Storms running along 270 and south across the river to loudoun county. Another storm near woodstock. This stuff moves eastward. Its a fair amount of lightning and a smaller area. We track this eastward over the next hour or so. We will see it move through germantown, gaithersburg and rockville before 5 00. The southern end will probably stay along the Potomac River in loudoun county. Beyond that we will see ourselves with a chance of showers and storms longer. Again, the entire area in the day remains under the heat advisory for one more day. As the heat index values feel like 100 degrees or higher. Be back with the latest on the warnings and any additional ones in a few minutes. Alison okay, doug. Thank you very much. This was a big surprise around here today. Breaking news out of d. C. Where Longtime Police chief cathy lanier announced that she is finished at the end of the month. Michelle the next move for her, the National Football league. Jonathan thank you for staying with abc7 news on thi this story broke on twitter. The department was posting this announcement online. Michelle chief lanier has been with the department for 26 years, the past ten as chief. Alison we have Team Coverage beginning with stephen tschida. Stephen . Stephen the chief wrapped up the News Conference announcing her retirement 45 minutes ago. She will be going to the nfl in new york where she will be Vice President of Security Operations for the nfl. She talked about the importance of heifer new position. She was also reflective about her accomplishments here at the metropolitan police department. She also expressed her gratitude to the city and to the department for what she gained from her years here. Chief lanier when i started here in 1990. I had a ninth grade education and g. E. D. Over the past 26 years, i was able to work hard, get exams get promoted and i now have two masters degrees so i owe my life to the city, to the residents and the departments. Stephen more than a quarter drop in Violent Crime during her ten years at the helm. The mayor talked about what lanier accomplished and talked about her replacement. She will look for replacements in and out of the police department. Cathy laniers last say is september 17. Then she heads to new york. The quest for a new chief will commence. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison the chiefs Retirement Plan has come with mixed reaction today. A lot of people were surprised in chief. But it has been ten years. What is the sentiment today. You can rate what you think of her time leading the d. C. Police by heading to wjla. Com votenow. Right now our Horace Holmes continues our Team Coverage with reaction to the big news today. Horace . Horace we are in northeast washington and we have been all over the city since the news came out that cathy lanier is retiring and moving on. No one we talked to said the chief is a perfect chief but it clear by everything we heard she has gained the respect of the city. I mean i dont agree with everything she has done but i think she has done a good job. She has done a great job here. So all i can say is congratulations for her. I hope she does well. New job. She gets a pension and a new job. She gets two paychecks. The pension and the new job, i should do Something Like that. I was not aware that she was resigning. She did a lot for the city. And i mean i wish her the best. I wish her well. I dont know who the next person is going to be to fill her shoes. Horace that is the big question for the city. What is next as we turn the page on the cathy lanier era. Coming up at 5 00, we will let you go to other part of the city and let you hear from people on the reaction to the retirement of chief cathy lanier. Horace holmes, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Still ahead at abc7 news at 4 00 a look at some of the biggest cases during chief laniers tenure. If you want breaking news alerts like this one sent to your phone, log on to wjla. Com text. We have break news that is coming to us from lorton, virginia, where the fairfax fire are battling this fire. Its outdoors and its hot out there. This is Davis Industries on the 9900 block of richmond highway. Officials say the fire started in a large pile of metal. We are going to continue to follow the situation and well let you know what happens. Right now they are putting water to cool it down. It doesnt look like they will extinguish that if its at the bottom of the pile. Massive transformer fire has several buildings downtown without power. That means no air conditioning in the middle of the heatwave. 12,000 workers and a dozen Office Building and worker to retore the power. That goes on this afternoon. Q mccray is in northwest with the work going on. You know what . Its difficult for the folks in the buildings and difficult for the folks doing the work to try to restore power. Its difficult all the way around. Q its hot out here right now. Let me show the viewers a live look at the scene. Pepco is hard at work. They are working on the manhole right now. The big issue is down the way a little bit in front of the massive hole in the ground. That is where the explosion happened. We are finding out that the explosion didnt just affect people in the downtown d. C. Area. Its also affecting people all over the d. M. V. Thanks to our senior assignment editor jamie scott. He confirmed that this explosion here is actually affecting Sprint Wireless customers. A lot of them right now are dialing 911 and are getting busy signals. They are trying to rectify the problem right now. As for the scene, this is not getting any better. You just saw the footage of the smoke and the flames spewing in the air. This is happening at the intersection of 18th and l in northwest. Thousands of people are affect an they are dealing with it the best they can. We got in and manager said the building is unsafe to be in so we are not allowed to come in. Q well, again, here is a live look. We are at the intersection i wish i could show you all the apartments i mean the Office Buildings. Inside the windows. There are no people working in these buildings. There is no a. C. Or any power in a lot of the buildings. When i asked pepco when they hope to have the power restored for all the good people the answer they gave me is not minutes but more likely hours. Also trust me on this one. Stay away from the section. 18th and l. Its gridlock. We will be here as long as we need to be. Stay with us for updates. Im q mccray. Back to you in the studio. Jonathan thanks. Developing in fairfax a Deadly Police shooting on the Inova Fairfax hospital campus. This played out at a bus stop at the hospital. Police say the deputy assigned to the hospital opened fire when the man would not put down a street sign that had a very sharp end on it. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg has more on what who was killed. Jeff . Jeff a 29yearold hispanic male at the time this happened was suffering what they are calling a mental episode. He was carrying one of the sharp metal sign posts rather that could be found all over the campus at inova. We want to show you one. They say no smoking but the Security Guard drove up a couple minutes ago telling us he did not want us showing the bus stop. This is where it happened last night. According to police before 10 00 hospital Security Guards escorted the man to the bus stop after he was discharged from the hospital. For what we dont know. Shortly after subject security got a call saying the man was holding a message. Metal sign post in a shop end and a photo. Police say security tried to calm the man but he struck one of the Security Guards with object. Then is Fairfax County deputy protecting an inmate at the and responded to the bus stop. Police say the deputy tried calming down the man but say the man would not listen and kept coming at the deputy with that sharp sign post. At that moment the deputy fired multiple shots at the man and he was rushed in the hospital and later died. The sheriff was trying to retreat but unfortunately the adult male kept coming at him with a sign post ready to strike. Police say they have Surveillance Video of this incident but they are not making it public as its part of evidence in this case. They have also not released the name of a 29yearold man. Inova Fairfax Hospital will not tell us why he was being streeted at the hospital or why he was released or questions about the circumstances. As far as the deputy, he is an 18year veteran with the Sheriff Department in fairfa county. Now he is on administrative leave. In an hour we have reaction to the incident that took place last night. Until then, live in falls church, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Tonight the city of fairfax will try to move on from the drug and the sex scandal involving the former mayor. Scott silverthorne resigned from office last week after being arrested in a methforsex bust. Tonight city council will meet to approve a date for a special election to fill the open position. That begins at 7 00 at city hall. We expect new information this week on what started the massive Apartment Fire in Silver Spring. Senator cardin and ike leggett is touring the site. Amy aubert is there. What came out of the meeting, amy . Amy you are right. The officials met with the residents of the Flower Branch apartments her at the shelter, a little before noon today. They told us one of the biggest concerns they heard is the need for permanent housing. County executive ike leggett calling the meeting spirited, open and transparent. We spoke to neighbors this morning who tell us they came to the shelter to seek help saying they are still having trouble sleeping at night. We are told Additional Information should be available in the next few days. Officials say they are hopeful the identification process will move forward in the next few days. I want to make sure people are comfortable to come forward and seek help. We know with the language used in this campaign there is a concern of the communities as to whether they can trust governmental services. I want them to know as the federal partners this is all about providing help amy officials hope to have a cause resolved and formalized by the end of next