>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now with breaking news. michelle: we are live on the scene of two breaking investigations, a massive fire in montgomery county, and five people shot in northeast washington. lane is beingllow called a partial structure collapse. there is a heavy fire that ignited a brush fire that is

track 7. to find out ifg residents were home at the time. the fire department is sending a public information officer to the scene and we will get updates and bring them to you. alison: and breaking news in northeast washington -- five people have been shot. these are live pictures from the 1300 block of brentwood road, where a man and woman were shot. a short distance away, three men were shot in the 1200 block of rhode island avenue. the police believe the scenes are connected. the victims were conscious and breathing, but there is no word further. michelle: an following breaking news about vice president mike pence, word that he used a private email account to take care of public is this. this is when he was still the governor of indiana. this was first reported by "the indianapolis star" which s

use the private account to talk about homeland security issues and reports that the account was hacked last summer. pence's office said that he his office to mixer that state related emails were archived properly. alison: and someone stole a government car in military uniform and is now on the run. the f guy believes the thief -- the fbi believes the thief could be armed and heading to fairfax county. he stole a black 2015 government-owned-dialogue for a elantra from a facility in oxon hill. air is an active right now and we will keep you posted. and searching for a teenager who was shot to death near potomac high school. anna-lysa gayle reports. anna-lysa: just

thursday, the police began a homicide investigation. neighbors heard about three gunshots and found the teenager in desperate need of help not too far from a playground. >> all the kids play on that playground. it is shocking. that, ihem to be around don't even know. anna-lysa: the teenager was pronounced dead at the hospital. neighbors say that he was a student at potomac high school. saying,ent was released "the prince george's community is deeply saddened by the shooting that took the life of an 11th grader at potomac high school in oxon hill. we extend our deepest sympathies to loved ones." starting friday, there will be additional security staff and law enforcement officers in and around campus. >>

we are definitely not going to be outside. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. michelle: we are waiting to hear if the police will be at the park and alexandria searching for possible human remains in connection with gang activity. this comes this week after a teenage girl was found murdered in springfield. that case may also be tied to gangs. te police in frederick memberswo ms-13 gang accused of attempted murder after an assault in frederick last month. >> this is a stormwatch 7 weather app alert. steve: a cold night ahead, windchill factors in the middle to upper 20's, lower 30's, and the wind is finally beginning to ease a little bit. fullrow, which are returns force, snow flurries and the forecast during the afternoon, highs in the lower 40's.

talk about snow totals so far this season and another warm-up on the way. although of that coming up in just a few minutes. relief, finally home, a mother beaten and detained. nearly a year later she is getting to hug her daughter. tom roussey is at dulles international airport for the happy reunion. it is a reunion that was supposed to happen last april. instead, this woman from frederick cannot leave her native gambia for nearly a year. tonight, the naturalized u.s. citizen is finally back with family. >> i'm so glad to be home. lastshe went to gambia spring to visit family. two days before her return

she was not even participating in. >> she was put in jail. yearwas convicted for two s, so it was tough. tom: her family and organizations like the richardson center try to get her home but had no luck. >> there were tensions between the governments for a while, so i'm sure that played a significant part. long-timegambia's leader lost the election in eventually gave up power, and she was allowed at last to go home to her husband and two teenage daughters. >> i missed them so much. tom: most international travelers come from those doors, but she was allowed to come out of this hallway, where all the people came out to greet her. she told us tonight that she felt a little sick, very t

but once she saw her family, none of that mattered. she is just glad to be back in the usa. live at dulles airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: so happy for her and that family. tom, thank you. shut down, a d.c. restaurant facing that tonight. michelle: part of a crackdown on places that owe back taxes. tim barber asked one owner why she owes the district more than $300,000. tim: it looks like business as usual outside, but inside appliances are unplugged. she owns the popular 14th street bridge run, which was just shut down because the district revoked its tax certificate. seven thetold abc company owes more than $330,000 in taxes. the owner said she fell into financial ruin when one of her partner st

$60,000. >> it made us late on everything. try tostrict officials take money from the cash register, but the only thing left is pennies. tax and revenue say they made numerous attempts to collect and multiple payment arrangements before they were forced to revoke the certificate, part of a larger effort to go after delinquent businesses across the district. people say you're supposed to pay taxes. >> absolutely. tim: what do you say to that? district officials say that businesses who do not pay will face liens, seizures, and revocations. tim barber, abc 7 news. michelle: new tonight, the president defending attorney general jeff sessions, who recused himself from any investigation involving the trump campaign and russia today

russia during the campaign. trump tonight tweeted that jeff sessions is an honest man who do not say anything wrongful stop even turned his attention to the democrats, saying they lost the election and have lost their grip on reality. >> i have recused myself in the matter that deals with the trump campaign. michelle: democrats feel like that is not enough. gatheredc lawmakers outside the department of justice, demanding attorney general jeff sessions resign following revelations he met twice with the russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign. but the president is standing by him. session says that his meetings were not as a trump campaign official and were appropriate as a senator. democrats say that is not the issue. >>

about a senator meeting with the russian investor. there is something very inappropriate to mislead congress. michelle: here is sessions under oath in his own words. that there is any evidence anyone related to the trunk campaign communicated with russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at the time in the campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. and i'm unable to comment on it. michelle: in september, then-candidate trump called putin far more of a leader than president obama. sessions that with the russian ambassador in his office the next day. the president said he was not previously aware of that meeting. police in winchester are investigating a threatening email sent to a local political activist. when the holiday is the founder of a watchdog

called indivisible winchester. she is a registered republican who has been critical of president trump's agenda. following her first public meeting last month, she received a chilling email. >> "he assured our message will be delivered cold and perhaps publicly." it was alarming, and i don't alarm easily. alison: the group has moved its meetings from a church to a share's office for security reasons. foro a police office security reasons. he has just three years old but may have saved a life. >> they were in trouble. toddler and has a hero, and his family is crediting him. that is next.

