The cat in the hat walking on capitol hill. Thousands of signatures, about , 66000 excuse me thousand signatures is the number they have collected from parents around the country who are looking to save funding for shows like sesame street and cat in the hat. They want to save pbs, save shows they say are a benefit to children around the country. They are walking right now to their local Senate Office to turn in some of those signatures. What ifthe parents, their efforts today fall on deaf years . Years . Ears . There is going to be an uproar because millions of parents will be shocked to see what their representatives have done. I should not in congress very long. Q they are walking into the Senate Office building here across the street from the capital. They mean business. This is just a small group and there are four others going to Senate Offices in the area turning in some 260,000 signatures today. That is the latest from capitol hill. Jummy also happening on the hill, neil gorsuc
Use a firearm. Now the family tells us they are grateful for the arrest but this is still very difficult. We will never be able to get over what happened. No matter a conviction or not a conviction, if they spend the rest of their life in jail or, you know, its not going to bring her back. Richard a real tough time for the family. So many questions about motive, how she came in contact with the two men. Coming up at 5 00, we hear from a woman who thought had no connection to the case but now an emotional one. Thats at 5 00. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. If you want to see all the reporting and the twists and turn through the Heather Ciccone Murder Investigation head to wjla. Com and search ciccone. Caught in the she was it having home on the spring break. This happened in the 4200 of blaine street northeast. Friends at the time were recording a wrap video. Q mccray has the developing story and the hunt for the killer. Q . Q jonathan, this all happened in
Teacher, Student Association at Rockville High School will hold a meeting about the rape charges against the two freshmen. But they are 17 years old. Jose montano. And 18 years old, henry millen. They are accused of dragging a 14yearold girl in the bathroom and raping her. The immigration status has been the center of the debate for days and today sean spicer was asked about it in the White House Daily briefing. Because people are victim of the crimes in terms of them, victims of the economic pieces. National security, immigration pays a toll on the people. If its not done legally. This is why the president is so passionate about this. Alison we have a live picture set up. We are standing by for the Montgomery County schools to have a News Conference on the case. When it begins we will let you know. We are monitoring a developing story in the war on terror after the temporary ban on Electronic Devices. They are on Nine Airlines between the u. S. And the ten cities in eight countries. T
Of education about the rape and the students involved. The rape happened during school hours. Two boys who were students have been charged 18yearold Henry Sanchez and 17yearold jose montano. Sanchez had an immigration case pending since august. They apparently have video of the girl being dragged into the boys bathroom. Where was the security . Reporter a spokesman for county executive Isaiah Legget says his administration is cooperating. We want to get bad eggs out of our county but we dont want our county Police Enforcing Immigration law. In this case everybody can agree that if these folks are convicted, that these are folks that we dont want in our county. Reporter the governor also condemned the passage of a bill in the house that many say would make maryland a socalled sanctuary state. That would interfere with the local and state Law Enforcements ability to cooperate with federal enforcement. Which is absurd. All due respect, i think hes been irresponsible in not stepping up aga
He says that security is being reviewed across the School System. He also says that the system serves students no matter what their immigration status. The superintendent of Montgomery County schools tries to reassure the community after a 14yearold student was raped in the boys bathroom at Rockville High School last week. This horrible incident shouldnt change anyones mind that the schools are safe for our students. Reporter jack smith pledged to not allow this assault to become a political issue and denounced comments he has seen since this attack. While someone tried to make this into a question and issue of immigration, what comes down here is that we serve every student that walks in our door. We are a Public School system. Reporter Maryland Governor larry hogan with strong words against Montgomery County schools after a 14yearold student was raped in the boys bathroom at rockvil Montgomery County government and the Montgomery County police are cooperating. The School System is no