Teachers have to get out of here, what happened to the students grades . The students who pass the courses and did graduate to my understanding there was no substitute in my room. We asked who was to blim for the problems at ballou . Everybody has a higher up somewhere. So can i say everything falls on return person . I cant necessarily. But school wise if you are the principal, you are principal. The d. C. Public School Chancellor wilson said he talked to the ballou former principal and she stands by the actions. She is sitting down first with the q mccray who asked her the question parents wanted us to mind out. I didnt do anything wrong. She didnt mince words talking about the allegation surrounding the leadership. At Ballou High School. I pride myself on having integrity and supporting students. Headlines after the 7 on your side investigation found discrepancies in the records of the 2017 graduating class. 100 of the Ballou High School graduated, 100 got to college and 100 went. So 300 are wrong. Dr. Reeves says 168 of the 251 seniors graduated and 100 of those students were accepted to two to fouryear colleges. For accusations about fixing the High School Grades from f to as. The allegations are hurtful and outrageous. They are not true. I worked hard in the career to support the students and support schools. I have integrity. So the fact this is called into question in the story is outrageous. Q when it comes to the principal she told me her reputation speaks for herself. She has been in education since 1999 and a principal for 11 years. Four years here at ballou high, she loves the school as she loves her students. But she is also getting backlash from the former teachers here at the school. You will hear that part of the story in the 6 00 hour. Reporting live from southeast d. C. Im q mccray. Abc7 news. The 7 on your side iteam will continue to push for answers on the grade fixing allegations at d. C. Schools. If you have seen anything you think is wrong or suspicious at your childs school, let us know. Email us or call the 7 on your side tipline. Kim . Thank you. Developing right now, Christmas Day terror plot thwarted in san francisco. The f. B. I. Arresting a man who was planning to attack the popular pier 39 tourist spot. The man jamison is a marine corps veteran who had a shooter rifle qualification. The f. B. I. Says jamison told an f. B. I. Informant he planned to number people to one spot. And kill as many of them as possible. Jaimeson was known to post pro isis contention on facebook. Police say they seized the weapons and the fireworks from his home. Now to the rush home for the holidays holidays which is n in full swing for the last couple days. We are tracking the conditions at the airport and the roadways. The biggest factor of the matter how you travel is the weather. Lets check in with chief meteorologist bill kelly now in the stormwatch7 weather center. The weather is not playing a problem on the map. You saw the road around the beltway especially. Remarkably green. There are a new clouds working in. There are rain bands on the outer edge of the bigger system. This is all what we re hours tonight and tomorrow. Look at the rain through kentucky for the most part tennessee to the west. This will go down to the sections of the louisiana. Texas. And arkansas. Where you are getting heavier showers and the thunderstorms. The thunderstorm potential today is the general thunderstorms up through nashville and southern part of kentucky. But the light shade of green, that is the marginal risk that mean strong storms possible. Not in our region but its out there. Moderately rare. We have the hourbyhour forecast tonight to keep us in the 50s. I expect temperatures to stay mild and the clouds will stick around and the rain to work in our area. Larry you at home you can take bill and the power of the weather team with you anywhere. Take it with you. Dunload the stormwatch7 weather app. Its free. Its in the app store and google play. Kimberly now a story we broke on 7. An therapist accused of sexually assaulting customer. As kevin lewis explains. Kevin Anton Zaitsev groped a female client and forced her to perform sex acts at the massage envy in olney. At one point the 28 asked the woman, is this what you want . When the woman said no, zaitsev stormed out of the room. The woman told the receptionists and drove to the police station. Criminal evidence connected at the spa. My gosh. We met this man moments after he bought a massage envy gift card as a Christmas Gift for his wife. You cant blame the company for one creep. But it is concerning. Zaitsev lives at it his fathers gaithersburg home and the Court Documents say hes now selfemployed. The neighbors cant make sense walks the dog. No drama. In september this woman sued for 25 million amid the claims this masseur sexually assaulted her at the companys location in northwest. Three others have come forward in the case that is unrelated to the olney incident. Massage envy telling us by email safety in the treatment room is paramount. Today by telephone the attorney told us no comment. It was a week ago, a former massage therapist in the neighborhood admitted to sexually abusing three women. Habtamu gebreslassie faces five years in prison when he is sentencedded in february. Larry breaking news. The head of the Domestic Violence shelter has been fired. We talked to residents who complain about the mold and look of heat. This is the only one that accepted children and the exact location is a secret. Residents are told a new shelter on the way. Kimberly now an urgent appeal for help. This 16yearold and her 1yearold son was last seen. Not far from howard hospital in northwest d. C. You can help in the search. Larry a family lost their home and pet in an afternoon house fire. Skytrak7 showed the scene off annapolis road. No people were home. Four cats and four dogs were electrical malfunction in the laundry room is blamed for this fire. No one was hurt. But a family of three host the home. The red cross is helping them for the time being. Kimberly before he left for 11 days in florida President Trump signed the 1. 