national at the cathedral, i'm sam sweeney, abc seven news. jummy: japan after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. combingorkers are still through the rubble in hard-hit areas looking for anyone who may be trapped. also beenroads have damaged. police have joined the rescue efforts. the fbi and marines have been doing munitions training all weekend long. ends at 6:00. no word on when the next round will be. today marks three years since a deadly bombing at the boston marathon. bagpipes played as mayor marty walsh helped lay a wreath on at the finisht line. he says honoring the four people killed three years bombing and the ensuing manhunt will become an annual event. at the samewreath time the first bomb went off. members of the men's titanic society gathered in the night to remember the night the luxury liner sank. lay aciety has met to wreath in remembrance to the 1517 people who died that day. developments after a series of sexual assaults kept arlington sidents on edge for months last year. to link ad dna suspect to the attacks. investigatingo two

reporting live outside the supreme court, sam sweeney. back to you. autria: thank you, sam. our other big story today, we are heating things up with temperatures heading into the 80's. meteorologist jacqui jeras is here with a look at your forecast. just get outu can for even three minutes, it would be great to get out and breathe a little fresh air. for allergy sufferers, that problem is going to build. here we are at the lunch hour, 76 warm degrees, already way above are average high of 68. we have very light wind coming out of the east-southeast. look how low our humidity is, down to 29%. this is dry air. even 30's and 40's in many spots this morning. we are ending the day very warm. 77 in leesburg. 82. 78 in fredericksburg. then the six downtown. 71 in annapolis, a little cooler -- 76 downtown. 71 in annapolis, a little cooler by the water. a few spots could hit mid-80's. even after the sun goes down, just after 7:30, temperatures stay pretty warm. by 10:00, still holding on around the 70-degree mark. we have some very dry conditions. rental flooding in parts of texas --

reporting in logan circle, sam sweeney. doing a maintenance surge on the red line following several recent track problems. he worked started at 10:00 this morning between van ness and medical center. it should wrap up at 3:00. then, single tracking will start at 8:00 tonight, that stretch of the red line will singletrack old weekend. taking the red line maybe to gallery place where the game tonight is happening. let's go to jamie sullivan. line,rently on the red track work between friendship heights and metro center, you will see some issues area as far as delays. a live look -- this is near new hampshire avenue. it is wet. same thing on 270 near middlebrook road, that is slowing -- not slowing anyone on 270. the bigger picture, a few slow areas into washington, d.c. on kenilworth avenue, the third street tunnel slowing, clear on new york avenue. into town on the gw parkway, quiet, 395, same thing. get into arlington, we pretty much clear out. let's talk about the midday roadwork, happening on the arlington memorial bridge

life at wilson high school, sam sweeney. back to you. jummy: scary stuff. house on the scene at a fire in photos. when firefighters arrived, the fire was showing through the roof. it caused significant damage to the home. more than 200 firefighters responded and were able to quickly put out the flames. no word on injuries or what caused the fire. but we will stay on top of this story on-air and online at wjla.com. police are combing through clues in a murder in montgomery county. the victim only 18. he was found dead in a park last night. police say gang activity might be to blame. as suzanne kennedy tells us, it has community members on edge. reporter: this is where the latest homicide in the county happened. authorities are left to figure out who committed this violent act in a park in a quiet residential neighborhood. the violent act took place overnight yards from west to elementary school. crime scene tape place that is supposed to be safe. authorities say the 18-year-old male was assaulted at the park andrew driven to a hospital where he died. >> inve

reporting in prince george's county, i'm sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: new at noon, police releasing new information on a shooting that sent a 7-year-old girl to the hospital. this happened friday night in the 2900 block of knox place, about two blocks away from garfield elementary school. d.c. police say the little girl is doing better and is stable. right now the focus is keeping the community safe and finding whoever did this. >> we've been in the area knocking on doors and recanvasing for additional in visibility in the area and we want to thank the community so far that's come forward with tips and information on this case. jummy: police are asking anyone with information to please give them a call. a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered in this case. maryland lawmakers are meeting today to reconcile two versions of the bill known as noah aps law before the legislative session ends tomorrow and it is because of a man killed. the senate bill is tougher and requires any driver arrested for drunk driving have an enter lock device even before

