scratch-off lotto tickets. what police say brought him back to the scene of the crime. from abc-7 news, this is a breaking news alert. that breaking news coming to you from prince george's county today. thank you for joining us, i'm kimberly suiters. fire ripped through an apartment in laurel tonight. the flames tearing off a roof of the three-story fox rest apartments on briarwood drive. our cheryl conner is there live with more. cheryl, do we know how it happened? >> reporter: yeah, kimberly, we don't know a cause at this point but i can tell you it's still a very active scene out here. we're at fox rest apartments right here in laurel. and you can see the top of the building, that's a three-story apartment building. and you can tell that the focus of the fire was on that third level. this happened just before 9:00. several people having to evacuate the building, and we want to show you those heavy flames. we have video of the scene of the heavy flames justo been out here, again, for a couple of hours focusing on extinguishing the fire. they were able to do that and now working on some of the hot spots. everyone from what we understand was able to get out safely without being injured, but there was one firefighter that was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, and out here tonight, the red cross is here trying to help people who are not able to go home for probably sometime, certainly not tonight. so they're walking around here. they're wrapped up in blankets and trying to get them hotel rooms. again, what we know is that several apartment buildings have been affected by a heavy fire just a couple of hours ago. we're at force fox rest apartments in laurel. again, no one inside that building fortunately injured, just one firefighter taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. kimberly, we're live in laurel and we'll send it back to you. >> cheryl, thanks for report. more breaking news right now this time from montgomery county. police discovered a man's body in malcolm king park in gaithersburg and are now investigating his death as a homicide. investigators say the body of 18-year-old christiane morales had evidence of trauma when they found it on friday night. detectives are asking anyone with information to give them a call. you can get alerts to news just as soon as it breaks. sign up to get breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone, go to wjla.com/text and enter your phone number. it's looking like a stun stung -- stunning day to get back outside with dad tomorrow. let's check in with alex ligget for your -- liggitt for your father's day forecast. >> i didn't get complaints today. today, everyone was pretty happy to be outside. plenty of sunshine. we're dropping back to the 60's. cooler, 67 right now in burke. 64, one of the cooler summerville. still in the mid-70's downtown. overnight lows in the upper 50's in the out suburbs. farther north and west, 59 winchester. martinsburg at 58 degrees. overnight into tomorrow morning, by the time we get into the early sunrise hours, 63 in regan international airport in downtown d.c. as well. probably mid-60's. upper 50's in the outlying suburbs. great start in the upper 60's at 8:00. getting back up in the mid-80's. though, closer to noon, after a morning exercise, probably a good day to hit the pool with temperatures back in the mid to upper 80's tomorrow afternoon. kimberly? >> wow, stunning! awesome! thank you. metro's second big safe track surge is underway. metrostro's -- metro's, yes, for the next few weeks, there'll nobody rail service between roslyn and arlington national cemetery. two stations are also closed. our rich reeves with more on the impact to thousands of riders. >> reporter: call it the surge. >> i think we'll have delays and people will have to get off earlier. >> reporter: at minnesota avenue station, shuttle buses, not trains, are rolling point west to the eastern market station. >> this is where uber comes in handy. uber and anything else. >> reporter: the second surge means no trains between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stations. orange, blue and silver lines will be affected. the stadium armory and potomac avenue stations will be closed for 16 days. >> basically, i asked them, you know, can i get into the city? they said, no, you have to take a shuttle to eastern market. >> reporter: virginia will also be affected. no blue line or bus service from roslyn to arlington national cemetery. for many, this is just a dry run for a monday morning commute. >> it's going to be a lot of people right here, right there, right there, way up on buses. working the morning shift on monday in a downtown hotel. >> it'll be very hectic for the buses and everything. you have people that have evening shifts. it'll be a lot of traffic. >> reporter: metro is warning the shuttles could only accommodate three out of every 10 metro riders. georgia gray says it's her best option. >> even though i have to catch three buses to get to work -- if i catch the train, that'll be the best. >> reporter: riders think all that work and inconvenience will pay off. >> um, and i know there's a lot of work that needs to be done and unfortunately it just displaces all of