Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 5 20170221 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 5 20170221

Antisemitism that has affected his own administration. A number of j. C. C. s including one in orlando, florida, have seen a sharp decline in the membership. Primarily out of fear. But others say its not the case here. Live in rockville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry thank you. The National Museum of African American history and culture this morning where trump was asked if he plans to visit the Holocaust Museum in d. C. President trump i will be doing it, too. Its very important. Very important to me. Larry president pledged again to bring together what he calls our divided country. Alison u. S. Supreme court heard arguments in the deadly shooting of unarmed 15yearold by the u. S. Border patrol. At issue is if the teens parents who live in mexico can sue the agents in federal court. Uncertainty for the courts to determine where and when lawsuits are filed. To stay in the united states, shoot the weapon across the border, the constitution should constrain their conduct. Alison the agents attorney said the client was responding to a report of people trying to cross the border into el paso, texas. The teens parents said their son was hanging out with friends in neighboring juarez. Larry maryland lawmakers are trying to change definition of rape. Brad bell reports that advocates say far too often the police and the prosecutors dont charge because the victims didnt physically fight back. State house hearing rooms are cold places where the legislators ask dispassionate questions. Sexual assault survivor Ebony Johnson is willing to come here and testify, to tell her story so the next victim doesnt share her to this day i have gotten no justice. Brad the police did not pursue a case against her attacker because they require use of force or threat of force in a Sexual Assault to be considered rape. She chose not to fight so they felt there was no course. It angered me. I was just like im going through the trauma, why do i have to prove this . Its nowhere else in the law we ask a victim oh, did you resist the robbery . Brad there are some trying to clarify that the victim resistance isnt required for a rape to be a rape. We dont do it any other area of law. We shouldnt do it in Sexual Assaults. Brad johnson says the law must recognize no means no and not require a woman to risk a fight. It added insult to injury. Salt to the wound. Brad despite the passion in the lobby its by no means guaranteed to make a difference. This bill has died here before. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison a man caught in the act accused of robbing people at knifepoint. Police arrested Carlos Canales sunday morning after e allegedly attacked two victims in Fairfax County. They say they saw canales pull a knife and a broken bottle on the victim, cutting one of them and demanding her wallet. He was linked to 11 other robberies in the area. Larry covering metro now and word that wmata plans to test automated safety announcements on escalators. You have heard the announcement the moving walkway is ending. But this is about the escalators on metro. This is after a 13 increase in flips, trips and falls in the last year. They plan to test it at stations with the most injuries. Alison metros general manager, meanwhile, says the pretty picture. Transportation reporter Brianne Carter live after speaking with Paul Wiedefeld today. What did he have to say . Brianne well, the general manager sums it up like this. Less people are doing this, coming in and out of metro stations taking trips on metro. What does it ultimately mean . Less of this for the transit agency. Now a problem they have to fix. Metro riders are down to levels not seen since 2003. Less riders means less revenue for the transit authority. They are approaching the breaking point when it comes to finances. We are doing as much as we can. Brianne metro projects they will face 125 million revenue shortfall by the end of june. In the first half of the fiscal year, rail ridership dropped 12 . Bus ridership last year. Metro projected a slight increase in ridership to make it even more impactful. So for any new contracts it impacts the safety and the liability. Brianne 50 million in revenue lost is directly tied to safetrack. They have plans to work on this internally but it may not be enough. Because many cuts made over the last year. They are running out of options. Very little to go to. The future in the categories. So like i said, this system will have service. That is what we are left with. Brianne so what does metro plan to do to fill this gap . Will it have any impact on the three jurisdictions that contribute money to metro . We will detail all of that tonight at 6 00. Brianne carter, abc7 larry thank you. The d. C. Councilmembers held a round table on which issues should be important for consumer of regulatory affair affairs. Airbnb supporters showed up saying that the regulations would strangle the industry and hurt families but others complain that airbnb hurt boor hurt poor people. There is a lack of Affordable Housing in d. C. Airbnb contributes to the lack of Affordable Housing. We are sharing our home. Doug cooler and cloudier today than recent days but still in the 50s. This is looking at the national harbor. Sunshine getting through. We will see that in spots before the sun goes down. The temperatures are comfortable. Low to mid50s. We will hang on to the cloudiness. We have a drop in temperatures but not dramatically. Stay in 40s overnight. Tomorrow after a cloudy start and we are off to the races again with the higher temperatures. How much warmer . That is part of the weekend and tenday outlook coming up the eight minutes. She will