commonwealth of virginia has 227 votes. elizabeth warren of the commonwealth of massachusetts has received two. maria cantwell of the state of washington has received one. susan collins of the state of maine has received one. carley fiorina of the commonwealth of virginia has received one. the sergeant at arms will remove the protesters from the gallery. the chamber will be in order. he chamber will be in order. duke has received one vote. in announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2017, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and the ouse of representatives. the purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to the senate concurrent resolution 2 of the 115th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved.

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virginia is a leader in p3. the admission came out yesterday or today and said no new grants or contracts coming from dod until they decide otherwise. i wondered what your reaction is to that, and are p3's the way we are going? gov. sandoval: we are one week into the administration. i will be reading that executive order or whatever official action you described very carefully. but he also signed an executive order yesterday that allowed for expediting the environmental pieces of the project. i saw that is very good news in terms of federal review of projects to get them going. i know in my state, it will delay a project four to six years with regard to the environmental aspects that have to be conducted before a project can go forward. juxtaposing those two, they seem to conflict with one another. but, until i read them myself, i took the executive order that was signed yesterday is very positive. gov. mcauliffe: i do think the way they are looking, going forward, is sort of ap three 3 type model. there is no q

host: joe thomas out of charlottesville, virginia. tell us about your show. what do you focus on? guest: virginia is a tree that never stops growing fruit. there is always something. apparently one of our lieutenant governor candidates is now that she had evidence that her opponent had had some kind of extramarital affair, then recanted when confronted about it and said i think i was hacked, i'm waiting for her to say it was the russians that did it. there is never an end to the things we can discuss with our listeners and we try to expose to our listeners. we take this very seriously in charlottesville. charlottesville, virginia is the home to jump -- thomas jefferson and james madison. the declaration of independence and the constitution come from charlottesville. this is serious business to us. aside from being home to donald trump's winery, we are very keyed into what is going on and a lot of people, both democrats and republicans were tired of the same old. my particular neighborhood in charlottesville was renamed bernieville. ev

in virginia between 2011 in 2013, a cost virginia $9.8 billion directly and 154,000 jobs. we need to work together to put an end to sequestration and prevent further cuts from harming our local economies. i will say governor sandoval and i had a very good meeting this morning with speaker ryan on this topic, and i am encouraged. the president has indicated he would like to invest as much as $1 trillion in our nation's infrastructure. every single governor in this nation has roads, bridges, wenels, and airports, and want to work together because we need to repair and replace them. along the way this will create or mend his and economic opportunities for everyone. we can work together to defend our critical data against cyber attacks the cost united states of america $300 million a year. in virginia alone last year, we saw 70 million attacks. that is a cyber attack every four seconds. act is another twortunity for federal -- balance the budget and invest in key economic infrastructure. we have seen what has happened to sears and macy's, as they are closing stores because it

he was a student at langley high school in virginia. tonight fairfax county police say the mother and son were victims of a murder-suicide at the hands of a family patriarch hong chen. his wife and teenage son before killing himself. their bodies were found friday inside their home on windy hill road in mclean. 16-year-old james chen was on the virginia science olympiad team at langley high school. you can see him right there performing in a school musical. the 48-year-old shirley zhou owned a permanent makeup store. today friends and neighbors began leaving flowers and other mementos outside the family's home. detectives haven't released a motive for what they are now calling a double murder- suicide. >>> okay. he is not a lion. he is not a tiger. he is both. we are going to >>> it's a rare animal kingdom. a liger is a cross between a lion and a tiger. they grow big. the largest in the world is called hercules pounds. >> cute right now. >> there is apparently a napoleon dynamite reference. >> pedro for president. >> there you go. >>> t

