despite security system and the quick police dispatch. >> they have the live video. they see somebody inside the building. >> the well prepared criminals got away in a light colored car before the first officer arrived on scene. >> they were wearing dark clothing and gloves and concealed their faces. kevin: today they had a team of agents examining the inventory as a repairman replaced the mangled front door. betty works a few doors down loaned her company's shop cav. to help employees suck up all the broken glass. >> hopefully they will get them. >> so far they have no idea who the burglars are or what they plan to do with the 31 fire arms they stole this

authorities are also now offering a reward of up to $10,000. live in rockville, kevin lewis. alison: thank you. we are following a developing story out of hagerstown now where 33-year-old devon ethan arrested for allegedly beating his son so badly he sent him to the hospital. they say when the boy couldn't pronounce the number "four." he left him with bruises and hair missing from his scalp. he sein jail facing child abuse and assault charges. >> covering metro tonight. the committee vote signals a rate hike is coming for the metro riders. brianne carter has more on how much more you will be paying and when. brianne: next time you take metrorail you could pay 10 to 25 cents more on the

>> fy13 presented a herculean challenge for metro. brianne: after months of debate and revised budget it looks like the metro riders will be paying more for less. >> the process of arriving where we are today is to try to mitigate the pain in ways that are sensible for the transit agency to operate. brianne: today they preliminary approved fare hikes including 10 to 25-cent increase on rail, 25-crept -- 25-cent increase on bus and increase on parking fees. >> fares are part of the cost of what we do. brianne: it also calls for reduced rush hour service with the trains leaving at the end of every line every eight minutes, instead of every six. today the board members put forward amendments to change which bus lines in virginia and maryland will see service cuts or reduction. >> the board member augustine was the one dissenting vote. >> to me this is more of the

has done in the last ten years it's raised fares and has had the ridership drop. we should do it differently not the same. paul wiedefeld says the wait time changes gives them a chance to look at what they are processing. >> do we have challenges? you bet. but far from a crisis. brianne: another issue is this will take care of the fy18 budget. but what happens in the next year? we have heard paul wiedefeld say he doesn't have more tools in the toolbox to try to find ways to cut. back to the bult gin, the full board is -- budget again, the full board expected to vote march 23. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: thank you. hawaii has become the first state to sue over president trump's revised travel ban. hawaii's attorney sgren says the new order d

based on the nationality and religion and said the ban would hurt hawaii tourist trade, foreign-born students and the native muslims residents. >> 28% of our residents are foreign-born. 100,000 people are noncitizens. 20% of the labor force is foreign-born. there a significant muslim community that lives here. alison: washington state as well requesting to block the executive order. the revisedded travel ban takes effect one week from today and bars new visas for people from six predominantly muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the u.s. refugee program. the department of homeland security says the number of people trying to cross the u.s. border illegally dropped 44% in president trump's first month in office. so that adds up to 23,500 people arrested. larry: republican leaders are facing opposition to the healthcare bill that would replace

handful of senators and conservative house members are indicating they will vote against it. >> good morning, everybody. >> the speaker became the professor thursday as paul ryan rolled up his sleeves, pulled out the power point and attempted to school the country on the g.o.p. plan to replace obamacare. >> lower costs. more choices. not less. patience and control. universal access to care. reporter: but the speaker's presentation was aimed just as much to pressure members of his own party as convincing the american people. >> if you told me ten years ago this is where we would be i'd think i'd be in a dream. doing backflips. reporter: many conservatives in the house -- >> lump of coal. reporter: -- and senate seem less excited and are vocal in the opposition. >> we are divided on replacement. >> democrats taken notice. >> no one likes this bill. hospitals, doctors, governors, conservatives, liberals. reporter: g.o.p. leaders including

ease the fellow republican's fears. driving home the idea if they don't do something as the president says it could be an electoral bloodbath in 2018. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. reporter: the bill passed through two house committees so far but it's still early and will likely take more than a power point presentation to unite congress or even the republican party on the american healthcare act. alison: the new chief of the environmental protection agency says he doesn't think carbon dioxide is the primary contributor to global warming. they are at odds with the main street scientific consensus on the issue. the e.p.a. website states that carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas contributing to the recent climate change.