most likely be pretty happy sitting in the crate. Larry right now that crate is on board a fedex plane somewhere over, well, the ocean. Bao bao the panda was loaded up this morning at the national zoo and a quick ride to Dulles International airport before she was loaded to a plane bound for china. As Richard Reeve reports the whole trip should take 16 hours. Richard it was the moment everyone here had waited for. Right now im peopling nothing but elation. Known as bao bao its not every day you get to see this. Rustles it began with a simple meal of bamboo and a last rest period for bao bao in the enclosure. We have an attachment to bao bao. In the crate she went. 205pound panda and the trainer have worked together to get comfy in the travel environment. We get used to it gradually. The crate is now in a special enclosure to ensure to the interior. We bring panda catering on board. Bamboo, panda cake, water, apples. Finally on my buddy here. I couldnt resist. Fedex says it is paying for the flight. It wont say how much it costs. Right now you can check out flight tracker. You can see where she is. Or check on our website wjla. Com. Live from Dulles International airport, Richard Reeve, abc7 news. Alison all right. Thank you. I love they named it the panda express. Larry the pandas on the truck and the plane. It was cute watching her for hours frolic around, scratch, dig play. I wonder if she knows. Alison what is about to happen. Larry probably not. Alison right now at the National Arboretum mr. President and the first lady are attending to an egg in the nest. They had two eaglets there last spring. This is a live picture of this egg. On sunday. It should hatch in a month. We have a lot of activity out there. You can see the live feed of bothest ins through the links on the website wjla. Com. Great stuff. Coming up at 5 00, just out for a stroll in this is a bull. How in the world did the bull end up roaming the streets of new york . Larry it wasnt wall street. Later, jackie shot j. F. K. . The high profile places that police are finding conspiracy messages and what they are doing about them. Alison plus, remembering the woman killed in an Early Morning crash that made a real mess out of rush hour. Larry but first half a dozen teenagers fall through the ice. Find out what they were doing and who came to the rescue. 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. Alison we are back with this. This is something you dont see every day. A bull taking a stroll through queens. Police say the bull escaped from a slaughter house and was roaming around the jamaican neighborhood. It took corner the bull, finally bringing it down with a tranquilizer dart. The bull however did not survive. A crazy scene. Larry terrible. Okay. Police in germany are tracking a hitandrun case. You see people saw a man in a horse and carriage sideswiped a parked car and kept going but the officers picked up on a trail of footprint and manure to find their man. They cost 2100 in damage to the car. Alison no hiding the manure. Larry leaves a trail. Alison there is a Wisconsin Company that wants to give you outlet for aggression. This is a rage room. It lets you suit up in protective clothing and it costs 30 for 15 minutes of smashing creators call it therapy and a way to let loose. Larry interesting. Alison what do you think . Better than taking it out on people. Larry then its a good thing. 7 on your side to keep you calm if you dont have anything to mash. Kimberly suiters has a look at how we can get you satisfaction. Hey, kim. Kimberly hey. We want to show you the entire team here assembled tonight. The volunteers are taking your calls. 301652help. I want to jump in and talk to you. What kind of calls are you getting . A wide variety. I have calls on roof, roofing problems because of the rain and everything we have had. Big issues with the roof if not done properly. I heard from a woman who couldnt get her washing machine fixed. And another interesting call about a time share. How that is a loaded question because its very difficult sometimes. Kimberly that is something that our team here at the call for Action Center and 7 on your side were working on. That is a tough time. They normally take your live calls from 11 00 to 1 00 but tonight especially for our viewers we are taking calls untiling until 6 30. 301652help. You can go online and file an entire complaint there. Alison all right. Thank you. Doug takes complaints once in a while in the Weather Center but not a lot right now. No choice. This week there arent many. Doug people are happy with it. Its beautiful all week and then lousy for the weekend. But were in good shape. Saturday a high likelihood of rain and cold front but before and after that its okay. Degrees there now. A lot of sunshine earlier today. The sunshine took a break and then it came back. We are still above average temperatures when the sun goes down. It looks like clearing skies to the west. 59 in culpeper now. Fredericksburg. 54 in fredericks and winchester. 49 degrees in annapolis. 55 in the nations capital. So through this evening we have the winds slowly turning more to the northeast and the east. Cloud cover. That will keep the temperatures above average tonight. We drop slowly for the next few hours to be 45 by 9 00. The temperatures will stay in the 40s all night long. Some of the forecast lows in the western zones will be in the lower to the mid40s. 43 in martinsburg when you get up. 43 in hancock. 44 in charlestown. 