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Says they will take off the balance of the funeral cost. Theyve already kicked in about 6,000, but the mayor says they want to do whatever they can to help this family get through. The new commander here tells me theyve had to switch up tactics. They are close to solving this case, im cold. And theyve had to use a lot of undercover operations in order to develop leads in the area. As far as that police camera, im told so far, it is working. Were live in southeast, delia goncalves, wusa 9. Lets hope they get everybody responsible. So the community can be at ease. Going to be laid to rest friday morning at temple of praise. Councilmember whites office helped to secure the church, free of charge. Weve got breaking news right now out of fairfax county. Police have arrested a man they say started shooting at a squad car and hitting it several times. Brian landa verde is charged and turns out he was already in Police Custody on other charges. Investigators say he was in a car, with two teens late sunday night on Georgetown Park in the great falls area. And thats when he allegedly shot at a marked police car, while the officer was trying to pull him over. The officer was not hurt. And police are still searching for the suspects car. A busy job fair stopped by gunfire. A man was shot in his face this morning. A lot of people were there watching. They were all outside of national park. And tonight, police are looking for who done it. Wusa 9s pete muntean is there live. Reporter lesli, i just got the update from police. They say the shooting happened down there, in front of that liquor store. The suspect ran off. But the victim ran down here. Right outside of centerfield gate. Thats where hundreds of people were lined up for that job fare. Now, neighbors tell us, its a bad look for a Community Coming up. This is messed up. [000 02 59;00] hoped to leave Nationals Park with a job. Instead, she left with a memory, she wont soon forget. Tried to get a job and got shots fired. Millner heard eight gunshots. The victim collapsed in front of centerfield gate. You fear for your life. Just seems like its picked up over the past year, year and a half. Reporter Antoinette Wilson lives close by on istreet. Its tough. Because when i first moved around here 6 1 2 years ago, it wasnt this bad. I think there needs to be a lot more done to eliminate the crime. But how do you do that . By having more opportunities for people who really perhaps havent finished high school. Reporter the event here is for concessions jobs at nats park. The first 200 in line were guaranteed an interview. Millner said she was desperate for a job. We cant even come together for a hiring event for people that are looking for jobs. Here to an area hospital. Then his condition was listed as critical. So far, no update yet. That job fair has been rescheduled to next tuesday. Peement mon pete muntean, wusa 9. Police say he was wearing a tan, puffy jacket and a gray knit hat. And police say he got away in a black impala. In prince georges uncoty, police have learned the idtity of a murder victim, found shot to death last week. The victim, 26yearold Takeisha Hughes coates of northeast. Family members contacted police after seeing this sketch on the news last night. Hughes coat was found suffering from gunshot wounds on january 15th, on good hope avenue in hillcrest heights. Tonight, detectives are still trying to figure out who tried to kill her and why. So lots of federal are reacting with alarm, to the trump administrations freeze on hiring. On capitol hill, virginias senator sharply questioned the nominee of the office of management and budget. Labeling federal workers, corrupt. And beholden to special interest. Even a local republican congresswoman is slamming the president s president s action. Bruce leshan live with more to this and more. Hi, bruce. Hey, adam. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers in our area. President trumps new executive order freezes new hires outside the military public safety, nashville security for the next 90 days until they can come up with a plan to reduce the federal work force through attrition. Critics say this kind of across theboard freeze is a big mistake. People about the hiring freeze that was Just Announced upon im sorry. Lots of federal workers. Are you a federal worker . Yes, i am. But im late for a meeting. Reporter reluctant to talk about the freeze on new hires. Im not interested. But kate fleming was willing to stop. Are you a federal worker . Yeah, i am. Can you talk to us about this hiring freeze . Well, i dont really know the details of it yet. But i dont feel good about it. Thats for sure. Reporter fleming works on exhibit at the hirshhorn museum. And she said she is already swamped. Swamped. We have an Exhibit Opening soon. And were very busy right now. And feeling the pinch already. And if you couldnt replace somebody that left. We would be in trouble. The details of the freeze are still a little murky. But even some republicans are concerned. Virginias Barbara Comstock says, the federal budget cannot be balanced on the backs of our federal work force. Why is the administration pitching the false view that federal workers are corrupt or beholden to special interests. Im not familiar statement. Reporter tim kaine, who was the democratic president ial nominee, grilled President Trumps pick to head the office of management and budget. There are federal workers who dont live up to our expectations. And it is hard any time you paint with a broad brush, chairman, you run the risk of going outside the lines. Brandon maynard works at the faa in air traffic control. Youre keeping people alive. Yep. Yeah, virginia senator mark warner told the omb nominee that the size of the federal work force as a percentage of the population has been shrinking dramatically. It is smaller now than it was during the regan years reagan years and one third of the work force will actually be eligible to retire in the next two years. Live in southwest, bruce leshan, wusa 9. It is a debate that will certainly rage on, for decades. Thanks, bruce. A 1982 report by the gao. It