What we learned today should come as a surprise to parents all across maryland. According to the civil lawsuit filed this week, a strength and conditioning coach with the Walter JohnsonHigh School Crew club struck up a romantic relationship with that 16yearold girl on the boating team. The two allegedly exchanged more than 3,000 Text Messages and in december went to the Woodmont Country Club in rockville where they had sex. Two days later that girl attempted suicide by ingesting pills. She survived but is now living at a Mental Health center. Why arent they charging her coach with a crime . According to the maryland law the age of consent is 16. While its still illegal for fulltime teachers and coaches to have sexual relations with the students and athletes, the law does not cover parttime coaches and teachers. Because he is a parttime teacher, a parttime coach there is no criminal sanction against him for these activities. I think he knew that. The fact he writes that in a text is sort of amazing and indicate he is knew what he was doing. Kevin today the crew club that operates independent of the Montgomery CountyPublic Schools tells me they have parted ways with the coach in question. This lawsuit is asking for 5 million in damages. Were live in rockville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Jonathan kevin, thank you. An odd turn in the war on terror as republican president ial candidate donald trump calls for a ban on all muslims traveling to the United States. We first told you about the comments yesterday at 4 00 and reaction is spreading like wildfire today. With the mayor of st. Petersburg, florida, banning the real estate mogul coming to her city. Kenneth mouton now looks at all the reaction. Reporter donald trump off the campaign trail tuesday, but talk of the world. His proposed ban on muslims entering the u. S. Has been met with global condemnation. A total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Reporter congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle spoke out against the republican president ial candidate. Donald trump is standing on the platform of hate. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. And more importantly, its not what this country stands for. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan said he would still support whoever becomes the g. O. P. Nominee, sparking a strong reaction from the white house. They should say right now that they would not support donald trump for president. What he said is disqualifying. Reporter on the campaign trail, g. O. P. Rivals called trumps controversial comments divisive, racist. Ted cruz says he disagrees with trumps plan but refused to pile on. I do not believe the world needs my voice added to the chorus of critics. Reporter supporters continue to back the billionaire. I like what he said. Reporter this muslimamerican in New Hampshire who once call it would republican an icon says he is dumping trump. You cant categorize all muslims as being bad. Its just not fair. Reporter the chairman of the Republican National committee disagreed with trump and said in a statement this afternoon, we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism. Kenneth mouton, abc news, washington. Jonathan todays twitter poll asks if you think trump has gone too far with the latest comments. You can cast your vote. Its the abc7 twitter feed. You might expect that trump is getting blasted by the other republicannial republican president ial candidates on the stance. Listen. You know how you win this war . You reject those with the ideology. You know how you make american great again . Tell donald trump to go to hell. Jonathan the g. O. P. Counterparts are condemning trumps statements calling him unfit to be president , unhinged and even a fascist. But many pundits are pointing out that the comments are not a far cry from the outrage from the same candidates about talking refugees into the United States after the wake of the paris and the San Bernardino attack. Jeb bush says we should only allow Syrian Refugees who can prove they are christians. Dr. Ben carson says he is opposed to a religious test on u. S. Visitors but he does Want Congress to block refugees. Carly fiorina, Chris Christie and marco rubio said the u. S. Should not accept more refugees in the country. Senator Lindsey Graham urged what he called a timeout on accepting more refugees and today senator ted cruz unveiled a state refuge security act which would put a threeyear moratorium on refugees from countries that isis and alqaeda control. On the other side of the aisle, the democrats, Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders condemn trumps comments and say we should not turn our backs on Syrian Refugees. Alison speaking of senator sanders, he visited baltimore today and held a roundtable discussion with africanamericans religious leaders there. The vermont senator said combating the citys poverty must be national priorities. Sanders also toured the neighborhood where riots broke out after freddie grays death in police custody. Speaking of that, prosecutors rested their case against one of six officers charged in grays death. Afterwards the judge again rejected a defense motion to dismiss the charges against william porter. Prosecutors called 16 witnesses in total. Officer porter is charged with manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment. The defense is expected to begin presenting its case tomorrow morning. Well, a lot of the tension, of course, just this year on the behavior of Police Officers all over the country, but what are an officers rights when first accused of doing something wrong . Maryland bureau chief brad bell takes a look at the officers bill of rights. Brad for years in maryland, Police Officers have enjoyed something called the Law Enforcement officers bill of rights. It gives them protection. If