Speculation. Is there something that brought him there that is perhaps relevant to our work here . There is discussion about something to you keep the location close to her chest as long as we could. We were not able to do so. That is ok. But certainly, we are considering, why there, and where there stops along the way . Another big question at this press conference, which only wrapped up half an hour ago, folks wanted to know, did he have anything to say about Hannah Grahams whereabouts . The police chief says at this point his detectives have not been able to talk with Jesse Matthew. He asked for a lawyer while he was still in charlottesville on saturday. At that point he had a right not to talk, and he invokes that. At this point, he seems to still be invoking that right, even though police want to talk to him, because they believe he has the information they need. They still dont know what has become of Hannah Graham, but we do know the search is going on on this mountain behind me. As we speak. To try to find evidence that could help solve this case. Tom roussey, abc 7 news. Thank you, tom. Major developments in this story over the 24 hours as Jesse Mathews father speaks out on the case. Fatherson, leon, the said police have the wrong. Describedhew senior them as very close, and they they enjoy watching football together. Thats what they did together the last time he saw his son a week ago. Now hes worried about his safety. E he tried to give the girl a ride home, or help her out. Man, also said, for a big he is gentle as they come. Son to turnrged his himself into police. At this point we do not know whether his family has traveled to galveston to be with him. Many of you have shared your thoughts on social media. We invite you to comment by following our Wjla Facebook page. Jay korff, abc 7 news. We will check back with you shortly. Continue to check back with abc 7 and wjla. Com for any information on the Hannah Graham case. Suzanne kennedy is in texas, talking with officials there, and she will be live in our later newscast. Abc 7 is tracking new details about a policeinvolved shooting an preserving that killed teen. Kristin sierra got into a struggle with friends after threatening to take his own life. When police arrived, there was blood any neighbor shouted sierra had a knife. Orders to drop the weapon and approach an officer, who fired shots. The officer is on administrative leave pending the report. Sierras family says they plan to pursue justice for their son. Attorney general eric holder is resigning after heading the Justice Department for six years. President obama is expected to formally announce the resignation at 4 30 today. Sam ford is live with reaction to this big shakeup. Sam . Outsideallison, we are the meeting here of the congressional black caucus. Not exactly a surprise, but a disappointment for many people who came here. Who wasold eric holder, a d. C. Superior court judge, then the first black u. S. Attorney for d. C. , then the first black attorney general of the United States. He is popular here. He had a sometimes troubled tenure during his six years as attorney general. He is the only a. G. To be censured by the house over socalled fast and furious, a thing operation that sent a legal guns to drug dealers illegal guns to drug dealers to bust them. One of his biggest supporters is d. C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes norton. He took a lot of licks for the president for fast and furious, which had nothing to do with this administration. In some respects, he was a standin for the president. He has done a lot of good, and unfortunately he kind of had a negative image from republicans in congress who did not like the initiatives he was pushing. That was one of the people attending this particular conference. A lot of republicans have long called for his resignation, but here at the congressional black caucus, which is virtually all democrats, he was extremely popular. Live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. As we mentioned, the president is expected to formally announce holders resignation at 4 30. We will bring you that live as soon as it happens. In the meantime, see if we can squeeze in a look at the weather. A rainy start to the day, and it turned into a gloomy afternoon. We have a game to worry about as well. Chief meteorologist doug hill has the word. Kind of cloudy and damp. Chilly. Definitely football weather out there. Live look at the rooftop camera, it is chilly. No flooding. The rain is beneficial, and in the wake of the storm departing new jersey, just drizzle right now. 69 at Reagan National airport. Somes the eastern shore, showers. A few patches of rain and drizzle through the evening is all we expect. Tonight, the redskins and giants pockets of drizzle and a breeze out of the north. The skies will brighten. The question is when. I dont have time to give you the answer now. I will join you in a few minutes. Weather will not keep redskins fans away from fedex field. Tonight the skins are taking on the new york giants in thursday night football. Tim brant joins us live. A game with highstakes. I said all week, they have to learn how to win again, because they are not doing that. They have to close the deal