Abandoned his special needs patient in a car while exercising. 30 minutes later, tedlor emerged from the health club. His patient nowhere to be found. Oh, my god. That doesnt seem right to me. Not at all. Court documents allege that tedlor waited three hours before getting help. Officers set up a search grid using a bloodhound. Plus a search and a rescue specialist. They later spotted the man with autism wandering down a residential street four miles from the gym where he first appeared. He lives in this Silver Spring apartment complex with his mother and had been disciplined for ditching patients. For reasons still unknown, they kept him on staff. The situation that someone is under your care or more similar thy. Kevin franck tedlor is facing a quant of criminal adult abuse it is up to five years in prison. For disabled man we are told he made a full recovery. Alison new developments today with a shooting in the airport. Iraq war veteran Esteban Santiago appeared in court today. In the hearing a judge told him the Death Penalty could apply in this case. He has been in custody since he allegedly opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale airport kilting five killing five people. Larry the search is on for a man accused of killing a police weeks after being named a suspect in us pregnant girlfriends death. Jonathan elias has more. Jonathan this is hea 60,000 reward for any information leading to the Markeith Lloyd arrest. He is wanted for shooting mast Master Sergeant this morning. Then a second officer was killed. We will find this killer and bring him to justice. Police say he is also want for murdering his exgirlfriend last month. They think people might be helping him allude the authorities. 60,000 reward is being offered. Alison bomb threats prompted evacuation of at least e around the country today. This is video of the children being evacuated from the school in miami. No explosives were found at any of the locations. Investigation in the threat are ongoing. Larry in the trump transition today, Incoming Administration allowed that the president elect soninlaw will be a senior adviser. Donald trump is optimistic about the confirmation hearings on the hill. He did not answer questions on obamacare or russian hacking. But he did sound optimistic about the confirmation hearings taking place this week. The republicans want six or seven nominees confirmed by the time they take office. But they warn it is putting undue pressure on the investigators. Everybody will be vetted as in the past. A controversial pick, Jeff Sessions as attorney general opposed by the gold star father who says sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to the pursuing just kiss for all. Ivankas husband Jared Kushner is going to be adviser to the president. There are nepotism laws but the president can basically surround himself with peak he wants to. He is also tweeting about meryl streep today. He called her overrated but the white house is coming to the defense saying he thought her message was carefully considered. Reporting from northwest, lana lana. Alison two people who were talking about the hacking of the u. S. Election maryland senator ben cardin and congressman cummings. Q mccray has more. Q they are introducing comparable bills to establish independent nonpartisan commission to look into the russian hacks. It would make recommendations on how the United States can defend itself in the future and lastly how the got should deal with russia moving forward. There is no question that russia attacked us. The report released at the end of last week makes it clear. These are attacks on the constitution. They were attacks on our people. They were attacks on the nation. This is also important to mention a late decision by the Obama Administration to designation election syst drawing criticism now. This happened late friday. For the proposed commission we will keep you posted on what happens next. Four years of planning have come down to the final two weeks. The f. B. I. Is one of the dozen of the local and the dozen agencies tasked with keeping d. C. Safe in the president ial inaugurations. Each presents unique challenges the ultimate goal is the same. Challenging to posture all of the resources that are necessary to maintain safety for the public. As well as the smooth running of events in the inauguration. Adding to traditional challenges the protests are expected to be among the largest in inauguration history. Closer look at how authorities plan to keep everyone safe at 6 00. Alison tomorrow, barack obama will deliver a farewell the new poll finds with less than two weeks left of the presidency the americans are dividedded over his legacy. 57 of the 117 people taking part in the Associated Press poll say they view president obama favorably. 37 say their view is unfavorable. Two and three americans say that president obama did not keep his promises to the people. 