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montgomery county s.w.a.t. team and the police raided his home. they recovered seven handguns, two assault rifles, body armor, tactical vest, bullets, baltimore county police badge and working police radio. they confirm he works as an i.t. engineer at the "washington post." so far no response from the newspaper. today, no one answered his front door but then this man got in a honda civic in the back valley. >> do you live in this home? do you know mr. osterman? >> what do you want, man? >> we are here because osterman -- >> the residents perplexed by the allegations.
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>> he is out on bond but it is likely the feds will step in and take over the bizarre capes. >> after a week of delays the white house rolled out a major revision to president trump's travel ban. we have new developments. jonathan: we have been waiting for a week and a half. it will take effect in ten days and it makes changes to the original plan blocked in the federal court. they remove iraq from the seven banned countries so now it's just six. he is confident that the order will withstand any legal challenge. he vowed to take the fight of the first travel ban to the supreme court. but decided to revoke the ordinary and today signed the new executive order that takes effect march 16. >> no system i
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american people can have the high confidence we are identifying ways to improve the vetting process. thus keep the terrorists from entering the country. jonathan: what's new? syrian refugees are no longer singled out. it no longer makes exception for religious minorities and it does not impact dual citizens or those with valid visas. but it suspends the entire refugee program for four months. iraq has been removed from the list, there are six majority muslim countries where travel is banned. >> three of the nations are state sponsors of terrorism. the other three serve as safe havens for terrorism country where the governments lost control of the territory toker sirrist groups like isil or al-qaeda. >> critics sa
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nothing to improve national security. >> it's mean spirited, misguided. goes against what this is about. >> mark herring said while the order is scaled back it, "sends a horrible message to the rest of the world." jeff goldberg is live with that part of the story for us. jeff? >> not long after he signed the order the leaders gathered here in front of the white house. one using the words to call the travel ban a muslim ban in sheep's clothing. now we have voices from local churches, local mosques, sikh churches and the synagogues as well seeking out against the new executive order. like after the release of the first travel ban opponents arguing
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discriminatory against muslims and it does not increase security in the united states. we did speak to those in support of the travel ban but this is situation where the opponents and the supporters are speaking out. here now from the opponents who spoke out on religious terms. >> we believe this reworded and the modified version of the previous ban remains upon the openly stated intention to discriminate. on the basis of religion to ban muslims. >> there are people who support the travel ban. we hear from them at 6:00. and go to dulles airport. after the first travel ban was signed, there was a scene of great deal of activity.
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more coming up it 56:00. until then live outside the white house. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. there is growing fallout from the president claims he was wiretapped by president obama in the campaign. a spokesperson from the director of international intelligence denied the allegations over the weekend. the f.b.i. director james comey reportedly asked the justice department to publicly refute the claims. our chief political correspondent scott thuman will have developments at 5:30. steve: a few showers out there. mest of d.c. woodstock and winchester up to hagerstown around the d.c. metro area. in rosslyn a few peeks of sunshine. 53 at reagan national airport. we will see scattered showers. overnight the temperatures are not going to far a lot.
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keep us on the mild side of things and a bigger warmup tomorrow. the highs make it to 60's to 70 degrees. we are tracking a cold front and looking ahead to the upcoming weekend. some scenario show to potential for the wintery weather. more on that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks. larry: a man is dead and a woman critically hurt after a fire broke out in a south arlington home. what they found inside the home may be to blame. q mccray is live at the scene with what he is learning tonight. q? q: a husband and wife lived in the home. the husband passed away. the wife is filing for her life. this is boarded up, complete loss. the neighbors are heart broken.
