"live desk." michelle marsh, back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks very much. right now at sky over national har -- skyla over national harbor -- skytrak7 is over national harbor. this is the headlights and it looks like normal traffic. the casino there, the big building in the middle is drawing a lot of attention. you can see brake lights on the right side of the casino. keep in mind the police officers are out there trying to keep the traffic moving. last night different case. it was at capacity by 11:18. 48 minutes after it opened. maryland bureau chief brad bell was there for all of this. they hit capacity again three hours ago. so now they are issuing a warning. wow, are they popular! brad: yeah. you know what? sometimes you can be smothered with love. that is what is going on here. between last night when they opened and nooning today, -- and noon today, 50 ,000

at m.g.m. national harbor. at noon is when the casino reached the capacity. so people could get in the resort but they couldn't get in the casino. so now, m.g.m. an hour ago issued an extraordinary bit of advice. after all the advertising to get people to come, they are now saying stay away this weekend unless you have hotel and restaurant reservations. don't come this weekend. they are worried that people will have a bad experience. take a look. right now the traffic is not too bad. you may be able to get in. but the problem is when things get too crowded it can get heated. that happened last night with a fight on the casino floor that really has gotten social media attention. according to sources the brief fight happened on the casino floor when a man's behavior toward women offended others. m.g.m. security broke it up. >> the spokesman said the victim who suffered minor injuries declined to press charges.

seconds. security did their job. evening was fine. brad: traffic and parking and big crowds were far greater issues at the m.g.m. national harbor last night. with a v.i.p. party crowding the complex and the garages, many of those trying to get in for the official opening at 11:00 had to be turned away because they were too early and then the resort reached maximum capacity. >> that is how it is when you open up something and advertise it to several million people. brad: today through the day the traffic moved smoothly until 2:00 p.m. when the casino reached again the maximum capacity. the unified command center the police reacted ordering entrances to the parking garages blocked, spreading the word to change plans and stay away for a while. m.g.m. spokesman says while frustrating for patrons, such glitches are to be expected. >> there has been so much anticipation built up for the project we will see significant traffic in the coming days and wee

happen. number one, the newness will die down. and also people are going to become more familiar. brad: so, that spokesperson says you know what? while they are open and you might get in, you probably would get in, you might also get turned away. they just don't want you to have the bad experience. so wait until next weekend. it will still be here. also the folks at national harbor, the big complex here with the gaylord and the restaurant and the shops, they want you to know it does not apply to them. they have plenty of parking and they want people to come see them as much as possible. at national harbor, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks very much. stay ahead of the traffic situation wherever you go with the text messages from abc7 news. you can sign up for those at wjla.com. it's free and it's a wonderful resource. alison: inside was the place to be today. wherever it may be. we

moved back in the area. jonathan: in fact, i was noticing brad bell wearing gloves. he is hearty. if he is wearing gloves you know it's cold. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with a check of the weather. when will it start to warm up perhaps? doug: that is a relative term. sunday it warms up that much. then the warmest day we have of the next ten is monday when we hit the mid-50's for one day. let's talk about the conditions now around the area. it's mostly clear outside. temperatures are 36 degrees at reagan normal airport. the feels like temperature is at 28 degrees. other feels like temperatures around the area as of 5:00, it feels like 25 in baltimore. 21 in hagerstown and winchester. it feels like 30 in fredericksburg. 24 at joint base andrews. the hour-by-hour through the overnight, we will see the numbers continue to drop. air temperatures generally by morning in the viewing area is in the middle 20's. with the winds continuing out of the west/northwest 10 to 15 mi

the wind chills tonight and tomorrow will be in the teens and the 20's and will probably remain in the 20's all day long. sunshine tomorrow but a cold, up to the low 40's on the day sunday. we have a couple more pushes of cold air coming. two more big cold fronts next week. we will highlight that in the ten-day forecast in ten minutes. alison: the clock is ticking. literally. the government is trying to avoid a shutdown. the house overwhelmingly approved a spending bill on thursday. but the sticking point seems to be in the senate. tim barber takes a look at the issues on the hill. >> we need to hope and wish and pray they don't shut down. tim: allen burns remembers how the last federal shutdown grinded business to a halt. >> it hurt my pocket, my boss' pocket. tim: they are steps from the capitol where another shutdown is looming.

