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disturbing the students here, besides the allegation, this didn't happen on the roads. this was deep within the campus where the alleged sexual assault according to the papers from police happened. this is video of an area near asbury hall. it was somewhere in this area where it happened. we just got court records to indicate it was near a dorm. according to the timelines we have been given, it was a male and male in the dupont circle area. they asked the uber driver to take them to american university. after they arrived somehow the male was kicked out of the car according to court records. then the alleged uber driver drove off with the victim and sexually assaulted her after forcing her to get out of the car. we talked to students who say this is very disturbing. >> a little bit nervous. i know there are so many people who use uber and use lift and things like that to get to places all
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tom: we talked to yubeer and the man who used to drive for them. the suspect is el houcin jourhdaly. he was kicked off uber in 2015 for a reason they spaldn't specify but said he was not supposed to be driving for them last night and what we learned from the court records the two when they hailed the uber, they hailed him with the arms instead of using the app. we have tips how to use uber safely at 5:00. we are reporting live at american university. i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. michelle: i'm michelle marsh with breaking gnaws in the newsroom. fairfax county public schools bus driver and aide face charges for assaulting an 11-year-old student who has autism. we are told the young boy was assaulted twice in one week on a school bus. these are the men fa
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charges. bailey and duffy both of lorton. they are each charged with one count of assault and battery. both men turned themselves in. bailey has resigned from the position as an aide. dusty is on administrative leave in the process of being fired by the county. the detectives tell us a staff member witnessed the second assault and intervened. we understand there is surveillance video from the bus. as soon as we get more information you'll hear it here first. from the "live desk," michelle marsh, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. complete chaos on inauguration day. pockets of rioting, a limo burning. store front windows shattered. today opening statements against the people here ten months ago. stephen tschida was in the courtroom. what did they say? stephen: this is what it comes down to. this was a planned, a tightly
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sea of people in black, faces with bandanas and they tore through the center. several would brack away and return -- would break away and return to the group to blend in. defense attorneys say you can't convict the many based on the actions of a few. hundreds of masked protesters tore through d.c. not to protest but to riot. the purpose planned, the goal violence and destruction. >> the prosecution is trying to paint this as a riot. it's cleared. the defense pushing back saying they had the right to express themselves. >> the attorneys stated it is impossible to convict many for the actions of some bent on destruction. de
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the police overreacted making a mass arrest and netting those who simply came to protest the election of trump. >> the police react vie rently to protest regardless if there is property destruction. stephen: the trial is expected to last at least two weeks. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. we have complete inauguration day coverage on wjla news app. from the tradition to the protest. it's all online. let's turn attention now to the weather. a brisk start to the short thanksgiving workweek. stormwatch7 weather on the go. the chief meteorologist bill kelly at the ice at national harbor. good news for the travel week, we will stay dry at least. >> a good travel week. we will cool it off by the time we get to thanksgiving. check this ou
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christmas village side. how are you doing? good to see you. merry christmas. it's early. we have trains and the merry-go-round. look here, the ice skating rink. it's not the kind to fake it. that is real ice. there is a big ice exhibit we'll talk about in a minute. if you are traveling tonight, there is the capital wheel. temperature wise we are still decent. not to the normal high. but we are in low 50's generally speaking around the area. 52 specifically at reagan national. the winds out of the southwest at 9. the other temperatures around the area look like this. 48 in winchester 5. 2 in leesburg. 53 around fredericksburg. as we look at the everything forecast, the temps will drop in the 40's. there is nothing out of control. light jacket. you will be all right. at 7:00, we are at 41. look at what we have done.
