Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 5 20170220 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 5 20170220

The deciders, the ones to decide if more hydrants should be in the neighborhood. Coming up, we will hear from fire chief about his thoughts about the safety issue. In mclean, richard reeve, abc7 news. Horace we have new information in the search for a man accused of killing another man at a party over the weekend in arlington. Jeff goldberg joins us live in arlington after speaking with the close friend of the victims today. Jeff . Jeff he talked a lot about michael grays warm personality, his warm smile, so often attracted other people to him. The shooting happened early yesterday morning down 29th street north in arlington. Arlington police are still actively searching for the man they believe pulled trigger. Just hours after michael gray was shot and killed it hurt. It hurts so bad. Jeff maddie heard the awful news. Its hard to know somebody is not there anymore. Its more of a shock. Years old and from manassas was at a House Warming Party on 29th street north in arlington. Shortly after 3 00 a. M. Sunday morning a fight started outside the house. The reason for the dispute is still unknown. But Arlington Police say 37 yearold Jason Johnson of d. C. Fired multiple shots at gray who later died at Inova Fairfax hospital. He was loved by so many people. He was an awesome person. Jeff neighbors say the new tenants of the house moved in two weeks ago. Arlington Police Responded to a noise complaint at the party earlier in the night but the residents were cooperative and the police left. My gosh. Its the talk of the neighborhood. Jeff like many others in the williamsburg neighborhood, Leanne Flores thinks the shooting was an anomaly. A oneoff situation. We were very surprised anything like that happens in this neighborhood. Jeff maddie hopes johnson turns himself in but she says the pain will never go away. Even though when he does get prosecuted bring back mike. Jeff earlier today the property manager tells us the owners of the home are currently overseas. We also overheard that property manager having some pretty tense conversations with the current tenants about what happened over the weekend. Meanwhile, Arlington Police believe that the suspect in this case, Martese Johnson is still in the the suspect in the case, Jason Johnson is still in the region and is possibly still armed and dangerous. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news we are keeping a close eye on a developing story out of new york where the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations died today. He was 64 years old. He is a veteran dip low malt and he reportedly fell ill at the office this morning. Then died at the hospital. No word on the cause of death. Horace today marks one month since President Trump was sworn into office. It has been a whirlwind start. Two hours ago the president announced the new National Security Army Lieutenant general h. R. Mcmaster. Currently he directs the Army Capability integration center. Across the country, protest this president s day by people who say this is not their president. Stephen tschida is live in northwest after finishing the afternoon with the protesters. Stephen we still have a handful of protesters here in front of the white house. Demonstrations started this afternoon at Dupont Circle and it snaked its way through the city to the white house. Where we have heard many calls for impeachment. The not my president protest in d. C. Drew hundreds of people. They came to denounce donald trump on this president s day. I dont listen to anything he says. We are disgraced around the world. Stephen they wave signs, call for impeachment, removal and resistance. I have never been an activists. Stephen others say they are protesting for the first time in years. The demonstrators eventually took to massachusetts avenue. Blocking traffic as they voice their complaints. Hillary clinton was elected by the people. He was elected by the electoral college. Stephen we found two Trump Supporters who positioned themselves to rev their bikes a the protesters pass bikes as the protesters pass. When we spoke to the demonstrators today some of them said with each utterance of the new president , their result to continue to protest grows stronger. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. Vice president mike pence was in brussels today trying to repair the u. S. s relationship with the euro during a news conference, pence stressed americas commitment and support to the e. U. During the president ial campaign, you will remember that President Trump applauded brexit, called nato obsolete and suggested the e. U. Could fall apart. Pence walked some of the comments back today. The commitment that we have made to one another. That the American People are keeping with the people of europe and nato is a commitment that president of the United States and the American People expect our allies in europe to keep as well. Alison e. U. Counsel president says the 00u. Will monitor the u. S. And too much was said to pretent its as it used to be. Horace the u. S. Isnt just committed to the e. U. It is committed to staying in iraq. Speaking in baghdad, defense secretary james mattis says u. S. Forces will remain in the country to fight the islamic state. Alison a Police Officer in california is dead and another hurt after another opened fire on them when they arrived on the scene of a traffic accident. Police say as the officers approached the vehicle involved in the accident, the driver shot and hit them. An officer returned fire wounding the shatter. His condition is unknown. Officials believe he may be a member of a gang. Horace 7 on your side on storm watch tonight after at least three tornadoes ripped through san antonio. More than 100 buildings were damaged by the storms. Thankfully there were only minor injuries. Alison but around here, today is lovely. Gorgeous. A lot of good words. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center. Is this just the beginning . We can only hope. Doug we are in the beginning of day three of a longterm warmup that will last at least ten days. Some days way above average like today. Some days a average. But above average nonetheless. Temperatures now range from the midtoupper 60s. Luray, culpeper, manassas, 68. 65 at reagan national. 61 at baltimore. Through the evening with the winds coming off the ocean, it will turn cooler and temperatures drop from the 50 to the upper 30s by morning. Today people in droves checking out all kind of things with beautiful temperatures and beautiful blue skies. Maryland bureau chief brad bell and the goto horticulturist and botanist is out there with the forensic files on the branches behind you. What are you seeing . Brad you know, mr. Hill, there is an old saying. If doug hill says it, you can believe it. Dont believe anything a groundhog tells you. The groundhog said six more weeks. So wrong. A lot of way what is we have seen is spring has already sprung. Cherry trees are in full room in beltsville. Blossoms are popping in largo. Daffodils as yellow can be are blooming in bethesda. Its february 20. These are already gathering pollen. Its a phenomena. Its too early. I love it. This is a dream to be in this weather now in february. Brad butterfly bush making leaves. Weeks ahead of schedule according to gardening expert. He says all sorts of plants are confused. Usually these dont bloom until midmarch. He says most plants and trees will be fine but around the house you might want to protect early bloomers from the nighttime frost. Cover your plants that have the flowers or leaves on them. You can use an old bed sheet and a drop cloth. Anything that gives a little frost protection. You take it off first thing in the morning. Brases brases brad at the tidal basin, the guessing flower. We have maybe two weeks since were in the 60s this week as well. Brad so, that is what he says. That is not what the experts say. We are trying to get an official forecast next week. Look at this. I think you can see all the green on those buds. This is early on the green stage. Not earliest. Last year the green stage ill confirm, look at my notes march 8. We had peak bloom march 25. We have a lot of warm days ahead. It looks like we will have a march peak bloom for the Cherry Blossoms. The official forecast comes march 1 from the National Park service. In the tidal basin, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison well stay with the Cherry Blossoms for a minute because its next wednesday where the National Park Service Scheduled to announce the official date for this years Cherry Blossom festival. And as brad mentioned we are hoping that will include the first estimate for this basin. Q happy president s day. There are several celebrations around the d. M. V. But the biggest was in alexandria. Im q mccray. I have the sights and sounds coming up. President trump Thomas Jefferson said nothing can be believed which is deemed in a newspaper. Alison a look at the storied history between president s and the press. Horace then later, the business of bao bao. We take you to the zoo of her last full day in d. C. Cheryl im cheryl conner. Washington adventis hospital. Oh, how waso good en house . Did you apply . Oh, ill do it later today. Your credit score must be amazing. My credit score . Credit karma. Its free. Thats great um hm. Just whip bam boom, its done. That apartment is mine credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Godspeed, john glenn. Horace this is 65 years since john glenn became the First American to orbit the earth. He orbited three times in the four hours he spent aboard friendship vii february 20, 1962. Alison from to mount vernon, people remember the president s. And q mccray is in alexandria where the largest parade for the president was held this afternoon. What a day for it, q. Q a Beautiful Day to say the least. It all ended after 2 30 this afternoon. Back then this area was full of people and fans. People and bands. Thats not the case anymore but we have video to prove it. You can feel the patriotism in the air. American flags filled alexandria as actors in colonial garb marched down royal street. The parade celebrated not just president day but George Washingtons birthday. Being the first ever president of the United States, it was only right the celebration kicked off with a big bang. The day is about being with your family. The oldest parade celebrating president washington. Bands provide people to step to while horses and puppies kept children in awe. What day is it . President s day. Do you know who we celebrate on president s day . George washington. Unseasonable temperatures brought out a larger number of parade goers. We are celebrating with the holiday and enjoy a time together as a family. A day to pause and appreciate everything that is amazing in our country. You mentioned it. It was so beautiful out here today the bigger crowd than expected. How much bigger . I asked city officials that question. They dont know just yet. But once we find out we will let you know as soon as possible. Until then, happy president s day, even. Back to you. Horace the u. S. Postal servic president s day and unveiled a stamp for john f. Kennedy. It will be available tomorrow. John f. Kennedy born may 29, 29,1917. Alison lets turn the attention to the weather. A Holiday Weekend like no other around here. When is the last time we had a president s day in d. C. This warm . Doug not last year. It snowed last year. The high was 31 last year. The year before, the morning temperature was 5 degrees. Only a high of to for the high. We are in rarefied air. Lets talk about the future. Its 60 in potomac at churchhill high school. Check out their website animation. There is level cloudiness. Its mostly clear to partly cloudy. The temperatures will drop. Cooler tonight than in the they will drop from if 60s to the 30s in most areas. But that is a little above average. 