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elevation burger at the one loudoun shopping center. about 8:00 last night. elevation burger employee, 20-year-old luis ore allegedly followed two little girls to the women's room. investigators say he held them there and sexual assaulted both of the girls. >> it gives me chills. horrible. stephen: ore let the girls return and they returned and told the parents what happened. the parents called authorities and he was arrested moments later registry for an incident when he was a teenager worked in the kitchen at elevation burger and only worked here a few months. meanwhile, parent wos bring their children to the shopping center said it is not unusual to send two children under the age of 13 to a bathroom together. especially in a venue like this. a small fast food restaurant. >> you feel like it's safe. you can see what is happening.
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shocking. yeah. stephen: tonight luis ore is behind bar facing abduction and sexual assault charges. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: hundreds of students streaming out of montgomery blair high school in silver spring this morning protesting last week's election results. after leaving the school they marched eight miles to wheaton plaza in silver spring. what do you think of the students protesting donald trump? share your thoughts at wjla.com/votenow. richard reeve was with the protesters the entire time and he joins us live from veterans plaza where the march ended. richard: larry, the plaza relatively quiet right now but for hours there were hundreds of student protesters here and in the streets. >> not my president.
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face protest. >> right now we have a president-elect who is racist, homophobic, sex wist and we don't -- sexist and we don't agree with it. richard: our camera caught in the middle. >> he is not a good president. richard: with the signs and the voice, hundreds of students some as young as 15 left montgomery blair campus. >> not my president. richard: protesting the trump election. >> a lot of them are feeling fear, they are feeling scared as a result of the recent richard: the montgomery blair students were given permission by the principal to stage it at the school. that didn't hatch. >> principal was okay in the school. we decided our voice was not being heard. richard: they went to wheaton mall and climbed on top of a parking deck. when police say someone threw a bottle. >> we are more concerned with everyone's safety. richard: then the students headed down georgia avenue causing major traffic
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if they have to make up school work or whatever, they are willing to do that. that is fine. i don't think it should be a free day for them to have fun. >> we just decided let's show the world what we are made of. richard: school officials sent out a letter they were aware there was going to be a protest but it was planned on campus. the students who left face unexcused absence. a lot of folks hope it will be a teaching moment for everyone. in silver sp reeve, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the trump transition team is pushing back against growing criticism of steve bannon, the president-elect named bannon farmer head of breitbart as chief strategist and counselor. the antidefamation league condemned the selection. >> we are talking about appointing people who do not
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flur -- the plurality and the diversity. >> his job is to help mr. trump implement his vision. he has done that and done a fantastic job. alison: over the weekend, president-elect named republican national committee head reince priebus to be chief of staff. neither position requires senate confirmation. larry: well the trump transition took up a lot of president obama's first press conference since the election. q mccray is at the "live desk" monitoring what he had to say. it was quite a bit. q: it was. the news conference started 20 minutes late but it lasted more than an hour. this is the first time president obama answered questions from reporters since president-elect donald trump won the election last week. the president tackled obamacare, immigration reform, isis, and his legacy as well as the protests in cities across the u.s. going on right now. here is what the president had to say about that.
