live tonight in southeast d.c., ryan hughes, abc 7 news. isberly: it turns out d.c. not alone. a dr. 911 system in montgomery county went down for 2 hours. the system failed and an equipment overheated trade -- overheated. two people died in the county during the outage. today unified communications said the problems are not related. now, it looks like the aftermath of a major derailment. emergency lights, people on stretchers. it was just a training drill. ac. fire and ems simulating train derailment on the yellow line about the potomac. 68 people were on board that train. tows set up makeshift triage help emergency responders practice a real-life scenario. today's drill lasted a few hours. right now in southeast d.c., repair work continues 22 hours after a water main break on minnesota avenue. today urban forest tree removed a tree and the root blocking dc's water to that break. an eight inch height broke around 8:30 last night, closing a stretch of minnesota avenue. will be complete in time for tomorrow mornings rush hour, according to an estimate. meteorologist ryan miller

it was a much different seen in southeast -- in southeast d.c.. larry: the wind ripping a roof clear off an apartment building, the people there john gonzalez, good morning. john: larry, good morning. we are finding soggy debris like this all over the section of capitol hill in southeast d.c. you can probably see the spots on my shirt. we are getting rain, not a good thing for this apartment building, which is now exposed. authority police have the area blocked off, and this is why, as my photographer walks through the caution tape on the other side of the fence. take a look at the yard of this apartment building. that right there -- that pile of debris and rubble is the roof that was ripped off this building. remarkably, no one was injured. our cameras captured residence last night being evacuated. the d.c. housing authority says 60 people were busts to another location -- were bussed to another shelter. we had the chance to speak to a security guard moments after roof was peeled off this structure. >> we noticed the storm was , peoplen pretty qu

we're at an apartment building in southeast d.c. impacted by this storm and it's actually quite a mess this morning. look down here behind me. that is mostly insulation and part of the roof that was ripped off this building during the height of the storm last night. this is right next to 695 here. that shows you just how powerful this storm was. we have some video we want to show you from last night. it shows you the firefighters that were out here, the police out here, people that were evacuated from this pardon me building. we understand about 50 people were told needed to get out and get out quickly because of storm and heavy winds that came through and took down insulation. so back here live this morning, people here not allowed back in here. obviously. they have no idea when they might be allowed back in, but the good news is nobody hurt. no one was hurt last night. just this building. quite a disaster. chuck, what's in store for the weather today? >> finally a little bit of quiet weather coming our way, kristin so everybody wh

last night's strong storms blew the roof off building in southeast d.c. that meant about 50 people had to find somewhere else to go last night. no one was hurt and some people are back in their apartments tonight. >>> in ellicott city there is progress to error. residents of the historic downtown ravaged by floods were back today but it's only temporary. we continue to keep an eye on the aftermath of this historic flooding. >> reporter: ellicott city tonight is surrounded by fencing and watched by guards to keep looters out after the first day of residents and business owners being allowed to come in with trucks and cars to get their stuff out. >> it's been better than it could have been. >> reporter: here is video that shows what residents are seeing. are he construction of roads -- reconstruction of roads and sidewalks, heavy equipment moving mountains of earth, inspectors looking over ghostly ground floor apartments. as he moved his stuff out henry stanton reflected on it. >> it's tough to run i am amazed at the help we are getting from people that are

police looking for three men involved in a deadly shooting in southeast d.c. a man was shot and killed near 30th street yesterday afternoon. police believe the gunman may have been in a gold 2001 chevy impala. it was the 89th murder in the district this year. >>> we learned what caused d.c.'s 911 system to go down over the weekend. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the all stop button because he feared it would cause the system. >> we know about the typical call volume that comes in during that time. >> 911 dispatchers were rushed to the backup center in northwest. officials don't know exactly how many calls were missed, but they say they are unaware of any major incidents that were not handled. >>> 11 minutes away from the 5:00 hour, a virginia school board wants the supreme court to settle the nationwide transgender bathroom debate. a teen who identifies as a male from using the boys restroom. the policy violates title 9:00. -- ix. the teen can't use the boys bathroom. he can be required to use a private restroom until justices decide whether to int

