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Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 4 20160505

Was returned safely to his maternal grandmother today. We learned the childs biological father, joshua williams, who does not have custody arrested on falcon ridge driver. This started last night after the investigators say williams picked up his exgirlfriend and the child. Authorities say williams and his exgirlfriend got in a domestic dispute and williams attacked her and beat her severely. She managed to escape and help but the child was still in the car. Typically when an amber alert goes out you will get a notification on your phone. But in this case, troopers say it did not happen because the amber alert when most people were still alert so they didnt activate the alert so they wouldnt panic people. Worried people would turn off the notification system. Were told all other notifications took place for those who were awake. The child is in good condition. He is not injured. He was returned safe and sound. Actually had some additional clothing o discovered him. As far as how the child got back to the grandmother and ultimately the mother, that is something the detectives are still having to work out. Diane we told that williams facing Malicious Wounding and abduction charges. We are told the childs mother has been released from the hospital. In spotsylvania, diane cho, abc7 news. Jonathan good he was found safe. Thanks. 2 hour ago an incredible scene outside a diner in tysons corner. A hummer ran in the front entrance and burst into flames. Some worked to free the guy pinned up against the diner and other folks trying to get the guy inside the hummer out safely. Police are saying this was no accident. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg back at the scene. Jeff . Jeff so many Unanswered Questions as a result of why this happened yesterday. Today is a busy day. A lot of repairs at the they have done a lot of work boarding up the store. They hope to be open this weekend for mothers day. The red trash can is still melted as a result of what happened here in the fire. Witnesses tell us the driver of the hummer was parked somewhere in this area. 12 30 yesterday. He put his foot on the gas and drove in the front of the diner. Now again, the incredible footage of the aftermath of the crash. Witnesses say after the man ran the hummer in the front of the diner, he reversed it and did it again to pin the man from the seem and the wall. People tried to get the driver out of the car. He locked the door. Shut the window and then lit it on fire. They were able to get him out after breaking a window. The man is a cook. In his 60s. Worked here for two years and been on berriment leave since april 5. Why he did it bereavement leave since april 5 and whit he did it is unknown. Its sad to be honest. If somebody whatever, the service or whatever they would take this excessive act. I feel sorry for the people that were involved. Not just the business but whoever was involved in it. I feel bad for them. Jeff no new information today from Fairfax Police regarding the mans identity or the status. We are told in deference to his medical condition he will not be charged today. We dont know what that condition is. The charges will consist of Malicious Wounding and destruction of the property but that is not certain. Back here live in front of the silver diner this is a magazine stand that has been melted by what happened yesterday. How it ended up here we simply dont know. Somebody walking inside the diner, perhaps an employee there. We have seen a lot of employees walking in and out. They are doing a lot of work to try to get the diner he reopened. Something interesting happened with the employees this morning. Today throughout the day we have noticed Something Interesting happening here at the diner on sit the elements of the story coming up at 5 00. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan the crash, the wreck and the arrest was capture opt video. Its on wjla. Com. Michelle update from the metrobus hijacking monday afternoon. They have this photo of the suspect. Keith loving accused of taking over the bus in the northeast and running over a man and killing him at a gas station. This is what we learned from the Court Appearance yesterday and the through court documents. Loving was on drugs at the time and had warrants out for his arrest. Tonight at 5 00 we take a closer look at whether he could have been in Police Custody days before this deadly hijacking. The Capitol Rotunda is closed in restoration work. Some debris fell in the rotunda in the lead paint base abatement activity. Cleanup is underway and the rotunda will reopen once testing confirms the area is safe. Jonathan what is nice about the picture the scaffolding has come down on the dome. Looks spectacular. Michelle nice and clean. Jonathan nice job on that. Another great day outside. Damp on the books and its getting old. Michelle we have been stuck in the pattern for quite some time. Time. More than a week now. We are expecting more of this tomorrow. When do we get out of this pattern . Check in with meteorologist steve rudin. Steve it has been ten days we have had rain every day. Look at the clouds in frederick, maryland, from the earth and the space lab. Show you the time lapse, see how its cloudy all day long. They had showers up there earlier but didnt amount to a lot. Satellite and radar, here we are in d. C. Zoom in a little bit closer. This stays mainly dry heading through the early evening hours. Move toward the west. That is the situation moving through tomorrow. Everything is coming in from the east and moving west. Area of low pressure pivots south of us. What does it look like at 11 00 tonight . Showers come in and wet commute early tomorrow through midday and the Late Afternoon hours. We could pick up of an inch of rain. We talk about the mothers day weekend forecast coming up soon. Michelle toy guns and b. B. Guns looking like the real counterparts and police around the country making