Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 1100 20150123 : compareme

Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 1100 20150123



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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> standing room only, this after two deadly shootings and a local community just days apart. >> the residents say the police presence does not exist. roz plater is live at d.c. police headquarters with the story. what else did they tell you? >> yes, they want to see more please, more often, but they say they have to find a way to teach kids in the community how to settle a beef without a gun. standing room only as the congress heights community came together to hash out problems -- >> guns, guns, trying to figure out how they get on the streets. >> and the ways they think the police can help. >> more police presence. >> the meeting comes on the heels of a shooting thursday and two homicides just days apart. 17-year-old philip jones gunned down last week, and 23-year-old kevin nolan's on martin luther king day. >> stop the violence. we need peace in the streets. >> organizers use the discussion to prompt more involbut even they were surprised by the turnout. >> people have become desensitized to the violence. with this overflow crowd, we are seeing that people are not going to start this new year with this issue. >> this mother says that no. should have to walk in her shoes. >> may be of this would have happened. i'm not the only person who feels the way i feel. i feel horrible. >> they are hoping this meeting will be a springboard to a coalition to work on the solution. one person said, listen, we need long-term solutions. this problem did not start overnight and it will not be fixed overnight. roz plater, abc 7 news. >> this just in from prince george's county, where there is new information about a homicide in laurel. the victim was found on an imperial drive just a four 4:00 this afternoon. the victim was shot. officers need your help investigating the deadly shooting. if you have information, contact prince george's county police. >> developing news from the middle east, where one of the united states' top allies, saudi arabia's king abdullah has died. he was 90 years old. in his conservative kingdom, he was seen as a reformer. he ruled that women would be allowed to vote in 2015 and also helped in the fight against al qaeda. king abdullah was admitted to the hospital several weeks ago for treatment of pneumonia. president obama said, "i always valued king abdullah's perspective and appreciated are genuine and warm friendship." he will be succeeded by his brother. >> a woman was emptying the dishwasher when she turned and saw a man with a gun. tonight, she shares the terrifying story with us and says the fact the criminal is still on the loose highlights a bigger problem. tom roussey is live in the newsroom with more. >> that pair problem involves location. this is the loudoun county -fairfax county line. the woman lives right here. this is an area that is in loudoun county, but you cannot get to it by road from all of these parts. the only way to get to it is seneca road, which is a fairfax county road. residents say that for years that has affected the police and fire service, and they think it happened again monday. >> just emptying the dishwasher. >> caroline suddenly noticed a man beside her. >> his face was completely covered in black with two slits and he was holding a gun. >> she screamed, her husband ran in, and the man demanded money. caroline tried to sneak out. >> he said let's go upstairs and go through the jewelry box. >> she instead gave him jewelry that she was wearing. >> he was stuffing it in his pockets and iran. the man who had gotten in through the garage door stall more from her husband, alex, and got away. she believes that the police response was hampered by her position near the county line. about a dozen concerned residents talk to fairfax and loudoun county officers about this issue. >> we want the best for everybody involved. >> the police and fire officials say they are working on a gate that will automatically open to get them to the neighborhood faster from loudoun county. the sheriff's office says that it in fairfax county work well together and if a call comes into one, they can ask the other for help. but a supervisor has to approve it. >> it's an emergency life-and-death. >> neighbors living here said they once waited 45 minutes for paramedics when their son was in shock. in caroline's case, she said she waited 20 minutes and the loudoun county sheriff's office said they were in the home -- in the neighborhood in eight minutes, but they don't immediately run to the home. tom roussey, abc 7 news. >> in annapolis, two more bodies were found two remain missing in the rubble of the home destroyed by fire monday morning. don pyle and his wife, sandy, and their four grandchildren are believed to have been in the home at the time. relatives and neighbors are in shock. >> it has been not knowing 100% the closure. had to bring a flower, a ravens helmet. they were ravens fans. >> the identities of the four bodies have not been released. a specialist from the atf is assisting in the investigation and the massive fire. tonight, the fire at a new jersey apartment complex is finally out. more than a thousand people from the complex are now homeless. governor