funeral services were held at southeast d.c. local leaders say this is not the epd of an era. >> as long as live goes on, the barrys will live on because people will remember the good they brought to this community and city. >> christopher barry died earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose at the age of 36. >>> you are in luck if you want to eat lunch outside. chuck bell is updating what you can expect for your outdoor plans for the rest of the day. >> it's not cheap to get your students ready for the start of school. the surprising expenses and what could cost parents even more this year. >>> and when you snap those first day school pictures, we want to see them. aaron tweeted this photo tweeted all smiles here in frederick county. parents and teachers, we want to see you to >>> welcome back, it's it time for chuck bell's forecast. it feels so great yesterday. wasn't it picture perfect? >> so nice to be outside. dog and out on the mall. i could overhear quite a few of tourists mentioning how nice the weather was. righ

our sheehy storm tracker 9 ran into this tree down on southern avenue in southeast d.c. this morning. it looks like we are heading to more pleasant weather today. howard bernstein is on the terrace with a look at the forecast. >> it's all relative. not as many thunderstorms. we may get a few this afternoon. but i don't expect the widespread damage that we had. you can see the extending areas. out to the shenandoah valley, prince william and fairfax county and through d.c. also some down south through the northern neck and southern maryland and eastern shore but some of those damage reports are impressive. like 66 miles per hour gust at sea pleasant at the height of the storm in prince george county. a large tree blocking southbound wisconsin avenue coming out of bethesda and chevy chase into the district this morning. right now you can see the clouds and showers primarily south. a few up in pennsylvania. we have to watch to see if any of that pops for the aften. a high around 92 with 80s this evening and spotty storms. hey, mike, i have some hope. next week we could see

last night and ripped the roof off part of the roof off an apartment building at 1131 k street in southeast d.c to one of the people who witnessed this. >> it was crazy because two guys were right there and they didn't get hit. they almost got hit. >> as people were evacuating and everything? >> right. >> it was debris around and people panicking, getting to safety. nobody knew what to do for real but everybody was trying to keep everybody out of panic mode. >> well the good thing is nobody got hurt. most of the material we've learned that was blown off the roof was installation so the building inspectors are pretty sure people wi home pretty soon. >>> we'll be heading to prince gorges county to show you impressive rain showers that poured down in clinton. check out this video. the wind gusts right there are swirling up debris literally, like picking it up off the streets there. virginia, they did not flood and arlington waves of rain and flashing of lightning rolled over a soccer field there. that's impressive video. >> so for the most part the storms moved out of here overnight, there's a few

a 15-year-old was from southeast d.c. and was arrested the day after the shooting. police say they shot him in the face in the men's room at the height of the lunch hour. the shooting victim was still in the hospital. >>> prince georges county police are searching for two men who held a couple inside their apartment in landover hills today. neighbors say the suspect followed the man and woman and forced their way into the couple's apartment when they opened the door. neighbors heard screams and called the police. not too long ago, they were coming in and kicking in doors and stuff like that. this neighborhood, how much more can it take? how much more can the good people take. >> police believe the suspects targeted the couple for their suv. they took a black 2015 toyota rav with maryland license plate. >>> there was a tragic accident at a home being remodeled in landover hills. that a child was in hit in the head with a piece of lumber. mark segraves has the story. >> the male child had gone unconscious, bleeding severely from the head. >> reporter: this home on 74t

this one apartment building in southeast was especially hard hit. here's why. the d.c. housing authority tells attic of this apartment pushing insulation up through the roof membrane. >> felt like the building was falling. >> reporter: no one was injured, but 11 families had to be evacuated. they are temporarily being put up at this hotel. >> got to laugh through the tears. >> reporter: they don't know what to expect next. how many in your family? >> right now there's five of us in this apartment together. >> reporter: where will you move to? >> i have no idea yet. >> reporter: after speaking with some of the residents who were brought back to pick up a few belongings, i called the d.c. housing authority. i am told most of the families will be allowed to return to their homes soon. crews are working to repair and replace the roofing material that was blown out. the roof will be water-tight. one unit that has more extensive damage in the kitchen will require more time before that family can return home. do you want to move back in here? >> no. >> reporter: do you have an

