looking at now is a flash flood warning in effect for the metro area, part of the metro area northwest washington, montgomery, prince george's, arlington until 2:15. do effect because the heavy rain is short-lived and it is extended to contain howard county. next couple of hours, southern maryland will be the focus of the next continuous batches of moderate to heavy rain. don't be surprised if localized flood statement come out on that area. -- 215, a lot of people live and work in this area so pay attention if you see rising waters. towardsouth fredericksburg and eventually the northern neck of the middle peninsula is where we see the next batch coming across the potomac into charles county and eventually st. mary's and calvert as well. nats have again tonight and it looks like the weather will not be an issue. a little sunshine at first pitch time. 84 degrees and it will be a comfortable baseball night. just a little bit muggy at the thursday and friday a lot of stuff at the montgomery county fair. monster truck madness it will be a dry and sunny day. monster madness, eileen whelan will be invo

northwest washington, i'm michael quander. wusa 9. >> dozens are talking about thee facebook page. april writes i'm going to still call it verizon center. that's the only way i'll remember it. margaret writes can we have a generic name that doesn't change. learning new names is annoying. go to our wusa9 facebook page. >> i may call it the -- >>> the department of health stopped a dc hospital from delivering babies. they shut down its nurseries. wusa9 janice park told us the shut down is going to last for 90 days at a hospital known for serving the district's poorest residents. >> give me a kiss. >> whether it's a young mother. >> my finger snapped over here. >> to those who frequent the hospital, the concern is mounting when it comes to southeast dc's united medical center. ghetto like described. when i say ghetto, it's unprofessional. >> it's, like, it's a terrible experience especially for new parents. they don't know what's going on. >> many mothers will be out of luck until november because the hospital isn't allowed to deliver babies or continue its nursery until then. the hos

live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. nancy: new tonight, the winner of the fairfax county schoolboard election, the democrat, taking the position. virginia governor terry mcauliffe said that she spoke with her and congratulated her on her victory. jonathan: no confederate flags and the charles county fair. they confederate veterans will set up a display without a confederate flag. this is in the wake of the contra see over confederate icons and violence in charlottesville. the fair's president says it is important to learn from experiences. 7 tracking the devastation of hurricane harvey around the clock. we are seeing the heroism of the first responders. was a pat of meal butter. jonathan: they have been working around the clock with no sleep or rest, working on adrenaline. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone co

. >>> and we're working to find out the identity of a person killed in a terrible crash in northwest washington. it happened after 10:00 last night on irving street near first street northwest. one person died at the scene. another person was transported to the hospital with threatening injuries. >>> a motorcyclist is in custody after leading virginia state police on a high speed chase, authorities say the guy on the motorcycle took off when police tried to pull him over on eastbound route 66. eventually crashed near exit 28. that's where he was arrested. >>> hot and sticky understand again and humidity is up -- once again and humidity is up and temperatures are up and i expect isolated storms but anything we develop has the threat to be on the heavy side. temps now. 87 the warm spot in alexandria with 86 at national. we're sitting 82 on on the bay in annapolis at north beach. the cool estuary out to the -- area out to the west while lovettsville upper 70s. watching a front out here toward iowa. that's going to bring us some much nicer weather by the time we get into the weekend. but we got to

. >> some of you are seeing heavy rain and storms, we're getting it right here northwest washington. we've heard it on the roof. we've heard the thunder >> we saw the flicker of our monitors >> what's going on out there >> strong thunderstorms some still severe. you can see there, that's definitely rain we're looking i'm going to go to looking let me look and see if there's been anymore warnings in the last couple's minutes. doesn't look like i that's good, we'll start here, this takes you earlier this was a montgomery county that was warned but now basically he we're just talking about anne arundel county, howard and northern sections of prince george's county. still a very, very large storm extends east of baltimore right down to east of i95, coming down towards 97. interstate 97 as it continues to move off to the east. i put in cities, the first one, chester town, that will be at 6:27. about 25 miles per hour this is moving. give it another hour or so and should completely push across the bay. and look at the area ahead on the eastern shore that's already been warned for this stor

