Not criminal matters and shouldnt be in court. The third point at this stage of the trial. The judge, the man at the heart of this, judge barry williams. This is a bench trial. No jury. He must decide guilt or innocence. He has been with this case through the motions. He knows just about everything there is to know about it. But he must set aside his knowledge of certain bit and pieces of evidence. Certainly an interesting trial. It is still going on right now. It started at 9 30 this morning. We will go back in. We will come back at 5 30 with a complete report and we will tell you about a dramatic video that was played in the courtroom today that actually drew some groans from the audience. That is coming up at 5 30. In baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan we will see you then. A bad crash developing in wheaton. Three calls involved in the center of the sc this is randolph road. An area you want to avoid. You can see it is backing up traffic in one direction. They have only one lane squeezing through there. And if you are in aspen hill now and you are wondering what is going on at the giant store, a person accidently drove their car into the Grocery Store. A few people were treated for minor cuts and breezes. Everyone we are told is okay. Have not figured out why the person thought the Grocery Store was a drive through. Today a helping hand to make life better for kids in the battle for their lives. Michelle diane cho was there when volunteers helped build play set for children fighting cancer. Diane today, four kids in the National Capital reason fighting cancer got v. I. P. Treatment with a chance to forget about the diseases for arrest while. Volunteers with the Rock Solid Foundation partnered with Keller Williams and Capital Properties at 4yearold olivias home in centreville to help build a play set for her and her brother at their home. She was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago and has more of a year left of treatment to go. Limo this morning. They went out for breakfast and they went bowling when the volunteers turned the backyard in their own personal playground. Its really incredible so many people would come and support us. They dont know us. Having a place to congregate at our own house, lucas can play. We can be with libby and its a great big deal. Diane the Rock Solid Foundation helped complete 200 projects from play sets to remodeling bedrooms for children fighting cancer since 2009. Jonathan . Jonathan thanks. Some incredible video to show you from across the country. Look at this. That is all hail in the street. Its not snow or from a few months ago. That is going on now. That hail is having to be dug out of the road. The other day they had severe storms dumping heavy rain. You add them together and you are dealing with the flooding. Look at that. They are using skip loaders and front end loaders to move all of that hail around. Michelle it makes our weather not look so bad. Its looking out for rain possibility of that happening. To extend that long going streak now. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with us. We are pay past two weeks at this point. Doug 15 days. If we get. 01 at Reagan National between now and midnight it will make it 16 days. If we dont, we wont. We have a chance to do it. Showers all day west of interstate 81. Now they are creeping eastward a bit. The reason is the persistent wedge of the cold, damp air through the midatlantic and the northeast and new jersey and delaware. So, these showers as may move eastward they are not having much success. They encounter the cool, stable air and they go away. They may be later tonight as the frontal zone tries to shift. Maybe a few scattered showers later tonight. We have a much better chance tomorrow as the cold front approaches. Showers and thunderstorms could be widespread in some part of the region. Future cast. Cloudy skies. Winds turn southeast. We are getting a change in lo showers and storms are midday tomorrow. We might get a touch of sunshine later in the afternoon. Back to you. Jonathan thanks. Now to one of the Fastest Growing sports across the country. Lacrosse. Michelle yeah. There are questions about its safety, particularly among women. Alison starling is here now with the concerns. What is going on . Alison good afternoon. There is actually a lawsuit now. Florida teen family is suing another student player. Their daughter was injured in a game. What happened is raising questions over safety. And the risk you take when you play a sport. The parents of a Florida High School lacrosse star claim this hit caused their daughter Kendall Holly to suffer traumatic brain injury; leading to pain and suffering, mental anguish and permanent scarring. They are suing Florida State and the county Athletic Association. Also named in the lawsuit is ellie, the former Florida High School pl hit kendall with a strick during a scammable for the ball. We need to bring attention to the matter before another child gets something worse. Illegal slashes are not unusual in competitive lacrosse. But they believe the trainers, coaches and the refs should be held accountable for keeping kendall in game, even though she showed signs of having a concussion. I went behind the bleachers. I vomited and collapsed in the parking lot. The Florida High SchoolAthletic Association says they cannot comment because it is an ongoing legal matter. Ellie has yet to comment. Legal watchers wonder if it could open the door for the High School Athletes to sue each other for actions that take place on the field. So for more, abc news analyst dan abe rams provided insight. This is his take on who the lawsuit has merit. There have been a number of lawsuits with regard the fundamental question were the same. Were they negligent . Did the coach see something that should have led to action . To removing . Was it clear there was a concussion . Were they trained properly . These are the typical questions that come into play when deciding was the coach, was the school negligent in this particular case. They are fact specific. They are going beyond that, this family and saying that the opposing player suing her. That is a real longshot. The idea you will be able to win a lawsuit against the opposing player. To win that kind of lawsuit the conduct has to be so egregious. You would need someone nowhere near the ball and you go up and smack them. Or Something Like that. Because you do assume a level of risk. Alison so you can see how many different doors this opens for discussion. Michelle its crazy that they are not wearing helmets, because that might help in some of these cases. Alison that was the first thing you brought up when you where are the helmets. Jonathan womens lacrosse. Its not like they are picking daisies. They play as hard as the guys and run just as fast. A game that is aggressive and you are swinging a stick. My son when he played it, he had a helmet on. Thank goodness he did. Alison absolutely. This is the subject of the twitter poll today. A lot of people wonder about the helmet issue. Should high school and college womens lacrosse players be required to wear helmets like the male counterparts . We know its a different game. The equipment, et cetera. But share your thoughts about this. So far 80 say yes, women and girls should be wearing helmets in this sport. So tomorrow well hear from a school that claims it is the first in the country to mandate helmets for their womens team. Jonathan it make sense. You are swinging sticks. When they throw the ball, a hard ball. Michelle i know. I got hit in camp. Alison you never played again after that. Michelle never picked up the lacrosse stick after that. Alison why not . Jonathan it doesnt make sense its the same game. Playing at the same level. Around the nation, dramatic cell phone video out of california. Check this out. This captures a van pulling a driver out of a wrecked fiery car. This is the aftermath of a street racing crash. At first, they are shooting video this is horrible, get it on video. But he realized he was in the car and burning and it was hurt. He put his phone down and pulled the guy to safety. The driver is expected to survive. Michelle the gun that zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin is no longer up for auction. He shot and killed the unarmed teen in 2012 but was acquitted of the charges. He was selling the weapon to the highest bidder on the site gunbroker. Com but it was pulled less than an hour after bidding went live. Zimmerman called the weapon a claimed that the smithsonian expressed interest in it. Today on twitter, the smithsonian denied this claim. Jonathan coming up for us at abc7 news at 4 00 eating your own words. We talk to a columnist that just finished having lunch. Michelle highyield problem. Who forced the woman to wear them and why is it sparking a national conversation. The goal should be to get people out here. Jonathan historic park goes to the dogs. Controversy and the confusion about this one. We have it for you c thank you. Ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. I order b14. I get b14. No surprises. Buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster White Knuckle thrill ride. Youre promised one speed. But do you consistently get it . You do with comcast business. Its reliable. Just like kung pao fish. Thank you, ping. Reliably fast internet starts at 59. 95 a month. Comcast business. Built for business. Michelle check this out, video from the opinion writer dayna millbank getting a ninecourse mill of his own words. He predicted donald trump would not win the nomination and pledged to eat his column. To prove he is not full of it, he is now literally full. He did it. He ate his words. Dana is joining us. How was the peel . It was long. And expensive. You know there was really good food there. Victor from del campo cooked up eight dishes from around the world. Finished it with newspaperfiltered cof wine, which was sort of the worst part. The larger the pieces of the newspaper the harderer it was to get down. You can grill a newspaper or pickled it or soak it in beer. It is still a newspaper. It wads up in your mouth when you chew it. Michelle so it wasnt disguised to the point you didnt realize there was newspaper in there. You can taste the chunks. A nice ground newspaper and pork dumpaling. These were quite good. I was a finally ground newspaper. It gives its texture. Its chewier than before. I recommend for your viewers who like to eat newspaper, they want to grind it up as much as possible first. Michelle quantify for us about how much would you estimate that you ate in terms of the actual newspaper . The chef says all the food presented to me would be a so i tried to calculate eating he said it was at least one. I believe i heath my own words and at one point i noted i was eating a rolex ad that popped up from other pages. Michelle while you are at it, you might as well. At any point do you wish you had been more concise with your writing . At least they didnt run a picture with the story. At least i didnt run it in color. That would have introduced all kind of other toxins. You know, i have no idea about the toxicity level of the Washington Post ink. Its been a few hours and im still here. Michelle last question here. Does it put an end to any future predictions . Well, i mean, i make predictions in this line of work. I may decide that if trump loses i may have a celebratory meal rather than declaring what ill have to eat if he wins. Ill try to be kinder to my digestive t we thank you for sharing it with us in your own words. Thank you. Jonathan given what we have seen on them Campaign Cycle he might get a taste for his own words. Donald trump, while we are talking about it, he was on capitol hill today and meeting with the top g. O. P. Leaders to unify the party. He met with the House Speaker paul ryan who previously said at that point he couldnt endorse the president ial candidate. Ryan says that the meeting was encouraging and that the two penalled to Work Together despite their difference pledged to Work Together despite their differences. We bring in Political Correspondent scott thuman. What is the takeaway from the meeting . Scott there is possibly room for optimism between all sides involved in this. We have four different takeaways in this. The first is they are unified on one level. Beat Hillary Clinton. They said no matter what, that is the ultimate goal. That is where they will see eye to eye. Of course it doesnt mean that everything went smoothly. There are policy differences from trade to abortion to medicare reform. This is not an endorsement. Very hesitant is paul ryan. He wouldnt go that far. Support doesnt mean endorse. He blew it off. And that is what we are hearing from the bush family and the previous nominee mitt romney. They are staying back from that particular word. The house and the Senate Leaders are, of course, saying they had meetings with this, too. This is all about planting seeds and getting past initial stages. They want to create a dialogue to be in this on the long haul. The other thing to mention they are talking about big differences because Donald Trump Republican now hasnt always been. He was a democrat for a long time. So that is where they arent going to see eye to eye on some of the major issues like trade, like abortion. Jonathan we dont expect him to sing kumbaya. No republican president ever had the cabinet in his corner so it doesnt strike it as being unique. Who is making a big deal out of this . Scott paul ryan said mitt romney an eye on a lot of issues but this is a largest contrast. They admit they have to bury the hatchet. But whether they can do that is yet to be seen. Donald trump called lindsey graham. They had a phone conversation. Graham said it was great talking to him. Hasnt changed my stance. There will be a lot of republicans that have been on the hill a long time to say yeah, he can come and make amends but it doesnt mean i will endorse this man. Jonathan mainly because he is an outsider and not a politician, all the other folks are . Scott that may be one way to look at it but if they unify in the concept of beat Hillary Clinton they will coalesce a little bit. Jonathan well get closer to it, coalesce more. Scott perhaps. Michelle sony wants to be able to take a picture at the blink of an eye. Literally. Its looking into creating a contact lens that acts as a digital camera. Sony filed an application to patent the lens. Sony says the lens would be able to capture still images or video using embedded sensors and camera 27yearold man in china used rubix cubes to win over his crush. But unfortunately didnt land him a date. The heartbreaking tale going viral after the man posted photo of the finished product on social media. Jonathan holy cow michelle he spent two months and hundreds of dollars planning a huge mosaic portrait of his dream girl. But unfortunately, she did not return his feelings. She was apparently moved by this bizarre gift. Jonathan she may have thought it was weird, too. There is that. Check this out. The Fire Department in taiwan had to rescue a woman from the elevator after it stopped working in an earthquake. Video here. You can see this is blurry and grainy. You can see what they are doing. They are prying open the doors. The crew got to elevator where she was, pried open the door and pulled her to safety. 5. 8magnitude quake that hit the east coast of taiwan. Witnesses say te no major damage has been reported. Huge speaking of damage, talk about the evening commute. There is always damage out there. Jamie sullivan is keeping an eye on things for us. Jamie its never ending. We start with the issue we are seeing in Montgomery County. Take a look here. You can see this activity. Traveling on veers mill road. This is at ran doll road. You see the activity. We have two right lanes getting by. Now all the lanes are getting by eastbound. Except we may have just Police Activity blocking off the left lane. If you live in Montgomery County in the wheaton area this may be an issue for you. As far as slowing. 66 typical slowing as you head outbound. 16 miles per hour. You can see here some of the volume as you head out. As you approach fairfax and you continue out, traffic does loosen up and get better. That northwest corner, capital beltway inner loop is heavy. 66 continuing to the American Legion bridge. We have had a few accidents. Nothing major right now that you have to worry about. Leaving the city. Yesterday 395 northbound was bumper to bumper getting into the city. No problems today. Just the normal southbound slowing. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Michelle thank you. We are getting some cool images from nasa tonight. Its giving us a birds eye view of possible volcanic eruption on bristol island. Its Atlantic Ocean between south america and antarctica. They show the heat signature of what is hot lava and white plumes trailing from the crater. The volcano on the island hasnt erupted in 60 years. Jonathan its good to say uninhabited to look at it from space and all is well. Michelle we have been keeping our fingers crossed for sunshine. But we are so close to extending the streak jonathan breaking records. Michelle why not . Doug we have 15 days and running for consecutive days with the measurable rain in washington. There is a chance we could have more measurable rain to but things are changing. They will change tomorrow as a cold front comes sweeping through. Jonathan what season are we in . Doug spring. We get the cold weather situations where the cold air is pinned up against the eastern slope and the appalachians and socked in. It happens every season. Sometimes more profoundly than most. Get started. 65 degrees. We have cloudy skies and are used to seeing that. Winds out of the sou