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of veterans affairs. nancy: a national massage chain accused of turning a blind eye to sex assaults. some claim that massage envy failed to protect its clients. >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00 am on your side. jonathan: an elderly man swindled out of more than $1 million. nancy: the couple is facing decades behind bars. jonathan: jay korff has the disturbing details. jay: officer say that soon after gustave shapiro's wife of seven decades died, ana beti molina working as his caretaker convinced this elderly man as so -- shown in this video to side over power of attorney to molina and her husband, jonathan:. .rom bash her husband javier >>
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despicable act, not only ethically challenged, but illegal. jay: bank officials noticed something was awry when schapiro went to withdraw hundreds of thousands of dollars. upy say that javier racked gambling losses at area casinos of nearly $200,000. authorities say schapiro did not live a life of access. wasering from dementia, he generally isolated to an upstairs bedroom in silver spring that he shared with the molinas. gethe only way he could down the stairs was on his bottom, sliding down. jay: mr. schapiro passed away in 2016 at the age of 99. the molinas each
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jonathan: new at 11:00, stunning video of an armored car on fire in glen burnie. firefighters put the fire out and nobody was hurt. it is believed to have been a mechanical issue. bill: good evening. let me show you what's going on. around d.c. 45 a little cooler in the outlying spots, a little below freezing in manassas. clear skies, very light wind and dry air. look at all the zeros, that is a calm wind, in addition to the clear skies. the rest of the evening we will drop down, about 43 midnight, 39 at 3:00. some of the outlying spots will drop below freezing. a chilly start to the day but it will be beautiful. we
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ahead to the next weather maker coming up. baltimore saying goodbye to a murder detective as the search goes on for his killer. tomorrow marks two weeks since homicide detective sean suiter was shot to death. hundreds showed up to honor his memories today. as of now, we don't know who pulled the trigger, but rumors are running wild with word that testifywas supposed to against fellow officers and a federal corruption case. : the latest on disturbing allegations against a national massage change. a woman said she was getting a massage at the massage envy in tenleytown when the attack happened. self and said, what? he said, please don't tell
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left and call the police. the police arrested the massage therapist and since then more than 100 women have come forward with accusations of their own against the nationwide spy chain. a $25 million lawsuit alleges massage envy covered up sexual assaults. massage envy said it is trying to do more to improve. jonathan: developing nowjonathan:, doctors, somewhat serious complaints against them treating patients because of a failure by the v.a. anna-lysa gayle joins us with the latest on the investigation and what she has dug up on the story. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: jonathan, at issue are complaints against health professionals and how they are being handled by the department of veterans affairs. tonight we know that changes are coming. >>
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much respect for the variance to risk their lives for us. anna-lysa: the government accountability office is outlining issues with v.a. complaints against doctors. the report shows some concerns about doctors were not reviewed to years, which in some cases meant that the serious complaints on the doctors were moving from job to job. this woman is appalled by the findings. her husband is a navy veteran being cared for by the d.c. medical center for the department of veteran affairs. >> i think something should be done about that. is pleasedso far she with the service or husband is getting, but based on the study she hopes changes are coming. among the recommendations, the government accountability office is calling for timely reviews after concerns have been raised and proper oversight of the reviews. in a letter in response, a spokesperson for the department
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v.a. agrees with the gao's a conclusions and agrees with recommendations. the v.a. hopes to implement the changes by next october. five unidentified va hospitals were used as part of the study. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. nancy: this just in -- the pentagon must admit transgender recruits no later than january 1. that is according to a federal judge who clarified the order blocking most of president trump's transgender band. the judge said the military must follow the policies previously established. jonathan: more funding is needed to target the violent ms-13 gang. and report found 9% of county residents between the ages of 16 and 24 are at risk. gang recruiters are targeting montgomery village, wheaton, in silver spring.
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they are trying to add more money to the anti-gang soccer league. minutes andries miles apart, but are they connected in montgomery county? that is what the police are trying to figure out tonight. tim: investigators say the robber walked through these doors and said he had a bomb. then another bank, another robbery. only abc 7 was there when detectives interviewed people inside of two montgomery county banks targeted by a robber. sky track 7 was over the first, a potomac bb&t hit around 4:30. the robber threatened to blow the place up but got away without cash. the tech dims are not sure if it was a bomb or just a bluff. the second robbery happened mite
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cash from the td bank. they are working to figure out if the robberies are connected and search for the people or person behind it. investigators would not say how much money the robber got away with. tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: president trump is under fire for a comment that he made about a senator during a ceremony that was supposed to honor native american veterans. >> you were here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. >> it is deeply unfortunate the president of the united states cannot even make it through a ceremony honoring the zeros without having to throw out a racial -- honoring these heroes without having to throw what a racial slur. jonathan:
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that the family stores are passed down through the years on senator warren. nancy: lawmakers have a long to do list and not much time to finish it. there are 11 calendar days until the government runs out of funding. bulletins are still trying to push tax reform of the hill. tomorrow the president is expected to try to rally lawmakers on the issue. also on the agenda, help for hurricane victims. jonathan: a bobcat survived a 50-mile ride after getting trapped in the grill of a car. a richmond woman said she knew she had something when she was on her way to work and when she got there she found the bobcat stuck in the grill of her priu ds. nancy: richmond animal care workers sedated the edible before removing it from the grill and it will be back in the wild soon. jonathan: with a story to tell. still ahead, d.c.
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mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. but after an electrical fire from faulty wiring, mary's vintage clothing and designer shoe collection were ruined. luckily, the geico insurance agency had recently helped mary with renters insurance, and she got a totally fab replacement wardrobe at bloomingdale's. mary was inspired to start her own fashion line, exclusively for little lambs.
