winchester meant that the women of winchester. able-bodied men of military age remained and occupied valley towns were protestants, pastors, powerless to expel yankee men, but retaining authority over fema congregants, even after masculinity -- the white protestants confronted radicals. i do not claim to present a systematicve or study of religion in the occupied valley. a lazy to select two communities were a number of educated civilians are left accessible and local archives. the communities of winchester and lexington and their residence of the focal point. winchester, the largest town in the lower valley was contested by defending forces. it was about around on three occasions. lexington, the most significant institutions was not threatened by union troops until 1864. by 1860, the valley was virginia's most diverse region in terms of religious beliefs. laterked the anglican and episcopalian prominence. comprised of eight counties, the presbyterianavily and lutheran reflecting the western movement. bridgewater provides us with a

that tells the story of sarah winchester and the bizarre house that she built. >> we are having trouble. they are filming a new movie. helen mirren is playing sarah winchester and they built a complete mockup of the house in australia. that is where they filmed it of the movie. have you ever been to the mystery house? >> i was looking forward to see where it was so i can take a visit. >> it is so bizarre when you walk through. stairways that go nowhere and all of these rooms for no apparent reason. a fun place to go and see. let's go back to san francisco. bill mountain and the annual fundraiser. they are expecting to see a lot of money to restore the salmon trout and steelhead population.>> are we on? >> yes. you are on >> reporter: i am with richard who founded tell trout in 1972. stickers on the backs of cars on the 70's and 80 and richard was one of the projects that put you onto the map.>> it was to save the lake. what we did was say the tributaries because of the interest. it happened to do a lot of good for the birds and the lake. it was a two-part victory.>> they have a guy like

. >> we are touring never-before- seen areas of the winchester mystery house in san jose. coming up we'll take you there. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everyone. we have seen may gray and see this? i'm going to tell you why you only need to wear one sock today even though we have a cooldown. the weekend forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> take a look at this a 40- foot tree toppled over in san francisco hitting a house. it appeared to damage the outdoor staircase railing. it happened on the 1200 block of dolores street in noe valley. public works crews jumped into action cutting down that tall tree. no reports of any injuries. arborists will look into whether this was a case of root failure. >>> new at noon the winchester mystery house is opening new doors as kpix 5's anne makovec reports, the san jose attraction now allowing visitors to view parts of the home that have never been seen before. >>> reporter: it's a room known as the south witch's cap, one of 40 rooms in the winchester mystery house open to the public for the first time today. >> i kno

for the movie based on the eccentric sarah winchester. you might know, she is the hair he is of the winchester rifle fortune and the owner of that spooky house. they are filming some scenes in the actual house. >> perfect interpretation of a character who was reel with an incredible complicated and deep background who nonl is surrounded by mystery. >> a lot of mystery. like those staircases going to nowhere. >> to nowhere. tinny steps. >> she built the stairways because she was scared of the ghosts of all the people who died from her rifles into it was supposed to be a maze to throw them all off. amazing. >> the movie comes out next year. >> we are all going to see it. >> have a great weekend. thank you for joining us. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- paul giamatti, giselle bundchen,

built. >> the most amazing thing about that, to look at the pictures of the winchester house in the 1920s and '30s it's out of the middle of casper. now it's in the middle of everything. >> we will see you back here at 11. >>> carnaval is streaming live on cbssf.com. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ music ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> announcer: the following program is sponsored by operation smile. every year, hundreds of thousands of children are born with cleft lip and or cleft palate. >> dr. bill magee: why should any child, anywhere on this planet, have to live a life of misery. >> kathy majette: a lot of people think that children that are born with these deformities are cursed. just imagine a life alone, that nobody wanted to be around you. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bags over their head. they're never allowed to leave their house unless they have a bag on their heads. >> kathy majette: some children don't live, because they have problems with eating, and drinking, and die of malnutrition. >> mel: and they see us as their last resort. >>

hollywood is bringing to life the story behind the winchester mystery house. ess helen mirren was filming in san jose today. kpix 5's own betty yu got to talk to the academy award winner. let me guess what part she is going to play, betty. >> reporter: the lead role, ken. you know, helen and the rest of the cast have been filming in a bigger replica of this house in australia for the last 7 months and it wasn't until this week that they got to do so here at the winchester mystery house. she tells me that it has been very special to film in a place with so much history. i know you guys have been filming in australia. but what has it been like to be here in the real house? >> far out, as we used to say. ha ha ha. in the olden days. it was fantastic. >> reporter: actress helen mirren stars as real life [ indiscernible ] sarah winchester who was convinced she was haunted by the souls of those kills by the guns that made her family rich. the crew is shooting in some of the mansion's 160 rooms. they recreated this house in australia because some of these faces were j

