chris papst, abc 7 news. kellye: we have breaking news from montgomery county where firefighters are on the scene at a town house fire. the fire department tweeted out these photos. you can see smoke coming from the fourth floor of the building. there is heavy damage. it is believed the fire started on a deck. most of the fire is out but crews are working to put out the hotspots. new tonight, a swimmer is dead after suffering an apparent heart attack during an event this morning. fairfax fire and rescue say the man was taking part in the lake audubon swimming event pre--- event. he later died at the hospital. so far it has been pleasant, humidity is starting to creep in. devon lucie joins us for the forecast. devon: temperatures getting warm up -- getting warm enough. we are starting at first national harbor. the brees has picked up a little bit. lots of sunshine here today and temperatures in the low to mid 80's. real-time attempts around 80. this humidity with $.30 40's. it is the best measure of humidity y

chris papst, abc 7 news. kellye: the diocese of maryland has named a replacement for the deposed bishop. cooke was maryland second-highest ranking it piscopo leader when the police say that she hit and killed a bicyclist in december. her trial is scheduled for next month. a new study shows a surprising number of public charter school students in the district are heading further from home for their education. many students travel an average of 1, 2 miles to school, nearly half travel outside of their ward. more than 1600 students from other parts of the city chose to attend public charter schools in wards seven and eight. the new leader of the university of d.c. is making his presence known on campus. ronald mason junior was introduced this week. prior to his introduction, mason met with mayor muriel bowser. she told him of a reversal of plans to cut $3.5 million to the school budget. >> she asked me to let you all know that she decided to put the money back into the budget. [applause] so that is a win for thi

chris papst, abc 7 news. kellye: a sheriff in texas is calling a gang related shooting one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen. at least nine people died in the shooting. it was between rival biker gangs. the fight began with punches then escalated to knives and chains and then guns. that same officer said it was a miracle that no innocent bystanders were killed. and a few hours, service will be back to normal on the northeast corridor. the first dip archer from philadelphia will be at 5:33 a. m. travel in this portion had been suspended since tuesday evening when train 18 eight derailed killing eight people and injuring more than 200. today, a wake for a maryland man who lost his life in the crash bob gildersleeve, who lived in elkridge. he was memorialized today in his hometown of new jersey. he was the eighth and final victim discovered in the wreckage. his funeral is tomorrow. the u.s. naval academy in annapolis said a final goodbye to justin zenzer, who was heading home to visit family whe

i'm chris papst. coming up we will t leon: breaking news. sources are confirming the man accused killing chandra levy will get a new trial. we will have more and what happens next on "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: meanwhile, prince george's county mother yanked her child out of school saying something in building is making her second grader sick. in the last few weeks the 8-year-old has been rushed from the school to the hospital three times. "7 on your side" investigator chris papst dug into what is happening. chris: when any parent sends a child to school they expect the child to be safe. but this woman believes something inside the building is making her second grader sick. she doesn't know what it is. but until he is finds out -- she finds out her daughter is staying home. for past week the dining room table has been goodwein's classroom. the second experience she never wanted. do you like going to the school? do you like your friends? >> yes. >> don't want to send her back there. chris: there is the elementary school in prince george's co

i'm chris papst. we tell you how the prince george's school district sent the e-mail to alison: "7 on your side" with an update tonight. a prince george's county mother who pull her child out of school who said mold in the building was making her daughter sick might have been right. this is a story you first saw abc7 friday. now chris papst obtained a document that the district accidently released explaining how mold could possibly have been in the school. tell us about it chris. chris: in the age of spreadsheet and word documents it's easy to see how someone could send the wrong attachment in an e-mail. in this case, the wrong attachment included information that the prince george's school district did not want public. >> for now, all the 8-year-old can do is talk to her friends. through a fence. >> for the last two weeks the second grader remained at home. her mother will not allow her back inside samuel chase elementary school after the young girl kept getting sick inside the building with headache

live in northwest d.c., chris papst, abc7 news. leon: thank you, chris. as many as 25 metro stations are on track for improvements. all due to increased -- meant to increase ridership. they identify 25 stations that are underused and say adding the features around the stations will draw people in. on the table are additional bike lanes new sidewalks walking trails. right now the officials are wrapping up the grant work to get money for the improvements to coordinate with metro on how to put everything in place. if you want to know your stop is selected for improvement visit wjla.com. we'll tell you there. alison: a lot of people will be traveling for holiday weekend. let's check on the traffic situation. jamie: a lot of people are out there getting ready for the long weekend. seeing red behind me. let's talk about virginia. 395 heading out will take you 30 minutes to get from the 14th street bridge continuing to the beltway. outbound on 66. through false church and getting to fairfax. this is a heavy stretch for us. this will take you 15 minutes to get fr