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ways that you can die. horrible. >> a feeling of disbelief. >> this scene haunts the quiet neighborhood. >> they had crews lining the street. they didn't leave. they were still here at 3:00. >> we notice a light on in their house. never fully lit. >> until last night when the flames sparked at 9:15 according to the city firefighters. in the 2600 block of grant street. the man and woman of the house was inside. the neighbor stephanie was outside. >> i was here last night. i saw him taken out. i couldn't get to sleep last night. knowing that diane is fighting. >> she watched as the husband's body was carted out. firefighters say the large amount of the household items in the home made it hard to
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victims. today walking by the now boarded up house, the neighbors reminisce about the good times. >> they were so friendly. they had a kind word no matter what was going on in their life. >> you notice the household items burned in the lawn. q: we were told the couple was hoarding but now we find out it's not the case. they owned a business in pentagon city and when the rents went up they brought all the inventory home. that is why if house was full of items. when it comes to the cause, that is still under investigation. we found out that the smoke detectors in the house weren't working. reporting live, i'm q mccray. back to you in the studio. larry: d.c. fire e.m.s. returning to a neighborhood. they checked smoke detectors after a man died following the fire in the home friday night. no word what sparked
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fire. developing now a death investigation underway after skeletal remains at a shopping center. we give you a look behind the shopping center off indian head highway. the remains were found before 2:00. all police will say is they are investigating what happened. alison: a scandal is growing over a secret facebook page run by marines. the defense department is investigating the page that had pictures of naked female marines and taken without their knowledge. facebook has taken the page down. larry: disgraced coach moved from maximum security prison to medium security facility. jerry sandusky was assigned to the correctional facility because of his high profile case but he is finishing the sentence at a prison 70 miles away from pittsburgh. he is serving 30 to 60 years after being convicted of
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molesting several boys. alison: coming up at 5:00, explosive allegations and fear of a slippery slope. why the investigation into president trump claims that the obama administration tapped his phone could open a dangerous can of worms. alison: plus reaction from virginia student who sued over bathroom access after the supreme court refused to take the case. and what is blamed for sending a geyser spewing in the sky near baltimore. >> thousands of alexandria children not going to school on wednesday. it has nothing to do with the weather. we'll explain in a live repor why are you checking just want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... i better check my credit score. try credit karma. it's free. alright. check out credit karma today.
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alison: six weeks after the march on washington there is a new protest planned. the day without a woman protest is impacting our area. richard reeve is live in alexandria where the school is canceled that day. riches -- ref this is not an easy decision to make but with so many teachers out they felt it was best for the students. many are scrambling for the child car
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it was not an easy decision to close the schools. with 300 staffers calling out on women's day they felt it was a safety issue. these are not staffers. these are teachers. the district only has enough substitutes to fill one-third of the vacant positions. the working parents we spoke to say dealing with the sudden closure is a big problem. >> you can imagine how big of an inconvenience it is for the people who don't have child care or the option to stay home. >> this is a safety issue for us. >> making sure we can deliver instruction in an adequate way. >> a lot of
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scrambling. the district apologizing for inconvenience. we checked around, d.c., prince george's fairfax, loudoun are all holding school on wednesday. larry: a water main that burst in owensmill sent water spraying high in the air. at one point it was shooting above the tree line. >> we are talk about the weather now. steve: we had a good time at the schools. the executive producer went out there to show us the beautiful storm track truck. they got to show the school experiments. everyone had a good time. the kids learned a lot. see the video of checking out the truck. there it is. this is what everyone likes to, the big
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>> i like to see it. larry: you just need a truck on the driveway. let's talk about the weather. cool evening. but not super cold. if you have the outdoor plans, you may drop raindrops here and there. show you the radar. 54 in leesburg. ten degrees colder in winchester where they had the moderate rain in the last hour or so. that is beginning to ease. upper 50's in fredericksburg. if you think it is chilly give it a day. change of the wind direction tomorrow. you can see the temperatures are 60 and 70. that is on the way. good news for the temperature front. the bad news is we have a cold front on the way to bring us a better chance for the showers. west virginia and western pennsylvania, head in
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but not enough to cause us significant travel delays for the busy commute. from front royal to hagerstown, that is where the rain at this time and continue for a couple more hours. upper 40's to 40's. rain drops here and there. we'll see the temperatures tonight on the mild side. the winds are out of the south at 5 miles per hour. for tomorrow, wakeup temperatures. you want to grab sunglasses. if we see sunshine we will see them warmer than now. this is starting off with showers north of d.c.
