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>> don't play innocent with me. >> it lid up the screen. a star was born. >> her success continued in the 1970's with the "mary tyler moore show" where along with her side dick rhoda she showed single working women could have it all with seven emmy awards and three golden globes she was nominated for the best actress oscar for ordinary people." in her memoir she acknowledged she was a recovering alcoholic and she publicly discussed her struggle with diabetes, spending many years raising money to fund medical research. after more than 50 years on television and in film her memory continues to inspire. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. lindsey: her celebrity friends are continuing to learn of her death. many expressing shock on social media. michael keaton writing, "mary was a gem. iconic. my cast mate, a friend and i miss her." sarah silverman writes, "i'm so sad. oh my gosh." ellen tweets, "she changed the world for all men i send my love." and also -- many more celebrities are posting pictures and sending their condolences. back to you. ads icon for sure. thank you. also happening now the resist banner hung from a crane in d.c. and it's coming down. michelle: greenpeace pulling the political stunt, members dangling above the construction site. q: it was visible by the ellipse from the white house. michelle: a clear message for the president. what do they want? alison: and what will happen to the protesters. stephen tschida in northwest. it was a pretty wild day. stephen: yeah. it's not over yet. let's get you up to date on the you can see still on this crane, you can see a couple of the protesters a few flights up. they are the protesters that chained themselves to the ladder to bar their way up if anyone would go up there to take the demonstrators down. they are still up there for the past hour and a half or so. or the two hours they have been rolling up the banner which had been hanging over this part of downtown. let's show you video we shot earlier today from the ellipse. this illustrates what the message was. it was this resist banner. from the distance it did appear to hangover the white house. we caught up with one of the representtives of greenpeace and we gauge reaction from people on the street. take a listen. >> brave activists from across the country deployed a banner over the white house saying, "resist." this is what we need the country to do in four years. >> this is the wor alternative up there -- alternative facts, nobody is up there and there is no sign but it's great. i love you. stephen: you can see live on the ground all the police officers at the ready to take the activists into custody once they descend from the towering crane. one group which is not too happy about this abtivity is, of course, the construction company. they lost revenue, loss of service today. not thrilled with what happened to the construction site. once the demonstrators, activists are on the ground they could face a slew of charges including possible felony charges. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. q: thank you. abc7 is staying on this story. head to the website wjla.com for continuing coverage as well as much more video of the sign. and the unfurling. q: talking politics. within the trump signed executive order to put in to place the immigration and the homeland security plans. he did so at d.h.s. his promises the wall is coming. that is not all he has on his plate. lana zak has the flurry of activity as we track the first 100 days. lana: the white house is going to use power of the purse for immigration changes. >> we're going to strip money for those harboring illegal immigration. >> at the top of the agenda. >> beginning today the united states of america gets back control of the borders. gets back its borders. lana: president trump used his power to order the building of the law. he will still ask mexico for payment but the u.s. taxpayer will front the money for state of immediacy. he is also considering torture but he will listen to the advisers. >> does torture work? absolutely. >> the message from fellow republicans, torture will not be allowed. >> with respect to torture, that is banned. those are set of law. congress spoken. >> the unfounded issue of the massive voter fraud is not going away. the president announced an investigation despite no evidence that millions voted illegally. >> you have people who register who had are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. you have people registered in two states. >> but a florida election committee confirmedded that stephen bannon, the president own adviser was registered for new york and florida for the election. a reminder voter inaccuracies are not the same thing as voter fraud. reporting from northwest, joseph lana zak, abc7 news. mich 10:00. david muir has the first one-on-one interview with president trump at the white house to air right here at abc7 at 10:00 tonight. be sure to watch that. >> there are two rallies now. as the frustration mounts over president trump's immigration policy. a rally at white house and another in northwest. we start with amy aubert from the white house. amy: we are at pennsylvania and madison place where a rally is under way. look behind me. you can see the group gathering. they just got done. they are holding signs saying, "love thy neighbor." this was last minute. just planned