Phase, they are looking to return to that argument that the older brother planned all of this and now they have to decide whether hell get the Death Penalty. Leon the jury in the Aaron Hernandez trial in boston returned today from the first full day of deliberation. He is charged in the 2013 murder of his friend oden lloyd. Hernandez hernandezs lawyer acknowledged he was there but not the one who pulled the trigger. Prosecutors said that he planned the murder and tried to cover it up. Alison we turn to breaking news coming to us from the district this afternoon. Police have made a second arrest in the murder of david messerschmitt. He was the attorney found dead inside the Donovan Hotel back in february. Brianne carter is in northwest with these breaking details. Brianne, tell us about it. Brianne alison this is in the last 90 minutes weve learned there have been another arrest made by metropolitan police. They tell us that 19yearold Dominique Johnson was arrest the earlier today in connection with the death of 30yearold david messerschmitt. Now, according to d. C. Police johnson who is said to live in southeast washington is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. Now, this comes less than a week after that arrest that we first learned about in connection with this, 21yearold Jamyra Gallmon arrested and charged in the stabbing death of the d. C. Lawyer. Messerschmitt was found dead in a hotel room at the Donovan Hotel back in february. According to court documents, messerschmitt used craigs list to set up a meeting at a hotel. Authorities believe it may have been an email account he was contacting connected to that first person who was arrested. Now, according to court documents, gallmon went to the hotel with the intent to rob messerschmitt but at some point stabbed him. Her lawyer saying in court it was selfdefense. She is expected to be back in court sometime later this week. We are continuing to follow these latest developments in this second arrest in connection with this. Well have much more coming up throughout the evening right here on abc 7 news. Reporting live brianne carter, abc 7 news. Alison we have new details now on a white Police Officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black man in North Charleston South Carolina. Officer Michael Slager has now been fired from the force and North Charlestons police chief has announced hes ordered body cameras there. They will be worn by every single officer. Karen traverse has more on the developments and the video that really changes the case. Karen the North Charleston South Carolina police chief didnt mince words. I was sickened by what i saw. Karen hes talking about this cell phone video showing the final seconds of the fatal encounter between officer Michael Slager and 50yearold walter lamar scott. It started with a routine traffic stop for a broken taillight and ended in a nearby field when slager fired his weapon eight times at scotts back and killed him. Until that video came to light the North Charleston police said slager opened fire because he felt threatened and that scott grabbed his stun gun. Shots fired. Subject is down. He grabbed my taser. Karen an independent state agency and the f. B. I. Are investigating that shooting but slager has already lost his job. This morning, the police chief and mayor met with Walter Scotts family. This has been a horrible tragedy within our community. Karen scotts devastated mother said she almost couldnt watch the video. It cooled my heart to see this. I pray this never happens to another person. This has got to stop karen that was the message coming through loud and clear from demonstrators gathered in North Charleston a familiar sight in several American Cities after recent Police Officer involved shootings. All lives matter karen the mayor of North Charleston announced today the city will purchase 250 body cameras so every officer on the force is equipped. Karen traverse, abc news, washington. Leon lets turn to the weather now here. This mornings rain made for a gloomy start for a grayish day all day long today. Alison absolutely. Dont put away the umbrellas just yet. Doug hill in the Storm Watch Weather Center with the rest of the forecast. Doug most of the day has been cloudy and damp and kind of cool. Cloudy outside of the belfort weather center. Showers and some big storms weve been watching. Lets get to Doppler Radar and show you this is a complex of thunderstorms that has got into western ohio late this morning. Very strong. Theyve been moving eastward at a steady clip. 35 405 miles per hour. The air overhead is cool and damp. Thats going to mean more than likely this line of storms as it crosses the appalachians and encounters the much cooler damp air, it will kind of diminish these storms. Now, the thunderstorms will break into just individual heavy pockets of rain. Well track it all during the afternoon and evening. Definitely, more rain coming here later this afternoon and this evening. Probably arriving in the metro area probably after 6 00 6 00 to 7 00 at its current speed. Well monitor that as well. Look at the numbers. 