. >> and we are away at the 2017 rock and roll -- >> thousands of people filled downtown d.c. making their way through the city for this year's rock and roll marathon, half marathon and 5 k. sdes spite the freezing cold thousands hit the pavement for the rock and roll marathon saying they prefer the cool her temperatures. >> you try your best to dress in appropriate warm. if you dress too much you get hot and sweat but it's a balance. >> whether hard work and training paid off for runners among which was this group at st. jude heroes. >> that's st. jude charity runners getting your photo. >> they raised a lot of money for the hospital that focuses on research and treatment of childhood diseases and top fundraiser was sierra that came to fashion's capital from kansas city. >> this is my 7th marathon and i decided to do something different i never fundraiseed and always loved st. judz and so i decided to ab i a st. jude hero and fundraise and raised over 6,000 dollars for st. judz. >> we're happy to have those that raised over 274,000. >> and downtown d.c., alexandra limon, "fox

"fox5" alexandra limon was there. >> reporter: thousands of downtown d.c. king their way through the city for this year's rock and roll marathon. half marathon and 5 k. despite the freezing cold thousands of runners hit the pavement in d.c. for the rock and roll marathon. some saying they prefer the cooler temperatures. >> you you try your best to dress in appropriate weather. if you dress too much you get hot and start sweating. but it's a balance. >> whether hard work and training paid off for runners among which was this group of st. jude heroes. >> there's all our st. jude charity runners getting their photo. >> they raised a lot of money for the hospital that focuses on research and treatment of childhood diseases and top fundraiser for st. jude was sierra who came to nation's capital from kansas city. >> this is my 7th half morethon i decided to do something fundraiseed always loved st. judz decided to be st. jude hero and fundraise i raised over $6,000 for st. jude for the kids there. >> we're grateful to have heroes like sierra. she's our top fundrai

tomorrow, contemplating going to a rooftop restaurant downtown d.c., make your reservation right nowine and take advantage of the nice weather. tamara looks good, 75 degrees. clouds later in the day. waitnk the clouds will most of the day, but don't be surprised. if you are looking for a cold front, tomorrow is not the day. the futurecast, a few showers as we move into sunday morning. off until sunday evening into sunday night and early monday. as we head towards 11:00 in the evening, all of this moves our way. we need every drop we can get. impact outdoor activities during the day, most of the rain at night. dayr a beautiful and warm saturday, middle 50's and clouds sunday, a better chance of rain late in the day. middle 70's monday and the same tuesday. a little showers. wednesday about 70, cooler thursday, in the 60's friday and saturday. then the following week, back into the 70's. spring has sprung. tomorrow is the better of the two days this weekend. michelle: today was bao bao's public debut at her new home, clearing quarantined in china. she was born at the national zoo in br

. >>> and tonight, to mark 40 years, survivors of that day will meet at the wilson building in downtown d.c. to share their stories. news 4's pat collins who covered the takeover will lead a panel discussion and the new photo exhibit will be unveileded in the d.c. council cha difficult in the district, we have new information for you. >> how many were handed out last year and what they cost. erika gonzalez is at the live desk with more. >> brand new information this morning about 40u78 tickets were handed out in d.c. something to know if you are driving in town this morning. think about this. there were more than 2.5 million, almost 3 million parking tickets and moving violations this past year. aaa mid-atlantic says d.c. made $300 million off those tickets, too. the tickets coming from ticket writers and cameras. be careful as you go this morning. back over to you. >> erica, thank you. >>> police in montgomery county. >> they say they caught a car jacker because he left his driver's license in the car that he stole. ♪ >> mary kim was car jacked last week. the $6,000 instrument was in the c

a lot happening on the capital beltway and in downtown d.c. have a live view of pennsylvania avenue where d. in metropolitan police have shut down travel lanes because of protesters marching toward the white house, creating a closure on pennsylvania avenue street and 9th street northwest until further notice. accident activity downtown as well, so be alert for detours and delays as you make your trip into the district. another traffic cameras showing delays on the capital beltway west of connecticut avenue before you get to georgia avenue. a quick peek at the friday getaway on interstate 95, southbound into no intent we are starting to see a few delays -- newington, we are starting to see a few delays. jummy: we want to take a look at the protest going on near the white house. a group representing native tribes is marching in decision -- opposition to two pipelines. john gonzalez has more on their message to the administration. nations rise, that is the name of the protest in northwest it is hundreds of indigenous people and their supporters,

