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the chair wishes to mark the return to the chamber of our dear friend and colleague from louisiana, mr. steve scalise. [cheers & applause] >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. i am definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. nancy: strong bipartisan action in congress today. standing ovation york saw there for house majority whip steve scalise. alison: he returned to capitol hill for the first time since he was shot at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria this summer. nancy: richard reeve joining us live on the hill with more of this emotional return. rich? richard: wow! what a day. steve scalise returning after months of surgeries and therapies. of course, badly wounded in the hit after that terrible shooting back on june 14. his return to the chamber today, the applause was deafening.
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[applause] there was a standing ovation for scalise as he entered. walking on crutches. hugs and smiles all around. "our prayers have been answered," pall ryan said. steve scalise badly wounded in a hip in a g.o.p. baseball practice on june 15. for ten minutes he laid on the field because everyone was pinned down by the gunfire the gunman was shot and killed by police, bis scalise's security detail and other officers. today scalise expressed thanks for the outpouring of love and prayers while he with us healing. >> so while some people might focus on a tragic event and an evil act, to me all i remember are the thousands of the acts of kindness and love and warmth that came out of this. it kept me going through all of it.
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richard: scalise cast three votes today and eager to get back to work. coming up, we hear from a close friend of scalise in congress. he carried something special on his wrist since the shooting. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. alison: all right, rich. thank you very much. very good to hear there. now we want to tell you about new developments in case against the prince george's county school aide convicted of producing child porn. today deonte carraway pleaded guilty to more than 20 counts an stensed to 100 -- sentenced to 100 years behind bars. prosecutors found a slew of videos car ring children to perform sexual acts on him and each other. today he apologized to the family and said he knew it was wrong. nancy: on the hill, the white house and the congressional republicans proposing to overhaul the nation's tax code but it didn't clear exactly what they want to change here. massiv
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cuts are proposed but how it will be funded has some worried. we have the story. reporter: president trump unveiled his plan for tax reform by calling for democrats to join republicans in support. tweeting today, "democrats don't want massive tax cuts. how does that win elections? great reviews for tax cut and reform bill." the us who says the plan is revolutionary, insisting it streamlines system and benefits the middle class. >> we are going to make sure nearly every american can file their taxes by themselves on a single sheet of paper. richard: the details are forthcoming but the proposal calls for slashing the tax on corporations. now 35% to 20%. for individuals and families reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three. and doubling the standard deduction. for families that would mean no income tax whatsoever on the first $24,000 of income. trump is proposing eliminating the
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something that is only paid on the estates valued at more than $5.5 million for individuals and $11 million for couples. for the flat 20% cut for corporations -- >> i'm not negotiating that number. reporter: trump's economic adviser could not confirm in any middle class families would pay more. >> i can't guarantee anything. richard: democrats are skeptical. >> don't call it reform. it's not reform. it's more of the same, trickle down economics. reporter: how it affects the president, he said it's nod good for him but it's impossible to check because he has not released his tax plan. they are hoping to get it approved by the end of the year. alison: as you know by now there is an urgent humanitarian crisis unfolding in puerto rico in the wake of hurricane maria. while a lot of s
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to the island, it then is a problem distributing it. michelle marsh at the "live desk" with the latest developments today. michelle? michelle: late this afternoon the pentagon announced that a three-star general is being sent to puerto rico to help coordinate the response on the ground there. that general arrives tonight. also new, president trump has now authorized a waiver to loosen shipping regulations allowing more relief supplies to get to people who desperately need them. as you point out, this is a dire situation. money is now running out. long lines at the a.t.m. form. power outage create issues for businesses and communication purposes. many people are still not able to get in touch with their loved ones. relief is collected here in the u.s. but the vital aid is stranded at the main port in san juan. >> we were focusing on the first day is making sure we have the airports and the ports starting to clear so we get the continual amount of
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supplies in puerto rico. michelle: many celebrities and others are going to the island to help out with the vital supplies. officials in puerto rico say they don't have enough drivers to deliver the aid. house speaker ryan says federal disaster relief accounts will get a boost of $7 billion to help out in puerto rico. that is expected to happen by the end of the week. we, of course, will have much more on the devastation and the problems in puerto rico. that is coming up at 5:00. nancy? nancy: thank you. the trump administration on the note now easing cargo restrictions to speed up recovery efforts in puerto rico. the president waiving the jones act which means lifting federal restrictions on foreign ships transporting cargo to the hurricane ravaged island and that should speed up deliveries of the supplies and for less cost. maryland task force one back home. the team was helping with recovery efforts in san juan. maryland's critical incident stress management team home from florida after hurricane irma.