week. Washington gas completed the testing of the affected lines saying that tests confirmed the integrity of the Washington Gas infrastructure tested. Again, that was in a Statement Released today. Live in Silver Spring, amy aubert, abc7 news. Michelle amy, thank you. In the efforts to help the victim of the Flower Branch apartments Apartment Fire and explosion there will be a fundraiser held at the caba grill in Silver Spring at 6 00. This is the restaurant on fenton street. It runs from 6 00 until 10 00. Two restaurant employees are affected by the fire. Stay with abc7 news on air and online on updates on the Silver Spring explosion. We will have updates here throughout the evening and on the website wjla. Com. Jonathan coming up at 4 00, a new first for the zika virus. Michelle also, abc7 has more on the police chief cathy lanier. Next, a look at some of the highprofile cases her and the department have handled. Alison also next, a deadly storm leaves louisiana in shambles. The rising death toll and the tens of thousands evacuated. And the reason it might get worse before it gets better. My son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . And that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. Michelle an arrest has been made in a Massive Wildfire in california. The fire has forced several thousand people from their homes. The news of the arrest was greeted with a round of applause from the residents. Earlier today, california fire investigators with lake county sheriff detectives with the assistance of the Lake County Attorneys Office were able to arrest him on 17 counts of arson. [applause] michelle that was the enthusiastic applause there. The fire is only 5 contained. California governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for lake county. Alison a 7 on your side consumer alert now. As volkswagen prepares to dole out cash to customers in the emotion scandal there is word now of more criminal fines. That is despite settlements already. The wall street journal cites Justice DepartmentOfficials Saying there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing here. There could be significant fines coming down the line. Specific criminal charges have not been discussed yet. Federal prosecutors and volkswagen are working to reach a settlement before the end of the year. Jonathan how about this . Ford and a chinese Search Engine investing in a laser company. Going after it with so million total. They are funding a Company Making the laser sensors to guide selfdriving cars. That Company Wants to help bring down the cost of the sensors and it now has two big partners. This is just another sign in the race to bring a fully automated car to market. Time now, if we only we had automated cars on the market that could just move. Jamie sullivan has details. Its not moving too good today. Jamie no. In some areas we have traffic a lot slower. We are dealing with one issue all afternoon. That is the fire crews that are still on scene. L street is closed in the district between 18 and 19th street. A couple options as alternate. M street, k connecticut avenue. If you are heading out of the city on 295 well northbound is slowing. Kenilworth avenue. Same thing southbound just under 20 minutes to get from the 11th Street Bridge continuing closer to national harbor. Now we see, of course, northwest slowing but 66 is heavy as you head outbound. You get a good idea of how congested we are. A crash just past this point near nutley street. Never a good thing. Especially in the afternoon on 66 westbound. Look here, north to hagerstown. We see rain drops on the camera. Not causing major delays but we have volume closer to frederick. This is really cool. Our new graphic system puts that weather just underneath the cameras so you can see the roads are wet here. Of course with that coming through. That is the reason why. 270 is seeing it heavy right now through clarksburg. Back to you. Alison thank you. Look at this. This is wild out of colorado. This is what is called a fire whirl. Firefighter near the colorado border. It happens when the hot dry air down to the close to ground rises rapidly. And it forms that vortex. Isnt that incredible . Jonathan wow they say with big forest fires they generate and create their own weather pattern. It could be 70 degrees and a few miles down the road in a fire creates its own weather pattern. Michelle how often do you see Something Like that . Doug its kind of unusual. Its seen before but it depends on the type of fire and the season and the temperatures that go you higher. On a dry hot day like that, streaks rice up. Jonathan makes for a good picture. Doug absolutely last night the lightning show was unbelievable. And the thunder. Today we have a few storms out there. Nothing severe at the moment. Lets start with a time lapse. Show you what we have. This is from Cedar Grove Elementary School in georgetown. In the distance the blue sky. Clouds in the horizon. Over the past couple of hours the clouds appro the heaviest part of the storm passing east and northeast of germantown area. A new area of leesburg is an area were watching. Pink