and they are assessing the damage to a home they have lived in four decades. >> you think the lord your ok. this time we got it. >> a tree fell on this house sharing the roof off. is now uninhabitable. another tree went down on multiple cars. >> hopefully this is the end of all the tragedy that has befallen on the block. >> she lived six days without power after the storm. >> it is scary in number of trees are going down. you cannot really hear them when you go down. you look out the window and then there is a major trade that has gone down. >> neighbors just a few blocks away are also coping with the effects of a downed tree and no electricity. >> i think they should consider taking down a lot of these trees. when they fall we are out of power four weeks. >> now the large tree has been removed and pepco can get to work. many people on this block do have power. there are a few homes still without electricity. pepco is hoping to have them restored by later this evening. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> there was a special meeting today to discuss the anger over why thousands of customers were without power last month. states and montgomery county lawmakers are calling for changes. they are proposing major fines. we will have details on how the meeting could affect you coming up at 6:00. >> for other people it was flooding causing problems. ben eisler continue storm watch coverage from d.c. >> most of the flooding happen here on rhode island ave. the victims say it has made living here an absolute nightmare and it blamed the city for not doing enough. >> it is ridiculous how much we have to deal with to make sure our houses do not fled every time it rains. >> he owns a beautiful apartment in northwest d.c. last night for the second time in eight days it flooded and has caused almost $10,000 in damage. he had to tear sheet rock off the wall. you can see the water mark on some of the wood. >> you are sitting in your place and water is coming up the front door, up from your toilet, you are a sitting duck. >> residents say this area has had this problem for years. >> about 10 years ago it was up here. maybe hire. i have seen it like a river out here. >> a spokesman said they are aware of the problem and had taken short and long term actions to fix it. >> they have to get a hold of this. all of these houses get flooded. it is bad. >> that will take 13 years to complete. in the meantime, the district has not done enough. >> d.c. waters as they will do something with the brains of they know the storms are coming. obviously they are not. >> people are bracing for the possibility of another storm. this afternoon he went to pick up some tape to fill up as many of the cracks in his apartment as he can. >> for weather alerts and updates any time of the day go to our web site, facebook page, or twitter. if you see damage send us pictures. >> prince william county parents arrested and accused of child abuse after his 8-year-old son went to a stranger's house in the middle of the night looking for help. we are learning more about what their child might have gone through. gail pennybacker is live with the details. >> we know tonight matthew sweeney is a lieutenant commander active duty with the united states navy. he and his wife moved here one year ago and people here say they kept to themselves. they are stunned at what happened in the middle of the night. >> he does not deserve that. nobody does. >> when she saw the little boy with a sweet face and battered arms and body she had to help him. >> he had bruises on his back. >> he showed up at the home before 1:00 tuesday morning they had never seen the child before and brought him inside. >> i immediately said to call 911 and explain we had a little boy who said he was lost. >> the boy told police he escaped being abused and he had been beaten very many times. he walked almost a half mile to get help. >> based on the injuries the tell sustained, it had been a constant basis. >> they are the adoptive parents of more than five years. matthew sweeney is a lieutenant commander at the united states navy. >> i will not comment. >> this 88-year-old was the on the adoptive child and the family and the only one where they think the abuse happened. >> he is so adorable and so polite. it broke my heart. >> prince william county police tell us at 5:30 the same morning a few hours after the boy was discovered, they got a 1911 call from amy sweeney who said her son was missing. >> thank you. breaking news from the district where police have announced an arrest in a brutal stabbing of a local hospital employee. >> police making this announcement several minutes ago they have arrestedjonathan dawkins after he turned himself into police custody this morning. this happened in may when he was driving home at 2:00 in the morning when he noticed the the people fighting on the sidewalk. he stopped to see if he could be of any help and to make sure everything was ok and within minutes he was fighting for his life. >> police say it seems to be a case of wrong place wrong time. >> he did stop to inquire about somebody's welfare. >> today they charged jonothan dawkins with second degree murder in the death of brisbon. he was just a good samaritan who came up for an argument between two people on the sidewalk. >> we believe he stopped the vehicle and asked if the person was ok and at that time there was some words exchanged. he got out of his car. more words were exchanged and then he was stabbed. >> within minutes he was found unconscious inside his crashed vehicle at the intersection of fifth street and florida ave. police say they are still domesticating whether brisbon and dawkins knew each other. as for the other person in the argument police say they are not considered a suspect. >> thank you. also tonight d.c. residents are weighing in on the future of mayor vincent gray. a new poll is out on whether they think he should resign. sam ford is live. >> should mayor vincent gray resign? >> i think he should consider it. >> why? >> because of all the things affiliated with his campaign. >> it is looking bad for him but i hope he continues to stay and watch this -- office. >> 54% said yes 37% said no. we asked if that bothered him? >> of course it does. i would ask for people to allow this process to play out. >> he acknowledges a parade of his campaign contributors pleaded guilty in court. >> a lot of their opinions i think have been -- that is not unusual. >> he said today from buildings going up to crime going down the city is heading in the right direction and reporters should talk about that. some residents agree. >> i have no complaints. >> we need to get things done and if he resigns that will cause chaos. >> the popularity has never been stellar, but it has fallen. 34% approved versus 53% who disapproved. a new poll shows those numbers at 29% approval and 59% disapproval. the mere's attorney issued the statement today saying that he has advised the mirror out of respect for the investigation not to comment on the facts. he accused some of the media as treating the mayor unfairly saying he is entitled to the presumption of innocence. one of the council members said their objection to the mayor was not based on the law but on his political judgment. reporting live sam ford. >> thank you. still to come on abc 7 news at 5:00, we know how much more you could be paying for one of the busiest toll roads in our area. >> what was this woman doing standing on the metro tracks. how riders helped get her to safety. >> i am sorry that they braided their child. a >> his first interview about the night he shot and killed trayvon martin. -- i am sorry they buried their child. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >> the ceo of one of the most popular fast-food restaurant chains created an uproar over comments over same-sex marriage. >> it has many calling for customers to boycott chic-fil-a. >> huge talk around the web. the secret recipe here. they closed on sunday because they want to give their employees a chance to go to church. did the president was the comments give customers a bad taste? poultry and politics traded a firestorm on facebook and twitter today after the ceo went on record about this. he said -- >> i will not but said fillet anymore. >> of the chicken but i will not -- i love to play but i will not go there anymore. >> the lines were long that chickfila in fairfax. one person stood stop using your religion to justify your bigotry. another said we will never eat there again. the other said the sandwiches were deep-fried and hate. >> that is the wonderful power of social media. >> it is a madhouse. i do not think it will make a dent. >> he said of his own statement -- he has support on facebook like this -- and jim said chick-fil-a lost his business. >> you can fault a guy for having a different opinion than mine. but i would not spend my dollars there. reporting live, jennifer donelan. >> thank you so much. as we just said, comments on facebook and twitter are growing about the controversy. we want to know what you think. you can go to our facebook page and join in. >> we have something here caught on video and you will be shocked by this. a tourist shop riders by jumping down into the tracks. a woman standing on the median cost a lot of disruption last night at metro center. this 37-year-old french woman tried to cross from the shady grove side of the track. an eyewitness said the woman appeared to be lost and confused. luckily for hershey is not hurt. -- luckily for heard she is not hurt. >> she is very lucky. >> you do not do that on the paris metro either. only 95 today. none of the violent thunderstorms coming through. here is how it looked outside earlier today. it's a great sky, pretty nice sky. our temperatures up into the 90's. outside right now our temperature is still 92 degrees after a high for the 13th day this month of 95 or higher. boy, let me show you. i mentioned earlier ocean city. if you have friends in ocean city that has been a nasty storm that is drifting to the south of ocean city. look at the temperatures. 74 degrees and over 2 inches of rain. one of our viewers sent a tweet. look at the mid part of the country continuing to suffer under terrible heat and terrible drought. there are heat advisory's and excessive heat warnings out for so much of the men part of the country. this is the drought monitor. almost 40% of the corn crop as a result of the drought is either poor or very poor. we on the other hand -- you can see parts of the east and southeast have been getting a break. the overall pattern is to the north. look at a line of nasty storms coming through the mountains of west virginia. this is the one i think will be coming through here 9:00, at 10:00, 11:00. you can see it extends all the way from around johnstown, pa. to around us. that is moving if all things toward the west a little bit. another fee variety pop-up showers around westminster and out in the shenandoah valley also around harrisonburg it. unlike last night, none of that lightning caused widespread power outages. there is the line i think will be showing up as we get laid into tonight. tomorrow because of the weather for unsettling and on us and the humidity and moisture all the way up, we are under a slight risk for damaging winds and possibly some hail. here is how it looks and our futurecast. the weather front will try to get right around us. there will be an area of low pressure coming and that will be the focus of what could be some very heavy rain. i think primarily for you folks across maryland and pennsylvania. by saturday moves by. believe it or not we get into a northeasterly breeze. temperatures on saturday if you are heading out to the beaches will be in the high 70's. a lot of clouds and also some showers and thundershowers on saturday at the beaches again. in the meantime any showers will be earlier and pretty much over by 12:00. i do not expect a repeat of the weather. warm and muggy tomorrow with a risk of nasty afternoon thunderstorms. look at the temperature drop on saturday into sunday also. only in the high 70's and 80's. we do get a break on into next week with temperatures in the low 90's. any storms would be late for us around friday or saturday. >> you have one more day to sign up for two vip tickets to see kelly clarkson when she comes in august. >> go to wjla.com/facebook for your chance to win the tickets. you also get free parking. we will announce the winner tomorrow at 5:00. >> the highly anticipated "the dark night rises" arrives in theaters this weekend. >> and attempted child abduction caught on tape. how this video led police to an arrest today. >> for the first time george zimmerman set down for an interview about the case that has rocked the country. >> he has no regrets about his actions the night he shot and killed trayvon martin. >> george zimmerman said among other things last night that what happened that night was not oppose the plan. he also insisted martin was the aggressor and thehe went for his gun. he said he is not a racist or a murder. >> is the first interview since february 9 when trayvon martin was shot and killed. >> is there anything you regret? do you regret getting out of the car to follow him that night? >> no, sir. >> do you regret that you had not gone that night? >> no, sir. >> he said he believed the shooting was faked. but i believe it was all part of god's plan. >> the family was outraged. they said they must worship a different got it because there got would not want their son killed that night. >> i do wish there was anything i could have done that would not have put me in a position where i would have to take his life. >> police say he could have avoided the shooting by identifying himself or never leaving the vehicle as they instructed him to do so. he apologized at the court in april and he did it again last night. >> i am sorry they had to bury their child. i cannot imagine what it must feel like. i prefer them daily. >> here is the big question now. -- i pray for them daily. >> court paper work we obtained said the state of florida is trying to use last 9's interview as evidence in court. >> thank you. still a head right now on abc 7 news at 5:00, an arrest is made and an attempted child of the action. >> $4.50 to take a dulles [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. 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[ male announcer ] but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign: another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> you are watching abc seven news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling, doug hill weather, and tim brant sports. >> if you have ever driven the dulles toll road you know those are some costly miles. >> and now the price could be going up, but how much? gail huff will break down the new numbers for us. >> as you know rumors have been swirling for some time. finally yesterday a committee came out with the final proposal. it calls for the doubling of tolls by 2015. >> it is ridiculous. >> i think that is awful. >> he cannot believe polls are set to double in three years. >> even right now it is too much to use. i do not use the toll roads. >> yesterday authority proposed these increases from $2.25 up 50 cents in january. and in 2014 up another 75 cents to $3.50. 2015 a one-way trip cost double to $4.50. that is $9 round trip. >> with a gas prices for the cars and the price of the toll, that is terrible. >> what else are they going to raise? >> the increases are slated to save $3 billion of the new $6 billion over line. >> we are not a private entity or in the business try to make a profit from polls. we are trying to pay the debt. clucks that debt will take 40 years to pay off. >> they are going to do it, but guess what? if you do not want to pay the tolls, jump on the silver line. >> the finance committee will hold three public hearings starting in september. a formal recommendation will be made to the board, the board making the final decision weeks before the increase is expected to take effect. >> a 76-year-old woman hit by a taxi as she crossed the street has died. the accident happened yesterday near boston, ma. a lot of people say accidents are common despite yields signs to pedestrians. >> it has become a familiar sight, d.c. residents cleaning up after another round of storms. one of the hardest-hit areas was in northwest washington that left thousands without power. local airports are recovering after grounding flights for several hours. >> parents have been arrested for allegedly beating their son. matthew and amy sweeney both face charges of child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. their son was found monday by a neighbor with severe bruising all over his body. >> the campaign scandal around vincent gray, could it cost him his job? 54% of voters say they think he should resign. only 37% say he should stay in office. 9% had no opinion. new developments to report tonight from the philadelphia where a man was trying to about a 10-year-old girl. he is now in custody. 33-year-old carlos figurello is in custody. he grabbed her and tried to pull her away from her brother. the mother with her face hidden praised her daughter's quick thinking. >> i do not know how many kids that can do that. i was thankful she was that strong. >> police say it was strange a little propose a brother may have also scared the suspect off. the city wide social media campaign may have convinced him to turn himself in. he is facing multiple charges including kidnapping and indecent assault. it >> i speak to diane sawyer about this and more coming up on world news. >> good evening, nice to see you. i understand you will be talking about a controversy surrounding a political ad and a horse. >> that is right. great to talk to you as always. the democrats had an ad that had a fancy horse that seemed to be a reference to misses romney and her love of those horses. she answered she uses them for therapy and the democrats backed right off. >> it is that time of year we are slathering ourselves with a sunscreen to go to the beach. you have an important story about the effects of sun screen. >> all of these products, have you seen them on the shelves that say they're putting sunscreen in the clothes and shampoo? we wanted to know if they work. >> we will see you tonight. you can watch those stores to nine and more on world news after abc 7 news at 6:00. >> time for a look at the traffic situation. >> we are seeing delays on 395 northbound across the 14th street bridge that will take you onto the freeway eastbound the length of the freeway toward the 11th street bridge. southbound delays toward duke street and on to fairfax county parkway across the octagon. big delays on the interlude but the bulk was starting in virginia and across the lesion bridge heading toward new hampshire ave. on the outer loop the began a round the 270 spur and will take you across the legion bridge. on and off starting here as you head through germantown past clarksburg and highet's town. a couple of early crash is wrapping up. -- hyattstown. >> coming up on abc 7 is at 5:00, taller buildings in the d.c.? members of congress weighed in. >> an audience reacts to "the dark night rises." i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >> and the nominations are out. -- emmy nominations are out. "madmen"had 17 nominations followed by "downtown abbey." if you would like to see the full list including all of the nominees go to our web site wjla.com. >> there is a big new movie coming out many people think maybe nomination or the. we're talking about the way being almost over for "the dog that rises." batman fans are rejoicing already. -- "the dark knight risews." >> you know hysterically, the third movie of a series is the hardest one -- historically the third movie of a series is the hardest one. "the dark night rises"comes with those expectations. in my book, it rises to the occasion. >> why do you not just kill me? >> your punishment must be much more severe. >> that man squares off against his most powerful foe bane. actor tom hardy seethes with anger under that mask. christian bale brings his usual righteousness to this fight. anne hathoway brings sparkle as a playful cat woman. new characters played by joseph gordon levitt. the special effects -- the plot to delivers some shockers. early word from an early preview -- >> anne hathoway steals it. >> the opening sequence took my breath away. >> the gadgets are pretty good. >> rated pg-13 running 2 hours 40 minutes. worth three and a half stars out of four. i predict it will compete in this year's taught sweepstakes and i think it is worth seeing. it is 2 hours 40 minutes but it will rain this weekend. >> bring a meal with the. -- with you. >> coming up next, the statue -- who is responsible for this? >> a lot of questions about tree trimmings. we try [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. 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[ female announcer ]or women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >> tree trimming is always a fight. who is to blame when a tree comes crashing down. >> the best we can determine if the tree is on your property it is your problem. if a tree like this one is on district property, it is up to the district. the pastor of the church that was nicked by this falling tree says it is something she had been trying to avoid four years. >> i am very upset about it. clucks it is not just above the tree limb that hit her northeast church that has her upset, it is that she says it could have been avoided if for calls to cut back the tree had been heard. >> it could have gone through the roof of the church. it came on the corner. we are thankful for that. >> for a decade she has been pushing for the tree to be pruned. she says she pleaded with the cleanup crew to take the tree down. >> they are already here. why could they not have taken this down? that is very dangerous. >> the pastor showed us a e-mail promising a city inspector would look at the tree by june 26 and determine if it needed to go. monica hernandez was unable to say if it ever happened. pepco says the tree belongs to the city and has no record of complaint in the last three years. they only with the permission of the tree owner remove it leaving a small community church with a big miss and unanswered questions. >> i feel as if the city let us down. >> pep xhosas if there is a tree branch that looks like it will -- pepco says there is a tree that looks like it will fall give them a call and they will check it out. we did get a spokesman to confirm they do have a way of tracking and inspection has happened. we would have to submit a formal written request to find out of this tree was ever inspected. we plan to do that. we put on by some information about how you can go about getting a tree inspected as well as a statement about what happened here. we are live, kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> news about hundreds of recalls. honda is recalling more than 170 small suvs and cars because of door deficiencies. the recall effects 2012 honda crv and 2013 acura ilx. there will be sending out letters and honda will fix the problem. >> the statue got a new warm and fuzzy look. the picture appeared on a website showing the constitution avenue statue covered head to toe in yarn. it is believed to be the work of an artist who is known for this knitted art we went by the statue this morning, but lo and behold, he was already back to his bronze self. it did not last long. >> some people have too much time on their hands. >> anything to send out a tweet. >> let's see what is coming up at 6:00. >> gordon peterson is live with a look ahead. >> tonight we will hear from some frustrated pepco customers talking about the power outage recently. we will hear what they have to say. also you heard about the recall a couple of minutes ago. we will tell you why ford is calling back some of its ford escapes. >> see you in a few minutes. after weeks of performing tonight is the big finale of the show "duets." the winner will be announced at the show at 8:00 followed by "wipeout," "rookie blue," and abc 7 news at 11:00. >> so far we have had more of the pop-up variety. remember this time, we had a ferocious line with a lot of lightning coming through for you people and an arundel county. there is a batch of will keep an eye on. the other one is ocean city. there is the other line coming through west virginia. that is the one i think we will be seeing some of the leftovers even as late as 11:00 to midnight with temperatures around 80 degrees tomorrow. once again because of a lot of moisture in the atmosphere think we have a risk of seeing heavy rain possibly with some flooding. if you're heading out and doing some boating around the bay those temperatures will be into the 70's with a yeast to northeasterly wind. other than some clouds and showers, there will be an easterly wind 10-15 knots for you voters around the bay. i think the temperatures will only be in the 70's. we will keep an eye on the radar and any pop up variety showers around us. the heat is coming. again on saturday temperatures in the 70's. >> thank you. >> you did not go down to the ballgame today did you? >> not today. >> it was a long day. they played in matinee with the mets. gonzalez got shelled. the national state two of 3 with the second place atlanta braves coming to town. this is ryan zimmerman in the bottom half of the inning and he answers. 438 feet. i thought, here we go again. butgeo gio lasted only four more out. that makes it 9-1 mets and the new york wins 9-5. >> we were fighting. that it to me -- they did not sit down and take it. it went down there and give them a run for the money. >> for golf fans weather conditions were perfect for the start of the british open. tiger woods birdied four of the seven holes. he had all but one fair way and is three back with an easy 67. the best round was by the australian. he is in the house with a 6 _ p -- six under par. he is sniffing the course record. phil mickelson never looked comfortable. he missed a lot of fairways. he struggled with this -- his body language was painful. how about roy michael voigt? he hits this gray --mcelvoy. he was upset that the gap was the head did not keep the ball inbounds. he had to double bogey to the whole. on it he wrote "sorry." they say the kid is all right. >> pocket and bounds. -- knock it in bounds. >> d.c. leaders urged congress ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >> one thing that makes d.c. different from most big cities is no tall buildings. >> the proposal could change the height restrictions put in place. today congress took up the issue. >> horace holmes has reaction tonight. >> city leaders try to persuade congress that allowing for taller buildings is good business for the city. it bought of residents are not buying it. -- a lot of residents are not buying it. >> i think it will take away from the character of d.c. >> if a vincent gray and other city leaders get their way the skyline will change. the uniform look with buildings no taller than 130 feet has been there trademarked since congress enacted the height act. >> while is nice to have all of our sunshine and blue skies, it is also nice to have a lot of people live in d.c. and make it affordable with more housing. >> that is what they want to modify the restriction allowing for taller office buildings hotels and apartment buildings. most people told us the shorter skyline is what makes washington unique. >> it would take away from the uniqueness of washington being one of the few cities that still is not into the upward mobility. >> it is not like the new york city when you are in the shade of the time and you cannot see anything. i think seeing the monuments is one of the things people want to see in d.c. >> congress is listening but there is no timetable set yet for them to take action on the matter. >> that is it for abc 7 news at 5:00. coming up at 6:00, one neighborhood in particular has been especially hard hit by all of the storms. tonight they are without power again. some pepco customers got a chance to let the company know exactly how they feel. how is it people on the no-fly list are allowed to take flying lessons without a background check? >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> the skies outside our call now, but things have the potential to change in a few hours. we began on storm watch keeping a close watch on the potential for storms this evening. >> last i remember at this time we had a line of nasty storms with an awful lot of lightnin