fund the government through april. now it's up to the senate. democrats are fighting to extend healthcare coverage for retired coal miners, among owe demands. with the holidays around the corner, burns hope they take action soon. >> i hope they pass a law for whatever they're doing. we have to keep it moving. tim: of course we'll watch it closely. so if the senators make a deal, we will let you know. reporting live from capitol hill, tim barber, abc7 news. jonathan: tim, thank you. today the trump transition. >> very exciting meeting. i enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president-elect. we had a great meeting to talk about the transition. we are excited to get the work and hit ground running for 2017 to put the country back on track. jonathan: president-elect started the day with the meeting with paul ryan about sliv priorities. then he was on -- legislative priorities. then he was on the way to baton

progress in the inauguration platform that is down there on capitol hill. but some of the poch and the circumstance after the swearing in -- pomp and circumstances after the swearing in is scaled back this year. sam ford is live outside the d.c. convention center to explain what is changing here. >> well, we learned that the washington convention center inauguration night will be the focus of the social scene. and the man who by that time will be president donald trump will be spending most of the time here. >> what you will find is a very inclusive, a very traditional format. that has the president-elect personality printed all over it. sam: in an abc7 interview today trump's inauguration chairman said unlike in the past with the focus on celebrities and stars this one is going to be about normal americans. >> it will be a great step forward for h

consensus. and a conciliatory manner amongst all the constituencies. those for him and those who are not for him. >> a week o a welcome rally, a parade and two inaugural balls at the convention center and another that the president-elect will attend for the armed forces and the first responders. all the balls will have one theme. >> to make america great again. sam: for the public saintliest, destination d.c., the city's tourism agency says they are interested. >> on washington.org the guide to the inaugurations page doubled year over year for the page views. it is showing you that people are interested. sam: some hotels in the city are already sold out but there will still bookings available. so only three inauguration balls for president trump which is not that many when you compare it to bill clinton who had 14 in the 1997. but about standard if you look at barack obama last time in

2013. he had only two. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. stay with abc7 and wjla.com. we will have continuing coverage of on the trump transition. now to a developing story out of northeast where police found a man shot twice in the head this morning. it happened in the 5,000 block of j street. the man is still alive but in critical condition. as the search goes on for who shot him. jonathan: three members of a family gone in an instant. now changes are underway to make the intersection where it happened safer. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis was in court today when the driver of the speeding car that hit them was sentenced after a crash that happened at river road and brayburn parkway. >> this is what 115 miles per hour does. a mother, father and the 18-year-old son killed. ogulcan atakoglu, the

driver, behind the wheel of the blue b.m.w. sports car will now spend the next 12 years in prison. >> this was a bullet. a missile going down the street. kevin: prosecutors say the 21-year-old had already compiled a troubling traffic record of crashes, speeding tickets and a citation for spinning tires. >> is he remorseful? yes. do i think there is self-pity mixed in? absolutely. kevin: today sobbing at sentencing, atakoglu told the judge -- a female judge who spent a decade in traffic court said in response -- >> this was a very, very difficult sentence tense. kevin: atakoglu's defense attorney blamed the crash in part on the client not taking

medication. his family seen here distraught. >> a lot of crying and hand-holding. last thing i heard was his mother scream as he was taken away that she loved him. kevin: well the state of maryland is now spending $300,000 on improvements to river road. that includes flashing lights to the top metal poles that alert drivers to people waiting to turn left for the deadly crash occurred. live in bethesda, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: today, jurors in charleston, south carolina, saw video of dylann roof entering the church before he started shooting. they also heard roof's confession. in it roof says he planned to kill himself after the shootings but changed his mind when police didn't arrive right away. roof's defense team conceded his guilt in the murders of the nine parishioners but say

