chris papst, abc7 news. lindsey: transforming the -- michelle: transforming the box your gift came in into a donation for free. how to do it without leaving your house. packed stores and the stories of return. how people reacted to unwanted gift and a tackty to make sure not to offend the gift-giver. first, why a crash that left a woman dead in laurel is bringing unanswered questions. michelle: in summerwind circle the police are investigating a crash. neighbors and the investigators are calling the crash unusual. imagine you are preparing dinner and a car comes through and hits the tree. sure what led to the crash but they are looking into several causes. >> he tells the police he was going in a neighborhood and a car honked at him. then moments later the same car pulled alongside him and fired seven shots in the car. the driver and neither the passenger were hurt. but a ward four councilmember says it was reported as road rage. the d.c. body cameras getting the first big chase after an officer shot and kil

in arlington, chris papst. alison: the u.s. department of agriculture wants to rid pollution in the chesapeake bay. they awarded $1 million to the chesapeake bay foundation and the partners to cut back on the farm-based and the run off. it will help 20 livestock farmers in maryland. the hope is they convert the crop land to the pastures to adopt the new posture management practices. q: president-elect trump threatened to withdraw from a new world agreement to aim to slow down warmbier. that is fire-slow down global warming. that is firing up the ongoing indian tribe with the land sinking. they suffer every time there is a storm. $40,000 will be spent to move 60 people to establish a new community. in this case the culprit may not be climate change. >> do you see climb change as a bigger factor to the change in the way of life or the oil companies? >> i see the oil company as a bigger factor. the destruction of the community. that is because they don't -- allow saltwater to come in and go out faster. q: this weekend on "full mea

chris papst joins us live. where is all the money going to go? chris: it will make it safer. it does need to be updated. the paint is shipping off. the last restoration was in 1995. that was paid for by the dutch. this time is our turn. for the last 65 years the bells between of the famous sites the marine corps memorial lies a less familiar monument. >> for us this has a special meaning. for us it's a sign of peace. >> the 127-foot-tall bell tower gift from the netherlands to thank the united states for liberating the country in world war ii. it needs $50.8 million restoration. it has been closed to visitors for years. [bells toll] the royal netherlands embassy is seeking another $1.8 million in donations to complete the upgrade that includes adding three bells to bring the total to 53. making this a grand carilion one of two doesen in the world. >> this i friendship between the netherlands and the united states. we have been friends for more than four centuries. we would like to emphasize the relations. that is why it is worth investing. >> a big part of the $is .8 million

chris papst, abc7 news. michelle: thanks. a page-turner, minnesota man found two books in the parent's cabin in canada due back to if library. get this, more than 40 years ago. kraemer says he plans to keep the book and he doesn't mind paying late fees in the future. jonathan: good for him. still ahead, feeling trapped in 2016? not as much as these folks. this is not good if you are claustrophobic. michelle: this is not a pretty picture unfolding outside popular restaurant. the threat that may have more to do with money. >> is pornography a public health hazard? a man in virginia believes it is and he wants to do something about it. we will tell you what after it's all about customization. the possibilities are endless. it's all about customization. you can get exactly what you want. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ michelle: a top i cannot many people like to talk about but could pornography be bad for your health? a virginia lawmaker thinks, northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has a look at wh

chris papst is live in silver springs. chris: this intersection is georgia avenue and seminary road. over the past 138 months this red light camera issued 350,000 tickets to drivers. some say the county should pay because of the way this camera is timed. >> the only thing appropriate here is justice. chris: rarely have i interviewed anyone as passionate as peggy. >> anything short of that is illegal. and ludicrous. ed and wrong! wrong! christ: last month she was turning left off georgia avenue in montgomery county to seminary road. that is her dark blue toyota. a short time later she got a $75 ticket courtesy of this >> it's made criminals out of people doing nothing wrong. chris: a year and a half ago maryland state highway administration changed the policy, mandating yellow light times be minimum of 3.5 seconds. so the item grabbed a stopwatch. it turns out the turn arrow that caught peggy is under three seconds. montgomery county department of transportation has had 19