5 trillion tax overhaul into law. President trump i was going to wait for a formal signing in january. I watched the news this morning and they are all saying will he keep his promise and will he sign it by christmas . Will he sign it by christmas . I called downstairs. I said get et ready. We have to sign it now. Kimberly its our fault. The president kind of had fun with that. He signed a shortterm spending bill to fund the government through january 19. And a 4 billion defense bill which provides money for missile defense. 7 on your side with what you need to know about this tax overhaul. On the abc7 app. Find out what you need to do before the end of the year to maximize kimberly coming up horrifying discovery. Kimberly high school that teaches children how to keep them and get past anger to find a better path. Larry first, though, new information on what an engineer said mere seconds before the train flew off the you were borne to travel. Borne to rock. Borne to piggyback. And you dont want anything stopping you from doing what you love. So if youre looking to give your immune system extra support. Only airborne plus betaimmune booster is made with a crafted blend of vitamins and minerals, plus an added ingredient proven to boost your natural defenses. Keep doing what you were borne to do. Airborne plus beta immune booster. Kimberly its come to light that the crew in the amtrak crash, they were not using personal Electronic Devices but they did comment on the speed. The Passenger Service wont resume until the Safety Systems known as positive train control are installed. Things are getting back to dallas. It delayed several flights. You may know its a major hub for southwest airlines. Larry all day we have seen people reunited with the lll dan people reunited with the loved ones and sam sweeney is there what that part of the story. Sam . Sam today we stood at the International Arrivals hall where the people wait for their loved ones all day long. Our job was to capture the reunions. Im so excited. This is the best moment ever. The best day. Venezuela. Its a long time to see my mom. The scene played out over and over again. Her sister just came home. And his dad is home from working in saudi arabia. Everyone coming from different part of the world for different reasons. Celebrate with the family. This all comes down to family. This scene plays out every day but around christmas time its more special. Reporting live at dulles, sam sweeney, abc7 news. Kimberly i admit it, im teary eyed. Its always sweet. To get the families a d larry the family who are fans of yours. That is even better they are not always. Kimberly that is preferable. Bill it isnt always easy around the holidays. Show you what is going on now. We dont have problems in terms of the transportation issues. 54 temperature wise good. Reagan. 6mileperhour is the wind. I do not expect this to be a windy night but i expect rain. 57 today. The record was 2013. High was 72. We talk about people out playing golf. Four years ago i bet a lot of people were doing that. 46 in gaithersburg. We have 45 in winchester. Cumberland is cooler at 43. 48 in quantico with the light winds around the region. A lot of zeros. No wind whatsoever. Its just calm. The clouds fill in. We have showers to the w we go in overnight. We will break down the forecast for you. Between now and say 11 00. Stray light shower. From 66 up north is where we see the rain. The farther north you are, the greater the chance is. The likely the rain you will have throughout the day. Tomorrow heading out the door could be wet. We will get a lull potentially in midtolate morning. This is 10 00. I stop this at 12 00 noon. A drying trend. The clouds try to break. Not totally out of the question to see sun tomorrow but overall an overcast forecast tomorrow. So expect wave and then a break. If you hear a rumble of thunder its not totally unexpected. It will start to get closer and clear it out to sunday. The lows are at or above what the normal high would be. So extremely mild conditions for the overnight time frame. Very mild tomorrow in the midtothe low 60 it. In the morning, then a break. Breezy and warm. The southwest winds are 10 to 15. 46 on sunday. We are dry then. What we are watching is the late sunday night to monday. Slight chance of a few flurries. 37 on your monday. Christmas day. In the morning at 7 00. Lingering showers. Anything that we get is a slight chance to be overnight sunday night. The winds are gusting 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour. This is a cold Christmas Day for us when the normal is 45. Beyond it is sunshine. Lets turn the attention to wednesday and beyond. An arctic air mass with the snow chances. Possibly the first big snow to the weekend friday and saturday. We are still seven or eight days out. A lot could change but something to keep an eye on. Kimberly interesting, you say possible big snow. Bill if yo models this one goes to capture the moisture out and draws it back in. Those are the snows to bring us the bigger ones versus from the north. Keep an eye on it. Larry wait and see. Thanks. Bill sure. Larry ahead tonight a warning for the holidays. Smart devices under the tree could compromise your security. Kimberly a day after a car slammed into a church, shutting it down for christmas. A gift. Befitting the season. Larry next on the spotlight on education, the high school that is teaching children to cope with the a kimberly happening now it appears one porch pirate struck an arlington neighborhood leaving behind a trail of the stolen and the opened packages. You have the Arlington County police. They are looking for items thrown in the woods. To the left. Some of the things he stole he didnt want them and chucked them in the woods. Hopefully it will help them catch whoever did this. This is from south arlington. A male. Not sure if he is a teenager or grown man but he steals a package from the porch. I talked to a woman who had four things delivered today. She is wondering if he could have stolen from her. If you know who this is, give police a call. This appears they threw things in the woods here in the kimberly tampering with the mail is a federal crime. No joke. They will find you. Larry a multimillion investment in the district is help improve education for students. Kimberly kellye lynn takes us to the school in northeast that is benefits from the general support. Has everybody heard of that before . They called this boarding school home. They came to the Monument Academy after demonstrating behavior problems at the last school. They are learning coping strategies like every child has Mental Health needs whether they have a disorder or not. The family trying to meet the needs. We wasnt to help the school to recognize earlier symptoms. Before it gets to where they need treatment. They with partnering with the George Washington university to expand the Mental Health services we received and donation and it has helped under write renovation of the third floor. Hire staff and gather information. Strive in school. I want him to stay on point with the academics. He is doing well. Northeast, kellye lynn, abc7 ja the investment is implemented over four years. Larry coming up at 5 00, the warning you need to see about the Smart Devices that may wait to be unwrap beneath the christmas tree. Kimberly plus, stealing from teachers. The man arrested charged in a bizarre crime targeting classrooms. Larry gunshots ring out and tonight two people are dead and another is hospitalized. What we know about the victims and the hunt for t kimberly a hunt for answers. Police were called to a home around 50 00 this morning. They had been there ever since. Melissa dipane is there with what we know so far. Melissa . The Police Continue the investigation inside. They have come out to bring memories of scott and Scott Fricker and a quiet neighborhood is in shot after finding out the neighbors were scott and killed in the own home. Went to sleep and my mom heard screaming. 43yearold buckley seen on her Facebook Page and her 48yearold Scott Fricker were shot by someone they knew. Third person was injured and taken to the hospital. That persons name and age has not been released. A nice couple. They had an open house for the neighbors. I dont know what happened. An attorney that specialized the elder law. And the family moved in a few months ago. Hopefully the kids are okay. Melissa dipane, abc7 news. Closure tonight in a mird in a playground. A judge sentenced castro to 60 years in prison. In november of 2015, castro and two others stabbed jose luis perezferman to death and left the nearly decapitated body on a playground. The two others convicted are serving time behind bars. Investigators believe last nights fire the destroyed a germantown home started in the kitchen. The family was out of town. They will have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day service in a building next door. A car slammed in the hobby a serial burs snatcher is busted again. This time he was caught into several schools. Nakym sheffield is a serial purse snatcher, the police say, he targets schools. Stealing teachers purses from the vacant classrooms. In the past few weeks they caught him numerous times entering unlocked doors and using the stolen credit cards at stores nearby. A nuisance to have your credit card stolen. Used around. Sheffield himself doesnt why do you do this . This is a huge nuisance. Why do you do this . A simple answer. Its what he does. He has been arrested for this in the past. Abc7 reported extensively on sheffield. They arrested the father of two after he stole from the 11 schools and the daycare centers. He was locked up in july until september. They have to educate the students and the kids. He is on the way to the Detention Center and the police hope that he will stay locked up for a while. In bladensburg, brad bell, abc7 news. Larry still ahead the 60pound stash of hash. Elderly couple christmas explanation after people find piles o woman who made a career out of giving back. Bill all right, everyone. We get to the weekend well, get to it now. Its friday night. 48 degrees. The temperature out this everything is mild. Increasing clouds. Chance of rain likely tonight and late. But that is more into the overnight time frame and the day tomorrow. In the morning, then a lull in the late morning and another round in the afternoon. We go to 62. Breezy with the winds out of the south. Sunday on Christmas Eve day we drop to 46. It should be dry. Lets focus more on the two days. 52 and 46. Rain is likely on saturday. Throw a 90 chance. It wont be raining continuously all day long but we expect rainfall in the morning. Then in the afternoon. We are in a gene kimberly that teach of the year when many of us are considering charitable giving. A woman who has a charity titled women giving back. Alison starling alison this may look like a normal shopping trip on the surface but instead this is a warehouse turned live line. For a special type of client. Women who come to the shelters, women who have been battered. Cindy is the warehouse manage irfor women