ago to find that his wife, michele, wasn't home. she'd gone to work the evening before, didn't come back. merry harris is cal's aunt. >> he didn't know what happened. >> reporter: woke up and she wasn't there? >> and, honestly, he didn't -- it wasn't something he seemed comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> reporter: she was gone. gone without warning. her friends, distraught, called her cell phone. >> where the hell are you? you need to call me as soon as freaking possible. i am worried to death about you. >> reporter: they heard her cheery cell phone message haunting them. >> hi. this is michele. leave me your name and number and i'll call you back as soon as i can. >> michele? bob miller. what is going on here? >> reporter: there is something else about this you should know. the night michele harris vanished was not just any night. it was september 11th, 2001. >> things are in some kind of disarray. >> reporter: so they were. and so nobody was paying much attention to the disturbing events up here around little owego, new york. >> troopers hav

. >> michelle, was a brilliant, cunning, ruthless woman. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." the story you're about to see centers on the death of a military man thousands of miles from a battlefield. a dedicated officer surviving war zones only to be caught in a lover's triangle. here's keith morrison. >> narrator: what was she thinking? when she went to the commuter, when she typed in those five little words. did she not understand where those little words might lead? >> where are you at? >> i don't know. >> okay, what's your name? >> michelle. >> michelle was no doubt about it, dissatisfied. here she was, young, successful, attractive and yet, wasn't exactly boredom that was eating at michelle, after all she was just starting a career as a psychologist, often counseling troubled couples. >> she was relatively new with her license. i think that was her first real job. >> michelle would have laugh ee now. >> michelle from everyone i have spoken to wanted to be somebody and really worked hard to get to where she ultimately got her degree and became a professional. >> but then mic

yards shopping center, tom roussey, abc 7 news. michelle: online shopping is big business. aboutsays americans spend $1.5 billion online as of 5 p.m. today. year. 21% of those sales were on smartphones. nancy: one of the big thanksgiving traditions is feeding the less fortunate. in arlington they delivered or served some 3000 meals. they want to make sure that nobody goes hungry or spends the holidays alone. responders went to the four seasons, teaming up for the annual thanksgiving on the mayflower. , andserve a gourmet meal that is in the back of a truck. michelle: many first responders are kept busy this time of year from fighting a house fire like this one and clinton. the culprit is something that many of us will be taking out of storage this weekend. before 4 a.m., several adults and three young children escaped this house. >> i heard a noise. detector and got out. reporter: a neighbor heard the commotion and came outside. she saw the family that had just escaped the flames shivering in the cold. >> it was freezing cold last night. this is a tough one, right at thanksgiving. re

in court accused of prescribing medication to people who didn't need them. michelle: but we begin with this. moments ago prince george's county police briefed the community on the arrest of the alleged police impersonator. richard reeve has the breaking update for us. rich? richard: yeah, you know we have seen the police impersonator cases before. thousand -- but this is horrific. we have a man here who not only had a badge and a uniform, police car and also he sexually assaulted a victim, another man. now take a look. this is the suspect police now have in custody. 36-year-old michael bell of upper marlboro. we are told he owns a security firm and also works for another security firm. last sunday around 6:15 in the morning the victim told authorities that he drove up to him, on the university boulevard. he was driving that victoria that police released a picture of. he pulled up, told them he was in a dangerous neighborhood. flashed a badge. showed him a badge. you may be seeing here. it looks just like a police officer badge. it turns out it is his badge for his security job. pa

somebody's little girl. >> i think they're trick candles. >> the name, the face belonged to michelle valdez, one of the first women on ida's list. dan valdez, her father, had reported michelle missing six months before ida got the case. he was the guy who kept the calendar. >> the xs indicating no knowledge of her, disappeared, nothing, no word. >> the fact is, dan valdez had been recording his daughter's comings and goings for years. >> this is michelle. how old are you, michelle? >> 5. >> i took it upon myself to tape them, tape every event, every chance i had, i had the videotape there. >> you taping me, dad? >> the michelle valdez that appears in these home videos with her little sisters is a far cry from the thin, drug-wasted young woman police would later come to know and fingerprint. >> daddy, can i have something to eat now? >> yeah. >> this michelle, along with her sister camille and half-sister kendra, was a cutup, a clown. whether in costume for a play, dressed for her first communion or showing a budding interest in boys, this michelle, according to her sister camille, was an al