spare him the death penalty. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- standing with comet. how a neighborhood is coming together to help a restaurant plagueded by fake news reports. alison: later, without a trace. what is missing from the ocean floor that has more than one government baffled? jonathan: before you click "why now," -- "buy now" don't miss what the "7 on your side" i-team discovered when it looked into some of the apps. >> everybody is getting in the holiday spirit. enjoying music and plenty of cheer. but they are talking about something else. you want to know what it is? i'm jeff goldberg. we have that answer coming up when "abc7

jonathan: we are getting a look at what the east coast gets in the winter. portland, oregon, people are excited when the sunny day furned into a winter wonderland. maybe not the postal

only between one and three inches fell but they need it there. alison: white tail resort started to make snow last night. but the pennsylvania resort won't officially hope the slopes until next week. jonathan: northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is joining us from arlington where the cold is not keeping people inside. alison: that is right. jeff: we are at the rosslyn holiday market in gateway park in rosslyn after you cross a key bridge to arlington. a lot going on here. there are plenty of kiosks and everybody trying to keep warm. these ladies were dancing to keep warm. that is a good way to keep warm. this is going on until 11:00 tonight. everybody we have been talking to is focused on having a good time. all the things for sale. trying to keep warm. tammy and

doing? we have been trying to keep warm. >> freezing. pretty cold. jeff: what is the key to stay warm? >> got to dance. jeff: just got to dance. that is a common theme here. you got to dance. they have to stay here until 11:00 tonight and back here tomorrow until 4:00. the big key to staying warm, though, you can dance, you can bundle up. this is the place to be though right under the heater. not a bad place. doug hill, what is the answer? looking for a cold weekend coming up? 401(k) -- doug: absolutely. the temperatures are cold and the winds make it feel colder. wind chills are a big story tonight and tomorrow. live look now, 31 minutes past sunset at national harbor. a beautiful way twilight. look at the temperatures. the wind chills now. what it feels like to exposed skin if you are outside. it feels like 21 in nguyen chester and luray. 26 at joint base and

that is the combination of the air temperature and wind gusting. tonight is mostly clear. the air temperatures in the city will drop slowly and steadily. 30 degrees downtown. 20's elsewhere. the key vol, the wind chills because of the winds out of the west/northwest will remain in the teens and the 20's. overnight and in the morning. get up to date on the lake effect snow. there is no storm center to deal with. it's not a winter storm. it's the annual lake effect snows. the snow driven by the low level and the mid-level winds from the southwest pushed them to southeast pennsylvania and a few to new jersey. the winds as they change direction the area of the snow ban will change. here if you are looking for a flake, you have to wait a while. your don't wait for the cold air. it will continue tonight. sat late and radar shows most of the low level cloudiness

and west from the mountains and north closer to the lake. our area is nice and clear. but very cold as well. late tonight, the skies will be clear. we get through the day tomorrow. the future cast shows plenty of sunshine through the day with the clouds remaining in the higher terrain to the mountains. saturday afternoon and night it's clear but sunday the clouds return as the winds goes south. i will cost possibilities of the snowshowers in the west through sunday morning. for the balance of the day we see mostly cloudy skies. the temperatures will get in the lower 40's. that is it. on sunday night the moisture will show up with the winds out of the south. that will lead to a warmer but a rainy monday around the area. here is the weekend outlook. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. breezy. cold. 39. wind chills in the 20's most of the day. sunday increasing cloudiness. highs to 42. the christmas parade is saturday at 6:00 p.m. in

the temperatures will drop in 20's. what will happen beyond that for the next ten days? tomorrow and sunday is cold. pleasant enough. monday milder temperatures and the rain. tuesday a brief break with sunshine returning. the highs are 29 on thursday. 30 on friday. jonathan: 29? doug: yeah. 35 or so through next weekend. >> so you are done jogging in shorts for a while. doug: i was done a long time ago to tell you the truth. jonathan: coming up at 5:00 -- >> there was only one john glenn. every place we went, he was

jonathan: lawmakers reabouting and president obama ordering flags at half staff in honor of an american hero. alison: but first, an amazing image from nasa. this is a galaxy. billions of light years away. just exploding with new stars. they call at it star burst or hyper burst. this is helping as stron hers learn more about how they are formed and grow. jonathan: a look at what is coming up tonight on afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