the winchester mifrtry house is being featured on the big screen. .en miles an houren plays the the you can see from the photo of heiress and miles an houren in characteristic. very similar. scott budman at the win chestter mysteriy house hopefully you got some red carpet invites for us. >> absolutely raj we're all seeing it together i'm from the bay area we've known about winchester mysteriy house the whole time but thanks to the major motion picture with big stars the world will soon know about it too. tours of winchester mysteriy house happen all the time. >> this is where we believe that sarah winchester would conduct her say aunss. >> this was being run by the producer of winchester, a mystery move that just wrapped starring helen miles an houren as the sarah winchester. >> i was thinking i wonder if you would have been a silicon valley entrepreneur. because she had the intelligence and imagination. >> >> reporter: near the famous fountain you'll see the trappings of hollywood taking the famously big house to the big screen. >> is there a sense o

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years... wealthy widow continued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/t

it's called the explore more in the winchester mystery house. 0 rooms have been open to the public but they've added 45 as part of this explore more tour, including some rooms that have never been visited by the general public before. i'm going to poll owe you in, the historian. this is a very unusual part of the house, the first time the public has been allowed in here. they call it the witch's cap because -- >> because it looks like a witch's cap. >> and stand with me in the center. i don't think it's going to translate to television but when you stand here, because of the acoustics, it sounds like surround sound. was this by design, do you think? >> any time you build a cone-shaped roof you'll get that effect. it's well done. >> how did this room speak to you? >> this room is full of, i've been told by sensitives, it's full of spirit energy. >> sensitives? >> psychics, mediums. i love the feel of this room. sometimes i come here to be quiet and think. >> why wasn't it completed? i know there is a lot of spice in the house that weren't finished

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years... thy widow continued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/tour

ask the cast of winchester.hey have been filming in the winchester mystery house in san jose which son described as a haunted and some say are odd. >> it features 10,000 windows strange staircases leading nowhere. >> it's more benign than i imagined. this reputation of a haunted house, there's a likeness and sweetness that surprised me. >> it was under construction 24 hours a day and seven days a week for 38 years. it's under sarah winchester areas to the rifle fortune building a house for the ghost that haunted her with the only way to appease them. >> she believes that she was haunted by the ghost and spirits that died at the hand of the winchester rifle. >> reportedly agosta photographed in the window and this is the only known photo of sarah winchester, helen mirren re-created the picture on the first day of filmmaking. the house was also re-created in australia for the shoot. >> spent two months jumping into closets hiding or running or through the roof to nowhere. it's a weird sense of dij@ vu. >> the mayo

we turn some of the rooms in the winchester mystery house. open to the public for the first time. on nightbeat at 10:00 today is national wine day. so we're asking you, when buying a bottle how much do you usually spend? do you spend less than $20 or maybe more? tweet me right now at #veronicadlcruz. tonight we have we have a guest with wine tips that won't break the bank. that's coming up tonight at 10:00 over on our sister station kbcw 44/cable 12. >>> san jose's winchester mystery house. opening some new doors. >> kpix 5's anne makovec got a peek. >> reporter: it's a room known as the south witch's cap one of 40 rooms in the winchester mystery house open to the public for the first time today. >> i know that there are several people who would love to have a seance in here. >> reporter: the third floor corridor is one of many areas of the house said to be visited by ghosts. >> sometimes you'll hear someone which is sper your name. >> reporter: this is going to be the first time that tourists are actually allowed in the front door of the winchester mystery house. word is that sar

brand-new tours of the winchester mystery house are under way. l announce to visitors the home's witches cap and third floor corridors not seen in the mansion's 94-year history. this explore more tour also includes access to the north wing where people can check out artifacts from san francisco's 1906 earthquake. have you been to the mystery house yet? >> no. i have passed by it but haven't gone in yet. >> you should go to it. it's awesome. >> i have been in two or three times. it's eerie just walking through there. i know you spent the night in there. >> the only person who has ever slept in the seance room. >> wow. >> it was a dare and i was stupid and i did it. you hear a lot of creaks in the night in an old mansion like that but i just had one of those coalminer lights on my head and when you have go to the bathroom in the middle of the night -- >> i want a picture of that. >> not when you're in seance room of the winchester mystery house. >> better to have one, though. [ laughter ] >> it's a great sight. it really is. it's so crazy. it's acro

