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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 December 13, 2017

It was a bitter start. Many of you were out and about. Hopefully layered up. Brianne carter, what were peoples reaction when you were out talking to them . Brianne well, surprisingly, we actually found some folks that were out and about. Some in shorts. An hour ago a man out here running with no shirt. Some saying they were enjoying the dip in temperatures. But the one complaint we heard over and over from folks today all about the wind. You mentioned it earlier this morning. Many talk about that, how it was a bitting wind walking out the door this morning. If the wind is gusty and cuts through you. Especially as you are not in the sun and the sun starts to go down. We know folks have no choice but to be out in the cold. We found people braving the breezes. They know how to prepare and buckle up, workers said Mother Nature is still making it hard for a days work. Its brianne so the entire time we were talking to him, he is wiping away tears from the glasses underneath because he said it was just cutting right through him. That has been what we have heard throughout the day today. Now we did find folks who say this is something they look forward to. We have more on that coming up at 5 00. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Nancy i want to hear from those people. If you werent miserable, thats because you were prepared. Dont be caught by a surprise. Download the weather app to tap in to the update and the alerts based on the location from google play and the app store. This is a bizarre rampage on route 28 in virginia. A man there running around neighborhood. Banging on cars. Trying to get in a truck. He is now in the hospital. We want to warn you. Part of the story may not be suitable for the young ears. Richard reeve has an update. You spoke with a woman who saw it all up close. Richard yeah. Bo nina johns on the way home from doing errands on route 28; beginning of rush hour 3 30 this afternoon. Busy on the roadway. She sees a man walking in the middle of the road. She thinks there is an accident, so she pulled over. Then it got really complicated. That is the man there. 32yearold Jose Gonzalez flores from sterling running in the middle of traffic on southbound 28. Now the roadway already busy with the rush hour traffic. Turned outs moments before flores rammed his pickup in two other vehicles. He punches another driver, a trucker through his window. Throws stuff out of his own pickup, including a bicycle. At one point he even starts praying. He runs over to the guardrail and johns is wondering what on early is going on . I think he is going to get back in his truck. Instead he climbs over the barrier and gets undressed. And comes back buck naked. Richard Gonzalez Flores continues Walking Around naked. He actually jumps on top of a truck at one point and starts hitting the top of it with a cutting tool. Eventually he runs off in the woods where the police find him. He faces indecent exposure and assault charges. Coming up at 6 00, much, much more of the eyewitness accounts. You will hear the radio traffic. What the police are saying while all of this is unfolding. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Michelle im Michelle Marsh at the abc7 life desk. Developing on the hill tonight, the framework for a final g. O. P. Tax plan. Here is what we know so far. President said 21 Corporate Tax rate is okay. That is down from 35 . Before negotiations he said 20 was the red line. The top income tax rate for the highest salary would drop from 40 to 37 . There are reports the stand would be 750,000. Point out the details are hard to come by for now as this is a tentative deal between the house and the senate. News of the deal coming hours after the Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer called on republicans to hold off on the tax bill. We will have much more on this as a vote nears. That is the latest from the live desk. Im Michelle Marsh, back to you. [cheers applause] alison that is doug jones supporters going absolutely wild at a bar in mobile. Parties exploded into cheers across alabama when networks started calling the race for the democrats. Jones is the first democrat sent to the senate from alabama in 25 years. But as lana zak reports from montgomery, republican roy moore is not giving up. Lana good afternoon, Democrat Doug Jones may have won the victory last night but it could be two weeks before he is sworn into office assuming there isnt a recount. Democrats and republicans in washington are already starting to make their plans. In alabama, Democrat Doug Jones is celebrating his unlikely victory. The people of alabama have spoken. Lana jones is the first democrat in 25 years to be elected to the senate from alabama. Besting republican roy moore who remained defiant last night not yet conceding his loss. Realize when the vote is this close its not over. Lana Moores Campaign beset by multiple allegations of Sexual Misconduct, including Sexual Assault of two teenagers. He has denied the allegations but the campaign saw a boost by the female voters, especially those with young children. Many political watchers saw in this campaign a flawed republican candidate but a greater referendum on President Trump and the republic can majority. Congress is of democrats will have a shot to take over the senate. Lana Chuck Schumer called on republicans today to hold off on a vote on the tax bill until jones is sworn in. It would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. Lana but the president who congratulated jones on the victory to push forward as soon as possible. I will tell you that to me it is very, very, its very important to get this vote. Moore still isnt talking about conceding today. But republicans here in alabama say they believe that this race is