michelle: the video is jarring and the outcome almost shocking. this was the aftermath of the cab of a tractor trailer went over a bridge and crashed into the road below in frederick. the force of the crash sheered the cab off the chassis of the big rig. the cab slid to the road below where amazingly there was no traffic. >> a father is pleading for help after his son was murdered. >> all i want to mow is >> he was always there for me. no matter what. i got sick. he carried me upstairs. jonathan: timothy sherod was shot to dead yesterday morning in accokeek. the young man was supposed to be a father yesterday. the police are baffled as to why he was killed. michelle: congressional democrats and a growing number of republicans are pushing for expanded investigations into ties between russia and the trump administration. this all comes after last night's resignation of the national security adviser michael flynn. while the white house says flynn quit after misleading the vice president about his communications with russian's ambassador before the in

michelle? michelle: thanks. we will keep an eye on the weather. you can, too. go to wjla.com/text to sign up to have the severe weather alerts sent to your phone. jonathan: happening right now, there is a protest led by rosie o'donnell that is growing outside the white house as we speak. inside the white house, the president is putting the finishing touches on what will become his first address to congress. we have team coverage. tom roussey will join us in a moment from if rally but first, chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us with what to expect from tonight's speech. scott? scott: jonathan, this is an opportunity, something the president acknowledged last night when we spent almost an hour and a half with him talking about the speech. he would have been facing so a full plate for the president tonight. >> the president of the united states. scott: a tall order for a first-time president, first-time politician. addresses congress which is themed with the renewal of the american spirit. in a dinner with a small number of reporters last night th

back to you, michelle. michelle: thank you very much. amazon set the sights high for what soon be a new method of delivery. the retail giant granted patent for a delivery system so drones don't even have to make a stop. the packages would float to the ground. get this, there is also a spring bottom if there is something fragile. jonathan: this predates drones and parachutes. check this out. rudimentary. a catapult. border patrol says they were launching drugs over the border. i was found on the fence in arizona. bundles of marijuana were being hurl over the border. mexican authorities dismantled the catapult and the u.s. border patrol has the marijuana. this one didn't go well. wow! state-of-the-art. if you give them a 90-foot wall they will build a 91-foot ladder. michelle: the weather, it's chilly but almost to the point we will see real changes. doug: the weekend is when you see beginning of a warmup will last. wait until you see the ten day. kite a while here. look this is a look from german school of washington and potomac. 41 degre

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michelle. michelle: d.c. crews battling a big brush fire tonight. this is in an area deep in the woods near 42nd and e street northeast. the good news tonight, most of the fire is out but crews worked into the night taking care of hot shots and dead trees. there are no reported injuries. jonathan: a must-see story out of wisconsin. a woman targeted by armed robbers who said they were sorry. michelle. the whole thing was caught on tape. >> i have never heard anybody say god bless you after they pull a gun on you. michelle: she pulled up next to her ga two attackers snuck up on her. >> no, get out! i just had surgery, i don't have any money. >> sorry, god bless you. jonathan: she thought they were going to kill her, she was shocked when they apologized. a victory in bill diseaseby's legal battle. only one additional accuser will be allowed to testify at his sexual assault trial. prosecutors wanted to allow 13 people to speak. he's been accused of multiple assault bus is charged in only one. miche

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michelle? michelle: thank you. next at 4:00, "7 on your side" for your weekend grocery shopping. forget waiting for sunday. what you can do to download real huge discounts right now. >> looking for a good place to go this weekend that is outdoors? i've got your weekend kickoff up next when "abc7 news kidd: all right. time for your weekend kickoff. need a staycation? maybe spend the weekend at m.g.m. national harbor. on saturday night, head to the theater to see the r&b funk band earth, wind and fire. for the kids, disney on ice as "dream big." the kids have off school on monday, great showtimes then. how often do you get to see the favorite princesses skate in front of you? this is fun for the entire family. something for the adults this weekend with the weather being nice around here, here is a top five on "good morning washington" of great patios around town to enjoy the nice weather. you can enjoy the rooftop at mason 14, whitlow in clarendon. a great spot to meet friends at cocktail. the w. rooftop is my favorite spot with a view of the national mall. dirty habit is great for

