race ended ended with a chase aa crash that barely missed a woman. we spoke to the woman rich has her near-miss.nancy, tt the truck right here. part of the carjack car hit here. a trail here where you can see the stolen vehicle ran along the sidewalk and slammed into this tree. but the chase wasn t over. here is what happened much earlier in the day. you see the scene at telegraph road at 6:00 this morning. the police say the gunman identified as 23-year-old john russell walked up to a 36-year-old woman behind the wheel of her nissan s.u.v. she was stopped at the traffic light. ordered her out of the car. she complied. then police say he drove that car to nearby edgehill court where we are. the officers there attempted to do a traffic stop but russell sped away driving down the sidewalk before a h cars including the one i am standing. before he slammed in that tree. using the k9 and the helicopters the officers spotted russell walking near north kings highway where he was arr
reporting live, steven tschida abc 7 news. leon: what a mystery unraveling their. the men convicted in the murder of chandra leavy will get a new trial. a judge granted him a retrial today after his lawyers argued that a key witness in the case gave false or misleading testimony. levy went missing in 2001 and her remains were found a year later. her disappearance gained national attention because he had been romantically linked to a married u.s. congress and th. alison: delaware residents are paying respects to beau biden. vice president biden welcomed visitors in dover today. several speakers spoke of is a competence and said he will be greatly missed. a dark, gray day outside. i believe there is a dark and gray spot in the hearts of all delawarians today. alison: tomorrow there will be a viewing in wellington, delaware. a mass will be held on saturday and president obama will deliver a eulogy. leon: the search will continue tomorrow for a swimmer that they believed drowne
the media. the trial starts monday. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is inside the courtroom. she ll keep us updated on developments. right now storm team4 is tracking another wet gloomy afternoon. but compared to the last couple of dies, the rain is going to be a little more steady tonight. that s right. all from areas down south we re tracking an associated with that area of low pressure that has kept us locked in this pattern. there is the latest in cloud conditions and storm team4 radar, too. showers coming up from the south, full-flenched showers. this there is your spin. this is the area of low pressure we ve been looking at and watching over the last couple of days spinning just south of richmond virginia, right now. that area of low pressure will start heading out to sea and our weather will start improving. but until it zshgs we re going to get more rain in there, until then, pockets of heavy rain there around 301, calvert beach up toward waldorf with r
alert day. looks like we ll be dealing with drizzle and dank feeling outside. meteorologist allyson rae here with another yell loy alert day- - yellow alert day. we re stuck in this pattern. everybody on the other side of the mountain has warm weather. temperatures in the 70s and #s on. for the past 80s. for the past few days it s like like this. there s the northeasterly wind 10 miles per hour. we re going to see more rain and drizzle out there. kind of get a break in the action right now but we do have more showers headed our way this evening for your drive home. getting light rain right now and also through the northern neck, st. mary s county getting good light showers. those are all headed our way by 1:00 for la plata so count on some showers. here are your temperatures. haven t made it out of the 50s in a lot of spots. we ll look ahead for blue skies on your weekend forecast coming up a little later. thanks, allyson. happening right now, investigators continue
weather center with a look at what we can expect in the next 24 hours or so. doug: patches of rain this evening. we get through the night the rain will become steadier and heavier. at the moment outside the beltway weather center in arlington it s cloudy. it s in patches. a lot is evaporating before it hits the ground. the storm center that used to be patricia is moving through louisiana, headed for the chicago area. we are in a perfect position to pick up long duration of rain that will be developing tonight with the steady temperatures in the upper 50 s with increasing wind through the day tomorrow. rain, heavy at times. isolated thunderstorms in the an. 70 degrees. we will check out the weekend in detail in a couple of minutes. leon: we got it. back to you in a bit. stay a step ahead of the weather with the storm watch 7 team. check out wjla.com. abc7 facebook page or the twitter feed. download the storm watch app on your tablet or smart phone. alison: well, just a quarter