with the largest number of inmates in delaware. the inmates there have complete control of the building according to the department of correction. they tell us that the inmates took three to five guards hostage. response teams and the delaware state police are on scene right now working to get things back in order. as it sands right now, there is -- as it stands right now, there is still no information out there how it all started. once we find that out we'll let you know asap. from the satellite center, i'm q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. stay with abc7 for breaking news updates even when you are away from your television. sign up at wjla.com/text and pick which alerts you want sent from the newsroom, weather, news or even metro. it will happen for you. also happening for us, maryland state police helicopters grounded. alison: that is right. inspections now being done on all ten choppers that respond to emergencies. michelle: this afternoon, just a few of them are ready to fly again. jonathan: the problem is stemming from the rotors that keep them in the alison: kevin lewis is at andrews where they are housed. how did they catch the issue? kevin: a mechanic noticed cracking paint around a rotor blade on one of the choppers. out of an abundance of caution, the aviation commander ordered immediate repairs of the entire fleet that consists of a10 179 choppers across the state. word now we are in day four of the mandated reports. the choppers back in frederick is back in service. this afternoon the chopper at croon yous should be repaired. by tomorrow, the chopper in st. mary's county should be fixed. but due to the delay in parts and shipping the chopper in cumberland and salsbury might take a few more days to restore. the u.s. park playlist and the delaware state police helped them with the emergency helicopter missions since sunday. m.s.p. telling us se never interrupted. went on to explain unlike private medevac companies that often charge the patients tens of thousands of dollars for short helicopter ride, m.s.p. bills its patients absolutely nothing. we're live outside joint base andrews. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: all right. thank you very much. well, a homeowner in prince george's county might want to think about moving. his house is target of really bad drivers. this is in the 6600 of block of cipriano road that intersects with all cross streets, good luck road. john gonzalez with the unbelievable string of bad luck. john: at 2:00 this morning the driver came down this hill, jumped the curb right here. that is where they lost control. you can see the tire marks all through the front yard. the car ending up right there. crashing right into the bottom floor of this split foyer. the cipriano road. the homeowner 88-year-old leonard miller says he woke up to the loud crash and came downstairs and saw the silver honda, the front of it at least in his living room. now get this. miller says this is the fifth time a car has crashed into his home since he moved in, in 1971. now police say it's unclear why the driver lost control but take a look. the damage is extensive. the driver actually left the car, taken by someone else in another car to the hospital. >> it's a 30-mile-per-hour speed limit here. but these people come over the hill. what happens, they're speeding and they hit the curb. then that point on it's a hydroplane coming down. john: the homeowner was not injured. the driver's condition is unknown this afternoon. an engineer looked at the house and says there is no structural damage so miller is staying here. he was offered a overnight but he didn't want to leave the gaping hole exposed. it's being boarded up this afternoon. in lanham, john gonzalez, back to you inside. alison: thank you. it's the first day on the job for the new d.c. public schools chancellor wilson. sam ford caught up with him this morning to introduce himself. >> good morning. sam: chancellor wilson began his first official day on the job with the principal of brightwood elementary school. then touring the classrooms. first stop, fifth great during math where he spoke and listened to a number of the students. next in this 75% hispanic school and english as a second language focus class. >> i'm enjoying it. sam: he came from california and says his focus will be academics but also engaging students in the activities they like fr music to robotics. >> if students are engaged they come to school more and get in trouble left and perform better academically. sam: and then the mayor joined him for one of the fun parts of the job. >> i wanted to be here for the chancellor on the first day to announce you are the teacher of the year. [applause] >> congratulations! >> thank you. sam: more about her at 5:00. the chancellor gets to pose with the class and say thanks. the chancellor says he wants to visit all 115 d.c. public schools by the end of the year. this is number 18. he has a long way to go. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. on the hill, two republican senators will not vote for the president's pick for secretary of education. susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of say they don't support betsy devos. if all other g.o.p. senators support devos as expected and all democrats oppose here, she would end up with a 50/50 vote in the senate. vice president mike pence would have to break the tie to confirm her. the president's picks tom price and steven mnuchin advance thanks to parliamentary procedure to suspend rules that at least one democrat on the committee be present. they only needed a majority vote to suspend the rules and the republicans own a majority in committee. jonathan: it is the first 100 days and we could see a new supreme court justice. judge neil gorsuch making the traditional rounds on the hill. it's essentially the job interview process with members of the senate. he goes in the office and meets them face to face and they talk. our abc7 instapoll today, are you pleased with the president's pick of judge you can weigh in. you can watch the results appear on the screen at the bottom of your screen. it's instantaneous as it happens. stephanie ramos now with the brewing battle over the supreme court going on, on the hill. stephanie: the jury is still out on whether or not democrats will pull out all the stops to block judge neil gorsuch for a lifetime job on the supreme court. president trump: he did get a unanimous endorsement. stephanie: gorsuch, the son of a reagan official may have received unanimous nomination to the court of appeals but this may not go as smoothly. >> the republican kept the seat open for a year despite obama's nominee merrick garland who never even got a hearing. stephanie: the tensions are running high with the democrats the president's nominees. trump giving senate majority leader the green light to use the so-called "nuclear option" if democrats try to hold up the gorsuch nomination. that nuclear option means a supreme court nominee can be confirmed by a simple majority instead of 6 o votes in -- 60 votes in the senate. president trump: if we end up with the gridlock, if you can, mitch, go nuclear. >> they are gearing up for a fight. >> judge neil gorsuch throughout his career repeatedly sided with corporations over working people. stephanie: the first phone call that neil gorsuch made after his nomination announcement was to judge merrick garland, president obama's supreme court nominee who never got a hearing last year. in northwest p stephanie ramos, abc7 news. michelle: coming up next at 4:00 -- alison: the big company moving the headquarters from california to arlington. michelle: why you won't have to travel to ireland to have a pint of guinness at the >> the response at the academy. jonathan: 444. a high school senior who is more than ready to serve. wait until you see the story next at 4:00. >> every time i look at my bank account, it's like time to go to the gym again. alison: a woman turns unwanted pounds into cash. how to get in on this deal up next. doug: temperatures will fall on the first night of february. is it the beginning of a trend? 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jonathan: in tonight's "spotlight on education," kellye lynn sits down with a high school senior accepted to all four u.s. service academies. >> left, left. kellye: at the age of 8, tim parks saw a documentary on military academies. >> i told my parents i want to be like that. kellye: he will be. and soon. >> we are thankful beyond words. kellye: tim, a trinity christian school senior does what few students ever do. >> less than is% out of all the people who apply get this. kellye: the 18-year-old has been accepted to four of the five service academies. navy, west point, air force and coast guard hoping to get into one. all fou books, board and medical care at no cost. >> giving the measure of his energy and his focused attention to get the job done, and his academic skills and abilities it's not surprising. >> he is genuine. he is passionate about what he does. kind. kellye: the family appreciation for the military started with tim's grandfather. a pittsburgh doctor who offered free medical care to korean war veterans and their parents as a way to say thank you for their service. now tim who maintains a 4.1 g.p.a., plays basketball, runs cross country and is an oratorical state champion. continues the family legacy. his father spent ten years in the army and 11 in the army reserves. >> i am amazed at the response from the academy. kellye: he remains undecided but he is leaning to west point. but he is to serve. in fairfax, i'm kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: wow! we wish him the best. that is fantastic. off to a good start. jonathan: you think? alison: if you want to see more stories like this head to the website wjla.com and click on spotlight on education under the features tab. biden an his wife have launched a foundation that aims to ensure everyone is treated with dignity. they will