horace holmes is live outside the home with more on the case. >> a reaction to all of this is one of shock from capitol hill to the neighborhood here in southeast. handcuffed and escorted out of by uspse see home police he remained silent as he was placed in the back of the cruiser. tennesseeof staff for senator lamar alexander charged with dealing in child pornography. >> he was a quiet guy. he was just a good guy, good neighbor. >> they are stunned to see police early this morning to send on this neatly cap throw home. >> they were baying on the door going "police." what's going on? >> bandit of spending the entire morning and part of the afternoon here and walked out with bags, boxes of evidence along with computers. not something that i would have ever suspected. staffs been his chief of for two years. the tennessee senator released a statement saying he was stunned, surprised, and disappointed by the news. so were neighbors. >> postal service police have released a very few details surrounding the conditions that led to his arrest. live in southeast, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >

going to add that i feel on the on the with there chris allman and horace cooper let's get back to it first of all horace you wanted to give me the title of a book yes it's the spirit of democratic capitalism by michael novak a great book about it from the catholics perspective about how capitalism want to work i'll check it out thank you ok earlier today president obama gave a speech right here in washington d.c. and center for american progress talking about income inequality and economic conditions here's a quote. so the basic bargain at the heart of our economy as freight in fact this trend towards growing inequality is not unique to america's market economy across the developed world that inequality has increased. so you may have seen just last week the pope himself spoke. about this at eloquent length how going to be he wrote that it's not a news item when an elderly homeless person does but suppose you are but it is news when the stock market loses two points so what do you think. why why should it be news when the stock market drops two points but the fact that you know forty

horace, can you step forward or who is going to represent the permit holder, please step forward. >> for the record, i am looking at the file, the appeal was filed on october 24, signed by mr. daves and he walked out with a permit. >> and he submitted a brief. >> so it has not been rescheduled. >> okay. >> do you have anything you want to say to the board about the appeal? or any contact you have had with the appellant? >> still want to uphold the permit that was issued. only way to improve the property. >> okay. >> mr. duffy. >> commissioners, the permit was issued to address a notice of violation that was issued by dbi on 20th of september, 2013. an unpermitted event has been installed on the property, and the watershed drains water on the neighbor's property. a building permit was planned to reduce the garden shed to 1 foot or less and to be at least three feet from the property lane. the permit was not in compliance with dbi. so they did apply for a permit. they filed the permit in july, oddly enough but only got it issued in october. and it was project comprised of removing exis

horrible goes back to kitty hawk, north carolina, he takes along with them his brother and horace who is better known as buster. that was his friend and they went back to do some gliding experience. this is one of my favorite pictures from this album. and it shows them and orval is in his usual suit with his vest and coat. and it looks like he had long underwear on. in his camp legs are all rolled up. and he he has a big floppy hat on and it just shows that human side and something else i want to show you this particular album. and it was presented to orval and wilbur wright on the occasion of the american medals at the white house in june of 1909. this particular album contains lots of congratulatory letters and things like that. here is a letter from william howard taft to the wright brothers and owners of what they have accomplished. and also a photograph of them at the white house as well and sister catherine is there with them. and this is william howard taft at the white house in dc welder and orval and other members as well that where was signed in her signature is actually on

horace holmes, abc seven news. >> the temperatures are about to drop more. to check the temperatures, download the abc 7 app to your smart phone. tribute to nelson mandela. people packed a stadium in johannesburg to remember and honor the life of nelson mandela , as well as his legacy. there was singing and dancing. leon harris was there. >> good evening. we are coming live here from outside of the nelson mandela .enter here a handful of blocks away from where he spent his last days on earth. today begun a chance to witness the memorial service in johannesburg. it was big. if you consider the event like it was a rock concert, the , heads act or presidents of state, the secretary general of the u.n., and bono of all people. the main event, it was barack obama. this celebration started before people could get through the doors. continued. and continued. this massive crowd, most had never met mandela. [indiscernible] >> a picture taken before this young man was even born. he has done so much for us. day about this was a nelson mandela and his legacy. they came

on the bad guys on the on the with their press on horoscope or let's get back to it first of all horace you wanted to give me the title of a book yes it's the spirit of democratic capitalism by michael novak a great book about it from the catholics perspective about how capitalism want to work i'll check it out thank you ok earlier today president obama gave a speech right here in washington d.c. over at center for american progress talking about income inequality and economic conditions here's a quote. so the basic bargain at the heart of our economy as freight in fact this trend towards growing inequality is not unique to america's market economy across the developed world that inequality has increased some some you may have seen just last week the pope himself spoke. about this at eloquent length how going to be he wrote that it's not a news item when an elderly homeless person does but suppose you are but it is news when the stock market loses two points so what do you think. why why should it be news when the stock market drops two points but the fact that you know forty forty thou

