Reporting life from the west front lawn of the capitol, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Alison ok. In the last hour the department of justice announced its opening a civil rights investigation into the death of a man in the custody of Baltimore Police. Freddie gray died saturday nearly a week after being arrested. Six officers between the ages of 25 and 45 are suspended during this investigation. A vigil for freddie gray is set to begin within the hour. We will take you to it live coming up at 5 30. And we have new developments to tell you about tonight in the wrongful death of a man at the hands of Fairfax County police. Today, the board of supervisors announced a nearly 3 million settlement in the death of john geer. Geer was shot and killed by a Police Officer after that officer responded to a domestic disturbance in august 2013. That officer is no longer on the force. We will have more on the settlement today coming up at 6 00. Scott . Scott a developing story, alison tonight about the vaccines designed to keep us from getting measles, mumps and rubella. Tonight, a massive study finds there is no definitive link between that m. M. R. Vaccine and autism. Kelly lynn is here to explain. Kelly . Reporter even though multiple studies have indicated no link between the vaccine and autism some people continue to make the association. Now a new study in the journal of the American Medical Association could help put that belief to rest. The researchers wanted to know if recipients of the m. M. R. Vaccine had an increased risk of developing an Autism Spectrum Disorder especially children who had an older sibling with autism. After studying more than 95,000 children who enrolled in a large health plan and following them from birth to 5, scientists conclude theres not a connection. We found no evidence of a harmful association between the m. M. R. Vaccine and Autism Spectrum Disorders. This is true even among those children who are at increased risk of having Autism Spectrum Disorders by virtue of having an older sibling with it. Reporter its important to note that using a large objective data base is very important with analyzing these disorders. The condition can differ depending on the child. Back to you. Scott virginia is one of several states sending specialists to indiana to help with an h. I. V. Outbreak. 1 135 people have tested positive in scott county north of the kentucky line. Now the intervention specialists from virginia colorado and missouri are going to indiana to help track down people who may have shared needles or had unprotected sex with those testing positive. Indianas Health Commissioner believes that the outbreak started with drug users sharing needles. Alison switching gears, to the weather now. Mother nature not looking for a repeat of last nights fireworks tonight. Scott we are not. Doug hill is in the Storm Watch Weather Center and he has the forecast. Doug we have bright sunshine outside here in rosslyn. 65 degrees right now. And offseen football practice and its going to run around this evening, temperatures mostly in the 60s. 70 at Reagan National and winds still a bit of an issue. And the winds will continue to change eventually tonight. But the highest elevations and the ridge tops will continue to be rather gusty from hagerstown past martinsburg and winchester as well. Tonight, well see the winds diminish. Temperatures slowly fall from the 60s into the 50s in most areas. Should be a great night weatherwise out at nats park with temperatures falling. A jacket is a good recommendation and through the day tomorrow, looks like well have partly sunny skies getting well into the 60s and a chance of showers and thundershowers tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. Well check out the weekend for you in just a couple of minutes. Alison . Alison ok doug. Thank you. Meanwhile, we have new information in the case of a woman accused of abandoning her disabled son in the woods. Nyia parler waived extradition back to pennsylvania to face charges including attempted murder. Police say parler gave her son a blanket and a bible and then drove to see her boyfriend in silver spring. Investigators say parlers quadriplegic son also has Cerebral Palsy and would have died if someone wouldnt have found him. More than thousands attended todays funeral for grace mann in falls church. The university of Mary Washington street was strangleed in her fredricksburg home last week. Police charged one of manns roommates with first degree murder. Steven vander briel is being held without bond at the rappahannock jail. Scott a horrific accident this morning. Route 404 known as queen anne highway reopened in the last 15 minutes at church lane. Brad bell is live at that scene and the latest with the investigation. Brad . Brad yes scott, its been an all day effort. This crash happened at 7 00 a. M. , as you said, and just in the last halfhour, they got this road open and you can see that the tracks are the cars are now moving over the area where the crash was. You can see that the disturbed area, that was it. The work that was going on now and environmental crew out here cleaning up some of the oil that was spilled. This was a massive crash. The two big rigs are barely recognizable. In the foreground, the burned out remains of the truck which had been headed eastbound with a load of lumber. State police found the body of a male driver in there. Behind it that twisted mess is the cab of the westbound truck. A man and his female passenger killed in there as the trucks hit head on at highway speeds. The impact was it was a devastating impact. Brad the state Police Investigation is just Getting Started but it appears that it was the westbound truck which fails to stay in its lane. This tractortrailer shows the first impact of this terrible collision. You can see the marks on the side. It was sideswiped by the truck heading in the opposite direction which about a couple hundred yards down the