Im not worried about strangers. Its this c. P. S. And the police that im worried about now. Diane police tell us they continue to investigate this case and c. P. S. Released a statement earlier today saying they are following up on this case as well and of course well have much more on this developing story starting tonight at 5 00. Were live in gaithersburg diane cho, abc 7 news. Alison this case is getting a lot of reaction today on social media. And on our abc 7 facebook page. Bonnie miller wrote this is crazy. So many kids are taken every day. Let something happen to these little ones and see how the parents feel. Safety always comes first. Tina meyers wrote, granted times have changed but we used to run all over town at their age. Let them be kids you can join the conversation by commenting on our abc 7 facebook page. Leon get back to that breaking news that we started off this hour with and downtown Silver Spring firefighters just gained control of a natural gas leak there. Alison thats right. Its right there at wayne avenue and fenton street and our Jeff Goldberg is there live with more. Jeff . Jeff things seem to be getting back to normal slowly but surely, traffic moving again on fenton street and construction has begun begin on the Silver Spring library. A big project in downtown Silver Spring. Were going to show you some video from news chopper 7. Heres what happened. About 2 30 this afternoon, a backhoe struck a four inch High Pressure natural gas line. Natural gas free flowing. Obviously, a lot of concern. First order of business was to close down the area. Fire crews from Montgomery County came into the area about 55 total were able to evacuate a lot of workers from the scene and businesses nearby while closing down roads in the area. Wayne avenue was shut down as well as the garage in the area. By about 3 15 though Washington Gas was able to get a hold of the natural gas leak. Get it under control with the assistance of Montgomery County fire and rescue shortly after that it did seem like the situation or any threats that were existing in the area at the time were under control. Well, just now about 45 minutes after they did get that natural gas leak under control and you can see the traffic getting more back to normal and, of course construction has rebegun restarted on the Library Construction project happening in downtown Silver Spring. Obviously, Big Inconvenience at a very busy time of day and, of course these accidents when these Construction Projects take place are unfortunate. But they do happen and thankfully, in this case, no injuries to report. Things once again getting back to normal here in Silver Spring. Live in downtown Silver SpringJeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. Leon thanks, jeff. Now to Anne Arundel County where the search continues for a Dunkin Donuts store employee accused of killing his wife inside the store. Police found his wife dead late last night at the bus on anne arundel boulevard in hanover. Brianne carter joins us with the latest on this investigation. Whats the latest . Brianne leon, people talk about a very busy Dunkin Donuts in the afternoon normally here in line where there would be people lined up in the drivethrough. Instead, take a look behind me. There is police tape up on the front door and those doors are still locked. This as the search continues at this hour for 24yearold Bhadreshkumar Patel who is facing charges after police alleged he killed his wife inside this hanover Dunkin Donuts late last night. A concerned customer contacted them no one was working behind the counter of the coffee shop. Once here on sign they found patels wife 21yearold palak patel lying in the kitchen. Police believe after some sort of altercation, there were objects used. Throughout the morning there was a heavy Police Presence here and in the area police say you should expect the man still in the area and he would be dangerous. We are considering him dangerous and looking for him. Were not ruling out whether he was on foot or not. We do not have any Vehicle Information at this time. We dont want to assume this person is in a vehicle. Brianne at this point, police tell us they are actively searching for him. Theyre also telling us during a Late Afternoon update that there was at some point last december a report of some Domestic Violence in the place they believed they lived at the time. Theyre not saying it was necessary those two individuals that were involved. They say if you know about his whereabouts or you see this individual to Contact Police immediately. Reporting live brianne carter, abc 7 news. Leon police are investigating an accident that injured two children in calvert county. The Sheriffs Department says the two 8yearolds got into a minivan as it was warming up on cougar court around 8 30 this morning. At some point that minivan began to roll and crashed into a small tree. Both children were flown to the hospital. Right now, theres no word on their conditions. Alison a group of faculty and Staff Members at Sweet Briar College has now filed a motion supporting a lawsuit that seeks to stop that school from closing. The motion also warns that they plan further legal action. This is according to the washington post. The president of the small private Womens College in virginia announced the 114yearold school would close at the end of august. Meanwhile, James Madison universitys board has now approved undergraduate tuition and fee increases for the 20152016 academic year. Instate students living on campus will pay about 19,000 in tuition and fees. That is a 3. 