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is a breaking news alert. michelle: breaking news is out of mcclain where they will be working in the night after finding bodies inside of a house this afternoon. they aren't saying how many bodies were found. brianne carter is live on the scene with the latest. brianne: we are working to get a number of questions answered about what happened here this afternoon at this mcclain home. this is what we know now. fairfax county police tell us they were first called to the home in mcclain after 12:30 this afternoon. after a family member came to the home and no one inside responded. police are calling this a multiple suspicious death investigation but police have declined to comment how many victims play been located in the home. neighbors tell us the family who lives here has lived here for quite some time and keeps to themselves. one neighbor tells us she believes at least one child lives here at the home as well. >> we do not believe that there is a t
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safety. we do not believe this to be a randothe latest update we have gotten from police. they say they expect the investigation to lead them well into the night, we have much more coming up tonight at 5:00. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. get breaking news first on your phone with text alerts from abc7 news. sign up at wjla.com. >> because of all of you and the many thousands who stand with us in marches like this all across the nation, life is winning again. [applause] q: history today as a vice president addressed the march for life for the first time. right now the marchers are wrapping up the time on the steps of the u.s. supreme court. we have team coverage of the annual march marking the high court's roe v. wade decision in 1973.
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carter-conneen at the court. mike: q, we have seen tens of thousands of marchers come through this location outside the court. many of them still gathered here. a very, very large crowd. expecting hundreds of thousands here today with organizers expecting people from across the country. many of them are still here holding their signs, the banners. chanting, marching, singing. many marching bands as well from across the country. a lot of youth groups and young people who have come here for this year's march as well. a very different size crowd than what we saw last year with the blizzard. also seeing crowd of abortion rights protesters here earlier. they have left but they were here earlier. about a hundred of them. many of them engaging and interacting with the antiabortion protesters who greatly outnumber them outside the court. i spoke to many of them why they want to be here
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many feel optimistic about the political situation and the new president in the white house. >> i am hoping with our new president. he will be able to stop abortion and help the country become united and help us to grow as a nation. >> i hope there is a dialogue that allows people to understand many people in this country believe it is wrong to kill children in the womb. >> we are here to counterprotest the march for life. every has the right to an abortion. >> we still see the marchers make the way to the court. many are meeting here for the first time outside the courthouse. the abortion rights groups have left the area at this point. the off
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on going with speakers. we will continue our team coverage at 5:00. michelle: they went down to the national mall to hear the speakers including vice president mike pence. amy aubert picks up the team coverage at that stage near the washington monument. this is where it happened earlier. we are standing next to the stage right now. earlier today we were squeezing through trying to get by and we couldn't get nearly as close. take a look at the video from earlier today. you are looking at the lines of people waiting to get through security ahead of the vice president addresses the crowd. vice president pence was one of the first speakers and told the crowd the president asked him to speak
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first vice president to attend the event and in office the president kept his promise to the american people. they will work to end taxpayers funding of abortion and abortion providers and use the resources toward healthcare services for women across the country. take a listen. vice president pence: today is a celebration of that progress, the progress we have made in this cause. >> i thought it was powerful, uplifting and edifying to the crowd to see someone in such a high power position in the country to come speak at the march. amy: we spoke to many people who tell me this year has a different feeling than years past. we will have more coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00". live in northwest washington, amy aubert, abc7 news. >> thank you. the current administration already signaled its support for antiabortion rig
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the current political climate idt umth sides. is at the pentagon preparing to officially swear in defense secretary james mattis. earlier in the day, the president said that the retired general thoughts on torture techniques like waterboarding will override the commander-in-chief's own belief they should be used again. the commentses came in a news conference with theresa may, the first foreign leader to visit the trump white house. marci gonzalez has a look at the end of the first week of the president's first 100 days coming to a close. >> for thes for time since taking office, trump hosted a foreign leader at the white house meeting with diana demayo to discuss the -- theresa may to discuss foreign policy. >> it's a significant moment for us to build our relationship. marci: trump working on the relationship with another ally saying he talked on the phone wi
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hour a day after enrique peña nieto canceled the trip to washington amid president trump's continued commitment to the campaign promise to build a border wall. >> we had a good call. we will be working on a fair relationship and a new relationship. >> relationships were an ongoing theme as the first news conference as president as he discusses plans to talk for the first time with the russian president vladimir putin by phone saturday. president trump: as far as putin and russia, i don't say good bad or indifferent. i don't know the gentleman. i hope we have a fantastic relationship. marci: also on whether he will reinstate torture. he said he would let malts mattis make the decision. >> i feel it does work. i have been open with us but i am going with the
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now. you may have seen a few flurries and there may be more. doug hill has a check on the forecast. doug? >> yeah. we had the gusty breezes and the peeks of sunshine temperatures are in the lower 40's. a couple thousand feet up. there are a couple showing up on the doppler radar. don't be surprised to see more flurries. that should be that. through the evening we'll see a glimmer of sunshine before sunset. then after sunset the skies start to clear and the temperatures make a fall.
