Reporter many of the victims families were at the statehouse and so were thousands of others who came to witness a day many thought would never come. For the first time in my life the state has said we are one, all the lives matter. If it offends us we will take it down. The flag that came down today will now have a new home. In the states Confederate Relic Museum as part of the deal that the lawmakers in South Carolina agreed to. Marry bruce abc7 news. Jonathan a Southern Heritage group will be going to federal court later this month in an attempt to keep the Confederate Flag on the virginia specialty license plates. Virginia governor called the Confederate Flag divisive and hurtful and said he wanted to phase out the image on the silence plate. In the lawsuit, the sons of the confederate veterans said the Charleston Church shooting was not caused by the confederate battle flag and a ban on the Confederate Flag would not have prevented it. Kimberly now to a major shakeup at the office of the personnel management. A day after we learned even more people were affected by the government hacking than previously thought. Jonathan the o. P. M. s director Katherine Archuleta yesterday said she is keeping her job she has more work to do. Today in an aboutface resuming her post this an. Our senior political reporter scott thuman has more. Scott there was intense mounting pressure especially from up here on the hill for her to resign. Then hours after insisting that she was staying put Katherine Archuleta quit. This is one of several set of people are demanding. On thursday we learned the cyber attack was five times worse than reported. There is still not total clarity on exactly who is affected. Beyond that if it goes past the number of 22 million. We are talking about a large number. This is a complex investigation. They working diligently to determine who they may have exactly been compromised. There will be an effort after that to locate the individuals and communicate to them the risks they face. Some members of congress from our area are presenting a new bill they say would better protect the victims or help them recover from the cyber attack. We have more on that at 6 00. On capitol hill, scott thuman abc7 news. Jonathan right now former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell vowing to fight the corruption conviction all the way to the supreme court. This is after a federal Appeals Court upheld his conviction today. You may recall a federal jury found mcdonnel and his wife guilty of corruption last year. The couple received more than 165,000 in gifts and loans from a former Star Scientific ceo. Mcdonnel sentenced to two years in prison but he has been freed pending the appeal. You can read the entire court opinion. Its on the website. The address is wjla. Com. Kimberly we could not ask for better weather. I mean sunny, low humidity. Jonathan thing of butiff. Kimberly i think doug has been talking about it since monday. Jonathan i think doug just showed up because he was taking advantage of it. How the weekend shaping up . Doug not exactly like this. That is the way it is shaping up now with a storm center across kentucky headed this way. Maybe rain. The sunday portion of the weekend will be fine. Lets get started. The sunshine outside the belfort furniture center. Mid80s in metro washington. 87 at Reagan National at fredericksburg. Cooler north and west. 80 in hagerstown and martinsburg. Radar from the southern foothill of the blue ridge, we have Harrison Burg to southeast and richmond. Farther west we have the area of rain to keep an eye on. This disturbance bringing the heavy rain and thunderstorms to charleston. We are tracking the area. This is the system we did not say in monday and tuesday computer models this week but clearly show up now. That will bring us a chance of rain late tonight, overnight in the Morning Hours of day on saturday. A Flash Flood Watch on the area in green. If the system holds together the flood watch could be extended eastward. Here is what we expect through the evening hours. We have seen cloudy skies developing tonight. I will be muggy. Some of the rain could move in the area. We talk about the weekend and more detail in a few minutes. Jonathan well see you then. Spotsylvania, major break in the case of a woman shot in the face and the back of the head. This afternoon news of an arrest. Northern Virginia Bureau chef Jeff Goldberg has the latest developments on the case. Jeff a great deal of relief and satisfaction from the investigators has they have been working tirelessly on the case. Finally bringing charges after the awful crime that took place at the fas mart. All the way back in marge of march of 2014. A grand jury indicting 33yearold Derek Sprouse of spotsylvania on six charges including Armed RobberyMalicious Wounding and probation violation for felony child abuse. March 8 2014 sprouse entered the fas mart and asked the clerk for a smokeless tobacco product. Person the clerk kelly wood seen her with her husband a few months ago turned around sprouse allegedly shot her in the back of the head and grabbed a locked cabinet with ephedrine. He then shot her in the face. She survived and was able to call 911. After more than a hundred tips and interviews and countless hours of work, investigators identified Derek Sprouse as the suspect. People were very concerned with the heinous crime. They wanted results. Im glad they found the person that did this to her. I hope she get what is she is looking for. Jeff Derek Sprouse is in jail in North Carolina awaiting trial for a separate Convenience Store robbery in that state. He is expected to be brought back to virginia at some point soon. Meanwhile, kelly wood is expressing a great deal of relief after the charges have finally been brought. More on what she is saying today coming up at 5 00. In Spotsylvania CountyJeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Kimberly incredible. Thank you jeff. Right now two people are recovering after an accident at the national zoo. Police say the victims suffered minor injuries and were hit by a golf cart. They were taken to the hospital as a precaution. We dont know what the injuries were. No word on what led to the accident. Who was driving the golf cart. Operations were not affected. Jonathan right now there is an emergency crackdown in the district. City going to shut down any business caught selling synthetic drug or k2 or spice. This is all following several highprofile crimes including the murder of a man on metro. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford joining us live in southeast to explain what the new law involves. Sam . Sam well im on Martin Luther king avenue southeast where im told its not unusual to see someone walking down the street on the synthetic drugs because number of people who are on probation or parol risk going to jail if they flunk marijuana but synthetic are more difficult to detect. They have outlawed the drugs and the Retail Stores that are selling them face have the police chief shut them down four days to fine them 10000 for first offense. Mayor bowser signed the bill attended by Community Activists who have been fighting the drugs for years. In some neighborhood wobbly people on the street are evidence of use. They believe a man stabbed on the metro train last week was under the influence of believe a man who was stabbed on the metro train last week the suspect was under the influence of drugs. Dont be fooled. The chemicals are nothing like marijuana. They can lead to consequences seizures societal behavior violence, criminal behavior and death. Those in poverty are disproportionally affected by the drug. This has to stop. The police chief says that her department is going to be more focused on the drugs now making arrests for people that might be selling them on the street. Although they admit its difficult because the laws are constructed to look for particular drug signatures. In the case off the synthetics the signatures keep changing. Reporting live sam ford abc7 news. Kimberly d. C. Council taking on the death with dignity debate. Congressman want to grant those terminally the right to take their own lives. It would allow life ending treatment that the patient would administer on her own. She was moved to take actions by the stories of suffering she heard. This would allow people with a terminal illness to have access to medication to choose the time and the area of her death. Kimberly it grew opponents and they argue with more work to diminish pain and improve hos spin hospice care. Stephen tschida will have more. Jonathan an officer who was injured in the police and fire games is out of the hospital. The officer has a long road to recovery but the fact he is going home and is walking now is great news. Remember the Brazilian Police officer carlos silva was killed in the crash and a third cyclist was also injured. Kimberly 7 on your side tonight with the alert for dominion power customers. The company says over the last several days thieves used software to target Small Business owners. The thieves threaten to turn off the owners elec trity if they dont electricity if they dont pay in the next couple of hours. Dominion wants to remind you it will not threat on the turn off power in exchange for immediate payment. Jonathan anytime someone says immediate payment there is a red flag. Kimberly hang up the phone and call yourself to find out. Jonathan coming up a family gets an unclewoman surprise in a happen unwelcome surprise in a happy meal. Jonathan learn what mcdonalds response to the minion toys are talking dirty to kids. Kimberly celebration time for the u. S. Womens National Soccer team. World champs. Highlights from the historic ticker tape parade in the big apple. Jonathan stay on top of any breaking news signing up for text alerts. Go to wjla. Com text to enter your cell phone number. We will be right back. Jonathan too hot. You bet they are. Huge celebration for the womens world cup champion. Having a good time. Kimberly they are honored with the ticker tape parade. Although they dont use the ticker tape anymore. This is the first of its kind. Abcs Marci Gonzalez explains. Marci today, thousands of people lining the canyon of heroes in new york city. Part of broadways being renamed today. A ticker tape parade for the First Time Ever honoring a womens team. The 23 ladies who are now world cup champions. Thank you for coming out. We love new york. You have the best go usa they have hosted hundreds of the parades hosting athletes and politicians but today is all about the u. S. Womens soccer team and their historic jawdropping victory over japan sunday. The 12 floats covered in confetti. M. V. P. Carli lloyd and the superstar teammates including abby wambach. Celebrating and still given spiring so many marci it ended at city hall with a ceremony honoring team usa and the celebration will continue. Eventually at the white house. The details with the visit with the president still being walked out. Jonathan to the good in sports to the not so good. Nfl commissioner goodell says a decision will come soon on the tom brady appeal for the fourgame suspension. Back in may they suspended the patriots quarterback as a result of a finding of the investigation in the deflategate scandal. They t report found it was more probable than not that brady had knowledge of the air being released from footballs prior to the a. F. C. Championship game. That is legalese saying he knew. That is what will go on. Kimberly you heard it from jonathan first. 