autria: john gonzalez and sam sweeney oath live at two very active scenes. we want to get started with samet new york avenue. the last hour, the ntsb showing up to the crash site? sam: ntsb is on the scene right now and we will get an update in a few moments. take a look behind me, you can see the active investigation ongoing at the 6:00 hour. two people confirmed dead when they were hit by that train around 11:20. the train stopped a little further down the line. the video right there is still on the tracks right now as this investigation continues into the 6:00 hour. the train from new york city has suspended all service on these busy northeast corridor's through the 8:00 hour, causing a lot of problems over at union station, where people this is going to go on for some time but we will get an exact update from the ntsb in a few moments and we will bring that to live right here. julie wright is in the traffic center. amtrak suspending service? julie: absolutely. this is what we know. trains are stopped in new carrollton. from there in greenbelt you use the

you,live team coverage for molly cochran, sam sweeney, john gonzales. let's begin in-house with eileen whelan and veronica johnson. veronica: take a look at the radar. a lot of folks like and what i have been saying all morning long, a quiet radar. snowfall out of here. aboutlays that we talked in this pocket at the of northern maryland, that is where the snowfall fell and where there was anywhere from a coating to two inches of snowfall. the next-door it for us is the cold. round two will be impacting southern maryland. look at the feels like temperatures. teens to the nort 19 in loudoun county. this is as good as it will feel today, 25 degrees. we will have a little sunshine. wintert storm system, weather advisory in purple, louisa county, ashland county extending all the way off to the east where there is a winter storm warning where we expect to see some accumulating snow. leonardtown, st. mary's under that winter storm watch where there could be a little snow as well. this goes from ocean city, possibility of snow, and significant snowfall through

reporting live, john gonzalez. i'm sam sweeney at the live desk. 6:17 and we are following breaking news out of illinois. a famous prison up in flames. take a look. this is the historic joliet prison 45 miles outside of chicago. made famous by movies like "the blues brothers," and is where the shot the first season of "prison break." it's been closed for years. no one hurt in the fire. still no word on how the abandoned building caught fire. at the live desk, i'm sam sweeney. larry: a man accused of a deadly attack in oregon on a light layout -- light rail train is expected to be in court. police say he was slurs. two people died, the third is in the hospital. he is facing several charges, including aggravated murder and attempted murder. camera,caught on temperatures boiling over at a .egislative session in texas lawmakers boiling over before turning on each other. announcing a new ball regarding sanctuary cities, republican lawmaker matt ranalli told toldw lawmakers that he immigration officials to arrest protesters that he thou

john gonzalez and sam sweeney are covering the goings-on in downtown d.c. larry: suzanne kennedy is following road closures. first, we say good morning to jummy olabanji, leading our coverage from the canadian embassy. us.y: stick with we moved to newschannel 8 after 7:00. behind me is where everything will be going on, starting tomorrow in the late morning. we start right now with an hour by hour breakdown. in less than 24 hours, donald trump will be sworn in as the nation's 45th president. kicking things off, and inaugural tradition -- an inaugural tradition with a wreathlang there will be a welcome celebration a concert at the lincoln memorial, where donald trump will deliver a few brief remarks. toby keith will perform. and many more. the president-elect, vice president-elect, mike pence, and their families will host a dinner at union station. that is the reason union station is closed off to the public until tomorrow morning. the concert at the lincoln memorial is expected to draw huge crowds. sam sweeney is live there, just a few hours away from the b

switch over to news channel 8 after 7:00 with a team of reporters in the field, including john gonzalez and sam sweeney. this is kind of our new inauguration headquarters for the next several days. we will be with you friday morning for the swearing-in, and even friday night when we get closer to the inaugural ball. stay with us, we are always on your side as we kick off inauguration coverage. back inside to you, larry and autria. finding a woman reported missing back in november. take a look at this picture of dorothy lee sims. last seen by her family wearing a black hoodie, black yoga pants, black boots. she lives in the 700 block of heather bridge drive in frederick. anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call frederick county police. controversy surrounding this decision to commute the chelsea manning prison sentence. accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. sentenced to 35 years behind bars in 2013, now to be released in may. one of 209 people ranted commutations, 64 given pardons by president obama on tuesday. larry: tonight the wizards go for

