the answer was the same. >> the argument that showed jurors the seat belt saying that officer porter could have saved freddie gray's life if only he use one in if the back of the police van. that he ignored freddie gray's pleas for help because he didn't care and for that should be found guilty on all charges. the defense attorney saying that the state's case is built on fear and rush to judgment. that there is no evidence that the action caused the death of freddie gray. >> the state came across as articulate and passionate. brad: case watcher and defense attorney says those closing arguments are designed to put together the pieces of a puzzle for jurors.

but at this point -- >> it's impossible to know what a juror will think or not think as a result of the closing argument. the mill-dollar question. brad: how now as the juror is hours of deliberations in the city scarred by riots, the focus and fear of what happened when the verdict comes down. there are calls for peace and lasting change. >> i don't think anyone should do harm to the neighborhood or any building in the entire city. we need the city not to have disruption. >> anything to the feeling that needs to happen in the city for the community. i hope you will get significant police reform. brad: the jury has had a long day. brought in by the judge at 9:00. they have gone through the closing arguments and started deliberating this afternoon. the judge gave them an option to call it a day at 5:00, or if you agree and you are unanimous you can stay and work in the night. we got a hint, only a hint

they plan to work into the evening. we'll be back at 6:00. we'll let you know. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: okay, let us know. thank you. hoping if the best and preparing for the worst. that is something we hear preparing for severe weather. but after the april riots left hundreds of business damaged, looted and destroyed it's a reality for business owners awaiting a verdict there. mark levy apparel store lost more than $1 million in merchandise and closed more more than a month. despite that, he says he is confident in its community and its leaders. >> our customers are telling us they won't be rioting again. that was a freakish situation. alison: most businesses say they feel like employees are in danger. if they feel like employees are in danger they will close. although said they hope it never comes to that. we will bring you the verdict in the porter trial as soon as it comes down.

you can sign up to have the text alerts sent directly to your phone at wjla.com. ahead at 5:30 we will get the pulse of the community as the jury decides whether the officer is guilty or innocent in freddie gray's death. leon? leon: check back on the breaking news from reagan national airport. emergency officials there have cordoned off an area outside the area. they are investigating a suspicious bag that has been discovered there. no flights have been disrupted. the officials right now are calling this a routine investigation. we will keep an eye on it and let you know what we learn. the pieces are beginning to fall into place for what could be a sloppy commute at the end of a string of perfect weatherf us. chief meteorologist doug hill tracking the changes for us outside. doug: light rain outside the belfort furniture weather center here in arlington. no complaints here. we have temperatures in the

60's. way above the average temperature. 66 in fredericksburg. 63 in annapolis. and in the evening temperatures slowly drop with the cloudy skies in the 50's. it would be in the 40's north of town by the morning. i will become breezy, too. the rain associated with the cold front pushes through, moderate downpours over the upper montgomery county and frederick county. waves of showers we will be dealing with in the evening hours ahead of the cold front. the hair behind this cold front -- air behind this cold front is cooler. the air behind the cold front coming in thursday will be colder. so definite changes in the week. but for the short-term pleasant. tomorrow, sunny, breezy, 63 degrees in the afternoon. the northwesterly wind to 16 miles per hour. we look ahead at that front and the weekend forecast in a few minutes. leon: you got it, doug. folks, stay connected with the storm watch team wherever you happen to be. use wjla.com facebook, twitter or the storm watch weather app.

we will keep you posted. alison: a community is now mourning the loss of a police officer killed while trying to stop drunk drivers. officer noah leotta died thursday. one week after a suspected impaired driver hit the officer's patrol car in a traffic stop. one visitation just ended. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is there tonight. kevin? kevin: due to the number of people expected to attend the visitation, the family planned two. the second starts at 7:00 and will run until 9:00 at covenant life church in gaithersburg. the vision -- visitation reminded everyone of what they lost. they came to pay respect. inside, officer leotta's coffin draped with american flag.

