paul ryan but let's get to kevin lewis for the latest. kevin: earlier today, white house press secretary sean spicer told reporters if the bill failed today the president would be done and move on to other priorities, effectively leaving obamacare in place. was he calling congress' bluff or did he mean what he said? in trump's 1987 book he wrote "the worst thing you can possibly do in a deal seem desperate to make it." but it doesn't look good for president, especially on the heels of the so-called muslim been a. this healthcare bill was meant to go to vote yesterday but it was postponed until 3:30 this afternoon. when 3:30 rolled around the bill was withdrawn.

in my body. >> it's one of the worst bills i have ever seen. kevin: so far president trump has not issued any statements or tweets. we will let you know as soon as he does. michelle: thank you. a win for the trump administration in a federal courtroom in alexandria this morning. that is where a judge denied a request by a muslim civil rights group to block the president's revised travel ban. judges in hawaii and maryland already blocked most of the executive order from taking effect. lawyers for that group say they will appeal. alison: now we turn to a developing story out of the district where what feels like a spike in missing people is now starting to get national attention. d.c. bureau chief sam ford told you about the issue earlier this year and is live now with the latest from police headquarters. sam? sam: alison, m.p.d. tried to essentially tell more about missing persons in the city so that the peo

have a more accurate picture. some of the reaction for this, for m.p.d. at least is getting out of hand. an m.p.d. decision to put out reports on all missing persons under age 16 and over age 65 swelled the critical missing person list to dozens on any given day, many teenager girls. police say almost all of them eventually turn up. it has gotten attention and is generating alarm from media to celebrities. for people in the d.m.v. watching this -- >> is it true? you know? if so we need to do something. the police hasn't said there are x amount missing, can you tell me? i'm not sure what it is. >> it's confusing. >> it's confusing. sam: the

dramatic. some young women are watching going on and are terrified. >> we can't go nowhere by ourselves. we can't do nothing. we get word about someone trying to take us. sam: commander dickerson went on facebook to explain it's not about girls being kidnapped. >> a large number of our missing girls return voluntarily and return in a short period of time. sam: it is a problem but not a problem where you can arrest a purpose traitor or a -- arrest a perpetrator or a group of perpetrators and put a stop to it. but it shows what goes on in families an how worried they are to go to the police a lot to try to find their teenagers. reporting from d.c. police headquarters i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a lot of this is spreading on social media. the #dcmissinggirls have been trendi

the day. lindseylindsey mastis picks up e teen girls most of the day. lindsey: l.l. cool j. wants it to go viral. he is reaching out to other celebrities to see if they will spread the word. some including sean diddy combs are. the national center for missing and exploiting children responding as well saying in the last ten years there has not been a spike with missing girl in d.c. or children. but regardless, we want to do our best to spread awareness and bring the girls home. social media is a great way to do this. back to you. alison: reminder, you can watch the entire facebook live where you saw the police officer, commander dickerson. you can see all of our reporting as well with changes in missing person reporting at wjla.com. michelle: taking a look now at the war on terror. british police release this image of the london attacker khalid masood. they say the

from england has a number of different aliases. his first name is adrian russell. the british authorities say they made two more arrests as they search for a motive bringing the total to nine. a tunisian man faces terrorism-related charges in belgium after he sped through a busy shopping area. prosecutors say they found knives, shotgun and a gas can in his car. they also say he was under the influence but didn't say if it was drugs or alcohol. alison: back here at home now, charles county sheriff detectives are trying to figure out why a man shot his wife and two children before killing himself. it happened in waldorf on west dale court. that is where brad bell is live with the newest information in this case. brad? brad: yeah, this entire community sickened by what happened last night. you talked about a motive. at this hour, the motive