john mccain who ran on repeal or replace. they were cheers and gasps both in senate chamber and along the streets outside capitol hillt. sam sweeney is on thehill. right now, a war of words. autria: following some infighting and the white house that has become very public. adrianna: it is pretty juicy are talking about this one and it is public because white house communications director anthony scaramucci called a reporter and asked for his sources. scaramucci then vented about the situation saying "he made a mistake of trusting a report. it won't happen again." the reporter works for "the new yorker." during this phone call which was on the record, scaramucci threatened to fire the entire communication staff to stop leaks. trump'sci also called reince priebus, a paranoid schizophrenic and made up a word combining those two. he seems to blame them for the leaks. what he said about steve bannon is so sexually explicit it is not repeating -- worth repeating on the air. scaramucci believes that reince priebus prevented them from joining the administration up a lot of infighting going on. autria: president trump's attorney general sp

john gonzalez. sending it over to sam sweeney inside. sam: following about her -- randy -- landing gear at san antonio airport. a warning in the cockpit of imminent evacuation was heard. >> the could be multiple impacts. >> just moments after the announcement, the nose gear actually collapses as the jet hits the runway. only one minor injury reported. another scare at dulles airport, qatar airways rocked by turbulence. passengers were sent flying around the cabin. the flight was forced to make an emergency landing in portugal. some people were treated for injuries i paramedics when i got on the ground. scary moments indeed. larry: during the deliberations today and some murder trial of michael slater, on trial for the shoot -- shooting death of an unarmed black man last year. a cell phone video showing him shooting him in the back as judge three times on friday that they could not reach a decision, however each time they went to continue their deliberations. jurors can consider murder and manslaughter charges against slater. >> a victory

john gonzalez is following the memorial tributes coming in overnight. to same want to get sweeney, following breaking new developments out of manchester and london right now. sam? sam: coming out of london, a man with a knife was just taken down and arrested outside buckingham palace. we have live aerial video coming out of london. that is there. in the last few minutes we learn the person was discussed. this happened just for the lien was ab they comes at a time of great britain's terror alert is critical following that deadly suicide bombing in manchester. overnight or dish authorities announced that they arrested three more evil in election with the deadly bombing. we learned that the 22-year-old bomber was on their radar before the attack. born to the was been parents in britain and had recently spent time in libya. he was studying is this at a university in manchester, but his universe said he had showed in sometime. it's still not clear what they knew about him or if he was working with a network inside or outside of the u.k., but as the investigation moves on we are expecti

john gonzalez. chaos in a florida airport. larry: people rioting, police breaking out the handcuffs. sam sweeney has incredible video. sam: i worked in florida for four years and i never saw a neglect this. looks like a riot at the ticket counter. this all played out at the fort lauderdale international airport . nine flights were canceled. cell phone video showed three people being taken away in handcuffs. some of those videos show officers body slamming passengers. the passengers tried to get back up to make it back to the ticket counter, but you can see the police arresting them. spirit this morning, blaming pilots who refused to fly to influence the outcome of labor negotiations. the airline has filed a federal lawsuit. in a statement overnight they said that they were disappointed that the airline pilots association decided to engage in this unlawful slowdown, which prevented our customers from taking their planned travel this morning." call ahead to check on her flight if you are flying spirit today. larry: look at this, this is the ceo of qantas airlines giving a speech when someone hits him with a pie in the