splitsecond decisions that result in children being shot. As kevin lewis reports a maryland lawmaker is working to protect the children and Police Officers. This is an issue we have to deal with. Looking to ban the sale of fake lookalike gun in the free state. We have a Police Officer trying to make a decision in a split second. Looking at what is in his mind a gun. There is nothing to say its not a gun. A kid on the other hand says its a toy, only a toy. Kevin according to the Guardian Police in the u. S. Killed 28 People Holding b. B. Or pellet guns. Last week they shot a 14yearold boy armed with this b. B. Gun made to look like a pistol. Its ludicrous. Retired firefighter owns a small gun shoppe in brandywine. Im i told a friend about it. He goes are you kidding me . Kevin he thinks the proposed ban is silly. Contending at some point personal responsibility comes into play. How many people choked on m ms or hard candy . Do we ban that, too . People drawn in pools. Do we ban pools . Where do you stop . Tell that to the 28 people shot or the 28 officers who had to go home at the end of the day. Realizing i shot an innocent kid. Kevin senator muse plans to reintroduce the socalled toy gun ban in the next legislative session. Im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Jonathan coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 overcoming a family tragedy. Both parents lost in the case of murdersuicide. A 7 on your side. 24yearold finding forgive forgiveness for her father. And an explosion outside of houston in a warehouse fire. Michelle what was inside that might have set off the massive explosions. It is Cinco De Mayo. Tha night in the bars and the places like annapolis. They have a new campaign. Know your limits. They are offering free jonathan checking news around the nation. Outside of houston. Look at this. Emergency crews telling residents in the warehouse to stay inside their homes for good reason. The fire ball and a thick black cloud. Fire tearing through a warehouse storing guns. The pilot of the news chopper describing how some explosives were getting caught up with the flames. We are 953 feet in the air now. Jonathan it was something highly explosive. This is unclear what the Hazardous Materials were released or what started the fire. Everyone is safe. Michelle often parents are lost and children are left behind. In a 7 on your side exclusive fighting back reporter Jennifer Donelan digs into a case that captured headlines in 2013. Jonathan paul parisi, a. T. F. Agent shot and killed hi the couples teenage daughters there when it happened and one is talking publicly for the first time. Jennifer donelan has her story. This is a story of forgiveness. Jennifer if it werent for forgiveness we wouldnt do the story. Lets talk about the murderside first. The crime. Violence policy center in d. C. Put together a study last year. Researchers found on average there are 11 murdersuicides a week in the united states. The majority of them, 72 involve an intimate partner so thats why nina parisis decision to share this publicly is a huge decision. She is talking about the moment in the home that she lost a parent she adored. What she wants people to know about her family and especially about her father. She is doing this because s her learning to live after Something Like this. It can be a lonely journey. I wish there was a hand book to tell me what i should be doing or how everything should how i should be feeling but its not. Its hard to talk about it. I want to talk about it. To help other people. Jennifer you see the smile . Its heartwarming. To see this girl smile is inspiring. You will learn how she is doing in her own words. How she has moved forward. Finding forgiveness tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Michelle what a brave woman. Jennifer i got a text from her last night. Better than any award in my career she said, thank yo fear of talking about it. It made me emotional. A brave 20yearold woman who has been through so much. Jonathan we hope it hes others as well. Thank you. Lets get a check of the traffic. James has details. That is slow moving. Jamie this is 66. Its always the northwest corner we see the heavy traffic. This is the idea of the traffic leaving the city. We have a solid red line. As you get from duke street. Closer to the point toward edsall road we have traffic. 20 minutes is what it will take you as you head south from the 14th street bridge to the capital beltway. The big picture is slow spots on the outer loop. A crash, sixth street at northwest. The northwest corner is not as bad on the outer loop as the inner loop but its very, very heavy. No crashes to report. Michelle thank you. This just in. Sketch of a man wanted for attempted Sexual Assault in montgomery county. Police need your help to find him. It happened wednesday on 14,000 of castle boulevard. This man asked the victim to open the door in her apartment buildings and once in he followed her to the apartment, dropped his pants and tried to force himself on her. If you have any information on this, call police. The Massive Wildfire in fort mcmurray, canada, is still burning out of control. So far the fire destroyed 1600 structures and torched more nearly 90,000 people in the city forced to leave everything behind. We lost everything. Its out of an apocalyptic movie. Michelle it does. All commercial flights in and out of the area have been suspended. So far no reports of death of injuries. Two women gave birth in one of the evacuation shelters. Jonathan people are driving so close to the fire. You dont want anyone getting killed. Steve it was moving upward of 50 to 60 miles per hour. Moving quickly. The cars didnt have anywhere to go except to try to get through. The temperatures are around 90 degrees. Its hot out for us we have rain. I promise to see a change on the way. 55 in leesburg. Its 61 in cumberland. Rain to the south of us. This area of low pressure will move our way toward the north and the east. That is going to bring us the heavier rain. To move in from the east. We see the winds rain moving from the west. This time from the east. It will stick around with us for the good part of the day tomorrow. That is what will bring us upward of an inch or so of rain by the time the system moves out of here. The rain will develop. We have area of nothing in the morning. We have heavier rain through the morning commute and rush hour. Tomorrow evening driving home around the beltway with the pocket of moderate to heavy rain it will be slow going. The skies will clear. Sunday mothers day we have showers early and then clearing. We have areas of rain. Through the next seven days mothers day looks fantastic. Tuesday and wednesday is something we havent seen around here. Cracking the 80degree mark. Hooray 76 on thursday. Tomorrow 100 chance to need the umbrella. Take out the trivia question for you. What is the record rainfall for month of may in the area . 