50 at reagan national. 46 in fredricksburg. 50 degrees in quantico. 46 in annapolis and through the evening, well call for showers. Maybe western parts of the viewing area might have a thundershowers as these things diminish somewhat. Everybody will be in the process of getting some rain during the evening hours and overnight, well hang on to some patchy drizzle. Temperatures holding in the 40s. Well look at the next few days and especially the weekend in a couple of minutes. Leon . Leon ok doug. Funding for schools. Thats what the Fairfax County board of supervisors is discussing this week but there are some concerns about the potential cuts. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg live in fairfax where the talks are still under way at this hour. Tell us whats going on there. [no audio] the proposal that was put forth by the superintendent and the school board is a bare bones minimum budget. That was part of them trying to do Good Business with the county supervisors this year. We cant say to the school here is your transfer increase. Make sure it goes to teachers salaries. That has to be a decision the school board. So sometimes its a little frustrating. [no audio] alison thank you very much. The Spotsylvania County Sheriffs Office has arrested four suspected pedophiles in an undercover cyber investigation. The suspects are tyler martin from richmond, john howell from fredricksburg, toby parker from manassas and another from fredricksburg. Theyre also among the very latest arrests there. All four suspects face felony counts of indecent liberties and using a Communications System to facilitate certain offenses involving children. Leon the final suspect has pleaded guilty in the 2007 killing of redskins safety shawn taylor during a botched burglary. Timmy brown will serve 18 years in prison under todays plea agreema agreement agreement. He was one of five men who drove to his home in florida with intent to committing burglary. Taylor confronted the men with a machete and he was shot and killed. Taylors father says that browns conviction brings the family some closure. Alison a woman is in Critical Condition after she was struck by a Metro Transit Police vehicle overnight. Metro says that woman was trying to cross branch avenue near the naylor road metro station in temple hills. Investigators say she was not in a crosswalk intersection or at a traffic signal when she was hit. People we talked to say that area is not pedestrian friendly. I walked down the street last night. People should be paying attention when they drive. Theyll be on their phones or doing whatever theyre doing. Alison the officer involved has been placed on administrative duty which is standard procedure during investigations. Leon fire investigators say a towel left too close to a hot lamp is likely what caused a fire that killed three people in anne arundel county. That fire happened in february at a home in brooklyn park. Leticia and her son were trapped in an upstairs room. All three got trapped inside and died. Alison a former lacrosse player convicted of killing his exgirlfriend is trying to appeal his case before the u. S. Supreme court. He filed a petition to get the case before the nations highest court. Chief Justice John Roberts granted that petition and now the justices will decide whether to hear the case. Earlier this year the Virginia Supreme Court ruled against hugleys request for an appeal. Hes served nearly five years of a 23year prison sentence for the death of yardly love. Leon coming up here at 4 00 new details in the lawsuit filed by the widow of marion barry against his kidney donor. What barrys widow wants to stop immediately. Alison what you need to avoid a costly parking ticket. Reporter who hacked into the white house computer alison today, the white house is assuring the public that recent hackers did not gain access to classified information. Leon the question of who is responsible for the hack, that still remains. Senior political reporter scott thuman is live at the Capitol Hill Bureau and has a look at the investigation currently under way. Scott . Scott leon alison what the white house is saying about this hack attack that took place last fall, theyre calling it a cyber intrusion is that it did not reach any classified information. That does not mean however, that Sensitive Information like the president s schedule or emails werent necessarily accessed. So at todays press briefing for the most part, relatively quiet on this particular subject and understandably but the other big part of the story is several News Agencies says u. S. Officials are blaming the russians. The White House Press secretary josh earnest avoided today naming any possible culprit or government and purposely wouldnt be specific about what hackers may have gained access to. Were not going to talk about information directly related to the president and his email. Any time people are dealing with material or any time theres activity of concern thats detected on the white house