42 through freer metro areas the degree is the same. Warmer in the city, drop to 46. Low to mid40s. We will have the cloudiness to deal with. We have legendary low pressure over the western section of the mississippi that will move south and take most of the rain with it. A trouble zone will come through. It will bringgl cloudiness. Maybe a sprinkle somewhere but not much at all. The future cast is showing most of the moisture heading south and drying out in the atmosphere. So by 8 30 we have clouds. Winds from the south. We will turn partly sunny. Today is midtoupper 50s in spots. Tomorrow the midtoupper 60s. Warm beyond that heading to thursday and friday. A big push of wind out of the south. A big push of air get us to the lower 70s for thursday and friday. On saturday, transition day. Its close to 7 cold front for saturday afternoon. We are putting 70 p. C. Of showers 70 of showers. Behind the front breezy on sunday. The temperatures may only be near 50 degree mark. That is average but its still cooler than this. 67 tomorrow. 77 on thursday. 72 on friday. We cant rule out a sprinkle on wednesday or isolated shower with the fronted on thursday. Otherwise fog thursday morning. Then the response. On sunday, it looks like we will be partly sunny, breezy and cooler. Highs near 50. Monday and tuesday are warming up. We put a chance of showers in through tuesday and wednesday. Its a low chance but no doubt the temperatures, the direction they are heading, they are back to 60s. Alison you have kids this college, doug. So you know this. There is nothing like getting a care package from home when you are away. Larry yes. But a young man found out leave mom mad. Turning a Wastewater Treatment plant in a classroom. Im cheryl conner. Coming up we will tell you what they are doing to attract students to science in National Engineers week. I came here with 300 in my pocket and a big dream. Alison one of the most successful chefs in america tackles a new challenge at national harbor. Larry first, a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. Alison julie wright has a look at what is ahead on good morning washington. Tomorrow on good morning washington, from smart tvs to baby monitor, how to protect your family from home devices that could be spying on you. Plus, creative ways to celebrate black History Month with your kids. Keep it right here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4 25 on good morning washington. 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. Why are you checking just want to see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much do they . Really . Ill take it sir, your credit. I better check my credit score. Try credit karma. Its free. Alright. Check out credit karma today. Larry putting the spotlight on education in a place you might not expect. The turning center of a wastewater plant. Cheryl conner shows us how a field trip is opening eyes of a local students. Cheryl the gloves fit and so do the goggles. Now to the dirty work. Learning how to clean water. Aaron pew is intrigued. This blows my mind. A lot. Open my eyes for what is in the water. The environmental class at Albert Einstein High School Put on lab coats to work at the Wastewater Treatment plan in georgetown. The general manager and the c. E. O. Carla reid wants to get the students excited in National Engineers week. Anything you do involves engineering solution. Getting up in the morning and driving to work. Design of the car. The roads. Cheryl they toured the plants and at times held their noses. The machines remove debris from the water before it leaves the facility and is sent back to the environment. Thai they get the dirty water and recycle it. Cheryl the students are given a bag to take home. And in it is a lid to remind them to can the grease. Pour it in a can and tap it with a lid instead of dump it down the drain. Questionable wipes. They may flush but they do damagek to the damage to the center. Cheryl aaron pew may look past the beaker and into his future. Cheryl conner, abc7 news. Larry good to know. Alison you have to find people who are excited by that, because its important work. Still ahead we will tell you what the teenagers were doing when they fell through the ice. Kimberly im consumer investigator kimberly suiters. We are inside the call for Action Center. They are not only answering your complaints but solving them. We tell you how after this. Q the writing on the wall. Graffiti on several monumenteds at the National Mall monuments at the National Mall. Police want to know who is behind it. Im q mccr coming up. Larry a look at the Washington Monument dedicated on this date 132 years ago. Best cracked pepper sauce barbeque trophies most ribs eaten while calf roping. Yep. Greatness deserves recognition. You got any trophies, cowboy . Uh, yea, well, uh. Well, theres this one. Best insurance mobile app . Yep, three years in a row. Well ill be does that thing just follow you around . Like a little puppy. The awardwinning geico app. Download it today. Announcer youre watching abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Alison this started with three memorials in a row on the National Mall. But d. C. War memorial there on the southern portion of the ball was hit by vandals in the last few days. Q mccray is tracking a developing story. What is the latest . Q this is just a sad story all around. Million of people come to d. C. All the time to visit monuments like this one behind me and now they have to deal with graffiti. Its all over the National Mall. Police want to know who is behind it. Tourists at the Lincoln Memorial will have to get used to the noise. It will take Pressure Washing to get rid of the permanent marker. Its awful. A Park Police Officer on the Lincoln Memorial discovered graffiti on the column behind me. Casino that was late saturday to sunday morning. They discer of graffiti on the Lincoln Memorial and more of the same on the world war ii memorial, the Washington Monument and the electrical box on the corner of 15th and jefferson drive. Vinnie from b

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