announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: the interim chief of d.c. police says it is the worst case he has seen in a long time. in the last hour, the man accused of killing a d.c. actress and yoga instructor made his first appearance in court in this case. jeff goldberg just left the courtroom. what can you tell us that happened inside and during the hearing? jeff: well, michelle, duane johnson has been charged with first-degree murder in the case of tricia mccauley and he is being held without bond. in the court hearing a friend of tricia mccauley yelling out in the courtroom, "he's an animal, he stole my friend from me." the court documents reveal horrific details of the crime and some of the claims that johnson made to police following the arrest. here is an excerpt of that. johnson said he met the decedent when he was walking somewhere in d.c. and the decedent offered him a ride. he said he could not recall where h johnson was arrested at a cvs in downtown d.c. midnight december for. at the time he had been driving tricia mccauley's toyota scion. court recor

deputy is expected to take week or months. richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: thanks. the number of deputies killed in the line of duty are the highest it has been in five years. these are some of the faces of the officers killed in maryland and virginia. with have more on the report release today from the national law enforcement officer memorial fund. >> in 2016, 25 were killed. according to the report, 64 officers were shot and killed. that is up 56% from last year. they are calling the numbers alarming saying it's sad for the law enforcement community and the country as a whole. >> the police officers are under attack. public safety is a partnership. >> the six officers and the report hits close to home. i have more tonight at 6:00. >> daylight hours are getting >> daylight hours are getting longer. 45 in leesburg. 49 in reagan national. quantity quo at 48. the bigger story it increases wind. gusty wind tonight and tomorrow. sustained wind are around 20 miles per hour. in leesburg. beginning to increase in downtown d.c. you will feel it with the wind chill factors tonight that w

case to come forward. we will keep following this. until then jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: tricia mccauley was a popular yoga instructor and an actress. a vigil is set to begin in 15 minutes where brianne coverage. >> we have sean a lot of hugs and crying. emotion filled everything for many people telling us this was a woman filled with light and love. >> a special person. you it makes this horribly painful. brianne: she was a beloved member of the community. she has known her for two decades. norton says mccauley brought enthusiasm to every role she played. film and the stage where she starred in numerous local productions including 15 >> she was good at acting. front of house. she could do other things. help with the sets. that sort of thing. when called upon. >> friends and colleagues say the passion she had on stage carried through every aspect of her life. she was also a licensed nutritionists and she loved to garden. >> an inspiring person. i feel like she lived her best life. >> the vigil in a few moments. this is the same time that tricia mccauley would have taught

over to the feds. michelle: in addition to that, we are learning more about his motive, driven by fake news and conspiracy theories. alison: this is as welch's parents attended today's hearing. jonathan: stephen tschida has new developments for us today. stephen: 28-year-old edgar welch started out his day in superior court. the u.s. attorney dropped charges. he wound up here in federal court where he faces a single count of carries firearms across state lines with the intent of committing a crime. we learned more about welch's alleged motivations here through the affidavit. the investigators say he scoured a cell phone and determined he watched youtube videos repeatedly and read online about "pizza gate." that is the child sex ring run northwest d.c. with fishes links to the hirl --ic if issue links to the hirl -- fictitious links to the hillary clinton campaign. he tried to recruit others to release the sex slaves and he recorded a give to his family and telling them he loved them if he didn't survive. we learned he was heavily armed. an assault rifle, pistol and a shotgun with

breaking this afternoon, carrie fisher what died. michelle: the "star wars" actress rising to fame as princess leia in the 1977 classic episode iv, a new hope. fisher had been hospitalized since last week after suffering a massive heart attack on a flight from london to l.a. q: exactly. fisher, hollywood royalty battled personal problems since gaining fame. she was 60 years old. we have the latest on her life. reporter: at 17, carrie fisher was turning heads in the film "shampoo." two years later -- >> i love you. >> i know. >> fisher was best known for playing princess leia in the "star wars" trilogy. a role she reprised in 2015 "the force awakens." >> may the force be with you. >> she was born hollywood royalty. her mother screen legend debbie reynolds, her father over the years the actress appeared in fims "when harry met sally" and "postcards from the edge" which she adopted to a movie starring meryl streep. offscreen, she opened up about her personal struggle with drugs and bipolar disorder. >> losing her mind which is what happens is a terrible thing. but once it's gone, it's

serious injuries. the other officer's injuries are not life threatening. >> michelle: . >> michelle: shat aing intoa -- chattanooga, tennessee where an officer was shot this morning as the search for the suspect continues. the officer was shot three times while checking a home for himself to the hospital and is recovering. and that happened after veteran police officer was shot and killed in tacoma, washington yesterday while responding to a domestic violence call. we're told the officer was taken to the hospital where he did have surgery but, unfortunately, he did not survive. police ended up shooting and killing the gunman after an hours long standoff and it rolled into this morning. the suspect was using two children inside that home as a the children were unharmed. >> krystal: unfortunately a difficult and deadly day for law enforcement across the country. just devastating when you have to start the newscast off with news like that. we're going go ahead and bring it back local. we're talking about the case against the mother of the 7-year-old child found beaten to death. we just

metro had to clean up. michelle: brand new 7000 series cars separate mid-commute. alison: check it out as the passengers were offloaded from both halfs of the train and then they walked back along the red line tracks this morning. that was the scene just outside the twinbrook station in rockville. michelle: with all of this happening, it opens up safety questions over the newest rail cars joining the fleet. jonathan: montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is outside the station with more of the passenger video and also an explanation from metro. what did they say? kevin: they are still investigating right now, keeping tight-lipped on a number of questions we have. this happened around 9:00. eight-car train heading to shady here when the front two cars snapped off the trailing six. around 40 passengers had to be taken off the 7000 series train. thankfully, no one was injured. one woman recorded this video as metro employees escorted her down the rocky rail bed. her trek about the length of a football field. metro has not said if it cut power to the third rail before evacuating passenger

from his home state of ohio. he had been in the hospital for days. michelle: he was 95 years old. as reaction continues to pour in we take a look back at his life and incredible contributions. here is abc's karen travers. karen: as a statesman, fighter had a knack for being at the right place, at the right time, with the right stuff. >> i guess i have looked at my whole life as being sort of service to my country. karen: the son of a plumber and school teacher he was born and raised in ohio where he met and married his childhood sweetheart annie. in 1942, he quit college for the military. as a highly decorated marine pilot who flew dozens of missions in the paving in world warii. was baseball legend ted williams. after years as a test pilot, glenn was selected in 1959 to be one of the original seven mercury astronauts. he became the first american to orbit the earth. he made three orbits and landed safely. appearance before kansas ticker tape parade followed he became an american hero. >> i'm glad to see the pride accomplishments are not a thing of the past. karen: in 1964 he left th

michele: i'm michele norris. donald trump tapped another retired general and a couple of business tycoons to join his administration. and president obama launches an investigation of the 2016 election. look inside the trump transition tonight on "washington week." president-elect trump: we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country. buy american and hire american. all right? american. michele: days after striking a deal that provided millions in tax breaks to keep hundreds of jobs in indiana, the president-elect threatens to with a 35%companies tax if they transfer operations overseas. republican leaders say there may be a better way to keep jobs here. the real solution down the road is to have america be the most competitive place in the world to do business. that involves two things. a tax structure that works. not over-regulating and we don't have either right now. michele: the incoming president adds a third combat-experienced cabinet, raising concerns about the influence of the military on american policy. two unlikely cabinet choices are sparking con

northwest washington, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: speculation tonight that those sanctions are an attempt by the obama administration to box in the president-elect. it may not be the only controversy. q mccray reports that now the sitting president is calling for a huddle next week on the hill to protect the affordable care act. q: friction between the outgoing administration and the incoming trump is setting up the stage for one of the most contentious we have seen. trump saying i'm doing my best to disregard presi thought it would be a smooth transition. not." they turned on one of the strongest allies when john kerry accused benjamin netanyahu of preventing peace in the middle east. then president obama imposed sanctions against russia for allegedly meddling in the 2006 elections. the trump transition senior adviser kellyanne conway. >> i will tell you that even those who are sympathetic to president obama on most issues are saying part of the reason he did this today was box in transition. >> saying it's time for the country to move on. >> i find it fascinating that trump says

minutes we will talk about a wintry mix possibly on friday before it warms up. michelle? michelle: thank you. a big question for some parents and students will school buses start on a sub freezing morning. it has been a problem in the past. q mccray is in arlington with how schools are making sure everyone gets to the destination on time tomorrow. q, what is the plan? q: yeah, well, listen the students on time, michelle, they have to start early here. at the arlington county public school system bus yard. at 4:00 a.m. when the start team shows up. what does the start team do? what the name suggests. they get on the buses. and they start the engines. it's as simple as that. the start team is made up of the bus drivers who are called in early on weather emergency days. the other bus drivers still show up at 5:00 a.m. to check the fluid and the tire pressure. but the start team is important because all the buses run on diesel fuel. when it's cold outside and freezing temperatures they have a trouble starting. they may stall or they may not start at all. that is important that the start team