over. When jones is seated in the senate, democrats will control 49 seats, republicans 51. Given the razor thin margins we have already seen in congress, that may tip the balance of power. Lana zak, abc7 was one of the hottest topics on the hill. They were asking those in congress about the race. And wisconsin ron johnson had a simple answer from what happened. Alabamans didnt want him dating 14yearold girls. Is this a referendum on steve bannon. Alabama didnt want someone that dated 14yearold girls. Voters didnt want a guy who did that. Lindsey mastis with the fallout on twitter. It was a buzz online. Lindsey absolutely abuzz before i show you what the senators are saying, i want to recognize this. Twitter is pointing out the blackwomen saying a lot of people credit black women for helping doug jones defeat roy moore. Now on the senate side, take a look here. Here is cory booker, selfie with doug jones. He i saying lets savor the victory and then get back to work. In fact, a lot of democrats are focusing on what needs to happen next. A lot of people in the senate. Chris van hollen saying we should be ready to make some noise if mcconnell doesnt seat jones before we vote on tax reform. Alabamaens deserved to have their voices fully heard. On the republican side, you will remember jeff flake giving to jones campaign. Once the results came in he wrote decency wins. Then Ohio Governor john kasich saying thankfully today enough republicans chose country over party. President trump is tweeting as well. Saying the reason i originally endorsed Luther Strange is i said roy moore will not be able to win the general election. Of course, he is congratulating doug jones as well. Back to you. Nancy all right. Anderson coopers twitter account was hacked according to cnn. Calling the president a, tool and pathetic loser. The tweet came following doug jones win in the Alabama Senate election. Cooper says he woke up to find out someone got into his account. Alison okay. Al franken announced he will be stepping down amid Sexual Misconduct claims. The replacement is the Lieutenant Governor tina smith. The states governor, democrat, gets to pick who fills a vacated seat. Jonathan Chuck Schumer fighting Sexual Harassment claims that were forged documents. He turned them over to police and is threatening to sue. Phony allegation forged from start to finish. We are pursuing every legal task to those who might have broken the law to be prosecuted for it. Its called an attempt to dupe the reporters to file Sexual Harassment claims against the Senate Minority nancy Omarosa Manigault newman is leaving the white house. She rose to fame on con tess tant on apprentice and was one of the more prominent africanamerican supporters of President Trump. Alison developing at this hour, is a group of suspect responsible for seven burglaries in northwest washington . This is the video they want you to see. A smashandgrab burglaries early this morning. This was in the 1300 block. Police believe they could be behind similar burglaries of cell phone stores, gruelry store, a clothing store. All of them this month. We will have a live report on the search for the guys coming up at 5 00. Jonathan coming up for user at 4 00, the socalled man flu is real. Youre laughing. Why mens complaints about a cold being worse are valid. Or may be valid. Alison plus, a teacher suspended in the ohio after this takedown of a student. Its not his first violent confrontation. Criminal past revealed coming alison well, metro could use another crossing to ease traffic in the rosslyn tunnel. The blue, orange, silver line trains all converge to go downtown. Now metro could be ready to devote millions to study this. Stephen tschida is covering metro with a first look. Stephen . Stephen yeah, this is a look at this idea. But this is a bold idea. Turning rosslyn here to rosslyn one. That means there is the possibility that would be a rosslyn two. Three metro lines, one station. The perfect confluence for the chronic congestion. The trains get so crowded. All the people have to get here. They are having to like swap lines. I feel like it would solve a bunch of issues. Metro is proposing to look at building a second Rosslyn Metro station. Rosslyn two would be close by. Just a short stroll to a tunnel to get there. Rosslyn two would serve blue line trains only. Just for the blue line as well. The aim is expand the Metro Service in virginia and the district. In the process, alleviate congestion. The plan also sames to increase in ridership. Curious to know in a deficit how they would pay for that but an interesting idea. Stephen 15 minutes i got an email saying from metro at this time the focus is on improving the existing system. Jonathan thanks. Must see video of a drunk Driver Police say was drunk, clarely. They pull up to help the guy and he slams in the car. He hits the firefighter. Off to the races. So the police give chase. One time they did a pit maneuver and done perfectly. Except the guy takes off. See you later. Flips the bird going by. Really. Finally they blow out tires and do it again. Now we have it pinned and we have blurred it because is giving them a signal of im not happy jail. No explanation for why he did that. Nancy quite the adventure. In ohio, a teacher caught on camera wrapping his arms around the neck and they are slamming him to the floor. This is not clear what started it but the teacher is now suspended and he has faced disciplinary problems before his teaching license was suspended for two months in 2015 after a Domestic Violence conviction. Jonathan 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Apple is making a big investment in a u. S. Company to supply one of the parts for the iphone 10. Fin star makes lasers used for the facial recognition. The 390 Million Investment will open a manufacturing plant outside of dallas to create more than 500 jobs. Nancy you may soon get packages from target delivered on the same day you place an order. The retailer is buying chip a Grocery Delivery Service for 550 million. This is a mauve to catch up with amazon. There is a catch. You ha their app or website and pay the annual fee of 99. Jonathan be careful how you say that one. Nancy i try to emphasize. Jonathan delicate. 