jonathan elia developing now-- a rough start to the holiday break for the family of donald trump. a flight carrying trump's daughter and grand-children was delayed leaving california. one passenger had to be removed after security officials say he began harrassing them. ivanka, who was flying coach, remained on the plane, and eventually made it to hawaii. some witnesses say -- the entire ordeal could have easily been avoided. jetblue released a statement saying in part-- "if the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the risk of escalation during the flight." turning now to the war on terror. german officials are now confirming that anis amri's fingerprints were found on the truck used in monday's attack in berlin. there's still a global manhunt for the 24-year-old tunisan man. prosecutors say amri likely hijacked the truck - killed its driver - and plowed into a christmas market -- killing 12 and injuring dozens... including two americans. amri's fingerprints were found on the steeri

retaking mosul show the terror group is pl >>> from the terrorism alert desk in washington, dc, i'm jonathan elias. group says there are explicit threats.he did not disclose any information in the plans but says the information is being shared.(??take vo??)in mosul a fresh warning from the u.n about the growing humanitarian crisis there.it says the limited supplies of percent of residents in the city - when a pipeline was hit during fighting.the offensive to re-take the city is now in its sixth week. (??take vo??) and, a north carolina man accused of murdering his neighbor and plotting a terrorist attack in the name of isis has pleaded guilty. federal investigators say justin sullivan was plotting to kill as many as 1,000 people.(??on cam??)sullivan was caught trying to recruit members to join isis.one of the people he contacted was an undercover agent.sullivan could face life in prison.from the terrorism alert desk in desmond king and jaleel johnson made first team all- big ten on wednesday - >>> desmond king and jarrell johnson made the big ten on wednesday. the offense did not get as much love

live from the "live desk," i'm jonathan elias, back to you. alison: well, shortly after talking about boeing today the president-elect took a meeting with d.c. mayor muriel bowser. our d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in the big apple with what happened in the morning meeting at trump tower. i know you spoke to the hero. sam: we did, of the top aides and the security hopped on a plane and came here to trump tower to speak to the president-elect. in an interview afterwards the mayor was up. >> fantastic one-on-one with the president-elect. sam: muriel bowser arrived with two top aides to the meeting with president-elect donald trump. she said they discussed education to metro for 40 >> we talked specifically about metro. we wanted to focus on the federal interests on the district of columbia of which they are many. >> d.c. voted overwhelmingly for hillary clinton, not trump. >> bring up that he got 4% of the vote in the district, why should he be concerned? anything like that? >> no. his focus is on building a government and moving forward. e

. >> i'm jonathan elias. iraqi traps are fighting isis in mosul about two and a half miles from the tigris river. crossing that river will be a huge battle to retake the city. manila is on a high terror alert. this isft extremist group on monday. those two planted a bomb near the u.s. embassy. in germany an intelligence agent is under arrest for plotting to blow up their headquarters. the man converted with islam, was leaking intelligence secrets to other jihadists. he was caught while trying to recruit someone who was an undercover agent. agents can search millions of americans' computers and cell phones. the updated rule is needed to help them investigate and track down cyber criminals. those against the rule call it government hacking and surveillance. >>> caught on camera, a mild road rage incident that has it all. a fender-bender between two trucks leads to a heated argument between the two drivers in england. then one of the drivers backs up into the other vehicle, grabs a windshield. the man drives off

and now here's jonathan elias with what's coming up tonight on abc seven.. in maine,,, slick roads turned deadly. at least two were killed in separate accidents. and there were nearly 900 car wrecks in one day across minnesota this weekend. thousands of flights were also canceled. many - are now in the path of arctic temperatures- settling in later this week. - roller coaster ride of temperatures - arctic blast thursday & friday - single digit wind chills thursday - warmer weekend - wintry mix saturday am to all rain today: mostly cloudy. slight chance of pm rain, mainly east of i-95. highs: 43-49 tonight: partly cloudy. cold. lows: 29-34 winds: light wednesday: partly cloudy. highs: 39-46 winds: nw 5-15 mph a sudden wake up f a fire, breaking out overnight hotel. a fire, breaking out overnight at the capital hilton. our crews just got to the scene - a live report coming up next. and seven on your side getting you ready for the holidays. the shipping deadlines you need to know if you want to beat santa this christmas. donald trump is expected to name his se