chris papst, abc7 news. alison: all right, chris. people talking about the weather, beautiful temperatures out there. doug: we'll give you a full screen shot of the beautiful camera view from alexandria from the torpedo factory. gorgeous afternoon. 56 at reagan national. 68 in fredericksburg. staying on the school side. we have a little more warming for the weekend. satellite and radar shows low clouds stubborn hanging on the north and west. that will change tonight after sunset. beautiful day on tap for tomorrow. overnight 42 to 52 with the clear skies. through the day tomorrow. nice warmup expected in the lower 70's. mid-to-upper 70's friday with the high pressure in charge. over the weekend the high pressure heads to the east coast and to the atlantic. that will allow the temperatures and the humidity levels to warm. whether he go from the 70's to the mid-80's saturday and sunday. with more humidity. chances of afternoon storms straight through monday. big weather day and a bigger sports night in washington. tim brant? tim: no que

chris: chris papst abc7 news. leon: coming up "abc7 news at 5:00" -- they say a picture is worth a thousand words. be you may be speechless when you hear how much this one sold for at auction. alison: but first -- president obama: i am a black man who grew up without a father. i know the cost that i paid for that. alison: the president tackles poverty and class segregation at a conference in when you own a small business there's a never-ending list of small things to do every day. appointments... orders... deadlines... every one of them matters. so you need internet you can count on. verizon fios is really fast with 99.9% network reliability because when everything is running right, all those small things you do every day can turn into something big. team up with fios for this great limited-time offer. alison: a husband and a wife attacked inside their home took the stand against the alleged attack herbs. brianne carter is in fairfax county with new developments in this case. brianne: alison those proceedings are

i'm chris papst. i'm one of five reporters on the team. my focus is tax dollars. if you have a concern about medicaid medicare how tax dollars are spent. give me a call. i want to hear from you. call me at 703-236-9220. alison: first, medical marijuana. now puppy pot? well cannabis product for canines are popping up online. you can find some on amazon. leon: "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters has a closer look for us. what is this? kimberly: this is not medical marijuana. this is hemp-based and it's marketed to healthy dogs like mine here. i'm going to let her have one. it's marketing to dogs who have different kind of medical conditions. because this is considered schedule one narcotic. >> good boy. >> her 10-month-old puppy mo has an expensive habit she needs to feed. >> it has a slight aroma. that you might recognize from the college days. >> mo takes cannabis capsules. he was born with water on the brain. despite having surgery, the seizures continue. >> when he was really ill, it with auz full-on seizure. he would lose control of his blad

. -- "7 on your side"'s chris papst looked into the case. chris: twice a day mary uses the inhaler. she says her breathing problems with dozens of her neighbors began in 2010 when the capital view tower was demolished by the d.c. housing authority. you can see in the abc7 video how a cloud of dust consumed the houses along southern avenue. a blanket of debris covered everything. the residents breathed it in. >> i never put two and two together until i started to talk about it. chris: a recent lawsuit filed d.c. superior court was dismiss by a judge saying the neighbor failed to prove the breathing problems were related to the demolition. we contacted the housing authority for comment which said the failed lawsuit speaks for itself. >> there has to be a catastrophic event that the number of people suffering from the breathing problems. chris: randy is picking up the case saying dozens of people with sudden breathing problems can't be a coincident. >> it's not beyond the realm of possibility that after living in the environment for years you suffer from some breathing problems. >> the

chris papst has more. chris: investigators say they have to reconstruct the plane to figure out what caused it to go down. that could take some time. the small single engine plane ran into trouble this morning shortly after taking off from a georgia airport. 12 miles northwest of atlanta. i crashed in a busy median along the highway. there were four people and a pet on board and none survived. identified a father his two adult sons and a woman who was engaged to one of those sons. it could take upwards of two weeks to reconstruct the plane and six months to a year to figure out what caused the crash. as of now the investigators don't know if the pilot made any emergency calls can after taking off. that crash did leave major traffic backups all throughout northeast atlanta and the surrounding suburbs. >> we're going to look at everything. laundry list of items i'm going to look at the maintenance that was last done on the aircraft. from what we understand the airport just fueled over at peach tree dekalb. w

