cory stewart, who is running for to talk toalk to ice the board of supervisors about what is going on. live in woodbridge, tom roussey, abc 7 news. steve: cloudy skies beginning to move across the area. this evening. tomorrow, a cold front will trigger if you shower south and east of d.c. early on. temperatures midday should be about 50 degrees with sunshine in the late afternoon. but we are looking at a colder day thursday and a big warm-up, just in time for the weekend. more on that coming up. alison: we will see you then, steve, thank you. arts of texas turned upside down by severe weather. texas.s of at least seven people were injured when the storms ripped through the houston area this morning. at least three tornadoes touched down, hundreds now faced with the task of cleaning up and rebuilding. jonathan: new information -- a driver running down an armed man yesterday, but was it a case of self-defense? the police say that nate mckinnon had an assault rifle with him when he was struck in a parking lot and upper marlboro. his mother saw it gun. >> i was right there. i was on top o

cory stewart is headed back to charlotteville for a protest of the city council's plan to remove a statue of robert e. lee. stewart is expecting to meet counterprotesters. [chanting] >> reporter: last time cory stewart went to charlottesville to defend the robert e. lee statue he got all but shouted down. [ overlapping speakers ] >> reporter: now the republican candidate for governor is heading back for round two. >> it has gotten me a lot of attention because people recognize strength. they want someone who is going to stand up for their history. for their heritage. ñ >> reporter: the charlottesville city council voted to re t the confederate general. one council member called it culturally offensive and a symbol of white supremacy. the alexandria city council also voted to remove its confederate memorial. there is one in leesburg as well. the controversial really erupted after the slaughter of black parishioners in charleston by a killer who flew the confederate flag. >> reporter: at the alexandria presidents day parade. >> looks like desperation. >> democratic candidate for governor,

many of them aiming their attacks at the board chairman, cory stewart. i had a chance to ask him about the personal attacks and appropriate tests. he says, doesn't bother him a bit. >> they cheered and held signs outside of the prince william county board of supervisors meeting. >> i think this country is a country of immigrants. and we have to band together. >> inside their target, cory stewart, the chair of the board. a republican, running for governor, and known for his tough stance on illegal immigration. awe all we cannot let our politicians take us back to this toxic environment where everyone is a suspect, guilty until proven innocent. >> many of the speakers fear the county regressing back to 2007, when police began checking they suspected of being undocumented. >> i remember, like it was yesterday. when my daughter, who was just 12 years old at the time. came home from school crying. because she thought, he was going to have our family deported. >> exaggerations. exaggerations. everybody knows we went after people who were here illegally and com

tim: cory stewart said this is headed to the supreme court and most legal expe that is where the final decision will be made. jonathan: one woman's case is a rallying cry for immigration activists. the dead states illegally, arrested in 2013 for using false papers. immigrations and customs checked in with her every two weeks, but she was arrested and deported yesterday. >> it was really hard. >> we want her back, back in our arms. jonathan: the white house is refusing to comment, saying this was an ice issue. is almost weekend here, and a cold start friday. the temperatures early on, lower to middle 20's. daytime near 30 degrees. in the afternoon, clouds, daytime highs upper 30's near 40. if you have had it with today cold, tomorrow cold, well, the week and has some nice changes, back into the 60's. i will talk about that and looking ahead. snow squallssaw during the evening commute and flurries creating slippery conditions. but just like that, the threat of snow has left. and it may feel like spring as early as this weekend. alison: they are digging out after the northeast was slammed

cory stewart is running for governor. he helped the county approve a resolution that limited public services to undocumented immigrants and increased enforcement by police. >> when my daughter who was just 12 years at the time came felt her family was being deportsd deport deported. >> we went after people who were here illegally and committed crimes. end of story. >>> today it is out with the old at metro. the transit agency is retiring its first 4,000 series rail car. it will be loaded on to a truck at the rail yard this morning. back in november metro pulled those cars being used in lead positions on trains because of safety concerns. >>> we're talking about liberty and justice this morning. the names of the eagles nesting in southeast washington and we learned that they're having another little one. this is a live picture of the nest near d.c. police department's training academy. do you think they other awake now? there's a second egg in there. we told you when som first one. the eggs take about a month to hatch. if

cory stewart, a one-time chair of president trump's campaign in the commonwealth, former republican national committee chair ed gillespie, distillery owner riggleman, and frank wagner. this will be a closely watched governor's race. many see it as a potential referendum on the president's first year in office. >>> the new hard of hearing heroes project aims to add more history to the library of congress. the national court reporters foundation spearheaded this foundation. they've been recording war they started to see a common issue among the veterans, hearing loss. so they partnered with the hearing loss association of america, where the veterans shared their personal stories. a world war ii vet says he hopes the accounts send a certain message. >> war is something you don't -- you don't play around with. >> the national court reporters foundation says around 40% of veterans come back home with some sort of hearing loss. >>> mt. vernon is celebrating presidents' day weekend. they have a long list of events. starting this morning from 9:00 until noon, they're hosting a breakfast with who els

cory stewart, a one-time chair of president trump's campaign in the commonwealth, former republican national committee chair ed gillespie, distillery owner denver riggleman, and state senator frank wagner. it was a mostly cordial debate. this will be a closely watched governor's race. many see it as a potential referendum on the president's first year in office. >>> flint, michigan, has now gone for more than 1,000 days without clean and safe drinking water. the city is still in a major crisis over lead. there is a growing concern about potential health problems in children who drank that water. every sile at the most vulnerable age. half of them have high levels of lead. now teachers are noticing some differences. >> what i'm noticing more is reaction times are quicker for kids to become more explosive and angry. >> that volatility could be the first sign of what people fear will be the effects of lead exposure. the pediatrician who helped expose the water crisis says it could take years for symptoms to show. mean while, state officials say the water is safer. >>> the new hard of hearing he