welch. mr. welch votes no. mr. lujan. mr. lujan votes no. mr. tonko. mr. tonko votes no. ms. clark. mr. loebsack. mr. loebsack votes no. mr. schrader. mr. schrader votes no. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy votes no. mr. cardenas. mr. cardenas votes no. mr. ruiz. mr. ruiz votes no. mr. peters. mr. peters votes no. mrs. dingell. chairman upton. chairman walden. mr. walden: swing and a miss. fred's back. waledon votes yes on table. are there other members who wish to be recorded? the gentlelady from washington votes aye. the gentleman from louisiana. >> aye. >> mr. scalise votes aye. mr. walden: are there members on the minority side that have not been recorded? are there other members that have not been recorded? the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote there were 30 ayes and 22 noes. mr. walden: 30 ayes and 22 noes. the table -- >> we're back live to the energy and commerce committee. that was from earlier today when they gaveled in. they're still waiting for chairman walden to come into the room. frank pallone, the ranking democrat, is in there. a number of others too

welch. >> thank you very much. i am so delighted you're on this committee with your very extensive experience in pharma. i'm going to listen to you. but let me express some frustration. these drug prices have been rising constantly. and the pharmaceutical companies which we all note do some very good things. they create life-extending, and pain-relieving medications. my first wife was the beneficiary of that. i get it. they need research and development. but you know what, if they're going to hide behind the assertion that it's research and development that justifies these prices that are starting to kill the patients who can't get access to what they need, show us the books. you know, there's got to be some transparency here. i'm all for letting folks get the price they need in order to keep doing the research for new break-through drugs. but there's never been any transparency. the other thing, the cost is unbelievable. we're going to be up to $500 billion, assumed, in the whole pharmaceutical expenditure between

welch clai rescuing children from a sex slave ring linked to democrats and hillary clinton. he will appear before a judge for sentencing in june. welch is facing 18 to 60 months in federal prison. >>> the national museum of african-american history and culture hits the 6 month mark today. more than 1 million visitors have been through the doors. tickets are booked through july. people are staying an average of six hours when they visit. that's three times the average for u.s. museums. >> it is really because our visitors are so engaged. many of them feel on a pilgrimage to come here. many people are first time museum goers. many want to return again and again. >> so much to see. the museum expects more than 3 million visitors by the end of the year. >>> the d.c. mayor announcing a new task force dedicating more resources to helping missing children say most missing children leave voluntarily and are found in a short period of time. only on 9, delia goncalves speaks to a one time missing child who says she ran away after she felt like her foster mother was mistreating her. >>

. >> welch originally pleaded not guilty to a federal gun charge. we'll learn his sentence next friday the 24th. >>> the big snowstorm that wasn't may have spared us, for the most part. that wasn't the case further north. people are digging out from a binghamton, new york. albany got 20 inches. in scranton, pennsylvania drivers had to use shovels just to get to their cars. the snow turned into ice overnight. >> i didn't realize it was going to be this frozen. i've never seen it this frozen. i had to use a shovel to get the ice off the glass. >> i know. you need a blow torch i would think. >> yeah, right? good heat wave. that would help. >> in connecticut an 82-year- old man cleaning snow off of his car got hit and killed by a plow. a total of nine deaths are blamed on the late winter storm. if you were out there shoveling, it's still really slick. >> that's a real freak accident there. >> in some spots they never got above freezing, which is unusual for us in march. we had so much respect for that storm. >> it didn't get as much as they thought in n

