here's a live picture in northwest washington this morning. the swish swash of the windshield wipers. lots of rain drops. hit and a miss this morning. most of the rain is around the d.c. metro area, down into parts of prince george's, charles and calvert county. this is all lifting outbound so our weather will begin to improve a bit. there's a little bit of a dry patch around central virginia. that is the relatively dry weather that's coming through late morning and afternoon hours. there's this part around memphis, tennessee, that's our rain. thinking about rolling thunder, it's coming up this sunday. do know there will be a chance for showers primarily in the afternoon hours. i think the actual rolling thunder demonstration in the morning should be dry. speaking of things that are not dry, the wednesday morning commute, melissa. >> it'ste inner loop to kenilworth, that crash has moved over to the shoulder. they do have a tow truck coming to the scene. on the beltway, you can see the rain falling almost everywhere. outer loop to colesville, a

in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. lindsey: new at noon, we are on panda watch -- we got word that the giant panda has been artificially inseminated. sam sweeney is at the national zoo where there are high hopes a new panda cub could be on the way. sam: lindsay, fingers are crossed here. we just learned in the last hour or so that the national zoo artificially inseminated the panda and she is in her cage. she was up running around in her cage. crowds too much. it has been a busy 24 hours. scientists noticed she was at her highest levels, ready to mate, but -- was not ready to. they had to make their move. we should let you know panda's can only get pregnant once a year, and they only have a small window with a able to get pregnant, 24 to 78 hours. scientists have to go in quickly when it is time, and that is what they did yesterday. earlier this morning we caught up with two of the scientists that helped take all of this happen. let's listen to what they had to say. the issue we have a sometimes the behavior between th

the united states naval observatory is located in northwest washington and these buildings are powerfulelescopes, cameras and other instruments by which navy scientist obtained celestial information from the heavens necessary for establishing the correct time for preparing -- preparing navigational aids. enable navigators the world over to fix the position of their ships with speed and accuracy. a very important activity in the potomac naval command is located nearby in maryland. , theyre in the world require using charts from here. dana protection of the world sea lanes is the most important service. let's see how this is done. observe changes in land configuration and hazards are accurately plotted and reported by the most rapid means of communication. in reported data is a guy awaited, plotted, and word is broadcast all over the world. the information is disseminated by radio, teletype, and when necessary, issued by the hydrographic office. the national naval medical center is located proximally one-mile from bethesda, maryland. the site encompasses one of the worlds finest medical c

abc's janai norman breaks it down for us from northwest washington. we are following some breaking news. a new incident airlines overnight. sam sweeney is at live desk with more. larry-- the united airlines flight from houston to ecuador was delayed after a scorpion was spotted onboard. united says the scorpion crawled out of a passenger's clothing on flight 10-35 as it was preparing for takeoff. that takeoff was aborted and the crew ordered everyone off the plane. paramedics passenger and determined that he hadn't been stung. passengers were put on a different flight, and eventually took off about three and a half hours later. no word on whether they captured the scorpion. this is the second time a scorpion has been reported on a united flight. back on april 14, a united passenger was stung by a scorpion, also on a plane out of houston. the venomous creature fell from an overhead bin and landed in a man's hair as he was returning home from vacation with his wife. developing now.. a new lawsuit against howard university alleges.. the school severely m

a live picture here at northwest washington outside of the british embassy. >> 8 year saffie roussose youngest she was at the concert with her mother and sister still being treated at the hospital. >>> another identified victim is 18-year-olds georgena callander. >> and john atkinson his family described hip as a true friend. >> and olivia campbell. her mother said while her friend was okay, olivia's body was later found. >>> now, taking a look at your other top stories, president trump leaves italy for brussels in a couple of hours. he met with several people this morning including the pope. they exchanged gifts. the vatican said they discussed health care, education and helping immigrants. >>> two people are now facing charges after a child shot and killed himself, a 4-year-old found a loaded gun at his babysitter's news orange county last week. the babysitter and her boyfriend were both neglect and endangerment. >>> lawyers say two officers were justified when they shot a man in prince george's county. officers said luis torres-molina pointed a bb gun at him during a chase at a pa

abc's lana zak has more from northwest washington. no hurricanes-- but plenty of rain to plenty of rain to worry about in our area today. a nasty day of rain shaping up for the region. and it could stretch all the way into the holiday weekend. your complete stormwatch forecast, coming up. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. overall, just fine) today: morning rain. midday break. pm thunderstorms. some strong to severe. highs: 72-77 winds: e to sw 5-10 mph tonight: showers and storms ending. partly to mostly cloudy. lows: 55-59 winds: w 5-10 mph friday: partly sunny. breezy. isolated afternoon shower. highs: 76-80 winds: wnw 10-15 g 25 mph coming up-- ra

in northwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 doug spectacular weatherwise. yesterday and today.saturday not so much. high pressure will build in to give us a gorgeous scene at laurel, maryland. the roof camera there. cloudless skies all day. comfortable temperatures. dealing with gusty winds. low to mid-7 o's around most of the area. wonderful weather for the next few hours. 76 at reagan national. 75 now in annapolis. 70 in winchester. through the evening with the clear skies. we see the winds slowly and steadily diminish. 48 to 54 the range of temperatures around the region by the morning. make every shot you will never mak everyh

abc's kenneth moton has more from northwest washington. sen. chuck schumer / (d-ny) senate minority leader 26-36 rep. kevin mccarthy / (r-ca) house majority leader 43-45 (president trump)(no super) reince priebus / white house chief of staff 111-118 kenneth moton / abc news 120 to close trt133 soc the search for amisng prison mate in jessu day. and right now-- there is no sign of david watson. police halted the ground search, because there have been no reported sightings. the 28-year-old is serving a sentence of more than 100 years in delaware-- for attempted murder. he's also been charged in wicomico county, maryland for trying to kill police officers. law enforcement agencies across the country... are keeping an eye for and there's a 5-thousand dollars reward for information leading to his arrest. turning to sports-- not a plesant weekend for washington fans. the wizards traveled to boston for their second round matchup with the celtics. things started out well for the wiz. they scored 16 unanswered points to start the game. but-- they had gi

washington. winds out of the northwest at 13.plenty of 40s on the map this morning and maybe a few more 40s on the map tomorrow morning before much warmer air moves in middle of the week. hourly temperatures today, we should be in the mid to upper 60s. afternoon highs today near 75 degrees. sheena parveen is talking about the warmup camming our way. >> if you like summer and you want to be here, we're not going to see the rain relief until friday. take a look at our air masses. we have a little bit of a cool one. afternoon. there is the hot air moving in by wednesday and thursday. record highs, 92. thursday 96 in d.c. as we go into those two days we're going to be close. into the weekend we get the cooler air trying to scoot back in. not going to stay into the 90s. 75 today and 76. keep on rising. 90 wednesday, 92 on thursday and let's take a look at the weekend forecast with the ten day, chuck. >> 90s wednesday, thursday as you mentioned, sheena. little chance for thunderstorms around friday afternoon. highs on friday still toas

. >> live in northwest washington with more on what happed darcy? >> reporter: good morning, this is a frightening situation. imagine a person out for a night of drinking here on the u street corridor thinking they're doing the right thing, taking a cab to get home safely. instead, this woman said she was sexually assaulted by that cab driver. he has been arrested. yared mekonnen. 24 years old. charged with sexual abuse and kidnapping. he's due in court tomorrow. the woman woke up in the back seats of the cab. a good samaritan heard her screaming, called 911 and blocked in the cab. fortunately, the police were able to take that driver into custody. important to note that the cab driver is denying the allegations. >> darcy, the woman screamed she was trying to get home. but what are court documents revealing about what the cab driver actually di another interesting part of this case. the cab driver apparently told police, again, according to court documents that he was heading to silver springs. obviously that's in montgomery county. but the victim s

in northwest washington. the clean-up of the world war i chemicals in the spring valley neighborhood. richard reeve is there live weeks after the discovery. what is >> the next thing is the clean-up of the mysterious black substance discovered a couple of weeks ago. it will take a few weeks to clean that up. a bird's vie view that began in 1993. >> they develop and tested chemical warfare material here. richard: the clean up put on hold after discovery of a substance with low level of mustard gas. >> we took a pause at the site to ensure the safety of the public and the safety of the workers. richard: this small slice of land containing the material is all that is left. the near end game of a $275 million project that dug up 500 munition items, 400 pounds of lab glass and 100 pounds of contaminated soil. >> we want to make sure that it's done right and it's remediated of any contamination. >> but it won't end there. workers will use metal detectors to search the 41 surrounding properties looking for munitions

the united states naval observatory is located in northwest washington.se buildings have telescopes , cameras, and other instruments to obtain celestial information as the ferry for establishing the correct time, to prevent navigational aid. -- it enables navigators accuracy. a very important negativity of the naval river command is the naval office, located in the maryland. sea boardnic air and in the world will need charts from here. they provide protection in the world's sea lanes. let's see how this is done. observe changes in land configuration, and observe it hazards are plotted and reported to the office. awly reported matter is servant, plotted, and word of the new matter is broadcast all of the word. the information is disseminated by a radio, teletype, and when necessary, through proper publications issued by the office. the national naval medical center is located approximately one mile from bethesda, maryland. acre sitewo encompasses one of the worlds finest medical centers. six separateare buildings located under a central command. the hospit

notice that railing there, that's at about 200 feet above the terrain in northwest washington. and that's at dawn this morning. it was where our storm team 4 tower camera captured this. >> he's iek what are you looking at? >> cooper's hawk, cooper's hawk was perched delight on the railing. i was panning the camera around, i thought, oh, look at this. >> and i scrambled to get a screen grab and the head feathers are being blown from a behind from behind no, that is what we think is a dooper's hawk. pretty amazing shot. shared that on social media. up near 60 degrees just about everywhere. and we're going to stay cool until noontime. by then the mid-60s, and 6:00 p.m. sunset today at 8:19, it's getting later and later, and then by 9:00 this evening, back down to the mid-60s, cloudy and cool evening. all dry on the storm team 4 radar now. we have showers here coming from the west and the southwest. heading up our way. but it's going to take a while to get in. by 4:00 a.m., much is going to be into the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, coming into virginia, then right