at the end of these ballgames. This is a big game tonight. There is a big difference between being 22 and 13, and these clubs know it. I want you to meet robert burton. He joins the sports staff here and wee july wjla, are excited to have him. A playoff at this year tonight. What a wonderful introduction. I love being here. I love d. C. We are excited to be here. But i dont know what to be more excited about, witnessing my first redskins game live, the beautiful weather out here, a wonderful breeze, not too much. However, one thing im not too excited about is the short work week the redskins have to endure coming off of the loss to philly. One player said he could much hates playing on thursday. He said thursday is when the bumps and bruises just start to go away and you can get ready for sunday night or monday night football. It is probably a good thing for the nfl, tv ratingwise, but for the players it sucks. To be on the spot. Were a good team. Its a good feeling to be out there, with a divisional opponent. Coming up later in the 5 00 sports, i will talk with kirk cousins on rg3. Its still his team. Thank you very much. We will check in with you later. Let me bring in horace holmes. Fans started arriving early this afternoon, lining up before the parking lot even opened to start tailgating. I think there will be an attitude adjustment taking place. The fans are getting ready for this one. They are getting ready. You wont believe how early they get here. They actually just opened up the line to get into the parking lot, so the tailgating has just begun. We are here in the law where they have lot where they have the fan buses, and these guys are firing up the grill. A couple guys over here. Come on over here and talk to me. These folks come to every single game, and depending on the team, you have a different theme the pending on who you play. Yes, sir. This week we are playing new york. We have a great spread of italian food. My buddy made some homemade meatballs he can tell you about. From scratch, family recipe, cooking them all night long. Right here we have about 90 meatballs cooked, ready. Im a proud italian, but we have to take the giants down. Oh, yeah. Also one of our good buddies is bringing some chicken parmesan pretty soon. We will be making it happen all night. Cook it up. What itill not believe looks like in some of these vans. We will take you inside at 5 00 and find out when the first fan arrived here to get here and tailgate very early this morning. I want tonow why they have a giant baby blue canopy on top of the tailgate. [laughter] this you look behind me, is the giants bus. They are equal opportunity in the parking lot. Any bus that wants to come in. They came down from new york, here to represent. I dont know if they will make it home ok, but there they are. [laughter] thank you very much. It is peaceful out here. Thank you very much. We will check in with you later as well. A big ballgame tonight. The redskins are the favorite. It will be interesting. We just want them to make it home mad. [laughter] exactly. Good news if you are going to take metrorail. Metro will stay open an additional hour. You will be able to enter the system at largo town center. Other stations will be close at normal times, but riders can exit at any station. Tonights football is part of the question of the day. We want to know, will you be watching the redskins game tonight or the season premiere of scandal here on abc 7. A lot of strong thoughts both ways, i am sure. We will share your comments later in the newscast. A man claimed his family members are trapped inside a dump truck. The rescue effort. And waiting for a News Conference to get underway from president obama, formally announcing the resignation of attorney general eric holder. Monitoring a developing story in anne arundel county, where rescue crews took fast action to say people inside a dumpster. This happened in jessup. Our bureau chief has the moments. It was an absolute moment of terror at this big transfer station just west of fort meade. Liftsster truck backs in, the tailgate, and starts pushing out trash. Out from the trash pops a man. Witnesses say he is in shorts, has no shoes on, and immediately starts digging in the garbage, saying his sisters are on board. This man says he helped with the digging. The guy did not have a place to live, living in a dumpster. I guess he fell asleep, it got him. And once you are in there, there is no way the driver can know anybody is in their. It is terrible. He said there were 14 more people buried in the trash. Firefighters set up a full on assault. The digging went on. Eventually they got through all of it and found no additional people in the trash. Still no word on why the man who did ride the trash truck here would tell such a story. Brad bell abc 7 news. Can you imagine . Well, lets switch to the weather. They changed today. What we did not get is the heavy rain. It turned out to be beneficial. Now we are just kind of dampen drizzly outamp and there tonight. 