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larry: president trump says he has no doubt the government will win the fight over his travel ban. president trump: we are going to keep our country safe. we are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. we will do something rapidly, having to do with additional security for our country. you will be seeing that sometime next week. in addition, we will continue to go through the court process and ultimately i have no doubt we will win that particular case. alison: also this afternoon, students at seven virginia schools walked to out of their classes. this is to show what the school would look like without immigrant students. richard reeve has the story in ashburn. richard: a walkout involving multiple schools including here at rockridge high school ataburn. >> i personally felt, i have been very, you know, fearful about the future about muslims in general.
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and her mother is from turkey. as a muslim she is concerned about the trump travel ban. >> making sure that we aren't discriminated further. we are not excluded further from coming to america, trying to escape war that they didn't necessarily wage. richard: this is a diverse area. students of race and religion organized the walk-out negotiated with school officials. >> ewant to allow civil engagement but stress there are consequences. >> my family is christian and also republican. richard: carly brooks who also came to the rally says this has been an interesting time for her and her family. >> half my family is conservative. half is liberal. i think they support me in what i believe in and i support what they believe in even if it's not what i believe in. richard: so about 150 students here. they will face a tardy or a skip mark on their records. about a day's
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a lot of passion on social media about all of this. some folks saying that they should stay in school. others supporting the student. a lot of folks are interested in this day. in ashburn, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that, rich. vice president mike pence swearing in tom price as the next health and human services today. the congressman is expected to play a key role in the attempt to dismantle the affordable care act. alison: and today they advanced steven mnuchin nomination to be the next treasury secretary. the full senate is expected to vote on monday. larry: we have keeping an eye on a story after the federal transit authority announced it is withholding money from metro. and brianne carter is live to explain why. brianne: these are the letters, sent to different transit agencies including metro. notifying them of the money being held. it's up
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money that will be withheld now from the latest decision from the f.t.a. money being withheld is a direct result of a lack of creation from a metro safety commission. now we know that the metro safety commission was expected by the f.t.a. to be created by virginia, maryland and d.c. by yesterday, february 9, 2017. they did not meet the deadline. now as a result, we know that this money will be withheld. you may remember in 2015, the f.t.a. took over safety overnight of metro. tonight eight recipients of the federal funds including maryland transit administration, p.r.t.c. commuter bus out of woodbridge and metro will now said to be out of money until the commission is in place. in metro that is $4-$5 million in capital funds. the head of the board jack evans said to us the february deadline was always
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virginia and maryland go back to the general assembly to make decisions. he says withholding muffin from melt met is -- from metro is "stupid." jack: identifying the ripple effect of what they are doing. it not only hurts metro and the construction projects going forward now but the systems that feed into metro. as i understand it, in virginia at least, systems in norfolk and other places that have nothing to do with us will be impacted by this shortfall of money. brianne: is spokesperson says the federal dollars support the capital program that is critical for the safety of train and bus service. we will work closely with the funding jurisdiction to see how best to make up the difference to avoid reducing safety or reliability projects. it is important to know d.c. passed legislation earlier, late last year about this. they have taken it up in the
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legislation is working through both of the states. once it is created and certified it is expected to take some time. it could be several months before any of that money is going back in the transportation authority. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. japanese prime minister shinzo abe and his wife are visiting with president trump. his goal is to forge new relationship with the leader. they visited the tomb of the unknown soldier where he laid a wreath. his wife visited gaudette university. alison: larry hogan has appointed jazz lewis to replace michael vaughn who stepped down last month. the police are back in seat pleasant to try to find anyone who might have a clue to solve a deadly stabbing case.
