You for joining us at noon. Im andrea roane. Right now Top White House officials are on capitol hill in an effort to convince house lawmakers to find Common Ground on health care legislation. Meg oliver shows us what theyre up against. Vice president mike pence is leading the lobbying effort on capitol hill for the latest Health Care Bill to replace obamacare. President trump says the newest version will protect patients with preexisting conditions and satisfy his supporters. These are the greatest people. Were either going to have a great plan or im not signing it. The white house is pushing for a house vote this week, but it is still unclear if there is enough support to pass it. An unofficial cbs news count finds if they were to hold the vote today it would likely fail. Republican leaders can only lose 22 of their own members. 20 have already confirmed to cbs news that they are against the current version of Health Care Bill and more are still undecided. I think were just a handful
As well. Brief relief tomorrow night. Then a much cooler and unsettled weekend ahead. We want to leave you with the informational numbers. Latest computer output from an inch to inch and a half of rain likely over a time period of basically 3 00 a. M. To 12 00 noon. Over a nine hour period. That means ponding of water is a possibility. Here is what you need to know. 3 00 to 9 00 a. M. , the heaviest rain. Total rainfall across the viewing area. One to two inches. Good time to have the stormwatch7 app. We are on storm watch and be back in a few minutes. Alison thank you. We want you to be prepared for whatever comes in the morning commute. Dont miss a beat with good morning washington. Your traffic and weather updates. Start at 4 25 all the way through your ride right here on abc7. I went through two years of campaigning and im telling you no matter where i went people are suffering so bad jonathan the first step to get rid of it has taken place. President trump flanked by republican me
10 00. A highrise with hundreds of residents. Police say that this is the suspect captured on different surveillance cameras around the building. He tried to get into the back door and waited here to the front entrance. He eventually piggybacked, waited for someone to go in and slipped in. He claims to be a Maintenance Worker. A number of people were suspicious. One woman in the 50s in her 50s opened the door. She was assaulted. I feel very sorry for the woman. Answering the door for a Maintenance Worker seems normal. Odd time of day, 9 45 a. M. You are not thinking somebody is here to bother me. The woman was hospitalized. If you look at the Images Police have like he tries to conceal his face. It looks like he is carrying an under armour backpack. If you were here, sus of a suspicious, arlington saw some think suspicious, Arlington County police want to hear from you. We will continue to follow the search for the Sexual Assault suspect. Ofpening right now, members Law Enforcement are
A terrifying taxi ride. Well break down what led to the frightening ordeal. The news at 10 00 starts now. You know who your kids are talking to . Predators are hoping you arent paying attention. A sting in Northern Virginia is catching predators before they get to kids. Thanks for joining im shawn yancy im tony perkins. Police arrested eight men accused of trying to range sex with children online. Little did they know those kids were actually Police Officers. Local police and the fbi Work Together in the operation. Lindsey watts is live in fairfax with the latest on how this went down. Lindsey . Reporter shawn and tony, i asked police today, what parents would be most surprised to to know about these kind of operations . And the response was, parents need to know just how easy it is for predators to make contact on the internet. When kids are playing out in public, doing sports, it can be obvious when approaches, but online, much harder to know exactly who is reaching out. Its easy to
See heavy rain on the outer bands on the Eastern Shore counties. That is represented by the dark orange and yellows that you see. I will set this in motion and it is going east to west as it passes by off of the delmarva coastline. The heaviest rain should stay from baltimore east. In the western suburbs i think it will be just light rain it start but everybody will get the heavy rain eventually. We expect from two it eight rain through the evening and jeovernight. The winds are not bad around baltimore. North wind at 10 at b. W. I. , gusting higher on the Eastern Shore and beaches. The winds will increase through the day. You may say right now nothing is going on. But by this evening and early tonight it will be gusting close to 60 miles an hour. After we have had rain all day will knock a few trees down and power lines. Here is the headlines the next 48 hours. Rain today, heaviest this afternoon and this evening. During the day gusts 30 to 40. Temperatures in the 50s. Heaviest rain i