i> michelle: this fire in fort washington where the prince george's county fire department says a proper inspection may have prevented this. cheryl conner followed a chimney cleaning crew to see how the work can keep the fire in the fireplace. cheryl: it's a dirty job but he doesn't mind doing it. he is a chimney sweeter, work that is in demand following the weekend fires. >> there is a brush head that is stuck inside to prevent the flow. >> charlotte likes to burn wood several times a week. >> the smoke coming back to the house. >> no fire for christmas since the fireplace needs repairs but they might have prevented what we saw. a missing brick in the shimny allowed the fire to travel to the home in fort washington. malfunctioning fireplace was the cause of the house fire in ashburn on friday. there are big fires recently. i felt it was time to get it clean. you may not know three levels of inspection. the first is a visual look. the second will send a cam ro to the -- camera to the chimney. it costs more but most recommended. >> don't not relight it if you have suspicions. >> i saw smo

michelle: how is that ever a good idea? i don't get it. jonathan: not going to work from the get-go. michelle: not at all. mayor bouzer is -- mayor bowser is home for holidays at the halfway point. they launched a program to house people in private apartments by january 15. as of today they have found homes for 252 people including this mother of three who moved in an apartment in southeast this morning. >> we were put in the hotel, we place. >> happy? >> beyond happy. i'm blessed. >> to be in the house and have a roof over our head. i'm blessed with my mom. michelle: beautiful. just in time for the holidays. with nearly 150 families to go, the d.c. human services believe they will reach the goal by january 15. but they are urging private landlords to call the city if they have units available. jonathan: the gymnasium at the prince george's county police headquarters is packed with 50,000 toys. we at abc7 and the newschannel8 are proud to partner with the toys for tots, marine and the prince george's county police department for the toys fo

alison: i agree with you. michelle: impossible. are still very mild outside with temperatures in the mid and upper 50's. the high temperature today was 60 degrees in 56 andrews, but the cooler air is coming, 39 right now, 46 in cumberland. not a big rainmaker, picking up to a quarter inch of rain, some spots less, some spots more. hagerstown .32. officially d.c. .07 of an inch. we will add a little more, but not much. the bulk of the rainfall has moved off to the east, heaviest over delaware and off the shore of new jersey, down into ocean city as well. that continues to move off the eastern seaboard. the front is back towards the west, so there is some time the next couple hours where we will pick up showers, but behind this not only does it dry but chilly. currently very clear to see where the cold front is. 57 d.c., penn state college, 42, 32 columbus. that is not the temperature change. we are warmer than we were at the same time yesterday, but some places, indianapolis 32 degrees cooler than the same time last night. same with

i am michelle griego. >> and i am kenny choi. news the pouring in following the death of mayor ed lee. we have joe vazquez live in san francisco with much more outside the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> reporter: yes. i am standing outside the hospital where inside it is a scene of grief and shock among members of the mayor's staff, among his family, that the mayor of san francisco suddenly died overnight. so we spoke with former san francisco mayor willy brown about mayor ed lee's passing. he tells us that the mayor was grocery shopping when he collapsed. >> he would do his family chores still. one of his family chores was to shop for the family at appropriate safeway store in his neighborhood. >> at the time he was shopping he had obviously an incident involving a heart attack and he was -- they did everything they could to possibly save him. >> reporter: former mayor willy brown said mayor ed lee made a huge impact during his long career at city hall. >> i don't know san francisco without ed lee. he has been a p

michelle: speaking of cost, "7 on your side" tracking toes on i-66. the peak rate reached $40 for the first time. kidd o'shea snapped the picture and posted it on twitter. that is for solo drivers. if you have a passenger and an easy pass flex to the right side there is no charge. alison: wow! $40. no other way to put it. he slammed the current metro board. former transportation secretary ray la hood contracted by virginia now to review the transit agency is pitching a dramatic overhaul. proposed changes here. brianne: the former u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood releasing the report commissioned by the virginia governor terry mcauliffe and his plan on how to fix metro. the number one element of the plan beginning with the governance of metro, performing metro's board. today ray la hood calling the current 16-member board unwielding and parochial and said it's time for a smaller board. the report calls for five-member reform board by the mayor, d.c. and the transportation secretary. here is how he says it would work. >> we are recommending a t

i. >> and michelle williams takes on the fallout. >> we're all living in the >> but first, the "nightline 5." >>> good eveninin here tonight major update to a "nightline" practice known as passing ing. the trash when administrators unload teachers accused of sexual misconduct to other schools. the new mexico attorney general opened a grand jury investigation. now even more alleged victims are coming forward. here's abc's amy robach. improper places. ching us in >> reporter: this is the rarely seen footage of a young girl alleging abuse in her school classroom. >> are you more comfortable in that chair? >> yeah. >> reporter: struggling to find the right words to describe the inexplicable as part of a 2009 police investigation into abus elementary school in espanola, new mexico. >> he touched us like right here and all that and sometimes he stuck his hand deeper in and then i used to always wear my jacket and then i never wear skirts. i would wear pants because i was afraid. >> so when you say he stuck his hands right here, what does that mean, on your clothes or on your skin? >> on my skin