michelle? michelle: thank you, doug. tractor trailer driver is dead after wind blew his truck off the chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel in virginia beach. the driver managed to get out of the cab and cling on to the floating truck for a half hour. until he was rescued. but unfortunately he died at the hospital. jonathan: shoplifting a high speed chase and a crash. now an ongoing manhunt. this started last night when three men were scene stealing purses from the bloomingdale's at tysons. the men ran in a car and raced off. they then crashed three miles running off. a massive police search so far. we have heard nothing turned up yet. michelle: prince george's county police chief spoke out about an hour ago addressing discrimination complaints from within the force. chief hank stawinski said some of the photos like this you see are outdated or taken out of context and he would never allow discrimination in his department. chief stawinski: to the men and women of the department i will not preside over an agency where anybody feel

his ex-girlfriend, michelle. >> michelle la france, who was the defendant's alibi in 2008, has now comeorward and said paul was not home and that paul went to narrowsburg and that paul killed catherine. >> what was that phone call like? >> it was now time to get to work. >> reporter: jim farrell was now the district attorney. he teamed up with the former d.a., steve lungen. >> didn't it feel good you had a break? >> it's a break. but again, i needed more information. >> reporter: investigators sat la france down to hear her story. >> let's start back in the beginning. >> okay. >> reporter: during a six-hour interview michelle laid out what she claimed was the true story of how paul killed catherine. she said he started plotting weeks before the murder. >> he was researching things on the internet. he was going to chloroform her and leave her and then burn the house down around her and she was going to die in the fire. >> reporter: michelle says one week before the fire she and paul went to catherine's house to move his things out and paul unlocked the basement doors. >> so that he can g

michelle: thank you. the zoo not the only one recognizing a boost in visitors. metro saw an increasing in riders headed to the park. yesterday more than 6400 people got off at woodly park, the zoo stop. nearly three times the amount from the previous sunday. last week, the national museum of african american history and culture welcomed its one millionth visitor. the milestone taking just four months to reach since the grand opening. if you think that is impressive, museum officials spending six hours inside. at hour smithsonian museums the average time walking through is just 75 minutes to two hours. michelle: well, this is -- alison: well, this is an annual day tradition in old town. the presidents' day parade. with the perfect weather, huge crowds. q mccray was there. history was on display today. q: that is for sure. what a difference an hour and a half makes. then the only way to make your way up and down royal street was if you were part of the parade. now just the barriers let people know there was

michelle: now to an update in the war on terror. a man pleaded guilty to giving high-powered rifles to the couple behind the san bernardino terror attack. in a plea deal 25-year-old enrique marquez admitted to providing material support to terrorists. 14 people were killed in the attack in december 20 is a. police shot and killed the attackers. jonathan: coming up for us at 6:00, a mother's pain turns to outrage. against the man who killed her child. her fight for justice is just ahead. michelle: plus, take a look at this. a military helicopter stopped to ask for directions. jonathan: first, though, she had moments literally just seconds. what a mother thought as she was racing to protect her child after an s.u.v. was tumbling on top of with havertys furniture, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. everything's on sale, now during havertys presidents day event. havertys. life looks good. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natu

michelle: thank you. the abc7 web team worked to compile a list of restaurants that plan to shut down tomorrow. you will find the list on wjla.com. jonathan: president trump's pick to lead the labor department is out. after they warn the white house that andrew puzder did not have enough support to be confirmed. puzder is the c.e.o. for the junior and hardees but he has been dogged with allegation of spousal abuse. michelle: the president says former national security adviser michael flynn was treated unfairly by the "fake media." the president defended flynn at a news conference this afternoon and took aim at people leaking communications between flynn and russia to the press. president trump: papers are being leaked. things are being leaked. it's criminal action. criminal act. it's been going on for a long time. before me. >> they should not pit the parties against one another. michelle: senate minority leader chuck schumer said there is growing fear that the administration may destroy evidence of other

michelle? michelle: thank you.t on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- remember this giraffe calf at the maryland zoo? she has a name. the list of six narrowed down to one next. jonathan: good luck to get to roosevelt island. next week. we expla alison: willow is the new name of the baby giraffe at the maryland zoo in baltimore. it had 32% of the votes. fans got to choose between willow, dottie, imara, ruby, safara and opal. the reason willows and thin like the beautiful giraffes. jonathan: she is so cute. look at her. alison: beautiful. jonathan: she's like 6'6" when she is born. michelle: standing in 15 minutes. jonathan: get up there for mom. alison: i love the name willow. jonathan: she is cute. look at her eyes. gorgeous eyes. all right. a shopping spree by the vet can. pope -- by the vatican. they are giving food for those impacted by the earthquake in italy. he brought up cheese and local produce from the struggling businesses and hi gave them to soup kitchens. michelle: general motors is trying to keep the competitors o

