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brad bell is on the scene. what is happening now? brad: yeah, you know, this is still an investigation going on. police are still on the scene. this happened in the last couple of hours. a broad daylight shooting. we're at the capital crossing apartments. southern avenue there. suitland road is over here. we can show you video of how the investigation has been proceeding this afternoon. essentially homicide detectives know this. they got a call for shots fired. they arrived on the scene. they found a man down on the ground. they attempted to perform first aid on that man. and the fire board came, transported him to the hospital. he was at that point pronounced dead on the scene. now here as you look at the detectives in the video working the crime scene, you'll see there are shoes on the ground, some clothing on the ground. we believe it was involved in the shooting. additionally, police have found bullet holes in several cars here. one of which they believe happened in this shooting. they
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believe they may be from prior shootings in the neighborhood. they are still working the case. we are working our sources. when we come back at 5:00, we hope to give you more information about what happened here. we told you one person is dead. there were initial reports of a second person shot as well. police still trying to confirm that at this hour. we hope to have more information when we come back at 5:00. back to you. alison: brad, thank you. right now at 4:00, preparing for a day without a woman. here is part of the flier you will see that is circulating online now. jonathan: this is born out of the woman's march on washington and sister rallies worldwide. some schools and businesses are already planning to close ahead of this. alison: the protest tomorrow has different meaning for many. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg shows us how a group of women are banding together. jeff: mount vernon avenue is a hub of businesses owned by women. the coffee shop right th
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the yoga studio down the street here, among many others. for all of them, tomorrow is not just another wednesday. from the coffee shop stomping ground -- >> women supporting women is a nonpolitical issue in my opinion. jeff: -- to the yoga and pilates studio. >> so show that women mean something in society. jeff: to the web and development company being created. >> women have to work harder for everything. jeff: this is a section where a day without a woman will be observed and celebrated on wednesday. >> we are all going to wear red in solidarity. jeff: inspired by the day without an immigrant protest held last month, organizers of the post inauguration women's march are holding their own day tomorrow to highlight women's impact on society. women are being encouraged to take the day off and not spend money and show their economic impact across the u.s. organizers have even created an out of office reply for those taking
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accomplished still. jeff: stomping ground is encouraging women to gather here tomorrow and come together. mind the mat is offering frees classes for female teachers from alexandria public schools, which is closed tomorrow because an estimated 300 teachers requested the day off. >> we know how hard it is to be working moms and we feel the need to support other moms and other women. jeff: that day off of school tomorrow certainly created an unwelcome surprise for a lot of parents but you may be surprised how some of them are responding. we'll have that coming up at 5:00. until then, live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: all right, jeff. thanks. right now there is a protest going on on the mall. you are looking at part of it. they have teepees set up and a bonfire expected to be lit to make a statement against the dakota access pipeline, which has been approved. q mccray live at the mall. how are they
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a bonfire in the middle of d.c.? that's frowned upon, isn't it? q: yeah, i'm with you there. you think bonfire, you think massive and huge. they will keep it small and controlled here using this fire pit. for safety reasons. but i will show you what is not small, not by a long shot. all of the teepees. they are all around here. we are at the foot of the washington monument. this is all part of a demonstration put on by d.c. action lab and bold alliance. their goal here is to protest the very controversial dakota access pipeline. you talked about it, jonathan. former president barack obama, he was against the project and brought it to a halt. well, president donald trump, he is for it. especially if they use metal, american metal to build the pipelines. that is why they set up right across the street from the white house. hoping to catch his eye maybe and change his mind. well, this dm
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little unusual. that is exactly what they are going for. >> it is probably not one of the standard ones that we see over the course of the demonstration this week. they will erect as many as ten teepees. they will be having a ceremonial 24-hour fire. q: so, the permits they applied for are good yesterday through saturday. so everything here will be cleaned up by sunday. we have more on the story coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. we talk to one of the organizers here, as well as a federal ruling that came down today that the organizers are none too happy about. that is the latest from the "national enquirer," -- that's the latest from the national mall, i'm q mccray, abc7 news. back to you. alison: you can tell from his shot it's windy and the clouds are moving in. we are still in a drought but doug hill has more. doug: the truth of the
