she was waiting for her dad to take her to school this morning. that's when tacoma park police say two men tried to abduct an 8-year-old girl. this happened on pine and elm avenue. police still looking for the men and their mini van. stephanie ramirez is live in tacoma park to take us through this. hi stephanie. >> hey adam and you know this is the girl's first day back to school. this is an important reminder to talk to your kids about stranger danger. police are also giving her some props. >> ronnie partner said she would have been out walking this morning had it not been for the cold. i'm really impressed that the kids know what to do. that this girl was so brave. she closed the door on the guys. >> tacoma park police say it was between 9:05 and

morning. an 8-year-old girl was near a mini van with two men inside. according to the 8-year-old police say the passenger opened the door and said come to my house i have candy. >> it was something that since i remember my mother telling me about the dangers of people offering you anything. >> that's when police spokes person cathy mrefy says the girl pushed the door and ran back inside to get hope and then there's more. >> the 8-year-old told police the man who opened a passenger door had a flower tattoo on his left hand. wore a hoop nose ring and she also described seeing a pimple by his left eye. >> such good identifying marks that someone probably knows who this person is. >> i'm still really shocked. i wouldn't consider that a possibility here. >> now we're told that mini van was last seen driving in the direction of john nevens

this video. anyone with surveillance video who may have caught this activity call police. >> that is not the kind of scare we need to start the new year. stephanie thank you. the gray mini van also had dents under the rear passenger side window and it may have had d.c. tags. this afternoon marked the first time we got to see sean andrew dunkin in court. john henry joins us from alexandria where dunkin's court hearing just occurred. >> yeah, so today's hearing was relatively short. we didn't hear about the punishment that could be heading dunkin's way. on top of that he may have to pay a $250,000 fine. he's charged with obstruction of justice. when the fbi raided his home

said they learned he had destroyed a thumb drive and memory chip. they needed that evidence to investigate dunkin's alleged ties to the islamic state. he had recently converted to islam and approved of the beheading of westerners. far from the course according to his neighbors back in pittsburgh. he moved to pittsburgh back in june. one woman told us our sister station rather that show could not believe the allegations against him. >> what i wonder is why was he here to begin with. why did he come. if they were already planning something for around here. >> now neighbors say 21-year-old sean andrew dunkin also had a wife who lived with him in pittsburgh. however, at this moment we have not been told of any charges against her. we will have a lot more

dunkin's past according to his neighbors. he's scheduled to be appear back here in court. police in prince george county say they have arrested a husband for an attack on his wife. investigators say he stabbed his wife elizabeth mendez in their home on 38 place in brentwood. they believe this happened after the couple got into an argument. relatives told us mendez recently moving here from guatemala. three montgomery teenagers are staef and sound after being rescued from their car. it got stuck in an icy stream crossing in this arctic weather last night. on old west baltimore road. rescuers had to use a boat rather than risking hypothermia in the water. one driver gave it a try for

he makes it. dangerously low temperatures kept the risks high today. three in maryland, two in d.c. and another one in virginia. one of the impacted areas check this out new hampshire avenue just south of the beltway. so that was fun. delays are expected to continue through tonight's commute. what's even worse, the water main break caused water to run downhill. it flooded at least three basements. >> you can go down to the step there. i have a swimming pool which i didn't know i had. this is a bad way to start the new year i'm telling you. >> yeah. >> it was really scary. had there not been people in the house i mean, i don't know. everything here was like knee-high. the water. everything was just floating around. >> just around the corner from that chaotic scene

water main break. that caused minor damage to three more homes. we're told the ages of these milo yiannopouloses is a big factor. one is 69 years old, the other is 81 years old. another pipe burst off of kramer avenue. the school is still on holiday break. no word yet on when it will re-open. republican senator orren hatch of utah says this is enough for me. making him the longest serving republican in that chamber. that opens the door for fellow utah republican mittromney to run for his seat next year. minnesota democrat al franken has officially resigned from the senate. he joined back in 2009. his departure comes one month of allegations of sexual misconduct. tina smith who is also a democrat will

tomorrow to take over al franken's position. last week president trump fired the remaining members of the hiv/aids counsel. people saw this coming. a beloved d.c. foster mom is being remembered. and the u.s.