"reason" magazine editor-in-chief matt welch. and his last name is latin for "request a twin bed." comedian michael loftus. okay, let's start the show. ♪ rachel maddow released president trump's 2005 tax

jam welch -- jack welsh on this. why he says this recovery could be history if he don't get this done now after this. marie knows that a dutch apple pie can make any occasion feel more special. so she makes her pie crust from scratch. and sprinkles on brown sugar streusel. so that you can spend more time making special moments with your family. marie callender's it's time to savor g new cars. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >> neil: all right. everyone thinks it's the s that best to torpedo the trump agenda. what if i told you it could be conservative republicans? the freedom caucus getting fingered by the president that could hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the deed and fast. katie pavlich with me, fox contributor. boy, we have -- is it a tiny civil war or how would you call it? >> it's say it's an interesting

federal prosecutors offered the deal to "edgar welch" back in january. welch's lawyers will present their decision at a hearing later this morning. police say welch opened fire at "comet ping pong" after reading fake it was a front for a child sex trafficking ring. the terms of the plea deal have not been released. right now... police are trying to figure out if two gun store burglaries are connected. the most recent theft took place saturday when thieves stole 35 weapons from "50 west armory" in chantilly. three days earlier, thieves stole 30 guns from "united gun" in rockville. both burglaries appeared highly choreographed, taking less than two minutes each. no arrests at this time. a teacher at one of d-c's best known private schools has been charged with sexually abusing a student. georgetown day school teacher mark allen-gifford was arrested friday. he is accused of kissing and inappropriately touching a 14-year-old female student. the incident happened earlier this year, not on school grounds. the school says allen-gifford has been placed on leave.

authorities say welch kidnapped the girls and took them to bedford county to sexually assault them. if convicted, welch could face 20 years in prison or the death penalty. >>> prince george's county police tonight are investigating a murder that took place in laurel, maryland in an apartment complex. officers were called to the complex just after 5:00 this morning on edinburgh lane for a report of a shooting. there they found the victim slumped inside a car in the parking lot. he was pronounced dead at the scene. and tonight police are still searching for a suspect and a motive in the case. >>> several landmarks in the district went dark tonight in support of earth hour. this international event raises awareness about climate change and responsible use earth's limited resources. mgm casino turned off some of the lights that wrap around the building at national harbor and the national cathedral also participated. >>> switching gears, it was a gorgeous day. you know that already. but if you stepped out recently, you'll notice it's a little bit cooler, huh, howard? >> especially east o

welch. mr. welch votes aye. mr. lujan. mr. lujan votes aye. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy votes aye. mr. cardenas. mr. cardenas votes aye. chairman walden. the chairman votes no. are there any members who wish to be recorded? mr. welch, are you recorded? is recorded.lch mr. angle -- perfect. the clerk will report the tally. mr. engle.en: perfect. the clerk will report the tally. care repeal health and replacement law

welch will be back in court on june 22. it looks as if welch will be looking at 18 months and 60 months in federal prison for the crimes. reporting from federal court, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. alison: now to breaking news coming to us from baltimore today where the firefighters are battling a fire at a scrap yard. these are live pictures we are looking at now. this is the city's south side. no injuries have been reported. stay with abc7. we will have updates as soon as they become available. doug: we have been waiting for the warmer temperatures all day to arrive. the front has come through, warm front with clouds an now sunshine at national harbor. we look at the temperatures, they have been slow to move. earlier today, warmer out west it's like watching paint dry every hour with the temperatures but we are making it to the upper 50's. 16 in leesburg. 60 in warrenton. 58 in the capital. temperatures will drop and hold in 50's. the lows tomorrow morning will be 20 degrees warmer than this morning all

>> reporter: he came to town with guns and a grudge, 28-year-old edgar welch drove to d.c. for what he called an investigation, a rescue mission landed him -- and charged videos -- >> i think we're having some trouble with derrick's live shot we'll try and get back with him if we can. >> developing, a man killed in the district overnight. d.c. police say a neighbor called 911 about a shooting not long after midnight. police found the man on near 19th street, shot in the head. he later died. police didn't say if they arrested anyone. >>> take a look at this video chopper 4 captured of a serious crash in charles county. an suv went off the road in anybuanne newburg at 5:30 this morning. three people were air liptfted the hospital. the road has since reopened. >>> three adults and two children were injured in a fire in prince william county. a viewer sent us this video from ramrock road where the huge orange lightus prince william county fire says there was serve peopven people t the time. >>> turning to the weather, a cloudy and cold start to the day but there is some good ne