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brad? brad: yeah, well, this is the scene of the crime. the exxon station. six detective cars, all homicide detectives planning what they will do now. they will get out in the community with this flier. looking for the killer of that man. jamal gregory barnes. one of the big clues is a piece of video they found at a business next door. police want you to look closely at the video. it shows two men. the face of the man and n the gray hood is clear. the other man in the bucket hat is holding a knife in his right hand. police believe they are heading to a killing. the video taken tuesday afternoon at the exxon on central avenue and addison road where 34-year-old jamal barnes was murdered. sources say it's possible that barnes who often panhandled at the gas station somehow angered the men who pulled around the corner in the silver lexus, also caught on camera, parked the car and
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there was a brief fight and barnes was stabbed once in the heart. all of that also caught on camera. they did not show that video. but this is stranger-on-stranger crime, people on the loose willing to kill somebody for something so simple being annoyed by them it seems in the parking lot of a gas station. tonight the fliers are going out in the community. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now we have update to breaking news we brought you at 4:00 today. a shooting in montgomery village. ryan hughes is there with the newest developments. ryan: a frightening scenario. neighbors hearing gunshots and a man shot to death and found in pain
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a very active scene. the call came in around 2:00 this afternoon. the victim we are told was found dead between two vehicles. police say they also found possible witnesses inside a home near the shooting scene. the swat team was called in as a precaution. at least five people have been taken in for questioning. >> we have some people in investigative detention and looking to determine what role if any they have. ryan: another person walked not far from here with a gunshot wound and they are working to determine if it's related. in montgomery village, i'm ryan hughes, back to you in the studio. alison: thank you. we are learning new information now in the case of a virginia tech student accused of killing a 13-year-old girl last january. eisenhower says he he might have had sex with nicole lo
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pregnant. court documents say he met her with a party and he can't remember if they had sex because he blacked out. he is charged with first-degree murder in her death. larry: 7 is on storm watch tonight. >> it's not bad. fairly, it's fluffier than it could be. we could have worse. larry: the storm dumped a foot and a half of snow on new york and new england. plenty of schools canceling classes and more school is expected in the region this weekend. doug: i'm glad she has a good attitude. they will get substantial snow. for us we have cloudy skies. the air is very dry. what we are seeing is a push as the leading edge of the warmer air moves in. we have a couple of spots, baltimore and beyond that we could see flurries. the air is so dry nothing else will reach the ground. this darker area is where there could be a brief area of flurries.
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the temperatures will take a tumble by a degree. the clouds are in and the winds are out of the south. the temperatures are steady throughout the night in the 30's. we still have a big warmup for the weekend. we will talk about that in detail and give you eight more days in the forecast when i see you out there in seven minutes. larry: talk to you then. new developments after the whole foods story in glover park neighborhood was closed. tonight the store on wisconsin avenue is back open. the health department made them close their doors because they were infected with rats and roaches. that is surprising information with customers who found the doors closed earlier today. alison: less than an hour after that store reopened news of trouble at another d.c. grocery store. we have details coming up. larry: first, you might think snow was a culprit in this crash but it wasn't the only factor. >> it breaks my heart. no one should be alone especially in a time like that. alison: then later 7 salutes women picking up that
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larry: police say the driver of this s.u.v. was speeding in a storm. watch this video. it will come up in a moment here. before slamming into a house in new hampshire. look at this impact. it hits the house so hard it actually shifted the home's foundation. alison: goodness. >> five people were in the house but amazingly none of them were hurt. thankful for that. the driver did break a few bones. >> you are by yourself. alison: remember this? this is morgan lakes. clinging to the rocks of the chesapeake bay bridge four years ago after her car was the. that is one of three bridges that they are scared to cross. tonight there is new information about a separatage don't. this one on the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel and it turned deadly. amy aubert has the latest now. amy? amy: the
