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

we are live in the newsroom, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: nice job. the team of producers are tracking everything that is unfolding now on the hill. we will bring you significant developments or reaction from key lawmakers as they happen. alison. alison: meanwhile, a devastating scene in waldorf. 4-year-old and a 17-year-old are dead. the mother seriously hurt after a shooting. the culprit, police say was the children's own father. who took his own life. maryland bureau chief brad bell is there with new information about the family. it's so, so sad. >> yeah. so sad. the 17-year-old apparently an extraordinary student. there is sadness in the community. there is also real anger about what happened in this house back here. anger at the man who shot his two daughters, his wife and th

many in the community heard gunshots and cries for help. one who doesn't want to be shown ran outside and found her neighbor shot multiple times. >> she was laying on the steps. the badly injured woman managed to explain the dire situation. >> her husband shot her multiple times. and there were kids in the house. >> charles county sheriff office arrived and burst into the house. the woman's husband 377-year-old carlton goodwin seen on the twitter page was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. upstairs they found the daughter laila dead in a bathroom where she had run for safety. their 17-year-old daughter lashelle. she, too, would soon die. >> i just pray for her mother. brad: the mother is expected to survive after the sheriff's office and even after all these hours has no

carlton goodwin snapped. >> it's not clear at this point. brad: the 17-year-old lashelle was a junior in waldorf. honor student and member of the it's academic team. this afternoon her principal and vice principal explained they had to break the news to the teen's friends and are themselves struggling with the tragedy. >> we do get attached to the children. it's like losing a piece of yourself. brad: it wasn't just for her. she said they brought lashelle's close friends in for a meeting at school. they were so upset, many of them had to leave for the day. the police still trying to figure out exactly why this happened. one source telling us one of the things they are looking at is perhaps some sort of a mental health issue. in waldorf, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: that is tragic. this is happening in baltimore. that is a junkyard that is

baltimore. no one is hurt. they are making progress knocking down the flames. alison: a family of five meanwhile is alive but out of the home after this. this is a devastating overnight fire in woodbridge. by the time the smoke cleared the home was little more than a foundation. firefighters say the fire grew so intense, so fast that those inside had to jump from the second floor. the two adults and the three children were hurt but not seriously. listen to this. it was a cigarette left on the front porch that blamed for sparking the blaze. larry: wow! after a wet start to the day we are seeing a big shift outside for the peak of cherry blossom season. doug hill has a look at the weekend. hey, doug. doug: we have been undergoing a slow warmup all day after a warm front went through with the showers. now sunshine. looking at the potomac in alexandria from the torpedo factory. the current numbers, the highest they have been all day. 61 in washington. 60 in

fredericksburg at 64. 60 in annapolis. 61 in woodbridge. temperatures will fall this everything. but only through the 50's. this is the benefit of the southerly and the southwesterly winds bringing the warmer air. although it took a long time to arrive 56 with sunshine. the highs are 74. it will stay mild to sunday and that is when the clanses start. we have the timing of that and the look ahead for the next ten days coming up in ten minutes. larry: talk to you then. before you head out this weekend, take the power of the storm watch weather team with you. download the free weather app from the apple or the google play store. alison: if you are on social media, you have seen a lot about this today. people in district seem to be in a panic over what feels like a real spike in the number of missing people. most of them young, black and latino girls. well, police say there is no uptick in numbers. they are just reporting them better. as the new names c

to find the girls is getting national attention from celebrities. like l.l. cool j. >> is it true? you know? if so, we need to do something. the police haven't come out and said there is x amount of girls missing. i'm not sure what it is. >> a large number of our missing girls returned. come voluntarily and return in a short period of time. alison: that was posted on the m.p.d. facebook page today. now the list of the critically missing persons swelled from just ralisha rud to dozens of people and that is what they believe is causing the confusion. a police officer credited with breaking up a human trafficking ring. this started when the officers pulled over william murray early yesterday. they suspected he was on drugs and then they suspected the

