reporting live, john gonzalez. jumy: in other sports news, new england quarterback tom brady kicks off his deflategate suspension. roger goodell signed off on the four-game suspension and he will hear the appeal. the key argument's will be about who ordered that suspension and whether science support the deflated football's. they were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks. pete rose's face he knew trouble. according to documents obtained by espn, it appears he bet on baseball as a player and manager with the cincinnati reds. the evidence was found in a notebook. it has been sealed for 26 years. now looks like it will hurt any chance he has of lifting his hall of fame band. >> this closes the door. he was betting while he was a player. jumy: he has not commented on these latestions are in it they will hurt his chances of being reinstated into a small. people in the midwest are assessing the damage after a round of severe storms ripped through the heartland overnight. five tornadoes were reported in north

reporting live, john gonzalez. autria: a project put on hold last month by metro is starting back up today. they will be closing the west entrance to -- to install for new escalators down in the station. the project will replace current escalators that are almost 35 years old. if you get on or off at van ness you will have to use the east entrance during construction. good news for drivers now afternoon bridgework on the parkway is expected to clear up for your evening commute. this work is expected to take place next month but crews said that potholes have gotten so bad that they could not afford to wait any longer. no rain today, hardly any clouds out there. the heat and humidity are here to day. definitely feels like summer out there. doug hill was a look at the forecast. steamy is the word? doug: autria, if yesterday was the official beginning of astronomical summer, today feels every bit like it. we will start our coverage on the rockville campus. 82 degrees right now. cumulus clouds building, no threat from t

reporting live, john gonzalez, abc seven news. jummy: in montgomery county, crews are cleaning up and overturned truck. northbound crabs branch road and three westbound lanes are closed. a truck crashed, spilling its load. hazmat had to be called after fuel spilled. no word on injuries. act to our top story, friends and family saying goodbyes to the savopoulos family. rebecca is outside the services in d.c. rebecca: you are seeing the last of the mourners going inside the church. the family members just went inside. they are coming in for this very sad day. the final casket was taken inside. the smallest of the three. that was for 10-year-old philip. the daughters and phillip went to school across the street. phillip was in fourth grade across the street. we have been seeing so many young people come here to mourn this family and community leaders and business leaders and government leaders, a congressman was a close friend of the family and he just arrived a short time ago as did muriel bowser. you can see the structure of saint

john gonzalez is live at the courthouse and we will see how the trial is progressing there. john? john: good afternoon. day two of this trial started with the lieutenant from the fairfax county police department taking the stand. he was the responding officer on september 24, 2005. he said the initial king -- initial call came in after a woman was screaming and there was a possible sex assault. he described the woman is levied , with a swollen face and grass in her hair. jesse matthew sat in court this morning with a mostly stoic expression on his face, wearing a collared shirt and a necktie. at times i noticed him turn to speak to his attorneys. the nurse who examined this woman, 26 years old at the time prosecutors asked her to unseal the rape kit that is used that night. each item inside that box was entered into evidence in the courtroom today, from the packaging, the containing of the swabs that were used to the victim's fingernail clippings and hair. authorities have said that jesse mathews, who faces several charges, including capital murder for hannah graham has been linke

reporting live, john gonzalez abc 7 news. jummy: also developing now a three-week manhunt has come to an end. the second fugitive in the brazen prison break is finally in custody. authorities say david sweat remains in print go condition after being shot a state police trooper yesterday -- remains in critical condition after being shot by a state police to bring yesterday. >> his run for freedom finally over. david sweat shop and under arrest -- shot and under arrest just two days after his accomplice was shot and killed. elated and relieved, law enforcement celebrating their victory. it was sunday afternoon, the new york state police sergeant chased after him before shooting him twice in the torso a mile and a half from the canadian border. >> he spotted a male. he recognized him to be david sweat. at that time, sweat turned and fled on foot. he realized sweat was going to make it to a tree line, and he fired two shots. >> there were a bunch of officers -- >> this man recounted what he saw. >> he was just about the tree line