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we used to joke about it in the past when people say what do you think about on the launch pad? how do you think you would feel if you knew you were on the top of 2 billion parts built by the lowest bidder on a government contract? alison: that is john glenn joking about being one of the pioneers of the american space program. we spoke about what glenn's legacy should be. >> he was a legend known for the brave willingness to be the first american to orbit the earth as well as the work as a statesman. john glenn was a marine, astronaut, a senator and a family man. his 19622 journey gave hope one day the u.s. would put a man on the moon. >> it was important to fly

orbital mention which he did. it was more important to have someone that americans could identify. someone like me. reporter: current nasa administrator looked up to john glenn as a mentor and a friend. he said he was a quiet hero whose every man persona made him relatable. >> people could identify with him. being from ohio and middle america he was the guy around the corner. reporter: glenn was awarded the space medal of honor and guest of honor at a new york ticker tape parade. he entered world of politics and he represented his home state of ohio for a quarter century. bolden says glenns legacy should be as an ordinary american citizen who did extraordinary things. >> senator glenn always was down on the ground with all of us. he never allowed himself to seem to be

else, more important than anybody's else. >> glenn's body will lie in state at the ohio statehouse for a day. later a memorial service will be held at the ohio state university. he will eventually be buried at arlington national cemetery in a private service. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: his fellow astronaut buzz aldrin is heading back to the u.s. after being released from a hospital in new zealand. he became ill in an adventure at the south pole last week. we had shortness of breath, showed signs of altitude sickness and flown to new zealand for treatment. they say he needed to rest until he was well enough to head home. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- what is missing? it's baffling and disturbing several governments around the world. jonathan: later for us do you trust the name and download the app? "7 on your side" investigates whether the big name store is really behind what yo

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a scary situation. man with two guns says he went inside the popular pizza place to get to the bottom of several news stories. he fired off a couple of shots, too. this was the scene today. a much better story outside. the community coming together to rally around the restaurant as it tries to fight fake news reports. stephen tschida is there live in northwest. stephen: yeah, jonathan, a crowd was out here well before comet ping pong opened today. check out the crowd now in this cold weather. lining up, waiting to get into comet ping pong to show their support. comet ping pong a victim of fake news. >> they lined up early to stand with comet ping pong. >> this is deplorable what is going on. we need all to stand together. >> sunday a man walked into comet allegedly wavered an assault rifle and shot up the place. no one got hurt. investigators say edgar welch told them he came to rescue

he had read online about it. a fake news story. >> the fake news thing has to stop. it's outrageous. >> political historian believes technology is adding to the proliferation of fake news. >> twitter is a new tool that deluded people and even the president of the united states elect can use to fake millions of people into believing that horrible things are happening. that are abseen and -- obscene and obsured. stephen: today, police chief came here to reashire people. >> some people think it is funny. they recrate the stories online. it's not funny. it is serious. >> the organizers of stand with comet is hoping one more neighbor stops by. >> vice president elect mike pence who lives not far away. i would like to see him come here and show support for comet ping pong and the other surrounding

stephen: mike pence apparently not in the crowd at this point. we will keep you posted if he shows up. eric sanchez says since he called for the stand with comet event tonight, he himself has become the victim of fake news. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. parents who lost their children in the sandy hook shooting say they are also dealing with fake news stories. that claim the whole thing was a hoax. >> they start to fabricate or fudge or photo shoppe the -- photoshop the evidence. they are contributing to the hoax. alison: lee says much of the hoax content appears online. he has made it his mission to take down wrongful information and provide people with the truth. next week marks four yearses since the attack that killed 20 children and six adults at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. jonathan: we have new

in the case of the woman accused of killing her twin sister. today, alexandria duval agreed to be moved to a different place for a trial. she traveled to new york after an earlier indictment was dismissed. investigators now are trying to determine what caused the fire at a marina on the james river near richmond this morning. that fire did destroy a dozen boats. some of the boats burned while they were tied to the dock. others floated downstream. some people who live on the boats had to run for safety. no one was injured. arson has not been ruled out. alison: this is a real mystery baffling government officials and really angering historians. the wrecks of several ships sunk during world war ii have just disappointed.

