insulator. replacing insulators and third rail covers. many of the part are the parts we talked about. that he had 150 different safety inspections. nine including fire and smoke. we talk to the metro riders. would they deal with the additional closures? >> i don't mind if they would come back stronger. >> my preference is to put enough money in public transport to fix the system. if hay to put up the delays few a few months to get the safety issue, i would rather >> brian: the draft plan is going to be mod fifthed and it will be released as soon as possible but likely won't be ready by the original target date of may 16. how that directly will impact, we will stay on top of the details. the f.t.a. says their investigators will be alongside wmata as they do the work. leon: on cue, right now metro is dealing with a power proc outside the stadium-armory station. and -- power problem outside the stadium-armory station. almost the same spot of an issue monday morning. make make covering metro live on the scene in the northeast. we have the latest. what is happening there? mike: across the street at benning road you can see the wmata crews trying to figure out what caused a power problem. monday there was an incident at the same location. our own brianne carter covered another delay for riders. again today we are seeing the riders impacted by this single tracking on the orange and the blue lines. a train right here on the overpass waiting to get through the area. silver line trains impacted with the trains operating between wheelly, resten east and ballston. we're told that riledders should expect delays of 30 minutes. the riders we spoke to said they didn't know it was single tracking. metro expecting this to impact many riders as we get closer to the rush hour this evening. officially metro said this was an arcing insulator incident but now it's a power source probl. resolved. michael, abc7 news. >> thank you. stop me if you have heard this one. rinse and repeat. this is the 15th day in a row we have since rain around here. so what can we expect tonight? doug: d.c. metro, west south, and southwest look good. we can't rule out isolated shower. the pattern is established with the solid rain away from the area north and east. that is good news. especially for nationals. cloudy and darn. 61 degrees for first pitch at 7:05. the future cast shows the skies cloudy and break or two in overcast. at midnight, no rain. we take overnight not much rain until early in the morning. we check ahead for the weekend. leon: stay connected with the entire storm watch 7 tea through wjla.com. go on the facebook page and the twitter feeds. you can download the stormwatch7 app to get forecast at your fingertips. alison: four people walking the halls of a school and wheeling all kind of equipment through the halls and then they take it outside. so now, police are hoping that you might recognize someone in the video here. and help bring them to justice. richard reeve live outside the school in northwest washington with more on the crime alert. rich? richard: well, most of us think of a school as an enclave, place of safety. in this case, the four guys as you said went in overnight. this is back on april 2. and took what they wanted. now they are still at large. police have very good images of what they look like through the surveillance video. >> the surveillance video shows four figures. boldly stalking the hallways. >> roaming the hallways. >> roaming the hallways. >> neighbors for stunned by what she sees in the surveillance video. four masked suspects searching insidebarnard elementary school at 1:30 in the morning. >> i think it's crazy. i'm trying to figure out how they got in school. they had gates. they were locked. richard: that didn't make a difference to this crew that wheeled out a photo copier still in box and computer equipment, including big screen monitors. >> what do you think of them stealing stealing from the school? >> not good. richard: parents are surprised and there are check points inside. they bre in through a glass door. >> i never seen nothing like this. i don't know. i don't know what to tell you. >> shocking? >> yeah. crazy. richard: it is unknown if an alarm or a witness alerted police who scrambled to the area. >> they barricaded that area. >> this has been more than a month and still no arrests. police want you to take a good look at the video to see if you can identify the thieves to help close this case. they believe they broke a glass door. they are not commenting on the case but the police hopes if anyone recognizes the individuals they would like to hear from you. in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. >> keep track of crime in the neighborhood with the spot crime mabs. leon: would you like a tax with that? we have what it could cover. know where the owner stands on the issue. >> that is what i thought. >> he fought the battle in 1992 and he is ready to fight it again. the november the voters in fairfax county will be asked whether to approve a 4% tax on all prepared food and drink. from a sit down meal to takeout meal from restaurant or grocery store. he says increasing the cost of the meal will increase business. the tax hike