hold until some challenges were decided. but now justices considered more liberal were in dissent saying they would have let the lower court standings stay. we will watch for developments. we are not heard any reaction from the white house. larry: okay, scott. right now driving solo on i-66 will cost you. we have watched the prices fluctuate. alison: this is the first night of the new toll lane procedures inside the beltway. this morning prices topped $34. "7 on your side" with team coverage so you know what to expect. larry: and sam sweeney went inside the vdot command center to learn how everything is going. there winners and losers in the tolls. sam: yeah, the losers for the most part are those who cheated the h.o.v. lanes beforehand but the winners are presentful. take a

take a look. 66. traffic is moving. not even a car now. that is rare for one of the most congested roads in the country. the toll money goes to new bus lines and it helps the carpoolers keep moving. >> the period we were towing maintain an average speed of 57 miles per hour. sam: that is the result vdot wants to see. special project manager amanda baxter. >> we experienced on average 20-mile-per-hour increase. sam: for first time on i-66, if you are willing to pay you can rely on a faster commute. the goal is less traffic, more options. today the toll prices went as high as $34.50. the new toll revenue goes back to fighting future congestion. >> we are putting the money in to more bus service. more transportation strategies. the projects have to directly benefit people that drive

inside the beltway. this morning a new bus route started from fairfax county government center to foggy bottom. >> today there were mistakes. 14% of drivers didn't have an e-z pass in rush hour. >> if you are approaching 66 and sees any signage lit with pricing on it. your license plate is red post-5:30 in the morning or 3:00 this afternoon you will be sent a notice in the mail. sam: a big player. if you were on the road at any of those times, despite the time goes into effect you will pay. you think you got a violation this morning or this evening go to vdot website to avoid the violation. you will have to pay $1.50 administration fee. in the time we were in the store the price changed and it's now $6.50. the price update every six minutes. reporting live along i-66, sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: we will keep watching

sam mentioned this morning they hit $34.50. but consider this. riding lane solo last week in rush hour would have landed you a ticket of $125. brianne carter picks up the team coverage with the driver reaction from mobiletrak7. hi, brianne. brianne: consider this. take a live look at what we are seeing. this is 66 westbound at 5:00 in the evening. almost sight that you haven't seen in quite a while. but still some drivers say no matter what the price, they don't plan to hop in their car and hopping on the stretch of road. >> the first morning. fluctuating toll along interstate 66. >> it seems like a drastic change. >> single drivers had to pay up to use the lane from the beltway eastbound in the city. >> that is outrageous. >> according to vdot, the

climbed to $34 at the height of rush hour. >> that price when i heard this morning, i can't comprehend it. >> vdot says with the toll the traffic was lighter than a typical monday. john says it's not a sustainable fix for the long standing backup. >> it is not going to solve it. >> don't want to pay the toll, carpooling is the answer. cars with two or more people are still able to use the lanes for free during rush hour. adam says with his job, he can't. >> i can't say hey, come on in. i unfortunately don't have that option. brianne: many drivers are looking for permanent alternatives after seeing the costly option this morning. >> i don't even have an e-z pass. i am going to avoid 66 as much as possible. brianne: remember you must have an e-z pass. have it in the flex mode or a

pass. if you are driving as a single driver and got caught on the road prior to today you'd have to pay a hefty fine. tonight we have seen a number of state troopers out here monitoring roads for any drivers who do not have the e-z pass. reporting live along 66, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: we will keep you posted. you can download the app to check traffic on i-66 and other roads that people could turn to with the tolls in effect. larry: developing now, there are questions about the russia investigation after the tweets over the weekend. kristen holmes reports this comes as the president and congress begin a major week on tax reform. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. reporter: a sympathetic president trump weighing in on the plight of the former national security adviser after michaelflip pleaded guilty last -- michael flynn

the f.b.i. about conversation with the russian ambassador. but it's raising question on what president trump knew and when and if he could be charged with obstruction of justice. over the weekend saying he had to fire flynn in part because he lied to the f.b.i. indicating president trump knew of its former national security adviser lying before pressuring then f.b.i. director james comey to go easy on flynn. a white house offering a series of explanations saying his lawyer is responsible to write the tweet. the lawyer said he cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer and has a right to express a view of any case. democratic senator feinstein disagrees. >> i think what we are beginning to see is the putting together of obstruction of justice.