sam sweeney spoke with officials and joins us with that story from northwest d.c. reporter: union officials are inside the wilson building right now voicing their concerns. will happen with the circulator buses but when. they are some of the seat -- d.c.'s most popular buses. they cost $1 and will take you to some of the city's popular spots. a new report shows drivers routinely flag buses for safety concerns. they say brakes are bad and tires need to be replaced but many times nothing is done. the union says first transit is trying to cut costs but vdot is ultimately responsible. some drivers say they fear for their lives. today, they are taking their concerns to the city and vdot. >> this morning, two buses that had expired inspection stickers, direct orders were given for them to get those buses on the street. we found 90% of the buses had safety defects class a. that means that is something that could involve an accident or passenger safety. reporter: out to vdot and first transit, the company in charge of operating these vehicles. vdot responded immediately sa

reporting underneath dupont circle, i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: that was less than a year, they did a lot of gluing down there. coming up for us at 4:00 -- >> more than 130 years later the military rights a wrong and long forgotten medal of honor recipient is remembered. i'm mike carter-conneen at st. elizabeth's. coming up, the remarkable story. >> what do open pots like this have to do with the zika virus? we will explain how maryland is trying to fight back jonathan: "7 on your side" in health matters. today prex reported its first death related to the zika virus. they say a 70-year-old man infected in february died from a drop in blood platelets. that is how it started. if you consider this. more than 600 people on the island contracted the illness so far, that is an outbreak in puerto rico they are saying. the local officials want to make sure they are ready for mosquito season. richard reeve is live where hogan wrapped up a press conference to talk about where people need to do this season especially. richard? standing water is an

sam sweeney shows us the new initiatives to fight back. cathy lanierhief says the dirt bike gang in d.c. will and the, and her messages being echoed from law enforcement and elected officials across dcn and maryland. the goal right now is to identify the riders, confiscate their bikes, and destroy them. 400 dirt bikes and atvs have already been cannot this gated -- have already been confiscated this year alone. police chief cathy lanier released more than 200 photos of dirt like and atv riders wanted in nonviolent incidents, several foreign 10 silly -- several for police officers. chief lanier: we have had enough, and the riders that we can identify we will aggressively prosecute. the bikes we have seized will be destroyed. sam: they have treated out a full list of these men, which is also on her website. if you tell the police who they are, $250 could be years. with wordvering metro the federal transit administration is inspecting the entire systems tracks. the agency is calling it a safety blitz. it is focusing on 10 segments of concern,

i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. leon: chicking the top stories now a flurry of bills passed the maryland assembly. chief that mandates interlock devices on vehicles of anyone convicted of a d.u.i. governor hogan signed 106 bills in law and will sign noah's law at a separate ceremony in the coming days. alison: it has happened again. police in prince william county are investigating more cases of someone opening fire at homes in woodbridge. 13 homes have been hit since the start of the year. no one has been injured. police have not made any arrests yet. leon: d.c. police charged the suspect of a deadly stabbing of a teen in the deanwood metro station. officers arrested 18-year-old javonte hall last night hours after police released surveillance photo from the station. police say hall stabbed 15-year-old john evans as both exited the station nold morning following a long-running dispute. april is sexual assault awareness month. metro transit police are partnering with ad vo cassy group to combat sexual harassment on p

sam sweeney has the new unified effort to fight back. sam? sam: well, good evening. police say that the crackdown has already begun. the goal is to identify the riders, seize their bikes and destroy them. now they are asking for the public's help and they are willing to pay you. surrounded by law enforcement from around the area, cathy lanier says the dirt bike game will end. >> we have had enough. the community has had enough. the riders that we can identify, we are going to aggressively prosecute. the bikes we have seized will be destroyed. sam: the past weekend, m.p.d. police officer was surrounded and dragged by a gang of riders. back in march, on carrying a sick child was stopped, surrounded and then had its driver side door opened by an a.t.v. driver. police had to come free the ambulance before it could continue to the hospital. >> i know we have had police officers injured. now increasing incident involving the first responders >> nearly 100 have been arrested this year and 400 bikes have been confiscated. 85 of them will be destroyed next month but police ar