a human trafficking victim. detectives say those officers were right. and murray, in fact, was trafficking nine women for sex. he faces a list of criminal charges tonight. larry: the man who stormed a d.c. pizza restaurant with an assault weapon is likely headed to prison. edgar welch pleaded guilty to interstate transport of firearm and assault. a third part is dropped as part of the plea deal. he stormed comet ping-pong in northwest washington to investigate claims of a child sex ring out of the pizza parlor but that conspiracy theory was part of fake online news articles. he faces seven years in prison when he is sentenced in june. alison: trouble is brewing tonight for white nationalist who runs an alt-right think tank. richard spencer. he is is facing troubles over his taxes. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has reaction from the community. je:

second floor office off king street in old down served as headquarters as the national policy institute. run by the white nationalists and alt-right leader spencer. but the days could be numbered due to serious tax problems. i don't want him here. if that is what it takes to get him to move, i'm all for it. jeff: according to the website they are a non-for-profit 501c3 but they revoked the tax exempted status because the organization failed to file tax returns with the federal government. now alexandria commonwealth attorney brian porter reviewing whether spencer filed the proper paperwork to legally raise money in the city. the state of virginia is also investigating similar concerns. >> the complaint involves the solicitation and the receipt of donations and has nothing to do with the n.p.i. political or the policy positions. jeff: we knocked on spencer's

people at neighboring businesses tell us spencer is currently out of town but he did recently make a comment about the tax situation to the "l.a. times." regarding the move by the i.r.s., spencer said, "i don't want to make a comment because i don't understand this stuff. it's a bit embarrassing but it's not good. we'll figure it out." >> i don't think you can claim ignorance. >> this man calls rhetoric hateful. in old town, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: top democrat on the house intelligence committee calling for an independent investigation into russia's meddling in last november's election. >> i think that what at this point would give the public more confidence than anything else is if we didn't stop what we are doing but established a truly independent body. separate apart from the

larry: james comey said the f.b.i. is investigating possible ties between russia and president trump's campaign. several former officials including former campaign manager paul manafort denied any involvement with russia. alison: meanwhile, a federal appeals court will hold a hearing in may on president trump revised travel ban. the court will consider the administration's appeal of a lower court decision to block the ban on travel from six muslim majority countries. judges in hawaii and maryland already blocked most of the ordinary from taking effect. larry: today police comb through data to talk about why the london attacker went on a deadly rampage. amy aubert is following the story and joins us live from the satellite center with what she has found. amy? amy: police are talking to thousands of people and looking for any det

attacker's background and motive. khalid masood was described having an unfriendly friendly and outgoing manner as he checked out of the hotel and headed to london to carry out the deadly plan. he was not in the focus of current administrations. now ten people have been arrested since attack that killed four and the attacker. six of them have been released without charge. amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. still to come at 5:00, cleaning up after a big mistake. the recovery after police raid the wrong home ahead. larry: plus the search for answers after a family dog kills a child without warning. alison: and a mobile phone company thinks it found a way to stop the annoying scam and spam phone calls.

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it a great day in america after the administration gave approval to the controversial keystone x.l. pipeline. alison: others are gathering outside the white house and they disagree. chief of staff joins us live -- stephen tschida joins us with the message. stephen: a lot of anger in front of the white house. check out the situation behind me. we have a group of people who assembled to announce president trump's reversal of president obama's stand on the keystone xl pipeline. the groups say it's violation of the people's rights, sovereignty and it will be environmental disaster for the united states to transport the canadian oil. they plan this and others in the day ahead. they stopped this pipeline once before. they believe they can stop it again. reporting live, stephen

alison: thank you. here we go. live look at the tidal basin where cherry blossoms are expected to peak over the weekend. larry: when you go down to the tidal basin remember to share your pictures with us. go to burst.com/wjla. we love to see them. doug: norm is the ideal day to go. alison: it will be crowded. doug: shoulder to shoulder. the weather will work out fine tomorrow. showers could develop sunday afternoon and sunday night but the temperatures will be mild. it's all good. get you started with the time lapse. 60 there now. you can see the clouds come in during the day and the showers came in with a warm front and the sun came out and dried up the rain and

