Northwest d. C. With fishes links to the hirl ic if issue links to the hirl fictitious links to the Hillary Clinton campaign. He tried to recruit others to release the sex slaves and he recorded a give to his family and telling them he loved them if he didnt survive. We learned he was heavily armed. An assault rifle, pistol and a shotgun with numerous rounds of ammunition according to the affidavit. Today he was ordered held without bond again. But welch will be back in federal court on friday to face a preliminary hearing. Again, we may learn more about his possible motivations. We also did ask his parents who came here from North Carolina for todays hearing. We asked what they believe may have motivated him, whether he had Mental Health problems but they didnt want to answer the questions. That is the latest from federal court. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you. If you would like to see all of our reporting conspiracy theories, the dramatic arrest, just log on to wjla. Com and you can search comet ping pong. This morning, a perfect sunrise. Look at that. Behind the capitol. The pinks and the purples just radiating as the sun come up early. We want you to share images like this with us if you have them. Its easy to do. Go to burst. Com wjla and upload your photos and the videos there. As warm as the sunrise looks, its getting ready to feel cold. Like Single Digits. Potentially wintry weather on the way, too. Stormwatch7s doug hill has the outlook now. That is a beautiful picture, though. Doug gorgeous. Probably not a pretty sunset because of the cloud cover around the area. In the 40s today. Tomorrow is a transition day. Then thursday the arctic air pulls in. Cloudy skies and we have clearing overnight. Temperatures will drop in the 30s. A slight chance of a snow flake or rain drops in spots. We will be between two weather systems moving through the area. This is the area of south. Snow to north. A quiet day tomorrow. We see on the future cast and we have showers overnight. Clearing in the morning. The clouds increase and the cold front will approach late tomorrow night and then everything changes. The forecast, a mix of sun and clouds. Its breezy in the morning. 43. Then the wind chill starts and that the is the story for thursday morning. Wind chills in the Single Digits and the teens. Through the day we stay in the Single Digits in the teens. Thats why we took a someday in the 40s where brad bell decided to enjoy the springlike weather now to get us ready for what is coming in about 36 hours. Brad . Brad doug, you know what . When you Start Talking about low temperatures, that is a signal to a lot of people to spring into action. There is a certain number of steps you want to take to get obviously, you have the jackets, the scarves and the gloves out. But look at the car and what the experts say first off is. Check your fluids. Check your oil. Make sure the oil level is fine. This is also a very good time to make sure that you have plenty of windshield washer fluid in the reservoir. It comes in handy when there is slush all over the rush and you cant slee through the windshield. With regard to the windshield, make sure your wipers are smooth and not streaking the windshield. You can try the winter wipers where they dont have the exposed metal. And the snow and the salt and the ice dont get caught up in there. Most importantly check your tires. Make sure you have plenty of good spread. If you have snow on the road and make sure that you are at the right pressure. At the triplea service in brandywine, cold weather puts belts break and batteries die. It doesnt cost much for a little maintenance. When you dont check your car out, you dont have someone check it on a regular basis, that is the leading cause for the breakdown. Now is the time to take the steps to prevent frozen pipes. Every year people avoid floods. Its getting cold. Take the hoses off and if you have an inside valve on the hose, drain the water out, shut it off. Brad the mobile important thing you can do is check the guthers to get them cleaned out. When we come back at 5 00, we will tell you why its a big deal. You can have very serious problems. Brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan be ladder. Trumps cabinet continues to fill up. The exxonmobil c. E. O. Could be the next secretary of state. Former governor rick perry that forgot he wanted to eliminate the department o energy, he didnt rep it, he could lead the department of energy. Do you like the president elect is putting together so far . Go to wjla. Com votenow to give us an idea what you think. Karen travers has the latest on the trump transition. Karen the lobby of trump tower buzzing with star power. Donald trump coming downstairs for a morning photo op with kanye west. And bill gates stopped by. We had a good conversation about innovation. How it can help in health, education, impact of the foreign aid and the energy innovation. Karen he also sat down with ray lewis and jim brown who admittedded he didnt vote for trump but wants to work with him to help the africanamerican communities. It couldnt have been the better meeting. The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic. Karen this comes as trump announced Rex Tillerson will be the secretary of state. As the head of one of the most valuable Oil Companies he has brokered major deals. Now the spotlight is on tillersons deep ties to russian president vladimir putin. They are seen here sharing a champagne toast. Our company has invested a lot of money in russian. Some are expressing concern about the potential conflict of interest. Its a general the perception on russia and in the judgment of the senate would be the right way to go. He could be the referendum on donald trump foreign policy. Even those raising flags about his nomination says he deserves a fair confirmation hearing. Karen travers, abc7 