we asked pepco about this. we asked them what is in place to ensure that a piece of equipment in charles county isn't going to be somehow cause something very catastrophic in the district. sean kelly from pepco had this statement. "in washington, d.c. the power generation is fed from the outside. so when a fault occurs on a transmission line this size it creates a ripple effect that can impact customers tied to the grid. customers who have a backup system that senses low voltage, which are purposely sense tich and designed to assess risk those systems did their job and switched to backup. what i can tell you from talking to a number of people today on background from some of these large institutions is that they got a chance today to see how well their generators part of their safety system in the event of a failure, whether it's caused by a piece of equipment or something more sinister how well their systems worked and it's something they're looking at. >>> at the pentagon right now, the commander of norad was

what happened was according to a pepco spokesperson at 12:30 today one of the ceramic coil insulators fell to the ground and burned. they're littered here. the fire was caused when the insulators hit the 230,000 volt transmission line fell. >> blue and green. sparks. so the whole sky was like blue and green and sparks coming from the top. >> it was so bright. it was like -- like it was at night. it was just as more daylight even now in the day time. >> reporter: the station is cooperated by pepco and smeko. crews are here getting the station back up and running. the power is not yet on yet. and they're also trying to figure out what caused that coil insulator to fail and fall. actually three of them we see missing here now on what's called a back bone. now when the failure happened here it caused a dip in voltage and then the ripple effect into d.c. pepco says that caused generators and all these huge facilities to then kick on and many of them require a manual switch in order to get the main power supply back up and running and pepco says that's the reason for all the delays and gett

sam ford kicks off our coverage live from pepco in northwest. sam? sam: leon alison a combination of a drop in voltage and power systems that are designed to react to such events left people in the dark throughout the area and you particularly notice it when you're in a place like the warner theater. >> to stand as her daughter. sam: oprah was on stage at the warner theater where they unveiled a stamp in memory of poet maya angelou. the first lady was in the audience when the main lights went off and tripped to low power backup. the same thing happened in buildings across the area. it started because of a transformer explosion and fire at a pepco substation in southern charles county, maryland. pepco says that caused a voltage across the area to dip and in certain buildings with automated systems like the warner museums, state department white house, it tripped to backup power. which had to be restored by building engineers in each case and that took time. buildings evacuated stayed that way for hours. back at the warner theater, when oprah lost ligh

pepco has about 1,500 outages still. that's up from earlier in the hour but at the height of the outage nearly 20,000 were in the dark. it hit office buildings and facilities with backup power in place including the state department the justice department several local universities and the white house. on news4 at 5:00 tom sherwood and tracee wilkins look at the impact it had on people who work and learn in those buildings. >>> more breaking news right now. the bethesda metro station along the red line is closed to passengers because of an escalator outage. metro says this is unrelated to the power outages. trains are bypassing the station. outbound riders being left off at medical center station where buss are picking them up and taking them back to bethesda. again, the bethesda metro station closed as crews complete escalator repairs. >>> jurors are still out dude today in boston at the marathon bombing trial of joekdzhokhar tsarnaev. >> tsarnaev faces 30 charges in the attack 17 carrying the possibility of the death p

>> reporter: well, today i asked pepco directly how did this happen? and as you're about to hear, they're still searching for the answers. pepco engineers are in charles county analyzing the insulator that broke, taking down a transmission line, causing power outages yesterday in d.c. maryland and virginia. >> we also have to look at the other protective devices on the system that relay the power from one part of the system to the other to make sure what sort of protective devices operated properly and what did not operate properly. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expecting a report from pepco. >> in a city, any city, the nation's capital included, emergencies can happen. that's why it's important that we have redundant systems to make sure there's no interruption of critical power. >> reporter: council member mary chai tells me there may be be a need for an independent investigation of the outage. >> i'm going to wait and see what the report is from the grid, from pepco, about what had happened. and then in maythere may be be a need for the p

sam ford kicks off our coverage live from pepco in northwest. sam? sam: leon alison a combination of a drop in voltage and power systems that are designed to react to such events left people in the dark throughout the area and you particularly notice it when you're in a place like the warner theater. >> to stand as her daughter. sam: oprah was on stage at the warner theater where they unveiled a stamp in memory of poet maya angelou. the first lady was in the audience when the main lights went off and tripped to low power backup. the same thing happened in buildings across the area. it started because of a transformer explosion and fire at a pepco substation in southern charles county, maryland. pepco says that caused a voltage across the area to dip and in certain buildings

in this case the backup systems is what pepco is blaming for the outage. saying customers who didn't have a backup system didn't have black outs. >> reporter: thank you. >>> and breaking news now effecting metro's line. the station is closed at this hour because the escalators going underground are not working so buses are taking riders back from the medical center station. we'll keep tabs on this and keep you up to date if and as this situation changes. >>> today is the first of three yellow alert days. topper has more. >> reporter: we're going to have showers and perhaps the thunderstorms and chaos already around the metro area. notice we're picking up different colors the yellows and oranges and reds. that's the heavier activity. if you get home the next hour or so, you're okay. but out toward leesburg, the showers on your doorstep and heavier activity to the west and south. this is moving toward marshall and eventually fairfax. right now nothing severe. just heavier downpours possible with the showers and thunderstorms. 8:00 tonight there's a pretty go

other buildings were not and here at pepco, they're saying this really wasn't a power outage. but rather, it was the power systems in various buildings reacting to a drop in voltage. could have fooled a lot of people when they said that. >> we were sitting in our desk and it just went black. like dark. horace: in buildings across the city, it hit between 12:40 and 1:00 p.m. at the warner theater where oprah was speaking to unveil a stamp in memory of poet maya angelou, the lights disappeared. during her address. smithsonian museums along the mall and elsewhere went dark and were evacuated and the power company pepco says it was all because of an equipment failure at a substation in southern charles county maryland that caused a fire a transmission line to fail and a voltage struck which in buildings in the city, power systems automatically switched to backup power and buildings went mainly dark. >> that's why in some locations people saw what appeared to be a power outage. it was really the system switching over from the primary system over to the backup system. horace: at the

pepco tells us a vehicle accident is the rope for this. and when you lose power, you can always get our live updates and watch the show on our nbc washington app. >>> it's 6:03. and bethesda metro station is open again 240r7kthis morning after more than five hours of repairs on the escalators. widespread power outage is to blame. it riders to find another way to get around here. metro did provide shuttle buses. and everything is up and running this morning. the power is back on for the yort of pepco customers who lost it. lights flickered at the white house, at the u.s. capitol. visitors got a good look from the smithsonian museum from the outside. they were evacuated. oprah was talking at warner theater when the lights went out there. very powered through. the first lady was there, as well. she was quickly escorted out by the secret service. >> we were just inside working and the power went out. so we decided to come out to see what was going on. last time that kind of happened we had an earthquake so -- >> an equipment failure at a power

pepco says that there's an investigation into what caused the original equipment down in charles county to fail and this area downtown d.c. we learned later today not the only place affected. news4's shomari stone is in bethesda maryland at the metro station. >> reporter: well jackie technicians replaced a speed sensor and a brake on the escalator. it is 31 years old. officials are telling us that a voltage from that massive power outage that you just described is what caused the damage. it was a very stressful day for folks who take the metro out here in bethesda. >> it's frustrating. >> anyone need to get on the metro, you cannot board here! >> a long day. even longer with metro. >> reporter: she's having a stressful evening. she blames metro. >> it's really inconvenient. i didn't expect any of this. and i expected it you know metro to have their stuff together. >> reporter: tonight metro says the widespread power outage across d.c. and maryland caused

technically, this happened on pepco property. i checked moments ago, there are 17 customer still affected in montgomery county, five in prince george's, none in the district. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: a north charleston police officer charged with murder after video shows him shooting an unarmed man eight times as the man tried to run away. the officer is white, the suspect is black and unarmed. there was a brief struggle before walter scott runs away and officer slager immediately open fires. abc 7 has made the decision not to show the deadly sthis started with a traffic stop where scott had an outstanding warrant over child support. scott ran it and that is when the officer used a taser, which he said that scott stole from him. that is not clear the video.

pepco tells us that a vehicle accident is the cause. this happened less than a day after the widespread outages we saw in d.c. and parts of matter maryland. and you can always watch our updates live on our nbc washington app when you lose power. >>> we'll talk more about the power outages she referenced yesterday. the power is back on this morning for a majority of the people who lost it during that major outage. you might have been caught in the middle of it if you were in tooes or d.c. or southern maryland. a transmission conductor fell to the ground and that's the ropeeason for all this. lights flickered at the white house and u.s. capitol. visitors had to evacuate several smithsonian museums. oprah was talking at the warner theater when the lights went out there. michelle obama was at that same event. can't have her in the dark so of course the secret service escorted her out. >> we were just inside working and the power went out. p so we decided to come out to see what was going on. last time that ibd couldkind of happened, we had

pepco still delivers your power but you're paying a third party which supplies it. oftentimes that third party company provides lower rates, and in many states it's legal. >> so you take them up on their offer. >> uh-huh. >> what happen snz. >> the overall cost on our bill went down. >> that lower bill did not last long. when he signed up, he agreed to what's called a variable rate. variable means the rate could change at any time and it did. starting with 0.808 per kilowatt per hour compared to.0878. then the rate began to go up. >> it was anywhere between $1700 to $1800 that we spent extra. >> that's right, nearly $1800 more than what he would have paid pepco. what's more he found out during the next 18 months pepco's rate actually went down. >> we do not believe that most of our customers can handle a bill increasing like that. >> paula carmody is the people's counsel for maryland. unlike regulated public utility that's go before the public service commission for rate changes, third party suppliers are licensed but not fully regulated and do not get their rate as

pepco crews are also investigating tonight. here's what we heard from pepco just 30 minutes ago. >> there are crews at the scene now, look tagt equipment, trying to determine what caused the insulator to break. that's something being assessed and hopefully in a short period of time will be able to determine what exactly caused that. >> we've got team coverage on all this tonight. the university of maryland just got all of its power back on within the last hour. >> we begin with tom sherwood in dupont circle. >> reporter: all kinds of people today were affected by the power outage including a few people at the warner theater. >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: on 13th street downtown people were buying the new maya angelou stamp. >> it's not just her. it's the stamp collection is recognizing african-americans who have made a contribution. >> reporter: inside the warner theatre, oprah winfrey was celebrating the new stamp with first lady michelle obama. the power flickered and failed. but the program finished up. what did you think

it is connected to our local power company, pep pepco. >> thank you. check out this video coming out. lights out for oprah. she was at the dedication for the forever stamp when the lights go out. when they go out on oprah, they go out on everybody. that's it. foreclosure signs and underwater mortgages. this was the scene less than a decade ago. but the obama administration pushing to get more americans in homes again. vice president biden making the case for expanding affordable housing today. take a listen. >> every generation has proven time and again when given a decent foundation to build their dreams on, the american people never ever ever, ever have let their country down. but they got to be brought into the deal. we got to level the playing field a little bit. give them a shot at the most basic thing beyond a job that they're looking for. melissa: so they can lose money in the housing market, just like the rest of us. i'm joined by pete ceo of concerned veterans of america. tony. and monica crowley from the washington times. tony and monica are

pepco says all of the backup systems worked as they should. scott, most of the outages were cleared within a couple of hours, including here on the national mall, where tourists saw a different kind of d.c. gridlock today. >> pelley: julianna, thanks very much. there was a terrible accident this morning after the national celebration of n.c.a.a. basketball. seven people were killed when a private plane returning from the tournament crashed in bloomington, illinois. the cessna went down just short of the runway in heavy fog. among the dead are illinois state university's associate head basketball coach and a deputy athletic director. carbon monoxide killed eight people at a home in princess anne, maryland. the bodies were discovered yesterday, and chip reid reports tonight the family seems to have made a tragic mistake. >> it hurts. it hurts. it hurts me. >> reporter: the grief was indescribable monday night after bonnie edwards learned 36-year- old son rodney todd and all seven of his children which were, ages 6- 15 had died here in their home

pepco now saying it was caused by a transmission line.house and cap hill. both have since had power restored. again, minor hits. and the state department marie harf kept the hearing going, using her eye phone flashlight. pretty resourceful there. and you can see here on pepco, the outage showing it spread across d.c. and maryland again caused by an issue with a transmission line. there is a lot that we're watching for you today. here is what else we are keeping a close eye on with president obama. le be at howard university in washington, d.c. to host a meeting on climate change and the impact on the public health. >>> and in a new interview, hewlett packard will talk about environmental and the drought. >> california can be the most onerous regulatory regime in the world, which they are and it won't make a bit of difference into climate change. so instead what we are doing, because political agendas, is we're destroying people's lives and livelihoods and i re -- resent that. >> and in ferguson polls closing at 7:00 p.m. local time. >>> a

pepco is reportedly investigating the report.re was an explosion at a southern maryland electric cooperative facility according to "the washington post." we will bring you more details as we get them. fedex will be expanding in europe. they will purchase a struggling dutch logistics company, tnt express. more than two years ago their competitor, ups, had to scrap its own bid divide tnt. regulators moved to block the deal. executives say that they do not think that there will be trouble getting the deal approved. >> if you look at our situation in europe and there is, they are highly complementary. it has resulted in a great deal of redundancies that appear to be problematic. mark: tnt will try to appease regulators by getting that of its airline regulation -- operations. looking for a college scholarship? going to work at starbucks might help. they will provide full tuitions from arizona state university online. the chain is looking for ways to attract workers in this -- tight labor market. the university of wisconsin again lost

and thewe have joe rigby, the chairmrman and president of pepco holdings. she has bn a very strong supporter of t the nonofits in our area. great for our community. and then j john, who was retired. he served in the army infantryry in world war ii in europe. waseeply involved in the northern virgia business. can't say enough about scott. he is s the chairman and c. he is a year banking veteran. bruce: more than 100 pple have been indted into the hall of fame. can you tells about the selection n process? andy that is confidential. we seek to honor the best in our business community to support the next best in our busines community. the folks ha done a remarkable job gilding washington -- job ilding washington. alall of ournductees have played an integral p part and that in making washington what it is today. respect when i h have the opportunity to think about some of the folks in the hall of fame -- it just reminds you that this is washington -- washington and this region are the big leagues whenen it comemes toto business and commercece. anandy: we had som

pepco says all lights are back on and 1,600 homes, back on pap car crash caused that outage. power back to normal in places that experienced yesterday's widespread outages. lights went out at the white house and the u.s. capitol. smithsonian museums evacuated when things went dark. several metro stations closed because service was out in the es xlat rcalateors and elevators there. and not even oprah winfrey spared. >> we were inside working and power went out. we decided to come out and see what was going on. last time that happened we had an earthquake. >> ooh. >> yeah. >> pepco says an equipment failure at a power station in charles county maryland caused that outage. >>> waiting to learn what happened inside a d.c. courtroom where a firefighter faced a judge. andre wanten arrested last month, facing a gun charge. police say an unregistered handgun along with ammunition found in his southeast apartment. he is the third d.c. firefighters arrested in the last month and could be fired because she still a rookhe is still a rookie on probation. >>> a former lacrosse player convi

that system does connect to our local power company pepco. liz. >> please keep us posted.hings look better now. it was a scary moment, i'm sure. peter barnes, live from washington, dc. he may very well be the first president to use facebook, twitter, and bitcoin to announce a run for the presidency. the newest member of team fox business was watching rand paul's announcement. thrilled to have you, blake. it was clearly targeting the new america. >> yeah, rand paul was on facebook just a little while ago as well. this was a highly choreographed entrance. he announced in his home state of kentucky earlier this afternoon. paul began by saying, quote, we've come to take our country back. he took a swipe at colleagues from all sides saying they will never balance a budget unless forced to do on so. republicans and democrats are to blame. he spoke to millennials for his libertarian ideas. often citing for nonintervention in foreign policy. now, he tried to separate himself from president obama in his speech by saying, the president is negotiating from a position of weakness. lis

power back on to pepco customers in maryland. the company's website was checked moments ago, all 740 customers have their lights back on. back to you. >>> all right, thank you molette green. here are four things to know before you head out the door on this wednesday. thousands of fast food workers plan to go on a one-day strike in more than 200 cities across the country. workers want a $15 hourly wage and the right to unionize. >>> today construction crews will begin moving a 100-year-old building off its slab on new york avenue. the largest building moved in d.c. history. >>> today, boston will mark two years since the 2013 marathon bombing. a moment of silence will be held at 2:49 this afternoon. the time the first bomb exploded. boston's mayor declared today one boston day. a new tradition to honor the city's resilience. >>> the virginia general assembly could take up changes to a new ethics bill today. governor mcauliffe wants to limit lawmaker gifts to a total of $100 per year. >>> cloudy this afternoon, peaking near 70 by m

rebecca: you can see all the student work on display at the pepco gallery through april 17th. rebecca cooper abc 7 news. alison: congrats to all the young artists out there. leon: good looking stuff out there. all right. alison: that's it for us at 5:00. leon: coming up right now at 6:00, a race to close a frightening loophole. >> i got a lot of calls after "the daily show" and a lot of people didn't realize that maryland believes rapists have custody rights. leon: why one lawmaker is planning attempts to strip that right away. alison: what you need to know about the search to find a man accused of killing his wife in a local dunkin' donuts. leon: intrigue in the race for president. abc 7 news starts right now. maureen: a race against the clock in annapolis tonight as a montgomery county lawmaker fights to close a loophole. as it's written maryland law allows accused rapists to seek custody of a child conceived during the attack. joce sterman is live in annapolis with the unexpected help one lawmaker is getting. joce? joce: maureen, "the daily show" is the one offering a publi

stephen: workers with pepco arrived to uncap manholes while d.c. water went after whatever it was to plugging the line and polluting the air. the action welcome by those who walk this stretch of p street right in front of the oh so busy whole foods. >> all right. it was unbearable to have lunch out here. stephen: we just talked with some of the workers. they're getting ready to pull out of here. now, we have learned that what had happened was the sewer line backed up. it was pooling in the pepco manhole vault down there. it had been collecting in there for weeks. a lot of people coming up to us throughout date and saying thank you for the fresh air. roaring live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: oh man, what a relief. i'm sure they're very happy. thank you, stephen. all right. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 four corrections officers are facing charges in our area tonight. we're going to tell you what they're accused of doing. scott: plus -- >> 100% committed to getting this right. scott: a nationwide recall of ice cream. find out where it's so

tonight pepco says it's still investigating and coming up with a plan to prevent this from happening again. news4's chris gordon is near the willisen building where there are calls for a full review of all this. high hi, chris. >> reporter: hi doreen. local lawmakers tell me they are suggesting a review by an independent body such as the public service commission. this is the d.c. public service commission which monitors electric prices and performance. i asked chair betty ann keane about yesterday's power outage. do you think the district is vulnerable? >> i think anybody who's dependent on electricity is vulnerable and affected by things that happen elsewhere. >> reporter: pepco is investigating the cause of yesterday's power outage. it occurred when an insulator broke at the substation in charles county, maryland creating a ripple effect, leaving parts of d.c. in the dark causing some buildings to rely on backup power, affecting the white house. its impact was felt in parts of northern virginia, including the pentagon pentagge park campus. >> can it happen again? that's something

through pepco is estimated to be $2.7 million.it is not clear when the formal proposal will be brought before the council. >>> we told you that transportation leaders are consideration congestion pricing in downtown d.c. that pricing would charge you a fee to drive downtown during rush hour. news4's transportation reporter adam tuss reported that tyson's corner is considering the same play. a aaa mid-atlantic spokesman told adam it could make a big difference. >> they think it can resolve the congestion plan because there's the plague and the hex on our houses. >> both our houses. the pricing could be -- would be like a plan currently in place in london where it costs about $17 to drive downtown during the day. >>> and stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> "news4 today" starts now. >> good morning. i'm eun yang. now at 5:00 a.m. hours after police arrest a man they say raped a woman at a popular d.c. park, the fitness community rallies around her. how they hope to bring attention to the crime and keep it

pepco estimates power will be restored by 10:00 this morning.woman who allegedly abandoned her wonderfully caps on in the woods in montgomery county authorities want to send back where she will -- fake murder charges. have a great day. >>> good morning, america. right now, severe water slams 55 million americans on the east coast. heavy rain hail and powerful winds. >>> and right now, the mother of the former honor student on trial for killing her boyfriend takes the stand tarksz defense begins its case. >>> and a new investigation finds that hackers are using free apps on your phone to spy on you and steal your private information. >>> good morning, america. a little nostalgia. one of the most popular sitcoms from the '90 sz coming back. "full house." uncle jesse going on "jimmy kimmel" and making the announcement. >>> right now, rego to the story of the honor student killing her boyfriend. dan and nancy are here the weigh in live after all the latest from gio benitez. >> reporter: the soft spoken mother of an accused murderer. taking the stand

he is talking energy policy at pepco. he will be joined by the energy secretary. >>> he is the first american governor to set foot in cuba since president obama initiated a thaw in relations today. new york governor cuomo met with officials to discuss trade and he also visited the catholic church's office. he's hoping to foster good relations between cuba and new york. >>> two men are now facing charges in the shipwreck in which potentially hundreds of people died. this happened sunday night off the coast of italy. hundreds of african refugees trying to migrate were europe were lock in a cargo hold on board. the ship's captain was arrested and charged with homicide. he and a crew member are both facing an illegal immigration charge as well. >>> a new poll shows most people do not believe medical marijuana should be available for kids. researchers at the university of michigan found 2/3 of americans support the use of medical marijuana but only half of those people believe it should be allowed for children. 80% of people s

through pepco is estimated to be $2.7 million. >>> well perhaps a face only a mother could love.a look for yourself. that's how a lot of you are describing the new national security agency's mascot aimed at encouraging employees to recycle. dunk is his name. pink shorts, some sneakers. >> i'm trying to hear if it has a creepy voice. >> twitter is lighting up with your comments. you called the mascot the stuff of nightmares. others say it breaks new ground for creepiness. you can see in the video the mascot has -- like a -- it has some muscles there. at least the signage in the front clearly indicates what he's there for, yes. >> if you can get past the scary face, good message. let's turn to chuck bell now. never mind, i was going to say -- >> you were gonna -- >> make a comparison. >> pink shorts story. >> i'll be nice to you. >> you can put the pink shorts away for the next few days as a result of a pattern change. we could have a freeze possibility in the western suburbs by tomorrow or even on into saturday morning. late freezes are a possibility. i had to do some digging thro

mayor bowser is expecting a report there pepco and some are asking for an independent investigation. the blackout shut down the university of maryland impacting several metro stations and effects the pentagon among many other spots. >>> you'll want to check the bridge for sabra hummus. the company is recalling 30,000 cases of hummusto listeria concerns. is this classic only. the packaging information is on our facebook page. the listeria was uncovered during a random test at a store in michigan on march 30. i eat sabra, so you have to check. >> got it look for it. not a hummus eater, but i understand your concern. >>> 6:11 your time. a live look outside this morning from virginia into the district where we are seeing a lot of clouds. >> let's check in with tom kierein, weather and traffic on the 1s. >> those are shevery low clouds producing some sprinkles and light mist falling. in the area of green, montgomery prince george's county anne arundel, now crossing the bay heading east. this other batch of light rain in the mountains going to be getting closer to the metro area later on t

. >>> pepco is investigating the failure of some utility equipment that led to massive power outages across our area yesterday. there were outages at the white house, the state department, several museums, metro stations and the university of maryland campus. investigators say the outages were caused by equipment failure at a substation feeding into a southern maryland power plant. >> there was a big explosion. i thought it was on one of the naval bases because usually it happens quite a bit. >> about a dozen people became strapped in elevators and some metro riders were left searching in the dark for exits to stations. >>> chris van hollen will earn another big name supporter in his bid to joip the u.s. senate. >> for -- join the u.s. senate. >> for more, delia goncalves joins us with more on where the announcement is expected to take place. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that announcement will take place in the small town of colmar manor just over the border. rushern baker will be throwing his support officially behind chris van hollen. it's no coincidence that the announ

pepco said a flooded manhole caused some electrical wires to short.didn't report any power outages to us. all southbound lanes on 14th are open. >>> a new app could help your kids find and research scholarships to college. it won first prize at the university of maryland's business competition. it was developed by a group of students from drexel university and it's called skoaly. it was chaired by under armour ceo plank. >> they produce some good people. smart. >> i would say so. >> i'm just putting that out there. >>> all right. 6:11 right now. let's go to chuck bell and check your forecast. >> all right, sunrise in ten minutes from now. already a lot of early morning color in our eastern sky. a couple of fair weather clouds as well. the big story of the day is how much colder it is compared to how mild we have been recently. we have dropped to 36 in gaithersburg and dulles 41 in reston town center. you'll need an extra layer of warmth on your way out the door this morning. keep your jacket handy and sunglasses for later on. highs only in the mid to

officials with the utility company pepco say they are work to go make repairs.he university of maryland canceling afternoon classes at its college park campus because of those outages. some museums including the smithsonian had to evacuate because they were also without power. >>> a man found at a gas station in montgomery county after being shot has died. police say he showed up at a lukoil station on the sick hundred block of ridge pike around 9:00 last night. investigators say he was shot a few miles away in norristown. police believe someone walked up to his car and opened fire. casings and other evidence were found at the scene. his name has not been released. >>> police announcing charges today against the man who they say fired a gun inside a crowded southwest philadelphia rec center. police charging 26-year-old maurice tavaras with aggravated assault, recklessly end daring another person and other related charges. tavaras turning himself in to police yesterday. investigators say he fired a shot inside the christie rec center on saturday afternoon. tavara

walking down branch avenue at night when a jeep swerved and hit him. "7 on your side" reached out to pepco and the maryland state highway administration. neither seemed to know which is responsible for the repairs. they're working to figure it out. in meantime johnson just hopes it gets fixed soon so she can ditch her blinking light. ditching that newfound nickname -->> the blinking lady. chris: may take a little longer which doesn't bother her husband. >> call her whatever they want to call her as long as she comes home safely. chris: chris papst abc 7 news. leon: speaking of lights, after four years in orbit nasa's messenger spacecraft crashed into the planet mercury this afternoon. now, it's not completely a disaster. it was actually a planned event. but before it crashed messages sent back one last set of images of the planet closest to the sun. check that out. messenger orbited mercury 405 times taking more than 277,000 pictures and four times on the planned link. got a lot out of that little boy. alison: look at how beautiful those pictures are. leon: love that. alison: weatherwise,

electric company pepco, experienced a dip in voltage in the area that cause issue with a transmission line in maryland. they're working to repair the line. even oprah winfrey was stuck in the dark when power went off during her speech in a packed d.c. theatre. you can only imagine what happened then. liz: disturbing especially when it was simultaneous in many buildings. >>> there is new tv based app helping to make it easier. search for what you want, click, instantly it connects you with realtors and loan originators all with your remote. it is move tube. two of creators are friends of this program, brian stevens, frank garay. hello. >> how are you doing? liz: david, check that out. they are co-host of the national real estate post. before we get to the technology, gentlemen, we need to talk about the state of the market when it comes to housing. administration speaking about its efforts to make housing more affordable. there has been support but also criticism about its approach. what do you make of the government's efforts so far to get people back into the housing market? >> brian

jake pepco says around 1:00 this afternoon there was a dip in the voltage and because of a problem witha transmission line that problem we know stemmed from a fire/explosion at a switch irstation. and that's what kind of led to this ripple effect of power being out. we should point out they say at this point the department of homeland security no connection to terrorism. >> good to know. rene thank you so much. joining me live from los angeles to discuss the bigger picture is sean henry, former fbi executive assistant director and president of cyber security firm crowd strike. sean good to see you. thankfully this doesn't appear to be a willful act, an attack. what can we learn about today's outage about the fragility of our infrastructure, especially in washington, d.c. the nation's capital? >> yeah jake. so i mean this is really indicative of the impact that some type of lack of resiliency of our infrastructure can have on washington, d.c. when you look at the white house and state department other buildings that we really rely on day to day from a national security perspective, for h

after that disaster, pepco which have been driving this process had the resources get it. they lack funding or their development program. leadership for japan's program -- built this entire program to promote nuclear power was taken off the electric vehicles program that he is actually grown, he started to really be very enamored with this program and eventually he was put in charge of that goes entire nuclear energy program. and the reason why he is interesting, he wasn't involved in the 10 years of decisions that led up to the fukushima nuclear disaster. instead, he left to work on this program to promote nuclear power, and the result was that when they reached this kind of cataclysmic point of the nuclear power program he had a lot of credibility. he had done something incredible and he was made the lead. >> which country would you put into the forefront of that? >> i think america is far, special because of tesla but also because of carb. >> by coincidence levi, whose dog is named tesla such as a consequence, but we really haven't talked to tesla. then we will open up

loft cleared within a couple of hours and pepco saying all fixed. >> oprah said to me eerie.ights go out. what do you do? i just kept talking. kept talking in the dark. 1,000 people were there. the show must go on. >> when i saw the breaking news alert the lights had gone off in the state department and white house briefing room it worried me. >> it worried me. what does it mean? >> doesn't seem to mean a lot. >>> parts of the west coast welcoming much needed wet weather this morning. californians saw heavy rain move through the area yesterday. hail coated streets and yards. meteorologist matt brickman of our minneapolis station ccco is tracking the growing threat of more severe weather. matt, good morning. >> good morning. after all the rain and snow up in the mountains yesterday out in california not a tochbn of moisture left. sprinkles in spots. things dry. bad news as the drought situation really wasn't affected much through california even with all the rain and snow yesterday. for the central part of the country it's severe weather season, and things are kicking up. enha

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we've reached out to the local power companies, pepco and the utility in southern maryland for more informationgive you that as soon as we've got it. >> hassle for many but obviously very problematic if you are down in a metro station right now. >> yeah definitely. >> thank you very much. you're going to keep us up-to-date on that developing story from washington d.c. let's now, though get back to our regularly scheduled programming, and we begin today with a list because we like lists. we especially like lists when they are chockfull of stock recommendations and goldman sachs today put out a big list of what they call their cheapest stocks. they define that as the stocks with the biggest gap between the current price and the target price of the analyst that covers that stock. let us bring in dom. that is by itself a great list but you took it a step further because it is not just about target price gaps. also about dividend payouts. >> that's right, brian. a lot of these stocks these days that are recommended have a lot of attributes to them but in this day and age a lot of investors have focu