he is a grandstander. the f.b.i. has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. reporter: two questions everyone is asking. what will happen to the f.b.i.'s probe into possible russia-trump campaign collusion during the 2016 election? >> we continue to focus on the mission and get the job done. reporter: why was comey fired now? president trump: i was going to fire comey. my decision. >> you made the decision before they came in the room? president trump: i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it. reporter: sources say trump became increasingly agitated with the now f.b.i. director since the congressional testimony last week. in the testimony, comey said he was "mildly nauseous over the idea he may have swayed the election by reopening the investigation into clinton's e-mails. the white house said it heard from "countless members of the f.b.i." who lost faith in comey. in c today acting director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe has a different take. >> i can tell you also that director comey enjoyed broad support within the f.b.i. still does to this day. reporter: with support or not comey is gone and the white house on the hunted for the new f.b.i. director to fill his slot. ellen lopez, abc7 news. alison: for more on this now we are joined by our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman. so much happening yet again today. what can we take from the president's newest comments? scott: one of the biggest headlines is you had the president definitively on camera telling nbc news he was cleared, that this is something he discussed directly with former director comey. and on more than one occasion director comey supposedly told him yes, you are not the subject of an investigation. however, this may very well be a case of he said, he said. we are waiting till early as next week we might see former director comey testify before a congressional committee. there are louder calls for that tonight. the other thing i thought was interesting is that he clarified this was his decision. white house initially said the president was acting on the recommendation of attorney general jeff sessions but also specifically deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. and today in the interview the president saying no, no, no. this is ultimately my decision. i made it. the last take-away i thought as you talk about the f.b.i., the status moving forward and how aggressively are they going to pursue this. senator warner of virginia said if you feel any pressure, acting director mccabe, you need to let us know. will you? he said, "of course i'll let you know. the men and women of the f.b.i. will do the right thing no matter what." you can argue some people may feel they need to sink their teeth in this more than they had because they want to prove it will follow the evidence where it leads them. alison: scott thuman live on the hill. to get everything you want and ne firing and to see the abc7 original reporting, log on to your website wjla.com. search "comey." nancy: abc7 is also on storm watch tonight. rain jackets were out. umbrellas handy all day. we had our wipers on while driving. guess what? there is yet even more rain headed our way as we inch closer to the weekend. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with a look. doug: hey, nancy. we had plenty of rain today. parts of area picked up an inch and a half so far. it's taking a break for a while. it will be lighter tomorrow but the next round will come in later tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. the doppler radar. mostly light rain. steady light rain to the north and northeast of the city through baltimore and across the bay. clearly the steadiest, the heaviest rain moved off out to the area, to the southeast. we look ahead and we see a little bit of breaks. there is another bigger area developing way to the west/southw rainfall that will add to the rainfall totals later tomorrow to saturday morning. 1.6 inches of rain at dulles today. a little less than a half inch of baltimore and washington. reagan national. close to an inch. less than an inch reported in baltimore. as far as the numbers go, we are holding in the mid-50's. they haven't budged all day. only drop a degree or two tonight. the forecast shows temperatures in the upper 40's. mostly cloudy. touch of light rain and drizzle overnight tomorrow. that is the story for most of the day. get you through the point where the clouds hang in. the next batch of rain, stead i do heavy rain tomorrow and overnight to saturday. i have the timing of the end of the rain on saturday and mother's day in ten minutes. jonathan: thanks. abc7 was there. incredible homecoming in february. missing teen returns. but she was arrested shortly after. now we are learning she is being connected to a brutal murder. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has the latest. jeff: graphic testimony in court today. detailing of 15-year-old damaris rivas, known as "alex" to family and friends. one of the defendants charged in the case is a 17-year-old girl who will be tried as an adult. according to the court testimony the defendants brought alex to an area near lake acotenk in springfield, virginia. she was forced to remove her shirt and shoes and was badly beaten and stabbed multiple times with fives and sticks. one investigator revealed the role of 17-year-old venus herreteta who herself went missing for a month around the time of the killing. according to the testimony, venus stabbed rivas 13 times and said, "i'll see you in hell." investigators say alex was targeted because the defendants blamed her for the death of christian sosa rivas 12 who was the boyfriend of iraheta. alex's mother was in court today and you could see her wipe away tears in the testimony. of the five defendants charged with murder, two of the cases were continued today. three will go to a grand jury. in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: also tonight a huge number of arrests from i.c.e. nationwide including here in the d.m.v. nancy: some of them previously deported. new at 4:00, richard reeve at i.c.e. headquarters as the arrests were announced. some of them were already facing serious charges. richard: some are facing reentry charges. these are people tossed out of the country and are back in illegally. this is a huge operation called project new dawn. it's targeting violent gang members. so-called transnational gang members. those who have crossed international borders. this the kind. nearly 1,400 arrests in the past six weeks. more than 1,000 are confirmed gang members. now here in the d.m.v. i.c.e. agents arrested 52 people. 29 of whom are member of the m.s.-13. 11 of those arrests occurred at a falls church home after the reports of alleged sex trafficking. 21 suspects in all face murder, rape and sex assault charges. others face drug trafficking, weapons smuggling and sex trafficking charges. agents seized 236 guns and $492,000 in cash. an interesting note here, the law enforcement here expressing frustration with sanctuary cities saying it makes it harder to arrest violent illegal immigrants. >> our goal at the end of the day is to arrest, prosecute, deport and remove transnational gang members, as well as suppress violence and enterprises. >> to arrest someone in a security and a privacy of a jail where they are behind the wire, we know they don't have weapons. one officer can make the arrest inside the jail, turn it over to us and we can remove the person from the country. when they get released without our attention they are back in the streets. richard: those who have been arrested will have the opportunity to appear before an administrative law judge. they will face deportation or criminal charges. i.c.e. says it is not done yet. there will be other operations like this, they say in the future. in southwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: all right. thank you very much. president trump is expected to sign a executive order establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud in the american election system. this commission will study vulnerabilities in u.s. voting systems and the potential impact they could have on fraudulent voter registrations and impromer voting. jonathan: lawmaker -- improper voting. jonathan: lawmakers reached an agreement to make it easier an employee. right now it's not easy. it could smooth the way for final passage on an issue stemming from the 2014 wait time scandal at the phoenix v.a. medical center. as many as 40 veterans died waiting months to get a i pointments -- appointments. nancy: in arkansas, three dead including an officer. one man is locked in a standoff with sheriff deputies. michelle marsh at the "live desk" with what is happening now. michelle: we are now several hours into this standoff. the accused shooter is inside of a house and the house surrounded by police. this is all happening about 170 miles west of little rock. in yell county. arkansas state police say a sheriff deputy was en route to a disturbance call when he pulled over a vehicle. he was shot and killed during that traffic stop. when officers arrived at the location of the initial disturbance call, they found the bodies of two others. officers are still as we mentioned trying to coax the suspect into surrendering. that is the very latest from the "live desk." michelle marsh, ab coming up next for us at 4:00, a scare for metro riders. the investigation happening now after doors on a red line train opened on the wrong side. >> plus, five young women are suing howard university for allegedly mishandling their sexual assault investigation. i'll have details coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00". >> we are in stormtrak7 monitoring the rain and the problems it's causing. we will fill you in, in a moment. rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 a month and we'll give you tv, hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com jonathan: this will make you do a double take. that is a school bus in the trees. not parked. crashed. happened near st. louis. 