bureau chief sam ford tells us what is on the agenda. sam: with mayor bowser going to trump tower to see trump, what should she talk about wi >> definitely housing and education. >> i'm sorry, i'm quite pessimistic about the whole thing. i wish her well. it would be nice if something good came of it. sam: opinions varied as did the surprise some registered that the meeting was taking place. bowser's office released a sam: this contrasts with mayor bowser in trump's campaign who called idiotic the statement that mexican-americans were rapists. while she attended the ground-breaking for the d.c. hotel in 2014, she skipped the opening last month saying it was a campaign event. hours after trump's victory, she lamented what it meant for the d.c. obamacare. >> they want to repeal obamacare. that has an impact we have stood up. healthcare benefit exchange that has federal funding and other implications. sam: this is not the first time that heavily democrat d.c. lived with a republican congress and republican president. bowser looks forward to s

reporting from new york city, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. after the meeting with bowser, president-elect trump alongside the c.e.o. of a bank -- soft bank. we learn that trump's popularity is on the rise. 45% of the americans have a favorable view of the president-elect. 49% have a negative view. in mid-october, 61% of the americans viewed mr. trump this afternoon for president obama as he took stage to deliver a final speech in tampa. president obama: i was just told that's the last "hail to the chief" on the road. that got me sentimental. >> he was there for the final speech on the u.s. counterterror efforts where he said u.s. is breaking the back of isis. coming up at 6:00, the two cause problems on metro and the tools to stop them. alison: local artists are told to pack their things to get out of the warehouse they used for years. larry: first, though, video catchs a car jacking as it is happening. the man responsible has done i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax

abc7's sam ford tells us why mayor bowser requested a meeting with the president-elect. sam: hours after the upset win for the white house, muriel bose audience at the wilson building saying the d.c. residents were anxious, angry and hurting. the mayor's office requested and received a message with trump. in a statement, "tomorrow i will speak with the president-elect on how we can work together to continue washington, d.c.'s growth, saying d.c. statehood, infrastructure and public safety are among the topics she would like to discuss. told the news, some d.c. residents' faces registered what looked like surprise. percept of -- percept -- percent of the vote. >> i can't imagine he cares about anything in the district would say including the mayor. sam: bowser called some of trump's statement idiotic. she skipped the opening of the hotel last month. saying it was a campaign vent. at her news conference. >> i don't but i do hope and i said this previously and i do -- we have to take him at his word. he said he wants to bring nonsupporters in. sam: bowser says his call to fi

in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: if you add lamont and grady -- alison: i felt bad for the artist. give him another try. larry: everybody is a critic. we love it. a call for he in st. mary's county finding a retired police k9 that got away. cooper retired after nine years as a bloodhound for the sheriff's office. alison: he escaped from the new family's home in the laurel ridge development. he has been spotted a few times since but runs when someone yells his name. if you see cooper, let the st. mary's county sheriff's office know. get a check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is here on traffic watch for us. jamie: we are keeping a close eye on a closure. fatal accident involving a tractor trailer on route 7 westbound. before yellow schoolhouse road. you can see on the eastbound hear is a solid red line of bumper-to-bumper traffic. we are seeing the volume east. and the westbound vetch you cannot go through past yellow schoolhouse road. as far as outside a live look inner and the outer loop. we have congestion.

i'm sam ford. jonathan: the mcmillan sand site is getting a redevelopment but not everybody is happy about it. sam: they were all there at the site. politicians, community activists, developers. to convert the old plant with the concrete silos to a the office, homes, stores, green space over 25 acres with 6,000 workers and costing $720 million. from mayor who passed by since her childhood -- >> you often wonder when the property would be put to productive use. sam: -- to the councilmember. >> as a kid, i could look out my room, my bedroom window and see the sight. my daughters can look out of the bedroom window today and see the sight. all we have seen is a fenced up, you know, spot of land. when built in 1905. but in the mid-1980's the army corps switched to chemical treatment so it set unused until the city bought it. if you have been driving by over the years you are thinking well, finally they will get rid of the old silos. well, actually, no. not the silos nor the old buildings. they are all co