katie pavlich, joe devito and matt welch here to weigh in.ary johnson leaves the lib taishian stage and now there is a -- leaves the libertarian stage and now there is a platter of libertarian. we want kmele foster to relationship for president. >> the greatest rapper. kmele would be great. the presumed next guy is somebody who used to work in this building, austin peter on. john mcafee. kennedy: i think he's too busy traveling around south america building hammocks. >> this will open the door. there is something there. they are on the ballot in a bunch of states they weren't on the ballot before. talking about their point of view, the party itself -- kennedy: jill stein, i want a recount. 3,000 votes weren't counted for libertarians. it turns out i was cassandra. >> they want a hope grown. kennedy: kmele is the homest grown. you laugh at matt welch. >> if he wants aleppo. i'll take never being president for $500. kennedy: bill clinton and hillary clinton had gaffes, and with their handlers and they were never able to come forth and say i tot

david welch: that's right.ad of waiting for april of next year to do it. the industry wants more time. my guess is they want a review done by someone who will probably be more favorable to their way of thinking. david: entirely coincidentally, general motors came out with an announcement about 900 jobs. what is that announcement about? david welch: maybe there is a little bit of politics here. 680 of the 900 jobs were retained. people were already building vehicles and will continue to build a new version of it. not really new jobs. 220 of them are new. i am guessing these are jobs that were already planned to be there because they are going to the making tensely speedtions -- 10 transmissions. david: so we may get a trump sweet about it. -- twee about itt. david welch: i would not be surprised. david: once it is a traumatic given the amount of transport across the southern border back-and-forth frankly in the supply chain. what is going to be discussed today about that? david welch: auto industry executives wi

amy: prosecutors say there is a deal in principle in place for edgar welch. they would not give the details of the deal. police arrested him on december 4 after witnesses said he fired a gun inside comet ping pong pizza. no one was hurt. be motivated by something he read online about a nonexistent child sex ring at the business. welch pleaded not guilty to the charges. monday. the final hearing is on march 24. jummy: thank you. to another high profile case now taking center stage this noon. charles severance, the man convicted of murdering three people in alexandria, had an appeal hearing today, focused on whether the cases should have been tried separately rather than together. he is serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of three people. to the weather now. right now the big eight-out across the dmv. -out across the dmv. the combination of slow, -- of snow, rain, and freezing temperatures caused a refreeze overnight. doug: even though today we will see temperatures barely get above the 32-degree remark in some spots, the sun is going to me

authorities say welch kidnapped the girls and took them to bedford county to sexually assault them.f convicted, welch could face 20 years in prison or the death penalty. >>> we're learning more about dc mayor muriel bowser's new push to dedicate more resources to helping missing children. these are the six new initiatives that mayor bowser unveiled to keep the city's children safe and sound. her ideas include increasing the number of mpd officers who work in the department's children and family services division and providing more grant money to nonprofits who work with runaway youth. this new initiativees national attention is focused on dc missing teen cases and it's increasing. dc police tell us there aren't more missing kids, just more publicity on social media. >>> a man is killed in laurel, maryland. tonight police are searching for a suspect and a motive. this all happened after 5:00 this morning in the 13500 block of edinburgh lane. officers responded to a report of a shooting there and found the victim slumped inside a car in the parking lot. neighbors say it's not the firs

they think welch shot at two other motorists on the same freeway.erday...aut horities say welch shot a san bernardino deputy...about an hour after he beat and robbed a gas station clerk. <"deputy higgins was transported to a nearby hospital with significant injuries to his chest, but was treated and released. his soft body armor saved his life in this event.">(grant) the deputy was struck in a position on his chest that officials say would have been fatal had he not been wearing his protective equipment. welch has been booked into a county jail where he faces several charges. (vicki) 138 j-c penny locations are set to close in the coming months... this includes the one at the hilltop mall in richmond..whic h you are seeing now courtesy of our partnership with a-b-c 7 news. like other department stores j-c penny is hurting as more people shop online instead of heading to the mall. most stores are expected to be closed by mid-june. j-c penney company says these closures are part of a plan to focus on their best-performing stores.. these closings will

