we're live in georgetown, i'm justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >>> let's go to the live desk with some breaking news. >> someone just tried to rob a cvs. what happens, adam? >> that's right. an attempted robbery of a cvs store in the 1200 block of virginia avenue. police showed up about 4:15 this morning. they have a suspect in custody. this comes after a string of drugstore robberies in montgomery county. although it's now clear if these are all connected. this is video of a recent robbery at the cvs store in bethesda. in that indicates, the man actually assaulted a clerk. we are working to find out if there is a connection between these robberies and the attempted robbery in silver spring today. we'll bring you any information when we have it. back to you. >>> also developing right no now, a lockdown at the university of california at berkeley is now over after some violent protests. >> if you take a look here, these protesters fought with police overnight. this is all because the school invited a controversial speaker. milo fro

a georgetown university student is standing right here. when all of a sudden, a man pulls up and that student is pulled inside an suv. >> you -- he now faces a maximum of life behind bars. after a kidnapping that doesn't go as planned. a cartier jewelry store and a best buy. but there's one problem. the victim's debit card doesn't work. the suspect picks the wrong person and gets away with nothing. >> just really frightening. especially as the woman who walks alone all the time. >> here's who is behind bars right now. from london, caught today in seattle. >> we were all pretty shocked today when we heard. luckily, little -- the student was returned safe and sound. >> most likely because of frustration, they are caught on multiple surveillance cameras, crisscrossing the city. bank after bank, the suspect in clear view. one thing about him, though, he fits the part of georgetown. >> this student says an unassuming abductor. >> he is dressed well. like people in georgetown. they're mostly dressed nice and professional. that is, he blends in,

georgetown, i think everybody in the d.c. area was in georgetown. if you didn't get a chance to go out today, we've got another great day tomorrow. lucky you if you have off. mild weather continues as we go through the really the week ahead. we've got a few clouds pushing in on tuesday. temperatures are going to take a l all, we are looking good because we're back in the 70s by the end of next week. no snow in sight. i am so sorry, snow lovers. there's still march. all right. radar right now not really showing much. not only here but high pressure in charge pretty much the entire east coast looking dry with plenty of sunshine. temperatures right now, 58. february 19th, 58 degrees. some areas already into the low 50s, upper 40s. eventually the temperatures, especially as we get into the shenandoah valley may fall into the 30s. clear skies overnight. nothing to write home about. you'll wake up tomorrow morning, have that cup of coffee outside. maybe walk and get that blood flowing. now, tomorrow is going to be a little cooler than the last two days. y

later in the first georgetown down six and rodney prior off the steal. georgetown went on 17-0 run. hoyas down four year now big afterhe three point play. one last chance for tie. prior can got get it to go. st. john's beats georgetown 86 to 80 well it's that time of year for race car fans to see the green flag drop on event combined of say opening day and super bowl all to one. daytona 500 kicks off new season with 59th running and super bowl stock car racing is sovlly a sellout over 100,000 fans cheer on the race. dale earnhardt, jr. returns to car since concussion last year and special owe appears by four time master jeff gordan behind the rear in honorary pace car to on season. a new racing format is being used meaning big changes to the competition. >> we're creating more opportunities for pit strategy and drivers to have more pressure on them because now they can go out and earn points throughout the race and be rewarded for something you do at one third ofed way and hawa and you know, those are things that were not there before. so, a lot of excitement and things going to hel

our bob barnard is live near georgetown with the video that'' come out new today.. bob? crime.me. the cobblestone street here, 3400 block of o street. strt. two blocks up is the main main entrance to georgetownown university, and we understandndn the victim in this case is a georgetown university student. you mentioned the video tape. police, d.c. police releasingeag this video.. a couple things that are strange. the alleged kidnapper lookingsoong like a businessman.. victim again this malele georgetown university studenty e seems to be on his phone pne throughout the whole thing. he never ran away, and seems tot be as big as the kidnapper.pper this all started last thursdayy around 3:20 in the afternoon. the man is described as a whitei man the kidnapper in his late 30s, in his 40s wearing a blacka suit there. the vehicle appears to be white. police say light gray or silver suv. su the kidnapper took the victim to some atm jewelry store.sto. looks like the cartiere up in in chevy chase friend hip heights area and then apparently let the guy go. go. here's reaction from

