Some progress. You can see what is or what was the whole, and they have worked to fill it in, and now they are waiting for the asphalt to come and cover it over and finish up the work, but it was a huge, huge problem when it opened up this morning for rushhour traffic. Rushhourt what commuters wanted to see this morning. Looking at the pothole, it did not look all of that big, actually, but big enough to do damage. Single, pothole but a and it grew to five feet long and 10 feet wide, and crews shut thatthe southbound, and caused huge backups. And a bad situation got worse for colleen. She got stuck while making a uturn and had to have her car pulled out. Throughout the entire day, access to the southbound lanes was closed down and caused huge confusion. Did you hear about the sinkhole . No. Completely turned around trying to make it. Southbound is blocked. So what to do . Meantime, by midafternoon, workers came in with a dump truck. , digging a hole and making repairs. Said the National Transportation safety board engineers are out here, and the crew says they will have all of this paved over and finished somewhere between 9 30 and 10 00 tonight. Coming up a little bit later on in this broadcast, we will look at when the southbound lanes will be reopened. Will be back later on in the broadcast to give you an update. We are live from the gw parkway, horace holmes. Thank you, horace. The weather has not helped the process of repairing the sinkhole, and chief meteorologist kill tells us how much longer we can expect it to rain. It is drizzling out there, but steadier rain around 9 00 or 10 00, and lets get you started with a look at the Winter Weather advisory that continues in effect for frederick county, maryland, and across. This goes into 1 00 tomorrow morning. Color seeing some paint with the snowmachine some p in color, and that is moving our direction, and there may be some fault along with it. 34 in gaithersburg and cumberland, 38 in the nations capital, really colder than this time yesterday. We will see temperatures hold between 34 and 38 this evening, and then as we head into the overnight, temperatures may rise a degree or two with some drizzle, and maybe some fog, as well. Tomorrow, i for will happily share those details in just a few minutes. Ok, you got it, doug. A woman wasime, found brutally stabbed to death in a secure building at the White Flint Metro station off old georgetown road. They are calling the investigation closable. Crimelewis is live at the scene. Kevin, what is the latest . Really caught a lot of residents here by surprise, it does this happen in one of the most fit and save the zip codes in montgomery county. You can also see a bunch of high Rise Apartments and condominiums, and there is a marriott hotel, and through that all is a rockville pike, one of the busiest areas in montgomery county. We will take you back to the condominium complex where that murder took place, and at this hour, detectives and crime scene people are still there, try to figure out how and why this woman was stabbed to death. A frantic 911 call led police to a grisly scene at the condominiums in north bethesda. He said he is a service worker. He wanted to check on a client in an apartment. And then the subject was lying on the floor with a knife in the back. That is really this is a good neighborhood. While. Wow. Professionalsof and budding families and is also very secure. It is a nice area. Values,e high property and that tends to be abnormal. But investigators have not identified the stabbing victim are speaking with her female roommate, who police say was home when officers first arrived. When someone loses their life , anytime that happens, it is horrible, very heartbreaking. Few hours of a detective work, police say this crime was most likely targeted, not random, and has even gone so far to say their case will be closable. However, so far, no arrest have been made. We are live in bethesda, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. But thank you, kevin. A man accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in west virginia, leaving a long note on his facebook account, saying he planned to hurt the people who hurt him. He shot and killed four people before turning the gun on himself. It included his girlfriend, who filed a Domestic Violence case against him last month, and she was having a relationship with hunts cousin. Step closer to getting a new soccer stadium. The deal was approved, but it differs substantially from the proposal put forward by outgoing mayors mayor gray. They voted on a final compromise. Stephen tschida. Unanimously for the new soccer stadium in southwest d. C. In buzzard point. D. C. , a new stadium with more space for fans. Though soccer enthusiasts welcome a deal for just such a stadium. Say aye. In favor, aye. Opposed . They made major revisions in the proposal put forward by outgoing mayor vincent gray, and they will now have to come up with 60,000 more than initially proposed, and it looked at discarding a 10 year sales tax break for the team that would have saved to united 7 million, but it leaves in place a 20year, 43 million property taxes break. It is a good deal. It is not the end of the world. It will be good for the people of the district of columbia. The center is no longer a key component of the deal. It sits at the corner of 13th ineet and u street northwest, and an extremely valuable piece of property. While the fans welcome the stadium, they do not exactly like the deal. Why should we have to spend public money to get teams to go places . It is outrageous. The city Council Voted to move ahead with this field. It is not quite a done deal yet. On council will be back december 16 two take it up again for a final vote, and by then, the incoming mayor hopes to have the outgoing mayor on board. The budget proposed to finish this off by the end of the year. They have to submit that new budget. It is complicated, but it may be done by the end of the year. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. State lawmakers are getting involved in the Sexual Assault allegations on the campus of the university of virginia. Jeff goldberg is standing by with the details on that. Jeff . Leon, the Senate Minority leader says that this harshly criticizing the school of dealing with Sexual Assault cases by sweeping them under the rug. Leaving conflicting emotions of pain and pride. Alum. Y proud to be a uva like many, denise has warm memories of her time in charlottesville. Beginning with the disappearance and death of hannah graham, followed by the aboutng stone article gang rape and a culture of this, there are deep wounds. University is going through so much. In response to the lawmakers, they are looking at requiring University Staff to report Sexual Assault to police within 24 hours or face misdemeanor charges of their own. And requiring campus and local of ae to notify attorneys felony case within 48 hours. Delegate from alexandria supports reform for both the school and fraternities, a source of many of the allegedly incidents. I have two daughters. I want them to go to uva. I do not want them to go there with the culture it has now. I want them to go there with the culture we have in the future. , change has toge occur. , multiple Media Outlets reporting that the author of the Rolling Stone article did not get a comment of the fraternity detailed in the article. That is just one more element of the story and the situation that continues to generate plenty of attention. Live in the satellite center, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. Thanks, jeff. Mothers son is beaten up. At a swearingin in Charles County today. Tuesday, a list of the Worst Charities. Some local nonprofits are on that list. When 7 on your side reports. And a live shot from capitol hill with the Christmas Tree onafter spending money yourself and others on black friday and cyber monday, it is time now to give back on giving tuesday. Seven on your side is here with what you need to know. Kimberly . Maureen, lets take a look at who is in this area. This is a list of the most and worst giving states. Maryland ranks at number 10. 31 in virginia, and low on the list, just 13 , and nevada residents at the very bottom on this giving tuesday. Getting comes the giving, but how to make sure it is not out of control, the taking . The tampaport from bay times calls out the 50 Worst Charities in america, based locally on the percentage of direct aid that they hand out. For washingtonians or do not have the time to do the research, there is the annual catalogue of philanthropy. You do the due diligence. Exactly. Each year, we have 200 organizations in the catalog, and there are about 75 after each one goes through a bigger vetting process. There was a carryout crowd funding site to show the impact of the movement. It is surpassing the eiffel tower, and the idea is to build a tower larger than the eiffel tower. Many have local ties. Kids around the world get a shot at a healthy life. Them fromtect preventable diseases. To the trust for the national mall. Raising 350 million in private funds, really to transform this state. And they all know real dollars make the difference. We reached out to the three that have the numbers, and two of them returned our calls, foruding the association the circle of friends for American Veterans in falls church. I talked to an executive director, and he tells 7 on your side this is not a reliable measure of the value of the chair to, because it takes money to raise all that money. He said if they had to spend all of that time fundraising, they time. Not have had the he calls this list a disservice to the public. My goodness. The weather has been interesting. Today, not so much. Lets get started here. Hds is a time lapse from our camera in laurel, maryland, and , clouds, and drizzle, and rain. Now,is where it is right and some fog developing. No metro area advisories, but some advisories continue to the west for a Winter Weather advisory. Overpasses, maybe some sleet and freezing rain to contend with. Most of what we will deal with is more rain in the area. 10 00, but 9 00 or now the batch may get into the 7 00 or 8 00 hour, due to the way it is moving. And there is more south and west. And all of that, but icy areas are nowhere close to the metro area, and temperatures will be Holding Steady for the next couple of hours. 27 degrees colder at 5 00 today degrees, yesterday, 30 31, and you can read the map and see the story. We will turn it around tomorrow and show you temperatures will be warmer tomorrow than they were today, up and down, so tonight, the wind and rain will come to an end, 36 to 42, the temperatures, and we are watching the maps and watching the moisture from the southwest. This will be some sunshine tomorrow with temperatures rebounding in the 50s. Our futurecast, the computer simulation, gives us an idea that that may well happen during the morning and midday hours tomorrow. Southwesterly wind. Some areas of sunshine. Temperatures responding in the 50s. Its another cold front early thursday. A very dry day. Cooler temperatures for the day thursday, as well. Cloudy, patchy fog, maybe some drizzle, 53 midday, still mostly cloudy, and in the afternoon, we will look for the clouds to break and the temperatures to get into the 50s, and we may jump into the other upper 50s. We will see a change tomorrow, namely warmer temperatures, and speaking of thursday afternoon, the lighting of the national Christmas Tree. It will be in the 40s and comfortable, and that gets you into the holiday spirit. And then the forecast for thursday, the next cold front moves in, bringing chilly temperatures and a chance of rain at times late friday, saturday, and sunday, and when you go back to work on monday, the sun comes back out. Time is everything. Timing is everything. Good. And it factors in on the tree , as well. John boehner lead the ceremony, and it is still under way. The Makeawish Foundation recipients on the list. This was a white spruce from the Chippewa National forest. It is beautiful. Very lovely against that dark sky. It is time to announce our ticketnner in our ice giveaway. It is going out to dirk te atn for the Gaylord National national harbor. You can enter every single day. A winner will be announced once every single day this week. Coming up, emotional testimony on capitol hill. How congress is getting involved in the Domestic Violence problem surrounding professional sports. And being displayed in the smithsonian from the wonder years. 0 county elected the first africanamerican sheriff, and he was installed in office. Why this share means so much to our community right now. Troy berry began as sheriff and made history. Congratulations, sheriff berry. He becomes the first africanamerican Charles County share in the 350 six years the agency has existed. I was trying to make a difference. His first acts was to swear in the rest of the officers. They are nearly all white, and yet the county is now nearly half africanamerican. Maybe get everybody back together. We want to be positive now. A large group of his friends and supporters, just plain citizens therefore todays ceremony. 55, 50 seven years. It is time for a change. This is about leadership. Charles county needs a leadership. Y says he understands his community once a change. This affects others. And i think we have to really do a good job as far as law enforcement, continuing to be open and transparent. Twotermbeat the incumbent. He did not attend todays swearingin. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Atcoming up on abc 7 news 5 00, we would check back in at the gw parkw you are watching abc 7 news at 5 00. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] abc 7 news at 5 00, on your side. A mother whose son was attacked at school. A were told that School Officials could not ensure his safety. Well, that is when his mother stepped in. Jennifer donelan has this story, abc you will see only on 7. Canhe only thing people agree about this video is what happened before it. Stole a that two boys cell phone, and then the boys who were upset that they were caught allegedly jumped his 13yearold brother. Phone footage of two young cell phone thiefs. They kind him and kicked him in the face. This was as the wire was walking home. Only one of the children in the crowd went to stop them. This is the boys mother. I wish i could have reached through to save him, but i could not. Camench she said her son him, she called an ambulance, and she says she called police. His jaw andcture in was placed on a soft diet for weeks, and today was his first time back at school. I check to make sure he would be there safely, and i asked what they could do to guarantee his safety, and she said they could not do that. She said that came from the principal, something that they denied. Up to the school today sheithdraw the kids, and said she wld excuse them out. Another claim the School System denies. They say officials remain aware of the cell phone video sunday afternoon and that it was forwarded to police. Made awaree was just of it yesterday. The teacher gave me the video of this person with the cell phone, and a few teachers had it, and it was trending all around the school. Everybody had it, but me. She said she took matters into her own hands this morning when she saw a School Resource officer in the building. We call the detective, and he made arrest. It was that simple. The school had not done anything. Still, the mother claims had shenot pushed as hard as did, those boys would still be walking around, but this afternoon, Police Confirmed they arrested both boys at the school and charged them with robbery and assault. ThiSchool System tells us happened off of school property, that they did make contact with police on friday, and that the School Principal will be sending notifications out at the school. Reporting live, it jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. Thank you, jennifer. Now, back to one of our top stories, that massive sinkhole that opened up on the George Washington parkway that shut down southbound lanes of the parkway between route 123 and spout run parkway. Horace holmes is live on the scene. Are the northbound lanes also closed. Why is that . That is because the president and his motorcade is expected to come through here at any moment. He is coming back from his visit to nih, and the southbound lanes are down, and they closed the northbound lanes over here on the gw parkway, and as far as the southbound lanes, it is because of the sinkhole. They have made a lot of progress, as you have seen behind me. They have filled in the hole and are now waiting for the asphalt to come in so they can smooth over this area. Engineers tell me that the ntsb is here to take a look at this hole. Once they have it all smooth out and filled in, they hope to have 10 00, andne around the ntsb will take a look at it, inspect it, and make a decision to open it up. They hope to have everything opened up southbound on the gw parkway by 10 00, no later than midnight tonight. As far as the northbound lanes, again, a very strange feeling out here, because nothing is going on on the gw parkway at all. The northbound lanes are closed for the president to come through, and that is to happen any second now. Reporting live from the gw parkway, horace holmes, abc 7 news. A night on the gw parkway. Lets see how that sinkhole is affecting traffic tonight. Bob immler. Traffic is on the move, traffic on the outer loop of the beltway with a stop in montgomery county, and also for traffic heading south from 270, at a stop as traffic will be coming from the gw parkway, the northbound side which is held up for the moment, so you cannot get on the northbound George Washington parkway, at least for now, and, presumably, we will be able to do that, and, of course, the south