we're out here in virginia. mobilized, lined up to come and get their salt for another round of road treatments this morning. you will see these trucks throughout the morning treating the main arteries in loudon county. their destination first will be the salt garages where we are told there may still be some slick areas out there due to rain earlier. so watch out for your bridges, your curves and ramps. so as you are driving this morning, beware that the roads may look clear, but still be some rough patches out there. now back to eun in the studio. >>> some school closings and a lot of delays coming into our area right now. if you live in virginia, shennendoah county, page county, warren and clark county schools are all closed. frederick county, virginia, and winchester city schools are closed. >> and frederick county, merrell, and loudon county, schools are open twog hours late tt. in west virginia, jefferson and morgan county schools are closed. berkeley county schools and mineral county schools are on a two-

or less brought virginia to the patriotic cause, and in the words of the virginia convention, he has made it necessary that an additional number of forces be raised for our protection and defense. but there is one small problem. in 1775, colonial virginia had no standing professional army nor any precedent for one, thus the virginia convention met in williamsburg to establish the means for funding a more regular army of the colony, enumerating the terms for organizing up to six regiments for the defense virginia. the convention also made allowances for them to provide clothing, feed, and supply soldiers during their service. the convention and system that -- insisted that each common soldier not already sufficiently provided in the opinion of his commanding officer shall be provided with sufficient clothing at the expense of the public to be deducted out of his pay and also to be allowed by the public hunting shirt, a pair of leggings binding for his hat, , and require each soldier to at the expense of the public to be furnished with one good musket and bayonet, pouch, and canteen, a

in virginia between 2011 and 2013, it cost virginia $9.8 billion directly and 154,000 jobs. we need to work together to put an end to sequestration and to prevent further cuts from harming our local economies. i will say governor sandoval and i had a very good meeting this morning with speaker ryan on this topic, and i am encouraged. the president has indicated he would like to invest as much as $1 trillion in our nation's infrastructure. every single governor in this nation has roads, bridges, tunnels, and airports, and we want to work together because we need to replace them and we need to repair them. along the way, this will create tremendous job opportunities and economic opportunities for everyone. we can work together to defend our critical infrastructure and data against cyber attacks the -- that cost the united states of america $300 million a year. in virginia alone last year, we saw 70 million attacks. that is a cyber attack every four seconds. the marketplace fairness act is another opportunity for federal decision-makers to balance their budgets and invest in ke

. >> a former virginia nd aid a fe to president obama is throwing his hat in the ring for thet obh virginia governor's race.ac with elections.ht oh, no, we have another one on a the way here. perriello sent tweetent saying i'm running forng governor. i virginia will remain the firehee wall versus trump. our values worth defending. >> fox5's ronica cleary cleary joins us live in arlington tonight where perriello justlo j held his first official pressres conference.nfence. ronica. >> reporter: hey, shawn and , awn jim. actually it was private event.vt it was a round table with educators from virginia and i a have former congressman tom perriello here live. >> thank you for having me.ing . >> the first question, many people thought the democraticugt primary was a done t deal witheh the lieutenant governorlieu throwing his hat in the ring having the support of theteis ht heportgovernor, having the supps of senator tim kaine. kai tell me why you think that theht game is still in play for thisoi primary and why you think youhiy can be a force.. >> well, first of all i think ti most voters can't b

virginia loses a heartbrear the final 61-59. on the women's side, last time wasn'tps played iowa, it easy. today, they handled the hawkeyes easily. second quarter, format -- 44-33. slocum with the past, for the layup. terps lead at the break. terps up 19 in the fourth, jones past download, spins, scores, and gets fouled. she led the way with 28. maryland blows out the hawkeyes 100-81. yesterday we saw the williams sisters battle, and today, to -- to more great ones, federer and nadal. this one is deadlocked. federer was down 3-1 in the final set before playing what some experts are calling the best five games of his tennis career. he turned it up a notch, breaking the serve to take the ath grand slam championship age 35. tryouts for president today, the youth baseball academy said tryouts will be tom, george, teddy or bill. .t was all in costume we caught up with a candidate afterwards. people. man of the i am not exclusive. everybody is welcome. i want to bring everybody together, and i think mice beat will bring people excitem