these people. >> reporter: you'll see a lot more of this come monday morni morning. metro employees acting as guides helping riders to navigate the system. a lot of commuters saying they're going to be heading out early, one to two hours early on monday morning. in southeast washington, richard reeve for abc-7 news. >> unfortunately that's probably a pretty good idea. some commuters aren't taking their chances with safe track. many are trading the rails for two wheels. the washington area bicycling association says the number of bike riders is up by at least 60%, and they expect that number to rise with phase 2. capital bike chairs also becoming increasingly popular. >> we know that everyone is not going to be comfortable on big roads and so we want to make alternatives so it's an attractive option for people, when it works! >> the best advice experience riders offer is, if you think you want to tuft off your bike, it's best to stay -- dust off your bike, it's best to stay with traffic lights and use the bike lanes wherever you can, if you use bike share, dock every 30 minutes or you'll have extra charges. stay a step ahead of safe track with alerts sent straight to your phone. text the word metro to 43817 or sign up at wjla.com where you'll find everything you need to know about safetrack. new tonight also from montgomery county, police say three people were taken to the hospital after several vehicles crashed, one flipped over in silver springs. on georgia avenue at dayton avenue. police reopened george avenue at 8:00 tonight. there's no update tonight on the victims or even how that crash happened. coming up next on abc-7 news at 11, a sick scientist in need of help in the middle of an icy land, the struggle rescue teams are enduring to get to that researcher at the south pole. take a look at that! yep. the sneakers belonging to a thief breaking through a store ceiling to take lottery tickets. how officials are hoping to cash in on catching him. plus, she's a fun and forgetful fish in the movie "finding dori" but would the blue tang be an exciting addition to your family? we've got that answer still ahead on abc-7 ♪ one day a rider made a decision. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >> new developments tonight about the man who killed 49 people in orlando. this is fam -- this as families say final farewells to their loved ones killed in that night club attack. the information emerging tonight is about more missed signals. records show omar mateen was kicked out of a prison training program in 2007. it was after he asked another recruit if he would tell if he brought a gun to school. the f.b.i. also confirms they were in fact notified by the gun shop that mateen wanted to buy body armor. they said they couldn't do a meaningful investigative follow-up. the victims of the night club terror attack were honored tonight by both orlando soccer teams. the orlando city of the mls filled section 12 of its stadium with 49 balloons. players wore purple hashtag orlando united t-shirts. in our area, the washington spirit and orlando pride honored the victims with a moment of silence and a special salute right at the 49th minute. cheryl conner takes us to the touching tribute. >> we'll have a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives in the orlando tragedy. >> the national anthem. >> i made my shirt today. >> reporter: brittany andrews came in from pittsburgh. >> to see this many people here in pride flags and just supporting the community even, it's just an amazing feeling. >> reporter: the sellout crowd carried signs that pointed us to more than soccer. ivy league connects with the heartbreak of a gunman targeting a gay night club and killing 49 people last week. >> some family members are gay and, i mean, i'm ok with that. my family is accepting it. i think everybody else should. and the shootings shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: spirit was the first to score. there were cheers. but listen to the 49th minute. fans stood and they clapped. in a surprise move, both teams agreed to stop playing to put the orlando shooting victims before the game. >> you know, this is a really unique, special situation. >> reporter: rainbow flags are in the stands, the city that's located nearly 1,000 miles from d.c. is right inside this stadium in montgomery county. >> want to showcase our talent and our unity as a team and as a league. >> reporter: the final score on the board 2-0, spirit takes the win, but both teams have the memory of playing as one team foone minute. in boyd, cheryl conner, abc-7 news. developing tonight from a very remote part of the world, a dangerous rescue mission at the south pole. a researcher at the center of the evacuation. the operation is riske because of the conditions. what makes it so tough, not only is it 70-below temperatures, there's no runway, only endless stretches of ice and snow. there's only moonlight. at least for the next several days, the sun won't rise again >> we're working really hard to make this a positive outcome. we're very hopeful that it can be. now, we're waiting to get just the right weather windows to do what we need to do. >> that one worker is in need of immediate care. officials say the