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live in alexandria, jeff goldberg. >> howard county police arrested a man in connection with a sexual abuse case that dates back to 1997. he is facing 14 counts of sexual offenses. police were contacted by the family of the victim who is now 23 years old. 200stigation revealed a incidents of sexual abuse. detectives believe there may have been other victims. >> we're following developments of the house voting on a budget deal. ryane live there with paul , one of the architects of the plan. to avoide continuing another shut down for at least two years. it would not raise taxes and a laminate defense spending cuts known as the sequester. extend unemployment benefits. some are against the deal. reaction to his critics. >> it is unlikely anything will be done on immigration reform as long as people are upset. >> those who have -- these tents are coming down. they say the fight continues. we saw it on capitol hill. not afraid to get loud and eric cantor's office. the majority leader something has to be done. the office of more than 200 republican house members were targeted in the same man

jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. mcdonnell reposes new changes to improve mental health services. he wants $30 million in state funding to create a crisis task force following the deaths of the son of virginia state senator craig deeds. this happened less than one day after he had been released from emergency custody. virginia mental health officials have announced other changes. >> crews are working to restore electricity to people in the area. customers in4000 the dark in fairfax and prince william counties. b.g.e. reporting less than 50 affected customers. a check of the traffic situation. traffic, ase is of far as rush-hour, light volume out there. a lot of people didn't go to work today. some on the map, but it is not showing anything as far as traffic. there is no delayed traveling southbound this evening. we have to watch out for icy conditions as temperatures continue to fall. later on, neighborhood streets are going to i sub. -- ice up. no delays to report around the beltway on 56. traffic running freely. .hat is what it looks like that is the way it looks. back to you. >

live in springville, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. a sentencing for child bernard recharges -- pornography charges. reacted weakly to catch a falling baby, and it was all caught on camera. >> during the height of the holiday season, a roaring ? >> remember this seen here, where a woman's yard all decked out caused some problems? a judge has ruled what could happen for the hunted gardens -- gardens. keep thee ruled to attraction opened but for fewer days. monterey county not too thrilled with that ruling sought richard thrilled with that ruling so it sought to get up remotely shutdown. insanta is taking a backseat her front yard. it is now filled with controversy. halloweenomemade attraction has grown in size leading to numerous traffic and noise complaints. he is not a fan. >> people from outside the neighborhood are coming in here came duringople night one, and 900 and 80 came during night to. from arlington, areas.sburg, and other when you're getting coverage on the news channels, it is no wonder that people came to see what the fus

. >> jeff goldberg is live with the details and the reaction of the attorney general a lack, mark herring. >> they are getting ready for the inauguration of terry mcauliffe and mark herring. a republican, mark obenshain, told herring he conceded. and this recount began, he his attorneys were looking for any issues or a regularities that might change the results of the election. they were not there. >> it has become apparent that our campaign is going to come up a few votes short. >> mark obenshain conceded he had lost the closest statewide race in virginia history. it was clear that the numbers didn't add up. >> it was a vigorous campaign. it is over. byafter trailing i'm near -- nearly 160 votes, he called for a recount funded by the state because of the difference. the recount saw his lead grow. only more than 100 challenged ballots on the table, herring's lead was insurmountable. the victory in the attorney general's race along with jerry mcauliffe's -- terry mcauliffe's a sweep ofdemocrats the top three spots in state government or the first time in 20 years. everyone to reassure that

jeff goldberg has been in the courtroom all week and has reaction from today's verdict. >> shortly after the verdict was read in court, curtis dokken's, father of julian dawkins had to walk out. amat this particular time i not -- >> the verdict of voluntary manslaughter left friends and family members crushed. several cried in court, including his mother. >> what is important that i am at a loss. my son will never be back but his legacy will never be forgotten. >> our heart hurts. we are very sympathetic to julian dokken's family -- dawkins' family. >> patterson returned to the scene and maliciously and intentionally shot and killed dawkins. the argument was that dawkins was drunk and confrontational. the verdict was read, the sentencing phase began. fighting through tears, the mother said -- several jurors were crying as well. >> it is a situation that needs much rare, the support for the family. prayer, support for the family. >> the recommended sentence was 0-12 months in jail and $2500 in fines. the family of julian dawkins plans to pursue a civil suit. light is shed on what happen w

jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. the top take a look at stories. a police officer in trouble with the law. toth tabron pleaded guilty taking pornographic photos of a family member's. yeareceived a five- suspended sentence and five years of probation. >> retail analysts predict the day after christmas will be better than originally thought when it comes to sales. shoppers are not the only one in full force. arethird of consumers returning at least one holiday gift. >> fedex and ups are scrambling to deliver packages they should have arrived before christmas. ups aside in bad weather and overloaded systems. neither company said how many packages were late but said it was a small share. is also working on what led to the delays and has customers outraged tonight. david gave us a peek at what to expect. up, more on the ups christmas nightmare of sorts, packages not making it in time and how ups is explaining this and was some major retailers are offering. and also the new video the american kidnapped and the plea to the president to rescue him. and whe

jeff goldberg has the story. >> attested at ninth and pennsylvania for nearly 40 years the outdatedtgrown and undersized headquarters. >> this is just the absolute perfect fit. >> they're making the case to be the bureau's new home. fairfax believes this site is ideal close to frank failed -- springfield franconia metro and already close to buildings owned by the general service administration. site to ignorerd and it is the front runner for a reason. it makes the most sense. >> prince george's county says it's proposed site is even better. it's right next to the metro, off the beltway, and a large number of prince george's residents working for the a he i would keep them closer to home. andt is the last frontier it's a place to be when it comes to development. of the are getting a lot attention but the bidding theess remains open until 17th and they are strongly encouraging the district of columbia to offer a proposal. reports they are out of the running without having anything big enough. -- no wonder the fbi >> more jobs for maryland means more money. most wanted on both sides of the r

jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> paramedics rushed a teenager to the hospital after a classmate uses pepper spray during a fight. police say that seven student -- several students were fighting when one pulled out a can of pepper spray. at least five other teens were seed -- treated at the scene. police are looking for a gunman who shot a man the face in southeast. the shooter shot into a group of people around noon. the victim was conscious and breathing when paramedics took him off to the hospital. outrage tonight over a series of sexual assaults inside eight ec pool -- a d.c. pool. we're outside the pool with the action that was taken today. >> it was hot seat time. employees not doing their jobs? or the negligent or was this a cover-up? allegations of sexual assault at the wilson aquatic center came down to this. >> i am not satisfied and i will not be until i find what they will do to change this. from thented answers director after at least three victims, two of them juveniles, came forward claiming they had been sexually assaulted at the pool after hours. >> we do not condone and are

jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> the weather certainly has an effect on many of these water main breaks around here. >> we have experienced extreme cold and we will see what is ahead for this week. doug hill in the weather center with a look at the forecast. >> this kind of weather you do not want to hear about with regard to that. it will be very warm for a couple of days and get very cold again. right now we are at 52. let's take a look at our live the rivermera across at reagan national. 54 in college park in arlington. 52 in frederick. 51 in bowie. 52 in gaithersburg. 48 in lexington park. nd 55 in fredericksburg and 56 in manassas. partly cloudy through the evening and light winds out of the southeast. temperatures dropping into the 40 plus and overnight, cloudy skies and above raising temperatures, 30's and 40 plus. more on unseasonably whether unseasonably -- and see andher that is cold unseasonably warm weather. >> police -- a police officer accused of taking pictures of a 15-year-old. >> this could go beyond the 15- year-old girl. they got the officers digital camera and found

jeff goldberg spoke with wuensch el. jeff? >> he is currently out of jail on a $2500 bond, on administrative leave as both a legal process and investigation for loudoun county schools run their course. a pe teacherars as with loudoun county and five years before that and fairfax, wuenchel is greg dealing with a difficult reality. he says he had been drinking the night before and felt fine on his drive from home in west virginia to work at cedar lane elementary -- burnt. forgot that he had alcohol still in his bag when he entered the school. >> i feel completely ashamed and i would like to apologize to cedar lane and loudoun county public schools. >> yesterday morning, a fellow staff member suspected he was drunk, leading to a response from a lot in county school resource officer. following an interview and field served friday test, in addition to finding the alcohol in his vehicle, he was arrested and charged with the ui, driving without a license, and position of alcohol on school property. >> he is a well-known known figure

. >> jeff goldberg, the other piece of this is the israeli reaction. he did succeed last week in israel to try to get netanyahu to quiet. >> stop yelling. >> stop yelling quite so much about all this. this is what he had to say today about prime minister netanyahu in part. >> if you remember when prime minister netanyahu held up that cartoon at the u.n. with the bomb in it in 2012, he showed the world the chart that highlighted the type of uranium he was most concerned about. he was talking about the 20% stockpile. under this agreement iran will forfeit all, not part, all of that 20%, that 200 kilogram stockpile. gone. that's basically his argument. >> the goal line shifting, administration critique, israeli critique, we're doing what you asked for. netanyahu's critique is it's not enough. obviously a lot of people on the hill who feel it's not enough, so the administration is dealing with a lot of incoming. incoming from the gulf states as well on this. so it's a very dicey proposition right now that kerry is trying to advance on the hill. >> ann guer

>> joining us now, jeff hersh as well as gary goldberg. welcome to you both. jeff, i think a lot of people talk about the santa claus rally as something in the run up to christmas. you say it really happens in the days after. >> yeah. it's something we discovered back in '72. it's the last five trading days of the year averages 17% on the s&p 500. friend did a study in the "the journal" back to 1986 better than any other seven day period of the year. >> eeb with the gains we've seen in the last 12 months, does that skew the possibility of this seasonal trend to happen this year? >> not necessarily. these gains have been quite seasonally, you know, expected as well. first half of december tends to be weak. i think after a couple weeks of softness here, we can get a santa claus rally get a small cap effect, a january effect. the important part other than the nice little gain can you get out of a santa claus rally is a phrase yale -- my father came up with if santa claus should fail to call, bears use it to create a wall. >> interesting. oliver, this comes after