>> we had to get through a few days and spring is here. sort of. >> a wish for you. take a look. it will be cold tomorrow and presidents' day. only in the 30's. tuesday around 40's. 50's on wednesday. 60's on thursday and friday. the cold front, not a tremendous amount of cold air. it will hold into the 50's. not a big deal. maybe a dusting of snow. >> it will feel like florida weather compared to what we have had. stay with us. we have more on the winter storm slamming the northeast.

>> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news saturday news extra. >> more misery for millions of americans trying to recover from this week's winter storm. a nut when is moving into the northeast threatening to dump -- another one is moving into the northeast threatening to dump as much of a foot of snow. >> the latest snowstorm comes with renewed fears over the damage. what it can do to buildings. withstande home can two feet of snow before the roof become susceptible. that is more than what some parts of the north east has gotten. much more. this 70 year old did not need a roof over his head. his best friend kept him warm. -- this 70 year old did not need a roof over his head. old did not need

a roof over his head. >> he kept me warm. >> it is hard with his rate of snowfall. a delivery of 30,000 tons of salt. will contact you to arrange for a town to come to one of six facilities based on their needs. >> and other casualty of the weather has been air travel with a hyphen number of flight cancellations in 25 years. >> the council. , but you havencel to deal with it. daredevil had a novel way of getting around in the city.n new york he did not get a ticket. even though, do not try this at home.

>> something else caught on camera. pointager robbed all gone -- robbed of by gunpoint on camera by a thief who wanted his coat. on somethingmed that was opposed to keep them safe. but d.c. police the just-released this video. the teenager is attempting to unlock the security gate at his apartment complex. watch as the gun toting bandit races from behind demand in his coat and then his shirt and finally a chain or necklace. the teenager appears to be crawling. he was actually dodging the gun fire. >> the shooting was so close. not want her name or face revealed but said the gunman was shooting at running. it iscalled the police.

ridiculous. >> other it's claim the security gate made the teenager a target. >> you have to keep wiggling with it. you, somebody is chasing you will be trapped. it is a death trap. >> we wanted to talk to a manager or the property owner company that did the faulty locks left some people sitting ducks. we called the number of the side of the building. the calls do not go through. thewhile, police are hoping you recognize the god man. -- the gunman. >> this is ridiculous. it has to be something better. >> in southeast washington, robert lyles. >> frightening video. a panda exclusive. how zookeepers are changing this panda and it is not about silly animal tricks.

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you can see the floor slowly drop. the sinkhole opens and pull the cars underground. .t is 40 feet wide the museum is in kentucky. undergroundh a deep caves. the museum is open about the sinkhole is blocked off. this the next story is proof that crime does not pay. a man is facing charges and he got trapped in a jewelry store he was trying to burglarize. it was captured on a surveillance camera. he broke in through a rental unit attached to the building and you trip and alarm trying to break into a case with unbreakable glass. he got trapped inside of the building and cannot get out. police pulled up as he was trying to get out through the front door. you may have heard be advised that the lowering your thermostat and you can save money during the winter months. can a couple degrees it really make a difference?

natasha barrett found out. you mightnth is what see higher energy bills. some companies estimate for a five percent more because of the record cold we have been having. he has a message for his home. >> it is 59 and now. >> it will go down to 67. >> how important is a few degrees in your heating bill? decrease by a digital or two doesn't make a difference? >> it it does. the if you set it at 68 which we recommend, for each degree you turn it down, it is a 40% decrease in your energy consumption. >> that savings can save you money. the department of energy said every degree you drop, you can say one percent.

energy star recommends setting for your thermostat at 68 degrees during the day and dropping it a 6-7 degrees at night for at least a four hours and you can save 10% or your bill. >> we try to be as efficient as we can with our power usage. >> you seem to be on top of it. >> abc 7 news. >> another thing ralph did was to get a heat pump tuneup. it can make sure that it is working properly and your power company can offer rebates for that. straight ahead. not the kind of architecture our area is known for. with this kind of whether it makes sense. the luxury you will find in a local igloo. steve is back to tell us if we

