Very intense thunderstorm now over western sections of Charles County continuing to move towards the northeast towards the southern sections of our viewing area of the metro area over the next hour or so. Join you with more details on that cell and others in the studio in a few minutes. Leon ok doug. We got it. We turn to a developing story. Protesters have been taken to the streets after a man died over the weekend. Freddie gray passed a week after he was arrested by Baltimore Police breaking his back in the process. Maryland bureau chief brad bell in baltimore tonight where a News Conference just wrapped up. Whats the latest . What did you hear . Brad leon the Baltimore Police commissioner says this is a town on edge. The mayor says shes angry to have to be answering these questions dealing with the death of a young africanamerican man. As you said freddie gray arrested april 12th. He died yesterday. Today, authorities are saying his autopsy showed he died as a result of spinal cord injuries. Now, his arrest was caught on tape. Were going to show it to you. And as you watch it keep in mind police are now saying they do not believe that this man was injured during the arrest. Theyre now telling us they think that what killed him happened in the transport van that youre going to see on this video. That boys legs are broke. His legs youre dragging him right dead. Brad that video from april 12 25yearold freddie gray laid from police and he gave up and laid down. Thats when according to sources, an officer plant the his right knee from grays up baeshg. From another angle, cell phone video. Its clear theres something wrong with gray as hes man handled into a police van, he cries out in pain. It turns out his neck is broken. He lives on for seven days in a coma but dies yesterday. Now the protests. We want to know we want justice brad hundreds gather at Police Headquarters this morning. Marches are planned. In the neighborhood where gray hung out, his friends wear tshirts in his name. We want to know whats going on and we want justice for freddie. It will be served in baltimore. Brad and this afternoon, baltimores mayor and police chief are speaking out. We will be open. We will answer questions. We will bring this information to the public. We will continue to keep the public and mr. Grays family informed at every step of this investigation as we are able. We guarantee transparency and as the mayor said we also guarantee accountability. Brad the Police Commissioner is saying there will be a twoweek investigation. The results of that investigation will be turned over to the states attorney where a decision will be made as to whether or not charges are filed. But again, in this fast moving story, this afternoon, just minutes ago, we heard from the Baltimore Police and the mayor that they believe that whatever happened to this man that caused his death did not happen out on the street. They say it happened in that transport van. Additionally they reported that mr. Gray asked for his inhaler. He was asthmatic and was in my medical distress in that van and his pleas for help were not heeded and, in fact the van stopped twice before he got to Police Station for processing and in one of those occasions where the van operator called and said this man was being irate, there was some rough handling at that point as well. Well have more on this coming up at 6 00 as we piece together what police are now saying about this incident. Back to you. Leon you got it, brad. Congress has tasked the bureau of justice statistics to start reporting on deaths in Police Custody 15 years ago. In the most recent numbers, 418 arrest related deaths happened between january 2003 and december of 2009. Of those, 61 were classified as homicides and 11 were suicides. 11 were due to intoxication. 6 came after accidental injuries and 5 were due to natural causes. In the last eight months several high profile cases have made National News starting with the death of Michael Brown in ferguson missouri and including the shootings of eric harris in tulsa and walter scott in North Charleston south carolina. Alison . Alison new information now on the murder of a mother inside her arlington home. Police tell abc 7 she was stabbed. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is tracking the newest developments from arlington tonight. Jeff . Jeff alison Arlington Police continue to have a strong presence around this scene. Police cruiser down there in the alleyway and another cruiser up here on 18th street south and investigators have been inside this home all day today. The Big Development of the afternoon, as mentioned, police say that 42yearold bonnie black, the mother of two is believed to have died as a result of stabbing although police will not say exactly how many times they believe she was stabbed. Forensic investigators, again inside the home all day today. The very meticulous deliberate process of looking at the clues thats inside the home to ensure that they miss no clues. Police not saying exactly where they believe black was killed saying that is information crucial to this investigation. Also, of course, the question of a