area, d. C. , to fairfax, to baltimore and pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey, that is the severe thunderstorm watch area until 11 00 tonight. We are on the southern edge of that. These are the showers and the storms that were severe. Moving to Carroll County and baltimore county. That will expire shortly. Nothing severe coming in from this area. Thunderstorm complex south of winchester not south of leesburg. We will monitor that as it crosses the Potomac River. It has been a hot day again. This is a closeup detail. If you are watching this farther north of the city. This is where most of the lightning and the thunder is closer to the metropolitan line. Closer to the pennsylvania line. This is section of howard county. Most of that should track west of the area. Heat advisory in 8 00 for most of the region. We get to the afternoon and the temperatures will settle down. 96 on the hour at reagan national. Lower elsewhere. The humidity it still feels like 105107 across the area. The raincooled areas like frederick feel like 75. Good news i think. At least the intent heat is over. We will still be lower 90s tomorrow. A better chance of the more wide fred storms more than today with widespread storms more than tomorrow with the front coming through. Friday, saturday and sunday and the next chances of storms after thursday are late sunday, nold, tuesday. Michelle august is still here. Doug an interesting month. Michelle so far. Alison thank you, doug. Today, shake shack gave away a hundred free burgers at each of the restaurants for lunch. Jonathan yum michelle the chain i 100th location. This is the line at the location across the street from the National Portrait gallery. The shake shack has locations in d. C. , several states and across the world. Jonathan still ahead for us at 4 30 zika spreads to texas. How Health Officials say the most recent case arrives that has some worried coming up. Michelle still ahead, d. C. Police chief cathy lanier announces her retirement today. Alison the biggest cases covered in her decadelong tenure running d. C. Police scott welcome back. Were scott taylor. We are live in the 7 on your Side Help Center. We are talking about elderly scams. Seen your citizens who need help. If you have a grandmother or an older brother who might be going through some difficulty right now, we are here to help. Let me show you who is here. We have a pretty illustrious cast here. Experts with the a. A. R. P. , the federal trades commission, the d. C. Police and the Legal Counsel for the elderly. This lady right here is phyllis. She with the senior medical patrol. Are you ready to go starves questions . Absolutely yes. Scott medicare is one of the big things you want to talk about and help people out. A lot of scams out there. Our mission for the legal empower beneficiaries, the family and the caregivers to prevent healthcare, fraughted and abuse through education and outreach. Scott you are here ready to go. The phones open up in a few minutes at the bottom of the hour. So mike sure you call. Here is so make sure you call. The phone number to call for help is 7032369220. Remember this is for Senior Citizens. We are going to talk about several things including consumer scams. You know the i. R. S. Scams that are out there and prevalent all over in our own backyard. We are talking about the scams that happen in the viewing area. Also lottery scams and medicare scams. So call in just about a couple of minutes. 7032369220. Im scott taylor for 7 on your side. With abc7 news. Michelle an important resource. Thank you, scott. A decade leading d. C. Police department. Biggest cases that chief cathy lanier oversaw as she prepares to step down at the end of the month. Alison reminder that the immediate metro area is under severe thunderstorm watch through 11 00 tonight. So we are tracking a few storms. Where they are head and the likely spot to see the stronger on announcer youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Doug its sunny and hot believe it or not in most part of the viewing area. There were exceptions like frederick, maryland. Crestwood middle school in the past couple of hours. The clouds move in. Replace the sunshine. Skies got dark. Heavy rain in the area. The storm is moving eastward. Rapid clearing behind the system. That is the rain we have. The metro area points north and east under severe thunderstorm watch until 11 00. The areas are weakening a bit. There is lightning and thunder and brief downpours with the system. This is northeast of leesburg. Another east of front royal. We will watch those here. This cell is moving eastward. Near howardsville at 4 49. Round hill at 5 00. Then a few purcellville. Right now what we showed you on radar is all we have to share. This is hot. Its 96 at reagan national. 93 in kulbir and manassas. Quick look at the sevenday. 