. >> she grew up in virginia and graduated from george mason university. >> all right. are we calm now? >> yes, we're calm now. >> all over today. >> this has been a crazy couple of days. that storm last niht in prince george county that did damage it was very scary. they're getting stronger. >> and today we had fuel and another day that low 80s and completely flipping calendar tomorrow and 50s and rain and so. pictures and tree damage very extensive and hardy at montgomery county and prince george county as well then we get to king george and west moreland and lots of reports of trees down there and hail as well aerial pictures you can see the trees are strong, straight line wind damage comeing across street and i'll tell what you if leaves were fully out in many areas as it is we have amazing tree cap pi here and unfortunately this happens in the severe storms this was super sel cell moving through between 4 and 6:00 and able to maintain hail for a long, long way all the way to the bay as a matter of fact. lightser tonight strong storms king george and west moreland co

it is going to eliminate john marshall, george mason, john jay maybe, although jay is coming up. jay is -- if you were investing in the founders, put your money on jay. he's going to ascend in worth. sam adams, henry, patrick henry, robert morris, you probably don't know who robert employers is, governor morris. they don't make it. who makes it? there are six people who make the list. this is, i guess, my list, but i defend it. they are george washington, primos interparis, the foundingest fathers of them all, and they would all said among us he was the greatest. they all said that. no disagreement. he is the toughest to get to know. benjamin franklin, the grandfather amongst the fathers. franklin was born roughly the same time as jonathan edwards, and he grew up knowing increased mather in boston, and he's an old guy. he at the time in an international poll would rank higher than washington, because of the reputation as a scientist in england and as a philasof in france. washington's key value is judgment. he got all the big things right. franklin's is wisdom. he's probably the

a george mason university grad and her husband and six others were arrested in 2014 on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. she and her husband have founded a non profit to care for street children in cairo. it's not certain the government will allow the couple to resume their work. >>> melissa and i are in blues and skies are gray but could be clearing up. >> they certainly will be towards the later afternoon hours. we are going to see showers clearing out of here but for allergy sufferers this is not a blue monday it's a great monday because it's just a little bit of rain and briefly you might be getting the smallest of reprieve from the high pollen counts we have been seeing very much off the charts for the past couple of days. showers falling over much of the metro area and tracking on first alert live doppler the brunt of corridor right now i can assure you towards 2:00 p.m. things are going to start to look better outside. i want to zoom in and talk about the leading edge of the showers cloudy for more of the morning but the rain moved into d.c. about an hour ago and here's whe

craig boswell is at the white house with george mason university graduate who met president trump forthe first time less than an hour ago. >> president trump invited an american aid worker to visit him at the white house today. the 30-year-old was released from egypt earlier this week after spending three years in jail on charges many human rights groups missed. >> he's been very close to me from the first time i met him. >> president trump met with him at the white house earlier this month and helped negotiate the release. >> i look forward to working with the president and we have some interesting conversations going to start effective immediately. >> president trump helped repair ties to egypt which became strained during the obama administration. friday secretary of defense james maddus visited israel. >> we sense a great change for the direction of american policy. >> the secretary says iran continues to threaten israel and neighbors with ballistic missiles. >> we are committed to stopping that and doing whatever it takes to pass on peace and freedom to the next generation. >> pr

she grew up in virginia and graduated from george mason university >> we're happy to have her back home's a great honor to have her in the oval office with her brother and thank you very much. >>> while the president is busy here in washington, his defense secretary is in israel with a stern use of chemical weapons. here is the latest. >> reporter: hours after touching down in israel, secretary of defense, james mattis saying he's certain syria still possesses chemical weapons. >> the amount of it i don't want to get into. don't reveal some of that detail, but bottom line is i can say authoritatively they've retained some. >> reporter: mattis adding syrian combat were planes are spreading out for another possible u.s. missile strikes >> president trump gave the go ahead to launch tomahawk missiles. warning bashar al assad, the u.s. is prepared two acted again if necessary. >> they'd be ill advised to try to use any again, we made that very clear with our strikes. >> reporter: mattis meeting with israel benjamin netanyahu. he's couraged by the use of chemical weapons so far >> we sense a

>> she is a 30-year-old egyptian american who grew up in falls church and graduated from george mason university. she returned to egypt following the revolution and got married their wedding money they found a foundation where they work to educate and stretch children in cairo. in -- street children. 2014 there was a crackdown on ivil society and they were raided without a warrant and she was arrested with her husband charged them with raft of charges including human trafficking, employment says of children, inciting protest andpatch in carry a life sentence. prison and it in is called a travesty. prison almost in three years aopbtd that violates yp's even penal code where detainees are only allowed to be eld two years under pretrial detention rules. there's been very frequent pose poefrpbmentes of the trialtponement of and they have not been allowed i wast their attorney and where the verdict was to be heard and she was in the defendant's cage and her husband embraced. and they they only see each other in the cage weeks or month apart and the judge postponed it inexplicabable inexpli

former vice president joe biden is heading to george mason university biden is teaming up with the school raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses. the event called "it's on us" - kicks off at 10:30 this morning. happening today.. the d-c council looking for ways to regulate and license air b-n-b's in the city. a hearing is scheduled on a bill that targets on people who are making it a full time business. councilmember kenyan mcduffie says the bill would regulate commerical air bnb operators who rent multiple homes. he argues that limits the city's supply of affordable housing. mcduffie says regular city homeowners looking to make a little extra cash by renting out an extra room are not the target. but the big debate - are these short term rentals hurting or helping d-c residents? we'll be talking with both councilman mcduffie and air bnb's will burns ahead of today's hearing. join the discussion coming up at 7:45 this morning when we switch over to newschannel 8. it's been one year since beyonce dropped her lemonade album -- and she's using the anniversary to help others.

productive >> former vice president joe biden made one of his first post white house appearances a the george mason university. he's trying to help change the culture that lead to sexual violence against young people >> if you see something if you're a fraternity brother and you see a young freshman co ed in the second week dead drunk and he's walking her up the stairs and you got to say not in my house, i an accomplice. you know what's about to happen. >> reminding the audience sexual assault is still the number one violent crime in college campuses in america. >>> he's got a lot of gripe about this but president trump is not the first president to hire family members. presidential historians, most of them secretary to the president and 14 daughters or daughters in law have taken up responsibilities. the daughter of andrew johnson lobbied members of could go depress for appropriate approximations. hillary clinton of course tried to healthcare as first lady, nancy reagan influential to her husband and if you want to talk about sons and you daughters, robert f kennedy serving in his brother's admini

host: at our table, frank buckley, foundation professor at george mason university. thank you for being here. the "new this piece in york post" -- why the president should embrace single-payer health care. first tell us what is single-payer health care? single-payer health care is a system in which the government will pick up the tab. it is a system very popular in canada. are then ourthere system is here. and very popular with americans. at this point, there is a solid majority of americans who would like something like canadian-style medicare. and that is a plurality of republicans. i think it would be clever of trump to say if any proposed health care plan breaks down, let's try this. host: you are a conservative pushing single-payer. guest: i know. ain't it great? host: does it go against conservative philosophy? not think so. any country in the world that beats us on the economic ranking has something like the canadian system. there is no conservative politican and any one of those countries who will want to get rid of it. it works rather well. we should remembe

jonathan: today, she played the violin with both hands, because a bioengineering student at george masonniversity did this. she was born without a left hand and the students created a left hand for her using a 3-d printer. .> very happy, very blessed just an amazing group of people have helped me make this attachment select and play the violin. jonathan: she is 10 years old. what poise. the students spent months designing the device before creating the final product that gives isabella a new way to shine. she knew she wanted to play the violent. now she can -- she knew that she wanted to play the violin. you can'ts not that do something, it's that you cannot do jonathan: beautiful music, and beautiful sports? a night for d.c. rivals, plus the emergence of ryan zimmerman continues. (vo) love. i got it. i gotcha baby. (vo) it's being there when you're needed most. ve is knowing... he's the one. (vo)...it was meant to be. and love always keeps you safe. we're fine. (vo) love is why we built a car you can trust. now and for a long time to come. the all-new subaru impreza sedan and five-door.

and police expect more enforcement at george mason university.30 this morning. >>> fire investigators are expected back at college park. still trying to figure out what sparked a firend construction. crews were still putting out hot spots. officials believe the fire was an accident. >>> a heated battle between metro could affect your plans. the two are locked in contract negotiations. metro workers are threatening a sick out. they told their supervisors they're not coming in on friday. metro supervisors are being told they will have to staff up and work 12-hour shifts this entire weekend if front line operators like bus and train operators don't show up. >> makes me feel stressed that, stressed with the work commute anyway. >> i hope they do work it out because people rely on that. >> union workers say they do not support a sick out, and they do not believe one will happen, but they're planning a march from the judiciary square to metro board meeting on friday. >>> three people are in the hospital after this bus crash in

host: at our table, frank buckley, foundation professor at george mason university.hank you for being here. the "new this piece in york post" -- why the president should embrace single-payer health care. first tell us what is single-payer health care?

