councilman marion barry. -- a new honor could be in the works for marion barry. >> wegmans new alexandria store will be opening on telegraph road in the kingstown area. you'll be the seventh wegmans grocery store in virginia and will create about -- it will be the seventh wegmans grocery store in virginia and will create about 500 jobs. is planned for the corner of 14th street that includes nearly 400 apartments. the proposal also includes a couple's park and transitional living facility for those recovering from substance abuse. the arlington county board will vote on the issue in the coming weeks. a d.c. council member wants to rename the university of the district of columbia after the late marion barry, but it's not clear if the proposal has the support on the council or campus. >> according to the councilmembers legislation udc would be renamed after marion barry. >> we should honor him properly, the same way we did george washington. >> he said that barry deserves the same. u he pickeddc because of barry's extensive education. even some of barry's closest allies on the capital have

council member marion barry. he represented some of the city's poorest residents for almost three terms. bruce johnson reports ward 8 residents are looking for the candidate who can bring them the same prosperity the rest of the district is experiencing. >> reporter: the voters out here in ward 8 now in this special election in april they got to pick somebody to replace marion barry on the d.c. council. they know what the needs are, but they aren't sure who they want. after the talk about yesterday's super bowl and the seahawks play call that gave the patriots the win -- >> it's intercepted at the goal line. >> reporter: -- the special ward 8 d.c. council race is the talk. for the first time in nearly 12 years someone other than the late marion barry will represent ward 8 citizens on the d.c. council. >> ward 8 needs more affordable housing, need more jobs. >> reporter: the issues are well known in this barbershop. >> the stores and the restaurants and be able to walk around the green space that we'll have, the w

this student wasn't sure. >> i don't know. >> you doent know who marion barry? >> no. who is he? this is my first semester here. i have no idea. >> name change advocates say that's exactly why this is necessary. so younger washingtonians know barry's legacy. opponents agree but say mayor muriel bowser already named the summer youth employment program after barry and they say there are plenty of other options across the district to honor him. mike conneen, abc 7 news. >> up next on abc 7 news at 5 5:00, a man accused of running a revenge porn website convicted. the punishment he could face. >> an 84-year-old viewer contacts "7 on your side" after getting nowhere in her efforts to get her car back from a local auto repair shop. you won't believe how long that shop had her car and the unexpected resolution in our >> for the past year a local woman has been in a battle with a mechanic to get her car back. this is after paying in more than $2,000 for service. she turned to "7 on your side" for help and troubleshooter horace holmes shows us what happened next. >> what can i do? i'm 84 y

university. >> that is not a bad id considering all that marion barry has done for the city, but at the same time that's a large leap. >> i think he's a very significant part of d.c. and d.c. history and black culture and to name the university after him would be great. >> councilman vincent orange proposed the name change today. ward 3 council member mary cheh who represents the udc area is against it saying the district's university should bear the district of columbia's name. >>> today a ceremony on capitol hill brought house speaker john boehner to tears. he choked up while awarding the congressional gold medal to an elite military strike force the from world war ii. >> these men saved the free world and now are free to savor the triumph and share their stories for years to come. >> the devil's brigade helped liberate france and italy in the war and their covert operations involved everything from mountain climbing to amphibious landing, even parachuting. >>> rosa parks determination can now be seen in an entirely new way starting tomorrow. parks, of course, known for refusin

she is against naming the school for marion barry. she says the city's university should bear the district of columbia in its tame. >>> jordan reacted -- name. >>> jordan reacted swiftly to the brutal murder after pilot by isis militants. they hung two terrorists including a would-been suicide bomber and they did this just hours after isis released the gruesome video showing a jordanian fighter pilot being burned to death in a cage. we have more from jordan. >> reporter: jordanian justice came down swiftly. two prisoners executed at dawn. their bodies taken away for burial a short time layer. one of those hanged was sajida al-rishawi, the iraqi suicide bomber locked up? yore dan since -- jordan since 2005 when she tried to blow her up at a wedding reception that left almost six people dead. she was jordan's key bargaining chip this negotiations between jordan and isis who captured muath al-kasasbeh when his fighter jet crashed during a bombing raid over syria in december. video showing the pilot's gruesome death was high lie produced