michelle: burned but not beaten.that is the message from eastern tennessee two months after the devastating fires. and businesses are urging people to come back. they're open. >> the fact that all the things that people come here for pretty much are here intact as they were before. michelle: the gatlinburg area typi tourists every year. businesses hope customers return thism coming spring. -- return this coming spring. as for the fire, the two teenagers accused of starting it could face up to 50 years in prison. coming up for us, found far from home. the special item found 100 miles from where a tornado ripped aid part a community. jonathan: he put out a book. it's called "encounters with police." a black man's guide to survival. what he is telling officers at one of biggest police departments. michelle: first, autria godfrey has a look at what the "good morning washington" team is working on for tomorrow. >> thank you, michelle. tomorrow on "good morning washington." a closer look at the impact of trump's border wal

michelle: wow!ight, abc7 airs the first part of a mini series "when we rise" when the -- which is a struggle of the gay rights movement. jonathan: one of the issues is the frequency of gay adoption. we look at a local couple. fatherhood came naturally but not easy. >> the saying is "little girls are made of sugar and spice." if only it was that easy. grant and sean started seeking an adoption three years ago. completing the piles of paperwork, dealing with the moments of heartbreak. one potential birth mom twice stood them up. >> each year we have a discussion is this something we want to continue to try to do? >> finally in late april they were matched with alexandra's birthday in new york state. >> a week and she had gone into labor. >> the daughter they spent years dreaming about suddenly arrived, ten weeks early. >> holy cow! >> they dropped everything and rushed to new york. spending two months in a neonatal care unit. >> every time an alarm goes off. you are seeing a three-pound little girl. t

michelle: what this man told police sparking this bizarre chase coming up michelle: a frightening scene in san diego. watch the red cab in the distance. that is a police officer being dragged as the cab sped off. you see him fall in the middle of the street. the officer has scrapes and bruises but will be okay. the cab driver arrested a mile away. jonathan: watch this video. as you are getting away. police say the man just threatened to blow stuff up outside of a courthouse. end well for him. they tased him and arrested him. >> more video. tension boil over on dueling rallies over the placement of the confederate flag in south carolina. >> flag on the state house in 2015. you can see what is happening now. michelle: gone wild. the man jumps the barricade. he is actually the leader of the black lives matter group in charleston. the man waving the confederate flag is part of a secessionist party. both groups were protesting outside a speech by the woman who climbed a flag pole outside the south carolina statehouse two years ago. to pull down the confederate battle flag that used to be the

michelle? michelle: in loudoun county students walked out in protest today. students stage a walk-out to protest president trump executive order on cleared the demonstration with the school leaders but the students will face skip or tardy note on the record. new tonight, president trump will not take the legal challenge to the supreme court over but the legal fight will continue. this morning, virginia's jorn attorney fought to have the ban overturned. >> there was a religious ban. he wanted it to be dressed up to make it michelle: bob harig -- mark herring joined the case after two brothers were upheld due to the travel ban and they had visas. immigration activists took to the streets of southern california overnight and blocked a freeway onramp. this came after immigration and the customs enforcement or i.c.e. unfairly rounded up several people for deportation. a hundred people were arrested but i.c.e. despites the number. jonathan: the man that is expected to lead dismantling of obamacare is on the job. vice president mike pence swearing in tom price as a

jeff: yeah, they have, michelle. we see the attorneys here right now with the sign saying, "did you see anyone held, questioned or detained?" they have been here all week. if you see someone detained tweet. @caircoalition. many groups working here and many attorneys are working pro bono here. dulles airport is pretty quiet right now but that court hearing getting a lot of applause during a rally today at a mosque in sterling for peace and harmony. at a rally for peace and harmony there is also anger toward the president's actions. >> i'm disgusted by it. jeff: lutheran but is here to speak out about the executive order. >> our country is built on immigrants and refugees. it's what makes us a great nation. jeff: terry mcauliffe and attorney general mark herring also here reassuring the muslim community and promising resistance unless or until president trump rescinds the order. >> we have to stop the insanity. it's outrageous, discriminatory and wrong. >> the objections are hatred for donald trump. jeff: patty is a tr

michelle? michelle: next on abc7 news, $2 million up for grabs.gh school math and science competition comes to d.c. we talk to two students here competing for a piece of the top prize. jonathan: have you ever take an personality quiz online? they are fun. do you know where the information about you is going? here is "7 on your side" reporter scott taylor. scott: hold it! i'm talking to you. are you taking a facebook quiz i'm scott taylor. i have a warning for you. >> i feel like all of it is tapping into things bigger and scarier than people realize. scott: where is your personal oh, how waso good!en house? look. 800 square feet, 1 bedroom, hardwood floors, 15 minute ride to work. dude! dude! i know! your credit score must be amazing. my credit score? how do i check? credit karma. it's free. that's great! that's super easy. um hm. that's a credit score. just whip bam boom, it's done. check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. mine... thank you. alison: for many people it takes years of saving to fun

