rebecca: the relationship is kekey. mark: 100% the only way you can sift through that many is based onn what st of crelidibility they have. you need to have someone around who is credible or someonene who mutually says they are credible. rebecca: you are in a sse investing in the economy, i think. sure, if you have extra income, you may want t to spendt on an experience rather than thing but if we hit economic bumps in the road luxury travel could be the first thing to go. are yoyou optimistic overallbout the economy, or do you think this could hit bumps i in the road? mark: you are a good investor. we went on a road tririp with about 80 investors and that question came up. a little later in life, this is more recession resistant. this is sothing peoeople se up for. it is not a huge extravagance. through the last two recessions this business did rely well. rebecca: it's time for the next segmt. i hope you have e time to ta one of these adventu travels. when we return, a winning foformula on and off the court. stay with

rebecca: you always do this. you spend your time, lamenting everyone and never get to the real pblem. i guess it is the navy seal in you not wanting to admit there is a problblem. i will lay it out for you. you have hh taxes to deal with.. you have high real eststate prices. you have your back against the wall to convince bubusinees to stay here. enough with the compmpliments. at are the c challenges? harry: one is s making it easier to do business with the government to ke sure we are not putting roadblocks up. taxes arone issue. we a also have regulatory issues. rebea: give th mayor and cocil a hugug. are e they the right cnsel t to do that for you? harry: i am enuraged because ththey are listening. we nowow have economic impact statemts, not just fiscal impact. that is encouraging. before legistion, the cocounci will look at thehe economic impact. the business community is weighing in to s this is what wewe need to do on that fronont. rebecca: lt some of the other ththings you tnk have been progress. harry: wo

rebecca: lea to listen.eason hiller -- llary clinton won kudos in the senate because republicans and democrats said s she is listening and not talking. follow that model? marissa: absololutely. you have twowo ears and one mouth. use them in that proportion. rebecca: embrace the office culture. you say y is a good one. you lost your r mom ththis past ar. it is mother's day weekend. i asked the best advice your mother gave you. marissa: don't let anyone else ever determine your work. know what you are worth and ask for i it. hing recently that said when younow you're on lf-worth, your net worth goes up. rebecccca: it is easy for us to say statay humble andnd be open to other things, and then flip t to demand your worth. a: if your entry level, be realistic about at you're woworth is. recca: as you move up in the company, don't be afraid to say have performed at this level. you had too thatat with your boss. you had to form your own company. it worked ouout. marissa: there are things people can do to figure out

rebecca: welcome back. our colleague has the s story of a man who o owns a sporting goods store that was gututted by looters this week as they oked on helplessly. what was their plan and can they forgetive? >> mark and harvey have owned his shoe business oror 35 years. >> i am more sad than athing here you cannot be angry. >> all they could do was watch from their homes, remote pictures from the security cameras. >> smashed the window and hundreds of people started pouring in. >> this is what t they found. a sea of boxes and shoes. >> looters, for six hours, wiped them out. >> people going in and out, and it was unbelievable. >> $1 million worth of inventory scattered or stolen. >> all this merchandise, all these people that work for us do not have a job. it will take months to getet this situated. the police were three blocks away. >> 30 years in the city they love. what hurts most is looking at the surveillance video, they recognized once loyal paying customers. >> hundreds and hundreds of people in here

rebecca adams: v.a.fficials, though, have said they want to take a look at all of the private medical care that they are paying for and they want to reconsider how that is paid for, they want to put it all into one funding stream rather than different programs, they want to completely rethink the future of private medical care paid for by the v.a. so, if you are looking out 10 years from now, how much of the care that veterans get do you think will be paid for by the v.a. but provided by doctors similar to the way medicare does it? or how much of it will be continue to be provided in v.a. facilities? senator isakson: well, i don't -- i am not smart enough to look out 10 years and tell you what a number is going to be. i am smart enough to tell you that what we did in terms of veterans choice is going to work. as long as the v.a. doesn't fold its arms and try to make it fail. we've got a job to do to see to it that it works, and i think that it will. i can't predict what the split will be, but i will tell

