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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 President Trump is hardly the first to squabble with reporting he didnt like. Republicans have their own tv station, their own radio. Scott others like president obama were much tamer in their attacks or mistakenly private like george w. Bush. The fight is far from new. The difference former white house ethics czar says is the degree of disdain. The env ourselves in, in washington has become so toxic and so hyperpartisan that there is no longer seemingly any room for reasonable disagreement. Even when appropriate. Scott so has it been thissed bad before between those making the headlines and those printing them . President nixon told his staff the press is your enemy and his team tapped reporters phones. The newseum sites jefferson famously saying our liberty defends on the press years later he is quoted in a letter nothing can be believed that is seen in the newspaper. Truth itself is suspicious put in the polluted vehicle. While the intensity and the tactics have changed the tone is almost as old as the office itself. On capitol hill, scott thuman, abc7 news. Alison a few hundred protesters still out in nor Dakota Access pipeline. They have been there since august. But they now have until wednesday to clare out. That is when the state and federal Authorities Say they will start arresting anyone who was left. The u. S. Army corps of engineers say it is concerned about the threat of spring flooding and the protesters safety. Horace right now big news. The president and the first lady are expecting. Talking about the feathered first couple nesting at the national arboretum. An egg was spotted in the nest last night. It should hatch in a month. The bald eagles had two eaglets last year. We have a link to that eagle camera. You can get it at wjla. Com. But while the eagles are draw online, the pandas are one of the biggest draws at the national zoo. Everywhere really. Alison of course. Tomorrow, everybody around here is sad because our panda cub bao bao has to head back Brianne Carter is live at the zoo. It was packed with crowds today. Brianne these are visitors left over from earlier today even though the zoo is now closed. Not justice here at the zoo but trying to get here. The number of people wanting to bid a final farewell. A day of sweet treats. The panda spent her final afternoon at the national zoo soaking up the sun and lapping up honey coated suitcase as she prepares to pack up and leave d. C. I think its wonderful. Tomorrow she will take a 16hour flight from dulles to china and will be accompanied by the zoo handleer and goodies, bamboo, honey water, apples. A vet will travel alongside her as a precaution. For leslie johnson, its love with her . Brianne johnson visited the zoo weekly even before bao bao was born. Now she feels like her own pet is going away. I get so attached to your own pet. I havent touched her but its the same feeling. Brianne many want to keep a piece of bao bao with them. From panda masks, tshirts and plush toys. They lined up to grab a momento of the adored animal. There were lines of people. Each one of those panda markets picking up some of the items. Meanwhile, tomorrow morning, bao bao will be loaded in a crate. The crate then on to a truck and to Dulles International airport airport for the flight to china. Reporting live, Brianne Carter, abc7 news. Alison thank you. One more note here. Metro says it did see a spike in ridership around the zoo this weekend. More than 6,400 people got off the red line at the woodly that is three times the normal number on a weekend. Horace next monday marks one year since the streetcars started operating along h street in northeast d. C. Passengers were supposed to start paying after six months but they are still riding for free. It could be doing that for a while. The d. C. Department of transportation says it doesnt want to dampen ridership while it is growing so it probably wont start charging until the benning road line is built. That is expected to take about four years. People say the third time will be the charge. Then it became the sixth. Then the 12th and the 17th and the 120th. Alison coming up, the man nominated 21 times without a win. What it is like to be a footnote in oscar history. Q have you seen this man . He could be watching you at the local corner store. Buried when a bomb hit her steve 27 on wednesday. 70 on friday. Looking at the upcoming weekend upper 60s to 70 on saturday. Tracking a cold front that is likely to bring us a few showers about maybe a few thunderstorms. Colder behind the front. Only in the lower 50s. Above average for this time of year. Normally we see temperatures in the upper 40s. Q welcome to 7 on your side fighting back wall of justice. Im q mccray. We have a special alert from the d. C. Police department for you today. Have you seen this robber . They hope you have. Here is what he did. Its friday. February 3 in the afternoon when he walks in the corner store in the 3900 block of minnesota avenue northeast. He stands out with his trench coat and head wrap on. Even popping his collar as a stranger passing by. He make his way to back of the store for a moment an trots toward the cash register. But he doesnt have his eye on the clerks. Rather the lady with the wad of cash in her hand. He snatches it and runs off. Police hopes someone remembers his getup and gives them a call. The d. C. Police department is offering up to 1,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. Now lets take a look at our wall of justice. The Calvert County Sheriff Office is looking for Justin Hurley for assault, stealing. And ripe watson trying to kill someone, robbery and burglary. Prince William County detectiveives book looking for amani. And looking for perez for aggravateed Sexual Battery of 9yearold girl. And they want serena brown for grand robbery and larceny. If you have any information, call the police. Last week we featured gary bell. Thanks to your tips he was arrested on thursday. 