Is. We want to find that out as well. That is the situation from here. At second and c northwest. Reporting live from northwest washington im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle sam, thank you. We have scott thuman standing by with us at the live desk. What are you learning about the situation . Scott to keep an eye on this. The grand scheme of things. Friday we had a similar situation that was a false alarm. The u. S. Capitol in the Visitor Center put on a lockdown when there was a threat or a scare. It turned out to be a misunderstanding more than anything that someone went in the rabboni building on the house side with a gun. Everyone quickly reacted in a similar fashion. I talked to Law Enforcement officers then who said they are just so much more amplified in the sensitivity to threats right now because of what happened in dallas. Some of the other tension we are feeling around the nation. Congress is in session. In there in town conducting business. They will be there throughout the week until they take a break in Early September when they return. This is an area that sam pointed out that is just 50 yards from capitol grounds. So an incident there. Any scare involving a gun would naturally cause u. S. Capitol police to decide they need to go ahead with a lockdown. And try to secure the entire area. Fortunately they have got through this one quickly. Nonetheless, multiple agencies there. They are very, very close on the other side of the building, the department of labor that you saw. Constantly, 24 hours a day there are officers manning the intersection. They were quick to react to this. We will keep an eye on this and see what else develops. But the good men is the lockdown is lifted and a couple men in custody. Well find out more and bring it to you. Michelle many Unanswered Questions including what led to the chase. We will stay on top of that and bring you the informat stay connected anytime there is breaking news by signing up for text alerts from abc7. Just sign up for those at wjla. Com. Leon to dallas now. Five empty chairs with five folding american flags in honor of the five Police Officers shot and killed in the city at the end of last week. Today, president obama and former president george w. Bush among those paying tribute to the lives lost. Horace holmes with a look at the days memorial service. Horace both president s delivered moving messages for those in the auditorium in dallas. As those filled with all walks of life came to honor those who lost their lives in the line of duty. Set aside were five seats. Each empty except on each sat american flags and police hats and the pictures of the five officers gunned down this week in dallas on the stage. A chilling reminder to the violent shooting in the hea protesting the Police Shooting of africanamerican men in louisiana and menz. Former president george bush and his wife joining obamas speaking to the country and to the families of the officers. Your loved one time with you was too short. They did not get a chance to properly say goodbye. But they went where duty called. They defended us. Even to the end. They finished well. We will not forget what they did for us. Horace at this Interfaith Service a crowd of politicians, police gathered to honor the officers and to mourn. President obama saying in the time in office, he has had to speak at Services Like this far too many times. The speech combined words of sorrow for those kids, respect for the service of all law officers and a call to end bias and bigotry he says threatens to tear the country apart. President obama the wane we feel faith tells me they did not die in vain. I believe our sorrow can make us a better country. I believe our righteous anger can be transformed to more justice and more peace. Weeping may endure for a night but im convinced joy comes in the morning. Horace president obama cut short his trip to europe to come home and attend todays service. In a show of unity the president brought one of the outspoken critics texas senator ted cruz with him to dallas on air force one. Funeral services for famine officers begin for the fallen officers begin tomorrow. Leon the House Judiciary Committee held a moment of silence before a hearing on department of justice oversight. Loretta lynch was there talking about the shootings in dallas, minnesota, michigan, louisiana. But the main focus of the hearing in washington was on the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. There is an epi violence. The majority of Congress Responded with emergency hearings about Hillary Clintons emails. We have held zero hearings on gun violence. We passed no bills to address the issue. We have done nothing to require universal background checks. We continue to allow military assault weapons on the streets and we have not prevented those on the no fly list purchasing gun. Leon no votes are scheduled in the house or the senate this week. Both sides are set to adjourn for seven weeks by friday. Michelle . Michelle today, one member of Congress Officially dropped his bid for president endorsing his rival. As Emily Schmidt reports, senator Bernie Sanders joined Hillary Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire and endorsed her run for the job. Reporter 162 days after the first caucus goers in iowa chose between sanders san and Hillary Clinton starting months of battles. The democrats race is settled with the