found that hiring freezes in the carter and reagan administrations actually cost more money than they saved. And that they were not an effective way to control federal employment. Today, President Trump signed executive orders to move forward with building two Oil Pipelines in the united states. That proposed keystone xl and the unfinished dakota access. And this is all a blow to the obama administration, which blocked both of those projects, over Environmental Concerns. President trump signed three other orders. One, requires materials for the pipeline to be made in the united states. Another cuts regulations for the manufacturers. And a third speeds up environmental reviews. The president also met with auto executives. And he promised it would be easier to get them manufacturing permits. I am, to a large extent, an environmentali and were going to make a very short process. Reporter President Trump said that next week, he plans to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. And hes asked fbi director james comey to stay on the job. Comey is in the fourth year of what is generally considered a 10year term. As President Trump moves forward with his agenda, he continues to talk about the president ial election results. He told lawmakers he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton because 3 million to 5 Million Immigrants living in this country, cast illegal ballots. But there is no evidence none at all, to support this claim. President ial adviser, Kellyanne Conway said she is now receiving secret service protection, after becoming the president s most visible and vocal adviser. She claims people have shipped packages, containing white substances to her home. Conway is blaming the press for the negative attention. So dont be too surprised rolling through rockville. Thats because the exclusive Woodmont Country Club has invited them to join as special members. The former first couple face instead opposition from the club initially from jewish members because of the obama administrations policy with israel. The obamas will have have to pay the one fee, but it will have to pay other fees. 12 degrees warmer in charlottesville. Thats just a harbinger. Well talk about how high it will go. But how low it will fall over the weekend. Also ahead. What a Montgomery County principal allegedly said about cheerleaders that has people calling for him to step down. And its hard enough for some adults adults to spot fake news. After the break, we asked some local teens if they can pick out the bogus stories. Sky 9 over the scene at winter green plaza, after a car plowed into a restaurant. For some reason, the adult female driver was in a parking spot. Then something happened. And she drove right into paisanos. There were customers and employees inside. No one was seriously hurt. I dont know about the fate of the pizza and cal zones, though. The shop is closed for now. Now were hungry. The man accused of shooting inside a d. C. Restaurant has been offered a plea deal. Police say edgar welch went to comic pingpong to investigate that debunked conspiracy known as pizza gate. Thats of course, the fictitious story, involving e mails from ring, operating under the restaurant. It is just not true. Court officials are not providing more details about the plea. They are due back in court next month. Fake news played a big role. Now, to get a measure on how savvy they are. Scott broom is with young people at Laurel High School this afternoon with their take on the issue. Looking forward to seeing what the results are here, scott. Yeah, the kids were interesting. I got interested in this, after reading an article in teen vogue on this subject, which, by the way, i retweeted. And i wanted to put some of what i read today to the test wsome of the kids, which ill do in a moment. It was really interesting because the author of this article pointed out that nine out of 10 young people get all of their news from social media like facebook, which makes this a real important issue for them. Oh, no. I fe happen. To test teens today, i showed them a fake news story, which nonetheless has been shared millions of times by people who believe its fact. Headline, woman murders College Roommate for sending too many candy crush requests. The real question is who still plays candy crush . Its weird. Reporter here are leaja clemming discussing. It is definitely shareable. Reporter but now we look more closely at the source. The valley report. Mass head logo. Bunny rabbit. What kind of organization puts a bunny rabbit as its logo. That sounds fake. Yeah, it does. But i probably wouldnt have looked at it. I would have believed it. Reporter taking shows extra moments to check before sharing is what teen vogue columnist writes about. Colblaze states examples of fake news, like this article saying president obama banned the pledge of allegiance from schools. Totally false, but shared more than 2 million sometimes. Does it look like a real news story to you . Yeah. You think its a real news story . I really dont know. Reporter sure enough, googling this web address, posing as abc news, reveals this particular website is completely fake. And it even spreads mal wear. Malware. Isnt it called yellow journalism . Yeah. When you make news that gets clicks. That young man had it exactly right. I learned today. You look at the web addresses. Google those. Google the names of the reporters. And very on, it brings you to sites like snopes, which will tell you the truth about a story. There is a movement, building momentum, to begin teaching these skills in schools. And teaching a particular ethic that in a free information to get the right information and to make the right decisions. And also, to teach the ethic that it is a civic responsibility, therefore, to sniff this stuff out. And snuff it out. By taking those extra steps. Reporting live at Laurel High School. Scott broom, wusa 9. Gotta look carefully at this stuff. And think about how logical it is. Thats for sure. Thank you, scott. A number of developers have rolled out apps that will alert you when you are viewing a fake news site. And google, for 1, is trying to stop sharing ad revenue