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midday hours. it's likely to become heavy. they will see temperatures tomorrow to 60's to close to 70. driving home tomorrow won't amount to a lot but just enough to wet the surface around the capital beltway and that will likely slow things down a little bit. tomorrow close to 70. peeks of sunshine in midday hour. the cold front on the way heading through the day on wednesday. once this sweeps across the area the winds will change direction. more out of thest with. cooler temperatures for wednesday. we will make a bigger drop on thursday and friday and an even bigger drop for the upcoming weekend. when we are likely to see the
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on sunday. a new clog posted on wjla.com. we could see snow and a wintery mix. overall rain or nothing at all. a lot of time between now and the upcoming weekend. let's talk about the ten-day outlook. upper 60's tomorrow. middle 60 by wednesday. cool down to upper 50's on thursday. friday we are in the 40's. same for saturday. if there is a clipper of hope on the forecast the daylight saving time will go into effect early sunday morning. we will spring ahead by an hour. larry loves that. temperatures are around 40 on sunday with a chance for the wintery mix. then we will stay cooler compared to average next week. but sunday it could be interesting. we have a bump of temperatures tomorrow. same on wednesday and thursday. cherry blossoms are close. imagine how pretty
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snow? alison: it would be pretty. knock the blooms off, though. larry: thanks, steve. take another hour. steve: we get it back come fall. alison: thank you. see you later. take a look at this. this is video that a russian contractor says shows that it is possible to print a house in barely a day. they use a specialized 3d printer to print an 1,100 square foot home in 24 hours. the idea is to change how we think of construction. it could be used to build affordable housing. what will they think of next? larry: ahead at 5:00, fighting back against crime. on video a man goes toe to toe against a would-be robber and what police want you to know
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justice. alison: the teenager suing over bathroom access in virginia. what he is saying after the supreme court refused to take up the case. tonight on abc -- 
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larry: a virginia teenager who is transgendered won't get his
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he is suing over access to the bathroom at school. but today they sent it back to a lower court. mike carter-conneen is at the "live desk" with new information. mike: gavin grimm and the legal team called this a disappointing detour but they are confident they will get a favorable ruling. now the court has to decide if title ix applies to transgender student and the ability to use bathroom corresponding with a gender identical rather than the biological sex at birth. for gavin, a senior, likely means that the gloucester county school policy remains in place and he will be blocked from using the boy's bathroom before graduating but he always knew a swift court resolution was unlikely. >> for me this is more about the impact it has on the transkids coming after me or in the school currently and will be affected
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saw before they get out of school. so, of course, this is disappointing. i don't think anyone wanted it to draw out longer. but this is what we are working with. i take it as they come. mike: the lawyer has not commented on this. gavin's attorney says the oral arguments could happen as soon as this spring. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the lawmaker named for the late justice antonin scalia will not get his papers. scalia's family is instead donating his writings from the tenure at the supreme court to his alma mater, harvard law school instead of george mason. they won't be available anytime soon, though, because the first batch of documents will be available in 2020. however material related to specific cases won't be accessible for the lifetime of any judges or justices involved in the cases. larry: on video, man fights
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with the would-be robber. the wall of justice break down the video that police want you to see. alison: on video a police officer saved a suicidal woman and why it left him in tears. larry: first, a slippery slope that some fear we are headed down after president trump's shocking wiretapping claim. prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. fa, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh...
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alison: a tweet or series of tweets that turned the political world on its side. president trump insisting then president obama tapped the phones at trump tower in the presidential race. tonight there are calling for congress to get involved. as our chief political correspondent explains an expert says it could be a slippery slope. >> so what is the president's evidence? >> it's that the administration was wiretapping american citizens. scott: the president were subject of a wiretap, sean spicer defended today in off-camera briefing, who would sort it out? the f.b.i. would play a role. but the white house wants congress, too. >> we have put out a statement asking us to allow congress to do its job. >> health and senate intelligence committees are investigating contact for the
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russian officials. but an accusation of the wiretaps ordered by president obama would be a monumental step forward. >> this is where the story gets interesting. if the order exists it would have meant a fisa judge looked at the application and concludeed that someone in president trump's organization was in fact acting as an act of the foreign power. scott: mark, head of the electronic privacy center supports 9/11 type of commission. >> part of their job is oversight. part is to make sure that the government agencies are doing what they should be doing and not operating outside the law. >> the request for congress to intervene carries risks. it could extend the life of the russian story, something staff at the white house had been trying to
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>> a story to investigate interference by the russians could last up to 18 months. >> this issue won't go away. people wish it would go away but it's too con consequencial. scott: at the white house, scott thuman, abc7 news. larry: russian actors targeting progressive groups. private security firms are investigating multiple attacks. they are looking for embarrassing information to extort money. a dozen liberal groups are targeted since the election. alison: checking the top stories. president trump signed a newly revisedded travel ban targeting six muslim majority countries. it includes syria, iran, libya, somalia, sudan and yemen. iraq was in the previous order but dropped from this one because they have agreed to he in the vetting process. larry: gaithersburg man out on bail a
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local officials say he was posing as an ice agent. osterman attempted to enforce criminal law in falls church wearing a bulletproof vest with i.c.e. inciggia. he really works as i.t. engineer at the "washington post." they raided the house and found guns and a working police radio. alison: a man is dead and a woman is celticly hurt after a fire broke out of -- critically hurt after a fire broke out at a home on south grant street. there were hoarding conditions that made it difficult to put the flames out and save the victim. investigation into what caused the fire is underway. larry: ashburn babysitter faces charges after having inappropriate contact with someone he was watching. he inappropriately kissed a girl under 15. the detectives are working to see if there are any other
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police are looking for a man who killed a burlington coat factory employee in virginia. kingsbury stabbed him at the mall in woodbridge. police say he tried to stop kingsbury from shoplifting. the police identified him after connecting him to a domestic dispute hours before the stabbing. larry: a daring rescue the struck a personal cord with -- personal chord with the officer that left him in tears. q: have you seen this man? he is a robber that went after the wrong person. the full story next. alison: new at 6:00, court documents reveal while one of the suspects in a recent fairfax county gang murder was being tracke
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steve: never too early to talk about the weekend. even though it's monday and so much going on. we have the daylight saving time starting early sunday morning. we spring ahead by one hour. that means sun zealot time will come after 7:00. talk about the big story. potential for the wintry weather. maybe nothing at all but we are keeping an eye on it. 40 from a high on sunday. new blog posted to wjla.com to give you scenarios we could expect here. more coming up on that. it's warm tomorrow. middle 60's on wednesday. upper 50's on thursday. colder in time for the upcoming weekend. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.
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q: this guy tried to rob a man but they got more
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this starts when the bad guys drive up to the gas station on february 19. one sneaking over to steal a bag from the car. the owner wasn't about to let it happen. he fights back, is thrown to the ground. then the second suspect is involved. the crooks wrestle the bag from him. but the victim wasn't done. he goes back for more. and he gets his bag back. the crooks drive off. detectives hope you recognize this man and the car. they are wanted for assault with intent to rob. if you ared a home and you have any information about the guy contact the metropolitan police department. now let's take a look at the wall of justice. according to the arlington county police department, george sedid duped people out of the jewelry. he led them to believe he would sell the pieces for them and never did. they want katie moreno for forging and cashing checks. and they report another for choking and beating his ex-girlfriend. and raymond davis for
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calvert county authorities want hall for stealing. if you have any information about the fugitives contact your local police department. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime. i'm q mccray. alison: thank you very much. meanwhile, an alert tonight from frederick county about a scam that appears to be spreading. as part of it, someone will call you and say they are holding a loved one hostage and demand you wire money or gift cards for them to set that person free. if you get the call contact them immediately. most cell phones can call 911 even if you are on a call with another person so keep that in mind. larry: good to know. must-see video out of california where the state patrol officers tried to save a girl on the edge. you can see the three officers talking to her. she hangs off the side of the building and even leaning
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forward. one officer would not give up because he lost his brother to suicide. that is all he could think about. >> having thought about it a lot. i was compelled to go to the girl. hoping i had what she needed. larry: the officer didn't want to get overly emotional with the girl but he would have hugged her if she wanted one. still ahead, a big contract extension for key part of the redskins. alison: a dog with a face capturing hearts and how he is getting a happy ending for the story. larry: but first, how a credit card helped save a fami
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it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. alison: a hike for an arizona woman got dangerous. she thought she was on a trail and she got stuck in portion of the mountains.
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larry: a weapon that anyone can have in your wallet. a credit card. it can save you from losing money if something goes wrong with a purchase you make. horace holmes helped explain how it helped save a christmas vacation. horace: a family tradition. >> there are five of us. >> the yearly christmas vacation, a once a year adventure. >> we booked the flight through united. all inclusive resort in costa rica. horace: costa rica. all the planning and the money spent, though, quickly on an icy day in december slipped into jeopardy. once they arrived at dulles airport. >> they delayed the flight, which meant we weren't going to make our connection in houston. horace: a weather related delay. no other flights going out to costa rica from houston for two more days, the bulls were grounded. what about the reservation at the resort? surely management would understand. >> the resort had a cancellation policy that required 24 hours notice to cancel.
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one day's resort stay, which came to $760, they also canceled our entire reservation. horace: undeterred the help with the united airlines rebooked a flight two days later to costa rica an on their own found a new hotel. the vacation was saved. >> had a fantastic trip. horace: one they got home there was the pesky issue of the $760 consolation pay the family paid the original resort. bull thought this was united airlines' fault so they should have to pay. united thought differently. >> they said it was weather related. they thanked me for my business but said no. horace: now what? he remember he paid for the airline tickets with his credit card. in the end, checking what the card offers. >> one of the things that card offered was travel protection insurance. horace: in the fine print of the agreement it says if the travel is delayed because of weather and you suffer a loss, you can file a claim. and bul
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and -- >> a couple of weeks later i received repayment for the loss, which was fantastic. i was surprised but happy at the same time. horacehorace: horace holmes, ab7 news. larry: lucky he had that. if you need help with a consumer complaint give the consumer action team a call. go to wjla.com/callforaction. alison: you know that is something to ask for. that is great information. "7 on your side" when health matters now. a stable of chicken in tennessee had to be put down after the bird flu was detected in the stock. 73,000 chickens were infected. the farm is a tyson's food supplier but the chickens will never enter the food system. it rarely spreads to humans but it first emerged in birds. larry: time for a check of the roads. erik smith on the traffic watch tonight.
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erik: thank you. it a tough ride for monday. this is 3795 south, ton of the volume here remains for both directions on the freeway. expect a big mess. there aren't accidents adding to it. 75 southbound. you can see the southbound mess. it's solid. it starts near the beltway to woodbridge. a hundred of volume. on the inner loop, still a big mess. starting back in virginia. the delays stretch up through bethesda. here at old and georgetown road. you can see the delays will continue past connecticut avenue as well in toward silver spring. earlier crash did clear here as well. near university boulevard. but as you can see the delays are still just jampacked. beyond the point in through college park, you will see
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directions as well. also onto i-270 northbound to gaithersburg, west diamond after. the delays are heavy. heading up this way out of rockville. separate delay that picks up in clarksburger, past route 121. this is where the lanes narrow down with more volume. that is all from the traffic center for now. back to you. alison: thank you. coming up tonight at 6:00, why you may experience a thorough patdown the next time you go through t.s.a. security at the airport. plus a charles county officer facebook post after this horrific crash that killed two teenagers. it got him suspended. coming up at 6:00, what it said and the outrage in the community. plus more on the man accused of impersonating an i.c.e. agent in falls church. that's ahead at 6:00. larry: from death row to the internet sensation a dog named picasso will get surgery and a new leash on life.
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he can eat and breathe normally he will have teeth removed so it won't hurt his mouth. then he and his brother will be put up for adoption center. alison: i bet it won't be long at all before someone adopts him. all right. let's talk about the weather now. it sounds like we are looking to the weekend. what is the latest? steve: looking at showers out there. winchester and woodstock, moderate rain at this time. not going to amount to a lot as we move through the overnight hours. 42 to 48 degrees is the low temperatures. near average. slightly above average for this time of the year. it means a mild start to your wakeup come tomorrow morning. the temperatures around 46 in middleburg, fairfax around 45. middle 40's. in leonardtown. waldorf loo
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showers storm morning but then as we look at the future cast, the best likelihood for the shower activity comes tomorrow north and east of town. moving to the afternoon hours into the early everything hours, that is where we lock for a better chance of the showers and the series of rain that will likely slow the evening rush hour commute. as of right now it doesn't appear we will see anything heavy. the highs tomorrow middle to the upper 60's on the amount of sunshine. we see in the mid-day hours. we will likely see the temperatures near 70 degrees. cool front on the way. as we move through the late day hours in the day on wednesday. after that we look for cooler air ahead. we are looking at the temperatures that will eventually make it to the upper 60's for tomorrow. cooler by the end of the week. daylight saving time early, early sunday morning. better chance for wintery mix around the d.m.v. cooler as we head to
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week. larry: thanks. alison: it wasn't that long ago we talk about what will happen with coach gruden? we have an answer. robert: it looks like he has a future in the coaching business. gruden doesn't have to look over his shoulder anymore. the team announced what we reported over the weekend. they are extending gruden's contract. two-year extension to keep him under contact until 2020. johnwe were joined last night to talk about the madness. >> the only way i can describe as a circus and a chain of event that led to scot mccloughan's power, whatever he had, strongly diminished. from what i have been told next to nothing. trying to u
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presents a as good personnel guy and talent evaluator but bruce allen and jay gruden are the decision-makers and they are calling the shots. >> do you think the move up in power for gruden is that when scot mccloughan got here or is this something that gradually happened? >> even before the contract extension i was told he has risen above mccloughan and seized that platform if you will. number three in control of the depth chart. dan snyder, bruce allen, jay gruden. what it makes for scot mccloughan i'm not sure. i am told they are trying to get through the free agent period and the draft before they re-evaluate his situation. but this means that jay gruden, his star is on the rise. his trust, his au
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power is on the rise. >> we talked more about this. to see the entire interview with chris go to wjla.com/sports. interesting stuff. larry: it's unusual situation. robert: it's always unusual with the redskins. alison: coming up next -- >> helping you reach your destination seven times faster. i'm kellye lynn. i will tell you about a transportation pr
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alison: people are watching and waiting for the zoo named april to give birth. she has been in the pen for 11 days. she was due last monday. the web stream attracted millions of viewers in the last few weeks. you can find a link if you are interested at
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larry: privacy, turn the camera off. get out of here! another major medical group is joining the course of experts advising parents of newborns to wait a little bit before cutting the cord. the cord should not be cut between 30 and 50 seconds after birth. researchers say the babies benefit from the nutrients and the blood coming from mom to the baby. alison: how would you like to reach your next travel destination in less than half the time it normally takes? in tonight's spotlight on education, kellye lynn shows us what the university of maryland students are working on that could some day achieve just that? >> for nearly two years the university of maryland students dedicated themselves to a project that could influence the future of transportation. >> they are involved in a
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>> this is taking the tube to vacuum out the air and put a pod in the tube. it uses the powerful magnet to help the pod levitate at the high speed to get the passengers to the destination seven times faster. >> 2017 created a scaled down pod and took the design to california to compete on the space-x track. >> we learn it works. we placed first in operation and fifth in the world. >> it will move at maximum speed. >> whether they look at control or safety system, this is the new territory they are exploring. the magnetics. so many things that you are not exposed to in a classroom. >> it could bring us a step closer to more efficient travel.
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lynn, abc7 news. >> now at 6:00, he took action like in immigration and a custom agent. but tonight, police say it was all a lie. the details you will hear only on 7. >> after weeks of delay, president trump releases the new travel ban. the adjustments he made and why some say it is not a better version. >> a horrific crash in waldorf last week. now police officer is in big trouble for posting about it on facebook. the words he used may shock you. up next. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: first at 6:00, with the added focus on immigration now, many are in fear of being deported. kimberly: a man is busted after police say he posed as an i.c.e. officer. we are getting new information as police unravel the lives. jonathan: kevin lewis is joining us live with a story you first saw here on 7. kevin? kevin: multiple sources
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works as an i.t. engineer at the "washington post." for reasons unknown he picked suburban falls church as the stage for his fantasy game as an i.c.e. agent. >> in one sense osterman lived a normal life, residing in the gaithersburg home with a wife and young child? the charging documents allege the 35-year-old israeli native spent much of his spare time on the streets of falls church, wearing a bulletproof vest with i.c.e. insignia. police say he used the phony federal uniform to enforce criminal laws as he saw fit. >> last month, the f.b.i., montgomery county s.w.a.t. and falls church p.d. stormed his home and recovered seven handguns, assault rifles, shotgun, tactical vest, magazine, bu

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