it wasn't michelle.o the search and the mystery wore on for days and then for weeks and by the middle of august it all looked to be losing steam. on a typical san francisco summer afternoon as the fog rolled in krystine and michael brought us up to date on their efforts to find michelle. >> reporter: how long has it been now? >> twenty-seven -- it's been over two months. it's been about 72 days. >> reporter: how are you doing, the two of you, with all of this? i mean, how are you holding up? >> it's just weird. just trying to stay active and just trying to keep the word out. i'm trying to stay positive. >> reporter: right. >> it's just really-- trying to stay positive is the hardest part. the hardest times for me are at night. getting in bed and thinking, like, "gosh, i wish michelle was in-- i hope michelle's a bed." >> yeah. >> reporter: i mean, you clearly have decided-- you've decided she's still alive. >> uh-huh. it's not over, and it's not going to be over until we get her home. >> reporter: and so

and the guy said, "we just arrested michelle." >> reporter: arrested your michelle?s. >> reporter: she was placed in a holding cell. her parents posted a bond to get her out and after a very long night, they picked her up from the anaheim police department. >> there she was sitting on the steps out in front. >> reporter: it's one of the stranger days of your life. >> the strangest. >> reporter: but strange days were only beginning. >> coming up -- from daggers by e-mail to danger at the front door. >> somebody was posting ads online through craigslist saying they wanted to fulfill a rape fantasy. >> when dateline continues. >> reporter: june, 2016. michelle hadley was out on bail living with her parents. anaheim police suspected michelle had sent threatening emails to her ex-boyfriend, ian, and his pregnant wife, angela. even though on its face it didn't make much sense. >> reporter: a young woman who lived an exemplary life, good student, she's trying to get an mba, and -- >> well, there's two sides to every person, and all we're seeing is the evidence that looks ve

michelle: a d.c. doctor faces charged he slipped an abortion pill in his girlfriend's drink causing her to lose her baby. she says she dated the d when she discovered she was pregnant, she says he urged her to get an abortion and she refused. instead she says he slipped abortion pill in her tea and hours later she went into labor and lost her baby. >> he immediately started crying and said he was a horrible person and that he had done what i thought he did. michelle: he is charged with cause of abortion and premeditated killing of a fetus of another and scheduled to stand trial in march. jonathan: well, a shoplifting turns into more and it's all caught on camera. see what happened when they tried getting away. >> my zorch ordered a pizza online -- my son ordered a pizza online and under special instructions he requested a joke. michelle: the joke that appeared on this pizza box got the person who wrote it fired. that is not the only fallout. the story you will see only on 7 next. "what if" more of the

michelle? michelle: just in this afternoon, the pentagon will allow transgender people to enlist in the military begins january 1. that is in direct opposition to the president's previous decision to ban transgender service. two federal courts previously ruled against that ban weather now. after snow started the weekend, a big chill is on the way. temperatures are about to plummet. we may not even get above freezing later this week. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist bill kelly has the forecast for us. hi, bill. bill: good afternoon to you. good afternoon, everyone. it's kind of nice, in any opinion, to have the snow this weekend. you have to go back a whale to find a snow like that, that much early. we talk about it in a bit. the story today, a couple of things. the numbers rebounded. 47 in d.c. 46 in andrews. much warmer than the same time yesterday. we are going up. you mention the bill chill. boy, it will get really cold. no weather-related problems right now but we are watching an area of l

michelle: thank you. breaking in the past hour, royal caribbean confirming 27 cruise ship passengers were on a bus that flipped and crashed in mexico. at least 12 people died in the crash but we don't know the nationalities. seven americans are among the injured. the passengers were on board and the bus company was headed to the mayan ruins in eastern mexico. alison: the man charged in plowing the car in the unite the right protesters has been indicted. it came down against james alex fields. heather heyer was killed, you remember. 35 others injured after the three other men were charged with an attack at a parking garage. another for firing a gun. meanwhile in atlanta today, the f.b.i. is now investigating what caused that fire that knocked out power to the busiest airport in the world. operations are returning to normal slowly. some passengers had to sleep there again overnight. michelle: today, balmy by december standings. topping 60 degrees but things will change as we inch closer to christmas weekend

