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>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. s of human remains found in a park in the alexandria section of fairfax county. our northern virginia bureau chief is live. this is the end of a three-day search, what are police saying? >> we still do not know a lot of answers in terms of the identity and the crime committed, whether the bodies were dumped or whether
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but the situation is causing a bit of acer. -- a bit of a stire. police say this is definitively related to gang situation, gang related activity, a growing problem in this area and fairfax police making the announcement at 11:00 today, saying it was based on a tip that officers were digging in this section of foundrk, he remains were late last night with the search starting tuesday and went all day wednesday and thursday. last night is when the findings the place. we do not know if the remains are men or women or how long the bodies had been inside the park. police not sure whether or not the murders took place in the park or somewhere else. some of the many questions still to be answered. >> this creates fear in the entire community. we need to enjoy our community and we will arrest the suspect responsible for this. and put a lid on t
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police and prince william's county police have made 16 arrests in the past two weeks. they are related to two separate murders, this is gang activity relatedeved to be ms-13 gang activity, the remains found here are at the medical examiner's office to get more information about identification and perhaps the cause of death but the gang problem happening, police saying it is a growing problem in this area and they are taking it very seriously. a want to put a lid on it as you heard the chief say. much more on this on later editions of abc 7 news. back to you. jummy: thank you. also breaking, and arrests in connection to threats made to the jewish community at centers nationwide. we are at the live desk with more. >> the man accused of making at least
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now behind bars. thompson was arrested in missouri, accused of threatening the anti-defamation league headquarters in new york city. the complaint says the threats were made to harass a former girlfriend. the color used the victim's name while making some of the threat. he will appear in court later today on charges that include cyber stalking. back to you. jummy: thank you. you have to be up early to see them but there were some snow flurries this morning. look at this video from arlington around 4:00 in the morning, that is what it looked like. doug hill is here with more on the cold weekend ahead. doug: we could have a couple more snow showers and a few around the area now, maybe a few this afternoon with you guys in alexandria. some clouds and some snow showers not far away. , a few showing up now, mainly over southern maryland
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lower end of calvert county, a few more scattered in fredericksburg, a little bit of a break but a few more may come out of pennsylvania we will watch through the afternoon. during the afternoon, wins will pick up and highs in the low-40's and the windchill issued to do with. , afar as the futurecast couple of more snow showers possible and by 5:00, in the 30's and it will feel colder with the wind and temperatures will drop tonight, by early tomorrow morning, really cold, wind chills colder. 40,eratures not much above falling during the afternoon, 20's tonight. tomorrow morning, wind chills in the teens and we talk about the wind -- the reagan and the next seven days in about 11 minutes. jummy: a body has been found in a rockville home that burned to the ground overnight. john gonzales reports that crews are still trying to determine what caused the fire that gutted the house. john: we knew the man who h
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since the 1970's was unaccounted for, he and his cap. we were -- cat. we got confirmation a body has been recovered, you see the incident command post from montgomery county, still firefighters on scene and they keep putting out hotspots. they have brought in heavy machinery to lift some of the debris, some of the charred rubble, all that is left of the home. the only thing standing are the chimneys on each side. at the hike of this, 75 firefighters were here, it took them 25-35 minutes to put out the fire. >> radiant heat and embers caused -- but they were quickly contained. a total structural collapse. this is a two-story house. andooked through the window the house was already engulfed. called 911 and in two minutes they were here.
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neighbors feared the worst because the man's car was in the driveway and he believed he was home after 10:00 last night when the fire started, i investigators waiting for the medical examiner to arrive and homicide detectives which is normal protocol we are told. -- the causewn unknown and unknown if the smoke alarms were working. jummy: two people dead after a fire in baltimore which started after 2:00 this morning at cozy cottage in the northwest part of the city, several websites say this is an assisted living facility. four people in critical condition and investigators are looking for a cause this afternoon. district,ews from the police searching for the woman who stabbed to people this morning in northwest. shortly after 7:00 on the 1300 block of k street northwest, both victims also women and breathing and conscious. police have not released a motive for this attack. po
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killer. a man was found shot to death inside a apartment late last night at a complex on donald place, officers do not believe it was random, authorities have not released any suspect information. the westbound entrance to reagan national airport is back open after a major water main break shut it down for hours this several inches high, causing major backups on the gw parkway. it took crews more than one hour to financial eval and now things running smoothly. let's get a check of traffic with angela foster. you.a: thank the afternoon drive is a lot easier with the opening of the ramp on the george washington parkway southbound at reagan national airport. we have some spots of complication with midday work zones set up on d.c. 295. not the case on 395 where we are in the green but northbound and southbound 295 with some minor delays approaching east capi
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, this is as usual on i 270, further north, some emergency roadwork, northbound 85 the right lane is closed. is closed as well as the common ramp from 270 four accident investigation and the afternoon getaway already on 95 southbound in virginia. an earlier crash in arlington gone. closer toays stafford, delays approaching u.s. 17. back to you. jummy: the next safetrack surge starts tomorrow, blue and yellow line writers, you are in for delays, surged 13 is broken down into two phases and last for 37 days. yellowact the blue and live with trains sharing one track between braddock road and huntington, during the second phase, trains will singletrack around the clock on the yellow li
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search 13 runs through april 9. developing now, serious flames tearing up our homes and outer buildings, firefighters are fighting for several hours, we will take what investigators are saying and get you the video. attorney general jeff sessions recusing himself from investigations involving russia while maintaining his innocence, new details about the investigation into the nation's top lawmaker. showing a police officer stepping on a young man's neck before he died
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newsu are watching abc 7 at noon, on your side. jummy:
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morning battling massive flames at this, aey, look three alarm fire after 5:00 this morning in ocean grove, right on the shore. the fire started at an abandoned hotel and spread to at least seven other buildings. two firefighters were injured while battling the fire but no one else hurt with dozens this place. -- this voice. malaysia, one of the men arrested in the murder of kim jong-nam, the man sent back to north korea after authorities ruled they do not have enough evidence to charge him, the authorities in malaysia are looking for a north korean airline employee who they want to question, saying he arrived in malaysia two weeks before nam was attacked by the nerve agent at the kuala lumpur airport. at home, jeff sessions is at work this noon, this after saying he will recuse himself from any investigation into russia interfering with the u.s. election. the president is calling this a political witchhunt. >>
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sessions is back at work today. >> good morning. announcing he would recuse himself from any investigation into the trunk campaign following the revelation that he met twice with the russian ambassador but failed to disclose it while under a. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> he maintains he did nothing wrong. >> by reply to the question of the senator was honest and correct as i understood it at the time. >> gave false testimony! >> democrats say he willfully misled congress and are calling for him to resign which may be difficult to prove. >> to get a perjury conviction, you need willful, intentional, he has to have done it on purpose. regardless of what you think about why he did it, how he said it, proving that he did it on purpose would be nearly
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right now. >> the president is headed to florida, standing by him, calling it a political witchhuns , even at is revealed that more members of the administration met with the same russian ambassador, including the president son-in-law. officialer trump carter page is the latest person to come forward and say he met with the russian ambassador at the republican national convention and a democratic senator, claire mccaskill, also met with him, despite earlier denials. news -- soccer season kicks off tomorrow in the district. we are the official home of d.c. united, you can see our season opener, the game begins at 7:00, we host sporting kansas city. looking for a different way to view the cherry blossoms, go to a new pop-up bar on 7th street. you can see beautiful
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while sipping on some special themed drinks. eileen whelan has a look at the cherry blossoms in northwest. blossoms areherry in full bloom in d.c. the cherry blossom pop up our, these are the same people that brought to miracle on seven, paul taylor is the senior bar manager. incredible vision, tell us more about it. paul: thank you. we wanted to share something popular and near to the community which is the cherry blossom festival or just the blooming of the cherry blossoms. ferry in this article for me, i remember growing up going to the tidal basin and we having covers that here, we have a 90 o'neill painting which is in the jeff -- of the jefferson memorial and this bar is the cherry blossom bar, we want japanese teens that. the cocktail we are making today is eat, drink, and the cherry.
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drinks have a cherry blossom title tie-in. paul: this has a blended whiskey, a cherry brandy, we are drink, lemond juice, simple syrup, and top it off with soda. it is a risky, cherry soda -- whiskey, cherry soda. we will be here until april 15. eileen: come down and enjoy the drinks and be immersed in the cherry blossoms. it will be such a cold weekend, this will be the place to be so you can feel like it is springtime. a nice 70 degrees inside the bar. the delicious cocktai.
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cocktail that is super-quaf fable. eileen: how about that for a vocabulary word. paul: cheers. jummy: did you get the one she let you in the weather center? doug: no. jummy: look again. have hadw showers, we some and a few more now and some this afternoon. a sunny but very hilly weekend. -- chilly weekend. inascus elementary school damascus in montgomery county, 34 degrees, cold. snow is on the ground, snow showers about 3:30 or 4:00 and once the sun came up, even though it was cold, look out things quickly melted, residual warmth taking care of that. now partly cloudy and another snow shower or two or
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possible across the area during the afternoon. looking at temperatures have been the coldest and noontime, noontime temperatures, coldest then we have seen in a long time . 22 right now, these are wind chills in winchester and 33 in manassas, 32 at joint base andrews. were 80 of days ago we degrees and now snow -- no showers. -- snow showers. it now in pennsylvania, west virginia, earlier ones have gone south and we have a break. more moving in this afternoon and based on their speed, to give you a timeline, if this line holds together, they could be in the hagerstown area after 3:00 and if they survive their trips out, maybe in the metro, especially northern suburbs before 5:00. some are creating whiteout conditions they are so strong on the turnpikes for the visibility goes almost to zero temporarily bu
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futurecast, by late this afternoon, 30's for air temperatures, wind chill in the upper-20's with scattered snow showers and skies clearing tonight and wins risk by air sk butatures -- winds bri and temperatures fall, 26 in washington tomorrow morning, wind chill's only in the teens tomorrow morning. the on the windy morning, breezy and sunny -- highs of only 43 degrees, about 8, 9 degrees below average for saturday and sunday. withy, things warm up sunshine and increasing clouds late in the day, temperatures climbing to the upper-50's. tuesday, a chance of showers with highs of 67. cooler on wednesday and thursday. from 63 on wednesday, 54 on thursday and we warm up through next weekend. --is mark, closer to spring march, closer to spring. jummy: almost
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forget the treehouse, how about a backyard roller coaster? see how a super dad made his creation
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jummy: right now, parent seeking justice in georgia after their son was killed during an encounter with police. released-- -- newly video seem to strengthen their case. we are tracking it from atlanta. >> the pickup truck driven by an 18 your old, running from police south of atlanta. he crashes into a get and sheriffs deputies
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he hits the gas again but is stuck. police tracked him out of the passenger side door and his family admits he was on drugs but feel what happened next is murder. several times, put him in the room and got on top of him. >> one of the deputies leans his knee onto their sons neck and turned him around and does it again. a state autopsy says it is one of the reasons he died, from compression of the neck and torso. up.ake >> the family says police waited too long to give their son cpr. >> we are not getting any calls. >> they are suing. >> i have a problem with that good they should be held the point -- accountable. >> the deputy with the need was fired after a complaint in a separate case. jummy:
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weather, taking us into the weekend, you see the camera blowing, talking about wind chill's in the 20's possibly.
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jummy: here is a challenge, go one day without electronics. today's the perfect day to try it, national unplugging day, enjoy the simple things like that life has to offer, 75% of americans
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backyard roller coaster built by a navy seals father on washington state, taking three months to plan and build, made up of pvc pipes and two by fours , the project took about $1000. a retired boeing engineer helped him along the way, the father says it was to spend extra time with his son. doug: isn't that sweet. i would have known about the unplugged today, i would not have come in. today,e of graphics, breezy and cold this afternoon, there will be a few more flurries or snow showers but no impact. sunshine this weekend but very breezy and cold,-the lower-40's and a warm up starting on monday. jummy: unplugged, doug. doug: i will not touch that, i am finished. jummy:
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