what happened with the firing of director comey. larry: for the threat of a shuteddown congress has until friday to figure out a spending plan for next year. we have more on what will be done to avert that at 5:30. alison: in last year's campaign, at least 13 women accused then candidate trump of sexual harassment and assault. one of the women says despite the country's new focus on sexual misconduct she feels forgotten. >> i'm so thankful that other women have the courage to come forward. i do feel forgotten. you can't help but wonder why people aren't talking about trump. alison: billy bush is reaffirming that it was president trump's voice on the infamous "access hollywood" video that surfaced in the campaign. the president reportedly raised doubts about the video

32-year-old man charged in the disappearance of a 3-year-old in north carolina. he is being held on $1 million bond after court appearance this morning. they have not charged him with woods' death. only now with hiding her body and withholding information from the police about the investigation. they did not reveal new information in court but we know he is the live-in boyfriend of the mother. she did not die of natural causes. her body was found saturday five days after she was first reported missing. at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. larry: what is expected to be a day's long sentencing hearing began for michael slager. the former south carolina police officer pleading guilty to the federal civil rights charges in the 2015 shooting death of unarmed traffic stop. he ran away from the car and after the chase, slager fired eight times killing scott. alison: at home a man is under arrest after a bizarre chain of events on metro.

didn't pay the fare when he entered the minnesota avenue station last night. but once he was on the platform he threw a rented bike on to the track. orange line train hit the bike forcing the trains to single track for four hours. no one was injured. he is also accused of setting fire to the platform before leaving the station. larry: new developmentsments ine death of two teenagers before graduation. one of the man accused in the death had a hearing. brad: we have just come out of court i have had an opportunity to go through the legal documents in the case and they spread light on how brutal a crime this was. this happened last june. got an awful lot of attention. two high school graduates to be, they were going to graduate next day. names are drteem and najar were found murdered in

it took a month but the police made three arrests but they had a secret. they knew four guns were actually used in the commission of this crime. over the last several months they have worked to develop clues. finally they got d.n.a. link. they found d.n.a. on a shell casing that linked up with a man named ronnie gellesia. he is the man who was arrested last week and appeared in court today. the state attorney spokesperson telling us they never gave up on the case. >> they kept tracking down suspects, whoever they could. looking closely at the d.n.a. developing through the informant and witness. brad: i have had an opportunity to exchange text messages with the father of one of the victims and he is telling me that his family is still healing. he says he visits his son's grave frequently. he is pleased that this fourth arrest has been mad

news. >> u.s. park police are involved in the shooting but today a call to release video of the shooting from the fairfax county police. i'm stephen tschida. the story in a moment. alison: later, why the women are chaining themselves to an office building. larry: the merger of a major insurance company and the drugstore chain could mean for you. alison: but first, what happened moments before this truck slammed into a row of stopped cars. larry: wow! "7 on your side" tonight as new toll took effect on i-56 inside the beltway. watching the prices now climbing to $8 at this minute to use you might take something for your heart... your joints... climbing to $8 at this minute to use or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you...

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alison: stephen tschida is live where the chief of police spoke with reporters today. stephen: an unproduce doesn'ted move here -- unprecedented move here. this shooting involves the u.s. park place. but tonight the police chief called for the

video of the shooting. >> the police chase ended with a crash and the fatal shooting of 25-year-old guysar. the feds stepped in to investigate. but tonight the fairfax county police chief ed rossler said one of the fairfax county police cruisers on the scene caught the shooting go down with the dash camera. >> when the in-car video is no longer needed for the officer interviews and will not interview with the investigation, i strongly recommend it be released to the community. >> rossler believes the public and victim's family have a right to see the video. he would not elaborate on what he himself has seen of that video. >> i have released videos in the past as chief of police, this video needs to be

released. >> while it was a fairfax county police cruiser that captured the video, it was in the control of fairfax county. the chief is deferring to the f.b.i. in the situation. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: take a moment to watch this dash cam out of england. the driver of the truck says he fell asleep before he rammed in the back of the stopped cars. this happened back in march where the british police didn't release the footage until yesterday. the driver of the two cars had minor injuries. the truck driver pleading guilty. began 16-month jail sentence last week. terrifying. that could have been worse. alison: every time you are stopped on a highway i worry about that. i'm looking in the rear rear-viw mirror. steve: i worry in downtown d.c. people not paying attention. we hit 56 for the high. well above average for this time of year. tomorrow we will add to it. so sou