news. Michelle one of the highlights on social media at the day at trump tower was the moment when kanye west showed up at trumptower with the president elect hosting it. It got awkward with reporters when they started asking questions. Check it out. No comment about your meeting with the president elect. Nothing to say . I just want to take a picture right now. Did you vote for him, kanye . Its the president elect. Take care of yourself. Ill see you soon. Michelle he was standing there. The reporters were shouting ou stayed with a blank stare not arnesing. Lindsey not answering. Lindsey mastis has the twitter reaction to the moment. Lindsey kanye, obvious, has been trending. So has trump tower. The big news of the day you will remember kanye sid he wanted to run for president in 2020. Trump in the past said he likes kanye except maybe not because he was going to run possibly against him. Look at this. This is the latest from kanye. 2024. He looks like he is pushing the possible president ial bid back so it doesnt interfere with the donald. Kanye west also tweeted he feels it is important to have a direct lain of line of communication with the president if we want change. But what is trending online it was trump next to kanye west. It is becoming a meme. This is what we are seeing now. A little animation. The megapowers unite. K this is a play on the incident with taylor swift, ill let you finish by Martha Stewart and snoop dogg had one of the craziest pairings of all time. A lot of other people think this is a distraction from some of the other issues coming up. They think this was a publicity stump on trumps part. There is no telling what will come of this but it sounds at this point all they wanted to do was get their picture taken together in the lobby. Thats all we know. Back to you. Alison okay. Very interesting day. All right. Thank you very much, linsy. We have breaking news to tell you about. Scott thomasshevski who admitted to killing his neighbors before taking off to a Family Vacation was sentenced to life in prison out parole. It was the mothers day murders that shook the rockville area. Kevin lewis was in court and he will have more on the sentencing on breaking news in a bit. Meanwhile tonight, d. C. Mayor bowser is sh her concern with the ward seven residents about the crime there. Ward seven covers the eastern most point of the square that makes up the district. 7 on your side fighting back against crime tonight. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford is there. The residents there Say Something really has to be done. Sam well, yes. Crime is a big concern in this area. But of course when the mayor does her walk through that she has done in ward seven it is not just about crime. Its about many issues. Crime is one of them and a big one in this area. We were along the mayors route. She routinely picks part of the city. She goes to look at the conditions and the residents about the concerns. Earlier in ward seven, crime in particular. Homicides have soared. The rates calmed somewhat in the latter part of the year but the mayor lot of things as she moved around the city. We are always with m. P. D. Actually on these walks we dont usually get a lot of m. P. D. Issues. This has been a chronically crimeridden area we have had in washington, d. C. We reflect back on years ago. Compared to that its significantly better. Jonathan all right. That was sam ford reporting for us. Coming up next at 4 00, what will be noticeably missing from this years super bowl. Michelle and how a familys g. P. S. Led them to danger. Alison also this these are in millions of American Homes including my own. They are really dangerous products. Alison cuisinarts recalling millions of food processors. 7 on your side with the problems the he wears his army hat, he gets awalks aroundliments. With his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, thank you for serving our country and im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. Michelle 7 on your side with a consumer alert. A massive recall of cuisinart food processors. Jonathan you know the thin blades that spin around lightening fast . They lightning fast . They broke apart and sharp metal potentially in your food. Alison chris papst is here with one of the recalled model. If you dont have you know does. They are encouraged to find a model number. Its not easy to find. Its on the bottom and all in white. Its 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 processors 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 dont know what dark part of your soul caused you to do this. Im not sure anyone does. Victims dick and jodie vilardo were a beloved couple. They lived in a ranch home in a rockville neighborhood. Loved ones shared the story in court. Their own daughter talked about how the parents were full of optimism and joy but now she is in a real life horror movie she cant turn off. Their own daughterinlaw looking tomaszewski in the eyes saying he does not deserve to be called a man. He is a monster. Tomaszewski did opt to speak today. He then said ill be your dea dea demon and ill be your but his own mother has drawn scrutiny for destroying evidence in this case should not be targeted here. He took responsibility for the heinous murders. We are live in rockville, im kevin lewis. Back to you. Jonathan thank you. Your g. P. S. Is supposed to lead you always in the right direction, right . Alison not always. A family in oregon found out it can lead you in the wrong direction altogether. Michelle case and point, roned a his wife karen and their 9yearold daughter were headed to willow creek, california. But they hit a snag. Jonathan despite checking Road Conditions and multiple g. P. S. Apps they were guided in the Snowy Mountains where the car got stuck in the snow. Trying to get branches or anything to put under the tires to get traction to keep going. Jonathan