cheryl conner is live at the national mall with the story.cheryl: we heard from so many people participating in the march for life it feels different this year. they started here at the washington monument. then we caught up with them along constitution avenue. and we heard words like we have hope this year. the march first held in 1974. even the blizzard did not stop them last year. on the other side, the pro abortion group planned parenthood say they are ready to weather a new political storm with donald trump and the announcement for the supreme court nominee next week. >> we have been on the defense for so long against president that was against us. so many people have hop for once. >> if roe v. wade were overturned it won't make abortion services go away. it will make them dangerous and illegal. cheryl: we heard from the people that roe v. wade cut off the conversation with the states and they are have itit's cold out there. ofg: typical winter sky out blue. this is the rockville campus. the winds have been something. driving the tempera

cheryl conner spoke to woman who started with the f.b.i. when she was 17 she is spending her days sharing the memory as a fingerprint analysis. >> they gave her a test. >> gave her a five-word spelling test. i said i got the job because i knew how to spell grammar. >> she was trained to spot fingerprints to solve crimes. that was 40 years ago. >> you used to have a printout and you'd have to take it to the file cabinet and pull every one from the file. >> she earned a degree at prince george's community college where her husband of 35 years was her instructor. she has been making matches ever since including the case that connected lloyd lee welch to the lyon sisters that went missing in 1975. >> i was asked comparison from stuff taken at the time. >> but she relies on a microscope. once the computer helps identify the suspect, she checks the prints before heading to court. from the office she says she has made a difference. >> try to keep people from being falsely accused. but also to find the right person. >> so what is next? alison: toe'

cheryl conner has more on the horses that will be on patrol. cheryl: making noise and trying to distract the before inauguration day. d.c. could look like this. f the crowd gets, of control. so mounted officers with the u.s. park police and the maryland national capitol park police and prince george's and montgomery county train together for the worst case scenarios. >> this is a visor and a face shield. cheryl: this is the commander of the horse mounted patrol for the park police. she and louie are working on crowd management, the inaugurations parade and any possible disturbance. >> you have a greater capacity to see 360 degrees around you. cheryl: there will be 45 mounted patrols between the agencies. >> this is zoro and the inauguration is not his first rodeo. he and many horses participated in large-scale events including the baltimore riots. >> we allow protesters to going down particular streets. cheryl: the horses are between the age of 5-20. the workout sharpens their skills. >> you can cross pretty much any terrain including small bodi

cheryl conner takes a look at what is next for the marchers. cheryl? cheryl: the founder of the women's march tells me she hope that saturday woke people at the core and now moving forward, teresa shook who lives in ha participants to make the trump administration uncomfortable for the next four years. we now know the numbers were huge and they far surpassed what was expected. metro recorded the second busiest day in history with over 1 million entries in the rail system. but now where do we go from here? there is a ten-step action plan for the first 100 days that includes sending a postcard to your senator. we did a skype interview with one of the original volunteers. >> people, one, have connected to the grassroots group so they are calling their senators. they are lobbying against the cabinet appointment and banning together to educate people on the affordable care act. cheryl: we saw a sea of pink hats on saturday as well. the organizers of the d.c. project wants make to keep making them and wearing them. coming up at 5:00, hear from a mom who trav

cheryl conner was there. julienne gede edwards journal of 1.5 hours with her sign. >> i will always -- reporter: she was diagnosed with: cancer two years ago. there are signs she fears a cancer fight and the cry for health care compared to her current coverage. >> i will have to pay out-of-pocket for the pharmaceuticals that are expensive. reporter: congressional leaders and county executives were on at bowie state university to show support for the affordable care act as republicans threatened to repeal it. senator chris van hollen says the current land needs work. he suggested a public option. >> it will reduce the premiums. reporter: it is estimated 1200 people filled up the student center here at bowie state university and outside. a few hundred more people were in three separate areas as the speakers made their rounds. >> donald trump and others that support the repeal of understand what it means to have medication that costs $2000 for 30 days. reporter: chris van hollen only believes three republicans n