today. tweeting out earlier this is a match between hate and big tri and says they are standing with the immigrants and the refugees. on social media. the group urging to build bridges not walls. i will have more coming up. amy aubert, abc7 news. q: thank you, amy. here is a question. should the electoral college be winner take all in virginia? a bill to end it in the commonwealth passed the house committee. so if this were the law he would have gotten six of the votes in virginia. hillary got all 13 and winning the entire state. michelle: a secret service agency is under intense scrutiny saying she would not take a bullet for the president. according to cnn o'grady hosted saying i would take jailtime over a bullet or an endorsement for what i believe to be a disaster to the country. she told down the posts after a few days but they were made public in an article by the washington examiner. the secret service says they will take appropriate action. michelle: developing at 4:00, this man accused of firing shot at a bus stop in prince george's county is in police custody. roland simms turned himself in this morning. yesterday a woman was shot in oxon hill at a bus stop from front of young children and they believe it was tied to a doestic situation. alison: coming up next at 4:00. dow wow! the high. michelle: it's up there. the city that has been named one of the worst places in the country to own a car. q: and this. when you go into college or the business world they will not take i don't know. >> texting trouble for teens. how shortcuts in communicating might leave them short when i michelle: you seen a panda? alison: this one? he is on the run from a zoo in virginia. the great escape next. doug: it looks like we might squeeze one more spring like day before the reality of winter return. that's next at "abc7 news at 4:00". q: history on wall street. for good reason. the dow for the first time topping 20,000. that moment captured on the big board at opening bell. here is how the day ended moments ago. all three u.s. indexes seeing the solid gains. again,s he torrey as the dow topped 20,000 for the first time ever. michelle: the text messaging is the preferred mode of communication for a lot of teens these days alison: no question about it. they are fast. it's amazing. it may offer teens a quick way to send notes to family and friends. but all the tests, could they be harming the future? q: good question. that is why we have "7 on your side" investigateive reporter -- investigative reporter looking into this. texting slang. >> teacher larry just teaching history. >> this is informal writing. like the student is having a conversation with you. like using "w" with a slash for "with" or "b/c" for "because." many don't even realize they are doing it. >> it started out i do it for me. then i start to work it in the everyday life. it's not good. >> tax slang. we all use it. from the common l.o.l., we know what that stands for. and b.t.w. "by the way." researchers will tell you that the teenagers will then have problems later on in life like in college. >> we found the kids that first of all use a lot of text messages. they tend to have the lower grammar scores. >> so they will push for the proper grammar in hopes that students get the message. >> when you go to college or the business world, they don't take "i don't know." or i.d.k. >> that is a message they won't want to send. >> i bet you didn't realize the average teen sends 3300 texts per month, more than 100 per day. i have the list of the popular text terms. go to the website to learn some of the terms to communicate with the kids. >> now it's up to a teacher to correct the teachers with the abbreviation. that's more work for q: you think they would know not to use b.r.b. >> i have kids that do 50 in the morning before they go to school. >> good story. thank you. q: jeez. michelle: well, if you have sat through the traffic in this area, i'm sure you have. you're probably right. d.c. is third in the worst places to own a car. we spend 92 hours a year in traffic. topping the list is newark, new jersey, that area there. san francisco, california. so we are in the top three. >> a week or two of vacation you can take. >> what a mess! >> a day like this, don't waste time in >> when it comes to tonight's commute, it's not that bad. honestly, we are seeing, maybe bosoms people called in sibling knowing we may get up in the 60's. we have a normal congestion. but no, we still have as many cars and whether it was staggered today. this is near bradley boulevard. this is hefty. the average is to get 15 minutes to the american bridge. we loosen up to silver spring. there are no big issue for prince george's county at all. the baltimore washington we have sun glare. not too bad. back to you. michelle: i love this we but i know we'll pay for it. doug: this is a slow transition. we are not going to get bitterly cold. just systemly cold. the way it normally is. michelle: i don't want a blizzard. doug: it could happen. we have a long way to go. >> that is what i'm worried about. the temperatures in the upper 50's. gorgeous. it's live. belle habe country club in alexandria, speck specter -- spectacular. we have the temperatures in the upper 50's. 58 in reagan national airport. if you look at our charts to see when it gets up to 58, it doesn't hall until march. the first full day of spring. tomorrow is when the temperatures will start to fall. late tonight, cloudiness ahead of the cold front. it's not a monster front. or terrible front. this is all rain. we expect the front to come through overnight. 