in fairfax, richard reeve, abc 7 news. maureen: thanks, richard. getting in and out of nationals park will be more time consuming this season. every major league baseball stadium will require its fans to go through metal detectors. this is one of several new security restrictions. and it also includes limits on bag sizes and ban on liquid. the only exception is one liter water bottles. fans, of course, are encouraged to get to the games an hour before the first pitch. we don't want to talk about the weather for the opening day. doug: a little bit early. maybe some snow flurries for the morning. we're full of surprises here. let's get started. a lot of ground to cover. looking live from a rooftop camera in rosslyn. beautiful late afternoon and early evening here in the nation's capital. that will be the story as we continue through the overnight. 50 degrees at reagan national airport and humidity levels pretty low based on the dew point temperature of 17 degrees. air is really dry. that will slowly change as the disturbance comes in from the north a

in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: coming up -- cooking their way to success, local teenagers who had a shot for a college scholarship. and with nine days left until opening day, the washington nationals want you to pay attention to the capital we'll tonight. the major free be that you could walk away with. first, a major rally underway right now. kimberly: thousands of people rallying against indiana's new religious freedom law today. opponents say it sanctions discrimination against the lgbt community. supporters say it keeps the government from forcing people to provide services they find objectionable. indianapolis-based angie's list became the latest company to say it was reevaluating its future in the state because of the law. florida senator marco rubio is expected to announce his candidacy for president. he has reserved the freedom tower in downtown miami for an undisclosed event. rand paul of kentucky is also expected to announce his white house did a week before on april 7. democrat hillary clinton

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: pope francis broke bread with inmates at a prison in naples, italy. among those dining with the push for gay and transgender, some with hiv. pope francis has tried to shift the catholic church is message to one of inclusion. in naples, the pope urged people struggling to make a living to choose honorable work instead of mafia-driven crimes. up next, showing hustle, the scramble for grounds crew to get nats park ready for opening day. and taking a live look outside on the first full day of spring. the forecast coming up. kimberly: we are used to seeing hustle inside of nats park. no different today, grounds crews working to get the field ready for the april 6 home opener. the recent blast of winter weather has been wreaking havoc on the new grass field they put in during the off-season. a lot of places are struggling a little bit with the remnants of this cold, wet winter. eileen: it feels like it's never going to end, but if i can offer promising news, there is no snow in th

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: a woman is in the hospital after she was hit a car at a bus stop in montgomery county at 9:30 this morning on connecticut avenue in kensington. the driver suffered a medical problem in crashed into the bus stop. >> there was three people. two of them jumped out of the way. kimberly: an 18-year-old had to be freed. she suffered two broken legs and went to the hospital. paramedics also took the 61-year-old driver from silver spring to the hospital. he may have suffered a diabetic attack before the crash. we are hearing from a father who says he was injured in a carjacking near his son school in northeast washington. it happened on gery street -- it happened on g street. roz plater has the interview that his new at 11:00. roz: last month i spoke with a carjacking victim in the same neighborhood, the same capitol hill neighborhood, about a block from where this carjacking happened. the police are now looking for four suspects. >> i'm ok. i'm going to live. roz: we are not identi

richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: manassas police are asking for help to find the suspect in a rape case. they believe that he sexually abused his girlfriend's underage daughter. he ran away from the police last month after a fight in a house. the police say he has several aliases and may also be known as francisco ray,undiomundo. leon: three d.c. area men are in custody after a car chase and bank robbery in north carolina. the three men are in custody. the police say they robbed a bank and drove off, reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour before crashing. five cars and 10 people were involved in the wreck, no serious injuries. alison: a spotsylvania girl scout leader was arrested for felony child pornography. chad miller is accused of sending pornography over the internet and having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old girl. stephen tschida reports the investigation may not end there. stephen: chad miller has been active in the girl scouts for many years, and one of the victims is from his alleged -- on

in southeast washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: opening statements are set to begin wednesday in the boston marathon bombing trial. dzhokhar tsarnaev is accused of planting the bomb that killed three people and injured hundreds of others. if convicted, he faces life in jail without parole or he could face the death penalty. thousands of people marched through moscow today to mourn the russian opposition leader, a leading critic of president vladimir putin who was gunned down on a bridge next to the kremlin. while putin condemned the killing, many outside of russia believe that he was involved. putin says he is presently taken charge of the investigation. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington and he will speak before the joint session of congress tuesday. it has generated lots of controversy. >> do you think by speaking before congress two weeks before his election it's a sign of arrogance? >> i think it's a political move. >> i wonder why the white house feels threatened and they want to hear what a t