network, that that is puts that individual or that entity in close proximity to Sensitive Information. Reporter what exactly is the government doing to prevent another attack in the future . Well talk about that coming up tonight at 6 00 as well as possible legislation here on the hill and finally, what is russias reaction to these accusations . Well have that in just about an hour and 45 minutes. Leon alison . Leon thank you scott. Turning the focus to something two miles over your shoulder. Drivers are going to have to pay more to park at nats park. It will enforce meters on sundays and holidays even if the meters are turned off everywhere else in the city. Ddot is supposed to have temporary signs up in time for the d. C. Emancipation day game on april 16th. We will see. All right. Lets check to see how things for those moving on the roads this evening, jamie sullivan. Hey, jamie jamie they are moving very well. We have a couple of different spots and i want to focus in first on northwest d. C. So we have Police Activity closing off 20th street northwest. Thats between l street and m street northwest. Now, were hearing about a suspicious package. So that is why police are on scene. As far as accidents, nothing major to worry about. Its going to be our slowing. For you heading outbound on 66 getting through falls church once you get outside of the beltway, lets take a live look and show you 66 near nutley street. Past this point continuing to the vienna metro, we are on the brakes. Again, typical slowing for us this afternoon and moving to the American Legion bridge. Getting on the inner loop basically from virginia into maryland, this is the inner loop so this is really the heaviest spot that we are seeing. The beltway for you though top side once you get into maryland were ok. Heading outbound on 270 not a lot going on just yet. If you live in gaithersburg and are working your way out, no delays. Virginia, 95 pretty typical heading south from newington stop and go to triangle. Thats a look at traffic. Hope of hopefully no accidents to have to worry about. Leon fingers are crossed. Alison weatherwise, gloomy day today. Doug dont be gloomy. Think of how nice it will be this weekend. Leon yeah doug we had rain this morning. Most of the day its been drab and dreary and cool. Maybe a couple of downpours this evening. Lets get started and look at the rooftop camera in rosslyn. Gray skies and not so much drizzle around the area. Kind of cloudy and damp and cool as the winds come off from the east to northeast cutting across the Atlantic Ocean and keeping us on the cool side. As well see in a couple of minutes, plenty of areas not far from here that are in the 70s and 80s. Go downstairs, outside talk with steve rudin to talk about some parts of the country that got nailed with severe flooding. Steve nothing like that for us at least not for today. Out to the west of us st. Louis, missouri were dealing with some strong thunderstorms yesterday evening and look at the flooding. They saw upwards of two to three inches of rain in, get this, less than two hours. Localized flooding there and the winds kicked up. This is the time of year that we see Severe Weather across the mid part of the country. And stronger storms eventually will make their way to our area. But it appears now thats not going to happen until at least friday and by friday were going to look for bigger storms here in the washington metro area. More on that. Plus this brief cooldown right, doug . Doug absolutely. Well warm this back up here. Its going to take until friday. We have right now on Doppler Radar, a line of thunderstorms part of a large complex thats been rolling across the upper midwest all day long and still some thunderstorms now from petersburg southward. A little earlier when it went through elkins wind gusts at 54 miles an hour. Were well to the east. This line is moving quickly. Over the past several hours, time lapse goes about 1 10 ago so this line is spreading rapidly to the east. You might notice the number of storms, red intensity showing the heaviest rain is diminishing a bit because this whole line which is originated in the warm and humid air mass is smacking head long into the cool and damp air that we have. In time over the next hour or two, the thundershowers will diminish. Look at the difference. 50 in washington. 84 in raleigh. 