>> this is a breaking news alert. >> and that breaking news is coming from the white house this noon. just a short time ago, it was announced new sanctions are being imposed in response to iran's recent missile test. president trump tweeted "iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me." stephanie ramos joining us with the latest. >> president trump tweeting this morning how tough his administration is going to be on them and that started today. >> today,

imposing new sanctions. after iran tested a ballistic missile. >> nothing's -- president trump: nothing is off the table. >> the president tweeting iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. iran is not backing down. they admit they conduct admissible test but also say it was not in violation of either united nations resolutions or iran's nuclear deal with world powers. lawmakers are on board with sanction against iran but not for an executive order. >> i would support the idea of new sanctions. >> trump also thanking australian leader for "telling the truth about our very civil conversation that fake news media lied about." the day before, trump was brushing off the controversy that is

restrain. and meeting with his council, the president reacted to the first labor department jobs report of his presidency, an economy he inherited from president obama. in january, the u.s. economy added 227,000 jobs. much more than expected. president trump: great spirit in the country right now. so we're very happy about that. i think that it's going to continue. we're bringing back jobs. >> missing from mr. trump's advisor council was uber's c.e.o. he quit the council after he was criticized for his participation on that white house panel. he says he didn't want his participation to be seen as an endorsement of the dministration. jummy: stephanie, thank you. early this morning on capitol hill, the senate voted to advance the nomination of betsy devos to be president trump's education secretary. the vote passed 52-48 along party lines the

week. the nomination has been controversial since devos was nominated for the job. chuck schumer called her the worst nominee ever. meantime new this noon the controversy over president trump's travel sanctions being taken up in a federal courtroom in alexandria. suzanne kennedy joins us live with what we've learned. >> this hearing just wrapped up a short time ago. the lawsuit was filed against the u.s. government by two yemeni brothers denied access through duluth airport as well as a woman who was trying to enter the country from that same plane on a fiance visa. the brother's issue has been settled. but the bigger issue here was brought to the attention by attorney general who said the commonwealth of virginia wanted to join this lawsuit in order to protect residents of the commonwealth of virginia. people

visas as well as students. the judge about an hour ruled that the state could join this lawsuit. we we're going to hear from the attorney general about his reaction to it as we'll hear from one of the lawyers who was representing the fiance who is not allowed to enter the country. >> i am really pleased that the judge recognize that real harm was happening in virginia to virginia residents, to our colleges and universities and to businesses in virginia. >> thankfully, the commonwealth of virginia is now in the case. when my client returned as the government has offered to be, then we'll be out of the case. but there is a continued interest to get judges to determine whether or not this issue, this is order is constitutional. >> we also heard testimony in court today that in the days following this travel ban, this executive

place 100,000 visas were revoked. the judge who presided over the 9/11 cases spoke out in court today saying that she has never had so much public outpouring hearing from people in the community about something as she has heard from this case she want says this order touched somethings in the united states that she has never seen before. she says this order was issued so quickly not all the thought that should have gone into it went into it. these issues will be brought up t a hearing next friday. back to you. jummy: thank you, suzanne. a judge in montgomery county dismissed first lady melania trump's libel lawsuit against britain's "daily mail" newspaper over an article that said she had worked as an escort. however, the legal battle far from over with this one. -- judge ruled that troum trump should have filed in

that lawsuit will be allowed to move forward in rockville. developing at this hour, a recycling center fire that's blanketing part of fairfax county with thick smoke. firefighters have been working since last night to put out this fire but the situation could continue throughout the weekend. q? >> let me go ahead and show viewers exactly what we're talking about. here us a live look at the recycling plant lorton. this is where the majority of the trash that's picked up by public works in this county is taken to be processed and incinerated to turn into energy. last night, the incinerator caught fire and we have some video to prove it for you. you will see the flames and the smoke and all the firefighters who were out here. according to the fire department, when the first crew of first responders showed

here, they saw how massive this fire was and they called in reinforcements. this was two-alarm fire. there were more than 707 fighter's out here working on this blaze. good news is no one was hurt no. firefighters or employee who is were here working at the time. the fire department tells me that people in the area need to get used to seeing all the smoke billowing from the building. >> that's the message to the community is multiple day operation, probably smoke around for several more days. we will continue to suppress the fire. it's going to take time. q: when it comes to a cause, this is still up in the air. they don't know. they're investigating. when it comes to where this started, it started on the flipping floor. that's where the trash trucks come over and dump their trash into the huge resep tal. that's where the fire started and then it extended into the rest of the building. as for the smoke, that's the

