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it appears he went around the area shooting people. despite killing four people, ten others were hurt including several children. >> one gunshot victim transported to a area for treatment. we are aware that a second child was shot. in a truck driving down the road. with a female adult. they have both, they have been transported. >> you heard that the children were among the victims. no children were killed in this. this happened in a rural area.
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this started as a domestic incident. >> they will decide if the families of those killed in sandy hook can sue remington. their lawyer says the lawsuit should be reinstated. >> think of the marketing as the best evidence of what he knew about the weapon. about what remington knew where the weapon was ending up. >> the manufacturer and the firearm used that day are not responsible for the crimes. and the harm he caused. jonathan: next month marks five years since 20 children and the ten teachers were killed at the elementary school. alison: 58 crosses one for each killed in the las vegas massacre no longer line the strip there.
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museum where they will be on display for the next month. the man who made the crosses created similar remorals after the mass shootings in colorado and florida. larry: jeff sessions testifying before the house judiciary committee for five and a half hours. most of the questioning on russia and the role in the election. >> did you discuss with flynn the possible of any candidate trump or the surrogate meeting with the russian government? >> i do not recall a conversation. >> i don't think it's right to accuse me of doing something wrong. i had no participation in wrongdoing with regard to ifluence -- influence the campaign improperly. larry: he pushed back. alison: this afternoon, speaker paul ryan says the house will require all
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the staff to undergo sexual harassment training. >> two republicans tell the a.p. that mitch mcconnell spoke with president trump and pence about the allegations. against moore. moments ago they said that moore says he will see the campaign through and not step aside. the new stories about the big name celebrities and the politicians facing sexual assault allegations seem to come out every day. as amy aubert explains a group says they are seeing the effects locally. >> the accusation continue to
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>> so many feel comfortable coming forward and saying enough. >> lisa jordan is the director and the council of the coalition against the sexual assault. they are asked why didn't they come forward? why did the assailants attack them. >> she calls the questions about why they didn't come forward sooner discouraging. >> we have impact on what should i personally do. but more than that we see more and more women groups coming forward to say i want to help. >> they cal
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and says she never felt this support. >> there is no statute of the limitations for filing felony sex assault charges but in the district charges must be done 15 years of the crime. >> four murders in a month with no connection between the victims and jonathan elias has the search for a serial killer. >> this is a scary situation. this seminole heights neighborhood in florida and we pinpoint the murders and where they have taken place. this is the red area the was descended by swat members. they were going house to house and person to person to ask anybody what they knew about the murders. the latest happening this morning. 60-year-d
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head from behind walking across the street before 5:00 in the morning. he was off to help homeless people. that is where he was going. police were there in two minutes of the shooting. the gunman is gone. >> a neighborhood held hostage. we have good folks that live in the community scared to death. t.p.d. has been here for the last month. jonathan: the area is a square smile but they don't have much to go on. nancy: a woman faces a federal judge. eric brown d.n.a. on the steering wheel and lights of the car of ashanti
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she went missing and then her body was found so the judge ruled there is probable cause to charge brown with kidnapping. jonathan: the man indicted in a food truck crash made an appearance in court today. tony dane is responsible for the september wreck that killed a mother prosecutors say. he faces multiple charges. >> the search for the driver who crashed in the cars you see here including a police vehicle. residents aral calling for changes after a string of crime. >> it ended with a crash that started with a citizen called reported that two people were sleeping in the car and a gun visible on the seat. the responding officers saw a gun. when they saw the cops, they took off. they side-swiped police cruiser and shabbed in a shopping center. the police never found them. but tonight t
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commissioner is thanking the citizen who called the police in the first place to perhaps prevent a shooting. >> hats off to the resident that refused to be quiet and keep a suspect apprehended. >> chris has another concern. the shopping center is a magnet for crime. >> look at the gunman at another car. in another shooting the shots from a car. burglary and a brawl. for some reason here in the 4100 block of wheeler road. >> we need more police presence in ward eight. >> joining you now live. you may see between the cars the m.p.d.
