girls ranged in age from 9 months to 11 years. >> the fire was, it was -- i can't describe it. brad: spencer robert lives across the street. he said he tried to help when he saw the mother and three children make it out. but he retreated in horror when he realized the flames were too much to help the rest of the family. >> my heart right now, it crumbles. every time i talk about it, it keeps crumbling because i could try to do more. brad: tonight the mother, kate alone a long-tide aide to congressman elijah cummings remains in critical condition. her 4 and 5-year-old sons are also in critical condition. but an 8-year-old daughter has been treated and released. baltimore's fire department spokesman says she is a hero. >> she actually rescued her two siblings. she brought the two siblings out with her. the 8-year-old did. brad: firefighters worked through the day searching by hand for the bodies of the children. they will soon switch to searching for a cause. the mayor of baltimore says

electric space heater in the home might be to blame. >> it's hard to say anything other than to pray for the family. and ask baltimore to pray for the family. brad: so again, back live, you can see what is going on at the house, a little bit of it anyway. the entire front of the structure was wiped out. i collapsed. that is one of the real problems here and why the fire was so bad. so the investigation as we said is underway. but the early focus is on that space heater. we are told that there were smoke detectors in the house. at least one and that the batteries in that were fresh. in northeast baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: so heartbreaking. thank you. you can sign up for breaking news alerts from abc7 news. just go to wjla.com. you can get those sent right to your phone. larry? larry: new developments tonight in the case against eulalio tordil. you may recall he is the man accused of killing several

started at montgomery mall last may. this morning in a preliminary hearing prosecutors asked that tordil be eligible for life without parole when the trial starts in april. tordil's public defender did not comment on the request. alison: in montgomery county, police say they have now arrested a teenager responsible for two deadly stabbings at the westfield wheaton mall. but the teen's family says they have video that proves he didn't do it. you heard about the arrest first on abc7 last night. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live at rockville where that teenager was in court today. kevin? kevin: detectives telling us lamont jackson picked a fight outside the hollister store and used a long-bladed knife to kill them both. but jackson's family says he was 20 miles away at the time of the killings, shooting a rap video and they say the video has a time stamp to prove it.

kevin: arnold jackson iii stunned as the police stormed the townhouse and hauled away his youngest brother lamont's whose juvenile record for robbery and assault was resurrected in court today. >> he is a knucklehead. you go through that when you are young. he is not a killer. murder, killer? hell, no. that is not my brother. kevin: loved ones say jackson is a junior at richard montgomery high school and worked part-time at the lake forest mall. he enjoys fashion, poetry, video games and rap music. according to his big brother has a sound alibi at the time of the wheaton mall killings. >> he was home. when we left home went to the studio. i have footage of him in the video. that's all i'm going to say. everything else will be said in court, sir. kevin: yet homicide detectives contend mall surveillance video clearly shows jackson committing the murders with eyewitnesses to boot. all the while, prosecutors welcome the

cooperation. >> well, you know, we obviously want a free and fair trial for this individual if they have evidence that shows that. they should bring it forward. >> i don't know who the murder is. i pray they find the person so my brother can be cleared and the two men's family members could find closure for the death of their kids. that is all i'm looking forward to. kevin: so far, neither side has released their alleged bombshell video. one reportedly showing that lamont jackson committed a double murder. the other showing exact opposite. either way jackson is behind bars. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: there is a scathing report from the justice department known as a decent degree mandates fundamental changing to police work. this follows the 2015 death o

the justice department that stated some of the officers acted unconstitutionally. >> i have no doubt when we eventually emerge from this, we will be better crime fighters and have greater, more respectful trustful relationships with our community. larry: after the expected approval of a judge, a period of the community input will be followed by the selection of a monitor to oversee that police department. alison: developing story out of the justice department tonight where the inspector general says he will investigate how the agency and the f.b.i. behaved in the months before november's presidential election. democrats, of course, criticized f.b.i. director james comey's handling of the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. they want to know if the agency policies were followed in the investigation. larry: rudy giuliani will be part of the trump administration after all. he will be adviser on pr

private sector. cyber security will be a top priority once trump takes office. giuliani had been considered for several cabinet level positions including secretary of state. some activists are planning to go a step beyond protestingtestn the -- inauguration. they used #disrupt j20 discuss the plans to include marches with and without permits and taking over the key bridge. they intend to block checkpoints where people enter the secured area near the capitol. >> we are expecting that the check points are a huge mess. any delays or obstruction of checkpoint could make impact on the attendance and the ability of the people to get to the parade route. larry: they claim the law enforcement can do it will to stop them because they have large numbers on their side. alison: some of the president-elect cabinet picks testifieded on the

a long day of more political hearings after a late night in the senate where the republicans won the vote to repeal affordable care act. lana zak takes unside the confirmation hearings. lana: questions about russia are now a kind of litmus test for cabinet nominees. >> there is a decreasing number of areas to engage cooperatively and increasing number of areas where we have to confronted russia. lana: general james mattis president elect trump's pick to head the department of defense established himself as his own man, unafraid to take different positions on the president-elect on russia and iran. saying he would support the arms agreement by the obama administration. >> it's imperfect. it's not a friendship treaty. but when america gives their word we have to live up to it and work with the allies. >> in the third world wind day, questions about the cabinet members willingness to be independent of president trump and support for the u.

the forefront of the questioning. especially for congressman mike pompeo, mr. trump's pick to head the c.i.a. >> this was an aggressive action take beenty senior leadership inside of russia. america has abon ligation and c.i.a. has part of the obligation to protect the information. >> ben carson laughed off suggestions he lacks experience to run department of housing and urban development. >> there is an assumption you can only do one thing and we have the limited brains that are incapable of learning anything else. find that kind of humorous. particularring know what the human brain is capable of. >> democratic senator ebeth warren wanted carson to promise none of the billion of dollars h.u.d. manages would go to the trump organization. he said he wouldn't guarantee that but he promised to be governed by common sense. reporting from northwest, lana zak, [ music ] -- lana zak, abc7 n

for the newest member of the congress. the event will reckon news rubenstein who has made donation to kennedy center and washington monument repairs and is also getting a key to the city. alison: life after the hill is taking former senator barbara mikulski to baltimore. johns hopkins university. they announced that the 80-year-old is joining the faculty next week and teaching pub his policy. today is great outside. but a change is coming. doug? doug: a few more hours it will be mile. but it will turn colder and saturday we are back to wintertime with snow, sleet, freezing rain. 69 in baltimore. 72 in annapolis. it's gorgeous out. getting windy out, too.

warm winds set the high today at reagan national airport officially for washington at 72 degrees. that was 4 degrees short of the old record of 76. existing record set in 1890. we tied the record for baltimore today from 1890. record of 70 degrees. so the story is a cold front is coming on the way to pass through overnight with a few showers around turn progressively colder today and tomorrow night. late tomorrow night the front will be south of washington. little disturbances will develop along the front. cold air coming down from eastern canada and voila! you have the recipe for wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain. we will drill down on the timing and the effects coming up in eight minutes. back to you. larry: a crew is on the way the to breaking news in fairfax county where someone fired a gun into a daycare this afternoon. eight children and two adults were inside the facility on leesburg pike. this is i

crossroads area when it happened. no one was hurt. we will get you more information as soon as the crew arrives on the scene. alison: still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- surging again. find out when safetrack starts back up for metro. >> a historic move by the state department created chaos for families here in the united states and overseas. i'm scott taylor. up next, the i-team investigation. the real loser in this is children who want to be adopted. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner inside the t.s.a. nerve center. this is where all the intelligence comes in nationwide. coming up we take you to the ask t.s.a. station where you can use social media to get real-time information about your travel plans. alison: stor d