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situation in puerto rico and the ways you can help the hurricane victims, go to the website wjla.com. nancy: now to the weather at home, taking a live look outside. it's a gorgeous day. barely any clouds out there. brian van de graaff has a first check of the forecast. cooler today than yesterday, brian. brian: finally like fall. outside feels great. the front came through. early this morning sticky. through the day it's feeling nice. go to the big board. i will tell you finally, finally, finally it feels like get this, fall. we only had to wait five or six days. a lot of sunshine out there. high pressure in charge. maria kicking out to sea. tropical storm. but thanks to the cold front she is moving east to sea. not a factor for us. cooler air for the northwest permeating in. 80 degrees now. that is the warmest for the next couple of days. cooler air will move in. after-school sports this afternoon if your kids have practice, no
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a cool and refreshing night. later tonight, 60's by bedtime. 50's waking up tomorrow morning. some suburbs could wake up to the 40's. we talk about that and look ahead to the next ten days in a bit. alison: we'll see you then, brian. thank you very much. look at this video. you will see it only on 7. it shows a man right here putting fliers on cars in the brightwood monitor park neighborhood. wearing what appears to be a hard hat and safety vest. does it look familiar? residents believe it's the same man that posted the confederate flag posters and the cotton talks across american university campus this week. we have more on the new video today. mike? mike: this video is recorded by a home security camera. abc7 obtained it from the residents in the neighborhood who want to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. he does not want the property or the family to be targeted by the person. we blurred out a lot of the
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it's difficult to identify the exact location. this is recorded a month ago, around 5:00 a.m. one of the three different days that they blanketed the neighborhood with the fliers. putting them on car windshields and the yard signs with the exclusive messages celebrating diversity. you can see the man's outfit closely resembles what the a.u. flier suspect was wearing this week. another similarity they have a symbol for the d.c. counter resistance, said to be a gnashist logo used by the nazi supporters in france in world war ii. they call the fliers hate speech. with illegal immigrants accused of crime. ruth bader ginsberg and the former d.n.c. leader debbie wasserman schultz says they are bizarre. one even targeted knickerbocker after he spoke out about them. >> it's to all a immigrants
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we don't want an atmosphere of hate or intolerance in the neighborhood. we want everyone to feel welcome. mike: at 5:00, we have more footage and what they say about a link between the cases. live in northwest washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: new at 5:00 today, a -- at 4:00 today a shocking health relation by a big star. julia louis-dreyfus has breast cancer. she made the announcement on twitter. lindsey mastis joins us with the outpouring of support on social media. lindsey: this is the tweet she put out. it reads one in eight women get breast cancer. today i'm the one. the good news is i have the most glorious group of supporters and caring family and friend and fantastic insurance through my union. the bad news is not all women are so lucky. so let's fight all cancers and make universal healthcare a reality. she is getting some responses including from her fellow celebrities. debra messing writing se
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way. you are incredible to use this moment as an opportunity to support others. thank you and much love. ellen degeneres and alysso milano say they love her and rosie o'donnell sending her love as well. back to you. nancy: thank you so much. louis-dreyfus has connections to the d.m.v. she spent much of her childhood in the district. she graduated from school in bethesda. she just won an emmy on her role on "veep" and a lot of that is filmedded in baltimore. nancy: a lot of fans out there. john mccain demanding full accounting from the v.a. on the status of the private sector healthcare program. it's reported it could run out of money by the end of the year. despite getting billions in emergency funding this last month. that could cause delays and care for thousands of veterans. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- nearly three decades after a murder, the so-called killer clown is behind ba
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that we are learning about this case. plus this -- >> a humongous explosion. a lot of smoke. looked like it was a bomb that exploded. huge. nancy: deadly explosion at the yosemite national park. visitors describing what they saw. nathan: i'm nathan baca. arlington company pays out millions after being sued for
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nancy: it was the big break in a nearly three second long investigation. police in florida arrested the woman in the so-called killer-clown case. they say then married her victim's husband. maggie rulli with how the cold case was solved. maggie: after nearly three decades of waiting, a long suspected suspect is behind bars. >> this was a tenacious effort on the part of the cold case detectives. maggie: 27 years ago, police say, sheila keen pulled up to the florida home of marlene warren dressed up as a clown. complete with an orange wig and white face paint. handed her flowers and two balloons. then pulled out a gun and shot her. >> the idea that you would walk up and literally shoot somebody in the face is something that is determined to kill you but they want to do it personally.
