kimberly: another check of the forecast. eileen: a brighter and sunnier day tomorrow, a little breezy and a little cool but this will take it for sunday. monday looks nice as well with 62 degrees and 60 four street patrick's day and maybe an isolated shower in the morning. otherwise a little bit cooler into the week. kimberly: don't go t

kimberly: cities and town along the ohio river are raising for more flooding tonight. rob marciano looked at how people are preparing. >> rushing rivers jammed with huge chunks of ice and a danger creeping closer forcing families to evacuate. >> if we have to move out i have four grandkids and other little girls living with me. rob: all the accelerated melting cracking up the a's leaving entire neighborhoods -- neighborhoods inundated with overflow. coast guard icebreakers are

working in lake erie keeping things moving. in cincinnati, water rescuers work through flooded streets the car stuck in the water. >> they got lucky, they shouldn't be there are in -- there. rob: it could get worse. in minnesota the lakes are causing problems. >> we wake up to these booms and is it a gun or a lake? it is the lake. rob: ice on shore, damaging property. rain is creating a different danger, landslides. earlier this week saturated ground to gave way. as the latest storm system moves across the country, rob marciano

, abc news. kimberly: in our area potholes are taking their toll. so what are your rights if you hit one of these craters? >> they are easy to find next to impossible to avoid. >> it made the longest -- loudest noise i have ever heard. >> and if you have a head on encounter -- >> i was driving on 16th street and hit a huge pothole. my right front tire basically exploded. >> could wind up like this man on busy 16th street. he is looking at hundreds of dollars of damage, it is his car but the upkeep of the roads is the responsibility of the jurisdiction where it is located. >> all states have some responsibility for fixing potholes.

>> so who should pay for this? >> the issue with making a claim against the state of maryland or the county or the district government is that they take forever to get these things resolved. >> greg bent the rim of his car a couple days ago. he is wondering if he can file a claim or a suit against fairfax county. the answer is yes but lawyer david thompkins advises against it. kimberly: most counties in the airy a let you report potholes by dialing 311 or filling out a form online. you can also call the virginia department of transportation. to find out if it is a local or state road. in maryland state highway administration as a form on its website to report a pothole and on abc you can fill out --

fewer people are using public transit across the d.c. region. the american public transportation resource says 18 agency set records last year but d.c. was not one of them. it had one exception in arlington's art buses which saw a 1.2% increase in passengers. crime is a family affair, a father and son arrested and accused of taking advantage of homeowners. police say paul frank and his son posed at tabor's and overcharged and did not finish the job. right now officers are looking for frank who is wanted in connection with those crimes. >> they are not filled in like they said they would be.

tom: the guys who came to her door last month said they would make the driveway look nice. they didn't. >> i felt ripped off. tom: they say that the frank family was running a scam. >> they didn't have the right product and it wasn't done appropriately so i basically through $280 out the window. >> she is not the only one. say that paul, ace and spanky claimed they were using sealant but were actually using black paint mixed with gasoline. police say they scammed folks out of $6,000 and tried to get them to pay more. >> it is disheartening. you hope you are helping out somebody, a father and son. >> police say although they are staying in laurel, ace is from wisconsin. maggie says she hired guys in the past with no problem that

after this she will make sure anyone she uses is licensed. >> undergrad it wasn't more money than it was. -- i am glad it wasn't any more money than it was. kimberly: barbara donelan announced she will leave at the end of june. she was named county manager in 2010 and has worked with a county since 1983. she was known for maintaining the aaa bond rating. this week, abc 7 caught up with a police officer who pulled a man from a burning car but moments after the victim became a suspect. richard: a car in flames. this police officer knew this was no ordinary friday afternoon call. >> it is like when you open the

oven but a lot worse. richard: it was worse, inside the bmw was brian o'donnell who police say was intoxicated. >> that guy was lucky. richard: lucky because when the car hit the tree, he was patrolling around the corner. as the officer approached the scene he saw the front of the car fully inflamed and as he got closer it got hotter and hotter and look at the damage to the history. richard: o'donnell apparently didn't move but the officer jumped into action. richard: -- >> i-8 got his head and pulled into a safe distance. richard: which is when he smelled alcohol. >> i can see from the burning that took place if he did get out he would be a goner. richard: he says he is not a hero. >> i was in the right place at

the right time. richard: the driver faces a dwi charge but he is alive. kimberly: national legislation with a personal touch, the emotional connection for two mothers and why they are pushing so hard for legal pot. first, gas pedals snapping. what unique to know if you're driving one of the 200,000 cars headed for a recall. eileen: we are in for a sunny sunday but one other thing to

