and i'm lisa fletcher in for autria godfrey. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: wid tuesday: mix of sun and clouds. breezy. isolated shower. highs: winds: n 10-15 g 20-25 mph angela toss to suz close watch on three different the east coast could see some impact from jose concern is hurricane maria. the storm keeps getting stronger and it will likley hit puerto rico and the virgin islands. the islands- severely damaged by the storm.- 80 percent of all buildings on st. john alone - wiped out. already virginia task force one is preparing to help in maria's aftermath. this morning we are also watching lee -which is churning off the coast of africa. mean

lisa fletcher monitoring the breaking story from the live desk. what is the latest? lisa: the death toll continues to rise as rescue crews are looking for survivors. 55 people are dead. streets are filled with debris. numerous buildings collapsed or suffered millions of damage. moments ago i read an "associated press" report rescue workers cheering as they pulled a woman from a downed building and they immediately called for quiet again as they looked for more people trapped. all schools have been closed and mexico city international airport is shut down. there are power outages and gas leaks. on this day in 1985, mexico city suffered magnitude 8.0 quake that killed 9,500 people. ironically two hours and 15 minutes before today's quake hit the city, the city was engaged in the annual quake practice drill which it does on this anniversary every year. hopefully the timing of this drill has saved some lives. as we get more information and video we will bring it to you. live in the newsroom, lisa fletcher, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. appreciate that. now we

's watch lisa fletcher's full i-team report on wjla.com. nancy: the white house doing an internal investigation of private emails. this week several white house officials, including trump's daughter and her husband jared kushner, were using private even mail accounts for government bus health and human services secretary tom price. tonight he said sorry for using taxpayer money for private charter flights and then said he would reimburse the government. here's the thing -- he says he will pay $52,000 back, and reportedly the cost of the flights was more than $1 million. stay with abc seven and wjla.com for updates on this. brian: the first forecast here a 11:00, maria is still tropical system, tracking to the east thanks to the cold front that has it moving out to sea. around here, earlier this morning was 74 and muggy. not the case anymore, finally feeling like fall. that is a welcome change. just how far will the mercury dip? a latta 50's out there in the morning, could be 40's outside 50'se beltway -- a lot of out there in the morning, c

you can watch lisa fletcher's full i-team report on wjla-com. hundreds of people in our area are uniting.. in memory of domestic violence victims. a vigil was held last night in old town alexandria. silhouettes were placed there, each representing someone in alexandria killed as a result of domestic violence. one person at the vigil: the father of shakita bell. she lost her life to an abusive boyfriend. people at the vigil called for compassion, education, and prevention. this is an annual event. organizers hope the number of silhouettes does not increase in the next year. amber's law is one of several laws that take effect in maryland sunday. amber's law is named after amber schinault. her ex-boyfriend killed her, even though she had a protective order. amber's law allows victims to request that a person be placed on electronic monitoring. that way, the person's location can be tracked.. and the victim can be alerted if the potential attacker gets too close. developing now... congress- may decide the fate of a confederate statue in d-c. d-c del

lisa: i'm lisa fletcher and we are taking questions about breast health. this is ramping up for the susan g. komen race for the cure happening saturday in northwest d.c. abc7 is a sponsor. i want to talk to doris, a registered nurse. a lot of people are calling in with a common misnomer is i don't have a family history so i'm not at risk. is that true? >> all women over 40 will have risks. >> what are the warning signs? >> you need to get to know your breasts. take a look at the breasts. see what they look like. do you notice any lumps or dimpling, or change in the skin texture? do you feel any pain? >> if you see any symptoms go to a doctor? >> yes. a primary care or gynecologist to do a clinical breast exam. they will determine ordering an ultra sound or a mammogram after that. >> thank you. thank you for talking to us. we will be here until give the panel an experts? jonathan: i jumped the gun. if you think of breast cancer you don't think of karaoke. michelle: you think of the race for the cure but tonight, mike carter-conneen introduces to us a local