still, problems haven't cleared up at the northwest washington hospital. this summer, the i-team revealed a patient's body went undiscovered in a parking lot outside for two days. >>> a virginia father is sentenced to life without parole for the murder of his son. prosecutors say that he wanted to collect on the life insurance. he had taken out more than months before killing his son, prince, in manassas in 2012. the boy was just 15 months old when he died. today, prince's mother called him a pathetic excuse for a human. >>> a church camp kons lcounsel under arrest for soliciting sex from a child. he used snap chat to send the camper lewd photos and solicit sex. they met in sterling, and the pictures were sent last year after camp was over. the child reported hearns when he returned to camp this summer and learned that hearns was still a counselor there. the camp director said all camp and church families have been notified now. >>> next at 11:00, forced to cancel a flight because of emergency surgery, this woman finds out her tickets were nonrefundable. s

still, problems haven't cleared out at the northwest washington hospital this summer. i-team revealed a patient's body went undiscovered for two days in a parking lot outside. >>> covering northern virginia, a sex abuse church camp may be worse than investigators originally thought. trying to find out if richard hearns has other victims. he was a counselor at the summer camp in sterling, charged with soliciting sex from a boy under 15 last year. investigators say he used snap chat to send the young camper lewd photos and solicit sex. >>> 13 before the hour. a little girl's dog called a hero. they say the dog bit a man that approached the girl and grabbed her arm. this was wednesday in good rich. the man took off, hasn't been located. he was wearing a white stripe shirt and light colors long pants. the girl is okay. >>> a man facing impersonation charges. prince george's county police say he pretended to be an off duty police officer. he is accused of pulling over a car in ma nas is left. the driver got the tag number of the car, gave it to police. he turned himself in

in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news >>> it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. let's get an update from sheena parveen. >> hello aaron. it will be a hot one today. keep that in mind before you start running around this afternoon. stay in the shade or the ac. temperatures will be close to 90 degrees by 11:00 a.m. then we'll be feeling around 100 degrees only by lunchtime. we'll look at the afternoon forecast and the cooldown coming up next. >>> secret service in crisis. the major new concerns that's making congress come up with more money to protect the president and the first family. >>> they got him. the dangerous confrontation with a terror suspect in >>> storm team 4 weather alert day today. hazy, hot and humid for the afternoon. one of those days you do everything to stay cool. >> yes, it is aaron especially in the peak afternoon hours. each by will you have time, it's going to start to feel like 100 degrees. though it's going to be very hot this afternoon, hot and humid is going to make it feel so much hotter. we're going to have little rain relief. if you

. >> crews are going to have to start all over on a building in northwest washington. yesterday, that building collapsed. you can see crews and bulldozers on sherman near p tthe area. the walls crumbled. nobody was hurt. >>> there is a ten-foot deep sinkhole swallowing a woman's garden. prince george's county says heavy rain caused this problem and the county is not responsible. the homeowner says she has no idea p h >> we get a lot of rain. the water goes somewhere. >> the county's environmental department said it discovered metal and other materials degraded faster than the soil which caused that sinkhole. no other neighbors have had similar issues. the county is urging homeowners to watch out for signs of the soil to cave in. it could cost between $5,000 to $20,000 to fix that sinkhole. >> you saw this next story right here. since we told you how to contact v dot if your car was splat erd wi with gunk. it was covered in some kind of liquid asphalt. it looked like cars were covered in tar. vdot will fix the problem if this has happened to your car. >> a little rain i

in northwest washington, i am sam sweeney. autria: as we track harvey's path of destruction, beaumont, texas lost its water supply. rising floodwaters from tropical depression harvey knocked out power to the pump station, meaning they are without drinking water and a could be hours before crews can make the repairs. new numbers from officials, the death toll from harvey rising to 31. vice president mike pence is arriving at texas later today. adrianna hopkins, a dangerous situation is playing out. adrianna: there have been two explosions at the are came a chemical plant -- are kemah -- .re kemah -- chemical plant officials say the explosions happened around 2:30 central time and they are warning people the explosion was imminent. been flooded since harvey made landfall and the chemicals inside would and the situation was volatile and unsafe. actuated within a mile and a half of that plant and said there was no way they could enter the plant to stable this it -- stabilize the situation. the chemical that is exploding is stored