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and the green wall out as well. we doing weather live out here. not just behind the camera. but in front of the camera as well. nancy: we have to talk about thanksgiving before christmas. developing this everything, skytrak7 over apartment complex fire. this is in the city of fairfax. several people in the building will be out of the homes tonight. meantime, danica roem to become the first transgender woman to win a seat like that was a guest. she performed "sorry not sorry" about being bullied in high school, issues that are close to roem. knowing there is a lot of
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would watch the a.m.a.'s. i thought let's go for it. nancy: she called at it a once in a laytime opportunity saying she is impressed she has an ally in show business. alison: a second woman approving al franken of inappropriate touching. this time while he was in august. she claims that al franken put his hand on her bottom. franken says he doesn't remember her but felt bad if she felt disrespected. meanwhile, the first woman to publicly accuse roy moore of the sexual misconduct says she was not paid to tell her story. she agreed to talk to the "washington post" about the allegations that moore sexually abused her at 14 years old only after they assured her she wasn't the only one. >> he left t
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underwear. he touched me over my clothing. what was left of it. he tried to get me to touch him. >> today trump did not respond to questions on moore or the accusers. jonathan: north korea is back on the list of the state sponsors of terrorism for the first time since then president bush removed it in 2008. the president making this announcement this morning saying that the rogue nation supports acts of international terror. including assassinations that have taken place on the foreign soil. this means that the sanctions and the caps on the foreign aid can be severe. near el paso, texas, a border patrol agent kill and another wounded. right now they are looking into whether this was an attract or an accident. they were working an investigation along interstate 10. the f.b.i. has been called in to help. we are told they will release more information on what happened tomorrow.
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cult leader and now he is dead at the age of 83. charles manson died in a california hospital from natural causes. his family was rebind the string of california murders in 1969. actress sharon tate who was pregnant among the seven people killed then. manson was serving nine consecutive life sentences and had been denied parole a dozen times. now to ground breaking on the i-66 express lane today. we are wondering are you willing to pay to ride express lane, not just 66? that is the instapoll today. go to wjla.com/votenow or open the wjla news app and click on "vote" to participate. sam sweeney is in mobiletrak7 with a look at the more than $ billion project that just broke ground. sam? sam: nancy, you probably heard someone say we need to
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often called one of the most congested roads in the country. this was the ground breaking ceremony today as part of a $3 billion project. gor mcauliffe on hand with the express lanes to gainesville. with that is bus paths. 4,000 park and ride spots. the governor says this won't cost taxpayers a dime. this is part of a public/private partnership. today the company in charge wrote the state check for $579 million. sounds too good to be true but governor mcauliffe says this is the real deal. >> not a cent of the virginia taxpayer money will be used. there are three lanes on each side. they will have two express lanes and they will get the toking revenue from it. >> the private company
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this does get to keep the toll revenue for 50 years. the project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2022. reporting alook i-66 in mobiletrak7, sam sweeney. back to you. alison: thank you. honda and takata recall. the new message to owners who haven't taken the car in yet. "7 on your side." nancy: the push for a major minivan recall. more coming up. jonathan: this is a crash caught on dash cam. the plane, oh, boy, look at that. yep. u-turn rushing to the wreckage. what the police found at the crash site up next. >> getting ready to hit the airport for holiday traveling but you hate going through the long security lines? a way to claim to get to the front of the lines no problem. it will cost you. is it worth it? we find out coming up. bill:
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over a clearwater, florida, police officer. the plane was not making it to the airport. the was clear. it did crash to the road. the officer spins a uwie and pulled up to the folking in the wreckage. amazingly the pilot and the passenger walked away for this crash. nancy: that is amazing! alison: incredible video. countdown to turkey day is on. if you are traveling, you have heard this before. expect long lines at the airport. but you can sign up for a service that promises to breeze you past everyone else at t.s.a. but "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes looks at what we are all wondering. is it worth it? horace: if you are planning on jetting off for the holidays, be prepared for this. long lines snaking through security check points. what if you could bump yourself from the front of the line? ann bloom found out how. >> you put your
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they identify you. you don't worry about losing your i.d. you are through. it's great. no lines. i love it. >> it is clear. they use biometric identification. >> the biometric fingerprint reader captures four fingers. four from each hand and thumbprinter andty iris scanner. >> it's your biometrics. safe in the system. when you come to check in at the airport the fingerprints or the eyes get you through to the head of the security line. it's not a free service. it costs $180 a year. is it worth it? >> i don't think it's worth the price. >> the folks at clear disagree. >> i have three boys. getting through the security process. waiting in line not knowing how long it takes. having that insurance. understanding this is a frictionless process and consistent wherever i travel is meaningful. horace: interesting point. so far it's
