And remembering a political icon. I want when its over for people to say, now, there was an honest person. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] good evening, everybody. Morris jones. The restaurant is closed after a fire on wisconsin avenue about three blocks north of the national cathedral. Tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. Crews have arrived to try to get the district two bar and grill open at some time tonight. Officials believe the fire started at the kitchen in the restaurant. A lot of work to do after what was a very quick moving fire. After dark, firefighters remained on the scene of what had been a two alarm higher. Folks at the district two bar and grill figured out how to move forward after a chaotic scene. I started smelling smoke. I then look out the window and noticed smoke pouring from the roof of the bar and grill. He then started shooting this video of the heavy smoke. He suddenly realizes people may still be inside the building. I said i should run over and check. I ran across the street and said, guys, the building is on fire. Fortunately, everybody got out ok. Firefighters got here two minutes after the call, but the fire had already spread. One firefighter suffered minor injuries and one man had be rescued from his window. He was working in his office and the firefighters got him out. It is shocking. Simon lee owns one of the businesses on the second floor. There are four businesses there. Its fortunate only one man had to be rescued, because on a normal day there are upwards of two dozen people upstairs. I could have made a bad situation a lot worse. That could have made a bad situation a lot worse. That is the window where they rescued the man. They could have been so much worse if there had been several dozen people up there who will need it rescuing, which could at in the case it was not new years day. Behind me, this is wisconsin avenue and mccomas street. They were both shut down for several hours after the fire started. Tom roussey, abc 7 news. Thank you, tom. Only on 7, an unexpected sidetrip for passengers heading to dulles. Their flight from paris was diverted to montreal after problems with a seat act video monitor. We were so close to home and to have to divert. It was nerveracking. The crew was very professional. They knew what they were doing. The plane sat on the ground several hours while crews fix the problem. Nobody was hurt. The weather is still hampering efforts to find the wreckage of air asia flight 981. Nine bodies have been recovered. More than 162 people were on board when it crashed sunday. One victim has been identified and returned to her family with Funeral Services today. In Prince William county, a 22yearold man is behind bars charged with killing his wife in woodbridge. Erica sherwood was visiting a friend which it was attacked by her husband, John Sherwood during an argument. She died of multiple stab ones. Domestic violence, it is not a matter of where it is. People just snap at times i guess. John sherwood is being held without bail. They have an 18monthold son who was not injured. In prince georges county, the police are investigating a deadly shooting at an upscale apartment complex on the top deck of the parking garage in the College Park Apartments at 2 a. M. Stefan powell of District Heights was killed. No suspects are in custody. Fix society, the final haunting words of a suicide note that is Getting National attention. They were posted online by a 17yearold in ohio, the message that went up after the teenager was dead. Richard reeve explains. It was a compelling and heartbreaking note from the 17 euro. She called herself lilo and said she would rest in peace if friends and people were treated like humans. Her story is spreading quickly on social media and advocates hope that it will bring about social change. 17yearold joshua out corn was born a boy but it a suicide note she said she was a female who wanted to be known as lila. She said she knew when she was three that she was different. T week she committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving tractortrailer. On a blog she said, please dont be sad. Its for the better. The life i would have lived is not worth living because im transgender. Occasionally he would say i feel like someone else or Something Else and when i go too far with it. I feel like it was something that was really personal to him. Friends say he was accepted at kings high school, but his parents disapproved gender therapy. They would try to guilt her into stepping back from doing this. Her parents have declined to speak to reporters. Before her death, she posted how her mother ran father wanted her to be a Perfect Little straight christian boy. Family rejection is the number one cause of lgbt youth homelessness. She said that she hoped that transgendered people would not be treated as she was. Advocates say it may be a turning point. The advocacy is on the radar and we are considered just like everybody else. From the 17yearold, a final sentence my death m needs to mean something. Fix society. I wish i could have been there for her. She wanted all of the money and belongings sold in the money given to transgender youth advocates. At least 80,000 people have signed an online petition. Gender rights maryland says about 41 of transgender people have at one time or another considered suicide. Richard reeve, abc 7 news. Hundreds of people turned out for a ride in honor of a baltimore cyclist. Tom palermo died last weekend in an accident. The