Thomas jackson was stepping down. One officer was shot in the face while another was struck in his shoulder with a bullet exiting his back. By gods grace, we didnt lose two officers last night. Both officers have been released from the hospital. What happened last night was a pure ambush. This was want someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. This was this was the punk. Witnesses say the shots were fired at a hill a distance away from the protesters. Bullets were whizzing right past my head. It was kind of traumatic. Im still kind of s the parents of officer Brennan Rabain arrive at their sons funeral. His little daughter looks on from his mothers arms as his fathers casket is taken into the victory christian church. The sanctuary is packed with family and friends and men and women in uniform. They hear of rabains passion for policing from the rookie cops squad sergeant. Thats what he did. He was living his dream. From his father, they hear how proud rabain was of his uniform earned just last year. At age 26 rabain even posed at attention for his dad. How do you like it dad . Looking good, boy. Rabain died early sunday morning when he lost control of his squad car. A female passenger survived the wreck. Rabain was off duty at the time. When passed by a still unidentified speeder, he flipped on his lights making his death in the line of duty. He is promoted posthumously to the rank of Police Officer first class. He lived dreamed and walked law enforcement. Rabain was laid to rest with full honors in davisonville. New developments now out of florida. Military Officials Say they have found the site where an Army Helicopter crashed. The blackhawk helicopter went down during a Training Exercise tuesday night in the florida panhandle. The 11 military members on board are all presumed dead. The crash remains under investigation. Fog was an issue on the night of the crash and those conditions are expected to continue there through the end of the week. Well to our weather now no fog, Just Sunshine here at home today. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the Storm Watch Weather Center with the forecast. Real nice spring day today, doug. Very nice. Bit of a breeze out there. But thats good. Ill tell you what the breeze did is whipped up the pollen. The pollen is back. Moderate amounts of tree pollen and mold spores out there. All little signs of spring arriving. Live picture from the rooftop camera here outside of the belfort furniture Weather Center and beautiful afternoon and you know well stay that way through the evening and the winds will diminish. Thats good news here. Temperatures close to 60 at Reagan National and 61 in culpepper. Temperatures will drop this evening with lighter winds and clear skies will average through the 30s when we wake up on friday morning. As far as whats coming next i think well see sunshine in the morning. All that cloudiness off to the west and southwest will spread across the area tomorrow afternoon and all that green and blue stuff there that represents intensities of rainfall. Thats all going to coalesce and head our way. Rain likely as we head into the weekend. Will we salvage any of the weekend with sunshine . Ill let you know in the forecast coming up in a couple much minutes. Alison . Doug before we get to alison, update here following breaking news out of rockville where a trash truck overturned about an hour ago. News chopper 7 is out there over the scene. This is norbeck road at east goodie drive. No serious injuries were reported. Stay on top of that for you. Honestly thought we had an accident. It was kind of it was that deep and that aggressive. Well, drivers all across the region are having that sinking feeling as they hit potholes on virtually every street out there. And today Prince Georges County went on the offensive to tackle the biggest offenders. Suzanne kennedy live in hyattsville with more on the pothole blitz today. Hi suzanne. Hi alison. Take a look behind me over here. Weve been watching this pothole on annapolis road all afternoon. If they arent hitting it head on, they are swerving to miss it. It causes another completely different road hazard. The crews are out working today to fix these hazards here in Prince Georges County. Last year they repaired 2200 potholes. Theyre not sure if theyll have to fill that many this year. With 1900 county roads, they have their work cut out for them. Were doing a blitz. What that means is were out countywide, were using our snow maps and were just driving street by street until we fill the potholes. So what do you do when you see one of them . You call 311. When you call 311, youll get directed into the call center. Well take you into the call center and tell you whats going on in there. As you can imagine, they are quite busy. Reporting live in hyattsville, maryland suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. So suzanne, as hard as we try, you cant always avoid every single pothole but there are some things you can do to try to protect your vehicle. Number one, make sure your tires are fully inflated. That will help to minimize any damage if you do hit one of those craters. And dont assume that a puddle is just a puddle because it could be covering a massive pothole underneath. You can also download an app like waze and that can alert you to any upcoming road hazards. Speaking of roads in rockville, the mayor and city council think that restructuring part of Rockville Pike will reduce gridlock for thousands of drivers. Theyre talking about a two mile long stretch