announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon, on your side. jummy: happening right now, a march and a protest in the district, the resist trump, stop the gag protest. live fromlez is freedom plaza. tell us what this is all about. groupwell, it is a vocal rate i am surrounded by activists at lafayette square. they marched

two in front of the white house here. they are essentially, they say, fighting for their rights, abortion rights and against what they call president trump's global gag rule, a policy that prohibits non-u.s. organizations from getting money from the u.s. to provide abortion services. they are having a speaking portion of the event. they did some marching. let's talk to one of the protesters here. you marched moments ago and just arrived at the park. >> to me it is simple. ,uman rights, women rights equal. they are all the same. we feel it is time to bring it to everybody's attention again. john: thank you so much. these folks believe that this policy will help with 6 million unauthorized pregnancies and some 2 million unsafe abortions. president trump has made it clear during his campaign and as commander in chief that

been pro-life and antiabortion and he said he needs to defend all americans, including the unborn. the crowd is growing here at lafayette square, very vocal this afternoon. jummy: the protest where he is happens to be on the same day as a day without a woman. females across the country are taking part by staying home from work, not shopping, and wearing the color red. many businesses are closed, but we found one that chose to stay open. suzanne kennedy explains why. suzanne: they are mixing up picked goods and serving up coffee here. this woman-owned business choosing to stay open today on the day without a woman. bakery employs nearly a dozen women. they still have to make money in order to meet their bottom line as well as pay their all-female staff. goy did not want the data unnoticed, so like they did on th

they are giving part of their proceeds to charity. >> we needed to give part of our sales to civics for change, to give professional clothing to low income women in the d.c. area. has a full-time job or needs to get to a job every day, so the fact that we are contributing to an organization that allows people to have the proper clothing to get to work, that is something then needs to be done more in the city, and i am happy to be part of a community that does that. suzanne: today women are being asked not to spend money, and if they do, spend it at a place like this one, a woman-owned business. back to you. jummy: this is having a big impact on local schools, too. many are closing for the day because female teachers and staff are choosing to stay home. prince george's county public schools, as well as the city center charter school,

alexandria city's goals are all off today. supporters say it is about taking a -- and alexandria city schools are all off today. supporters say it is all about taking a stand for women's rights. >> they said there was no school today, and i was like, what? so a woman's life, day is always important. jummy: the prince george's county superintendent says about 1700 teachers and 30% of transportation staff called out. today is not only a day without a woman but it is also international women's day. president donald trump expressed his thoughts on twitter a short time ago, posting -- new informati

minnesota state capitol. one of the people arrested was senator tim kaine's son. sam sweeney is at the live desk with more. sam: police arrested lynwood , in st. paul, minnesota, at a pro-trump rally. allegedlys son was interrupting the row -- was allegedly disrupting the rally. writingcing felony charges. this morning, senator kaine and his wife released a statement, saying, "we love that our three children have their own views about political issues and they fully understand the responsibility to express those concerns peacefully." the incident happened saturday afternoon. he was released from jail yesterday morning. back upstairs to you. now.: to some other news police arresting a laurel man after he led officers on a 22 mile car chase.

night just before midnight when police tried to pull him over in laurel, and that is when they say he took off, hopping on 290 five and heading for the district. several local police departments were able to catch the man in the 2500 block of p street southeast. they are not releasing the man's name just yet. it is warm outside right now. we take a live look outside over arlington and the pentagon, but not the nature -- but mother nature cannot make up her mind. doug has more. are the midatures 60's, same tomorrow. plenty of sunshine and gusty wind. did you hear the front come through this morning? we have the gusty winds staying with us through the day. already 62 in washington, 61 in leesburg. quantico at 62 degrees. 57 in hagerstown. we will find that temperatures