14 students hurt because of this. mostly cuts and bruises but the driver lost control and wound up driving to woods. he was hurt but he will be okay. he has a lot of explaining to do. alison: howard university sued and the allegations are startling. anna-lysa gayle live with the disturbing claims here. anna-lysa: alison, the attorney representing the five young women said she wants to send a clear message that this change is needed here on the campus to protect victims the five young women include former and current students who reported sexual assault between 2014 and 2016. in several cases the young women say they were assaulted by individuals with power. one young woman identified as jane doe 1 in the suit was raped by a resident assistant. and jane doe 2 says she was raped by the same assistant and jane doe 3 says she was physically and sexually abused by a campus police officer. in that complaint it outlines that howard is entitled to the title ix rights and the complaint alleges that the university had discriminatory and a retaliatory response. attorney linda correa says there is a culture on the campus that needs to be corrected right away. >> we wanted to make sure that howard implements policy and investigation procedures that are effecttive so that students in the future don't have to worry about having asilllant on campus on an ongoing basis. anna-lysa: there was a protest last year and who is also named in the suit. we reached out to the university for a response but we have not received one. anna-lysa gayle, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. bold robbers ripping off a gun store in texas. look here at the four guys. they move fast grabbing the guns. they left with armfuls. the police have not caught the group and they don't know how many guns were stolen. but the gun store robbery looks a lot like this one. this happened in rockville in march. two men ripping off the united gun store. we reached out to the a.t.f. all investigators could tell us is this is an active investigation. jooathan: abc7 on s tonight. people all around town ducking and covering. it came down. it's not done. stephen tschida is joining us live from stormwatch7 with the weekend washout. the same thing as last weekend, stephen. stephen: it might be worse than last week. we have been in it all day. at times it's heavy. other times like now it's coming down light. but the persistent rain is causing a lot of problems this time of the year when there are so many events planned outdoors. downpour and drizzle getting a lot of people down. the constant rain has caused some problems. over at catholic university, they already set up for an outdoor graduation this weekend. some of the students who are about to pick up the diplomas are wondering where are we going to pick up those diplomas? and then what about all the tennis players and golfers? a lot of people having t out the golf game or tennis match because of the rain. the rain still coming down. catholic university announced it will make a decision on how to handle the projected rainy weather on saturday for the graduation. no later than 8:00 a.m. on saturday. reporting live from stormwatch7, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: we'll get to the forecast in a minute. alison: but first yesterday we had a big announcement at abc7 about doug. and his future. nancy: you're retiring. doug: not until september 15. i'll be here for a while. >> not counting the days. nancy: in the meantime, the abc7 viewers are coming out in droves to wish you well. doug: overwhelmed by it. jonathan: every since you said something about it. lindsey mastis has the many thank yous for you. we will get to that in a second. doug: all right. lindsey: everyone loves yo. and saying thank you on social media. take a look at what they are writing -- lindsey: we'll want you to check in with us as well. nancy: all caps. so she means it. jonathan: come tell us what is going on. doug: i'll get it on facebook, twitter and e-mail. i'm trying to go through everything and respond to as many as i can. it's like an avalanche. alison: isn't that nice? doug: it touches me. alison: i'm going to send you all the comments that have come in on my facebook page when i posted the news yesterday. the things people have written it's like they know you personally. like a friend won't be there every day that they are used to seeing. so nice. nancy: you can still continue now with #thanksdoug. send him a message. doug: i appreciate it. jonathan: pre-show chat. who am i going to talk to? doug: i'll call you before you go on. every day i will, jonathan. the heaviest rain is moving out. this is not a washout of a weekend. we have had those. this weekend shall not be. heaviest of the rain yet to come late tomorrow night to saturday morning. i think saturday afternoon is over. i think we will indeed salvage mother's day on sunday with sunshine and much warmer temperatures. but first things first. talk about the rain. moved through the area today so far with many areas picking up over an inch. on doppler radar and the satellite we have seen the heavier area of rain push east across if bay. still steady rain over part of the area will be with us for most of the rush. we get a break tonight and we'll have drizzly conditions and cloudy high. the nationals game is still on. they just tweeted out the starting line-up for the nats tonight in game four against the orioles. so that is a good sign. temperatures are lower 50's. it's not ideal. keep our finger crossed the game goes off. look at the rainfall totals. around an inch and a half to waldorf, ashburn, fairfax station. look at the numbers. lower 50's. the average temperature this time of may is 75. we are way below the mark. we will stay below the mark in the 50's. all through the evening patches of light rain. drizzly cloudy conditions through the overnight and the morning. temperatures are struggling through the 50's. then tomorrow we have another batch that comes in. heavy late night the midday, maybe some areas out west might get a glimpse of the sunshine late saturday afternoon. as far as the future rain cast, an inch in many areas. some areas are closer to two inches still to come with the next wave. the extended outlook shows probability of rain at 70% tomorrow. increases tomorrow. mother's day is clearing. 