The ground temperatures are colder. A little precipitation on radar not reaching the ground but it will change in the overnight not testify overnight. It will change after 6 00 or 7 00, the precipitation will move in. We expect it to be a freezing rain for a while. And plain rain after midnight as temperatures rise above freezing and we are still on track for mighty mild air. Ill be happy to tell you when and how warm in a few minutes. Michelle thank you. Breaking now. The corruption and the bribery scheme that started with Prince Georges County liquor board is growing. Jonathan today a state lawmaker is connected to the ring. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is in greenbelt with the breaking news. This is getting bigger. Brad you know what . It has gotten bigger and it is going to get bigger still. This is the plea agreement signed just last week by former state delegate, former prince georgia county councilmember will campos. In this, campos who served on the council for ten years admits that during much of that time he was taking bribes in exchange for doling out money from what the u. S. Attorney called essentially a slush fund of 100,000 that councilmembers had supposedly to just give to charity. Campos was caught long ago. The f. B. I. Was listening for years. As he continued according to the Court Documents to implicate more and more people. At some point, campos decided when he was confronted he would cooperate with authorities so even though this seems to stem from the prince georges liquor board raids that we told you about last week where there were brides paged in exchange for favors from others it looks like campos is only charged with the activities in the time on the Prince Georges County council but the u. S. Attorney says the crimes are serious. Will campos taxpayers money as if it were a literal slush fund. We was cavalier. He told people to set up fake nonprofit organizations to direct money to the nonprofit organizations in return for kickbacks from people who work with him. Brad so in the plea agreement signed by campos he admits to all of this. At one point there is a transcript of a recorded conversation where campos says to the person about to bribe him, you are a Bad Influence for me. The person says you can walk away, you can say no, you can say no. Campos according to the f. B. I. Responded, i am a mortal man. That is the problem. When we come back at 5 00, we will share with you a statement that campos put out today and we will tell you a little bit u. S. Attorney is hinting that this investigation, these charges are going to continue to grow and grow. The u. S. Attorney confirming that two sitting state legislators are also in their sights. The u. S. District courthouse in greenbelt, braked brad, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Its been a wild past few days in Prince Georges County when you think about it. There is a lot with the story. To recap. This started thursday january 5 when the liquor board was raided and four people were arrested. We learned later that day that two Liquor Stores were also hit by the f. B. I. So the next day, board member anuj sud resigned and the governor accepted anuj sud resigned and the governor accepted it on friday. Then david son, the man prosecutors believe was the center of the ring, the director of the board was released from jail under strict conditions. Obviously, we know there is a lot going on and it changes by the day. Stay on top of the story. When you are away from the television you can do it. Posting updates at the board. Michelle thank you. We are tracking breaking news at the west field wheaton mall where police are investigating an assault there. One person has been hurt. Skytrak7 and abc7 news crew on the way. They are treating other people. Skytrak7 already on the scene there showing you some pictures. Metro is warning there could be delays on the red line which stops right by that mall. Again, we have a crew on the way. You are looking at pictures live from skytrak7 over the scene. As soon as we get the crew in place and we get more details we will bring you another update. Jonathan the confirmation hearings have begun. I was testy on the hill today. Jeff sessions being questioned by his colleagues. Its day one of his confirmation hearing to be appointed attorney general in president elect general trumps administration. At times protesters interrupted. But one focus point today was roe v. Wade. Q mccray at the live desk. How did they respond . Q he said he would follow committee know how he feels about it. We will talk about that in a second. Sessions is the first of president elect trump cabinet nominee to begin the Senate Hearing today. He is also one of the most controversial. Protesters wearing white klan style hood disrupted the hearing. Sessions and the committee were interrupted multiple times by hecklers who were eventually removed by the room. All the while, sessions handled tough topics. He was grilled on immigration reform, racist remarks he supposedly made years ago and as jonathan mentioned roe v. Wade. I think it violates the