congressman larson represents connecticut's first district, and is in his tent term. he is on the house ways and , and on aittee committee for social security is the ranking member. as as proven himself staunch advocate for working andlies, manufacturing common sense solutions for problems that we face every day. and of course, congressman joe courtney, reduced to be our regional -- on our regional inisory council, was elected 2006 to represent the second district. he serves on the armed forces and education and workforce committee's, and cochairs the congressional shipbuilding caucus and is a member of the , serves onommittee the pensions committee as well as the higher education workforce training committees. lotnow he does an awful locally for us and has been an advocate for employment, particularly for veterans and environment. tois my honor and privilege turn the podium over so that we can begin the town hall meeting on the new federal tax law. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, gina. thank you for, as you have done so many times, and the coll

. >> abc7 kate larson spoke with his boss at a daily city ballet school. >> reporter: 54-year-old viktor kabanliaev is in jail tonight after being arrested on friday on a warrant for 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. >> these incidents occurred a while ago. >> reporter: he says the charges to be filed tuesday are associated with his role as a ba lay instructor. >> at one point he was in contra costa county with several different schools and giving private lessons. >> reporter: before his arrest, he was teaching here at the west lake school for performing arts in daily city. the executive director of the school says he teaches advanced ballet to teenagers. five days a week and has never received any complaints. peopleless is in disbelief. he tells me the accusations are completely out of character for him who has been teaching at west lake for almost eight years and has a wait list for his classes. >> i'm concerned that children might be at risk. >> it's pretty scary as a parent. we entrust these dancers with our kids. >> reporter: david's 16-year-old daughter ta

in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> it's 4:37. a mountain lion warning going out to students and staff at uc berkeley. a worker spotted a cub near a theater around 5:00 p.m. yesterday. the cub ran away seconds after it spotted a woman. mountain lions often hunt deer in the hills above cal's campus. campus police advised you make noise while you're walking to reduce your chance of an encounter. >>> remember when we talked about how cold the storm would be. look at lake county. a winter weather advisory. 2 to 4 inches of snow up to 8 inches in localized areas. in fact, here's a look at live doppler. color-coded. the green is rain, the pink is a wintry mix, the white is all snow. snow is already starting to fall and it will continue to do that throughout the day today. so please be careful if you're traveling around there. back here in san francisco, temperature running from, look at that, 44 in sunny side to the mission, castro and parker city to ocean beach. the warm spot at 53 degrees. heading into downtown, 49. it's 40 in walnut

. >> abc7 kate larson spoke with his boss at a daily city ballet school. >> reporter: 54-year-old viktor kabanliaev is in jail tonight after being arrested on friday on a warrant for 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. >> these incidents occurred a while ago. >> reporter: he says the charges to be filed tuesday are as a ba lay instructor. >> at one point he was in contra costa county with several different schools and giving private lessons. >> reporter: before his arrest, he was teaching here at the west lake school for performing arts in daily city. the executive director of the school says he teaches advanced ballet to teenagers. five days a week and has never received any complaints. peopleless is in disbelief. he tells me the accusations are completely out of character for him who has been teaching at west lake for almost eight years and has a wait list for his classes. >> i'm concerned that children might be at risk. >> it's pretty scary as a parent. we entrust these dancers with our kids. >> reporter: david's 16-year-old daughter takes ballet at west lake.

i just want to ask you one last question about what mattie larson said. she said he would do these treatments, which i can only -- the only way for me to shed light on what i read today is that it's more like going to a gynecologist than it is going to a physical trainer. he would do this in the presence of other athletes and parents and adults? >> yes, he was very skillful. he was a master manipulator. he put a blanket over or a towel over and he would position himself with his back toward the athlete or the parent and go-ahead and subject himself to certain pleasure. taking the oath that he died, he was supposed to do no harm and instead, he exploited children for his pleasure. >> martha: dominique moceanu, thank you for all that you have done for your representation of this country and the olympics and i know you have a son now who is competing in the sport that you love and i hope that's a great way to rebuild all of this for you and your family. joining me now, criminal defense attorney and rachel stockton, editor in chief of law and crime.com. rache

