to arlington county they are looking for calderon. for slicing a man's face with a knife after a soccer game. and prince william county is looking for juan garcia, who is accused of setting a woman's bedroom on fire and domestic assault. if you have information about any of the people, call police. i'm your fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan. kimberly: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" a mother's desperate search. find out why she is asking for your help to bring a special item home. leon: plus, the redskins say he is their man. a look at the new quarterback ahead in sports. announcer: abc7's countdown to kimberly: artifacts from the titanic are going up for auction next month. one high priced item is the luxury cruiseliner's last lunch menu which could sell up to $70,000. that menu includes corned beef, chicken ala maryland. it's butter fried chicken with sauce. it was signed by a first class personal who survived the sink -- class passenger who survived on lifeboat number one. leon: survived? the men

in arlington, the issue is this water main break. best option as an alternate is to use wilson boulevard. capitol boulevard is pretty good. we have one slow stretch from virginia to maryland. through montgomery county we are okay. we don't have any big delays. the bottom still looks good across the wilson bridge. closer to joint base andrews. that is a look of traffic. we have issues and will look at the vehicle on the parkway. kimberly: we were clearly in denial about the traffic situation. same thing about summer ending. jonathan: meteorologically speaking this is the last day of summer? doug: yes. autumn begins tomorrow. don't confuse with the official seasons astronomical and fall doesn't begin until the 21, 22 of september septemb. but pay attention to this because this could be a final "jeopardy" question if this is a category. look at the cardinal ridge elementary school in centreville. this is the way it was for most of the area. cloudy start to the day. midday skies brighten. the clouds came back. at 3:00, the clouds moved o

nine months after arlington county decided to scrap plans for a streetcar residents are searching for other ways to ease congestion along columbia hike. kimberly: we are talking about the stretch between the pentagon and daily crossroads. it is less than five miles long. it is the busiest bus like -- route in the metro system. one feature sick potential option. -- futuristic digital option. reporter: they are looking ahead. congestion that they see coming through here along columbia pike. now they say they want to look up and set out. ♪ it may look like an amusement park ride, but some say this could be the future of transportation along columbia pike in arlington. >> we did not get the metro now. it would be nice to have something. reporter: members of the civic association are looking at the stability of adding this above ground system of j pods to ease congestion. each is tailored to the writer see gets your destination without making any stops in between. >> you can have one person in the pod. you do not have to share with strangers. reporter: it would be operated with solar pan

arlington the exception. a lot of kids are back to school but look at the heat they have to deal with next week. lower 90's. arlington kids are like, yes! loving it. 4:00, coming up at tackling mental illness in the work ways. a mental health expert will join us with information on things to look out for to keep yourself and your coworker safe. kimberly: and is -- stay on top of any breaking news by signing up for text alert. we will be right back. kimberly: yesterday's deadly shooting of a tv news crew brings up questions about dealing with mental health and the work ways. -- workplace. scott: that means knowing the signs of distress and how to address them. joining us is a licensed professional clinical counselor. we are glad you are with us because the resource to talk about. you say the key, it is tough to nail down what exactly that is in this particular case. but overall you need to be more aware. >> i'm glad you brought that back up because awareness in america is what we're looking for. we really need

jonathan: developing story in arlington. we are told the police are investigating a seventh attack on a woman in a month. police don't believe the columbia south along the veech street is related to the attacks in the last few weeks. jeff goldberg is going to explain why they don't think it is connected. jeff? jeff: well, jonathan, the suspect description in the latest case does not match the description of the man linked to the six previous attacks. this has become too familiar recently in arlington. the latest one happening right now along the 2000 of columbia pike. 31-year-old woman walking not far from the u.s. air force memorial. again it happened last night at 10:30. the woman was walking down the street when a man approached her asking for directions. she looked down at her phone and police say the man touched her inappropriately and she told him to stop but he pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek. she started screaming and the man took off. the police arrived later but found no evidence of the suspect. the wo

