from brad bell. president obama unveiled the administration's proposal to close the prison at guantanamo bay. the plan faces an uphill fight in congress. republicans and many democrats oppose relocating detainees to military facilities in the united states. it harms our partnership with allies and other countries. when i talk to other world leaders, they bring up the fact that guantanamo is not resolved. prisoners,e are 91 down from a high of 700 near the mid to thousands. closing the near the mid-2003 candidates are hoping to grab more delegates in the early caucuses. in las vegasd is with the breakdown. -- scott film is in las vegas with the breakdown. >> jeb bush dropped out. when we were here two months ago, there were still 14 in the race. it could dwindle more after tonight's results. 30 delegates are up for grabs and it has been a couple -- a wild couple of days. ted cruz asking for the resignation of his communications director after he sent out social media that misrepresented marco rubio. d

glenarden, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. friends of 13-year-old nicole lovell say she often talked of running away with the 18-year-old accused in her murder. police say that lovell had been talking online with the virginia tech freshman david eisenhauer. in an interview, lovell's father told dr. phil he tried to stop her from talking to older men online and even taking away her phone. now he says he wishes he had done more. both the child pornography case in prince george's county and the nicole lovell murder police say the app kik was found on the victims' phones. the anonymous app leaves teens vulnerable to a range of crime. we have a guy that parents need to see about kick -- guide that parents >> ed to see about kik on wjla.com. maureen: president obama sends record $1.4 trillion budget proposal to capitol hill and republicans say as they put it dead on arrival. it includes tax on bank and the top 1% income earner and $10 tax on crude oil to increase price of gasoline by 24 cents a gallon. cyber security would get $19 m

in la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: all right. be careful. it may be more dangerous walking than driving at this point. this wently weather didn't necessary up the roads -- wintry weather didn't just mess up the roads. air travel was a nightmare in a lot of places. 285 outgoing flights were canceled at the reagan national, b.w.i. and dulles. it's not better on the road. virginia stit police responded to 538 traffic crashes. 337 di that was all between midnight and 2:00 p.m. vdot has 4,000 plows and other equipment working to clear the roadways now. we know that at least two local bus systems dash and the loudoun county ended service for the day. metro is on severe snow schedule. and suzanne kennedy continues our storm watch team coverage out in mobiletrak 7. where are you now? >> right now we are in arlington. on 66 eastbound. it is smooth going where we are now but that is not the condition throughout the area. people need to look outside their door to make a decision as to whether or not they want to hit the roads. the conditions are going

upper marlboro, brad bell, abc 7 news. up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a special tribute to veterans, 71 years after the bloody fighting began on an island called hiroshima. >> plus, the federal government to apple's refusal to unlock a terrorist iphone. the heroism that followed this terrifying helicopter crash. the heros in their own words, next. >> tmps in the upper 30's right now. we're still on track for a weekend. wait until you hear the numbers, coming up next on abc 7 news at 6:00. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. >> tonight, witnesses are describing how they rescued five people from a helicopter crash in hawaii. chopper was carrying a family of four when it crashed pe

maryland bureau chief brad bell is here to explain how it changes the future of the area. brad? brad the hospital is expected to be a centerpiece for the future growth of prince george's county. in a few years this empty lot a mile from fedex field just outside the beltway will be transformed. the governor's funding giving it a big boost. >> governor hogan striving to the microphones at a hastily called news conference. >> i have in my hand a budget. >> announcing money to keep the existing prescription germ's hospital center operating until the new hospital is built on land just outside the beltway near fedex field. the for promising another -- the for promising another $55 million in years ahead and total of more than $160 million in funds for construction. a deal the governor says the hospital can now move ahead. >> it's been a long sad story about the prince george's hospital system. this, we believe, is a tremendous solution to doke hospitals there. >> it's to be operated by the university of maryland medical system saying that the break-through deal worked out with the gov

in fort washington, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: we turn to a developing story coming out of blacksburg where police have announced new charges against the two virginia tech students charged in a teenager's death. 18-year-old eisenhauer of columbia and 19-year-old keepers of laurel remain held without bond in the death of nicole lovell. new charge filed against keepers. she is charged with accessory before and after the fact. two separate charges. eisenhauer charged with first-degree murder. it's believed that eisenhauer met his alleged victim through social media. no further information released on a possible motive. we are hearing from the victim's mother. tammy talked about lovell and how she survived a liver transplant, non-hodgkin's lymphoma and six-month longer coma before becoming a teen. >> she had a passion for pandas, music, dancing, dreamed of being on "american idol" some day. her favorite color was blue. nicole was very loveable person. nicole touched many people throughout her short life. leon: the alleged killer

in glenarden, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: all right, brad. thank you. police investigating this case were able to get some of it on the communication from the app calls kik. if the app sounds familiar, it's the same one investigators say was used in the case of nicole lovell's murder. jonathan: two virginia tech students were arrested in the case. today at 4:30 we will discuss the use of messaging apps and the risk related to children using them. today, nicole lovell is speaking out about his daughter's death. alison starling has that. alison: this is the first time that david lovell, nicole's father, has opened up about nicoles murder. he says his family tried to stop her from going down the wrong path. the father of murdered 13-year-old nicole lovell is opening up after learning details of his daughter's death. two virginia tech students, 18-year-old david eisenhauer and 19-year-old natalie keepers are behind bars accused of allegedly plotting to murder the 13-year-old for weeks. authorities say eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with her. c

prince george's county police headquarters brad bell. abc7 news. leon: staying in the county. right now an investigation is underway to find out who shot and killed a man in suitland. shooting happened this afternoon on darel drive. the police say the hand there was pronounced dead at the scene if an apparent gunshot wound. police have not named any suspects but they say they do not believe it was a random attack. maureen: breaking news in the district tonight. regarding politics. former d.c. mayor vincent gray who lost his re-election bid amidst an investigation into his campaign is returning to politics. d.c. bureau chief sam ford joins us on the phone. sam, just what are the mayor's plans? sam: well, as we understand it here, maureen, the former mayor gray is about to re-enter the political fray. we have learned he will appear on a radio show tomorrow and announce he is running for the d.c. council in the 2016 election. there are two democratic parties incumbents he could challenge. annette alexander of ward seven or at-large incumbent vincent orange. it seems the alexander

brad: i'm brad bell at the montgomery county police headquarters. we have just release video of an officer getting struck by a drunk driver. what is really stunning is how often that (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. leon: officer leotta's death put efforts to stop drunk driving in maryland but he was the far from being the first officer struck by a drunk driver on duty. brad bell has a look at soberi

in la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. judge ordered another competency hearing for hogle. it was issued today where the doctors said that she remains incompetent to stand trial. the state's attorney challenged the findings. she is was chargessed with the disappearance of the two young children and last person scene with the 4-year-old and 2-year-old in 2014. prosecutors want independent doctor to examine her. >> a lot had to do with the fact conclusions were reached in the report that seemed to be at odds with the information we got with the collateral sources. >> state's attorney says this is the first time challenged the findings in court. alison: keeping a close ey kalamazoo tonight after a series of deadly random shootings in this western michigan town over the weekend. the charged in if shooting was in court a few hours ago and we learned he has confessed to the crime. diane cho has the latest. what is he facing? >> the prosecutor says that jasoned a -- jason brian dalton admitted to the involvement in the shooting a

glenarden, brad bell. jummy: thank you. investigators believe that more children may have been victimized in this case. we know that a hotline has might have information on the case. also posted all of this information at wjla.com. changing gears through this noon, a major announcement from virginia governor terry mcauliffe, about the widening of 66 inside and outside the beltway. fromgonzalez is live tysons corner with details on the plan and potential tolls as well. >> that's right, tolls and the average trip could cost six dollars. hours ago the governor spoke in richmond and now we know this afternoon that the plan to widen 66 inside the beltway is ago. an electronic e-zpass sign like this one here, telling us that we can pay $.80 to get onto interstate 66. well, these signs will soon be on the interstate itself. lawmakers have agreed to set aside $140 million to add an eastbound lane. also dropped a bill to block any tolls from being added. governor mcauliffe just moments ago calling this a bipartisan and pragmatic ap

in glenarden, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: turn now to vote 2016 and question about the sell gaits and the -- delegates and super delegates. hillary clinton and bernie sanders walked away with the same number of sell gaits even though -- delegates even though sanders won by more than 20 points. scott thuman is live in milwaukee where the they probably have south carolina on their minds. scott: yeah, south carolina. and nevada. the next two contests. they are looking ahead to that. what they say in wisconsin will be met for the particular audiences. you can imagine that the message that will be sent will reflect these concerns. first, hillary clinton sending out an e-mail to her supporters saying listen, bernie sanders has more resources than we do. he is raising must have more money than we are. we were out-spent three to one in television advertisement in new hampshire. we have 14 more contests to go before the next big debate. we have to get on our game. they are trying to tackle the purple states like virginia. tim ka

brad bell is looking for answers. brad: it happened here along capital greenbelt road at 8:40 this morning. many people witnessed the horrifying crime. look at the video. a massive crime scene. police rushing to the area after a 17-year-old boy is shot. and shot again. he falls in greenbelt road. listen to this woman says about what she witnessed. >> i heard three gunshots. you ducked down. i ducked behind this gentleman. i saw the guy go down. that was it. >> terrifying. >> it was horrifying. absolutely terrifying. brad: for that victim we are told he is 17 years old. and he is not affiliated with nearby duval high school. he was actually put in an ambulance. his heart stopped. paramedics were able to revive him. at this point we are told he remains in in lanham, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: in fairfax county mclean high school canceled classes due to a bomb threat. the school evacuated students to the football field and the investigators did a sweep of the building. they didn't find anything but they decided to s

but we begin be the maryland bureau chief brad bell at the crime scene in fort washington. brad? brad: a crime that has horrified the community. tonight, police continue to hunt for a person who could point a gun at a mother and her toddler. and pull the trigger again and again. this is neshante davis's facebook page. her 2-year-old daughter chloe's picture front and center. a relative says the little girl was the center of davis' life. >> beautiful, beautiful mom. would do anything for anybody. >> this morning at 7:00 a.m., mother and daughter head out for the day. as normal. from their townhouse on palmer road. then neighbors hear screams and gunshots. neshante davis is found dead in the parking lot. little chloe strapped if her car seat. both are shot multiple times. with a killer on the loose, this relative wants the identity hidden. >> a big family. everyone loved everyone. brad: from public records we learn davis recently won a paternity suit in $600 a month in court-order child

in la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: breaking this afternoon there is a report of a sexual assault on a school bus. the "washington post" reporting a young girl, student at a glass glow middle school was slapped and grabbed on a bus by a fellow student or students. this happened in november. police are reviewing video from the bus. so far no charges have been filed. we have more coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" and 6:00. michelle: police are back searching for accused rapist. stephen tschida is on the scene and says some residents say he looks familiar. stephen: that is true. five minutes ago i spoke with captain martin of the fairfax county police department who described the assault which took place here as violent, brutal, leaving the victim traumatized and injured. they are here on the complex site handing out this flyer, talking with people and several people told us that they believe they recognize the suspect. >> early saturday morning a man broke in the unit in this building. the occupant, a 51-year-old

maryland bureau chief brad bell has been on the story. brad, giv what does this mean for carraway? brad: a number of things. first and foremost it means when he goes to court it won't be an in upper marlboro but in green belt at the u.s. district courthouse. but it's also very significant because it means since these are the child porn charges the evidence is the video, itself. the young victims, the young alleged victims here will not have to appear in court to testify against him. it also means much stiffer penalties. potentially for mr. carraway. >> production of the child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison. if the defendant were convicted on the eight federal charges filed today he would face minimum of 12 20 years, life sentence in prison. brad: that is the u.s. attorney talking there. it is important to note that the federal system right now does not have parole. a sentence is a sentence. it is likely that the charges will be adjudicated here in federal court. they will not eventually be prosecuted in the state court. although, the

brad bell, abc7 news. leon: not guilty is the verdict returned in the jury in the sexual against a traveling nurse in prince george's county. jared kline was accused of assaulting a patient at bowie health center in january 2014. kline still facing sex assault charges in the district for allege incident at three different hospitals there. the father and a stepmother accused of abusing a 7-year-old with zip ties and plastic wrap will go to trial in may. but a judgment report that would nicole williams have no contact with any minors and she and craig williams not see each other at all. the hearing will be held next week to determine the orders. alison: now to a developing story in southeast washington tonight where a man and a toddler are recovering after being shot. it happened after three men burst in a basher shoppe on eighth street between m and l streets. that is where brianne carter is live with the latest on the story. brianne: in the last half hour we talked to an employee here of the barbershop who

brad bell has been breaking news in this case. brad, everyone is just so perplexed by how it could happen on school grounds. brad: absolutely right. that is really the number one question. we expect a full house here tonight. in about two hours or so, hundreds of parents expected to brave the cold to come in here because even though the man at the heart of the case was arrested last saturday, tonight opportunity parents will have to speak directly to the top school and county officially. of course the man arrested last saturday 22-year-old deonte carraway worked here as a teacher's aide. first he was paid. his job was eliminated. then he came in as a volunteer. it is alleged he abused at least 11 young children, forcing them to act out explicit pornographic scenes that he recorded on his cell phone. as you said, so many parents wondering how it was he was allowed to be in here and how it was that he was not caught. allegations being made in lawsuit and through sources to me that the principal here was warned by parents and teacher