remains unknown. neighbors heard screams for help. a voice yelling don't do it. they emerged to feigned -- to find the neighborhood outside bleeding. >> she was crying for help and is trying to tell me what is going on. brad: she heard her neighbor saying she was shot by her husband and he was inside with the two daughters. sheriff officers rushed in the house. inside they found the body of 37-year-old carlton goodwin. this is him in the twitter picture. he had killed himself. up stairs they found 4-year-old laila goodwin and in a bathroom 17-year-old lashelle goodwin suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. she died a short time later. at this point, investigators have found no motive and are unaware of a history of problems in the home. >> we did a cursorary search in the data base and we

haven't found we responded to any calls. brad: when we come back at 5:00, we will tell you more about the 17-year-old girl who died here in this community last night. we talked to her vice president and a friend from high school. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the tennessee school bus driver who was driving a bus that hit a tree killing six kids appeared in court today. johnthony walker pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges. authorities said walker was speeding in november when he swerved in the tree. there were 37 kids on board. several children were injured, too. walker was also charged with using an electronic device while driving. his next court date is set for april 19. michelle: a guilty plea today from the man who says he started shooting inside a d.c. pizza shop after hearing internet rumors about a child sex traffiin

stephen tschida was in court when edgar welch made a deal. stephen: today, 28-year-old edgar welch pleaded guilty to driving to d.c. from north carolina december 4. he admitted to going to comet ping pong pizza and asked with an assault rifle and handgun. customers, employees could clearly see the weapon. they fled. he then shot up the place. in a quest to free fictitious child sex slaves based from a fake news stair he read online. he pleaded guilty for transporting firearm and ammunition across state lines and assault with deadly weapon. this comes from what employee said happened. he pointed the rifle at the employee a

worker. no one was injured. the restaurant sustained serious damage from shooting. welch will be back in court on june 22. it looks as if welch will be looking at 18 months and 60 months in federal prison for the crimes. reporting from federal court, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. alison: now to breaking news coming to us from baltimore today where the firefighters are battling a fire at a scrap yard. these are live pictures we are looking at now. this is the city's south side. no injuries have been reported. stay with abc7. we will have updates as soon as they become available. doug: we have been waiting for the warmer temperatures all day to arrive. the front has come through, warm front with clouds an

now sunshine at national harbor. we look at the temperatures, they have been slow to move. earlier today, warmer out west it's like watching paint dry every hour with the temperatures but we are making it to the upper 50's. 16 in leesburg. 60 in warrenton. 58 in the capital. temperatures will drop and hold in 50's. the lows tomorrow morning will be 20 degrees warmer than this morning all because of the front it's lifted out. it is allowing a push of warm air. the core of the warm air presses in tomorrow. we are looking for highs in the lower 70's tomorrow. for the rest of the friday, look for partly cloudy skies as we head through the evening. only a slow drop in temperatures. then they hold steady. nice warmup tomorrow. we talk about the chances of rain and still mild to sunday. the weekend forecast and ten-day outlook coming up in tetch minutes. alison: see you then. thank you. a dog owner is turning to the web now to make the cone of shame a bit lace shameful. >> i didn't come to

michelle: find out how long this woman did stay at her current job. why it has people coming back. alison: plus, how seven people were able to make it out alive before the home burned to the ground. michelle: then later, what happened in this neighborhood that has residents reeling and first responders seeking counseling. alison: and our big story of the day, of course we are standing by to hear live when house speaker paul ryan starts to speak about the american healthcare act. big development today as we understand that bill was pulled before legislators had a chance to vote on it. we hear from him as soon as he comes to the podium.

