Sources tell the website the retired officer who had the knife spoke with a current cop about the case because he wanted to get the knife framed. And have that framed engraved with the case number. Were going to keep you posted on what is going to happen with all of this. Back to you. Jonathan what a crazy turn. Thank you. Today, a d. C. Superior counter judge officially moved quandike new trial from may to october. Getting a trial in the murder of chandra levy after they argued a key witness gave false testimony. The disappearance caught headlines around the country. We have breaking news now. Tv news news chopper 7 is on the scene over an accident between a school bus and a car. This is blackburn road near route 29. Paramedics are checking on the people involved. Well bring you more information when we get it. Michelle right now in vote 2 scheduled to take the stage at the conservative Political Action conference in ten minutes. Its taking place at the National Harbor this year. About three hours ago, republican frontrunner donald trump announced he wont address the conference as scheduled tomorrow. As megan hughes reports that decision came a day after he, senator rubio and senator ted cruz spent the night slinging insults at each other in latest g. O. P. Debate. Reporter today, dual donald trump rallies in michigan served up what is typical trump. Calling out protesters. Get out of here. Get out. Out, out, out. Hitting the media. I have to tell you about the media. They are the most dishonest people. They are worse than rubio and theyre worse than cruz. Reporter the day after mitt romney laid out the case against him in Salt Lake City will he talk our policy differences or attack me with every stupid mitt said donald trump will ruin the economy. He is a stupid person. Marco rubio in kansas encoing romneys concerns. If he is the nominee it will split the Republican Party and be end of the modern Republican Movement will. Can trump be stopped . Some suggested a brokered convention. The chairman of the Republican NationalCommittee Said the odds are small. He spoke to conservative conference where they were expecting trump but he canceled today. There is only one campaign repeatedly beaten donald trump. There some one campaign that can and will beat donald trump. Reporter looking ahead saturday republicans will compete in four contest, democrats in three. They will debate in michigan on sunday. In northwest, megan hughes, abc7 by chief Political Correspondent scott thuman. The insult in this campaign are like nothing we have seen before. Scott they are reaching a level where everyone at this point is having to criticize it or denounce just the behavior. We talked to ben carson a couple of days ago before he decided he was no longer going to attend the debate. He said he blames a lot on the media and the moderators for the questions trying to position the candidates against each other. I asked him, but you are the candidates, you have the microphone and the bully pulpit. You can say im not going down the road. This is a policy i want to propose. Cant you . He said absolutely. He called for the candidates to meet before the detroit debate to have a discussion about being more civil. Not a Single Campaign responded to the call. Michelle if you watched in the first five minutes the way the debate started was something that youd expect on a playground. That is something that democrats are going to try to capitalize on. Today Hillary Clintons campaign sent out an email calling it and saying donate now. We will take as little as a dollar. We need to do Everything Possible to stop the g. O. P. Nominee. Real quick, cpac, trump announcing he is not attending. A wealthy man, wants his own jet. Couldnt he attend both, go there and also to the states where they have the primarys . Absolutely. He could campaign and make an appearance at cpac. But it goes with Donald Trumps mantra and formula for success that worked well. Buck the system. Do what you want to do. Not what the establishment is doing. A lot of people probably give him points for this. Michelle all right. Scott thuman, thank you for joining us today. And giving us a look at what is happening in this weird and wild weird and busy. Michelle race for the white house. All right. The tone of the civility or lack thereof in this years president ial race is one that we want to hear your opinion on. Log on to the wjla Facebook Page to join the conversation. Jonathan senator Bernie Sanders visiting illinois, edwardsville. Calling for free education. So far today Hillary Clinton has not had any public appearances. They are both set to meet in their next debate sunday in flint, michigan. Not much but a pretty snowfall to wake up to this morning across the area. Jonathan a weak snow fall but it didnt go anywhere. It left the roadways clear. We are looking at good skiing. Fair skiing. A lot of this is man made as they saw a little bit fall last night. The temperatures out there in the 40s. 41 degrees at Reagan National airport. 