last night is part of a case that highlights a much larger problem in fairfax. jonathan: northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has the update from police. it's new for you at 4:00. jeff? jeff: well, jonathan, fairfax county police say that 17-year-old who reunited with her mother last night is one of nine people currently in custody in connection with the murder that fairfax police say took place about a month ago in springfield. and another suspect is expected to be in custody very soon. >> this is a culmination of over two months of detectives working feverishly to identify and arrest all parties involved in this case. jeff: more than two months ago police in montgomery county put out a missing person's report for 15-year-old damaris reyes rivas. now, after the discovery of her body this week in an industrial area of springfield, fairfax police have ten suspects connected to the murder. four adults and six juveniles. one of the suspects is 17-year-old iraheta

iraheta of alexandria after returning home to her mother after being missing for a month. >> she is in custody. we are looking at the extent of her involvement. jeff: then there is a case of 16-year-old calindreas of springfield who returned home with her 5-month-old son after being missing for a month. police say she is not connected to the murder of damaris reyes rivas but the child's father is acquainted with the suspects and may be linked to the killing. police say all the people involved are connected to one game. >> we don't name specific gangs because we don't want to publicize one other another. we don't want to give them credit or recognition. jeff: fairfax county police could not say what they believe the motive to be in this murder. they would not comment on what this investigation means for the overall state of gang problems happening in the d.c. region. we can expect more charges as soon as tomorrow. live in fairf

goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: developing this afternoon, an emergency landing and brief ground stoppage at charlotte douglas international airport. this american airlines plane right here. look at the wing. this happened during take-off. it hit a deer. amy aubert in the abc7 satellite center with the chaos created by one deer. amy? amy: definite chaos on the runway this afternoon after a run-in with a deer. let's go back to the video to show you the extent of the damage we are talking about. damage to the wing of that plane. you can see the aftermath from the crews spraying the plane, which was reportedly smoking from the right wing. it all happened as the plane attempted to take off at the charlotte douglas international airport. none of the 44 passengers on board were hurt. back to you in the studio. alison: all right, amy. wow! thank you very much now. more turbulence in the trump presidency. the focus is turning back to the cabinet.

puzder withdraws from consideration. republicans in the senate started turning on him after decades old accusations from an ex-wife resurfacedded and also an admission he once employed an undocumented immigrant. this a day after the president's national security adviser resigned. at a joint news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu trump blamed the media for flynn's downfall. kenneth moton has more. kenneth: president trump on the defense at the white house. the "new york times" reports that people inside and outside his campaign had repeated contact with russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. president trump: people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. kenneth: the report did not say they knew they were talking to officers and they haven't seen any evidence that the trump team cooperated with russia in the hack of the democrats or had anyin

the white house has denied any contact with russian officials in the campaign. the ex-national security adviser michael flynn who discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador in december, the white house says flynn resigned because of an erosion of trump but one day later the president defended flynn. president trump: it's unfair what happened to flynn and the way he was treated and the document and papers were illegally -- i stress that -- illegally linked. kenneth: lawmakers on both sides calling for congressional investigation. >> independent outside commission, nonpartisan commission outside with subpoena power to find the truth. >> if there is contact between the trump campaign and russian intelligence officials outside the norm, that is not only big league bad, that is a game-changer. kenneth: as outrage grows, republicans and democrats introduced a bill to make

pull back sanctions against russia. reporting in northwest, kenneth moton, abc7 news. michelle: defense secretary james mattis is in brussels to reassure the nato alliance that the u.s. fully supports european allies but representing the u.s., mattis echoed the president's calls for member nations to boost their defense spending. >> it is a fair demand that all that benefit from the best defense in the world carry the proportionate share of the cost to defend freedom. michelle: they threatened they could moderate the commitment to nato but didn't provide other details to what that means. secretary of state rex tillerson is also on his first foreign mission. he is headed to germfy for the g20 gathering -- germany for the g-20 gathering. the questions swirl over the administration relationship with russia. alison: you might remember one of the first things that the president did following the inauguration was sign an