d.c. mayor marion barry. christopher berry is lying in repose from now until 6:00 p.m. in southeast cc. -- d.c. that is when the service will begin. he was 36 years old. also new this noon, donald trump is taking aim at a foundation run by his opponent. he says the clinton foundation is the corrupt enterprise of political history. foundation announced they will not accept foreign or corporate donations if hillary clinton is elected president. the all caps as hillary should --urn money that i trump says hillary should return money to countries that disseminate women and gays. one school is starting with history. sam: more than 40,000 kids went back into the classroom, and 110 right here walked through that door at 8:45 a.m. this morning, and this is a very special day because this is a historic moment. this high school is the first public all boys high school in the district. the mayor and chancellor explained why the school will make such a difference for boys, young man of color. >> focusing on how we will develop our young men academical them ready to be the fathers and young men that will le

it happened over the weekend on southern avenue in southeast. d.c. police say the firefighter's young daughter was with him in the car when he was shot. she was not hurt. the firefighters you know 81 said he was airlifted to shock trauma in baltimore and is expected to recover. >>> you now have one month before a red light camera starts giving you a ticket. alexandria's sixth camera goes live today. the camera is handsing out warnings for now but that will change on september 22nd. >>> donald trump's campaign may be shifting positions on a key issue, immigration. it comes as hillary clinton continues to try and label trump as insulting. nbc's edward lawrence has the latest. >> reporter: after meeting with donald trump may be reconsidering his stance on deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. >> we need a, quote, fair and, quote, humane way of dealing with what is estimated to be about 11 million illegal immigrants in this country. >> reporter: trump campaign manager kellyanne conway went on to say his position is, quote, to be determined as he consi

dozen of shopping carts dumped in a southeast d.c. neighborhood. last night, giant told us that the carts would be removed today. that's what they told us. turns out, though, the store can't come and collect them because of some sort of incident nearby that has d.c. police calling the area a part of a crime scene. so once they get that solved hopefully the carts will be bye-bye. school started yesterday in prince george's county. michelle: more than 6,000 students had to do something other than go to class. amy aubert is here to explain. amy? amy: this morning prince george's county school confirmed there were students that were not immunized and without the immunization they cannot go to class. free clinics started in july and held over the weekend. they say they contacted parents of the students who needed immunizations last cheer. a news release says they sent letters to the student healthcare profileder. on the first day of the students were not immunized were put in alternate activities. they released a statement saying -- according to the rel

southeast. and news4's chris gordon is there now talking to neighbors who are looking for a new place to live. chris? >> reporter: one resident told me it sounded like the building was falling down. the d.chousing authority says that a freak microburst hit the attic which pushed insulation up through the roof, forcing residents out of their apartments and into the storm. the storm hit hard here in southeast washington, tearing insulation from the roof of this public housing apartment building. one resident describes the scene when he was told to evacuate. >> when i came out, exited the building, it was -- debris flying everywhere, dust in the air, and people in panic mode but orderly. >> reporter: the d.c. housing authority says 11 families displaced. they were taken to a nearby hotel where they were told they could stay for two days. some residents returned this afternoon to pick up a few belongings. how big is your family? >> we've got a lot of family. six family. >> reporter: where will you take them? where will you live? >> we don't know right now. >> reporter: workers on the roof tossed debris to the sidewalk below. it's being picked up and hauled away. but at this point, it is unce

a young woman in southeast d.c., what does she know about zika and how she can get information about transmission? the international perspective, we have to look to organizations already doing it on other issues. i think about africa and ebola and malaria and hiv aids program. there are many community-based organizations dealing with similar public health crises. we cannot act like they are not there and just say we need to go look at mosquitoes and a vaccine. we have to lift up those organizations. planned parenthood as many partners around the role that do this work every day in their communities. they are far-reaching communities outside the major cities of most of the countries in latin america. we have to support organizations who is there every day doing this work and have a particular role but they are getting less funding than ever before. we have to think about international family planning that is getting less money than ever before. it's here and we have to address this but we are not thinking about how to support and strengthen those structures and partners already in pla

