on the chopping block, the purple line to link bethesda and new carrollton. project cost $2.6 billion. >> i listen to the president trump inaugural address and he said we need to build tunnels, bridges, railways. i listen to his infrastructure plan. i think we might be seeing the director mulvane's priorities rather than trump's priorities here. >> purple line critic argue roads not rails are the future. others say maryland should pay for its own project. not the feds. >> they hope the word from congress and from the governor will all convince the president this is worth doing. >> this is certainly wo already embrolling -- embroiled in a federal lawsuit. and depending on the proposed budget it could be a moot point. i'm kevin lewis reporting, abc7 news. michelle: happening now, metro closed the s-street entrance at the judiciary square station until 8:30. it's a security precaution while president trump attends an event at the national building museum. >> you see a lot of different things at wal-mart but you don't see this every day. no. that is a horse. a ho

to transportation, and on the the 16-mileck is light-rail system connecting bethesda and the new carrolltonroject has a price tag of $2.6 million. some argue the state of maryland should pay for this project itself. alison: also what risk if the budget moves forward as is, public broadcasting. deliver over 600,000 signatures to congress with a simple message -- hands off pbs kids. the budget proposal has cut off all funding to pbs and npr. jonathan: changes to security at reagan national airport, a four-year project to update the main terminal with security lines closer to the check-in counters. you, allst change for the shops and restaurants where you can wait for loved ones will be on the other side of security, and for to get a passengers only. alison: 7 on your side with an alert about a prank that could impact 911 service. asks siriou to to dial 108, which is the number emergency.ia to call >> we had a that the daughter received a prank. the call did not go through, but she alerted us it was making its rounds through the teenage community. call isany time a 911 hung up on, the operator

. >>> a disturbing crime in carrollton, texas.sex couple believes they were the target of a hate crime after their rainbow flag was burned. it went missing from the front of the house. they found the charred remains of the flag inside their neighbor's mailbox. police are now investigating other people in the neighborhood are rallying around the couple and flying same sex flags around their homes. >>> taxes, americans are trusting others to do part of the work. scott cohen has tips on how to make sure that person is not ripping you off. >> at some point we all have to trust someone with our finances. for the family that owned the collins street bakery in texas, that someone was accountant sandy jenkins. they treated him like part of the family. but he was far from it. jenkins profiled on the latest american greed, was funding the sweet life for himself and pay off his credit card. he got away with it for eight years, embezzling around $16 million. from skimming a few dollars out of petty cash to full scale fraud, a crooked accounta

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we'll try to get the latest and find more information as we go to carrollton, texas, to hear from jason on the democrats' line. caller: hello, good morning. to me it just sounds like the crux of representative sessions' argument is that this all has to do with states' rights and that the federal government can't tell us what to do. i just think he should be reminded that a century and a half ago we fought a war over states' rights and his side lost. that's all i have to say host: indiana, it's luke on the republican line. caller: yeah. what i don't really get about this is president trump has aligned his administration with so many individuals who are so short minded and we come up with a bill like this. i urge all people to vote no on this bill. thank you. host: here's jeffrey in columbia, south carolina, on our others line. caller: good morning. just as a constituent and an advocate for seniors here in south carolina, i actually work as a health care navigator for the medicare, medicaid constituents. right now there are a lot of seniors here in the rural south carolina area that witho

a 16-mile long light rain system that would link bethesda and new carrollton for $2.6 billion. >> if he wants to do big things he needs to start with the projects now. with the campaign promise of rebuilding tunnel, bridges and rails, the purple line hasn't turned blue yet. >> the odds are good. >> the other local transit projects at risk are the long range plus bus transit routes. larry: a group of the demonstrators taking to capitol hill to propose a plan to cut funding for the broadcasting. it includes funding for pbs and npr. they had 260,000 signatures from across the nation and marched them to the us. a >> "7 on your side." 10-month-old girl born with two legs and -- four legs and two spines survived a surgery at an illinois hospital. they were from an undeveloped twin and they protruded from her neck and back. today they talked about the surgery and the recovery. >> there is so much strength in the world. whatever you can do. we want to open our hearts. she is a good baby. >> when she recovers she will be reunited with her family in the ivory coast. they expect her to live a n

a truck tying of the green and orange lines reporting delays this morning on branch avenue, new carrollton. being out on the roads this morning, careful, caution, if you will. sidewalks, parking lots, some have been treated, some have a knot. likely to find patches of ice there. traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes and we will update the ride larry: on arlington boulevard in virginia. president trump's new travel dan, fighting a war on multiple fronts. sam? sam: travel dan 2.0 is expected to go into effect tonight at midnight but it could be blocked yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] great everyday prices and thousands of bonus buy savings. my giant. havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t pretty! [doorbell rings] hey. umm...sign here? sure, you got a pen? i do! thanks, sweetie. the savings in bloom event is going on now at havertys. life looks good. this march score the perfect basket. buy 8 participating products in one transaction and get a fandango movie ti