the family shook hand and heard stories, officer with a servant's heart. >> many people feel like they want to come. we are not putting limits on that number. kevin: tomorrow they will hold a funeral. it's ento the public and it will lead to a memorial in judean memorial. last week police chief blamed this man for officer leotta's death. he says he hit leotta driving drunk and high along rockville pike. charges are pending. in 2012, montgomery county police officer talbert also died from health complications after he, too, was hit by a drunk driver on patrol. many here today now want more to be done to protect police on the street.

the family profited with non-profit agency including mothers against drunk driving. if you want to make a donation go to wjla.com to learn how. live in gaithersburg, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. today marks three years since the words newtown and sandy hook became forever linked with a horrific crime. december 14, 2012, gunman adam lanier killed 20 children and six school employees at sandy hook elementary school. today protesters rallied outside the national rifle association headquarters in fairfax, demanding more gun control. among them the parents of reporter allison parker. she was the reporter shot to death on live television in moneta, virginia. we'll hear what they want changed coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00". leon: two days after the annapolis yacht club burned plans are put in place now to rebuild. and the community is coming together to help the employees who have lost their jobs is there. chris papst is live in

annapolis with the just revealed time frame for all of this. chris? chris: for much of the day the crews inside the famed yacht club to figure out where to go from here and how long it will take. on saturday, the fire destroyed the building, it didn't stake a centerpiece of annapolis. i took 150 jobs -- it took 150 jobs. in the true spirit of the holidays the town is stepping up. it's the first reaction they found out everything was safe. chris: he watched in awe saturday as a massive fire destroyed a famed annapolis yacht club taking with it dozens of jobs. now two days later his restaurant join handful of others in maryland capital city offering a place to work. >> we are here to help them until they get back on their feet. take on as many people as we can.

chris: if all goes well, it will be on their feet soon. they developed a plan to rebuild as quickly as possible. mayor said his goal is less than a year. the yacht club continued to pay the employees through the holidays. other arrangements are made for all displaced employees to continue working. >> we can take the tragedy and make it in an opportunity. a chance for people to see as well as others that you can get things done. you can rebuild to make it better than before. chris: in the meantime, this town will make sure those most affected are cared for. >> we want to make sure that the people are taken care of and they can continue to earn down in annapolis. chris: he went on to say some of the employees have voluntarily given up shifts so displaced employees from the chub club can get more hour -- yacht club can get more hours to help their family this holiday season. live in annapolis, chris papst, abc7 news. leon: thank you, chris. federal prosecutors charged a maryland man attempting to

provide support to isis. mohamed elshinawy is also accused of lying to the f.b.i. according to the court documents he communicated with the isis members that sent him money to carry out an attack on travel to syria. he is from edgewood, north of baltimore. alison: meanwhile, president obama says the u.s. is increasing the fight against isis. we lay out the president's message from the pentagon. >> presidentpresident obama: ths the isil leaders cannot hide. the message is you are next. reporter: president obama met with the military top brass at the pentagon to get an update on efforts to crush isis. he admitted progress needs to be happening faster. >> this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said before, isil is dug in, hiding behind civil yaps using defenseless men, women, children as human shields. so even as we are relentless we have to be smart.

targeting isil surgically with precision. reporter: he did not announce strategy changes he announced he was sending defense secretary ash carter to the middle east to secure military contribution from the u.s. partners. president obama: the partners on the ground face a tough fight ahead. we are going to continue to back them up with the support they need to ultimately clear isil from iraq. reporter: his last visit to the pentagon was in july. since then the situation has changed. there have been isil-linked attacks in san bernardino, california, and paris. however, the president did not announce any major changes. critics say the president's strategy is not working. and that he doesn't understand the severity of the risk. one analyst says clearing isis will not happen overnight. >> that progress is coming pretty slowly. and this strategy is going to take years and years to root out the islamic state. reporter: melissa reini, reporting. leon: army sergeant bowe bergdahl will face

court-martial of desertion and disbehavior before the enemy. bergdahl spent five years in taliban custody after walking away from the post in afghanistan in 2009. he was treed freed in a controversial prisoner swap for five taliban prisoners at guantanamo bay. if convicted he is facing possible life in prison on the most serious charge. alison: still ahead at 5:00 -- where in our area police found a man living in an elaborately constructed cave. >> ♪ from the outside leon: and she is crying here but she is on top of the world now. that is adele. we will tell you what she will bring to the north american tour here to our area. alison: plus, the rush to save christmas for hundreds of families in need. hear from a woman inside the salvation army warehouse. when thieves were discovered. leon: one of the hottest gifts this season won't be coming