7 on your side with a consumer alert. General motors recalling 780,000 crossover s. U. V. s mainly in north america. It covers the enclave 20082012. The traverse from 20092012 and it affects the g. M. C. Acadia and the saturn outlook. Jonathan it is friday. A lot of people thinking about the weekend and getting out of town. Time for a check on the traffic situation. Robert altman has more on whether its moving or not moving. Robert its not. This is two left lanes blocked. A live look at the accident beyond the baltimore washington parkway. We are watching delays around the beltway. In and out of virginia. This starts backs near 66. A lot of people heading to the beach. Not too bad to the severn river. Southbound 395 out of the district from the pent. You will find slow traffic. Not bad through springfield. Clear to fredericksburg. Watching a large amount of traffic and slow travel pace on the southbound side. Southbound 395 on the eastbound commute. Moving toward the freeway to watch the heavier traffic moving in toward the area of the 14th street bridge. Outbound 66 beltway to fairfax. You will find minor delays on the westbound side. Not too bad outbound on 66. That is the latest from the traffic center. Back to you. Kimberly all right robert. We should thank you but it looks miserable on the roads. Jonathan a little miserable. I hope you had a chance to get outside this morning. Was it not a beautiful morning . Kimberly stunner. I thought it was hot. But the soup is gone. Doug is air is dryer. Its nice. We have a dry day today and tomorrow. Sunday . That is what well talk about. A live look at the weather bug camera at the torpedo factory. To the left upstream at the Reagan National airport. The airport is 87 degrees. That is warm enough. But with a low humidity, dew point of 65 and a nice breeze out of the north northwest at 13 and a comfortable friday an. 87 as well in quantico and fredericksburg. Haith 81. 82 in winchester. The heat index because of the lower moist content higher. But not dramatically. This time yesterday we had 100degree heat index at reagan international. We are doing better. Most of the evening is fine. Here is the problem. We were standing here monday in all good conscience and all good faith looking at the models this didnt show up in the models we were looking at. It causes problems, the tornado watches and the severe thunderstorm warning. But its here and moving east. We have storms over the western virginia. They will head to the Richmond Metro area. Lets keep an eye on this. This could bring the somehow ires to the area. Morning hours and the midday. Maybe rumbles of thunder. The future cast spells us out by late tonight. Areas of rain moving west. Shower and thunder especially. If it works out, we will see the clearing sky later in the afternoon. We set up for a nice day for the day on sunday. For tonight, cloudy and not so muggy. Period of rain moving in late tonight. 72. For tomorrow morning rain and partly cloudy in the afternoon. Lower 80s. For the next seven days we will get back on track with the sunday sunshine. Right back in the soup. Monday tuesday wednesday, thursday, friday. Partly cloudy. Hazy, hot and humid with a chance of daily afternoon thunderstorms. Getting bored . Doug yeah. This is like working in palm springs only there its sunny with highs of 100. See you next week. Its the dry heat, though. Doug absolutely. Jonathan thanks. Kimberly coming up next on abc7 news at 4 00 a wild night across parts of the u. S. Closer look at the damage caused by severe storms. Jonathan new details in the deadly shooting on a San Francisco pier. Who is blamed for the release of the shooter who shouldnt have been get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swifts music videos interviews, and more. Xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. Kimberly this is a tough one. The San Francisco sheriff defending the release of a mexican immigrant later accused of shooting and killing a young woman on the pier. Jonathan the sheriff says that the federal authorities failed to provide a legal basis to hold this guy. Sam sweeney is live at the news desk with more on the story. Sam . Sam this story has been making National Headlines for some time. The San Francisco mayor says Juan FranciscoLopez Sanchez should have never been on the street. But the sheriff says his hands are tied. He accused custom not providing a warrant or paperwork to hold sanchez, forces him to release the convicted felon. He is accused of killing a 32yearold woman in a random shooting on a popular pier. He is a Mexican National who has been deported from the u. S. Five times. He met the highest priority with the previous deportation. However, as i content, i. C. E. Failed to obtain and provide a warrant or judicial order for deportation proceedings. Why would they have completely ignored the 20yearold bench warrant previously and deported him and this time require that it require a detour from the normal procedure. It has been discovered that the weapon used in the murder was a lost Law Enforcement weapon supposedly found under a nearby bench. Lopez pleaded not guilty to murder and whens charges. Weapons charges. Sam sweeney, abc7 news. Jonathan still ahead at 4 00 a new hearing for a mother charged in disappearance of her two children and why there are questions about her mental health. Kimberly 7 on your side with an alert about a popular type of pain reliever. The changes why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill watch anything except this. Except this. Go back, go back, go back, go