Thanks a lot for that. President donald trump launched into a busy first week in the white house today. It began with meetings with some of the country heise most powerful ceos and continued with signing executive orders that will down a big trade agreement. Talking about the transpacific partnership. Also on the anesthesiology today, meetings with yuan conon workers and congressional leaders. Talking about this for a long time. President trump started his first full week in office by striking a blow to the obama administrations signature trade deal. As promised, mr. Trump signed an executive order pulling the u. S. Out of the transpacific partnership. Great thing for the American Worker what we just did. Reporter mr. Trump met with business leaders. They discussed ideas for bringing manufacturing jobs back to the u. S. What sitting here instead of somebody else sitting here. I think its something im good at. Reporter he told about aguesen Union Leaders their workers will soon be very busy. You guys will be responsible for getting those built in nine months instead of 18 years. Another key event at the white house on monday was the press secretarys first formal briefing. Good afternoon, everyone. Reporter sean spicer raced reporters for the First Time Since accusing them of distorting the crowd size at fridays inauguration. He insisted if you add in tv and online viewers it was the most watched in history. I dont think theres any question that it was the largest watched inauguration ever. Reporter the president also ordered a hiring freeze in the federal work force, except the military. He vowed to slash both taxes and regulations on u. S. Companies. In response to a reporters ti said quote, our intention is never to lie to you. He then added sometimes though there can be a disagreement over the facts. Because of the controversy over inauguration crowd sizes on the wusa9 Facebook Page, were asking whether the numbers matter at all. Myra said they didnt until trump and his fragile ego made them matter. John wrote, what matters is what happened on november 8th. Brenda in maryland said i care about how many showed up about as much as i care about seeing a politicians taxes. None at all. Well be sharing more of your thoughts at 11 00 with our city your voice. The first 100 days. How do you hope the Trump Administration will improve your community. Share your thoughts right now on our Facebook Page and see what your neighbors had to say tonight at 11 00. The full senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm republican pompeo as director of the Central Intelligence agency. Republicans have accused democrats of dragging their feet on some of President Trumps cabinet nominations. You wothuld weink could agree the president needs his National Security cabinet. Were not stalling nominations. This isnt sport. This is serious stuff. We have genuine concerns about the qualifications and ethical standards of these nominees. A short time ago the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted along party lines to approve President Trumps pick for secretary of state rex tillerson. Marco rubio announced earlier today he would vote for him. During tillersons confirmation hearing rubio grilled tillerson about his business ties to russian president vladimir putin. New at 6 00, we now know the limo driver whose vehicle was vandalized and burned on Inauguration Day was a favorite driver of President Trump before the election. Shaverring him to more than a dozen different places. The company believe thats why he was attacked. Dolook at that and some other wntown businesses hit by the vandals. A Massive Group of protesters came down 12th street. One of two vandals smashed windows at the corner of 12th and new york. They hooked a left on new york and kind of swarmed down this block. Im told Police Actually started coming down 11th street. Really kind of blocking them in. They didnt have anywhere to go. The owner of sushi aoi says thats when they tried getting into his restaurant. Soon afterwards smashed right through his window. After 15 seconds i locked. You didnt do that. If i didnt do that im pretty sure they could have all came in here. It would have been a mess. It would have been a mess, yes. Show me what they did. After you lock this door then you heard the noise . I heard noise there. Imagine if someone was it sitting over there. Too early. Good thing. Good thing. A good thing this is all that happened to luis when vandals smashed windows of his limo, then set it on fire. We cannot just go and play with peoples lives. Some of those rocks could have hit him on his head. The owner says his driver was dropping people off attending the inauguration and even though hes driven for the president in the past his boss doesnt think he was targeted. He doesnt know why they were hit either. So its back to business despite the vandalism. The limo driver is back on the street too. His bosses will foot his medical bills but if if insurance doesnt come through the company is out 80,000. In northwest, delia goncalves, wusa9. Big impact there. Thank you. Dc police protesters. If they are convicted of felony rioting they face up to ten years behind bars and up to a 25,000 fine. Follower House Speaker Newt Gingrich says madonna should be arrested for what she said saturday. Madonna told the crowd she quote, thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. She said she didnt mean that literally. She was trying to express there are two ways to respond to president Donald Trumps election with hope or with outrage. Police say a man bit off another mans ear. Did you hear that . Yeah. Bit off another mans ear as they argued about President Trump. This happened earlier today in the victims apartment in pittsburgh. The victim ran to a gas station for help. He was admitted to the hospital in stable condition. Police have recovered the ear. They are searching for the ear biter. Two republican senato give states the power to keep the Affordable Care act or design their own programs. Senator Susan Collins and bill cassidy say their legislation would be a confluence of republican ideas but not a full repeal. President trump has suggested keeping parts of obamacare. Groups that oppose abortion rights have been holding rallies across the country, like this one yesterday in arkansas. Theyre marking the 44th app verse ridership of the Supreme Court decision theyd like to see overturned. Were talking roe versus wade. The decision that legalized abortion across the country. Metro will run extra trains to handle the crowds expected for an antiabortioned rights rally on the National Mall this friday. The march for life rally is expected a atrack thousands of demonstrators. Coming up, a legal victory for snapchat on whether its speed filter tempted a woman to drive too fast. Up next, re on the conditions of former president george h. W. Bush and former first heres something to smile about. Former president george h. W. Bush is out of intensive care at a houston hospital where doctors are treating him for pneumonia. Doctors say the 92yearold former president is off the ventilator. Hes been sitting up and talking and hes ready to go home. Former t today after being treated for bronchitis. A court in panama is allowing house arrest instead of jail for Manuel Noriega so he can prepare for brain surgery. The former dictator ruled panama until a u. S. Invasion ousted him from power. He had been incarcerated in the united states, france and now panama. One of the main bridges connecting pennsylvania to new jersey is closed because of a huge crack that has been discovered there. Engineers say it could be months before the Delaware River turnpike toll bridge reopens. More than 40,000 cars and trucks ride over the 60year old bridge every day. Look for posted detours if youre headed that way. Lawsuit claiming snapchats speed filter caused a woman to speed and crash into a couples car has been dismissed. A judge in georgia ruled Communications Decency act provides the social Media Company with immunity. The couple had sued snapchat and the driver back in april. They say mcgee was going 100 miles an hour while using the Snapchat Filter that displayed the users speed. The woman spun out of control and struck the couples vehicle nearly two years ago. A new England Patriots fan who gave the steelers an unexpected wakeup call faces a judge. Police search for two people who fired several shots into a Police Officers cruiser while he was sitting inside. A man hunt is on for at least two people, one of whom police say fired several shots at a Fairfax County Police Officer in great falls last night. The officer was not hurt but police need your help finding the suspects who are said to be armed and dangerous. Nikki burdine gin joins us with the latest. Reporter it started at this red light. Police say they tried to pull over the suspect here after he ran a red light. They kept on going about a half mile that way, turning. Sh vehicle which is a white four door sedan stopped briefly to allow the passenger to jump out and run. The driver sped off, turned around and drove towards the police cruiser. Firing off several shots. At least two hitting the cruiser. The Police Officer wasnt hurt but that doesnt make this crime any less serious. Anybody thats willing to shoot at a marked police car knowing its a Police Officer is a danger not only to our brave men and women of the Police Department but to each and every member of our community. Police say these suspects should be considered armed and dangerous. If you recognize that vehicle at all or saw anything suspicion in that area youre asked to call police immediately. Police are not identifying the officer just yet. They want to make sure this was not a targeted attack. A store clerk is recooperating after a violent attack over the weekend. Her attacker is now being Police Arrested james odom. On saturday investigators say he spread the food express on south frederick avenue, grabbed the clerk from behind, tried to drag her out of the store. She fought back. The suspect then tried to strangle her and throw her to the ground. You never know when some nut case is going to walk into your store or come into your house. Years ago you could leave your doors unlocked. Now you have to lock both locks and everything. You never know whats going to happen. Court documents say someone close to the suspect told police odom tried to kill the clerk because she is asian and that odoms wife who recently left him is also asian. A map charged in a deadly shooting at a texas Shopping Mall went before a judge in san antonio. Faces capital murder hospital. Hes in critical condition. He was shot by a bystander. Police say the suspects robbed a jewelry store, killed one bystander and wounded two others. You can be a fan but you cant do this. A man in boston has pleaded not guilty to charges of pulling a fire alarm and forcing the Pittsburgh Steelers out of their hotel room. 25yearold dennis harry sop pulled the alarm sunday hours before the steelers played the new England Patriots in the afc championship game. The steelers lost and harrisons Attorney Says his client is a die hard patriots fan. Thats not good. No. Crews searching for survivors of that deadly avalanche in italy have three reasons to smile today. They found three puppies alive in the rubble. Theyre optimistic that some of the 23 people still missing from last weeks disaster could also be found alive. Six people 60,000 tons of snow enventilator lopped that hotel last wednesday. 19 people are dead, Dozens Injured after a string of tornadoes tore through the southeast over the weekend. Most of them were in georgia. One twister hit the town offal bane. A Community Left reeling by another tornado that struck three weeks ago. I couldnt recognize the trailer. Thought my trailer was over there. Its right here. It came in three phases. Each phase was stronger than the prior phase. The last one had a tornado that was on the ground for over an hour. Tonight 19 georgia counties are under a state of emergency. The search and rescue operations still underway. Authorities warn that death toll could rise. Rain has caused severe flooding, mud slides have washed away cars and trucks. The rescue teams have pulled several people forecasters calling for more rain. We have rain here. Some of us had snow today. True noreaster. Hard to believe redidnt have enough cold air like last year. Wasnt quite like last years blizzard. This is snow falling in west virginia. Temps are above freezing. Little bit of sleet mixed in with the snow. Little bit of snow. Thats all we need. Nobody is missing it either. Everybody remembers a year ago. It can snow on the grass, not on the street. Three degree guarantee. High of 50 today. I think were at 51. I think were okay. That was a midnight temperature. Smart to do that. Temps fell throughout the day. Live look outside. Its down to 41 right now. Dew points fag gusting to 26. Wind advisory has be canceled. Most of the activity in terms of showers right around Fairfax County and also up into montgomery county. If you look carefully, little mixture here out toward brunswick. Route 9 on the way to charlestown. Nothing heavy. Temperatures still above freezing. Little bit of sprinkles out toward upper sections of montgomery county. Also frederick county. Thurston could have a sprinkle. Temps above freezing. No problems. So wind advisory east until 7 00. Gusts up to 40 there. Gusts up to 30 for us. Keep a shower tomorrow morning. Windy and wonderful on wednesday. 60. And then morning showers on thursday. I think itll be a midnight high on thursday. We kind of go back to winter after maybe some snow showers out to the west. In the morning, some of the roads will be damp. Shouldnt a huge problem tomorrow morning. Lot of clouds. Temperatures still 44 downtown. 40 in bwi. By 9 00, 43 in manassas. Some breaks in the clouds by afternoon temperatures. Well get near 50 downtown. Holding the 40s in the burbs. Kind of like a march day tomorrow. Low to mid40s to start. Up to 50 by 1 00. Then we get into wednesday. Windy and warmer. 60. Morning showers on thursday. Temperatures fall after a high temp. About 53 at midnight. Friday were in the 30s. Saturday were in the 30s. Sunday were in the 30s. Maybe some snow showers on monday with highs only around 30. Coming up, another member, there he is. Another member of the burgundy and gold this is one gorgeous truck. Special edition. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres 5. Aaaahh ooohh uh holy mackerel. Wow. Nice. Strength and style. Favorite . laughter come home with me trade up to the silverado all star edition and get an average total value of eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars when you find your tag. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Did you know slow internet can actu hallyold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. 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Linebackers coach steps up to be defensive coordinator. Both coaches have been coordinators before. Kavanaugh most recently with the steelers. Well see if they can turn this thing around. Pulling for the falcons. You . Patriots. Get on the band wagon. Sorry. I guess ill i feel conflicted. You know. I wanted the packers to win. I dont know. Pick captioning sponsored by cbs
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