7 on your side fighting back against crime. Alison thank you. You can sign up for the 7 on your side fighting back newsletter at wjla. Com. Horace members of the Prince Georges County Police Department are mourning the death of one of their own tonight. Tron had been a k9 officer since september of 2010. During his career he successfully located several suspects and plenty of evidence. Tron won four gold medals in the 2015 world police and fire games. Tron unfortunately died friday after a battle with blood cancer. He was 7 years old. Erin im Erin Hawksworth at the nationals new spring training complex in west palm beach. Well give you a tour coming up next. Sam a busy day for firefighters in southeast. Two fires a mile apart, about the same time. Im sam ford. That story is next on abc7 news. Horace as we head to break cobains 50th birthday. His daughter posted this note on instagram saying he is love and missed and thanking him know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. Today marks 14 years since 100 people were killed at the station nightclub in rhode island. Some of the survivors joined the families of those who died this morning. It started with the pyrotechnic display for great white and the site is turned into a permanent Memorial Park that should open this spring. Alison back at home no buildings were threatened when the brush fire broke out in glenn dale, maryland. One of two brush fires in the area. The second was in southeast d. C. Along mississippi avenue. The d. C. Bureau chief sam ford reports it was one of two fires just blocks apart. They kept crews busy in the district. Sam a busy afternoon for firefighters in southeast. Starting with fires likely sent in wooded areas on opposite side of mississippi avenue. Firefighters moved in with the fire extinguishers in one section while dousing tree tops with h the other. A mile and a half away on stanton road an Apartment Building burned. Five members of a family had to flee for their lives when the building caught fire. A big burst of smoke came out of my kitchen. I gran and i grabbed my kids and my son. I didnt know what it was until she screamed there was smoke in the kitchen. Sam on the floor below, the landlord and other men were working. A soldering pipe caused in plumbing work set the place on fire. Were you scared . Yes. No. I wasnt. Sam firefighters found and delivered to the family two guinea pigs who had been left behind. Spike and midnight are their names, Christmas Gifts that the kids received. I was thinking about them. I was. I was hoping they would grab them. I wasnt thinking about the guinea pigs. I was thinking about my kids. Sam for family now a lot of questions as to where they are going to stay. They will be put up in an emergency situation right but then they have to find a place. Reporting from southeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Horace thank you, sam. Time for a check of the roads. Trenice bishop joining us. Trenice, how is it going . Trenice hey, horace. This afternoon we are trying to get better and recover from an accident on i95 that was near the Fairfax County parkway. Most of the folks making the trip home from the threeday weekend. Causing volume but the good news now all travel lanes are open. Still slow through 95 from just about dumfries to the earlier incident. The camera shot shows the brake lights beaming making your way to springfield area. 395 northbound. We had an earlier accident near edsall. Its clear but still slow. You can see volume through the area but just volume as the travel lanes there are also open. A new accident reported on 50. Westbound direction near columb 202 it is moving fine but west of the camera shot you will find it slow through cheverly. We are now slowing to get to the beltway through maryland. Heaviest through calverton and the 495 corridor. We had an earlier accidents in the outer loop near colesville. Its pushed to the right shoulder but you find the volume leaving 95 passing university boulevard. Back to you. Horace thank you. 7 is on storm watch tonight as the cleanup from the storms continue in southern california. Power storms dumped as much as ten inches of rain in the area. It caused at least five deaths. Farther north, heavy rain called a Morning Glory spillway to overflow for the first time in a decade. Alison a much different story here. It really feels like spring. Its crazy. Doug told us earlier there is a chance we might have cold spells. Doug yeah, a chance. But it doesnt look like it will happen in the next ten days. Looking a it the longer range guidance to the 5 or 6 of march. We could see a pattern that will turn colder. Bitterly cold air, we are done with that part of winter. Gorgeous sunset. The sun down a minute or so ago. We will see the temperatures slowly fall. Look where they are right now. 67 in petersburg, west virginia. 59 in college park right now. 61 degrees at quantico. Through the evening we have high clouds. That is about it. Temperatures will slowly drop through the 50s. Even by 9 00, it will be comfortable out. At 51 degrees and partly cloudy skies. Tonight 35 to 42 mainly due to northeasterly wind off the atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay cooling us down. But the winds are light and the skies are partly cloudy. A cool start to the day tomorrow. Going through the day planner the temperatures warm up quickly but not to the level we have had recently. Degrees above average. By the time we hit thursday it will change. The next few days show highs around different part of the country. Mainly we are talking 60s and 70s again. Here a look at the next ten days. We will go 55 to 67. Watch temperatures climb again to 70 or low 70s through thursday and friday. Close to saturday before a cold front brings a good chance of showers, gusty winds and a thunderstorm. Cooler fors a car cooler for oscar day and then warming up next week. Back to you. Alison okay. Crazy. Horace yeah. Alison spring is in the air in