you have had heard me say it before. moving from opposition to governing party comes with growing pains. we are feeling the pains today. we came close but we came up short. i spoke to the president and told him the best thing to do is pull the vote. he agreed. i won't sugar coat this. this is a disappointing day for us. doing big things is hard. all of us. all of us, myself included, will need time to reflect how we got to this moment and what we could have done better. but ultimately it comes down to a choice. are all of us willing to get something done. are we willing to say yes to the good, the very good, even if it's not perfect? if we are willing to do that we have an incredible opportunity in front of us. the

do to help improve people's lives. we will. i know that's why i'm here and every member of the congress is here. to make it a better country. we want american families to feel more confident in their life. we want the next generation to know the best days of the country are still ahead of us. i'm proud of bill we produced. it would make a dramatic improvement in our healthcare system and provide relief by people hurting under obamacare. what is most troubling is the worst is yet to come with obamacare. i'm proud of the process we had. any member that wanted to offer ideas or improve the bill, they could. i want to thank members that helped make the bill better. i want to thank the president. i want to thank the vice president. i want to thank tom price, mick mulvaney and the entire white house team. the president gave his all in his effort. he did everything he possibly

opportunity that we had with this bill. he has been fantastic. still, we got to do better and we will. i absolutely believe that. this is a setback, no two ways about it. but it's not the end of the story. i know every man and woman in this conference is now motivated more than ever to step up our game, to deliver on our promises. we are committed to seizing the opportunity. >> now you have a long book that you don't like, the white house doesn't like. are you going to prop it up or -- >> the question is we have plodded along and try to prop it up. it's so fundamentally flawed i don't know that is possible. what we are worried about, you heard me say this all along is the coming premium increases coming with a death sp

healthcare system. that is my concern. we didn't get consensus today. what we have is a member-driven process to get consensus. we came close but we didn't get the consensus. that's why the wise thing to do is not proceed with a vote but pull the bill and see what we can do. you don't think it will survive. we'll see what the next steps are. >> do you explain if it's the conservatives the freedom caucus that drove out john boehner, are they responsible for the defeat today? >> i don't want to cast blame. alison: all right. there you go. house speaker paul ryan talking now about this defeat today for republicans and trump. he didn't sugar coat it.

a setback. the question now remain what is will happen with obamacare as it exists today. we are airing this news conference live on our sister station, newschannel8. michelle: seven people were inside this house when it caught fire earlier in woodbridge. suzanne kennedy was on the scene while it was still smoldering. suzanne: prince county firefighters remain on the scene of the house fire hours after it started. it's still smoldering and the house is a total loss. this is what it looked like when firefighters arrived around 2:30 this morning. they say the entire house was on fire. the blaze started by improperly discarded smoking materials left on the front porch. seven people were home at the time. fortunately they were able to get out safely.

>> they tried to go down the stairs at that time. they bailed out second story window from the roof to the grounds. suzanne: two adults transferred to the hospital center. three children, ages 4, 7, 9 taken to children's hospital. damage estimates is more than $500,000. in woodbridge, suzanne kennedy. back to you. alison: all right. let's get a check on the traffic situation on this friday afternoon. erik smith is here with details. it doesn't look terrible out there, erik. erik: good afternoon. a heavy ride everywhere. there is a fire on the clara barton parkway. it won't make a

top side, connecticut avenue could be worse. a bit of volume there for sure but not as bad. at father hurley boulevard looking tough. the ride past clarksburg is slow. head to virginia for 95 southbound over the occoquan. that is a tough stretch here as we head over the occoquan. the lanes narrowed down. that creates a bottleneck effect. beyond this in dale city there is plenty of delays through stafford county as well. a look at 66 westbound, just off the beltway at the cedar lane overpass. we will see delays heading off the beltway. that will center off and on for centreville. it's not as bad in rosslyn. that is a spot improving heading to rush hour. on the beltway below or heading toward 66, we do have the earlier crash now cleared so this is looking good. that is all from the traffic center for now. back to you. miel