concern for residents in this area. publishes works tell us it is not a health rick right now but the residents here that i spoke to find that very hard to believe. we will have more on this story of abc 7 news. back to you in the studio. jummy: right now, we want to turn to the weather. how is the weekend shaping up? doug hill is here with a look at the forecast for us. doug: cloudy out there. winds will pick up. so with cold temperatures and winds increasing tonight and tomorrow morning, wind chills will be driven down. also those winds might help disperse some of the smoke in the lorton area. number-wise,ed a midday on friday, 34 in college park. 37 in fredericksburg. 34 in college park. andrews at 36. a cold day. we have settled in for a couple of days of winter temperatures.

another warm-up's coming next week. the story will be temperatures about 40 for a high and dropping through the 30's late this afternoon and this evening. and overnight, we're going to be watching the effects of the dropping temperatures and increasing winds. salt lake and radar show some snow showers across showers. clouds during the afternoon and early evening. the temperatures dropping into the mid 30's and eventually colder than that into the 20's area-wide tomorrow morning. but wind chills going to be in the lower teens by tomorrow morning. big story there. the weekend in the next 10 days in about 10 minutes or so. jummy: developing overseas, security has been stepped up in paris after an attempted terrorist attack outside the louvre. a man rushed a group of soldiers and guard. one of the soldiers shot the man who is now in custody. authorities are investigating

what happened as a terrorist attack. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a young man making national headlines. rescued after his ship sunk. his mother is missing. some are questioning whether it was a tragic accident or foul play. and why ivanka trip is getting the -- trump is getting the

jummy: drama -- dramatic video out of china. a group of homes collapsing killing several people. rescuers trying to pull out survivors there. investigators don't know what led to this collapse. there have been no reports of the extreme weather over repeat days. back here

had to be pulled from their home after it caught fire. john gonzalez in clinton with those details. >> it was 6:30 this morning when a team of sheriff's deputies happen to be driving by in clinton, maryland, headed to work when they spotted this. look to the left of me and i notice the house on fire. a small brick home fully engulfed. the corporal called it in and started helping. >> we did a 360 of the house and noticed that there were some cars in the back and nobody was outside. so my first thought was people were trapped inside. >> a man in his late 30's was found unconscious inside. he was pulled out and minutes later, firefighters found a woman around the same age also unresponsive. >> there appears to be a working smoke alarm. >> the deputy performed cpr before firefighters took over and both were rushed to the hospital. ry continually gave her

at which point gave her the opportunity to breathe. >> russell seemingly knowing exactly what to do. that's because he's also a volunteer firefighter here in the county. >> been in public safety my whole life. automatically, it's to help. it's the willing to help. >> these sheriff's deputies were on busy route five early this morning next who-ha is normally a quiet dead end street. >> right place at the right time. >> the victims are in stable condition. firefighters trying to dwhearm caused the house to go up in flame. jummy: if you plan to use metro this weekend, be aware that six metro stations will be closed on the blue, orange and silver lines. the macpherson square, federal triangle, smithsonian, and capital south stations will also be close both saturday and sunday. lower level platforms at metro center will also be closed.

updates on metro sent right to your phone by signing up at wjla.com/tax. a live look out here at the u.s. capital. you can see the sky out there, a little gray. i wonder if the sun will be making an appearance this weekend. let's get the latest from doug hill. doug: it's not going to be out here but tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. we haven't had many cold snaps this winter. and next week, it will be warm again and later on the week, it will be cold again. let's get started with a look outside. cloudy skies. had them all morning long. skies will remain cloudy all day. conditions in wintergreen, virginia. 2 degrees. a couple of zphours possible but more importantly, right through the weekend, they will be able to keep the snow guns going around the clock to thicken up the base a bit. winter has returned. 40 will be high today.

not much end until we get to the nighttime hours. and the winds will be driven up a bit. it's going make it feel very, very cold. satellite and radar shows clouds in the area. and in the increasingly cold air over head, it is causing a new snow showers to pop up. most of those should stay west to our area. you see flurry in the area, that's about all it's going to wind up being. as far as temperatures tomorrow morning, these are thermometer temperatures, 13 in frost burg. lower 20's of the north and west. it's going to be the coldest morning we've had in some time. metro area temperatures will be cold. 21 in college park. 20 in gaithersburg. and 25 in downtown washington. as far as this pattern goes, the temperatures are one thing but the gusty winds are another. and that's going to drive wind chills into the lower to middle teens around the entire area tomorrowor

you're awake that morning, 16 in leesburg, 19 degrees in fredericksburg. like every other pattern, nothing lasts for long. so 38 tomorrow with the sun. clouds and 45 at least on sunday. maybe a few sprinkles. as with get into next week, look at the numbers. a big 53 on monday. lower 60's by the time we get into wednesday. and then another shot of cold air coming in zheas going to be our story. jummy: all right. well, i'll be looking forward to at least the 60's and upper 50's. we have a seven on yourside consumer alert now. nordstrom cutting ties with ivanka. they will stop selling ivanka's brand of clothes and shoes because of poor sales. some say ivanka sales are slumping due to her father's newfound political career. the decision to drop ivanka's

motivated. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, an abc news exclusive about a mystery at sea. a woman dies on a fishing trip. her son says it was an accident. but some are questioning if it was foul play.

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raised. lindsay janice spoke with him for $20,000. she joins us live -- 20 twentieth. what can we expect to hear tonight? >> it's so fascinating, jummy. if you think this started out as a heartwarming tale of survival. nathan carmen found drifting in the open ocean. he was missing for seven days. his mother has not been found but he has been found. but just as he is arriving at boston harbor getting off the freighter that rescued him, the police have been searching for his home looking at reckless endangerment suggesting he sabotaged the boat. sounded like they were suggesting he killed his mother. the story changed very dramatically. we spoke a person who told police, a boat owner who told police who saulnier than drilling holes in his boat hours before that ill-fated fishing trip. much of the investigation is focused on what nathan did to

intentionally sink it? jummy: what do investigators see as a potential motive for nathan? >> investigators haven't said anything about that. in fact, it's very difficult to find out much about the investigation at all. what we know is that the u.s. attorney in new haven, connecticut, is directing the f.b.i. and the coast guard and they're looking at the incident at sea and the unsolved murder of nathan's grandfather three years ago. but as far as motive, we know that nathan's mother was a very wealthy woman. she inherited some of her father's millions. he was a wealthy real estate developer in new england. and nathan will hitter some. but after meeting him, this was not a person that apparently desires money or likes or values money. he kind of lives on a construction site, a home that he's flipping. so we got to spend quite a bit of time with him and it's a fascinating hour. i hope peopl

jummy: i bet they will. lindsay janice with a preview of "lost at sea." thank you. "fast & furious" 8 drives into movie theaters in april but the eye team discovered a real life renegade race tearing off our roads. they are looking at vehicles speeding a group. they were surrounding a family's car on i-495 in a frightening race game is all caught on video. look at that there. weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds and coming within just inches of cars just like yours. we want to know who is a part of this renegade racing club? here's how you can help. watch abc news at 11:00 after 20 /20. only at 11:00 on abc news. coming up after the break, how one man won super bowl tickets

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jummy: a kansas man may be the envy of football fans across the country. lyle rhonda has won super bowl tickets for life. 37,000 of those gold cans are placed in bud light packs across the country and whoever found them was entered into a sweepstakes for the grand prize. lyle was chosen as wind chill he called it a dream come true.

know. i have never been to a super bowl and i want to go and experience it. jummy: rhonda says even though his vikings are not playing in the big game this year, he is still excited to experience the game. so doug, if you won, would you keep the tickets or give them away, sell them? doug: i would probably give them away to some younger people. jummy: yeah. doug: winter's back for a bit. 40 today. and it will become breezy tonight. tomorrow, sunny and cold. warming up sunday with a few sprinkles. and then the 10-day outlook is so typical of what we've had all week long. temperatures up, temperatures down. substantial rain could come here. but look at the temperatures. 50's and 6. turning older and warmer again by next weekend. jummy: of course. all right, doug, thank you. and thank you for joining us. be sure to watch us for the latest on the forecast at 4:00. have a

>> here at the show, we believe in that old saying: "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." that's why we've invited a few folks who had some tough luck their first time here to come back today and take another shot at the $1 million. it's second chance week on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to second chance week on "who wants to be a millionaire." >> yeah! >> today's second-chance contestant wanted to save all three lifelines, so she took a risk on the $50,000 question. she calls that her $45,000 lesson to ask for help. from new york, new york, please welcome back christina burke. [cheers and applause] >> hi, chris. >> hey, christina. good to see you again. >> oh, hug. [laughs] thank