suspect. Detectives have interviewed blacks estranged husband but he has not been charged or detained. Authorities say there are a number of people they are looking at right now. But no one in custody. Here now is the message that police want to convey to People Living nearby. This is a very unusual type of appearance. I cant remember anything similar in this neighborhood so i would warn folks to be cautious. I would warn folks to be careful but i dont want anyone panicking. Jeff bonnie blacks two children just 3 and 5 years old both found playing in the front yard alone when the crime was first discovered, they continue to remain in the custody of arlingtons child protective services. In south arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. Alison ok jeff. Thank you. The man accused of killing a university of Mary Washington student is due in court tomorrow. Stephen vanderbriel is charged with murder and abduction in grace manns death. The 20yearold is from falls church, was found unconscious in her apartment friday afternoon. Her funeral is scheduled for tomorrow in falls church. Leon alison, the latest breach of White House Security landed a california man in court today. Kelly lynn is standing by at our live desk and has more of what happened in court this afternoon. Kelly . Kelly thank you leon. 54yearold jerome hunt of Sacramento California appeared in superior court in d. C. Today. He had an arraignment hearing and hes now charged with unlawful entry after being arrested for trying to scale a white house fence on sunday. Abc 7 video shows a flurry of Police Activity and in seconds, secret service agentses take him into security before making it to the white house. They ordered hunt to have a Mental Health assessment and place him on g. P. S. Monitoring. This convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and or 1,000 fine. Secret service has experienced a series of security lapses. In september, a man with a knife jumped the fence to the white house and went inside. The secret service said thats the sixth time that someone jumped the fence in 2014 and the 16th in the past five years. Back to you. Leon all right. You got it kelly. Thank you for that. Man who landed his gyrocopter on the lawn of the u. S. Capitol spoke exclusively to abc news. Doug hughes says that he has no regrets about last wednesdays flight. Hughes says his only goal is to raise awareness of Campaign Finance reform. He expected to be intercepted, he said, as he approached washington but he also said he never worried about being shot down. Im a mailman. I was delivering the mail. I dont think that the government is going to shoot a 61yearold mailman in a flying bicycle. Leon thats a heck of a gamble. I dont know much hes under house arrest at his home in tampa, florida complete with a fitted g. P. S. Bracelet. Hell be back in washington though, on may 8th for his court appearance. Six suspects accused of trying to join isil appeared in federal court today. F. B. I. Agents related the suspects in minneapolis and san diego in a terrorism bust. Federal officials have been tracking young people who have traveled or tried to travel to syria to fight with isil militants. At least one suspect from minnesota died while fighting for the militants. Our senior political reporter scott thuman will have more coming up at 6 00. Alison . Alison an update tonight as the Transportation Security Administration tightens the rules for airlines and airport workers. The changes come after a baggage handler in atlanta was accused of smuggling guns on commercial jets last december. Today, Homeland Security secretary jay johnson announced that all aviation workers will now be subject to realtime recurring criminal background checks. And airport employees with secure identification display area badges will undergo fingerprint based background checks every two years. Well, just more than a year and a half after that deadly shooting at the Washington Navy yard, the facility is taking a big step towards completely reopening. Diane cho takes us to todays dedication for the nav sea building. Diane here at the Washington Navy yard all of the employees once displaced by the tragic shootings in 2013 have now returned as a place formerly known as building 197. 19 months ago we lost 12 shipmates, members of our navy family in an evil and never to be understood act. Diane today marked the official dedication for the headquarters now called the humphries building named after joshua humphries, a man who designed the first six frigates for the the nav sea family has gone through a lot and were fully back to where we belong. Diane about 400 employees started return to go this building on a weekly basis and that process was completed at the end of march. Quincy was working the day the tragic events unfolded and she says the memories still haunt her today. Sometimes its hard. I thought id be over it but you cant help but remember it. Diane the building houses a memorial to those who died in the shootings. From here on out well think about the future and still remember our friends that were lost. Diane in southeast d. C. Diane cho, abc 7 news. Alison and coming up