nancy: tom roussey is live in haymarket with the damage report. tom? tom: we are just starting to get a sense of the damage in haymarket. this is hunting path road, and it is like this for much of the street. if we keep walking we see more and more trees down, just one of many right here. we found damage nearby as well. check out this video from st. paul drive, right near the center of haymarket. a tree landed on the roof of a house. fortunately did not do major damage and nobody was hurt. i saw three trees down on st. paul's drive, trees down on haymarket. this area really got see how much this tree came down. this is just one of many on the street and through haymarket, bearing the brunt of the storm that caused a lot of damage throughout the area, to trees and also some fires from lightning. live in haymarket, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. news, tracking developing president trump with more tough talk against north korea. nancy: the president tweeting that the united states is "locked and loaded" if that country carries out a stri

tom roussey joins us live in woodbridge with this. tom?haver been telling you about thieves putting skimming devices inside of gas pumps to steal credit and debit card information, but these guys are actually putting the devices inside of 7-elevens. what makes the crime unique is the technology they are using. week, three times tuesday alone, prince william county police investigated skimming devices on atm's inside woodbridge 7-elevens. the thieves put one sk immer with a camera over where the money comes out. >> we're seeing a variety. tom: the other thing making these crimes unit, the thieves receive the stolen debit card information using wireless bluetooth technology. they never have to get the skimmer back. >> they just abandon the technology and get what they can before the devices located. tom: these are sturdily built. hereu pull here or here or and anything is loose, that is a sign them is seen -- the machine might be tempered with. using bluetooth helps the criminals but also helps you. you can use your smart phone to check for

tom roussey is live with what he found tonight. tom: a lot of reaction, as you can imagine. on your screen, a lot of these comments are coming from the folks who live in the building behind me, but a lot of other folks reacting as well to what the president said. >> george washington was the founder of the nation. >> the director of the naacp's washington bureau called this moment disturbing. >> i wonder, is a george washington next week and thomas jefferson the week after? tom: he said there is no comparison with the statues of robert e. lee and confederates. >> t the country. most would be considered traitors under today's law. >> this is not leadership. this is not what presidents and governors do in moments of crisis. tom: even many republicans were critical. barbara comstock tweeted, mr. president, there were not very fine people on the video nazi white supremacist side, only haters. we also got reaction on the national mall. >> my hope would be that an elected official representing the country should have planned remarks and speak with some forethought rather than off-

tom roussey joins us live from the tidal basin to explain the measures already in place and those to come. tom? is: of course, nancy, d.c. not right off the ocean, so it is not likely to experience a storm like hurricane harvey. that said, it is considered a high risk area for flooding. we wanted to find out what happens the next time the tidal basin waters overflow and start going that way. many walk by without realizing what it is. >> this is the 17th street levee. tom: and the next time there is big flooding from the potomac, it will likely become famous. the levy was finished in 2014. this video of a practice run shows what it is like when the wall is put up. >> within 24 hours we can bring it down and put a wall across 17th straight. tom: along with the world war ii memorial, the levy would protect huge parts of downtown and federal triangle if the tidal basin overflowed. >> seventeenth street is one of the lowest points in the city. tom: other areas have protection, such as the georgetown floodwalls, but are we still vulnerable? after the devastation of hurricane sandy in new je

tom roussey attended the vigil, and tom, hundreds of people came out tonight? crowd atas a very big the flower branch apartments, alison. held right near where the tragedy happened, exactly one year ago tonight, within a half hour from now. ♪ tom: with the small candle flames, hundreds marched around. behind it, exactly one year ago, was a fire so, so much larger. the natural gas explosion injured two dozen. and seven never made it out. readames of the sevenare as family and friends looked on. ♪ who also attending, some were in the building but survived. of thell went out apartments as fast as we could so we would not lose our lives. tom: what still hurts the most are the two children that she knew who died. she lives with her daughter in another part of the conflux. she says she think about the tragedy everyday. >> we cannot forget so difficult a moment. tom: conditions at the flower branch apartments are far better than a year ago, but they say it should not have taken a tragedy. fence everyone walked around with their candles. as far as the tragedy, on the i

tom roussey is live in southeast with this story. tom? tom: there have been reports in the news before about phones but reportswing up, of iphones blowing up have been relatively rare, but that is exactly what this couple says happened in the apartment behind me. >> all i heard was a boom. tom: there was a mark on the bed and burn marks on their arms and legs, thanks to when this iphone 6 plus suddenly blew up. it h three-month-old daughter were lying near the phone, which they say was not charging and had not been used for a while. >> we were just talking and something went pow. i said, ah! i looked and the phone was on fire. >> there was smoke everywhere. it was burning. tom: the phone belongs to his brother. >> he picked it up and ran out with the phone and threw it into the hallway. i called the fire department. tom: d.c. fire and ems at the fire was out when they arrive. the couple is grateful their three-month-old baby was not hurt. >> the could have been way, way worse. it could've been in my face, anything. my daughter could have

jonathan: tom roussey is live in college park where tensions are so high the vote may not happen. explain that, tom. tom: college park is known as the home of the university of maryland but it's also home to more than 32,000 people. not all are u.s. citizens. >> i'm an immigrant. tom: she was born in ecuador. she wanted to vote but for years she cou became a citizen. >> if you work here and pay your taxes i don't see why you shouldn't vote. >> if you pay taxes and live here it gives you a vote. i disagree. if you take a path to citizenship and become citizen of the country. >> the measure would allow noncitizens illegally and the immigrants to vote. there would be a separate voter list since they would vote in the state and the national election. >> if i went to another country i couldn't vote in a russian election. >> an hour and a half from now this is expected to b the police. they say one of the members, they won't say which one, increasing threat. it is possible they will vote to delay it until september. this is some of the e-mails they received that is getting the national a

live in northwest, tom roussey, abc 7 news. nancy: tom, thank you.as quit the president's manufacturing counsel over the president's inponse to the violence charlottesville. kevin plank, head of baltimore-based under armour, said he would work to promote diversity and inclusion. he left the council this morning, calling it a matter of personal conscience. alison: it has become one of the most searing images from the weekend protests, white nationalist carrying the torch's as they march through the streets. tonight, the maker of those torches says it does not condone the violence. brands says it is not associated with that protest and its torches are intended for positive events. nancy: investigators say that it could be days or weeks before we know the cause of the state police chopper that went down a short distance from the protests. two officers were killed while responding to the clashes. tonight we know that call was not made before the chopper went down. the ntsb is investigating. count on abc seven to stay on top of the situation in charlottes

tom roussey has the latest on this investigation. this is disgusting. tom: it is all full. the metro was on benning road, turning onto minnesota avenue. the woman is near the front of the bus, waiting to get off. when the bus stops, she gets off, but before that, she does this. in metros surveillance video coming to see the bus stop, then the woman turns and hurls a cup of her urine on the driver. riders cannot believe the video. >> who does that. and she pedal on the bus. bus.d shepeed on the tom: around 6:15 saturday night after the woman urinated into a cup in the back of the bus near other passengers. they are demanding that metro improve safety. although the suspect threw the urine, the driver had a safety shield. metro says that all buses have cameras and they have increased bus patrols. do you ride the x2 line? >> every day. tom: they say that anybody who would do this should be caught. >> she would not want anybody being on her. that is disgusting. tom: that was on the x2 route, headed to the metro station a short distance from here. metro transit police are looking

tom roussey is joining us with the latest, because he's out there. landlord whothe rented space to the folks police this?re responsible for reporter: well, she didn't actually rent to them. she rented to another couple letting themrently stay there. but she said that couple was not supposed to be allowing them to stay there. boy was staying at that property, which was more than a mile that way, off of ford road here. but the boy walked all the way road,a home on aden knocked on a door. he was disheveled, police say, and asked for food. who answered said what he saw was horrifying. boycamera, he tells us the had burns on his hands and on them and his head, he had about on his legs.s and he says the boy told him he hadn't been to years. not human. animals take care of their children better. reporter: christina and her allow a couple who works on their property to live in this apartment above the garage. without her permission, sometime in the last few weeks, that couple allowed the suspects to start staying there. >> and i never saw a child. reporter:

tom roussey is live in college park with more. tom? tom: hey, alison, when you think college park you think brick buildings and the university of maryland. but this is also a city of 32,000 people. the issue before the city council and the city hall is whether or not people who are not citizens of the country should still be allowed to vote in city elections. prince germ's county police tell me they will have extra security on hand in the counsel -- council chambers. they said one councilmember has been receiving threats over the measure. what the measure would do is allow noncitizens whether they are legally or illegally in country to vote in the city elections. a separate voter list would be kept for them. they would not be allowed to vote in the state and the national elections. but this idea is controversial. we heard strong opinions on both sides today >> if you are going to vote on what is going on in this country you need to be a citizen. i couldn't vote in a russian election. it's unheard of. unprecedented. >> there is a lot of

and as tom roussey reports-- those comments also generating a lot of reaction. in virginia-- the city of postponed thursday's meeting... to discuss new names for jefferson davis highway. the move is designed to give people more time... to take part in a survey. the questionnair september 15th -- with public hearings -- now scheduled for september 25th and october fifth. new this morning-- well he may not be president anymore but barack obama is still influential enough to break the internet. following the white nationalist rally in charlottesville on saturday-- the former president tweeted this message. it's now the most-liked tweet in the history of twitter. nearly 3 million people have liked it in the last 4 days. the picture shows him greeting children outside a school in bethesda. the tweet is also the fifth most-retweeted tweet ever, according to twitter. developing now.. riveting new information about the explosion and fire at the flower branch apartments in silver spring.. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is out with a new report. i

tom roussey has more. this friday, you can show that the d-m-v stands strong abc-7 and newschannel-8 - along with our sister stations across the country - are teaming up with the salvation army to raise money for hurricane harvey victims. our parent company... sinclair broadcast group... will match the first 100-thousand dollars donated. an update this morning on a disturbing story we told you about yesterday. a woman, who used urine as a weapon, is now in police custody. police opal brown was caught on camera throwing a cup of urine on a metrobus driver last weekend. she is charged with assault and is due in court later today. police say brown relieved herself on the bus- then threw the cup at the driver on an "x-2" taken to the hospital for quote "decontamination." police have not released any information about a possible motive for the attack. still ahead. the president rolling out the most extensive tax reform plan in three decades. but-- is it dead on arrival? coming up-- why it's already facing stron

tom roussey has more. the phone booth - is hanging up. no more verizon center- no more verizon center- it's now the capital one arena! the downtown venue - home to the caps and wizards - has changed it's name. crews are now starting to change signs and memorabilia there. th process likely won't be done until the fall. turning to washington's other sports team now-- the redskins are on the road for their first preseason game. but they don't have to go far. washington will be in baltimore to take on the ravens tonight. but they will be without a few offensive weapons. jordan reed, jamison crowder and josh doctson have all been ruled out for the preseason opener. but quarterback kirk cousins is looking on the bright side. washington has plenty of young there are 20 rookies on the team's 90-man get some time on the field. there are 20 rookies on the team's 90-man roster. and you can see the game right here. it all starts tonight pregame coverage starts at 7. kick off is at 7:30. a manhunt in paris, ends in gunfire-- sending one man to the hos

tom roussey has more. new overnight - another hbo hack. companies social media pages falling victim. social media pages of hbo's entire slate of shows began displaying messages from "ourmine" , a security hacking group. the cryptic message read: "hi, ourmine are here, we are just testing your security, hbo team please contact us to upgrade the security." twitter and facebook pages for both hbo's company accounts as well as its programs, including game of thrones were affacted. happening now.. it's arguably the most popular show on tv. but animal advocates are seeing a negative consequence to the popularity of the h-b-o series, "game of thrones".. a lot of fans are adopting siberian huskies.. because they look like fictional animals on the show called "direwolves." the problem is: many don't realize what it takes to raise a husky. and now shelters are saying.. they're seeing a lot of huskies abandoned. "game of thrones" star peter dinklage has come not to adopt huskies, unless they do their research beforehand. there is more coming up. suza

alison: tom roussey is live in silver spring. tom? te of war the explosion is just behind me full stop we spoke with the folks who lived in the nearby buildings at the time, who were near where the explosion happened and still live in the neighborhood. we asked what has changed in the last year. life goes on at the flower branch apartments. near our list rate, there is a fence. inside, flowers grow near the site of one of the worst disasters in montgomery county history. a natural gas explosion left seven people dead and sent others fleeing f you still think about it? >> everyday. tom: christina lives near the building when it blew up. what did you think? >> oh, my god, i started crying. paulino's sister lived in the building that exploded for stop she survived, but all of her things, her family belongings, they lost everything. he says a lot has changed in the year since the gas explosion. unlike back then, the apartment is attentive to everything. i think in the past they did not much into the problems that were reported. >> a lot o

rushing rain made roadways look as tom roussey reports, some drivers had to take the tours. tom: many parts got slammed tonight. this video is from the beltway in prince george's county. and these videos were posted by d.c. residents to twitter. this is tenleytown and this is connecticut avenue northwest. arease of the worst hit was low-lying rock creek parkway. these were the last cars to get through before park police shut down the southbound lanes around the evening. after that they made southbound traffic turn around and go north for a time. the water was flowing faster than normal. what all of the mess came had to have been one of the best sunsets of the summer. jonathan: a beautiful sunset. this video is flooding in the cleveland park metro station. yikes. the water is pooling station is a safety precaution until the water receded. stay connected with the stormwatch 7 team whenever there is bad weather on the horizon by following us on facebook, twitter, wjla.com, and you can also download the store much app. -- the stormwatch app. a tragic investigation, three girls un

reporter tom roussey explains .. things could have been mugh worse... considering his infant daughter was nearby when the phone reportedly ignited. curtis gilmore/iphone owner "all i heard was a boom." there's a mark on the bed and burn marks on curtis gilmore's arm and his girlfriend deangela miller's leg.hey say it's all thanks to when this iphone 6s plus suddenly blew up.it happened when they and their three month old daughter were lying near the phone, which they say was not charging and hadn't been used for a while.deangela miller/iphone owner"we were just talking talking talking and something went pow. and i bounced up and i was like, aah! and i looked and the phone was on fire."curtis gilmore/iphone owner"so now there's smoke everywhere. and when i look it's fire, it's burning."the phone actually belongs to deangela's brother. deangela miller/iphone owner "so he picked up and just ran out with the phone and threw it out in the hallway. and i immediately called the fire department."d-c fire & ems says the fire was out by the time they arrived.the