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>> it's been quiet. wi try to talk to the merchants. none of them wanted to go on camera. something to show you. this is not a long chase. this is where the car crashed. pursuit began down the block here. alison: thank you. we know who was behind the wheel of the survivor that crashed in several parked cars a it the naval academy golf course. police say christian tanner of annapolis was traveling at speeds more than 85 miles per hour. a motive is still under investigation. larry: update on controversial plan. kevin lewis explains that religion will trump spring break at least next year. >> they mandate public school start after labor day to boost tourism. it makes it hard
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today they selected a calendar with the 182 instruction days. although schools will be closed on rosh hashanah and yom kippur. depending on the weather spring break could be shorter. >> many parents are surprised. the montgomery county education association is frustrated. the union writing today because governor hogan values tourism industry over the education of our children, the board of education faced an impossible situation. but this high schooler isn't disappointed. >> belter for a longer summer. for people to send more time with the families, too. spring break to give us a break of the school.
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>> no official response. the governor previously said it would be easy for mcps to cut a number of the teacher in-service days. >> live in rockville, i'm kevin lewis. >> bill kelly in the weather center with the latest. hi, bill. bill: the temperatures today will in the low 50's. make it out the door. 48 degrees. the clouds, they stuck around all day long. didn't have an effect on the temperature. i do expect them to break up in the everything hours. notice the numbers. they are not going to move too much. leave at home. we are eyeballing the next weather maker. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. announcer: just ahead, choice words for a band of thieves busted after brutal metro mugging. the cars su
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kimberly: i'm kimberly suiters. call for action center. if you have a consumer complaint the number to call tonight is 301-652-4357. the trained volunteers are standing by to walk you through how to file a complaint. larry: you have probably heard about bikes across the district but what about the electric bikes? sam sweeney took a test drive to tell us how the bikes might be the game changers. >> everywhere you go, the dockless bikes. a number of brands offering similar product but a company jumps out. electrifying riders.
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>> it would will amplify with what you put in. boost on a flat road or going uphill. it will sense what you need. >> i'm coming up off a decent size incline here and giving minimal effort. i pedal and the engine here silent propels me forward. there are reports of bikings left on sidewalks and even on top of cars. >> you won't see your bikes in a tree or on the world war ii memorial. the users are required to lock them to a fixed object like a bike rack or a sign. >> there are 100 of the bikes on the street of d.c.
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alison: we have more about a push to sports league banned from using the grounds around the monument. today eleanor holmes norton and the member of the delegation sent a letter to the national park service and they are asking it to reconsider raising fees and close the six public fields on the mall. larry: this is not a day to do that. alison: it's gray and gloomy. >> the folks that flew in take off on an airline. 30 seconds that you go look at that. sunshine. it's beautiful. you see blank of white all over the place. on the surface yes. it's gray. this is what it looks like outside. you mentioned a cool sunrise and the sun set. enough of a break there wer
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alison: long gone. bill: it is. only 5:17 at night. the sun will set at 4:55. 48 currently. the winds are breezy at 14 miles per hour. you can see that the morning low was 39. in terms of the temperature today we end up at 51. 39 was a low. normal is still almost 60. 59 is the normal high. we have been as warm as 77. the normal low is 32. i bring the numbers up to talk about where we stand. we started out in the first six days above normal but we are eight days in a row with the temperatures looking at the overall average. the temperatures are below normal. the average, 50.9. the normal is 52.2. we are 52.4. we are below average. what is interesting is this the eighth day in a row the last time we had the eight days straight with the average temperature below normal in may. tomorrow we will be below normal again. we will have nine days. go to