41 at leesburg. We will cool down a little bit moving through the overnight if you are going out to get something to eat, bundle up. We have rain on the way. Ill time it out. Temperatures in the 70s. Jonathan thank you. This mornings snow wasnt enough but it did convince Prince William county to close schools. The only snow left is left on the bushes. Not even on the grass here. Its stacked to the top. We are expecting kids here throughout the day. Some may be going shopping. Others may come to see its not bad. Snow trucks were out all night. I didnt think it was mess to close the schools. Snow enough to shut down the roads but dont snow enough to give me a delay. Bad drivers hit me. That the bottom line. Prince William CountySchool District is a large School District. The district says they were concerned about the rural districts and decided to play it safe. Thats why they canceled classes. Jonathan thank gary madonna who he mailed us emailed us the picture of the snow. Beautiful. Want to see your pi the videotapes. Send it to us at the station. Send it to pics wjla. Com. Michelle this just in to the abc7 newsroom. President obama signed disaster declaration for maryland and d. C. Because of januarys blizzard. That means federal funding will be available for the state and local governments and some nonprofit groups. Jonathan we are tracking a developing story out of Northern Virginia where several schools were forced to respond for calls for bomb threats today. Weird calls. Seven schools received robocall threats. One in arlington, another in falls church, one in loudoun county. No Credible Threats were found and no one injured. Michelle in the last two hours, Deonte Carraway appeared in a federal courtroom to answer to child pornography charges. Brad bell was also in the courtroom. And joins us live with the details of carraways there was an indictment monday. 13 counts of the exploitation of the children to produce child pornography. Federal Authorities Say carraway has given them a written confession. In court today he entered not guilty plea to each of those charges. The former teachers aid. We have been covering the story over the last couple of weeks. Its alleged that he was abusing children on a regular basis. Pulling them from class to film them in porn graphic scenes. In court today for first time, a number of parents of those children say they wanted to see him in person. Its emotional for me. I cant talk about it. I want to see him locked away. Brad we are hiding the identity to protect the identity of her child. When he come back at 5 00, you will hear much more. In greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Update you on breaking news that you saw first at 4 00 yesterday. Police trying to track down a second suspect allegedly involved in a botched drug deal. It looked locked down several schools in manassas as a result. Last night Manuel Gonzalez was arrested near the Potomac Mills mall. If you have any information about the case the police needs your help. Michelle abc7 learned Funeral Services will be held tomorrow for crystal hamilton. Police say hamiltons husband shot her saturday night and then shot at three Prince WilliamPolice Officers who responded to her call for help. Officer Ashley Guindon was killed in the confrontation. 32yearold hamilton is facing charges in both murders. Jonathan coming up for us at abc7 news at 4 00 the fight over a gun store is picking up steam. Michelle later i showed it to her. I didnt know he is knew it. Taking in, what you least expect kids to take in. Look at the toddlers call that brought the police running. Jonathan but first thank you for choosing metro rail. Im operator spencer. Pleasure to have you on board. Something positive for metro. A social med michelle so often when we are covering metro its to tell you about rider complaints, more delays or problems on the transit system. This is not one of those stories. We promise what Brianne Carter has to tell you will bring a smile to your face. Jw if you brought a newspaper with you on board, please be sure to take it with you before you exit the train. Meet rolina spencer, the metro train operator getting glowing reviews from riders. Spencer has been guiding metro past two years says she love what is she does and seems to be winning over riders daily. In who use metro often complain about the lack of communication or muffled announcements but riders say officer spencer is changing that. Im operating spencer. Pleasure to have you on board. Brianne ride four stops with her and hear what the next stop is and which side the doors will open but the location of the cars safety button, where to put your newspaper if youre done reading it. You may get an entertaining moment if your train is forced to wait in the delays on the tracks. I want to be an example of the change i want to see. Between the colleague and the familiar will its important. Were the face of metro. With that said i try to do my job with integrity. Tonight at 5 00, why operator spencer says even when she is having a bad day you will never hear about it when youre riding the rails. Brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan i vote they put her in charge of training in the metro. If you have an attitude like that, you only win. Only thing time for a check of traffic situation. Not so civil today on the roadways. Jamie there is a crash near powder mill road. Because we have a crash and everyone is looking over to see what is happening and while they have been in traffic for 30 minutes it drops you to 18 miles per hour. 33 minutes from route 32 to the capital beltway. 32 is where the delay begins. 