near the twin brook metro station. But as Montgomery County reporter kevin lewis explains not everyone is in favor of that plan. Kevin . Well leon consistency or lack thereof that is the issue here. These towers behind me they make up white flint which more or less want a more narrow Rockville Pike. But as you walk with me here were now entering rockville city limits and the Planning Commission here in rockville sees Rockville Pike in a whole different way. Rockville pike is packed. And so the city of rockville wants to rebuild the roadway from white flint to town center. Most notably adding two continuous lanes in both directions. Dont want to see anymore pavement than whats necessary. Howard feldman is pushing for a more walkable community. He says more lanes means more problems. I cant imagine somebody getting caught in the middle of the light and not being able to cross and being stuck in traffic. I worry about the elderly. I worry about children crossing the street. So better for bikes. Better for pedestrians. Rockvilles Planning Commission approved the controversial proposal back in june. It felt extra travel lanes would actually make pedestrians safer. Its a softening thing between the traffic on the pike and the storefronts so people if theyre sitting on the sidewalk outside, theyre not theyre not right next to the road. Theyve got some gap in there. But feldman couldnt disagree more. So if we can do that down on this part of the pike were having a hard time understanding why it has to be done north of the montross. As far as the timeline goes these proposed changes are still years away but the time to make your voice heard is now. In fact, the deadline for Public Comment in rockville is tomorrow. We are live in rockville, im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. The Virginia Department of transportation is taking its own look at making changes along i66. Big changes could soon be coming to i66 whether its tolls inside the beltway or expansion outside the beltway. Im jeff goldberg. Coming up at 5 00 and 6 00 well be covering it all. And of course another transportation hot button around here. Metro. And today the agency announced some plans for change. Big changes aimed at making passengers safer. Im Stephen Tschida. Ill have them for you in a moment. Scared to come outside. During the daytime and at night. A little bit later, well tell you what happened in this womans neighborhood thats keeping her inside. But first, a bus flips off the highway. Find out who was on board and how theyre all doing coming up next. Take a look although this scene. This is the bus crash that shut down a major interstate in southern indiana. It happened about 20 miles north of louisville kentucky. Witnesses say the bus rolled several times. Indiana tech confirms that the bus is carrying the mens and womens bowling teams from that university. They were heading to a competition in tennessee. 20 people were hurt but the severity of their injuries is unknown at this time. Today, metro outlined 10 steps to improve safety. They come after that deadly incident january 12th when a woman died after smoke filled that yellow line tunnel near the Lenfant Plaza station. Stephen tschida covering metro from Judiciary Square with these changes. Stephen . Alison, first of all, when we informed passengers, most of them welcomed these changes but there was also a revelation today which some find troubling. Now, it was jumper cable which arced and caused the smoke that led to that tragedy january 12th. In the aftermath of that incident metro announced it would inspect all 2,640 underground jumper cables. It learned that 1 of them, about 24 of them were actually in similar condition to the one which caused all that smoke. Now, it is going to provide for that protective covers on third rail jumper cables change them to low smoke cables and install signs should direct First Responders to emergency exits on train. The interim manager talked about stepped up training and drills. Have ventilation fans and weve done our inspections and done our training for 39 controllers in the radio Operations Control Center and were continuing to develop enhanced training modules and procedures and well train our people on that. One other step that metro is implementing is a study to see what benefit there might be from lowering the speed of metro trains in the inner core from a maximum of 59 down to about 45 miles an hour. Most of the passengers we spoke with out here said if slower is safer, theyre all for it. Reporting live Stephen Tschida, abc 7 news. Ok, stephen thank you. Tonight is your last chance to weigh in on plans to raise fares on virginia railways express. The last of seven public hearings scheduled to start at 7 00. It will be in the council chamber. They want to raise fares by 4 starting in july. From the rails to the roads, see how things are rolling tonight with bob emler in the wtop traffic center. Hey, bob. What are you looking at right now . Leon in rockville, weve had a serious crash that brought down part of a light pole on 28 eastbound. Route 28. Traffic has to turn left on to goudie drive in the eastbound direction. Westbound 28 does get by. Traffic has to make a right turn on 28 to head towards Rockville Pike until they get this thing fixed. 