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coming in just within the hour tonight. the authorities now believe it was driver error that caused a tractor trailer to plunge off the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. let's get to the video to show where it happened. you can see the barriers on the side of the bridge smashed, the waves whipping below. look at the picture. the truck seen in the chesapeake bay. the driver was weaving but through slow-moving traffic and attempted to pass a truck when it happened. he was seen alive standing on the truck's roof as it floated in the water. by the time the u.s. navy helicopter reached chen he was found in the water and unresponse i. we will -- unresponseive. we will bring you the latest as the details come in. at the live desk, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: terrifying. thank you. larry: our roller coaster here we are down and headed back up again. doug: then we come down again and then go up again. alison: no snow
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doug: no. maybe flurries north of here. new england and southern canada will get a wallop tonight. let's start with our weather. we had sunshine earlier. give you a time lapse from the weather bug camera in damascus. in upper montgomery county. 31 degrees. it's cold there. through the morning, the skies cleared out. beautiful and it remained chilly. the clouds rolled back in. the cloudiness increasing just ahead of a one-two system coming through. a warm front, cold front deal over the weekend. the net results for us is warmer temperatures. 31 now in damascus. the other temperatures this hour are holding steady. in the low to mid-30's. 32 in winchester and cumberland. 34 in gaithersburg. 36 in college park. 37 in fredericksburg. the temperatures may drop a degree or two but hold steady through the night with southerly winds and extensive cloud cover. this is the leading edge of the air mass, the double system to the west. it caused
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the clouds that evacuated before it hit the ground. baltimore to pennsylvania, some is hitting the ground. light snow. no real effects. the farther north, more snow. we are waiting for the next system to move in and get better organized. southern section of ontario and quebec. that is the weather story there. we are on the southern side of it. the warmer part of the system. temperatures will climb in the 60's this weekend. early tomorrow, the temperatures low 30's to 30. charleston to leaseberg. charlestown to leesburg. 32 in frederick and urbanna. in the metro area the skies are cloudy. it's 33 in fairfax. 34 in alexandria and 36 in downtown washington in the morning. not much different heading east to the chesapeake bay. through the day tomorrow we may see sunshine at times. fair amount of cloudiness, though. this is the stormwatch7 future cast. we are set at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. according to
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clouds through our area. heavier clouds through the west. a bit of a breeze, 10 miles or so out of the southwest. we will climb to 60's. more clouds move in tomorrow night. as we get into early sunday morning we see a warm front depicted here. we see the snow really cranking up to the north. it will be in the warm air on sunday. it looks like the cold front is not going to come through the area until 3:00 or :00 in the afternoon. we'll hit mid-to-upper 60's here on sunday. this storm system will wind up. as the high pressure comes in from the north and west, it will give us strong winds. many part of the area may be under a wind advisory late sunday night. 62 tomorrow. 67 on sunday. 6 o% chance of showers, especially through the afternoon. compare the highs to the average high of 46 degrees. over the next ten days what can we expect more ups ands downs. take a look. 62 tomorrow. 67 on su
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the front. it will be windy and partly sunny. we will turn cooler. highs in the upper 40's. then we get to valentine's day. isn't that sweet? 53 and sunshine. 47 and cooler on wednesday. staying chilly for two more days through friday and then another big warmup for next weekend. that is the pattern. it will keep repeating and repeating. hib lash. -- whiplash. alison: thank you. still to come another lawsuit against the president. but this one is filed by kids. larry: find out what they want from the commander-in-chief. that is coming up. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up, how a couple of players today made dreams come true. larry: but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7. alison: a look at autria godfrey and what is coming up monday on "good morning washington." autria: hey, thanks, alison. monday on "good morning washington," the savvy way to compare store to store in your neighborhood for the best prices on groceries.
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dental clinic at the northern virginia community college campus in springfield. dental students and some volunteer dentists cleaned the children's teeth and then gave them lots of helpful information. some of them had never had their teeth cleaned. >> they showed they how to brush their teeth. they get the tooth brushes and everything so they can go home and immediately practice what they have learned. going home with clean teeth. alison: organizers say they wanted to make the clinic educational but also fun for the kids. this is the 13th year the virginia preschool initiative has held this clinic at the college. larry: awesome. alison: so nice. well, the washington capitals made dreams come true today. larry: they did. as mike carter-conneen reports, their annual dreams for kids d.c. event opens up a whole new world to children with physical and developmental disabilities. mike: whether on skates or on sleds, 100 children from across the d.c. region raced or wobbled up and down the ca
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>> they are having a great time. mike: after checking in and lacing up, they hit the ice with smiles from ear to ear. at least most were smiling. >> are you having fun? >> yes. >> have you fallen down today? >> yeah. >> but you still keep getting back up. >> yeah. >> a few got assistance from pros. >> you want to give them something that is different and break things up and let them have fun. >> great of the guys to give up their time to do this with the kids. remarkable. mike: for some of the children it's the first time ever on the ice. the parents say the experience a eye opening. after the first experience at this event last year, 5-year-old braden embraced hockey. >> we started out with special olympics and then we ended up to private lessons because he wanted to go so much. mike: his mom says it has been life-changing, helping him overcome limitation from autism, boosting self-esteem and improving com
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>> this kid can't come home and tell me what he did in the day but he has such a tie to the event he is able to discuss it. and in detail. mike: braden's story is one of many. many of the events throughout the year helping children with special needs making new friends and empowering them through sports. at the capitals ice plex, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: wow! what a beautiful thing. larry: yeah. don't tell me that the area teams and the players and the coaches and people don't make a difference. the smiles on their faces is priceless. alison: it's wonderful. still to come here at 5:00, safetrack 12. what you need to know for the next two weeks before getting on metro. >> president trump's new reaction to the controversial travel ban. he says he is considering everything, all options on the table including a new order. we will tell you what it may be up next. larry: first, montgomery county employee caught on camera. busted. what police say he
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year. talking about these. police say a pinal county employee was stealing snowplows and salt spreaders and selling them to the high est bidder. kevin lewis has the story you will see only on 7. >> it's just wrong. kevin: montgomery county hired jason coltwhite to help manage the vehicle fleet. which includes plows and buses. but on a sunday in january, around 4:00 in the afternoon, undercover officers say they recorded white guiding two men in the maintenance yard. the video reportedly shows white hop on a red forklift and hoist three county-owned salt spreaders plus car batteries on to a trailer, which then drove away. the stolen equipment cost taxpayers more than $13,000. >> it does take me off as a taxpayer. we work hard for the money.
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stolen equipment and filed theft charges against white. the 31-year-old who lives north of hagerstown made $99,000 in 2015. >> i was glad he was caught. he makes a decent salary. it is not right to steal from anybody. >> he is not supposed to be stealing. you are supposed to work hard for your money. that is what my mom taught me. >> montgomery county hired him in 2005. part of the fluid police investigation now includes tedious task to check and see if it's a one-time occurrence or common routine. reporting in durwood, kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: new development in virginia's lawsuit against president trump's travel ban. a judge questioned attorneys for the state this morning asking why the request for the injunction against the travel ban should be granted. this comes after the ninth circuit upheld the nationwide hold
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executive order. so far there is no date set for the two parties to return the court. larry: while we wait in limbo for what is likely to be the next legal battle over the president's travel ban with the seven countries, the question is are we really any more or less safe? scott thuman is at the capitol hill bureau with the latest on the white house's plan. scott: we know what the white house stance is on the question that you just posed. we got insight in the past hour on how it may be leaning in direction forward as they try to go against the latest ruling that was not in the white house favor. it could include all options and maybe a new order. here is what we have. president trump: one of the reasons i am standing here today, the security of the country. the voters felt i would give it the best security. we'll do something rapidly. >> there is little question that the white house will contest the latest ruling and we could be headed for the ultimate court o