95 is the best option as an alternate for you. It will run parallel and still get closer to the capital beltway. Northbound now in the 30s approaching nasa goddard. In d. C. Not terrible now. We have crews on scene with an accident eastbound. Heading outbound suitland parkway at stanton road southeast. Right lane is blocked. Stay left. Take a live look in d. C. To show you what it looks like fourth street. Volume is building in. Nothing to worry about with the crashes. Back to you. Jonathan thank you. Astronaut scott kelly says after 340 days in space his muscles and his joints ache. I imagine. Kelly returned from the International Space station on wednesday. In the last hour he said this return experience is harder than any other he experienced. Listen. I have an issue with my skin because it hadnt touched anything for so long. Jonathan the chief scientist of the International SpaceStation Program says the goal of the mission was to see what humans need in space for possible roundtrip to mars. The last time they talked about it mars is five years. A long time to be floating through space. Michelle i wouldnt want to be first on that either. Jonathan they said, didnt you say you might know this. Its a oneway trip. The first explorers to mars wont come back. That is sad. Its sad. I guess you dont have to worry about the Bank Accounts if you are not coming back. Jonathan no mortgage. No property tax. Your family. Steve that is a tough call. Michelle sacrifice. Jonathan no more starbucks or dunkin donuts. Steve okay, guess who is not going. This one right here we have a weekend. Thank goodness. Long week. Nicer weather on the way. But we have to wait. Wait until you see what is on the way. 41 degrees at Reagan National airport. Temperatures on the chilly side. Cloud cover will stick around for another few hours or so. Then we see breaks tonight. Temperatures are in the 40s. Winds from the north northwest. It is chilly out there now. 37 in winchester. 43 in warrington. Dulles at 40. Quantico at 43. Show you the forecast for the overnight. Skies will gradually clear. 25 to 35 degrees with the winds out of the north that will go calm. Heading through the satellite and radar the storm that brought us snell for the metro earlier today and the heavier snow across extreme southern maryland, well north and east. It will have no additional impact on the area. As it pulls away. Our next weather maker this will arrive late tomorrow evening. Even though it is over wisconsin and moving out of the minnesota now, it will take a dip south and move overhead. If you have plans for dinner tomorrow night you might consider bringing an umbrella or raincoat. Something to stay dry as the system moves overhead. The clouds will increase. Showers head in late tomorrow night and early sunday most of it is out of here longer than the model wants to show. The winds change direction. We will see the temperatures in the 70s. In the 70s. Tuesday and wednesday. 47 degrees for tomorrow. The morning sun will give way to afternoon clouds. We will see rain develop. 75 degrees, close to it. We move to the middle of the week. We have a weak cold front that is going to bring the temperatures in the 60sful. Michelle well take that. Steve thursday and friday. In Ten Police Department ill talk about the first 70degree day for the past five years. Some of the dates may surprise you. Jonathan really . All right. Steve some early, some late. Jonathan well look forward to that. Michelle coming up at 4 00 talk abo anaising. Just wait until you see how many it took to call this game a final. Jonathan but first, delegate Norton Holmes your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. Jonathan developing now the lead pipes that caused a water crisis in flint, michigan, ar crews began the work digging up the pipes. Michelle as we see, its the first time they have been able to express frustrations to the top congressional leaders. Digging up water pipes in the latest effort to fix the contaminated water crisis. Feels great to know people still care. The digging coming after the push by flints mayor karen waiver. The goal, my mission is to get the lead out of flint. It comes 24 hours after a construction crew dug up service michigan governor trying to ensure the water situation is resolveed. This is something we have great urgency to do. Lets get it done. Reporter the outcry of those living in flint in the government response is growing. Including leanne waters, the mother who says her home is ground zero of the crisis and is suing for the Health Problems she says her children suffered due to contaminated water. Congress is edebating proposal on the 240 million federal age package to fix the infrastructure. In new york, abc7 news. Michelle four fire stations in Prince Georges County are colle donations accepted until march 20. Get the addresses at wjla. Com. Search flint water. Michelle coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 putting a face on it. The owner of a soon to open gun store in arlington is fighting back to those opposing the stores opening. And the owner is having his 16yearold daughter do the talking. Announcer abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Michelle the owner of a virginia gun shoppe is fighting back against neighbors attack his plan to expand to arlington. As Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg reports its turning into a real war of words. Jeff the fight continues to intensify over the suspected opening of a gunshot in arlington with the stores owner issuing a forceful press release this morning to those who are opposing the opening of the store. The background on this, two days ago two members of sent a letter to the property manager to reconsider the decision to allow mow va armory to nova armory to release the store saying its opposed by the community and adding it could be the night for potentially nefarious and illegal activity including a black market to sell the fire arms for cash or drugs. The owner of the store said his daughter is owner in training. The wild statements sound like what some call dog whistle politics. If politicians are in the market for dog whistles we dont deal with that market. The residents are furious about the store opening up. Its densely populated spot in the neighborhood. Across the street from a preschool. Inappropriate place for this. Jeff the store owner also had strong words for opponents like we will explain that coming up at 6 00. The snow didnt amount to much. It was hassle free. The clouds are with us. The cold weath