." >> reporter: mattie larson's love for gymnastics began when she was just two years old. >> i could almost do what the six-year-olds could do, at two. it was like i had found my calling at two years old. >> you were one of these kids with the magic pixie dust. >> yeah. it came so easy to me, and that's what i loved about it. >> reporter: lindsey lemke was six when the gymnastics bug bit her. >> the higher level i got the more accolades i had the more confidence i had in myself and you know that was kind of something i wanted to pursue. >> reporter: all three girls rapidly ascended the ranks. becoming elite gymnasts. >> how quickly did coaches around you know you were something special? >> it was pretty quick. my parents told me all the coaches that we tried. she has it she could go all the way. >> they were saying this before you were 7 years old? >> yeah! >> was there a particular event that was your specialty? >> floor my favorite. i think it kind of showed because i lit up when i did floor. >> reporter: with the dreams, came grueling commitment. >> i gave up everything i was alwa

and brett larson picked out the show's top products. >> reporter: the 2018 show in las vegas did not disappoint. so much was on display and one person couldn't see it all. down every aisle inside every showroom something new and dazzling you had to see. one of the trends is high speed wireless internet. it promises to deliver speeds 100 times faster. and it will help connect smart cities. assuring that the traffic lights are in sync. >>> another trend is your smart home and the smart assistants inside them. amazon's alexa is now featured in virtually everything from oven and refrigerators to cars. and a light switch. so help is always close by. and the internet of things, a fancy term for the all the devices connected to the net is getting a few more things. >> there were dozens of wearables that do everything from help with your golf game to ensure a good night's sleep. all the devices need a lot more of the wi-fi connection and the good news is a handful of companies showed off wireless hubs. some offer fire wall protection. at the ces in las vegas, brett larson, fox news. >>> it w

larson: because i am on the committee, let me talk about both. i think this is what the american public wants to see more than anything else -- solutions. they are tired of the back-and-forth, which, unfortunately, the way this bill was rolled out, there was no back and order. this was just a hyper partisan bill that was voted on straight party lines through both chambers. having said that, you ask what are the democrats going to do or what are you going to offer in solution or what would you have. you may recall my saying that we .tarted with two goals number one, it has to be revenue neutral. hy revenue neutrality? revenue neutral in terms of not driving up the national debt any further. we are at $20 trillion in debt , and ity as we speak seems our colleagues on the other side all of a sudden, whenever there is a democratic president, they are all concerned about the national debt until just well, let's see, under ronald reagan and george bush and george bush, they increased the national debt so that president clinton who leftved it, and when

in new york, brett larson, fox news. ♪[ music ] >>> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm juliener. a drizzly day around the bay area. chief meteorologist bill martin is in the weather center with an update on the forecast. >> just enough rain to be nuisance showers on the afternoon commute really slowing things down out there. measurable amounts have been relatively light. but i'm tell you, it's right on the afternoon commute. we could use some more numbers. almost half inch in mill valley. ll valley. san francisco, not bad, almost two-tenths of an inch of rain but it's on the afternoon commute which is never a good thing in terms of getting where you want to go. here's the system. and, boy, it looks impressive, doesn't it? it does. but most of the energy is here. that's where most of energy is, the dynamics. we are on the southern end. all this slides through in the next few hours continuing to produce showers pretty much like what we have just seen, or what we are seeing now, which is like this. it's on the verge of drizzle and rain. it's a heavy mist and drivel and light rai

brett larson explains from new york. 2018 may be the year we make biggest strides in cutting cords. we're not talking about cable tv. most of us blanketed offices, coffee shops and other spaces with high speed wireless internet and handful of us cut the cord to headphones helped by the fact that newer smart phones like the applep, 8, x and google pixel sdichd traditional head phone jack. and blue tooth has made strides with smaller sizes and quality. we may all soon be cutting it to this year. samsung issued wireless charging more than a year and apple added it to 8 and 10. of course you still have to plug in the wireless charging pad. good news there the tech community agreed to wireless standard it's in everything, cars, lamps, to table -- your broad band connection. a. it t says it will be tested for high speed wireless that can -- verizon is testing wireless internet and problem blazing fast and one gig bit speeds and faster than most. and if you cut the cable cord you're not alone. more than 3 million people kichd that in favor of 017 i'm brett larson. >> i am the guy that got

in san mateo county, kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> congress is stepping up efforts to protect amateur athletes in the wake of the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. the doctor was sentenced to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing 150 women and girls. congress passed legislation requiring governing bodies to promptly report abuse claims to law enforcement. the bill needs to return to the senate for approval before the president signs it into law. >>> another bay area resident has drowned in maui and this makes three in just the past two weeks. all three were men, all three from the east bay, all three over the age of 50. and all three were snorkeling. the latest victim comes from berkeley. he died on saturday. the others were from oakland and castro valley. >>> usga inspectors joined the investigation of raw meat delivered to a san jose grocery store. photos show it unwrapped and in shopping carts. these pictures were posted online of the men delivering the meat to 99 ranch market. the meat vendor out of the central valley says it has fired both employees. a statement was issued sayin