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at least 450 people have been arrested as those deadly protests continue in iran. tonight, the u.s. is calling for the u.n. security counsel is and human rights counsel to hold emergency meetings on iran.

a huge up in food prices has contributed to the protests in at least 50 cities. but cbs news writes that nose reports are almost impossible to verify. president trump twooeted and that the u.s. is watching. the u.s. is adopting a wait and see attitude to a possible thaw relations between north and south korea. possibly as soon as next week. now the offer comes after north koreaen leader kim junk un said he was open to delegation. the white house says its official position on unless it's willing to end its nuclear weapons program. >> he's been very aware of what ou

nothing new to update on that front. >> president trump tweeted this today. sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea. rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for the first time. perhaps that's good news perhaps not. more frigid temperatures and a chance of snow for some of us. topper's back with some icy details. >> a water main break covers cars and streets with ice in baltimore. >> and dc releases a new report on 2017 crime statistics. we'll dig into the numbers.

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overall crime was down in nearly every category. there were 115 murders in the last year. violent crime was down 22%. theft from out down 15%. other offenses did not see a big change from year to year. a positive relationship between the department and the community. >> our most beneficial and most instrumental in us being able to close crimes. >> chief nuchem. to eliminate its backlog in testing rape kits and improving the turn around time for sexual assault. meantime baltimore broke its record in 2017 for most homicides per capita. theree

that's 56 murders for every 100,000 people. there's a long list for the possible reasons. lack of opportunity for a lot of citizens. others are blaming police. they say officers have taken a step back in fighting crime since the 2015 death of freddie gray. that bone chilling cold out there has gripped much of the united states and it's being blamed for at least nine deaths in the past week. wind chill advisories and freeze warnings covering a vast area from the deep south from canada and montana to new england. reporting from the bronx in new york. >> new york city firefighters battled the frigid cold as they fought the seven alarm fire in the bronx tuesday morning that started inside a furniture store. >> i slipped down the f

escape with my babies. >> icicles formed on power lines. >> we've had to relieve our units much more quicker than normal. >> more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze. water from the fire hoses encased wheeler powell's car in ice. >> i have never felt the cold like i'm feeling it in these last few days. >> the bitter cold temperatures are setting new records in some parts of the country. before dawn in chicago, train crews set controlled fires to melt the ice and heat the rail switches. monday was the coldest new year's day on record in chicago with a high of 1 degree. the severe cold led to slick road conditions many michigan and it also caused several accidents in michigan and it even caused part of the bay to

and this cold weather is expected to stick around for awhile. the bronx, new york. experts say even if you do bundle up frostbite can happen in as little as 30 minutes. take a look at this baltimore neighborhood. that's ice. packed on to those cars there. this is upper fells point if you've ever been in that area, an area just off to have downtown. it's a slick sheet of ice and the water is continuing to flow and some cars are still caked in it. one woman even slipped and fell as she was trying to talk to a reporter. >> this is the snow route to begin with. the ambulances come down this way. somebody, there's going to be an accident. >> so i thought we were going to see her fall. but we didn't. >> so you're going it have to trust us that she's okay and that she fell. crews put up traffic barrels to keep cars from driving

area. >> meantime, if you needed to access your car you're out of luck. at the calgary zoo in canada, it is so cold even the penguins are being kept inside. >> and that's saying something. anything colder than minus 13 they have to put the birdies inside. as for people officials say if you're brave enough to visit you're likely going to have the zoo all to yourself. you're just not going to be able to see anything unless you go inside. >> the zoo is probably the last place you want to be on days like this. >> yeah, i mean, out of the wind, yeah, out of the elements. and remember the pets over the next few days. many of us have not been above freezing since december 30th. that's going to put another 90 hours. >> i cannot keep enough lotion on my hands. >> my wife says the same thing. >> so dry. i keep putting it on

