reporting at the xfinity center, scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: thank you. the capitals has a player added to the roster for the all-star. he is replacing ovechkin who opted out due to lower body injury. doug: coming in tonight, steve rudin will look at the temperatures for slick roadways in spot and warming trend on the way heading to the weekend. give you details at 11:00. maureen: look forward to that. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. oh remotes, you've had it tough. watching tvs get sharper bigger, smugger. and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch discery. record this. voila. remotes, come out from the cushions, you are back. the x1 voice remote is here. it's got a lot of what we were nekinda talking about.ke we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. melanie. maggie. living room. [dad]what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it great? [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... that's real estate, redefined. >>> breaking news tonight. tr

scott abraham shows as he found all kinds of entertainment at the verizon center, even if there is not a game going on inside. >> scott: not to make light of the situation of blizzard 2016, but to put it in perfect perspective, am literally sitting in a chair at the middle of downtown dc, six street northwest. it is completely quiet, not a soul to be seen. and you know, that is why i can have a seat right here in downtown as the snow continues to come down, and we are just outside the verizon center. the big news to look out for on saturday morning, the washington capitals, they are scheduled to play on sunday afternoon at 12:30 against the pittsburgh penguins. right now, the game is still on, but the nhl is supposed to make a decision sometime saturday morning as to whether that game will be played or night. when that information becomes available, we will certainly let you know. for now, i will continue to sit here without any disturbance in downtown dc. for now, scott abraham, news channel 8. >> he has the best seat in the house, does he? >> provided a plow truck does not come roari

scott abraham explains.ssimilate a little bit. >> candidates trying to become one of the national presidents. >> hopefully, i will give it another go here. you see the abilities here. >> it looks like i will be a blinking. up.s time to go get suited let's go. >> i got ready behind closed doors and it was showtime. >> i did it. -- the-- is a success race is a success. well, sort of. it is next and. >> back in a sling. we will debut a brand-new sports show. at 11:35.t george mason beat st. louis. it is what we have been waiting for for a long time. >> i have a pocket of it. >> don't anchor 1: let's look at the forecast. a little chilly. weatherperson: it will feel like 11-13. 28 on tuesday and more like 12. theesday, we need to keep forecast going. nothing is certain at the time. >> all right. thank you for joining us. [captioning performed by the nation ribeiro: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we know you're gonna love it. almost. oh! -[ laughs ] aah! man: ohh! woman: what are you doing?! ♪ man: whoo!

scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: scott, thank you for that.he fifth year the washington capitals and taps put on the event together. over 150 people participated last night. leon: capital love being on the ice with people not trying leon: capital love being on the ice with people not trying to hit them as a small business owner, you know things have a way of moving fast. but if your network can't keep up, it can really slow you wn. so switch to the 100% fiber optic network of verizon fios. you'll get 99.9% network reliability, and the fastest wi-fi available. for a network that moves as fast as your business. right now, upgrade to fios 50 meg or higher internet and phone and get $250 back. call or go online today. small business is better on a better network. alison: was we get ready for the blizzard of 2016, let's take a look back at the storms burned in our memory. it's not hard to remember digging out from some of the doozies we have had in recent years but joce sterman did some digging. pulling out the video from storms, well, we'd rather

sports director scott abraham shows us henry is in a fight every day of his life. scott: henry is the everyday 18-year-old high school student athlete. >> four years. and it goes on. scott: a four-year player for ice hockey and lacrosse at gonzaga, henry was diagnosed with cystic fibro bis before he turned 1. seussic phi bro -- cystic fibrosis is genetic and it affects mostly the lungs. this is a routine that henry must do twice a day to fight off the illness. >> puts on the therapy vest and he does it for 20 minutes. he also breathes in hyper tonic saline. both of the treatments help him thin and loosen the mucus in his lungs. >> stand-out defenseman on the lacrosse team, henry earned a scholarship to maryland. >> a kid you want to go to battle with. a kid you look at and hope he gets everything that he works for. scott: whether on the field or the ice, henry doesn't allow his chronic illness to hold him back. listen to this. henry is one of only 30,000 people in the united states with cystic fibrosis. some could say he was dealt a bad hand. not henry. >> you don't

