politicians and reporters going back and forth between the meetings trying to strike a deal. just this morning there was a final all hands on deck huddle for the house republicans abruptly canceled. then the house leadership postponed the vote. speaker paul ryan does not have the vote he needs. at the last count 28 republicans still a firm no on the measure. the vote suddenly scrapped. >> we have discussed options that would bring more yeses than noes to the table. >> this is a tax cut for the wealthy disguised as a really bad so-called healthcare bill. richard: the white house told conservatives this is a final offer but even republicans vowed to vote against the bill. so now they have to come one a new strategy to repeal and replace obamacare. from the "live desk," richard reeve, abc7 news.

postponed hundreds of people marched to trump hotel with signs "we fight back" and "don't take my care." michelle: some democrats are starting to throw up potential roadblocks against the supreme court nominee. chuck schumer says he will lead a filibuster against neil gorsuch. republicans have countered threatening the so-called nuclear option that would require a simple majority vote. typically the supreme court justices require 60 votes for confirmation. >> if this nominee cannot earn 60 votes a bar met by each of president obama's nominees and george bush's last two nominees, the answer isn't to change the rules. it's to change the nominee. >> he knows the difference between speaking for a court and for himself. >> a committee evaluating judge gorsuch gave him

qualified rating. horace: now covering metro and it's official. metro passengers will soon pay more to ride the train and the bus. stephen tschida is joining us live from the dupont circle metro station. how much more and when does it all start? stephen: well, it all starts july 1. i can tell you a lot of the commuters tonight thinking a about the fare increases after the metro board voted today to raise fares and cut service. fewer trains, higher fares heading to metro july 1. >> if i had my druthers i would not have voted for fare increases. i would not have vented for service cuts. stephen: but you did. they all did. they voted unanimously to raise fares. >> all in favor, say aye. >> aye. >> the ayes have it. stephen: peak r

contracts. offpeak up a quarter. they will spend more time waiting for trains as well. there will be fewer of them. roughly one every eight minutes. >> it will be a problem for commuters like myself coming from ashburn. stephen: metro faced close to $300 million shortfall for fiscal 2018. they maintain they have limited options for generating revenue but some passengers believe petro is passing the fiscal pain to them. >> i think that the people who have to ride it will continue to ride it. they will have to figure out how to get the money to do that. >> now one concession to lower income passengers. the metro board will keep weekly bus pass at $17.50. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. horace: on a related note, virginia governor terry mcauliffe called on former transportation secretary ray lahood to lead independent

he wants to take a good hard look at metro to see where it can be reformed to better serve residents and the economy. virginia is funding review and the results will be presented in november. michelle: developing now, rockville high school is under increased security amidst threats following the rape of a 14-year-old girl allegedly by two students who came to the u.s. illegally. callers threatened to burn the school and shoot illegals. as governor hogan and education secretary betsy devos visited bethesda today, they were met by protesters on both sides of immigration issue. hogan denounced the threat and urged calm. >> it is an ongoing investigation. we kind of want to let everybody do their jobs. >> when asked if he thought it was fair to link the rape to the immigration issue, hogan replied requestth there is a link." -- replied, "there is a link." now tragic story out of calvert county. 8-month-old baby was killed by a dog. a family friends wa

the baby boy when the family dog attacked. deputies shot and killed the dog to stop the attack but it was too late. larry: tonight people in london are paying tribute to the victims of yesterday's terror attack at parliament. several thousand people turned up for candlelight vigil. kurt cochran was killed an his wife was injured. shot and killed the attacker who is a british-born man with a lengthy record. isis claimed responsibility. michelle: for eight months the police are trying to find whoever killed d.n.c. staffer seth rich. now the private investigators are on the job. >> we will look at the timeline and see if individuals have been missed.

expert and grad students. he was shot and killed walking home in the bloomingdale neighborhood in july. his wallet and the other valuables were not taken. prince george's officer crashes the cruiser and is later arrested. find out why next. horace: it's not just shoppers upset over having to pay to park at reston town center. coming up, who is now taking the frustrations to court. >> we have plenty of sunshine today. but temperatures stayed only in the 40's. tonight we get down to low 30's. but warmer air on the way tomorrow with the warm front. it may come with showers but overall you will lake the forecast coming up for the weekend. that's coming up next at "abc7 news at 6:00".