giving back. The charity reaches women in crisis throughout virginia. By giving them clothing, free of charge to help get back on their feet. Women from 100 shelters and the programs are invited to shop each month. She runs things at the sterling facility. The woman who is so battered she just left her abuser the night before. She had nothing except the clothes she was wearing. Nothing. She looked horrible head to foot. She came back two months later and she looked gorgeous. Women giving back started six years ago and doubled the families it served to 300 a month. A virginia started this with women giving back along with her late husband paul. He was air force and they did similar work for veterans and their families and she will never forget the young man he helped. A young marine put it on. I said i want you to be aware its a womans coat. He said i know, but im cold. He was the start. She would love for the need to go away but until it does she will continue the fulfilling work gives back. People in need look like you and i. We dont look different. We have to put aprons on people in the store so we can tell who the workers are and who the resyients recipients are. Kimberly you can learn more about people giving back. Larry the police Virginia Police with a traffic stop that had a person say he was first, though, 7 on your side consumer alert. The presents you remembered the tree that could be a gift what if more of the energy we used came from Renewable Resources . Detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Kimberly christmas presents. That is how an elderly couple described 640 pounds of marijuana 60 pounds of marijuana in the pickup in a traffic stop. Valueded at 330,000. The couple in their 80s are charged with the felony drug possession with the intent to deliver. And not having a drug tax stamp. Larry oh, cmon. Which day of christmas is that . 13th day of christmas . Kimberly gosh. Larry my grandparents gave to me kimberly 420 . I dont know. 420. I obviously dont know. Larry that is a good thing. This year is shattering the records for Online Shopping for things other than that. According to the deloit consumers are spending 100 billion online this holiday season. Its music to the hackers ears. The Online Shopping isnt the only risk. Lindsey mastis has 7 on your side consumer alert. Kimberly not only do we have to worry about shopping online connect to the internet can put you at risk. Where are you buying your gifts . A lot of Online Shopping. She admits she is after the deal and take a chance on questionable websites. Do you worry about the personal information and the credit card data getting out there. No. Its already out there i think. Optimal Networks Says beware. You cant get major massive deals. We have to use common sense. Too good to be true. Its not true. What about after the gifts are open . Some that connect to the internet can be hacked. Ferbie is one of them. Seriously it turns out that property to used to go between the ferbie and the phone is completely not secure. Someone could be hanging out the childs window with a phone and laptop and make it do. All kind of gifts are at risk. Even vacuum. The recent security fall in the vacuum. We reached out to hasbro. They sent us a statement and they insist that ferbie and the app meet privacy needs from the government. L. G. Says they solved the issue through the Swift Software update and pointed it out the Security Breach was discovered in the Research Environment and consumers were not affected. If devices are listening in, watching or communicating online you have to decide a risk that you are willing to take. He recommends doing research to google the name of the device plus security. If you believe you, your child and the data will ill send it to my daughter anyway. Read the full statements on the website wjla. Com. Creepy. We have talked about this all week. Tonight at 6 00, the 94th district comes down to a drawing. Details on the tools to break the tie that may have many of you scratching your heads. We will show you a holiday gift that hits hope for us before the holidays. Larry jolly old st. Nick made an early christmas visit today. Merry christmas. Santa arrived in style. More than a thousand families were waiting with line around the block. Santa handed out gifts to the children who enjoyed lunch, music and the face painting. The toys for tots donated hundreds of gifts. There is a sense of community. That the country cares about them. They provide help services, literacy to people in need. Police say each traffic stop comes with a risk. Bump this week the drivers didnt know what they were in for when they saw the flashing lights. Being the christmas time we dont give an opportunity to give back as much as wed like to. We have something for you. It turns out to be 100. Thanks to a donation they were given ten 100 to drivers committing minor infractions. Flabbergasted. The best pullover i ever had. Merry christmas. He is 15. How many pullovers can deputies also gave warnings and they say if the warning keeps them safe everyone comes out ahead. I just wrote a check before i left the house today to the d. C. Treasury for a speed camera ticket. 38 Miles Per Hour on wisconsin avenue. It doesnt feel as good when you give away 100 as when you get it. Larry the promise, the camera cant give you. You have to someone to give it to you. Kimberly no, they cant. Bill kelly in the stormwatch7 weather center. So far the weather is clear for the travel weekend. Bill ed no too bad at all. Good evening. Lets get to the numbers. We have 54 degrees outside. Winds out of the south at 6. A quiet night. We expect changes rolling into the late evening hours tonight. More overnight and into tomorrow. 