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police. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: two teenagers are dead and a third seriously hurt after this crash in waldorf. abc7 was there when what we believe to be a relative arrived at the scene near the st. charlestown center. in the last five minutes police released the victim's names. they are 17-year-old colen bypatt and desmond cook, both of waldorf. a witness says that the car was speeding trying to avoid vehicles at a light and swerved and hit a utility pole. >> i don't know how fast he was going. super fast. i'd guess 100 miles per hour. who knows? i could be wrong. michelle: the third person in the crash, an 18-year-old is in the hospital with serious injuries. after days of searching, tonight police
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found in fairfax county. horace: our "northern exposure" virginia chief jeff goldberg is monitoring the developing story in holmes run park and that is where he joins us. >> the two full days of searching, fairfax police discovered two sets of human remains late thursday night in holmes run park. police say the crime is gang related. >> this says horrible. information came from a tip. investigators had to dig to find them and it remains known whether the murders happened inside the park or somewhere else. >> we will arrest the suspects responsible for this. and put a lid on this. >> two years ago fairfax county police also discovered the human remains of two individuals. that was later connected to an ms-13 murder investigation. >> police believe this situation is similar. police don't know the identity of the victims but they have not ruled out a
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two fairfax teens missing since the fall. in the past few weeks they arrested 16 suspects in connection with two separate murders. >> i'm not surprised but i'm worried. i hope that it clears up. in fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. horace: also developing out of montgomery county, police say 59-year-old salvador rodriguez sexually abused two girls who rode his school bus. he allegedly had inappropriate contact with the two 11-year-olds on four separate occasions. he was the driver for rockview elementary school, newport mill mental school and the albert einstein high school. they are looking into the possibility there are other victims. michelle: more than a hundred threat against jewish school and community centers in 33 states since the beginning of the year. today police arrested a man they say is behind eight of the threats in california, texas, michigan, new york. juan thompson appeared in federal court this morning on a cyber
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wanted to harass and vilify the ex-girlfriend. rockville j.c.c. also threat anded, holding a solidarity event when news of the arrest broke. >> we will go to synagogue. we will send our children to school. he will go to community centers and live proud, vibrant, knew wish lives -- jewish lives. michelle: thompson was arrested in missouri. they also plan to question him about the damage at a jewish cemetery there last week. horace: another week has come and gone without revised travel ban from the white house. ryan hughes at dulles international airport right now and he is joining us live where the legal aid is still standing by when the order does come down. ryan: this is a waiting game. the immigration attorneys remain here helping people impacted by the first orer
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those who may be affected by the new one. >> immigration attorneys remain on the ground at the dulles international airport amid growing concerns over president trump's pending new immigration executive order. >> people are just afraid right now. people don't know what to expect. >> for more than a month, baggage claim 13 in the international arrivals terminal has become headquarters for the dulles justice coalition. volunteers holding signs and lawyers offering free legal advice to help the residents and the refugees navigate the first order that banned travel from seven muslim majority countries. >> i believe that they believe here. they have been volunteers since the beginning. president trump's first order was halted by a federal judge. but the questions keep coming with the new order expected. >> there is confusion. the exec
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executive order will not include a blanket for citizens of iraq. >> we are on the ground when the next step should be. >> a lot of question and speculation. the president is expected to announce the new details about the new order sometime next week. live outside dulles airport. ryan hughes, abc7 news. michelle: new developments tonight. the police are live on the scene. police identified the man within the last hour. rich? richard: that is right. the authorities identify the man as 71-year-old larry pagliot. he lived here for a number of
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the cause of the fire is a mystery. the fire investigators looking for answers after a terrible destructive blaze. >> he was engulfed. they identify the man found inside. the homeowner and the cat tant. >> we went to high school together. we went to high school together. >> the fair broke out 10:15 wednesday night. they saw the blames and they called 911. >> if it had been friday perhaps he would have been out. they don't have a cause or where it started. they are investigating reports it may have been an hoarding situation.
