Agrees. As the court indicated she was found to be not dangerous as long as she is taking medicine. But he is not happy because it means that simms is free. And will serve no time. Jiaire should be alive today. Simms mother said its not up to covington. Three experts determined her not criminally responsible. This is a professional decision. In court and a bereave hallway conversation with abc7 Romechia Simms seems clear and articulate, explaining she sought help for psychotic episodes but at the time of jiaires death she had gone off her medication. Now she and her mother said treatment isgoing. This unfortunate. A judge order for instructions for Romechia Simms. She must continue to get the Mental Health treatment. Bottom line today the charges involving the death of her son in the swing set that are behind her. In la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Judge ordered another competency hearing for hogle. It was issued today where the doctors said that she remains incompetent to stand trial. The states attorney challenged the findings. She is was chargessed with the disappearance of the two Young Children and last person scene with the 4yearold and 2yearold in 2014. Prosecutors want independent doctor to examine her. A lot had to do with the fact conclusions were reached in the report that seemed to be at odds with the information we got with the collateral sources. States Attorney Says this is the first time challenged the findings in court. Alison keeping a close ey kalamazoo tonight after a series of deadly random shootings in this western Michigan Town over the weekend. The charged in if shooting was in court a few hours ago and we learned he has confessed to the crime. Diane cho has the latest. What is he facing . The Prosecutor Says that jasoned a Jason Brian Dalton admitted to the involvement in the shooting and denied bond and is facing 16 charges including six counts of murder. 45yearold jason dalton didnt show emotion as the judge read each victims name and charges he is facing in court. Dalton, an uber driver, arrested early sunday morning seven hours after police say the shooting streak began. Intentional, deliberate. I dont want to say casually done. Coldly done. The first victim was shot lot. I heard something hit the siding. I checked out the back window. I look out and a woman is laying on the ground. At 10 00 that night, shot and killed 17yearold tyler smith and his father at the car dealership. The girlfriend was also with them and hit in the back of the car when the shooting took place. 20 minutes later he opened fire outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant killing four people. These are facebook photos of the women. They were old friends and went to dinner and movies together. 14yearold survivor and is in critical opinion. What a tough situation. Police say he had no criminal history. In the last few moments uber acknowledged he received a complaint about erratically an hour before the shooting started. The company says it will help authorities with the investigation. Leon thank you. In the wake of the incident, many of the people who use uber wonder about the safety of riding with the drivers. Suzanne kennedy picks up the teen coverage after talking to drivers about what they have to do to get the job and whether its enough. What are you hearing . Suzanne uber revolutionized the way we travel. Almost everything we do is on an an. So is how the drivers apply for jobs. Uber said the screening process is not going to change. Locally the drivers we talk to said it was a simple process with no face to face meeting and then they are a driver. From the time i apply monday or tuesday, by i think uber and lyft does enough. What are you going to do . There is no way to get inside peoples head. We just got off a Conference Call where uber acknowledged it got report of the driver driving erratically an hour before the six shootings. In those cases they urged people to call 911. There is talk whether they should install a panic button but they say 911 is the panic button. Coming up tonight we talk to the uber customers to hear what they have to say about whether or not he think drivers are screened thoroughly. Alison three men are in custody after allegedly arlington. This happened saturday night on washington boulevard. Arlington police say justin norconck nore, lance ingram and jeffrey rowe from woodbridge started driving alcohol inside the vehicle. The uber driver said they couldnt drink in his car. But after the argument the driver was hit in the face with a beer bottle and a car window was shattered. Leon breaking news in the newsroom. This morning the d. C. Police department tell us captain paul shelton has been charged with a d. U. I. After an accident that happened last night at i295 and pennsylvania avenue. No word whether he was on duty at this time. His Police Powers have been taken away. Talk about the weather. Alison today was nice. Doug hill has a check on the forecast ahead. It was a nice break after sunshine today. We have a two storm system. The high and the low Pressure Center will give us rain tomorrow morning. I will be chilly. Period of rain throughout the day. The rain tends to move out of the area to the northeast. We will get a little bit of a break. But then part two of the system comes in wednesday, larger storm system west of the mountains to give us heavy rains at time and the heavy thunderstorms as well. In the meantime tomorrow, look for the clouds and the period of rain. Northeasterly winds at 10 00. Rain any day for wednesday. Look through that and the rest of the week and in the weekend with the sevenday outlook coming up in a few minutes. Alison we have breaking news from vote 2016 to tell you about. And senator ted cruz is resign after the Communications Director rick tyler posted the video over the weekend that falsely depicted senator marco rubio dismissing the bible. Tyler apologized for the post on facebook but cruz announced an hour ago he is still asking him to resign. More breaking news from capitol hill where senator Claire Mccaskill has breast cancer. She broke the news on twitter a half an hour ago. We will keep you posted. Leon Lumber Liquidators taking another hit. The stock took a tumble after a Government Agency admittedded they underestimated potential for customers to get cancer from the flooring. 7 on your side investigator joce sterman following she has the latest. This is a big mess up. It this is a mission take by the center for disease control. Agency admits people exposed to certain Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring three times more likely to get cancer than they previously said. They used the long ceiling so when they look at the exposure to formaldehyde they got it wrong. The risk is small. Six to 30 cases per 100,000 people. But that is three times than was previously reported. They stopped sell that last spring after it level of formaldehyde. They do support the c. D. C. Recommendations and agrees that the revised calculation overestimates any potential health risks from the products. They also tell me they strengthened the Quality Assurance procedures and offering free air testing but the news is still not helping the company. Leon coming up on the abc7 news at 5 00 search for a suspect. Find out the clue that police hope to help bring Sexual Assault suspect to justice. Alison plus, changing programs. How the starbucks is revamping the rewards. Leon later no, you are not. You are not. The w into a dance party. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ice, the Washington Capitals. Making a dream come true. We will take you to the big moment for the local high for a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Leon a change in Starbucks Reward Program means no more freebies for big spenders. They earn a star for the item. But in april starbucks say rewards are based on dollars spent. Each dollar is worth two stars. 125 stars will earn a freebie so you have to spend 62. 50 to get a free item. Tell me if that is worth it. Alison ill let you know. Leon earlier this month we introduced you to the Heritage High School freshman Brendan Frederick. A blind p. A. Announcer who is making a name for himself with his voice. Alison his dream of announcing the Washington Capitals came true this week abc7s Sports ReporterScott Abraham shared the memorable moment. He has a true gift. His voice is going to take him places. Some number one, a day with the Washington Capitals. Its a day Brendan Frederick has been waiting for. Honorary member of the Washington Capitals. Last name on it. Number 70. My last name on it . Your last name. No way giving some free advice to coach trotts. I want to see no slow start. I want to see the good jump. Lacing up the skates and hitting the ice for the first time. Be real. My gosh. Onto to the Verizon Center where bran dan met his idol and the capitals public address announcer wes johnson. [laughter] after a few tips with at least for a moment, Brendan Frederick the voice of the pride becomes the voice of the caps. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the ice, your Washington Capitals it is so exciting. Dream come true rocking the red. Just think, my friends, this man is only 14 years old. He has a bright future. Leon nice going, scott. Alison gave me chills when he did that. Let him play the organ, too . They did everything but give him a stick and put him on the ice. That is right. Phone for the past year, he loves the weather, too. Leon he came and visited and did the weather. Doug wednesday is not nice but thursday and friday it will clear out. I have a lot of stuff to share. We enjoyed the sunshine. I did. Nice. Temperatures were 5052 degrees. 48 in spotsylvania county. Patches of blue skies and sunshine. More clouds roll in heading to sunset on monday afternoon. Same story around the region at this hour. Upper 40s to 50 degrees. 49 at andrews in baltimore. 52 in manassas. 50 in leesburg. 48 in hagerstown. They are holding the same here. We are not concerned about the snow or the ice or snow issues. South is the source for the rain. Mostly cloudy skies. Northeasterly winds are five and ten miles per hour. We get the first batch of rain. We have rain at times. It wont rain all day long. Steady for the morning rush and the midday. Afternoon rush hour. At this model at 4 00 in the afternoon, 24 hours from now, most of the rain is moving out of the area. The next system will take shape. Normally see for late february. From the gulf coast to middle of the country is not something we see in february. Local view. Cloudy skies and then overnight to wednesday. We start to get part two. The Second System with the area of rain and the rain will overspread the area on the morning hours. We have an inch to two inches in the area. Flood watches have to be posted. On the east coast, maryland, delaware and new jersey. Four inches of rain. The forecast tomorrow, period of rain through the morning. This all changes with the storm number two. It will be breezy and of rain and afternoon heavy thunderstorms. Tuesday and wednesday are the big weather days. Alison which fourlegged friends top a list of the favorite breed . We have the answer for that. Find out why we are turning back to our cars. Yesterday, a man and others on pennsylvania avenue got tickets. But they shouldnt have. A look at what is coming up tonight at abc7 alison a 7 on your side consumer alert. Spring approaching, the days of gas below 2 a gallon could come to an end. The average pric nationwide is 1. 