allowed too many pilots to take time off. live at reagan national with the breaking "7 on your side" consumer alert. sam, how are they going to fix this? sam: michelle, this is going to be a lot of work but experts say they will an hopefully will get this done. here is what we can tell you. 15,000 flights according to the union are affected. american airlines says the number is vastly inflated. here is what they said happened. last week the pilots got notification they were able to take vacation anytime in the christmas rush. as you can imagine, a lot of pilots took advantage of that and took off. the problem was quickly rectified but not before hundreds if not thousands of pilots took leave. now american airlines is scrambling to get all of the flights restaffed ahead of the busy travel season. it affects flights between december 17 and december 31. i talked to an airline expert a few moments ago who said this is

he can't remember anytime it happened in the u.s. aviation history. he gave us advice if your flight happens to be affected. >> hopefully they will get the flights staffed. they still have a couple of weeks. if you get a dreaded text from the airline that it's canceled and you don't like the alternative tell them how flexible you are to help them help you. sam: they have several days if not weeks to get it corrected. they are offering pilots 1.5 times the normal pay as an incentive to get them back in the pilot seat. reporting live at the reagan national airport, i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. jonathan: hopefully that works. if you think it sounds familiar, you are not alone. in september we told you about a similar problem with the european low-cost carrier. the irish airline is canceling 50 flights a day and the pilots are trying to unionize. michelle: two major stories

nbc fires longtime "today" show host matt lauer with the accusation of sexual behavior. jonathan: and the other big story is faking the grade. whistle blower reaching out to abc7. students passing but missing a stunning amount of class. we have that in a moment. but first the story a lot of folks are talking about today. firing of matt lauer. michelle: "today" show the co-anchor breaking the news. she had just found out herself moments before going to air. nbc saying it received a sex with misconduct complaint. jonathan: maggie rulli is new york with the developing story. maggie: the breaking news on the nbc "today" show this morning was about the breakfast show itself. >> matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. >> i'm totally shocked. one of my favorite news anchors. maggie: savannah guthrie, matt lauer's long-time and now former co-anchor reacted in shock. >> moments ago we got the note. dear colleagues monday n

complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace about matt lauer. how do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation they behaved badly? maggie: the woman accuses lauer of inappropriate sexual behavior beginning at the sochi olympics in 2014 and continued after the games. in the statement, the accuser's lawyer says i am impressed with the nbc response i'm awed by the courage my client showed to be the first to raise a complaint and do so without making any demands other than asking the company do the right thing. this is how the system should work. >> i think they knew that there was going to be a flood of stories coming after this so they took swift action against him. maggie: president trump was quick to tweet about matt lauer's firing but he is facing allegations of his own. 16 women accused the president of sexual misconduct. the president denied the accusation calling the women liars. lauer's firing comes a week after another

show host charlie rose fired from cbs after several women came to the "washington post" with allegations of being sexually harassed by the anchor. "variety" says they have been working on a story about multiple sexual harassment allegations against matt lauer for months and nbc was aware. in new york, maggie rulli, abc7 news. jonathan: moments ago the house approved an annual anti-harassment training on the hill. but the lauer news came as a shock. as you can imagine it spread like wildfire. michelle: absolutely. online, overwhelming emotional reaction as the story broke. lindsey mastis joins us with a look at how fast the news spread. lindsey: it was extremely fast. i want you to look at the map behind me. this is a heat map and it shows the conversation taking place on social media throughout the country. it was red really fast. one of nbc facebook post about the firing of matt lauer, it has had over 10 million views. it has gotten tens of thousands of comments. by the way, the comments are long. people are writing paragraphs

take a look. many are in defense of matt lauer. they say in part i don't believe a word of this. just because someone says it doesn't make it so. and whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? some are saying that they are going to be turning off "today" because of the decision. others are upset with matt and those sticking up for him. this says disgusted by the fact that so many women are supporting matt. i'm sure nbc didn't just fire him based off an accusation. take a look at this last line. it says this comment thread is a perfect example of why victims typically remain silent. emotions are certainly running high. after all this is a man viewers invited in their homes for 20 years. back to you. michelle: thank you. breaking this afternoon, minnesota public radio fearing garrison keillor, the former host of "a prairie home companion" retired from the syndicated variety show last year but still produces the writer's almanac.

