a spokesperson from mayor bowser's office. she confirmed to us that this encryption has already been lifted. we don't know exactly when that happened but i can tell you that the mayor is expected to make an official announcement this week. but we have been hearing from the president of the fire union who says the system has always been flawed and always needed to be reevaluated. he says this private system led to those communication failures during the smoke incident at l'enfant plaza last month. firefighters in the metro system could not communicate with supervisors above ground after learning people were trapped on that train. and of course one person died. but the administration says despite the timing, there is no connection. the radio system, the mayor's office says, was under review before the mayor was inaugurated and of course that happened weeks before the smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. coming up at 6:30, i'll tell you why the fire department made their radio communications secret in the first place and the backlas

officials, mayor bowser defied a rider congress passed in december saying d.c. could spend no money implementing marijuana laws saying she's on firm legal ground while two republican chairmen with d.c. oversight, jason chavis of utah and mark meadows of north carolina sent bows are a letter. "if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legislation of marijuana in the district you'll be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law" suggesting she could go to jail. >> i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. >> the city law would allow at most, two ounces used on private space by 21-year-olds or older. it can't legally be bought or sold. proponents love what bowser has done. >> you'll be able to use marijuana in your house and not feel like a criminal. >> but others -- >> off the chain! you know it's going to be off the chain! >> as for the mayor's defiant stand -- >> this is -- it's dead! >> referring to chavis bowser called it bullying. >> bullying the district of columbia is not what h

bowser released the figures it week. vincent gray's inauguration cost $700,000. >> larry hogan gives his first state of the state address at noon. we will live stream it on nbcwashington.com. and the nbc washington app. >>> at least 7 are dead after a fiery collision between a commuter train coming out of new york city and an suv. you can look for live updates from the scene in just a few minutes 00 the ss on the "today" show about that. >>> 23 are dead and 250 are missing after a plane crashed in taiwan's capital. it skrash crashed in to a river. >>> live view of union station flag flapping gently. we'll be in the 40s this afternoon. >> thank you, tom. that is the broadcast. thanks for waking up with us. >> see in you 25 minutes. you guys can just leave your coats right over here. wow. your bedroom is amazing. oh, thanks. we worked with a designer from havertys. total refresh. oh, i cannot believe people. what? covering up your new bed like that. it's okay. what kind of animals did you invite to this party? we can help.

mayor muriel bowser in jail if she allows the voter approved initiative to become law. jim osman is live at the capitol. what have you learned about this showdown? it's d.c. versus the congress. >> reporter: hi, derek, and good evening, folks at home. it's not clear whether house republicans are puffing their chest or they are serious, but the mayor says it doesn't matter. she has a job to do. >> the law will go into effect one minute after midnight. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser made herself clear the voter approved initiative 71 to legalize marijuana with various restrictions and conditions will become law within minutes now, but citing potential violation of federal law house republican lawmakers made themselves clear. muriel bowserer might have to exchange her green business suit for an orange jumpsuit if she keeps that promise. >> i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. >> reporter: a letter from the house oversight chairman states to muriel bowserer, if you decide to move forward tomorrow wi

mayor muriel bowser from pressing ahead with that. surae chinn explains what's likely to happen next. >> reporter: the district is not backing down and they will not be intimidated either. with the backing of d.c. council and the police chief, mayor muriel bowser says they are proceeding with the legalization of marijuana tonight. >> our government is prepared to implement and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser received a stern letter from the house of representatives oversight committee saying if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legalization of marijuana in the district, you will be doing so inenning and will of -- in knowing and willful violation of the law. it's contrary to law and we strongly suggest you reconsider your position. >> we're acting lawfully. so i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. aarp adam idinger is chairman of the d.c. -- >> reporter: adam idinger is chairman of the d.c. marijuana campa

tom sherwo reports how bowser plans to change that. >> there he is! >> reporte mayor bowser travelled a job training site in southeast washington. it targets people in their 20s for technical support jobs. one of those students is 22-year-o tia jacobs, who last worked at a fast food outlet. >> i know the ups and downs of getting a an how hard it is. i had jobs in security, jobs in doing hair, shampoos. i've been all -- i did everythingut dealing with animals. >> rer ma bowser, who autographob posters, said the city can't account for results ofnd$100 million a year with private vendors for job training. >> it's not that we're not investingb training. it's just that not all of it is successf we have to ae where all of the money is going. too frequently in this space we're funding programs that do more for e vendors than they do for the participants. >> reportent in the city varies widely from under 3% in wealthy ward 3 to as much as 17% in the poorest area of ward 8. mayor bowser also announced she'd expand the city's summer jobs progm to young people a