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tonight, there is a cold front and it will wet the ground but the cold front coming through after that so it will be bone dry again after that. we are looking west of the camera location, west on 66. that is the leading edge of rain. the rain is good. it's well ahead of a cold front that will push eastward. period of rain, periods of showers tonight. this is part of a larger system. the actual cold front is still back to the northwest so we have the entire night at 4:30, 5:00 in the morning where rain is possible. as we get to the overnight hours the rain will eventually come to an end. the possibility of clearing skies in the day tomorrow. we take a quick look of the future cast and show how it rolls through tonight. 9:30 tonight, rain across the area. a break. more showers. maybe gusty showers at 4:00 or 5:00. after sunrise it will brighten up and be warm and breezy once again. jonathan: thank you. a new break in the case that abc7 has been following since the weekend. a deadly stabbing that took place at the
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jamel kingsbury arrested in d.c. today. he is charged with killing larry drumgole, who worked to prevent shoplifting at the burlington coat factory at potomac mills. well, wikileaks today published thousands of documents that it claims were taken from the c.i.a.'s cyber intelligence firm. not exactly clear exactly how the info made its way to wikileaks but wikileaks says the materials from an isolated, high-security network from langely. some of the documents include discussions on how to hack things, like our smartphones including apple and google and microsoft devices. like turning on the speaker in your phone without you knowing so they can listen. if this leak is the real deal, it will end up being a catastrophic breach for the c.i.a. alison: a surprise visit from president trump today. white house tours started back up for the first time since he moved in. but it's not all greetings and smiles because moments ago president trump said he now supports a healthcare bill thatropes
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that republicans are working on. so it's back to work on 1600 pennsylvania avenue and on the hill. reporter: it's the great divide in washington. on one side republicans backing the newly unveiled plan to overhaul obamacare. >> this is the obamacare replacement plan that everyone has been asking for. the plan that the president ran on. and the plan that will ultimately save the system. reporter: on the other, democrats and even some republicans. g.o.p. senator rand paul tweeting the plan "sure looks like obamacare like." >> many of americans don't like what they see. reporter: the g.o.p. plan ends penalties for uninsured americans but ends expansion of medicaid. >> will it cover more americans with affordable healthcare? then today is probably the key question. reporter: the president's wiretapping claim is still a talker on capitol hill. john mccain calling out
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trump's unsubstantiated claim that president obama wiretapped trump tower. >> he should come forward with the information that led him to that conclusion. it's a very serious charge against the previous president of the united states. and so, there needs to be some corroboration. reporter: f.b.i. director james comey privately asked the justice department to come out and say trump's wiretapping allegations are simply false, but the white house is standing by the claims now asking the house and the senate intelligence committees to investigate. abc news, washington. jonathan: if congress passes the new healthcare law, one top republican lawmaker says some will have to make a tough choice when it comes to ensuring that they are covered. it's not going over well with others. >> americans have choices. they have got to make a choice. so maybe rather than getting the new iphone that they love and they want to spend hundreds on that, maybe they should invest in their own healthcare. they have to make those decisions themselves. jonathan: that
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jason chaffetz. there is also a key difference between the bill and what the law is now. sean spicer and secretary tom price showing just lean it is. they rolled out obamacare and showed you hundreds of pages of documents. then they said this is their document. less government, less complications. they said it's much easier to understand. the question is what is in there exactly? amy aubert takes a deeper look at the legislation and direct impacts to you. >> after years of obamacare's broken promises we are proud to put forward a plan that represents a better way for patients and american families. amy: that plan would swap subsidiaries to tax credit to help americans buy insurance and end penalties for americans without insurance and over time it would stop the expansion of medicaid, which provides coverage for more than 10 million americans in 31 states. it would also end the funding for planned parenthood, with an offer to keep that fu
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if they stopped offering abortion services. two provisions would stay. coverage still can't be denied for preexisting conditions and young adults can stay on their parent's plans until they are 26. >> this legislation is a little over a hundred pages. every american can read and understand it. amy: president trump tweeting out, "our wonderful new healthcare bill is now out for review and recommendations." >> the plans will be much less expensive than obamacare and better than obamacare. it will be unbelievable. amy: the white house calls the bill an important step to restoring healthcare choices and affordability. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: amy, thank you. coming up next at 4:00, abc7 sends a dietitian to raid your fridge. jonathan: uh-oh. alison: the surprising results on how you are feeding your family. jonathan: also this -- >> one of the reasons i feel good at my job is i am taking
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charges against me. jonathan: casey anthony breaking her silence on her daughter's death. >> brian, tornado on the ground. tornado on the ground. alison: and midwest storms. a look at the damage from eastern oklahoma all the way to wisconsin.
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breaking her silence for the first time about her daughter's death. it has been nearly nine years since caylee went missing, and six since her trial ended with an acquittal. anthony sat down with the "associated press" and insists she has no idea what happened to caylee. >> everyone else has their theories. i don't know. >> so your parents had her? >> my dad did. >> next thing you know she is missing, right? >> i did what i was told. i don't remember too much of what happened. alison: anthony says she knows that much of the world believes she killed her 2-year-old daughter. jonathan: this 18-year-old right here is accused of decapitating his own mother in north carolina. this is a crazy story. the sheriff's department says the 18-year-old killed his mother, then he calls 911, staying on the phone until officers got there. >> when the officer
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he was with the decapitation in his hand. it was a gruesome scene. jonathan: like i said, crazy story. two other children, young girls also at home at the time. they are now living with their father. police are still trying to figure out why this teen did it. alison: well, a british coroner says george michael died of natural causes as the result of heart disease and a fatty liver. he suffered from a heart condition called dielated cardiomyopathy that causes the heart muscle to be thin. he died on christmas day. he was 53 years old. we have a look at traffic. trenice bishop has a look with the afternoon commute. how is it looking in trenice: i wish i could give you an a-plus. we will show you the big picture here. you can have a look for
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the map. we are moving slowly. the incident we have in the 28 area, this is in chantilly. the accident activity is just out of camera view. they just turned it around before i came to talk to you. just north of here the accident blocked the right lane. not so great for folks near great falls. georgetown pike is the overpass you can see. they have report at old dominion for possible overturned vehicle. jonathan: look at this behind us. >> for the second time in a week, the tornado outbreak has struck the midwet.
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people in several states are cleaning up after two dozen reported twisters. >> nearly 30 tornadoes from kansas to illinois. watch as the winds rip the roof from the building. that moment twister was spotted east of kansas city. captured live on the ground. >> just outside of kansas city took brunt of the weather. >> seeing a transformer blow. that is when we have seen the rotation of the tornado. >> nearby in other communities this airport leveled. houses destroyed. >> unbelievable. this is scary.
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>> the conditions were so bad the drivers were forced to pull over. it knocked over semis from wyoming to kansas. in minnesota, trees were toppled down taking down power lines. unlike last week's outbreak, no lives were lost. >> thanks be to god there was no fatalities and the clean-up process is beginning. jonathan: you see all the pictures and we are getting through this winter with nothing. doug: we in a drought and some places are a severe drought. alison: and warm. doug: it's colder for the weekend. there is talk about snow. we talk about it, too. this is rain. the rain is nice but
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do anything to alleviate the drought. tomorrow and thursday with the sunshine and the gusty winds. the underbrush is dry. we have rain this evening. there are more showers and the final line will come through with a cold front at three or four. this is breezy and mild with the period of the rain through the evening hours. we will get to 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and it will get closer. skies will clear there after. the future cast starts at in the morning. we should see sunshine and winds. but the temperatures will climb to 60's tomorrow. the same drill on thu
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everything will start to change on friday. in the morning when the cold front gets in the picture. for thursday we see warm breezes. it will track early on friday. there is cold air to the north. i won't take much as it is going to seek south. give snow flakes along the pennsylvania line. this will push south. it turns colder through friday night. on sunday it's reinforced from the north. the storm system will develop from the south. we are giving this a 30 to a 40% chance we see any snow at all. we will stay chilly for monday, tuesday, wednesday.
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alison: next at 4:00, "7 on your side." surprising results after we send a dietitian to raid your fridge. jonathan: if you talk about a rock star greeting. that is the president and surprise of a lifetime for students that hasn't happened at the white house for q
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march is national nutrition month? working in partner with the sinclair broadcast group we believe it's our privilege to keep you informed about important health matters. are you making healthy choices for your family? tonight a registered dietitian takes a look through one mom's bridge and makes surprising recommendations. we explain. >> she is a mother of two. she believes she is doing a good job to provide healthy meals and snacks for her children. >> on sunday i try to do stuff in advance. plan for the week. when i grocery shop, we have three meals to make and then we have a night of leftovers and then i try to slide a frozen pizza in there because they enjoy it. >> we asked registered dietitian to check her fridge, freezer and pantry to see how she is doing. >> a lot of
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having egg whites are better than whole eggs. >> i have it in my refrigerator now. >> not bad. but she says eat the yolks. they are good for your brain and hair. >> flip it over it's not just yellow rice. >> she says always read the list of the ingredients. if it's more than three it's probably not good for you. high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, dex trose, msg is all bad. and the worst for kids, food dyes. >> those have been proven for decades to be damaging to the brain and causing hyperactivity for the children and changing how the brain chemistry works. >> in 2011 the f.d.a. acknowledged the growing body of evidence to link artificial food colors with adverse behavior in children. it may be convenient, prepackaged, processed food is almost never good. >> the process foods, some of them say they are good for you. most processed
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>> i will preplan more and cook more fresh. >> she is off to a great start. >> dinner is ready. >> for sinclair cares, i'm liz quiontes reporting. jonathan: more missiles launched and even north korea allies are concerned. we show you new evidence ahead. why are you checking i want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... is great, right? when was the last time you checked?
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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: tonight there is a new wave of bomb threats aimed at jewish centers. this time new york, florida, chicago and once again in rockville. as the police investigate, montgomery county leaders are using the county funds to beef up security. kevin lewis is live with more. kevin? kevin: the money would be put to use at places including here at the pender j.c.c. in rockville which received the second bomb threat of the year last night. this time it came by e-mail. >> must stop now. kevin: on friday, executive ike leggett penalled $225,000 to -- pld
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bolster security at the jewish centers. today they introduced the measure. >> i would be shocked if the council did not approve the request. kevin: council president says taxpayer funding would add security cameras to the 57-acre charles smith campus in rockville. at the bender j.c.c., crews would provide bulletproof film over the day care windows. at the upper campus, the video camera and the remote controlled lock is added to every door. jewish advocate says the grant funding is a sad reality. >> we will not let them take us down. >> a public hearing april 4 with the council vote to follow. jonathan: doug joins us now. we nee
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coming in. is it enough to turn things green? no. back to sunny and breezy weather. we have breezes for the next few days and it's going to dry up all over again. we need the long-term relief but not in sight. moderate to severe drought in the area. you see the rain that is getting closer to metro washington. moving through at times in the afternoon, evening and the night time hours. future cast according to the model at 7:30, no rain to speak of in metro. but a line of the heavier rain from the west. the front will come through with the final line of showers at 3:30 to 4:30 in the morning. tomorrow and thursday, sunshine and breezes. upper 60's. friday is an interesting weather day. believe it or not it could give us wet snow
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we have falling temperatures on friday. it will set the stage for the weekend. saturday night before you go to bed, turn the clocks ahead one hour as we return to the daylight saving time. 40 on saturday. 30 to a 40% chance of snowy mix. steve rudin will have updated outlook coming in 15 minutes. jonathan: thank you. we have breaking news. biloxi, mississippi. the bus on the left was just hit by a train. it's a charter bus. the affiliate is giving us an idea of what happened. you don't see the impact of the train. three people are dead. many others are hurt. there is a triage center off the bus. the
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the bus. we are working to get more information on what happened and how it ended up on the tracks in the first place. you can see the train. it was able to stop. but not before the impact. three people are dead. alison: back at home, the maryland u.s. attorney rod rosenstein faced a barrage of questions from the democratic senators. the coconfirmation hearing is taking place -- confirmation hearing is taking place on capitol hill. we have more on why it is getting attention. >> the democrats are still calling for someone else to oversee any investigation. >> long-time p
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to become the number two at the department of justice. >> the 52-year-old maryland attorney served over both demonstrations. he was the only attorney to last all four years. he clerked for ginsburg. >> he is a fine man and a fine prosecutor. if confirmed he will lead the investigation in the russia interference in the presidential election. this is after attorney general jeff sessions announced he would recuse himself from the investigation of the trump campaign. and rosenstein told the committee he was not aware of any reason why he would recuse himself. >> every investigation conducted by the department of justice is independent investigation. we prosecute tens
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those defendants deserves independent prosecutor. >> despite receiving bipartisan support from the lawmakers, the democrats are demanding a special council to take over the probe. >> we are talking about russia trying to influence the election. >> they are saying the calls by the democrats are just political fodder. >> this is an excuse to attack the president. >> the senator from connecticut said he is threatening to block the nomination but there is not a lot that the democrats can do. they don't have the numbers. back to you. alison: thank you. >> protest over the new executive order to temporarily limit immigrants from six majority muslim nations for entering the country.