. >>> first at 4:00, an act of hate here in northwest washington, someone hung bananas with a sling in shape of nooses on the campus of american university. >> campus officials found these bananas in three spots in morning. they were all marked with the letters aka, which happens to be the letters of alpha kappa alpha, a sorority whose members are predominantly african american. authorities are investigating and have called the incident racist and hateful. jackie bensen is on campus with a report later. >>> if you plan to head to georgetown tomorrow, there will be a detour of traffic for the pennsylvania bridge over rock creek park way, affecting westbound traffic only. eastbound traffic will continue to use one side of the bridge during construction. repair work is expected to last for seven months. >>> some of your favorite tv shows could be in danger. the folks responsible for writing them are threatening to strike if their demands aren't met by midnight. writers are asking major studios for better pay and health benefits. a decade ago writers walked off the job for 100 days, losing

live in northwest washington. jonathan: thanks. f.b.i. looking for a man they say inappropriately touched a young girl in a wreath-laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery on memorial day. take a good look at that man's face. it happened at 11:00 in the morning. police are looking for him. if you know who theuy you can help police, they'd like to hear from you. alison: multiple reports that president trump is going to back the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement. that is 147 countries to slow the rise in global temperatures. the 2015 agreement came with a requirement to devote $100 billion by 2020 from each nation. president trump tweeted this morning that he would have an announcement in a few days and did not commit either way. nancy: president trump praised the house passed healthcare bill but few americans are joining him. three out of four participants in a kaiser family foundation poll say they do not believe it fulfills president trump's promises. only 30% of the republicans in the poll say they believe the bill fulfills

live in northwest, washington, >> jackie, thank you. >>> the u.s. marshall service is now taking over the search for a maximum security inmate who has eluded police in maryland for a fourth day. 28-year-old david watson was being transported from prison in sauls bur toe a mental hospital in jess up. that was friday. when he freed himself from handcuffs and a waist chain and ran off into the woods. watson is serving a 106-year sentence for attempted murder. there's now a $10,000 reward in this case. we're working to learn more about a fire that investigators tell us may have started with a fight between a husband and wife. first responders found the couple in their stafford county home this morning with injuries from that blaze. one of them had to be airlifted to the hospital. >> this was the result of a domestic situation between a husband and both injured by the fire and both have been taken to regional hospitals. >> deputies say the husband and wife are the only people who live in that house. >>> well, the protesters came from dupont circle, malco

live from the turkish ambassador's residence in northwest washington. >> reporter: this is a big deal because it clearly did involve security personnel or bodyguards for the turkish president who came to the residence. those security personnel ran across the street and apparently attacked peaceful protesters who were in a public space, sheridan circle. therefore, they were on u.s. soil and should be subject to the u.s. laws. our police chief here in dc navigated very carefully around this issue today saying there's an investigation underway but the diplomatic immunity may be a challenge as it unfolds. even so, this can't be tolerated in dc and he will do what he needs to do that may mean that some of these folks involved, turkish security officer seen in sunglasses and dark jackets and some of whom were armed, may not be able to be prosecuted here in the united states. it may come to pass that the only leverage that the dc police department investigators have is to refer the case to turkish authorities on the hopes that they might prosecute these individuals in their country. probably

live in northwest washington, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. tonight, kathy griffin feeling the fall-out over the controversial photo. we have blurred out the notework new year's eve show she has been cohesting since 2007. by now you probably have seen the photo. griffin holding a fake severed head of president trump. she apologized saying she didn't realize how people would react. around the metro the feelings are unanimous. >> it's disgraceful. >> it's sick. >> i'm not a supporter of trump but it may be crossing the line. >> melania saw the picture and screamed inter error. in a statement she questioned griffin's mental health. fired director james comey is scheduled to publicly testify next week. it's said he will confirm that president trump pressured him to end the investigation of collusion between the trump campaign and michelle: nearly 100 people were killed in the worst attack in the history. they targeted the heavily fortified diplomatic section. i included the security guards outside the embassy. 1 is contractors were among the hundr

abc's janai norman breaks it down for us from northwest washington. happening today, a mother's day action is preparing to get underway in the district. a number of demonstrations are getting begin today across the city... sam sweeney at the live desk tracking one march that begins in just a few hours. autria, if your in the district today you may seen hundreds of moms dressed as statue of liberities walking through the streets. and they'll be pushing strollers filled with mini statue of liberties. their first stop... the trump international hotel where a number of them will speak out against prresident trumps policies. then they will head to the us capital. they plan to give thier mini statues to each us senator and even the preident and attorney general. the march begins around 9:30 near federal triangle unclear right now how they plan to give thier statues to the president. tommorrow, president trump will give a commencement speech at liberty it's the president's first return to the school since his campaign days. the university has prepared for up