2 increase. Tuition and fees for out of state students living on campus will cost more than 34,000. That is a 2. 6 increase. And graduate students, tuition and fees will not be changing. Leon if you didnt want to brave the weekend crowds at the Cherry Blossoms along the tidal basin, the weather is looking great today for a trip down there. The blossoms are at peak bloom. Now is time to take advantage of that gorgeous sight while it lasts. Time being the key word. Wet weather is heading this way. Alison thats right. Doug hill is here to explain why we need the umbrellas. What a nice three day stretch weve had doug. Doug its been gorgeous. Still is at this hour. Umbrellas are a good call tomorrow and probably before sunrise. Gorgeous warm and sunny. Lets take you up 34 and give you the view from the rooftop. See the camera wiggle a little bit with a 15 to 20mileanhour winds. Main thing warm and sunny. Temperatures are very comfortable. 79 at Reagan National right now and manassas. 77 degrees in gaithersburg. Andrews at 77 and 81 now in fredricksburg. Winds are strong and gusty. Weve had wind gusts in the past 15 minutes to 26 miles an hour. Washington dulles, 22 at b. W. I. So the winds will settle down but keep a sotherly direction tonight. This has all been forced ahead of a cold front you can see from detroit to south of st. Louis. Thats the cold front. Not a lot of rain there yet but a lot of moisture to arkansas in the mid south. Thats tomorrows weather, rain and good bit of it. Well see what happens with the blossoms. Theyre still at peak for today. Combination of breeze and the rain could start knocking some of the blossoms down. But this evening, gorgeous get a chance to go out and enjoy sunny, breezy and warm. Temperatures holding in the 70s. Look ahead to the rest of the week and the weekend in a few minutes. Leon the race to the white house getting more crowded. Hillary clinton launched her campaign yesterday. Marco rubio, senator announced his entry to the race today. Scott thuman is following all this for us today and on the hill this evening. Scott, looks like the more the merrier, eh . Scott i think you said it right, leon. Not a huge surprise what were seeing with Hillary Clinton and marco rubio. There was an interesting moment today on that front and it became something that we saw kind of white house today. Heres earlier as we see Hillary Clinton making her way from new york to iowa to Campaign Even stopping to take these pictures at a gas station parking lot. There was that interesting question that was given to the White House Press secretary about clinton and president obama. Here it is. She automatically get your support . The answer to that question is no. There are other people who are friends of the president who may at some point decide to get into the race. So the president has not offered up any sort of endorsement at this point. Scott political intrigue there as you hear. The president waiting to see exact who else may enter the race and that of course will bring in the headlines. Marco rubio making his big announcement in a couple of hours. While a lot of people think hes very electable because he can get to a lot of primaries and seen as an attractive candidate for a general election, he will have a tough time even in his own state. Well talk about that coming up tonight at 6 00. Reporting live on capitol hill, scott thuman, abc 7 news. Alison see you then. Thank you. Developing now the search continues for a shooter at a North Carolina college. Police say kenneth stansill shot and killed a long Time Employee he used to work with at the Wayne County Community college in goldsboro and it happened there and he slipped away. Not clear what led to it. Leon new calls for action after a Deadly Police shooting. There were demands that a second officer be arrested. Lona zack has more on that and new audio thats emerged from the moments after that shooting. Everything is ok. Ok . I just shot somebody. Reporter new audio believed to be from Michael Slagers lapel mike has surfaced following what should have been a routine traffic stop. Probably a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts of what happened. You know your adrenalin. Oh, yeah. Reporter just moments after shooting walter scott, slager is heard talking to another officer. Two possibilities. One its a defense mechanism. The other is theyre actually not upset that they believe what they have done is justified. Reporter the audio is another clue for investigators trying to understand what transpired when scott was shot. Caught by a passerby on this video. And now, there are new calls for the prosecution of the other black Police Officer seen on the tape with questions now being raised about c. P. R. Provided to scott and the incident report. Even the former Police Commissioner ray kelly says this video has caused him to rethink his