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whenever you have an incoming president of the other side, particularly, in a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully it's a reminder that elections matter. and voting counts. q: the president was asked if he thought donald trump was fit to be president of the united states? in a nutshell his answer was completely different things. this office can change you. the president is now on his way overseas where he will likely face similar questions from the world leaders. he is heading to greece right now and then later this week to peru. from the "live desk," q mccray, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. meanwhile, the f.b.i. says the number of hate crimes rose 6.7% last year. but that includes a 67% surge in the number of hate crimes against muslims. that is the highest number
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civil rights groups raised concerns about a backlash against muslims in the wake of last year's terror attack in san bernardino, california, and paris. montgomery county police say they are investigating the vandalism at a silver spring church over the weekend as a hate crime. someone wrote "trump nation" and "whites only" on the signs of the episcopal church of our savior and parish memorial gardens. the signs were telling t some spanish language services. bishop of the diocese is condemning the attack. we will be with you for all the developments with oution air and always at wjla.com. larry: the eyes of the world may be on the u.s. as it gets ready for donald trump's inauguration. but last night a lot of eyes were on the skies as well hoping to catch a glimpse of the super moon. it's called that because the moon is as closest it has been
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january. it was brightest this morning but is still visible tonight. if you are lucky enough to see it when the moon rises in 25 minutes. snap a picture and upload it to burst.com/wjla. alison: some rain moving in the area could make it hard to see the moon, at least around here. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill has a check of the forecast. what do you think the chances are, doug? doug: locally slim and none for a good view of that because of the cloud cover and the rain that is indeed m chilly, 53 degrees. tomorrow night the sun will rise later tomorrow night. tomorrow night is fairly clear. it won't be the super moon but it will be close to it. so you might get a good view tomorrow night at moon rise time. 553 in -- 53 in the capital. we have rain moving slowly. if you look farther south it's fairly steady but the light rain moving slowly north and northeast. that is the pattern through
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moving more quickly north and northeast. so we have the chances of rain and we will get back to sunshine tomorrow afternoon. weekend and some big changes in the temperatures again. this roller coaster coming back to town for the thermometer. we'll talk about in about nine minutes. larry: see you soon. ground-breaking journalists breaking gender and racial barriers. pbs' gwen ifill died after battling end president obama: whether she was reporting from the field or moderated from the anchor desk, she informed citizens and inspired journalists. larry: maureen bunyan is here with more. maureen: thank you for opportunity. gwen was an unusual journalist. she did something that many,
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being print reporter, excellent print reporter from the "washington post" and the "new york times" as the congressional correspondent. and she became an excellent broadcast journalist. she did this this in the 1990's before there was that much talk about this kind of reporting and people able to work in many, mulmedia. that was an amazing thing she did. the other thing is she did could do in journalism, which is to shed light on issues instead of heat. she was careful in the questions and tremendous researcher and she treated everybody fairly. treating all the issues she covered fairly. she was a moderator of many election debates.
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like washington where some can get a big head because they think they have a great job, she was humbled and she worked with a lot of black journalists, especially black women. she encouraged younger people. she was a role model for all of us. larry: really shocking, came as a surprise. she kept her cancer and her treatment private. maureen: yes, she did. a few people at pbs "newshour" knew how sick she was but she did not parade this around in the general public. loss. not only for washington journalism but for journalism in whole across the country. alison: i know you and gwen worked on things together in this city for many, many years. formed a friendship as well. you were telling me earlier you had such a great respect for her on so many different levels. maureen: absolutely. absolutely. i saw her not only in action as a journalist but also in action as a role model.