" consumer alert. sam, how are they going to fix this? sam: michelle, this is going to be a lot of work but experts say they will an hopefully will get this done. here is what we can tell you. 15,000 flights according to the union are affected. american airlines says the number is vastly inflated. here is what they said happened. last week the pilots got notification they were able to take vacation anytime in the christmas rush. as you can imagine, a lot of pilots took advantage of that and took off. the problem was quickly rectified but not before hundreds if not thousands of pilots took leave. now american airlines is scrambling to get all of the flights restaffed ahead of the busy travel season. it affects flights between december 17 and december 31. i talked to an airline expert a few moments ago who said this is he can't remember anytime it happened in the u.s. aviation history. he gave us advice if your flight happens to be affected. >> hopefully they will get the flights staffed. they still have a couple of weeks. if you get a dreaded text from the airline that it's canceled

thursday. up tofriday is not living its stereotype, we will explain. michelle: and get ready to bundle up. friday forecast. >> i like it. nancy: a warm thanksgiving meal. free of charge, next 11:00, onc 7 news at your side. michelle: whether you are shopping or settling in, getting ready for the cold temperatures, the good news is we will warm up heading into the weekend. let's get to stormwatch 7 chief meteorologist bill kelly for the .orecast michelle bill: good evening and happy thanksgiving to all of you. the only thing we are watching tonight is how chilly it is. manassas.g, 25 you get outside of the city center, the temperatures do map, which means no wind reported. that means there is no windchill factor. the -- theds allows wind that is call mulattos the temperatures to drop -- the wind that iscalm allows the temperatures to drop. i think everybody will be at or below freezing. it be very close to that tomorrow morning. otherwise it is a great night to go shopping. tomorrow is looking great as well. a little bit of a chain saturday. the forecast coming up. intolle: this video just

. michelle: thank you for the report. muriel bowser says all attendance policies will be reviewed. parents have question about the education. >> that is right. they are disturbed. and they are stunned by this. today the mayor held a news conference to allay concerns around fears. -- and heise schools. the revelation about ballou high prompted mayor bowser to hold an urgent news conference. >> we will review all policies related to the attendance. >> despite the pledge to rectify the situation, laura worries about her daughter's future. >> it makes me wonder what education will she get? >> the mayor did her best to reassure parents. >> if we find things were done wrong or if we find to make policies and the brothers more clear that is what we will do. but some say they have heard this before. >> they are aware of the problems at ballou high school. some are skeptical about the ability to rectify the problems. larry: this is the first case of the kind in d.c. and we don't know the repercussions that could be coming. in plant 180 teachers and -- in atlanta, 180 teachers and administr

truck turn weapon from lower manhattan. michelle: in the past half hour, the prosecutors formally charged the suspected driver sayfullo saipov with terrorism. that as we heard from the new york police officer who shot saipov ending the threat. >> although i feel we were just doing our job, like thousands of the officers do every day, i understand the importance of yesterday's event and the role we played. i am grateful for the recognition we have received. michelle: again, we want to show you this picture. this is the second man the f.b.i. is hunting for after the attack that left eight people dead. meantime, we are learning more about the man charged in the attack. sam sweeney is at the abc7 "live desk" with that part of the story. sam: brand new information coming in. the suspect wavered miranda rights and said isis videos inspired him. they called this a heinous and a cool cawlated attack well planned two months ago with tonight we are learning more about the 29-year-old uzbek national suspected of intentional limoing down people on the bike path. >> it appears that mr. saipov

. michelle: we are hearing more from the group behind the investigation and the school's response to complaints. we hear new information that was uncovered tonight. reporter: obtained by the 7 on your side i-team's all hear from students are graduated, despite missing most of this cool year, to getting good grades quite rarely showing up. ballou high former school music teacher and union representative and recalled a story of one student. >> she came to me like the last day asking for a pocket so she could pass and i'd literally never seen the girl in my entire life, no idea who she was. the d.c. public schools chancellor said he only discovered the allegations tuesday night from abc 7 news. >> i want to know from any teacher in the district to feels they are being pressured to give students a grade they do not deserve, i want to know directly. >> at the end of the day, the situation that was going on was illegal, unethical. nathan: she pressure came from how teachers were evaluated, a grading system called impact. a 4, atder to earcn n least 81% of your kids have to be passing class

going to be very, very important. so we had a good day today. we had a phenomenal meeting. michelle: you have been listening to president trump there moments ago giving the media a quick briefing on taxes. we will check in on the latest on that throughout the hour and this evening. meanwhile, paid sick leave dead on arrival on hogan's desk this past year. the plan ignored by the democrats controlling the state house. is compromise in the cards for 2018? maryland bureau chief brad bell with gor hogan's knew -- governor hogan's new plan for your family. brad: this issue of paid sick leave is a big deal like in national harbor where there are so many service sector jobs. the governor isn't willing to go far enough. and the democrats say democrats sent him a bill he had to veto to make him look bad and now he is willing to give it another try. maryland governor larry hogan is again making an attempt to enact his version of the paid sick leave bill for maryland workers. >> paid leave compromise act. brad: it renews the raging battle over how far reaching a should be. just months after he

