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understand when they confronted him he throw a television at the police that he stolen and proceeded to run through the mall. they chased him to the mall and they ended up in the theater. this is picture inside the theater. climbed up the scaffolding behind a movie screen and is now in the ceiling. they have negotiated in the talking. they brought more equipment in here. this may go on for a while. maybe they are getting tired of it. who knows? there will be more activity here. the police are talking to him but he won't come out. that is the situation from here. reporting live, i'm sam ford, back to you. >> a person died after a train slammed in a charter because. it dragged the bus 300
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we will continue to follow the story for the updates as they come in. >> a surreal scene on the national mall. teepees on the national monument as part of a protest against the dakota access pipeline. this begins as another federal judge ruled that the project can go forward. q mccray has the story. in the shadows is something that is unusual. >> it's not one of the standard one we issue. >> the d.c. action lab apply for the permits to demonstrate construction of the dakota access pipeline. this is footage of the protest going on for months in north dakota. they want to mirror that on the national mall. >> first of the kind? >> no. we have had events before.
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there will be a bonfire as well. >> i came to help. >> the native american sam johns flew in from alaska to make a different. >> it shouldn't be happening. >> to allow the final session to continue. oil could be flowing through it next week. organizers hope setting up across the street from the white house will be seen to make a change. jonathan: a protest of the travel beanedded with five people in handcuffs today. the protesters were disruptive. kimberly: it has happened again. children rushed from schools and police swarming jew kish centers nationwide -- sue -- jewish centers nationwide. it makes at least 120 threats in 36 states
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this crossed seven states including the jewish center in rockville. the white house condemned the threats. the latest waves come as montgomery county has a new plan to include security cameras, and remote control locks. some are skeptical. the county counsel president says -- the county council president says he understands. >> i understand the people who wish we didn't have to spend taxpayer dollars. i, too, wish we didn't have to spend. it's a choice to join with the faith communities to say we stand with you. we will help make you safe. >> a public hearing on the security funding is planned for april 8. >> wikileaks dumping thousands of documents coming from the
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cia. among the claims are they are using your tv microphones as a listening device. they have hacked other electronics like phone apps. >> a contentious hearing ended with the democrats refusing to rule out blocking the nomination of the maryland u.s. attorney rod rosenstein to be deputy attorney general. >> are you willing to appoint a special cabinet to compage russian interference? >> i'm willing to appoint a special counsel that i determine is appropriate. kimberly: attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from all matters involving president trump and russia.
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jonathan: the president is touting a g.o.p. plan to replace obamacare. >> we are going to do something great. i am proud to support the replacement plan. jonathan: sean spicer showed off the bill today that it is only 66 pages long. if you compare it to the affordable care act nearly 1,000 pages. it faces the opposition in both parties. h.h.s. secretary tom price calls it a work in progress. >> the showers overspread the viewing area ahead of a cold front tonight. right now the d.c. metro has rain. it won't break the drought but it helps. tomorrow we see quick clearing. we have heard the talk about the snow for the weekend? we will nail down what is a possibility and probil
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when i join you in ten minutes. kimberly: see you then. so many staff members taking part. alexandria has to close school tomorrow. a day without a woman protest planned across the country on wednesday. organizers are hoping to build on the success of the post inauguration woman's march. last month's a day without immigrants. >> this is exciting to see the momentum. >> organizers are encouraging the women not to spend money to show their economic strength and impact. jonathan: a group of white house tourists got a surprise today checking out the east wing this morning. watch. jonathan: in front of the hillary clinton portrait. the white house tours resumed today for first time since the inauguration.
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kimberly: a third person died after a fire at assisted living system in baltimore. they rescued several people friday morning but four of them are in critical condition. no word on the cause of the fire. a man faces reckless driving after clashing this morning. the minivan took out a light pole and tree before ending up in a dining room of a ground floor apartment near fedex field. the family was not hurt. jonathan: a carnival cruise ship slammed in the docks last year. going too fast. took a bad approach angle and didn't have proper supervision. three things that went wrong. that is finding of the nine-month long investigation. nobody on the carnival pride was hurt. but it did cause $2 million in damage. kimberly: this is at the end of january. thief walks in with a
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bag. shows a knife and took 80 packs of cigarettes. he cleaned out a drawer and ran off. so far the police have not put name to the face. jonathan: smoking will kill you. police captured a man accused of killing a guard at the burlington coat factory on saturday. jamel kingsbury was arrested in the district. police say he stabbed a guard who was trying to stop him from shoplifting at the time of the stabbing. following a developing story out of prince george's county where the police right now are in the middle of a dadly shooting investigation. they found a man shot at the capital crossing complex in suitland. he died at the hospital. no motive and no suspects named. kimberly: still ahead. you know this has to hurt. pelted with paintballs. jonathan: ahead for us, two crazy chases. one in california with a man who got out and started to yell at police. the dramatic
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jonathan: this is shock video. a worker shoving a 4-year-old girl down the flight of stares. the daycare owner ran in, helped the girl and fired the worker and called police. the worker facing charges. the little girl has bruises but she is okay. the surveillance camera just installed an hour earlier. kimberly: the hunt is on for whoever is shooting people with paintballs. three people have been hit. people don't think it can do damage but they can hurt, rich. richard: they can. they female like hard marbling hitting your skin according to a person shot by the paintball gun. look behind me. see the paint splatter there? that is where the first attack happened on jefferson
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>> this is only the beginning. richard: looking for paintballs like this one. a man walking off the alley at 7:00 hit by several projectiles. >> they just drove by in an s.u.v. they were shooting from the window. >> the investigators now looking through the surveillance video from the food store. feet away. >> it is crazy. they hit you in the eye. >> 12 minutes later a man walked in the sidewalk off northeast and was hit four times. in the arm, in the back. >> kids probably. >> but this may have been the most brazen. 8:050 p.m., a man working on his ca
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dark-colored s.u.v. rolled up. the driver laughing. passenger and a paintball gun began firing. >> a b.b. gun can take an eye out better than paintball gun. >> moments ago a 62-year-old woman came up to us and said she, too, was shot by the paintball gun. she is the one that told us it felt like marbles against her skin. police are still looking for the dark colored s.u.v. richard reeve; abc7 news. jonathan: check this out. a guy wanted for assaulting somebody leads police on a high-speed chase. that is almost a cliché. he already had blown tires. police get him and he spins out. he gets out and is yelling at police. that will do a lot. they decide you know what? they are still after me. i better run. like you are going to get away from the guys.
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low. the second time they got him. in the dirt. he is going to jail. kimberly: in san antonio police chase a man armed with machete and driving a front end loader. this is a slow speed chase. 25 miles per hour. it ended when the driver drove to his mom's apartment and began ripping the roof off the building. jonathan: issues. kimberly: that is when the police captured him. jonathan: i haven't seen a zamboni yet. new video of the wildfires wreaking havoc. hundreds ordered from their homes. 4,000 acres burned. the smoke is blocking out the sun. look at the wind. you can see it whipping the flames around. miles around the county where this is playing out. i-75 better known as alligator alley. shut down while firefighters are trying to get a handle on the fire. you can see the wind and what it is doing down there. >> windy back at home. doug: yeah. finally rain here. not enough to end the drought but it helps.
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and before dawn tomorrow. then dry and sunny and warm again. let's get started. the forecast won't have a sunny warm finish to it. i can tell you that. the changes coming for the weekend. the radar doppler radar. none of it is heavy but it's steady and moderate at times. especially the areas in yellow. this is developing as a cold front in the morning. some rain now and another batch to the west. period of showers and breezy tonight. mild. the temperatures dropping through the 50's. future cast will show at 10:30 we have area of rain moving east of the city. we will have wind gust out of the southwest. then the front goes through and the winds turn into west/northwest and that brings us drying conditions so i think a lot of sunshine. gusty winds. the same
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on thursday. that shows up with the pleasant spring like weather. friday morning a cold front will come in from the north. maybe along the mountains to west. maybe a little slow or sprinkles. the temperatures will fall. portly cloudy and breezy and colder friday night. thursday we have plenty of sunshine. but friday we have a front coming from the north. i don't think it will amount to be much of anything. you will have to be pretty far north and west and the higher elevations. a flake and raindrop is possible. the key is the colder air will settle down for the weekend. turning colder saturday.
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right now we are only getting 30% chance of the snow in our area. better chance to the south. all the probabilities are below 50%. tomorrow we have more information. considerably more model guidance here thursday. a cold weekend with 30% chance of snow on sunday. you turn clocks ahead one hour saturday night before you go to bed. monday, tuesday, wednesday, chilly and then impressive warmup through beginning of next week. that is it. jonathan: coach, quarterback. lock down more players. erin: wide receiver, perhaps? nfl free agency is upon us. has desean jackson played his last game for the redskins? who is making a major play for the speedy receiver next.
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he spent the last 30 seasons in washington. he is one of the best receivers in league. scot mccloughan has not returned to work yet. he was not at the nfl combine either citing family reasons. it's not known whether or when he will return. in florida, mack scherzer threw his first live batting session. he said doesn't female pain with the fastball grip. the rest of the team is taking on the red sox. top of the first, hanley ra mir mez sends it high and deep. solo home run. 2-0 boston. bottom of the first, anthony rindone turns on the rodriguez pitch and it goes to the corner. harper scores from first. the nats lose by t
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i know. jonathan: coming up tonight we have jay from redskins.com two will join us. we are going to get into free agency. jonathan: don't freak out. alison: quib check of the -- a quick check of the forecast. doug: we will have the period of showers through 4 verz when a cold front comes through. rapid clearing after that. we talk about the gusty showers at 11:00 and the weekend snow. you have seen it in the forecast. colder by the weekend. possibility of the snow that is here on monday. >> maybe one last weekend to ski. doug: maybe. jonathan: no pressure. doug: don't get too optimistic. alison: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up. jonathan: thank you for
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tonight, several breaking stories. the first, the backlash on capitol hill as we come on the air. the new plan revealed to replace obamacare. president trump backing the plan, but tonight, there is already revolt from some within the republican party who call this obamacare light. while millions fear they could lose their coverage while 20 million americans wait for a clear answer. also breaking, the stunning reveal. is this a cia security breach? wikileaks and thousands of documents. do they reveal how the cia can break into smartphones, computers and even tvs? the deadly collision. several dead tonight. multiple injuries. the tornado outbreak. at least 30 reported already. winds up to 150 miles per hour,
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