are life threatening injuries. a person is in custody at the party city store, that is what we were told earlier but the police say that is not the case. they do not have anyone in custody. they are evacuating the hollister store. people were being escortedded out one by one. we are waiting to hear from the police about what happened but in the meantime there were shoppers inside the mall unfolding. we spoke with a woman named alyssa huff who tems us what she -- who tells us what she saw. >> i came back and the security started directing everybody to go another way. that was it. i tried to leave and the cops say nobody let us out. i just found out what happened. richard: we are waiting word from the police. the official word about what is happening now. if they are searching for suspect, if they have a

happened here. this may have been an altercation. maybe something else. we don't know. we are still looking for answers. when we find new information we will come back and let you know. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you. sign up for breaking news text alerts at the website wjla.com. michelle: all right. 7 on storm watch. just when you might have thought things were about to get a bit warmer around here, another taste of winter is on the way. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the details. doug: it will get warmer. starting overnight. between now and then the potential problems there. in advance of the possibility of the freezing rain, the national weather service issued freezing rain advisory north and west of the area. western montgomery, fauquier and the area to the valley and the mountains as well. the temperatures above freezing at freezing to the motor and west. and again, thankfully the temperatures will slowly rise later tonight. but maybe not

the freezing rain issue in the area. a little precipitation breaks out. we may have to wait tonight and the warm front comes our way to bring a band of rain which may fall freezing rain in the areas where the surface temperature is 32 or below. it will rise above freezing. no issues expected there. the extended look is in ten days. michelle: thank you. stay connected to the stormwatch7 team all night through wjla.com or the facebook and the twitter feeds. you can download the storm watch app for the smartphone or tablet. larry: five days after a raid at the prince george's liquor board headquarters a guilty plea on for charges connected to the case. will campos is a former state delegate and member of the county counsel. brad bell broke the news this morning and he joins us live with the new developments. brad: this is the plea agreement. the crimes laid out ar

understand. a politician demanding bribes in exchange for payout of tax dollars. >> the evidence in the case shows that will campos treated the taxpayers' money as if it were a literal slush fund. brad: tough words about a politician. this time it's will campos. he has pleaded guilty to importants brides in exchange for the payout of the taxpayers dollars to businesses and the fake charities in the ten years as a councilmember. >> they were part and parcel of a long standing bribery scheme that reflected corruption on the part of mr. campos and a number of people who are willing to pay him in return for government benefits. brad: campos re-signed from the house of dell -- resigned from the house of delegates nine months in the term. by then he knew he had been caught doling out more than $340,000 from council and

exchange for the kickbacks. he issued a statement that reads in part, "i truly apologize to all of you, my friends and supports. to my family, as strange as its sounds i'm relieved this finally is coming to an end." at a press conference, the u.s. attorney and the f.b.i. officials made it clear the corruption scandal is not over. the chief of police promising to keep digging. >> there are no lengths that i and the men and women of the prince george's police department will not go to, to ensure the integrity of the institutions. brad: the crimes laid out in this plea agreement date to when campos was on prince george's county counsel. -- council. it does not have ties to the time in the legislature but sources tell us in that time he may have been cooperating with the federal authorities of the investigation of the other

p.g. liquor board scandal reported last week. it's all complicated but we are told this continues to grow and there are more competitions that will be charged. brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: on the hill today, alabama senator jeff sessions faced questions from the peers as they consider whether to confirm him as the next attorney general. and jonathan elias has a look at the hearing today. jonathan: we know that senator sessions was asked about all kind of things including the views on hacking in the presidential election. banning the muslims from entering the united states. closing guantanamo bay. civil rights and roe v. wade. but the hearing was interrupted more than a few time by protests. [shouting]

made racist comments in the past are not true. >> let me address another issue straight on. i was accused in 1968 of failing to protect the voting right of african-americans in the case. the voter rights case. and harboring k.k.k. these are false charges. jonathan: he was the first sitting senator to endorse donald trump. he was asked if he would let the department of justice or the f.b.i. continue investigating russian hacking of the u.s. election. >> can you assure us that in any conflict of interest you will follow the interest of justice even if your duties require the investigation and even prosecution of the president, his family and associates?

