>> now, abc 7 news at noon. on your side. jummy: bitter cold temperatures are just settling in. temperatures are in the low 30's. it will feel like the teams. -- it will feel like the teens. degrees may get to 30 if we are lucky. not evenst air has arrived yet. it is coming for the w

23 frederick. 28 manassas. 28 at reagan national. , we the current wind speeds have wind chills. 5 feels like 9 in frederick, hagerstown, 15 in the nation's capital. a very frigid day. temperatures at best near 30. what's coming next is a reinforcing push. maybe a few flurries tomorrow night. that will open the door for the next cold front that comes through

by gusty winds. we will have a bitter blast of arctic air over the weekend. we will struggle to the middle 20's for highs. after we get rid of that late sunday, time for the chance of another coastal storm monday and tuesday. counselors will be on hand at judge sylvania woods in glenardenhool following disturbing allegations in a child pornography investigation. the school is responding to parent concerns. jeannette reyes has new developments from glenarden. jeannette: in this letter sent home to parents, officials describe the school as one in crisis. this is after a lawsuit was filed against the principal of the school saying there were concerns raised about this volunteer and they were ignored. just last night, prince george's county leaders met for the first time to discuss this widening scandal.

was filed against suspect deonte carraway, the school system and the principal on behalf of a nine-year-old victim. it claims that these horrifying acts took place in an open area like the auditorium and bathroom and occurred during a complete absence of supervision. another new allegation that parents and teachers voiced their concerns about the 22-year-old's predatory nature to the principal, but nothing was done. the principle is on leave. kerley's family spoke out -- carraway's family, spoke out saying they do not condone the behavior is in question -- behaviors in question. there will be another meeting at 6:30 at the school. parents are encouraged to attend

navigate this incident and prevent it from happening to their children. william county police are investigating their first homicide this year. police say human remains and bones were discovered in a wooded area near the 8000 block of her drive in manassas on january 13. because of death is still pending. they are now investigating it as a murder. they are still waiting on positive confirmation of the victim's identity but say it is an adult male. there are no suspects. is discussing a close call involving a metro train that ran a red signal last week. sam sweeney just stepped out of that meeting. what can you tell us? sam: a lot is going on here at wmata headquarters. metro board members just grilled staff in that room. the initial findings

incident, a breakdown of communication between two people who are now both at fault. at least four safety measures failed during this incident. the train was told to stop it federal triangle, but the operator did not hear the command correctly. protocol calls for the train to repeat the instruction back to eliminate error. he repeated what he thought he heard and the controller replied affirmative despite it being the wrong command. then the train operator went through a red light. operators do but usually go through red lights, but they first must stop and ask for specific position to go through it. the operator never asked. metro calls that a direct violation. and the switch in the track set up for this particular situation was incorrect. the operator of the train should have recognized that. he continued going, causing damage to the track. the final safety net that ultimately stopped the crash was that this train was only go

what it was instructed to do. that trade was able to stop just 189 feet before colliding and crashing into another train that was loaded with passengers inside the smithsonian metro station. both the train operator involved and the person at the command center have been suspended for at least 10 days. they will undergo training. this is a preliminary investigation. live, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: let's get a check on the roads. jamie: starting off the northwest d.c., a few different issues. a pedestrian was struck. there is quite a bit of activity. this is right at pennsylvania avenue. there is a water main break. this is on woodley street

-- 28th street. connecticut avenue will be the best alternate. in virginia, pretty quiet on the gw parkway. 66 looks good. no delays on 395, 95, and both virginia and maryland in great shape and there is scheduled track work on the blue and silver line. line from forest glen to silver spring. 270 is clear. problems heading north to germantown. a former traveling nurse accused of sexual assault is in court today. jared klein is accused of assaulting a patient at doing health

john gonzalez is live with the latest. a lot of emotions inside this upper marlboro courthouse. the state has just rested its case this afternoon. 37-year-old jared klein, that former nurse, is on trial. he has been sitting in court with a stoic face not saying much while the jury came in. he just stared at that. that the young victim in this case, a 23-year-old woman, is also inside the courthouse with her parents this afternoon. several sexing assault charges at at least three different hospitals in the area. today he is standing trial for one of the incidents that occurred at bowie health center. he is accused of forcing the female patient's hands to touch his groin area

an examination. the prosecutor described this to the jury as a simple case thing, instead of giving her medical treatment, he sexually assaulted her. the jury in six men and seven women. listened intently as his attorney argued that this was all accidental contact well drawing blood from the patient's forearm. -- while drawing blood from the patient's forum. the plaintiff has also taken a stand. she was very emotional, saying arm klein manipulated her to grasp his private parts. she immediately told doctors to call police. she said she was in such shock and disbelief that she did not screen. she also became very agitated when the prosecutor focused on her police statement when she told the tech is that day that at first she thought it was an accident a t

seemingly joked about it with her. klein is expected to testify sometime this afternoon. we should have a verdict sometime today. we will keep you updated this evening. harford county sheriff's office releasing the names of two deputies killed in a shootout and the suspects possible motive. the deputies have been identified as patrick dailey and mark logsdon. david evans opened fire shortly before noon yesterday at a panera bread near baltimore. >> it is our belief that because he knew there was a durant out for his arrest and what the ultimate outcome of that encounter was going to be with what would have been his arrest, that is why he took the action against the police officer. we don't believe he waited to ambush. jummy: d

the head. deputy logsdon was fatally wounded outside during the shootout. killed byshot and other responding deputies. investigation is ongoing. the justice dertment is suing the city of ferguson, missouri for violating its residents civil rights. the lawsuit comes after ferguson city council amended parts of rigorously agreed-upon reforms to revamp the police department and court system. the changes stem from the murder of michael brown. ferguson police department violations in particular were expensive and deliberate. causeing people without and using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious, they were repeated. they were driven i racial bias. jummy:

the cost of the changes, which could top $10 million. loretta lynch says she's not buying that argument. coming up, democratic candidates get ready for their next big debate. the big endorsement one of them is getting today. and health officials on capitol hill for a zika virus hearing. when they will start testing exactly. -- a vaccine. major scientific breakthrough and the person who predicted it 100 years ago. and doug will be back with just how cold it will get for your valentine's weekend and when we could see warm up.

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2016 and the congressional black caucus is throwing his support behind hillary clinton. leaders announced their official endorsement and hour ago. will send african-american lawmakers to targeted states including south carolina. hillary clinton and bernie sanders face-off tonight in milwaukee. the exchange comes after a big primary victory in new hampshire for sanders. they are both trying to gain momentum for the next contest. nevada will hold its primary on february 20. scott thuman wilderness live coverage from wisconsin starting at 4:00. we are following new developments in the fight against the zika virus. health officials are testifying at a senate hearing right now. with the nah told

clinical trial for a vaccine will begin by late summer. the director of the cdc also said they are learning more about the virus every day. president obama's emergency funding request -- one the cdcan leader says and nih do not need the money since there is a surplus from the fight against ebola. would you ever buy a mattress with holes in it, stains or bugs flacc? did when he went undercover to put mattresses to the test. he and his team went to local stores and tested mattresses they purchased. >> from our experience and our knowledge, they didn't even clean this one beforehand. jummy: gross. how in the world can a mattress like this be sold at a store? you will likely be very surprised at the answer an

uncovered. find out tonight at 11:00. repairs to one of the largest cruise ships in the world is now underway. passengers cheering as the anthem of the seas returned to talk last night. royal caribbean apologized for sailing the ship right into a storm. it was rocked by hurricane force winds for hours. it is one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the century. scientists say they have detected gravitational waves. they are the ripples in the fabric of space-time first detected by einstein a century ago. the discovery of the waves created by violent collisions in the universe opens the door to a new way of observing the cosmos. scientists from caltech and m.i.t. made the announcement at a news conference this morning. very cool.

years ago. people were questioning his work. maybe the old guy had it figured out. our story is simple. it is called and it is going to get colder. then we may get a little snow. here's what we're looking at right now. this is frostburg state university. it is 10 degrees on campus right now and bitterly cold with gusty winds. the windchill is close to zero. that will be the story for a large part of the area for the next couple of days. very cold temperatures that will get even colder. the second batch will move in. these numbers are the windchill sps.

the day, air temperatures will get into the upper 20's to about 30. 30 degrees in the city. 28 aspen hill. 32 in dale city. there is a pocket over the great lakes. a nice warm up coming through the planes, but that's going to get cut off. we will get a reinforcing push of really cold air straight out of the arctic and it is on the way. we will have tons of lake-effect snow. some of them will reach the mountains. one thing we will watch is down the carolina coast, another area of low pressure develops as high pressure moves out. a storm system will come out. winter storm warnings for the outer banks and

bit. it will not bother us. we will see snow flurries. behind that, all bets are off. it's going to be very cold. measurable snow in the western slopes of the mountains, plenty of lake-effect snow. it will be very windy and cold. 31 today at best. feeling colder with gusty breezes. tomorrow, we briefly warm up to about 34. noticeably colder over the weekend. low to mid 20's. it will feel much colder with the wind. another storm system is forming along the southeast u.s. coast, possibly bringing a wintry mix monday night into tuesday. it is too early to tell. jummy: i am smiling because you are here, not because i like snow. coming up, your

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jummy: get the popcorn and wind ready -- wine ready. kidd o'shea sat down with some of the stars of "scandal. ." >> the president, the first lady, the former mistress. >> how often do people take the show to a point like, you know it's television? >> i get called mr. president. >> he loves

>> it gives me lifted by step. -- a lift in my step. >> scandal is back tonight. >> you wrote a book. >> my book. this is me airing out all of my dirty laundry so it's old news by the time the campaign rolls around. the president has this to say about the love triangle. >> he wanted to just get on with the business of running the country. i blame them. it's not my fault. >> i miss him. >> i know. >> ms. pope is on the line for you. jummy: all of your favorite shows are back tonight. gray's anatomy at 8:00

how to get away with murder after that, and then abc news at kathleen matthews: too many nights, i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis.

fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message.

doug: windy and cold today. tomorrow, 34. turning even colder for the weekend. a big blast of arctic air. jummy: i cannot wait. thanks for joining us. be sure to watch abc 7

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