Night. The thick smoke enveloping all of college park. We do now know how much damage was done for the under construction building. This video taken by the county assistant fire chief pans across the roof. Destroyed by the still burning blaze. The roof has burned and collapsed to the floor. The building is in the 40 million range for the damage just to that wing of the building. Fire damage in the 15 million range for the fire damage to the upper level. Brad so decisions still need to be make, how much will be demolished for the rebuild. What you are looking live is the 2 x 4. One upthere on the seventh floor. When we come back, we will tell you how that is the subject of debate out here. Would construction in an aparen lightweight construction and the firefighters just dont like it. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Stay with abc7 for updates from college park if you have to step away log on to wjla. Com text. Sign up for the instant updates right on your phone. All right. Now to another developing story. The weather today. Gray, cool, raining really for most of the day. But things are finally going to start changing soon we open. Stormwatch7s brian van de graaff has enough of the forecast. Enough of the rain already. Brian i know. I wish we could welcome you back with a sunshinefilled sky. Tomorrow is the day it will improve. Today we picked up less than an tenth inch of rain. Closer to the bay, half an inch. But its still a dizzily day. This is throwing the moisture to the vicinity. The heavier bands are lifting north. Not h drizzly and cool. Winds kicking as well. Northeasterly wind with a chill feel. Raw and damp. We should be 70 out there today. Not happening. Through the evening, the temperatures are steady. Misty, foggy, drizzly. A progressive change but it should clear out tomorrow and get to 70 which is the launching pad for the 80s coming up. Jonathan look at this. The same system is doing this raleigh. The entire neighborhoods are under water. Water is rushing in. Flooding the cars and homes. Anything in its path. Many of the areas hit by hurricanes the last Hurricane Season are again under water. In other news, updating in the Murder Investigation of Pamela Butler. Nancy eight years the man who they say killed her was in court. They believe he is responsible for another disappearance. New at 4 00, d. C. Bureau court. Sam . Sam the preliminary hearing just ended and they denied bail for jose rodriguezcruz saying he knows who the witnesses are, he knows where they are and he knows how to make bodies disappear. The only witness today was m. P. D. s michael fulton, the detective who found out not only did Pamela Butler disappear eight years ago going out with the defendant but so had cruzs first wife, Martha Rodriguez 28 years ago. That led to his arrest. Butlers Family Member today. He has a history of doing things to women. Abusing them. Taking advantage of them. Sam prosecutors are presenting evidence of rodriguezcruz habitual ab heard her begging for life when he had a gun to her show. And rodriguezcruz did an interview after Pamela Butlers disappearance. I think something, i think like everybody else. Something happened. Detective fulton testified today that rodriguez cruise that the detective interviewed easy to get rid of a body. You dig a hole deep enough, nobody is going to find it. It also came out in court that Fairfax County police reopened an investigation in the disappearance 28 years ago of rodriguez cruise first wife, marta rodriguez. At this time it was said she returned to puerto rico. After this case, they reopened the investigation. And they conducted a search warrant. They searched rodriguezcruz apartment in virginia friday. Sam ford, abc7 news. Nancy thank you. A year ago we witnessed Eulalio Tordil and the shooting at a mall followed by a manhunt. He pled guilty but the charges are far from over. Stephen tschida has the deal. Stephen 63yearold Eulalio Tordil feeded guilty to four counts, to of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He is charged with six counts in montgomery county. There was a shooting that started in Prince Georges County when he was charged and he pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife gladys. That took place outside of a Public High School in beltsville. There was a power point of numerous evidence that included video of the actual killing of gladys tordil. We also heard the 911 call. That her daughter made. There were writings that he made to apologize to the victim before the shooting spree. Murph problems, estrangement from his wife, loss of his job and pending sexual abuse allegation against a minor contributed to tordil a lifetime Law Enforcement officer and the federal protective Services Agency to go rogue and become a malicious serial killer. He is looking at the possibility of life in prison without parole. We will be back to bring you the compelling evidence court. Jonathan the subject of russia dominating the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency and it continues today. The white house refusing to give documents related to Michael Flynn security clearance. Also requested the documents related to the payment from the organizations tied to the russian and the turkish governments. In the meantime, former acting attorney general sally yates and clapper will testify before the committee. Outside the white house today, protests over what may or may not end up in federal budget proposal. Its organized by people action that resulted in a dozen arrests out there. Meanwhile, less than four days until the government could shut down. 11 59 59 on friday night and the feds wont be able to spend. So that has us wonder dog you believe there will be a shut down . Go weigh in. Lets turn to scott thuman who is on the hill and a look at what to look out for in the next few days. Three things to consider. President trump would like funding specific to construction of the ball in the budget. That is a nonstarter. They could have Border Construction that not directly to cause so they could have some wiggle room. But the democrats say if you pit in that it is going to the actual construction we will not pass this one. Secondarily, we talk about t something that we see often. We could work in the wing on a longer term pan. This is a phrase common here. It costs the u. S. Taxpayers 2 billion in the lost productivity. In the last few minutes we heard the president saying the wall will get built. Dont worry about it. But he is not using definitive language if its not in this fiscal budget it wont happen. A lot of gray area and am big guty and in ambiguity. And four days is a lifetime alison who needs this at the end of the day . Democrats or republicans . Scott they need to pass the budget. If the republicans have the white house but also the senate and the house and they dont get it passed, it will look worse for them. This would also fall on trumps 100th day in office. Jonathan why a fitbit is a key piece of evidence in a murder case. Nancy why they are warning parents about a popular netflix series. Alison jeff, what are you working on . Jeff the Fairfax County police trying to get answers about a murder that took place last year. They are hitting the streets and passing out this coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 and we continue after the break. Jonathan a 7yearold man killed in a retire ill village. Alison they are looking for clues. Nancy this was in the Little River Glen Senior Center and Jeff Goldberg is live now at eden center in falls church. Why are the police there tonight . Jeff this was a popular destination for cong nguyen. This very popular. He was here all the tile. So they continue to ask for the help to solve the murder. The police, the personnel is engaging visitors to the english center. In vietnamese in an effort to find out any information that may who last week but found murdered inside the little river glen Senior Community in fairfax. Everybody is upset about it. He would visit the center at noon. Well known and well liked. A nice personality. Investigators say he suffered upper body drama but no idea who could have done it or why. From we dont have suspect information. And no motive. He continues to hear about the warmth and the kindness. But nothing about the enemies or the issues. No problem . No. They is still trying to get answers for the murder. We did speak to those who did know him. Thats coming up. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news thank you. A key piece of evidence could be the womans fitbit. The man said an intruder killed her but they didnt buy it. So they look at the electronic record of the couple including the fitbit. And his story didnt match the electronic headlines. He is free but the next court day is friday. Jonathan a fix for galaxy aid customers that complained the display had red tint. But now they are rolling out a Software Update to fix the issue. Getting outside is good for the soul. Now some of the sickest children will get a chance to be on the open air. We have more on the Healing Center that is about to open. They cant wait to get in the garden. On a rainy day, the 5yearold stays inside Children NationalMedical Center to get treatment she needs for the throat cancer. Good. Anyone treated here can thank a patient from four years ago who had a dying wish. She was so thick. Her last wish was to outside. The do donor funding added up to 7 million. The flowers are going up and they are ready to go play outside. This helps to reground us. The doors are wide enough for the equipment to fit through. There are no limits to being outside. First Lady Melania Trump brought the rose bush in march. There is a guest list of people who will come to the healing garden her. In northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. Brian outside now. 4 19. Coming down. We will see the light showers tonight. Look at the camera lens. Dulles international airport. You cant even see. The winds are as high as 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour at times. Its windy out there. It makes it feel worse. Midtoupper 50s for the west. The temperatures have been steady throughout the day. Notice winds at the north northeast at 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. We need the winds to shift direction. Tomorrow we will start to transition. Tomorrow the system will away. We will have clouds and fog in the morning. There will be drying from the west to east. We will get the sunshine. That will get the stage for tomorrow. The weekend we have question marks. Thursday is stellar. We are talking about this for the weekend. There is a summer like feel but now they are saying we could get a northeasterly wind. The next chance of rain is monday and then to the low to mid70s. There are several nice days headed to our way. Nancy were l to that. Next at 4 00, talk about a golden parachute. The incredible money meyer is getting to leave yahoo . Jonathan later, a Popular Series on netflix but now comes with a warning and why schools are sending letters home about 13 national d. N. A. Day. Alison okay. How do you celebrate that . Jonathan cupcakes are always good. Alison one way to mark the occasion, the nasa astronaut answered questions on social media. Nancy interested to hear how they go together. This is including on social media, especially for the kids interested in science. You can use the hashtag d. N. A. Chat or watching the live stream on facebook. An naught answered all kind of questions. She became the first to sequence d. N. A. In space. She talked about how to get the kids excited about science. What got me interested is the d. N. A. Conference. The national d intriguing and an attractive for students. So they teamed up with the Genome Research institute to talk about how it impacts us. This is nice to know that the days like this can inspire the next generation of the astronauts. We want cake. Jonathan anything fires kids up, that is great. Ahead for us at 7 00, consumer alert. If you ready for Home Improvement season, there is a something too close to miss. And we have a live report for an urgent warning. High fashion can cause plenty but find out how many people are willing to pa the look. It might m just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhhhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it. Just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. Huh, so i guess i could just check my credit score then. Oh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. And were partnering with cigna to help save lives. We are the tv doctors of america. By getting you to a real doctor for an annual checkup. So go, know, and take control of your health. Doctor poses. Learn your key health numbers, and take control today. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Nancy abc7 on storm watch. The weather has to get better soon. Hopefully it will mov brian oh, cmon the yellow stuff is not over d. C. This is dreary. Lets look outside. The capital is gloomy. As we go through the evening the temperatures will drop back, 40s and 50s tonight. This is not heavy but this is impactful. One thing to point out, there are a lot of ups and downs in the nearterm future. Notice tomorrow once you get through the clouds in the morning and the midday, we will warm. But it will take warmer. If you live in midrow east, its later in the day. West of town is earlier. 70s is doable for tomorrow afternoon. Thursday and f it should be pleasant. Partly sunny. Heats up. The touch of humidity. This weekend is the first 90 degree of the season. There could be days to watch. Its a warm one to start the weekend. Michelle a lot of people are Binge Watching 13 reasons why about a girl who kills herself and leaves behind 13 tapes about why she did it. Some are raising concerns about the kids watching it, including the School Administrators in virginia. Richard reeve is live. What are they saying today . Richard that the film is graphic in nature. This is the letter sent out. There has been criticism that the show g this series isnt part of the curriculum but the students and the teachers are talking about it. We spoke with several parents. One does not allow his son watch it and another is considering watching it with his child. The School District sent home letters to help the children process what they see in the program. One mother said this is making the hard choices and keeping lines of the communication open. I would warn him beforehand. Let him know this is what it is. This is what you might feel. The letter to the parents home says in part while the story touches on the important topics the content is very graphic. We do not encourage viewing children and the youth to process information with the trusted adult if they watch the series. A lot of folks are talking about this. We will see what the students think of this. Thank you. Show of force. Uss michigan arriving in south korea. The navy describes this as routine. This is when they are celebrating the 58 birthday of the army. Tomorrow all the senators are invited to the white house for toplevel Briefing Regarding north korea. And spoke at a womans empowerment discussion with german chance lor angela merkel. The moderator asking her what her role in the white house is. I am rather unfamiliar with the role as well as its new to me. Nancy people started to his at her after she called her father supporter of the families. Michelle President Trump vowed to crackdown on the antisemitism. He gave a speech as part of the u. S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumNational Days of remembrance. Those who deny the holocaust, are an accomplice to the horrible evil and will never be ileapt. We just wont. Michelle he reiterated the support over israel on display earlier when Benjamin Netanyahu visited the white house. Jonathan we have breaking news. We are following out of los angeles, this is not something you see in the rush hour traffic in los angeles. Interstate five closed down in each direction. All five laned closed. This is a horrible crash that involved a semi, truck and a van. We understand ten people have been seriously hurt. Again, interstate 5 closed in both directions unclear exactly how this happened and when it will be reopened. Now to the war on terror. A better look at raqqa. Satellite images capturing a checkpoints, even damage to a bridge from airstrike. Nancy police on antiterror raid. At least one suspect believed to be connected to the in brussels. This is a result of the eightmonth long investigation. Most of the men had the previous run ins with the law. The outgoing c. E. O. Of yahoo will get 186 million when she walks out the door. Verizon buying it for 4. 5 billion. She had been c. E. O. For five years but has come up short to turn around the company. The reason this is headed to court. Jonathan the Company Calls this a flying car. I dont know but it will be on sale. When you can buy it and how much is up next. Nancy kidd oshea with the look at the midweek wakeup with good morning washington kidd nancy, thank you. Tomorrow on good morning washington, short term rental websites keeping you getting an apartment in d. C. . What is done now. And the white house gearing up to brief the senate on north korea. What to expect. 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