they make our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets. jonathan: a warning and a threat from the u.s. attorney general. sanctuary cities must end or they will lose access to billions of dollars in federal justice department grants. d.c. is among the communities that shelter illegal immigrants. stephen tschida joining us from northwest washington. leaders now, are they going to change their minds about the position or dig in and maintain what the posture has always been >> they get grant money and despite the fact of eliminating the grant money there is no sign of change in the stance. listen to what the attorney general said and get response from the chair of the city council finance committee. >> failure to remedy the situation could withhold of terminating grants anddy

for the future -- disbarment or ineligibility for the future grant. >> it's unrealistic to do that. you would cut off medicate, street construction in the capital. you will put the capital in a precarious position. do you want to do that? stephen: president trump made his stance on the sanctuary city clear but the reaction from the caused confusion here. what does he mean by sanctuary city? what are the clear definitions there? and just what grant money is at stake here? is it only the money from the justice department of which there isn't much coming in the district of columbia or is it all of that nearly $4 billion in grant money? a lot of confusion and questions here after today announcement at that press briefing at the white house. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan:

considering a bill to make maryland a sanctuary state. governor hogan opposes this move but today is jeff sessions said approving that legislation would be a mistake. michelle: president trump's pick for the supreme court is on ice for now. senate democrats forced one-year delay in a committee vote on neil gorsuch's nomination. several democrats including senate minority leader chuck schumer promised to filibuster the nomination. jonathan: president trump's son-in-law says he will speak to the senate to talk about russia. jared kushner said he will be interviewed as part of the senate intelligence committee probe to russian interference in the presidential election. michelle: we may have alerted another columbine. that is the conclusion from the police in frederick county after they say they busted a teenage girl planning to attack the school using pipe bombs and a shotgun. brad bell has new information about the plot focused on catoctin high

thurmont. brad? brad: yeah. catoctin high school in thurmont, a small town. sits in the shadow of camp david. the town is rattled. the sheriff telling us he has no doubt that this attack was going to be carried out. >> everyone jenkins is stunned by the plot. he says that 18-year-old nichole cevario bought this .12-gauge shotgun and materials to make a pipe bomb with fireworks as the explosives with the intend to carry out a suicidal mass killing next week at her school. catoctin high in thurmont. >> it was clear to us she had the means, the materials to cause significant damage to herself, and the student body. it was clear she was struggling with mental health issues. michelle:

reported his concerns to the school and the police came and took her out of the class and the spokesman inside the catoctin high stressed the father and the school reacted properly. >> its a tight-knit school and community. we have 800 students here. today they are focused on learning. brad: you heard the sheriff refer to the mental health issues at a press conference at the frederick county sheriff office this afternoon. the young woman is hospitalized tonight. she is undergoing an emergency psychiatric evaluation. the sheriff says when she is released she will face the two charges related to the possession of explosives for making destructive device. but the investigation continues. they want to get to the bottom of why she allegedly wanted to carry this out and why she targeted a specific date. april 5, they don't have answers. in frederick, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: what we k

planning involved in this case. the sheriff says it began in december and included studying the school emergency plan. the young girl tried to learn the school resource officer's routine and had written out a timeline of what she expected to happen the day of the attack. you can learn more about how the plot was foiled and watch the entire news conference on wjla.com. now is frightening moments at kansas city school as the students were ordered to evacuate the hands in the air. jonathan: the british investigators have found no evidence to link that attacker, khalid masood to isis or al-qaeda. but today the family of a utah man killed in the rampage is talking about the loss. >> last

as a family about this. none of us harbor ill will or harsh feelings toward this. we love our brother and we love what he brought to the world. jonathan: bob corker -- kurt cochran is who they are talking about. his wife was wounded in the attack. michelle: the d.c. leaders are doing what they can to separate the fact from finishes when it comes to missing girls. speaking at kelly miller middle school in northeast. mayor bowser rejected rejected e social media claim of the increase in disappearances and she expressed reasons why the concerned residents were gathering outside of the high school. they were there to raise awareness about people missing for years. mayor bowser promised more resources to help find missing children including run-aways. jonathan: this i

