like samuel caplan, inside his office at this federal facility in chantilly. caplan said he used his work computer to open emails from his private account. do you regret doing that? >> of course. of course. it was -- the best way i can describe it is ridiculous for me to do that. >> reporter: included in those emails, sexually explicit images. he admits some were even of children. >> that that's what it is. it's irrational. >> reporter: he later pled goilt guilty to possession of child porn and served three years prison time. the i-team found that although such extreme cases were rare, we should investigate how often some federal workers kill time on the job looking at adult pornography. using the freedom of information act, we sought records from 12 major federal agencies. some of the largest government employers in d.c. and nationwide, asking only for their most egregious cases. cases in which internal investigators were called in or in which the employee admitted hours of porn viewing a day. and we found more than 100 cases. >> classified as fraud, waste, a

and in the chantilly area, doing ok for the most part near interstate 66.s you get closer to sterling there is a work zone northbound. and you will lose the left lane. and on 66, going into the areas, getting closer to memorial bridge, there will be traffic. for the most part, through falls church, this is moving smoothly from the double connector. it is -- that is the latest for traffic watch ♪ >> you are watching abc seven news at noon, on your side. jummy: it is day one of the new d.c. public schools chancellor, and on wilson -- antwon wilson, and we were there for his first day on the job. >> the new chancellor with his first day on the job. reporter: he is visiting a number of d.c. public schools, getting to know people and he is excited. >> we want to see students coming to school, being taught by teachers that care about them, led by leaders that believe in the teachers and support them, in a system that is geared toward making sure students graduate my ready for success in school and in life. reporter: it will be a big first day for the new chancell

the stores where you can drop off donations are in taunton, la plata, and chantilly. everything you give will go to area food banks. it was so great meeting all the people who came out to pe we even had people from prince george's county who saw me on air and made a point to come to prince frederick>> i saw that. they were filling up the baskets. >> they bring out more bins, more baskets. they are ready to take it all. >> great news. >>> can we take anymore changes in the forecast? >> unfortunately we will have to. march comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. it's going to come in like a lion, but not necessarily a big winter storm. we're going to sees severe weather possible on wednesday followed by maybe snow showers for the first time in a while heading into your friday. not a big chance but there is nonetheless a small chance. we've got a little more cloud cover than sunshine this noontime. 53 degrees but despite the cloud cover this afternoon, we've got these south winds, which are going to take comes up much more than they were yesterday afternoon. we will co

chantilly and reston picked up a half-inch of snow during the snow squalls. very light snow showers out then the skies begin to clear and we have a nice sunrise early tomorrow morning. although it will be called. 5,ghttime lows, 18 to 2 partly cloudy, the wind out of the northwest. tomorrow morning, we are talking 20 to 25 degrees early on, sunshine may be deceptive. a cool start, but then we warm up during the midmorning. the highs still below average this time of year. clouds increase through the midday hours. drive for lunchtime. outdoor recess for the kids. clausen the forecast for the evening rush-hour, but it will be dry. the forecast highs tomorrow, only around 40 degrees. clouds later in the day. the average this time of year is 46. if you like milder temperatures like we had yesterday, when we broke the record at 74 degrees at reagan national, i promise warmer weather is on the way, sooner than you think. 59 degrees the high saturday. middle 60's by sunday. a chance of showers late in the day early monday. wendy and cooler monday, -- windy and cooler

nonperishable food at the walmart stores in fort totten, prince frederick, landover, la plata and chantilly. everything donated goes to area food banks and i will look for you on friday at the walmart in prince frederick. >>> we've all read fairys end in divorce and breaking up is hard to do. there is a way to cope, one that takes you back to your childhood. wusa9 has more on the divorce coloring book. >> reporter: what divorce his bedroom would be complete without this. >> it's storytime at the wusa9 news room but this is not your ordinary book. ex no discussion without your -would be complete without your in-laws or your ex-laws. >> the entire book is about divorce. the author is debbie met tubal -- debbie met tubal from reston. >> she is trying to get happy. her friend so you will be fine. expect the book is called divorce, the common coloring book and mcdougall has inspiration. she, herself, is still entangled in a six-year legal battle over her divorce. she says it can be lonely. >> it is a lack of hope raises their hand in kindergarten and said i'd like to get divorced someday. nobody