sam sweeney is live with the push to bring closure to the case. good afternoon. this case brought attention from all over our area when it happened. this morning, cathy lanier says is she has not lost hope. in a press conference, she announced a new search began this morning on land and water here at the national arboretum. was live running at the shelter of d.c.'s general hospital when she vanished. have turned up nothing. investigators, armed with a new tip, believe the body may be here at the national arboretum. acknowledges finding her her >> we will search in the arboretum. a pretty extensive area. we have a combination of k-9 dogs and personnel, partners from the national center for children,d exploited the fbi, team members will be doing a search with our harbor branch in a body of water. sam: this is not the first time the police chief has given a press conference on a search. why she continues to give these press conferences when they search an area more than two years after it happened. she says each time it happens, they get more tips that people have

i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: thank you, sam. time for a check on traffic. let's head over to jamie sullivan. jamie: we are starting off with a live look theer the springfield interchange. you can see activity here taking out the left lane. everybody is passing by this without an issue. again, this is work they are doing right now. right near the springfield interchange. go ahead and stick with virginia as we move to the map. i want to show you what we are experiencing 395. the heaviest volume past the pentagon continuing outbound to seminary road. northwest corner same thing. that heavy volume from tysons toward 270. we don't have any crashes to report. just the volume and slowing. there was a valve leak they are repairing i on university boulevard. heading eastbound. only the right lane getting by. you can go ahead and stay to the right to get by because the two left lanes are what we have blocked. as we move to the waze map i want to talk d.c. we are seeing the heavy volume right here on the southeast/southwest freeway. near the third street tunnel. 8 mil

at sam sweeney has a look the big event happening. sam: not much has changed on top of d.c.'s dupont circle, but underground in the old trolley car tunnels write down those steps, everything has changed. trolley tracks still line the ground underneath dupont circle. street signs pedestrians had not seen in more than 20 years this that will soon capture everyone's attention and fill your facebook timeline as well. >> people are excited about finding something new and and hidden. who knew this was down here? the second you find this little gem, it's exciting. sam: you may recognize these. they were the talk of the town last summer. >> right now, we can only do temporary installations. for the rest of the year, we have some ideas for really big temporary and relations. after that, we hope to have it open permanently. sam: these tunnels have largely gone unused since the 1960's, but the nonprofit wants to change that. the organization wants to create new exhibits here every few months. >> music concerts, video shoots, fashion shows. there's all kinds of possibilities. it's amazin

sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: thank you. it is day two at the national arboretum in the search for relisha rudd. the search is coming to a close today. she was last seen on surveillance video at a hotel with tatum more than two years ago. tatum is now dead. bureau chief sam ford is in northeast with the efforts to find relisha. sam? sam: yes, alison. we are at the brick kiln on new york avenue. we sa officers literally leave here, i guess about 30 seconds ago. a number of them have been leaving. they have been here most of the day. one of the officers told us that basically they were waiting for their dogs to come back. they are going to make a report to the chief and that is it. they are searching for signs of rudd. a focal point is the new york avenue brick kiln, an old abandon brick kiln part of the complex. officers looked through the area for hours. the site is three blocks from the holiday inn hotel where the surveillance video two years ago showed relisha rudd entering a rim with 51-year-old tatum. tatum a suspect in

sam sweeney caught up with several of the candidates. sam: the doors to polling locations open that 7:00 across -- opened at 7:00 across maryland. today, candidates wasted no time greeting potential voters. with only 12 days left in this all too important primary season. u.s. congress woman and u.s. senate candidate donna edwards shook hands voters. >> i think it is an opportunity for middle-class americans to say that they want somebody who has walked in their shoes. i'm hoping that means they will circle donna edwards on that ballot. sam: not long after, her opponent, chris van hollen -- >> focused on getting results, on a lot of the big challenges we've got. making sure every challenge has a good start in life, trying to build an economy that works for everybody, not just the 1%. dealing with the scourge of gun violence and the scandal of mass incarceration. sam: voters have several decisions, including their choice for nominee for president, several congressional seats, and a nominee for mayor of baltimore. >> it's important. they ne

i'm sam sweeney, abc 7 news. anchor: maryland lawmakers still have bills on the table to reform the state correctional system and reform police departments across the state. there is also a tax plan under consideration. brad bell will be in annapolis tomorrow for the last day of the legislative session. look for live reports on abc 7 news hillary clinton is in virginia right now. the former secretary of state is at an event with terry mcauliffe. earlier in the day clinton appeared at a rally in baltimore . clinton's appearances came after a morning in new york, the most recent poll by fox news gives clinton a double-digit lead over vermont senator bernie sanders in the state. inders' streak continued wyoming yesterday, winning his eighth contest in a row. about thegood upcoming contest and i expect to be the nominee. >> i have my doubts about what kind of president she would make. anchor: sanders held a rally on the boardwalk in coney island today. he and clinton will have a debate in brooklyn on tuesday. poll sh

