were sexually assaulting clients. michelle: massage envy faces several lawsuits including one from d.c. who says she was touched inappropriately. jonathan: sam ford was there as she spoke out for the first time. what did she say? >> well, jonathan, i am 'sed 'sed -- i am outside of the massage therapy on wisconsin avenue where the woman identifies herself now, no longer as jane doe but tara woodley. she says a massage therapist started to perform oral sex on her in september. she spoke with reporters in her attorney's office. her husband behind her. she said after all the sexual incidents involving hollywood and washington power brokers she decided to come forward and tell her story herself. she is filing a $25 million lawsuit against massage envy alleging that they knew her assaulter and assaulted other females but moved

to spa after complaints. she said it was on her first visit to this massage envy when she realized the man was performing oral sex. >> i just, you know, just kind of froze for a second. i didn't know what to do. i began saying we are done here. this is over. >> what did he say? >> he initially, he began apologizing. i'm sorry, tara. he kept using my name over and over and he got on the knees and grabbed my left hand and pleaded with me not to tell anybody. >> she says she immediately left this place, called 911. when the police came out here, she said that the therapist appeared. he is identified as 24-year-old habtamu gebreslassie. police arrested him and he is still in jail. this is more than on

cases where people allege the incidents of sexual assault involving the massage envy locations. the company today issued a statement saying this is heart breaking. says it will never stop trying to find ways to provide for a safe environment. we will have more on the story coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00". reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. nancy: on that note, massage envy has 1200 spas employing more than 20,000 therapists across the country. buzz feed news investigation finding the assault claim confirmed more than 180 women. one of them says she was at risk because massage envy knew about at least one incident prior to her assault. in court documents massage envy says it is not libel -- liable for assault at franchise locations and they are working to support the franchises and the giants. michelle: today, congress is back to work taking on a long list of the important legi

an ethics investigation and the sexual harassment claims in both chambers. there has been another apology and this one from minnesota senator al franken. >> sexual harassment and the allegations of the other improper conduct echoing through the marbled halls of capitol hill. he apologized on camera. >> i know i have let a lot of people down. and the people of minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my supporters. everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. i just want to again say i am sorry. >> radio news anchor leanne tweeden said the minnesota senator forcibly kissed her and took this photo working together on the u.s.o. tour. >> i just wanted him to understand what he did was

of groping in the photoops. franken apologized and said he doesn't remember the incidents. mea culpa as john conyers gives up the leadership role amid the accusation of the sexual and the workplace harassment. according to buzz feed news, conyers office paid a female aide to settle wrongful dismissal claim following sexual advancements. conyers acknowledges they settled the complaint but denies the allegation. democrats deal with the sexual scandal the republican joe barton apologized after sexually explicit images and video were made public. and the republicans face the possible election of roy moore accused of sex watchly assaulting minors, allegations he denies. the president in a pair of tweets over the weekend doubled down on the support for the alabama senate candidate without saying his name. writing "jones would be a disaster and can't le

schumer, pelosi win the race." liberal jones would be bad. with the subject consuming washington, sources confirmed to abc news that the president is voicing privacy about the authenticity of infamous "access hollywood" tape. at the time he said, "i said it. i was wrong. i apologize." jonathan: there is new information at this hour about the production of "house of cards" in baltimore. no date yet on when or if the show will resume shooting again. but we have learned that the crew will be getting paid for at least another two weeks. the show has been on hiatus for a month following allegation of the sexual misconduct by the star kevin spacey, who has been fired from the program. between 250 and 300 people work on the production crew. nancy: president trump welcome member of the senate finance committee to the white house for lunch. they are scrambling to get votes to pass the tax reform. the republicans are two votes shy of the goal. an hour later the president hosting an event

navajo and he made a crack about pocahontas. q mccray has more. q: it was joke but it didn't go over well with some. as in the past, president trump referred to the massachusetts democrat senator elizabeth warren as "pocahontas." take a listen. president trump: i just want to thank you because you are very, very special people. you were here before any of us were here. we have a representative in congress they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. q: here is why it didn't go over well. they made the remark in the oval office standing behind three navajos. he also referred to the white house chief of staff "chief." the general and