gosh, got caught in showers today. doug: you apparently were not watching abc7 news yesterday. michelle: i knew it was coming but i still got caught. alison: then the sun made a return. it was quite nice. doug: came out quickly. back and forth all day. the warmer air has been coming in, but so slowly. upper 50's now. we might get in the 60's before sunset. but the key is the temperatures won't drop much tonight. 56 in northwest washington and idaho avenue. we have the time lapse sky cam. sky and the showers on the lens of the camera. this was 10:30, 11:30 in the morning and then the skies broke open a bit. warmer air on the way. it's building. the temperatures will drop off tonight but not that much. 62 in warrenton. 61 in leesburg. 58 in washington. cooler to the east where it is 55 degrees in annapolis. for the evening hours, no rain. we'll get a little sunshine. temperatures will slowly, drop thro

degree every hour -- to 50 by 9:00. pleasant for outdoors this evening. the future cast show the numbers hour by hour making a slow drop because of a push of southerly and the southwesterly winds drawing in warmer air. so by 7:30 tomorrow morning we will be 56 downtown. tomorrow morning temperatures are 20 degrees warmer than this morning. there is a big effect from the front. wait until the sun is chiming tomorrow. we will push to 60's and 70's in many locations. for the second day in a row, computer projections there could be showers in the higher elevations north and west. we buy that. that is a possibility. then it goes away. sunday as the temperatures climb more in the 60's. increasing chances of showers through the afternoon and the evening. tomorrow a great day. a little sunshine at times and clouds and sun. the warm temperatures in the 70's. shower chances increase for the day sunday. for the nex

numbers go down with the clouds and showers. then another surge of them whater temperatures in 70's on monday and tuesday. shower chances on monday and likely on tuesday. then the temperatures will warm up up again. maybe we have turned the corner. how many times have we said that? sooner or later with we'll be right. alison: that looks good. doug: i'll take it. alison: thank you. still ahead at 4:00 -- michelle: moving forward. the controversial project getting a green light from the president. >> tried to drag rand put food in his -- tried to geog and -- tried to joke and put food in his mouth. alison: but fi

can you do me a favor? can you go and get mommy? >> we can't. she's dead. alison: wow! that is what an emergency operator in london was faced with two weeks ago when a 4-year-old called for help. the little boy used his mother's thumb. took her thumb and unlocked her smartphone as she laid unconscious on the floor. can you believe that? then he asked siri to call for help. >> can you go to your momny -- mommy and shake her for me? >> she is not waking up. >> give

shout out "mommy." >> mommy! it didn't work. alison: wow, that breaks your heart. paramedics were able to get to the house, though in 13 minutes. they broke in. they saved roman's mom and she is back at home with the family. his quick thinking saved her life. michelle: great ending. he knew to use the thumb. >> that is amazing. so tech savvy, even in a crisis he knew how to use the phone and siri. michelle: something to teach the kids. alison: in wisconsin, there were holder kids faced with a life-saving situation of their own. michelle: jerusalem reports community training helped one make a difference. it seemed like just one more day in high school until the

terrifying moment. sudden his his classmate starts coughing, gesturing his arms and signaling for help. he sechoking. >> we couldn't tell if he was choking or laughing and coughing at the same time. what gave it away was the redness in his face. then the hand motion to his neck. >> watch as brown a freshman calmly leaps into action. walking over to olson and performing the heimlich maneuver four times dislodging the food from the throat and saving his friend's life. >> he learned it at a police training program in wisconsin. >> i'm doing what i trained to do.

he saved the it can's life. >> the heimlich saved u lives since it was created. with simple steps experts say anyone can step in and help with the life-saving maneuver. >> he did an excellent job. alison: he found his calling early. michelle: good thing he was there. nancy pelosi is about to speak in regard to the healthcare bill pulled. listen in.