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nine day stretch every day had below average temperature. you will go okay, november is 40's. but bear in mind the normal low in the low 40's. hagerstown at 45. 43 in cumberland. 41 in winchester. with the clouds around we don't have the rainfall. i expect clouds to break up. the numbers will drop down. it will be chilly but not record-breaking lows or anything like that. there is a cloudy conditions across the entire eastern seeboard. of course that includes where we are as well. the future cast clouds break up. temperatures in the 40's. i will pause this at 9:00. now we drop to 30's. mid-40's insid
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the outlying areas are down there. we will advance to 11:00. in the 30's. tomorrow morning making your way out the door we could potentially see 20's out there. we are in the cooler spots. our temperatures say in the 30's. cumberland. winchester. at or below freezing. the clouds will increase. temperatures are uper 40's to 50. it's below normal with high in the mid-to-low 50's. tomorrow night late and overnight to thursday. weak weather system shouldn't affect your plans. thursday is 58. cooler aby friday. we are dry friday. the next rain maker saturday. i expect the saturday to be cloudy day. off and on rainfall. cooler as we get to sunday. if you want a dry day it's sunday. looks
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better for dry air than saturday. that is something to keep an eye on. alison: thank you. so wegmans getting ready to branch out again. larry: find out where they are setting up shop now. alison: plus we tell you what the consumer product safety commission is doing after the deadly fire in pennsylvania. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen inside the new museum of the bible opening this weekend. coming up will give you a sneak peek inside with detail on the cutting edge technology used here. alison: but first, actress tracy ellis ross gets nod to host sunday american music awards. see her tonight at 9:00 in "black-ish" on abc. larry: and kidd o'shea has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." kidd: thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- uber drivers turned first responders. for a medical emergency most people would call 911 for an ambulance but that is quickly changing. the new life risking trend. more riders call
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is a few that they are warning about. world against toys that harm or "watch" released the list this morning at a boston children's hospital. the toys range from the products designed for infants to kids in the teens. they have a disney theme stacking toys for babies. they recalled it because it's a choking hazard but it's available online. the slacker slack line used between trees. the group says it can cause severe injuries and strange lake. the nerf zombie strike crossbow recommended for kids as young as 8 but it can cause eyes and facial injuries. the toy association says the list is needlessly frightening because the toys in the u.s. underdo rigorous safety tests.
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you can download the app and go to wjla.com to link to the group website with the top ten list of toys are the most dangerous this holiday season. larry: for month, "7 on your side" team warned about the danger of the hoverboards about the fire that killed two people in pennsylvania. the consumer product safety commission is recalling seven models. the recall covers the hoverboard by smart balance, drone, hover speed, tonic smart and others because they can all catch fire. if you have any, stop using them and call the company. >> as bad as this is, if t people have been able to dry tears knowing so many people care about us. alison: coming up, turning heartache to hope through the kindness of strangers. larry: but first the
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the freestanding, 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. welcome to hassle-free runtime with shark. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: well, 3-year-old boy tonight is okay after the van he was in caught fire around 8:00 this morning outside a daycare in northeast d.c.
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as to why the boy was inside the van alone. boy wasn't burned. but the paramedics did take him to the hospital anyway as a precaution. alison: there is crisp surveillance video that shows four young men beating and robbing two riders on metro. one attack happened on a moving train. the other was on a crowded bus. the judge called the group a bunch of thugs. >> 5:30 in the afternoon. four robbers corner an innocent man on a redline train. one punching the victim in the face. watch as the men scroll away. one shuffling through credit cards. his hands bloodied and the face permanently scarred. then they robbed a second man on a metrobus. a robber choked the video from behind causing him to fail and kick his feet.
