hearing from witnesses and seeing pictures of evidence, things like a gas mask used by the officer to try to make meth. it happened in july. explosion in this building. explosion so loud the neighbors heard it. you can see in these photos obtained by abc7 news it blew windows out of the building. arriving firefighters found the police lieutenant chris bartly on scene, suffering from burns. claiming he had had an accident while filling a lighter. police quickly found the evidence we can now show you in the photos just released by federal prosecutors. drano, bottles, gloves a gas mask. used to make meth. he confessed. >> he was remorseful. in a few hours after the incident he sent an e-mail to the supervisor and apologized

for the incident. >> he claimed it was an experiment and wanted to show the fellow officers make meth. the prosecutors didn't buy it. last august he pleaded guilty to trying to make meth in the federal lab while on duty. now he is facing up to 20 years in prison. today's all-day hearing aimed at determining how much danger his actions really posed. >> the best case scenario he will accept a punishment which would not involve incarceration. if there is any incarceration it would be home detention. brad: he had just enough materials to make enough meth to barely cover a dime. it would have been just about a gram. maximum is 20 years and the minimum is no jail time. the hearing underway that looks to go in the evening. brad bell abc7 news.

alison: thank you. officer william porter has been ordered to testify for the prosecution in case against caesar goodson. he was the driver of the police van where freddie gray suffered what turned out to be fatal injuries. he faces the most serious charges of the six officers involved in gray's arrest and death. goodson's trial is set to begin next week. officer porter was the first officer to go on trial you will remember. that case ented with a hung jury. he contend being forced the testify before the retrial violates his fifth amendment rights. we look at the next step in all of this at 5:30. leon: tensions were high in paris after a man wearing a fake explosive vest confronted police who then shot him to death. police say the man was carrying a cleaver and he had a piece of paper that included the isis flag that claimed responsibility for the attack.

france's antiterrorism unit is investigating now. france has been under a state of emergency since november. the attack left 130 people dead. today east attack comes one year after the gunman stormed the offices of the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" killing 12 people. they marked the verse with a controversial cover. reads "one year on the aanalysis sin is still on -- the assassin is still on the run." french president francois hollande had a ceremony that thanked the police and the military and promised changes to prevent future attacks. alison: to days after president obama tearful announce of the the new measures to limit access to guns he is making a public push for gun control. this is taking place at george mason university.

scott thuman has more. despite the call for data sharing and the smarts gun technology the problem is much of this could eas erased by the next president. >> this is symbolic. symbolism. there is nobody new coming january 21 next year. hillary clinton, ted cruz, donald trump, carly fiorina they can undo it. it's very fragile.

all of it is fragile. scott: the problem for the administration is pushing the issue. there is an interesting shift of opinion among young voters when it comes to gun control. we will talk about that coming up at 6:00. we will see how it might play a role in november election. that's in less than an hour. live at george mason university, scott thuman, abc7 news. leon: all right. thanks scott. speaking of the shifts we have seen one here in the weather. finally over the hump. it comes to the frigid temperatures outside. a change at the cost of the sunlight. chief meteorologist doug hill has that. which of the tradeoff no forward, no sun no heat which one? doug: warmer temperatures and the sunshine back to the pattern shift. the high pressure center that gave us the consecutive cloudless days and now the clouds are moving in. cloudy skies outside the

belfort furniture weather center. 40 in ashburp. 30 in dale city. 43 in anacostia. the temperatures through the evening hours will drop in the low 30's in the metro area. the farther west we go from washington the better chance of sub freezing temperatures especially west of the interstate 81 corridor. sunshine all day. most of the area will be cloudy through the overnight hours. here comes the cloudiness. there is a big storm, nontropical storms but the winds are 55 to 60 miles per hour in that thing out of the atlantic. clouds and light rain tomorrow. show the future with the rain approaching late in the day tomorrow. few showers. a much higher likelihood to deal with rain late saturday afternoon and saturday night. all the while the temperatures start to climb a little bit. alison: okay. doug, thank you. so office pools around the nation are working overtime as the powerball jackpot soars to record territory. after no one had the winning