. >> georgetown. musini with the georgetown down double digits. rodney prior gets on fire.k-to-back three-pointers, part of georgetown's own 17-0 run. prior led with it ii 2 points. georgetown takes a one-point lead at the break. the game remained close until the final two minutes. the game away with the steal in the basket. st. john's wins. >>> virginia looking to end their four-game losing streak visiting nc state. kyle guy leading the offense. he puts the cavaliers up 19-16. and here comes london perantis, capping off a 15-0 uva run late in the half. there is more. this one of his five three-pointers. uva up 14 at the break. second half, the foot on the gas. devon hall extends thele virginia wins 70-55. >>> vcu taking on rhode island. close to the second half, the rams start lighting up from outside. tirrell makes it a 9-point game. next matthews making it a 12-point rams' lead. vcu never recovered. they fall 69-59. >>> loyola came back down to one big shot. three seconds left to play the eagles. charlie jones played 40 minutes and only made one shot. eagles fly high ove

it was at georgetown university where he became an icon. for 27 years the 6'10" figure was there. he had his issues with the media but he recently sat down with your bruce johnson and when they chatted, it's never just about basketball because thompson was never allowed to be just a coach. >> i call this --[inaudible]-- georgetown was the only school that would give him a coaching job back then. went on to win 70% of all the games that he played in. they only 13 games the year before he got here. his teams appeared in three final became the --[inaudible]-- the. >> i tell people that all i want to do is win one. i was sorry i said that because i played in three but i said i want to kick that wall down. >> the national champions. >> i never felt --[inaudible]-- under any circumstances, that i was the first african american to have intelligence enough to win. i was given an opportunity and had intelligence enough to win but i can list about five guys, had they been given that same opportunity, who i think would have won a national championship. >> john thompson would be tough, maybe

the jumper giving georgetown the lead. desi rodriguez curls in the lane. georgetown has one last.ust like maryland. they could not play the role of heros. scott bounces off the rims and georgetown falls 68-66. >>> meantime, tw visiting richmond. it got a little testy. oh, look out. tempers flaring briefly. tw loses on the road. >>> american university hosting lehighe. fe they roll 70-55. >>> it has been a great winter for the washington capitals rolling with the best record in the nhl. and they are playing in a place they have had much success in, in montreal. yeah, they are traveling north of the border. tied at one here. caps have the number. caps, they take a 2-1 lead. 11th goal of the season. in the third, on the power play, nikki backstrom. montreal put the pressure on within e.on but the capitals hang on for the 3-2 victory. >>> speaking of victoryings, wizards going for 17 in a row. tipoff at 7:00 from china town. we are waiting currently on pins and needles. apparently nine hour hall of fame voter to see this joe jacolby get in. he helped the skwi >> for me, i look at it t

a georgetown student is walking down the street.car motions him other and says, how do you get to dulles airport. that guy is paolo. he kidnaps that student and takes him for a ride he won't soon forget. it's all spelled out in the court papers. he drives his captive to the suntrust bank in georgetown and tells the student to go inside and use his debit card to withdraw $500. but the debit card doesn't work. so he takes the student to the wells fargo bank t

robert: georgetown-seton hall. 66-65 hoyas.the pirates take the one point lead. 4.7 seconds left, the hoyas down two. off the missed free throw. georgetown with a chance, l.j. peak all the way down the court, rises, fires, off the mark. georgetown loses a tough one, 68-66. uva-syracuse, the cavs and control early. draining from long range. 34-22 but syracuse would outscore uva 44-28 in the second half. driving the lane, the teardrop ,two of his 23. virginia false. the 1000 win in jim boeheim's career, unofficially. ing foul.son hopst moore finished 10-16 from the field, 3-5 from three-point range. the patriots blowout lasalle, 95-75. kirk cousins still playing football, something we don't see everyday. kirk and the refs going at it, shoves the ref. we don't know if this was real or just for a joke, but it looks pretty real. emotional at times. jacoby final note, joe did not make the cut for the hall of fame. and falcons quarterback matt m.v.p. the 2016 nfl pretty sure tom brady will be ki , new englandnd o's patriots head coach

georgetown down by one with time running out. rodney pryor. no good. the hoyas fall to seton hall in o.t. 68-66. >> game tied at 1 in the second. brett connelly finds andre berkousky for the goal. capitals take the 2-1 lead. third period caps on the power play. nicklas backstrom. shot through the screen pass. cary price. caps tyke the 3-1 lead. they go on to win it 3-2. >> i feel like there's excitement in the locker room. we know montreal is a good hockey team. maybe a little extra motivation. you want to win here, too. can't really say anything else, why we've been winning 11 of the last 12. >> good goaltending on both parts. i thought we played a good game for a majority of the game. i didn't like maybe the last ten minutes, but that's hockey. >> capitals have another kings at noon at the verizon center. third-ranked maryland women's basketball team also at indiana on sunday at noon. erika, some good early games to catch before this 6:30 start for the super bowl. the big one. >> oh, there's a game tomorrow. oh, okay. all right. thank you so very muc

>>> georgetown on the road. bad enough the team got into a wreck on the way to philly yesterday. then you've got to stair down the national champions and currently number two ranked villanova. now how about for something a little different, for her broadcast television debut our wusa9 sports intern mary grace brown joins us with more highlights. >> incredible performance for a first time, stick around. to the second half here villanova putting on a clinic. let's go back over to mary drake. >> watch this sequence as --. >> out standing poise for our college senior. this one is going on the resume reel for sure. hoya's crawl back rodney prior withhe three. then they c points. how about an encorp., mary grace? >> prior. >> she's destined for the broadcasting hall of fame. thanks mg. they've got a real shot here but josh hart thrusts the dagger, georgetown made it interesting but it got away in the end. they lose 75-64. >> purdue rimes with poo. they stepped in it getting mauled tonight at penn state. that's right t

now we have delays past clarksburg where a crash in georgetown cleared. this had all but one lane shut down at one point. so now traffic is very heavy heading up this way to clarksburg past the lane merger. take a look at a few more delays. this is through gaithersburg past montgomery village avenue. heavy traffic for through lanes and local lane. back to sladed grove road out of rockville. this is a huge mess. capital beltway is not pretty either. georgetown in bethesda, both ways are struggling past connecticut avenue. the inner loop continues a slow crawl toward silver spring. virginia, the inner loop past georgetown pike is as slow as you head out of tysons. up across the bridge here. you can see the de as you head toward the 270 spur. this is at river road below the spur. heavy for both directions on the beltway. looking at 66. westbound past the vienna metro. a slow call. 59 in virginia past route 23 slow on the right side. some of southbound delays below dale city both directions really struggling. that is all from the traffic center for now. back

georgetown with the chance, l.j.peak rises and fires come history is off the mark for stop georgetown loses, 68-66. uva-syracuse, the cavs and control early. brings the long-range jumper, the cavs with the 34-22 first-half lead. but syracuse outscored uva in the second half. battle drives the lane. two of his 23. virginia falls 66-62. it is the 1000th victory for jim boeheim in his career, at least unofficially. according to the nca 899. buckingham ahead of the steel for the easy layup. , 84-75. goes on to win and the wizards tonight host the pelicans, tip-off that 7:30. the wizards are the hottest team in d.c. right now. it's happening. kimberly: hottest team in d.c. or across the country? robert: in d.c., and they have the second-best record behind the warriors. new year, time to get rid of stuff. simplify, declutter, unplug, purge, or even quit cold turkey. i raise turkeys without growth-promoting antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. if you're looking for little ways to simplify life, feeling good about what your f

let's send it back to steve rudin in georgetown. steve? steve: all right. let me tell you, it is absolutely gorgeous out here. a lot of folks are enjoying themselves on the record-breaking warm day across the d.m.v. as you see, the crew members are now getting ready to he exercise in, the practice in. a lot of folks are taking advantage of the beautiful weather and will continue to dosaz they move through the evening hours. talk temperatures now. look at that out there. lower 70's at reagan national airport. near 80 in leesburg. look at annapolis. cooler. in the middle 50's. at dulles international airport was 76 degrees shallotering the old record of 73. 73 is the current reading at reagan national. 78 is the record. not going to hit that. at least not for today. let's talk about this evening. it looks absolutely gorgeous. if you have plans outdoors, maybe barbecuing, our temperatures will fall in the 60's. then we see temperatures tonight falling into the 50's. of course, you don't need to have s storm watch 7 app. now is a great time to do it. great tool

the georgetown improvement business district, though, says it will still try to work out funding for the proposal. >>> social media is pouncing on the u.s. education department for not setting a great example for students. it all started when the department's official twitter account secont a tweet with a w debois quote this morning, but it was spelledon leader, a tweet apologizing for the misspelling had a misspelling in it as well and they he issued another tweet. betsy devos runs that department, and the demonstrators fear she will not strongly support public schools. >>> and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >>> after some rain showers today, some late day sunshine. it is now about the wind. first weather headline, a weather alert tonight for news 4 at 6:001:00 and throughout the day tomorrow. tonight, winds will be howling outside. it's going to be one of the things where it's hard to believe because right now, they are not an issue at all, and how strong they are going to become is going to be kind of shocking out there. i know i'm getting a lot of tweets and facebook posts abou

second half georgetown running away it with and they're out running.some other l college basketball scores american win a close onee over west point 61 over 58. 76 to 70. across the nhl february isis hockey for every would month and that where is teams showcase tho global nature of what he call the coolest game on earth. nowhere was that more evidentre than with the capitols as they hosted a special guest from thet other side of the globe, both geographically and culturally.ct the capitols roster is a tap try woven present the threads of seven different nations, but never from the a arab world taken the ice until today. this is fat ma alley a hockey player, referee and coach livinn out every hockey fan's dream taking the ice with her favoritt players. i was nervous the whole time. i was telling my brother, reminm me to breathe. fat ma was discovered by caps great peter bonder who was wowed while teaching a hook i clinic in the aue. to learn leiby mentioned, starting playing hockey six years ago it's unbelievable. the aue is compared to the west, women

second half, georgetown runs all over marquette.dney prior beats everyone down the field for this. georgetown wins, 8 0-62. coach thompson: that is a very good offensive team. they have good players and do good stuff, so to speak. 14only let them attempt three-pointers, i have to give our guys credit for their excellent work today. robert: the capitals looked to extend their home winning streak heading into their bye week. they will host the anaheim ducks tonight. was their 11th straight win. meanwhile, the ducks snapped a three-game losing streak thursday against buffalo, so they are hungry. 7:30.rops at and draymond green was the first nba player to record a triple-double while only scoring single digit points. winwarriors are now 18-0 green has a kimberly: like ice skating. robert: speaking of the warriors, kevin durant is going back to oklahoma city tonight, his first time since leaving the thunder and signing with the golden state warriors. not sure the crowd will be so receptive. that is tonight right here on abc 7. and george

to try and ease congestion and improve the connection between georgetown and arlington. a $90 million gondola high in the sky over the potomac river. but the burden to get support and funding now shifts to the district after arlington county officials said they don't plan to contribute any further funding to the project. in this letter to the gone low da committee the board chairman says the county already has transportation which will take priority. just because officials on that side of the river say they are not ready to contribute to the project right now, transportation officials on this side say it doesn't mean that the project is dead. >> we will continue to have the discussions on the d.c. side of the river at the federal level. we are working with the economic development and the business groups. the streetcar supposed to come in. brianne: will with the georgetown business improvement district says with a million more moving to the region in the next ten years the communities need to be closely linked. right now the key bridge serves as the only link with nearly

later georgetown has at ball.blue jays forced the turnover fasting to foster, huge slam, and georgetown falls to christon 87-70. to the a-10, george washington on the road visiting duquesne. up 7, off the turnover, colonials on the break. throwing down the two handed slam. 14 points in the game, gw up nine. later in the half, here comes duke. kicks out to mike louis, the second he drives, gets that floater in, 22 points for him. do you think's down five. there's a few plays later, three point game, jordan closes the door, knocking down the trade. gw goes on to win 77-70. well, last time we saw the nats, they exited the post season in a loss to the dodgers, but now it's almost spring with flowers and hope blooming all over again. we report from west palm beach from a new beginning to a new season. >> reporter: not the stress level of the opening day, but full squad workouts of the washington nationals, and you can tell the heat is on. a year of high expectations. nothing new for the bryce harper, 15 pounds heavier,

of we've talked a bit about georgetown. a tall task against villanova. a couple campbell who suffered a knee injury was out of the lineup. they rallied, they rebound out to lj peak. a team tie, georgetown would cut it to two, but then nova does what nova does best. they take control. goes the distance for two of his game high 25 and georgetown loses 75 to 64. finally when you say you can't, tray son willis of washington iowa says think again. not maybe that big of a deal, you may not be able to see this. tray sean was one with on arm. eighth grade, while you're watching the video, apparently he's done this sort of thing before. he plays basketball, football, does it all. tray sean, a big credit to him. i don't want to ever say they can't. that does it for z29kuz zstz y29kuy ysty coming up on today's telecast: >> you may think you're at the end! but i'll tell you, when you think you're at the end, god has already spoken to somebody and told them to sew something into your life that will be more than enough! >> $50,000! >> $57,000 cancellation. >> almost $

outer loop off 270 spur to the georgetown pike. jammed up again through tysons heading to gallows road. taking a look at the traffic on westbound 66, you will find delays from nutley street to 123 and still riding the brakes from the fairfax county parkway to route 29. that is a look from the traffic control center. now back to you. larry: thank you so much. 103-year-old man says his long life there is one day he remembers just like it was yesterday. the attack on pearl harbor. lieutenant james downing is the second oldest pearl harbor survivor. he was not on the ship the moment the uss west virginia was destroyed but he rushed to help and he remembered the names on each dog tag he found. >> i thought their parents will never know what happened. i wrote letters to all the names i memorized. larry: they have a lasting impact. hear more at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: look at this. this is joe who is a world war ii veteran who celebrated his 96th birthday going zip lining. his children thought it was crazy. but they say their father

coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- kidnapping in georgetown. a very good look at the man police want to talk to believed to have paraded the a.t.m. to a.t.m. that is him. a clean picture. wait until you hear the story. >> they are banging on the glass door. michelle: but first, u.c. berkeley burns. the controversial guest speaker who had to cancel and did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed speawhere you both get whatnd you want every night. enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. and right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. and with the billion pointme!!! giveaway, it's about to get more awesome. to claim your share of a billion shop your way points during the big game, download the shop your way or kmart app tod

control.ontr goes the distance for two of his game high 25 and georgetown loses 75 to 64. t finally when you say you can't, tray son willis of washington iowa says think again.agai not maybe that big of a deal, you may not be able to see this. tray sean was one with on arm. w eighth grade, while you're watching the video, apparently he's done this sort of thing before. he plays basketball, football,ob does it all. tray sean, a big credit to him. i don't say they can't. that does it for us, tmz is coming up next. good night, everybody. ♪♪ never waver. ♪♪ because going around is rarely ever as enjoyable... ...as going right through. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ 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 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. built for business. harvey: so the cash me ousside girl was on a spirit airlin

i teach at the well known black school called georgetown. historically black colleges and universities, i teach white folk every day. i get hate mail from these white people. i know that intimately. the mistake white people made they put us behind them. we had to know them for our survival. white brothers and sisters ain't had to know us for their survival. are they crazy, mad, going to give us a raise. how do we talk to them? how do we speak to them. i wanted to use all that folk wisdom and alie that with whatever insight i've been able to generate over 30 years of teaching. you. >> use the word love. i want to come back to that much whether or not in this moment wraej love is enough. we can have a whole conversation about the great notion about love and what happened in our public discourse. you can do a seminar at georgetown about that. is love enough in this moment? >> absolutely. because we haven't tried it. you know, somebody said, it's not that christianity has failed, we've never tried it. love has never been a thing the way dr. king

lgp gets a jump against georgetown, but the pirates rally forces overtime. desi rodriguez puts ceton hall up one. lj peak. the tough one on the uppull three. no good. georgetown. they lose 68-66. >>> all right, gw on the road here. bumps into richmond player. and watch out. careful. cooler heads evpr ail. c.j. e george mason. marquis moore drains the three. led all three at 28. george mason wins 95-75. american hosting lehigh. patriot league actions. lehigh wins. so, a lot to do. and then the super bowl tomorrow. >> a big game. what are you thinking? >> there's a football game tomorrow? >> this guy. i tell you. >> we are back to the roman numerals this year. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> well, stay with us. we with a look at the seven day forecast. >> i thought that was for fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, their<