i'm brett larson, fox news. >>> steph curry is starring in a new music video and it's going viral. >>ng stefan less than curry, he came into my life and everything is just a blurry.>> it teams curry with an internet personality and sponsored by rita-- britta water. he encourages getting rid of plastic bottles and use water filters instead to protect the environment and get in shape. it already has more than 1 million views. >>> a massive design flaw in computer chips is making billions of devices vulnerable to hackers. i will have all the details coming up. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. ey know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give all... (voice fading away) >>> washington state's attorney general has sued the trump administration 18 times but now he has his eyes on motel 6 a hotel chain bei

once the lights returned, reporter brent larson picked out some of the show's top products. >> reporter2018 consumer electronics show in las vegas did not disappoint. there was so much on display one person couldn't see it all. around every corner down every aisle inside of every showroom something new and dazzling you had to see. one of the trends this year, high speed internet wireless 5g. five times faster than your current cell phone and will connect smart cities, ensuring our traffic lights are in sync and our air and water is clean. the smart home and smart assistant inside them. alexa dominates the market is now featured in virtually everything from new ovens and refrigerators to cars. even a light switch so help is always close by. >>> and the internet of things a fancy term for all of the devices we use connected to the net is getting a few more things. in the sports tech arena, there were dozens of wearables that will do everything from help with your golf game to ensure getting a good night's sleep. all of the devices will need more of your wi-fi connection. the good news is

champion maddy larson talked to george stephanopoulos about confronting nassar face to face. >> probably the most intense situation of my life, emotionally. i felt every type of way. i felt sick, i felt like i was going to faint at first. >> how do you feel when you're telling it? >> it felt like i was beginning to get my power back. >> you can watch her entire interview on gma at 7:00. >>> take a look at the front page of the detroit pre press. under that the name of the 155 women who bravely came forward. 2020 will dedicate an hour to the larry nassar trial tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. followed by abc 7 news at 11:00 p.m. >>> abc news received a text that there was a secret society within the fbi that is targeting president trump. this is a conversation between two senior fbi officials. peter struck and lisa page. the texts from paige to struck reads, are you even going to give out your calendars? seems kind of depressing. maybe it should just be the first meeting of the secret society. sources tell abc news the two had a personal relationship so the message is reference to a secret society

one surge made ripple cofounder chris larson wealthier than zuckerberg.this digital gold or a ponzi scheme? >>> first, the new book by michael wolff has renewed debate about whether robert mueller can assemble a case for obstruction of justice against president trump. this is different than collusion. this is not a matter whether trump campaign officials aided and abetted the hack of the server. this is whether trump sought to proceed with corrupt intent. "the times" story gave a behind the scenes accounting of what went on at the white house as president trump contemplated firing fbi director james comey in his early days in office. the reporting asserted don mcgann tried to get jeff sessions not to recuse himself from the russian investigation. it also said that a sessions' aide was looking for negative press about the sitting fbi director. then the book by michael wolff asserts during an air force one flight last summer the president was seeking to manage the response to reports about don jr.'s meeting with russians at trump tower. according to wolff,

. >>> that is the first video of oscar winner brie larson at captain marvel. it is set to hit theaters next year. i'm sure brie is hoping this movie will have the sake success gal gadot did with "wonder woman." it was really the movie of the summer. let's go back to new york. keltie, it was a great film. >> it certainly will. by the way, you can rock that oprah jacket. it raked in more than $800 million. but it was completely ignored by oscar voters. >> never let your guard down. you expect the battle to be fair? >> how did you feel, and what do you say to fans? >> i was very moved and touched by the people who were disappointed that "wonder woma"" wasn't nominated. >> gal is definitely taking the high road here, despite the fact that "wonder woman" was the third-highest grossing film last year, behind only "the last jedi" and "beauty and the beast," films that got six nods between them. >> we certainly never did the movie for that, and i think that you can't have it all. we want to stay humble and grateful, and we're going to have another movie, so who knows?