sam sweeney has the latest as police tried to piece together exactly what happened. sam: the first 911 calls came in at one: 20 this morning -- multiple shots fired with several people down. >> it sounded like firecrackers going off or something like that. sam: when police arrived, they wound for people down -- one woman was already dead. all of them near shot out window. >> i think it is sad. because it has become the normal. it's really sad when things like this happen. sand: three men were rushed to the hospital, one in critical condition. shell casings littered the street as police used 3-d technology. at this point, shattered glass still litters the street. police have not released any suspects or motive. of course, if you heard anything or saw something overnight, they want to hear from you. they are offering a cash reward for information leading to the person or persons responsible. this noon, we are learning new information about a deadly stabbing in northwest ec police identified the victim's 27-year-old kenneth jackson. he was found just after 1:00 this mor

sam sweeney has more on the final respects being paid today. enforcement officers from as far away as michigan are here to pay their final respects. the service, as you said, is happening in hampton, va, out of newport news. in the past, members of the virginia state police spoke of the trooper's accomplishments. his former partner gave a touching eulogy, and describing and thebreakable bond officer's affection for his children. the superintendent of virginia state police described the former marine as someone so intelligent he made it to the counterterrorism team with the virginia state police in less than tito of years, something few ever accomplished. years, than two something few ever accomplished. >> he is a natural. his personality and his experience made him a perfect fit for cci. day on and off duty that he was a true professional. he had exactly what it takes to be a law enforcement professional, to be a virginia state police trooper. he had integrity. he had fortitude, character. he was fair-minded, and lord knows he had compassion. s

sam sweeney has the new information. deterioratinge is by the day and the national park service gives it less than five years before they would have to close it if nothing is done. they have a plan. these slides just released by the national capital planning committee gives you an idea of how bad things have gotten over the years, severe rust and corrosion causing the bridge to the older drawbridge. this next slide shows how they wanted to look when it is finished. they should be able to finish without any extensive bridge closures. several other design options on the table but this one seems to be the most practical. about $30 million cheaper and easier to maintain. this bridge is expected to cost upwards of 200 and 50 million that -- $250 million. jummy: thank you. workingrews are still to help stranded residents in houston after record-setting rainfall led to deadly flooding. crates and buyers burst over their banks, flooding nearby towns. five deaths have been blamed on the storm's. texas governor rick abbott the cur

sam sweeney shows us a new initiative to fight back against the riders. >> good evening. cathy lanier says the dirt bike game in d.c. will end. the m leaders from the law enforcement. and the elected officials across d.c. and maryland. the goal right now is to identify the riders. confiscate the bikes and prosecute them. law enforcement across the d.m.v., cathy lanier released 200 photos. the dirt bikers that are wanted in nine violent incidents. some are wanted for intentionally running over the police officers. chief lanier will pay anyone $250 if you tell the department who these men are. >> the community has had enough. the riders we can identify we are going to aggressively prosecutor. >> i tweeted a picture of the men. list on the website. if you tell police who they are $250 could be >> police are trying to figure out if a school bus driver or police officer is at fault after a bus and a cruiser collided in springfield. an officer was injured and two substitutes and chaperon along the bus but are all expected to be fine. the bus was heading back to mark twain eleme

sam sweeney tells us how the suspects are carrying out the crimes and what you should look out for in a story you will see only on 7. sam: the guys are walking up and down d.c. streets. particularly in northwest casing cars and doing it in broad daylight. prime time hours between 1:30 and 5:30. this is what they do. they walk the street. look in front. look in back. come up to the glass. they use a device and they smash the glass if they see something valuable and then they are gone. the whole thing plays out in 10 or 15 second. take a look at your dupont, logan circle area and woodly park and adams morgan. smashed glass. shattered glass on the ground and notices from police. we caught up with one man who caught someone doing it in the act. >> we see a guy with his butt sticking out of a car window having just broke into it and he takes a kid's laptop and walks away with it. so we chase him a couple of blocks before he gets on a bus and gets away it's happening more and more. we don't like it. sam: the police are stick of it, too. the numbers are staggering. in the d.c. third police d