Over, pick already out and up out of the drivers seat, pull her across the passengers seat. Seconds later darren ware said this is what they were looking at on april 20th, 2016, when the Prince Georges County fire assistant chief off duty had just left the funeral for fallen firefighter john elmsnyder. He spotted the car smoking on the side of the road. I pulled the door to see if it was open and there was no response. The woman had suffered a medical issue. A deputy fire chief and Good Samaritan stopped quickly thereafter, gave ware a tool and they broke through the drivers side window, but the woman unexpectedly stomped on the gas and the car ran a her out. Quick note, the American Legion was chartered and incorporated by congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization. Theres 2. 4 million members in each department that can only nominate one person as firefighter of the year. Its a huge honor, but theres other things done ware says that arent always recognized. The main thing i would say is we are here to do a job and it really doesnt matter who gets the reward. Were just here to do the best we can to protect and serve the public. To this day the assistant chief said he never met the woman he rescued. If youre out there, he hopes youre doing well. I think i hear a followup story in there. Tonight we learned the car there had idled for so long the underside ignited dry grass and thats how the car caught fire. Thank you so much for your services, assistant chief ware. People living in parts of texas, arkansas and missouri spent the day cleaning up debris and devastation after a series of tornadoes spent through the area. At least eight people are dead and dozens others injured. The Violent Storm flooded homes and neighborhoods and overturned cars. Teens heading to a prom in dallas sought shelter in two restrooms while the twister leveled the reception hall where the prom was about to take place. These are the two restrooms that we took shelter in. There was also i think about five people that hid in this stairwell. By the time we got to the bathroom door which is about 20 feet, the roar was right on top 6 us. Storms are also top of us. Storms are also expected to bring record flooding to parts of oklahoma. We had some Severe Weather in our area as well today. These pictures show clouds approaching in wood and bunker hill, west virginia. A Tornado Warning was issued but no reports of anything major. Howard bernstein says we are at risk for tomorrow afternoon. How bad are they going to be . Well have to see. Tomorrows concerns are damaging winds and large hail, slim tornado threat, but this evening one little storm did all the damage here, maybe not so little. This was west of winchester mostly in west virginia. It did cut across here and the pictures you were seeing were from actually this part every west virginia. Out west lanesville had 1 1 2 inch hail today. There were some trees down there. Also in augusta. So a lot of Severe Weather from that. This is what it looked like from 4 30 to 6 30. There wasnt much on the map except right there and it was done. It really was an oppressive looking storm, lots of lightning also with this and some of the winds gusted 50 to 60 miles an hour. Tonight radar is quiet. Its not going to stay that way. Well be all right tomorrow morning, 60s to low 70s at 8 30. Midday looks fine, may see a spotty shower along and west of the blue ridge. In the afternoon well start to pick up here. Even by 5 00 west of the blue ridge, but watch what happens by 6 00, 7 00. Now its starting to firm up. This is the line that could have the damaging wind gusts, hail, maybe an isolated tornado. By 9 30 it should be through us and well dry out significantly as far as humidity levels are concerned by tuesday morning. We have at least a couple nice days headed our way this week, but im also tracking a Severe Weather threat tomorrow, but more rain as the week goes on. Well have the full sevenday coming up in a few. If you havent reporter already, you can if you havent already, you can download our free wusa9 weather app. An arcing insulator on metro forced trains to bypass the Capitol Heights metro station over an hour. More than 30 firefighters responded to the scene for reports of hazy smoke, but metro had already handled the incident. The family of a man shot and killed yesterday is raising monefo police say 27yearold Enrique Vanderpool died after being shot during an argument inside a business. This all happened early in the morning on general washington drive in alexandria. The men involved in the argument apparently knew each other. Vanderpools family tells us he was raising his 6monthold son. Its an incredible gathering of 40 Holocaust Survivors brought together to remember in rockville. They do this every year. Survivors tell us they fear if their stories fade, a commitment to combat future atrocities may fade, too. Wusa9s mike valerio introduces us to one of those survivors. Reporter this is you, right . This is mine. This is me. Reporter you look so happy. I was with my family. Reporter shes a rose among the clamor of coffee couples, an angel who has been to hell and back. This one is your father, right . My father, brother and in a very terrible way died from starvation. My father at age 46, my brother age 19. Reporter blanch berway is 93 now, a survivor of auschwitz. Her photos are some of the few items left that help tell her story and she fears if these stories are lost, humanity may also rules also rules part of its capacity for compassion. When we arrived at auschwitz, everything was taken away from it. How could you comprehend if we couldnt understand . Reporter she says knowing the atrocities of the past and perhaps heighten can perhaps heighten our capacity for good in the present. Maybe, maybe it would take a lot more people in the world. Nobody believes, what happens to them . Reporter as i kneeled by wanted to accomplish in a