climbed up the water spout again. that's how it work. improvement with the warmer temperatures coming in town. regional temperatures are 74 out in elkins to the west. 70's for most of the day. 72 in cumberland. the warmer air is moving in and it's just been slow. we started this morning with some areas in the 30's. made a nice warm-up. more so tomorrow. look at the last 24 hours. 14 degrees warmer than yesterday. 20 degrees in cumberland. we are making progress. tomorrow is above average temperatures. the temperatures are holding steady with the partly sunny skies. sun sets at 7:24. it's comfortable and the light winds for the outdoor activity. that is the air mass coming overheadment to and tomorrow. by the time we get to sunday this will affect the

we will have partly sunny skies and the temperatures climbing in the 70's. take you through the future cast from the stormwatch7 weather center. by tomorrow, the rain front will have the rain with the pennsylvania, new york line to the lower lakes. a big push of the southwesterly winds give partly sunny and from the lower lakes the ohio valley east to the atlantic ocean. great day for the outdoor activities in the area with no threat of rain in the city. however, some computer models suggested showers could pop in the afternoon. sunday the front reconfigure. clouds roll in. in the afternoon we think shower chances will rise a bit. a lot of abouttity

they are walking for a good cause. the temperatures will be fine for the walk in the 50's. eventually the mid-60's by late tomorrow morning. the official cherry blossom forecast. we finally have one for you. we just described not the ideal. plenty of sunshine. clouds will increase. chance of showers for the afternoon and the evening. highs to 64. 73 tomorrow. we have a 40% chance of showers. monday and tuesday the temperatures will pop back up to the lower 70's. but we have a chance, a slight chance of a shower on monday. the better chance of the likelihood on tuesday. mild wednesday. look to the end of next weekend. mild

he will take that. larry: a growing father. phone call from unknown number. you pick it up and it's a scam. >> a phone company has a way to warn you before you pick up the phone. >> no one should have to endure this traumatic event. >> also ahead, a family dog attacked a child without warning. what parents of young child

larry: we have been there. your cell phone or home phone ringing with spam or robo calls. alison: a company is working to shut down the calls. amy aubert has details and this is t-mobile working to help the customers in the "7 on your side" alert. hi, amy. amy: now during the tax season it's nonstop. they are kicking off two programs to help hang up the problem. scam i.d. and the scam block work to fend off the pesky calls. with the scam i.d. a pop-up shows when it's likely a scammer. and it stops the scam calls before they get to you. both programs are free. they are starting a roll out of both of the programs today.

calls. alison: that seems like a helpful idea. amy: absolutely. good for them. larry: i would love that. how many times does the phone ring and i don't know the number. then they change to put one to your local area code and you think it must be the doctor or something. amy: they are getting smart. alison: keep us posted on how it progresses. good to know. larry: there is a growing concern about the number of guns turning up at the b.w.i. security checkpoints. neither gun or replica guns are allowed in the bags but they are finding two a month at the security checkpoints. that is a 62% increase. today the agents demonstrated how to legally travel with the firearms. they must be unloaded and locked in a gun case and checked at the ticket counter. >> absolutely have to be a hard sided case. needs to be locked. the best thing to do is do homework before you fl

if you are going on a hunting vacation and you want two or three rifles or shotguns maybe the airline has a limit. you need to check your airline. larry: they have discovered five guns and the owners are criminally charged. alison: coming up here at 5:00 -- turning to scrap wood to make a difference in lives of veterans. 7 salutes ahead. larry: and how the police kick down the front door to realize they were at the wrong house. alison: next, a child, a baby. killed by the family pet. experts weigh in on what the parents should be watching out for with the four-legged companions.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: one life gone, others shattered after a family dog killed an infant in call university county. new details are emerging and what went wrong. richard reeve looks at what we know so far and what parents with pets should know. >> our hearts are heavy with the traffic