45 say that they believe he tried but failed. Larry Henderson Hall hosting a goodbye ceremony to ash carter. Alison a u. S. Destroyer fired three warning shots at the boat near the entrance of the persian gulf. Arned not to approach the were fired. Larry Prince William county Fire Department tweeting that quantico is planning fire and demolitions this week. Alison coming up at 5 00 but need you to evacuate for your safety. Strong storms sweep across the western u. S. Leaving a path of destruction in the wake. Outrage in a d. C. Neighborhood. When a dog is left in this pep. For days on ends in the cold. Im Stephen Tschida with the story for you. Larry later, clearing up the confusion of the meters in the district finally put to use after years of debate. Plus, why the man at the center of the liquor b my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. Whole family nts to stay free from artificial preservatives. And my debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. Z231xz zi0z y231xy yi0y alison 7 on storm watch as heavy rain sweep across the western u. S. In Sequoia National park it meant the end to a massive tree. It was one that was hallowed out in 1880. Alison for cars to drive beneath it. The Pioneer Cabin tree collapsed after the massive wind gust there. Amazing. We will have a closer look at the other damage coming up later in this newscast. Meanwhile, back at home the story was the cold more than the snow. Larry people in one neighborhood sound the alarm about a dog left outside. Stephen tschida is live in northwest. What does the city have to say about this . We have been making phone calls to try to find out what the response is to the situation. 45 minutes ago we got email from the Humane Rescue Alliance saying this pen there, the doghouse slightly elevated. Straw on the ground. If you look over there you see a dog bowl torn to pieces, possibly by a hungry animal. In the corner you see a large bucket. It does contain water. Say the bucket was frozen completely. The city has deemed this acceptable habitat for a dog but the people in this neighborhood call that an outrage. Good samaritans record the effort to help a dog that describe as cold and hungry. Going to come back with the friends. We will get you out of here somehow. Shaking, the hind legs are shaking. Its freezing outside. She hasnt been in for days. Neighbors say they complained repeatedly to authorities expressed fear of the man who lives in the home where the dog is penned. They did not want their faces shown. We have been trying to get the authorities to intervene. We havent had luck. The authorities thursday night he showed up and we asked about the dog. Dont talk to me then. And an inspector checked on the dog and said it was deemed acceptable. Those who watched her suffer find that hard to comprehend. It has been outside in the pen since friday with no access to food or water or adequate shelter. The rescue Alliance Says they do not know of the whereabouts and are trying to figure out where the dog is. They have deemed it acceptable housing for a dog in this cold. We will keep you posted on the search for where momma might be and the condition. Reporting live, Stephen Tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. Larry good advice by the way. So again, stay inside, keep your pets inside. The mercury is heading the other direction. That is a good thing. Doug the worst of it is overhead. The core of the cold air will move out tonight. It will be bitter cold in the morning operate to the upper at National Park the skies are cloudy. There is leftover sunshine here and there throughout the day. Its a day across the area. The sun wants to come out. It doesnt come out. It does come out. The temperatures now, it will drop quickly tonight. This is the last night as the core of the air moves out. I want to wrap up the weekend snow. West of chesapeake bay, won the jackpot. Its almost two inches in falls church. We will see snow melt quickly from the north to the south. There is more to melt. Its 23 in laurel and largo. Its 22 in waldorf. Tonight in the evening through the 20s. The wind out of the south from 4 to 8. But tomorrow its in the teens to the west to 20 in spots like hagerstown and leesburg. The temperatures will warm a bit. 22 in the schedule. 19 in clinton. Its 24 in annapolis. So the winds increase. We have the southerly winds increase. Clouds and sunshine. More clouds than anything else. The key is the temperatures and the southerly winds draw it up. We gett warmer air. Wednesday evening we see a chance of showers. Any shower chance late tomorrow night is isolated for the possible. We get through wednesday, that is when we will see it start to shift around here. We have lower 40s for the day on wednesday. Behind the front early in the morning we will have the warmer wind blowing. The temperatures will climb close to 64, 65 by thursday afternoon. Another way to look at it is the next three days the high temperatures will head the other way for minneapolis. Another cold, chilly pattern there. 40 tomorrow. 52 tomorrow. 64 on wednesday. The pattern isnt going to last forever. We see indication by late fr to plunge. We are cold on saturday. Brief wintry mix. But above freezing on sunday. And 52 and sunshine for Martin Luther king jr. Day on monday. We have wintry mix briefly on saturday. Not like the ice a few weeks ago. For the sevenday the numbers will go up and then they come down for the weekend but then come down briefly. Next week we are in the 50s. The trends suggest above average temperatures more likudly more than likely next weekend. Alison something to look forward to. Between the diaper, bottle, clothes and the day care it seems to go up every year. Larry it does. Coming up, famed out how much it costs to raise a child in the u. S. Lightsaber, hero. That is what he is doing. What he is doing to make the differ year in a row. Teach me to be a fairly straightforward exercise for the First Amendment right as a citizen of the United States. Alison the battle between one of hollywoods hottest actresses and the president elect. But first a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. These numbers are off the chts. G this . Sir whats the status . Theres a meteor hurtling towards earth. How long until impact . Less than a minute. What do you want to do, sir . Listen carefully. If we all switch to geico we could save 15 or more on Car Insurance. Geico. Because saving fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance is always a great answer. Disrespect incites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When people use their position to bully others we all lose. Larry that was Actress Meryl Streep last night talking about president elect trump. Trump fired back this morning with this tweet calling the critically acclaimed actress one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood. The latest in a series of the high profile battles that has the president elect turning to twitter. Todays instapoll is asking if you think trump should be allowed to use twitter once he takes office. Mike carterconneen delves in the debate. Mike its become new normal. Within hours of facing criticism or commentary he does not like trump fires back on twitter. I dont know if he has a filter. Outside trumps New Residence in a dozen days crews continue to prepare for the inauguration and visitors are talking about then that is what the Younger Generation respond to. Some defend the tweets but Many Democrats and some republicans they he should stop tweeting so much and shut down the account. There are hacking concerns and it has caused stocks to fluctuate. His advisers should get rid of his phone. It splits families. He is immature as a person. He says what he wants to say. That is how he get what is he wants. He negotiates from there. Recently they targeted political candidates, slepts, companies, union leader and others. Some say all the attention resulted in death threats. There is a certain responsibility to be the most powerful position in the world. In many interviews and t i find the press to be extremely dishonest. Mike he makes clear why he uses twitter. If you give me a bad story or you give me inaccurate story i have a method of fighting back. In northwest washington, mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Alison still ahead on abc7 news twitter and a lot of the apps we use stem from the release of the iphone. But ten years after it hit the scene questions about whether the government should be regulating some of what we can do with the smartphone. Larry then later, deciphers the red meters before they really take effect in the district. Man at the center of a glowing scandal released from jail we learn how long the f. B. I. Has been listening to the phone calls of politicians and others. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Larry breaking news for you right now. Already schools saying they will be closed tomorrow. Spotsylvania county schools are closed tomorrow. You can get all the updates by the way on the website wjla. Com. Alison days after the liquor board raid in Prince Georges County the man accused being at the center of the bribery scream was back in court back in court today. Brad bell is on the story. We understand david son is out of jail tonight. Is that right . Brad yeah. He has been released under strict conditions. Strict because last week in court the feds revealed they thought son was tipping others that the f. B. I. Was on the bribery scam. We have learned that the f. B. I. Has had wiretaps in the Community Listening to the Liquor Store Owners and politicians for 30 months and have hundreds of recording. David son the man at the center of the liquor board scam walking out of the federal courthouse carrying his 1monthold baby. He was releasedleasedleased in y of his wife. He had little to say. No comment. Brad federal prosecutors had been planning to present evidence in court today to convince a judge son should remain behind bars. But i conditions for house arrest. Including electronic monitoring and no contact with anybody other than his family and lawyer. The lawyer also tightlipped. Its alleged son as the liquor board administrator has been for years arranging bribes paid by Liquor Store Owners and politicians and at least one liquor board member. The f. B. I. Raided board offices in other locations last week. In court today the federal prosecutor referred to a extensive list of people involved in the scandallal. According to the Court Documents and the sources that list likely includes one former and one current state delegate, state senator and several more officials. With the Maryland Assembly meeting wednesday, additional charges are coming. Things will move along quickly. Yes. Brad we dont know what quickly means but been told that announcements about additional charges will come soon. I checked with the office of the speaker of the house of delegates in maryland today to see if anyone turned in a resignation. Those involved are aware that the f. B. I. Will charge them. They is not received any resignation from elected officials. Brad bell, abc7 news. Larry thank you. 7 on your side in Health Matters and an urgent plea for blood and platelet donors from the american red cross. They were down 37,000 donations in november and december and had to cancel 100 blood drives last month to put them down another 3,000 donations. Find out how you can help at wjla. Com. Search blood donations. Alison for some inspiration to donate, you dont need to look further than marvin scare. The 82yearold from illinois has donated 30 gallons of blood to the red cross. Can you imagine that . In the he started in 1953. He was a teenager. My brother was in korea and injuried in the war. My mom took me to blood bank and took me along. Thats how it started. Makes me feel good. Its helping somebody. Alison it sure is. Over the weekend, scares whole family lined up to donate in his honor. He plans to donate again in eight weeks. Larry wow alison what a generous guy. Larry absolutely. Alison yeah. Larry dont say you cant. Alison yeah. Larry like clockwork. Alison for many years. Larry amazing. A new study suggest that people who only work out on the weekend will live longer. Researchers in england interviewed 64,000 adults. There is hope for all of us. 8800 died last year. 4 of them did a weeks worth of exercise in two days. 63 didnt work out at all. 11 wor alison okay. Well, music a must for a lot of people when they work out. Plenty of them have headphones attacked orliched or linked up to an iphone. This is ten year since the revolutionary device was introduced. Ten years. It made it possible to upload videos, live stream good and bad. Chris papst looks at weather the congress should step in to start regulating recordings. The videos are seen in the realtime all around the world. Many are disturbing. In august, minnesota man fatally shot by the police as his girlfriend is posting to facebook. You shot four bullets into him, sir. Four wiem were charged with hate crimes after using Facebook Live to broadcast themselves beating, taunting and threatening an 18yearold mentally dispushed mentally disturbed man. For anyone watching live some call on the federal government to regulate. That is a really slippery slope. Carl with net choice advocates for a Free Internet says the government could attempt to regulate but it would not keep up with the technological elevation. You are looking at the issues of the free speech. The intrusion. Its dangerous. Facebook will figure this out. Date longs doesnt think the government will have an opportunity to have hearings and last legislation. He believes facebook are working on solutions. Facebook will take down the feature, figure out what to do, how to police it back up. In washington, chris papst. Larry three years before the iphone they linked up to have an iphone. They are going to play an entire album. There is a 16city tour that includes a stop at fedex field and landover june 20. Alison do you feel old now . I do. Im older than you. Yes, yes, i do. Alison 30 years. Larry yes. I know where i was when i bought that. Leave it at that. Alison you were very young. Coming up at 5 00 out of nowhere. What police says hit the car that has them scratching their head. Have you seen this guy . He tried to stab his larry we check in on bei bei. The update on the surgery and what he can eat again. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So were offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, hurry, freddy, youre gonna miss it coming. I cant believe he is doing this. Its so fast that in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live ream it. 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Police say he started to fire shots at a couple of guys who had no idea the lives were in jeopardy. The suspect sherdil is wanted in connection to a shooting that occurred on december 9 in woodbridge. The victim and the suspect knew each other. He approached the vehicle, he shot at the injured one. He is wanted for two counts of malicious wounding. Police want him off the wall and behind bars. If you recognize him, give the Police Department a call. Sign up for the 7 on your side fighting back against the crime newsletter at the website wjla. Com. Alison coming up, running with a purpose. How he is paying tribute to veterans one mile at a time. Did you know the red meters are nothing special in d. C. . Anybody can park at them. That is my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. Whole family nts to stay free from artificial preservatives. And my debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. Larry if you thought Metro Safetrack was bad wait until you see what is going on in london. Shut down underground station to create traffic nightmare for many. Millions of people were forced to ride a bike or wait in long bus lines because station workers went on a is there 46 hour cut, Office Closures and safety issues. Alison parking meters with the red tops were first set up in d. C. In 2012. But this is the first time they will start working the way they were intended. Our d. C. Bureau chief sam ford is live in northwest to explain what i they have been pushed back so many times. Sam . Sam one reason they are pushed back so many times there is no pressure to use them. Disabled people dont like the red meters because right now they dont have to pay. When they go into force, they will have to pay. We are learning they are about to go into force. For kevin rogers the news is not good. Its ridiculous. In the next three months the d. C. Government is going to start charging disabled people to park. With the handicap placard or tags they meters or any others were free. Supporters of the change say in part it is to combat fraud as many people use exchange placards who are not disabled. People engaging in fraud because they dont want to pay the money because they think they can get free parking in effect by fraudulently behaving this way will not have the incentive. Sam a. R. R. John townsend calls that throwing out the baby with the bath water. Shortage of parking, draconian ticketing and the disabled Community Feeling like they have lost a great service. Sam the city says it will only apply to meters downtown not to those in the neighborhood for disabled people like rogers its a blow. I have been in the wheelchair 40 years and i aint never paid for no parking. My parking has always been free. So d. C actually starts fining people it will put out the notice there will be a 30day warning period to notify maryland and vass to tell people with the blah cards and the tags there they will start to charge in d. C. Then the charges begin. Then if you park at the meter in d. C. , the fine will be 250. One councilmember wanted to make it 1,000. Fortunately he lost that one. Reporting live, im sam ford. Larry thank you, sam. A man is fighting for his life after a 50pound dumbbell crashed through the wind shield while driving. The 75yearold victim had to be transported by helicopter was he was conscious. Police are trying to determine where it came from. Alison my goodness. Terrifying. All right. Lets check on our roadways locally. Jamie s traffic watch. Jamie the one thing we have seen that is dropping down from the bridges are the icicles. Please be careful if you are out there. 395. Look at this. Heading inbound, bumper to bumper traffic crossing the 14th street bridge. The beltway is slow as well. American legion bridge. Heavy on the inner loop to the outer loop. Earlier crash on the outer loop past the g. W. Parkway. That slowed us down for the afternoon commute on the outer loop. The inner loop is typical to get to 270 and closer. There a broke approaching centreville. You will get a break but its heavy. 31 minutes fr beltway. No interstate crashes to report right now. Just the heavy volume. Back to you. Larry thank you. A look at the live session coming up tonight at 6 00. A Million Dollar escalator to but the passengers cant ride it. The snag at a metro stop making people walk up and down the stretch. And the uber to live branch to the local government next at 6 00. Alison having a child can bring the joy no one can put a price on but the department of agriculture says it can quantify what it will cost to raise the baby until it turns 17. 233,610 to be exact. Whoo that works out to 14,000 every year. The numbers vary if you are in a urban or a rural area but it covers food, housing, healthcare, education, clothing. Larry robert is texting his but Alison Robert burton is up on the set with us. Larry have a conversation. Alison lets wait. All right. Find out how the weather is going to be changing. It is frigid out there now. Larry it is. What do we have . Doug day three of the cold snap. It seems like its longer than that. Its only three days. Tomorrow we make the turn around. This evening we are in the 20s. Look at the future cast. Its cloudy. The clouds are back in tomorrow everything. Then tomorrow evening, late at night and a chance of a few showers moving through the area is well above freezing. It will get us in the lower 50s. This is the price we pay for the warmu 20s. 37 in midday. 40 close to it in the afternoon. We will hit 64 on thursday. 56 on friday. The weekend is unsettled. 44 degrees on sunday. Looking ahead to dr. Martin luther king day on monday its chilly to start. 46 degrees and warming to the lower 50s in the afternoon. That is the latest. Alison thank you. Robert for the record, my wife is not pregnant. Lets get that clear right now. Larry but i saw the look on your face and the sweating. You got time. Save the money. Watching. Redskins, they are interviewing candidates if for defensive coordinator position. They tweeted out today they interviewed longtime nfl coach chris mike petine. He was fired after two years as the browns head coach. Hi was the defensive coordinate nowhere for bills and the jets. Awesome story. George shimmel retired merryl lynch guy, lives in san diego, grew up and was raised in maryland. He participated in races around the world and that inspired him to race around the country for a special cause. Only those willing to go too far can only know how far one can go. George is an ultra runner used to push himself to extreme. Im not an elite athlete. I wish i was. I have a big heart. I dont quit. This run from san diego to manhattan has a purpose. To generate awareness for veteran suicide. While he is not a veteran, his buddy joe is. About joined him in fairfax today as the two make their way to d. C. If i can help pace him and take the mind off the running that is what i can do to support the effort. It helped raise 200,000. 20 suicides a day. 150 a week. Numbers are staggering. These are not statistics. These are flesh and blood, families, communities devastated. When we are out here we see it is an epidemic. We need to do more. Erin hawksworth, abc7 sports. Robert george will end the ultra run at ground zero january 24. 20 suicides. Alison good for him. That is a monster. Larry we b goodness. Kudos to him. Larry absolutely. Alison thank you. Larry good story. Heavy rain, strong winds, ice and snow. Enwhat ecome back a look at the storm bat larry breaking news at the Washington Monument where it appears that the lights are out again. Red blinking lights at the top are still on. Last week they went out and the National Park service says they were offschedule and fixed the next day. We are trying to get ahold of the park service to find out what is going on tonight. Alison stormwatch7 is tracking a winter storm battering the west coast. Four people have died. As mggie shows us the worst may will yet to come. They need to evacuate for your northern nevada is under a state of emergency. Rivers are riding to the highest levels in a decade. In oregon, the state troopers are pleading with drivers to stay off the road saying they cant keep up with the crashes. Northern california is getting soaked by near constant torrential downpour. This is a mess. Causing mudslide. This is totaling an abc news truck out of san francisco. Rescue divers were dispatched in oakland after they were plunged in the water. In the heart of wine country, this riverer rising ten feet in seven hours leaving the venues under water. The storm winds so powerful they toppled over the popular tourist attraction. Tunnel tree in a california park. It doesnt look like we will get relief soon as another storm is coast. We are watching the rivers closely. Alison that is it for abc7 news at 5 00. Here is what is coming up at 6 00. The highest level. Alison that is all he would say about the nominees facing confirmation. Who was just tapped as a senior adviser. Also next, armed and ready. The f. B. I. Lays out the plan for the inauguration. And if the rescue later works why cant the passengers ride it . The and is next. Jonathan we have another cold night on tap. Maureen and doug hill has all the details. Been cold forever. This is a weather story. Looking promising. The temperatures are cold now. They dont change much. 124 at reagan national. The southerly wind direction to pull us out of the cold snap to take us above freezing. This is a big change for wednesday and thursday. Its 22 in laurel, 23 at springfield. 21 in dale city. 22 in manassas. The story for the wake up hours upper teens to 20s. Its plenty cold but not as cold as this morning. We will see the big changes and the winds from the southwest. That is going to warm us clos