The beginning of the end of this pattern. Finally moving out. The rain will not be a feature, we dont think, in the afternoon, and that will open the door to much better conditions here on sunday. Be happy to share this weekend and the next 10 days with you coming up in a few minutes, alison. Alison thanks. Take storm watch 7 wherever you go. You can download it from google play and i be tunes. Abc 7 has been following the story ever since it broke tuesday evening. The firing of f. B. I. Director james comey. That sent shock waves through the bureau and washington. The white house said President Trump made the decision based on recommendations from his attorney general and deputy a. G. Then we find yesterday President Trump himself said he made up his mind before his Top Department of justice officials even weighed in which was a contradiction. That brings us today, a flur of tweets. Heres the question for you do you think the president is tweeting too much . You can weigh in by going to wjla votenow to weigh in yourself. The president is now considering several candidates to replace comey. Should the president be believed that he may have secret tapes of james comey . The white house would not say. Recording devices in the oval office or residence . There is nothing further to add to that. The questions prompted by the president s own tweets. James comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. The president with his tweets this morning borders on intimidation. What were facing now whether there is obstruction of justice. But that wasnt the only tweet from the president that seemed to make the situation worse for the white house. President trump also argued hes very active so its not possible for his staff to answer questions with perfect accuracy. And then President Trump suggested he may cancel all future press briefings. The white house would comment on one issue disputing the dinner to pledge his loyalty to mr. Trump. I think the president wants loyalty to this country and to the rule of law. But on msnbc, the former director of National Intelligence said comey told him he was weary about accepting the president s invitation to dinner. He mentioned that he had been invited to the white house to have dinner with the president , and that he was uneasy with that because of even compromising even the optics, the appearance of independence, not only of him but of the f. B. I. And the member of the House Oversight committee has now formally requested that they provide any tapes as part of their ongoing inquiry so we may learn if tapes do in fact exist or if the president is bluffing in that tweet. We are joined by former f. B. I. Agent brad garrett for how this week shaked up the agency this week. Its good to get your perspective. There saying wait a second, is it a big deal to fire the director of the f. B. I. . Its well within his power to do so. Brad yes. You have to look at the reason why he fired him. They used the cover of Hillary Clintons emails. Nobody actually ever brought that. The optics of it is really poor. Its apparent to most of us, current and retired agents, that this has everything to do with the russian investigation. But just because you fire the head of that agency does not mean that investigation stops. There are a lot of agents below him. A lot of people look at him as a political figure anyway. There are a lot of agents underneath that are carrying out this investigation. It doesnt change the trajectory of this investigation, does it . Brad not at all. You are talking about 12,000plus f. B. I. Agents, 36,000 f. B. I. Employees. Divide it up into various divisions, you have an x number working on the russian situation. Theyre continuing to work. My guess they worked today, director probably had discussions but kept going. Thats the reality here. You are not going to be able to shut this down. Im sure you worked alongside a lot of f. B. I. Agents. You have a pretty good idea of the barometer how people feel moralewise. Was it time for fresh air and a new change regardless of the circumstances surrounding why he was fired . Brad i dont think anybody thought he should have been fired. Clearly there will be people that dont agree with his policies but the reality is honest, hardworking, extremely competent, has worked in the Justice System since the 1990s, really knows his stuff and hes a very positive promoter of the f. B. I. So i dont know i see any reason at all other than maybe the obvious as to why he got fired. All right. Interesting perspective. Brad, we appreciate you taking the time. Joining us this afternoon. Abc 7 does have everything you need to know about this wild week in washington. Just go online it our website, wjla. Com. Search comey when youre there and youll see our ori the last week. At least 74 countries have now been hit by a huge cyberattack. Its disabled more than a dozen hospitals in the united kingdom. Also hit, spains Largest Telecom company, colleges in italy and some fedex computers and this just crossing the wires. Russias interior Ministry Says it has come under cyberattack as well. As of now, the attack hasnt hit the u. S. Of course, abc 7 will stay on top of this and bring you more information once we get it. Alison. Alison ok, michelle. Thank you. Also breaking right now, sky track 7 is over a crash in silver spring. A car running off the road at and into a person. It hit the pole first. Hopefully slowing it down before hitting that person but right now we have no word on the victims condition. A judge issuing a bench warrant for kenneth kelly. In march driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five people in prince georges county. Today he did not show up to court for a sentencing. And coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00, well hear from angry family members from the victims of that crash. And also developing right now, new video of the man Arlington Police say is a sex assault suspect. He posed as a Maintenance Worker to get into this womans apartment and