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Larry the local School Systems apt Charter Schools closed today because of the protest. The call to Cancel School came last night. Brad the superintendent didnt want to do it. They called at it a sad decision. What you are looking at is a problem they were going to have. 30 of the bus drivers said they were not coming workment they wouldnt be able to get kids to school. A day without a woman turned into a take your son to work day since news of the p. G. County schools closure didnt come until after 6 00 last night. I have mixed emotions. It was too late for to us find child care for our children. The complaint is typical among the many parents caught offguard by a decision to close. It was l. A. Minute. Adds the day wore on, many announced they would be absent today. They had no choice to close. I understand people have concerns and they want to express themselves. The Teachers Union president dudley did come to work today wearing red to observe the womans movent. The union did not orchestrate the absences of the members. She says it just happened. They felt they had to make a point. The parent gets it but she wishes she knew sooner. Im on board with it. With better planning. Better planning. Well, we also talked to the head of the Bus Drivers Union today who is disputing the notion that 30 of drivers werent going to come to work that is what the School System says. The buses were not going to roll. Greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 news. Larry in new york, an asset managing firm put up a statue of a young girl staring down one of the famous bulls on wall street for International Womens day. Look at this. State street global adviser wants to draw attention to how few woman are on the board of the largest u. S. Corporations. Today they got a picture of her dressing ups a superhero to emulate the statue. Alison a big announcement for iceland government for International Womens day today. It will be the first country in the world to make the employers prove they are offering equal pay. They need to show they are paying everyone the same regardless of gnash tallty, gend nationality, gender, ethnicity. Let us create a world from which women and men are not punished for wanting to be parents. Larry that is Anne Hathoway delivering a keynote address on parental paid leave to the United Nations. The United Nations are pushing for womens rights around the world. Alison at the white house, First Lady Melania Trump hosted a womens day luncheon. It was her first solo event at the white house. More than 50 included the event including ivanka trump, pences wife karen and betsy devos. Former first day Michelle Obama spent womens day to Surprise Group of female students at a high school. She tweeted the photo with the caption so impressed by the extraordinary girls i met at cardoza who represent the beauty and the diversity of the country. She also spent time talk about the importance of education. Larry you can International Womens day and a day without a woman at the website wjla. Com. Doug temperatures in the 60s here for early march. We look like a repeat performance tomorrow. Sunshine and gusty winds. The key the direction out of the southwest. That boosted the temperatures to the 60s. 67 in quantico and the direction. 66 in annapolis. 64 in frederick. Heading through the afternoon we have seen the temperatures warm up. The winds gusting to 37 Miles Per Hour at martinsburg. Strongest winds are north and west. It will be breezy for the rest of the evening. Looking ahead to the overhead, drop to 40s for the clear skies and stay worm. 68 with sunshine. Friday morning cold front with rain. Falling temperatures friday afternoon and cold stretch to begin the weekend. And last to next week. That got National Park service. News about the Cherry Blossom blooms. We get that story from amy aubert. Amy one week after the big announcement was made the National Park service is switching it up. Take a look at video we shot today from the tidal basin. You can see the buds coming out. But peak bloom is now later march 19 and ending on the 22nd because of chilly temperatures. They used the recent temperature data progression of the blooming phases and the next sevenday Weather Forecast to determine new dates. The original dates were in the week prior. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison thank you. The official word White House Easter Egg Roll would go on. They posted april 17 as the date for it. Today the press release confirmed the date and saying details on the ticket lottery will come soon. Larry tonight after the prosecutors dropped all charges against a woman used of missing bethesdas man credit card. Donohe disappeared from his parents house and a week later they caught a woman using his credit card. The prosecutors have dropped the case against her because they felt there was not enough evidence to convict her. Alison in maryland convicted felons cannot buy guns in stores but they can purchase antique firearms online. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live where the mother of a murder victim is fighting to close the loophole. Kevin it was june 2015 when Donald Bricker jr. Murdered his exgirlfriend. Today the victims mother drove to annapolis to tell elected officials if nothing changes more people will be killed. He was a convicted felon and he was ba firearms in stores. A legal loophole allowed the resident to order replica antique black powder pistol online. On the same day the weapon arrived in the mail he met his estranged girlfriend in the germantown target parking lot. You can see she runs before he pulled the trigger twice before fleeing in the white pickup truck. Please, close this internet gun purchase loophole. Go online and watch the video and tell me the gun should not be regulated. The prosecutors assert i shot her. Seen her confessing to the premeditated execution style murder was aware of the legal gap and used it t advantage. I cannot find the words to explain the nightmares, the sleepless nights. The flashbacks that have overcome me. They will now decide whether or not to accept the bill. If it does out will move to the senate floor for a vote. Kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Staying with maryland now. For the second year in a row the Maryland Senate debating a bill requiring employers to provide paid sick leave. The house of delegates passed similar legislation. The house bill gives them an opportunity to earn minimum of seven days sick leave every year. The Senate Version requires six days. A bill supported by hogan that applies to employees with 50 or more employees failed to gain support. Larry two groups American Medical Association joined democrat to oppose the republican obamacare replacement. The opposition comes as a white house and the Republican Leadership try to solidify support for the plan. We are enacting strong conservative values in healthcare that give all americans more choice at a lower cost. As President Trump offer says bad, sad. Even if we could all agree we need to make healthcare more affordable and acceptable, this does the opposite. They were debating the bill and could vote to advance to the full house later today we are following a story out of biloxi, mississippi, where ntsb is trying to figure out what caused a train to slide with a bus filled with senior citizens. Four people were killed and oh owes were hurt. They say 16 similar crashes have happened at the same intersection. A forklift left near the crash. Two crew members suffered injuries. 22mile car chase left a man behind bars. The suspect took off on i295 to head for d. C. The officer recognized the s. U. V. As a vehicle that was involve in an incident in laurel last month. Good can come out of evil. The good deed that has the woman asking us to focus on the Police Officer who helped instead of on her. Monument isnt the only thing going dark with lighting problems. Larry who is calling the shots in the latest buzz on the redskins and the general manager. Alison with the wikileaks dumping more classified files how do you keep yourself safe with Smart Technology . Sam the accused thief that the Police Chased to the top of the Movie Theater in greenbelt was so well known to them they had formed a task force just to find him. Im sam ford. Larry new develops tonight. A man wanted for burglary holed up inside the ceiling of a greenbelt Movie Theater. Sam ford is back on the scene live. I understand he was no stranger to police. Sam police formed a task force for the 26yearold sherod weaver. He had two warrants out for violating probation at the time of his arrest yesterday at the greenbelt plaza. He is a habitual offender. He was arrested for the 15th time as an adult last night for burglary. Prince georges police t just for him. They were following him on the ground and in the air. At one point they say he boldly drove his car up to a townhouse complex in laurel and ransacked a home. The police followed him and confronted him as he unloaded a 51inch tv. He threw it at the police and ran to the nearby beltway plaza mall. The police in hot pursuit. Through the mall to empty Movie Theater where he climbed faculty behind a gene and slippedded and slit in the ceiling knocking down tiles in threehour standoff before surrendering. He committed the crimes. We discovered he was a suspect. We were going to stop at nothing. The couple who lived there happ arrest. There was a jewelry box and happy to get that. Everything else can be replaced but that was the most important thing. Things she got when they got married 30 years ago. At one point weaver got to the air duct system. He got there and saw the police and it did not work. He was charged with 12 crimes for the activities credit. The officer that was hit was treated at the hospital and released. Reporting live from greenbelt, maryland. Sam ford, abc7 news. Alison wow thank you. From that to Celebrity News for you this afternoon. I appears ben affleck and Jennifer Garner called off the divorce. According to People Magazine say they are not back together but they decided to keep working on the larry beats the alternative. She could ask him what is in his wallet . Alison good advertising. It stuck with you. Lets talk about the weather. We have had to change the peak bloom date for the Cherry Blossoms. We will have a cold snap. Doug we are use to the warm cold, warm, cold system. There will be chilly and the cold weather at night. Look at the time lapse for church hill in potomac. Its 62 now. Cloudy skies this morning. Once the front went through, it will be clearing. 67 in washington. 65 in falls church. 