so that's what i do. >> but conley is known here for more than makeup. >> they call me cornbread hereecause my husband was eating cornbread when i shot him and nobody wants to come and eat cornbread with me. >> conley is serving a life sentence for murdering her husband. >> we had been together for 20 years. when we got together, he was 42. i was 18. and it was real good in the beginning. things were good. >> conley claims her drug use played a role in the murder. >> we had a gun in the house and this gun's been standing here for years, you know, right beside the bed. i've never picked it up. but this gun just keeps falling over and it just keeps like grabbing my attention. he asked for some cornbread. and i said, "okay, just a minute." i'm really not thinking. i'm just like a robot. i go get his cornbread. i bring it to him. he's sitting in his recliner. he's watching tv. i just went up behind him and i shot him. i just aimed and shot. i really feel bad for what i did. i really do. i have no tears, but i -- you know, it really hurts me. it hurts me because of the people that i hurt.

investigators say conley was arrested in philadelphia. she's accused of killing her 1-year-old son, antonio conley jr. at a new york avenue home in the summer. d.c. fire and ems responded to the home for reports of an unconscious child. they took him to the it was earlier this month that the chief medical examiner ruled the cause of death was blunt neck and head trauma and the manner of death to be homicide. that's when police had enough to arrest the mother. >> the autopsy came back, of course, the autopsy was performed by the medical examiner's office. the results were they ruled it a homicide, which led to us arresting the mom for it. >> deanna conley was transported back to the district. she's being charged with first degree murder. back to you. >> thanks. >> people in sydney, australia, will be ringing in the new year amid tight security. an extra 2,000 officers will be on patrol. this after police arrested a man today for allegedly making online threats on the city's new year's eve celebrations. australian police say he's not linked

conley and i'm sure mr. conley will be very warm and fuzzy this morning. >> thank you mr. chairman. before before a big ask unanimous consent of my colleagues be allowed to participate in this hearing. >> read reserving the right -- just kidding. without objection. >> and if the clock could go back to five please for me? that was a uc request i appreciate this opportunity once again to discuss safety, service, budget challenges faced by the nations transit system. each time the committee revisits the topic and exercises the federal oversight prerogative with regard to metro we are reminded of the close relationship between the functionality of the federal government itself and the health of the nation's transit system. it should come as no surprise that a congressional committee tasked with ensuring the efficiency of the federal government and the safety of the workforce has a vested interest in the transit system that delivers more than one third of the federal workforce every day. in march, when metro announcer was it was shut down for 24 hours the set how would the federal govern

tracks it down and finds conley. and eller gets the puck. conley's goal evens it at 1.hot. first goal of the season for misky. the caps take the lead. bailey out in front. the door is shut. 26th save of the night. caps still ahead for the night. and insurance coming off a power play for the cap can talls. it's nisky again. his second goal of the game. caps win it 4-2 fifth straight "w". after they talk about the fire that started off the streak. >> at the start of the thing we weren't too happy the way we were playing. guys were having meeting and coaches are pissed and all this. still have a pretty good record. it's better to fix things when you have a good record, it's a little easier. each game we're playing a little bit better. i thought we generated a lot tonight. >> everyone talking about the burgundy and gold record, the red skins won the division last year. to make the playoffs they'll most likely need ten wins. three remaining including this monday night. the guys have today off, but brandon sheriff among others doing some important work at fedex field. 200 kid

's death was ruled araum ha omicidd police arrested his mother mhe 26-year-old deanna debrow-conley in philadelphia.le she faces first degree murder charges. >>> also this morning we havehi new video to show you as moftera deadly hit-and-run in the-r in district. st there's a dark colored suvd su that you're going to see inee just a second captured leavingui the scene following thescene fon accident wednesday ing th northwest.hwes jacqueline coles was walking in the crosswalk along 14thh street and parkwood place wheno she was hit. off. offr jusplt took cole was rushed to the was rushe hospital where she later diedrer from her injuries.nj if you have any information about the car or the driver,or e please contact d >> times square is theishe crossroads to the world and ono saturday around a million people will pack midtownk midton manhattan to usher in 2017.01 big events like new year's eveve bring big safety concerns for new york city and while the nypd says there are nore n specific threats, securityecit measures will be stricter thanle ever just in case.ase. >> we're going have o

