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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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