the newest member of the scourts team scott abraham will be there and we will have the highlights at 11:00. don't forget georgetown. they look to remain unbeaten tonight. leon: you have a chance to win the redskins playoff tickets. good morning walk thursday. don't miss it. maureen: what is the latest from you? doug: warmup. sunshine tomorrow and 45 with the clouds thursday. warm front will bring us a chance of showers and 48 degrees on friday. morning shower or mild start. low 50's. rain, clouds 50 degrees on sunday. steve rudin will track the overnight lows and update the weather. kickoff. 4:40. erin: will it be raining? >> there is a chance. we'll punt it to steve tonight at 10:00. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: we call that "teamwork." join us at 11:00. >>> breaking news tonight. the showdown after the president breaks down. the president taking executive action on gun control, and begins to cry with victims families standing beside him. but tonight, the opposition, swift and sweeping. >>> also breaking at this hour the new plea from the fbi tonight.

scott abraham shows us the starting point guard for the women's basketball team making awareness. t: senior lauren chase. >> we got it all. scott: did not come from a basketball family. >> my dad was taking to the park i would claim basketball. scott: the riverdale product blossomed at george washington. >> she is in transition. pullup jumper. it's good. >> she gets us going if transition. she is so fast with the ball. she knows where even needs to be. >> i traveled the world and presented so many opportunities i'm grateful for. scott: go years ago, though, basketball was taken away from lauren. because of a concussion. >> the main concussion i had was the junior year. i took a blow to the head that pretty much ended the entire junior season. scott: in her basketball career, she suffered from five concussions. she has had a major impact on her life. she has even take an different career path beyond the court. >> i was on track to go to law school. my situation i want to turn it around for other athletes in my situation as well. and so i'm pursuing a master ears degree in rehabilita

scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: about time to see some hockey. alison: okay. leon: they're used to being in alison: okay. leon: they're used to being in cold having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. way down. so keep things moving with 100% fiber optic fios by verizon. with fios, you get the big capacity all your devices thrive on. it's the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. no wonder we're ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power. and now, there's no better time to get fios by verizon. for $79.99 a month online, get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year, with no annual contract. or with a 2 year agreement, get $300 back. and, starz and showtime for 6 months. go to getfios.com or call 888.get.fios. get out of the past. get fios. isleon: today marks 71 years since the liberation of auschwitz. a million people died there in the holocaust. today is the international holocaust memorial day. in germany, austrian born writer described it the experience as inmate and slave

scott abraham, abc seven sports. >> thanks for that.a touchdown for both super bowl teams today, and not the touchdown you are thinking of. touchedms touchdown -- down in santa clara. the panthers touched down about 20 minutes ago. super bowl 50, one week away. exciting. remember, all sports tonight at 11:30 tonight here on abc 7 sports sunday. one final note -- randy wittman l not be on the sidelines the next two days as he grieves the unexpected loss of his older brother. kimberly: our condolences. >> he's still is t to provide choicehe that offer you the best pric,s quality and selection. you can save 30% or more. wegmans family pack. we do it because we're family too. >> panda-monium at the box office this weekend. 3" made firsta place at the box office this weekend. came in third place, though they are about to hit another record. devon: everything is above freezing tomorrow. you don't have to worry about icy spots. even the coldest spots are well above freezing. prepare for afternoon rain coming in. a little light rain. in thectua

robert: all sports sunday sports sunday with erin hawksworth and scott abraham and me.ockets-thunder. loses the rock, puts it on the glass. okc wins. note, georgetown is hosting providence at verizon wizards arele the at houston facing the rockets. when you put it on the glass, that makes the kimberly: i know that you are regretting telling me about 14 days out. devon: we showed no skill in our forecast after 10 days. the computer models don't have a clue after 10 days. so don't put any stock into it at this time. but it is interesting to talk about, but don't put anything into it. 64 wednesday, before we cool back down. kimberly: my snowplow driver friend bruce already counting the money again. thank you for joining us. have a good night. >>> welcome to a special edition of "world news tonight." the race for iowa now two days away. the final push candidates furiously crisscrossing the state. donald trump stepping off his plane and stepping up his attacks. . >>> hillary clinton making her case to last-minute voters. tonight, new questions about those top-secret e-mails

