Even this school bus was caught offguard. All the students escaped unharmed. Elsewhere, the pickup trucks washed away on the roads turned to rivers. The slow creeks became rushing rapids. The crews have been busy with the water rescues. So far no report of injuries. Stay ahead of Severe Weather where you live. Go to wjla. Com text. The stormwatch7 weather team will send warnings about the dangerous weather to your phone. Jonathan now to the devastating fire overnight in the university park. This one had firefighters running for their lives. Look at this picture here. Mayday, mayday, mayday. We have collapse on 5 bravo. Possible firefighters trapped. Jonathan mayday cap went out. Two firefighters were hurt when roof collapsed on top of them. We are told they will be okay. Everything inside the home is a total loss. That included to be a family heirloom. Its a good thing everybody got out okay. Q it is a serious story we are talking about now. Listen, we know now that the fire started in the 67 00 block. They did all they could to save the house but students have to find a new place to live. I was expecting some things to be intact. Q a scene she says she will never forget. Homes going up in flames. She lived her with two other university of maryland students. Two were home when the fire ignited. He was in the library studying for a final. There is nothing. Its like ruined. Firefighters did all they could. The blaze turned on mayday, mayday, mayday. Possible firefighters trapped. Q this is the chunk of the house that scrummabled. I just got pulled out from under it. Im walking out. Im all right. Two firefighters were hurt but will be okay. The students saved themselves. Tony will have to find a new home for her junior year. I dont know. I have no clothes now. One of her housemates was scheduled to graduate tomorrow and her cap and gown went up in flames with the house. A cap and gown she was going to pass on to her siblings. I got off the phone with her and the university is going to replace it as no cost. Everything is good a far as she is concerned. Im the latest from university park. Jonathan you saw it unfold on good morning washington. [sirens] Michelle Police chasing a stole ambulance for mile stolen ambulance for miles sending sparks flying. Tonight we learned william person the man that police say was behind the wheel has a long criminal history including assault and weapons charges. Police say that the man had been taken to the hospital overnight when he was discharged. They say he found the running ambulance, jumped in and took off. He is back in custody. Jonathan we have video that shows yesterdays event in times square was no accident. He makes a uturn and plows through the crowd. One person killed and two dozen more hurt and the man behind the wheel was mentally ill and had smoked marijuana laced with p. C. P. The only thing that stopped him were the barriers. He goes underneath the scaffold. Part of his car. The side view mirror. License plate falling off as he is striking pedestrians. People are being they are on top of the car. Jonathan new concrete barriers are up. Man behind the wheel faces a list of criminal charges including firstdegree murder. Michelle a nut job. That is what the president called former f. B. I. Director james comey in a conversation last week with russian officials. That is according to the new york times. That comes as the deadly attorney general rosenstein briefed congress on the decision to appoint Robert Mueller to investigate russias possible election meddling. I believe that there are a number of coverups. I question whether or not all of them can be investigated pursuing the directions given to director mueller. Michelle also today, the Washington Post reports that the Law Enforcement officials consider a senior white house advisor a person of interest in the russia probe. But they would not name the advisor. Jonathan well, as for starting the first leg of his first overseas trip as commanderinchief. The president and the first lady took off from joint base andrews four hours ago. The when will wind trip begins in saudi arabia includes stop in israel, rome, vatican city, belgium and sicily. He returns to the u. S. Next weekend. Michelle former congressman Anthony Weiner could face prison time after he pleaded guilty to a sex offense today. He admits sending sexually explicit photos and Text Messages to a 15yearold girl. Weiner wept as he pleaded guilty to single count of transmitting obscene torel a minor. He will obscene material as a minor. He will be sentenced in january. Jonathan japan is preparing for a emperor to abdicate. The emperor wants to retire next year but there is no law for abdocation. Today the cabinet changed that. It will be the first at first its a look at not my job. But its no laughing matter. Jonathan this gag ended up with a person in the hospital and another surrendering i need the phone thats where i happen to be. I need not to be missed phone calls. To not be missed. I need seamless handoff. Canyon software. From reception, to landline, to mobile. I need one number. Not two. Im always moving forward. Because i cant afford to get stuck in the past. Comcast business. Built for business. Jonathan talk about the unexpected bump in the road. It could only happen in florida. See the bike down . That is why. Motorcyclist hit a gator and was thrown from the bike. Tenfoot gator crossing the highway. The man suffered minor injuries. The gator, however, didnt make it. Animal experts