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and the weekend. we will highlight that in the seven-day outlook, the ten-day outlook in a couple of minutes. alison: we will see you in a minute. thank you. meanwhile, only on 7, a care-giver facing criminal charge after losing a patient with autism. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live with what the care-giver was allegedly doing when the patient went missing. kevin? kevin: well, alison the accusations are that the 26-year-old care-giver working on the cardio inside l.a. fitness instead of monitoring his nearly nonverbal patient. the patient struggles with the aggressive outburst left outside in a car in extreme temps. burning calories has franck tedlor doing a lot of explaining. the care-giver who worked at the community services for autistic adult and children in montgomery county v
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abandoned his special needs patient in a car while exercising. 30 minutes later, tedlor emerged from the health club. his patient nowhere to be found. >> oh, my god. that doesn't seem right to me. not at all. >> court documents allege that tedlor waited three hours before getting help. officers set up a search grid using a bloodhound. plus a search and a rescue specialist. they later spotted the man with autism wandering down a residential street four miles from the gym where he first appeared. he lives in this silver spring apartment complex with his mother and had been disciplined for ditching patients. for reasons still unknown, they kept him on staff. >> the situation that someone is under your care or
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more similar thy. kevin: franck tedlor is facing a quant of criminal adult abuse it is up to five years in prison. for disabled man we are told he made a full recovery. alison: new developments today with a shooting in the airport. iraq war veteran esteban santiago appeared in court today. in the hearing a judge told him the death penalty could apply in this case. he has been in custody since he allegedly opened fire at the fort lauderdale airport kilting five -- killing five people. larry: the search is on for a man accused of killing a police weeks after being named a suspect in us pregnant girlfriends death. jonathan elias has more. jonathan: this is hea
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$60,000 reward for any information leading to the markeith lloyd arrest. he is wanted for shooting mast master sergeant this morning. then a second officer was killed. >> we will find this killer and bring him to justice. >> police say he is also want for murdering his ex-girlfriend last month. they think people might be helping him allude the authorities. $60,000 reward is being offered. alison: bomb threats prompted evacuation of at least e
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around the country today. this is video of the children being evacuated from the school in miami. no explosives were found at any of the locations. investigation in the threat are ongoing. larry: in the trump transition today, incoming administration allowed that the president-elect son-in-law will be a senior adviser. donald trump is optimistic about the confirmation hearings on the hill. >> he did not answer questions on obamacare or russian hacking. but he did sound optimistic about the confirmation hearings taking place this week. >> the republicans want six or seven nominees confirmed by the time they take office. but they warn it is putting undue pressure on the investigators.
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>> everybody will be vetted as in the past. >> a controversial pick, jeff sessions as attorney general opposed by the gold star father who says sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to the pursuing just kiss for all. ivanka's husband jared kushner is going to be adviser to the president. >> there are nepotism laws but the president can basically surround himself with peak he wants to. >> he is also tweeting about meryl streep today. he called her overrated but the white house is coming to the defense saying he thought her message was carefully considered. reporting from northwest, lana lana. alison: two people who were talking about the hacking of the u.s. election
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maryland senator ben cardin and congressman cummings. q mccray has more. q: they are introducing comparable bills to establish independent nonpartisan commission to look into the russian hacks. it would make recommendations on how the united states can defend itself in the future and lastly how the got should deal with russia moving forward. >> there is no question that russia attacked us. the report released at the end of last week makes it clear. >> these are attacks on the constitution. they were attacks on our people. they were attacks on the nation. >> this is also important to mention a late decision by the obama administration to designation election syst