policy on body cameras. It has changed my mind because we have to assume that this officer would not act the way he did if in fact he had a body camera. Reporter in light of this shooting another lawsuit has been filed against officer slager by someone else who claims to have been a victim of unnecessary force at his hands. That alleged victim is now urging anyone else with a similar story to come forward. In new york lona zack, abc 7 news. Leon something we havent seen on metros red line since the deadly crash in 2009. Alison ahead at 4 00 learn what resumes on red line trains today and the changes made to try to keep riders safe. Leon its considered one of the biggest jewel heists in great britain. A new Surveillance Video that shows how thieves got away with it. Reporter a Montgomery County delegate trying to close a legal loophole that gives rapists custody rights in maryland. Im joce sterman live in annapolis. Coming up how a National Comedy show is helping the cause and so im working from home. I get on a video conference. With my boss, and my bosss boss. T i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. I dont and it was taking forever. We dont miss a beat. Im yelling at the kids to get off wifi. Get off the movies get off the e video games i think i got a promotion. I think i need a new job. Are you guys hiring. Why settle when you can have you have fiber optics with a two year price guaranteed. Fios. The fastest, most reliable internet. Leon a Montgomery County delegate is trying to get a bill passed. Alison its designed to protect rape survivors. The delegate is getting help from an unlikely place. Joce has more for us. Joce . Joce alison the clock is ticking inside the statehouse and theyre down to 7 45 if they want to get a bill pushed through and the delegate has a stunner here. She introduced a bill that tries to close a loophole that lets rapists seek custody rights. Thats getting a spotlight on it thanks to the show comedy central. Weve seen clips on you tube recently. The show publicly shames states including maryland for not closing that loophole. The delegate has been trying to do that for seven years. Shes proposed a bill that would limit a rapists rights to custody if the mother can show clear evidence of the crime and if the court says it is in the best interest of the child. Now, survivors advocates have been fighting this one too. Despite support from the Catholic Church and right to life associations road blocks means this bill likely will not make it past this session. It breaks my heart well are to tell that survivor and well have to tell survivors in the future theyll probably have to wait one more year before the courts get on board. Joce advocates are very clear about this. This is not a problem that impacts thousands and thousands of women but they say it is serious and for the people that it does impact they want to close down this loophole and theyve been trying for years. Who is standing in the way inside the statehouse . Well have more on that coming up tonight at 6 00. Live in annapolis, joce sterman abc 7 news. Leon thanks. A new report finds the quality of air travel plummeted in the last year. Consumer reports complaints jumped 22 in 2014 with the worst marks going to regional carriers like american eagle, United Express and delta connection. On time arrival fell to 76. 2 . Down nearly two Percentage Points from the previous year. The rate of lost, stolen or delayed baggage jumped 13 . Alison lets see if youll have an on time arrival if youre driving anywhere today. Check of traffic with jamie sullivan. Jamie we have a few distractions, thats what i want to start with in Silver Spring. Lets go to this area in the downtown area with the gas main break. Wayne avenue at fenton street is the area that you want to avoid and the best option for you will be to use Georgia Avenue. In the area of wayne avenue and fenton street where the new library is the washington sports club. You want to avoid that area. I want to show you a live look near Georgia Avenue to give you an idea. If you use that as an alternate youre ok. Were not too busy just yet. Lets go back to the maps to some volume heading northbound. Crash right at montross in the local lanes. You can see this red line. Were almost in the Single Digits with this crash. Lets take a look outside and show you the delay. First, well start off near the split. This is the volume moving northbound. As we move a little further north towards tuckerman lane gives you a better idea of the traffic again working your way northbound. When you throw in an accident to the normal afternoon congestion it backs you up a little bit more. Keep you updated though and let you know when they clear away that crash at montross. Really, those are the only two things. Montgomery county, you have some volume. Thats a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon thank you, jamie. Alison weather today is picture perfect. Doug mid to upper 70s. Sunshine, nice breeze. Strong winds blowing it around you feel it. Wonderful evening. It all changes tomorrow just like that. Leon as long as it doesnt change so badly that we lose the blossoms. From the wind today and the rain tomorrow, well lose a few. Theyll go away anyway. Theyve hit their peak and now theyre moving on. Lets get started now with a quick look at haitis around the area, rooftop camera view of the river. 