61 at college park. Through the everything, the temperatures will drop. 51 at 90. It stays mild through the evening. Overnight probably a range of mid30s to 40 or so. Now a lot of times clear skies we will get a condition where the farther south you go, the warmer the temperatures. The farther west you go at night, colder. 37 in Prince Frederick in the morning. 38 in fredericksburg. 38 in leonardtown. Culpeper at 36. 35 in the morning in warrenton. 40 degrees at pickup time. 47. Partly sunny at recess. Dismissal time, its 55 degrees that is six degrees above average. Less in recent days. But wait warmer temperatures back in the 60 to near 70 on the way. Cooler air coming in tonight and early tomorrow as the winds come out of the northeast and east. As we get through late tomorrow night, wednesday, thursday, rest of the week, southerly flow of winds. That means across the viewing area we will be close to 70. A couple degrees either side. Wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. As the warm front gets closer to the area later thursday, we could see a few scattered showers. Then drying out on friday. We could have showers and thunderstorm on thursday and the temperatures cool off behind that. Cooler temperatures will remain above average. For the next few days, well get to 55 tomorrow. 67 on wednesday. 69 on thursday. More sunshine and 70 on friday. For the weekend, you see the big change. We will go from 69 to with the showers and the storms to 53 on sunday with sunshine. Cooler when you nice and still above average. The next ten days we went from 68 today to 55 tomorrow, back in the upper 60s to near 70 heading through the weekend. Maybe a late thursday shower. Then the change does come but it is brief as we head to saturday. Showers and the isolated thunderstorm close to 70. Cooler somewhat on sunday. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we start up again. Warm temperatures. Horace is this spring . Doug every time people ask i tell them to look up march 29, 1942, washington, d. C. Alison okay. Doug we had a snowstorm, a foot of snow downtown on march 29. Winter is over when its over. It aint over yet. Dont mess with mother nature. Alison enjoy this. All right. Thank you. Alison after six months of protest, opponents at the Dakota Access pipeline have two days to p what had fire crews in more than one part of the area busy today. Alison but first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc and now Jummy Olabanji has a look at what is coming up tomorrow on good morning washington. Thanks, allison. Tomorrow on good morning washington, we are live at the national zoo for bao baos big sendoff as she begins her journey to china. Plus, how to keep your baby safe and sleeping soundly while you get a good nights rest, too. Stay with us for traffic alison we think of blankets for warmth but parents got blankets after they lost their child to s. I. D. S. We look at what they are doing on what would have been the first birthday. Hand made blankets are given to the emergency staff for washington adventist hospital. They will be used for the children who passed away. Some reporter and her husband turned the healing to helping others by creating brelin blanket. She went down for a nap and didnt wake up. Chyles she would have turned 1 on sunday. Instead of cakee, her and complete strangers built up the blanket supply and came back to the hospital to thank the doctors, nurses and the paramedics who tried to revive her. One of the nurses after the team worked on her and could not revive her, then went to the closet. And took one of these blankets and just wrapped her. Breelyn died in june while at Little Angels daycare in college park no longer on the state child care data base following accusations they were understaffed. Its really unusual that families come back and give us some closure. 15 blankets were given to the hospital today and breelyns family plans to continue to donate. This is a friends sister. Cheryl porter says she and her husband have to keep going for their 3yearold daughter brooklyn. We can make somebodys worse day a little bit better. We have to try. Cheryl in takoma park, cheryl conner, a horace still ahead at abc7 news at 5 00 two fires just blocks apart keep firefighters busy in d. C. Today. Rest assured, the president and i strongly support a free and an independent press. Alison plus, well have a look at other rocky relationships between the president and the press over the years. A beloved member of the d. C. Community saying a final farewell. Where she is headed and who is going along coming up. Horace and thank you to everyone who emailed in pictures of their national pet day. You can see the gallery and add to it if you want at wjla. Com. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. President trump the press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake. The Dishonest Media which has published one false story after another. When the media lies to people, i will never, ever let them get away with it. Into the Trump Administration and we have seen a barrage of attacks on the press by the president. But as chief Political Correspondent scott thuman shows us, its not unprecedented. President trump many of our greatest president s fought with the media. Scott almost a daily ritual, the vicious, verbal assaults on the media. But Presiden

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