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drawing criticism now. this happened late friday. for the proposed commission we will keep you posted on what happens next. >> four years of planning have come down to the final two weeks. the f.b.i. is one of the dozen of the local and the dozen agencies tasked with keeping d.c. safe in the presidential inaugurations. each presents unique challenges the ultimate goal is the same. >> challenging to posture all of the resources that are necessary to maintain safety for the public. as well as the smooth running of events in the inauguration. >> adding to traditional challenges the protests are expected to be among the largest in inauguration history. closer look at how authorities plan to keep everyone safe at 6:00. alison: tomorrow, barack obama will deliver a farewell
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the new poll finds with less than two weeks left of the presidency the americans are dividedded over his legacy. 57% of the 117 people taking part in the "associated press" poll say they view president obama favorably. 37% say their view is unfavorable. two and three americans say that president obama did not keep his promises to the people. 45% say that they believe he tried but failed. larry: henderson hall hosting a goodbye ceremony to ash carter. alison: a u.s. destroyer fired three warning shots at the boat near the entrance of the persian gulf. arned not to approach the
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were fired. larry: prince william county fire department tweeting that quantico is planning fire and demolitions this week. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- >> but need you to evacuate for your safety. strong storms sweep across the western u.s. leaving a path of destruction in the wake. >> outrage in a d.c. neighborhood. when a dog is left in this pep. for days on ends in the cold. i'm stephen tschida with the story for you. larry: later, clearing up the confusion of the meters in the district finally put to use after years of debate. >> plus, why the man at the center of the liquor b
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z231xz zi0z y231xy yi0y alison: 7 on storm watch as heavy rain sweep across the western u.s. in sequoia national park it meant the end to a massive tree. it was one that was hallowed out in 1880.
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alison: for cars to drive beneath it. the pioneer cabin tree collapsed after the massive wind gust there. amazing. we will have a closer look at the other damage coming up later in this newscast. meanwhile, back at home the story was the cold more than the snow. larry: people in one neighborhood sound the alarm about a dog left outside. stephen tschida is live in northwest. what does the city have to say about this? >> we have been making phone calls to try to find out what the response is to the situation. 45 minutes ago we got e-mail from the humane rescue alliance saying this pen there, the doghouse slightly elevated. straw on the ground. if you look over there you see a dog bowl torn to pieces, possibly by a hungry animal. in the corner you see a large bucket. it does contain water.
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say the bucket was frozen completely. the city has deemed this acceptable habitat for a dog but the people in this neighborhood call that an outrage. >> good samaritans record the effort to help a dog that describe as cold and hungry. >> going to come back with the friends. we will get you out of here somehow. shaking, the hind legs are shaking. >> it's freezing outside. she hasn't been in for days. >> neighbors say they complained repeatedly to authorities expressed fear of the man who lives in the home where the dog is penned. they did not want their faces shown. >> we have been trying to get the authorities to intervene. we haven't had luck. >> the authorities "thursday night -- he showed up and we asked about the dog. >> don't talk to me then.
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and -- an inspector checked on the dog and said it was deemed acceptable. those who watched her suffer find that hard to comprehend. >> it has been outside in the pen since friday with no access to food or water or adequate shelter. >> the rescue alliance says they do not know of the whereabouts and are trying to figure out where the dog is. they have deemed it acceptable housing for a dog in this cold. we will keep you posted on the search for where momma might be and the condition. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. larry: good advice by the way. so again, stay inside, keep your pets inside. the mercury is heading the other direction. that is a good thing. doug: the worst of it is overhead. the core of the cold air will move out tonight. it will be bitter cold in the morning operate to the upper
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at national park the skies are cloudy. there is leftover sunshine here and there throughout the day. it's a day across the area. the sun wants to come out. it doesn't come out. it does come out. the temperatures now, it will drop quickly tonight. this is the last night as the core of the air moves out. i want to wrap up the weekend snow. west of chesapeake bay, won the jackpot. it's almost two inches in falls church. we will see snow melt quickly from the north to the south. there is more to melt.