into northern virginia around through. after 7:00 or 8:00 p.m., most of it is done and by midnight, it leds off to the east. any little bit of sleet or snow, changing to rain much of the region in blue, northern virginia the metro area and maryland, mainly rain well to our south and far to our west. mainly ice and mainly on elevated surfaces in the pink. the ground surfaces are well above freezing there as well. tomorrow we'll be seeing sunshine back. temperatures near 50 on sunday afternoon. for dr. king day on monday, a lot of clouds around. a small chance of a sprinkle. highs reaching the mid-40s in the afternoon. mid-50s on tuesday. increasing clouds. might get sprinkles tuesday evening. rain showers wednesday through midday drying out in the afternoon. highs upper 50s. looks nice toward inauguration day and next weekend. that's the way it looks. >> looking forward to that forecast, tom. thank you. >>> if you've ever been frustrated at the might not be the best way to take at dominion, we're putting our energy to work

of virginia. live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. the american worker is taking home for money. the labor department reporting total competition climbed half a percent over the previous three months whichs -- which also saw increases. last year the benefits climbed 2%, faster pace than 2015. next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- your legos online. how children can take on challenges from other kids around the world and show off the work in a cyber bullying safe place next. >> a new push to legalize marijuana in the state of maryland. will the proposal go up in smoke? jonathan: here is julie wright washington" preview. >> thank you, jonathan. tomorrow on "good morning washington," watch to win an awesome trip to live with kelly's after-oscar show in hollywood. >> plus a smart way to deal with a threatening call from a debt collector. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? sa

pitt up to 11th ranked virginia. 88-76. >>> buzz williams and virginia tech fresh off the upset against duke. this is all nc state. they're not playing around. wolfpack up 18. check out the big man. the former -- nc state up by 20. this ga smith jr. a monster game. 11 rebounds, 27 points, 11 assists. nc state wins it 104-78. >>> other scores for you. george mason wins the 11th game of the season 86-81 over umass. howard falls to florida a&m. 78-66. on the women's side, maryland takes down nebraska 93-49. george washington beat st. joseph, 53-44. george mason lost to st. louis, 89-50. >>> the capitals have to replicate the grit they showed in the overtime win tomorrow. they lost 16 straight. a win tomorrow in columbus tied for the most consecutive wins in nhl history. the caps, though, they're hoping to be the spoiler. >> doesn't matter who the opponent is, what their history is. we give them a lot of credit and respect going in like we what we do. >> i think they recognize columbus is obviously the -- they're coming into our building. we'll give them a good match. >> we'll be right back

winchester city public schools are closed today in virginia. there is a great event going on today at the washington convention center. nbc 4 partnering with the chamber of commerce for a hiring our heros event. the employment workshops begin at 8:00 a.m. lots of employers will be there to review resumes, conduct interviews and talk about job prospects. i'll be there, as well, to can help set up veterans spouses for success. in particular, we're talking about staying in and rejoining the workforce for the families impacted by our military service. >>> if you work for the federal government, you'll want to hear this. >> a virginia congressman is trying toic ma it easier to cut federal workers pay. congressman morgan griffith represents the ninth district. he and other house republicans are trying to reinstate the holman rule from the late 1800s. >> that move could undermine decades of civil service. this are about 50,000 workers in our area. >>> well, if you don't already have the nbc washington app today might be a good day to download it. that

parts of maryland and virginia dealing with snow this morning. the trouble spot that you need to watch out for. larry: the entire "good morning washington" to tracking not only what is out there, but round two is just around the corner. hang tight for that. glad you are with us this morning. we want to pass along some notes for you. the closings and delays are coming up pretty fast this morning. in virginia, clark, frederick, shenandoah, warren, and winchester city schools are closed. loudoun county, you have a two hour delay. west nordland, on a -- west moreland, when our delay.

