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WJLA ABC7 News At Noon December 12, 2017

It is still a very active scene. Some three and a half hours later, police had the streets blocked off. Investigators are flooding the street, searching for clues. This Death Investigation drawing a big response. This is all taking place in the River Terrace neighborhood near 34th street northeast in clay treet. They have no idea she died or how long shes been out here. This neighborhood has been concerned for about three weeks now, ever since 53yearold Joni Rockingham went missing. Sharet and the name no one has seen her since thanksgiving. Her sister tells me its been a very hard and terrible three weeks. But she says its too soon to say if its definitely her. But hes calling it very suspicious. Were also looking into the possibility. We have not identified the person yet. But were possibility that this is a woman who went missing, who was reported missing the day after hanksgiving. If it is her, it would help bring closer to the family and her children and to the community. But our prayers was were trying o keep hope alive. Ryan she is very wellknown. Her family members and her neighbors are out here. Police tell us the first thing is identify who this woman is. Theyre also hoping an autopsy gives them a better idea exactly how she died. Thats the very latest. Live in northeast, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. Adrianna d. C. Police need your help identifying the people of interest believed to be involved in a shooting last night at a shooting. Take a look at the pictures. That 8 30 last night and one man was shot. He should be ok. These men may be involved. You know who they are, call police. Now to our weather. And it feels a whole lot different outside now compared to a few hours ago this morning. Wind chills increased and steve, its only going to get a whole lot colder. Take it away. Steve if you think its cold out there right now, wait until larpe this afternoon and then as the evening and overnight hours and by gosh, tomorrow morning, much different story. Look at temperatures this hour. 46 at leesburg and Reagan National airport. Cold front moving on through. Its a drizzle here and there but not expecting a whole lot. A lot of the moisture is not reach the ground and dont expect them to reach the ground. 3 00, 45 degrees. That is it. By 5 00 p. M. , already lower 30s by 7 00. And the temperatures are just one part of the story. Gusty winds are on the way. Wind gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour. Coldest wind chills of the season on the way later on tonight. Nd our next chance for snow. Adrianna thanks, steve. Well now at noon, the polls are open for the Alabama Senate election. So who will come out on top . Republican roy moore who has been accused of Sexual Misconduct or doug jones who us he first democratic senator in it is now all in the hands of voters. Both candidates are out voting today. This is an important time in alabamas history. And we feel very cold front of where we are and how this is going to turn out. Roy moore and doug jones using every last minute of the campaign to at his drain the swamp rally, moore denied allegations of molesting teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Any message to your accusers . Its not true. He made true to remained voters about the eight women who reminded moore of Sexual Misconduct and assault. We will expect our daughters. Voter stunnerout could make or break this election. Jones is depending on africanamerican voters. But he may get a surprising boost from some lifelong republicans in this deep red state. I am being loyal at its most courageous by saying i hold my party to Higher Standards than roy moore. Other republicans say they cannot Cross Party Lines and simply dont believe the accusers. But these are allegations and in america, i believe it still holds true that earn is innocent until proven guilty. When it historically know scomplow we could be waiting on the winners for hours before the polls close at 8 00 eastern. Adrianna well, we are seeing a close eye on everything coming out of alabama today. So stay up to speed with our free abc 7 news app. Developing right now. A man behind that attempted suicide bombing at new york citys Port Authority bus terminal is facing serious charges including supporting an act of terrorism. This as federal authorities learn new details about the suspect and his past. Heres abcs elizabeth huertas. 27yearold a. C. C. Akayed ullah still in the hospital with cuts and burns. According to police, ullah is the man seen here who detonated a homeland homemade pipe bomb draped to his body. It seriously wounding only the summit abc news, now learning more about what was inside Law Enforcement source says it was built from a 12inch pipe, black powder and a ninevolt battery with a wire that came from a christmas light. The device is based on a pipe bomb. It was affixed to his person with a combination of velcro and zip tie. Five other people did suffer minor injuries including headaches and ringing in in the ears but none life threatening and all have been treated and released. Now, the search for answers, why and how a 27yearold living a quiet life in the u. S. For seven years after immigrating from bangladesh became inspired by isis. A suspect with no criminal background and not on the governments terrorism radar. An increasing number of attacks