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about the flurry flakes or anything for the weekend. check out the next ten days as well. michelle? michelle: thank you. a teacher at yorktown high school in arlington on administrative leave accused of exboding himself to two miner -- mine nowheres. two a -- minors. two accused him of watching them shower and then followed them around the locker room while exposing himself. he was released on bond but the school officials say he won't return to school. q: new developments to tell you about regarding the man accused of sexually abusing children inside elementary school in prince george's county. deonte carraway is expected to plead guilty to federal charges next week. they are still negotiating the charges. they say he sexually abused children at the elementary school and videotaped so
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them engaging in sex acts. michelle: premrg tricia mccaules vehicle with her body in the trunk. mccauley disappeared christmas day and her body was found two days later in a traffic stop. once we hear what happened in the hearing we will bring it to you. >> will it help traffic congestion? we will explain coming up. michelle: perfect winter day for a polar plunge. the group that went in today
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q: welcome back. we have a new interchange to tell you about. michelle: this a diverging diamond at the intersection with route 15 in haymarket. explain how this works for folks who have never seen this. richard: this is a different interchange. this is a reppingering here. most interchanges you go across like that. this one you curve around like this. this looks weird. you feel like you
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wrong lane but it's much more efficient. look at the area here. you feel again like you are not going the right direction. this has been under construction since fall of 2015. designed to get the traffic safer. they allow cars to make a version in a parallel fashion. the new shape does take getting used to but they think it's more efficient ride. >> there are two points where you will feel like you are crossing to the other side of
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intersection that is safer and processed cars faster. >> you can see right now they have only one of the two bridges open. both directions going over here. this one is closed right now. this entire intersection will be closed down from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. they will open it and the whole thing will be available for folks. coming up at 5:00, what do the drivers think about this in the congested area? michelle: thank you. massachusetts man used a unique defense to try to get out of a speeding ticket. he was caught on radar driving 40 in 40 miles per hour zone. he went to court and asked to make sure it was his car and not a deer r
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the judge did not buy it and the ticket forq: anything but ag 40 miles per hour. speaking of traffic here is jamie sullivan. jamie: there are no deer worth 40 miles per hour. it's worth a dry but it didn't work. at the national mall, 17th avenue. the one thing to know is that pedestrian traffic is something we are going to see. we have red on the freeway. inbound and outbound on 3
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this is the traffic outbound slow. nice pace. the big picture look we have more green through prince george's than red. that tends to happen. fridays are a little bit lighter but in the city so many people are leaving the city because of the march for life. that is a look at traffic. not bad. michelle? michelle: a cold day to take a polar plunge. today it was maryland state police fire and emergency services turned to take a dip. governor hogan paid a visit. if you want to take the plunge head there tomorrow. plungefest runs all day with the polar bear plunge at 1:00 p.m. this year they are trying to break a world record for the largest polar bear dip in 24
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hours. it will be cold. doug, you have done it. doug: once. the water temperature is 39 or 40. the air temperature is that as well. get in and get out. a great cause. we have a couple of flurries around town. interesting. not surprising. it's a quiet weekend. even with the chance of flurries on late sunday. let's get you started. look at the things around the weekend. you can see behind the wheels. breaks of blue. more in the way of the clearing skies toward sunset and afterwards. the winds will diminish. we will see a slow drop in temperatures.
