About. Justice has been found. Kevin that woman you heard from is vilardos only daughter. And the first person to find her parents brutally killed. And kind enough to speak with us today. To recap here, Scott Tomaszewski sentenced to life in prison. No questions asked. Live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry thank you. D. C. Prosecutors dropping charges against a man accused of walking in comet ping pong with two guns. But it was always told that federal charges could be lever i haved against edgar welch. Stephen tschida levied against edgar welch. Stephen tschida has more. Stephen he ended up here in federal court. He carried fire arms across state lines to commit a crime. Affidavit shows they scoured watched video and read online about the pizza gate, the fake news story about child sex ring in comet ping pong with links to the clinton campaign. We learn they believed he tried to lure others to his plan and that he was heavily armed with an assault gun, Assault Rifle and pistol. Numerous rounds of ammunition. He appeared different today. Cleaned up edgar welch faces the federal charges. They allege he tried to recruit others in a quest to free nonexistent child sex slaves after reading a fake news story. One message read pedo ring. Standing up against a corrupt system that rapes babies and children. We dont have a comment at this time. Stephen welchs parents came to the court today to se motivated him. Universities say that welch recorded a goodbye to his family en route from North Carolina and they cited another text where welch tells a friend, im sorry, bro. Im tired of turning the channel hoping someone does something. The world is too afraid to act and im too stubborn not to. If convicted on the single count he faces up to ten years in prison. However the case is umped investigation. More charges could be spending. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison several big names at trump tower as the president elect works on the transition. I started with kanye west making his way through the lobby after 9 00 this morning. Over the next few hours we saw ray lewis, jim brown and bill gates. They were there to talk about innovation in the next administration. Larry two open spots left in the inc Rex Tillerson has been picked as the secretary of state pick by the president elect donald trump this morning. In the last ten minutes, congressman ryan zinkey tapped as the secretary of state of the interior but its still unclear if he wants the job. Rick perry may be the selection to head the department of energy. I would do away with the education, the commerce. The commerce. Lets see. The third one i cant, sorry. Oops. Larry you might recall five years ago then governor of texas couldnt remember the name of the department of energy. And he is one of the names to be leading the department dismantled. What do the picks say about the future of the said agenie consistency from the president elect. He is going rogue. He is not going with the grain. We see it continue with a trend. I had a long conversation with governor rick perry over the summer. He was a critic of trump early on. Then he got on board. I asked what the secret is he said listen, donald trump gets it. The other 16 of us thought we knew how to talk to the American Public but we didnt. Trump did. He has become a supporter of trump because he will head up a agency that he was willing to abolish. At the same time, the department of energy for those who dont know is heavy lifting. It also talks about the Nuclear Capabilities and its a big office. Larry Rex Tillerson is a controversial pick. It wont go away soon with the confirmation. Scott controversy surrounds his relations with those within russia. Some believe when you are have a good rapport with a nation we consider such an adversary that perhaps that puts you in a vuller vulnerable position making decisions on behalf of the nation. Is it an issue . You have criticism from john mccain and lindsey graham. It only takes three republicans to submarine him. So if you have big names that say i wont put him through, it could torpedo the effort. It doesnt mean it will happen but it is something to keep an eye on. There are concerns about him. But others are saying he knows his stuff. Larry Interesting Times ahead. Scott absolutely. Larry thank you. Alison 7 on your side in Health Matters now. And about two hours ago, president obama signed signed te 21st century cures act. It has money for the whit that effort to cure cancer being lead by Vice President joe biden and named for his late son beau. After the signing there was a round table discussion on efforts to find a cure for cancer. Hackers have gotten hands on the medical records of 34,000 people. Quest diagnostics say the hackers used my quest by care 360 app to obtain names, birth dates, phone numbers and lab results. The company says other information like the social security, Financial Information and Insurance Data was not compromised. Larry new information on the impact of fracking on drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed drilling for natural gas and oil using fracturing can contaminate ground water. They also say without more study the severity of cannot be determined. Its in the final version of the 2015 study on the impact of the controversial alison i hope you enjoyed todays relatively warm weather. The bottom is about to drop out. I hate to tell you. Doug hill is here with the arctic cold front heading our way. Hate to be so severe about it. Doug we have midwinter wind chills and temperatures after yesterday in the 50s. Today in the 40s. Tomorrow is not bad but then tomorrow evening, tomorrow night and thursday. A polar plunge. Sprinkle and snow flurry. Otherwise the skies will clear dropping in the 30s. Wake up to temperatures that are mostly in the mid30s. Good day. Breezy in the earn morning at the bus stop at 37. The clouds will increase. Dismal time will be about 44 degrees. Late tomorrow night the cold front comes in. Give you a taste of wind chills. This is what we think of tomorrow night. At 8 00 in the be at 8 degrees. Thursday the day on thursday despite the sunshine the wind chills stay in the Single Digits to ten degrees by 5 00 in the afternoon. Air temperatures in the mid20s. Might be a degree or so colder for the day on friday. Well look at the weekend. Look ahead toward christmas coming up in nine minutes. Larry . Larry thank you. Caught on camera, a woman physically dragged off a plane in detroit. She got on without a boarding pass and then refused to leave. There is no word how she was able to do that but the charges are pending against her. Alison tonight the Arlington County board will tackle an issue that has gotten attention in our county. Predatory towing. We have a look at what is up for debate. Brianne carter . Brianne a number of different proposals that would impact those who are parking in lots just like this. And the towing as well. One of them inc of parking lots. Among the other proposals to be considered by the Arlington County board tonight, would have Additional Information on the receipt. If your car is towed you have more information on who to file a complaint to or how to contact the county. That is not the biggest issue. What is the most controversial is the second signature proposal. We understand in reading information leading up to tonight in the Board Meeting the county manager does not support this proposal. What it would do would require that the tow truck operator get permission from the business owner, the Property Owner or the management to be able to physically tow that car. That will be the big debate to see how it will vote. We talked to a board member. Take a listen. Its realtime authorization. The first is when the Property Owner signs a con invests the tow company to judge, jury and jailer making all the decisions. This simply having the Property Owner or the merchant sign off. Brianne there has been a lot of input on the issue. Neighborhood associations and the chamber of commerce weighing in at 6 00. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Larry thank you for that. Coming up at 5 00 gone. My ring, gone. Larry 7 on your side after this woman runs into trouble repairing her ring. Alison plus, fighting back against crime with a show of force of another kind. Brad why the coming cold snap should have you thinking of climbing a ladder ladder if you own a home. Snuggle up with cocoa. Hi day. Drink up. Larry the Storm Watch Team is tracking the winter blast for kalamazoo, michigan, w crews deal with snow and a bitter chill. Im meteorologist jeff porter. In the last six days we have seen 17 inches of snow. Evidence thereof through thursday. We have the teens through thursday. And the Road Conditions that will freeze and the area wide whiteouts. It feels like it will be 15 degrees below zero. Larry that cold air is headed our way. Larry brad bell has a look at what to do to get ready before the went every blast arrives brad some is obvious. Dig out the hat and the gloves. But other things are not. Getting the home and the car ready. Get out a ladder or hire comeup with to do it. Clean out your gutters. The problem is the ice damming. If you get frozen layer of ice it can back up in the gutter and the moisture can work its way back up under the roof shinglals to cause serious damage. Disconnect the hoses from the faucets and drain them from water so they dont become tubes of ice. Once you have done that, come inside and find the valve that shuts off the water supply to the outside spigot. A throwstep process. Once that turned off, come back outside and open the valve so it can drain. This is a good time of year to get in the basement and put insulation like this from the water pipes to protect them from freezing and save you a lot of energy. Find the main waters value ever for your house. Its a mystery for most people. Most people dont have any idea where the main shutoff valve is in the house. The pipe breaks and they dont know where to do. Before it snows its good time to get snow shovels out to put them where they are handy. Dont forget the other investment. Your car. A. A. A. Mechanic andrew lewis says now is the time to prep the wheels for winter, too. Check the fluid. Check the belt and the hoses. Make sure the air filter is clean. Brad he recommends to get it to a mechanic but you can pop your own hood as well. Make sure you have plenty of windshield wiper fluid in the reservoir. When we do get that wintry mix, sometimes its pretty hard to see out that windshield. Brad bell, abc7 news. Doug lets talk about the wind and the wind chill and what is coming understand if the temperature is 33 degrees and the wind is 30 Miles Per Hour the wind chill is about 7 degrees. But it wont freeze. The water wont freeze. Freezes at 32. It feels like the wind chill temperature. That is important for the next minute or to as i show what is headed our way. Is evening, cloudy skies, low 40s. Maybe sprinkle or patch of rain. It may be part of the western zone that could get flakes. Really a nonevent as we see it through the evening hours here. Showers are possible. Clearing skies overnight and the clearing skies are cool. You could get a peak peek of the super moon. You might get a look of that bright in the sky overhead. The forecast as we head through the overnight hours becoming partly cloudy. We sunshine for midday. Clouds will return tomorrow evening ahead of the tark tick cold front coming arctic cold front coming in. We top out at 43. Four degrees below average. Here comes the polar plunge we are talking about. Cold weather from canada to the northern plains, great lakes and headed our way. The leading edge is here. This will take until tomorrow evening for the real push of cold air to get in. This means after the highs in the 50s yesterday, 40s today and tomorrow, highs are only in the 20s, the mid20s thursday and friday. Wind chill in the Single Digits and teens on thursday. Thats what it feels like outside. Watch the temperatures drop. Here are the numbers. Thursday, the high of 26. A lot of winds. It will drive the wind chills down. The winds are lighter here on friday. They wont be a feature really. But the cold air will be. A high of 27. As we get into saturday and sunday it looks as though we have a wintry mix saturday morning. Possibility of some snow and rain and sleet changing to as the temperatures warm to 43 on the surface. But more importantly, a couple of thousand feet above the ground temperatures will be in the 50s. Time we get to sunday the 50degree weather will settle down to the ground and be mild on sunday with rain. Saturday morning hundreds of volunteers for wreaths across america. It could be uncomfortable outside until it warms up in the afternoon. Next ten days the numbers are up and down. Look at sunday and the dramatic change. Breezy weather, showers on sunday and turning colder as we get through monday and tuesday. We will warm in the 40s next week. A warming trend for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and maybe 50degree weather. Larry wow temp going up and then back down again. Crazy. Alison it will be cold. Larry i have video to show you this, the super moon over asia last night. Set to of the year and visible tonight. Is there a chance well see it here . Doug if you are up a it 3 00 in the morning. Larry i am. Alison you found the one guy who is. Alison im in the third rem cycle. Alison you could see it. Larry ill let you know if i see it. Doug let me know how it works out. Larry i will. Alison doug, thank you. Still ahead at 5 00 q im q mccray live in delray where a community is coming together to help a family in need after a tragic accident. Ill tell you all about rally for rose coming up. Alison coming up tonight in abc7 primetime tomorrow on good morning washington clever and fun gift ideas fect for grandmas, teacher, tweens or anyone same time and money with the do it yourself gift solutions. Can you car make it through the upcoming blast . Make sure you ride is ready. Stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes starting at 4 25 a. M. On good morning washington. Delray are banding together to rally for rose. Q mccray is there in alexandria to explain who she was and why so many people want to help. Q . Q they want to help because of her smile. They remember her smile. They remember her warm demeanor. They remember her work ethic here at market to market. This is where she used to work. She used to make sandwiches. But today they are making sandwiches to help her family. At the memorial of the busy intersection at mount vernon avenue, strangers passing, not taking a second glance. It was her smile and her kindness. Q 49yearold rose cruz a married mother of four was hit by a car on december 1. Died days later. The delray Business Association stepped in to help. We have a tendency to do thingso rose. A labor of love in her honor. 100 of the sales of special menu items will go to roses children. Pork barrel barbecue set up a raffle. Businesses started to donate things. We have 5,000 of donations to raffle off. Just bought 200 worth of tickets. I had planned to do her go fund me payment and i havent gotten around to it. Q so far the go fund me page is closing in on 50,000. The goal is double that. Really lovely lady. A beautiful smile. Very sweet and happy. Kind to our family. Q holy cow, st. Elmo cease and market to market are always taking part. I wish rose was here. But we as a neighborhood need to do what we can to make here of. Q the drive is 77 years old and she was arrested and charged. Come down to get an 8 sandwich. Take part in the deals offered at the local restaurants. Not to mention the raffle tickets because prices are out of this world. We are talking about the shopping sprees, full body spas. Come down to make a difference. Reporting live from delray, im q mccray. Back to you. Larry all right. Great cause. Thank you. Well, coming up at abc7 news at 5 00 setting up to help. How a star is working to help tease pain after a series of dev help ease the pain after series of wildfires. Alison later, she thought it was a minor problem but it took months and a call to 7 on your side to get it resolveed. Sam mayor bowser is doing one of her other neighborhood walks through a d. C. Neighborhood. This time in ward seven where crime has been a big problem. Im sam ford. That st 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. Alison bill cosby was back in court today for a hearing and things became so heated the judge threatened to bring in sheriff deputies. This is after a number of shouting matches between the two parties. The hearing was to deside whether the pros caution can bring 13 cosby sex the hearing is expected to last two days before the judge makes a ruling. Larry new information on the deadly warehouse fire in oakland, california. The fire chief said the socalled ghost ship warehouse was not an active business and did not require inspection. And also said there are no complaints on file that would have triggered a safety check. Investigators are looking for the cause of the december 2 fire that killed 36 people. Alison we are just hours away from a starstudded telethon in nashville. I will help the victims of the gatlinburg wildfire. Erica cure spoke with dolly parton about the efforts to aid the place she calls home. Sure enough. I mean it was the scariest thing i ever seen. Dolly talks about seeing the wildfires that started around thanksgiving, ripping through her community and the mountains she calls home. She says her f of their property survived the tragedy, 1,500 other people are feeling the loss. 14 people killed. Glows to 200 others injured. 2,500 structures damaged or destroyed. This is home. These are the people that need me now. Im in a position to help. I am willing to do any and everything that i can to help get everything back to normal as we can as quick as we can. Dolly par on the my people fund is aim