live in the newsroom chris papst abc7 news. alison: thank you. also three children are hurt in south florida after a water spout came ashore and sent a house flying in the air. it went across the parking lot and over four lanes of traffic. amazingly the three children fell out while the bounce house was oversand. we are told they were conscious and alert whaken to the hospital. we don't have the official condition. but we know it could have been much worse. considering the path it took. leon: unluckiest kids in america and the next you think they are the luckiest kids in america to land on sand. devon: we are lucky with the weather here. the way memorial day started we have had the heat come in. humidity hasn't been too bad. we'll put the humidity back in the forecast. it's short-lived. this entire weekend we start off saturday with the mild. 70's. no humid. yesterday back to 80's. still low humid today. cumberland is a real-time temp but that is where the air temperature is allowed to warm up more because of the dry air that is still that direct

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chris papst, abc7 news. scott: interesting stuff. all right. looking forward to that. meanwhile, "7 on your side" is on your side with a consumer alert involving laz-boy recliners. they have before recalled because they have a tip. no injuries were reported. the furniture was sold from january 2015 through march of 2015. alison: are you an aspiring singer/songwriter? clint black is looking for the next big act. upload a video of you or your band performing an original song and clint black will narrow it down to four finalists and people can vote for their second. you have until june 2 to submit the video. the winner will be announced in july. the winner gets a trip to nashville to record your song in clint black's studio. go to wjla.com for contest rules. you know what is weird? scott and i did an event saturday night and the entertainment was clint black. scott: he was fantastic. alison: he was. doug: many years ago i was part of, out at bull run they had a country musicfest. i got to meet him in one of his first public performances ever and to see his whole career is

a story you will see only tonight at 11:00. "7 on your side" investigator chris papst found an officer that appeared to catch nap behind the wheel. the engine were running and so were the blue lights on the roof. the officer was part of the police protecting president obama's motorcade. now the officer will be investigated. however, due to d.c. law and the employee privacy rules the public will likely never know what happens. >> it is a problem. when police disciplinary records are held from the public it's hard to tell if the police chief and the police department is doing a good job when it comes to disciplining police doing poor service or are corrupt. leon: tonight at 11:00 we will show you what happened when we woke the officer up. coming up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- >> the if the state picks up the tab for widening the beltway it could pay off for taxpayers down the road. >> chief meteorologist doug hill breaks down what the break in heat means for memorial day weekend. warn you about the worst time to hit the road for the holidays. the "7 on your side" i-team is take your c

chris: chris papst, abc7 news. scott: still ahead here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a possible new danger in the sky. how a man claims he took control of a plane. just with keystrokes on the computer. >> engaging them he gave back people the self-worth. alison: it's illegal but it doesn't stop volunteers from doing it. why one program is giving meth >>> you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00" on your side. scott: a lot of people talking about this one today. a new security concern in the skies as the computer security experts claims he took control of a commercial jet by hacking the in-flight entertainment system. alison: abc has more on the investigation. >>> security expert making an alarming claim boasting that he infiltrating the in-flight entertainment systems 15 to 20 times but caused one of the airport's engines to climb to result in lateral or a sideways movement of the plane. >> if the information is correct and robert was able to issue a command like this that is a huge security concern. >> after complaining abo

chris papst, abc7 news. alison: thank you. a shooting outside a nightclub in the fairfax section of alexandria sent one man to the hospital. police say it started with an altercation involving 50 people. a 3-year-old wood bridge man was shot. his condition has been upgraded to non-life threatening. he remains in the hospital. so far no arrest. leon: governor hogan plans to reopen the barracks in annapolis and add a hundred new troops to the force. the administration announcement today followed the general assembly failure to approve the necessary funding to enhance capabilities of the maryland state police. a second supplemental budget introduced by governor hogan april 2. alison: now we turn back to the weather. what a pleasant day we have had today. leon: that's right. let's check in to see if we can keep it going for the weekend. doug? doug: no. it won't go the same way. whether he get warmer and humid and the chance of thunderstorms popping tomorrow and sunday afternoon. at the moment it's pleasant. take you down the beach

chris papst, abc 7 news. leon: still ahead, competition for amazon prime. alison: and, for the first time bill cosby speaks. what he has to say about the allegations against him. steve: i'm steve rudin in the weather center. on alison: for the first time since allegations of sexual abuse surfaced bill cosby speaks exclusively with abc news. cosby is asked what will you tell a young person when they ask is it true? >> i am prepared to tell this young person the truth about life. i'm not sure that they will come like that. i think many of them say, you are a hypocrite. alison: you can hear the rest of that interview tonight on nightline, and also tomorrow on good morning america. seven is on your side with health matters tonight. some surprising news about sunscreen. consumer reports tested 34 versions and they found that almost one third of them did not meet stf claims on the label. they found that natural sunscreens are not as effective. if you want to find top brands for kids and adults, we posted the report on wjla.com. leon: seven is on your side with a