michelle was sure of it.he had often heard mark mention a former patient in the weeks and months before he left. a woman with terminal cancer. >> she had a cough that wouldn't go away, sore throat, hoarseness. these are things that a first year medical student would recognize as signs and symptoms of throat cancer or laryngeal cancer. weinberger didn't pay attention. when you have a cold stuff happens. shut down cold symptoms fast with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. kelp is on the way! with herbal essences bio:renew made with active antioxidants that work from the inside out... to help animate lifeless hair. let life in with herbal essences bio:renew. in winter, the skies over northwest indiana where dr. mark weinberger practiced medicine, usually >>> the winter over northwest indiana where dr. weinberger practiced medicine usually had all the luster of -- but for weinberger and his wife michelle late december 2001 was just another caribbean holiday. >> it's a beautiful day here. >> it's perh

michelle: next for us on abc7 -- michelle: that is a killer body suit! the new year's eve dud that blew up twitter last year. mariah is back. network taking a second chance come sunday night. jonathan: something to watch for. they grow up so fast. fiona. primie hippo nursed by humans. now a big girl. michelle: they have a birthday blowout. jonathan: that's coming up. jonathan: social media superstar with tens of thousands of follows who follow her every move. michelle: fiona the hippo is about to turn 1. the cincinnati zoo gearing up for a big celebration next month. there will be plenty of ice cream and cake. jonathan: remember, she was a premie and only 29 pounds at birth. today she gained weight in one year. guess how much. michelle: 600? jonathan: 600. she read ahead. still growing. she will be a big girl. michelle: she made up for lost time. i like having that problem. adding weight. jonathan: no. michelle: the videos never get old. live feed of the eaglet coming out of the shell. jonathan: remember when we had ours in town? this is in florida. this

michelle: big news on the hill. congressman john conyers retiring from congress following sexual harassment claims. he maintains he did nothing wrong and he is stepping down for health reasons. in a video interview he says he stands by his legacy. >> my legacy can't be compromised or diminished in any way. by what we are going through now. this, too, shall pass. michelle: michigan's governor says there will be a special election to replace him. conyers endorsed his son. of the former congressman's brother expressed interest in running as well. alison: meanwhile, the g.o.p. is again raising money for alabama senate candidate roy moore. they cut off the campaign after the accusations of sexual assault and harassment. the women said it happened when they were teenagers. moore is denying all of this. so when congress heads home there will be three days left to pass a budget. friday is the last day the government will be funded facing a shutdown. the republican leaders want a two-week extension to hammer out bipartisan g

michelle: the binge culture. nancy: yet flection all day. >> coming up at 4:00 -- >> a dramatic scene. police catching up with a man they say kidnapped a toddler. >> but first we could see the coldest new year's eve on record in the area. bill kelly has the forecast next. >> new at 5:00, -- >> ♪ i have hills to climb nancy: gives you chills. beloved singing bus driver gets to live out the dream. we share the amazing moment when i return with larry s michelle: take a look at the spectacular sparkle. the annual ice festival in indiana. carvers there started to work on the creation thursday and it was cold enough for work. the sculptures should last three or four weeks. bill: perfect outside there. michelle: it's been so cold here that ice starting to form on the potomac. this is around white's ferry. incredible. bill: not all the way across but there are big chunks there. you know it is cold if you start getting the ice developing across the river. interesting stuff. that is courtesy of the helicopter. bill: good s

michelle: the d.c.ice need help to identify people of that they believe is involved in a shooting. this is breaking news at abc7 last night. the shooting happened around 8:30 in the everything. a person was hit and is expected to survive. metro transit police believe the men may be involved. again, they need your help identifying them. alison: every day 91 americans die from opioid overdoses. according to the c.d.c. health officials often turn to a drug called naloxone which reverses the opioid overdoses but the price of drug is skyrocketing. the lawma companies are cashing in on the nation's opioid prices. we have more. >> this person on the ground unconscious after overdosing on heroin. they use naloxone to bring the person back. as the opioid epidemic intensifies the demand for naloxone is growing. the pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of the situation. says michelle senator debbie stabenow. >> we see the opioid addiction going up, the deaths going up and the price goes up. that is wrong.

michelle: wow! alison: a crime alert in prince william county where a series of car break-ins and the thieves ended up with the gun. look at this. the men in the picture you are about to see hit several cars. this is around thanksgiving in haymarket piedmont golf community. among the cars unmarked state police car with a state-owned gun locked inside. michelle: new tonight the medical examiner is calling the death of a walt whitman high school student an accident. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis joins us with the new information from the m.e. report. kevin? kevin: the findings are that navid sepehri died from acute alcohol intoxication complicated by hypothermia and drowning. on the night that the 17-year-old went missing the temperature in bethesda in addition, sepehri's body located in a woodbridge creek bed sunday afternoon. that explains the drowning component here. the m.e. office in baltimore took two blood samples. one from sepehri's heart and another from a major artery. per the test

michelle: this is buddy. he ran away after the owners moved from oregon to louisiana but the owners went back to oregon to hope to find of facebook. >> we was sitting there and seen his picture. i knew instantly when i seen the photo. michelle: my gosh! buddy is sweet. he found him at a homeless shelter and he started a go fund me page to raise money to send him back to the family for christmas. jonathan: sweet buddy. michelle: well, al franken pledges to resign. now there are reports some of those who said he should step down and step aside amid sexual misconduct claims are backtracking. so should he stay or go? >> in the years of law enforcement, they didn't like it. >> two dogs turn on the owner and a virginia woman is killed but some who knew the woman and the pets say there is no way it could have happened the way i michelle: breaking news on abc7. we continue to monitor the situation in washington state. you are looking live at the newsroom. the rail car still hanging from the overpass. this is where an

michelle: southeast. was anyone hurt? indeed, the visible condition of the elderly man who lived in the lower loft is why we are here according to authorities. d.c. fire says the fire started on the ground floor and the man inside was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. a witness tells me the man's hands were tied behind his back when he was brought out of the building. the police say the calls of the fire appears to be suspicious. all of those things added up, a short time ago, atf arrived on the scene. thankfully, the building residents were safely evacuated. >> there was a considerable amount of smoke. we escorted several residents out. notewe should hands were tied was -- [audio lost] alison: that was jay korff reporting. meantime, surveillance video showing masked men robbing and at&t store on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. and then they, forced an employee to lay down on the floor. they got away with a bag full of phones, but nobody was hurt. michelle: the other big story we are watching tonight, the i-

michelle: let's test it. erin: okay. [laughter] good move! michelle: there we go. that note. all right. bill: raining out there tonight. end by tomorrow. 49 for the high temperature. 47 on thursday. couple of cold fronts in there. the numbers will drop a little more and more. remember that 70 we had. michelle: memory lane. erin: left me hanging! oh! michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. >>> tonight, as we come on the air, the state of emergency. multiple out-of-control infernos in the west. not far from los angeles. tonight, we fly you right over the scene. >>> also tonight, president trump and his former national security adviser michael flynn. our reporter asking the president, are you preparing to pardon flynn? >>> the president's phone calls today rattling some world leaders, is the president now preparing to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. tonight, the u.s. military preparing for any

