the first leg of that journey. >> and to our big story, and that monster snowstorm. it's moving its way up the east coast. you're looking live at our nation's capital where the snow is falling. >> it looks nice right now, heather. but boy! it's going to get going soon, right? >> let's remember, a snowstorm such as this one for them is like a 24- to 36-hour event. right now they're accumulating about a half inch to an inch an hour. give that 24 hours and see what you wind up with. in our area, boston along the mass pike, head north of there, the effects will be less and less if at all. head south, the effects build in terms of more and more snow. very sharp kind of cutoff or buildup in either direction. of course, the whole key is finding exactly where that crunch is going to be, because it could build up pretty quickly going south and diminish quickly going north. blizzard warning for the vineyard, because they're going to have heavy snow with strong wind. nantucket might face a similar situation. and a winter storm warning for the waters of the south shore

connecticut. that's the winter storm warning. also winter weather advisory for northern connecticut and northern rhode island. here's the storm's track, just far enough away for us to avoid the worth but still get a pretty good amount of snow to the southern part of our area. it's moving in tonight before new york. 7:00 tomorrow morning. leading edge, hartford to providence. north. may never get north of route 2 but yet we'll still be accumulating snow from boston southward, heaviest around the cape saturday night. then it all starts to exit early on sunday. so my best estimate on snow accumulation would be one to three inches north of the pike, probably nothing north of route 2. and three to six inches south of the pike, especially southern worcester county, northern rhode island, northern connecticut. but providence to plymouth on south, including the rest of southeastern mass, we'll talk

in a little while. >> nearly two dozen states are on alert at this hour as that storm moves up the east coast and ed harding joins us with more on that. >> and the end of the storm could end up being a crippling blizzard. the extreme weather has already left a mark on the south. reporter: the snow is already falling, blanketing north carolina where the panthers are practicing, still scheduled for sunday. and in louisville, kentucky, a rare treat! >> five sledding hills are up and running if you want to get out and burn off energy. reporter: for all the wintry fun, concern too. with 70 million americans in the path of extreme weather, the storm making its way north up 95. at least two more deaths from road accidents in north carolina and in the nation's capital, a lockdown. >> we have a forecast that i don't think we've had in 90 years. >> by 3:00, you need to be where

reporter: up to 30 inches of snow predicted in d.c.! 50-mile-per-hour winds. and storm shelves reflect that concern. in the new york area, almost 1800 snowplows are at the ready. >> stay off the roads. they will not only be snow-filled and slippery, there could be whiteout conditions, meaning a drive cannot see what's happening. reporter: this nasa satellite shows the snowstorm growing by the hour. >> this will be the greatest test since hurricane sandy. >> the system is also impacting professional sports. two nba games have been postponed, including the celtics game at philadelphia. and an nhl game also has been put off, and nascar's induction ceremony has been delayed because of the weather. >> a close call to tell you about for a small plane pilot and his passenger, both forced to land in a western new york state field. a single-engine cessna had no problem taking off from new bedford yesterday, but when it got close to the airport in rochester, new york, the engine just iced up. the pilot says he didn't have

to think about it. >> i issued a mayday, reported my position and looked for a place to ditch. can't panic like that. my buddy was freaked out but he was pretty happy when i got down on the ground. >> okay to freak out if you're not flying the plane. both men are okay. the plane was towed away for inspection. >> a new hampshire police dog has got a new protective vest. thanks to a young man's sacrifice. the k-9 is probably sporting a new bullet and knife-proof vest! a local boy named oliver heard that the department was raising money for that vest and he donated his weekly allowance to the cause. that caught the interest of a nonprofit organization which covered the rest of the $2,000 price. >> good for them. oftentimes, those dogs are the first ones in.

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>> you're watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> a former alaska airlines pilot is charged with being drunk behind the controls. federal prosecutors in in california say david arntson was

and drugs when he piloted two flights in june, 2014, one from san diego to portland and county. his blood-alcohol level tested double the legal limit to drive a car. >> right now, regional director with the e.p.a. is stepping down, following that water scandal we told you about in flint, michigan. e.p.a. administrators say the move will ensure that the restoration of safe drinking sole focus. it is not certain if the water crisis is linked to an increase of legionnaires' disease in the flint area. >> caught on camera. an uber driver being attacked by an unruly passenger. this is not the first time we've seen an uber ride turn violent. lauren lyster has more tonight. >> [bleep]! reporter: an uber meltdown. papers and punches in a confrontation with an uber drive on sunday. today the woman seen in this

