this is very last minute. it's organized hours before the event. tweeting out this is a march against hate and big tri. earlier today cair, council on american-islamic relations holding an update based on the ordinaries signed today. the ache listen. >> with theological and religious cautioning imposed on the government agencies by islamphobes many of whom are now in policy makes positions will not make us safer and would instead send a very negative message to muslims that is not welcome in america. >> a surreal sense of is this happening here? is this america? am i in the middle of the nightmare? when you kind of understand that this is reality, it's horrify

amy: for now we're live in northwest, amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: thank you. in the 6:00 a.m. hour of "good morning washington" we showed you when the protesters began climbing a construction crane north of the white house. at 10:00 they unfurled a banner that read "resist." stephen tschida picks up the coverage now live. stephen? stephen: they are still up there. let's get to it. you can see high up above 15th on the towering crane. >> they unfurled a banner that from a distance appeared to hang over the white

>> it's crazy. it's crazy. >> also the weight commenced for the seven activists to descend and face charges. but on the ground, many stop to take photos. to express support for the activists. >> i hope they are safe. i got to think about it. it's put a big smile on my face. >> two of the activists handcuffed themselves to the stairs to block the wa

the police officers at the ready to apprehend the activists. they will be arrested and they could face a slew of charges. but at this time, the disruption continuing in downtown d.c. reporting live. stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: let us know what happens. thank you. they come after the media blockout at the environmental protection agency. in ten minutes the trump administration mandated all scientist studies out of the e.p.a. must undergo a review by the political staff before they can be released to the public. a fresh look at the public affairs and the communication processes is common practice for any new

a short pause in activities allow for the assessment. today the twitter account for several national parks sent messages related to climate change. this comes one day after three tweets by the badland national park account about climate change were deleted. they appeared to be at odds with the trump administration. for example, the redwood national and the state park account sent this, asking if the people know that redwood grows are the number one carbon sink acre per acre in nature so more red woods mean less climate change. the national park service is not commenting on the posts tonight. larry: the president believes millions of undocumented immigrants vote and that is why he lost the popular vote. while there is no proof that is true, the president is pushing for an investigation. terry mcauliffe called the president's assertion insane. >> he is delegitimizing his presidency. he is delegitimizing h

no evidence or facts. no voter fraud. >> an investigation would look into those registered to vote in more than one state. tonight there are reports that one steven mnuchin is registered in two states and until recently stephen bannon was as well. >> you have people registered in two states. they are steger inned in new york and new jersey. they vote twice. there are millions of votes in my opinion. now i'm going to do an investigation. >> you are now president of the united states. when you say -- >> of course. i want the voting process to be legitimate. >> but what i'm asking, when you say in your opinion millions of illegal

that is something extremely fundamental to the democracy, fair and free election. you say you will launch an investigation into this. >> sure. done. >> what you have presented so far has been debunked, call false. >> look at the pew report. >> i call it would author of the pew report last night and they told me there was no evidence of voter fraud. >> why did he write the report? >> he said no evidence of voter fraud. >> then why did he write the report? larry: see that at 6:30 and then in a special at 10:00. wall street closing today in record fashion. [applause] >> for the first time the dow closing above 20,000 points. it's been two months since the dow crossed 19,000. also today the s&p finished under 3,000 and the nasdaq was up 55 points. alison: well, also up today the

stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a check on the forecast. what a day! doug: spectacular. cloudless from sunrise through sunset in a few minutes. beautiful sunshine. warm temperatures. in fact the temperatures we are enjoying around the area right now are the temperatures we get on the average toward the end of march. two months from now. i hope you are enjoying it. 61 at luray. 5 in petersburg. 61 in leesburg. we head through the erg. we will keep our clear skies longer but there is increasing cloudiness as a cold front approaches. overnight showers. temperatures in the upper 50's. we expect to see sunrise or shortly thereafter.