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horace: police made an arrest after an alabama kidnapping that showed this video where a victim is escaping from the trunk of the car. they have charged town from prison in january after doing five years for marijuana possession. the search for a killer continues tonight after an artist was tied to a chair and stabbed to death. michelle: corrina mehiel's body was found tuesday but her car is still missing. that is not all people are

searching for. george washington university visiting professor mel chin was wondering why mehiel was still in town. he says she was in town to help him and was supposed to leave on monday morning. she was staying in a friend's apartment. >> generous gift of friends who were livering there. heifer need to be be established was established, too. michelle: chin described her as brillianted and she embodied a life of kindness and generosity. horace: a police officer facing drunk driving charges tonight for the second time. earlier this morning officer first class christopher brown clipped a tractor trailer and crashed a cruiser on the guardrail. he left the scene but returned and was later arrested. officer brown was arrested in 2012 while crashing a cruiser under the influence. this this case he p

guilty and discipline and not fired. michelle: still ahead hanging on for dear life. what saved the worker after the scaffolding he was on collapsed. michelle: customers and the businesses have been furious about parking changes. now a lawsuit on the table. i'm jeff goldberg. details are coming up. horace: as we head to break take a minute and feel warm and fuzzy and say, "ahh." it's national puppy day. today we celebrate your cute four-legged friends. guess what? you can send us pictures at burst.com/wjla. we will get them on the air.

horace: scaffolding collapsed in florida. left him hanging by a harness and that probably saved his life. they worked for an hour to repel the man and residents looked on from the balconies. the worker will be okay. and take a look at this video. this is the aftermath after someone drove a car

california. the crews rescue the driver from the car and they fly him to get medical attention. the victim's condition is not known. michelle: a parking battle is heating up in the town center. many diners were not pleased when the once free parking garage turned to pay to park lot. jeff goldberg explains that one business is taking the fight to court. jeff: the restaurant likely speaks for a lot of businesses in reston town center describing the sales these days. manager nick says they are down 20% since the property owner boston properties started charging customers $2 an hour for parking january 1. >> but we are really hurt. our business and the employees. especially the wait staff. >> now jackson's mighty fine food and lucky lounge filed a lawsuit over the parking situation c

working well, violating tenant rights. they said they tried to negotiate with the management company but they were uncompromising and appeared not interested in working with us to provide the guests a good experience. >> a good step to start with that. we have to do something. >> while some see it as a sign of the times. >> they have to pay for parking. others like gena doland -- >> it's crazy. why should i pay? >> think boston properties have made a bad decision. they are hurting everybody, including themselves. >> we got a call back from boston property but they will not comment on pending litigation. in reston, jeff goldberg, abc7 ws. horace: help is on the way for people who live in the flood prone hunting neighborhood in

alexandria. in fairfax county. work is underway on a levee designed protect surges. it will be 2,800 feet long and up to 11 feet tall. construction should take two years. michelle: people spend a lot of time on social media. a new study has figured out how much time. over the course of the lifetime. the average person will spend five years on some kind of social media. group media kicks calculate people spend 40 minutes a day on youtube. another 35 on facebook. 25 on snapchat. 15 on instagram. and one minute on twitter. when you add the numbers up the average lifespan you get five years and four months on social media. horace: just get rid of it. michelle: you could make use of five years doing something else. horace: live longer. drop the phones and the ipads this weekend at least. head to the tidal basin. the cherry blossoms that

are still expected to be at peak bloom this weekend. it didn't get below 30 last night. things are looking good. doug: yep. horace: abc7 is proud to be the sponsor of the cherry blossom festival. if you go to the tidal basin we want to see your pictures. send them to us. go to burst.com/wjla. you can see the picks on air or on the website for sure. michelle: we are always looking for small victories. saturday is a small victory after the season. doug: i don't want to jam the tidal basin on saturday it's pardly sunny and lower 70's. showers develop. sunday is a good day, too. we have cloudiness but get there midday. rain will be a good possibility. temperatures will cooperate. get you started on what is happening now. national harbor. the glare on the upper left-hand part of the screen is the sun that is an hour and five minutes above the horizon. the skies are clear. the winds are much l

