. >> and in recent months we asked phil mendelsohn chairman of d.c. city council and kenyan mcduffy who chairs the public saferty commission for their positions on the issue and so far they mother remained silent. >> after seeing the redacted videos we asked sdepty mayor for public saferty kevin donahue why cover faces of officers and suspect? he replied in part, metropolitan police department has most transparent body worn camera program in theou signed by muriel bowser that allows footage released to the public through foil, freedom of information act request even when the person requesting footage does not appear in it paul wagner "fox5 local news". >>> "fox5" is in fairfax tonight where a man expected in stabbing in metro station in now in police custody tonight. metro transit police were

chris: d.c. city council woman anita bonds is on the education committee and told the i-team based off of our investigation that has shown a sharp increase regionally in the number of students taking weapons to school she is calling for a regional summit of local educators. to talk about why this is happening and stop it. >> let's call for that. happening in the district of columbia. larry: that is chris papst reporting. thank you for that. firefighters are trying to determine what caused a church to catch fire twice in one day. it was in nashville and it caught fire but it reignited in the erg. it was so dangerous the firefighters couldn't enter the building. no one was hurt. alison: memorial is growing next to the charred shell of an oakland, california, warehouse. police reopened the street in front of the building this morning as investigators with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearm and explosives completed their work at the scene. the investigation itself is far from over. authorities still

d.c. was a crime-ridden city. mayor bowser: it is important that we focus on how we heal after a pretty divisive election. i think the president-elect has expressed his desire to do that. tom: she spoke at a community meeting in riverside northeast. she do not give specifics about which you would talk about, but d.c.'s priorities, plus the unique mix of being the nation's capital and a functioning city. although only about one in 25 d.c. voters voted for trump, residents of the city say the mayor's right to meet with him. >> we may not agree with president-elect trump's politics, but we have to get our country together and move in a direction that is positive for all the people that he will serve. tom: will not be taking place at the trump hotel in d.c. instead, it will take place at the trump tower in new york city, scheduled for 11 a.m. tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: abc 7 will have complete coverage of the meeting. watch d.c. bureau chief sam ford live from new york with the story, starting tomorrow at noon

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city where it was 2 degrees. >> there was new information tonight in the "fox5" investigation of d.c. police body camera footage and how it's used in courts after months of asking footage recorded during drive ago rests is finally turned over and it's all redacted. even the police officers faces have been con said along with audio. and "fox5" paul wagner is there to complain. paul. >> hey, jim. this all began last summer with a simple request to see police body camera video used in court to convict drink drivers and defense attorneys were calling them game changers however the d.c. attorney general refused to turn them over telling "fox5" they were not part of public record and if we wanted to see them go ask the police. >> get back in possession. >> this is some of the footage turned over to "fox5" after we filed a freedom of information act request to see it last september it's hardly a representation of what wow have seen in court. not even close. police officers fashions, baths badges and name tags are obscured and perhaps puzzling of all the person tried and convicted is now anon

kevin chavous is a former d.c. city councilmember. let's get to calls. alice from delaware, ohio. you are of first. good morning. ofler: i have a couple points i would like to make. schools, iharter if most people realize they are for-profit. here in ohio, charter schools have really not done well. in 1960. teaching and became a member of the union, of course. that has nothing to do with the education system as far as i lady who iss her for-profith i just got time magazine and they have an article in here and she even , "i simply can't see the point. they are right. we do expect things in return." she and her family have put millions and billions of dollars into their points of view. it scares me that our country has to we are better than that. host: thank you for calling. what sheat is not said, what she said is not really true. most charter schools are not for profit. the red question we should be discussing is if parents have -- right now, there are one million kids on waiting lists for charter schools. hundreds of thousands of families looking for gray options. there are great

in recent months we've also asked philadelphia mendelson,ndl the chairman of the d.c. cityncil as ken onmack duffy fory their physicians on the issueue and so far they have bothth remained silent. paul wagner, fox5 local news. > after seeing the redactedcted videos we asked the deputy mayor for public safety why cover the facers and the suspect this isis the answer we got. >> they have the most body worny in the country. signed by muriel bowser that allows foot age to be releaseeae through the public through a freed a.m. of information account request even when the person requesting the footageotg doesn't appear in it. end quote.e. well, it is official, donaldicia trump will be sworn in as the next president of the united states next month.es but toda ny the president elect met the number of electoral votes needed to seal the deal. the rocky road to the process coming up at 10. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 tim