the story of sarah winchester is now being produced as a film. >> this house is the manifestation of sarah winchester, and i think in that sense, it was haunted. >> she constantly constructed and reconstructed the house for 38 years, supposedly to throw off the spirits and give herself places to hide. on our tour, we saw a door knob suddenly shaking. >> sarah, is that you?>> nope, just a construction worker, because parts of the home are still under renovation.>> guess will have to wear bump caps, because it is so low, it is easy to hit your head. >> with this ribbon-cutting today, all are welcome to see most of the mysterious house that sarah winchester builds. -- built. >>> they are to bay area icons. how many times do you think you have been on field trips to visit? >> definitely as a kid. i haven't gone back as an adult. >> now that the movie is coming out, i think there is definitely new interest. >> coming up, we have our pet of the week. >> before we get our pet, we are going to take a check of our forecast for this holiday weekend. starting off with gray skies over the golden

mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sar a winchester, the woman who spent 38the mansion. we got a tour from the producers and sat with the cast. >> there's only one photo of sarah in her sprawling san jose mansion. >> she never spoke to the press all of the secrets of the home stayed secret. >> so for helen mirren it was a challenge. >> in a weird way it was like plague the queen because in the same way was incredibly public but we don't really know who she is. >> she was blessed with a fortune but perhaps cursed by where it came from. >> told us she was haunt bid the ghosts and spirits that died at the hands of the winchester rival. >> some believe she built the halls to confuse the spirits. >> this is where it is believed that sarah winchester would condust her sia nrk ces. >> what's she coming here to do. >> city has grown around the house. >> really has evoked so many memories for me. it's such a part of every kid's life in san jose. >> production designers had to recreate it in australia. >> in 1906 there was a win chest zbler there was a earthquake that

we'll get back to you right after this break. >>> well the winchester mystery house is a tourist hot spot. the house has hundreds of rooms and today dozens of them are open to the public. >> yeah. obviously the first time they had ever been overwhelm. bob redell has the scoop and a sneak peek of the tour. >> reporter: of the 160 rooms here in the winchester mystery house in san jose a good portion, about 10 have been opened to the public for tours. starting today they are doing the explore more tour and there's 45 new rooms and spaces, some that have never been seen by the public before including this space we're in right now. why do i have to duck? >> okay. >> this is one of your favorite spaces up here. the witch's cap. when we get up there it's obvious why it's called this. >> it looks like a witch's hat. it's a cone. stand in the right spot, hello. there we go. >> sounds like surround sound. >> if you go like that it will do that. >> reporter: there are a lot of rooms in the house. this is one of them. >> exactly. >> reporter: why >> it was so that you could -- >> reporter: even t

betty, thank you so much. >>> let's go to paul with cool weather. >> outside the winchester mystery houseer is not a mystery. it's right there. san jose 70. cooler and breeze ye. santa rosa 74. you're one of the warm spots today. livermore a few days removed from 94 degrees today you didn't even hit 70. 59 degrees windy at the beach. overnight 40s and 50s. the wind will stay elevated but that will mix out the atmosphere translation, we will not see widespread fog overnight tonight even in pacifica. heading to tahoe this weekend we have an upper area of low pressure increasing cloud cover tomorrow the catalyst for the winds today and tomorrow. it could pour up towards tahoe and in the sierra. tomorrow and also sunday. certainly tomorrow high of 50. not the best weekend to get outside in the mountains or higher elevations. the sierra will be soggy especially tomorrow. that said, around san francisco, cinco de mayo festival tomorrow cool and breezy but precipitation-free. there's a lot going on, on a day where you look outside hohum not too warm not too cold. there's a lot of action causing

. >> plus, we'll take a look inside the winchester mystery house. a portion of which was just opened to the public for the very first time. ,, but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. >>> incredible video of an 18- wheeler sliced clean in half by an amtrak train. it happened two weeks ago in richmond. the driver was trying to move off the tracks but it was too late. police hope the video reminds drivers what a train can do. they are cracking down on those who fail to stop at a railroad crossing. >>> americans are spending millions on unnecessary medical tests. according to a new report in the "l.a. times," some experts say that americans waste at least $200 billion each year on excessive testing and treatment. according to the report, overly aggressive care is causing injuries linked to nearly 30,000 deaths each yea

ann rubin got a sneak peek of the movie winchester which chronicles the life of winchester and the elaborate house she built.>>> the truth is stranger than fiction. the cast of the new movie winchester has been filming inside the winchester mystery house and san jose which some describe as haunted and others called truly odd. it features 10,000 windows, secret spot for siances and strain >>> cases that lead nowhere. >> this reputation of the haunted house and all the rest of it has a light mist to it and a sweetness to it. it surprised me.>> it was under construction 24 hours a day seven days a week for 38 years. its owner heiress to the rifle fortune felt that building a home for the ghost that haunted her was the only way to appease them.>> she believes and she told this that she was haunted by the ghosts.>> she had them photographed in the windows of the house and this is the only known photo of winchester. helen mirren re-created the picture of the first day of filming. the house was re-created in a field of australia.>> two months jumping into closets and hiding and running through ther

