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Were following breaking news overnight from the white house. Adviser Michael Flynn resigning less than a month into his tenure with the trump administration. Suzanne kennedy is following the latest developments, live at the white house. A new legal setback for president travel ban. A federal judge in virginia has issued an injunction to block enforcement of the ban in the commonwealth. The order is not being enforced anywhere right now as it awaits proceedings in court. But the new ruling from Us District Court alexandria is a more permanent type of injunction than the temporary restraining order issued in the Washington State case. Well have much more coming up in a live report at 5 45. Right now at 5 xx were following breaking news in Prince Georges County. Jummy olabanji is at the live desk larry that breaking news coming from greenbelt, where police say they arrested four people early this morning at a cvs. It happened around one oclock this morning at the store on greenbelt road. This is the same store that was robbed less than a month ago. Back in january at least four pharmarices were robbed in both prince georges and Montgomery County county. No word yet if this incident is connected. But in this case police say the fou off with pharmacueticals our John Gonzalez is on the way and well update you as we learn more. Were also following breaking news in the district a man stabbed multiple times overnight. Amazingly Dc Police Say he was taken to the hospital with non lifethreatening injuries. This happened just before midnight at an apartment on nicholson street in northwest. Dc police have not released any suspect information. An update on a man wanted for allegedly raping a 15yearold girl in falls church last july. 18yearold Ronald Herrera contreras is in custody this morning, after a sixmonth manhunt. Fairfax county Police Arrested him yesterday. They say hes an illegal alien, and was ordered to leave, but never did. Hes charged with rape, abduction, gang activity, and assault and battery. This morning a principal and assistant principal at west Potomac High School are on administrative leave. These photos of principal alex case and assistant principal michll lyttle are from the schools web site. The School District sent a letter home with students announcing the leave. Parents hoped for Additional Information at a pta meeting last night but the School System has not given an explanation. The nations tallest dam, already damaged and stretched to its limit and now a new threat. The race against time in california ahead of more rain. And here in our area, no sight of wet weather. How long the dry skies will stick around, next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. At 5 xx time for a check on the forecast. Toss to eileen dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph we thought the wizards 17game good. But how about this coming up how the uconn women hit the century mark and a hardtobelieve headline when it comes to your health. They key to artificial organs may be in a machine used to make dessert the theory next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Californias oroville dam. 188thousand people were evacuated sunday, after a massive hole was discovered in an emergency spillway. That spillway catches excess water when lake orovilles water overflow the dam. Threatening communities downstream. Some people had just a few minutes to evacuate. Many became stuck in traffic. Crews are working to repair the spillway. And the National Guard is on alert. Officials are expresing cautious optimism about containing the threat of flooding. But theyre concerned, because more rain is expected later this week. New england is digging out this morning after another massive winter storm. Some areas received more than two feet of heavy, wet snow. Thats on top of what was already on the ground before the storm. Travel disruptions are expected to continue across the region for several days. And people there wont be catching a break anytime soon. More snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. < file wjlanas1wjlaprof iles 24ttobindesktopclo se. Url its one of the most notorious sex abuse scandals the conviction of penn state assistant football coach now his son is charged with child sexual abuse. Jeffrey sandusky is facing 14 counts including Sexual Assault of a child less than 16 years old along with child porn. The charges date back nearly 4 years. Jeffrey sanduskys next hearing is february 22nd. Scientists are investigating the deaths of three whales in virginias Hampton Roads area. Officials believe all three were struck by large ships. Two were injured by propellers. The first whale, a humpback, was found dead on february second. A second humpback whale was found dead on february seventh. This past weekend, the third dead whale was discovered on cape henry in virginia beach. One part of the Obama White House will stick around under President Trump the vegetable garden. New First Lady Melania Trump says the garden started by Michelle Obama is staying put. In a statement to cnn, mrs trump said she is committed to the gardens preservation. Michelle