15 inches . 12 . 10. 69 . We have the answer at 4 30. Jonathan looking forward to it. We are kidding about this. If you find the sun. This is something we put together. On the twitter account. This is described as a 4. 5 billion years old. Its cloaked in hydrogen and helium and not seen since april 26. Michelle if you find it there is a reward. So send us your pictures when you head outside. Pics wjla. Com. They are moving the party outside. Folks looking to have a good time, a party. Jonathan its Cinco De Mayo, perhaps some people skipped out of work early. This is a holiday associated with drinking. We have seen that in recent years. Brad bell joining us in annapolis. Unique way to prevent people driving while intoxicated. I havent seen this before. You are right. Sync is a draining night in america. Here in annapolis. A great idea. Watch what he is about to do. The Police Offering something they call know your limit. They just want people to know how much they need to drink to be illegal on the road. In maryland the level is. 08. Looks like the mayor may have had something not so long ago. But the bottom line is and we have the officer from the Police Department here. They dont want to scare people. They want to educate people. Its as quick as this. I can tak a breathalyzer test right now. Tell me what to do. Blow in the tube. That is it. There you go. I had iced tea they dont want people leaving in cars if they are above the limit. We will hopefully bring someone from the bar who might be surprised how close or over the limit they have become. In annapolis, brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle thank you, brad. For those of you who end up having too many margaritas tonight the Washington Regional Alcohol Program has a safe ride home program. They launched the Cinco De Mayo silver ride for the second year in a row. Call 1800200taxi for a free cab ride up to 30 fare through tomorrow morning. Jonathan the life you could save not to mention the other people on the road is your own. Be safe. Michelle next at 4 00, assist in Breast Cancer battle. A look at helping those in the fight of their lives. Jonathan still ahead, overhaul for security. Plans to double to height of the fence. Well, this is the time. And your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. Escape leads the way with the convenience of a footactivated rear liftgate. Plus, the power and efficiency of ecoboost technology. Youll find a full lineup of ford suvs designed to help you be unstoppable. Right now you can drive a new escape and get 0 financing for 72 months plus 500 cash. Hurry, this offer is for a limited time only. See your ford dealer today. Jonathan we are all excited here. Abc7 gearing up for the race for the cure hap michelle we have help for those of you with questions about Breast Cancer. Alison starling in the help center where the phone bank hopes in a few minutes. Alison that is right. Phone lines will open at 4 30 a few minutes from now. 7032369220. Here at abc7 we have gathered a group for you of the experts, incontrol gists, survivors. People dealing with Breast Cancer around the world and locally. As you know, the susan g. Komen foundation is a leader in this field in washington. And elsewhere. Stephen tschida tonight introduces us to some of the groups that the money from komen helps out. It has to be exciting. Ready for the race for the cure. But a couple of months ago she was confused. It gave me the places to go for the screening and the mammograms. She came to an organization to help latin women. She is what the tests reveal. Roxana will walk as well even though she is in the end of chemotherapy. She has no Health Insurance and is filled with gratitude. I have a 7yearold son. Single mom. I cant see myself not being here for him. Started 20 years ago with a grant from the komen foundation. They allow us to do the Breast Cancer screening and education. There is another Organization Serving women that gets vital funding. They also get funding from komen. This is where sean came for help. They diagnosed me with triple negative Breast Cancer. The center here has hightech equipment to hasten diagnosis. You can do something a survival are higher. Those in the race know who they are helping. I owe them my life. Thats all i can say. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison we have a fantastic resource for you. The phone lines for 6 30. 7032369220. Reminder for you, abc7 is the proud Media Sponsor for the race for the cure. Its going to be on saturday. You can follow more of these survivor stories using the hashtag see it pink. We have complete coverage for you of the race, the big event on saturday on the sister station newschannel8 at 7 00 in the morning. Back to you. Jonathan all right. Thank you. A lot of us will be out there, too. From abc7 and newschannel8. Still ahead for us at abc7 donald trump is the presumptive nominee for the republicans. Now he is taking to twitter. You might not believe what he posted. Well have it for you. The reck set service has a secret service has a new plan for a new white hou a

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