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WJLA News 7 At 11 October 1, 2015

Next. Breaking news in Prince Georges County come where the police are on the scene of a double homicide along Central Avenue in capitol heights. The gunman and is on the loose right now. Jeff goldberg is on the scene right now. We will have a live report in just a moment. Story, stormwatch, parts of the region still recovering after flooding and strong wind last night, and there is more rain in the forecast ahead. Alison this as we are keeping and i on Hurricane Joaquin, threatening to bring even more rain into waterlogged states. Leon we have Team Coverage starting with abc 7 meteorologist steve rudin. You have breaking news about the storm . Steve the 11 00 update shows a strengthening storm. The upper level parts of the atmosphere, the spin in and around. The latest updates from the belfort furniture Weather Center at 115 mileswind that 11 per hour with wind gusts up to 140. The projected storm track, likely to become a category four storm. Look at the eye of uncertainty, from new york city to d. C. , to the outer banks of north carolina. Where the storm makes landfall is the big question. It appears a could happen between sunday and monday. Look at the window, sunday night, near 100 miles per hour. Monday night at 8 00, near 65 miles per hour. Not only could we be dealing with gusty wind, but torrential rain starting as early as friday. The details coming up in a few minutes. Leon a big mess heading this way. State ofis in a emergency as southern parts of the commonwealth are drying up from serious flooding. Someand is suffering, too, of the worst damage in laurel. The National Weather service is trying to determine what type of storm left this path of destruction. These communities are watching closely with the future has in store. Richard reeve is live in laurel with the cleanup and preparation. Rich, tell us about it. Richard leon, all kinds of debris flying through the air. This car was under some trees. Not too much damage, but this one over here, this one got slammed on. As is what happens when trees and debris fallen a car. In downtown laurel, it is cleanup time. Mother nature is going to do what she wants. Richard down trees ripped off roofs. The roof was practically torn entirely all. The destructive rainstorm hopscotch to cross laurel tuesday night. The house was shaken by the storm. Richard two cars took a beating from falling tree debris. We cannot even see the automobiles under the trees. Were torn off,s this alley becoming a wind tunnel, scattering roofing and Building Materials everywhere. Trees were coming down. Richard the storm dumped three inches of rain in one hour. Now they are concerned about what Hurricane Joaquin could do. A lot of people are scrambling. The cleanup from one storm, preparing for another. Mother nature just comes through like a tornado and goes on her way. Power lines are down, and this is the roots of the tree that fell. Im surrounded by debris here. One thing they dont know was what kind of storm this was, whether a microburst tornado or something else. That is what the National Weather service is checking now. Richard reeve, abc 7 news. Alison wow, rich, thank you. Stay with the abc 7 stormwatch team. We will bring you coverage onair and online at wjla. Com. And download the storm watch weather app for updates around the clock. Leon in capitol heights, two people are dead after a shooting on Central Avenue. Jeff goldberg is at the scene. What have you learned . Leon, still a very active scene at the Central Gardens apartment. No suspect in custody. The police have been out here sometime. Plenty of investigators on the scene. Also plenty of people behind the yellow tape watching the emotional scene unfold. Jeff the call came into police at 7 15 of shots fired. Officers responded and found two males lying on the ground, both pronounced dead at the scene. This does not appear to be a random act. No word on the relation between the suspect or suspects in the victims. The police say the general public is not in danger. Detectives are working extremely hard, trying to piece together everything. It is still early in the investigation. We are asking for anyone who may have heard or seen anything to please call the police. Obviously, so many questions to be answered, not only the identity and ages of the victims, shots fired, but what led up to this double shooting. The police are still looking for information only suspect, looking for help from the public to solve this crime. Jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. Leon a death after a cosmetic procedure was ruled a homicide. Kelly lemay hugh died this summer after she had silicon injected into her buttocks in new york city. She worked as a freelancer at bet. Metro safety issues have been in the headlines for months. Now what could be the most drastic change for the transit system. The ntsb is asking for new federal oversight. We heard that we put that question directly to the head of metro. The National Transportation safety board use the january fatal smoke incident at the Lenfant Metro station is a nonequivocal example as to why metro needs a major oversight change or riders will remain in harms way. They asked in an unusual and urgent step to redefine the Commuter Railroad to put oversight of the Rail Division under the federal railroad administration. The