>> she helped revolutionize how women for portrayed on tv. mary tyler moore tied today at 80. we leak back at heifer remarkable -- look back at her remarkable life and career. >> mary tyler moore. the name just rolled off the tongue. connected with tv for more of the 1970's the country spent saturday tuned in the "mary tyler moore show" watching the sweetheart mary in a fictional minneapolis tv newsroom. >> i am the associate producer on the show. >> it's her career defining role and for a generation it symbolizes a cultural shift. unmarried 30ish woman in the workplace. born december 29, 1936, brooklyn,, new york. her family

when she was 8 and she was in her teens when she got her first break in a commercial that rain in the "ozzie and harriet show." in 1961 she landed the first starring role with the "dick van dyke show" and she played laura, the wife of the comedy writer rob. laura dressed in capri pants in a time when tv housewives sported skirts and aprons. the show ran five seasons and made mary tyler moore a household name. as her career took off, her first marriage to richard meeker crumbled. they divorced in 1961. a year later she married the television executive and they produced several successful tv shows "hill street blues" "the bob newheart show" and "rhoda" and the "mary tyler moore show." seven seasons, 29 semis and three golden globes later the

moore found it difficult to shed mary richards from her image. so the tv comedian turned to broadway earning a tony for "whose life is it anyway." she shined on the big screen. in 1980, she gave an oscar nominated performance in "ordinary people." which depicted a family dealing with tragedy. a type i diabetic, she devoted much of her later years to advocacy and became chairman of the juvenile diabetes research foundation and campaigned for stem cell reserge and animal rights. she was a pioneer who opened doors for women even though life wasn't always perfect. mary tyler moore really did make it after all. larry: a fantastic person. hearing earlier her son died of an accidental gunshot wound. around the same time she got

she got into alcoholism. we saw her battles played out in public and she always stood strong. alison: she did so much to bring women in new roles and normalize it and to make it look success. she just got it. she understood how to portray a character and make it real. larry: part of all of our lives. alison: no question. larry: we'll miss her. alison: still to come -- >> we are not going to take this lying down. >> the issue that brought together the prince george's county executive with the entire county delegation today. >> the american people are no longer going to have to be forced to subsidize this disregard for the laws. larry: a bit later, reaction to the plan to strip sanctuary-cities of federal funding. alison: you remember when rusty the red panda made a great escape from the national zoo to adam morgan? find out where the search is on now

that skipped out of the zoo. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner where a fingerprint analyst is retiring after 40 years. coming up, she will show us how computer science helped

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alison: new developments tonight -- larry: a shooting at a school bus stop. the suspect in the shooting roland simms turned himself in. he shot a woman at a bus stop in front of a dozen children. the victim is treated at the hospital. they believe it's a domestic dispute. alison: they have denied a motion by lloyd lee welch's attorneys ahead of a trial in april. 12-year-old sheila lyon and 10-year-old katherine lyon disappeared in 1975 from montgomery county. they were last seen walking to a mall in wheaton. the bodies were never found. larry: in her 40-year career, she worked on the lyons case. but now the fingerprint analysis is calling at it career. cheryl conner spoke to woman who started with the f.b.i. when she was 17

she is spending her days sharing the memory as a fingerprint analysis. >> they gave her a test. >> gave her a five-word spelling test. i said i got the job because i knew how to spell grammar. >> she was trained to spot fingerprints to solve crimes. that was 40 years ago. >> you used to have a printout and you'd have to take it to the file cabinet and pull every one from the file. >> she earned a degree at prince george's community college where her husband of 35 years was her instructor. she has been making matches ever since including the case that connected lloyd lee welch to the lyon sisters that went missing in 1975. >> i was asked

comparison from stuff taken at the time. >> but she relies on a microscope. once the computer helps identify the suspect, she checks the prints before heading to court. from the office she says she has made a difference. >> try to keep people from being falsely accused. but also to find the right person. >> so what is next? alison: toe's weather we knew we'd look forward to it. this is great. doug: tomorrow through noon and 1:00 it will get back up in the 50's. drop to 48 or 49.

of winter by friday. >> which it is. doug it is! let's get started. we have plenty of sunshine. you are looking live in alexandria. there is haze on the horizon. it may be a little of the leading edge of the cloudiness associated with approaching cold front headed this way but it's delightful if you have plans outside through evening. 57. that is the current reading at reagan national airport. southerly winds at 7 miles per hour. the temperatures are delightful. check this out. it's 64 in culpeper now. 36 in fredericksburg. 61 in frederick and leesburg. 47 in annapolis. the winds are out of the southeast coming across the bay. and the severn river where the water is 40 crees. it's colder there. but everybody else is pleasant and pleasant it shall remain. 57 in the city. at 7:00. slow drop but it won't drop much more.