>> we are taking a look at the national zoo panda camera. the panda is almost six months old. unless you visit the zoo, this is usually the view you see of her. in an exclusive, we are getting up close and personal. hi. it is nice to meet you. her name means precious in the chinese and she is the most celebrated creature in the world right now. to herlusive a visit intersection where he came up

with a host of rules. as she stretched and toddled around, the laughter was undeniable. we came to witness in the early days of her training program. n rodriguez uses a stick with a ball at the end to teach her basic skills. good job. >> a good job. >> sometimes it works and sometimes she just wants to play with everything at once. it is not about to play or tricks. her father showed one of the many things she will soon master. out of hisp his arm cage. blood will come and take and he will allow that. >> it is a huge help for the doctors. know she will be rewarded with a delicious honey water. she will lay down on demand.

this training also helps the bears get comfortable when human contact. like her parents, she will spend her life among specialists. at age four she will go to a reservation and china. the trainers and know they cannot get too comfortable. they want to help and not the domesticated these animals. how do you not want to cuddle all of the time? >> it is hard. two remember that are critically endangered species. you have to respect the fact that they are endangered. we do now want to make them pats. >> as cute as she is, washington. >> she is very cute. the things we do for honey water. cold, think it is been so you might as well live and in igloo. check this out. they have built an igloo big enough to walk into. it is on buffett streets.

they said they made the massive snow out of boredom. after the snow man. we moved on to decided to make a fort. it started to evolve and it became larger. it grew into an igloo. >> the igloo has a light so you do not have to sit in the dark. that is pretty cool. we are not sure how long it will last without how shot clock -- how long it will last. -- how long will it last? >> and not long. we have the whole winter. we did a month from now we will be talking about cherry blossoms. happeningk at what is at this hour. a few scattered clouds. it is chilly out there. ready to degrees. the windchill makes it feel like 20.

the wind at 20 miles per hour. our high earlier made it to 40 degrees. there was a touch of rain that change over to a little bit of sleet that quickly moved out in the late afternoon hours. it did not amount to a much. 28 degrees on the whether berg the -- on weatherbug network. at morningside. final stop at the children's hospital at 27. the wind out of the west at the 12 miles per hour. foreratures, 28 degrees in a drink. the bigger story is what it feels like outside. if you take a dog out for a walk, it only fills at 11 at winchester. it feels like 18 in manassas. the wind gust at this hour is about 30 miles per hour. the same in a martinsburg. we'll see lower wind early in the morning. talking about temperatures in

the 20's and windchill in the to lower 20's. the colder air on to the north and east. ,he storm that we had earlier it quickly moved out toward the north and east. it has really intensified across the boston area and cape cod. they had a winter storm warnings and a blizzard warnings. pimco 8-12 inches of snow. this is what it looks like for them. -- and they picked up 8-12 inches of snow. not so far off the coast. they are dealing with the wind. up to 75 force winds miles per hour. take a close look at our futurecast through overnight into daytime tomorrow stop the wind will increase a bit. orwill stop around 7:00 eight :00 tomorrow night. and notbe quite a dry

its production relation in our area. -- and not expecting accumulation in our area. i doubt we will see a problem in d.c. the high tomorrow is a 33-30 eight. your extended out to look. look at the high on tuesday. middle 50's on wednesday. lower 60's of by thursday and friday. >> all right, we will take that. looking pretty good. a robocop remake. arch campbell tells us

>> after more than 25 years, -- getp" gets a rebooked a reboot. it starts a guy that is not a lawrence fishburne. gets aclassic "robocop," reboot whether it needs it or not. >> thank you for your cooperation. actor gets turned into robocop thanks to a greedy corporation headed by michael keaton. ing.idea of robots rul >> we will make a lot of money. >> our heroes starts as an honest cop who gets blown up to smithereens. a scientist not quite sure he has done in the right thing.

it pits the human spirit against computers and machines with a -- off reach branch revenge thrown in. do not let me forget a samuel l jackson hole is a cable tv blowhard. it is a reboot but it looks good. it runs out of gas toward the end. it is worth about 2.5 stars. not too bad. here is the weekend movie guide. four stars for "american hustle." almost 4 for "dallas buyers club." everybody loves the lego music -- movie. "robocop" almost three. almost 34 "ride along."

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