amy aubert is joining us now from the "n.f.l. live" with -- amy aubert is joining us from the "live desk" with a preview of this. what is this about? amy: the pretrial arguments are set to kick off tomorrow. this is a story we covered from the beginning on abc7. it claims that the culpeper county leaders violated federal law when they blocked the center from building a mosque when they wouldn't grant a sewage permit. the county has seen 26 applications since 1992. never denied a pump and haul permit for commercial or religious use. >> being muslim is why they >> why are you sure about that? >> we have seen so many cases nationwide. >> we have never ever approved an to ration on a -- operation for a peace of ground that had nothing build -- for a piece of ground that had nothing building on it. amy: the supervisors say this was a land use decision. the pretrial arguments are going to start in charlottesville tomorrow. at the "n.f.l. live," amy -- at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: there are several stars taking par

amy aubert is here with latest on this. amy: today, the man who police say was behind at least eight of the threats is behind bars. 31-year-old juan thompson, pictured here is accused of making the threat against jewish institutions across the country. plus a bomb threat to the antidefamation league headquarters in new york city. the complaint says the threats were made to harass a former girlfriend. police in the university city missouri plan to question him about the more than 150 headstones knocked over last month at a jewish cemetery in the area. they wouldn't say whether he is considered a suspect. separately after the arrest, new jersey governor chris christie speaking at a jewish community center that got three bomb threats so far this year. >> our attorney general is aggressively enforcing the law that senator mendez referenced. and we now have $10,000 reward available for any leads that lead to the violation of biased crimes and anyone who commits the crime will be prosecuted to the fullest, tent of the law and sent

amy aubert is following the story and joins us live from the satellite center with what she has found. amy? amy: police are talking to thousands of people and looking for any det attacker's background and motive. khalid masood was described having an unfriendly friendly and outgoing manner as he checked out of the hotel and headed to london to carry out the deadly plan. he was not in the focus of current administrations. now ten people have been arrested since attack that killed four and the attacker. six of them have been released without charge. amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. still to come at 5:00, cleaning up after a big mistake. the recovery after police raid the wrong home ahead. larry: plus the search for answers after a family dog kills a child without warning. alison: and a mobile phone company thinks it found a way to stop the annoying scam and spam phone calls. >> president trump's decision on the keystone xl parkline sparks protest across the country. and right in the capital. i' two become one. then you're a couple. think of all you'll share... like snoring. doe

we get that story from amy aubert. amy: one week after the big announcement was made the national park service is switching it up. take a look at video we shot today from the tidal basin. you can see the buds coming out. but peak bloom is now later march 19 and ending on the 22nd because of chilly temperatures. they used the recent temperature data progression of the blooming phases and the next seven-day weather forecast to determine new dates. the original dates were in the week prior. amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the official word white house easter egg roll would go on. they posted april 17 as the date for it. today the press release confirmed the date and saying details on the ticket lottery will come soon. larry: tonight after the prosecutors dropped all charges against a woman used of missing bethesda's man credit card. donohe disappeared from his parent's house and a week later they caught a woman using his credit card. the prosecutors have dropped the case against her because they felt there was no

at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: amy, thank you. coming up next at 4:00, abc7 sends a dietitian to raid your fridge. jonathan: uh-oh. alison: the surprising results on how you are feeding your family. jonathan: also this -- >> one of the reasons i feel good at my job is i am taking charges against me. jonathan: casey anthony breaking her silence on her daughter's death. >> brian, tornado on the ground. tornado on the ground. alison: and midwest storms. a look at the damage from eastern oklahoma all the way to wisconsin. breaking her silence for the first time about her daughter's death. it has been nearly nine years since caylee went missing, and six since her trial ended with an acquittal. anthony sat down with the "associated press" and insists she has no idea what happened to caylee. >> everyone else has their theories. i don't know. >> so your parents had her? >> my dad did. >> next thing you know she is missing, right? >> i did what i was told. i don't remember too much of what happened. alison: anthony says she knows that much

amy aubert is following the developing story from the "live desk." what have you learned? amy: well, that man is 31-year-old juan thompson. of journalist made at least eight threats to jewish centers plus bomb threat to the antidefamation league headquarters in new york city. they were made to harass a former girlfriend. the police in the university city missouri plan to question thompson about the headstones knocked over last month at a jewish similartary in -- jewish cemetery in the area. >> no matter what technology you use to hide we will shine a light in whatever direction we have to. you will be uncovered, caught and charged. amy: law enforcement officials told abc7 news they don't believe that he is the mane suspect behind the recent crimes against the jewish community centers or the vandalism at the jewish cemetery >>> at the live desk, amy aubert. michelle: before that someone vandalized a jewish cemetery in new york. a dozen over in a cemetery in new york. it's the third such incident nationwide in two weeks. horace: the reexcellent threat and vandalism include sc

amy aubert is following this from the "live desk." amy? amy: in just the past two hours, president trump promising the tools to prevent and if needed fight and win war. he spoke aboard the gerald r. ford. a warship expected to be commissioned this year. he told the crowd we need to start winning again. specifically, telling the military he will, "always support you and your mission." he backed it up by saying he is planning one of the largest defense spendi history. take a listen. president trump: we will give the men and women of america's armed services the resources you need to keep us safe. we will have the finest equipment in the world. planes, ships, and everything else. we are going to have very soon the finest equipment in the world. amy: president trump told the crowd we will have a great rebuilding of our military might. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. q: thank you, amy. next at "abc7 news at 4:00". >> an immigration enforcement action at a church in alexandria has virginia political leaders furious. they are speaking

amy aubert has been following the story today. she joins you now from our satellite center with the latest today. amy? amy: the ntsb saying they are investigating because another large vehicle got stuck at that crossing and hit by a train in january. let's go right to video showing the aftermath of the tragic crash. the railroad crossing sign laying next to the tracks and crews on site today. the names of the four people who were killed have not officially been released but a school district spokesperson in texas says two of the victim were former administrators with the district. the group of senior citizens on the bus were on a trip to visit the casinos in biloxi. >> as the bus travels over the hump where the railroad track is, it reportedly became stuck determining the length that that bus sat on those tracks will be celt -- critical to the investigation. amy: an ntsb member says the crash is the 17th wreck at the site since 1976. in the satellite center, amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: all right. thanks. ahead for us at "abc7

our amy aubert joins us from the "live desk" with the latest. e house intelligence community chairman nunez privately apologizing to the democratic colleagues but he is still defending the move to let the president know of the findings. yesterday, he briefed reporters saying u.s. intelligence officials may have legally picked up communications of the president's transition team, perhaps including the president himself as they were surveillance foreign nationals. he said what he saw had nothing to do with russia or saying there is still no evidence that the president was wiretapped. today, the white house press secretary and lawmakers are speaking out. >> i don't know why he would tweet the president on something we gave him. i don't know it makes sense. i did not sit on the briefing. >> he was part of the trump transition. all of this results to the trump transition by and large. it's very clear. he himself, i don't know if that is a cry for help or let me out of here or whatever it was, but it was highly unusual. amy: nunez still not saying wher

amy aubert is at the live desk with the breaking details just coming in. amy: prosecutors say there is a deal in principle in place for edgar welch. they would not give the details of the deal. police arrested him on december 4 after witnesses said he fired a gun inside comet ping pong pizza. no one was hurt. be motivated by something he read online about a nonexistent child sex ring at the business. welch pleaded not guilty to the charges. monday. the final hearing is on march 24. jummy: thank you. to another high profile case now taking center stage this noon. charles severance, the man convicted of murdering three people in alexandria, had an appeal hearing today, focused on whether the cases should have been tried separately rather than together. he is serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of three people. to the weather now. right now the big eight-out across the dmv. -out across the dmv. the combination of slow, -- of snow, rain, and freezing temperatures caused a refreeze overnight. doug: even though today we will see temperatures

amy aubert has more. amy: today, six of the seven officers are to remain behind bars until trial.t guilty requesting jury trials. the judge ordered the six to appear today be held in detention until the trial date. in witnesses have been terrified from retribution from the officers and the others and added the community would be at risk if let go. the six were escorted out in handcuffs. the detention hearing for the seventh officer is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. alison: thank you. drivers using beach drive, detour is longer than expected. the national park service says the closure between rock creek and tilden street has been extended through august. they planned for the work to wrap up for late spring. this is just phase one of what will be a three-year reconstruction project. michelle: a second traffic alert. intersection of canal and fox hall road will be closed for five weeks. that starts march 13 because of a water valve replacement project. clean-up effort after yesterday's swift storms. we are surveying the damage and a big job ahead. michelle: the gift for the white

amy aubert is following the story. this is exciting. amy: egg watch 2017 taken the internet by storm. take a look at this video. one of the egg hatching around 12:30. look how cute that eaglet is. this is caught on a live stream video through the earth conservation corps where they have been tuning in to watch the parents liberty and justice care for the eggs. the nest is high up. reportedly 110 feet off the ground in an oak tree at the metropolitan police academy in southeast d.c. the police department tweeted this afternoon welcoming their newest recruit. they are trying to catch the second egg hatching live on the internet. jonathan: thanks. good thing he comes out with a little feathers already. it's cold. michelle: i know. you can see how windy it is still. the nest is shaking a bit. doug: winds will settle in a but the wind advisory extended for a bit longer in a few areas. let's start off and show the pictures. i have been talking in the afternoon about my public act of contrition about phil. punxsutawney phil got it wrong and i -