richard: even veterans are shaken by the case. 8-month-old boy attacked and killed by the family pitbull. >> our heart goes out to the family. they are in dire grief. malit happened here in lusby. many dogs live here. >> i have a baby attacked by a dog. >> the responding deputies killed the it be pull but the baby was dead. larry: they are distraught. they could see right away that the baby was beyond any beyond help. >> the last time it happened was in 2006 when elderly man attacked by three of his own pit bulls and killed. it was you unprovoked attack in this case and the pitbull never acted like that before. >> it is rare. they investigate 450

a year. 75% involve a dog biting a person. >> monitor your animal. >> the authorities are doing rabies and other tests in hopes to find answers. alison: some ban pitbull breeds and it may be worth a symbions there. larry: checking the top story. the g.o.p. bill to replace obamacare is dead, and that is before it went to a vote. speaker of the house paul ryan said president trump told him to cancel a vote scheduled today. there was doubts that it would pass a house vote and worse odds it would pass in the senate. alison: three people are dead and including two children and another is in critical condition after a shooting in a domestic

police say carlton goodwin shot his toddler, his teenage daughter and his wife before taking his life. larry: the man who started to shoot insaid a pizza shop after hearing rumors about a child sex trafficking ring inside pleaded guilty in court. he went to save the child sex slaves. alison: two people are dead after a car accident involving a school bus. 18-wheeler and sedan. the big wheeler veered to traffic forcing the bus carrying a track team to dodge it. the big wheeler hit the sedan head on and killed both drivers including an assistant coach of the track team. 18 students taken to the hospital. another coach in critical condition. the tennessee man driving the school bus that hit a tree and killed six children appeared in court today. johnthony walker

guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges. he was speeding in november when he swerved in a tree with 37 kids on board the bus. the next court day is april 19. larry: member of the amusement park want changes to the house bill. this is after a son was killed on a water slide last year. it calls for the rides to be inspected by inspector. and members of the amusement park industry want to include anyone certified by a national board. alison: a chicago family wants answers after police raided their home by mistake. they had a search warrant. they were at the right address but they went to the wrong apartment. the officers went to the upper level and they broke the

>> they came in and pointed guns to me, my husband, my daughter. my 12-year-old son was asleep. they went in his room with guns over him. alison: the officers realized the mistake they went downstairs and arrested the man they were looking for. they will repair the damage to the home that they raided by mistake. larry: a local author innovation that brings storybooks to life. first we celebrate a local veteran. larry: no secret birth control pill has side effects. some could be life saving. alison: but first, autria godfrey has a preview of what to expect monday on "good morning washington." >> thank you, alison. monday on "good morning washington," we reveal the true health benefit of probe yotics and --

>> and fast-track your way to healthy hydration with the delicious alternatives. >> stay with us for traffic and weather

jonathan: in tonight's 7 salutes a man came back from war injure and he did something to pass the time. as a result he has a thriving business and he is helping vets in the process. after you see his story you may be a fan and a customer. ta

it. painting it. we do everything by hand. we make a couple hundred a week. jonathan: it started as a form offer thispy but now it's a business called flags of valor. >> the flag means a lot to a lot of people but it means more to us. our guys are the combat veterans that make the flags. jonathan: he spent 12 years in the air force, had nine deployments as a special ops pilot. an injury sidelined him so he grabbed tools and wood and made a flag. >> i had no woodworking experience. jonathan: it caught on. >> people drove by and asked if i was selling the art from the garage. wow, that is crazy! jonathan: a year later he rents a 6,000 square foot shop in ashburn and has a dozen employees. >> none of the guys knew each other before working here but they

thrive in. jonathan: every flag made by hand using american wood and american tools. every flag signed by one of the vets. the standard flag, the redlined the blue line came for police and fire. >> they keep growing and hiring more veterans. we will keep diversifying the product line. we haven't begun to tell the story and that makes our company. it's our story. jonathan: a story told for every flag with customers get the hands on. owner of joe's diner. the flag hangs right there, smack dag in the middle of the place. >> where did you get that from? who made it for you? did you make it? go see brian. >> the demand is growing and they understand he is not making a political