executive order allowing the i.r.s. to ease enforcement of the affordable care act insurance mandate. today the i.r.s. says it will not reject your return if you do not indicate whether you do or do not have healthcare insurance. the i.r.s. will process the return but the requirement is still law. jonathan: it's one of those days you got outside. plenty of sunshine. you need to prepare to bundle up. it is going to get worse. we're about to go below freezing. chief meteorologist doug hill has the weather forecast. it's deceiving. you get out there and think where is my jacket? doug: the temperatures are falling tamed winds gusting up. -- falling and the winds are gusting up. the temperatures are slowly falling now. these are the wind gusts against the area now. the wind gusts to 28 miles per hour. last check of winchester. 37-mile-per-hour gusts at joint base andrews and reagan national. 44-mile-per-hour gusts at

b.w.i. thurgood marshall. the forecast stays clear and temperatures slowly fall. but winds stay up to 20 miles per hour. the forecast temperatures are 27 to 32 overnight. it's breezy and it will feel like the upper teens to the 20's for the morning and just talking about tomorrow morning the wind chills from 19 to 23 degrees when you get to thursday. it's going to be nice and sunny. we check the weekend and the next ten days in nine minutes. alison: we will see you then. thank you. well, talk about a scary phone call. somebody pretending they've got your child and there are screams in the background. montgomery county public schools are warning you tonight that this is a scam. abc7 maryland bureau chief brad bell has the letter. this is not the first time we heard about this scam in the state. brad: sadly, the scams come and go. this pops up late last summer. it seems to have died out and now

county. it's happening and the school system said they had to communicate with parents. the letter but sent home from schools across montgomery county today. it warns a scam involving children. in the last week schools in the county have gotten a half dozen calls from worried parents checking on their children. they say to call 911 but by all means do not wire money as the caller demands. >> we have heard that the parents receive a kidnapping scheme phone call. we want to be proactive and prepare the community. brad: but people out there are making the calls again. they are making them to this community.

they have called the school to check on their system and that is what they want you to do. we'll be back at 5:00 and we will show you something we did in the fall that makes it clear how vulnerable each of us to a scam like this. it's frightening. in rockaway, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: just how bad are millennials behind the wheel? the numbers that show they are the worst drivers. also this. michelle: a gas station owner says he has had enough. the problem with people driving off with the nozzles still in the tank and why you better check the next time you pull up. >> pandemonium at the zoo. bao

michelle: remember the scene? this is in d.c. in a public school on friday. only abc7 captured the moment that education secretary betsy devos was blocked by protesters. tonight she is delivering a speech to magnet school leaders from across the country. stephen tschida is outside the marriott marquee in northwest with the story. stephen: she might be the education secretary but she got the kim kardashian treatment at the marquee marriott.

building under intense security and secrecy. we assume she was brought in the parking garage or a secure exit. no one saw her come and go. she wrapped up her speech and she talks about how she was blocked from entering a school in d.c. last week. she said once she got inside she learned a lot. she spoke at this conference as generally all education secretaries do. it is a standard procedure. they are always invited. she has wrapped up her speech here and has left or is about to leave. one thing we must point out, no protesters at this event. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> rain is in the forecast in northern california. some 200,000 residents are keeping a very close eye on this. that is the oroville dam. the residents are now returning to the homes after the evacuation order was lifted. water levels in the dam are dropping but the authorities are concerned about the rain in the forecast tonight an

that will be a real test. michelle: it sure is. jonathan: so you have been on the road lately you know distracted driving is one thing. that is insane. now it's distracted refueling. this is a problem you might know about. alison: who knew it was a thing? but it is. a gas station manager has had enough of preoccupied drivers running off with the nozzles still in the gas tank. michelle: they are very distracted. abc7's montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has video you will only see on abc7. kevin: at the beltway shell in silver spring, the manager ken issues a public service announcement. >> in the past few years it increased considerably, mostly because of cell phones i think. kevin: in this video a green subaru pulls away from the pump ripping the gas nozzle right off. he was dumb founded and admitted to the mistake and

but in this cases such as this one, people quietly remove the broken hose line and nozzle from the fuel tank and then drive away. >> it's property damage. the same as if you hit something and you drive off. kevin: he says repairs vary. some cost nothing to fix. while others can run hundreds of dollars. and that tab doesn't always sit well with customers. >> basically, i try to tell you that it is your responsibility. some say it's your fault. others just cuss you. pretty bad attitude. michelle: kevin joins us live now. how often does it happen? kevin: you know, the folks out here say it happens at least a few times a month. we should point out that the gas hoses are actually designed to snap right off the pump if tucked too hard to prevent further damage to the pump. as we learned today, some people drive away so quickly or at a bizarre angle and that is when the repairs get pricy.