ntsb believes that the metro moreold accountable. Canntsb says the f. R. A. Have more inspections, issue higher safety standards, and monitor lines. They said that the tristate Order Committee does not have effective real oversight. Without adequate oversight, accidents and incidents will continue to place riders at risk. We are working completely to address issues. Jay we caught up with metros leader. They expressed their opinion. I think it is for somebody else to decide who will have oversight. We are happy to work to make the system safer. Jay we also spoke with federal leaders. Anything the federal government can do to further the theidence of the riders, reliability and safety of metro, we will support. We are on a downward spiral that metro needs to recover from. The ntsb is hoping for quick action. They are calling on the u. S. Department of transportation to act on this request within 30 days. Jay korff, abc 7 news. Now, arlington on alert. Another woman was attacked last night and they suspect is still on the loose. The police are trying to determine if he is the same man behind seven other attacks. Jeff goldberg spoke with two witnesses. Jeff the rain had just stopped and it was time for bed, until we heard a bloodcurdling scream. A scream i will never forget. These neighbors on north quincy both ran outside along with her girlfriends. One looked towards the bushes in front of his house. Oute saw her, she pointed the street, and our neighbor was chasing. I got to the corner and lost him. 10 30 tuesdaybout night. A 23yearold girl on her way home from work had not and off the bus at north quincy and washington, heading towards home two blocks away. When a dark stretch in front of this set of bushes and across the street from washington lee high school, she was attacked. Neck came up, grabbed her come and try to grab her book bag. Jeff he got away and she was not hurt. She was shaken up. Without her fighting back and screaming, i dont think she would have gotten away. Jeff this is the eighth attack of a woman in arlington in less than two months. The suspect description in this case, like the others, is vague. At this time, we dont think it is connected, but we are not ruling that out yet. This type of violence close to home is troubling. Leon that was Jeff Goldberg reporting. The latest victim did not suffer physical injuries. The police say she was wearing your buds at the time, which is discouraged when walking home alone at night. Coming up, Hillary Clintons email back in the news. This time for a new reason. Who try to hack into the email and the surprising way they did it. Alison and a new scandal for the secret service. Wow. This place is spectacular. Thank you. We worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. You must be happy to get out of that tiny house . Yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted how much more space . We went from a hundred square feet to. Three thousand whispers three thousand we still have the original structure. She uses it as a yoga studio. Its more like a tool shed. Refresh your space during our harvest sale at havertys. Plus, enjoy thirtysix month, nointerest financing haveys. Discover something you. A bill to keep the federal government funded through december 11. The majority of republicans voted against the bill. Speakert obama, house john boehner, and others will talk about the budget blueprint in several days. Congress failed to pass an amendment for First Responders of 9 11. They believe that paramedics developed cancer and other illnesses working at ground zero. They can continue get benefits for now, but those who would minister say they will have to shut down next summer unless funding is restored. Alison hackers with ties to russia tried at least five times to gain access to Hillary Clintons private email account. The hacker sent phishing emails designed as tickets in august 2011. It is not clear if clinton clicked on the affected attachments. Today, the state Department Release 6000 pages of email from her time as secretary of state. Former health and Human Services secretary Donna Shalala is in a New York Hospital after suffering a stroke. The 74yearold is now president of the clinton foundation. Bill clinton said reports of her condition are encouraging. Was president of the university of miami after eight years in the clinton administration. Leon spying on a congressmans past job applications, a black eye for the secret service. A government report said that some secret Service Members looked at jason chapins applications. He has aggressively investigated secret service scandals. The assistant secretary of the secret service was caught suggesting that embarrassing information should have been released. Alison a new program will premiere the this sunday, called full measure with cheryl consent. There was at with cheryl atkinson. There was a premiere Party Tonight at the newseum. We will be the program that does not try to duplicate what others do well. We will try to find angles to stories that people are not covering. Alison it premieres here sunday at 9 30, right before this week with george stephanopoulos. Leon whatever you want to watch, this could be a good we can to stay indoors. Alison we have been upgraded with joaquin . Steve people need to focus not only on joaquin but what is coming our way friday with torrential rain across the area. We are talking about 2, 3 inches by the time that system moves out. To dealhave joaquin with. 65 degrees right now at reagan national, the skies cloudy. Highs today, 78 degrees, above average this time of year. We will take that. The record 91. I dont foresee any record temperatures anytime soon, but potential recordbreaking rainfall totals could be here friday, maybe even sunday and monday. 