one month old christophernth d h conley jr. was taken to the hospital in grave condition. con he later died. earlier this month the medical examiner found the cause of death blunt neck and headandead trauma.trau conley's death was ruled a was a homicide. police arrested his mother mot 26-year-old deanna debrow-conley in philadelphia.di she now faces first degree dre murder charges.haes. >> d.c. police also arrestedlsod an 18-year-old man foror allegedly attempting toemg to sexually assault a hotelel employee in northwest.west. police say aren't nest towes t augustine mendoza snuck into snk the grand hyatt washingtonhi hotel back in november armed aed with a knife and saw a womanom employee and attempted to get to he's been charged with assault u with intent to commit sexualse abuse while armed.abus >> a taxi driver in criticaldriv coerndition after being shot att an apartment complex in anneplen arrundel county.ounty. skyfox was over the scene.as o happened just before 6:00 last night on benz drive in bdr annapolis. police say the driver left theee scene before calling for

which led to us arresting a mom for it. >> deanna conley was arrested in philadelphia on tuesday and brought back to d.c. to face first degree murder charges. >> ce county are looking for suspects after a man was found shot in his own home. neighbors called police last night after they heard gunshots coming from the home in capitol heights. moments ago, police e-mailed us the name of the victim. 44-year-old khalil wiggins. no word yet on what may have led up to that shooting. >> it will likely be president obama's last trip to chill, and he'll be there to defend the affordable care act. nbc news has learned that the president will meet with house and senate democrats next week. he'll discuss the ideas he has to strengthen the affordable care act and the concerns he has about congressional republicans' effort to repeal that law. president-elect trump supports repealing and replacing obamacare, but he hasn't said just how he'll do it. trump has also said there are certain pieces of the law he wants to keep. >>> new details about some of the inauguration events taking place right here i

stan rodriguez and michael conley. we're very happy to have them as our speakers this weekend here at the conference. when we mentioned we were working with them to other folks as well, we got even more interest. one of the interesting things is when we were talking to stan and michael, they mentioned they were working with the museum of man at balboa park. and just by great coincidence we had this great balboa park friday edit-a-thon. yesterday we had a great conversation with the ceo of the museum, the museum of man, talking about this new orientation that they're trying to take, the safely type of thing, decolonizing the museum of man as an anthropology museum. and stan and michael are a part of that effort. and they have been working with the museum of man on a new exhibit on astronomy. we had some folks work on that article yesterday, ivan and some other folks. they worked on that article and looked at the exhibit and improved the article based on what they found at the exhibit. so things are coming full circle in

conley's frustration. again in the bay area, it's been hard and frustrating. t this is a national problem. we can't have 5% transit in metropolitian areas in the united states that won't work. it's inhibiting our economic growth. los angeles is making great strides, but still, 4, 5%. so, whether it's congress, partnership with you, you have to change your role. i've asked -- who used to work with me, the transportation commissioner for whom i have much respect. can you give us glooins about best practices on our budgets? what's the appropriate, the range in what we should have? operating reserves, capital reserves. how can we help with negotiations to make sure our employees who live in bay area, most urban areas, get a fair and ek wit bable wage, but still maintain the retail and safety excellence so you get the ridership back up. >> this is a national problem and i really wish that fda and the future administration will act with congress in a fashion to figure out what's your best possible role. not just when it comes to safety, but best practices around fin

the baby's mother is 26-year-old dina conley arrested on tuesday in philadelphia and is now facing first-degree murder charge. live at dc police headquarters. lindsay watts fox 5 local news. >>> there are new questions about how those two commit crimes are handled by the federal government once they are released from police custody. days before being charged in the murder of tricia mccauley, duane johnson failed to show up to get a gps tracking device he was ordered to wear. dc's deputy mayor for public safety kevin donahue says reform is needed and could be a discussion muriel bowser has with the trump administration >> nothing demoraleses cops or the people working with them than seeing c street after everyone know the violent act committed. we want people to look at the sentence guidelines that look at not the vast majority of nonviolent offenders we're talking about repeat violent offenders who keep committing the same acts. >> muriel bowser is expected to sign legislation next wednesday to close the loop hole. >>> dc fire and ems surprised an 8-year-old at georgia town hospital >> his home