d.c. home. the city's population hasn't been this large since the '70s. between july 2015 and july 2016, about 900 new residents moved here each month. and a baby boom continues. nearly 10,000 babies were born into d.c. homes. >> i think about all the new apartment buildings going up all over the city, pretty much. >> who is living in all of them? >> they fill up quickly. that explains it. >> and every time there's a new administration, with the trump administration, that will change the look of the city as well. >>> well, some parents might want to start saving some money if you plan to go out on new year's eve. >> listen. i already know what this is going to say. it is likely going to cause you extra cash to hire a baby sitter. it's the hardest day. i can't everfi new year's eve. care.com made a list of the top ten expensive cities on new year's. d.c. came in at number five with about an average hourly rate of close to $16. portland topped the list at nearly $17 an hour. experts say booking early could help you save some money. even the babysitters have

d.c. citys say derick ion almena needed a special permit for the friday night party which he did not have. >> the alameda county sheriff is asking families with loved ones stilt unaccounted for so save items for possible d.n.a. identification if it is needed. >> any family members or friends of the victims if preserve d.n.a.-type items, combs, brushes, security them in a background paperback. >> the sheriff said not to send the items until the coroner's bureau asks. >> this fire has touched extremely close to home for the sheriff's office, we have fund out that one of their deputies has been affected. here is how. >> the tragedy has hit very close to home for our agency. one of our deputies that we work with lost his son in this fire. >> it is unclear at this point in the deputy's son is among those who already have been publicly identified. >> a large candlelight vigil planned tonight at 9:00 p.m. at lake merritt to honor those lost in the fire, you can see on facebook 2,400 people have said t

d.c. city administrator, rashard young, testified to the council that the administration did nothing wrong. the mayor's office said today it looks forward to the release of full and appropriate time. the i.g. has several options, could find no wrongdoing or refer the case for criminal prosecution, jim. >> tom, thank you. >>> new details in the arrest of the chairman of the prince journals county liquor board on dui charges. that arrest happened last week on the opening night of the mgm national harbor. police tell us charles caldwell was leaving the events when he got into an accidents according to the police report, caldwell repeatedly told officers who he was and if there was a way to quote, make it go away. >> it is an unfortunate set of circumstances, but as has been sad by people involved in it, our officers acted professionally, courteously and discharged their duties is what i expect. >> caldwell is 72 years old. the report says he lost his balance a number of times during a field sobrie

and called pollys gross and they locked horns on frevring donald trump image of the city at one point him describing d.c. as inner city unsafe to walk the streets and bowser, though, for the most part steered clear a lot of those efforts to strip the name off the trump hotel and so she did you know keep an eye on the long game here that there was a possibility that donald trump would win the presidential election so they will have a lot donald trump said he was going to as you heard, drain the swamp. he said he was going to freeze federal hiring. that could have significant economic impacts on the district. also he's talked about punishing snk tu arie cities. mayor bower made it clear t. c. will continue its previous position of not cooperating cooperating with mass de pourtations trump called for during the campaign. but you know, there are also city from a business perspective. one of the things we're interested in talking to the mayor about tonight is how far, how far does this conversation go. do they strictly stick on politicalsh use or is there going to be topic about the future of the trump hotel

d.c. sanctuary city welcoming immigrants and giving them refuge. >> yesterday the mayor explained a plan that would turn away people looking for shelter that are not d.c. residents. take a listen. >> if you show up and you say you're homeless you have to provide shelter. and when we do that we may list family at the end of the line because we're serving people from other jurisdictions. >> to require to somebody prove they're if a particular area with documentation is a very difficult things to implement and frankly is not a very workable and will function to prevent people from accessing the services that they need. >>> well, this story is received a huge response on our "fox5" facebook page. 550 of you left comments. ashley castillo writes this is so dumb they're homeless it's likely they don't care to keep track of old billing statements when he they have more serious things to worry about like where their next meal comes from and/or if they can find up somewhere warm to stay throughout the night. alicia says you are all are not getting it i'm from d.c. and they help the homeless a lot. peo

d.c. then our cities tour of pittsburgh visits the andy warhol museum. after that, artists of the american revolution. later, our cities tour of helena, montana, examines the life and work of charles russell. >>> next, artist poort waddell shares his paintings of 19th century washington, d.c. white house events, the u.s.