71 per gallon. A penny cheaper than the average in our area. A penny more than a week ago. In the midwest, the gas prices spiked as the refineries reduce production. Leon lowest gas prices are leading to more people hitting the roads. Department of the transportation says americans drove a record 3. 1 trillion miles last year. With more people driving than before transportation Officials Say the nations aging infrastructure needs to be a greater priority. Alison no one likes to come back to their car and find a parking ticket, of course. In the district tickets were showing up on the cars in a spot that seemed legal. 7 on your side to sort it out after a driver reached out the tom roussey. What is going on . Number of drivers thought it was fine to park on sunday by they all got tickets. Tonight, ddot tells us the drivers were right and the ticket writer was wrong and ddot will forgive all the tickets including the one it gave this man. Keith thornburg had to work on a rainy sunday and was glad to get a good parking spot. This is when the signs say you cannot park. But one ticket writer didnt think it was okay. Come out and all the cars have tickets. He took these pictures of the ticketed cars. If you werent supposed to park there why do signs look like this instead of like this as they do a block east . The violation was for allegedly reducing the width feet. Look at pennsylvania avenue. There is nowhere that its less than ten feet. A year ago he contacted us after a hundred cars near s street ticketed for following the law regarding inspections and the license plates. They forgave those tickets maybe the rules are unclear. Thigh are going to change the sign and put no parking anytime. But they promise they wont write more tickets outside restricted hours. And it will forgive those who receive tickets yesterday. Coming up at 5 00 i want to be like leon you will love this. White house meeting unlike any you have seen before. Meet a d. C. Woman that cut a rug with the first couple. A brick at a time. D. C. Warehouse district turned into something chic. Im sam ford. That is next on abc7 news. Fairfax county police hand out composite of a Sexual Assault suspect. A lot of people say they know the guy. Im Stephen Tschida. You cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. What happens when an allencompassing brain scan is followed up with an allembracing hug . Is combined with caring for the worlds newest mother . What happens when you match cuttingedge Clinical Trials with a gentle touch . You get extraordinary medicine and remarkable care. Novant health and Uva Health System are proudly partnering to bring better care to every patient. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Leon tonight police are hoping a sketch will help lead them to the man accused of Sexual Assaulting a woman over the weekend. This happened in the 8400 block of blankenship street in the mount vernon area of alexandria. That is where Stephen Tschida is live tonight. He has the latest. Stephen leon, Police Describe this as a vicious, brutal Sexual Assault. They are here at this apartment complex handing out the composite, showing it to people. We showed it to some residents here. Several of them said they recognize this guy. Even the victim says the police returned today to the apennsylvania complex armed with the composite of a suspect in a burglary and Sexual Assault. Early saturday morning a man broke in a unit in this building and is believed to come through a window or door. The occupant is a 51yearold woman. She awoke to the intruder coming at her. First, he threatened and then Sexual Assaulted her. That could be any guy practically anywhere. The composite the police handed out often drew similar reaction. I mean, he could be anyone practically. When we showed it to a woman she said she recognized the suspect. She said he wanders the complex carrying a back pack and is seen in the laundry room. Three times we have seen him. The victim is recovering but too frightened to return to the apartment. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Leon two dozen people are dead after a cyclone slammed in the island nation of fiji. Authorities expect the number to climb higher as the teams reach the outlying islands. They call it one of the worst ever in the south pacific. Fiji has a Million People spread out over 300 islands. Leon back locally we are getting a better sense of the plan to redevelop a d. C. Neighborhood. Douglas development is working on a map in the ivy city neighborhood. We report that the developer is setting the sights a few block east. Ivy city is a construction zone. Its becoming a fun place where folks like Robin Mckenny remember when it was cheap. It is beautiful. I wish i bought a home eight years ago. We got a tour of the old warehouse converted to apartments. They are full of amenities. According to the manager since opening in october a third of them are rented. The segments are completed and a dream of the long time d. C. Developer douglas jamal. I have no vision whatsoever of what i was going to do. Just evolved to som