person cannot wait until the weather improves. new developments in vote 2016 tonight, hillary clinton is off the campaign trail celebrating the birth of her second grandchild. donald trump, in the meantime, is pushing for unity in the wake of growing party is angst. mary bruce has the latest from phoenix. >> reporter: donald trump is hitting back as party insiders make a last-ditch effort to block his nomination at the convention. >> doesn't work that way, folks. >> reporter: and vowing to go it alone. >> if for any reason they get a little bit like they don't want to help out as much, then i'll fund my own campaign. i'd love to do that. >> he's urging the party to unite takes center stage on the campaign trail. he's taking a position that breaks with the party line saying he's opened to change something gun laws. >> so we have to make sure that people that are terrorists or have even an inclination toward terrorism cannot buy weapons, guns. >> reporter: trump also argues that things might have been different the night of the attack if more people in that orlando club had more guns. >> if you had bullets going the opposite direction right at this animal who did this, you would have had a very, very different result, believe me, folks. very different result. >> reporter: not one of donald trump's reckless -- >> not one of donald trump's reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. >> reporter: the democrats now concentrating their attacks on trump. >> every day it becomes clear erthat he is a thin-skinned, racist bully! and every day it becomes clearer he wil the united states. >> reporter: donald trump facing a fight on several fronts. mary bruce, abc news, phoenix, arizona. >> now, growing number of companies are abandoning the republican national convention this year. according to politico, apple will not provide funding or technical support for next month's gathering in cleveland. apple cited donald trump's controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities as the reason for its decision. other companies sitting out the g.o.p. convention include ford, ups and walgreens. a 7 on your side consumer alert tonight. beginning monday, you'll no longer be able to use your american express card at cousteauco -- costco. citi bank will mail new visa cards to citi members with an american express costco card. if you don't have a visa card, you can still pay with cash, checks and dents cards. pretty bold pretty bold burglar here, take a look, or maybe feeling lucky. a man dangling from a ceiling makes his way down to a florida convenience store. he got his gloved fans on $1,300 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets. police in palm beach county are looking for that thief. they say a few days after that heist, the crook came back again in time with no mask, to cash in on the winning tickets. officials hope hosting his photo on social media will lead them to the robber. ha-ha. that's pretty bold! >> yeah. not quite santa claus coming down the chimney. >> no, police say that people who commit crimes very often come back to the scene of the crime? >> people are really smart. yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. really smart. >> all right. so the weather tomorrow for father's day? it looks like it's going to be amazing. >> i think it'll be gorgeous. it'll be a lot like today. we'll still have the heat but low humidity. this was a look at national harbor in the last couple of hours right into sunset. it was a beautiful sunset we had some pictures tweeted to us. it was very, very nice through the evening. you can see the capital wheel there now spinning. nice little green shade there. hey, just a reminder, if you would like to and are willing to if you see it, please send it pics@wjla.com. we love to show your pictures on the air whenever we can. forecast for tonight, 58-64. clear and comfortable. light winds southerly around 5 miles per hour. so very nice overnight hours. and be very mild by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. overall, a comfortable morning and, again, if you're heading to the bay -- so portions of the region east of the area, 67 if you're heading out there early morning. 82 by the time you get through about lunch time. 86 by the afternoon. so a little bit cooler by the bay. the water temperatures there in the chesapeake right now are 70-75, so rather comfortable and thanks for that photo, jen johnson. biking in the immediate d.c. metro again tomorrow morning, it'll be 68. good to get out there early as afternoon. mostly sunny skies. highs in the upper 80's. if you're deciding to head for a hike for your father's day, 64 when you get up and go out there early but it'll be in the mid-80's in some of the higher elevations out there. still low humidities. overall a very comfortable day in the nation's capital. it'll be a bit on the hot side. remember your suntan lotions, hats and sunglasses and you'll be just fine. high pressure in control throughout the day tomorrow. this is a look around 4:00 this model is showing a couple of showers popping up mainly in the mountains but overall, i think the high pressure will kind of keep those at bay. by the time we get into the next couple of days, we're