It really was. Inthat tree cut a camper half. They sit on the front porch recalling the storm and reflecting on how grateful they are. Rvthing goodness that our was safe. We were lucky. More than 30 people were taken to the hospital from that campground. Miraculously no one from this group was injured. Live from the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. They determine the late yesterday that it was a tornado that went through the campground with wind up to 100 miles per hour. For more details, go to wjla. Com. Our weather team has a blog about the National Weather service investigation. Our regionher and could not have been a nicer day across the area. Maybe some changes are on the way for the start of the weekend. Haseteorologist steve rudin a look at the weekends forecast. Humid,ou like it hot and this weekend is for you. Outside we go right now with the camera from the belfort furniture Weather Center with no clouds to speak of. Temperatures will be quite comfortable. Looking at 84 at Reagan National this hour. 80 two dollars, 81 winchester. The coolest temperature i could west mid 70s and virginia. No clouds to speak of. Later on tonight and into the earlymorning hours, a layer of clouds might develop down tomorrow, the atmosphere a bit more and stable with a chance for thunderstorms. Mostly clear and comfortable for this evening that sunset at 8 26 p. M. Move into the overnight, we will drop into the 60s. Coming up, we talk about the heat, the humidity, and a strong cold front on the way with the chance for Severe Weather, maureen. Tonight for women walking alone in hyattsville after two recent attacks. The first one near the West Hyattsville metro station and the other just this week on hamilton street. In both cases, the victims fought off their attackers. Thee sturman is live with alert police want you to know about. Both of those women were walking late at night. By these woods here where he man popped out from behind some trees and surprised both of them. It is not just the m. O. Is the description is carbon copy a hispanic man between 25 and 35 at approximately five foot eight. Commuters coming off the West Hyattsville metro dont mind the walk, but at nightfall she would not think about strolling home from here. Sometimes i catch a cab from the station. Out of fear or why . Hyattsville police are investigating whether an assault here at july 10 is tied to an attempted rape nearby two days ago. Were definitely looking into it. Says the cases are similar and both said they were approached as they were walking alone most recently, the suspect grabbed a woman walking on Hamilton Road near the community pool. He grabbed her shirt, threw her to the ground. She kicked him in the groin and got away. She did great. Lives acrosswn who the street doesnt know if she could fight back. With my arm and a slang, that would be pretty difficult. Thatsscary. With my arm in a sling, thats scary. It restricts my freedom. The few years ago, heights though police said they had a series of assaults behind the West Hyattsville metro station just down the street from here. Aboutnot just talking drivebys. They want to get out of the cars and look for anyone suspicious. If they see someone who matches the description, theyre being told the snap a picture and ask a few questions as the investigation continues. Josie sturman, abc 7 news. A 2000 two murder cases now close 12 years after the crime was committed in a 2002 murder is now closed. A suspect has been linked to the murder of 14yearold erica smith. For reasons unknown, the suspect committed suicide during the course of the investigation. The Sheriffs Office did not name the suspect or provide a motive. She was last seen july 29, 2002, after telling her parents she was going to a friends house. Her body was discovered days later. A suspect has been identified who allegedly lasted a fouryearold boy at a rec center. The suspect is a 10yearold boy. The incident reportedly took place inside the capital clubhouse on july 20th. The Investigation Police say is ongoing. Now to the crisis in the middle east. Warning that the Israeli Military might or ought in its ground operation in gaza significantly. This is might broadedn its ground operations. State john kerry and human secretary general ban came own lead talks today in cairo and uns secretarygeneral banki moon. Afterind bars today walking out a free man. The latest twist in Samson Lawrences case. Stephen tschida joins us live with why lawrence is now being held despite the mass trial. Mistrial. Samson lawrence was ordered to stay away from his wife. There was a series of Text Messages and he determined that he had violated a court order, so now he is finding himself behind bars. Can you tell us what happened . He walked out of court and free man. The jury could not reach a verdict. Now, Samson Lawrence is behind bars anyway. Lawrence was under court order to stay away from his wife. He ordered him jailed a day after declaring a mistrial. He was ordered to stay away as condition of bond. He allegedly went into a rage when his wife failed to bring him a screwdriver. The face with in lysol and viciously assaulted her. He beat her in the head with a light fixture. Its not a great day but its a good day. Justice in some way is finally being served. Said his wifey imagined of the attack because of medication she takes for headaches. Betty lawrences father find the assertion ridiculous. She does not stumble and fall. All of the statements are not true. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Tomorrow is the big day for the silver line. Is to go all the way to Dulles International airport, the first phase only goes to reston. There is a hope if you need to get to dulles. Live on theters is silver line express bus with the details. The first media on board the silver line express with direct nonstop service rum Dulles International airport to the silver line metro station. The silver line express has not carried its first paying customer but always has this reputation faster and cheaper. Apparently its much faster so we might take about one home. It so much cheaper than taking a cab. Buses will have to do until they are retired saturday morning. Taxi, sharedake a bus services, or the washington flyer. 38 per daye only but the number is expected to rise. The clean diesel fuel silver line express will take over. They will have larger luggage racks, free wifi, and a direct connection as well as flight schedules. We were the first news crew to ride the silver line. Is half the cost and depending on traffic, potentially half the time compared to other ground transportation. Canadae returns to sunday, shes counting on the silver line express for the first leg of her return trip. This is exciting. First time out of the country, first time on the new bus. Why not . Code. Just checked the qr tsa just threeat minutes long, if you can believe that. This bus opens to the public tomorrow at noon. Reporting live on board the silver line express bus, kimberly suiters, abc 7 news. Thank you. Toa. Com has your full guide the silver line. For live coverage of the big Opening Event tomorrow, tune into our sister station, news channel 8. Generosity in the community and now she is facing serious time behind bars. What this dress shop owner did. The red cross has a warning about Serious Health problems the summer. Just lieexpect us to down and take it. What has Eleanor Holmes norton so fired up on the house floor today. Aging shipping containers floor today. Aging shipping containers 1 [ horns honking ] people are so impatient, right . You know what it is . Its waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours, people dont like waiting. You know, at comcast, we dont want you to wait at all. With our new xfinity my account app, you can troubleshoot technical issues, request a callback, or r chk with an expert via twitter. Can you wait just a second . Hey, can you move, please . i hate sheep. [ male announcer ] introducing the xfinity my account app. Its a whole new day at comcast. Hold us to it. You remember the story for shipping containers to be brought into house local students. Not everyone is happy with the creative housing idea. Jennifer donelan is live in northeast where the shipping containers are now and she has more on the new backlash. Jennifer. The first toou are do something, you better be ready for some opinions both bad and good. As two owners of the shipping and tanner, soontobe apartment homes, they have to have skin as thick as these boxes. 18 shipping containers as they will be transformed from cargo holders to apartment buildings, the first of its kind for thd. C. Since the project began on monday, everyone has an opinion. Its a good way to make use of something that would probably be recycled anyway. Go green. Why not . It looks horrible. I wouldve expected them to put more better construction. Catholic university is here and so are the students. They may be a little naive on the attention they got. They would like the traditional look better, but some people dont like traditional. Its notnts writing about innovation but an increase of income. Another, this is bad very bad. Themlove the story about creating this, the daring mess of not knowing whether it will work or the neighborhood will love it the daringness of not knowing. Is been a lot of opposition us to this coming to the neighborhood but im holding my opinion until its nice. Until its completed. Hopefully its nice. Is this solely targeted at Catholic University students . Thats not the case. Its fully booked. One of the odors lives heres heref the owners lives and hes just as invested as everyone else. An7 is on your side with update to a story we brought you yesterday. Dialysis center now has 7rconditioning after abc took action. They had been without air for weeks and they were worried about their health. We took the complaints to their Corporate Headquarters in denver ran today we are told everything is fixed. The center has cooled down and its open. Beautiful day today. We turned the corner back to summer, the heat, the humidity, and wait until you see tuesday of next week though. Worse . Er or youll have to wait. Not a cloud in the sky and a beautiful afternoon and evening for them, the same for us here in d. C. Temperatures in the lower 80s tomorrow for ocean city. We will see a chance for a few showers and thunderstorms and here, closer to d. C. , some of the storms could be stronger to severe. 85 at Reagan National airport. The measure moisture in the air in the low 50s would be around 70 for the dew point for tomorrow and on sunday. I will start to feel really and uncomfortable. The atmosphere more unstable and the cold front arrives later on the day monday. Lots of sunshine here. 86 degrees. Low morning the low this morning in the 60s. Temperatures across the board, not so typical for this time of year here in washington. ,ulles at 81, gaithersburg 79 80 and hagerstown. Expanding the view out, High Pressure to the north of us where this area of High Pressure is going to move off towards the east through the day tomorrow and it will allow wins out of the south, southwest and it will heat us up not only tomorrow but into the day on sunday with a High Temperature then around 90 degrees. Look at the cooler air off to the north and west of us. Over in chicago. Heres the 24hour temperature change, six degrees warmer than we were at this time. The atmosphere has really stabilized in terms of temperatures looking for the heat and humidity back in the forecast tomorrow. At all. No problems mainly clear skies allowing temperatures to fall into the 60s. To the west of us, this is the cold front that will eventually move our way. We will see a noticeable difference in temperatures and a bigger change for the day on tuesday. Satellite radar closer to home, no problems at all looking for clear skies the rest of this evening. Front that isld really going to destabilize the atmosphere especially later in the weekend. Sunday night into monday, that is when we are expecting the strongest thunderstorms across the midatlantic. Once this returns, highs on tuesday are you ready for this only in the upper 70s around 80 degrees right here in washington. Even cooler out in the mountains. Mainly clear and comfortable, 68 degrees is the high. Lookingday tomorrow, for lots of sunshine. Its going to be hot and humid. Temperatures, upper 80s to low 90s feeling like we are in the mid90s. We keep the heat and humidity for sunday. Lets look at tuesday low humidity, comfortable temperatures, lots of sunshine, daytime high around 80 degrees. My time lows in the 60s. Overall want to get through this weekend, if you dont like the heat and humidity, a nice treat on the way. Hes getting us all choked up when we talk about that. He knows that you are going america. Good morning i have to make everyone proud. Steve will be on Good Morning America this weekend so tune in so steve can give you and the rest of the weekend a great weather forecast. Be there or be square. Before seen hung video from the British Royal family now on display. You dont see anything like that. Porcelain dolls left on doorsteps have families freak out. Who is taking responsibility for the doll dropoff and why. Is a look at whats coming up in primetime tonight. Thehe developments in Pennsylvania Hospital shooting. The man police say shot and killed a caseworker only to be shot himself by a sick i traced and by a psychiatrist remains in critical condition. Theyre trying to figure out the relationship. Gun, for oned a thing. Only onduty lawenforcement personnel are allowed to bring weapons to the campus. Ohio State University marching band is marching on after their director was fired yesterday. They will perform this weekend with the columbus symphony without direct or john waters. He was dismissed after a two month internal investigation found he failed to stop a sexualized culture within the band. Include students pressured to march in their stunts toas well as earn the sexually explicit nicknames. A parents complaint sparked the investigation. Coulde Severe Weather affect millions over the weekend. We have a preview and what else they are working on tonight in world news. Great to see you. Standing by so Severe Weather standing by for Severe Weather, hail, thunder storms. We will have more on your reporting on the campground hit, the confirmed ef1 tornado. Also tonight, the first pictures from the plane crash in the desert. They used a thrown to find it. Is still selling out concerts. Who is our person of the week . Join david for world nice after abc 7 news at 6 00 w orld news. Amazon reports a big loss. What they say is to blame. How bad is the summer blood shortage . Who gave dresses to military brides is headed to prison for embezzlement. You are watching abc 7 news at 5 00 on your side. A local woman who is donated gowns to local military wives is preparing to serve years in prison. She received her sentence today after embezzling millions of dollars. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford is live at the courthouse with the details. Pled guilty to embezzling 5 million. A tearful ephonia green told the judge that she just could not stop. The person convicted of the crime is not who she is. Strawa green hid under a hat as she ran from the courthouse minutes after the sixe sentenced her to months in federal prison. The dress that ive always dreamed of having, im getting. Military wives used to her the ferry godmother. She donated hundreds of downs from her shop in upper marlboro. Gowns. Res of green use the shop to launder money, nearly 2 million from her employer, the association of american and ago colleges, eight d. C. Nonprofit. She would then create bogus businesses. They issued a statement after the sentencing. We are pleased that ms. Green has held accountable for her crimes. She will repay by liquidating including her 1 million loan. Himhusband, coowner refuses to sign anything so the agreement has gone nowhere. Members of her church came to show support. Did not paya green taxes, it seems she more than paid the tithes to church. She gave the church nearly 1 million which reportedly qualified her to be a member of the top 10 givers a group for the united house of prayer. Remain freeed to for at least two more months before beginning her 46 month prison sentence. Live from u. S. To strict court, sam ford, abc 7 news. Terry mcauliffe surveyed damage at the cherrystone campground on the Eastern Shore today after any f1 tornado ravaged the site yesterday. Killednd and wife were when a tree fell on their tent. Dozens injured including the couples 13yearold son who remains in critical condition. The American Red Cross is assisting those displaced by the tornado. A warning tonight for hyattsville resident especially women. Two women walking alone at night were attacked recently and the cases could be linked. The first was july 10 near the West Hyattsville metro station and two days ago, a man attempted to rape a woman on hamilton street. Both women fought back and got away. It easy Police Officer behind bars monday after walking out of court a free man. Samson lawrence is being tried for the attempted murder of his wife but the jury was unable to reach a verdict to the judge ordered a mistrial. Today, he was arrested for violating a court order to stay away from his wife. Trial is set september 17. D. C. Delegate to congress Eleanor Holmes norton fired up responding to two recently proposed amendments about the district. On anyll not have a vote matter affecting the district of columbia. In the name of decency, if you are not going to give me a vote, stay out of our affairs of the district of columbia. Norton addressed the recent marijuana decriminalization amendment and gun amendment are unaccountable for their actions. She specifically criticized congressman Thomas Massey and andy harris saying they should stay out of the district business. At potomac man has died after his car plowed into a home. Ashas been identified 83yearold thomas brown found inside the convertible and later pronounced dead at the hospital. They believe the driver had a medical emergency. Nobody in the house was hurt. Time for a check, traffic this friday night. Rob is in the wtop traffic center. Always a lot of volume. No major problems out there. Lots of folks trying to get to maryland on the Woodrow Wilson bridge outer loop. Its quite a slow ride. Plenty of volume on the beltway in Prince Georges County want to get across the bridge. There is a broken down dump truck just after exit nine, allentown road, blocking the right lane. Tysons up to 70, still some delays. A crash northbound after Montgomery Village avenue along the left side of the roadway making it slower than normal there. Beltway traffic good through bethesda, silver spring, college park, just a lot of volume. 202. D especially eastbound, outside the beltway. On the outer beltway south of 50, a broken down truck also causing delays. Lets take a look at 95 in virginia were things will slow down around dale boulevard headed south at the express lane merge. Have a great weekend. In todays 7 on your side health alert, the American Red Cross is sending out an emerging an urgent call for help. How bad the blood shortage is and how it affects hospitals across the country. The difference between life and death. The American Red Cross released an urgent call this week for all able americans to roll up those sleeves and head to a local blood drives. The usual supply of blood donations seems to have dried up. 80,000 donations short of the usual amount. Like so many things, it does not stay fresh for ever. Car crash victims, cancer patients, all kinds of patients. Moreestimate that just two donors per blood drive would be enough to get through the summer. Giving a little time and a pint of blood underlines our shared humanity, giving life to a stranger. Someday it may mean you are receiving life also. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Changes. Ahead, more one popular business now being told to leave the white flint mall. A look at personal home videos of the British Royal family. A Police Officer charged with murder in a road pope francis will visit philadelphia next year. The archdiocese of philadelphia says official confirmation is still months away. The archbishop said pope francis said he will come to the world meeting of families in september of next year. The pope has said hes willing to attend the event but the vatican says they have not made preparations yet. Great written, some new home videos of the royal family have been released for the first time. Intimate moments of the most extraordinary child is from Queen Elizabeth two prince george. Here is curt hawkins with more. A Young Elizabeth as princess playing with her stroller on a seesaw with her sister princess margaret, the family pets, a horse, even a bird. Released for the first time as part of a new exhibit at buckingham palace. Thats very easy to forget it is also a family home. Prince philip is riding a tricycle with Prince Charles following closely behind on a toy tractor. These images providing a rare glimpse inside the childhood home for generations of royals. Buckingham palace was first purchased in 1632. Several of the monarchs has raised large families here and we want to give an insight into that element of the building. Martin miniature aston presented to prince andrew, the royal childhood exhibit from july 26 until september 28 150ures more than mor objects gathered. It brings home the idea that even monarchs were all children once. Theres an american contribution to the exhibit, a rocking horse from president obama to commemorate the birth of prince george. Abc news, los angeles. Next, why some verizon cell phone users are experiencing a slowdown in surface. Why is amazon seeing a big drop in profits . At dave and busters getting kicked chocking up a huge quarterly loss to new products. They reported a 126 Million Dollar loss even though sales were up 23 . They blamed a big part of the loss on spending for new Services Including sunday new amazond a smartphone. Shares dropped 10 with news of the quarterly losses. If you are a verizon customer on an unlimited land, prepare for slowdowns. 4g who byprioritize their data by the gigabyte over unlimited plans. The limited users will face lower speeds while the rest of the customers maintain faster speeds. S will unlimited useres face lower speeds. Shutve and busters has to their doors and in turn, they have to haul out every game and ticket machine by next month. Outside lewis is live the mall with this fight. Demolish theto entire structure to make way for a modern shopping center. Dave and busters did not like the ideas of both parties went to court where the popular arcade venue did not win a prize. Dave and busters is about to go quiet. This week, a federal court judge told the restaurant and bar that runs a massive arcade that it was game over. In a cis ink two page order signed tuesday, the judge terminated their lease effective august 20. On what grounds . The judge found the entertainment venue violated a geographical clause when it opened a second maryland location at the anne arundel mills mall in hanover to close the white flint. Woo. Wow. You could have dinner, play a few games, and it was nearby. Wills worried his sons not get to redeem their gift cards. All 200 worth. Friends and family members spent their money buying these cards to give them to our kids to gifts are losing out. Only four Stores Remain at the white flint mall. Crews have started demolishing the wing that once led to bloomingdales. The plan is to construct a 21st vision they city, a stood in the way of. If they have a contract, they should be honored. Every once in a while the court makes decisions that we cannot argue with. Not goingd taylor is away quietly. A judge recently ruled it, too, needs to vacate but the popular appeal. S filed an live from the Montgomery County mobile newsroom, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Porcelain dolls were recently discovered on the doorsteps of some homes in california. Many parents were concerned. They were left at homes in san clemente where young girls lived and they fought that the dolls bore an area resemblance to their daughters thought the dolls bore resemblance. Its kind of a creepy thing. Its just odd. A the dolls were a gift from woman who attends church with many of these families. She was cleaning out an old doll collection and thought the girls would enjoy them. Push fort at 6 00, the immigration reform. President Obama Meeting with leaders from Central America to slow down the flow of undocumented children coming into the united states. The silver line and how one family hopes to make history with the service. Those and more tonight at 6 00. Lets get an update on the weekend weather from steve rudin. On the wayhumid air for the weekend but its a beautiful evening out there. Take a look at annapolis, maryland, from our weatherbug camera with not a cloud in the sky keeping it that way for this weekend and most of the overnight hours as temperatures ultimately fall into the 60s. 7583 with the wind out of the south that just around four to eight miles per hour. Daylight getting shorter slowly with some site tonight at 820 6 p. M. 83frederick, 83 petersburg, fredericksburg. Not a cloud in the sky right now. Later on tonight into the Early Morning hours, as we move through the day tomorrow, a better chance for some thunderstorms. Clear and comfortable overnight, 6060 eight. The weekend forecast with highs around 90 with the highest day on sunday with heat index readings in the mid 90s and a good chance for some stronger storms in the sunday evening. The next seven days shows a cold front moving through monday and look at the high on tuesday. Only around 80. Aroundmountains, highs 7578 degrees and nighttime lows from the low to mid 60s and 70s. A nice weekend ahead if you like typical july weather in washington. In ice cooled down to look forward to next week. Back to the news desk. If you have to rack this football, a day like today is the day to do it. Rather be doing it in carlisle dan richmond. Remember those days . Cap and carlyle no longer. Hey two went to the offense in the rain down in richmond, the defense got the best of quarterback Robert Griffin iii. D on their heels. It felt pretty good about how things are going. Real sloppy. Guys all came out with a better attitude today. But we got itbad, taken away from us yesterday. I guess they got their bite b ack. To win ae is trying spot. Not the hall of famer, but his son, jerry rice junior. Aboutws a thing or two how to catch the coaches i. Hesrry rice junior knows going to hear plenty of it whether its on the field or off. Santana moss was talking about the raider days. Everyone is going about their day. His father is jerry rice. That jerry rice. Representing the redskins on the front and back. Im just owing to try to work my hardest and fight for this game. Regarded as the best wide receiver of all time. Hows that for pressure . Its definitely a challenge. You only get to live this life once. Why not try to be great just like my dad . His goal is to make the roster and he will take all the advice he can from dad. Day. Talk to him every he will ask how it goes. Im sure he will show up every once in a while. Tim brant in richmond, abc seven sports. What hes saying is he will show up before the cuts. [laughter] he looks sharp. Is very fast. Next, how a local High School Student is teaming up with Fairfax County police to School Student is teaming up with Fairfax County police to save you[ horns honking ] people are so impatient, right . You know what it is . Its waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours, people dont like waiting. You know, at comcast, we dont want you to wait at all. With ourur new xfinity my account app, you can troubleshoot tenical issues, request a callback, or check with an expert via twitter. Can you wait just a second . Hey, can you move, please . i hate sheep. [ male announcer ] introducing the xfinity my account app. Its a whole new day at comcast. Hold us to it. Fairfax county police have a new tool in the fight against sex trafficking. Atzel reports, they have a new tool. A a lot of people have misunderstanding as to what Human Trafficking is. They are exploited and traumatized over and over on a daily basis. Its happening in virginia more than people think. Except this time, this is just the filming of a Public Service announcement to help young people understand the dangers of sex trafficking. As called just ask, campaign to end sex trafficking in teens that is already lurking. Fairfax county Police Arrested weeks accused of sex trafficking a 14yearold. They realized something was not right. She thought someone was just talking to her about making money and did not realize until after she had got the awareness piece as to what he was really trying to trap her into. Action. Senior at West Springfield high school who has been spreading the message with and , wrist fans wristbands. This will give you a sense of whether you are a victim of sex trafficking. Isthe average age of entry 13 years old. The fact that kids that age are being exploited really struck a chord with me. Cut. Let me take a look at that. Hatzel vela, abc 7 news. That is it for abc 7 news at 5 00. Abc 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Live, this is abc 7 news at 6 00 on your side. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org gearing up for the silver line opening tomorrow at noon with new stations. At largonal stop is town center. Jeff goldberg is live in mclean with this years in the making. Decades in the making some might say, an exciting work here at Tysons Corner. This will be the first station that they will see coming west on the silver line out of arlington. The opening of the silver line will mean very big things for the development of Tysons Corner but tyson is only part of the story. Years from now, silverlight enthusiasts will clearly remember writing it on opening day. He remembers writing the orange line of the day Service Expanded to vienna in 1984. Its wonderful to see the shiny new trains and stations. Will share the experience with his eightyearold daughter. I thought she would enjoy the same experience. Everythings going to be really exciting. That is how they feel about phase one of the silver line which includes four in Tysons Corner and one in reston. Im thekes me feel like dad, like we switched places. Like other metro lines, the silver is expected to fuel the already rapid growth of Tysons Corner which planners want to become more urbanized, walkable, livable. The idea is right. Tim kaine was governor of the commonwealth from 20062010 and years of debates around the silver line. Phase two enact metro to dulles add two that will