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: one officer was injured in the incident, taken to maryland shock trauma. hospital officials did not release details, but it appears he was conscious and talking while being treated. a dark anniversary of the district. five years ago, gunfire outside of a funeral left three dead that after days of violence in 2010. tonight, several gatherings to pay tribute for the lives lost then and to push for an end of the bloodshed now. , rousey has how the victims are being remembered. tom: five years ago tonight on south capitol street, there was a large group on this corner, many of whom had just been to a funeral. a car opens. it was over, three teenagers were dead. five years to the night after one of the worst mass shootings in d.c. history, dozens march to the spot where three teenagers were killed. in all, five young people lost their lives during a five-day operate of violence that started over a lost bracelet. this woman still cannot go a day without feeling the loss of 16-year-old

richard reeve has the latest on the investigation. richard: i'll call and speeds were factors, but likely something else as well. we are using our news card to show you. in most of the police cruisers, there is a consul with a radio and a microphone. they believe that the officer looked down to change channels and that may have been a fatal mistake. it was a horrible high-speed crash that killed prince george's county police officer brennan rabain. now an autopsy report shows alcohol was involved. >> his blood-alcohol concentration was 0.07. under maryland law 0.07 could lead to a charge of driving while impaired. richard: investigators also cited excessive speed. the officer with his girlfriend in his cruiser drove as fast as 106 miles per hour trying to catch the report its beater. hours after the crash, friends and family were at the scene grieving. the police say they will never know the exact cause but say that it may have been a costly case of distracted driving's in icy conditions. >> reaching down and changing the channel on t

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: just into the newsroom, a suspicious substance found in the white house letter was nothing but -- a test came back possibly positive for cyanide. tonight, a final test on the substance says it was saliva. it came from a heavy smoker, which makes sense because it contains small amounts of cyanide. it is not clear the sender will be facing charges. winter weather is on its way out , finally going to feel like spring this weekend. hopefully. steve rudin has the word on how warm it will get. steve: big changes on the way tomorrow. it is after that that we will have another down. outside right now 45 gaithersburg. southern maryland, lexington park 37 degrees. long gone, the snow and rain from earlier today. now we are looking at fog beginning to develop mainly north and west of the city where we have snow on the ground. this ability four miles in frederick, 2.5 miles hagerstown and martinsburg. inside the capital beltway, i do not see a lot of fog. the express forecast, the temperatu

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: an unseasonably cold and windy day. we are looking ahead to much of the same. eileen whelan has the first forecast. awfully chilly today. eileen: the high was only 40 degrees, 20 degrees below average. tonight is the possibility some of us may break or tie record lows. let's get started with what it's like right now. already at freezing at reagan national 27 gaithersburg and manassas, 30 degrees annapolis 28 in winchester and dulles. enough of a breeze that it feels like 16 in gaithersburg, feels like 17 at andrews. just a wrong night. the temperatures will continue to plummet into the teens in the suburbs, mid 20's downtown. as i've mentioned the possibility some of us will get close to record lows. it will be call tomorrow bright, but the temperatures only in the upper 40's. it will get warmer in the upcoming work week. i will talk more about that as we head into the easter weekend from the belfort furniture weather center coming up. kimberly: indiana governor says lawmakers are working on a bill to clarify a religiou

