ryan hughes, "good morning washington." larry: may be the best total of all, the stormwatch 7 weather app app. it is free. download for your iphone or android and get the latest on this dangerously cold weather straight to your smart phone. an effort to make the holidays brighter. autria: we are taking you live to the wash fm radio thought it how you can help, coming up. larry: and donald trump's daughter. the announcer: you are watching "good morning washington," your number one news in the morning. veronica: on this thursday, it is our first winter blast. it is not only affecting areas in and around d.c., but look to the south of us. richmond at 17. the current windchill reading is 9 through the carolinas, this is the first winter blast -- is 9 at roanoke. through the carolinas, this is the first winter blast. 10 degrees is what it feels like in germantown. the wind continues to pickup, staying between 10 and 20. with gusts it will be much higher. readings later could top out at 35 to 40 miles per hour. the wind starts to

i am ryan hughes. i will have that story, coming up. jummy: what you need to know if you want to make sure your gifts arrive on time. jamie: a water main break in the disk. they do have one lane blocked off. northbound traffic is not bad. tunnel, some slowing. not bad by new york avenue. we have construction through the midday. it is going to drop it down to about eight miles per hour. if you are on the capital beltway, not bad at all. completely in the green. a smooth ride and from the beltway out towards dulles. jummy: with temperatures to warm your car before you get in and drive off area that move makes you an attempted target for car thieves. >> windows are frosty, go back inside, come outside, car is gone. >> in maryland and virginia, it is illegal to leave your car running if you are not inside. the hottest ticket may be for "rogue one." wait in the cold to see it? log on to wjla.com and let us know. ryan hughes is in the up town theater with some hard-core fans. toughing it out in the brutal cold to be first in line for the new

ryan hughes, abc 7 news.indsey: a wild pursuit on the beltway that started in fairfax county and ended near route one in alexandria. virginia state police a a trooper pulled over a woman in a honda for speeding just the four 10 a.m. -- just before 10 a.m. the woman gave the trooper false information and when questioned about it sped off. troopers tried to box her in, but she sped up to 113 miles per hour and rammed the vat -- the back of the trooper's vehicle. she got out and ran but was chased down. her car meantime caught fire. repair work continuing nearly 18 hours after a water main break in kensington. the 20 inch water main on university boulevard broke a little before 1 a.m. near st. paul street. there were several bigpuddles and cre ws treated the roadways because the water started to freeze. several roadways near university will remain closed as the repairs continue. russians, the expelled exit as new evidence of russian accent -- russian hacking on a utility company is uncovered. and as the world co

ryan hughes is live with details. for anyone who lives in the apartment, it is good to know what caused it. there are so many people you are counting on to do the right thing. there are so many people you are counting on to do the right thing. ryan: we are told 67 people were living in this building. they are learning that a mechanical failure of a furnace in the -- ignited the fire. it started in the attic of this building, then spread. most of the damage was contained to the third floor. you can see the power has been restored to the building, but the assistant manager says no tonight. >> i remember seeing smoke, then flames. cell phone video shows the intense flames shooting through the third floor of the woodlawn garden apartments on richmond highway in alexandria saturday evening. daylight shows the aftermath, a big hole in the roof. people -- pieces of plastic hanging over balconies, and 67 people forced into the cold are returning home, trying to salvage anything they can. >> i feel very lucky that nobody in my

isis apparently wants its supporters to target churches, u.s.here in the ryan hughes is in alexandria for us. i wonder if there is a awareness ornse of security or did parishioners not even know about the warning? ryan: kimberly, many did not know about this warning. you can see behind me, church and so many ere other families heading to mass this weekend. it's b.i. does tell us working closely with federal, state, and local law say cement, but churches the message here tonight is not peace. fear, but preparing for a marathon of as es this christmas eve parishioners light nearly 1,200 candles to welcome the holy warning from the f.b.i.ment it's telling law enforcement to remain vigilant on its is calls supporters to attack churches across the country. with thenot unfamiliar threats that might happen, but hat's not the message we're leading with tonight. ryan: christmas celebrations go on as planned. group publishing the names and addresses of church with a holiday. fear is not our attitude here. peace is our attitude. this comes days after 12 people were killed when a man crowd at a t

