amy aubert again joins us from the "live desk" with the latest. amy? amy: well, guys. let's get right to the dramatic dash cam video of that scene. you can see an officer running up to the s.u.v. on the left part of your screen. that car crashed and up in flames. one of the officers emptying an entire fish extinguisher but the flames rage -- entire fire extinguisher. they raced up and the man had dashboard. they worked together to get him out. >> use every second like you can but it felt like an eternity. while we are trying to open doors and get him out of the car. in real time it wasn't long at all. amy: you can see the damage of the car pictured here. the man trapped inside was injured. the injuries were all non-life threatening. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: incredible stuff, amy. thank you for that. coming up at 5:00, a female hockey player from the middle east gets the thrill of a lifetime at capitals practice today. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything.

amy aubert is here to explain this one. amy? amy: they have a hashtag, a website and the group is now se you can support the cause, too, which the free ollie site says is all about freedom. you will remember ollie, the 25-pound bobcat escaped from her enclosure at the national zoo a week and a half ago. she was later found on the zoo's property. this group says they were cheering her escape saying on the site they were reminded that we can all still come together for a common cause and they support the agenda of togetherness. one dollar from each of the shirts will be donated to the rock creek conservancy. amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: okay. thanks so much. look outside able look at this. at the wilson bridge. live look. it's not supposed to be black and white, doug hill. doug: that is the traffic camera. it is. >> oh, all right. doug: literally five minutes ago there was blue skies there. this is how fast the now is squalls are coming through. the winds -- snow squalls are coming through. they are coming in quick. i want to tak

amy aubert in the abc7 satellite center with the chaos created by one deer. amy? amy: definite chaos on the runway this afternoon after a run-in with a deer. let's go back to the video to show you the extent of the damage we are talking about. damage to the wing of that plane. you can see the aftermath from the crews spraying the plane, which was reportedly smoking from the right wing. it all happened as the plane attempted to take off at the charlotte douglas international airport. none of the 44 passengers on board were hurt. back to you in the studio. alison: all right, amy. wow! thank you very much now. more turbulence in the trump presidency. the focus is turning back to the cabinet. puzder withdraws from consideration. republicans in the senate started turning on him after decades old accusations from an ex-wife resurfacedded and also an admission he once employed an undocumented immigrant. this a day after the president's national security adviser resigned. at a joint news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu trump blamed the media for

amy aubert joins us from the "live desk" with the amy: d.n.a.ad police to the person they believe murdered karina vetrano. this is the suspect, the man who they believe murdered the joggest last august. 20-year-old chanel lewis held without bail after being arraigned and charged with second-degree murder. they say lewis admitted to attacking the victim. this is just about six months after the avid jogger was found dead in a park close to her home. >> she helped us identify this person. she had the d.n.o. under her names and touch d.n.a. on her back and more d.n.a. on her cell phone. that is how we were able to bring the profile up and how we made the link. amy: vetrano's family telling reporters the demon must get his justice and they will see to it. the suspect's father calling lewis a wonderful young man saying he wouldn't have done it. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. we have an update regarding a school in southeast. savoy elementary school will be closed indefinitely as it's being cleaned because of a infestation

amy aubert is following the story and she joins us with the latest today. amy? amy: well, today was the final day for the demonstrators. official sighting flooding concerns near the camp site saying that anyone remaining after that deadline could be arrested and fined. >> a final prayerful march as the deadline to leave the dakota access popeline protest camp approached -- pipeline prott >> do we have a trash bag? >> some remained before the deadline gathered the belongings and mingled about the area they call home for months. >> do they feel the fight was lost? >> i don't think so. >> the fist priority is the life, health and safety to everyone in the camp as it relates to the potential flooding. the second is preventing an environmental disaster getting the camp cleaned up as quickly as possible. >> still some are reluctant to follow the orders. >> the clean-up continuing. >> today a bus service was offered with travel assistance center. at the "live desk" amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. 7 on storm watch after thousands of people were forced to evacu

