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reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> we have new video of an aggressive owl, not a drone. attacking the runners on a popular local trail. this happened along the capital crescent trail in bethesda. montgomery county park department released video of the barred owl. four people have been attacked by the bird. the runners are urged to hide the pony tail and not use the trail at night. >> the texas teenager whose homemade clock mistaken for a bomb is visiting the white house. 14-year-old muhammad will take part in astronomy night on the south lawn. the teenager has been in the d.c. area all weekend. in arlington, the council on the american islamic relations or care gave muhammad the american muslim of the year award. the "washington post" sign comes off the headquarters on 15th street northwest. it will be moved to k-street. according to a company memo it will the inside the fourth floor of the digs. coming up at 6:00 -- >> i'm lucky. maureen: motel clerk opened up about a vicious attack by the robbers and what he is sharing about the close call. will he or won't he run for

start off with suzanne kennedy in fairfax. what is the latest? e: one of the injured students underwent surgery at the medical center. a second student airlifted from the school is being treated at the medstar hospital center burn unit. the fire investigators are trying to figure out how this accidental fire got started. five students and a teacher were among the injured in the chemical lab explosion at the fairfax woodson high school. i took place in second period science class. it blew out across the classroom. suzanne: daniel was observing the teacher to show how the elmants can change the color of fire when the explosion took place. >> she was adding the chemicals. the fire was dying down, she decided to add more alcohol. everything exploded. suzanne: the fire alarm went off and all the 2,400 students were evacuated and sent to a football stadium. >> we saw the he

county,ylvania ca suzanne kennedy. clear that we are keeping an eye on some rain. doug: still kind of cloudy. the leading edge of the clearing is starting to slowly move toward the metro area. quite a bit of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures will be seasonably cool. 56 at midday. 55 in leesburg. fredericksburg. looking forward to another fairly pleasant afternoon. temperatures will approach 60 degrees in many spots. clouds and moisture return tomorrow. center will be moving west of the mountains. the net result will be rain. it will begin tomorrow night and especially through the day on wednesday. developing now, five people were killed and one person remains missing after a tour boat sank off the coast of british columbia. last night, 27 people on that tourfor a where wher whale watg when it capsized. it's still unclear what caused this deadly accident. the owner of the boat is cooperating with investigators. and hundreds are feared dead in the aftermath of a major earthquake in asia. the magnitude 7.5 quake was felt in afghanistan and india. among those confi

in alexandria, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. jummy: and a lot of people are preparing for the worst, stocking up on supplies at hardware stores. john gonzalez has that side of the story. ddc area is saturated from heavy rain. talk of a powerful hurricane growing in size has many preparing for what could be a challenging weekend. >> make sure you have your batteries and flashlights so the power does not go out. if you have a generator, get it out and make sure it starts. if it does not, bring it for service. john: at the hardware store in maryland, extra ship mints could be arranged. >> i have a 93-year-old mother. my daughter is on well water, she is loading up and filling her bathtub. john: keep an eye out for signs like these at hardware stores, storm related items are not returnable. want just in case purchases, especially if these items are at a premium and others can really use them. flooding and power outages could be widespread in the region was inches of rain. just replaced a storm fighting tool in his home just in time.

suzanne kennedy was there for this much needed surprise. reporter: the principle does he -- instead she got a huge surprise. >> that educator is your principal, jessica cunningham. reporter: she was awarded what is known as the oscar of teaching. it is an under circuit $25,000 award given by the milken family foundation. more than 2600 educators have been given this. cunningham joins their ranks. >> i feel shocked and grateful. i had no clue this was happening. i thought we were having a ribbon-cutting and i guess that might not be happening. it's very shocking and i'm very appreciative. reporter: 40 awards will be given up this year. cunningham is the first recipient. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. melanie:. congratulations to her what a big honor. josh: you can see her face and i love that. melanie: $25,000 is nice. josh: i'm doing my best to bring sunshine. wonderful weather throughout the afternoon. by the time we entered tomorrow is what we start talking about the chance for some rain. this is from annapolis. you can see a few clouds ear

our suzanne kennedy is at the school this man. suzanne. suzanne: we are getting ready for a briefing that we are going to receive from the police department and the fire department about exactly what happened here. ands take you to 9:40 a.m. that is when this all started happening here and a chemistry lab at the high school during seventh period when a fire started inside of the chemistry lab. we are not sure how that fire started five students are injured and two of them received life-threatening injuries. three of them were transported by ground to a fairfax hospital. threateningok-alike injuries, they were transported to washington hospital center's earn unit. we did get to talk to a student and a parent and here's what they have to say. i the fire alarm went off and thought it was just a drill, but we were hearing from people that someone caught on fire and we realized it was serious. i just went to my car and drove over here to see what's going on. it's crazy. when's always concerning you get a text that the school has been evacuated

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reporting live in falls church, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks very much. we are already getting feedback to what people think. there are a lot of people reacting on facebook -- jonathan: we'll have much more from you. a lot of folks are joining in on the communication. something we are just getting in the newsroom. video of a confrontation between d.c. police and a man. now launched an investigation. the question is did police go too far? jay korff is following this and he joins us now with what he has for us. jay? jay: just in the newsroom a short time ago, d.c. released cell phone by a witness that shows confrontation between a man who appeared to be in an altered state. police say it happened monday in the 5100 block of cloud place in northeast washington. they say they confronted the man because he was acting erratically. they approached a and say he lunged at them. they took out the night stick and hit him in the leg. then they wrestled him to the ground. while the man they say was resisting arrest at one point, you also see the officers striking man

suzanne kennedy at the annapolis courthouse. the suspects make this even more remarkable of a case. suzanne: the suspects are the victim's wife, their 13-year-old daughter, and her 18-year-old boyfriend. authorities tell us that ann marie anastasi planned, concealed and even tried to create a new crime scene at the murder of the man she was murrayed to -- married to for 18 years and a woman who had become their live-in lover. anne arundel county state attorney says this man, 18-year-old gabriel ezekiel struss admitted to stabbing 25-year-old jacqueline irene riggs, the live-in love and shooting anthony anastasi. struss is the anastasi's 13-year-old daughter boyfriend. the homicides took place october 4. with ann anastasi making critical errors covering up the double homicide. >> miss anastasi provided the initial false report to the police indicating it was a murder-suicide. it was unraveled when we found the .380-caliber casing. she was instrumental based on the investigation in setting the .45 near the defendant's head. suzanne: authorities also show us in these court documents tha

suzanne kennedy was there for the must see surprise. reporter: the principle of us was attending a ribbon-cutting for kids college prep. instead she got a huge surprise. >> and that educator is your principal, jessica cunningham. reporter: jessica cunningham was awarded what is known as the author of teaching. $25,000 unrestricted award given by the milton family foundation. more than 2600 educators have been given this. now jessica cunningham joins the ranks. >> i feel shocked and grateful. i think it is the best way to say it. i really thought we would have a ribbon-cutting and then send kids back to class. i guess that might of the happening. just very shocked and appreciative. reporter: 40 awards will be giving up of the foundation this year. she is the first recipient this year. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. leon: congratulations. way to go. rockingp on abc 7 news, out with the nominees for the rock 'n roll hall of fame. alison: the next step for a tennis star outside an incident with an officer outside of a new york hotel. reporter

suzanne kennedy joins us now.overnment is about to intervene. >> so many of people own these things that can be purchased for a few dollars. the federal government says the race is on to put new measures in place for the drones. right now when you buy one of these you don't have to register it. that means if you do something dangerous or illegal with it. there is no way to track you down unless they see you. today the u.s. department of transportation and the f.a.a. announced the moremation of a task force that is going to decide who will need to register the drones and how they will do it. >> as we continue to work on the protocols and the procedures for the integration of the unmanned work place we have to work to provide safety, accountability and the responsibility. among users. >> how soon will it happen? tars will shoot for the idea to be together by mid-november. they will be in place for people buying them in the holiday season. coming up tonight at 6:00 we will tell you what it means for people who own dr

suzanne kennedy is live near the scene of the latest incident along scott street in rosslyn. suzanne? suzanne: this similar to the other attacks in the community. this happened after a night out. women stopped here and got out of a taxi cab. one walked across the street to her apartment complex and that's when she was attacked. nine attack since beginning of august. the latest happened when a resident of a rosslyn heights apartment complex on north scott street was coming home after a night out with friends. she was walking from this 7-eleven when she spotted her alleged attacker. >> she picked up her pace and tried to get to the building quicker and the suspect grabbed her from behind. suzanne: they're possibly two men. one black, one hispanic. >> i don't walk by myself. suzanne: she is being safe after she leaves the job at night. >> after hearing the stories, i have someone walk with me. i don't walk alone. suzanne: adam ses he is self-defense classes for women are filling up. >> they want to know how the attacks happen and how they can prevent becoming a target. if they ca

