>> from a alert. policerlington, headquarters evacuated. ashley coleman has been there since the story broke. tell us exactly what is going on. ago theabout 20 minutes

bomb squad left the building behind me after determining there was nothing suspicious. four hours there was a huge police presence of the station after a bomb threat was made. the call came in at 6:30 p.m. tonight. the emergency communications center located in the courthouse phone calleceived a saying there was a bomb inside the building. preliminaryget a head, something suspiciously thought was inside the building. the bomb squad was called into e.vestigat the 911 center had to be relocated because of the investigation. after a thorough investigation they determined everything was safe. now they are the process of moving the communications back to this building. they are also trying to figure out where that automated phone

thatcame from that made bomb threat. that is a pretty difficult phone call to trace. they are going to do their best to determine where it came from. a bomb threat did shut down the arlington county police station tonight. everything is safe. also tonight, bracing for a big chill. temperatures set to drop while you are asleep. nelson potential snow may be on the way. we have your first check of the forecast. >> that snow will be a little bit of snow. getting right to it. we will first start with a live picture of the national harbor. you can see some traffic moving. a high of 53 in washington today. to cut above the average high of 43. rural thai temperatures still -- real-time temperatures still above freezing. it makes it feel like 34 in the scene with the windchill.

looking ahead to the next three days, there is the potential snow that will come in. it will get very specific in our forecast, but for the nok holiday, it is really cold. down white frigid -- and downright frigid red we will see 29 and 30 does not feel anything close to the coldest we will get in our forecast. >> you can download our free weather app to stay ahead of any winter weather storm. breaking news tonight with the state department confirming it is the past two hours that an american citizen was among the 23 people killed in a terrorist attack in burkina faso, west africa. michael rendering was killed during the hours long siege, where nearly 103 people were taken hostage. are still looking for al qaeda linked gunmen that affect

the hotel and a nearby café. developing right now, to woodbridge men are behind bars waiting to appear in court on charges that they tried to join isis. new reaction to these charges tonight. the court documents do not say how the woodbridge men met, but that one was trying to help the other join isis. they took great pains to cover their tracks even from their own families, but the man they turned to for help was working with the fbi. neighbors of this quiet woodbridge area were stunned when fbi agents showed up at this house. >> the cars rolled in, and after that we saw a lot of people coming out. i counted 20 at one point as went to their door, they said they had a warrant. nobody knew what was going on. >> charging documents say ages questions and addressed to the he is accused of

helping another woodbridge man, make arrangements to get to serious fight with isis raise the documents they he was eager to get on the battlefield. into a manntroduced he believes he had connections to jihad outside the u.s. instead, the man was a confidential informant for the. on friday, he drove him to richmond to a site around a mile away from the richmond international airport. he planned to fly from richmond to chicago, and then on to jordan and eventually make his way to syria. once he approached the departure gate, agents arrested him. are still reeling, knowing that someone so close to them is accused of having anything to do with isis. >> i used to chat with him once in a while. a very nice guy. all the people in their house

were smiling, gentle, nice people. personally i feel like i would not see that coming. i do not know. cortex myths say he is a u.s. citizen born in pennsylvania, man is from sudan and became a permanent legal residence in 2012. both men are expected to appear in court on tuesday. if convicted, they could face 20 years behind bars. iran has undertaken see steps that many people doubt it would ever come to pass. two major developments from iran. tonight economic sanctions lifted. the white house happy with that historic nuclear deal. the washington post reported up set to return home. spent 18 months in a prison after being accused of

being a u.s. spy. he is one of four americans freed in exchange for seven iranian prisoners as a fifth american is also free tonight, separate from that deal. the fifth american student has already left iran. we're still digging to find out when the three others will return to the u.s.. as far as those sanctions that have been lifted, that is all because of clear cooperation from tehran. independent nuclear investigators found iran had dismaye dismantled a large portion of their nuclear program. there are still a lot of unanswered questions with this story, including when jason will be home. stay with abc seven for answers as all of this unfolds. coming up on abc seven news at emotional first aid.

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>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 tim, on your side. >> to students expelled after a fake bomb threat from a muslim students laptop. the new reaction coming in tonight. will not bets returning to washington public charter school after sending a bomb threat from a muslim students'e-mail account. >> we are shocked, but not surprise given the anti-muslim bigotry we are seeing in our nation. tube was opened a laptop during class and discovered the previous user, who was muslim, had not signed out of his e-mail account and they used it to send an e-mail to more than 600

warmer and current students are to the subject line said bomb, an e-mail said friday, there will be a big boom. the school quickly track down the laptop had the students. they were expelled just months before graduation. >> while it, we would hope that our nation's leaders would speak risinginst this islamophobia that causes this type of incident. >> that has seen a spike in anti-muslim bullying. schools are already on edge after the recent terror attacks in san bernardino and paris. the nation's largest gold district, los angeles unified shot down after a threat after the san bernardino attack. school is sadhe to hear of the e-mail hoax. >> there should be more programs

in school to talk about different levels of social justice for diversity, inclusion, privileged, although sorts of things. > 11:00 p.m., prince george's county officials are trying to figure out how a student got a loaded gun into a middle school. the washington post reporting that the boy had a gun in his in a middle school on wednesday. no word on that students intend for bringing the gun to school. officials told the post that no one was ever in any danger. new development tonight on the controversial topic that is heating up. aotesters gathered outside firearms stored to talk about firearms in school zones. it would give elected officials the authority to keep gun stores .ut of a 1000 foot safety zone >> the worry is that there would

be a mentally unstable child who could somehow get access to a gun and could have a horrible crisis. >> virginia law bans the possession of guns on school grounds. lawmakers to begin the debate as soon as next week. new developers tonight after the cafeteria in the longworth evacuated.ding was construction crews found what they thought was lead paint dust. abc 7 has new details tonight. people at the architects office tell us that the dust was from lead paint, but it was not widespread. but it's good because that made it does not give him any vote -- it did not get on any food. also new tonight, a water crisis getting federal attention. site int obama emergency declaration for flint, michigan. people have drinking water with

so much liked that it meets the epa's definition of toxic waste. tonight the nfl is for every of its own innovative coaches. a former baltimore coach died today at the age of 84. he is the only man to coach both baltimore teams for the colts and the ravens. he is known for coming up with plays that are still widely used today. ravens inout of the 1975 and immediately left his mark in the taking them to three straight afc east titles. it was also a big day for visitors at the nationals in. hand account made his debut today. some waited for hours to get a look at the 22 pound bundle of joy. napping most of the day and hiding in his den. visitors did not seem to mind. >> it is amazing. born, they look like a

stick of butter. 20 pounds. i cannot wait to see the little darling. >> they have a panda cam so they watched the panda what he explores the exhibit. world-class ice carvers compete in a ice carving competition. the third annual winter ice fast beginning this morning at the village of leesburg. beheaded intelligence by sculptured took first place. all the ice sculptures will remain on display until they melt. it is going to be pretty cold out there. hopefully they will be around for a while. >> it will be one of the were days tomorrow before the big cold comes in. that is monday, martin luther king jr. holiday. in the tomorrow has some wintry

potential. a live look at the national harbour the capital is lit up to the left traffic is moving just shot.in the we will drop to the 30's before too long. ,dd in a little bit of a breeze some freezing when chances. ,ere's a look at our forecast some indication of what is going on. northwest wind came in today. earlier today, we had a little bit of rain last night that i actually had some fog develops this morning as the skies cleared quickly. that has come into a thick cloud deck. we had that break mid today, and now they are back in. chilly weather patterns. expect this college to stay around tomorrow and be thicker. this general weather pattern of the last -- next two days.

in,rctic cold front blows rushes in with northwest wind. it is downright frigid, monday. let's go in closer to where you are, and get extremely specific in our futurecast. i'll cover starting to build in, not a lot of snow just yet. not much of a wind. here is a look at that snow potential. in,ill be light coming maybe just flurries in nature. there is a potential for snow beginning to come down even more. anything on the roads will be just water, it will not be slick or freeze at all. even the potential for sunshine by the afternoon. the only chance for accumulation is a coating on the grass at max. high temperatures at 40, not much of a wind chill. daytime temperatures around 33 to 36.

high temperatures on monday are mid to lower 20's. add in the wind 50 miles per hour, it only feels as warm as for in hagerstown. he single digits into washington. that is the warmest it feels, and that is the same thing on tuesday. then it is really cold the next few days. we have to keep a few sharp eyes on this. it will be one of those rain on i-95 east type of things. we get through the light snow tomorrow, it is not problematic, but it will be noticeable. martin luther king jr. holiday, the parade going on. this is broadcast live on news channel 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. >> thank you. they did not pull off a win.

is a shocker. not a good day in sports at all. you will not believe how the wizards lost this morning. a heartbreaker in boston. in the caps took a beat down. sports is next.

>> now, the toyota sports desk. but to you by your local toyota dealer. thee will start with washington capitals. first, they are up one. they get the breakaway. he scores. to nothing to sabres after that. still to nothing sabres, they give the puck away again. he comes from way outside. it were a loss for the capitals.

celtics, down to the wire, fourth quarter. the lizards were down three. -- wizards were down three. he had 36 on the night. closing seconds of the game, tied at 117. down the court for a chance to tie it. but he misses the layup. 119 two 117. the big conference matchup. the last time phil noble lost the matchup was less season. they lost to georgetown. was this an upset alert? second half, they were down 42 to 36. just over three minutes to go, they are down six.

pass,s the backdoor putting them up 48 to 40. they had free throws and go on to win at 55 to 50. terms at ohio state, and this was all maryland. corner, he has 16 at the half. robert carter junior also had a big day. he was four for four from downtown. he led the way with 25 points. starting to break the century mark and the buckeyes. -- and they beat the buckeyes. it was good. he is starting to look good. we went out there and executed well. >> more hoops. howard hosting harvard tonight.

james daniels out with an elbow injury. hitting the glass. he led by one at the half, but the groups of the takeover. delivers, harvard play better ball today. they go to win, 69 to 61. the kansas city chiefs, the most underrated team in the nfl finishing off with 10 straight wins. they took on the patriots. we will pick this up in the third quarter. tom brady finds his favorite. second touchdown pass of the day. the chiefs put up a good fight. to 20.al for this 1, 27 night, we willow debut our brand-new sports show. come get your sports fix on abc seven. that is sunday night at 11:30 p.m.

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