what happens with the cold fronts often. we will depict blue line with the triangle on it. the temperatures don't drop off immediately behind the front. the front is wide. it's mild. it will take until early afternoon before the colder air starts or the come in. when it comes in, you will feel it. you will notice the difference. out west, lower 40's for the low temperatures. those are higher hand the daytime highs. in the metro area, we will do better. mid-to-upper 40's across the region from damascus to prince george's county. the skies will start to clear. we get fair amount of sunshine. gusty breezes developing. temperatures around 2:00 in the afternoon in the 50's in the metro area. they will be falling out west. the gusty winds and the cold

by tomorrow evening. we'll be chilly. 48 in the morning. 55 by midday. 53. dropping a bit. gusty winds make it feel colder. thursday night to friday morning it will feel like 30 degrees in the city. and 20's everywhere else. that is the story. enjoy the weather. looking ahead to the day on friday. 43. 40 on sunday. as we go through sunday night and monday morning. there are some indications on some computer modellals guidance. disturbance could cause on the monday morning a few now is flurries with snowshowers. we turn cooler on thursday and friday. we'll warm up after

larry: looking for the perfect way to say i love you? alison: the unconventional way with a his. >> we believe there is a connection to the deviant behavior. residents on edge in prince william's county after another home and car end up with bullet holes. alison: but first a look at what is coming up on abc7 including the interview, david muir's interview with president trump at 10:00. now kidd o'shea with a look at what is coming up tomorrow on "good morning washington." kidd: thank you, alison. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the question i ask that made the "scandal" stars react like this -- [laughter]

>> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning at 4:25 on "good morning

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's. they spoke to the residents on edge. early on had doc roads the sound filled the air. he heard five or six shots. slow then fast. >> she rushed to protect her children. >> i went to the other room. i was scared. >> for the first time this year, prince william county police were responding to a call of the shots fired in a home in woodbridge. the officer says that

populated area that police get report of guns stolen from homes or cars. >> we made arrests. none of them are connected. it's just random situation. >> this man did not want to reveal his identity says the cases may be random but not unexpected. >> they hope that it's safer and quieter in 2017. >> this was taken before the hazmat team entered the warehouse this afternoon. a fire started in the drug vault causing explosion in the building. no one was hurt but in the blast it could be a possible has math situation.

>> a sanctuary-cities slowdown and millions could be at stake. >> new develop in the the frantic search for a missing mother and the two children in virginia. >> in months this will come down to make way for a hospital. tonight there are concerns about the health of fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can deliver internet speeds differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half the headroom, half a hallway, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, the only 100% fiber optic network

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larry: prince george's county lawmakers say plan for a new hospital are in critical condition but they are not giving up without a fight. maryland bureau chief brad bell is a look for today's push of funding. brad: this is a shopping center where the caps arena used to be and it will be torn down to make way for the prince george's regional hospital center. the project will be built. but as you said, tonight there are concerns about funding and competition.

follow the law. put the money back in. stop playing shell game with people's lives. brad: a spokesperson says hogan fully supporting the hospital but says the cuts were discussed with the hospital officials adding of baker, "the hospital is far too important to people of prince george's county to be a pawn in someone's political game." baker fired back. >> those are alternative facts. in some other world. >> hospital officials told abc7 the for's staff simply told them cuts were coming. they do hurt. >> without the stallers, we are just at a sustaining level opposed to what we are trying to do, build the clinical program. >> so that is the money issue. i mentioned the competition. one of the other things they are concerned about now is the fact that the anne arundel medical center 12 miles from here seems to be nearing approval for cardiac care center. they plan to have a cardiac care c

that would be too much competition. the battles are still being waged. >> repealing the affordable care act could cost d.c. $1 billion per year for the decade. congress yet to reduce replacement for obamacare if the law is repealed. larry: under the affordable care act the insurance companies cover cost of birth control for most women. since the election, there is 20% increase in women getting long-term i.u.d. birth control implants. >> you are getting i.u.d. because of trump. >>

outlast trump for the first, his first term. alison: another battle is over illegal immigrants ands the cities working to protect them. richard reeve live in langely park with reaction to the call to stop funding sanctuary-citiess. rich? richard: this is a real test of wills between the sanctuary cities and white house. more on that in a moment. first, we want to introduce you to a college campus that in itself may become a sanctuary. >> sanction ware cities. now part of the nation's fabric. >> the student government association want to keep the students check by campus police from being report

>> for some reason they have to run your license or look you up in the system and it says undocumented they won't report you to i.c.e. >> the administration says it supports all students but some don't like the idea. >> i believe you should be here legally. if we're all here paying taxes and contributing to the well-being of the country, they should be part of that, too. >> just today, president trump signed an executive order, stripping sink -- sanctuary jurisdictions of federal dollars. they don't always label it as a sanctuary. >> it's not our police officer and jails department to round people up. >> i am undocumented mother and my daughter is u.s. citizen. >> she has been illegal in the u.s. for 12 years after leaving mexico, the fear of deportation and family separation is enormous. >> i feel very worried. we don't kn

proceed. however, fear will not paralyze us. >> now if the white house does indeed find prince george's county is a safe cities jurisdiction. they could use 140 million in federal funding. county officials here they are on solid legal ground. if they have to, they will take the fight to court. in langley park, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: breaking news out of northeast washington where police are investigating a shooting near the minnesota avenue metro station. sam ford is there for us now. what can you tell us so far? >> larry, you have got the police on the scene here at minnesota avenue metro station over there. you have police across the street. you see the yellow tape. >> according to the d.c. police, two juveniles were shot here. at

a juvenile shot. at 4:20, they have another call. i have the a.n.c. commission earl here from this neighborhood. you know what is going on in your neighborhood. what happened here? >> so as i understand, we had two young people shot this afternoon. it is really a tragedy that we have officers that are out here staffing the police station every day after school lets out. for something like this to happen, we have officers here -- >> what do you understand happened? >> i understand what happened the young men were shot. the two individuals were shot. i am not 100% sure if they have a suspect in custody. as of yet. but from what i understand, they are questioning folk. trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> you think shooters were juveniles as well? >> from what i understand they were juveniles also. >> thank you, that

commissioner here. the scene here for a while. two people shot and they were saying they were conscious and breathing when they left. so it does not seem like it's at this point critical situation. reporting live from the northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you for that update. now another update. this one to the story of a missing mother and the two kids from virginia beach. 29-year-old monica lamping, her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were found safe today. all police is saying they were found in a state bordering virginia. monica last heard from saturday night before going on a blind date. sunday morning a fire broke out at the house. but no one was home at that time. larry: still ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- another search in the full swing in virginia to try to bring back a rogue panda. to where it belongs. >> from the vent lang

i'm kellye lynn in fairfax county. i'll tell you how the future firefighters are getting the training they need in high school. that story is coming up in the spotlight on education. >> two big firsts on this date in history. in 1915, alexander graham bell made the first transcontinental phone call from new york to san francisco. then in 1959 the first transcontinental flight complet

alison: we are back with a lookout in from norfolk, virginia, where the zoo is trying to find a y

panda named sunny. last seen in the habitat monday night. officials are hoping that the 19-month-old is still in the zoo somewhere in norfolk they don't know. you can't hear that story without thinking of rusty. rusty the red panda who escaped from the national zoo here in d.c. this happened in 2013. well rusty made it to adams morgan to check out the night life before he was caught. rusty lives at the smithsonian conservation biology institute in front royal. the entire habitat has been rebuilt for security. larry: every time i hear the stories i think of requested madagascar." they are on metro somewhere. rolling around. alison: the red pandas are sneaky. larry: ask the penguins. they will know. if you have seen the movie. cute addition to the smithsonian national zoo.

the animal is doing well and bonding with mom. at 33 years old, kara is the oldest gray seal to give birth in a zoo. yesterday the pup weighed 37 pounds. alison: look at that face. adorable. larry: i love that. the bronx zoo has a way to creep out the valentine. alison: if that is what you are going for. it can name a madagascar, speaking of that, hissing cockroaches in honor of someone for valentine's day. the zoo started in 2011 to raise money for the wildlife conservation society. so for just $10, you can have a certificate e-mailed to someone telling them an insect from the world's largest roach species has been named after them. larry: after all, what says i love you like -- alison: you better have dinner reservations, roses, something else. larry: something, that's right. alison: unique. larry: that's an idea. still

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>> all of this is at the investigative "7 on your side" team. we are "7 on your side" call for action. >> for someone to get a call from "7 on your side" call for action, that carries weight. >> absolutely. if you want help reach out to the team at wjla.com/call for action. or 301-652-help. our volunteers are especially and specifically trained to resolve consumer issues. back to you. larry: all right. thanks. time for a check of the roads. jamie sullivan is on the traffic watch jamie: earlier we had sun glare. never a bad things. sometimes it is but today it wasn't. we enjoy it. we are not seeing major crashes.