a republican house committee warn in the letter today bowser should reconsider her positi that going ahead would be a knowing willful violation of the law. and in bullying the district columbia it's not what his cons expect nor do ours. >> nearly every d.c. council stood with the mayor today putting themselves at risk if the house brings any legal action ready to go to jail if necess >> you know in america there e many ways of expressing your um citizenship. >> pot advocates who worried the city would buckle under pressu praised the mayor. >> bailed on this. >> i'm pleased that the mayor is standi up for the voters. she's standing up for democracy. >> after tonight, it will be up to the congress for the next step. in the district tom sherwood news 4. >> days in the d.c. jail. daniel ros was arrested in d.c. on a warrant from fairfax county. today a denied bond for rosen, so now he has to wait for fairfax county officers to come and pick him news 4's chris gordon is outside d.c. superior court with more on this. chris? >> after putting up a fight, daniel rosen waived extrad fairfax cy

mayor muriel bowser and expensive price tag on her inauguration festivities spending about $1 million on the celebration. that is about $400,000 more than her predecessor. bowser's inauguration was the most expensive in the district. >> a cruise cut short by sickness passengers forced to return to baltimore early. >> plus, dodging the blame for lance armstrong. >> and we continue to follow breaking news from new york where several people are kille >> returning to the breaking news outside of new york city, these are live chopper images. at least six people dead, 12 injured after a metro north train crashed into nan suv. the driver of the vehicle was killed as well as five train passengers. the ntsb will investigate. we are also waiting a news conference in new york and we will bring you updates as soon as they are available. >> a newly cleaned up her ship is back at sea. it left baltimore after was scrubbed down following a nora virus outbreak. the ship experienced two outbreak/year. the virus can spread quickly last year from contaminated food and water. >> we do not get to go to hai

mayor muriel bowser unveiled her plan to get families out of shelters and into permanent homes. sam ford explains bowser's plan to solve the city's homeless problem. >> the playground outside of the homeless shelter was built in memory of the 8-year-old who hasn't been seen since march of last year. today, mayor muriel bowser launched her initiative to get homeless families out of shelters and hotels and into permanent homes. >> help them identify units available across the district of columbia. >> she plans to hire who she calls navigators or home finders to work with inspectors or social workers whose jobs are to get into homes, people like 22-year-old alison thomas who has an 11-month-old in her arms and is 8 months pregnant. she had been staying at one of the city's motels for homeless families until bed bugs drove her back to her godmother's couch. >> it's stressful because i can't be on the street with a baby. >> running the show for the mayor will be the one who said she cut the homeless population by a third for the obama administration. >> the solution that works for ve

. >>> right now several congressmen are threatening mayor muriel bowser to stop d.c.'s marijuana law from taking effect at midnight and on the other side is mayor bowser who said the city will press on. surae chinn reports from outside the wilson building with a shutdown. >> our government is prepared to implement and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser received a stern letter from the house of representatives oversight committee. the letter says if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legalization of marijuana in the district, you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. it further says the committee is investigating your recent assertion that initiative 71 in your opinion take effect on february 26th, 2015, is contrary to law and we strongly suggest you reconsider yourself position. >> we're acting lawfully. so i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. >> reporter: chairman of the d.c. cannabis campaign and proposed initiative 7

. >>> today mayor muriel bowser says she's done all she can on the district's new marijuana law. but opposition could still take a toll on d.c.'s budget. some lawmakers say the new pot law violates federal law and they could reduce the amount of federal funds that flow into the district. at this point mayor bowser says she has to work with the city council to clarify the rules for marijuana specifically when it comes to private clubs. this law takes effect just in time for an event this weekend focused on marijuana. a group called comfytree cannabis academy is hosting a conference at the holiday inn near the capitol on c street southwest teaching people to grow pot safely and navigate some of the marijuana taxes and policy. it kicks off tomorrow morning and runs through sunday. >>> we may have to get to another bit of winter weather before we get to folic in the warmth, right, doug? >> there's that word frolic. i tell you, we're all going to be doing that come wednesday when temperatures get over 60 degrees in parts of the area. tonight, though a very cold night. talking 60 wedne

