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obamacare and immigration. when it comes to immigration a deep line in the sand is drawn. on one side, president trump and the others are mayors of the so-called sanctuary city. maureen: the president vows to cut off federal funding for cities that refuse to arrest or turn over illegal immigrants. >> local leaders are threating to to go to court. >> loud and bilingual. the rift between sanctuary cities and president trump is intensifying. mayors coast to coast vowing to defy an executive order that says comply with the federal laws or watch your federal funds dry up. >> i'm willing to lose every penny to protect the people. >> doubling down today he is damping down. >> i mean the illegal removal of the criminal ale
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will be gone fast. >> in baltimore the county executive wants sanctuary campuses to prevent the police identifying the immigration status of students. >> i am protecting the students. who again came here as children. they are but -- pursuing all the goals we want. >> if you want federal law you follow the law or i'll cut the money off. >> the congressman heading the committee in charge of justice departmenting funding explained to full measure that the mayors are wasting their breath and time. >> if they refuse to change policy, they will owe us a refund of every dollar they received. state of california would have to write taxpayers a check for $1.2 billion. unless they reveal the sanctuary policy and that could be a costly gamble. new york risking $700 million. los angeles $466 million. and
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philadelphia. it appears that law enforcement, medicaid, they wouldn't be affected by the cuts. but it's still unclear how it would work out. on behalf of the mayors who say they and their attorneys are prepared to go to court to fight the executive order. they are digging their heels in. live on capitol hill, scott thuman, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, scott. on another subject protesters say they are prepared to face off with president trump over the access pipeline. jonathan: abbott abortion activists are protesting against planned
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parenthood new headquarters in northeast washington. in the meantime there is a prerally. lisaanna-lysa gayle. a lot of people are showing up for this. anna-lysa: that's for sure. the free march for life rally scheduled to kick off at 7:30. the doors open at 6:30. there is sound check going on. this event is called life is very good. organizedded by the catholic diocese of arlington. evening of prayer leading up to the antiabortion rally for tomorrow. they are expecting 8400 people. the event is sold out. the audience wi
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country, oregon and louisiana. as you know today is president printed at the march for life rally speaking in philadelphia. >> we have a longer vision than the current administration. we want euell young people regardless to who have is in the white house and what is happening we want everyone to have an understanding life is good and we need to protect all life from conception through natural birth. anna-lysa: there is a march in the morning before the young people head to national mall. live from george mason university, anna-lysa gayle, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. there will be a bunch of road closures and if you want a list of roads to avoid go to the website wjla.com.
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maureen: there is a motion to name e.m.s. in the yellow line incident. they cite previous court claims saying the firefighter the not be help liable for edge injuries or death responding to emergency situations. you might recall 80 people on the train and the family of the woman who died filed a lawsuit against the two agencies. today a worker who fell 30 feet down the shaft did not take necessary precautions. a day later two employees were shot. the third rail. there is questions whether the procedures were followed just this week when doors on a yellow line train opened before the train reached platform. >> the statement is his e
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triggered the door. we are looking into the device. we didn't find a defect with the device. jonathan: by changes coming for ben's chili bowl. why the mural is gone. maureen: so many protest in the capitol it's -- capital, is this the new normal? how will law enforcement handle them? doug: the winds are gusty but not as gusty as last hour. 29 miles per hour gust at reagan national coming up we check out the winds, weekend and ten days in nine minutes
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>> there is a lot of changes going on. time to put new faces up there. maureen: go to wjla.com to vote on who you would like to see on the new mural. the popular choices are muhammad ali, dr. martin luther king jr. and the obamas. jonathan: big temperature change coming. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill will have how cold it will get up next. maureen: now here is what they are working on for tomorrow morning's "good morning washington." >> thanks, maureen. tomorrow on "good morning washington." whether you are heading down to join the march for life or trying to get around town. we are live with everything you need to know rally site, the security and detours. >> plus we are laughing our way to the weekend with "blackish." >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow at 4:25 on
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attorney. call 703-236-9220. phone lines close at 6:30 tonight. police in montgomery county are looking for the people who robbed three pharmacies. they began with a c.v.s. on arlington road in bethesda before 3:00 this morning. police tell us a robber showed a gun, assaulted a clerk and took off with a bag of money. a couple hours later the rite aid outside the silver spring metro was hit and a masked gunman robbed c.v.s. on wisconsin avenue in bethesda. they have not confirmed the robberies are connected however the suspect description is similar. jonathan: it was fun of the many protests we saw yesterday. easily the most visibility. you have a white house there and the crane with the banner unfurled that said, "resist." northwest washington, they put the banner up there. the seven people who hung the banner have been arrested. they are facing a judge. sam ford just stepped out of the courtroom. what happened inside?