-- the weathy widow to the winchester rifle tycoon william winchester-- began building1800s. construction on the house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19-22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the new tour is available for a limited time only. ( darya ) for a third straight year the golden state warriors will face the cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals.( mark ) the cavs beat the celtics last night. this is the first time in n-b-a history that the same two teams will meet in three straight n-b-a finals. golden state is coming off a historic 12-0 record in the playoffs. they swept every team they faced. tip off for game one of the nba finals is next thursday at oracle arena. ( darya ) as for warriors head coach steve kerr... he's has been out since game 2 in the first round suffering from lingering complications from back surgery two years ago. although he has been traveling with the team, walking around at practice and being in the locker room before and during game

. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, the amazing story of san jose's winchester mystery house isying the lead. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. yes in for a bit of a warming trend before ♪ you don't even want to know protection detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. lysol. what it takes to protect. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> it's been called one of the most haunted houses in america, and it's also one of the most unusual. >> now the winchester mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sarah winchester, the woman who spent 38 years building the mansion. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom got a tour from the producers, and sa

. >>> this san jose landmark is full of mystery, but tonight the winchester mystery house is unlocking dozens of new secrets. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. >>> the winchester mystery house in san jose unlocking some new secrets tonight. >> that's right. 40 different areas of the mansion have been off limits to visitors until now. among them, a room known as the south witch's cap and supposedly haunted third floor corridors. [ ken humming scary music ] >> in the north wing you can see remnants from the 1906 earthquake. a feature film about the house is due out next february. >>> will steve kerr give it a go? and get ready for round 3, seven days of hype tipping off next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the nissan sports report coming up next on kpix5. >> okay. best trilogy of all time, godfather, lord of the rings, how about star wars? pretty soon you can add the warriors and cavaliers to that list. lebron james going to the nba finals the seventh straight year. 1st quarter off the block, kyrie irving drives in for the layup and fo

captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. >>> the winchester mystery house in san jose unlocking some new secrets tonight. >> that's right. 40 different areas of the mansion have been off limits to visitors until now. among them, a room known as the south witch's cap and supposedly haunted third floor corridors. [ ken humming scary music ] >> in the north wing you can see remnants from the 1906 earthquake. a feature film about the house is due out next february. >>> will steve kerr give it a go? and get ready for round 3, seven days of ,,,,,, food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> the nissan sports report coming up next on kpix5. >> okay. best trilogy of all time, godfather, lord of the rings, how about star wars? pre

now the winchester mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sarah win chester, thes mansion. jonathan bloom got a tour from the producers and sat down with the cast. >> reporter: there's only one photo of sarah winchester in her sprawling mansion. >> mrs. winchester never spoke with the press during her lifetime, all the secrets of the home stayed secret. >> in a weird way, it was like playing the queen, because the queen in the same way is incredibly public, but we don't actually kind of really know who she is. >> reporter: she was blessed with a fortune, but perhaps cursed by where it came fr >> she said she was haunted by the ghosts and the spirits that died at the hands of the winchester rifle. >> this is where sarah winchester would conduct her seances. >> what was she coming here to do. >> she was coming to do a hatchet job on sarah. >> reporter: there are so many memories around the house. but production designers had to re-create it in australia. >> it was set in 1906, and in 1906, there wasn't all these winchester trucks et cetera. >> when they do find her,

mike, you've been in the winchester mystery house. >> i have, i have. perhaps i'm still there. [ laughter ] no, i'm still here. cool, nice gab rel. it's the pre-holiday thursday, we see that into the memorial day holiday every year, been doing this for over a decade, we're looking at a nice easy drive out of the amount month. there may be a little wind, gusty winds at time but no major issues. light traffic for hayward. for mass transit we had earlier delays reported, an equipment issue out of daly city that was very early and very quickly that cleared up so no more delays for these transit systems. remember, monday is a holiday so check your agency's web site. >> a lot of people traveling? >> a lot of people will be hitting the road. we know where they're going aside from the winchester mystery house which looks super cool. up north, all kinds of activity. >> we have bottlerock, so many events going on around the bay area. i've been trying to squeeze them in. looking at saturday's forecast, 63 degrees will be your temperature, that's the high temperatur

. >> developing in northern virginia, the cleanup is now underway in winchester after the afternoon severe storms. a mobile home park got it bad. it knocked down trees, power lines and caused all kinds of damage. marina maracco beginses our team coverage now it's going to be a long night for folks here at the blue ridge mobile home park. as residents start to make their way back up and cleanup screws show up here after tour of tore through this neighborhood. tree services were called in to help to clear the way back to this park where some of the homes were damagedded most and thankfully no serious injuries reported but there are some neighbors here who tell us they may need to find a place to stay tonight after the roofs caved in from tree limbs that fell over their roofs. they have not allow us any further into the neighborhood mainly because of downed power lines. it could be well into tomorrow before the streets in the park are cleared for traffic. i was watching tv and then all of a sudden there was no power. then i seen the rain coming hitting up against the window, rocks, everything

the film tells the story of sarah winchester. >> the truth is often stranger than fix.the film is being -- fiction. the film is being made inside of the winchester house. >> it's strange, this reputation of a haunted house, but there is a lightness to the house and a sweetness to it that surprised me. >> reporter: the landmark was under construction 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 38 years, the owner of the house felt that building a home for the ghosts that hunted her was the only way to apiece them. >> she believed that she was haunted by the ghosts of the people that died at the hands of the winchester rifles. >> reporter: the actress that played her recreated a picture of the woman on the first day of filming. >> we spent months jumping into closets. it's a weird sense. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo who stopped by the setted set -- set said he was pleased. >> it's part of our history. >> reporter: still, do not call this just a horror movie. >> it's people trying do deal with their lives and what they have lost. >> it's more complex than a horror film. i thi

now the winchester mystery house in san jose is the setting for a movie about sarah win chester, then who spent 38 years building this mansion. jonathan bloom got a tour from the producers and sat down with the cast. >> reporter: there's only one photo of sarah winchester in her sprawling mansion. >> mrs. winchester never spoke with the press during her lifetime, all the secrets of the home stayed secret. >> in a weird way, it was like playing the queen, because the queen in the same way is incredibly public, but we don't actually kind of really know who she is. >> reporter: she was blessed with a fortune, but perhaps cursed by where it came from. >> she said she was haunted by the ghosts and the spirits that died at the hands of the winchester rifle. >> this is where sarah winchester would conduct her seances. >> what was she coming here to do. >> she was coming to do a hatchet job on sarah. >> reporter: there are so many memories around the house. but production designers had to re-create it in australia. >> it was set in 1906, and in 1906, there wasn't all these winchester trucks

-- the weathy widow the winchester rifle tycoon william winchester-- began building the mansion in the late 1800s. construction on the house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19- 22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the "explore more tour" is available for a limited time only. (steve ) a live look outside at sfo (pam)closing in on the weekend.. brittney has the forecast.. a cooling trend can be expected through friday as high pressure weakens and the marine influence increases. minor warming is then expected during the upcoming weekend into early next week as high pressure returns to the west coast. (pam) new tonight at 8. a victim of botulism is now taking legal action against the company that made the tainted cheese which authorities say caused the illness..(steve) she is one of ten sickened by that nacho cheese. and claims she's suffered severe and permanent injuries. and as kron-4's terisa estacio reports another victim --- a 16 year old (pam) new tonight at 8.

-- the weathy widow the winchester rifle tycoon-- began building the mansion in the late house continued for 38 years-- until her death in 19-22. tabloids from the time suggest sarah continuously built the mansion to appease the spirits of those killed by winchester guns. the "explore more tour" is available for a limited time only. next- it's called the 48 hour walmart challenge. two indiana college students explain how they did it.. and what it is. (justine) "nathan's" and "curtis beef master" hot dogs have been recalled because they might be contaminated with metal. more than 200-thousand pounds of hot dogs have been recalled after receiving complaints. as of right now there are no reports of injuries or illnesses from the tainted hot dogs. for more information on the recall head to our website at kron four dot com. (justine) 48 consecutive hours inside walmart. could you do it? well two indiana college students deciced to take on the challenge...and succeeded. and their documented their journeyon youtube. the challenge was a part of their show on ...titled "the christ

they are still gathering evidence to try and determine if, in fact, a tornado fuched down in the area in winchester, virginia, marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> i want to bring you the very latest news out of orlando a police stand off at the international airport there is over. police have the gunman in cuss disivment the started around seven:30 rental car area. the stand off ended up shutting down terminal a while police called in a crisis negotiator to help out. it created a lot of confusion and uncertainty as travelers posted videos and photoses with officers with their weapons drawn. no shots were ever fired and there were no reports of anyone being hurt. >> take a look at this video sent to us by a fox5 viewer. it's really something. you can see d.c. \police\police going after an illegal atv rider even though police say there is noaa chase policy in the district. the woman who recorded the video who was outraged. she told us she thought the police responses was disaing russ to people on the street. fox5's lindsay watts is live at police headquarters with new details on what happened. lindsa