83 in greensboro. Roanoke at 79. Back behind this system, warming up to the upper 70s. Wedge of cold air coming down from new england keeping cool. This cold front kind of stationary but over the next 36 hours or so this front is going to turn around and come back to the northeast as a warm front and thats going to open the door to us friday. Sotherly winds and temperatures rising through the 70s. Maybe the low 80s. Big deal about friday is it depends how long a period of sunshine we get, how many areas of sunshine. If we get enough that means when the cold front comes through during the late afternoon, we could see possibly severe thunderstorms here. As i mentioned at the outset good news for the weekend. High pressure takes over for saturday and sunday and it would be just fine. Check it out for yourself here. Tomorrow were stuck in the 50s with drizzle and light rain. Then we get into friday it brightens up. Some sun or maybe periods of a lot of sunshine. High temperatures approaching 80 degrees but then in the afternoon, showers, thunderstorms, some potentially severe. The weekend, monday looks great. And then well see things i dont think its going to be 50 on monday. Ill check. Need to check on that. Alison we have a little time. Doug what are you doing . Well see. Alison never. All right. See you in a little bit. Still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00, a new big endorsement in congressman chris von hollands bid for a u. S. Senate seat in maryland. Fascinated about the whole thing. Didnt think about the fact that i was potentially in danger. Leon crazy catch caught on camera, too. How a photographer stumbled on a bobcat nabbing a shark. Leon maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen has picked up another endorsement. Alison van hollen is vying for the seat when Barbara Mikulski retires. Brad bell shows us sch one is supporting van hollen. Hes going to fight for prince georges county. Brad with that announcement, Rushern Baker surprised some who imagined his support would go to the fellow prince georgian Donna Edwards and her run to replace retiring senator Barbara Mikulski and not van hollen who is from Montgomery County. Baker says hes simply endorsing the best candidate. Im endorsing a person that understands prince georges county. Brad as for the role race plays in his decision baker says its not his primary concern. I know its in the best interest of the county and the state. Brad Montgomery County executive, a van hollen supporter as well on hand for todays announcement speaks of his history in the Civil Rights Movement and he says van hollen shares his values. His leadership on all of the issues that we have fought for is impeccable. Brad for van hollen the value is immense. He has a huge fundraising lead and this will make raising more Campaign Money even easier. I am grateful to these two leaders for the incredible work they do every day on behalf of our communities. Brad we reached out to the Edwards Campaign for comment today and have not heard back. She remains the only other announced candidate for the soontobe open senate seat. Brad bell abc 7 news. Leon and easter dinner leaves one couple with a bad taste in their mouths. I was embarrassed. He was embarrassed. And it just turned to just disgust. Leon yeah. Youll find out why. Coming up ahead here what they were shocked to see on a television at a family restaurant. How the manager there is responding. Leon d. C. Police say they need your help in finding a man caught on camera stealing a package from a home. The theft took place last friday outside of a home on ninth street northeast. The house surveillance camera captured a person taking the package off the porch and then walking away. If you know anything police want to hear from you. Now, lets get back to the weather and lets get ready for another round of rain tonight. Alison yep, chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with a check of the forecast. How is it looking, doug . Doug its coming our way. Not a question of if just a question of when. Were tracking rain out west. Doppler radar, live images and off to the west of the metro area well west other side of petersburg, we have a line of showers and some thunder. You can see the marks. 22 lightning strikes in that segment alone. We expect that area to diminish. What will not diminish is the rain potential. With the rain weve had through last night and today as well inch and quarter in laurel and silver spring. College park close to an inch. So its been in a lull most of the day. Continuing to push eastward at a good clip and we expect timing wise for most of it to push through. Were chilly in stable air. Look at how warm that is. Thats fueling the showers and storms. As those storms enter our cool air mass that will diminish the thunder potential but continue likely with rain. Later tonight, taper it off down to some showers and drizzle with temperatures holding in the 40s. There are brighter days ahead in the seven day. Share that with you in a few minutes. Leon . Leon thanks doug. Navy has reassigned an officer after a civilian managed to get on base and kill a sailor aboard a ship last year. The officer was running Security Operations at naval station norfolk. This move comes after an investigation reveals a series of security lapses and allowed a truck driver to drive on to the base without a reason to be there. The driver walked on to the u. S. S. Mayhem and then shot and killed another sailor. Alison Anne Arundel Police need the publics help catching a check fraud suspect. Heres the surveillance picture of the woman. It was taken about 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Now, police say she attempted to cash several stolen checks at a Check Cashing store in glen burnie. The checks were stolen from a mailbox in the pasadena area. If you have any information about this case youre asked to call police. Leon new report predicts a big jump in demand for water in virginia. The state department of Environmental Quality says the need for water will increase by 32 in the next 25 years. The Richmond Times dispatch reports about 6. 