93 tomorrow. Widespread showers and storms. We have stower chances and storms on thursday. Dry friday and saturday. Typical midaugust weather sunday and next week. Jonathan thanks. The 7 on your Side Help Center is officially open. We are answering calls about scams specifically targeting the elderly. There are a ton of the scams out there. The number to call, 7032369220. Our volunteers will be through 6 30 tonight. If you think you are the target of a scam or a Family Member has been targeted. Perhaps they are getting a bunch of robo calls to get them hooked in. Call 7032369220. They will answer the question. The top story tonight is the resignation of the d. C. Police chief cathy lanier. Michelle she is headed to the nfl where she will be the head of security. Alison take a look at her legacy and what she will be remembered for in d. C. Lets turn to bruce. You are the perfect person for the story. You have known her for years and interview her dozens of times. We had a front row seat with the monthly question and answer sessions. Most chiefs last a few years. Cathy lanier served as the chief for nearly a decade. Under three different mayors. Incredibly popular with the residents and the political leaders. Her tenure saw a lot of controversy and difficult cases along the way. Chief lanier the lowest days for her are when children or the elderly are the victim of homicides has been Cathy Laniers top priority. From the disappearance of rudd to the Murder Investigation of chandra levy to the killing of a prominent family in northwest a year ago, lanier has had her hands full. Chief lanier coordinated m. P. D. Response to the occupation and shooting at the navy yard in 2013 and she struggled to cope with shootings in 2010. Countless neighbor concerns, too. Robbery, shootings, drug dealing and more. There were controversies along the way. Running dispute with the leadership of the police union. Check point in the trinidad neighborhood that the courts ruled unconstitutional. And the safe homes initiative, a gun control effort that went too far for civil libertarians. She had to grapple with the evolving technology. Speed and red light cameras that slowed traffic and but criticism, too. Shot spot. She maintained sub public support. 80 of people supported her job but that led to accusation she would run for mayor but she said the chief was the best job in town. Jonathan 84 approval. Amazing. This is the scene in louisiana. Folks returning home since massive floods rocked the region. Alison more than 30,000 people had to be rescued. The work is far from over. Michelle more evacuations could be on the way as the flood is shifting to new areas. A first look at the devastation for residents and owners. Returning and finding everything they own destroyed. Dont know where to start. This is unbelievable. We are seeing the water line on the building and it looks to have been seven feet. Its unbelievable. Louisiana still in a state of emergency. In all the governor says some 40,000 homes and counting have been impacted by the historic flooding. Nobody has been forgotten. We will work around the clock and do Everything Possible to render aid. The water starting to recede in areas hardest hit. The damage done, some say is unlike anything they have seen. Even those who survived Hurricane Katrina 11 years ago. Everything i had is gone. Everything. Everything. Its like starting over like that. We work so hard for it. The concern tonight is the swollen river sending floodwaters downstream. Meaning more residents are bracing for evacuation in southern louisiana. In mork, im Elizabeth Hur for abc7 news. Jonathan Human Trafficking ring involving dozens of victims busted in Prince Georges County. Authorities say three people have been criminally indicted and those arrested are accused of recruiting victims and forcing them to prostitution. In Prince Georges County many of our victims are young. I speak as a middle age woman but 19 to 21 seems young to me. So we are talking not only about young women but talking in some instances about young children. The trafficking was operating out of various hotels in Prince Georges County. We is more at michelle El Paso Texas man diagnosed with zika after traveling to florida. This highlights the travel warning the c. D. C. Issued for that part of miami. Health Officials Say the man traveled to miami at the end of july. He is no longer contagious. Alison coming up at 4 00, this man trying to make a historic around the world flight. Wait until you see the tiny plane in which he is attempting this feat. Awe how far he has and how far he has flown so far. Plus, want to buy a trex . The starting price on the skull called one of the most complete specimens in the world. Jonathan then new at 5 00, the call that has parents panicked and the police issuing a warning so you know where your kids are. Scott welcome back. Im scott taylor live at the 7 on your side hole center. We are talking about elderly scams, Senior Citizens that might have issues about maybe somebody calling you and you wonder who is that person calling . Maybe you get something in the mail you are not sure if you are sure if you won the lottery or not. You probably didnt. Its probably a scam. I want to tell you the phone 7032369220. Lets check in with jackie here with aarp. What kind of calls are you getting . Okay. Thank you. Byebye. Im getting calls about Different Health agency and why they are get something many calls and responses from different insurance companies. They dont know whether to believe if theyre legit or not. We are getting packed with phone calls. 