. >> they can join us at fort to then, prince frederick, chantilly. >> one thing people might not think as nonperishable is that gallon jug right there. >> this gallon jug of water here is nonperishable. it is our wal-mart brand. >> gotta plug the wal-mart brand. but you're helping the community. everything donated to the area food pantries. is sending a lot of people your way, andrea. thank you. >> good stuff. >>> all going to come to an end. >> well, it is. but this weather -- already out. van ness street. take a picture of bethesda. so we actually have an update from the national park service. they're in what they call stage 1, green bud stage right now. that occurred essentially today. earliest it's been in seven years. get to go through all of these stages. then given the past history, they can either be in peak bloom two weeks from now, or four weeks from now. we think more like two weeks. earliest could be march 13th. i put this on our facebook and website. i would try to get in here, between the 14th and 21st of march. the earliest peak, march 15th. we are going to challenge tha

healthy nonperishable food at the wal- mart stores in prince frederick, landover, la plateau and chantilly. everything donated will go to food banks. i'll be at the prince fredericks wal-mart in calvert county expecting your donations. come on out and say hello. >>> picture this, the republic of trinidad and tobago is nearly 2,000 square miles while an iceberg twice that size is poised to break off antarctica. part of the ice shelf is now hanging by only a relative thread after a crack expanded abruptly in december by about 11 miles. ice shelves are areas of ice floating object -- scientists fear the loss of these shelves will allow glaciers innd slide faster towards the sea as temperatures rise because of global warming raising world sea levels. >> when i was out in breckenridge at a weather conference in general we talked about stuff like this, and the way the glaciers are shaped under water they are blocking the sea from going in under the ice shelf. once that breaks off that underwater dam is gone, so the sea water can get underneath the ice shelf and then quicken the advancing and the

fort totten, prince frederick, landover, la plata and chantilly. this food drive runs through february 28th and i hope to see you this friday in prince frederick. >>> one of the reasons behind our heart love campaign returned to work this morning. wusa9's photojournalist deon wiggins suffered a heart attack in january while on the job. he fortunately had the wherewithal to calm for help -- call for help. and today everyone from his wusa9 family welcomed him back with he looks great doesn't he? >>> now here's something you don't see every day. find out why a coyote would follow a doctor into work and what happened when the physician realized he was being followed. >>> welcome back to the news at noon. it's a scary time for homeowners about 20 miles outside of denver. a brush fire has already destroyed some buildings and now is leading to evacuations in boulder. the winds got to about 70 miles an hour in some locations this morning. making the flames very difficult to fight. so far, no homes have been torched and 75 families were evacuated as a preca

and -- chantilly. and at tar mine's on 7th street in northwest d.c.going to happen monday, february 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. however there are if a reservation -- for this a reservation is required and you can do that by going to the wusa9 app or website and search heart love. i hope to see you there next monday between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. but don't forget reservations necessary. >> i went up stairs and slitting with the folks and the medical personnel as well as the folks who came the get their test. and great thing i'm glad we did that. i'm glad the folk who is came because -- folks who came because getting that knowledge is important but you have to take action once you get the information. >> that means seeing a primary care physician, what do you do with the numbers after that? >> right, however weather-wise, maybe you're sniffling today. yes we have the allergy index. things are budding out already and tree pollen is moderate and the mold spores are low. for the afternoon, mix of sun and clouds and windy. the chilly. low 40s. with a few flurri

. -- chantilly. everything will be donated to food banks. >> are you on team topper? the snow? are you disappointed that it's not here? the results of our survey right there, chris, get out of the way so i can see that. 62% of you say yes, still hoping for snow this winter. they don't say how much snow though. >> i told you it's more snow lovers out there than you think and i'm up front about it. i am honest about it. >> you did give them some snowflakes this week. >> i did. i came in the newsroom today and someone asked me the chance of snow four inches or more at national by middle of march. i said .25%. >> you gave us something flakey in the show. that's for sure. >> that's in my infinite wisdom, i res th gets me in trouble when i second-guess myself. the ghwas 51. we're ok. we're going to go 68. infinite wisdom i'm raising it from 67 to 68 for tomorrow. live lookout -- look outside. it's 39. winds are calm. pretty much clear. dew points in the upper 20s. about 10 degrees warmer tonight than last night. it's pretty cold this morning. 189 -- 19 at dulles. afternoon