richard: richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: this week ford's theater and the smithsonian's museum of american history gave abc 7 news an advanced look at a new exhibit. it's called silent witnesses. artifacts of the lincoln assassination. the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's death is next month. exhibit pieces including lincoln's top hat john wilkes booth, derringer pistol and the carriage, the lenken's road to the theater were all brought together from all over the country. >> our history comes alive when we see the objects. and it causes us to reflect on really what abraham lincoln meant to the country the whole purpose and what happened with the civil war, and who we are as a people. kimberly: the exhibit at ford's theater opens to the public monday. the carriage is now on display at the museum of american history. coming up on saturday news extra, amazon is expanding its one-hour delivery service. we'll tell you where and how much it will cost you. plus plans for a wal-mart supercenter in bowie running int

live from brady one, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: the man suspected in a spree of highway shootings will stay behind bars. the judge or young held without bail. police believe he is the gun man behind five shootings in maryland. nobody was hurt in the incidence, but young told the police that voices told him to shoot. officers are investigating if he is the gun man in a sixth shooting near maryland live casino. alison: under d.c.'s new law, anybody can smoke pot in their homes. a temporary decision by supreme court judge means that edwin gray cannot light up anything inside of his home come even cigarettes, and this decision could impact you. i-team investigator joce sterman explains. joce: edwin gray loves a cigarette to re-a lax, but now he has to smoke them outside. >> i've been doing them all my life. joce: he is not quitting cold turkey. i temporary order of the court he could no longer light up in his home. his sister says this house in northeast d.c. has been in their family 50 years. a lawsuit filed by new neighbors now

richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: a major repair under way after a big water main break in berwyn heights. more than two dozen people are without water tonight and part of cunningham drive has been closed. tom roussey has the timeline of the repairs. that is a big mess. tom: it is. look at all this mud on cunningham drive, and it continues quite a ways. the big problem is right down there, where they are trying to repair the water main that broke. it will probably be at least four hours before they are done. even when they fix it, the cleanup will be longer. it was a 10-inch water main that burst this afternoon, forcing dozens of homes to lose water service. >> there's the basement. tom: his property bore the brunt of the bit damage. he was out gardening late this afternoon. >> i saw water coming through the yard. tom: he and other neighbors looked out front to see this. cunningham drive had become cunningham river. >> it was a river. you cannot see the asphalt on the driveway. >> a lot of the damage could have

live in herndon, richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile, four taxi cab companies in the district are now facing a lawsuit. kimberly: the companies are accused of discriminateing visually impaired customers with service animals. diane cho is live from the newsroom with more on this case. diane diane: alison, kimberly this is a copy of the 15 page lawsuit accusing four d.c. cab companies of discrimination. eric briggers says in some cases they will flag down the drivers and open the door forcing the driver to take bridges. on one particular day, it took up to 40 minutes to get a cab on his own because he had a service dog with him. that's why he's moving forward with a lawsuit not only for himself but on behalf of the american council of the blind. this after a local tv crew recorded him being passed over by different cab drivers for someone else standing nearby who did not have a service dog. >> that particular day, it was raining. it was gross. i didn't want to have to be standing there hailing for as long as i

richard reeve has the latest on the new efforts underway. richard: this is the leaflet that volunteers were passing around near new york avenue. think about your own child or a child that you know. imagine you're feeling about the child missing for just a couple minutes. now imagine that for more than a year. that is what this family is going to read why the search continues. they are true believers. >> you just don't know, but you can't give up. richard: volunteers and family members focused on finding 8-year-old relisha rudd, missing now for a year and a day. >> i kind of breakdown at times. richard: she was last seen on surveillance video at a northeast d.c. hotel. the police believe the man with relisha, kahlil tatum, killed her before killing himself. >> obviously our hope is she is still alive. >> it's sad. no words can describe it. the book that i see on my aunt's face every day. richard: this family also has hope. >> hopefully some of you will have compassion in their heart. let's do the right thing and take her back home. >> this li

richard reeve, encouraging developments? richard: there have been clashes between the police and protesters, the shootings of two officers, but even after all the violence, there is a sense of reconciliation. >> we are not going anywhere. richard: the rainy and sometimes tense weekend in ferguson missouri, after gunshots wednesday that left one officer wounded in the face, the other in the arm. now in intense manhunt. the police gathering cell phone surveillance and even tv news video. >> we have a pretty good general idea of where we think the shots came from. richard: the police still reeling from the shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown last august and racial bias going back years. >> if i commit a crime don't treat me differently. richard: then there is this. protesters and the police greeting each other friday night with handshakes and hugs. >> and obviously helps when the situation is tense that they know who i am. richard: some pretty frank talk after the protests. >> we have seen one of our young brothers gunne

richard reeve. anchor: right now, three people hurt in an explosion in manhattan. reporter: you can see, the building is collapsing. anchor: this is an manhattan 's east village. the area was evacuated as firefighters were heard. >> the whole building came off to the side of the sidewalk. acre: they are still looking into what is to blame. scott: accusations of sex abuse at a sterling church. the sheriff's office announced they are investigating. the office is asking anyone with information to come forward. stay with us for updates. new video, just in. jesse jackson junior arrived in baltimore. he will serve the rest of his prison sentence there. he was transferred from alabama. he is serving time for misusing campaign funds. he told reporters he has quote made mistakes. anchor: storms rolling through the area. steve rudin is here with how low the temperatures will go. steve: it lasted one day. temperatures in the 70's, now long gone. waking up tomorrow morning, you will not only feel the difference but it will stay cold for a good couple of days. temperatures fall

richard reeve has what we need to know about the suspect. richard: the police have only a vague description, but they are sharing surveillance video. two separate incidents, seconds apart at a church. this has a lot of folks concerned about safety. >> it's sad. richard: it is a bizarre frightening crime. just outside of a place of worship. >> we get these reminders that predators are out there. richard: the police are releasing this surveillance video, spotted outside of bethel evangelical lutheran church in january. detectives say the man in his 20's or 30's exposed himself to a woman standing at a window then approached a second woman of the parking lot. >> he asked for a cigarette, the woman complied. he then touched her inappropriately and fled. richard: witnesses said he drove off in a white chevy blazer. >> people saw him doing that and it's disgusting. richard: the incidents happened on monday night between 7:00 and 8:00. the church building was busy with worship meetings and counseling sessions. >> nobody should have to come to a chu

richard reeve is live with more. could there be more victims? ? >> that is one question police would like to have answered. this is one of the sad cases. a 12-year-old boy when he began -- this began and the abuse went on for years. outside this silver spring home, christmas lights andy reid -- a nd a wreath. 52-year-old jeffrey o'connor molested his music student starting when he boy was 12 years old. >> he inappropriately touched the victim on several occasions. >> detectives arrested him wednesday night. the alleged abuse again in august, 2008 and continued on numerous occasions for two years. >> the worst nightmares came to fruition. this was somebody they trusted. >> they call him a privately hired guitar and structur -- guitar instructor. he was an acquaintance who bought silence with gifts. she says this case concerns her. >> for something to go on for two years, without knowing your child would say something, is upsetting. >> child predators they do not come with big warning signs over their head. >> we are told he did contract photography

richard reeve takes us to a prayer service held in her honor today. >> it was a powerful emotional moment as a group of the sea pastors laid their hands in prayer on the mother of relisha rudd. her ninth birthday has come and gone. she disappeared one year ago. this surveillance video shows are at a northeast d.c. hotel with the man police believe kidnapped her. >> to me this is like a shot in the arm. >> after a frantic search, police down the man's body. the man known as a family friend and janitor at the d.c. homeless shelter had shot himself. there was no note and no trace of the little girl. >> i personally feel like she is gone because it has been so long and other kids have been missing. >> but many say there's always hope. . -- turning back to our weather it looks like temperatures won't be warm enough to melt all of this mess. >> us why there will be the potential for some delays. we have rain falling in some parts of the region. >> abc seven live radar shows all of this slowly moving off toward the north and east. central fairfax county out to loudoun county, the freezing rain h

richard reeve, abc seven news. kimberly: the four-year-old shot inside of her apartment is safe. abc 7 spoke to the victim's family. they did not want to be identified, but they tell us the girl's home and will be ok after friday night's shooting. police have little to go on. they say they are looking for a white car that drove off. another chilly day, but looking ahead to your work week, the temperatures are going to feel a lot nicer. eileen whelan joins us now with a look at the forecast. a little weather too, right? eileen: maybe just put the umbrella in the purse or handbag now, and the kids' backpacks. but brilliant sunshine right now. temperatures only in the 40's. another unseasonably cold day. we are doing better than this time yesterday. we will fall into the upper 30's by about 11:00, and will kind of stay there. clouds will be moving in over the next several hours. drain showers arrive after midnight. it is going to be light and hit or miss, and probably will wrap up around 9:00. this is a simulation of radar around 7:00 a.m. the good news is, we will see some sunshine