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let's look at the damage reports from winchester to charlestown. down to the south. a lot of tree damage reports here. this is where john is here. you saw the video of that hail. there was hail reported. other storms were down south from culpeper, fredericksburg. this was the parent storm that had a little bit of a hook on it. this these pixels next to each other, when you have the short distance and they are changing direction, and you have this tremendous shear with gate to gate at 126. that tells us possibly there is a storm on the ground and the national weather service will probably survey it tomorrow. tonight, dealing with lingers showers an storms. light anyone south of town. this stuff will wind up the next few hours, you may start your wednesday with some fog, but, a better day than today. i'll have details in a few minutes. >> thanks howard. >>> now, to a big mystery, this beautiful little girl was hurt and left alone at the holy cross hospital in silver springs. we have been digging into her y. r delia goncalves has been working the phones all night. >> re

the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years... ntinued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/tour dispatcher-

/metro area completely dry and there was a lone shower along the winchester area but that has already fizzled out. just a few clouds out there tonight that would be the same case for your thursday. current temperatures in the mid-atlantic, it's hot, just up and down the eastern seaboard from 90 in new york to 91 in virginia beach, 91 in philly as well as we look to tomorrow 92 degrees. pretty much a carbon copy of toy. forecast. people split. look at your ten-day forecast. a little bit of everything. a friday 88. it's still humid. some afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. not a huge threat for severe weather. plenty of clouds around this weekend. mid-70s for highs. >> thanks amelia. >> oh, this story. two puppies saved by police after their owner tried to strangle them. just ahead we are going to meet the dogs. they're name chance and mia and see how they're doing now that they have a new home. >> plus a military analyst found guilty of leaking military secrets now a free woman. the plans that may bring are you actually about to scratch it rich at mgm national harbor? of c

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this is where it's believed that sarah winchester would conduct her seances. >> reporter: now winchester the movie just wrapped starring dame helen mirren who says she had a blast playing sarah winchester. >> because you have the perfect combination of a character who was real with an incredible, complicated and deep background, but who, nonetheless, is surrounded by mystery. >> reporter: the tools of hollywood are here taking the famously big house to the big screen. >> the story we all grew up with here in san jose and so many of us spent many years crawling around this house and checking it all out. now fun to see it up on the silver screen. >> reporter: is there a sense of this being a mystery and a horror, now that you finally get to see it, the you pick up on it at all? >> every part of it is interesting. everything is built detailed and well. >> reporter: everything was also 3-d modeled by drone to allow primary shooting in australia. helen mirren says that was fitting. >> i was thinking i wonder if she would have been a silicon valley entrepreneur because she had the intelligence and

it's a movie about the life of sarah winchester and the strange house that she built in san jose. >>porter: the truth is stranger than fiction just asked the cast of the new movie. there been filming inside the mystery house in san jose which some describe as haunted as some describe as odd. it features 10,000 windows and strange staircases that lead nowhere. >> this reputation of a haunted house there's a lightness to it and the sweetness to wait that surprised me. >> reporter: the landmark was under construction 20 from was a day seven days a week for 38 years. the owner said somehow that building a home was the only way to appease them. >> reporter: she believes that she was haunted by the ghost and the spirits.>> reporter: there was a ghost photographed the window of the house and this is the only known photo of sarah winchester. the house is also re-created in a field in australia for much of the shoe. >> i spent two months hiding or running through theirÃthere. it's a weird sense of dij@ vu. >> reporter: the mayor says he is pleased to see a unique san jose story make its way t

it was really just two areas, one that started around the winchester area and then one that crossed near the dale city area that produced quite a bit of damage including many reports of hail and large trees down at about five a:50 or so we for the clark county area and there was some damage including trees down and some hail and damage. we're always concerned when we see hail is that the size of half dollars. that's an indication that a there was rotation and a storm. then another very strong storm that was really down toward the stafford area and into king george produced also lofts reports of hail and we got a gust of 59 miles an hour in the city of ray mute and that's right near 95. a quick look at what's ahead for tomorrow. we are going to start with more clouds and fog. we expect a sunnier day we think there may be another round of potentially gusty and strong afternoon and evening thunderstorms to keep track of. we'll have much more on that a little bit later. tony and shawn we'll have your headlines or what's ahead after tomorrow just a bit later. >> thank you, sue. now as w damag