as we zoom outcome a lot more most in west virginia, southwest virginia. that is working its way towards d.c., which is o c , 12:00 tomorrow morning, most of us with a coating of up to an inch. slick spots early tomorrow morning. i will show you who is most likely to pick up two inches coming up. kimberly: all right, josh, we will see you then. treating roads this morning and launched a partial deployment of crews about an hour ago. despite the said early treatment, you still need to be careful when you hit the roads. watch out for plow trucks or salt trucks hard at work as well. crowdlike to say, don't the plow. as the crews are working, be safe tomorrow morning. kimberly: they will work all night to make sure the roads are clear when you get up to head out the door. 7 on your side when the weather gets bad. at 4:00 a.m. with weather and traffic every 10 minutes. stay connected all day by following us on facebook, twitter, and download the or updates andpp f forecasts at your fingertips. new developments as the white house stands firm against mounting pre

>> even though new jersey has a gubernatorial campaign in 2017, virginia will be the big test a couple state. >> reporter: in a richmond times dispatch editorial today, one former hillary clinton adviser likened the tries star wars rogue 1. >> every day they grow stronger. >> reporter: calling it the beginning of the resistance against the gop empire where like the rebels, the spirited democrats desperately need a new hope in woodbridge, virginia, garrett haake,

zone, northern virginia, metro area into west virginia. mostly a little sleet and rain this morning, then mainly rain in the afternoon hours and temperatures are well above freezing. we're in the mid and upper 30s. reagan national at 38 degrees. hagerstown down to 31. no moisture up that way. 8:00 a.m., west, wet roads. 4:00 p.m., wet roads. so shouldn't have trouble getting around. hour by hour timing off and on wintry mix this morning through 8:00 a.m. mostly rain. it may get wet snow northeastern maryland as the moisture goes into the cold air that's locked in there. the rest of the day, a little bit of scattered light rain through the afternoon and evening hours. very light rain, most of it is ending by midnight tonight. we'll dry out tomorrow. a little sleet to rain, the blue zone, northern virginia. the green zone to our south. surfaces in the mountains. temperatures staying in the 30s all day long. generally in the mid to upper 30s in the metro area. storm team 4 ten-day outlook, we'll get sun back. mid-40s for dr. king day. could g

freedom and father of the university of virginia. when you really think about it, what is the statement that thomas jefferson is trying to make here? in my opinion it is this. what thomas jefferson wanted us to know is that, his greatness does not come from the powers that men had given to him. what makes jefferson great by the powers that he restored to mankind. thank you very much. [applause] >> we have time for a few questions. >> that was in engaging talk about a complex character. you spoke frequently of his writings and his collections. in one of your cartoons showed him with a -- wikis you say about thomas jefferson as a public speaker? robert: he was terrible. [laughter] robert: he was terrible. i think he was well aware of that. we think about how political culture was different then than it is now, fortunately for thomas jefferson, politicians -- i hate that term. statesmen. there were not many occasions for them to address crowds. if you were standing for office, you would never run for office. if people fourth your name y

a virginia must be at the head of this business. adams understood that because the war for independence had begun in massachusetts, because it was massachusetts where the british had first deployed troops, it was massachusetts who had response to the boston tea party and targeted the colony of massachusetts with what had known as the intolerable acts. that was wheres, the british had said this all caps to license into concrete. it was in massachusetts that you had to battle a bunker hill. it was a massachusetts that you saw the blood of americans spilled. it was in massachusetts that people from the bay colony had rallied to the fight, joined by other new englanders. congress, itnental was going to be truly continental, we need to bring on board people from other colonies. it was important to bring on board the delegates from the southern colonies and what better way to do that than to make thomas jefferson the person who was responsible for the declaration? that was reason number one. reason number two, he said i john adams amp up

goodlatte of virginia. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: i offer this manager's amendment to ensure that just as the reins act strengthens congress' check on rules that impose major new costs on the economy, it does not unduly delay the effect i haveness of mange new deregulatory actions, those that alleviate regulatory burdens of $100 million or more. when first introduced during the 112th congress, the reins act incorporated the definition of major rule in the underlying congressional review act, generally. a rule that has an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more. this was done in the interest of consistency with prior terminology. and it's swept in both actions that imposed costs and actions that lifted costs. but especially after the regulatory onslaught we have witnessed during the obama administration, it is time to revise that definition. we should assure that

the virginia general assembly convenes wednesday at noon. the 45-day session will be the last of governor terry mcauliffe's term. top of the agenda... is filling a one-point-five billion dollar shortfall in the state's 2-year budget. more than a thousand bills are expected to be filed before the wednesday deadline, including a bill banning handheld cell phones while driving. the maryland general assembly also begin agenda-- lawmakers must agree on more than 500-million a... and a ban or extended moratorium on n s fracking. lawmakers will also debate proposed steps to increase diversity among licensed medical marijuana business owners. an incident at anita's restaurant in ashburn, virginia is igniting a firestorm on social media. a 20-something white couple left without tipping their black waitress saturday, even after complimenting her service. and they left a racist message on the receipt. kelly carter says she's not upset. she says if the couple came back, she'd serve them again. two of her customers posted a photo of the message on facebo

virginia is a leader in piii three. the admission came out yesterday or today and said no new grants or contracts coming from dod until they decide otherwise. i wondered what your reaction is to that, and rp threes the way we are going? -- and are p3's the way we are going? governor sandoval: we are one week into the administration. i will be reading that executive order or whatever official action you described very carefully. but he also signed an executive order yesterday that allowed for expediting the environmental pieces of the project. i saw that is very good news in >> i said we want more flexibility and we will have more flexibility. it depends on what the formulas are. if i get a fixed amount of money and my economy takes a dive in my state and only more people icome eligible for medicaid, don't have the delta to cover them. i want to make sure there is something within that that they take into account for .luctuation in the economy >> to move onto infrastructure, i am old enough to remember when travel ready

west virginia, berkley county schools, a two-hour delay. also in west virginia, mineral, morgan and hampshier counties all opening two hours late. northern virginia now. baldwin elementary school will again be closed. it was closed yesterday after frozen pipes caused a water leak. in addition there's a broken heating coil. the district says baldwin family night will be rescheduled. neighbors in northwest washington are demanding that city fix a sink hole after a school bus became stuck. look at the video here. this happened on allison street northwest yesterday. a bus with special needs students on board road right if to that sink hole. they were able to safely remove the children from the bus. they said they told the city about the sink hole several times but it has still not been repaired. >>> if you use uber in d.c., your information is now going to be shared with local our news departments announce that they will release its ridership data. the company told the wall street journal that information will help communities. and it looks lik

he ended up talking to the french and set out to return to virginia. urgentton saw this as a task to get the french response that. the small party set out, but the weather starts to delay their advance. washington saw this as an urgent task to get the french response back -- . he tells of the second in command to stay in camp, gather strength and i and christopher gist will send out cross-country and get to the allegheny river to get to virginia. they covered 18 miles an in indian shelter. washington was starting to feel the rigors and demands. through a stroke of great misfortune, think countered an indian who offered to guide them on the shortest possible route and they set out. not long after setting out, the indian offered to kerry washington's pack -- two -- to carry washington's pack, which washington agreed to. he then asked to carry washington's musket, which he declined. gist ischristopher and finallyied, they get their bearings and they realized the indian has been leading the way away from the allegheny river. at that moment, the indian reac

and southwestern virginia. this band is going to come on through. if you haven't had much snow yet, that's going to be adding generally the totals i'm expecting. and as we look at the slick side streets here, this is in sterling, virginia. post your pictures on twitter and instagram. st. mary's county, lexington park there. they've had several inches now. we'll continue to see the snow falling. drifting away quickly by late but it will be ending around 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. temperatures will be staying generally in the 20s throughout the day. just a dusting to an inch in the light blue zone north and west of us. 1 to 2 inches, the dark blue zone. 2 to 6 inches farther south and east by the time it ends late .his afternoon >>> two live pictures we want to walk you through right now to the left of your screen this is centerville, virginia. you can see the snow just off i-66. the interstate itself looking relatively clear. but some of the ramps obviously going to be covered. and on the right, that's driving