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hours, dulles, reagan national and b.m.i. $15 a month. spouse is $50 for the year. children under 18 are free. clear is being rolled out, get this, at the stadiums and arenas around the country. how is it different from precheck? precheck members can be randomly excluded at any time and only works when traveling with a participating airline. clear works with any airline. alison: business travelers is a no-brainer, if you travel a lot. horace: this time of year. jonathan: the lines are long this time of year. horace: wednesday. nancy: curious to see how it looks in the stadium. horace: that will be interesting. nancy: thank you very much. alison: thank you. nancy: "7 on your side" alert. honda is trying to get the car owners who still have the dangerous recall takata air bags to bring in their vehicle. a woman severely injured when
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she is the face of a new add add -- new ad campaign. she is appears in videos posted today. y'all one of the most popular family minivans. there is a push for a massive recall of the chrysler pacifica. an auto safety group says the vans can stall without warning. they are asking for a federal investigation leading to the recall of the vans. the fiat chrysler says there are no reports of crashes or injuries. jonathan: check out this video that shows intense weather that the argentine navy is facing. they are looking for a missing sub. can you imagine being out in that? the sub has 44 people on boardment -- on board.
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they just heard from the sub last night. not sure what it was. nancy: the mission to find a missing boater continues. two men boating off the coast of california near john matarese. one man -- san mateo. one was found lifeless and the others were not seen since. the waters were calm and the weather was nice. they don't believe either man was wearing a life jacket. jonathan: bye-bye. the georgia dome is gone. most of it. 5,000 pounds of explosives brought it down. wouldn't that be fun? a couple of sections dissurvive but farewell to the former home of the falcons. >> our producer w
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know that it is wear the terps won the 2002 championship. maryland also whooped up on the senate seat in 2002. that was the peach bowl in the dome. nancy: from 2002. alison: all right. chief meteorologist bill kelly is out and about. >> this is thanksgiving week. this is a holiday week. we want to get festive. we are out here at the national resort. we are bringing you weather on the. go we talk about what is going on temperature wise. this is not bad at all. in the 50's. generally speaking outside around
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if you look at the other numbers we have 40's and low 50's to go around. if you are out, light jacket. you will be fine. the winds are not strong. it look like this. temperatures are dropping down. getting down to the mid-30's. a cool start but not everybody below freezing. i want you to notice how clear we are tonight. going to the day tomorrow, this should be a nice day. the winds will work from the south. if you look closely you can see the arrows are moving south to the north. this is dry as we head to the da.
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wednesday morning. like 1:00 in the morning. there are storms through the area. not storms but the moderate rainfall. a cold front that is going to sweep through. the arrows down behind it. talk about the forecast. looking ahead to the holiday. the numbers are looking good. there is not much in problematic weather. if you are driving you'll be fine. this is wednesday. thanksgiving forecast we look to temperatures that are cool. the fourth coolest thanksgiving day so far. that will be down there. last but not least the seven-day forecast. look across the region. near 60 tomorrow. you will feel nice out there. back up
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there is the 60. we get in tariffing and we are in the mid-40's. there are showers started. we head to the rest of the seven-day and the extended and it is looking good. it's not too bad for this time of year. we don't have major storms out there for the thanksgiving forecast. out and about, go back here. most of the rain comes in tuesday night. i'm bill kelly. we are going to the ice exhibit coming up in a little while. jonathan: it's fun to send you there. the kids do well. then you fit in. you love it. alison: schools fall short when it comes to
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the food allergies. that's up next. nancy: renovations at montgomery county high school delayed again. >> they shouldn't have to overcome that. imagine how much more they could do if they had the proper facilities. nancy: today at 4:30, the three big reasons parents are saying it's not just a bear, still get a refreshing any size soft drink
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alison: roughly 6 million kids suffer from food aerjys and the -- allergies and the consequences can be life-threatening. lisa fletcher has a family's story that is a tragic reminder to us all in the "7 on your side" health alert. lisa: 14-year-old tanner sorenson could barely breeze. >> he was standing on the front door. he was already swollen. >> he accidently ate a cookie that contained nuts, something he was severely allergic. >> i told him it would be okay. i called 911. i turned around he had collapsed to the ground. >> tanner typically carried an enpy pen in his backpack -- epipen in his backpack but on this day he didn't have it with him. >> a recent study suggests half of the teen or adults don't have the injector o
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every six minutes for a food allergy. >> a lot of patients tell us the school or the camp or the child friends don't get it. it's important we get a message out there that this is serious. lisa: tonight you can learn what you can do if your child has a food allergy or not when it comes to keeping the kids out of the crisis. coming up in about 30 minutes the doctor in that piece will join me live here in the help center. from 5:00 to 6:15, we will be on fiction live. he will answer all the questions you might have about the food allergies so join us then. go to facebook. type in wjla and join us at 5:00.
