. >> i'm rebecca cooper at the anacostia river. we'll tell you why public officials and students are here to honor dr. king's legacy. that's coming up on abc 7 news. >> and i'm doug hill in the storm watch weather 7 center. six of the next seven days look great. the one that doesn't is wednesday. i'll tell you what to expect still to come here on abc 7 news >> prominent north korean defector admits he changed parts of his life story. it was the base for the 2012 bestseller "escape from camp 14." he now admits some of the details in the book were not true. he says he and his family were actually transferred from camp 14 to a less restrictive facility when he was 6 years old. he also says his torture including being lowered from a hook over a fire took place when he was 20 not 13. an investigation is happening now into why a reality tv star was filming a show on train tracks. he was struck and killed during that shoot. the 37-year-old, a native of baltimore, died near los angeles on saturday. police have ruled out suicide but said he

rebecca cooper is live in bowie with why the family says they were lucky. rebecca? >> they are feeling lucky kimberly. this could have been a deadly accident. the family chose this neighborhood because it's a family-friendly residential area. now they are asking for the public's help finding the two men involved. sean moran and his three young children were sleeping when this vehicle slammed into their house at 1:20 this morning. >> i heard a loud crunch, like crushing metal. >> the security camera captured it all. the car jumped the curb into their driveway barely missing his work van, slamming into the house, then taking off. one of the passengers jumped from the car and sat by the door before it sped away. >> my husband said, get home. i come to the house and everyone is safe, but the fire trucks were here. >>'s wife was at the hospital with her sister, who had just given birth to twins. besides a damaged house come she is grateful the car did not hit one of the kids bedrooms. >> it felt like the luckiest among key person. >> it was captured on camera thanks to s

rebecca cooper continues team coverage live from rockville. families there do not seem too worried? >> well, kimberly, they have been listening to eileen whelan, because they are not worried but there are plenty of evil stocking up on milk. how hard they get hit will depend on where they live in the washington area. points further north and west, expect even more snow. one thing everyone we spoke with seems to agree on today, they would rather see snow at this point than more cold rain and sleet. here at home depot and gaithersburg, the outdoor grills are on sale. the hot items are still the generators and bags of ice melt. stacked and ready for this week possibly three blast. >> it's beautiful, but the reality is it's difficult in the mornings. >> for this rockville resident, his kids have already had snow days. he grew up closer to canada where school was rarely canceled any is not stocking up. >> i have a snow shovel, that's it. just enough to get me out of my driveway into work. >> you are from upstate new york. >> over a few inches, yeah. >> plenty of shoppers were stocking up

rebecca cooper shows us now what moran had to say on his last day in office. rebecca?well maureen, in total, jim moran spent 35 years in public office. first in alexandria public council and then as a democrat in congress. his capitol office has already been taken over to be refurbished for a new member so today we met with him here in del ray to reflect on his decades in public service. >> it was here in del ray where jim moran got passionate about the politics in the 1970's when they red lined this neighborhood refusing mortgages, he went all the way to the justice department and won. >> they did community developed a number of the people that have worked with me throughout my political career that have been involved in this community. >> successful neighborhoods. >> i can't even afford to buy a house here. but it's great. >> today, moran easily talks to constituents and says that the young federal worker first running for office he was so shy he often fainted on the stump. now he's known for his liberal outspokeness proud for his early support of gay rights animal r

rebecca cooper has the latest developments from capitol hill. >> visiting the capitol for work today, former marine shane keller noted there seemed to be more officers inside protecting lawmakers than on the streets outside where parking enforcement officials were more visible. noting the capitol is always a tempting target for extremists he wanted to come armed. >> in general, we'd feel better if we had it to protect ourselves. >> you'd like to carry a weapon? >> yes. >> this d.c. resident said she had no qualms of being on capitol hill today. >> i'm fine. it's beautiful. i'm enjoying the sun. life is short. let's enjoy it. >> not worried. >> not worried. >> law enforcement officials report it was an informant that led them to 20-year-old ohio resident christopher lee cornell and his posts on social media supporting islamic radicals and calling for home grown attacks. today, house speaker john boehner credited a controversial n.s.a. surveillance program that allows spying on americans with thwarting his plans. >> bizarre law enforcement officials and those program that help us stop t

. >> i'm rebecca cooper live in prince george's county. there's a new bill in the maryland general assembly for all state schools that is both costly and controversial. we'll tell you more in a live report coming up next >> a new call tonight to protect students by using armed officers. just one week after a student bought a loaded gun to bowie high school, a proposal is on the table to add armed officers to every school in maryland. rebecca cooper breaks down this proposal by taking us to schools where guards are armed and where they are. >> here at largo high school and at every high school in prince george's county there already is at least one armed police officer inside the school provided by the prince george's county police department. but not nearby kettering elementary school or any of the elementary or junior high schools in the county system. their security officers don't carry guns. that's fine with mom rashonna harris. >> i wouldn't want any children to get killed or shot or anything like that. it could be an accident. >> in t

>> i'm rebecca cooper. there's a new bill in the maryland general assembly for all state schools that's both costly and controversial. we'll tell you more coming up in a live report. that's next on abc 7 news. >> university of virginia is stepping up security on and around campus to protect students. it has now hired a security firm. the university says the unarmed guards from g-4s will walk students home call for a safe ride for wait with them at a bus stop. and they'll also stand guard near fraternity houses. the program will start on monday. columbine, sandy hook and marysville. >> one maryland lawmaker says he has a plan to try to ensure a shooting rampage like those never happens here. rebecca cooper live in upper marlboro with more on that plan. rebecca? >> it's a controversial plan introduced by a republican lawmaker in baltimore county. he's a retired police officer and he wants an armed officer in every classroom in the wake of sandy hook. of course, that 2012 tragedy where 20 elementary school stu

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> for more on the terror groups and the suspects involved, we turn to richard reeve. he has the suspects backgrounds and joins us from the satellite center. >> fascinating stuff. this group is western authorities greatest fear, close associates of a group that radicalized french youths in irawq in early 2000. the brothers, as we have heard, are believed to be connected with a terrorist mosque led by radical leader. they also have linked to a plot to free nigerian radical from prison. the brothers admitted to a french tv network about the yemen connection. the three men were cooperating and he said he was with isil normally in al qaeda rival. the two brothers were on a no-fly list for years. sharif was arrested in 2005 on terrorism charges after trying to join al qaeda to fight u.s. troops. leaders of the radical mosque were also involved with the hijackers from the 9/11 attacks. now the hunt is on for the girlfriend because the fear is she may try other attacks. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> our coverage of the paris terror attacks continues on wjla.com. at 5:3

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> earlier this afternoon, president obama offered condolences and support to france while on the road in tennessee. >> i want the people of france to know that the united states stands with you today and was with you tomorrow -- and is with you tomorrow. >> british prime minister david cameron and other world leaders will join francois hollande at a unity ceremony on sunday. karen said -- cameron said they will be celebrating the values of the newspaper that was attacked. earlier today a moment of silence in the house. at the french embassy in london, britain's prince harry signed a book of condolences. in front of the prince, photos of a dozen people that were killed. book 14 coverage of the deadly raids in france on world news tonight with david muirir, right after this newscast. new developments in a hit and run and run that killed a bicyclist in baltimore two weeks ago. the police this afternoon say that bishop heather cook surrendered on charges of vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving, and other counts. cook is the second-highest leader testable --