in northwest, ryan hughes, abc7 news. this is the last day for the downtown holiday market in d.c. the annual event along f-street near the verizon center will be open until 8:00. kimberly: we are two days away people are still working on putting up the christmas light. this company will bring the lights and decorate for you. he is swamped. he came up with the idea for the king of christmas when the painting company collapsed in the recession. with little time to go business is booming. >> when you think about it, it a's the best job in the world. you turn the lights on, somebody will drive by and slow the car down. take a look, smile at the face. amazing. >> the king of christmas covers five states with the projects in price from $800 to $15,000. they are still taking orders two days away from christmas. i wonder if there is an extra charge for that. kimberly: you wonder what he does the rest of the year. maybe he doesn't need to work the rest of the year. alison: that is a good point. i h coming up here at 5:00 -- >> ho

ryan hughes, abc7 news. larry: playing songs, every commercial break.ry commercial break. i have larry's top pfeiffer down -- top five down. larry: "everything she wants." what is lindsey: i like the one, it's not his, elton john where they did the duet. larry: "the sun goes down on me." lindsey: i am a huge elton john fan. larry: talented. we will miss him. lindsey: actress carrie fisher is still being treated in a hospital after a heart attack on friday. on a flight from london to los angeles 15 minutes before the plane landed. the other passengers reportedly attended to her and gave her c.p.r. last check she is in critical condition. her mother sent out a tweet sunday afternoon saying fisher is stable and thanking fans now for their support. larry: well, brittany spears is the latest victim of an internet hoax claiming she is dead. i appears that the sony music twitter account was hacked and they sent out two tweets saying that britney spears died. sony is commenting on the incident. lindsey: u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon will drop the ball on n

ryan hughes is live at in greenbelt with more. stay connected with the stormwatch 7 you can follow us on facebook, twitter and wjla.com. and download the stormwatch app for updates right at your fingertips. breaking right now - a violent night in prince george's county. police say one man is dead after being shot multiple times. the victim was found around two this morning in the driveway of a home on colebrook drive in temple hills. police say an officer on routine patrol spotted the man. he was pronounced dead that scene. and in montgomery county - a double shooting overnight. a man and woman were shot in their car outside a home on palmira lane in aspen hill. they were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. right now - police and k-9 units are searching the area for a suspect. they have not released information about who they may be looking for. a stormwatch seven weather alert overnight. while you were sleeping - a blast of artic air started moving in. but this is only the beginning. right now - temperatures

news channel 8 ryan hughes is live at the base. >> good morning. james mattis would need a waiver if he were to become secretary of defense that's because retired officers must be out of uniform at least 7 years before heading to the pentagon regardless donald trump he wants him as secretary. listen here. >> we're going to be announcing him on keep it inside the room, that's what we have and he's our best. they say he's the closest thing to general george patton that we have and it's about time. it's about time. . >> democratic new york senator gillibrand explains she plans to vote against mattis. the senate would need to make an exception when confirming him because he served in the military within it requires a civilian to lead the pentagon, not someone recently in uniform. gillibrand went onto say it is fundamental and she won't make an exception to this rule. mad dog as he's called served here in central command from 2010 to 2013. he has spent 44 years in the united states military. >> definitely a history of service to our country but we'll se

i'm ryan hughes. live jonathan: at a time of year there is no much joy, you blink and something like that happens. sadly the pain of this. plenty of people like the guy behind me stealing packages off people's porches. today the porch pirates behind four dozen thefts in montgomery county is behind bars. ryan miller is live with the story -- ryan hughes is live with the story that has a happy ending. are teenagers. following the delivery truck from one house to the next. we are told more than 40 packages have been stolen recently. after police nabbed the suspects the victims got to stop by and pick up the gifts they paid for. >> so thank you, both, for coming. ryan: montgomery county police making sure every gift ordered is delivered on time. the conference room looking more like a department store. ugg boot, kitchen towels, wooden sailboat and a chair sitting on the table. every one of the gifts stolen by porch priorities. >> i have been waiting for these. ryan: he and his son stopping by the station