the project will soon be shifting to its second phase in northwest washington. that involves this highlighted stretch from children's street to broad branch give an update at a public meeting tonight. this is the second to wrap up by the fall of 2019. >>> 4:37. let's get you caught up on weather and traffic. >> a look at your commute when we check back in with melissa mollet. a brief reprieve? >> a little bit, yes. we're going to see this over the next several days, clouds and showers and clouds coming in waves. >> if you really need sunshine to feel better about things, you may need to wait until friday around here. a lot of energy is keeping cloud cover in place and rain chances, a little higher today south of town. if you're traveling much higher rate changes, around town, rain chances stay at 60%. looking at showers coming into the afternoon hours. no realea morning commute. temperatures most in the 50s and 60s. today's highs staying in the 60s. >>> as we go through the morning hours, you will notice your commute will be dry. four things you need to know bef

he visited the northwest washington little league. spoke to the children.eless sons, the whole she back. he gave an opinion on for tiss passion trophies saying "no participation but overall it's a great find for the kits. and be able to, you know, come onout and do this for them. it's just fun. coming out and hanging out and enjoying that with each kids there's nothing better. >> it really heapts lot of the kids to know what these became a major league player and how he worked to be with he is. >> i think you would have done a course us. he has a sense of humor. >> all right. college lacrosse. terms and denver. tight battle. the ball ends up in the hands of malt. maryland led 5-3 at the half. the game was tied at 8:00. kelly haps it. changes the dir he had a truck. . advancing to the championship gamed. >> the second. the tigers had an 8-3 lead in the third. but the buckeyes went on a roll. johnny pierson gave them and 11-9 read. they outscored 8-2. nd went 11-10. debts up golf moving day for the senior p.g.a. championship. the rain held on. so the tourname

in northwest washington, i'm julie carey, >>> justice antonin scalia's death last year left the supreme court uncertain. his unexpected passing brought deeply personal touching tributes from his colleagues on the bench. but to his nine children, justice scalia was just dad. and of his sons, brother paul scalia recently sat down and opened up about his father's passing and talked about his new book. >> what are some of the memories that come back to you. >> probably the dinner table. and i don't know if that's the same for all my siblings. my mom and dad put a priority on that. on having a family dinner, coming together and being together. >> the six of nine scalia kids, father paul scalia was a junior in high school when he dad was appointed to the u.s. supreme court. >> it didn't matter what was going on on the court and things like that. when he came home he was there and we went through the things that fathers and sons go through. i remember one summer my brothers and i helped him to put in a front walkway, you know in front of the house. not anything huge. it was not that big of a p

they thought this road would not be back in serce in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. lindsey: to the weather now, soggy start in the day. it has cleared up out there. still a bit chilly. many hoping we can get back to the shorts and sunglasses weather. doug: that kind of weather is coming back friday and for the weekend. we noticed an interesting pattern all week, early morning rain, pretty much rain free during the day, and more rain at night. wetemperatures holding in the 's right now. 64 at quantico. 63 degrees in baltimore. -- llite and radar are left with cloud cover with the sunshine across pennsylvania and northern maryland. some bright spots from time to time. we do expect a dry afternoon. it all changes this evening with the next batch of rain coming in. i think things work out fi start of the nationals' second home game with the mariners. we will see rain increase in probabilities as we go through the evening hours. fingers crossed for that. futurecast, the rain, it breaks, more rain. tomorrow, showers around early in the morning. through the rush hour, mid

. >> military veterans passed the auditorium in northwest washington a few weeks after a scathing inspectoreral's report that included finng unsanitary storage rooms. the vets gave v.a. officials an ear full. the town hall was organized by american legion. medical center officials were implored to better address needs of female veterans. >> i think the women's health clinic are overworked, under paid and short staffed. >> reporter: v.a. secretary testified before congress today vowing to improve services even if he can't get the money to do so. >> my five priorities are to provide greater choice for veterans, modernize our systems, focus resources more efficiently, improve timeliness of our services and suicide prevention among veterans cht. >> reporter: the medical center's director did say the problem of insanitary storage rooms has been fixed. jackie bensen news 4. >>> on the congressional members of the soroarty wit denounce racist threats. somebody hung bananas on nooses. aka is historically black sorority. quin donely says there were six displayed and not just the three reported by th

jackie bensen joins us from northwest washington with a look at what led to this alert. what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: good evening. the alert comes from concerns that world events such as bombing in manchester, england could encourage people with bad intentions to act on them. safety is on the minds of those at the all dulles area muslim society in loudoun county as the observance of ramadan begins. >> it is at the same time we have to do what we need to do in order to protect ourselves and protect people around us. >> we have seen mosques vandalized with graffiti, pork wrapped around door handles. >> reporter: scott simpson is with muslim advocates. his group has issued an alert to mosques across the u.s. urging them to take preventive measures against arson and vandalism. >> we have seen five suspected arsons just this year. >> reporter: many mosques in the d.c. area have already increased their security with surveillance cameras and other measures. the all dulles mosque is no stranger to threats but that it stopped after an extensive and ongoing interf

