Behaviors of teachers. Ill show you one of them. In one case they say in june two students in form of punishment were made to hold books over their heads until their arms hurt. And they started to cry. This is all in front of a crash. That is not the only instance. Back in december, a 3yearold boy enrolled in head start at the winship wheatly center is made to mop the floor in wet clothes after a bed wetting incident. The teacher takes a picture and sends mocking text to the mother. They say the teacher humiliated the child and denied him basic needs. Today a parent at the school reacts. As a mother you dont want to sea your child go through anything like that. Especially from a grownup, a teacher that is supposed to set the example. Brad in february, the Head Start Program warned the p. G. A major scandal involving the teachers aide and the production of child porn at Sylvania Woods Elementary School explodes. In june, two more incidents involving a 5yearold walking home alone. And an episode of Corporal Punishment at randall Elementary School in clinton. Monday the feds informed p. G. Schools the 6. 3 million grant which funds 932 head start slots has been terminated. I have kids and its a lot of kids that need to be in school learning. That is wrong. They should let them keep the money so our kids can go to school and learn. Brad a few minutes ago i got a statement from h. H. S. The federal agent that runs head start and they say they are committing to continuing head start in prince georges county. We started the picture ther sign because in 20 minutes or so we expect to hear from the school c. E. O. And the chair of the school board about what their plans are to move this Head Start Program ahead this year. In upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle okay, brad. Thank you. Alison former Fairfax City Council member Steven Stombres has been sworn in as the interim mayor. He is replacing Scott Silverthorne who resigned after being arrested in a methforsex sting. Stombrespryously served to chief of staff stombres previously served as chief of staff. And special election is set for february 7. Michelle Metro Transit Police arrested this man on indecent exposure charges. William madison jr. Its the second time in three weeks he has been arrested. The first incident happen on the blue line in arlington county. The second in fairtary county. Police think there may be more victims. If you hav call police. Crews continue to sift through the rubble at the Flower Branch apartments apartments in Silver Spring. Seven bodies have been found in the past week. Dozens of families are displaced. They are staying in shelter. We are learning the weather is taking a toll on the efforts. Amy aubert is live to explain this one. We have been saying it all week. The outpouring of support from the community to the victims of what happened here is just incredible. They are calling the flood of donations and the volunteers overwhelming. At this point the team tells me they are not accepting any more clothing or food at the Silver Spring center but they need diapers, deodorant, first aid it cans and other personal hygiene progics. Earlier donations poured in and filled the parking lot but some of the rain t added an extra hurdle with if crews trying to run all the items inside or Storage Units before they were destroyed. Pushing us to work faster. But its helping us because the weather is cooling down. Its a real tragedy. They lost everything. They dont have ig in. So the fact theyre getting the help is really good. Amy the crews continue the search and res coverry efforts at the site Recovery Efforts at the site. I spoke to police about what is next and where the investigation stands. I have that story coming up tonight at 5 30. Live in Silver Spring, amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison stay with abc7 on air and online for updates on the deadly Silver Spring explosion. We have updates here throughout the evening and on our website. Wjla. Com. Matter of days the Washington Monument elevator broke down. Monday it reopened after two issues over the weekend. One of the areas biggest attractions shut down again. He had us wondering do you trust the Washington Monument elevator . You can go to wjla. Com votenow to have your say. Well let you see the votes tally live on the screen. In the meantime, our Stephen Tschida has a look at todays problems. Staves the reaction from visitors, unanimous. Again . We heard it broke down two or three already this week. We said we are not going. Stephen wise decision since the elevator did break down once more this morning. Some 84 visitors were on the Observation Deck when it conked out. We heard it stopped in the 94 and the 100foot level. An employee was on board. Stephen they were able to get the employee out of the elevator. For all the people on the top trapped up there, 84 of them, well, they had to wak better than walking up. The other failure are blamed on the power failures that caused the breakers to trip. No word this time whether its related to power or something different. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Jonathan a look and a walk outside. This is a live look at the capitol. Scaffolding is coming down. Blue skies but we do have clouds in the offing. Could we have sorms on tap . Its been hot. And now we look at a flood risk as well the storms. Doug hill checking in with the forecast. This is the calm before the storm. It looks nice out is there. Doug nothing happening right now in the immediate local area but all the potential in the atmosphere are there. The storms are developing west. Lets put the weather story together. First up, a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 8 00. Basically along west of interstate 81. The showers and the storms are developing now extended eastward. We have up until late tonight a Flash Flood Watch. That extends from west to east through the metro area. Southern maryland, neck is not included. The northern part is not included. The idea here with rain developing we will see it converge. Areas from the west, from the southwest and in time during the evening hours. We expect the possibility of that convergence and the stuff will go over the same area more than once. That is the reason we have the small Flash Flood Watch area. But the potential is there for the severe thunderstorms. Torrential downpours and localized flooding. The threat will get out of here by midnight. Its 92 now. It feels warmer because of the humidity levels. Coming up in a few minutes more on severe potential and when we will see the cooler and the drier air. Jonathan . Jonathan all right. Thank you for that. The olympics now have been exciting but not without a little controversy. Alison have you heard about the latest one today . Jimmy feegan who is from rockville. Michelle they were part of a group that said they were robbed after a night out. Now a brazilian judge ordered them to turn over their passports. The only problem is there are reports the duo has already left the country. We spoke to feegans father today. Look it at the latest medal count. Alison United States has 28 gold. China in second. Jonathan check this out. Can you tell who they belong to . The four gold medals and a silver. Champions and the local hear Katie Ledecky made it back from rio. To a rock star greeting. Scott i felt like i wa rock concert. This was amazing reception for the lady and well deserved. Its still hard to wrap your head around the fact that this young lady is 19 years old. Katie ledecky is now a household name. Americas darling. Americas sweetheart. But to the ones that know her best in thed. M. V. , she is simply katie. A golden welcome. Katie ledecky back on american soil from the rio olympics. Its pretty crazy. Great to see my friends and celebrate that moment with them. Scott ledecky, team usa out in full force welcoming home the champ. She has always been there for the stoneridge students. Going to school with her, she has supported all of us and were here to support her. Scott the medals on display. Its great when the hard work pays off. I set big goals a couple of years ago. I didnt know if they were attainable but i met them on the nose. That is the best feeling any the ledecky family soaking in the moment. Her father and i and her brother are all proud of her. She has worked hard. She had a really great meet. Scott a teenager turning into an american hero. It might take getting used to but ill go with the flow. Scott a homecoming she will never forget. Katie katie scott remarkable. Katie told me she plans to take a few weeks off from swimming and next month she goes to the west coast and starts the freshman year at stanford university. She has a lot of shopping to do because she needs to get items from the tomorrow room but the medals are staying home. Michelle safer that way. Alison i love how her mom said she had a good meet. Scott you think . A good meet. Jonathan that is the National Olympic games. Scott 19. A teenager. Jonathan she is so humble. She is always talking about everybody else. Such good competition. The tape. There was no competition. Scott so gracious to take sellies and the autographs with the people that came out today. Great to see. Michelle she met her goals. That and then some. Alison toil still to come at abc7 news at 4 00. State of emergency. Wildfires exploding in size overnight. The thousands ordered out in a manter of minutes. Whether he take manner of minutes. Well take you there live. Michelle campaigns shakeup. He benched his long time righthand man and find out who is stepping in. That is coming up. Jonathan thank goodness you cant tell with smellovision. On abc7. This mess, why crews are cleaning it up wearing the hazmat suits. Well explain. Sewage water. Not a sludge under it. Jonathan the estimated cleanup time and is surprise answer to who is picking up the bill at several d. C. Homes. Thats michelle around the nation now, were getting a new view of the deadly flooding in louisiana. Look at this. For the first time crews were able to get close enough to launch a drone over the neighborhood in gonzalez. That is doing the river from baton rouge where there were more than a thousand rescues. Civilians with boats are guardsman called in. Jonathan the wildfire in california explodedded in size. This is a time lapse. Two minutes were auz the time they were were all the time they were given to get out. 34,500 homes at risk. This is one of more than two dozen fires burning in the southwest. Were joined from the fire zone. Behind you, that gives you an idea of what its up against. Chewing up everything in its path. Exactly. Like you said, people given minutes to grab their things. You see the damage behind him. This is one example of what the fire has caused. Tonight firefighters are saying the blue cut fire showing no mercy to San Bernardino county. Walls of flames everything in its path. Sending people running for cover. With an intensity we havent seen before. The clayton fire is still burning after claiming homes, businesses and 4,000 acres. They say this man Damin Pashilk is responsible and is expected to be arraigned today. Just to give you an idea of how active the scene is here. I got cut off in the introto the story because there are helicopters flying around doing the water drops here. They dont know when people will be able to return to their homes. They havent been able to get a handle on the fire yet. There is still containment around the blaze. Reporting live, abc news. Jonathan they need rain. Thank you. In the race for the white house Hillary Clinton and donald trump continue to hit the swing states but a staff republican nominee. Jason manly Paul Manafort has the title but you wont see him for a while. He was kick told the sideline. And he has been embroiled in scandal as the a. P. Is reporting he helped a pro Russian Party in ukraine move millions to d. C. Lobbying firm. If its true it could be a felony. Michelle Hillary Clintons email scandal continues with congress receiving information on the f. B. I. s interviews with the democratic nominee. Alison no charges were filed. She is spending the day in ohio after touring a high school in cleveland. Reminder that our mission at abc7 is to connect the president ial candidates to the viewers to better inform and empower you. We want your voice heard. Tell us what would you ask the candidates. What issues are relevant to you . We want to give you a voice in the historic race for the white house. Share your thoughts with us in an email to yourvoice wjla. Com. Jonathan lets get a check of the traffic situation. Jamie sullivan has a look at that. Look at that. Red. Jamie its the worsting on the map. We start off with the wazers who are checking in with bumpertobumper traffic on the outer loop of the beltway just before you get to route four. That is because of an accident. They are saying a major accident. You get a good idea of the solid red line. It just keeps going. From before branch avenue. We really start to see it Near National harbor. And the whole way through is slow. Take a live look to show you slow we are. Averaging in the teens. A good idea here. Just a bumper to bumper ride for you. That is the heavy spot because of a crash. The other heavy spot is the normal afternoon slowing that you have traveling along beltway. Construction late to clear, but that is clearing away near connecticut avenue. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Michelle thank you. Our weather has been consistent. Hot and run jonathan then the humidity, too. Its nasty. Doug its a level below what we dealt with last week. The big story for me, we have two. One is flash flooding possibilities and the severe thunderstorms in some areas and the better story is the middle of next week it will be cooler and less humid and nice for a few days. Jonathan nice. Doug its in the in between part to deal with. Our story, a live look at the weather bug camera in hagerstown, maryland. 86 degrees. They have had rain. The lens was covered with the rain drops a while ago. They have dried up. We have more showers across the western area. Those will continue to develop and move eastward. As far as the watch goes. This is a Flash Flood Watch. You can see from the mountains to the metro here. The Southern Area and the Northern Area not included. Remember this is a watch. Watch means its possible. Its not likely yet. Same for the severe thunderstorm watch in effect along and west of 81. We havent seen the storms reach severe levels. They are scattered at this charlottesville, more farther back in West Virginia. We can see all the motion of the storms from west to east and some of these from the southwest to northeast. So the potential is there through the early evening hours. The Bigger Picture shows a bigger storm from shower and storms. This could get going. Most should move out quickly in the overnight hours. Sunshine and hot again. Maybe storms in the afternoon tomorrow. But that is all we see. Weather will move in for the middle and most of next week. Thank you. That is it. Alison love that. Thank you. Its summer but school is in session. Well take you to the school on the road next. Michelle only on abc7 at 4 30 sewages spilling in several homes. Who is responsible and lef jonathan the Montgomery County fair is something i mark on the calendar every year. Michelle big circle. For the families that work with the carnival year round its just another stop. Alison so despite summer winding down, the scal for the school for the children who are out there crisscrossing the country, the school is taken on the road. Reporter they are studying math. A common subject taught in uncommon setting. This is a converted mobile home at the Montgomery County fair. Michelle is their fulltime accredited teacher at powers Learning Center. I think its very interesting program. Who would hav reporter it is offered to all parents who work and travel with if fair. That is one of the biggest reasons we started the Learning Center so the families can stay together. Middle and high school is in session now. Preschool and Elementary School start in a couple of weeks. The schools register for school in the home state. The classes are taken on the internet. I like this. You dont get distracted by the other kids talking. How are you liking it . Its awesome. Good because i can get up whatever i want and sleep later than normal kids. Q it has everything you need from the lesson boards too the books. Even wifi. What about all the distractions outside . I dont think its any different from the kids that travel with the school and the powers Learning Center and the other kids that go to the public or the private school. Q neither do these b students. If i can get there are lessons and you can do quizzes. Q then they go have fun. In Montgomery County, q mccray, abc7 news. Michelle i would have been on the pirate ship all day long. Jonathan forever alison coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 update now to a story you first saw on abc7. Bacteria at Prince Georges Hospital center. Now its been found in another part of the complex. The hospitals message to potential patients coming up. Dealing with a sewage backup. At least five residents in d. C. Are dealing with that reality. Well explain in a live report co announcer youre watching ab