the air is chilly around the area. look at the 6:00 numbers. 47 at reagan national. 42 in annapolis now. 47 in hagerstown. we should be closer to 60 this time of day as we get through march. the numbers will go up. high pressure gave us the chilly weather moving offshore. returning winds to the south. we get the high pressure out of way tomorrow and it will open the door for the advance of the warm front. the computer models bring the front through in the morning. most of them are bringing showers but the model we use most often on the air has been showing showers with the front as it comes through the last run is not so much. just clouds. keep a chance of the showers in the forecast. mid-to-late morning tomorrow with a front going through. skies should brighten. get to the lower 60's. the warming begin as the winds turn south. the southwest by saturday. here is the way it loo

front through and the winds pick up. clear skies. we get to saturday. that will be the better of the two 2 outdoor weather days. temperatures in the lower 70's. much warmer. partly sunny and delightful. the weather system on the horizon for sunday bring cloudiness and a chance of rain in the afternoon and the evening hours and through sunday as well. well above freezing. 57 at news. warm fronted is coming in. showers, partly sunny and 62 in the afternoon hours. check out the next ten days. notice 70's. 73 on saturday. 67 with a rain late sunday and sundays night. still around 70 on tuesday with a better chance of showers and fairly quiet, comfortable weather, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures in the 60's. we will take that as we go head long to springtime at long last. back to you. my pleasure.

so, yeah, surprising news out of georgetown. horace: i never thought. robert: no one did. i'm with you. coming up, we thought it would never happen but it did. we thought he would walk on his own. we were wrong. g-town says goodbye to the head coach. details in sports.

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robert: no one thought it would happen but it has. john thompson iii fired from georgetown after 13 seasons. the hoyas lost eight of the last nine games this season, finished with a record of 14-18. thompson did have a winning record in his tenure. they have not made the tournament three of the last four years. a statement issued said he is gratedful for the tremendous support. georgetown basketball has been part of my life since 1972 which makes this more impactful but i look forward to my next chapter. something to think about. a name popping up for years now someone who would fit in at georgetown.

14 years as assistant coach. considered the best player in school history. why not? also his son is on the coaching staff. all right. switching gears now. hockey. caps with a big game tonight hosting the blue jackets. only ten regular season games remaining. battling for the lead in points. tonight will be more lake the playoffs than the regular season -- more like the playoffs rather than the regular season. >> it's obviously a big game. you distance yourself a little bit. they are a good team. they will be coming hard. they beat us already so that is in our mind. robert: sweet 16 getting underway tonight and west virginia is the closest thing we have of a team left and they take on gonzaga. i should correct that.

michelle: everyone else was upset. doug: morgantown, they watch us? cool! the wind has to be blowing the right direction. here is our story. we will see a warm front come through in the morning. clear tonight and tomorrow, cloudy in the morning. there could be a brief shower with the front. it will turn milder in the afternoon. 62. an improvement today and warmer for the weekend. it is steve's privilege to talk about the big warmup headed this way for the weekend. viewing the cherry blossoms and we will give you updated numbers on temperatures tomorrow but we are pulling out of the freeze that seemed like it would never end. horace: you are so giving. give him opportunity to bring good news. doug: another step to sainthood i think. [laughter] michelle: doug, thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. horace: join us at 11:00. have a good night, everybody.

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breaking news tonight. no deal on health care. chaos on capitol hill. the big vote postponed. a major setback for the president. millions of americans waiting for answers. the face of terror. daytime bloodshed in the heart of london. the woman who jumped for her life. the american on his wedding anniversary, swept up in the attack. tonight, new details about the attacker and new suspects. string of assassinations. another critic of clad mere putin gunned down. brian ross on the chilling price some pay for taking on putin. the disturbing new allegations. the suspect, an army veteran, in court accused of coming to new york city, stalking black