until then live at george mason university in jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: new developments today in the shooting that killed a woman and a prince william county police officer. in a pretrial hearing ronald hamilton's defense attorney said his client is mentally impaired as a result of two tours in iraq. prosecutor say the army staff sergeant killed his wife crystal hamilton after she called 911. he opened fire on the three officers who responded killing officer ashley guindon. it was her first shift as sworn officer. jonathan: one of the news crew found themselves in the middle of a story today. they were covering a stabbing on a bus stop between g and f street when a guy walked up to the truck after being shot. kevin lewis is live in southeast washington to explain the bizarre chain of events. kind of scary. >> wild stuff. start with the stabbing that we learned is a homicide investigation. m.p.d. said 9:30 this morning an 18-year-old girl this bus stop. that is when the 16-year-old girl pulled out a knife and stabbed the 18-year-old. paramedics

jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you, jeff. two men charged in the killing of a maryland hotel worker jesse chavez in 2013 are set to go on trial. prosecutors say williams and washington were involved in the deadly robbery. around the nation thousands are expected to pay respects to former first lady nancy reagan in a visitation and tomorrow. the funeral will be held friday. expected among the 1,000 getzs are singer wayne newton, anjelica houston and mr. t. who played a big role in the "just say no" to drugs campaign. jonathan: dig surprise in michigan. bernie sanders coming away with the win in the democratic primary. hillary clinton took mississippi because michigan was so close, clinton actually wins more delegates overall. on the republican side, donald trump took michigan, mississippi and hawaii. senator ted cruz won idaho. both parties holding debates in the next couple of nights. tonight is the democratic. chief political correspondent scott thuman has a look at what we can expect tonight. scott? scott: this will be the

jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. again, we are continuing to track the breaking nuclear for you in german town, maryland, brink road near blunt road. we just got a location on the scene there. that is in montgomery county where firefighters are battling this brush fire. the last few minutes we saw firefighters getting really close to the tree line with the hoses. trying to get the flames under control. we talk about the conditions being right for this situation when we have several days of also the winds picking up. what has been so troubling about the situation out there is that there is a dangerously close to a couple of homes in that neighborhood. you can imagine the folks there very nervous seeing the flames at their doorstep. again firefighters are on the scene. and this is at brink road near blunt road. you see the flames still going there. firefighters are trying to get a good handle on this. this is one of several brush fires pop up throughout the day in maryland and virginia as well. stay with abc7. we'll co

at george mason university in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: a brawl at silver spring nightclub between rap artists and one of the performers is charged with first-degree murder. kevin lewis is outside the club with a story you will only see here on 7. kevin? kevin: hi, michelle. fans passed the restaurant and the hooka lounge on georgia avenue to hear the rap artists perform. police say it was meant to be a reunion concert of sorts to clear the air between the two rappers in a long-standing feud. but around 3:00 a.m. when the club was shouting down a fight broke out. swag used a little joe in the chest. little joe pictured here holding a gun was rushed to holy cross hospital where doctors performed surgery which ultimately saved his life. but today, during an on-camera interview haitian swag told us he acted strictly in self-defense. swag says he is a peaceful man with no criminal record but contends little joe is a hot-blooded entertainer who uses his music to preach violence. >> i just want people to know that whatever happened, th

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is there live with more. jeff? jeff: michelle, the prince william county police have notifieded the man killed yesterday but family membe is-year-old andy rubio of manassas park. the family members are too distraught to speak on camera but say he was a great person, much beloved. the father of a 1-year-old daughter with another child on the way. today, here in manassas at reinhart foodservices. it's quiet. not a lot of activity. crime scene tape visible following the accident yesterday afternoon at 4:00. authorities say a row of huge shelving racks, 30 feet high, 200 feet long, holding thousands of bounds of blocked food tripped over and crashed. it took rescue crews hours to remove the body of andy rubio. a worker at the facility. seven other employees were hurt. two of them still at inova fairfax hospital with serious injuries. today we spoke to marcus yates, a forklift operator injured in the accident. he said on monday the day before the accident he warned a supervisor that the shelves were down. >> it's crazy

jeff goldberg will share the stories today at "bc 5:00". michelle: d.c. mayor muriel bowser is signing a bill to ban flame retardant chemicals in products. what does it mean for you? john gonzalez explains. >> the city council voted unanimously and this afternoon the mayor's signature is making this official. d.c. joining the states such as maryland, new york, and minnesota banning a handful of carcinogenic products. the announcement is made here at the engine company nine firehouse in northwest d.c. the mayor joined by police chief cathy lanier and the fire chief dean. they are making the important announcement for the products in the homes. we can tell you that the so-called toxic products found in the products such as furniture. children's products. used in foam padded sleeping materials. now the firefighters here will tell you that even though fire retardants are components to the fire safety, the products including tcpe and tdcpp are suspected of causing cancer. we asked the fire chief why haven't these been banned before? and everywhere. >> each sta

after you ask michelle why -- was it worth it? >> yeah. jeff: you know she would do it all over again. in northwest washington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. continuing coverage of the metro shutdown. we have more ahead at 4:00. including an alternate ride home. we are expecting an update from wmata on tomorrow's service. as soon as it comes in we'll share it with you. they are planning to have the metro up and running at 5:00 tomorrow morning. that was barring any problems they found with the underground cables they right now are inspecting. when the news conference starts we will get to it. michelle: abc7 update now. new trial date set for the six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. the first trial is set to begin may 10. the officers are all charged with assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. four of them are facing manslaughter charges. one is charged with second-degree murder. gray died last april a week after his neck was broken in police custody. his death sparked riots. jonathan: "7 on your

as northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg reports it's turning into a real war of words. jeff: the fight continues to intensify over the suspected opening of a gunshot in arlington with the store's owner issuing a forceful press release this morning to those who are opposing the opening of the store. the background on this, two days ago two members of sent a letter to the property manager to reconsider the decision to allow mow va armory to -- nova armory to release the store saying it's opposed by the community and adding it could be the night for potentially nefarious and illegal activity including a black market to sell the fire arms for cash or drugs. the owner of the store said his daughter is owner in training. the wild statements sound like what some call dog whistle politics. if politicians are in the market for dog whistles we don't deal with that market. the residents are furious about the store opening up. >> it's densely populated spot in the neighborhood. across the street from a preschool. inappropriate place for this. jeff: the store owner also had strong w

. >> sreenivasan: michelle everhart, political reporter and adam, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: now, a broad, yet intimate look at how president obama views america's role in the world. it comes from "the atlantic's" jeffrey goldberg, who sat down for hours of interviews with the president for his cover story, "the obama doctrine," out today. judy woodruff begins our conversation with how mr. obama's foreign policy is seen. >> one of the interesting caricatures of president obama is that he doesn't believe the u.s. is indispensable. you hear that from his critics all the time, that he's a retrenchment president, he's a withdrawal president, a declinist. i think that's wrong. i think he understands that america is indispensable to the smooth functioning of global affairs. i think he might be the first president who sometimes resents that role. who looks at our allies and thinks these guys need to pay for something once in a while, these guys need to do more than they're doing. he is also a person who is more hesitant than the average president to use force, speci