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on teens. there were rumors she was having an affair with the victim's husband michael warren but never enough evidence to arrest her. three years ago detectives reopened the investigation conducting new d.n.a. testing after learning that sheila keen warren married the victim's husband michael warren in 2002. the victim's son was home during the murder and watched the clown drive away in a convertible. now saying of his stepdad, there is no doubt he was involved. however police are not saying that michael warren is a suspect. sheila keen warren is sent to florida where she faces life in prison and potentially the death penalty. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. alison: massive rock slide in california's yosemite national park leaves one person dead and another
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moments after the rocks came crashing down yesterday. other visitors watched the you are ror on fold. >> there were more rocks that fell off. it was like bombs going off. echoes through the valley. considered how far away it was, it was very loud. alison: minutes later a second set of the rocks came crumbling down. this comes in a busy climbing an a reminder mother nature is unpredictable. nancy: in north korea, denying claims by warmbier's parents that he was tortured. he died after coming home never coming out of a coma. he had served 17 months of 15-year hard labor sentence for taking down a political banner in 2016. a coroner's report said he had severe brain damage
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torture. three separate high profile commuter train crashes in the past five years but one common thread. the train operators had sleep apnea. today senators implement a world to test for the sleep disorder. right now it's up to individual railroads and tomorrow is the first anniversary of the new jersey transit crash when a train plowed in the he poken terminal and -- hoboken terminal. alison: rescue efforts continue in mexico city after last week's massive earthquake. more than 300 prim died. en -- people died. there is hope people could still be alive in the rubble. the searches will continue for a few more weeks until they are certain no one else is missing. the number of americans enrolling for unemployment aid spiked and that is blamed on hurricane irma. a closer look in flid
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81% surge. we saw similar claims in texas after hurricane harvey. the unemployment is at 4.4%. nancy: turning now to weather. just a beautiful day outside. brian: did you enjoy it? alison: it didn't get better than this. brian: the humidity was around this morning but it got better and better. so nice. i told you, i would scrub toilets today. check my facebook. alison: come many my house. brian: spring cleaning in the fall. take in the next couple of days. we have had 90s and we were cooped up. but now let loose and be free. temperature wise we should be 75 for this time of the year. saturday and
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better. low 70's saturday and sunday kicking off the upcoming weekend. the events are helping drier and more comfortable air. the last couple of days, in the 60's. you step outside and you start sweating just from walking. but with the air this dry, what does it mean? it's invigorating. it's nice and cool. it's refreshing and a good sign to tell eshow cool it can get at night. it will be cool in the next couple of nights. notice the sunset. 6:55. it's setting earlier each day. 70 at 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. at 67. mare is moving out to sea. there is a wave of energy in the caribbean. co
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possibly. we are watching it carefully. for tonight 50's in the burbs. downtown near 60. write the name on the jacket because the kids may take it off and leave it at school. the kids special are out there live with stormwatch7 saturday and sunday. you can notice low 70's saturday and sunday. another cold front will kick through and we could have an isolated shower at night. nothing widespread but it drops the temperature more for the back half of weekend. army next week early to mid-70's. it may get back in the 80's. no moisture as well. we remain rather dry. nancy: i like the sound of that. thank you very much. still to come at 4:00, remembering an icon. look back at the life and legacy
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ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored is ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs., but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.