john: a violent combination of thunder, rain and wind rumbled through southeast d.c., partially ripping the roof off of this building in capitol hill. but the debris landing teat from a children's playground. >> it looked like somebody lifted a blanket or something off the top the building. john: garland foster and his wife were inside on the top in particular when they heard and felt the roof i thought rain coming through the window. japan: from the overhead shot you can see where the chimney cracked in section. jonathan: they took us off in police cars, escorted us off. john: 60 residents were taken to a temporary shelter. >> today was an emergency. this is my medicaid and i.d. and everything. i'm a diabetic. john: so they let you go in to get that? >> yes. i had to. john: the d.c. housing authority who owns the building has had the police force here all day long protecting the area, keeping people away. now that the clean-up is going on. but you look at all the debris here in the yard of the building and it's hard to believe no one was injured. well, now, many into their home. back t

i'm a pediatrician in southeast d.c., in the backyard of congress.ting every community between the tragedies also. every year, 20,000 americans commit suicide with a gun. every month, between aurora, colorado and orlando, florida, over 50 women are showing killed by domestic abusers. every day between oak creek and tucson, 90 american lives are taken by gun violence. these are our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends, classmates, and they are my patients. my patience and their families are struggling with gun violence while many are turning a blind cold hard to gun violence. many are asking, what will we do about this? right now, more than 10,000 by homicide,killed unintentional shootings. children are also injured or killed in car crashes. you know what is interesting? when any of us talk about , we get tople safe have a grown-up conversation cdc law-enforcement and the . no one is calling us doctors communist or questioning our patriotism or threatening to take our gun licenses away. threateningve been for long time. lobbyists

kneel area house in gaithersburg and ing a the district a roof ripped offpf an apartment in southeast. sou. d.c. police are on the scenehe s when the roof came off.caff they say their main concernnrn was gathering the children playing outside. outside >> storm came through really fast. st we just making sure that thee ae the kids was still outside playing.ay >> pepco dominion power and bg&e reporting around 9300 people still without power. pow >> rushern baker says he'say he' angry and disappointed overdve the possibility that thelity county's head start program hea could be shut down. >> baker says he's assigning staff to work with the school system to gut the funding restored. the program could lose six and a half million dollar federaledr grant. the school system has 30 days 3s to decide whether to appeal. >>> growing tensions in rio where u.s. swimmers jack konger and begun nar bentzen were removed from a flight by brazilian authorities.rities >> they alleged they were wer robbed at gun point over ther t weekend but authorities sayes sy that might not have been the hae case. melanie alnwick

it happened here on southern avenue in southeast d.c. from a church. the firefighter was flown to an area hospital. he was conscious, alert, and stable. the shooting happened at 4:00 in the afternoon. the lookout is for a black and red sports motorcycle. the gun violence a surprise in this neighborhood of single-family homes along a ve busy road along the border with prince george's county. this woman has lived here for decades. how concerned are you to find out there was a shooting? >> very much. i've been living here about 40 years and i have never had that problem. never. you know, people sort of stay to their self-but never any crime. >> the fire technician is 44 years old, a 20-year veteran. he works in northwest d.c. paul is an area neighborhood commissioner. it's another example of gun violence that police need to focus more attention on getting guns outfit of the street. >> we need a special group out here so they can locate these guns and take them off our streets. >>> chief gregory dean of dc fire and ems released this statemen

[applause] >> i am a pediatrician in southeast d.c. in the backyard of congress.sh tags and geographic location but doctors know the public literature of gun violence is hurting the communities in between the tragedies, too. every year between newtown, connecticut and san bernardino, california 20,000 americans commit suicide with a gun. every month, between aurora, california and orlando, florida, over 50 women are shot and killed by domestic abuseer . every day we know okay cliff, wisconsin and tucson, arizona 90 american lives with taken by gun violence. these are our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends, classmates, and they are my patients. they are struggling with gun violence while many are turning a blind eye, deaf ear, and cold heart to this public health crisis. many parents are asking what are we going to do about all of this? right now! more than 10,000 children are shot and killed each year by homicide, suicides, and unintentional shootings. that is more than heart defects, cancer and infection. children are always injured and ki