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alison: we have an update on the jury deliberations in the freddie gray case in

baltimore. brad, what did you just learn about this? brad: a couple of developments since we last spoke at the top of the 5:00. the jury had another question. they wanted specific questions asked about some of what they heard in court. in addition to that, they said they will not work into the evening now. they are going to call it quits at 5:30 today. perhaps an indication they have a lot to work through on the four charges that the officer faces. there was another question, not a consequence to the case. the jury decided to call it quits at 5:30. we will be back at 6:00 with more. leon: all right. step away from the curve. you are making us nervous. back to you later. "7 on your side" consumer alert. one of the hottest gifts becoming harder to find. amazon stopped selling hoverboard until the companies making them verify they are safe. they are linked to several fires including one in gaithersburg. airlines have banned passengers bringing these things on board the planes

now. the consumer product safety commission is looking into whether the self-balancing scooters are dangerous. alison: the salvation army is racing to repair the damage and replace $15,000 and $20,000 worth of gifts stolen. this after thieves tore through the warehouse in southeast washington over the weekend. d.c. bureau chief sam ford shows us the race against the clock to make sure those in need have a happy holiday. sam: i'm here at the salvation army storage facility. you probably heard what happened. look at all the bags that they have got here. these bags particularly ones like this. they have been open, the thieves have been inside the bags to take what was in them. we are told they particularly took electronic things like the kindle fires, the mp3 players that the salvation army had for children. they had already bagged all this stuff up so it could go out to various families that are expected here on thursday. >> well, when i came in, the

culprits were still here. sam: she said the pair alone could not have hauled off all that was stolen. 300-the 2,500 bags stored here were looted. >> after we purchase whatever is missing to put back in the bag, they will be sealed up and prepared for the families for distribution on thursday. >> the salvation army says there has been reaction to this already. wal-mart donated $20,000 to them to help make up for this. they say it will be great in terms of res placing the toys. they will have to beef up security to make sure it doesn't happen again.

sam ford, abc7 news. leon: awful. >> nice to see some people are stepping up already. like wal-mart. leon: thank you, wal-mart. absolutely. doug: we have run to spoil the run. but it's the 60's. it is more interesting temperature wise later in the week and the weekend. it will be cold but we will warm back up next week and be in the 50's or low 60's christmas day. leon: no kidding? doug: yep. get you started. time lapse from the high school. most other place it was cloudy all day. every now and then a patch of blue sky. patch of bluff and then the showers came in ahead of the cold front. before it got dark the showers continued to fall across louden county. the temperatures are still mild. 68 for a high at reagan national. miss a record high by two degrees. set a record high of 69 in washington dulles. missed the record by one degree, only hitting 70. only 70 on december 14.

at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. at this hour temperatures in the 60's. 63 at reagan national. still 66 in manassas, andrews, frederick. 65 in hagerstown. 65 in fredericksburg. temperatures through the midatlantic, warm as can be. still 73 at hatteras. virginia beach still at 70. turning cooler when you get to columbus, 57. cooler still, indianapolis to chicago 48. remember when this air moves across 400 miles or so of land, it warms up a little bit. most of the heavy stuff pushes to pennsylvania and new york state and the southern section of ontario, canada. we will see clearing skies overnight. tomorrow, beautiful weather. sunny and mild indealed. closeup will show you the doppler radar.