water, virginia, lower eastern shore through virginia and north carolina, south carolina. we have a live image of wintergreen. the folks there 3600 feet up in elevation. they are going to get a couple of inches of snow. plenty cold for four straight days, cold enough to keep snow guns going full bore throughout the day and night. good news for ski areas. this is an interesting storm to watch. we have seen it before when they have a lot of energy and they are compact. there is a sharp cutoff line to the north and the west of where there is very little snow versuses the area not far away. what is interesting is the national weather service at 5:00 did expand t advisory to include anne arundel, prince george's, district, arlington, prescription william through culpeper and -- prince william through culpeper. that is the story through southwest virginia. pink area is under active winter warning. st. mary's, northern neck, pennsylvania, delaware. pink is the warning. likely to get the strongest amount of the wind and snow. in fact, the newport news area, hampton roads, the area

more so than northern virginia. the state bracing for windatbr gusts and heavy rain thatd y ra could cause power outages. outes the governor is urging residents avoid driving in thent snow if they can. can >>> because of the inclemhe incm weather several public schoolsvc canceled events charles crl calvert and anne arrundel aunde county public schools haveublico thato canceled their activitiest for today. in montgomery county school activities have been delayed until noon and saturdaesy h scho there has been canceled. ccele >>> winter weather also weaer a impacting the south andnd eastern united states.n united a georgia, the carolinas, alabama, all getting hit fromm heavy snow to ice and freezing rain. rain this winter storm system willte impact millions ofr psteople. l many of them living in placesla that typically don't see more sm than a dusting of snow. governors in all four stateste have declared states of emergency.emernc >>> now to the latest on theto t fort lauderdale.fo we still don't know why a former nat

they conveyed the message of governor of virginia. and then he set out to return to virginia. washington saw it as an urgent task. the small party sets out. but then the weather starts to , then horses start to give out. so he finally decides the group is slowing him down. in command, second make camp, gather your strength, let the horses recover, and then make your way south as soon as you can. cross country and get to the river to get back to virginia. sheltered -- the next day they set out again. washington was beginning to feel the rigors and demand. he was starting to feel a little bit weak. then through another stroke of great fortune they offered to guide them on the shortest possible route. and so they set out. washington agreed to let him do that. a little later they offer to carry the indians musket. your suspicion is well-founded. washington declined to have him carry the musket. at this point he is becoming increasingly concerned about the indian guide they have stumbled upon. meadow, ato a wide tree line on the opposite side. the indian has some distance out in fr

despite again the strongly worded signs in the area, currently in virginia counties, virginia counties are not allowed to ban smoking in public outdoor parks. we spoke with barbara, a former arlington county board chair who says the proposal will likely face several challenges. >> the general assembly in virginia does not have a history of giving local government more authority. they have a history of sort of rolling back authority from local government. i'm not sure that this is going to have a high probable of passage but it will start an interesting conversation. >> reporter: that conversation is already underway. what i can tell you is that this was the only cigarette but we spotted near this public park in arlington county. even though it's not yet law, folks are at least listening, but again, they're not following it completely or else we wouldn't spot any. as the senator mentioned this is a long shot. it's a long road ahea are willing to travel down when they return to session come next wednesday, they will have until january 11th to jan 25th to discuss the issue and decide how