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causes and left mark on hollywood. aside from the famous playboy mansion the grotto parties and the girlfriends he is remembered as an advocate for free speech and sexual freedom. >> there are areas of america i love that were wrong-headed, toward race, toward sexual behavior. alison: hugh hefner is survived by his wife crystal and his four grown children. he was 91 years old. nancy: a symbol of one of baltimore's most iconic sports stars is in jeopardy of being taken down. more than 50,000 people signed a petition to remove the statue of retired raven star ray lewis from outside the stadium. this is after lewis joined the ravens players kneeling after president trump suggested firing people who took a knee. lewis says he was praying but extra security has been added around the statue. alison: tom price is
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for taking expensive charter flights. on taxpayer money. he made more than two dozen of the trips over the past few months. the cost more than $300,000. president trump and the top aides are not posed and now trump is faced with the decision whether or not to fire price. >> i am going to see, i'm looking at that closely. i am not happy with him. i will tell you, i am not happy with him. alison: when he was asked directly if price's job was at risk the president would only say ,", "we'll see." nancy: a shocking chase in texas. a 10-year-old boy, 10-year-old boy stole his mother's truck and crashed. he is lucky to be alive. the fifth grader was angry about being in trouble and that is why he took off. he ran a red light and was speeding 80 earn many. eventually lost control -- 80 mi
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and he eventually lost control. he will be okay. he thought he was in trouble before. alison: i was going to say the same thing. goodness. nancy: coming up, proposal in fairfax county getting mixed reaction. what it could mean for all daycare workers. >> witnesses to workplace shooting in falls church are speaking out. their stories coming up. alison: then new at 5:00 -- >> they have no boundaries. parents, kids, cousins, they are not afraid. >> the tactic that the international gang is using to recruit local kids. that's tonight (upbeat music) - [announcer] presenting the shark ion flex 2x. the free-standing, cord free vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. that means you can always be charging, even while you're cleaning. with duo clean, multiflex, and powerful suction
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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: the latest i know on the active shooter situation at a falls church law firm. it was breaking news at 5:00 yesterday. today we are hearing from two attorneys who had to hide in their office. jeff goldberg is lave at falls church with the new details. jeff? jeff: this was a terrifying ordeal for the individuals. 24 hours ago the shooting happened inside the building in falls church.