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security cameras and the eyewitnesses to boot. >> no one has a right to steal. >> the bus victim afraid to show his face explained he was riding home from work. >> i no longer use a metro or take a bus. i don't feel safe anymore. >> the judge called the robbers thugs and added metro is not a vehicle for the four of you to carry out your mode of terrorism. she then sentenced three adults to six, seven and eight years in prison plus probation. >> if she gets them back in her courtroom she said she would institute the full backup time. hopefully that will keep them on the straight and narrow. >> i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. >> three freshmen ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting in china are on the way home from china. they were on house arrest at the h
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a week. the pac-12 commissioner says it's been resolved and president trump said he spoke to the chinese counterpart to help. alison: texas family getting the gift of love from the complete strangers. 5-year-old riley's pony that she named chicken nugget shot and killed last week. it made national headlines and search was on for the gunman. but the family found out about a 3-year-old horse. the horse is chicken nugget's younger sister. >> according to riley, chicken nugget made a phone is call from heaven and was able to contact her. he was able to direct her in the path. alison: how sweet. the horse will be named chicken wing. larry: the family likes
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alison: so sweet. people were there to help. larry: absolutely. it had to be heart-breaking for a little girl. larry: a lot of generosity. >> even though she wasn't working at the time she violated the social media policy. >> what you call the boyfriend of a younger woman? boy toy. alison: that request on a take home assane -- it's that kind of question on take-home assignment that has the parents upset tonight. the quiz was given to middle school students. it had ask you identify an affair and a mistress? something a mom says is inappropriate for 11-year-olds to learn abou
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consumer science class. >> it had nothing to do with the family unit outside of the family unit. >> well, the school district says this assignment was not part of the current and the approved curriculum for class adding it was downloaded from online database. yikes. larry: stick to the basics. alison: yeah. larry: okay. the bat that lou gehrig used for the last two home runs is online now. alison: the new museum of the bible opens this weekend. 430,000 square feet. it's located in southwest d.c. a couple of blocks from the national mall. tonight mike carter-conneen shows how visitors to learn more about the
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>> it explores the history, the story and the impact. >> they can find reference of scripture and how it shaped the democracy. >> we are created equal and they got it from the bible. >> they call this nonsectarian. >> they have scholars. >> but critics are skeptical whether the museum aims to educate or evangelize, too. but the curators put disclaimer on the dead see scrolls dis -- dead sea scrolls display. it
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technology. most innovative is the digital doses to create the personalized visit. >> the guide knows where you are at. >> they can learn if they have a biblical origin. learn history and find out where it is in the bible. >> they are a gift shop, too. the museum is free. but the visitors are encouraged to get time passing online. larry: i can't wait to see that. some shoppers compare it to being in heaven and now wegmans is adding a store in alexandria. they are opening one at the hoffman town center. but be patient. it won't open until 2012. >> shoppers love to hate those huge
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this is the camera operator kathy. she went to cvs. look at the receipt. it's as tall as she is. we posted it for you on the abc7 facebook page. we invite you to share a story or the photo about the longest receipt you earned. maybe you can win a prize pack. you took the picture this morning. larry: in "good morning washington." she walks in from the break at 8:00. she is 5'3". you have to be kidding me. we took the picture. we have all had long -- my longest for three items was two and a half feet. she said she did buy a lot of vitamins earlier. that is why she got so many coupons in the end. >> trailing it behind her. walked in. i >> have seen leashes that are shorter for animals. >> gosh. we want to see your pictures, too. >> still ahead at 5:00. forget the paper or plastic. the new material to replace
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>> not going to stop. a fisherman catching a opah, moon fish. it took an hour to reel it in. they are typically found in the open waters of the atlantic and the pacific ocean. alison: pretty. larry: 105 pounds. alison: neat. the days of paper beating rock may come to an end. from limeex from ground zone. it doesn't even require cutting down trees. this is as then as paper but harder to tear. >> general electric is turning off the
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take his desk. otherwise you're welcome to volunteer. kimberly suiters. larry: we'll keep that in mind. the "7 on your side" consumer alert after close to a million cars buried with the flood years in the hurricane. and horace holmes tells us they could make your way to the car lot in our area. we have important information to keep you being stuck with one of them. he was so happy when he bought the volvo in northern virginia. >> i heard water go through the vehicle. >> this was soaked in the padding and everything. >> he doesn't know for sure if the car he bought had been underwater. we know scenes like texas, florida, puerto rico and the virgin islands, hundreds of the cars.
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>> this video from carfax shows how in a few hours flood cars can be dried out and cleaned up. >> this is to be sold at auction. >> they took a mechanic with us to a car auction in virginia to test if we could spot flooded cars. >> he couldn't say if this or any other car was in a flood. >> there are laws that recovers flooded cars to be branded. >> he is a man who wrote the lemon law. >> the brands put on the titles because t
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when a consumer buys a car they will know that the car is flooded. the dealers don't show you the title. >> for a car, the owner insurance take the claim, take the car and the title and register it at a local d.m.v. to brand it a flood car. then it would likely be sold at auction. >> when we ask to look it the title. with we were met with a flat no. offered car fax report instead and left with no reason to believe there was anything wrong at this auction. >> some dealers purchase the flood cars. >> some go through the title washing and you reregister in the state and it loses the flooded vehicle brand.
