find out why tonight when 7 on your side troubleshooter horace holmes brings us "who is watching yourhild?" that report on abc 7 news at 11:00. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, just days away from the 89th annual academy awards. we bring you the reasons why "la la --my: we are counting down now just three days to the oscars this year's heaviest contender -- "la la land." land"of cour "la la could take the big prize at the oscars the sunday, having tied the record for most him in nations with 14. it is no coincidence that the sweetheart of the 2017 awards season looks and sounds a lot like a flashback. two academy award nominated films of the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. the planetarium waltz coming from the scene in "broadway melody," this scene from "sweet charity," and hit ryan gosling's costume of course from "singin' in the rain." >> ryan was of course inspired by it. we cannot not geive a little wink to it. jummy: kidd o'shea will be live. and start watching him on "good morning can watch the oscars here on abc 7. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which i

horace: that is a no-win situation there. thanks. jonathan: take a look at this. fire seriously damaging five buildingsings in a car at a georgetown apartment complex. someone put fireplace ashes where they should not have. an attached garage destroyed. nearby homes had the siding melted to the tune of $40,000 in damage. fortunately in this no one was hurt. in prince george's county, the fire started at noon in glenn dale offspringfield and severn road. they are working on another brush fire this one is in laurel. michigan in minutes, air force to washington. his arrival comes as he marks the first month in office. that time has been busy marked with white house meetings, executive orders, protest, court battle over his immigration order and resignation of a top adviser. today the top adviser spot was filled as the president named h.r. mcmaster as the new national security adviser. general mcmaster is currently the director of the army capability integration center. while the president was making that announcement, thousands rallied in cities across the country. s

. >> three major insurers, travelers, the hartford and horace mann say distracted driving is a key factorthe average premium has jumped 16% to $926 a year since 2011. >> we're talking about a generation that was texting first, driving second. when they get behind the wheel, it's going to be hard to break that habit and get them driving safely from the get-go. >> it's not just teen drivers. 36% of all teen drivers text and drive, costing everyone. >> many people who are distracted driving certainly aren't going to admit to it. so what winds up happening is these costs are imposed on the system overall. everyone is a victim of distracted driving. >> to reduce premiums, experts say take a defensive driving course. opt for a higher deductible or shop around for a better insurance rate. le bay plans to rework her family budget. >> we have a plan figured out with more baby sitting and now it's like -- >> with this i'm probably going to have to find another way to earn more money. >> what's the one piece of advice you give her when she hits the road? >> don't text and drive. don't use your phone

we wanted to find out, so tonight horace holmes reveals the finding around an 11 month prices. retail when is a product really on sale. >> this suit was on sale for 60% off and i guarantee you that if i go there now it will be about the same price. autria: should we believe the ads promising the discounts? find out tonight in his story -- is it really on sale. larry: saturday night live is at it again. reprisingcarthy now, "good morning washington" has four tickets for you for the hottest show in town. the globetrotters, playing at the verizon center. call a number seven? you are going. -- caller number seven? you are going. if you don't win today, check in again tomorrow for another shot. vj? morattico: it is going to be windy -- one thing's for sure, this winter is going -- has been acting a lot like early spring, where you get those big windy days. taking a look at the capital, the sun is coming up here. still windy from now to noon, 1:00, the wind will be in this range, 40 to 50 miles per hour. the occasional wind gust coming through, good enough to notice the debris going

crews responded to reports of flames at the pool house here on horace avenue. investigators will be looking for the cause of this fire later today. >>> today mike pence is in germany on his first overseas trip as vice president. he met with chancellor angela merkel just a short time ago. the vice president also told a conference of diplomats and security officials this morning that the u.s. supports nato and will, quote, hold russia accountable. this as president trump looks for new common ground with moscow. >>> the next step in president trump's first 100 days in office is a campaign rally style in florida. he then heads to mar-a-lago th state. yesterday president trump made a stop in charleston south carolina. he looked over the new dreamliner jet. president trump spoke to boeing employees pledging that american workers, quote, will always win. you may remember trump blasted boeing over the cost of the new air force one project. he said negotiations are continuing and taxpayers are saving money. >>> back in our area this morning, philadelphia police are inve