take tax deductible donations. michelle: hillary clinton has been doing more than hiking in the free time. she will release two new books this fall. they will publish personal essays and a children picture book version of the 1996 best-seller, "it takes a village and other lessons children teach us." jonathan: perhaps ireland's most famous e maryland. they will invest a new facility they own already but the rehabbing of the building that closed two years ago. it just sat there. now it's something big. this is a rendering of what could look like when it's said and done but it needs state approval. >> it will require changes in the state law. i hope the baltimore county delegation in annapolis are supportive to allow them to increase the capacity of the brewing operations. it's great for the tourism and the taste buds. >> the plan is to brew blondie there. the rendering is design meant to be similar to the open gate brewery guinness has in dublin, ireland. so they will offer tours where you can get taste tests. does it y'all if you taste a lot you want to buy a lot. michelle: that is the idea. jonathan: good math right there. abc7 on traffic watch for you. trenice bishop at the traffic center with a look at what the ride home looks like. hey, trenice. trenice: hey, jonathan. this afternoon we have a couple of things happening. early delays on the beltway through montgomery county. a crash on the ramp. we will show you a large picture. maybe you can see the delays on the top side of the beltway as folks try to make their way through montgomery county. extremely slow. the crash on the inner loop from the ramp to i-95 to leave you with heavy volume from connecticut avenue at this hour. that will impact you if you are thinking of heading out or heading home. you will find it stop and go and the crash will be moved quickly hopefully as it has been in the roadway for a while. 270 northbound in the local lane. we are finding slow volume from no major issues it looks like. on the top right of the screen it looks like congestion to the accident scene. this is on goshun road. expect the lane closures. 66 westbound, the heavy volume picking up from 495 to 123 for the slow ride to fairfax. michelle? michelle: there is room for two more for beyoncé's behive. she and her husband are expected twins. in a post she is wearing a veil. some are describing this as maternity clothing. unless maternity clothing has changed a lot that just looks like a bra and perhaps underwear? i'm not sure. switch suit bottom? i'm not sure. she is beyoncé. she can get away with it. they already have a daughter named blue ivy so the twins would be, make the family a family so they would have altogether three kids. alison: wow! michelle: that is huge. breaking the internet at this point. alison: i heard farrell williams wife just had triplets. michelle: no one is talking about that. jonathan: back story, doug who is a fantastic meteorologist has never been a big fan of grounds being prognosticators. doug: english is not required. jonathan: i'm still getting over the beyoncé shot. but he likes this one. this is stuffed. doug: that is a crude way to say it. he has been preserved. he hasn't blinked his eyes in 20 years. but every groundhog day, i bring him out. thanks to my friends mark. jonathan: do you see his shall doe -- shadow? doug: we'll see what happens tomorrow morning. people think i don't like bill. i just have fun with him. it's a fun day. michelle: there is a nail in his foot that can't see. doug: i told you why. if it wasn't -- michelle: needs balance. doug: he would do a face plant. i almost did it. alison: be careful. doug: did somebody put wd-40 on the rails? clearing skies. that is good as we get rid of the stubborn cloudiness. temperatures have dropped in the 30's. a trend for a few days of the colder temperatures and by the weekend colder than average temperatures for february. 49 now. the winds are calm. beautiful day. we see snowshowers in the mountains and a couple indications of sprinkle or two. the forecast with the partly cloudy skies. temperatures expected to be in the lower 30's in the western zones. closer to town it will warm up south of the metro area. mid-to-upper 30's in many areas by tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. high pressure will start to build in tomorrow. that will give us gusty winds from the west through tomorrow night, friday, saturday and sunday it will turn somewhat colder the future cast shows breezy conditions moving in. snowshowers to the north. partly cloudy skies through the day tomorrow and turn colder still for the day on friday but still plenty of sunshine and fresh breeze from west and the northwest is expected. high pressure comes in. mostly sunny skies by saturday. tomorrow is groundhog day. it will be breezy throughout the day in the area with the temperatures in the mid-40's. the numbers through the end of the week. around 50 in many areas. 45 tomorrow. 