chris christie is promising help. the missions are flooding in. the fire began wednesday afternoon when workers were repairing plumbing. >> promising change one week after the deadly incident at the l'enfant plaza station. the list of 10 changes are met to improve safety. number one on the list, a plan to have train operators cut the air intake as soon as cars are stopped in smoke. yesterday was a field that fans meant to push smoke from train cars actually pulled the smoke inside. these changes are moving into place as the investigation is far from over. senator barbara mikulski and other members of congress are pushing for answers tonight. >> we are not going to let this issue go. we want safety. >> metro announced changes to its communication's plan and the scheduling of emergency drills. other suggestions are tied to installing new smoke detectors protection for the electrified third rail, and emergency signage. those options will be studied in the next month. >> we have some changes coming with the weather, monitoring the potential of winter weather moving in this weekend. devon lucy is here now with a first look. >> this has been a week full of these systems. nothing real major. tonight, the temperatures falling quickly. some areas already in the 20's. near freezing dulles manassas 30, upper 30's in washington. the ay forecast, at the bus stop in the morning, bundle up. the wind will not be that strong. it will be a cold morning, just a cool afternoon. the bigger picture, this is what we are tracking. it is over texas right now, the rain ahead of it, heading our way. i will let you know when it arrives in what we will get in the complete forecast coming up. >> is a man charged with murdering three people in alexandria fit to stand trial? a judge ordered a competency evaluation today for charles severance to find that answer. in the courtroom severance interrupted proceedings two times, one time saying that his defense attorney does not represent him. severance is a kill -- is accused of killing nancy dunning and two others. this is the second psychological evaluation ordered for severance full he refuse the interview in the first one. in montgomery county the driver who hit and killed a 13-year-old girl near a soccer field will spend 60 days in jail. vazquez was behind the wheel when she was hit and killed in silver spring in july. task is did not have a maryland drivers license where learners permit -- vasquez did not have a maryland drivers license or learners permit and she gave it a arful apology in court today. >> a fairfax county employee was accused of sexually assaulting a child in falls church. the charges against him are not connected with any of the students or his work at fairfax county schools. he was hired by the school system in 2003 as a computer instructor at edison academy in alexandria. the time he passed a criminal background check. the charges stem from an alleged incident at a home in a manassas between 2004 and 2010, with the alleged victim a family member. >> thousands flooded the streets in the annual march for life rally to protest abortion. pro-abortion rights demonstrators gathered outside of the high court. the demonstrations took place as congressional leaders canceled a vote that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and instead improved a -- instead approved a watered-down bill ending federal funding for abortion. >> republican maryland governor larry hogan spent his first days in office trying to fix the budget shortfall. he said his plan would close the $ 750 million budget gap. >> we will stop spending more than we taken without laying off workers and while fully funding education and all of our other essential priorities. >> there are a lot of issues we have concerns with. state employees, education, and health care usually take the brunt of the hits. >> governor hogan's budget kicks in next october. >> the royal family is on the defensive tonight. >> what prince andrew is staying -- is saying about the scandal. >> and did tom brady know are not? >> britain's prince andrew is speaking out for the first time, denying allegations that he had sex with an underage teenager in 2001. u.s. lawyers representing the woman filed papers today saying that he needs to respond under a. buckingham palace denies the allegations. >> the patriots star quarterback was hoping to spend the week before the super bowl concentrating on the game. now they are tied up in the scandal known as deflate-gate. both tom brady and his coach say they do not let the balls' air out themselves, so who did? tom brady is not known as a scramble around the field, but -- >> i had no knowledge of any wrongdoing. >> he maneuvered his way around all blame for deflate-gate. >> i would never do anything to break the rules. >> reporters repeatedly questioned him over how he failed to notice that 11 of the 12 foot balls that he used to beat the colts were underinflated. >> i have no thought of the football at that point. >> the nfl says that somebody tampered with them. >> there is not one equipment managementr or ball boy he would take it upon themselves to deflate the ball to psi unless the starting quarterback new about it. >> experts say the only time it could have been deflated was in the final minutes before kickoff or during the game, on the sidelines. we found out just how fast that can be done. >> just like that, 3, 4 