came through the winchester area fred there was a tornado warning earlier. jackie bensen with more on that. >> officials here tell us that whatever came through here and towards a mobile home park. several homes were damaged. it was a race against darkness to get the branches of a huge tree off the roof of this home before it would be too dark to do so. >> we saw the rotation in the clouds. and the hail started. we went inside and i was trying to get everybody from the living room when about a 70 to 100 foot tree fell on our trailer. >> the power went out. witnesses say the rain came down so hard it looked like midnight hours before sunset. officials in fredrick county, virginia say that the storm damage appears to be localized to this area just off route 7. >> no injuries. minor damage to homes. there is one home still being looked at by building inspectors. >> reporter: a crew from sky high tree services worked quickly to allow residents to get back inside i'm doing myself to take down and get them off the roof. one down here at the bottom of the park here

the radar now, you can see them to the northwest, around frederick, urbana, winchester. we'll zoom into this one, the strongest one. you can see it coming through mount airy, around damascus right now, heads up frederick and montgomery, around urbana. you can notice there is some lightning here and very heavy downpours. more showers toward winchester. thunderstorm activity around middletown too. these are also going to move in this general direction. we could see more showers and thunderstorms continuing in the northwestern suburbs. temperatures still on the hot side. we get a better chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and then cooler weather. my forecast in about ten minutes. >> see you then, doug, thank you. >>> a father now facing a jury after being accused of causing the death of his 3-year-old son by giving him a fatal drug cocktail. when we come back tonight on news4 at 5:00, the reason the prosecutors say he did it. >>> also tonight, a tight race between the democrats vying to be virginia's next governor. they all have similar strategies, but what will be effective ag

when this is completed, the winchester winter -- up to shenton will have little ford for man or beast. the infamous line attributed to cheriton past and present is apocryphal. the self-reliance crow of the shenandoah valley was holy grants invention. as it turns out, taylor himself may have been the source or the conveyor of the line seen by thousands of readers in the pages of the southern historical society papers. in march 1878. this leads to the second largest aboutm proposed by taylor the destruction of the beautiful valley. it is not difficult to understand why taylor found sheridan loathsome. nor is it difficult to find why he may have shied away from charging u.s. grant with brutality he attributed to sheridan instead. grant was a great admirer to do zachary taylor who served under in mexico. richard taylor died before grant but his admiration on record. personal memorize, grant made his admiration during their washington meetings in 1865 summer. it's may have tempered taylor's attitude toward him prompting taylor to flee instead. the larger challenge was to plumb the implicat

the winchester are shut off. they are at 7 in san francisco and 6 in santa rosa. herwise, they are relatively on the slight side. with those winds shutting off it will be our first "spare the air" day of the season. and as steve says from los altos, he says 61 degrees there this morning still high pollen count and you're spot on with that, steve. the nastiest area today as far as the pollution is concerned close to the surface is east of the bay due to the diablo range. minimal cooling at the coast begins this afternoon. up to 12 degrees more cooling on thursday. an additional 10 to 15 will happen on friday. so those are three things to remember. a big significant difference by friday but more seasonal. so high pressure is the key component very strong diverting the storm well to the north of the bay area as you can see right there. meanwhile, this is our futurecast. look at the clock. by friday, we do have that low meandering off the coast. water temperature 51 degrees. this enhances that marine layer so this is what i'm talking about. you have the marine layer ve

tax --t is the winchester, virginia. independent. guest: thanks for taking my call. congressman, i would like to make a comment about a statement you just made about why we were in conflicts around the world and why we need to protect our rights. we are in conflicts around the world because our government has put us in conflict around the world. [indiscernible] took us into iraq and we have been there ever since. the people that want harm to us, more than anything else, want us out of their lives. afghanistan to get osama bin laden, last time i heard, a democratic president took osama bin laden out. we need to get out and come home. thank you. .uest: i am like you i like every american, we will like to get our men and women serving this nation overseas home as quickly as we can, but we cannot ignore the threats. i think to stick our head in the sand and not recognize the significant threats to america that exists around the world, think -- i quite candidly think is a bit naive. i don't like the fact that we have to go overseas and do these tough jobs, but at the same

the winchester mystery house is going to be in a movie. coming up on abc7 news at 6:00.ten? >> see you then. >> finally pictures by our viewers, you'll see a theme. we want to thank tug boat dicky for pictures of the seagulls. they do not mind the gray skies. >> dave sent us this amazing shot from milpitas, ball eagle. quite a shot. are you getting the theme yet? >> dog tired adventures shot of their dogs, pictures taken in danville. use the hashtag #abc7 #abc7 #ab >> a lion. >> the keepers posted him of being frightened by at soap bubble. not his finest moment, but part of his tenth birthday party celebration. >> you know what he needs? he just needs to see the wizard. >> very good. tie it all together. >> "world news tonight with david muir" coming up next. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. thanks for >>> tonight, breaking news. the sudden deluge. the severe storms hitting the east coast. drivers trapped in rising waters. others lifted to safety. tornadoes in several states. thousands of nights cancelled or delayed. >>> also, 18 college students fac