1 billion in improvements are going to be required to reduce that influx. That includes building some new reservoirs as well. Alison come take a look at this. A wild catch caught on camera down in florida. Leon the reporter talked with a man who took this photo of a bobcat snagging a small shark right out of the water. Really surprised. Reporter caught on camera. A bobcat catching a shark and john bailey just stumbled on to it. Initially, pretty quick. It looked like it spotted it it grabbed it. It snatched it and pulled it up. The shark floundered for a while. Reporter from fort pierce bailey tells the story. How he was walking, saw the bobcat and saw it watching the shark. It looked initially it was going for a swim. What appeared to be like a shark. Reporter it all happened at Sebastian Inlet state park last night. Bailey was on vacation relaxing but was instantly riled over this. Fascinated with the whole thing. Didnt even think about the fact that i was potentially in danger. Reporter as for himself, he was far enough away to take the photo safely. It actually noticed me and ran the other way. Reporter as for the shark, it may have thought it was safe to go into this water at least at this moment. It was absolutely, i dont expect to see it again. Really definitely unique. Leon thats right. Dont mess with the bobcat. We know that. Alison you know that well. Leon bobcats. Photographer said he was 50 feet away and shot the thing on his iphone. There you have it. Alison wow. Leon ok. Her generosity helped marion barry but now his kidney donor is facing a lawsuit from barrys widow. Alison sam ford is live in southeast washington to explain what this lawsuit is actually about. Sam . Sam alison leon were near the big chair which is a symbol in Marion Barrys ward eight and where his widow, cora masters barry is suing the woman who gave barry a kidney in 2009. So carora masters barry argues in the lawsuit that no one including kim dickens who donated a kidney to barry has the right to use anything from his image without permission from his estate run by his widow. Dickens contends she and barry formed a nonprofit together when he was alive and it functions such as fundraising can continue after his death. Neither woman was speaking on camera today. Both had spokesmen. Kim was willing to risk her life to help to save his life. And because of their friendship yes, they had dated before. This lawsuit is about protecting the right to control how his name and image is used in fundraising, marketing, promotion. You name it. Sam and that last person who spoke was cora masters barrys attorney who says that he expects this matter to go to court in june. And he expects to win. The other side said of course, theyre going to be fighting. Well have more on this story coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Reporting live from southeast washington, im sam ford, back to you. Alison ok. Coming up at 4 00 now, a restaurant serves up more than what one couple expected. The investigation under way after porn was shown on the restaurants tv. And we all know how paperwork can pile up plenty when youre filing your taxes. But what do you keep and what do you toss . 7 on your side with some help leon a couple goes out for an easter meal at a restaurant in North Carolina and they say pornography pops up on the tv screen there. Alison as rex hodge reports, the restaurants manager vows to find out how this happened. Theyre good people. Good waitresses. Weve never had a problem until sunday night. Rex Bonnie Thompson and her husband have enjoyed meals here for years. All of a sudden i couldnt help but notice shock on his face. Rex it was easter about 8 00 p. M. When thompsons husband looked up on the tv screen and drew her attention to a nude couple having sex. I was embarrassed. He was embarrassed. Rex she says it was playing in a family restaurant. And she was surprised. Then it just turned to just disgust. Rex she says a man with young kids grabbed the remote and changed the channel but she was left with questions. What kind of control do these restaurants have on what is to the public and watching television. Rex thompson registered her complaints and met with the area manager for answers. I cater to my community. And ill take care of this. Rex she says the restaurant carries charter cables basic service. Nothing xrated. Absolutely not. Rex shes contacted the company to investigate how an adult channel might have appeared. Im not real intelligent on how somebody can feed in to show something on our television that we dont subscribe to. But i will find out. Rex she says on sunday night, employees and customers had access to the remote. Shes changing that policy to