amy aubert has more. amy? amy: you can expect to pay more especially for italian olive oil. the early rain knocked the buds off the tree. and they dealt with pests that impacted the harvest. in italy they produced half of what they did last fall so the jump in cost there is 15 in the u.s. we might not see as big of a spike. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. erin: coming up, find out which two nationals players are getting all the attention why are you checking i want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... is great, right? when was the last time you checked? yeah, i better check my credit score. here, try credit karma. it's free. alright, no more surprises. credit karma. give yourself some credit. alison: new developments tonight after this. deadly crash that took place in sterling this morning. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg spoke with some of the coworkers of the woman who died today. he is at the scene with what they had to say. jeff? jeff: well, friends say that

amy aubert has been following the developments all day. a lot of back-and-forth today and this weekend. after the temporary restraining order block president trump's executive action was placed friday, a window of opportunity for the seven countries and travelers blocking the orer, but how long the window remains open is still unknown. emotions were running high. >> i was in the air, donald rder, and i the o was blocked from the country. amy: banned from entering the country. >> i thought i lost everything, my home, my job, my family in texas. amy: she made it through to dulles the restraining order was issued. >> like everything you have gone through. judgerump sing that the opened the country to potential terrorists. "bad people are very happy." sunday, the appeals court denied a request from the justice department to get the ban immediately reinstated. the vice president said they will continue to challenge the judge's order. order went into effect that suspends immigration from seven countries that have been compromised by terrorism an

amy aubert explains why. >> maryland lawmakers are looking to change the sur few time from midnight to:00 p.m. for drivers under 18. >> some say it's only two hours and doesn't make a difference. amy: but motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of for teens in the u.s. >> 10:00 would be a safe time for them to stop driving. amy: debra allen owns ad vance driving academy. >> in some cases they need to drive until 11:00 or 12:00 because of their work schedule. >> lawmakers already have that in mind. >> there are exemptions in place for employment. for volunteer activities. for school-related activities. the reality is studies have shown when you take the time back to either 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. we have seen that the number of the traffic fatalities involving teens go down. amy: a.a.a. midatlantic when they asked the question they found 77% of the maryland drivers who were polled support earlier cur faws for young -- curfews for young drivers. amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. get a check of the roadways this friday. erik smith is on traffic watch for us. hi, erik. erik: hey the

amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: amy, thank you. our thoughts are with the family.nsumer alert. boeing employees at the plant in south carolina will vote on whether to unionize this week. 3,000 people work at the plant in north charleston. boeing opened a plant in south carolina a few years ago because there was little union presence there. jonathan: all right. get back out to meteorologist steve rudin at gravelly point. michelle: yeah. a lot of planes fly over the pathway. if you are in a plane, pretty bumpy but on the ground, how is it looking out there, steve? steve: it's still windy out here. we have a plane that just took off right over there. they are in for good news for them. because the winds are so strong, the tail winds are helping flights go faster. heard of flights ahead of schedule. let's talk about what is going on out there right now. wind gusts still at 30 miles per hour here at reagan national airport and gravelly point. temperatures, it's chilly out here. temperatures below average for a change. 38 degrees. reagan national. 36 in leesburg. talking

amy aubert is at the live -- "live desk" to explain it. amy: enough -- steven mnuchin secretary and the committee had to suspend the panel's rules to make it happen because there were no democrats in attendance. you will remember yesterday the democrats telling reporters they are looking for answers regarding the then nominees. then they get the answers they will move forward. finance committee chairman orrin hatch calling the move the most pathetic thing he has seen in his time in the senate. >> we took unprecedented actions today due to the unprecedented given instruction on the colleagues. the finance committee has traditionally been able to function in the dismissive political environments. that all changed yesterday. amy: the next step for mnuchin and price going before the full senate for their approval. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: thanks for that. democrats did manage to delay a committee vote on scott pruitt to head the environmental protection agency. none of the ten democrats on the senate environment and the