that will take us to our post game. let's go to michele. >> michele: kendall fuller is a guy that is an unsung hero on this defense. one of the strongest guys on the back end. playing on another level. he's a ball hog. just proved that. he said i give them encouragement and want to give him a plug. >> al: rand he deserves it. norman has no interceptions this season. of course, they avoid him a lot. fuller now has four. one kneel-down will take washington to a record of five wins and six losses. their next game is next thursday night here on nbc as they meet dallas. the giants next week, a week from sunday will go to oakland. >> cris: pretty impressive to bounce back after the loss at new orleans that had to take the heart out of anybody. it was a 15-point lead, 3:00 to go and come back in a short week and get it done. >> al: get it done. injuries all over the place. the feast is ahead next. volkswen after these messages from your nbc station. >> announcer: welcome to the volkswagen post game report. >> al: 20-10 washington wins it. a happy 55th birthday given by players of the gam

umbrella and you will need it, too. michelle: stay ahead of the weather wherever you are with the stormwatch7 weather app. it's free and in the app store and google play. jonathan: you wonder when it rains on election day what role it will play. two men vying to be governor of virginia were out voting for themselves, of course. you wonder what will happen for the rest of us. will people want to get out and vote? that is the big question. the clock is ticking for others who want to weigh in on the election. michelle: we have team coverage but first we are moving to this story. two days after a massacre inside a texas are learning whether police are investigating a sex assault investigation involving the gunman was mishandled. jonathan: devin kelley once escaped from a mental institution. that is the same time he was thrown out of the air force jailed for domestic violence. that he haven't been able to crack the password on his phone. the community in texas is still trying to and will for some time process what happened. devin kelley spent 12 months in a military prison for abusing

the president. "not in the usa." we can cross live to michelle fleury, who was on the scene. can you describe what is happening now and the state of the investigation? michelle: as you can see, the ambulances are still lined up behind me. this took place several blocks up what would normally be a busy bike path at this time. now we have heard from the mayor just now, also from the head of the new york police department, providing an update, and we now know this is what they are calling an act of terrorism. we have learned in the last few moments that the individual involved was a 21-year-old, apparently brandishing a firearm -- we are learning now it was a paintball gun. all of this still happening in just a few hours after the incident unfolded. cap a block from where i'm standing right now, leading to the deaths so far of 8 individuals and more than a dozen injured. laura: michelle, tell us about how this happened. it's a busy place, so close to a school, and school getting out for halloween tonight. michelle: that's right, about a couple of blocks from where i am standing is a sch

that are left behind lost tragically yesterday. michelle: tonight family members are sharing pictures of those killed. among th the gunman's wife. police suspect her family may have been devin kelley's target. jonathan: we have now learned that kelley served a year behind bars for domestic violence and was thrown out of the air force. michelle: that is raising questions how he was able to buy guns in the first place and it's spurring calls for more gun control. the chief political reporter scott thuman is tracking that part of the story from the satellite center. scott: there is almost always instant reaction to the mass shootings on capitol hill. typically whether or not the new gun legislation should be introduced. it remains a tad unclear this moment about the shooter's rights to have a gun and what if anything should happen next. >> another shooting and day after with the countless questions. should devin kelley been able to purchase assault style rifles? he wascourt marshalled in 2012 in the air force accused of assault on the spouse and child and discharged for bad conduct. not

. so a couple of kneel-downs and that will take us to our post game. let's go to michele. >> michele: kendall fuller is a guy that is an unsung hero on this defense. last year to this year is night and day. one of the strongest guys on the back end. playing on another level. he's a ball hog. just proved that. he said i give them encouragement and want to give him a plug. >> al: rand he deserves it. norman has no interceptions this season. of course, they avoid him a lot. fuller now has four. one kneel-down will take washington to a record of five wins and six losses. their next game is next thursday night here on nbc as they meet dallas. the giants next week, a week from sunday will go to oakland. >> cris: pretty impressive to bounce back after the loss at new orleans that had to take the heart out of anybody. it was a 15-point lead, 3:00 to go and come back in a short week and get it done. >> al: get it done. injuries all over the place. the feast is ahead next. volkswagen post game report after these messages from your nbc station. ♪ this holiday season, my good friend gave to me

sweeney, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. the stormwatch7 weather team tracking the holiday rush. jonathan: the funny chief meteorologist bill kelly is joining us now with the one blip on the radar. you saw the brake lights and you gave an oh, my goodness. bill: i'm very thankful i'm working and not out on the roads. boy, oh, boy. let me show you the air problems. not dealing with those. the airline travel is due to the weather. the weather is very quiet. we got in the low 60's today. the only blip we are talking about is back over here. this is a cold front that is sweeping through the area. later tonight and tomorrow morning. notice the sliver of rain and snow behind it. this is a minor deal. it will cut across until the travel forecast for tomorrow. earn everywhere is dry. there are lingering rain showers by and large the map for the weather part is looking good. we will talk about the thanksgiving and black friday in a few minutes. you can see the traffic map to get an idea what is happening on the roads. great the breaking news on your phone by downloading the app. michelle? michelle:

. both people on board got out of the plane and walked away unscathed. michelle: this afternoon, they suspend charlie ross and pbs disspends distribution of the show. this is coming after eight women accuse the tv host of is sexual harassment. groping, newelleddy and disturbing phone calls are accusations. the women worked for or to work for rose at pbs. in a statement rose says, "i deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. i have behaved insensitively at times and i accept responsibility for that." jonathan: a crime alert. after a violent sexual assault took place at the american university. it happened in front of ashbury hall on campus. police say a former uber driver attacked a woman after she flagged him down for a ride. still on the loose, though, this man. police say he attacked a friend at knifepoint in woodbridge and stole her car. it happened last night. good samaritan stepped if and managed to get the knife away from him. this man is still at large. police want to track him down. >> seven students got emergency care after beingmationed in a classroom. student accident

announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. michelle: breaking news from northern california where a shooting rampage has ended after winding through a small town and ending at a school. at this hour we know five people are dead including a gunman. jonathan: the carnage stretches across half a dozen crime zones. tom roussey putting the pieces together and joins us from the "live desk." >> the gunman killed four people and at least ten others were injured. children are among the injured but were not among those killed. the sheriff office in tehama county, california, says officers responded to shooting scenes all over the small town. seven different shooting scenes in all. this started with domestic violence. the shooter went on a rampage and randomly shooting >> we heard multiple shots. high powered rifle. we heard a man and children screaming from the location three blocks away from the school. >> the tehama county sheriff office has not identified the shooter or what his motive might have been. they do say that the two officers shot and killed him. this happened

robbery. they don't know if the two robberies are connected. michelle: the largest chain of message is facing charges now. tara woodley says a therapist at one of the locations assaulted her in a session in september. >> i covered myself and i shouted, "what?" he kept saying, "i'm sorry. please don't tell anybody, tara, please, tara." i kept saying, "please get out. we are done here." >> they arrested the therapist. three other women in the area say they were assaulted by the same man. massage envy is working with the franchises to prevent similar incidents in the future. woodley is now suing the company for $25 million. jonathan: massage parlors are a topic on the hill tonight. lawmakers are considering a bill requiring the owners and the employees of the massage parlors to report the suspected abuse congress dealing with its own allegation of sexual misconduct. al franken speaking publicly since several wiem said he touched them inappropriately. >> i am a long way back. a long way back to win back the trust of the people of minnesota. i let people down. my friends, supporters, staff,

investigation and situation on the beltway. bring you any updates when we get them. michelle: you heard it first from abc7. bombshell findings of a just released investigation into grade fixing allegation in prince george's county. substantial percentage of gran waits had grades changed at the last month. they found many of the students shouldn't have graduated. prince george's county executive rushern baker standing by the school c.e.o. kevin maxwell who blamed individual schools. spokesperson for governor larry hogan says the report shows that county is actively betraying the community trust. you can read the story on the app. it's the top trending story. the app is free. brace yourself for a bit of weather whiplash. that is what we call it here. the absolutely gorgeous weather that we have enjoyed today is going to go away in a jonathan: that's how it happens. doesn't it seem that way? chief meteorologist bill kelly in short sleeves in georgetown with the cooldown. enjoying this weather before it falls off. bill: a great term, the whiplash. come down and slap you in the face. a

people around the hill and what they make of of this talk. the hill, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: i'm michelle marsh tracking news there the abc7 "live desk." this is coming to us from new york city where a massive fire is burning in manhattan. these are the live pictures here. this is in the hamilton heights area. 100 firefighters on the ground that are trying to put the blaze out. a six-story building. >> you can see the flames are still there. the smoke from the building. wind is a factor. if we get more information we'll bring it to you that is the latest from the "live desk." >> still to come, the amazon key hack that could let a burglar think he is gone. when he is ransacking the home. >> 30 people were hurt and some are unaccounted for. >> i look out the back windows and i saw a big ball of orange. >> update on the situation in westchester next. jonathan: meet molly the military dog getting the honor above and beyond. we wi alison: museum of the alison: hundreds of people without a home. this is in westchester pennsylvania. suzanne kennedy was there to speak to people who

michelle obama was treated when she rolled out her white house decorations. >> the next stop the red room. cranberries and fruit trees. >> we will have more than 90,000 people come through these doors. >> show me how you do it. >> you know me. >> there are so many first in the white house. i remember the first time you came to the white house. a big front page story with you in the red dress. the first time i spent the night at the white house. what is your favorite first? >> that's a good question. christmas. i have never visited the white house during christmas. it's magical. >> they are managing a star. she can sell magazines simply by being on the cover. she can sell sweaters simply by putting them on. a striking harvard educated lawyer who can hold her own next to anyone. >> laura: okay. [laughing] that is great to go back and remember. it was her arms. everything was great about michelle obama on the cover of vogue. you would swear that michelle walks on egg nog. but when melania trump unveiled this year's fantastic christmas decorations vanity fair went on an attack. this pers

. download the wjla abc7 news app where the story is posted. michelle: i'm michelle marsh at the abc7 breaking a couple of hours ago army sergeant bowe bergdahl will not serve prison time. the military judge who presided over the case deliberated for nearly 24 hours and decided to give bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, demotion rank to private and order he forfeit equal pay for ten months. bergdahl left his post in 2009 leading to a search that left several of his comrades severely injured. he was captured by the taliban and returned to the u.s. in a prisoner swap years later. the judge could have sentenced bergdahl to life in prison. that is the latest from the abc7 "live desk." i'm michelle marsh. alison: thank you very much. well, police are looking for a man who grabbed a woman as she was putting items in her car and then sexually assaulted her. it happened 10:30 last night near south randolph and 31st street in the shirlington area of arlington. he ran off before the police searched the neighborhood for the suspect but did not find him. >> look here. skytrak7 over the flipped tr

anchor and host of his own interview show. michelle marsh at the "live desk" with the breaking fall out of the sexual harassment claims. michelle: that is right. rose is off the air entirely. he owns the syndicated program "the charlie rose show." a memo went out to cbs news saying in part that rose's journalistic contributions are important but nothing is more important than a safe and professional workplace. we have seen the high profile allegations of sexual harassment. we are asking you. do you trust your workplace to do the right thing if sexual harassment is reported? go to wjla.com/votenow up the news app to participate to vote on the question. as you weigh in, elizabeth hur has a closer look at the accusations that ultimately led to charlie rose's dismissal. elizabeth: amid sexual assault and harassment allegations that rock the media world, pbs and greenberg announcing they terminated the relationship with charlie rose. cbs news confirmed the firing effective immediately. in a memo to staff, cbs news president david rose explaining despite charlie's important journalistic contr

news. michelle: let's move on and take another look. this is a man that police say raped a woman, knocked her unconscious and left her for dead last month. we posted this to the news app and the facebook page. jonathan: developing now, president trump's one time campaign chair and another worker fighting the home confinement sentence. paul manafort and rick gates seen leaving district court in d.c. were ordered held as a condition for bail. in court the attorneys blasted the federal indictment against the men as embellished. the judge will review the confinement order in a hearing on monday. >> new video shows the moments after the terror attack in manhattan. this was a school bus rammed as a man tried to run down as many people as possible. >> are they okay? >> stuck in here. >> can you call 911? my gosh! >> i need an ambulance right here. t-bone. the kid right there. >> the firefighters and the paramedics swa the school bus were hurt. one critically and they all survived. >> they are holding the man on federal terror charges. this is called the deadliest attack in new york. jon

argument over landscaping. michelle: a food truck driver indicted with involuntary manslaughter. tony dane faces charges of driving without a license or insurance in the september crash. dane ran a stop sign and a woman died and her children and grandmother were hurt. a car slams in a building and driver backs away and drives off. the inspectors haven't cleared this as safe so the residents are cleared to stay out. no one is hurt. police are looking for driver. >> the adult we first bought you on friday. watch as the guy her over the counter. cash register daughters open. then he jumps over the counter and tries to rip the drawer out. all the ladies team up and they start to him over the head with whatever they can grab. women fight back and played tug of war with the drawer. we spoke to a woman involved. we are like he is trying to steal. started to hit him. everyone started to hit him. i guess he got tired and he ran. >> for all of that, the guy got away with $30. right now he is on the loose and the police hope that the video will catch him. >> there is a new tool in the fight agai

big building used to belong to usaid. >> anthony: can we say wha -- >> michel: are you sure? usaid or cia, i don't know. >> anthony: well this is what i want to ask. >> michel: at that time, we never know. >> anthony: in those days, back in the '60s and '70s -- >> mama vaughn: 60, yeah. >> michel: yeah. >> anthony: usaid and cia had a lot of, let's say, overlap. >> anthony: mama vaughn, who i met here on my last trip is making lunch. an elaborate spread of dishes whose recipes are left over from imperial times. >> anthony: mm, so what do we have here? >> mama vaughn: this is lon song fish from mekong. we cook with shallots and garlic and chili, and coconut milk. and pork. >> anthony: crab? river crab? >> mama vaughn: crab. river crab, yeah. >> anthony: mm! >> mama vaughn: see? >> anthony: it's good. >> michel: mm-hm. >> mama vaughn: it's only in luang prabang >> anthony: you could eat the shell? >> mama vaughn: yes. >> anthony: mm. >> mama vaughn: and fish with pork grill. >> michel: all in banana leaves >> mama vaughn: banana leaves. mm. and then this is ginger sauce. eat the pork sk

they happen. michelle: now faking the grade. it's a major story. the abc7 on your side i-team broke two weeks ago. students skipping class with no consequences at ballou high school. some students were out of class were in class. a whistle blower that gave you the documents said it's widespread and directed from the top. >> we are talking about 3,000 pages here. the "7 on your side" i-team got the complete records and grade reports for all of the high school students. they show students are graduating despite missing most of the school year and the reports are the focus of allegations of grade inflation. monica taught music at ballou high last year. she revealed to the "7 on your side" i-team that the administrators compelled her to give grades that the students did not earn. >> the recent school year of 2016-2017 there are students with absences that exceeded triple digits. >> they reported on the attendance problems at ballou two weeks ago and last night shared documents we obtained highlighted how many absentee students got diplomas last spring. today in a hastery conference, d.c

in a bed, in a box. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. michelle: a powerful image from kentucky. that is a father hugging his son's killer who he says he forgives. it happened at the end of an emotional trial that included confession and apology. testimony even brought the judge to tears. >> maybe this is a good time to take a break. thank you. the victim was a pizza delivery driver and the killer will spend 30 years >> a laurel man accused of murdering his wife and stepdaughter will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> he admitted to the crime in 2013. >> i killed my wife and my daughter and i shot at my son and i intended to kill myself. >> he claims his wife was cheating on him. a bank robber who is patient. take a look at this guy. hi is sitting there patiently to read maggie: outside the capital one bank. once the elderly woman in front of him finishes her business, he walks in and hands the teller a note to get cash. leaves. if you recognize him, that is a good picture of him, the police would lake to hear from new video of the wounded cong

. we put it on the website for you wjla.com. you can get it on the news app from abc7. michelle: police trying to find whoever shot at a church in gaithersburg. it happened twice this week at church. wednesday night a church member was leaving the services. he noticed a bullet lodged in a window. right now information leading to an arrest could lead to reward of $20 wednesday investigating a murder. so far the police have not named a suspect. >> final update to the christmas day murder of beloved yoga teacher. d.c. judge sentenced duane johnson to 30 years in prison for rape and murder of tricia mccauley. >> a show of support today. the students walking out of class today in support of the teacher. he was trying to pull the sweatshirt hood down and apologized when the hijab came off as well. >> you can say it will feel more like christmas, or more like september. chief meteorologist bill kelly must bill: bill, we are getting close to the lighting, right? bill: we are getting really close. the crowd is greater than it was. how is everybody tonight? [applause] we pan around and they are r

hot topics we have former blood this league of player michelle day and our very own jonathan crying so let's take a look at what's coming up in the show. after a disappointing exit from europe in midweek hoffenheim were hoping for a boon this league of boost a way to hapless hamburg the hosts were praying for a better look after just one win in their last ten days and they need to find their shooting boots if they were to stop the rot. colognes form this season has been criminal a run of twelve games without a win has put coach under immense pressure because of billy goats break their duck against visitors for live. well hamburg are having another shocker of a season with my side losing eight matches this season a victory is needed to help drag them away from the. readed relegation zone their opponents are in dire need of putting their disappointing exit from the europa league this week behind them their performance this season has been considerably less consistent and the pressure to remain among the leading pack is growing let's see if they got up. togetherness allied to a bit of

that when we come back. in seat pleasant, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: from the "live desk," i'm michelle marsh. i ordered former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and a business associate to remain under house arrest. the judge also set a tentative trial date in april for manafort and rick gates. the two pled not guilty to a 12-count indictment on monday in connection to the special counsel's russia investigation. another hearing is scheduled for monday. jonathan: a military judge is deciding how to punish bowe bergdahl who walked off the post in afghanistan in 2009. he apologized to the service members injured trying to find him. nancy: "7 on your side" breaking down the house g.o.p. tax plan. some will pay less and others more. the standard child tax credit dual income families and the upper middle class would be bumped into a higher tax bracket losing deduction on mortgage interest deductions. corporate tax rates would be slash and the alternative minimum in the state taxes would go away for the wealthy. the cost is whopping $1.5 trillion adivision to the nation's debt in

were sexually assaulting clients. michelle: massage envy faces several lawsuits including one from d.c. who says she was touched inappropriately. jonathan: sam ford was there as she spoke out for the first time. what did she say? >> well, jonathan, i am 'sed 'sed -- i am outside of the massage therapy on wisconsin avenue where the woman identifies herself now, no longer as jane doe but tara woodley. she says a massage therapist started to perform oral sex on her in september. she spoke with reporters in her attorney's office. her husband behind her. she said after all the sexual incidents involving hollywood and washington power brokers she decided to come forward and tell her story herself. she is filing a $25 million lawsuit against massage envy alleging that they knew her assaulter and assaulted other females but moved to spa after complaints. she said it was on her first visit to this massage envy when she realized the man was performing oral sex. >> i just, you know, just kind of froze for a second. i didn't know what to do. i began saying we are done here. this is over. >> wh

them. the police chase as you see didn't go as planned. the officer was falling on his face. michelle: you saw him take a t the video. new at 6:00, stephen tschida spoke to an eyewitness. what did they tell you about the chaotic scene? stephen: it's frightening is what they are saying. this is on 14th street sunday night. the army of the a.t.v.'s came tearing through. tonight the police are looking for the suspect. and video of that incident has become a social media sensation. taunts from a.t .v. operators amid futile police efforts to stop them. when an officer tries to get ahold of one of the drivers, he falls to the ground. then a burst of laughter from the person with the camera. >> it's a serious problem and i think it will get worse unless appropriate agency is taken. >> he works on 14th street. he describes what he saw sunday night. >> complete madness. loud. disruptive and alarming to everybody. >> the million got millions of views on facebook and instagram. some who witnessed the herds of a.t.v.'s rampaging through the city question the interest in acts that pose serious dan

that continues today with pierre's son michel, and his son cesar. >> daniel: my dream was to always to put maison troisgros on my resume. it's my first day, chef troisgros. >> michel: tony, bonjour. >> anthony: bonjour. >> michel: comment allez-vous? >> anthony: tres bien. many have called maison troisgros the best restaurant in the world. and in the '60s, the brothers pierre and jean were early, important and fundamental innovators of what came to be known as nouvelle cuisine. behold one of their breakout classics, one of the truly game-changing, timeless, most influential dishes in history. it seems now, maybe, a simple thing, but it absolutely turned the world upside down when it debuted on the troisgros menu in 1962. i mean, when you have a dish this legendary, this iconic, there's no escaping it. the rolling stones will always have to play "jumping jack flash." if you google "troisgros," you'll see this. >> michel: so, forget everything you have on google and watch me now. okay? >> anthony: before this, fish was generally overcooked. it was served alongside elaborate garnishes,

. michelle: tracking breaking news, i'm michelle marsh at the abc7 live desk. big case in the ashanti billie murder. prince george's county 19-year-old who went missing in september. billie's body was later found in north carolina nearly two weeks later. we just got off the phone and abc7 confirming with the f.b.i. a retired navy veteran has been taken into custody. his name is eric brown. the court records reveal he matches the physical description of a man seen in surveillance video. the victim's body found 300 yards from the childhood home. we are going over the court records. as soon as we get more details we will pass them along but that is the latest from the "live desk." michelle marsh, back to you. jonaa clean sweep for the democrats in virginia governor race last night, overshadowed by report of attempt at voter suppression in northern virginia. calls were going out hours before the polls open telling people the polling places had changed. stephen tschida with an update. this may have been more widespread than we previously thought. >> we learned that the phone calls and the texts w