from downtown d.c. to this open lot in springfield off 95 by the mixing bowl. two sites in maryland, greenbelt and landover were the othe but instead the general services administration announcing that it is delaying the decision indefinitely until congress can secure additional funding for the project. >> i don't think it's the budget but the general uncertainty that exists in washington, d.c. now. i will apply as much pressure as i can to have a decision made. >> he still believes this land is the best site for the future of the f.b.i. but at the moment he has no answer to one of the biggest questions still lingering. what will happen next? springfield, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. >> today, maryland governor larry hogan joined by the state leaders and the descendants of harriet tubman for grand open of a visitor center named in tubman's honor. the underground railroad visitor center in church creek commemorates the life of the maryland native that used the underground railroad to save slaves. alison: pope francis is open to the idea of married men becoming prie

even downtown, d.c., baltimore, still into the low to mid 20's.s, those numbers further off to the north and west. throughout the day, only about 30 by lunchtime, 38 by 2 p.m. if you have lunch plans, we have sunshine, but it will be cold. the good news, not as windy. high temperature topping out around 43 degrees, still cold and below average. sunday night into monday, the high pressure goes down to the southeast, starts to bring in warmer air. sunday, it really does not move up too much. we see the big bump tuesday when we get the more mild air pushing in. however, there is a cold front behind that that will bring us rain tuesday afternoon and evening. at 44,e topped out tomorrow 43, mid 50's monday, hitting 60 tuesday, but tuesday afternoon and the chance of rain. adding on at least 10 degrees each day as we get to tuesday. dry on wednesday and thursday. a little drop off, but not too much after the cold front. next weekend, the temperatures will be on the more mild side, looking at the numbers in the low 60's. and a slight chance next weekend

comedians donate their time and this year it is at draft house comedy in downtown d.c.very dollar counts. she says the day her rapist was convicted was a day she will never forget. >> i think i felt safe for the first time. >> it's a feeling she wants other survivors of sexual assault to feel too. this comedy show can help in so many ways. >> certainly there is the financial aspect and that's great, enables us to continue to do our work. i think what it also does is it really introduces the community to the issue. >> each kit can cost $1000 to test. that's why it is so important to raise money. the show is this sunday night at 7:00. find out more on how to buy tickets or make a donation on our wusa9 app. >>> what started as a when a police officer spotted this, a fire spreading across the back of a home in clanton, maryland overnight. this corporal called for back up and ran to the house and pounded on the door. he helped get the six people out to safety including a 10 year old and a 3 week old baby. the firefighters put out the flames and say a grill on the backyard de

sam: the three-year closing of the martin luther king library downtown is d.c.an services which runs the city's homeless shelter is gearing up. >> when we talk to people about what they would like to do during the day, they want access to jobs, they want access to computers, access to services. sam: in fact, d.c. human services is passing out these cards with information on people who depend on this library can find services somewhere else. d.c. human services buses that have taken homeless from northeast and southeast shelters to the downtown library will go to the church at the epiphany at 13th and g which is volunteered for bathrooms, water, basic shelters. nearby libraries will expand offerings. >> we have additional computers. sam: a look inside and it's obvious many people just need somewhere to be, even if they are not technically homeless. they are talking about a downtown day center. >> but until that happens this is the interim strategy. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: tonight threats of violence at a courthouse and a daycare. an angry father bent on

. >>> in downtown d.c., protests today over israeli settlements in east jerusalem and the west bank.undreds of people walked towards the verizon center. the annual apac con the pro-israel group lobbies both congress and the executive branch. vice president mike pence addressed attendees tonight. protesters say they're against policies they call pro-israel at all costs. >>> thousands of taxpayers in virginia may have to wait a little longer for their tax refunds. that's so state officials can work to fight against tax refund fraud. according to the "richmond times dispatch," just over 100,000 people will get a letter in the mail asking for them to verify their identities. the extra paperwork is going to help ensure the refunds go to the right people. a spokesperson for the taxation department says they caught more than $60 million in fraudulent returns in 2015. ♪ >>> somber event today to mark 35 years since construction began on the vietnam veterans memorial. the wall, as it's come to be known, as once controversial. wasn't right for the location or its subject. now it's one of the n

it's about a three-hour drive from downtown d.c.ey haven't said exactly what day this week they'll reopen. >>> now, your storm team4 forecast. >> love hearing that. great that wisp gets to reopen with the snow heading our way. here is the latest on the winter storm. a lot of it has not changed from earlier. we're starting to see consistency with the computer models. snow continues to arrive between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow and continues overnight. the most snow falls from tuesday. by tuesday evening we are mainly dry. we'll have snow-covered roads north and west of town. this is the heavy, wet snow. great for making snowmen. but it will lead to some power outages across the where area because it weighs down the tree limbs which potentially break bringing down power lines. it's looking like it will stay in southern maryland. your totals there greatly reduced because you're dealing with rain and sleet, the wintery mix. it's the sleets into the district that bring our amounts down more. the forecast is still evolving and changing.

the conference is held at a downtown washington d.c. hotel pick delegates invited the administrator to address the needs and financing for upgrading and approving water infrastructure and can improve community resilience. support local community economies and the national economy. we will be hearing from the administrator shortly and introductions will be made by the mayor of gary indiana. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you are watching the national league of cities conference there will be hearing soon from epa minister scott pruitt who has been invited today to talk about u.s. water infrastructure. things have not gotten underway yet, still doing some of the luncheon here so while we wait for the administrator to appear on the stage we'll take a look at our conversation from earlier this morning about the health care law. this is from today's washington drupal.aud. >> host: a key component of the republican health care reform effort that wasn't addressed in the bill that wasea released last week. that's the idea of sellingth hea

it's 8:02 this morning pedestrian in downtown d.c.r struck and killed by a bicyclist. 65-year-old jane clark of tacoma park was killed thursday evening as she stepped off a curb at 13 and i norm west and was hit by the cyclist. clark he fell and was hit and died from injuries on friday. she was senior editor of kiplinger personal finance where she worked more than 40 years. her colleagues tell us clark was leaving work when she was struck. >> first off unbelievable unfathomable and stunning and shock shocking and we heard the news yesterday we were in a days. we all said good night to each other thursday night expecting to be back together friday morning. like do you with your work colleagues. she did great work. she helped a lot of people. that's what -- these stories she wrote the thing about ki helped people and jane was a leader in that. and she would write stories retirement story and colleague stories she did the fwamet and we could turn to her to do anything. she will be sorely missed. >> she believes behind a husband, three ch

man, look at it, downtown d.c. gorgeous. temperatures have come up. in the upper 60s here in the d.c. area. we'll take it to around 70 degrees today. we have the winds out there gusting up to 30 miles per hour. so it might feel a touch cooler but other than that, it's really a beautiful day out there. you don't need to he am me to tell you that, get out and enjoy after the newscast. it's a little breezy right now but winds are calming and then we've got changes by the time we head into tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning's commute to be in fact. this evening it's dry and mild. cold air not coming in until tomorrow. still looking great at 2:00 a.m. look at this in time for the morning commute. looks like we're going to have a little snow but we'll see snow flakes mixed in with the rain pushing through our area any time after 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. until noon. the winds will pick up tomorrow afternoon. we could see a few light showers or flurries floating down from the north and west. not going to create any accumulation and don't expect accumulation tomorrow

you remember scenes like this one in downtown d.c. as president trump was sworn in at the capitol. that day d.c. police made a total of 230 arrests and 214 of those charged were subsequently indieted with felony rioting and on friday a superior court judge signed off on the first plea deal taken. 18-year-old jack soreenson of pennsylvania pleaded to misdemeanor writing and six police officers were injured and sources estimate there was more than a million in property damage on inauguration day. >> all right. let's switch gears and talk about the day today. it started out just ugly and foggy and nasty. then it got nice. here's a look at what we saw at the tidal basin. cherry blossoms out there in full bloom once again. >> if not more. it was already starting to feel like summer. is it here yet. >> that march sun it's strong. it took a long time to burn throughout fog jim. it's like two different seasons today. >> incredible. >> it's so nice out now, though, look at this mannasas is up to 79. 79 culpeper and 70 win chests erin it took until early this afternoon but when we popped thro

there is a vast bureaucracy, anyone who drives down downtown d.c. sees enormous buildings. you think i'm what is everybody doing in there, charlie. >> any business leader that had to get a grip on the massive sprawling bureaucracy that the federal government would demand cuts across the board from everywhere. the epa, which is very much morphed away from being antipollution, environmental protection, and morphed into federal bureaucratic control of the most arcane things like ditches and people backyards, it cannot be immune from those cut cuts. >> martha: julie, your thoughts? >> i would suggest to go to places like flint, michigan, the devastation of lead protection. the epa did not do a good job with that. blood protection, and your home state of new jersey. >> martha: you can do good work and cut costs. it is possible. people do it all the time. >> not when you take acts like that, at a quarter of the budget, that is a lot of clean water he wants to prevent. >> martha: let see how it goes. julie, thank you. charlie, thank you. good to see you guys. we are getting report

to work your try way into downtown d.c., kenilworth avenue lanes are open, but in northeast there is a crash. police tell me that this accident involves a bicyclist and a bus. this is 1st street at massachusetts avenue east of north capitol street in the area of columbus circle. street for the crash, the left side of the roadway, block. virginia, eastin of ali lane. rayburn, shut down until further notice. wire maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. l for $79.99 per month, r the first year with a o-year agreement. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios get the best. get fios. >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. autria: and right now we are following breaking news. a double stabbing in l

jonathan: today the firefighters celebrated the modernization of one of the busiest fire stations in downtown d.c. engine company 16 on 13th street northwest. this was built in 1932. the mayor says the crews preserve the building history and the renovations widen the bay doors to make the station much more energy efficient. created new accommodations for female firefighters. >> this is a nontraditional profession. if you are inclusive you have to build it for everybody. jonathan: the station was closed down for 14 months for the work to get done. the renovations cost $9 million. alison: all right. time for a check on the traffic situation with erik smith. hi, er it is a bit of a tough ride in a few spots today. this is i-95 in virginia near prince william parkway. we have a crash below prince william parkway blocking the left lane. so that is the main factor for the big delays to the fairfax county parkway. this is a messy ride for sure. a slow ride to frying pan road. the camera isn't working. jump to maryland. river road is a tough ride for both directions. expect the ongoing delays. the inner

. >>> and you'll want to stay away from parks in downtown d.c. saturday morning. 00 runners are coming to town for the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c., marathon. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill are debating the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. the american medical association represents about 200,000 physicians. today it rejected the new proposal. people here and across the country are taking part in a day without a woman demonstrations. not everyone is happy them. >> the two coincide with international women's day. "forbes" magazine is out with the list of self-made women billionaires around the world. more women than ever before have climbed into the ten-figure club. here are the details first at 4:00. a record 56 women made the billionaire list this year. that's up from 42 in 2016. their combined wealth is a whopping $129.1 billion. it's the first year that number has topped $100 billion. the newest, richest woman in the u.s. is michigan businesswoman marianne ilitch. with the death of her husband she owns major sports teams in detroit

but in downtown d.c. last week someone riding a bike hit and killed a woman.ck ward explains how this tragedy is sparking a new conversationb safety. >> reporter: the accident happened thursday. it was at this intersection. a bicyclist was southbound on 13th street. she just stepped off of the curb when she was struck and died. there's been no charges. with more pedestrians and more bikes in d.c., it's becoming an issue. it was an issue today before the city council. >> for pedestrians it can be very difficult. let's say you're going downhill and you see the lights about to change, your focus may not be on someone coming into the cross walk. we just have to adapt to the fact that there are many of us and we're all using the same space. >> reporter: more on the story as well as hearing from both sides of this pedestrian versus bicyclist issue later on. >>> a brazen burglary at a gun shop in northern virginia. >> wendy rieger is in the newsroom with some of the new surveillance photos police want you to see. >> those p now the search is on for the three men accu

washington," we are live to sample exclusive cocktails at the new cherry blossom pop-up bar in downtown d.c. >> plus the monumental mistakes to avoid before you buy a new home. >> and keep it right here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 on "good morning washington." steve: the weekend is almost here. can you believe soccer season is about to start for the d.c. united? looking at saturday, a chilly start to your day. we are looking at temperatures that will be in the 40's most as we move to the 9:00 hour. game time at 7:00. let's talk about the weekend, though. the rest of the weekend. sunday looking at the temperatures in the upper 40's. the average for this time of year is around 52 degrees. here is the ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. the temperatures warm nicely. near 60 on monday. upper 60's on tuesday. breezy on wednesday. a little cooler come thursday. let's spring ahead for one hour for the following weekend as daylight saving time begins. ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been rank