that drew the morning rush hour to a halt. you can see why. that is a naked guy in the middle of the street. what happened to the man who strutted through d.c. wearing nothing but socks and a smile? we will tell you. michelle: flames race through a building as people run through their lives. the key sound they never heard ahead. doug: we are tracking a little areas of showers coming out of fauquier county to manassas, prince william county. we are picking up the chesapeake bay bridge blowing in from the chesapeake. that combination could bring more showers and we could have thunderstorms tomorrow. that is part of the forecast coming up in about seven

jonathan: fire and chaos in oakland. this is a rtc:esidential buildg that went up in flames, i mean completely up in flames. people running out of the building said the sprinklers never turned on. they never heard alarms going off. only people screaming and shattering glass. one person was killed. four others had to be hospitalized. the firefighters did rescue 15 people from inside and right now as you can imagine an investigation is ongoing. michelle: twice she tried to jump the us who fence. twice she got caught. a judge ordered marci wahl held without bond. wahl was arrested over the weekend trying to jump the white house fence in her third arrest in a week. the first was when she tried to jump the fence but her shoe laces got t

the second was when she was caught near the white house which violated the terms of her release. jonathan: normally traffic is bad in d.c. because there is a lot of people. but this morning it was because one person caused traffic. a naked guy. strutting his stuff. literally. we blurred out the video so when we put it on it won't disturb folks in the home. a man on the video in intersection of 14 and dekate tour street in northwest -- decatur street in northwest. he is naked except for the socks. the quick moved in and he is now getting a mental evaluation. michelle: new video of the mickey mouse bandit but he is without the signature t-shirt. this man has robbed more than a half dozen convenience stores in prince george's county in recent weeks. many with the distinctive mickey mouse shirt. police hope someone recognizes him. jonathan: turn on the cruise control in the left-hand lane and pay a fine. the state is considering a la

coming up. michelle: talk about heart healthy. how the researchers are making human heart tish chew from spinach -- tissue from spinach. >> first, a bovine on the run. that is a bull. seconds after the cop corrals this heifer he learned he didn't want to be a cowboy afterall. we'll show you why.

jonathan: cheryl conner explains the designated passing lane. cheryl: being on the left side in the washington area means one thing. politically speaking. on the road in maryland it's soon to be illegal. >> i didn't know that it's not like an actual

:00 emma learned about the left lane in driver's ed a few years ago. >> semi-unspoken law of the left lane was the fast lane. cheryl: a bill that passed the house and moving to the senate would allow an officer to cite a driver up to $250 if caught lingering in the left lane, instead of using it to pass a car. >> it should be more in the education level. >> the police officer introduced the bill who is a police officer and was a traffic supervisor. >> i don't want yet another fine for people. however, there are consequences for actions. cheryl: he calls it common courtesy. >> people dart across two lanes and go up and pass both vehicles and dart back to the left. cheryl: john townsend a spokesman for a.a.a. mid atlantic thinks it could lead to more speed-related crashes. i would apply to roads with

40 and speed limit up to 55 miles per hour. >> if you are stuck behind slow driving it's frustrating and dangerous. chyles the delegate is most interested in the education piece and putting the left lane law on the highway signs. in annapolis, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: virginia has approved a similar left lane bill that would fine $100 for driving slow in the passing lane but yet to take effect. michelle: now wild video caught on video. a cop gets more than he bargained for when he goes after a runaway cow. the officer is following the call from the cruiser. when the cow runs into the fence yard, the officer thinks he has her. the cow has other ideas. ramming through the fence as the officer runs out of the way. here it is again. slow motion. so far the cow is still on the run. jonathan: that is an angry cow.