Episcopal Diocese confirmed that heather cook was behind the wheel, but so far she has not been charged. Warner say the time for justice will come, but today was a time for tom. Tom would want everybody to go for a ride, and get home safe. Show support and bring awareness to bicycle safety. The ride started at Bishop Square park in baltimore. Only on 7 there goes the neighborhood a convicted con artist moved into a vacant Bethesda Home with his wife and children, even a dog. Neighbors say the house had been vacant about a year, up for sale with a sixfigure price tag. Then they saw a Family Moving in. It turns out the family had no right to be there. The lock had been drilled and they moved into the house and had been there about three days. Even scheduled some sort of entertainment with neighbors. James crombie and his family with a small house in kensington and he did not want to talk with kevin lewis today. He reportedly told the police he had used Million Dollars to pay for the house in bethesda, but they say the shares do not exist in neither do a property title or sales contract. He is facing more than 30 years in jail. In the last three hours, abc 7 news has learned former new york governor mario cuomo passed away today. He served three terms as governor. Mario cuomo had been hospitalized in november. His family has not said how he died. He was 82. Events are underway to mark muriel bowsers inauguration as the next mayor of d. C. , beginning with a 5k run this morning. It was designed to encourage residents to have a commitment to wellness in the new year. Tomorrow morning she will take part in an Interfaith Service at the First Congressional Church of christ, then a swearingin at 9 30 at the convention center. That is also where the inaugural ball will be tomorrow night at 7 00. Saturday at noon, it is the dog youre all kids party at the southeast tennis and learning center. It is the you ural kids party at the southeast tennis and learning center. Steve rudin is in the Weather Center with the overnight outlook. A cool night overhead, but not as cold as last night for the new year. Right now 29 degrees at Dulles International airport. 30 degrees gaithersburg, 40 at reagan national, lower 40s and fredericksburg and lexington park. Not a lot going on, just scattered clouds. In the morning, the temperatures on the cool side 25 to 33 degrees. What to expect in the neck seven days, plus the chances of rain and a big warm up for parts of the upcoming weekend. Thanks, steve. Coming up score an instant classic at nationals park. I will bring you yes . Shed like to speak at the conference. Fresh thinking is kinda my thing. I designed this chaise at havertys. What are you presenting . My ideas on design and personal style. This is a conference for visionaries. Thats her. Innovators. Thats me. Oh. Youll fit right in with the nobel prize winners. Thats what i was saying. A new year deserves a new look with everything on sale at havertys. Plus enjoy 36month, no interest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. Ringing in the new especially delivery for some families. Among the first newborns in 2015, baby so youre dennis baby sqawyer dennis. A number of hospitals have stopped publicizing new years babies out of concern for Identity Theft and abductions. In new york, a new years day baby is just par for the course. She was born this morning in cleveland, and while she is one in a million she is the third new years baby and her family. One was born in 1978, her mother was born new years day 1980. To share a birthday with somebody that you love, and then have your daughter born on the same day, like i said, its unbelievable. Its a blessing. They will each get their own cake next year, they say, and they may spread out the celebrations over the 31st first, and second, but eventually they think they will all just share. 2015 is full of new beginnings, but it is also about harkening back to the past. It is the year that marty mcfly goes to in the second installment of back to the future, and all the pete lembo talking about with the movie predicted correctly and what we have not seen yet. Jay korff has more. I know that you were fuond of the delorean. I was fond of the hover board. It was a lot of fun. One thing featured in the movie was the jumbotron. And look, we have one right here at abc 7. You have to come back with me. Where . Back to the future. In 1989, when the movie was released, we got a glimpse of how hollywood picture the future. The future is now. Doc brown and marty mcfly used a modified delorean to travel to 2015, but on this first day of 2015 social media was packed with people comparing and contrasting the movie with the reality. He just wanted to have fun with it. Alvin jones says we are indeed upsets with looking ahead. I think back to the future gave people the feeling that the possibilities were endless. We dont have flying cars automated gas stations, or a skateboard that can do all of the things that the home board did on the silver screen. People sure are trying to make a hover board, and the self lacing shoes in the movie nike says they are in the works. But we do have jumbotrons, large flatscreen tvs, and 3d movie screens. Who would have imagined. A couple of things came to fruition, and some things did not pan out. Morris, im just grateful the clothing styles that were featured in 1989 in back to the future are not part of reality and 2015. That is our jumbotron, by the way. I wish i had the delorean. It was a great car, not enough power. Find one on ebay. Find me parts. The weather, it is now feeling like winter should feel like now that we have turned the corner into the new year. Next week it will be colder. Outside we go, mainly clear skies as we look at the u. S. Capitol dome, busy with work. Everything will resume tomorrow, back to work for many people, and back to school monday. Back to reality for everyone as we move closer to spring staying up mystic. 47 degrees at reagan national, slightly above average for this date. The record, 69, not so long ago 2005. But one of our longer standing record lows, 14 below, way back in 1881. Outside at this hour, 40 at the airport, the wind out of the southwest at six. The temperatures a lot colder to the west. 29 it dulles, 25 msas. Chesapeake bay, upper 30s, near 40 degrees. Lower 40s lexington park, same in fredericksburg. Not a tremendous amount of super cold air, but with the windchill factor it makes it feel cooler. Lower 20s dulles, 30 is what it feels like in gaithersburg. The colder air well to the north and west. This will eventually make its way into the region, but not until monday next week. You will really feel the difference. Satellite radar, highpressure overhead, clear skies tonight. Just a few scattered showers scattered clouds in the morning. Generally middle 20s to lower 30s. We have a warm front on the way. The High Pressure moves out. Once the warm front moves closer, clouds increase late tomorrow. The frontal system lifts overhead saturday. Sunday, we are talking temperatures near 63. Will not last long because we have a strong cold front with a chance of showers, may be a thunderstorm monday, and colder air behind it. Friday, no problems, wet roadways early saturday morning. Could be a wintry mix before changing over to rain. Another round of rain sunday. 25 to 36 overnight, due temperatures tomorrow when the morning at about 33 arlington, gaithersburg 29, bowie lower 30s. Tomorrows high, 44 to 49 degrees. High of 61 sunday. A nice way to and the weekend but it will be cold here next week. We are talking temperatures with daytime highs only only in the 30s, nighttime lows in the 20s. January is here. Robert, happy new year. A great day for sports. Thank you. A little bit of hockey. Billy idol and the caps were the headliners. Sports is coming up. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. They were expecting 40,000 at nats park today. They exceeded by almost 3000 and they got their moneys worth. A Beautiful Day for the fans, but a tough start for the players. There was talk of delaying the start time because of the glare. Check out billy idol, still has the vocals. In the first, no score, charges through, scores. 10 caps. After that, they get going early. Later in the first, alex ovechkin, right place, right time. Scores. The caps take the lead. Less than 30 seconds to go, tied at 22, the caps on the power play. Ovie misses the puck completely but trevor bauer puts home the rebound. Caps win, 32. When i saw the puck at his feet, somebody had to try to keep it alive. I just turned it around, threw it to the net. Im not sure where it went in, but i heard the noise of the crowd, the guys on the ice, and it was one of those were you just know the score and you are just trying to get the puck on net. Think fully it went in. Thankfully it went in. Florida state has trailed their opponent all season and always find a way to get back into the game. Did not happen in the rose bowl, taking on oregon. Jameis winston goes back to pass, all kinds of time. Is not nowhere to go, and loses the ball. Picked up by toady washington, takes it back 58 yards touchdown. Oregon advances to the title game 5920 blowout city. Not bowl, michigan statebaylor. The spartans trailed by 20 at the half but they come all the way back. Connor cook finds garrett king junior. Michigan state stuns baylor, 4241. Citrus bowl, minnesotamissouri. 1917 tigers. Takes the handoff, has a big hole up the middle. He goes all the way, 78 yard touchdown. Missouri beats minnesota 3317. And right now, ohio state leads alabama in the sugar bowl. Fun stuff in college football. A busy day. Following a developing story from West Virginia where two Police Officers were shot during a traffic stop. The officers had stopped a vehicle with a stolen license plate. Then another truck pulled up in the driver opened fire. Officers caught both drivers and found two bodies under a mattress in the trunk. Investigators believe the bodies were from north carolina, but they do not know more yet. The officers who were shot are in good condition. We will follow the story all night with updates on good morning washington. Is there an elk in your bed . With sleep number, now theres an adjustment for that. Only at a sleep number store find the lowest prices of the season, with the c3 Queen Mattress set only 1199. 98. Plus 24 month special financing on all beds. Know better sleep with sleep number. 47 tomorrow near 40 saturday, 61 sunday. Good morning washington will have the updates. Im ready for the weekend but its going to be wet. Thank you for joining us. Dicky from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight ethan hawke. From mr. Turner, timothy spall. And music from walk the moon. With cleto and the cletones. And now, and why not . Heres jimmy kimmel its Jimmy Kimmel Live [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, everybody. Well, i appreciate that. Thank you. T of the show. Thank you for watching. Thanks to all of you for coming out. [ cheers and applause ] i ha