welch will be sentenced in june. sentencing guidelines recommend between 3 and 7 years in prison. >>> this video from chopper 4 shows you just how bad this crash was. all five people inside this car hurt when the driver swerved and ended up in a ditch at the intersection of edge hill road and pope's creek road in newburg. the driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer. police say everyone is expected to survive. >>> now to the latest in the u.k. where a fourth person has now died from that attack in central london. the victim a 75-year-old man. this comes as authorities made two more arrests overnight. they're also combing through more than 2500 items seized in searches across the country. investigators are also trying the figure out how and why the british born attacker became radicalized and whether he acted on his own or may have been directed by others. the american man who died in that attack curt cochran actually lived for part of his life in western maryland. cochran and his family apparently moved away at the end

. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when they built their home n 2001, they thought they were moving into an ideal countryside home. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were f from. and we were excxcid aboutut bringing our children to the country. you know, building thehe home of our dreams.s. >> instead, likeke others in juliette, they got sick. >> several years after we moved in, i started developing some numbness in my feet. first in one foot, and thenen it just ket getting worse. and it just really was concerningng. i would lose my balance. then, i had a stomachache fofor 3 weweeks, really, really bad. i had been to the doctor, he drew w blood, and he called e at work a and said, your liver s almost in failure. he said, i've never seen liver enzymes as high as yours s are. >> donna isn't the only one with severe health issues. mark goolsby, who once worked at the plant, doesn't believe it's safe to l live here. >> there's been 12

the matt s though welch won the debate -- that matt welch won the debate. jonathan lost some ground. he lost nine percentage points. he started with 31% and he went down to 22%. matt went from 50% to 74%, 75%. so he picked up votes. it looks as though matt wins the tootsy roll. congratulations, matt. jonathan will be signing books. [applause] jonathan will be signing books. we'll be over there talk with you. jonathan, you can stand. >> i'm sorry that 50% of you were ready to think obama was a great president. i wasn't getting that vibe but clearly i've let down the people on my side. >> we'll post that later. all right. jonathan will be selling books over there. signing books. so if you want to talk to jonathan, you should walk over there. we have wine, we have food, we've got matt welch sticking around as well. if you want to beat up on him. let's do that. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable

there will be a plea hearing for edgard welch. this case received national attention for its implications about fake news during the presidential election. in december, welch was accused of taking a gun into the pizza shop and fired shots. police say he told them he was investigating a fake internet report about democrats and child sex trafficking. >>> the search continues for the man police are calling a person of interest after an artist was found murdered in the district. police are also looking for a blue toyota prius. her body was found on tuesday in a basement apartment near friends of hers from the cincinnati area describe her as a loving person and they say they can't understand why someone would hurt her. >> she was someone that brought people together in a positive, constructive way that for the -- for the good of people. i think that would be the way she wanted to be remembered. >> now, here's a look at her car. the blue prius has a yellow diamond shaped bumper sticker. a look again at the person of interest here. he is

welch. >> gentleman yields back his time? [ inaudible comment ] >> she's striking. >> the gentlelady is recognized for the last 20 seconds. >> you're taking your own time. >> we're going to have somebody on our side before we come back. i want to ask the kouchb, abocoe we go to dr. murphy what exactly does this section 112c do? it says sunset of essential health benefits requirement. explain what that does. page eight, line three through seven. >> mr. barton it just removes the application of the essential health benefit plans, the mandated requirement that all states that have alternate benefit plans must cover essential health benefits, it removes that mandate. >> for all of the categories or for the -- >> for alternative benefit plans, the benchmark plans in medicaid. >> i'm still not clear but i'm sure everybody else is. does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> yes. >> yes? >> so benchmark plans were created in the dra, and they kind of evolved use over time. in 2012 there were about 12 states that used t