cheryl conner, abc 7 news. robert: thank you. you look over the season, and you think they should have beaten dallas. kirk cousins, a good quarterback, but you have to win. here in the was heyday. we all remember, but i know you've been a fan for a long time. doug: it's frustrating. jonathan: i you frustrated this season, or are you ok? doug: no, i'm a little frustrated. [laughter] jonathan: alison: the weather is frustrated -- alison: the weather is frustrating as well. doug: yes, little drizzle and damp. but tomorrow, it will be nasty in the morning. this is from our weatherbug camera in laurel. look at the crazy colors. this is because of the raindrops on the lens of the camera. fog,y it is drizzle and but this is heavy. it is nasty and severe, over a pretty wide part of the deep south. they are under tornado watches. numerous reports of damage over portions of mississippi and alabama. while the whole area is headed in our direction, the elements that make it severe will not accompany the rain. heavy at times tomorrow, but not

a few blocks from the meeting, the washington auto show is getting set up for the pu cheryl conner spokestry leaders about the president's plans for the inquiry. cheryl: kumar shows off the automated parts he created for the cadillac at carnegie mellon university. >> think of it as a super duper, cruisal cro button -- cruise control button. cheryl: he says that general motors will feature the invention in some of the vehicles this year. that is good gnaws for trump who met with the big three american auto makers this morning and asked them to make more cars in the u.s. the meeting was blocks away from where the washington auto show is getting set up to the public on friday. >> it's understandable that a president concerned about employment in the united states would look at the car business. made in america is your car? frank studies components of every car on the road and he is concerned about the president's plan. >> the consumer will pay more for the car because of the tariffs imposed on the vehicle coming from outside the u.s. >> it is understandable to look at it on a macro basis an

i'm cheryl conner live in frederick.ar from her coming up. >> i'm going to head to the newsroom to prepare for "abc7 news at 5:00". we are, of course, four days away from the presidential inauguration. thousands of people. a newly sworn in president all in one place. behind the scenes look at the security it takes to guarantee safety ahead at 5:00. why are you checking your credit score? i think we can finally get a bigger place. bigger place? yeah, let me check my score too. try credit karma. it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit. >> kids spent wondering if the school would be closed. q: but "tomorrow" was misspelled so now she is fired. we have the twitter typo that caused the controversy. cheryl: we are at lincoln elementary school. this is where katie nash's kids go to school and where she volunteers as the p.t.a. president. so far she can keep the job. on january 5 nash responded to a tweet from a student who misspelled "tomorrow." he was pleading for school to be closed with snow in the f

cheryl conner, abc 7 news. teenage boy is in the hospital tonight after a shooting in alexandria. this happened about 1 a.m. in groveton. thestigators do not believe shooting was random, but there is no word of any arrests. coming up -- samsung comes clean. the official cause of the galaxy know if they can be saved, but it saved me. kimberly: thankful to so if ydead battery,t tire, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. kimberly: the pictures are really incredible, at a stroke of luck save this man after a bus crashed into his minnesota home. >> it was one of the loudest noise is i've heard in a long time. >> i look at the guy and turn my head and there was a bus inside my house. kimberly: that's never a good thin

cheryl: cheryl conner, abc 7 news.eveloping now common airplane filled with dozens of russian officials and their families arrived in moscow tonight. airport this morning. president obama sent the diplomats home in response to hacking the u.s. says influence the presidential election. members of congress are calling for additional punishment. >> we will be working for much tougher sanctions against russia for the attack on the united states of america, the hacking was an attack, and it should be treated as such. kellye: president-elect donald trump says he does not believe u.s. intelligence that russia was behind the hacking. he claims to have information no one else has and will reveal the details later this week. incoming white house press secretary sean spicer says that trump will do quite a bit on his first a an office. >> he will sign a series of executive orders to appeal a lot of the regulations and actions taken by this administration over the last eight years affecting both economic growth and job creation and

cheryl conner, abc7 news. q: thank you, cheryl. washington state's attorney general is suing president trump over the executive order. bob ferguson is the first a.g. to announce legal action against the white house over one of the administration's new policies. you will notice at the bottom of the screen, the tally there. wjla.com/votenow to weigh in on the order. we'll check on it throughout the evening. also, it didn't take long for president donald trump to dust off his signing pen. today's executive order requires that every new business regulation must come with two existing ones being cut. the president wants businesses to open and expand easi regulatory agencies will be responsible for what regulations to cut. alison: now to a stormwatch7 winter weather alert. when you woke up, the snow was mostly clear from the roads but really created beautiful scenes. look at this one. it's the memorial corps memorial in arlington. with the snow melting away we look to other chances of wintry weather. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist dou