d.c. council confirming city newest chancellor and antoine wilson will agent ahead of d.c.ublic schools. named in the post last month. wilson was superintendent of oak land schools in california and he will replace kai henderson who led schools for five and a half years. president obama leaves office an outdoor kiosk in adams morgan 18 and columbia roads northwest. kiosk is acorned with a sign that says #add mo thanks obama and there's several chalk boards to write messages to the president and first lady. >> we're three minutes away from official start of winter this is a live look outside as we head to break your first day of winter forecast is next. >> first holiday message from local service member overseas. >>. >> i'm pettit currently deployed in afghanistan and wanted to say happy holidays to friends and family in montgomery couldn'ty village maryland and happy holidays and i'll see you guys soon. >> because mike is clearly not a veteran. >> a live look outside right now at 5:44 guess what. >> it's wipter time. >> welcome winter. >> here we go. >> just a short time ag

now you can find them in new york city, d.c., ft. worth, london, calgary, philadelphia, vancouver, and l.a. it's all volunteers. they try to find people and get their messages out. the philadelphia chapter put this together. the two of them back together again. the best christmas present you could ever have. there is a they are looking for about $50,000 to cover the whatevers of travel or anything like that. the information and the videos are on our website, rightthisminute.com, click on tv show or use our mobile app. you never know, you could help some people connect. >> gone on over to australia. this is ash gibbs. he thinks it's a myth there are about to go snorkeling, so he's going to myth bust. >> hello, a great white shark. >> there goes the myth floating by. he said he didn't notice the great white until he got nudged in the back by it. now it comes right back around. what myth? >> did he take a shark cage? >> no, he was just snorkeling. the great white doing his best to prove him with hard evidence that we are here. >> of all

city. >> bouzer who skipped the opening of the trump d.c. hotel in october saying it was a campaign event acknowledged that d.c. voters went overwhelmingly for clinton. >> but -- >> very productive meeting to lay the groundwork for a >> for a reporter, the lobby of trump tower is an interesting place and full of the news people, a lot of trump supports who come stand behind the barricades to wait for a glimpse of the president-elect. when they get one this morning and afternoon they cheer wildly. mayor bowser's arrival and fanfare. she said they discussed issues including the infrastructure, metro and the d.c. booming economy these days. she is on the train headed back to d.c. reporting from new york city, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. after the meeting with bowser, president-elect trump alongside the c.e.o. of a bank -- soft bank. we learn that trump's popularity is on the rise. 45% of the americans have a favorable view of the president-elect. 49% have a negative view. in mid-october, 61% of the americans viewed mr. trump thi

city. this is also the boundary between d.c. and maryland. in on the river we're in maryland, and when we take out, we're in d.c. and there's no sign of human civilization. i could be out in west virginia, or in a canyon somewhere, and i can completely forget that i'm 15 minutes away from metro buses and traffic and... politicians, and everything that's going on in the city, and i can just totally escape. the spot that's the most fun on the river, you can see the chain bridge come into view, and whether it's an early morning, before-work paddle, or an after-work paddle, i do take a little bit of pleasure when i snap back to reality and see that i am in a major metropolitan area, that there are people stuck in traffic, and i'm out here enjoying some amazing white water. in the zone, sort of in this flow where you can't think about anything else. so any other stresses of your daily life are just completely pushed out. ng you hear is the rush of the white water, and you just sort of, you're very much in that moment. and you can't think about any

d.c. mayor muriel bowser on way to city to meet face to face with president-elect donald trump. matt ackland is headed to the big app this morning and live preview for him coming up. >> back-to-back train stories there and popular d.c. pizza place targeted by gunman on onlineon on today as we learn more about the man behind the attack. >> should nats fans prepare for a season without bryce harper. i know? that could be if he lands a major multi-million deal he's hoping for and it won't likely be here in the nation's capitol. should nats cough you up the cash to keep the all star. >> a dreary day out there. rainy start this morning and it's well only going get worse. we have you covered and we'll get you the forecast in a

the cost. >> ouncilmember silverman. >> yes. >> reporter: despite the backlash, though, this week d.c.'s city council passed a scaled-back version of the bill. >> the measure passes. >> reporter: this means d.c. parents who work in the private sector can now take eight weeks off at up to 90% of their pay, funded by a roughly half-a- percent payroll tax on all non- government employers. and that, says heather boushey, who studies work-life balance, will be good for the local economy. >> it boosts our labor supply, especially among women and people who have care responsibilities, it increases job retention for people, people are more likely to keep their job when they actually have the tools to actually make it possible to balance all of these competing challenges in their daily life. and all of that means the economy is able to tap into that talent. >> reporter: true, says georgetown university economist harry holzer, but... >> there is a strong need to balance the benefits that workers and families get from paid family leave with the costs on employers. >> reporter: holzer worries the d.c. pl