amy aubert is mornitoring it all for us in the newsroom - amy?hese final few hours before the snow hits, will mean store. seven is on your side helping you and your family get ready. coming up at 5:45 - we're live at zimmerman's hardware with the must-have winter gear. the storm heads our way. following the abc seven stormwatch team on facebook, twitter and wjla-dot-com.. and download the stormwatch app for the latest forecast wherever you are. right now - metro transit police are searching for the man responsible for an attack on board a metro train. take a look. they say this man assaulted someone on a blue line train near metro center. it happened friday night around 8:45. if you know anything - give police a call. new details about the california man who allegedly jumped the white house fence friday night, and tried to get inside.. the suspect, 26-year-old jonathan tran, is expected in u.s. district court this afternoon. he's being held without bond. new court documents reveal.. he was carrying a letter for the president that mentioned russia

amy aubert joins with us a podcast aimed to find richard simons. >> this has a lot of people wondering where he could have gone. look at the video. this wasn't uncommon for richard simmons to get and welcome tour buses near his home. but the fans say he is m.i.a. not seen in public for 1100 days. his friend says the long-time housekeeper won't let him leave his home. >> rich looks at me and says, "you got to go." i said really? is she controlling your life now? he said yes. amy: simmons' rep is denying that saying he just decided to step back from the spotlight. but people are wondering where he went. larry: it's strange. alison: really bizarre. keep us posted. a british coroner released a report on george michael's death. he died of natural causes, specifically heart disease and a fatty liver. he died christmas day and was 53. >> don't worry what other you are beautiful. god made you the way you are supposed to be. larry: when you look in the mirror, what do you see? the rising star is redesigning beauty on and off the basketball court. >> an urban agriculture bill passes in the count

amy aubert has the latest. y: president trump announced he is giving the go-ahead for the controversial $8 billion project to be the presidential per hit issued to transcanada corporation to build the pipeline to transport crude oil. the president called the project long overdue. this reverses an earlier decision made by the obama administration to block the project. let's take a closer look at where exactly this will happen. the pipeline planned to stretch 900 miles from canada to nebraska, where it would meet up to other pipelines that lead to the gulf of mexico. >> it will be an incredible pipeline. the greatest technology known to man or woman. frankly we are proud of it. >> it's a great day for our company. a great day for the workers that are going to get to work and local communities that will benefit from the pipeline for decades to come. >> a rally organized to protest the approval of the project is set to kick off in less than i spoke to organizers with the sierra club today who tell me they are expect

at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: president trump arrived back at the white house after a weekend at mar-a-largo. he will be on the road tonight. he is hosting a campaign stale make america great rally in louisville. we'll have a recap from there at 11:00. let's talk weather. winter arrives late. but it felt like it was on time when it left. today, the first day of spring. you can feel it. plenty of you taking advantage of the nice weather. going outside for lunch. now that it's spring have we really turned the corner? stormwatch7's steve rudin has the forecast. we hope so. right and another turn to the left. we will get there eventually. these showers on the way tonight. if they make it to the area. look at the temperatures out there now. still below average for this time of year. only in the 50's. 53 in reagan national. 56 in fredericksburg. moving through the evening, temperatures in the 40's. mostly cloudy skies. talking about a milder day tomorrow and a big cooldown by wednesday. more on that in a few m

amy aubert is here following this developing story for us. amy: today police named the attacker that drove a car in a crowd of peopleas responsibility. today officials and the passerbys paying respect 'the victims of wednesday's terror attack in london. >> a terrorist came to the place where people of all nationalities and cultures gathered to celebrate what it means to be free. amy: the attacker khalid masood officials say was known to intelligence services. but was not in the current intelligence picture. thursday isis claiming responsibility. for the attack that killed four people. kurt cochran killed as celebrating the wedding anniversary. his wife among those hurt. >> they were happy. amy: another officer keith palmer stabbed by the attacker. >> doing the job he loves and protecting the city. protecting parliament. amy: police carrying out raids overnight and arresting eight people. and our resolve will never waiver in the face of terrorism. amy: the attacker was born in britain. alison: we are learning more about the american killed in t