thats when the assault happened. Stephen with more of this video. Stephen. Stephen nancy, weve learned within the past hour or so that occupants of a nearby Apartment Building received a warning from their management company. This afternoon what happened sunday and now we have Something Police believe took place this weekend at this apartment complex just prior to the assault nearby sunday morning as well. The suspect in a brutal beating and Sexual Assault made another building. Surveillance video shows the man identified as the suspect tried to enter a code minute yum building from a few condo building from a few blocks. When he got into her building he posed as a Maintenance Man going doortodoor knocking. The woman opened the door and thats when he attacked her. In the video released, we see the man follow a person into a condo building on carlton but the conseerge stops him and has him turn away. They see him walking down in the direction of the condo where the woman was assaulted. Now, after release of this new video and very clear images of the suspects face, a lot of people here hoping an arrest comes soon. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. That video is on the abc facebo video so more people can help identify that man. And with mothers day approaching this holiday is going to be particularly hard for one d. C. Family. A popular figure in southeast caught in the cross fire with no arrest today. Sam ford spoke with her son. Sam at a spot where she died last january there is a collection of bottles but she didnt drink. There is a wheelchair, her coat and her son. I havent cried yet so theres a hole. Theres a big hole in my soul. I pretty much know everybody in my family feel the same way. Sam it was Martin Luther king day. Police video shows one man chasing another firing a gun as a bullet hit her killing her. Her wheelchair spins. The intended target gets away. Police have not but the son says detectives told him they were Holding Someone on a parole violation they believe was the shooter, but the target who was eventually hospitalized will not talk. Hes scared. If he tried to kill you what are you scared of . If you get out the hospital, whatever, they are going to come and try to kill you again . Somebody needs to be charged. Somebody needs to be held accountable to it. Sam he says he doesnt know who put this wheelchairs here. It wasnt his mothers. It was motorized. Its still a powerful symbol. Marrow says he rejects the cliche that shes in a better place. She should have been in her bed right now waiting on mothers day to get some balloons, not right here. She should be getting balloons and flowers in her room. In southeast washington, im samford, abc 7 news. A townhouse goes up in flames. Now police are searching for the man who was seen leaving the home hours before it was destroyed. The fire broke out overnight on the police said the man who lived there was set to be evicted this weekend and people saw him leave around overnight with several pieces of luggage. It displaced two families. Coming up next at 4 00 for us, if you want to quit your job well, youre not alone. Also, a million trucks being recalled . Nancy and also this a local politician pleads guilty to drunk driving but the couple he hit says its not quite enough. Nancy if you think the weather this spring is severe youre right. The weather Team Breaking down the strong storms thats hit our area, next. Alison attorney general Jeff Sessions is ramping up the war on drugs. Hes asking officials to slap them with the most charges they can. It stops an obama era policy to curve penalties for lowlefrl nonviolent offenders. Former attorney general eric holder calls it being dumb on crime. Nancy and today a guilty plea from a prince georges councilmember. Maryland bureau chief brad with his punishment and with those that he hit had to say about the judges decision. Brad for the first time mel franklin is speaking publicly and accepting blame for driving drunk, crashing, injuring two people and totaling two cars, including the countyowned s. U. V. He was driving last november. Mel i take full responsibility for the accident and very, very sorry to the victims of the accident. Brad franklin spoke moments about after pleading guilty. The judge giving him the standard firsttime offender sentence probation for judgment and 645 fine. Mel theres really no excuse to get behind the wheel of a vehicle when you are fully not prepared to drive. Brad teresa and another were in the car and said its a long road ahead. Brad he hit the so bad that the rear window shattered, the seat pushed up against the front seat. I can clearly remember three seconds before the impact my husbanding screaming oh, my god and im thinking somebodys coming out the woods. Im like what . Before i could get my head around it we were rearended and i was out cold. Brad Councilmember Franklin says he hopes the voters forgive him. Mel i work doubly hard to do that. I am a public servant. Brad this is a third crash in a county car. He no longer has fleet privilege. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Well, this is a massive recall from fiat chrysler. About a million ram trucks may not be safe to drive. Lisa fletcher has the consumer report. Lisa a Software Glitch could prevent air bags. The 20132016 ram pickups. It includes 20142016 ram 3500 pickup trucks. A computer module may incorrectly identify that one of the sensors failed and that would disable the side air bag and seat belt pretensioner so it wont hold tight. You can turn the truck off and back on for a reboot. Reprogramming plans are in the works. Jonathan. Jonathan some mustsee video from norway tonight. An eyewitness capturing the moment when a helicopter look for it right there in the center of your screen crashed right in the drink. That was in the harbor. You can see the helicopterer was trying to initially land on the yacht right there. Didnt go so well. Missed it by that much. Authorities say the pilot was trying to do that, didnt work