american, britain and dutch ships killing thousands of soldiers. they visited the site it and they found four of the wrecks were no longer there. just gone. one american ship, uss houston was there but the scavengers had stripped pieces of it. many people think the wrecks should be left undisturbed to honor those who never made it off the ships. >> to do things such as we are talking about, would be equiver lent for someone to go into arlington national cemetery -- equivalent for someone to go into arlington national cemetery with extra kateing equipment and start -- excavating equipment and and start to dig up coffins and graves. alison: it is possible that the scavengers broke up entire ships to sell scrap metal worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. jonathan: coming up, 7 salutes the woman behind the push to

grave at arlington this time of year. >> it's been nearly a year since noah leotta died last year. i caught up with his father. i'm amy aubert with the story coming up. alison: new tonight, a new warning from samsung about how the smartphones can catch fire and how the company is ensuring this is the final warning. jonathan: but first, kidd o'shea has a look at what is coming up on mondays on "good morning america." kidd: thanks, jonathan. monday on "good morning washington," we are live for inaugural christmas village event. we will show you where they are getting in the christmas spirit with a one of kind experience. >> plus the arctic blast will last through the weekend but will temperatures stay below average through next week? we will let you know. >> plus, stay with us for traffic and weather every ten

doug: the skies will be clear tonight. the per analysis tent northwesterly -- the per analysis tant northwesterly winds. it's breezy tomorrow and brisk. the clouds increase sunday with a high of 42. looking to next week we will go milder in the mid-50's on monday. rain is clearing tuesday. cooler. another strong front could give us rain on wednesday and a few wet snowflakes. stay with us. ♪abc7 news at 5:00" continues ♪ ♪ ♪

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hello. i'm lance corporal escobar. i'd like to give a shout out to my family back home. shout to the redskins. hail to the redskins. jonathan: thank you for your service. anytime you go to arlington beyond see this sight it takes your breath away. the final resting place for more than 400,000 men and women who served our country. for every headstone there is a story of sacrifice and loss. today, 7 salutes a group that now for 25 years has made it their mission to publicly thank those who have given their all. >> rows and rows of the headstones as far as you can see. every day more are added.

reminders that freedom isn't free. every year one group brings togethers thousands of volunteers to thank those who given lives for their freedom. leslie is with the group "wreaths across america." the retired army captain knows about sacrifice. >> two weeks before the end of the deployment, i developed a blood clot in my left leg. i thought i had just pulled a muscle. jonathan: it wasn't. serving a as peacekeeper in bosnia she had been exposed to a toxin and the reaction was costly. >> having lost my leg and most of my vision to chemical agent or toxin serving in-country i had a bigger mission i wasn't aware of. >> her vision is to serve those who have given all. by working with the group to bring together 70,000 volunteers and hundred of semis loaded with wreaths to make sure every lost service member is honored

where families can come out and you can take the moment to step back and remember the sacrifice. and honor their families and everything that they have given up. and again, it's a great teaching opportunity for kids and for anybody. jonathan: while we salute the organizers of the wreaths across america, we should tell you they do need help this year. they are thousands of wreaths short. they need volunteers and donations. so if you would like too -- to give or help we have linked their website on our website to do both. wjla.com. if you have never participated to go out there and help lay wreaths they can give you a couple wreaths, eight or ten. they don't want to bog you down. they want you to take your time. go to the head marker, put the wreath down and get a better understanding. alison: what a labor of love. great thing to do with your family. jonathan: it doesn't take long at all. it's fun. big learning opportunit

>> absolutely. good story. still ahead here, a huge matchup tonight in high school football. they duke it out for the 4a state title. scott abraham reviews the game later in sports. >> shopping your favorite stores and brands via an app this holiday season. you might be getting scammed by the imposters. i have a full story up next. jonathan: as we head to break, birthday wishes for the abouting legend kirk -- acting legend dirk -- kirk douglas. he is 100 years old today. he is going to accelerate with a small party for friends and family in beverly hills.

