judge sentenced duane johnson to 30 years in prison for rape and murder of tricia mccauley. >> a show of support today. the students walking out of class today in support of the teacher. he was trying to pull the sweatshirt hood down and apologized when the hijab came off as well. >> you can say it will feel more like christmas, or more like september. chief meteorologist bill kelly must bill: bill, we are getting close to the lighting, right? bill: we are getting really close. the crowd is greater than it was. how is everybody tonight? [applause] we pan around and they are ready to light the tree. live coming up in 15 minutes. this is for everyone. 40's. 46 or so. 44 it 6:00. 42 at 8:00. it will go from 6:00 to 8:00. quick look at the weekend. you mentioned the change over the weekend. we will see the temperatures back to 60 tomorrow. we expect rain into sunday. cold front and so it gets cooler the thanksgiving holiday is looking good. this event is fun when you have a script you are reading, santa claus coming out here, david cooks will be singing and doing the tree. that is coming

johnson admitted to raping and strangling tricia mccauley christmas day in 2016. five dna samples taken from her body were an exact match to johnson's. in court, tricia's family agreed to the 30 year sentence, and what will be the following supervised release. >> we do believe that it's the appropriate sentence in this case. while the friends and family not to have to relive this horrible and tragic incident through a >> it's been a difficult nine months. i think that it really shattered a lot of the confidence that we have feeling comfortable on the streets in dc. >> johnson had been ordered to ware a gps monitoring device in the days before the murder but never showed up to have it put on. >>> a reward for a baltimore city police detective is up to $190,000, john suiter was shot in the head while following up on a homicide investigation. he died yesterday, detective suiter leaves behind a wife and five children, police are still looking for the gunman. they think he may have been wounded in the confrontation. >>> there is more fall-out from the al franken scandal

duane johnson abducted tricia mccauley christmas day. the police say she was raped and tortured before she was killed. reward for any information into the murder of baltimore police detective sean suiter continues to climb, now standing at $210,000. suiter will shot in the head wednesday night investigating a murder case. he died of his injuries yesterday. nancy: tracking the latest on a massive fire in manhattan, burning through a six story building. five people were treated for injuries including four firefighters. more than 250 firefighters battling the intensela difficult to put out. the building has stores on the first floor and apartments on the upper floors. another concern for firefighters, the potential of the 100 --year-old building collapsing. a heartwarming moment, firefighters rescuing a dog from an apartment on a lower floor, reuniting it with its owner. nancy chen, abc 7 news. itathan: investigators say will be tomorrow at the earliest before they can enter a senior living center devastated by a fire in pennsylvania. about

johnson confessed to assaulting and killing tricia mccauley last christmas day. his lawyer says just before the murder, johnson was kicked out of a mental health facility because he didn't have insurance. mccauley's friends hope johnson can be rehabilitated in jail. >> we hope that the d.c. court system will improve its mental health services to folks on the street. >> mccauley was on her way to christmas dinner with friends when she was murdered. those friends told the young today they're in grief counseling to help cope with losing her. >>> next at 11:00, people still missing tonight after that massive fire at a senior center. the latest from the philadelphia suburb. >>> plus response to the protests at a local high school today over a teacher removing a muslim student's hijab. >>> and the ice is back at national harbor. >>> a pennsylvania mayor says some people are still missing tonight after this massive fire tore through a senior living center. the mayor of west chester doesn't know how many people are unaccounted for, but the inferno injured nearly 30 peopl

. >> they located tricia mccauley's car and inside 30-year-old duane johnson and mccauley's both stashed in the backseat. 30 years. not the maximum sentence for this type of crime. but one prosecutors signed off on anyway. >> we believe it was the appropriate sentence in this case. what causes the family and the friends to go through a lengthy trial. >> some of mccauley's friends told the judge her murder attar inned their lives permanently. >> 30-year >> if johnson lives another 30 years and is released he will remain on the sex offender registry and the supervised release for the rest of his life. larry: the reverend jesse jackson today saying he suffered from parkinson disease. he released a statement saying, "i find it difficult to perform routine tasks and getting around is more of a challenge." he says he is dedicated to the physical therapy to hope to slow the disease progression. alison: developing now a drop in the polls for alabama senate candidate roy moore after more allegations of sexual assault. it comes as the accusations come to light about the senator al franken. today's

friends of tricia mccauley were in court to watch the sentencing of duane johnson. >> miss mccauley was a special of anything she had contact with. stephen: fighting back friends her friends described how the tragedy changed her lives. the horrifying crime altered how she acts, interacts with people. and is constantly on high alert. and in fear. >> it shattered the confidence we have. feeling comfortable. >> duane johnson has mental health problems and lengthy rap sheet. he abducted her as she headed to christmas dinner. they found her missing car, her body stashed in the backseat. >> 30-year sentence. stephen: her friends said johnson should have had a g.p.s. monitor at the time slipped through the cracks of the criminal she and others called on the judge to work harder to make the streets here safer. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. breaking news, skytrak7 over a shop just raided by the federal wife officials. this is an antique store in middleburg, virginia. q mccray is there right now. you saw the feds walking out with the boxes. do we know what might ha