Download the storm watch weather app right to your smartphone. Leon a home that works to help teenage mothers facing scrutiny from the neighbors because some believe the transition home on 55th street in northeast d. C. Is attracting crime. Sam ford checks in to tell us the story. Sam . Sam the idea behind elizabeth house is that it is a place to help young women in their late teens and early 20s transition from say foster care into responsible adulthood. And that is a good thing. But some of the neighbors complain about the company they say that the Company Women keep. If you ask neighbor Laurie Taylor about elizabeth house ministries, the program for Young Mothers across the street she says its poorly managed and a nuisance. Loud noise. You can only call the police so many times. Sam she says its from the young men the Young Mothers attract. Though the director of the program our young women do not associate with these young men. These young men were here when we came here. Sam but taylor insists there are and she believes the still unsolved homicide of william well, age 39 may have happened because he criticized the behavior of some of the male visitors outside the building. Its horrible. I should havent to live in a neighborhood nor should my neighbors live in a neighborhood they dont feel safe. Sam the deputy mayor that created the program for the Young Mothers the claims are insulting. Especially for africanamerican woman to be doing foolishness like that. Im sorry. Were trying to save the children. Sam that the neighborhood has problems is clear. There have been multiple shootings on the street including this bullet ho was it because of the program or the neighborhood in general again, Laurie Taylor is by herself, her profession is a social worker insists she does not want to shut down the program. She just wants to see it better managed. Although Carolyn Graham has questions about that. Reporting live from northeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. A big step today toward guaranteeing a Prekindergarten Program stays on track in Prince Georges County. Even after losing federal funding. The multimillion dollar grant stripped away after report of abuse and neglect including a child forced to clean up you are clean up urine. Brianne carter is on the story. Brianne new word from the feds that it will step in and make sure come monday all the students in the Head Start Program will sti they need. Community Health Institute will step in and run it on an interim basis until Permanent Agency is selected. The government stripped the money after allegation of neglect and abuse. After todays announcement we know it wont be operated by the prince County Schools but will start as planned come monday. Its fantastic. I cant maam like getting that close to it. Not knowing whether my child is going to school or not. Its a sigh of relief throughout the process the head of the prince georgiaee County School said it will happen in the county. We hear about what has played out in Prince Georges County. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Michelle now to mustsee vid near baltimore. Check this out. Geyser there. Its going because of a water main that burst underneath the security boulevard. The break happened 12 30 and it took almost two hours to get water shut off. If you are headed to the area tonight, avoid the intersection. They are hepatitis a tied to a smoothie chain. A new warning tonight after employee at the tropical smoothie has been diagnosed with hepatitis a. Anyone who had a smoothie at the tropical smoothie in gainesville may have contracted the disease. This is as the number of the cases continue to climb in virginia. Health officials tell us there are 35 confirmed cases statewide including 14 in Northern Virginia. It is linked to contaminated strawberries from egypt. They have stopped using hepatitis a is rare but nearly everyone who contracts it recovers without lasting damage. Customers who may still benefit from a vaccine up to two weeks after exposure. The officials telling us they expect number of congress firmed cases to climb higher. Ryan news, abc7 news. Michelle Police Arrested a man who they believe ran coast to coast operation. Miller had drug dealers ship drugs from oregon and california to this area through the u. S. Postal service. It was an attack as bizarre as brutal. Two local att wearing a diaper forcing their way to the home of a former boss for revenge. Tonight a sentence that sends a message. Two life sentences plus 98 years for Andrew Schmuhl. Richard reeve was in the courtroom. While the case is over the story is far from complete. Richard the judge with scathing words in court after a violent Home Invasion in 2014. This Dramatic Police chase ended with the capture of Andrew Schmuhl in 2014. Schmuhl a 32yearold attorney arrested wearing only a diaper. Now he faces two life sentences. Plus 98 years in prison after a violent Home Invasion that fairfax circuit judge randy bellows caused brutal, callous and cruel. In a threehour or deal, he tasered, beat fishers throat while he was handcuffed. He fired a shot at his wife Suzanne Duncan and slit her throat and tied her up as well. Two weeks before fisher fired Andrew Schmuhls wife Alecia Schmuhl. The judge said devastating injuries before passing sentence. Before the jury found him guilty of malicious wounding, burglary and weapons charges he testified he didnt remember anything because he was on 13 painkillers stemming from an injury in the service for the army. In the end the jury decided for maximum sentence. They had heard four and a half weeks of testimony for the nature of the victims injuries and the crime that occurred for extensive period richard Alecia Schmuhl goes on trill in september. The prosecutors believe they planned it together. The defense plans to appeal. Leon thank you, rich. Four people are hurt including a firefighter and battalion chief after fire truck crashed this morning in columbia. The chief struck ran through a red light. When it was hit by another car. Video from the sky track 7. This shows the Chain Reaction crash ended with the five other vehicles damaged. What was caused partial Building Collapse is now investigated as hitandrun. Employees at the Mattress Warehouse store tell abc7 a light blue construction pickup truck hit the building and took off. No one was injured. The building has been ruled up safe and evacuated. Michelle coming up, football night for the redskins and the fans. Skytrack7 is up over live over fedex field where redskins will take on the buffalo bills. What the preseason game could mean for the season in sports. Leon fable fans to dukes of hazzard fans. Why ben jones is shutting down the store even though the business is doing fine. Michelle the f. D. A. Orders a major change because of zika and how it will affect the nation. How far it has spread in the u. S. Just in time for movein day a heatwave ramps up the temperature in d. C. Im mike carterconneen. Hot reality incoming freshmen face in 20 of the storms luann bennett. After losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in Northern Virginia and grew the family business. A single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. Nnett. In business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. Congress just doesnt get that theres too much partisanship. I approve this message because washington needs more commonsense problem solvers. Michelle 7 on your side with a Health Matters reports. Millions of teens are entering college for the first time and the health is no longer under parental supervision. The c. D. C. Updated guidelines on what students can do to stay safe and healthy. Getting out of the dorm room and staying active topped the list. Hitting the gym or riding a bike to class. They warned a chance of risky sexual behavior, car crashes and cancer. Leon whatever it takes to fight off the freshman 15. Speaking of that, we are at the start of a rite of passage for thousands of students in maryland. Movein weekend at the campus in college park. As mike carterconneen reports this years movein comes with a side of extreme heat. Mike incoming freshmen were greeted by the roommates, the resident adviserrers and in time for the heavy lifting up comfortable heat and humidity. He is working hard, sweating. A good life lesson. This is where it all begins. Mike by the afternoon the temperature reached 90 degrees. While umv says 80 of the resident halls are air conditioned, some moving in tomorrows like the one behind me face a harsh reality. Hot reality. No a. C. In their rooms. Oh, yeah, the heat rises. Its awful. We bought a bunch of fans. We have four fans going in the room now. It still hot. It will take getting used to. The director of the residents life says there is a plan to a. C. The remaining halls. As the movein continues this weekend they are encouraging the students and the families to stay hydrate and take breaks. Movein process was easy. The people were helpful. For many parents sending a son or daughter to college is a stressful, emotional event. I have mixed emotions. This makes me an empty nester. Looking forward to it. Anxious, sald, but proud. Mike but maybe the heat is a blessing. When it comes time to saiga, saiga, say goodbye, all the sweat makes it difficult to shed tears. Michelle you were recalling your days. Leon they didnt have heat. Doug wood fairs in there . Michelle back in the day. Leon i remember the day w my dorm for the first time was a freshman, coed dorm. The object was to shove mom out as quickly as possible. Michelle oh, my gosh. We wish the students a great semester ahead. Leon talk about the heat and the humidity. Doug not horrible. Today is hotter and more humidity than the weekend. It will be good weather for a weekend activities here. We start with a time lapse. The kids are back in school. Make the most out of the weekend. The temperatures in the 90degree range. Plenty of sunshine. Few fair weather clouds. Should be a nice weekend across the region. The temperatures at 5 00, 95 in manassas. 93 in leesburg. Close to that in ashburn as well. 49 at reagan national. 92 at baltimore. Andrews air force base, joint base andrews. Sorry. 93 it will always be Andrews Air Force base. I was stationed there for four years. Always. I wont talk about that. Ill wait until i get a talk show one day. 18 days so far this month we have been 90 or higher. The average for august is ten. 12 times last august we hit the number. 90 or higher. Well ahead. 46 times this year. 45 is the number of the 90degree days we had last year at this time. I puts us second place, the second warmest august on record so far. With the highs we expect, 90 the next couple of days. 93 on monday and tuesday. It could be the hootest august on hottest august on record. Feels like 104 in culpeper. 97 in baltimore. 98 in frederick. 98 in annapolis. 99 in the nations capital. Tomorrow, the temperatures a few degrees lower. Humidity levels just a little lower as well. A couple big the bills. It will be 90 degrees at kickoff at 7 30. And across town over at the stadium the nats are hosting the rockies. We mentioned earlier there could be ahead of a frontal system coming through isolated showers in the evening. We are seeing a couple popup over the foothill of blue ridge south closer to charlottesville. Nothing locally but there are boundaries. Southern area south of the metro washington south and west, isolated shower. Thundershower is possible there. Clear and warm overnight. 