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makes mild alterations to the order he could prevail. >> whether you support or not doesn't matter. you can argue there is a rational basis. you have seven questions, six of which are in a state of civil war where they have chaos. there is no way we can vet people coming from the countries. there is no functional police station we can ask for a police report. >> he is an attorney and was a refugee as a child. he says the ensuing debate is unlikely to make us safer or more a target. anyone wanting to harm the u.s. already subscribes to bigger motivation. >> the damage was done years ago. beginning in 2003 when the u.s. invaded iraq or when the u.s. helped over there throw gaddafi and when they helped the syrian refugees. >> however you thinkab
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proceded with this was not only incompetent but strategically incoherent. >> what follows is unclear how they will announce the next move. but donald trump will likely want neil gorsuch confirmed before the case could hear the case to avoid a possible 4-4 split. >> president trump reiterating on air force one in the past couple of hours we will see some sort of action very soon. sometime next week. he would not tip his hat yet as to which direction he is leaning or the attorneys or advising him to do. on capitol hill, back to you. alison: thank you very much. also today a group of children and teenagers all between the ages of 9 and 20 say the government is threatening their health by not addressing climate change so they add a new defendant to the lawsuit. president donald trump. the students want a court order now requ
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government to reduce carbon monoxide emissions that many signists link to global warming. still to come today -- his height gives him an advantage on the basketball court. but the character makes him stand out from the competition. >> they bring a presence even he cannot provide. larry: 7 salutes the ladies of arlington cemetery. alison: ahead at 6:00 tonight, a mother jumps jumps from a car. her toddler in her arms. her desperate attempt to escape the driver. who else was in the car and what happened next? that is coming up at 6:00.
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middle to upper 60's. a cold front will pass the region moving through the late day hours to the everything. we will see a few showers here and there. not expected it to amount to a lot. we have near average temperatures's we move to monday. the first of the week. upper 40's. that is behind the cold front. valentine's day looking good. lower 50's. nice amount of sunshine. cooler for the rest of the week. warmup moving to the following weekend. back after this.
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jonathan: tonight 7 salutes women working in a sacred place. to make sure the sacrifices are not forgotten there is always someone there to pass along condolences and their thanks. they are called the arlington ladies. every day the caisson rolls through arlington national cemetery. "taps" is play and another service member is laid to rest. >> we provide the honors to put the husband or their wife or their child in their final resting place. jonathan: they stand silently, doing their job. gives respect and honoring the
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members of the old guard. many times like today there are family members who attend to say goodbyes. sadly, that isn't always the case. >> it's almost surreal that one of our fallen service members will only have one family member or maybe none. >> john 3:16. for gold -- for god so loved the world -- >> it breaks my heart. no one should be alone at a time like that. >> she is an arlington lady, a group of women volunteering their time to attend never funeral at arlington. to pay respects and share condolences and in some cases to be the only one there to make sure a fallen service member is never buried alone. >> i feel very honored that i may be able to take the place of family members and friends and loved ones that may not be able to be there. >> at this funeral she spends moment to share condolences
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knows the sacrifice of their loved ones are not forgotten. then she is escorted away and gets ready for another funeral. >> they bring a presence even we cannot provide. calming and colt -- compassionate. jonathan: saying goodbye is one of the hardest things to do. andrea is hoping that by being there she can help soften the pain. i want to thank andreaed a all the arlington ladies for the work they do. we salute you. you go out there and they have funerals. ten a day. there is an arlington lady at every one of them. it's sad to see that no one shows up. alison: it is hard to imagine no one would be there. are there scenarios where it prays out? jonathan: a lot of times no one shows up because perhaps they are older service members or the
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gone away and they are the last of the family. it's heartbreaking for them. if you know someone that goes above and beyond and helps members of the military, let us know. we can feature them with 7 salutes. e-mail me at the station. jelias@wjla.com. >> if you set a goal you can do a lot of things. larry: indeed you can. this world war ii veteran is proving age is just a number. how he spent his birthday that some people half his age would never try. plus -- >> guess who is coming in from the cold? rodents. and the high profile restaurants and other establishments are paying the price. i'm stephen tschida.
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glover park was back open, abc7 news found another high profile grocery store in the district is being shut down by the department of health. stephen tschida is live in georgetown with that story. stephen: this is the heart of georgetown and closed down this afternoon. we were at the whole foods covering that closure from yesterday morning until late this afternoon. when we got word about this closure. shortly after we got here. we have video we can show you. the sign went up in the win doe. -- window stating that the establishment closed by the d.c. health department. closure stemmed from a rodent problem here. around the corner from us the mai tai restaurant is also closed down for rodent and roaches. this is what they had to say about the sudden closure. >> they we
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rodents were the issue? that has happened a few times. i probably won't be coming back. stephen: they have had prior problems with rodents. and some closures from the d.c. health department brought on by the health department. as to why the rats are suddenly charging into the establishments, well, they are warm blooded animals. when it gets this cold they seek shelter. and keep in mind it's over the canal. that is a real gathering place for rodents. that could be the source of the problem. now they have paid the fee and will be inspected tomorrow. if it passes the inspection it may well reopen tomorrow. as far as the mai tai restaurant no word on the timeline. that is the latest from georgetown, reporting live, stephen tschida. abc7 n
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we have breaking news tonight. cnn is reporting that president donald trump will not pursue his travel ban any further and will not seek victory in the supreme court. he has twice been shot down in lower courts. again the word is right now he will not attempt so the executive order will be, will be put away. it appears for quite a while, until maybe another executive order. we don't know. he will not take the travel ban to the supreme court. stay with abc7 news and wjla.com for the latest on the breaking story. alison: meanwhile, crews started a new road project in woodbridge today. they are driving piles for a new bridge on route one. the work should take two weeks. as the crews will be on the job every day between 7 zephyr a.m. and 5:00 p.m. be prepared for delays. larry: well, the 12th phase of the metro safetrack surge begins tomorrow. no blue line service for 18 days and no trains will run
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pentagon. now, metro says this time it won't be providing bus bridges between the stations since they are already so many scheduled buses on the schedule. they should help you get around this. find out your best option by going to the website wjla.com. while you are there sign up for the metro text alerts to get the messages about metro to your phone. alison: all right. let's check on the traffic on friday. paula young is on traffic young for us tonight. hi, paula. paula: hi, alison. still seeing heavy traffic on the westbound dulles toll road as you are hitting the brakes at hunter mill, working to the fairfax county parkway. taking a look at the traffic cameras in virginia on 95 southbound. this is a jam-up that starts at newington passing to cross the purple heart bridge to 123. more jam-ups after that from the harbor to the parkway where a crash is now reported. at the beltway on the american legion bridge, plenty of
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inner loop from the georgetown pike to the 270 spur. outer loop off 270 spur to the georgetown pike. jammed up again through tysons heading to gallows road. taking a look at the traffic on westbound 66, you will find delays from nutley street to 123 and still riding the brakes from the fairfax county parkway to route 29. that is a look from the traffic control center. now back to you. larry: thank you so much. 103-year-old man says his long life there is one day he remembers just like it was yesterday. the attack on pearl harbor. lieutenant james downing is the second oldest pearl harbor survivor. he was not on the ship the moment the uss west virginia was destroyed but he rushed to help and he remembered the names on each dog tag he found. >> i thought their parents will never know what happened.
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i wrote letters to all the names i memorized. larry: they have a lasting impact. hear more at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: look at this. this is joe who is a world war ii veteran who celebrated his 96th birthday going zip lining. his children thought it was crazy. but they say their father has always been active. he says for his 97th birthday we wants to go indoor sky diving. [laughter] that is fantastic. larry: why not? alison: happy birthday. larry: yeah! this weekend is a good weekend for it. perfect. alison: it sounds sunday is warmer than saturday. doug: sunday is warmer than saturday but a better chance to see rain that could affect the outdoor plans. we have clouds. a lot this weekend. light in the western horizon but that is it. the sun has been down a little bit. the temperatures won't budge much. 37 in washington.
