Turkeys president erdogan has been ramping up the rhetoric in relation to the military personnel accused of complicity erdogan has said it is simply inexcusable to give shelter to what he calls terrorist soldiers. Stewart all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff good evening and happy new year. Were going to have some guests joining me here at the newshour anchor desk in the coming weeks. Tonight, its alison stewart, who many of you recognize from the weekend newshour. Welcome, alison. In our lead story, the 115th congress is officially off and running, but House Republicans stumbled out of the gate on this opening day. Lisa
Turkeys president erdogan has been ramping up the rhetoric in relation to the military personnel accused of complicity erdogan has said it is simply inexcusable to give shelter to what he calls terrorist soldiers. Stewart all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff good evening and happy new year. Were going to have some guests joining me here at the newshour anchor desk in the coming weeks. Tonight, its alison stewart, who many of you recognize from the weekend newshour. Welcome, alison. In our lead story, the 115th congress is officially off and running, but House Republicans stumbled out of the gate on this opening day. Lisa
Glor good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jeff glor. The new congress was sworn in today with republicans again in control of both the houses. But first there was a fire to put out. It started when House Republicans attempted to weaken an ethics panel over the objections of their own leaders, and it turns out the president elect. Conditional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Do you solemnly swear. Reporter the first controversy of the 115th congress came even before members were sworn in. House republicans voted to gut the office of congressional ethics only to reverse themselves 19 hours later in the face of bipartisan condemnation. Virginia republican dave brat. Part of it is the headlines were we were backing off on ethics. Thats not a good headline. Reporter the white house called it revealing. Thats not draining the swamp. Reporter the final straw came in the form of a social media tweet from donald trump, who usualed the party to focus on tax reform, health care an
Zaremba had just returned home from a new years eve party. The mother heard a disturbance and went in her bedroom and saw her daughter struggled with a masked armed person that turned out to be crizer. So far there is no link between the suspect and the victim except they went to the same school and live in the same neighborhood. There is evidence regarding two previously robberies in the neighborhood including the gun used in the latest crime. The burglaries had been reported. In fact, the Police Department released them publicly on the daily crime bulletin but they werent linked to the suspect until after the homicide when they went to his home and Found Property from the burglaries. Richard now just moments ago, the family of the young girl released a s they say they are grateful for the outpouring of support, that they are overwhelmed by the prayers and tributes. They are now asking for privacy. We are hearing very different versions of events here regarding this young man crizer.
Cruising around looking for places to rob . The family issued a statement saying they are grateful for support and the prayers and they are asking for privacy. Larry a Prince Georges County Police Officer is recovering after a man driving a stolen s. U. V. Crashed into three miscruisers and nine other cars. This happened before 2 00 this morning on benning road near 137th street in northeast d. C. The officer was in the arizona and not pursuing the vehicle. 25yearold burrwell was arrested and faces array of charges including assault on Police Officers. Sign up for breaking news text alerts from abc7 news at wjla. Com. Alison on the hill today, larry, the 115th congress was sworn in to office, but the flipflopping and the debate started before anyone took an oath. Karenkaren travers karen what happened today . 2017, three days into it and a new dynamic in washington. But also a day with a lot of drama. They are making a move for an Oversight Committee but that is not in line with trumps