alison: yeah. steve: but wait. all right. outside we go. looking over at the national harbor. for those who joined us for toys for tots on saturday. thank you for coming out. it was a great time. the weather was great. it wasn't cold or windy. we gathered a ton of toys. you have time to drop off toys. we'd love for you to help us out. 62 degrees are the reading. winds are not a problem. southeast at 8 miles per hour. morning lows start off at 36. now we are cooling. now that the sun set. 50 degrees in martinsburg. dulles at 50. fairfax looking at temperatures in the middle 40's. the forecast this evening if you are going out to do shopping for the holidays or the evening decorating outdoors, good time to decorate with the lights to make sure they are balanced out, temperatures are in the 40's with the winds out of south at to 8 miles p

this will be you will need an umbrella heading out the door. 44 in bethesda. upper marlboro at 42 degrees. look at what is going on with the day planner tomorrow. tuesday. notice how we start off dry. we make it to 60. above ten degrees above average for this time of the year. then the rain. the showers arrive late afternoon to the evening. once the cool front moves through, you will notice a change for the wind direction. we see winds chain from south to west and then north to west. then the colder air

and this will be the coldest air we have seen all season long. we are talking a stretch of the day below average temperatures. only in the 40's. by the upcoming weekend, wouldn't be surprised to see the daytime highs. ready? only in the upper 30's. a chance of flurries. the day planner tomorrow. looking for temperatures around 60. weekend outlook. chill in the air. come saturday, the temperatures are around 41. by sunday looking at the temperatures only around 38 degrees. that is 11 degrees below average for this time of year. ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. grab the umbrella tomorrow. in the evening. breezy and cool. we move in to the day on wednesday. thursday to 45. friday is only around 40. the weekend is cold. it's an indoor type of weekend. unless you have to do anything outdoors. night time lows are in the 20's. upper

brief warmup for next week and then another shot of the colder air. december is here. 'tis the season. pull out the jackets. larry: scarves. steve: everything. mittens. no shoveling yet. alison: all right. thank you, steve. so nasa is reaching out. 13 billion miles. larry: we will explain why and how "star wars" making its own money. alison: also it's that time of the year. warning before you try to find one of the popular toys this holiday season. kellye: i'm kellye lynn in burke where teachers are bringing yoga to the classroom. the impact coming up in "spotlight on education." larry: but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7 -- alison: adrianna hopkins has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." adrianna: thank you. tomorrow on "good morning washington." most

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larry: an unusual approach to education. kellye lynn show us how the teachers are using the yoga practices in the classroom. >> we are going to exhale to one side. kellye: the fifth graders are not participating in a yoga class but it looks like one. >> it relaxes me. >> all the bending, breathing and stretching is part of a program called "yoga for classrooms." >> to integrate breathing exercises and yoga postures into their day to help students with emotion regulation, attention and focus. >> breathing exercising. >> the school counselor erin hurley is a children's yoga instructor and she implemented it by first training teachers like tracy. >> this could be the thing that closes the gap between telling them to pay attention and teaching them to pay attention. >> students engage in yoga in classroom transitions and specials like art, mu

and foreign language. >> we do breaths. sometimes we do fun poses like washing machine. >> signs like this are posted throughout the school to remind students to calm down, take a breath and center themselves. >> a way to promote wellness and possibly improve the student performance. >> that is what it's there to do is help them learn. >> inhale. >> i'm kellye lynn. >> exhale. >> abc7 news. alison: namaste. joining forces. what the possibility that cvs and aetna could mean for you. >> we talked to terry mcauliffe and his own political future. that is coming up. >> but first, protests as the president announces changes at two national

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larry: breaking news involving paul manafort. special prosecutors saying the that trump campaign manager ghost writing work about the politics and he was working with a writer in russia and he was doing it last week. he faces felony money launder charges relating to the work in the ukraine. alison: president trump taken the controversial step of dramatically cutting the size of two monuments in utah. but they aren't giving up without a fight. we look at what happens now. >> president trump signing the proclamations to s

>> i have come to utah to take historic action. to reverse the federal overreach and restore the rights of this land to your citizens. >> it will be reduced. the grand staircase escalante will drop from 2 million to 1 million acres. the move was met by protesters. they fought to preserve the designation of monument. >> you are taking away what we believe in. >> ranchers have said the designation took away their rights on the wide areas of land. >> it is very important for us. we have been here for a long time. it's how we make our lives. >> president trump's decision comes after he

executive order calls for the review of the 27 monument under the antiquities act. he established bear ears after the tribe urge it be made a national monument. >> today it's expected to face legal challenges from the environmental and the native american groups. >> danya bacchus, abc7 news. larry: chuck schumer and nancy pelosi will meet with the president on thursday. among the topics are the potential government shutdown midnight friday. larry: two women chained their themselves to the door of pat toomey's office in pittsburgh and up chained themselves after the police arrived. they with working to hammer differences of the reck spective bills. >> d.c. mayor bowser calling on the republicans working on the tax reform to proect the

the estimates are 1 million unit would not be belt if it passes in the current form. >> we call on congress to go to the drawing board on the bill we are not going to wait to see what happens with affordable housing. >> the mayor said that d.c. is working on its own to secure funding for 4,000 affordable housing units in the city. >> across the virginia, governor mcauliffe winding down his term in rich monday. richard reeve sat down today for an exit interview. >> president trump played a huge part. he was the chief recruiter. >> his party winning a huge turnover in the house of delegates. >> we won 15 house of delegate seats. that is more than since the 1880's in

>> other interview days after the former special prosecutors report on violence in charlottesville last august. the report is critical that charlottesville and the virginia state police couldn't communicate by radio. they say the state should pass laws to make the state not the municipality in charge in the situations. >> i think we should ban all firearms. all weapons should not be allowed at protests. get a look at the size and where we put them. >> then we discuss issue that everyone talking about. sexual harassment in the workplace. mcauliffe says this is a wakeup call and big changes are coming. >> i think it will send a message to every man in the country, young man in the country. no means no. sexual harassment, sexual assault will not be tolerated. >> he plans to support the democratic candidate next year. what about the speculation he may run for the white house? >> you are ruling out 2020? >> i don't rule anything out, no. >> in richmond, richard re

so after 37 years sitting idol the thrusters on voyager one are showing signs of life. nasa ground control set the command to fire last week and they did. >> at the national space station, the talk is all about pizza. an astronaut in a live stream mentioned he missed pizza so the ingredients were sent for the next. it's not like the one on earth but it was wait for it, out of this world. >> floating pizza. larry: what is the delivery time on that? 30 minutes or less? alison: free if not. back on earth you could say the makers of "star wars" print their own money every time a new episode comes out. but in britain they are literally printing their own "star

>> it has a light sky. then a dark side. all the proceeds from the sale of the notes go to charity. larry: cool. yeah. i wonder if people try to use them at the store. >> probably. >> okay. coming up at 5:00 -- >> they hope to prevent 1 million pound of food waste in 2018. i'm mike carter-conneen. coming up oh you the new vehicle could help the kitchen meet that goal. >> have you seen this man? police say he is armed and dangerous. the "7 on your side" wall of justice is next. alison: new at 6:00, must see video of the grinch trying to steal christmas. police mask the person behind

steve: clouds will stick around in the overnight hours. the temperatures will drop to the mid-to-upper 40's. cold front on the way. this will arrive this time tomorrow night. once the cold front moves on through, noticeable difference in the air temperature. we are going to drop the daytime highs to only be in the 40's by the end of the week. by the weekend, even colder than that. 41 on saturday. look at sunday. highs around 38 degrees. keep in mind the average high for this time of the year is 49. we could see a few flurries this weekend. stay with us. you are watching "abc7 n

q: hello. welcome to this week's edition of "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. i'm q mccray. we have a special alert this week from the metropolitan police department. this is him right here. police say he has a gun and he isn't afraid to use it. he wastes absolutely no time. he rushes in. he pulls out a gun. and demands cash. the clerk fearing for his life does exactly what he says. the robber never pulls the trigger. but he does rough him up. once he gets what he wants he makes his getaway. he wore a hoodie and the diswashing gloves to hide the identity. the police want him off the streets before he strikes again. if you have information about him contact d.c. police.

our wall of justice. prince william county, 24-year-old mario carbaugh is in fútbol for his relationship with a 14-year-old girl and wanted for sexual assault. miguel granados accused of beating and trying to force a woman in his bedroom before she escaped. the detectives want william morris for burglary and theft. mary lord accused of breaking into homes. d.c. police are looking for deshaun anthony. "dink." he is accused of breaking his roommate's rib and knocking him unconscious. if you have any information about the fugitives, contact the police. i'm q mccray. we'll see you next week with another edition of the "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. alison: still ahead -- one of the hot new toys this holiday season comes with a warning. but find out why this one isn't about safety. larry: first, potential impact cvs tries to buy a major insurance compy.

side" as the new tolls take effect on 66 inside the beltway. the prices are down a little bit since the last check. they are now $7.75. we have seen them as high as $8.50 in the evening rush. this morning they went as high as $34.50. we'll be back after this.

larry: "7 on your side" in health matters as cvs makes a bid to buy aetna. we lec at what it could mean for -- we look at what it could mean for you. >> it combines one of the biggest drugstore chains with one of the biggest health insurers to give a single company a hand in how consumers are covered and where they buy the medicine. they insist it will make basic care more convenient and less expensive. skeptics wonder if it means fewer choices and higher cost. >> if aetna is in your insurer, will they force you to go to cvs and get the prescription filled and have doctors and wellness visits. if it limits consumer choice it may put pressure on prices

>> the combined company would push cvs deeper to customer care instead of filling a prescription or selling tissues. there could be more clinics in stores offering more services paid for by aetna. in a corporate video, the president and the chief executive touted the benefit of the merger. >> it will be the local front door to healthcare, integrating closely the work of doctors, farm -- pharmacists, healthcare professionals to help consumers navigate a complex system. >> the combination has a business benefit. it could help fend off the competition from amazon which has been rumored to entering the pharmacy business. pairing of the nearly 10,000 stores with the 22 million people covered by aetna would create a healthcare behemoth. the boards of both company approved but the antitrust regulators still need to sign off. they scuddled the rival humana

cvs and aetna have little overlap. alison: 60,000 people a year dying from opioid abuse the crisis has gotten attention. but a new report finds cocaine use remains a consistent problem. government researchers say cocaine-related deaths increased in past five years. the report found cocaine was the largest contributor to the overdoses among the black men and women since 2000. larry: ahead at 6:00, president trump's newest battle with the f.b.i. growing after michael flynn's guilty plea. plus caught on video. a wild police chase that we have never seen. a man who drove through a car window to keep it running and how it ended. the special delivery. a paramedic spent his birthday delivering a baby in the same unusual spot he was born. alison: sports betting could soon be legal in states that want it. new jersey is challenging a federal law that bans state

team sports. they are suggesting it may side with new jersey. 30 other states want to get in the sports gambling game, too. many sports leagues are against legalized gambling. >> many parents are against their children using facebook. the social media giant has an app specifically for kids under 13. i'm surprised they haven't done it before now. messenger kids connect the parent's facebook account and the parents have total control over the friends and me sedges. it includes -- messages. it includes video and group chat options but only available to apple. alison: today's google doodle is celebrating kids who code. it's called coding for carrots. it lets you program to help the bunny across six levels to gather food. 50 years ago kids first started programming languages with a little green turtle named logo. this is also the start of computer education week. larry: well, "7 on your side" with a consume iralert t

hottest toys this holiday season. fingerlings for the end of the kid's fingers like the mowncos and -- monkeys and squirrels. they are in short supply so fake ones arem showing up open -- are showing up online. >> there are hundreds of post that said we ordered the fingerling. it is not coming or when it did, it fell apart. larry: the toy's manufacturer secured temporary injunction against 165 companies selling the counterfeit versions. if you are shopping for them safe websites usually start with https. >> good to know. you can help make the holidays happy for a child in the area by donating to toys for tots. head to wjla.com to find out how you can help. we will be collecting toys here at abc7 until next wednesday which is december 13. larry: all the bins that are in the lobby. alison: i love i

the marines come and we deliver them in person. larry: fun. exciting. steve is here now in the stormwatch7 weather center to talk about what is coming here. warmer tomorrow than today. steve: by four or five degrees. cold front. that is going to roll through. temperatures out there now. if you have shopping to do outdoors or hanging the christmas lights. looking at the temperature now of 52 degrees at the reagan national airport. the wind is not a problem on southeast at 8 miles per hour. the temperatures across the board 48 degrees. 47 in culpeper. 47 in andrews. show you the satellite and the radar. the clouds will hang around overnight. clouds sticking around and the temperatures have a hard time falling a lot. at least inside the beltway. wake up temperatures night time lows range from the middle to the upper 40's. a little bit colder off to the north and west of us. cold front on the way tomorrow. good time to download the weather app. wet weath