270 is doing all right for the most part on the northbound side. Volume delays here and there getting into clarksburg. Otherwise doing all right. On 95 in virginia plenty of slow traffic traveling south over the occoquan and headed towards stafford and northbound was quite slow into springfield. There had been a crash on the outer loop of the beltway after van dorn. Thats gone now and on 66 volume delays out to the west. Maybe a new crash here on nutley street. Lets look at the cameras and see how things look and things have slowed down getting to 270. Be bethesda and Silver Spring heading past connecticut avenue. The crash near the shoulder of kenilworth getting attention. Im bob emler with 103. 5 wtop radio. It was great being out there today. Wasnt it . Gorgeous day. So nice. Unfortunately, not going to stay that way through the weekend. Were going to salvage some of the weekend. I wont be cryptic any longer. Ill tell you whats going to happen. Time lapse of Congressional Country Club in bethesda and at the bottom of the screen you can see the snow. Watch what happens during the day. Full day of sunshine more intense high angle sunshine at that. And watch the snow slowly disappear from view. Still a little bit left around the fringes. Leon you never get that far out of the fairway for it to matter you wouldnt lose the ball in that snow, would you . Here we go. Temperatures around the area. On the weather bug network, currently 58 degrees in madison and 54 in manassas. The lows this morning in the 30s to about 40. Clear skies tonight. Winds will diminish. Temperatures will turn a bit colder. If you spend any time outside tonight, if youre like me with the sunshine little sniffles, steve rudin is in the Storm Watch Weather Center and he has one fact that may explain some of that to you. That pollen count is beginning to increase as we move through the month of march. Its only going to get worse as we head into april. Trees in the moderate category mold in the moderate category. No need to worry about weeds and grasses yet. Thats coming as we move through the next couple of months or so. Well take a full screen for you. The 2015 peak Cherry Blossom bloom, april 11th through the 14th. Average time for that time of year is 66 degrees. We are going to look for temperatures to eventually warm up a little bit more by then but snow in april, is it a possibility . Absolutely. Back in 1924 they recorded 5 1 2 inches of snow downtown d. C. Dulles as recent as 1990 four inches of snow. How hot can it get in april for the Cherry Blossoms . Very hot. 95 degrees set back in 2002. 15 degrees. Thats the record low for april back in 1923. Before you know it the sniffles and sneezing will be here in full full force. Rest of the forecast has a lot of rain on the way. Heres doug. All right steve. While were seeing temperatures above average technically right now, the northeast part of the country still hanging on to winter temperatures. Burlington vermont, 28. 18 above at caribou, maine. Very mild temperatures elsewhere around the midwest. 72 in kansas city right now. Next system is on the way. Area of low pressure. High pressure giving us the sunshine will move out. Clouds will move in tomorrow and the rain will begin by tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. Complex pattern. This is actually going to turn into a warm front. Well wind up with temperatures on saturday probably about 60 degrees. Well deal with a warm front and that low pressure area and a cold front. With significant amount of rain possible around the region here by the time it ends saturday afternoon, maybe an inch or a little bit more in the metro area to the north. Significant rainfall. But it will tend to clear out here as we get through late saturday afternoon and evening. Heres the way it winds up in the seven day. Back to sunshine for the day on sunday. Highs in the upper 50s on monday. 60 degrees. Same kind of deal on tuesday. Wednesday and thursday well settle down to a rather pleasant weather pattern. Temperatures in the 50s with partly cloudy skies. I want to start seeing the golf courses looking green. Greener. Some we can look at with our cameras and see the slow greening of the fairway. Wont be long. Welcome sight. Thank you very much. Thanks doug. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, well get those glasses of wine ready because Jummy Olabanji has your scandal scoop coming up at 4 31. Thats right. First, forget the tapes. 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But the consumer reporter john materise shows us a new solution that doesnt involve tape. A broken pair of eyeglasses can ruin your day as it did in the old bill murray movie meatballs. Hey, she is staring at you. Fast forward a couple of decades to gary burton who cringes every time he breaks a pair. I have several pair and always need a glass repair. Instead of buying new, he now has his broken frames fixed saving hundreds of dollars. Most people throw them away. Mark green saves eyeglasses that most people think are trashed beyond repair. This frame, im getting ready to solder the temple piece on. Its broken. Armed with a miniature solder gun and laser welder, he can put snapped metal frames back together or melt new hinges on to plastic frames. Take this old hinge out right here and put this new hinge back in there. Greens wife chris works up front. Their goal salvage expensive frames at a fraction of the cost of new. Were talking at least, you know 100 to several hundred dollars in new glasses and lenses so we can repair their frames for 20 to 40. If you have a favorite old pair or vintage cats eyeglasses, repair may be a great money saving solution and you wont look like this. Of course, you can now order frames on line for under 100. In many cases, you prefer to keep the favorite pair that