Staff here train for. The big mass casualties. Luckily the children involved here, 22 in total all have minor injuries. We dont know what type of injuries. Take a look at the video. There were four or five ambulances and then the ambulance bus which carried a number of those children. The resources throughout the city were able to respond to other emergency call. We have a call here to obtain extra information and we will bring it to you when we get it. For now, reporting in northwest. Leon stay with abc7 for updates on the story. Even if you cant be by your television, log on to wjla. Com. Scribe to breaking news subscribe to break news alerts to keep you informed. This is one of the biggest weekends ahead in the d. C. Convention center and the possibility of protests will bring big crowds. Getting in and out of d. C. Will be frustrating. We have a roundup so you cant say you werent warned. Jay . Jay im in a primary Seating Location for the Cherry Blossom festival parade that will start tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. Along the beautiful constitution avenue. In the shadow of the national archives. It is going to be a wild, amazing and a potential stressful weekend. So much is going on in a small concentrating area in downtown washington. Start with the list to kick off with the festival. Along the parade route tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. If you want tickets you better get here a few hours early to get a good seat. The route is 7 to 17 day parade, which is going to be in the Judiciary Square area at 1 00 p. M. A huge weekend long science and engineering festival not far from here at the convention center. That is a massive event. Of course the caps game two of the first round playoff matchup against the flyers is at 7 00 saturday night at verizon center. A lot going on. Coming up on abc7 news at 6 00, we will go indepth to what you need to know to stay out of the crazy traffic. Although you might not have much choice in the matter. Reporting live along constitution avenue. In d. C. , jay korff, abc7 news. Michelle throughout the evening on abc7 we will be around d. C. To get ready for the Cherry Blossom parade. Well check in with meteorologist steve rudin and amy aubert will introduce to us parade participants. Leon abc7 and newschannel8 are Media Partners with the cherry want to see the whole thing watch it here by noon or at 2 00 on the sister station newschannel8. Michelle a lot of options there. The National Park service made their deadline to request a grant to fix the memorial bridge. But the Transportation System says the bridge overall is a megaproject. The n. P. S. Transportation system gets 250 million a year. That is how much the bridge repairs could cost. But the 250 million is split over regions across the nation. Our area is 1,330 of the Capital Region allotment. Leon this is the last weekend you can enjoy regular rail service on metro. Fiveweek break from the track work is nearly up. They started the workfree weekend for the Cherry Blossom season when the ridership nearly doubles in town. The break started march 19 and it ends on sunday. Speaking of the transportation the outer loop of the beltway was shut down. Chain reaction crash seriously injuring a maryland state trooper who is still in shock trauma in Critical Condition. Maryland bureau chief brad bell explains if it wasnt for a Good Samaritan the trooper might not be alive today. Tell us about that. Brad it could have been a lot of worse. We are live outside the Shock Trauma Center in baltimore. A fairly sad scene here. There is just around the corner a row of the state police cruisers. I just talked to a First Sergeant who came out who had a somber look on his face and said you know what . The good news is he is still with us. Every passing minute the news gets better. Show you some of the pictures we just got. For the first time a ground level look at this crash yesterday. They were taken by a witness who provided them to us. Along with his narrative today. Describing aer thal Chain Reaction crash. That ended up with the troopers car essentially he got there he realized he had to do something. He hooked the hook from his tow truck to the black mercedes which reareneded and tracked the trooper and yanked it off the car so the fire personnel would have an opportunity to get to the trooper who this man knew was in terrible shape. I come around the passenger side. I shake the trooper. Trooper are you okay . Are you okay . He didnt respond. He didnt respond i just got on the walkie talkie and i said trooper down on 495. Brad terrifying thing to have to do. When we come back at 5 00, more on the investigation into this accident. A number of scenarios being discussed right now. State police not exactly sure what what happened and we will also have more on the condition of this young trooper. In baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon keep us filled in. Folks if you want to see more update over the past 24 hours log on to wjla. Com. And search trooper. We have the story published for you there. A judge is considering whether Defense Attorneys can film a preliminary hearing in the case of Nicole Lovells murder. Natalie keepers is charged with helping david eisenhauer. They want to fill testimony may 20 hearing to prepare for the defense. They say the footage would be kept private. Ruling no it made on the case. Michelle virginia officials are touting a new law that overhauls how Law Enforcement agencies process Sexual Assault evidence kits. Governor Terry Mcauliffe and the attorney general held the signing and they found 3,000 untested kits mostly related to Sexual Assault and rape cases. Mcauliffe said the new law would double the number of tests performed next year. Did Southwest Airlines go far in kicking a muslim woman off the flight for refusing to change seats . That is the claim from her family and the council on americanislamic relations. Suzanne kennedy explains what happened in a trip that started in arlington. Suzanne the takoma park woman travels started here at Reagan National airport on wednesday. She was traveling on Southwest Airlines to seattle, washington, when she ran into trouble on the connecting flight in chicago. Hakima said she asked to switch seats with a passenger so she wouldnt be sitting between two men something that makes her uncomfortable as a muslim woman. The southwest Flight Attendant began to question her about switching seat and then ordered her from the plane. The council on americanislamic relations says the woman was discriminated against because she is muslim. She suffered acute distress and anxiety as a result of the experience. She was publicly humiliated before a plane full of passengers still without knowing could not swatch seats with an agreeable passenger. Suzanne we reached out to Southwest Airlines and they tell us that the Flight Attendant followed proper procedures. Coming up at 5 00 we introduce you to them withs husband to hear what he has to say about what happened to his wife. At Reagan National airport, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Leon new yorks president ial primary is around the corner. But one candidate is spending his friday thousands of miles away. Bernie sanders. He landed in rome this morning. You can see that is the scene. Sanders is at the vatican to address a conference on social, economic and environmental issues. He gave a 15minute long speech. Michelle coming up on abc7 news at 4 00 g. M. Recalling a muslim million trucks. Leon the safety feature that is failing just ahead here. Its been three years since the boston we take a look at how the city is marking that occasion and the finish line ahead of this years race. Doug a lot of things happening around the capital. We have everything affecting the operation, whether youre home, away, visiting. Thats up next. Steve steve rudin live at u. D. C. They are practicing and gearing up for the big Cherry Blossom parade. We have full leon the people of boston are honoring the lives lost in the terror attack three years ago. In 2013 two bombs went off near the finish line of the boston marathon. Three people were killed. More than 200 injured. Events take place today throughout the city to mark the day. Look at this. This is the finish line this year for the boston marathon, which is going to be run on monday. 120th boston running of the race. 500,000 people are expected to cheer on the pl approximately 30,000 runners. Michelle Charles Manton follower Leslie Van Houten could soon be a free woman. And conspiracy in the slaying of leo and rosemary la bianca a day after actress sharon tate and four others were killed. The parole proposal will be reviewed and the final decision is up to governor jerry brown. Leon a judge refused to reduce bonds for two wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill the classmate. Authorities say the girls lured a classmate in the woods after a birthday sleepover and repeatedly stabbed her. The investigators say the girl hoped it would hern them a home in slender mans mansion, a fictional horror character. They have been in custody for two years. The attorneys say the families cant afford the bond. Michelle a 7. 0magnitude earthquake struck saturday morning in japan. The same region a magnitude 6. 2quake struck six days earlier. There was a tsunami adv they are still going through the rubble to find anyone trapped. Leon 7 on your side consumer alert. President obama wants to lower the table bill. The Administration File ald formal request with the f. C. C. To ask that the Pay Television providers open up the market to competition. Right now consumer stros go to big Cable Companies to get the box which can cost folks money. Administration hopes to lower cost for consumers getting other companies to enter the market and compete. General motors is recalling more than a million trucks because of the seat belts may not hold people in a crash. The 2014 silverado and the siera 1500. They found the problem analyzing the warranty data. G. M. Says there havent been report of crashes or injuries but call the dealer if you think you have a problem. Michelle what a horrible scene. Big rig full of wine crashed in Northern California near san francisco. The highway was a huge mess to shut down a the crews had to unload each broken wine. Leon they just need a truck full of cheese and then bread to come by. Straight if napa, too. Time for a check of the traffic situation. Jamie sullivan has details. Jamie yesterday was a rough ride. Nothing is closed now but we have accidents. Virginia, northbound 95 getting through the triangle the crash is past that point. Dropping you down to 11 miles per hour. Now we always have the southbound slowing. You can see it here. Take a live look at the accident to show you what we have. Everything was blocking the left lane. It moved to the Left Shoulder but the delay is in place because everyone is looking over to see what is going on. We move to the maps we will focus in on the big picture now. Yes, the b patches. This is typical. But a crash we are hearing about on the freeway. Outbound after the third street tunnel the left lane is blocked. If you have to travel to Reagan National airport we have closures in place. Just a heads up. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Michelle be on the lookout for the parade closures tomorrow. We are talking about this. The big one is the national Cherry Blossom festival. Leon abc7 a media partner of the festival this year. We will air the parade tomorrow at noon. Steve rudin is at the headquarters and how is it going . Steve a lot going on. Practicing for opening routine to start at 10 00 two special guests. Diane from the national Cherry Blossom parade and rob, Good Morning America weekend senior meteorologist for abc news. What do we have going on here this weekend . A lot. Im happy to participate in the parade Cherry Blossoms. I will be a reporter to talk to the people like diana. I have heard about the parade and the festival but this is my first time. What makes this so special . Seeing the kids coming, there are thousands of people participatg who have their own special moment. That is my favorite part. They look nervous back here. Have a complicated choreography here. Thank you. They only do it in one day. They practice ahead of time and do it all together in one day. Steve besides the acts from the kids we have what else to expect . A lot of balloons . Wonderful balloons. You are coming down to carry. We have fabulous floats. Tiffany, jersey boys, a lot of fun performers. Steve awesome. Looking forward to it. The weather will be absolutely spectacular. Not only for the day tomorrow but for the upcoming weekend. Even beyond. More on that, we head back to doug and michelle and leon. Leon like the sound of that. Doug you dont know how many fridays have i spent on a news desk hemming and hawing. Well the weekend, well, this time its perfect. Michelle we like when it cooperates. Doug cool in morning. Uper 40 to low 50s but it will warm up and be fine. Get started with a look at things around the area now. We have a live look at the rockville. The rockville campus of the montgomery campus. Afternoon with cloudiness skies thanks to a massive ridge of High Pressure in the atmosphere. The wind direction, we are staying cooler. Would you rather have five days of rain and 75 degrees or five day of sunshine and 60s . I will give you two seconds. I wont. This is what we want. 62 in the capital. Forecast tonight one thing missing. You dont see a forecast advisory. Crystal clear skies and light winds. I told you yesterday this is omega ridge because the circulation that coming up and around and out of the system looks like the greek letter omega. This is the system when you get under one usually under a week or so with the fine this is how it warms up sunday and monday. Cherry blossom parade weather looks great all week. We continue here the night before. 56 with sunshine. If you are in direct fun it will feel warmer than the air temperatures. In the afternoon if you are planning to attend the d. C. Toronto game at 5 00, it will be spectacular. Plenty of sunshine. Temperatures in the mid60s. You can watch that live on newschannel8 at 5 00 p. M. The next seven days there will be changes and maybe a chance of showers. That may come as early as next friday afternoon. Look how many more sunny days we have. That will take a string to five, six, seven, eight like 12 sunny days in a row which doesnt happen around here that often. Look at that. 79, close to 80 monday. Cooler on tuesday. Wednesday, thursday are fine. Then the next frontal system to bring us showers by friday. Leon the only thing we ca michelle use it to wash out the air. Leon thank you, doug. You may have heard about the a. M. C. Movie theater chain considering the creation of the designated theaters for people who want to text on the phones while watching movies. The theater chain is backing off the plan. It caught a lot of heat. Some say they want the theaters so people two want to use their phones can be with other people who want to use the phone and away from people two dont want to be around people using their phone. Michelle watch it at home then. What do you think . This is the subject for the twitter poll today. Did a. M. C. Do the right thing in pulling back . We are at abc7 news. We want to hear from you. Results in a half hour. The kids like doing that. Michelle the mllennials. Leon are you one of them . No. If im in the movies the phone is off. Leon i like you more and more. The nba h decision whether to host next years allstar game in North Carolina. We tell you what they decided coming up. Michelle look at repairs five years after earthquake caused massive leon the law the citks say discriminate against the lgbt in North Carolina taken up by the nba. They ar allstar game that is scheduled to be played in charlotte. Stephanie ramos have the decision. Reporter they will not be moving the allstar game out of the tar heel state for now. The best role is to play through constructive engagement toward change. Not setting deadlines. Not making ultimatums. Reporter a Bipartisan Group of senators writing to the nba commissioner adam silver urging the organization to take a stand against North Carolinas socalled bathroom law. Silver agrees the law is problematic. But says he has faith that North Carolina will make changes before the allstar game ten months from now. This is about something bigger than the nba. Reporter the North Carolina governor made changes to the state law but it does not extend to protect gay families. Other states are introducing and passing similar bills and also facing threat of boycott. In mississippi, a law businesses the right to deny service to member of the Lgbt Community based on rely you moral belief. Similar law in south dakota and georgia have been vetoed. Previously rejected bill in kansas, minnesota, tennessee have been revived. In South Carolina this week, a public hearing on the socalled bathroom law drew a crowd to the state house. I just ask for you to look at me and tell me that i believe in a mens restroom. The republ