"reason" magazine editor-in-chief matt welch. and his last name is latin for "request a twin bed."edian michael loftus. okay, let's start the show. ♪ rachel maddow released president trump's 2005 tax returns, and now all questions about his finances are resolved. good night, we'll see you tomorrow. late tuesday, the msnbc host announced on twitter "breaking, we got trump tax returns tonight, 9:00 p.m., msnbc. seriously." her scooper veal that trump paid $38 million in federal taxes in 2005, on income of $153 million, and reported $105 million write-down in business office. he pulled over twice as much as i did that year. over. the white house was outraged that maddow had exposed how much money trump made, turning attention away from russia and g.o.p. infighting over health care. but ultimately, there was no smoking gun. and the liberals had such high hopes. hillary clinton's former press secretary that it was going to be the holy grail. but as maddow's show dragged on, the mood of her fans started to shift. they realized there was no bombshell, no evidence, no new information. just

welch. the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, for five minutes. strike the last word on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. the only amendment we've taken up so far. mr. welch: thank you, mr. chairman. move to strike the last word. mr. walden: you're recognized. mr. welch: thank you very much. congressman scalise i think is not here. but he said something that i paid a lot of attention to. he said that in the health care bill -- mr. walden: ladies and gentlemen, if we can have regular order. so that mr. welch may proceed. mr. welch: congressman scalise said something that i paid a lot of attention to. he said that for a lot of people, just above the line, here subsidies expire, they're working harder, but health care's out of reach for them and they're not getting help from the government. some of those folks have been in areas where premiums have shot up. that's a problem. i acknowledge that's a problem. i think all of us on our side acknowledge that it's a problem. it's the market aspect of it for the individual market, it's not working

let's go to jack welch, the former ceo of g.e.hat do you think, jack, are the markets getting ahead of themselves? >> no. i was on with you in october. i gave you a bunch of slides that said what happened if trump did what he said and got the job, that he got the job and he did what he said. trying to do what he said it's sure going like a rocket ship. >> neil: the market -- >> america has been waiting for these policies. >> neil: clearly wall street has and it's clear the markets anticipate everything will come off largely without a hitch. the treasury secretary telling me that as much. do you agree with that? >> yes, absolutely. i think the treasury secretary, who i just watched now was pretty positive about things. the next thing i like about it is, they were all one party and they're negotiating with each other to try to get a resolution. so i'm optimistic. >> he's also optimistic about the one hurdle that remains before the tax cuts thing that is the repeal and replace obamacare things. not everyone in the republican party is

welch says he went to the northwest washington pizza restaurant because he believed a child sex ring was operating in its basement. >>> tracking metro, rush hour tomorrow morning, a big test for the latest phase of metro's big maintenance project. the work impacts service on the blue and yellow lines. on weekdays there will be continuous single tracking between braddock road and the huntington and van dorn street stations. in fact, the trains run every 24 minutes even during rush and this phase runs through april 19th. >>> it's a chilly end to the weekend, but it won't stay cold for long, howard bernstein on the weather terrace tracking some warmer temps, howard? >> yeah, exactly. we're seeing signs of warmer air when we look at the satellite and radar. see little rain showers and some of that wintery mix in northwest pennsylvania, ohio into new york state. that warmer air is coming in. we still have the very cold air around and temperatures right now range near the teens and 20s in new england while we're in the low 30s in town, but columbus is 53 at this hour. so on the other side

today we could learn more about what kind of deal edgar welch struck with federal prosecutors. he's the man who took a gun into a d.c. pizza restaurant and fired shots in december. this case received national attention for its implications about fake news during the presidential election. welch told police he was investigating a fake internet report about democrats and child sex trafficking. we'll have the results of welch's plea hearing on our nbc washington app. >>> a prince george's county police officer is suspended and facing charges after police say he crashed his cruiser while under the influence. weir today. officer christopher brown clipped the back of a tractor trailer thursday morning on the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. he lost control of the car and hit a guardrail. brown was offduty at the time and sources tell news4 he left the scene and returned about 34 minutes later. no one was hurt. the chief says he was gravely troubled and promised transparency saying quote, as always, when i have the facts i will take appropriate action to remedy this and i will make t