rebecca: abc 7 news. rebecca cooper abc 7 news. , kellye: coming up virginia may rely less on private financing as it embarks on a plan to widen part of i-66. and after decades of promises flying cars may be here sooner than you think. devon: paging george jetson devon lucie with you, tracking higher heat, humidity. the forecast coming up. kellye: a new twist in the plan to widen i-66 could put hundreds of millions into the tax coffers , provided the taxpayers pay to widen the highway. stephen tschida has the details. stephen: the transportation secretary believes it makes the most sense if the state picks up the tab for widening i-66 outside of the beltway. the plan is to widen i-66 outside of the beltway. the project expected to cost more than $2 billion. if virginia covers the tab, it could save a billion dollars on the roads. if the state handles financing and construction of the expansion to i-66 instead of the private sector, it will generate some $500 million of total revenue over four decades. the

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. kellye: thanks, rebecca.usands of motorcyclists are in town for rolling thunder. rolling thunder began in 1988 to draw attention to those missing in action in vietnam. after a rally tomorrow at the pentagon, an estimated half-million bikes will rumble to the national mall. be prepared for road closures much of the day. a cool spring night after a sun filled saturday. a busy sunday is ahead in the nation's capital. we head over to devon lucie to get the latest. devon: could not be better weather to kick off this weekend, the temperatures into the 70's, no humidity. 75 the official high in washington. west virginia and western maryland, how often is cumberland warmer than reagan national? not too often. real-time temps, falling quickly, 50's, 60's in spots. could not be a better day for a ride come rolling thunder, 56 waking up, warming into the 70's. noontime, the memorial bridge to downtown, just about 79 to 80, ending up at the mid-80's. i have the a rest of washington the humidity still comfortable. you wil

rebecca: at arlington national cemetery, rebecca cooper abc7 news. leon: also today, thousands marched to the national memorial day parade. the crowd included celebrities, singers and special guests but the spotlight today. the grand marshal were veterans of world war ii. representative of those who served. still ahead -- more are missing from the massive storms in texas. and the unexpected consequence of a disaster. what is happening along the gulf coast five years after if massive b.p. oil spill. narrator: puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support, putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story... woman: "unfairreatment from washington." man: "thousands without medications." woman: "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." narartor: washington must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late.

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. kellye: in the coming weeks, we are expecting more candidates to enter the fray. former rhode island governor lincoln chafee is set to announce wednesday he will seek the democratic presidential nomination. he will make the announcement at the george mason center for politics in arlington. wisconsin governor scott walker has not officially entered the race, but he is campaigning in new hampshire. walker will make an official announcement at the end of june. the former texas governor rick perry is expected to become the eighth gop candidate when he enters the race next week. abc 7 is your station for complete vote 2016 coverage. stay up to date on the campaign trail at wjla.com and on twitter and facebook. abc news is reporting a second man has come forward accusing former house speaker dennis hastert of sexual abuse, taking place decades ago when he was a teacher and coach and an illinois high school. the indictment accuses hastert of paying $1.7 million to cover a prior misconduct. l

rebecca huismann was working as a topless dancer at the time of her murder.s something she had not planned on, but she needed the money. >> she was a very beautiful young woman and she was trying to make some extra money so that she and her fiance could get married. >> after rebecca was finished work one october night in 1999, a bouncer took her to her car and she drove away. as she drove up to her apartment, someone, possibly a customer from the strip club, may have made an advance. whatever happened, the killer fired with a .45 caliber handgun. >> i need an ambulance. >> what is the problem there? >> my girlfriend. i just woke up, and i noticed that she wasn't with me. so i go out there and she's out in her car and her door's open, and i go out there and she has blood all over her face and i can't hear a pulse or a heartbeat or nothing. >> the motive clearly wasn't robbery. nothing in her vehicle had been disturbed. rebecca's purse was still there. >> it looked like, to me, based on my experience, that it was a personal crime. just because shooting somebody

rebecca? rebecca: that is right. for many there is a sense of relief that things have returned to a peaceful nature in baltimore. people are tired. we are at the staging area where thousands of officers and national guardsmen from around the mid-atlantic have come. multiple jurisdictions in maryland. that is the maryland national guard over my shoulder. we have people trying to get a quick nap after long patrols over multiple days. they are tired here. we also spoke to the people in the city will not be attending today's rally. some because they say it is time to move forward. others because they say they are still frustrated. today on buena vista avenue in baltimore, these young african american men say they won't be attending the rally. they don't think anything will change, even after the announcement of arrests of the officers accused in the death of freddie gray. robert miller also won't be attending the rally. he says he has to go to work. but he is frustrated about what happened during the riots. >> it was stu