a meeting takes place at committee headquarters at 1331 pennsylvania avenue northwest, washington dc. i am chair catherine lhamon. with me, commissioner gail meriot, commissioner peter kirsanow, say your name, commissioner david gladney. are you present? thank you. >> in trouble already. >> commissioner michael yaki. >> i'm here. >> the court reporter is present, director, are you present? >> i'm present. >> meeting comes to order. motion to approve the agenda for this business meeting? second? perfect. i was going to ask for amendments. i have a few to start us off. i would like to remove discussion on vote on lb gt employment determination, some commissioners requested additional time to review the report. i think staff for finalizing the report that we place on the agenda for next month's meeting. second, i would like to add consideration for statement titled the us commission on civil rights condemns the administration's military ban on transgender individuals. third, i would like to amend at a presentation dry california advisory committee member rachel sigmund who requested to s

really nice breeze outside of our station in northwest washington.e deserve a nice weekend especially after last weekend with all of that rain friday into saturday morning. take a look at how the weather will impact your weekend outdoor exercise, yard work looking perfect. what you want to do on the weekend is yard work. it is nice and refreshing when you cut the grass. it's going to be dry even a little bit cool during the evening. if you are going to be out late you get chilly easy and probably want tograb a light sweater or sweatshirt. hold off on getting the car washed. chance of storms high on monday. towards beaches looking fabulous. temperatures in the low 80s. maybe a shower early saturday but after that plenty of sunshine in the forecast. >> see you in a bit. >>> if you had one last wish what would taste of a hometown treat. >> but with hundreds of miles to travel and a good chance the treat would melt wasn't going to be easy. how the kindness of >>> complete strangers making a dream come true for a woman from arlington. >> they were hundred

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reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: manchester arena is expected to reopen next month with memorial concert to honor the victim of the bombing in may outside ariana grande concert killing 22 people. larry: big ben may not go quiet after all. the british house of commons will review whether the icon should be violenced in the four years of renovation. under the current plan the bell would be silent to protect workers repairing the clock tower. plan outraged many britons who demanded parliament reconsider the idea. alison: there is a second sewer discharge near niagara falls. unlike the highly publicized incident last month this latest discharge looks to be weather related. rain caused overflow at wastewater treatment plant. the earlier incident is under investigation. larry: massive clean-up is underway in montana after a train derailment dumps a hole in a local river. 30 cars it's unclear how much of the coal went in the water. the state and the federal officials are part of the clean-up. it could take several w

northwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 news. >> they are looking for a woman who threw cup of urine inging on bus driver. they have it not identified her yet. nancy: the driver of this car had minor injuries after crashing down embankment rock creek parkway. this was this morning. sharing the image of the rescue operation near virginia avenue. it backed up the traffic for miles. at the height of rush hour. >> developing now, the maryland department of education hired a d.c. firm to investigate allegation of the grave manipulation in the prince george's county kevin lewis says he welcomes the investigation. >> do we have people that haven't dotted the eyes or cross the t -- dotted the i's or crossed t's? undoubtedly. but it doesn't make it systemic issue. the allegations that were made are reckless. painful to have to deal with. larry: the first alvarez and marshall will determine if the grades will change to boost graduation rate. final report due by the end of october. nancy: former staffer with the obama administration throwing his hat in ring to be the next prince george's county

northwest washington, brad bell, abc 7 news. larry: thank you so much for that. stay with abc seven for updates. we will have updates right here throughout our. if you have to step away come you can download the abc 7 news alison: new information now in a terrifying kidnapping case in weston.police have just released this sketch of the person wanted for dragging a moment into the woods and trying to sexually assault her. brianne carter is live with the latest today. brianne: here is the latest information. the police have been handing out -- we know they canvassed the area last night, all of this after what happened in this stretch of very busy road. tonight, this new image of the man police believe is behind the abduction and it tempted assault of a 22-year-old woman. police say the man is said to be in his late 20's or early 30's with a beard and stocky build. he was last seen wearing a red baseball hat. some residents are concerned the image may not be enough to track him down. >> a beard and baseball hat, how common is that? briann e: the woman was walking al

