>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jummy: breaking news straight at this noon, baltimore police officer on file right now for the death of freddie gray is on the stand. newsroomey is in the with the details on what the officer is saying in his own defense. >> good afternoon. just before 11:00 this morning, officer william porter took the stand in his own defense, and he is testifying right now. reporters inside the courtroom say he was asked if he knew who

freddie gray was before the incident. warner responded yes i knew him well. his neighborhood was my bea t. than he was asked what he did not automatic and he responded that freddie gray was unable to give him a recent to call a manic. -- medical. then he was asked why he did not bubble freddie gray into the back of the van. he said the van is tight. if i buckle suspects in each time, i would be forced to lean over them, and that would give them direct access to my weapon. he added it is not standard process in the baltimore police department above the suspect in illicit is absolutely necessary. that porter went on to tell a personal story of growing up in baltimore. he said his parents did not have a lot of money for summer camp, so they sent him to a free police academy. he said his goal was always to be a police officer for the people of baltimore. he only wanted to help

people. he is honest and right now. is testimony continues. my colleague brad bell is in the courtroom and will have a report coming up at 4:00. jummy: thank you for the update. also new this noon, the commonwealth transportation board has just approved the tolls on i-66 inside the beltway. the board meeting the united unanimous vote today. wo express lanes will be added outside the beltway. many drivers have criticized the idea, saying the toll is too expensive it would be a vote for the rich so to speak. it is expected to start in 2017. a wild police chase ending with an officer firing his gun at a suspect's car right into a bowl. all of this happened in montgomery village in gaithersburg overnight.

jeannette reyes has the latest this noon. jeanette: this was a long and wild-card chase. many homeowners waking up to property damage. at the other end of the street, some of them waking up to tire marks in their backyard. around 1:00 this morning, police pulled over a man. they believe he was under the influence. a chase ensued after the man refused to stop. at one point, the driver pulled into a neighborhood cul-de-sac. officers started walking to the vehicle and the driver pulled again.the officers shot of the men, hitting his car instead.as the suspect sped away, he hit a cruiser and drove through several residential backyards. eventually, he crashed into a fpole. he tried to run again but he was caught. >> he went through the yard here and i guess along the houses.

jeanette: one of the officers was hit either car. is in the hot zone that he is -- he is in the hospital without life threatening injuries. jummy: to politics now, were republican front-runner donald waves acrossing the nation in the world after suggesting a ban on muslims coming into the united states. ankenneth has more. kenneth: donald trump mixing celebrity and politics. a warm reception on live with kelly and michael. >> of a country has to get its act together. kenneth: he received applause here but across the globe, condemnation. in the u.k., there is a move to trump.

a mov petition has reached more than 200,000 signatures on parliament websit's website. >the u.s.'s top diplomat weighed in on donald trump's anti-muslim stand. it makes our stand of reaching protectingle and america that was work obligated and difficult. that is about as diplomatic as i can put it. walters askedra donald trump in a one-on-one interview if he was playing into the hands of isis, putting the u.s. in more danger. >> i am the worst thing that has ever happened to isis. the people in my party understand that. kenneth: matthew dowd says trump is not showing any signs of slowing down in the polls. >> the idea that he can keep an option out there open and run as an independent empowers him. kenneth: he may be having trouble in over countries, but that does not stop his plans from going overseas.

jummy: developing on capitol hill, the house has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would tighten controls on travel to the u.s.. the legislation passed last night 407-19. the bill takes aim at the visa waiver program, which allows citizens of 38 countries to travel to the u.s. without getting a visa first. under the bill, visas would be required for anyone of us iraq, syria, iran, with sudan in the past five years. the bill is now heading to the senate. the fbi director is on capitol hill at this hour testifying about the san bernardino shooting and the threat of isis before the senate judiciary committee. he says the two suspects were radicalized before they met online. and he said the couple was inspired by foreign terrorist groups and described them as homegrown violent extremists. >> as early as the end of 2013,

they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom. jummy: although the couple acted alone, authorities may charge their former neighbor who bought the weapons used in the attack. money placed into his bank account before the shooting was a loan from a lending company to pay for the care of the infant daughter. make sure you join us tonight for a town hall on america's security versus america's freedom. the new normal start at 7:00 on our sister station channel eight, or even watching streaming live on our website wjla.com. students at catholic university returning to class just about one hour ago. the delayed this morning was sparked by getting another scare. the second one in only 24 hours. the shelter in place order was lifted last night. it came after reports of a suspicious person. police saw a man who is a person suspected of making threats monday night. officials later determined there was no threat.

