I was terrified. There was no overall panic. Police in public handled the situation well. Folks selfevacuated because they did hear a gunshot. That is the right thing to do. We had people shelter in place here. We momentarily stopped trains and we are providing full service right now. So police are saying there never was an active shooter situation. Amtrak says service was disrupted for 15 minutes. Sam ford, abc7 news. Kimberly thank you. Still unsettling on the anniversary of 9 11. You can imagine. But a pictureperfect day when you talk about the weather. Beautiful out there. Scott absolutely. Unfortunately it may not last for too long. Check in with chief meteorologist doug hill for a look at what is a rainy saturday, doug. Doug its looking that way. We start with sunshine tomorrow morning but the next system moving in at a good speed the clouds, showers and the thunderstorms are a good bet for saturday afternoon. At the moment, looking live at the weather bug camera at laurel. Gorge
Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s in the suburbs to about 40 downtown in bayside. Planning out your day today. What a winter we have. Full sunshine start to finish. A few clouds around by later this afternoon. Temperatures today will be up into the low to mid60s. Beautiful weather tofrmd of course, tomorrow already thinking about big friday shopping plans. Starting off, temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the mid to upper 40s by 6 00 a. M. Nice and mild for sure. Tomorrows afternoon temperatures, how about mid to upper 60s tomorrow if youre traveling down to places like richmond. It might be near 70 degrees. Good weather for there. Coming up in a couple more minutes, well talk about the return of rain chances which unfortunately are coming back just in time for the second half of the weekend and just ten minutes from now, amelia segal with the frachorecast. Well see you in a few more minutes. Reporter molette green at the live desk. Protesters pulled lights off a Christmas Tree
To more typical summer mid atlantic july, august stuff. This morning watching some showers which passed overnight into pennsylvania. A few of them slipped into northern maryland. There was just enough moisture left over to cause some fog to form especially in hagerstown, cumberland. Weve seen visibilities now down to zero. Hagerstown better at one and a quarter. Warrenton down a half mile along with luray and quarter mile in petersburg, West Virginia. A couple of spots where fog is an issue. No jackets for most now with temps in the 50s and 60s. No 40s out there but 55 in luray. Thats a little bit on the chilly side. La plata 61. 59 for frederick and gaithersburg. Weve got 65 in Prince Frederick according to ej this morning and hyattsville getting a report of 59 there. So today little muggier. Spotty shower or storm this afternoon. Temps range from 85 in cumberland to 82 in hagerstown to 87 here in the district. Lets bring monika in now with timesaver traffic. Its the bewitching hour o
Team usa soccer to michael sam with the nights highest honor for his courage off the field. For breaking barriers and superstar drake had everyone laughing. Whats going on . This is drake. Good morning, america. That was drake, baby. And good morning, america. What a great night for sports. Robin up early in l. A. And, robin, it looks like you had a lot of fun last night. Yes, always scary to be on the big screen when youve had no sleep. Up all night on that big monitor. Thank you very much for that. It was a great night and you know what, the athletes have so much fun because they never get to spend time like that. Athletes from all various different sports coming together like that. The entertainment world. You said it, lara, drake was so funny. He killed it last night so, yes, it was a lot of fun but it was emotional as well so ill have a lot more to share coming up. Were really looking forward to that you looked beautiful, ms. Roberts. First that massive flooding in colorado. Rushi
Arrests. Reporting live Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. Alison he spent just a few hours in jail. But the arrest of a Third Year University of virginia student is now shining a light on the way the states alcohol laws are enforced. Suzanne kennedy takes a closer look at the alcohol and Beverage Control police and their power. Why is this happening . Suzanne wednesday nights arrest of the u. V. A. Student Martese Johnson is raising questions about the policing powers of regulatory agencies like virginias department of alcohol, Beverage Control. The agency has 130 sworn officers who receive the same training as police. These officers have statewide arrest powers and can arrest anyone for breaking any virginia law. Not just alcohol violations. Abc suzanne in the case of 20yearold johnson, agents thought the underaged student was trying to use a fake i. D. To get into a bar on st. Patricks day. Students on the u. V. A. Campus feel agents were overreaching in the way that johnson was treated. I