79 degrees at Reagan National and the winds out of the southsouthwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour gusting to 22. That will blow down a few blossoms. Not like we have a major storm. Nothing like that. The winds will diminish. Look at these temperatures almost like early summer. 79 at Reagan National. 77 at andrews. 77 at gaithersburg. 79 degrees in manassas and the winds are gusty and the wind gusts at last record 26 Miles Per Hour at washington dulles. 25mileanhour gusts in manassas. Look at how much warm air up and down the east coast here as developing strong stuff bringing in the warm air and bringing it ahead of a cold front. Front is not dramatically cold on the backside but theres definitely a difference. Whats interesting about this cold front this isnt like most we have where the front comes through and its done. This front is associateed with a developing area of low pressure dumping an enormous amount of rain in the deep south. That rain is going to be pulled northward along the front. We have a fair amount of rain through the morning, midday and afternoon tomorrow. Futurecast showing the rain moving in just before sunrise. Well have it through midday. Wont be terribly breezy. It looks like the steadiest, heaviest rain may be getting out around 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow night. Tonight, increasing cloudiness and temperatures holding in the 50s. Periods of rain likely through the day. The temperatures will fall during the day. 62 in the morning and then for the next seven days we kind of clear things out a bit by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. Come friday, saturday and sunday, theres all kinds of differences in computer modeling of whats going to happen. Chance of rain friday night into saturday. Only thing i can tell you is every day we get closer to the weekend, the computer models should come to some agreement. Right now, we have a little time. We have time to work on it. Alison thank you. Still coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 today preparations for the largest building move in d. C. s history. A look at the work that goes into moving one structure only 30 feet. Hit that runway and bounced a couple of times and then skidded off. Leon rough landing for a united flight. Whats being blamed for leon were back now with whats been called as one of the jewel heists in british history. Thieves made off with gems worth hundreds of millions of dollars over the easter weekend. Alison thats right. As Lindsey Janis explains newly released Surveillance Video reveals how they did this. Reporter this newly released Surveillance Video revealing how a gang of jewel thieves made off with an estimated 150 million haul over easter weekend. Planned exactly what they were going to steal. Reporter the british newspaper the daily mirror naming six of the bandits appearing in the video that the paper exclusively obtained. The red headed robber appearing at 9 23 p. M. On the eve of good friday. Carrying a large trash bag into the basement of the hat and garden safe deposit building in londons most exclusive diamond district. Then theres the gents. Mr. Strong mr. Montana the tall man and the old man. Over the course of four days the team is seen hauling all sorts of gear including a large Monkey Wrench and what appears to be bolt cutters. And you can also see duffle bags plastic bins and even the getaway vehicle. In a scene straight from oceans 11, police say they descended down an elevator shaft before using a diamond tips drill to cut through six feet of reinforced concrete to access the vault. Like in the 2008 movie the bank job the crew raided dozens of safety deposit boxes. Police here under fire after admitting they didnt respond to the first alarm early good friday. And now an internal investigation under way to find out why. Lindsey janis, abc news, london. Leon it would be a movie if there werent already 10 movies like it. If you think the roads in d. C. Are congested now, get ready. Well break down a new congestion concerning a rise of population here. Alison a bus ride takes a frightening turn in indiana. This is the late leon for the first time in six years, eight car trains on the red line returned to automatic mode today. Alison some riders says that means a smoother ride on the rail. Mike since the catastrophic 2009 crash that killed nine people metro rail trains have been run in manual mode and riders say a smooth ride depends on the driver. Drive a car, stop, start. Really going to put on the brake a lot. Mike but after years of signal upgrades, rigorous independent testing and the closure of key ntsb safety recommendations all eight calm trains on the red line have switched back to automatic mode. To me it seems smoother and faster. The ride is fine. I dont know if its a difference. No difference. Maybe a little smoother. Mike think of it as specialized Cruise Control accelerations and decelerating and stopping are controlled by computers. Operators remain in the cabin of each train for announcements and to open and close doors. I find the drivers are very good, very friendly. Very prompt. Mike now that train operations are automated again, some riders would like to see station announcements automated, too. I dont know if thats as much individuals. Mike for now, six car trains will continue to operate in manual mode before the symptom gets a planned software upgrade. Metros five other lines are expected to return to automatic mode in late 2017. At the shady grove metro station, mike conneen, abc 7 news. Alison and abc 7 news got a firsthand look at metros new 7,000 series rail cars today. The first 7,000 series trains will go into service on the blue line tomorrow. New cars will have wider aisles uncarpeted floors and digital sign boards. These new cars will replace existing cars that have been in use since metro opened 40 years ago. Leon and that new car smell. Alison they will. For a little while at least. Leon a little while. Alison so you want to get outside pretty much now and enjoy the weather while you can. Leon thats right. Changes are on the way. Chief meteorologist doug hill here with the word on that. Doug . Doug yep, i mean, gusty winds and warm temperatures at the moment. But rain tomorrow. Lets get you started with numbers. Very impressive out there right now. 79 at Reagan National. Mid to upper 70s common place. 81 now in frederick. And in fredricksburg. Give you a live shot from the rooftop camera. Bouncing around a bit at the winds but a beautiful afternoon. Lets get out front and talk to steve rudin about the winds and whats blowing around in the winds. Steve its absolutely gorgeous out here. Lots of sunshine and hardly any clouds to speak of. As you mentioned, a bit windy at times. Wind gusts upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour as you head to weather graphics and you can see that especially with the warmer air is helping to circulate all that pollen. If you are an allergy sufferer and if your eyes are running and if your nose is stuffy. If youve been coughing this is the reason why. We have high pollen counts for the trees and you can thank the Cherry Blossoms for that and not to mention we have bradford pears coming into bloom and a whole lot more in the coming week or so. Its only going to get worse. If theres anything good about that, we have a little about the of rain that will help flush the pollen out of the air at least for the time being. More on that. We head back inside to doug. Doug all right, steve. Take you back to the graphic and show you the cold front on the lefthand side of your screen. Very skinny line of rain it appears. Theres a lot more rain south through the deep south and that rain will be brought along the cold front so indeed a lot of rain. Increasing clouds tonight. Rain developing probably 5 00 6 00 in the morning. Temperatures holding in the 70s as the winds diminish and then as we go through the day tomorrow, rain and maybe a lot of it. Low 60s in the morning. Temperatures falling through the 50s during the day. Check out the next seven days coming up in a couple of minutes. Leon . Leon doug rough landing for passengers on a United Airlines flight that skidded off the runway in houston. The plane was headed from las vegas to houston. 167 passengers on board. Officials say the runway was wet when the plane skidded into the grass at bush intercontinental airport early this morning. Passengers say the plane hit the ground hard. As a retired flight attendant, ive had a lot of hard landings. This one i would describe as captain kangaroo. Hit that runway and bounced a couple of times and then we skidded off. Leon emergency crews were called in to help the passengers get off the plane and no one was hurt. Alison 19 people were injured in a crash involving a mega bus in indiana this morning. The doubledecker bus was headed from chicago to atlanta when it hit the back of a stopped semi truck on an interstate right outside of indianapolis. It then hit two other vehicles. One passenger describes the chaos. Everybody was screaming. It was blood everywhere. Whole front windshield busted open and there were children up there. One woman got glass in her eye. Alison victims injuries were nonlife threatening. This is the fourth crash involving a mega bush since october. Leon things are about to get more crowded in the d. C. Region. Website inside nova says they expect the population to rise from more than 5 million in 2010 to more than 6. 6 million in 2040. Thats a growth rate of 31 . Of all the jurisdictions in the region, Charles County maryland was expected to have the highest rate of growth followed by Loudoun County and then the district. Alison interesting. Still to come here at 4 00 a 7 on your side consumer alert about which products are best to shop around for. How one womans decision to look around her vehicle actually hurt her in the long run. Horace im walking out from under an 880 ton building thats up on jacks. Im sam ford. Ill tell you why coming up on abc 7 news. Leon construction crews are preparing for what is considered the largest building move in d. C. s history. Alison and it involves moving two Historic Buildings in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford explains how this will work. Sam its getting to the point you can move anything with some jacks, some steel reinforcement and some wood blocks and that includes a four story, 880 ton building built in 1891 as a horse and carriage warehouse. Most recently used as the eagle bar restaurant. The builders and developers had a News Conference today to talk about the process. Three days ago, this building was sitting on its old foundation. Sam they gave reporters a tour telling how this building will be moved 30 feet over a two day period this week. Where it stands now to sit on a concrete slab and that in june an even bigger building behind this one, a 1400 ton warehouse built in 1907 its also being moved to be integrated into the 122 million 655 new york avenue complex across from the convention center. 