>> thank you. good afternoon. i am very proud to be here with the house democratic leadership. the unity of the house democratic members with a very important message to the country that we are proud of the affordable care act. yesterday, as you know, was the seven-year anniversary of the president signing the bill. the american people expressed support for it. the message became clear to the colleagues on the republican side of the aisle. today is a great day for the country. what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. for seniors and for people with disabilities and our children. for the veterans. this is not just about the $24 million people who now won't have to be off health

insurance. the people who receive benefit in the workplace won't be assaulted by the provisions that the republicans put in the bill. especially last night when they removed the essential benefits package. so this is exciting for us. yesterday the anniversary. today a victory for the affordable care act more importantly for the american people. tomorrow is the 51st anniversary of reverend martin luther king jr. saying in a speech that is often quoted to us. if all the forms of inequality, inequality in healthcare is the most inhumane and can lead to death sometimes. that is the spirit we came in the debate, to honor our founders.

the vision of our founders. about our faith and the unity of the democrats. united by the values. with that i'm pleased to yield to our distinguished majority -- sorry. not sorry. democratic whip. >> not yet. this is a good day for the american people. we worked over years to assure that the american public would have access to affordable, quality healthcare. we went a long way toward that effort in 2010 when we adopted the affordable care act. much of the credit for passing that bill goes to then speaker pelosi. now leader

who was infallible in her advocacy to ensure everyone american would have the security of having the availability of health insurance. the bill went down today because the majority of the people in the house of representatives thought it was a bad bill, went in the wrong direction. left 24 million people behind. raised costs for seniors between 50 and 64 substantially. everybody else would have paid more and gotten less insurance. in fact, it was made worse last night where the requirements for covering essential services was essentially gutted. but the american people are still going to rely on us to have that security. i hope that

the administration and with the other side. not just abandon this effort and not make efforts to destroy indirectly what we did not destroy directly today. that is our responsibility as republicans, democrats sent here by the people to make their lives better. make sure they had jobs. make sure they had healthcare. made sure they lived in a safe country. we will not abandon that responsibility. we trust that our republican colleagues will not either. pleased to yield to my dear friend, assistant leader of democratic minority. >> you have been living to representative hoyer and house minority leader nancy pelosi speaking on the big news from capitol hill. the g.o.p. pull

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michelle: investigators say the scene was so horrific they had to bling in counselors for first responders and deputies. the calvert county neighborhood is reeling after an 8-month-old was killed by the family dog. richard reeve went to lusby for details on a story we brought you first yesterday at 4:00. >> one of the worst tragedies that the community suffered. richard: this neighborhood reeling from death of 8-month-old baby boy attacked and killed by the family's dog. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and everyone involved. no one should have to endure this traumatic event. >> i have a baby attacking by a dog. >> two deputies responding to a 1:00 p.m. 911 call arrived a minute later. >> immediately in the residence and observed a pitbull type dog, 60, 60 pounds

baby. >> both deputies opened fire. killing the dog. police say the baby was already dead. amid all the tragedy, the authorities say this was a difficult scene to process. the first responders and the police officers had to go for counseling afterwards. investigators say it was an unprovoked attack, that the dog never acted like this before. a babysitter tried to intervene and then called 911. >> our hearts go out to this family. they are in dire grief at this point. richard: no criminal charges but local leaders are debate ing a pitbull ban. richard: richard, abc7 news. alison: at the white house, the officially gave the green light for the completion of the xl keystone pipeline program. amy aubert has the latest. amy: president trump announced he is giving the go-ahead for the controversial $8 billion project to be

the presidential per hit issued to transcanada corporation to build the pipeline to transport crude oil. the president called the project long overdue. this reverses an earlier decision made by the obama administration to block the project. let's take a closer look at where exactly this will happen. the pipeline planned to stretch 900 miles from canada to nebraska, where it would meet up to other pipelines that lead to the gulf of mexico. >> it will be an incredible pipeline. the greatest technology known to man or woman. frankly we are proud of it. >> it's a great day for our company. a great day for the workers that are going to get to work and local communities that will benefit from the pipeline for decades to come. >> a rally organized to protest the approval of the project is set to kick off in less than