if you give it six or eight hours it will improve. the rain moves out and the cold front out here passes through the area. it will be good to go tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. there will be a breeze through the day. highs expected to get up to 63. so 52 for an average 7:00 a.m. temperature. sun coming out, bright and breezy and mild for another day. check out the seven-day outlook. turning cooler wednesday. 59. there will be more noticeable changes beginning with the next cold front on thursday. as the temperatures turn cooler. a good chance to deal with the rain thursday and thursday night as we get to friday, a chance of left over morning showers and then breezy and cooler. friday afternoon high is 48. look at this. 43 on saturday. leon: wow! doug: 46 on sunday. finally great football weather at fedex on sunday. warmup begins monday and we will go to 50's, upper 50's. i can't guarantee it. but upper 50's, the lower 60's

for christmas day not out of the christmas. leon: wow! alison: not a white christmas. doug: not so much here. alison: wow! thank you, doug. leon: all right. just ahead on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- kidd: good afternoon. i'm kidd o'shea. we are at the red carpet at the jingle ball. the sneak peek coming up in a live report.

alison: can't get enough of that song. you are going to have a chance to hear adele record shattering album 25 live in concert. today we learned that her north american tour includes two shows at the verizon center. so that will be october 10. and 11. next year. the tickets will go on sale thursday. at 10:00. you you can get them at the verizoner the website. you know it will shut down. leon: i'm sorry. i can't hear that song without thinking of the snl skit. it's the best. alison: if you haven't seen it. look it up online. it is funny. leon: well, tonight, the verizon center is in the spotlight for a signature holiday event. alison: the red carpet is opening up ahead of the jingle ball. kidd o'shea is live with what to expect in the coming hours.

hey, kidd. leon: hey, man. kidd: good evening to you. right behind me is the red carpet for the iheartradio and the jingle ball where the big names will be here tonight. charlie was nominated last week for three grammys along with song "see you again." when it comes to the fans walking around outside the verizon center, they were sean mendez fans. a bunch of them. everyone excited about him. he is the 17-year-old that became famous for posting videos on the social media website vine. five seconds of summer is a rock pop band from australia. they will be here and open up at 7:00. demi lovato closes out the show. this isn't the only red carpet event. from the east coast to west coast we go to hollywood. there is talk about "star wars," of course. you are looking at the video of the setup process outside oned whether boulevard over the weekend for the premier

tonight. three theaters will show up. all the stars will be on hand clouding sents that live in hollywood -- including celebrities that live in hollywood. we can expect to hear real reviews of the movie tomorrow morning. back at the verizon center on red carpet, it's quiet right now but they will heat up. after 6:00, we continue our live coverage. stay with us on abc7 news. back to you. alison: thank you. we will. sounds fun. still ahead at 5:00, the warning about the flyers you get in the mail offering a on having air ducts cleaned. learn from one man misfortunes to see how the "7 on your side" team is helping him get money back. that is ahead. leon: the local police found a man in this manmade cave. where he was and why he is facing criminal charges for it.

>> they are on verdict watch in baltimore. we will tell you what it could mean for the

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: the jury is expected to break for the everything soon in the trial for the first of six baltimore police officers who will stand trial in the death of freddie gray. >> the violence that followed the death has many folks

concerned about what could happen when a verdict is reached in the case. suzanne kennedy is live outside baltimore city hall. what are you hearing from people in the area? suzanne: all officers are working 12-hour shift in advance of the verdict being reached. a decision this many hope will not lead to residents. baltimore resident is not alone how she feels today. >> i'm anxious to see what will happen. suzanne: it has been seven month since the death in police custody. baltimore city police officer william porter faces four charges stemming from gray's death in april. she fear what is could happen if the officer acquitted. >> i feel like a lot of businesses will be under attack. police definitely under attack. >> people's cars will be

vandalized. suzanne: alex lives in southwest baltimore and says people are tired of feeling like the police officers are above the law. >> officer porter isn't maybe as involved as the others like the driver of the truck. but i think the city needs to see we will hold cops accountable when the things go wrong. suzanne: on the city's west side at lexington market, there is concern about possible violence on the horizon. >> hopefully, you know, if people demonstrate if it doesn't work out well, peaceful. >> this is a right and a wrong way of going about dealing with things. violence don't solve nothing. suzanne: reporting live in baltimore. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: check the top stories. fellow officers and the community paying respect to fallen police officer.