john gonzalez. severe turbulence, sending people to the hospital. sam sweeney is at the live desk, following this.m: it happened about 40 .inutes before landing video servicing on youtube shows passengers strewn across the aisles, food everywhere, galley areas unrecognizable. a spokesperson at the bangkok airport says that this was an incident of clear air turbulence, meaning that the crew had no warning. pilots tell you to keep the seat belt, even when the sign is off. we hope to have that video for you when we make the switch over to news channel 8. larry? larry: happening today, the new agriculture secretary for they caretrump, controversial trip. autria: suzanne? suzanne: be talking about school lunches and what kids are eating in the cafeteria every single day. it will be agriculture secretary first public appearance. he will be talking about proposed changes to the national school lunch program. the previous standards announced by michelle obama will be declared too costly and that the state -- the food is wasted in students don't like it and don't eat it. purdue will make the announcement h

john good morning washington. larry: a jetblue flights get off the runway in boston's logan airport. sweeneyat the live desk with more. sam: a plane coming in from georgia skid off the runway, fished -- fish tailed. the runway was shut down due to icy conditions. this is a new york, where four feet of snow blanketed parts of buffalo. historic snowfall. portland, oregon, seeing a white christmas for the first time in a decade. this is only the sixth time since 1884. nothing like back to you. two officers have been shot. loudoun county shares deputies are recovering after being shot. they were responding to a domestic dispute between a man and his 19-year-old daughter. when deputies tried to arrest the man, he pulled out a gun and shot them. neighbors are stunned. timeis is supposed to be a of happiness. it is unbelievable. larry: the deputies are expected to survive. the suspect was arrested and is being held without bond, charged with two counts of attempted capital murder. toianna: we are expected learn the name of a teenager killed in silver spring. to death around 6:30 on christmas eve. w

john: i'm john delaney larry: new developments out of baltimore after that crash the yield six people. autria: sam sweeney is there, live, where all of this is coming ahead of critical new development in the case. sam? sam: so many questions in this case. we expected to get a lot of answers in the day ahead. it was about this time yesterday when tse in for an accident that sounded like an explosion. two buses, colliding, one of them ending up like an accordion. the six people killed her being memorialized in this makeshift memorial hanging on the fence at the accident scene. people coming here to drop off balloons, leaving notes. the baltimore police and national transportation safety board are trying to figure out school bus, on its way to get schoolchildren, never stopped. there were no skid marks. there was another person on board the bus, they will likely play of crucial part in the investigation. 10 people have been released from hospital. two people are there still with critical injuries. we are likely to learn names and the story coming up in just a few hours. baltimore, sam sweeney. larry: thanks

john gonzales, "good morning washington." mudslingingheated in a high profile presidential debate. sam sweeney has more.m: last night, the debate in france had more of a feeling of a clinton-trump debate of what the french are typically used to. each candidate lobbing insult at the other. neither candidate -- traditional parties. neither candidates from traditional french party. they went at it back and forth for about 160 minutes. this morning, a brand-new poll won the debate. the election is scheduled for may 7. closer to home on alexandria for you. barring anything unusual at tonight's council meeting, you can expect to pay about $700 more per year to live in the city. council members are expected to pass a bill tonight raising the local property tax and adding fees for storm water management and waste collection. it is an attempt to address years of voter crowded schools, aging buildings, outdated sewers, and a growing bill from metro. the national capital planning commission will hold a meeting to request guidelines and environmental policies and procedures surrounding development in southwest d.c.

sweeney. back to you. adrianna: the sounds of the capital fourth could be heard in the area last night. john stay most is hosting that. the performance includes the beach boys and a whole lot more. the concert will be held on the west lawn of the capital. musical performances followed by fireworks. gates open at 3:00 this afternoon with the concert beginning at 8:00 hopefully less storms will be over. officers are being honored today. were bothagent -- wounded when a gunman opened fire at the congressional baseball practice last month. both returned fire and hit the gunman. honored at the july 4 ceremony happening later this morning. and john gonzalez is out on the water today. are checking in with him for somevoting safety tips -- g safety tips. but first, the fourth forecast. eileen: we were talking about -- pete is scared of thunde happen with him. bad day: it could be a for him. thunderstorms and fireworks. eileen: my poor baby. nothing a mom's hug won't fix. the feels-like temperature. it will feel like 80 degrees by , the clouds are limiting on sunshine from coming down you. we peak ea