i spoke to organizers with the sierra club today who tell me they are expecting hundreds of people coming out to have the voices heard saying this is not over. their fight will continue. rally is scheduled to start at 5:00 at the white house. alison: thank you. today, the senate voted along party lines to repeal privacy rules. they were put in place in the obama administration. the protections would have required internet service providers to get your permission before collecting or sharing any of your data. they also would have had to tell you about what kind of information was being collected or shared. still to come, out of the cage and into the public eye. we will check in our friend bao bao. that's next. michelle: but first, here is autria godfrey with a look at what is coming up monday on "good morning

michelle: let's get back to breaking news about the american healthcare bill. president trump gave comments from the oval office. let's listen in. [inaudible]

president trump: thank you very much. we were very close. it was a very, very tight margin. we had no democrat support. no votes from the democrats. they weren't going to give us a single vote so it's a very difficult thing to do. i have been saying for the last year and a half that the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. it's exploding right now. many states have big problems. almost all states have big problems. i was in tennessee the other day and they have lost half of those with insurance. that is happening to many other places. i was in kentucky the owe daym similar things are happening. obamacare is supporting. with no democrat support, we couldn't get there. we were a small number of votes short to get the bill passed. a lot of people don't

they were looking at phase one. but when you add phase two, mostly the signing of secretary price, who is behind me and you add phase three, which i think we could have got it, it became a great bill. premiums would have gone done and been stable and strong. that is okay. we were very, very close. again, i think what will happen is obamacare unfortunately will explode. it will have a very bad year. last year you had over 100% increases in various places. in arizona, i understand it's going up rapidly again like it did last year. last year was 116%. many places, 50, 60, 70%. i guess it averaged, whatever the average was, very, very high. this year should be worse for obamacare. so what would be good with no democrat supports, if the democrats when it explodes, which it will sn.

and got a real healthcare bill, i would be totally open to it. i think that will happen. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. they own it. 100% own it. this is not a republican healthcare. this is not anything but a democrat healthcare. they have obamacare for a little while longer until it ceases to exist, which it will at some point in the near future. and just remember this is not our bill. this is their bill. when they all become civilized and get together and try to work out a great healthcare bill for the people of this country, we are open to it. we are totally open to it. i want to thank the republican party. i want to thank paul ryan. he worked very, very hard. i will tell you that. he worked very, very hard. tom price and mike pence right here, our vice pr

everybody worked hard. i worked as a team player. and would have loved to have seen it pass. but again, i think you know i was clear because i think there wasn't a speech i made or very few where i didn't mention perhaps the best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. because we will end up with a truly great healthcare bill in the future after this mess known as "obamacare" explodes. i want to thank everybody for being here. it will go very smoothly. i really believe. i think this is something -- it was an interesting period of time. we all learned a lot. we learned a lot about loyalty. we learned a lot about the vote getting process. we learned a lot about some arcane rules in obviously both the senate and in the house. so it has been, for me it has been a very interesting experience. but in the end it's an experience that leads to an even better he

thank you very much. see you soon. thank you. >> now your intention is go for tax reform? alison: there you have it. president trump reacting now after the house g.o.p. of course pulled the healthcare bill today. no vote. now it's back to obamacare. the president said at this point he said it was very, very close and obamacare will explode. so we are getting reaction now from all sides after this momentous day. michelle: yeah, the president also adding that the losers today are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. he also invited the democrats to come back to the table and possibly negotiate a deal that will be even better than the one he put forward. we will see if that can happen here in washington with both sides so far apart. >> that's right. still to come -- >> i do not like the cone of shame. alison: find out how one owner is trying to make things more ple

michelle: back now with a look at bao bao's public debut at her new home. very cute. the panda club cleared quarantine in china this morning. she was born at the national zoo in d.c. zoo but as part of a breeding program she was sent back to china last month. alison: here is what is winning the web tonight. this kind of video just tends to rule facebook. look how cute this is. this is a dog named murphy >> my gosh. alison: his owner turned the cone of shame into a horn of plenty. murphy has found everything from pasta to popcorn in his cone. he just eats it up. michelle: what a mess. look at that couch! my gosh. he needs a bath after that. alison: i wonder if people could have those. michelle: on super bowl sunday. you just eat snacks that way. alison: very funny. michelle: very cute. now to this. a woman who works at a mcdonald's in indiana may b

