stay with abc 7 and newschannel 8 for complete coverage of the state of the union. you can watch the speech and the republican response live tomorrow night starting at 9:00 and then join us for both reaction and analysis on newschannel 8 right after the speech. president obama heading to tomorrow night's state of the union with his highest approval rating in nearly two years. a new abc news "washington post" poll puts the president's job approval at 50%. that's his highest level since the spring of 2013. pollsters said the jump is driven largely by those lower gas prices and an improving economy. other recent polls have showed a similar increase in the president's popularity. in the meantime now right now in europe things are on edge. several raids rounded up suspected terrorists over the weekend but as karen traverse reports, the threat isn't over. >> europe is on high alert. over the past several days 40 people across the continent arrested on suspicion of terror related activities and law enforcement officials are scrambling to uncover and break up networks and p

. >>> plus why the mayor of paris is threatening to sue the fox newschannel. >>> thanks for being with us. we begin in washington where president obama is touting his success at reviving the u.s. economy. and he used his annual state of

be sure to stay with abc 7 and newschannel 8 for complete coverage of the state of the union address. you can watch the speech live right here on abc 7 starting at 9:00 and afterwards join us for reaction and analysis on newschannel 8 and, of course, abc 7 will carry the republican response as well. >> all righty. time to talk the forecast. at least a nice day for anybody who may be heading out tonight. >> not a bad day today. tomorrow, that's a different story. so -- >> you know, not terrible. this is becoming the winter of the clippers isn't it? so this is what our third consecutive one in as many weeks and the impact is going to be medium. the good news is i think this is going to be more of a midday event this time around. so that the morning and evening commutes may be a little bit better. the evening one, i think, we'll be watching a little bit more closely than anything else. so come over to the tv if you're not next to it right now and take a look at this. if you are not up early enough to see the sunrise, wow it was spectacular today. gorgeous time lapse for you from the bell

. >>> plus why the mayor of paris is threatening to sue the fox newschannel. >>> thanks for being with us. we begin in washington where president obama is touting his success at reviving the u.s. economy. and he used his annual state of the union address to call for new initiatives to help the middle class. among them an am bishop plan to -- ambitious plan to raise taxes on the richest americans and financial institutions. >> his plans probably won't get much traction in congress where republicans now control the house and the senate. still, mr. obama says both sides need to work together. >> if you share the broad vision i outline tonight, i ask you to join me in the work at hand. if you disagree with parts of it i hope you'll at least work with me where you do agree. i commit to every republican here that i will not only seek out your idea, i will seek to work with you to make this country stronger. >> jonathan mann joins us to talk about all of this. he behaved as if republicans didn't just win both the house and the senate it was like a victory speech as much as it was a victory la

that airs at 7:00 tonight on our sister station, newschannel 8 and we'll be streaming it live on wjla.com. >> jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of james holmes. holmes is the gunman charged in the aurora theater massacre in colorado. a group of 9,000 people must now be narrowed down to 12 with 12 alternates. the long process and it could take up to five months we're told. holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. that teenaged couple from kentucky dubbed the modern day bonnie and clyde are now in police custody. 18-year-old dalton hayes made his first court appearance in panama city beach, florida this afternoon. as marcy gonzalez reports, that's where he and his 13-year-old girlfriend were found. >> after two weeks on what police say was a multistate crime spree with his 13-year-old girlfriend, today, 18-year-old dalton hayes faced a judge in florida. runaway's adventure ending over the weekend when someone raised them and called in a tip. u.s. marshalls and police found hayes and cheyenne phillips asleep in this stolen truck parked behind an ihop restaurant in panam

and then stay with newschannel 8 for reaction and analysis. students will pay more to finish the school year. university system voted friday to raise tuition by 2% starting in the spring semester which begins just six days. this will impact the university of maryland college park frostburg state universitysalisbury university and towson university. the rare mid-year increase in response to $40 million in state budget cuts to the university system. >> well we are hearing from metro officials for the first time since last week's deadly incident on that yellow line train. the agency is facing criticism, of course for its response when smoke filled that tunnel and the l'enfant plaza station. one woman died. more than 80 others were hurt from breathing in the smoke and the fumes while waiting for help. joce sterman live outside the wilson building with what metro is telling d.c. leaders and what questions remain unanswered now. joce? >> alison so many of them remain unanswered. the board chair today provided only one specific response about what ha