20 years ago we were just saving the facade and tearing the rest of the buildings down. Sam theyre not doing this just because they like old buildings. Actually the Historic Preservation society says that these buildings are historic and they have to stay but they were able to work out a deal. Move the building as is and they can complete their project. The Developers Say that moving of the two buildings alone is costing 9 million. But the Historic Buildings will be well integrated and d. C. s massive building boom can continue. In northwest washington sam ford, abc 7 news. Leon all right. Interesting. Alison tall order there. Leon uhhuh. Coming up next on abc 7 news at 4 00, 7 on your side with a safety alert about e cigarettes. Not about the ingredients this time. Its about the increasing risk of explosions. Well explain that. Alison and problems for kanye overseas. Why his concert was shut down in armenia. So im working from home. I get on a video conference. With my boss, and my bosss boss. T i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. I dont and it was takg forever. We dont miss a beat. Im yelling at the kids to get off wifi. Get off the movies get off the video games i think i got a promotion. I think i need a new job. Are you guys hiring. Why settle when you can have you have fiber optics with a two year price guaranteed. Fios. The fastest, most reliable internet. Leon a concern now about ecigarettes, popular alternative for smokers but they can actually explode like firecrackers. One store owner says the explosions were rare but when they do happen its mostly during charging. Education of the customers is probably the most important things that we can have to make sure the customer understands what they can do wrong to make the product safer. Leon sales of ecigarettes more than doubled from 2012 to 2013. Nearly five million americans used them. The food and Drug Administration is hoping to regulate e cigarettes by the end of june. Actor Ryan Reynolds is ok after being hit by a car in vancouver last week. Reynolds publicist says the actor was walking when he was struck by a papparazzi driving a car through an underground parking garage. Reynolds wasnt hurt and police are looking for the driver. Alison a kanye west concert ended earlier than expected in armenia over the weekend. Police shut down the free concert after the rapper jumped into a lake and his fans followed him. West was visiting country with his wife kim kardashian. Security guards waded their way into the lake to help the rapper out of the water. Alison beyonces mom is no longer a single lady. The singer posted a picture of her mom and her new husband on her website. Tina knowles and the actor tied the knot over the weekend on a yacht in california. This is the second marriage for tina who divorced Matthew Knowles in december 2011. Leon coming up just ahead on abc 7 news at 5 00 rolling out. Take a look at the newest metro cars ready to hit the tracks. Alison this week marks 150 years since the assassination of president abraham lincoln. We are showing you a side of the man you may not know. Leon and the big sneeze. Sticking with a local doctor about whats making this allergy season so much of a drag. Present company included. Cleanup continues from a series of deadly tornadoes that struck northwest illinois last week. Alison heres the story of one home owner who lost her home in this twister and how a simple facebook request turned into a giant gesture of good will. Reporter a day after her home was destroyed, Lauren Hinchey found help. Family friends, im a schoolteacher. Reporter on friday morning, word quickly spread on social media that her home in illinois was one of the dozens levelled by an ef4 tornado. I put it on facebook and just said hey, were fine. But this is what we need and you know, people just came out this morning. Reporter one by one, neighbors, family and friends all showed up. Who is here to help pick up . Wonderful thing. Some with gifts. I had a portapotty before i knew. Reporter others to help pick up priceless possessions. I saw it in the garage and im like please be ok. Please be ok. Between that and my running shoes, thats what i was worried about. Reporter everyone seemed to show up with something. Tons of food donated. Reporter her small farmhouse may be uninhabitable for now but still, she has plans to rebuild. Kind of ok for now because obviously, the roof is still theres something over the top of