. >> the dits coverry elementary school in arlington, chances are you have seen crews hard at work. often. >> it looks like they will cut in the last minute but i think it will be done. >> careline will be a fourth grader when it opens in two weeks. >> great teachers. young and energetic. it will be exciting. >> discovery, the first new elementary school in a decade built in response to the population boom. the building will continue all the way up to the first day. >> there is always a rush at the end. that is part of the fun. >> riverside high is a new school where finishing touches happen nonstop on monday. >> natural light in the building. >> principal doug anderson led the process for a year. new gym and classrooms and new looks. everywhere you turn is the new opportunity. >> it's just wing after another. great new adventure. >> construction is happening every where have you look including here at the football field where the work has to be done in time for the first home game on friday september 4. in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: can't get enough of the pictur

live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. kellye: a scary start to the week as the dow ploppinged over 1,000 points after the opening -- plunged over 1,000 points after the opening bell. but the dow still closed down over 600 points. >> a big drop in market and asia and europe. >> this is scary. the stock selloff did come from out of the blue for most people. >> over the last week, the average american 401k lost $6,000. sounds bad but over the last five years, that same retirement account is actually up 61%. meaning, if possible, remain calm. >> look at the great recession in 2009. those who bailed on the market in 2009 lost half of their money. those who stayed as tough as it was to do made the money back in three years. >> the u.s. businesses added 13 million jobs in the longest sustained private sector job growth streak in american history. >> if you are in the market for a new car or home we could see the first federal rate increase since 2008. with all things considered they say proceed with caution. >> make the decision

until then, life in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: police need help to tract down a sexual assault suspect that could be uber driver. the assault happened sunday morning in unit block of grant circle northwest and the police tell us between 2:00 and 2:00 a.m. a woman was sexual assaulted. the attacker was seen operating a white sports car with back leather seats. if you have information call the d.c. police immediately. kelly: prince george's county police need help finding a t-shirt wanted for shooting and killing another teem. they are looking for 17-year-old chet jarrett jr. charged with the murder of 17-year-old jajuan mcrae on rockport lane in glenn dale friday night. they believe they got in a fight and ended with a deadly shooting if. you have seen jarrett police want to hear from you. leon: tonight the investigators are trying to figure out how a v.r.e. train struck and killed someone on the track at stafford county. this happened this morning on a northbound fredericksburg train. it caused a nightmare commute for thousa

reporting live in arlington, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. kimberly: that is the next step we are talking about. leon: absolutely. times are changing. all right. now, speaking of times changing, back to school may be pushed to back burner. middle the night e-mail that is messing up plans for families and the scramble days before the opening bell rings. kimberly: plus, do you remember this horse fighting for his life? the government passed new regulation that could spell death for one of the talented animals. leon: car jacking with a tryst. horace: i'm horace holmes. "7 on your side" viewer tell us that car crash through the backyard fence on seven occasions. now she fears for the safety of her kimberly: 24-year-old hernandez car jacked a woman at the islamic education center. he had just been released from jail. 30 minutes beforehand. a virginia family pleading for help because of a dangerous curve in front of their house. leon: bullseye painted on their yard. you would believe it if you saw how many drivers were drunk losing control on the t

the district him arlington, alexandria, and fairfax county. that is until midnight tonight. i expect it will come down a bit sooner than that. after the football game tonight, temperatures in the 80's. i think the worst weather for fedex field will be around 7:00 tonight. a heavier band will move through than the skies will begin to clear. more on the weekend forecast in your seven day outlook coming up in a few minutes. leon: we like to look it pictures that you sent. some decent weather stuff happening. get to a safe ways, snap a picture or video and send it to us. the e-mail address for you is pics@wjla.com. be sure to include your name and where you took the picture or video. if we can, we will use it on the air or online. kimberly: a deadly fire in quantico. the house were happened has a haunting back story. diane cho reports. still in mary is disbelief after losing a close friend. asleep andray he was the smoke got him and he did not feel hurt. reporter: she says she saw the smoke and try to get inside her friends apartment but it was too late. >> if he needed help he

inside the beltway for the district in arlington. west,d further north and especially around the hagerstown area, we are looking at heavy rain at beaver creek and fair play. moving towards the south around the winchester area. you are finally beginning to dry out. slowly funneling and. shenandoah farms looking at moderate rains at this time. we will watch the rain is a moves through the metro area. if you're heading out to the rain -- redskins game tonight, prepare for what weather. the heaviest of the rain should be out of here by about 8:00 or 9:00, at least for the district. in improving conditions throughout the day tomorrow. throughout the coming up in a few minutes. jonathan: six people escaped an early morning fire that destroyed a home in the district. that started before 5:00 this morning. firefighters say smoke was absolutely pouring out of the home. everybody did make it out safely but there's no word on what caused the fire. investigators believe it started on the second or. -- floor here at -- laura. kimberly: the debate

silver spring, the district, arlington and alexandria. no problems. if you head further to the south, wildly scattered showers. if you are watching and the skies are darking and the showers are moving in from the west. this is moving north/northeast. we are going to look for the conditions that will improve but a lot of lightning associated with the storms. the wider view from the north/northeast. d.c. metro will see a few thousand showers. they will diminish tonight. temperatures in the 60's to the middle 70's. the cold front that we are watching tomorrow. move through the midatlantic. tomorrow evening. it will stall off the coast. high pressure to build in the west of us. it will bring us more sunshine temperatures will be in the 80's. we have a better chance of pop-up showers and the thunderstorms in the late afternoon and into the evening. we have a seven-day outlook. to focus on the upcoming weekend. lower humidity. a lot of sunshine. saturday and sunday. 90 degrees. chance of storms for monday of next week. leon: thank you, steve. kimberly: we h

the arlington police wanted to get out the message that the town, the city, the county is safe but they are looking for witnesses who witnessed this crime or any others to

sunshine to get through spots outside the belfort furniture weather center in arlington. get to the doppler radar. we have downpours and the storm complex we are watching up the river to the calvert county from dunkirk and across the river to the prince george's county. areas along the western side of the river there. it will continue to move north. lightning and rain. that is a pattern we will see. it's isolated showers. isolated thunderstorms. you can see them scattered all over the place. we get to sunset and after when the heat of the day diminishes they should go away. but tomorrow, it will start to heat up by the late morning or the midday, they will pop up all over again. 88 at reagan national. 85 at quantico. 85 in annapolis. dew points getting up there in the low 70's. that is why it's so warm and humid outside. through the evening, we see partly sunny skies. later tonight it comes to an end and we go through the process again tomorrow. again for the day on thursday. check the weekend for you as well coming up in a couple of minutes. leon: you got it. a man who h

if the you know where alfonso page may be, contact the arlington county police. we will see you next week with a "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. i'm jennifer donelan. leon: now go to breaking news of an unarmed man who was shot in fairfax county. jeff goldberg live in the newsroom. what have you learned. jeff: a special grand jury in fair fax county indicted officer adam torres or second degree murder charges. this information coming from the attorney of the family of john gear. saying that police called the family members recently to tell them this afternoon that torres had been indicted on second-degree murder charges. i asked the attorney, mike lieberman his name for reaction to the news. he sent back in a text moments ago, "it is a substantial move toward justice for john geer. it took too long to get there but now up to a jury to render justice," which is what the family wanted in the first place. adam torres was under investigation following the fatal shooting of john geer two years ago with the late august of 2013. geer was standing in the

right now we have an impressive combination of heat and humidity outside the belfort furniture in arlington and all across the area. let's get you started with a look around the area. a wide image from the camera just down the potomac at the national harbor. a lot of sunshine. a few clouds. a little haze and a lot of heat and a lot of humidity. here is how it looks. 93 at reagan, manassas, andrews and the rest of the metro area in lower 90's. a few spots hotter like frederick, maryland, 97. if you factor in the moisture you get a reading like with the heat index. feels like 100 in washington, 101 in frederick. this is the toughest stuff. temperatures are in the 80's this weekend. after sunset, mild and muggy all night long. higher elevations could dip in the 60's but most areas will stay in the 70's. a muggy forecast here. we will continue to keep the eyes on the high pressure system that is giving us the hot and the humid weather's it moves east. we will slowly see the low pressure go west and ramp up the afternoon thunderstorms in spot starting tomorrow. we will talk about that and anothe

live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. kimberly: thank you. this just in from the district where the d.c. police are just now wrapping up a press conference on the recent spike in crime. specifically about closing open murder cases. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has the details. sam? sam: homicide in d.c. are up 30% over last year. the mayor and the police chief talked about it in the news conference yesterday. today police officials held a news conference to announce they closed specific cases. the police officials in front of headquarters announced arrest in death of two victims. 25-year-old dexter motley killed last year and 44-year-old eric smith stabbed to death monday. in the case of motley, they charged darrell cruz already in jail for the alleged involvement of the recent shoot out on douglas road. in the stapping monday a -- stabbing monday, they arrested 57-year-old hector felix in that case. the family member of the victim eric smith held a vigil for him last night in the case. according to the information today, victim and the suspect

the arlington deputy police