it shouldn't be marion barry university. >> reporter: d.c. councilman vincent orange is behind the proposed name change. >> i think now is the time to honor him properly by renaming the university of district of columbia. >> reporter: he said barry who died last november at age 78 deserves the honor. barry served four terms as mayor, three terms as ward 8 councilman. >> he's always for the citizens of the district of columbia and even president clinton said he portland hard for the civil rights -- he fought hard for the civil rights act, the voting rights act. >> we don't call it the jefferson university who founded university of virginia. >> our state university, which is the equivalent here, should be named after the state, university of the district of columbia is what it should be and there will be ample, ample other naming opportunities. >> reporter: others point out that the name change could kill the city's only public university with its more than 5,000 students, many of them working or lower income residents, but you like changing the

funeral, what are we going to name in this city after marion barry. i never thought about udc. >> they haven't thought about it either because they've never been told about this. >> there are going to be people who wouldn't name a hub cap after marion barry. i know that. but let's remember this marion barry was an extremely intelligent man. i think he was working on his phd in chemistry, his own african-american university of tennessee in that chemistry department. he obviously sacrifice thad to get involved with snik. i think it would be appropriate. >> what's the downside bremante, as you see it? >> the downside is locally folks may know about marion barry, but nationally students don't know that. if they take that transcript somewhere, those outside of this area may see that and that might not be such a positive on a student trying to move forward. budget? >> the big problem is the budget and how do you fund a free college? the president is running into trouble for the education initiatives he wants to have on small colleges and things like that. i

. >>> today marion barry's son will be back in a d.c. courtroom on charges he threatened a bank teller. according to doubt rcourt documents, the ban wouldn't will he him withdraw from an overdrawn account. he tlooushrew a chair and broke a security camera. he's running for his late fair father's d.c. council seat. >>> thomas claggett and kenmoor will be closed. kenmoor will be converted to an early childhood education center. the board also voted to move some sixth grade students from elementary school into middle school. around 200 students will be affected. it's part of the board's long term plan to shift all sixth grade classes to middle schools. studies have shown sixth graders perform better when in a middle school setting. >>> our thermometer only telling part of the story as you step outside this morning. it will feel like the coldest day this winter. the windchills you'lling dealing with throughout the day. plus protecting your pets in these extreme conditions. what you need to know to keep them warm and pain-free. >>> also ahead

a trial date is set for the son of marion barry. he found out that his assault trial will take place on the 30th. he threw a tantrum at a pnc bank in chinatown when a teller refused to cash a check. the teller said that barry did not have the funds to cover it. >> give them what everyone deserves which is presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> christopher barry is a candidate for his late father's d.c. council seat. he said he is still very much in the race. he was charged with voyeurism last year. now prosecutors say he recorded more than 100 and the women at a jewish ritual bath. he taught at georgetown and towson university's as well as the university of maryland. new details about what led to a death at a hotel. david sent a message to his wife saying he would be home around 8:30 on monday night. by 2:00 a.m., she called police. police are looking for a person of interest. there is a $25,000 reward for information that will lead to an arrest. for people who have diabetes having a jewel that signals highs and lows is key. many

marion c. barry has pleaded not guilty. a pnc bank employee wouldn't let barry withdraw from an already overdrawn account and he threw a trash cap and broke a surveillance camera. barry is currently running for his late father's vacant ward 8 d.c. council seat. >>> you use them daily, computer credit cards, but how cyber savvy are you? today the white house will host a summit on cyber security and consumer protection. president obama headed to san francisco last night to deliver remarks at stanford university. the summit is designed toity for both the go. and the u.s. businesses. protecting american consumers is also a top priority. >>> maryland transportation crews will immediately begin inspecting more than two dozen bridges across the state. the bridges are all similar to this one in morning side. a chunk of concrete fell on to a woman's car on tuesday. you see that right here. that bridge was deemed structurally deficient, but it's still safe to travel over. you can find out whether you travel over or under one of the 2