stay with abc 7 and newschannel 8 for complete coverage of the state of the union. you can watch the speech and the republican response live tonight starting here at 9:00. and then join us for reaction and analysis on newschannel 8 after the speech. alison? >> moving on to other news the lays islamic state is threatening to kill two japanese hostages. isil is demanding $200 million in exchange for the men. suzanne kennedy looks at how the japanese are responding. >> a chilling new video from isis showing two japanese hostages kneeling in the desert wearing those familiar orange jump suits. like past videos the isis terrorists believed to be jihad john threatens to behead the men. but this time he demands a ransom saying the hostages would be spared if the japanese government pays $200 million in the next three days. >> you now have 72 hours to pressure your government. >> it is the same amount japan's prime minister just pledged to give countries fighting militants in iraq and syria making the announcement this week during a visit to the middle east. >> the timing a

our sister station newschannel 8 aired that parade in its entirety. across the nation tonight, another kind of march aimed at honoring the ideals of dr. king using peaceful protests. marcy gonzalez shows us a nation on the move. >> across the country, a day of service and rememberance. at this church in atlanta, dr. martin luther king jr.'s daughter and sister leading a ceremony honoring the slain civil rights leader on this holiday commemorating what would have been his 86th birthday. >> i think it is my duty to be here and to honor him today. >>st to coast -- >> ♪ i'm gonna let it shine ♪ >> marches and rallies, carrying dr. king's message of equality. some tying that into protests over ongoing tensions between some police and black communities. >> we have to bridge that separation. particularly society as a whole. >> in selma, alabama, 50 years after police beat down demonstrators as they marched with dr. king for the right to vote, this holiday weekend a symbolic unity march. 1,000 families walking hand in hand with producers and stars of the film

newschannel 8 will carry both the congressional briefing and the ntsb update as they happen. that's at 6:15 tonight and 7:00 p.m. as well. leon? >> within the past hour an embattled member of the virginia house of delegates surrendered to police. the grand jury indicted the delegate morrissey. he resigned his seat amid accusations that he had sex with his 17-year-old secretary. morrissey was then re-elected to the seat in a special election. now he's accused of forging a document that he vouched for in court and convincing the girl's mother to lie about the authenticity. he is spending nights in jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. >> the republicans tonight including house speaker john boehner wasted little time in calling president obama's state of the union fantasy land proposals. polls overnight show that speech struck a nerve for voters worried about the direction of the company. so which of the president's ideas could we actually see come to life in the coming months? senior political reporter scott thuman is live on capitol hill tonight with some analys

. >> which is your favorite show to do on fox newschannel? >> five. high fives all around. >> we know that you are happier today, you're back in the political scene. have fun this cycle. thanks for joining us. >>> ahead, what's it like spending 19 days climbing up a 3,000-foot rock wall using only your hands and feet? you're going to hear from the remarkable hair who just concurred el capitan, next. . >>> it's the fastest 7 on television. seven cursory minutes, one convicted host. first off, to yosemite national park. it took 19 days and a boatload of determination. kevin jorgeson and tommy caldwell were the first ever to scale el capitan. >> it's a big dream. it takes a lot of hard work to make it happen. there's elements of teamwork that tommy and i have forged over the last six years. those are the elements that any big dream need to come true. so i hope that everyone that has been following around can take the don wall as an example of what is possible and find their own don wall. >> these are personal heroes. >> what is the big deal? i do this ev

you can see her on "bulls and bears" every saturday at 10:00 eastern on the fox newschannel. she is excited for sunday's big game. she is devouring her liver by a score of 78 to cantaloupe. joanne nosuchunsky. and he is in the movie, american sweater. it is tv's andy levey. and he has more brains than a zombie's frige. next to me remi. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> it was a pretty strong opening. i think we can take a break. the or raw -- oragami condom is about to fold. the guy who invented the condom that you paid for with your tax dollars now has to pay back the funds. the national institute of health gave him $2.4 million your money, to develop his new fangled rber that -- rubber that is fold ep up -- folded up rather than rolled up. he received grant money to make male, female and paper crane versions of the contraceptive. if that's the case you wouldn't they'd to take food home. now a former employee is accusing him of massive fraud. the staffer claims he used taxpayer money to pay for trips to costa resaw and parties at the playboy mansion and a full

i mean what else could you be doing other than fox newschannel new year's eve special.n 2015, and you see the amazing staff we're going to have there, all of us cohosting. we've got ricky bobby we've got anna corman et cetera. >> there are going to be thousands of people that die from drinking and driving this holiday season. please get someone to drive for you. a life lost affects a lot of people around you. so please stop and think about it. it will kill you. >> great advice. greg, you're up. >> these are my top five albums of 2014. number 5 is black bananas. great heavy metal, drug-induced pop music. white fence, which is melodic pop. ty segal, amazing manipulator. probably the best garage rock you'll find. pom pom, and my very favorite. luminous. >>> there will be a trend in 2015 that doctors will no longer automatically prescribe you pills when you go to the doctor. they'll tell you why don't you try to jog for 3 miles and call me tomorrow? why don't you try a yoga class? this is becoming a big deal because they don't want to give out as much medication. they're tr

business show on fox newschannel. neil had the couple on to throw their love and happiness in our faces. >> you know, i can add match maker to my resume. they met as guests on my fox business show, and now, of course, i want to know why i wasn't invited to the wedding. we are going to find out. >> he is hitting that? >> cable restrictions prevent us from showing what they did on top of neil's desk. "red eye" has been a match maker over the years. quite a number of guests have met on the show and ended up together like john bolton and skunk baxter. their love grew like an unkempt mustache. another couple who met on "red eye," paul mecurio and the love bot. i still think the love bot could have done better. and these two. we can't tell them apart and i reserve the right to tear them apart. it was a little cat and a giant horse. it was quite awkward to see them make love. >>> coming up -- >> it gets me excited. >> i bet it does, paul. >> shrinky dink child playthings is science meant to warp our minds. first, are long li

it was carried by cable newschannel. that the footballs were deflated everyone is denying who what when why and how. >> i was shocked to learn of the news reports about the footballs. i had no knowledge whatsoever of this situation until monday morning. >> i know nothing! i know nothing! >> i have no knowledge of anything. i have no knowledge of any, uhm, wrongdoing. >> you're comfortable that nobody did anything wrong. i'm very comfortable saying that. i'm very comfortable saying that nobody did it as far as i know. i don't know everything. >> okay. do you really believe that brady and belichick knew nothing about this?! vote now at kpix.com. early returns show 80% did not believe that brady and belichick -- we have a lot of patriots fans out there. >> all i want to do right now is be the head coach of the raiders. >> tony sparano didn't get his wish but he is staying in the bay area. he is expected to be named the 49ers tight end coach replacing eric mangini and mangini will be promoted to the defensive coordinator pos

constantly updating our website and social media feeds and our sister station newschannel 8 is going to be live on the air tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. breaking news in the annapolis mansion fire. another body has been found in that rubble. that makes five bodies found. one still missing. today, news chopper 7 was over the scene as crews removed debris by the truckload. brad bell is live at the scene tonight with the breaking details and what investigators are looking for. brad? >> yeah, alison, first, your headline is exactly right. one more victim was found here today. that leaves one presumed left in the rubble. and the search for that person will continue tomorrow. we can take a look across the creek and you can see for yourself what's going on live over at the remains of the home the big crane is still looming over it. they are just now i believe, we've been told wrapping up their operations. as we said they will resume tomorrow. once they find that final body the entire operation will move to the investigation. for the third day in a row, investigators have combed the

you can, of course turn to our sister station newschannel 8 right now to follow more of that live coverage of the news conference and we'll be back >> a paving company is still working on repairs to the massive water main break and sink hole that opened up yesterday in bladensburg. crews spent the morning ripping up the road to make these repairs and wssc says it's trucking in asphalt to fill in that sink hole. water main break flooded several homes on the block destroying dry wall furniture and electronics. >> difficult? oh, it is. frustrate frustrated and i think we'll get out from this. >> good news is water has been restored to the 77 homes that were impacted by this break. but road repairs are expected to take several more days. >> seems like one more hurdle when we get bad weather, isn't it? >> yes especially with the cold weather. at least we're going to lose the gusty winds. it will get very cold again. this time tomorrow we will get another rain/snow mix and not expecting much accumulations, if any. that's the bottom line. let's get started with a beautiful look right now, bell ha