tim: we are at the scene in rockville of this two-story house fire, down the road. i want to try to take you as close as we can get. all we know is it is a two-story house fire, part of the house has collapsed. some of the fire has spread around the

into brushfires. firefighters at last check are still trying to attack this fire. we will try to get closer to the house. we just got on the scene. we do not know where the occupants are right now, part of the investigation. there is an ambulance, fire trucks, and the ground out here is pretty wet. we will try to get as close as we can to get new information about the house fire. we will bring it live right here on abc 7. live in rockville, tim barber, abc 7 news. michelle: that is a massive response. find breaking news the moment it happens on facebook, twitter, and the abc 7 smartphone app. alison: a three-year-old arginia boy has a love of show about rescue dogs which may have been responsible for a real life

jackson lopez was with his grandmother in tidewater when he saw a woman leaning into the garage and he ran for help. >> and then it was trouble. help, and grabs my wrist, pulling me to the door. alison: the neighbor who had passed out from dehydration is doing just fine. jackson's mother took him to pick a toy as a reward and he chose flowers for the woman instead. michelle: that is sweet! that is adorable. alison: it really is. what a cutie. michelle: he is taking a break from advising president frank underwood. alison: he is helping governor larry hogan raise awareness about a crisis in maryland. >> hi. as an acto s

addiction. that addiction ends with the word "cut." theon: they teamed up on set of "house of cards" for the public service announcement, posted by the governor on facebook. they speak seriously about the epidemic impacting people across the free state and give information for people battling addiction to call for help. partnership, a free sober ride home is just a away. the washington regional alcohol program is partnering with lyft. before you had to call a phone number and wait for a taxi. now you get a sober ride on the lyft app. the service covers rise up to $20 and start st. patrick's day. 53 companies, including apple, ibm, and microsoft filed a brief today urging the court to allow gavin grimm to use

grimm was born female but identifies male. takeupreme court is set to up the issue next month, but the school board has asked for a delay. blame for this week's lowdown of a popular website. it happened during what should have been a routine debugging of the amazon billing system. somebody type a command incorrectly and instead of just shoving down a few servers it triggered a larger problem. the cloud system supports popular sites like spotify, airbnb, and interest. -- and pintrest. amazon is stepping in to help a diaper bank targeted by thieves. nearly 1800 cases of diapers were stolen from a bank in wisconsin. they were supposed to go to low income families. areamazon and huggies donating to make up for the loss and then some. alison: that's great.

house press corps got a gift today from one of hollywood's biggest names. tom hanks sent journalists and espresso machine with a note that read "keep up the good fight for truth, justice, and the american way." this is the third espresso machine the actor has sent the 2004.corps since steve: westeve: have a little snow in the forecast for the day tomorrow, but let's just review how little we have had so far this winter. 1.4 inches, that is it at reagan national, making it the third least snowiest winter on record. lotn't think we will add a tomorrow. snow showers garrett county, allegheny county, western maryland, the panhandle of west virginia, but nothing around the capital beltway. skies are clouding up and we will see snow showers overspread the entire area late tomorrow -- late tonight into tomorrow.

the wind out of the northwest at five to 10. a chilly start friday, but at least it's friday, right? a.m., if theower 7 kids are hoping for a delay or cancellation, it's not going to happen. nothing will stick to the ground for stop may be rooftops, a little bit of minor accumulation, but other than that, not a whole lot. through the day, quiet and relatively dry. through the afternoon, showers and snow showers overspread. as quickly as they arrive, they are gone by dinnertime. everything clears out. skies clear, the wind increases, the temperatures fall, the windchill factors really dropped. a very cold start to the weekend. highs tomorrow lower 40's. snow showers in the afternoon. clearing out by dinnertime. the windchill factors, through friday night into the day saturday, talking wind chill's that will only be

saturday morning, north and west of town, feels-like temperature's around 20 degrees inside the beltway. old town alexandria saturday morning for the parade, it will be really cold. the 10 day outlook from stormwatch 7, 40's the high saturday and sunday, near 60 monday, upper 60's tuesday. cooler by the end of next week. daylight savings time not this weekend but the following weekend, springing ahead one hour. alison: the doggies will have to wear coats for their parades. when you think of rolls-royce, you think luxury. michelle: but the high-class brand is rolling out a new model.

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alison: we are on the scene of this breaking news in rockville, live pictures of crews working to put out a large house fire, which turned into a brush fire. we are gathering more information on whether the occupants were home at the time and what the situation is and will bring you updates on our website, wjla.com, and first thing tomorrow on "good morning washington." toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: the capitals now have 14 straight home wins, which is a franchise record. washington still has not lost at home in 2017. shutout

for braden holtby tonight. it was scoreless until the third. caps on the power play. john carlson, over to jake up vrata, nice work. cap seven now won 14 straight at the verizon center. -- the caps have now won 14 straight at the verizon center. it looked like batting practice for the nationals today, three home runs for washington, including jayson werth's first of the spring. bryce harper got in on the action, correcting one to deep center. the nationals power passes the astros, 13-1. the catch of the night, swings and loses his bat, but look at this. the prospect makes the awesome catch, then flipped the bat back. grabbing it barehanded.

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alison: last word on the weather? steve: winter is back, here we are now in march. tomorrow come a few snow showers, no accumulations or delays. colder temperatures saturday, upper 40's sunday. near 60 monday. then we warm up tuesday, cooler next week. what can i say? up and down. michelle:

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