others not so sure. >> that is not a bad idea considering all that marion barry has done for the city but at the same time, that's a large leap. >> ward 3 councilmember mary cheh who represents the udc community says she's against it. she said the university should bear the district's name. >>> get your tickets. tonight's power ball jackpot is expected to grow beyond the current $317 million. >>> a middle school girl wins a national app competition. more on that coming i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. people of the coffee-drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter -- put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >>> it's cold but not that cold for this time of year. we're in the 20s and low 30s right

. >> and a new proposal to honor marion barry but just how is d.c.'s council and the public reacting to the idea of marion barry university? well, so just how cold is that deep freeze in the midwest we've been telling you about? check out this picture. the mississippi river frozen over. this was taken in lacrosse wisconsin on sunday. wow. picture tells 1,000 words there. >> yes it does. >> that happens sometimes. i remember times when the chesapeake bay was frozen or big chunk of the shoreline was. that happens every now and then not necessarily this winter. i'm glad that real intense feel of winter is out of the air this morning. let's start with this image here. live picture from our weather bug camera in alexandria. what a beautiful late afternoon. clear skies. good look at the full moon later this evening and just to the left of the full moon you may be able to make out that bright object in the 8:00, 9:00 position to the left of the moon, that's the planet jupiter. watch for that in a couple of hours. temperatures below average but again, when yo

mayor marion barry. a source squirms with wusa9 the government -- confirms with wusa9 the government has offered a plea deal to barry for an alleged incident last month at a northwest bank. barry is accused of getting into an argument, threatening a worker and throwing a trash camera. he would plead guilty to an attempted threat and destruction of property and his simple assault charge would be dropped. barry has a few weeks to decide. >>> former baltimore ravens player ray rice is apologizing to fans asking for forgiveness. rice posted a statement on his facebook page that reads in part, "there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made." this statement comes almost exactly one year after rice was arrested for assaulting his now wife inside a casino elevator in atlantic city. the ravens terminated rice's contract last september. he reportedly plans to move back to his homestate in new york in hopes of relaunching his football career. >>> we have a major positive up

mayor marion barry. marion christopher barry is due in court on may 20th. barry was arrested and charged after police say he got angry at a p.n.c. bank in china town when a teller refused to cash a check. the bank said barry didn't have the funds to cover it. we spoke to barry's lawyer outside the courthouse today. >> we just that everyone take their time and give them the right that everyone deserves which is presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> well christopher barry is a candidate for his late father's d.c. council seat and he told reporters he is still in the race. >> you know we don't often get to hear from people who survive a plane crash when the plane is completely destroyed. mainly because there are rarely many survivors in those kinds of instances. today, the pilot of a plane that went down is talking about going through such a harrowing experience. maryland bureau chief brad bell rather, has a story that you'll see only on 7. >> after five days in the hospital, jeff barnett hobbled home today with lots of stitches, a few broken bones and an

marion c. barry pleaded not guilty a according to court documents a pnc bank teller wouldn't let him withdraw from an already overdrawn account. he threw a trash can and broke glass. barry is currently running for his late father's ward 8 d.c. council seat. >>> today we're going to find out a new trial date for jesse matthew. in court for a hearing. last week a fairfax county judge agreed to delay his rape trial in fairfax. his lawyers requested the delay to have more time to analyze dna evidence. this week matthew was charged with the murder of a uva student, hannah graham. >>> a developing story out of new orleans pap shooting along a mardi gras parade route, part of a kickoff of the carnival weekend. what police know now about the shoot, and victims. >>> plus president obama taking executive action on two fronts today. one that could keep your personal information safe. another that could mean changes at dulles airport. >>> and ray rice has a message for fans in the area. stay with us. we'l >>> i'

