listen to dc councilman, jack evans. he supports the decision to stay right here in the district. >> i applause the cancellation agents of this ridiculous contract going on, if the president did it, @ plowed him for doing it, dragon for ten years, convoluted, would cost way too much. never made any sense. so what they got to do keep the fbi here in the district. we have two places, popular point, which is all federal lands, and huge chunk of it, baseball stadium, the other place is the saint elizabeth site, which against, huge piece of federal land could be easily secured. costs half the price whatever they were talking about. >> well, gsa spokesperson reportedly said in a statement that cancelling the project doesn't take away the need that the fbi has for a new headquarters, and that they will continue to work with the fbi to address their space requirements. reporting live, at f.b.i. headquarters, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> the controversy over russia's involvement in the 2016 election has a fresh focus tonigh

. >> reporter: all right, so, what about dc council ma member jack evans? you will remember he is metro board chairman. we asked him about that today. he said he didn't sign on his support. but he needs some time to look at it. he also didn't say he wouldn't sign onto it. we wanted his views on it. so we asked him today. take a listen. >> i'll take a look at it and see where we go from there. the issue to get people not to jump the turnstiles, whatever the punishment may be. >> just to send the right message or wrong message by decriminalizing it? >> i don't think it matters one way or the other, i think security to stop people from jumping the turnstiles. i they they were going not so much jumping, but going through the gate, i believe weaver locked all of the gates. not as easily accessible to go through without paying. so my goal though is to get everybody to pay. >> reporter: we also reached out to metro for comment. the spokesperson there sent us a statement saying while we've not yet reviewed the proposed legislation, stewart of taxpayer funds from fe

council member jack evans is happy about it saying it is cheaper to build a new building in the district. he plans to give two potential sites to president trump. >>> controversy surrounding president's son showing no signs of dying down any time soon. late last night, donald trump jr. went on fox news to defend his action. this came hours after he released an e-mail exchange showing he was eager to hear dirt about hillary clinton from someone billed as a russian government attorney. >> i probably would have done things differently. again, this is before russian mania, before they built it up in the press. this is opposition research, they had something maybe concrete evidence to the stories i was hearing about that were reported for years, not just during the campaign. i think i wanted to hear it out. >> trump junior blamed his decision to take it on the pace of the campaign. how it could impact the confirmation hearing of the fbi director. >>> also on capitol hill, house democrats are expected to make what they call a major policy announcement on health care. this comes as senate repub

council member jack evans applauded the move. the marines say they will use everything they have to figure out what caused the deadly crash of a re fueling plane in mississippi. the military plane crashed in a soybean field yesterday killing more than a dozen fbi is investigating even though the marines say foul play is not suspected. on capital hill today, lawmakers took a moment to reflect and honor the service members who died. the tragedy in mississippi yesterday reminds us that these brave men and women put themselves in harm's way every day, at home and a broad, in training and in combat, in service to our nation . this was the deadliest marine crash in the us or abroad since 2005. >> the fbi is investigating an explosion at a military recruit ment office in oak large audience home a. the explosion happened late last night in the city of bigs bi, which is outside of tulsa. they combed the scene looking for looking for clues. the office was clos ed at the time of the explosion. no witness was hurt the fiive plans to look at

council member jack evans says he is happy about the decision, saying it would be cheaper to build a new building in the district. he plans to suggest two sites to president trump. >>> it is 5:08. the controversy surrounding president trump's son is showing no signs of dying down any time soon. late last night donald trump jr. went on fox news to defend his actions. it came hours after he released an e-mail exchange showing he was eager to hear dirt about hillary clinton from someone billed as a russian government attorney. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again this is before the russian mania, before they were building it up in the press. for me this was opposition research that had something, maybe concrete evidence to all of the stories i had be hearing about, probably underreported for years, not just during the campaign, so i think i wte >> trump junior blamed his decision to take the meeting on the, quote, million miles per hour pace of a presidential campaign. coming up, tracie potts has more on what trump junior said and how it could

we asked councilmember jack evans if he is concerns about the issues. >> i am not concerned about thelid. >> there is nats baseball stadium which is close to this stadium here. that is in southeast. this is southwest. whoever buys the stadium is committed to continuing instruction here. continuing the construction here the stadium is set to open in a year. reporting live from southwest washington i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we are learning more about new jersey governor chris christie's weekend face-off with a fan at a baseball game. >> er so the man on the receiving end of christie's wrath said the governor was upset because he called him a hypocrite. >> i yelled his name and said he sucked. i called him a hypocrite because i thought it needed to be said. he then turned around and walked all the way back toward me and got up in my face for what seemed like a long time. it was probably only 30 seconds or a minute. alison: you might remember a few weeks ago fans booed christie when he caught a foul ball a rate of any governor in the country at 15%. jonathan: he has that

council member jack evans metro chairman not fully supportive of this decriminalization effort. >> i think we are putting a lot of district and tax dollars to helping metro and with where they are and district residents should not be locked up. the issue is to get people not to jump turn styles of what the punishment may be. >> does this september right or wlong message. to stop them from jumping turn styles. they were not just jumping turn styles but gate. we i believe locked all gates. it's not as easily accessible to two through without paying. my goal is to get everybody to pay. >> we've been conducting poll on twitter. since last night. and so far 56% of those responding say they support getting a way from this threat of jail time. and for people who evade fares here. 56% support what. it rayon white is drying to do. this goes to council soon. it's only for fare evasions guys in the disstrilingt this is does not affect jurisdictions in maryland and virginia. >>> it will be interesting. we'll talk about him at 8:00 this morning. we'll get answers from him directly. still ahead th

. >> why does jack evans say good decision?upported the development of the city on many levels says, look, we can put the fbi headquarters near the nationals's ballpark, and he says we are pwbg in the game, and i don't know if the city is or not but it has been changed. >> is there any chance at all? >> it's not a good position for maryland to be in having but one in all congressional democrats. >> you can answer this question, because i hear it enough or i would address it. and some people trump killed the idea because he's mad at the fbi, and it seems to me that is not true. >> i have not heard a lot of credible people saying that. this is why it happened this week. this week was the week they were going to markup the justice spending and at some point we have to have a conversation of where are we in the administration, and we are nowhere and the fund something not nearly close to what it has to be. >> tory stewart is tossing his hat in the ring for the strong egs republican for the gop nomination, and he says if he wins he