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>> the vehicle was a lease in virginia for ten years. >> ended up in michigan. then sold to him in virginia. big take-away. take a car to your own mechanic. >> go to the national insurance website. >> good evening. i hope you have having a great night. this is what it look like. choirs wise not bad. it's cool. the same it has been for the last weeks it seems. 48. winds out of the north. there is a breeze out there. we have the area of the high pressure kick in. notice widespread blue around the region.
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everyone can get 40's and the 50's. this is a quiet forecast. we are not expecting the rain or snow or anything like that. that is region wide. out the door tonight. cloud cover. drop the numbers slightly. it will be in the mid-40's. light jacket. the day tomorrow is 53. morning sunshine. clouds thickening up. we expect to give rain showers overnight. the next weather system on saturday and montgomery county, the thanksgiving day parade. that is a few showers there. windy and cooler on sunday. i tell you what. it's warmer, mid-60's in new orleans. erin: thank you. they need all the good news they can get. the injury news for the skins keeps getting worse. the team just announced lineba
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moved to the injured reserve. rob kelly out of action for the immediate future. the team needs a new running back. samaje perine and chris thompson are the other healthy backs for washington. tragedy struck gwen park high school in may when a member of the football team lost control of his car and was killed in a single car accident driving home from work. scott abraham has a special tribute in the rising star. >> another day of practice for the football team. >> more than a jersey number. >> i know you are here. >> the number belonged to norman white. >> biggest little guy you'd see. small in statue and big in heart. >> they lost the heart in may when the junior offensive lineman
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>> the team feels the presence all the time. every player wears decal on the back of the helmet to honor the teammate. they are playing for something bigger. >> it's huge for the coaches and the players. every drill. >> every wreck. >> norman's smile never fades away. >> sometimes the extra push. >> for teammates never be forgotten. i'm scott abraham with a rising star. erin: that is tough how they d
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alison: president trump on the way back to washington after two weeks in asia. it saw him walk a fine line with the allies and the so-called enemies. did he meet his own goals? the chief political correspondent scott thuman with a look at the perceived progress and the pitfalls. scott: whirlwind tour of asia stops in five countries in 12 days and the meeting with the who's who of president and prime minister. >> we have had a tremendously successful trip. >> the to-do list was lengthy and lofty with the north korea missile crisis a top concern.
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>> with a president in the first year, the president trip. >> if anything impressed her was the demeanor early on aided by the staff and the first lady. >> he had people saying you have to behave in a following way. he avoided using nicknames like "rocketman" but he was still stern. >> do not under estimate us. do not try us. >> trump was accused of being too soft on the controversial philippine president, china on trade deal and vladimir putin who denied election interference. no major breakthroughs
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announced. but the possible progress off-camera where the staff says there were frank and productive talks. >> you don't know if they are saying my gosh, the guy is a bozo or they say he is really tough. we have to respect him. jonathan: breaking now. >> it sounded like a firecracker went off. there was gunshots going through 25 minutes. >> we have a subject randomly picking targets. we have at least five dead. >> gunman on am ram pain that ends outside elementary school. >> what a driver said after it came to an end. >> i just want to get my son. >> the plea that made two carjackers show compassio
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announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. michelle: breaking news from northern california where a shooting rampage has ended after winding through a small town and ending at a school. at this hour we know five people are dead including a gunman. jonathan: the carnage stretches across half a dozen crime zones. tom roussey putting the pieces together and joins us from the "live desk." >> the gunman killed four people and at least ten others were injured. children are among the injured but were not among those killed. the sheriff office in tehama county, california, says officers responded to shooting scenes all over the small town. seven different shooting scenes in all. this started with domestic violence. the shooter went on a rampage and randomly shooting
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