amy aubert has been following the developing story today and she has the latest. amy: two teens were found dead in a quiet area in indiana. now investigating the cases as homicides. >> this is rural indiana. most of the people born and raised here stay here. it is uncommon for that to happen in a small community. >> take a look at the photo. it was uploaded to snapchat and it 13-year-old -- shows her 13-year-old friend walking over train tracks near where the teens were dropped off for a hike on monday. that is the last communication they'd have. the bodies were found not far away, a day later. >> everybody is ready to know what happened and why and who did this? amy: officials kicking off a massive manhunt to find who did it. they released this photo of a man they want to talk to, saying they believe he was on the trail around the same time as the girls. a community that came together to help search for the friend now in shock and saddened by the developments. >> now to think something could have happened here in our own town, it's scary. amy: amy aubert, abc7 new

amy aubert has the latest now. amy? amy: the coming in just within the hour tonight. the authorities now believe it was driver error that caused a tractor trailer to plunge off the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. let's get to the video to show where it happened. you can see the barriers on the side of the bridge smashed, the waves whipping below. look at the picture. the truck seen in the chesapeake bay. the driver was weaving but through slow-moving traffic and attempted to pass a truck when it happened. he was seen alive standing on the truck's roof as it floated in the water. by the time the u.s. navy helicopter reached chen he was found in the water and unresponse i. we will -- unresponseive. we will bring you the latest as the details come in. at the live desk, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: terrifying. thank you. larry: our roller coaster here we are down and headed back up again. doug: then we come down again and then go up again. alison: no snow doug: no. maybe flurries north of here. new england and southern canada will get a wallop tonight. let's start with ou

amy aubert is at the live desk with the developing story as new information comes in right now. at is the latest? amy: new information continues to come in late this afternoon. officials saying repairs may need to be made before evacuees can return home. now dock minutes show concerns about the stability of the spillway brought up years ago. let's get to video that shows the magnitude of what exactly we are talking about. earlier today, you can see water gushing from the oroville dam. crews rushing to fill the damage on the spillway. the water level behind the dam on lake oroville dropping today. in the past couple of hours the acting head of california water agency saying he is not sure anything went wrong in regard to the damaged spillway. this is after evacuations were ordered s 200,000 people leaving their homes. authorities saying if the spillway collapses it could mean a 30-foot wall of water sent gushing downstream. >> my neighborhood was already basically empty. i panicked as started to put things in my car. >> i'm scared. i have never been in anything like this before. a

amy aubert monitoring this from the "live desk." what happened? amy: well, new information just coming in tonight about the man behind the attack. a.p. reporting he is believed to be a 29-year-old egyptian living the united arab emirates who traveled to paris on a tourist visa in late january. he has life-threatening injuries. video from the scene earlier today shows a heavy police presence near the louvre museum in paris. a french soldier opening fire on a man who police say had a machete and lunged at the soldiers near the museum. police say the attacker yelled "allahu akbar." this is being looked at as a terror investigation at the "live desk." amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: -- jonathan: thanks. scott thuman shows us why what we are seeing with brexit may only be the beginning. scott: friday's attack in paris may do more than incite fear. i may increase solidarity. >> this president's commitment to rooting out the radical islamic terrorism is at the forefront of the agenda. scott: well beyond just white house support. leaders overseas may also se

as amy aubert explains the terrifying plan landed the florida man behind bars. amy: this man accused of planning to bomb target stores all along the east coast. with explosives hidden in packaged food. breakfast bars and the pasta boxes. >> i'm speechless. >> it's terrifying to hear. the bombs could have taken property damage, injury or death. the ingredients behind it all found here inside mark burnett's central florida home. according to documents, 48-year-old barnett offered a family member $10,000 to put ten bombs on the shelves inside a store. saming for a bomb in each state -- aiming for a bomb in each state along the east coast because they didn't want to make it a localized things. warning that person not to let the boxes bounce around or it would explode. >> having an individual in the public with this in his mind to build devices, that is an individual you want off the street quickly. amy: and they did. barnett sending the person off with a bag of gloves, mask, $300 in travel money. that person took explosives straight to the authorities. barnett would