in frederick, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. leon: let's take a break now get a check on the roads with jamie sullivan. how is it looking? jamie: we had a big issue with the trash truck fire on the icc. all of that is gone. all lanes are reopened near shady grove road. , for you traveling in the area you will get a little bit of a break now heading eastbound on the icc. we have this in d.c.. minnesota avenue. you might see some activity. typical delays in d.c. on the freeway. to 95 in both directions and if we look at the overview, 10 miles per hour outbound on 395. northwest stretch, basic delays in the area getting from the gw parkway closer to the 270 spur. a live look your connecticut avenue shows you the delay. we have volume and possibly -- alison: thank you very much. scott kelly now holds the record for the longest single spaceflight. h consecutives 216t day in space, longer than any other nasa astronaut. this was yesterday at the international space station. along with his fellow astronauts. he has been there since marc

suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: the teacher did not want to go to the hospital but the five students were taken to the three different hospitals across the area. horace holmes has more. horace: this is the closest hospital to woodson high school. and three of the five students were brought here to the emergency room. rushed by ambulance earlier this afternoon. we understand, we have good news from inova. just got off the phone a while ago with the officials here who tell me the students spent most of the day being treated. but they have been released. at 4:00, they were sent home with the families and are there now. the three have been treated and released. reporting live from falls church, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: all right. that is very good news. alison: thank you. breaking news went out about the fire as soon as we learned this afternoon. sign up to get those to your phone at wjla.com. leon: we have new information on the recent murder cases in the area. we'll get a chance to see the moment that

suzanne kennedy explains what makes the most recent attack different. suzanne? suzanne: well, what makes the attack different according to police that the woman for the most part did everything right. at the end of a night out saturday with her girlfriends, she took a taxi home to this 7-eleven in her neighborhood. this is where she and her friends with. but this is where the police say she made a mistake. she decided to leave her friends and walk what she thought was a short and a safe distance home. she lives here in the rosslyn heights luxury apartments. that's where the authorities say she made the mistake and that is where the attack took place. police say they are concerned that people are making mistakes as they head home from a night out and going it by not paying attention to the surroundings. >> in some of the cases the victims are on their cell phones. they are not paying attention to their surroundings. that is when the suspects are seeing an opportunity to grab them. suzanne: the attacks started in late july. they are continuing now until the month

suzanne kennedy in 11000 of post oak road with details. suzanne: investigators spent much of the day sifting through the rubble here of the single story home in rural spotsylvania county. the fire started overnight and claimed two lives. >> authorities say a neighbor called 911 after 2:15 in the morning. when firefighters arrived more than half the house was in flames. >> the adjoining portion that appeared to be a breezeway between the house and the garage. apparently haven't called for a while. >> female victim found in a hallway. rescued but later died of a heart attack. a male was found dead at the front door. residents who know the man who lived here for decades were shocked to hear of his passing. >> i would have never come. there ain't nothing i can do for him. >> the best kind of neighbor you could want. it's a loss for the entire neighborhood. tragedy for even involved. >> this is the third fatal fire in the county this year. authorities say the home is a total loss. in spotsylvania county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: in

suzanne kennedy has the details. suzanne: a season that fell significantly short of expectations, two years and matt williams is out. he took the job in 2014, even being named manager of the year. yesterday, the nationals general manager alluded before the last game of the season that a decision would come quickly, saying "we are not going to let people twist in the wind." this is a season marred by injuries, poor play, and inner turmoil. they say williams was a key component in the team's failure to make it to playoffs. matt williams out as nationals manager. >> we are learning more about an altercation at red star washington hospital that led to a patient's death. brianne carter is live in northwest washington with what hospital officials say happened. nne: not a lot of questions being answered about what led up to this, but we have learned that patient was a man at washington medstar hospital. , it is not being released how long that man was a patient or for what reason, but we know last tuesday he was discharged a