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she spoke to everybody. never above it all. she supported organizations with her money and her time, she inspired so many of us. we are really going to miss her. alison: sure. larry: a big loss. thank you for your thoughts. alison: thank you. larry: gwen ifill passing away today. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- out of character. a star on the bench shines on the stage. alison: later, what one group is asking a j inauguration. larry: but first, smoke so thick people are being asked to wear masks. the latest on the wildfires burning in the south. >> it was a tragic incident that took the life of a 5-month-old boy. now the driver in the case is facing criminal charges. i'm jeff goldberg. what exactly the charges are and where the case goes next coming up when "abc7 news at
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larry: new developments of a case of mother and baby hit in a crosswalk. today police charged a driver who truck and killed the 5-month-old boy. jeff goldberg is lifer in
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leesburg with the details. jeff: the driver, 45-year-old john miller was indicted this morning by a grandchildren in loudoun county for the hor rusk incident that took -- horrific incident that took place on august 31. this memorial for 5-month-old tristan schulz whose picture, flowers, pumpkin and stone with his name for tristan will always be remembered. on nearly every lamp post on this section of lansdowne blue the lost of 5-month-old tristan schulz. >> i drive by her a couple times a week. i just start crying like this. because it shouldn't happen to any mom. >> karen james lives nearby is a mother of three. she feels some relief for the schulz family now that the drive 45-year-old john miller has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and failure
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crosswalk. jeff: mindy was walking with tristan in a stroller when authorities say miller driving a jeep grand cherokee turned on the road and collided in the mother and son, killing tristan and badly injuring mindy. according to court papers a witness saw miller holding a phone in his left hand as if he was watching an something and the jeep had been tailgating the vehicle in front of it. witnesses telling authorities it looked like miller was speeding up in an effort to the drive in front of schulz as she was walking in the crosswalk. we knocked on john miller's door in leesburg. no one answered the door. we did speak with his defense attorney briefly but the attorney had no comment at all. tomorrow morning, john miller will be making his first court
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jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: wildfires in states but a number are arson though natural fires are response for others. people are told to avoid outdoor activities and if they have to go outside they are asked to wear breathing masks if you can believe that. doug: part of the area is extremely dry. so just a spark or a cigarette butt or arsonist, whatever, it's not good. alison: around here, not bad. doug: it has been cool all day, but rain is getting closer. not in the metro yet. we'll probably wind up with very little in the metro area. show how it started in spotsylvania. set this in motion. break in the overcast in the mornings. the clouds romed in.
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area. spotsylvania county from the south earlier. still in the region and still making slow but steady progress to the north. the temperatures right now if you are heading out, one night the farther south the colder it will get. luray at 43. 47 in culpeper. 46 in fredericksburg. 56 in annapolis. 56 in washington. here is the rain. what we have at work is an area of low pressure southeast of the virginia beach moving northeast. the own separate area of rain. disturbance in the atmosphere that is following behind it. creating moderate rainfall stretching up the 81 corridor. a few spot of the heavier rain to the west of fredericksburg. we will watch it move. it may be some areas get spotty rain and the steadier rain hangs closer south and southwest of the metro area. the good news, bad news first, it's raining but it won't do a lot to alleviate the lack of the rainfall we have had in
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outdoor planning areas the rain is significant with the steadiest stuff west and swinging south later tonight. but should be out of here after early tomorrow morning. chilly indeed. 38 to 44 degrees with a few showers possible. we will wake up to cloudy skies. can't rule out early showers depending how long it takes for the system to get out. cloudy skies at pickup time. 44. 52 at recess. dismissal in the afternoon. the s break out mid-to-the late afternoon. highs of 58 degrees. the next seven days we have a roller coaster that starting to redevelop temperature wise. here is the way it looks on the seven day. morning shower chance tomorrow and becoming partly sunny. 58 for a high. 60 on wednesday. frontal system will come through and won't do much except to give us clouds wednesday afternoon. beautiful weather on thursday and friday and saturday with the temperatures that are mid-to-upper 60's. a stronger cold front will come through saturday evening
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then by sunday, the sun starts to make a comeback. very gusty highs of 50 degrees. by the time we get to monday it is chilly. only 49 with the partly cloudy skies. this friday at tysons, lighting of the tree. the friends from iheart radio were out there last year with them. there is music and entertainment. santa is there. live kris allen. early start. alison: we're ready. thank you. larry: he may be born to run but this weekend the boss left facing a long walk home. alison: see who came to his aid. plus, the protests move from the country side to the capitol. the latest on a push to stop a pipeline through the upper midwest. >> commuters who work and ride at the new carrollton metro station could soon see major
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againment moves forward. i'm mike carter-conneen. details on a drop in the number of parking spaces. larry: but first, a look at
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alison: protesterrers shut