got to the scene to try tosary it but it didnt work to save it but didnt work. Michelle danger on the runways. This week a flight made Emergency Landing at dulles after striking a bird in takeoff. Of course, we remember the miracle on the hudson back in 2009. Well, now a group of teenagers say they have found a way to stop bird strikes by analyzing how birds see. They believe the solution is as simple as a paint job. We want to be able to look back some day, look up and see the red chevron striebs on an airplane stripes on the airplane. Michelle they pitched the design to united airlines. A spokesperson says they are taking a close look at the Science Behind it. Police officer avoiding attack from of all things a swan. Take a look here. The bird was following this officer who tried to record it. Instead he ended up having to take a run for it. Orlando police say this is another hazard of the job. Jonathan there you go. Now to charleston. A mans gag costume became zero laughing matter. It was bad. People saw a trex running down the street. But horses pulling a carriage did also and they were spooked by this. You see the video from immediately after ward. The horses ended up slamming the carriage to aer a and throwing the driver to the ground. He was hurt. Got to the hospital in time. The man in the custom by the way, the other guys tackled him. He surrendered to police on charges of disorderly conduct. Michelle joke gone bad. Coming up, job that a street mad. Jonathan but first a man bashing in the skull of what was a mannequin. The police say it helped catch a killer. Of providing Reliable Energy and thatll never change. What is changing, is our name to dominion energy. Its a reflection of our commitment to Energy Innovation and cleaner energy like natural gas. And well continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. Dominion energy. More than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. Michelle shocking video from las vegas as police hunt for a killer. Watch this man here. He is bashing the head of what turns out to be a mannequin. Police put the disguised dummy out there in the same area where someone bludgeoned to death two homeless men as they slept. The man caught on tape says he is no killer. I could tell it was a dummy off the bat. I kicked it. You know . Did you hit it with a hammer . No. You never hit it with a hammer . No. Michelle he says he never hit it with a hammer despite the video. The police dont buy the excuses. He goes on trail in august. Jonathan cleanup of a century old munitions site Near American University had to be put on hold. The area used to be used for testing chemical weapons in world war i. The cleanup has bn i was halted when they found a black substance containing trace amounts of mustard gas. This is the stuff that you dont want people handling. We have no reason to believe that this would cause concern to the surrounding area. Jonathan its mustard gas. The army corps of engineers says residents should not be concerned about the material dissipating in the air. The agency hopes to have the site back to normal by the end of the summer. A picture that embodies the phrase not my job. Look at it. The scooter where the truck is. Road crew paved around a parked car in baltimores federal hill. Where the pavement ends, anger begins. Reporter it is rackety on randall street. Yes, indeed. Its a welcome sound for residents who have been waiting for road repairs. Until they saw where the pavement skipped a pot. Through without moving the car. Crazy. Karen and tanya watch the road crews in disbelief. Lazy lazy yeah. Reporter they woner why the vehicle wasnt towed. So the job could be complete. They called me to do a job. I just do the job. Road crews working now say they are not to blame. Why didnt they tow it . I dont have the slightest idea. Residents say there has been confusion from the start. The no parking sign say restrictions in effect from april to november. That is insane. Reporter even as we stood here the barriers were moved. You have no idea when the cones go up. You have no idea what part of the road will be closed when. They tack responsibility for the work which involves improvement to a gas main. In a statement, the company explains after several unsuccessful attempts to reach forward with the restoration work to ensure paving was not delayed. However, they say when the vehicle is moved they promise to return and complete the work. In federal hill, kathleen kairns, abc7 news. Michelle that driver got lucky there. After the barrage of the complaints, baltimore road officials found the cars owner and had it moved. Less than hour later the road crews finished up the job. Jonathan embarrassing there. Significant Traffic Alert heading in the weekend. Twice delayed work to snarl interstate 95 and Northern Virginia begins in less than four hours. 10 00 p. M. The crews will close a lane of i95 south across the neabasco creek bridge. The southbound dale city rest area will be closed. Express lanes will remain southbound all weekend long so that means you can expect the backups in both directions all day saturday and sunday. So you have been warned. Michelle well, the picture of dedication tonight. Take a look the brave whitewater rafters in the middle of a colorado snowstorm. They are actually rafting guides. It turns out this is part of the spring training. They completed that trip in a storm that dumped six inches, yes, six inches of snow in hours. That looks like grueling work. They were thinking spring training im sure they were thinking sunshine, pine trees and a lovely day. Not that. Michelle not so much. Doug part of the high country in colorado said picked up three feet of snow. Incredible. Michelle in may . Doug yes. Jonathan in california they will ski until the fourth of july. Doug we have been watching storms. Give you a live look right now from the camera in chantilly, the udvarhazy center. On the horizon you see the rain showers in the distance. There have been a number of storms. We have a brand new severe warning for west, central Montgomery County. In effect until 7 00. Winds could gust up to 60 miles per there you see. Walk in the frame to show you the areas we are looking at. First off, kensington and then to the north and the west. You find this cell. This is a severe thunderstorm. Lightning and the hail and wind. Moving east. Gaithersburg, just to security the south side of damascus. Make its way eastward to howard county. That is one cluster that we are keeping an eye on. Most of the action is south of the metro. Now we are seeing the storms fire up north and west of the city. Track those. Another will cross over the river. Look at the lightning strikes. 15 to 20 minutes. Hundreds and hundreds. Look at the concentration along the south shore of the potomac. An active weather afternoon. As we pull back you can see where the action is. We have the area south of the metro. Popcorn area of storms. Another big line ohio. This advance of a cold front that will come through and change weekend weather. As far as the future cast goes, the different models has different solutions. This is on target we think. By 00, we have heavy storms north of the city and south of the metro area. Others could develop later tonight and wed have to watch those move across the area. Look at them diminish. The cooler air moves in and the winds turn direction. We have rain and some could be heavy. No rain in the preakness. Cloudy and cool for 142nd running. The temperatures at post time should be at 65 degrees. As far as sunday tracking the taste of arlington. Cloudy an sunny breaks. Cooler and the temperatures only in the 60s. Give you a look ahead at the next ten days. 73 and 69 for the weekend. Warmer with the storms and another cold front on monday. Look ahead, and sunday to memorial day. A warmup as we come in the weekend. Right now it is looking good. Stay with us. We are not tom went to washington to take on the Insurance Companies and the Credit Card Companies and the wall street banks. Thats what Tom Perriello is about. Progressive causes have been my lifes work. Im Tom Perriello. And before and after congress i led nonprofits to battle climate change, poverty and president bushs attacks on civil rights. Now im running for governor to reduce economic inequality. Because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. Todof the Chevy Silverado ring the rollformed steel bed to the aluminum bed of this competitors truck. Awesome. Yeah first, lets check out the aluminum bed of this truck. Wooooow holy moly. Full on crack here. Now lets check out the steel bed of the silverado. Id expect more dents. No holes. Current qualified lessees can get this silverado all star edition for around 249 a month. 1,500 lease cash on select silverado pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Erin at 131 the washington spirit havent started the season the way they hoped but with the recent signg mallory pugh expected to make her spirit debut tomorrow it could change. She is only 19 years old and scored a goal for team usa in last years olympics. The team is fired up over her arival and they cant wait to see what kind of an impact she will make. I just want her to come in and run show. I want her to come in and be that kind of little push we needed. I think us as a team will need that one more notch. She could be the differencemaker. Ends sounds good. Now james brady has something in common with james bond. Aston martin. He said on instagram im no james bond but proud to announce a partnership with aston martin. He is driving the db11 that costs 200,000 he will design his own car. Only 12 will be made and they are expected to cost more than 300,000 each. Former redskins g. M. Scot mccloughan auctioned off two redskins hat for 1,000. The tan suit he wore on game day, it raised another 1,000. So all of the money was split between the Northern VirginiaFamily Service and the redskins charitable foundation. Well done. The nationals hope to continue the domination of the braves as they open a threegale series tonight in atlanta at 7 30. Jonathan a lot going on. Doug a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Montgomery County in effect until 7 00. Lightning with the system and heavy rain moving east. Steve rudin keeping an eye on that. We get updated on the cooler weekend forecast tonight at 11 00. Michelle thank you. World news tonight with david muir up next. Jonathan thank you for watching. See you at 11 00. Rrator the time is to do what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Tonight, we have breaking news as we come on the air. Reports of a man, a foreign national, trying to break into a cockpit on a flight that left from los angeles. Reports he had a suspicious item. Also breaking, as President Trump departs, investigations looking at a staffer inside the white house. Also, what weve learned about the president s conversation with the russians after firing james comey. Also, a car plowing into a crowd in tes