silver spring. thank you. a new a.a.a. survey releasedded today says millennial drivers are highway hazards. >> shocker. michelle: the big issue is texting while driving. they also speed through red lights. according to the survey, millennials are twice as likely to text and drive. some even think it is acceptable behavior. alison: oh, man. all right. well, you know, the weather we are going to have this weekend will be perfect to say goodbye to bao bao at the national zoo. her going-away party is already underway. richard reeve is live there tonight with more. hi, rich. richard: hi, alison. yeah, this is a bitter sweet time for panda lovers at the zoo. a lot of folks excited for bao bao to go to china but sad to see her go. show you video of her in the enclosure. plenty of media here as well and visitors. coming around the world to see bao bao in her last week

by long standing agreement bao bao will leave next tuesday. the deal with the chinese government means pandas raised here are sent to china to begin the breeding process before their fourth birthday. so this week is a long goodbye. plenty of events before the sendoff. a lot of emotions here. >> this is like sending your kids off to college. you are excited for them to make that next step. and see what they can do with their life. we are sad to see her go but happy for the opportunity. richard: can you believe it? bao bao born in august 2013. there will be a big sendoff at dulles airport. we hope to be there. coming up at 5:00, what makes people want to see pandas at the zoo and how many people actually come here to do that. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: abc7 is on traffic watch, trenice bishop with a look at the evening commute. trenice? trenice: hi, michelle. this evening we have got w

keeping both of the hands on the wheel. we also have delays picking up in some of the favorite spots. maybe not your favorites but pretty regular anyway. on the beltway, inner loop now we have volume due to an earlier crash that has been moved. i was on the inner loop between virginia 7 and leesburg pike and gallows road. we have volume through tysons as well. top side of the beltway, inner loop delays, heavy through bethesda. typical between old georgetown road and georgia avenue. very slow. travel lanes open there. we have report of an accident on georgia avenue that was southbound between dennis and forest glen. some folks in the northbound direction are closest to you but southbound to the right of the screen looks decent to make it to the beltway. outside of that, no trouble reported at this hour. we take another look at traffic in a few. back to you, michelle. michelle: thank you very much. amazon set the sights high for what soon be a new method of delivery. the retail giant granted patent for a

delivery system so drones don't even have to make a stop. the packages would float to the ground. get this, there is also a spring bottom if there is something fragile. jonathan: this predates drones and parachutes. check this out. rudimentary. a catapult. border patrol says they were launching drugs over the border. i was found on the fence in arizona. bundles of marijuana were being hurl over the border. mexican authorities dismantled the catapult and the u.s. border patrol has the marijuana. this one didn't go well. wow! state-of-the-art. if you give them a 90-foot wall they will build a 91-foot ladder. michelle: the weather, it's chilly but almost to the point we will see real changes. doug: the weekend is when you see beginning of a warmup will last. wait until you see the ten day. kite a while here. look

this is a look from german school of washington and potomac. 41 degrees. we will take you to the last frame of the video. 41, blue skies and a few clouds. this is the middle of winter. it will feel like it. the feels like, it feels like 35 in leesburg. 36 in washington. 40 in annapolis. the air temperatures are warmer than that. tomorrow skies will be clear. still a breeze going on. the air temperature at freezing it will feel like the upper teens and the lower 20's. even by late morning for recess time. 38 degrees. by dismissal, 41. but plenty of sunshine. the high pressure rushes in and it will stay gusty.

even through afternoon we will keep 17, 20,22-mile-per-hour wind gusts to make it feel colder. look how quickly the winds diminish friday morning. look at the presidents' day weekend forecast. after sunshine tomorrow and friday and the temperatures are 40 tomorrow and 45, 48 on friday. we'll jump to the mid-60's with sunshine through the weekend. saturday is a disturbance coming up the coast. we will get clouds from it. that is all. more sunshine on sunday and monday. will the really warm temperatures stay around? let's check out the forecast. presidents' day is 65. 62 on tuesday. 64 next wednesday with a chance of showers. look here. thursday, friday, saturday, upper 50's to lower 60's. the little groundhog did not have it right. jonathan: he was really tired. they pulled him out early this year. coming up next at 4:00, answer officer on his knee on the side of the road. what he did to help a family with an