michelle: thank you. when the 20 ntsb investigators arrive they will find a mangled mess and technology giving unique looks at the damage. cameras were rolling as the first responders use drones to search through the debris. both for survivors and evidence of what went wrong. jonathan: the abc7 team and the sister station in washington working to bring you the latest on the deadly derailment. get updates around the clock by downloading the free abc7 news app. michelle: breaking font, nine people treated for dangerous carbon monoxide exposure. all will recover. this could have ended much differently if not for the family carbon monoxide detector. jonathan: developing right now there appears to be a major break in the hunt for men behind a cr stretched across the area. violent men targeting cell phone stores. this case has puzzle pieces still to put together. it sounds like investigators are on the right track. >> they look like they are closing in on the case. tens of thousands of dollars. we had a case in

michelle: it sounds great! years he serenaded passengers as a shuttle bus driver at georgetown university but larry call lowway's dream has been to sing the national anthem before a sporting event crowd. the dream became reality. center court to sing the national anthem at the georgetown b since he fulfilled his life goal he has set a new one. that is to get a record deal. i love the voice. jonathan: good for him. he sounds amazing. wish him nothing but the best of luck. 2018 will be his year. you watch. and hopefully the redskins year, too. scott: they need love in the new year. trent williams getting the knee fixed today. a big issue all season long. the first ever surgery in the books. the redskins left tackle going under the knife. wizards are hoping to serve up home cooking to the houston rockets. preview of the "what if" more of the energy we used came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s bec

michelle: are you trying to offer us comfort? bill: i am. is it working? michelle: no!onathan: the first day 30 degrees able below all the stats fly out the window. it's just they froze. bill: that is light. okay. they are not valid. they are not moving. that is what we are looking at. we are at 1.8 the month above normal. in the stretch now. the day is four in a row. it's 20 around gaithersburg. temperature at manassas is 22. the wind chill factor to play a role. chantilly is 12. there are no weather related problems other than it's bone chilling outside. let me jump straight to the seven-day forecast. talk about the extended. we go warmer tomorrow. warmer. not warm. 34 tomorrow. but above freezing by a degree or two. 34 on saturday. new year's eve to new year's day it will drop back down and we will stay not just below normal but c normal as mentioned. through the end of next week. potentially to next weekend as well. a long run. the calendar when we run it in january start out with the blue scares. jonathan: below freezing which is worth pointing out. bill: double wh

michelle: a d.c.ed a congresswoman, she was heading home from guatemala through houston and she says she spent 140,000 miles on the ticket. but united said the seat was assigned to someone else. they offered her a $500 voucher and a seat in coach. a passenger told her who was in the first class seat. >> you know who is in your seat? i said no. he said sheila jackson lee is in your seat. i said who is she? michelle: jackson lee posted on facebook saying she was seemingly an easy target because she is african-american. united tells us they gave simon a verbal apology and believe she deleted th leg of her flight on her app. jonathan: a construction company left a port-o-potty so the family put lights on it and deck rated it. it went viral and people were stopping to get a picture taken in front of the magic potty with the lights. people donated and they filled the bin every day. you look for the positive side of everything. it has been great. >> it has been great. >> construction company finally said the

michelle: a night on video. but the man throwing the punches stopped to jonathan: police say a car truck and killed a passenger. the driver stayed on the scene but so far the driver has not been charged. michelle: wanted for murder and robbery and who eluded capture for months is now in d.c. police custody. 18-year-old james mayfield of accused of killing 17-year-old sidnour in august. police sarred him yesterday while investigating a robbery. jonathan: we have video to show you. jonathan: a good samaritan is seen beating a man on the ground. the good samaritan stopped to help the man on the ground. but the police say the driver who crashed kidnapped a woman and then tried getting away by stealing a good samaritan's struck. with me? that didn't work so well. he was pummeling them until the police got there. michelle: no good deed. jonathan: still ahead, a man what he is saying about the act of hero. i. michelle: the new trouble for a man who is accused of leading police on a cha "what if" more of the came from r