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>> the musical celebrity that showed up at the turkey giveaway. >> parents say it has the best test score but the worst school building in all of montgomery county. the plight of the high school stool -- high school still ahead. alison: the fighter pilot with a 4 and 8-year-old on board crashes off the maryland highway. only with abc7 is he talking about getting the plane down safely. hear from him when i join you ♪ on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to ultiyour ideal comfortweek your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? right now during ultimate sleep number week, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed with adjustable comfort on both sides. ends monday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you.
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jonathan: 16 years after asking for new high school, poolesville parents are still waiting. michelle: and the conditions have it gotten worse. nancy: kevin lewis shows us photos taken inside. >> we are still fating the -- fighting the same battle. >> they moved because the high school tests scores are number one in maryland. >> this is really not safe. it's not security. >> yet he and other parents like dan levine say the 64-year-old building needs the wrecking ball. they shared these photos of the sealing tiles, the soiled
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the overcrowding turned showers and the portion of the cafeteria to storage areas. most entrances are not handicap accessible. >> it needs to go. kevin: the town first asked for a new high school in 2001. it has seen numerous delays. the latest this month when the superintendent jack smith scrubbed plans for 2023 construction. >> i want them to go to the best high school in maryland but i want them to be safe. >> there is simply not enough funding to keep up with the booming countywide enrollment. 2200 extra kids this year alone. >> we can't be pushed back and back and back so by the time they get to us it's 70, 80 or 100 years old. >> the public input is welcome until the 5th when they will decide which the schools will be improved and if poolesville is on that list. in montgomery county,
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kevin lewis, abc7 news. >> take a look at this. the turkeys, yeah, in a hotel. these are the two presidential turkeys set to be pardoned tomorrow at the white house. drumstick and wishbone. they spent the night at the willard hotel. they have one more night of luxury and then they will spend the rest of their lives at virginia tech. five high school age ladies raised the turkeys in minnesota in partnership with the 4h program. jonathan: good looking birds. start the week to thanksgiving week. look at the shot out there. it's beautiful. the stormwatch7 weather on the go. bill kelly is at the national harbor. if you have kids and want something fun to do that is the place to go. >> you bet it is. >> this is the
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>> who are the little ones? [inaudible] >> eden. >> eden. very nice. you? >> laura. >> okay. now tell me, we were talking earlier. you had a fifth thing that you have done so far. did you go to the ice thing? >> yes. bill: they want me to go down the ice slide. will i be scared? >> no. bill: what do i expect on the slide? >> scream. bill: scream? but i shouldn't be scared. >> yeah, right. bill: jeez. "yeah, right." we'll end like that. we'll take you there in a little bit. if you are watching, you are heading out for the evening planner we are dropping temperatures in the 40's. we will go to 48 degrees at 5:00. 47 by 6:00. 46 by 7:00. if you wear your jacket, we are fine. overnight we drop down to 30 to 40 range out far to the west.