allegation of inappropriate behavior. jonathan: now "7 on your side" i-team investigation. faking the grade. abc7 first reported on absences at ballou high school when eligibility questions were raised for football players in the annual turkey bowl. michelle: we found students graduating after missing three-quarters of the school year and allegation of grade inflation. jonathan: government watchdog nathan baca broke the story. and stephen tschida has reaction but let's start with nathan and the stunning revelations. you have been working on this for quite some time. nathan: more than 3,000 pages that "7 on your side" i-team has the complete attendance record and grades from last year at ballou high school. it's an amarming story of the school faking the grade, graduating the students absent an unprepared. this is what the internal records tell us. students are graduating with up to 151 days of unexcused days in a 181-day school year. the teachers are more likely

despite having the lowest test scores. they are telling them that the school administrators tell them to give the students grades they did not deserve. a teacher revealed out to "7 on your side." that is what helped launch the investigation. we have more of this coming in the later newscast. >> i want to know from any teacher in the school district who feels they are pressured or required in any way to give students a grade they didn't earn. i want to know. i want to know directly. nathan: we will hear more from the teacher who reached out to us at 5:00. today they are launching an internal audit to find out what if any wrongdoing happened at ballou high school and any other school in the district. jonathan? jonathan: that is the news that gets folks talking and quickly. breaking news today eliciting a strong response from the parent, city leaders alike. stephen tschida is covering that side of the story and he joins us with

stephen: down here at ballou high school parents said they were stunned, troubled and they had a lot of questions. today mayor muriel bowser acting swiftly to address some of those issues. a school you don't have to show up to graduate. this revelation troubling for parents of the current ballou high school students. >> it makes me wonder what education is she going to get. how is she going to progress? what are they going to the for her? stephen: amid revelation about a majority of graduating students in 2017, missing more than six weeks of school with unexcused absences prompted mayor muriel bowser to announce an aggressive effort to rectify the situation at ballou. she also made a pledge to parents of all d.c. public school students. >> i want to make it clear to all of our parents and the community leaders that we are going to take this seriously. stephen: ballou high school has a history o

some of the parents with whom we spoke say they are skeptical about the mayor and the chancellor's promises to rectify these problems here. the current problems. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. abc7 has continuing coverage at the bottom of the hour. how other major school systems handled the controversy like this and the legal implications. baltimore city schools under scrutiny as well. you can see abc7's original reporting online and through the wjla abc7 news app. nancy: if you have information about what is happening in the classroom in dcps, absentee absenteeism, grade inflation, we want to hear from you. e-mail us or call the confidential hotline. 703-340-3170. president trump is underfire following the decision to retweet anti-muslim videos. it's from

organization opposing what it calls the islamization of britain. prime minister theresa may saying the president was wrong to retweet them. opposition leaders are calling on the government to revoke the invitation for trump to visit next year. former k.k.k. leader david duke praised the tweets. jonathan: big break in the tampa serial murders and it happened at a mcdonald's. the alleged gunman's mistake up next. michelle: the new threat from north korea. what we are learning that has our allies and adversaries taking action now. steve: the temperature is 66 degrees but a cold front is on the way. i will tell you all about it at "abc7 news at 4:00". >> i have something neat to show you. what are these things, where are they and why you

jonathan: the manhunt is now over. tampa police say this 24-year-old recent garage grad is responsible for four murders in one neighborhood. here is how they caught him. this man was asking a coworker at mcdonald's to hold a bag while he ran an errand. inside the bag was a semi-automatic pistol. the employee told her boss who then alerted a police officer who was already inside the restaurant. that is how they caught him. michelle: three more guilty pleas from the former usa