police say it is still an active case and they encourage anyone with info live in northwest washington, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: so sad for that family. this just into the newsroom, and amber alert for this baby from hampton, va. that chloe think johnson is an extreme danger. her mother is also missing and may have been abducted. if you see them call the police right away. jonathan: new troubling claims against howard university. alison: among them, a rapist targeted a second victim. a young woman said she was sexually assaulted. jonathan: another woman said she was abused by campus police. anna-lysa gayle has how the school is responding. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: the shocking new details come days before hundreds are scheduled to graduate on top of the hill at howard university. that is a privilege the young women in this laws was jeopardized after safety concerns and the reported they were sexually assaulted. >>. i think it is frightening anna-lysa: we are learning more about five sexual assault investigations on howard university's campus. >> my clients repeatedly asked the sta

. >>> expect more work today from this busted water main in northwest washington. crews have been working since wednesday to fix it. this is happening on macarthur boulevard. it's been blocked in both directions since about then. so the question is what's taking so long. well, it's a 30 inch cast iron pipe from the 1800s that failed. coming up at 5:00 justin finch will tell you how soon that could be fixed. >> the class of 2020 is taking part in an annual tradition. >> 1,000 students will form the human pyramid with the goalf covered in lard. >> by the end of it they're covered in it. the idea here is to replace a white dixie cup with an upper class man's hat. >> they get it done every year. it shows team work. you have to do it together. >> pretty cool. >> 4:34 is our time. >> speaking of team work. >> i'm not 100% sure because i did not go to the naval academy. apparently the person who gets to switch the hat at the top is the person who's going to reach admiral first out of the class. >> it's kind of like catching the bouquet, i guess. >> similar, only a lot mes

reporting in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: right now, a heightened state of alert and the u.k. jonathan: weren't tonight that more attacks could be coming after. the deadly bombing at the concert in manchester alison: nancy chen is tracking the developments. threat level raised from severe to critical, the highest level that it can be. the progress my minister says that it -- the british prime minister says that another attack may be imminent. the man who carried out the the ariana grande concert has been identified as salman abedi, with 22 victims isis has claimed responsibility for the attack but investigators have not confirmed it. jonathan: tributes around the world, memorial events at the sight of the attack and thousands of miles away in d.c. alison: tom roussey has how the world is uniting in the shadow of terror. tom? in: throughout the night and the last half hour, folks have been bringing flowers. there is one big display, several bouquets on the ground, and a message, "united with manchester." just an exampl

a big giveaway in northwest washington. look at the row houses. are beautiful and have been around for a long time. just off dupont circle. they are up for grabs. for free! you can have it. if you want one you have to move it. and soon. the land they are on is slated for the new development. they will knock it down. if you can move it, they are yours. >> raise it, put it on the blocks and move it. it's a very expensive and a time consuming process but it can be done and it has been done. jonathan: then you have to find a place to put it. the homes are free. you just have to pay and move it. the demolition will start this summer. if you is a plan, work quick. michelle: you never know. maybe you ask a realtor how to move an old d.c. row house. we have a team of realtors standing by until 6:30 tonight to answer your buying or selling questions or the movie questions. call the "7 on your side" help center at 703-236-9220. >> this was some day out, wasn't it? beautiful. michelle: like san diego weather. perfect. doug: you are right. it's gorgeous. quit

our address is 4100 wisconsin avenue in northwest washington. we're accepting the gowns between 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and we owe you a big thank you. >>> at fedex field today some wheel to compete in a vet motorsports rally. the veterans competed against the clock to navigate technical courses during a closed course competition. each was given coaching from a professional racer and at least three chances to post a best time. the program is designed to help veterans fight depression and post-traumatic stress disorder or ptsd. >> when we started off, we learned the techniques and proper procedures of scce rally sport racing. -- scca rally sport racing. it was an excellent experience. i drove around the course four times, hit a couple cones and took some penalties, but you couldn't wipe that smile off my face. >> vets motor sports has helped more than 160 wounded combat veterans and their families participate in motorsports events since 2013. >>> if you needed a little pick me up after the caps and wizards losses and who didn't, all you had to do w

pause for a minute and show you something important happening right outside our studios in northwest washington. lesli calls this a window of hope. it's the side of our building facing wisconsin avenue northwest. what they are putting up are the faces of the missing. we're talking young people, children from across our region, who are not home with their pas it's just one of several initiatives we're leading to help bring these children home. and for our website, we have a section devoted to missing children and resources for parents and care givers, too. >>> the wusa9 special assignment unit is looking into the under world of gangs tonight. ms-13, their numbers are increasing and so is the violence. illegal immigration and the legal system play a role in eradiating gangs. help is also needed in the schools and at home. >> police, stop. police. >> this is a night in herndon, virginia. >> this gang has been here so long, everybody knows the area. >> during the day, the iron gate community. >> another gang. that ms-13 crossed out, disrespect. >> police searched all over prince william county on t