i'll -- chantilly.be in calvert county friday so i hope to see you there. >>> more than 29 million americans live with diabetes. for millions of patients insulin and a life or death medication. in the last decade or so the price of insulin has more than tripled to more than $700 a patient. a federal lawsuit accuses the three insulin manufacturers of conspiring to is the drug makers deny the allegations. >>> caught on a d.c. police body camera, the moment officers put their lives on the line to save someone. police tweeted out this video of a crash monday in northeast. a car caught on fire after a driver crashed into a light pole on the side of bladensburg road. he was close to passing out as the car inside filled with smoke. that's when officer steven heinz punched out a window to get the plan some air and -- man some air and then other officers came. the man has already been released from the hospital. good job. >>> listen really closely to the next story. this picture of a flannel shirt on a windshiel

collecting foods stores in fort totten, for instance frederick -- prince frederick and la plata and chantilly. everything will go to area food banks and i'll be at the wall hart in prince frederick, maryland in calvert county next friday the 24th. so i hope to see you there. >>> new apps are court reportedly being used in washington to leak sensitive information to the media. the apps are designed to automatically delete messages after they're sent, leaving no paper trail. president trump is promised to crack down on leakers but new technology may make that difficult. sad anywhere duet yay has more. >> i just received a new message. >> reporter: john broad didn't set out to make a leaking app but parentally many people use confide for that purpose. >> you unveil the message by wandering over it with your finger. >> reporter: once they are read, broad claims they vanish without a trace. >> it's gone forever and you can't print it or save it. agju it disappears. >> reporter: taking a screen shot of the message? forget about it. >> the message self- destructings and i can't go back in and try to

chantilly virginia got .8 of.8 f an inch reston a half inch andaa dulles a half inch.inch so a lot of you sent us yourusyr pictures and we appreciate it.i. later tonight because it is soao cold be aware some of these the snow squalls that deposited alse very smallposi amount of snowf could be black ice in thelack ie morning because it is just is ju going to be so incrediblycrebly cold. we are about 30 degrees cold than we were yesterday at this hour, 25 is the actual temperature in gaithersburg.her. d.c. is 31 and you saw laurensal there fighting with theseh tese winds. they've been so strong. st wind advisory was just droppedrd for our area but we still havele gusts close to 30 miles ano 30 hour and it will stay mightya breezy tonight which means e hello winter, we're back withckh the teens and maybe even some s single digit wind chills for not only tonight but tomorrowt morning as well.morning well. so, get ready for a real cold cd start followed by a very niceice weekend. we'll talk about that in a few a minutes. tony and shawn.sh >> have a good weekend.eekend. >> ♪♪ >> we have a f

the stores are in fort cotton, prince frederick, landover chantilly.very you give will go back to food banks. >>> you know had lovable yellow lab was raised and trained by andrea mccarren. they enjoyed a brief reunion yesterday that was posted on social media. she left the wusa 9 news room three weeks ago to fulfill his mission to serve a wounded warrior. right now he is in final training. he will be placed with his veteran in 4 to 6 weeks. we are so proud of him. we will keep you posted on where he goes. extra swag in that tail wag. so happy. so sweet. >> she was walking around and the tail cleared everything off the coffee table. >>> ready? 26 degrees above average today. if this was summer we would be 116 degrees. >> we don't want to be that hot -- [ talking at the same time ] >> 26 degrees above average in february. let's start with a picture. this came in to us. this is fuzzy. aalogize. gets the point across. cherry frees in bloom. this is not -- we talked about this yesterday, we are on track for a record early bloom which means the earlest ever