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live in richmond, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> all right, kate, thanks very much. intense as you can tell, stay on top of the breaking news with the abc 7 news app. you can receive the latest information on the shelter if place order, the push alerts for immediate notifications. >> in his first state of the union address president trump promised a new era of prosperity and no mention was made of the ongoing russia investigation. he focused on the economy, immigration and bipartisan ship, we have more from capitol hill. >> good evening. the economy seemed to dominate much of the president's speech, but he discussed also threats to national security, including north korea and said that he in fact may be keeping open quan y guantanamo bay. >> the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> reporter: in his first state of the union address, president trump focused on the economy and his signature legislative victory, tax reform. >> this in fact is our new american moment. there has never been a better time to start living the american dream. >> repor

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abc 7 news reporter kate larson is live at the scene with the latest. kate? >> reporter: the city of heyward is trying to make quick work of this mess. we're on hoyland boulevard right off the main drag and we'll pan right up the street so you can see the water main break and sinkhole. crews trying to fix the problem so we can get back to normal. hopefully by tomorrow and let's take a look at cell phone video from earlier this morning, mud and water pouring down the street and you know at least three homes do have damage and there's about six cars near the sink hole, one of them partially in the sinkhole that did have to be towed here and it's an isolated incident and it's a 12-inch water main burst around sock, is is being this morning and they are trying to block off that section of broke broke broe back out other live at the bottom of the street, i want to show you this is one of the homes that has quite a bit of water and mud damage from this morning. you can see the front yard is just caked in mud. it is actually up or two feet high and a lot of people i

live in richmond, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> all right, kate, thanks very much. intense as you can tell, stay on top of the breaking news with the abc 7 news app. you can receive the latest information on the shelter if place order, enable the push alerts for immediate notifications. >> in his first state of the union address president trump promised a new era of prosperity and no mention was made of the ongoing russia investigation. he focused on the economy, immigration and bipartisan ship, we have more from capitol hill. >> good evening. the economy seemed to dominate much of the president's speech, but he discussed also threats to national security, including north korea and said that he in fact may be keeping open quan y guantanamo bay. >> the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> reporter: in his first state of the union address, president trump focused on the economy and his signature legislative victory, tax reform. >> this in fact is our new american moment. there has never been a better time to start living the american dream. >

those allegations became centrestage in 2017 when brie larson, who presented the statue to him, lookedping. and for a performance by an actress in a leading role, sally hawkins, in the shape of water. by tradition casey affleck was supposed to present the best actress award, but now his publicist says he has pulled out. a spokeswoman confirmed the move, saying: i think his publicist and his team knew that he would be difficult for him to walk the red carpet and deal with the press and reporters without being inundated with questions. the brother of hollywood star ben affleck, casey was sued by two co—stars. sure harassment. he denied the claims and it has been settled out of court. the latest development has brought renewed focus to the industry, since multiple actresses went public with accusations against us movie mogul harvey weinstein. those allegations gave rise to the me too hashtag, leading women and men to share their stories of harassment. more recently celebrities wore black at the golden globes to honour the victims of sexual harassment, while more than 300 actresses, writer

when brie larson gave him his oscar, she made it clear how she felt. 20,000 signatures online in a petitionple were against and even showing his face at many premiers, let alone on the red carpet and the oscars. his publicist and keen you it would be difficult for him to walk on the red carpet without being inundated with questions about the accusations he faced many years ago. —— publicists and team said it would. i will be honest with you, i think there may be other actors in hollywood who made the reconsidering going to the oscars, or perhaps even reconsidering walking on the red carpet if they do not want questions about this change in hollywood. there are many men in hollywood hoping this goes away and keeping their heads down. do you think this has peaked, or is it the beginning? there is no way this will go away. there is no way this will go away. the momentum is really huge. in fa ct, the momentum is really huge. in fact, this weekend, the largest music awards in the us, the grammys, on sunday, in new york, and guess what, the times up initiative has said people should wear a white

an isolated training compound for the women's gymnastics team. 2010 national champion mattie larson says nassar abused her at the ranch and that she once smashed her head against the bathroom floor to avoid going back into the toxic environment at the ranch. >> i was willing to physically hurt myself to get out of the abuse that i received at the ranch. >> reporter: the powerhouse pair who shot to fame coaching all-time greats like nadia comaneci and keri strug have not been charged with any crime and have not been accused of knowing about the abuse. last week, usa gymnastics severed ties with the ranch. today, some of nassar's victims telling me they wouldn't let their daughters anywhere near the sport. i know some of you are moms. show of hands, how many of you would allow your daughter to go into gymnastics if she said that's what i want to do? these women want to make sure nothing like this happens to another child. >> a part of me is still trying to forgive myself for being so naive. >> reporter: you don't. there's nothing to forgive. >> i know, but i just want to wish i could be me