72 on monday in the sunshine. look at next week, 80's, mid-80's. upper 8 o's. a radical change from way below to way above. that's way it doze. jonathan: it's not supposed to happen. we asked about a door opening on the wrong s some have it, some don't. when the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. at strayer university we've seen it in our students and if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. it's time. strayer university. let's get it, america. kimberly: i'm consumer investigator kimberly suiters in the "7 on your side" help center. we are standing by for your phone calls. if you think you might have unclaimed money. you might. because between d.c. and virginia alone, over $2 billion have not been claimed. what is the number one place people should go if they think be owed money? >> number one place is missingmoney.com. any state you can look to find the information there. if you know for example you only lived in virginia or the can go to that state's website. generally most of the information is on missing money.com. kimberly: it's amazing the number of the people who don't think, they can't believe it's real. we have seen amounts from $to,000 owed to you up to over $200,000. scott taylor has an incredible story at 11:00 where he knocks on doors to let people know the money they are missing. more information coming up in the phone bank. in a minute we open up the phone lines and you can call in and ask questions yourself. back to you. nancy: thank you very much. coming up also on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- metro opens doors on the wrong side staring right at the third rail. you will not believe what the train operator did that broke protocol. >> this was a brutal, brutal attack. jonathan: also next, hear chilling confession from the man who senior citizen. alison: new at 5:00, why a d.c. wine bar has president trump claiming he has absolute immunity. we'll explain when i join you at "abc7 news at 5:00". announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. larry: a tornado warning issued for parts of oklahoma. these are live pictures now from the helicopter in stillwater, oklahoma, where the tornado warning has been issued. they are looking at a super cell now. this is when the things are ripe for any kind of number cloud to just drop from the clouds. right now we don't see any number clouds or any of them forming -- don't see any of them forming. but when they have a warning issued is when they tell people to take cover and be prepared and listen to what is happening. they have had tornadoes in the last couple of days. big ones as well. we will explain that when we get doug back in 15 minutes. alison: there is nothing like that here for us. rainy, wet and cold outside. nancy: some of you may see the rain slowing down it's not over yet. jonathan: no. we expect more rain in the weekend. boo. stormwatch7's chief the forecast. the good news is mother's day. doug: sunny is still on track to be bright, sunny and warmer. good stuff. gnarly looking skies over national park right now. 51 degrees. the game at the moment is still on. we keep our fingers crossed there. this is like fedex field in early november. this is what we have rain wise. there is plenty around. heaviest rain moved out. steady to light to moderate rain for the next few hours. later that will move out. cloudy and damp and period of the light rain or drizzle around the area. tomorrow the future cast getting through the morning hours most of the rain is out of the picture. drizzle. cloudy and damp with the easterly winds. next batch that will turn into heavy rain will come in tomorrow night through the early morning hours of saturday. by saturday afternoon moves out of the picture. everything still looking good for mother's day with a warmer weather. pretty impressive warmup in the mid-to-upper 8 o's for next week. that is the latest. nancy: doug, thank you very much. "7 on your side" trying to make sure you get the money you deserve. our phone bank unclaimed funds are open. they are taking the calls. call 703-236-9220. 703-236-9220. we are here through 6:30 with other financial services as well. jonathan: a senior citizen active in her church still in good health killed in the wheaton home. the stranger who did it pleaded guilty in court. kevin lewis ears mistakes -- killer's mistakes that helped catch him. >> what is the address of the emergency? kevin: last august, 73-year-old linda johnson hadn't been seen for days. her gold toyota prius missing from her wheaton driveway. a neighborhood called 911. they found her dead in a bloody blanket. stabbed 29 times. today, a 23-year-old who was friends with the woman renting johnston's basement apartment plead guilty. >> this is the ultimate crime against the seniors in the community. >> they say he used the credit card at a rockville target store where he worked. license plate readers captured him driving johnson's prius in the district. once arrested, kwasi sadler told cops "i don't know how i went from stealing cars do murder." >> this s steal a car but he was going to make sure he had a weapon to enable him to get away with the car and no one was going to prevent him from taking the car. >> sad her has a history of mental illness. a judge will sentence him in september. he faces decades in prison. reporting in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: an investigation to how a metro door opened on the wrong side. a scary sight for those riding on the red line. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter is live with what the agency is saying. this is serious. >> this is the rhode island station. you can see the train there. the doors on that side. that is what we believe that the doors open. tonight, they don't believe that protocol was followed. >> watch as the doors of the redline train open on the wrong side of the train in rush hour. metro says it happened wednesday morning at the elevated track. it happened while the train was stopped. >> one in a million it's too many. brianne: metro officials say when the doors open on the wrong side the train operator is supposed to report the incident, walk around the train and then take the train out of service. metro officials say the operator didn't follow the procedures, adding the train continued on the trip. while the incident is under investigation, metro officials said the doors opened because of operator error. metro's general manager says the agency is looking at technology to prevent it from happening in the future. >> there is always the human element so as much as the technology to prevent it is where we want to go. >> as part of the human element, the question remains tonight exactly how did the doors open? what buttons may or may not have been pushed? that is part of the investigation. something that metro officials say will be separately. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. nancy: the first lady of virginia not getting in politics herself yet. dorothy mcauliffe says she is not running for congress. she considered seeking the democratic nomination to run against republican congressman barbara comstock. jonathan: blow to the affordable care act. aetna, the third health insurer is completely going to pull out of the state-based insurance exchanges. this projects a $200 million loss in the company if they stayed involved but they already reported big losses. for a second straight year, speaking of losses, this is what the end of the season looks like for the caps. man, this was -- nancy: it hurts. michelle: yes. nancy: black and gold celebration. this time as we know it was in d.c. michelle: it leaves us again with a familiar sinking feeling, settling in. abc7 sports erin hawksworth was there. you c disappointment in the building. erin: the best way i can describe it is it felt like a funeral in the dressing room after loss. it was quiet. the players, the heads were down, staring off into space. i covered the caps second round series with the penguins last year. and i wish i could say it gets easier but it really doesn't. and this weather is not helping today. this time around the caps dug themselves out of a three-game to one hole and provided a shot to claim the series wednesday. the energy was high last night in the first period as the capitals hit flurry with four shots in the first three minutes. but the offense flat lined. they couldn't get any pucks in the net. in the end, the caps were shut out by the penguins 2-0. >> i feel like we worked hard all year. battled through the adversity and the playoffs. really grew our team. i don't know, i don't know why it doesn't work. >> there will be good people leaving. that's how professional spo it's math. tough to comp rehend right now. erin: a lot of people are wondering where was alex ovechkin in all of this? we learned today according to the russian hockey federation, ovechkin had been playing with a lower body injury. and he reportedly finished the playoffs with pain numbing injections. he will not join russia for the world championships. so that says a lot. remember when he had the scary injury in the other series? that could have been really what did it. i think everyone is shocked he came back after that. nancy: to play through the pain. jonathan: at some point they have to get through the penguins. erin: i bet next year will be a brand new team, no expectations and they will probably do so. michelle: i hope so. erin: that's how the world works sometimes. it will be a different team. a lot of the guys' contracts are up. we have more on that at 5:00. michelle: thank you. nancy: next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the ultimate plot twist in "scandal" scoop. it's not just what is happening tonight. it will impact the rest of the season and series. jonathan: a potential attack foiled thanks to a call from canada. you won't believe what the caller say that led to a potential life-saving conversation. michelle: it's friday eve. veronica johnson has a first look at "good morning washington" tomorrow. >> thank you, michelle. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- we are headed for a super soaker a couple of days but will you escape the rain on your friday morning rush? >> plus, it's mom's week. try to win a giveaway worth introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 a month and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com kidd: the big story that everyone is talk about today is the end of "scandal" after next season. a formal announcement is expected from abc next week at the up front presentation to advertisers. we have a preview of tonight's "scandal" where abbey is surprised by a visit from david. this is an incredible clip. take a look. >> what is wrong with you? what is wrong with you? >> can i come in? >> why? david! >> sorry. i need to put it in the freezer or fridge, there was no room mind. i thought abby has a big freezer and for in. but you don't use it. i've seen you eat s >> what is going on? >> i need to put the box somewhere cold. >> what is in the box? >> i don't want to say. >> you better say? >> i don't want to say. >> be careful what you wish for. >> give me that. >> no. >> give me that. david, stop it. shut up and sit down. sit. what is this? david, is this some kind of joke or -- >> what is in the box? you have to watch to find out. all new scandal tonight. t.g.i.t. enjoy. i'm kidd o'shea. that is your "scandal" scoop. >> what is in the box? jonathan: that is how they leave it? what is in the box? michelle: cliff hanger. don't miss the big t.g.i.t. line-up on abc7. it starts with "grey's" then "the catch" and news at 11:00. jonathan: coming up next at 4:00, the call from canada the stopped outburst inside a north carolina school. wait until you hear it. >> did members of the muriel bowser cabinet get their kids in select schools while others stayed on waiting list? i'm sam kimberly: i'm consumer investigator kimberly suiters in the help center to help you fine missing money. in the last 15 minutes that the phone lines have been opened, more than six people have found out they do have some missing money coming to them, whether it's an old stock or old utility reimbursement. i want to check in with blair with the virginia side of things. you just read that arlingtonians have $64 million unclaimed cash coming to them. in virginia what do you want them to do? >> go to vamoneysearch.org. that is the state's website that has more up to date records than missing money. but missing money to the website. >> va, as in virginia. vamoneysearch.org. kimberly: we'll have that information for you later. the number to call is 703-236-9220. michelle: thank you. tonight d.c. mayor muriel bowser is responding to claims that members of her cabinet get preferential treatment. d.c. member sam ford with the words for us tonight. >> if you want your child in the dcps school. >> a parent of the capital hill montessori refused to believe anyone could get in the school without going to the lottery. but today, mayor bowser was asked about the report that her deputy mayor got her child in the school. while thousands of others were on a waiting list. also that her city administrator's children got in an unnamed school. >> i can tell you that young's children participated in the lottery. they were matched in the lottery. sam: but question about henderson who resigned as chancellor last october. inspector general daniel luca said henderson gave preferential treatment. bowser did not blame officials saying -- >> they follow the rules and they act with integrity. sam: her city administrator insisted to us they did. >> my kids participated in the lottery like every other kid did. that is the end of the story. sam: now isden told us she sought no special treatment. bowser talked about the future safeguards. >> if there is a discretionary decision there will be questions about it. we think it is important to have the parameters there so it's clear how the chancellor makes decisions. sam: without criticizing the former chancellor, mayor bowser said she talked to the new chancellor antwan wilson warning him not to make such a mistake. recording from southeast washington, sam ford, abc7 the alexandria public schools is stepping down but not going far. alan youley will become a professor at the george mason university gradual school of education. he served as four years and one of the major accomplishments is narrowing the achievement gap between white and minority students. jonathan: we are learning more about an attack that was foiled. this is south of charlotte, north carolina. they found a hit list, knives, firecrackers, dismantled shotgun. police say the teen whose name has been kept private was planning to stab classmates. >> the scary thing, too, is nobody at this point knows why, why he picked out the students that he chose. >> he had students he wanted to harm. some of them were in the classroom. jonathan: get this. police say they received a tip from a caller in canada. somebody who participated in an online chat room who noticed the teen talking about nancy: all right. check many with larry smith at the "live desk" to find out what is new at 5:00. larry: metro's next stormtrak7 surge starts monday -- safetrack surge finds monday. caps fan end with more misery. worse news may have come today. what we learn about the great 8 after the loss. a local company wants to give you $10,000 