comes as the investigation into russia is intensifying, abc's kenneth moton has more from northwest washington:30 developing this developing this korea has tested another missile. it flew for about six minutes... before crashing into the sea of japan. south korea's military said the test involved a short-range "scud" missile. the launch was the north's ninth this year. now to breaking new developments in the manchester terror attack. a new arrest overnight - sam sweeney is at the live desk, sam? larry police raids continue at this hour... british authorities raided 3 homes just this morning. now at least 14 people are in custody in connection with last weeks bombing. those who live near those raids say they continue to hear to gain entry to homes or if they are something else. police believe there are still members of the sucicide bombers inner circle on the loose. as for the victims... at least 54 remain hospitalzied, 19 of them are still in critical condition. in wake of the deadly attack in manchester.. dozens received bee tattoos to raise thousands of dollars for the victims. residents say

northwest washington. it was dedicated in 1991 and honors the extraordinary service and sacrifice of america's policing professionals. it bears the names of nearly 21,000 officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice dating 1791.o the first death in the memorial now includes the names of 29 members of the united states secret service, dating back to the first death in 1902. that was secret service operative william crank, struck and killed by a trolley car while protecting president theodore roosevelt in massachusetts. sadly, new names are added each year in our candlelight vigil on may 13. all of you are invited to attend this years event, at 8 p.m. on the national mall, saturday, may 13. this year, we will be dedicating names to the memorial including 143 law enforcement fallen heroes from 2016. , among the law enforcement heroes from the past is names will be added, including secret service assistant special agent in charge james collins, who suffered a heart attack while on 1992.n we are also a leader

. >>> first, take a look outside the news 4 studios here in northwest washington this morning where wind right now. it could make for a pretty tricky start to the holiday weekend if you're kicking things off early this morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. when you have the radar behind us like this and it's all lit up, you know it's going to be a messy day. we are checking with storm team 4 meteorologists and finding out when we should leave for vacation. >> we'll look at the interstates with melissa and justin finch out in it for us. we'll start with team coverage with chuck bell and lauren rickets. >> i'm glad we're not out in it yet. coming later. >> when i walked in they said we're going outside. it's raining outside. >> we can't forecast rain without standing out in rain apparently. a big push of moisture coming our way. you may see sunshine before more rain comes in later. we're stuck with the clouds and rain and steadier rain showers ready to move in. grab the umbrella. you'll need it today. 50s with rain drops coming down now. four things to know. rain likely today. bre

back to you. >> justin finch in northwest washington. justin, thank you. >>> 6:47 now.house is expected to vote on a $1 trillion spending plan today. that deal reached by congressional leaders over the weekend to keep the government funded through september. it's expected to win support from lawmakers across party lines but expected to oppose it call it a missed opportunity. >>> new overnight, president trump took a swipe at former presidential rival hillary clinton tweeting fbi director comey was the best thing that ever happened to hillary clinton in that he gave her a free pass to many bad deeds. that came close to after clinton pointed to several reasons that contributed to her loss and she pointed the finger to fbi director james comey. >> but i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comey's letter and russian wikileaks came out. >> clinton went on to say she takes personal responsibility for the loss and is working on a book abo >>> and a drilling of the president of united airlines. >> it comes after lawmakers spent four hours yesterday questionin

northwest. you can get a full list on the nbc washington app. after the weekend. >>> you'll have to pay more to ride metro. it will cost cents depending on when you take the trip. the metro hours will look a little different. the trains will stop running at 11:30 at night monday through thursday. and on friday and saturday, you can take metro until 1:00 in the morning. on sunday, metro will open later and shut down at 11:00 at night. >>> well, if you have ever started a home repair project and it turned out to be a lot more expensive than first thought, you can certainly identify with the local nonprofit group. >> they are the only group in fairfax county that specifically works with homeless women veterans and their kids. and this morning, they find themselves short of the money they need to assist the veterans who need their help. final salute discovered unexpected problems while renovating their home in the alexandria area. the project was a lot bigger than their plans and budget had called for. and the home was suddenly the residents had the

. >>> the sound of bagpipes to mark a somber service in northwest, washington, today. d.c. police hosted the annual law enforcement officers memorial service this morning. the 38th among the honored, corporal ja kai coalson, and ashley dwindon. >> yeah, we lost both of them in the last year. >>> how long do you expect to live? information just out this afternoon shedding new light on life expectancy. >> and it's good news for the most part, for those of us in the washington area. joining us live from "the washington post," reporter joel achenbach. thank you for being here. locally, how do we look? >> well, the d.c. area looks really good in general, just statistically, fairfax county, for example, i think has the lowest death rate of any of the local counties. montgomery county, prince george's, they all look good. the bigger picture is nationally, ther inequality geographically. there are places like kentucky, west virginia, central appalachia, the coal regions where life expectancy is going down. the mississippi delta, other pockets around the country, and this is part of

