Door. When Police Arrived on the scene the suspect failed to by a orders. He had his hands in his pocket. Surge call mask on. Surgical mask on. Countersniper shot the suspect. Horace it started when the suspect described as a full body animal costume walked in the entrance of the television station and confronted the Security Guard saying he was wearing a bomb. Saying he had a video he wanted them to air. The meteorologist has more from there. The Security Guard was phenomenal. Horace the suspect remained in closed off area talking to the guard for a half hour. The suspect eventually walked away and police were waiting for him. He had a rest vest on. You could see it was a device. Some device. He was holding a flash drive and something he could probably set a bomb off. Horace that Police Sniper opened fire and the suspect was down. But police say he was conscious, holding on to a possible trigger device. Bomb squad robot brought in to see if the suspect was carrying an explosive. He has one hand in his pocket. He appears to still be alive and conscious. We want to get his hand away from a potential trigger or some type of switch. Why did he do this . We dont know the answer to that. Horace back to the car set on fire in parking lot of wbff. Police believe it belonged to the suspect and is related to all of this. The man has not been identified. He was taken to the hospital. Bomb squad is still on the scene right now checking whatever device he may have had. Reporting live from the newsroom, horace holmes, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Reminder you can get the alerts on breaking news. Like this. Right on your phone. All you have to do is go to wjla. Com. And sign up for those right there. Leon now in d. C. , three students. Today the district began testing more kids for lead exposure. This is after elevated levels were found in their schools. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford broke the story last week and he joins us now live from southeast with the latest on this testing. Sam . Sam im in front of Simon Elementary School. Only reason im here is because this is where d. C. Officials decided to come to demonstrate to reporters what they are going to do about looking for lead in the citys system. This has been an issue for a while. Traces of lead were found. Children were tested. So today officials talked about that. Here at Simon Elementary School in southeast there are no lead issues but d. C. Officials brought in reporters to show them how the city or the next 30 days will test every water source at all 113 d. C. Public schools. This comes one day after students like a logan had their blood tested for lead by the city. Parents learned the d. C. Department of General Services found lead at 20 times the acceptable level at one faucet and never sounded the alarm. Josh kraemer had both his children at the school tested. I guess it went out. There are parents inside. I think most of the kids were good sports. I have had way worse. I mean really. Way worse. Sam we heard the school wide results today. We tested 90some children. No child came above a level of concern. Sam d. C. Water director insisted the water main has no lead problem. Problems crop from leaded soldering. They monitor a hundred homes for lead. You are not trying to monitor homes you believe dont have lead. You monitor homes you believe do have lead. You get a hundred samples. Sam we saw samples at a northeast home today. Lead is particularly bad for small children and pregnant women. Hawkins said of the 100 samples they take in general about five of them have elevated lead levels. At that point, its process of trying to find out what is the source of that lead and put a stop to it. That is the same issue that they have when they find lead in the schools. Try to find out what is the source and put a stop to it. Of course, that is what they will be doing. One thing that tommy wells said the director of the department of the environment said they are continuing testing over at the montessori school. They will be testing at payne Elementary School. Testing the children at those schools. But they are not testing the children at miner Elementary School because they dont believe its necessary. Reporting live from southeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Leon thank you, sam. This morning a Senate Committee approved a 220 million aid package for flint, michi for water projects around the country for things like Flood Control and deepening harbors. Flint water crisis started two years ago when the city switched the water source to save money and then the lead bleached in the water system. The u. S. Senate could put on the measure next month. Alison elevated lead levels could have the biggest impact on children. Specifically it can lead to hearing problems. And anemia. Lower i. Q. And behavior and learning problems as well. So, what can you do to find out if there is lead in our water . This is no matter where you live. Our consumer investigator kimberly suiters is here with information we all need to know. Is there right. 7 on your side knocked on the doors of the homes next to Simon Elementary School where you just saw sam ford. People there tell us they have been on edge about lead in the water for a while now. Two families we spoke to today said they have been drinking bottled water as a precaution. A family let 7 on your side test their 7 on your side started at home depot where we picked up three home testing kicks for 30 each. The package says know what is in your water. We figure People Living in the Congress Heights neighborhood would want to know about lead. The folks at this 84yearold home on fifth Street Southeast were kind enough to let us test theirs. We took out a tiny vile. Eye dropper and a paper strip. We collected two drops of straight tap water. Ten minutes later we had the results. If the light blue strip on the right turned darker than the one on the left, that indicates lead in the water. Like a pregnancy test. This one was negative. The c. E. O. Of a company that sells h2o kplus tell usa today they are intended to be screening tests, not intended to certify that water is safe or unsafe. In the meantime the family here is not taking any chances. They have installed a filter to remove lead at the ta protection. 