at 5 00 hitting full stride were going to take you to this years Boston Marathon on the eve of judgment for one of the men who changed that event forever. Leon also, pen is mighty as the sword. What he did to kill a teacher. And later and wont yet. It smells awful alison 7 on your side to investigate the smell thats leaving People Holding their noses in part of d. C. Reporter a man is walking down a capitol hill street when he has a gun pointing in his face. He didnt know someone was behi leon a man who donated his medal to the city of boston after winning its marathon two years ago is back in the winners circle. The man from ethiopia won todays race with an unofficial time of 2 09 17. Caroline rodish of kenya won the Womens Division and another from clarksville, maryland won the wheelchair division. Sentencing begins tomorrow for the man convicted of taking part in the bombings at the marathons finish line two years ago. Dzhokhar tsarnaev faces the death penalty. A poll by a boston Radio Station last week found that 58 of those asked believe that the 21yearold should spend the rest of hife in prison. Alison leon the search is on for three men who used a stun gun to rob a fourth man on capitol hill. It happened just after noon last thursday at 11th and e streets northeast. 7 on your sides fighting back investigator Jennifer Donelan is live at the scene with the latest on the investigation. Jennifer . Jennifer well, this was an ambush that we need to make folks aware of. This is a man who was walking down the street. He worked several jobs to send money back to his family in ethiopia when he had a gun pointed in his face and then someone from behind put a stun gun right his ear. Thats the first time i ever had seen Something Like that or even really heard of it. Jennifer it was just after noon last thursday when this capitol hill resident was on the second floor of her home and through double pane windows she heard it. The noise i heard was like an electrical buzzing sound. Jennifer she said she knew it was the distinct sound of a takes stun gun. On the sidewalk below, there were three strangers. Standing over a machine man who was laying on the ground. I was like whats going on . Jennifer a 53yearold man was walking along 11th street in capitol hill and speaking to his wife on the cell phone when a man stood in front of him and pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it. Then the second man was standing behind the victim pulled out a stun gun. And tased the victim on the left ear area on his head. The man fell to the ground and dromd his dropped his cell phone. He looked dazed. He wasnt shaking. Jennifer this man has been housemates with the victim for the past six years. Good family man and Good Neighbor and its just scary quite frankly. Jennifer the gun wielding robbers who used the stun gun in that surprise attack got away. You know what bothers me the most is the way they sauntered off like this is just anotherin the life. Jennnow, weve reported on cases in the past where robbers have pulled out a stun gun but its rare where theyve actually used it on a victim. Were checking with d. C. Police to see if they have any similar cases in recent months. If you have information, give them a call. Reporting live from capitol hill, im Jennifer Donelan, abc 7 news. Leon today marked 16 years since the Columbine High School massacre. Two students planned the attack there at the high school in littleton, colorado. They killed 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives that day. The pair made home videos prior to the attack making references to what they were doing and apologizing to their parents for doing it. Authorities say its too early to say that an attack on a school in spain this morning was an attempt to imitate the columbine attack. Investigators say the 13yearold boy armed with a crossbow and a machete killed a substitute teacher in a high school there in barcelona. Two other students and a teacher was injured in that attack. The boy will not be facing criminal charges because hes under the age of 14. He was taken off to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Alison . Alison the Justice Department and the f. B. I. Admit Forensic Experts overstated hair matches in hundreds of cases before the year 2000. The federal government says its now working with the Innocence Project and the National Association of criminal defense lawyers to notify those affected. The Justice Department is also reviewing hundreds of additional cases for possible errors. The f. B. I. Now uses d. N. A. Testing to analyze hair samples instead of a microscope. Leon storms rolled through middle tennessee sunday afternoon leaving behind damage in east nashville. Today, residents were out cleaning up from a wet and windy weekend there. The storms rolled through uprooting trees and knocking down power lines. Lightning hit a tree that damaged the roof of a home there. Luckily, nobody was hurt and this time of year accident ive been there and ive been in tornadoes in tennessee for several years. It happens every year about this time. Alison right. Doug is here to update on what were trying right now