it. Reporter hinchey wasnt home at the time of the tornado. Her husband was. About 17 years. Long enough to form some pretty strong bonds with people who want to help. Alison everyone coming together. Difficult situation. Any of that stuff heading this way . Doug no theres a cold front coming in and tomorrow during the day a lot of moisture will come ahead of the cold front. May get some heavy rains at times. Not expecting much in the way of thundershower activity and clear back out by wednesday. Get you started with a look outside around the area right now. Beautiful. This is a look from national harbor. A different view looking out at the potomac and you can see the flag there along the pier. You can see it whipping in the wind. Very strong sotherly winds that have been bringing in the warm temperatures. Right now, 79 degrees up the river a bit at Reagan National from there. Winds gusting to 22 Miles Per Hour. Very warm temperatures. Average high is 65. Winds continue to gust 22 to 26 Miles Per Hour. Those wind gusts are diminish a bit this evening. Keep a bit of a breeze 10 to 12 miles an hour overnight. Temperatures very impressive. 82 in culpepper. 81 in fredricksburg. 68 degrees in annapolis. This is the same story this time of year with the cool water and the warm air moves across the river and the water is chilly so it cools them off. But a very pleasant evening. Outdoor activities no weather worries at all. The warm air will continue to stream up this evening and then well deal with the cold front and the cold front off to the west does not have a lot of moisture. This moisture down south will get pulled northward around the front. Start before sunrise and our futurecast shows quite a bit of rain moving in at 6 00 a. M. This is a suggestion of what may happen 1 00 under the rain and then Late Afternoon at this time, it should show signs of moving out and see clearing skies thereafter and be in pretty good shape. The forecast as we head through the evening hours will call for skies to slowly increase. Falling during the day with winds out of the north and clearing at times. Friday, saturday and sunday i dont know what to tell you, theres a chance of rain each of the days and chance of no rain. Its a very unsettled. Lot of divergence and disagreement in the computer models how to handle the weather pattern friday, saturday and sunday. As it gets closer, well pin it down. Alison going to be vague for now. Doug im good at that. Leon lets see how clear things look for jamie sullivan. Jamie wishful thinking. Thats what i always hope for in the afternoon. Take a look at Silver Spring. I want to begin here. Wayne avenue at fenton street. This is the area in Silver Spring that you want to avoid. Your best alternate will be to use Georgia Avenue and the actual activity is near the library, washington sports club. Lets take a look in this area in Silver Spring. Just to show you the best option which is the alternate. Georgia avenue near wayne avenue and you can see, typical for us especially at this time of the afternoon. We are ok. Its good to use it. So our traffic right now pretty heavy in the d. C. Area. As youre working your way outbound and inbound on 395 definitely congestion. Moving to show you what weve got on d. C. 295. Heading outbound from the 11th Street Bridge almost in the Single Digits. Same thing heading outbound and southbound working your way closer towards the capital beltway. So definitely congestion in the d. C. Area. As far as crashes, nothing major in d. C. Right now. And lets take a live look in virginia. So 95 normal congestion. This is 66 working your way through centreville. Typical afternoon for us. A little bit of sun glare, too. Thats a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon thanks jamie. If you want to buy a car you know how it is. Most of us go to two to three dealers and see who has the best price. Alison thats right. John matarese shows us when shopping around is not a good idea so you dont waste your money. John sometimes trying to save some money can cost you in the long run. Case in point. The woman who was trying to get the lowest rate on a car loan it turns out her check of multiple dealers may have backfired. When she needed to buy a used car, Valerie Thompson decided to shop around to find a dealer with the best loan rate. Actually applied at four different dealerships. John great idea at the time. Bad idea in the long run. I started receiving letters from these different banks and financing places where my credit had been pulled. John she checked her Credit Report and was stunned. Four car lots had together applied for 27 different loans. One of them actually ran my credit eight times. John she believes the 27 inquiries have lowered her credit score 20 points. In the business this is known as shotgunning. When a dealer applies to multiple lenders for the best rate. Its legal. Experience says it counts shotgunning as a single inquiry as long as it happens within a 14day period. But it can be a problem when you apply at multiple dealers or in that 14day window. I wrote to the Credit Bureau to get the inquiries taken off. They sent me a letter saying i needed to talk to the dealership because the dealership said that i