63 degrees andrews, annapolis 64, culpeper 65. 60s hagerstown. Tonight, temperatures generally in the 50s, mostly cloudy skies. It is staying breezy with wind out of the north at 10 to 15 miles per hour. In terms of the satellite radar, not a lot around the immediate metro, mostly cloudy skies right now. This is the cold front that brought us the heavy rain yesterday, the low pressure that will develop along the front. The futurecast forecast shows heavy rain moving in late tomorrow night, then especially into the mid day and evening hours friday. Putting the map in motion, the timestamp at the top of the screen, moving through the day, scattered showers, grab the umbrella. You will need it part of the day. You will definitely need it all day long friday. 1 00 in the afternoon, friday afternoon, evening, the heavy band of rain stretching all the way across central virginia. Moving through dinnertime, rushhour, very wet. Once this lifts out, we look for improving conditions. Maybe for a few hours. And we are watching joaquin. The potential rainfall totals come just from storm number one. Upwards of two inches in d. C. , further south could be looking at three inches in fredericksburg, lesser amounts to the north. Here is the latest on joaquin, a strong hurricane, the wind at 115. We have had wind gusts of 140. The track of the storm as it moves off the coast, likely to become a category four. As early as sunday into monday, this is when it could make landfall. Even though you see the center over the d c area, that does not necessarily mean it will be right over us. It could be new york city, could be the coast line of new jersey, could be the outer banks of north carolina. Worth watching, and we will do that through the coming days. Tomorrow, only into the 60s daytime highs. The seven day outlook actually, looking at the you t alert systems. That is an important tool for the severe weather. Alison a lot to cover. Sounds like a mess. Leon interferes with sports plans. Erin the redskins are hosting the eagles on sunday. Im sure a lot of people are wondering what would happen if Hurricane Joaquin its the east coast this weekend. Could there be a contingency plan . It looks like the league could be looking into that. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Erin with the threat of Hurricane Joaquin looming over the game at fedex field, the nfl has looked into a contingency plan. According to an insider, one of the plants involves the redskins moving their bye week to this week and scheduling the game sunday for week eight, when both teams have a scheduled bye. Jay gruden says dont judge kirk cousins off of his two interceptions last week against the giants. Interceptionso against the dolphins, but none against the rams. Today, cousins was asked what he could do differently. Kirk anytime you throw an interception, you always say, what can i do differently . I do want to sound like im not taking it seriously, but if i dont trust those throws at times, i will never make consistent completions. There is a balance of i have to trust what i see, i have to throw the ball with confidence. I cannot get gun shy. Erin the nationals in atlanta tonight, finishing the final week of the season. Bottom of the second, aj percent ierzinsky bloops one to left. For wilson ramos, lines er, but thepitch nats fall 20. Blue jaysorioles. That is the final out. 2,e blue jays win it 15 clinching the American League east for the First Time Since 1993. They do not have much time to celebrate. This was a doubleheader. The orioles beat the, 81 in the second game. The capitals and hurricanes, did not take Alex Ovechkin very long to break the ice. In the second, the caps on the snapk, the feed, and the shot is good for the lead. Carolina would eventually when this in a shootout, 43. It does not really matter because these games dont count. The games that do count start up when the regular season begins jersey, against new october 10. Leon right around the corner. Recordbreaking stunt in the sky. Hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. An incredible feat in fromornia, 200 skydivers nearly 30 countries came together for a recordbreaking stunt. All of them loaded onto nine airplanes, jumping into a massive formation, shattering the previous record of 109 people. It happened in front of a crowd of amazed spectators. Leon they made the one formation, then broke up and made a second formation. Now they are going for three. Alison that is amazing. Leon you could not get me to jump out of an airplane. Alison me neither, are you kidding me . Steve a quick update on joaquin with wind at 115. The storm is growing in intensity. Closer to home, the high tomorrow upper 50s, lower 60s. Upper 50s the highs on friday with areas of heavy rain. Saturday and sunday, we will be watching joaquin. Monday could be a big storm for the midatlantic. Alison have a good night. Oh, well thats a good price. Seriously . Ill grab two. Get ready to save. Love the honey nut cheerios. 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