it's in rockville, maryland, in montgomery county.o station there this morning after receiving a bomb threat. now metro officials are saying that a woman at the station said that she had an explosive device as she was getting off of the train. now so far we hear that investigators have not found anything suspicious but they are still searching it. they have the metro station closed as a precaution. search is also causing delays for commuters. we understand they are helping buses to help those who normally take the trains. live pictures in rockville, maryland, where there is a bomb scare. so far nothing suspicious found. >>> all right. here's a quick look at some of the other top stories we're following for you right now at 6:46. former bart police officer mesherle was set free from the los angeles county jail at one minute past midnight this morning. mesherle served 11 months of a two year prison term after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the killing of oscar grant. ktvu's claudine wong is in los angeles. she will have

the very latest from rockville. lebron james takes from heat from a reporter. wait until ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competitio wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ ♪ >> and raging wildfire in the arizona continues to spread. more than 2500 firefighters are battling this near the new mexico border. mountain communities in the area are now on high alert and many homeowners are evaluating. dry conditions are hampering efforts. >>> the internal displacement monetary center found floods and storms forstmann and 42 million people to evacuate last year, twice the number from the year before. asia was the hardest hit in 2010. that me guess doug, you are not surprised. >>> we have been very fortunate today, we are under this nice area of high pressure. we will get the heat coming back again. over 90's is where we are heading, but it will not last long time, just a few days. >> for me, that is a few days to long. >> in annapolis, looking out towards the bay. temperatures in the lower 80's. delightful everywhere we l

open took place today at woodmont country club in rockville. 136 golfers played for a spot.ho turns 55 next tuesday was one of those. he shot a 67 on the south course, the side of woodmont that he said he didn't know very well at all. then he came back to shoot a 68 on the north side. it was a combined 135. he was tied for the third best score out of the 112 players. he was having a good day. tapping it in there on 18. gets the ball on the green. two-putting. he's not sure if he makes the cut at that point. i made it? not the first emotional moment fred funk would have. >> i can't talk right now. >> i understand. >> it meant a lot to me. finally played the way i know how for the first time all year. i almost felt like just quitting, probably for the last two months. the game doesn't owe me anything, it doesn't owe anybody anything. but i just felt like, at what point am i going to play the way i know how to play? and i did today. >> >>> to the stanley cup playoffs, you won't believe what the boston bruins did tonight, 8-1 they win. scary moment in the first period, aaron rom

department of health and human services, rockville, md; jane callahan, director, national community anti-drug coalition institute, community anti-drug coalitions of america, alexandria, va; jordan burnham, mental health advocate, active minds inc., washington, dc; dr. wendy greene, assistant director of trauma and critical care and program developer, screening, brief interventions and referral to treatment program, howard university hospital, washington, dc. fran, what is the definition of behavioral health, and how do we distinguish between prevention, early intervention, and treatment within that definition? the definition for behavioral health for samhsa is we are taking the substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, and we are encasing it within the disorder realm. so substance abuse, prevention, intervention, and treatment are exactly the same, same levels, and so is mental health. we are finding that mental health properties for prevention, especially, are very similar to the properties of substance abuse, and treatment is different in one respec

temperatures are in the 60's, 64 in college park, 62 and purcellville. 65 in annandale, 62 in rockville. a bit of humidity in the air. the dew points will drop a few degrees this midday and afternoon. they will skyrocket by the middle of the week. clear skies for the most part. we have patchy fog that will quickly burn up in a few moments at sunrise. 84 is the high temperature. tomorrow, near 90. by wednesday and thursday talking upper 90's with high humidity. >>> i was looking at this dulles camera. the fog is rolling in. be careful coming through leesburg. it's clear on the george washington parkway north of reagan national airport. looks good as far as maryland traffic. looks good across the american legion bridge for now. and one more picture, that is traffic along lower 14th street leaving the bridge up to pennsylvania avenue is running smoothly. >>> 5:41, 65 degrees. >> coming up robert;s sings his teeth into the mtv movie awards. and into one of the co-stars. >> if it continues to work the way it's working it is fantastic. >> we have major breakthroughs in the fight against >>> t

patchy fog which should burn off quickly with the sunrise. 63 in landover, 64 in alexandria, 63 in rockville and 61 and sterling. a few scattered clouds today warmer than yesterday with highs in the mid 80's, not too humid. 90 degrees tomorrow with sunshine. heat and humidity out of control by the middle of the week. >>> metro rail, marc rail, vre reporting normal service. looks good getting in and out of the district. 95 out of stanford, the crash is on the shoulder at center court highway. 95/marylanders near 198, police are on their way to an accident. the commute looks good near the mormon temple. >>> 6:00. d.c. police are investigating an overnight shooting. investigators say a man was shot several times at seventh street and l street. he is hospitalized in stable condition. police do not have a suspect or a motive in the shooting. >>> the man at the center of the d.c. hiring scandal is scheduled to speak out. former mayoral candidates and one-time employee sulaiman brown is set to testify before a d.c. council committee today. >> he said vincent gray's campaign paid him to verbally att