. >> reporter: much of northern virginia congressman conley's ainge was reserved for the metro board chairman max evans who said the district would veto plans to cut metro hours and even cut services in virginia if the commonwealth didn't come up with more money to fund the transit system. >> when you threatenan that board to close down the largest >> we have a $290 million shortfall this year that will only get greater in the future. >> mr. evans, i don't need a lecture about the current condition of metro. i know it intimately. but your comments and those of mr. price were cheap and reckless and have huge implications on my side of the river. >> it's clear to me now that neither virginia nor maryland will do a dedicated funding source at any time time in the future and it's unlikely we will get f operate the silver line to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year when we are losing 3 to $4 million a year already? >> next at 11:00, is it a curse, fire destroys a couple's home in virginia. but this is the latest tragedy to strike them seasons they hit the power ball distric

>>charles clifford: matt conley preparing for over at pier 50. >>charles clifford: it is still pretty good show matter where you watch it from the fireworks often midnight and they last about 15 minutes. >>catherine heenan: them to get the only local station that will bring in the new year live across the bay area. >>reporter: even in the san diego the storm system as it works this way they some snow over the grid find headed in that direction you might want to head down the coastline the north we have a very cold storm system has a and not a whole lot of moisture but it is cool enough to concede some snowflakes and moves also as a better part of new year's eve looking pretty safe things began to change is again toward sunday in local a partisan for is for overnight lows and highs only in the 50. >>reporter: cool weather come this way getting very cold. >>reporter: the congressional correspondent tells us what else you're law makers will be up to the have to get approved by the entire senate. >>reporter: they're expected to move quickly and bette

one month old christopheris conley jr. was taken to the hospital in grave condition.ontn he later died.he later now earlier this month theonthhe medical examiner found ther fou cause of death to be blunt b that you can and head traumatra and conley's did this was ruled a homicide.ru police arrested his mother mhe 26-year-old deanna debrow-conley in philadelphia.l. she faces first degree murderure charges. >> last night fans of debbie reynolds on the hollywood pawkaw of fame to pay tribute to her tr leaving candles and flowers on the star that bears her name.e. she died at 84 just one dayone after the death of herer daughter carrie fisher. reynolds' son says hissis sister's death was just tooeaths much for his mom to bear andnd some say she died of a broken be heart. >> still ahead this morning a property values in some hepartsp of maryland rising faster thantt in other areas. and we'll tell you why that is.is. >> a spike in police shootings s this year.this y a look at the dramatic d increase is next. i really like that ab

be a beacon of light dedicated to process with that, i'm going to turn it over to captain michael conley. >> thank you, chief. >> good evening madam president breeds and officer supervisors and police commissioners and members of the public i'm captain michael the commanding officer for the policing bureau i've took over this assignment in july and we've been building systems since we started the reports and i've move into the agenda because of the time i know you've been here a long-term i'll be as brief with that presentation and do ask you hold questions until the end our agenda together as we cover the areas as a previous doj reports the department of justice report summarize the strategic guidance operational structure and plans to operations transition the verification and the current status of reforms as we have them today this slide i presented bears mentioning that approximately three years ago we saw a number of high profile incidents nationally and saw a number of high profile incidents in san francisco as well we call into question ex-in which the communities how the police p