around here. Doug at the moment no Severe Weather in the viewing area. There are storms that continue to form and build close to washington. Well watch those and talk about the potential for the next few hours. Lets get started here with a look at the first map and thats the tornado watch in yellow covering the entire viewing area and then farther south, theres a severe thunderstorm watch. Both of those in effect until 10 00 this evening. Right now skies are partly sunny here outside of our studios in arlington but just to the south and northeast, weve got a developing showers and thunderstorms. Pretty good complex developing right now. Not severe. Stretches across the Potomac River out of Prince William county and across northern sections of Charles County into southern Prince Georges County along the Potomac River and look at it forming over the Potomac River downstream and this is coming to newburgh in Charles County so well see a number of these storms each one as ive been telling you all day well monitor for any signs of severity. Right now, none of that is happening in the local area. Even though its late in the arch, we still have the potential in time to develop more storms for some of these to further develop into possibly severe storms. We showed you along the potomac through western sections of Charles County this is the view of the back edge of those storms as we are from woodbridge. Live camera there from st. Thomas aquinas. It will be an active afternoon. You see how cloudy it is. Clouds, showers and in between lots of sun these are the areas that we continue to monitor for more storms moving in over the next few hours. Same story on the south side of virginia and starting to see them develop more often locally now so its aime we think before one or two of these could reach severe levels and well let you know immediately if that happens. The entire situation will improve later tonight when this entire zone is disturbed weather and moves out of the region. That may take until 9 00 10 00 tonight across the area and then turn noticeably cooler. Within the next few hours, we still look at each one of these storms of having the potential to develop a tornado. Strong wind gusts with some hail and very, very heavy rain. We had a lot of heavy rain in many areas this morning. Heavy rain is a concern around the area. Temperatures 79 degrees still at reagan national. 81 in fredricksburg and culpepper. Late in the afternoon but the sun is still high enough to heat things up and that heating more lift to the air because of that. And that adds the potential for more developing storms for the next couple of hours. Big picture, satellite and radar shows were in this zone between cold front and a warm front thats stationary out of the north. Were thinking all indications are if the tornado possibility probably going to tend to be a little bit farther north and east of the immediate Washington Area if they develop. Again, lot of stuff coming in from the south and southwest. Keep a close eye on as we head through the next several hours. For tomorrow different kind of story. Lot of sunshine. It will be drier and a little bit of a breeze. Highs will approach 70 degrees. Ossibility of more rain coming into the area for the day on wednesday. And then weve got ourselves in the situation where well see some clearing skies as we head through the next couple of days. We are watching another big storm. We just noticed out in western maryland Allegheny County south of frostburg, Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for that cell. That will move into pennsylvania. It just shows even though its in late in the day, more Severe Weather is a possibility. Leon thats a little unusual. Doug we see on Doppler Radar, Allegheny County youre in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Alison whether you say macaroni cheese or cheese and macaroni kraft is making a change. Find out what that change is coming up. Leon all right but first i feel good about it. If this will help me how many more people will it help . Leon the experiment that this man took part in that could help us all live a little longer. Alison heres a look at whats coming up tonight on abc. Alison a 7 on your side Health Matters report now. A new study finds 25 of patients who survive a stay in the intensive care unit experience post Traumatic Stress syndrome. Johns hopkins researches say the rates are as high as you might see in combat soldiers or rape victims. Risk factors include a history of anxiety or depression large amounts of sedation and reports of frightening i. C. U. Memories. Leon this summer, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a new heart valve that could extend the lives of patients around the world. Liz bonis introduces us to one man who took part in that testing when the valve was still in the experimental phase. Liz if you take a look at josephs extended family its easy to see why several months ago when he could barely do this with his wife marjorie. Couldnt walk very far. Liz a lot of people were worried about him. Hed already had one open heart surgery so dr. Dean said it was too risky to try another