Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning Washington 430am 20170309

Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning Washington 430am 20170309



lawmakers on two key committees in the u.s. house of representatives have been working through the night on a gop healthcare reform measure. fixing the affordable care act. but it's facing fierce opposition from democrats and many republicans. abc's lana zak is in northwest with more. 10-13 34-38 too quick 120-125 128-end president trump is appearing to mend last month, the president claimed maryland congressman elijah cummings skipped a meeting the two had scheduled. cummings flatly denied the accusations. finally -- after some back-and-forth, the two met for an hour wednesday. cummings said he and the president discussed ways to give the government more authority to negotiate drug prices. afterwards, the president sent out a tweet, saying the two had a "great discussion." one of the biggest item's on president trump's agenda--repeal and replace the affordable care act. as part of the white house effort to gain osupport for their new plan... vice-president mike pence appeared live on a-b-c 7 last night with chief political correspondent scott thuman. you can watch the full interview at w-j-l-a dot-com... or download the a-b-c 7 news app. a chaotic scene playing out in an emergency room in northwest last night. it happened inside the medstar washington hospital center's emergency room. police say 21-year-old lashawn alexander posed as a fire extinguisher inspector to gain access to the hospital. once inside, the report says alexander tried to stab a female worker with a box cutter twice. the worker was able to get out of the way. investigators say alexander forced the hospital worker to call alexander's sister who was across the hospital. it's not clear why. instead, the victim says she called for alexander ran away. she was arrested at a nbearby bus stop. happening today-- it's the end of an era for one of the redskin's divisional rivals. the dallas cowboys will officially cut ties with their longtime quarterback tony romo today. the team made the announcement yesterday. romo missed the start of last season with an injury, and was replaced by rookie quarterback dak prescott. romo, who turns 37 next month, has played all 14 seasons of his nfl career in dallas. coming up. federal agents launch a criminal investigation into federal agents launch a criminal investigation into the apparent leak of cia documents published by wikileaks. and the mole is not looking at a slap on the wrist. the latest on the investigation.. coming up. power lines and trees are down in several neighborhoods there. tens of thousands are without power. a comedian goes on the warpath, attacking an airport worker. but his attorney says-- this isn't what it looks like. explanation.. coming up. plus, cherry blossom lovers should double check their calendars. peak bloom predictions have changed! we'll tell you what experts are now saying .. coming up. probe is underway into wikileaks' alleged cia hacking operations. officials want to know who gave those secrets to wikileaks. the documents reveal, the c-i-a can spy on people through their smartphones, computers, and t-v's. brian ross has more. that was brian ross reporting. per the c-i-a's charter, its hacking targets, not against u-s citizens. developing now.. new information is surfacing about tuesday's deadly crash in biloxi, missisippi involving a freight train and a charter bus. four people were killed, and dozens injured. the crash happened at an intersection. reports from witnesses say the bus appeared to get stuck on the slight incline, where the street crosses the tracks. the train was going about 19 miles per hour when it hit the bus. it turns out, the train did have a forward facing camera. that footage will be sent back to n-t-s-b headquarters for analysis. the n-b-t-b has learned, there were 16 vehicle-train crashes at that intersection before this one. an update on the bus driver blamed for a deadly school bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee. he will be arraigned march 24th. an indictment unsealed yesterday reveals.. johnton with six counts of vehicular homicide. six children died in the crash back in november. police say walker was speeding when he slammed the bus into a utility pole, sending it flipping into a tree. investigators found no traces of alcohol or drugs in walker's system. members of the u.s. olympic committee want the u-s-a gymnastics president and c-e-o to resign, amid a sex abuse scandal. more than 80 gymnasts have accused doctor larry nassar of sexual abuse. he was the team physician from 1996 to 20-15. olympic commitee members also want c-e-o steve penny to resign because of concerns about how he handled the allegations. he's accused of failing to immediately report nasser after the allegations surfaced. comedian faizon love has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man at an airport in ohio. it all happened at the john glenn columbus international airport. love's attorney says it began when his client tried to retrieve his car. love exchanged words with an airport valet, then things turned physical. footage shows love grab the valet by the neck, throw him onto ground, then into a desk, then back to the ground. police were eventually called, and arrested love for assault. love has a history of assault, sexual battery, domestic violence and drug charges. despite all that, he didn't seem very worried about the charges, saying it will be part of his next act. d.c.'s cherry blossoms are now expected to be at peak bloom a little later than first predicted. the dates have been pushed back to march 19th through the 22nd. peak bloom was originally expected to happen the week before. but the prediction was changed because of the recent colder weather. abc7 and newschannel 8 are the proud, official television sponsors of the national cherry blossom festival. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen weather. toss to eileen coming up. a scandal involving breaking records days after launching worldwide. the new game console has broken nintendo's two day sales record first set by the nintendo wii. part of the reason - the legend of zela: breath of the wild is also breaking records. the new release is now nintendo's best selling standalone game, beating super mario-64. nintendo has also seen a jump in stock by nearly a dollar and a half. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. still ahead.. springfield tracter trailer accident. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. capitol hill. and right now - a small victory in sight. we're monitoring the vote that could come any minute. plus - a police officer on patrol making a gruesome discovery. the murder investigation happening right now. and - we're also following breaking news on the beltway. a crash, on the outer loop in springfield. let's get right to john gonzalez live in mobile trak seven.

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