. >> reporter: but the problem came when paul needed his mail kept here at the chantilly post officent out of town to care for a family member. he's back. and his mail is not >> i'm upset to say least. >> reporter: no one seems to know wheret' was it lost on the way? paul tells us he's missing important tax forms, several vintage records he collects and most upsetting medical reimburse meant checks valued in the thousands of dollars. paul said he pressed postal official >> it was more to the effect of we're looking for it. we're sorry, we never seen anything like this happen before. i got i call on a daily basis. >> reporter: the post office contacted fox 5 late wednesday afternoon apologizing for the incident. saying it plans to do right by this customer. which includes reimbursement for the items lost as well as fraud protection and says finding mr. comb's mail remains a top priority >> he's worried about the sensitive information that was in some of the mail that was lost and he is asking the u.s. post office to pay for identity theft protection for life. he's also hoping office h

riverdale coming in at 60 degrees, bladensburg, cheverly. 60 towards leesburg, 58 towards centreville, chantillyston looking pretty good there too. rain? no. storm team 4 radar has been dry. we've seen showers, a couple of sprinkles overnight. we still have a storm system over the region right now. tomorrow we clear out during the day. we see some sunshine, a mix of clouds and sun at times. that sun is going to do a lot to warm us up. it will actually give us a chance for showers, back to the west tomorrow, back towards the blue ridge. i-81 to about5 think we'll go. they may try to come farther east then they'll die out as the sun goes down. if you catch a shower, count yourself lucky, we do need some rain. noon, get out for lunch. it's going to be beautiful. 74 at 4:00. record warmth. we could set a record at dulles airport tomorrow, 69 degrees with showers to the west around that 7:00 hours. the highs tomorrow, this is ridiculous, this is may-like temperatures in the 70s. 74 in dc, 76 in culpeper. the next few days, 74 in your thursday, 72 on saturday. saturday is the day to watch, could see s

human backups already leading towards chantilly this morning.elt way outer loop deeping with crash blocking right shoulder and right lane just before connecticut avenue and delays georgia avenue to connecticut avenue few extra moments needed there was well. holly, wisdom. >> 5:49 is the time and let's look at stories you'reen fwaijing with most on social media for the realtime tracker. >> first up chaos in the sky over president trump's winter white house in mar-a-lago, twelve aircrafts violated flight restrictions five were buzzed by military aircraft in attempt to contact the pie will the. >> my low yanapolis lost a 250,000 book deal with simon and shooter after he appears to defend pedophilia. after his comments many took to smeeshldia. >> uber announced former general eric holder will sphere head the claims of sexual harassment and gender investigation held by awe former employee. she claims to have experienced sexual harassment during her year with uber. the company will lawn. an accident investigation. >> david cassidy is battling dimensio

this is a live weat camera at chantilly at the science building. there are more snow qualities. this is the doppler product. everything blue is snow here. but you can see there are good patches of snow. some of the heavy stuff is passing over 66. it's over i-95 now south from lorton and heading south. that is going to slow down traffic temporarily. let's switch modes. this is all from fairfax to marshall, that is all snow. we are tracking it to the southeast at the current speed. so coming up in ten minutes, dale city will get a heavy snow squall and it will continue to waldorf and la plata. some of this could cross over. this is headed to re neck. there is more coming. we think after sunset it will diminish. the winds will stay up and cold and the skies will clear overnight. by midnight most areas will be air temperature in the 20's. plenty cold. wakeup temperature is ten to 20. 21 in ashburn. leesburg, 23. in martinsburg and hancock. in the local metro area we are expecting numbers not much warmer. 18 in damascus. 20 in fairfax. 23 in pasadena. 21 in upper marlboro. and in col

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a leave look at traffic, once again in virginia headed into chantilly.roadway near the dulles toll road. reports of a crash on the baltimore washington parkway tying us up. >> anchor: thank you very much. we'll be back with another local upda to good ♪ and the trumpets they go [ applause ] ♪ and the trumpets they go >>> welcome back to "gma," everybody. and as you see we had a very good and enthusiastic tuesday morning audience. >> fat tuesday. [ cheers and applause ] >> is that a boa? >> yeah, from my new friends over there from louisiana. we're bffs in our head. >> celebrating mardi gras. that's right. >> what do you want to bring to the table. >> you know what, something fun. everybody can participate in. you can participate in it at home, as well. take a look at the people around you. if you don't know them, do you think you could correctly guess their names if we gave you like three or four names to choose from? >> i don't know. >> based on -- >> based on a if you study psychological association, your name can match your face. >> i love this. >> the

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