>> well, senator, if laws are violated they have to be handled in the appropriate way. jonathan: the senate did delay hearings for picks for department of education and central intelligence agency. the committee chair says they want to space the hearings out more. at the "live desk," jonathan elias, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. tonight, president barack obama will deliver the farewell speech in the hometown of chicago. kristen holmes is live in the windy city with a preview. >> president obama will end his political career where it started in chicago. the white house is billing the farewell address as in regard looking. some of the themes -- as forward looking. some of the themes we expect to hear is fairness, justice and diversity. ten days before he leaves the white house, president obama will return to a

saying his final farewell in the same place he celebrated the 2012 victory. >> i have never been more hopeful about the future. >> the message of hope and change resonated with americans and propelled the first african-american president through two terms. tonight he will say thank you to the supporters and to illinois for launching his political career. a senior administration official says the president's goal is end the time in office the same way he started it. "optimistic and hopeful." it's the president's last chance to defend his legacy including the signature healthcare law the affordable care act. president obama: i get letters every single day from people who say this has saved my life or it has saved my bank account. >> at president-elect trump and the republican lawmakers move quickly to try to gut obamacare. >> the first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare. >> while the president's goodbye address will briefly focus on the past eight years

rallying cry of sorts, offering a roadmap for the many democrats and the progressive voters dealt a blow to the morale on election day. in chicago, i'm kristen holmes reporting. michelle: we still don't know what the president will be doing but there is an offer to consider. the spotify is looking for president of the music service and looking for someone with at least eight years experience regarding a highly regarded nation. check. nobel peace prize. good relationship with wide range of artists and musicians president obama can check boxes. larry: obama, bush, clinton. short list. michelle: but the timing, he has an opening. larry: take a few weeks and then come back. michelle: call them

developing story on the hill where utah congressman jason chaffetz says he is planning to block the district's death with dignity bill. mayor bowser signed it last month to let terminally ill patients ends their lives with the help of a doctor. they must vote on a resolution to block a law and be signed by the president to be overturned. michelle: a 5-month-old baby is dead and now his father is charged. police say this man, 20-year-old roger miller jr. killed darnell barnes in october. miller called 911 claiming that the baby was unresponsive after a nose bleed and vomiting. in the investigation, doctors determine the child died from trauma to the head and say the injuries were not accidental. larry: taliban is claiming responsibility for twin bombings that killed at least 38 people and injured 45 others in kabul. officials say the bombers were targeting afghan parliament workers. the first blast came from a suicide bomber attacking on foot. the second blast came from a vehicle that exploded when police arrived to hel

the taliban in kabul since last summer. michelle: tonight the world is remembering the woman who broke the news that world war ii had started. claire holingworth was a british war correspondent. a week in her job she was the first to report that the nazis still invaded poland in august of 1939. talk about a scoop. she spent much of the career on the front lines in the middle east, north africa and vietnam. she died in hong kong this morning. she was 105. larry: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- two years after the navy yard shooting, evidence that security may still be lacking. michelle: later, parking plans curbed. folks thought they had a place to park in the inauguration find themselves making a change. larry: water main break put a crimp in

drivers. sam: the washington monument lost all power and the officials are not sure why. i'm sam ford.

update. 24 hours after the lights went out at the washington monument, this was the scene out there. this is the second time it has gone dark in the last week and the latest in a series of mishaps at the memorial. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live at the national mall with a look at what happens. sam: the pepco crews were here an hour or so. they left 15 minutes ago. they are still trying to determine exactly what caused last night's power failure. total power failure in the monument. it's the latest in a series of problems here. the problems seem to grow and grow. last week the spotlights stayed off because of a timer and last night there was a fault in the undergoing center that brings the

we are working to trace the source of that. override the ground fault and get the power back on. >> it was off for two hours. 5:30 until 7:30. >> we notified the f.a.a. of the outage and going to let them make any alterations to their operations as necessary. sam: we could see last night when the lights began to come back on. but with the place closed down for elevator problems, now this. sam: one tourist said the last four times he visited d.c. the monument has been closed to visito