7032369220. Call right now. Im scott taylor in the 7 on your Side Help Center. Alison were getting closer look at the earthquake repairs at the national cathedral. Michelle michelle its been five years since it shook the east coast and caused widespread damage. It included damage to the cathedral. Since then its been com for repairs. We are posting 3d video of restoration on the website to check it out. Michelle a pilot is attempting to be the first person to take off china and fly an engine plane around the world. Expected to make a second stop in Central Illinois today. Michelle he made a pith stop in seattle yesterday and he is expected to land in illinois today. He left beijing sunday after two years of preparation. Then plans to stop more than 20 countries in the strip. Jonathan the latest controversy at the olympics. Alison seven people injured when a camera falls more than 60 feet from the sky. We tell you what went wrong next. Michelle plus a beloved member of the Fairfax Community laid to rest after a tragic accident. How the neighbors and the friend want the town to honor him doug doug hill back for severe t for loudoun. The rest of the area under severe thunderstorm watch. Loudoun county under Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5 15. You can see the cell as it continues to develop. It moves east. A touch of fauquier county. In sugar land its 5 36 as it moves. There are not a storms out there. What we have, have lightning and thunder. A dry and sticky day for friday. The next seven days show temperatures back in the average for sunday, monday, tuesday. That is the latest. Alison thank you. A few olympic spectators got unwanted camera time. They didnt end up on tv. They were hit by a camera. They said the camera was 20 meters high when the cables holding it snapped. Seven people suffered injuries. They received medical attention. An investigation into the incident has been launched. Michelle harold was killed when a car slammed in the mcdonalds while he was grabbing a quick meal. Richard reeve shows us a tribute for him. This is a poignant time in fairfax. At 78 years old harold was laid to rest this day. You can see a memorial here. He loved two things most of all. This, basketball he was 78 loved basketball. Playing hoops. I have a the ending Fairfax High School basketball games. He lost his life a week ago monday when a car crashed in the mcdonalds on the highway hitting him as he was sitting inside for breakfast. The 69yearold drive hitting the gas instead of the brake. He was killed instantly. Amid the grief some of the young men mentored by him wanted to do something to remember and honor the friend. So the idea of renaming the police harold skien court or Something Like it was born. A living legacy. It wasnt just the love we had for harold. Its the right thing to do. This was his house. And from people age 14, 15 to 45 or 50 all knew harold from this court or at part of town. This was really a special plac people because of him. Richard a park and Recreation Committee will study the proposal in september. Organizers say they are hopeful it will happen. Coming up tonight at 2 00, he was not just a mentor to generations of young men. He was an athlete. I think you will be surprised by what you hear. That is coming up. Michelle to a 7 on your side health alert about pregnant women and pain relievers. A new study found women who took acetaminophen are likely to have a hyperactive child. Its in the journal of the medical association. Alison now we turn to the race for the white house today and the candidates continue to hit swing states. Hillary clinton still in pennsylvania spent the afternoon in philadelphia. She participated in a Voter Registration drive. S who were hoping to get eligible voters on the rolls. Yesterday clinton campaigned with joe biden in scranton. Michelle on the other side there are multiple reports that ousted fox news leader roger aeles is helping donald trump prepare for the upcoming debates. He left under controversy around Sexual Harassment allegations. Donald trump continues his midwest swing tonight in wisconsin. Holding a rally in west bend this evening, just north of milwaukee. Our mission at abc7 is connect the president ial candidates to the viewers to inform and empower you. We want to give you a voice in the historic and the important race for the white house. Please share your thoughts with us in an email. Yourvoice wjla. Com. Alison moving on. Once you feel like you have your h how about this for a nice display . High of end auction house posted this. A trex skull. It has reserve price of 1. 8 million. Michelle currently the site only says price opinion request. If it says that, you cant afford it. The description claims this is one of the most complete ever for a trex. I was discovered last summer in montana by a private dinosaur fossil exploration firm. The skull dates back roughly 25. 