rebecca cooper is standing by live right now. rebecca? rebecca: kellye, this is the corner of north and pennsylvania avenue's, where the cvs was burning. what you are seeing is some of the people being arrested for breaking curfew. the young woman in the police van right now is yelling at the policing that she is a towson university premed student. she said she does not want to go in the van, this is the van that freddie gray died in. it's not the exact van, but these are the kinds of things that you are hearing the protester saying, here and opened affiants. video from earlier we were going on live at 10 p.m. with new channel 8. there were a lot of evil people out here in defiance of the curfew. as we were about to go live, we had a gentleman try to step into our live shot wearing a t-shirt with an expletive about the police that we cannot show. we cap to moving, trying to get out of the shot. as he was yelling at the police, he was pepper sprayed and started yelling loudly in the midst of the crowd. a lot of media here and a lot of youn

rebecca cooper spoke to the homeowner about the lawsuit. rebecca? rebecca: kimberly the homeowner worked hard to renovate the property and used it for a good cause but the attorney general says it's egregious and a public nuance. now he is responding. it used to be two barn-like garages owned by the founder of results gym who converted it to a glamorous mansion with a rooftop pool. an intern first suggested he rent his home on sights like air b&b for private work and events to help fund the charity work in haiti. >> every night we rent the house out one night pays for a house in haiti or an entire farm. $650 to dig a water well. rebecca: but in the lawsuit the d.c. attorney general says it's a single family home with none of the required permits for an event space. similar rentals listed like this home in logan circle make it clear for private housing and not a venue for events. neighbors who didn't want to go on camera say noise from the party can be a problem. jeffrey tells renters there is a 10:00 p.m. curfew for events but noise is a given in th

for me rebecca is dangerous.or me if i got out of here and hung around here, there would probably be a 60% chance that i would end up using with her. that is not that i don't like her. i love her. i love her as a person. i just -- i can't place myself around people who aren't ready to change their life. >> coming up -- >> some of the sponsors i had -- no offense -- were scandalous and very deceitful. >> prove her wrong by staying clean. >> a former addict reaches out to rebecca goodman. and -- >> we average probably about 70 or 80 coroner's runs per month. >> one of the jail's inmate workers volunteer farce grizzly position. >> there is not always people who want to do that >>> every >>> every year about 55,000 men and women pass through the booking department of the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati. >> i got a pair in my purse. >> most will be released within hours. but for those who stay the jail will become their home for an indefinite period of time. the job of keeping it clean falls to inmate wor

in arlington, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. ahead bumped from the ball room just three months from their dream wedding. a mixup with the redskins that left a couple scrambling to find i love the new place. thank you. we used a designer from havertys to help blend all of my y stuff with dave's one good chair. i love it. that reminds me of when we blended our furniture. yeah. ryan helped me get all my stuff just the way i like it. and emily helped me get all of my stuff right to the curb. that was a great day. yeah. refresh your space with an extra hundred off every thousand at havertys. us enjoy 36-month, no-interest financing. havertys. discover something you. kellye: we have an update on johnny depp's dog drama. his dogs are back in the united states. he is accused of smuggling them into australia, where the agriculture minister threatened to put them down. they promptly boarded a flight back to california, just hours before the government deadline. pistol and boo, his dogs, back on u.s. soil. devon: i understand the love for

sunshine ordinance hearing regarding the alleged violation of the sunshine violation and responsibility rebecca and supervisor deputy director is the complanlt present. >> mr. chair, i have to recuse myself from this in going to the materials there are containments by two street artists which payroll bear on the motivator well, they're in there in any be event i represented them 40 years ago so in terms of fact they're in there i think i want to recuse myself from this. >> there has to be a motion. >> how do the other commissioners feel. >> your recused? all in favor, say i. >> i. >> make a motion and second it. >> i'll make the motion and all in favor, say i. >> any public comment on the recusal? >> i want to submit a sunshine complaint there office no reason to put outline i all those documents in there around. >> this is just commissioner president keane is asked to be excused because his past connections and all we're voting on whether or not we are going to do that. >> the matter took place 40 years ago i don't believe he's had communication with the characterize. >> i have i see them regu

