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

to the back, past this gate here but a few protesters were able to beat her to the door. >> you should be so proud of yourself. tim: we are told the people were not with the union. they wanted to tell the controversy, secretary it does not believe in school of choice. >> we want to send a message we love the public school system. >> some parents suggest that the aggressive protesters try talking instead of yelling. >> one man was arrested for assaulting a police officer. they are addresses allegations the secretary was assaulted. secretary devos says she protects peaceful protest but no door in america will be blocked for those seeking to help the children. tim basher, abc7 news. jonathan: response was quick. d.c. mayor muriel bowser weighed in on the protest saying this. "protest peacefully, protest is fine. but we do not condone violence. we welcome bety

anyone who wants to learn more about the d.c. schools." others responded that they were proud that she chose to visit the fastest growing urban school district in the country. a spokesperson called the meeting proproductive. you will find more reaction and the entire uncut video online at website. go to wjla.com. michelle? michelle: in loudoun county students walked out in protest today. students stage a walk-out to protest president trump executive order on cleared the demonstration with the school leaders but the students will face skip or tardy note on the record. new tonight, president trump will not take the legal challenge to the supreme court over but the legal fight will continue. this morning, virginia's jorn attorney fought to have the ban overturned. >> there was a religious ban. he wanted it to be dressed up to make it

michelle: bob harig -- mark herring joined the case after two brothers were upheld due to the travel ban and they had visas. immigration activists took to the streets of southern california overnight and blocked a freeway onramp. this came after immigration and the customs enforcement or i.c.e. unfairly rounded up several people for deportation. a hundred people were arrested but i.c.e. despites the number. jonathan: the man that is expected to lead dismantling of obamacare is on the job. vice president mike pence swearing in tom price as a new secretary of health and human services. he was confirmed at a rare 2:00 in the morning senate vote that went along the party lines. michelle: only on 7,

critical to snow removal stolen from montgomery county and it was an inside job. we look at how the black market ring was busted. >> the fleet yard, the scene of an undercover police sting. cops reported employee jason colt white hop on a red forklift and place three county owned salt spreaders plus car batteries onto a trail -- trailer which sped away. it cost taxpayers more than $13,000. >> he is not supposed to be stealing in the first place. you are supposed to work hard for you money. that is what my mom taught me. >> police later arrested white and charged him with theft. county records show the pennsylvania resident earned 99,000 in 2015. alleged greed now likely to cost him a solid job. >> i am glad he was caught. he makes a decent salary. not right to steal

>> i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: this is the kind of equipment used. much of the northeast is digging out after yesterday's massive snowstorm. they had 19 inches of snow falling in some of the areas causing hundreds of crashes and airlines are still trying to catch up after canceling 2,7 700 flights. another storm is expected to hit the northeast this weekend. doug: around here it is all good weather news. if you like warm temperatures in the middle of february. we will see the temperatures rise but tonight they hold steady in the 30's. for the weekend, sunshine tomorrow. temperatures are in the low 60's. have for clouds late in the afternoon. right now sunday is 60% chance we will see the showers develop. but look at the temperatures. 67 degrees. we have more ups and downs's always in the when of day outlook in ten minute -- always in the ten-day outlook in ten minutes. jonathan: we are getting more pictures from the crash at chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. a navy

from the water but he later died from the hospital. police say the crash was a result of driver error. michelle: covering metro now. the new safetrack surge begins tomorrow. this will be unlike any before. here is why. it will shut down the blue line service for 18 days. with no trains between the pentagon. they will be a shut to arlington national cemetery. but outside of that riders have to use yellow line or existing bus route. find your best option at wjla.com. jonathan: we are following breaking news. a train derailed. look at this video. the broader impact that the derailment could have. we have it coming up. michelle: caught on video. terrifying moments. a mother jumps out of a car and tried to save her daughter putting her through a drive-through window. jonathan: he has to go to jail and then he throws chairs at everybody in the courtroom. the

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>> we are following breaking news from sacramento. this video is where they sent 17 cars plunging in the river that runs on the delta of sacramento. is it a huge rail system for the agricultural business. all of it comes to sacramento. i don't know how it happened. has math teams right now are responding to this

michelle: now to dramatic images of a house fire in northeast washington early today. two men are in critical condition following the fire of the 700 block of maryland after. two firefighters were also hurt. it started in the basement and spread to the roof. the cause is under investigation. jonathan: take a look at the screen. they are wanted for vandalizing a red line train when the train was en route from wheaton to shady grove on wednesday. the vandals spray painted the inside of a brand new 7000-series train car. if you know anything about this, the police would like to hear from you. michelle: a to-year sentence handed down -- 20-year sentence handed down for a man behind a wild abduction. this starts with a car pulling up to a drive threw window. then suddenly a woman jumps out holding a toddler. she and her four kids had been abducted from their home. the driver jumps out and tries to foe

while she desperately tries to hand her little girl to a worker. leaning out of the drive-through window. the man speeds off. he was eventually caught and the children were unharmed. jonathan: holy cow! incredible video as what can be described as tantrum. you see what is happening here. it is calm and he is saying he wants to go jail. this was in indiana. the man is waiting to be sentenced and he flips out. he starts throwing chairs. this is him, he asked to go to jail and this is his reaction. he got one year but he didn't like to be told he had the wait for paperwork. >> he is the one that requested to go to jail. no one expected it to escalate to that. jonathan: he may go to jail for longer now. no one was hurt. now he is facing all kind of new charges including

michelle: up next, the horrors of war. >> he ran toward the sinking battleship in pearl harbor.

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caught fire. human torches that are in the water. jonathan: it is a first-hand perspective. unique to this 103-year-old navy veteran. lieutenant jim downing was there the day the japanese planes attacked pearl harbor. he ran toward his ship the uss west virginia as it was sinking. today q mccray was there as lieutenant downing shared his story. >> you had probably just before we got engaged. q: lieutenant downing found love stationed in hawaii 75 years ago. sadly he would also find death and destruction. >> caught fire. human torches in the water. q: he is recalling the horrific scene at pearl harbor. his ship the uss wes

and friends on fire. downing wasn't on board. the newlywed was with his wife. >> while we are eating breakfast we heard the huge explosions. the ship had been sunk with niner to pee does. q: he picked up a hose. however, for many of the crew mates it was too late. >> i saw bodies lying around. q: but he was able to memorize dog tags and later write letters to all the families. >> this is a copy of the letter i wrote. casino more than 2,400 americans died. 1na 100 were wounded -- 1,100 were wounded. downing survived unscathed. do you feel blessed to be alive? >> every day. q: he thanks god and his wife morena, who insisted on going to breakfast that morning. in arlington, q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: well, lieutenant downing recorded the story with the american veteran center. that is a group that

of videos of veterans giving an oral history of american wars. you find the incredible stories and the videos on wjla.com. michelle: president trump preparing for the first round of golf diplomacy. the president and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe will spend the weekend at the president's mar-a-largo resort in florida. president trump: we will have a long and a ery successful talk, negotiations, a very, very productive weekend. michelle: there is precedent for the golf diplomacy for abe's family. his grandfather played golf with president eisenhower in 1957 while he was japan's prime minister. and also present in that outing there, senator prescott bush. president george h.w. bush's father. and george w. bush's grandfather. moving on now,

bowl will soon pick an artist to remake the iconic mural. it was whitewashed for a fresh start earlier this year. the restaurant owner tells abc7 historic women are leading an online vote to be suggests of the mural. the list includes michelle obama, harriet tubman, doreny heights and rosa parks. the d.c. fire lieutenant kevin mccray may also be included. he died in the line of duty in 2015. work is expected to begin in may. jonathan: okay. i want to show you something. boston reporter covering yesterday's blizzard and got a surprise in a live report. watch her and watch behind her. the reporter is talking about a car she saw spin out. suddenly a sasquatch appeared behind her. specifically a man called the marijuana sasquatch because of his costume. like a giant marijuana leaf. he has been seen in blizzards before. but in this case he made an appearance and scampered off. michelle: that is why you always have to be aware of your surr