brad bell is live with the details. brad: first thing i want to tell you, the lockdowns have been lifted. operations are back to normal at all of those schools. the shooting happened this morning at this bus stop on greenbelt road at aerospace road. take a look at this video. dozens of police cars swarming the scene. greenbelt road closed in both directions. one person was shot. three shots fired. we believe the victim was hit two times. all happening at the bus stop. so many people on their way in and out of professional offices in the area saw what happened. >> i heard three gunshots. i ducked behind this gentleman. i saw the guy go down. that was it. >> terrifying. >> it was horrifying. brad: police have shared very little information about the victim. we understand that he is young. friends came here and said he is about 17 years old. that thelso been told young man in the ambulance on the way to the hospital -- that his heart stopped, but he has been brought back. he is in grave condition. as for suspects, police h

michelle: maryland bureau chief brad bell in frederick where the storm prep is underway. brad: the crews trying to beat the equipment to shape after the blizzard. the salt spreader was bent. the plow needing attention. troy wolf spending the day getting his plow truck ready for tonight. after getting the post blizzard rest he is ready to go. most major roads have been retreated. maryland state high school administration district engineer said the salt and the plow trucks will hit the road later tonight. >> not a lot of snow. i will fall over a long period of time. but the problem is it's falling during rush hour. we will be out there ahead of time trying to get the salt on the road to make it passible. slow and steady will win the race. >> in maryland, they have plenty of salt. they started the year with 380,000 tons of salt on hand. during the blizzard they only used 50,000 tons. they expect to use more salt tonight. you can see they are in good shape. they are not promising the perfect roads in the morning. take it slow and careful. in frederick, brad bell, abc7 news. m

in la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: on the outer loop, a tractor-trailer crashed tis jackknifed and several lanes closed down as a result. jonathan: brianne carter has been tracking road conditions this afternoon. michelle: we know you got out with vdot crews. what did you encounter while you were out there? jonathan: brianne? brianne: the plow driver movedded the snow. you can see that on the roads. if you take a look on the roadway the slush that is left behind is going to be the concern now for all of the more than 4,000 pieces of equipment that are out on the roads here in northern virginia. take a look at the video. behind the scenes. with the plow truck and the officials today out there on the road. they say the crews have been working hard to get the road clear. now the concern is the wet and the slush left behind. they are concerned with freezing rain moving in and the cold temperatures, that that is the problem moving in the afternoon and the evening. so to using salt but mixing in sand for the mixtur

brad bell in la plata with new developments from outside the courtroom. brad: a judge has just ruled that she is not criminally responsible for the may of her child in a swing in a park in this community. the child was in that swing 44 hours before he was discovered by police. the judge has agreed with psychiatrists that she was not criminally responsible because she was in the midst of a psychotic episode at that time. she will be released to the community under certain provisions that require continuing treatment. we will have the very latest. man, a judgeis sounds katherine heigl, the montgomery county mother -- is still notgle confident to stand trial. she is charged with neglect and hindering the investigation. underway into a fire that ripped through a federal building. you can see smoke from news chopper seven. it took firefighters about two hours to get the fire under control. investigators are combing through the rubble right now. john: it took about 40 firefighters two hours to get this fire under control. i want to show you the scene behind us.

moments ago brad bell got ahold of the lawsuit filed on behalf of an 11-year-old boy in fifth grade. i was able to look at the lawsuit briefly. in a nutshell it is similar to what was filed yesterday on behalf of a 9-year-old boy who is against the suspect deonte carraway. the principal at the school, the allegation is sexual contact between the child with carraway here at the school and at the glenarden municipal cent. students are involved that is at the center. this was arranged as we reported in the past through an app called kik. what is disturbing is that carraway had access to the municipal center on his own. as far as the meeting, this will be a really big deal for the parents and the community. at the meeting that begins in less than 30 minutes, there is two things going on. one, law enforcement perspective. they want to get parents up to date on the latest progress of the investigation. like they were able to identify a 12th victim. they feel like there are more victims than that. they want the parents to feel comfortable if they fear the child is a victim that they can com

brad bell sent in video, showing the patuxent river right at the bottom of the bridge. what does all of this mean for our roadways? let's go to jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: you may see in some areas that standing water and be careful. if you approach any area there is standing water, please, do not try and go through it. people were stuck. currently, pothole patching on the gw parkway. last night, they close the northbound side. .oday it is southbound there are no delays in either direction. betweenhole patching edsel road and the king street. new hampshire avenue to old georgetown avenue, emergency road work was put into place and that drive will take you 30 minutes. some of the volume we have is on the outer loop. jummy: the other lasting affect his power outages. around 1000 people are without power in our viewing area. reports, fores hundreds of people in great falls, the jeannette: a tree fell on this wire, affecting several polls. as of right now, hundreds of customers are without power and it will be that way for quite some time. the power went out bef