suzanne kennedy has the latest from the scene. suzanne: i'm on suitland parkway. this is what is left of the truck that drove off the outer loop of the beltway and came crashing down on the suitland parkway this morning. you can see there is a worker in -- looking at the bridge. the accident took place this morning. the driver was pronounced dead on the scene and has not been identified. there was only one witness. that person was depriving on the beltway and called 911 when they saw the truck go over the side wall. as a result, suitland parkway was closed for more than six hours affecting the morning rush hour. in prince george's county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: check on the traffic situation this afternoon. robertrobert altman keeping an e on thing. from the picture it looks like they are moving. robert: a few moments ago. all lanes reopened. the inbound side was shut down this morning. outbound was closed for 112 hours and now reopened. we are looking at slow traffic around the region. look at the beltway. this starts on the inner loop to 66 and 27

suzanne kennedy was wthere. of thene the principle school thought she was attending a ribbon-cutting, but instead she got a huge surprise. >> and that educator is -- your principal, jessica cunningham! ne: she received a nonrestricted $25,000 reward given by foundation. educators have received this award, and now jessica cunningham joins their ranks. >> i'm shocked and grateful. i had no idea this was happening today. we thought we were having a ribbon-cutting. i guess the meetings may not be happening. very shocking and just very appreciative. cunningham is the first recipient this year of the milken award. kellye: it is getting more expensive to go to disneyland. their top-of-the-line annual pass now costs more than $1000, up $300 from what it used to be. it get you inside the park in anaheim, california, without blackout dates. the same pass for disney world in orlando went up to $829. facebook is giving new ways to express your emotion beyond the like button. they are rolling out a series of reaction buttons

suzanne kennedy is in the satellite post. the "washington post" has been pushing for the journalist's release. suzanne: he has been the bureau chief since july of 2012. the 39-year-old is accused of collecting controversial information and handing it to hostile governments. jason rezaian was arrested in 2019. "washington post" says they have convicted an innocent journalist of a serious crime. >> this is not a surprise. this is not in the way they are handled the case to give us any hope that the outcome will be fair, just or reasonable. with that said, there are still questions. suzanne: we are told that the charges will be appealed. he has 20 days to file that appeal. in the satellite, center, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you for that. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- >> considered a suspension. >> you are not doing like you're supposed to. jonathan: a stun gun used against a city councilman in texas. what he is saying happened leading up to the incident. that's coming up next. >> it was considered a

suzanne kennedy reports it was the first day back to class after two teenagers were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the northern virginia high school. suzanne: anxiety and fear on the minds of some as they return to the high school in spotsylvania after the students and the parents learned of a thwarted terror attack against the school. the buses rolled in before daylight. a typical early morning start on a day that feels anything but normal. >> i think everybody is a little scared. suzanne: the fear comes after weekend announcement that a 15 and a 17-year-old student planned call in a bomb threat and shoot as many students as they could as they evacuated. >> we have substitutes come forward they -- students come forward they had seen social media and received texts they were concerned about. at that point we put in the threat assessment team which involves the sheriff department and an investigation was launched. suzanne: students walking to class vizzed concerns. >> some people are nervous. they don't know if it is really taken care of. suzanne: authorities say they arrested th

suzanne kennedy told us what one person at this -- had to say. reporter: this is the article that ran in the newspaper about a week ago. it was sent back to the owners of this fitness studio a few days later with negative comments about the two women's bodies. " you do not model a healthy lifestyle." and you are "fat boarding nonobese. -- on obese." this brought up a conversation about the negative impact of body shaming. >> in our society it is important to be strong and healthy. it's important to put the image out there. and it is important for us to not judge other people for their version of strong and healthy. reporter: who would write, as like these? coming up at 5:00 i will tell you what these women know about the person who sent back the article to them and whether or not they plan to contact her. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. jonathan: continuing now with her breaking news we are following. a trash truck fire on the icc closes all that one lane. it's just a big hump of nothing. this is right before the shady grove metro station. jennifer

county,e george's suzanne kennedy. jummy: all right. we want to get a check on how the roads look. jamie sullivan, is everything better? jamie: it is. and it just got better. we have the suitland parkway open in both directions. the eastboundopen stretch, which is outbound, in the past 15-20 minutes. it is open from the earlier wrecked it we did have. as we focus in on 95, volume in both directions. southbound delays. the beltway in virginia, we look pretty good. let's talk metro. it will be the blue only. onumbus day coming up monday, 5:00 a.m. until midnight, those are the hours for metro service. that is the day to ride metro for free parking. on the red line, midday work is scheduled. definitely better than this morning. be sure to sign up for our text alerts so you can get updates from your cell phone. new this noon, the inmate who has been sentenced. months behind4 bars. he was in custody for a series of bank robberies. he was being treated in the hospital when he assaulted a security guard, overpowered her, and took her firearm during the escape. he was caught several hours

reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: thank you. richard reeve continues the team coverage with the effect that the day's accident is having on the football game. is the game going to go on? rich: it will go on against west springfield. earlier today the school tweeted out and said yes the game will happen. #woodsonstrong. that sums up the emotions here. behind me they are setting up the field. we saw the football team walk by us. they are concerned from the students that went to the hospital. thigh think it's a time to unite. a parent said yes, i was relieved my child was fine when i drove to pick her up but i am concerned about those injured. >> our prayers go with the students who were hurt and their family. they have a tough evening. but we can rally and say we care about you. wi -- we are woodson strong. rich: the principal will address the stadium briefly and say have the injured folks in their thoughts and they will begin the game against west springfield. the kickoff is in where you know hour. live from fairfax, richard reev

suzanne kennedy has more on the challenge the firefighters faced trying to get it all under control. suzanne: the large fire started around 7:00 this morning. take a look behind me on damascus road. you can see the fire is still smoldering. 75 firefighters responded to this two alarm blaze between root 124 and route 90 for. -- 94. there have been no injuries. there are very few fire hydrants. you can see there is still a significant presence of firefighters. authorities dealing with it here this morning. this is a single-family home. part of the roof is collapsed. three adults and two children are displaced as a result of the fire. authorities are just now beginning to investigation. all they know at this point is that it started in the garage. four people sent to the hospital after a fiery crash on the icc this morning. this is the scene this morning. it happened right around route 29. a pickup truck ended up in the back of a tractor-trailer. the truck caught fire. four people suffered nonlife threatening injuries. no word yet on exactly what caused the crash. why we get a check of t

suzanne kennedy is following the story and will have the very latest coming up on abc seven news at 4:00. district, police are looking for the suspect in a deadly double stabbing overnight. it happened in the 200 block of k street northwest. sam sweeney has the latest. sam: yet another bloody night in the district. two people were stabbed on this pedestrian bridge on k street between second and 3rd street just after 1:00 in the morning. police say two people were stabbed, one in the leg and the other in the abdomen. the man stabbed in the abdomen was pronounced dead and the other was taken to the hospital where he is recovering. we learned this incident began over third and i street. you see a massive police response. investigators from the homicide unit coming for clues, trying to figure out what led to the stabbing, if there is a motive, and who the suspect may be. with any information you are asked to contact the metropolitan police department. this marks the 123rd homicide in the district for the year. also poringce are over surveillance video from a deadly overnight shooting. the

i'm suzanne kennedy. coming upping on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- i'll tell you who it was and why they got to skate with him. alison: but first a look at what is coming up tonight at abc. look at brian's shoes. leon: also coming up. leon: a panel of doctors will be coming to the studio tomorrow. we will have a phone bank tomorrow at 6:30. call until 8:30 a.m. tomorrow. alison: capitals took to the ice today to find out why. >> alex liggitt is taking -- alex over ove is taking time to help others. ovechkin spent time on the ice with developmentally disabled children and adults from the washington area. i help them. they help me. ovechkin's relationship with the special hockey association started last year with a skating session. this is the second one he has held. >> for us having fun and skate with him. he is a nice, generous man. >> 11-year-old ann shaw became friends at last year's event. she could hardly wait to see him again. >> a therapy school for the kids and the adults. this event will give them extra

reporting live in annapolis, maryland, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile, friends and family tell abc7 the victim in last night's deadly shooting in gaithersburg may have been targeted because she was transgender. it happened around 6:00 p.m. in an alley behind the mont gomry village shopping center. it followed an argument between the victim zella ziona and a group of men. the victim was targeted but the investigators have not said why. the suspect fled on foot. investigators are now appealing for anyone with information to contact them. >> this was a very busy time and location last night. they believe there were more people out there that may have seen something. alison: friends of the victim who was 21, say she had a transition six months ago and creptly changed her name from deandre smith to zella ziona. jonathan: new at 5:00, police on the university of maryland college park campus are warning women about a guy who may be spying on women while in the shower. the latest incident came last night in cumberland hall. a woman said she was in the

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