. >> ware also recently tweeted a picture with himself with the late marion barry writing thank you for getting my first summer job, children's hospital. still working with children today. love you. >> not comfortable leaving her here now! >> she is a friend of the accuseded teacher and says there's absolutely no way he would commit a crime against a student. >> mr. ware is innocent. and the child may not be telling the whole truth. >> the staff here at miner held a closed door meeting this morning and i just got off the phone with the spokesperson for d.c. public schools. they aren't saying much. only that the principal here is sending a letter home with students this afternoon. in northeast washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> a music teacher in fredricksburg is facing charges for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher. the man taught at robertsons music. parents of a 17-year-old reportedly discovered that he was having an inappropriate relationship with their daughter. here he is right here. he is being held at the rappahannock regional jail without bond t

today marion barry's son will be back in a d.c. courtroom on charges he threatened a bank teller. marion c. barry has pled not guilty. according to court documents, a pnc bank employee would not allow barry to withdraw from an already overdrawn account. barry then threw a trash can and broke a surveillance camera. that's according to police. the incident happened last month at the china town branch. barry is currently running for his late father's vacant ward 8 d.c. council seat. >>> today we're learning a tooes rabbi could face more charges. 152 is the number of women police have identified on video who were caught by hidden camera by rabbi barry freundel. the rabbi is accused of recording them during a ritual bath in georgetown. he's charged with voyeurism. >> i'm just very shocked. i'm shocked and it's just an amazing amount of victims. >> some of the videos date back as far as 2009. freundel has a hearing date set for february 19th. >>> new information this morning on the deadly stabbing of a d.c. lawyer. police say david messerschmitt may have been set up. messerschmitt was fo

. >>> the son of the late marion barry is being offered a plea deal. prosecutors offered marion christopher barry a deal in court today and if he accepts a simple assault charge will be dropped but he would still be facing charges of attempted threats and destruction of property. barry is accused of threatening a bank teller and destroying a surveillance camera at the chinatown pnc bank last month. >>> prayers of support and well wishes continue to pour in for a little boy badly hurt in a sledding accident in mclean. we first told you about 6-year-old's accident two weeks ago. red ribbons adorn trees in his neighborhood. on facebook his mother says he's out of a medically induced coma and will soon head to a rehab facility in d.c. the boy is a huge caps fan. his story spread through social media when his family posted the #prayforbman. >>> a local mother outraged over police tactics used in the shooting of her son. new tonight, the deadly confrontation and why they're vowing to continue their fight against metro police. >>> startling video that is just

. >>> the son of the late marion barry is expected in court on friday. christopher barry is charged with simple assault, threats and other charges over an angry outburst at a bank in chinatown. he's running to fill his father's ward 8 seat. >>> you may have to pay to send your kids to full day kindergarten in loudoun county public school. the school board asked virginia state lawmakers for the authority to charge a fee. right now the county offers part time kindergarten. loudown is one of the counties that doesn't require full day kindergarten. >>> right now the power is back on at pentagon city mall and doors open at 11:00 a.m. dominion virginia crews restored the power overnight. the outage forced people to leave the mall creating a real traffic mess. dominion says there was an equipment malfunction under ground that caused the outage. >>> bruce jenner's deadly crash. the olympian and reality tv star involved in a chain reaction accident. what police are looking into that could explain what he was doing behind the wheel before that accident. >>> nice a

today the topic, who replaces marion barry on the d.c.il. >> reporter: a complicated emotional dale as navy yard workers -- day as navy yard workers begin returning home 17 months after the massacre. >>> locked up, bound with duct tape and malnourished, who would do something like this to a child? thanks for joining us tonight. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. tonight a couple is facing serious charges for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. stephanie ramirez spoke with the boy's family. what did they say? >> reporter: a woman who identified herself as the victim, the 9-year-old boy's aunt, says she thinks her sister is getting all the blame for everything that her sister's boyfriend made her do. here's what she said when i asked her this on camera. >> i don't want to talk right now. >> reporter: after a second question the door then closes, another neighbor at an apartment complex where one of the suspects once lived receiving us in shock. >> we know the younger people who live upstairs but never anything tragi