. >> today mayor muriel bowser got a threatening letter tropical hill warning her not to implement -- capitol hill warning her not to implement the pot law, but she said she's moving forward with what the d.c. voters want. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in the district of columbia. the mayor is not backing down when it comes to legalizing pot tonight. >> our government is prepared to implement and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser received a stern letter from the house of representatives oversight committee. the letter addressed to the mayor says, "if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legalization of marijuana in the district, you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. the committee is investigating your recent assertions that initiative 71 in your opinion take effect on february 26th, 2015. it's contrary to law and we strongly suggest you reconsider your position." >> we're acting lawfully, so i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. >> co

mayor muriel bowser ordered the city's fire department to stop encrypting emergency radio transmissions. unencrypted channels should make it easier for different responders from different agencies to work together. that encryption system played a part in the communication issues in the response to that deadly smoke incident last month on board the yellow line train. bowser's office said the radio system was under review weeks before that incident. >>> repair crews wrapped up work for the night to a beltway bridge in prince george's county that dropped concrete on a car, but we found what happened to be plenty more where that came from. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in morningside where repair crews used epoxy to try to stablize that portion of bridge where a chunk fell off. i found out this may not be the only bridge with problems like this. this is where the beltway crosses over southbound sixth avenue. concrete appeared to have fallen out in chunks and gaps in bridge concrete above. the high spokesman says despite issues the internal integrity of the bridge at branch avenue and the bri

mayor muriel bowser unveiled a new program this morning designed to help homeless families in the city. people in the district have a legal right to shelter when the temperatures are under freezing but among other things mayor bowser's program teams homeless families with case workers who understand the rental market and can help with the paperwork. >>> a house committee is holding its first meeting on president obama's request to authorize military force against isis. the proposal already has plenty of critics on both sides of the aisle. nancy core advertise has more from -- nancy coretes has more from capitol hill. >> isis is on the defensive and isis is going to lose. >> reporter: president obama consulted with leaders in both parties to craft a resolution that authorizes military operations against isis for three years and allows for the use of ground troops in limited circumstances. >> for example, if we had actual intel about a gathering of isis leaders and our partners didn't have the capacity to get them, i would be prepared to order our special forces to take action because i

the resources, the right team and the consistent plan. >> mayor bowser hopes that her new initiative will help end family homelessness in d.c. by 2025. the former head of the falls church democratic committee is in court today. michael gardener is accused of sexual assaulting a family member under the age of 13. it happened back in 2009. he was released from prison in june after the virginia supreme court overturned previous molestation charges against him. gardner is charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual battery. m.p.d. released these surveillance images of a person of interest in the death of a lawyer. the photos and even some video were taken inside the donovan hotel in northwest. they show this person of interest walking through the lobby and up the stairwell. david messerschmidt was found stabbed to death at a room in the hotel. so far no arrests. a fight for one school in the district will be not settled today. the school board postponed today's vote to decide whether to strip the dorothy heights school of its charter. in december, it voted unanimously to revoke the

our government is prepared to implement and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. >> bowser insisted that the city's actions are legal despite claims in congress that the city is violating a law congress passed prohibiting the city from spending any money implementing initiative 71. congressional republican of utah and mark meadows of north carolina sent bowser a letter yesterday saying congress took clear action to stop the law suggesting she might go to jail. but punishment if the law actually took effect tonight. >> so i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia, me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. but making sure that the will of the voters is implemented and making sure that i'm doing my job in getting the guidance out to the residents, getting guidance out to our agencies. >> now the question is what happens next? congress could just pass a law overturning d.c.'s law. they could always do that. or they could take the city to court. we'll have to say. reporting live from the john wilson building sam ford, abc 7 news. >> thanks, sam. love this ki

mayor bowser. before he was caught he actually liked a facebook post about his crimes. >>> 4:34. 13 degrees right now. the map accused of murdering hannah graham will face back to back trials starting this summer. first jesse matthew will stand trial in fairfax county for an unrelated sex assault. and then a jury trial is set to begin on june 29 for the graham case. matthew is accused of killing graham last september after meeting her just blocks away from uva campus. her remains were found five weeks later. >>> today you have the chance to say how you should think d.c. should spend your tax money. mayor bowser is holding three special forums on the budget including today at 7:00 p.m.. you can head to wilson high school tonight to take part. the mayor says she wants to focus on spending on affordable housing, job training and ending homelessness. if you can't make it tonight the other forums are in the nextfive days. >>> maryland's former governor is considering a run for the white house. o'malley

. >>> mayor bowser is fighting to keep marijuana in the nation's cat. she appeared on the rachel maddow show last night criticizing andy harris. heiress has questioned validity of the marijuana law. bowser says it is clear what the voters want. >> home use home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on their issues. >>> congressional republicans had threatened to arrest d.c. leaders if they allowed the law to take effect. >>> you may not be able to smoke marijuana everywhere you thought you could. landlords will not be required to allow marijuana use on their properties. so if you rent your apartment, it is up to whomever owns the building whether or not to allow smoking. land lords can also include anti-smoking clause in lease agreements. if you own your own home you city still may not be in the clear if there is a condo board or homeowner's soergs. they could also create rules against allowing marijuana. >>> toys of course are getting high tech but these newls could be vulnerable

. >> rep just a short time ago, pat, mayor bowser is not two months into office and already a big fight with congress. y she and the council stood up to a congressional house committe she says the new pot law is legal and the city is going to go forward with it at midnight tonight. >> i'm muriel bowser i'm the dual elected mayor of the districtcolumbia. our government is prepared to implemt and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. in bullying the district of is not what his consti expect nor do ours. >> a republican house committee letter said if she went forward she'd be violating the law. the next step is up to congress. here in the district tom sherwood. news 4. >>> thank you, tom. we're working to learn more about a fire that shut down part of busy m street in georgetown today. it broke out at the steve madden store ju store worker tells us he went in the basement and saw the furnace on fire. everyone inside got out okay. >>> just two work days left for congress to come up with funding for the department of homeland security. the budget expires at the end of the day on

district enacting the law, two republican congressmen with district oversight warned mayor muriel bowser, if you decide to move forward with legalization of marijuana in the district you'll be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. despite the threat of a possible lawsuit, legislative action and even jail time bowser did not back down. >> i have a lot of things to do here in the district of columbia and me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. >> adam who spent years advocating and campaigning for legalization says he plans to double down demanding that congress removes legislative riders that would allow the district to tax and regulate marijuana sales. even now under the new law selling and buying the drug remains illegal. >> we need to stand by our city government and be ready to take to the streets. we might have to protest. >> in adams morgan mike conneen, abc 7 news. >> new developments this noon in the fight against isil. jihadi john the militant believed to be the one who beheed several western hostages has been identified. marcy gonzalez reports now on what we h

mayor bowser says unencrypted channels will be used for standard operations. encrypted channels will be for events with sensitive communication. transportation safety board officials will talk about that smoke incident investigation today. this in front of the washington council of governments who will also get an update on metro's emergency procedures. carol glover of alexandria was killed and 80 othero hospitals with smoke inhalation after an electric malfunction on the yellow line. police are investigating a homicide in an upscale hotel in downtown d.c. police say the man was stabbed to death. they found his body at the donovan hotel just after 11:00 yesterday morning. police have not released his name and so far, no arrests have been made. opening statements will begin today in the trial of a former marine charged in the shooting death of chris kyle. kyle was a former navy seal depicted in the movie "american sniper." eddie ray ralph is accused of gunning down kyle and a friend two years ago at a gun range in texas. his family says he suffers from ptsd. ra

mayor muriel bowser's plan to help black and latino male students succeed. the empowering males of color initiative includes an all boys prep school in southeast. the american civil liberties union applauds this effort but questions whether the program singles out black female students. in a letter to bowser the aclu writes studies show that separating boys and girls does not improve academic performance. it simply increases gender stereotyping. > l federal employees could be working for ious next week if congress doesn't work on way to fund the department of homeland security. reports show 1,000 workers in maryland would stay on the job but without their regular paychecks. the federal emergency management agency has also notified workers it will be unable to process emergency declarations and could furlough 3600 employees, and mu that the u.s. fire administration headquarters in frederick is to be shuttered unless an agreement can be reached. >>> fairfax county high school students and parents packed an aw tore yum tonight for a unique program aimed at prev

at a job training center in southeasttoday bowser said she agrees with the d.c. council that congress acted too late last year to stop the law that was overwhelmingly approved by d.c. voters. the ballot initiativ changed the law. we'll work with the chief of police to make sure we have very clear guidance to our police officers. >> up on congress, house republica have said that congress' te barred any further spending by the district on the marijuana law. so it's not clear what action, if any, congress intends to take against ci if it goes ahead with its plan to enact this law. >>> well, the sunset's nice out there, bu iing cold, buddy. >> i'll tell you what thursday will be okay then we're going right off a cliff. temperatue g toe the coldest we've seen so far this winter, a we just saw some of those c numbers here. take a look outside first off and i'll shoal you what's happening o there. towards reston, look at this, a nice shota dulles airport out towar the blue ridge. a low layer of clouds. it is going to be a spectacular sunset, i think and already shaping

mayor bowser so declaring a no parking snow emergency at 7:00 a.m. and people all over the city were reacting to the bitter cold and the coming snow. the city's fleet of salt trucks were suiting up for the snowy night. more than 200 trucks getting ready to go. >> i am also declaring a snow emergency in the district effective at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: other officials were checking encampments around town for any homeless people needing aid. this camp was empty. >> we're asking residents if they see someone in need to call 211. >> reporter: mayor bowser facing the most serious snow of her short time in office pledged the city would be ready and all eight boards. meanwhile, at the office of personnel management a spokeswoman had no early word for the 700,000 federal workers on-in the region on what to expect tomorrow. on the national mall tourists were putting up with the cold for souvenir shots. one person was even flying a kite. but one person visiting from jacksonville florida, wasn't impressed. what do you think of the weather? >> it's different. i'

. >>> mayor bowser is fighting to keep marijuana in the nation's capital. she appeared on the rachel maddow show on msnbc last night. she criticized maryland republican congressman andy harris. harris has questioned validity of the law. bowser says it's clear what the voters want. >> home use, home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on their issues. >> congressional republicans had threatened to arrest d.c. leaders if they allowed the law to take effect but now one has been arrested. and while d.c. has you now legalized marijuana, it has been decriminalized since july of last year. in that time police handed out about 283 tickets. nearly half of those were in the 7th police district which covers neighborhoods east of the anacostia river. the fourth district which is primarily northwest d.c. issued just eight ticket. >>> happening today, a state senate committee will are consider a bill that would allow 18 19 and 20-year-old members of the military to drink beer and wine at bars and

mayor muriel bowser said that might not happen. first responders are supposed to train for the worst, but after the delgadoly accident at l'enphant plaza station last month, d.c. fire officials discovered that only 100 firefighters took part in metro training last year. one suggestion to make it easier to train was to bring old metro training facility. >> it sounded nice. we'll see what metro has to say about that. >> reporter: the military has metro cars at a training facility close to d.c. where they train for terrorist attacks. but firefighters in our region have to troovl metro's training facility to get that same hands of on experience. d.c. mayor muriel bowser was noncommittal on the union's request to get its own cars for training. >> we all have to kind of make the best use of resources, and i don't know that that's the answer when we have it pretty well set up at metro, but i am happy to look into that. >> reporter: one thing the mayor and the chief have promised is to increase training. right now, less than half of the 1,

. >>> in the day ahead, mayor bowser will commemorate black history month. she will announce her appointee for the officer on african african-american favoraf she wi rd a story about the first black student to attend an all white school this new orleans. >>> today researchers can learn more about civil rights icon rosa parks private life. the library of congress will show personal papers letters and pictures of the woman who started the montgomery alabama bus boycott in 1955. she refused to move to the back of the bus. >>> she grew up on the farm of her maternal grand parents and she talks about life on the farm. >> there is a picture about of parks at olney hear landmaryland where a middle school was named in her honor. it should be a powerful exhibit. >> there is a lot more history. most people will go expecting the bus boycott, but there is so much other information about her. other things that she did. >> love the library of congress. so much to see in there. >>> we're talking about the weather and a warm-up. >> yes, and our fount of information here wea

mayor muriel bowser announced today a new program she hopes will end homelessness over the next decade. >> the mayor says she's going to assemble a team to help homeless families find permanent housing. bowser says leesing specialist inspectors and social service workers will help them find housing in the private sector. right now, the city puts people shelters or hotels when it's below freezing. bowser says the goal is to end family homelessness by 2018 and all homelessness by 2025.ajor online travel site expedia announced today it will buy one of its biggest rivals. consumer reporter erika gonzalez has details. >> this is it expedia plans to buy orbitz for more than a billion dollars. what does ha mean for customers booking online? what does that mean for you and me? we asked expedia. they told us there will be no changes to consumers' bookings as a result of today's news. it went on to say its proposed acquisition of orbitz still subject to approval by the shareholders of orbitz and other closing conditions. now, if all of that goes through, if then expedia would gain orbitz's names

mayor bowser is holding three different engagement forums. first will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. bowser said her administration is committed to tackling the budget while developing smart solutions to develop key priorities. >> regulating what can and can't happen on the ocean city boardwalk. that was the topic of a public hearing today. maryland bureau chief brad bell takes a closer look. >> even on a cold winter day like this the boardwalk in ocean city is a popular place to stroll in the summer it's shoulder to shoulder. and one of the things in the past few years that's really drawing crowds are the street performers that set up shop right at the end of the cross street. well, last summer one artist took it to the extreme. a woman set up a poll right here. you can see some of the video of the exotic dancer performing in front of the big crowds which included families. well, that touched off quite a debate in this beach town. and now a special committee is taking testimony on how ocean city might potentially better control street performers! the performers say they kind of like