from the "live desk," i'm q mccray. >> meredith corporation is buying time incorporated. popular maggie: like "time" "sports illustrated" and people are under the umbrella. jonathan: if is back to work, a lot of folks at the desk working on the commuter. today is cyber monday. john gonzalez got a look inside the amazon warehouse in baltimore to watching everything come together to fulfill the cyber monday orders. >> 4,000 emp

time. 25 facilities in the country with these. robots. >> they are part of the team. they allow us to be more efficient. >> 50% of the items sold to amazon are from mom and pop small businesses. >> they work out of home from annapolis. that gives me a chance to be a mom and do what i need to do. amazon made it something i can do. >> online shopping is the number one choice for customers. these are the top sellers. >> i use this product religiously. >> this caught my eye right away. this is the new echo. the echo show. now a video screen. >> it's everything you know and love about the alexa device but now it can show

and labeled before being shipped in record time. >> they are expected to make 16% more sales than last year. nancy: so many sales started last wednesday. so is cyber monday still relevant or worth it? we delve into that tonight at 5:00. >> we are collecting toys for tots. we are at the navy federal credit union vienna 5:00 to 5:00 p.m. saturday we have a big push at national harbor. chief meteorologist bill kelly has the forecast. thi

the normal high in the mid-50's. the mid-to-low 50's. there are not that many clouds. the evening planner is quiet. go to the 40's tonight if you are out at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 at night. this is very mild. the next weather maker in sight. we will break that down as well. nancy: thank you. viewing underway for detective sean suiter, officer shot and killed in baltimore a week ago. the search is still on for the person who killed him. but tonight theories are

michigan the military is cracking down on the muslim minorities. telling the pope there is no religious discrimination in his country. jonathan: crowds go running after a tiger escapes which is a smart plan. what happened before it was caught? >> plus why the owners of this weren't as crowded as they could have been when the truck came crashing in. >> plus -- >> [inaudible] >> i love this love story. the different reception, though, for a member of the royal family engaged to an american divorcee.

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tonight about plans for a royal wedding next year. as molly hunter reports all eyes are on prince harry's fiancée american actress meghan markle. >> he is off the market. taken by this woman. the two looking madly in love. thrilled and happy in a brief appearance. megan shows off the glittering ring, one stone that include two from princess diana's personal collection. >> this is to link where you come from. without swana is important for -- botswanna is important to us. >> it's for his mother, the people's princess. >> days like today i miss having her around to share happy news. with the ring and everything else going on, i'm sure she is with us. >> the official announcement came monday morning from

prince charles. prince william and kate followed up with their congratulations saying they are excited. >> the family has been great in the past year and a half. we just have nice time getting to know them. >> in 2016, she began dating prince harry, holding hands and kissing in the photos. >> she chooses me and i choose her. so whatever we have to tackle together or individually we will always be together as a team. >> all right. the happy couple are grabbing headlines again. this is big news. they are excited. a lot of details yet to come about what they will do. but we know there is a wedding expected next spring. nancy: we have so excited. let's talk more about the ring, shall we? prince harry designed it himself. michelle: nice. nancy: the center stone from botswana where they have been multiple time

the side from princess diana's collection. he was saying how it's great because it shows on the journey through life they will always have his mother with them. michelle: how sweet. jonathan: you notice he said we're so excited. meant to say she is excited. she wanted the prince to herself. but didn't happen. michelle: breaking news. nancy: off the record. bill: no longer. >> did you golf over the weekend? unbelievable. >> the score? >> no. the weather. i 's never talking about my score. a beautiful weekend to get out.

as a backdrop. the humidity level is low. 38 this morning. low 60's. 61 in leesburg. the temperature change, we are warmer than yesterday. up 5 to 15 degrees. if you look at the bigger picture, there is nothing around the area. not just here but the overall big picture. a huge dome of high pressure. anywhere with travel plans. if you

there is no weather related problems whatsoever. tomorrow is chilly. but we will rebound quickly. we are going to be well above normal for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. the next weather maker comes in late thursday and friday. we look ahead generally dry pattern. saturday is cool and festive but we don't expect an

jonathan: coming up next at 4:00, the daneier zone. warning about the volcano stranding tens of thousands of people. >> the state board of elections in virginia chooses on two key election but the voters are not

jonathan: three weeks

in virginia the board of elections certified results today. but it may not be or mean that the race for a key general assembly seat is quite over yet. our richard reeve is live in stafford to explain why. why three weeks plus, rich? >> it takes a while to re-calibrate and it gets messy from there. the democrats are not happy. damns weighing their options and the republicans saying the race is over, let's start governing here. this is inside the stafford building. democrats are not happy about this. advisers for joshua cole, the democrat for the 28th house seat in stafford said they may ask for a recount. this comes after they announced absentee

came in too late to count. he won by 82 votes but since then the election found 384 boats were improperly assigned to the district. 147 people actually voted in the wrong delegate election. voters are more than a little frustrated. >> to me that is unacceptable. i took my time to go vote. that is the reason that deters a lot of people. some voting. it's like the incident where the mail ones didn't get counted. they were a day late. richard: it is up to the state board of election to sort this out. two districts voters going back and forth. there is more coming up at 5:00. >> ten years ago today one of the most popular men to play at fedex field for the redskins sean taylor passed away. this afternoon we talk with fans to find out what he still

means to them a decade later. >> how the game at soccer could cut away at ms-13 coming up. nancy: when i rejoin you ahead at 5:00, a terrifying crash with a 10-year-old behind the wheel. why she said she did it on purpose that is new at "abc7 news at 5:00".

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jonathan: this is a question a lot of folks are grappling with. how do you tackle gang violence? that was a complex topic at the montgomery county council members took up today. montgomery county report kevin lewis explains more money might be needed. kevin: a new report 9% of residents ages 16 to 24 are at risk. that is the demographic gangs like ms-13 are desperately trying to recruit. the report revealing montgomery village, wheaton, aspen hill, glenmont are the greatest need. this year alone ike leggett put $25 million toward youth programs but the councilman rice argues the mounting ms-13

not enough. >> he has got to press forward. we have more, not less, not the same. more. every day we don't, we louis more kids. >> so they spent the morning looking at alternative methods, such as working intimately with the catholic church. they have a number of latino parishes. another idea is adding funding to the soccer league. athletic club with kids from nine montgomery county high schools. >> we need to figure out what we need and then figure figure out what we can afford. >> so that point, the county officials plan to reconvene before the year's end with the hope of adding more funding before the gang violence gets worse. in rockville, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. >> students at the elementary school are back in class two weeks after a man went on a shooting ram pain at the

the gunman drove to ton terrorizing people and crashing his truck through the school gates before opening fire. two students were shot. by the end of it all five people had been killed. jonathan: a supreme court meantime rejecting an appeal from the maryland gun owners. they challenge the state assault weapons ban. justices upheld the maryland law not permitting the sale of several semi-automatic weapons and the large capacity maggie:s. the high court turned away an appeal asserting a constitutional right to carry guns openly in public. now the decision does come days another record-setting year for gun sales on black friday. the f.b.i. says it received 200,000 requests for the background check with the firearm purchases on friday. each check means another purchase. that is 17,000 more than the record set last year. >> today marks ten years since sean taylor was shot and killed in a break-in at his home in

he was 24 years old when he was shot to death. we spoke to fans about the star. >> in honor of sean taylor's memory outside fedex field the redskins painted a 21, his uniform number when he played with the team. he certainly created a lot of memories inside this stadium over the relatively short time in the d.c. area. it's been ten years ago since he was shot at his home. we went to the vienna inn where there are fans that gather every day and in all the years they followed the team they have never seen anybody who hit as hard as sean taylor. they also say in all the years they followed the team there has never been another tragedy as sad and as senseless as this one. it still brings up a lot of emotions. >> hitting his t

taken away from us. it was awful. that left a big scar and a lot of fans' hearts. this is not going to go away. >> it's all the more remarkable what an impression number 21 made on fans when you consider he only played three full seasons here. he was in his fourth season when the tragedy happened. he passed away. but the fans say he will still be talked about decades from now. not just for what he did on the field but for the person they say he was off the field as well. reporting in landover outside fedex field, tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: right now more than 100,000 people are under mandatory evacuations in bali because of the volcano spewing ash. it is going over a wide area. the eruption forcing the closure of the island airport. that left tens of thousands of tourists stranded on the island. rain combined with the ash making rivers of mud in indonesia. check this out. this is the

