first, tragedy takes another turn in ellicott city. the police believe gunfire that killed a teenager come injured her mother, may have been random. the teenage shooter, a church altar boy, is now dead after turning the gun on himself. the community in ellicott city is trying to come to term

a sudden death of the 16-year-old charlotte. jay korff has the latest on the heartbreaking search for answer. lot the police released a of information today about a tragedy that impacted so many, but in many ways remains a mystery. outside this had ellicott city house, the memorial grows for young life taken early. mourners held a private vigil for sean, who the police say shot and killed charlotte and turned the gun on himself. the tragedy began about two hours into the new year. >> suzanne, charlotte's mother, heard a scuffle in her daughter's bedroom. jay: they believe that charlotte was struggling with sean. her mother was wounded. >> detectives have found no link between the suspects and the victims. >>

went to the same school and lived in the same neighborhood. that is where the connection seem to have ended. the police have linked crizer weith a couple burglaries earlir the week. >> i'm in shock. i am so overwhelmed and shocked. he is a little boy. jay: detectives will continue to information information, lookit cell phone records, talking to family, friends, looking at social media to figure out what happened and determine the motive. jay korff, abc 7 news. jonathan: we have an update in the case of a missing bethesda man. a woman was caught on surveillance tape walking into shops come using his credit card. she rang up john donahoe's credit card to the tune of $700. that woman is in custody after turning herself in, charged with credit card

police do not know how she got the card. donahoe was first reported missing december 14 and has not been heard from since. fog right now, visibility limited. about four miles visibility at reagan national, one-mile manassas. tomorrow, warmer temperatures all the way and i promise you will enjoy them. take advantage of them while you can. middle 50's. a nice mixture of sun and clouds, but colder air and the chance of snow thursday night into friday morning. more on that and the timing coming up. jonathan: steve, thanks. you may have noticed the washington monument looks different. you cannot see it, the lights are out. a preliminary investigation shows an issue with the automated program that controls the lights. electrician's will be looking at this in the morning.

the scene, all you can see is the blinking red lights at the top. alison: strange. new developments in the u-haul truck with stolen atm's. the truck was stolen itself, from prince george's county last week, found in southeast with inside.'s the police are trying to determine if they are the same machines that vanish from prince george's county in the past month. jonathan: maryland is promising to fix the extensive backlog on rate kits and get justice for victims. -- on rape kits. they want to notify victims of the results right away. keeping thekits until the statute of limitations runs out. a committee has been formed to make sure that all protocols are followed. some kits remain untested, of them dating back to the 1980's. alison: seth rich would have turned 28 years old today.

bloomingdale neighborhood of d.c. last july. republican lobbyist jack berkman is paying for ads to raise awareness about the case, including a billboard and advertising on bus benches. a $35,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest. virginia senator chuck hogan has passed away. he was the longest serving state senator in virginia history. he was 90 years old. alison: amid all the tradition and photo ops, today swearing in of the 115th congress, there was drama, even legislating taking place. house republicans drafted a proposal to eliminate the independent congressional ethics office. in the senate, the new democratic leader had a message for president-elect donald trump. >> making america great again requires more than 140

cannot afford a twitter presidency. alison: president obama will head to capitol hill. senate republicans have introduced a resolution to begin the repeal of the affordable care act. presidential the transition and tweets sent out by prisonlike donald trump today, his most recent questioning intelligence linking election-related hacking to russia. he said that the so-called russian hacking meeting has been delayed until friday. the president elect also said his first news conference since july will be held next wednesday. alison: we have learned the clintons will be at the inauguration january 20. confirmation of the former president and democratic nominee will attend. former prede

bush is attending with laura bush. it is tradition for former presidents to attend. with just 17 days until the big event, people are getting ready, either to celebrate or protest. one group is preparing by doing this, rolling joints. the group is pushing for legalization of marijuana throughout the country. they will hand out free pot and tell people to lie to four minutes and 20 seconds into trump's speech. the group is one of many planning to demonstrate for specific causes. president-elect on a trump has not been specific policy, but says he supports medical marijuana. people in arlington county are taking steps to legalizing it. tim barber joins us live to explain. tim, how will they do it? tim: the arlington county

senate federation held a meeting. they pass this measure 50-1 to support medical marijuana. alreadymarijuana is available in d.c. and dozens of states across the country. tonight, arlington residents could be one step closer to getting the same access. the county civic federation, made up of dozens of local organizations, approved a pro-medical marijuana legislation, rich rules that legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco are already legal. says that cannabis can address a patient's pain, nausea, and lack of appetite. >> medical marijuana in its own right is very legitimate. tim: a republican delegate points to federal law that says medical marijuana still a schedule one drug.

should change that first. then he wants medical data to back up the claims so that people are not taking advantage just to light up. >> if someone has a legitimate medical issue, i would like to try to help them out. saysthe resolution also 86% of virginians support medical marijuana. live in arlington, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: tim, thank you. this maybe the story everyone is talking about tonight -- a terrifying moment in arlington. just imagine heading into the bathroom and in the toilet you find this. jonathan: ooh! alison: an anaconda. tom roussey has what happened next. we cannot believe this. tom: a lot of people cannot believe it, but

welfare league of arlington captured it and brought it back to the shelter. they thought it would be a snake they were expecting, but they realized it was a yellow anaconda. imagine lifting your toilet seat and seeing this. animal welfare league of arlington says that is what happened last tuesday. a spokesperson said one of its officers was able to remove this snake from the toilet. it is a yellow anaconda. it is a juvenile, but still between four and five feet long. >> i like reptiles myself, but anaconda is too much for me. bit the news is a unnerving. the animal welfare league would not say which apartment the snake was found in, but said it is on south 31st street, which is ensure linkedin. complexyee at one confirmed a snake incident last week, but cannot say it was the same snake. the welfare league believes the

and then slithered through the pipes of the building to wind up in the toilet. >> i'm going to check before i sit down tonight. a lot of you are probably thinking the story. the animal where fair league says they don't think there are other snakes in the pipes. are not that anacondas venomous. that said, when they get older, they tend to bite and strangle victims. this is a younger one, and it is no longer here. today, it was taken by specialist who will take care of it outside of arlington county. tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: i good as it was just a young one, tom, thanks. will be living in kalorama after the inauguration, but political

alison: we turn now to the war on terror and new video of the man believed to be behind the deadly nightclub attack in

istanbul. the authorities are getting close, saying they have his name and fingerprints and they have arrested a 16 people who may also be connected with the shooting. the police believe the attacker may have had weapons training and may have been in isis fighter. investigators say he arrived in turkey with his wife and two children. that was back in mid-november. jonathan: right now a manhunt is underway for a an inmate whiskey to a maximum prison in rhode island over the weekend. an inmate that- escaped a maximum-security prison in rhode island over the weekend. the authorities believe that james morales may have hurt himself during the breakout. he was in custody for stealing guns from a military armory and is suspected in a child sex assault case. alison: thieves pulled off a $6 million jewelry heist in manhattan. here is surveillance video.

as they broke into the building. thousands of police officers were right there protecting crowded times square. the men got away with a fortune, it and the police say tracking them down is a priority. remember these long lines yesterday? a customs outage that triggered a major delay at airports last night. now we know what caused it. officials say it was the failure of a software update. it was not a malicious attack and national security was not at risk. still, it's raising concerns about how fragile the system may be. jonathan: new details about the house that will be the home to the former first family. the president and michelle obama will be moving into the home in kalorama after the inauguration. work is underway right now. the home is being outfitted with a secret service hut

all the security equipment. neighbors say they have received briefings from the secret service. no more unannounced visitors in any of the homes on the block. and coincidentally, that neighborhood is getting another new family with ties to the white house. trump at her husband will be moving into a home in the northwest d.c. neighborhood. for $5.5wo weeks ago million. will be living less than two blocks away from the future home of the obamas. withn: 7 on your side consumer headlines and fortis creating 700 new jobs by staying in the u.s. they are canceling plans for moving the jobs to mexico and putting its money into michigan. this as prisonlike donald trump threaten general motors over moving their operations to mexico. >> it's not really a vote of confidence on the

refining. 's ceo says the company plans to build more electric and self driving cars at its plant in michigan. and big news for new yorkers, attending state colleges. their education may be for you soon as next year. governor andrew cuomo is proposing free tuition for families who earn $1250,000 or less. if approved, it would start this year. it is similar to the ideas pitched during bernie sander's bid for the white house. steve: the temperatures right now are mainly in the 40's, a bit mild. showers north and west of town, moving into northern montgomery county and frederick county. all of this moves to the east. ther northwest d.c., northern edge of the capital beltway over the next hour or so, but nothing amounting to a hell lot. -- expect roadways

you have late-night travel plans. 40's, the, middle wind out of the west at five. tomorrow morning, mild, considering the time of year, lower 40's bethesda, 41 fairfax, manassas just about 40 degrees. grab your sunglasses by the afternoon. the sunshine will reappear and it will feel wonderful, high temperatures in the middle 50's. then, gusty wind, upwards of 25 miles per hour, adding a next her children the air. we will not see temperatures in the middle 50's much longer. big changes on the way for the day thursday. futurecast, quiet and dry wednesday, 3:00 p.m., a good deal of sunshine. early thursday morning, clouds increase. dry commute to work and school, but coming home thursday evening, no worries.

relatively light. overnight thursday into friday, we're looking at light snow developing to the west. winchester, woodstock, harrisonburg, warrenton by about 11 p.m. critical.m. friday, a time for schools to make their decisions whether they will do to our delays or cancel school. i don't think we will see enough snow to cancel schools, but we are likely to see delays, especially school district to the north and west. the good news, this all moves out, the computer model say anywhere from a dusting to about two inches of snow by early friday morning. friday morning school delays possible, school closings not so much, but slow rush-hour commute friday morning and travel delays expected. the 10-day outlook, much colder air on the way thursday, upper 30's, near 40.

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alison: at the age of 50, janet jackson is a new mom. she and her husband welcomed their first baby last week. it is a boy. mom and baby are healthy. jackson and her husband have been married since 2012. jonathan: chrysler is showing off a concept car that could be the future of driving -- all-electric, self driving minivan. high-tech features include facial recognition technology. there is also separate audio zones so passengers and drivers

and get this, interior cameras for selfies. this is just a concept car, being shown off at the electronic show inlets vegas. selfies, thislike is the perfect car. alison: while you are driving? jonathan: no, it is self driving. alison: and you don't talk to each other, because of all of that. jonathan: talking? you could text the person next to you. who wants to talk? alison: erin is here. i want to have a conversation with her. erin: oh, i love you, alison. john wall trying to lead the wizards to victory in dallas tonight. sports is coming up. we live in a pick and choose world. choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season.

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