He thought he was in america safe. But because of the delinquent youth that has done this to him, he doesnt know what to feel. Since the attack happened on him he doesnt walk home anymore. He catches a ride with a friend to get home safely. Brad now again, that is where the attack happened. The bad guys were seen running this direction back into this neighborhood. Police believe that somebody out there knows who they are. Perhaps a parent who might recognize something on that video. Or realize that their kids were out and about at 10 00 on the 9th and the 11th near iverson mall. At iverson mall, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you, brad. Now we have this just in from Montgomery County. Police want you to take a good look at this picture. Right now this man is accused of sexually abusing a 6yearold girl after he was hired as a day laborer to work her familys home. They fear there ma he worked often at the 7eleven on north frederick avenue in gaithersburg if you know the area. Alison two lives have been lost in a matter of hours. In two unrelated house fires. Early this morning, fire ripped through a home in northwest washington. Right near american university. Firefighters found a man trapped inside. Rushed him to the hospital where he later died. Neighbors say he was in his 60s. His name has not been released. The cause is still under investigation. Three hours earlier firefighters battling a town home fire in gaithersburg made a grim discovery. A man dead inside one of the homes that collapsed. Two other people on the second floor of one of the homes escaped unarmed. Ahead at 5 30 tonight, what we just learned about the victim from one of the best friends. Leon the occupational and health facile city person. This is as we learn more about those trapped inside and the company that owns the manassas facility. Well check in with the iteam investigator chris papst on the companys past in a moment. But lets start the evening with the Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg sanding by at the site of the collapse. Jeff, what a grisly day at work for workers yesterday. Jeff its just awful. Quiet day at Reinhart Foodservice. Not much activity following yesterdays incident. Prince William County police have not identified the not released the identity of the man killed but the people here say it was rubio. A wonderful, beloved man. Father of a 1yearold daughter with another child on the way. I had trouble sleeping last night. Of course, because of what i saw. Jeff what marcus yates saw is nothing short of horrific. I seen employees crushed before my eyes. Jeff a Forklift Operator said suffered a concussion in the accident that happened yesterday afternoon before 4 00. I was trying to figure out how i could get out. Jeff a row of huge shelving racks 30 feet high, 200 feet long Holding Thousands of pounds of the boxed frozen food tipped over and crashed. Frantic 911 calls followed. They realized that they had a catastrophic collapse. I was like in shock. I kept repeating oh, god, oh, god. Jeff rescue crews worked for hours to remove the body of andy rubio the worker who died in the crash. Several others employees were hurt. Two of them remain at Inova Fairfax hospital with serious inches. I was in complete shock. Jeff he thinks of two things. Andy rubio. Optimistic about life. Jeff and the concerns that yates shared with the supervisor two days ago that the massive shelves were not properly secured. We lost a friend. We lost an employee that is a father. Senseless. That. Jeff we tried to get a comment about Reinhart Foodservice about what happened but never got a response. The Virginia Department of labor and industry is investigating this incident. Spokesperson telling me today a final report on exactly what happened will be issued within six months. Live from manassas, jeffs, abc7 news. For Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Now we want to see what the 7 on your side iteam found today. Investigator chris papst in the newsroom. You found other instances at problems at some Reinhart Foodservice work site . Chris the iteam learned yesterdays death at reinhart food in virginia is at least the companys second workplace fatality in eight years. Reinhart foodservice according to the website has 29 locations from boston to new orleans. It calls itself one of the largest food distributors in the country. In 2008, a man and a Distribution Center in central pennsylvania was killed. Media reports from the incident say th between two trailers when he got pinned between them, crushed and suffocated. There is nobody around to help. The man was dead for an hour before his body was found. Now background in the company the item learned that reinhart over the last five years has been cited by the osha 29 times for workplace violations, totaling 67,000 in fines. That is throughout the entire company. The manassas location where yesterdays fatality happened was inspected in july of 2015. After osha received a complaint for safety concerns. But in that instance, no violations were issued. Leon breaking newell. Gas leak that forced an evacuation. Stephen tschida, what is going on out there . Bring you up to date. See the construction on the Spring Garden apartments. It forced the evacuation of some of the units. At this time, you can see that those are the Washington Gas workers. The occupants sent back to the unit. The residents headed back to the opportunity. All