novec.eeping you connected. >>> tonight a judge is sending a message to the drug-using community, warning of the deadly consequences of opioids. >> a woman sentenced to four years in prison for not doing enough to help her friend in the midst of an overdose. how prosecutors are trying to stop the spread of the disease of addiction. >> reporter: for more than 40 minutes, witt black struggled alone, a popular musician, not realizing his first sampling of heroin would be his last. his family and friends watched the hotel surveillance video in court. >> it was very critical watches the last 45 minutes of my brother's life and seeing him so unresponsive in a stairwell and watching the defendant, you know, to do nothing. >> reporter: the defendant, heather timbers, a friend of witt's for more than ten years, pleaded guilty to giving him the drug. >> they were both heavily intoxicated and high on opioids at the time. justice would be mr. black being alive and my client not being addicted to opioids

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novec. keeping you connected. this is the first time you've had two women host the today show. good morning america did it a couple of years ago. if 2017 was the year of me two, 2018 could be the year of real change. joining us tonight we have women's rights activists. guy lambert news director of wpc g radio. page, promoting awareness victim empowerment. she joins us via skype. i'm going to start with you, you heard today that hoda come biwas going to be replace matt lawr was this a good is a well educated, well compos ed journalist. she knows exactly what she is doing. she is going to bring to nbc universal. face of what black women look like, which is necessary in this current temperature that we're living with. she is going to speak and champion for women's rights and she has been doing that while she has been there. some say it's a symbolic move. it's important to put a face out there. it absolutely is. i think for far too long the situations have happened behind closed doors. we're talking about this systemic change and that we're looking at under represented communities

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novec.ou connected. >>> we're still in weather alert as we approach 6:00, a mix of sleet and freezing rain falling in parts of the d-m-v. doug joins look at the potential for school delays tomorrow morning. >>> and the trial is underway now in prince william county for a church youth group leader who is accused of sexual assault. jordan bared is accuse of having an inappropriate relationship with an under age girl in his congregation. this is the life church in manassas two years ago. he says he is innocent. the trial is expected to last for three days. >>> family members are not giving up hope of finding a missing man with dementia. prince george's county police say that -- now say that daniel dehaven may have been picked up by someone as he walked along route 1. news4's justin finch explains how this development is impacting the man's family. >> reporter: we spoke with dehaven's family and volunteers. those volunteers met here at the firehouse before continuing on their search today, telli

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novec. keeping you connected.6fz y2i1zy y16fy >> big night in hollywood, bit of fashion statement while walking the red carpet. >> hollywood stars dressed all in black as a sign every protest against sexual harrassment accusations cents in hollywood and across all industries. it was also meant to be a sign of solidarity among actors. but the most talked about moment of the night was oprah winfrey's acceptance speech for the cecil b de mill lifetime achievement awards. >> and win that -- and when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificant women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenominal men. new cars. no, that moment ended up over shadowing the awards themselves and started fueling speculation that oprah will run for president. now, she has in the past said she's not interested but then stead man today said she would definitely do it. so ronica cleary, the pulls of the people, ronica? >> hey, jim, marine, a i don't think that room needs new cars. but, w

novec. keeping you connected. steve: 44, 45 degrees for the high today. showers arrive late tomorrow. 55 for the high. low 60's on friday. by saturday, cooler. cold on sunday. >> you're watching abc seven news at noon on your side. growing: right now, fallout over the release of congressional testimony related to the now infamous dossier alleging ties between the trump campaign and russia. why 18,moton explains ally is now suing =--- a key trump ally is now suing. cofounderny from the of the company. >> i think people are entitled to know what it said. and the lawyers also wanted it released. i see no problem with releasing it. >> calling the democrat "sneaky diane." trump: it is very sad what they have done with this fake dossier. >> republicans have dismissed the largely uncorroborated dossier. they allege it is what started the russian meddling probe. the prosecution so far has made no reference to the document. fusion gps was hired by republicans and later democrats to look into canada trump's possible ties to russia -- candidate trump's possible ties

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