constitution and attempted to set policy and not follow law. It is the law of the land. It has been so established and settled for quite a long time and it deserves respect. I would respects it and follow it. Q sessions also told the question he would recuse himself of hillary clinton. He said his comments during the campaign might put his objectivity in question. Sessions was the first sitting senator to endorse trump. His hearing is expected to last at least two days. From the live desk, im q mccray, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. That is what is happening on capitol hill. Many the court of Public Opinion via social media, things have been going crazy. This is high stakes. A lot of people are weighing in. Lindsey absolutely. As well as representatives and senators, as well. You notice stopsessions is using people opposed to the confirmation. Even senators and representatives are using it. Look at this. Louise slaughter writes sessions is a dangerous a. G. Candidate threatening the rights in the constitution for women and minorities. Ruiz is a democrat and writes regardless of background, race, ethnicity and religion everyone deserves fairness and equality under the law that is why we must stop sessions. Others come to his defense. Brooks writes my friend and colleague senator sessions has deep respect for the rule of law. He will make an outstanding attorney general. Republican ted cruz wrote i know that senator sessions will enforce the law. There are many, many more comments from both sides. And, of course, this is going to continue as it continues tonight and tomorrow. Jonathan it is very clear it is very partisan light down the line. Republicans love him, democrats not so much. Thanks. Michelle while the confirmation hearings continue, president obama will deliver his Farewell Speech to the country from the hometown of chicago. There people brave sub zero wind chills for a chance to get a ticket inside the convention center. Abc7s Kenneth Moton is in chicago with a look at tonights address. Kenneth . Kenneth supporters from all over making the way to the hall in Mccormick Place in chicago. This is where president obama started his career in public he was running for president a decade ago. Tonight, the president will say his work is unfinished as he delivers a call to action. The 44th president farewell to the nation. President obama returning to his hometown of chicago to reflect and say thank you. We have made america a better, stronger place for the generation that follows ours. Kenneth the countrys first black president expected to touch on his historic presidency but he will also talk about the 2008 recession, troop drawdowns overseas, his Foreign Policy and obamacare. A healthcare law facing a republican repeal. President obama i think republicans now are recognizing that may not be what the American People including even trump voters are looking for. Kenneth what the president sees as accomplishment, his critics see as failures and much of the work promised to be reversed by president elect trump. His deliver a call to action. I hope he speaks to the challenges we face. That is something all americans should care about, whatever the political affiliation. Kenneth its the hottest ticketed in chilly chicago. Hundreds standing in line. Some of the free tickets now online going for 5,000. The speech will be phenomenal. We are looking for hope. And to inspire us to continue to keep this country moving forward. Kenneth president obama and the first family lifted off from the south lawn of the white house a half hour ago on marine one. He is now en route on air force one to chicago. The president s visit to chicago is expected to be his final trip outside of d. C. Before the transfer of power next friday. Reporting live in chicago, Kenneth Moton, abc7 news. Michelle dont miss the president s address. You can watch it right here on abc7 with special coverage at 9 00. New at 4 00, metro asked a federal lawsuit related to the smoke incident at lenfant. Metro argues it has immunity in civil cases. The response is to blame for the death of Carroll Glover and dozen of injuries. Mayor bowser defended the departments action. These men and women following instinct and training responded to a significant incident in the district of columbia. God forbid we have an incident like that again they will do exactly the same thing. Michelle in Court Filings metro claims fire and e. M. S. Sent an inexperienced commander to the scene and ignored critical information. We have new details on the back and forth between metro and the city coming up at abc7 news at 5 00. Jonathan new at 4 00, the man accused of stalking and shooting u. S. Consulate official in federal court today. He was transferred to alexandria, virginia. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is there with information fr hearing. What happened . Jeff a brief Court Appearance for the man that is charged in the murder as a indoe matt working in the consulate in guadalajara, mexico. We still dont know the motive for the shooting. It was caught on surveillance friday evening as he was in the car leaving the gym in guad la what guadalajara. He is in the hospital. He said he felt like he was being followed in a wig and blue scrubs. That man turned out to be the suspect. Once he felt safe he got in his car and he drove out of the garage. That is when the Authorities Say that he was standing outside the garage and he struck one vehicle and struck ashcraft in the chest. Hour before the shooting captured at a nearby starbucks buying a coffee with a credit card. The authorities arrested him the next night at his residence and he was flown to virginia last night. We dont know why here and not to texas. Ash craft working as diplomat at the consulate in guadalajara. He is looking for possibly life in prison. Jonathan coming up next, the bank that wants to get rid of the a. T. M. Cards. Michelle next at 4 00, how kirk cousins won the internet with a tweet. Stephen major security lapses years after a man sneaks a shotgun in the navy yard and killed 12 people. Im stephen tschida. Thats in a dealership. This really happened. We have video to prove it. That guy cannot get hoofs to gettrack on the floor. Traction on the floor. That is coming up. Michelle we are following breaking news from the Westfield Wheaton mall. They are fighting for their lives. A abc7 news crew is on the way. We have more right here tomorrows the day besides video games. Every day is a gift. Especially for people with Heart Failure. But today theres entresto. A breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. In the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Arm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, im gonna step out with my favorite girl. Ask your doctor about entresto. And help make the gift of tomorrow possible. Jonathan we are getting new information in deadly navy yard shooting. Michelle a new report says security is still lacking. Stephen tschida has the troubling report. Stephen the naval conducted this two years after aaron alexis sneaked a shotgun in the command center and shot and killed 12 people. This investigation found some 74 lapses in security. Security guards that were poorly trained and didnt know how to use the weapons. Ammunition is unlocked because no one use the combination and they slipped past the guards. Those who work nearby or live in the community are deeply troubled by the findings of the investigation. The security should be more tight than what it was, especially to be the navy yard and get in with a gun. How is that even possible . Stephen alexis was shot and killed on that day. The spokesperson for the command Center Building 197 informed me 45 minutes ago of the 74 lapses in security since that audit in 2015, all but four have been addressed and rectified. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Michelle 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Exciting news for car fans. The ford bronco is making a comeback. New version of the popular s. U. V. Will be available by the year 2020. The first since 1996. To word on what it will look like but this video shows Design Concept from years ago. Jonathan check this out. This is a lexus dealership in atlanta. That is a deer. Somehow got in there. It hit the tile floor and forget about it. Could not get its footing. Did its best to stay on the feet. He bounced around the dealership. Finally the animal made it out safely. He came in to check out the new model. Window shopping. Look at the slide. Away she goes. The fact that someone was shooting when the deer came in. Michelle incredible. Glad the deer is fine. Jonathan oh, dear. Abc7 on traffic watch now. Jamie sullivan has, you know, i hope its moving better on the roads than the deer in the dealership. Jamie eec hour. We dont see many deer out there now. We are seeing congestion about minor issues. One of those is the Police Activity in northwest d. C. Used cittendon street. That will get you both directions. Inbound, 395 crossing the 14th street bridge. Approaching the 11th street bridge, not too bad. Just heading north or southbound on d. C. 295 that you hit the brakes. You clear out closer to National Harbor on 295. Depending whether you head on the inner loop you are okay. Outer loop you will hit the brakes closer to branch avenue. The heavy stretch of traffic, 24 minutes is the average from the beltway continue closer to the Fairfax County parkway. You can see the headlights of the heavy traffic heading outbound. Michelle . Michelle we want to breaking news at the Westfield Wheaton mall where two people were stabbed. They are fighting for their lives. Richard reeve got to the scene. What can you tell us . Did this happen inside the mall or outside . Richard this happened just outside the mall. Set the stage first. Look behind me. Many of the exits are clogged with vehicles. They have evacuated many of the people out of the mall. We dont know how extensive it is. Pan to the left. This is where we think the activity happened at 3 137 this afternoon. Came out first as an assault call and later on when the Police Arrived or First Responders arrived they determined it was a situation involving a stabbing or a cutting. One person is in custody. One one person injured. That is what we know at this point. Its an active, fluid scene. Well get back to you when we have more information. Richard reeve, abc7 news. Doug storm watch as many parts in the area north and west of the city are under a freezing rain advisory later tonight. Start with a time lapse from hagerstown, maryland. This morning, hagerstown and other communities north and west got a band of snow that went through. They were under Winter Weather advisory from the brief snow. You can see it lighten up. That moved out. Now they are under a freezing rain advisory later tonight because of the freezing rain and cold temperatures. So these, the jurisdictions in the local area in pink north and west of metro, washington, Metro Baltimore and richmond, they are all freezing rain from 6 00 to 1 00 a. M. Something will happen. The band of rain will move in. Areas that are freezing are colder and get icy quickly. The tempe if temperatures will be fine. This area of rain moving in. Describe and drab of rain closer for the moment. The ice accumulation, not much. But there is on the model north and west. We are in the mid30s in most areas. The areas slowly drop. Not that much. Below average or freezing north and west. Look at how it changes. Some are rising early this everything and the low lying areas and the pockets are going to remain below freezing. This is at 11 00 tonight with a band of rain moving in. By then it will be 40 in the district. There is nothing to worry we are on track for warming trend tomorrow and thursday heading in the 60s. Future cast shows another band of rain in mid40s. We will clear back out and that opens the door for mild weather heading through the day on thursday. Wednesday weather will partly cloudy through the day. Highs of 52 in the 60s on thursday. We share the sevenday outlook in a few minutes. Michelle than you. Next at 4 00, you normally need a card to get money out of the a. T. M. But a bank promises you can get cash without plastic. 7 on your side have live Christmas Trees. One treated with a fire retardant. We have artificial trees. They are all about the burn. We have the Arlington CountyFire Department standing by. It may make you think as ceo of exxonmobile. Rex tillerson put exxons interests before americas im not here to represent the us governments interest. Instead, tillerson sided with putin. He opposed us sanctions on russia. For war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution. Putting profits ahead of our kids health. Tell your senators to reject rex tillerson. And protect american interests not corporate interests. My hygienist told me to try. A mouthwash. So i tried crest. It does so much more than give me fresh breath. Crest prohealth mouthwash provides all. Of these benefits to help you get better dental checkups. Go pro with crest prohealth mouthwash. Checkup . Nailed it. Jonathan if you have Christmas Tree up, consider this. Half of the fires with Christmas Trees happen in january. Michelle kimberly suiters is live at the Arlington CountyFire DepartmentTraining Center to show us the danger. Kim . Kimberly a lot of people like to keep their trees up to the 12th day of christmas. I am one of them. This is my tree. It has been up since the day before thanksgiving. A long time. It can be dangerous. Keep in mind that Christmas Tree fires whe can be four times more deadly than the average house fire. Tried doubt tree burns faster than paper it is fuel for the fire. This took less than ten seconds. The Christmas Tree that fueled this devastating maryland mansion fire that claimed six lives in 2015 had been cut down two months before. Daily watering is the best defense. What about fire retar debit . Its sprayed sprayed from a e retardant, it wont catch on fire. That is not the case. Kimberly greg warns retardants do only that, slow the burn. 7 on your side bought two. We sprayed the first product on one half and the other on the second half. We bought a second tree and we we let them sit two weeks. We ordered two artificial trees, only one with the tag offered it was pretreatedtreateh the fire retardant. While they are curious to see if the chemicals with protect your family and home, they say the spray themselves pose another danger. They are marketed to be put on your Christmas Tree but you dont recommend that . We dont recommend that you do it yourself. The chemicals are too dangerous for the average person to use. Kimberly you can see the flares on the bottom of the artificial trees. Next time you see us, the Arlington County department will help us. We will set them on fire. Then coming up we will set the live trees on fire. This one has been pretreated with two products. Well see retardant slows the burn at all. Reporting live in Arlington County, kimberly suiters, abc7 news. Jonathan it will be interesting to see what happens. Thanks. Still ahead for us, we go to chicago as the president gives the Farewell Speech tonight. We take a look at the hometown, a city in crisis. The issues plaguing the windy city coming up. Michelle first, getting rid of cash and then the plastic . You can pay by phone in many places but now we let you newhich bank will roll out cardless a. T. M. s. That is st why are you checking i want to see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much do they . Really . Ill take it sir, your credit. Is great, right . Yeah, i better check my credit score. Here, try credit karma. Its free. Alright, no more surprises. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Jonathan president obama is set to give his final fare we speech in chicago. Michelle but its a city hit hard with crime and economic woes while he has been president. Jonathan Kristine Frazao is live now with a closer look. It will be interesting to see what he has to say tonight. Kristine a lot of people anticipating this. This is interesting to look at chicago. A recent look at the Fiscal Health of 115 cities aroun ranked dead last. The state of illinois one of the few states around the country to have a shrinking economy in 2015. Chicagos Credit Rating downgraded. This is to say nothing of the crime. Which is by any measure out of control. Through one lens its a booming city. Picturesque skyline, high end shopping district and constant construction. But literally just across the tracks is the only chicago so many others know. There are a lot of single mothers that have to work. People are left at home for the streets to raise them. The streets last year saw a spike in murder. More than new york and los angeles combined with 762 in one year. Dean angelo president of the chicago fraternal order of police blames increase mandates for paperwork. Cell phone video showing part of the poli lack of support for police work. If you lose your corner, you lose your block, you lose your block, you lose your community. We have seen that. Kristine from what i understand there has been a drastic decrease in community police. We are a couple thousand down. Kristine another flashpoint is the shooting death of 17yearold mcdonald by a white Police Officer in october of 2014. Citywide protests erupted and the department of justice launched investigation in the Chicago Police department. For longtime residents it stems from a decade long unbroken cycle. Chicago is a segregated city. From the southside people in the northside dont hear much about it. There is no structure for the youth. They are just out here like this, the wild, wild west doing what they want to do with no structure only from the law. The law whose enforcers feel stuck in a city where many residents say they fear for their lives Something Interesting we learned today. A few days left in office but president obama is hoping to overhaul the Police Department of two of this countrys most violent cities. The city of baltimore and right here in chicago. Im Kristine Frazao. Back to you. Michelle you can see his Farewell Speech here on abc7 at 9 00. We didnt have a lot of wind so it felt better. Doug the winds will pick tonight and tomorrow but they are friendly out of the south. Michelle oh, good. We like that. Doug but as a warm front comes through we have a problem with the freezing rain. The areas highlighted in pink are the areas under freezing rain advisories until 1 00 tomorrow morning. The these areas in the northern blue ridge, that is the area where there is a real problem. That is probably it but it will be limited because the temperatures will be steady and rise overnight. Make no mistake in the cold ground there are treacherous spots developing that quick. Metro south and east should be fine because the temperatures remain above freezing. For the metro area tonight, look at the numbers. Slowly climbing, 37, 38. Cloudy skies and light rain developing. On doppler radar, not much to see at the moment. Farther west there is rain and that is what we watch in area. The forecast tonight is going to become partly sunny. 52 tomorrow. Partly cloudy. Breezy. 64 on thursday. Cold front will drop temperatures. 50 friday morning and the temperatures drop through the afternoon. What about the weekend . Steve rudin has that coming up in 13 minutes. John . Jonathan we look forward to it. Thank you very much. This is the last week for many jurisdictions to pick up the discarded Christmas Trees. If that is in the off of an incentive to kick the tree to investigator kimberly suiters will show what happens if they catch fire. By this point they are pretty dry, kimberly. Kimberly oh, yeah. Although these artificial trees well light those in a second. Mark is here and helping us time it. What are you curious about regarding the artificial tree . Interested to see how long it takes to ignite. Kimberly all right. Lets light them. The one on the left advertises it was pretreated with a flame retardant. The one on the right there was no advertisement it had a flame retardant. With recurious to see did the flame retardant make a difference on the tree. And also with an artificial tree burn more slowly than a live tree. This is interesting because the one that claimed it had fire retardant is lighting up it looks like that. Its creating more smoke. Kimberly the prediction by the firefighter with us said it will be slow and up eventful compared to live Christmas Trees. So you will see a lot of melting. This is pretty slow compared to how a live tree would burn. Correct. Live tree would burn 30 seconds to a minute. It doesnt seem to do a lot right now. Kimberly this is enough to set off the smoke detector. Of course. Obviously you dont want to breathe the smoke in with the plastic and the artificial chemicals inside. Kimberly we have been going for at least 30 seconds. Oh, a minute, five. This is impressive. They are almost smoldering. If you are an artificial tree fan here is another reason why you might want to stick with them. For safety reasons. All right. When we come back, we will get ready to burn the live trees here and keep an eye on these in the meantime. For now back to you in the jonathan the smoke off the artificial tree is toxic, the nasty smoke, right . Dont inhale it. Democrat kimberly that is a good point. We dont want to get too close. Jonathan check back with you. Interesting to see what happens with the live trees. Next at abc7 news at 4 00 alabama lost the National Championship game. But Bo Scarborough showed hes a beast powerful and fast. Wait until you see how kirk cousins reacted on twitter. Thats next. Michelle what is wrong with the lighting at the Washington Monument . A failure for the second time in a week. This time much more dangerous than the first time. I want my blood sugarck. To stay in control. I want to trim my a1c. When my schedule changes. I want something that delivers. woman tresiba ready. avo tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. 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The team scored the touchdown with literally 0 seconds on the board leaving the crowd stunned and happy because they beat an unbeaten alabama. Michelle on top of that its the schools First College football championship in 35 years. Jonathan whoo hoo michelle it was also revenge. Alabama beat clemson in last years title game. They are crying. How sweet well, alabama may be feeling the sting of a loss but they have a beast on their hand. Jonathan this is not a human being. This is a running piano. Bo scarbrough the running back had a monster game but its not enough to win it all. He is tough. But still kirk cousins, the redskins q. B. In limbo realized why he wasnt courted by bama. He figured it out. Check it out. He tweeted this. Comparing a tenth grade picture of scarbrough with himself in 11th grade. On the right, young kirk cousinsson pounds and then a grown man there. Michelle large and in charge. Jonathan he runs over people. There are clemson guys on defense in the cool bath. Coming up next here at abc7 news at 4 00 the u. S. Military is beefing up a nation neighboring russia. Wait until you see what just arrived on this ship coming up. Pepco is back at the Washington Monument after last evenings blackout. Im sam ford. I will tell you why nex did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Michelle for the second time in a week, the Washington Monument lights go dark. This time it was flash to alert pilots went out. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford has the National Park service explanation today. Sam, what do they say happened . Sam they dont know. They only know the power did not go in the monument. I have look up. The red eyes are winking. So they have power in the monument at this point. But half an hour ago, pepco trucks showed up here at the monument and they tried to determine exactly what caused last evenings blackout. We are told the electrical situation is back to normal at the monument today. Last night from 5 30 to 7 20 the monument went dark. No spotlights that light up the structure at night as happened last week but this time the red aviation lights to warn planes went out as well. We saw planes flying by for Reagan National we are letting them make any alteration as necessary. Sam last night it got out of sync. The timer thought night was day and didnt turn the lights on. They called the f. A. A. To tell them, the f. A. A. Issued a statement saying they got the information to enter a notice to airmen about the problem here. Im sam ford, back to you. We got a firsthand look at the inauguration command center at the f. B. I. s Washington Field office near the Verizon Center. The representatives from the federal, local, city Law Enforcement agencies are working with the f. B. I. To monitor activities on the ground on Inauguration Day and respond to potential threats in realtime. According to the head of the field office the socalled lone wolf terrorist threat like the one we saw in orlando or San Bernardino is a primary security concern. We need to be ahead of it to stop it from happening. Michelle they are well practiced to deal with the big events the f. B. I. Are prepared for big day. Jonathan we are getting word that they reached a decision in the Charleston Church slayings trial. We are waiting to hear if they decided dylann roof should get the death penal till or spend the rest of his life in penalty or spend the rest of his life in prison. As soon as they make the decision well bring it to you right away. The u. S. Is now beefing up the presence in eastern europe. A ship arrived in germany. This is what is arriving now. We understand there are selfpropelled howitzers, the big guns and tanks. 3,500 troops from fort carson, colorado, will be joined up with the equipment. The mission is to help Eastern European allies feel safe as russia proves to be unpredictable. Michelle wells fargo is planning to do away with the a. F. M. Cards. Starting this spring, customers can withdraw money using the phones. Customers would log wells fargo Smart Phone App and request an eightdigit access code. Once you have the code you can enter it along with your regular a. T. M. Code at a wells fargo kiosk to start a transaction. Steve looking for freezing rain advisory. Its through 1 00 a. M. Early wednesday morning. Nighttime low temperatures around freezing to 37. Area of rain, freezing rain possible mainly north and west of d. C. Metro. Democrats will rise to temperatures will rise to freezing. Added clouds later in the afternoon. Showers in the forecast later tonight and we will get it out of here for the morning rush hour commute tomorrow. Once this is out of here a big warmup with the winds from the south southwest. Highs on thursday, ready for this . Around 65 de falling temperatures on friday and cooler on saturday. Inauguration day lacks mild with temperatures around 55 degrees. Jamie on the souza bridge, two lanes are blocked. We have activity on northwest to iowa. Cruise citten don as an alternate. A lot of people are heading to the Verizon Center a game tonight. Because of that we are seeing inbound traffic in addition to the typical outbound traffic. Michelle . Michelle all right. Thank you. We have breaking news to report now. Dylann roof sentenced to death. That is in the killing of nine africanamericans church in south carolina. Well have more coming up. Coming up next kellye have you dreamed of studying abroad . Ill tell you about a program allowing local students to do that at no charge. 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In todays spotlight on education show us how a scholarship funded by the British Government is putting the students closer to their dream. Kellye her love of dancing started early in life and eventually helped her connect to those in different backgrounds. I would perform for people and then they would get really excited about my culture and who i was. Kellye the experienced moved the 21yearold georgetown senior to seek the same for displaced people around the world. Using theater to help them communicate the stories. In the fall, she will begin graduate studies at the university of oxford in england. I will start my first degree in refugee enforced migration studies at oxford and pursue a Second Degree in collaborative theater making. The idea is to identify americanings who will be the americans who will be the next leader in their field so they can study at britain world class kellye this years class has 40 students and five have ties to the d. C. Area. The Program Provides tuition and Living Expenses for graduate students for two years at the school of their choice. Im real excited to get involved in the culture in london, the political movements that are happening in london. Take two years to focus on my field. The real value for me more than anything is access to wonderful people interested to so many things in the world. Kellye lynn. Larry tonight the liquor board bribe rare investigation nabs a lawmaker and how he filled his importants with a quarter of a million dollars. And trumps pick for attorney general pledges law and order. Wile protesters make noise. Two years after a woman died in a smokefilled train metro is pointing finger at else. Announcer from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. Larry the breaking news out of Montgomery County where two people were stabbed at the Westfield Wheaton mall. Richard reeve is live outside the mall with breaking details. Richard still an active crime scene. You can see that police have still sealed off part of the mall. We have outside the sephora and the j. C. Penneys. This began this afternoon. Emergency responders arrived to find several people in the parking lot. One person was stabbed. Possibly fatally. A person was badly stabbed. Are life threatening injuries. A person is in custody at the party city store, that is what we were told earlier but the police say that is not the case. They do not have anyone in custody. They are evacuating the hollister store. People were being escortedded out one by one. We are waiting to hear from the police about what happened but in the meantime there were shoppers inside the mall unfolding. We spoke with a woman named alyssa huff who tems us what she who tells us what she saw. I came back and the security started directing everybody to go another way. That was it. I tried to leave and the cops say nobody let us out. I just found out what happened. Richard we are waiting word from the police. The official word about what is happening now. If they are searching for suspect, if they have a