19-year-old man is facing several criminal charges. alison: police fear there could be more victims. michelle: ryan hughes live from the adrenaline dance studio in mclean. the accusations go back a couple of years here. ryan: that is right. good afternoon. this is one of the dance studios that instructor taught at. his name is ernie chase peklo. he had inappropriate contact with at least three of the young students starting in 2015 and lasting for more than a year. he was arrested last night and being charged with sexual assault. police say he had a sexual relationship with up on-his students who was only 14 at the stage. he was an instructor of stage door dance studio in menino -- in manassas and at adrenaline dance studio here. this came to light when

the victims came forward. he is also facing charges in fairfax county including possession and distribution of child pornography. he is locked up and being held on no bond. there could be more victims. talk to your child. if you believe they may have had inappropriate contact with him, give them a call. we reached out to both dance studios today. both appear to be closed. our calls never returned. live in tysons, ryan hughes, abc7 news. alison: also breaking late this afternoon a falls church middle school teacher accused of aggravated sexual battery. jose estrada facing two felony counts tonight. two girls from mary ellen henderson middle school are coming forward here. estrada is currently in jail in arlington. abc7 is asking police and school officials for more information on what happened here. we will bring you an update to thist

michelle: a prince george's officer will not face jail time for taking pictures up women's skirts but he will face pro base. james sims took pictures of a woman at a sports authority but it was an off-duty police officer. sims pleaded guilty last month. jonathan: good news now. if you have weekend plans that include getting outside, a picnic, barbecue, golfing, it feels like we could skip through march and jump to april. chief meteorologist doug hill is joining us with the weekend outlook. this is sensational. doug: yeah, "april" is the key phrase. highs we are forecasting for tomorrow and sunday are the average temperatures for middle of april. a spring preview. we have jumped in the 60's. it's 50 in win chest and around 50 in the metro area. we have peaked out for the day but a slow drop to 40s and into the 30's this evening.

skies. by 9:00 we are down to 40 degrees. we'll stay in the 30s in metro all night long. as far as the ski goes plenty of sunshine for the weekend. the temperatures will be mild. averaging out for the lower 50's in the nearby mountain resorts. cooler on sunday. the way it stands now it looks like tonight is the only night out of the next few where it is cold enough to turn the snow machines on and get the snow guns working. kevin lewis is at ski liberty right now in southern pennsylvania. plenty of snow on the ground, kevin. how will they handle temperatures in the 50's? kevin: that is a good question. thing is presidents' day weekend has long been a money-maker for the ski resorts. with the temps expected to hit 50's and 60's tomorrow and sunday, is it ideal? not really. but the folks here want you to know all the snow is going to survive. >> it's nice to be out with your sunglasses, no

kevin: a liberation from winter's wrath. at liberty mountain resort at pennsylvania. today temps in the mid-40s coupled with a bright sunny sky. >> i think we could have skied in t-shirt today. kevin: tugged this family from bethesda to the slopes. >> i don't like the cold so i don't ski that much. today is the first time in two years am skiing with the family. it's bright and sunny. we just need a single layer and a jacket. kevin: despite the benefit resort staff admits this year's warmer weather has cut attendance. >> when there is no snow in people's backyards they don't think we have it either but we have plenty of snow. kevin: we are back live. here is a rare sight. people shedding the jackets because they're burning up. this is a good problem to have. if you want to stay in the loop fo

whatever you're doing this weekend, download the stormwatch7 weather app. just go to google play or the app store. we are live at liberty mountain, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. troches -- president trump: we are seeing people open up companies. the business climate has changed. alison: trump speaking to the men and women of boeing south carolina's plant. the dreamliner's home. this hangar rally was reminiscent of the campaign barnstorming. he penalled american businesses are making a big comeback. megan hughes shows us he is back on the key message. reporter: president trump in charleston to view the newest boeing dreamliner. president trump: may god bless the united states of america and god bless boeing. reporter: he promised to bring back jobs an beef up