7 on your side Health Matters this afternoon. Canadian researcher says the man flu is real. Go ahead, laugh, alison. Alison we know. Jonathan many respiratory diseases cause complications more often in men than women. See according to a study in a medical journal. She has been laughing the whole time. On top of that womans immune system may be stronger. Alison hmmmm. Jonathan other scientists arent ready to agree but every woman i sit next to here, they agree. Bill right. Jonathan they think its nonsense. Really . Stop whining. Nancy it seems like the world has ended. Jonathan if your husband got it, you say suck it up butter cup. Alison i dont like the study because it makes it worse. Its like giving them evidence. Jonathan license to be that way. Bill by them who do y refer to . Alison you men. Jonathan the man flu. I thought it was a person flu. Everybody gets it. Nancy everyone does this time of year. Jonathan we just whine more. Nancy yeah. Bill its a nice life to do that now. I want to start you out. This is at the maryland West Virginia line. Its beginning to look like christmas. Nancy wow bill its been looking like that. If you are traveling there are parts of the area that look like this. Traffic is moving okay. Which is nice. Cold temperatures. Then you get snow. We may get some of that here in our area in terms of the district. We will show you that in a moment. Talk about what is going on out there temperature wise. Its a quiet evening out right now. Relative where it has been just cold. Winds are down, 5 to 15. Versus the 20 to 30 like yesterday. Reagan national currently at 35 degrees. Feels cooler than that when you talk about the wind chill factor. All below freezing but warmer than a Single Digits. A couple down there in zero and minus tempera 33 at andrews. 29 at hagerstown. 32 around cumberland. With that said its warmer than this morning but we are talking about the wind chills in the 20s. The normal highs are in the upper 40s. So you need to layer up if you are heading out tonight. Its the holidays. Im sure a lot of you are going out. We have our own josh knight out in georgetown. What is the general consensus . Most folks bundled up out there that you see . Bundled up. You see them run by in shorts and hats. Its 36. The wind is light and it feels like 36. Its cold but not terrible. The other things these clouds might do is get in the way of the meteor shower. One of the best meteor showers all year. Hoping to get chance before the cloud move in and may be early tomorrow morning. The cloud are moving across. This is where it looks like for the snow. That is where it is. That is heading this direction. Run through the hourbyhour forecast. We will start it here. This is at 9 00. The blue that is around the d. C. Metro. The farther north you are, the greater the chance will be for you to to pick up the snowshowers. Because its so cold out there we could see light accumulations. I would be surprised if many of you pick up more than an inch of snow. Its enough to go through. 11 00, we still have clouds. There are breaks tonight and tomorrow morning. It is possible you could see the meteor showers but i dont call it lightly. The sunshine and clouds. In is upper 30s to 40s tomorrow. The greatest chance to pick up something. In the form of rain and not snow. Alison two attorneys hanging a noose on a building but a judge questions if its a hate crime. That is at the bottom of the hour. Catch the new star wars movie and drink a cocktail inspired by the film franchise. Im kevin lewis with details ahead. Jonathan check this out in l. A. Lines are forming outside of theaters. Alison if you are a fan of the series you already know that the latest movie hits the theaters in 27 hours. Jonathan we know the theaters are booked as far as people waiting in line. Kevin lewis show us how they are gearing up for big crowds tomorrow and through the weekend. Kevin this is the ninth star wars movie recognized as the real return for luke skywalker. And the somber farewell to carrie fisher. Last December Fisher died following a cardiac episode on a flight from london to l. A. Dozens of the local theaters the ipick theaters in North Bethesda which has the First Showing tomorrow at 6 00 p. M. Majority of the screens are dedicated to the film. Online ticket sales have been strong. Here is a seating chart for tomorrows 7 30 showing. The only open seat in the neck ache inducing front row. There is also a galactic menu. There is a coz mow cake and a 13 rum cocktail named the dichotomy. I will see it. I watched all the movies since i was a kid. The first movie came out in 1977. I have caught them all in the theaters. I dont want to break the chain now. Im excited and i am probably going to see it. Are all my friends. At the same time, after the last few i have been kind of disillusioned i guess. It seems like the same story over and over again but with recognizable characters. Kevin a popup star wars bar opened last month along the h street corridor in northeast. It, too, bracing for big business over the next few days. In bethesda, im kevin lewis. Abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Next at abc7 news at 4 00 a couple of teens hanging a noose on a school building. But a judge in maryland says it might not constitute a hate crime. The reason coming up next. Plus, fewer people use taxi cabs at the airport. Now the Airport Authority is slowly taking them away. Im sam sweeney. Full announcer from abc7 news, this is a breaking news

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