with creations but something more powerful. >> veteran and the nonveterans. we tell everyone we are americans and promoting the patriotism. jonathan: i want to thank him for his service and invited me to see the work he is doing. best of luck to you and the company. >> if you know someone to feature here e-mail me at the station. alison: knows are beautiful. larry: coming up next at 5:00 -- alison: beating the odds. we meet a mother who had to fight for her life bringing her children in the world. larry: first, bringing story time to life. the author who used expertise and text to add a new

larry: it's routine most every parent has gone through. reading a book at bedtime to your young child. imagine reading the book and the pages come to life. it sounds like a fantasy but as horace holmes tells us it's a reality thanks to a local author. >> buckley believes the way we read a story to a child is

you are seeing fantasy and the high-tech reality coming to life. >> do it like this. the megatrending technology. horace: he was a contractor dealing with virtual world devices for the military. he traveled around the country, he began writing. children stories. a light went off in his brain as he watched a young child with a smart phone. >> you have strollers with two 3-year-olds handed powerful devices. all they are doing is playing with them. 93% of all apps have no educational value. semarried his two passions. partnered with a bri

company and they created books that read themselves. >> this is a function that brings the words up. highlights the words. >> with one look through lens of a smart device or virtual reality head set pages come to life. >> you bring in a world of virtual reality head sets and the layering in of all reality function to the next version of the smart phones and tablets and you see what is coming. horace: this is it. >> main stream that you put on glasses and it has an attachment. >> you can go on an adventure deep in pages of a book. it is amazing. the television doesn't do it justice. you have see it in the virtual reality. he has published two books and has two more

alison: you can see that catching on. thank you. now to florida where a woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy three months after a terrifying diagnosis. her name is maria munoz pena. she started to lose her vision and she thought it was a sign of pregnancy but it got worse by the hour. they found two tumors pushing down on the nerves to her eyes. two lives in danger now she opted for 12-hour surgery. >> everyone took care. i recovered and i can see perfectly fine. alison: she can see her baby. she has a whole new appreciation of

larry: i bet. alison: something that you can take for granted. larry: the will of a mother. erik smith on traffic watch. hey, erik. erik: thank you. >> this is a tough ride. the crash scene. outer loop of the capital beltway. 495 heading to the springfield interchange. right after the express lanes end, which is a complicated spot. you have two left lanes coming from the express lanes and four lanes from through lanes that are coming together. the left lanes are blocked. so that is a big mess as you head down this way after braddock road on the outer loop of the capital beltway. 395 is messy across the bridge to d.c. capital beltway for another spot near ripper road below the 270 spur. that will continue for

while. this is the top side past connecticut avenue to silver spring. 270 out of germantown at father hurley boulevard has delays to rockville. 95? virginia southbound is a big mess across the occoquan and out of dale city. that is all for now. back to larry. larry: thanks. following breaking news from fort washington where the prince george's county police are on the scene of a paircade situation. police tell us they were called around 3:30 for report of a man inside a house using family members inside. alison: the museum -- national museum of african american history and culture is six months old and welcomed 1.3 million visitors since opening in september. the average time that people spend in the museum roughly two hours.

as long as six hours. tonight we have a report from the museum about everything you need to know before you go. larry: i have been there three times there as a tourist. i don't know how you spend less than four hours. >> it's so popular. still long lines. larry: people are standing outside? do you have a ticket? just mine, sorry. alison: let's talk to doug, the other popular attractions. you, too, but i meant the cherry blossoms. doug: thank you. the weather is cooperating here. late afternoon rise in temperatures. lower 60's. a lot of sunshine as we look at the national harbor. talk about the numbers. all day long through the morning we were in the 40's for a long time. culpeper is 65 degrees right now. the planner through the evening is keeping the skies

cloudy. we are forecasting everybody to stay above 50 degree marks so when you wake up tomorrow it's 20 or so warmer than yesterday morning. we are making progress here. through the wakeup hours, try these on for size. 55 in the morning in washington. 54 in dale city. partly sunny and climb in 70's for the afternoon hours. good looking forecast for the day tomorrow. it's partly sunny and 73. 64. that is the high on sunday with more clouds. maybe showers by sunday afternoon or evening. a good chunk of the day should be good as well for outdoor activities. the next chance of rain is friday.

above average as far as the eyes can see. back to you. alison: thank you. hi, erin. erin: no desean jackson and no pierre garcon. redskins will continue to overhaul the receiving corps today and they added another weapon. he will give the redskins another target. he is coming off a career year with the rams where hi hauled in 41 receptions and including three touchdowns. they signed 6'4'terrell pryor from the browns and they expect to have healthy josh docson back. so we will see what happens. getting a black belt is no easy task and it takes years of hard work. we have a man close to

scottscott abraham introduces uo him. scot: he is holding class. 20-year-old alexandria resident matt whiteside has been fighting his whole life. >> panic. targeting. >> he was born with down syndrome. >> for what he does, now so-called disability, he has been inspirational to me. >> on the verge of the black belt. he is scheduled to take the test in april. >> it's remarkable what he accomplished in short amount of time. he is heavily involved in the special olympics and last year he became an eagle scout.

>> he focuses on what he can do. just get out and do it. >> with a smile worthy of a thumbs up. i'm scott abraham with our rising star. >> that is awesome! do you know someone overcoming challenges to excel in sports? we want to hear from you. e-mail us. larry: if i need a bodyguard that's who i'll call. erin: he will pass that test. alison: absolutely. we're rooting for him. great story. larry: up next at 5:00 -- >> i'm mike carter-conneen inside the national portrait gallery for the first time the portrait of barack obama is on display in the america presidents exhibit. coming up, i will give you a closer look.

larry: check this out. this isn't real video but an aerial view of mars created using thousands of still images from nasa. they created this stitching together 33,000 high resolution images. the camera shot the pictures has been orbiting mars since 2006. michelle: that is beautiful. back here on earth we have the full bloom. alison: we have beautiful weather this weekend. maybe you are looking for something different to do. mike carter-conneen previews a new exhibit at the national portrait gallery. mike: for the past month they have been disappointed to find the american presidents exhibit closed for reservation. but today they are back on display. the new addition, former president barack obama both smiling and more serious. >> i was going -- mike: for younger visitors this is just another form president. 50 yea

opened the americas president collection now for the first time includes a man of color. >> it's a journey to start from the beginning and come through. then end with this. >> to be clear, this is not president obama's official portrait which has not been commissioned. until then the 2013 portrayed serves as a place holder. >> this is a pretty interesting way of portraying. >> the temporary exhibit has this installation called hindsight is 20/20. a collection of word clouds from state-of-the-art addresses for 41 presidents from forefathers like washington and jefferson through modern presidencies. clinson and bush. >> two presidents didn't deliver "state of the union" addresses, which is why there are 41. >> president trump's first "state of the union" comes next year. can't wait to see how his word cloud looks like. the presidential portrait will

in december. renovations continue with the curators promise reexhibited interactive exhibit. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. >> i will not sugar coat this. this is a disappointing day for us. >> no vote. republicans pull the healthcare plan. what happens next? horst plus, there is not -- horace: plus, there is not an uptick of missing girls in d.c. so why so much fear and why is it trending on twitter? michelle: a search on for the mickey mouse robber. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. with breaking news. >> from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> i worked as a team player and would have loved to have seen it pass. jonathan: president trump reacting to the plan failing. michelle: it was pulled this afternoon minutes before a planned vote.

the breaking detail all evening and is at the "live desk" with what happens now. kevin? kevin: according to president trump, not a single democrat was going to volt for this bill. the conservative house freedom caucus put major road blocks in place. it thought this bill was too weak. paul ryan visited president trump to explain that the bill was going to die on the house floor. trump pulled the plug before votes called at 3:30 this afternoon. he described what happened today as growing pains. president trump then pointed the finger at democrats saying they are to blame when obamacare, as he put it, explodes. president trump: perhaps the best thing that could happen is what happened today. we will end up with a great healthcare bill in the future