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it's mainly clear and cold. the winds are light. look at the next hours, 48. we will jump 60 degrees tomorrow. how about that? not in the jackets. 52 on wednesday and thanksgiving is looking good as well. look on the cooler side with the temperatures in the 40's. download the stormwatch7 app. we are live here at the gaylord national resort. we have an ice skating rink to try out. before we stake you to ice we will be live inside the exhibit coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> see you then. thank you. the last time the late councilman and mayor marion barry hosted the turkey giveaway was 2013 but the tradition lives on the councilmember white. his first time hosting it. john gonzalez shows us it was a star-studded affair. johnson at the union temple -- john: we are at the union
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back where this giveaway started, it as changed venues a couple of times. 15 years ago the mayor and the councilmember started the turkey giveaway. three years after the passing, the tradition continues. in the basement of the church, a well oiled machine. each family with a bag of turkey and the fixings. they are giving out 1500 turkeys and there are 20,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, yams and stuffing. it's one per family. many are taking advantage of it. >> it's thankful for them. >> anything to do to improve the morale i'm all for. he has been part of the community and i'm trying to
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give back. we want to create hope for people. give them something to eat. we can show the love to the community. >> hundreds of volunteers here. even though this event is more scaled back with the fewer turkeys, the councilmember white says this is the same love. he wants to continue this for many years. >> in southeast, john gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: marine in trouble and deadly crash in japan. ripple effect across the bases there as the japanese protest of the presence continues to grow. michelle: surviving the taliban. a story shared for the first time with abc. >> broken fingers. proud of the injuries. michelle: how his wife fought back if captivity and kept hope alive.
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nancy: it could take 30 days to clean up a 210,000-gallon oil spill. transcanada sending additional crews and equipment to speed up the process but a landowner said he was concerned when the keystone pipeline was installed and isn't surprised in the least. >> they said you won't have a problem of a leak in something like 4,000 years.
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it hand been ten years. there was a leak in southern part of the state and now this leak here. >> days after that the company does not know what caused the leak. jonathan: st. mary's county where a small plane made emergency landing. the problem is the landing gear was not coming down. in the last 30 minutes the pilot made a safe landing and walked away. home surveillance are growing. popular is video doorbells. but are they safe? >> i don't want strange person watching my children. >> but it can happen. hammable home cameras. surviving the taliban. a family speaking to abc. >> some guards actively hated children. >
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nancy: an american mother, her husband and three children captured by the taliban for years. they are now free and share the story of survival. elizabeth hur has the interviews. elizabeth: the play ground with the boys and pizza night at home. are luxuries they didn't know they were missing until a few days ago. >> we ask for someone to recognize the atrocities they carried out against us. >> the children were born in captivity. held hostage with the taliban after the mother and the canadian father were kidnapped five years ago while traveling in afghanistan. >> some of the cards actually actively hated children. >> according to the couple, the family held in dungeon like conditions on dirt floors were rarely awe lowed outside -- rarely allowed outside. they were
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protecting the children. >> she broke her own hand punching a captor. >> they made up a game and pretended to be british kings. >> so he wasn't afraid. there was nothing it could do spent to make him less afraid. >> she believes her defiance led to what she called a forced abortion. she believes the guards put something in the food to force a miscarriage of a unborn daughter. they were freed in mid-october and the operation carried out by the pakistani troops but the detail about how it all happened are unclear. the family now living in canada will only say they are focusing on the future. elizabeth hur, new york. jonathan: a marine is under arrest in japan after a deadly crash. his blood alcohol content is three times the legal limit. the truck he was in slammed in another vehicle killing the