chris papst found one officer who apparently did not find that job that is citing and is now -- did not find a job that exciting is now under investigation. chris: it is one of the most famous, recognizable motorcades of the world, drawing spectators almost everywhere it goes. shortly before this per session down suitland parkway, 7 on your side found one officer who looked like she was catching some shut eye. excuse me. are you one duty? are you one duty right now? her badge read officer a. white. her engine was on and so were her blue roof lights. if you are not on duty, when you doing sitting here? you are not asleep? no, i'm not. your eyes were just shut? >> no, they were not. chris: a short time later, president obama came through with officer white directing traffic. police chief cathy lanier said this is the focus of an internal investigation. >> we have policies to specifically address in officer's conduct on detail. chris: this is not the first time a d.c. cop was found appearing to be asleep. a passerby snap this video of another officer in 2012. we never learned if this offic

our chris papst is following that element of the story and he's live now with how police are raekeacting. chris, what are you seeing and hearing? chris: leon the president of the baltimore police union said today the charges were "appalling." and an attorney of the police union said with great confidence that these six officers did nothing wrong and these charges were politically motivated. now, that man's name is michael beatty. as i said, he is an attorney for the police union. and he said in his 36 years of practicing law, he's never seen second-degree murder charges filed after just two weeks of an investigation. now, he stated that all the officers acted reasonably and in accordance with their training. he said no officer at any time harmed or injured freddie gray and that will eventually come out. he says lieutenant rice, for example, is a 17-year veteran of the police force who devoted his life to public service and he should not have been charged with manslaughter. here's what the president of the union had to say in defense of his officers. >> our officers like every other ameri

alison: our "7 on your side" investigator chris papst joins us now with what he found. chris? chris: for a police officer in d.c. there is possibly no greater assignment than that of protecting the president of the united states. we found an officer who didn't take that job or at least didn't find it very exciting. this is a couple of weeks ago we weather on the parkway and noticed a large police presence. we noticed one officer on the post was inside the car and it looked like she was asleep. the engine was on. so were the blue lights on the roof. we got video and gave it a few minutes to see if she was sleeping. she didn't move. her eyes never opened. we knocked on the window and woke her up and asked her some questions. excuse me. are you on duty? are you on duty right now? coming up at 11:00 we will show you the rest of the impromptu video and tell you why the internal investigation in this officer going on right now we likely will never find out the result. scott: all right, coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- new problems stemming from the diana diana mayweather-pac

live in the news room, chris papst. alison: thank you. scott: we couldn't have asked for anything better weatherwise than what is coming up. alison: today is the start and it's been beautiful. how does it look for the whole weekend? brian: the weekend looks good. sunday we will warm up a bit. monday we feel heat and humidity. that is an unofficial start to summer. 78 degrees. it's comfortable out there. 78 in the city. 74 in the city. 73 in andrews. 76 in fredericksburg. in the evening, temperatures in the 70's. falling in the 60's. it will usher in cooler air. tonight, low 40's in fredericks. 46 in andrews. it will be a chilly night. but the temperatures will start to rebound and it will a nice day. mid-70's on monday. similar temperatures in virginia beach. water temperature mid-to-upper 70's. virginia beach, upper 60's. look at ocean city. 60 degrees. you may need a wet suit up there. but a day at the beach is always money. i love it. i hope you are, too. alison: we are. developing now investigators are trying to figure out what caused

reporter: chris papst abc7 news. alison: thank you. new survey by the american association of state highway and transportation finds clearing roads this winter took a big toll on state budgets. survey of 23 states reported spending combined $1 billion on winter maintenance operation from october to march. cost to taxpayers could be higher if you factor to the states that did not respond to the survey and the cost on all local municipalities. leon: we go from snowplow to the sun. alison: beautiful. leon: gorgeous. doug: very warm. warm week and possibilities of thunderstorms tomorrow am and wednesday afternoon. but looks like a good week. on the warm side. coverage of a time lapse. this begins after sunrise from the boardwalk in delaware. low cloudiness early. the skies clear and turned into a beautiful day. a lot of people on the boardwalk for may 4, monday. the temperatures got up to 70 there. of course, here, far away from influence of the cooler ocean water very mild. in the 70's by midday to the low to mid-80's now. beautiful on th