followed by people who are inspired by what they see an lion and but operate separate or independent. Among the charges f against ullah are five federal offenses including use of a weapon of mass destruction and bombing of a place of public use. Adrianna the search for two men caught on camera, stealing from a parked car in d. C. It happened last wednesday in the 1,300 block of connecticut avenue in northwest. You have any information about this situation or who those who men might be, call police. The ntsb is meeting to discuss owl ow the el faro sank two years ago. The ship was making a cargo run from jacksonville, florida when it sank knee the bahamas. All 33 crew members aboard that ship diamond. During the meeting, the ntsb will address safety issues like better forecasting and ship management. If you are headed to Reagan National airport in the new year, heads up. A your construction project begins next month and it be likely cause some major traffic problems. John gonzalez is at reagan this. Julie this time of area at the airport, were usually talking about curbside checkin. The ticket counters inside, the security lines. What we want to alert our viewers about a major traffic backup each day on the roads that could be occurring here on the roads that get you to your airline starting after new years day. Were talking about a construction overhaul project that will run until 2021, but the outdoor work will run until july of 201. New details just released by airport authorities call for Significant Impact to traffic, starting next month while crews out here build new Security Check points, three crossovers and a commuter concourse that will eventually replace shuttle buses at gate 235x. I end up using the other airports. You normally drive here. Drive here, uber or take a taxi. I heard theyre going to basically renovate th roadway outside and change the layout of the terminal. So youll definitely be looking for metro to get you through . Yep, yep, and lyft. Hoping it wont confuse lyft drivers too much. John urging travelers over the next year and a half to use metro if you can. Now crews will be using two temporary lanes to try to ease so much that Traffic Congestion around here. But if youre going to come in or drive in, you may want to add some more time not arrival time. John gonzalez, abc 7 news. Adrianna coming up on abc 7 news at noon, progress made out west. The very latest as firefighters continue to battle powerful wildfires with their backs against the wall. Plus, two men doing their best in grinch impemplings more on the mess they made in an attempt to steal one homes christmas joy. A check of traffic with eric cincinnati now. Smith now. It is a mostly quiet ride. Head into the capital beltway. That right transition lane has been blocked with a disabled veefpkt it may be clear now. Nutley street into the beltway. Beltway traffic nearby on route 7 is looking very quiet. Same story up into maryland past river road. So the rest of the beltway, its all looking very good for this midday. Really no major issues. Inside the beltway into downtown silver springs, this is southbound colesville road. That work zone is back again today. We got the right lane taken away and eventually two right lanes. They rich to the left side at spring street in the middle of the roadway. This work zone is back. This is also affecting outbound traffic as you can see going this way as were looking northbound. Show left lane is blocked there. Southbound, two left lanes. Thats all from the traffic center. Adrianna firefighters gaining ground in southern california. Crews are making a last stand to protect some homes. As of last nights that fire was 20 contained on the flames have now scorched more than 350 square miles in just a week. And this afternoon, the city of San Francisco was mourning the death of its mayor. Ed lee died in the hospital. Early reports indicate he may have had a heart attack at the grocery store. Lee was San Franciscos first asianamerican hair and he was just 65 years old. The me too movement grows, mario batali is stepping away from his restaurant empire and tv show after allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Here is more on this. Cut that hes a worldrenowned chef and restauranter to. Appearing on the food network and daytime cohost of the chew. But now, mario batali, husband and father of two is stepping away from his restaurant empire following Sexual Misconduct allegations from four unnamed women detailed in this report by eater new york. When the Harvey Weinstein first came out, people started coming to us with tips about various chefs throughout the Restaurant Industry and batali was one of those chefs. The complaints spanned two decades with all four women accusing him of touching them inappropriately. The article details of grabbing and groping and multiple times. Three of the women allegedly worked for him in some capacity. Just this past october, eater reports an employee filed the first formal complaint. He said he did not know the identities report, much of the behavior describe match up with ways i have acted. That behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain, humiliation or discomfort i have caused to my peers, employee, customer, friends and family. Batali and the Restaurant Management Service Company that oversees more than two dozen restaurants and where he has partial ownership had this to say. Mr. Batali and we have greed he will