today the office of environmental justice resigned or the plans to cut the agency's budget. larry: nice spring today but tomorrow is a reminder it's still winter. we have the latest in the weather center. doug, what is going on? doug: 74 degrees today. warm. but nowhere near the record high in washington when it hit 80 in the state. gorgeous now. the temperatures are still in the low 70's. talk about what is coming. the differences. a big change coming. it's 71 in washington. 72 in quantico. cold front is on the way. area of low pressure develops along the cold front sliding southeastward overnight. the rain is expected through the overnight hours. the system will mix and rain and snow but the temperatures are way above freezing so with the ground so warm it will melt on contact. no big deal. you will see i

won't have an impact. any exceptions are farther north to the pennsylvania line. it will turn colder tomorrow night and into saturday morning. that is the future cast. the skies are clearing and we drop through the 30s. when you wake up, it will be so cold as we get through saturday morning and sunday. we will work through the next ten days in eight minutes. alison? alison: thank you. it seems to be feast or famine for some crops in northern virginia. last year was a banner year for strawberries after the spring rain. this weekend's cold that doug talked about could prove devastating. richard reeve is live with a tale of two crops, right, rich richard: it is. we are in leesburg. take a look at the vines. the 70-degree temperatures and some are trying to bud. we have a big cold snap coming

for another crop, it will spell trouble. >> the farmers are fearful. we are eternal gamblers. richard: this means uncertainty at the farm field and the vineyards. >> worry for me as a farmer, the differential in the temperatures. richard: strawberry farmer tyler is scrambling to protect the 15 acres of plants using plastic to shelter them. nearby row covers, blankets, to cover up the plants giving an 8 to 10 degrees of protection. if it's low teens he can put ice over the plant to protect the berries it's a shock adjustment to them. they are actively growing, faster than normal because of the warm weather. tomorrow they will be in a world o hurt. richard: but down the road it's a different story. the cold helping the vines to slow down and not bud too fast. >> we think it will teach the vine not come ut

stay more bound up and tight, closed up and protected. richard: the concern is a big frost after they start budding. >> we hope for the best but there is not much to change the weather. richard: it's possible we might see a strawberry crop as early as april. everyone is hoping that the cold snap goes by fast. in leesburg, richard reeve, abc7 news. cheryl: i'm cheryl conner at n.i.h. coming up, a one-on-one interview with the doctor that oversees infectious disease control. much more on the development of a zika vaccine and what his concerns are moving into the spring and the summer seasons. alison: later, more than a dozen overdoses drives home the epidemic called an emergency in maryland and virginia. >> i get one every couple of months. larry: he is not alone. find out who is cashing in on the traffic cameras. alison: plus, the push to

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alison: we are back with this. video of twin baby pandas because well, do you need a reason for a video of twin baby pandas? that is so cute. they live at the atlanta zoo. they hit the six-month mark. if that has you wondering about our panda, we have an update. bao bao is adjusting well to her new home. she likes having a new variety of bamboo to eat. i don't want her to forget us. larry: we are keeping a close eye on the eagle's next outside the training academy in southeast. where liberty and justice waiting for the two eggs to hatch. next wednesday is 35 days since the first of the eggs were laid.

alison: springs is coming in 11 days and it brings pollen. but what kind of the health concerns are they tracking for the spring and the summer? we spoke to a nation's top doctor to find out. >> the sun is warming us up above the temperature. rachel is thinking about the vacation plans with her two young kids as the zika virus is a concern. >> i am probably not going to travel to any other countries with them. >> we took our questions to the director of the disease control for n.i.h. >> you don't know until it happens. five presidents have leaned on him for help. today he is advicing us on mosquito born illnesses like west nile virus. >> if you have a warm w

insects appear not to appear as vectors of disease until later in the late spring. cheryl: the only true connection they can make is the flu. every year they know there will be a flu outbreak. >> you can predict now whether we have a mild or bad season with west nile. >> they move to the next phase with testing on humans in the effected areas. >> mosquitoes don't fly far. they stay in a 500-foot radius. cheryl: so clean up standing water on the yard, cover up and use insect repellent. larry: never too early to think about that. alison: we have a lot to talk about the erwith. spring i

the reality is we have a winter to go through first. 11 days until spring. we have had snowflakes until spring. if calendar is meaningless. we are ready for a big turn-around from nationals park. wouldn't this be a perfect day for a home opener coming up in less than a month? we know the skies will remain mostly clear. clouds will roll in ahead of the next system. i want to give you an update on the drought situation. updated the severe drought area the same as last week. the metro area and then some. we are deficient in rainfall. since the first of the year, more than 20.5 inches below rainfall at rainfall. a little rain and wet snowflakes tomorrow but not much of an impact on that. as