65 the high so far in berryville. Live at clark county high school. Monroe, same number. No surprise, with overcast conditions. Not much change in the temperatures. As far as what will happen the next couple hours, temperatures will hold steady. In buoy bowie. In oakland. Hes park,ches in nationals where drizzle will be the only concern tonight. Wlooks like the pattern will dry out for a few days. A trailing edge of showers is moving across the Chesapeake Bay to the eastern shore. A few patches of light wind, but mostly cloudy and damp with pockets of drizzle. That will be our forecast. 64 in gettysburg, 66 in quantico. 65 in annapolis at the moment. Some warm air to the south west. This coastal storm will move out, opening the door for High Pressure and bringing warmer temperatures back. Will we get 86 i doubt it, but we will see how close we can get. Lowtime, this area of pressure slowly moves out and we will slowly see skies brightened tomorrow. Furutre futurecast gives you a flavor of this. Clear skies approach the appellations tomorrow morning. Overnight,drizzly into the 50s with cloudy skies. That isnt bad. One damp day. We have been spoiled. From san diego to seattle in one day. We will be going back. A lot of choices for tv tonight. Gladiators across the country are getting wine and popcorn. Scandal returns tonight. The inside look on what to expect. [laughter] in on a question of the day. Will you be watching tonights redskins game or checking out scandal . Share your comments and we it has been more than five months in the making, but the night has finally arrived. The return of the abc hit which is a guilty pleasure for many of you. Scandal. A lot to catch up on and a lot expected to happy tonight happen tonight. Randy, red, superfreak, and julia. What . Dont worry, im just as confused as you are about the title of season 4, episode one. Before we recap go to the premier, lets recap the end of season three. Bid, but hisection wife hates him and his son is now dead. He was killed by olivia popes father, a murder that had to happen so he could wind presidency. B613 . Ack in charge of his wife is now in a home. At olivia pope and associates, things appear to be heating up, but he wants to know where his real family is. Where does that leave quinn . Then theres cyrus, who is just as evil as ever. Here is a preview from tonights episode. Olivia appears to be relaxing on a beach, but what we dont know if she is still with jake. We had a chance to talk to kerry washington. This is what she had to say about tonights episode. Every episode is ending with a lot of shock and awe, and its going to be a really fun ride this reason season. I can only tell you as much as i know. We are shooting episode five. But what i know so far, it is awesome. According to abcs official synopsis of episode one, everything has changed in the two months that have passed since olivia and jake boarded that primu private jet. There will be other guest actors, including portia de rossi. The show creator said season 4 will feature more of the case of the week stories we are used to. She revealed abby wayland will be featured a whole lot this season. There you go. , just one of three shows airing tonight under the direction of shonda rimes. Grays anatomy, followed by scandal at 9 00, than the new drama how to get away with murder, followed by abc 7 news at 11 00. The you see you then. Member the story of the ohio man who asked for money from kickstarter to make potato salad and made 55,000 . Hes now making good on the promise to throw a huge party. Hes planning an event called potatostock 2014. He said the party will take place this weekend in columbus featuring bands, food trucks, and of course lots of potato salad. He will use some money he raised to help charities fighting hunger and homelessness. Instill ahead, another twist the redskins name debate. How fans are responding to a broadcasters decision not to say the teams name during a game. A major break in the search for a militant shown in the videotaped killing of a journalist. And we are waiting a live announcement from president obama about the resignation of attorney general eric holder. We will bring it to you when it happens. We take you to the white house, where president obama is about to make the announcement of the resignation of attorney general eric holder. Eric holder has borne my burden. And he said he thought six weeks was a pretty good run. Agrees. E his family like me, eric married up. He and his wife, dr. Sharon malone, have been great friends to michelle and me for years. I know they are excited to get there their dad back for a while. So this is bittersweet, but with his typical dedication, eric has agreed to stay on as attorney general until i nominate a successor and that is confirmed by the senate. Which means we will have a chance to add to a proud career of public service, one that began nearly 40 years ago as a young prosecutor in the department he now runs. He was there for 12 years, taking on political corruption until president reagan named him to the bench as a judge. Later, president clinton called him back. Thetold, eric has served at justice five and under six president s of both parties. Acting attorney general at the start of george w. Bushs firstterm. He has shownt all, a deep and abiding commitment to one of our most cherished ideals as a people. That is, equal justice under the law. As younger men, eric and i both studied law, and i chosen to serve