Wednesday morning. We will build a great wall along the southern border. The president set to move forward with another Campaign Promise today. Mr. Trump says he will take executive action on immigration and is expected to impact refugees and visas. Melanie alnwick is following latest from outside the white house, mel. Good morning, steve, allison a significant amount of security penning around the white house on pennsylvania avenue right if front but later today it will be another kind fence or right arm a wall people will talk about. The wall is coming President Trump in tweet last night big day planned on National Security tomorrow among many other things we will bull the wall the president is expected to make announce president ial and perhaps sign executive order at the department of Homeland Security later today. Clear priority according to whait house. Can to direct agencies and congress to commence with that work as soon as possible. It was something he promised again and again
A border wall. L. But the moves being met with met tough critics this morning. What theyre doing is likeinl just coming into our culture. Maryland principal forced to apologize to the schools the ss cheerleaders after hurling an an insult their way. Ay the comment that has them firedf up and how the students areare coming to their peers defense. And location, location, location. With the Washington Redskins bee super bowl bound right now ifuni they played elsewhere . Why virginias governor seems to seo think so. And a heart warming duet going viral. Ra the story behind this adorable father daughter duo. Te duo. Good day at 9a starts right now. We want to get to breaking n news out of northwest dc. Protesters climbing to the top t of a massive crane near the oldo Washington Post building indi in northwest dc. Rtt dc. Our Melanie Alnwick has been there on the scene. There the she joins us now with theit the mel . Reporter good morning. Morng we have more information now asa to what this
Were up there 16 hours before coming down about an hour ago. Tom roussey is live for the message they were hoping to send. Certainly the talk of this part of town all day long and into the night. Finallyago, l street reopened after being shut down the entire day. About an hour ago, the protesters came down. There is video we took ,on l 15th and 16th street. Seven greenpeace protesters finally decided the 217 foot put in the back of a police van, and taken away to apparently spend the night in jail. Its not clear what charges they will face. Very early this morning. Apparently before the construction crew got here, they scaled to the top and spent the entire day unfurling a banner that said resist that you could very easily sefr white house. Some folks applaud it with a data, others were not so happy, including members of the construction crew that lost an entire day working on this retail building. These construction guys are not happy. They lost a day of work. What do you say to them
Will be gone fast. In baltimore the county executive wants sanctuary campuses to prevent the police identifying the immigration status of students. I am protecting the students. Who again came here as children. They are but pursuing all the goals we want. If you want federal law you follow the law or ill cut the money off. The congressman heading the committee in charge of justice departmenting funding explained to full measure that the mayors are wasting their breath and time. If they refuse to change policy, they will owe us a refund of every dollar they received. State of california would have to write taxpayers a check for 1. 2 billion. Unless they reveal the sanctuary policy and that could be a costly gamble. New york risking 700 million. Los angeles 466 million. And philadelphia. It appears that Law Enforcement, medicaid, they wouldnt be affected by the cuts. But its still unclear how it would work out. On behalf of the mayors who say they and their attorneys are prepared to go t
9yearold girl. The victim came forward after watching this video about inappropriate touching. There is a line between what is appropriate and not appropriate. Police say a 10yearold girl from the same school came forward accusing a 137yearold of sexual assaulting her. With the internet and social media the school counseler lores tell us its an important forward and ask further questions. The video is shown to each grade in the Elementary School from kindergarten to fifth grade. The three steps we help them remember when they leave is to say no. Tell someone. Its never their vault. Make me feel horrible. They help the kids identify different sexual abuse and how the county wide Program Updated overthe years and its having an impact. We are able to do something. Make sure they feel as though they have a voice. In manassas, ryan hughes, abc7 news. Jonathan we have an update on the lead story from yesterday. Maryland parole board denied parole of the man convicted of the murder of board.