7 on your side talked to a tester in d. C. And flint. If your house was built before 1986 or has a lead service line he says you should be concerned your Drinking Water has been passing through a lead straw. For the home testing kits he said if its positive you can trust that result. If its negative you still do not know for sure. Again for the best protection, that water filter that is nsf 53 certified is your best bet. Back to you. Leon all right. We had some welcome water arrive in the area today. Rainy morning across the area helped clear out the pollen from the cars and the air. And out of the noses and the lungs. Et cetera, et cetera. Once it stopped raining the clouds stuck around, though. Chief meteorologist doug hill with a look at the forecast for the evening. Doug still more showers popping up around the region now. Take a look at the live doppler radar. South and west of wash farther west, heavier isolated thunderstorms popping up. Lets zoom in as a severe thunderstorm warning. I dont think it will survive the trip eastward to the metro area. Closeup of the showers right now. Again, i put them in motion so you can see if you are living over the metro area or to the east. You will see the next batch of showers headed in the direction. The planner tonight calls for showers, cool temperatures. 50 degrees by 11 00 thunderstorm night. Tomorrow we hold with the clouds. We have period of rain. Temperatures again in the 50s. Detail look at the weekend coming up in a couple of minutes. Alison okay. Thank you. Meanwhile we have new information about the deadly stabbing at a takoma park apartment complex. Today the man police thought was a second victim was actually charged with murder. Maryland bureau chief brad bell was live on scene when the story broke 24 hours ago. He has the latest now. Brad it was a terrible scene. A man in the in a fourth floor apartment, his fiancee 20 weeks pregnant, stabbed multiple times. Near death. The man claiming they were attacked in their takoma park home by a masked man. Police say it was all lies. His information didnt match up with the injuries he sustained. Brad tonight, Thierry Nkusu is charged with the murder of maria mbunga and will soon be charged with the murder of their unborn baby. Mbunga was 36 and worked as a Montgomery CountySchool Bus Driver out of this Silver Spring depot. As buses prepare for the afternoon routes, a fellow driver sadly shakes her head. No comment she tells us. In takoma park, a crime scene yesterday afternoon neighbors react to the news. I think its horrendous. Its terrible. We live in this kind of world. Brad Court Documents describe a troubled relationship. Mbunga wanting nkusu not wanting a baby. There is mention of african culture and a parents disapproval for the couples relationship. Detectives still trying to fully understand the crime. Its saying people had domestic all the time. You hear it on the news all the time. Its kind of sad. Brad well, for the past couple of hours we have been going over the Court Documents, affidavit, the charging document generated by police. As we said in the story it tells a story of disintegrating relationship. She wanting him out. He didnt want to take care of baby. Another interesting point. The mans father at home in africa found out about the relationship, didnt approve of it and in their culture it says in here that means he would have cut family ties with his son. Police arent saying that was the motive exactly. But it is in these documents. Takoma park, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thanks, brad. Coming up at 5 00 couple of blocks until he gets on a bus and gets away. Leon why the man went on a chase and how you can avoid a similar situation. Alison later a convicted murder learns his sentence. But find out why he says he is still innocent. Shoveling and sweeping around the tracks as part of a maintenance surge. What riders along the red line can expect coming up. Leon we are monitoring breaking news out of baltimore after a bomb scare at the sister station wbff. The man who made the threat is in custody now. We will let you know when we learn more. Ranking from top to bottom. Car company of the year . Better be some awards behind what you are paying for, right . The final answer. Chevy. The most awarded car company two years in a row. Wow, its like a luxury car. I was shocked. I mean its like, this is chevy . For a limited time, get cash back for 15 of the msrp on most remaining 2015 chevy vehicles while they last. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer alison new developments tonight in the war on terror. Today federal authorities arrested the brother of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Authorities say syed farooks brother was involved in a marriage fraud scheme. His wife and her sister were also arrested. Enrique marquez who was awaiting trial for allegedly conspiring to support terrorist is facing charges in this game. Leon overseas now, Vice President joe biden made a surprise visit to baghdad today. Jonathan elias to explain why. Jonathan he met with about fighting the islamic state. Joe biden says the u. S. Is committed to defeating the group. It comes in a wave of protest and demands for sweeping political reforms in iraq. Political crisis paralyzed the already struggling government as it is trying to fight terrorism. That is the latest from the live desk. Back to you. Alison thank you. New information now on a story we brought you a couple of weeks ago. The British Government now says the British Airways plane that was hit by an object while landing at heath row airport was not struck