if you live in the south bay you probably know the winchester mifrt house. >>> this is where we believewin chest we are conducted sceneses. >> the starring helen mirren who says she had a blast playing sarah win chester. >> because you have the perfect combination of a character who was real with an incredible complicated and deep background. but who nonetheless is surrounded by mystery. >> theless tools of hollywood are here taking the famously big house to the big screen. >> this is a story we grew up with here in san jose. so many of us spent many years youth crawling around the house a check it out it's fun to see it on the screen. >> is there a expense of this being a mystery and a horror -- now that you finally get to see this did you pick up on that at all. >> every part of it is interesting. you know the glass with the quotes, the lamp, everything is built detailed and well. >> everything was also 3-d modelled by drone to allow primary shooting in australia. helen mirren says that was fitting. >> i was thinking i wonder if she would have been a silicon valley entrepreneur becaus

storms, but we s we're much whatting near warrington and another one that's developing up toward the winchesterarea. main feature with these may be could pretty heavy rain moving east, southeast at about 15 miles area hour but there is also a lot of lightning with this one. we're primarily located south of 66 and it is moving into the prince william county area. i'm going to go back one second. the temperatures are definitely playing a part. let's go back and not just look at where this is going but talk about who may be in the path of it let's get a little bit of a storm track on this. you want to watch if you live in any of these communities as the storm is potentially go to be coming right through warrington here in just a little bit to auburn at about five:346789 davids crossroads at about five:355. we're going to clear that off here and put that in motion one more time for the last hour or so and you can see the motion as it now is beginning to sing just a little bit south eyes going through prince willing young adult mails un some hail to the size of dimes or so, i haven't seen necessaril

the first stop is coming out of winchester. showers and the thunderstorms are building there. this cluster betweengategate and frederick is moving north and north east. heading to howard county. and baltimore county at 5:4 batch, this is headed to the berriesville, leesburg in 45 to 50 minutes. more chances of the isolated chances of the thunderstorms through the evening. you the activity tapers off quickly. muggy overnight. tomorrow is a better chance of the thunderstorms. we leave you with the current numbers that are ranging from the upper 7 o's to lower 9 o's. we will check the weekend coming up. alison: new information just in to our news room. heart-breaking story. a deadly crash we first brought you last night at 11:00, and 6-year-old xavier lucky died after being hit by a car on livingston road in southeast. they issued a statement saying it was the little boy's birthday. the driver did stop. there is the child was hit. larry: well, he stopped at a corner store to buy hisfyiance save her favorite county but it ended with another man who wanted to rob the story. he shoo

will bring you some cooling relief that's for sure and the other storm we're watching out toward the winchester that's going to be moving into loudoun county so steven city getting some of that with the heaviest rain and obviously they have some lightning with it. typical garden variety summer storms although they are a little bit on the strong side so we'll watch them to see if anything changes with that. now, back on to our temperature story. because of the south wind reagan national at 87, not sure we hit 90 there today. we certainly did in many other locations but winchester is now rain cooled at 79. hagerstown 91. here's your evening planner so you have an idea of what we're looking forward to for the rest of the evening. maybe a pop-up thunderstorm but fairly isolated, 84 degrees at 7 o'clock. by 9 o'clock about 81 and by 11 o'clock, 78. aren't the big headline -- and the big headline for tomorrow, one more hot day, could even be a little bit hotter than today because the wind direction will be out of the west and there will likely be a few more storms around as tomorrow a frontal boundar

into the 30s. winchester at 35. the winds are a little calmer so that allows the frost to develop.ny day. not as breezy as yesterday. 61 by noon. that is a few degrees warmer than we were at lunchtime yesterday. we're going to head to the mid to upper 60s today. mid-60s around the suburbs and upper 60s around the washington area. average for this time of the we're running about 5 degrees below average, but it's still going to be quite pleasant and sunny. sunglasses today, no umbrellas. the end of the week and into the weekend unsettled. we'll talk about your mother's day forecast and when the rain arrives. >> oh, yeah, it's mother's day. >> ellen, i feel like you're always on top of these things. >> i should be. we're ordering a gift certificate that will go there so i don't have to do too much wrapping or card sending. we had an accident on duke street between north quaker lane and telegraph road. it involved a couple cars, two people in the hospital nonlife- threatening injuries. there was one rollover and this was a fatal crash. delays both directions on duke street, but it is b