one. Instead he said that there was this trial that joe could be in. Liz the trial is being conducted by edwards life sciences. They make a Third Generation expandible heart valve much like this one. As you can see in this imaging, it hopes with the help of a balloon and expands when placed into the heart through a tiny incision in the groin. This is the actual device here. Liz compared to previous Heart Valve Technology its significantly smaller. So the hole that you have to make in somebodys artery to put it in and the requirement of the vessel size in order to get this catheter in is markedly reduced. Liz it also locks and seals itself in to stop leaking which complicates things. Im doing great. Thanks to i got a heart of a 30yearold. I told him, give me the body of a 30yearold to go with it. Leon coming up here at 5 00 the nationals respond to a story we saw first on 7. Find out what the team is doing for three ushers who sued them. Alison then a little later, mixed messages. As some celebrate april 20th where its legal to smoke pot in the district, parents in neighboring counties are struggling with how to talk to their kids about drugs. Reporter something stinks in the Nations Capital bad it smells real bad im Stephen Tschida. In a moment ill tell you about the quest to find the source of the smell and the latest on all those people who say they are leon all right. Have to touch this stuff even though we may not want to you have to. Its something a little funky in the district. Literally. Alison thats right. Stinks out there. People walking down p street in northwest are heading into a cloud of stench. Right in front of the whole foods market. Yeah. They question what is it and what can be done about it . Leon all right. Only on 7 Stephen Tschida is right now on p street with what he has sniffed out on this story. Stephen . Stephen oh, yeah. We dont know exactly what it is but i can tell you it is foul. And it is centered right across the street right in front of the whole foods, right through there. That stretch. Thats where people say they are walking right into this foul odor. They say they can barely stand it. And theyve been putting up with it now for more than a week. Its invisible but boy, does it hit you hard. It smells awful i hold my breath every single time i walk past. Stephen we caught her covering her nose and questioning the foul odor she confronts on her daily walk down p street. It smells like rotting garbage. But it also smells like really bad body odor. Stephen people who stroll p street are asking what could stink so bad. Smells like garbage. It smells like i dont want to say. Its like dog poop. Stephen she finally told us what else she thinks it smells like. Sewage. Yes, yes. Stephen d. C. Water has been out here just friday. A crew cleared a blockage caused by a massive congealed grease. We did spot xs on a manhole and grates near the apparent source of the stench. What is that smell . Every time i come down here its like stephen meanwhile, the smell continues as well as the complaints. The smell right there, it smells awful now, what it is, i have no clue. Stephen now, we did communicate with d. C. Water and john lyle said that he was sending a couple of crews over here to try to deal with this blocked sewer line. Possibly again and try to clear away the smell. So far, though, we have not seen those crews and the smell lingers. Reporting live, Stephen Tschida, abc 7 news. Alison all right. Keep us posted thank you. Checking our top stories now, Baltimore Police release cell phone video showing the arrest of a man who died after his spine was nearly severed while in Police Custody. Freddie gray died yesterday after a week in a coma. Baltimores mayor and Police Commissioner say they believe whatever happened to gray happened inside the transport van and not during the arrest. The officers involved in the incident have been suspended. Leon Arlington Police say a mother of two was stabbed to death. Bonnie blacks body was found friday in her home. Two children were found playing outside in the yard. Police say that blacks husband talked to investigators and is cooperating. Police say that there was a protective order against him and the two were in the middle of a divorce. Alison our region is under a tornado watch until 10 00 tonight. Our Storm Watch Team is keeping a close eye on the skies and the radar and let you know if anything dangerous starts to develop out there. Leon the Washington Nationals have reinstated three ushers who sued the team for religious discrimination. Tony green, lloyd kobe and ralph jones are seventh day adventists. Alison thats right. They say they were fired after refusing to work friday night or saturday day games on their sabbath. So the team is reinstating them on terms that will accommodate their religious beliefs. And the men say they will be back in the stands come may. Leon all right. Bit of a dispute brewing between espn and verizon. Theres a disagreement over their agreement to work together. The Sports Network says the cable companys plan to offer a new plan with fewer stations violates its contract. Sunday verizon started offering espn and espn 