sam: in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: new developments to redevelop the mcmillan site. today the d.c. court of appeals stopped the work in its tracks. the panel vacated orders from the zoning commission saying it failed to address how the surrounding neighborhood. we are waiting for comment from the city. alison: hundreds of people camped out in near freezing temperatures last night just for the chance at affordable housing in the district. the line started this time yesterday for people hoping to get an appointment to try to apply for housing at the woodbury village apartments. >> this experience has been horrific. it's extremely cold out here. i feel like i am getting sick. the city should have a better way for us to receive affordable housing because staying out here over 15 to 20 hours is not a cool thing for a senior citizen or people with children. alison: and waiting all night as we said provided absolutely no guarantee. the line was just for a chance at one of 200 available appointments. not an actual lease

bureau chief sam ford is live outside of trump tower in new york city. sam, this was a critical meeting. what did the two discuss? sam: ma pleased with the meeting. she seemed to be enthusiastic about it. meeting with president-elect donald trump here at trump tower. she said she told him d.c.'s story and he listened. she arrived about ten minutes before her scheduled 11:00 a.m. meeting with mr. trump. i was a meeting she requested. she said part of the reason she came was to welcome a new president to the national she said the meeting lasted for about 40 minutes with trump alone discussing d.c. matters with the mayor and her two top aides. she told reporters as she left it was a productive meeting. >> it was important for me to make sure that the new president knows that we are not a federal agency, that we are not dependent on the federal government for our funds, that we have $13 billion budget, that we don government than any state. only the things that support our activities to support our goals of protecting the president and the like. sam: of cours

bureau chief sam ford is there. the residents there say something really has to be done. sam: well, yes. crime is a big concern in this area. but of course when the mayor does her walk through that she has done in ward seven it is not just about crime. it's about many issues. crime is one of them and a big one in this area. we were along the mayor's route. she routinely picks part of the city. she goes to look at the conditions and the residents about the concerns. earlier in ward seven, crime in particular. homicides have soared. the rates calmed somewhat in the latter part of the year but the mayor lot of things as she moved around the city. >> we are always with m.p.d. actually on these walks we don't usually get a lot of m.p.d. issues. >> this has been a chronically crime-ridden area we have had in washington, d.c. we reflect back on years ago. compared to that it's significantly better. jonathan: all right. that was sam ford reporting for us. coming up next at 4:00, what will be noticeably missing from this year's super bowl. michelle: and how a family's g.p.s. led th

bureau chief sam ford is live in the big apple with what happened in the morning meeting at trump tower. i know you spoke to the hero. sam: we did, of the top aides and the security hopped on a plane and came here to trump tower to speak to the president-elect. in an interview afterwards the mayor was up. >> fantastic one-on-one with the president-elect. sam: muriel bowser arrived with two top aides to the meeting with president-elect donald trump. she said they discussed education to metro for 40 >> we talked specifically about metro. we wanted to focus on the federal interests on the district of columbia of which they are many. >> d.c. voted overwhelmingly for hillary clinton, not trump. >> bring up that he got 4% of the vote in the district, why should he be concerned? anything like that? >> no. his focus is on building a government and moving forward. everybody knows what happened on election day in washington, d.c. didn't change who we are as a but it didn't change our responsibilities as a city. that is to welcome the new president and identify ways to work together. sam: so no pr

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i'm sam ford. that story is coming up on 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. end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. so you can find something else to not love. like hearing the sound of your own voice. (softly) like hearing the sound of your own voice. get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. jonathan: he led the back to africa movement in the 1920's and he was deported after being convicted of mail fraud. now gar i have's familiarously asking president pardon the civil rights activist posthumously. we spoke to his youngest son who was 5 when his father died. sam: dr. julius garvey, 83. cardiac surgeon from new york is back in d.c. on a campaign to get president obama to clear the name of his father marcus garvey with a posthumous pardon.

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bureau chief sam ford has a preview of what to expect on president. sam? sam: yes, michelle. as you are saying, it is the inauguration week. theme is "make america great again." president-elect donald trump is expected to have two balls here at the d.c. convention center. and a parade and hoopla throughout the week. there may be other unofficial balls around the city, but trump plans to attend only three. the two balls here at the convention center and another one in honor of the armed responders. around the city, the hospitality industry is getting ready for this d.c. greatest events that occurs only once every four years. destination d.c. is not speculating how big it will be but they are talking about it in terms of obama's second inauguration and the two george w. bush inaugurations. the chairman of the trump inauguration committee today says the idea for the event is focus on the normal americans. of america and normal americans that reflects on them. not on the power and the prestige of this man. world knows it, the people know it. he wants to tribute america. that is w

sam ford is live outside the d.c. convention center to explain what is changing here. >> well, we learned that the washington convention center inauguration night will be the focus of the social scene. and the man who by that time will be president donald trump will be spending most of the time here. >> what you will find is a very inclusive, a very traditional format. that has the president-elect personality printed all over it. sam: in an abc7 interview today trump's inauguration chairman said unlike in the past with the focus on celebrities and stars this one is going to be about normal americans. >> it will be a great step forward for h consensus. and a conciliatory manner amongst all the constituencies. those for him and those who are not for him. >> a week o a welcome rally, a parade and two inaugural balls at the convention center and another that the president-elect will attend for the armed forces and the first responders. all the balls will have one theme. >> to make america great again. sam: for the public

as bureau chief sam ford reports thousands of jobs are promised with brand new affordable housing options. but not everyone is excited about the sam: they crowded in among the mcmillan silos to launch 25-acre, $720 million develop development. >> i have literally driven or walked or been driven by the site just about every day of my life. sam: the mayor was quoting her mother. >> "when are they going to do something about that place?" one, two, three. sam: today they did. did the ceremonialground breaking to concert what -- ceremonial ground breaking. build in 1905, the city used sand to filter the water supply. it was part of the army corps' duty but the corps started to use chemicals for the process in the mid-1980's so it just sat here. the city bought it. for the neighbors including those across the street there is no >> keep it like it is. keep the land like it is. >> i don't think it's a good idea. >> why not? >> traffic. the traffic is horrible now. imagine more people shopping, living, whatever. a horrible idea. sam: there are lawsuits but the developers seem confident. sam ford,

bureau chief sam ford live from new york with the story, starting tomorrow at noon. alison: a new piece of the a former presidential rival dr. ben carson as his choice to lead the department of housing and urban development. carson expressed hesitancy in joining the cabinet when they first talked about the health and human services post. the cabinet choices are starting to fill in, but there is still no pick for secretary of state or homeland security just yet. there is word tonight that the president-elect's daughter may be in residence here in d.c. iv husband have been househunting around town. they currently live in new york city with her three children. jonathan: donald trump has not moved in, but people are already thinking about the next election. vice president joe biden says he is not ruling out a run for 2020. he is not committing one way or another. he was on capitol hill. source of the oily sheen that was spotted on the potomac river. the epa said the oil seen, which has mostly dissipatedm came from the dickerson powerplant which is owned by nrg energy. it

bureau chief sam ford was there as she tooked up meals mes in hon -- cooked up meals in honor of herne final time. >> this family came up from south carolina. >> in memory of her son. >> 's awesome. >> 20 years ago she missed cooking holiday dinner for her son so she cooked and invited the police department over. anybody. eat in. take out. i grew. last month on on tons of cops greeted her at costco when she went to buy food. today they were lined up retired officers, outside the house, inside the house. >> i miss my brian. some days it seems like yesterday when we lost them. some days it seems like 100 years since i hugged h february. 1997. the d.c. police cars look different now than they did then. they had a different scholarship. he was stopped at a late when a man walked up to him and started to shoot him for no reason. >> it was terrible. i can't imagine ma the family would do. shirley says this is the last dinner. she will miss them. go did you sea turnout today? it's unbelievable. jonathan: amazing. four months after the explosion in silver spring that destroyed the apartment

coverage with dc bureau chief sam ford coming up on abc7 news at noon. developing right now.. the death toll in that oakland ware house fire stands at 36 and counting. recovery crews continue to work around the clock combing through the rubble in search for more victims. federal investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the massive blaze. firefighters say they believe the fire started on the first floor in the back of the warehouse. the conditions inside--incredbily bad, one of the door left those inside with vertually no way out. last night the community mourned the victims with a candlelight vigil. breaking overnight. violence in prince georges county. two shootings just minutes apart from eachother--one of them turned deadly. john gonzalez is live more on the investigation. john? the bizarre northwest d.c. has nearby business owners worried. a north carolina man was arrested sunday, after walking into the restaurant with an assault rifle, and firing a shot. he intended to investigate a conspiracy theory claiming hillary clinton had ties to a sex trafficking o

reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford. abc7 news. >> let us know what happens there. thank you. alison: the first family should arrive in a few minutes. we have team coverage for you from down on the ellipse. the traffic in the area. begin with meteorologist steve rudin who is there in the middle of the event. the sun starting to go down. it's almost time. steve: the sun has set. it's getting darker here. the big moment will start in a stage in a couple of minutes. the big vent is lighting the christmas tree. it's chilly here. we have the winds around 15 to 20 miles per hour. the wind chill factor making it feel like the 40's across the area. overnight, clouds will increase. temperatures will fall in the 33 to the under the partly cloudy skies. kelly clarkson will take the stage in a few minutes. i'll report back in a bit. alison: there is something for everybody there. thank you. roads around the ellipse closed for the tree lighting. the roads on the map here are they stay closed tonight. with the gaps game and a red carpet event at the museum. that is making for a h

chief sam ford is there live. we can't wait to hear your report. sam: tis i'm old school. we are at the central mission. folks are dancing here. back there, a lot of folks are eating. this is a party they are getting ready for. they were getting ready for a party. as the spiritual director put it -- >> to show appreciation and allow them to feel better than being homeless. sam: so men live there. homeless, trying to use sub fans abuse problems and gape spiritualty. today they are special. they waited their turns as the volunteer barbers with the clippers and the bags. they walked to fix them up for the party. >> a pretty lady to do their nails. >> it feels good. spoiled a little bit. >> the hands is a way to their heart. touch is awesome. >> i'm having a great, great, great experience. >> three floors below the fire and the smoke was working on the chicken thighs. chefs from the gaylord and the national harbor prepared a party meal. >> green beans. >> dinner for 170. >> for howard who brought most of the volunteers together -- >> when you look good, you feel good. >> they

sam ford is there live to explain why. we are in front of the safeway. it includes the d.c. health inspector who shut the store down yes we can look inside. there were rodent droppings in the deli area of the store. the inspectors came here. you can see a number of people are here now. we have spent much of the day watching people come to this store. trying to get in. unable to. there is a sign on the door it presents an imminent health hazard to the public. the department closed the store at this point. a public report that the health department released to us and says the issue is the rodent mice droppings in the delhi. -- the deli. this is the first inspection nailed. earlier inspections there was no problem safeway issued a statement saying they take seriously the health of the customers. the team is working to address this quickly. throughout much of the day exterminators have been in the store working from a number of

sam: i'm sam ford in gibson washington where the mother is holding the final dinner honor hof her slainfor members of the m.p. -- slain son for members of the m.p.d. - i am the power of one. - we are the power of one. - by agreeing to have my... both: our... - novec power bill rounded up each month. - my few cents... - added to my few cents... both: added to our few cents... - add up to help improve lives in the local community. - support operation round up by having your novec power bill rounded up to the next dollar. - that's the power of your small change added to others'. all: that's the power of one. - sign up today at novec.com. michelle: in south carolina, there is new video in the trial of dylann roof. it shows roof in a makeshift shooting drill. using a gun with a laser taking aim at different targets. the 22-year-old has confessed to killing nine members of the charleston church in a bible study in 2015. prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty. jonathan: well, today does mark four years since the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. flags were at half-staff. the

and sam brad ford under center but he's in the shot gun. packers got a gift turnover.k at this. fundamentals mike. >> i'll try the best i can. >> playing number four bills and dolphins makes tackle on returner do they do in this lacrosse plays the rule of grinch >> guess what jim you. >> what mike. >> he also got cola in the stocking. >> former note are came and eating cookies in front ever a fire as one z a grown man in a onsie. apparently espnu aired him eating cookies. and i'm surprised you have not had made that happen here yet. you get away with a lot. >> we'll work on this. >> he doesn't say a word. >> that's it. >> and ezekiel elliot did you see this one got a touchdown and left into the salvation army kettle. there he goes. you think most of the time nfl being how they are would penalize him think of antonio brown. players twerk. nonetheless the people responded spike and donations a lot of them giving 1. his jersey number. >> i think he should throw in some of that. >> will there you go. >> hands down number one warriors dancing mom robin shriver. her dance mo

sam ford is in new york, watch for his live reports on abc 7 news at noon. you know this acclaimed actress best for role on er and falling skies, but now glor ray rubin is taking the stage with a new jazz album, joining us live in studio today. co off good morning washington over on news channel 8. we have agot wet weather moving in. here is jacqui jeras with an update -- veronica johnson with an update. >> reporter: temperatures will stay on the chilly side today along with a raw feeling day, with rain picking up in intensity. 42 to 44 by the afternoon. we're expecting steady widespread rain for the afternoon rush. heaviest between 1 and 7:00 p.m., lingering showers getting to about 9-10:00 p.m. the weekend, coldest air of the season, highs in the 30s. >> reporter: we've foot residual delays on the capital beltway through prince georges county from a couple of incidents, outer loop, 214 central avenue, the crash is over on the right side. we have delays there. also we're looking rive at the delays on the inner loop as you head toward the wilson street bridg

stick to haguey's ford road instead of sprague road. sang saming about an accident on county line road in montgomeryville. whenever i don't know what the words are i get very informs i tell them to tell people to make sure it's nothing bad but i don't think so. let's take a look at the temperatures right now. yesterday we were saying how cold it was. today it's colder this morning at least. 8 degrees in martins creek, the temperature. 10 degrees in pottstown, 13 coatesville. a little better in center city, 21 but it's only 19 glassboro, new jersey, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> police say a woman deliberately slammed her car into a police cruiser of all things in ohio. take a look. >> we just got hit out here. >> so what you're watching is video from the police officer's body camera showing the moment his patrol car was rammed. this happened earlier this month on interstate 76. the officer was writing a ticket when an suv randomly crossed at least one lane and rammed into the driver's side of the patrol car. police say they later discovere

sam. and this is what they say tripped up the .44-caliber killer, a parking ticket. david berkowitz drove this fordis home to bensonhurst, brooklyn. then police say he went to stalk his 12th and 13th victims. but in the place he parked was a fire hydrant and police had the lead they needed. >> when we get him and i interrogate him my attitude at this time, i want to take him and throw him out the window. this guy was so pathetic. it was like talking to a zucchini. never blinked. constant smile on his face. so after a while i start to feel sorry for the guy. you know, he's -- gone. >> i feel great. i think the people of our city will feel great relief. >> praise the lord. it's over. we're very, very happy. >> that was the first thing we heard this morning. it was fantastic. it was great. >> serial killers tend to be cunning. that allows them to stay at large. when they get caught it's usually because of luck. good luck for us. bad luck for them. >> when we caught him we searched his car. the bag on the seat had the .44-caliber gun that did the shootings. what more do you need? then a machine gun ful

ford at the time which she wrote about in the last couple years. i could recite the lines. >> give us one? >> should i call you a scruffy looking -- that's you, sam. >> wow. coming from all angles, sam. >> thanks, kasie. i appreciate that. >> i say it with great love. >> the senior thing killed you. >> got us going. "postcards from the edge" is a great, great book. whatever her character was in that book, so revealing and so truthful about hollywood. >> and mike nichols made the movie. >> by the way, she was incredible in "blues brothers." and in "harry met sally." we'll talk more about carrie fisher. we heard enough from sam stein this morning. thanks for being with us this morning. >>> new this morning, president obama reportedly will make good on his promise earlier this month there will be consequences to what intelligence agencies say was russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. the administration readying its response. likely will involve covert cyber operations. the post reports that public consequences could be announced as early as this week with officials seeking to broaden the president's authority to freeze u.s. assets