long awaited sentence. I hav as clear as possible as to why i am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president. Reporter an endorsement of a candidate sanders long criticized for not being progressive enough. He says its no secret they disagree on a number of issues while pointing out cooperation. We produce by far the most progressive platform in the history of the democratic party. Reporter united for policy. United against a person. We are joining forces to defeat donald trump. Reporter trump slammed the new alliance treating sanders was not true to himself and his supporters heaped is sold out to crooked Hillary Clinton and the trump welcome sanders supporters with open arms. A pew survey last week found 9 of democrats who backed sanders in the primary w 85 will choose clinton. Thank you, bernie. For your endorsement. Reporter the Clinton Campaign can go in the convention with the party race down to one. Shifting the focus from the primaries to the general election. In washington, Emily Schmidt, abc7 news. Michelle on the republican side, donald trump is expected to name a running mate by the end of the week. Some of the names include indiana governor mike pence, Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn and former speaker of the house newt gingrich. The Republican NationalConvention Begins next week in cleveland. Leon a great day on wall street. Dow closed up 120 points. The s p 500 hit a new record. It closed at 2152. Not to be left out the nasdaq wiped out its losses for the day as well. Michelle good news in the market is an Excellent Way to start off the week. Leon good looking other numbers to keep an eye on now. Rising mercury around the area. Michelle chief meteorologist is here with a check of the forecast. The temperatures are still under control here. Mostly in the mid80s for many spots. The next few days will see a warmer trend coming our way. For the moment, showers and thunder. They are well west of virginia, and cumberland, maryland. A few more showers in that area for the evening hours. The farther west we go, more showers. That is the weather future here. Tomorrow, increasing chance of scattered showers and storms. Bring up warmer temperatures and higher moisture levels in the air as well. Evening planner, we have clouds. Mild and muggy. Temperatures through the overnight in the 70s0s in the metro area. Through the day tomorrow. 87 degrees. Partly cloudy. Warm and muggy. Scattered thunderstorms. 50 chance. We will get you on in a few minutes to the friday and the weekend forecast coming up shortly. Leon all right, doug. In the meantime, the d. C. Of statehood on the ballot this november. The vote to place the referendum on the ballot was unanimous. Mayor Muriel Bowser is hoping to follow tennessees model for joining the union back in 1796. Tennessee crafted its own constitution and then was admitted in the union by congress. Well see what happens. Coming up on at abc7 news at 5 00 busy signal. What a family has to say to Montgomery County after their loved one died in a 911 outage. Michelle later, marketing the streetcar. 7 on your side as the first ads hit the airwaves. At what cost . Leon you may think you have to catch them all but one local museum wants you to some before you come in looking for pokemon. Metro safetrack surge four has begun. The crowd is thin for the moment but its busy here and it has been all day. We will tell you what is going on coming up in a live michelle we are continuing to keep a close eye on the developments at the u. S. Capitol. A lockdown was lifted 20 minutes ago. Two people arrest and one carrying a machine gun. We will get you more information on the story as soon as it comes in the newsroom. Leon we have several crews on capitol hill and will bring you more information as soon as its available. Michelle covering metro tonight and the fourth stage of the Metro Safetrack surge. This time is the blue and the yellow lines with no train from Pentagon City and Reagan National airport. The crystal city station is also closed. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is live with a look at how things are going so far. Jeff . Jeff its felt like Grand Central station all afternoon here at Pentagon City. We have these folks going down the escalator now. Likely just got off a shuttle from braddock road or from national airport. This gentleman here giving information to folks. Those folks going downstairs washington, d. C. These folks coming up the escalator right now just got off of a metro. From d. C. Very likely. They will be headed to one of two shuttle buses. Either this one going to Reagan National airport or another one going to the Braddock Road Metro station. That for commuters. Its really busy and it has been all afternoon. Now down below it was crowded. Not surprisingly on the platform at Pentagon City metro with people going in so many different directions. Surge four will last for a week or so and it means the closure of the blue and yellow line between Pentagon City and the reagan airport. It will impact 86,000 trips a day. Surge four creates a particular challenge for a lot of travelers. A lot of tourists in d. C. This time of year. Metro says six times more customers access the airport from the north than they do from the south. That impacts this particular surge. Travelers arent thrilled with the situation. But they are hanging in to do it once, just in a while when i am coming from the airport or something. That is one thing. The one thing to do it, its my daily commute, that is a major inconvenience. Its an inconvenience. But understand the safety for the metro and the need to get the repairs made. Jeff so things really busy here at Pentagon City. You have metro employees answering questions. A lot of people getting off the metro saying, do i go this way to the airport . Do i go this way to braddock road . They are getting muchneeded information. The time to get from here to the airport and from the airport to here varies on a lot of trips based on the time of day. Some of the times might surprise you. We have more at 5 00. Until then live in arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Stay a step ahead of safetrack with text alerts from abc7. Just text the word metro to 43817. Or you can sign leon from the moment of the sad, grim stuff how about turning to something inspiring . Even celestial. Manhattan henning made the second appearance. Its created with a setting sun, aligned with the city east west street grid creatingig this. They had a perfect setting last night. The sun was smack dab in the middle last night. The first time it happened was memorial day weekend. Michelle gorgeous. That is beautiful. You see a lot of that on social media everywhere. People taking out the cameras and becoming photographers. Doug its worth watching. Very cool indeed. Leon we have no place here to watch that kind of thing. Doug no. If you made a job of it, you could find it in rosslyn. Maybe in rockville. That is a project, fo something for us. The job for the time lapse. This is how it looked at rehoboth beach, delaware. Hazy morning. But police out on the boardwalk and in the day. Temperatures are pleasant. It kept the temperatures on the beach comfortable. Its only 73 now. The beach was populated you can hear coming up at 5 18 in the afternoon, there are people on the beach. Beautiful beach weather. Its cooler there for the next few days in the upcoming weekend than it will be in the metro areas. The nice clear skies along the midatlantic coast. The temperatures from 5 00 are low to mid80s. 82 in manassas. 85 in culpeper. We are watching the dew point temperatures creep up. Its interesting to note that the dew point, the true point of moisture is higher in the metro than the east. Its drier in maryland than it is in virginia. With warm temperatures. Its no surprise when we look at the dew the farther west you go in virginia, into west virginia, that is where you find showers and storms. Notice the movement from southwest to northeast. There is only a slight chance of an isolated shower in the metro area. Most of the viewing area this evening. The better chances come tomorrow. The second area of showers coming across eastern kentucky, southeastern ohio. Some of these as they hang together could move through late tonight and overnight. Scattered showers. Tomorrow with a subtle change in the setup in the atmosphere we could see a 50 chance of the showers and the thunderstorms. Overnight warm and muggy. 69 to 74 degrees. Isolated shower. Southeasterly wind at 5, enough to keep a light flow of moyes air in the region. Overnight showers passed through. Tomorrow is a cloudy start to wednesday. Temperatures mainly in the 70s. We will climb to the midtoupper 80s by the afternoon. Midafternoon we should see on radar something similar to this with thunderstorms developing moving west to east in the area. During the rush hour. And then tomorrow evening clearing back out to set the stage for a touch rier weather on thursday. Still a chance of showers, 30 . But warmer temperatures. 94 degrees for thursdays high. Friday is 93. Saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. Its all about the same. Partly cloudy. Warm and muggy and the highs around 90. That is the average high temperature. A 30 chance of showers and storms in the afternoon. Saturday evening the rockville rotary will hold the 5k. Weather wise it will be steamy here and keep an eye open for showers and thunderstorms. Think about a Mountain Getaway for the weekend, definitely cooler. It should be generally nice weather. Partly cloudy skies saturday, saturday, sunday. Upper 70s on sunday with a chance of a few isolated storms. Leon thank you for the photo, larry brown. Beautiful. Doug very nice. Michelle now for a closer look at mars its revealing something i help. Leon well explain that and why what looks like a scary situation wasnt that bad. Coming up, the department of defense wants to install a device in Arlington County that would detect an explosion. 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Get Better Internet installed on your schedule. Comcast business. Built for business. Leon new developments now on a story we brought you yesterday. Controversial billboard in frederick has come down. Parents who lost children to addiction complained about the message on the billboard. I said addiction is preventable, parenting is prevention. Parents started a petition saying the billboard pointed the finger at them and didnt recognize addiction as a disease. The county Health Department agreed and apologized and removed the billboard today. Michelle soon you may walk by a device that is able to sense explosions and never even know it. Arlington county will vote on a request by the department of defense to use county land to install the equipment. Cheryl