>> reporter: erika, virginia's governor held a press conference here at dulles international airport this afternoon, telling the media that a family had been detained here at the airport, apparently had traveled internationally, was trying to reenter the country. a family with children. and was detained. according to the governor, this family was legally allowed to come here into the united states. he is demanding answers. now, there are demonstrators here at the airport, even as we support for refugees and for immigrants. the governor says he wants answers from the department of homeland security, who is being detained at the airport, why, and are any virginia residents. he is instructing the attorney general to explore all legal options. >> refugees are welcome here! no hate, no fear! refugees are welcome here! >> i am also very concerned about the national security implications of what this message has sent to members of the muslim faith, in all faiths, that we are no longer open and welcoming. this is not the nation that we know. this is not the nation that we love. >> the messag

in fact williams berg, virginia, over foot of snow, the highest one that i saw coming out of virginia. so, charlottesville couple every inches, freri 3.5 inches. just under half, 2 inches in hearn machines den, less than an inch. one to 2 inches across the metro area. snow long gone. sunshine out. it is deceiving sunshine. very, very cold on this early sunday morning, 15 degrees at reagan national. thirteen dullos. 13bwi. the second you step outside you will going to need incredible amount of layers. walk the dog, but they'll be cold, as well. temperatures in the teens. all across the northeast. seeing these dramatically cold rdings. eight in detroit. nine in cincinnati. 8 degrees in nashville. this is also a southern storm. that brought snow as far south as houston. and you can see y as that tropical cold air digging into central parts of the country, 24 amarillo, texas, 15 little rock, ten in st. louis, that cold canadian air in place, it will be again through tonight and storm has exit dollars off the new england coastline, you can still see some snow showers across nova scotia, ot

and also practices here in virginia >> yes, i practice in virginia. >> reporter: explain to me why there could still to be people who are affected even though they're not coming from places like syria >> there may be people living in places like a, there may be people living in joe has anberg that are of iranian decent who were able to get on the flight so we're here to nothing happens and we have access. >> reporter: these could be people that are, for example, refugees who were in transit or things like that; correct >> right, some people are in transit for 24 hours on their flight. they may have been in transit when the orders came down. >> reporter: any information this morning from family members or others as far as whether there are any new people being held as of today at dulles? have you heard? >> we don't have new information but around 3:00 a.m. there was a j2 visa holder still being detained, the wife of a doctor who is currently a resident in the united states. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. obviously, you can tell there is planned protest that's going to be happening

goes for the steal and gets it as virginia tech was trying to save some time. irish survive 76-71. >>> remember this guy, joe barry recently fired as redskins offensive coordinator. he's found some work thanks to an old colleague. that would be new rams coach sean mcvay. he was let go after two years with the redskins. >>> and coming up tonight, we've got afc divisional playoffs. new england hosting houston. this is david versus david being the texans, big underdogs to tom brady and the patriots. cbs analyst and former nfl mvp phil simms offers his key to an upset. >> whoever beats them will have to turn. in other words you're going to have to find maybe a way. can you make the patriots offense turn the football over? i think tom brady has two interceptions for the year. let me tell you something. i play quarterback in the nfl. that's ridiculous. >> it is ridiculous. wizards go for 11 wins in a row at home tonight. expect john wall to play. taking on the up start, philadelphia 76ers. wiz back home after a tough loss to the celtics the other night. wiz .500 reco

if virginia was the dominant state, if the virginia delegation had walked out that , would have been the end of the convention. there would have been no federal government. so, they caucused. they go back-and-forth. they don't want to destroy the effort, so they stay. but madison never got over that. he saw that as a defeat. he saw both of those things the , loss of the veto and proportional representation, also is defeats. now the question -- many were , stunned when they saw the constitution published. in september of 1787. not what we wanted. this is not what we expected." hundreds of thousands of people are shocked who would never have thought that this was going to come out of the convention. they thought it was going to be an enhanced articles of confederation. so, this is immediately -- they go into opposition. this is where the anti-federalist -- that is what as a name. them the opponents of the constitution. that is not what they wanted at all. now the question that was raised , by madison himself. he could not say anything to jefferson because they took a bow of secrecy. je