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michelle: more than 55,000 bridges across the country are described as troublechurally deficient. -- structurally deficient. among them the bridge over the potomac. we will look at what t

alison: california is known for having high-speed chases but a speeding driver pulled over did not get a ticket. they got assistance instead. the officer pulled over a driver after he was traveling 110-mile-per-hour and then they saw his wife was in labor. the couple was traveling from the bay area to southern california for a doctor's visit. but the baby wouldn't wait. >> it was obvious that not only was she in labor but she was probably having baby on the side of the highway. >> they train us well and we are ready for it to happen. it helps we have done it before. alison: the baby was delivered by a firefighter on the side of the 5. look how cute! the mom and child were rushed to the hospital, later visited by the officers. the family is making arrangements to travel back home to the bay area. jonathan: that is so cool. alison: yeah. michelle: there is no way you could have given them a ticket. jonathan: i don't

they can say this is great, but here is your ticket. michelle: they got nice ones, though. alison: friends forever. michelle: for sure. jonathan: now they have a story to tell. interview them part of the job. no, it's not! you help give birth! good for them. good stuff. coming next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- violence on chicago on display on facebook again. [gunfire] a toddler caught in the crossfire screaming for help. a young family and the top cop making a plea for an end to the murders. that's coming up next. >> the first time i picked the instrument up it was just love. alison: then tonight when i join you back at 5:00, why this musician has caught the ear of royalty decides to keep his talents near the metro.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. [gunfire] >> ahh! michelle: you hate to hear the scream. a toddler shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in chicago. amy aubert has been following this tragic story and joins us now from the newsroom with the very latest. amy? amy:

26-year-old man shot and killed on chicago's west side. they are reviewing the facebook live video that may have caught some of it on camera. a young boy taken too soon at just 2 years old. police say lavonte white was shot dead in the back of a car on the west side. >> while you are enjoying a holiday, a 2-year-old boy was shot and killed. amy: a 26-year-old man who police say was the target of the shooting was also killed. >> the male victim, the older male victim in his 20's documented gang member but he was shot several times and he died as a result of the injuries. amy: chicago police confirm they are looking at a facebook live stream that appears to show the shooting and the aftermath. a woman and man are seen driving with a toddler visible at times in the backseat. shots ring out and that calls the woman to yell for help. the officia

leads. lavontay white is the second child shot and killed since saturday. chicago's police superintendent showed up to the scene on tuesday furious. >> i'm sick of it. i know chicago is sick of it. i just hope that our legislative partners are sick of it. amy: a 20-year-old woman also inside the car was shot in the stomach. she was rushed to the hospital and is in fair condition. amy aubert. abc7 news. jonathan: you hate to see that. thank you. we are monitoring the aftermath of the severe weather hitting seattle. a mudslide that is blocking a parkway in western washington. it took out at least one utility pole. we know that because power is out for more than 2,000 customers, residential and business. the national weather service says it is the beginning as more storms are expected to hit that area in the next few days. you know they say that out west, when it rains it pours. they need rain and the snow but

they can handle. doug: disproportionately like the storms in new england. this is just this year where things are in the locations has we go through spring and summer bad weather may be in different locationsment you never know. this is gorgeous. torpedo factory in alexandria. you can see the rough water and the gusty winds. skies cleared out. i will feel like winter for a little bit. just for a little while. more seasonal for middle of february. temperature will continue to fall off. 45 at reagan national. look at the winds. sustained at 28 miles per hour. higher gusts. behind the cold front as expected, gusty winds. 44-mile-per-hour gusts in baltimore. 37 at joint base andrews and reag national. the winds will probably will in the 15 to 20-mile-per-hour range tonight. later tonight still up to 20, 25.

with the winds it will feel colder about the wind chill. tomorrow is a cold and a blustery day. the winds will die off tomorrow night. as we head through friday we will get to 48 degrees. better. then look at the weekend. 64, 65. saturday, sunday, monday for presidents' day with sunshine. then mild weather continues straight through next week. kind of crazy. steve rudin will be standing in this spot in 15 minutes and will have a more expanded look at the holiday weekend weather for you. >> best in show. michelle: that is rumor, the german shepard taking home the top prize at the westminster dog show. it generally draws interest from dog lovers. some are ready to take the plunge to get one. cheryl

dog gym. i didn't know they exist but they do. where busy is bustling and questions about the best in show breed are swirling. cheryl: a gym for your dog. from treadmill to skills you see on display at the westminster dog show. they do similar work at the alexandria gym. here comes scooter through the tunnel. scarlet is working the seesaw. spitfire jumps through the hoop and over the bar. her owner sherry is the agility trainer. >> any dog can do this. this is just what you choose to do with your dog. >> the 4-year-old border collie mastered the poles. >> it's confidence. the biggest thing is confidence and the relationship between the people and the dog. >> a lesson for dog owners as well. one of the first thing they learn is recall. how to bring the dog to you. cheryl: the owner of the gym helps them stand on the exercise ball and she predicts

the breed that won best in show in westminster. the first time in 30 years. >> last year the german short hair pointer won westminster we got a number of calls asking if it's a good breed for them to get. cheryl: for now all breeds are practicing their skills. there are benefits beyond the big stage. >> a well trained dog is a better behaved doing. cheryl: in alexandria, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: congratulations. firefighters in australia come to the rescue of five kittens trapped inside a burning apartment building. a hundred residents were evacuated and the kittens were nearly left behind but luckily t fire crews were able to spot them and bring them out safely. they were given oxygen. they were given water as well. they are all on the mend. seaworld debuted two king penguin chicks in the world. they are expecting to more. how cute are they? the

see the new additions with the parents in the public. they get a really distincttive yellow and a bold yellow and black colors. beautiful. michelle: they are gorgeous. the "sports illustratedded" swimsuit issue is out today and familiar face is on the cover. jonathan is dancing. kate upon the is on the cover. she says she has been called curvy but she regrets that because beauty comes in different sizes and shapes. jonathan: she is not curvy. she is beautiful. string bean was so 1980's. michelle: look at this next picture. this looks like hot lava but it isn't. see the rare optical illusion from yosemite national prk

next. jonathan: the train blaring the horn. jumping out of the way in the nick of time. wait until you see what happens next. jummy olabanji has a look at how to wake up thursday with "good morning washington." jummy: thank you, jonathan. tomorrow on "good morning washington," could this simple question -- >> can you hear me? jummy: -- from an unknown caller lead you to lose money? >> plus we are at the national zoo for a final farewell to giant panda bao bao. >> stay with us every ten minutes for traffic and weather starting at 4:25.

michelle: take a look at this picture. it looks like there is lava pouring down from the hillside. >> beautiful but an optical illusion. the way the son hits the water, this is el capitan, one of the most famous monolith of granite in yosemite but it's an illusion and it happens every february or march when the waterfall starts to roll. there is snow up on top and that is cascading down. michelle: dream for the photographer to capture the scene. stunning pictures. jonathan: here is another optical illusion. this is not a sunrise. michelle: this time it's fire.

it appears to have stemmed from a plant in texas. nobody was injured. a giant fireballment >> it's in the middle of nowhere. except for the plant. dramatic video from the cabin of a train in australia. in the train. look at this. the driver, do you see what he sees? the track at the last second he bails out. michelle: a close call. in the video you can hear the train operator sounding the horn from hundreds of feet away before the biker can be seen leaping from the track. jonathan: there you go >> choosing his life over his bike. it is coming up. it happens really fast. three other bikers watching it. a near-miss. jonathan: here it is. the other bikers are like ditch the bike. let it go. michelle: next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- metro rail cars on the literal road to retirement. the entire series being pulled from the t

jonathan: plus, the newest american girl doll isn't a girl at all. it's the first boy. that is coming up

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michelle: remember this yesterday. a tractor trailer splitting the cab rolling down an embankment, the trailer continuing to the overpass in frederick? take a look at this. less than 24 hours later a car jumped the guardrail, went down an overpass on 359 in the pentagon parking lot. this happened in arlington. the driver was taken to the hospital. it's not quite clear how severe the injuries are. update now to a story that abc7 has been following for nearly three years. the man convicted in the murder of 3-year-old kanijah bibb after firing into a home in prince george's county in august of 2014 has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. she was shot after a fight broke out between wallace and a resident of a home in landover where she was visiting. jonathan: covering metro this everything. metro's 4000 series rail cars are taken off the rails and hitting the road. they are gone. sam sweeney shows us it's t

rail cars that have become increasingly unreliable. sam: they are not the oldest but they are the most troubled train on metro trails. we are talking about the 4000 series train cars. responsible for two-third of metro breakdowns. >> they should go 25,000 model before a failure. the 6000 series does four times better. sam: this morning the first 4000 series cars rolled off the rail and on this truck. by 9:00 a.m. it was on route one headed to the final stop in baltimore. the 400 series cars and the little series 1000 series cars will be retired by the end of the year. new 7000 series trains are coming online regularly as replacement. >> we get 20 of those a month. we have improved it quite a bit. >> if you wonder what happens to the train cars once they arve

are not dumped in the ocean. two, they will not be turned into a diner. they will be scrapped up and recycled. in some cases people buy the rusted parts. in greenbelt, i'm sam sweeney. jonathan: we are awaiting the result of a vote that could signal new boeing plant. they are deciding whether to union size in antiunion state. president trump is scheduled to visit it on friday for the rollout of the 278 dream liners. michelle: americans spend more but not in the rate that we did in december. one of the biggest root in january restaurant and bars. you might have noticed, too, in january gas prices surge nearly 8%. that led to more spending. jonathan: the actual increase in spending particularly at restaurants and bars has businesses trying to keep up with th

in stockpiling mostly by stores selling food and drinks. the businesses saw the biggest sales increase in six years. all right. american girl, if you have kids, you know american girl is the rage. they just came out with a new line of dolls. one of them is causing a stir. michelle: these are so popular. his name is logan. one of the latest dolls to join the collection. lindsey mastis shows how people are reacting on social media. lindsey: logan is one of the more modern dolls. a lot of fans are pleased with logan. one writes, "long overdue, boys can and should have dolls. will they not be dads some day?" others raise questions. cri adams says, "the name of the doll is american girl. it's great they want to be inclusive but unless they change the name of the company it seems weird." others aren't happy at all. writing in part

boys should play with cars and trucks and do masculine things, not play with analysissy things to make them weak -- not play with sissy things to make them weaklings." but others say "g.i. joe came out in the 1950's. dolls for boys is not new." jonathan: i liked my g.i. joe. spring and summer can't be far off ever. talk about kayaking on the potomac. they are talking about accessing the river in georgetown. the cost and the timelines haven't been figured out. michelle: a glacier is reaching the breaking point. these are images from nasa taken two days apart last month. this is splitting. part of the west antarctic ice sheet that is 220,000 square miles. large chunks broke off in 2014 and 201

is? yep. hump day. it means snow day. look at this. several camels in turkey took a break from the desert. they went out in the snow. camels seem to like snow. look how fast they are moving. check out the moves on the back. rolling around and enjoying it. it was fresh snow. upping and running. they seem happy. change of scenery. snowfall has been heavy in eastern part of turkey and they don't seem to complain. michelle: that is competition for the pandas. really cute. steve: a lot more snow than here. jonathan: that is for the whole season. that right there. steve: not even that much. michelle: not enough to shovel. steve: we are not going to add to it. when you see the ten-day outlook you will say it's springtime. a big warm-up. prolonged warmup on the way. i like it. i'm not going to complain. outside we go. the daylight hours are getting longer and longer. from the national harbor. a few clouds here and

otherwise looking good. on the breezy side. winds sustained at 28 miles per hour out of the northwest. temperatures are at 45 degrees. temperatures across the area holding in the lower to the middle 40's. falls church at 41. the same in silver spring. oil will be cold out there. the wind gusts of 37 to 40 miles per hour. not as strong. just toward the west of us. this evening the temperatures fall to the 40's. eventually the upper 30's by 9:00. hour-by-hour the temperatures show upper 20's. by early tomorrow morning. that means a cold start to thursday. winds gusting upward of, 2025 miles per hour. the feels like temperatures in the 20's to the lower 30's. even though we will see the temperatures around 40 degrees. talk about the warmer weather on the way. upper 40's on friday. look at saturday. 65 degrees. monday is presidents' day d