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it's 23 in laurel and largo. it's 22 in waldorf. tonight in the evening through the 20's. the wind out of the south from 4 to 8. but tomorrow it's in the teens to the west to 20 in spots like hagerstown and leesburg. the temperatures will warm a bit. 22 in the schedule. 19 in clinton. it's 24 in annapolis. so the winds increase. we have the southerly winds increase. clouds and sunshine. more clouds than anything else. the key is the temperatures and the southerly winds draw it up. we gett
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warmer air. wednesday evening we see a chance of showers. any shower chance late tomorrow night is isolated for the possible. we get through wednesday, that is when we will see it start to shift around here. we have lower 40's for the day on wednesday. behind the front early in the morning we will have the warmer wind blowing. the temperatures will climb close to 64, 65 by thursday afternoon. another way to look at it is the next three days the high temperatures will head the other way for minneapolis. another cold, chilly pattern there. 40 tomorrow. 52 tomorrow. 64 on wednesday. the pattern isn't going to last forever. we see indication by late fr
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to plunge. we are cold on saturday. brief wintry mix. but above freezing on sunday. and 52 and sunshine for martin luther king jr. day on monday. we have wintry mix briefly on saturday. not like the ice a few weeks ago. for the seven-day the numbers will go up and then they come down for the weekend but then come down briefly. next week we are in the 50's. the trends suggest above average temperatures more likudly -- more than likely next weekend. alison: something to look forward to. between the diaper, bottle, clothes and the day care it seems to go up every year. larry: it does. coming up, famed out how much it costs to raise a child in the u.s. >> lightsaber, hero. that is what he is doing. >> what he is doing to make the differ
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year in a row. >> teach me to be a fairly straightforward exercise for the first amendment right as a citizen of the united states. alison: the battle between one of hollywood's hottest actresses and the president-elect. but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc.
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disrespect incites disrespect. violence incites violence. when people use their position to bully others we all lose. larry: that was actress meryl streep last night talking about president-elect trump. trump fired back this morning with this tweet calling the critically acclaimed actress one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood. the latest in a series of the high profile battles that has the president-elect turning to twitter. today's instapoll is asking if you think trump should be allowed to use twitter once he takes office. mike carter-conneen delves in the debate. mike: it's become new normal. within hours of facing criticism or commentary he does not like trump fires back on twitter. >> i don't know if he has a filter. >> outside trump's new residence in a dozen days crews continue to prepare for the inauguration and visitors are talking about then
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>> that is what the younger generation respond to. >> some defend the tweets but many democrats and some republicans they he should stop tweeting so much and shut down the account. there are hacking concerns and it has caused stocks to fluctuate. >> his advisers should get rid of his phone. >> it splits families. >> he is immature as a person. >> he says what he wants to say. that is how he get what is he wants. he negotiates from there. >> recently they targeted political candidates, slepts, companies, union leader and others. some say all the attention resulted in death threats. >> there is a certain responsibility to be the most powerful position in the world. >> in many interviews and t
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>> i find the press to be extremely dishonest. mike: -- he makes clear why he uses twitter. >> if you give me a bad story or you give me inaccurate story i have a method of fighting back. >> in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: still ahead on abc7 news -- twitter and a lot of the apps we use stem from the release of the iphone. but ten years after it hit the scene questions about whether the government should be regulating some of what we can do with the smartphone. larry: then later, deciphers the red meters before they really take effect in the district. >> man at the center of a glowing scandal released from jail we learn how long the f.b.i. has been listening to the phone calls of politicians and others.