tomorrow afternoon through the everything hours but we will see the highs that will approach the 60-degree mark. best chance for showers will come later in the afternoon and the evening. and overnight. but the best news of all once the cold front is out of here. we are going to look for an easier go of it come wednesday morning for the rush hour commute. the ten-day outlook from the stormwatch7. 60. grab the umbrella heading out the door. breezy and cooler on wednesday. we could see snowshowers. not any accumulation but the temperatures are 40 and then colder on sunday. beginning of next week we are talking the lower to the middle 40's. back to 30's at the end of next week. head back to the news desk. alison: thank you. larry: erin here to talk football. erin: interesting day. redskins completed the brutal stretch where they have played three games in 12 days. now the reward is ten days off between gam

practice today as the team will gear up to travel to l.a. and face a hot chargers team. robert burton is at redskins park and more on how they plan to attack the last four games of the season. >> so you're saying there's a chance. >> there are teams that could help us, worst case scenario help us get to the playoff. >> it looks grim but it's still fun for the bunch. what wakes you up in the morning? >> i'm something that they instilled in us is strive to be the best. you want to be considered the best. >> do you get excited if you see the guys coming out and compete to push each other? >> i get excited. are you saying because i've been playing for a while? >> you are not that old, c'mon, man. >> there are a bunc

play hard no matter the situation. there is a reason they are here. they are great competitors and will work to play l.a. >> with the injuries this late in the season there is speculation that the players could be shut down for the season. jay says that is not happening. >> morgan is fighting to get back in the line-up. i know that. trent is going to try to get back in the line-up. >> er -- they are all trying to get back in the line-up. robert: with the redskins, robert burton, abc7 sports. erin: thank you. how about this? the new york giants fired head coach ben mcadoo and the general manager today. giants co-owner said it has been an embarrassing season, spiraling out of control. i have to agree. this is all on the heels of the controversial decision to bench two-time super bowl m.v.p. eli manning. however, now that mcadoo is gone, eli reported will be named the starter again. i k

game shouldn't count toward all of his consecutive starts. larry: too bad it does. it shouldn't. all right. thanks. no one likes to see food go to waste. alison: when we come back what a local group is doing to try to ensure everything get 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. and her. and her. congress, we should grow the economy. not the debt. ♪

d.c. central kitchen food recovery vehicle will collect excess rations from the restaurants, hotels, grocery stores and the other partners like the convention center, nats park and capital one center. >> nationally in the united states wastes oh% of the food we -- 40% of the food we grow. there is water going into that, labor going into that.

>> this year the goal is recover 1 million pounds to fuel 2 million meals for those in need. >> we recover food close to those dates on the packaging to work it in a safe way. >> every meal made at the d.c. central kitchen is a culinary training tool. this van was purchased with a grant and the bank matched the donation dollar for dollar. >> this is everywhere and included here where we live. >> this is the first all-wheel organization in the fleet. that is important because in the last snowstorm they were the only organization still operating distributing food to the d.c. shelters. >> we can prepare up to 20,000 meals in a weekend.

>> mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: right now at 6:00 -- frustration over the tolls. how to avoid that and where the money is going. nancy: watch this. dives in a moving car. where the chase ended up and why the man was running. michelle: special delivery! paramedic who delivered a baby in the back of an ambulance 42 years to the day after he was born the same way. michelle: we are in the first evening rush for the newest toll road. nancy: we caught prices surging past $20. the drive on i-66 inside the beltway. the prices are surging past $30 for a while. incredible to

>> the price when i heard this morning is just i can't comprehend it. >> that's outrageous. >> the tolls are active during the rush hour. those with a passenger drive for free. >> for more on how the roads are working and where the money is going let's go to the transportation reporter sam sweeney. he is in arlington for us. sam? sam: >> the goal is to keep the traffic moving and to provide new transportation out for the people who live and work along the 66 corridor. take a look at in. this morning's commute on 66 inside the beltway noticeably lighter. the average speed is 57 miles per hour. what typically is one of the most congested roads in country. >> we experienced on average over the four-hour period 20 miles per hour increase. in speeds. >> tolls for the single occupant vehicles increased based on demand.