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in garrett county and the section of the west virginia and pennsylvania. there are several inches of snow possible tonight and tomorrow morning. the flurries will go away. brandonville, and morgantown and toward the university there are heavy snowshowers. they will stay in the mountains. the weather advisory stays west. for this evening it's clearing. it's partly cloudy. temperatures drop 25 to 30 degrees. it's as breezy as but not as windy. tomorrow should be fine. temperatures in the lower 40's.
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for a high. heading through the next ten days we.n the snowshowers thenoe january and early february weather by the end of next week. michelle: snow lovers not looking good. doug: we're going to keep working. if we see a slight sign of the storm opportunity we'll let you know. q: thank you. coming up here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the search is on for the person or the people who keep robbing a specific store in maryland. find out what the police say they are stealing next. michelle: but first, a memorial 72 after the lwe just moved into this house and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together.
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michelle: all right. you see it go there. what you are looking at, that is a hotel in peru falling in a river. heavy rains hammered the area eroding the edge of the riverer. everyone was evacuated before it fell. the other homes in the area were flooded. q: 50 years ago today that they died in the apollo 1
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launch pad. they were trapped when the fire broke out in the test. nasa held a memorial in their honor last night. it also recognized all 20 career athletes who died in the space program. then they opened exhibit of the apollo one. michelle: this marks 72 years since troops liberated the concentration camps in poland. they turned out for a solemn memorial service. most of the people jewish died in the concentration camp in world war ii. the holocaust remembrance day. they want people to remember history and learn about the dangers that led to the rise of adolf hitler. q: a wave of nationalist
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across europe in one of the most controversial in the netherlands. scott: i'm scott thuman in theay non-mouse with liberalism but change could be coming. people call you the dutch donald trump. what do you think? >> i'm not trump. there might be similarities of the movement between the people who has discontent of the former or current administration of the united king doll and europe -- kingdom and europe. scott: the similarities go beyond the hairdos, tweets and the call for the closed borders. >> if you don't like civil rights he is not dangerous. >> several companies look
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q: as you can see, tens of thousands of people made their way from the white house national monument to the u.s. supreme court today. and the political climate may be changing for the people who believe in antiabortion who take part in the march for life. cheryl conner is live at the national mall with the story. cheryl: we heard from so many people participating in the march for life it feels different this year. they started here at the washington monument. then we caught up with them along constitution avenue.
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and we heard words like we have hope this year. the march first held in 1974. even the blizzard did not stop them last year. on the other side, the pro abortion group planned parenthood say they are ready to weather a new political storm with donald trump and the announcement for the supreme court nominee next week. >> we have been on the defense for so long against president that was against us. so many people have hop for once. >> if roe v. wade were overturned it won't make abortion services go away. it will make them dangerous and illegal. cheryl: we heard from the people that roe v. wade cut off the conversation with the states and they are
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have itit's cold out there. ofg: typical winter sky out blue. this is the rockville campus. the winds have been something. driving the temperatures to produce the wind chills in the upper 20's. the cloudiness will continue tonight. 38 in potomac and ashburn hill. it's 40 in largo. 41 in the petworth neighborhood of northwest washington. we have a while longer. some of the patches are still up in the clouds but we have had report of surface in the afternoon.
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39ould clear. skies clear out. tomorrow, sunshine in the morning. clouds that will become breezy again, not as breezy as today but chilly with the highs in the lower 40's. this is the polar bear plunge for everybody that signed up for it. tomorrow is chilly but that's why they call it the polar plunge. the temperatures are dropping on monday. quiet weather for the next few days. the next chance is a wintery mix. the temperatures are staying where they should be for the enof january and the beginning of february. q: thank you, doug. now a developing story out of prince george's county where a pharmacy was robbed. one day after three drugstores were robbed. this time was cvs in green
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belt. a man essed in black had a revol everer in his hand. the same man they believe are responsible for the other robberies. michelle: they want to make sure that the teens can get job opportunities in the city. she called on the council to permanently expand the age of barry's youth. it was up to 24. she wants to make it permanent. >> the first year a thousand served. if we get the foot in the door and an opportunity to gain expanse we let them do the rest of the work. work with the rest of the programs to get employed.