if you go just a couple miles down the way in the southeast d.c., there are police officers teaming acrosshe community. people are parked on corners waiting to catch people doing something that they think is wrong. there is a misconception that more police officers equals more safety in communities. we have to rethink the way that we look at policing in this country. what we do have to be able have to a real dialogue and we have it to support our police officers which is what stek tear clinton has said. donald trump talks about law and order but he hasn't put out any policies on the table. let me finish. excuse me, pastor. i'm not done. secretary clinton has supported policies for police officers, secretary clinton has co-authored legislation. >> please. >> no, it is my voice. secretary clinton has co-authored legislation to provide benefits to spouses whose spouses are killed in the line of duty. when we talk about police/community relations, when we falk about the need to talk about criminal justice reform and real issues that are facing our communities, we have to talk about facts and w

a young woman in southeast d.c., what does she know about zika and how she can get information aboutransmission? >> from the international perspective, we have to look to organizations already doing it on other issues. there are other issues. i think about africa and ebola and malaria and the hiv-aids epidemic. there are many community-based organizations dealing with similar public health crises. we cannot act like they are not there and just say we need to go look at mosquitoes and a taxing. we have to lift up those limitations. planned parenthood as many partners around the role that do this work every day in their communities. they are far-reaching communities outside the major cities of most of the countries in latin america. we have to support organizations like unfpa who is there every day doing this work and have a particular role but they are getting less funding than ever before. we have to think about international family planning that is getting less money than ever before. it's here and we have to address these issues but we are not thinking about how to support and stre

southeast. they saw improvement. it's d.c. second year using the park test. it is difference said this student jasmine woofruff. >> it gave me a chance to see what i should know compared to what i do know. >> education is not easy. it's not simple. there is no formula. we are so proud of the teachers and the students. sam: only 25% of the students took the test passed it. the school officials insist things will only get better in the future. reporting from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: that is it for us at 5:00. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a violent night police now investigating four stabbings in three hours. plus it's known as terrible tuesday for travel. will the post holiday weekend travel be that bad? plus, will the weather cooperate for those holiday weekend plans? stormwatch7 forecast ahead. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: up first at 6:00, four stabbings in the district in three hours. at this hour there are no suspects in custody. maureen: the victims' injuries

southeast. shootings relatively common on d.c. streets. but four stabbings within three hours? >> hard to feel safe there. stabbings around. right? whether you are targeted or not. it's just not safe. >> just moments after the fatal shooting the stabbings began. the first at georgia avenue and blair road. domestic. moments later another stabbing at 16th and la mont street. then an hour afterwards the 1700 of columbia road. also northwest. the fourth at the bustling intersection of irving and 14th street. in the heart of columbia heights. >> it sounds gapping-related -- gang-related to me. stephen: investigators are not saying if they beev stabbings but the time line and the close proximity has some who live in this vibrant part of d.c. worried. >> right in a one-mile radius. i don't know. i'm not feeling comfortable with the situation. >> the three stabbings in the close proximity all of these corners are popular with homeless individuals and with gang members. they are hang-out spots. at this time no word on the suspects or the motives from investigators. reporting live, steph

d.c. unified communications center in southeast with the very latest. what do we know, derrick? >> reporter: this is where the problem all started. as you said it was about 11:30, 11:35 last night. that's when calls stopped coming into the center. if you called 911 anywhere between 11:35 to about 1:15, you may have gotten a busy signal. it may not have rang or it may not have even tripped over. what they did when they found out about this, they instituted backup procedures, physically moving the 911 takers to the backup facility over at the mcmilan reservoi transfer the calls to where those back up takers were. people needed to call two ten-digit numbers if they needed emergency assistance. by 12:35 they were able to get the 911 calls back to the backup site and an hour and a half later they had the problem solved. they narrowed things down. but they haven't solved it yet. >> we are able to rule out the possibility of nefarious activities or some kind of hack into our system. we know that is not a probability. we are reviewing and looking into all our systems doing full system r

d.c. >> maintenance worker inadvertently turned off the 9 911 system while truring to turn off an alarm in the city. melanie alnwick is live in southeast with more fallout. mel. >> well, steve, allison. we had been hearing from police and fire sources that they, to too, were having trouble communicating on that night