5 to 72 million years. Wow alison dont you know there is a lot of museums who would love to have that . Michelle thats what im thinking so we can all enjoy it. Put it in a museum. Quite a controversy piece. Alison hopefully no Jamie Sullivan . Jamie there is sun glare. Other spots we have just slow go. Lets talk about 66 heading inbound. A few issues in the district. Fire crews in the area. Closing down l street between 18th and 19th. There are traffic light in northwest d. C. Make sure that any of the areas where you see malfunctions or the lights are out treat it at a fourway stop. That is a look at traffic. Alison coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00 a cautionary tale. When it comes to the annual back to school shopping. How you spot a when you are trying to save money online. Thats next. Michelle we are on storm watch this evening. Severe storms popping up right now. Warning covering loudoun and part of fauquier and prescription William County in virginia. The immediate d. C. Metro area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. That will last until 11 00 at night. Doug hill will have an update at the top of the hour. The uncertainties of hep c. I dont want to live with or wonder whether i should seek treatment. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Harvoni is proven to cure up to 99 of patients. Whove had no prior treatment. It transformed treatment as the first cure thats. One pill, once a day for 12 weeks. Certain patients. Can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Harvoni is a simple treatment regimen thats been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. Tell your doctor if youve had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. I am ready to put hep c behind me. I am ready to be cured. Are you ready . John i dont have to tell you how expensive nike shoes can be. Especially if you can kids going to school. But they are warning about discount nike outlets you mate want to avoid. Patrick kelly is an outdoorsy guys going through a lot of gym shoes. So he was thrilled to see nike shoe outlet. It was a popup on a facebook page. John the nike outlet with a familiar swoosh had dozens of shoes at great prices so he ordered a pair with his credit card. When they showed up five weeks later he got suspicious. It had a shipping label from china. John he grew even more concerned. The reflective material was splotchy. Then there was glue on the side. He figured those were the famous air bubble burst. It was like walking on flipflop. I thought i had something in the tread but the air pocket clicked every time i hit the payment. John if you know your shoe size, ordering shoes online can be a moneysaveer but you have to know who you are dealing with. It turns out patrick nike outlet had no Mailing Address just a contact us form. Make sure know where its coming from. Johnson he is not sure if they are counterfeits or bad nike rejects. But he knows they are not the real thing and he has to go shoe shopping again. Nike has been fighting counterfeits for years. But when you shop online go through nike. Com so you dont waste your money. Im john matarese, abc7 news. Chief lanier the city gave me an opportunity when many would not have. Alison saying goodbye to the district. What is ne chief peoples chief . A transformer fire knocks out power but that is not the only serious problem it caused. The cell phone customers who cant call 911 now. Certainly i will panic. You hear a kid screaming. Alison the new scam targeting parents and their love for their children. Announcer abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Alison we begin on storm watch once again. You know it was just about 24 hours ago when the series of strong storms roared through our area. Thunder, rumbling until midnight. When it was over there were trees down and power out across the region. So right now the area is again under a watch. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here and he has a check whether we are in for another round tonight. Is it similar . Doug i dont think so at all. This area is smaller and weaker. If you are under one of the cells you will get rain and gusty winds to the scope of last night. Let me reset the table. The severe storm center, the Storm Prediction Center dropped part of the severe thunderstorm watch across frederick county. Its just metro area north and east. We have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect in the region until 5 15. Its this one. Most of loudoun county, northern fauquier county. Showers and the thunderstorms will track it as it moves. Another smell smell. Another cell that is nonsevere. Its moving eastward through western texas of Montgomery County western section of Montgomery County. Through the evening the action is the storm to the west with the area impacted in purcellville. Leesburg at 5 2. Sterling at 5 26. 5 41 it look like its heading through Sugarland Run again. Until 5 15 the severe warning. Temperatures is Still Holding at 96. But it appears this is the last really hot day. We talk about more humidity and heat ahead. The weekend forecast in a few minutes