10-week-old puppy is recovering after being found emaciate and near death in howard county. someone called 911 finding the puppy in a container friday afternoon. animal control took the puppy "eddie" to an emergency clinic. the vet said that eddie is now responding well to treatment and already received adoption requests. officials are looking for whoever left eddie in bad shape. well, in less than an hour rockville's mayor and city council are holding a public hearing on a proposal to expand the city smoking ban to the outdoor eating areas to local bar and restaurant. under the current ban, the first-time violators can be fined up to $50. michelle: "7 on your side" with the health matters. break through that sounds like science fiction. massachusetts researchers say they may be able to repair a human heart using spinach, of all things. they did it swatching the spinach leaf cells with the human

they picked spinach because it has a network of veins already to carry blood. that is something the 3d printers can't replicate. within days the human cells began beating and were able to transport fluid similar to blood. jonathan: popeye was on to something. michelle: that is incredible! very nice. doug: that is good news. our story is this. feel like spring for a couple of days. we have thunderstorms tomorrow and more tonight. then we cool off. a good week of weather coming up. this is a live look now at national harbor. the sun is getting through clouds. it's quiet and comfortable. the upper 60's to the lower 70's across most of the region at this hour. the look at the current temperatures are 73 in washington. leesburg in frederick. 78 at fredericksburg. it's 64 in annapolis now. we have been tracking a few showers. this area that started out with southwest culpeper to move northeast to prince william county. a few more

to pop up and more coming across 81. the big picture of the showers we see a few tonight and tomorrow morning but the main weather event is the showers and the storms that will develop ahead of the cold front causing all kind of problems. there are hail reports from kentucky to tennessee, alabama and mississippi. the area of pink under severe thunderstorm watch. that is tomorrow afternoon weather. unsettled in the meantime. it will stay mild. this computer model has showered on the and tomorrow morning and we start around 60 and warm up to the 70's again. with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and isolated thunderstorms. the wind will turn north to bring us drier air for wednesday. wednesday is bright saundny. thursday is decent enough. another system likely to bring rain in for friday. the story for the bus stop in the morning. part live sunny. can't rule out isolated shower. 59. clouds enc

67. by the afternoon dismissal it's partly sunny. 76 degrees. there will be scattered showers after thunderstorms. there is a slight risk it could be heavy and severe ahead of the cold front with the warm air in place. a dramatic drop in numbers. it's 56 on thursday and then the rain is likely friday, 53 for a high. looking ahead to saturday, maybe a lingering shower in the morning and the partly sunny and mid-60's in the afternoon. still a week away but the home opener at nationals park is partly sunny and 66 degrees. that sounds sweet. fingers crossed. next week should stay quiet with the partly cloudy skies and highs in the middle 60's each day. notice nighttime numbers are coming up as well. stay with us. "abc7 news at 6:00" continues after this.

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remember him? nicole -- max scherzer made shot work of him. the nats had no problems hitting. tray turner and bryce harper hit a pair of home runs as the nats shut out the mets 6-0. the final four is set. oregon, south carolina, oregon, south carolina,a. gonzalez, north carolina. this is down to the wire. kentucky and unc tied at 73. final seconds luke may nails the jumper to give the tar heels the win and the trip to the final four. you may think being the hero would entitle him to take it easy but here he is ready to go for 8:00 a.m. class and received a standing ovation. not sure if it's for the shot or making it to class so early. but nonetheless, it is always nice to be recognized by your peers. congratulations to him. finally the nfl owners approved the oakland raiders move to las vegas today.

it the miami dolphins. i guess they felt they could have exhausted more options to try and stay in oakland. jonathan: they are dolphins. they like the water. they don't like nevada. they like to be on the coast. thank you. michelle: we have a nice warmup going. doug: yeah. today in the low 70's. tomorrow could be the middle 70's. cold front will come in the afternoon. showers and maybe heavy thunderstorms in spots. we start off on the right-hand side of the screen is the washington metro area. scattered showers tonight and tomorrow morning possibly. but tomorrow afternoon the storms on the left-hand side of the screen but kentucky and tennessee moving our direction. we will call for warm weather. 76. afternoon showers and storms. it's cooler on thursday as well. we talk about that and the thunderstorms that are possible tomorrow. michelle: sounds good. thanks. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching this evening. we will see you back here tonight at 11

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