that is scary. Michelle they tried their best for hours. But they decided to spend the night in their car. Alison lu enough cell service to call 911. After they were rescued on the way home the transition died. Jonathan now they are facing a hefty repair bills. Yikes. Michelle the family dog was also in the car as well. Can imagine the frustration that they are lost and stuck out there . Alison i dont know a paper map helps if you are that far away. Jonathan the pacific northwest, when they get storms its not a matter of inches, its feet. Good time to cancel a trip or find a low land approach. Michelle that is a road trip they will always remember. Abc7 on traffic watch. Jamie sullivan, hopefully nobody is lost out there tonight. If you have a g. P. S. , you are not moving fast anyway. This is a great time to let you know you can download the waze map. Waze. Join our traffic watch team. Look at 66. Head outbound. This is one view. I want to give you a different view. Its in the shoulder near nuttily street. This is the flashing lights. This is what you get. Solid red line behind it. Slowing from the capital beltway. As everyone approaches they hit the brakes to see what is going on and why they have been sitting in the slow traffic. Then you pick back up. Another slow spot is on the capital beltway. Inner loop volume and then the brake lights. This is area where we see the heaviest traffic in maryland and the traffic in virginia. In d. C. , slowing for you heading outbound on kenilworth after, 22 minutes from the 11th bridge to the b. W. Parkway. As you head north you are okay inside the beltway. 2370 is 270 is a good example of how slow we are. But nothing to worry about as far as an accident here. That is a look at traffic. Back to y michelle the skies out there, cooler temperature. Jonathan not compared to what is coming. Michelle no. But compared to yesterday you feel the difference. Announcer the doug it will be in the 50s but what happened between now and then. It will get extremely cold. This evening the clouds will move in. Lower 40s for a while. There is a disturbance to the west that will pass through the area. A band of snow north and west. We have our eyes on both. This metro area may catch a break. There is a chance we could have light rain or snowflakes north and west in the evening hours. When you wake up tomorrow its cold. Upper 20s like georgetown at 29. Its 32 in fairfax and aspen hill. 34 in waldorf and largo. Iii in before it will be 36 tomorrow. But it is going to settle do a bus stop forecast to show this. Temperatures climb to 44. Tomorrow afternoon after the school is out the clouds increase and the arctic front makes an approach from the west. Wind chill will be a big story. This is the way we think it will feel at this time on thursday. It will feel like 10 in washington, one below in hagerstown. Like zero in winchester. Nine at joint base andrews. A late week outbreak. Of winter air. This is like the arctic outbreak of air in january and february but it happens in autumn. Winter doesnt begin until wednesday morning at 5 44. The highs are 26 on thursday. 27 on friday. We get to 43 saturday after a wintery mix saturday morning. A wintery mix that is changing to rain. Its the rain close to 60 on sunday. Then the temperatures will start to warm through the 40s to 50s for the holiday weekend. Michelle thank you. Next at 4 00, meet a local swim coach that completed an insane challenge. The community is just as crazy. Im not alone. Michelle surrounded by crazy people. Just how long a 34mile swim takes and the famous body of water katie scott crossed. Michelle have you thought about swimming across the English Channel . Not top of mind. One Swimming Coach did. Alison she is joining a small group of women who accomplished this feat. We take you to arlington with this weeks rising star. Scott katie scott is a swimmer. Mother nature is in charge. The sheer size of it is awesome to me. Scott the 25yearold is an assistant Swimming Coach at mary mount university. I have my own group of kids. Attitude. The change in august. She decided to swim the English Channel. Its crazy. The community of the people that do it were just as crazy. Im not alone. With only a few breaks, it took her 13 hours and 39 minutes. This is like climbing mount everest. Its rare air. It speaks a lot to her determination and toughness i guess. Scott its considered the triple crown of swimming that dates backs to 1926. Less than 600 women accomplished the women from england to france. Katie is now part of history joining a special group. A total life changing experience outside of the pool. A new pers things. A rare accomplishment worth celebrating. Im Scott Abraham with our rising star. Michelle total respect for anyone who could think of doing that and succeed at carrying it out. Alison think about the kids that she coaches. To look at her for inspiration. Jonathan sit there and say i cant do it. She says, really . I went 34 miles. Good for her coming up for us at abc7 news at 4 00 checking out the second phase of the silver line through dulles. The single hardest practice i have worked on in public life as governor. Jonathan as we get an update on the target opening of the six new stations. Q this is a labor of love for a lady who wasnt just a coworker but a friend of the family. Ill show you what is going on here in delray to help a family in need. Alison then new at 5 00, a won why police carried her off and arrested her right in the terminal. The answers when i see you back here at 5 00. Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhhhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it. Just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. Huh, so i guess i could just check my credit score then. Oh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Sorry about that. Michelle rose cruz was hit by a car and she was the mother of fo