66 in clifton. The story is they will fall. Not seasonal yellows. They will stay above average. Mid70s to charlotte and back north and west. As we look to the next couple of days you will see the trend hold steady and then the bottom will drop out. 59 at 7 00. Mid50s by 9 00. We will eventually be in the range to 47. Winds will settle down but right back up out of the west to the southwest tomorrow that are gusting to 20, 25 Miles Per Hour. Recess time for kids. 68 at dismiss tall time. We look ahead. Approach of a cold front. Plenty of suns. Overnight the front moves through. Northwesterly winds. We are calling for chance of showers in the morning. Far enough north you could see flakes. Poconos and the farther north you are likely to have the accumulating snow in the areas but then the skies will clear for the afternoon. Gusty winds out of the northwest. Then they fall in the 20s. Winds in the 30s. Sunday we will stay cold. It will bring snow. Well south. We may get clouds at times and that is that. 50 for a high. It may will 41 on sunday with the clouds again. Farther north you go on sunday, the more sun you will see. The farther south the more clouds you will see. We return to the Daylight Saving time. Its still chilly on monday. Snow lovers chance of wintery mix for tuesday morning. Throw it out there. Maybe not. Chance, though. Larry i cant believe st. Patrick day on the forecast. Time goes by fast. It does. Ben and jerry want a new spin on cereal. Alison we will show it to you. Plus, how protesters are making the presence on the National Mall official as they fight a controversial pipeline. A rapid fox attacks a woman but a woman but a neighbor steps in to help. Larry a look at what is coming up tonight. Alison now Jummy Olabanji with a look at what is coming up on good morning washington. Jummy thanks, alison. Tomorrow on good morning washington can you get pregnant while breastfeeding . Is it safe to drink alcohol while breastfeeding . We set the record straight. Plus redskins cheerleaders here live. Stay with us for traffic prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Alison a woman out for a walk gets attacked by a fox. And then stumbles to a neighbors house for help. Richard reeve is live in great falls where the animal control officers say the fox was rabid. Rich . Richard we just got that word. Behind me you can see a woman carrying a baseball bat. That is how concerned the folks are in the community about the rapid animals. She had terrible injuries and was helped by a neighbor. But an hour later the fox showed up again. We got it in the direction we wanted it to go. Richard but trapping it was terrifying. A bloody, scary scene. Moments before walked in the backdoor and attacked the cat. I see her kicking the fox and the fox is trying to grab her leg. I hit him. He got dizzy. Hay had no way to know an hour before he attacked a 76yearold woman. Bitten severely. The woman injured in the daily walk. She fought him off. Gave it water, main killer and called 911. I thought i was dealing with a blood issue until i saw her hands. Several fingers were exposed to the bone. They are amazed that captured the fox without gein a vicious animal. The cat will be in quarantine for 45 days. A frightening afternoon for the woman. Thank you. Still ahead right here, cheese, glorious cheese. The big competition underway in the land of cheeseheads. Larry oh, my. Later the battle brewing between neighbors on a local street that is turning out to be a gem. A huge leak could have implications for you. Im jeff goldberg. Critical tips coming up when abc7 news at 5 00 continues alison breaking news to tell you about right now out of, michigan. Take a look at this. The plane carrying the university of michigan Mens Basketball Team to the Big Ten Tournament in d. C. Has slid off the runway. You can see from this video. Now we have learned no one was hurt. But the Willow Run Airport there in ypsilanti is closed. There were problems with the heavy winds. We are told the aborted obviously. We will get you more information as it comes in the newsroom. Of course the team is coming here to play tomorrow at noon. Against illinois. We will continue to if breaking news. Larry . Larry okay. From smartphones to smart tvs we are surrounded by the technology. With the allegation of how they are using technology in the latest wikileaks dump. Some of you may be wondering how you can protect yourself. Jeff goldberg has answers. Jeff one of the most significant hacks in the u. S. History once again proved a statement made today by the facebook director james comey. There is no such thing as absolute privacy in america. Jeff wikileaks published 8,700 top secret leaked documents detailing software and techniques used by the agency including programs with names like after midnight and brutal kangaroo. Another called weeping angel shows how a turned into listening device. Information about infiltrating the ifads of smartphones could be in the hands of terrorists. I wondered how could this have occurred . Bob is cofounder of the Cyber Security firm. He says this breach is a critical reminder that we all need to do a better job of protecting our devices. Keep your systems patched. Make sure your software is up to date and the pass words are complicated. The security cameras you may have. The baby monitor, the xbox device. If you own it, you should secure so it they dont jump through your system to get to other people. You can only do so much to prevent hackers from getting information. They will get it regardless. Others like randy say the c. I. A. Hack is a wakeup call. We are not as concerned as we should be. Including me. The suggestion is to place a piece of tape over the camera on your lap are not using it. That way if your laptop is hacked no one can see anything. Wikileaks yet to identify the force of the trove of documents. All of this according to cnn, the f. B. I. And the c. I. A. Opened up a criminal investigation into the leaks. Live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Meanwhile, President Trump proposed increase in the military spending does not include the u. S. Coast guard. The administration wants to cut 1. 5 billion from the budget. Others facing large cuts are fema and the t. S. A. Money instead would go to build a wall on the southern border and the crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Larry protesters oppose to the Dakota Access pipeline sang native american ceremonial song as they off their demonstration at the National Mall today. They set up more tepees near the base of the washington monumented. We are here in d. C. To assert our indigenous rights and demand we recognize the rights. Get beyond consultation. Demonstrators were supposed to start 24hour bonfire today but the National Park service asked them not to, it was so windy. The protect is expected to last until saturday. Alison 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Wegmans recalling easter candy because its mislabeled. The bunny suckers are containing Peanut Butter but its not mention in the label. You can return the product for a full refund. Larry ben and jerrys new players have you want tos ice cream for breakfast. They are adding three flavors on the popular fruit loot, frozen flakes and cocoa loco will contain a swirl of cereal. A cheesy competition in green bay. They are hosting the championship cheese contest at lambeau field. They are facing thousands of samples and the smackdown is brutal. There are entries. The championship wraps up today. How could you keep it straight . Crazy. I liked one. The one on the table over there. I dont know. They have the winner tomorrow. Im curious. Just beforethanksgiving, the president will pardon a turkey. But now a crawfish is pardoned in louisiana for the First Time Ever to kick off the crawfish season. They are setting the crawfish free so its never served up as someones dinner. Police get a bum deal sometimes. What the officer did that has the woman sending up a prayer. Later. Call for action to help you get right deal on a used car. New at 6 00, the impact of a day without a woman. How it turned steve countdown to the weekend is on. The temperatures on saturday are in the upper 30s. These are daytime highs. Sunday is around 41 degrees. Daylight savings ti we spring ahead by one hour. After getting up early saturday the rock n roll marathon starts at 7 00. The temperatures are in the 20s. We will rebound in the middle 30s by the afternoon. Tenday outlook and it will stay chilly to next week. It warms things up by the end of next week. Wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Upload and download speeds, tv and phone. L for 79. 99 per month, r the first year with a oyear agreement. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios get the best. Get fios. Alison well, this beach wedding has officially gone to the dogs. A group of dog owners in the philippines got together to watch two pups join together in holy matrimony. The owners wanted to promote the owners of dogs to society. There was a groom and a bride. But the wedding even featured a doggie priest. Look at that. Very funny. Sorry. Alison well, back at home, Fairfax County woman says getting her purse stolen actually helped renew her faith. Larry yeah. The 69yearold says the purse was stole when she was in the parking lot of the beacon mall in alexandria two weeks ago. Got the purse back but the rosary that once belonged to a friends mother who passed away was gone. So officer Matthew Pleva went to the priest for another one and he said, ive got something for you. You cant go to mass tomorrow without a rosary. He brought me one. Brought tears to my eyes. She reminded me of my grandmother so i felt obligated to make sure she had a rosary returned. Larry she agreed to speak with us but didnt want to be identified because the attention should be on officer pleva. Alison isnt that nice . They will be friends for a long time. Larry probably invite him to church. Alison exactly. Still to come right here on abc7. Are the redskins on the verge of a Front Office Shakeup . Robert burton helps us make sense of it all coming up. Pink flamingos lining one d. C. City street. Its not just for decoration. Im stephen tschida. In a moment i w larry the lights are back on at the statue of liberty. Today the National Park service said human error was to blame in the unspecified work. There was online speculation that the outage was connected to the a day without a woman protest. But the park service those is of course, the National Park service has been working to figure out the cause of the Power Outages since the beginning of the year at the washington monument. We will let you know when we hear anythingdy fintive in the definitive in the investigation. Alison a block has neighbor against neighbor amidst accusation of the underhanded politics. Stephen tschida has the street name for a jewel and some say the neighbors are no gems. Built in the late 1970s, emerald street runs one block. Its lined with old homes. But are they historic . If so, is that good . Its good. Yeah. My families been around 48 years. In the Historic District they must adhere to the strict rules with the exterior of their home. The embellishments are often experienceive. You cant just add a floor for picture window and the modern door. 1890s victorian standards which is what they apply to the street. It is easy to tell who is supporting this and opposes it. Walk down emerald street. See a pink flamingo like this here . This is the house of an opponent. Its expensive as it is. I can bear the cost but others cannot. The opponents accuse a group of proponents of underhanded maneuvering to move the matter forward. They thought it was dead when a neighborhood board rejected it. A member of the group slammed a door on us. But some support the advocates that they think the move would protect the street from developers. They should keep the structure of the house. Since the matter now is before the Preservation Office it will determine the victor. Larry Trenice Bishop has more on traffic. Tremendous we have an overturned vehicle on the beltway inner loop to alexandria. Crash from the live picture has been moved to the right shoulder but previously everyone squeezing by to use a single left lane. There is dun glare to alexandria. The heavier volume from the triangle to fredericksburg. 270, a lot happening near 118 that is cleared left shoulder. We report of an accident 2 0 northbound at the truck scales north of we are looking for more information on that for the newscast. Larry we have an Early Warning on a marking change. On friday, they will be doing a Ride Share Program in wilson boulevard. That is in clarendon. Expect to see the no parking signs in the area for the test. Larry right. Just in time for the weather to change. You could havent done it tomorrow . Right. Cold snap on the way, which is unusual for winter. It is. We have had more warm stretches than cold. It will turn cold late fid night through the weekend. The relative humidity is 16 . Midtoupper 60s in the legion. Its 67 in washington and quantico. It is 64 in frederick. The planner, we hang on to clear skies. 50s to the 40s. Wake up to the average temperature of 43 degrees around the area tomorrow morning. Plenty of sunshine. Through the day tomorrow plenty of sunshine as well. We look ahead to changes coming this way. First by tomorrow in the afternoon. High pressure is southeast. That will give us gusty west winds. Then we keep an eye on a cold front coming in overnight to friday morning. The winds turn from the northwest to be gusty. Behind the passage of the front there is rain around the area. We think friday morning. Clearing, gusty winds in the day. Temperatures fall in the afternoon and the everything. Its cold. We have a phrase for the weekend. Highs in the 30 we have a freeze for the weekend. Highs in the 30s and lows for 20s. Turn out the outlets outside for hoses. The numbers, 68, radical change in the weather heading to the weekend. No snow on sunday. We can give you a reminder of turning the clocks back saturday night before you go to bed. We return to Daylight Saving time for a high on saturday. 41 on sunday. Looking ahead to next week a slight chance in the long range guidance of a little wintery mix that is possible tuesday morning. It will stay chilly with clearing skies for the balance of next week. Back to you. Alison okay. Thank you. Larry thanks. Okay. Redskins, more money, more problems . Robert i like that. So more rumbles out of the redskins park concerning the g. M. Scot mccloughan according to espn. Mccloughan is longer involved in the team decisionmaking and his agent will meet with the team soon to discuss the situation. He has not been seen at redskins park in weeks but was spotted yesterday by ryan butler of the tribune. He was walk rest of the front office is preparing for free agency. Looks great, too. Fan favorite garcon reportedly found a new home and will reunite with Kyle Shanahan with the 49ers when Free Agency Begins tomorrow afternoon. According to espn he will make 16 million in the first year of the contract. One guy staying is tight end vernon davis. Good news. Today the redskins announce they resigned the former terp. The deal will keep him in d. C. For three more years. Its march madness on the high school level. Quince orchard has a chance to do Something Special on top of the special record. They will 232. Thursday could be extra special. Thanks to a special kind of coach. The coach doesnt really coach. When you have teams like this, you dont coach that much. Why is that . Not to say the players are the basketball geniuses. They are doing something right. They play well together and sense each other movements and know where they will be. Next up they have undefeated wise. Let the underdog mentality set in. People are calling us. All they talk about is hoosier s but he wants to be more than a guy on the sideline. When they think back to High School Years a lot of times they wont talk about a teacher. They wont talk about an administrator. They will talk about the coach. We teach more than the game. We teach life. Watching them learn the lesson is satisfying. Robert good luck to them. Alison its the age that a lot of they are learn realize they are learning the life lessons. Robert we were all there. Alison we were. Larry coaches right now, your coach is still one of the greatest people in your life. Robert i have a few of them. Alison thank you. We know that buying a car can be tough. 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It will save you money and probably headaches. Scott taylor, abc7 news. Announcer now, abc7 news at 6 00. On your side. We refuse to accept the backward thinking and the racist policies of the trump administration. Jonathan hundreds of women rallying outside the department of labor all took the day off of work for what is called a day without a woman. Part of an International Womens day that follows the womens march on washington in january. A live picture for you. The protest to wrap up at 5 30. You can see plenty of people that are still there making the voice heard. Similar scenes played out in major cities across the country. In the protest women said they felt compelled to fight for rights. Jonathan this could be the first signature piece of legislation tied to trump. American Healthcare System complete overhaul. Kimberly it comes from criticism from both ends of the spectrum. Today a step forward from the bill, house commerce and the ways and the means committees needing to discuss. White house provading Vice President mike pence live now from the executive Office Building in washington. Turn it over to chief Political Correspondent scott thuman. Pence playing the familiar role of explainer in chief. Scott . Scott thank you for being with us. Pence thank you. Jonathan you might not be joining us if this didnt require a hard sell. Very few people describe obamacare as perfect but everybody in your own party there are critics for this plan. Loudest say fewer people may have healthcare. Estimates from 10 to1