take a live look from our tower camera here northwest washington.ou can barely see anything because of the conditions right now. want to take you to the roads. >> news 4's justin finch is live with a look at the roads and rain there. what do you see? >> reporter: just hopped on the 95 south ramal here. pretty much lots of mist coming up with the rain on the ground, moving as expectsed out here so far. they say so far they're seeing a typical commute in terms of cars on the road, speed of traffic which they also found concerning. surprised to see so many cars going so fast given these conditions. they're also advising fellow drivers to keep those lights on and high so they can see you're driving around as well. we've seen the rain ebb and flow throughout the morning. as we approach the heavier part of the rush hour we are certainly seeing a pickup in car traffic and also more cars on the road means more splash coming up. so you do want to take it easy. see you at 6:45 with more. >>> wipers going on. nbc's washington app. we have a link on vdot. >>> 6

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy.he white house, postponing a meeting about climate change. the administration says that the meeting will be rescheduled and this is the second time it has been delayed. autria: also happening today, and opioid summit in maryland. the summit will be an opportunity for hundreds of policymakers to share information about how to combat the growing epidemic. jimmy kimmel, returning to the late-night stage last night. he gave an update on his son's condition. revealing last monday that his son underwent surgery three days after he was born and would require another procedure when he is bigger. in three to six months. last night jimmy says that billy is doing just fine. >> our son, billy, is doing well. he is getting bigger, he is sweet -- he is sleeping, he can read now. my wife took a video of him today. you can see. because so many people donated to children's hospital of los angeles. that or he has gas. we don't know. [laughter] kidd: say that they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of pe

. >>> expect more work today on this broken water main in northwest washington. crews have been working on it since wednesday. >>> news 4's justin finch is live there now with a look at how soon the work might be completed here. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. we're hearing as early as this week. no work is happening right now. but we have seen progress b the water main break has been fixed, new line in place, the next stop is lying down new blacktop. let's give you a sense of where we r nare now, 4500 block. d.c. water crews have been working on this line break, as you mentioned, since last wednesday, which happens to have broken along a main artery for drivers in our area and complicating repairs here. that line has to come in from the state of alabama. this was a 30 inch water main that dates back to 1860 which is precivil war which did not make fixing this area all the much easier here. we still have a closed roadway on macarthur. this could reopen as soon as early next week be too soon for those that rely on it. live in news west. i'm

reporting live in northwest washington, john gonzalez. larry: now to the latest from the white house, president trump is expected to retain the services of a private attorney as the investigation continues into his campaign's alleged ties to russia. the lawyer has represented trump in the past several cases, including the fraud of trump university. he called the investigation a witchhunt. of the the analysis house gop health care bill was released today and it could have big implications for the obamacare repeal. the analysis would reveal how the american health care act could impact the deficit and how many people could lose coverage if it were passed. the score will serve as the official lawmakers negotiating their own version of the appeal. all rightalong with revealed a tv ad blitz yesterday defending the land. larry: new this morning, it's back to normal at newark international air after a plane engine burst into flames. taxiing last night, they noticed flames in one of the engines. people had to evacuate using slides. atht now you'r

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy.his morning all eyes are on comey's replacement. larry: sam? sam: what comes next, because whoever that is they will face unprecedented scrutiny in the senate when it comes time for confirmation. republicans and democrats saying success must have russian that ability, zero connection to trump professionally or politically. as most of us know, the president treasures loyalty but in this case he is going to have to find an outsider. immediately became the temporary director and he could be made permanent, but he is also under review for his ties to hillary clinton. his wife received campaign funding from a clinton fundraiser back in 2015. today the new york times -- "the new york times" reporting that a successor could be named as early as this friday. we will see what happens. mary, back upstairs to you. larry: dave brat and is the latest lawmaker to face anger from constituents. >> we said no. town hallding a meeting last night and hundreds of opponents to the gop plan to repeal and re

in northwest, washington, mark segraves, news4. >> a perfect ending if afor tha story if he did a cannonballter. >> the mayor did. we gotta get mark on that next year. doug's at the beach, only thing better than a pool is the beach. how's it going out there? >> reporter: right when you came a nice afternoon. new friends from alexandria. she's watching us on the air right now on the nbc washington app. what are you names? >> rosy. >> emily. >> ana bell. >> elizabeth. >> ellen. >> hannah. >> all from alexandria. how long did it take you to come down today? >> three hours. >> pretty easy? >> pretty easy. >> not a lot of traffic. and that's what i've been hearing. a lot of people came down last night. they said four and five hours last night. everybody today said three hours. i'm sure it's not getting any easier. let's take a look and show you what's happening for the rest of the weekend. not too bad of a memorial day weekend down here towards the beaches. temperatures in the 70s. 71 degrees tomorrow. water temperature, 63. cooler this could with, sunday, only 64 with the on-shore flow, make sur

michelle: break now people were left beaten and bloodied as protests collide in northwest washington.onathan: and abc7 exclusive. guards appearing to dump a woman on the sidewalk and then walk away all outside of a d.c. hospital. >> a daring rescue at 14,000 feet. >> even took my chair out. put a harness on me with extension strap. michelle: the extreme lengths to get a helicopter to the highest point in the continental united states. >> from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jonathan: the breaking news now, nine people hurt as protest turns violent. michelle: this is happening in north west washington near turkish ambassador's residents. tom roussey is live there now. what is the latest? >> well, the president of turkey just came out from the ambassador's residence. i'll get out of the way to show you the crowd here to greet him. behind the crowd. it'see the sheridan circle. you can see video from earlier. a fight broke out. you had a big crowd of folks propresident of turkey. turkish flags. crowd with armenian flags. long running beef between the two groups of the people and