they appeared at a sexual assault awareness event at george mason university yesterday. former vice president joe biden was also there calling on men to take action to prevent assault. letters home to parents warning that the show has adult themes including rape. >> the way that we're going to change the conversation and the way we're going to change the stigma of it is by directing it towards boys and men. >> very, very hard and scary to talk about, but that's why we made our show. and so watch it with your kids and talk about it with your kids and let them know that there's help. >> the producers point out that they also worked with mental health experts before launching the show and have created a documentary and a resource guide to help those suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts. >>> right now fire crews are still at the scene of a five alarm fire in college park. that fire erupted on monday inside a building under construction. according to our news partners at wtop, there are currently four hot spots that keep flaring up. fire crews are expected to finall

today he spoke at an event at george mason university hoping to bring more awareness to sexual assaultcollege campuses. the former vice-president urged the college students to help change the culture that leads to sexual violence. >> when you see something, if you're a fraternity brother and you see a young freshman co-ed in his second week dead drunk and him walking up the stairs, not in my house, jack. not in my house. because if you don't, you are an accomplice. you know what's about to happen. [ applause ] >> the former vice-president fired up there. telling his audience sexual assault is still the number one violent crime on college campuses across america. >>> independence blue cross making walking fun the insurance company encouraged people in center city today to get out and walk. it's all part of the national walk at lunch day people a attended the company's had he quarters at 19th and mark got to enjoy pre-walk warmups then got complimentary snacks. >>> new video posted on tmz shows anti fur protesters confronting philly native patti labelle. it happened while she was at a bo

. >> reporter: veronique de rugy is a senior fellow with the mercatus center at george mason university, a conservative think tank partially funded by the koch brothers. she says corporate taxes ultimately fall on workers. >> economics 101-- we know now that the person writing the check is not necessarily the one shouldering the burden of the tax. 70% of the burden of the corporate income tax falls on the workers in the form of lower wages. >> our objective is to make u.s. businesses the most competitive in the world. lawyer >> reporter: when the trump administration unveiled its one- page outline for rewriting the tax code this week, it featured a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. the white house also wants a one-time "tax holiday" that would allow american companies to repatriate that $2.6 trillion in overseas cash at a reduced though as yet unspecified rate. >> which will bring back trillions of dollars that are offshore to be invested here in the united states to purchase capital and to create jobs. >> reporter: in addition, the white house wants to stop taxing profits

>> i work at george mason university, and one of the questions that our researchers are asking -- are people talking about rebuilding the individual insurance market? i am curious from a business perspective if that is a concern of yours? terms ofn rebuilding the insurance market, the individual insurance market really was kind of usurped by the exchanges, and we talked about how the number of insurers are declining and the availability of auctions on the exchanges getting more and more problematic. so that is where the solution is going to, that is where the public outcry will come. when people are individually impacted by their ability to get oferage, or the lack affordability, even with subsidies. everyone in government would love to say, on a post subsidization basis, your rates do not go up. well, the rates went up, it is just the subsidy may have gone up with it. we will have to get to those issues, as well. sean: one thing i think is often missed is access. you might have a plan, and i will give an example of medicaid -- we have a lot of ob/gyn's in our business, and we partici

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. >> george mason is now offering a 24-hour crisis hotline and it is obligating students to take a pledge to end sexual violence. of summer over the next few days. after the break, there's more rain coming. >>> new help choosing what to wear in the morning. >>> take a look at this damage in northwestern arkansas left behind by a powerful line of storms. knocked power out for thousands of people yesterday. as many as 50 power poles were taken down. there were also several reports of trees falling on homes. the powerful line of storms will reignite tomorrow across the mid mississippi valley and cause severe weather. look out for that if you are traveling anywhere this weekend in that area. >> we don't have anything like that to look forward to for the weekend, do we? of thunderstorms saturday afternoon because it's going to be near 90 degrees. hot and steamy. it is the time of year or starting to become that time of year where we'll see afternoon showers and storms. currently 72 in the district. this is some filtered sunshine. if you look at this live picture, the skies are clearing, but we

plus hearing from a classmate of aya from george mason university about her efforts as well to bring aya home. live at the white house, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. brian: i showed you the storm at the top of the show. now there is a warning. it's on the edge and east of leesburg. western portion of the county. this is near lanesdown moving east at 30 -- this is near landsdowne. there have been the wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. if you are in the path of the storm, there is a warning unti this is the beginning of the weekend. the weekend shoutment be severe but -- weekend shouldn't severe. jonathan: maryland governor larry hogan received condolences all over the country following the death of his father. former congressman larry hogan sr. died last night following a stroke he suffered a week ago. the governor announced his father's passing in a facebook post calling him a hero. michelle: a memorial -- nancy: a memorial to remember the army specialist killed in the blackhawk helicopter crash. jeremy tomlin's service held in a chapel. the chopper went on monday. the cause is under in

speaking at george mason, biden cited a stat that one in five women are sexual assaulted in college. saying the victim sh wears and men have to be part of the solution. >> the deal is you have to speak up. you cannot let that kind of talk be bred. jeff: the event is it's on us sexual assault prevention campaign launched by biden in 2014. he had step from the show "13 reasons why." >> sexual assault reports increased across the country but the advocates say this is a good sign. indicating that the survivors are more comfortable to speak out. >> the white house is celebrating melania's 47th celebration in the white house this evening in her honor. >> coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a lot of cash missing. alison: and what we are learning about a sick-out from the metro employees. nancy: it is hard to watch a girl run over twice. how she escapes with only cuts and bruises from this. jonathan: a puppy left for dead is back on his feet. look at this. update on eddie and how to find him a new home. robert: we are court side for verz verz where the guys arem whatting up -- verizon w

she teemed up with five george mason bioengineers. now she has a custom made pink prosthetic arm. it took a year for them to produce the bioarm. >> i'm very grateful. without these people i don't think i could play my violin. i don't think i could play any instrume instrument. >> she said this 'they the particul -- she said this let her do her dream. >> i tried >> chuck tried it, sheena, melissa. everyone is getting a taste of that unicorn frappucino. people walking down the street. it's all over instagram. apparently not everyone loves it. >> if you got on social media, barristas say it's stressful to make it. >> one even dauld the devil. another person was happy that they sold out of the ingredients. whether you loved it, you can only get it until sunday. starbucks is genius. put a time limit on it. >> i don't think this would have had a long life span after sunday. >> there's something else. >> let's try something else. >> lindsay, what does this thing cost? do you sfler 4.95? >> 5 bucks. >> when i go to starbucks i w caffeine, right now! that's what we need. the whole reason i

she grew up in falls church, graduated from george mason university. she then troofld cairo. she may stay to help children. >>> new this president mike pens visited the demilitarized zone. pence calls this, quote, provocation. this starts off a ten-day trip to asia. coming up we're going live to capitol hill where news 4's tracie potts will have details on how the vice president plans to address it. >>> another first for the trump administration. the president will welcome kids to the white house for his easter egg roll. the specific plans for this year are still unclear. there are usually celebrity guests there, costume characters. very special guest of the day busy. >>> 14 hours to go now and some of you are counting every minute until the caps play again. >> that's right. it could be a very exciting night in toronto. two overtime games so far and the series is tied. 23450us sports reporter cher rebur russ is in canada. >>ep leafs here in toronto. each team winning one game in the series. returning home, tom wilson, he's from toronto. he knows the air canada centre will be

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county say to expect increased presence around bowie and cheltenham and scalia law school and george mason university. the drill is scheduled to start between 7:30 and 8:30 this morning. >>> fire inspectors are expected back at the monday fire at the apartment and retail building under construction. last night, crews were still putting out hot spots. officials do think whatever happened was an accident. >> you might have to prepare for a metro slowdown this weekend, but it has nothing to with the rail repairs. >> news4's justin finch is live for why the agency is preparing for a possible sickout by workers. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. planning is all right under way. sources tell us that metro supervisors are prepping for a 12-hour worker shift this weekend just in case bus and train operators don't show. news4 adam truss broke this on tuesday, confirming that they're seeing a number of sickout requests starting friday. the impact could stretch through the weekend. and this comes as the union and agency are in contract talks. so the union can't strike with a sickout as