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sam: nothing yet. this is the arraignment court. the defendants, three women and four men will be coming through but so far we are waiting. the judge, the reporters, the greenpeace supporters are here. waiting for this to happen. it is another sign with entry of president trump d.c. protests are busier than they used to be. trump's election as president, more so since the inauguration, the numerous groups with the various complaints have taken to the d.c. streets. >> it rare commitment of the more d.c. police officers to control the crowds. raised a question
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paying for the jump in protests. >> if the city is reimbursed for the public safety cost. >> should d.c. ask the feds for more money to staff protests? violent protests? >> we have funds we work off of. we have to see where it goes. how much like it has. >> unlike a parade which organizers must pay for the police protection these are called first amendments demonstrations. >> we know a lot of folks are coming to express their rights. work here is supported. we will continue to do something. >> reimbursement is the norm for decades. have they are seeking reimbursement from federal washington. >> so, the defendant here facing charges like illegal entry and others because they went in this construction site. site of the washington post building before others got there. with so
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operate cranes got up there and hung signs. that is a violation. they are facing charges. seven of them. but so far when i popped out of court they had not appeared yet. but they are supposed to appear. i will be going back in there to try to find out what happened. reporting life, sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thanks. let us know. field day for those who like stunts but it might not be welcome in annapolis. it's the nitro circus. the creator travis pastrana is the modern day evel knievel bringing it to the marine academy. but some people in the neighborhood are concerned about the parking and the decibel level.
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game. jonathan: after meeting with the neighbors to hear concerns, moved the start time two hours to 3:00 p.m. agreed to have the volunteers clean up the trash after they were done. maureen: thousands of students took the plunge today to raise money for the special olympics. the cool school plunge at sandy point state park. what a picture. students have 60 area schools jumped in the water. tomorrow law enforcement, fire and military members take their turn. saturday is a big group polar plunge. that might be a misnomer with the temperatures we have had. it couldn't be that cold, could it? [laughter] jonathan: you don't see doug rushing out there toumph in. doug: from the experience one tame doing that, it's cold. a great cause. it's all good. so you ready for a return to normal, average, whatever we call the typical january weather. >> we like the abnormal weather. doug: it's changing as we
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give you an idea of what to expect for several hours and the next ten days. what you see on the screen is a wind advisory. issued this morning. still in effect until 7:00. another 42 minutes or whatever. the winds aren't going to dramatically drop in terms of the 7:00. it means the peak winds are over. we have had wind gusts that were strong in leesburg at 35. but the wind gust in baltimore, washington, d.c., coming down some. it will feel colder because of the winds. overnight the air temperatures are 32 to 38. skies are partly cloudy. the winds feel colder. that is the story tomorrow as well. stormwatch7 future wind chill will show us wind chill late in the low to mid-30's.
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this is not terribly cold for january. we get to the afternoon where wind chills are in the 30's. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. looking ahead beyond tomorrow look to saturday with the partly cloudy. breezy weather, highs of 43. sunday is colder. clouds increase through the day. high near 40. flakes late sunday evening and monday morning a disturbance goes through. don't see a case where it's more than that. i bet some areas don't get a single flake. we go to next week and we will warm up briefly tuesday and wednesday. thursday and friday cool off. no sign of the big storms. just more typical late january/early february temperatures. maureen, >> en than, erin, back to you. jonathan: let's talk act kishes cousins. he is -- kirk cousins, he is so good. erin: they could be playing a dangerous game of tag with
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saying they want him back. cousins spoke today from pro bowl practices near orlando and said if it came down to it, he would play under the franchise tag again next season. no matter what happens with washington his stock is pretty high right now. >> a lot of us go through this. i have a great agent. he has done a phenomenal job for me, he called everything before it happened. i would love to build washington and bring them back to the day of the championships. that is what they are striving for. i would love to be back under right circumstances. erin: in an hour and a half, this year's nba all stars will be officially announced. espn reported wizards guard john wall is expected to be an eastern conference reserve. wall averaging career high 23.1 points per game. that goes with the 10.1 assists. he also has 26
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double-doubles. not too bad. being named reserve means he is voted in by the coaches to make the honor more special. >> you get put in by the coaches, more respect. it means you are in the game plan every night. appreciate everything i do. and how i help the team. trying to be a leader and a star point guard in the league. erin: tiger woods made the return to the pga tour after 500 days away. he paired with justin day and dustin johnson at the farmers insurance open. torrey pines has been good for woods over the years so it is the perfect place to begin what is likely the last phase of all-time career. nationals signed stephen drew to one-year deal. he is the second free agent signing. chris hisey was the first. truck day on monday
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training is around the corner an then opening day. jonathan: why are they hedging on kirk cousins? erin: i don't think they can do anything. they haven't started negotiations. jonathan: thanks. maureen: don't jinx it. doug: breezy tonight with the strongest winds being over. temperatures fall. so the numbers are 32-38 through the overnight period. winds are 10 to 15 with higher gusts. looking ahead from tomorrow to the weekend it will feel like late january. partly cloudy. breezy. 43 tomorrow. 43 on saturday. highs will increase on sunday. high of 40. perhaps a snowshower late monday morning. steve talks about that and colder temperatures at 11:00. jonathan: we have been lucky. maureen: very fortunate. erin: best inner ever. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: see you at 11:00. have a good night.
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