69 to 78 degrees. Tomorrow a great day to be in the pool. A lot of sunshine. We say hot and humid, but the highs are 89 to 93. But the feels like temperature is only 9596. Typical late summer day. Give you a sneak peek at the heat index. At 3 00 tomorrow it like 95 in washington. 97 in leesburg. You get the feel. Typical summer day. Tomorrow evening at 7 00 chicago is in town to take on the united at r. F. K. You can watch it live on newschannel8. Temperatures will drop as well. Lets talk about the next seven days. 91 tomorrow. 90 on sunday. Humid monday, tuesday, wednesday. Three days that you are remind its still summertime. Lower 90s. Chances of thunderstorms are possible tuesday and wednesday. Then we turn cooler and less humid. Thursday is 37. By friday 84 be the sunshine. That is more like. That is the first day of september. Close to it. Leon thursday is the 1st of september. Doug good stuff. Michelle thank you. Coming up for us the end of a popular Country Store. Leon we will tell you why the man who played cotter is closing the Country Store though business is fine. Mi orders a major change because of zika. The effect that will be felt nationwide. That is next at abc7 news at 5 00. They must madely begin being tested for zika. In a statement the acting chief scientist said we arishing revised guidance for implementation to maintain the safety of if blood supply. Previously it only in some counties in florida and puerto rico were being screened. The f. D. A. Said expanding testing would reduce transmission of the virus. In florida, governor rick scott said the efforts of the officials in his state were instrumental to keep zika from spreading. We havent had a new case in three weeks now. But he acknowledged more cases are being investigated. We have two additional counties we are looking at. In palm beach. This is as the c. D. C. Announced friday it documented the first case of a person who didnt know he had zika. He didnt develop the usual symptoms like the rash, red eyes and fever who transmitted it to his female partner in sex. It is spread mostly by mosquitoes but can be spread by sexual contacts and causes serious birth defects. Michelle the move by the f. D. A. Comes as the number of cases in our area continues to grow. Maryland saw the biggest jump with 13 new cases to bring the total to 77. Virginia also grew. D. C. Held steady. All the cases locally are travelrelated. Nationwide there are over 2,500 cases. The only locally transmitted cases are in florida. Still to man trapped in a burning car and Police Officer risking his life. Caught on body camera. What made the rescue so difficult. Besides the flames. Ja we showed you this yesterday. House that exploded into flames. Find out what was inside that amplified the loss for those who called it home. A land mark in Rappahannock County planning to close it announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Michelle the days are numbered for a popular Country Store that is also a cultural destination for thousands of fans of the tv show the dukes of hazzard. Former georgia congressman ben jones who played cotter on the hit show is closing the store. But as amy aubert reports its not because of a lack of business. In fact, its the opposite. I thought you was bo duke. For the regulars and those are out of town, kootenaiers, a landmark on lee highway in ferryville. In the last few months, nothing but a big problem for us. So we made a decision. My wife and i that we cant continue to be somewhere we are not wanted. A little more after a year opening it, th cotters plans to shut the doors in late october. Cotter, himself, bringing in cooter himself bringing in dukes of hazzard fans from all over to grab a bite and drive down memory lane. You see me on the flag stand. Jones says it boils down to problems with the parking out back. And running into zoning issues. Its time for us to pull the plug and move on. For employees its a second home. We are a family. We all look out for one another. We will continue to do so. They tell me you cant have a cooters without the general lee. They say wherever they open next the car will be parked out front. A store packing up the memories and getting in gear for the next step. This here is special to us. Amy the county administrator agrees its scenes issues and says the county doesnt have a position because the application was she declined any further statement. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Leon checking the top stories now Prince Georges CountyHead Start Program will open as scheduled when the School Starts on monday. They lost millions in federal funding amid allegations children were abuse and neglected. Today they said the Community Development institute will run it on an interim basis. It serves more than 9020 children in the county. Michelle virginia authorities are expanding a warning about a hepatitis a outbreak linked to tropical smoothie cafe. They say anyone who had a smoothie at the gainesville location between july 28 and august 18 may be at risk. An employee at the store is now among the 14 confirmed cases of hepatitis a in Northern Virginia. Leon Andrew Schmuhl will likely spend the rist of his life behind rest of his life behind bars after breaking into his home in 2014 and assaulted fisher and his wife. Prosecutors say schmuhl wanted revenge after fisher fired his wife. Michelle time may be running out in search for survivors of the massive earthquake in italy. Already 278 people are confirmed dead in the quakes aftermath. Rescuers have been working around the clock in the search for survivors. Survival chances for anyone still trapped rapidly decline after 72 hours. Right now its been 67 since the quake first hit. Leon officials have released a new report on the deadly plane crash that killed six people six weeks ago in fredericksburg. Preliminary findi