what we'll start with a visitor, our meteorologist ryan miller you've seen sometimes on newschannel 8 he visited with our storm chaser the kids at mckinley elementary school in arlington to talk about the weather and groundhog day and snow and all that. all the kids out there at mckinley hope you guys have a great weekend. you have your shoutout on air, dudes. let's talk with what's happening weatherwise here. we're dealing with very strong winds and that really is the headline today. we have those snow squalls, too. those temperatures are ok. i mean, it's you know, in the 30's in most spots. somewhere like wintergreen where it's 15 degrees at the resort right now. wind gusts at 49 miles an hour. that's bitterly cold. the rest of the snow dealing with strong wind gusts over 40 miles an hour in frederick and martinsburg and manassas 42-mile-an-hour gust. that's why the wind advisory that was posted this morning will be in effect until midnight tonight. so far, so good because we're in the 30's. later tonight, temperatures will fall for the 20's and into the teens and then when you add

so if you take that -- and that is by the television -- it is one of -- they have three 24-hour newschannels. i lived here. i spent eight years living in paris. it is a reliable source. i am going to a couple of different sources. according to the french media let's boil it down. the two suspects in the shootout which left 12 dead are in an industrial park 25 miles northeast of paris. there has been a shootout involving police and they are holding one hostage. there are three helicopters overhead. that's what the french media is reporting. >> gregg, can you describe what the weather is like there? when we were watching the chase prior to this it looks like it is raining pretty heavy. is that what is happening around this industrial park right now? >> it is raining. i would say it is more of a drizzle than anything else. it is typically rainy in france and the paris region. you know it is at this time. it is not as much of a phaker -- factor. but even the helicopter is a little lost in the clouds because it is misty. prior to this happening, were you hearing about any other reports that lead

that's coming up at 7:00 on our sister station, newschannel 8. >> the dr. king holiday coming up, we're on the verge of a three day weekend. >> that's right. and our meteorologist steve rudin is in the stormwatch weather center with a look at what to expect for the weekend. >> warmer temperatures are on the way and cooler out there right now. those changes are in time for the upcoming extended holiday weekend. take a look at what it looked like early this morning. this is from oak dale high school in maryland. you can see how the clouds weren't a problem and the clouds moved in during the midday hours and now looking at partly cloudy skies across a good part of the mid atlantic and we'll see dry conditions moving through the overnight. it's chilly out there. frederick, maryland now at 36 degrees. it's 35 in sandy spring maryland. degree warmer in ashburn. morning low in the middle 20's. lows waking up tomorrow morning, chilly start to your day as you walk to school or head to work. middle 20's in dulles. same with winchester. head down to southern maryland

the new terror threat airs at 7:00 on our sister station, newschannel 8. it will include analysis of the political, national security and international implications of the terror attack in france. >> and still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 why parents of a young hockey player became suspicious of one of its coaches. >> a little later, a judge decides if virginia's former governor should stay in jail pending an as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $300 back when you switch to fios intert and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 today. >> take a look at this video. a broken water main has filled a section of four mile run drive near south cleveland street with water. emergency crews had to shut down the road earlier this afternoon. so drivers

you can get more traffic and weather and news updates on our sister station newschannel 8. >>> good morningnew winter storm threatening to dump more snow on the east coast. still buryied from that monster blizzard. >> also right now the pilot forced to ditch his plane in the middle of the pacific telling his survival story. an abc news exclusive. >>> the former nfl player under fire for allegedly exaggerating the disability from his injuries. how his appearance on "survivor" is stirring up trouble. >>> as we do say good morning, america, friday eve. one more alarm clock. almost there. we have all that and we have the story that's trending big this morning. the brazen beverly hills dognapping. snatched right off the street in the middle of the day. >> oh no. >> we'll get to that. >>> we do begin with that pilot who ditched his plane in the middle of the pacific and saw that video, the plane falling from the sky, the parachute deployed and coast guard capturing it on video and this morning we're hearing from the pilot in an abc news exclusive. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: watchin