. >> this woman can't believe the attack happened outside northwest washington store. >> i think thatis shocking. i don't really know what other word to describe it. >> shocking because the investigators say two men were beaten up with a belt buckle so badly they were put in a hospital. it happened along georgia avenue, a busy street day or night. it happened next door to the fire station. the attempted robbery happened at 2:00. now they are looking for four hispanic males between the ages of 18 and to -- and 20. >> maurice lived here more than a decade. >> i go to the door, nothing ever happens. fewer than a dozen assaults in the neighborhood last year. overall, the violent crime is down 40% which makes the brutal belt attack here more unusual. >> we have a lot of young families. a lot of people who are retires. who like to walk around the neighborhood. it's relatively quiet. nothing happens on this block. >> reporting, tim barber, abc7 news. alison: parole hearing is scheduled for tomorrow for heather cook. cycling advocates are calling on the parole board to keep this former i pist

. >>> out on the storm team 4 weather deck here in northwest washington, an absolutely gorgeous morning underway. we have a blue sky here. just a few clouds coming through and a fresh east wind. that is cooling things down. you can track all the changes with the nbc washington app. there is the capital wheel. we have sunshine on this saturday morning. it is in the mid to upper 60s in the bay. the mid-60s everywhere else. the pollen report is still in the high category for mold spores and temperatures are going to be holding steady in the 60s to near 70 all the way through the afternoon. look at rain chances over the next ten days. that's coming up in the next half hour. >>> tom, thank you very much. in the meantime, new this morning, prince george's county are investigating one of their own after a crash in greenbelt. we are told the officer hit the car on kenilworth avenue just after midnight. the officer is a e- and the crash is still under investigation. >>> and this morning we are hearing from a woman who was at the center of all this. this chaos that broke out outside the turkish e

has been several days, but repairs on a broken water main are still shutting down a road in northwest washington. we're learning that the weather could be holding up the work even longer. justin finch is live on mcarthur boulevard. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, so far as you can see behind me, no work going ob. that's for good reason. the recent round of rain we have had here and though it's slacked up now, so d.c. water is pushing their plans back hoping to have it finish asked reopened by friday. drivers are not the only ones awaiting the grand reopening of a stretch of mcarkansthur boule. the deli owners too. >> e we love the customers. >> reporter: though d.c. water is aiming to get it back open by next week, downpours will set them back one day. so far they have replaced that damaged water main and filled over the hole. now the soaking rain is leading crews unable to continue road work including laying down asphalt. >> it is odd. some place in d.c. that doesn't have a ton of cars at the moment. >> for now, traffic will keep trickling around the work zone on the 4500 block be

headed to northwest washington. if you want an alternate from 270 to connecticut and travel through the northwest there. that will save you time. but an hour compute to travel at 26 miles. all right. put me in coach, we will play ball. northbound 95 from the lorton area. a 43 minute ride from the typical ride northbound 95 to southeast frewive. if you want to try an alternate route to hook up to commute driving 22 miles. we have given you alternates but leave now. you want to get there and you don't want to miss any of the pre-game festivities on the ice or at the ballpark. that is the traffic watch. jeff goldberg now joining us to check out 395. jeff: there is a lot of traffic but this is to be expected. the other side north from arlington it's backing up. this is mobile track. looking behind us right now. traffic will get worse for the home games, nats and the capitals. if you want to head out to d.c. for either game you will get on the road to virginia as soon as you can. >> the center field gate opens at 5:00. w

. >> in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, gnaws news. alison: sometimes being in the right place at the right time can make the difference. nancy chen is here with a life-saving example you have to see. nancy: this all unfolded in topeka, kansas. a police officer saw a little boy walking close to a pond when the 4-year-old fell in. now we will let the footage caught on the body come ra tell the story from there. >> hey! >> i need help. call 911 for me. we have a get that fell into a pond. >> i got a civilian. i got him out. he fell in the pond. almost drowned. i got him out. >> heart stopping to listen to and to watch. as you heard him say yes, they got him out. it turns out that the little boy the parents had been searching for him after he was unlocked the backdoor. his father was in the bathroom. his name is elijah and his family says he is all right. but terrifying to see him. you see how quickly the officer jumps in. he does not think twice and he saved his life. larry: love the body camera there to show the heroism. we forget they