. >> i hope i say not what michelle was not going to say and i tee her up. we did look at cohesion in the eu as part of game theory analysis. we found, we showed several cleavages, potential cleavages. so i won't to into those because i assume michelle will do a better job. i will say despite those cleavages, the e.u. has a very powerful tool to stay aligned even if there is great disagreement within the eu, even as we discussed in the game theory section, after two years the uk is out, and the eu because there is not a large economic effect to the overall eu economy, there are large economic effects to particular sectors in particular countries, the eu really can walk away. and so doing some kind of internal negotiation to satisfy everybody is not necessarily a high priority for the eu. >> just three very brief points. i think it's forgotten that the trade patterns that the uk have with member-states vary and something that the report really picks up on and i think, you know, this is really significant for ireland that it has come up but signi

good morning, i am michelle griego. >> and i am kenny choi. a moment of silence in honor of mayor ed lee, all public transit stopped briefly in the bay area to pay tribute. this is a live look at a bart train in san leandro. an announcement of the mayor's death was also made on the trains. flags are at half staff across the city of san francisco to remember the mayor for the next 30 days. >> just a short time ago the mayor's body was transferred from the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital to the medical examiner's office where his cause of death will be officially determined. >> reporter: yes. people have been leaving flowers and candles on the steps of city hall. many staffers here with tears in their eyes. overall whether or not you believed in his politics, the mayor was well loved and fought for what he believed in. >> like me, ed grew up in public housing and grew up with a profound sense of community. >> reporter: he was from the dawn of his career, an advocate for the powerless, a voice for the overlooked, someone that fought for

what i want to do with bob michele what i want to do with that's what i want to do with bob michele is he does every year, the bond market awards. i think it is absolutely brilliant. bob: we are going to have some fun now. jonathan: we're going to rattle through them. you chose bond of the year. can you walk me through bond of the year? bob: in distorted markets you have to look for something that is most distorted. i went with the violia zeroes. a triple-b rated issue. forget about the fact that money -- that they borrowed money for three years. they actually got lender's to pay them money to take their money. it had a yield of -3 basis points. if that is not a sign of distorted markets, i don't know what it. jonathan: lifetime achievement award? bob: got to give it to janet yellen. i actually think she is a really cool lady. she got into the fed. she helped normalize policy, and she is also the fed chair in 40 years to have a term without a recession happen. jonathan: comeback player of the year? bob: lots of potential candidates. it has got to be developed market government bonds. e

and i put my hand on his side of the bed and i remember feeling it empty. >> michelle says she darted from the bed and ran around the boat calling for her husband mark. no answer. >> the captain told me that he went jogging. so i started jogging all up and down the beach looking for him. and i just had this horrible feeling, which continued for the rest of that day. >> there was plenty of time to think in those anxious hours. was he dead? injured? kidnapped? was their gilded lifestyle about to end in tragedy? >> i really believe that he was my soul mate and he believed that, too. and he was just the kindest, most gentle man i had ever met. >> really a prince charming. >> absolutely. >> the night before he vanished, mark had seemed so happy, posing for a dinner time picture with michelle and a friend. now he was gone. by midafternoon michelle was a frantic ball of nerves, clearly mark was not out jogging, as the yacht's captain had told her earlier that morning. so she demanded answers. >> the captain finally said, well, i'm just going to tell you where he is now because you're on the

i am michelle griego. >> and i am kenny choi.e got word he died after 1:00 this morning at the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> he was surrounded by friends and family and colleagues. lee was 65. in a statement the mayor's office of communications said, quote... san francisco with more, joe? i cant imagine sf without ed lee....he has been apart of human righ >> action, of course, is pouring in. kpix 5 news joe vazquez is live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: kenny, he was surrounded by family members and staff members at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. we are told by former mayor willy brown that mayor ed lee was shopping at safeway when he collapsed. he had a cardiac arrest. i spoke with mayor willy brown a short while ago. take a listen... >> i don't know san francisco without ed lee. he has been a

i am michelle griego. >> and i am kenny choi.the east bay on 880 in oakland. not looking too bad, pretty light. and on the left the golden gate bridge. clear conditions near the bridge this morning. >> it is nice, beautiful and clear. it will be that way all day. but we have changes ahead which i will get to in a moment. let's take a live look out of the future tower. you can see the skyline. san francisco is sitting at 50 degrees. san jose is 43. 35 in santa rosa. our headlines, a clear start. chilly temperatures. things will start to warm up. it will be nice, sunny and mild. there are chances for rain in the middle of the week. i will tell you about that a little

i am michelle griego. >> and good morning. i am kenny choi. let's start with traffic, first. >> yes. we have a few brake lights along 80. there is an accident on the upper deck of the bay bridge. it is slowing things down. 880 not bad. southbound a little busy. southbound 880 right before the san mateo bridge slow and go. we will check the san mateo bridge coming up. here is emily. >>> well, it is clear skies. at the transamerica tower toward the north end of san francisco, nice, clear and beautiful. the temperatures dipping to the 30s in some parts. 37 in concord, 35 in santa rosa and san francisco is at 49 degrees. our headlines for the day, clear start and chilly temperatures. sunny today, cool to mild temperatures, although there is a chance of rain by midweek. i will tell you about the changes in a little bit. in the meantime the highs today in the low 60s. 62 in santa rosa, 6 in fairfield, warmer in livermore at 64 and the southbound is 65. and 61 in pacifica and san francisco is 62 degrees. again, i will tell you about those rain chance

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>> i want to give her a chance to come in and up at howard. -- >> i hope that i say not what michelle going to say and that i teach her off. we look at this as part of the game theory analysis. showed several cleavages, potential cleavages and so i will not go into this because i assume that michelle will do a better job. but i will say is that despite the cleavages, the eu has a very powerful tool to stay aligned. even if there is great disagreement within the eu and that is, as we discussed in that game theory section, after two years the uk is out.and the eu, because there is not a large economic effect, to the overall eu economy, there are large economic effects to particular sectors in particular countries. the eu really can walk away and so, doing some kind of internal negotiation to satisfy everybody is not necessarily a high priority for the eu. >> just three very brief points. i think it's forgotten that the trade patents uk have with member states vary. something it really picks up on. and i think that you know this is very significant for ireland but it is also significant