the question voters have been facing since marion barry died. a special election is set for april. voters say they know what the issues are but at this point they're not really quite sure on who they want to represent them? >> would it be more affordable house something we need more jobs. >> there are more than a dozen candidates vying for this position. the special election is set for april 28. >>> coming up on 6:13, here's another look at our question of the morning. if you're over 40 years old, it's likely you eat this food twice as much as when you were a kid. is it a, chocolate, b, salad, or c, yogurt? >> good morning, lynn. she says the answer is c, yogurt. 40 years ago yogurt was a punishment food for dieters and athletes. we'll have the a correct answer gldz welcome back -- >>> welcome back. it's 6:16. beginning with breaking thus we've been following out of egypt. security firms say two bombs have been diffused at cairo international airport. one was planted at the arrival hall. the other found near a police patrol location. this all unfolded hours after a separate blast i

orange introduced a bill today to rename the university of the district of columbia after the late marion barry. council councilman orange says it could be referred to as nbudc. orange called barry the university's biggest champion. >>> virginia's state senate has passed a bill banning discrimination on gender. two republicans joined minority democrats to make the vote a 19-19 tie. the tiebreaker was democrat ralph north of the 2015 session. similar measures have passed the senate before but have died in the house of delegates. >>> in the last hour the d.c. department of health confirmed there is a case of measles in the city. it is important to note it is not related to that outbreak of measles that came from disney land in california. that outbreak is leading a renewed debate now over vaccinations among even local parents. northern virginia reporter david culvert now is in arlington where he found out how school systems are handling these concerns. david? >> reporter: that's right, vince. i've been in touch with school systems in fairfax county prince william county and loudoun county, all sa

. >>> marion barry university could one day become a reality. there's now a move to rename the university of the district of columbia after the late former mayor. at-large councilman vincent orange introduced a bill today. he teps the associated press barry was the university's biggest champion. >>> a man killed in front of his fiancee and children. >> new tonight news4 has obtained the 911 call made just moments after that hit-and-run. >> so two people were struck? >> yes, they both went. >> let's stop whining, okay. let's stop whining. >> tonight pat collins asking firefighters about that call and why the dispatcher sounds so harsh. >>> a growing debate over vaccinations here in northern virginia. many of you parents weighing in right now on our nbc washington facebook page. i'm david culvert in arlington. we'll look at both sides of the debate. >>> also designer babies. a decision about dna across the pond is raising all sorts of questions. technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be be

mayor muriel bowser is not only expand the maryland on -- mayor marion barry's jobs program, she's discussing her request for the d.c. council to a indicate more than $5 million. that would cover the age expansion, wage increase and the associated transportation costs. >> speaking of increases, hold on to your wallets, folks. tuition at the george washington university in d.c. will jump to $50,367 for incoming freshmen. now, when you factor in the fees, the room and the board, that brings the total $62,285 a year. according to the g.w. hatchet, the school's board of trustees says that money from the 3.4% hike will go towards increasing mental health resources on campus. >> it is finders keepers at an arkansas state park and a louisiana man made quite the find. dean sopollo found a two carat diamond ring last week. what are the odds? craters of diamonds the area is the only public site in the world where for a small fee, you can dig for diamonds and keep them. he found this rock after digging for three hours and he had a choice to sell it keep it for sentiments or give it to someone special. >

council member introducing a bill naming it the marion s. barry jr. university of the district of columbia. warn says it could be referred to at mbudc saying barry was the university's biggest champion. >>> your kids may not be able to attend kindergarten for a full day in prince william county schools next year. today the school board considers making $11 million in possible cuts to next year's budget. the chairman of the school board says the system will need to make cuts if the county approves a proposal to hold real estate tax bills at the rate of inflation. the meeting will happen tonight at 7:00 at the kelly leadership center in manassas. >>> an 11-year-old girl from centerville is going places and she's telling everyone about it. ijana tinsley the writer behind the ya-ya website that includes reviews of places she's traveled and local restaurants she's visited, using a five-star rating. includes reviews posted by other kids too, and works hard to keep the site fresh. >> a blogger should always keep posts at least once every single week. i make