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large pile of the personal belongs. a wonderful guy. a great account. a recluse. >> somebody left a bouquet of flowers for the family. he is very popular. live in rockville, richard reeve, abc7 news. >> there is no comparison whatsoever. horace: mike pence responding to report he used e-mail server for official business serving as the governor of indiana. >> he is a bully. michelle: the woman was doing when she says a police officer shoved her to the ground. >> we are expecting a warmup this weekend. not
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horace: the vice president says he fully complied with all of indiana's laws. michelle: today, the maryland house approved the version of a bill requiring paid sick leave in the free state. if it passes, the businesses with more than 15 employees would have to provide paid leave. the senate has a similar measure. horace: you have a chance to land a job with the nationals this weekend. the team is holding auditions to sing the national anthem in the 2017 season. 50 candidates will sing the
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of judges tomorrow and they will choose. michelle: covering metro tonight. a warning about the safenesstrack for metro. this time the work along the yellow and the blue line comes in two part. the first has both line single tracking between the braddock road and the huntington station. phase two impact the yellow line south of the king street. in all it should last 37 days. the blue and the yellow trains will run once every 24 minutes in the rush hour. get text alert. a lot to keep track of by signing up at wjla.com. horace: i hope you got all of that. there will be a test. coming up at 6:00, what the judge student says the so-called friend did to him that could have cost him his life. >> the turnstile won't turn outside the amphitheater for the summer. i'm mike carter-conneen in northwest washington. coming
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michelle: back with a look at what some michigan university student says was a joke that almost turned deadly. members of the fraternity rubbed peanut butter on another student's face when he passed out but the student has a serious peanut allergy. his mother complained to the school and her son has already transferred schools. but now she is taking it to social media. members of the fraternity that is not an official on campus fraternity said they didn't mean my harm. horace: look at the police video. it shows redgrave shoved to the ground by an officer in an immigration rally last month. 78-year-old says another woman tried to help her. the officer pulled out pepper spray. >> it is outraged. it's unconscionable you would spray somebody simply trying to help somebody out. >> i don't look much like a harden
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shooting guns. you know? i'm defenseless. horace: she has a point. redgraver suffered minor injuries. the police are doing an internet investigation of the understand -- incident. yelp is going to add a gender neutral restroom categories to help people serging for gender neutral restrooms. michelle: attorneys general from 19 states are supporting a virginia transgender teen's fight to use the bathroom of the choice. the supreme court will hear gavin grimm's case this month. he sued after the gloucester county school system told him he couldn't use the boy's bathroom because he was born a girl. >> developing story out of new york. get this. arnold schwarzenegger won't be back. he is quitting "celebrity apprentice" after one season. he says the former host now
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away sponsors and viewers. leading to a big drop in ratings. michelle: earlier in week we told you the national park service closed the popular carter barron amphitheater in rock creek park due to structural problems with the stage. today mike carter-conneen got details on a possible timeline for repairs and the site reopening. >> the site opened 65 years ago before modern building codes. in 2014, the eating area was repaired and upgraded but not the stage. >> the engineers determined that the concrete itself was okay. in generally good condition. but the stage has structural deficiencies. >> it can't support the weight of the people walking across it, let alone performances.
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permits. but none have been approved and now the applicants are referred to other nearby venue s. >> they are going to pursue a long-term solution. rehabilitating the stage. but first the agency needs half a million from the project from the federal budget or private funds. even then it will likely result in reopening in five years from now. in northeast butting, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. doug: the weekend is here. skies are clearing out. cold temperatures will get colder tonight. 32 in winchester. martinsburg now. 35 in warrenton. 40 in fredericksburg. 39 at the patuxent river naval air station. 36 in college park. we have been watching the snowshowers today. at the noon show we are getting report from the pennsylvania state police they were white-out
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the snow was heavy along the turnpike. that is all diminishing. we will see clearing skies. if you combine the winds with the rejected overnight lows. 20 to 24, 26. mighty cold in the teens for the wind chills saturday morning. the weekend will brighten up. plenty of sunshine. blue skies but still breezy. winds to 15. the winds are gusty early on sunday and diminishing during the day. 43 degrees for high today. we will go from the 40's for the early january for highs. we jump to 57 on monday. 67 on tuesday. chance of showers. as you have not heard the
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the extended metro area is now in a severe drought. that is because we go seven or eight days at a time without much rain or any at all. 30% on tuesday. sunshine, 63 on wednesday. mild conditions on thursday and friday. then we cool down on saturday and warm up on sunday. next weekend, plan ahead. we go back to daylight savings time. the sun set on sunday. 7:15 p.m. that will be it. not bad. spring is coming. horace: love it. michelle: looks good. thank you, doug. the weather makes you want to stay in and watch basketball. horace: there are 20, 25 games left in the season for the wizards. every one of them counts. scott: trying to continue the climb up the playoff standings. they will battle for the third spot in the eastern conference. a good night for basketball. the wizards are back home looking for the third win in a row. the wizards are ready for toronto. it marked the debut of this guy.
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center. a big game against toronto. the same team they handled wednesday north of the border. get the job done tonight in washington. on a three-game winning streak. they will have a few face on the bench. point guard jennings set for the wizards debut. >> coming with energy. >> try not to be the piece to upset the run. come in and playsf hard. >> the nats will be pleased. three strike-outs. the mattes were quiet. the cardinals win 2-1 in ten innings. programming reminder. all season long, news channel 8 is the home for the d.c. united soccer. red and flag opening the new year tomorrow night at the r.f.k. stadium against can city.
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maryland women's basketball team just about ready to tip off against minnesota in the big ten conference tournament quarterfinals. we have the highlights of that game tonight at 11:00. horace: thank you. throw a willing on the fire. doug: a cold weekend. gusty winds and cold temperatures. through the weekend, a lot of sunshine. breezy and 43 tomorrow. sunday windy min niche but still breezy -- windy min niche. do the weather in k9 for the dog friends. [barking] that is it. dogs know what is going on and steve rudin will be in to update the wind chills for the weekend. michelle: doug the dog whisperer. thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. horace: join us at 11:00. have a good night.
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tonight, several developing stories. president, now calling it a witch hunt. new questions over contact with the russians. first, michael flynn, now jeff sessions recusing himself. also tonight, the 25-car pileup on a major interstate. 30 people rushed to hospitals. the rescues, and the pictures coming in tonight. the multistate manhunt. the desperate call to 911. the stunning moment in the heartland. the drive-by in broad daylight. new action after this
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