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it would be built under the drinking water to the standing rock sioux tribe. several protesters held up signs about the election, too. groups are panning 200 protests against the pipeline planned tomorrow including at the u.s. army core of engineers headquarters in d.c. in the last ten minutes the army corps finished the review of the pipeline and wants to study it we will keep you posted. larry: there are comments for major redevelopments around the new carrollton metro station. i calls for an office building and a multifamily residential building. but as mike carter-conneen reports the construction would take away commuter parking. mike: hoping to transform the south side of the new carrollton rail station, wmata wants feedback. in the proproposal, surface lot three would be redeveloped
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space. >> mixed use, yeah. it would be great. anything close to metro is gold. mike: many would love to see new carrollton thrive and grow like other metro stations across the region but some worry about traffic and wonder who the development would benefit. >> a lot of people would be frustrated. i would result in the removal of 650 computer parking stases replaced by new garage that would also accommodate for the tenants in the few development. >> removing the parking spaces and the ridership would drop. they raise the rates and the ryeer ship would -- ridership would drop. mike: they would keep 100 spaces around the station and off-camera a metro employee pointed out several empty
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but commuters argue it's not currently full because of safetrack. >> less people are commuting. >> it needs a green light from the metro board of directors. if approved construction could begin in early 2017. in new carrollton, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. larry: open house and a public hearing on the proposal is held tonight at 6:30. for details go to wjla.com. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at we asked and you answered. see how "7 on your side" is helping you be a smart shopper. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner on the steps of the lincoln memorial where women's march on washington is planned for the day after the inauguration. we will tell you the message organizers hope to send coming up. >> family of a man accused of stabbing his two children says he is actually a good father.
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>> larry: the man accused of stabbing his children was in court today. brad bell was there when he appeared for a bond hearing. brad: after the proceeding, we were able to talk to several of his family members. they told us that they believe
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and they are blaming the outburst of domestic violence on mental illness and drugs. saturday night in the district heights home, michelle madison heard her grand children screaming. she ran to the basement where her son, his girlfriend and their children lived and she will never forget the crime scene she encountered. 2 and 3-year-old boys cut and bleeding. himself. >> it was terrible to see the grand crying. christian whispered in my ear saying, "i take care of my kids." brad: she grabbed the children and ran to a neighbor's house. today a judge ordered christian dillard held without bond for allegedly raping his estranged girlfriend earlier that night and then coming back to the house to kill his children. tonight madison and another son are speaking out in
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his depression over his breakup and use of the drug p.c.p. for the violence. >> he has been using that. i think it's triggered to him doing what he did. this is not the normal christian that i know. >> he is not a bad person. he did not know what he was doing in all honesty. brad: state's attorney angela alsobrooks says there is no excuse. >> we are seeing increasingly that the children are the victims of domestic violence. we won't stop saying it. 's domestic violence and child abuse go hand in hand. brad: we are told that the victims in the case ages 2 and 3 years old have both undergone surgery and they are actually recovering from the attack. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: so sad. thank you for that. the trial of the man accused of shooting and killing a 3-year-old in 20-1/4 is set to
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opening arguments are set to be heard tomorrow morning. wallace got in an argument at a home in hyattsville when he got a gun and he fired inside the home hitting and killing the 3-year-old. alison: switching gears now to the presidential inauguration. inaugurations are a time for celebration but also demonstration. the answer coalition is seeking to overturn an inauguration day ban on protests at freedom plaz pennsylvania avenue. in court, lawyers argued that it's a government vent and as such it -- government event and as such it decides where people can protest january 20. >> you can't take the spectator space alongside pennsylvania avenue and stage manage democracy and say we will only allow people who appear to have the view points that are allowed to stand here and express themselves. larry: protesters challenge the freedom plaza ban before
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lost. as thed you clears out after the inauguration, another large group of people will gather in washington the following day. women planning to march from the lincoln memorial. cheryl conner has more on the message they hope to send. cheryl: taking the steps to the lincoln memorial is a walk to history. women will gather here hoping to make their historic march on january 21, the day after the presidential inauguration. francis lawrence says she will host her >> i intend to join her. cheryl: facebook page shows organizers in several states as of monday afternoon. 62,000 people said they are going. men are invited too. >> we have had incendiary comments made regarding the treatment of women and the overall viewpoint of how they are appreciated. >> i think its a slap in his face and we should show him