low level rubble of kyle peterson managing editor of the american spectator and possibly the late horace cooper will show we'll see but kyle thank you for joining with us do you really think cutting out employment insurance to millions of americans is going to cause them to go out and get jobs what rand paul is just what i think the good senator is math as a law there i think he was speaking a little bit. i mean there is there is some evidence. that the existence of unemployment sure it's a long term unemployment insurance makes it easier for people who are unemployed to delay tough decisions about whether they should switch careers whether they should take jobs that pay less than what they previously had so there's some evidence that increases the length of unemployment but i think i think there's two things that i think you're going to sense though doesn't i mean if you've got a master's degree in something then and that's the field you've been working in and the only job you can find is a mcdonald's isn't a rational i mean as in iran rand rational isn't it a rational thing to say you

with their press on and horace cooper let's get back to it first of all horace you wanted to give me the title of a book yes it's the spirit of democratic capitalism by michael novak a great book about a kid from the catholics perspective about how capitalism want to work check it out thank you ok earlier today president obama gave a speech right here in washington d.c. at center for american progress talking about income inequality and economic conditions here's a quote. so the basic bargain at the heart of our economy as freight in fact this trend towards growing inequality.

horace holmes has more on the story. >> handcuffed and escorted out of his home by police, he remained silent as officers waste in the back of their cruiser. the chief of staff for lamar alexander, use charged with dealing child pornography. >> he was a quiet guy. just a good guy, good neighbor. >> neighbors are stunned to see police dissent on his neatly cap tone. what is going on? >> police raided the home. they spent the morning in his house and walked out with bags of boxes of evidence. along with computers. >> it is not something i would've ever suspected. i've never seen children here. the tennessee center released a statement today saying he was stunned, surprise, and disappointed by the news. so were neighbors. >> thank you. ade developments involves in former ub a student convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. why george hubley wants a new trial. plus, a thief caught in the act. where the theft was captured on video and how you can help the least solve the case. the rain, snow, sleet comes to an end. the changes on the way. for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, and str

i'll just say this, that if you think, if you didn't like grant as president, if horace gray had become president, boy, that would've been a disaster. he had no standing at all. the thing that made grant successful is that he was the most popular man in the united states. and in a democracy that counts for a lot. >> that brings me to another question. i want to make clear this question is not about republicans, democrats, party ideas as we see them today but sort of small d. democrats, small or republicans. grain is kind of the more democratic figure in that sense he was the one who had elections, could have run for reelection but decided bad to break with the tradition. even at the time of his final illness and his death was followed closely by papers and have people hanging on wondering what was happening with him and what would become of them. where's john, he wrote about hay he was, i don't know if he was the last one of the great defenders of this sort of tradition of gentlemanly behavior, meeting behind closed doors kind of diplomacy pursued are talking about any kind of quiet jud

>> and your answer. >> it's the kind of evidence. >> you are answering your own question, there horaceper. >> why do you think the justice department is getting involved in this case? >> the justice department. >> it's the kind of case -- it's the kind kind of case show hate crime laws are primarily laws used to prosecute white americans. and not to prosecute. >> how would you prosecute? i will give you the final word. >> the justice department has to start somewhere. why not start with a case where it appears they served the perfect case on a silver platter through the assailant's own words on video. >> one thing we can all agree on. they should go after anybody who engages in this kind of horrible behavior, regardless of race. ms. deboard, mr. cooper, thank you. when we come right back. our beloved dennis miller at his wildest and craziest. it's the very best of miller time. and then, twerking pop star miley cyrus says she is a good role model for women. how can that be? we'll debate it. we hope you stay tuned. we'll be right back. >>> thanks for staying with us, i'm juan williams in

this playground is normally packed and today we saw only one parent and two kids many schools like horace mann elementary practiced shelter m place. >> students were kept indoors and activities were limited. >> we want to make sure they're not overexerting their lungs. >> tomorrow will be another spare the air day. vic lee, abc7 news >> well, this bad air means an unprecedented, 11 straight spare the air lert is in effect and it continues sandhya patel is here, any wind or rain? that could clear this air out? >> yes. we'll be seeing some stronger winds tomorrow night it's going to get breezy by thursday, blustery. bringing us fresher air. advise yiblth down to five miles. oakland area as well. you can see just how poor air quality is. valley,ed moderate. we're expecting better air quality going into thursday. i'll let you know how this is going to affect you other than the fact you'll be able to breathe easier. >> the family of a young oak reasoned girl is getting a reprieve. doctors declared the 13-year-old, jahi mcmath brain dead the family received a little mer ti -- more time. >> repo

horace thompson jr. was sentenced to five years today. he set off a device that was so strong it blew the door off its hinges and the shop's owner was burned and so was thompson. >>> a driving instructor from ashburn has been charged with sex crimes involving two of his own teenage students. 63-year-old khawaja vohra owns aali fastrack driving school. the loudoun county sheriff's office is investigating whether there are more possible victims out there. >>> now to this disturbing story out of mississippi, police say two little brothers were kidnapped, sexually abused and one of them had their throat slashed. the 5-year-old escaped and ran for help. his 8-year-old brother is hospitalized in stable condition. the man right here, this is the system, 41 years old, a lengthy record -- suspect, 41 years old, a lengthy record. he was released from prison in june where he spent time for racketeering. >>> a trip from a casino had a tour bus overturn and killed one passenger and injured two dozen. it happened along interstate 15 in southern califor