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: new developments tonight from starbucks, which says it is removing the controversial message from its cups. the company says that message was intended to start a discussion on diverse city and racial inequality, but people widely [indiscernible] critics called it in opera does -- in art -- in opportunistic. -- inopportunistic. we are dealing with a chillier and to the weekend, but tomorrow morning you will want to bundle up for. anchor: the cause is for colorectal research and awareness. the campaign was called love your butt. we started at freedom plaza. there were just about 3000 runners. there i am, with tommy mcfly from fresh fm. a really great time and a great cause. thank you to everyone who came out. if you want out -- what to find out more, go to loveyourbutt .org. it was a good morning for a run. albeit, a little bit chilly. have you seen the crocuses, the flowers or anything? anchor: now i have. anchor: here it is, our very own abc 7 photojournalist brian hopkins s

richard reeve, abc 7 news. kelly: virginia state police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in fauquier county yesterday afternoon and warrenton. if all cure county deputies said that a man refused to pull over and a pursuit followed. the suspect lost control and crashed into a tree, then took off on foot. a k-9 team found him hiding behind a house and that is where he was shot. he was taken to inova fairfax hospital, his condition unknown. the u.s. secret service is investigating two separate incidents at a white house. a vendor cart caught fire on g street and at the same time a bomb sniffing dog detected something on 16th street and constitution avenue. the vehicle and area were swept by the secret service and other agencies. there is no indication the incidents are related. president obama is in alabama for the 50th anniversary of the historic march in selma. on that day in 1965, many in a crowd of 600 were beaten by state troopers as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. >> the nations f

reporting live, richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: thank you, rich. we go to some breaking news right now. coming to us out of gaithersburg where a car, as you can see here, has crashed into the westwood shopping center. no one in the shopping center was injured we're told. the driver was not injured either if you can believe it. but this car hit the rite aid there we're told. so no word yet on what caused this. this is still developing and we will bring you the latest details as soon as we have them. amazing no one was hurt as far as we know so far. leon: that car is in aisle three. check this out, a colorado woman is facing attempted murder and other charges after she allegedly stabbed a pregnant woman and cut her baby from her womb! police say the victim had answered a craig's list ad offering baby clothes for sale. that woman who was seven months pregnant at the time is expected to survive. police arrested the suspect after she showed up at a hospital with a dead baby claiming that she had had a miscarriage. and the man accused of killing one pers

in mclean richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> all right. that's it now for 5:00. coming up tonight at 6:00, a desperate wait for help. abc 7 goes one-on-one with muriel bowser to find out why a man had to wait a half-hour after being stabbed. >> not mincing words. >> this is a damn punk. >> the strong message from the justice department after two officers are shot in ferguson and the update tonight no one was expecting. >> and piling it on. the active investigation two secret service agents allegedly disrupted why they were drunk and why it could have turned dangerous. news at 6:00 starts right now. >> we start tonight with that agonizing wait for help. a stabbing victim spends nearly 30 minutes bleeding and waiting for an ambulance. sam ford brought you the story first on 7. sam is live on the scene with what muriel bowser the mayor of the district said a few hours ago. sam? >> yes maureen, mayor bowser wanted to emphasize that a paramedic engine company arrived here within four minutes and began providing care to a stabbing victim while acknowledging that it was