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facebook page said women have been insulted by donald trump in his campaign and they are afraid that women will take a step back in the next four years. >> the organizers say they will march to the white house. they want to send a message that women hope to keep moving forward regardless of who is president. >> women matter. cheryl: misty said the country needs a hard-talking president. >> if we want him to make it we need to show him respects and not doubt him. from northern virginia say the real message will be sent to young people who sur rowand -- surround him. >> my aunt, my mom and sister are out marching to show we are strong americans and look to be more important to the country in the future. cheryl: in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg took time to follow one of her passions over the weekend. she was a special guest star in the washington opera's
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the regiment." she played the duchess of crackenthorpe, of course. it wasn't a singing role. however the 83-year-old did have a few lines. look at the costume. you never see her out of her judge's robe. larry: exactly. imagine you are there watching. wait a minute, isn't that -- alison: very fun. good for her. larry: cool. quite a weekend for bikers in the badlands of new jersey. they stopped to he motorcycle on the side of the road to find out it was bruce springsteen. speaking of, wait a minute, isn't that -- the good samaritans gave him a ride to the restaurant where someone else came to pick him up. before he left he took pictures, bought a round of drinks and promised everyone tickets to a concert. alison: that is fantastic. so fun to have pictures to back it up. otherwise they wouldn't believe you. larry: imagine before phones took pictures. i swear!
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alison: as many as a thousand rescues and tourists are waiting to be rescued after the earthquake in new zealand. look at the three cows perched here. they are stranded on the island of grass after the ground around them collapsed. a news crew shot the video but it is unclear who owned the cows or what if anything can be done to help them now. new zealand has 10 million cattle compared to 4.7 million people. larry: that is amazing. larry: get them out of there. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- q: have you seen this man? his punch left his victim unconscious. next. larry: later. arrested again. what led police to file charges for a second time against a woman accused of killing her twin sister. alison: at 6:00, donald trump on "60 minutes" doubles down on his push to deport millions of illegal immigrants. what president obama and a
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the proposal really is.
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steve: it's monday. we also look at the weekend. this time of the day. 60 degrees on wednesday. 64 on thursday. but look at friday. we will be in the upper 60's to around 70 degrees. a cold front as we move to the upcoming weekend. saturday upper 60's. may see a few showers late in the day as the cold front waking up early sunday morning it's on the chilly side of things. temperatures around 50 degrees for a high. monday will be cooler than that. average high for this time of the year in the upper 50's. stay with us.
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q: welcome to the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. i'm q mccray. tonight we have five fuge talls on the wall -- fugetives on the wall. one was in a fight last august. they say glenn argued with acquaintances, threw a punch and used pepper spray. he is wanted for aggravated assault. m.p.d. also on the lookout for colins for assault with a dangerous weapon. prince william county police are searching for raymond
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of firearm in a felony. they are looking for perez for assault and battery. and westfield for possession of stolen property, felony hit-and-run and felony eluded. put the wall of justice in motion. the spotlight is on davis after he and another suspect punched a man, knocked him to the ground and stole i >> he was approached by two known acquaintances and he was assaulted and robbed. q: police say davis is 22 years old, 6'1" and 160 pounds wanted for abduction, robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. if you have information call the prince william county police department. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. i'm q mccray. alison: thank you. sign up for the "7 on your side" fighting back against
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wjla.com/enews. larry: coming up at 5:00, the redskins are barely halfway through the season so why was jay gruden talking about the playoffs today. >> but first, "7 on your side" to help you be a smart shopper. how the troubleshooter helped one homeowner get back
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larry: "7 on your side" with smart shopping week. we'll save viewers big money. several weeks ago we asked if you were planning a big home improvement. response was overwhelming. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes joins us to tell us how it turned out. ho this was an exercise to show power of comparison shopping. we chose five families and their projects a and the national non-profit group consumer checkbook located in d.c. did the shopping. this week we will bring you stories of the five families. first a homeowner who had a hard time from keeping things getting short circuited in her home. elvis shields has a problem overloading and she has had it for years. every time she uses the oven
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>> the breaker would switch. horace: the circuit overloads and elvis' electricity leads the building. sending her to the family to turn it back on. >> a pain? >> it is. every time you try to do something you can't walk away. horace: a pain in the neck? you bet. but after ten years of dealing with it and consulting electricians -- >> it started in 2006. it was $800. by 2010, job. they all said the panel needs to be replaced. horace: she heard abc7 was giving them a chance to find the best price, she jumped on it. >> i look at "7 on your side" and i see y'all solve problems. horace: we sent her to consumer checkbook. they called five companies from the list of the qualified contractors and began taking bids.
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horace: lowest was $555 and highest was $2,835 more. >> you have to shop around. in order to get what you are looking for. horace: that is a huge savings, wasn't it? that is the key. taking time to do the homework, make calls and compare the bid and then make your decision. you will save. tomorrow, we are going to fix windows. alison: you will fix them the window? horace: well, maybe that. all right. thank you so much. we have new information for you regarding hybrid cars because the national highway traffic safety administration is requiring all new hybrid and electric cars to make some kind of noise while traveling at low speed. this so to prevent future accidents. the noise will help pedestrians, especially people who are blind or have poor vision to hear the cars coming. larry? larry: time for a check of the
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big issues. an accident. look behind me. you can see a lot of flashing lights as you are heading inbound 395. so you can see the solid red line there. that is eeveryone approaching the 14th street bridge. taking out the right lane is this accident activity. so you only have the one lane to the left getting by with the right lanes taken out. heading to the district using 395. you slow to 9 miles per hour. a big picture look not too many issues to deal wi issue we are dealing with. outer loop to get to the g.w. parkway, one of the lanes is taken to the right-hand side. only left lane getting by. this is heading inbound. we had a car fire around 3:00 this afternoon. still dealing with it. they expect it to be there for the rest of the evening commute. near connecticut avenue seeing a slowing. 8 miles per hour is the average. slowing and inbound 395 is bumper to bumper with the
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20167 -- 2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record. environmentalists, scientists are meeting for latest round of climate talk. president-elect donald trump called it a hoax and promised to pull out. the international climate deal reached in paris last year. alison: arlington is getting ready for winter. the county allocated $1.50 million for the snow removal and it has stockpiled more than 9,000 tons of salt. contractor to clear high risk residential areas as the county crews work on primary and the secondary roads. 25 snow blowers will be made available to civic associations and the community groups. we got to talk about this whether we are ready or not. larry: okay. luckily it's not coming soon. a good thing. alison: not yet. how is the week going to be? doug: we will turn it turn warmer by the end of week and chillier over the weekend but
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not yet. look at the doppler radar. the rain is slowly, i mean slowly from north central and south central virginia. woodstock along i-81 with good downpours and farther south of fredericksburg you see that. met area continues dry. we see the zoom is still south and west from metro washington to make very little progress. i think as we go through the everything and the overnight we will see the patches of rain. most stays west. steadier stuff and well off the east is moving up the coast. disturbance that is moving across the appalachians mountains. we keep it cloudy with a few showers in the forecast in the metro area. overnight lows are 38 to 44 degrees with the winds turning more north. fairly light at that. tomorrow we could have a shower early. remaining cloudy to the mid-to-late morning. afternoon sunshine. highs to 58. partly cloudy and 6 o on wednesday. warmer, 64 on thursday. friday we are in the upper
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pleasant until a cold front comes through saturday with a shower. showers, gusty winds and unstable weather with the chilly temperatures sunday and again on monday. that is it for the stormwatch7 for now. back to you. alison: all right. thank you very much. larry: yeah. h.t.t.r. erin: there you go. larry is ready. the redskins got back on track with a 26-20 victory over the vikings. the win improves washinon in the hunt for the playoffs. however, it's difficult to catch the cowboys. after losing the first game they won eight straight. coach gruden: we see where we are. we are a few games behind dallas who is playing well. we have to catch dallas. to do that we can't have any hiccups. we have to play well. one game at a time is a motto.
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next opponent. that is green bay coming here sunday night. erin: i'm excited about this. after not playing each other what seemed like forever tomorrow night the hoyas ands the terps face each other for the second straight year. last year's game was an instant class wick maryland coming away -- classic with maryland coming away with the victory. this year georgetown has the homecourt advantage and the terps head coach mark remember. >> i think this one takes it to another level after last year. it has been so long. the building was dynamic. we expect the verizon center to be terrific tomorrow night. hopefully the maryland fans got tickets and are going to sneak in there. obviously by the media today it is a big game. our guys get it. they are all big. every game counts as one.
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erin: we hear from the hoys coming up at 6:00. to high school hoops the signing period for college basketball. earlier today we were at the virginia academy in ashburn where former redskin randall elle is the athletic director and one of his seniors signed national letter of intent to fairley dickerson university. congratulations. larry: i love that. alison: i forgot about turgeonites. they were funny. erin: i should sit with them for an entire game. larry: georgetown game, they pressed the entire time but a lesser opponent. curious if they try the same thing. erin: it was close last year. larry: great match-up. both teams lost a lot of players. erin: it will be different. larry: look forward to it. police say were fighting over the steering wheel when the
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alison: a new twist in a murder case involving twin sisters. one of them is dead. the other now charged for a second time in her murder. after being released. as lauren lister reports it all hinges on what happens in a car crash that sent them both over the edge of a cliff. reporter: the survivor of the fatal crash in hawaii in police custody again, accused of murdering the passenger. her identical twin sister. yo dryia now behind bars after a judge initially dropped charge against her in june. >> she did not intend to harm the person she was closest to in this world. >> her attorney calling it an accident but police arrested the 37-year-old woman for a second time. catching her in albany over the weekend after a grand jury in maui indicted her. >> it is unusual. because basically you have a judge saying there is not enough evidence to send the case to trial. prosecutors saying thank you,
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to a grand jury. >> according to the prosecutors last may duval intentionally drove her s.u.v. off a 200-foot cliff in hawaii killing her sister. witnesses say the two were fighting. >> i could see a pair of hands yanking on the driver's head. >> after a judge dropped the charges last month came the indictment after the investigators say they found evidence that the ford explorer accelerated just before the crash. >> the idea that she is intentionally trying to kill she is going to kill herself is murder-suicide. i guess that is possible. but it's not an easy case to prove. is there -- reporter: duval is being held on bail waiting to be extradited back to maui. i'm lauren lister, abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: president obama is pledging to do all he can to ensure a successful transition
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speaking at an hour-long news conference today the president said it is his job to hand president-elect trump a government in the best shape possible. but he also called on the president-elect to send signals of unity to those alienated in the campaign. mr. obama urged the president-elect among other things not to support children of illegal immigrants. nicknamed "dreamers." president obama: these are kids brought her by their parents. they have pledged allegiance to the flag. some of them join the military. they have enrolled in school. by definition if they are part of this program, they are solid, wonderful young people of good character. maureen: the president side-stepped questions about donald trump's temperament and said he hopes the president-elect learns to
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he did the day after being sworn into office. jonathan: trump promised millions of deportations once put in office. the president-elect now reiterated the pledge in the first television interview since winning the white house. we sent kevin lewis to find out how feasible is it to report the population half the size of the d.m.v. kevin: president-elect trump declaring plans to send up to 3 million illegal im >> i think the impact could be great for a lot of people. kevin: he practices immigration law and many of his clients are petrified. >> is he going to do what he promised to do? it's tough to advise clients one way or another. we don't know. kevin: according to federal data, president obama nicknamed by some in the immigrant community as "the deporter in chief" ousted 2.5

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