thank you for that. >> kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> metro is looking toward the future. tuesday, it isn't failed a plan that will cost about $26 billion over the next 30 years to maintain the system. the plan would include building two new tunnels and could include a new metro stop in georgetown. >> we will see about that. we have heard that before. i had, a situation could have turned deadly after someone shined a laser pointer into a helicopter. >> as an maryland after a dangerous situation involving a police helicopter. >> for officer ed martin, the frightening episode began with a routine training flight over college park in the prince george's county police helicopter. >> at about 800 feet, circling an apartment complex when, all of a sudden, a brilliant loo light came inside the aircraft. >> the men were being hit by a powerful laser in an attack much like these captured on video elsewhere in the country. >> if you can imagine being in a completely black room and a flash bulb going off your eyes. >> it is disorienting. linus -- blindness. >> this shows the real but

kris van cleave has the details. >> once a firefighter always a firefighter. as they were arriving getting ready to battle the fire the fire was consuming the home. he pulled the woman out the back door. he is crediting a four legged friend. >> 21 years on the job, i never pulled up on something like that. >> he retired as a firefighter at five years ago but he saw the smoke from the home and had it right for it. waiting for him, the resident's best friend, a black lab who kept running to the door. >> i noticed there was a lady inside on her knees, about 5 feet with the fire over her head. i ran over, knelt down, crawled in, and dragged her out. >> you were not geared up. >> not at all. just the old instincts kicked in. >> mills took this picture with his phone, moments after pulling her from the doorway filled with flames. >> i think within a couple of minutes, it could have got real bad. i'd like she would have made it out by herself. >> but don't call him a hero. he says he was just doing his job. if that i think the real hero was the dog. he was alerting m

. >> i'm kris van cleave, house g.o.p. lead rers meeting now. will they come up with an answer to the senate bill? we'll find out. >> same-sex couples say i do in maryland. but that is not only the change you can expect in 2013. >> are changes in store for our weather in 2013. steve rudin updates his full forecast now at 6:00. >> this is abc 7 breaking news. >> house republicans are meeting again at this hour -- the struggles in the house. but tonight's top republican leaders say they don't support the bill that is on the table and right now those house republican leaders meeting on the bill. this could be the first day where we could see taxes go up and big deep spending cuts kick in. >> a showdown between democrats and republicans come hours after the senate votes on the measure. >>

john robertson is filling in for kris wallace and he'll discuss the up coming debt ceilingte in an exclusive interview with jim jordan and chris van hollen from maryland. you will want to check your local listings for times on that. >> gregg: pressure is mounting in washington, d.c. to cut aid to egypt. later this month the u.s. set to deliver fighter jets, tankers, millions of dollars in aid to egypt. it's the first part of a $213 million foreign aid deal struck with former president hosni mubarak. now with mohammed morsi as the one leading egypt's government and america's uncertainty, a growing number of critics want the obama administration to pull the plug. >> jamie: over to syria. rebels fighting their way closer to assad stronghold in the capital. reports of another car bombing in damascus as well following a series of deadly attacks at a gas station in the capital that the government is blaming on the rebels. a human rights group is reporting battles south of city and on the road to the airport. meanwhile, state tv says president assad will deliver a speech tomorrow what will be his first major public statement in weeks. >>