and so, as the great world spins, luck comes out to play for another day... this unexpected whisper in the silence of night. luck is an elusive friend, but come it does, and come...it will. ♪ >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. michelle: breaking news from southeast washington, where crews are on the scene of a house fire near the intersection of the street and 38th in southeast. one person had to be removed from the building.

[crying] michelle: anguish tonight after two teenagers were killed in a crash in waldorf. anna-lysa gayle is live near st. charles town center with new information about the students were getting ready to graduate. so sad, anna-lysa. anna-lysa: extremely, michelle. there are makeshift memorials on both sides of the intersection where the crash happened. monday, there will be grief counselors available at westlake high school to help students through this extremely difficult time. the photos that you saw of the two teenagers were taken recently for their last year of high school. broken traffic sign and debris scattered at the intersection of smallwood drive and saint nicholas try following a crash involving three westlake high school students. two students died at the scene, and a third student was seriously injured.

they were unable to stop for traffic stop at the red light, try to avoid having an accident, and struck the utility pole. i've been a traffic investigator for a while in my career. i have not seen any a severe as this. it's a shock. >> it is gutwrenching. uties tried to comfort a heartbroken woman when she learned the news. the school principal said they were both seniors were excited to graduate on june 3. >> they were college ready, getting ready to graduate and move on in life. it's tragic. they were very well liked by the students and had a wide circle of friends. this will really impact. investigators believe speed may have been a factor in the crash. the sole survivor of the crash is being treated at a hospital in d.c.

anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. michelle: just four miles away and five hours later, a woman and two children were injured in another crash in waldorf. this happened on route 301 between substation and pierce roads. the police say that a woman veered off the road and hit a curb, flew into the air and hit a tree. two children in the car were properly restrained. they say that driver air and speed were to blame in the crash. right mainly clear skies now through the overnight, a few lingering flurries, but not amounting to anything at all, mainly along the mason-dixon line. tomorrow, a cold day, winter returns with temperatures only into the lower 40's. the windchill factors, upper 20's, lower 30's. we will talk more about sunday and a warm-up on the way for the 10 day outlook.

michelle? >> it's getting out of control and we need to stop it. michelle: that is fairfax county chief of police gang violence in the county. those razr reports, comments come after the remains of two people were found in a park. -- as tom roussey reports. >> we have at a spike in gang activity, especially murders. it's serious. fairfax county police chief says they have a gang problem getting worse. the two bodies found thursday night are adding to a growing body count. >> it's more than likely the recovery of the remains that we have to date at this active crime scene will be linked to another set of gang murders. tom: the chief said that he will wait for autopsy results before publicly identifying the bodies. with gangers connections have been missing since september, but it's not clear if this is connected. is

15-year-old from gaithersburg was found dead in springfield. bodynuary, a 21-year-old's was found near the potomac and dumfries. both cases are believed to be tied to the gang ms 13. over a dozen people i been arrested, but there have been no arrests for the bodies found in the park. >> we need to bring murderers to justice. it took fairfax county police about 48 hours of searching very thick woods in the park before they found the two bodies. they say that a tip led them to the bodies, but they will need more tips to bring about justice and arrests and hopefully stop what is going on with the gangs right now. live tonight in alexandria, tom roussey, abc 7 news. michelle: tonight, a montgomery county school bus driver is accused of sexually abusing kids on his bus, just 11 years old.

concerns there could be more victims. tim: salvador rodriguez has been driving the school bus for 10 years but tonight is accused of sexually abusing two 11-year-old girls. >> who are you going to trust? tim: detectives want parents to talk to their kids about possible inappropriate interactions with rodriguez. >> if that happened, i'm concerned about that. p sparked the investigation february 9. montgomery county public schools put him on administrative leave, but parents just found out because rodriguez was arrested. rodriguez drove kids from newporte elementary, mill middle, and albert einstein high school. the police believe that he inappropriately touched one girl on the school bus at least three times and a second girl at least once. >>

facts, cannot really say anything. he: detectives say that admitted to the inappropriate contact this morning. >> it's scary. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. ofhelle: since the beginning the year, jewish centers and schools and 33 states have received more than 100 threats. today, police in missouri arrested a man who they believe is behind eight of them in several states. inn thompson appeared federal court on a cyber stalking charge. he wanted to harass and vilify his ex-girlfriend. they also plan to question him about damage to headstones at a jewish cemetery near st. louis last week. president trump says it is a witch hunt but democrats are calling for a wider investigation of ties between the trial camp and the russian government. there are been accusations they meddled in the u.s.

that made mr. trump president. reporter: president trump arrived for another florida weekend, trailed by more questions about his campaign contacts with russian officials. questions about teamtrump and russia's ambassador to the united states, who met with ump's topf candidate trial' people. attorney general jeff sessions did not disclose two meetings with him during senate testimony. now he says -- >> in retrospect, i should have i met down and said that one russian official a couple of times. reporter: the former campaign foreign adviser carter page. >> did you have any meetings last year with russian officials in russia, outside russia come anywhere? >> i had no meetings. reporter: now -- >> did you talk to him in cleveland? >>

talked to him. jerod kushner joined a meeting between flynn and the ambassador in december. democrats say that it calls for an independent investigation. president trump calls it a witchhunt. michelle: president trump took to twitter today with this picture of senator chuck schumer and russian president vladimir putin. "we should start an immediate investigation into senator schumer and his ties to russia. a total hypocrite." he then tweeted, "i hereby demand a second investigation of nancy pelosi for her close ties to russia and lying about it." vice president mike pence took time today to defend his use of a personal a email account for state business while he was governor of indiana. he was one of many republicans criticizing hillary clinton for her use of a personal in e

department. there is no comparison whatsoever between hillary clinton's practice of a private server, mishandling classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by congress and by officials. we have fully complied with all of indiana's laws. michelle: vice president pence says that he fully complied with indiana loss. we now know the name of the man who died in a house fire in rockville. this afternoon authorities identified him as 71-year-old larry pagklia. investigators were searching for clues to the cause of the fire. neighbor saw the flames last night and called 911, but there was little firefighters could do. >> it was engulfed. been friday,d have perhaps he would have been out, but thursday -- he perished.

know the cause or where the fire started. ity are looking into reports may have been a warning situation full stop some men in france are walking around with barack obama masks. >> eight or 10 of them came up and scared us.

tim: we are live on v street in southeast washington at a two-story apartment building fire. to thee was contained second story of this apartment building. are in theals apartment right now, working to figure out how the fire started. we can tell you that there was a person in the bedroom. firefighters rescued him, pulling him out of the building and rushing him to the hospital. we are told his injuries are life-threatening.

condition and the cause of the fire. as soon as we do we will bring that to you on abc 7 and wjla.com. that's the latest live in southeast washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. >> [woman cries] michelle: heart-wrenching video from los angeles shows a 13-year-old girl watching her mother, an undocumented immigrant, led away in handcuffs by immigration agents. >> it's terrible to see your family broken apart. michelle: ice said the man had been in the country more than 25 years but was picked up because of multiple prior criminal convictions, including dui. happenedconviction nearly tenures ago. his attorney applied for a new visa which if approved would allow him to stay in the country with his countr family.

a mexican congressman climbed a 30-foot border fence already separating the countries near tijuana. he showed how easily he could have jumped the wall into the u.s. today mexico announced they will spend $50 million one legal migrants were afraid they will be deported, and all 50 mexican consulates in the u.s. work by the graffiti artist bank sy filled parts of the hotel with "the worst view when the world." it overlooks the separation barrier that israel built at the west bank in bettelheim, designed to ward off attacks by palestinians. journalists were given a tour of the artwork inside. a transgender virginia

teenagers fight over bathroom access goes to the supreme court this month. tonight that teenager is getting some legal support. from 19 statesal have filed a brief on behalf of 17-year-old gavin grimm. he sued after the gloucester county school system told him he cannot use the boys bathroom because he was born a girl. swirling aboutn deep cuts at the environmental protection agency since before president trump took office. now the associated press has obtained a draft of the agency's on chip proposal that shows the agency loses about 25% of its budget and 3000 jobs. that is about 19% of its staff. localitiestates and are robbed from having sufficient resources and technical tools to clean up the air or their water, public health will suffer. michelle: thera

the associated press shows that programs aimed at fighting climate change and improving air and water quality could be cut. a spokesperson for the epa would not comment on the report. authorities in the tiny country of and are a -- of endura say that residents should not be concerned after this river turned green. the health ministry said that water asdded to the part of an investigation at a water bottling plant. in france, the push is on to draft a candidate for the upcoming presidential election. online petitions have more than 45,000 signatures asking former u.s. president barack obama to join the race. >> i think it is a sign of hope in france. i think it is a sign that people in france want change. they see obama as somebody progressive. michelle: organizers say that it

friends, but they are hoping to get a million supporters in the next 12 days. since he is not a french citizen, barack obama cannot actually run for office there. organizers say that any money they make will go towards a scholarship fund for students at one of france's most prestigious universities. we are just three days into lent, but a south texas woman who gave up beer for the season of budweiser that was delivered to her house by a team of clydesdales. she said she entered a contest online a few weeks ago and was surprised when she won. dozens of cows went on the lam today in kansas. they escaped from a tractor-trailer after it tipped over on a highway ramp. none of the cows were injured. it

police and animal control officer several hours to round them up. tonight they are still not sure if they got them all. steve: a cold evening and cold overnight. the wind out of the northwest, milesre from six to 15 per hour, enough to give us windchill factors in the teens and 20's. we will stay that way not only overnight but well into the morning hours tomorrow. if you of outdoor plans, tomorrow morning you will want to bundle up. -- if you have outdoor plans. nothing going on right now in terms of cloud cover. nighttime lows 20 to 28, the wind out of the northwest at 10 to 20. in terms of the windchills, tomorrow morning will be called. going to the farmers market, i'm hosting a pet parade and show in old town alexandria -- come on down -- but bundle up because it will be called. the windchill factors at 9 a.m.,

windchill in the teens. the futurecast shows cold temperatures and cold feels like temperature sticking around for the morning and well into the evening. then we repeat it all again sunday morning with the temperatures even colder, the wind out of the north and windchills in the teens. 8 a.m., bright sunshine. the lead it for you because you will see cold temperatures all day long. it fool you because you will see cold temperatures all day long. the windchill factors will be about 10, 12 degrees colder. we stand the 40 sunday. upper 50's monday thanks to a change of the wind direction. upper 60's, near 70 tuesday. middle 50's thursday. looking ahead to the

begins early sunday morning when we spring ahead one hour. sunday, from this sunset will be just after 7 p.m. michelle: they are only 10 and 12 and they say they learned their best skills from their dad. >> is he has good as you guys? >> no. michelle:

michelle: two brothers from new jersey, 12-year-old michael and 10 ural nicholas, tossed pizza dough at their father's restaurant. he cannot figure out why this video is getting so much attention. he says he has posted plenty of videos over the years, but this one has more than 14 million views in less than two weeks. pretty cool.

the brakes on the new "beauty and the beast." the owner say they are first and foremost christian and will not be showing the film because one of the characters is gay. the movie director says the sidekick is confused about his sexuality. scott: that pizza story was interesting. molto bene. we will talk basketball. march madness is just about here. maryland women battled minnesota in the big ten quarterfinals. and the was urged look to continue their winning ways.

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lead 27 seconds. he lets it fly from another zip code. toronto takes care of washington, lead 27 seconds. 114-106. women's basketball, big ten quarterfinals, maryland against minnesota. tonight belonged to shatori walker-kimbrough. from the corner, splash. that worked so well, let's do it again. opposite side of the court, same result. six three-pointers, 28 points for walker-kimbrough. the terps advance to the big ten semi final. d.c. united set to kick off their new season tomorrow night, hosting kansas city. coverage starts at 6:30 on news channel 8.

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