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michelle: and the road to recovery. more than two decades of hard work gone in a flash. >> i'm inside with the customers and a fire the food truck the owner speaks only to abc7. the reason he ignored his doctor's advice to get back to jonathan: when it happened you could see the smoke all around george washington's university campus. this was in november. horrible situation. a popular food truck that burst into flames. michelle: you know the owner hasn't talked about that fire until now. q mccray with how he is trying to get his business back on track. a story you will only see on 7. >> my thought and prayers for his families. >> it was surreal. q: no one felt it more than nasser. >> i couldn't see the video. q: the falafel bus was his. a business he cooked up in 1990. tuns ian immigrant chasing the american dream. it's the heat of the lunch truck on food truck row. he is hard at work with the employees. >> i'm serving the customers and a fire. q: in no times flames ands black smoke fill the air. cell phones capture eve

michelle: thank you. lateer. jonathan: coming up next at 4:00, a virginia judge deals a new blow to trump's travel ban. what it means for someone trying to get in and out of the dulles. >> what do white boards and building explosion have in common? that's ahead. alison: it has been a while since you could take a tour at the white house. the first tours of the trump presidency when i come back at 5:00. st did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. and right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. oh, how waso good!en house? look. 800 square feet, 1 bedroom, hardwood floors, 15 minute ride to work. d

michelle? michelle: thank you. remember last year's blizzard?s of snow in that storm than this winter. mixed bag with the local economy. richard reeve is live to explain. rich? richard: a picture tells a thousand words. i'm wearing light fleece, no hat or gloves. same with i-66. no snow or ice. it is causing big changes for the roads, the children's schools and business income. they have ten plow trucks at the ready but this time only four are in service. the employees are trying to make due. in a typical winter storm, each one of trucks would drop 40 to 60 tons of salt and sand. this year they have used ten tons total. with trace amount of snow the loss of income is in the tens of thousands of dollars. >> it can cause aborted. the construction work slows down. so we look for snow to make a living. richard: it's not just the businesses. schools as well. some sh this is saving millions for highway administration in the d.c. metro area. we will explain that at 5:00. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. maryland softball c

michelle: they won me over. jonathan: good for them! michelle: yes.they could be the bracket buster this year. michelle: cinderella story. we love to see it. jonathan: good luck, guys. alison: we're rooting for them. for sure! michelle: coming up -- >> picking out a dress with your mom is what every girl dreams of. michelle: next at 4:00, mother on her death bed and daughter newly engaged. how loving strangers gave them a moment together they never thought they would have. also this -- >> sexual assault and drug abuse. real cases in high school. today north stafford high turned into a courtroom to send a strong message to the student. i'm ryan hughes. i have that story ahead. >> summer of the negroes' legitimate discontent will not pass until the invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. alison: then when i join you at 5:00, today, honoring the leg sapped the -- legacy and dream of dr. king with students standing in isjust wanna see ifa again? my score changed... you wanna check yours? scores don't change that much. i haven't changed. oh, really? ♪

michelle: that is my kind of skiing. jonathan: good stuf michelle: yeah. e. -- erin: reminds me of skiing in california. it's weird but it works. jonathan: talk about baseball. this is the weather replay baseball. erin: absolutely! dusty baker has accomplished so much in his career. but there is one major accomplishments he hasn't achieved as a manager. what would he do if this was the year he won it all? the answer next. announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. erin: spring training workouts are underway for the nationals in west palm beach. dusty baker's first year as the nats skipper, washington won the n.l. east last season. the club went on to lose in the nlds against the dodgers. this year, the hopes are obviously higher. so today, dusty was asked if the nats win a world series this season, would he away? >> i always say if i win one, i want to win two. that doesn't sound like walking away to me. i'll worry about that when i get there. that is not my plan right now. i mean, why do people want someone to walk a

michelle, back to you. michelle: all right. here we go. this is mr. president and the first lady, resident eagles of the national arboretum. they are nesting there but we are also on egg watch there. there were two last year. this also gives us a perspective on just how windy it is. some of the branches you see swaying there but gosh, the sun is also shining. jonathan: literally nesting. she is putting it together. or he is. i can't tell. alison: this is a day i thought i'm so glad i don't have to drive over the bay bridge. that would be terrifying. doug: the worst winds are behind us and they are diminishing here. the high wind warning was canceled early. now we just have an advisory that just got canceled. out and told me. i was in effect until 6:00. i was canceled early because the winds are no longer gusting anywhere close to 40 to 50 miles per hour. we are seeing lighter winds gusts now. 32 miles per hour gusts at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and reagan. that is it. look to the west, they are in the teens. we are finished with the worst of it. it's a

kevin: hi, michelle. yeah. they made the news today with no fares for the streetcars for the indefinite future. many are asking why? the d.c. leaders don't want to do anything that would hurt the restaurant, bars, shopping and apartments that continued to sprout up along the h street corridor. the district department of transportation making the announcement today. this marks one year since the streetcar opened to riders. ddot saying ridership is growing along the line which is 2.2 miles long running from union station to oklahoma avenue. the service now running seven days a week as well. the plans call for a second phase. that would extend the line east to the benning road metro station. ddot says once that is complete in five years they will revisit the topic of charging faring. most people we talk with today don't mind a free ride one bit. >> i prefer that. the metrobus that we pay $1.85 for. might as well keep the streetcar free. >> i think it's great. from what i have been told it's really helped bring mor

jonathan, michelle? michelle: thank you.trict of columbia boasts some of the most spectacular sites and beautiful neighborhoods in the country. many of the historic homes are just as dazzling now as they were when they were first built more than 100 years ago. jonathan: no question. tonight abc is beginning a special series about the gay rights movement. we look at the role they have played to help shape d.c. epicenter for gay life in d.c. >> it's open minded. there is a lot of love here. >> most of the block was burned out shell. >> jim bought a shell of a house on tenth street northwest in 1987. >> a lot of drugs and prostitution in the area. >> brad smith joined him in the quest to redo the house and it became a lifetime commitment to jim and d.c. >> i felt that i wouldn't have to live in the closet so much being in washington. >> gay men continue to pour into the city resurrecting old buildings. even as the aids epidemic ravaged the community. >> people felt empowered here. the city responded immediately. though there wa

michelle: breaking right now, d.c. health officials confirm two pregnant women contracted cd the zika virus that causes microcephaly. sam ford has breaking details. sam in sam: the director of the -- sam? sam: the director of the lab here, jennifer smith concluded a news conference where she said that two lab results previously deemed negative have been deemed positive. according to her, there is a new scientist here who had issues with the way the lab results were being conducted so he sent 62 samples to the c.d.c. lab in fort collins, colorado, and 60 of them came back negative. but two of the results came back positive. purposes, these results are treated as positive for zika. we reached out yesterday to the provider and informed them of the updated test results. as with all the results, regardless of positive or negative we make our providers aware of the test results as they come in. testing will continue over the next few weeks. sam: the director says that there are 337 samples yet to go to the lab. so they are w

michelle? michelle: kevin lewis live in laurel. thank you.jonathan: this was a criminal case that even police, police who have been on the force for a long time had a hard time dealing with. a 9-year-old boy beaten to death by a mother's boyfriend for taking a piece of birthday cake. his cake. maryland bureau chief brad bell tell us the mother charged in this case is pleading guilty today and she will be behind bars for a long time. brad: jack garcia was 9 years old when he was killed in 2015. in the final months of his life, he endured nearly constant torture at the hands of his mother's boyfriend and uncle. this happened in this apartment after the hungry child not fed in more th hours took a piece of another child's birthday cake. as punishment, the uncle jacob barajas handcuffed jack to a chair. the boyfriend robert wilson beat him to death. and his mother oriana garcia turned away an ambulance. even hardened cops struggle with the case. >> this was dumbfounding for me, that a child gets beaten to death over a piece of cake. brad: even th