. >>> from the desk in washington, dc, i am jonathan elias. iraqi troops are fighting isis in mosul about 2 1/2 house from the tigris river. the river slices the city and house -- in half and crossing the river will be a huge mild -- milestone in retaking the city. they have taken 19 neighborhoods east of the tigris. manila is on the highest terror alert for the first time in 16 arrested two members of an islamic extremist group on monday. they planted a bomb at the u.s. embassy. >>> in germany, and intelligence agent is arrested for plotting to blow up headquarters. a 92 to 78 loss to notre dame wasn't the outcome the iowa >>> and 92-78 loss to not hurt -- notre dame was not the outcome they wanted on tuesday. the hawks turned it over 6 times and saw good things from their freshman. their first correct -- in their first career starts, they combined for 41 starts, 10 assists and 40 rebounds. they made it clear that they are ready for the big stage. >> i just wanted to go out and do everything that i have been could do that is in -- that is a p

jonathan elias is at the jonathan: this is getting play all over the world.resident obama imposing strict sanctions on the russian officials. here is what we know. 35 russian diplomats are being kicked out of the russian embassy in d.c. and the consulate in san francisco. they have 72 hours to pack up the stuff and get out. the reason, they are accused of acting in a manner that is inconsistent with the diplomatic status. the president said russians will no longer have access to government owned come pounds in maryland and new york. the u.s. investigations investigated hacking throughout the campaign season and came to the conclusion that russia's government was trying to influence the outcome of the election. russia denied this saying they have no business and they weren't even involved in hacking the election process. this is one of those how do you prove it? abc7 is monitoring this and including the potential retaliation. spokesman for that the russian president is considering taking his own action against the united states accusations. we will have more o

we're very fortunate to have as our moderator jonathan elias, journalist at abc 7, wjla tv in washington, d.c. and host of abc 7 absolutes a weekly segment spotlighting our military heros. he's also, although a civilian, instructor at u.s. army war college where he teaches colonels for the most part who are heading up the line to flag rank. that's pretty amazing distinction for a civilian, let me tell you. i also found out in talking to john before the program that he and his wife had been very active in helping wounded warriors. they have founded a charity that helps them in a wide variety of wayes. welcoming them home. providing travel. helping with housing. all sorts of different services. and he told me that at one particular event they had in arizona for 55, over 7,000 people showed up to help. thank you jonathan for all you're doing for our military. and i welcome you now to the panel. [ applause ] >> good morning, thank you very much. quickly, so as an instructor of the u.s. army war college, i get to be senior command. in my class i only have lieutenant colonels and above for nav

jonathan elias is live in sat lie center with what the abc7 on your side i-team is digging up on the property. what is going on? jonathan: we keep showing you the videotape of the beautiful estate. we are learning more how russia came to own the massive property in maryland and how it has been used. the white house says it has been used for intelligence activities. i.e., hacking. russia says it's not the case it's always been used as a retreat where diplomats would go to play tennis, sail, swim, play soccer. the family would come out there. it was a camp for the kids in russia to come out. vacation spot. but the soviets purchased it in 1972 in cold war. they stayed through the fall of the union until now. it is valued by the state of maryland at $9 million. what is unclear is what will happen with the property. this is part of the order and it should be interested to see what the president he lecht does when he takes over the presidency on january 20. how many diplomats does russia have altogether? that's a number we are looking into. back to you. michelle: russia owns a lavish proper

jonathan elias has a look at the movies on the national film registry. and the additions there. jonathan: the concept is a hundred years from now when people are in the library to look at the movies it will be a snapshot of what they thought our culture was about at the time period. some of the names of the movies now you think these are classic movies. you read off the list. "breakfast club" "princess bride." and "the birds." that is hitchcock's seventh film in the library of congress. prolific director. others are "lion king" "thelma and luis" "funny girl." "the decline of western civilian." "paris is burning." "20,000 leagues under to be sea." great movie there. "a walk in th the list. these are the movies are considered classics. so the question for the two of you. any to go in the library? alison: not on the list? jonathan: correct. alison: good question. i recognize almost one of those movies that you listed. that is rare everybody collectively knows big movies. jonathan: "the sting." "bump -- "field of dreams." "godfather." great titles. alison: a good list. larry: "gladia

we're very fortunate to have as our moderator jonathan elias, journalist at abc 7, wjla tv in washington, d.c. and host of abc 7 absolutes a weekly segment spotlighting our military heros. he's also, although a civilian, instructor at u.s. army war college where he teaches colonels