nasser admitting to criminal sexual conduct with children under 16 years age. he confessed to similar conduct with seven stars last week. he faces a minimum of 25 years in prison. jonathan: right now this is tense. there is a worldwide showdown with north korea after yesterday's missile test that south responding hours after the north's launch. that is the south korean navy testing its own missiles in case they have to fight from the sea. today concerns at home. now that it's believed that north koreans have the range to actually reach the united states. just about anywhere else in the state for that matter. richard reeve joins us live from the white house. they made it clear with the test they have range. richard: that is right. for decades we lived under the nuclear threat. the terror threat since

this latest missile launch has people asking what if. if you go to the white house, you look around you can't help but see what they call the anti-new peace booth. manned by activists for decades. a lot of folks are concerned about the third north korean missile launch. the missile itself is -- has a range of 2,800 miles. experts say it could reach the district. among protesters here we found u.s. army veteran who patrolled the demilitarized zone in 1983 and he admits he is worried about kim jong un. >> how do you handle someone who doesn't want to be handled? he wants everyone to know he has the power. i think it will take everybody especially the russians and the chinese to put more influence on him.

saying he authorized sanctions including financial sanctions. but what if an unthinkable does happen and a nuke heads to the district? are there plans? you might be surprise. some of them includes the use of your cell phone. live from the white house, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. the vatican is defending pope francis after he failed to acknowledge the plight of ethnic muslims in the speech in myanmar. saying they are a victim of textbook ethnic cleansing. pope called for unity and respect for minority lights. michelle: anyone who left something in back of a cab or an uber knows it can be hard to get it back. that is what happened to a texas man who left $700 in the backseat of the uber. he contacted uber and was put in touch with his driver who said another passenger found the money clip and turned it in. uber drivers as you know can't

the driver was really hoping he would get a call and he did. the passenger rewarded the driver with a $100 thank you. jonathan: uber needed that. they have had a lot of bad publicity. nice to see it happen. honesty of the people. passengers and the drivers, good for them. steve: interesting they can't contact back if someone left something. good and a bad thing. michelle: glad they realized honest people. steve: have you been outside? jonathan: i was out all morning long. gorgeous. steve: it got better. 2:00 to 3:00 we cracked the 70-degree mark. michelle: 70? wow! steve: we are cooling down and looking over to national harbor. the sun will set in 25 minutes. hardly a cloud in the sky. a weak cold front will drift across the area as we move through the overnight hours. it won't amount to ra lot. look at the temperature. we have fallen by four degrees. 66 at the reagan national airport. morning low earlier today was

show you the temperatures across the board in the 60's. dulles is 64. 63 over to frederick. down at the yard, it looks fantastic. a lot of sunshine for right now. temperatures are in the middle to the upper 60's. that is when we find josh knight. a lot of cool things going on out there. hey, josh. josh: steve, you are not kidding. i was just saying driving here i feel like every time i come by there is a new building and a new restaurant, something opened up. this is different. there is an art installation lighting up tonight officially opening up tomorrow. it's here in the yards park. to give us an idea what it is all about and everything going on down here i want to introduce you to joe. joe, you are with forest city. this is behind a lot of what is going on. >> all the great stuff going on at the yards has been a work in progress over the last several years.

josh: this is pretty cool. what are we trying to do? >> we are so excited to launch the light yard installation tomorrow night. the globes that look white and basic right now as soon as it gets dark will light up to be a fabulous color. to music and some of them even, this has a show that goes on. this one you can project your face on to the screen. we have to practice that when it gets dark. josh: cameras and light responsive. you take your phone and do all this stuff. >> exactly. it's a little fun to see your face really big. also a little scary, too. josh: so right here at yards park this is where they have the concert and that sort of stuff? >> yeah. concerts here friday in the summer. a

behind us you have a place that opened for the weddings. josh: we have nats park a couple of blocks awayment down here -- blocks away. down here there is a lot going on. back to you. >> a sneak peek on the next hit. fingers crossed. take a look at what is going on out there now. looking at the mainly clear skies. the sun will set in 25 minutes. temperatures will fall through the 60's. eventually to the 50's. by 8:00 we should be at 55. forecast overnight is on the cold side. mainly clear skies. 32 to 42. the coldest air is off the west of us. lower 40's downtown d.c. for tomorrow, looking good. although it's ten to 15 degrees cooler than what we had earlier today. 54, 55 degrees. that is it for the daytime high. but it's still above average for this time of the year.