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it's 36 in woodbridge. southerly winds and the cloud cover the temperatures only dropping a degree or two tonight. i saw reflection on the doppler radar this afternoon to show snow flurries in the air. the air is so dry it never made it to the ground in our area but north of pennsylvania it did. a few flurries. going through the weekend, upstate new york, southern canada, another big snow. maybe not as strong as what we saw yesterday but several inches are likely. for us we are on the southern side of things. we will ski clouds. the temperatures are holding steady. future cast there is a hope we will see sunshine tomorrow with a southwesterly breeze and the temperatures in the lower 60's. the clouds return tomorrow night. then we have a warm front followed by a cold front. we will pop in upper 60's on sunday. showers sunday afternoon. then sunday night when the storm hits the coast and really explodes, we will start to pick up the
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advisories for late sunday to monday morning. 62 tomorrow. 67 on sunday. let me give you a look at the next ten days what it looks like. on a roller coaster with the temperatures climbing in the upper 60's on sunday. dropping off on monday. recovering on tuesday. we start to drop for a few days. then no sur praise by the next weekend and beginning of the week after we go back up to the upper 50's to the middle 60's. that is the latest from the weather center. erin? erin: thank you, doug. some may consider him a late bloomer but thanks to hard work and dedication, luca garza has become one of the best and the most sought after basketball players in the area. scott abraham takes us to the northwest for the week's rising star. scott: early dreams of success on the court. >> i mean i used to sleep where a basketball. some people had teddy bears i had a basketball. scott: luca garza is a dominant
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>> i try to lead by example and show my teammates this is way you have to play. approach every day and practice. scott: a program-changing player. >> you have seen a lot of basketball players. what makes luca special? >> i think it is his character. he loves basketball. he loves being on a team. >> knock it down! scott: so, yeah, luca is pretty tall. i'm 5'11", he is a foot taller than me at 6'11'. this is what you call a mismatch. to be honest, luca has been a mismatch for the majority of the teams he has faced this season. he is one of the best big men in the country earning a scholarship next year to go to iowa. >> every time i turn on the tv it's like they are playing in washington knowing i will be in that situation next year is exciting. >> leaving behind a lasting impact. >> with anything, h
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alison: a year ago today, two sheriff deputies stopped for lunch when they were shot and killed at a panera. we look at the ceremony to honor the lives and the work of deputy first class mark logsdon and senior deputy patrick daly. >> on this day, the shopping center parking circle transforms to a circle for people to mourn. it was as cold as this time last year. >> it has been
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including ours. >> we gather to remember the sacrifices they made that happened a year ago today but more importantly we want to remember them standing tall and strong. >> a year after the death of the officers, they were gunned down responding to a call at the panera bread. emotions are brought back. >> it's hard on me and hard on the agency. the men and the women of the sheriff's office. i know it's hard on survivors on pat and mark's closest loved ones. i feel for them. i can't imagine a walking a moment in their shoes. >> we will observe one minute of radio silence. >> silence. deputy daily's son called calming and
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on his face to know how many people care about law enforcement in hartford county. michelle: right now at 6:00, rally against education secretary. only on 7, the chaotic scene as protesters blocked betsy devos from visiting a d.c. public school. jonathan: plus, a terrifying moment caught on video. a mother's desperate attempt to save her child from being abducted. michelle: gone wild. why this man goes on a chair-throwing am page. the explanation behind the bizarre video. sunk with torpedoes. jonathan: preserving history. a 103-year-old pearl harbor survivor's heroism and heartbreak.
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on your side. >> you do not represent anything they stand for. jonathan: that is the secretary of education being blocked and shouted down while she tried to visit a d.c. school this morning. this video shows betsy devos outside jefferson middle school where protesters repeatedly blocked her pass. devos persist and she made it inside the school. tim barber has reaction to the visit and the protest. >> it does not represent anything they stand for. >> the secretary's visit was supposed to be low-key. >> go back. >> shame, shame, shame. >> protesters turned it into chaos. she came for a tour of the southwest washington school and meet students, faculty and staff. >> what do we want? tim: the local teacher's union got wind of visit and organized a protest. while they were out front, secretary devos
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