mayor muriel bowser on this, the first day of the legalization of marijuana. >> so our d.c.d is live now with the mayor. hi, sam. >> hello, alison leon. we have mayor bowser here with us on day one. how did it go? >> well nothing has changed much. you see, the sky didn't fall. >> you didn't go to jail. >> the will of the voters has been implemented. let's face it we have the voters changed the law. and i'm the mayor of the district of columbia and my job is to implement it. and make sure that everybody that works for me knows the rules. and knows what to do and that's exactly what happened at 12:01 last night. >> ok and, of course you didn't go to jail. >> why would i? we believe that the district of columbia is acting lawfully. >> ok. and i don't know, would the police be able to enforce this thing? i mean i guess, i got some sense today that the police are saying let's just stay away from it. we're not sure what to do. >> i think you know and everybody out there knows last year the council passed a decriminalization of marijuana law. and now, the legalization that was appr

muriel bowser already named the summer youth employment program for him, and there are other options across the district to honor him, they say.

mayor bowser, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you, it's my pleasure to be here. >> clearly you're not in jail. i imagine there is a lot of attention between dc and city government because of this constitutional role in stopping dc from doing things it wants to do. did you expect it would come to the point where they would be threatenning to jail you. >> this is an issue where some people feel very strongly at the congress and they're speaking loudly. our residents also spoke loud and clear last november when seven out of ten of them went to the polls to vote to approve legalization of small amounts of marijuana in washington dc by use for adults in their homes. i'm the mayor of the district of columbia, i was elected, and my job is to implement the people's law. >> if members of congress that are so excited and head up about this issue and are being so confrontational about this issue, if they decide they will not put you in jail, but they want to do everything possible to try to stop the city and stop you from going ahead with this, what other options do they have. what is

mayor muriel bowser announcing a new program to help find homeless with permanent housing. pairing those with who understand the housing market and help with paperwork. bowser tweeted she wants to help families get off the streets by 2018 and end all homelessness in the districts by 2025. >>> a montgomery county man used his job to collect child po rmpltporn. he used his job to collect pictures of local children at cvs. when he saw a foet know a customer's order he would like he would make a copy for himself and used a cell phone to take videos of girls walking through the store. >> one day i saw him with a tripod. he was taking a tripod with him to the zoo. i've known him for years. never knew. >> martin told police he recorded girls at the national zoo in 2013 at his home investigators found tens of thousands of pictures and videos martin will been collecting since 1977. we reached out to cvs for comment and are waiting to hear back from them. >>> your morning commute could soon cost you a little more on metro. the agency wants to raise fares by 10 cents per ride and also

. >> reporter: mayor bowser says the adult salaries haven't been decided for adults but for teenaged summer workers, 15,000 have signed up and will get a pay increase from $7.25 to $8.25 an hour. what do you want from the private sector? >> we want more private sector partners to participate in the summer youth program and there are more opportunities to do that. >> reporter: but community activists take exception to the official unemployment numbers, 20 to 25% in parts. they say those numbers should be closer to 40%. this is produce bruce report from southeast washington, wusa9 news. >> mayor bowser says $100 million is spent across many training programs, with the benefits benefiting people who need better paying jobs. >>> investigators in ocean city are looking for the cause of a hub fire that left two firefighters and two other people injured. # the fire broke out at 10:00 this morning at the de lazy lizard brewpub. >>> we told you about a possible case of measles being investigated in fairfax. the current outbreak has made people sick in 18 states so far. federal health official

bowser says it's clear what voters want. >> home use, home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on their issues. >> congressional republicans had threatened to arrest d.c. leaders if they allowed the law to take effect but no one arrested so far. >>> you may not be able to smoke marijuana everywhere you thought you could. landlords will not be required to allow marijuana use on their property if that's what they want. so if you rent your apartment, it's up to the, whoever owns the building whether or not to allow smoking. landlords will also be able to include anti-smoking clauses in lease agreements. if you own your own home you still may not be in the clear, either. there is a kondcondo board on home owners association that could create rules against allowing marijuana. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us with a look at weather and whether there will be nice weather for the wok? >> it's going to be okay. temperatures continue to remain cold outside. i can't believe mar

mayor bowser will announce a new program aimed at helping the city's homeless. a new approach to combat homelessness in the district was one of bowser's campaign promises. this new program will focus on finding permanent housing for homeless families. in recent years, the number of homeless families has increased because of a lack of affordable housing. families will be paired with liaisons who understand the rental market and can help with paperwork. >>> today the d.c. public charter school board will decide whether to revoke the charter of the dorothy heights. there was a rally earlier this week in hopes of keeping school open. the board is expected to vote at about 8:30 this morning. >>> we will also find out today whether two prince george's county element taker schools will close. ceo has recommended thomas claggett and kenmoor elementary schools closed. he proposes could notnverting them into early childhood centers. the board of education vote takes place at 7:00 tonight in upper marlboro. >>> long time 6"60 minutes" correspondent bob simon has been kille