christmas tree. lighting tomorrow night. i will be there looking good with the temperatures around 50. a few clouds here and there. if you are going down, dress warmly. even though temperatures are around 50. once the sun goes down. the breeze will pick up. it feels chilly. the forecast for tomorrow night. few passing showers. once we get showers out of the way it is fine for the commute on friday. then the upcoming weekend is looking good. don't forget toys for tots this saturday 11:00 to 3:00. national harbor. i will be there. jonathan will be there. michelle will be there. i would love to see you. 53 degrees. 55 on sunday. look at the ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. once we get through the weekend mid-50's on monday, tuesday of next week. jonathan: thank you very much. armed robbery caught on camera. what the d.c. police look for in this video. they just shared it on youtube. how you can help track this

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jonathan: police need your help and they want you to look at the video.

it shows armed robbery at a convenience store in northeast washington last friday. you can see the guy with the gun. he is holding up the store and demanding money while this is going on. he then took off. nobody was hurt. police believe the same man is responsible for one other armed robbery. so they want you to keep an eye out for what he is wearing and how he is acting or walking. it might give a tip to who he is. michelle: connecticut avenue in silver spring is back open. it was closed for hours this morning following a big crash that left a person dead near littleton street. three vehicles tangled in the mess. six others were hurt. jonathan: silver spring man was killed yesterday in the horrible crash on the beltway. this is what was backing up nearly half the beltway for hours. this. we back for nine to ten miles -- this went back for nine or ten miles. mark armstrong was walking on the road when a truck driver from tennessee struck him. again, this is on the interstate. if you know anything about the accident the police want to

michelle: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- baltimore says farewell to a detective killed in the line of duty. you are looking at a live look at the procession for sean suiter. that detective. the emotional day coming up. jonathan: first, the "7 on your side" i-team investigation. faking the grade. controversy at ballou and how other cities faced similar attendance and grading issues. you can reach out to "7 on your side" if you have any concerns at your school. do that anonymously. you can get us at the tip line. tips@wjla.com. back after this.

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: now updating the "7 on your side" investigation "faking the grade." abc7 obtained complete attendance record and the grade reports from last year at ballou high school. as we showed you last night at 11:00, here is what the internal records tell us. some students missed 150 days of school and yet still graduated. teachers are more likely to give a's and b's than d's and f's despite the district having the lowest test scores. teachers are saying the administrators compelled them to give students grades they

and raises questions about whether this rises to the criminal activity on the part of educators. jonathan: the senior executive reporter lisa fletcher is joining us and what is the likelihood of tampering with the attendance records or grades could lead to prosecution? lisa: it is not outside the realm of possibility. this case in d.c. is not the first of its kind. we can look to other cities and school districts for possible criminal charges could be levied. the corruption of the public education system is a troubling topic. it's amplified around grade and attendance tampering in recent years. most notably in atlanta where an investigation exposed one of the biggest cases of the academic misconduct ever seen in the u.s. 180 teachers and administrators were implicated in 44 schools. they changed grades and answers on tests. in what investigators called organized and systemic

guilty of racketeering and eight went to prison. superintendent died while still facing charges. she faced up to 45 years in prison. in 2013 a superintendent in el paso, texas, became the first to be convicted of manipulating test scores for financial gain. he got 3 1/2 years in prison. at least five other educators in that district were arrested last year for manipulating tests, graduation rates and attendance figures. all are charged with various counts of fraud. california, new york, connecticut, and oklahoma have all seen incidents of the grading scandals, attendance tampering and the data manipulation resulting in dismissals. in columbus, ohio, two employees went to jail and 64 implicated for altering grades and attendance records. the employees earned cash bonuses ranging from hundreds to th