roomful of survivors determined to keep these stories alive. I want to tell you what i want to accomplish. The world is wonderful, beautiful. People should be compassionate to each other no matter what race, no matter what color. Thats what i want to live to see in my lifetime soon. Never again should never happen in this world. Reporter in rockville mike valerio, wusa9. Compassion is the message there. Last monday was holocaust remembrance day. Switching gears former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell back in the news tonight, once a rising star in the republican party, but his conviction on a public corruption charge for taking 177,000 in loans, gifts and vacations from a wealthy virginia businessman brought his career screeching to a halt. The Supreme Court said the lower courts overreached their cothority and reversed the correspondent bill whitaker, mcdonald said he was only doing what hundreds of politicians do every day. There was never a quid pro quo or any conspiracy or agreement to help mr. Williams and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States said that the government advanced essentially a dangerous legal theory that had serious constitutional problems. Reporter what do you mean dangerous . Why dangerous . Because it criminalizes routine political conduct, things that happen in this country every day. He used his office for personal gain. Reporter the governor said all he did was make introductions. Here is somebody who took over 170,000 to do things that he could only do because he was the governor of the state. The Supreme Court unanimously reversed mcdonalds conviction, but the high court condemned his actions on ethical grounds. In president trumps day 100 interview with cbs news to discuss specific military options for dealing with north korea explaining he doesnt want the world to know what hes thinking, but the president did share his thoughts on a number of other important topics. Paula reed has the latest. There is no place id rather be than right here in pennsylvania to celebrate. Reporter on his 100th day in Office President trump traveled to harrisburg, pennsylvania, to rally supporters. Make no mistake. We are just beginning in our fight to make America Great again. Reporter earlier in the day the president at down with face the nation moderator john dickerson. In the interview the president went back to his skepticism about whether russia tried to influence the election. Reporter you dont mean to tell me that the russians tried to meddle in the election. You believe that. That i dont know. Reporter you do know or when you were a kid, did you dream about becoming your Favorite Movie or disney character . Now apparently theres a school like to be a mermaid. Heres how. Reporter thanks to its loyal customers, for the past 25 years adventure scuba and snorkeling in plano has never been in danger of going underwater, but ever since last year when owner richard dean decided to offer an unusual new class that has nothing to do with scuba diving, his store has been flooded with business. It is rivalling our Scuba Program with respect to participates. Participation. I never saw it coming. Reporter so whats given his store such a boost . You wouldnt believe. Mermaid school is in session once a week here and moira dobbs is the teacher. Mermaid goes in the occupation box when i fill out any kind of paperwork. Reporter moira is actually the Marketing Manager and admits the mermaid life seems silly at first, but after just one lesson her students usually ll was like to be 12 years old and i like to share that magic. Reporter morgana alba came from washington d. C. Just to take part in the class. When your mother tells you you can grow up to be anything, 7foot professional mermaid is not out of the realm of possibility. Reporter this may be a chance to live out a childhood dream, but these mermaids say theres a purpose behind it. Moira has a passion for Ocean Conservation and says if you can get people in the water, you can get them to care about the water. But for most of the students being a mermaid is more than just childs play. Its therapeutic. That can be hugely rewarding for anyone who is lonely, isolated or looking for a new way to spend their time. Reporter proof sometimes its better where life is wetter under the sea. Okay. So do we have to go all wait to plano, texas, for this, howard . We could all e plano, texas, for this, howard . We could start one here in d. C. She could franchise it, have a big business going. There were no mermen, by the way, in the pool there. Did you want to be a merman . Depend on depends on the day. Lets move on. This weekend marks adopt a shelter wet weekend. All weekend the adorable animals were shown off at the foster homes and felter. Dogs, cats, and guinea pigs were all made available at half off fees. New litters of Furry Friends are arriving every day with kittens season here. Tomorrow an exciting day in the wjz in the wjz news name for our new puppy bunts. We have nigel, ned and nimbus. In the w usa newsroom. We are going to talk about our name for our new puppy bunts. We have nigel, ned and nimbus. Dont forget, tune in tomorrow night at 11 00 to find out the puppys name. What do you think the name will be . Im going for nimbus. Bunts graduated after two years of training. Hes serving now. He is. He is doing what he needs to do. Im a little worried about the weather because you were running around here earlier. There was a tornado watch. It was a Tornado Warning, doppler indicated. Watch means weather is possible. Warning means weather is happening. We may be under a Severe Weather threat tomorrow. Weve got a threat of severe storms, hail. Weve got to take care of a little bit of business first, the 3degree guarantee. I thought it was going to be cooler today. The sun came out. 88. That solidifies us as the warmest april on record by almost 2 degrees. So a very warm month and this is the fourth time weve missed this month. So that means 100 each time we miss and this month was the arlington Food Assistance center. We will have that on our Facebook Page tomorrow three choices for the charity of the month for may. They get 400 for the month. Metro day planner for your monday, well start out okay in the morning, temperatures in the low 70s, some clouds. There will be some breaks, too, breezy, winds south at 17. They could be gusting to 25, maybe 30 at times. Late afternoon and evening showers and storms, potentially strong to severe here. So thats what we have to watch and thats why tomorrow will be a yellow alert day. Look at these 50s, thats the cooler air, never quite made it. Were still 71 while up the road in baltimore 62 and its a sticky 77 in fredericksburg at this hour. Here in washington, Washington Monument looking good on our michael and son weather cam, 71, cool air coming on the heels. Just saw the video of the devastating tornadoes in texas caused by this storm yesterday. This storm brought a lot of snow, areas in colorado, western kansas, some big snow drifts here and road closures in western kansas. Look at this thing spinning like a top moving into missouri out of eastern kansas. Meanwhile weve had Severe Weather in the warm air on the east side of that storm. The warm air is in place and as this storm moves east theres going to be a line of showers and storms that would be approaching us. The concern have severe storms. The yellow area is a slight risk and enhanced between slight and moderate. Right up route 99, state college, altoona, johnstown and cornell. Thats what were worried about for tomorrow and that means we have to worry about the threat for damaging winds, large hail and an isolated tornado. Heres our futurecast, no problems overnight tonight. There could be a stray popup shower. Clouds, i think there will be some sun, although futurecast is very cloudy tomorrow, mid 70s at lunchtime, strong southerly winds, 10 to 20mile an hour range and gusty. Then weve got to watch out in the mid and Late Afternoon. At 6 00 along and west of the blue ridge low 80s, but here are the stor. It storms firing. It wants to bring it across the region and by 10 00, 11 00, there they go and by tuesday even though well have southwesterly winds the humidity levels will drop significantly. It will be far more comfortable around here. Tonight 65 to 70 generally, partly to mostly cloudy skies, south winds 5 to 10. For tomorrow we start out 60s and 70s. In the afternoon upper 70s to about 84 or so in the warm spots with a few showers and storms late, again some of those possibly strong to severe into the evening hours. Tuesday much less humid, breezy, warm, upper 70s. Wednesday looks nice, maybe a few more clouds late, around 70 and i hope you didnt put away the jackets because it will get cool and gamp the second half of the week and weekend damp the second half of the week and weekend, even into sunday possibly spotty showers, so big differen heres the thing, tomorrow morning well be okay. Yeah. Its tomorrow night thats the issue. Mid, Late Afternoon into the evening, a good 2 3, 3 4 of the day should be all right. We need the rain. Stay up on the weather tomorrow. Honoring Wounded Warriors on the racetrack, how one Organization Uses motor sports to help combat ptsd coming up next. Reporter happy sunday night. We hope you had a great weekend. We have a big week on lakeup washington. Reporter its the moment parents dread. Youre watching a movie with your kids and things get a little uncomfortable. Coming up well show you a new tool that claims to basically eliminate all those sex things and even bad language in the movies we have sometimes and it happens right as you watch the movie. It edits live. Plus could you go more than a day without social media or get rid of your cell phone . Well no way. Neat a man who has never even meet a man who has never even owned a cell phone. How does he take selfies . Well see you tomorrow morning. Kind of emotional, puts it in perspective, you know. The families are going through so much. Our heart goes out to them. Thats why we do this. We want people to feel love. These virginia women are creating gifts of love. They take donated wedding dresses and stitch them for gowns for newborns who didnt make it home from the hospital. The gowns are keepsakes or used in the burial process and the seamstresses charge nothing, but they do need donations. Were calling it wedding dresses for angel. If you have a gown youd like to donate, you can drop it off here at wusa9 tuesday. Our address is 4100 wisconsin avenue in northwest washington. Were accepting the gowns between 10 a. M. And 7 30 p. M. And we owe you a big thank you. At fedex field today some wheel to compete in a vet motorsports rally. The veterans competed against the clock to navigate technical courses during a closed course competition. Each was given coaching from a professional racer and at least Three Chances to post a best time. The program is designed to help veterans fight depression and posttraumatic stress disorder or ptsd. When we started off, we learned the techniques and proper procedures of scce rally sport racing. Scca rally sport racing. It was an excellent experience. I drove around the course four times, hit a couple cones and took some penalties, but you couldnt wipe that smile off my face. Vets motor sports has helped more than 160 wounded combat veterans and their families participate in motorsports events since 2013. If you needed a little pick me up after the caps and wizards losses and who didnt, all you had to do was watch the this is the silverado special edition. Man this is one gorgeous truck. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Woman ooohh uh man 2 hooooly mackerel. Man 3 wow. Man 4 nice. Strength and style. Which ones your favourite . Come home with me make a strong decision. 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