he says unfairly falls on those who choose to dine out. >> they felt it was unfair to put one tax, burden on one industry. >> they point to the others with the tax that generate tens of millions of dollars for school, police and affordable housing. the tax would generate $90 million for those kind critical needs. >> a small amount from a relative standpoint to what it returns. >> i believe it is. >> it will not be an easy sell. >> no. absolutely not. bad enough as it is. >> a lot of supporters, county leaders and the school district will be a big battle. if it's approved it will go to the voters in november. >> new information from a deadly explosion from texas fertilizer plant three years the fire is considered a criminal act. so far no arrests were made. it killed 15 people including 12 first responders. leon: larry dawson is appearing in court today. he pointed a b.b. gun at the officers to lead to a lockdown of capital. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- one step closer. the last battle for female military pilots for burial at arlington national cemetery. >> later, popular with the voters but do people like him? we take a look at things that actually outrank donald trump with the favorable feelings. alison: "7 on your side" investigates after a woman gets a ticket for parking in handicap space with a handicap sticker. >> if i wanted to pay $3,000 for pop-up tent and port-o-potties i could have done it somewhere else. leon: we explain why dozen of brides are livid with the venue ho when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. alison: update now to a story you saw on abc7 24 hours ago. frederick county venue popular for weddings and prom told it has to shut down. now, we are learning that wedding schedules for this weekend may go on as planned. but as kevin lewis reports not without a big catch. and the brides are not happy. >> i'm so freaked out. i don't know what will happen. >> ashley is set to marry the love of her life in two weeks. the problem is frederick county shut down her picturesque outdoor wedding venue. shade trees and evergreens. >> it was the most beautiful setting i could think of. now it's gone. >> gone because the owners built bridal suite, grandpa proper permits. >> it was going smooth. >> and another couple is scrambling. >> where do you get married if you don't have a venue? >> a hundred couples are impacted by the closure. evergreen is not talking. >> they are not even letting us know if we will get refunded or not. all our money went to the venue. i can't secure anything else without them giving me money back. >> today county officials said they will likely give the venue a temporary permit through the end of july. but added the couples would need to use the pop-up tents and portable bathrooms. >> they presented a beautiful landscape. the beautiful buildings to use. that is what i wanted. not a tent and port-o-potty. kevin: in frederick county, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. leon: let's go to breaking news. we are just getting word about the washington nationals. robert burton standing by at the ballpark. bryce harper getting one-game suspension? what is the story here? robert: >> this is outrageous. bryce harper could face one-game suspension. dropping the f-bomb to the umpire after clint robinson walkup. we have the video of game one and the series against the tigers. he disagreed with the umpire. bryson didn't like what the umpire said. he made it a better night. the nats win. harper comes out to celebrate. gets an expletive. he could face one-game suspension. he will appeal on monday but he will play tonight. back to you in the studio. leon: >> i don't like this. >> bleep, bleep. >> i don't like it at all. >> the good news is the pattern is coming to an end. light at the end of the tunnel. >> okay. measure ran rain at reagan international. 15th day. the rainfall amount. tuesday, .01 of an inch of rain. there is a chance we will get rain tomorrow. possible for hundredth of an inch. friday we will get the rain. for sure. showers and thunderstorms the mid-50's will continue around the region. east of rain town in annapolis. 1.12 inches of rain there. the other areas are let. it will continue the soggy pattern with a cool temperature. air should be fairly, it will be stable. moist. damp. chilly. seeing radar, it's a clear trend that the steady rain out of the district and will not be back. patches of the drizzled and brief shower. that is good news tonight. thee are moving to charlottesville. it could affect richmond. to doppler and the satellite image to show we have a clear established atmosphere pattern here. this is following a stationary front. these are moving southeast. this system moving northeast. you get a sense of different motion and directions. as we get through the morning hours we have winds from the east. keeping us damp with the low clouds. warmer air is farther south. don't see much for steady rain. scattered showers. friday is a change with the first cold front. another shower and thunderstorm possibility a quick three-day outlook. warmer temperatures. give you that. showers and the storms are a good deal on friday and saturday. good weather. red bulls on friday and the weather should be ideal. it will warm up and then cool down. but warming up by the end of next week. alison: nice. something to look forward to. leon: i think so. michelle? michelle: coming up, you heard not to drink when you are pregnant. when we come back, the debate over whether you should be served at a bar. alison: but first, a look at what is coming up t stroand restoring aing a newbfather's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up, we want them to grow up stronger. alison: now a "7 on your side" health matters alert. doctors advised pregnant women to take folic acid for decades to help prevent certain birth defects. but a new study suggests high level of this vitamin in mother's blood could be linked to a higher link of autism in the children. there is no cause to change the current health recommendations yet. but it raises question questions. leon: 18 states consider drinking alcohol while a woman is pregnant to be child abs but there are new guidelines to make it illegal from bartenders in new york to serve pregnant women is being debated. michelle: the c.d.c. noted in guidelines this year no amount of alcohol in pregnancy no matter how small is advisable. but now new york city human rights commission is weighing in with the new guidelines unveiled last week. they say bars cannot refuse to serve pregnant women alcohol. >> pregnant women should be allowed to enter a place of public accommodation in new york city that a nonpregnant person would be able to enter. >> cases that prompted the new guidelines include a pregnant woman being denied access to a bar the her two nonpregnant friends were allowed to enter. bouncers allegedly keeping her out because of her bump. in another case, a pregnant woman was denied access to a concert venue because of her pregnancy. >> the law that this was based on was really focused on making sure that women who are pregnant, pregnancy to stay in the work place. not be forced out of the unpaid leave. not force to leave out on the economic job opportunities, et cetera. >> this is part of a larger effort to enhance and protect the rights of pregnant women, particularly in the work place. but many people are concerned. a critic on a message board writing, "if a woman has to drink while she is pregnant, she is not fit to be a parent." another --" "n.y.c. has become a joke." the debate is raging. jonathan posts -- michelle: of course a reference to new york guidelines on how much sugary drinks, how large they can be. but certainly, this raises new questions for bartenders as well. will they feel guilty if they are asked to give them another round or how many rounds? raises so many questions. leon: talking adults here. there are no easy answers. alison: thank you. michelle: sure. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a mother desperate to get in touch with police to help her kid. just who she is and how she did it will surprise you. leon: a little later, you know not to park in a handicap zone without the right stickerror placard in your car. "7 on your side." when you think right assignment but you get a ticket anyway. >> yet another child will grow up fatherless after a double murder in ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. leon: brad bell has the latest on a shooting. what are you learning? brad: this is a gut wrenching scene. directly across the street is the home of a victim. meaning, well wishers and the family gather there. they have had to look out to see evidence of the crime. a woman falls to her knees. a loved ones muse. and a another man gunned down with him. the friends and family gather in grief to learn detail of the double murder. >> nice guys. three people had been to the casino in baltimore. at 4:30 a.m. as they pull up to one occupant's house on gateway boulevard in district heights. they come under fire. it appears to be a targeted attack. the motive not entirely clear. the car crashes into a tree. one man died in the car. another man is in the run but falls and dies in this alley. a woman survives. >> she is talking about the violence and the killing. the number of the murders in the county on pace to surpass last year's death toll which topped the year before. this neighbor awake by bullets. >> in the summertime you are out here and trying to have a nice family time. unfire. we decided to move. give up our home. this morning the chief of the district heights police department said preliminarily they thought it was a robbery. my sources now saying they are not so sure. i could be the result of a beef. they did look that the fact that the young people had been at the casino. all of that is subject to the investigation. district heights, brad bell, district news. alison: thank you. we have new developments in a fight for recognition. female world war ii pilots are closer now to regaining burial rights at arlington national cemetery. today the senate passed a bill allowing the pilots known as "wasps" to have their ashes placed in a burial vault. wasps flew noncombat mission in the war to free up male pilots for combat. they lost the right last year when the army reinterpreted the 1977 law and revoked the eligible. leon: turning now to vote 