lisa: developing now at 6:00, calls to lock up the former national security adviser who once advocated to lock up hillary clinton. jonathan: the heckling of michael flynn came after he pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. nancy: his admission, the second guilty plea tied to robert mueller's investigation into russia's meddling in the 12016 election. new information coming out about flynn's ties to the president's son-in-law. jonathan: and scott thuman left the white house and is in the newsroom. what are you hearing? there is a lot going on with this. scott: plenty going on. i was at white house and i saw the president. the only appearance he made today in front of reporters. no remarks made about michael flynn's guilty plea. i spoke to a senior member of the president's team who says they are no more concerned today than yesterday. however, they know that there are likely other shoes to drop on this one. michaelflip admitting he lied to h

during the transition period. that means after, of course, of course the election but before inauguration. i spoke to the facebook who says it's likely -- i spoke to someone on f.b.i. who he spends very it will if any time in prison because he promised full cooperation with the special counsel. a senior member of the trump team directed imto make contact with the russians regarding the war in syria. jared kushner has also been cited by the multiple news agencies at this point. we have yet to independently confirm that. but he was the official giving orderers forflip to make contact with the russians about the security vote. this is the reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> my hope is general flynn will tell everything he knows. tell why he was having contacts with the russians. who directed the contacts. >> i have seen no evidence of collusion or anything of that

most of the crimes have been alleged. or charges filed. really relate to other things. >> no a statement flynn said it has been extraordinarily painful to endure these months of the false accusations of >> translator. -- treason and the acts. it reflects a decision i made in the best interest of my family and of our country. white house attorney who has been representing trump said nothing about flynn's guilty plea implicates anyone else in the trump white house. i spoke to someone else in the white house, someone high up who says they believe it's a consistent theme that what michael flynn did is on flynn. jonathan: if you doesn't think wall street reacts out of news from the capitol. this is the effect of the inner day trading on wall street. 15:57, 24,000 points. after the news

flynn, boom. dropped to 23,000. the gains from yesterday gone. that is when the abc special went on. it tumbled 400 points. that is a lot. it did matter a laterally in the afternoon losing oh points on the day. that is the effect we have seen with this news. nancy: the guilty plea quickly became the talk of the town as many speculated on what it means for the president. lisa: stephen tschida joins us live outside the white house with the reaction. stephen: president trump is not terribly popular in the nation's capital. this is deep blue territory. the guilty plea from michael flynn set off speculation here. >> a guilty plea from the former national security adviser and president trump's close companion in the campaign sent shock waves through

>> it points to deep corruption. >> many on the streets of d.c. hoping that michael flynn whod mr. guilty lying to the f.b.i. will bring down trump. >> hopefully it's the beginning. >> some believe this is just the beginning of the revelations about the trump campaign and vladimir putin. >> something rotten happened between the trump team and russia in the election. >> every day, the picture gets more bleak in terms of what is going on. >> we did find some trump supporters in the capital. they the president want to go on camera but they did express their confidence that the president will survive the situation.

jonathan: tonight the president is blasting reports that he is on the virge of firing the secretary of state. in a post he calls the reports fake news saying he and rex tillerson will work together. that the defense hours after tillerson himself shot down the report. >> it is laughable. >> the reports yesterday were that president would move pompeo from the top ambassador. sources still report there is tension between the two, president and tillerson and the west wing. we will stay tuned on this one. senate republican leaders say they have enough votes to tax the tax reform bill. two g.o.p. hold out susan collins and ron johnson said they would support the bill after the leaders made concession on the small businesses and the property tax deductions. the senate could vote on the

lisa: frightening scene, frusted out crumbling support of the arlington memorial bridge but help is on the way. they approved $200 million to repair the bridge that is so run down the engineers said it would have to close in a few years anyway. work will begin with three lanes open in construction. >> we are particular ligated because the project was originally scheduled to be done in two phases. by awarding it as one single contact we were able to save the taxpayers $35 million. lisa: the work is expected to be finished by 2021 and will add 85 to 100 years to the life span of the business. jonathan: the baltimore police commissioner is asking the f.b.i. to step in and take over investigation of the murder of sean suiter. kevin davis says the feds have not provided information that could help him department. but they think it could. suiter was shot around kille