i'm chris papst. coming up, why the lawyer who took the case said the alison: fredericksburg city is after a butt dial policy. this is after a series of reports found a man called 911, no help was sent and he died. the i-team government watchdog chris papst broke the story earlier this year and has been following it ever since and he joins us now with a new important development. chris? chris: when the family of robert paulis contacted "7 on your side" they were distraught. the loved one was dead and they had no idea what happened. they just wanted answers from fredericksburg city. but now the family wants something where is your emergency? chris: late in the night on april 23, 56-year-old robert called 911 from his fredericksburg apartment. >> hello? chris: when the dispatcher answered she heard nothing except this sound and labeled at it pocket call or butt dial. no callback was made. no help was sent. a few hours later, paulis was found dead. for the mistakes. >> next year, this attorney will mark

chris: chris papst, abc7 news. michelle: tracking breaking news. tmz reporting that actress deb dee recommend -- debbie reynolds has been hospitalized and may have had a stroke. the 84-year-old has obviously been upset since her daughter's death yesterday. we have more on the developments as they become available. jonathan: turn our attention to the weather. from yesterday to today did you notice a change? michelle: not really. both nice. chillier today but for the time of year. doug: 68 yesterday. michelle: i'm always hot so this is okay. doug: then you won't mind the rain tomorrow. jonathan: she will notice that. michelle: i'll notice that. doug: it is getting rainy and beautiful now. time lapse from maryland to prince george's county. it's average temperatures and clear but then the rain will roll in tonight. it's 47 in fredericksburg. quantico at 48. 43 in college park. the story tonight will be clear skies for a while longer. slow, steady increase in clouds from the west. you can see the arrows that we put on, tracking the rain heading north a

until they called chris papst. he is joining us in the newsroom. went well? chris: as of now they are. the properties that are listed vacant have higher property tax as those as occupied. the family we will introduce you to have been trying to get it changed from vacant to occupied for 14 months now and nothing happened until they called "7 on your side." one they will live in when they are married. they bought the duplex in october of 2015. at the time d.c. classified it as vacant. it is still listed as vacant. they are paying thousands more in yearly property taxes. >> frustrating because we live we are d.c. residents legally. we have done all we can to prove it to them. nothing was happen. chris: the i-team contacted the consumer and the regulatory affairs asking why the home was still listed as vay can't. in a few hours it was changed to occupied. they gave us this statement -- we learned they will refund money for the extra property taxes that she and her fiance never should have paid. >> without now nothing happened. nobody else was willing to help. "7

chris: chris papst, abc7 news. jonathan: the accident that killed brooking is understood investigation but the driver in -- brooking is under investigation but the driver in her case did stop and stay at the scene. alison: jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. what are you seeing? jamie: crash 270. if you are heading to georgetown you will hit the accident. taking out the left lane. everyone is standing by at the right side. let's move to the map and talk about an area with the congestion. it's in t with the teens. 59 is the better option. beltway will only take 32 minutes. 5 miles per hour to get from tysons to 270. this is the inner loop and the volume we have. 3951 congested. this is heading south. the only crash is the 270 northbound in germantown. southbound traffic is not too bad at all. jonathan: thank you. it wasn't bad at all. do people walk around in short sleeves. alison: today is nice. but it will change a little but it's still pleasant through the holiday. right, doug? doug: pretty much. we have rain on

chris papst tells us what he found. is this legal? chris: there is legislation proposed to make it illegal but never passed and never signed by the president. so it's legal to get free inauguration ticket from your senator or congressman, congresswoman and sell it for thousands of dollars online. some websites in the past have not taken it because ethically some argue it's not the right thing to do because you are getting them for free. but there are some sites to put it on and ma bucketlistevents.com. you scroll down. there are things people want to go to. masters. tokyo summer games. super bowl 20137 and the presidential inauguration 2017. you click on that. theoretically it would come up or you can go here. there are some websites that give a disclaimer saying that the tickets can be purchased for free. this doesn't but it says if you are not able to secure tickets from your local congressman and congresswoman we can help get you premier tickets to the 2017 presidential inauguration. starting at $525 a piece going up to $9,000. thi