. >> jill conley was a friend of mine that passed away of breast cancer. >> and nancy of cancer as well. >> she started an organization called "jill's wish" and they started this t-shirt called rock >> so soft, like we love. >> they are, can you pull back so i can see? >> supports families during treatment. >> go to jilswish.org if you'd like to donate. beautiful t-shirts and she was a beautiful person. >> she was so brave. so was nancy who died on december 17th, 1997. you miss them everyday. why these guys are significant, i'll tell you why. they dressed up as us for halloween. there's the picture. >> oh, my god. they're better looking than we are, that really bothers me. >> i'm glad you shaved for me. >> you need a curling wig now, though. yep yep yep. >> it's smoking hot in here because we have -- >> taylor ke >> find out what he's celebrating after this. fresher. more flavorful. delicious. only one egg with better nutrition- like more vitamins d, e, and omega 3s. and 25% less saturated fat. only one egg good enough for my family. because why have ordinary when you can have the best.

ove in the caps with a shot, first period. 2.five minutes in brick conley off feed free andre berkoskit opened flood gates for caps. still in first, long slap shot. redirected. jay beagle his sixth makes it 2-0. 3-1 in the third and alex ovechkin. signature shot. his 17th. caps win 5-1. >> swrir sir tech hosting sduk without -- virginia tech hosting grayson allen. virginia tech up by 15. sethal tone streak on that hill streaking with his clothes on for a dunk. hokies take 17 point lead and second half hokies up 14 over duke. zach allen with the bucket and foul. virginia tech up 1. still 17 in the second. off the steal. watch this asle dazzle just putting it on. off the glass for dunk. yeah, virginia tech upsets duke 89-75. >> with a win tomorrow the redskins could make the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in over two decades franchise quarterback and young talent all over the field have skins hoping it's not a two year affair. they hope they're entering a golden age. >> he wants to look back at the lens. >> we control it. >> but great sglaij at home let's get done put

jerry conley says he too applauds the firings. he says the message needs to go out loud and clear from top to bottom at metro. the status acceptable. at the metro station, wusa 9. >> get in some place warm. that train jumped the tracks when running rail separated from the ties. repairs to reallies and train cars cost metro nearly a million dollars. >>> we've got a developing story out of the district now the family of sterling filed a $50 million lawsuit against the district and police department. sterling was riding a motorcycle before he was shot by a d.c. police officer back on september 11th. in the lawsuit, his family alleges officer trainer shot and killed mr. sterling from the safety of a police vehicle despite the fact mr. sterling was unarmed and pose nod danger to trainer or anyone else h. >>> an indictment against the man accused of opening fire in the ping-pong pizza d.c. charges against edgar wealth include inner state transportation of a firearm and ammunition, assault of a deadly weapon, and use of a firearm in a vi

so, of course, we're working to find out more about what exactly sergeant conley is accused of doing. melissa? >>> all right, thank you. new this morning d.c.'s fire hazmat team did not find any issue that the augustine court in northwest after multiple people fell sick there. crews used meters to check out the building because of the call. two adults and a child were taken to the hospital but two others refused. >>> president-elect donald trump has made it official. exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson is his choice for secretary of state. shortly after the announcement trump took to twitter to praise tillerson. now the big question, is tillerson in for a tough confirmation fight? >> news 4's tracie potts has more. >> reporter: calling him an international deal maker, the trump transition announced this morning that exxon mobil ceo rex till state. >> it was chemistry, it was presence, it was vision, it was also the ability that rex tillerson had to maintain relationships across the world. >> it's about in the middle -- >> reporter: the 64-year-old millionaire heads a global company with nea

the baby's mother is 26-year-old tina conley arrested tuesday in philadelphia and is facing a first-degree murder murder charge. fox 5 local news. >>> can something be done to stop the repeat offenders and make sure orders are followed? those are questions being raised following the murder of tricia mccauley. duane johnson was arr he sexual assaulted her and killed her on christmas day. johnson had been arrested numerous times in the last year. days before the murder failed to show up for a tracking device he was ordered to wear. one problem has to do with the way they're handed. kevin donahue says reform is needed and could be a discussion muriel bowser has with the incoming trump administration. >> it might change things, we look at old questions and maybe come up with different answers. i would say police are frustrated, nothing demoraleses cops or the people working than seeing someone come out on the street after everyone knows the act they committed. what we need to do and what we want to recommend is people look at the sentencing guidelines that look at not the vast majority of nonv