out but three people were hurt. Nobody seriously from the last time we checked. Alison very dramatic there. A milestone spacewalk. Astronauts stepping outside morning. Marking the 200th i. S. S. Spacewalk. Its also a special for these two astronauts. For fischer its his first one ever. And for witson its her ninth, expend tending her u. S. Record for most spacewalks by a female astronaut. Jonathan nice. Doug well, you would never know by our weather patterns recently but we are smack dab in the strongest part of the Severe Weather season through may and june and july, even into early fall. And while weve had a little touch of Severe Weather in our area, many parts of the country not that far from here have been rocked by Severe Weather. Its just the beginning of the season. Bc 7 meteorologist Molly Cochran has more. D. M. V. Has experienced rounds of severe storms this season. The first weather outbreak occurred in february with other outbreaks inpr of low pressure and associated cold front moved across the midwest. There was a confirmed ef1 tornado near waldorf, maryland. One spotted in pennsylvania and the first february tornado ever recorded in massachusetts. On april 6, there was a confirmed ef0 tornado that moved through the tidal basin. Severe storms started deep in the south before reaching the d. C. Metro. There was an confirmed ef0 tornado in bowling base. The National Weather season has been off to a intense start. Based on preliminary data, the u. S. Has recorded 650 tornadoes through may 10. January, 2017, has proven to be one for the record books with 134 actual tornadoes compared to just 17 in 2016 and 28 in 2015. For abc 7, Molly Cochran. Doug and once we get to see next week and temperatures through the 80s, anytime we have thunderstorms and cold fronts we have to think about the potential of Severe Weather. When you see a picture like this, not so much. Its only 50 degrees in spotsylvania. Its rainy. It will stay that way throughout the region. What happened, will the nationals play . Dont know. Could be the second makeup game in a row here. 56 is the forecast temperatures, periods of rain through the night. This is doppler. Its pretty solid. Northern suburbs not so much. Youll get yours in bait. Its a solid area of rain that will continue through the afternoon and evening. The rest of the rush hour. There will continue to be good indications on radar and computer well have heavier pushes of rain. 9 30 southeastern suburbs. Overnight, patches rain, gusty winds. Very chilly temperatures. Not appropriate at all or customary for this time of may. The storm center the northeast taking very heavy rain with it. Around midday, the rain should pull out of the area. It will be breezy and cloudy. Just maybe areas west of town could get a glimmer of sun. Look at these temperatures. Thats sad for middle of may. Very sad temperatures in the mid 50s. It will get better by mothers day. About an inch in our area. More closer to the coast. Then we get into the outlook period where we go through sunday and all of a sudden its all smiles. Partly sunny, breezy, 2. The same on monday. Look at this warming trend. It will get too warm for many people as we get through the middle of the week. 89, 90 degrees. Thats pretty impressive stuff. That is crazy. We have the little boys chair today. [laughter] jonathan we have a card table. Doug needs to sit at the big table. Doug can i put my hands on the table . Jonathan you could care less. Is doug, you have to sit in the little seat. Doug its all good. Jonathan switching gears. Oming up for us [laughter] jonathan we call that a spicy roll. Coming up at 4 00, hitting the roll. Melissa mccarthy takes her impersonation of sean spicer to the streets. Shes rolling. Nancy if you think your boss is harsh, wait until you hear what steve harvey does to his staff. He boundies set ahead. Alison thats my mom. Shes happiest like this when she is with her granddaughter. We are all do this today so tune in to see pictures of everyone with their moms and we hope youll do the same. Share your pictures of mom with us. Upload them at burst. Com wjla. Nancy all right. Welcome back. I want to wish my mom a happy mothers day. This is me and my mom on vacation in china. She watches all of our livestreams so shes watching right now. Alison hi, mom. Nancy share your pictures by uploading at burst. Com wjla. Jonathan practicing. Alison she looks like your sister. Nancy she will appreciate that. Mothers day gift right jonathan anything, alison, will be yours. Mothers day is sunday. Dont forget. Make your reservations now. Alison lindsay showing how people are honoring their moms. Its starting early. People are visiting their moms or here for a visit and thats the case for june. Shes visiting her daughter here in d. C. Theyve been all over town including at the aquatic garden. And santiago posted a picture of him and his mom at a nats game saying shes a big nats fan. They have been spending the day at the National Gallery of arts. And this photo of a mom and this is on instagram here. She writes, my mom is my hero, my best friend, strong, independent woman, kind, selfless and she is not scared of any bugs. Thats a good thing because look at the size of that grasshopper. That is enormous. But its been fun to see everyones pictures and we have Photo Gallery online, wjla. Com. Jonathan thanks very much. Coming up at 4 00 for us, paying more for less on metro again . Its a plan to close budget gaps. When this will start, well tell you. Alison at least two others killed after a standoff from a nursing home. Nancy you may have seen a lot of Police Officers on their bikes today. We are going to take you along with one local squads unity ride team and tell you what makes this year unique for those officers. Thats when i join you back here at 5 00. Youre watching abc 7 news at 4 00 on your side. Doug im going to bet that many people watching arent happy with the way the weather is starting out for this weekend but im also going to guess a lot of people w