>> put some humidity in your house. even a pan of water by your bed will help. you have to look at this carefully. but there's ice on the bay and some of the sound. little bit of ice up here if you look carefully. that's a little bit of ice. there's also ice down here. we're going to probably see it continuing. that's going to build up a little bit and a word of caution some of the pounds have a little covered layer of ice on them. don't go on the ponds. i think we're in pretty good shape today actually. went if for a high today of 26. i think that's going to hold. a live look outside. it's only 25 right now. dew point's 1 below. so outdoor humidity is 33%. 1 reason miss foster's hands are so dry is because the humidity's

bedside or table. that helps a little bit. bus stop temperatures, 6 to 24. bitterly cold tomorrow. coastal storm too far east for snow. if it were just 50 to 100 miles inland it would be a monster. it's still going to be a monster fish storm and could be a big storm for coastal mass and coastal maine: flurries and light snow midnight wednesday. most of the snowfall will be east of us and i think this is pretty good agreement. this is the gfs. a little bit of snow. most of the snow along the del marva. as we go through the day on thursday. all right. we'll talk about the snowfall , here's what we're thinking. flurries to a trace. in the immediate metro

across the bay and the best chance of anything significant will be 2" to 4" for the extreme coastline. believe it or not. ocean city. the good news about this storm because it's so far off there will be less beach erosion. that's why we're not calling it a noreaster. tonight at 10:00. by early morning, 9 in damascus. 11 in gathsdzisberg and 16 downtown. by early morning on thursday snow is across the bay. i think the snow will be just a little bit farther to the west but this is not going to be our storm. this is a shame. 16 to start. 20 by 11:00. increasing clouds as we go through the day. maybe 33 by 1:00. 30 on thursday. some light snow

then 24 on friday. wind chills below 0. check this out. teens on saturday. back to 32 on sunday. you know our luck. wasting all that cold air. rains on monday. maybe brief snow tuesday morning. >> you know wla you need to do. you need to win the lottery and move some place warmer. people are lining up across the country to win a whole lot of money. >> there is a slight chance. tonight's megamillions jackpot is now worth an estimated $361 million. now your chances of winning are about 1 in 259 million. not to be out done tomorrow's jackpot is worth an estimated $440 million. your chances of winning that about 1 in 292 million. president trump fires all the remaining members of the hiv/aids advisory counsel. new ima

happen next. >> a d.c. woman who helped raise hundreds of children. we're going to hear from the people whose lives were enriched by this beloved foster mom.

in tonight's consumer alert. more americans complain about robo calls in 2017 than ever before. there are four times as many robo call complaints since 2009. 279,000 complaints a month. that's about 4.5 million for the year. and there were another 2.5 million complaints about telemarketing calls. according to the san diego times union it's now legal in the states for adults. people can also possess pot and grow a small amount. san diego and other cities hope to raise millions of dollars in tax revenue from the sales. and university of georgia fans temporarily crashed stub b'

georgia is taking on alabama. tickets adam currently start at $2000. $2000 with resale prices expected to soar out of control. there was a shortage of high-tech gifts for people over the holiday season. >> right. the reviewed.com section of usa today lists some of the most floor items people purchased. people had a desire to learn more about themselves last year. dna testing kits from places like ancestry and 23 and me. they were hot items. >> also popular in twenty-thousand one hundred seventy-one of these instant pot cookers. apparently you can make just about anything in these contraptions. >> i know where my dinner's coming from tomorrow night. and the echo dot found its way into a lot of homes. setting alarms, playing music d

that's wusa 9 news at 5:00. people serving on the presidential advisory council on hiv and aids were terminated last week and we were requesting questions asking questions. wusa 9's michael kwaunder is on this for us and mike it sounds like there could still be some life here. >> yeah, in fact nominations for that counsel ended about 5 minutes ago. for a lot of people in our area who are working in the health care field that is a major concern. >> the only reason i'm doing this work is because some of the closest people in my life are living with hiv. >> for people

it's personal. >> locally in d.c. that's very serious. >> last year the district reported a sharp decline in new hiv cases but minority groups are still being hit hard. >> black men have one in two becoming hiv positive within their lifetimes. >> up to 25 members. they are not paid. all 16 members of the counsel last week received letters in the mail telling them they were out of a job. >> i think the resounding emotion that a lot of folks felt was a feeling of disappointment because and concern. >> it was a big shock. >> lucy readily springer face timed with us from her home in denver this morning. she was on the advisory council but resigned with five others last year in protest of trump's views on care. >> i