live in silver spring richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: a homicide suspect is on the ploose after an elderly woman was found dead. her neighbors there are frustrated over the lack of answers from police. roz plater is live in chillum with the very latest on that death. roz? roz: well, kimberly, investigators just left here a few minutes ago. and they were here for more than 10 hours. still tonight, not a lot of information. we're told they're still trying to develop a motive and a suspect. late into the evening, investigators combed over the crime scene, searching for evidence that this home on knollbrook drive. police calling this a homicide. and in this quiet community of older homes, neighbors just don't know what to make of it. >> just shocked and very surprised. and again, he still don't know what's going on. roz: police say they were called here around 11:30 saturday morning to check on the welfare of a resident. they found a female with trauma to her body. she was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators have not said h

up next, richard reeves talks about the internment experiences of japanese-americans living on the west coast and how the press expressed hysteria over possible acts of sabotage. he describes experiences of japanese-americans vary widely depending on where they lived during a time of open racism. this is about an hour. >> part of what we're going to talk about today is the tendency for the press to all follow the same story line, which we've seen a lot of right now with two story lines that are taking up most of the news space these days. ebola, every paper's saying the same, every paper, every television, the internet is all following that story according to a pretty well known narrative because it's also been fictionalized in film. and then, what then knocks off ebola and people dying in africa. bill cosby, so that all -- everybody's writing the same kind of story about bill cosby every day but with different names. and so, today, i want to talk about a story that ran like that, what happens when a kind of fever, kind of hysteria usually based on fear, like ebola was where the press t

live in herndon, richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: an ambulance had to carry a woman away from the montgomery county courthouse this afternoon after her son was found guilty of murder. rahul gupta was convicted of killing georgetown law student mark waugh. stephen tschida is live outside the courthouse and stephen, i understand you have evidence that was just released. tell us about it. stephen: evidence just released. this was a two-week trial leon, and it took just 4 1/2 hours for the jury to convict 25-year-old rahul gupta of first-degree murder for killing his best friend from high school in a jealous rage. investigators found rahul gupta's girlfriend hysterical and gupta covered in blood lying on the floor of their silver spring studio apartment. a few feet away they discovered mark waugh's lifeless body. gupta told police he stabbed his friend when he called waugh, a georgetown university law student cheating with his girlfriend. >> mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. stephen: gu

richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> so arlington county has just announced its plans to make up some of the year's snow days and it includes some full days on days that only should be half. and the district says today's cancellation shouldn't change that. the snow day puts charles, montgomery, prince george's and federal counties all two days over their budget. alexandria is one day over. loudoun county has four days left to use. fairfax and prince william counties have three days and district has one. the "good morning washington" team is ready for any closings or delays that come in tomorrow morning. we hope you'll join us starting at 4:00 p.m. leon? >> alison, we saw a bit of civil disobedience on capitol hill. 25 families showed up to go sledding on the capitol grounds after u.s. capital police denied d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton to open up the hill for shredders from the storm. they did show up. however, their ban was not enforced. no one was ticketed and no kid got hauled off. good thing there. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in dupont circle. he's got more on the city's res

in winchester richard reeve abc 7 news. >> the virginia national guard is prepared to tackle winter weather problems today. more than 60 soldiers from the 116th infantry combat team was deployed in northern virginia and the shenandoah valley. they are to get out to help first responders. some use humvees to provide transportation where heavy snow is probleminging the roads. >> we're seeing a number of crashes and slideoffs because the roads are slick and snow covered. >> that's right. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis spoke with the driver whose car ended up in a precarious position teetering on a guard rail. >> whiteout conditions along 270 in frederick county. this car slammed into a guard rail another urbana while this vehicle skated into a ditch. >> i'm lucky. i'm real lucky. >> mike snyder stood tall as this ford escort rested on its side. the seat belt and sturdy guard rail kept him safe in this curious crash. >> next thing i know i'm sliding up the hill and my gosh look where i ended up on the guard rail. thank goodness it saved me from going down this ravine. >> someone pulled

up next, richard reeves talks about the internment experiences of japanese-americans living on the west coast and how the press expressed hysteria over possible acts of sabotage. he describes experiences of japanese-americans vary widely depending on where they lived during a time of open racism. this is about an hour. >> part of what we're going to talk about today is the tendency for the press to all follow the same story line, which we've seen a lot of right now with two