noah leotta hit by a suspected drunk driver in a traffic stop. visitation resumed at 7:00 at covenant life church in gaithersburg. the funeral is tomorrow. alison: annapolis yacht club is vowing to rebuild after a devastating fire this weekend. nearby restaurants are trying to offer jobs to the workers and others are giving donations. there is no word on what sparked the three-alarm fire. leon: president obama made a rare trip to the pentagon today. military leaders updated the president on the fight against isis. the president said the u.s.-led coalition is hitting the isis targets harder than ever in the wake of the terrorist attack in paris. alison: the f.b.i. is asking for your help identifying a man suspected of now robbing ten gas stations. we have surveillance images to show you of the man they are looking for. while most of them have been in northern virginia and d.c. he has struck two gas stations in richmond, too. in each robbery the suspect wore a gray pullover shirt,

blue baseball hat with the logo jim mckay, maryland million day. the suspect is considered arm and dangerous. fredericksburg police asking for your help finding a man accused of robbing a shell gas station. police say a clerk working at the shell station on route three was held up at gunpoint. the clerk handed over money from the gas register. police say the suspect fled with the money on foot. anyone with information asked to call police. leon: two people are recovering after an s.u.v. crashed into a house and catches fire. the s.u.v. was speeding on addison road early morning when it lost control and hit a tree and hit the house. this is the 5200 block of addison road. five people were in the s.u.v. two of them, including the driver, were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. no one inside the house was injured. covering metro now. new general manager paul wiedefeld wants to hear from you. the riders union hosting a forum tonight to get your questions, concerns and

feedback. wiedefeld says the three biggest problems problems that s to tackle are safety, service, reliability and financial management. tonight's forum is 6:30 p.m. at the martin luther king jr. library on g street northwest. alison: fairfax county police charged a man for digging a cave under a public park. yosue rios is charged with destruction of property and outstanding traffic ticket. a woman found the 15-foot deep cave in van dyke park. this photo is looking down in the entrance. there are steps going down and personal items along the way. at the bottom, public works is filling in the cave. rios is being held without bond. leon: wow! all right. still ahead at 5:00, a $60 duct cleaning turns into an $1,800 endeavor. what you should know about the ads promising to clean the air ducts on the chief. jennifer: arlington county police ramping up the efforts

to take domestic violence fugitives off the street. now the wall of justice i

steve: it's only monday but never too early to talk about the weekend. fast toward to friday evening. festival of lights in frederick. starts off in the middle 40s and eventually the middle 30's by 10:00 in the evening. the weekend outlook is cooler air on the way. lower 40's on saturday with a nice mix of sun and clouds. around 46 on sunday. a lot going on, sunday. the big redskins game. that takes place at 1:00 in the afternoon. 44 to 48 degrees. under partly cloudy s

jennifer: hi, i'm jennifer donelan. this is the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. we start in arlington county where police are ramping up the efforts to get the domestic violence fugetives off the street. introducing ariel gonzalez perez. the 26-year-old is the first of several alleged domestic violence fugitives arlington county is adding to the wall of justice. staying in arlington, detectives are look for irve butler.

accused of breaking into cars. and gutierrez who is wanted for sexual assault of a minor. stafford county sheriff detecates are looking f -- detectives are looking for shakur in a drug case. d.c. homicide detectives need help finding lewis wanted for first-degree murder. now let's set the wall of justice in moment. tonight the spotlight on shakur. the stafford county sheriff deputies need your help to find the 49-year-old man. he was facing a number of charges in a drug case but then shakoor didn't show up for court. even if he left the country deputies still need information in the case to make sure shakoor faces a judge to answer to the charges. >> we have information he may be in pakistan. that has not been totally confirmed yet. so we are asking anybody in this area in the d.c. metropolitan area if they know his whereabouts to contact the sheriff office. jennifer: he is 5'9", gray hair and brown eyes and wanted