. >> reporting live, horace holmes in alexandria. >> here are the top stories. the chief of staff of the senator lamar alexander is behind bars following charges of distributing child pornography. and federal agents raided his home yesterday he tried to hide a portable hard drive. the drive contained videos of underage boys engaging in sexually explicit conduct. >> jury deliberations resume for a sheriff deputy charged with murder. prosecutors say he was motivated by anger and deliberately killed dawkins. >> the cold weather is keeping heating companies very busy. they spent the day repairing broken furnaces. >> tonight, a look at the national crackdown on private theft companies. what we can expect coming up at 6:30. >> the major crackdown tonight. so many travel by bus for holidays. we will tell you about violations that force private companies to shut down. real answers team is back. moneyot of people spend on bottled water. should we? really, $500 a year summer spending on bottled water. does it taste better? do they know the difference? it is our challenge

. >> horace, really interesting stuff.for slicing the numbers of slightly different way today. it is now time for the bwest bite. >> it is the number of mobile phones for every u.s. citizen. there are more phones than u.s. citizens in this country. >> obviously a lot more growth potential. this china mobile thing, i just wonder how many china mobile users are going to buy that. >> certainly more. >> a lot have already migrated to china telecom. >> there is certainly a lot more. >> ok, thank you, cory. that's all for this edition of the show. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> welcome to the late edition of "bloomberg west." recover that media companies that are reshaping our world. i am emily chang. our focus is on innovation, technology, and the future of business. there was a self driving car and then a plan to use whether weather balloons for wi-fi.

that was the sentence handed out to horace thompson.a jury found him guilty in october of the setting fire to a sandwich shop on richmond highway. he poured gasoline side of the shop and ignited it. the explosion and damage to the owner tose the store be her. >> police have identified a deaf woman struck by a car and southwest yesterday. i car leaving a parking garage hit france's parsons as she was walking. she died at the hospital. the case is under investigation. she had a long career in education. she taught for several years before retiring in 1993. >> time friend check on our traffic situation. onthe police activity going in the street as result of the bomb threat was called then, all the road closures in the area have traffic gridlocked. virginia avenue is closed between 24th street. 27th is closed between k street and the rock creek parkway. all that closed off with police activity going on to the south of the freeway. that is where all the police activity continues as police sweep the building at this hour. traffic downtown and

this playground is normally packed and today we saw only one parent and two kids many schools like horaceracticed shelter m place. >> students were kept indoors and activities were limited. >> we want to make sure they're not overexerting their lungs. >> tomorrow will be another spare the air day. vic lee, abc7 news >> well, this bad air means an unprecedented, 11 straight spare the air lert is in effect and it continues sandhya patel is here, any wind or rain? that could clear this air out? >> yes. we'll be seeing some stronger winds tomor

. >> horace, really interesting stuff. slicing the numbers of slightly different way today. it is now time for the bwest byte where we focus on one us a whole tells lot. what have we got? the number of mobile phones for u.s. citizens there are more phones than u.s. citizens in this country. >> obviously a lot more growth potential. this china mobile thing, i just wonder how many china mobile users are going to buy that. >> certainly more. >> a lot have already migrated to china telecom. >> there is certainly a lot more. >> ok, thank you, cory. that's all for this edition of the show. see you tomorrow. ♪ the ecb publishes its economic forecast, mario draghi with a surprising quarter rate cut last month. end of the economic report. its growthp raid forecast for the u.k. >> and china mobile moves a step iphone tooffering the its millions of subscribers networknning a 4g license.

military of the day and this leads to a tragic event at the river in january of 1870 and of which horace and me fan who are in their twenties and teens respectively participate in the slaughter of their own blood relatives and the massacre one of the things that got me interested is that there remains totally obscure french were the folks in colorado know a lot about that folks elsewhere do as well or wounded knee in 1890 and these are sort of the book ends of the indian war of the region of the civil war and it takes place in the middle but it belongs in the conversation with any discussion of such atrocities by the american military forces in the post civil war period. the second calvary assembles having tracked the camp as it turns out which is so often the case in the indian massacres at the [cheering] period overlooking the big event in the river in the extreme north central montana and its bitter cold and a pretty robust standard and of the troops have made a pretty grueling march over land to find this can't and they do they deploy above the camp about 400 men in total and even ev