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larry: breaking news for you right now. already schools saying they will be closed tomorrow. spotsylvania county schools are closed tomorrow. you can get all the updates by the way on the website wjla.com. alison: days after the liquor board raid in prince george's county the man accused being at the center of the bribery scream was back in court
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back in court today. brad bell is on the story. we understand david son is out of jail tonight. is that right? brad: yeah. he has been released under strict conditions. strict because last week in court the feds revealed they thought son was tipping others that the f.b.i. was on the bribery scam. we have learned that the f.b.i. has had wiretaps in the community listening to the liquor store owners and politicians for 30 months and have hundreds of recording. david son the man at the center of the liquor board scam walking out of the federal courthouse carrying his 1-month-old baby. he was releasedleasedleased in y of his wife. he had little to say. >> no comment. brad: federal prosecutors had been planning to present evidence in court today to convince a judge son should remain behind bars. but i
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conditions for house arrest. including electronic monitoring and no contact with anybody other than his family and lawyer. the lawyer also tight-lipped. it's alleged son as the liquor board administrator has been for years arranging bribes paid by liquor store owners and politicians and at least one liquor board member. the f.b.i. raided board offices in other locations last week. in court today the federal prosecutor referred to a "extensive list" of people involved in the scandallal. according to the court documents and the sources that list likely includes one former and one current state delegate, state senator and several more officials. with the maryland assembly meeting wednesday, additional charges are coming. >> things will move along quickly. yes. brad: we don't know what "quickly" means but
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been told that announcements about additional charges will come soon. i checked with the office of the speaker of the house of delegates in maryland today to see if anyone turned in a resignation. those involved are aware that the f.b.i. will charge them. they is not received any resignation from elected officials. brad bell, abc7 news. larry: thank you. "7 on your side" in health matters and an urgent plea for blood and platelet donors from the american red cross. they were down 37,000 donations in november and december and had to cancel 100 blood drives last month to put them down another 3,000 donations. find out how you can help at wjla.com. search "blood donations." alison: for some inspiration to donate, you don't need to look further than marvin scare. the 82-year-old from illinois has donated 30 gallons of blood to the red cross. can you imagine that? in the
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he started in 1953. he was a teenager. >> my brother was in korea and injuried in the war. my mom took me to blood bank and took me along. that's how it started. makes me feel good. it's helping somebody. alison: it sure is. over the weekend, scare's whole family lined up to donate in his honor. he plans to donate again in eight weeks. larry: wow! alison: what a generous guy. larry: absolutely. alison: yeah. larry: don't say you can't. alison: yeah. larry: like clockwork. alison: for many years. larry: amazing. a new study suggest that people who only work out on the weekend will live longer. researchers in england interviewed 64,000 adults. there is hope for all of us. 8800 died last year. 4% of them did a week's worth of exercise in two days. 63% didn't work out at all. 11% wor
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alison: okay. well, music a must for a lot of people when they work out. plenty of them have headphones attacked orliched -- or linked up to an iphone. this is ten year since the revolutionary device was introduced. ten years. it made it possible to upload videos, live stream good and bad. chris papst looks at weather the congress should step in to start regulating recordings. >> the videos are seen in the realtime all around the world. many are disturbing. in august, minnesota man fatally shot by the police as his girlfriend is posting to facebook. >> you shot four bullets into him, sir. >> four wiem were charged with hate crimes after using facebook live to broadcast themselves beating, taunting and threatening an 18-year-old mentally dispushed
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mentally disturbed man. for anyone watching live some call on the federal government to regulate. >> that is a really slippery slope. >> carl with net choice advocates for a free internet says the government could attempt to regulate but it would not keep up with the technological elevation. >> you are looking at the issues of the free speech. the intrusion. it's dangerous. >> facebook will figure this out. >> date longs doesn't think the government will have an opportunity to have hearings and last legislation. he believes facebook are working on solutions. >> facebook will take down the feature, figure out what to do, how to police
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it back up. in washington, chris papst. larry: three years before the iphone they linked up to have an iphone. they are going to play an entire album. there is a 16-city tour that includes a stop at fedex field and landover june 20. alison: do you feel old now? i do. >> i'm older than you. yes, yes, i do. alison: 30 years. larry: yes. i know where i was when i bought that. leave it at that. alison: you were very young. coming up at 5:00 -- out of nowhere. what police says hit the car that has them scratching their head. >> have you seen this guy? he tried to stab his
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larry: we check in on bei bei. the update on the surgery and what he can eat again.