for distribution of schedule one and two sub san franciscos and possession with intent to distribute. deputies want to get him off the wall of justice and put him behind bars. if you have information in the case of abdul shakoor, call the stafford county sheriff's office. i'm jennifer donelan. we'll see you next week. leon: fighting back against crime now. a good samaritan in annapolis put two suspected thieves behind bars. police arrested these women. both of baltimore. they tried to take off with more than $1,400 of clothing out of a store at the annapolis mall. the good samaritan saw the women try to drive away and blocked them in the vehicle. they tried to ram the car and pull the person out of their vehicle. it expect work either so they ended up running away. they found them in a parking lot nearby. alison: well, still ahead at 5:00, how d.c. is taking action after a report singled out as not doing enough to train residents for 21st century jobs. leon: a $60 duct cleaning ends

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representative told us if you have never had your ducts clean before what the coupon offers is not enough. plus, we found mold. >> the next thing he wanted to sell me was the u.v. lamp. horace: for $700, it attaches to the furnace and the technician said -- >> it would automatically kill all the bacteria or anything like that. the mold spores. horace: is the price tag to get clean air flowing through the vents is $2,375. >> i paid him and it came up to that. $2,375. is that on there? >> correct. horace: up front in full. mccoy admits it was a big mistake. >> everything was fine until the next night when it got cold. and he flipped on his furnace. it didn't turn on. u.s. air duct said they would send someone out the next day but hedy sided to get another company to fix it himself that night. he did. then talking to the company he found out how much he would charge for the same work u.s. air duct did. the estimate my coy said was

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jamie sullivan to investigate what is happening on the roads. jamie: it's not a lot to investigate here, leon. it is just slow. really, nothing going on right now as far as the accidents on our freeway, on the interstates, which is good. you can see this behind me. how clo it is on 270 heading northbound through clarke. continuing closer to frederick. no crashes. just a combination of the rain coming down. slowing everyone down in some areas. where you typically would see volume but now it's heavier. move to the maps and talk about how heavy we are. 48 minutes it will take from the beltway to that point we just saw near 121. outbound on 66 the beltway will take you 34 minutes. averaging in if teens. we have minor crashes. most on the city treat and the

secondary roads. nothing on the interstate. volume. a lot of red and yellow popping up all over. be careful with the roads wet right now. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. got it, jamie. alison: i guess all good things must come to an ends. leon: yes. except temperatures mize we can't complain. alison: no. we can't. but it will change, right, doug? doug: a little cooler thursday and friday. much, much cooler as we get in the weekend. right now you ke so the flags blowing downtown. southerly breeze ahead of the cold front. nasty night out there. it will improve overnight. take a look at what is happening around the area temperature wise. 63 at reagan national airport. suddenly, the winds apt 16 miles per hour. stiff breeze out there. the winds turn west tonight once the front goes through. we will cooldown a bit. 64 degrees. the latest report for falls church. 65 in aspen hill. 64 in springfield. heading overnight, the metro temperatures drop to 50's.

farther west, well outside the metro. upper 40's. again mild start to the day tomorrow. 55 in the city. when you wake up, southeast suburbs, lower 50's. 51 in ashburn and germantown waking up on tuesday morning. the rain, that is moving through the area over the past couple of hours. the rain has made good progress. now the steadiest, the heaviest rain from baltimore through the eastern suburbs of washington. that will continue to move east at a good clip tonight. i think we will see clearing to develop overnight. the forecast tomorrow, becoming sunny and breezy. still mild. 63 degrees. gusty westerly wind. 59 degrees and the sunshine on wednesday. thursday, the next strongest cold front, showers and the breezy weather 57. showers ending friday morning. chilly with afternoon sun, 48. look at the weekend. finally it will feel like december. 43 on saturday. 46 on sunday. warming up monday. looks like it will continue to warm up next week. leading to christmas. back to you. alison: unbelievable. leon: speaking of christmas we have a gift yesterday.