d.c. while the main troops went down to williamsburg and moved on richmond from the southeast. he's going to make sure the competitors don't dash into washington, d.c. they all went south to join mcclelland or to fight mcclelland. at this point mcdowell is here with a force of 30,000 men with nobody to fight. that's a waste of troops. ultimately they decide to send mcdowell south to join mcclelland. just before this movement takes place, president abraham lincoln is going to come to chatham. he is probably the third president to come into the house prior to that time. george washington had come here as a guest of fitzhugh's, as had thomas jefferson. now abraham lincoln is coming down here to confer with mcdowell about this movement. and that's going to make him the third president, and this makes chatham the only house that we know of that both george washington and abraham lincoln entered during their lifetime. it gives the house a little extra distinction. now, just before mcdowell moves south, stonewall jackson's going to kick up his heels in the shenandoah valley and start k

d.c. richard reeve went to southeast for the story you will see only on 7.the backyards off chesapeake street look like. no yard sale. furniture, vacuum cleaner, filter, all kind of stuff pulled from the basement because of what happened in the apartments this morning. a huge flood of sewage water. it's not a pretty picture. >> it smells like sewage water. there was a lot of sludge under it. >> many in hazmat suits cleaning up after this. >> a sewage backup. not sure the original cause. the basement flooded with sewage water five and six inches deep. she showed us the bathroom where her husband was brushing his teeth. >> the water coming up from the commode. shows the water spreading but where did the mess come from? residents say the sewer personnel pointed to the sewage contractor working here to do a job on the next street over. >> one of the pumps stopped working and it washed it back up into the houses. >> left behind, piles of the belongings, if you wereture, clothing and more. >> we will throw away. the problem with the sewage any soft goods contacted

d.c. and 89 in boston and just a few scattered storms this afternoon. down in the southeast, we'll watch a few storms there this afternoon. so, washington, d.c., hopefully today we're finally going to put an end to your epic heat wave you've been under. you should be looking at clear skies throughout much of the day. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. it...is thiu typically shop? you should be getting double miles on every purchase! switch...to the capital one venture card. with venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day. not just ...(dismissively) airline purchases. seriously... double miles... everywhere. what's in your wallet? >>> katty, something's fishy in rio. what's going on down there? >> i don't know. seems quite weird. this ryan lochte story. the big talk of rio and we'll get that in a moment. first, though, let's get some of the action from last night and the first on the track for men's hurdles. rolands make history as the first u.s. women to sweep the podium in an olympic track event. americans have finishe

d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in southeast. sam? sam: yes, well, we are here. service is about to begin. the mourners are filing in. go ahead and go past. the mourners are filing in to the church for the service that is about to begin here. basically as soon as everybody gets seated to remember a young man that much of washington has known basically all of his life. at the temple of praise church they came in one or two all day. >> somebody who was trying. his dad is gone, his mom is gone. he needed someone as a mentor. i don't know if he had that. >> my heart is broken. sam: many said tragedy. his father was father and mother effie was first lady. he was there through his father's legal trouble and his mother's death, and th he ran for the father's seat but had troubles of his own and lost. then earlier in month he collapsed and died after using k2 and p.c.p. at the church today they played an interview he did with armstrong williams after his father's demise. >> can you say you walked away from it? you are drug free? not a part of your life anymore? >> yes, i

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d.c. alerts. we learned of domestic violence situation that was unfolding during that 911 outage it was 12:30 in the morning in southeast and a woman was struck on the head with a hammer multiple times and neighbors showed "fox5" call logs of their multiple attempts to try reach 911. we do know that first respon responders eventually did get there and called back to dispatch some 45 minutes later. and now mayor muriel bowser said the city is reaching out to hospitals and to site see if there were any other serious incident perhaps 911 and fire and emergency services missed and asking city residents if they did try to reach out and department get a response to a serious situation the city would like to they're them as well. back to you guys. >>> 5:04 now the justice department is vetting police officers interactions with mentally ill. baltimore police officers ended up in unnecessarily violent confrontations with mentally disabled people in many snangss they have not commit aid crime. >> recently the justice department is investigating police agencies for claims of racial sgrim maition nation and excessive force. >> out