student performance. employees must give back $400,000 in ill-gotten bonus money. a number of the cases revolve around racketeering and systemic misconduct. one thing is certain. the investigations can take months and years. lisa fletcher, abc7 news. michelle: around the region, baltimore schools facing allegation of misconduct from spending to grade changes. chris papst has a series of investigations by the sister station wbff in baltimore. chris, what is your team looking at right now? chris: well, michelle, in baltimore we are seeing similar things to what you are seeing right now in washington, d.c. we have spoken to teachers, parents, students and even school administrators inside district headquarters at north avenue in baltimore who say that the students are simply being given grades. they are pushed through the system without earning it.

and a teacher even tell us they have given diplomas to graduating seniors who can't even read the diploma. now in the investigation we have done over the past few months, there are things that are happening. city schools have launched internal investigations in schools on allegation of the grade changing. they issued guidelines and issued the mandatory training for people who input the grades. with all of this, we have had a text the we reported on that was sent by a principal to teachers in her school that appear to show the principal instructing the teachers to take failing grades and make them in to passing. also we have had report cards, before and after report cards we aired and have done stories on that were printed on one day that show students failing grades. printed again a couple weeks later and all of a sudden the

grades. after the marking period ended and they no longer could do any more makeup work. if you would like to see a list of all the stories we have done, the viewers can go to foxbaltimore.com. look up project baltimore online. we have done 60 stories since march. so what is happening here is also happening in many other places around the country. i'm chris papst. back to you. michelle: all right. thank you. don't miss abc7's original reporting on faking the grade. download the abc7 news app from google play and the app store to see the updates and share them. of course, if you have information about what is happening in the classroom in dcps, absenteeism or grade issues we want to hear about it. e-mail us at tips@wjla.com or call our confidential hotline. 703-340-

today was beautiful. steve: it was nice yesterday in the 60's. today we hit the 70-degree mark. behind us you see rain. note the time. 11:30 tomorrow night. it will be okay for the christmas tree lighting tomorrow night. it will be a little bit on the chilly side. take a look at what is going on there now. swing it over to show you rehoboth beach. temperatures out there, 66, middle 60's in reston. moving through the everything and the overnight but it won't amount to a lot. our forecast looks like this. 60, dropping to the 50's. nighttime lows in the 30's.

jonathan: baltimore saying farewell to sean suiter. he was gunned down investigating a murder. funeral service as the search for killer continues. maryland chief brad bell is in baltimore. a very emotional day all around. brad: it has been a long day. the hearse that left the church some sometime ago arrived at the cemetery. the helicopter has pulled away to respect the wishes for the family asking for privacy. this is a huge church. used to be a shopping mall. it was packed. the parking jam full and it took an hour for the police vehicles here to join the procession. hundreds of fellow police officers from across the region, maryland's governor and the baltimore mayor gathered

the slain baltimore detective sean suiter and his family. celebration of the life of the 43-year-old, husband, father of five, detective, soldier and hero. his best friend on the police force is still struggling with the loss. >> the truth of the matter, there are no words perfect enough to describe the person that sean was. the man he was, the husband he was, the father he was. >> he was -- joined the army and served 18 years as an officer in baltimore. he lost his life two weeks ago. shot with his own weapon by a still unknown killer as the detective and his partner were trying to solve a prior triple murder. >> what i can offer to all those

assurance that detective sean suiter lived and died a hero. and that he will never be forgotten. >> detective suiter's body was carried in a long procession. to his final resting place north of baltimore. >> so many color guards, honor guards we couldn't count them. way tonight show you this. this is the program from the funeral. the pictures we have seen before. dozen of family photos with sean suiter and his wife, children and friends. at 5:00, you will hear from one of the children. jonathan: coming up