john gonzalez, abc news. jummy: authorities say a two-year-old point recovered from a swimming pool has died. the accident at the water park as the pull was being evacuated because of storms, the boy was found unresponsive at the bottom of the pool on sunday. the parents were there, but everything happened to do anything about it. it could be a stormy start your weekend. doug hill is here with a first look at the forecast. doug: happy friday. we have sunny skies. we've got some sunshine and it it will hit 90 degrees. we have a few showers outside west of washington. this is what is going to happen. i think we will be clearing tonight. we will start with some sunshine. i'm afraid it's going to go downhill. for the moment, the temperature is comfortable. it is warmer to the south and east. as we get to the afternoon it, it will be hot and humid for sure. tonight, things will settle down. you see that circulation on the left side of the screen, that is the moisture from tropical storm bill over arkansas. some of

reporting live, john gonzalez, abc seven news. jummy: john, thank you so much. if you look outside right now we are on storm watch this afternoon. the heat and humidity returning this afternoon. let's head over to chief meteorologist doug hill with a look at the first forecast. doug: we are on storm watch. the severe weather alert, i think will be right back into that territory later today and tonight. skies look rather threatening right now, but it is exley very pleasant. temperatures in the0's to lower 80's. we are looking live in alexandria. it is just beautiful right now looking across the river. things will change later in the day. 83, fredericksburg. 82 at reagan national. a warm front to the south will head our way. highs in the mid to upper 80's. then we will start seeing the chances of showers and thunderstorms increase. but it will be late this afternoon, or than likely this evening and tonight. we are still in the slight risk for severe weather. we are pretty stable now. but as we get to the afternoon evening, we expect that to change with an area of

this afternoon, john gonzalez. jummy: to take a closer look at the itinerary, head over to wjla.com. now, a developing story involving your paycheck. president obama is pitching new overtime rules that could give as many as 5 million americans a better payday. sam sweeney is live at the labor department noon with more on who is impacted and how. sam: the president says that this would be a major boost to 5 million middle and lower income salary employees who do not receive over cap -- overtime. the president says that if you put in a hard days work, you deserve fair pay. his plan focuses on salaried employees making $50,000 or less. often managers at restaurants and retail stores work over 40 hours per week without overtime pay, the president is hoping to change this. >> our laws need to keep ace with the times. >> current laws were higher salaried employees only to make salaried -- only to make overtime if they make less than $23,000 per year or $450 per week. this proposed rule nearly doubles it. >> the president

john gonzalez with reaction standing by. we want to start with scott thuman live outside the high court now. scott: quite a day. this was an issue we knew was going to be front and center on the minds of people as they watched the supreme court waiting for the decision to be handed down. in the end we get it 5-4 majority in favor of equality in all 50 states. technically, it was only legal in 36 states and d.c. until today. then this decision. it was preempted by the fact the justices allowed extra time for oral arguments on this case, something they don't typically do. they seemed to indicate this is how they were leaning. while it is a close decision, it means 14 states which currently have bands will no longer be able to enforce those. there will be a brief time before this will be compelled because the court gives the losing side and opportunity to request reconsideration. the second big victory for the obama administration, here is the president speaking shortly after the announcement. president obama: this is a victory

john gonzalez takes a close look at these charges. john: you are outside this bilingual school, there is the next to security and staff talking to parents and students about this alarming situation. this is a very unique school and a very diverse families this afternoon arguing the troubling situation. one of the more popular teachers here was arrested late last night, charged with second-degree sex abuse of a child. police say the young victim is a student. giovanni pena is a fourth grade teacher. even though details of not been released, many parents say they have lost trust. this parent says you just don't know who to trust anymore because teachers are supposed to be like second parents. they spend more time with our kids than we do. hearing this news is very sad. i asked him what he knows about mr. pena and he replied that he was a great guy and also teacher. -- awesome teacher could "as soon as we became aware of the situation,e acted probably to remove the teacher from the school and fully cooperate with mpd's investigation." ju

john gonzalez, abc seven news. >> we are going to talk about the forecast. we are seeing cooler weather, and we are not yet in the clear. here to tell us more about that is jacqui jeras. jacqui: very low overcast conditions in chilly temperatures at noon. doppler seven radar is showing you that we do not have more than the occasional sprinkle but we have moderate showers coming across jefferson county toward washington county. it is not windshield wiper worthy but i would keep it umbrella on standby. we have been dropping temperatures since midnight with the northeast wind at 13. we have 50's in the northern suburbs. of her 60's in fredericksburg, 67 degrees. it is also 67 degrees in lexington park. a few showers will be possible here and there, not enough for a washout for the nationals game. we will keep an eye on that, especially the later in the game it gets. we have sunshine in the seven day forecast. i will get to that in another few minutes. >> amtrak officials in the hot seat. lawmakers are grilling them about to the amtrak train and why the mechanis