as attorney general that justicelieves is not just an abstract theory. It is a living and breathing principle. It is about how our laws interact with our daily lives, about whether we can make an honest living, whether we can provide for our families, whether we feel safe in around communities and welcomed in our own country. The words the founder set the paper to paper apply to every single one of us, not just some. Thats why i made him americas lawyer, the peoples lawyer. That comes with a big portfolio, from counterterrorism to civil rights, public corruption, whitecollar crime, alongside the incredible men and women of the Justice Department. Men and women he is proud of and will deeply miss. Eric has done a superb job. He worked sidebyside with our Intelligence Community and the department of Homeland Security to keep us safe from terrorist attacks and to counter violent extremism. On his watch, federal courts successfully prosecuted hundreds of terror cases, proving the system isnest justice capable of delivering justice to the worlds most wanted terrorist. He has rooted out corruption and violent crime. The fbi under his watch successfully took down the largest mafia takedown in american history. He has worked closely with eight and local state and local lawenforcement officials to make sure they have resources to get the job done. He managed funds to make sure that when budgets took a hit, thousands of cops were able to stay on the beat nationwide. He helped save our markets for manipulation and consumers from financial fraud. Since 2009, the Justice Department has brought more than 60 cases against financial institutions, and won some of the largest settlement in history. Billion, much of it returned to ordinary americans who were badly hurt. He has worked passionately to make sure our criminal Justice System remains the best in the world. He knows too many outdated policies, no matter how wellintentioned, perpetuate a destructive cycle in too many committees. ,o eric addressed disparities, reworked mandatory minimum and promoted alternatives to incarceration. Since i took effort office, thanks to his efforts the overall crime rate and overall incarceration rate have gone down about 10 . Thats the first time they have declined together, at the same time, in more than 40 years. Erics proudest achievement might be reinvigorating and restoring the core mission to what he calls the conscience of the building, the civil rights division. He has been relentless against attack on voting rights, because no citizen, including our service members, should have to jump through hoops to exercise the most from mental funda mental right. He challenged discriminatory Immigration Law that not only challenged legal immigrant, and ron horseman but made it harder for law enforcement. Against Human Trafficking and hate crimes, because no one in america should be afraid to walk down the street because of the color of their skin, the love in their heart, the faith they practice. He dramatically advanced the cause of native americans working closely with their communities. Several years ago he recommended our government stop defending the defense of marriage act, a decision that was vindicated by the Supreme Court and opened the door to federal recognition of samesex marriage and federal benefits for samesex couples. Pretty good track record. Erics father was an immigrant who served in the army in world war ii, only to be refused service at lunch counters in the nation he defended. But he and his wife raised their son to believe the promise was real. And that son grew up to the attorney general of the United States, and thats something. That is why eric worked so hard. Not only in my ministration, but up thisdes, to open country to more striving, dreaming kids like him. Liberty, andlife, the pursuit of happiness are made real for all of us. Kids eric, sharon and his will be free to pursue more happiness of their own. So thanks to erics efforts, will more americans. Regardless of race, religion, gender, creed, sexual orientation, or disability, they will receive equal treatment under the law. So i want to say thank you. Thank you to the men and women of the Justice Department who worked day in and day out for the American People. We could not be more grateful for every thing you have done. Not just for the ministration, but for our country. [applause] [applause] i come to this moment with very mixed emotions. Proud of what the men and women of the department of justice have accomplished over the last six years, and at the same time very sad that i will not be a formal part of the great things this department and this president will accomplish. Thank you, mr. President , for the opportunity you gave me to serve, and for giving me the greatest honor of my professional life. We have been great colleagues, but the bonds between us are much deeper than that. In good times and in bad, in things personal and things professional, you have been there for me. Im proud to call you my friend. Im also grateful for the support you have given me and the department as we have made real the visions you and i have always shared. I often think of those early talks between us about our might help to craft a more perfect union. Work remains to be done, but our list of a competent accompl ishments is real. Over the last six years, are administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents and has fought to protect the most sacred american right, the right to vote. We begin to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters and their families. We have begun to significantly reform our criminal Justice System and rethink those t hank those for the communities they protect. Faith inith kept the power of the judicial system to fairly and effectively adjudicate any cases brought before it, including those that belong involve the security of the nation we both love so dearly. We have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which commercial enterprises operate. And we have held accountable those who would harm the American People through violent means or the misuse of economic or political power. I have loved the department of justice ever since i was a young boy. I watched Robert Kennedy prove how the department can and must always be a choice force for that which is right. I hope i have done honor to the faith you have put in me, mr. President , and to the legacy of all those who has served before me. I would like to thank the Vice President , who i have known for so many years, and in whom i have found great wisdom, support, and a shared vision of what america can and should be. I want to recognize my good friend, valerie jarrett, who ive been fortunate to work with from the beginning of what started out as an improbable idealistic effort with a young senator from illinois who we were both right to believe could achieve greatness. I have had the opportunity to serve in your distinguished cabinet and work with a white house chief of staff, white house staff ably led by denis mcdonough, which has done much to make real the promise of our democracy. Each of the men and women i have come to know will be lifelong friends. Whatever my compass mince accomplishments, they could not be achieved without the support of people who are not here today. My parents, eric and miriam made menurtured me, and believe in the value of individual effort and the greatness of this nation. My time in public service, which now comes to an end, would not have been made possible without the sacrifices, too often unfai r, made by the best three kids a father could ask for. Thank you. Thank the want to woman who sacrificed the most and allowed me to follow my dreams. Shes the foundation of all our family is and the basis of all i have become. My wife sharon is the unsung hero, and she is my life partner. Thank you for all you have done. I love you. In the months ahead, i will leave the department of justice, but i will never leave work. I will continue to serve adn and try to find ways to make our nation more true to its founding ideals. I want to thank the dedicated servants who form the backbone of the United States department of justice for their tireless work and the efforts they will continue, and for the progress they have made that will outlast us all. And i want to thank you all for joining me on a journey that now moves in another direction, but that will always be guided by the pursuit of justice and aimed at the north star. Thank you. [applause] hearing, have been attorney general eric holder announcing his resignation from the white house. Saying he will never leave the work. Saying he is proud to have been there for six years. The president applauding his service, saying he worked passionately to be sure our Justice System was the best in the world. Much more on this, including reaction, and will later in our newscast. Lets look at something a lot of folks are looking forward to in four hours or so, the redskins taking the field before a national stage, facing the giants on thursday night football. Aside from the game itself, one of the men calling the game tonight is making headlines of his own. Phil simms recently reaffirmed his plan to avoid saying the Redskins Team name during the broadcast tonight. Jay korff joins us with more on how the fans are fighting back against his decision. Simms made his decision to avoid saying the name earlier this year and has seen a host of backlash from redskins fans. Change. Orge signed a petition asking cbs to ban him from calling any of the teams games. 8000 people have signed the petition. The story gained a lot of interest on social media. Here are a few of the comments. Jenny says im a native american and have been a redskins fan all of my life. It is a proud thing to have an entire professional nfl team named after your roots. Simms paid tose provide football knowledge, not inject his personal opinion which is offensive to thousands of lifetime redskins fans. Different opinions. Hes ane writes reasonable, articulate man. Kathleen says he is entitled to his opinion but is also paid to do a job, so if he is not doing his job he should be fired. Bill sims has been lead analyst for afc coverage since 1995. Sean mcmahon, the chairman of cbssports, said annabelle announcers on his network are free to use or not use the redskins name on their if they schoose choose. I should add, simms, former cornerback for the giants. We noticed that. New information to report on last