. >>> prosecutors have offered a plea deal to marion christopher barry over an incident last month at a bank in d.c.'s chinatown. barry was arrested for allegedly threatening a bank tell are and destroying a -- tell are and destroying a surveillance camera. under the plea deal prosecutors would drop a charge of simple assault if barry pleaded guilty to destruction of property and threats. the offer expires march 6th. trial is set for may 20th. barry is running for his late father's d.c. council seat. >>> a new trial date has been set for jesse matthew in fairfax county. matthew is charged with sexually assaulting and trying to kill a woman in 2005. his trial was scheduled next month but defense attorneys asked for more time. so the new date is now june 8th. matthew faces a separate trial in albemarle county on charges that he murdered uva student hannah graham last year. matthew remains in custody in fairfax county. >>> right now a woman who escaped from a hospital after being arrested is back in police custody. prince william county police took theresa brown into custody without inci

host: what about the proposition to rename udc after mayor marion barry. guest: we all know what his flaws were, but he made really great contributions to the city, and if that is the way the district of columbia chooses to honor him, i might be standing at that ceremony. i think it is fitting for this city, which should be a state, in my view, to be able to make a decision on its own about honoring one of its great leaders, and in some ways, one of the founding fathers for the modern district of columbia. host: we had on this program tom davis and martin frost two former heads of their respective campaign arms. both of them set -- both of them said, when we were in congress, we fought her redistricting that would help our party, and we should not do that. they both said it was much easier to say once they were out of congress. has redistricting created permanent districts? guest: i think it is part of the problem. just recently, leader pelosi named me to chair our task force on reform. one of the areas that we are looking at is not just redistricting but

coming back to '94 '95, that's when marion barry said god brought the snow he can take it away. >>> let'sosecutors are i trying to convince a jury of the man accused of murdering american sniper chris kyle and his friend is not insane and knew what he was doing. yesterday things became intense when the state pled the defendant's videotaped confession. here's nbc's jacob rascone. >> reporter: for several minutes eddie ray routh doesn't move. the jury hours the hour long recording the media ordered not to broadcast audio. when the questioning begins routh doesn't answer directly rambling about flying pigs and people feeding on his soul. but then he confesses he shot chris kyle first saying, quote, i knew if i did not take out his soul, he was coming to take mine next. routh describes the guns he used admits to stealing kyle's struck and try to escape. at least three times the investigators asked routh if he understands that what he did was wrong. right, routh answers, yes, sir, he says later. at one point routh interrupts the interview to ask about his parents saying quote, i'd like to see

. >> i think it's time to rely on the great wiz, the late, great, marion barry and what he said about snow removal. do you remember this? >> no. >> god brung it. god can take it away. i think he was in jamaica at the time. >> let's bring in meteorologist bill karins now with the late sdples not only do they have snow yards but in the snow yards they have snow melters now, too. they have machines that will be melting snow. why they just can't dump it in the harbor i have yet to figure out. let's talk about what's going to happen in the next period of time through valentine's. this is going to be a brutal stretch. this will be the worse in new england we've seen yet. it may make this storm look like nothing. first off, obviously it's snowing. we know that. we can deal with the snow. the other issue we have is the ice. be careful around the new york city area especially in northern new jersey southern connecticut. we've got freezing rain. there was no snow before that either. so the pavement just has a coating of ice on it. untreated roads, your sidewalk and front step. be careful when y