ramkissoon, a fowr-year -- fourth-year neurology resident in miami. >> call 911! reporter: when anjali ramkissoon jumped into an uber that wasn't hers, the customer that did order the car started recording. >> get some help! >> call 911! reporter: the clash between anjali ramkissoon and the driver going on for minutes. she climbed into his car at one point, hurling insults and personal items out the window. this isn't the first time an uber driver has been attacked. in october, this video surfaced bell executive back seat. as for anjali ramkissoon, in the break, just walking off. in miami, police telling abc news there was no incident report or arrest. jackson health system, releasing a statement, saying she's been placed an administrative leave, adding

investigation to determine if disciplinary action will be taken, up to and including termination. also, uber has suspended her account. anjali ramkissoon, meanwhile, did not respond to abc's request for comment. lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. >> just a shocking sight on the highway. >> a toddler just walking right down the road. still to come, the story behind this and why the parents are not facing any charges. >> and a cat found near dead. he was rescued. he's back to good health. vets a calling it a miracle. >> and, of course, we're following the storm as it moves up the east coast, snowing moderately in washington and baltimore. soon to start in philly and later in new york. part of our area will get a significant amount. there's a look at washington

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massive geyser. this happened overnight in a town called wauwatosa. when police arrived, the water was only bubbling from the ground. then it surged, shooting into the area. no one was hurt. several area businesses, as you would imagine, were impacted. >> looking live at the white house. d.c. is really where we're getting most of our pictures. the storm hasn't really gotten cooking yet, has it, harvey? >> well, you know what? it's a slow cook, all right? but it's definitely going to get done, i can tell you that. >> someone is going to be done, by the time this is done. >> they're snowing about a half inch to an inch per hour. they already have a couple of inches. when it's all said and done, they're probably going to have a couple of feet, around two feet would be my estimate. here is the area under not only a winter storm warning but a blizzard warning. and it does include new york and long island. but it also includes block island, as a watch, i should say, and the vineyard, because it might

conditions on the islands there. for the rest of our region -- i'm sorry. i'll correct myself. it is a blizzard warning in effect for the vin-yard and block -- vineyards and block island. southeastern mass, the capes, all under a winter storm warning. that generally implies a potential of six inches or more. then we have a winter weather advisory, which generally implies about three to six inches of snow. i would not be surprised if those amounts are also realized up to let's say, worcester and across to boston, with amounts diminishing as you head north from there. that's the general idea. as we've been saying all along, we knew washington was going to be in, and baltimore and philly and new york, rite on the edge of the snowplow. our area in general on the edge of the snow. but the southern part of our area also on the edge of the heavier mouth of snow. here is

continues to get its act together. it's going to make that move northeastward. just a little bit south of a classic track that would give boston a very major snowstorm, but it's close. even though boston may not qualify for a major snowstorm -- we'll see when it's all said and done -- it's possible that southeastern mass and the cape could come close to that. 11:00 tonight, probably already snowing in new york city. about 7 a.m. in the morning, hartford to providence. pike. in new hampshire and vermont, the air is going to stay very dry, with high pressure in control. so there's a northern lid to how the idea, though, is sometimes you just barely get in and or heavy snow. even though i'm showing the forecasted amounts, we could get

showing in even a smaller number of miles. steadiest snow for boston area immediately would be tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night and then tapering off after midnight, ending around dawn on sunday. lastly in southeastern mass and the capes. so my estimate is north of the pike, north of boston, one to three inches. south of boston, south of the pike, for a distance, three to six, and then roughly hartford to providence, potential of six to 10 inches of snow. a lot of wind potential around the capes. 29 is our temperature right now. tonight we'll drop to the teens, along the inland areas. 20's along the coast. we've got the battle between cold air to the north, and just south of the carolinas it's very warm. just look at this. this is estimated gusts from one of our computer models. atlantic city, 11:00 tonight, 36. tomorrow morning, 55-mile-per-hour gusts, could be over 60.

nantucket, 60 to 70-mile-per-hour gusts. we're talking about a lot of wind, especially for the capes and islands. there is the high wind warning as well as the coastal flood watch. for late tomorrow night around 11:00, that high tide, also for the high tide, most especially that comes around 11:00 on sunday morning. it is the area on the south shore down to the cape that can expect a two to three-foot storm surge with 10- to 20-foot waves. pockets of moderate flooding also possible. to the north, not as severe as the south in terms of waters, being a little bit more removed from the storm center. let's see if we can take you to the seven-day. after we're done with the storm early sunday, we get a nice respite, nice and sunny. take a little while to clear on the cape. in the 30's in the afternoon. a little milder for monday and

, with a few showers tuesday. then somewhat colder for wednesday and thursday. >> they are calling him the miracle cat. just before christmas, frank was found battered and suffering from several injuries. poor kitty was also severely underweight. an animal control officer rescued frank. and he's made some pretty great strides. after undergoing several adoption. he is gorgeous! >> all right, don't drop your back. big chains like barnes & noble are pushing vinyl. yes, vinyl! and some local companies are [music] >> the vinyl revival is alive and well, in jamaica plain, vintage

new albums sell for a very competitive $15. >> vinyls have made a huge it's tangible. you can touch it. you can look at it. and it sounds better. >> manufacturing is mostly done at a small number of small facilities like the burlington record plant in vermont, which opened in the spring of 2015. it's the only vinyl pressing plant in new england. another company betting on vinyl, u-turn audio, where they've been assembling turn tables since 2013. they say it all started with a grant from northeastern university to make a prototype. >> we wanted to raise $60,000 to do this in someone's garage but we exceeded our projection four times. we raised almost a quarter of a million. we had 1,000 turn table orders.

over nine million new vinyl records, meaning u-turn is turning a healthy profit, thank you. boston audio philes are on board. >> long live vinyl! >> if you're saying to yourself, what's vinyl? google it. >> i don't think my kids know! >> "chronicle" -- tune into the local music scene tonight. underground concert scene and catching a set from a rock 'n' roll survivor. that's music makers tonight and "chronicle" at 7:30. >> i think it's exciting. turn table, put the needle on it. >> i still have some of my old 45's. >> ha ha! it doesn't surprise me. the long health battle that music legend glenn frey dealt with more years. >> and then there's this. the medication he took is now raising some concerns. up next, the questions about whether it played a role in his

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>> there are new questions tonight about the death of music legend glenn frey. the 67-year-old suffered from debilitating rheumatoid arthritis for years. his manager believes all the medication he took to control it may have actually played a role in his death. [music] take it easy take it easy >> for rock legend glenn frey, it was tough to take it easy, later in life, because of his 15-year battle with rheumatoid arthritis. tonight, there are new questions about the precise cause of his death. the eagles' website says frey died with complications from r.a. the band's manager says he believes those complications were side effects from all the meds. >> these medications fall into a class we call biologic therapies. they act by sprezzing the -- suppressing

>> rheumatoid arthritis is chronic inflammation that occurs when the body's immune system attacks joints. it results in swollen swoints and stiffness that can last for hours. as frey's manager described, one day his knees would hurt, then his hands. there's no cure for r.a. and doctors say some of the most effective treatments can increase the risk of infection. >> so if you have rheumatoid arthritis, and you're on a medication that suppresses your immune system, a mild infection could turn into a serious infection if it's not caught early. take it to the limit >> we may never know for sure if the drugs frey was taking shortened his life span. either way, his friends and fans will certainly miss him. take it to the limit one more time [cheering] >> a huge music talent. anybody with any kind of debilitating pain like that

there has been no release of any funeral plans yet. >> and no word on which on. time will tell that too. newscenter 5 at 6:00 gets started now. >> now on newscenter 5 -- >> big changes to the historic storm already pounding the mid-atlantic. too. the timeline and which areas get the most snow. >> a wild ride! >> i started to walk out. and there was a car in the pool. >> the driver's excuse and why this cleanup will take a while. >> and the patriots are off to denver, ready to face a sea of orange. the last-minute trash talk and broncos player who says he hates the patriots. >> from boston's news leader, this is news 5 at 6:00. >> live pictures from our nation's capital. there's a monster storm moving its way up the east coast. >> it has already made a mess in

cars stuck in the snow, sliding off roads. a blizzard warning for part of massachusetts. >> and a winter storm watch for other parts. a few important changes to note tonight. >> absolutely. i've got to tell you, it's really looking more and more like the mass pike is really going to be a delineation. north of the mass pike, really not going to be a whole lot of snow. winter storm warning in effect for southern rhode island, southern connecticut. a lot of southeastern massachusetts and the cape and nantucket. there's actually a blizzard warning in effect for both the vineyard and for block island. then we have a winter weather advisory for northern connecticut, northern rhode island and the rest of interior southeastern mass. once you get north, to the mass pike, this is where you could get only a couple inches. it's going to be that sharp a line as we get into this storm. we're watching two high tides. later tomorrow night, around

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