month beheading of journalist james foley. The fbi announced it has identified the militant in this video showing foleys murder. In the video he is wearing a and is dressed head to toe in black, holding a knife and speaking in a british accent. Isil also videotaped other killings. That person may have been time to get tommy mcflys take as we get weather plans. Might be a good chance for you to see some attractions around town you normally dont think about. We are a spoiled bunch. D. C. ,e the museums in free to enjoy by the public. This weekend on museum day, some attractions that normally charge admission to get in open their doors wide open. Saturday we have 19 museums all around the beltway. So you have to figure out where you want to go for free. How to best spend that free day. We have suggestions from people on foursquare. Says left a comment she the National Museum of women in the arts is a great lunch spot and actually inexpensive. It is free this saturday. Matt w. Thinks the National Building museum is better than some of the free museums, and you can compare and contrast on saturday for free. Gabby said the view from the terrace of the museum is one of the most magnificent she has ever seen. You can check it out for free during museum day. If you see all three in one day, it will save you 41 for an ,adal, 27 for a an adult 27 for a kid. A list is that wjla question of to our the day. A big night on tv, burgundy and gold versus olivia pope. Strong stance on both sides. What will you be watching, the redskins game or scandal . Jay korff joins us with what has been a very divided topic. A tough one, indeed. The mostwatched sport, featuring the home team, and the season premiere of one of the mostwatched shows in the season. Waiting for the return of scandal forever. Gregory indicates, you can have dvr,cake and eat it, too, switch between skins and nats. Let us know where you stand by ing you a snow on the wjlas facebook page. Update on the american aid worker infected good news considering that third american aid worker who contracted ebola was released a nebraska hospital today. Doctors say he received an experimental drug and two blood transfusions from a friend and doctor. Youll recall that dr. Brantley was one of two americans who ebola. Sly recovered from the doctor thanked his colleague while speaking to the media today. Appreciate dr. Kent brantley, my Dear Colleague and friend, for his willingness to the way here to donate his plasma, to help in my recovery. Believe that blood transfusions help patients fight the virus, because the survivors blood carries antibodies for the disease. Abc 7 news at 5 00 starts right now. Live, from the abc 7 center, this is abc 7 news. Beautiful 18yearold college student, who has been part of our community for the last two years, is still missing. A suspect is found. The search for Hannah Graham continues in new places now. Police areere searching and where the case against Jesse Matthew heads from here. Major breaking development in this case at 5 00, and a local story thats the attention of the nation. Jesse matthew is now in police custody, thousands of miles away where Hannah Graham went missing. We are now waiting on a News Conference from galveston, texas. Appeared before a judge this morning, just hours after being arrested on a beach there. Meanwhile, back in charlottesville, police have new locations now to search in the finding Hannah Graham. We begin our Team Coverage live from charlottesville. Tom, what are Police Telling you there . Much goingison, so on in texas. As you mentioned, police up here, though, are saying theres a lot going on here as well, including, as you mentioned, new places they are searching for Hannah Graham. Me that the search is starting to move outside the city of charlottesville, where i am. And its moving to places like mountain behind me. Thats Carters Mountain right there. We know that police teams were searching today. Theyre also searching in rural Albemarle County which lies to the south of charlottesville. Thats where theyre at this point. T meanwhile, although there is still a lot to be done in the search for Hannah Graham, a lot folks are reacting tonight to the news that Jesse Matthew is in custody. Relief. Its a big idea whatsoever where she is, despite our best efforts. This afternoon, the chief for hannaharch graham is expanding south of charlottesville. Meanwhile, he says his detectives have still not been talk to the man he believes could solve the case. Okay. You have the right to change any time. At Jesse Matthew had his First Court Appearance in galveston county, texas, where he refused a courtappointed attorney. He has already retained an attorney in charlottesville. When he was found yesterday, i think that gave us all release. Students we talked to were stunned to learn Jesse Matthew 1300 miles away. The first thing that came to mind is he was on the run and to mexicong to head or cross the across the border. Thigh are reporting they reporting that that is a although they say he planned to camp on the beach for a while. This guy would not be halfway across the country if he didnt have something he was trying to keep cops. Rom the and the police chief, during the press conference this was aedn,