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another for shooting and a third tried to stab his dad. he didn't stop there. prince william county police say aaron emory got in a shouting match with his father that got so heated he pulled out a knife and tried to slash him. that didn't work, he hit him over the head with a brick. they are looking for shooting suspect and nay tan anderson for strangulation. they are also looking for katie moreno. let's get the wall moving. tonight the spotlight is on gunman muhammad chardil. police say he started to fire shots at a couple of guys who had no idea the lives were in jeopardy. >> the suspect sherdil is wanted in connection to a shooting that occurred on december 9 in woodbridge. the victim and the suspect knew each other. he approached the vehicle, he shot at the
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injured one. >> he is wanted for two counts of malicious wounding. police want him off the wall and behind bars. if you recognize him, give the police department a call. >> sign up for the "7 on your side" fighting back against the crime newsletter at the website wjla.com. alison: coming up, running with a purpose. how he is paying tribute to veterans one mile at a time. >> did you know the red meters are nothing special in d.c.? anybody can park at them. that is
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larry: if you thought metro safetrack was bad wait until you see what is going on in london. shut down underground station to create traffic nightmare for many. millions of people were forced to ride a bike or wait in long bus lines because station workers went on a is there 46 hour
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cut, office closures and safety issues. alison: parking meters with the red tops were first set up in d.c. in 2012. but this is the first time they will start working the way they were intended. our d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in northwest to explain what i they have been pushed back so many times. sam? sam: one reason they are pushed back so many times there is no pressure to use them. disabled people don't like the red meters because right now they don't have to pay. when they go into force, they will have to pay. we are learning they are about to go into force. for kevin rogers the news is not good. >> it's ridiculous. >> in the next three months the d.c. government is going to start charging disabled people to park. with the handicap placard or tags they
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meters or any others were free. supporters of the change say in part it is to combat fraud as many people use exchange placards who are not disabled. >> people engaging in fraud because they don't want to pay the money because they think they can get free parking in effect by fraudulently behaving this way will not have the incentive. sam: a.r.r. john townsend calls that throwing out the baby with the bath water. >> shortage of parking, draconian ticketing and the disabled community feeling like they have lost a great service. sam: the city says it will only apply to meters downtown not to those in the neighborhood for disabled people like rogers it's a blow. >> i have been in the wheelchair 40 years and i ain't never paid for no parking. my parking has always been free. >> so d.c
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actually starts fining people it will put out the notice there will be a 30-day warning period to notify maryland and vass to tell people with the blah cards and the tags there they will start to charge in d.c. then the charges begin. then if you park at the meter in d.c., the fine will be $250. one councilmember wanted to make it $1,000. fortunately he lost that one. reporting live, i'm sam ford. larry: thank you, sam. a man is fighting for his life after a 50-pound dumbbell crashed through the wind shield while driving. the 75-year-old victim had to be transported by helicopter was he was conscious. police are trying to determine where it came from. alison: my goodness. terrifying. all right. let's check on our roadways locally. jamie s
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traffic watch. jamie: the one thing we have seen that is dropping down from the bridges are the icicles. please be careful if you are out there. 395. look at this. heading inbound, bumper to bumper traffic crossing the 14th street bridge. the beltway is slow as well. american legion bridge. heavy on the inner loop to the outer loop. earlier crash on the outer loop past the g.w. parkway. that slowed us down for the afternoon commute on the outer loop. the inner loop is typical to get to 270 and closer. there a broke approaching centreville. you will get a break but it's heavy. 31 minutes fr
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beltway. no interstate crashes to report right now. just the heavy volume. back to you. larry: thank you. a look at the live session coming up tonight at 6:00. a million dollar escalator to but the passengers can't ride it. the snag at a metro stop making people walk up and down the stretch. and the uber to live branch to the local government next at 6:00. alison: having a child can bring the joy no one can put a price on but the department of agriculture says it can quantify what it will cost to raise the baby until it turns 17. $233,610 to be exact. whoo! that works out to $14,000 every year. the numbers vary if you are in a urban or a rural area but it covers food, housing, healthcare, education, clothing. larry: robert is texting his
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but -- alison: robert burton is up on the set with us. larry: have a conversation. alison: let's wait. all right. find out how the weather is going to be changing. it is frigid out there now. larry: it is. what do we have? doug: day three of the cold snap. it seems like it's longer than that. it's only three days. tomorrow we make the turn around. this evening we are in the 20's. look at the future cast. it's cloudy. the clouds are back in tomorrow everything. then tomorrow evening, late at night and a chance of a few showers moving through the area is well above freezing. it will get us in the lower 50's. this is the price we pay for the warm-u
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20's. 37 in mid-day. 40 close to it in the afternoon. we will hit 64 on thursday. 56 on friday. the weekend is unsettled. 44 degrees on sunday. looking ahead to dr. martin luther king day on monday it's chilly to start. 46 degrees and warming to the lower 50's in the afternoon. that is the latest. alison: thank you. robert: for the record, my wife is not pregnant. let's get that clear right now. larry: but i saw the look on your face and the sweating. you got time. save the money.