an officer shoots somebody or is involved in an alleged misconduct, they have ten days before they are required to give a statement to investigators. But now after the incidents in baltimore involving freddie gray and more recently an incident involving a Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer who held a gun to a mans head and mouth and challenged him to a fight, it appears as though the law officers bill of rights is going to be changing. Yesterday the chair of the committee pointed after the freddie gray incident announced that substantial changes are coming. First and foremost, officers will no longer have ten days before they have to give a statement. More like five. Prince georges states attorney Angela Alsobrooks not addressing the specifics said it is time for change. This is the time for reform. Its time to look at the policies we follow to see if they make any sense anymore. The community said its time for a change. Brad when we come back at 6 00, more on the spotlight of the officers bill of rights and what people are saying about it and when the changes can be expected. In upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan today is the deadline for the government to file a response to former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnells appeal to the supreme court. He is appealing to review the public corruption charges. No filing thus far but well let you know if we hear of one in the newscast. The u. S. Supreme court will decide the fate of one person, one vote. Today justices heard argument from a conservative group that argue only eligible voters should be counted when drawing electoral districts. The states currently count all residents to put together the districts. They also ruled a challenge to the redistricting in maryland can proceed. The justices ruled a lower court prematurely threw out a challenge to a map redraw in 2011. Alison House SpeakerPaul Ryan Says Congress cannot pass a 1. 1 billion budget by midnight friday deadline. Items including tax breaks, environmental regulations, they have slowed the bills passage. The speaker says he expects the larger bill to pass before Congress Adjourns for the christmas holidays. Jonathan developing now, the f. B. I. Needs your help in catching a serial bank robber. But its not just banks he is hitting. He also held up eight gas stations in the district since midnovember. Seven in our area. This is the guy we are talking about. In each robbery investigators say he wears a gray hat, zipped pullover and baseball cap. He is considered arm and dange armed and dangerous. They are offering 5,000 reward for tip that leads to his arrest. Alison lets talk about something pleasant. The weather. Gorgeous. Hard to believe were in the second week of december. Jonathan i dont want to jinx us. Chief meteorologist doug hill is in the belfort furniture Weather Center with a check of the forecast. Is it going to change . Or is this going to stick around . Doug all friends are continuing. It will be warmer. Take care of here and now. Gorgeous outside the belfort furniture Weather Center. Look at this look. The lowangled sun illuminating the southern portion of the wilson bridge. Capitol wheel. Its 54 in Reagan National airport. 55 in manassas. 51 in baltimore. 49 in annapolis. The biggest thing well deal with the next few days is a couple of periods of cloudiness but it will be mild. Later in the week and the weekend, mild may be too weak of a word to describe what is coming. Tonight a few clouds. Drop to the upper 30s and upper 40s. By morning, same deal. Sunshine, clouds back in the mid50s. We will happy talk about the next seven days. Some of you will like it. But the skiers, not so much. Back in a few. Jonathan thanks. This is the third night of hanukkah. Alison and our meteorologist steve rudin is spending it outside. What is going on there . Steve tonight this place is going to rock n roll as they participate as hanukkah on ice at pentagon row. Ill give you the detail, what to expect, when it starts. Well talk about the weather for tonight also. Reporter proposal to make d. C. Streets safer. Pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists. Coming up, why i am totally blind. And sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. This is called non24. Learn more by calling 8448242424. Or visit your24info. Com. Alison today marks 35 years since music legend john lennon was gunned down in front of his apartment complex. A few hundred people took part in a memorial in new york city. The beatles cofounder killed december 8, 1980. His killer, Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life and last denied parole in 2014. Jonathan safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers were on the agenda for the d. C. City council today but the centerpiece of the debate was mayor muriel bowsers socalled vision zero initiative. Brianne carter has more on what that is. Brianne they are focused to make the streets safer for everyone. Today the d. C. Council Transportation Committee had a hearing on four bills designed to do just that. The vision zero action 2015. The legislation is designed to eliminate trafficrelated fatalities and accidents by 2024. It calls for vdot to give safe access for everyone using the roads. Prohibbits the use of dirt bikes and prohibits the use of dirt bikes. This would allow it to be mandated for repeat offenders within 15 queers or high b. A. C. Offenders. Brianne b. A. C. Meaning blood alcohol content. Many say the advocates speaking before the council today support the measure but say it doesnt go far enough. Among the suggestions, increased fines for drivers in bike lanes or reducing speeds on neighborhood roads. If you go faster and you hit somebody, the likelihood of serious injury or death is significantly higher. Brianne some advocates suggest getting rid of all hand use to keep the drivers being distracted. A. A. A. Said its not something they would support. There are degrees of distractions. But i think if you did this, it would be unenforceable. And you would make distraction greater in the district. Brianne the proposals will be considered. In addition to the action plan that is expected to be released sometime by the mayor. In northwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 news. Alison a Colorado School bus driver facing charges after the bus she was driving flipped on its side. Colorado state Police Believe the woman who was under the influence of drugs at the time. They say she veered off the road then caused that bus to roll over. There were eight students on board at the time. Five of them were sent to the hospital. Two with serious injuries. The 39yearold driver was arrested and sent to jail. All right. Lets get a check on our traffic situation this afternoon with jamie sullivan. She is here with the details. Hi there. Jamie 95 is going to be a stretch that you dont want to travel heading from d. C. To baltimore. There is an accident just past 198th, only the right lane is open. Of course as you can see, we drop down to about 12 miles per hour. And that is a stretch right now that is about three miles that you are seeing the bumpertobumper traffic. So getting from the capital beltway continuing to the Baltimore Beltway will take you about 40 minutes. The best alternate to use will be the baltimore washington parkway. We are seeing the normal afternoon congestion but really that is the only thing right now. Lets take a live look just before the i. C. C. To show you on 95. You get a good idea of this traffic. Again i say bumper to bumper because were really not moving. Seeing more brake lights than we should on 95. Again, this is 95 in maryland. As we move back to the maps we are in pretty good shape on 95 in virginia seeing the northwest stretch from Tysons Corner to 270 starting to get congested. In d. C. , no crashes to report right now. Some good news. Back to you. Alison very good news. Thank you. Jonathan talk about the weather. We dont want to say it too loudly. Were repetitive but this is incredible for december. Alison its so nice. We love it. Doug enjoy every minute of it. Who knows . I think it will turn colder. The idea that december would be warmer than average and then january and february will get a touch colder but on average we are not looking at a nasty winter yet. Mark this. Jonathan take the video. Doug i mentioned that the skiers would not be happy with the weekly outlook. We take you to winter green, they are at a higher elevation. They are normally cranked in the snow guns full bore. But during the day, not so much. Not the best conditions. But we will keep our eyes open. Its an important industry but the weather pattern is not favorable in the near future for any major snowmaking in the midatlantic resorts. 52 in aspen hill. 53 in springfield. 54 in dale city. We wake up to the temperatures overnight all across the city, areas northwest. Petworth neighbor, 40 by morning. Ashburn, 35. 37 in la plata by the morning. Tomorrow will be similar to today weather wise and sky wise. We will have a few clouds in the area. Generally partly sunny. Mild. Winds out of the south. I should tell you that that could with a cold ground and southerly winds, could cause area of fog but it will be pleasant through the day tomorrow. Check out the numbers for the next seven days. Partly sunny skies. 62 on friday. Look at the weekend. Saturday, sunday, 65, 66. Some areas south of the metro may be in the upper 60s for the weekend. A weak cold front could give us a light shower or two. But then when we go through the middle of next week it will turn cooler, not colder. That is the key. This is coming up here shortly. The third night of hanukkah. Steve rudin is along pentagon row in arlington with a celebration of the season. What are you seeing, steve . Steve we mind me behind me, we have a giant minora. They will light this and then after that we take a walk here and everyone will join on the ice for two and a half hours of skating. Not only will they have skating but they will have hanukkah music, traditional songs for hanukkah and modern day songs. This is the ice. You have to pay for your skates but they will have food here. Kosher hot dogs. They are expecting a huge crowd out here. Once again between 6 00 and 8 30 tonight. Its quiet out here right now but the atmosphere will change a whole lot over the next couple of hours. I hope everyone can come down and enjoy the festivities. If you dont celebrate hand da, celebrate hanukkah, there is still a lot to enjoy. Its decorated for the holidays and a lot of fun on pentagon row. A nice evening. Let me say this. I have a poll on twitter. steverudinabc7. Do you think the mild temperatures so far this season made it feel less festive, festive or more festive . Overwhelming result, 1,300 people less festive. Jonathan its in the heart, not the snow. Doug so he is not going to sing for us but maybe we will put on ice skates for us. Jonathan the last time he did that, he almost flipped. Alison made me nervous. Id like to see him sing and skate at the time. Doug wow that would be something. Jonathan well just play it back over and over. Youtube it. You bet. You are looking at one of the most distant objects in the solar system. Looks like a blob, doesnt it . The new horizon spacecraft sent back the images of an object moving through the belt of neptune. Hope it doesnt have a life form in it. Located 3 billion miles from earth, the belt is believed to contain comets, asteroids and other objects made largely of ice. Maybe its just a ball of ice blowing through space. Alison all right. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 pope francis pushes for a year of mercy with something that hasnt h