managers control only. And if an employee is the culprit Community Knows i will absolutely take care of that employee. Rex she says shell do whatever it takes to keep the community comfortable. Thompson says she appreciates the positive action and says this experience wont keep her away from huddle house in the future. Not at all. Not at all. Alison that was rex hodge reporting. Charter cable says theres a possibility a video may have been projected wirelessly from the smartphone or tablet. The Cable Company plans to examine the equipment from the huddle house. Leon a new survey is ranking the most popular spots for first dates. See which restaurants made the top five . Alison and 7 on your side this afternoon with a consumer alert. How to avoid making costly mistakes while filing your taxes. Alison police in california are now looking for a man who had this angry outburst inside a convenience store. Take a look. He was talking on his cell phone and then he suddenly shoved a bunch of items right off the counter. And then shoved the clerk, too. Police hope to track the man down but its unclear what charges he could face. Leon the Environmental Protection agency is looking into more possible exposure cases of a poisonous pesticide used at a caribbean resort. A family of four was sickened there after the chemical was used in st. John. Two sons remain in a coma. The e. P. A. Says the pesticide has been used at that condo complex in the past and theyre now contacting employees and former vacationers. We have sent a team of epidemiologyists and health experts. Theyre doing a number of interviews because some people may have had some exposure. Leon terminex the company that used that chemical faces a criminal investigation. The company says its cooperating with authorities. Alison Indiana Pacers forward copeland and his wife and another friend are ok night. Leon copeland had to undergo surgery and the suspect was arrested. Atlanta hawks players were also arrested for obstructing the crime scene. Exnfl kicker lawrence tines is speaking out about a 20 million lawsuit he filed against his former team. Hes accusing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of negligence. He said he contacted the staph infection at the bucs Training Facility where equipment wasnt properly maintain disinfected or cleaned. It can kill you i was so mad that they did not diagnose me. Clearly they knew. Something i loved and worked hard for was taken away from me. It could have been prevented. Leon he wasnt the only player affected by this but one of three bucs players to attract mrsa in 2013. It started in his toe and moved into his kicking foot and that ruined his career. Alison well 7 on your side with a consumer alert today about an Ice Cream Company that has expanded the recall linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. Blue Bell Creameries says the recall now includes banana pudding ice cream pints made out of broken arrow oklahoma plant. Seven other products have already been recalled and the outbreak has been linked to three deaths just this year. Leon its that time of year. If youre about to wrap up your taxes, you probably have a big stack of papers youd like to get rid of. Should you keep it or shred it . Alison John Matarese has helpful advice so you dont waste your money. John its almost tax day. With taxes done for another year its a great time to clean house and get rid of old paperwork that you dont need. What should you pitch and what do you need to save . Wouldnt it be nice to send all those boxes of papers off to the big shredding truck. It would make your home feel a lot cleaner. After one year you can safely toss old credit card bills and statements, utility bills and cell phone bills. But wait at least four years to shred Bank Statements insurance statements in case youre filing or disputing a claim and receipts for Tvs Computers and big ticket items in case you need warranty work. And from the doesnt that stink file documents that youll regret ever shredding. Yahoo finance says save tax documents for at least 10 years, not the three to five years some advisors suggest. If youre audited and dont have your back paperwork, youll say doesnt that stink . And it says never destroy papers proving you paid off your mortgage or your car loan. If you sell your old car, you want to hold on to some proof of sale in case anyone has an accident or uses it to commit a crime in the future. That way you dont waste your money. Im John Matarese. Alison there are ways to avoid costly mistakes while filing your taxes. Avoid typos and bad numbers because they could get your tax return rejected. Also make sure your Social Security number is listed correctly and know your credits and your dedeductions. Tax experts say many people are just taking the standard deduction but they can save money if they actually itemize. People are either not claiming deductions for which they qualify or theyre not using credits that are available to them. Alison if you missed something on your tax return you can file an amended return and thats