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larry: if you have plans to fly next weekend prepare for longer lines. the metropolitan washington airport authority is expecting larger crowd and more congestion because of the inauguration. the biggest rush by the way is expected to hit next thursday through sunday. alison: well, of course, everyone who flie

t.s.a. security. but outside the airport there is a branch taking time to respond to your questions online. cheryl conner went inside the nerve center today. >> alcohol is limited to 3.4 ounces or less. cheryl: but you can't drink up on the plane. welcome to the 411 center for travelers. >> we recently got a question about someone wanting to bring an alligator head through the check point, real one. taxidermy. they were allowed to bring it through. cheryl: if you are confuse on what to bring to the airport you can send a message. >> we want to help the traveling experience. cheryl: our camera was allowed inside the nervous center for the transportation security administration where all of the intelligence nationwide is gathered. in the back of the room, the ask t.s.a. operations center is also open every day. >> i have a lot of questions sometimes. i can have like easy

>> sarah is from colombia and needs clarification on what to pack in the carry-on luggage. >> hair strangener. i didn't know i can't carry that. >> her bottle was over the 3.4-ounce limit. judy grahams is likely to go the old fashioned way. >> i always look up the rules before i travel. >> t.s.a. is the first government agency to use social media in this way through customer service program. it's answered in about 15 minutes. in herndon, cheryl conner, abc7 news. larry: abc7 is on storm watch out west where the winter is hammering states. in colorado, 50 inches of snow has fallen in some cities in the past week. the weight is too much for some buildings. hotel roof collapsed causing a gas leak and forcing people inside to

alison: look at in portland, oregon. some of the animals are loving the snow. polar bears, of course. the seals. they got out of the water for a spin. and look )at the elephants. they seem to like the cold water and the snow there. the zoo was closed yesterday but a photographer who lives nearby got on his skis. and went in and took the video and pictures. larry: how much fun. they don't have a parent telling them to come in from the cold. alison: they enjoy it more than we do. they don't have to drive in it. larry: or shuffle it. good call. alison: exactly. around here, this is, it females so weird after being so cold. doug: i got to spend 30 seconds outside this afternoon but the best 30 seconds in a long time. so nice. reality, middle of january in washington. the average high,

average lows in the 20's. we expect stuff. we will get stuff here on saturday. let ice talk about a day that featured highs in the lower 70's. the temperatures are dropping off around the area. we talk about brian in a minute. i was so busy talking about my 30 seconds i forgot to talk about that. i'll go to the weather and do brian when i'm finished about the fun school visit today. the story is the clear skies with a few high clouds. mild temperatures. 69 degrees right now at reagan national. 36-mile-per-hour gust at joint base andrew. it is cold tonight. we have a fro

1:00 or 2:00 in the morning before it starts to make a run on the area. a lot of the rain will disappear. tomorrow morning we have the sunshine. gusty winds out of the northwest. temperatures are mild, upper 40's to 50's. they are not going to rise. but they will start to fall as the colder air starts to come in. this is how we see it through the day. plenty of sunshine. clouds. when we get to the late afternoon or the evening the clouds will increase. notice the trends of temperatures are falling throughout the day. we will get to this on the future cast. areas of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain are an issue. the cold air is wedged from the zone to have a period of the mixed precipitation. we don't think it is heavy but the temperatures are at or below freezing a good portion of the day, icy sidewalks. as we get in the afternoon and the everything we will take a break.

of freezing rain after that for a while to sunday. friday is dry. then the early a.m. and the afternoon hours for saturday. it looks like the wintry mix will make things slick. sunday morning. check out the next ten days. likelihood of a wintery mess. sunday and monday on dr. luther king jr. day, shower on monday and then a warming trend. inauguration day looks great with the sunshine and a few clouds and highs in the upper 50's. our friend meteorologist brian van de graaff was busy this morning at ludlow taylor elementary school. he was there visiting the second graders and showing us the cool stuff we do in weather center and how we forecast the weather. he showed a video, behind-the-scenes look at what we do i

show a storm track 7. highly educational meteorologistical video. the kids at taylor elementary school had a great time and brian did, too. alison: brian is a kid. that is why. a big kid. doug: pretty much. big kid. larry: by the way, good job with the kid cam. steady hands! a future there. doug: worked out well. alison: thank you, doug. larry: awesome. thank you. well, a staple of summer will not be back this year. alison: later -- president obama: amazing career in public service. as joe once said a big deal. larry: the surprise the president had for the vice president at the white house an hour ago. >> first, jummy olabanji has a look at what is coming up tomorrow on "good morning washington." jummy: thank you, alison. storm on "good morning washington," inauguration day is exactly one week away. with hundreds of thousands expected to attend, what you need to know about r

heightened security. >> plus, we are live at joint base andrews. see how the air force is getting ready for the big event. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow at 4:25 on "good morning washington."