volcano. so far no report of the injuries from the mud slide or the ash but you can see the damage is widespread. >> that is horrible. all right. here we are dealing with just simply easy breezy weather. i like the way we round off the month of november. >> isn't this nice? this is what it looked like this morning. 37 in alexandria. watch as the sun goes through. >> and not going. that is all right. it's nice. i will show it coming up. let me show you this shot. this is live looking at the capitol. a few high clouds out there. a beautiful afternoon or evening. this one wants to work. 61 is the current temperature. so you don't need your coat at this time. over the coming hours we will watch the temperature drop. when the sun goes down tonight in 15 minutes or so. 52 at 7:00. 8:00, 49. say 47, north of the freeze mark. looking ahead for next few days a sneak peek. tomorrow the high around toda

warmer on wednesday. 62. isolated pockets make to the mid-60 range. we are not talking records. the records are in the 70's this time of the year but above normal in the mid-to-low 50's. thursday more clouds. thickening clouds coming in. we will watch a weather system, that is the next one thursday night to friday. we will talk more about the timing on that and what it may do for the overall pattern coming up. jonathan: see you then. a new development for a story we told you about at noon. a man rescued after being trapped inside a garbage truck for hours. how did he get there? he was sleeping in a dumpster after leaving a prison halfway house. that is never good. the dumpster was lifted and emptied in a big dump truck. they used shovels and rakes and anything that get him free from underneath the trash. he had several injuries but they did free him. michelle: take a look at this. a crowd scatters as a tiger escapes from the circus. the cat broke out of the cage in the middle of a chinese village.

two children were scratched as the tiger to id to escape the capture. the incident is now under investigation. jonathan: coming up for us at 4:00, ringing in the holiday season with the first lady. >> new threat of terror this holiday season and the travel alert from the state department. i'm scott thuman with what you need to know coming up. michelle: now adrianna hopkins has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thanks, guys. tomorrow on "good morning washington." join us live at naver i have federal credit union headquarters. sees how the toys for tots is making holiday wishes come true for thousands of kids in our area. don't miss your chance to call in to win tickets for six flags. >> traffic and weather every ten minutes on "good morn

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from the exterior of every window. it's really cool. wintery branches also in the walkways. michelle: the word of the year is "come plicit." people looked up the meaning a few times especially relating to politics. lookup of the word complicit are up 300%. the first spike was in march after s.n.l. called ivanka complicit. another spike after she said she did not know what it means to be complicit in a sit down interview. : still ahead atahead at 4:00 -- >> what makes this 12-year-o

amazing? >> the city has a plan in place to avoid congesti

jonathan: the neighbors were asked to stay inside the home and close the window and get the a.c. own after a train derailment with sulfur leaked. they are investigating how it happened. >> the redline riders are lining up for shuttle buses for the next two weeks. they are working between the fort fort totten station so the takoma park station is closed. >> this is necessary to get everything fixed. >> this is a huge inconvenience. >> sitting here and trying to figure out the bus to take and the station how early i

>> during the rush hour the trains will run every 12 minutes between againmont and silver spring and ten minutes between shady grove and fort totten. jonathan: talking about metro good idea to give you a reminder. as of january 8, you will not be able to get out of metro with a negative balance on the smart trip card. they are ending the policy of letting you have negative balance on the card. they lost $25 million since it began 17 years ago. michelle: d.c. is one month in a pilot program that could lay the foundation to the major changes. sam sweeney is in dupont circle to explain. >> we know how frustrating it can be to ge

drivers. the pilot program is this. a night restriction from 10:00 to 12:00. so you can't park on the 1200 of connecticut avenue. leave room for lyft, uber and taxi so there is no more congestion. >> we know that traffic is a nightmare in d.c. and there is nothing more frustrating than this. >> i spend a lot of time to be a menace on the street. >> 30% of the traffic is caused by the nonrecurring instances. the double parking. double parking in the process. >> this is what d.c. wants to alleviate. on an average saturday night there are 14 to 17,000 club goers that pour onto connecticut avenue. this is making a big

>> by removing the lane of parking and being thoughtful about how the ride sharing takes place on the blocks we have been able to mitigate the impact of the traffic. >> the rush hour to pick up and drop off for the drivers. >> they will analyze the data from the pilot program. if it is working and it makes sense to expand it throughout the city that is what they will do. i spoke to an exec from lyft and said how would you feel about a parking spot on each block dedicate to the ride sharing services? that is coming up at 6:00. >> reminder for you, next monday the tolls kick in on i-56

everything you need to know about the changes is in the story on the abc7 app. jonathan: the problem for the dozens of the holiday travelers wasn't the weather or delays but the plane itself. united airlines plane forced to land with four blown tires. no one was hurt. >> the holiday season in full swing. isis threatening increase attack at the holiday gathers. an alleged plot thwarted. scott thuman examines the threat and from a recent "full measure" assignment in italy shows us how the major cities in europe are on high alert.

>> this has been largely unscathed but in the online posting the terror group made clear the vatican is among the holiday targets of which there could be many. >> the islamic state needs headline of the success when it is facing the battlefield defeat. >> because isis lost ground in iraq and syria it is looking for wins elsewhere. perhaps the reason for the shooting at the mosque and plans to recreate the christmas market attack of last year. >> there is promise of more violence in major cities. >> just because the islamic state puts out som

targeting the vatican doesn't mean they are able to do that. they may have the intent or the desire but it doesn't mean they are capable. >> while this rome i asked about fending off the past threats. >> are you surprised you have been so successful so far? >> now it didn't happen. >> the u.s. state department issued a travel alert for americans heading overseas. >> check in now with larry smith at the "live desk" to find out what is coming up next at 5:00. >> a woman fighting back after she says she was sexually abused a spa. and police officer showed off ninja like moves and what

acrobat. wedding bells with toll across the pond. hear a theory and how it could lead to the u.k. reclaiming the u.s. we'll see you at 5:00. jonathan: 7 a years ago, johnny hendrix born today and went on to known as jimmie and became one of the most influential electric guitarists. he could play with his teeth. he did it before. died in 1970 after a drug overdose. michelle: that young man is 12 years old playing carnegie hall. he debuted at the prestigious new york city concert hall after placing third in the age group at the american international piano competition. he is also a cancer survivor.

this is one of my goals. i never imagined to play carnegie hall. >> and you nailed it. at one point he was given a very small chance at life. but the doctors encouraged him to play music a way to improve the brain development fighting the cancer. >> that is incredible. from someone who plays the piano. what i do is nothing in comparison. that can't be taught. jonathan: i love what he said. "this is one of my goals." to play at carnegie? congratulations. good for him. >> this is a gorgeous photo. isn't

>> if you photos i would love to see them and air them for you. >> so get those to me. i'd love to put them out. we talked about the earlier sunrise and i have it working now. i think it's worth the wait. isn't that nice? michelle: beautiful. look at the golfers. >> i don't know if that is golfing or working. >> they are golfing. >> i'm guessing. bill: if they are golfing they struggle. you can hit the sticks. 61 at d.c. 61 in

we have had a quiet pattern over the region. this is a deficit when it comes to the overall rain fall. not for the year but for the last few months. i am not even going to pause this throughout the day. this is a dry day. tomorrow. tomorrow evening. 30 to 40. we will warm up to 61. you won't need your jacket in the afternoon. looking ahead to the extended forecast, the next weather maker is thursday, thursday night and friday.

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a slain detectivity. a royal announcement and the ring getting as much attention as the happy couple. >> it stops with me. that is the promise from a whom who says she was sexually abused at d.c. massage envy. nancy: she wants people to know her name and face as she fights back against abuse. this is one that is mowning against massage envy. and sam ford has a woman's fight. sam? >> before today she was jane doe but today is tara woodley who says watching other women come forward in recent cases encourage her to come forward. >> at her attorney's office, she told reporters why she switched being a jane doe to her name tara

she said he started to perform oral sex on her. >> i covered myself and i shouted what? he september saying please don't tell anybody. >> she dressed and called 911. he appeared while the police rivered. >> i saw him arrested. >> habtamu gebreslassie, age 24, is still in jail and woodley's $25 million suit against massage envy she says the company knew he assaulted other customers. some have come forward. >> in a statement on this and other sexual assaults they wrote each of these are heartbreaking for us. we will never stop looking for ways to help the franchiseese