road crossed the double yellow line and hit another truck head on. This stretch of route 404 is a major cross shore route for beach goers, commuters and commerce, it is a road with a bad reputation. Its a crazy road. I hate driving on it. Brad regular users of 404 say the combination of high speeds and just two lanes makes it a frightening route. Thats a dangerous road. Its been dangerous for a long time. Thats why they have you keep your headlights when youre driving on it and not see people drive on that road at 90 miles an hour. Brad now the Maryland State Police just in the last minute have released the identities of the People Killed in the crash out here. The driver of that westbound tractortrailer, 38yearold Brian Hutchison of raymer tennessee. His passenger, 24yearold danielle mumford, del mar delaware is her home. They had a pet dog in the truck. Dog also died in the crash. The deceased driver of the eastbound tractortrailer was identified as terry coward 52 years old of culpepper, virginia. And now the police say that their investigation is still ongoing into exactly what happened out here. But at this point, they are confirming what we reported and that is that that westbound truck, the man and woman aboard crossed the double yellow line and hit that other tractortrailer head on. In maryland brad bell, abc 7 news. Scott terrible situation. All right, brad. New developments tonight on the theft of tens of thousands of dollars worth of bourbon kentucky. Authorities indicted nine people today. They say the destillry workers started making off with the whiskey in 2008 or 2009 and stole more than any one person could drink in a lifetime. Alison well 7 on your side tonight with an update for you on that smelly situation outside of the whole foods on p street. We told you about this yesterday. Stephen tschida is there with a look at what happened since we first reported the story yesterday. Whats going on there today, stephen . Stephen alison just hours after our story about this cloud of stench hanging over the stretch of p street aired all of these trucks showed up here with a lot of work. This is what they spent the day focused on right over here. I want to show you what the real source of the problem is right down there. You see those grates with the xs. Well we have discovered that that is where the smell was coming from. After weeks of enduring a stench that had people cringing and coughing finally an aggressive effort to clear an apparently cloged sewer line which was causing all the stink. It had its day. And now that its over. Stephen workers with pepco arrived to uncap manholes while d. C. Water went after whatever it was to plugging the line and polluting the air. The action welcome by those who walk this stretch of p street right in front of the oh so busy whole foods. All right. It was unbearable to have lunch out here. Stephen we just talked with some of the workers. Theyre getting ready to pull out of here. Now, we have learned that what had happened was the sewer line backed up. It was pooling in the pepco manhole vault down there. It had been collecting in there for weeks. A lot of people coming up to us throughout date and saying thank you for the fresh air. Roaring live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Alison oh man, what a relief. Im sure theyre very happy. Thank you, stephen. All right. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 four Corrections Officers are facing charges in our area tonight. Were going to tell you what theyre accused of doing. Scott plus 100 committed to getting this right. Scott a nationwide recall of ice cream. Find out where its sold in our area. Alison and then a little bit later feel like busting loose busting loose alison sounds pretty good but the nats are changing their tune. Were asking why the team did away with that home run song that fans voted for back when the park opened. Reporter it was a panic stricken 911 call. Today, a brother and sister rescued from a burning home met the men and women who saved their lives. That emotional reunion r youre doing a great job, ok. Scott brother tries to comfort his sister as flames ripped through their familys home and today, those children were able to meet with the 911 operator on the other end of that call as well as some of the firefighters who came to their aid. Kevin lewis is live in Fort Washington and has a look at that special meeting. Kevin . Kevin it really was an amazing day and something great to witness here. It was around 7 00 a. M. On sunday when the bells of this firehouse rang out. The one behind me right now is pulling out of the drive here when radio dispatchers told them two children were trapped in a burning home. Marcus and alleyah mccoy all smiles meeting the firefighter that saved their lives. On sunday smoke filled their clinton home. Trapped in an upstairs bedroom i was hoping they got there fast. Kevin brother and sister made a frantic call for help. I dont think there is a word for that. Kevin the 911 operator thrilled to meet the mccoy siblings in person. Said thank you and she said thank you and all i could say is you are both so brave and marcus, you saved her life. Kevin just released from Childrens Hospital when i stood up and the heat hit me, it was real hot. Like an oven. Kevin marcus and alleyah are thankful to be alive. He couldnt see anything because it was like the smoke was thick and i found the firefighters hand and he found me. Two beautiful kids. What sticks out to me the most is how much the brother cared about his sister. Thats to be commendable. Im picturing in my head hes doing exactly as im saying. Its probably before im telling him to do it and hes listening to me and hes calm and hes holding his sister and listening to me. Kevin doctors at Childrens Hospital in d. C. Released marcus and alleyah yesterday. No word of when the pair will return to school. Mark my words, theyll have an amazing story to share with their friends at lunch time. Live