reaction from virginia's drivers. >> probably. probably would. >> if they are a left lane driver they will continue that. brianne: brianne carter, abc7 news. larry: all right. time for a check of the roads. trenice bishop is on traffic watch. hey, good evening. trenice: hey, good evening to you, larry. this evening we are just clearing up an incident on southbound 95. we had a car carrier blocking two left lanes for quite a bit. it looks like they found someone or a tow truck large enough to move him out of the way. some folks may be waiting for the vehicles on the carrier longer. you are also waiting in delays on 95 southbound. basically slow out of newington to lorton. the delays get a little bitter as you head to dale city. elsewhere this afternoon, we have something happening on 66, westbound direction 66 at 123. everything off to the shoulder but still causing a delay. your regular dela beltway. as a result of the accident here along the right-side. also folks traveling through the district we have congestion here on the sout

congressman morgan griffith represents virginia's 9th district. he and other house republicans are working to reinstate the holman rule from the late 1800s. it let's lawmakers cut an individual's pay to $1. but that rule could undermine decades of civil service. >> it's beyond silly. i don't know how to comment on it. >> is it an attack on civil service? >> >> there are about 350,000 federal workers in our area, plus the postal service, secret agencies and the military. >>> being a mother with three kids is hard work. >> it is. 100%. 3,000% true. >> maybe you should have read that. >> yes. >> it can be particularly hard if you don't have a car. one northern virginia mother says for two years, she and her family did not have a reliable way to get around. not any more. catholic charities of arlington gifted waday sheriff with a new car yesterday. she and her kids came to the u.s. from liberia to escape an ebola out brebrea breaoutbreak. sheriff says it has been hard being a single mom on top of that without a car. >> i leave my kids home because i c

thats ' also in frederick county in virginia. are the restin of you who have t seen any snow going to get anything? well, it's all up top this batch of snow that you see out here toward charleston. let me see if i can get mymy clicker on here and then you can see. this still has to come across between midnight and 3:00 a.m. if we're going to get a dusting from in d.c. it will come fromm that. we think that's still doable.abe it's not going to hamper the commute too much in any where you haven't seen any snow yet. we still have the dry spot over d.c. we expect this to be done by about 3 in the morning so that would give us you crews severalw hours to get ahead of thiss thing. not expecting a lot of problems here in the closer dmv.v. certainly some delays out where

most of that is exiting the panhandle of west virginia and moving north and west. it's up near hancock, maryland, right now. a good coating of snow in frederick county, virginia. patricia sent that via twitter. now we have coastal flood advisories until 9:00 today. it includes also arlington and right there along the potomac, alexandria, where the waterfront is going to have some high tide times here, two feet above normal high tide. warren county schools evening activities are cancelled tonight in warren county, virginia. >>> samsung has finally figured out what caused its galaxy note 7 phones to catch fire. >> there were flaws in the batteries. >> we knew the batteries were catching fire, but now we know why. we'll show you that in a minute. first samsung says it found problems in the design and production of batteries used in its galaxy note 7 smart phone. samsung says it tested more than phones and find defects in the batteries. it found the battery had a design problem. while the battery in its replacement smart phone given to consumers in exchange for the rec

in northern virginia, that's already happening. today state and local leaders held a transportation tour to show off the improvements. >> reporter: there is a ton of transportation work happening in northern virginia. if you drive by the ongoing construction of the second phase of the silver line, you see that here. but a lot of people want to know what benefits are am i seeing from the taxes that i pay for transportation? today we got an explanation. >> our goal is simple, we want to get people home from work faster. >> reporter: you may not even think about it, but a number of taxes have gone up in northern virginia in recent years with the specific purpose of funding transportation projects. those projects are rising and taking shape. >> there's going to be new bus service, new park and ride lots. >> reporter: today state and local leaders showing off what the money is being used r, plenty of work happening in northern virginia their helping to build. >> people are paying a little bit more when they sell a house, rent a hotel ro