mayor bowser fighting to keep marijuana in the nation's capital.eared on the rachel maddow show criticizing andy harris. harris has questioned the extravalidity of the marijuana law. >> home use, home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on on their issues. >>> toys are getting high tech with new responsive dolls and sbir active gadgets could be vulnerable. make you vulnerable to hackers. mattel revealed the toys that use siri-like secretary knowledge. they will listen and respond having full conversations with your kids. the dolls use a wi-fi kegs connection. >> parents will be told clearly which data will be collected and you need a password to be able to access that information. >> other interactive toys use bluetooth technology to collect information from the web to answer questions. mattel says the new toys like hello barbie will be available this fall. >>> right now police in l.a. searching for the person who stole a one of a kind dress actress lupita nyong'o wore to th

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mayor muriel bowser declared a snow emergency. when all the fees are added up it could cost $350 to get your car back. >> metro buses will be on a regular schedule tomorrow. metro access will be resuming a normal schedule and metro trains will return to a weekday schedule. today the trans-randall -- today the trains ran on a weekday service schedule. >> stay with us for updated forecasts and traffic reports on "good morning washington" starting at 4:24. also follow us on facebook twitter, and wjla.com. now back to the breaking news in southeast d.c., where the police are searching for a suspect who carjacked a vehicle with a child inside. the child is safe at this hour. roz plater is at mpd headquarters. roz? >> this had to be a terrifying ordeal for the child. the child is a five-year-old. i just got off the phone with the police they say this happened just after 9:00 in the area of second and mississippi in southeast d.c. a man was getting into his black suv when two men approached pushed him to the ground interpol for the car.

mayor muriel bowser says it is perfectly legal. >> as a business people need to take it seriously and not just somebody sitting on the couch. >> d.c. voters overwhelmingly passed initiative 71. so the will of the voter should be number one. richard: most people at the expo believe the debate will die down, but an interesting concept, cannabis as a business. a man from colorado said that his state has earned $24 million from sales tax on legal marijuana. richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: an all hands on deck in the district for trash pickup. it is part of an effort to catch up on the tress collection that was delayed because of the snowstorms. residents complained the trash was overflowing onto city streets. the department of homeland security has enough money to stay open one more week. president obama signed a one-week funding extension before the midnight deadline. the bill passed congress late last night after a other funding bills failed to pass. at issue is the president's executive action shielding up to 5 million people from deportation. israeli prime minister benjamin netan

mayor muriel bowser is teaming up with local agencies to launch a new program aimed at helping homeless families find permanent housing. the program would increase d.c.'s capacity to quickly connect homeless families to housing opportunities in the private market. the mayor also suggests working with the d.c. department of human services to teach skills and help find employment for those in need. >> is it insurmountable as the problem seems, i think that we can set out a path and i think residents all over the city have it. i think their elected representative have it as well. the resources, the right team, and a consistent plan. >> mayor bowser hopes her new initiative will help end family homelessness in d.c. by 2025. coming up at 5:00 tonight, d.c. bureau chief sam ford will tell us how many d.c. families are living in shelters right now. >> the fight for one school in the district will not be settled today. the d.c. school board postponed a vote today to decide whether to strip the dorothy height community academy of its charter. that proposal has some of the 1600 families affected

mayor muriel bowser celebrated the graduation of nine paramedics from firefighters who just completed a 16-week training course. district leaders this week were baffled when union officials revealed sparse training for disasters on metro like last month's yellow line incident. >> i don't think anybody expected that only 100 of our firefighters were trained in one year. and we will set that up. >> not only that but interim fire chief eugene jones says before, the department didn't have a record of who attended that training. only metro did. but now, he says the department is keeping track with between eight and 15 firefighters rotating through the training daily. >> every firefighter will go through this. some have already gone through it but they're going to go back through it. >> we have to step our efforts up on training. i believe that we should have our own metro calls here at this training academy, facility. you're here today. >> the union told d.c. council members that spotty radio communication has been a problem for years and not just in metro tunnels. >> when your cell phone

mayor muriel bowser plans to go through her proposal to expand the district's summer youth employmentm is only available for ages 14 to 21 mayor bowser's plans is to add more than $5 million to the program's annual budget to open the door for 22 to 24-year-olds to participate. the it would also increase wages and provide transportation for those participating. >>> a question now. can your tv spy on you? samsung's new smrt tv comes with -- smart tv comes with voice recognition that lets users tell them what to do. seems cool except for the fact that according to samsung's privacy policy, it also lets third parties know whawr' saying. >>> marvel has managed to capture the illusive spiderman. the rights of the character belonged to sony. marvel is owned by disney. both companies announce add collaborative deal which -- announced a collaborative deal which will include a spiederman flick set for release in finally how about some bull, red bull trying to stick it to the little guy. filed a patent dispute against the old ox brewy in ashburn, virginia. red bull contends the use of the words