you have. Google repair shops near you so you dont waste your money. Get ready for a second installment for one of the biggest movies in recent years. Plus the case that inspired a hollywood blockbuster is back in the news. Find out why were talking about the woman who hired a teen hitman to kill her husband now. And just days after families lost the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines, new revelations that may frustrate the case. Plenty of that on capitol hill after yet another bad mark upon this secret service. Well talk about the incident and hear s the white house says the president has full confidence in the secret Service Despite revelations about more missteps by those within the agency. Now, two senior agents are accused of driving a car into the security barrier right at the executive mansion. Scott thuman is in the Capitol Hill Bureau now with the latest. Scott . Alison and leon what a secret Service Spokesperson confirms for me today is yes two agents have been reassigned. The entire matter is under investigation and the accusations are growing really kind of by the hour here. What we are told by this is the two have been drinking at a bar the night of march 4th. They came back to the white house where there was an investigation into a suspicious package. They reportedly according to Washington Post sources, they have driven through the scene and very near or over that suspicious package before hitting a barricade. Uniformed officers who were on the scene allegedly want to conduct field sobriety tests on these two agents. Instead, they were reportedly told by a supervisor let them go home. If true it would be the latest in a series of embarrassing incidents that resulted in multiple firings and hearings on the hill. Today, we asked senator tim kaine of virginia what the new director Joseph Clancy needs to do. Relatively new so there isnt any reason why he cant go in and be extremely tough and aggressive right out of the gate. You know the sad thing about instances like this is they then tarnish all these other folks who are doing a fantastic job in a very difficult job. Im told that this investigation has now officially been handed over to the Inspector Generals Office to look into it. But what exactly does the president really think . I know leon you touched on it there but well go a little deeper into the white house reaction because its been a handful of incidents now in this latest term for the obama administration. Well address that coming up in the next report at 6 00. Reporting live on capitol hill scott thuman abc 7 news. See you then, scott, thank you. Meanwhile, former maryland Lieutenant GovernorAnthony Brown is running for congress. Brown said this morning he is now jumping into that race to replace representative Donna Edwards who recently lyly announced that she is running for the u. S. Senate seat of barbara mikulski. The decision comes about five months after he lost the maryland governors race. President obama is set to record a segment with jimmy kimmel coming up in just about an hour and you can watch it tonight on 11 35 on Jimmy Kimmel Live on abc 7 news at 11 00. Earlier, its the return of scandal and tonights biggest scandal question, will the secret finally come out . Jummy olabanji has the scandal scoop. Tonights episode is titled the testimony of diego munoz. Who is diego . We dont know that yet. We do know tonight attorney general david rosen will be caught off guard when a surprise visitor provides information that could take down the white house and destroy olivia pope and associates. Weve also found out that olivia will try to solve the mystery of what happened to the body of her neighbor miss lois. Rolled that body bag to the front lobby of my Apartment Building and no one even blinked. Anyway, the ambulance is the last place i saw lois. If i were you, id start there. Now to other scandal scoop. The Hollywood Reporter says true blood alum lauren bolt has been tapped to guest star in the april 2nd episode of scandal. Bolt is set to play harmony. First lady melanie grants sister who arrives in the district to create more drama for meli. With this scandal scoop, im Jummy Olabanji abc 7 news. All right, heres the scoop you dont have to wait for. Beautiful outside. Get out and enjoy it. Loving it. And hopefully this will last into the weekend or at least part of the weekend. Lets find out from doug hill standing by. Hi, doug. Hi there, right now sunshine. 357 degrees outside the storm watch 7 Weather Center in arlington. Sunshine a bit for tomorrow morning and then clouds and rain and sunshine to round out the weekend. Give you what were looking at for the moment. Beautiful image. Live shot of the Montgomery County rockville campus. 50 degrees. Northwesterly wind and cloudless skies. The winds will diminish tonight. Look at the temperature spread. Upper 50s our area the farther south and southwest you go the warmer it gets. Temperatures will stay a good distance away as the change in wind direction will keep us in the lower 50s and eventually during the day tomorrow the sunshine we enjoy in the morning will fade away behind increasing clouds. All due to a storm center developing on the gulf coast right now. Our futurecast shows clear skies in the morning and then clouds increasing through the day. Rain moving in probably 6 00 7 00, 8 00 tomorrow night and periods of rain through the overnight hours and through the day on saturday when you get up on saturday morning, look like rain will be around the area and eventually a cold front will come through later in the day. I think well have periods of rain possible to at least 3 00, 4 00, 5 00 saturday afternoon. The clearing line will be here by sunday. Well talk a lot br that in the seven day outlook in a few minutes. Alison . Thank you. Meanwhile, we have new developments to tell but in the investigation into missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The malaysian transport minister vowed to take action against an air Traffic Control supervisor if its confirmed that he, in fact, was sleeping on the job. When that plane disappeared last year. It follows a published transcript in which an air Traffic Controller said he had to wake up to supervisor to confirm that the planes location. And the triggerman in a high profile murder case from the 1990s is now out on parole. William flynn was 16 years old when he and three teenage friends carried out what prosecutors said was pamela smarts plot to murder her husband, greg smart. Flynn pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 years behind bars in new hampshire. He will be free after a hearing in june. Pamela smart is serving a life sentence. Right now police are investigating what led to a deadly shooting in northwest overnight. This happened in the Brightwood Park neighborhood just a few blocks east of Georgia Avenue. As mike conneen reports, police have yet to identify the victim. Just east of Georgia Avenue long time residents say Brightwood Park is much safer than in years past. But after a deadly shooting here overnight following a triple shooting in october that left another man dead theyre feeling unsettled. Safe place. Sometimes you dont know what happened here. Scared to come outside. Stayed inside during the daytime and at night. Around 1 35 a. M. Thursday d. C. Police were called to eighth and jefferson streets northwest northwest. They found a man dead inside a car. Its unclear about what led up to the shooting. It seems to be you know, everywhere you go seems to be the same. With the crime scene tape down the Police Detectives gone and nothing but some broken glass in the intersection here many residents coming out of their homes this morning were in disbelief that Something Like this could have happened. All of them said they heard nothing overnight. Its crazy to see that that happened. Im baffled. At this point, police have not released a suspect description and are urging any witnesses to contact them. Reporting in northwest, mike conneen, abc 7 news. The man took the stand in the Boston Marathon bombing trial today. He only speaks Mandarin Chinese and had to use an interpreter. He says that Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs older brother tamerlan jumped into his car, put a gun to his head and ordered him to drive. They heard the moments after the m. I. T. Officer was gunned down by the suspects. Coming up at 4 00 find out how long it could take to reopen a highway after this tanker caught fire. Plus huge surprise for one Prince William county teacher. Well tell you who is the next milken educator award winner. Havent known life without a pacemaker. Grew up with it. Tonight at 5 00, the emotional story of a young capitals fan who had his wish come true today. Employee of a struggling nonprofit turned to 7 on your side because they claim they didnt get paid. Consumer investigator kimberly suters talks with their boss. What did they say . The head of the nonprofit wig Capital Foundation based in maryland say her three employees didnt show up for training. They didnt fill out proper paperwork and didnt raise enough money to pay them 10 an hour the chief promised to pay. They dispute some of that. After they racked up 100 hours of work they were worried theyd never see the money and they asked 7 on your side to get it. I was in the process of paying them. As you can see, it didnt go all that well at first and there was more than just money at stake. The three employees had been unemployed for a long time. And they found a real work home. Long lasting employee. In this organization. And i wanted to see them grow. And i wanted to see evidence. Evidence that area hospitals are receiving it. But as for employees receiving paychecks, wig capital founder crystal hughes told us later, its been a difficult struggle to get donations, grants and any kind of funding for her charity work. A few hours later, hughes did allow 7 on your side to go along as she ordered cashiers checks for the employees. But then there was yet another holdup. In the meantime 7 on your side did some digging into hughes background and found financial trouble in her past. Well explain the rest of what happened tonight at 5 00. Live in the newsroom kimberly suters, abc 7 news. Local students are really making the grade. The area where theyre the best in the country still ahead. And the 7 on your side team is setting up a phone bank for you right now to help answer your legal question. Ask the attorney is starting well states all across the country are debating what to do about powdered alcohol now that it has a green light by the federal government. They are worried about challenges on this new form of alcohol. Rebecca cooper explains. Keeping underaged kids from drinking is always a challenge says this Montgomery County mom. She thinks powdered alcohol will only complicate the problem. I think its horrible. And i think it sounds like it was invented for the purpose of giving it to underaged children. This former Whitman High School mom agrees. Oh my goodness. Think how easily it can be the inventer insists hes not targeting