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at 4:45 wednesday, 52-year-old john wood entered the fourth floor law office and addressed the receptionist. >> he put his fingers over his lips and said shhh. jeff: they tell us that wood showed woman his gun and then made a comment. she said that he was the only one in danger and none of us were. >> the wood told the receptionist to leave but instead she ran in the office to tell others to hide and call 911. plicit rushed to the billing but over 17 minutes they -- he rushed into the building but they heard pauses. eventually the shooting stopped and it became clear that wood had taken his own life. wood was bused through security because he was a
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a problem in the office. the official was representing his ex-wife in a custody and divorce settlement dating back to 2011. >> everybody is doing the best they can under the circumstances. it's a terrifying and a scary situation. jeff: wood's attorney said the divorce and custody was the source of great pain and struggle. we asked if he ever made a threat against himself and the law firm. his answer at 5:30. until then live in falls church, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. this just in story we just brought you. health and human services secretary tom price now apologize for the private charter flights he had been taking since joining the president's candidate all on the taxpayer dime. he pledges to reimburse the cost. price also says he will fly commercial. michelle: right now police are investigating peaceful graffiti in
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at georgetown university. nancy: the police are increasing patrols. this is after sewastynowicz were found on -- swastikas were found on them cam pass last week. stay with us for updates on the developing story. michelle: we are keeping a close eye on a developing story in virginia where the lawmakers consider a bill to require everyone working at a daycare to speak english. that brings us to the instapoll question. do you think child care workers should be required to required to speak english? join in and cast your vote at wjla.com/votenow. amy aubert went to fairfax county to get reaction to the plan. >> the net effect will be tragedy. amy: tragedy in the form of businesses going under ground. that's if the proposed regulations regarding child care in virginia, specifically the workers and the ability to speak english are passed. >> the state has come in with an imposition they speak
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statewide rule that challenges. amy: the virginia department of social services says it applies to child day programs approved subsidy vendors. the proposal is currently on the governor's desk. >> it's mean-spirited and it's dangerous in my opinion. >> also headed to the governor's desk a letter to the fairfax county board of supervisors. >> you want diversity of the programs you offer people because we have a diverse community. >> that letter reading in part should the regulation be approved some locally permitted family child care providers could lose their ability to serve children who receive state wilde carrie subsidies. potentially reducing the supply of affordable child care for working families in fairfax county. >> i spoke to a number of daycares all across fairfax county and no one wanted to speak on camera. the opinions were across the board. some tell me they prefer their children to learn a second language and oth
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saying that the workers should communicate with the first responders, children and parents. the virginia department of social services says beyond background information they could not comment until the bill is out of the proposed stages. >> if the reason for writing the bill is to protect the kids, let's make sure that is what we are doing. amy: amy aubert, abc7 news. nancy: brian van de graaff in the weather center. it's warm yesterday but today is beautiful. brian: this is the new camera from the chesapeake bay bridge, which is busy on the holiday time. nancy: there is no one there. brian: looking nice out there. we'll enjoy this. stick with this for the next few nights. take a look outside. it feels amazing. the last couple of afternoons it has been sticky, oppressive. not so nice. oppressive is the best way to describe the last couple of days. 79 in the city. 80 in hagerstown. it's refreshing
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area. tonight the nationals are playing against the pirates. first pitch is 74. by the 7th inning stretch upper 60's. let's talk about tonight. it's 74 heading out the door. and tonight into the morning is 57 for the morning low. for saturday, 58 for the morning low. this is downtown. so it will be cooler in the suburbs. the secondary push of cool air by sunday, 51 in the city. probably means we are talking 40 in the suburbs if you can believe that. the hour-by-hour forecast tomorrow, after a crisp start, shooting for the highs in the mid-70's. low humidity and the less breezes and nearly a perfect 10. more on the next ten days in a bit. michelle: thank you. arlington company paying out millions after being accused of not doing background checks on federal contractors in combat zones. nancy: "7 on your side" government watchdog nathan baca talked to the man who said he blew the whistle on the dangerous
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nathan: we are talking about americans working alongside foreign nationals in places like afghanistan and lebanon. architect on the promotional videos tout 60 years experience going in the world's most hazardous country to build the infrastructure and provide security. but they claim that they cheated the taxpayers charging for background checks they never did. >> i looked into the contract requirements, there were some glaring missteps, taking place. >> former d.e.a. agent and the p.a.e. employee robert polumbo spoke to abc news on skype. he worked in lebanon and afghanistan for p.a.e. the u.s. attorney office sued p.a.e. saying it falsely charged taxpayers for employee background checks from 2007 to 2014.