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michelle: it offers s weeks of work readiness training. q: the battle is teaming up over the budget. we take a closer look at what it means. brianne: the latest in the metro budget battle. they have to find a way to fill a $300 million gap. the current proposals call for raising fair. there is green light to shift to the capital bucket. >> the first goal is not have fare increases. brianne: for the service cuts he says those could be more
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>> if we don't accept theperson. a ripple effect. >> they call for longer wait times between the trains and elimination of some bus routes in d.c., maryland, virginia. >> if we don't want to do the service cuts. in arlington, brianne carter, abc7 news. q: coming up here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the search for that red panda in virginia, where the zoo thinks he may be next. >> i had to say will i get paid for it or go with my principles and sit here? i'm glad i did. michelle: exactly what this woman stood up for at her office. that ended up changing
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q: back now with a day that revolutionized how we connect with the world. january 7, 2010, apple introduced world to the ipad. since then tablets have become a way of life for plenty of people. including us. michelle: do you wear heels to work? do you think you should haven't to? rebecca shares a story of a woman who said no and ended one a country in her corner. >> you know what i want? >> from a livia pope to claire underwood. "the devil wears prada. " the accessory for powerful woman. the heels. but a woman
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>> she sent home from a knew bee showed up in shoes without a minimum two-in heel. >> he is wearing flat shoes. >> outraged she left and got to work by starting a petition. six months later she was calling on the lawmakers to keep the companies demanding women wear heels at work. professional women sounding off on twitter. posting the pictures in flats. that gained 150,000 signature signatures. now lawmakers are saying the company that fired her broke a law. >> i have a choice will i get paid for a day's work and let go with the principles or stick to it? i'm glad i did. michelle: me, too. there
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inchs? q: that's high. michelle: it's not high but if you are not comfortable with it. q: four. michelle: four is pushing it. all day long. as tall as you. q: from high heels to cleats. this next story. the skills on display in orlando. look at this. the players caught footballs dropped from drones. it may look easy but it wasn't. it's part of the skill competition, something the nfl got rid of at last year's pro bowl. that is cool, right? michelle: yeah. you're right. it does look easy. but i bet it's not. q: forget about it. okay. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" --
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michelle: the first week of president trump's first 100 is a whirlwind and it's just wrapping up at the pentagon. scott thuman at the march for life to explain. scott: a lot going on here in the past ten minutes. bring you up to speed. president trump and vice president pence went to the pentagon and med with james mattis who of course. we from being general to now after the swearing in ceremony being the secretary of defense. the second the executive orders president trump signed in law. the first of these is to rebuild the military. to make it stronger in time of war and peace. then controversial moves we have seen this afternoon, the executive order for extreme
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u.s. we are still waiting for thee h. the first report was seven countries for a been a of re -- ban on refugees. we are checking to see the country's. we examine how controversial the move is. >> a ween in office and the executive orders are stacking up. at the top, among the most controversial, those on immigration and refugee from the muslim majority countries. a siren song for his campaign. >> our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people who believe only in jihad. >> at this moment it makes sense to look at the countries with a lot of terrorist
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activity. >> and others say it shouldn't be a reason for ban. they have to be considered and so do costs. >> studies show for the cost of reselling one refugee in the united states, you can provide safety, security, food, healthcare for 12. so cost of one resettlement you can provide for 12 in the own region. >> this is a disturbing confirmation of the islamicphobic and the un-american policy proposals made in the presidential election campaign. scott: islamic activists and other group critical of president's decision insist vetting was already extreme enough to ensure safety. >> make no mistake suspending refugee resettlement will result in more death.
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people will die in refugee camps. scott: pew research almost half of all refugees admitted to the u.s. in fiscal year 2016, so just under 40,000 are muslim. that would be the largest number on record per public data. so, that would be curbed a bit. we have to examine what is outlining on the new babeerwork and how -- paperwork and how quick the impact will be. >> scott thuman on top of things. thank you. from politics to life. officials at the virginia zoo in norfolk don't think the missing red panda left the zoo. sunny last seen in the penn on sunday. the dogs they have been using to track the scent don't give the indication that the panda left the
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>> 30 volunteers from the community doing what they can to find sunny. michelle: she might be just hiding. or the dogs are in on it. q: it might be too chilly for the zoo this weekend. michelle: but kidd o'shea has entered for the weekend kickoff. kidd: the auto show is the largest show in washington, d.c. with 600 new models from 35 manufacturers. it opens today and runs through the weekend and next weekend at the con investigation center. the keep your winter cold polar bear plunge is powering victories to move the region off foss civil fuels and the clea
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each year, activists, friends and family show a commitment toefekend is one of d.c.'s biggest foodie fundraisers. they are taki newseum. it benefits the local non-profit d.c. kitchen and martha's table to bring together the best record, chef and mixologist for food, philanthropy and the cocktails. this is a two-night event with the sips on saturday and supper on sunday. it's a great event. support if it you can. that is what is happening this weekend. whatever you do, do something to make you happy. i'm "good morning washington's" kidd o'shea. have a great weekend. michelle: china is bringing in the spring season in hot fashion. chinese folk artists performing unique dragon dances to celebrate the spring festival in the southwestern part of the country. they throw molton iron in the air and 30 pete perform a
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if a dragon is flontinue for a . cool. after six and a half inches fell. instead of building a snowman, they built a 20-foot long ten-foot high stegesaurus. last year they built a ten-foot time snowman. steve: that makes me want to say gosh, i wish we had snow around here. the total stands at reagan national airport. .4 is it. not even a half inch. >> i open not complaining. steve: i know. a lot of people like snow. some don't. go out
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it's sunny and cool. satellite and the radar from the stormwatch7. not a lot going on now. just scattered snowshowers. temperatures are around the chilly side. bundle up. lower 40's at reagan national. 43 at quantico. head to andrews at 41 degrees. show you this evening. the forecast. if you have the plans to walk to a restaurant and enjoy outdoors the temperatures are in the upper 30's to 40 degrees. the skies remain partly cloudy. 25 to 32 degrees. tomorrow a chilly day. but not quite as windy. the ten-day outlook.
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let's get a check with jamie sullivan. jamie: d.c. is seeing a lot of volume. this 17th with constitution avenue. a lot of people leave the city from the march for life. we have seen increased pedestrian traffic. of course we had a lot of people in the district today. let's look at the mapping system to show you. in the d.c. area at the third street tunnel is heavy. same on the southeast, southwest freeway. leaving 395. we have the volume as you can see here. trying to exit the city. 295 slowing as well. as i said, the beltway is not too bad. bottom side slowing through alexandria. of course in the northwest corner on the inner loop approaching the 270 spur, the outer loop heavy as well.
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michelle: family and friends said goodbye today to vivian marrow a woman in a wheelchair shot and killed on the way to the store and a fixture in the d.c. community. sam ford with how they are remembering her and the ongoing search for the killer. [singing] sam: at temple of praise church in southeast washington today, they remembered her by her many names. the candy lady. miss vivian. mom. they born 68-year-old vivian marrow on the way to the store in her wheelchair january 16 when surveillance video shows one young man with a gun chased another spraying bullets trying to kill him but shot the grand mother in the head, killing her. the intended target escaped and the killer ran in another direction. marrow's family is in grief. >> i don't want t
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gentlemen. they are both responsible for the situation. >> if there was any other circumstances then it wouldn't hurt so bad. but because of the way she had to lose her life it's not easy for any of us. >> somebody needs to please come out and say something. >> police are still seeking the public's help identifying the killer of the woman who loved the family and friends who loved life. >> as we read today she is the great grand mother of 25. all of whom are asking why. this is a breaking news alert. >> multiple bodies have been found inside of an upscale home. they will only call it suspicious but they say there is no threat to the community. we check in with b
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carter on the scene in a few minutes. alison: but another major watch on washington comes to an ends with tens of thousands of people marching on the supreme court and the capital. michelle: this is the march for life. alison: we look at the effect on the traffic. this year's rally saw something that never happened in 42 previous marches. brianne: right. vice president mike pence took the stage in front of a huge crowd. they were eager to hear him speak. a huge crowd filling the national mall on friday. >> a march for li
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headed to the united e shere tor the babies two don't have a voice, don't get to be born in the wonderful nation we have. >> before the march the clouds packing the area for a rally. vice president pence telling the audience he is humbled to be the first vice president to attend the event. vice president pence: life is winning in america. today is a celebration of that progress. the progress we have made. he went on to say they will work to end funding for abortion and abortion providers and use the resources to the healthcare services for women across the country. >> vice president pence: be sure along with you we will not grow weary or rest until we restore culture of life in america for ourselves and posterity. brianne: this ea
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