2 to customers as part of a sports channel bundle rather than the package. Well keep you posted. Alison lets get a check on the traffic situation at this hour. Jamie sullivan is here on traffic watch. Hi jamie. Jamie we have crashes popping up. So far this afternoon, its been ok weatherwise. We arent seeing anything that is adding to the commute just yet. Let me begin here. This is a live look showing what weve got on 66. Our traffic heading outbound is bumper to bumper. A crash past this point near 50. Lets give you an idea o slow we actually are. Its going to take you 30 minutes getting on 66 from the capital beltway continuing closer to the Fairfax County parkway. As we move to talk about these delays, yes, very used to this on the inner loop basically getting from right near the toll road continuing into maryland. The thing is outbound traffic is very heavy as well. A crash for you right near 66. As we move to 395, mainly these crashes right now in virginia. But the crash for you causing big delays. Lets take a live look and show you 395 just north of duke street to give you an idea of what weve got. It is blocking a lane of course, so with this lane blocked, just adding to the congestion. Be careful this evening. Thats a look at traffic. Back to you. Alison ok jamie. Thank you very much. Abc 7 now is excited to give you a trip to disneyland. Live with michael and kelly will be broadcasting from the California Park the middle of next month. Starting on monday you can watch good morning washington to find out the days magical clue and log on to our wjla Facebook Page and enter the contest right there. Leon all right. Alison ant 5 00 that familiar yellow pasta may take on a new shade. Well tell you whats changing with kraft macaroni cheese. Leon can you call that pasta . Can you really . Influx of emergencies. Find out what the European Union is doing to try to stem the tide of the illegal trafficking in africa and the middle east. Alison why business alison today marks five years since the deep water horizon explosion in the gulf of mexico. 11 people died when that oil rig exploded 41 miles off shore. Their bodies were never found. Oil flowed into that gulf for 87 days filling an estimated 210 million gallons of oil. And five years after that disaster conservation biologists are still trying to get a sense of how much damage was done by that oil spill. Theres still a lot of uncertainty about what we know and i think its important to remember that theres been a lot of studies done that are confidential. The Natural Resources Damage Assessment is still under way. Alison researchers aboard the vessel pelican say you can still find oil at different depths in the gulf. In all an estimated 210 million gallons of oil are still on the sea floor. Leon rescuers responded to calls for help from two more ships in the Mediterranean Sea today. Boats carrying migrants declared emergencies off the coast of libya and greece. This after another boat capsized off the coast of libya this weekend killing as many as 900 people. In that case an italian Prosecutor Says hundreds of people were locked below deck stopping them from escaping as that ship sank. Leaders of the European Union are planning to hold an emergency summit on that migrant crisis playing out in that region this thursday. They want to figure out how to stop Human Trafficking between europe and africa and the middle east. Spokesperson with the u. S. State Department Says that the u. S. Will continue to cooperate with europe and try and end that crisis. Alison to say that people can be passionate about their politics, that can be a bit of an understatement. He talked to the television. He tried to get things straightened out. Through the television. Leon we all know people like that. Still to come find out how one man is carrying on his political agenda from the after life. Leon 7 on your side with a consumer alert. This is a long Time Favorite of children everywhere and its about to change. Krafts iconic macaroni cheese. Maac and cheese will no longer contain artificial preservatives or synthetic colors. I guess thats what makes it kraft macaroni cheese. Alison that will be interesting. See if it tastes any diffe leon you think it matters . Alison moving on now, dozens of people were out and they lit up on the National Mall today. But they didnt have cigarettes. They had marijuana. In celebration of it being april 20th. 420 has become a code for pot in some circles but while small amounts are legal in the district theyre still illegal in its closest suburbs and as Rebecca Cooper reports, that has some parents worried about a mixed message as they try to talk to their kids about drugs. Rebecca here on the mall pot activists marked 420 by lighting up on federal land even though its still against the law. Theyre trying to make a point politically. This da has become so synonymous to smoking pot, its time for a parents to mark 420 by talking to their kids about drugs. Here in Montgomery County some School Officials include it in the weekly message to parents. 