needed to contact the bank. The bank sent me back to the dealership. John she just wants it all taken off. You agree to shotgunning when you sign a car dealers loan application. So you may not want to apply for loans at multiple dealerships. That way you dont waste your money. Im john matarese, abc 7 news. Alison heres the question for you. What do pablo picasso, Leonardo Devinci and a goat have in common . Leon theyre all successful painters. No. Beat bode the goat. This goat is from new mexico. He has an extensive art portfolio. In the last several months a staffer in albuquerque zoo has been teaching him how to paint with a paintbrush in his mouth. The goats mouth. I couldnt believe it the goat was standing there painting and it was good and it was pretty with all the pictures. Leon i dont know what that says about art in new mexico. They are being sold by the new mexico park society and right now, selling for about 40. Alison ok. Chooses nice colors i guess. I dont know what else to say about it. Leon then he eats it. He paints it and then eats it. Alison if its really good, he eats it. Leon coming up next here on abc 7 news at 4 00 Popular Museum here is spying on new locations in the district. Leon two of americas top retailers are under investigation for how they schedule hourly wage workers. New york states attorney general asked 13 retailers to hand over their oncall shift policies including target sears the gap and williamssonoma. With on call shift scheduling they may find out their schedule ayes few hours before they have to be in. Critics say that makes it difficult to manage their familys needs like childcare. The International Spy museum in northwest washington is scoping out a new location. Alison one option involves the museum relocating to a new building at Lenfant Plaza in the next two years. Brad bell has more. Brad the International Spy museum has been hugely popular. People are willing to pay to see exhibits like 50 years of james bond villians. Weve had great visitorship particularly the last few weeks during the spring break period. That is our busiest every year. Brad its so successful, in fact, that the museum has been looking for a bigger home for years. Now, comes word that a possible new location has been identified. Lenfant plaza across the street from the u. S. Postal service headquarters. The building will stand on this piece of ground and will be six stories tall and 100,000 square feet. It will feature a ground floor open atrium and a rooftop terrace and room for the spy museum to grow its exhibits. We dont really have too much out here so think it would be nice to have something. Brad the spy museum spokesperson cautions its too early to call it a done deal. Eventually its our Long Term Plan to find a more permanent home for the museum. We dont know where thats going to be. Were excited towards the prospects were working towards. Brad the First Step Towards a years away move to Lenfant Plaza, he says, will be winning approval of the fine arts council. The museum will be making its pitch to that group this wednesday. Brad bell abc 7 news. The people who say its dangerous if been watching too much tv. Leon the free range kids scooped up again. Where they were found alone at this time and why their parents are furious. A man on the run after a customer makes an Early Morning discovery in the donut shop. The 150th anniversary of abraham lincolns assassination nears, tonight its the honest abe you never knew. Leon we begin this hour with an update on breaking news we first brought you at 4 00 right here. A gas leak in downtown Silver Spring that closed streets in the area around wayne avenue and fenton street. Jeff goldberg is live on the scene where the roads just reopened in the last hour. Jeff whats the story . Jeff leon we can tell you traffic is once again moving here on fenton street in downtown Silver Spring after moments of serious concern at about 2 30 this afternoon and construction crews back at it again here at the downtown Silver Spring library after a backhoe at the construction site hit a gas line leading to this leak. According to Montgomery County fire and rescue the backhoe hit a 3 4 inch residential line. Not the four inch main line they had initially thought. Moment it happened, natural gas spewing into the air. The smell was strong and obviously, plenty of concern. The construction site evacuated. Nearby streets shut down and nearby businesses like whole foods monitored as 65 firefighters and rescue personnel were on scene including hazmat crews. By about 3 15 45 minutes after it started, Washington Gas was able to successfully cap the leak. Fire crews got this taken care of fast with some help from mother nature. The weather conditions were in our favor pretty good win. Was going pretty much away from the residential area that were most concerned about. Reporter certainly good news. They believed it was from an old home. It was not part of the construction plan and crews did not know about it. It got taken care of quickly without anybody getting hurt. Jeff goldberg abc 7 news. Alison jeff thank you. Meanwhile, police in Anne Arundel County are trying to find the man accused of killing his wife. It happened this morning inside