rebecca cooper now at the live desk to explain. what is the story here? rebecca: the officers were responding to another driver reporting getting sideswiped in a hit-and-run. two officers responding found 34-year-old david washington motionless in his car. he ignored their order. a third officer respond and the video and the audio from the body cameras all three officers were wearing that you are about to see now. when the first two officers responded to the hit-and-run they found driver david washington strapped in and motionless. >> put your hands up where i can see them. >> let me see your other hand right now. >> hands up. both of them. rebecca: washington remains motionless despite several officers yelling to see his hands. >> put them up in the air right now. let me see your other hand right now. rebecca: his right arm on the wheel and his body motionless washington's left arm can't be seen. after repeated orders the third officer now using his taser. washington then sprayed told to get out of the car but washington tries to use his right arm tellin

rebecca lapena introduces us to a manwho grew up around violence and how he had his wake up call when it was almost to late gun violence is not foreign to seaside high school football coach... alfred avila. guns can fall into the wrong hands and end up on the streets firearms have injured several of avila s friends and family members. it made me want to have a gun when i was younger because i was brought up in violence. so i knew violence, so that s what i wanted to have, but i was scared because of my dad if he found out i had one, or else i would ve probably vila family has a reputation of not being the people you want to mess with. as a young man, avila had to live up to that expectation. i had a situation where my sister, one time had my uncle s gun, and they were playing with it and it was loaded had she pulled it, one of them would ve ended up dead they were nine years old at the time so i just have a big thing about guns. my first time, when i was fourteen years old i had a man put a gun into my chest and that was real scary i started running and when i ran everyone was screami

rebecca: i'm rebecca cooper. it was on this corner mr. police say an uber driver allegedly attacked one of the passengers. we will tell you what happened and what you need to know if you use private car services. leon: tonight uber tells abc7 it's cooperating with police after a report that a driver kidnap and assaulted a woman in northeast. rebecca cooper is monitoring the developments in the case tonight. rebecca? rebecca: while they say they prefer the service and don't have concerns about safety. >> none whatsoever. i'd put my mom in it. rebecca: police say it occurred at 11 and g street at 2:45 a.m. on sunday. a driver sporting an uber sticker allegedly attack and attempted to rape his female passenger. concerns about the safety of startup car services prompted some city to pass tougher restrictions like houston that requires drivers to be fingerprint and undergo citied a my centered background check. in d.c., the current law says the private drivers must be 21 years old and pass criminal sex offender and driver offender background c

you have 10 minutes to foil a response >> good evening, commissioners and directors i'm rebecca deputy city attorney and cfo of the arts commission i submitted a letter for our report and here to answer any questions about the issue that you have thank you. >> commissioner hur do you - >> please all she said she submitted a letter. >> ms. danish do you want to respond she said she submitted a letter if you want to make another 5 minute presentation. >> the set the record straight art program is separate from the other goes on of the arts commission i've been more or less discriminate against false filings for a number ever years i nodded in my responses they have been consistent mistakes on the part of howard and i was in criminal court for two years accused ever stalking a secretaries i don't know she didn't appear and i never got an explanation expect the phones were rolling over most recently, i went up there to renew a permit about 6 weeks ago it is a very simple thing should take minutes you present a money order they run it through a lamination machine they didn't want to open th

rebecca adams: v.a. officials, though, have said they want to take a look at all of the private medical care that they are paying for and they want to reconsider how that is paid for, they want to put it all into one funding stream rather than different programs, they want to completely rethink the future of private medical care paid for by the v.a. so, if you are looking out 10 years from now, how much of the care that veterans get do you think will be paid for by the v.a. but provided by doctors similar to the way medicare does it? or how much of it will be continue to be provided in v.a. facilities? senator isakson: well, i don't -- i am not smart enough to look out 10 years and tell you what a number is going to be. i am smart enough to tell you that what we did in terms of veterans choice is going to work. as long as the v.a. doesn't fold its arms and try to make it fail. we've got a job to do to see to it that it works, and i think that it will. i can't predict what the split will be, but i will te

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live in rockville, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. kellye: tonight, we are on storm watch, the dmv socked with heavy rain. tonight, complete team coverage. roz plater spoke with drivers and homeowner still trying to recover from the storms, but we start with devon lucie in the weather center to find out what is coming next. devon: the humidity, it is really thick outside. stormwatch 7 doppler radar still some showers and heavier rain. live doppler radar southern maryland, charles, some parts of prince george's county's northeast accokeek, brandywine heavier showers. heavier rain back over ninja moy -- nanjemoy and dalgren, st. mary's county. western northern virginia spotty showers and stafford and prince william counties, towards culpeper. the wider view harrisonburg west, northwest, allegheny county, light rain going on. near 90 degrees in washington. the humidity made it feel like the lower 90's. the temperatures right now near 70, but the measure of humidity, it feels nasty outside. lots of showers, lots of cloud cover. george was

rebecca: with a rare day off these working women say life is spent on the run. they like using the mobile phone. her stab bucs app lets her buy expresso with a swipe of a finger. the convenience. rebecca: but numerous starbucks users say hackers broke in and stole dollars there but they stole bigger sums from the customer credit card bank and paypal account. >> a statement, starbucks says they are investigating the complaint but has not found sign of widespread hacking in the system. they say the problem may be customers using passwords too easily broken into it. >> when you use a company like starbucks you assume they have the controls and the security in place. >> this starbuck customer doesn't use the payment act. he increasingly uses his phone as a wallet computer and checking account. >> i trust mobile payment system more than other people. i don't hesitate to put my info in there. rebecca: critics say starbuck should offer more security like two-step sign-in. but even companies with deep pockets like starbucks can't provide complete data and cyber safety.

rebecca's brother was killed in a car accident. his family made the decision to donate his face. he had been living in seclusion after being accidentally shot in the face back in 1997 and he was at the top of the list. three years ago doctors performed a first-of-its-kind face transplant and norris felt that he could finally go out in public again. he was interviewed for a recent bbc australia broadcast and rebecca got to see for herself the results of her brother's donation. >>> this may be where technology is taking us. get ready for smart genes. you don't look fat in them, either. levi teaming up with google to transform clothing by weaving the internet into textiles. it use conductive fiber embedded to touch sensors into the clothing. so you could tap your jeans and silence your phone with it. send a message. i don't know what message you would sent the project was revealed today at google's -- you don't want to know, do you, paul -- at google's tech conference in san francisco. >> whole new meaning to pocket dialing, i guess. >> yeah. i'm running a little "behind." >> you ca

abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis reporting in tonight. it's your money. >> reporter: tonight, the city of los angeles suing one of the nation's largest banks, accusing wells fargo of engaging in fraudulent conduct. their customers paying the price. >> it alleges that wells customers had been victimized by tactics designed to maintain high levels of sales of wells products. >> reporter: prosecutors say bank empolyees were told to do whatever it takes to make sales. people like frank anh, stuck with bogus fees for wells fargo accounts they never wanted in the first place. >> i had ten accounts at one time. it's -- come on you know? they knew i was angry, and they kept opening accounts still. >> reporter: alleged tactics included -- bundling telling customers their checking accounts automatically came with savings, credit cards or even life insurance. a lie. and pinning, secretly obtaining debit cards enrolling customers in online banking without their authorization. a spokesman for wells fargo telling abc news the bank "is focused on the be

rebecca cooper has more on the bridge's history. rebecca? rebecca: memorial bridge was built to symbolize american strength and unity. from the beginning it has come to symbolize washington squabbling. first proposed in 1886 as part of the solution to major flooding downtown. this being washington, political squabbles over everything from the design to the name delay construction until 1922. originally planned as a memorial to both president lincoln and general grant the compromise in congress doubled the memorial bridge. without taking sides for the north and the south because it was to symbolize connecting the south and virginia to the north and to the north d.c. the bridge has seen plenty of wear and tear ever since. 68,000 vehicles cross memorial bridge every day. despite the inspectors declaring the bridge structurally deficient. the 2013 infection warned of the severe corrosion and the numerous other problems due to age use and neglect of repairs while congress battles over funding. the 2013 report says that inspectors don't think the