kids but wanted to wait for adults to easily pack alcohol for camping trips. I pour about five ounces of water in there and then you zip the bag close tightly. And then shake. He insists a powder that you can hide and it takes up the same amount of space in your bag as an equal amount of alcohol. It is not some super concentrated version of alcohol. Its simply one shot of alcohol in powdered form. But these two d. C. 20somethings are skeptical saying a powder would have been much easier to sneak past their parents and law enforcement. Definitely, its a lot easier to sneak things in to things where alcohol is not supposed to be. In High School Kids are going to drink whether theyre going to sneak it in however theyre going to do it. It definitely will make it easier for them to not only bring it into a house party but also, you know, just hide it in general. Leon and alison these young women made the point, forget sneaking it past your parents. Now you can sneak it past anyone at concerts and on the national mall, etc. Virginia lawmakers have already passed a bill banning the sale of powdered alcohol in the commonwealth but the substance will be legal in both maryland and the district. The company that makes it says they hope to have it on store shelves by this summer. Reporting live in the newsroom rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. Now to an update on that massive tanker fire in michigan. The stretch of freeway on interstate 94 will likely be closed through the weekend. That tanker burned for nearly two hours Late Wednesday morning after a crash involving two other cars. Authorities say the truck was hauling thousands of gallons of petroleum. Parts of the road, though, will need to be replaced. We checked with the Maryland Department of environment today about the cleanup after that tanker truck jackknifed on tuesday. A spokesperson tells abc 7 its role cleaning up the biofuel that spilled was completed that day. A contractor working for the Trucking Company was responsible for the rest of the cleanup and as far as the department knows, the work there is also complete. You might call this a blessing and a curse in Fairfax County last week officer sharif issa pulled a man out of a burning car in mclean on friday. Thats the vehicle right there. Turns out the driver was intoxicated so the officer then charged him with d. W. I. Hear what the officer had to say about that whole thing coming up here at 5 00. Well it is official. Fans dont have to let it go. Thats because disney confirmed plans for a sequel to the animated mega hit frozen. The company made the announcement today at its annual shareholders meeting. So in the meantime elsa anna, christoff and olaf will return to the big screen tomorrow because theyre appearing in a seven minute short film before the new live action cinderella movie. They made 1 1 2 billion with this movie. Think theres a chance that disney would let it go . Theres no way disney is walking away from that pile of money. They would be crazy not to do a sequel. Think how much fun it will be when your daughter gets older on saturdays you can watch it over and over and over again. You know what . We already watch it over. Already. She will sit and watch and sing along. Its amazing. Outside, were not frozen. Thankfully. Well skip close to freezing in suburbs tonight. Lets get start with the coverage time lapse from the weather bug camera at Damascus Elementary School in damascus and upper Montgomery County. Beautiful sunshine all day. A little more melting of the snow that is still hanging around. Were not completely finished with it. But its pretty much gone across most of the area right now and it wont last long with the warm temperatures and very high sun angle this time in march. The warmth of the sun is quite impressive. 62 in richmond and charlottesville. With the change in our wind direction tomorrow ahead of this next weather system, well see highs in the lower 50s. Morning sun, afternoon clouds and then have to deal with the rain. Low pressure system is moving in from the gulf of mexico. Warm front extends out to the east. Thats a good thing for saturday. First of all, well see the rain arrive tomorrow evening, probably 6 00 7 00, 8 00 through the metro area. Warm front will help warm us up to 60 degrees on saturday. Periods of rain overnight through the day on saturday. Eventually it will make a run to the northeast and the cold front will drag through. That will be the end of the rain but probably will take until the Late Afternoon hours of saturday. So count on rainy saturday across the area. Then by sunday the system will be out of the picture. And High Pressure will build in behind the system and get a little feel for the movement during the day on saturday and saturday afternoon. It will move out of here and will get the clearing skies and see the clearing developing by saturday night to our west and well see that here for the day on sunday. Kind of a one day delay. Rainfall numbers, computer model projections. Southern maryland 1. 1. About an inch in baltimore and significant rainfall and with the ground still very mushy from the previous rain and snow melt, its going to be some sloppy tracking out there for the day on saturday. Hopefully sunday, monday and tuesday here in the extended outlook as you see the sunshine and mild temperatures should help to dry out the ground considerably here during the balance of next week. And well see what happens. There are indications that well turn by next weekend significantly cooler. Im not convinced its going to get really cold but definitely significantly cooler by the end of next week. Ok. Weve turned the corner it seems. Absolutely. Really nice. Ok. Thank you. Lets check traffic now with bob emler in the wtop traffic center. Hi, bob. Hi, alison. On the beltway on the inner loop out of bethesda Silver Spring college park and greenbelt, very slow ride today. We had a crash after kenilworth avenue. Thats been cleared. 