live in the montgomery county mobile the news room in rockville, abc7 is. >>> coming up, one elementary school goes high-tech. how ipads are helping. >> one church goes on a religious revolution. the first in the country. >> >>> you are watching abc7 news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling doug hill, and tambrands. this is abc 7 news at 5:00, on your side. >>> new tonight, learning more about a disturbing attack in fairfax county. >> three people were stabbed at an apartment complex on roddick springs road. natasha barrett is live with the latest on the investigation. >> we are hearing all of the people that were involved all three people come in to each other and there was some big argument earlier this morning maybe even late last night. we are also hearing that two of the people that were stabbed were in some sort of a relationship to live in this third floor apartment. >> he lives just two floors under where his 49-year-old neighbor was stabbed to death. being a part of the neighborhood watch group, he keeps track of who comes and goes in the apartment complex on braddomck sp

rockville into gaithersburg with one right lane blocked on the southbound side. let's take you over to the other side of town right now. if you are planning to head over to the beltway. right here at the dulles toll road, the left lane is blocked. you can see some slow traffic getting by. there was an accident. that's in the cleanup side. >>> coming up next, scott is getting set for his first broadcast as anchor of the cbs evening news. we will tell you what's up next for his preed sees predecessor. >> stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> not to have the big house with the big mortgage or the big car. it was about creating wealth. >> the people a bad check. >> after the fight for civil rights was waged, a new struggle brewing for african americans in the 21st century. is the push for silver to civil rights a dream deferred? we'll bring you the story how one local architect of building is helping to open the doors that were once so hard to walk through. it's part of our on going series, a monumental life at 7:00. >>> katie couric is moving to abc. she signed a m

rockville pike headed east to 95. out on the rails, no delays, metro, vre or marc.news there. >> 6:43, 68 degrees. the plan to hold a giant dance party on the national mall. gets your shoes out. >>> the woman on the other end of the con >>> i brought pain to people i care about the most and the people who believed in me. and for that i'm deeply sorry. >> it was a tearful public apology congressman anthony weiner says he takes full responsibility for lying about pictures he posted online. that admission came after a week of heated exchange. after he repeatedly claimed he was the target of hackers. now he admits he did send sally charged photographs to several women. one woman is giving more details about the depth of their relationship. >> they never met in person. this was an online relationship. when he denied the photos were his, a lot of people rolled their eyes. to them it was not surprising that the hacked account excuse was a lie. the more shocking information that the congressman offered in his public confession yesterday is he has e-mailed photos like that a

hyattstown headed into rockville, you will find the outer loop of the beltway looks good between college park and bethesda. you are in the clear headed down towards the beltway. no problems to report out on 66. still a quiet trip coming in from manassas through vienna. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we are following breaking news this morning. a shooting at hains point. officials say a man was sitting in a car by himself when u.s. park police officers approached the vehicle. the man jumped out holding a gun. officers told him to drop the weapon and then they opened fire. man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. but he is expected to survive. >>> it took a judge's court order but former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown finally testified before d.c. council that he was paid off for verbally taxing adrian fenty. the hearing got heated at times though. audrey barnes live at the wilson building with the highlights. >> reporter: good morning t didn't start out as a showdown but it certainly became one. sulaimon brown showed the councilmember money orders that he

rockville, 89 degrees. the heat alert in orange is the heat advisory that includes the entire dc metro area. values expected 100, 105 for tomorrow. this starts at noon and goes until 8:00 p.m. not surprised if that is extended through thursday. heat advisory with the heat index value expected to be 100, 105 degrees tomorrow. exercise in the morning, don't try doing it in the afternoon. heat index is the temperature we feel combined with the relative humidity. it will feel uncomfortable. avoid doing anything too strene ewous strenuous outside. hot and humid, mild and muggy for tonight. heat advisory wednesday until 8:00 p.m. thursday hot and humid again and thursday evening, can be unsettled in some locations. all right, so we are going to beat the heat. stay hydrated with water, eat light meals, limit your time being outside, and of course remember your pets. their paws are sensitive on that hot asphalt. here's your future cast for the next 24 hours through tomorrow. lots of sunshine, but tomorrow late afte