seconds. >> the nfl is apparently in no hurry to question tom brady. he says they have not asked about the flight-gate, so for now he is pumped up for super sunday. the nfl told abc news it is not commenting on the details of the review. so the story will go on. >> it's not over. and plenty of silly names for this deflate, gate. let's move on to the weather because we have several systems headed our way? >> the next one could hit late tomorrow, the next one on its heels. these are fairly minimal impact. the wide view, winter storm watches. if we have a winter storm watch it means it's possible winter weather. it can go to winter storm status within a day or two. with the advisories in the mountains, we have winter storm warnings were it has snowed in el paso, texas, and even new mexico. i don't see a winter storm watch . that is one thing to note. this next system is a coastal, strong in nature. longer duration, but it will be mixed. the entire viewing area, i don't see pure snow for any way and -- for anyone, i have a mix of precipitation type. the upper-level storm over texas, the developing pressure over the gulf. that will be tracking our way and that is the coastal system. the low pressure will be here. this is the rain, sleet, snow mixture. this is a pure mess over thon, beginning tomorrow night. mainly overnight into saturday. not until we get till tomorrow by the afternoon, 40 degrees. the onset of preecip, the latest data says after 3:00 this could be rain moving in. as futurecast shows, this is the washington metro, cool enough for some snow, even some sleet pellets, showing up as mixed precipitation. overnight saturday into sunday, i think it is mainly a rain event for much of the washington metro, east of the catoctin's and the blue ridge. the next transition, morning our saturday, possibly some snow. i think there will be little or no accumulation. overnight friday, saturday is the main event. one close look at some of the details of the forecast, our by our. we get precipitation, still signs are putting at washington being mainly a rain event, into the early morning hours. >> ok, so not terrible. thank you. >> and good news for the wizards tonight? >> john wall averaging about 20 and 10. john wall representing the wizards in new york as a starter for the all-star team. sports is coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local to go to dealers. >> a top 25 matchup for the terps on the road against indiana, the ohio state. it was actually a game. jake layman on the defensive end, gets the steal, throws it down with authority. the terps leading by 3 -- trailing by three at the half. lf, launches from the top of the key. indiana up by 11. he finished with 24 points, a career high. indiana upsets maryland, 89-70. acc, uva-georgia tech. second half, virginia up by 21. malcolm brogdon with the nasty reverse. uva is still undefeated on the season, 18-0. they win big-time, 57-28. george washington on the road at fordham. the second half, the colonials up big time. blows the dunk, gw won the run pushing ahead. he finished with 16. gw wins by 20 79-59. we knew that john wall would be an all-star this year, not sure that he would start for the east. this year he has led all eastern conference guards and voting. joining wall and the starting five will be lebron james, carmelo anthony, kyle lowry and pau gasol. the last wizard to start in all-star game was gilbert arenas . maryland women's hoops, the terps on the run. check out the ball movement. the touch pass, the bucket. terps wnin 85-66. today, both bill belichick and quarterback tom brady met with the media to talk about if late--- to talk about deflate-ga te. bill belichick says he has never spoken to anyone about ball inflation his entire coaching career. tom brady said he would never do anything to break the rules. he checks out the football before the game, after that he does not want anybody tampering with them. a lot of analyst said he was not truthful. >> i'm not a conspiracy theorist. you know, i don't know what happened. i don't know what to say. i have no explanation for it. i don't know what happened. until monday morning, i had no idea what happened with the balls. >> kobe bryant could be calling it quits after this season. he suffered a torn rotator cuff last night against the pelicans. he will be examined tomorrow. >> can you explain why they did their press conferences in front of those signs? >> that does make it worse. >> they are really innocent now. >> a mother, daughter, and newborn now fac >> it was a special delivery for the fleishman family in california. the same doctor who delivered mom and dad two decades later delivered their newborn. he had delivered more than 10,000 baby since his first delivery in 1968, but never before has he delivered mom, dad, and their baby. he says he plans to retire in the next year and a half. the family is aware and hope that he will deliver their second baby before then. he's like a member of the family. >> i think when you start delivering grandkids, it's time to retire. >> the changes i've seen coming in may be a little earlier with the precipitation, after 4:00 until 8:00. sleet and snow but it's light. it will and the early morning hours of saturday. jacqui jeras tomorrow morning will track this. ♪ dickey: from hollywood it's captions paid for by abc, inc. 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