in help. we will tell you where and why at "abc7 news at 5:00". michelle: all right. thank you. take a look at this. this video is really telling. a snake hunter goes toe to toe the biggest opponent of his life and he wins. his name dusty "wildman" crumb. he was able to wrangle a 16-foot ten-inch python in miami. look at that thing. it takes several people to hold it up! he is not doing it for fun. this is part of a python eradication project in southern florida. going to make him a huge payday. >> that is a big one! >> biggest snake i ever caught in my life right here. >> like andre the giant versus hulk hogan, wrestlemania. michelle: hulk hogan wins. if you're curious about the money the pay out was $750. believe it or not this isn't the biggest catch ever. someone caught a python as big as 18'2". the program's goal is to slow down the growth of pythons in the everglades that are wiping out other wildlife. there are thousands of them out there. so this is good work. glad he is the man with this job. jonathan: it's gotten out of control in florida. all right. talk about what is out of control. talk about what is going on outside. steve rudin is joining us now and stormwatch7. you can see out the window. it's raining, steve. is this going to let up soon? steve: eventually it will slow down. university. a lot going on tonight around the d.m.v. we have the battle of the beltways. the last game in the series. and it's questionable whether or not the game will get going. if you are rushing down there for 7:05 for first pitch, you might want to slow it down a little bit. talk about the temperatures right now. temperature is 55 degrees at reagan national airport. remember yesterday i was at nats park. it was beautiful out there. it was also 21 degrees warmer. so a huge fall in temperatures compared to yesterday thanks to the cloud cover and the showers. most of the shower activity drifting to the south/southeast. that is good news. in the efforts to get the game in. bad news for rush hour commute. nighttime lows from 40's to 50's. day planner tomorrow shows the highs once again in the 50's. but better weather is on the way. we have to wait to the end of the weekend. area of low pressure south of us will tomorrow night and early, early saturday morning. if you have outdoor plans probably going to want to reschedule. we will get all of this out of here by sunday. that is mother's day. that means we have warmer temperatures that are on the way. highs saturday of upper 50's. sunday is lower 70's. by next week, looking at the daytime highs in the upper 80's. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. coming up next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- this week's team player is making his mark on the diamond. how he earned earned earned the fun to see the guys running out. i didn't know what to do. erin: coach billy emerson credits willie's walk off to the hard work. >> you work hard and the opportunity presents itself. proud of him and us effort. >> willie and his teammates had prom the night before the big game but didn't let that stop them from losing focus. >> i think we kind of all had our eyes on winning the championship. that is what we wanted to do. it's been our goal since the beginning of the season. that was more important thing to worry about. >> congratulations, willie. you are this week's team player. larry: right now at 5:00, he came to the aid of a woman being attacked by her boyfriend. for the first time is talking about the beating he took for his good deed. also tonight a local university acaused of ignoring a campus assault -- accused of ignoring campus assault. for the first time, president trump talked about firing the f.b.i. director and his version o doesn't match up with what you have heard before. >> from abc7 news this is a breaking news alert. alison: breaking news out of arlington where firefighters are investigating what they believe is a case of arson at kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses. jeff goldberg on the scene. this could be connected to a second fire. is that right? jeff: that is what they are looking into. 15 minutes ago arlington fire investigators left the scene and are looking to see if the fire took place is connected to another one five miles away. you can see the work being done on the door. that is where the fire took place. this is at the kingdom hall jehovah's witnesses in arlington. fire crews responded to the scene at 10:00 this morning. the fire was out when they got here and the damage was limited to the front door. nobody was injured. firefighters believe some excel rant was used in the -- accelerant was used. any number of thin don't know at this point. yesterday, fairfax county fire officials responded to another fire at the kingdom hall of jehovah's witness in falls church. that was similar. they are working to see if the two fairs are connected. if so, how? no comment today from the minister about the fire. as this investigation continues. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: also police end a standoff that lasted for hours. the deputy killed responded to disturbance call when he pulled him over and they shot him. when they arrived to the disturbance call two people were shot outside the home. alison: after a 30-hour standoff police in trent