. >> is rebecca here and everybody?>> i think she had a program tonight actually. >> stephanie is over there. >> thank you for being on the list. >> of course. >> thank you, my dear. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> i just wish he would stop traveling. it makes me nervous. >> people are nervous when you stay still. >> is he around your. >> in florida. >> hi. >> i always get two books because i get one for mother. mary and matthew. >> okay. >> how is she doing? >> doing just great. living in brooklyn. [inaudible conversations] >> it is so beautiful now downtown that area of brooklyn. now i have all of the books of yours. >> oh, thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> you are so good this morning. >> all thank you. >> [inaudible conversations] >> you look beautiful cokie. >> aren't you nice? [inaudible conversations] >> it was so much fun. you may have talked to 10 other people while i was in the car. >> these are great ladies. >> are you going to do another book? >> did something happened in those years? [laugh

i want to ask the question to you rebecca every girl wants to ask.ou feel naked? >> i'm so glad you asked. as a matter of fact no. you feel so covered up. you can tell from the body language of models everyone when i was playing mystique. you feel completely covered up. you do not feel nude. it's a funny phenomenon. >> is it hard to get off? thinking of hours to apply it. >> i was painted before for the "sports illustrated" swimsuit. i went through a 13 hour paint job. we took 1409s, did pictures, went to the shower and took two minutes to wash off. there are different types of body paints. there's different types. sometimes you need rubbing alcohol to remove it or something. >> and then washing the shower room floor. this show is the most watched series ever. >> i can talk about creativity and characters beautiful painters that spent their lives devoted to body painting. i can really just narrow down to one word nudity. >> that's my first question. well because you see the models before they get painted. see them in various stages of the process whe

i want to hear the elevator pitch. >> i just say, hi rebecca, what are you thinking about doing all oft wealth that you got? you're not going to live forever. do you really think your children are going to be better off if they have $500 million -- >> reporter: the pledge is not a legally binding document. those who take it can give today or put it in their will. >> you can't say to people give it all away while you're alive, because you don't know how long you're going to live. encouraging people that's it's fun. younger you are and more vibrant and clever about your giving you'd like to be. he has a more colorful -- >> 75 years old, he'll think about it later, you know i ask him, do you think you can come with a better decision? >> reporter: the newest member to join the pledge is just 43 the founder of chobani yogurt. today, he has an estimated $1.4 billion. >> when i get to know what bill gates do and warren buffett, i wanted to do the same way he did it. >> reporter: his charity will go toward helping refugees around the world. >> you can save a life, make somebody's life better.

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. maureen: former new york governor george pataki is now part of the field of potential republican candidates. >> i announced i am a candidate for the republican nomination for president of the united states. maureen: he announced his candidacy in new hampshire today after he released a youtube video in which he describes his background and his reasons for running. he served three terms as governor of heavily democratic new york but has been out of office since 2006. he envisions himself as a unifying figure in a divided nation. it is the eighth of public and to officially enter the race. -- republican to enter the race. martin o'malley is one step was or to a white house run. supporters launched a super back to raise money for his residential campaign. super packs can raise -- pacs can raise unlimited amounts of money. he is excited to announce his candidacy on saturday. another round of heavy rain is bringing problems to taxes. as people are being ordered to evacuate their homes near

rebecca klopf explains how a boy's life. > > rebecca :avery fitzgerald is a pretty typical two year oldowing after his older brother. but his mom noticed something was different about her youngest son. julie fitzgerald/avery's mom >> "probably a couple months i would notice when i was looking at avery in a light i would see something in the back of his eye.and i thought 'eh." > >rebecca:julie fitzgerald started to wonder what it could be and went online and read an article about a woman who saw a white eye in photos of relatives instead of the normal red eye -- and it turned out to be cancer. julie told the story to her husband patrick. he says he told her it was nothing. but julie couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. julie fitzgerald/avery's mom >> "i took a picture and i did not want to take a picture and i did not want to take the picture because i had this dreaded feeling in the pit of my stomach and i took the picture and boom. his whole pupil was just white and that's when i knew." > >rebecca:that was three weeks ago. julie went to specialist who gave them the news. jul