by a drone. Initially police said it was a drone that hit the jet. But the investigation found no sufficient evidence to support the claim. The incident sparked calls for tighter controls on drone usual. Leon an allout blitz is on for metro to clean up the act. General manager Paul Wiedefeld announced the maintenance surge this morning after a month of malfunction on the system. Three and a half hours ago the u. S. Secretary of transportation announced a shakeup on metros board. Brianne carter covering metro for us from the van ness station in northwest washington. Tell us what does it mean for riders . Brianne it means here from the van ness station is single tracking for riders heading in and out of the section of the red line. For the next couple of days as part of a socalled maintenance surge. Over two hours ago workers wrap up the first part of the fourday process of keeping mud and debris away from the track. It comes after days of issue along this stretch of the track. Last saturday smoke filled the tunnel after a train car piece came contact with the third rail. Monday a piece of the rail cracked. There is more than one arcing insulator. Today the general manager said he wanted workers on the tracks inspecting everything. We are going through inspecting the insulators. Replacing them if they need to to be. Looking at all the cables. Cables in general. Track, anything with the third rail itself. Leaks. Brianne you heard him say leaks. That is part of a decadelong problem that has been along this stretch of the red line. Metro canceled a project too expensive to try and rehabilitate all of that. So now they are look for a permanent fix while constantly mitigating the moisture problem here. Now one change that riders will soon see has to do with the metro board. And three new members. We have more coming up tonight at 6 00. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Leon look forward to that. Alison no Severe Weather today even though we have the rain. But i know that is 14year anniversary for the la plata tornado. Doug sunday april 28, 2002. It looked as though the day before the severe we possibility on that day. It happened on the information. Ee ef4 tornado moved through. It stayed on the grounded for 64 miles. Had a path that was moving close to 60 Miles Per Hour. So very rapidly moving storm. In the end by the time it moved out, short period of time. Headed east across the chesapeake bay, three people killed. 122 injured. 344 homes and businesses destroyed in the la plata area from that storm. So the winds were, you know, easily at 180 Miles Per Hour in that center of the system. There is even a second tornado, smaller one that came through with it at the same time. Dramatic pattern. It was the tide, there was one other two years before, ef4 tornado in cumberland, maryland. They were two strongest tornadoes recorded in the state of maryland. Today we are in the height of Severe Weather system here, nothing severe locally. As you will see in a minute we have a severe tu this is the drought monitor. Issued this morning before the rain started. Its important to note how dry it is. Everything in yellow is abnormally dry. Potomac and southern pennsylvania are Drought Conditions. Remember a couple of weeks ago we were happy as could be. 12 to 13 days in a row of sunshine. It got dry. That is why the Drought Conditions kicked in. Some rain today. Half inch or so. Whittle away at a three and a half inch deficit. But we will take what we can get. Half inch in most locations. 51 in arlington. Springfield is cool with the winds off the atlantic ocean. More area of rain we are dealing with now. Satellite and radar together shows a patch of rain from the suburbs. In the city for the next 20, 25 minutes. More shower and storms lining out, out west. When it comes to the cool air we have, an area under a severe thunderstorm watch a while longer. A couple individual severe thunderstorms. One moving south and east of those cells move eastward but they will rain themselves out before they get to interstate 81. Along the skyline drive in the blue ridge. For the rest of us, cloudy and damp with rain here. 46. That is cold for the end of april in frederick in the afternoon. 49 at baltimore. 50 at andrews. 52 at the Reagan National airport. The forecast for the overnight hours. Patchy fog, isolateed shore. Patches of drizzle. Tomorrow morning an east, northeast wind. More rain around the area tomorrow morning and that is the pat inthroughout the day. In the pattern throughout the day. We may get a brief break and the next batch will move in saturday morning. After that there is improvement as well. The numbers, 60 for a high tomorrow. More showers as far as saturday gets. If you are going to attend the events at marylanddy at college park, it looks okay. Dry, cloudy and cool. Take a jacket. You will have fun. Something else to do saturday and sunday, at the National WeatherService Office near dulles n open house. Cool events. I will be there saturday. Meeting and greeting folks and giving a talk about the weather 2 00 on saturday afternoon. The next seven days for you, we eventually will have a happy ending to the sevenday outlook with the warmer temperatures but until then, more chances of muchneeded rain. 60 tomorrow. 70 chance of rainy day monday. Clearing out and milder on tus and wednesday. Alison a lot going on. Doug indeed. Alison thank you. Leon check this out. Remember this shot here . Women out there said this mug shot was the stuff that dreams were made of. Forget about this day. Wait until we show you the latest mugshot making the rounds around the world. Alison one of the regions favorite ladies joins a centenarian celebration. We will tell you secret of longevity from this elite group coming up. We cant get enough of her. Alison we love her. Leon but first, t. G. I. T. Alison as we head to break, a quick programming note leon an investigation is underway to find people who broke into a histori