spot as ronald mcdonald himself. 94-year-old miss lorraine have been working for the company for 44 years. alison: wow! michelle: she needed something to do after her husband retired and became a fan favorite. she knows the regulars so well, she has the orders ready to go before they walk in. >> i told him, i said if you called in, i would have delivered it. they said how would you get out? i'd jump the counter and bring it over to you. i did one time. michelle: funky. it doesn't matter where she is located. her friends will cross town just to see her smile. and there is no telling when she will stop. that is what you call a happy meal. alison: there you go. good for her. congratulations. all right. let's talk about this weather that is still crazy. doug: it has been. it's a slow warmup but it is underway. the weekend is warm if nothing else. beautiful tomorrow. maybe not so beautiful on sunday. show you what we expect. a liv

montgomery college. 58. a struggle all day. a slow climb in the metro area west of the city. the numbers are climbing more quickly. current temperatures 61 in ashburn. 62 in manassas and dale city and falls church. east of down we are doing better. d.c. stands out at the cold spot now at 58 degrees. for tonight, the temperatures won't move much. they will drop a few degrees with partly cloudy skies. waking up to an average of 52 by the morning. now tomorrow downtown is the tenth annual walk for epilepsy to be near the washington monument grounds where it kicks off. 54 at 9:00 a.m. 64 by 11:00 a.m. it looks good. 73 tomorrow. partly sunny skies. beautiful weather. sunday is still mild and 64. what will happen we see clouds increase through the afternoon. there could be scattered showers through the afternoon and through the evening hours as well. michelle? michelle: thank you. a lot of freshmen on ca

virginia. according to the "richmond times dispatch," nearly 37,000 students a plied to be a cavalier -- applied to be a cavalier. that is a record number. they are accepting 9,900 of them. more than a thousand of the freshmen will be first-generation college students. congratulations. alison: ahead and new at 5:00 -- how a man who never carvedded wood before turned woodworking into a way to help america's veterans. michelle: 7 salutes, new tonight at 5:00.

larry: tonight, off the table. g.o.p. promised to replace obamacare for years. why their first opportunity came and went. d.c. missing girls. an apparent increase gets national attention. the police say there is a simple explanation. and a white nationalist in hot water. claiming ignorance. why his days in old town may be numbered. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> we came really close today but we came up short. larry: house speaker paul ryan sounding like a coach reassuring the team after a critical loss.

learn republicans at the behealth of the president pulled the healthcare reform bill for a second time before it came to a vote. kevin lewis has the breaking news from the "live desk." where does the g.o.p. go next? kevin: it seems they are still picking themselves up and dusting off. earlier today, white house press secretary sean spicer said if it did not pass in the house, president trump would move on to other priorities, effectively leaving in obamacare in place. political insiders had been projecting a failure. one describing the bill as the titanic with the iceberg in sight and people running for the lifeboats. the republican turned the wheel before impact. paul ryan explained that republicans are still adjusting to being the governing party. he added, "i will not sugarcoat this. it is a disappointing day for us." on the contrary, nancy pelosi called today a

president trump speaking from the oval office blamed democrats for the bill's failure to pass. what he opined to be a self-imploding obamacare. president trump: i have been saying for the last year and a half, the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. it's exploding now. many states have big problems. almost all states have big problems. >> i really believe obamacare is a law that is collapsing. it's hurting families. it's not working. it was designed in a fundamentally flawed way. we believed this is the best way to go but we didn't get the consensus to grit there. >> is what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. for the seniors, people with disabilities, for the children, for our veterans. kevin: president trump says his next priority will be tax reform. he claimed it's a passion of his. and expects to have more democratics