40 on friday. there could be wet snow flakes and sprinkles and the temperatures will be at 42. so whatever happens if we see anything it won't have much of an impact. steve rudin will be back with a further look at the weekend and the ten-day forecast coming up later this hour. john? jonathan: real quick. i have a tweet. are rodents s college graduate meteorologists? doug: some are, i guess. jonathan: still ahead for us -- >> on my way to work i saw a guy right in front of the giant walking with a blunt lit in his mouth. jonathan: next at 4:00, pot problems. the unintended consequences of being able to smoke it in the district. brad: governor larry hogan says the state of the state is strong but could use a couple of tweaks. what he has in mind and how it will a michelle: larry hogan gave the state of the state. alison: he's wildly popular in a state that usually votes democratic. brad bell is in annapolis. one of the big themes today, reaching across the aisle on paid leave, right? brad: they will have to work out a compromise. a lot of people in the area do not get paid when they call in sick. that is something that the legislature and the governor both want to tackle this year. governor larry hogan's third state of the state speech today at the halfway point of his first term in office was long on listing accomplishments. >> for two years now we have been doing exactly what we said we would do. brad: he spoke of familiar priorities. but this year he added his voice to call paid sick leave law in maryland. >> so let's strike a compromise. considering the needs of maryland employees while not hurting the small business job creators. brad: potato valley restaurant owner barbara pays close attention when talk in the state house across the street turn to issues that affect her bottom line and says businesses should offer employees paid leave. barbara: i do support that. it's the price of doing business. brad: as always in state house, the devil is in the details. hogan wants to require businesses with 50 or more employees to offer paid sick leaves. democrats are pushing a bill with a 30-employee threshold and are blasting the hogan plan. >> the details that he laid out are from the far right playbook. we want something that is going to be important to middle class, working families in the state of maryland. brad: barbara hopes a compromise can be worked out. >> it's good for all business. good for the community. brad: so that is something that the governor talked about in the state of the state. we are working on another story at 5:00 that focuses on what he didn't talk about. the governor focused exclusively on issues inside the state of maryland. democrats say he should have addressed some of the issues going on in washington as well. you will hear some of that as i said when we come back at 5:00. in annapolis, brad bell. jonathan: have you seen her? the national zoo's bobcat is still on the run. why the search is now called off. that is coming up. alison: then new at 5:00, a girl scout gives a brutally honest answer when she is asked about the group's famous cookies. what she said and how it is paying off. that is when i join you back at 5:00. why are you checking i want to see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much do they? really? i'll take it! sir, your credit... is great, right? when was the last time you checked? here, try credit karma. it's free. alright, no more surprises. credit karma. give yourself some credit. and with the billion pointme!!! giveaway, it's about to get more awesome. to claim your share of a billion shop your way points during the big game, download the shop your way or kmart app today!!! announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: nestlé is making a big move. the brand is moving the headquarters to arlington. new at 4:00, northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg reports this should help fill brand new but empty buildings in rosslyn. jeff? jeff: there is no question about it. this is a huge deal for arlington. a huge deal for virginia. but really big for rosslyn. you can see the event wrapping up here 15 minutes ago. the big announcement th moving the headquarters from southern california here to rosslyn. this is what the view will look like. into georgetown. the national cathedral. they are going to bring 750 employees from the current headquarters in southern california to virginia. that is going to get going this year. this is a big endeavor. you have candy bars, nestlé crunch, nes-quick and the big products to advertise the big move coming here. this was a big incentive for nestlé to come here. $16 million in subsidiaries from the state of virginia and arlington. this took a lot of work together including a visit by governor mcauliffe to california to close the dealed. we have nestlé coming in t it sends a strong message. we want the military defense but we have more to offer. >> there it is. the unbelievable view taking up the ten stories on north moore. this is not just a huge deal for arlington but as we mentioned a huge deal for