it's comfortable. march 9 at 5:00. it's 72 in warrenton, menino, fredericksburg. 69 at washington dulles and andrews. 68 at the patuxent river naval air station. the temperatures will drop this evening. we see a slow increase in the cloudiness. at 79:00, if you are going -- at 9:00, it's 57 and comfortable. overnight the area of the precipitation and cold front will get closer and closer. the front is going to drop south and develop along the front. at 4:00, this is way above freezing. mix in the snow. 7:30, the north and the west of the metro area, best chance of snowflakes and a mix. the rain farther south, temperatures are above

as the impacts of the snow, you have to go north and west of the city. that is what we are looking for north and west. a little on the surfaces. dusting to an inch. farther north of the area. but beyond that not much chance. the ground is too warm, the air is too warm. when the air arrives it will move out of the area. the wind chill and the other effect of the system moving in by saturday morning. 60 in hagerstown. 13 downtown. in the day it is not warming up that much. that is an important weather note for anybody participating in the rock 'n' roll marathon at 7:00. you will have single digit. temperatures in the 20's for most of the race. getting to or close to above the freezing mark. so what happens beyond that? a big warmup in the 60's and the 70's. not so soon. first, we will hit 60 on saturday.

night and return to the daylight saving time on sunday. the sunset sunday afternoon at 7:12. crazy, huh? it will turn colder on tuesday. monday and tuesday the chance of a coasting storm developing. too early to tell what we will get. it's something to focus on intently here. as we get to next week we stay bow low average temperatures. then the below average temperatures continue. where is the warmup? out there somewhere. larry: high of 74 today. low of 23 tomorrow. doug: tomorrow night. larry: 50 degrees in 36 hours. doug: that is what a cold front will do for you. alison: strong one. you have lunchbox weather. i have a lunchbox news to share with you today. i attended a fantastic fundraiser daffodils and diamonds. raising money for the cancer research. these are the students that helped out with the event. a fantasti

we had interesting v.i.p.'s. first lady of maryland. mrs. hogan in the audience. she will come up here. the wonderful part of the event is we honor the cancer survivors in the audience. strong women and the organization making a difference. we appreciate being part of it. larry: wonderful event. alison: really nice. larry: good. alison: yeah. larry: you are a good egg. >> you too, larry. larry: thanks. new york subway rider gets an award that no one else did for a pregnant woman in not one but two pregnancies. t.g.i.t. tonight -- alison: nowger ronca johnson with a -- now here is veronica johnson with a look at what is ahead on "good morning

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larry: we are monitoring breaking news out of germany after an attack at a train station. let's get to jonathan elias. jonathan: this was in düsseldorf, germany, and a main train station in

this is a crowded place at the time. a guy walks in with an ax and starts attacking people. five people were hurt before they got the guy to the ground and put him under arrest. early reports said there may have been a number of people attack people at the train station. that seems to be erroneous. one guy with an ax. as far as the five people hurt we don't know the extent of the injuries. trying to get information on that. we don't know what prompted him to go in and attack people. these are things we are working to get the answers to. we'll update you online and back on the air to let you know. alison: still ahead at 5:00, city council meetings can be dull and boring. but see what happened on this one that spiced it up a little. >> he ran off with $3900. larry: "7 on your side" with a call for action to make it right. >> coming up w

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addiction. in the last month governors of virginia and maryland declared state of emergency over the epidemic. as brad bell reports the alarm is sounding after a dozen overdoses in one day in one county. brad: in the 24-hour period tuesday into wednesday, 16 people overdosed on opioids. in all but one case it was heroin. two users are dead. >> i can't say with 100% certainty this is the highest it has been but it stands out as being one of the highest. >> the police smokesman frasier says the detectives are trying to figure out what happened. although they already have a good guess. >> usually there is an instance where one particular dealer has a bad batch on street or unusually strong batch with fentanyl. brad: wes adams sees it in simpler terms. >> a lot of people took to too much drugs.