scott abraham is hanging to langley for the girls basketball. highlights tonight on the sports final on news channel 8 at 11:30. wild card weekend starts tomorrow. texans-chiefs here on abc7. leon: wizards fans can fix that problem. get out and vote. robert: just vote! maureen: what is 2 latest? democracy drizzle and nothing -- doug: drizzle and heavy rain tomorrow but clear and breezy. mild sunny. devon lucie in for steve rudin tonight at 11:00 and he whether update the forecast for the game at fedex. morning wake-up weather and more stuff. leon: all right. sounds good. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. leon: join us at 11:00. >>> breaking news tonight. the video just released. the american police officer ambushed. the man taking aim and shooting right into the car. authorities say he pledged allegiance to isis. >>> also breaking tonight, the bloody shootout. el chapo captured. how they got him. and this question now. will he be brought to the u.s.? >>> multiple terror arrests right here in america. two refugees l

reporting at howard university, scott abraham, abc 7. robert: virginia tech wins, and former colts and ravens coach passed away at the age of 84. kellye want to apologize for the loss. kellye: i went to that school. robert: ma have the nation's leading scorer. kellye: we needed him in that game. robert: that was a big issue. kellye: devon: a little snow if we do get it, maybe a coating on the grass is all you get. air temperature hovering above freezing, 38 tomorrow. and we have a really windy martin luther king day. still a breezy day, feels like 17. that is the warmest it feels all day -- single digits even in some spots. turn your attention to next friday and saturday, some indications from a long-range projection that there might be is an african storm starting to fire up. this is a projection that is completely different. a lot of changes between now and then. even the cold air projected in place at that time, there would not be enough cold air and strong enough high pressure to keep that system men. maybe a transition zone, rain to

coworker scott abraham is at the verizon center this evening where there is not going to be a game. what is going over there right now, my friend? scott: i wish i was watching erin sledding. i'm jealous. the verizon center is going to be quiet for the next couple of days. tonight's caps game postponed. tomorrow night's wizard's game postponed. the conditions are getting worse downtown. you can see the folks trying to clear the sidewalks already. probably go over there after i have done my hit. you are wasting your time because this is going to get worse and worse. i want to come here. new buddy here. matthew. matthew is having fun with the conditions. look at you all bundled up. can i get a high five? all right. got tv time. nice job. have fun out there. so we talked about the caps' game being postponed tonight. i actually met a man from canada earlier. it's a funny bit here. take a look. you know they are supposed to play a hockey game tonight and basketball game tomorrow. they postponed that. are you upset? is it a wise choice? >> they postponed? scott: they postponed it. >> the on

scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: thank you. big shoes to fill. coming up we have a one-on-one after the warriors upset the coming up we have a one-on-one after the warriors upset the fifth ranked as a small business owner, you know things have a way of moving fast. but if your network can't keep up, it can really slow you wn. so switch to the 100% fiber optic network of verizon fios. you'll get 99.9% network reliabilility, and the fastest wi-fi available. for a network that moves as fast as your business. right now, upgrade to fios 50 meg or higher internet and phone and get $250 back. call or go online today. small business is better on a better network. alison: being late on a bill can be embarrassing, especially if it's rent payment. but imagine online they posted a list of everyone paying their respect late. as jeff goldberg reports it's what happened to a woman in stafford county. she is now fighting back. jeff: sierra with her daughter considers herself a calm person. >> you pick one and i'll pick one. jeff: but not after what she saw on fa

scott abraham talked to lebron at shootaround. >> i know you are a football guy. in d.c.cited about the redskins team on summed. curious about your take and opinion on the redskins-packers game here. knowing you are a big cowboys guy. >> go aaron rodgers. robert: whoa! whoa! i put on my twitter page asking will the redskins beat the packers. coming up at 6:00 we hear from you. alison: we know what lebron thinks. you'veve upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new with ford ♪ come and get it if you really want it... ♪ new is ecoboosost technology. new is a foot-activated liftgate. new is tougher, stronger and lighter. new is ford. america's best-sellingrand. now get into a new focus fusion, or escape with 0% financing for 60 months plus $2,000 dollars trade-assist cash. only at your local ford dealer. alison: now vote 2016. nevada is where all three candidates are focusing tonight. this is as donald trump continues to attack hillary clinton and raise questions about the birthplace of g.o.p. rival ted cruz. kenneth mouton has the l

scott abraham joining us on the desk now. we talked about concussions, one of the hottest topics out there. michelle: today i assume you went to george washington university where you spoke to someone who has a real connection with the issue. scott: the g.w. women's basketball team is led by senior point guard lauren chase. unfortunately for the senior, she has had a long history with concussions. in her basketball career, which includes high school and college, she suffered from five concussions. in fact, a couple of years ago basketball was taken away from lauren because of a concussion. she missed her entire junior season. now she is back on the court and leading the colonials to a terrific season. they have won 13 straight games. student of the game on and now off the court, find out how lauren has made concussion awareness her mission moving forward. i'll have that story tonight in the sports cast at 5:00. jonathan, michelle, amazing. she was on track to go to law school and now she has completely changed her career path

. >> when abraham lincoln confronted dred scott he did say that the supreme court decisions are the lawor that case. but over time, they may get reconsidered. and they don't settle the matter. we can keep trying to get the supreme court to change its views. but to say, as ted cruz does, that the supreme court's decisions are not remotely the law of the land is really to say that the law of the land is ted cruz because who else is there to give the final word for the time being? justice jackson once said we are not final because we are infallible. we are viewed as infallible because we're final but if we don't have a final arbiter of constitutional disputes, that chief justice of alabama can say i don't believe in same-sex marriage, we're back to the pre-civil war days and we are no longer a country, we're no longer the united states of america. >> professor, you did a piece in the "boston globe" about this where you identified a particular iron any that could occur if we were to have a president cruz and the kind of litigation that it could ensue that could challenge his authority as an

abraham is in front of the verizon center in northeast d.c. what is the latest? scott: the same thing that has been going on the past two days, snow, snow, and more snow, not letting up. the streets are terrible. you cannotrive on them. there is snow drifting. even broke out my ruler in a wild because i don't know how good a reading will be with the snowdrifts, but there is a lot us know in the roadways. gets hope the metro system open soon because it will take a while for the snowplows to take care of this snow. we are outside the verizon center. we know all about the postponements, tonight's wizards game tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon's cap's game against the penguins scheduled for 12:30 has been postponed. the next game scheduled at the verizon center is monday night, the celtics coming to town to face the wizards. no word if backing will be postponed. in perspective, my friends, we are in downtown d.c., a saturday night, this place is usually hopping, people all over the place going to dinner, bars, having a good time with friends and family. look at that shot. i thi

abraham lincoln when faced with the supreme court bet issued the infamous scott decision did not. it is not everyone branch of government. and when the court issues an opinion as it did, which goes against all precedent, against all logic, which even justice roberts, justice scalia, justice thomas, in the defense, said that this is not the constitution, then it's incumbent upon legislators, other elected officials, state government officials, to not just cow tout to the court -- >> the supreme court has the final say on what the law is. that was established long ago in marbury versus madison. but this is my request to you. this is what huckabee said would and should happen. to you u.s. supreme court, you don't have the final say, i don't care about marbury and madison and encouraged state officials to do this, how does this unfold? will we have chaos if states are allowed to decide which supreme court decisions they comply with and which they are not? >> i think you are misreading marbury versus madison. you say that abraham lincoln was wrong. in bust v bell we have a -- >> there

scott. taking you live now university city where vice-president joe biden is part of a panel at penn abraham son cancer center. this is part of the vice-president's initiative aimed at putting an end to cancer. fight against cancer very personal for the vice-president. of course, he lost his son beau to brain cancer last year. our shawnette wilson is there and she will bring us more of the vice-president's comments later on in this newscast. >>> fast-moving fire left a montgomery county townhome heavily damaged. skyfox over the 100 block of wood view lane in lower gwynned fire officials called to the home about 1:30. the flames went through the roof of the building and went to two alarms before crews would get it under control. no word what spark the fire and we are not hearing of any injuries. >>> happening now, nearly two dozen people are out of their homes tonight after fire rips through four homes in burlington, new jersey. >> that fire even forced classes to be canceled at a nearby elementary school. fox 29's karen hepp live tonight in burlington city. karen? >> reporter: guys, that ele