sam: you can see the lights are blinking atop the monument. they issued a gnomem, notice to airmen about the situation here. the flight path is a mile or so away. flight operations were not affected by the situation. particularly because the planes are prohibited from flying near the monument. reporting live from the national mall, sam ford. abc7 news. >> a beloved chef is championed for the organic foods. retired last year and in may will be honored by the lifetime achievement award. good for her. michelle: today we look at the freezing rain on the

larry: again. michelle: i know. doug: it looks to be brief. the freezing rain goes in effect in the suburbs. start with a time lapse, on the weather bug network this morning in middletown. frederick county. snow on the ground from weekend. you will see more come down with band that came through early this morning. now we switch from snow to freezing rain. these are the jurisdictions and the counties and the incorporated towns and the cities in the county under the freezing rain advisory. it starts at 6:00 and runs through 1:00 a.m. this is still a ways off to the west. the temperatures are cold. low to mid-30's. there are some spots below freezing or at freezing.

we will have several hours of rain moving through and warming up overnight. this may be close to 40 by morning in downtown washington. here is satellite and radar. main line moving in. the leading edge of the front. that will overspread the mountains and approach the i-95 corridor in metro. but it will take a few hours to make the distance. it will give the temperatures time to drop a little bit so there is freezing rain concerns but for a brief period of time. we think in the overnight, once this moves out and you will notice this has the rain moving through around is:00. by then or after then, the temperatures should climb a few degrees. we don't anticipate the issues in the travel wise tomorrow morning. 40 in the city.

more rain moving in tomorrow night with another system that is expected but the temperatures above freezing. so there are no icy concerns tomorrow. just rain. thursday, nice change. for one day. it will become partly sunny with the highs at 64. friday is a 50-degree high but that is in the morning. the temperatures dropping with the increasingly cloudiness. we get to saturday and we get one day and drop back in 30's. that may coincide with a system to give us mix of rain and snow during the day. temperatures above freezing. i don't think it's a major impact from that. cloudy day on the day on sunday. looking ahead to dr. martin luther king day monday and the parade at 11:00. we have clouds and peek of sunshine. can't rule out a stray shower. i will be chill by but not bone chilling cold. upper 40's. next ten days. tomorrow a night break. becoming partly sunny. 52. rain at night. 64 on thursday. turn

the temperatures fall to 40's in the afternoon and a messy saturday with a chance of wintery mix. 40 on sunday. 47 for martin luther king day. looking to inaugurations day next friday. temperatures will climb and remain in 50's. there is still a chance of a shower on thursday and friday way down the road from here but at least the temperatures look favorable. there have been inaugurations in the past like 1985 president reagan's second inauguration canceled because of the extreme wind and wind chill. it was so bad. this looks mild. larry: i was here in 2009. we stayed in our hotel room and watched it on tv. it was so cold. michelle: search of forever feds in search of a home find one together. >> we gave it jerky, granola bar. larry: the lengths they went

kimberly: i'm "7 on your side" consumer reporter kimberly suiters. burning an artificial christmas tree is kind of a bust. but coming up next, burning live christmas trees that have been up for over two weeks. you have to wait for that. michelle: but first, look at what is coming up tonight.

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larry: we are live in arlington with a look at live christmas trees. kimberly suiters? kimberly: that is the amazing thing. the tree did not burn, nor the other one, whether it had fire retar doesn't on it or not. this is after four minutes of having a flare directly on the tree. so an artificial tree is a safe deal if you have a house fire. this may be a different story. go ahead and light them up. we have the arlington county fire department helping us demonstrate the difference between the tree on the left was hand-treated with the fire retardant by us, two products we bought. the tree on the right not treated at all. both of them equally watered. both of them in a stand for about tw

so, if we can pan down a little bit jim to see the flares down at the bottom. as you can see, the one on the left that i sprayed with fire retardant, it didn't have much of an impact, did it? on the left-hand side i put one product in the left tree. wow! these went up fast. we are timing it. how quickly did they get fully engulfed? >> less than a minute. kimberly: less than a minute. both trees fully engulfed. it looks to us like the fire retardant product that we put on the left tree had almost no impact. although, both of them seem to be doing all right on the bottom right. maybe it's just the wind blowing through there. >> that and the way the fire burns up. age that in -- imagine that in a room.

enough inspiration to take down the christmas tree. if you are like me and want to keep it up for the ten days of christmas, that ended friday. arlington county is picking up trees for the end of the week. christmas tree fires are four time mrs. deadly than the typical house fire. 40% of them happen in january. how much time before they're completely burned? one minute and 42 seconds for the two trees to burn just about to the ground. the ones we sprayed had zero impact. reporting live. back to you. larry: great demonstration. that was fast. if you still have your tree up find out where and how to recycle yours. go to wjla.com. michelle: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" --

down twinkies. larry: oh, c'mon. why some people who paid for inauguration parking may not be getting what they paid for. >> an investigation found security lapses in the same building where a man shot and killed 12 people

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michelle: now breaking news in dylann roof case. a jury sentenced to 22-year-old to death for killing nine church goers in a bible study in charleston, south carolina. it comes after roof told the jury in the closing statements that he still felt like he had to do it. had to kill those people. roof still faces a state trial in which he may face the death penalty again. larry: this just in. the aerospace defense command is planning exercises over the area so don't be alarmed or surprised if you hear low flying planes from midnight and 2:30 a.m. michelle: array of shortfall discovered at the washington navy yard two years after a contractor got a shotgun in a secure building and killed 12 people. stephen tschida joins us now with the finds of the interim investigation and the reaction to the -- internal

to the new information. stephen: they conducted the audit of security in building 197. only in that building in 2015, two years after the mass shooting in building 97 that killed 12 people it uncover 74 security lapses. today a news crew caught the attention of the security guards. but an audit revealed that an investigator managed to slip past security at the c systems command building two years after a contractor managed to get a contact in the same building to kill 12 people. >> how do you have the military personnel walking around and you let a person get in? stephen: the investigation found 74 security lapses such as the unqualified security guards. some lacked basic knowledge of the security brothers including how to use weapons. the safe where ammunition was held was left open sin

>> i hope they will address whatever they need to get addressed. stephen: perhaps the troubling finding is a lapse in security clearances. the shooter should have been barred from the job at the navy yard had those responsible properly vetted him. >> i am very surprised. security should be heightened at this point. >> this audit was only on building 197. the c systems command center. i spoke to a representative of the c system command center who said of the 74 security lapses in 2015, all but four have been rectified. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: now to a developing story out of florida where police are offering reward for capture of the man accused of

enforcement. that man is markeith lloyd. he is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and shooting officer master clayton at a wal-mart. police believe that lloyd is getting help and anyone helping him faces serious charges. larry: covering metro tonight and the transit agency lawsuit against d.c. fire department. it stems from the deadly smoke incident at the l'enfant plaza station almost two years ago. the mayor and the fire chief addressing this and the transportation reporter is joining us live with what they had to say. >> larry, both the mayor and the d.c. fire chief saying that the firefighters in this city are trained and prepared to respond to any incident on metro. this comes after metro filed new claims in an ongoing lawsuit saying they were not prepared to respond to the deadly smoke incident two years ago. they argue that d.c. fire and e.m.s. ignored

people tried to tell them people were stuck in a train filling with smoke. it's argued they ignored the agreement to under take situations on the system. in a press conference this afternoon, they had this to say about the blame pushed their way. >> we think we have a great fire department and the people are well trained and ready to go. we will improve on that. >> we are hearing from the largest folks, including the union and metro has another statement after the press conference this afternoon. we have more at 6:00. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: coming up at 5:00, a precariously perched pooch, there he is. so sweet. find out what the rescuers had to do to get the pup to safety. larry:

sex trafficking taking aim at a website that may have known exactly what was going on, on those back pages. ja new at 6:00, for the first time in 60 years there will be a new person behind the microphone at the inaugural parade. we meet the new voice of the inauguration on "abc7 news at

steve it's tuesday but we are looking to the weekend ahead. on saturday we have a cooldown and the temperatures are the 35 degrees and a chance for a wintry mix. martin luther king jr. day, 37 for a high. outlook from storm watch 7. we are look for a warmup followed by a cooldown moving to next week closer to inauguration day. highs in the middle to the upper 50's. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues

after this.

larry: back with an update on two dogs looking for a home this week. we introduced you to rambo and lady. they are best friends at

montgomery county adopted center. we learned today they have been adopted together. they will go live with a family with kids and we hope they are all happy. hoping that last week when we saw this. michelle: you know a lot of times when you take in a dog it's a challenge to take two. so i'm glad there was a family out there that was able to take in both lady and rambo. they are adorable. larry: yeah. love that. michelle: complete opposites but perfect together. larry: exactly. michelle: well, it was a rough night for one dog in utah. it got stuck on the mountain. the rescue team scaled down to save it. but despite how many treats the dog wouldn't budge. he is just so nervous. the crew was forced to leave but vowed to come back the next day. by the time they got there the dog got down safely on its own. larry: wow! michelle: glad he is okay. that is way up there. larry: very high.

larry: it's a retrieverer being trained and but he doesn't have a name. he has ten weeks to go but the police hope to name him before he finishes. find out how to help at wjla.com. search "k9." k-9. michelle: that is easy. right? larry: there you go. don't name him k9. we don't want to do that. still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- ready to play? how you can help pick out the newest monopoly pieces. michelle: -- >> mike: i'm mike carter-conneen in downtown city. coming up, important parking warning for thos at dominion, we're putting our energy to work creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the

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michelle: "7 on your side" with a warning about driving and parking in the district next week. next wednesday at noon two days before the inauguration road closures and the parking restrictions will go into effect. we are causing it the red zone. as mike carter-conneen discovered. parking apps are still selling reserved spaces inside this

zone. >> 48 hours before, police will start to shut down the zone and then thursday it will expand only residents and workers allowed in the outer zone. despite the driving restrictions, the parking apps were still selling reserve spaces inside that zone. alerted by abc7, spot hero said we are removing locations in restricted areas today and will reach out to customers who sur chased park -- purchased parking to unrestricted locations. parking panda said it would take the location off the website. park whiz did not reply. >> i'm not driving. i am taking metro. >> because of the closures downtown, the drivers are planning to use metro rail. many metrorail riders are planning to telework or not work it at all. >> there are a lot of people coming in from out of town.

>> i may come in on wednesday. we will see. >> because inauguration day is a public holiday, parking at the meters along the street will be free. ddot and others are still urging peak not to drive that day -- urging people not to drive that kay. >> you may be parking and getting towed. that is a fate you don't want to endure in the district of columbia. mike: best bet is pay for parking or double check. wear comfortable shoes. you will have to walk several blocks to get through and around security zones. larry: emergency crews in arlington are working on a water main break on wilson boulevard but they hope to wrap it up. until then a lane is shut down now, the one headed eastbound. the officials suggest taking alternate route until the lane reopens. michelle: time for a check of the road. jamie sullivan has watch for

that doesn't look good. jamie: it matches the dress. that is not a good thing. slow 270 to northbound. there is a crash this point being reported. we are seeing extra heavy congestion. a little slowing as well heading in the city crossing the 14th street bridge. we have the wizards game tonight at the verizon center playing the bulls. that is why we have the inbound traffic and the outbound traffic on 395 from the pentagon closer to seminary and dukes street. bottom on the beltway on the outer loop, the inner loop is clear. no issues to worry about there. on the beltway on the northwest corner you can see near seven locks road a lot of volume. inner and outer loop. 66 is slow to leave the city. 65 minutes is the average from the beltway to the fairfax county parkway. live look, bumper-to-bumper past the vienna metro. larry: my goodness.

alert. hostess is recalling the holiday peppermint twinkies because of concern over salmonella. the confectionary coating on the twinkies was recalled by another company. so far no illnesses were reported. michelle: put down the twinkies. larry: another reason to put them down. part of the new year's resolution. leave them alone. all right. move over dogs and cat, a new class of game pieces could come to the favorite ma noily board. michelle: hasbro is letting people choose which eight pieces are in the next version of the board game. it doesn't mean your favorites are going away. but there will be a few new additions. larry: i can still be the boat. >> it's yours. larry: all right. the new options are a tv, winking emoji, '80 cell phone. i don't make this up. hashtag, dinosaur or penguin. you can vote for the favori

