should be out of the way by 5:00 a.m. branch avenue northbound at woodyard lane, we have a lane blocked there. a big look at things looking quite good. live look at 270 coming up. >>> the search is

: one of the nation's most sad moments commemorated today outside of the peterson house in northwest washington where 150 years ago this morning, abraham lincoln died. hours after being shot by john wilkes booth at ford's theater. across the street from the home as a matter of fact. huned out today to mark the anniversary. >> and it was a cold night with drizzly rain and it was -- >> shock and awe of how quickly something huge and drastic can happen and change the course of history. leon: bells tolled at churches across the district at 7:22 a.m. this morning, the moment that lincoln died 150 years ago. flag at the white house flew at half staff today in memory of the 16th president. this week marks one year of the kidnapping of hundreds of school girls by that terrorist group in nigeria. today, a survivor of that attack stood with lawmakers outside of the u.s. capitol. speaking before the afternoon's lockdown, she did not forget her missing classmates and recounted her harrowing escape. >> i decided to jump out of the truck. i rather die that my parents have my body than to go with the boko har

a live view from our tower camera looking down on nebraska avenue here in northwest washington. all around the region dry pavement. it is cool. definitely going to be light jacket for the morning but mild afternoon again. very similar to yesterday. a lot of clouds around. maybe a little sun coming and going. we have an increased chance for some rain moving in late tonight as the way it looks right now. the hour by hour forecast we'll have our temperatures that are hovering in the 40s to near 50 now. staying this way through 8:00. a little sunshine through noontime. then hitting upper 60s by late afternoon. a lot of clouds are rolling back in then. what to wear for the day, that's coming up at 4:41. melissa has a new crash. >> this is in arlington. happened about 40 minutes ago. lee highway at north ft. meyer drive. the intersection is closed down because of a serious crash. greenbelt station is shut down today. metrobuss are running between there to get you down to college park. taking a look at the roads now, 95 here maryland no problems. the parkway is looking quite good as we

who identified themselves as former nsa officials and after dinner we were driven somewhere northwest of washington it was pitch black to a house and as we approached the house, and as soon as the door opened the phone rang and one of the two men picked up the phone and then turned to my husband and said, i've got an errand to run. i would you come with me? leaving me behind with the second person. we went into the sunroom and he said to me, your husband is doing work of great importance to the united states government. we'd like to -- i'd like to tell you more about the nature of that work. but before i do, i need you to sign this document. i was recovering from pneumonia but we didn't know how to cancel the appointment, so i was still feverish, but i'm the daughter of several lawyers and i know that i'm supposed to read fine print, only it was so fine and i just jumped all the page, but at that point the important point is i had no reason to distrust the united states government as quaint as that may sound -- >> host: this is 1955. >> guest: 1965. no reason, nor did i have any idea what he was go

these moderate showers northwest and northeast washington. right now, we're in the low 60s. annapolis down to 56 and the timing on more rain coming down later today, steady rain comes through, stals out. that brings in the moderate showers that continue through noontime. by 3:00 much of that heavier rain is east of the bay, behind that some lingering lighter rain through the rest of afternoon but the afternoon commute looking wet as well. then most of it is gone by 8:00 p.m. by 11:00 it's well east of the bay. temperatures low 60s now down into the mid 50s this afternoon. a dry day tomorrow around 70 increasing cloud, thursday, upper 60s, another round of showers on late thursday night. and friday high upper 60s. another chance of rain on saturday afternoon maybe and there's also a chance of a shower or two on sunday and again on monday with a highs around 70. coming up a look at the neighborhood temperatures hour by hour at the day head. >>> we have a brand new problem this one in silver spring. a possible pedestrian has been hit. we're talking about georgia avenue at fores

there's area just over northwest washington with heavy rain. and another little area now west and southwest of fairfax. that is about it locally because you have to go pretty fair piece to find anymore storms developing right now. in fact our satellite and radar shows the watch for us in the pink area that pops on the screen and severe thunderstorm watch. what we're watching is the area from charlottesville to roanoke. that area is where we expect to see a little bit more development over the next couple of hours. if any storms are to become severe across our area it will come from that region as they move towards our area over the next few hours. so we'll get a call for partly sunny skies with isolated thunderstorms. some could be severe with hail and damaging winds. tornado not out of the question. conditions will improve by 9:00 tonight. another live update coming up in a couple of minutes. leon? leon: more arrests on a major crackdown in home grown terrorism. the arrests span from minneapolis to san diego. scott thuman is live in our capito

conversations] >> host: some of the sights and sounds of among tenth street in northwest -- northwest washingtoneveral countries country so it's very important that tonight we remember not just lincoln who was shot tonight. tonight is a night at like to remember the living and the sources of the greatness and what he did for the american people. i would say don't remember april 14 and 15th just as his assassination in death. remember who he was in life and what lessons he teaches us. >> host: james wants in the book sub for sub live "manhunt" the 12-day chase for lincoln's killer and those 30 lucky people that will be in the pearson house the events as they unfolded 150 years ago. thank you for being here with us on c-span. david reynolds is joining us from new york as we continue to watch the scene here in washington d.c.. he's the author of a number of works including "lincoln's selected writings." thank you for joining us here tonight are you. >> guest: it's nice to be here. >> host: we have been talking about just how consequential this evening was in american history and how ironic it is as

in the 40s in northwest washington.30s in one or two spots, close to the freezing mark this morning. in town at the national memorial coming into town, not so bad. our next-door neighbor in northwest, national cathedral, big services going on today. that will be 2500, 3,000 people at the mass at national cathedral. there are cold neighborhoods to be found. 36 in culpeper. outside this morning layer up a little chilly. temperatures in the mid 40s by mid morning and mid 70s by afternoon. lit turn into a beautiful easter sunday highs today mostly in the 60s. 64 in gaithersburg, 67 in fredricksburg. today's green, tomorrow's green by yellow on wednesday. >>> a developing story this morning, iran's foreign minister says if the west withdraws from a nuclear deal the country could resume its nuclear activity. mohamed zarif says all sanctions must be terminated when it confirms tehran accepted its nuclear commitments. a framework announced by iran and six other countries on thursday. a deal is not final yet. a final agreement n

. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in northwest washington the petworth community, where the d.c. attorney general has launched a crackdown on the sell of synthetic drugs. i'll have the story coming up. >>> millionaire real estate heir robert durst will be arraigned tomorrow on two gun charges in new orleans. a grand jury indicted him today. the guns were allegedly found in his hotel room last month. his attorney says the search was illegal. today's indictment will further delay his extradition to los angeles where durst is charged with murder in the death of a longtime friend in 2000. he's also a suspect in two other murders. >>> five inches and the compassion of two police officers. that's all that separated a suicidal woman from certain death in new york city. she was threatening to jump from a bridge that links brooklyn and queens. tonight we're hearing from the officers who saved her. here's nbc's checky bedford. >> reporter: the high-stakes rescue happened high above newtown creek. officers pull a woman from the edge of the bridge after several risky attempts. >> the first t

embassy plans to add a six-foot fence around its embassy row campus on massachusetts avenue in northwest washingtons the papal security perimeter will be attractive and compatible with the building. pope francis is scheduled to visit philadelphia new york and washington, d.c. during his five-day visit in late september. >>> along with concerns for his safety are concerns for the pontiff's waistline. according to an italian news service saying italian doctors asked him to cut back on eating pasta. so hard to do. this after the pope accepted pizza from an onlooker. the report says he should try and squeeze in more exercise during his hectic schedule. we know how hard that can be. >>> great day to get out, get some exercise. high clouds drifting over us. live view looking north of washington. winds picking up with low humidity creates a fire danger. the photo tuesday of a wildfire in northern montgomery county blackened 50 acres. that situation again today with blustery winds. temperatures during the afternoon reaching 60 near 70. dropping back down to the mid-60s by the evening hours. so a beautiful