i just spoke with brett larson, he had a flight at 1030 to go to a consumer show in las vegas. just took off around 4:00 o'clock. he was on the tarmac for three hours. it's affecting everyone. >> eric: were in boston covering the storm and logan was like a breeze but we did drive and beat both airplanes. >> jfk seven the worst week ever. haven't seen this many things go wrong back to back. >> a jetblue plane had to turn around after take off because something smelled funny. but we know about the mistry order and what it did to the passengers and crew. plus republicans democrats trying to meet in the middle but the president has conditions of his own. can everyone make a deal? heartburn. no one burns on my watch! try alka seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. with more acid-fighting power than tums chewy bites. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. ultra strength from alka seltzer. enjoy the relief. >> here's the story.a jetblue fn around an hour after taking off from boston for the dominican republic. passengers and crew noticed an unusual order and began to feel sick. no

mattie larson. i was at the height of my career at 19, and the olympics were just a year away and i just couldn't take any more of the abuse. i was broken. larry, my coaches, and u.s.a. gymnastics turned a sport i fell in love with as a kid to my personal living hell. r. speaker, all of these brave americans came forward and testified about what had happened to them. and we should -- they're all olympians for that. they all deserve the gold medal for what they did for -- represented our country and their strength and their courage to testify in open court about what happened to them. the defendant, the criminal, the convicted criminal wrote a letter to the judge, mr. speaker, saying he couldn't -- abuse dn't take all this against him for having to listen to all of the statements by the victims. are you kidding me? he's not the victim. he's the criminal. and he belongs in jail. he belongs in jail as these victims have said for the rest of his life to keep him away from little girls. and i'm glad that

. >>> good morning i'm pat larson muse. >> and i'm we want to get to the latest to taublg about trump how he described the curse word for haiti and african nations. >>> this morning he denied it. admitting though his words were tough. but now democrat senator dick durbin said he was in the room and heard the president use the words multiple times. news4 tracie potts has the latest on the hill. >> reporter: at a meeting democrat aide said this used this language expletive countries saying why they should admit these people instead of places like norway. >> can you think of any employer walking into and saying this and not being fired? >> reporter: he says the language was tough, but this was not the language used. never said anything torey against haitians except it is a poor country. >> denied using those words. it is not true. he said these hate filled things and said them repeatedly. >> reporter: saying the president should apologize. >> should we have an n word to be a racist. >> reporter: it comes amid protecting 800 immigrants in march. >> off track. >> reporter: also off track t

one of the his accusers maddie larson shares her story. >>> a new study that's linking the flu to a greater risk of heart attack. dr. jennifer ashton is here to break it down and tell you who is the most vulnerable. sir elton john announcing he will retire from touring after he goes on a final three year world tour. i had a chance to sit down with him after he made the announcement to talk about why now and what's next for the rock icon. that's coming up on "g.m.a." matt and nydia. >> appreciate it, have a great day. >> goodbye yellow brick road. >> reporter: i want to see him. >> he appeared twice in philadelphia. >> reporter: it was my first concert, i'm not going to tell you what career that was. >> reporter: a long long time -- >> reporter: i-95 southbound the on-ramp from broad street. a new problem that popped up, a disabled tractor-trailer. it's blocking the top of the ramp. traffic is getting by, we're having a tough time merging southbound on i-95 from broad street. on the big board we have cold temperatures this morning, karen has been talking about this, 28 degrees in philadelphi

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the latest. >> we're outside the metal management and you can see the fire department is busy behind me. they're inside the scrap metal facility where anterior 5:00 old junked up cars started to burn. at this time the cause of the fire is under investigation. they're trying to get it under control. you can see thick black smoke coming off the fire. and drifting across the neighborhood. i'm told by the fire department this type of smoke is very unhealthy. unsafe to breathe. that's why we are wearing masks here. we're told neighborhoods in the surrounding area are asked to shelter in place, close windows and doors, stay inside, so that they doegt breathe this unhealthy air. we know the fire department is busy dealing with this fire. but we're waiting to learn more about it and we're be bringing you the latest tonight here at and at 11:00 at abc 7 news. >>> to southern california now three people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a home in newport beach. two others were hurt. the robinson r-44 helicopter went down a mile southwest of john way