michelle: that is so heart warming. they are dealing with so much to think ahead and put away the prize possessions. they followed a vice to leave the home and the van unlocked. alison: the firefighters are heroes. fantastic. all right now to a "7 on your side" alert about car fires. twice this week out in st. louis cars have erupted in flames overnight. the culprit here is leaves. top of the leave piles left for pickup. we have seen them here. the exhaust systems can reach up to 600 degrees and that is plenty hot enough to catch the dried out leaves on fire. beware. in ohio, a good samaritan ended up becoming a victim when he raced to help a shooting victim. he rushed to help his boss and he found her shot outside the business on thanksgiving morning. but while he was talking to police someone stole the car. >> you are 30 feet away with a police officer and someone stole the car? >> the police talked about it. the boldest, someone stealing a car. >> the car has turned up but it was damaged. the shooting victim out of t

michelle: that is right. chief meteorologist bill kelly in the stormwatch7 weather center tracking the winter weather alert. what with relooking at? bill: we'll talk about that in a bit. 34 inches of snow. the record they broke yesterday. eight inches. the knowiest day erie ever had ever in any calendar day. it's remarkable. for us what we are tracking is a couple of light arizonas to the west with a little bit of snow. all in, not a big deal. minimal snow. right now is fine. in the evening we are in the 30's. why we are watching it is the timing. early tomorrow morning even if we get a little bit it could pose big problems for the commute. we will talk about that. 32 in gaithersburg. 37 in d.c. remainder of this evening we it's chilly. mid-30's at 5:00. 34 at 6:00. 33 by 7:00. the story tonight a couple things to talk about. one is the possibility of a little snow tonight. we'll break that down hour-by-hour but a very, very cold forecast. to me that is a bigger story. we'll talk about it in a few minutes. mi

michelle: thank you. the i-66 toll lane include a real-time information on how much tolls will cost. you can see the information on the screen. you see the side-by-side with the live picture of the actual cost. $8.50 is what folks are paying now. express lane on i-95, i-395 and the beltway have a similar system to let you check prices ahead of time. "7 on your side" team has posted a link to both of the websites online. you can find it on the news app. >> new information on the deadly shooting of a mclean man. the police chief says a dash cam in one of the department cruisers recorded the shooting. he was shot on november 17 after the police say he hit another vehicle and led officers on a chase that ended along g.w. parkway. the chief ed rossler wants the video released once the f.b.i. is finished investigating the shooting. day of chaos that turned deadly. now d blasted the police response to the violent crashes in charlottesville the city leaders will be told how they can improve. the u.s. attorney wil

michelle: we have seen it all. alison: virginia governor taking steps to address the growing shortage of the teachers in the commonwealth. governor mcauliffe announcing he signed a new executive directive. >> we need new teachers. >> one of the biggest changes in the undergraduate major in education at the virginia university. until now the option didn't exist. alison: some commuters were ned up over the cost. aubrey lane says he will not suspend the new measures but he will ask vdoto to review the algorithm. alexandria continue to honor the lives of those who risked their lives. michelle: proclamation will be read at the beginning of the city council meeting tomorrow including the u.s. capitol police, alexandria police, alexandria fire and sheriff office. this is special for a few reasons. >> it is important for the officers, the troopers and the 911 center employees to be reminded that people out there appreciate what they do. we hear the negative thing about the law enforcement and public service. the city counc

michelle: time to find the heavy coat. thank you, bill. 200 students from across the area got to spend the day with the redskins as the team's locker room turned into santa's workshop as this year's toys for bob strife. drive. for tots we here at abc 7 are collecting as well. you can donate by going to to order a toy online to be donated to kids in need this holiday season. just place your order by the 13th, tomorrow. alison: placed mine tonight, and it's very easy to do. any parent can tell you about the frustration of getting the hottest holiday toy, only to find it sold out everywhere. turns out the same cyber-bots that graham concert tickets at record speed may be to blame. see holiday tradition in a whole new light. join in the joy of christmas town at busch gardens. with over 8 million twinkling lights. more than anywhere else in america. enjoy coasters and thrills. and celebrate with holiday shopping and shows. bring your family to busch