sam sweeney has more. sam: these are serious allegations, and if they prove to be true, it could be a black eye for the alleged incident happened at the high school in northwest d.c. according to the police report, there are very graphic details involved, and it says a student here come a female student, was forced to have sex on wednesday afternoon. theces tell abc seven news student involved was just 16 years old. the report goes on to say the two students had a sexual relationship in the past. sidwell friends released a statement saying they are fully cooperating with the investigation and officials involved with the investigation, but do not release details. at this hour, no charges have been filed. the student involved in this has not then arrested. sam sweeney, abc 7 news. on the hill, president the supreme for court began me senate minority leader harry reid and patrick leahy, the ranking member on the judiciary committee. republicans are backing garland's nomination --blocking garland's nomination.

reporting live, sam sweeney. jummy: we want to remind our you can watch the funeral live on our sister station, newschannel 8, happening now. a vigil will be held tonight for the alleged killers wife. neighbors are organizing that. it will begin at 7:00 outside hamilton's home. is -- couple'sn son is staying with relatives. we will have updates throughout the day, on-air, online at wjla.com. in about a dozen states and a u.s. territory will go to the polls, including here in virginia area candidates are trying to nab last-minute votes. hillary clinton and donald trump hope to get ahead of the competition today. >> i have not focused on hillary clinton. wantne person she does not to run against disney. even if donald trump wins, he may face a losing battle with the democrats. arnie sanders scored 55% and pretend head-to-head match. the polls open at 6:00 this morning. voter turnout is expected to be huge. inanne kennedy is live arlington when you head out to castro ballot. your ballot. this is a station in rosslyn

reporting live, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: switching gears to look outside. a little colder and windier. snow could be on the way. let's get to brian van de graaff with a look at the forecast. brian: say it ain't snow. get it? gusty andme really blustery wind. we are looking at the wind picking up. the at 25, at times gusting to 33 miles per hour. it feels like 32 degrees. that is pretty frigid. that is going to be the story for the next day or so. a lot of wind and cold air in place for us. the wind about 33 miles per hour in leesburg. downtown, 40 miles per hour in manassas. like 25 in gaithersburg, 22, winchester. warrenton feels-like 32. through the afternoon, temperatures in the 40's. it will feel like the upper 20's and lower 30's all afternoon. we are good tonight and tomorrow. thursday night, some snow arrives. minor accumulations. we will tell you what time it will start and two has the best chance of seeing snow. back to you. >> we are starting off with our virginia.n here is the occoquan. slow traffic approaching. very much on the brakes as you hea

sam sweeney joins us with what he has just learned. reporter: we have just learned in the last three minutes full-service on the northeast corridor and marc line has been fully restored. earlier, the scene a much different situation. the police still on the scene. a person was struck just after 7:00 this morning. immediately, marc and amtrak at 10:30, limited service began on one track. officials tell us this had trains backed up in both directions the between baltimore and d.c. causing a major travel disruption on a busy line. investigators are working to identify this person and figure out why they were on the train tracks in the first place. if you hour, we are told expect to travel on the northeast corridor or the 10 line, you should expect residual delays throughout the afternoon. sam sweeney, anchor abc 7 news. jummy: we want to get to new developments in the war on terror. the only person charged in connection to belgium attacks is free. he was released just after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence for his arrest. aut

sam sweeney, abc 7 news. autria: the only candidate not speaking at aipac is bernie sanders who is campaigning and washington state today. sanders, the first jewish politician to ever win a present a primary says he cannot attend because of his campaign schedule. a huge crowd turned out to support sanders at a high school in vancouver. reportedly so many supporters that many were unable to get into the building. covering metro, the transit agency is set to begin installing new safer and hopefully more reliable escalators today at georgia avenue petworth and glenmark. each entrance where the escalator or placement work is taking place. at the new escalators are part of a $1 million project to replace more than 130 escalators by the year 2020. a miss at howard university hospital this morning. a pipe burst prompting several patients in critical care area to be moved to another part of the facility. jeannette: this afternoon a water main break inside of howard university hospital causing some significant problem

sam sweeney has more from the school's campus. sam: these are some serious allegations and if they prove to be true, it could be a for sidwell. the alleged is that it happened right behind me on the campus of the high school. according to this police report, there are graphic details involved and it says a student here was forced to have sex on wednesday afternoon. sources tell abc seven news that the boy involved was just 16 years old. the report goes on to say the students have had a sexual relationship in the past. sidwell did release a statement saying they are full of cooperating with the investigation and officials involved with this investigation but they did not release any details surrounding this incident. we can tell you no charges have been filed. thank you. now checking news around the world, r korean peninsula after north korea fires two ballistic missiles into the sea, flying about 500 miles before crashing early this morning. the launch comes days after kim jong-un ordered tests of a nuclear warhead and ballistic mi

sam sweeney has more. sam: we know counter terror is an officials have worked around theclock in belgium since suspected mastermind of the terrorist attacks and paris was captured last week. now that isis has claimed responsibilityit have played a part in this attack before he was arrested last week. the big question, where their warning signs of an imminent attack? there warning signs of an imminent attack? >> what was particularly a lot of heavy weapons have been found, which is an indication that something was perhaps being planned for the next few days and they were aware that they had to ask and act quickly. the second point is that peopletly new names, new who may be part of a network. sam: they are now searching for those people. belgium. are underway throughout belgium. they're most likely is a vast network that investigators must now uncover related to these coordinated terrorist attacks. autria: we also need to get to the forecast today. it's going to warm up for the next few days. we will start i

i am sam sweeney, abc 7 news. day to enjoyhe your lunch outside. we are seeing the warmest temperatures of this year. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: gorgeous sky conditions across the area. the dew is down to 42 degrees. the air is dry and comfortable. the season is upon us. by, you can say i do not like you guys. it will be that way for a wild. at the moment, 76 already. 74, washington dulles. 72 degrees, college park. the first 70 degree day we have had, you can follow this bac 2011. it could happen today. a better chance for the day tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. 73 is the forecast. the eighthut march in the book. a look ahead at the weekend. autria: eumenes her sunglasses. jamie sullivan is here with a check of the traffic. this accident on 66 eastbound near route 50 is causing a bit of a delay. nothing major. as we take a live look here, i want to talk about a car fire. watch for this as you head northbound. two of the right lanes are blocked. scheduled track work between wheelie reston and ballston. from college park, con

s most prominent and prestigious private sc sam sweeney explains. sam: good afternoon. these are some serious allegations. and if they prove to be true it could be a black eye for sidwell friends. the alleged incident happened right behind me on the campus of the upper school. that is the high school here in northwest d.c. according to this police report, there are very graphic details involved. it says a female student was forced to have sex wednesday afternoon. sources tell abc7 news the boy involved was just 16 years old. the report goes on to say that the two students have had a sexual relationship in the past. sidwell friends did release a statement saying they are fully cooperating with the investigation. and the officials involved with the investigation. but they did not release any details surrounding this incident. at this hour we can tell you that no charges have been filed. and the student involved in this has not been arrested. reporting on the campus of sidwell friends in d.c., i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: a close call for customers in northwest d.

sam sweeney, abc 7 news. melanie: stay with us as we continue to follow the latest developments in this story. continuing coverage this afternoon on abc 7 news at 4:00 and online at wjla.com. county polices are on the scene of a homicide investigation in district heights on the 500-block of hilmar drive . jeannette reyes is live with what we know now. jeannette: a man is dead right now. still a lot more questions than answers. still pretty active scene here. we are in a townhome community. , where we are now, is completely blocked off as the investigation continues. arrived and found the man's body this morning. we have seen at least a dozen evidence markers. a neighbor tells us he heard gunshots this morning. officersrriving, our discovered an adult male victim suffering from trauma. he was announced that here on scene. there were three bodies on hilmar drive. that ain't nothing new. you have to watch out. daytime, nighttime. jeannette: this is proving to be a difficult case for police. they are asking for h

reporting in prince george's county, i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- fan duel and draft king finds a new home and it happens to be in our area. michelle: what it could mean for you as march madestness is n full swing. cleaning out the valve on the sippy cup your kids use can be a pain but you won't believe what was found inside some. it's worse than mold. jonathan: coming up today at 4:30 how the police were able to track down a killer in maryland. the surveillance video and the evidence that broke the case wide open. we have it ahead. doug: 79 degrees right now at reagan national airport and the sunshine. i think a case of springsphere might be on the way. stay with us. our weather report is next. jonathan: checking news from across the nation. in california amazing that no one was killed in a derailment outside of san francisco. look at the mess. a tree had fallen on the tracks and the train didn't stop. it plowed in the tree. more than 200 passengers were on board. nine were hurt. everyone again is expec

sam: the northeast d.c., sam sweeney, abc7 news. jummy: remodel board members meeting right now to review the transit agency's annual report. metro improved in a few areas but reliability continues to be one of metro's biggest problems. er: wmata officials are going over the annual vital signs report, going over every aspect of performance in 2015. we were in the meeting and we got a hold of the report, all 45 pages. the good news is that elevator and escalator rate was lower than the target but slightly of over 2014. here is the bad news. for riders, this is what impacts them the most. on-time performance worsened in 2015, along with reliability for bus and rail, and customer and employee injury rates also went up. we should mention that is partially because of the atident earlier last year l'enfant plaza. >> the train is always delayed and that makes us late for work. >> train backed up, these things happen on a daily basis. personally, i don't recognize it because it happened so often. but it shouldn't be that way. reporter: goin

sam sweeney is in the newsroom with the breaking relevance. last hour, wehe have learned the number two man in isis has been killed by u.s. forces. -- he was the finance minister. u.s. officials are calling this a significant blow to isis. he is the second senior isis operator killed this month. rates continue in belgium. -- raids continue in belgian. police are moving into neighborhoods where tuesday's bombers lived. from the mormon missionary critically wounded in the attacks. who was in the boston bombings and in paris during the attacks. >> i was looking at my ipad. when the blast went off. it was really loud. it was really loud. i was looking down. i believe my body was picked off the ground for a moment. my eyepatch disappeared. ipadnk it might -- my disappeared. i taken may have hit me. my left shoe was blown off. my body got really hot been really cold. -- then really cold. i was covered in blood. make a is expected to full recovery despite severe burns. he will have little to no scars on his face. in france, officials say they have ca

reporting in woodbridge, sam sweeney. larry: there are other ways to get around today. ridesharing across the region. are offering lyft discounts. capital bike share is offering a free 24 hour membership. if you're going to carpool, remember hov restrictions are 66, 267,place for 395, and 270. some major changes following last night primaries. one candidate calling it quits, narrowing the republican field to three. hillary clinton inching closer to the nomination. the latest from the campaign trail. situation for both donald trump and hillary clinton. afterictorious last night voters made their choice during super tuesday number three. trumps focus party. >> there's a tremendous fervor. the republican should grasp it. the third guarantees that the democrats will win. his overwhelming win in the sunshine state was devastating enough to suspend the campaign of marco rubio. >> while we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. >> while rubio dropped out, john kasich pushing forward with full steam ahead after taking all 66 delegates in his home

sam sweeney is outside the convention center with what you need to know. this almost sounds like organized chaos. keyword,nized is the but it is so stressful. i have standing at 11 and k. this is the closest traffic can get on the side of the convention center. there is another layer of security, another roadblock being manned by the national guard. on the next block, you have the final layer of security with gates and barriers and d.c. plow trucks. this is considered a national security event so rotatably restricted and motorcades are everyw nightmare. no matter where you look, there are police, secret service, private security, and even the national guard. downtown d.c.'s soundtrack right now, the roads around the convention center closed. barriers, iron fences, and even snowplows being used to block roads. dozens of world leaders are staying in downtown hotels. they are also barricaded off. those who are not part of the event that have to be here, best advice for everyone else -- >> do not come within eight blocks. stay closer to the outskirts. area.chi

supreme court in what the keel sam sweeney described this morning as the largest showing since the high court ruling on same-sex marriage. inside the eight justices heard arguments about the biggest abortion cases in 25 years. stephen tschida is live outside the court with the still developing story. stephen: alison, a huge crowd here in front of the supreme court today. for a major case about abortion. a case which could have an impact on abortion providers in the state of texas. possibly across the country. a case before the supreme court that could have a big impact on abortion providers had emotions running high. the crowds swarming the steps and the sidewalks and throngs lining up to try to get close to the high court. >> the abortion clinic since they are performing surgical procedure they need to be held to the same standard as any regular hospital. >> the supreme court is taking on a texas law, which requires abortion providers to meet the same standards as surgical centers, staffing, equipment and the building. it also requires doctors to have admitting privileges to nearby hos

'm sam sweeney. abc7 news. outside, a perfect day to get ice cream. enjoy the afternoon.athan: we got one more day tomorrow just like this. doug: we could set a record tomorrow. it will be around 82 for high. start off with think. rockville campus of montgomery college. still located in rockville. temperatures are incredible. blue skies. blue clouds around. no rain yet. we are looking to a sprinkle toward the end of the week. generally dry weather. one more day of the spectacular temperatures. these are the overnight lows. 57 in brentwood of washington. 54 in aspen hills. 57 in dale city and largo. in some areas in, well, in all the areas the overnight lows are warmer than the normal daytime highs. the next few days, this is what we've got. mild night 50's. a lot of sunshine. 68 on friday. keep in mind the average high is 53. we were close in some spaces to being 30 degrees above average today. we will be touch, touch cooler. partly cloudy and 64 on saturday. 66 on sunday. can't rule out a sprinkle here and there. a pleasant weekend and reminder to turn the clocks back be

america the cast of celebrities will brave the dance floor for the first time joey sweeney one of the stars a fuller house sam seen that yet. good morning america's own ginger zee the crack of the pleasure of meeting last year. she's already been announced and will be joining the show premieres monday march twenty first of eight o'clock right here on abc thirteen and again good morning america will reveal the full cast starting at seven o'clock this morning after they were assessed a fine show i are talking about this on facebook the justice league has found its commissioner james gordon the hollywood reporter warner brothers films has cast actor j k simmons to play the gotham city police commissioner batman superman wonder woman aquaman the flash and say the same for me five more days around the theme of the movie the us the days that we like the other had the summertime makes the shooting of being which will be split into two is that to begin next month part wine is set to hit theaters november twenty just get my comic book nerd on inside of the affair at kk pleaded spiderman sleeping for his boss the sad n