city public schools closing its many howard campus today. the closure is due to a water issue in the building.no word yet on when exactly the issue is or when it will be resolved. we do know it was a foggy start in the morning. look at these live pictures. we cannot complain about the weather and the temperatures this week. let's get right to doug hill for a look at our first forecast. doug: we still have some fog outside the weather center but the winds are picking up some visibility is improving rapidly. just west of washington, the fog is a lot more dense. a dense fog advisory in effect continuing. washington had zero visibility there says pocke is a pocket. there is bright sunshine in other areas. on the eastern shore of maryland, there is sunshine. we are stuck in a better than

the reduce visibility and bring cooler temperatures. visibility now up to four miles at reagan international airport. that is a big improvement over the last hour. 8/10 of a mile in leesburg. 1/10 of a mile in frederick. 37 degrees in hagerstown. cumberland at 34. north of cumberland, freezing fog. we will hang onto some cloudiness this afternoon. areas where west and east will get sunshine. we will keep an eye on the blog for you as we get to the low for you as we get to the low 50's. jummy: thank you. we want to take a look at the roadways now. jamie sullivan is here with our traffic check. jamie: we are starting out with traffic that is not terrible. you can see mostly in the green. pretty good if you travel from montgomery county.

-- goingbound us inbound on 66, we are in the teens because of two separate accidents. towas the offramp nutley that we have the slowing. we had a little bit of foggy out there. something to keep in mind depending on where you are traveling. as we move back to the mountains, i want to talk about an issue with police investigating. 14th street bridge 16th street in northwest d.c. close between road.ry road and montague aro a in that area, you will see a lot of police activity. as we get closer to the national mall, really not bad at all. nothing to report as far as any accidents right now. that's a good thing. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jummy: we want to get right to some breaking news right now concerning former district mayor vincent gray.

bruce is in the newsroom with the latest. bruce: the district attorney for the district of columbia announcing moments ago that no charges will be filed against former district of columbia mayor it' vincent gray. allegations have been rising for his 2010 campaign involving campaign contributions and efforts to disguise the true source of those contributions. prosecutors were able to elicit guilty pleas from a host of his campaign aides, though no charges were ever filed against the mayor. he served four years under a cloud. was not reelected in 2014. vincent gray leaving under a cloud. an investigation lasting five years, but all of that comes to an end today with the district

attorney of the district of columbia saying he looked at the evidence in the case and decided no charges will be filed against former mayor vincent gray. the case has been concluded. they will now deal with the campaign operatives who have pled guilty but not yet been sentenced. big news. will have more coming up at 4:00, 5:00, at 6:00. juliejummy: thank you for the u. a new manager coming under fire. the unusual congress that have some calling him sexist. the problems out west from the record-setting rain. time magazine names its person of the year. why they say she earned it and the other candidates she be out for the top spot. this wonderful weather pattern continuing, but it will not last forever. we will be backk

jummy: new developments this noon involving the washington nationals. the new manager coming under fire for comments he made about one of his former players. according to a new police report, a goal and of cincinnati pitcher chapman accused him of choking her back in october. no arrests were made because of a lack of cooperation. now, the mlb must decide if it should take action. yesterday, his former manager dusty baker spoke out about the incident. john gonzalez is that nationals park with what some are calling unusual comments. comments.ual dusty baker was the greatest big swing and tfeet. it seems he has already put one of those feet in his mouth

making comments about some incidents this week. the skipper defending one of his chapman,ayers, aroldis who is accused of choking his girlfriend in october. dusty baker seemed to defend the venture, saying who knows if the allegations are even through? >> i think it needs to go further than the player. i think the policy should go to whoever is involved. don't alwaysusers have hands on them. >> unthinkable initially reacted that in some way he was defending domestic violence. think that was the case. probably looking out for a former player of his or any conclusive evidence to come down. maybe not the most bipartisan approach. becker described chapman as

one heck of a guy and would not mind having him here waiting for the nationals. thatater released he later released a statement said he would never condone abuse. he said earlier that the needs to bring latino and black players for speed. jummy: people in oregon and washington state are being paul by record-setting rain -- pummelled by record-setting rain. more than 90,000 people are without power. crews are working on repairs to massive sinkholes the opened near portland. more than five inches of rain had fallen in that area since sunday. back your own, we were dealing with a lot of fog this morning. doug: it has got better. the national weather service removed a bunch of counties from the list. jummy: sounds good.

doug: let's start your with a you with a time lapse. this is out near dulles. take a look as we go through the morning hours. we go from some visibility, about a mile or three quarters of a mile, and all of a sudden it disappears, but then it comes back. zero visibility at dulles. now we are up to one mile. that is definitely an improvement. advisory is until 1:00. temperatures still plenty cold in the 30's. mid 40's in the metro. take a look at the eastern shore. mid-fifties in southern maryland. could see sunshine there. 50nton has sunshine and degrees.

skies may brighten a bit with the cloud cover rising. temperatures got a slow start because of the fog. we will get to 50. there is the cloud cover and fog on the satellite. down to the richmond area, there is sunshine. even maryland has some sunshine. it will narrow a little bit. the futurecast the next couple of days picks up this cloud cover well. wants to the afternoon as it out, butt -- it lifts we keep a fair amount clouds. we will see clearing skies and sunshine and pleasant weather conditions tomorrow, friday, and into the weekend. we are still on track for temperatures to get the middle 60's. tomorrow, partly sunny and 60 degrees with a southerly wind at five miles per hour. looking ahead, 60 degrees for thursday. 64 on friday.

we will have a few clouds in the weekend. partly sunny skies and mid to upper 60's for high temperatures. the next thing to keep an eye on is monday. a cold front will come through. 63 degrees with a 40% chance of showers that should be out of here monday night. tuesday, cooler. that is the key word. cooler not colder. by the following weekend, we will warm right back up again. still no signs of any winter weather or strong winter weather anywhere near these parts anytime soon. jummy: not angry. don't mind it. thank you. travelers helping those in need. take a look at this. a big turnout for the toys for talks annual toy drive at union station. volunteers have been there all morning long collecting new unwrapped toys for children in need in the baltimore-washington area. the drive continues through tomorrow. if your commute does not take you through union station, don't worry. you can still help out.

abc 7 and news channel 8 are proud partners with toys for tots, and we are making it easier than ever to give a gift the season. we are setting up a wish list at wjla.com/toys. all you do is pick out what you want to buy and ship it to the toys for tots registry an addres. it takes two minutes. we will deliver the toys to tots in need for the holiday. we hope you will join us for that. coming up, the woman time magazine says was the most influential person of 2015. plus, a health alert to tell you about. new details of what may have caused college students to get sick after eating at chipotle.

german chancellor angela merkel is time magazine's person of the year 2015. the magazine unveiled its pick this year. she helped preserve and promote europe despite economic turmoil and a growing refugee crisis. she was also praised for being a principal manager and resolute diplomat. she is the first woman to be named person of the year since 1986. "time" says other candidates included caitlyn jenner, black lives matter activists, and donald trump. 7 on your side now with a health alert about chipotle. authorities say initial testing of people who got sick after eating there in boston this week showed the presence of a norovirus. other aaa restaurants and got people sick in nine states in

october. connection between that and the other. dog will let y

jummy: so the fog will clear. doug: it will be cloudy but in the 50's today. jummy:

>> you know, it's not every day that someone wins a $1 million on our show, but stick around because today just might be the day. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hello. welcome to the show. i am chris harrison. are you guys ready to play "who wants to be a millionaire"? [cheers and applause] good. let's do this. our first contestant collects more than cab fare from his clients, he also gathers trivia facts from them. will it help today? hopefully it will pay off and he'll be going home with a fat wallet. from alexandria, virginia, please welcome derick kirksey. [cheers and applause] >> alexandria! >> nice to see you, man. >> nice to see you too.