60's. tuesday and wednesday is back to the upper 50's on thursday. then lower 50's by the end of next week. check on traffic this wednesday afternoon with trenice. trenice: thanks, steve. we have a multivehicle accident on the 66 corridor. emergency construction in prince george's county. look at the big picture for the ride home. delays are in place on the beltway. stop side through maryland and virginia is the heaviest from tysons to bethesda area. there is nothing different about today than any other day in the d.m.v. the issue on 66 westbound you will find heavy volume from 495 at this hour. the crash activity at nutley street. you can see we have several cars blocking two lanes. center lane and a right lane that are blocked. the delays, i will show you that as well. nothing nice to look at. this is at cedar lane. the folks have stopped along the trip on 66. the emergency roadwork on the

county. the work crew set up here and slowing down. they are blocking two left lanes. expect heavy volume delays on the outer loop from branch avenue. back to you. jonathan: thank you. a cat fight in the nation's capital. should feral cats be deemed nuisance. some say they kill off the natural opponents but the other side won't give an inch. they say cats have special protection. the department of energy and environment say it's time to revisit the city's cat policy. >> what is surprising the degree of which feral cats are going to areas we think should be protected for wildlife in the district. we need to protect wildlife from feral cats. >> but the calts -- cat

advocates won't even admit there is a problem and determined to keep the feral felines alive no matter what. what happens now? "7 on your side" watchdog investigator chris papst investigates the question tonight at 11:00. michelle: still ahead for us at 4:00, the risky business of online shopping. the eight websites one magazine lists as the worst when it comes to buying a new dress on the web.

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alison: trying to find a good deal on a dress can be risky business if you are shopping online. john matarese shows us what to watch out for so you don't waste your money. john: shopping for the dress, you never want to overpay. websites pop up all over offering designer look dresses for fraction of the cost. but there is a caution. they are ordering discount devastated and they -- discount dresses and then they are devastated when it arrives. several told me they got tattered dresses that look nothing like the glamorous photo online. >> the color is not what i want. john: how "women's day" magazine that say eight dress sellers to never order from. rose gal. twinkle deals. sammy dress. becky dress.

dress lily. wish.com. zaffle.com. from the doesn't that stink file, why they are different from retailers like kohl's or macy or nordstroms that allow easy return. most of these are in china. there is no cheap way to make a return. doesn't that stink? women report return shipping fees as high as $75 so the better business bureau gives several an f rating. google any clothing selling website for review and complaints. if you find more than a handful, run away so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. larry: tonight, a missing teen's happy homecoming ends abruptly when she is handcuffed and taken for questioning about a murder. local businesses prepare for a one day walkout. the way some bosses are reacting to a day without immigrants might surprise you. a "7 on your side" followup to local families on hold. why investigators allege this intern

is a criminal enterprise. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: two missing teenagers. one dead. the other in police custody. tonight police want to know how the cases could be connected. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in fairfax where we received new image of some of the suspects. this is just in the last hour. jeff? jeff: yeah, we are going to show you them in a moment. the fairfax county police have ten suspects in custody here in fairfax. in connection with that murder, including the 17-year-old girl who was reunited with her mother late last night in alexandria. police will not comment on a motive in this crime. but they say the investigation which is extentive is still unfolding -- exstenseive is still unfolding. >> they issued a alert for

police say hon -- on or around january 8 she was held against her will, assaulted and murdered. >> we believe there is a gang involved. jeff: four adults and six juveniles are in custody for the murder each charged with abduction and gang participation, likely with more charges to come. one of the suspects is 17-year-old venus iraheta of alexandria who last night returned home to her mother after going missing for a month. >> i thank god that she is alive. whatever happens i know we will keep moving forward. i ask god to give me strength to keep moving forward and keep fighting. what happened to her while she was missing i don't know. jeff: this past weekend, 16-year-old lizzy colindres of springfield returned home with her 5-month-old son after also being missing for a month. police say she is not connected to the murder of damaris rivas but that the