clear is given. The heavy smell of gas permeated the area. Alison this is breaking news. A car crashed to the 7eleven. News chopper 7 over the scene right now. So far we heard no one was hurt. This is damaged at the 7eleven in wheaton. We will follow the breaking news as well. Leon virginia will not legalize discrimination. The legislation would have prevented the state from punishing religious groups who refused Services Related to same sex couples. Hes about protecting the First Amendment rights. Opponents say its an attack on the lgbt community. In the same game, protesters against a law they view as chris name thattory. It violates people using bathrooms that dont match their biological there is hypocrisy. Syracuse is playing in houston this weekend. In a city that rejected the ordinance by 61 of the vote. The civil right group filed a lawsuit challenging the law. North Carolina Attorney general who is a democrat said he will not defend that law in court. After delay, the Largest Company in the state bank of america come out in opposition of the legislation. Alison after a cool start we got back to feeling like spring again. Chief meteorologist doug hill has a look today. Doug its noticeable change of temperatures. A brief change. 59 degrees there. The temperatures are in the 60s. 66 in leesburg, manassas fredericksburg. Western zone. 50 degree low. Forecast for winchester and ashburn. Southerly winds. 50 degree by college park. The southern zone is mild from 40s to low 50s. Warmer weather. Security is tightening up across the district. It may affect how you get around town for the roads will stay closed until noon on saturday. Biking and Walking Around is restricted. The metro buses around the area and the trains are not stoppal at the Convention Center. It includes tenfoot tall barricade. We have a list of everything fected by the summit on wjla. Com. Alison two weeks after the rail system was shut down for a day there is a new warning to tell you about. Drastic action such as the shutting down an entire line for months is not out of the question. Brianne carter covering metro for us tonight. Today Paul Wiedefeld says the m to deal with the hard truths. We may have got a glimpse for what he is talking about. Gates like this may have to road with the possibility of a multiday closure on part of the system. The system to do the maintenance that needs to be done cant be done three hours a night and on weekends. It cant. Today, jack evans said a solution to complete the muchneeded work on metro could be multiday closures up to six months on a stretch of a single line. We may have to close the blue line for six months. Hard decisions have to be made to get it fixed. Wiedefeld hasnt made any plan for shutdown but he is looking to longterm shutdown and single today he told other officials, business and Community Leaders at the metro summit the metro still has to confront additional hard truths about the system. Progress is being made but the approach to deal with the problems like the track and the car maintenance isnt working. We have to be held accountable. We are accountable. They have a war to play. They recognize that. Willing to do it. What do the riders think . Get it in one fail swoop than incrementally. Blue line is an example that Nothing Specific discussed at this point. They are again talking about the funding to say they will need additional funding to alison still ahead at 5 00, victims friends open up as the investigators search for a cause. Leon plus, a mothers sacrifice. How a gutwrenching decision is giving scientists valuable new information in fight against the zika virus. Alison New Discovery about siblings and obesity. Why your birth order may play a role in your weight as an adult. Leon another day with controversy on the campaign trail. Abortion getting in the mix. Thats up next on abc7 news at 5 00. Narrator all that political mail mlets simplify. Lming. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington PostKathleen Matthews. As a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health ResearchKathleen Matthews has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward. Kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. There has to be some port of punishment for the woman. There has to be some form. Donald trump wading into controversy inciting anger on the abortion debate. They came at an msnbc town hall set to air tonight as trump does damage control on another scandal. Campaign manager. Donald trump standing by his man Corey Lewandowski in wisconsin wednesday. You need somebody to be loyal to the country and yourselves. The security video appearing to show lewandowski grabbing her arm at Florida Campaign event. Fileds showed bruises caused by lewandowski. But then two days later trump suggesting nothing happened. Now trump implying that fielding may be a threat to him. She walked through secret service. Mrs. Cruz joining her husband at women for cruz rally. Listen to donald trump. He says demeaning and degrading things about women. Tizes primary is major president ial contest. Alison one more note. Donald trump, id a statement. In part it says this, if congress were to pass legislation to make abortion illegal and federal court upheld the legislation, or any state were allowed to ban abortion, the doctor or any other person performing the act would be held responsible. Not the woman. Good news for tourist in town. The Washington Monument