u.s. defenses. president trump: we are going to fully rebuild our military. by the way do you care if we use the f-18 super hornets? we are lacking seriously at a big order. reporter: the white house flatly denying "associated press" report that the administration considered a plan for the national guard to round up illegal immigrants. >> i just hope it's not true. the fact that it might even be considered is appalling. reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer saying this is 100% not true. the u.s. senate approving scott pruitt to lead the environmental protection agency. >> the nomination is confirmed. reporter: that is despite objections from democrats. they urge holdg off until pruitt, the oklahoma attorney general turned over thousands of communications with coal, oil and gas companies. >> the idea that the majority leader is now going to try to scoot through this nomination one step ahead of the e-mails with his own caucus unable to see what is in

sign of some rather dark forces at work. reporter: the senate majority leader says democrats are just trying to slow things down. >> i hope at some point here the other side will accept the results of last year's election. reporter: after the firing of the national secured adviser this week, he has another spot to fill. he may meet with candidates at mar-a-largo this weekend. megan hughes, abc7 news. >> the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. michelle: just one of many interesting moments in the president's last news conference. do you think the president is acting presidential? that is our abc7 instapoll question today. head to wjla.com/votenow to participate. as q mccray reports, the president is reinforcing opinions for those who do and don't

q: when i say fake news what comes to mind? >> not true. q: fake news, some consider it trump's catch phrase. president trump: i am not okay when it's fake. q: so much so headlines like "media out of control" grace newspapers outside the newseum. we ask people here what they think about the term. >> when i hear him say it i think he thinks people speaking the truth are speaking false news. >> he's the victim. q: for gnaws actually being fake -- >> it is all over the place. >> yes there are some truth to the idea there could be fake news but i don't think it's the people he has been targeting. casino the perception of -- q: the perception of the phrase is split down party lines. >> i don't think it's a weapon toward the media as much as a defense from it. >> i question his motive

q: you can see right there it's a big talker. another thing that is a big talker is president trump's demeanor. do you think he is acting presidential now? i'm working on that story for you in the 5:00 hour. for now though that is the latest live from northwest, q mccray. back to you. michelle: thank you. in case you missed yesterday's muse conference we aired int on facebook live. see real-time how users reacted. jonathan: it didn't take long for president trump to start running out of pens. the pens that go out of souvenirs for most orders and bills he signed -- he has signed a lot of executive orders. president trump's transition team ordered 150 before inauguration. 350 due at the white house today. by the way, the custom made pens are cross pens, gold plaited, great souvenir pieces and seven presidents used the same pens to sign orders. next at 4:00 for us a chilly piece of hito

alison: next, a new move in the cell phone data price war. michelle: also this -- >> i grabbed the steering wheel. i punched punched the brakes asd as i could and came to a screeching halt in the middle of the bridge. michelle: random heavy onlies flying in the -- heavy objects flying in the air and into your path. "7 on your side" with an investigation into how often

jonathan: we have all had this happen at some point or another. out on the road and debris falls in front of you. it happens in an instant. you swerve to miss it. terrifying. alison: then you make a sudden maneuver that can cause an accident. death and injuries in astouding numbers every year across the -- astounding numbers every year across the u.s.. michelle: lisa fletcher looks at how often the dramatic accidents happen. lisa: watch and the yellow roll on the back of this boat suddenly comes loose. directly in the path of this motorcyclist. the man survived. but hundreds of times a day similar scenarios play out on roads across the u.s. with no warning and almost no reaction time. >> i just grabbed the steering wheel, punched the brakes as hard as i could. came to the halt in the middle of the bridge. lisa: roy was

sailed through his windshield. >> the only reason it didn't come through and hit me and go through my head part of the pitchfork went through the frame of the car into the frame of the door. that is what hung it up. the rest came past my hands on the steering wheel. lisa: he reminds himself daily he lived to tell the story. the pitchfork hangs on his wall. stanley newman travels about 350 miles a day. >> this is a serious situation. he works for the virginia department of transportation. >> they get calls, five-car pileup here because a box fell off the back of a truck. lisa: we weren't in the truck more than a few minutes when it became obvious why this is a problem. like this van here, what do you think when you see that? >> disaster. he only has one strap on it. the straps will get loose because of the wind pressure from the wind. up in the front, you can see where like it is already starting t

the next thing you know he will lose it in traffic and anything can happen once he loses the load. lisa: tools, tires, backyard grill. this is a small portion of what stanley's crews pulls off the road daily. in january the wire spool fell off a trailer on a pennsylvania highway and jumped the barrier and rolled into oncoming traffic very several minutes before coming to a halt. in minnesota, this 28-pound trailer hitch traveling at freeway speed came terrifying close to killing the driver. police say it hit the windshield with 1,000 pounds of force. just a few months ago this boat came off the trailer in the middle of one of northern virginia's busiest interstate. according to the latest a.a.a. study there were 39,000 virges -- 39,000 injuries and 500 deaths caused by road crashes.