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visit geico.com and see how affordable renters insurance can be. indonesia is extending the closure of the bali airport because of a simmering volcano. it is left thousands stranded. the chances of interruption growing by the hour, the indonesian government has ordered 100,000 people near the volcano to evacuate. the last major eruption was in 1963 and that killed more than 1,100 people. nancy: two weeks from tomorrow, the controversial alabama election. today the risk of attention between roy moore and a reporter. >> hey, hey! nancy: today president
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said he will not campaign for moore, but that a vote for the democrat would be a bad choice. moore said he is being targeted with false allegations. jonathan: senator al franken is back on the hill after being accused of sexual misconduct and held a press conference to apologize again. >> this is a shock and it has been extremely humbling. i am embarrassed. i feel ashamed. jonathan: several woman have accused franken of groping them. remember oroes not touching women are appropriately but will cooperate with a senate ethics committee investigation. goes: 7 on your side inside cyber monday come inside of the amazon facility in baltimore. i think that is my box right there. 4000 employees working hard to get your box to your door. team.ots are part of the
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they work really well with allowing our associates to be more efficient. nancy: today they are expected to rake in more than $6 billion of sales. with all of this, be aware of porch pirates. of people are warning whose white deliveries left on doorsteps, so protect your cyber monday loot. have your say packages delivered to your office or get an alert. yft driversber and lu to double park are a major problem. a plan is to set aside a couple spots on every block just for pickups and drop-offs. avenue, 60cticut spaces will be blocked overnight from thursday through sunday. >> i think this is an amazing concept and i'm glad they are piloting it
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information and studying it. jonathan: ddot will analyze the pilot data for the next year. if the program is successful company could expand citywide. nancy: a commuter alert for i-66 inside the beltway during rush-hour. starting next week, you will have to pay a toll. there will not be a toll booth, that means you need an easy pass. if you are writing with two or more people, you need to get ridepass plaque so you can free. us want to getof the christmas tree over the weekend, now the capital tree has a new home. the u.s. capitol christmas tree arrived this morning. the spruce comes from montana. a lighting ceremony is scheduled for next wednesday. today first lady melania trump showed off stunning holiday decorations at the white house.
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military families to take a look at the wonderland. they are decorating the exteriors of every window as well as wintery branches in the west wing. bill: lights this year? jonathan: already did come over the weekend. bill: and your tree, too? jonathan: not yet. nancy: i got mine up. bill: take a picture. lights,your christmas your tree, all of your decorations, whatever it is you do and we will put some of them on the air. this is from rhea, a beautiful shot of the capital this morning. stunning. -- this was from maria. riggins captured that shot tonight right as an airplane was flying over. if you have photos, i would love to see them on facebook or twitter. send me photos of any kind a
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at sign right now, quite a range of temperatures. rest and 37, frederick at 30 , annapolisreston 37 43. we are in the 30's and 40's generally speaking. culpeper 33, luray 34. the skies are light, are clear, not expecting any weather-related problems. around the entire area, clear skies. the high-pressure is the dominant weather feature. there is hardly any clouds on this map right now. it is been very quiet and should remain that way as we go through the night tonight, tomorrow, and beyond. notice that the models are doing a really good job picking out the temperatures. , bus stopg commute forecast calling for chilly temperatures for the kiddos, around
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but it is dress in layers day. you will want the jacket in the morning, but you can take that off at noon easily, near 60 degrees. a nice, relatively warm day with highs eventually in the 60 to 64 degree range. but because the skies are clear, it will drop quickly as well. tomorrow night, no weather-related problems, but it will be chilly. generally 30 to 38, clear conditions. low 60's, mostly sunny skies. the national christmas tree night,g this thursday the capitol christmas tree lighting next wednesday. 5:00 thursday, we should be dry most of that. the chance of showers thursday night. by the end of that we are watching for the potentials of showers. that is out of here friday. the lights in manassas will be call and festive
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claus arriving at 6:15. not expecting any rain, and not expecting any rain for toys for tots saturday. outside of the thursday night chance into early friday morning, it is looking so dry. the forecast models all the way out, watching a pattern chains potentially at the end of the 10 day forecast. until then, get out and enjoy the 60 degree temperatures. nancy: a reminder tonight that we are less than a week away from our big toys for tots drive at the national harbor. join us this saturday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. to donate a toy in britain a holiday for a child in need. jonathan:. it will be a lot of fun the last couple years it was fantastic. giving back was on the agenda for the washington capitals
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jonathan: it is a time of giving, including athletes giving back. headed to medstar hospital. nancy: they handed out some capitals swag and lifted hearts, and he will be cushion making everyone laughed. jonathan: like big kids. when my favorite things is when the hockey players see a kid missing a tooth, and all of the hockey players are light, that they player. robert: the terps looking for notable win, coming up next.
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splash. terps down one. , butis fine and dandy don't let anyone get behind you on the inbounds pass. that happened. their best player with a wide-open slam. marilyn false, 72-70. former redskins -- maryland falls, 72-70. 10 years ago to this day, former returns player sean taylor passed away. he is emulated by many players to this day, including redskins cornerback josh norman who said his spirit is always in redskins park. : he is definitely a living nownd here, wherever he is upstairs with the good lord, he is still walking up there with pride. robert: 18
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nancy: fantastic weather today, hopefully a repeat tomorrow. bill: it is, low 60's come a great day to get outside. if you have become an tuesday off, it is a great one. jonathan: nancy may have it off because she has been sick all day. she is a trooper. that is commitment. thank you for joining us. jimmy kimmel is coming your way next. nancy: have. a good night, everyone jonathan: take care.
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