>> hollywood icon debbie reynolds dies a day after ryan hughes with the answer coming up. michelle: plus the beginning of a big storm? a look at the makings of a long weekend in new england. jonathan: sharing the warmth this winter. how the local bus drivers are trying to help families. we'll have it for now at havertys furniture, it's our holiday sale. where you can create the perfect home from now until january 2nd, find savings in every room. furniture and accessories to complement your style this season and all year long. plus, enjoy thirty-six month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. come in today and save. the holiday sale is on now, at havertys. life looks good. jonathan: the first storm covers new england and new york and maine. they could get one world war ii feet of snow before it's done. that brush won't get it done if you have two weeks of snow coming down. michelle: not at all. that is the s

i'm ryan hughes with the story coming up. alison: but first a look at what is coming up tonight -- just checking my free credit score at credit karma. what the? you're welcome. i just helped you dodge a bullet. but i was just checking my... shhhhh... don't you know that checking your credit score lowers it. just be cool. actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesn't affect it at all. are you sure? positive. huh, so i guess i could just check my credit score then. oh! check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. sorry about that. larry: ryan hughes spoke with the owners of the restaurant that fears they will take a bite out of the business. ryan: metro is cutting back hours and hitting the brakes on the late night service. the new schedule has restaurants and the businesses fearing for their bottom line. >> our sales will be negatively impacted by that. ryan: the metro board voting thursday to cut hours every day of the week for the next two years. starting july 1

ryan hughes takes us to the heroes and helpers event. d.c. police officers are ditching the cruisers for a cart inside columbia heights. the men and women in blue are partnering up with the in-need helpers event. >> i need track and field for me. >> 10-year-old is one of the hundred kids getting help shopping for holiday gifts. a special day that officer looks forward to. >> i enjoy it. i love to shop. i shot with the kids and it's even better. >> it's funded by the target corporation and the washington, d.c. police foundation. >> the chief of police and some of the things you do are not so fun. but this is one of the fun things we do. >> each kid is given a card to cross off the wish list and to buy items for the family members. >> my sister loves art so i could give her something artsy. >> wilson is spreading the love. shopping for his sister and buying a winter jacket for himself. >> the shopping spree sometimes exceeds $100. you will watch the police officers dig in their pocket and pay the remaining portion profiled a happier, holiday se

i'm ryan hughes. he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. horace: well, "7 on your side" fighting back against and the holiday grinches. howard county police recover nabbing porch pirates. now they get to deliver smiles to folks wondering what happened to their orders. howard county police officer jared dean. >> hey. how are you doing? >> good. how are you? horace: got to play santa for a night. >> wow! thank you. >> yesterday we got a call for suspicious vehicle. horace: officer dean helping to deliver holiday packages that were stolen from 51 families wednesday in columbia, including jordan's. >> shame this is christmas season. why are they doing that? taking people's hard earned stuff. >> police say a concerned neighborhood

in georgetown, ryan hughes, abc7 news.rmer north charleston police officer who shot and killed a black man after a traffic stop will go back on trial in march. murder case against michael slager. he killed walter scott. the last video of the two shows scott being shot while moving away from the officer. that footage went viral. q: all right. hip top group run d.m.c. is taking major retailers to court. the group is suing amazon, wal-mart and other retailers for what they say is improper use of the group's name. the allegation is the stores profited and also harmed the run d.m.c. grand using the name in production in advertising and other products. michelle: we saw the little snow squall move through college park earlier. it has people curious if we might see more today. q: do we need to bundle up? steve: i would bundle up. i saw my friend who said it's snowing. i need to get my shovel out. maybe a teaspoon if it's conversationm and it looks pretty. it startles people. they see the snow. what am i going to do? the snowshower

today our ryan hughes goes inside a self-defense training program teaching the crew how to defend themselves. >> stop. get back. stop, get back. reporter: they are the authority in the air. but today the flight attendants are on the ground using hands, fell bows and knees. striking techniques that fend off an attacker. >> they have to defend themselves against any threat >> abc7 invited inside the crew member self-defense training program in chantilly. for sarah, it's personal. she is based out of boston and on september 11 her friends were on board the flight that took off from logan international and crashed in the south tower of the world trade center. she is advocating that the training needs to be mandatory for 1 >> this provides confidence on what we can do to protect ourselves and direct other passengers for what to do. >> 30,000 feet there is no >> 11 of the 12 flight attendants here were working on 9/11. they say the training is crucial and they encourage all active crew members to take it. >> we need all the tools are available to make sure the skies are safe. >> in chantilly, ryan

newschannel 8's ryan hughes live at the orient road jail in hillsborough county. ryan, the victim's family is not happy about this. >> reporter: exactly. good morning. once again the family of david james doesn't think trevor dooley should be set free while awaiting a decision. this is what the widow had to say. >> i mean you try to pair yourself -- prepare yourself but when it comes down and it -- it's still -- it's so difficult. very difficult to know that he gets so much time with his family, that we never -- we never got. >> reporter: trevor dooley shot and killed david james six years ago after an argument about skateboarding on a neighborhood basketball court. the victim's 8-year-old daughter witnessed the killing. manslaughter. his attorney recently requested he be released, yesterday a judge agreed. the judge told the 75-year-old dooley he cannot leave hernando county where he lives unless he's dealing with court related matters. he can't have any weapons and must also stay away from the victim's family. he's set to be released here sometime today. we will

central command as our next secretary ryan hughes joins us now live. ryan, donald trump made this announcement in ohio. >> exactly. donald trump right now is on a so-called thank you tour and told a cheering crowd that he selected retired military general james mad dog maddis to lead the pentagon. listen here. >> we are going to appoint mad dog maddis as our secretary of but we're not announcing it until monday so don't tell anybody. . mad dog. he's great. . >> trump placed and joked with the crowd asking them not to let out the secret until the official announcement expected on monday. he is a retired from 2010 to 2013. he has 44 years of service and held key commands in both afghanistan and iraq. coming up in our next half hour why there's controversy surrounding this pick and what some leading democrats plan to do. back to you. . >> all right. we'll keep that secret safe. don't you worry. >>> well, the president elect is on a thank you tour to celebrate his november election win. his first stop indiana where he moving to mexico. he went onto ohio. he

ryan hughes is live in northwest with that part of the story. ryan: you can see the date on the building behind me. piled inside to mark this milestone. the fire chief taking a moment to reflect and honor the lives that were lost in that horrific fire in oakland, california. ? bagpipes kicking off a centennial celebration. 100 years of continuous service for d.c. fire engine company 28. >> we were known as the wa back then. ryan: community members filling the firehouse and cleveland park on connecticut avenue. >> it is a beautiful house. hopefully it will last another 100 years. ryans: kids climbing aboard firetrucks and snapping photos but the fire chief taking a moment during the celebration to reflect on the horrifying recovery effort after that massive inferno in oakland, california. >> i think it is important to mention the events that happened in oakland and in cambridge over ryan: the death toll climbing after flames gutted a converted warehouse during a dance party friday. captain daniel dugan speaking on how to prevent something like thi

reporter: ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: thousands of pilgrims and tourists from around the world are in bethlehem, the site where christians believe jesus was born. the holiday has helped raise spiri spike in violence between .alestinians and israelis a growing memorial for an innocent bystander who was hit by 17-year-old boy driving a stolen car. the story broke just about 20 hours ago. our elisa gale has reaction from community members and family. friends of 31-year-old kenneth morris junior decorated this treaty on christmas eve. the makeshift memorial comes a day after the driver of a stolen nissan, the impact causing morris's car to spin out of control before hitting the tree. loud noises.rd the >> the car was mangled. police were everywhere. airbags deployed. reporter: morris was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> a life lost. shortly before the collision, police were after the stolen lexus which was taken from the 1400 block of a street days before. once it crashed, they went after the driver. the suspect

ryan hughes, abc 7 news. chief suspect. an active homicide investigation in prince george's county were a man was shot to death in the 4700 block of main street overnight. victim has not been identified. no arrests have been made. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for the latest updates. today marks one year since montgomery county police officer noah leotta was hit by a drunk driver. days later he passed away from those injuries. an all-out push to stop drunk drivers. no was law requires anyone convicted of a dui in maryland to install an interlock ignition device in their car -- noah's law requires that. a a tragedy in california, at least nine people have died following a massive fire that broke out at a warehouse in the details. alex: a night of fun turns to horror, the sky lit up in red. around11:30 friday night, fire broke out at a party in oakland, dozens of people inside. >> it's a warehouse that was kind of like for artists with several different partitions. alex: the smoke could be seen inside, a chaotic scene. the roo

ryan hughes is in germantown where the victims are being reunited with the packages here. hey, ryan. ryan: it's looking like a department store. dozens of packages now lining the take inside the conference room. kitchen towels and even a chair that were stolen off the porch of the home. today, the people who ordered those gifts online as you said, getting a chance to stop by here to pick it up. montgomery county police say they have seen a big increase this year of porch pirates stealing gifts from home. they made a handful of arrests over the past few weeks but the majority of the items being stolen happened two days ago. 18 and 17-year-old were charged after police say they were following a delivery truck. officers were able to nab them. recover 30 packages. they notified the people in the area and today they stopped by to pick up what they ordered. take a listen. >> i think it's fantastic. i had no idea it had disappeared. there were rumors that people had been coming around to steal gifts from the neighborhood. ryan: two teenagers were arrested last weak for stealing pa

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