entire system earlier. stephen tschida is live at the details. stephen. stephen: michelle, some metro commuters, passengers, especially here in the suburbs not too thrilled about this reduction in hours as of july 1 and for at least the next two years, these turnstiles will be closing earlier. continued maintenance work requires more hours so as of july 1, metro will designate more time to repair work and less time to riders. >> i guess we are supposed to take cabs now. stephen: monday through thursday 5:00 a.m. to 11:30. friday 5:00 to 1:00 a.m. saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. >> the definition of compromise is something that makes no one happy and maybe that's kind of where we are. stephen: other news today, metro fired six employees, four inspectors and two supervisors over the derailment at east falls church metro from detore ating they false -- deteriorating tracks. they falsified reports. that's about half of all metro's inspectors. >> it's reprehensible that any supervisor, mid level manager would tolerate or encourage this behavior or see

will have an update on this as soon as more information michelle: the ntsb is revealing more about that deadly bus crash in baltimore. this was the scene november 1 when a school bus slammed into a car and then into an m.t.a. commuter bus. the school bus was going nearly twice the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter is in the newsroom with what was revealed today about the school bus driver's medical history. brianne? brianne: we have learned the driver of the school 67-year-old glen chappelled a his -- had a history of crashes and seizures. he had been involved 132 crashes in the -- 12 crashes in the past five years. he was going 57 miles per hour when the bus he was driving struck the mustang on november 1. the speed limit along the stretch of frederick avenue in baltimore is just 30 miles per hour. we do understand the driver was driving the school bus for held a contract with baltimore city public schools. the report says a week before the crash paramedics have been called to the company because chappell was exhibiting seizure-like symptoms

is january 133. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. the apparent random nature of the murder of tricia mccauley and the details of what happened are disturbing. frankly, just sickening. in d.c., residents are determined to not let this violent act change the habits. brianne carter has reaction. brianne: we know she got in her car and never made it to christmas dinner. but tonight, how it happened and how the two came together, the questions remaining is causing concern for many. >> it's the shock. brianne: long the 2200 block of m street northwes tricia mccauley's body was found in the back after her own car, people are still trying to come to terms with what happened to a beloved member of the d.c. community. >> it's horrible it happened. i don't understand how it happened. there are always people here. >> they do not believe that mccauley, an actor and a yoga instructor knew the alleged killer. the fact it's a random crime is worrisome to many. >> definitely a little concerning. it makes you feel unsafe. >> what is tough is not knowing what happened to the woman who

day. there are new details in her death. michelle: the man accused of killing her making the first court appearance in court. jeff goldberg is live outside the courthouse. the unanswered question tonight remains. how did the two meet? jeff: well, that is the question that investigators are still trying to answer. because the information that duane johnson is providing to police in no way match up with the information that the investigators are finding. johnson being held without bail after the hearing today in d.c. superior court. in the hearing a friend of tricia mccauley yelling out, "he is an animal. he stole my friend from me." 29-year-old duane johnson faces first-degree murder charges in brew stall killing of tricia mccauley. but her friends are at a loss of what to do next. >> we can't get her back. that is the reality. that is where we >> johnson was arrested midnight on monday. he had been driving mccauley's sign sign. they later found her dead in the car. her stocking and underwear torn. >> there is no indication she knew the suspect prior to the them coming together. >>

. >> michelle: pay to park. yet another hotel chain has announced customers will have to pay to park on the las vegas strip. who it is and how this is going to affect all of us right now. >> michelle: good afternoon everybody. thank you for joining us. will or won't a multi-million dollar electric vehicle company faraday future ever actually become something? we've been hearing a lot of talk about it in north las vegas promising jobs. >> krystal: sure. does it have a future here in las vegas? our craig fiegener has been digging into this since late summer and he has the latest on >> reporter: the planned home for faraday future's estimated billion dollar factory was a busy construction site until early november in north las vegas and confidence in the project was high. that after lawmakers toured their southern california headquarters. >> functional. sleek. beautiful. quiet. a lot of amenities that we don't have this cars right now. they have almost a thousand people working there developing the prototypes for those models that will be mass produced. >> reporter: governor sandoval an

happened in our country-- we'll get to president obama in a minute-- but michelle. i mean, that notion that michelle obama, at one point, was one of the most disliked african-american women out there... >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...because apparently, she may have had a moment of questioning herself, her identity, her relationship to the country, and now michelle obama is a star-- a bigger star, even, than barack obama. ( laughing ) what's going... >> well again, i spent seven years in hyde park, so i'm not that surprised to discover that michelle obama might... >> hinojosa: okay, hyde park, south side of chicago where barack obama and his family lived up until they moved to the white house. it's where you lived for seven years. it's where i actually spent, you know, 20 years of my life growing up. >> that's right, that's right. >> hinojosa: strange little place, but hyde park and michelle obama because... >> so michelle obama was working at the university of chicago during my years there. she was a fixture in the neighborhood. barack obama was my state senator. he was my senator. he was

announcer: now "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: right now at 4:00, a chill in the u.s.-russia relationship. q: 35 diplomats and their families have left in 48 hours now to leave the country. and this. cameras rolling when a convoy left the russian retreat on the eastern shore of maryland. the effects of the president's sanctions on russia seen today. michelle: russia says there will be retaliation but it's not clear what it will do. abc's kenneth moton shows us what comes next. kenneth: the clock is ticking for 35 russian diplomats. intelligence operatives told to get out of the u.s. by sunday. >> they have to pack and leave within hours. kenneth: the obama administration taking forcement actions against russia in the alleged role of the attack of the leaders. russian foreign minister recommended his president vladimir putin return the diplomats. but putin said no, not to retaliate for now. after obama shut down russian come pounds in new york and maryland where we have already spotted moving trucks. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. this is more like cold war 2.0.

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, strong enough to do damage to an apartment building in northwest washington. michelle: residents had to find another place to stay in the rain is still falling at this hour. jonathan: steve rudin joining us now, what can we expect the rest of the night? moved off towards the east, and it is dry around the capital beltway. we have more rain to the west, later showers that will move to the north, northeast. we will get all of this out of here by about 2 a.m. that means skies begin to clear, meaning sunshine on the way for the day tomorrow. the bus stop forecast, waking up early, by about 9:00, the temperatures in the low middle 50's by recess. outdoor recess for the kids, and dismissal time temperatures around 55 degrees. it we a bit breezy. much cooler considering today's highs, 69 degrees. talking about the upcoming weekend and the white house christmas tree lighting forecast coming up. michelle: steve, thank you. get up-to-the-minute information about the weather in your neighborhood with the stormwatch welcome sight for dozens of people in northeast washington because many of the home

alison: right now at 4:00, well, it's finally really cold enough for snow. michelle: but don't worry when you look at a scene like this. this is manmade snow in the mountains. it's not coming down anywhere near us. horace: it's still snow. it's still cold. when it gets this cold it's time to think about making good use of it. michelle: it's just about that time of year. will we stay dry through the weekend? alison: stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast for the weekend. hey, doug. doug: t cold enough in the mountains and the higher elevations to keep the snow guns cranking. the real snow live at the weather bug camera on the cam pulse of frostburg state university. 23 there now. 15-degree wind chills. dusting of snow. see how the students are running around in circle to get off campus. it is cold out there. all across the area the winds continue to be 12 to 15 miles per hour. these are sustained winds, not the gusts. the gusts are higher. when you combine these winds like outside. it feels like 18 in winchester. 23 in hagerstown. 26 in leesburg. 3

farewell to a beloved yoga ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ michelle: right now, three big stories. a family questioning why a d.c. police officer shot and killed a man this weekend. yoga instructor killed christmas day. what we learned about the background of the man accused in the case. michelle: and as we remember carrie a tough year for celebrities. jonathan: we start with the deadly shooting christmas day involving a d.c. police officer. d.c. police are adamant that the man threatened officers with a knife. his family is telling reporters a different story. tom roussey is covering the angles. caseplicated because the police are adamant about what they saw in the video, but the family sold the tape as well. tom: we are hearing two very different stories about what happened on walnut street and northeast christmas morning. look atly was able to the police body camera video tonight, and what they saw contradicts with the police have been saying to date. us, and he was the oldest. tom: she said that her brother gerald hall stepped when their father died. and he was a s

ii. michelle: tonight, a sheriff's deputy is in critical condition after he was shot on maryland's eastern shore. queen anne's deputy warren scott hogan responded to domestic violence call overnight in chestertown. he escorted the woman in the house to get her belongings. that is when the homeowner 52-year-old james rich accused of firing a shotgun at hogan hitting him in the abdomen. ho rich. >> it goes to show you never know from day today. something routine can turn into something horrible. michelle: hogan is now out of surgery and is expected to recover. jonathan: luckily the officer survived but a report released today shows the number of the law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty this year is the highest in five years. many of the killings took place as ambushes. amy aubert dug in the report today and she joins us now with the details. amy: more than 130 officers died in the line of duty in 2016 alone. it's something the national law enforcement officer memorial fun calls alarming and sad. passerbys reading the name and honoring the fallen. >> i didn't realize ho

, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: president obama plans to huddle on the hill next week in an attempt to protect his signature affordable care act. it's setting a stage for one of the more contentious presidential transition we have seen. he is trying to disregard president o statement and roadblocks. john kerry accused if prime minister of preventing peace in the middle israel. yesterday president obama proposed unprecedented sanction against russia for the meddling in the 2016 election. in a tweet today trump called vladimir putin smart for delaying any retaliation. jonathan: we are getting our first look at the participants in the trump inaugust parade. the tragedys saytant marching unit from arlington is among the high school and the college bands and the other organizations participating. for the full list and coverage of the inauguration, go to our website wjla.com. jonathan: "7 on your side" getting results after a family reached out to us with a serious problem. the house way -- they were living was listed as vacant. they couldn't get it changed to having someone living there. un

few days for fans. michelle: prince george's county police are stepping up patrols around convenience stores in an to thwart a serial robber who has hit seven different 7-eleven stores. tom roussey joins us. the policing confident he will strike again. tom: they are very worried about that. has hit six he places in prince in the last eight days. he was not done. they think early this morning, after hitting a 7-eleven in prince george's, he did the same thing across the river in alexandria, every time using a gun. tonight, prince george's county police cars are deployed outside of 7-eleven stores in the county because the police believe the same serial robber has hit seven places in eight days, with six of the seven being 7-elevens. >> go to 7-eleven very often, so it scares me. tom: very early in the morning, he robbed this 7-eleven on piscataway drive and clinton come his sixth straight robbery and prince george's county. then the police believe he expanded his territory, hitting the 7-eleven in alexandria. so far nobody has been hurt, but the police are worried. >> if so

. michelle: reynolds you probably know from "singing in the rain" and fisher from "star wars" lived next door to each other. they were so close. reynolds was 84. fisher, just 60. reynolds son saying his mother told him, "i want to be with carrie" before dying in the hospital. the grief todd fisher is experiencing is unimaginable. now planning for two funerals. q: sad to take -- say the least. we're looking at broken heart syndrome. someone can die from a broken heart. >> absolutely. anyone who has been through it say the pain of losing a child is horrific. stressful. losing anyone is stressful. you can die from broken heart syndrome. in many ways it mimics a heart attack and more likely to have in women over the age of 65. >> >> ♪ good morning >> debbie reynolds leading lady and hollywood icon passing away wednesday a day after her daughter carrie fisher. the news shocking the world and leaving many to ask did she die of a broken heart? >> e said you can die from a broken heart. there is a syndrome called broken heart sin drome. it's stress induced cardiomyopathy. >> the center at wome

after a shooting. michelle: few details at this hour. anna-lysa gayle talked with the police. she joins us live from capitol heights. anna-lysa: we just learned that one man was shot to death inside street where detectives are surrounding the house. the shooting happened just before 9 p.m. say nobody else was injured at this time, they do not have a suspect, and no arrests have been made in connection with a, investigation that is ongoing. at this hour, the victim has not been identified. all they are saying is he is an adult male. we will have much more as soon as information becomes available. live in capitol heights, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: sanctions against russia from president obama come including ordering dozens of people from the russian embassy in the district out of the country and denying russia's access to a compound on maryland's eastern shore. michelle: all of this in response to intelligence that hackedussians dnc to affect the presidential election. tim barber is live in northeast washington. the maryland compound will be blocked off tomorrow. in the

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alert. michelle: we are bracing for the effects headed our way. alison: roads across the area are being treated as we speak. most of us now are under a winter weather advisory through tomorrow morning. michelle: the biggest threat is the icy conditions. the timing is critical for one of the busiest shopping day of the year. jonathan: letter has team coverage of this evening for you. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking the system, timing it and breaking down the potential impacts for you. alison: abc7's brianne carter has a look at the road prep and stephen tschida has a look at how to keep the homes warm out there. michelle: we start with doug hill with a winter weather alert. fill us in. doug: two big headlines. the first is a freezing rain advisory in effect from midnight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow for the eastern suburbs, southern suburbs to the west. the area in pink. to the north there is a winter weat a.m. tomorrow morning starting at midnight tonight. noon to the north. metro until 9:00. noon to the north and the pennsylvania line until 1:00 p.m. in the mo

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