store near you. michelle: i'm michelle marsh at the "live desk." this is just coming in on a deadly mobile home fire. the image on the side of the screen put out by the fire department. we co as a result. skytrak7 on the way. this is happening on goldie farm place. we understand the fire is now out. that is all that is left of the trailer. when we have more we'll bring the pictures to you live. that is the latest from the "live desk." michelle marsh, back to you. jonathan: thefein officers in tactical gear doing goor to door for a search for a possible serial killer in florida and it's intensified, the search. they are going door to door in the neighborhood where four people killed in last month. the latest victim 60-year-old man shot the death walking yesterday morning on the way to a church to help the hopeless. they believe -- help the homeless and they believe the killer lives in the area. nancy: two women accusing drivers of sexual misconduct. it said they left them and vulnerable because of what they call inadequate background checks. >> he took me upstairs. he was dragging me

balls for them and the interview with michele tafoya. >> michele: you guyed scored seven in the first. then scored. what was the adjustment that paid the dividends? >> staying with the game plan. came out early, went down the field. they were making plays. if we stayed with the game plan we had a great one. the big boys up front comey out angry. ran the ball the second half effectively. it's fun to be out there. >> michele: the offensive line and running backs. what kind is it to have it with three different styles? >> makes my job easier. they are great in pass protection in the routes. the big boys lead the way. fun to play behind them. >> michele: you lost your kicker midway through. didn't have a kicker for the second half which limited you in terms of point after attempts and field goals. how do you look at the challenge? >> you have to keep going. nice two-point conversions. we have to go back to the drawing board. it's within of those things. adversity strikes. we have to keep going. >> michele: congratulations, carson. jenkins led the defensive performance. you had a deflectio

michelle: a very warm welcome to "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. glad you could join us. years into the european debt crisis, things may finally be looking up for greece. the economy seems to be making some strides toward recovery, albeit slowly. that is the good news. but the bad news? much of the country hasn't noticed. 1/3 of greeks are at risk of poverty. and retirees are feeling it most. some are losing their homes because they cannot live on their incomes. their pensions are meager because there's too little money in the state coffers. too many people avoid paying taxes, which results in a loss of more than 10 billion euros in taxes a year. to change that, the government has sent out an army of tax inspectors to shake things up by visiting businesses unannounced. our reporter oliver sallet went along with two of them. reporter: when night falls in athens, tina papoiti and nikos tsepenekos start their patrol through the amusement district of plaka. the two inspectors are on the lookout for tax dodgers. their suspicions are aroused in this cocktail bar. >> there are

michelle: a very warm welcome to "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. glad you could join us. across europe, all eyes are on the small northeast region of spain. in the wake of the recent catalonian referendum, deemed illegal by the spanish government, catalonian separatists hope to split from the rest of spain. in parliament, catalans president carles puigdemont said he wanted independence, but only after negotiatons with the spanish government. a message that was welcomed by his followers. freedom and independence, these are fundamental european values. proudly written into many constitutions. this freedom, however, also has limitations. sometimes the price of freedom can be hotly disputed. consider spain. not every catalan believes that freedom means independence. as a result, many communities, where some residents call for unity, while others insist on independence, are being torn apart, like in the village of montblanc. narrator: his olives are nearly ripe. pep andreu is hoping the catalonian independence movement will also soon bear fruit. here in montblanc they've been

eu's chief negotiator michel barnier. he says it's vital that the uk makes concessions and increases its offer. the brexit secretary david davis says good progress has been made in talks so far though how to resolve the border between ireland and northern ireland remains a sticking point. our europe editor katya adler has been following the latest round of talks in brussels. time is a precious commodity. and don't the uk and the eu know it. we're halfway now between the date of our eu referendum and actually leaving the club. expect many more face—offs along the way. by now, round six of brexit negotiations all attempts at bilateral banter have gone. this is a serious business... said david davis. it is. the eu is the uk's biggest trading partner. security and research development ties are tight. all this now hangs in the balance as we untangle ourselves from brussels, the government still hoping, though, to keep european relations close. we will discuss this issue i laterally. relations right now are strained. the uk wants to talk about trade and the future. the eu response? make

they have high blood pressure. nancy: doctors worry about low levels of hyper tension. michelle: how do you fight high blood pressure without adding medicine to the routine? q mccray has a "7 on your side" health alert. q: additional 30 million americans woke up with t didn't have it yesterday. they can thank the american heart association. >> there is a big change in the guidelines. >> ed howard is an interventional cardiologist with virginia heart. >> based on the raw data from hundreds of thousands and millions of patients. q: the threshold was 140/7890. it's now 130/80. it triples the number of men with high pressure under 45. doubles the number of women under 45. a.s.a. added a new category called elevated blood pressure. >> it's no longer a category borderline. but now 120 to 129. you are in the sort of danger zone. >> he is studying vascular disease for 20 years. >> the emphasis here is on prevention. making the lifestyle changes you need to make. diet, low in sodium, high in potassium and low in fat. >> high blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke >> the reason we cha