d.c. bureau chief sam ford is in southeast. sam, the neighbors may be part of the problem? sam: women, yes, michelle. certainly neighbors, somebody brought the carts here. one of the residents here called us to talk about all the carts from the giant food store up the street that were piling up around the trash bins here. while management occasionally hauls away bulk trash, they don't haul away giant shopping carts that some residents push here and don't return. we have counted 20 at the dump site alone. >> that's terrible. eyesore number one. they're not supposed to be there. you would think giant would miss 15 or 20 carts. apparently maybe it's part of their budget, they write it off. sam: that the kids play grocery carts. sometimes lose control of them. they crash into people's cars and damage cars. we have contacted giant for a response. so far we have not heard back from them. we will have more coming up on at "abc7 news at 5:00". reporting live from southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: well, after all the heat we have been dealing with, i hope you

d.c. by sunday, that threat of showers and storms is down here in the southeast. that's your national weather. now here's a closer look at your green bay, much cooler. showers and storms ahead of that front. detroit and toledo and more of the garden variety afternoon down pours in area of florida and right along the southeast coast. doesn't look like a horrible weekend for anybody. >> perfect, to tell you the truth. okay. thank you so much. just ahead, why apple is offering to pay big money to hackers. >>> plus, pan nick a subway station. the ceiling comes crashing down. you' e me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections

d.c. around noon today a man fired shots at a robbery on f street southeast and police tell us two people were robbed and one victim was shot in the leg and the victim is expect todd make a full recovery and the robber got away way wall the and phone and police need your help if you know anything more about this one. staying in the district, marc marchers rallied today to demand that congress pass common sense gun control legislation and dozens of civil rights and labor unions joined in the demonstrators marched in sohe association lobbying office and organizers say too many people are killed each year by gun violence. >>> we need to have common sense gun violence laws so that we can reduce gun violence and we need to stop letting hate be normalizeed in this country or indiscriminate killings by guns be normizeed in this country. >> they plan to keep the pressure on congress to enact common sense gun legislation including gun gabbing ground check and reducing sale of high magazine clips. >> and metro safe track surge 8 will last through september 11 and affect blue line service in norther

southeast asian leaders recently. he just was in vietnam in may. is hosting in washington, d.c. the week after he gets back. he hosted president gerry cauley here late last you the one southeast leader a pretty companies go to meet is the new president of the philippines who was elected in june. is a very colorful figure of course. easements a very controversial remarks and has taken some very troubling steps on domestic policy in terms of dealing with drugs and crime that have cost real human rights concerns. in the larger context the u.s. philippine alliance has made great strides in recent years with negotiation of enhanced development cooperation agreement and begin admitting that in a number of other things we've been doing to build capacity for the philippines in terms of its security, as well as economic areas. so i think this will be a good opportunity for president obama to sit down and touch base on all of our cooperation and build that relationship. i will stop there. >> we will not open it up to questions. just point of order, if it's any and who you're with a double help the transcript the there

d.c. police looking for three men involved in a deadly shooting in southeast. a man was shot killed yesterday afternoon near 30th street. police believe the gunmen may be in a gold 2001 chevy impala. >>> we now know what caused d.c.'s 911 system to fail over the week. the ounl lasted about two hours early sunday morning. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the emergency all stop button because he feared the leak was threatening sensitive equipment. >> we're very concerned. it was in the overnight hours. we know about the typical call volume that comes in during that time. >> 911 dispatchers were rushed to the backup center in northwest. officials don't know exactly how many calls were missed but they say they are unaware of any major incidents that were not handled. >>> a virginia school board wants the supreme court to settle the nationwide transgender bathroom debate. a review of the policy was requested. an appeals court rules the policy voittle title ix. the teen cannot use the boys bathroom. the supreme court rule he can be required to use a private