richard: rebecca jones, 29 years old. her husband was killed about a year ago. tonight, she says she was surrounded by family. from washington, richard reeve abc 7 news. alison: very touching tribute rich, thank you. steve is here now as we talk about the cooler weather. is it going to hang on? steve: it is. we saw a rich with the jacket out there. quite a difference from 24 hours ago. another cool start tomorrow. wait until you see the weekend. 71 degrees was the high earlier today. about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, our first 90 degree day. 59 at the airport, the wind is beginning to ease, 13 miles per hour the humidity low, the dew point level is low. that is why it feels great. if your allergies are bothering you, trees, grasses, mold, all . weeds not a problem yet. 58 gaithersburg, 55 bwi marshall, 58 fredericksburg. look at the 24 hour temperature change. dulles 20 degrees colder, 18 degrees colder in gaithersburg, you get the point -- the cold front has moved through. the high-pressure overhead mainly clear overnight, lots of sunshine early tomorrow

the torture and murder of his 21-year-old daughter, rebecca. at the moment, his focus is on his ability or inability to purchase snacks and supplies from the jail commissary. >> first thing i ordered was coffee, freeze dried coffee, 3 ounce. go down. ordered one. insufficient funds. cocoa, five pack, insufficient funds. and i ordered sweet and low, ten pack, that's 50 cents, insufficient funds. pretty bad when you don't have 50 cents. soups are 60 cents. i ordered three of those. that was $1.80. insufficient funds. and one pepper pack, i was really hopeful on this one, insufficient funds. that's really bad when you don't have 25 cents. everybody should have 25 cents. just to feel like an american, you know. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the american way, apple pie, ice cream. >> lance butterfield is an inmate that teams to do his time well. he's an older guy in a jail full of younger inmates. he seems to get along with them. >> i try to convert some of the younger kids on how lame it is to be sit in your cell for 22 hours and then

one of the main problems i also added to the fact the oh, my god was read to me over the phone by rebecca crow and the fact that in the original i dr or january 20th the response of rob can crow due to the right to maintain confidentiality in the course of an investigation we have to documents in response to your request no documents yet she said lacerate to investigators went to the investigation officers there was an e-mail what's going on with ms. crow and her records we don't know clearly in the original response she doesn't accredit any portion of any law whether the sunshine ordinance which she she hesitate 40 has no training i find is it count they've overlooked a site and very difficult and the allegation i call constantly that is not true since they never pick up the phone none of that is true it's important recordkeeping awhile i keep the previous orders ever determination that's a large part of why they get violations bad sunshine laws and no recordkeeping and the inability do note down did it conversation to that i don't recall maybe i don't remember she read the e-mail over o

is rebecca here? >> i think she a program tonight actually. >> i see stephanie over there.[laughter] thank you for being on the list. >> thank you my dear. this is for my sister bobby if you don't mind. >> is a sister bobby? >> no, it's bobby. she would die. >> she would be horrified. >> she's a lovely woman. >> she is doing the lord's work. >> obbi. >> she said the pope is giving her great hope. i'm doing a talk over the next week. >> did you hear what he said about women today? good stuff. >> i'm going over there next week. >> i wish he would stop traveling. it makes me nervous. [inaudible conversations] is she around here? >> she was in florida but we are very close. she likes you so much. >> oh good, thank you. >> i have two books. this is for my mother. our mother is still with us. can you believe it? may be mary helen and matthew. >> okay. how is he doing? >> is doing just great. he's living in brooklyn. >> so he was in california for a while, right? >> right and is actually getting public gigs here and there. i told him he has until 26. >> i was in brooklyn with the

rebecca cooper joins us there live right now. rebecca, this playoff push is just another reason for these owners to celebrate. reporter: that's right. the streets were packed earlier. not just for the playoffs but other reasons people are celebrating this weekend as well. most of the people have now gone inside this game tonight. but these streets were crowded and the restaurants have all been crowded with people coming to town for a variety of different reasons. and lots of wizards t-shirts. earlier this week we saw the same thing for the caps game. you can take a look inside the green turtle sports bar right here at verizon center. what a difference between the time when -- it wasn't that many years ago when before we had verizon center, this was one of the most destitute parts of town. now it is one of the strongest parts of this region's economy. people spending lots of money. in a very good mood. don't forget we're headed into record territory for these teams. 14 is the furthest number of games that washington teams have eve