ticket in the drawing. the jackpot is $700 million. brianne carter is among those dreaming of a life of luxury. right? brianne: absolutely. people are coming to places like this. they are coming in picking up one of these. hoping to fill out the lucky number. getting one of these in hand. hoping it will land them the jackpot. >> the powerball payoff today. hoping to increase his chances of winning he picked his own numbers. if he win he is will take the one-time payout. he doesn't think he would quit

working. if he wins this time what will he do with the cash? >> quiet. >> probably donate. take care of my family. >> using imagination and what they can do if they have the winning ticket in hand. people are coming in to buy the tickets to hope they will buy other items as well. >> tickets worth $50,000 were sold at the shell station. the tickets matched four numbers. and the powerball.

>> the numbers are going up. leon: other numbers are d taking people with them. wall street off to the worst start of the year. dow lost 392 points today. it lost 900 points since the start of the year. only a few days in. the nasdaq and s&p 500 saw similar drops today. the selloff is fueled by the uncertainty over china's economy. the crime happened last month in the 6th block. they slashed tires of a vehicle to get in parked car next to it. alison: there is concern amongst metro riders after three high profile attacks in recent weeks.

do the statistics back up the story? stephen tschida has more on the attacks. stephen: the metro police released surveillance issue of the suspects. we just got an image 20 minutes ago. these are the suspects from an incident which took place tuesday night at the "u" street station. they are wanted in connection with a robbery and aggravated assault. metro transit police released the surveillance images monday from the suspect on vicious attack on red line train from the station in northeast d.c. christmas week. not an isolated incident. go days ago a man was slashed

in the attempted robbery at the u street station. >> tried to keep an eye out. >> the statistics don't core late with an increase in concern. 2013 saw 109. 2014 had 108. last year metro logged 113 aggravated assaults. >> i'm not concerned about it. however the brutality of some of the recent incidents such as the violent murder of a young man on a red line train last summer still troubled some passengers. stephen: the metro transit police are joined in the just announced robbery intervention task force. a coordinated effort to track down robbers to stop them quickly. keep in m recent aggravated assaults did start out as robberies.

reporting live, stephen tschida abc7 news. leon: still ahead at 5:00, a tv personality caught on video robbing a bank? not so fast says mike rowe. the story that took the internet by storm. alison: why a toy store in old town is closing. how much longer why not will be open? leon: first though california is battered by el nino storms. the race to save lives is still ahead. alison: up next, the race against time to save miners trapped 80 stories below the surface.

alison: miners have all been rescued in new york. the workers huddled together for warmth until the emergency crews were able to use a crane to lower a basket below ground. lifting several workers at a time to the surface.

a state investigation is underway to figure out what caused the elevator to malfunction. monster wav crashing along the california coastline and the storms batter the state. some folks report 40-foot waves along half moon bay. california is taking a beating from a series of storms. after 24 hours of extreme flooding and one dramatic rescue after the next, the damage is extensive. look at the water pouring in wednesday from the salvation army store. now the concern is slapped slides. the boulders -- concern is the land slide. in southern california the saturated ground is shifting.

thousands of homes are threatened by the fast-moving mud after a record fire season. >> along the coast, million dollar mansions are pounded by the high surf. >> waves up to 25-feet high to create massive sinkholes like this one. extreme weather catching many tourists by surprise. homeowners are taking advantage of any break in the rain to clean up before the next storm strikes. the next dose arrives saturday. luckily it is expected to be lighter rain. but still many are nervous in the mudslide areas already saturated. in los angeles, brandi hitt abc7 news. leon: weren't they battling a drought a while ago? doug: this could help.