420 has become a date that some junior high and High School Students try pot for the first time. This parent has one in high school, one in junior high and two in elementary school. Were very open. But just didnt put it all together. Rebecca this former teacher in Montgomery County says its a conversation parents should initiate as early as sixth grade. Absolutely. Theres no harm done talking to them even if they are not aware of it because at least theyre being educated without being coerced to get involved. Rebecca openly exhibiting her enthusiasm for pot, this virginia 18yearold said shes been smoking for a few years and told her parents this past year. They know that im not hurting anybody with it. So they were fine with it. Rebecca harmless they found. Experts say not young developing brains. They are warning parents that on 420, it is an important time to tell your children about the harmful effects pot can pose. On the National Mall Rebecca Cooper, abc 7 news. Alison music legend Willie Nelson plans to roll out his own brand of marijuana. The 81yearold singer songwriter announced in a Statement Today that willies reserve will be grown and sold in colorado and washington. Two states, of course where Recreational Use of the drug is legal. Nelson will collaborate with master growers to define starns for his grade and make his best on the market. If he says so himself. Leon we will take his judgment for that, ok . All right. Coming up tonight here at 6 00 just ahead here tonight americans arrested accused of trying to join terror groups. Two things that all the suspects had in common and the state that serves people accused of helping terrorists overseas and new video showing the confrontation thattened with a suspect dying while in Police Custody. Well have that ahead coming up at 6 00. Alison . Alison death, politics, controversy, were not talking about a tv drama. Instead, its an obituary for a man in north carolina. 81yearold larry upright passed away last week. Upright believed so strongly in his republican views that in his obituary, they asked people not to vote for Hillary Clinton in lieu of accepting flowers. Its a free country. What we did was for us. We know hes up there giggling about it right now. Probably laughing outloud. Alison the family says 24 hours after it was printed they did start to get a lot of feedback. Not all of it has been nice but the family says they can take it. Leon have to forgive me for being one of those laughing outloud. Thats act pretty funny. Alison thats pretty funny. Nothing funny though looking ahead tonight weatherwise. We have the stuff thats coming in here that might be kind of tricky. Alison whats the latest . Doug a lot of times we start to see the chances of Severe Weather going down and theyre going up a little bit well show you why. Take a look at from one of aur our cameras overlooking the capitol building. Right now for the moment it looks just fine outside downtown but areas to the south and southeast were a little bit darker. This view showed some dark clouds hanging over alexandria. But what were seeing for the moment is most of the storm activity just east of washington and over Prince Georges County. All right. Lets show you the tornado watch thats in effect right now until 10 00 tonight for the entire area severe thunderstorm watch thats out and now Doppler Radar shows the local area of thunderstorms. Were getting some increasing lightning. This is just over southeast washington and Prince Georges County to oxon hill and another area in Upper Marlboro and a few more downstream. South and west. This is the live look at our rooftop camera right now here in rosslyn overlooking the city. Might see a little bit of a rainbow on the righthand side. Weve seen lots of rainbow pictures. Thank you for those because of the intermittent sunshine and storms. Still, 79 at reagan national. 80 degrees in fredricksburg so again a couple more hours well see the showers and storms to the south and west continue to develop. Each of them has the possibility of becoming severe. Well continue to keep you on track and on top of that all night long. Eventually, the storms will end and skies will clear. Temperatures in the 50s. Steve rudin with me and continue to watch it for the evening here. Back to you. Alison ok. Doug, thank you very much. Leon all right. Lots going on today here. Tim no question about it. Its fun. Here we are, its april. April 20th spring has sprung nba, nhl playoffs are under way. Nats wizards and caps were off tonight so while the redskins were at the park for voluntary workouts with o. T. A. S rapidly approaching, lets check in there. 