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tenial security risk -- potential security risk hiring people that are not thoroughly vetted. >> what did p.e.a. do when you brought it to their attention? >> they didn't want to hear it. >> "7 on your side" went to p.a.e. to find out about the government and polumbo's accusation and they strongly disagreed adding p.a.e. is confident it fully met the contractual investigation. p.a.e. in arlington settled a lawsuit but admitted to no wrongdoing. they paid the u.s. government $5 million. and polumbo $875,000 as government whistle blower. he says the decision to come forward was an easy one. >> you really don't have a choice. it's moral responsibility. nathan: they added they did not want the distraction of the lawsuit and still doing business all over the world with the
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michelle: were lives at stake here? >> the whistle-blower says yes and recounts two incidents in lebanon where somebody who was a contractor had, put in a dangerous situation. but again, p.a.e. says everything was okay. nancy: now the checks are being done? nathan: p.a.e. says they are. yes. nancy: thank you. nathan: you got it. michelle: still to come at 4:00, equifax making more changes after the massive breach. what it is rolling out for customers. nancy: plus, issues with the purple line. what was addressed at a meeting today? but first a look at what if "good morning washington" team is working on for friday. >> thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- attendee march for black women. join us for a deeper understanding of the mission behind this historic event. >> keep it right here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 on
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michelle: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. next year equifax will roll out credit monitoring service that lasts for life after a massive hack that exposed private information of more than 140 million americans. you can still freeze the credit now but that is just through the end of year. it's recommended that you also secure your data with the two other credit monitoring agencies. transunion and expirian. nancy:
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program shutting down. 500 people were employed as if drivers to the program that leased out cars to drivers who couldn't get one because of poor credit history. the "wall street journal" reporting uber was losing $9,000 per vehicle. nancy: we are getting breaking news now in the newsroom at the israeli embassy. secret service and the d.c. fire officials are responding to embassy on the international drive northwest. this is after it received a white powdery substance. the elementary school near the embassy is a shelter-in-place mode and students are held at the school until the all clear is given at the embassy. michelle: now to the latest on the purple line. today a meeting between the montgomery county council and team behind the project. it follows complaints after people living near the construction of the line. kevin lewis has more on what was
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kevin: they said transparency is paramount after they shut down the georgetown branch trail this month with only a few days' notice causing verbal upheaval. today the purple line officials apologized for that move. but claimed once the ongoingal federal lawsuit was tipped in their favor, the cost of further delaying the light rail project was simply not in the taxpayers best interest. one councilmember questioned the five-year shutdown of the bike path and another took issue with the detour along the congested jones bridge road. >> i have asked for an understanding if there are any other changes taken place. they are in a position to advise us today where there are changes that have taken place. our public responds much better if we know everything there is to know. that is transparent and above
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officials have promised improved notification of the construction work and the roadway closures via the website for the multibillion project which is contentious from the get-go. rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. nancy: coming at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- how to get away with murder is back. viola davis gives us the scoop. michelle: a special reunion on camera. a closer look at t
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ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored is ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs., but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.
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michelle: more breaking news now. this time from prince george's county. skytrak7 live over a serious crash. you can see this shot pretty close in there. you can see at least two vehicles involved. air bag esdeployed. you can't even make out the front of the car. it's a bad crash. someone is being air lifted.
