Afternoon outside of an apartment in colesville. The questions, who committed the brutal murder and why . Leon roz plater is on the scene. Reporter they arrest stunned as everyone else, and asking what everyone else is asking, who would want to murder a world war ii veteran, especially at a place they thought he would be safe. Montgomery county outside of the Randolph Village senior complex the site where a 95yearold man was found murdered. Investigators have identified him as retired naval officer dan belvin. An extremely nice person. Reporter she has been his neighbor for decades. We feed the deer, and he was a sweet person. Im sort of taken aback by it. Reporter a friend had not heard from dan belvin for several days. The apartment manager found him dead in his apartment, stabbed multiple times. I cannot understand it. Reporter online documents show that he was a licensed pilot and Flight Instructor with his most recent certificate in 2010. He was a good pilot. He loved to fly. Repo
Of marijuana in d. C. The Council Chairman insists theres no violation. People need to realize its not a cost involved in this. Its not an Operational Program here. It may ultimately be decided by the courts. In the meantime it is popular in d. C. I think it was voted for and we should go ahead. Would you use more if its legal . I smoke it but i dont drink. Mayor bowser says she has directed the chief of police and the director of the Health Department to form a task force to monitor the implementation of Legal Marijuana in d. C. Reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford abc 7 news. Thank you sam. Legislation allowing lawmakers to regulate marijuana like alcohol is advancing in maryland marylands house of delegates. Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on the issue and its not clear when the committee would vote. The legislation would allow residents to grow Marijuana Plants and prevent up to one ounce of the drug in maryland. Alaska is now officially the
Of Going Forward to legalize small amounts of marijuana in the district. The policies take effect tomorrow. Sam ford is live in northwest with how the mayor is standing her ground. Sam . Alison leon a defiant mayor bowser stood here about an hour ago backed by eight members of the council and the d. C. Attorney general and said that in essence, despite statements from the congress, not to implement initiative 71 it will take effect at 12 01 tonight. Our government is prepared to implement and enforce initiative 71 in the district of columbia. Bowser insisted that the citys actions are legal despite claims in congress that the city is violating a law Congress Passed prohibiting the city from spending any money implementing initiative 71. Congressional republican of utah and mark meadows of North Carolina sent bowser a letter yesterday saying Congress Took clear action to stop the law suggesting she might go to jail. But punishment if the law actually took effect tonight. So i have a lot
Early in the morning when the snow falls before they make their decision as to whether to delay or close. I think we will see a lot of that in the morning. The updated winter storm warning in terms of counties charles st. Marys, calvert, stafford spotsylvania, and king george from now until noon time thursday. The district, arlington, alexandria, Montgomery County prince georges, shaded in purple, under a Winter Weather advisory. That is where we are expecting lesser amounts of snow. The moisture advancing off towards the north and east. The heaviest will remain to the south. It does not mean it will have a big impact on our area. These are projected snow for tomorrow morning, anywhere between one and three inches of snow around the capital beltway. The further south, towards richmond, heavier amounts. Towards the north, the masondixon line is where we will see the least amount. I will show you this map and give you the timeline of what to expect coming up in just a few minutes. Abc 7
In the dark blue this is heavy snow in southern arkansas, part of louisiana moving toward mississippi. This is a southern storm and its moving east, northeast. The heaviest snow will be to our south but this will get here for tomorrow morning. Actually about 3 00 to 9 00 will be the critical hours i believe with a general 1 to 2. 2 to 4 south of town. Looks like a messy morning commute on thursday. Going to be not just tough for commuters but also tough for schools in the morning. Not a lot of snow but the timing couldnt be worse. A general 1 to 2 from winchester, gaithersburg south over toward manassas. Most of prince georges county. But charles, extreme southern prince georges, this goes down to fredricksburg and quantico, extreme southern fauquier. Then you get to southern st. Marys and the Northern Neck. 4, 56 inches possible there. Theyll 5, 6 inches possible there. Theyll be closest to the storm a. Real southern storm. Were looking at a mix of sun and clouds for the afternoon. 40