rosslyn, which has been struggling in the past several years. we have more on that part of the start at 5:00. until then live in arlington, jeff goldberg. jonathan: a sweet deal. so they are coming from california so when you think about it, we have had a better winter than they have. doug: we have. jonathan: they had 25 feet of snow in the mountains. doug: that is a culture shock weather wise for people working in l.a. that is literally a two minute walk from here. jonathan: we could throw a stone. doug: candy bar or something. jonathan: hopefully they throw it back. doug: throw the nestl bars this way. in the upper 40's to the lower 50's now. not bad. but the trend is for the colder temperatures for a few days. another warming trend in sight. get started. 50 in luray. 58 in fredericksburg. this is 72 in charlotte. there is a cold front over southeastern virginia. that will allow cold air to trickle in. in the 30's for most areas. low to mid-30's for the northern and the western suburbs. mid-to-upper 30s in the metro. that is the numbers tonight. 30's across the area. partly cloudy sky. chilly. the breezes are calm now but only a light northwesterly wind expected through the night. bus stop, upper 30's. sunshine in the morning. partly sunny and breezy throughout the day. the temperatures climb to 45 by dismiss sill time. we look at the next ten days. tomorrow is 45 degrees. 40 on friday. colder in the weekend on maybe sprinkles on monday. not much of an impact. warming trend for monday, tuesday, wednesday but what punxsutawney phil gives he takes away but it gets colder by the end of next week. that is the latest. michelle: the first several days of the trump presidency has come with swift executive actions. perhaps none more controversial than the order banning immigration and refugees from the seven majority muslim nations. colleges and universities have seen protests and richard reeve is at american university where the faculty members are speaking up. what are they saying? richard: they are speaking out today. george washington university, the university of maryland, 21 of the students from the banned countries going to school here. none of them have been detained but there is a lot of concern about the future. voices of dissent at the campus. >> fearnous that exist that didn't exist 12 days ago. richard: student and faculty protesting trump's order to ban travel from seven majority muslim countries. she grew up in cairo but calls los angeles home. her father came to the u.s. in 1972. he came here because he thought america was free and inclusive. >> for in the travel order is personal. 21 of the students are from the banned countries and they have been urgedded not to leave. >> it affects concrete students are not sure if they can come here. richard: the trump administration arguing the refugee vetting process is not stringent enough. >> i came as a refugee. my family came as a refugee. richard: he says he and others of the green card holders not affected by the ban are fearful of leaving and not coming ba >> my family was able to make a life and a living here. i feel it's being threatened. that is not what america is about. richard: a.u. says it is offering counseling and legal services for the students who need the information and they continue to recruit from the international community. they say they will continue to foster a welcoming and an inclusive environment for all. live in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. a few hundred people showed up to protest at the university of maryland. students are marching on behalf of the classmates who are affected by the extreme vetting order. still ahead for us at today at 5:00, the message they are trying to send to the school's president. apple now has condemned the president's executive order on immigrants and travel but the tech giant is considering legal action as well. c.e.o. tim cook says that the order is affected hundreds of apple employees. he tells the "wall street journal" he reached out and asked if it could be repealed. amazon and expedia joined the courtroom battle to challenge the travel ban. michelle: we are learning tonight prosecutors say the widow of a man who shot up an orlando nightclub was more involved than what has been admitted. prosecutors say noor salman went with omar mateen on scouting trips to pulse and knew his plan to kill. 49 people died in the attack. 53 others were hurt. she is charged with helping plan the attack. her lawyers say she was a battered spouse who knew nothing about mateen's plans. jonathan: this turned out to be the hookup from hell. ahead from online to reality comes a bizarre confession. she said she wanted to be a serial killer and that was just the beginning. michelle: how about this? 