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life threatening injuries. we don't know the number of injured but we will stay on top of the story and bring you the latest on air and online. "how to get away from murder" is back tonight on abc7. our own kidd o'shea got the scoop on the new season from star actress viola davis. kidd: your husband is going to guest star on an episode this season? >> hmm-mm. kidd: you have acted before. do you like to act with him? different acting with him? >> we love it. i know some couples don't like it. i always say me and julius are the fun. we go home and it's fun. we go to the set, it's fun. we eat the craft services food. i go home and i don't run lines or talk about work. he asks how my day went, i say good. that is it. i don't talk about it a little bit. not een
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starring no rehearsing at home? wish we delivered that line differently? critiquing? any of that? >> my god, no. no. i don't do that. i'm too busy looking at myself. >> how about you so i'm not the only degenerate on the plane. >> was probably for the best. i wouldn't want to krupps you. >> sorry, i talk a lot. i just know i kick myself later if i didn't at least try. >> he would run the lines once in a while. we'll be in the ja cue san antonio. we are always in the jacuzzi. i'd like what is he talking about? staying his lines. >> i haven't learned my lesson. >> no, you haven't. >> not one bit. michelle: i love that. they could share a trailer. nancy: justin t
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super bowl. reports say j.t. will take part of pepsi lii show in minneapolis in february. if he returns to the show it will come after a decade after the infamous janet jackson wardrobe malfunk. the ftc fined cbs $550,000. michelle: maybe we'll get larry smith. check in with larry who is in the newsroom with a look at what is coming up new at 5:00. larry: coming up at 5:00, 500 cars a day but they don't go to impact lots. find out where your car is with a text. plus firefighters break out the jaws of life at metro. we tell you about that this morning. are you one of the chosen few who can
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characters? how people are reacting to the twitter doubling down. that's at 5:00. see you then. nancy: thank you. now a reunion long overdue. that is 8-year-old caitlin getting ready to accept a jersey on behalf of her father who was been deployed in the middle east. but little did she know the caps had something up their sleeve for her. >> on behalf of the organization, we are proud to present katelip -- caitlin with her own caps jersey. here to present her with her own jersey is her father back from deployment to surprise caitlin! nancy: it takes a second but heart warming. runs to him, can't run fast enough. he has been in the naver i have 15 years and he
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over seven tours of duty including in afghanistan. look at that right there. it warms your heart. brian: my gosh! it does. it makes me emotional. michelle: misty eyed. brian: i have a daughter, too. man. michelle: you real le are tearing up. -- really are tearing up. nancy: no, he's not kidding. brian: i am a softy now that i have two kids. pull it together. take a look outside. talk about how beautiful it is on the water. you want to head to the water but you need an extra layer. it's chilly. chesapeake beach in chesapeake beach, maryland. 78 with a light breeze. talk about the overnight hours in the overnight and the morning. you wake up at 6:00 a.m. it could be 44 in hagerstown. 49 in frederick and leesburg. 51 in manassas. mid-50's downtown. it
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alison: sometimes a true test of the leader isn't when things go as plan but when they face adversity. erin hawksworth introduces us to a team player, a young man who isn't letting tough times get in his way. e. bladensburg's quarterback has been called the toughest player on the team. >> for myself, i don't care what anybody says that bladensburg is not a good school. they have the weakest football program. it's not about that. it's having fun. win or lose. do what you got to do. erin: as a senior he embraced his leadership role. >> it feels great. throughout the practice i tell them c'mon, hurry up. let's go. time to work. >> he says he always looked up to the uncle burgess who played in the nfl. >> every time he tolls me, he says look, keep grinding.
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no matter. put your head in the books. he also told me about football. keep your head in books. keep your head in books and the football will come to you. that motivated me. i want to play football. erin: when it comes to his favorite subject in school. >> i like math because a lot of numbers in football. he had to focus on football to reach his goal. >> i want to go to college and the nfl. >> congratulations you're this week's team player. larry: only on 7, new video to link the american university racist fliers to different fliers in a d.c. neighborhood. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work and the people's house. larry: three months after being shot,
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the new towing service you hope you will never need. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: one day after nearly a dozen signs of hate were found on american university's campus, new video that may show the same subject placing fliers in another neighborhood. mike carter-conneen is live with the video you will only see on 7. mike? mike: we got the footage in a resident from the brightwood neighborhood. you can see a man dressed in construction hard hat, safety vest, putting fliers on cars, that residents say are messages of hate. >> it's crazy. the footage from the brightwood neighborhood as the residents convince the a.u. flier suspect also targeted them. >> with the stuff going on nowadays, racial stuff. it's unfortunate.
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this flier on the car. this is why you got trump. with a woman allegedly killed by illegal immigrant. and then two days later, more fliers. residents called it offensive and bizarre. all with the logo for the d.c. counterresistance. >> paramilitary fascist, french, nazi symp sizeer logo serb simp -- sympathizer low go from world wor ii. >> it 9% it's the same -- 99% sure it's the same person with the outfit. >> it was also on the back of the flier on the university campus. possible connection to the message of hate. >> we won't tolerate this in the district of columbia.
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