with known fake news sites so they stop getting paid for all those clicks and shares that those false stories rack up. Its a start. Good move there. Moving onto this. A powerful storm, hammering millions of americans, from delaware to maine. In massachusetts, the noreaster caught a lot of people offguard. Thats because they dont have topper shutt up th and snow blowers. Snow plows did their best to clear up the roads. One longtime new englander has a game plan for dealing with the snow. If the truck has the driveway. Clean the driveway up. Get the car up, get it back in and stay home. Gotta get the car. Upstate new york, roads were blanketed in snow. Winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour whipped across sand dunes. Floodwaters made it nearly impossible to pass. Of course, we had 50mile perhour winds yesterday. It was our storm yesterday. But i wanted to point out. Its late january. Climatologically, coldest of the year. It was a solid rain from d. C. To boston. Thats very unusual for january. It really is. Sad. Tragic. Were so grateful for the rain. Nobody has time for snow a okay. Except for the people that get the time off of work. Well, thats true. Thats why the poll won, i think. Lets talk about the 3 degree guarantee. I think were in pretty good shape. I want to describe today like a march day. Well, it really was. A march day in the middle of january. We went for a high of 49. I think thats going to hold up. Of course the winds made it feel a little colder. And we talked about how the clouds will hang tough all day. Live look outside. Care of michael and sons weather cam. Dew points are above freezing. Not very cold out. Winds northwest at 14. Still gusting to 25. Theyll settle down in the 10 to 15mileperhour range tonight. Partial clearing tonight. Just not that cold. I dont think anybody makes it below freezing tonight. Bus stop temperature make its 34 to 46. Thats a pretty good deal, too. Warmer and wonderful tomorrow. Highs around 60. You can golf, no doubt about that. Morning shower possible on thursday. And then falling temps in the afternoon. So deceived. If you wake up on thursday, and even late morning in the 50s. Its going to fall in the late afternoon, where the cold front goes through. Winter is not coming. But winter is lurking. 59 tomorrow. 55 on thursday. And then 41 on friday. Upper 30s saturday, upper 30s sunday. Might see a couple of flurries on friday. And at this point, id take a couple of flurries, quite frankly. 10 00 tonight. Low to mid40s. Notice the arrow. Winds are still out of the northwest. But theyll calm down a little bit. 44 downtown. Even 40 in hagerstown. And 42 in martinsburg. 6 00 tomorrow morning. Upper 30s. Thats it. 39. In la plata. And even 39 in cumberland and rom three. It isnt that cold. And by midmorning, were in the low to mid40s. 42 in fairfax. Clear skies. By lunchtime, you can probably take your sandwich outside tomorrow. 55 downtown. 56 in manassas. 57 in culpepper. I think culpepper hit tomorrow. And temps arent exactly falling off the table here. Still 50 in hagerstown. Still 52 in cumberland. A few clouds come in overnight on friday thursday. Looks like mostly showers wednesday night into thursday morning. Will probably pass to the south. Then thursday afternoon, notice, snow begins to fly west of the divide. Thats good news for the ski resorts. Theyre looking at kind of on and off snow thursday afternoon. Right on through the weekend. Our day planner goes like this. Mid40s. And plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Then thursday, maybe a morning shower. Temps falling from the mid50s. And a couple of flurries possible friday. 41. And again, i would take a couple of flurries. Upper 30s on saturday. Sunday, we got a flurry in sunday night into monday. That looks less and less lookly. Were likely. Weve back in the upper 40s. Governor mark dayton says he has prostate cancer, diagnoseth but he doesnt think that has to do with his collapse during the state of the state address. It was pretty dramatic. He said he doesnt feel any discomfort. Dayton is meeting with doctors to talk about his treatment options. He said he felt fine until the end of last nights address. Dayton plans to finish the last two years of his term as minnesotas governor. Millions of families are going to be waiting weeks for their tax refunds. And walmart wants to be your one stop shop to buy a car. Details in tonights consumer alert. And right after the break, why the leader of a d. C. School has been named principal of the year. This is one gorgeous truck. Special edition. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres 5. Aaaahh ooohh uh holy mackerel. Wow. Nice. Strength and style. Which ones your favorite . laughter come home with me trade up to the silverado all star edition and get an average total value of eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars when you find your tag. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. A loam educator who once taught physical education and worked her way up to lead the students and staff at bannicker high school has received a distinctive honor. Principal anita burger was quite surprised when the incoming dcps chancellor named her principal of the year. She said she never imagined taking that administrative position. Because she said she always wanted to touch and teach kids in a different way. This is my passion. And i guess its showing this for this. I do it because this is what i love to do. Principal burger will get to celebrate this prestigious honor, along with other recognized educators at the standing ovation event. At the kennedy center. Big round of applause. Irs says people claiming earned income or additional child credits will not receive a refund until after february 15th. The agency said a new law, aimad the cutting down on fraud and Identity Theft is the reason. The irs says that extra time will give them time to verify tax returns. Yahoo is pushing back the closing of the 4. 8 billion buyout. They are looking to finalize the sale. The delay comes as yahoo deals with the fallout of two massive security breaches

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