sam: for the public saintliest, destination d.c., the city's tourism agency says they are interested. >> on washington.org the guide to the inaugurations page doubled year over year for the page views. it is showing you that people are interested. sam: some hotels in the city are already sold out but there will still bookings available. so only three inauguration balls for president trump which is not that many when you compare it to bill clinton who had 14 in the 1997. but about standard if you look at barack obama last time in 2013. he had only two. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. stay with abc7 and wjla.com. we will have continuing coverage of on the trump transition. now to a developing story out of northeast where police found a man shot twice in the head this morning. it happened in the 5,000 block of j street. the man is still alive but in critical condition. as the search goes on for who shot him. jonathan: three members of a family gone in an instant. now changes are underway to make the intersection where it happened safe

we still have freezing rain coming into cities like washington, d.c., baltimore, even into philadelphia. and we're now starting to see that transition. it had been snow in new york city, we're now starting to see that transition into the freezing rain. keep that in mind. this is a live look at some of the icy roads there and you're seeing that on the radar here. again, this purple color indicates the freezing rain that's coming down in and around baltimore. if you don't have to be out, don't. if you still have holiday shopping to do, do it online today. that's your best option. all the runways are closed at dulles due to the ice. i foresee that being the case in other airports. 60 to 90 minute delays for new york, boston, denver where they're dealing with a similar sna scenario of snow. these are pretty significant, we're talking over .25 of an inch in oakland, maryland, north of washington, d.c. the ohio state airport in columbus, ohio, picking up ..30 of an inch. that's enough to bring power lines down and tree branches, in addition to making travel conditions hazardous. >> what you'r

. >>> d.c.'s city hall building is becoming more family friendly. at 9:15 this morning council members will unveil new diaper changing tables. each of them will have their own babies to actually test out those tables. >> the real deal. there you go. >> we still have outdoor holiday decorations you better get to it. the cold snap that is headed our way when we check in with chuck bell. >>> the man accused of shooting into a d.c. pizza shop heads to court and it comes just as we're learning new information about his background. >>> and we continue to follow that breaking news in prince george's county where a home invasion investigation is underway. if you are headed out the door be sure to check the nbc washington app for t latesthe >>> welcome back. get ready for real cold. you think this is bad, an ji? >> we're going down. >> we are going down. it's not today. you don't have to worry about it today. but today and tomorrow are the days you need to go back to the far reaches of your winter wardrobe and look for that thing that you only wear when it's

city. tonight, d.c.'s former mayor is questioning the current mayor's message. i'm very excited to be here. and a sitcom star helps deliver a special surprise for dozens of local students. your news starts right now. baby it's cold outside. they know us really well. i don't think they want us to start the show that way. we begin with the bitter blast of cold air that has blan >> i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. today by the way, the coldest day since last february. it was also the coldest december day since december 14, 2010. get this way, on this day last year it was 67-degrees outside. >> i remember that. > sue palka is here with an update on the winter weather. >> hey, sue. hey, this is the warmest i've been all day. you had to watch the 10:00 news to get the reference. if you're not much whatting you don't get it. you have to much what. we've had a bitter cold night. we have a lot of single digits and teens, in the wind chill department, the temperatures bitter. let's get you started with a look at the current temperatures and we've got gaithersburg dow

d.c. water and the city. it all started with a water main break on delafield place. in addition to sewage, some were left without heat or hot water. now they want their homes tested for mold and dangerous bacteria. a lawyer said they will launch a lawsuit if their demands are not met. d.c. water said the risk regarding personal property damage and replacement. claims have been reported to the insurance company for a full investigation. alison: developing now, a noose found on a construction site in calvert county at the dominion code of point in lusby. this is actually the fifth noose found on the same site. investigators are trying to figure out who was leaving them there and asking for anybody with information to come forward. also, a bizarre love trying all murder plot. anne-marie anastasi entered an alford plea for murder, meaning that she pleads guilty but does not admit to the crime. she is accused of plotting with her daughter and her daughters boyfriend to kill her husband and another woman. she was arrested last year. jonathan: a lot of people excited about

two-thirds of city workers live outside d.c. she says it's wrong to raise d.c. und a costly, new government program that sends 66-percent of the benefits outside of the city. and also on the agenda tuesday - the d-c council unaniously confirms "antwan wilson" as the new chncellor of d-c public schools. wilson most recently served as the superintendent in oakland, californa. he's scheduled to take over the d-c school system on feburary first. an alert for drivers in dumfries. the gas station police say has been hit with skimming devices. plus - a different kind of healing at the hospital. how one little jedi named luke - is making it a place anyone would want to spend the holidays. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. in the 3.7 seconds it takes ry watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads h