The crowd behind me. But lets get on up there to show you that banner, its huge. 70foot by 35foot and as you said in big litters it says resist. Worth noting the banner is facing directly towards the white house and that was of course intentional. The activists tell us they are doing this to resist quote trumps attacks on environmental and social and economical justice, as for passerby they had mixed thoughts. Take a listen. I think its commendsable. I dont think trump is really going to care that much. But more power to them. Yeah way to go. At that point not right to what not the right way to do it. Its wrong for business. Its going to be closed for one day. Theyre going to have some Police Officers waiting for them. Its going to be rough for them when they come down but i think its awesome. Reporter all right, so one other big issue here has been traffic all morning. There are closures on l street between 16th and 15th and also 15th street is street and l street. As for when this will end, green peace is prepared to stay here throughout the morning. Reporting here at 16th street. Evan koslof, wusa9. Thank you evan. And the protest is getting a lot of attention on social media. Jonathan tweets for everyone who is struggling to cope with how horrible the last two days have been, these protestors offer hope. Resist green peace. Jennifer was able to see the whole thing unfold and she took picture and writes from my office window, re cyst green peace protest the pipeline, one of the reasons i love working in d. C. And finally, danny tweets, resist each and every day. Do not let this socalled president turn back decades of progress. So what do you think . Did the protest do more harm than good . Log on the any of the wusa9 to any of the wusa9 social media pages and join the conversation. President donald trump taking tough ti the president is signing executive orders that will place a temporary ban on specific groups of refugees and taking measures aimed at tightening border security. As weijia jiang reports, the president also plans to launch a Major Investigation into voter fraud he says cost him the popular vote. Reporter President Trump says he will sign executive actions to fulfill a now Famous Campaign promise. We will build a great, great wall. Reporter federal law has authorized a border wall along the u. S. mexico border since 2006 but congress has never funded it. President trump insists mexico will pay for the wall and mexico says thats not going to happen. Also on the docket today, a trip to the department of Homeland Security to tighten up immigration policies for people coming from countries known to harbor terrorists. During a meeting with congressional leaders here at the white house this week, President Trump claimed he lost the three to five million illegal votes for hillary clinton. This morning, the president tweeted i will be asking for a Major Investigation into voter fraud. We will strengthen up voting procedures. Thats just not true. It needs to stop. Reporter on the hill democrats and republicans refuted the president s claims. Were talking about a man who won the election. And seems to be obsessed the idea that he could not have possibly lost the popular vote without cheating and fraud. Reporter the association of state officials who run elections told cbs news, we are not aware of any evidence that supports the voter fraud claims made by President Trump. Weijia jiang, cbs news the white house. Any investigation into voter fraud would likely be carried out by the department of justice. Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions testified during confirmation hearings that he is unaware of widespread voter fraud during the election but believes President Trump says he will name his pick to become the next Supreme Court justice next thursday. The president is said to have narrowed down the field to throe federal Appeals Court judges, they are candidates to fill the seat held by the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia who died last february. Sources tell cbs news that the current front runner is denver based judge neil gorsch and also in consideration, pennsylvania based judge Thomas Hardeman and alabama based judge william pryor. A high level secret Service Agent is under investigation after suggesting on social media that she would not take a bullet for president donald trump. There are concerns special agent carrie o gradys sentiments could impact the agencys relationship with the new administration. Officials are taking appropriate action but wouldnt explain what measures were being taken. O grady who leads the secret Services Denver district supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in novembers president ial ect milestone this morning. Youre looking live at the dow. It broke through the 20,000 mark on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time ever. Stocks especially in the Financial Sector have trended higher since trumps election. President trump is promised market friendly tax cuts deregulation and infrastructure spending. And taking a look at the dow right now, its standing at 20,054 and a third. And my, what a beautiful week this week. Is this the best were going to see for the week melissa . Unfortunately it is. If you like warm weather, but if you like cold weather, then theres a treat for you in store for us this weekend. But today i think is the best day of the workweek. I mean weve got sunshine. It is crisp. Its warming though outside. This is that day where you can eat your lunch outside. Or right after you get off work take a nice walk. Because by the wed lot more like wintertime outside. The 54 degrees right now and light winds from the south 8 minute and continuing to Miles Per Hour and continuing to bump up the temperatures and they are significantly warmer than yesterday. 55 leesburg and 55 also in frederick and mid 50s for waldorf and temperatures running in the order of 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. Now you can see the warm air, it does stretch to our south and west a bit. But there is colder air that is lurking back behind it. Look at the temperature difference, 54 here in d. C. And 59 in louisville. Then out towards chicago in the 40s and 30s minneapolis and teens in pierre, guess what . That cold air is marching eastward and will be pushing in our direction just in time for your weekend. But the rest of today enjoy it. We continue climbing to the mid and upper 50s and talk about the though that colder air arriving for the weekend. What that means for outdoor plans you already planned for the weekend coming up in just a bit and if youre heading out the door gh day forecast as well as the futuretrack always available on the free wusa9 app. Thank you. At least one person is dead after a fiery crash involving several vehicles in frederick, maryland. Sky 9 is over the westbound lanes of i70 where the crash happened earlier this morning. Police are asking drivers to find alternate routes around the crash site. Authorities have not released the victims name. Right now, they are busy investigating just how this crash happened. Sky 9 was also over the scene in college park where a Freight Train struck and killed someone on the tracks this morning. First responders rushed to calvert road near columbia avenue to find where the collision happened. The victim was killed instantly. The incident did cause some Commuter Rail delays. A 9yearold girl and her older brother in Howard County are using their love for art and animals to make a big difference in Ellicott City. Amanda wan started a tshirt project to raise donations not just for people, but pets that were deedily floods. As mikea turner reports the project has been a hit and donations are growing. Reporter when violent flood waters turned Ellicott Citys main street into a raging river last july. 9yearold amanda wong wasnt just worried about the people in danger but the areas wildlife and house pets too. When i heard about the Ellicott City flooding, i was i was thinking what about the animals that got hurt . Reporter thats all she could think about. Knowing some people had no choice but to leave everything behind. Including pets. I really love animals. And like i felt really sad for them. So like i started drawing some of these animal tshirts. Reporter she came up with the idea about a month after the flood and all part of a larger plan to help the community bounce back. Her older brother arthur loves the draw. We have the design that we drew. Reporter and helps her with each design. Theres seven of them. Its like an owl that we drew. Reporter inspired original pictures online, they improvised their sketches using them to trace on bright colored tshirts. We would like write a message. Reporter each going for the price of 15, the two set a goal to raise 1,000 to donate to the Ellicott City partnership. A nonprofit dedicated to restoring the historic area. Just recently, they exceeded their goal racing 1,000 raising 1,026. Just over 500 has already been submitted. Every penny goes back to the to the people affected by the floods. Reporter thats executive director Maureen Smith who says Recovery Efforts are on the fast track because of people like amanda and arthur. Shed a mare mires admires their concern for animals and made sure every time they donate and will donate will help pets. There are many people who couldnt get back to the house to get the animals medication or their food or anything like that and we were able to give gift cards to everybody through this fund. And that amanda and arthur have raised money for. Reporter tshirts and donations th amanda and now a growing team of other kids in Howard County are proud to make a difference with in their community. Reporting from Howard County, mikea turner, wusa9. Maureen smith says no reports have come in of lost or killed mets from the flood. On main street more than one million 1 million in grants have been handed out to get businesses going again in Ellicott City. See how an oscar nominated movie about three brilliant black women is inspiring a new generation. And were continuing to follow that green peace protest that shut down several streets in northwest washington. Well be back. Welcome back to wusa9. Now back to our top story. The green peace protest that is taking place hundreds of feet in the air atop a construction crane. Evan koslof joins us from 16th street northwest at l street with new information. Reporter well, yeah were still here. Were following this and again lets jump up to the sign. Again it says resist and pointing towards the white house, trying to send a message to donald trump. Right now were counting probably about five people up there. You can see one of them is dangling down. Then in the top left, theres somebody in a red jacket whos moving a little bit towards the towards the end of the crane there. Again, they say theyre going to be there throughout the morning. So theres not really timetable about when theyre leaving. In the meantime, police are waiting down below. You can be sure theyre going to be arrested when they get down. And down here, theres just a lot of people who are taking video and taken photos of this. Again, this is a big banner, 70 foot by 35foot. Its pointing towards the white house. As soon as when they do come down, well be sure to let you know. Reporting here along 16th street, evan koslof, wusa9. [ sound of gunfire ] at least 15 people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed into the gates of a hotel in somalias capital. Frequented by government officials. Dozens more were hurt by flying debris. Somalias home grown Islamic Extremist Group alshabaab has claimed responsibility. Its almost hard to believe that no one was hurt in this factory explosion in western ecuador. The blast leveled three sheds and sent a gigantic fireball hundreds of feet into the air. Fire crews quickly put out the blaze and now theyre working the find out what sparked to find out what sparked the explosion. A Federal Express truck driver was nearly killed when a train slammed into his trailer in utah. The driver says the Railroad Crossing gates did not come down until after the crash. The trucks trailer was blown to bits sending boxes flying everywhere. A dash port camera from a Police Cruiser captured yesterdays very close call. The driver suffered minor injuries and no one on the train was inspiring. Now some local students will get a chance to see the oscar nominated film Hidden Figures for free, its all thanks to a group of women who raised thousands of dallas for movie dollars for movie tickets. The movie features three africanamerican women who were instrumental in nasa in the 19 60s can 70s, the women whose accomplishments were mostly hidden until now are inspiring people everywhere with their story. Reporter sixth grader betsy loves math. Want to be an accountant when im a grown up. Reporter minority women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math. Awesome. Multiples of three reporter mrs. Powers a teacher at Center City Public Charter school in brightwood in the district 3, 6, 9. Reporter wants to change that. So shes moving a lesson out of the classroom into the movie theater. Think you can different frame for the data . Algorithm . Yes, sir. I prefer it over euclidian coordinates. Reporter it tells the hidden story of the black female mathematicians at nasa. John glenn. What do you ladies do for nasa . Engineer. I am just like that would be so great if i could take my kids. Reporter but the cost for all the tickets would have been too much for the school or the individual families. But online, she found a local group that had raised over 8,000 to send low income kids to see the movie. See themselves in the characters that theyre seeing. We can do the work. Just on our way to work at nasa. Reporter mrs. Powers hopes the this movie inspires her students to blast off. Nasa isnt giving up on. Reporter and know there are no boundaries to accomplishing their dreams. I want to be a lawyer. I want to be a lawyer. A gymnast and an artist. Important message in this story isth obstacles, throughout segregation, throughout jim crow and throughout the discrimination sexism, these women did not allow that to stifle them. Reporter hilary lane, wusa9. The women who raised the money are part of a group called hear me code. They offer free coding for girls in the area and we have more information on our website. Wusa9. Com. Really inspiring movie. We saw how weather played such a big role in all of the launches of the mercury aircraft and right through until the shuttles. I love that they are taking all of these young girls to see this movie because if you have a young girl at home, ill tell this to every school visit i to go to. You can be whatever you want even if your mom doesnt matter, you know, if youre a first generation that might go to college. You can do whatever you want. You just have to put your mind to it. Absolutely. So lets put our minds on the weather forecast. As much as i love that movie and so excited for its potential at the oscars this year. Well, weather fore great today. This weekend though, everybody already planning their weekend activities . And unfortunately, its going to be turning a lot more winter like outside. So soak up the sunshine enjoy it. It really is just spectacular right now. 54 climbing to the upper 50s today and heres a quick look at the day planner, again a beautiful wednesday afternoon. But were talking about a pattern change. This is the focus of the forecast towards the weekend. Right now its warm. But up to our north and west, this is cold and even colder air that weve been talking about and finally, after seeing some mild temperatures for several days, were going to see this pattern shift. So a dip in the jet stream and here comes the colder air, this is going to be heading in this direction. Already by the end of the workweek. But it lasts all the way through the weekend and into the beginning of next week. So even if you have the short sleeves out for this afternoon, sunglasses, its going to be getting a lot colder and were already seeing the cold front of the beginning of this cold air arrive just to our west. This is a cold front, this will bring some swe behind that cold front is the colder air. Lets time all this out on your futurecast. Because it will be some showers around before the cold air arrives. Its still sunny at 4 00 p. M. Today but as we roll futurecast into the overnight hours increasing clouds and after midnight through early tomorrow morning. About 7 00 a. M. , i am forecasting for just a few isolated showers. You are heading your commute into work rather tomorrow morning, 6 00 a. M. On futurecast, few showers possible mainly east and along i95. Then well see the showers clearing out and we get some sunshine in here tomorrow. But the winds pick up and the winds picking upstart to usher in the up, start to urner in the colder air. 59 degrees today and tomorrow technically we make it to 53. However with the gusty winds, it will feel like its in the low and mid 40s tomorrow afternoon. Then the temperatures just tank below average. 42 for friday. With some flurries around especially north of the city. Well be around 40 for saturday and for sunday. And will be colder than the actual temperatures out there. So for your friday evening plans, its already by 5 00 p. M. Going to be feeling like its below freezing. Roll the clock forward into your frill night. 28 degrees at 11 00 p. M. And saturday morning it will feel like its in the low 20s. So its going to be turning a lot colder just in time for the weekend. Quick look at that weekend forecast. 40 for both saturday and for sunday. Today 59 degrees. Before the colder air arrives. Couple more flurries around on monday. Well start to turn the corner upwards on tuesday. Theres more wusa9 news at noon after this. A pair of beluga whales in northeast china have been using their newly learned tricks to wish visitors a happy chine new year. The two whales mira and nickola worked hard to learn them and trainers even stay whales came up with new tricks of their own. One of them was even self taught as explained by one of the trainers. Chinese new year is saturday. Were going to take a look at some of the stories were working on for wusa9 news at 5 00 when tonight on wusa9 news at 5 00, well have the very latest on the antitrump protesters beveraged atop a crane on perched atop a crane on 15th street northwest. And well introduce us to an adorable toddler who may thats it for wusa9 news at noon. Melissa and i will be back tomorrow but the next news is at 5 00. Until then, have a great day. [ captions by caption colorado, llc 8007757838 email comments captioncolorado. 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