erin: right. leon: skins winning on the road. about time! especially -- erin: exactly. they waited until december but they were due. redskins finally got the road win sunday beating the bears 24-21. they are atop the east thanks to a tie-breaker over the eagles. the giants could join the 6-7 crowd with a win over miami. the redskins are the only trio that doesn't face a team with the winning record in the final three weeks of the season. the bad news, the last two games are on the road where they haven't been very good. they are against division opponents. the week 16 game at philadelphia will be a make or a break game for the division. coach gruden: this league is crazy. it will be a focal point how we rebound after a victory.

this is a very important game. buffalo coming in after a tough loss to philadelphia. they have a good football team. erin: the redskins came away with a win but they learned they love carrier for the rest of the season. he tore a ligament in his knee. he is the third tight end lost for the season. in the preseason they lost paul and logan paulson. >> we like where he was going. smart guy. gaining strength in the weight room and better at the point of attack and the back side. had a ways to go but we like where he was going. it's unfortunate. hip and compton have to step up. erin: serena williams name "sports illustrated" sports person of the year. this is the first time that s.i. chosen an individual female athlete since 1983. serena won three majors this year and captivated the sporting world every time. she stepped out for a match. williams said she posed the

way she did to reflect female power. however, there will be the critics saying it does the opposite and objectifies women. i like it. but i guess we will let you decide. leon: she's hot. erin: she looks phenomenal do your thing, serena. leon: you don't have to apologize for being fine, serena. erin: i love it. alison: thanks. erin: you got it. leon: coming up next at 5:00 -- >> there are a lot of neighborhoods in d.c. that people need jobs, the city every year has million of job training money unspent. why? i'm sam ford. that story is next on abc7 news. alison: first, here is a look at what is coming up tonight on abc primetime. we'll be right back.

alison: when it comes to job training in the district, lack of funds isn't the problem. d.c. bureau chief sam ford explain what is the problem is and why d.c. isn't getting enough people trained for the right positions. sam: while mayor bowser emphasized summer jobs and training and hiring 22- to 24-year-olds, the u.s. labor departmentraces the city worst in -- rates the city worst in nation for job training. according to the "washington post" report over the weekend for among other things failing to spend millions of federal dollars available. at the workforce investment council meeting today mayor bowser named a vacant chairman post to the group that overseas the training fund. >> this is a tale of two cities. people are left out of the economic boom. sam: that is true but the "post" says there are no shortage of jobs in d.c. it's shortal of job training. >> the people aren't qualified for the jobs available and the

city isn't getting the money out the door to do the job training to get the people ready for the jobs that are available. sam: the mayor. >> what the d.c. residents want me to focus on, not only are we spending the money but are we effectively spending the money. >> it crushes those who can't carry. sam: therefore people don't get trained. >> we don't apply for the dollars. sam: there are organizations like o.i.c. that still have contracts with the city to do job training but even they say it's extremely difficult. because they have to take all the risk. they understand why a lot of companies are unwilling to do that and why a lot of the money remains unspent. reporting from southeast washington, sam ford, abc7 news. maureen: that will do it for 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00. the first of the six cops

charged in the freddie gray's death and see if he will be punished. what more than 350 people called for in terms of the gun control. from 70's to shower, we are tracking the rain. the news at 6:00 starts now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: a waiting game in baltimore tonight. there, a jury just finished the first day of deliberating the fail of officer william porter. he is the first of six b.p.d. officers to go on trial. our bureau chief brad bell is in baltimore with the jury in the freddie gray death case just went home. what is the latest? brad: leon, they went home at 5:30. but not before asking a couple of questions of the judge. questions that seemed to indicate that this jury is going to be going over the ed carefully. when they left they already had a full day. they came in at 9:00, started

with closing arguments. for the prosecution and defense, closing arguments are an opportunity to claim the story that each says is told by the evidence. the deputy state attorney arguing that officer porter had a duty to keep freddie gray safe but didn't care if he lived or died. defense attorney claiming the opposite is true that officer porter acted in a responsible way. prominent defense attorney warren brown says the jury has a tough job. >> they have to conclude that there is not a reasonable doubt about the person's guilt. brad: as the city still reeling from the rioting last spring they wait for a verdict. there are calls for calm. calm from the people and the police. >> anybody that has a love for freddie gray, if they ha