dealers and recently lost his brother-in-law to heroin overdose. he has seen the overdoses quadruple from two years ago. he hopes getting the stories out like this will be an eye-opener to the community. >> there are people that want to help you put down the needle. find help, speak to a counselor. we are here to help you. brad: anne arundel police are crunching the data. they want to learn what they can from what happened. we have gotten ahold of the data. where these things happen the other night. they were scattered around. there were a couple in pasadena as well. 16 in all. the point is they are spread out. they are happening in every community across the area. if this doesn't scare you, the police say not

abc7 news. larry: very interesting, brad. alison: thank you for that. meanwhile, "7 on your side" with a look at the revenue windfall from the revenue traffic enforcement camera. in fiscal 2016 the city issued 2.7 million parking and the traffic citations, many of which came from the traffic cams. as a result, the city took in $300 million on revenue increase of $43 million from 2015. >> the highest number of the tickets >> the district has been unable to collect 100 million in fines and is issuing fewer parking tickets which means they will continue to rely on the traffic cameras to generate the revenue. larry: warning tonight if you are planning having a friday night out in clarendon. they will do a ride-sharing program near the metro station. expect to see the temporary no parking signs

the test. alison: a tractor trailer driver is in the hospital after a bad crash on 495 in virginia this morning. police tell us the big rig flipped on the side after hitting a guardrail on the outer loop before i-95. the crews had to pull the driver from the cab. the ramp to 95 was closed for several hours. investigators are looking into what led to the crash. larry: in wisconsin, heavy winds knocking over semi trucks on the highways. one on a guardrail. the others on the side. numerous trucks ended up pulling over. too dangerous on the road. wind advisory in effect at the time. >> close call for a driver in phoenix, arizona. pipes on the flat bed of a truck pierced through the windshield of a vehicle behind it. amazingly, look at this. the driver is okay. larry: how in the world? alison: amazing. the authorities are trying to figure out how the truck load ended up going through the window. recently "7 on your side" did

debris. that is one of the worst i've ever seen. larry: you can see that it went to the seat. he must have ducked down in time. had an angel watching him. authorities need your help to get the stuffed dog to the rightful owner. the officials posted a facebook message saying do you know who i am? traveling on i-35 in baltimore traveling to the tunnel when i was displaced. ends with it's been ruff. r-u-f-f. if you know the pup contact the m thetda. find the information -- mtda. the information on the website. alison: it has been ruff for the parents of the kids who lost that. guarantee you. larry: please, somebody, give us a call. alison: i hope they find them. larry: city council meeting in portland didn't dance around the issue but they allowed strange dancing. alison: this is not a scene from "napolean dynamite."

to the meeting as arts in the chamber program. took the opportunity to showcase interpretive dancing skills that went on for five minutes. alison: still to come -- >> i will make a big deal out of it. larry: coming up at 5:00, what the president did for the man who met the expectations on the subway. alison: but first, efforts to raise minimum wage are gaining traction. find out why a group is pushing a different approach. larry: coming up at 6:00, it marks 40 years since the siege at the wilson building. we will look back to head to break. 20 years since no

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steve: the countdown is on for the big weekend. cold, cold, cold. rock 'n' roll marathon. bundle up. temperatures in the 20's. wind chill factors in the single digits and the middle teens. the rest of the weekend is cold on sunday. daylight saving time begins and we spring ahead by one hour. it means the sunset sunday evening will be after 7:00. let me show you the ten-day outlook. chance for wintery weather. a lot potentially. late monday to tuesday. worth watching over the coming days. of course, moving to st. patrick's day we warm it up a little bit. back in 50's. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

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larry: several states increase the minimum wage. there is a increase for the federal wage. we have a different approach. >> 21 states are increasing the minimum wage this year. more city and states are pushing to lift wages for lowest paid workers. >> we are off to a great start. >> some believe the rally cry to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a misguided mandate and will hurt small business. >> instead of fighting to raise the floors, we should raise the ceiling of the folks that are in the entry level jobs. >> ortiz, the c.e.o. of job creators network, says their fight for 50 campaign will help low wage workers get the job training skills for jobs that pay $50,000 per year. >> the jobs

intended to feed the families before. the plumbers, the manufacturing sales reps are the jobs to create careers and help the families out. not raising minimum wages. >> but michael thompson says his profession as home carrie worker requires him to have a specific set of skills to do his job. he says he is still struggling to get by. >> that is why we are fighting. we are fighting for $15. >> texas congressman vincente gonzalez. >> whether you are skilled or not you still need to live. even unskilled labor has to have dignified life and eat every day and take care of their children. >> it's unlike congress will raise minimum wage soon. it hasn't been lifted since 2009. it remains at $7.25. on capitol hill. alison: coming up, a wild day for the redskins. who is coming, who is going and who is asking for a trade? larry: but first, "7 on

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larry: "7 on your side" now. alison: gluten free diets. adhering to one can increase your risk of developing type ii diabetes. scientists say that is because a gluten free diet could lead to a lack of fiber and hole grains. -- and whole grains. only 1% of people are into rant of gluten. larry: a problem that holmesowners run into. you hire a contractor and he says he completes the work. but if it's a place you can't view it, what do you do? horace holmes has a story of a man who came up with a high flying idea. >> this will defend me in court. >> drone with the camera attached. a gut feeling to get a bird's eye view of what the roofer he contractor was up to.

to install new shinglals on the front and back. >> it's not just shinglals but to replace the flashes, vent, the other things. >> none of it was done? >> none has done. >> so he fired complaint with the maryland department of licensing and the regulations. the proof is the video captured by the zone. in the complaint the video shows the front portion of the roof was reshingled. you can see the darker coloring. >> we are coming across the backside now. you see the patchwork there and the patchwork there. it's the same that existed. >> he captured after they finish on the roof and suspected something wasn't right.

they said the roof is done and they fabricated the story so he won't have to pay for it. he says he has paid in full and he wants the money back. >> he ran off with $3700. horace: we tried to bring the two sides together but couldn't mediate a solution. larry: coming up tonight at 6:00 -- alison: the massive gun bust in new york prompting cries to change laws in virginia. plus, watch where you step. the new robots out there making deliveries on the d.c. sidewalks. >> and the ultimate embarrassment. the tot tossed a tan rum in front of -- tan rum in front of the queen. oh, no! how the royal highness responded. larry: ohh. time for a check of the road. trenice bishop is on traffic

watch. trenice: we have volume delays and new accidents as well. 270 is slow. most of the way we are under speed. you get a break between rocksville and gaithersburg and then mostly brake lights. we look at the live picture at 121. northbound ride to frederick is slow. thaw add to delays between the river and buckey's town pike. elsewhere is heavy on the beltway. issues around the 2:00 hour that is leaving you a strong stretch of the brake lights from tysons to the inner loop to new hampshire avenue. extremely slow ride from the annandale corridor. outer loop is heavy from the 270 spur to the gallows road. the delays are in effect but the su

this makes for a better ride. 395 southbound is stacked up to leave the freeway across the bridgespan. we have report of a closure in arlington. it is shut down between military road and the bridge. back to you. alison: thank you. new york city subway rider eight months in the second pregnancy noticed a trend. >> i was getting a lot of seats from women. no seats from any guys. after a while i realized if a guy gives me a seat, i will make a big freaking deal out of it. alison: designer ivan lynn decided to carry around an award she would give to the first guy who offered her a place to sit on the train. and ricky barksdale became that number one and decent dude. >> i was shocked. i laughed at it. i was surprised. t

anything is possible. >> they hadn't seen each other since the encounter on the subway. larry: i'm embarrassed it took an award. alison: good for her bringing it up. maybe people will think twice. larry: give your seat up, guys. it's okay. alison: check in on the weather. it is changing drastically. doug: the numbers will go from high. it's mostly clear skies. 71 at the reagan national after a high of 74. 7 o in springfield. 68 in potomac. manassas at 70. east of town is the same story. the temperatures will fall tonight. but the

freezing everywhere. upper 30's at the lowest as the clouds roll in. it's warmer in the low to mid-40s. the rain comes in overhead first, it will mix or change the rain of the snow. with the ground temperatures warm and above freezing we are not expecting impact in the metro area other than the wed roads and the psycholodge cam effects of oh, my, it's snowing. the future cast, looking at the rain ahead of the front. 4:30, 5:00, the snow is farther north and west. this is the region that is likely the grassy area accumulations. a change for the northern suburbs and to the rest of the rush hour at 8:00 in the morning that is when we see the chance of the metro area for the snow. it will be brief as the system kicks out. during the day the winds will pick up. temperatures will fall. we'll have a rain sh

snowshower. clearing skies and colder weather. as we get through the day on saturday, the highs of the mid-to-the upper 30's at most. 41 on sunday. you will not see a big warm-up. there is a reminder to turn the clocks ahead saturday night. mid-30's saturday. 40 on sunday. another chance of a system to give us the rain or the snow mix moneyed night and tuesday. larry, alison and erin. alison: thank you. larry: time for sports. happy new year to the nfl. new system begin at 4:00 today. erin: almost a new team! we will drive into it. by now it no secret the relationship between kirk cousins and the redskins is not good. according to espn, cousins personally asked redskins owner da

cousins was basically told not to get his hopes up. stay tuned on that. no surprise here. wide receiver desean jackson headed to the buccaneers. according to multiple reports the bucks signed jackson to a three-year, $35 million deal. which includes $20 million guaranteed. a source tells me the redskins offer to desean was $3 million per year less than what the bucs offer. he will have company in tampa bay. chris baker has reportedly signed with the buccaneers. baker known as swaggy spent six seasons with the skins and wanted to retire in washington but he is moving on after he signed a three-year $18 million deal. now, swaggy may be gone but the redskins reportedly signed free agent defense lineman terrell mclane to a four-year deal.

"dallas former news." he can play multiple spots along the front having done so in dallas. he is a great addition but the skins need a lot more on the defensive line. and that is where the defensive tackle stacy mcgee comes in. the skins reportedly signed mcgee to a five-year $25 million contact. the d line need for the skins in the off-season. now they have signed two solid veterans to help fill the roles. we have more coming up at 6:00. other changes to tell you about. alison: there is more? erin: there could be more as we speak. larry: there could be a quiz later. alison: busy day. erin: very. alison: thanks. >> ten years ago today a former f.b.i. agent disappeared in iran. i'm mike carter-conneen in foggy bottom. coming up, the details on the renewed commitment from the

jonathan: breaking news from fairfax and skytrak7 that arrived on the scene of the fire. we don't have a lot of information yet but it looks like this fire is out. live pictures from the skytrak7. we will work on the story and get you more information as it's available in the newsroom. the trump administration is vowing to find citizen disappearing in iran. mike carter-conneen reports that the former f.b.i. agent went missing ten years ago today. >> bob levinson disappeared march 9, 2007, visiting iran. he was working on an unauthorized c.i.a. mission. last january his wife christine told abc news she is hopeful. >> i believe every day she is coming home to our family. >> levinson turns 69 tomorrow. he has seven children. he has only met one of the six grandchildren.

to be the longest held american captive in history. >> we want to see bob brought home to his family to go to the birthday parties and the holidays. >> he disappeared and he was working as a private investigator after 22 with the f.b.i. and six with the d.e.a. the state department noticed the suffering of his family in the last decade. the united states is unwavering. we will not rest until the family is whole again. james comey issued a statement, ten years is inhumane amount of time to ask a family to wait for word of the loved one. the trump administration says the u.s. government will spare no effort offering $5 million reward for information that leads to the location and the safe return. in northwest washington, mike

jonathan: right now at 6:00, a weapons sting, hundreds of guns seized all with one thing in common. >> the laws are so little. i can give guns away. >> the wiretap that busted the gun running operation and prompting calls for change in the commonwealth. kimberly: in maryland gone in 80 seconds. alison: the fast-acting thieves that escaped with dozens of weapons. jonathan: hanging on for dear life. daring helicopter rescue saves a man. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: an arsenal of weapons including a tommy gun. every one of the guns on the table came from gun stores in virginia. as jeff goldberg reports, that is renewing calls for commonwealth to tighten the laws. >> there is no limit to how many guns i can get

virginia the laws are so little i can give guns away. >> that the a police-recorded called of a suspect walker bragging about easily buying guns in virginia. >> this is laurie. >> this is horrifying to people but not surprising to me. >> her daughter emily was shot and survived the massacre at virginia tech in 2007. after hearing that this gun bust, the biggest in history rooted in virginia, she had one thought. >> the weak gun laws in virginia allow crime guns to be trafficked to other state. >> 22 people arrested. 22 from virginia. >> thatry accused of -- they are accused of trafficking 217 gun bought in the richmond and the hampton road area sold in brooklyn. >> mark herring says the case makes it clear, republican controlled legislature in richmond needs to pass stricter gun laws. >> this is the kind of the situation that