our area. That means its almost time for the boys of summer. Horace all right. Lets head to west palm beach, florida. Better to be here or there . Erin hawksworth is there right now. She joins us live with a look at how the nationals are doing in spring training. How are you doing, erin . Erin i come to florida and you are of weather. But we did just get a tour of the new ballpark of the palm beaches. We couldnt see the stadium. There is still some construction going on. We werent allowed to take video of some of those areas. We are told that everything should be good to go for february 28. What we did get to see and all the media here got a tour. I started with a practice field. You can see those. Some of them are cut to the same dimensions as National Park which is beneficial for the minor League Players. There are 12 batting cage lanes. Next we visited the major league weight room. Minor League Players can work out in there, too. With the big leaguers. So everyone can feel like a team. We got to see the new clubhouse which is spectacular. 51,000 square feet with a 24 foot curly w on the scene. Its round. That is from the lerner family. They like everybody to see each other and there are no corners. I got to talk to fans. Some who live in florida and some who traveled all the way nationals play. I got their take on the new facility. Who is your favorite player . Jason worth. Why do you like jason . He has long hair like i do. Erin welcome to major loge baseball newest training facility. Susan and norm are National Season Ticket Holders and traveled from d. C. To visit the new ballpark of the palm beaches. Exciting. A great new facility. Much better. Its an incredible facility. That is the first thing both of us said when we walked in. Erin bill oneil and his son sampson live nearby in jupiter. I have been following the nationals since they moved from montreal. Erin they were excited to get a picture with dusty baker. What was that like . It was awesome. I have been a fan for 40 years. Erin the astros also share the facility and they both have a fanfriendly sixfield layout. What do you think of the new ba it is. Erin are you are a nationals fan . Absolutely not. Erin who do you root for . I am a red sox fan. Erin oh, okay. Im going to let that whole red sex the red sox thing slide for now. He is here. This is phenomenal and this is a deficit upgrade. What this is a definite upgrade. What do you think . Horace its beautiful. Alison have a good time horace you probably dont know his name but you know his sound. Alison coming up, meet the oscar nominee who is hoping the 21st nomination is the charge. Announcer countdown to the red carpet brought yeah. We love low prices. No bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. My giant. Extended bonus buys only at my giant. Nt. Alison some birthday wishes tonight. With sir from love. Today is sydney pontiers birthday. He is 90 years old today. Horace look at him. Well, this years oscar broadcast is this coming sunday. Right here on abc7. Horace with his 21st nomination, Kevin Oconnell is hoping, he is hoping to take home his first statue. Alison that is incredible. Marci gonzalez introduces us to the most nominated person to never win. Marci from top gun to twister to armageddon. Kevin oconnell has been behind the sound mixer making nearly 200 films so much more than what you see on screen. Sound mix is all about emotion. That is what we are doing. Continually manipulating your emotions. Marci he did that for hacksaw ridge to make the sound and the intensity of every encounter and each explosion transport the audience to the battlefield. He is clea and something he is nominated for an oscar for best sound mixing. Do you think this could be your year . It would be great if it was. I think that everything happens for a reason. Marci hedging confidence a bit because he has been here before. Kevin oconnell nominated over and over and over again. Getting a total now of 21 nominations. More than anyone else in history without a single win. Are you like the susan luchi of the oscars . Golly, i guess i would take that as a compliment. She ultimately won when it was her time to win. Hopefully i will win when its my time, too. Marci oconnell and his friends in hollywood are hoping his time will finally come on sunday. I have had people say the third time is the charge. Then the sixth. 12th. The 17th. 20th. Now its the 21st time charge. It would be a nice thing for it to happen and i cant think of a better project for it to happen on. Marci marci gonzalez, abc7 news, los angeles. Alison right now at 6 00 michelle left helpless as fire rips through a multimillion dollar home. Asking for water and it wasnt working. Michelle the major problem exposed when a mansion goes up in flames. Jonathan a child cries met with an act of heroism. The race to save a child in a bloody civil war. Michelle what was different about this rally from the others that wasnt off peacefully nationwide . Jonathan a multimillion dollar home consumed by fire and the residents and the firefighters watched helpless it. The reason . Not enough water and too few hydrants in the area. Richard reeve is looking in the problem and he joins us live from where it happened in mclean with new information he received about the hydrant problem. This has to be a concerning problem for the folks who live nearby as well. Right, richard . Richard absolutely. Look at the devastation behind me. We have just learned that the developers are the deciders what are put in water mains and the new hydrants. The nearest one in this neighborhood is a fiveminute walk down the road. It caused major headaches for firefighters. The fire has gone through the roof. A massive inferno. The 2. 7 million mansion engulfed. Dont want to see another fire like that. Richard the flames ripping through the property saturday morning. Firefighters arrived here in eight minutes but it was a big problem. There were no hydrants nearby. We had to bring additional water in, tankers. Richard the