we'll see how mayor bowser's snow removal time performed in our biggest snowfall since our new mayor took office. when i was leaving from work last night, i'd have to give them a d. the roads were huer reynolds us in the district -- horrendous in the district. >> reporter: the mayor said the goal is for schools to be able to resume tomorrow. we're at 43rd and brandywine not far from the station and they've done a pretty good job out here and this is a secondary road. this is a sidewalk where the homeowners are responsible. the people on this block have done a pretty good job. however, you do have this and you see this throughout the city where homeowners at work haven't gotten to it. they need to get to these sidewalks so people don't get hurt. look at what else we found throughout the district today. plows had plenty of room to roam on d.c. streets as the federal and city governments were closed today, same for the public and private schools. restaurants, shops and private offices were also quiet today. by midday mayor muriel bowser appeared confident yet cautious the team had done

mayor muriel bowser held a press conference a >>> more video right now of today's snow. this was the scene just a short time ago out in fairfax. it is really starting to stick. it's coming down. we've been telling people about it and now it's here. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. let's get back to first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt with the latest on our forecast. top, you say it's only going to get heavier. >> especially south of town and as we go deeper into the night. 4 to 8 inches across most of the metro area, 8 to 12 down toward culpeper and fredericksburg and southern maryland where you folks sometimes have to worry about rain or mix, not this time. it's a snow event. 3 to 6 inches hagerstown and martinsburg. very dry snow, bad for snowballs, good for sledding and pretty easy to shovel. bull's eye south and east of town, a general 4 to 8 inches. sterling 6 inches for a total, fredericksburg 11, frederick, maryland, only 4, maybe 5, oxon hill about 6 inches. look at the storm. one reason we were so confident about this storm was is because it was a

mayor muriel bowser ordered radio testing inside of metro stations. the ntsb will hold hearings in june. >> a first look at stolen items confiscated by the police in an unusual theft ring bust. several people were arrested. they seize stolen items like guns and drugs. abc 7 was the only station inside the million dollar home where the group would squatting. it was littered with clothing, mattresses food, and they even had a baby living there. a crime alert near howard university campus. a string of car break-ins in the north and south banneker parking lots. the thefts happened early this morning. if you have information, d.c. police with love to talk with you. >> now a story we first broke an nfl player charged with assault in d.c. jackson of the colts made the play that set off deflate-gate. now the police say the linebacker attacked a pizza delivery man after argument about a parking spot. it happened last night in an alley off of u street. >> he said i'm going to kill you because i told you not to park here. he grabbed my hand in my neck. he grabbe

mayor muriel bowser is sticking by her decision to legalize marijuana in the city. two house republicans have launched an investigation into whether this violates federal law and they say bowser and others could face jail time. small amounts of recreational pot will be legal in d.c. tonight at midnight. >> only on 7:00 tonight now a family's plea for help after an encounter with virginia state police. larry struthers says troopers left his home a wreck after they came inside searching for his son. >> shoutout. >> caroline county resident larry struther is still reeling from something that happened seven months ago. >> my door my house is come to pieces. >> he's talking about an incident last may when state police responding to a request from the county sheriff searched struthers home for his son who was believed to be armed and dangerous. he had told authorities his son wasn't home but they still went through the three bedroom ranch. eight windows were damaged and walls inside the house punctured. >> knocked holes in my sheetrock and all. >> when searching the attic

mayor muriel bowser unveiled a new program today to help homeless families. a leading team of experts will expect homeless families to housing opportunities and help them with the skills and paperwork involved. >> the housing navigators will work hand by hand with case managers. the inspectors we appoint will have the very specific task of going out each week and making sure the housing units are suitsable. >> bowser was very critical of her predecessor, vincent gray. >>> street parking in d.c. can be a nightmare, figuring out all the confusion, no parking signs. avoiding a ticket seems next to gobble, but now a wusa9 investigation uncovers d.c. issuing tickets even when you are legally parked, how we got d.c. to rewright its rules tone at 10:00. >> the competition is -- to rewrite its rules tonight xñaó5Ñ >>> in tonight's consumer alert the markets closed high are and rising oil prices helped -- higher and rising oil prices helped to boost energy stocks. the dow jumped 110 points and the nasdaq jumped 56 point to its highest level since march of 2000. >>> ex