brad bell, abc7 news. a guilty verdict in the case of a prince george's county school board member accused of fraud. prosecutors say she lied about her income to get her child free school meals. she has repaid $1300 for the value of those meals. prison she faces when she is sentenced in april. alison: sad news from the literary world. author harper lee has died. she is known for her pulitzer prize-winning first book "to kill a mockingbird." watchman," the follow-up, was released last year. in her native monroeville, alabama, she died this morning. she was 89 years old. leon: coming up, 7 on your side investigator jennifer donelan takes us back on the heroin highway. alison: and we are wrapping up our you. help center full of people who can add to your questions and help with your concerns and all of these calls are private. they are all confidential. 9220.call the number, 236- 7-elevens across northern virginia are being targeted by criminals and authorities say it is part of the ship happening across the

at the school headquarters in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. new at 4:00, the body of a body was found inside a home on van buren street in northwest washington. the sibling of the child made the discovery. stephen tschida has more. the details are horrifying. we are hearing there were younger children at the home? stephen: yeah, very disturbing situation, michelle. six children under the age of 10 inside this home behind me here on van buren street. about 7:00 this morning a call came in about an unresponsive baby. one of the young siblings discovered this baby. we have video of the investigation as it continued today here in northwest d.c. we spoke with investigators. they told us that they do not believe there was an adult inside the home at the time that that call about the unresponsive baby came in. we also spoke with neighbors. they say they are stunned. they say there is a mother who lives here and a who lives here. they say the grandmother was attentive of the children. we also understand there were two infants, twins and that obviously

at police headquarters, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: all right, brad. thanks. just after brad broke the news, prince george's county acting police chief was on the sister station newschannel8 news talk discussing the case and domestic violence in the county. you can see that exclusive interview online at wjla.com. we have got breaking news now from suitland. police there are investigating a murder. our stephen tschida is joining us live from the 2500 block of darel drive. what did police find there? stephen: they still are on the scene. they got the call here to the park green apartments at 1:00, 1:15 this afternoon. the investigation appears to be focused on one of the units. one of the apartments here at the complex. all we have learned from investigators is that they are looking into what appears to be a fatal shooting. >> we are still working to determine the motive and a suspect in the case. stephen: young guy, older guy? >> he was an adult male. stephen: shot multiple times? >> at this stage, until an autopsy is completed we won't know exactly how many ti

in upper marlboro, brad bell abc7 news. leon: we cover the story and we want you to snow "7 on your side" fighting back against domestic violence. representative of social service who counsel victims a former victim and someone from the montgomery county state attorney office in the newsroom with the abc7 help center. we will take your calls and answer any questions you have concerning domestic violence. the number is 703-236-9220. alison: we are learning more about the murder of a teenager at the hands of two virginia tech students. this is as the 13-year-old victim nicole lovell is laid to rest. suzanne kennedy monitoring the developing story from the newsroom now and has the latest. suzanne: alison, the prosecutors say the alleged murderer sat in a fast food restaurant and planned how they were going to kill the 13-year-old. they went to one wal-mart and bought cleaning supplies and in a second wal-mart bought a shovel. prosecutors saying they split the -- split the 7th grader throat before disposing to her body. why wou

maryland bureau chief brad bell broke this story first on twitter. and he joins us now from police headquarters in palmer park with the latest. brad? brad: alison, we are set up here in the multipurpose room at police headquarters for a press conference that will get underway anytime now. one of the cameras back there is ours. we will bring it to you live when it happens. first i want to show you video we took a little more than an hour ago. what they call a perp walk. we got an opportunity to see in person this young man arrested and charged with the terrible crime. his name daron boswell-johnson. 25 years old. it is alleged that yesterday at just about 7:00 a.m., he shot the mother of his child. and then in her own car seat his own 2-year-old daughter. their names, neshante davis. 26 years old. 2-year-old chloe davis-green was the little girl. now a little background on this case. last fall, it was determined with a court-ordered paternity test that in fact mr. boswell-johnson was the father of chloe davis-green. subsequently a judge ordered in dec

brad bell is live in glenarden. you spoke with the suspect's brother this morning. what did he have to say? wehe didn't have much, but will play that coming up for you in a little bit. this is a horrifying story and we still just don't know how far it's going to reach, just how many victims police will find. this is one of the locations, the glenarden community center. police say some of the abuse took place. this is where the man, deonte carraway, worked as a youth choir director. we also had an opportunity to speak by telephone with the mother of one of the victims. she says she never saw anything like this coming. she is horrified, certainly not ready to speak on camera. this entire neighborhood is horrified. carraway sits in jail, police at this hour continue to conduct interviews with parents and children across glenarden. the fear that more young victims will be found. and now a first look at charging documents detailing the allegations police described as vile. in bathrooms at sylvania elementary school, carraway made cell phone videos of boys and girls ages

upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. today we have a phone bank for anyone in need. no matter where you are. a former victim of domestic violence, social service organization that counsel victim and representative from the state's attorney office will be here to answer your questions. the lines open at 4:30. the number you see on the screen 703-236-9220. jonathan: "7 on your side" consumer alert. takata is alerting 12 auto makers that more recent air bag models made after 2008 are at risk of exploding. so far, about 24 million older vehicles have been impacted in the united states. it also comes as air bag maker continental is recalling 5 million vehicles they put bags in. the company says moisture can get inside the air bag control computers causing corrosion. michelle: a jury found apple must pay more than $620 million to a company called fernetics. the fight over a patent started three years ago when the company aused apple of ripping off the apps with the imessage feature and facetime. apple since revised how ime sed

in annapolis, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. in the race for the white house, a key pickup for hillary clinton after winning nevada. senate minority leader harry reid where nevada endorsed hillary clinton. this is as attention turns to super tuesday. bill clinton stumping on hillary's behalf in the commonwealth. jeff goldberg is in alexandria. i understand that -- hey now. i understand the lines stretching for is blocks. i guess jeff had to step out of the way, someone is speaking. can you talk to us? jeff: we are life at old town alexandria in the durant art center as it is standing room only as the crowd is waiting for former president bill clinton. packed house in alexandria. we the democrats from the region here getting ready and warming up the crowd a little bit for the arrival of president clinton but he has not yet come to stage. we do know that the president clinton is known for being late. that is what we are dealing with today. after the event, president clinton will head to richmond and have an event with governor ter

maryland bureau chief brad bell has the breaking update. you are reporting that this happened in a church? brad: that is right. police are saying there is another location. we told of this location. this is the municipal center. but now they are saying at his church but they are not saying which one. 22-year-old deonte carraway, as you said, he is a young man who was doing everything he could to work with children. he was in a school working as a volunteer, he was out doing a youth choir in glenarden. and now police are telling us two things. you mentioned the location. but also this. that there is another victim. a 14th victim named. that is the list now. 14 is where it stands of victims. we have told you several times it is likely to grow in the dozens. that is just how many police confirmed. they are telling us about the church but not being specific about which church it is. very simply because they want parents to be alerted that it is possible that they went to church with this guy. they could be victims, too. >> perhaps the name of a

brad bell is inside the courthouse and we will have live updates at 4:00. noon, up on abc 7 news at apple versus the fbi can a security battle. why the tech company is refusing to help retrieve information from a terrorist's phone. what new poll numbers reveal about the race. when theback with weather will get here in his full forecast coming up next. we continue to following breaking news in silver spring. montgomery county police on the scene of a shooting at a travel lodge on 13th street. more details coming up in a few minutes. i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >> you're watching abc 7 news at noon. jummy: the battle brewing between apple and the fbi

brad bell is live with the details for us. brad: the suspect is the one police were focused on right from the start. very sadly, he is the father of the little girl. deron boswell johnson. this case broke at about 7:00 yesterday morning when police responded to reports of shots fired. when they arrived they found 26-year-old neshante davis on the ground. she was dead, shot multiple times. when police opened her car door in the back seat in her car seat they found her two-year-old daughter chloe. she too had been shot multiple times. police very quickly looked at the case records and found that last fall mr. boswell johnson was determined to be the father of the child through dna test. after it was proven that he was the father in december prince george's county circuit court judge ordered him to pay $600 in child support to neshante davis, a teacher at a local school who works with second graders. we cannot say if that was the ultimate motive that is what brought police to him. we are told he did confess. just a while ago on n

in columbia, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now to a developing story in d.c. where a popular nightclub is shut down for 96 hours after a stabbing there. it happened at barcode near the may flower hotel. diane cho has more. diane: a notice of closure sign on the front door. they are now reviewing the surveillance video inside the club after they say >> she is trying to come to terms with her son's death. >> they know that. >> they were called to the barcode restaurant and bar sunday night at 11:40. they wound two men were stabbed and taken to the hospital. powell pronounced dead. >> what happened? >> she describes her son as hard worker. >> now she just wants answers. >> please. >> if anyone can help find the person who did this to my son, please. have police say at this time they don't have enough information for the description on the suspect. the other is in stable condition in an area hospital. >> d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of its officers from the early this morning. jonathan: new information in last year's amtrak crash i

maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in greenbelt on the story and has more on what it means. brad? braked we reported two weeks ago -- braked we reported two weeks ago that the federal authoritiers were getting involved in the case. the implication of the federal complaint are significant, it mean he is is looking at a long time in prison. federal child porn charges mean deonte carraway's alleged sixties likely won't have to testify in court against him. in addition he faces different penalties for the state child abuse charges for which he has been indicted. >> carries maximum sentence of life on each count. more cig can'tly each count of the production of child pornography mandatory minimum sentence of the 15 years in federal prison. >> the federal crim lays out horrific details of the alleged abuse of children at civil vania woods elementary school. it contains the written confession to police. "i would get the video, the kids would send them in. i would hide them but i really do care for the children. i know it was wrong. i'm a bad person. i am no child of god for doing t

upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you, brad. boy. update on breaking news we told you about first at 4:00, a stabbing in springfield that happened on laughborough lane not far from the fairfax county parkway. >> i just got off the phone five or ten minutes ago with a public information officer with the fairfax county who tells me that the 19-year-old victim in this stabbing has died from the injuries in the last hour or so. we are told that the search for the two suspects believed in the late teens continues. step out of the way and show you activity going to on. big group of investigators and the detectives from fairfax county police looking into what happened here at 1:45 this afternoon. here is video from earlier today. that is when the call came in before 2:00. the call of a stabbing to a male to his upper body. on the sidewalk. now the adult male victim was 19 years old. he was ground transported, rushed to inova fairfax hospital where life threatening injuries. again, in the last hour the male suspect died. two male suspects fl

brad bell has a look at how the county is bracing for the weather moving in. how does it look out there? brad: they are getting ready. two of the biggest peals of equipment the -- piece of equipment they have. front and the side plow that will go out and it can do three lanes at time. look here. a line of dump trucks that are loaded with salt. a lot of people working hard. >> the maryland state highway administration yard is a busy place. the district engineer says crews are scrambling to recover from the blizzard. >> frying to get the equipment fixed, get the parts ordered to get the trucks serviced. >> troy wolf has been working on his yellow plow rig all day. >> you check the oil, the air pressure, getting ready to rock and roll. >> the plan is load up on the salt, get rest and hit the road when the rain turning to snow. rodriguez, the landscaper will do the same. we saw him preposition a tractor to clear a parking lot. he sees green. the ground turns white. >> we have to pay the bills. manager pruitt hopes his order of 20 wind child wiper fluid a -- windsh

we will check with steve rudin, brad bell and suzanne kennedy in a moment. leon: first, get the latest on the changes coming our way. doug it. >> the transition began and we started to get sleet and freezing rain. that is with us for several hours tonight. the winner storm warning in effect until 4:00 tomorrow morning in the area shaded in pink. district, metro to thest with. montgomery county farther north. winter weather advisory. the temperatures are key. through the evening. holding in the 20's. 24 degrees in hagerstown. 29 at reagan national. 28 at manassas. 27 in baltimore and andrews. as long as we have values this low, we will see the freezing rained the drizzle do just that. freeze on contact. glaze things over. make the icy conditions. we expect later tonight especially after midnight warmer air to move in from the southwest. that will get us up to 33. then plain old fashioned rain. patches of the freezing rain. in between we have drizzle. too light to be picked up by radar. enough to glaze sidewalks and the untreated areas. the snow is farther nor

brad bell has the information out of court today. what have you learned? brad: this is a story we broke last spring. we got ahold of the documents and learned of the criminal investigation. the indictment was in august and now the trial has begun. the allegations very simple. worked for the government accountability office and as well as the school system making $90,000. this is a mock-up. she ha a form to fill to apply for free lunch for her child. she checked the box yes, she was receiving food stamps according to prosecutors. left the income line blank and the county approved it. in court today, opening arguments this afternoon. prosecutors telling the jury monday was ripping off the school system for her own benefit. that she knew what she was doing. using a voided out food stamp number to win this subsidy at the expense of taxpayers. the allegation is over time she approved $1,300 in lunch fees and therefor she stole that money. we will stay on the story. this trial is going on now. we'll come back at 5:00 and tell you what the defense attorneys say a

brad bell has been talking to people who knew them and he joins us now. brad: you got a taste of the reaction in the story we aired. in howard county, people who knew the two young people cannot believe it happened. this is where david eisenhauer graduated last spring. i want to show you video of him while he was here. he was renowned as a middle distance track athlete. state champion in indoor track. he was singled out for a special award from our sister station, wbff in baltimore, as a high school athlete of the week. you heard the principal. the kid had a great reputation here. natalie keepers went to hammond high school in the laurel area. we talked to her principal today as well. she was telling us that the young lady was involved in drama and involved in the school's literary magazine. she wanted to be an engineer. she had goals. she had dreams. absolutely stunned. we knocked on doors in both neighborhoods today. no one home at the eisenhauer and the keepers houses. but neighbors in natalie keepers's -- in natalie keepers' neighborhood reacted this