the month. michelle: good options. larry: i like it. michelle: the penguin fits our weather lately. larry: exactly. michelle: we are looking at freezing rain and the timing of that will not affect the commute for those heading home. but still a concern. >> it is going to move out before tomorrow so we will be fine. the areas north and west of the city we are under a freezing rain advisory until:00 a.m. -- until 1:00 a.m. we are at or below freezing. we are above freezing and we should stay above freezing for the duration and that is why the advisory is displaced north and west of the city. we are getting main area developing ahead of the mainband. later tonight the metro area at 9:00 or after is we have a few hours

the icy patches could form. it will come and go. by 2:00 in the morning it will be out of here and nice day tomorrow. the extended outlook will call for the skies to be partly sunny. 62. 46 and breezy on thursday. friday is 50 degrees. temperatures are falling. rain friday night is possible. maybe a wintery mix saturday. colder at 35. 40 on sunday. monday, martin luther king day. it's in the 50's next week to inauguration day. that is the the latest. larry: thank you. the yacht used by rodney dangerfield's character in "caddyshack" is for sale. it is docked in maryland. it can be yours for $129,000. that is all. the seller says the ship is fine cosme

need a fresh paint yard and work on the inside. michelle: i was thinking it's not that great cosmetically. robert: no respect. larry: throw in his clothes. that makes it worthwhile. larry: throw those on. they'd fit me perfectly. larry: that is the point. robert: i wear my clothes tight anyway. fit right now. scott abraham is shining the light on the best and brightest so it's on george mason basketball. a young guard who in fact has a connection to broadcast. here is scott abraham with our rising star. scott: otis livingston loves to flash the smile on the basketball court. >> competing against another person, another team, another fan base. i love that part of the game. >> he is coming off a terrific freshman season leading the patriots in scoring, assist and steals. >> off the gl

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harriet tubman national underground railroad historic park in maryland. larry: now a story for website that is infamous for the content. the editors of backpage.com were in court but they didn't say much and were excused from testifying after pleading the fifth. elizabeth hur has more. elizabeth: backpage.com is denying any knowledge of sex trafficking but they shut down part of it saying it's censorship. this is on the eve on capitol hill where the top executives pleaded the fifth. >> only time will tell if this is an end to back page's role in online sex trafficking of children or a cheap publicity stunt. elizabeth: lawmakers did not mince words and families of the victims shared their stories hoping to make a diffen

daily basis is unimaginable to me. >> what happened to my daughter on backpage.com is criminal. elizabeth: their emotional testimony following release of senate report found backpage.com promoted sex trafficking and accused the executives to sanitizing the ads to eliminate red flags. >> they automatically deleted words including lolita, teenage, rape, young, little girl, teen, fresh, innocent, school girl and even amber alert. >> the lawmakers will now look to see if legislative changes are necessary and consider referring it to the justice department for further review. in new york, i'm elizabeth hur for abc7. announcer: this is a storm watch 7, winter weather alert. maureen: freezing rain could

it will come as the rest of the area prepares for a warm-up. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking it all for us. doug? doug: the region will warm up later tonight. before that happens we have the zone north and west of washington, in pink, the mountain and the valleys starting at 6:00 that begins freezing rain advisory. it runs until 8:00. we are waiting for precipitation to murph in from the west. temperature wise at or below freezing north and west. metro above freezing. we think most of the metro area and the southeast will remain above freezing tonight. it's these bands moving in the colder air that set the stage for the possible wintry weather with the freezing rain. quick look at the future cast shows the temperatures metro area rising during the night. it may be 10:00,10:30 before precipitation moves in. a quick moveer. as it comes through the area the temperatures rise and even to the west. freezing rain but a limited amount of time. we look ahead to ther

15 minutes. john? jonathan: see you then. thanks. fireworks on capitol hill. jonathan: the confirmation hearings have begun and you can see protests. the man they dragged away not sessions. the confirmation hearing for jeff sessions is underway. it is going in the ninth hour. q mccray is at the "live desk" with big issues so far. this is a long day for sessions. q: he is first of president elect trump cabinet nominees to begin the senate confirmation hearings today. and one of the most controversial. the first thing that jeff sessions was required to do is take the oath before beginning