95 b. W. Parkway, lot of volume delays and in the district a broken down dump truck has traffic hung up badly and its been there for a while now, northbound 295 before pennsylvania avenue along the right side. And 66 heading out towards centreville. Plenty of sunshine and very slow as a result through the interchanges from the beltway headed to points west. Lets take a look and see how it looks out there right now. Beltway traffic is quite slow headed through college park and greenbelt. Right now, were looking at kenilworth avenue coming out of the district, though traveling northbound past Eastern Avenue and once you get past pennsylvania and head up this way, lanes are open. Just a lot of volume and meanwhile, 395 traveling south into the sun quite slow from the pentagon into landmark. Im bob emler with 103. 5 wtop radio. Thanks, bob. Breaking news coming in from forestville. News chopper 7 over the scene at the 6500 block of pennsylvania avenue. A Homicide Investigation is now under way there. Crime tape is up as you can see, and police are on the scene. No details coming in just yet on the circumstances surrounding the murder. Well monitor the situation, though, and have more details as they become available for you right here. All right. Well be right back. For the ninth year in a row now, maryland leads the nation in the percentage of High School Graduates who questions that you may have about any topic at all. 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You have an hour and a half to call in. If you are calling and the it is busy keep calling back. Someone will get to you. Back to the studio. Ok, chris. Thank you very much. Well, for the ninth year in a row, maryland leads the nation in the percentage of High School Graduates who passed at least one advanced placement test during high school. Last year 31. 8 of students who graduated from the states public high schools passed an a. P. Exam. Thats up 2 from the previous year. According to data from the college board. Well, another teacher in the d. C. Metro region getting a huge cash prize and some National Recognition for her work. Becoming a habit here. We like that. Good thing. Caroline tucker takes us to gainesville, virginia to meet the latest milken educator award winner. Yesterday, i was talking about hockey, right . Its just another day at buckland mills elementary for this second grade teacher. Need a basketball. Or so she thought as she sat through a schoolwide assembly meant to celebrate the Prince William countys excellence until she heard this. Im shocked and very surprised and very grateful. I did not expect this when i got up this morning. She is the latest to win the National Milken educator award known as the oscars of teaching. Im speechless. I think shes amazing she thinks her students are amazing. Love working with students. I love seeing the growth in them and this is the one job that you can see and truly make a difference. Buckland hills elementary has more than 700 students and 26 languages are spoken here. If all the schools could be like this one in virginia today, america would be in great hands. Last year 75 of her classroom was below grade level. Within a half a year they all met their grade level benchmarks. This teachers passion is working with english language learners. Shes taught here for more than nine years. To her students, shes not just one of the best teachers in america but im thinking that she was the best teacher in the whole galaxy. In gainesville, caroline tucker, abc 7 news. New inspections reveal more potentially dangerous equipment on metro while an official announces new safety measures. Take a deep breath. Lets get real about marijuana. After this man was told he couldnt smoke in his own home marijuana advocates take the smoking debate outdoors. I hope this car doesnt explode. Thats the one thought that was going through my head. A local Police Officer pulled a driver from a burning car. And promptly arrests him. Two months to the day after putrid smoke filled a metro car killing an alexandria woman and sending 80 other passengers to the hospital metro says its improving safety. The general manager says improvement can be seen in a now completed 10 step project. We begin with that new information from metro. Abc 7s Stephen Tschida joins us live from Judiciary Square with whats being done. Stephen . Leon welcome news to many metro passengers but also some troubling findings revealed today. Now, the issue two months ago started when a jumper cable began to smolder and that awful smoke claimed the life of one woman. Now, we also have learned that as part of these 10 issues these 10 safety actions, all 2,640 underground jumper cables were inspected. They were bound to have about 1 about 24 of them were also in the same shape that caused that fatal incident. Now, to protect or to prevent this from happening again metro announced that its going to be providing protective covers to these jumper cables and going to be changing to a low smoke variety, one that wont give off those toxic fumes. Theyre going to launch a new training and a number of drills for First Responders