john gonzalez. you, john.k people in france waking up to a new leader. sam sweeneywith more on what happened. sam: world leaders reaching out to emmanuel macron. hillary clinton, barack obama, showing support this morning. in france this morning the headlines in the streets are new and both parties want identities. the marine le pen campaign director saying overnight that they will change the name of the party after the crushing loss. the nationalist party into court new supporters. the winning party also looking for a name change. his party last april in 2016 and he wants to change the name before legislative candidates announce running in june. he is the youngest person ever to be elected in france and he is the youngest leader in the country since napoleon. he will take office next sunday. larry? larry: that is fast. the? ok. happening today, president trump's travel ban heads to court. the first of two major legal tests for the executive order this month. suzanne kennedy is live with more for us. suzanne? the entire fourth circuit court of appeals -- court of ap

john. whenever there is safetrack work or metro problems at all, text alerts. autria? autria: cyber monday deals are now in full swing. sam sweeney is live in the newsroom with all the ways you can save some cash. sam? sam: the people going back to work today may not be getting much done. the big deals are the tvs. they just found this one-on-one mark. normally $1100, that's the big savings. there are a ton of savings for televisions across the board. anything. target card bringing it up to 20%. while the hot items is the google home personal assistant. very similar to amazon eco. great problem -- great product, i love it. not endorsing it, but i love it. best deals can be found best black friday.com and then click on cyber monday 2016 and it will list the categories that you need for your one-stop shop. million in lost activity. autria? good thing we get paid to do this. autria: [laughter] good thing it's your assignment. no lost productivity for him. think about brightening up someone's holiday for toys for tots. join us for the toy drive this coming saturday, we will be out there helping to collect toys between 11 a.m. and 3 p

john gonzalez. have new information about the man suspected of carjacking and killing a d.c. actress and yoga instructor. we know that this is not his first run-in with the law. sam sweeneyh more on this story. sam? sam: he has an extensive criminal past. 29 years old, from upper marlboro. recently arrested december 17. he was supposed to have an ankle bracelet put on but he never showed up for his court date. this morning you can see outside the obit studio, where that yoga hasher remembering her. she taught every night at 5:30 and last night they held a vigil for her. today at 1:00 this afternoon her suspected killer will go before a judge for the first time. mcauley disappeared christmas night. johnson had been driving her car around with her dead body inside , according to police. at this hour it remains unclear when and where she died and how johnson came into contact with her. the medical examiner says that she was strangled and badly beaten. the post reached out to her family -- his family. his stepfather says the criminal justice system went too easy on him in the past and says that he should never have been released from prison. the father went on to say that he

john gonzalez, good morning washington. adriana: 6:48 now, it's decision day in the white house. president trump expected to announce whether the u.s. will leave a global change coalition. sam sweeney at the live desk with more on this. sam: adriana, president trump will make that announcement whether or not the u.s. will remain a part of the accord today. he tweeted last night he'll make the announcement 3:00 this afternoon in the rose garden. white house officials tell abc news he's expected to withdraw from the treaty but they until today's announcement. under the accord, 190 countries committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat climate change. if the united states rejects the plan we'll join two other countries not onboard, syria and nick raug because, even north korea -- nicaragua. even north korea signed on. stay with abc news for complete coverage as soon as the announcement happens. i'm sam sweeney, now back upstairs. larry: we're keeping a close eye on the courts as a pennsylvania man was arrested at a trump hotel in d.c. and could make his first appearance. police arrested brian molds after they found him packing a assault gun and ammo inside his

sweeney. back to you guys inside. we will be bringing you the latest developments from tonight's speech. keep tabs of everything the president says at wjla.com. larry: johnz, live at the scene of a deadly shooting near capitol street. john: a violent night here in d.c. this one where we are at is a homicide and this police investigation is really starting to back up traffic in the area. the border of north , down there in the southbound lanes of north capital, still closed. we came up the streets to show you where it all started. now that we have some daylight, you can see that this entire area was riddled with bullets. we see evidence markers on the street here. shots were fired at around 11:00 last night. police found a wounded adult male, and and out of consciousness, shot in the back. rushed to the hospital, where he later died, unfortunately. the motive is still unclear. this happening right across the street from the troubled source neighborhood. no arrests have been made. reporting live, john gonzalez. "good morning washington." larry: no coat needed, but boy, umbrella tomorrow? veronica: yeah, this afternoon, coming up late for us, small umbrella

sweeney. autria: breaking right now, house in prince george's county is up in flames. larry: at least one person pulled from the burning home. condition this morning? john: that's right, a 74-year-old woman, a homeowner who has lived here a long time. she and her daughter are actually in the hospital. still an active scene. significant damage to the home. the fire started just after 4:30 this morning. the adult daughter was able to get out of the house, she ran out without herself -- with her cell phone -- without her cell so she was out here in the street yelling to neighbors for help. firefighters had to go into rescue her elderly mother. wheelchair-bound, she was not able to get out of the home. that elderly woman is now in critical condition. the fire chief telling us that significant burns and smoke inhalation. this woman being stretchered , firefighters finally convinced her to get checked out. but it doesn't seem she has many injuries at all. it's the elderly woman that the focus is on right now. a delicate situation with her at the hospital. the cause of the fire is still unknown. we can tell you that the family dog went missing and it has been

sweeney is getting ready to discuss his part of this. meteorologist eileen whalen is in the elements as well. but john gonzalez, let's start with you right now and what you're seeing on kent island. john: well, we've been told, larry, that there are two communities that were hit the hardest, the bay city community and ellendale. this is where we are. it's a new development, where you have some homes that are now occupied, others that were still under construction. take a look. some of these homes completely leveled. that's how strong these winds were early this morning. residents that live in this community tell us they have never felt anything like this. exclusive video you will see only on abc 7 news, as my photographer, joe and i, carefully walked a little bit through the neighborhood as best as we could. look at these homes. i mean, you've got roofs and walls completely ripped off. a tremendous amount of debris on the roadways. cars have been damaged. windows from the cars, from the homes shattered. fortunately, we are told that the homes that were leveled are unoccupied. they just finished up con

sweeney, back to you guys inside. larry: standing in solidarity with women. protest starts right now. closing businesses, even schools right here in the dmz. johnzalez in prince george's county, announcing last night that classes were canceled. john: we just spoke to a retired major who runs the junior rotc program here and he says that they had a very big day planned today. he didn't find out until 10:00 last night that school was going to be canceled, these doors were not going to be opened. students were not going to be showing up. he says it's frustrating, but he gets it. the second largest school district in maryland decided to close, saying that 1700 teachers and 37% of the transportation staff, hauled out. parents, a short notice. though 16 schools decided to close on monday after about 300 teachers there requested this is all part of a nationwide demonstration calling for equal rights. alexandria city officials saying that headstart programs and afterschool activities will go on as scheduled today. in prince george's the school superintendent saying that the 130 thousand students, it was impossible to have a safe and productive day at s

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john gonzalez is headed to the scene. and as soon as we get new information, we'll pass it along. the good news here, everybody inside that house made it out safely. at the live desk, i'm sweeney. now back to you. larry: right now it's not rainy though it's cool. adriana: a very chilly morning. 6:00 a.m. right now, straight up. veronica, how long will the chill in the air last? veronica: for today it's going to be cool, even tomorrow, guys. but today is really the day you'll feel it because of the gray skies across our area and because of the little spotty showers and mist that we have. not full-on rain today but kind of the nuisance kind of weather. for the weekend, sunday, heat wave starts, getting ready for a stretch of 90-degree days. something we've not had a chance to witness or feel yet this year and it all starts on sunday. 63 your temperature out the door now. we do have a low ceiling and clouds and patchy fog that could start forming before long but on radar, not much to >> the. -- not much to report. as we go from the afternoon, we'll go from the lower 60's to upper 60's, kind of a marine layer today is the air we'll have, ju k hanging low. tomorrow there could be m