michelle: thank you. new information today in the case against daron wint. a judge set his trial date for september 4, 2018. you will recall wint is accused of torturing and killing three members of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper in their northwest d.c. home almost two years ago. he also set fire to house near the naval observatory. jonathan: imagine putting down a window in the car and having the doors open. alison: the recall that you want to hear about is still just ahead. >> look to left of me and i notice a house on fire. michelle: right place at the right time but also the right people. find out how it made a difference. >> the former first family gets a very warm and highly visible welcome to their new home in d.c. i'm stephen tschida. that story in a moment. jonathan: and metro riders listen up. they will be closing six stations for the weekend. why coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00". question, are my teeth yellow? ...have you tried the tissue test? crest 3d whitestrips whiten... 25 tim

michelle: for sure.e winner, the patriots, they have captured the fifth super bowl title. it's time for the city of boston to put on another rolling rally. the parade will start at 11:00 we should have all the plans already, dust them off. alison: how about the next super bowl? super bowl lii. there is a roof in minneapolis so it will be warm. the old home to the vikings used to stand there. hosting super bowl xxvi. you might remember january 1992. it's the last time the skins made it. winning their third and final championship. there you go. jonathan: maybe they will go again. alison: you never know. abc7 on traffic watch with angela foster. hi, angela. >> good afternoon. hello, everyone. as we get ready for the height of the rush hour this afternoon, we are looking at a lot of gridlock. mostly leaving the district. there is red from southwest/southeast freeway. that is cleared but we still have delays i d.c. 295 we are struggling. an earlier collision and the lanes are reopened but we are jammedded fro

michelle: all right. thank you so much, doug. jonathan: wizards doing some stuff. michelle: yeah.: yeah. michelle: they have a good team already. jonathan: don't trade anybody. robert: well, he might help. "might" is a keyword. not a blockbuster trade but they did make a move before the trade deadline. also erin hawksworth sit down with who else? bryce harper. that's next in sports. why are you checking just want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... i better check my credit score. try credit karma. it's free. alright. check out credit karma today. announcer: nowitzki the toyota sports desk brought to you by the local toyota dealer. robert: the wizards have made a trade and they didn't have to give up a lot at all. the wizards sent nicholson and a 2017 pick to the nets for a swingman bogdonavic. he could help a lot. in west palm beach all eyes on turner and murphy but you can never take the mic from the rock star. bryce harper, still mr. popular in west palm beach. a new man. he got married this off-sea

michelle: a lot of chuckles there. you may remember in confirmation hearing devos said some schools should be allowed to have guns to fend off grizzly bears. today she said she may be unconventional but she want what is is best for america's students. still ahead at 6:00, a the driver trapped inside. the video of the daring rescue and what the heros are saying today. >> coming up, we are taking you inside the frederick douglas house in southeast. this is his original desk. i'm cheryl conner. we will tell you why this national historic site has gotten more attention. jonathan: first, though, the simple thing that happened moments before an all-out brawl breaks out at a grocery creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. cleaner air and cleaner water. it's good for all of us. dominion. depend on us for more than energy. jonathan: a craze situation. it

michelle: we look forward to hearing that. thank you. outrage and fear over a nationwide surge in the antisemitic crimes. in missouri, more than 100 headstones were toppled at a jewish cemetery after threats were phoned in to 11 jewish community centers yesterday. there have been more than 50 threats since january 1. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is in rockville at one of the centers targeting. kevin: someone phoned in a bomb threat in rockville. a number of children and staff building. in the weeks since a lot of added security. at the j.c.c. in rockville, money that could be used at the fitness center or the pool is spent on added security. >> it's the price of being in business today. >> the c.e.o. michael finestein is acutely aware that 54 j.c.c.'s, including his own has been targeted so far this year. for weeks president trump kept quiet about the topic. >> even stopping a jewish journalist mid-question in a press conference last week. but today for the first time, trump publicly condemns the frothing hatred. >> the anti-se

reporting live in san jose, i'm michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> before you go, michelle, some of the surprise has to be because it's not raining and the flood water are still rising. people probably let their guards down. at this point, do you know where these folk are headed? is there an evacuation center, are they going to be going to a community center? >> reporter: you know, i'm not sure right now. at this point they're just waiting next to me, waiting for answers, wondering if they have anywhere to g. many of them are barefoot because they had to rinse off their shoes in this decontaminated area and certainly a lot of uncertainty at this point as people wait for where to go and what to do. >> we know you're going to stay out there. we'll check in with you in a bit. we'll keep you up to date on social media platform. >> kris, as those evacuations play out, this was earlier this morning, also captured by our nbc bay area sky ranger which you're looking at right now over flowing video of a local golf course in san jose. the los lagos golf course, tending to people stranded i