larry: a developing story out of alexandria tonight where a neighborhood institution may be gone for

posted on the shop web page it will not reopen after the winter hiatus. the frozen custard shop had been in business for 17 years. the owner hopes to sell the name, trademark and equipment to someone else. alison: hope it stays open. d.c. councilmember jack evans at the washington convention center for this, the opening of the new can compass coffee shop. the opening of the shop is part of a made in d.c. movement aimed to support homegrown businesses. compass coffee will replace starbucks there. the shop at least,ing as the main cafe in the front lobby of the center. larry: for the first time in history the state department pulled accreditation from adoption agency. see how it is leaving families in the lurch. alison: but first -- >> we feel responsibility for the safety of the passengers. alison: metro responds to claim it wasn't at fault for

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metro sued fire department saying they were not firefighters. >> we don't train our people to be firefightings or emergency metro people. larry: one reason they started the safetrack push last year was to push the kind of problems that led to the death. today we learn when the next surge will start. transportation reporter brianne carter has details. brianne: delay for riders today, singing tackle after possible arcing insulator. >> there is a fire on the track ahead of it. this is a good example. it's unpredictable. brianne: starting february 11, riders will again experience major delays as the metro shuts down the tracks along the blue line between the rosslyn and the pentagon statons. arlington cemetery station will be closed with the shuttle buses from the pentagon. >> we are going to triage mode. >> blue line riders will feel the impact after more

two week shut down as the work shifts blue and the yellow line. around the clock singing tracking between braddock and the huntington station. that surge is more than a month lasting march 4 through frill -- april 9. >> people take them for granted. once they are running okay again people will forget safetrack ever happened. brianne: blue and yellow line riders will continue to see disruptions through april. metro hasn't announced specific dates come this spring green line riders will experience it for the first time. schedule between college park and green belt. the crews will wrap up returning to the red line where the work was done in surge seven. metro says the crews previously worked on one track and will do the same work on the opposite side. >> we have had issues there that need to be addressed. >> safetrack is expected to wrap up june of this year. another change that metro riders some of you may have noticed already the flashing re l

platform of the train approach ing. metro will change them back. you will see the l.e.d. bulbs go in at the stations across the system. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: thanks. sign up for the text alert about metro from abc7 news. text "metro" to 43817. alison: well, tonight, exxon-mobil says it is deciding what it will do next after a judge ordered the company to turn over more than 40 years of climate change research. the company wanted an emergency injunction after the massachusetts attorney general demanded the information as part of an investigation into whether it mislead consumers and investors. exxon-mobil filed a counterclaim in texas saying that this violates the constitutional rights. today the federal government accused fiat chrysler of cheating on emissions with more than 100,000 diesel powered cars a

the software let the vehicles emit more pollution that is allowed under the clean air act. the c.e.o. denies the company did anything wrong. larry: well, loudoun county police say they know the identity of the cement truck driver involved in a hit-and-run with a school bus but they are not sharing the name. it truck a bus carrying students and ket going. two students suffered minor injuries. alison: queen anne county deputy shot escorting a woman home in a domestic dispute is doing better. sorry to say this, redskins fans. the dallas cowboys may have something to do with it. deputy scott hogan tweeted this. that cowboys owner jerry jones sent him a personalized letter and it looks like it came with swag, too. hogan is a cowboys

so he loved it. he said the letter and the gift just made his day. larry: i bet it did. two days after president obama gave his farewell speech in chicago, chance for the vice president to speak today but it came as a surprise to joe biden. jonathan elias is here to explain. jonathan: one of his aides said he was needed down the hall for a meeting. he thought it was a meeting. it started out as a meeting. it turned into reinforcement of the love we have come to expect from the president and vice president. >> folks don't just feel like they know joe the politician. they feel like they know the person. what makes hipping laugh, what he believes. what he cares about, where he came from. every time he speaks he treats us to wisdom from the nuns who taught him in grade school

an old senate colleague but recently cited is kathryn and joseph senior, his mom and dad. no one is better than you. but you are better than nobody. bravery resides in every heart and yours is fierce and clear. when you get knocked down, joe, get up. get up! [laughter] get up! jonathan: it wasn't just him holding out the president out there say goodbye to the friend and the eight years in office. then came the surprise. >> for your faith in your fellow americans, fur your love of country and lifetime of service that will endure through the generations, i would like to ask the military aide to join us

for the final time at president i am pleased to award the highest civilian honor. the presidential medal of freedom. [applause] >> i have never known the president and a few people i can count on one hand with the integrity and the decency and the sense of other people needs. like you do. jonathan: it was a nice moment. one of the funniest parts president obama introduced joe for the award he said using joe biden words himself, "this is yet a big -- pause -- deal." alison:

larry: one of many. i watched it and went to the handkerchief more than one time. jonathan: they were good friends. alison: an epipen alternative. where to get one for a sixth of the skyrocketing cost. >> julie worn in madonna to costumes worn by the village people. find out why music and politics are coming together before the inauguration. i'm ryan hughes with the story straight ahead. alison: new at 6:00, the district vols through on a promise to help homeless veterans and a look at new home mad

steve: we have almost made it through the work and the school week. weekend looking forward to that. but wintry weather on the way.

warmth. not so much the case for weekend. 34 for a high on saturday. light snow. wintery mix. clear thing out on sunday around 40 degrees. a lot of folks have the day off for man tin luther king jr. day on monday. temperatures in the lower 40's. look at the nice warmup on the way moving toward the middle next week. highs in the upper 50's to lower to middle 20's. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

alison: "7 on your side" in health matters and word that c.v.s. has developed alternative to the epipen at one-sixth of the cost. you might remember the outrage last year after the allergy medication skyrocketed in price. mylan prices went up 400% since 2009. well c.v.s. says the version will cost $110. rather than the $600

brand name. larry: well, that news comes at one of the nation's largest insurance companies says it will not cover the cost of the epipens any longer. cigna says from now on it will only cover the generic version that was launched last month. alison: and the c.d.c. says virginia is experiencing widespread flu cases and classifies the flu activity as regional in maryland and local in washington. it's rising nationwide. if you have not gotten a flu shot yet you should still get one now. >> the flu shot is extremely effective in preventing or reducing the severity of influenza and can be life saving. alison: the c.d.c. says so far this flu season only 37% of the children received the flu vaccine. they say it prevented 3,000 deaths last flu season. larry: coming up, add a new offensive coordina

list. find out what team snagged him this afternoon. >> historic move by the u.s. state department means heartache for hundreds of families trying to adopt overseas. i'm scott taylor. up next, i-team investigation in the suspension of a

larry: local families are in the middle of a major adoption controversy. scott taylor uncovered historic move by the state department to suspend the license of the adoption agency that unites hundreds of parents with children overseas in an exclusive i-team investigation. scott: the ateam learned they have pulled consultants in strongsville, ohio, that arranges adoption for u.s. families all over the world. "7 on your side" is aware of multiple families that now have overseas adoptions up in the air. e.a.c.'s three-year suspension is a first for the state department. >> the whole action we took was unusual and unprecedented. this is the first tame in history the state department debarred an adoption service provadeer for any period of time. scott: investigators found 18 different type of viola

claiming e.a.c. fraudulently obtained birth parents' consent, solicited bribes and offered consideration for birth parents to reinduce them to release the children. several families in the u.s. traveled to different countries last month and had no idea there could be potential problems with the e.a.c. adoption until after they arrived overseas. the families not willing to talk us on camera in fear if they do, they will never be able to adopt their child. e.a.c. will not return our phone calls but told families on website the e.a.c. staff is heartbroken over the events. despite the fact we disagree with many if not most of the statement and are considering the option of appeal. we still have to make plans of transfer of all cases. most of the adoptions are on hold. but state department officials say progress is being made. >> china recently allowed four families who were e.a.c. cu

families are on their way home or are home with the children. >> some of the families again claim they have been told if they talk to the media the adoption will be canceled. the state department heard the same allegations and they are investigating to try to get to bottom of the claims if they're true or not. alison: the losers are the children. scott: yeah. the families met the kids. they spent $30,000 to $40,000 to travel back and forth and the losers are the home. larry: they are waiting to wait for the moment to bring the children home. scott: a nightmare. alison: keep us posted. scott: i will. alison: thanks. how about this. speaking of children, this woman throughout her life has had two 7-pound baby byes and an 11-pound baby. she lives in louisiana. but the fourth child is the big birth weight winner. her new son named loyalty, there he is, weighed in at a

ounce. he was big! not even mom could believe it. throughout her pregnancy she didn't believe doctors when they told sher she was only carrying one child. she thought it was twins. but when loyalty popped out even her husband was this shock. >> like right when the doctor was taking him out my husband, his mouth literally dropped. that is a big baby! he acts like the incredible hulk when he doesn't get what he wants. he does not like to be wet. he wants to opiate as soon as he gets hungry. alison: 1-month-old now he is a perfectly healthy 15 pounds. he is already two feet long! larry: wow! alison: are the football teams calling him yet? redskins maybe. larry: lsu is probably already the coach stopping by, hey, here is swag for you. keep in touch. alison: i can't wait to see him when he's 15 years

larry: when he's 10! 6'8", 300. wow! catch your break on that one. erik smith has traffic watch. hey, erik. erik: thank you very much. a very busy thursday out there again. looking at the beltway in maryland at ripper road just below the 270 spur. it's heavy for both directions. outer loop on the near side of the screen. this will continue on the other side of the legion bridge at the george washington parkway for both directions. inner loop, heading to virginia. that is messy either way you go. also on the outer loop past tysons is slow to gallows road. and also looking at 395. northbound on the 14th street bridge. right now, the traffic is barely moving. heading to the freeway where the westbound side of the southeast/southwest freeway is tough here at the third street tunnel. 395 southbound past duke is still heavy. you see it on the far side of the screen. off the pentagon. expect those

solid for now. 66 westbound off the beltway is slow. to centreville at 28. you can see the delays continue the entire way through. so not much letting up at this point. that is all from the traffic center for now. doug, back to you. doug: thank you. early spring day going home here. upper 60's to around 70. 70 in quantico. 66 in gaithersburg, college park. 69 through joint base andrews. through the evening hours we are partly cloudy and stay warm for this time of the year. settling to 60 later tonight. overnight we get cooler as the cold front will head our way. most of the rain dries up with the cold front. once it goes through and goes south to set up over south side, virginia, saturday. cold air pours in as the moisture thrown northward from a low pressure area that goes by. we have a setup for a wintry mess on the day on saturday. tomorrow looks good. we start would have the temperatures in the 50's. then the temperatures will fall in the day. it will be breezy out of the

north. fair amount of sunshine. clouds roll in ahead of combination of the things i describe with a front and the low pressure south and the cold air over canada pouring in from the north. we have areas of snow, freezing rain and sleet and rain. as a result, the high potential of adverse effects around the area all day saturday to saturday night. we will warm up to near 40 on sunday. any precipitation will be rain and maybe shower on martin luther king day on monday. tuesday, warmup anew. look at wednesday and thursday. the outlook for inauguration day and the weekend after temperatures in the upper 50's with partly cloudy skies. it is sports time. erin? erin: thank you, doug. we have breaking news. the ram announced two hours ago that redskins offensive coordinator sean mcveigh will be the new head coach. he becomes the youngest head coach in nfl history. he turned 31 on january 24. he led the redskins to the third best offense in the

offensive coordinator. now the redskins need to find a defensive and an offensive coordinator. it will be a busy off-season for them. this week's team player is a guard from sidwell friends committed to penn where he will attend the wharton school of busy. but he recently suffered a serious injury and now he has to miss his senior season. >> i jumped to catch a pass. when i came down my knee buckled. erin: out for the season. word sidwell friends senior did not want to hear. >> i was at home. i live ten minutes away. i got a phone call in the middle of practice. i knew it wasn't good. >> you start to be prayerful. anytime you see a noncontact injury you are nervous. e. he -- erin: he is a 65al guard committed to -- 6'5 fattah guard committed to play at pep next year but he has to cheer the team from sideline after he tore his a

christmas. you heard it was a torn a.c.l. went through through your mind? >> devastating. at first i was in disbelief. >> i said just like everything else, cry for 20 minutes, add it to the chip on the shoulder and let's get back to work. >> there is a silver lining. grateful to be headed to an ivy league school on a full ride. >> this is all about education. >> i feel like it's the best fit. i went to visit and i fell in love. basketball situation i felt fits my game and the way i play. erin: he will undergo knee surgery tomorrow. so we wish him a speedy recovery. alison: definitely. larry: great future ahead for him. erin: especially at penn. larry: thanks. okay. the newseum

alison: we are following breaking news out of falls church where police tell us a gunshot went right in a

daycare. larry: ryan hughes just got to the scene. what the you tell us? ryan: it's frightening to think about. the bullet flew in the building with young adults and children in the daycare. this happened behind us in the skyline square center. the daycare bright horizons in the 5200 block of leesburg pike in bailey's crossroads. we are told that eight 3-year-olds and two adults were inside at the time of the shooting. police say that the adults called them around 2:30 in the afternoon saying that something was thrown into the window. but at that time, they weren't sure what it was. police got here, they found the bullet. they took everyone outside of the daycare. in the video, you can see the bullet hole on the second floor. at this time, police say they have no reason to believe that the daycare was targeted but this is a popular area. likely someone heard the shot

with information to come forward. they are scanning surveillance cameras to get a better idea about what happened. we saw the parents coming in to pick up the kids a short minute ago but the daycare was opened hours after the shooting happened. a single shot fired in the daycare. eight children, eight 3-year-old and two adults were inside. but the good news is no one was injured. but police are trying to figure out who fired the shot. they are asking with anyone to give them a call. that is latest. ryan hughes, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". but right now at 6:00 -- another investigation in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. but this time the spotlight is shining on the f.b.i. plus, an unspeakable tragedy in the

staffer. >> sadly, six of her nine children perished. alison: the quick action and the fire that may have saferred two children's lives. vase president joe biden reduced to tears by the president. surprise of a lifetime with a week left in office. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> only facts matter. the f.b.i. found them here in an entirely apolitical and professional way. jonathan: that statement by f.b.i. director james comey six months ago will now be put to the test because the today the inspector general for the department of justice said he will investigate the actions of his department and the f.b.i. in the months leading up to the presidential election. it was in jewel that comey cleared hillary clinton of criminal wrongdoing in the e-mail scandal. but still, he said she mishandled classified documents as secretary of state. comey then announce

investigation would re-examine e-mails before closing the case in the two peeks before the election. the inspector general wants to know whether the f.b.i. policies were followed in this case and in comeys public actions. maureen: that news comes at three more of president-elect donald trump's cabinet nominees face questions on the hill. amy aubert has been following all three hearings today and joins us with the latest on the presidential transition. amy? amy: well, general james mattis, dr. ben carson and congressman mike pompeo were in the hot seat as part of the confirmation hearings. the senate busy on thursday with three more confirmations hearings for president-elect trump's cabinet nominees. >> i see each individual as human cab tall that can -- capital that can be developed to become part of the engine that drives our nation, or if not developed becomes part of the load. amy: dr. ben carson,m in knee for secretary of housing and urban developments says he