With terrorism but was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. And receipt of a firearm with intend to commit a felony. According to the Court Comment he told the f. B. I. Undercovers or informants he hated white people and he wanted the gun to shoot up the First District police station. He said he would not shoot the black officers and the muslims if they got out of the way. In court he told a judge he could not afford a lawyer. According to the court papers he bought is gun for 250 because he said he made 500 a week and had to buy it in payments. Reporting from u. S. District court im sam ford, abc7 news. Nancy thank you. Were following breaking news out of new carrollton. This is live over the scene of a shooting at a home on caso counter. Police have not given details on the shooting. To the hospital. We nunce critical condition. Jonathan we are watching big weather changes. Today we had torrential downpours and they did leave their mark. Alison some were severe. Trees and power lines were down. Nancy we are tracking potential for more gusty showers this evening. Alison abc7 has Team Coverage for you. Chief meteorologist doug hill is monitoring what could be coming our way. Jonathan brad and q mccray are surveying the damage. There is a bit of it. Lets start out with doug hill doug lets watch this system out to sea. There are a few more storms and we will zoom in. This is more out to the eastern panhandle of virginia. The future cast through the evening maintains a chance of a few acelated showers and storm few isolated showers or storms. There could be isolated downpour in spots later tonight. After that, the weather is uncomfortable tomorrow with more showers, gusty winds and chilly temperatures. We drop in upper 60s. Today, from the storms we have had numerous reports of the localized flooding. Wind report and over the portion of the Southern Maryland and northern virginia. Wind damage. One of the spots with the wind damage is in king george county, virginia. That is where we find brad bell. Brad . Brad hey, doug. Take a look at this. The steam out of the power plant there on the other side of the Potomac River and the nice bridge. That has been the direction all day. The wind is coming out of the south. Fairly gentle now. But this morning. Just after 8 30. A weather buoy recorded a gust just under the tornado strength. It moves through the community. In a tweet a navy sailor said the wind game cuddenly, over fast and came suddenly, over fast and very scary. Three cars flimmed. Like this one shown by the navy. A few others were damaged at a lot along the river. There was very little damage in the area. Puddles and the branches down. Across 301 from dogrin, the volunteer tim was surprised to find several trees down and the road sign blown away. I came over and walked down the woods looking for it. It was in good shape. Wedged between the other trees. It must have blown 50 to 60 yards. Down 301. Seemingly Straight Line gusts took a swing at a Little League ball field. Its crazy. Some of it was in center field. Crazy howfa it blew it away. Doug crazy indeed. What was this . A lot of people early on were saying it was a twister. That is not confirmed. My observations that the trees are in a Straight Line. Its probably Straight Line winds. Well talk more about that at 5 00 in king george county. Brad bell, abc7 news. Nancy well look forward to that. The biggest impact on this was on the morning commute. Mobiletrak7 surveying the damage. Q mccray has a look as the big trees came down. Q this is the storm runup causing the issues here. In oakton today. Hunter mill. If it looks bad now look at the video from 10 00 a. M. When a white kia optima was stuck in the water. The driver pressed his or her luck. Tried to drive through water and the it stalled. The driver had to be reed cued. We rescued. We had a busy day. Tree removal crews had their hands full this morning. First in the 1800 block of randolph of street northwest. Tree came down taking power lines with it. Had it fallen in the opposite direction it would have hit a house with a family asleep inside. Technicians had the power back up before sunrise but they still had to replace a transformer. Next, a sevenminute drive away. Another tree crashing down on clingler road northwest in the 2000 block. Westbound lanes were shut down for hours as the crew cleared the mess. The e affected. The culvert is a problem area. Every time it rains iting clos and causes it it clogs and causes it to flood. We have cars that are making their way through the water. If you see water covering the road, turn around. Dont drown. So that is the latest in oakton. Im q mccray. Alison dont get caught unprepared for severe weather. Go to wjla. Com and sign up for the weather alerts sent to your phone from the stormwatch7 weather desk. You can customize which updates you want to get. Well, huge twist now after shocking allegations of rape inside Rockville High School. Today, the rape charges were dropped against two male students accused of attacking the 14yearold classmate. This story gained national attention. Abc7 Montgomery County