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reporting live in the newsroom rebecca cooper abc 7 not news. >> thank you. you can count on abc 7 to keep track of the investigation of this incident and any potential fallout from it. we'll bring you updates as soon as we learn the information right here. alison? >> leon a family is calling for change following the death of a 7-year-old boy who fell through the ice on friday night. abc 7 first brought you this story on friday evening when police officers jumped into the frozen pond in oxen hill tryin to save zaqwon white. the little boy died over the weekend. what white family says could have made a world of difference in this tragedy. richard? >> yeah, alison they are hoping for fences gates something out here. take a look at the pond behind me. you can see a partial fence down there. but look at all those gaps and the family feels that safety measures have been in place their son might still be alive. a small memorial balloons stuffed animals and photos. sits near the spot where he fell into a freezing pond on friday. >> i'm hurting every day and -->> the

rebecca cooper at the live desk tracking this developing story for us. rebecca? >> it's interesting because today, the president was actually talking about cyber security and ways to increase it at the f.c.c. meantime, u.s. central command was being hacked into. islamic radicals breaking into both u.s. central command's twitter feeds and their you tube sites. leon, they posted a series of taunts and threats saying things like while the u.s. and the satellites kill our brothers in syria, iraq and afghanistan, we broke into your networks and personal devices and know everything about you. they said things like "you'll see no mercy infidels" and that isis is already here. we're in your p.c.s and in each of your military bases and we are in centcom now and we won't stop. leon, in addition to posting ive information about countries like korea and china, the most troubling breach today, these hackers posted sensitive context information about senior retired generals. now, that prompted a quick response here in our area. many of the retired generals still living in the

rebecca cooper is standing by in our live desk. she's got more including word of who was shouting out in court today. tell us about that. >> that's right, it was christopher lee cornell's father who shouted out to his son inside the courtroom "don't trust anyone." as you said, the judge ordered that he be held without bail and today, we're learning more about cornell and some of the paranoia that may have factored into his psychology. take a look at this picture that was taken by our abc affiliate in cincinnati. this was taken at a 9/11 memorial event in 2013. cornell showed up protesting and holding a sign that reads "9/11 was an inside job." in smaller print, he wrote "the free masons did it." now, we're also learning as a teenager cornell twice faced police charges. in one incident he was charged with domestic violence against his mother. a year earlier, he and his brother were cited for beating up a classmate. his father had to say about why he believes his son is innocent. auto too>> if i thought he was up to something, i woul

tonight, a person has come forward saying it is his drone and rebecca cooper is live at the white house tonight with what the secret service is saying about this. rebecca? >> that's right alison apparently this is a man who is a government employee who is flying the drone for recreational purposes right here in this area. the secret service insists that based on what they know now, nobody assigned at the white house was ever in any danger. the fact that the drone could easily fly on to the grounds of the white house is raising serious new questions about security. the drone crashed into a tree on the white house lawn just after 3:00 a.m. prompting an immediate lockdown. and both secret service and d.c.'s fire and rescue squad one responded to the scene. retrieving had drone called a quadcopter two feet inside. the first concern earlier this morning as they search for clues, who did the drone belong to and what was it doing at the white house? secret service officials now say that at approximately 9:30 this morning, the owner of the drone contacted them admitting it was his and claiming

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rebecca coopers was in the middle of it all and joins us live with a video you'll see only on 7. cca? >> the protest organizers told us they did not choose this location because they have any specific complaints about montgomery county police. rather, they say it was simply a location that was easily accessible by car and by metro. but what started as a peaceful protest ended with an arrest and vows of more disruption in the new year. >> they arrested her without miranda rights. i mean this is just absolutely bordering on police state. she had an absolute right to do that without being handcuffed and hauled off to jail. >> organizers from hands up in d.c. insist activist erica totten was wrongly taken into custody today at the wheaton mall. >> you want to arrest me. >> but police say protesters were deliberately disrupting the peace inside the mall on private property. it started as a largely silent protest carefully organized by a group of young people who say they wanted to be heard. they told us they were grateful both mall officials and police were allowing them to carry out t

rebecca cooper live outside the white house with the latest in this developing story. rebecca? >> that's right alison the white house and secret service saying they have spoken to this gentleman and they believe he was truly doing this for recreational purposes. we believe he was a government employee doing this in his off time. let me show you why this is raising so many serious security concerns today. now, we've spoken to someone familiar with the investigation and they say they believe this is the flight that the drone took. that it flew for several blocks through downtown d.c. crossing over pennsylvania avenue. making it not only over the white house fence but apparently it flew directly over the white house itself before it landed on the southeast side of the complex crashing into a tree. all of this starting at about 3:00 this morning. immediately, the white house was put into lockdown as they tried to investigate and look for any clues. initially, not knowing who this drone belonged to and what itsoses were. now they say they do believe it was purely for recreational pu

reporting live from olney rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> you certainly need the heat tonight to keep warm in this frigid weather. let's get to eileen whelan for a look at the weekend forecast. >> the rest of the weekend will be dry but bitterly cold tonight as we fall into the single digits. in olney maryland, the temperatures are right between 10 to 12 degrees. dulles airport, it is nine degrees. certainly a very cold night. lows tonight will range from about eight degrees in the far northwestern suburbs to about 20 degrees in the city. the next weather system will bring icy conditions and monday morning. the rain over texas will be moving in our direction, but will not bring rain tomorrow. it will be dry with increasingclouds, temperatures milder, in the mid to upper 30's. freezing rain overnight sunday into the monday morning commute. coming up from the belfort furniture weather center, i will detail the timing and the impact. >> dominion virginia power says this week's cold blast set a new record when it comes to power demand's during the winter. the company supplied more than 19

rebecca cooper has the latest on christopher cornell's arrest. >> according to the criminal complaint, christopher lee cornell considered members of congress "his enemy." and he not only planned to kill members of congress but anyone working inside the capitol building and here in this surrounding area. police say they fond a large cache weapons including two semiautomatic weapons and 600 rounds of ammunition. the complaint goes on to say the 20-year-old planned to use homemade pipe bombs as explosives. this afternoon, house speaker john boehner told reporters he credits a controversial n.s.a. program that allows spying on americans with thwarting the attacks. >> first thing that strikes me is we would never have known about this had it not been for the program and our ability to collect information on people who pose an imminent threat. >> today security remained tight, as always at the capitol. most people we spoke to said given the arrest they had no reason to fear visiting the capitol today. >> not in this case because i think from what i understand this guy was kind of a lone wol

reporting live in the satellite center rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> all right.'ll be watching. >> thanks rebecca. our super bowl coverage will continue. ahead at 5:00, the local connection to the budweiser ad this year that's melting hearts across the nation. >> virginia soon could have one of, if not the, toughest laws in the country against releasing these into the environment. i'm stephen tschida. i'll tell you all about it in a moment. >> and the "7 on your side" help center is live tonight giving you a chance to ask the tax experts for help. dial >> well a staple at celebrations across america could soon be outlawed in virginia. >> that's because the virginia senate has set its sights on balloons specifically those filled with gas that's lighter than air. stephen tschida is live tonight with the reasoning and the reaction. stephen? >> leon supporters of this legislation say these lighter-than-air balloons really affect wildlife. in particular sea turtles who eat them and birds. now, a recent survey of virginia's coastline found 150 balloons per mile. >> the

at the fairfax county courthouse rebecca cooper abc 7 news. >> the owners of an ohio bridal shop visited by an ebola survivor says the store is closing because of business losses. she was diagnosed with ebola days after visiting the store in akron in october. the store was temporarily closed and cleaned before it reopened in november. but business did not bounce back. coca-cola says it's cutting between 1600 and 1800 jobs globally. it's part of a push to trim costs. coca-cola says it began notifying workers in the u.s. and some international locations today. the company has more than 130,000 employees around the world. holiday sales were up but that is not enough to keep jcpenney from closing some of its stores the retailer announced today it will shut down about 40 underperforming stores across the u.s. this year. the list includes the location at manassas mall in virginia. a company spokesman says more than 2200 employees would be affected by the closings. we're all being affected by this cold weather. really a challenge. >> the coldest is just past us. it's going to be cold tonight bu

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here in the studio with us right now is rebecca cooper. has written a book called "diets don't work." she's also founded rebecca's house, eating disorders and treatment program. and i have to say i agree, diets don't work. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> so tell me how you came up with the idea for the book. i think that you probably had an eating disorder yourself? >> yes. after years of recovery, i actually started working with people who had problems with -- at first it was more like yo-yo dieting and i realized that the devastation that's caused by the failed diets wias having a big impact on people's self-esteem, along with setting them up to get into disordered eating. i found out too that dieting actually changes the brain chemistry and some people progress into eating disorders. >> when did you recognize this in yourself? >> in myself, not until i had years of recovery, years of recovery did i start -- in fact a lot of this information is new. we didn't even know about how the brain was involved in the eating disorder. >> so tell me a

rebecca cooper spoke with some of the protesters and the witnesses and she'll have much more coming up tonight at 5:00. >> police officers all around the country are on high alert tonight in response to ongoing threats against police. >> the f.b.i. says the fatal shootings of two nypd officers spawned numerous threats of copycat assassinations. >> the f.b.i. warned that police are being tarpthed and threatened after nationwide anger following the deaths of unarmed black men in new york and ferguson missouri. >> there's been an extensive amount of those in the last week or so. we've made up to 15 arrests related to those threats. any threat against me or my officers will be dealt with very quickly and effectively. >> one concern copycats in the wake of the assassination of two police officers in new york. >> it's like throwing gas on a fire to a certain extent. >> according to a new report of the 50 officers killed last year 15 were killed in ambush assaults and police shooting deaths were up 56%. in houston, officials have now assigned two officer units for the first time after random

rebecca cooper begins our coverage. >> al qaeda leaders in yemen are claiming credit for mastermindingin france. french officials are warning jewish residents to stay home during the sabbath and not a ttend their neighborhood synagogue. through the day, the police and france's top tactical units took care of two separate units. the two suspects believed responsible for the killing of 12 at the "charlie hebdo" newspaper headquarters today were holed up inside of a printing facility with at least one worker still trapped inside. in paris, hostages were trapped inside of a kosher supermarket in a well-known jewish neighborhood. the suspects were demanding the release of the brothers or they would kill all hostages. shortly before 6 p.m. paris time, gunfire and explosions erupted. french media reported the brothers came out firing. the worker hiding inside escaped, but both brothers were killed. initial reports indicate one police officer was wounded in the crossfire. minutes later, gunfire broke out at the kosher market. one suspect

reporting live in the newsroom rebecca cooper abc 7 news. >> ok. and one more note here rebecca.ederal magistrate ordered an ohio man accused of plotting an attack on the u.s. capitol held without bond. f.b.i. agents arrested christopher cornell on wednesday after he bought two semiautomatic weapons. prosecutor said he planned to bomb the capitol and shoot lawmakers and government workers. cornell's father believes his son is the victim of government entrapment. >> alison college football is rewriting the history books after penn state university and the ncaa struck a deal. they have restored joe paterno's win totals. robert burton here now with the latest chapter in the scandal at penn state. welcome news at happy valley robert, huh? >> you're right about that. joe paterno is again the winningest coach in division one college football history. those 112 victories that were stripped after the gerry sandusky child abuse scandal were reinstate. the ncaa board of governors and the penn state board approved a settlement that not only gives back those wins but directs that $60 million

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cooperating. >> let's get to rebecca stephenson. let's look at the forecast. >> all the rain they are getting, it's too much. it's further to the north, as we look at the forecast. across the northern portion of the australia. it's well north of the fires. they'll be watching for flooding in the next couple of days. as we look at what else is going on fog is a big story, anywhere from turkey where you can see windmills sticking up out of the fog, over to india, where we had about 29 trains that were completely rescheduled and there was a lot of cancellations. radar and clouds for the united states shows us where the storms were yesterday, dumping the rain that continues to the east across the carolinas, georgia moving out of the picture and it was a mild and wet day in the north-east. and a storm system coming into the north-west. it will dump heavy snow into the next several hours, in fact all the way through tuesday, we are expecting to continue to have snow. that band of snow will stretch all the way across the upper plains. now,