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michelle: every model's worst nightmare. biting it on the runway. that is a hard fall.

the picture. the cherry blossom caught my eye. michelle said it happened happen the fashion show. it was pretapedded in shanghai. the blunder wasn't left out. rumors were it would be cut from the show but didn't happen. she smiled at first. and then backstage. michelle: this is it again. not only did they show the fall they included the backstage shots where the other models tried to comfort her. that is her big moment. you know? she is probably more famous for the fall than what she had on. jonathan: at least the other model instead of clapping just walking past her helped her up. i don't know how they do it. if you see how they do it. it's a slippery stage. they are wearing crazy high heels. they come walking out. she didn't make it. michelle: quite a fall. jonathan: you know what? we remember her more than the other models. then something else, google finally fixed the cheeseburger emoji. michelle: because who puts cheese on the bottom of the bun? that is the wrong way to

it. jonathan: you never put it on bottom of the bun. michelle: i don't think i would have noticed this but a lot of folks did. >> i would never have used the emoji. i spend a lot of time on a grill. an officer on the ground in pain but it's his partner's fault. >> sorry, nick. >> okay. we can laugh about it now because everybody involved is okay. we will show you the big mistake that caused this mess. michelle: a look at the yards for the annual light yard festivities. it will look great when the sun goes down.

jonathan: i'm going to try to tell the next story with a straight face but it won't work. friendly fire with a stun gun. an officer in ohio hit his own partner instead of the guy they just dragged out of the car in a domestic call on thanksgiving. i want to let you know everybody is okay so we can laugh a

watch. >> get out of the car. get out of the car. [screaming] [bleep] jonathan: he means business. watch how much. i'll shoot my own partner with the stun gun first. the man who fired the stun gun, the officer is back on the job. i'm assuming he mate be looking for a new -- he might be looking for a new partner. michelle: yeah. all right. well, the police video shows the state troopers in connecticut rescue a man from his burning car. making the job more difficult the man had gotten stuck under the dash and the steering wheel. with help from another driver and no time to wait, they pulled driver out of the car. the driver suffered minor cuts as did troopersers from the broken glass. families across the country trying to figure out how proposed tax reform would

scott scott has both sides. >> is congress working in the best interest of kids? a piece of the plan is the child tax credit designed to help the parents keep families afloat financially. >> no doubt. it's expensive to raise kids. they need help to do that. scott: it's unclear what will be a final version proposals for the tax credit range from the current $1,000 teach to $1,650, even $20,000 per -- even $2,000 per child. but lower earning families might not get all the credit if they don't owe the government federal income taxes. >> those who earn more will be the beneficiaries of the provision. not those that are lower income earners and need help the most. scott: if you are confused you are not alone.

single mother of four making $23,000 a year. >> how will it help other single moms? >> single mom with two kids making $41,000, see her taxes cut by 1,075%. >> i wish we discussed this with reality. when the guys are finished with cutting social security, medicare and maidcade, you will be worse. >> there is a lot to be worked out. there are differences between that will be ironed out. all of that while families struggling to make the ends meet look for clarity in the matter. on capitol hill, scott thuman, abc7 news. michelle: thanksgiving through cyber monday shopping numbers are in and almost 175 million americans went to store or shopped online over the five days. we were expected to drop $335 each. one group. but another group says $6.5

monday alone. that is a new record. jonathan: get to the live desk to check in with lar ray smith for what -- larry smith for what is coming up at 5:00. larry: we are following a scandal from ballou high school. we hear from the whistle blower in the last hour. and inside the beltway, staying on the road that you can't seem to find except for outside the beltway. plus, what the rockettes have to say about the holidays. jonathan: facing pressure from the subject of a documentary hnl changed the name. the monica lewinsky scandal will now be known as the clinton-lewinsky scandal. she went on twitter to "fix the title" and then clinton was impeached for lying about the affair and