this is alyssa dunn and rebecca walker alyssa is autistic and rebecca student intern in special ed classed her to be her date tonight teen make the evening more special alyssa was crowned prom princess. >> "jimmy kimmel live" fellowed by "nightline". jennifer conley. music from 21 pilots. "action news" continues at 5:30 a.m. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner have a gi weekend and have a great holiday. it is memorial day >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight jennifer connelly. director judd apatow. the 2015 school scrabble champs. and music from twenty one pilots. with cleto and the cletones. and now, stay put, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪

rebecca cooper is live in bethesda tonight and got a look at why they put down the safe tax code. what has happened here? rebecca: the howard county cup that took the case to supreme court said they shouldn't have to pay maryland county taxes on income they earn from out-of-state businesses. today in a contentious 5-4 supreme court ruling the supreme court agreed. >> the dollar cost to the state will be high, though most maryland impacters won't be impacted. if you live in one state and work in another, maryland, virginia, west virginia d.c. and delaware have agreements to not double tax earners who live in nearby states. but someone like jacob will save money. maryland resident that often takes the short-term job in other states beyond the region. >> i have work in california. at a ski resort. i have worked in alaska on the dome highway. i worked in boise idaho. i have been all over. >> but he says he is conflicted by the ruling. >> it benefits me so i'm for that. but i'm also all for getting back to the community the school system. obviously you need taxes to do that. >> jeffrey

rebecca cooper spoke with some of those owners.ams are really just one reason for a lot of celebrating tonight. reporter: kellye, you know what a rough winter was for the local economy and they are so glad that the weather, the playoff wins for both the capitals and wizards especially this big win tonight and many other events are happening this weekend that are giving people cause for celebration, to get out and spend much needed dollars here in this economy. throughout downtown d.c. tonight washingtonians and out of towners seem in the mood to celebrate. wizards fans say that cliff hanger ending gave them extra incentive to hit the bars and restaurants after the game. >> after that three-pointer you better believe it. we definitely need a drink. i mean, a couple shots, at least one glass of wine or maybe one bottle of wine to be honest with you. >> i don't want to leave to be honest with you but i got to go back to work. reporter: all this weekend all the new college graduates are celebrating. >> have to spend some of that gradua

this is alyssa dunn and rebecca walker alyssa is autistic and rebecca student intern in special ed class her to be her date tonight teen make the evening more special alyssa was crowned prom princess. >> "jimmy kimmel live" fellowed by "nightline". jennifer conley. music from 21 pilots. "action news" continues at 5:30 a.m. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner have a gi weekend and have a great holiday. it is memorial day hey, it's okay. it's scary to meet your boyfriend's mom. this is such a disaster. not at all. my nose has stopped bleeding, and this is an old shirt. (chuckles) i did love that vase. i swear, i tripped on a marble. i-- i know. i mean, it's weird that we can't find it but i'm sure it's real. here, mom. babe, are you okay? yeah, i'm fine. i-i just got a little bit nervous. i know how important your mom is to you. i see her picture every time i'm in your bed. (chuckles) yeah. (chuckles) wait. you've been in his bed? i'm gonna throw up. oh, again? plus, travis scared me. he said that you always embarrass him whenever he brings a girl h

reporter: i am rebecca cooper.ngine company number six where firefighters are in mourning a fallen colleague. it is a profession even more dangerous than you realize. a live report coming up next on abc seven news. alison: and don't forget to go to wjla.com to sign up for text alerts from abc 7. you can get traffic, weather and breaking news alerts sent alison: investigators say it is too early to know why a d.c. firefighter collapse and died after battling this fire on 7th street northwest yesterday. we do know that lieutenant kevin mcrae's cousin was the last firefighter to die. the collapse of a heart attack after battling another fire back in 2007. medical experts warned of firefighters already much higher of premature death from things other than smoke and burns. rebecca cooper is live to explain. reporter: we are at engine company number six where firefighters are indeed morning for the loss of lieutenant kevin mcrae. the family having lost to family members fighting firexperts say this is one of the most dan

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