step away from the companys operations including the restaurants and has already done so. That is so delicious. Wow and on the chew, he was absent from mondays previously recorded show. Abc released a statement saying they have asked batali to step away from the show while they review the allegations adding why we are unaware of any type of inappropriate behavior, we will swiftly address any alleged violations of our standards of co certain circles of the restaurant world, batali was known to have a crude reputation. There were many people who spoke with us who didnt have allegations of physical touching but did speak to a general culture of abuse. And the nfl network has now suspended analyst marshall faulk, heath evans and ike taylor the former nfl players were all named in a lawsuit by a form nfl Network Employee who worked as a wardrobe stylist. Marylands legislature will soon start tracking down Sexual Harassment complaints against lawmakers and their staff members. State house across the country are confronting this problem head on. But they plan to update the policy to keep track of the number of complaints and how they were resolved. All right. Heres a crime you dont hear about very often at all. The doors of a car in baltimore stolen in the middle of the night. The doors. Well, the couple says when they woke up sunday morning, the two passenger side gone. And it didnt take very long the thieves smashed into the window and disconnected the batterys and minutes later, they were gone. With the doors. And some cases, the door parts can be worth more than the entire car. Who knew . All right. This is caught on camera. A pair of vandals spot doing their very best grinch impression, trashing christmas displays outside of homes in atlanta. Cameras were rolling as the two men got out of their car and started destroying the lights and other displays. No word on why they were in such a bad grifrpbly mood or if they even knew the homeowners of the homes. The jewish holiday of hanukkah twins at sundown and the festival of light runs eight nights. Tonight, thousands will gather on the lips to light the national men ra. Menorah. And the hanukkah dish, latkas, those are fried potato and steve, if they know whats good for them, they will bundle, bundle, bundle up. Steve im going to be there. I have multiple layers. And its going to be cold come 4 00 or 5 00 but colder by 10 or 11 00 and super cold. Tomorrow morning. Adrianna oh, boy. Steve lets take a look at whats going on out there right now. A little bit of snow in frost berg. Frostberg, maryland for you. And looking at the snow out there and then the capital building, no snow for us. Looking at temperatures this hour, 46 at Reagan National airport. 42 at dulce. Dulles. And oakland, maryland. We expect to it be cold but thats the colder air thats funneling in. Now at 23 degrees. Elkins, west virginia, now at 2. The winds are also beginning to pick up. These are sustained winds around 1520 miles an hour over towards curl up land and harrison town. Leesburg up to the gusty winds around the immediate metro area. Give it another hour or two, youre going to hear it and youre going from to feel it. Temperatures, plenty of cold air to go around off to the north and west of us. We are in the 20s. This cold air, its here for about a day and a half and the winds are going to pick up later on today, through tonight and into early tomorrow morning. Looking for a little bit of snow, head into central pennsylvania, west virginia. We may see a few sprinkles here and there but im not expecting a whole lot. Nothing that will have an impact on your afternoon other than the colder air thats going to begin to filter in with a little bit of clearing later on this afternoon. Here are our temperatures. Well, just around upper 40s to around 50 degrees for a high. And then we start that tumble. 1 00, 2 00, and then into the evening. Rush hour commute. Look what happens by 5 00. Already in the upper 30s. Skies begin to clear. Around the freezing mark by 7 00 p. M. Forecast wind chills as we head into this evening. At around 5 00, feel like the 20s. Teens throughout the west of us. 10 00 tonight, it does not get any before. It gets a whole lot worse. Single digits and lower teens. We say cold overnight. Wind gust up towards of 35 Miles Per Hour with wakeup temperatures tomorrow morning that will be in the teens to lower 20s. Tomorrow, it is a hat and gloves and scarf and heavy jacket kind of day. Especially if you have to head out the metro stop. Daytime highs in the low 30s. Wind chill factors will make it feel about 1520 degrees colder than that. Light snow late tomorrow night into early thursday morning. We will keep you updated on that. And a good time to download your storm watch 7 weather app. Here is your 10day outlook. Weekend looking a whole lot better. A little bit mild. Temperatures will be in the 40s. Next week, look at that. We have temperatures that will in the mid to upper 40s. Close to 50 degrees. So our chances for the White Christmas that we would love to see around here, keep those chances are dwindling. Tomorrow is going to feel like the middle of january. So be prepared and make sure if you have pets, bring them indoors. Adrianna yeah. Steve check on the elderly and check your furnace and your fireplaces. A lot of problems those once people start to crank them up. Adrianna and your car battery. 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