up to three years after you file. Leon the worlds top ranked golfer is teaming up with a member of one direction and of all places the masters. Rory mcilroy is hoping for a career grand slam with his third consecutive major victory after winning the open championship and the pga last year. Now, hopefully for him, mcilroy will get some good luck with his caddie. Fellow irishman and one direction singer nile horan. Alison interesting combo. Sugarland star Kristian Bush is giving a fan a chance to win a v. I. P. Experience with him at a concert in atlanta. Youll get to spend a day with him in his studio. If you want to enter, go to wjla. Com contest. You have until april 12th to enter. Good luck leon starbucks is in a bit of a hot spot when it comes to first dates. Huh . Alison thats right. Theres a dating app out there called clover and it released a survey when it conducted popular restaurants to hold the first dates. Starbucks topped the list followed by chipotle Cheesecake Factory and olive garden. It analyzed data from the 200,000 users for the survey. Leon was it sponsored by the starbucks, Cheesecake Factory, panera or olive garden . Alison it could have been. Coffee is always a good first date. Youre not committing too much time. Leon if you want to go doesnt take long. Alison there you go. Leon coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00, lights out. One day after that power problem in parts of maryland and the district, were taking a look at whats being done to protect our grid now. Alison and malia obama learning how to drive. Who has the time to teach her . Find out who is giving the advice coming up shortly. Leon does she have secret servicemen running around the car as she parallel parks it . Alison probably. Weatherwise, potential storms moving in. Doug rain definitely in our future in the next few hours. Lets get started. Look right now at what were checking out across the area. Still a continuation of cloudy skies. Damp and cooler weather. Northeasterly breeze. Temperature right now 50 degrees. Dew point 44. Cool and damp day. Lost sight of the fact that the average temperatures now are well into the middle 60s around the area. Well get back there. In fact by friday well go well above that weather. Right now, Doppler Radar indicating a line of showers. Well to the west of the metro area to the west of interstate 81 corridor. Thats moving to the east and the timing is probably going to be 6 00 to 7 00 hour for this to start affecting our viewing area and western suburbs first and the whole area will transition to the east. Theres still a lot of thunder and lightning and Severe Weather back across severe thunderstorm warnings and couple of isolated tornado warnings. At least looking at the motion here, most of the heavy duty stuff will push well to the south and southwest of washington venlt but some of these storms will degrade into downpours. Lot to watch. Still the chance of a Little Thunder and lightedening. Mostly it will be rain through the evening hours and tonight, kind of taper off to drizzle and patches of light rain. Wont change the temperatures. Pretty much Holding Steady in the 40s to near 50 degrees tonight and pretty of the same tomorrow because of the frontal system thats pushed to the south and west as the cold front, High Pressure will remain. Its pulling the air off the Atlantic Ocean making it cool and damp. To the southwest, its very very warm. Heavy duty storms are bubbling up. As we get to tomorrow night front will start turning around and headed back our ways. Temperatures warm up. And few showers with that. We break into the warm sector on friday. Well get a little bit of sunshine and temperatures close to 80. If we get enough sunshine during the day, that could contribute to some of these storms becoming severe. Lot to watch. Good news at the end of this story is it will clear up just in time for this upcoming weekend. So heres our weather story for the next seven days. Only 55 at best tomorrow with rain mostly light and then friday, drizzle in the morning. Becoming partly sunny. Very breezy and very warm. Approaching 80 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. 80 and there is a possibility some could be severe. Clearing for the weekend. Delightful. Look at the mild temperatures. Thats going to the Cherry Blossoms are going to like that. Very mild temperatures ahead. Alison were going to like it too. Very good. Lets get a check on traffic and see if we like anything on the roads today. Jamie the thing is were not worried this afternoon about what we were worried about this morning and that was the really wet roads. Were ok so far for our afternoon commute. Lets move into northwest. So Police Activity theres a suspicious package so we do have police on scene closing down 20th street northwest between l street northwest and m street northwest. So in this area youre going to see a lot of flashing lights. As far as our delays weve got it. But its difficult. Its nothing out of the ordinary for you leaving the city on 395 weave weve got it. Thats if youre heading towards the beltway working by the wilson bridge or heading northbound from the 11th Street Bridge getting on to the b. W. Parkway. Were ok on the g. W. Parkway heading out towards the beltway, its just when you get to the beltway that weve got the slowing mainly crossing the American Legion bridge. Outbound on 66 we really picked up. Were at about 55 miles per hour. The slowest stretch for you is once you get outside the beltway on 66. Well take a look just to give you an idea of how slow our traffic is right now. Working your way past 50 volume. Thats what weve got and then slow traffic for you on the top side of the beltway right near connecticut avenue. Thats a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon you got it. Check back with you in a bit. Coming up next on abc 7 news at 4 00 here, a new partnership between Howard University and d. C. Public schools. How the program will help prepare High School Students for college. Alison d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Howard University this morning to announce a new partnership between that university and d. C. Public schools. Leon under this new program, some High School Seniors can enroll in College Courses at Howard University and earn high school and college credit. John gonzalez has more. John what High School Senior wouldnt want six College Credits already in the bag once theyve stepped foot on a University Campus like Howard University here and, perhaps, even softened the blow of the Culture Shock from college life . D. C. Public schools are finally jumping on an educational bandwagon that has been touring the country for sometime if you will. The city is announcing today a dual Enrollment Partnership starting this fall. Students at mckinley tech high and Benjamin Bana sk er will have the opportunity to enroll for and receive credit for classes here taken on campus. These classes will be taken at no cost. High School College program is not new around the country but listen to why an old home rule law prevented it here in d. C. Until now. Some silly regulation on the books that said if a High School Student taking a College Level class couldnt get high school credit, that prevented a lot of parents and students from taking classes at the university. And then it was expensive. You have preparation of actually going to college. But however, we dont have any preparation actually inside the college. Reporter if your child is a freshman or, perhaps, in middle school, over the next three years, this program will expand to all the universities and include all 17 high schools in the city. In northwest washington john gonzalez, abc 7 news. Leon the trial of the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 30 verdicts. One question left to anls. I have watched the video and i was sickened by what i saw. Leon a cop accused of murder and a community demanding justice. Now, a mayor announces changes that could prevent another tragedy. Miss barry, no. Kim. Leon why Marion Barrys widow is suing her late husbands kidney donor. Leon 30 counts, one verdict. Alison today jurors found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts that he faceed in the Boston Marathon bombings trial. Roz slater in our newsroom with details including what happens next here. Roz . Roz after two days of deliberations, the jury found tsarnaev guilty across the board and 17 counts make him eligible for the Death Penalty. It comes a week before the twoyear anniversary of the horrific terror attack. Dzhokhar tsarnaev and his older brother tamerlan had been accused of setting off two Pressure Cooker bombs near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. The blast killed three and injured more than 200. Then three days later the brothers are accused of gunning down a campus Police Officer at m. I. T. Now, tamerlan died in a shootout with police during this. And during the trial, Defense Attorneys argued that dzokhar was just a teen at the time and under the control of his older brother who planned the attack. Outside the courtroom, the victims victims said they were happy the jury didnt buy that attack. Hes all in. Hes a grown man and made choices knowing what the outcome could be and knowing what the consequence would be and he made the choice to go ahead. Roz another survivor who lost both of his legs in that bombing tweeted this today. He said todays verdict will never replace the lives that were lost and so dramatically changed. But it is a relief and it is one step closer to closure. Next, of course, comes a sentencing phase where jurors have to decide if the 21yearold gets the Death Penalty or life in prison. Roz slater, abc 7 news. Alison thank you very much. Well, strong storms swept across part of the midwest today and that same system is headed our way. Doug hill in the storm watch weather 7 center with a check of what we can expect next around here. Hi, doug. Doug at the moment still cloudy and damp outside of the belfort furniture weather center. Were watching this large
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