3:00 to 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. quickly we will sea skies partly sunny. breezy. the temperatures start to fall. then it will feel like january with temperatures. tomorrow in the 50's and breezy. a slow drop in temperatures. the extended outlook. you can see what happens with numbers. 55 tomorrow. 40 for a high with sunshine. models are showing a disturbance that may cause snowshowers for monday morning. alison: this has happened again. zookeepers are searching for a missing panda. sunny was last seen at closing time. workers at the virginia zoo are using thermal cameras to lack for her. hoping that sunny is still inside the zoo. it seems that the sunny might have learned from the pal at the national zoo. rusty the red panda made a break for it. they are sneaky. michelle: very cute. q: they are. the fox, panda mix. michelle: hybrid. nice. michelle: we'll let you know what happens. terminator meets his holiness. >> and the governor's message for the president-elect and what he there are times when it's nice that things go up. and it's sometimes even better when things go down. novec, a not-for-profit electric cooperative, provides wholesale power to its customers at cost. any changes in that cost are passed along through an annual power cost adjustment on bills. the average home's power bill from novec will again go down in 2017 by nearly $11 a month. making down a very good direction for power bills. there are times when it's nice that things go up. and it's sometimes even better michelle: this is after the pope wouldn't bang the opinion on condoms. the grand masters of the order normally serve for life. michelle: guess who was at the vatican to hear pope francis speak? arnold schwarzenegger. he listened from the front row as the pope francis addressed the audience. it was not an officially organizedded meeting. passion in the fight against climate change with pope francis. q: the fastest man on the planet usain bolt tripped of one of the gold medals. a teammate tested positive for a banned substance from samples dating back to the 2008 beijing olympics. bolt and carter were half of the four-man 4 x 100 relay team. the olympic committee says the entire team is disqualified. next at 4:00, you might have seen the banner hanging above d.c. skylines today. who put it there? how social media is reacting? >> he has to quit being so thin skinned. michelle: that is virginia governor's message to donald trump. the issue he says trump needs to let go. >> we'll strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and the cities that harbor illegal immigrants. alison: new at 5:00, local reaction to the they believe in. q: lindsey mastis shows us how this all played out on social media. lindsey: altogether, seven activists from greenpeace climbed up a crane to hang this banner. from angles it looked as if it was hanging over the white house. the word "resist." they posted video and pictures to social media. this is greenpeace's way to bring issues. there are plenty of people talking about this. some writing "lock them up. " others write "i believe in free speech and the right to protest" but this is going too far. think about the energy personnel taken away from the true emergencies. others are su wendy writes, "this made my day." love it. "resist." the comments keep coming. back to you. michelle: november 8, donald trump won with a solid electoral majority but he did lose a popular vote. now he min tains that is due to voter fraud and he is demanding investigation despite no evidence of fraud found. virginia could be a state he wants to rere-examine. jeff goldberg has more. jeff: it began with two tweets. trump wants to look into voter fraud. including those register to vote in two state, those who illegal and those who are dead. this is days after a private gathering he told congressional leaders 3-5 illegal votes were cast in the election to allow hillary clinton to win by 3 million popular votes. evidence to support the claims. >> it's insane. he has to get off of this. >> this morning, terry mcauliffe. >> he has to quit being so thin skinned. jeff: sounding fed up with president trump. a week after the election trump calling virginia with new hampshire and california a hub of voter fraud. >> he is deje it will mizing his presidency. he's delegitimizing the united states of america. no evidence, no facts. no voter fraud. >> spiceer suggesting it will focus on states like california and new york. >> if you look at where the issues could have occurred. they want him to move on. >> there are bigger things move forward. >> jeff goldberg. abc7 news. >> thank you. time for the weather with doug hill. i know you are excited about the new technology. doug: like a kid in the candy store. we talk about in the past week or so. this is a new go satellite. it's go 16. it's in orbit. i won't be operational and available until the fall. but look at the contrast between the image now from the go 13. it is good. but black and white and fuzzy. these will be available every five minutes and color. it's spectacular. q: they can zoom in. doug: they can. but the resolution is so help it will help in the prediction and save lives because detail of developing squall, tornadoes, hurricanes. i could do a half hour on this but i'll go to the wall. i would be out of time. we let you down gently. cold front. tomorrow is mild. we'll get the seasonably cold by the day on saturday. 