reporter. jonathan: head on a swivel. there you go. hiding behind the car. michelle: he must be nice and toasty in the costume. jonathan: it's amazing. they got four inches in an hour and we got nothing. michelle: very intense. doug: nothing. quiet. let's jump into it. doug: big changes for the weekend. we start off in the 30's but the high today reached 39 degrees so that made it one of the colder days for quite some time. but a one day deal. 46 is the average high. across the area the temperatures are holding. it's 32 in winchester. 33 in martinsburg. chilly. but the core of the cold air pushed well south of the coast of carolina. on the top side of that we are seeing a band of snow. most of it is not reaching the ground. looking at the returns, i wouldn't surprised to get light snow in eastern pennsylvania. we have cloudiness but this is moving our way ahead of a warm front that

numbers tomorrow. temperatures across the region are holding steady between 32 and 38 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and southwesterly winds four to eight miles per hour. we have a southwester lind. as we get to the next day, day and a half we see a warm front advance. we get cloudiness tomorrow. sunshine. hit 62 degrees. sunday the winds continue out of the southwest. a cold approaches in the late afternoon. we hit upper 60's and then it will change direction. it may be windy enough to prompt issuance of the wind advisories across the rea. 60% chance of the showers across the area. a radical change but we are used to that. the average high is 46. tomorrow we head to 62. sunday is 67. to issues with the weather tomorrow. but sunday 60% chance of the occasional shows

here we go for the next ten days. 62 to 67. windy and cooler on monday. valentine's day is 53 with the sunshine. shower and 47 on wednesday. we will be seasonal mid-40's for thursday and friday. next week we return to the middle 60's. erin: this is the best winter ever. thank you. the wizards lost the last home game thanks to a lebron james miracle shot. but that is not what bradley

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erin: the wizards suffered their first home loss in two months monday after they dropped an overtime thriller to the cavaliers. but washington is back home tonight. and bradley beal told me they hope to start a new streak tonight. against indiana feel good to be be back home? >> it feels great. erin: wizards are back home against the pacers an will try to put together another home winning streak. >> playing well. hopefully get the streak back going tonight. erin: is that something you think about? trying to get it back going? >> not really. it's hype in the media but it is fun to have the streak,

erin: the cavaliers snapped the wizards 17-game home winning streak on monday, a game beal will always remember. >> for sure. playoff atmosphere. the best crowd in the regular season. erin: he hopes the home crowd will bring the same electricity tonight against a tough pacers team. how important is it to close out the game strong with the all-star game coming up? >> it's key. guys look forward to the date and the rest they will get. get out as quick as possible to get the games over with. it is important for us to embrace the last couple. they are key. these are steal games a little bit. we have an opportunity to push ourselves ahead in the seeding with the next couple. especially steal those games. there is more we many and bradley beal on the website. i ask him about the health and the team turn-around since the 2-8 start. check it out at wjla.com/sports. elena

mystic for a week but an hour argue she was introduced to the media with guard taylor hill. they have so many great pieces. time to put it all together. final late the age of 31, redskins offensive lineman corey licktensteiger announced his retirement from the nfl. jonathan: thank you, erin. michelle: we have a turn-around on the way. doug: used to it. today is winter. the weekend, taste of spring. we have a lot of clouds. some sunshine. 62 tomorrow. look at the average high of 46. way above board there. erin is smiling. 67 on sunday. looks like we get showers in the afternoon. then turning windy at night as a cold front moves through. steve will talk more about it at 11:00 tonight and track the cold front to see if next week we will turn warm, cold or both. jonathan: it's great shoveling weather. doug: shovel what? jonathan: exactly. thank you, doug. michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jo

see you at 11 erz. have a great night.

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tonight, breaking news here. president trump hits back. after a major defeat in court, that decision not to reinstate his immigration ban. tonight, new reporting from our team, what is the white house planning next? what president trump just revealed. also tonight, the high drama. the controversial education secretary and the protesters blocking her today. as town halls erupt in anger across this country. >> all: do your job! >> many voters asking, can you promise we will not lose our health insurance? the monster winter storm. thousands of flights cancelled and delayed. and, look. passengers trapped in traffic jams. some walking along highways to make their flights. and tonight, the next major system now hitting this weekend. america's tallest dam.