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stefs that is exactly what they are saying. some folks here say the legalization of marijuana has led to the form of air pollution. we have video here. we can show you just what they are talking about. no matter where they go, and every person we ask says they have encountered a cloud of marijuana smoke. very often the smoke is coming from passing vehicles. this is what some people say about the experience with the cloud of pot smoke. >> i walk through the city and i smell the odor of marijuana a lot. >> actually today on my way to work i saw a guy in front of the giant walking with a blunt lit in his mouth. it's l what they want. stephen: yes, it's legal but what he was describing there is not legal. it's not legal to be smoking it in a vehicle. only legal in a private residence for people over 21. the problem that some in the city say is out of control. however, no one whom we spoke said they would like to see the city recourse and criminalize pot smoking again. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. "7 on your side" with health matters. looking for motivation to lose weight? a woman in houston lost more than 100 pounds by putting her money where her stomach is. at her heaviest generaler the weighed 405 pounds. after losing 75 she needed more motivation so she signed up on healthy wage. you bet on yourself. and how fast you can lose the weight. if you don't lose it, you lose the money. at the end of it, she lost 102 pounds and won a whopping $4,800. she says the weight loss journey continues though she is 175 pounds lighter. jonathan: good for her. michelle: yeah. congratulations. that is great work. whatever it takes to get you going. jonathan: exactly. well, a house fire in california did more than just display a family. it destroyed thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. michelle: that includes 1,000 boxes of girl scout cookies. the family made it out safely from yesterday's fire but once they made it out one of the girls realized the girl scout cookies were still in the garage. >> the girls are worried about the girl them all, over a thousand boxes in the garage. michelle: the girl scouts of san diego said they reached out to the family and told them the cookies can be replaced and the family will not be held responsible for the loss. they are pricy. a woman who answered a craigslist ad asked for companion and is behind bars now. this su after she admitted she wanted to be a serial killer. amy brown went on a date and it ended in a hotel. she asked the man numerous time if he was a serial killer. when he said no, she climbed on top of him and said she was. that is frightening. jonathan: the date is over! michelle: but it gets worse. she then stabbed him with a pocket knife and told detectives she was planning on eating his h she meant that. the victim is recovering at a hotel. jonathan: i'm speechless. really? michelle: i was thinking about the motel where they ended up. jonathan: wants to eat his heart. you're saying the date didn't go well. add more money for the volkswagen buy-back program because it's going for the final bulk of the luxury cars. if the cars can be fixed the owners could get more than $16,000 each. if there is no fix fast enough, the buy-back program could top $4 billion. this is all on top of the more than 500,000 other vehicles einvolved in the diesel emissions scandal. breaking news in the newsroom. the chase is off. ollie, the bobcat, actually found on zoo property. you knew that was coming. she is like they feed me so well, i just needed a break. needed alone time. just need to be a cat. then you come back for the food. this is just coming i announced this morning it has suspended the search for ollie. reverse psychology, perhaps. maybe she saw the news and said you are not looking for me anymore? keepers will give her a checkup and she will be back in the closure and give her more food and make her feel loved. michelle: make upgrade the security so she can't get out again. glad she is okay. jonathan: maybe they got a stray. this is like a stray. steve: imposter! jonathan: it looks like a bobcat. ollie. steve: scary to wake up and see it on your deck. she would have been fine in rock creek park. top of the food chain. jonathan: it's just a cat. michelle: if you have pets and your pets are outside -- steve: you the teeth and it locks on to your face and then it's not so much fun. jonathan: you have a vivid imagination. steve: let's talk weather on -- this is wednesday already! jonathan: you never get the days right. steve: i get friday right. 