jonathan: you still have time to donate to toys for tots. you can donate at wjla.com. >> more than a third of consumers plan to do holiday shopping online this year to push the cyber sales to $117 billion. of course tempting cyber criminals. lisa fletcher exposes wha

consumer alert. lisa: with the money up for grabs, the cyber scammers are more devious than ever. creating apps that could fool the savvy shopper. there are a dizzying 4 million apps, many of which for retail sales. making holiday shopping from the couch even easier. perhaps you download the coach app. then dillard's, just fab, maybe big lots to get a heads up on deals. but there is a problem. none of the stores have an app. major retailers and the customers have being duped by the criminals impersonating the store and stealing your money. >> there were hundreds of fake apps at the app store overnight. right before the holiday. >> he discovered the fraudsters impersonating the re tailers. >> they are creating fake app to allow them to shop, provide credit card information,

location information. imitate iing it so a consumer -- imitating it so the consumer don't know the difference. lisa: that is until your credit card is charged and nothing arrives. they are making an attempt to control the fake apps but they are falling short. >> as soon as they are reported the fake apps are taken down and the others come up. it's a giant game of whackamole. lisa: how do you know? some of the apps are for the companies and stores that don't have an app, like coach? >> a quick step consumers can make to make sure they are downloading the retailer's app. go to the browser, to the site and click the link to send you to the app store and download the app. lisa: if there is no link there is probably no legit app. there are a number of tips to spot a fake app. go to wjla.com. lisa fletcher, abc7 news. jonathan: there is a war going on over the nation's water. because right now bottled water is poised to ous

time. some see the trend as a glass half full. but the cities and the states are at odds over who controls the access to supplies once the thought endless. it isn't. water has a finite space. droughts are leading to rationing. clean water is a scare comedy in some areas. >> you -- scarce commodity. >> if you take water from one area and you truck it to another part of the country or another part of the world it is leaving the local city and the local town. it may be causing whatever contaminants or pollutants they have to be more concentrated because there is less overall water there. jonathan: the water over water is the cover story for this week on "full measure" with sharyl attkisson. you can see it sunday at 10:00 on abc7. alison: check on the roadways. jamie sullivan has traffic watch. jamie: we are seeing slowing and the accidents. a crash at 95 that is heading

springfield interchange. a lot of flashing lights. everyone is still able to get by over using the three left lanes. approaching you will see the activity. the stretch on the beltway is not too bad passing by branch avenue. in the 30's most of the way. the big picture look. slowing in d.c. 295, kenilworth, freeway. in vass jowl bunt 359. it's jammed -- in virginia, outbound 359. it's jammed. this is northbound. this is trying to get in the city. a sea of brake lights trying to get to the freeway to continue to the 11th street bridge. that stretch of the northwest corner is heavy that is heading north to tysons to the 270 spur. nothing to report as far as crashes or even on 66. the congestion here near old dominion gives you a good idea of what to expect heading northbound. again, the crash on 95 in springfield you can get by. nothing is closed. that a look at traffic. let's talk about the weather

>> jamie, cold air and low wind chills around the area. take a look it at the numbers. it feels like 24 in frederick. it's 19 in winchester. 25 in baltimore. 28 in reagan national airport. the forecast through friday night is clear. overnight, remaining clear with the lows of 24 to 30. the winds will continue to come from the west at 10 to 15. teens and 20's for way it will feel outside. the future cast shows plenty of sunshine through the day tomorrow. lake effect snow continues south and east of lakes erie and ontario. main mountains of pennsylvania and western maryland might get a flurry out of the deal. we have sunshine and cold temperatures. sunday the clouds are increasing through the day. measurable snow across michigan and lower lakes. we have cloudy skies and we will get to 42. the rain moves in through here on the day on monday. the weekend outlook, tomorrow sun, breezy and cold. blustery start for sure, 39. clouds increase on sunday. highs of 42. the