last month a day before he was supposed to testify to federal grand jury looking into the police corruption. >> a mother accused of killing her young children ruled incompetent to stand trial. judge in montgomery county me a the ruling today. catherine hoggle's children were 2 and 3 when they were last seen in 2014. she has refused to say where the children are and held at a psychiatric hospital. a judge will re-evaluate the status in a year. jonathan: the clashes turned deadly and the police admit they failed to protect the pub luck but they are doing something about it. lisa: the shocking michigan political ad that turns to anatomy to explain why a candidate won't get caught in a sex scandal. >> a skies clearing out nicely moving through the everything hours allowing the temperature to drop quickly. what to expect for the rest of the everything. looking ahead to the weekend and tracking strong cold front next week. more on that in a few

lisa: we now know the name of the only congressman to use taxpayers fund to settle harassment allegation in five years. the congressman of texas setmed claims with the former communication director using $84,000 of your money, taxpayers dollars. the victim claimed a congressman and a staffer made repeated sexual comments to her and fired her

representative john conyers accuse of sexual misconduct is considering stepping down. his attorney says the michigan democrat will base decision on his health and not on accusations of the sexual misconduct. conyers who is 88 is in a hospital for treatment of an undisclosed condition. jonathan: the sudden reports of the surge of the behavior of politicians and hollywood people has prompted a an ad in michigan. >> when you are choosing michigan's next attorney general ask yourself this. who can you trust most not the sew you their penis in a professional setting? the candidate who doesn't have a pen inis? i'd say it is. jonathan: that is one way to look at it. admit,

the candidate says it's no spoof saying no, this is very real. [laughter] lisa: what is funny is we have gotten a place where we watch an ad for that for attorney general and it's like yeah, sounds right. jonathan: she will get elected and we'll say i can't run for attorney general in michigan. lisa: all right. coming up -- the lessons learned in the deadly summer clashes in charlottesville that police admit they weren't prepared for. jonathan: police admit they are getting the last laugh mocking the officer a what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? well, the national debt is $20 trillion. as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him.

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john mccain called it wone of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. now donald trump and republican leaders have a tax scheme that will put it up for sale. why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. it's a bad deal. the top 1% get a tax cut. we pay the price. tell representative comstock, don't sell our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut.

lisa: breaking news update after a small plane went down after the broadcast yesterday. the 72-year-old pilot walked away from if crash. even though the plane flipped after clipping the tree line on approach the freeway airport. the troopers arrived he told them he had trouble seeing because there wasn't lighting. jonathan: this is the video. you can hear the guy in

after he fell. but not anymore. they caught him. they put guys on the notice after they took a guy in custody. they promise i that they would find him and they did. he is facing all kind of charges include regular cysting arrest. the old saying is those who last laugh, last best. the officer was not seriously hurt. lisa: a day of chaos that ended with a young woman dead and dozens injured. now the charlottesville police admit they were unprepared for the august clashes between white nationalists and the counterprotesters. richard reeve lists failures. >> a scathing report about the police response in charlottesville. >> they didn't protect public safety. you know that the violence that occurred in the community was

>> former federal prosecutor combed through the 300 hours of video. half a million documents. finding the police ill prepared and badly trained. >> a lot of them never tried on or used the shield they were given for that day. richard: the report found little coordination between charlottesville police and the state police. the police have no training with the riot gear. and the reports were flawed. >> they were behind barricades and they weren't amongst the crowd interacting, disbursing, deescalating. they were back watching behind the barricades. richard: 32-year-old heather heyer was struck and killed in the chaos. 19 others injured. they are saying the lawmakers approve restrictions on the right to carry guns and calling for the police to make sure they stay apart from each other and find ways to better gather intel on the protest group and