go to brad bell in upper marlboro, maryland with more on that side of the story. a lot to deal with up there. brad: you are right. the ground was already soaked. when the water falls it just runs off. lands on your yard, gets in the storm drain and the creek. this is the water in the western branch ripping through upper marlboro. they have a flood warning in effect. that is why. you can see it is up and over water street here. take a look down in the body of the water now. it looks like a boiling pot of brown soup. it is violent. it is powerful. so much water ripping through here. this is not terribly unusual. we see flooding in this spot once a year or so. sometimes less frequently. sometimes more. in this place the road does the bridge is made to handle it. we are not seeing structural flooding in upper marlboro though the flood warning is in effect for an hour and a half or so. they walk through it and they are impressed. >> it's a lot of water. i hope it just keeps moving that way. >> back live look how fast it is moving that way. water is a damaging thing. we

maryland bureau chief brad bell spent the day in the courtroom and joins us from upper marlboro. he has the latest on the story. hey, brad. brad: we have spent a lot of time on the story. we first broke it late last spring. munday the school board member was indicted and left the school board in august. now the trial is underway up here in a second floor courtroom. the allegation is she was making pretty fair amount of money. she was ripping off the taxpayers to have them buy her daughter lunch at school every day. >> according to prosecutors, then the school board member was making more than 90,000 a year when she applied for free school lunch for her child. reporting zero in income and falsely claiming she was a food stamp recipient. they accused her of ripping off the school system a meal at the time. >> she says she was targeted. the attorney ridiculed the prosecution over the alleged theft totaling $1,300 an amount she paid back. the last witness on the stand, investigator from the accountn't office where she worked full time. he showed a chart similar to this one listing th

maureen: maryland bureau chief brad bell is life tonight with more on this story. brad? brad: maureen, tonight police have not announced a suspect or a person of interest in the case but a number of sources are telling me they do have very strong leads and are getting closer to solving this crime that has absolutely outraged the community. it's just about 7:00 a.m. when police raced t there community on palmer road. shots fired. victims down. they find neshante davis next to her car. then, officers open davis' car door and find 2-year-old chloe davis-green in her car seat. here are the pictures from the facebook page. both mother and daughter are

again glen, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. one more note here, police say deonte carraway relied on the kik messenger app. that is an app mentioned in the investigation into nicole lovell's death in blacksburg, virginia. what parents need to know about kik at 5:30. alison: right now the sun is shining. it's cold. that is a change from the clouds that brought snow to the area. now concern is whether everything will freeze again tonight. doug hill in the weather center a check of the forecast. doug: i think with the breezes we have out there, a fair amount of the area is the wet roadways will dry off. in areas where the snow and it fell, there are the temperatures in the 20's by tomorrow morning. it could cause slick spots. look at the numbers of the snowfall from this morning. damascus, four inches. westminster over three. the list goes down from there. if you get to south, nothing at all. winter weather advisory longer in the fringe of maryland county. over the portion of west vass and pennsylvania and delaware. for most of th

as brad bell reports the department has been through a lot in the first six weeks of the year. brad: he grows emotional as he describes this as one of life's moment. after 23 years of service he is about to be the prince george's county chief of police. >> it will be the highest achievement in my professional career. but something i feel prepared for. >> a job coming with the double murder of mother and child and arrest of a teacher's aide and a growing child porn scandal. today at his confirmation hearing councilmembers urge him to diversify his command staff. he promises he is up for the task. >> it begins and ends with fostering positive relationships. when people see me in public and when they see me on tv. when they see me dealing with the large events, they know hank and they trust him. brad: county executive baker who appoints the chief tells the council he is beyond qualified for the job. pastor lee says he worked with him for ten years. >> i believe he will be the chief to bring safety to the community and brings confidence in police department. [applause] of the counc

brad bell, abc7 news. >> to the latest on zika. word out of columbia. three people have died after contracting the virus. then developing a rare nerve disorder. health officials in that country say they are seeing a spike in cases of gianbar syndrome. they are investigating at least sx other possible cases. the brazilian health officials have found evidence of the active virus in the saliva samples and that is prompting a warning agent kissing in that country. locally the d.c. health department confirmed three cases of zika in the city. >> one of those, the case of a pregnant woman. we have team coverage of the spread of the virus for you tonight. let's begin with the d.c. bureau chief sam ford. he is live in northeast with more. sam? sam: leon, i'm outside the unity healthcare clinic in northeast. there is no zika virus case here. but it is one of all the healthcare providers in the city that have been advised of the three cases that you mentioned and told to be alert for others. >> these images from brazil of the babies with small heads and often dama

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