conspiracy theory and the crazy fake news story that has caused so many problems on this stretch of conley. stephen -- stretch of connectict avenue. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jamie: this is a rough stretch. you can see the flashing lights. this is on the capital beltway loop we have accidents here and other places. it looks in this shot like it's 10:00 at night. it's not. that is how low the visibility is. richard reeve knows what i'm talking about. still inching along on the g.w. parkway. let's check in with mobiletrak7. rich? richard: 2 miles per hour. we have been on this thing since 3:50. we are crawling along here. the guys in left-hand lane are moving a little bit. on the right-hand lane going everybody fair warning, g.w. parkway, going to be a slow go. back to you. jamie: you know what? that is not the only spot. we have slowing almost everywhere you are traveling. live look at 95 through dale city. you can see we are moving at a nice pace. this is one of the good spots. take a look at the big picture map. slowing in d.c. on the freeway. 295. leaving the city on 395 very heavy pas

. >> much of northern virginia congressman jerry conley's angst was reserved for jack evans who has said that the district would veto plans to cut metro hours and threatened to cut services didn't come up with more money to funt the transit system. >> when you threaten on that board to close down the largest single connection to metro in northern virginia -- your remarks were calculated to be helpful to us, is that right? or were you just playing games to appeal to somebody in maybe your jurisdiction? >> we have a $290 million shortfall this year that will lecture about the current condition of metro, i know it intimately, but your comments and those of mr. price were cheap and reckless and have huge implications on my side of the river. >> it's clear to me now that neither virginia nor maryland will do a dedicated funding source anytime in the future and it's unlikely we'll get federal help. how are we going to afford to operate the silver line to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollar as year when we're losing already? i think the answer, congressman, and you and i are on the same

i mean, i still don't believe one bullet killed john kennedy and shot john conley, as well, went througheat. >> but are you on the same team? isn't the president on the same team as his intelligence agencies? and if you have questions or concerns about the voracity of the intelligence, is it wise to make those known in private? >> his team will be in place when he takes office. and we'll have a new cia director. and that will be his team. that will be the person he has entrusted to listen to for information and intelligence. not the current team in place. >> that's a lot of the staff remains the same. lonnie, jump in here. >> yeah, look. i think as andre said, i do think the president-elect is going to put in his own team. congressman pompeo is going to be a terrific director of the cia. i think institutionally is it important to address this all with some degree of reservation and sobriety. i can understand having some doubts about what the intelligence is saying. i can even understand having some doubts about what the assessment is. i do think at the end of the day, though, it is impor

if you have a question that we didn't get to, go online and conley tact me at abc7news.com or call myline. >> great. >> thanks, michael. >>> in today's wellness report, health care spending for u.s. kids has in the past 20 years has really jumped. >> yeah, and if you're out of sorts over the holidays could be family jet lag. here's jane king. >> the cost of keeping kids physically and mentally healthy increased 56%, between 1996 and 2013. the kaiser family foundation says health care expenditures jumped from nearly 150 billion in '96 to 233 billion in 2013. routine newborn care in the hospital accounted for the largest share of spending over that time. next highest attention dev tut hyperactivity disorder or adhd and routine dental care including checkups and braces. when you return from your holiday travels it can take days to return to your regular routine. the "new york times" and psychologists call this family jet lag t.disrupts your normal schedule and family jet lag adds another layer of emotions, both happiness and anxiety. physicians say good planning and proper sleep can help