in Fort Washington, im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Alison what a story, kevin. Thank you for bringing for us. The storms that we have left behind a must see show in the sky. This was in new york this morning. Not one. Not two or even three rainbows. Amanda curtis posted this picture of a quadruple rainbow in glenn cove new york today. She said she spotted it while waiting for her train this morning. And amanda says it must mean there are four pots of gold on the other end. Thats got to be unusual. Scott do we ever see that . Doug its been seen before and it wasnt photoshopped, it was real. It was a very rare and unique combination of atmospherics to be able to get that at that point in time. Maybe there are four pots, i dont know. Jackpot scott i got to get to new york. See you later. Doug were in fine shape tonight. We have sunshine. Temperatures in 70s at spots. Take you to the time lapse. Beautiful morning. It has been a gorgeous day and well continue to see partly cloudy skies and even clearing at times. More clouds moving and north and west of metro washington maybe a sprinkle. This is just gorgeous out there. Look at that. Delightful weather with temperatures in the 60s and 730 degrees. Its 60 degrees at southern frederick county, maryland. And the winds diminishing just a little bit. Thats the expectation tonight lighter winds. 70 right now at Reagan National airport. 69 at fredricksburg. 65 at baltimore and 66 degrees in annapolis. Pollen, a big story today. This is not going to come as a news alert for the fellow allergy sufferers here. Very high range, highest pollen count of the season for tree pollen and mold spores, thats going to be in the moderate range as counted this morning. Gusting at times at 21 to 20 miles an hour around the area. Higher gusts at the Higher Elevations much thats whats to be expected. Wind at lower elevations will be developing first. And those winds will diminish later tonight as well. So we have a temperature in line and well probably wake up to temperatures between 44 and 52 degrees and somewhere in the 1 00 2 00 area sprinkles far north and west of town with a band thats moving that way. Air temperatures turning chilly behind a front and were thinking most of this cold air will back out into canada. It will get chilly around the next several days. And looking beyond to the next several weeks in general, below average temperatures for a large part of the mid atlantic including our area. So days now in the 60s and even some highs struggling to get to 60. Thats in the immediate future. Now, starting tonight well keep our eyes on this increasing cloudy late tonight. Youll see on the satellite and radar, few sprinkles and showers. Most should watch out over the mountains. Few sprinkles north and west of town not out of the question. Tomorrow well see the sunshine for a while. Cold front will give us a 60 chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. Our futurecast shows by 7 00 in the morning, band of showers developing west of the appalachians and alleghenies. A little bit of sunshine in between and Late Afternoon and evening, scattered showers and isolated thunder. That, too, should pass quickly out of the picture and well be in fine shape thereafter. Here we go with the seven day. Tomorrow, a 60 chance of afternoon showers, isolated thunder. Mid 60s. Cool on thursday. Breezy, too. 60 on friday. Late day shower possible saturday. Only 60 he degrees. Back in the mid 60s with partly cloudy skies. Very pleasant. Alison thank you very much. Scott perfect weather for this next story. Flying high the u. S. Department of transportation celebrating earth day with its new rooftop butterfly garden. It unveiled the new installation at the departments headquarters in southeast today and the butterfly population has been on the decline in recent years. Officials say the pollinators play an Important Role in Environmental Health our food system and the economy. And abc 7 is excited to help you go to disneyland. Hows that sound . Live with michael and kelly will be broadcasting from the California Park in the middle of next month and starting monday you can watch good morning washington and find out the days magical clue and then log on to the wjla Facebook Page to enter for your chance to win a trip to join them. Scott the president is enjoying something he hasnt had for two years. Tonight. Find out what that is coming up. Alison but first theyre just looking for that and dont know what to do next. Alison students rally in support of some classmates after they say their School District did nothing to help them. Alison trending now. Students rallied in support of the Lgbt Community after they organized an antigay day at their school. They allegedly took part in a demonstration last week. Students wore flannel shirts and they wrote antigay and drew crosses on the back of their hands. The pictures spread on social media and now people on both sides of the controversy are speaking out. I told them just be who you are and share your faith. And they have promised me that theyre going to do that. Alison the School Superintendent said in a statement the School District is committed to providing a safe and protective environment for all children. Scott four Correctional Officers are facing charges of their own tonight. They are accused of smuggling contraband i jail. Diane cho is live in annapolis and has the latest on this developing story. Diane . Diane they were arrested this morning here at the jail behind me after an investigators say they were caught smuggling in cell phones and cigarettes in exchange for money. These four detention officers are now facing a number of charges after a grand jury indicted them on friday. Im horrified at the apparent breach of public trust that we just learned about. Diane between all of them they face 61 charges ranging from attempted bribery to misconduct in office. We believe its isolated to this group of four here and we