and over there was a festive spirit has taken hold of millions of brits horace said to be saddled with christmas dad for months to come. and a story of riches to rags for the muslim brotherhood just months after holding the reins of power in egypt the group is now not only banned from the country's political life but officially designated as terrorists. just over two months to go before the sortie olympics athletes are putting our thing they've got into training for a chance and gold that service for a victory is just as strong among the paralympic containers are just getting a caution or follows a story of one athlete found the loss of his legs was no match for sporting ambition. this is only second family thirty six year old by d.m.c. lucan is the captain of the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey paralympic team and this training base as his home mortgages are here almost every day at this training base morning till night training and while the games are just around the corner the athletes are training even harder than after well most of your every day is the say we get up we have

. >> horace holmes is live from frederick with the details tonight. was the onlyee person inside of this building when the robber forced his way in. that robber was wearing a mask, a military back act and he was carrying a gun. and he was carrying a gun. on christmas eve at closing, he came through the members entrance at the moose lodge and asked to be buzzed in. was here for a reason. >> the nighttime bartender was closing up the evening. he said the suspect bounds of the employee with tape and jumped over the bar and rifled through the cash register. >> it is a horrible thing. >> members were shocked. fortunately the employee was not hurt and the robber left quietly but there are cameras everywhere in the lodge and they captured everything. >> i guess you would have to be desperate. >> those cameras everywhere inside will actually help police but the robber was wearing a mask. so they do need some help. homes, abc 7 news. >> still ahead, a christmas surprise for some airline passengers this morning. some deeply discounted flights. mistake. it is al

horace holmes visited. some were happy and some are not so happy about this. thispretty much grew up in neighborhood on georgia avenue and i can tell you i've never seen it quite as busy as it is. but stores like this one are huge. a lot of smiling faces at the shopping carts. >> and then some. >> huge crowds cut the ribbons onto new landmarks in the city. one located at first and 8th street area lacks that's the thing about made metro, that's a good thing. she was one of the first shoppers to walk through the doors this morning, a store that is just down the street room where she lives. that is why it is so exciting to so many people and why it such a big deal to so many who finally have big box shopping options in their neighborhoods. >> i don't have to go out to shop. >> but not everyone is happy to see the big move in next door. >> the family has been operating this dollar store across the street for nearly 15 years. he is not worried about the that walmartt -- brings as much as the inconvenience for customers. took the parking to the other side and there

horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> time to get a check on a messy traffic situation tonight.bob is in the traffic center. >> a lot of red we see on the map and a lot of delays over town. that interlude away from braddock road still stands although it -- all the way to 270. even the outer loop is still quite slow. 395 northbound getting into town is quite slow by the pentagon. the water main work is part of the problem on canal road area that has been a problem. outbound down to one lane. that is the pressure not only on but has been problematic elsewhere. things lookat what like out there. it is simply a mess as we look at the beltway near root for. four.te up toquite slow heading clarksburg and beyond. no incidents along the way. that is what looks like on friday. back to you. up, icc tolls are still piling up for maryland despite a new law to crack down on the problem. hear how much drivers now oh. >> it was scary to quit my job. >> is the ended the year so maybe you are organizing by clean your closet or looking for gifts for the fashionista on your list. either way -- >>

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. >> horace holmes has the story. old.e is only six years imagine a six-year-old trying to fight off a 10-year-old. e father the singl of two young children, trying to protect his little daughter. a little over a week ago, he met his little girl and she got off her school bus near her home. that is when she told him a horrifying story. >> he put his hands inside of my pants and touched me in my private area. >> school patrol officers who ride the bus set his daughter next to older children, one of them a fifth-grader who he says molested his daughter. >> my daughter said stop, stop, and the young man kept going, on top of her. >> he rushed home and called the school principal. the next day, the school identified the 10-year-old boy. an investigation has been going ever since. he claimed this week after thanksgiving break, the boy was back riding on the same school bus with his daughter. he says he wants the boy punished and at least cap away from his daughter. saying little girl is that somebody sexually assaulting he

horace ino philadelphia. >> thank you for taking my call. i was anxious. i had a question i wanted to start -- to ask. -- tell use to know the resting places of these first ladies. it helps us to realize a once lived -- they once lived and not just on paper. >> we will tell you right now because it is another one of helen taft's and her husband's first. >> arlington national cemetery. she is the first first lady to be buried there. she got to be there because -- >> i want to spend a little more time understanding the personality and what you brought to the role of the white house -- first lady of the white house. you mentioned she was very intellectual and even though she did not go to college, she was self educated. how important was this in shaping the role of first lady? washingtoned to make the cultural center of united states. this may people in new york very uneasy. there were some new super columns saying, what are you trying to do? washington do not have a symphony orchestra. she wanted to bring those musical things here but she also wanted to have