. >> reporter: three major insurers travelers, the hartford, and horace mann say distracted driving is factor. the average premium has jumped 16% since 2011. >> we're talking about generation that was texting first, driving second. when they get behind the wheel, it's going to be hard to break that habit and get them driving safely from the get go. >> reporter: it's not just teen drivers. 36% of all drivers text and drive costing everyone. >> many people who are distracted driving certainly aren't going to admit to it. so what winds up happening is these costs are imposed on the system overall. everyone is a victim of distracted driving. >> reporter: to reduce premiums, experts say take a defensive driving course. opt for a higher deductible or shop around for a better insurance race. she plans to rework her family budget. >> we have this whole plan figured out with more babysitting. and now it's like -- >> but now i'm probably going to have to find a way to earn more money. >> reporter: what's the one piece of advice you give her when she hits the road? >> don't use your phone at all.

horace avenue, just after 1:00 k them about an hour to get that fire under control. one taken to the hospital, after tripping over stairs. the investigation is still under investigation. >> philadelphia landmark open for business again. following a burglary. john's roast pork serving up famous sandwiches after somebody broke into the shop and stole more than $4,000 while police still working to see who did it, they're grateful for the support of their community. >>> that's what we're known for, city of brotherly love, and i'm born and raise in the south philly. so i'm very proud philadelphia girl, i really am. so that's what we're all about. we stick together. >> tonight police are reviewing surveillance video, looking for clues. >> the search continues for the gunman who opened fire at the vfw in willingboro injury two people. the shooting happened during the weekly ladies night just before 11:30 thursday. witnesses say one of the guests became unruly and was told to leave. that's when they say he came back with a gun, shooting two veterans. one of the victims descr

horace greeley in new york warned this would threaten the republican victory. it was voter suppression, and republicans would not win if the bill was passed. what everybody did. he held a public meeting so that everybody could yell, shout, and .nnounce -- denounce and he invited this famous republican in his new home town, to attend. abraham lincoln did not attend. he was still being very careful about those know nothings, or former know nothings, with nowhere to go. and this was 1859. he was not yet ready to a p or the public meeting. and that is an important -- ready to appear at a public meeting. and that is an important, may disappointing, thing. thetter was published in german press. lincoln figured it would be read only by germans. he wrote, understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of man, i am opposed to whatever tends to do grade them. i have some little note awry re: notoriety forttle supervising with the strife of the negro. this is a milestone. this is the speed letter all over again. little toned down. you don't hear abou

michelle: "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes brings us who is watching your child.ight on abc7 news at 11:00. jonathan: coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- power vampires. forget the cable bil your power payments. you might rethink recording your favorite shows. that's next. ♪ john: electric bills are going up and up these days thanks to the rate hike and the high-tech appliances and the tvs in our home. but one could be one of the biggest power hogs. the cable d.v.r. they call them power vampires. things that suck power 24 hours a day. >> the coffee maker not making coffee is sucking down energy. >> that is $1.25 a month even if you don't make any coffee. but the biggest vampire according to a new report in the "l.a. times" is your cable d.v.r. it is always on with a winning hard drive running all night using 35 watts of power. the "l.a. times" says it could cost $8 a month. now use 6 watts and that is another dollar. from the doesn't that stink file? comparison of the power drain. computer in sleep mode is 7 watts. c.f.l. bulb outside the door at night is 13

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words design to unite >> reporter: in a tea trieded political climate of politically active people horaceative as artists are , this project could be more challenging then it sound but results showed that these who submitted their work embraced the tea sign to unite theme as within of the many tools in voicing their message >> they are like oh, let me do this for a change. i have been watching, protesting, i have made those kind of posters. let's make something that has this kind of a message. >> reporter: they are on difficulties lay at fishtown and blue cast death and images of love. >> let love grow is really having a strong message. >> reporter: strong politically based messages without the any rhetoric. >> clearly tells and republicans have to work together. >> reporter: some pieces on advertise play took the theme one step further and in the only told us what the artists thought but asked us to to think and participate as well. >> this is a piece, installation where she asks the question what is love to you and she asked a lot of people to contribute. >> reporter: to buying art isn'