their load. they are being reckless and care lest. theing deadly and dangerous. lisa: john townsend is with a.a.a. >> they want to get the mattress home and often times the ma -- mattress becomes airborne. it has the velocity of a guided missile. it can kill, injure and maim. lisa: in virginia, 44-year-old woman died after a log came loose on a passing truck and crashed through her windshield. she was the mother of six. the 5-year-old in the backseat survived. we asked them to break out specific fatality stats for us in the d.m.v. 2011-2014, 16 deaths in virginia, eight in maryland, zero in d.c. the deadly accidents are most likely to occur on interstate highways where speed is a factor.

hauling something. you need to drive defensively. you don't know if the load is secure and extremely dangerous and whether it can claim your life or not. lisa: lisa fletcher, abc7 news. michelle: eye-opening report. thank you, lisa. a.a.a. tells us more than one-third of road debris crashes happen between 10:00 a.m. and 3:59 p.m. that is when many people haul or move heavy items. alison: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. at&t has its response now in the data wars. unlimited is back. it starts today. $100 for single mine and extra $40 for each you add. it is waving the cost of the fourth line. so a family of four pays $180. the company will not require you to sign up for direct tv or uverse if you want the unlimited plan. jonathan: the date labels on food products led to a lot

they should. a lot of food waste going on. now something is being done. two trade associations are encouraging retail and manufacturers to only use two labels. best if used by and use by. they say labeling can lead to throwing food away too early. >> it's very confusing for the consumer. because a package may have multiple dates that are conflicting. it doesn't give the consumer a clear idea about when they are actually supposed to eat the product. jonathan: officials want changes by next summer. they really want to say use by or safe by. which is you can use it by this date and keep going and then it's not safe. which is smart. how many times have you thrown it out and on a border. michelle: you go to the sniff test and you don't know if you should trust it. jonathan: the fridge doesn't smell right. the product is fine. alison: when in doubt, toss it out. jonathan: i know. michelle: traffic watch and a look at the holida

a lot of folks have three days off here, erik. erik: that is right. it will be a tough ride out there. looking at the big picture. everything is looking really tough out there around the beltway to the 270 spur. 270 is seeing volume northbound. this is the main cause through georgetown. through the trees but northbound crash. i saw a fire truck leave so hopefully it will mean more lanes will get by. 270 in georgetown. dealing with the crash before route 118. some of these are heading through gaithersburg at route 124. almost at a stand still. the delays begin at rockville at route 28. this is a major deal. around the beltway, everything is jammed up as well. inner loop past connecticut avenue. tough in both directions there. slow on the outer loop past georgetown road. that is a little better now. the outer loop

that big of a deal. for now back to alison. alison: thank you so much. look at the beautiful sunrise over the capitol. isn't that spectacular? abc7 cameras captured the golden and reds and pink. gorgeous shot. a nice way to start out a weekend. michelle: it will be nice and warm. doug: like april. april 13, 14, 15, 16. that is when we have 66 highs on average. a two-month jump on this. but it won't last. i will get cooler. but we don't see signs of really cold air in the next couple of weeks here. get used to it. looking live in alexandria. it's beautiful. cloudiness earlier. now we are at 50 degrees at reagan national. the winds south/southeasterly at 7 miles per hour. the air is dry. the skies are clear. we will have a change coming up for the next few days. it will get cl

mostly in the 30's. probably above freezing across the region in the overnight. high pressure responsible for the beautiful weather. it stay in charge here. as the center moves off in the afternoon tomorrow and the winds pick up out of the southwest we see cloudiness increase. sunshine for a mid-portion of the day. mid-60's. afternoon clouds. disturbance will get closer. it will fall apart here. what is left of it overhead and there could be a shower or two. but as we get to sunday it will turn sunny again through the day. still warm. temperatures in the mid-60's. we will go ahead through monday when the center of the high backs away. another area of the high pressure comes comes in from new england to give us the northeasterly winds on monday. still sunny but cooler as we head through presidents' day. it's still a great weekend. predawn shower is possible. sunny and 66 on sunday. and on