is back open today after being shut down yesterday afternoon. The ill v stories up. Trapping 19 people on board. They had to walk all the way down and they made it out safely. The technicians have not told the National ParkService Officials what caused the stoppage this time around. They say the elevator was safe to resume operations. Ride at your own risk. Alison it happened before. Leon today is a nice day to go up there and get stuck. Alison if you had to get stuck. Doug in my 20s i walked up the steps. Never happen again. Alison a couple of years ago. Thats president eisenhower said. Lets get started. Beautiful day. Watch the sun getting ready. On the final approach to landing. Sun sets at this is perfect. Check this out from the supreme court. Spectacular. Beautiful weather to be outside. Late tomorrow and the rain is a consideration. 65 in culpeper. A cooler 55 in baltimore. 67 at b. W. I. Thurgood marshal. Ellicott city is 83. It is turning cooler in the mountain west. We will get a taste of the cooler weather to move in saturday and sunday. But in the meantime we pick up a warmer numbers in south and the Tennessee Valley tomorrow is southerly. Friday is westerly. Upper 70s for 80 on friday. Tomorrow afternoon 30 chance for scattered showers and the future cast. There will be showers popping. Overnight to friday morning. We will see the showers and an isolated thunderstorms that could be with us for friday. Rain is not always the best thing for outside. But we are low rainfall wise. 1. 8 inches below average. Inch and a half below where we should be at thurgood sunshine early and a losing proposition. Seeing the numbers climb through the afternoon. The clouds will increase. 30 chance of hours in the afternoon. Turning cooler. This will be chilly on sunday. Highs near 50 degrees. Shower and another front on monday. 58. Slow parmup tuesday, wednesday, next week. Close to 70 for next weekend. Will go up and stay up. Leon once we get in the neighborhood that is where we want to stay. Leon still ahead at 5 00. A key finding about obesity. Whether you have siblings may ay way as an adult. Alison next in health matter. Critical information the fight against the zika virus. Because of a local yvette i was running for my life. He was flicking matches on me. My exhusbands intentions were to murder me. Glenn i made sure yvettes abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because Domestic Violence can never be tolerated. Yvette mr. Ivey showed compassion. I felt like i could trust him. Narrator glenn ivey. As states attorney, a proven leader. In congress, hell combat Domestic Violence, and protect president obamas legacy. Glenn im glenn ivey and i approve this message, because im on your side. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Alison frightening findings the effect the zika virus has mothers sacrifice. Michelle marsh is following this for us. This is the earliest prenatal diagnosis of congenital zika inif virus . Michelle yes. This woman traveled to belize and mex owe early in her pregnancy and became infected. The woman was symptomatic at 12 weeks gestation. Fetal ultrasound showed no evidence of the microcephaly despite the mother testing positive for zika. At 19 weeks, the doctor at the hospital found brain am normality in the fetus. At that point the mother still tested positive for the zika virus. It had been seven weeks since she was first similar though mattic. Prior to this case the longest they saw the virus in blood was 11 days. We wi sume the reason she was positive she had a constant infection replicated in the fee cuss and the placenta. Michelle 21 weeks the pregnancy was terminated and they found the fetus tested positive for the zika virus. I may change the way they look to zika and how its diagnosed and microcephaly may not be the first symptom. If the mother is positive through the pregnancy it may suggest that the baby is infected. We are continuing to learn new information. Alison still ahead an act of love. Who has come forward to adopt a dog we introduced you last night named for Police Officers. Im Cheryl Conner live in front of the gaithersburg home that caught on fire to kill a but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress os authored landmark ogressive laws marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. Wall street. The nra. Theyre powerful. They usually get their way. But not with democrat Donna Edwards. She wont take cash from wall street banks. And when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, Donna Edwards said no shes fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. Because to democrat Donna Edwards, the special interests arent special. We are. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Alison to people were able to escape a townhouse fire in gaithersburg but a man in a neighboring townhome died. We are learning more about the man. Alison boards are over the windows and the crews are working here throughout the day. If you look left and right you can see the stickers on the door that say the people inside the home will not be able to go home for a few weeks. Dayli damage inside the town home. Two floors collapsed. One went on the basement. They found the mans body two hours after the initial 911 call that the fire scene from the news chopper 7 was intense. They had the heavy fire. There was a working smoke alarm to alert two people on the second floor. They made it out safely. All they had left was the clothes on their back. The victim used to own a jewelry store. Neighbors heard an explosion. The homes were damage but they say the gas could have made the fire worse. There are no gas feeds to bottles that accelerated the fire. The gas bot in the a fire that left home in hole in a home and many hearts. Friends told he the name of the victim but we wont report it until the officials do. Two should know more on the cause and the role that gas played in the fire. Life in gaithersburg, Cheryl Conner, abc7 news. Leon thank you. A Lowell Galindo man is in custody after they say he tried to hire a hitman to have his wife murdered. They met three times and discussed to make it look like alison police say a newborn baby on a porch was not abandoned. The mother is a teenager who lived at the home where the baby was found. She made up a story about finding a random baby there. No charges charges will be file. The First Responders go above and beyond the call of duty. Sometimes they go further than that. I had the honor of emceeing the 38th valor awards to the Fairfax County service member. Each recipient had a unique story to tell. Push in the front door for the safe zone. Those recognized is the Virginia Task force one out of fairfax. There are stories that came back with them and the scenes like that are amazing. Today honored with the highest honor possible. They deserve the recognition. Alison trouble tonight in a haven for artists. The changes at a Torpedo Factory that has the artists there on the offensive. You got it. One more, one more. Leon this weeks harris hero is a Police Officer. Score big points on and off the you are the co. Alison coming up at 6 00 a teen shot to death at a metro station. Tonight loved ones are a live report for the vigil from steve im steve rudin. Day halftime high tomorrow 73 degrees. 8 o on friday with a chance of showers and the thunderstorm activity. Saturday, lower 60s. By sunday a daytime high of 60 degrees. It will be gusty and cool with the nighttime lows in the 30s. Stay with us. Abc7 news at 5 00 continues after this. Narrator all that political mail might be overwhelming. Lets simplify. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington PostKathleen Matthews. As a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health ResearchKathleen Matthews has greater potential, following the van hollen model, kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Leon we often hear about the negative news about the Police Relation with youth. Its important to find positive stories. There is some out there. Like this one today. This is about a local Police Officer who is building strong bonds with the youngsters in the community. All it took was shooting hoops. Meet Fairfax CountyPolice Officer clark. Several times a week corely clark volunteers with the middle school in alexandria but the talk isnt all about basketball. He is a Patrol Officer and for one hour he leads students in the drills. Gets in on the action himself. Along with getting a workout, he is building friendship with the kids and hopefully changing the negative perception that some have of the Police Officers. He helps us out if were down. Shows them another side. For clark helping the community is what being Police Officer is all about. Schwab my hand. Tell them how the day is leon when the schedules permit other officers from the station join in as well. A great way to build the bonds with the community. Alison definitely. Leon and he will go to them. They dont have to find him. Alison really smart. Leon good stuff. An act to honor the fallen Police Officers that generated act of love. Alison we will tell you who is stepping forward now to adopt one of the puppies after they saw hour story. Mike im mike carterconneen in old town alexandria. Several artists are fighting the Management Structure yvette i was running for my life. He was flicking matches on me. My exhusbands intentions were to murder me. Glenn i made sure yvettes abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, compassion. I felt like i could trust him. Narrator glenn ivey. As states attorney, a proven leader. In congress, hell combat Domestic Violence, and protect president obamas legacy. Glenn im glenn ivey and i approve this message, because im on your side. Alison there is proposed changes to the Management Structure. The changes were recommended in a controversial report by the outside a handful of artists have been here from the beginning. 42 years. A wonderful community. There are concerns after Cultural Planning Group called for selfappointing board of directors. The current board is made of 15 members, artist and some nonartists some appointed by the city council. It wouldnt a ral cad change. I havent seen a sign they want to turn it into Something Different than it is. They are not lon lifickic. Many express concerns about the proposed changes taking away the voice and the influence on the future of the tornado it would make it easier to attract artist. On the same page more than not. Have we improved . We can always improve. Everybody can improve things. We need to maintain decisionmaking decision . In old town alexandria, mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Leon having a younger sibling could be better for the wasteline. This in the American Academy of the pediatrics only children in the first grade are three times more likely to be obese than first grader with a sibling. Could take caregiver role. Caregiver or mentor. That is what you do if you are the oldest. Play dates are important. To chase your brother through traffic is a good thing. Alison not through traffic leon speaking of traffic. You will get by. A few cars here are here with the flashers on. Everyone looking over to see what is happening. Move to the maps to talk about how slow 66 is. 30 minutes it will take you. 395 out of the city valueium. Inner loop is the same stretch of the slowing from Montgomery County. 295 leaving kenilworth avenue. Same thing. Wisconsin wases map and talk about the volume tonight. The red and the white dots are the closures that will go into place around the Convention Center. Im jamie sullivan. Back to you. Alison thank you. Update to a story we brought you yesterday. The aunt of officer Ashley Guindon wants to adopt a dog named for her niece. We told you about am woman naming litter of puppies after the fallen officers. After the aunt called guindons aunt called and wants to give the dog a good home. Puppy named after Montgomery County officer noah leotta is going home with his family as well. Leon if we tell that story every day by the end of the week every puppy will have a home. Alison talk about the weather out there. What is the word . Warmer temperatures, nice warmup in the 70s. I will turn cooler by the weekend. First things first. The Current Conditions around the area. Skies with the high thin clouds overhead. 62 at reagan national. Winds out of the south at 17. Strong winds. That will keep the temperatures fairly mild tonight. We have high clouds around the area. That will help to keep temperatures up. 64 in leesburg and manassas. 67 in fredericksburg. 62 at andre 63 in winchester. Tonight at the International Space station making a fly over, that is over the metro area. 8 55 it is directly overhead about 45 degrees up. This is worth going to look outside and something to talk about. This frontal system coming our way. Temperatures in the low 70s. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Showers and the thunderstorms friday morning. Friday afternoon we could approach 80 with the clearing leon unfortunately Robert Burton is here. And i love you guys. I love you. Robert d. C. United looking for the first win of the season. This could be an opportunity to step up. Taylor kemp played defense. At first blush the nickname may not make sense. Shooter. Because of his deadly left foot. Scored Long Distance shots. He doesnt score a lot. He is fourth year pro out of maryland. That is coming into his own. They slow cook. Now he is hitting his stride to become a better leftback in the lead. The early season struggle not lost on the guy they call shooter. Were not making drastic decisions on the first couple of games. We have a good group to win games this year. Coverage begins at 10 00. Other football, remember this in . The bubble doesnt have to suffer anytime. This is gone. Bubble restingpeacefully in a dumpster now. This is the lan was to reinflate the bubble. Leon there has to be a bubble recycler somewhere. Alison its in a better place. [laughter] leon rest its soul. Time magazine called Chris Van Hollen a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advocates for his accomplishments as a young legislator. Now a respected leader in congress and key ally of president obama, protecting planned parenthood and social security. Chris van hollen is the only candidate who fought the wall street banks and the nra. And won. Thats why hes endorsed by the post as the talented successor to senator mikulski who will deliver results. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Texas officer shot a man but it turned out he was holding a barbecue fork. On the left you see fort worth Police OfficerCourtney Johnson armed with a shotgun. On the right, craig adams. The newly released dash cam camera shows adams get on his knees before being shot outside his parents house. We believe that the officer acted in a way that demonstrated to us it was unintentional. Officer johnson c he was responding to a call of a prowler armed with a knife. It turns out adams was holding a barbecue fork and was shot in the shoulder. Adam admits he was off his meds. A grand jury indicted him with aggravated assault by a public servant. He pumped the shotgun as a warning. You can see the officer run to the his side to call for medical aid. The Police Department releasing the footage to secure transparency. We take our job seriously. The Fort Worth Police department insists the race was not a adam continues to recover at a rehab facility. That is all for abc7 news at 5 00. Coming up at 6 00 World Leaders in washington. A vigil for a teenager shot to death at metro station. How davonte washington being remembered. As abc7 news at 6 00 starts now. Leon up forth tonight. High stake meeting of the minds. World leaders in town for the 2016 nuclear summit. Maureen with traffic alert. Road closures in effect. Get the latest on the elfing commute. We are checking things out for us. Near the Convention Center now, mike . We. A couple of blocks remurphed from the washington Convention Center. In an hour we will see the road closures in effect. The parking restrictions are in place for a couple of days now. Parking, driving, in this area is challenging. They are encouragingstep working during the summit. Most of the road closures at 7 00 p. M. More closures around the white