amy aubert is here to join with us the latest on the gadgets and where we can get the hands on these. amy: three new gadgets they are introducing today. the new iphone. they have an updated ipad and a new app even that lets you create quick devices. look at the iphone. this is the iphone 7 and the 7-plus product red special edition. which marks the ten-year partnership between apple and red. red is a program that help provide access to hiv/aids programs in sub sahara africa. the latest ipad has 9.7-inch retina display, all-day battery life. front and back facing cameras and h.d. video recording. the price for the newest ipad is $329. apple kicking off a new app today. clip lets you create videos on the iphone and the ipad. the tech company says you can put together clips to make videos shareable on the app and across social media. it's free and it will be available next month. you can order the iphone and the ipad on friday. alison: are the lines forming now? amy: i'm sure. anytime no amy: absolutely. jonathan: ahead for us here, we will talk about the traffic situation. trenice bisho

alison: amy aubert is following the tech trends for us. amy: a busy week. apple kicking off the ios 10.3. it's here and it has a slew of new features like a find my air pod option. siri upgrade and improve to car play. and the megatech company saying they want your cam ro to do the talking. under the new app you can tap a camera in the top left corner. from there you will see a bunch of options like filters and animations. they are launching a new stories tool to keep your photos and videos live for 24 hours. and elon musk kicking off neuro-link to deve implant to treat neuro-disorders according to a "wall street journal" report citing unnamed sources. musk is behind spacex and tesla. interesting stuff. jonathan: when he says something like this, it's not that far -- someone in the newsroom saying this guy was sent back from the future. he is here now to help with our brains. michelle: if it helps people, that would be fantastic. if that is the only way it's used and advertisers don't eve their way in. jonathan: or students going to college would ace every

michelle: amy aubert is looking at the snowstorm. amy: look at the photos that are still pouring in today. it looks like so many of you out there are really enjoying celebrating this snow day off. let's take a closer look at some of the pictures. i love this one. a great action shot of this pup. it says finally got my snow day. a good action shot that says loving the snow. let's scroll through here. we have so many pictures. this is just so sweet. the snowman likes -- snow woman, sorry, like -- snowman likes warm hugs. so sweet there. another dog shot. we love the shots playing in christina in springfield virginia takes a tumble sledding with her daughter. i am glad to see that they are okay at the bottom of the hill continue to stepped send them in. #abc7snow. we could feature them on abc7 news. back to you. michelle: really good ones. thank you. "abc7 news at 4:00" -- there are tough buds but they might not be along for much longer. the new weather problem for the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. richard: local airports trying to

amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: thank you.et's check on the roadways with the trenice bishop who is on traffic watch. hi, trenice. trenice: we have lingering incidents on the beltway. heavy volume on the top side between maryland, virginia and the bottom of the beltway as well. closer to the wilson bridge we go to the big picture map. we are slow leaving alexandria to prince george's county. local lanes had an issue to the shoulder. we can take a life picture. this is heading out to the police assistance. the other place branch avenue is sta trailer blocking the right lane. larry: coming up, the boom in the cameras that could help solve crime in d.c. caught on video. motorist's wild ride. he survived. talk about what went wrong after he went over a cliff. plus -- >> failure to pay d.c. parking ticket in 30 days results in a doubling of the fine. but that could change if the pending council legislation is approved. i'm mike carter-conneen in northwest washington. coming up, the details on which drivers could benefit and which w

amy aubert is here now with more information on how you can take a shot at being part of the easter egg. we love this every year, amy. amy: that lottery opened up at noon today. but it's not going to last long. it closes in three days. hard boiled eggs across the white house south lawn is happening as usual the day after easter, which this year is april 17. if you are hoping to take the kids, tickets are only available through the lottery system. both the lottery and the tickets to get in are free. it's open to family with kids ages 13 and under. again your shot at scoring passes ends on saturday at noon. those selected will get an e-mail on march 31 for all the details for how to register for lottery, head to the website at wjla.com. it looks like a fun event. larry: it does. alison: hopefully we'll have good weather. that is always good. >> absolutely. larry: fingers crossed. amy, thanks. you may recall the brom aence between the president and the vice president in the last administration, barack obama and joe biden spend something much time together people were making internet memes

amy aubert? the newsroom with a few of pictures today. we have a lot of good ones. >> there are so many good ones. take a look at the photos still coming in right now. looks like so many people really enjoyed celebrating that snow day off today. take a closer look. how sweet is this. excited to play for the first time in this snow. check out this. i think i found big foot. we have seen so many pictures in the snow. i can't get enough of this. he looks like he is smiling and laughing running through the snow. this one. don't forget about the birds. blue birds are eating in annapolis, montana. we will keep monitoring the pictures and the videos as they use the #abc7snow. they could end up right here on abc7 news and the online gallery that you can check out at wjla.com. back to you. q: jack frost isn't taking it easy on the cherry blossoms. how the freezing temperatures could impact a full bloom next. alison: two george mason wrestlers forged a bond well be prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce<