into the bus company s safety record. reporter: a surveillance camera captured the school bus slamming into the liquor store on springfield avenue after colliding with an suv. the bus was coming down stanford avenue but the driver told witnesses and police the brakes failed before she could stop at the busy intersection. she was saying, oh, my god, my brakes went off on me. and that was it. and i thought, that s okay. it s going to be fine, you know,. reporter: this bodega owner was among all the people you can see here rushing to help the children, the smallest only 3. i tried to come back here. i grabbed a few bottles of water and tried to give it to the little kids because they were scared. even the ones that they were okay, they were scared. and they were crying. so i tried to help out. reporter: officials here say the 11 children, the bus driver, chaperone and suv driver were all alert and conscious with scrapes, bruises and broken bones. we take injuries to
moves along the northern coast of cuba. on saturday it will make a sharp turn northward, toward miami, as a category 4 hurricane. it s expected to move directly up through the central florida peninsula, moving up through florida s peninsula on sunday. then monday, moving into southern and southeastern georgia as a category 1 hurricane, right around the savannah area. it s going to continue moving northward far, far inland as a tropical storm by tuesday moving through parts of tennessee, and kentucky. even southern portions of indiana and ohio. rainfall totals from this storm could be between 15 and 20 inches for much of the southern two-thirds of florida, up into the jacksonville area, perhaps seven to ten inches, and beyond that into georgia and the southeastern u.s., one to five inches of rainfall. i ve been tracking and covering hurricanes for four decades and never seen one quite like this. amazing, spencer. as of this coming saturday, no one will be able to leave the
finishes churning through the caribbean where it s leaving a trail of death and destruction. at this hour florida is bracing for a direct hit from the extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane that is irma. the governor of the state, along with his counterparts in georgia and south carolina, are pleading with residents in irma s path to evacuate and seek shelter immediately. the storm s 185-mile-per-hour sustained winds make it one of the most powerful ever seen in the atlantic. this is what we now know. florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life-threatening winds. we expect this along the entire east coast. at least 13 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. all of them happening in the caribbean islands. 59% of the buildings in barbuda have been damaged. of course, abc 7 news weather meteorologist spencer christian is following irma s path. here s a look at it, hurricane irma, category 5 storm continuing to plow through the caribbean,
noose left dangling for students and teachers to see. in this case, police have photographs of the two suspects. i m bob barnard in crofton, maryland, we ll have live re report. and later, washington s last chance for a championship. the wizards taking on celtics in do or die game six down three games to two. good day at 9a starts now. whole little theme song and everything. big night for the wizards. do or die. go home. this is do or die. um-hmm. great way to start the weekend though. come on wizards. start the weekend right now at 9:00 o clock on good day. it is friday, may 12th i m steve alongside allison, maureen and wisdom. holly has the morning off. also ahead this morning, the countdown to the new crown. this morning we re getting an early look at the miss usa2017 competition. coming up later d.c. s own joining us live alongside back stage host and sports illu illustrated swimsuit model the ashley graham g very cool. first at 9:00 mother s day w
joining us i m holly morris. i m maureen umeh. today is august 31. where did the month go. gary mcgrady standing by with the weather forecast. erin como has traffic issues and we ll be talking about issues for you this morning. 5:0 1 let s goat breaking traffic news. as we were saying major road in and out of d.c. shut down after a pedestrian was hit overnight. fox5 anjali hemphill is along the sutland parkway with the details. good morning, angly. good morning, guys, we re on branch avenue ramp to sutland parkway. they are not letting you on alabama exit other side of naylor where the accident is at right now. no one is allowed on to sutland parkway and you can see the cars coming down the other way. these are cars rerouted off of sutland parkway at branch avee side of naylor road at alabama avenue. now, why is this happening? there s a crash westbound lanes of sutland at naylor road and it s actually got traffic in both directions blocked at this point. police