the senate. michelle: the majority of the justices voiced concern about the ability to track a person's movement through the cell phone. justices will decide if the police need a warrant to collect 127 days of the cell phone tower information in a robbery case. the day they helped -- data helped the prosecutors convict a man. a cat nicknamed miracle is breathing easier. they removed the mayonnaise job around her head. miracle -- i can understand why it's called miracle now. i'm laughing in my head. miracle is a common sight around pennsylvania. so when he got stuck and the animal rescue groups knew they had to help the kitty out. once the jar was off, miracle was given a clean bill of health and released back in the neighborhood. hopefully he got his own jar with mayo in it. jonathan: ouch. researchers at the

of california study impact of medical marijuana on pets. more than 400 pet owners shown interest to take part in the study. many of them use marijuana oil and snacks to treat the animal's pain and anxiety. >> he has an easier time taking long walks. >> we don't have a lot of research that are published for doses that are appropriate in animals. jonathan: the first of the kind study conducted by the veterinarian hospital. they have a huge veterinary school there. interesting. turn the attention to weather. michelle: gorgeous. hard to believe we're days away from december. steve: daylight hours continue to shrink a little bit more. then they will start being longer as we move to the end of the december and january. before you know it, it will be summer, right? michelle: sure, steve. sure. steve: take you outside to tysons. the sun set seven minutes ago. temperatures are 66 at the rea

what a day. we cracked the 70-degree mark earlier today in downtown d.c. stormwatch7, there is not a lot going on out there. we had a weak cold front passing by. the cooler air will funnel in later tonight. you will feel the difference tomorrow in terms of the daytime highs. wake up early tomorrow morning. jacket, gloves, hats. you walk through the metro. take your dog out. the day planner tomorrow is a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures make it to 50 to 55 degrees. tomorrow night the christmas tree lighting but it's dry. the showers will facial out by the rush hour commute early friday morning. that will signal the next push of air. toys for tots is this saturday. i

national harbor. between 11:00 and 3:00. love to see you with a new unwrapped gift. 55ing on sunday. jonathan: thank you. jonathan: coming up next, a boy's basketball coach acting as a second father for the players. robert burton introduces us to the coach of the week. michelle: look at the yard for the annual light yard

michelle: rock free christian academy has a rock star coach. he is building a powerhouse for boys basketball and some of the former players excelled at the college level and the nba. robert robert has more. >> it's -- robert burton has more. robert: it's not just getting there but finished the job when you arrive. he has accomplished a lot in five years. but there is still work to be done. >> two of the years conference championships. the journey is not over. >> i am glad some of the guys in the starring roles can show their thing. >> he knows what it takes to be successful. melo trimble,

he trained all of them and watched a couple win national titles. >> nate won a national championship. chris won a national championship. melo took over the program at maryland. he takes on a family role for the players. >> a great mentor and a great basketball coach. >> go into life. how they will be perceived on the job interviews. >> with the coach of the week i'm robert burton. >> right now at 5:00, the awol students gettingdy lomas anyway -- diplomas anyway. the first to expose the widespread absences. whistle blower has more to say. topic one, high profile firing for sexual

more axes fall. we get in on the conversation now. who will fly your plane come christmas? a glitch that could impact thousands of flights. larry: it started with the item investigation. michelle: how there are questions about attendance and graduation rates at ballou high school and it's spreading. larry: we have multiple angles. starting with nathan baca here with more on what the former ballou teacher revealing tonight about faking the grade. >> these are the records with the unexcused absences. he is taking action. >> there are 181 school days in the school year and records show high school seniors

140 and as many as 151 days in unexcused absences. the graduation lists from last school year show the seniors graduated ballou high. >> the grade they give students i do not expect it to be any -- reflect anything other than what the students earned. nathan: but "7 on your side" analyzed the numbers and the ballou teachers were much more willing to give a's and b's than d's and f's despite ballou flunking more students in standardized test than any other school in the district. in a hastily called news conference, the chancellor stands by the principal. >> she is adamant that she has been adhering to expectations and never required anyone to change grades. the chancellor says he is just learning how