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locals there now have been protesting the u.s. presence for years in part due to the bad behavior of the service members. now the american service men and women are restricted to the bases and the residents in the area. alcohol has also been banned. >> uber is hoping to color code the next ride. the ride sharing app is introducing a glowing beacon in the windshield. matching a color to pulsate on your phone. test runs start in chicago, new york and san francisco. we have to wait to see if it comes here. turn to the "live desk." larry smith has a first look at the news at 5:00. >> so "7 on your side" consumer alert you don't want to miss. we put shoppers to the test. see if they could tell a car flooded out and one that hasn't. plus, what sent people running from this beach? plus -- >> just days before thanksgiving, a huge fire erupts in this apartment building. home to many college st
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i'm mike carter-conneen in fairfax. coming up, hear from those who escape. >> the bromance continues with barack obama and joe biden. they are sharing the love. we'll see you in a few minutes. >> home security cameras and the video doorbells are big this season. one of the hottest gifts. but consumer reporter john matarese shows us you may not be the only one watching the video feed. don't waste your money. john: this people in the area secure the home with the live cameras from the baby monitor to the video doorbell. the camera you think is keeping you secure might expose your family to hackers around the globe. >> melissa keeps a close eye on the toddlers but she won't use a baby monitor. >> i don't want a strange person watchingpy children. >> she was terrifieded by a recent news report of a houston family baby monitor broadcast online worldwide. >> other people could see my child. >> i said there is
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i took him and i threw him in the garbage. >> the home video monitors are everywhere. we have the baby cam, nanny cam and the video doorbells to catch the holiday season package thieves. >> all around the house. >> he swears by security cameras. earlier this year he caught a thief. >> rummaging through the basement and the garages. >> but the problem is unsecured camera can make you more vulnerable. with an unsecure video camera, somebody half a world away can watch what you do in your home. grab a beer from the fridge or worse. >> this posts hundreds of thousands of unsecured video feeds worldwide. theha
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address as a hack i tack -- hack attack. so they could take over my video camera and use it as an attack? >> are a denial of service attack. >> there are ways to protect yourself. change security passwords. never use default. choose encryption if your security camera has the option. update the wi-fi router by going to belkin.com and look for firmware update. >> change the default password. >> you don't have to get rid of the baby monitors. they might need to put a camera in a child's bedroom but don't do it. because someone else may watch your child sleep, too. don't waste your money. >> "good morning washington's" kidd o'shea helping the nanticoke -- annandale firefighters kick off the toys for t
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you can meet the team and brighten a family's holiday. just bring a toy unwrapped saturday december 2 for the annual toy drive. at national harbor. >> you has moves. >> i haven't been ice skating. >> what? you haven't been before? >> this is no fear. this is what no fear looks like. you hop on the ice and you just go and they have been having a
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we are here for the ice exhibit. i have gone through it. >> 52 in d.c. there is a trend throughout the night and we are not going to drop that far. 35 degrees in the morning. it is near 60 tomorrow. nice day. above normal. you can see the front that will come through late tomorrow and wednesday morning. by the
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jon he wanted at the air force. shortage of pilots. we are the story. >> the airport is 2,000 pilots short. 10% of the jobs are unfilled. up 500 from last year. says the airport secretary healther wilson. >> we are burning up the people because it's too small. >> despite the operations in iraq and afghanistan winding down, global terror operations are increasing. the pilots overseas are not feeling the effects of the shortage. but the pilots training back home are. >> because there are not enou
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help them get hours they need. >> in an effort to help with the shortage, president trump signed executive order to allow the air force to recall 1,500 retired pilots to active duty. senator inhof says it will help some. >> the problem is the pilots are not flying. they are fine when they deploy. but when they come back they are not flying hours. >> the pentagon is urging congress to lift the budget cap. not the problems will get worse.
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>> tonight atcentre, emergency landing with the kids on board. the father kept his cool and they hustled to a woman is assaulted at american university. why did she get in a former uber driver's car? minivan stalling. then no steering. where is the recall? >> he lost his engine with two kids on board. alison: the plane fighter pilot put it down on the side of i-97. an hour ago he spoke with maryland bureau chief brad bell. a story you will see only on 7. brad? brad: talk about the right stuff. marine fighter pilot. on this day, he with us just a dad taking the children up they were looking at the scenery and they started to have
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