john gonzalez has more on the allegation and how the d.c. public schools is responding. john: outside of the oyster-adams bilingual school there has been extra security and staff standing out front talking to parents and students about this alarming situat this is a very unique school with a duel language immersion program. the very diverse families this afternoon are dealing with a troubling situation. one of the more popular teachers here 31-year-old giovanni pena was arrested late last night charged with second-degree sex abuse of a child. police say the young victim is a staunt -- student here. pena is a fourth grade teacher. even though details of the allegation have not been released, many parents say they lost their trust. this parent says you just don't know who to trust anymore because teachers are supposed to be like second parents right? they almost spend more time with our kids than we do. so hearing this news is very sad. i asked him what does he know about mr. pena and he said he seemed like a great guy and an awesome teacher. school system issued a stateme

and john gonzalez was there as she learned more about her father's sacrifice. john: june 13 his daughter was 15 days old. then she brought her family an her entire eighth grade class from illinois to d.c. to stand next to the 13 in gray letters to tell the story of the ultimate sacrifice. >> a lot of people take this as a short cut. people don't know the name. it means something to family members. john: too emotional to talk to us she laid a wreath. >> this is special for us. gulf war veteran. joined our department in 2001. murdered a short time later. john: a history lesson to the capital like no other. it was a few blocks away from a wall of remembrance where he confronted the fare evader. the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the face and stole his service weapon. >> missing the father. >> if handful of photos and the hundreds of stories that the 14-year-old holds on to and the 13 letters she will never be far from. >> how many times is this a police officer? i can imagine this is her father. in a uniform. >> in northwest washington john gonza

reporting live downtown, john gonzalez, abc seven news. jummy: sentencing is set for today for a maryland woman convicted of two home theft schemes. they sold false homes to investment groups. she was convicted in february for stealing and moving to a different home. d.c. police a looking for a minivan involved in a hit and run that injured a boy in southeast d.c. this morning before 7:50 this morning. he was riding his bike when he was struck by a blue caravan. the boy was rushed to children's hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and police are still searching for the driver of the van. in northwest d.c. another boy was taken to the hospital after being struck i are car. this one happened outside powell elementary school. and they could id the body found in the potomac river today. officials do not -- officials believe it is marco sanchez disappeared in june. developing now, the women -- woman charged with helping to killers escape their upstate prison did not stay a word in court today. a formal investigation into the

john gonzalez is live in belly -- bowie where we understand one of those bullets pierced a home where a child was sleeping. john: that's right. not only was this the first homicide for bowie this year but the first reported shooting. this young man lived a block away. he was shot right here on the street. he ran behind this home, bullets halloween him, one of them striking that window right there -- bullets right behind him, what of them striking that window right there. gunshots started flying at 1:10 this morning in the old historic section of only -- bowie, which had not reported a gunshot all year. when police arrived, they found a young man suffering multiple gunshot wounds. >> i used to see him every day and now, that is somebody's face i cannot even see anymore. i heard about extrudate gunshots -- six to eight gunshots, and i feel as though whoever did it is still out there. >> the only description of suspects we have at this moment are three african-american males with dreads. >> i was informed that there was a bullet in the front storm window that had pierced the storm window

i don't know how i'm going to get there. >> john: in upper marlboro, john gonzalez, abc7 news. kimberly: right now we are still tracking our storm system once known as tropical storm bill. he may be weaker today but he is still packing enough of a punch in areas recovering from last month's deadly flooding. the storm could dump up to 12 inches of rain across texas as it moves farther inland. in houston crews are cleaning up after a night of heavy wind and rain leads to down power line and snapped trees. the weather here much calmer with a light break in heat and humidity. chief meteorologist doug hill. some folks have a baseball game to go to. rain? doug: scattered showers. one thing we will walk is the remnant moisture from the disturbance formerly known as bill. i could affect the weekend plans outside. let's get you started with the coverage on wednesday. in the belfort furniture. there as kimberly mentioned showers in the area. if you are watching in martinsburg, the ballgames are a big question. locally it will be hit or miss for the next few hours as the showers continue

john gonzalez gonzales was there as she learns more about her father sacrifice. >> the end of watch for officer martin morales was june 13 2001. his daughter was only 15 days old. almost exactly 14 years later, she brought her family and the entire eighth-grade class from illinois to d.c. to stand next to these are teaming grade letters that tell a story of the ultimate sacrifice. >> a lot of people take this wall as a shortcut. a lot of people do not know the names and what that wall means. it is something to family members. >> too emotional to speak to us, megan rows was at the site were huhere her father's name will be edged in. >> he dedicated his life to pull the -- public service. he was a gulf war veteran. and he was murdered a short time later. >> a lesson at the nation's capital like no other. >> it was just a few blocks away from this wall of remembrance for officer morales confronted that in better -- invader. the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the face and then stole his service weapon. he was later found and arrested in philadelphia. >> it is incredible to

john gonzalez takes a look at the pope's call to action. >> the cyclical, is as i read it, a way of reading the signs of the times. jo with the release of his historic cyclical on the environment, pope francis has called on everyone to receive it with an open spirit. >> this is our home. it has been damaged. it is affecting all of us, especially the poor. >> the pontiff issues a moral challenge, stating partially that humanity is failing of god-given role to be a responsible steward of earth and he believes that time is running out to fix the problem. >> not only because of pollution caused by toxic emissions, but simply as the result of urban chaos, poor transportation, and what he describes as visual pollution and noise. >> the leader of the catholic church gently called climate change man-made. however, conservative candidates like jeff push are skeptical of the climate change warning. >> i hope i will not get castigated for saying this by my priest ekholm, but i don't get economic policy from my bishops cardinals, or hope. >> the release comes just months before he makes his first ever

john gonzalez is following it. john: a rash of crimes have the authorities concern and athat is all have a connection. ife phone and the popular website craigslist. four robberies in a span of six days. in three incidents the suspects were armed. one was 15 years old. the other two are behind bars. 26-year-old alfred wade of bowie. he used a replica .357 magnum and 17-year-old kemith calvin. all the victims were adult men. three posted classified selling iphone on craigslist. each of them went to meet the person alone. >> this halled without a verbal conversation. through text. you can find out a lot of information by talking on the phone. i may give you ideas of who you are dealing with. if it's too good to be true or you save the extra money, it may not be worth it. >> always meet the buyer or the seller in a public place where there are people and surveillance cameras visible. they are looking for three or four more suspects. leon: to texas. tropical storm bill and now county officials north of dallas have a lak

john gonzalez, abc7 news. kimberly: coming up at 6:00 an naacp president resigns after the bombshell she is not african-american. what she is saying. jonathan: shark attack put beach-goers on edge. the condition of the young victims and what the local beach-goers are saying. kimberly: heat and humidity set the stage for possible storms. full forecast ahead as abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". "7 on your side". maureen: first at 6:00 heath and humidity today -- heat and humidity today with temperatures in the 90's. and that sets the stage for storms. a system is moving through right now. abc7 meteorologist steve rudin has the storm watch forecast. steve: this just in a minute ago. newly issued severe thunderstorm warning. head straight to doppler radar. i will show you where it is located. we are talking around the fredericksburg area. north central county and the northwestern king george. stafford county. this is until 6:30. this is moving north and east 25 miles per hour. capab

at fedex field john gonzalez abc7 news. alison: thank you for that john. still to come here at 4:00 -- a "7 on your side" consumer alert for pet owners today. why there are questions about the safety of one particular dog alison: new concerns about pet food. a number of pot lovers are wondering what are the sharp things in a popular brand of dog treats. consumer reporter john matarese investigates so you don't waste your money. john: people with pets in the d.c. area are in a heightened state of alert after several pet food recalls and dangerous pet treats from china. so return man was understandably concern when he found something sharp in his dog's treats. brian walsh treats his black lab sarah like his own child. so he got concerned when feeding her treats finding something sharp sticking out of one. they were pedigree's marrow bone. he found fibers poking out of several other samples. >> i actually got pricked by one. john: so he checked google and found other people worried, too. >> i looked online and found other people had the same thing where they

in northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc7 news. leon: we have the entire itinerary for the pope posted at at wjla.com. kellye: the supreme court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from nonmembers. this is a case that the union officials say could threaten membership and weaken organized labor. the justices said they will hear an appeal from a group of california teachers who say it violates their first amendment rights to have to pay any fees if they disagree with the union position. meanwhile, president obama's proposing new overtime pay rules that could give as many as 5 million americans a bigger paycheck. right now only salaried workers who work more than 40 hours a week and make less than $455 a week are guaranteed overtime. later this week the department of labor will propose raising the cutoff for workers who make $929 or less. that is about $50000 a year before taxes. >> i think the laws have to keep pace with the times. change is long overdue. >> i feel the president should do ev

john gonzalez was that the hearing for giovanni pena. reporter: the families involved did not want to talk today but the attorney for giovanni pena fought hard inside this courtroom to try to get his client released on bond until he is back in court late june. he claimed his client has no criminal record and it does not appear to be any other victims and since he is already suspended from school, he would not be spending time inside his classroom at oyster adams. even read witness statements from some of the parents. one saying "your honor, we know he is made a mistake and he understands that fully, but we asked for leniency." the judge denied the request saying that the selfie nature of the crime worried him and that would have a difficult time adding conditions that we keep them away from cell phones and the internet. this top d.c. school teacher is accused of inappropriate lee touching a student in the classroom last year on more than one occasion. prosecutors's claim he also forced the 10-year-old to touch him and said the boy nude p

john gonzalez was also outside the supreme court when the ruling announced and he spoke to people on both sides of the issue and he continues our team coverage. >> as a person impacted by this my reaction is just like this my wife and i have been together for 20 years and we are married in all 50 states. i'm jubilant. i'm thrilled. it couldn't a better day for us. >> do you fear that this could change down the road to more legal wrangling and a justice or change it somewhat? >> i live my best to live as a law-abiding loving positive person and it's painful to hear folks speak with intolerance about my life and about my love and the way i walk in the world and my beautiful family. that is the hardest to hear the rhetoric and the dialogue about it because that is a hard thing to do. >> thank you for talking to us. >> thank you. john: your reaction to this? you are on the other side. >> i love homosexuals and i believe in equal rights even for homosexuals. but i don't believe in special rights regarding marriage. if you change the definition of marriage you are telling a group of people

. >> reporter: vera's husband, bernardo alfaro, telling reporter john gonzalez from wjla, he begins to worry at 5:00 wednesday evening. >> he goes home. starts calling her, nonstop, on her cell phone, until the cell phone really stops ringing. >> reporter: but at about 9:00 p.m., the strangest call by far. a call for a food delivery. >> we can confirm that we made a delivery to the house. >> reporter: police say it's amy savopoulos calling domino's pizza. she orders two pies, gives a credit card number, and special instructions. >> don't ring the doorbell. i'm caring for a sick child. just leave it on the front door. >> reporter: the domino's driver says the porch light is on but the house is dark. as instructed, the driver leaves the pizza, rings the bell, and drives away, taking with him an opportunity to end the ordeal for the terrified people just inside. >> there were things that happened that, of course, now we can look back on and say, what if? >> reporter: unbelievably, somebody in that house in these dark and brutal hours has an appetite, gobbling up most of the pepperoni pie.

and by the way hats off to jennifer donelan, john gonzalez. they contributed to this. they will be featured in the special. they did a great job helping us fill in a lot of the blanks. two of the finest reporters i know. alison: absolutely! we will be watching that because of course this area is so captivated by this story. and just so saddened by what happened there. ryan, we appreciate it. we'll see you tonight. ryan: sure thing. alison: we want to remind everyone you can watch the story at 10:00 on "20/20" only right here on abc7. jonathan: well, their case gained international attention. when we come back, we will speak with the mother of the so-called "free range" children about the announcement that gives them more freedom. alison: but first -- >> we were like ah i don't want to go grab it. alison: a seaside invasion. a look at where thousands of crabs are making a trip to the beach. well an a do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd mai