crash. 295 slowing at beltway and across the 11th street bridge. 270 delays in the main line out of rockville headed for the lane divide. stacked up toward montrose. the outer loop slowing 95 to georgia avenue, canal road at chain bridge. lanes are open but we have problems with the signal light not working properly and that's contributing across the chain bridge and off of the clair barton parkway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> metro is investigating an accident in southeast d.c. involving two of its buses. officials say the butts collided near the intersection of martin luther king avenue and w. street around 2:45 yesterday afternoon. some passengers were hurt. it's not clear who was at fault. both bus drivers are undergoing routine drug and alcohol testing. >>> when it comes to faulty escalators, metro has a new plan to keep them up and running. man power, in a new report to the custer operations committee, they unveiled an escalator resource plan which calls for another 55 positions to do the preventative maintenance. last week metro acknowledged the problems won't by

the rockville station was closed for about two hours while canine units searched. no explosives were found apparently. this woman was more of an emotional case that a terrorist threat, but she reportedly got down on her knees and said you killed my family and now i'm going to kill you all. and melee ensued. passengers press the call button. one writer called the transit police, and a number of people just jumped off, ran. at a place that was not the station, panic passengers use emergency release levers to open train doors manage. jumped on the track and then began walking towards the nearest station. have any of you look at this? do you have an opinion about what worked well and what didn't work well? can the committee learned lessons from the incident that occurred yesterday? >> senator, i intimate with the incident. i haven't seen the official reports, but what is described there does not not surprise me. any previous career, we dealt with an incident with a gunman on board a train, colin firth is an, on the long island railroad back in 1993, who actually killed

the full commission received a public briefing yesterday in rockville on what the task force has learned so far in the near-term review. it informed the commission today including inspections of all 104 reactors and several key themes in the application of our defense and safety philosophy. they encollide protection of equipment. mitigation strategies to prevent core damage or spent fuel damage. emergency preparedness. and lastly, how to apply our regulation ns a consistent and coherent manner. concurrent with our review efforts, resident inspectors have inspected licensing implementation of severe accident management guy lines around the country to ensure our licensies are able to deal with a loss of power or damage to their particular reactor sites. the findings from these insgs speckses will guide our decisions going forward with respect to regulatory change. in the long-term, we will focus on other key areas related to the fukushima incident. these include black out, spent fuel safety and emergency preparedness. i'm looking forward to evaluating the n.r.c. staff's recommendation in a

with new responsibilities and new opportunities at the department of health and human services in rockville, maryland. with his departure we're saying goodbye to a standout senate staffer and great friend. we will miss him very much. there are not many things that republicans and democrats agree on in this body these days, but our love for gerry counihan is bipartisan, and indeed i can say this without any fear of contradiction, unanimous. the senate family joins together in wishing gerry happiness and success in his new career. mr. president, with that i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

chris in rockville, new york. caller: i'm little nervous. i consider the president is our commander-in-chief and that he has information that the rest of congress does not and that if he had to go to congress to get permission, nobody can agree on anything now, how would we ever get anywhere? it seems like you are leaving or democratic party lately, mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really ac

chris in rockville, new york. caller: i'm little nervous. i consider the president is our commander-in-chief and that he has information that the rest of congress does not and that if he had to go to congress to get permission, nobody can agree on anything now, how would we ever get anywhere? it seems like you are leaving or democratic party lately, mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really ac

>> tom, getting word of an accident inner loop of the beltway in montgomery county between rockvillecut avenue. authorities should be arriving on the scene. there's also a pretty good size outer loop delay. top side b ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. >>> 8:30 on this monday morning, the 6th of june, 2011. a lovely morning for a little sight seeing in the heart of midtown manhattan. we have a great group of people starting it off in rockefeller plaza. i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer and natalie morales. here she comes. and mr. roker. >> yes, i ended up traveling to south america for a special series for a starring role on the hit latin show. let me tell you, that drama was flying on and off the set, even a cat fight is involved. you'll see some of that coming up. >> you're a tough cookie, based on what we've seen. >> i can throw a good cat fight. >> no stunt dou

chris in rockville, new york. caller: i'm little nervous. i consider the president is our commander-in-chief and that he has information that the rest of congress does not and that if he had to go to congress to get permission, nobody can agree on anything now, how would we ever get anywhere? it seems like you are leaving or democratic party lately, mr. kucinich. thank you. guest: i am a democrat, but i am a constitutional democrat. the constitution, article one or rather section 2 of article 1 says the president shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states and of the militias of several states if when called into the actual service of the united states. so congress determines whether you go to war. we have to understand why the founders made the distinction. it did not want the president to be the individual who would not only say we are going to war, but to say that before you go to war and congress has to make that decision. at that point the president who has this moniker of commander- in-chief, then it really ac