Today, he explained how hes going to start to try to do that. Governor larry hogan was greeted warmly by the legislative joint session but the mood in the democrat dominated chamber grew icy as he painted a grim picture of the state of the state. Marylands antibusiness attitude combined with our onerous regulatory policies have rendered our state unable to compete with any of the states in our region. Its the reason that businesses jobs and taxpayers have been fleeing our state at an alarming rate. Republicans applauded. Democrats sat stone faced as hogan revealed his legislative agenda which includes an expansion of Charter Schools and for tax cuts. He would repeal the socalled rain tax stop taxing the pensions of retired military and first responders. Stop gas tax hikes tied to inflation and reduce property tax for Small Business owners. Its time for a new direction in maryland. Republicans loved what they heard. The governor hit the nail on the head today. Democrats took the speech as a personal attack. Already unhappy about cuts to education aid, Senate President mike miller says hogan is tossing the idea of governance in the toilet. This is a great state. He better learn it soon enough and start praising our state instead of condemning the wonderful people of the state. Well you heard it. Whatever honeymoon there may have been under the statehouse dome today ended. The democrats have staked out their position. They want the governor to restore some Education Funding that hes cut. The governor wants some modest tax cuts and the negotiations will begin. Thank you, brad. First on 7 the arrest of Indianapolis Colts linebacker Dqwell Jackson here in the district. Police arrested jackson last night for allegedly punching a pizza Delivery Driver in a dispute over a parking spot. Jackson faces a misdemeanor assault charge. The driver told axe 7 news why he feared for his life. To my neck. And he cracked my neck like this. He said im going to kill you. Jackson played for the university of maryland before being drafted by cleveland in 2006. Hes best known for making that interception that started the deflategate investigation of the new england patriots. Delays on several metro lines following a stabbing on a train. The suspect tried to rob a passenger on an orange line train at lenfant plaza. A Good Samaritan tried to intervene and was stabbed in the hand. That suspect was arrested one stop later at the Federal Center stop. All trains are running but there are residual delays on the orange silver and blue lines. Developing now 17 people remain unaccounted for after a deadly plane crash in taiwan. The final moments of the transasia flight were captured by vehicle dash cams in taipei. The death toll stands at 26. Rescuers pulled more than a dozen survivors from the watery wreckage and they included several children. The u. S. And its allies are upping the fight tonight against isil in light of that horrific execution of a jordanian pilot. Senior political reporter scott thuman is in the newsroom with the world wide reaction that could take this battle against islamic terrorists to a new level. Scott . Maureen, jordan of course the loudest voice in all of this although certainly not alone in saying that isil has crossed an ultimate line with burning this pilot alive. It is vowing to crush Islamic State terrorists and the white house tonight saying it too will contribute more to this fight. His barbaric execution is prompting calls for an unparalleled revenge. Jordan already taking some in hanging two convicted terrorists. All across the middle east it has been a day of prayers. Allah and planning what is next . Jordans king and u. S. Ally in the fight on terror seemed likely to gain more support from those who had been waivering. Along with a white house claim to redouble efforts. The commitment of the United States and other members of the coalition has only been strengthened. That amid this sobering assessment. I have no doubt, isis is winning. We are neither degrading isis and we have no strategy for doing so. Hes calling for more u. S. Weapons, special forces and spotters on the ground. Meanwhile, president obamas defense nominee ash carter was asked for his strategy. And they mean it when they say they didnt want to hit us. I want to make sure they dont. That is why its important that we have those on the ground there who will ensure that they stay defeated once defeated. All the while, aware the brutal killing of a pilot could easily be followed by an american since at least one, a female aid worker is still reportedly in isil hands. Meanwhile, possible setback some are saying. Its just been learned that the u. A. E. Stopped flying in Coalition Air strikes after the jordanian pilot was taken hostage back in december fearing, then, for the safety of its pilots. The emirates a big partner. Many are hoping this may help get them up in the air. Thank you scott. Those growing terror threats will be the subject of a town hall this coming monday. At 7 00. It will air on newschannel 8. Your voice your future. Town hall fight for freedom will focus on terror threats and their impact on free speech and our daily lives. If you want to be in the live studio audience go to wjla. Com town hall for your chance to attend. One of president obamas closest advisors is stepping down. Dan pfeiffer announced plans to leave the white house early next month. Right now, he is the Senior Advisor and assistant to the president. Hes the longest serving staffer in the admition. He joined the ranks in the early days of president obamas First Campaign in 2007. Next, the ntsb sets a date. How it plans to get to bottom of what happened before and during the metro smoke incident. Cuts to education. What Prince William county might do to balance its budget next. And call us with your questions about Utility Companies. Our experts will help you with everything from what you need to do to what happens if you dont think youre getting the help that you need. Next. The National Transportation safety board will hold hearings in june on that fatal metro smoke incident. The board will look at conditions leading to the electrical arcing. That arcing created smoke causing the death of one person and sending dozens to the hospital. The hearings will also look at emergency response. The driver of a dump truck who ran two Prince Georges CountyPolice Cruisers faces charges of attempted first and seconddegree murder. The incident happened january 7th. The officers were standing between their parked cars at Woodmore Town Center when jean brandon allegedly drove up and said the officers killed his brother. During the exchange, brandon was accused of hitting the vehicles. There will soon be two vacancies on the Arlington County board. Chair mary hines announced today she will not seek reelection this fall. Hines says she wants to focus on her family after eight years on the county board and a previous 12 years on the school board. Board member Walter Tejada announced last week he too wont seek another term. The School Board Meets in less than an hour to discuss potential budget cuts. All day kindergarten is among the programs facing elimination or reduction. The board says its running out of options after years of growing enrollment. Members also say a smaller than expected property tax hike make the changes necessary. Utility bills are inevitable but what happens if you cant pay . 7 on your side with what you can do and how we can help next. And bitter cold temperatures headed our way again. What you need to know for the morning commute next. Forget the cold. Spring baseball is around the corner. Meanwhile, t wizards are in atlanta against the high flying hawks tonight and oh, what a day for High School Football stars as they sign their scholarships to college. I have the very latest as abc 7 news a the navys weapons of the future are on display this week at the Washington Convention center. Among the items, this one is called the electromagnetic rail gun. The rail gun can project can launch projectiles more than 100 miles at six times the speed of sound. Sounds impossible but it is possible. The navy plans to begin trials at sea next year. Gas, water, electricity. They all depend on the Utility Companies to keep things up and running. But tonight, 7 is on your side to help consumers with utility problems who cant get the help that they need. Race holmes is in the 7 on your Side Help Center tonight. Horace, whats the latest . Its been very busy in here. The number for you to call and you can get in and talk to one of our experts here. Listening to some of the calls, very, very interesting calls. A lot of good information being handed out. The ultimate nightmare is when you get so far behind in your bill that youre literally buried under a mountain of past dues and late fees. It can happen to any of us and lot sooner than you think. She says she lives every day worrying about her and her 16yearold son and how theyre going to keep the lights on in their townhome. Trying to figure out nowt am i to do . She has a financial mountain for months shes been struggling to climb. She owes dominion power 1500. Because of a broken meter. Thats part of the problem. The jordans moved into their alexandria home in the fall of 2013 and she says without a job, she struggled but was able to stay on top of her bills until last summer when she received this note from dominion saying the electric meter outside of her home had malfunctioned and she had been underbilled for the electricity she had used. I get a call from them saying i owe them 916. The combination of past due balances and the underbilling with little income jordan was devastated. She called dominion for help. They were nice enough to tell me that they could, you know, break my payments down. Which was a good thing that it gives me time to like try to come up with this money. But with limited income when i got paid i had to take my paycheck to feed me and my son. The electric bill continued to grow. She just received a february bill and it is more than 1500. Thats right. I dont let nothing stop me. God will make a way. Dominion has been working with the jordans and all the utilities weve talked to told us the last thing they want to do is shut out service. Dominion has a program called energy share run through the Salvation Army in northern virginia. No matter where you live all the experts can answer your questions. 7032369220 is the number to call. Lines will remain open until about 6 30. Horace hole holmes, back to you. Seattles first marijuana vending machine is in operation. The machine is now available at the seattle caregivers marijuana dispensary. It uses hightech security including facial recognition and retinal and fingerprint scans to identify patients before the products are dispensed. Some more cold temperatures coming our way. It was so nice today. In the 50s. And close to 60 degrees in fredericksricksburg fredricksburg. Another strong cold front in the morning and then back to reality. I intend to stay in denial about this change. Were trying to do that. I know. Lets get started here. This is the country club in fairfax and during the day beautiful sunrise followed by a temperatures rising into the middle 50s during the afternoon. So just gorgeous and tonight, its not going to get terribly cold. Thats what it looks like now. Here were at 6 18 with a touch of light in the sky as we take a look out there right now. As far as the numbers go its cool out there but certainly cold for february 4th 49 at Reagan National and 50 at dulles. Still 53 degrees in fredricksburg and then the numbers on your screen now represent how much warmer it is since 6 19 yesterday afternoon. 15 degrees warmer at Reagan National andrews. 18 degrees warmer at gaithersburg. By this time tomorrow, these numbers will be reversed and be 15 20 degrees colder than it is right now. That happens because of this strong cold front pushing through detroit right now. And a lot of snow developing from tt through cleveland and then right along the front. And its a possibility that some of the snow bands or snow showers will survive their trip across the appalachians and alleghenies in the morning and 7 00, 8 00 in the morning we could see some flurries or snow showers here. Temperatures above freezing at that point and then the sun will come out rather quickly behind the front and the temperatures will start to fall. Were seeing that already down to 25 in detroit. 16 at ohare right now and the cold air will follow suit. What happens a lot of times with these fronts when they come through the surface front, the wind shift to the new direction comes through and then the actual cold air lags behind by several hours and well see that effect, i think, tomorrow here. This is the simulation from one of our computer models that indicates that by the time the surface front gets here the shift in the winds, we may see a few snow flurries or snow showers that will quickly blow through and winds turn to the northwest and at times through the midday temperatures will start to fall. Well have plenty of sunshine. It looks like 32 in the morning. 35 before noon and back to 30 degrees but strong westerly and northwesterly winds will put wind chills in the teens by tomorrow afternoon. Next seven days for you here well warm a little bit by saturday. Looks like well bounce back into the upper 40s as we get another push of warm air ahead of the next cold front. That will give us cloudy skies sunday and 30 chance of rain sunday evening as temperatures hit the upper 40s but then some colder air may mix in during the day on monday meaning the possibility that some of the rain may mix with or change to snow coming up sometime on monday afternoon. Thats it. Maureen and timmy . Thank you, doug. Thats a fourletter word that we dont like. Snow. Cant live without it. Unfortunately. Today is a good day, however, for some young athletes. This is a great day. I remember it like it was yesterday when it was signing day. National signing day for High School Football players announcing what college they will play for. Ill tell you where some of the top players in the area are headed. While the wizards gear up against the hawks tonight in atlanta. Ive got the very latest on the sliding whiz kids coming up next start with basketball tonight. The wizardatlanta. And as we start this stretch run towards the playoffs teams are trying to build momentum and get a high seed in the nba playoffs. But washington has to stop the negative mode and this will be a tough game tonight. The hawks have the best record in all of the nba. The only club with 40 wins and to make matters worse, the hawks will be fired up because theyre coming off a rare loss. The wizards have lost five of their last seven games and paul pierce, a time tested veteran was brought in for times like this. Now is when we got to Start Building these great habits for the playoffs you know, you cant continue to have bad habits throughout most of the season and expect to turn it around once the playoffs start. So time is now for us start trying to peak. This is a big night in College Basketball as well. Georgetown the phone booth. Providence beat the gmen in overtime less than two weeks ago. The maryland terrapins are trying to rebound from being spanked by ohio state. Terrapins host penn state tonight and melo trimble seems to have hit a wall. He scored three points in columbus, looked tired and played slow. He apparently got his legs back and well see how he and the terps respond this evening. This was National Signing day in College Football and the terrapins got a big time player and the outside linebacker. Terrapins signed nine linemen including the defensive lineman mclean. He will another roosevelt prince chose state over the terrapins. And how about richie pettibone . Hes the son and hes from Gonzaga High School and he signed with alabama. Big, big day new Major League Baseball commissioner rob manford was in town this afternoon and he visited the Washington NationalsYouth Academy which is by the way, one of the best Youth Programs in the country. Ron manford, 55 years old and he was the c. O. O. In Major League Baseball and took over for bud selig january 25th. Syracuse university with a selfimposed postseason ban from mens basketball this year citing an ncaa probe and that means no acc tournament and no nit. Syracuse Mens Basketball Team out. Selfimposed. Ok. Wow. Some flurries and snow showers in the morning. Steve rudin will have the latest on that when you join him tonight at 11 00. World news tonight with david muir coming up next. 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On this wednesday night, were on the scene of the deadly train collision. Hundreds of commuters on board. The train smashing into an suv on the tracks erupting into flames. The horror inside. The windows melting. The deadly plane crash, right over the highway. Tonight, youll see the survivors pulled from the water. Whiteout. Not again. The devastation on the highway. More than 40 accidents in denver alone. And now, moving east. The washington lawmaker known for his workouts his magazine covers. Now, renovating his office like a hit tv show . And its your money. How he explains himself, when we show up. And prince charles, and the rare statement tonight. After a bombshell book on him, princess diana, and the royal family