[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jummy: a nasty tractor-trailer accident in frederick county, maryland. we will get to julie wright with the impact on the roads in just the second. let's go down to the newsroom for more. amy: dramatic images out of frederick. you can see the cab of a tractor-trailer falling off of the bridge onto the ground below, the trailer still on the bridge. this happened right around 10:30 this morning on u.s. 15 near seventh. one person was hurt and we do

the cap on the ground below. have a crew on the way and we will bring you more information. julie: what this means, for folks coming northbound on 15 out of montgomery county, they are squeezing by single file to the right. northbound,ming that will be along the left side of this green, you can see where there is damage to the card rail where screen, you can see there is damage to the guard rail. we also saw a few moments ago a highwayddle tank in the and it looks like they have moved that. all of that is the absorbent they have spread on the highway, for those coming northbound on 15 off of 270 into frederick. that is where you will find traffic squeezing by single file to the right.

heavy-duty wrecker trying to pull that truck out of the roadway. still a lot of activity on west 7th street, which is still closed off. let me put it into perspective from the ground. i will show you what this means. for those coming northbound from 109, 85, 80 heading northbound on 215, he will be blocked off before 7th street. buthbound lanes are opened they are definitely rubbernecking because of all of the activity. keep that in mind. i will be back in another 10 minutes with another update. jummy: thank you for all of the great information. the latest on the shakeup of the trump white house, michael flynn out as national security adviser after we bought just resigning overnight. our question of the day -- should be romp make more changes -- president trump make more

this was a simmering issue that boiled over within the last 24 hours with the resignation overnight of national security adviser michael flynn. flynn stepping down after conceding he gave and complete information on his calls with the russian ambassador test incomplete information on his calls -- incomplete information on his calls with the russian ambassador. mike pence relied on that information and denied sanctions were discussed. the justice department warned the administration of this issue, saying it left flynn vulnerable to the possibility of being blackmailed. he spent the weekend this -- with the president. he sat in the front row for the news conference but by 10:00 last night his time in the white house was coming to an end. kellogg iseral keith named as the acting security

candidates being considered as a replacement. the other two potentially, david petronius and former deputy director of the u.s. century -- command, vice admiral harwood. in washington, suzanne kennedy. jummy: new legal setbacks for president trump halted after the travel ban. a judge in virginia has issued an injunction to block the ban in the commonwealth. sam sweeney has more. : seven judges across the country have ruled against the trump administration on this executive action that has been so controversial since it was first instituted. the latest comes from a judge in alexandria, virginia who issued a preliminary injunction late yesterday. it indefinitely halted the ban until an outcome is reached in the trial. the judge

action inflicted immediate harm on virginians, specifically foreign students and faculty at the commonwealth universities. she went on to say that this bands the first amendment's freedom of religion. she says the government did not provide sufficient educate -- information. so far, no comment from the trump administration on this action. president says he plans on signing new executive action when it comes to immigration. we are waiting to see when that happens and we learned it could come as early as this week. i am sam sweeney, back to you. jummy: virginia's attorney general is addressing the travel ban ruling right here in arlington. >> this case focused on the intent he hide it being discriminatory, and that the evidence about national security , first of

that this was done for national security reasons. the evidence in front of the court showed the opposite, that it was making americans and our borders less secure and less safe. we will have to wait and see where the cases go from here. there is the appeal -- jummy: there is the virginia attorney general. we will have more on wjla.com and on the news at 4:00. over howconcerns president trump handled the announcement of north korea's launching of a missile. aides used cell phone flashlights to highlight the potentially sensitive documents as guests watched on. some say not only was it your responsible for the president do not move that discussion to a private location. security,ck of charity, and seriousness among the president and his te

would expect that to change. jummy: some are suggesting mar-a-lago is not right that enough for the president. he isty is ramped up when visiting but members can still come and go. shifting to the forecast, it is a chilly valentine's day. doug hill is here with a look at our forecast. doug: cloudy and a couple of snowflakes earlier, and a couple of areas of light rain. show you doppler radar, because we are picking up areas of rain and some of it is reaching the ground, some of it is not. this is along a frontal zone coming in behind the area of high pressure that helped generate all the high wind yesterday. i think skies will clear for the afternoon, maybe even late afternoon sunshine as everything shifts to the south and southeast. getting close to 50 degrees this afternoon. as the showing up later, little

the southwest at about five miles per hour. if you missed the forecast on tv, you can always get it online. you have to get our app. it is easy. weember the warming trend were talking about for later in the weekend and next week? i think we will double down on that. as i mentioned, you can always stay up-to-date i getting the stormwatch 7 app at the app store or google play. never miss a storm or any warnings or watches. jummy: thank you. the search for a trio of thieves who attempted to steal an atm machine from a gas station in lanham, and police believe they may be behind another atm theft hours before. john gonzalez has the very latest. john: prince george's county police still searching for three suspects they believe came to this bp gast station on annapolis

the entire atm from inside the minimart. we can tell you they pulled up in their white van, act up, -- then one guy got out and wrapped a chain around the machine and tried to yank it. it was bolted to the ground. two suspects tried to carry it out and they could not. when they saw police, they took off. we captured video about 12 miles down the road of that white van. the suspects took off on foot, the vehicle now part of this investigation, key evidence. the least trying to figure out if the suspects are connected to other robberies in the area, because we understand that on route 50 after leaving the gas station, the suspect through what looked like a safe, a box out the window, police recovering that on route 50.

scene. guys, one car inside. john: the clerk says the suspects never said anything to him and never displayed a weapon. he never made off with any cash at this location. in manhattan, john gonzalez. just in lanham, john gonzalez. jummy: a final report will be released today on the silver spring explosion. 10 people died after a natural gas build up at the flower branch apartments. others ofjured and families -- dozens of families lost their homes. coming up, the clock is ticking minute by minute. a dam in california comes closer and closer to failing. is there any progress being made? back to

pitchers and catchers report to spring training but should they be concerned about one of their biggest stars heading into the season? still the trouble continues on northbound 15 past 7th street. this is where we have a crash with a tractor-trailer and the cab that roundup on 7th street. those delays are significant beginning at the left-hand exit for i 70. plan on using 355 headed north into frederick.

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criders in california working frantically to drain water from lake orville as a damaged dam is on the brink of failing which could lead to catastrophic flooding. joining us live in or earleville, is any progress being made? progress is being made and actually right now helicopters are picking up concrete blocks holes --nd fill >> efforts to repair the or earleville dam continue. airs are lifting blocks by and one after another, and endless procession of dump , ands delivering boulders effort governor jerry brown says he is watching closely. >> we are doing everything we can to get this dam in the shape that they can return and live safely. >>

evacuation orders, still not able to go home. >> i do not know how safe it is, that is my issue. now that i see everything going on, there is a big possibility everything might be gone. >> then there are those who say they're going to stick it out. >> i am here somewhat reluctantly. this is my home and i have lived here my whole life. kind of hard. >> officials say the water levels in the lake are dropping but they still fear the worst. >> what we are looking at is approximately a 30 foot wall of water coming out of the lake. right now, helicopters are picking up large concrete blocks to drop into those massive holes in the spillway. we have learned that back in 2005, 3 environmental companies warned state officials that something like this could happen. reporting live

from or earleville, california, abc 7 news at noon. health insurers at net and humana are calling off a $34 billion deal that would of combined them. a federal judge shut down the deal, citing antitrust deals. humana is entitled to a $1 billion break off fee. another judge rejected blue cross blue shield carrier anthems bit to buy cigna. the uconn women's basketball team is making history yet again , winning their 100th game in a row. they beat south carolina 66-55 last night. it was not a cakewalk like most of the winds by the huskies, what they still got it done. fake $100 bills dropped from the ceiling and the student section spelled-out 100. national pitchers and

catchers are back at work. the questions surrounding the pitching staff -- will stephen strasburg stay healthy? he has been placed on the dl several times since signing the contract extension, but only time will tell. position players will report on friday. you have got to hope. i feel like he has been missing these past couple weeks. doug: every time he ran it up something unfortunately happens s it up, something unfortunately happens. we have had a few snowflakes and raindrops, did not expect that, but that will clear out. if you like warm weather, i know some one winter weather but that is not in the works. this is woodbridge, virginia, getting a time lapse throughout the day. if you hadty sunrise a chance to look low on the horizon, and then

and snow drops -- raindrops and snow flakes from here to there. you will see some sunshine breaking through. 36 in winchester. 41 in college park. 39 at washington dulles. for the rest of the afternoon, we will take an optimistic look. the further north and west will see the sunshine first but most areas will get sunshine. highs around 50 degrees and skies will be clear tonight. , crystalwest virginia clear skies. pennsylvania, clear skies through north carolina. he had this area with a little bit of moisture moving through but that is settling to the south. futurecast, take a look at noon time. in the afternoon, they quickly clear it out by about 4:00 or 5:00, but it will not last long.

moves in and that will clear out during the day. back to sunshine as the frontal system goes through, and on thursday, our coldest day of the week, and a pretty dramatic warm up after that. snow showers on the western slopes of the mountains. let's take a look ahead at the next few days. near 47 tomorrow, clouds in the morning and becoming sunny. mostly sunny and 40 four a high on thursday. -- 40 for a high on thursday. 50-ish today. day on thursday, and then we get into friday and saturday and sunday, the numbers had right back up. -- and right back up -- head right back up. in the mid 50's for most of next week. no complaints from me. i will deal with the emails but

americans arear, expected to buy 24 million listening devices like the amazon eco and google home. assistance play music, get information, and respond to your questions but as more and more people buy them, more questions arise about personal privacy. how do you make sure things that you do not want heard never leave your walls? we will show you in a special seven on yourself report about the difference to listening to and -- private conversations in your home. coming up at 5:00. monthmark black history with a war story, told inside the area other african-american history museum. how the entire civil rights museum can be traced back to a small band of soldiers.

jummy: this spring, the new season of the bachelorette kicks off and last night, history was made on abc seven. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our next bachelorette. jummy: rachel lindsay, the first african-american woman to be named bachelorette, and she has got brains along with that beauty. she is a texas lawyer and many may remember her from the current reason of the bachelor. many have planned this valentine's day and keeping warm with the one you love maybe one of them. how will it be outside for dinner plans? one last check of th

jummy: if you don't have a sweetheart for valentine's day, don't worry. one wisconsin bakery has you covered. suites justs making for singles. it is catered to people who might not be a fan of valentine day. any big plans? doug: no. i got the card, candy, flowers, done. my job is done. jummy: and warming weather to go with it.

weekend, and we have a nice forecast tonight. , aew raindrops tonight frontal zone moving through, but files will start to clear out this act -- clouds will start to clear out this afternoon. 50. midrrow, -- this evening, 40's. orly tomorrow morning, clouds come in and it will turn breezy as a cold front comes through, 47 for a high. on thursday, 40 degrees, the coldest day of the stretch. friday, 45, and over the weekend the warm-up against. 57 with partly cloudy skies on saturday. that is my valentine's gift to you, valentine. jummy: thank you

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