we've already had two to three pockets of rain go over us here in northwest washington during the laterst batch moving out, but there is another area of light rain here. southern parts of fairfax dcouny down to silver spring and woodridge. heavier and steadier rain to fairfax, virginia as well. we have two things we're wau watching for. the first is heavier rain that could cause flash flooding in the d.c. metro area today. and it will head down toward richmond. mainly an urban flash flood because heavy rain on the paved roads could cause an issue. rainfall amounts could be as much as one to two inches at times. our main threat will be heavy rainfall. any of those storms today in southern maryland could have a damaging wind threat as well. temperatures mid to upper 60s to around 70 now. we'll stay in the 70s all day today with a rain heaviest at times during the afternoon and the evening. once we get the rain stopped, some nicer weather comes our way for the next couple days. for more on that, let's go over to sheena. >> we could have more showers tomorrow but today could shape up to be

sam: i'm on howard university campus here in northwest washington where we talked to a number of people here. but we also talk to people in the surrounding neighborhood of northwest d.c. at wanda's on 7th, barbershop and hair salon -- >> i don't feel protected as a person of the country, woman, black woman or citizen of d.c. sam: many opinions on the events of the last several days in charlottesville and the way president trump responded to that. >> i think they are taking sides and cover up what he really is. sam: the shop owner says it's been a major conversation among clients. she finds it distressing. particularly the death of heather heyer. >> the woman lost her life. ran over with a car. terrible way to die. all the people injured. that was hurtful to see it today. sam: among a number we spoke to, disappointment about president trump. >> trump being president to me is one of the biggest jokes. not a good joke. like a terrible joke. almost a tragedy. zach for blacks a traditional target of klan hatred, concerned that the organization is still around in 2017. >> i remember my ancest

we're here at wilson high school in northwest washington. this is where the teenager had recently graduated from high school. we were inside the school today talking to her principal, talking to teachers as they get ready for a new school year with some very heavy hearts. they describe jamari has a star student. she was captain of the cheerleading squad. she sang in the choir. the college coordinator here helped her get into college. she got into the college she wanted to florida a&m. one teacher told me today, she left an impression on everyone. >> she was a wonderful kid. she's very studious. was up on all the current events, came to class, smiling and it was first period, which is always rough for all of our kids. but, you know, she was always and we just really curious about the world. >> as you can imagine, everyone is taking it very hard. there were grief counselors here available today at wilson high school for anyone who needed to talk through this tragedy. back to you. >> all right. thank you, darcy. >>> time now to check in with ou

in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. >>> what is most impressive is the whole community is responding. we all come together at the end of the day. somebody needs help. >> a lot of people are walking through the door. >> they are my people. they are our people. we have to take care of >> better to give than receive. >> this is a blessing to us. i hope it's a blessing to somebody else. >> tonight the focus is shifting to helping as harvey weakens to a tropical depression and moves inland. crews are starting to search block by block in houston for any signs of people trapped. two hours ago, the city analysis school won't be in session until september 11. the texas governor says sunday will be a day of prayer for the entire state. karen is in houston not far from where vice president mike pence visited today. >> helicopters canvassing the beaumont, texas, area thursday for those in need of rescue. >> we can see him. >> dramatic effort continued among clearer skies. dire situations on the ground. beaumont water pump sale leaving the city without running water that prompted a

tree fell in front of a home here along arizona avenue in northwest washington. >> and not too far from there, take a look at the flooding in the chevy chase section of dc, a lot of water there. one of our viewers shared this video with us. you can barely see the road in some spots. this is up near the intersection of connecticut and nebraska avenues in northwest. >>> doug and amelia are in the storm center this afternoon looking ahead to what's next after the storms today and is the rain there right now. but the interesting thing, we were talking about this last night how we had a pretty good chance of some showers today but we did not see potential for flash flooding on what we saw on parts of northeast. >> it favored areas parts of arlington. picked up about one and a half to two inches. it's very wet start to august. >> it really was, everybody saw some rain. it was that specific area, up towards baltimore, also saw some flash flooding that rain moving out. storm team 4 radar tracking that rain for you, you can see it was very heavy in parts of the region earlier, right in through h

-- >> our meeting takes place at the commission headquarters at 1331 pennsylvania avenue, northwest, washington, dc. i am the chair. commissioners are the vice chair, commissioner harriet, commissioner nagasaki. and i believe we have on the telephone, i would like you to confirm if i say your name -- are you present? >> yes, i am. sorry. >> thank you. >> in trouble already. >> are you present. >> i am here. >> a quorum of the commissioners is present. i see that the court reporter is present. staff director, present? >> i am present. is there a motion to approve the agenda of the meeting? thank you. is there a second? >> second. >> i'm going to ask for amendments. i have a few to start us off. first, i would like to remove the discussion and vote on lgbtq employment report. some commissioners have asked for additional time to review the report. i think the staff for finalizing this for our review which we will place on the agenda for next month's meeting. second, i would like to amend to add considerations for a statement entitled "the u.s. commission on civil rights condemns the administration

instruments.o play reporter: reporting from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc 7 news. 6:00, policen annandale. and this wasn't even the most ofmatic part of a series events that too shopping center. >> another statue removed, in the wake of charlottesville. tonight, new calls for changes. and another presidential quits withalling it a hidden message to president trump. >> and what happened to three girls in this maryland home has even the toughest police officers horrified and asking why. >> now, abc 7 news at 6:00. on your side. >> but we begin with the weather tonight, because right now we've got storms popping up around the metro area. under watches again. >> let's get right now to meteorologist steve rudin in the stormwatch 7 weather center. >> heavy rain finally beginning the capitalde beltway. this is looking over towards the bridge. skies are dark. it's raining. see the folks with the umbrellas. temperature right now, 83. just a cooling down little bit, by about 7 degrees, compared to the last hour. doese thunderstorm warning re-- watch does remain in ef tonight. we have sev

the people who park neighborhood in northwest washington. plans to replace the iconic uptown theater sign have been canceled. amc lowews owns that one-screen theater. they were planning to replace the 81-year-old sign with a new amc sign. the neighborhood wasn't happy about those plans. >> it's the same as walking past a mom and pop's restaurant that all of a sudden has an applebee's sign in front of it. >> i'd wonder why they'd done it, why they'd taken away something that's been a part of this neighborhood for so many years. >> residents tweeted, e-mailed and wrote letters to the amc to save the sign. an amc logo may be added but for now the sign would stay. it would be so different to do that. it is an iconic spot. >> check out this video that might make you dizzy. >> whoa. >> this is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world. just opened in switzerland. >> is, it spans five football fields, which is more than a quarter of a mile. it connects hiking trails to two swiss towns because of the beauty. the adventure. look at that s

northwest washington, chuck. southbound 16th street. it was blocked south military road crash. that has just been cleared we understand. scratch that off the list. 16th street back open. let's go to baltimore. northbound on 95. traffic jam. you can see this is the southbound rubber necking delay and little traffic getting by northbound on the bottom of the picture. overturned car by 895. only one right lane is getting by. that's where land. back to you. >> dave, thank you, sir. are you ready for a party? millions of americans getting ready for the big solar eclipse. take you to one of the biggest watch parties already getting newer way. >>> plus, tax-free shopping. the tips to help you save money as you prepare for the rurnet >>> you're going to see this next graphic, this monday, the countdown will go from three days to hours before the big solar eclipse. we're expecting more than 80% of the sun to be blocked out here in our area. >> in casper, wyoming, it will feel like night in the middle of the day. that's where we find news 4's jay gray this morning. everybody is getting e

dalles most of the showers -- doug: most of the showers continue northwest of washington. a few more continue tonight. we talk about the next ten days in seven minutes at "abc7 news at 6:00". for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ alison: right now an oklahoma man behind bars accused of trying to blow up a bank but it was an f.b.i. sting operation. his name is jerry varnell. he is facing charges. detectives say he tried to dedicate what he believed to be a van filled with explosives but agents were on to him and they gave him a falk -- fake device. he initially wanted to blow up the federal reserve building in d.c. all because he was upset with michelle: michelle: developing all eyes on tomorrow looming deadline. north korea planning to fire four missiles in the wate

darcy spencer in northwest washington, a teenager just days away from college is gunned down. today we're speaking to her teachers and principal. >>> plus, we're just a week away, folks, from that eclipse and now is the time to get ready. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00, dange t ye >>> she worked hard to get into college, now recent high school graduate won't get that opportunity, 17-year-old jamari killed by a bullet meant for someone else. tonight her teacher's friends and family are still in shock, as news 4 darcy spencer explains her death is resinating with a darcy. >> reporter: it sure is, jim. we came here to wilson high school today we wanted to find out more about this teenager. we wanted to personalize the story. i was inside for a long time today talking to her principal, talking to her teachers and got a real sense of who she was. she was amazing. >> you will always remember, that student you will always remember. >> reporter: they described her as a star student at wilson high school, captain of the cheerleading squad, she was the student who would light

in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> a baby girl born this morning was named after the event. eclipse eubanks was born in greenville, south carolina. she weighed in at eight pounds and three ounces and 19 inches long. >>> social media is buzzing about president trump's moment without his eclipse glasses. he stood on the front balcony with their president took a couple of peaks aft -- peeks after taking them off. that is a no-no. it could cause cornea damage. >>> 250 miles above the earth today, the noaa captured images that show the massive shadow caused by the moon. nasa also tweeted video from the international space station. we'll show you some of the best moments we gathered on the ground today in less than 10 minutes. >>> after months of legal maneuvering we could be close to construction starting on the purple line in maryland. the governor tweeted we can expect a big announcement soon. news 4's shomari stone has more on what that announcement could include. >> reporter: it looks like the purple line is back on track. it would have 21 stops connecting bethesda spr

the meeting takes place at the commission headquarters at 1331, pennsylvania avenue northwest washington dc. i am sure captain lehman, and thesheriff next to the are vice chair, and the other commissioners. i believe we have on the telephone, i would like for you to confirm as they say your --me, [indiscernible] [laughter] are you present? >> i am here. i see that the reporter is present. >> the meeting now comes to order. is there a motion to approve the agenda for the business meeting? >> yes. >> is there a second? >> yes. >> perfect. i have a few amendments to start us off, i would like to remove the discussion on the lgbt employment worked, they have requested additional time to review the report. i think the staff for finalizing the report which will put on our agenda next meeting. second i would like an amendment entitled that the u.s. commission on civil rights condemns the administration's military ban on transgender individuals. thei would also amend whoosal of someone requested to speak to the commission on that report. >> i would like to amend the agenda to at a statement that

. >>> now, at 6:00, a live picture outside our studio in northwest washington as heavy rain moves inand the timing really couldn't be worse as people try to make their way home from work. >> we're seeing reports of damage out there, seeing these pictures coming in just now from frederick county. we've got the downed trees and powerlines. >> let's check in with doug to tell us who is getting hit and how long this mess is going to the dry side, but the area that's coming down right now, right along i-95 right through parts of the beltway, these are the areas that are most impacted by the storm at this time of day, a lot of people leaving home are trying to get home from work. let's take a look outside our tower cam, you notice what's happening here, the rain continues to come down, i want to show you a different vantage point. this is from our national harbor camera. check this camera out. this storm -- this camera actually shows you the entire storm over the district, look at the rain shaft right here coming on down, we've seen a couple of bolts of lightning out of this, as well, as w

in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. nancy: such a d.c.here. "7 on your side" tonight with what looks like a sign mixup in one arlington neighborhood. this here is 23rd road north. the street sign that someone has covered in duct tape reads 23rd street. after we reached out arlington county says it's now looking into the mix-up. larry: roads, streets. c'mon! be accurate. beach-goers on the east coast of britain came up on a sight. check it out. giant pipes, each eight feet wide watching up on a beach two hours north of london. at first no one could figure out where they came from but it turns out they were on the tway to africa when they broke free from the tugs. work is underway to remove the pipes. nancy: that is not something that you see normally on a beach. in pittsburgh, southwest airlines employee really, really going above and beyond to track down a cancer is it was filled with important medication. this act of kindness continued when the woman battling stage four colon cancer found inspiring note from the airline worker in her ret