cheryl conner has more of the developing story. that's right, we heard from the governor an hour ago. one family, according to them, has been detained, including two children. protesters continue to gather. we are at the international gate at dulles international airport. they are holding signs saying that refugees are welcome, protesting the executive order signed yesterday by president donald trump to ban citizens from seven muslim majority countries. we heard from the governor earlier this evening. he was here with the attorney general as well. he said we are a land of immigrants, the commonwealth is a welcoming state, and they are here to determine what can be done to make sure people are able to get back into the country legally. this is theuliffe: united states of america order, as you can see from the folks here, discriminatory actions breed hatred towards america. we don't need this, it's not our value system. everybody came here from somewhere else. we are a land of immigrants. cheryl: so many people gathered here, includi

cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: meanwhile, president trump is moving forward with another executive order aimed at small businesses. from this point forward every time a new regulation is approved, two older ones have to be eliminated. president trump says this order will make opening and expanding businesses easier. regulatory agencies will identify which regulations to cut. however the white house will have the final say. jonathan: something else on president trump's agenda says he will announce tomorrow the pick for the vacancy on the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow night at 8:00. president trump: a person who is unbelievably highly respected and i think you will be very impressed with this person. alison: meanwhile, former president george h.w. bush was released from the hospital today after more than two weeks of treatment for pneumonia. mr. bush was admitted after having trouble breathing. his wife barbara was also in the hospital for some time. she was being treated for bronchitis. she was released a wee

he also said the president trump respects the first amendment right to march cheryl conner has more on what is next for the hundreds of thousands of people who showed up in d.c. and around the world on saturday. :30 pink hats became a fashion statement. organizer of the women's march hope now they aren't tossed to the side. >> i need to put myself physically in the fight. cheryl: she traveled with her daughter to saturday's march. >> women have been the protector of the human rights. >> mom and daughter joined a record breaking crowd gathered around the national mall for what they consider the beginning. >> what this was, was a grassroots move room of women across the globe. >> one of the original volunteers joined us on style heading back home to memphis. >> that message will continue. thaw were told to print a and send it to the senator. i spoke to the founder of the women's march on the way back home to hawaii. her mission for the next four years is make trump administration uncomfortable. she says every state as an organizer to do continuing work. the people making the hats want to

cheryl conner has a look at the protest permits. cheryl: the bleachers are in front of freedom plaza and trump hotel and the protesters are getting in place. the national park service spokesman says the permits are given out on first come, first serve basis except for the presidential inaugural committee. >>er for them and the use. it's codified in federal regulation. cheryl: the answer coalition is allowed to set up on freedom plaza where the parade will pass. that is not enough. the answer coalition wanted to be on the upper level of freedom plaza and instead they are down below close to 14th street. there are 25 so far. for and against donald trump when typically the national park service sees only a handful for inauguration. >> this is a matter of what areas are available. >> other groups are expected to be granted a permit this week. larry: today was a full court press by the and save president obama's signature legislation including a visit to the hill by the commander-in-chief himself. q mccray is in the satellite center with

cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- after a racially charged election, historically black college faces a tough choice. should it accept an invitation to play in the inaugural parade? the tug-of-war and the decision next. jonathan: also still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- animosity in the united states. the political relationship between u.s. and russia. is it getting personal? we're going to go to moscow and find out how people there michelle: this is a swing set the first family installed for the girls in their first spring. they were 7 and 10 years old. the playground is gone now. being donated after trump said thanks to no thanks to keep it for barron and grand children. as soon as we know where the swing set is going we'll let you know. i bet a lot of families would love to have a piece of the white house history. jonathan: they would love it. the problem with it, they take a lot of space. you have to have a decent yard to put it up. it would be fun. there is now ra

i'm cheryl conner.up, you will hear from the first group granted a permit to protest during the isjust wanna see ifa again? my score changed... you wanna check yours? scores don't change that much. i haven't changed. ♪ it's girls' night they said business casual. i love summer weddings! oh no. yeah, maybe it is time. maybe i should check my credit score. try credit karma. it's free. oh woah. that's different. check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. jonathan: a foggy and a wet start to the morning. the attention now turns to the wintry weather ahead for us. hmm. doug: fog really, it shows how it changed from the beautiful sunshine and the warm temperatures to the 50's. this pattern in september and january, the rapid day-to-day changes. jonathan: this is mild. we are due for snow. doug: that is just what we'll get. a little snow tomorrow night. we start with this. this is the belle haven country club this morning. through the morning the fog quickly lifted. i took a few hou