the wind will stay very gusty. right now we have sustained wind closed to 20 miles -- right now we have sustained wind close to 20 miles per hour. that will only continue a bit longer, the high temperatures. temperatures start to fall on friday. tonight, clear and cold, above freezing temperatures. tomorrow, kind of a rinse and repeat kind of day, cool with morning showers on friday. saturday, really cold. what about the chance of snow on sunday? we will talk about those chances in about nine minutes. continue following the massive security breach of top-secret information from the cia. both it continues to rock the tech world and the intelligence community. j norman reports more. -- 8700 documents posted to wiki leaks with codenames like "after midnight" and "brutal

u.s. intelligence that officials say appears to be authentic. now out in the open, and in the harry is -- in the hands of terrorists both foreign and international. one of the leaked files reveals a program called "weeping angel," which can remotely turn a samsung tv anywhere in the world into a secret listening device. >> they can turn it on remotely, but he would not put the power light on, so anybody in that could be monitored without their knowledge or consent. it is a great spy utility. >> the cia has the ability to do the same with ipads and smartphones, even gaining access to messages before they are encrypted by popular apps. experts say it is a reminder that anything connected to the internet has the potential to be hacked. >> there is no such thing as absolute privacy in america.

the cia intelligence over russian hacking, and also praised the leakers now compromising. wikileaks is like a treasure trove. i love wikileaks. >> a spokeswoman for germany's chief prosecutors is telling abc news they are looking for documents to see if there are that someonens could be criminally prosecuted. ofmy: developing now, dozens people dead after a brutal attack at a military hospital. who is allegedly responsible? details after the break. plus, deadly fires out in the midwest. how crews are dealing with the out-of-control flames. victims of the marine corps news photo scandal. about theve learned case. first, angela foster has a look at what is happening on the roads. angela: on

afternoon, we are hearing from virginia power, telling us georgetown pike, which has been closed for most of the morning and now into the afternoon, will remain that way for quite some time. we had a poll across the roadway -- we had a pole across the roadway. the big picture map not showing a lot of red, but we have a closure in the district. metropolitan police say take an alternate route. we have a fire on u street, with major problems being caused on b street. an accident in greenbelt blocked the right lane. the trip to lanham is going to be a bit slow.

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. jummy: we have a developing story out of the middle east. at least 30 people are dead, 50 wounded after a gunman shot at and military hospital in kabul. the islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack. the attackers were dressed like health workers, and afghan forces had to fight them floor by floor. the country's president condemning the attack during an international women's day speech. closer to home, ntsb officials are in mississippi, investigating a deadly train versus bus crash. four people died, 40 others injured. the train pushed the bus 300 feet up the tracks before coming to rest. slow downtor tried to to prevent the accident, but it did not work. it took rescuers more than an hour to pull the victims from the wreckage. we want to get to those deadly wildfires that are sweeping

firefighters are battling strong across several states overnight. mandatory evacuations are underway. we have more on the destruction overnight,ths or >> fast-moving wildfires raging across the u.s. 32 fires tearing through the midwest and deep south, chewing up over 1000 square miles. in kansas, more than 2000 ,irefighters tackled this blaze which burned 34,000 acres, killing one, destroying over 30 homes. in the texas panhandle, sidney wallace, her boyfriend, and another ranch hand were killed while trying to save cattle from the flames. the smoke stretching for miles. the wind-driven fire responsible for 320 5000 acres of burning land. a state of emergency -- for 320,000

>> my aunt lives north of town. we were by their it little bit ago, and everything is gone. acre grass fire destroyed homes. >> we dropped everything we could. >>'s inferno is putting drivers and residents on alert, threatening to jump the highway outside naples, florida. mena: that was phillip reporting. we are not dealing with all of that. doug: but we have severe drought conditions in our area, and a large portion of the central plains are under a red flag warning. i do not even try to figure the weather out anymore, i stay a couple of days ahead. jummy: and if you cannot figure it out, i definitely cannot. doug: it will start turning colder friday and the weekend. it will feel like the middle of winter, even though it is the end of winter. a live shot from our camera. 56 degrees.

trees. driving to work this morning, i noticed how green, with red buds on the trees everywhere. we are ahead of schedule. also running ahead are the pollen updates. a high level for tree pollen already here, in the eighth day of march. grasses and everything else is low. weather conditions will change. issoon as it warms up, it back again. we are in that season for sure. 61 at potomac. 62 in ashburn and turned in. burke, 61 in largo. waldorf at 59. today, plenty of sunshine. gusty wind will hit. tonight, 45. the average temperature lows are still in the low 30's. tomorrow, more sunshine and maybe a touch warmer. only in the middle 50's. we are doing just fine. the

goes, you do not see any clouds because we are under the influence of high pressure. as we get into early friday morning, that is the next chance of precipitation. likely a few showers, but early in the morning it will still be close to 50 degrees. on flakes the fall will melt contacts, and it will turn into a partly sunny day on friday through the afternoon and evening. temperatures will fall into the 40's, and over the weekend it gets cold. saturday night, we turn the clocks ahead one hour as we go back to daylight saving time. highs are only in the upper 30's saturday and sunday with sunshine. stormks as though that system will stay well south of the washington area, so no flakes in the forecast. the richmond area may get a few flakes. then it will warm up but stay pretty much at or below average temperatures for a bit longer. spring will return

, it just might be a little bit wintry for a while. for it.k, we can wait this ranks among things i never thought i would say on tv. unusable chicken. coming up. that chicken bank is from our area, appearing on "jimmy kimmel" last night. first, a look at what is coming up later today. >> coming up tonight on "abc 7 news at 5:00," we will help you get the right deal on a used car. like any big purchase, you need a game plan. 7 on your side will break it down for you and explain the differences between buying a used car in virginia as opposed to maryland.

jummy: right now, fall out from the nude photo scandal rocking the marine corps. one of the victims is speaking out after a private face group -- facebook group surfaced. martha has the latest details. >> overnight, women telling their painful stories. >> i felt like my privacy had been taken away from me. having to go through being harassed constantly every day of my life for the past year just because of a mistake that i made four years ago. it is not anything that anyone deserves to go through. >> former private kelly wayne accusing her ex-boyfriend, also a marine, of sharing a private tape online they had made together. she says it was linked to a private marine facebook page. >> iis

extremely widespread. if it happened to me, it has got to be happening to a lot of other females. >> wayne joined the marines in 2013 but was removed three years later from unrelated misconduct. the allegations are shocking. marines sharing a list of photos links to a private facebook group with tens of thousands of members. the photos reportedly numbering in the hundreds, possibly thousands, said to include two dozen women, some identified by name and rank and where they serve, many attracting obscene comments from members of the group before the photos were taken down. commandant of the marine corps called an embarrassing to the marines. >> when i hear allegations of marines denigrating their fellow marines, i do not think that is the behavior of true warriors. says that hennan discovered the photos connected to the facebook group. >>

that decided to sexually exploit hundreds of women and create something that could be easily weaponizable. anyone who condone such actions could also be subjected to criminal proceedings. this morning the sergeant major of the marine corps, ronald green, is expected to address the allegations to congress at a previously scheduled hearing. jummy: outside, it is warm and windy right now, but doug hill is talking temperatures coming down in the next few days. we will get a final check of the forecast next.

jummy: combining breakfast and a sweet treat that everyone loves, ben & jerry's ice cream is adding three new flavors based on serial. froot loops, frozen flakes and coco loco. they will go on sale at ben & jerry's service shops later this month. last night on "jimmy kimmel live!," a chicken from germantown, maryland, made her national debut. she plays the pno and keyboard in perfect time -- t she plays the pno and keyboard. she

was invited to hollywood to perform live. take a look. oh. plays] >> wow. jummy: she lives with eight other chickens attic chicken coop in germantown. some of them are known as "the flock stars." doug: music and dinner i guess. let's take a look at what we have for you. sunshine, 65. 60 eight with sunshine and breezes tomorrow. cooler withto morning showers. for the weekend, it is going to get cold. it looks like the snow sunday will stay south of our area. jummy: that is good news, d

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