52 at 7:00. we drop to 51 and hold there. no lower than 47 or 48 overnight. a mild night. overnight, cold front will come through. there are scattered showers now. they hold together overnight. as a result we expect showers at times. by early in the morning 5:00 or 6:00, they should be east and southeast of the city. they will turn sunny tomorrow. what we find in the day. the temperatures will hit 55 or 56 around midday. then the winds will be gusty, too. temperatures will start to fall. notice by 1:00 in the afternoon, it's down the 44 in winchester and 43 in cumberland. they will take up residents friday, saturday, sunday and a chunk of next week. steve rudin is back here in 17 minutes. he will ha the weekend weather and update on the ten-day outlook in 16 minutes. michelle? doug: thank you. fight for a new hospital complex that could change prince george's county. the state approved the plans but county leaders are questioning whether the state will see it through. maryland bureau chief, brad bell explains why. brad: it's only a few months since final state approval granted to build a regional medical center in prince george's county near fedex field. the county counsel is standing together to voice concerns on two fronts. they are alarmed that the governor has reduced expected funding in the budget. >> for him to take it out is to play politics living. >> they are worried it would mean unfair competition to the p.g. regional cardiac care unit. 172 miles away. >> when we come back at 5:00 we will tell you more and have a governor's response to the criticism. in largo, brad bell, abc7 news. ja this morning stopped traffic this morning split. witnesses say this was a chain reaction collision that involved three dump trucks and tracker trailer. at the time, the capitol police officers were escorting a congressional motorcade to west virginia. the person killed in the crash was in an survivor. >> covering metro now. new concerns about the possible job cut and the service changes. they are considering increases fares, eliminating bus routes and reducing the train frequency to close a budget gap. >> any proposed cuts could go in effect in july. michelle: a judge ru prosecutors may seek death penalty against killing two sisters who december appeared. 12-year-old sheila lyon and 10-year-old katherine lyon disappeared in 1975. the sisters were last seen in a mall in wheaton. bodies were never found. >> "7 on your side" with health matters about the con stays you norovirus that are outbreak in schools. symptoms are typical flu symptoms that lasts one to three days but it could be deadly if untreated. we also have some breaking news. >> you really worry about dehydration. the police are investigating a shooting near the met low station where one person was shot. they are looking for two suspects. they fled in a white four-door volkswagen sedan with the tinted windows. maryland license plate. we have a crew on the way. we will bring you more information as it's in the newsroom. what would you do for a mcdonald's special sauce? the not so secret password to make sure you get it next. michelle: thankfully nobody was hurt when a train slammed in a fedex truck in utah. there is a clue in this video. we'll q: not that you need one but this is national irish coffee day. michelle: later on someone brought it over to the u.s. where it took off in a cafe in san francisco. to make this drink, it is easy. freshly br warm cup, add sugar and ounce of whiskey. top it off with whipped cream. special sauce is the secret to making a big mac. q: job have to tell them the code phrase. it's "a big mac for that." you can say it and get a bottle. michelle: the word is out. q: there you go. here is next on the "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the heart stopping moment. a commuter train slams through a fedex truck in utah. take a look at that. the clue why might not stop at the cross. train crossing. that q: a track ran in a tanker trump north of quantico about 10:00 this plane. michelle: have you seen this video? a commuter train slamming into a fedex truck. easily cutting it right in half. packages, boxes, you name it goes flying. salt like city utah officer dash cam capturing the heart-stopping moment. the train was going below the speed limit. trying to get to what went wrong. no one was hurt. q: that is something else. would you jump in front of an s.u.v. that started to roll backwards? one man did in scranton. you are looking at it now after the crash. the man is now credited with preventing other c people from getting hurt. michelle: man versus car. car always wins. this is just outside of philadelphia. a massive sinkhole opening up. this starts to swallow a pickup truck. the homes there were evacuated. no one was hurt. but people are still urged to stay away from the area. the ground is so vulnerable at the time. a group of local lgbt youth are making a name for themselves after being featured in a dock machinetary. -- featured in a documentary. we have a more. >> when we first met them pfeiffer years ago they were -- met them five years ago they were not far from gang activity. this was a film about them. we come today since they have moved moved in the store front in anacostia. >> we have this they