citizens. >> this has pulled the lid off of something existing for a long time. simmering distrust of the police. >> the city leaders are developing an action plan to be unveiled monday night. richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: caught on video the criminals will go after every penny they can. case and point, the los angeles. they are calling him a penny pitcher bandit. in addition to $800 of cigarettes he reached in the give a penny, take a penny try and cleaned that out, too. >> we are on the traffic watch with reminder of the changes to i-66. the toll lanes will take effect in mohammad's rush hour between the beltway and route 29. so if you are driving solo you have to pay but they are free if you have a passenger in your car. there are no toll booths so you need an e-z pass. jonathan: join us tomorrow at the national harbor tomorrow as we collect toys

toys for tots. come on by. brang new unwrapped toy. say high to learn more about this on the website at wjla.com. steve: the weather works out nice. you can take a ride on if national wheel. the temperatures are dropping quickly now. 43 in martinsburg. it's 39 in manassas. 37 in culpeper. you get the point. if you are out and about, grab a bar or a bite to eat for a restaurant and you are outdoors to make sure you have a warm jacket and glove. in the overnight the skies are clear. not a lot going

nighttime lows from the 40s and then to 35. near freezing in gaithersburg. in the national harbor tomorrow morning they have an ugly christmas sweater run. it will be close out there to start early on. temperatures will warm up nicely. the future cast, clouds will given crease in the -- clouds will increase in the morning hours. but it will stay dry out there for the day tomorrow. for that matter in the day on sunday. sundays is brighter. temperatures are milder than for tomorrow. highs tomorrow are around 50 to 55. added clouds later in the day. good time to download the stormwatch7 weather app. the ten-day outlook is once we get through the weekend, we have a mild start to monday. with temperatures around 56 degrees. tuesday is the day of the transition. the temperatures are in lower 60's. better chance for the showers later in the day as a strong cold front.

once the cold front moves through, look what happens. skies will clear in the late afternoon on wednesday. looking at the temperatures. they will go from the lower 60's to the upper 40's. it will take 48 hours for the colder air to move in. highs by the end of the week will only be around 40 degrees. we are talking about the mid-40's moving to the following weekend. night time lows upper 20's to the lower 30's. downtown d.c. temperatures. the coldest stretch of days all season long. toys for tots tomorrow at 11:00 to 3:00. hope to see you at national harbor. jonathan: thank you very much. lisa: erin, the dream is dead. erin: basically. come out and say it. jonathan: there is no way. erin: it's a pipe dream at this point. what will the redskins use for the motivation moving forward? what kirk cousins thinks when

announcer: now the toyota sports desk. erin: let's face it. even lisa said it. the ed red are done. they -- redskins are done. they are banged up and tried to hang on but after last night loss to cowboys it would take a

playoffs. thursday night ice game in dallas was a bad night for washington. worst showing of the season. 2-7. the redskins could win the final four games but making the playoffs is a longshot. having said that, kirk cousins still focused on winning. >> people on the 'sed may not view it like we have a lot to play for but we think we do. finish strong. put a good taste in our mouth. a lot can be done in december to walk away feeling good where we are as an organization and where we are headed. >> the terps play one of their most important big ten games of the season. maryland needs a victory over purdue to avoid the worst start since the 2013-2014 season. which was the last time they missed the ncaa tournament. head coach mark turgeon plans to rely on the freshman who has gi

spark. >> he is in the right position and getting better. it moves quickly for him. he is getting better. he is good but a pleasant scratch. >> finally after a ten-month injury absence, tiger woods posted a four-under 68 at the hero world challenge to move him to contention for the first victory in over four years. jonathan: happy he made the cut. erin: i can't believe it. everyone makes the cut at this point but hey, he is doing well. we haven't seen if a while. steve: c'mon! jonathan: good to see him back out on the course. that is you, steve. steve: 52 degrees for the high tomorrow. don't forget the toys for tots at the national harbor. mid-50's on sunday. same on monday. cold front. big bad cold front late tuesday. that will drop temperatures to the 40's. lisa: "world new

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tonight the michael flynn bombshell. president trump's former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against president trump. and this evening jared kushner and what we have learned about him. also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. president trump's tax plan. the showdown in the senate at this hour. does he have the votes? we're live on the hill. the verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with