rained mild temperatures on monday. clearing tuesday. another cold front comes in on wednesday with a chance of rain and wet flakes late in the day as it turns colder. only 29 for a high on thursday. 30 on friday. mid-30's looking ahead to next weekend. sports time, we talk to scott abraham who has friday night lights on steroids. scott: thank you, doug. one game for the championship. high school football fans will be focused on annapolis tonight for the maryland 4a state championship game. defending champ wise will battle quince orchard. they are making their way to the navy marine corp memorial stadium. quince orchard looking for the first state title since 2007 and the first under head coach john kelly. the cougars know it is a tough test but they are ready to bring home the hardware. >> i can't stop them. the key is to slow them down. they have tremendous skill

they are talented in the front seven and back half. for us this is about the guys going out to play the game. not worry about who we are playing. going out to do what we practice. >> the wise enter the title game riding 27-game win streak. they trailed at halftime just once in the run. this season has been a domination by the pumas thanks to the quarterback who will be attending army next year. wise is considered the favorite in this match-up. they hope the chemistry he has with the fellow pumas will put them over the top. >> it makes it easier. they are going to get a block or be here. we have that chemistry. that is helping me throughout this year. chemistry and a team bond. >> watch the championship showdown between wise and

we have highlights on high school sports final at 11:30 on newschannel8. jonathan: the kids have worked so hard. >> one game for all the marbles. alison: you can be inside warm watching it. you are usually out there. >> i'm jealous i am not there but a sense i'm happy. nice warm. alison: on me tv. >> samsung wants to be sure anyone with galaxy note 7 exchanges it. jonathan: noah leotta's family is talking about the pain that is still there.

leotta was killed. one week after he was hit by a drunk driver. as amy aubert shows us, this week, family members paid their respects to the fallen officer at the national law enforcement officer's memorial. amy: pencil to paper. the name of officer noah leotta beginning to peer through. >> i want his name not only to be etched here but etched in everybody's heart and mind. amy: for richard leotta, officer noah leottas father, it is hard to imagine a year has gone by. >> tomorrow is the anniversary of when he passed away. i saw noh take his last breath. it's the worst memory i have. i wouldn't wish it on anybody else. amy: the 24-year-old police officer struck and killed last december. his uncle visiting the memorial a day over. >> you never get

you just try to put one foot in front of the other and move ahead. amy: last saturday, david leotta and community officers and police officers and friend hung ribbons in the neighborhood. he accompanied police on a ride-along. the shift when noah was struck. >> it was my way to feel closer to him and felt like i put him on patrol again. amy: within the year they advocated for noah's law. >> he is still saving lives. amy: this is not just about visiting the ememorial. the young officer is with them every step of the way. >> i don't need it here. he honored me by being my son. i had that honor for 24 years. amy: amy auber

announcer: "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> it could be an anxious six hours until midnight for federal workers because the government is at risk of shutting down. a funding bill must be approved by midnight to avert a shutdown. this time it's democrats from coal states threatening to block the legislation. joe manchin took the floor minutes ago saying he can't support the funding bill. and he others are angry funding for retired minors' healthcare is only through april when the stop gap spending bill runs out. we are joined live with reaction. here we go again, tim. tim: absolutely. this mess on capitol hill won't affect all federal workers. the folks at the airport are still working but it would shut down employees like at the botanical garden and effect local business. >> business is booming

afternoon. but next door on capitol hill a federal shutdown could be on the horizon. >> everyone takes a hit on it. >> last time republicans dug in their feet. this time the government could be shut down if the senate democrats don't make a deal tonight. >> what did the last shut down due to the business? >> it hurt us. tim: the house passed a spending measure to fund the government through april but senate democrats are still fighting for changes. including a health coverage extension for the retired coal miners. local businesses are just hoping for a deal so they can keep working. >> it did affect us a lot. >> the senate democrats are talking about this now. we'll follow this and let you know what happens. reporting live on capitol hill, tim brant, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks very much. we will keep an eye on the hill throughout the night and