make and sell clothes and have a t-shirt machine. it's also a place for youth to get socialized and get counseling. a number of people were there today. >> they have their own building now. they are selling clothes and provide services, activities for the peers. >> asked how they pay for it? they say the t-shirt sales and grant from the late congressman jack kemp. they seems to be having a good time. michelle: hits so 5 out of new boston, texas, is banning madonna from the airwaves because of comments the singer made at the women's march in d.c. over the weekend. the radio station says madonna shown un-american sentiments. waun of the controversial comments was talking about blowing up the white house. "7 on your side" with consumer alert today. the big business of bourbon tourism. the kentucky distillers association says more than a million people visited the kentucky bourbon trail last year. a 300% boost in the past decade. now one reason for the increase, kentucky now allows distilleries chance to obtain the licenses for by sales. q: "1984" is back and the publisher is ordering 75,000 new prints. the renewed interest in the november may be attributed to the trump administration use of the term "alternative facts." kellyanne conway using the phrase over the weekend. or well's "1984" fiction crinkles -- chronicles that controls minds through ministry of truth. president obama could soon have a new job as the head of cards against humanity. people behind the number one best-selling party game want someone to be c.e.o. but not just anyone. the craigslist ad says qualifications include past comprehensive healthcare reform, plus a eight years experience as president of the united states. i only think of one person that meets criteria. michelle: he is getting a lot of job offers these days and all he wants is take time off. steve: we haven't heard from him since last friday. michelle: he likes it that way. steve: we have nice weather out there. look behind us. not a cloud in the sky. i'm not going to complain. beautiful day to come in late to work or call in sick. overnight temperatures are 43 to 49 degrees. increasing clouds. a few showers by dawn. this is a cold front moves through. if wakeup temperatures tomorrow. looking good, middle to the upper 40's. shower as mentioned. cloudy skies. then cooler temperatures are filtering in. the highs will make it to the middle 50's. breezy with the winds upward of 10 to miles per hour. higher gusts, by 5:00 tomorrow, the temperatures fall in the 40's. for the end of the week and the upcoming weekend. cold front moves through. breezy tomorrow, into the day on friday. colder air. it's not going to last long. it will stay average. then next week, high on monday. in the upper 30's. we may see snow flurries. middle 40's on wednesday. 40 on thursday. in the middle 40's by the following weekend. check what is going on with the traffic on wednesday afternoon. jamie sullivan? jamie: the sun glare is something we are seeing. that is good and a bad thing. let's talk about the crash. this is a bad spot for a crash. this is averaging a live look flu that. you loosen up to silver spring. then colesville road you get a complete break and loosen up. the outer loop is heavy. you are seeing the heavy volume leaving the city. this is the sun glare from the 14th street bridge to continue south to the springfield interchange. the police activity closing down in the district. l street and m street. all lanes are blocked. back to you. q: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- if you think you are paying too much, what may lead to premiums ahead. michelle: a look at how to start husband -- start your washington." kidd: thank you. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the question i ask to make the "scandal" stars reaction like this. 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"7 on your side." president trump: beginning today the united states of america gets back control of the border, gets back the borders. secretary of homeland security working with myself and my staff will construction of a border wall. alison: that declaration along with an executive order about building that wall along the border with mexico is sparking protests tonight. the mexican officials said the president may cancel the visit to washington after the order for the wall. this is after they set up shot on the top of a crane blocks from the white house. they are still up there now. we have team coverage of the protests tonight. we start with amy aubert with a rally outside the white house. amy? amy: that is right. we are at pennsylvania and madison place. this is still going on. this kicked off around 4:00. take a look behind me. this is very last minute. it's organized hours before the event. tweeting out this is a march against hate and big tri. earlier today cair, council on american-islamic relations holding an update based on the ordinaries signed today. the ache listen. >> with theological and religious cautioning imposed on the government agencies by islamphobes many of whom are now in policy makes positions will not make us safer and would instead send a very negative message to muslims that is not welcome in america. >> a surreal sense of is this happening here? is this america? am i in the middle of the nightmare? when you kind of understand that this is reality, it's horrify

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