d.c. are investigating a deadly shooting of a man in southeast. this happened in the 3100 of buena vista terrace where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. police are looking for three men in a 2001 gold chevy impala. michelle: frightening story from the district tonight. a man in his home attacked and sexually assaulted. as stephen tschida reports this is the third time this month a man has been sexually assaulted in the district. the suspect somehow got in this large capitol hill home. but no obvious sign of break-in. investigators believe from the moment he entered the house the suspect intended to sexually assault one of the male occupants. although the victim did not know his attacker. >> shocking. it's >> it went down sunday morning about 6:00. a man asleep in a bedroom in this home woke up to the sight of another man armed with a gun standing over him. >> it's extremely disturbing. theys say several young professionals live in this home. >> i don't remember hearing anything of this kind in this neighborhood in 20 years l

southeast. however, for three major cities, new york, philadelphia, and d.c., we're looking for locally heavy thunderstorms. we're looking for the possibility of flooding right along 95 as you go through all three of these major cities. the afternoon. >> thanks, paul. >>> now to the presidential campaign trail and the backlash donald trump is facing over his comments about the family of a muslim american soldier killed in iraq. his father spoke of the democratic convention accusing trump of never sacrificing anything. and questioned whether he had even read the constitution. in response, trump said he's made a lot of sacrifices, including the creation of trump also took issue with the silence from the soldier's mother at last week's convention. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. you tell me. plenty of people have written that. she was extremely quiet. >> she is firing back saying she was in pain about her son's death, and that she could not speak at the convention. hillary clinton and the since it started. >> he is t

d.c. council member marion barry. friends and family are gathering in southeast to remember marion christian barry. wn ran for his father's seat but fell short. the younger barry passed away earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose. christopher barry was 36 years old. >>> now a scary situation for a woman in arlington. police tell us a man grabbed her as she walked home from d.c. early sunday morning and tried to sexually assault her. this happened on the virginia side of the key bridge near where the gw parkway is. pat collins has the details. >> reporter: she was just trying to walk home when she was sexually assaulted. it all happened back there on the key bridge. >> a brazen attack, very scared for the female victim in this case. >> reporter: it was spontaneous, it was violent, it could have had dire consequences. the victim, a 27-year-old the scene, the key bridge. the time, 2:30 sunday morning. she was walking from dupont circle to her home in arlington. just as she got to the edge of the fence, at the edge of the bridge, she was passed by a man, a man who quickly turned and grabbed

southeast. that is disrupting service. and affecting traffic in the area. workers from d.c. water are making repairs as we speak.finished until tomorrow mornin meantime, several dozen homes and apartments in that area, well, they are without service tonight and the 3600 block of minnesota avenue is closed. workers fixed that broken pipe. >> and down to the district where police are investigating at least two shootings that happened over the past 24 hour hours. and someone fired shots on 34th street northeast around 11:30 last night. two men were hit by the gunfire and later died. police say the victims are 4 40-year-old rashard blue and 2 27-year-old trayvon johnson, both men lived in northeast. no one is in custody tonight. police are still trying to determine a motive for the killings. >> and meanwhile, around noon today a man fired shots during a robbery on s street southeas southeast. police tell us two people were robbed and one victim was shot in the leg. the victim is expected to make a full recovery and we're told the robber got away with a wallet and a phone and police about this one. >> and, here we go

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it's already 90s in washington, d.c., a strong surge out of the southeast. 88 in boston. it's 77 in new orleans. there is going to be some really heavy rain totals and hot and humid conditions. back home. michael vick for says, you're so right. it's pretty much always gray overcast. sunshine scares me. you can't get below 90 degrees in the afternoon highs, for some and others, you can't get above 60 degrees. south bay has not opinion as warm. north bay has not been as warm as others. it us a strange summer pattern. low clouds, fog. a lot of fog. delta breeze falling apart. that means fairfield, vacaville. peninsula held up a little bit. bay temps and ocean temps falling off a pit. watch out, highway 1 tomorrow and part of the city. translating to some warmer temps yonder but not over by the coast. hazy skies. a lot of smoke in the air as well. hot inland, clear lake, 99. 68 sausalito. 97 vacaville. other areas in the 90s. 70s around berkeley, oakland. south bay, santa clara valley. san jose was warmer. there is fog in morgan hill but i did bump you up a little bit. in the