watching the next cold frontal boundary. this'll slide into the region by the time we get into tuesday. tuesday morning, we're talking around 4:00 in the morning, have the chance for a couple of showers. that has frontal boundary pushes to the south tuesday afternoon. as of right now, we think that the heaviest shower and thunderstorm activity will be mainly focused south of d.c.. but we'll have the potential, though, for afternoon storms, even in and around the metro. still have a 40% chance for a few storms. highs on monday, remember the summer solstice starts at 6:34 p.m. that's exactly when the solstis is -- solstice is. 91 degrees on monday. first full day of summer has a chance of storms. we have a disturbance we're watching for the tail end of the work week. 40% chance for a few storms and showers on thursday. highs in the low 80's. some of those storms could it's a great day for an adventure. surprises are hiding around each corner. come chase thrills that lead in every direction. yet somehow bring us all back together. busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. vacation packages start at $50 per person. a whole other world awaits. >> and now, the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> well, it all comes down to tomorrow night, both teams in full strength. game seven in golden state. cleveland could become the first team ever to come back from a 3-1 deficit and win a title. then there'd be no question on who the mvp would be, at least for the nba finals. during the season, lebron james did say there could be a difference between being the most valuable player and being the best player of that year. he was asked about it again today. this time, his answer wasn't as complex. >> you feel like it should tend to go to the winning or always go to the winning team or just whoever is the best player? >> i don't know how they -- last time i answered a question about mvp didn't go that well for me, so i'm not going to do it. [ laughter ] yeah, i'm not going to do it. i'm not going to do it again. i'm not. i will not. thank you, chris. i will not do that again. >> not going to do it game seven here on abc-7. we'll have our facebook live. we'll talk game seven at 7:00. go to facebook.com/wjlatv. today's match between the orlando pride and the washington spirit was more than just soccer. it was all about healing after the horrible tragedies last week in orlando. the field was painted with the slogan "we stand with orlando" capacity crowd uniting as one. 5,750 to be exact. that's a new record. fans held signs that say "orlando strong." as for the game, it was all spirit! already up 1-nil here, 39th minute, francisco ortega steals this one and gets through traffic and finds the back of the net. in honor of the victims, all the fans stood for that 49th minute and applauded. all right some golf today, u.s. open, a lot of golfers on fire today. just take a look. great shotmaking at oak mont. -- oakmont. away lands on the green. we love these shots, the ones that spin back into the cup. it's an eagle and, of course, he loves it. how about the am klehr? he's on the -- amateur? he's on the 12th hole. his third shot is a beauty. nothing really amateur about this shot, though. it's another one of those spinners. comes right back to the cup for an eagle. fist pump as well. then there's the vet, lee westwood, still looking for his first major championship. help from 130 yards out. he was staring at that one. that was a good day for a lot of people. watched it go right into the hole. that's also an eagle. westwood at third at 2-under. several people have to finish the third round tomorrow morning. shane lowry is your leader at 5-under. in hoops, mystics came ready to play tonight against the atlanta dream. they got off to a 26-14 first-quarter lead and never looked back. they were on fire from three draining 8 of 16 from long range. former riverdale baptist star, deanna hk threes and finished with 12. the mystics get the blow out. the final for this one is 95-65. in baseball, o's had the bluejays tonight. we pick it up bottom of the first. mannie machado drives this to right center. the right fielder can't come up with it. jonathan hustles around. he takes off from third and scores making it 1-0. o's with the lead. bottom of the third inning, 2-1, o's still up, this was thrown to right. that's a goner! his 11th of the season. o's go onto win this one. the final is 4-2. a couple of final notes. d.c. united in a scoreless battle with houston right now. that's over on newschannel 8. ochad doe decided to drop his appeal on the 4-game suspension after charging the mound last week. he'll start to serve his punishment tomorrow. and, again, great tribute to the 49 victims of orlando. >> yeah from both the men's and women's soccer teams. >> loved it. >> coming up next at 11:00 stole our hearts but dory might be better for the big screen than for your home as a pet. 7 on 7 on ♪ ♪ "finding dory" is in thrateders right now. while the forgetful fish has lots of energy, experts say the blue tang wouldn't really make a great pet for this reason because snatching them out of ocean to toss them into an aquarium could have a

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