52 degrees is the current temperature now. look at fredericksburg. on the mild side. upper 50's. gaithersburg now at 46. for the overnight we are looking for the temperatures that are eventually falling in the 30's. skies are partly cloudy. on the chilly side. winds out of the northwest at 5 miles per hour. the winds will increase. waking up early tomorrow morning, it's groundhog day. we could see the wind gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour. the temperatures around 45 degrees. near average for this time of year. but be forewarned. the gusty winds make it feel 8 to 10 degrees colder than air temperature. the weekend outlook friday, 40. saturday, upper 30's. coldest day of the weekend. lower 40's. may see flakes or sprinkles on sunday but it should not amount to a lot. nothing to cause traffic delays. the ten-day outlook from stormwatch7. there you have it. 50 on monday. upper 50's on tuesday. lower 60's wednesday next week with a better chance for showers, cool toward the end of next week back to the 30's. check on what is going on this afternoon on the road. here is trenice bishop. trenice: i love 60's on the seven-day. you are speaking my language. this afternoon we have volume delays starting early for folks on the beltway. a crash about an hour ago on the inner loop 495 headed to college park on the ramp. still causing the heavy volume and the congestion for you through montgomery county. you can see on the big map you will find delays on the inner loop of the beltway. slow all the way from the 270 spur. about to i-95. here at 495. just east of 650. or new hampshire avenue. you can see the inner loop slowdown on the left side of the screen. also pretty heavy for folks on the beltway. inner loop and outer loop traveling between maryland and virginia. on the inner loop stretch, leaving mclean back to the cabin john area. heavy reported on the inner loop between 270 spur. making the way across the legion. michelle? michelle: thank you. waiting for the i.r.s. getting your tax refunds from the feds may take longer than previous years. the filing information that will help did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. john: tax filing starts this week. million of taxpayers in the d.c. area will be rushing out to tax preparers or refund as soon as possible. unfortunately, you may have to wait a few more weeks this year. this lunch hour crowd wanted their food and wanted it now. >> can i help the next customer, please? john: something they want now is the tax refund. i may be delayed two or three weeks. >> aa lot of people rely on the refund. john: is new law passed by congress requires the i.r.s. to give extra scrutiny claiming the earned income credit and additional child credit. returns typically filed by lower income people who rely on their refunds. >> if you work you want to get paid on friday. you work all year you want the tax rethund the first of the year. john: this is an attempt to crack down on the tax filing fraud where scammers would file millions of bonus returns hoping to collect the refund before you do. i.r.s. spokeswoman jennifer jenkins told me to file early these days to prevent scammer from having time to file under your name. >> you are increasing your chances with the delayed filing they may step in and file bogus return. john: sure, no one likes waiting a few more weeks for money that is rightfully there. but if it prevents fraud it will be www.it. >> i don't like it. but if it gives me more money, i am willing to wait. john: bottom line, you can still file as soon as possible to put you at the front of the line so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. larry: breaking news from the national zoo. ollie the missing bobcat has been found. q mccray is in satellite center where ollie was finally located. q: we have been on top of the story from the start. ollie disappeared monday morning and now what, 55 hours later she was places, back at the zoo according to the zoo twitter feed. the zoo has a news conference set to start in any minute that we will broadcast live via facebook live. if you want to watch that, check out our sister station newschannel8. they will have it as soon as it is on. when it comes to ollie we are talking about the 7-year-old bobcat who escaped after going through a hole in some mesh around her enclosure. again this happened early monday morning. now since then, zoo officials have done everything they can. to find her. zookeepers, zoo police and the d.c. humane rescue alliance. they were all out and about looking for her. they had no luck until day, which is great news, of course. we will find out how she was captured in the news conference. that is on our sister station newschannel8 as soon as the broadcast begins on facebook live. from the satellite center, i'm q mccray. back to you. alison: okay, q. thank you. we'll follow that. maryland's ten state police helicopters are grounded as inspectors make sure they are safe to fly. kevin lewis is outside joint base andrews to explain why. kevin: trooper 2 at joint base andrews grounded. along with most of the maryland state police fleet of the ten a.w. 139 helicopters. on sunday, a mechanic observed cracking paint around one chopper's tail rotor blades. prompting the proactive, yet immediate repairs. at this hour, the choppers in baltimore, easton and frederick are back in service. tonight the chopper in andrews should be repaired. tomorrow the chopper in st. mary's county expected back online. however, due to a parts delay, the choppers in cumberland and salsbury might take a few more days to fix. >> these are rare situations. anyone who called for a medevac received one in the