amy aubert is at the "live desk" and monitoring the story. amy: we are learning more information about the attacker within the hour tonight. the a.p. reporting that he is believed to be a 29-year-old egyptian living in the united arab emirates who traveled to paris on a tourist visa in late january. we are also learning that that attacker has life-threatening injuries and is in the hospital. the attack happening near the famous louvre museum in paris. this morning a french soldier opening fire on a man who police say had a machete and lunged at the soldiers near the museum. police say the attacker yelled "allahu akbar." take a look at the video from the scene earlier today. you can see a heavy po officials say the attack happened after the man was told he couldn't go into the area with the two bags he was carrying. according to police, no explosives were found in those bags. they are looking at this as a terror investigation. >> i hope we won't be afraid to travel to paris. i this you it's a beautiful city -- i think it's a beautiful city. whe

amy aubert is joining us from the live desk with the latest developments of getting the helicopters back in the air. amy: three more choppers today so six of the seven choppers are operating. the expectations to get the final helicopter back in service tomorrow. i spoke to the maryland spokesperson greg shiply who tell me the crews spent today reinstalling blades and going through a very involved testing procedure that needs to happen before the choppers can get back in service. you will remember from the story yesterday that a mechanic spotted cracking paint on the tail of one of the helicopters. the aviation commander ordered repairs to the choers which are stationed at -- choppers which are stationed at seven airports across maryland. he tells me they are continuing uninterrupted service and they expect to have the full fleet up at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: prince george's county police chief hank stawinski and the president of the police union announcing a new independent panel aimed to make sure the panel practice, promotion and office of discipline is fair and

amy aubert joins us now to explain what exactly went wrong on one of hollywood's biggest nights. amy? amy: one wrong envelope led to a lot of confusion on stage. but that is not the only headline from oscar 2017. >> the academy award -- amy: >> -- for best picture. amy: that felt like an eternity. >> c'mon. >> "la la land." amy: an announcement gone wrong. >> sorry. no. there is a mistake. amy: not long after "la la land" producers accept the award, confusion on stage. >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" won best picture. amy: presenters warren beatty and faye dunaway were given the wrong envelope. today they released this statement. -- the presenters had mistakenly be given the wrong category envelope and when discovered was corrected immediately. "la la land" winning big regardless taking home six academy awards. >> "la la land." >> "la la land." >> "la la land." >> "la la land." >> emma stone. >> i realize a moment like this is a huge confluence of luck and opportunity. amy: the best picture blunder wasn't the only of the event. during the the wrong picture popped up. photo of j

our amy aubert is monitoring the latest on the situation there and she is at the "live desk." amy? amy: the university of california berkeley sending out a message today condemning those actions and saying last night people invaded the campus and used, "violent tactics" to shut down the scheduled event. take a look at the video from the scene last night. protesters breaking windows. throwing objects. even starting a bomb fire. they canceled the event which was the speaker milo yiannopoulos. they said in part, "we deeply regret tha undermined the first amendment right of the speaker as well as those who came to lawfully assemble and protest his presence." >> this is supposed to be about free speech and your right to express yourself even if you are probably a bad person. fetch you are saying awful things. you shouldn't stop just because somebody comes and they light something on fire. threaten to hurt you. that is not how it should be going. amy: the university says there were no reports of serious injuries. president trump taking to twitter this morning with a tweet that reads, "if

amy aubert has been monitoring the story throughout the day. what is the latest? >> the new information coming in. the attacker 29-year-old egypan arab emirates. that man suffering life threatening injuries. you can see in this video from the scene earlier today, a heavy police presence near the louvre museum. a french soldier opening fire on the man who police say had a machete and lunged at the soldiers. police say the attacker yelled "allahu akbar." trump tweeting out a new radical terrorist attacked in louvre museum. it's locked down. get smart, u.s. this is looked at as a terrorist investigation. michelle: the man charged in the 2015 mansion murders have a child date. daron wint will go on trial september 4, 2018. now wint is accused of killing three members of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper in their northwest d.c. home. he is also accused of setting their house on fire. jonathan: coming up next here at 6:00 for us, let it a hands-off approach to the stubborn fire in virginia. >> residents move in an upscale d.c. neighborhood and now it's in lock