it out. a lot of sunshine but highs in the 50's. perfect weather at1:00 in alexandria for george washington parade. the next ten day, cooling off on monday and tuesday. back to 60-degree mark on wednesday and thursday. the mid-60's by the end of next week. it might turn cooler by sunday and monday of next week but still, that is above average temperatures to look forward to. michelle? michelle: thank you. next at 4:00, "7 on your side" for your weekend grocery shopping. forget waiting for sunday. what you can do to download real huge discounts right now. >> looking for a good place to go this weekend that is outdoors? i've got your weekend kickoff up next when "abc7 news

kidd: all right. time for your weekend kickoff. need a staycation? maybe spend the weekend at m.g.m. national harbor. on saturday night, head to the theater to see the r&b funk band earth, wind and fire. for the kids, disney on ice as "dream big." the kids have off school on monday, great showtimes then. how often do you get to see the favorite princesses skate in front of you? this is fun for the entire family. something for the adults this weekend with the weather being nice around here, here is a top five

on "good morning washington" of great patios around town to enjoy the nice weather. you can enjoy the rooftop at mason 14, whitlow in clarendon. a great spot to meet friends at cocktail. the w. rooftop is my favorite spot with a view of the national mall. dirty habit is great for sunday bunch. finally town hall has an awesome patio in the middle of the restaurant and a great outside bar as well. celebrate responsibly, whatever you do. do something that makes you happy. i'm kidd o'shea. have a great weekend. jonathan: coming up next here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- target terror. the plot to bomb the big box store was busted by the bizarre motivation behind this is coming up next. >> thousands work in the metro area. so did the day without did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". jonathan: target stores nearly became the target of a man's quick get rich scheme. as amy aubert explains the terrifying plan landed the florida man behind bars. amy: this man accused of planning to bomb target stores all along the east coast. with explosives hidden in packaged food. breakfast bars and the pasta boxes.

>> i'm speechless. >> it's terrifying to hear. the bombs could have taken property damage, injury or death. the ingredients behind it all found here inside mark burnett's central florida home. according to documents, 48-year-old barnett offered a family member $10,000 to put ten bombs on the shelves inside a store. saming for a bomb in each state -- aiming for a bomb in each state along the east coast because they didn't want to make it a localized things. warning that person not to let the boxes bounce around or it would explode. >> having an individual in the public with this in his mind to build devices, that is an individual you want off the street quickly. amy: and they did. barnett sending the person off with a bag of gloves, mask, $300 in travel money. that person took explosives straight to the authorities. barnett would go straight to jail. get this. it was reportedly all in an effort to make a quick

was hoping the explosions would send target stock on a nose dive and he could buy it on the cheap before it rebounded. amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: this is the weather that makes you want to pinch yourself. you can't believe we are about to approach 60's. even better. doug: we have had a mild winter. even though the temperatures look cool, 40's and the lower 50's, the big warmup over the weekend. at the end of the forecast, ten days have warm weather in it as well. annapolis is 41 due to the fact that the sensor near the severn river. the breezes are cooling the air off as it comes across the cold water surface. everybody warms up here through the weekend. the numbers, we will stay in 40's through the evening with the clear skies and the light winds across the viewing area. tomorrow in the morning we have some

freezing. it will be 34 in berryville. 34 in leesburg. 29 in frederick to start saturday morning. in the metro, many areas are around freezing. 35 in the city. 33 in clinton. 31 in burtonsville. temperatures will start warming through the morning tomorrow. plenty of sunshine, too. by mid-afternoon, we will be in the mid-60's in most areas. if you are in an area where the wind blows across the water before it gets to your house, you will be somewhat cooler but the temperatures are pleasant. the clouds increase. as we get to the late night and the over night, weak disturbance can cause a few sprinkles but that is that. sunday the temperatures go back up to the mid-60's. so holiday weekend, mid-60's. bright and sunny on presidents' day but a bit cooler with a north earserly wind 59. cooler on tuesday. wednesday, chance of a shower and 60 threes. 63 on thursday. mid-60's friday. next weekend. this is day

out there but it looks like it will turn a little cooler by the end of next weekend but not dramatically colder. jonathan: thank you for that, doug. a developing story. this broke 24 hours ago. three people shot in their car on u.s. 50 by the cheverly metro station. they all survived by the shooter or shooters are still out there on the loose. we are waiting on information for the get-away vehicle to pass it along to you. but police don't believe it's random. they are not ruling this a road rage incident. we will provide updates as soon as we get them. michelle: thursday dubbed a day without immigrants. shops across the country closed in protest of the president's immigration policy. today is the return to work. but did they make their point? stephen tschida caught up with those who stayed home and those who struggled without the help of immigrants. stephen: sweet green here in northwest d.c. open today. it was closed yesterday. we will show you what is going on inside here. more quiet than earlier to

and dinner. we checked with the restaurants, businesses, customers and those who didn't go to work yesterday to get their reaction to a day without immigrants. at sweet green, it is back to work after a day without immigrants. >> yesterday, we were closed. stephen: regular customers of whom there are a lot notice sweet green closed the doors in solidarity with the immigrant employees. >> i got an e-mail. saying that they were going to be closed. so, actually i responded to say thank you for doing this. supporting your workers. >> those who stayed home hope they sent a message to america. >> we do a lot for this country. we didn't just come here to steal or do something bad. we just want to work because we have a dream and we have family back home. they need our support. stephen: there are thousands and thousands of

not all of them stayed home. it's still too soon to tell whether those who did stay home for the day without immigrants, whether or not it will have an impact with those who make policy on immigrants. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: a group made up of immigrants and faith leaders held a prayer vigil in front of the ice field office to protest immigration arrest around the country. they want i.c.e. to release the names of people arrested and detail of each arrest. >> we have six, seven, eight cars waiting in an area to swoop in on somebody. if you are not staking that area out. >> we want to see an end to the shameful raids. michelle: nearly 700 people have been arrested in six states. in virginia, at least six men were detained last week. jonathan: mike pence making his first trip to europe as vice president of the united states. pence boarded the plane for europe this morning from joint base andrews. the vice p

attending the munich security conference. he will meet with germany chancellor angela merkel. then he heads to brussels for meeting with key european leaders. some new information now on the assassination of north korean leader kim jong un's half brother. third arrest and an explanation from a woman in custody. she says she thought it was all part of a tv prank show, according to the police citing the malaysian police. the poison attack at an airport. one woman's claim they were performing students, telling people to close their eyes and spraying them with something. but someone swapped in poison when it came to kim jong un's brother walking through the line. michelle: an innocent man was thrown in jail for three days due to a coincidence. police in brazil arrested a man because he shares the same first, middle and last name as wanted fugitive. get this, it's crazy. his mother, first, middle and last name are the same as the wanted man's moth

after providing information he was working on the day that the crime happened. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a very chilling piece of history. look at this. that is hitler's personal phone. it traveled with him. up for auction in maryland. wait until you hear how much this thing could fetch. michelle: still ahead, coupon clipping going high-tech. five apps to help you save big bucks at the grocery store. "good morning washington" is already helping you get ready for next week. here is autria godfrey with a look at monday wake-up. >> thanks, michelle. monday on "good morning washington." are the pounds creeping up on your partner? how to approach the delicate topic of weight gain in your relationship. >> plus, watch at 6:00 a.m. for your chance to be the lucky caller to win tickets to see lady gaga live. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minute monday morning starting at 4:25 on "good morning washington." >> countdown to the red carpet brought to you by --

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objects within them. they hope you will see things nasa scientists won't. if you spot something scientists don't, are these the right people for the job? michelle: kids will have fun with it. now check this out. chilling piece of history. this is hitler's phone. up for auction. jonathan: who knew? he traveled with this everywhere he went. he took it with him. the historical auctions say occupying russian officers gave this away. it could get $200,000 to $30,000. the auction closes sunday afternoon. the story guess it was a secure phone. when he would plug it in, he knew he was safe to talk to whoever is on the other line. michelle: it looks so creepy. i guess it goes to a museum. the best place for it. i don't know who would want it. jonathan: yeah. michelle: next for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a dark moment in history. japanese internment camps. 57 yers

japanese americans after pearl harbor on display. jonathan: surviving controversies. the prince george's county school c.e.o. gets a contract extension. the reason behind this is coming

michelle: less than a year ago calls for kevin maxwell to step down as prince george's school c.e.o. but county executive rushern baker stood by his side through mounting controversies including child abuse in schools. maryland bureau chief brad bell reports baker is doubling down with an extension. brad: today's announcement was staged in a duval high classroom. more than a symbolic setting. school c.e.o. kevin maxwell says it's what happens in classrooms that he is most passionate about. >> when i visit schools throughout the district, i see great teaching and learning and inspired students. brad: last fall after a child abuse scandal and the loss of federal head start funds because youngsters were mistreated there were loud and frequent calls for maxwell to be fired but rushern baker said he never lost

four-year contract extension. the first second term for a p.g. superintendent in a quarter century. >> i have never lost confidence. brad: they cite progress in the school system theysy is under represent and duel high school is a perfect example -- duval high school is a perfect example. they have a 94.2% graduation rate. they are getting credit for starting an aeronautical engineering program. they make model planes that they can test in a wind tunnel. >> every decision he makes is to help our prince george schools be a better place. brad: in greenbelt, brad bell, abc7

jonathan: the new ads will end with the words "just marine." the corps eagle globe and anchor emblem will be there. they will focus on three themes. making marines, winning battles and returning quality citizens. we told you earlier this week that some who are evacuated from the homes around northern california lake oroville returned to find out they were robbed. one of the victims was a u.s. army veteran. mike pom evenroy says somebody stole more than two dozen of his medals. medals that were supposed to remain a secret until he died. >> a lot of things went on. you try to bury it. that's it. but the medals were to be passed down to my family. they can sort out what grandpa did or didn't do. jonathan: so now the stories are pouring out. he said the memories with the medals are too sad to discuss but the decorations is what he

200,000 people told to leave their homes, right now, and no one put an enforcement layer around that to protect their homes. michelle: that is heartless to take something that has no meaning to them. jonathan: none. hopefully they will get it back. michelle: hopefully. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. southwest airlines suing the union representing the employees. they claim union bosses told mechanics to decline overtime. southwest says it needs overtime to complete maintenance orders. there was a 57% -- 75% drop of taking overtime shifts over the weekend. literal run-in today. a frontier plane pushing back from a gate at the phoenix airport and the wings clipped. no one was hurt. the wind tip was ripped off. jonathan: i hate it when that

trip. jonathan: nothing bumping out of something in the garage. two planes now. you can't fly either one of them. michelle: this is a weekend you want to stay put if you can. the weather is nice. steve: this is the weekend! we are getting everything to time out perfectly for sand -- saturday and sunday. it's still early for outdoor sports activities but golfing and tennis courts are open. get the bikes tuned up. grab the barbecue. the temperatures are warming up nicely. south and west of d.c. the middle 60's in charlottesville. the lower 60's in luray. we finally crack the 50-degree mark at reagan national airport. if you think it feels great right now, it will only get better as they move in the day tomorrow. we have added clouds that we will introduce into the forecast. for this evening, no problems at all. if you have outdoor activities planned, ice rinks are still open at pentagon r

evening temperatures. falling to around 40 by 9:00. mainly clear skies. at least we don't have to deal with gusty winds. mainly out of the southwest. 5 to 10 with the nighttime lows in the 30's. as we head through the early morning hours tomorrow, it will be a cold start to saturday. just near freezing across much of the area. a little bit milder inside the beltway. look at this. temperatures for daytime highs middle to upper 60's. more clouds, we move through the late afternoon hours. early sunday morning, mild start with temperatures around 50 degrees. highs to the middle and the upper 60's. the ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. gorgeous weekend. upper 50's for presidents' day. lower 50's on tuesday. back to the lower to the middle 60's by the middle and the end of next week. into the first half of the following weekend. let's get a check of what is going on this afternoon. this is friday.

traffic. e. thank -- erik: thank you, st. 270 has been the big story. now we have delays past clarksburg where a crash in georgetown cleared. this had all but one lane shut down at one point. so now traffic is very heavy heading up this way to clarksburg past the lane merger. take a look at a few more delays. this is through gaithersburg past montgomery village avenue. heavy traffic for through lanes and local lane. back to sladed grove road out of rockville. this is a huge mess. capital beltway is not pretty either. georgetown in bethesda, both ways are struggling past connecticut avenue. the inner loop continues a slow crawl toward silver spring. virginia, the inner loop past georgetown pike is as slow as you head out of tysons. up across the bridge here. you can see the de

as you head toward the 270 spur. this is at river road below the spur. heavy for both directions on the beltway. looking at 66. westbound past the vienna metro. a slow call. 59 in virginia past route 23 slow on the right side. some of southbound delays below dale city both directions really struggling. that is all from the traffic center for now. back to you. jonathan: thank you. according to ad vo cassy did -- advocacy group 37 children a year die in hot cars. many are accidental. like when 9-year-old bryce died in charlottesville in 2007. his mother didn't realize she had forgotten drop him off at day care. >> i heard of stories of this happening to other parents. i'm like that is an irresponsible parent. there is no way you can do that. until it happened to me

where the -- jonathan: she says when her son died she made a promise to try and stop others from making her mistake. her warning to all parents. you will hear it tonight after a "20/20" special report on the same topic. michelle: ditch the scissors, download an app. coupon clipping goes high-tech. five apps that can help you save big at the grocery store including one that is like wave for supermarkets. up next. jonathan: new at 5:00 -- >> i think that women have to make decisions that work best for them and their family. jonathan: what the woman tapped to lead the nation's two largest government health programs has to say about maternity leave

john: many people in the d.c. area use price comparison apps or websites buying a new car, vacuum cleaner or tv. what about what you buy most? groceries. it hasn't been easy to find the lowest price. shoppers like brooke try to compare grocery prices. >> it depends. usually i will compare prices. john: but she admits it can be difficult to do. >> i don't use apps. john: enter andy elwood one of the founders of the popular traffic ad waze. what about doing

>> basket is a community of shoppers that decided to never overpay for groceries again. john: he is the cofounder of basket to groceries what contact is to air fares and trip adviser is to hotel rooms. it compares prices based on a computer algorithm of the sale flyers, website listing and member input. >> we will check all the stores five miles of you to tell you who carries everything on your list. >> you make a shopping list and find out who has it for less. >> starbucks coffee is on sale this week at a store nearby for $6.99 but another store has it for $15.20. john: there are other grocery apps, like ibotta give you money back. we found teresa using it last summer. >> you buy chips. you would get 20 cents when you submit your receipt. >> other cash back apps

snap. cash pirate. ebates. the most successful is vovado. basket hopes to take it further thanks to the power of the crowd. if you are a wal-mart shopper, download the wal-mart saving app. target has the cart wheel app that is a must. they're all free. so you don't waste your money. john matarese, abc7 news. larry: tonight -- >> we're scared. larry: an immigrant mom's everyday anxiety and how she as owes are preparing for possible deportation. >> i think he is creepy. a sick individual. larry: a police officer sentenced. his target reacts to the punishment. snowboards? check. goggles? check. 60 degrees? we hit nearby slopes to gauge the business climate. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 5:00". "7 on your side." alison: imagine living in fear each

going to ask for your i.d. and learn that you are in this country illegally. it's a reality for estimated 11 million people in the u.s. including a mother of four in falls church. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live to explain why. jeff? jeff: well, alison, this morning this apartment complex was the scene of a raid by i.c.e. agents and the residents here say they have seen other operations in the past few weeks. throughout the d.c. region, there is growing concern among immigrants that operations buy - -- by i.c.e. are on the increase. lillian moved toal fas church from honduras 15 years ago. in all that time, she has never felt like this. >> we are so afraid now. we are so scared. jeff: she works as a cashier. she is undocumented and like so many others in the community is terrified that i.c.e. agents could take her into custody on a moment's notice. she has four children under the ageo

u.s. she keeps all of the family's important information, birth certificates, contact numbers in this back past in the e -- backpack in the event she leaves from work and does not come home. >> i tell them we have to be prepared. be ready. jeff: this morning at the apartment complex in annandale, i.c.e. agents apprehended six undocumented immigrants. but they say this operation like others around the country were focused on individuals who have committed crime. i.c.e . does not conduct sweeps or raids that target aliens indiscriminately. >> the situation is very bad. jeff: we asked lillian if she wanted to conceal her identity for the interview. she did not. >> i have to show the people we are here. we didn't come to rob something or stealing or things like that. we are coming here working. this is our home. jeff: