Out for the first time. Edgar welsh said he was wanted to do some good, but he went about it the wrong way. Reporter he didnt deny he drove 350 miles to investigate the madeup conspiracy theory. But he said he regrets how he handled it. Reporter the dejected welch said he came to comet ping pong to do some good, but he went about it the wrong way. The 28yearold man said he drove for hours to look closer at the restaurant. Having emmersed himself in bogus online conspiracy theories, he was convinced something was happening at the northwest dc pizza joint. He spent 20 minutes searching for child sex victims armed with a pistol and rifle. Finding no children, he police. The init e the intel was not 100 he said. He does not believe in conspiracy theories and then undercut calling for the 9 11 attacks to be reexamined. When i think about all of the children Hillary Clinton has personally murdered reporter he said he listens to alex jones, the Internet Radio host who has crimes. He has several drug related arrests and denies using drugs. He left the biggest question unanswered, he would not say why he brought and fired an Assault Rifle in the restaurant if you were only looking for children in trouble. Guys, despite the political nature of the whole pizzagate conspiracy, he said he didnt vote in the election. His attorney said he has now said all he wants to say. Reporting live, garrett haake, wusa 9. Garrett, we will be there, too. Meanwhile comet and other businesses near are getting death threats. Nikki burdine is live to tell us how its affecting them. Reporter restaurants here are being harassed even pizza location in bethesda are receiving threats. Reporter the phones are ringing more than usual lately. Theres 30 or 40 people calling at the same time. We lost a lot of business. Reporter its not the kind of phone call that the owner would like to be getting. They read from a script, i think, and im going to come, and im going to blow your head and put a bullet in your head. Reporter hundreds calling him a pedophile because of his and the logo that is a symbol of child pornography. Its a piece of pizza. Reporter he changed the logo. Immediately the calls come back, why you change your logo . Reporter now he wants to change the sign out front, but it will cost 2,000. We dont have the cash flow, especially the last 2 or 3 months. Reporter the immigrant from egypt has been in the business for almost 25 years, and he has been able to send his two childro years, but now that and so much more is in jeopardy. Just acting on rumor, and the rumor became a hash tag, and the hash tag became some form of violence. Reporter he remains hopeful thanks to the kindness of customers. Even today a person called from california and gave us his credit card and said heres an amount of money, just make any negative reaction has far outweighed the positive, so far hamad said he has continued to be encouraged by this. Just yesterday another customer showed up at this location, dropped off his credit card, and he said paid for dozens of people to eat. He brought in people off the street and said i just want to help you stay afloat. That was encouraging to him. He says he hopes police will continue to be out here. They have been very helpful so far. Im a little bit of triumph from the tragedy. It will be in the 50s tomorrow, but topper shutt said we have cold air lurking. Reporter tomorrow will not be that bad, adam, and temperatures will fall. We will gap it for you. Thats not bad. Average for us, and boom, friday 41 for the high, and dress for the 30s on friday because of the winds, and only 39 on saturday, and only 43 on sunday, and our average high is right around 49 this time of the year. Tomorrow, not so bad, and it are talking about the breezes picking up, advancing to friday morning, and windchill in the teen in the suburbs. 15 in gaithersburg, and 22 downtown, and your wakeup weather is not bad tomorrow. Temperature in the 30s, and the clouds early on, and 32 to 42 by 9 00 and 46 to 50 with full sun by lunchtime, and we will come back and talk about a couple of flakes in the forecast and what it means for your weekend plans. Thank we have just learned two Young Children have died in a house fire in baltimore. Flames broke out in the home tonight on clinton street in the canton neighborhood, and firefighters were not able to save the two kids, and an adult was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. Dc police need your help to find two missing siblings. 15yearold jenia davis and her brother jermaine were last seen november 27th near the bruce place, near the smithsonian. We do not have a picture of jermaine but he had on blue pants and a gray shirt. If you know anything, call dc police to help bring them home. The pentagon announced the death of a soldier from tacoma park michigan. Alan brown. Brown died yesterday at walter reid medical center. He was being treated for injuries suffered in a suid afghanistan. Over the last decade brown was awarded more than a dozen Service Medals during several deployments overseas. The driver in last months Fatal School Bus crash in baltimore had a history of seizures according to the National Transportation safety board. The board said the driver had also had a series of crashes. Six people on the transit bus. Scary moments in marlboro this morning. The court house was evacuated because of a suspicious package. It was discovered on a truck at the courthouse. It was determined to be a false alarm, and they gave the all clear 2 hours later. How did 2 teenagers start a wild fire that killed 14 people . Thats the question that investigators will be asking in the coming days. Two teens are under arrest, charged with aggrat that swept through east tennessee, and they will remain behind bars until the hearing in juvenile court, and at that time, the decision could be made to try them as adults. Victims of the oakland warehouse fire had no way to escape, thats according to new details for federal investigators. The fire started on the ground floor, and it sent smoke pouring up two stairwells. 36 people died, and authorities have opened a criminal investigation. Now to the latest from the trump transition team. Cbs news learned scott prue it will be named the head of the e. P. A. He fought against the e. P. A. While serving as oklahomas attorney general, and john kelly is trumps pick to lead the department of homeland security, and mr. Trump named Iowa GovernorTerry Branstad his ambassador to china. And within th of hours, we learned the recount effort in michigan is probably over. A federal judge who ordered the state to start recounting president ial votes has dropped his decision and an appeal will likely follow. The senate floor put politics aside to honor Vice President joe biden today. He will soon end his 44year government career, and lawmakers for both parties lining up to pay tribute to the man who presided over the moment came when Mitch Mcconnell heaped praise on biden. The Vice President says views of competitors have from competitors, not enemies, and he has been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle, with me youve been a real friend youve been a trusted partner and its been an honor to serve with you. Biden served in the senate for 36 years before being his running mate in 2008, and he does seem to be leaving the door open for a possible president ial run in 2020. A lot of people will run to Prince Georges County this time tomorrow night because the newest resort and casino will be bustling with customer. It may be a slow crawl if traffic turns out the way theres also the 3,000 seat theater with big names like bruno mars. Our Bruce Johnson spoke to Hotel Managers this evening. From our 320 million spend with the minority businesses, we look at the end county hires, promising 40 , coming in at 48 , and you know, its really just exciting and dynamic. Now the doors will open at 11 00, and we will be there live at mgm tomorrow night to bring you all latest. We have everything you need to know. The traffic, the parking, navigating your way to mgm. Download our free wusa 9 app before you go. It was her first time calling 911, and firefighters said she saved four lives. A 9yearold girl from Montgomery County honored for her quick thinking today. And the nation pauses on this day to remember the attack it was 75 years that japanese Fighter Pilots attacked pearl harbor. This is the ceremony at the world war ii memorial. In the center, baton rouge, louisiana, and in the center, joint base pearl harbor. 93yearold Gilbert Meyer is one of the survivors. Reporter how did you make it off the ship . I swam. I was sleeping down in the star board side. When the torpedoes hid . Hit . I had midwatch and was up all night. The hash tag earlharborremembers is still trending tonight. December 7, 1941 is a day that will always live in infamy. Remembering the brave americans we lost 75 years ago. Paul ryan tweeting we lost 2400 ago, and these brave men and women died fighting to protect our freedoms. We have got a tab on our wusa 9 app dedicated to remembering pearl harbor, including a web story about what happened in dc that day. You can see how the city changed and why it led to al capones car playing a role in president ial history. Thats all on our app. University said he was admitted to the campus facility last week. Hes 95. He suffered a stroke 2 years ago after heart valve replacement surgery. In 1962 he was the First American to orbit the earth, piloting a mercury space capsule called friendship 7. A maryland 5th grader is being hailed a hero after witnessing an accident tonight. Reporter armed with her iphone this 5th grader made a call she wasnt sure she knew how to make. Gelia and her mother merain were recently approaching an intersection with another car and uhaul truck approaching. They crashed together in front of us. I had never called 911 before. I told siri to call 911. Smart assistant in iphones. Together they called 911, calmly, precisely, effectively describing the location, what happened and what she was seeing, not bad for a kid, obviously a smart kid. The medics arrived and treated the four adults involved in the accident. I kept telling my mom, i hope they are okay. Reporter none were seriously hurt thanks to this little hero. The big heroes stopped by her Elementary School toda went outside, and they said they were really proud of me. They gave me this shirt. I just felt like wow it makes me feel proud. Its hard to be a parent. Youre always concerned about your kids. Reporter heres what you may not have to worry about. I feel like i did the right thing. Reporter you did. Mola lenghi, wusa 9. All right a White Christmas is one thing, but this quite another. Parts of of the upper midwest are under a blizzard warning dakota, closing down 450 miles of interstate highways, and sections of minnesota have more than a foot of snow on the ground, and this is part of a first little arctic blast, and you have to love that word. The system is on the way here, and it will bring with it very cold air. It will, but theres good news. The brunt of the cold air, 16 below in casper this is the coldest air of the season. Theres the silver lining. Remember, blizzard warnings, and they have them often in the plain states. It has to be blowing around to reduce visibility, and thats the problem out there 3degree guarantee. I think i did my math right, 16 in a row or 17 in a rue. In a row. We went for 55 today, and we were 2 off. Not bad. Winds are calm, and dew points mid30s, and nothing like crazy cold or dry air mass yet. Wait until we see the dew points on friday night. Where is the cold air coming from . 42 below 0, and this is in canada, and these are not windchills, actual temperatures, and it is plunging southward. 16 below in kasper, and when we see the core of the arctic air in the rockies, we are never hit directly with it, but it will be such a cold air mass it will affect us. You can see the cold air in over the appalachians. Thursday breezy in the afternoon. I dont think we will see a flake at this point. Chilly on sunday, and afternoon clouds. And we will see if that leads to anything sunday night, maybe a little bit of light rain with wet snow flakes, but not a big system. Tomorrow morning, notice the clouds on futurecast, but no green blobs or blue blobs and snow. 35 in laplata, and midmorning, clouds and breaks to frederick, and upper 30s there, and by lunchtime, mostly sunny, and 47 downtown, and 47 in manassas, and 46 also in fairfax, and by tomorrow evening, 30s to low 40s, and nothing crazy cold. 24 hours from now, you will walk the dog late tomorrow night, and you need a winter jacket. Its below freezing tomorrow night, and by the time we get to tomorrow will pick up, and looking into friday and saturday, dress more for the 30s, even though temperatures are in the 40s. Day planner for tomorrow, boom, 45, and sunshine. Upper 40s by 1 00, and friday, arctic air, and 41. Very cold on saturday, and 39, and that means bundle up if youre going up to baltimore to watch the armynavy game. Sunday, chilly. Back into the low to mid40s. Monday, back near 50 on monday, and another arctic outbreak looking likely tuesday and wednesday with the the highs in the upper 30s. Cold for the next week. One more thing, meteorological winter starts on the 21st. That will make you feel better. Thanks. Guess who was stampeding into college park tonight . Lets hear it. It happened guess who got pushed out of they did give the terps a hard time for awhile. No, they didnt they pulled away. We have the highlights, and the 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. 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Great handeye coordination. The 2nd period, the rush, and the pass to winnick. The bruins rally to force the backstrom to schmitt. The caps win it 43. The nationals made moves on the final day of winter meetings. They acquired adam eaton in exchange of three pitching prospects including lucas dealgido. The burgundy and golds left tack system back just in time for this sundays philadelphia eagles. Today cousins was asked about his o. Line, and he was proud to answer every question. I love raising offensive line awareness. Thats great. Its great. They deserve to have a press conference devoted to them. The work they are doing in one onones and the work they are doing with coach callahan, practicing different fronts and pressures and stunts, i mean they are down there working really hard, and coach callahan has a drill for just about anything t the course of the season. They still have a lot of injuries to battle. . . . . . . . . . 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