doug, this didn't feel like a january day today. >> no. the temperatures are close to 60 in many spots. we are coming up to 5:50. light on the western horizon. the daylight hours are stronger. clear skies for longer and the clouds will move in tonight and we have the showers overnight in the upper 40's. mild night. the cold front is not impressive. guster winds and temperatures behind it. most of the rain should be out of here by early in the morning. look at the extended outlook partly sunny through the day tomorrow. early shower presun rise. we hit 55 midday. it will drop in the afternoon. breezy. sunny on friday. highs of 40 on sunday night

monday is the coldest day of the stretch. but through the rest of the week is beautiful an seasonal with sunshine. alison: thank you. the voice of college football. today brent mussberger is going to retire on espn after being play by play for 40 years. he has called a super bowl, college football championship, final four, masters tournament. just a few major events. the last game will be the gen-georgia men's basketball -- kentucky-georgia's men basketball game january 31. larry: wow! erin: it doesn't seem like the same without him. larry: i watched him on "nfl today" when i was years old. alison: what a career. erin: i know! amazing. alison: what do you have going on? erin: howard university is the only h.b.c.u. with a swimming nd

a lot of pressure on the bison to perform. nick is bringing the best out of 2 swimmers as the head coach. robert burton has more with the coach of the week. >> the bison have the best program in the country. >> we have a unique program. you won't find another division i swim program like us in the world. >> it's the only swim program in the country. >> when i was coming up i was one of the only african-americans on the block.

>> think why one team is first and other is second. >> to see where it is and where it will be in the future is exciting. it gives us pride. >> we'll see what the finish is like. robert: with the coach of the week, robert burton. erin: he is doing great things there. this saturday the bison will try to go undefeated at home, sox they haven't done in quite some time. alison: thank you, erin. still to come, virginia is considering computers instead of a foreign language for graduation.

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alison: students in virginia may soon learn code instead of another language. a bill under consideration in the house of delegates would allow house students in the commonwealth to substitute a computer coding credit for any foreign language credit needed to graduate. proponents of the bill believe it will help the students get jobs and help businesses compete internationally. larry: many children dream of becoming a firefighter when they grow up. in spotlight on education, kellye lynn takes us to fairfax where the future firefighters are graining valuable training in high school. >> it is one of the most dangerous and challenging jobs. >> you are doing what the career firefighters are doing. >> more than a dozen fairfax county 11 and 12th graders learning skills needed to fight fires. >> the training comes through a new course offered by the

system and the fairfax county fire and rescue. >> it covers everything that a firefighter needs to know. learning about the self-contained breathing apparatus. doing search and rescue. we did ladders. >> students train twice a week at the fairfax county fire academy. additional training at the home school. >> it is awesome. great way to see what firefighters do on a daily basis. >> one adjustment is getting comfortable wearing the required gear, all of which wears 70 pounds. >> it's heavy. it is carrying around five kids on your back. it is so heavy. you have to keep focused and keep doing it. >> once the students complete the course work including basic first aid and c.p.r., they can take the firefighting certification exam, bringing them a step closer to a paid job. >> whether they choose to go in the fire service or not, you learn a lot going through fire

skills, respect, integrity and the working hard. kellye lynn, abc7 news. larry: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". maureen: right now at 6:00, trump spends a third straight day with executive orders. one starts the process of building a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. the other strips funding of the so-called sanctuary-cities in a crackdown of immigrants living illegally in the united states. >> we are going to get the bad ones out. the criminals and the drug deals. and the gangs and gang members and the cartel leaders. the day is over when they can stay in the country and wreak havoc. maureen: a third would suspends the refugee progr

travelers from predominantly muslim countries. the prove the president made today drawn the sharp rebukes from the immigration and the muslim advocates alike. amy aubert spoke with those on all sides of the issue as they prepared for protests. amy: a crowd of people gathering near the white house wednesday afternoon. a last minute effort a group says to have voices heard. >> we are putting a stop to it on the day it happened. we are voicing our opinions. and say we are not going to be quiet when our immigrant community is under attack. >> casa teamed up with the refugee advocacy community to kick off the 4:00 rally. >> we want to say we are here to stay. we contribute the country. >> the immigrants love the country. we appreciate more than anyone can imagine. we know what it is like in the other countries. >> earlier in the day another group cair, council on