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d.c., not too far from good hope road. that is the latest live, back to you. >>> there's an investigation right now into a deadly crash in d.c. take a look at this video. the car flipped up on its hood. d.c. police says the driver lost control of the car in 56th street northeast right around midnight. it is not clear why this happened. the driver died. he was the only person in the car. >>> well, today, the man accused of throwing things over the white house fence will appear in d.c. superior court. kyle odom was arrested last month. police say he dame to d.c. after shooting an idaho pastor six times. that shooting happened one day after the pastor spoke at a ted cruz campaign rally. the pastor survived the shooting. >>> it is 6:03. flights are leaving brussels and now. they will be the first ones to arrive here since isis terrorists bombed the airport. the first one is scheduled to land in dulles airport around 1:00. the brussels airport partially opened only days ago. more than 30 people

"jeopardy" is in d.c. inside look at the preparation underway to get the show ready the news at 6:00 starts now. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: we begin with the weather. the sunny skies turn to gray. 70 degree temps are long gone now. doug hill is outside in rosslyn in the cold to look at the rainmaking its way through the area. doug: the rain is the leading edge of the studios. this is mostly light rain. take a look at the doppler yellow and the orange that are north and east of washington to baltimore. a fairly moderate line of showers. check temperatures to look at what is coming. this will all change tonight. gusty cold front will come in. clearing skies under a freeze warning from midnight to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for areas in purple. tomorrow morning the temperatures will be 28 to 33 degrees. there is nine tomorrow but won't do a lot to warm us up. we check out the wake-up forecast and seven days in a few minutes. >> you got it. folks stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team

but the d.c. democratic state party did not file the paperwork on behalf of the candidate until the day after the deadline, according to the board of elections. because of that delay, a voter filed a challenge with the board that could have kept sanders' name off the ballot. today, the d.c. council passed emergency legislation exempting democratic candidates from the deadline for the june 2016 primary. but in a meeting before the vote, several council members expressed concern about passing a law to allow one person ballot es extremely careful with writing legislation to put one on the ballot that's in violation of our law. >> at that meeting the chair of the council warned council members of the negative press they would receive if sanders was kept off the ballot. >> if we deny the voter access, then that is not going to look good for the council. >> orange said negative press shouldn't drive how the council acts. >> that was very disappointing to hear. i think that we're here to do a job. and so

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d.c. police on the scene of fatal car accident on bike path. annie yu on the scene with the latest. hey, annie, what can you tell sglus good morning this accident happened around midnight and here we are hours later on the scene and we have a few police officers out here and currently they have a tow truck loading up this car if you take a close look it's a ball crushed like a things of tinfoil. still investigating what happened and this is 400 block 56 street northeast at the end of residential road in what appears to be a bike tr and faulking with neighbors here two people were ejected from the vehicle, d.c. police confirmed the driver died and second victim was loaded into ambulance ambulance and taken to the hospital. we don't know what kind of condition this person is in. police say the driver may have been intoxicated. so certainly just a very sad story. terrible story. >> let's talk about that now. >> back to you in the studio. >>. >> also developing overnight triple shoot in the di

find donation lincoln "fox5" d.c. home page and text autism to 25383 to make a does 10 donation >> when you wake up and get going this morning you find it cold. winds are gusting out of the northwest. temperatures dropped down below freezing. it feels colder than nat spots matter of fact last we checked to 23 miles an hour now. but they were down to a 13 degree feel like temperature and it felt like 18 degrees in frederick. temperatures are really, really plummeting this morning and it feels colder with the wind. when i called this up a second ago we had gust d.c. 35 miles an hour taken since comes down. so you know it's gusting all across the region this morning. wind chill factor now feels like 19 frederick and 23 gaithersburg and cold for culpeper too feels like 26 and mannasas coming in at 23. we've had a couple of flurries out there this morning. see them out here right now. you can still see them interstate 8 1. martinsburg you're seeing a few out there this morning. a few more time to time over the next few hou

college assistance program, known as d.c. cap. chad smith is a d.c. cap adviser. welcome all of you. >> thank you. >> to "viewpoint." since d.c. cap started back in 1999 now-of-given out quite a lot of scholars. talking about? >> we've given out $35 million in scholarships, and we've been very fortunate. we have a lot of support from the community. we've sent about 23,000 students to college, and we have almost 7,200 college graduates now. >> so, d.c. cap grants are given for two and four-year colleges, for vocational -- >> really, what our advisers do is spend a lot of time finding scholarships, financial aid, and then we come in for really our poorest kids and give them awards to pay for books, food, a lot of the costs not covered in traditional scholarships and college aid. >> nancy, college tracks does a lot of the same thing. >> we do. we do. we focus -- we don't give out money in scholarships. what we do is the rest of what d.c. cap does, where we work with kids who are at risk of not getting to or through college and helping them get through the complicated

d.c. police are investigating a shooting in southeast. >> several people were shot on green street. let's get right no news4's molette green with more. mollett. >> reporter: good morning, you can see still actively working the scene, take a look behind me, you can see the car in the distance here on green street in the 2300 block and there are evidence markers surrounding it. that car has its doors open and that's where the focus of investigation has been. we know and we can tell you that three women suffered gun shat wounds around 11:00 p.m. investigators have been using their flashlights to walk around the scene here to look for clues in this case. this entire block is taped off. we're working to get more details on a motive and suspect information. for now we're live here on green street in southeast d.c. we're not too far from good hope road where d.c. police are investigating. three women shot last night in this neighborhood. that is the latest, live now, back to you. >>> new informat

d.c.'s attorney general and metro are not commenting on the decision. >>> a woman whose suv landed in a creek is doing okay this morning after the help of a good samaritan. the driver of this suv veered off rock creek parkway yesterday afternoon and crashed into the creek. rain was coming down at the time of the accident, but it's not known whether in a actually is the reason she went off the road. a passing driver helped her get out of the such. >>> philly's mayor plans to make adam they'll oig the next fire commissioner. he had been deputy dregts tore of public safety and hope land security. >>> high school students are see who is best. >> three, two, p one, go. >> look at this stuff. 58 teams of students from d.c., maryland and virginia taking part in the f.i.r.s.t. robotics competition at the university of maryland. the challenges start today and wrap up tomorrow. the program promotes careers in science and technology. these are some really, really smart kids. students have engineering

voters could see d.c.'s initiative for statehood as soon as november. >>> right now a memorial at paisley park in minneapolis is growing this morning as fans gather to remember a music icon. the 57-year-old prince was found dead in an elevator at his estate in suburban minneapolis yesterday morning. he was taken to the hospital last week with what was being described as flu at the time. nbc's jay gray has more now on the lead up to his death. jay. >> reporter: yeah, barbara, let's start with new information. nbc news has confirmed that prince's plane leaving a concert in atlanta last week diddy vert to illinois. we knew that. now we know someone on that plane radioed there was an unresponsive male onboard, that male look, the crowd here is growing. it has been throughout the morning. many with flowers, cards and balloons saying that they are drawn here to be together with other fans seeking some comfort. that while investigators continue to try and piece together how and why the pop icon died. ♪ >> it's n

the windchill is 37 in d.c. and it's 43 in culpeper. 37 in d.c. after a high today of 74. absolutely amazing. storm radar, all the rain is now gone. it's way down to the south or east. and that's why we're bringing in the colder weather there is the front. continuing to move on down to the south. still some lake-effect snows occurring. boston had a few inches, upwards of 4 to 8 inches in boston today. that system making its way out to sea. and behind it, we're getting cold. here were the highs today. 77 richmond. 55 in pittsburgh that was early. they cool quickly. hard to believe we go from this, 74, to this, early tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m., 13 for a possible windchill around the d.c. metro area. i think more around the 15 to 20-degree range. but even that, many of you will be in the teens early tomorrow morning. that's what we're talking about with this intense cold. by noon tomorrow, i don't think you'll have a lunch outdoors tomorrow. high temperatures or windchills at this time only in the mid-20s. so a very cold day tomorrow for sure. high temperatures with sunshine

sam: but for d.c. working families the cost of living in d.c. is excessive. >> the capital of our nation could shot be capital of inequality. sam: holland asks how high can sandwiches go? >> it won't help the business in d.c. it won't help the small business at all. >> jury rule in our fair. people are excited about it. >> of course, this is a measure that could have a big impact on people that work in d.c. under the situation the board would provide petitions. those who support the $15 minimum wage would go out to ge people at the board of elections have a sigh of relief. they said if the judge said it was not valid a number of other things in d.c. would have been considered not valid among them legalized marijuana and the 2014 election. reporting live, sam ford, abc7 news. leon: in california governor jerry brown signed a bill to raise minimum wage into law. they are the first stage in country with minimum wage of $15 an hour. the wage will rise slowly from the current $10 an hour over the next six years to begin with a 50-cent per hour rise i

the d.c. metro area about the next hour or so. so the national's game, no problem at all getting starting. here's the overall picture. you notice numerous showers across the region. a lot of these, though, back to the west, won't make their way over the blue ridge. we got one more wave coming through. keep the umbrellas handy, just in case. coming up in a couple of minutes, this moves out. but very cold air moves in for the weekend. the showers next time could be mixed with snow on saturday. we will talk about that in just a minute. >> i know, i know. >> okay. doug. today, you are probably going to need our interactive radar in the nbc walk app. don't forget, you can track the storms down to your own neighborhood. >>> a deve now, a northern virginia fairfax county school bus and police cruiseer collided this afternoon in springfield. four people, including two middle school students were injured. chopper 4 was just over the scene. >> the children were returning from a field trip at the time. d

well, two sets of d.c. neighbors say every time they turn around they see cracks in the walls and water damage thanks to one developer. >> and moms who live where a 7- year-old girl was shot last night in southeast d.c. say enough is enough. hello. i'm debra alfarone. >>> but first tonight our snow. the nats second home game of the year is canceled and tonight a cold one threatening plants to freeze, so let's get right out to first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. >> it was a crazy day. we had gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour and snow. check out this video. we had a couple inches of snow in spots like prince frederick. southern maryland, i saw some pictures in waldorf also where the ground was covered a while. garrett county got pounded with 8 to 10 inches. canaan valley had over 16 1/2 inches alone, really was incredible and a couple spots here had just a little bit on the ground. the storm that produced it now is out in the atlantic pulling away. if he still have gusty winds -- we still have some gusty w

d.c. police officer shoots and kills a pit bull that was attacking a woma woman. >>> no freeze warning tonight but there may be enough rain to bog down your morning commute. i'll have the timing. >> and the music of empire. we're in the studio for a behind the scenes look at a song features in tonight's sho show. and the news at 10 starts right now. >> thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tone sglon off the top tonight the illegal strip club crackdown. prince george count jury taking action against establishments operating outside the law. >> it's a problem first exposed in a "fox5" investigation last year. marina morocco is live outside one of the businesses tonight marina. >> yeah, shawn, we're actually at the ebony ininn and this is one of the establishments to cease and desist all operations related to adult entertainment. just behind me you'll see this establishment served as many things other than just adult entertainmentment there's a restaurant here and several other busin

the d.c. family is upset after workers from child and family protective services removed their child from school after receiving a report of child abuse. it turns out they had the wrong child, workers removed that child from class at cw harris elementary in southeast. family members say the young one was removed without the principle's knowledge. how did he get past the person without being notified that a person was being taken out of her school by child and family services. child and families ofs had the right name, but the wrong child. agency officials say they are now reexamining some of their protocols to make sure a similar incident doesn't happen again. today prince george's county officials announced a new incentive to help stop child abuse. it's called the who's watching my child program and it was created following several cases where young children were killed by their carters. the program established a hotline that parents can call or visit online to find licensed childcare provide

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the d.c. madam case was an escort service that thrived in washington, d.c. for something like 13 years. it started in the early '90s. it was eventually shut down in 2006. when the government brought criminal charges against the woman that ran that agency. she and her lawyer decided they would fight back against those charges if part by releasing records from the escort service, releasing their phone records, so by them releasing those phone records in 2006-2007, we learned about how profile clients of this, for give me, high end hooker service in washington. so the george w. bush and a czar and a sitting republican u.s. for, family value, conservative senator. several other bold faced naimd names in washington basically got outed in that escort service. it's interesting. they didn't get outed in court. they got outed as a part of a media and pr strategy run by the woman running the escort agency and her lawyer. now, the woman that run the agency has since died. she killed herself not long after she was convicted in 2008, after she found out she was facing a

welcome to d.c. well, online shopping, one ofppn the best ways to get what youetw need and get it fast, right? rt but what happens to all of those cardboard boxes that get delivered to you? as fox correspondent claudia cowens cen tells us recycling centers are e getting flooded with those witho cardboard boxes and it's getting worse.orse >> reporter: silicon valleyon ve airport richard guard buys b groceries online every weekee from olive oil to detergento dee even though he lives fivehe l minutes from a store.re. >> it's more convenient andniend saves my time. >> reporter: and your time a is valuable. >> it is. >> reporter: he does recycler: but worries about all theie boxes that end up in van san francisco's recycling planter.er 100 tons of paper and pnd cardboard every day but still s less than los angeles at 115 at dons tons a day or new york at almost 900 tons a day. >> when you buy things online,nl they can show up in two ortwo three boxes within a box. b box within a box. b kind of a russian d

all to d.c. grad that made happen. local guy does good. >> we're celebrating d.c. region because of two brothers on the team. one on each side. that's a win for us all i thin think. take a look outside. traffic now. wilson bridge traffic moving slowly. details on the traffic and gary will fill us in on the cold weather settled in. >> for that brother that lost lesson hard. >> it was a tough one. it was a fight. >> holly morris alongside wisdom martin and maureen umeh we want to get right to that incredible game. everyone is talking about. >> epic kris jenkins with one shot left on the clock. nailed it at the buzzer. finished with 14 points. villanova wins 77-74. second national title leaving georgetown 85 to win first one jenkins is adopted brother of nate britt who attended norm carolina and both attended gonzaga. we'll talk to their dad. >> such a happy, sad moments for the dad oh, my goodness, brutal, brutal. >> the stories the family will have to tell for years to come. you played against each other game finishing this way. >> what a story for kris. nate has no

closer to the d.c. metro around the capital beltway. heading to northeast d.c. up to college park area. that is where we are looking at a light shower at this time. the nationals game i believe will go on. no problems. may drop rain drops here and there. we will see the temperatures around 70 degrees. fall to middle 60's by the time the game is over with at 10:00 tonight. we are talking about 80-plus degree temperature on the south-seven outlook. the minutes. maureen: thank you, steve. every water fountain and faucet in the district public school will be tested for lead after tests showed elevating lead levels at three elementary schools. sam ford is live in northeast with the latest developments in a story you first saw on abc7. sam? sam: we are outside minor elementary school in northeast washington. as you said, one of three schools in tests last august city found elevated led levels but it took eight months for the parent of the schools to learn that. the news arrived out the higher lead levels parents like melvin wellington who has a daughter at minor are u

the sixth shooting in d.c. this weekend, and there were two stabbings, one of them fatal happening on kennedy street northwest 10:30 p.m. saturday. about the same time saturday night, there was a shooting in northeast. generallysay this is a good area, but there has been u presence so that that will be minimized. police are asking anybody with information in any of these cases this weekend to contact them. the d.c. homicide rate so far is 33, which does not include the fatal stabbing saturday night. roz plater, abc 7 news. kimberly: 7 on your side is on your side, mapping what is happening in your neighborhood. log on to wjla.com and search e, one word. there is a map where you can put in your address to see what is happening in your neighborhood. more americans special operation troops are headed to syria. president obama is expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow that in addition to the special ops forces, they will confront isis and the advisors -- as advisors to the syrian militants. u.s. troops in

today d.c. is also expanding exn the testing to not justust drinking water but to allll water sources and that is the reason for the press events evet later this afternoon.. back to you guys. >> mel thank you. m >> efforts to combat the zikacoe virus has hit a snag.na house democrats rejecting ati bipartisan effort to boostanffo funding for combating the t virus saying it falls short of f president obama's original request. two month ago presidenth obama's original proposal waags for $1.9 billion.llio that's a figure derived fromd meetings with the federaleral health officials with theicialst senate proposal coming aboutbo $800 million short.on s >>> one country is taking preventive measures againstait the mosquito borne virus aheadia of the summer games.am south korea is sending its olympians to rio with specially made uniforms tomade protects their athletes against the zika virus. virus the clth mosquito repellant. because of the rules andul a concerns with their performance they didn't altern

d.c. girl vanished moreisd than two years ago. a police will continue to look t for any signs of rudd at thed t national arboretum today.ay she was last seen with a janitor who worked at a d.c.d ad homeless shelter. the janitor khalil tatum khali t killed himself.edimse police believe tatum killedumil the little girl and may have hav disposed of her body in northeast.heast. d.c. police are being tight t lipped about what led them touta the search at the arboretum.rbem >> ♪ >> 5:05 is the time right now.et gary mcgrady is here with an wia update on the weather.e wth yesterday in there afternoonre a at baseball practice i wasacce i thinking it was going to be it okay just like the previoushe pe day. >> uh-huh. >> it was windy and cold. we had to cut it shortwi.hort >> remember, wisdom, weber, wdo, started yesterday morning with w record-low temperatures.pera >> i know. >> record lows.>> >> i know. >> and when you are startingyour off in the hoe 20's, kind ofs, hard to warm up in thein t af

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