rebecca cooper spoke with the mayor's opponents about their plans. >> hi. ballots show a possible upset over incumbent mayor gray. we sat down with some of the top challengers taking on the incumbent mayor to hear more about their visions for the city. , they havet year been reaching out to voters and building up support. >> how are you? as long as you're with me, i'll get there. us, sheng up along with says the whole city deserves the kind of growth that she has seen. >> we are on the brink of taking our city to the next level. we still have political leadership that is now leading us in the right direction. >> all of the top challengers have recognize that d.c. has made remarkable gains. there is a rising crime level, it jobless this, and homelessness. it is a 15 second month of joblessness. nobody -- the mayor has created as many jobs. 600 district residents will be employed, may who do not have jobs before. it is one example of many that i would do as mayor to get the president back to work. , hen his campaign criticizes his opponents for allowing what

reporting live, rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> thank you for the latest. why some people say general mores is responsible for deadly accidents. >> if you're going into washington dc tomorrow, get ready for road closures. you may have seen this video. she was dragged out of her car. hear what she is now saying. havey health officials shut down this elementary school , >> and alexandria elementary school is going under a slowdown after teachers and students got sick with a virus. the sickness swept quickly through the school. here is more on what is being done to protect students and faculty. students, out of that many, one quarter of them have symptoms. they thirdly, they shut down the school to make sure this virus does not spread any more. >> we did not go to school today. >> alex garcia said she has not been feeling well either. it may be linked to a stomach virus, a virus that spread quickly through alexandria school. 200 students. teachers and administrators have experienced symptoms of the virus. >> it made you feel like you had to throw up again. >>

rebecca cooper is in the newsroom with the message. >> president obama said today american -- america stands with is ukrainian people and behind their stance. intended for russian consumption, clear message from the white house, the u.s. continues to strongly back the new government. president obama said russia is clearly breaking international law by moving troops inside the country's borders. >> we have been very firm in saying we will stand with ukraine and the ukrainian people that it is maintained. >> the president said there will be costs if russia does not remove troops, but did not spell out what the cost would be. >> the referendum is quickly approaching for referee a -- four crimea to decide whether they will succeed or join with russian forces. he says if russia pulls back, he is prayer -- prepared to negotiate. buto military, no tanks with the diplomacy and political tools. >> today in the ukrainian capital of kia, protesters have faster the city with processed towith posters telling them get out. >> translation, wake up. this plea to the western world as russia continues

this is "washington business report" with abc 7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> welcome to a fresh look at business and finance here in the washington region. coming up on today's show, how to succeedn business using a military background and a woman's touch. and the final countdown. ways to win the democratic primarin the d c mayor's race. we profile the candidate coming ontrong and talk to some of d.c.''s most informed observers. her scum unless they delivered the business week in review. this week k wrapped up the michelle obama's outrage. met with theent pope in rome. a surprise addition to the schedule -- saudi arabia. president obama hoping to soothe the saudi nurse over iran's ongoing nuclear progm and unrest in syria. their faults one -- air force one might want to watch out for the fuel biel. gas prices are up just since mid-march. >> i don't know why it is going up. it is unbelievabable. >> believe it. thanks to continuing tensions in ukraine, aaa projects prices will keep spiking until next week. and this weekend on wall street with optimism for consumers. but th

this is "washington business rert," with abc's national correspondent rebecca cooper. captioned by the national captioning institute --w.ncicap.org-- news ande business matterhere in the whington region. countdown to the april 1 primar the races up p to see who will be the next mayor of what is often dubd the most powerful city in the world. we have profofilesf thtwo candidates running. first, a look at the headlines this week in business news. giant starts claims on missing relation flight 370. toyota will pay big, one point $2 billion, as it joins gm and the club of carmakers accused of hiding designe defects. it is shameful. >>o shame is shown by vladimir putin. his response to u.s. freezing assets as russia claims crimea? russian sanctions on u.s. lawmakers, including house speaker john boehner, who says he is ok giving up his family travels to siberia the summer. janet yellen says when she said to reporters she only estimates six months before the fed eases efforts on holding down interest rates, plus the market ququickly bounces back thanks to better-than-excted

this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> welcome to a fresh look at business and finance i in the washington region. forget politics. seenngton is increasingly as a great place to visit. t whatakes different parts of our region stand t? we talk about the best bids for doing business. do you have a boss or clilient's to work withth? how is your own impulseontrol? we wl teach you how to ha a little etional intelligence. the world of wall street continued to carefully watch the crimean peninsula. it is time for the weekend review. as tensions remain high throughout ukraine, john boeerer says it t is time to allow u.s. companies to undercut russian natural gas sas by exporting s. supply, accusing the white house of sitting on 24 applications from companies is your to take on one of vladir putin's strongest commmmodities. >> the presidenthould and this de facto band so we can strengthen our economy here, and our securithere and abroad. >> even with the tension overseas, the president tried to focus some attention on domestic issues, releasing

this is "washington business report" with abc 7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> welcome to fresh look at business and finance here in the waington region. today, t the greatest show o on earth. we will sit downith the head of fd entertainment find out how a local boy turned the big top into a bilillion-dollar business. plus, you can fifind a bank finanance your new business d you will not h have to look any further after today's show, but first,t was a busy week in business new here is a look at what you need to know. on wall worrisome week street with the dizzying drop on thursday, the dowalling to points as investor concern grew as tensions grow in the ukraine and problems in china. and the showdown continues. >> we fight for o freedom, we fight for our independence, we fight for our sovereignty, and we will never surrender. >> also this week, president obama signed a memorandum directing be labor department to change rules on overtime pay. the president criticized rules meant to protect higher paid executives from qualifying for overtime but are now being used to prevent

this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. welcome to a fresh look at business and finance in the washinington region. we have a great show coming up,, including how military cuts could hurt wasngton wallets. what a newax bill means f for you. d an author who argues the u.s. has taken the wro lessons from 9/11, and that is hurting our economy and mucmore. first, it was a busy week in business. let's take a look at the week in review. >> this week, the market again proved investors are in the mood to find good moves just about anywhere. take target. thanks to the data bridge over the holidays and what has been called a dud rollout in canada, target announced fourth-quarter profits dipped a full 46% your debt losses were less than expected, so shoppers on wall street celebrated, snatching up target stock and more. the dow on thursdays all the s&p 500 hit another record high. but will it last? with so many in the washington area counting on the pentagon for a paycheck, from contractors to those who serve, is week started with a j

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> you would say that. see you in a bit. sbarro filing for bankruptcy again. this is the company's second time filing chapter 11 in the last three years.sbarro blames declining traffic and mall food courts were does much of its business. prime time -- only nikki and claire remain, but something happens that has one of the women questioning everything. >> we had a rare moment together. no cameras. and whispered something to me. he chose to tell me something that no woman wants to hear. it was insulting. it was offensive. ? what did -- what? what did he say? >> bossy? >> we will see. see who wins. ,nd then after the final rose and abc 7 news at 11:00. >> it is safe to say he is the most hated bachelor. >> he is going that. for the most popular guy. >> i liked that idea. we are looking at sunny skies. daylight hours have extended. take a look at the forecast for the rest of this evening. if you have outdoor plants, go for it. temperatures -- if you have outdoor plans, go for it. temperatures in the 60's, the 50's. 61 in manassa

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this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooper.business and finance in the washinington region. we have a great show coming up,, including how military cuts could hurt wasngton wallets. what a newax bill means f for you. d an author who argues the u.s. has taken the wro lessons from 9/11, and that is hurting our economy and mucmore. first, it was a busy week in business. let's take a look at the week in review. >> this week, the market again proved investors are in the mood to find good moves just about anywhere

this is "washington business report" with abc 7 national correspondent rebecca cooper. >> welcome toess and finance here in the waington region. today, t the greatest show o on earth. we will sit downith the head of fd entertainment find out how a local boy turned the big top into a bilillion-dollar business. plus, you can fifind a bank finanance your new business d you will not h have to look an

cooperating. thanks, rebecca. turkey has shot down a syrian fighter jet.t came down along the country's border. you can see plumes of smoke. turkey's prime minister congratulated the military. syria said the plane was within its own territory. omar al sali has more. >> the strategic border crossing between syria and turkey now involves turkey's military. as jubilant syrian rebels cheered, the remains burn in the mountains off syria's province. it was shot down by turkish f-16s after turkey said the jet had crossed into its air space. the political rally, part of the lead up to march 30th, the prime minister was in fighting form. >> syrian plane violated our air space. our f-16s took off and hit this mraep why? because if you violate my air space, it will be heart. >> damascus said the mraep was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. >> i reached my target, 30 kilometers inside syrian territory. on my way back, i was hit from a turkish jet. >> it's the second time turkey has downed a syrian aircraft. boarding opposition fighters, it's the last nort

rebecca here with storms on the west. particularly for searchers trying to find the people trapped in the mud slide. >> the good news is weather will cooperate and we'll have a dry day. today dry, tomorrow dry but then a storm tracking in. >> this particular area is north-north-east of the seattle area, it's up into the cascade foothills. they are watching as water is channelling around the mud block. it's evening itself out from where the flooding is upstream of the block, and where the water is trickling down to where it used to be. this video is of the mud slide blocking off both directions of the highway, westpacing out 6-8 houses. they are doing searches for people. it's an amazing picture. if you see on the internet where that large hill just released all the dirt, mud, trees, rocks - that's what came down - and locating this, that's where this went into, the squamish river, creating a warning along the river, downstream, if it pours out, would impact places like arlington. we are telling people to be careful and not go near the river's edge. as we talk about the rain fall, the mountains increasing the rainfall compared to the seattle