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arrested today. the white house is confident that the order will stand up in court unlike the previous version. jonathan: on the subject of russia there is an open dialogue when it comes to syria and the war on terror. turkey is hosting leaders today to talk security. the common issue is the civil war torn nation of syria and iraq. there is no word on what progress if any has come from the meeting. nice to see both feel good about having a dialogue. alison: video of the north korea missile launches over the weekend. thaw landed in harmlessly in the sea. three of those ended up 200 miles off the coastline. even china has spoken out about the latest move by north korea. jonathan: coming up next, first for the new york fire department. talking about the drones. now this helps save lives. the device that helped get the
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building just in time. that's coming up next. alison: surprise! it's the president. tours are back on at the white house. we will tell you meet and greet and how it played out in social media coming up.
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alison: check this out. for the first time the new york city fire department used a drone to help fight a fire. jonathan: this has thermal imaging. high-def cameras. infrared. it has determine the condition as they fight the fire. the chief on the scene said they were able to see the roof beginning to fail that allowed them to order the guys off the roof to safety. alison: fantastic. jonathan: lifesaver. stranded alone at sea. a florida boater sunday morning ride ended with the engine failing. not just the engine. the rudder went out. alison: it happened 18 miles west of clearwater beach. a crew found the man monday morning. they brought him aboard and towed the boat to the marina. coming up next.
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coworkers. the web browser and the extension that can make you disappear next. >> from installing siding to laying shingles. i will tell you about a home being built by students. that is coming up. steve: i'm meteorologist steve rudin. are you dreaming about snow for the upcoming weekend? i have the latest coming up.
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jonathan: to a develop story. a car slamming in landover. the driver jumped the curve at valley trail lane at midnight. busted through the lining room of the apartment. >> i stood up in bed. i was like nothing i ever heard. jonathan: there were people a
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the driver was arrested on site with a reckless driving charge. unclear what caused him to lose control. alison: there is questions whether a fitness legend is in danger. a popular podcast is suggesting that richard simmons is being held captive by his housekeeper. it has been more than 1,100 days since simmons with last seen publicly. his former masseuse said that the fitness guru is a hostage in his own home. >> rich will look at me and say you have to go. i said is she controlling your life now? he said yes. >> this isn't a witch hunt. i wish him well. i haven't talked to anybody who thinks that richard similar mons is fine. alison: simmons p.r. agent of 27 years calls the podcast an unfounded attempt to diminish his legacy. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert.
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on a national cereal day -- who knew -- general mills is turn to a new grain. it is said to be drought resistant and it doesn't need to be replaced every year. commercialize the wheat-related grain putting it in the cereal and snacks. jonathan: you have seen fast food fish commercials. today is ihop free pancake day. you can get a free shortstack until 7:00 tonight. if you eating free, ihop is taking donations for the charity. this began 11 years ago. since that time they raised $25 million for the promotion. alison: there is a man in spain that is accused of running up thousands of restaurant and banquet bills. the dine and dash suspect is accused of hitting several spots around the country. they believe others are on the run but they
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to give out too much information. jonathan: he ran out serious money. alison: a banquet. jonathan: ouch! alison: yeah. jonathan: check this out. high-tech way to get rid of the pesky coworkers who won't go away. google chrome released new bruiser extension. they call it nope. alison: so when someone comes to your desk you don't want to talk to, you just tap the "n" button on the browser and your phone will ring. when you pick up, there is a recording of a man's voice telling you what to do and say. jonathan: but we put the word out. so if someone walks up to your death and they see you click it, you know i'm out. alison: that is the perfect cure to a bad date. jonathan: you have the power. it's on vibrate. i have to take this. alison: it sounds like you have done it before. jonathan: no. me? never. the white house resumed tours today. a group
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major surprise. alison: trump greeted them in person. lindsey mastis shows us the reaction. lindsey: the kids had no idea they would meet the president today. the kids are fifth graders from christian elementary school in birmingham alabama. president trump looks as excited as the kids. there was screaming and cheering. a lot of the kids had the phones out but a boy was not intimidated at all. he went right up to president trump to meet him. look at his t-shirt. on social media the school athletic department points out that it is one of their lions that got to meet the president. it posted to twitter look at that sweatshirt. they were not the only school group to visit the white house today. these kids are
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different christian school in haec. they got to tour. they didn't see the president but they did see something else. they wrote "motorcade past the group on pennsylvania avenue. dignitary waving at us. possibly vice president pence." certainly an exciting day for the students. jonathan: thanks. so many people say when they come to d.c., you see there is there is always a car going by looking to see who it is. it's like celebrities in hollywood. alison: we're used to it. jonathan: a double dose of the danger near topeka yesterday. the firefighters had to put out a grass fire spreading and then take cover because tornado was reported not far from the location. they call it a gustnado. it was caught on camera. if you live in the desert they call it dust devils. camera caught the severe
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storm. >> is that a new one? >> i never heard about that. >> let's talk about the weather closer to home. if your allergies are bothering you, it's ramping up. it's breezy and 70 out there now. a lot of people are talking about it. if we get a blizzard, everything will be done with. i'm joking. 70 in fredericksburg. 56 in petersburg. if you have anywhere to go, keep your umbrella handy early on. this is in the 60's. there are scatters shouters and winds from the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour. live rar da to abc7. this is moving east. a break to the panhandle of west virginia to hagueerstown. later you will find the wet weather in the
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all of this will be out of here tonight to tomorrow morning. then the skies clear. shower activity to the south and east of us. we stay in 60's for thursday. colder air on friday. we could look at a wintery mix this afternoon. the weekend forecast. a lot is going on. sunday we see upper 30s. chance for a wintry mix. i say the chance but this is what it looks like now. this is the further north and east you go to the baltimore area. lesser amounts likely if we see anything. here is the ten-day outlook. upper 60s for wednesday. 50 on id from. cooler for the weekend with the daylight savings time
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effect early thursday morning. chilly start next week with the temperatures in the 40's. let's head to trenice bishop. trenice: let's look at what is happening on most of the thoroughfares. there is heavy volume on the beltway inner and the outer loop. seeing pretty decent volume on the prince george's county side of 495. we will get to that. we have a closure in great falls. georgetown pike shut down at old dominion drive in walker road due to overturned vehicle. accident in sterling. this one closed the intersection between victoria station and loudoun park lane. on the beltway for prince george's we have report of a stopped dump truck. this is like finding
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among the cars here but a stalled dump truck reported in the left center lane. that slows the ride on the inner loop. jonathan: a small home and a big experience. coming up at abc7 we put the spotlight on education to show how students are building an entire home without leaving the school's workshop. ten food that could save off stroke, heart disease and diabetes. we will tell you what they are at 5:00. we are following the breaking news. we the latest on a deadly crash in mississippi. the train. coach bus carrying elderly folks and was hit by a train. i have ♪ ♪
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alison: students in frederick are discovering the benefit of building a home. kellye lynn takes us to the construction site. >> at less than 600 square feet, this house is small enough to be built indoors. >> this is built in two sections rather than one huge house. >> students at the frederick county technology center are constructing $55,000 one bedroom, one bath tiny cottage. >> i put tape on the roof. windows and the
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building project for the students who built the larger one last year. >> they learned the basics. we are refining their skills to give them more practice. >> this goes hand in hand with what i want to do when i get out of school. >> this is giving me schools from the construction trade. knowing how to put together walls from the to install the trim and molding. >> you can see the completed version march 18 and 19 at the frederick fair ground. kellye lynn, abc7 news. larry: tonight, a local jewish center is targeted in another wave of threats. just as the county officials debate money for increased security. >> what does a day without a woman mean? local bu
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why they are all in with the latest women protest. increaseient for better mental health in your refrigerator? >> "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: we are monitoring breaking news out of mississippi where a train has hit a bus. we have the latest. jonathan: a charter bus from austin, texas, to biloxi, mississippi, when it got to the center part of town. it got stuck on the tracks. this is how it ended up. the csx train came along, going through town. it hit the bus broad side. it didn't flip it to the side because the train was able to slow down. but it almost knocked it off the track. three people were killed. 50 others were hurt. this is a charter bus filled with the elderly folks on the way to biloxi from austin, texas. we don't no if
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don't know if it was a tour group or in biloxi for casinos. they had a triage center set up. when we get more information we'll get back to you. in the newsroom, i'm jonathan elias. back to you. alison: thank you. 13 more threats against jewish groups across the country today. this includes four at the antidefamation league offices that are in d.c., new york, boston and atlanta. six community centers and three day schools. maryland, oregon, wisconsin, illinois, new york, florida and toronto. in all, that makes 120 threats in 36 states since january 9. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is in rockville where the debate for more security funding is now

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