welch is not recorded. welch votes aye. aye.cnerney votes >> other members wishing to be recorded? will report lerk the result. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, 23 ayes and 28 nos. 28 no's, the amendment is not adopted. other members seeking recognition to offer an amendment? go over to mrs. dingle. or what purpose do you seek recognition? >> amendment at the desk mr. chairman. >> could you describe that? 136. >> 136? the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment to the amendment in to re of substitute committee print offered by mrs. dingle. >> amendment considered as read, recognizes gentle lady from michigan to speak on her amendment. mr. chairman. this amendment simply states -- gentle i will have the lady suspend until we get order in the committee. members. thank you. the gentle lady may proceed. you, again, mr. chairman. this amendment simply states medicaid, ationing of which my colleagues call per apita cap will not take effect if the bill would negatively impact seniors access to services in supports under medicaid. it also reauthorizes several long-term care provisions

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i want to turn to congress member peter welch, the democrat from vermont. his remarks earlier this month to the energy and d commerce committee's markup of the american health care act, the republican plan. >> there's been a lot of discussion about the fact this bill just appeared yesterday and it was being hidden. wasn't rereally being hidden frm democrats in america or was it being hidden from your freedom caucus? they say this bill is a phony repepeal of obamacare. you want to knknow something? they are right. there is a lot of plagiarism in this bill. the insurance reforms that all of you voted against, your now bragging you are keeping. the subsidies that you say are horrible, you have changed from a direct subsidy that actually provided meaningful access to health care to on the cheap tax credits that don't do the job, but that is an entitlement you say you're against. the mandate -- what you have done is impose the 30% penalty and the revenues don't go to the programsre but the insurance companies. what is going on here? amy: that is peter welch, ver

welch of vermont. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 198, the gentleman from vermont and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont. very good this bipartisan bill that's before us will help the v.a. improve its ability to recruit, hire, train, promote and retain physicians in v.a. by the way, the significant number of veterans are in rural america, including vermont. my amendment would add two provisions. first, the underlying bill requires the g.a.o. to conduct a study on succession planning at the v.a. that's intended to try to better understand the problem the agency has to have a pipeline of candidates to assume critical roles that are open. and my amendment wodequi r the g.a.o. to study and analyze succession planning, hiring in rural area. the vast majority of our country is rural, so we have to put an emphasis on that and challenges in rural america are different than in the urban areas. [no audio] and other barriers to recruitment and

welch: mr. speaker, to my friends in the republican side, you have the perfect bill. it cuts taxes $800 billion. largely at the high end. it cuts 24 million people off of health care. and it ends the medicaid entitlement. what's the problem? bring your bill up here. now, what you have is not a health care bill, you have a tax cut bill masquerading as a health care bill and your hesitation is the collateral damage that you're going to do to the people who voted for you will become clear. to the hospitals in rural america, we need, that damage will be-l become clear. to the folks 50 to 64 who are going to get hammered, hammered at a point in their life when more than ever they need health care, you're going to stick it to them. the people who supported you, the people who believed in you are the people you are turning your back on. i say bring your bill up here. vote it. take ownership of what it is you are doing. i welcome your courage in telling rural america that they don't matter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. members are also advised to

edgar welch admitted to transporting a gun across state lines. welch took a gun into the pizza restaurant comet ping-pong and fired shots. he said he was investigating an internet report, a fake one, about democrats and child sex trafficking. >>> the public feud between members of the house intelligence committee hit another level today. intense announced he's cancelling a public hearing planned for next week. nunes says it will be a closed session which set off democrats. >> the committee seeks additional information from monday's hearing that can only be addressed in closed session. >> there must have been a very strong push back from the white house about the nature of monday's hearing. it's hard for me to come to any other conclusion about why an agreed upon hearing would be suddenly cancelled. >> nunes says he cancelled the hearing so the fbi could brief members in a secure setting. >>> we also learned that president trump's former campaign manager will appear before that committee. nunes says paul manafort volunteered to testify. republican

our news partner wtop reports that the 28-year-old edgar welch appeared in court yesterday. the man is accused ever fiof fi shots in december. prosecutors say he wanted to self investigate a fake news story about a child sex ring he thought was happening inside that restaurant. welch has pleaded not guilty to several charges against him. >>> before they name the new police chief, he has go before the d.c. council today. mayor bowser has named him acting chief and offers him the job permanently. the council wants community members to weigh in at several public hearings, the first takes place tonight rise demonstration center in southeast. there will be two other hearings later this month. >>> after years of a solution, casey anthony is speaking out. wait until she has to hear what she has to say now. >>> and new information this the death of pop superstar george michael. you're watching news 4 midday. >>> watch as this daycare worker push as child down the stairs. the 52-year-old sarah gable was arrested. police say the daycare had just installed the camera about a half hour

edgar welch pleaded guilty to assault charges and bringing a gun from north carolina and on connecticutnue. police say welch told them he was investigating a fake news story about democrats and child sex trafficking. he will be sentenced later this year. >>> today the faa will be investigating a tragic plane crash. this happened outside atlanta and the plane slammed into a home. only the plane's pilot died. no one on the ground or in the home was hurt. but you can see that dark smoke right there rising from above the crash site. this was last night. witnesses say they saw the plane start to spin moments before it went down. cause of the crash still unknown. >>> larry hogan says he will veto an education bill. the protect our school act would limit how low performing schools. it would also prevent actions like trying to change schools to private charters. it is a response to the every student succeed act. about school accountability. hogan says the bill gets in the way of improving failing schools. >>> let's stay in where very soon fracking could become illegal. there's a bill moving thr

welch claimed he was investigating phony rumors after a child sex ring in northwest d.c. no one was hurt. larry: charles severance did not attend his appeals court hearing this morning. instead he is attorney argued his conviction for three murders should be thrown out claiming severance is not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. severance was convicted in the 2015 killing of nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne lodato at their homes in alexandria. the appeals court will issue a ruling in the case by summer. alison: despite several programs to try and stop the number of sexual assaults at the nation's military academies, the numbers are still on the rise. jeff goldberg is live at the satellite center to explain. jeff: sexual assault reports increased at two military academies in the last year. according to reports from the "associated press" sexual assault cases on rise at naval academy in annapolis, maryland, and the u.s. military academy at west point. the cases are not at the rise on the air force academy in colorado springs. but an anonymous report shows cases of sexua

this past december, edgar welch opened fire in a washington d.c. pizzeria.tory of secretary clinton's child sex trafficking operation, in a pizzeria, was invented before the election by fraudulent news sites and shared by millions. james alefantis owns the restaurant. >> alefantis: it started on november 4, 2016, where i started to get strange messages directly into instagram and to facebook. and these direct messages were saying all kinds of very strange and bizarre things. >> pelley: like what? >> alefantis: many of the threats, death threats, i think were some of the worst. people saying that they wanted to see my guts cut out and spill on the floor of my restaurant. one person said that they prayed that someone would come and kill everyone inside. and it was terrifying moments. >> pelley: edgar welch fired into the only locked door in the restaurant and found, much to his surprise, no sex slaves. no one was hurt unless you count alefantis, an innocent bystander at a character assassination. >> alefantis: it went from a few people buzzing about something

. >> edgar welch pleaded guilty to two counts, admitting that on december 4 -- and we have video from that day -- he drove from north carolina to upper northwest d.c. to comment pizza, entered the establishment with an assault rifle and handgun. customers and fled, find child to molesters from a fake new site he read. he shot up the restaurant, never found anything, and then surrendered. today he pleaded guilty to transporting firearms across state lines, and assault with a deadly weapon for pointing a rifle at an employee. he will be back in court on june 22, at which time he will be sentenced to between 18 months and 60 months in federal prison. jummy: thank you. it is now do or die, not too far away on capitol hill. to gop's health care plan replace obamacare expected to be voted on sometime this afternoon. you are taking a live look inside the house for, president trump already demanded the vote be made today. high-stakes decision. stephanie: for the second time it is down to the wire on capitol hill as house republicans are supposed to vote on the plan to repeal and replace obama

edgar welch pled guilty to interstate possession of firearm and assault. investigate claims of child sex ring run out of the pizza parlor but that conspiracy theer wi was part of fake news articles. michelle: this has the local police looking for a missing robber. jonathan: why the birth control pill could be life saving for some women. doug: we had a cold morning but we'll have a mild weekend. that's coming up in ten minutes at "abc7 news at 6:00". announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00ment" on your side. horace: firefighters are on the scene of a scrap yard fire in baltimore. the yard is filled with cars and scrap metal. firefighters had to bring in a water truck for help to knock down the flames. michelle: two passenger cars on an amtrak train headed to d.c. partially derailed in new york injuring three people. coming from boston and pulling out of penn station it was clipped by another car. all passengers got off safely. horace: the alt-right movement by spencer is in the middle of tax problems. michelle: he runs the national policy institute th

mcdowell county, city of welch, west of here named kermit, they dumped 4 million, 194,000 opioid pillsone year. the pharmacy was making $500,000 a month selling these pills. people had 10,000 pills in their pockets selling to anyone who was willing to buy it. so this suit is bringing -- we brought the first political subdivision suit in mcdowell county that's ever been brought and we've recently filed a suit for the city of welch and it's for the opioid epidemic. >> and you're seeing you irresponsibly pump these pills into -- >> absolutely. it was willful and wanton. if you're selling a poisonous pill and take it in any quantities at all and send 4 million to a town with 400 people, what do you think you're doing? making money is fine. it's the love of money that is evil that drives these people. it's killing them. >> thank you. doctor, can you tell me a little bit about what this looks like on the ground here? >> okay. let me just say, i never wanted to have to treat addiction in my life. as an obstestritian, i have to because so many women are addicted to pills. one thing you have to

court officials say welch was offered a plea deal and he has until next monday to accept or reject it>> scandal involving some u.s. marines. a secret group called marines united is accused of using facebook that posts explicit pictures of their female colleagues. purple heart recipient blew the whistle. he said the posts drew thousands of comments. >> these photographs had name, rank and often places that had their current military duty station. it had their hometowns. it had contact information. >> these accusations come as all branches of the military are trying to combat a strong standing harassment. >>> thousands of kids and under were expelled and suspended from schools last year. a new bill is moving to put a stop to that. >> school used to be stressful for lisa miller's autistic son. by age 6 he'd been suspended or illegally sent home. infractions included tantrums and running away. >> there were a few times when they told me he ran out of the building. >> a new bill in maryland legislature is moving to put a stop to out of school suspensions and expulsions. delegate is a cospo

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here's vince welch. >> kyle larson finishes second. you led the race in the late stages and you chose to go high in one and two and brad took the low lines and seemed like he made up a little ground. what was behind the decision there. >> raced around brad a lot throughout the day and any time i was in front of him he would drive around me up top, and i knew i was going to have to take his line away on that start there after a couple of laps and tried. i just didn't have enough grip to get out there in the lead or not as much as i had hoped so he did a good job, you know, being a lane lower and getting on my inside, so, you know, disappointing i didn't get the win but happy about our second place run at a mile and a half where i struggle at and i can't thank everybody at the shop enough for building great race cars and hendrick engines for supplying us great engines and had a blast today. the target chevy was good. i ran the bottom a lot which no typically something i do so it was a lot of fun to learn how, to you know, kind of use bot

edgar welch reached the deal wednesday with prosecutors. it's expected to be finalized today. welsh allegedly read a fake news report that comet ping pong restaurant was a front for a child sex ring. he says he drove to d.c. from north carolina, intent on rescuing the children. new developments -- about a lawsuit filed after those wild protests during the presidential inauguration. more than 200 people were arrested that day. now the group behind the lawsuit claims m-p-d and interim chief peter newsham refuse to release records that should be made available to the public under the first amendment - and federal laws. the suit demands no council vote to investigation is complete. m-p-d says they cannot comment on pending litigation. covering metro this morning.. starting this summer, riders will pay more to ride trains and buses. prices for metro rail will increase 10 cents during peak hours. for off peak hours 25 cents. for metro buses the price jumps from a dollar-75 to two-dollars. there's also a reduction on service. during peak hours metro trains currently running every six