10 days until the draft. Redskins have to decide by may 3rd if theyll pick up the option on r. G. Iiis contract. Thats two weeks away folks and i think theres a good chance the redskins will risk griffin becoming a free agent following the upcoming season. Now, r. G. Iii told the nfl network that hed be bummed but he understands. And its all about this year not next anyway. R. G. Iii, big news in april. All right. Its now official, tim tebow has signed a oneyear contract with the philadelphia eagles. Im sure you heard the buzz over the weekend but now it is official and dont be quick to react. The eagles have given the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner his first chance to get back in the league since the patriots cut him in 2013. Look, hes listed as a fourth string quarterback and gives the eagles another body in camp. He runs the pistol fairly well and got that in their playbook and tim tebow is a lottery ticket. Thats it. A long shot. If it pans out, ok, thats good. All right, as you know the wifrs lead their series with toronto 10 games. Heres my question, what the heck is the nba thinking with their schedule . Paul pierce and the wizards played game one in toronto on saturday. They flew home and practiced here until today. It seemed like a week since theyve won that thing. How do you maintain momentum with a schedule like that . Game two is tomorrow night. So the team flew back to canada this afternoon. The nba wont have the champion as you know, until june. I just think its crazy. Going to be tough. Theyre going to come out ready to play and, yeah, theyre going to be probably really hungry and they want to take revenge on us. Tim be well rested. In the nhl, caps are down 21 games in their series with the islanders. What a way to lose. 15 seconds into the overtime. Now, at practice today barry trotz was trying to work on the team mentally to recapture some momentum. Eric fehr did not practice and listen to this he will miss at least the next two games with what the team is calling an upper body injury. Ill have more on that coming up in sports at 6 00. Leon ok you had to mention tebow. Tim im doing the sports and all of a sudden i see this out of my peripheral vision. Sweetheart of sigma kai, tim tebow. Leon the combination of warmer weather and a popular movie have Police Stepping up patrols. Alison still to come were riding along with police as they crack down on street racing. Alison an undercover bust on the streets of southern california. Leon randy shows us the inside world of illegal street racing and how police are cracking down on it. Reporter chaos on the streets south of los angeles. Abc news on an exclusive ride along with undercover officers overnight. As they hunt down potentially reckless riders spinning out of control. In what are known as side shows, illegal mob scenes and street races like these that have turned into a showdown with police. Is street racing ramping up . Yes we believe so. They think its us vs. Them mentality. Reporter in february cameras captured this deadly street race in los angeles. Watch the mustang on the left swerve into a crowd killing two people. Street racers also shut down l. A. s busy 105 freeway in december. Scenes like these becoming all too familiar from oakland to southern california. Hoping we can curb some of these behavior. Reporter more than 100 deputies and Police Officers flooded streets sunday evening boxing in this swarm of more than 200 cars. At least 10 people arrested on a variety of charges including street racing. Hundreds of others given misdemeanor citations. Some people are going to say, ok, maybe this is a little overboard. Any time a person gets killed as a result of Something Like this well do everything we can to brush this. Reporter officers believe this failure to control roads is just beginning. Theyre planning more large Police Responses like this one. Brandy hicks, abc 7 news. Alison thats it for abc 7 news at 5 00. Leon all right. Coming up right now at 6 00 our community is experiencing a great deal of trauma. Leon protests and calls for calm after a man dies after a confrontation with Baltimore Police. Alison why the man who landed that gyrocopter in front of the capitol says he never thought hed be shot down. Leon why some believe that maryland could have a 15 billion impact. Abc 7 news at 6 00 starts now on stormwatch. Maureen we begin with a Severe Weather alert for storms that can run into the night. That includes the possibility of thunderstorms and even a tornado. Chief meteorologist doug hill is in storm watch for us. Doug whats the latest . Doug thats why were under a tornado watch at this hour, maureen. Continuing until 10 00 tonight. Lets get started with a look at the watch area. Its beyond to the south in virginia and a severe thunderstorm watch concurrently in effect. Now, right now, live Doppler Radar shows some thunderstorms that are continuing to develop just to the northeast of the city headed towards bowie out of largo across here and a few more across sections of southern and calvert county. Theyre developing all over the place. The i81 corridor south of richmond and a few more now just coming in areas over king george county. A lot to watch and again any of these have the potential of becoming severe. Temperatures starting to cool off a bit. Look at this. 81 in winchester and frederick. Very warm april evening. So because of that still several more hours a possibility of heavy to severe thunderstorms and an isolated tornado, clearing skies and cooler temperatures late tonight. Well have the full forecast in a couple of minutes. Maureen thank you doug. Remember, you can take the stormwatch weather team with you wherever you go. Just download the
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