michelle: amy aubert has the results. amy: a big study. 35,000 2014 model year owners took part. it looks at the problems per 100 vehicles. get to the numbers. ranked number one in dependability. tie between lexus and porsche. from there toyota with the next spot followed by buick. on the other end of the study infinity, jeep and fiat ranked the least reliability. overall the average number of problems is up this that is because of the technology glitches. the full list is on the website. head to wjla.com. michelle: my car didn't make either list. that is good i guess. jonathan: abc7 on traffic watch speaking of cars. trenice bishop is looking at a bunch of cars on the road. hopefully they are dependable and still moving. trenice: you can depend on incidents. we have one here. live shot of the accident on the outbound cambridge at canal. that will slow the ride from the district if you take the back roads to make it to virginia. the accident does involve a response. two-car crash. it went in the guardrail. police are on the scene. i am hearing you are able to access clara barton

amy aubert is at the "live desk" to tell us what they had to say. amy? amy: that conference is still going on right now. the line-up on the first full day of the conference including the big names from president trump's top staff. kellyanne conway, betsy devos, reince priebus and steve bannon. the topic stretched from women in power to another possible supreme court vacancy to protest and pushback. bannon saying every day is a fight. >> it's not only not going to get better, it will get worse every day in the media. here is why. the internal logic makes sense. the corporatist, globalist media adamantly opposed, adamantly opposed -- [applause] to an economic nationalist agenda like trump has. amy: vice president mike pence is scheduled to speak in a little more than two hours. the president will be there tomorrow morning. at the "live d aubert; abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. while the g.o.p. leaders spoke at cpac trump met with the head of two dozen major manufacturing companies including dell, ford, g.e. as part of president trump's push to bring

amy aubert spoke to the american university junior. amy: he says he is banged up. i spoke to him.before the race happened he triple knotted his shoes. but when it came fleeing off he didn't think for a second that it would hold him back. >> william purdy takes over first. amy: stop the video there. take a closing look at the leading athlete's right foot. american university junior running the course and winning. >> i thought to myself this will not compromise your race. this will not be the defining moment of it's the shoe. >> he has lost his sneaker and he is still charging with a bare right foot. amy: someone stepped on the back of his sneaker mid-race. for a few steps it was a flip-flop until he flung it off. the shoeless foot bringing in major attention. >> awe-struck as far as the attention goes. amy: posting this photo on social media of the aftermath. >> it's not as painful as i expected it to be. feels pretty good right now. >> it was part of the patriot league indoor track and field championship 800-meter race which he proved was no problem with no shoe. >> he has the lea

amy aubert introduces us to the doll that the company says is part of a plan to make the products more diverse. amy: for american girl it's a boy. >> people have been asking for a boy. amy: logan everett, a drummer will join, the 29 million american girl dolls. >> they are thinking about gender differently when they launch products. they want to get boys involved the brand. >> the company is saying parents have been begging them for years to create a boy doll. reaction is mostly positive. theying about time. toy experts say it's part of a movement to make children's toys more relatable. other companies made similar movei >> when you have a line-up of the toys with the boy and the girl characters. this is for everybody. if it's marketed for everybody, everybody can play to adopt children after the state department pulled the license of the adoption agency. up next it's now a criminal investigation with the f.b.i. "best cracked pepper sauce" barbeque trophies: "most ribs eaten while calf roping". yep. greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cowboy? uh, yea, well, uh... well

amy aubert joins us with the latest on the story. amy: today chen's wife describing the father of two as an awesome husband. now let's get to the video that is showing where this happened. you can see the barriers on the side of the bridge smashed. the waves whipping below. take a look at the picture. this truck in chesapeake bay. the driver was reportedly seen standing on the roof of the truck but by the time the helicopter reached him he was found in the water and unresponsive. there were not travel restrictions because the winds were between 20 and 27-mile-per-hour. chen's wife saying they would have celebrated their tenth anniversary in april. heartbreaking. jonathan: interesting to find out what caused the truck to go over. amy: they are looking into that. jonathan: thank you. michelle: an amtrak train from d.c. to boston got stuck overnight due to electrical issues that knocked out the the passengers were forced to endure bitter cold for five hours. to make matter worse the bathrooms were broken. jonathan: covering metro this no