. >> just make sure we don't get distracted by watching the great skaters conley continually. >> to mes. >> kim and her partner brent beaumontry are two-time bronze medalists. kim learned to skate at santa rosa in the ice rink owned by cartoonist charles schulz. >> my first professional i was woodstock and i would put on yellow eye shadow because i wanted the element of showgirl quality. >> reporter: she and other skaters are ready to get you in the holiday spirit. dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> looks neat. the skating spectacular airs this sunday afternoon at 2:00 right here on abc 7. >>> officials in australia are still trying to figure out how a little baby penguin ended up all alone in the streets of sydney. >> the people and he was taken to a zoo for a checkup. >> look look how the. >> he's slightly underweight but overfall good health. >> he's adorable. >> yeah. >> the baby ping win, only a few months old. he'll be returned to his colony as soon as he makes a full recovery and they figure out which colony is his. i don't know how they do that. >> must have a way. >> i don't know. goo

we check on the trump transition with kellyanne conley playing a -- conway playing a role.eep it right here. >>> welcome back. remember the letter that donald trump's doctor wrote about his health during the campaign, the one that said then-candidate trump's medical tests were, quote, astonishingly excellent and that he would be the healthiest individual ever elected. now trump's long-time doctor is commenting again on the president-elect's health, and wait. dr. harold bornstein spoke to the staff recently, his first interview since the election. bornstein said, quote, there is nothing seriously wrong with him. he's a few pounds overweight, which everyone can see, and that's it. he also said, it never occurred to me he's the oldest president, not for a second. ronald reagan had pre-senile dement dementia. did everyone cover that up? that's why we have a speaker of the house and a whole line of people they c people. they can just keep dying. also one of those things maybe you don't say aloud. bornstein also referred to hillary clinton as, quote, an old lady in that interview

chris conley, abc news, los angeles. >> really is the best time of year for movies. >> absolutely.s. >> exactly. >> don't miss us on facebook, wnnfans.com. >>> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades our children are exposed to violence every day. in their neighborhoods. in their schools. even in their own homes. exposure to violence can have a devastating and lifelong impact. through community action and leadership at the national level, we're identifying the children who need our help. i'm attorney general, eric holder, and i'm asking those of you who have a role in a child's life to take action. through your attention and early intervention, we can help children in need to heal, to thrive. together we can change their lives and their futures. join the justice department in defending childhood. have a great boxing day. s morning. >>> making news in america this morning -- ♪ dance forever >> the untimely passing of singer george michael. details of his death this morning. reaction to his passing and george michael in his own words. what he told abc new

the conley is expected to grow 4.5% this year and is much as 5% next year.ry robust, so that seems to be doing ok at least. into clearly going a faster than expected trajectory when it comes to fed tightening. are we going to continue seeing this negativity, not just across , but other assets as well. i know one thing at play is this high percentage of foreign ownership and it comes to malaysian assets. >> yes, especially in the bond market. we are seeing high foreign ownership there. the the equity market, maybe we see some changes. after seven weeks about close, we did see some inflows coming in, and the could be the start of the trend of money haidi: flowing back into the equity market. thank you so much for that. haidi: thank you for that. whichg about the ringgit, did hit the lowest levels since the asian financial crisis at one point in the session today. economists cutting growth expectations for india, digesting prime minister narendra modi's cash ban may have backfired. we have more from mumbai. ban been so cash far, and these downgrades are unexpec

conley. >> speaking from the democratic side of the aisle, i also want to wish you godspeed and thankor your service. we have a reputation for not always being able to collaborate on a bipartisan basis up here, but when you and i serve together, you as chairman of the subcommittee and me as the ranking member, actually, we've made a lot of common music. and i think you did an awful lot of good both here and of course on the transportation committee as well. i'm going to miss you personally, john. on behalf of the democratic side of the aisle, thank you for your service to your country. >> well, thank you, jerry, and thank you chairman chaffetz. all the members of the committee, it's been a pleasure. mr. meadows, mr. jordan and others that i've had the opportunity to serve with. a few minutes ago we got to thank some of the staff for their work this year. and you can't operate an important committee like this without having tremendous staff on both sides of the aisle. we've been blessed. so while there may be some cheering from the bureaucrats that micah's finally gone, i can assure yo