reporter kevin lewis is live with the deciding factor here. This is big kevin it is, alison. As the investigation unearthed more witness interviews, high School Surveillance video and forensic evidence, authorities admit they became increasingly skeptical of the girls story. Yesterday, the Police Department brass and the top prosecutors met to decide the best move. The decision to drop all the rape and the Sexual Assault charges against 18yearold Henry Sanchez and 17yearold jose montano. However, both men are not in the clear. Montanos now facing charges of possession. Distribution of child pornography. While sanchez has a possession of child porn charge. That stems from a racy nude video that police say the thisyearold girl sent montano the night before the Rockville High School bathroom meetup. Montano is accused of then forwarding that video to sanchez. Hence, the distribution charge. We have facts in this case do not support the original charges filed in this matter. Due to the look of corroboration lack of corroboration and substantial inconsistencies from the facts we obtained from multiple sources what she was saying was that she was in agreement. That she was going to meet up with him at the school. That they were going to have sex. That is exactly what transpired. Kevin at new at 5 00, we will delve in another fabricated story that Defense Attorneys claim the young girl recently told. Then all new at 6 00, we ask if either of the young men could one day return to class with Montgomery County public schools. Live in rockville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Alison happening now in manassas, investigators are trying to find what caused this fire that destroyed a home. We took you to the scene live last n 11 00. Two families who live there and one of them recently just arrived from mexico. And was renting out the basement. A family friend tells us they were in the process of obtaining legal residency and citizenship and the fire destroyed all of their bayerwork including paperwork including the cash to pay attorney and immigration fees. Okay. Get in our house. I ran back with alias to see what we could do to try to help out, if there is anything we could salvage. Two homes nearby were damaged from the intense heat. Those families are also displaced. Jonathan family, friends, thousands of the Law Enforcement colleagues gave a final goodbye to Delaware PoliceCorporal Ballard who was shot and killed last wednesday after approaching a suspicious vehicle outside of a convenience store. The accused killer barricaded himself in the home. Firing shots at officers. 20 killed. Alison also a deadly plane crash. Nancy this is charleston, west virginia. A small cargo plane contracted by ups going off the runway there. Two people aboard the plane. Both died. The plane reportedly hit the runway hard and kept going. This is at yeager airport. A wing was ripped off. The investigators are on the ground looking into what went wrong. Incredible video from missouri where the rivers are cresting and some areas are starting to see waters recede. But not befores her rick rain and flooding. Michelle marsh has a look at the damage. We have new images coming in newsroom of the widespread damage. Floodwaters overtaking the towns. The human toll is tragic. There are at least seven confirmed dead in arkansas and five dead in missouri. Cars. The threat of more high water extends to the weekend. Once waters recede, rebuilding will take time. I punched holes in levees and wiped out bridges. Stay with wjla. Com for the latest pictures and information. That is latest from the live desk. Michelle marsh, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 a record setting lawsuit in the Johnson Johnson baby powder case. A virginia woman multimillion dollar victory. Jonathan plus a story about strollers being recalled. Well show you the models affected. Nancy ahead at 4 30, one of the biggest organized crime rings busted in fairfax. This started with bank fraud you will not believe where it ended. A. U. Campus police are out in force in the midst of students protesting on campus. Some concerned about the safety of the Student Government leader who we we have the latest coming up. Nancy 7 on your side with a consumer alert to tell you about. A st. Louis jury awarded a woman a 10. 5 million in a lawsuit claiming that using Johnson Johnson baby powder causes she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2012 and it has spread throughout her body. Alison this is the Combi Shuttle travel system being recalled because the car seat can detach from the frame. You are urged to stop using this together and contact the company for a free repair. They are safe to use separately. We have posted the pictures and the Information Online at the website. So you can double check to see if your stroller is part of the recall. Jonathan there are supports that white essential rists are calling for online action against the campus university. Richard reeve, this is a disturbing end to a long week on the campus. Richard they have discovered that. They are marching in support to the Student Government president. The Antidefamation League learned that a White Supremacist Group encouraging the followers to troll the student president online. Many were voicing concerns. They have Police Protection for her home and the family members. The threat came after the student leaders and the administration. Some believe it had a. K. A. Which is the abbreviation for the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority on campus. It was a good morning. The administration and the student. That is continuing the police investigation. Taylor herself as talked about safety on her own. Alison it was a hit but the unicorn frap is facing backlash. There is a lawsuit that is claiming that they stole the idea for the blue and the pink drink. Jonathan what . Alison yep. The end brooklyn cafe started in december. They have a trademark. Tt nasa rover with cool pictures. This is mars. This is hard to believe but they have been gathering information from mars since 2012. They need to sell that battery in that to us so we put it in the phone. If you quint hard enough you see matt damon going please, help me, help me. Doug they are see lar batteries solar batteries and charged by the sun. That would be a heck of a lithium battery. Alison that wouldnt work for us today. Doug we have more downpours that are forming. West virginia. This is a johnson mill bridge. Heavy water and flooding that is one of the dozens of shots. There are areas under a flood warning. Most of the metro got two inches. Laurel 1. 49. Moore 1. 5. Bethesda and other spots. The temperatures have risen to the lower 70s. The main body is out to sea. We have downpours. This is moving north. It will stay along and west of i95. There is significant rainfall. For the moment heavy rain. There is no lightning detected but the heavy down forming on the back of the storm. They are picked up through the everything. There could be additionally ones coming up. Few and far between. Anyone that gets one could get a brief downpour. That will be that. Getting through the day tomorrow the nature of things change with a change in the wind direction. There is a chance of scattered showers. Some of those could be heavy. Sunday we cant rule out isolated shower. But i think as we get through the day we will get sunshine. Breezy. Cool. Ten degrees below average. Take a look at the next ten days. The weather should be fine tomorrow. Montreal comes to play d. C. United. Watch it on newschannel8. Sunday is just isolated shower. A long stretch of the dry weather that is chilly. The temperatures will moderate. We think by next weekend we see temperatures getting close to 70. By then the average h be 74 to 75 degrees. Get used to the cool. It will hang around for 10 to 12 days. Alison thank you. Coming up at 4 30, one of the biggest organized crime rings busted in fairfax. Bank fraud where the investigation started but you wont believe where it ended. Jonathan overcoming grief finding the angel in the outfield. Justin oakley is the rising star and playing through emotional pain on the field. Alison taking to the diamond with an angel in the outfield. Scott abraham has a rising star playing for mom. Scott simple game of catch trying to heal a broken heart. The last words she said was, i love you. Laying on her bed. Scott listen scott he lost his mother. She was only 50 years old. This season the outfielders playing for more than just the love of the game. He is playing for mom. No better way to honor your mother than the way you live here on out. He is a guy that is setting the standard and the tone. Justins mom is always with him every time he steps on the diamond. He told me that he in the field. He is a true angel in the outfield watching over him at all times. She is always in the back of my head. She gives me that competitive drive. When i am feeling tired, she gives me a motivation to get up and keep going. Scott remaining strong in face of adversity. A lot of nights crying, not going to sleep. The u. S. In the lord. We will get through it. Scott with whom smiling down, beaming with pride as her baby boy becomes a young man. Im Scott Abraham with our rising star. Jonathan nice to see him go pro. Ahead for us at abc7 news at 4 00 an underground explosion. Manhole cover blows off a sidewalk in d. C. How big of a problem is this accident . Thats up next. One of the largest organized Crime Operations investigators have seen in Fairfax County. Coming up, details of the operation that could be linked to terrorism. Seen these things . They are all the rage with kids. They are fidget spinners. Why some local schools say keep them at home when i join you at 5 00. Jonathan what you are looking there is caused by a tree that came down. This is the outer loop of the beltway. The crews are cleaning it up. Its shut down until they get the work done. So as we move in friday afternoon commute it will cause backup. Please plan accordingly. If you are just joining us at 4 30. More breaking news out of d. C. Where a terrorist style plot appears to have been foiled. We broke the story at the top of the hour. The d. C. Man charged by the f. B. I. Trying to buy Assault Rifle from the undercover agent. He thought is involved with isis. That man is accused of saying he wants to shoot up a police station. He faces firearm charges. We are gathering more information and well have it at 5 00. Michelle Fairfax County police call it one of the billest busts ever. Jonathan right biggest busts ever. Jonathan they found a organized crime ring well beyond the border of the county. Nancy Jeff Goldberg reports that the investigation started at a bank and ended up taking a surprising turn. Jeff this is one of the largest organized Crime Operations they have seen in the county. It started with bank fraud here in the falls church and the alexandria sections of Fairfax County. The scheme started in january 2015 when 12 to 14 suspects engaged in checkkiting at nine banks. They would write checks and take out money from accounts that had no available cash. Then they bought cigarettes from the stores and then they were respecting vehicles to transport the cigarettes to new york. Price of cigarette in richmond is low. Price in the northeas extremely high. They will transport them up to new york and double the profit. Its extensive investigation and this is a very large group of people which is unusual. 19 of the individuals are in custody and the authorities are confident that they will catch the others. They brought in millions of dollars and a lot is unaccounted for. The federal authorities are looking into weather any of that money is linked to terrorism. Jonathan you can see what is left of the daylight trying to piece through the crowds to get sunshine. Sunshine. We could get more rain on tap. Doug sunday will be the better outdoor weather day than tomorrow. Tomorrow rain is likely in the afternoon. Go back to your crossword puzzle for a bit. Jonathan is on break time. 30second break. Here is what we have. Heavier downpours west of town. More is coming later tonight. There are high water from creeks and the streams that is not out of the erequest. Clear spring, martinsburg could see a little puddles very quickly pile up. Tomorrow is not he the low pressure will spin north and it will bring in the cool showers and gusty winds. The temperatures getting in lower 60s. As i said before, by the time we get to sunday an improvement. Overnight, 53 to 59. Cloudy. Showers are breezy. Southwesterly winds 10 to 15. For weekend, mostly cloudy. Showers expected at time. Midday and the afternoon. Lower 60s. We get into sunday we cant rule out an isolated shower. Period of sunshine, yea, and highs again in the lower 60s. Steve be l be here to talk about the next ten days and see if he can deliver warm weather. Good luck, steve. Nancy that almost sounded evil. Thanks, doug. This is what is left of a manhole explosion in southeast. This is the 1300 block of independence afternoon. The firefighters had to evacuate a nearby home for quite some time this morning. Pepco was called to look jonathan a navy seal has been killed and two other special operators wounded in in somalia. Its a long time since we had anyone killed there. The troops came under fire yesterday. They are in somalia to train soldiers that are filing groups affiliated with alqaeda. Michelle culture of abuse is the claim of the High School Students near pittsburgh. A student thrown to the ground there by a school officer. We have the video and reports that more students are speaking up. This video recorded inside Pittsburgh High School last month shows a 14yearold student in schools office. Then they take the teen in another room and come back with an injury on his hand. The student and his Attorney Says the officer punched him in knocking out his front tooth. There was an altercation with a teacher and the same officer puts williams in a choke hold before slamming him to ground. Williams says the man holding him down while the officer appears to tase him is School Principal kevin murray. I want them removed. They are now represented by the same attorney. He is attempting to place him under arrest. The student is resisting. Principal murray comes to assist. The accusations dont end there. You call me [bleep] punch you in your face. Man to man, bro. 14 years old. Live punch you in the face i will punch you in the face. Another student said he recorded that audio in the principals office. The attorney for the three students says they plan to file civil rights complaints against the officer, the principal and the school district. What we also like to see is that the train be implemented of the violence that has taken place at wood lop hills comes to an end. The officer is no longer working in the school. Michelle still ahead at 4 45 michelle abandoned as a child. Abc7 helps a woman find her family. My gosh. So happy. This is the best thing ever. I feel bad for people that were abandoned. This wouldnt have happened. Michelle so many emotions. Two sisters both abandoned meet for the first time. What they say about the mother will surprise you. Nancy plus, President Trump celebrating the passage of a new healthcare bill. But what he is saying about the Healthcare System in another country that has democrats wondering if he will shift less next. Jonathan we are keeping an eye on live news, breaking news. S flying over the connecticut avenue onramp. In chevy chase. Outer loop to the beltway. It is shut down. They are cleaning up after a tree. A big tree fell covering the lanes there. The tree is gone. They are cleaning up. It will take a while before they reopen the area. An area you want to avoid. More news after this. Jonathan the piloted of the miracle on the hudson, sully sullenburger was flying with the air forces best. How cool is this . He landed a airliner safely in the hudson. But now in f16. He admired the younger pilots and the ability. Its fun to be that good at something difficult to do well. Jonathan they are not good. They are great. By the way, he flew f4s in the air force. He went to air force academy and was a u. S. Air force pilot before he jumped in the commercial ranks. Michelle the younger pilots could learn from him. Nancy if you pray before you fly this is for you. A german align has prayer booths in 300 prayers in 65 languages for religions around the world. So you can privately enter and take off from stuttgart in terminal three. Its the size of a photo booth. Next time you are in germany, there you go. Pick up a pretzel and say a prayer. Michelle speaking of the first flight for the chinese made passenger jetliner that is set to rival boeing bestseller 737. That is a huge deal. C919. Civil aviation milestone for the country. It wont hit the market, though, for another couple of years at the earliest. Next on abc7 news at 4 00 they celebrated before it became law. So what is in the new healthcare bill. Find out how it could affect you if it reaches the president s desk. Jonathan first abandoned as a child. 7 on your side helping her find her real family. You have a full sibling. This is a joke. It was true. Jonathan the incredible reason union that will leave you in tears and what they say about their mother. It will shock you. Its coming up fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been nked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month online, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of their download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com michelle 7 on your side of an alexandria woman abandoned at birth four decades ago. Jonathan with the help of kimberly suiters, an incredible reunion. Nancy see her find ne of her birth family. Kimberly it took 43 years for donna to get to this point. A d. N. A. Kit. There possibly learn more about maybe my birth family. In february of 2016, 7 on your side discovered details about her birth. Abandoned. Left in a differenty towel. Red yarn around her naval. But nothing about her birth parents who were never found. I did question how someone could leave a baby that was just born on the side of a road in a dirty rag in the middle of winter. Half the time babies left like that dont survive. According to the save abandoned baby foundation. Those who do are foundallings, a passion for this genealogical verdicts angela. Its rewarding to give them a gift of identity. Kimberly he reached out to us after she saw our first report. We referred her to d needed nine months to get courage to take the test. It showed her parent was irish. That was an important clue. It really solved the case. Kimberly in january it led to the relatives who identified her birth mother and father and then on st. Patricks day a match for a sister. 11 months younger, irish twin. Incredibly also abandoned. You have a full sibling. Im like this is a joke. It was true. It was true. She was left in a cardboard box. She was left in a cardboard box. A doortodoor salesman thought he heard a kitten and he looked down to find a newborn. They bonded by phone, text, facebook. Days later they booked a flight. 7 on your side cameras were there when the long lost sisters met for the time. Hi. But a cloud hung over the happy reunion. Hours earlier, vanessa got a message from the biological mother threatened to call the police if they contacted her. The painful part for vanessa, she is told she looks sounds just like the woman who left them. If anything i want to be as a good wife and good momma. This person, i dont want to be thought of as being like this person. So will they ever meet her . She doesnt care about us. No. She will never get to meet us. Its a lot to take in. Kimberly over three days they caught up on four decades without each other. Pairing nearly identical baby pictures. Marveling by pure coincidence they chose to do the search weeks apart. Finding out they also have a brother. Oh, my gosh. Im so happy. This is the best thing ever. I feel bad for people abandoned in the past because they could never this would have never happened. Now the sisters plan to move the families closer together. Back to the beach. Where both had been left and both are now found. All three met for the first time last weekend in old town alexandria. We have hid identifies for some family members for privacy reason. To find out more about connecting to your long lost family head to wjla. Com. Larry has a look it at what is coming up at 5 00. Find out what this man was able to do that was amazing. A race for the ages. Find out the local legacy of a horse that abandoned in maryland. Michelle thank you, larry. I shouldnt say this. You have better healthcare than we do but well have great healthcare soon. They have healthcare that covers the hospital visits and the basic healthcare needs. There are options to buy the Health Insurance to cover more complex issues for example the vh1s that require the place to replace and repeal obamacare is on the way to the Senate Passing the house. Now issues in the bill are being revealed. The National CorrespondentKristine Frazao explains thattal rolling back obama era taxes is one thing they are celebrating. A celebration reserved for a done deal. The first hurdle was a big one. The republicans touting the benefit of the bill. So what we have something very, very incredibly well crafted. Others call it a win for taxpayers. Taxpayers will see decline of the taxes with the Affordable Care act. 1 trillion over ten years of new tax the libertarian Cado Institute says the other winners are the individuals. They have Insurance Plan or that they have to offer insurance coverage. Those things were costly to the businesses. The bill barely passed the house would repeal the obamacare subsidiaries for the lower income americans. Eliminate taxes on the wealthy and the insured. A fact that the democrats are pouncing on. We will cover preexisting condition. So long as we are at liberty to jack up the premium to unaffordable levels. That is what we had before. Democrats are not the biggest concern. The Senate Republicans made it clear they plan cantary time and their version will look a lot different. I dont think the house bill show what is is in the senate bill. Kristine in washington, Kristine Frazao, abc7 news. Steve a live look at the skytrak7. Cloudy skies. There is a thunderstorm cluster here. Advancing toward the east. Hagerstown will look for heavier rain 45 minutes. Once it moves out of here, we keep lingering showers in the forecast. Widen the view out a bit. The temperatures will fall to the 70s and the 60s. If you are celebrating cinco de mayo, go to roof rooftop deck. But get a place to stay dry if it should start to rain. Tomorrow upper 50s to lower 60s. Take a look for the weekend outlook. 63 on saturday. 63 on sunday. Better pick of the two days, sundays with more sunshine. Back after this. John thinking of applying for a home or a car loan. You can get your score and get a free score but it is still confusing. As far as getting into detail why my score is the way it is, it was difficult. It should be simpleer to look it up without difficulty. John money manager have three killer to lower the score. The top, is late bills. Even just one late credit card payment. Using more of than a third of the available credit. In other words maxing out credit cards. Three, closing t but the biggest killer is letting anything go to credit. I could take two to four years to bring it back. Doesnt that stink . For a freest mate of the credit score, check creditkarma. Com. The true fico score costs about 10. That is accessed at myfico. Com. If you are planning a major purchase soon check your credit score first. Its worth know something you dont waste your money. John matarese, abc7 news. Larry at 5 00, rape charges drommed against two High School Student dropped against two High School Students in a case that charged national uproar. Other charges that could spell trouble. Close calls and the aftermath. Abc7 takes you the area hardest hit by the extreme weather. What the [bleep] . Why researchers recommending adding the f and other profanities to your routine. Now, abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Larry we begin with breaking news out of falls church. Mobiletrak7 is arriving on the scene of a building fire. This this is by a seafood buffet and a carpet store. Well get you information when it is available. Stay with us. Alison bombshell in the High School Rape case that made headlines across the country. Prosecutors dropping the rape charges against both suspects at Rockville High School saying they dont have the evidence. Kevin lewis was in court when it happened. Montanos family clapped outloud in court as the charges were tossed out. This is asth this afternoon are accusing the prosecutors of bowing down to political pressure. The prosecution is untenable. Montgomerys top prosecutor flanked by the superintendent, county executive and the police chief making a bombshell announcement. All rape and Sexual Assault charges against Henry Sanchez and montano are dropped. The action today have been discussed with the 14yearold girl, attorney and her family. The sources say that girl abrycated a pregnancy days fabricated a pregnancy days before the alleged rape and the night before sent montano 40second long nude video of herself. There were sexually based messages agreeing to the bathroom meetup. She left the class room. She got a pass. She ran to meet him downstairs and walked upstairs. They were kissing, grabbing each other against the locker. She