tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom. a disturbing video shared millions of times on facebook and just hours, a school resource officer grabbing a student's neck, throwing them to the ground, flipping the desk in the process in south carolina. jay korff is live in the satellite center with with the incident. the disturbing confrontation between the student and a school resource officer was caught on camera. the student was arrested, the school resource officer has been pulled from his job at the school, and an investigation launched. what a student captured on camera in high school in columbia, south carolina, and posted on facebook is hard to watch. the authorities confirm that the richland county deputy benfield came to the classroom to remove a female student who was ordered but refused to leave the room for undisclosed reasons. that is when deputy feels ripped her from her seat, dragged her into a corner of the room, and placed her in handcuffs. school system issued a statement that said -- "our district is deeply con

tom roussey is on the scene. tom: this is right along the tidal basin. the park police on the scene investigating. much of the investigation focus owees on the car the distance. this is video shortly after this happened, at about 8:20 p.m. the park police say there was a pedestrian near the 14th street avenues and maine southwest two was struck, taken to george washington hospital, about 20 minutes later at the hospital the pedestrian was pronounced dead. park police have not released the victim's name or said who was in the car that hit them. even at this late hour, this is causing a traffic problem, a lot of the area around maine avenue is shut down right now. live in southwest washington, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom. new developments, two students improve to fair condition after a fire in chemistry class. alison: a teacher was also injured as investigators try to get to the bottom of how this happened. leon: richard reeve has tonight's developments. rich? richard:t athts shining extra bright wt wooon a difficult day. the gathering fo

alison: tom roussey has the story. tom: this did not happen on a back road, it was a major road, route 197. that is where the medical waste started. and continued on the side of the road for about a fifth of the mile -- a fifth of a mile northbound. we have been investigating how it got there. >> good lord, where is this at? the upon seeing pictures of dried blood, i fees, and a tampon, the reaction was unanimous. >> that's gross. it somebody's blood. tom: 7 on your side has been investigating how the medical waste got on the side of the road. it came from the bowie health center. the contractor who picked it up was republic services, the same company was called to pick up the mess today. a worker did not what to t alk to kevin lewis, but a representative said they are still investigating. republic is not sure if they are responsible, but a spokesperson for bowie health center says it is definitely republic because they are the ones paid to pick it up. but shouldn't blood to be considered hazardous? to a federalinted gu

tom roussey is live with the investigation. tom? tom: leon, according to the d.c. sanderssite, lorenzo works out of the third level of the wilson building, but tonight he is on administrative leave, not coming back tomorrow either after a big raid on his apartment netted a big amount of drugs. inside of this apartment building in southeast, there are marks on the door. park police say they knocked it down with a sledgehammer. the narcotics unit and swat team raid happened early tuesday morning. inside the apartment were d.c. government employee lorenzo sanders and a lot of drugs. they included 60-plus grams of suspected cocaine in two bags recovered from the toilet, 60 grams more recovered from the toilet trap. the police found five crack cash, and00 in numerous ski masks. and a statement, the mayor's office indicated that sanders will not be answering his city phone soon, if ever. he is on administrative leave, and the city is starting the process to try to fire him. the balserent says, " administration does not tolerate employees who violate the public's trust. w

tom roussey has what he has learned tonight. tom: i spoke with friends and family, and they are all simply devastated. there is a growing memorial between the shopping centers where this happened yesterday. today, the police continue the search for the killer. we all grew up with her. we all loved her. ew last night shooting victim since they were classmate at seneca valley high. whene was there for me things were rough for me. tom: they believe this was a hate crime. >> just because you don't understand who she is does not mean you have a right to take away her life. last couple years, the transgendered victim identified as zella ziona. something like this to happen to my nephew, 21 years old. life hasn't even started. >> he always had a smile on his face. tom: tonight we spoke with the uncle and aunt of the victim. >> we loved him. we did not judge him, the decisions he made. we stuck by him because that's what families do. he would always stick his neck out for people. unfortunately in this situation, he did a net cost him his

live in alexandria, tom roussey, abc 7 news. awful. thank you, tom. the two men at the center of a video that has gone viral will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon in the district. shows jason being handcuffed by d.c. police, and moments later the person shooting the video who identify themselves as michael brown was taken to the ground by an officer. brown says it started when a white couple felt uncomfortable around the two men near an atm in southeast. the police say one of the men ran away as the other try to forcibly get him off him. abc 7 will be there for the press conference will stop look for updates on air and online at wjla.com. passengers at for more than a half-dozen airports around the country, including dulles. couple hours tonight, there was an outage that affected automated passport kiosks, a system used by homeland security. we are told the system went back up a couple hours ago. things are back to normal. testimony resumes tomorrow in the churl severance murder trial. -- in the charles severance murder trial. today, the mot

we sent tom roussey out on the streets to find out for us. tom? tom: maureen, this was organized online. this is basically one guy calling for a nationwide strike. i got to tell you it doesn't look like he is having much success in the d.c. area. this is the app right now. you would expect a lot of people in georgetown to be using it. two-minute wait for a car. that is way better than normal. if the drivers are striking it's not showing in georgetown. this is video of the facebook page where the man tried to organize drivers. he had some support on there. he also had a petition that had over 1,700 signatures. no way to know if that many drivers are participating. he calls for a $7 minimum fare and he wants the app to have a tip option if you use uber to ride somewhere you could tip your driver. it doesn't currently have that. so, again, he called for this strike. but we have not been able to talk to anyone in the entire d.c. area so far that is actually going to participate as an uber driver. when we come back out here live, you can see the wait i

tom roussey has the investigation into how this happened. tom: it is still being investigated. it was tethered to the ground, 6500 feed up in the air at the aberdeen proving ground. it broke loose and when all the way to a small town in pennsylvania. in new jersey, there were two fighter jets to or scrambled to watch it, but in the end it deflated on its own. , ithatever this thing is does not appear to be attached to anything. >> i cannot believe it when i seen it. tom: the bullet a remarkable journey over farmland. check out this amazing picture as an amish horse and buggy passes by the $175 million blimp. it began the day looking like this, tether to the ground that aberdeen proving ground, northeast of baltimore. the tether broke and it traveled all the way to the small town of muncie, work went to the ground. it wound up in at least two pieces. blimpther from the knocked out power and left 27,000 customers in the dark. >> somebody sent me a facebook message that we lost our power that this is what was going on. tom: the military uses the blimp to spot planes or missiles he

tom roussey has the debate in what it means to the families. tom? now more than a thousand students in d.c. use taxpayer-funded vouchers to go to private and parochial schools. not run out of the wilson building, it is run by congress, a federal thing come in tomorrow there will be a debate at a house committee as to whether the program should continue. jones helps her daughters with homework in southeast. st.eighth grader attends thomas more catholic thanks to a school voucher of $8,000. the reason dad's not here is he is working a second job to send his sister to the same school. >> my children mean everything to me. they say that local public and charter schools were not the best option for his daughters. >> we have had turnover in the schools and some of those kids have not reached their full potential. : tom he says that politicians can afford to send their kids anywhere. >> it seems the catholic schools and private schools benefit the liberal elite, but they are not good enough for the regular average person. tom: outgoing house speaker john b

tom roussey is live with the investigation. tom? tom: to give a sense of where this happened, the light in the distance is busy wilson boulevard in rosslyn in arlington. the alleged sexual assault happened to this block, and a lot of people are very concerned. >> i have not heard about anything like that happening in this area as long as i've lived here. tom: she has lived here eight years. >> that is troubling to hear. tom: the attack on the 23-year-old victim happened early in the morning on saturday. she had been tricking with friends and was walking back to our apartment on north scott street. that she had been drinking with friends. he allegedly had a knife. >> i don't like it, something happening that close is scary. ninth attack on a woman in just two in a half months. the police are investigating if the first six were done by the same suspect, but they do not believe the last three come including this latest one, are connected with that suspect. with no arrests, some planted take extra precautions. >> using uber or having a

tom roussey has the latest. tom? : this teenager who was killed was only a high school freshman. the police believed it was his mother's boyfriend who did it. the police spent much of the day going in and out of the building, focused on what happened on the second floor and that apartment. it was something decade easily be heard by the folks living in the apartment above. >> it woke me up. it was really, really loud. m: a little after 7:00 in the morning, alexis black heard chaos in the apartment below her. >> it was verbally loud. you could hear them screaming. tom: she had no idea how bad the fight was until the police arrived. n mason was keyshau pronounced dead at the hospital. his grandfather said he was stabbed in the chest. >> it's tragic. that's my best friend. tom: mason was a student at potomac high school. they did not know what had happened until an announcement late in the day. also, a letter was handed out to students. >> it's really sad. a lot of people were crying. time: the police say -- tom: the police say that mason was killed by his mother's live-in boyfriend.

tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. tom: the authority searching for at this hour. in the distance, that is the sheffield neighborhood. there is a cut through path, right there, which goes to the banister neighborhood to my right. it was about 3:00 this afternoon, right near the exit of the cut through, where the 17-year-old victim was shot. here is video from the chopper after arrived on the scene. two suspect came up to the 17-year-old, demanding his green and silver bmx bike. they stole it, but in the process shot him in the upper leg. he ran in flag down the driver of an empty school bus for help. a lot of folks are very concerned about this, including one grandmother who says her grandson catches the school bus right near where the shooting happened. >> i've been living here eight years. i have never heard things like this before. kids walk back to roll the time. never had anything happened like that in this neighborhood, never. it's really frightening. : the sheriff's office says the 17-year-old victim was flown to the hospital. his injuries, fortunately, our

tom roussey has the story. tom: the video was shot right here at 8th and e. some are saying this was police brutality, but a witness across the street backs up part of the police account of things. video posted to twitter -tweeted thousands of times. the person shooting the video gets taken to the ground by an officer. today, the video sparked a protest in southeast. >> first of all, the video posted on twitter and is on the wjla.com webpage is just the end of the incident. tom: they said the officers did what they are trained to do, they say that brown try to forcibly get one of the teenager.ff the a nearby restaurant manager said he saw the person taking the video get physical. >> he was pushing the police guy. tom: this started near a citibank atm. twitter account said that a white couple felt uncomfortable around them. the police were called, and when they came, the teenager ran away. he made it several blocks away to where the video was taken. this happened about one block from the eastern market metro station. neither teenager involved in this were ulti

tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom. scramble on the hill, republicans pushing and rushing to fill a surprise leadership void. first house speaker boehner announced he is living, then the front runner for his job, kevin mccarthy, bowed out of the race. tonight, word that wisconsin representative paul ryan will throw his ring into the hat. no word on when a vote will take place. the white house has a new look tonight. the iconic home turned pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. according to the american cancer society, more than 39,000 u.s. women are expected to die of breast cancer this year. all women to perform self exams and schedule mammograms. still ahead -- emotional new testimony in the trial of an accused serial killer. with the victims husband told jurors. plus, going on the record. bill cosby interviewed about sexual assault accusations. and bad news about pumpkins. this year's harvest falling way short. we live in a pick choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep numb

tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: dozens attended a fundraiser in honor of american university graduate matthew , the former senate intern shot and killed at the shaw howard metro station in august. a memorial fund will apply lessons learned abroad here in washington. >> i would come home from work or school and he would have a giant smile on his face. he was just so good at relating to people whenever we needed him. 19son: the police arrested a ural suspect several days after the shooting for investigators say that shlonsky was the mistaken victim of a drive-by. leon: the house has voted to real arise a school voucher program in the district, allowing students to get federal funding and pay tuition at private schools. this extends the tuition program for five more years and increases the money by $20 million per year. by bill has to be approved the senate. this is being championed by outgoing house speaker john boehner. a conservative majority said they would support paul ryan, but will not formally endorse h

tom roussey, abc7 news. leon: thank you, tom. the u.s. military spent billions of dollars on the jlens project. blimps that are technically called aerostat go in the air and stay afloat for 30 days at a time. they are capable to track objects the area the size of texas to protect against cruise missile attacks. the stat sheet says the tether is unlikely to break. it is made of material designed to withstand 150-mile-per-hour winds as you heard tom report. stay with us for continuing coverage of the unusual story. we will bring you update as we learn them on air and on online at wjla.com. maureen: the other big story tonight. storms gaining strength in the area. the storm watch weather team on severe weather alert. doug hill is tracking it all for us. doug? doug: right now we have cloudy skies outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. most areas seeing rain west of town. heavy rain. take a look at the live doppler radar. the area in orange and red. the heaviest cells of rain with the thunder and the lightning to go with it

tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: thank you, tom. sat scores are critical, of course, for getting into college, but i pulled up his leaving some students in limbo. there has been a delay delivering scores to some schools. the collegeut to board, who said the majority of scores have been delivered, but it says they are reaching out to colleges with early decision deadlines and encouraging them to be flexible if the scores arrive late. tonight, george washington university says it will not penalize students if there scores arrive late. leon: 7 on your side with health matters and how a hospital fall may fight infection. that's right, they are inventing a paint that kill surface bacteria. it has been certified by the epa, still being tested. they say that the paint products can kill 99.9% of bacteria after two hours of exposure on it surfaces. alison: coming up monday, 7 on your side is putting more contractors to our hidden camera test. in the spring you might remember it was electricians. now we are seeing if plumbers can fix a simple

tom roussey is on the scene. according to witnesses, this car was flying around the lost control,ver slimming into the home on smith way drive. adult males died, one of the scene, one later pronounced dead at the hospital. here is video from shortly after arriving on the scene. this happened at about 8:00 tonight. if there is any good news, it is the family that lives here was not home. they had gone to church about 20 minutes before this happened. we talked with one man who said his girlfriend was driving the other way on the road, the car nearly hit them, they eventually turned around, relies the big accident, so the man we talked to said he ran to the car and try to help the two people inside. he said one man was already dead, he could tell, but he tried to help the other. >> and i broke the window, the passenger side window. his leg was torn on the side. i grabbed him and i was like, wake up, man, come on. i had his head in my hand, and that is when he started breathing again. pulling him out, saying, let's d

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reporting in columbia, tom roussey.nchor: to the continued push 20 justice and a change years after the historic million man march in d.c. gathered cabinet -- for justice or else. the rally inspired some but left some frustrated. stretchedthe cross along the national mall to the u.s. capital. -- crowded stretch along the national mall to the u.s. capital. thousands of men, women and children for the anniversary. this year's theme, justice or else. >> these problems demand resolution. anchor -- reporter: louis farrakhan spoke for more than two hours and an end to police brutality and praise though young people behind black lives matter. >> what is the point of life if we are not free? there must come a time when we say -- enough is enough. reporter: he urged african americans to use their buying power. puts farrakhan: if you can $400 billion in your pocket, you have got money to invest. themes th -- reporter: hit home for some. >> it was an incredible experience. reporter: this group said they were largely frustrated. as

get to tom roussey on the scene. tom? toms scary looking situation out here. you can see where the police suv collided with a fire truck that is to the right. you don't see much damage on the fire truck because it's so big. but the suv, there is quite a bit. if we walk down you can see it was sent to a parked car here. this is up. tire in the air and it's up on the other s.u.v. that is parked on quarter street. you can see the air bag was deployed inside. i'm told that the officer who was driving has been taken to the hospital. he was conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. a scary looking scene. 170porter street northwest. a mile or so northeast of the zoo. the street is shut down until further notice. police and fire are here. rare and a scary situation. fire truck hitting a police car. the officer had the air bag go in his face after the crash. he was conscious and breathing and i'm told they are expecting that he will ultimately be okay from this accident. as far as the vehicle, we don't believe it's any police vehicle. this happened to be park

abc 7 news tom rousseyabc 7 news ,. -- tom roussey, abc 7 news. at 6:00,ight now hillary clinton testifies before a house committee on benghazi. how she confronted her critics. also, a crime-fighting father king things into his own hand. is search for who hurt his son in a hit and run. good aspirin help in the fight against cancer? the detail of the major study looking to answer that question. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. i take responsibly for what happened in benghazi. after months of anticipation, today hillary clinton was squarely on the hot seat. congressional republicans pushed her to answer tough questions about what happened in benghazi libya the lifted -- that led to the death of four americans. leon: scott thuman was there at the hearing as more now on this 10th day of testimony. -- tense they of testimony. reporter: they are in their third question of -- session of question and answer. one staffer telling me republican committee members were hoping that 15 to 18 hours of quest

tom roussey is on the way to the scene and will have more information on the story throughout the evening on abc7. leon: the military is calling it a mistake but doctors without border is calling it a war crime. >> this could change how the u.s. military operating in that arena. tell us about it. >> it look like a possibility. there is an effort on the hill to get it back on the table. the rare testimony of a fatal mistake. >> it was a u.s. decision. hospital was mistakenly struck. scott: admission of fault followed by a suggestion that the u.s. change rule of engagement. >> is it true the strike was requested by afghan forces on the ground? >> even though the afghan requests that support it has to go through a rigorous procedure. >> some report indicates there was fighting near the hospital. but doctors without borders said it provided them with the g.p.s. coordinates so it wouldn't targeted. but now they say it appears intentional and they are calling it a war i'm. >> i'm sure nobody intended this. >> violation of our code and the rules of engagement. maybe the rules need to be revisite

reporting live, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: thank you for that. leon: is that craze or what? alison: something else. we don't know if weather played any part in the blimp breaking free. leon: true. but we do know that it did, we do know where the blimp went. meteorologist doug hill in the weather center looking at that. and also the chance for the storms moving in tonight. >> it could be isolated thunderstorm. at the moment just outside the belfort furniture weather center. first, there were no strong wind gusts anywhere around. certainly from what i heard earlier and read also is that this would have been in a tethered position could withstand hurricane forced winds. i doubt seriously the winds had anything to do with the situation. as far as what is happening, we got downpours. no lightning detected yet. but we are keeping a close eye on it. downpours across western fairfax county. pretty good downpours. so this will continue to move across and affect the rush hour the rest of the afternoon. downstream, more showers building. from one of these,

tom roussey has the breaking story. tom: this is an unbelievable story that is the talk of the east coast this afternoon and maybe the whole country. we have video just in the newsroom that shows this blimp on the ground. here is the video. it's just in the country, just east of muncy, pennsylvania, which is in northern pennsylvania. a little east in state. you can see part of the blimp in the frees on the ground there. it was confirmed within the last hour by state police that the blimp had finally come down. after traveling quite a ways. it traveled 150 miles almost directly north from aberdeen proving ground, northeast of baltimore up into pennsylvania in the muncy area there. this has been posted all over social media this afternoon. we will show you some of the posts that people have been making. this is one of the best ones right here. this was taken by somebody who saw the blimp fly directly overhead. they turn and you will see the traffic lights, they flash for one moment and then they are out. the glitch was kno