obama used the garden as part of her platform to fight childhood obesity. Seven is on your side with truly incredible news about your health. Artificial organs may be in a cotton candy machine this is according to Research Done at vanderbilt university. A professor there has been working with cotton candy machines getting them to spin out threads that are similar to small blood vessels. The idea is they can be used as templates to create systems and fullscale organs. New this morning. The uconn Womens Basketball team makes historyagain. Winning their 100th game in a row. They beat number six ranked South Carolina 66 to 55 last night. It wasnt a cakewalk like most of the wins by the huskies on the historic streak but they still got it done. To mark the historic milestone fake one hundred dollar bills dropped from the roof of the arena. And the student section spelled out 100 time now for weather dry milder for no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph morning washington a wireless war. The price fight that with a better deal. Plus an about face from playboy. Why the magazine is bringing back nude photos next. Af prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. The magazine did away with the nudity a year ago. Now, it says that was a mistake. But that the way in which they used to portray nudity was dated. The company tweeted out the cover for the march april issue along with the hashtag naked is normal. The issue hits newstands february 28th. New moves by some of the big Wireless Companies indicates they are ready for a price war, all to attract new customers. Abcs diane macedo and Kendis Gibson have the details in todays tech bytes. Breaking overnight the remains of a ive been blind since birth. I go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. Learn about non24 by calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. Mattress firmness . Fortunately theres a bed where you both get what you want every night. Enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. How well you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store. And right now save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Girl found in fairfax county. M the live desk. Police found a a Montgomery County teen missing for months murdered in fairfax county. Overnight investigators told abc7 that the remains of 15yearold Damaris Reyes rivas were found near accotink park in springfield. A medical examiner now ruling her death as a homicide. Fairfax county police say they are pursuing multiple leads including a possible connection to gang activity. So far no arrests have been made. Montgomery county police tell abc7 that they did not alert the public that the teen was missing when she disappeared several months ago. Now for a check of the forecast. Eileen . Dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph back now to the breaking news we back now to the breaking news we breaking news we brought you at five. A cvs store robbed early this morning and this isnt the first time its been hit. John gonzalez is live in greenbelt john . Fairfax city Councilmember David meyer will be sworn mayor today. Voters elected meyer in a special election last week. He replaces former mayor Scott Silverthorne who was arrested last year in a meth for sex sting operation. A swearingin ceremony is set for seven oclock tonight at fairfax city hall. The trump cabinet has two new members this morning. Last night, the senate voted to confirm Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary. West virginia senator joe manchin was the only democrat to vote in favor of mnuchin. Also approved David Shulkin to head the department of veterans affairs. He was confirmed unanimously. The voting is set to continue this morning, when Linda Mcmahon will likely be confirmed as head of the Small Business administration. The position is not formally part of a president ial cabinet, but is often elevated to cabinetlevel status. To recieve bipartisan support. D. C. s death with dignity law appears to be on life support. D. C. Leaders overwhelmingly passed the law last year. It allows a terminally ill, mentally competent adult to ask a doctor for selfadministered medication to end their life. But d. C. Has to get federal approval of all new laws from congress. And last night, the House Oversight committee voted 22to14 to overturn the law. The decision sparked a protest outside the u. S. Capitol. What happens this week will be crucial. If the full house and senate dont vote to overturn the law by friday. It will take effect on saturday. Good news for nats fans this morning. Baseball season kicking off just hours from now in sunny florida. The spring training schedule, next. Plus online shoppers, scammed. The eight dress retailers you want to avoid. The dr turned out too good to be true. Still ahead. Some sort of Police Activity happening in Prince Georges County our cameras are there right now still waiting to hear back from police on what is going on lots of officers on suitland road near southern avenue. Right at dc and Maryland Line stay with us for more info dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph a sure sign that baseball