. >>> d dot says the product to retime traffic lights in northwest washington was effective. now it's making the change in hundreds more intersections. this is a last phase of a five-year plan, and they've recal operated more than 1600 traffic lights. the next step covers 384 intersections in northeast and southwest d.c. ddot says the project improved travel times on roads by 13 to 16%. the agency is working on pedestrian signals and bus travel times. >>> i'm driving on all the wrong roads apparently. >> depending where you are. 15 to 16% better. >> some of those areas i have sat at. this is northern virginia too. the one in front turns red when you get to it. >> all the stars have to align for it to happen. >> you're waiting 15 minutes to go, i don't know, 50 feet. >> maybe i'm exaggerating. >> good morning aaron. >> go for t i was going to say, this is a beautiful picture. the sun coming up. >> it's a gorgeous picture. it's beautiful. look at the clear skies right now. >> we had clouds overnight tonight. overnight last night. i should say. thursday. >> 73 degrees in the dis

news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live from northwest washington with a look at the detours youed some problems. >> reporter: it is. but the good news, eun, i know this is near and dear to your heart. this section of beach drive closed for almost a year here is back open. for the longest time there were road closed signs here where rock creek parkway hits beach drive. back open once again. let's show you what's going on. take a look at this map. the red section is the part that's going to be closed from tilden street up to joyce road in northwest d.c. you got to pay attention to that closure. but the green section, that's the part that you get to drive on once again from rock creek parkway up to tilden street. we took a drive on rock creek parkway, the newly finished section recently. a beautiful road. we're going to take another ride this morning. let you know how traffic is going. i'll report here all morning. back to you. >> adam tuss live in northwest. thank you. >>> making a difference and stepping up to help. the unique way local volunteers are helping flood gulf coast

pretty steady moderate rain in northwest washington and heavier rains in parts of southern maryland. charles county, northern st. mary's county. again, everyone will get wet at some point during the day today. heaviest of the r before lunch. strongest of the winds likely later on today. mid-60s right now. we will struggle mightily to get up to 70 degrees for a high temperature today. that is 15 degrees cooler than average. there are more cool days in our ten-day forecast. we'll give you that in a few more minutes. now it's traffic time. good morning, mr. dildine. >> good morning mr. bell. we're soggy and slow on the beltway in virginia. you can see why in this camera shot. inner loop, it's a crash on the right side just after the service road merges on to 495 north. you can see the reflection of the overheadlight bars of the vehicles. yes, indeed, it is wet on the beltway. if you're headed out this morning, give yourself extra time and extra stopping room on the road. no signs of drying any time soon. the flood zones have been waurkd ou of the way. all the lanes are open there. in vi

the neighbors who live near beach drive in northwest washington came together for his block party yesterday. you saw the panda bear. the national park service set it up to celebrate the end of construction on that stretch. there is a new staircase and crosswalk that goes to national zoo and even a flashing signal to help pedestrians. >> we want to thank you residents for being so patient and we just wanted to create an opportunity for everyone to see the roadway. >> this was just the first phase of work that wrapped up in the area. there are two other segments to be finished. work is expected to happen until 2018. so a little bit of partying for now. >>> a famous landmark known for its sound is going silent. why it will be years before the bells chime again. >> plus, rotting meat. diapers and fish. mm. that's how many describe this flower. now thousands are lining up to take a whiff. detail >>> that familiar sound in london won't be heard for a while. that's because after today's renovations on big ben, that will silence the bell until 2021. the long construction time frame has set off a bi

birmingham, the -- if there's one place the statutes are to stay, it's an hour and a half northwest of washington, at the gettysburg, but people there are pretty uneasy, and we talked to them today. >>reporter: high water markets of confederates. the place where robert e. lee advanced in the bloodiest battle in the civil war. >> i can't imagine these places without these monuments. >> for barb adams, even the idea of removing monuments leaving her weeping. >> i cried this afternoon because i couldn't take it anymore. these men, these soldiers they lived. they believed -- they fought for what they believed in. >> the virginia monument was the first one here for confederate soldier dedicated in 1917 by a niece of robert e. lee. and it is the largest. the park service says it's not going anywhere. >> it's kind of like a hate thing, i hate to say it. >> as a -- vicky feels the pain of enslaved people but says the monument should stay. >> we come out to see this stuff because it might be gone. >> racism idiot, you're free to do that. >> sure trump supporter and they say we need to learn from our past.

well, from the west coast to northwest washington, a lot of people turned out to see what would happenthe eclipse at our national zoo. >> they were curious, also the animals did not seem to care too much, but that did not stop visitors from having fun with a different kind of solar show. >> yeah, our pat collins is at the zoo with his own unique take on today's eclipse. so, pat. >> reporter: well, jim, sometimes you just don't know what mother nature is going to do, or where she's going to do it, which is why i brought my own eclipse to the zoo today. >> five, four, three, two, one. whoa! hey! the pat collins tripping skywachers for the big black out. i was at the national zoo today because i was told when the real eclipse happen, animals might go bonkers. this woman remembered when it was like in the philippines back in the '50s. >> and the roosters were crowing. >> yes. >> from start to finish. >> yes. and then the garden looked like moonlight. >> reporter: but today at the peak watching time, the animals -- let's just say the animals at the zoo won't need any counseling tonight. at

we're at busboys and poets here on 14th street in northwest washington.rginia, maryland and here in d.c. that are taking part in what's called dine out for houston. and you can go on to your favorite social media platforms and find out in particular the places like busboys and poet that is are a part of this. want to show you a list of places that today are giving 5% of the day's proceeds towards hurricane relief. including busboys and poetess, hal. eo, 930 club, iron gate, tryst and ben chili's bowl also the black restaurant group which is popular in this area. jeff black and his family foundation will be matching up to a hundred thousand dollars of their diner's donations over the next couple of weeks. today through september 14th. we're talking blacks in bethesda, pearl dive and oyster place. also, d.c. braugh northeast brewery one hadn't dread% of its tasting proceeds on saturday will be donated for hurricane harvey relief efforts. just another way people in this area can do something to help out. we spoke to jewel who is was at ben's chili bowl this

the area we are standing and now is in the southern section of puget sound, the washington state and pacific northwest's great inland water. one the transcontinental railroad came there was talk about one day being able to span puget sound. an undertakingt anybody was prepared to do. during the depression federal programs like the building of the grand coulee dam, they were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. mid-1930's, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the peninsula. the tacoma near was bridge was opened on july 1 in 1940. after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. an almost like airplane winds, lift in the bridge. unlike just horizontal movement, began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge. especially in the center span. there was those suspension bridge or anything like this anywhere and out to the world in the pacific northwest. there was an unfamiliarity with just how big thing like this was supposed to behave. pe

. >> so we had graphic last week , apparently coming from the northwest, like washington , down to thethe way it will go from that part of the country to that part of the country. very neat. >> well, many people are planning their day around today's solar eclipse, where they'll view this eclipse. >> where are you viewing yours >> at home. >> if you happen to fine yourself out on the road, there are precautions you should take to make sure you drive safely. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff in the parking lot with some advice from triple a. hey, henry? >> reporter: hey jim, rahel, joined by kathleen miller in triple a. if you happen to fine yourself in a vehicle during the peak of the clings, what should you be thinking about? >> well, triple a wants to reminds everybody that even though today is a really big day for science, also needs to be a day for safety. so if you are driving during the eclipse, keep your headlights on. you also want to keep your sun advise or down, so you're not tell topped look at the sun, or the sole solar eclipse. you want to put your phone down, we can