49 at chevy chase. Rockville at 49. All the temperatures above freezing. No problems. You have to go well west to there they are. The areas that are farther west than that. Some of those that are starting to push in the far eastern part of west virginia. That area is a light rain. If you have travel plans there. Or if you live in cumberland for example. Light showers earlier. Tonight and tomorrow, this is what we look at. Morning rainfall. You go out at 6 00 or 7 00. Rein farther north and west. Greater chance. Lull midtolate morning. Very mild. Expect rain in the morning and expect rain in late afternoon. Otherwise its a mild day with the wind. Looking ahead to the christmas forecast. 37 degrees. We are still keeping this little chance. To chance of the predawn flurries. I dont expect a White Christmas in terms of by an inch of snow on the ground. Wind chills in the 20s to freeze something a chilly day. Last but not sevenday forecast we will drop it down. Overwhelming thing is the temperature. We have a spread or a stretch that is probably going to go seven days. At least solid week where we are below normal. So well watch that for friday and saturday. Back to you. Kimberly thank you. Larry robert is here with a look at sports. Robert santa in all of us. Especially in you have millions. Kimberly hand it over. Robert not me. [laughter] john wall does. Larry exactly. Robert no handout. John wall doesnt just ball on the court. He balls off the court. Me hooked up the teammates for rolexs. It was 640,000. All the teammates bragged on twitter. The great point guard, john wall. Way to set the ball for the other superstars out there. I roper what lebron will do lebron will do. Ferraris for everyone. Im joking. The ultimate comeback story. Near death and back to life. He wants to change the lives of young rising stars everywhere. Here is scott abraham. Scott turning point. Crossroads. Just before i pulled the trigger i realize i wont quit. No matter how long i live. Im not quitting. That was 21 years ago when ronald man almost took his own life. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. A horal moment in my life. Heart. Determination and a fighting spirit. One of the top u. S. Para athletes in the martial arts. You will adapt or overcome. He battled back from the lowest of the lows. He what a man on a mission. I show the rest of the world what i can do in a positive strong way. Even if one kid walks again because i did this, i live a good life. Scott abraham with rising star. It only takes one kid. Ability is a mind set. Ahead at abc7 news at 6 00 the porch pirate who went on a spree in an arlington neighborhood. As we go to break. Look at this. The firefighters in colorado going viral for the holiday display. Like none or. Back after this. Want some inspirational stories for a change . You gotta check out the american dream. Saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8 streaming and gaming are only as good as your internet. So get the best internet with the 100 fiberoptic network. With fios gigabit connection you get the Fastest Internet available with download speeds up to 940 megs plus tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online with showtime and multiroom dvr Service Included with a twoyear agreement. Switch now and get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Get our best new offer. Go to getfios. Com larry right now a manhunt for a serial gunman after ten driveby shooting since november. Marci gonzalez is following the latest from los angeles. Marci bullet hole after bullet hole. Ten vehicles left with the alarming evidence from what the investigators in california say is a possible serial shooter. Targeting the drivers over the past month. We have not determined what a motive is or could be for the shootings. They all appear to be random. The shootings have all happened in this 12 square mile area primarily in the morning and the evening catching in driver who didnt want to be identified offguard. I heard the sound and it took a while to register what was going on. I thought it was a blow out. Immaterial possible. Too loud. You pulled over. The truck was shot. He was unhurt. But the other was hurt. Did she get hit . Yes. She is bleeding. That woman hit in the chest by shrapnel and now recovering as the verdicts try to figure out who the shooter is before anyone else is hurt. If this keeps going this is a matter of time before we have a murder investigation. They believe it you has come from a pickup truck in the opposite direction. Doing 45 to 50. He was doing the same. Off on the trigger. Thank god. A close call. There is a 6,000 reward for the information leading to in los angeles, marci gonzalez, abc7 news. Larry next at 6 00, the picture says it all. Another reminder to not drink and drive. Car crash in Capitol Heights before christmas. Find out how services will go on. We are monitoring the weather for your holiday weekend. So what are the chances that it will be a White Christmas . Now, abc7 news at 6 00. Larry well, at 6 00, remembering a life taken too soonment the family and the friends of a 17yearold gunned down if southeast are holding a vigil. Well go in moments to Annalysa Gayle on the scene. He this is heart breaking and its happening before the holidays. Annalysa yes, that is right. Years old who was gunned down playing basketball. The 220 jordans were missing from feet after he was shot before 6 00 p. M. On monday. His mom told us she bought shoes as an early Christmas Gift because red was his favorite color. James was a sophomore. The murder was the 110th homicide in the district. Now tonight the mom is telling us that she wants to get out the word she is looking for justice in this case. Larry a busy weekend. So many are out and about. Others hit the