horace barnett. sheriff rainey was acquitted. he would never spend one day in prison for his part in this. and we are very confident that he played a role. the last person convicted in this case was 2005. yes, your lifetime. when a grand jury convicted edgar killen of three counts of murder. to threes sentenced consecutive twenty-year terms. he was 80 years old. we also know that there will be no more prosecutions from the mississippi burning case. just this summer, june, 2016, the cemetery there, the -- nice symmetry there, june. the mississippi attorney general and the civil rights division of the justice department declared that the evidence has been degraded by memory and time. there are no more individuals that are living now that we can make a case on at this point and they have closed the investigation into the murders of schwerner, chaney, and goodman. so what are the results of freedom summer? what happened? the civil rights movement will never be the same. sncc will never be the same. mississippi will never be the same.

with horace greeley as his friend and mentor. he ended up owing money. it was a source of great shame and anger for vanderbilt. his first wife said that his attitude toward corneel was stubborn in consistency. this relationship is important, but it was one of the ways in which i got access to this moral and emotional complexity. a man because these great personal capabilities comes across as this kind of two-dimensional figure. cornelius, it brings up this human side and complicated feelings. >> the whole relationship with the first wife put in the asylum for a while and took out. a lot of ups and downs around vanderbilt's probable propensity for various mistresses. >> very hard to tell. >> the thing about the statue for a moment. the physical city that vanderbilt shaped, he was these -- this land speculator. he loaned money here and there. he built these depots. it is amazing to me, the rise and fall of the time. you have st. john's park. which, gramercy -- which gramercy park is modeled after. it was, in the space of 40 years, it went from being a plot

you can go around this country and find a lot of schools named after horace mann and his commitment to high-quality public education. the system that he helped create is the one in which many of us grew up in. i went to public schools in connecticut and my mother went to public schools in weathersfield, connecticut. they met in public schools in weathersfield, connecticut. my wife went to a public school in connecticut and my kids go to public school today. i'm trying to figure out why my office got 13,000 phone calls and emails with regard to this nomination, i think it's because public education is so deeply connected to who we feel we are as a country. we feel that we're the most powerful, most affluent nation on earth because of our unique commitment to public education -- this idea that in order to succeed, you needed, first, to have access to learning -- to the ability to read and write and do arithmetic, to be able to think creatively about science and the history of your country and your people, but also because public education is personal. when we talk about who we are -- whe

this included the need for a universally literate work force in the 1830's and the creation of horace man's common school movement. it demanded the turn of the 20th century turned out of date latin schools with progressive high schools that prepared students for the emerging industrial work force. the challenge of providing world war ii veterans with a career path and the creation of the g.i. bill for college education, and the need to tear down the barriers of jim cro crowe school systems in the 1950's and 1960's. too often as a country we confronted these challenges too late and at the tragic expense of our fellow americans' potential. with all deliberate speed has proven not fast enough, especially for children living in places like the mississippi delta and south central los angeles. at each of these turning points, we have asked for more from our public schools. to their credit, our educators, teachers, specialists and principals have risen to the challenge, many times much sooner than the rest of us. they have helped us build a nation admired for our forward progress, for opport

can you do a shift at the horace school right now? you're the best.s around. >> you are fierce. >> long pause. >> perfect. >> just for dramatic effect. >> are you like this in real life? >> 100%. just like that. >> no. i'm a kill 'em with kindness kind of gal. she's a kill 'em gal. we go about things a little differently. i will protect my family fiercely. but it looks very different. >> the show is amazing. did you feel it would be a hit? you have an all-star cast. it seems like a fun cast. >> it's a wonderful cast. it's one of the reasons i signed on, aside from the brilliant writing. for me, it felt like a hit. but you never know. you can read a script and it's wonderfully written. you never know how it comes together. i'm happy it's doing really well. i'm happy to be on a show that's gotten a second season. never happened before for me. that's a step in the right direction. >> i'm a huge fan of yours. >> thank you. >> i watch all of your comedic roles and your films. was it different playing a serious, badass character like that? >> it is. i love