chris papst has more on the exclusive investigation. chris? chris: during the initial investigation on he school weapons the only district t did not provide the numbers it was d.c. public schools. we kept after them. when we got the numbers d.c. has seen one of the largest increases. now a d.c. city council member calling for a regional summit to find out what is going on. december 1, 2015. a student at wilson high school in d.c. is arrested after bringing a gun to school. and posting a picture on snapchat. somehow he got the gun past the metal detectors. the gun at wilson was the only one confiscated by d.c. p.s. last year but when looking at the total weapons like knives, boxcutters, d.c.p.s. has seen 34% increase. d.c. confiscated by far the most of any local district. even though the neighboring prince george's and montgomery county have three to fo >> it is scary. as a parent it's scary. >> why there is an increase? what is being done about it? chris: dcps wouldn't go on camera to discuss the increase or what it's doing about it. instead

in the newsroom, chris papst, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks for that. right now, president obama is giving his final national security speech. he is at the air force base in tampa. let's listen in. president obama: nearly 70 iraq's neighbors, we surged our intelligence resources to better understand the enemy. then we took the fight to isil in both iraq and syria. not with american battalions but with local forces backed with the equipment and the advisers and our special forces. that campaign we have now hit isil with over 16,000 tens of thousands of partners on the ground. today the results are clear. isil lost population centers, their morale is plummeting, its recruitment is drying up. its commandsers and external plot -- its commanders and the external plotters are taken out and local populations are turning against [applause] as we speak, isil faces an offensive on mosul from iraqi troops and coalition support. that is the largest remaining city that it controls. meanwhile in syria, isil's self-declared capital in raqqa is being squeezed. of milli

it shouldn't happen again. >> should not happen again. >> chris papst, abc7 news. jonathan: the test results are on wjla.com. click on the story and you can see what schools and the classrooms tested the highest. trump appears to support the dakota access pipeline. this is according to a memo obtained by the "associated press." thousands of protesters as you know have been camped out there for more than five months in north dakota. fighting this plan. they have a deadline of monday to leave the area. critics say it threatening areas from the local tribe. the memo says his support has in the the pipeline. jonathan: in france, makers of canel november 5 -- chanel number 5 have concerns about a train that is through the high powered field. they say it would impact the scent of the flowers and therefore the perfume. the country rail network says it needs trains to ease congestion. so they are lobbying to pick a different route or change the alison: i don't think that will happen. time for a check on the roads with jamie sullivan. jamie: it is slow out there. this is th

i'm chris papst. coming up, some companies say yeah! they want i alison: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert about a popular toy that could be recording your child's conversation. privacy groups say the doll known as my friend kayla allows the government and other people to spy on your family. our chris papst joins us now with the "7 on your side" consumer alert. how does this work? chris: advances in technology, this is bound to happen, right? this warning comes from a privacy group. electronic privacy information center. e.p.i.c. i's warning retailers to stop selling this doll. we got target in arlington. it's called "my friend kayla." here is how it works. the doll comes from a variety of accessories. for the purpose of this demonstration we are using this cup. you hold it up in the sensor in the hand. [doll talking] she talks to your child. every time you hold it up she said something different. the other thing that the doll does is connect to the bluetooth on your phone. allowing your child to talk to the doll. then the doll tal

alison: chris papst is here with one of the recalled model. >> if you don't have you know does. they are encouraged to find a model number. it's not easy to find. it's on the bottom and all in white. it's pressed in the plastic here. it will be a challenge to read it. you have to find it. there is a lot on here. once you do, 22 models match the recall. the company will send you a free replacement blades. these are breaking, getting into your food and then you are eating it. they are simple and convenient. but now potentially dangerous. >> imagine having broken bits of a metal blade in your food and in your mouth. chris: conair the maker of cuisinart and federal government ordered recall of 22 different models of the food processor. the customers are asked to stop using the processor's rivetted blades that look like this. with investigation. kevin? kevin: the judge handed down the sentence against scott tomaszewski. two life counts. one without the possibility of parole. in other words, tomaszewski will die in jail. the judge saying, "i don't know what dark part of your soul caus