terrible to go through but it will put snow in the mountain which helps. the mountain snow is important for the water supply and reservoirs. it's warming up but it's cold next week. look at the torpedo factory. 43 degrees. the skies remain cloudy throughout the night. 41 degrees in leesburg. the same in manassas. 41 in annapolis and baltimore as well. across the country cold air. nothing dramatically cold.

rapid city at 14. that is the coldest we have seen in the continental u.s. but st. louis indianapolis, well in the 40's. 55 in nashville. 58 in atlanta and mild air mass will come in. by the time the mild air gets here to take up residence saturday and sunday we have another cold air push from canada to put us below average next week. short term the high pressure moves out. low cloudiness here. the atlantic ocean. you think it's a tropical storm. it's not. but it is organized with top winds of 60 to 65 miles per hour. that is crazy to see. good thing it wasn't 150 miles northeast or we'd have a heck of a nor'easter. we have this system move in. clouds and rain tomorrow. future cast, the rain here by tomorrow morning across the ohio valley.

rain comes in late in the everything. 80% chance. 53 degrees. up to 60 on sunday. sunday looks like the rain will end and then it's breezy and mild. the forecast for ed exfield are 40-50. 4:40 kickoff with the redskins and the packers. not out of the question with a peek of sunshine today. gusty winds 10 to 15. maybe stronger. that could come affect the game in some ways as well. look at the next seven days across the area. tonight we hang on the clouds. tomorrow we hang on clouds to get a chance of rain late in the day. 46. saturday will be mostly cloudy. maybe there could be brief glimmer of sunshine in the morning but up to 80% chance of rain late afternoon, everything and nighttime hours. sunday the rain will end in

the morning. look how much milder it gets. from 53 saturday to 6 of 0 degrees on sunday. maybe clearing breezy, drier sunday afternoon. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week gets colder. more system weather. alison: manageable. leon: something with a silver lining. doug: no major storms either. leon: finally people can break out the gear. cold enough for ski resorts to open up the doors. we don't have a snow bunny. we have a snow johnny. john gonzalez our own liberty mountain in pennsylvania. they are making 1300 tons of snow per hour up there. this is john's first time on skis. he told you this last hour. he said he didn't fall one time. do you believe him? alison: that is impressive.

i don't know. to do that your first time on skis on live television. leon: to not do a face plant? alison: that is brave. leon: better man than i am. alison: still to come at 5 verz in the news a second straight day of twists in the freddie gray case. the court appeal is underway as we learn new details about the charges against two of the six baltimore police officers charged in gray's death. leon: coming up next here the beloved sta the oldtown alexandria closing its doors. why the toy store that served for generations is going away. alison: here is tonight's primetime line-up. you can get updated show information and learn about the abc7 contests anytime. by signing up for the abc7 fan blast. go to wjla.com/enews. tt2watí(@%4 bt@q9op tt2watí(@%4

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alison: a toy store that brought happiness to children for generations. it's called why not. it's closing. leon: even if you didn't shop there you probably walked by it. diane cho explains why they are closing to the heartbreak of the fans. >> it has been a part of the community for five decades. >> a one of its kind. >> but the why not toy store

is closing its store. it has been part of the her children and grand children's lives. >> we come here every year for the stocking stuffers. it's sad. >> the store's owner kate says she couldn't fight the competition online anymore. >> it got so we have people in here taking pictures. that is good to watch people. okay. >> you don't go to target. you don't go to target and it look like a fairy land. it's the atmosphere. >> adding a personal touch to the buying experience. >> we get to know people. and you are happy for them.

buy a grand child a baby present yourself. things like that. that is what touches everybody. diane: in alexandria diane cho, donorschoos e.com. -- diane cho abc7 news. leon: i haven't bought anything there and now i'm sad. if you are in the area poke your head in. alison: too bad. leon: buy something. alison: still ahead at 5:00, an internet fire storm after this. he looks like a well known tv personality. but will mike rowe doing the dirty job? what he is saying. leon: the new temporary home for the yacht club after fire destroyed the clubhouse. alison: new developments involving four of the six officers charged in freddie gray's death. you are watching abc7 news at 5:00.