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watching. redskins, they are interviewing candidates if for defensive coordinator position. they tweeted out today they interviewed long-time nfl coach chris mike petine. he was fired after two years as the browns head coach. hi was the defensive coordinate nowhere for bills and the jets. awesome story. george shimmel retired merryl lynch guy, lives in san diego, grew up and was raised in maryland. he participated in races around the world and that inspired him to race around the country for a special cause. >> only those willing to go too far can only know how far one can go. >> george is an ultra runner used to push himself to extreme. >> i'm not an elite athlete. i wish i was. i have a big heart. i don't quit.
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this run from san diego to manhattan has a purpose. >> to generate awareness for veteran suicide. >> while he is not a veteran, his buddy joe is. about joined him in fairfax today as the two make their way to d.c. >> if i can help pace him and take the mind off the running that is what i can do to support the effort. >> it helped raise $200,000. >> 20 suicides a day. 150 a week. numbers are staggering. these are not statistics. these are flesh and blood, families, communities devastated. when we are out here we see it is an epidemic. we need to do more. >> erin hawksworth, abc7 sports. robert: george will end the ultra run at ground zero january 24. 20 suicides. alison: good for him. >> that is a monster. larry: we b
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>> goodness. kudos to him. larry: absolutely. alison: thank you. larry: good story. >> heavy rain, strong winds, ice and snow. >> enwhat ecome back a look at the storm bat
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larry: breaking news at the washington monument where it appears that the lights are out again. red blinking lights at the top are still on. last week they went out and the national park service says they were offschedule and fixed the next day. we are trying to get ahold of the park service to find out what is going on tonight. alison: stormwatch7 is tracking a winter storm battering the west coast. four people have died. as mggie shows us the worst may will yet to come. >> they need to evacuate for your
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>> northern nevada is under a state of emergency. rivers are riding to the highest levels in a decade. in oregon, the state troopers are pleading with drivers to stay off the road saying they can't keep up with the crashes. northern california is getting soaked by near constant torrential downpour. >> this is a mess. >> causing mudslide. this is totaling an abc news truck out of san francisco. rescue divers were dispatched in oakland after they were plunged in the water. in the heart of wine country, this riverer rising ten feet in seven hours leaving the venues under water. the storm winds so powerful they toppled over the popular tourist attraction. tunnel tree in a california park. it doesn't look like we will get relief soon as another storm is
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coast. we are watching the rivers closely. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". here is what is coming up at 6:00. >> the highest level. alison: that is all he would say about the nominees facing confirmation. who was just tapped as a senior adviser. also next, armed and ready. the f.b.i. lays out the plan for the inauguration. and if the rescue later works why can't the passengers ride it? the and is next. jonathan: we have another cold night on tap. maureen: and doug hill has all the details.
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been cold forever. this is a weather story. looking promising. the temperatures are cold now. they don't change much. 124 at reagan national. the southerly wind direction to pull us out of the cold snap to take us above freezing. this is a big change for wednesday and thursday. it's 22 in laurel, 23 at springfield. 21 in dale city. 22 in manassas. the story for the wake up hours upper teens to 20's. it's plenty cold but not as cold as this morning. we will see the big changes and the winds from the southwest. that is going to warm us clos

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