2016 attempt to unify the republican party. he is scheduled to meet with the presumptive presidential nominee donald trump tomorrow. last week, ryan said he wasn't ready to support trump yet. today he hopes to bring the party back together. we asked ralph nader for his thoughts on trump today. >> have you ever seen more vacuous, more false statement,, more pomposity, slurs or slander against the fallow republican candidates? here he is. the perspective nominee. this is the serious crisis confronted the republican party in the history. leon: he was in the studios earlier today for news talk on newschannel8. coming up at 6:00 hear the consumer advocate on metro and the issues that affect you even if you don't ride. get back to donald trump. he won 1,034 delegates but do people really like him in called 1,200 registered voters between may 6 around may 9 and asked what they talked about trump compared to other items. they asked about this. 47% said they have a higher opinion of traffic jams than of trump. 49% put root canals above the candidate. 54% would prefer lice. 39% said they would prefer the band nickelback. that is cold. one place that trump is rated higher. 46% of those asked for him to cockroaches. >> the loser in that is nickelback. i feel bad for them. compared to cockroaches and the lice. >> the cockroaches are asking what do the lice have that we don't have? alison: talk about the local politics and the politicians. two maryland county executives got the hands dirty this afternoon. county steve chu and prince george's baker with the staffers participated in a >> it was all to highlight partnership when the regions and the g.o.p. and the democratic leaders. baker's team lost. leon: perfect weather. a mother goose in ohio needed help to free her baby that was tangled up in a balloon string. so she called the cops for help. serious! she peck on the car until they came. >> walked away and stopped. look back. i followed it. >> unbelievable. >> how about that? >> the goose led the cop to the canal hatchling. the mother waited patiently and the officers freed the hatchling who reunited with the mom and they went on with the day. alison: do you believe that? leon: unbelievable. alison: what a story. leon: that will be on "nat goe wild." alison: glad they have video of it to prove it happened. leon: exactly! all right. coming up at 5:00 -- frank advice. >> you are going to play. >> how a local non-profit uses soccer to help adverse d.c. youths score and off the field. alison: new tonight at 6:00, the receipt that prompted a restaurant owner to fire his own daughter. the change coming to peter chang. how the story can ge steve: we are looking at the open houses on saturday. temperatures are in the lower 70's but be on the lockout for thunderstorms late afternoon and the early everything as a cold front moves across the method atlantic. the frontal system will clear for the day on sunday and the taste of arlington. fantastic weather. temperatures in the middle 60's. a lot of sunshine to enjoy. i'll take you out to look at the next seven days. cooler come early next week. the daytime highs in the upper 60's. leon: hundreds of youngsters gaining skill to succeed with a unique non-profit. they have a unique program. they take soccer to combine it with poetry and service learning. that makes d.c. scores this week's "harris' hero." in a northwest d.c. neighborhood, more than 50 elementary school and middle school students are having soccer practice. >> tet the shot off. most wouldn't even get this kind of shot. if not for the d.c. scores. a free year-round after-school program that combine soccer with poetry and community service. >> a real is the combination of building that team. >> that is because the players teammates are also their classmates. coaches are the teachers. or individuals in the community like the long-time coach mark lewis. better known as "popsy." >> my overall message is try to be a better person each and every day. helping to instill the positive message, d.c. united goalie travis warra. >> any number of the teammates can be out here. happy to lend my hand as much as i can. >> the young student athletes and the lessons they learn on the playing field. >> you have to have good grades. >> try your best. don't give up so easily. even though -- you keep trying and do your best. >> trying to lay the groundwork of the kids to develop critical life skills they need rest of their lives. leon: the youths in the program, more than 90% of them see themselves as the role models and the leaders now. an of them were confident they will graduate from high school. d.c. scores is serving 2,000 children. alison: fantastic program. leon: success rate is phenomenal. alison: that teamwork. like she said. leon: life lessons to use forever. right? love it. alison: sounds good. well, forget about singing in the rain. they are waiting in the rain at nationals park today. leon: yeah. they may be disappointed to wait to see something that happened big with bryce harper. robert burton has the latest. robert: yeah. it's bryce harper bobblehead day and bryce harper suspension day. we will give you details on that coming up later in sports. horace: got the fickett for $250 for parking -- ticket for spot. but the viewer said they had a placard. not fair. they turn to "7 on your side." the lesson we can learn from this next on " leon: "7 on your side" viewer returned to us after getting hit with a $250 ticket for parking in a handicap spot. but the problem is she had a handicap ticker and her -- sticker and her handicap client was in the front seat of the car when the officer wrote the ticket. they contacted troubleshooter horace holmes. >> it's terrible that someone needs to park in handicap disabled parking spot does so without any bad spent gets a ticket for $ -- bad intent gets a ticket for $255. horace: that is what happened to margaret burns or her full-time care-giver driving the bergendy honda -- burgundy honda. the ticket is given because the care-giver parked in the handicap space in front of the office building. >> i came back from the building and i forgot my cell phone. sticker to put it here and ran back to get her phone. >> by the way, she left miss burns in the front of the car and the placard they thought allowed them to park in spot. the officer who wrote it was still at the car when she got back. i said why did you put the ticket? why you do that? it's too late. >> golden went to dispute the ticket the officers took away the family handicap placard. why? because it wasn't in burns' name. i was issued to her husband who died two years ago. she was livid. and $250 poorer. >> warning would have been any idea. if their parent drove a car and the other passed away that the other couldn't use it. horace: interesting point. police department who looked in the matter and issued this response -- we determined that the parking enforcement officer properly issued the citation because there was no placard in the window as required by law. there is no doubt that the elderly woman is eligible to obtain her own placard as the law requires. the family has done that and now has a new placard. miss burns' son says he thought the placard they had was valid and just wants people to know the law so they don't run into the same problem and have to pay a $255 ticket. the care-giver could have challenged the ticket in court but paid the fine. leon: they didn't cut them slack? horace: they could have disputed it but they didn't. they paid it. alison: okay. yeah. leon: now you tell us. alison: good information, though. thank you. horace: thank you. alison: get a check on the roadway. jamie sullivan has traffic watch. >> look at that! this is bumper to bumper in most areas. one thing northbound under 45 minutes to get to the 14th street bridge. the rain adds to it. if you have to get to b.w.i. from the capital beltway to the baltimore beltway is one hour. it a esso wet so you will see the slowing. you still have single tracking at the orange line and the blue line and silver line. to ballston. alison: we have lunch box weather again. leon: again? double dip? alison: yeah. doug: today we are out and about in the area. visiting the schools. he was out talking to the fourth grade classes abou t that created excitement with the experiment with the tornado box. took the kids outside to check out the storm chaser. behind the kid cam. and emily asked a very interesting question. >> precipitation and water why why -- [inaudible] doug: if rain happens as part of the water cycle, the sun evaporates the water, the water rises up, moisture and the water vapor and it cools off. it condenses. how can they have droughts with big body of waters nearby? what it has to do with really the answer has to do with the winds. the moisture goes up, if the winds are strong enough it will blow moisture away from some areas to move it around and it won't have time to cool off and condense and fall back as rain. that even happens in some part of the world islands that are that are surrounded by water. part of the united states that aren't that far from water. it has to do with the wind. the fact that the earth is spinning. it's never the same. if the winds aren't involved we have weather like this. the jetstream is not near us. we have day after day after day of rain and damp weather. if we back two weeks ago when we had 10 or 12 days of strong, we had strong winds. they were coming from the west that kept the air dry. a great question. but it has to do be the moisture rising and the winds and how they interact with the weather system and the atmosphere high above the ground. >> there we go. learn something today. leon: is there a quiz on it? alison: remember wind and moisture. leon: my head is spinning. alison: all right. well, you know, heads are spinning about news about bryce harper today. robert, what is going on with that? robert: this is bryce harper bobblehead day. today is also bryce harper suspension day. bryce harper suspended for a game. from his actions on monday night game against the tigers. we have video of that. this is what happened. bryce harper sent to dugout after he struck out. he didn't like the calls. a couple batters later another strike-out for the nats. so the dugout goes crazy. bryce harper gets ejected. a few minutes later clint robinson hits a walkoff home run. bryce harper comes out to celebrate and drops an expleative on the umpire -- expletive on the umpire. that is why that happened. suspended one game and fined. he will play tonight because his appeal is pending. for game, itself, a great pitching matchup. we know this guy. jordan zimmerman. he is back tonight facing off against the nats ace max scherzer. dusty baker talk to the media about the matchup earlier today. >> this is a for both sides. you got, i don't know zimmerman. zimmerman z zimmerman. you can two guys that won 70 games. for the respective organizations. facing each other. pretty good game. robert: rough ending to the caps awesome season last night. they fell 4-3 in overtime to the penguins in game six. awesome season. awesome game. the caps were down 3-0 to start this one. they came all the way back to force overtime but didn't have enough juice to finish it off and force a game seven back here in d.c. that is all for sports. back to you in studio. from bryce harper bobblehead night. alison: all right. leon: his head is bobbling now. detectives are back at paisley park. alison: what they ar and if you have afib - an irregular heartbeatls. that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke - they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free, and travel upstream to the brain where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. but if you have afib that's not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. at reducing the risk of stroke, in a clinical trial - without the need for regular blood tests. and, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is the only oral blood thinner other than warfarin with a specific reversal treatment to help your body clot normally again. pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. stopping increases your risk of stroke or blood clots. ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before any planned medical or dental procedure. pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding. and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your stroke risk better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. as zero dollars on co-pay. ask your doctor about pradaxa today. alison: we developments to tell you about as federal investigators descended on prince's paisley park complex searching for any evidence in the musician's death. as brandi hitt reports they are looking for any clues in the investigation into what killed prince. brandi: detectives back at princess' minnesota home -- prince's minnesota home searching for answers in his death. search warrant obtained by a station shows dr. shoenberg saw prince twice. once april 7 and again on april 20 the day before he died. telling detectives he prescribed medicine for the singer to be filled at a walgreens. prince was spotted in the tmz photo going into a walgreens. the next morning he was found dead. the doctor stopped by his estate that same day to drop off test results. >> was it a legitimate prescription? some instances around the country, were there doctors who were giving away prescriptions in a way they shouldn't have? that can be criminal. brandi: court documents show authorities have taken any and all medical records from the doctor's office. singer had been feeling ill in the weeks before his death. decades of touring had taken his toll. his family said prince openly took medication for hip pain. >> jumping off risers in the shoes and the heels and what it has done to his body. >> his fansachously awaiting answers. >> sometimes you don't want to know a legend is doing stuff like that. there is curiosity. >> the biggest answers will come from his toxicology results. no word when that report will be complete. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". but we are following breaking news at 6:00. more problems on federal government ordered immediate repair and changes. where the work must be done. plus, three puppies found without hair, covered in sores. the charges the owner faces and who is helping the dogs on a long road to recovery. plus -- drastic changes at a popular restaurant over a receipt. the owner's own daughter fired. what else is changing and how the story can save you money tonight. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. maureen: that comes from metro. once more. right now, the riders are seeing half-hour delays because of the single tracking between stadium-armory and addison road. that is because of a power problem on the same track that saw a fire on this happens as metro is getting orders to make repair on three stretch of track. brianne carter is covering metro. what is the latest? brianne: the f.t.a. saying hours ago to metro they need to make urgent repairs to three stretches, including right herling at east falls church going up to ballston. the f.t.a. tonight telling metro to first prioritize it on the three stretches. east falls church to ballston, impacting orange and silver lines. also from potomac avenue to just outside stadium-armory where we have an issue tonight. and from medical center to van ness impacting red line. this comes days after general manager paul wiedefeld outlined his safe track plan identifying 15 safety surges to start to take place next month. now that plan according to metro