leon: a $1,000 reward is offered for information on who killed a man in a waldorf parking lot. wood was gunned down yesterday afternoon after he and another man got in a fight there. if you have any information call crime solvers immediately. the defense in a mclean home invasion case plans to use a rare involuntary intoxication

defense. andrew schmuhl accused of assaulting leo fisher and his wife at their home in 2014. this is coming after schmuhl's wife was fired from fisher's law firm. fisher claims that schmuhl stunned him with a stun gun bound him and split his throat and stabbed his wife. he plans to argue that the mental state at the time was result of medication he was on. alison: a federal agent is facing charges after they say he exposed himself to a restaurant employee and threatened her when he didn't like the bill. the army special agent curtis davis arrested two weeks ago. he is charged with abduction extortion and forcible sodomy. they lowered the bill and he left without hurting anyone. he has been suspended while the case plays out in court. leon: the top stories now. police officer accused of

turning the standard and technology in a drug lab could be sentenced in the hour. he pleaded guilty to charges to the charges last summer and faces maximum three years in prison. hosting a town hall meeting on gun control at fairfax tonight two days after he i.r.s.ed the executive order to expand background check for gun purchases. leon: how the fever keeps growing. the jackpot is soaring to the record territory after no one came up with the winning combination last night. the jackpot is a whopping $7020 million that may approach $1 billion. alison: the yacht club found a temporary home following a devastating fire at the club last month. the club will operate from the harbor grill restaurant at the city dock until it's rebuilt.

not known when it will move to the temporary home. leon: the baltimore police officer ordered to testify against a colleague in the freddie gray case is appealing the order. we are following the case from baltimore. she is live where the case stands. we understand there are updates to multimillion cases. >> 24 are. changes to four of the six trials involving the on freddie gray's case. the significant today is the motion filed with the court of the special appeals in an effort to try to keep officer porter from testifying in the upcoming trial of fellow officer caesar goodson. jury selection is expected to begin on monday in goodson's

trial. short time ago we received word that the trial date of the officer garrett miller and alicia white have been pushed back. alicia white was supposed to stand trial this month, january 25. the new trial date pushed to february 8. miller is scheduled to stand trial march 7. i am told a hearing coug held but a decision could be made with no hearing at all. in baltimore, reporting live

in downtown abc7 news. leon: thank you. the man who made "dirty jobs" famous making headlines for a different reason. mike rowe is speaking out about the gang robber doppleganger. this is a bank robber suspect. it has them doing a double take to identify him as the possible suspect. >> we keep getting tips. we'll slap him from suspect list. leon: i'm sure he is happy about that. he jumped on social media and posted a photo of himself with an alibi and responded on "good morning america." >> i can't deny an uncanny resemblance. for what it's worth i'm in kansas.

be on the lookout for someone shorter and less attractive. [laughter] exposure against the real suspect. alison: if you look like mike they are coming to get you. leon: coming up at 5:00 here in time to help you the new year's resolution new dietary guidelines. what you should be eating now ahead. alison: and an i'm sorry from volkswagen. a the consumer electronics show. apology and a fan to buy back cars. that's ahead. leon: later at 6:00 did they or didn't they? global fallout after north korea claims to test a hydrogen bomb. what the u.s. officials say tonight o

steve: i'm steve rudin. looking at the upcoming weekend forecast not as bad as we thought. we may see showers late afternoon. areas of the rain as we head to saturday night. sunday a busy busy day. fedex field. taking on the packers. kickoff at 4:40. looking at the temperatures around 55 to 60 degrees. early morning rain will get rain at partly sunny skies. a look at the next seven days 60 degrees on sunday. look at the cooldown on monday. lower 40's. lower 40 tuesday. wednesday we could look at flurries across the metro area. lower 50's to the weekend. back to the 20's. move to the middle of next week. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

alison: "7 on your side" in health matters. tonight the new guidelines are out after years of lobbying and directtives from congress. here are the guidelines that recommend limiting added sugar to 10% or less of your calories. they also recommend people eat more fruit vegetables and whole wheat. the guidelines suggest cutting

salt and saturated fat but they stop short of telling people to eat less red or processed meat despite strong evidence that both can cause cancer. this is for the first time. the new guidelines actually mention coffee. moderate coffee consumption can be part of a healthy diet. >> they are shifting to say rather than this much of this. we want to be loading the plates with vegetables. and beans and whole grains and focusing more on the foods that we can be adding rather than making the specific suggestions that really can become overwhelming and confusing. alison: according to the new report americans on average get 13% of daily calories from added sugars. teens get 17%. the natural sugar like raise sins apple and -- raisins, apple and milk are not considered added sugar. leon: toy-like cardboard

goggle contraption that sells more less than $20 online helped save a baby girl's life. she was born with a born with a heart defect. they initially thought there was no way to help her until they tried google cardboard. this allows you to see 2d images in 3d virtual reality. doctors use the device. the map out the operation. >> this is revolutionary. the way we would plan surgery in the past a two dimensional image. they expect the girl to make a full recovery. alison: thank goodness. isn't it surprising that there aren't things out there already with the goggles. ahead at 5:00, macy's says it is shutting down a number of

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alison: volkswagen told atheater how sorry he is for the company letting down america at the consumer electronic show. >> of course the current issue is the diesel engine is certainly nothing to be proud of. we disappointed our customers and the american people for which i truly am truly sorry, for which i apologize. we at volkswagen are disappointed that this could happen within the company we love. alison: we are learning tonight the company is set to buy back more than 100000 cars in the u.s.

no formal announcement has been made about that yet. but the company says it will have to either refund the purchase price or offer a new car at a significant discount. leon: speaking of emissions issues drivers in northern virginia can now skip their trip to emissions inspections stations every two years thanks to a new program called rapid pad. as mike carter-conneen explains drivers can simply zip through the mobile testing sites with no appointment and no waiting. mike: last month without realizing it matt howard was a first virginia driver to have the emissions tested by the rapid pass getting this notice in the mail. >> renewed my registration and that was it. >> a month after it launched virginia leaders are promoting the program now because many drivers mistakenly suspect it's a scam. >> to be frank i thought it was junk mail. >> this technology is rotated around 150 different locations across virginia. as the cars pass through the two mobile testing boxes use infrared and the ultra violent

lightning to test exhaustiveness. manufacturer says this is a proven technology but it does not work in rain or snow. it can handle vehicles at highway speeds 55 to 60 miles per hour. but for the accurate measurements the boxes are placed in the particular location. >> slight uphill radiant that actually will make motorists keep on the gas. >> our objective is find clean cars not dirty cars. >> drivers still must make an online payment of $29. howard won't bother with again. he might be the number one fan. >> in falls church mike

carter-conneen, abc7 news. leon: if they save time is a good time. see how much time they are on the roads tonight. jamie: this is a rough one on the beltway in virginia. look around 50. if you have a good idea of what to expect. this is the outer loop we are focusing in on. that is where we had an earlier crash. move to look at the mapping system.oser to 66. you are still on the brakes through anon-dale approaching the mixing bowl. that is where we had the earlier accident. you are 23 miles per hour 18 in some spots but this traffic is really just inching along. getting better but it will still take you quite a bit of time. as far as the inner loop, the normal congestion from virginia to maryland in the northwest corner near 270.

that is a look at traffic. back to you. alison: consumer knows now. a not so happy holiday it turns out for the retailer macy's. the company is planning to close 40 stores. and cut 4000 jobs. after what it calls the disappointing sales and earnings in 2014. one for closure is the valley mall in hagerstown and the one at owings mills mall. i will mean about 150 job cuts locally for the companies says the closures and the layout will save $400 million in annual costs. leon: all right. talk about the weather. little bit of a tradeoff. we lost the sun but it's warmer. it looks like we are heading in the right direction. alison: not so bad out there. doug: this is the time of year we have that and we get the sunshine cold weather clouds, warmer weather. that pattern will repeat for the next five six, seven days. lower 40's across the air. cold spot for winchester. 36.

43 in reagan national. that is a degree warmer than the last hour. we will sea the temperatures drop to lower 30's in most areas. along the west of interstate 81 where they had sunshine all day and the clear skies now they will drop in the mid-20's. the winds will be light. the number of the systems watching a big one off the coast. we are glad it's there. nontropical. 60-mile-per-hour gusts. quiet. showers late in day tomorrow. but a better chance of rain coming in late on saturday evening. our forecast looks like this. for tomorrow fair amount of cloudiness. temperatures will reach 44 degrees. late day rain. cloudy and 80% of the probability of rain by the evening. that will end around the area on sunday morning. then becoming breezy. the highs near 60. right now it looks like it will be dry at fedex field. temperaturestemperatures in the 50's. gusty winds. we will talk more the next time we see you. robert, leon alison back to you.

>> kirk cousins, the players are saying something interesting. the redskins were on the bubble today to prepare for the packers on sunday. fans are faithful that the skins will win on sunday. who do we have the gratitude for getting redskins to the playoffs? jordan for pro bowler numbers. cousins is performing at a high level. they will thank someone off the field. >> he is like another coach. in a sense he will be around. he is going to be there hyping the guys up. obviously with the talent and the way it changes the locker room you can tell that he knows what he is doing. i mean, to be honest i feel like he saved us in a way. leon: huge. robert: there has been talks

about the redskins moving from ed exfield in landover to another location -- fedex field in landover to another location. they have hired an architect firm to design a new stadium. no word on the time frame or when the team is thinking to put the new stadium. we asked you. where should the new stadium be? maryland, d.c. or virginia? so far a lot of you like d.c. let me know what you think. in baseball, the nats introduced a new piece to the already talented roster. former met and the nationals division rival daniel murphy. he was big in the playoff games. he signed a three-year, $30 million contract. >> the big question is whether i can hit homers. i have never done it before but i did it in the post season. with the adjustments and foundations made in new york

last year, hopefully the adjustments we have made cannot only continue but i feel that rick and i will be able to add to that going forward. i don't know if i can keep hitting home runs but i hope so. >> i do too. i do too. seems to do it. keep up the good work! [laughter] leon: please don't forget how to do that. alison: that is a standard low. we are all excited. leon:

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year. we are paying down the bar tab they walked out of. >> the governor has been slashing state spending in a state that he says has been spending more than it's receiving. >> it will give the state more authority over the spending habit. >> it's absurd. it's unsustainable and it has to end. >> it promises repairs to every decision bridge and roadway in maryland. along with the full funding of education. and millions more in relief and taxes and fees. >> i realize old habits are hard to break and ther may force us to borrow and spend more and more. alison: coming up tonight at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- >> the heated debate over gun

control. we are hours away from a town hall. featuring president obama. plus a guilty plea for making meth in a federal lab. right now a former police officer is waiting for his sentence. no winners today. how high the power ball has gone and the rush for tickets. "abc7 news at 6:00" senators now. announcer: "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: a first at 6:00 historic and controversial. it sparked a big debate. maureen: they will be front and center at george mason university. the president will appear at a town hall meeting about guns in america. but it could be a tough sell. leon: scott thuman has a preview on what to expect tonight.

scott: passions run deep on the topic if you look behind me, where the president is speaking tonight there is small group with signs. they want the position to be heard. the president will be hearing it from all sides. he will certainly find support from mesa university it is not as clean-cut among the younger americanss a out once