abc7's amy aubert has been following the fall-out today. hey, amy. mix-up. so today it is taking social media by storm. let's take a look at exactly what happened. >> the academy award -- >> a pause. >> for best picture -- amy: that felt like an eternity. >> c'mon. >> "la la land." amy: an announcement gone wrong. >> i'm sorry. no. there is a mistake. amy: today, they released this statement -- they had been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered it was corrected. not long after "la la land" producers accepting the award confusion on stage. >> "moonlight," you guys won best picture. >> this is not a joke. i'm afraid they read the wrong thing. >> jordan horowitz a producer for "la la land" announcing the mix-up. >> the "moonlight" team in tears. right thing was done. it was not about me. it was about that "moonlight" got the recognition it deserves. >> warren beatty and faye dunaway given the wrong envelope. >> i want to tell you what happened. i opened the envelope. and it said, "emma stone, la la land." that's why i took such a long look at f

amy aubert, abc7 news.the bag of that one. >> not going to win this time. >> maybe the second time. michelle: love is in the air. so are warmer temperatures. steve: we have to wait for this weekend. instead of sticking around for the weekend, they will stick around to next a nice change on the way. turning the corner. we are in the middle 40's at reagan national airport. the forecast temperatures this evening we'll fall in the 40's. i will stay -- it will stay chilly. this is what it looks like on future cast. no worries 1:00 tonight. the skies are just beginning to fill with the clouds moving in the early morning hours. we have a cold front that is on the way. we are looking at the showers that are just going to security extreme southern maryland in the daytime hours. the morning hours tomorrow. the frontal system will move on out and then we will see the temperatures fall and the wind gusts begin to increase. nothing like we saw yesterday but still on the breezy side tomorrow afternoon. the forecast tomor

amy aubert joins us now with the latest on this. this seems really tough to justify. a first-time offender this new law would make domestic violence an administrative offense as opposed to a criminal offense. this is according to the russian news agency taft. let's get into what this mean face 10 to 15 days in jail. a fine, in american dollars could amount to $85 and $500. or up to 120 hours of community service. this is all reportedly for offenses that don't result in serious injury. and guys, they are reporting that violators charged with multiple assaults could face harsher consequences. jonathan: any idea what precipitated the change? amy: not sure. jonathan: vladimir putin thought it was a good idea? amy: your guess is as good as mine. jonathan: wow! thank you. michelle: next from clinton to conway and "ghostbusters." kate mckinnon is a master of voices. a new one is fictional but you probably know her already. her netflix project next. jonathan: plus the dominoes wedding registry. i said it right. it's real. what you can get in the post-honeymoon adjustment to r

amy aubert has been following the day's events and the hot topics discussed. she joins us with the latest on this from the "live desk." amy: that conference st speakers tackling topics across the board including women in power. sanctuary cities and holding elective officials accountable. the events started this morning kicking off an interview with kellyanne conway. from there, other big names including secretary of education betsy devos, senator ted cruz and the white house officials reince priebus and steve bannon. some of the speakers touching on recent protest and pushback. >> the anger on the left, i have never seen anything like it. they are right now opposing everything. >> look at it through the positive side of the ledger. so much is negative these days and so much is automatic. what can i find wrong in this? a bunch of trouble-makers. >> i wasn't going to let the noise of the protesters drown out the voices of the majority of people who elected us to do the things we were going to do. >> vice president mike pence is scheduled to speak in a few hours.

michelle: now to amy aubert who joins us now with the company's new policy. what are they doing? my: well, guys, in a post on facebook, the company's chief operating officer announcing the changes and saying america's families deserve support. here is exactly what they are adding. 20 days of paid leave for grieving an immediate family member. 10 if it's extended family member. they are offering up to six weeks of paid leave for employees to take care of a sick relative. if it's a family member with a short-term sickness like the flu, facebook employees can now take three days. in the social media post, c.o.o. pointed to personal examples when time off was crucial for her own family. guys, this is all in addition to four months paid leave for new months. jonathan: wow! alison: amazing. wow! michelle: now to this story a lot of kids will be excited about. a galaxy far, far away will be a lot closer in 2019. a lot of adults are going to like this, too. that is when disney will open the "star wars" theme park at disney land in california and disney world in florida. each 14-acre attra