kimberly: a consumer alert tonight. kia is recalling more than 200,000 of its suv's. it covers both gas and electric the echoes from the 2014-2015 model years. the recall will start march 24. the montgomery county board of appeals rejected plans for a 16 pump gas station at the cosco. neighbors concerned with noise and pollution fought the project for five years. one or number said his decision was easy learning his -- learning there were 25 gas stations nearby. this week, a bipartisan group of senators traduced legislation to end federal restrictions on

medical marijuana. as jeff goldberg explains the bill could have a big impact on the area. jeff: as three prominent senators lobby to change marijuana laws, two moms are watching at the edge of their seats. >> it was exciting. jeff: beth and shannon both have children with severe epilepsy and they sate marijuana oil legalized in virginia this year has reduced their seizures dramatically and is now time to take the effort national. >> right now the current law is turning parents into criminals. >> this has given me hope. this is our last chance at help. jeff: these republicans are proposing a bill to end the federal ban on medical marijuana as well as allowing doctors to

prescribe marijuana to veterans and allow dispensaries to work with banks like other businesses. >> it seeks to correct two decades of wrongs and -- >> i am also a criminal in the united states of america, the country i decided to volunteer six years of my life to stand up and fight for freedom. >> we will make it past. >> if nobody else does, we will do it. kimberly: coming up, the push to keep your kids healthy. what the fast food chain is dropping from its menu and of the choices it will offer instead.

kimberly: it is kind of a disappointment when st. patrick's day weather is so great. eileen: but that hasn't stopped a lot of people from getting out to celebrate. and if your celebratory plans take you to the day sunday the weather will be nicer. let's get a look at one of our cameras, it is 11:51 and it is sick -- 56 degrees. as the cold front slides through it will drop temperatures but not all that much. we are already on the brighter

side of things with our live super doppler sweeping in motion and nothing in radar. after a lot of rain today between a half-inch to an inch we picked up an inch in garrett county where the temperature is 42, 54 in silver springs. 67 -- .67 inches of rain in a boys maryland. the soccer fields will be squishy tomorrow. at this hour we do have some fog i'm still noticing. some improvement there although it looks like culpeper has dropped to 3/10 of a mile. any bump that is out there now will be improving significantly within the next hour or two as the wind is starting to pick up and that is drawing in the dry air and that will be greeting us tomorrow.

48 in hagerstown, 58 in gaither. overnight, after the front slides through temperatures will fall into the 40's but you can see the area of low-pressure spinning over the northeast and here is that cold front sliding in and that will deliver us with quieter weather conditions tomorrow. you may hear the wind out of the northwest, breezy and cool tomorrow with highs in the lower 50's so average for this time of year but maybe a little bit on the cool side for some but at least the wind will help dry us out. monday it looks really nice 60 degrees and early-morning showers are not out of the question otherwise by wednesday it will be a bit cooler with highs in the upper 40's and 50 degrees for thursday and friday i chance of rain showers.

>> you can strap on the apple watch, are you going to? >> i don't know. it is happening april 24. there are a lot of people who want their hands on one but it is not cheap. prices range from $350 to $17,000. the apple watch needs to be linked to a newer model iphone to work and apple's is a fully charged battery should last about 18 hours, preorders begin april 10. mcdonald's could soon add kale to its menu. the fast food giant plans to add the leafy green later this year. they would be used in salads and smoothies. taking a drop in sales they recently dropped -- revamped the menu and changed upper management. burger king dropped soda from

the kids menu. they are offering fat free milk, low-fat apple juice and chocolate milk instead. the move,'s wendy's made similar changes. soda is still available but has to be ordered separately. band from smoking in his own home, why a judge hands a man from lighting up inside his house

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from smoking in their own home by a judge are appealing that decision. investigator joce sterman dug in and found a surprising new reaction. joce: for edwin gray, a story spread like the smoke is neighbors claim this's -- seeping into the house. >> everybody is shocked. >> surprised that a d.c. judge granted a temporary order banning them from smoking inside their home. his neighbors say it is causing them harm. >> everybody in washington, d.c. should be concerned. joce: while many support great is surprising number agree with the judge. >> i think it is perfectly reasonable what is happening in the courts, what is not reasonable to say -- there is nowhere to go except your home.

>> district leaders need to allow alternatives because of nuisance issues, landlords are public housing restrictions, he is fighting for the right to let private establishments permit smoking if they choose for people over 21. >> there is a good reason not to allow it in public but no reason to prevent it on private property. let's take a deep breath and get real. if it is going to be legal it has to be legal. kimberly: we contacted the mayor and chairman mendelson's office to ask about the potential to ever allow places like ours so people with kids or restrictions have a place to go and we have not got a response. meanwhile, we are told there are plans for a citywide smoke in to raise awareness next month.