season and spring is right around the corner. Today nationals pitchers and a sure sign that baseball season around the corner. Today nationals pitchers and catchers will report to spring training. At their brand new facility in west palm beach. The rest of the team joins them on friday. The first fullsquad workout is sunday. Coming up were sharing the love on this valentines day. Kidd live tease plus a seven on your side consumer the warning if youre shopping for dresses online. But first a new legal setback. Sam . Sam live tease we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com advisor stepping down overnight. Jummy olabanji is at the live desk with more. That latenight resignation from general Michael Flynn comes after less than a month on the job. Flynn faced mounting questions over a phone call he had with the Russian Ambassador discussing us sanctions placed on russia by the Obama Administration for suspected meddling in the 2016 election. And all this happening before trump even took and Vice President mike pence repeated the same. But multiple sources say the topic of sanctions did come up. Lieutenant general Joseph Keith Kellogg jr. Has been appointed acting National Security advisor. Well have more on who could be named as the permanent replacement coming up at six. Developing now a new legal setback for President Trumps halted travel ban. A federal judge in virginia now ruling on the order. Sam sweeney is live at dulles airport, sam . Defense secretary jim mattis will make europe today as pentagon cief. The trip will include stops at nato headquarters in brussels to meet with european counterparts and in germany to conference. Talks will include new strategies to defeat the Islamic State and boosting troop strength in afghanistan. A final report will be released today on the Silver Spring explosion, on the night of august 10th seven people died after a natural gas buildup led to this scene at the Flower Branch apartments. 39 people were injured, including three first responders. And dozens of families lost their homes. Residents have filed lawsuits against the complex and washington gas. A father apparently seeking justice for his daughter is now accused of killing an armed man in a parking lot. That video was shot moments after police say the father ran over a man with his suv in upper marlboro. The father says the man pistol whipped his daughter sunday night. They spotted the man monday morning and followed him while calling police. Police said to back off. But when they got to a parking lot, the father says the man pulled out a gun watched in horror. Abc7 has learned the father in the case is a dc firefighter. Right now police are questioning everyone who was there. So far no charges have been filed. Right now Howard County police need your help identifying this man. Police say he is part of an Ongoing Investigation into a peeping tom incident last week at an Old Navy Store on ellicott city. So far, police have not named him as suspect. But anyone who recognizes him should call Howard County police. To the verizon center. Wizards hosting the Oklahoma City thunder. Washington looking to close out strong in their final home game before the all star break. And they dominated the thunder in a blow out win. At one point Oklahoma City missed 24 straight shots the final score 120 to 98. John wall finished with 15 points and 14 assists. Looking ahead to all star weekend in new orleans. John wall will represent the wizards and he will participate in the skills challenge. But today, the washington media will get a chance to show their basketball skills. From 2 to 4 this afternoon, members of the media will compete in a skills competition, threepoint shootout and trampoline dunk contest at the verizon center. Our cameras will be there to see who takes home the trophy it sounds great snagging a big Michael Flynn<\/a> resigning less than a month into his tenure with the trump administration. Suzanne kennedy is following the latest developments, live at the white house. A new legal setback for president travel ban. A federal judge in virginia has issued an injunction to block enforcement of the ban in the commonwealth. The order is not being enforced anywhere right now as it awaits proceedings in court. But the new ruling from Us District Court<\/a> alexandria is a more permanent type of injunction than the temporary restraining order issued in the Washington State<\/a> case. Well have much more coming up in a live report at 5 45. Right now at 5 xx were following breaking news in Prince Georges County<\/a>. Jummy olabanji is at the live desk larry that breaking news coming from greenbelt, where police say they arrested four people early this morning at a cvs. It happened around one oclock this morning at the store on greenbelt road. This is the same store that was robbed less than a month ago. Back in january at least four pharmarices were robbed in both prince georges and Montgomery County<\/a> county. No word yet if this incident is connected. But in this case police say the fou off with pharmacueticals our John Gonzalez<\/a> is on the way and well update you as we learn more. Were also following breaking news in the district a man stabbed multiple times overnight. Amazingly Dc Police Say<\/a> he was taken to the hospital with non lifethreatening injuries. This happened just before midnight at an apartment on nicholson street in northwest. Dc police have not released any suspect information. An update on a man wanted for allegedly raping a 15yearold girl in falls church last july. 18yearold Ronald Herrera<\/a> contreras is in custody this morning, after a sixmonth manhunt. Fairfax county Police Arrested<\/a> him yesterday. They say hes an illegal alien, and was ordered to leave, but never did. Hes charged with rape, abduction, gang activity, and assault and battery. This morning a principal and assistant principal at west Potomac High School<\/a> are on administrative leave. These photos of principal alex case and assistant principal michll lyttle are from the schools web site. The School District<\/a> sent a letter home with students announcing the leave. Parents hoped for Additional Information<\/a> at a pta meeting last night but the School System<\/a> has not given an explanation. The nations tallest dam, already damaged and stretched to its limit and now a new threat. The race against time in california ahead of more rain. And here in our area, no sight of wet weather. How long the dry skies will stick around, next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. At 5 xx time for a check on the forecast. Toss to eileen dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph we thought the wizards 17game good. But how about this coming up how the uconn women hit the century mark and a hardtobelieve headline when it comes to your health. They key to artificial organs may be in a machine used to make dessert the theory next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house th 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Californias oroville dam. 188thousand people were evacuated sunday, after a massive hole was discovered in an emergency spillway. That spillway catches excess water when lake orovilles water overflow the dam. Threatening communities downstream. Some people had just a few minutes to evacuate. Many became stuck in traffic. Crews are working to repair the spillway. And the National Guard<\/a> is on alert. Officials are expresing cautious optimism about containing the threat of flooding. But theyre concerned, because more rain is expected later this week. New england is digging out this morning after another massive winter storm. Some areas received more than two feet of heavy, wet snow. Thats on top of what was already on the ground before the storm. Travel disruptions are expected to continue across the region for several days. And people there wont be catching a break anytime soon. More snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. < file wjlanas1wjlaprof iles 24ttobindesktopclo se. Url its one of the most notorious sex abuse scandals the conviction of penn state assistant football coach now his son is charged with child sexual abuse. Jeffrey sandusky is facing 14 counts including Sexual Assault<\/a> of a child less than 16 years old along with child porn. The charges date back nearly 4 years. Jeffrey sanduskys next hearing is february 22nd. Scientists are investigating the deaths of three whales in virginias Hampton Roads<\/a> area. Officials believe all three were struck by large ships. Two were injured by propellers. The first whale, a humpback, was found dead on february second. A second humpback whale was found dead on february seventh. This past weekend, the third dead whale was discovered on cape henry in virginia beach. One part of the Obama White House<\/a> will stick around under President Trump<\/a> the vegetable garden. New First Lady Melania Trump<\/a> says the garden started by Michelle Obama<\/a> is staying put. In a statement to cnn, mrs trump said she is committed to the gardens preservation. Michelle obama used the garden as part of her platform to fight childhood obesity. Seven is on your side with truly incredible news about your health. Artificial organs may be in a cotton candy machine this is according to Research Done<\/a> at vanderbilt university. A professor there has been working with cotton candy machines getting them to spin out threads that are similar to small blood vessels. The idea is they can be used as templates to create systems and fullscale organs. New this morning. The uconn Womens Basketball<\/a> team makes historyagain. Winning their 100th game in a row. They beat number six ranked South Carolina<\/a> 66 to 55 last night. It wasnt a cakewalk like most of the wins by the huskies on the historic streak but they still got it done. To mark the historic milestone fake one hundred dollar bills dropped from the roof of the arena. And the student section spelled out 100 time now for weather dry milder for no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph morning washington a wireless war. The price fight that with a better deal. Plus an about face from playboy. Why the magazine is bringing back nude photos next. Af prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. The magazine did away with the nudity a year ago. Now, it says that was a mistake. But that the way in which they used to portray nudity was dated. The company tweeted out the cover for the march april issue along with the hashtag naked is normal. The issue hits newstands february 28th. New moves by some of the big Wireless Companies<\/a> indicates they are ready for a price war, all to attract new customers. Abcs diane macedo and Kendis Gibson<\/a> have the details in todays tech bytes. Breaking overnight the remains of a ive been blind since birth. I go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. Learn about non24 by calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. Mattress firmness . Fortunately theres a bed where you both get what you want every night. Enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. How well you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store. And right now save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Girl found in fairfax county. M the live desk. Police found a a Montgomery County<\/a> teen missing for months murdered in fairfax county. Overnight investigators told abc7 that the remains of 15yearold Damaris Reyes<\/a> rivas were found near accotink park in springfield. A medical examiner now ruling her death as a homicide. Fairfax county police say they are pursuing multiple leads including a possible connection to gang activity. So far no arrests have been made. Montgomery county police tell abc7 that they did not alert the public that the teen was missing when she disappeared several months ago. Now for a check of the forecast. Eileen . Dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph back now to the breaking news we back now to the breaking news we breaking news we brought you at five. A cvs store robbed early this morning and this isnt the first time its been hit. John gonzalez is live in greenbelt john . Fairfax city Councilmember David<\/a> meyer will be sworn mayor today. Voters elected meyer in a special election last week. He replaces former mayor Scott Silverthorne<\/a> who was arrested last year in a meth for sex sting operation. A swearingin ceremony is set for seven oclock tonight at fairfax city hall. The trump cabinet has two new members this morning. Last night, the senate voted to confirm Steven Mnuchin<\/a> as treasury secretary. West virginia senator joe manchin was the only democrat to vote in favor of mnuchin. Also approved David Shulkin<\/a> to head the department of veterans affairs. He was confirmed unanimously. The voting is set to continue this morning, when Linda Mcmahon<\/a> will likely be confirmed as head of the Small Business<\/a> administration. The position is not formally part of a president ial cabinet, but is often elevated to cabinetlevel status. To recieve bipartisan support. D. C. s death with dignity law appears to be on life support. D. C. Leaders overwhelmingly passed the law last year. It allows a terminally ill, mentally competent adult to ask a doctor for selfadministered medication to end their life. But d. C. Has to get federal approval of all new laws from congress. And last night, the House Oversight<\/a> committee voted 22to14 to overturn the law. The decision sparked a protest outside the u. S. Capitol. What happens this week will be crucial. If the full house and senate dont vote to overturn the law by friday. It will take effect on saturday. Good news for nats fans this morning. Baseball season kicking off just hours from now in sunny florida. The spring training schedule, next. Plus online shoppers, scammed. The eight dress retailers you want to avoid. The dr turned out too good to be true. Still ahead. Some sort of Police Activity<\/a> happening in Prince Georges County<\/a> our cameras are there right now still waiting to hear back from police on what is going on lots of officers on suitland road near southern avenue. Right at dc and Maryland Line<\/a> stay with us for more info dry milder for valentines day no sight of rain snow valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph a sure sign that baseball season and spring is right around the corner. Today nationals pitchers and a sure sign that baseball season around the corner. Today nationals pitchers and catchers will report to spring training. At their brand new facility in west palm beach. The rest of the team joins them on friday. The first fullsquad workout is sunday. Coming up were sharing the love on this valentines day. Kidd live tease plus a seven on your side consumer the warning if youre shopping for dresses online. But first a new legal setback. Sam . Sam live tease we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com advisor stepping down overnight. Jummy olabanji is at the live desk with more. That latenight resignation from general Michael Flynn<\/a> comes after less than a month on the job. Flynn faced mounting questions over a phone call he had with the Russian Ambassador<\/a> discussing us sanctions placed on russia by the Obama Administration<\/a> for suspected meddling in the 2016 election. And all this happening before trump even took and Vice President<\/a> mike pence repeated the same. But multiple sources say the topic of sanctions did come up. Lieutenant general Joseph Keith Kellogg<\/a> jr. Has been appointed acting National Security<\/a> advisor. Well have more on who could be named as the permanent replacement coming up at six. Developing now a new legal setback for President Trump<\/a>s halted travel ban. A federal judge in virginia now ruling on the order. Sam sweeney is live at dulles airport, sam . Defense secretary jim mattis will make europe today as pentagon cief. The trip will include stops at nato headquarters in brussels to meet with european counterparts and in germany to conference. Talks will include new strategies to defeat the Islamic State<\/a> and boosting troop strength in afghanistan. A final report will be released today on the Silver Spring<\/a> explosion, on the night of august 10th seven people died after a natural gas buildup led to this scene at the Flower Branch<\/a> apartments. 39 people were injured, including three first responders. And dozens of families lost their homes. Residents have filed lawsuits against the complex and washington gas. A father apparently seeking justice for his daughter is now accused of killing an armed man in a parking lot. That video was shot moments after police say the father ran over a man with his suv in upper marlboro. The father says the man pistol whipped his daughter sunday night. They spotted the man monday morning and followed him while calling police. Police said to back off. But when they got to a parking lot, the father says the man pulled out a gun watched in horror. Abc7 has learned the father in the case is a dc firefighter. Right now police are questioning everyone who was there. So far no charges have been filed. Right now Howard County<\/a> police need your help identifying this man. Police say he is part of an Ongoing Investigation<\/a> into a peeping tom incident last week at an Old Navy Store<\/a> on ellicott city. So far, police have not named him as suspect. But anyone who recognizes him should call Howard County<\/a> police. To the verizon center. Wizards hosting the Oklahoma City<\/a> thunder. Washington looking to close out strong in their final home game before the all star break. And they dominated the thunder in a blow out win. At one point Oklahoma City<\/a> missed 24 straight shots the final score 120 to 98. John wall finished with 15 points and 14 assists. Looking ahead to all star weekend in new orleans. John wall will represent the wizards and he will participate in the skills challenge. But today, the washington media will get a chance to show their basketball skills. From 2 to 4 this afternoon, members of the media will compete in a skills competition, threepoint shootout and trampoline dunk contest at the verizon center. Our cameras will be there to see who takes home the trophy it sounds great snagging a big Discount Online<\/a> on that musthave prom dress or bridesmaid dress. But when the order finally shows up many women are ending up disappointed. Consumer reporter john matarse shows you what to watch out for so you dont waste your money. John 012 112end its westminster week 28hundred dogs are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight. The big show is tonight. It includes more than 190 breeds. Some handlers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars getting ready. The prize . A pewter bowl and bragging rights. There is no cash payout. Its 5 and time for a check on weather. Valentines day no sight of rain snow through the weekend thursday chilliest of the next 10 high 40 president s day weekend warmup today mostly cloudy, becoming mostly sunny late. Highs 4854 winds sw 510 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cool. Lows 3542 winds sw 5 mph wednesday am clouds, pm sun. Becoming breezy. Highs 4749 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph history was made last night right here on abc7 here on abc7 31yearold Rachel Lindsay<\/a> was named the very first African American<\/a> bachelorette. Lindsay is a texas lawyer and is a popular contestant on the current season of the bachelor. The 13th season of the bachelorette premies may 22 right here on abc7. Kidd tease cupid cash giveaway at 6 19 coming up at six we are following breaking news in Prince Georges County<\/a>. Police activity blocking suitland road. The new details just coming in. Plus. A resignation overnight. Suzanne . Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . 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Org] traffic iss like able to get around the scene headed towards the d. C. Line, but again, a double jurisdiction working, so heads up inbound on certain on the suitland you have thee activity before southern avenue. Traffic is again able to get by, but root for is a great option for you, as well as the suitland parkway headed towards the d. C. Line this morning. John gonzalez is headed to the scene and we will have a live report from him shortly. A the rails, dealing with power problem at largo town center. Virginia, we have reports of an accident between lorton city, nogton at dale service on the blue line coming out of virginia. Stick with the yellow line and yellow plus line trains. Out of maryland, stick with the silver line. 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