dc and baltimore accokeek, md emergency crews are working to put out a house fire (wttg, embargo: wjla, the president's new year's resolution seems to be taking working to put out a house fire (wttg, embargo: wjla, nch8) the president's new year's resolution seems to be taking on gun control. he's expected to announce executive actions tomorrow. today he'll be meeting with the attorney general to discuss options for tougher gun laws. we expect those options may include expanding background checks on gun sales. the decision will not be without controversy...presidential hopefuls are already giving their two cents. and no surprise there is major disapproval of the executive action coming from the g-o-p. chris christie 1:12 now the president wants to act as if he's a king as if he's a dictator fact is if he wants to make changes he needs to go to congress. we're a bottom up country not a top down country. and he doesn't have the authority to do this anyways :25 marco rubio when i get to the oval office i'm gonna walk through that door, sit behind the white house hasn't had much luck on gu

hyman, vice president of corporate relations for the broadcast group w wch owns news channel 8 and wjla channel 7. cooper, and michi. gentleman, i see you have your note cards. first what is it that the american people don't understand about this deficit? i know we know people that probably make 50,000 a year. they have $100,000 a month in credit card bills. do they not mirror the federal government? how many decades have we been doing this? what is the price in the future? >> public should be outraged. understandably, look this has we are at 18 trillion dollars plus our national debt. no one is being held accountable. this is not about one party or the other, this is republicans and democrats in control. you use the phrase spending like a drunken sailor, that is where we are today. promises to spend money today, but will reign it in, in years, 7, 8, 9 and perhaps 10. we are going to overspend, flat line and in year 10 we might have meaningful savings. this act replaces what they put in place in 2013 which had the same approach, spend money first budget caps in place. that 2013 budget a

let us know on the wjla facebook page. we'll share comments later in the newscast. michelle: last week, the redskins owner hired a new stadium designer but the d.c. mayor bowser has a beller idea. -- has a better idea. mayor wants to bring the redskins back to the district. developers are considering building a new stadium or having the team to return to the r.f.k. once d.c. united leaves. mayor bowser: my charge as mayor is making sure we have a plan at that time. we have several scenarios, one will include an nfl stadium and the others won't. michelle: d.c. united is expected to be playing in a new stadium by 2018. the d.c. council voted in the past that the redskins should change its mascot and if the city should ban the team if they decide not to change the name. a lot up in the air. something we love to talk about here, the story that keeps giving. if you win the powerball jackpot, something a lot of people are playing through scenarios you might put the skins where you want. move them to your backyard. jonathan: move yourself, your family and three generations

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our thank you so wjla for the aerial shots they're providing for us.e of two cities, though, if you look at the big weather picture with this massive blizzard. new york really bouncing back quickly. our nation's capital remains paralyzed. the school reez main closed. the federal buildings are shut tight. the house of representatives cancelling votes. >> side streets remain impassable in so many places. all of this as new york city is really back up and running, even though new york got a lot more snow than d.c. did and did not expect such. i want you to take a look at this. 26.8 inches of snow recorded in central park. that's the official measurement place. 22.4 recorded in the district of columbia. you have team coverage for you on the recovery efforts. cnn's nick advance elia is live in d.c. jason carol is no new york's penn station. i want to begin with you, jason. giver me the overall picture and how new york did such a great job this time getting back up and running. >> well, you know, actually in terms of getting back up and running, out here at

parade today was her last assignment with us at wjla after 42 years.ht and this evening we had a chance to tell her how much we will miss her. happy and healthy, and hopefully a long long life in retirement. alison: she was a trailblazer, a female videographer in the trenches, wearing that skirt every single day. she did that because she wanted ao let people know i'm in job that most men do, but i'm still going to look like a women. steve: it is really cold out there right now. we are looking for the potential of the first big winter storm later in the week. feels like 10 degrees at quantico, current temperature of 17 degrees at reagan national. we will stay cold tonight, 34 degrees was the high today, will below average this time of year, normally in the lower 40's. 18 leesburg, 15 andrews, 17 in southern maryland. are the 24-hour temperature changes, about 15 to 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. these are sustained wind, leesburg, the district, 17 miles per hour. the windchill factor in the single digits leesburg, feels frederick, three

chris pabst of our affiliate wjla has our story. chris: you believe wall street took advantage of the city? mayor papenfuse: i think there was no question wall street took advantage of the city. chris: eric papenfuse is the current mayor of harrisburg, pennsylvania. in 2011, he watched his city become the first and still only state capital in american history to file for bankruptcy. mayor papenfuse: nobody wanted to stop the gravy train because everyone was profiting off the borrowing. chris: harrisburg's troubles began with, of all things, a 2003 long-time mayor stephen reed decided to borrow money to fix it, by issuing bonds. one way a city can borrow money is by selling bonds. so called muni-bonds are tax free and aractive to some investors. just like a mortgage, the city promises to pay the money back on a certain date, with interest. but harrisburg's incinerator burned far more money than trash as the city borrowed, and kept borrowing. in eight years, the incinerator racked up nearly $400 million in debt, eight times the city's

chris papst, from our affiliate wjla, has our report. chris: matty was carrie reid's beloved horse. now she's having a difficult -- she cannot forgive herself knowing that he is never coming home. carrieiei'll probably live with thth guilt for the rest of my lifefe chris: f flowing neck surgery last year, reid temporarily placed the 20-year-old saddlebred with a horse rescue. carrie: i thought he'd be safe and he was safe with me. chris: as reid's health improved, she began the process to bring matty home. then, the news broke -- 81 horses seized from peaceable farm in somerset, virginia -- seven found dead, nine more euthanized -- including matty, the horse on the right. carrie: my horse was locked in a stall. he was not given water or food for i i n't know how lonon chris: peaceable farm is a horse rescue registered as a nonprofit charity known as a 501c3 with up donations. owner ann goland ran farms in virginia and maryland. but over the summer, she moved all her horses, including matty, to virginia, where some say the protections are looser. lindsay reames disagrees. you believe

pege is retiring after 42 years at wjla. was one of the first women photographers in the district. and always, always, always wore a skirt. she said she wanted people to know she could do the job and still dress like a woman maureen: today she got a final sendoff from the bilou high school band after the martin luther king parade. she is very close to the high school and has worked with the band and supported the students there with sam ford for so many years. leon: they have been attached at the hip for decades now. now they have to say goodbye. to each other. doug: cold tonight. steve rudin at 11:00 will update cold and snow by the end of the week maybe. leon: that will work. that is it for us. "world news tonight" up next. see you at >>> breaking news tonight. taking sides. donald trump taking aim at ted cruz. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. >> but tonight, key conservatives come out with their own message for trump. and hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a fierce battle for iowa tonight. the new fallout after t

tom roussey of our station in washington, wjla, joining us now. taup, good morning. how's it looking? >> good morning, kendis. unfortunately, it is still looking bad. evening rush hour essentially has not ended in the washington, d.c. area. the d.c. beltway, the big interstate that goes in a circle around the city is still a mess in many places. interstate 95 in virginia south of d.c. still a mess. other interstates throughout the area still bad, as well. slowly but surely things are better. but in just a few hours evening rush hour is going to bleed into morning rush hour. and what happened, as you said earlier, their crews were caught totally unawares. a lot of roads were untreated. even though it was a very small snowstorm, the cars drove over the snow, turned it into ice, that caused a huge amount of accidents and then firefighters and ambulances, they couldn't get to the accidents to clear them. so it just turned into a giant mess. there are stories of folks who have been sitting in their cars for six, seven hours and have barely moved an inch. >> and yeah. >> t

i was watching some 11:00 newscasts last night from wjla down there. they are mentioning now that 2 feet they'd be lucky if they only get 2 feet. >> that's a lot because it shuts down for whatever reason when it snows. you know this. >> absolutely. it shuts down on a regular day, on a rainy day. the city is shutting down. the metro is close down for 48 hours, which is unprecedented and a lot of people are hoping for the best. >> absolutely. we know one of our producers in the washington, d.c. bureau sent an e-mail yesterday afternoon saying his 25-minute commute to virginia took him something like 2 1/2, 3 hours. >> yeah during the massive 2-inch snowstorm they had. you know one good thing, there's a little silver lining talking about the district to all these storm clouds for the first time in decades sledding is again allowed on capitol hill. >> oh i didn't know you weren't allowed to do is that. >> yeah. apparently it was against the law. >> did they send someone out to regulate that? >> the capitol police. >> that's right. >> now they've been told

updates have constant on the wjla facebook page and twitter feed for you as well. download the stormwatch7 app for your tablet or smartphone itunes toplay and have it with you at all times on all of your devices. your devices are charged and stay connected. maureen: our big storm hit nashville at the height of the morning rush hour. thele on the roads found vehicles sliding all over the place. obviously to give those people but it looks like really was a lot of ice. expecting about eight inches of snow from this storm. leon: all right. so the north of there in virginia. 500 members of the national guard are standing by to help out if needed. governor terry mcauliffe tells us that the department of transportation is gearing up as well. governor mcauliffe: we have 13,000 pieces of equipment, personnel, plenty of salt. we have 650,000 tons of salt. million gallons of liquid salt. we have the personnel and the equipment. leon: we'll keep our eye on how it's shaping up out there. leon: we'll keep our eye on how it's shaping up out there. we are wow. the internet is craz

you can connect with us on-line at wjla p.m. com/weather. also the "storm watch 7" app is fan taste ing. i actually do use it all the time. it is fantastic because you can track this storm, the radar, you have the live doppler right there at the fingertips. also if you are not on twitter shall you can follow the tweet and we're sending out information every couple of minutes. our text alert are great as well. say the national weather services is issues another warning ored a ares ry, it gets sent straight the phone wjla.com/text for those who have the text alerts, you will likely, if you have not already, received a text letting you knee high wind warning has beenshured for areas along the chesapeake coast. all right. also, this is going to be historic. you will be taking pictures, of course, especially whenever within is playing in this he snow come sunday or dig out monday. if you see a great photo. send it to us at pics at wjla.com. that is what we would to love be connected with you. that is what makes it all worthwhile so we look forwar

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so the morning commute not going well as you can see from wjla television station probably because they had slick roads and icy conditions there. snowy conditions caused problems for the president, if the weather is bad, he can't fly. he had to ride back to the white house. traffic was so slow it took him an hour and 10 minutes to get from andrews air force base to normally takes 20 minutes. secret service probably not happy he was on the roads that long. the cold means ice and people slipping and sliding. camera catching a woman slipping and falling down as she tried crossing a street in the nation's capitol which tens of millions of east coast residents will be impacted by this storm system. up to two feet of snow is possible in some areas. >> kim: there is the lady you were talking about slipping and falling. i'm sure she wasn't alone here. this is the precursor storm. were you telling us off camera we're going to have snow in downtown las vegas on saturday. >> tom: kelly is going to tell us about snow. we're expecting feet of snow on free mont. not in kelly's forecast model. and goi

weigh in right now on facebook or wjla tv. we will hear the answers later in the newscast. jonathan: back to reality now. the race for the white house is kicking into high gear with over two weeks to go before the primary season begins. tonight the republican candidates will be squaring off again and they are facing a lot of big questions. abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us from north charlotteston. that's where the debate is held. what are we looking for specifically? scott: jonathan, this is to the wire. there are only two debates left including tonight on the republican side before we see caucusing in iowa. it's time to separate if you are a candidate. move up or move out, right? three things to keep an eye on. sidebar issues but are likely to come up. first, birther 2.0. remember the term "birther" when people questioned where president obama was born. now another controversy. this one is riled up mostly by donald trump. he is talking about ted cruz born to an american mother but while in canada. he and others are saying out loud is he able to be

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