and i'm lisa fletcher in for autria godfrey. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist eileen whelan. - another warm and humid day - breezy tomorrow; jose off the mid-atlantic coast - warmer than average approaching the first day of fall friday - watching hurricane maria (approaching leeward islands) today: am patchy fog. mix of clouds and sun. warm and humid. stray shower. highs: winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. patchy fog. lows: wid

lisa fletcher abc7 news. larry: researchers are keeping a close eye on volcanoes in indonesia. alison: it comes as scientists warn people near another volcano to get out while they can. more than 120,000 people living within eight miles of that mountain in bali have already been evacuated. the volcano has been at the highest alert level since friday after experts detected a lot of activity there. larry: okay. we in the globe, the next but make it mand date everywhere for the -- mandate everywhere for the next week. brian: we are so nice here. look at the capitol cam at the dome. you can see old glory waving in the breeze. the winds and they have ushered in comfortable air. breezes are around for a longer heading to the everything. they should subside in overnight. temperatures outside today. remember the last couple days we had 90 for the highs. the temperatures drop back tonight. nationals are at home for a four-game stretch with the pirates and it will start off in the 70's but it will drop in 60's later on. even this morning we started off with temperatures in the 70's. but

lisa: welcome back. i'm lisa fletcher. the team of experts tonight is taking your calls on the breast cancer and the breast health. why? good information to know. it's in advance of the komen race for the cure. we're one of the sponsors of this saturday. i want to talk to dorse. what are the guidelines for mammograms for women? >> all women are at risk for breast cancer. all women over 40 should get a basis. >> one of the options that some women are given when they get a mammogram is do you want a 3d mammogram. do you want a 3d mammogram? >> 3d mammogram takes better pictures. it gives different angles so the radiologist is able to get a better idea of what the interest looks like. the standard only takes picture of the front or the side. so there is a greater quality. >> for the women with dense breast tissue is a 3d a better option? >> definitely. if they find something suspicious. it does decrease the risk of being called back if something looks suspicious. >> doris, thank you for talking to us. i will let you get back

i'm lisa fletcher. in for autria godfrey. larry: good way to start the week, waking up super early. [laughter] larry: i'm larry smith, glad you are with us as well. let's begin this half-hour with veronica johnson. ofonica: just a little that whether to slow you down this morning. the one weather thing that will be slowing you down is the fog, it's pretty dense and some pockets out there this morning. let's go through it here, the air, all the big storms are off the coast, but we will be getting some wind from jose over the next 24 to 48 hours area first the fog, seeing all of the white here towards culpeper and luray, those areas west of interstate 95 is where the fog is the thickest this morning. meanwhile, i do think that by 10:00 this morning all the fog will be scattered and burned off. certainly it did not stop the rising this from weekend. a warm and humid afternoon for us. per hour., 25 miles now, we willght talk more about the impacts of hose a and what's next with maria, coming up and 10. no noted disruption on the commuter line, but metro we have got problems on the orang

lisa fletcher monitoring the breaking story from the live desk. what is the latest? lisa: the death toll continues to rise as rescue crews are looking for survivors. 55 people are dead. streets are filled with debris. numerous buildings collapsed or suffered millions of damage. moments ago i read an "associated press" report rescue workers cheering as they pulled a woman from a downed building and they immediately called for quiet again as they looked for more people trapped. all schools have been closed and mexico city international airport is shut down. there are

lisa fletcher is in the newsroom with pictures of the damage coming in. this is very serious. lisa: extremely so. the united states geological survey says the scope of the damage is not yet known. they know it stuck puebla in central mexico. felt in the center of mexico city. while there have been no immediate report of injuries the images are coming in clearly suggest that is probably going to change. as the rescue workers remove debris from topples buildings and they search for people who are trapped in the rubble. the power has been knocked out and there are reports of gas leaks and fires throughout the city. this comes 33 years to the day after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake killed more than 9,000 people in the mexico city area. as images and information come in to the newsroom, i will the newscast. jonathan: thank you for that. also now, hurricane jose is off the delmarva coast. alison: it won't make a direct hit but it can be dangerous and damaging to the beaches. nancy: abc7 has team coverage. stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight is tracking jose. jonathan: brad bell is