announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. bymy: we want to start taking a live look outside the nation's capital. it is a cold start to the year as we experience our first week of real winter weather. doug hill has a look at our forecast. brightappy new year and sunshine outside in arlington. we had some flurries and take a look at this winter he seen. ,his is over frostburg maryland. temperatures in the lower 20's

with a fresh link it of snow out there. we don't expect to see anything like this in the washington area. and then things will slowly warm up, but it's a change in the pattern. 37 degrees at reagan national and 37 in leesburg. this may shape up to be the coldest day we have had since early march. a bonus thrown in at no extra charge driving the wind chills into the 20's. willnchester, temperatures climb quite a bit and temperatures falling well below the freezing point. chesapeakeockets of bay snow and relatively warm bay water temperatures. let's talk traffic and see how people are doing with jamie sullivan. reporter: we are starting to get

back to normal. we see a lot of normal congestion out there this afternoon which is normally not too much but you have some on the side streets and side roads. let's start with virginia -- in brown on 66, there was an earlier accident and that is gone. 95, in the 50's in both directions. let's switch gears and move to maryland. said, a little out there but not causing delays. have: at noon, d.c. police reopened several blocks in downtown d.c.. an overnight shooting shut down the street during the height of the rush-hour commute.

thousands of workers were forced to find a new way into their office buildings. reporter: this is one of the d.c.,t areas of downtown and it was shut down for hours to cars and pedestrians. police and investigators canvassed this area foot by foot all the way from k street to m street as they searched for evidence. the first 911 call came in at 2:50 this morning. when police showed up there was no shooting victim but later, a man suffering from gunshot wounds turned up three miles away. thece won't say why he left scene, but they say he suffered nonlife threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital. whohe sun came up, folks headed to work had to navigate the crime scene. officers turned people away for more than six hours. employees had to find alternate entrances to their building.

>> i guess i will have to find another way into the building. it's annoying. reporter: police say the investigation is a standard operating procedure when dealing with such a large crime scene. right now they have to figure out who did the shooting and what their motive might have been. it was a rocky start for commuters in alexandria this morning -- a water main break left duke street closed in both directions and has left some residents without water. workter: now is when the begins on this water main break that happened overnight. officials say fluctuating temperatures could be to blame. it was reported this morning down the street of another water main break on christmas eve. closed off alice portion of duke street until about 7:30 this morning when they opened up one lane in each

direction. the main is about eight inches and although the cause is under investigation, fluctuating temperatures are the likely culprit. the water will be turned off during repairs and about 100 customers will be impacted. >> that's a lot for her because she has to get out and go to virginia hospital. hopefully i will be able to get a shower when i get back in the house. reporter: this is the first of many water rained rakes we will see throughout the winter. it could take between six and eight hours and is likely to go into the evening rush hour. police have arrested two to thes in connection second homicide this year. james baskins and tyron taylor

are charged with first and m#dnd degree murder and other charges. a man's body was found early sunday morning in fort washington. the victim was identified as larry ellis junior. the investigation reveals the motive was likely robbery. firefighters are looking for hot spots and the cause of this house fire here. chopper seven, you see crews battling the flame this morning. they house is completely gone. the two people inside the home made it out safely. it is a site that has become too familiar to residents in one montgomery neighborhood. a fatal accident on 198. a 42-year-old died when his motorcycle hit a car as he was trying to pass. saydents in this area accidents like this happen twice a month as residents bead down this way to avoid the tollway. >> this is nothing new to find an accident in front of my

house. see that long and stretch right there, they speed. police are still investigating whether speed was a factor. one resident leaves widening the roads would cause fewer accidents. president obama is back from his hawaiian vacation and ready to tackle gun control. he's scheduled to meet with the attorney general to discuss his upcoming gun control initiative. they will discuss what steps he could take to reduce gun violence. the president is expected to use executive action on background checks. we are following the developing story of a malicious standoff in oregon. armed protesters have seized control of a national wildlife refuge. it is the latest flashpoint for antigovernment sentiment. abc news inside the standoff where dozens of militia

members, some openly armed, are camping out at the federal wildlife refuge, claiming this land does not belong to the federal government, but to the people. >> we have tried and tried the proven methods to get the government to look at this and say there's something wrong here. saturday it started on at a rally of originally protesting a sentence of two ranch and learners who are scheduled to start serving a sentence for a legend arson on federal land. -- it seemsto jail like overkill. reporter: at the rally, a small group broke off. the local sheriff calls the action and attempt to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a movement across the united states. says they do not

support what is going on and plan to report to prison peacefully. >> i do not speak for them but we understand each other on this issue and they are only going to jail because they feel there's nothing else for them to do. reporter: the group plan to occupy the outpost for years. it is unclear what if any action law enforcement will take, but area are, roads to the closed as a precaution. the site of the san bernardino shooting rampage is back open today. workers are returning to work at the inland regional center. the conference area where the terror attacks happened will remain closed indefinitely. killed 14 people and injured 21 others one month ago. we turn now to the race for the white house and the first television ad from donald trump takes aim at immigrants, isis

and muslims. why he's calling for a temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states. jummy: it also includes the claim that he will force mexico to pay for a border wall. the spots will air in new hampshire and iowa. the trump campaign says it is spending more than $2 million on those tv ads. on the other side, hillary clinton is hoping to get a big boost from her husband. former president bill clinton is campaigning for his wife in new hampshire. clinton has long called him her secret weapon. the former secretary of state is campaigning in iowa. coming up, the first place the redskins is set. we will take a look at how the skins are celebrating yesterday's big win. and we have an update

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jummy: globally known as the affluenza teen is still in mexico as he continues to fight extradition to the u.s. he said the government tried to pull a fast one, originally wanting him deported instead of extradited. now u.s. officials are not sure when he will be back in their custody. in a sports news, today is considered one of the worst day for nfl coaches. it's called black monday and some coaches will lose their job. brownslready have -- the fired their coach and the 49ers fired their coach after one season. the eagles coach was fired two weeks ago and the tennessee 'coach was fired two weeks

ago. tom coughlin brought the team to two -- two super bowl championships. a win against the cowboys, the redskins are looking to keep their winning streak alive in the playoffs this sunday. we have the details on how fans can get tickets to the game. coming here we keep on mondays after big redskins wins because it is somewhat of a good luck charm. -- what do you have? >> i've got shredded cheese for packers fans. are refusing to serve it cheese unless it is shredded. off to a longfood time redskins fan. we did not plan this -- this is what he does. he's got the sweatshirt and the

shirt underneath. look at the sox. style -- that is better than rg iii socks. we are talking playoffs for the first time in several years. are a beatable team. >> the packers are beatable and i don't see anyone stopping them right now. the redskins are going to surprise a lot of people in the playoffs. tickets are going on sale today. the cheapest we have found is $126. with your cheese grater, is it worth it? been to theot playoffs and so long, this is awesome. i am so excited. reporter: it does not come along very often. the packers taking on the redskins, only the 45th time they have played each other. they've played each other twice in the playoffs and they have each one a game.

to the weather now where we are checking severe weather across the nation. flooded section in missouri and illinois and floodwaters still rising in some areas. the death toll rose yesterday missing teen of a was founder springfield, illinois. hundreds of homes remain underwater this afternoon. >> my mom is older and this is where she lives and she wants to stay. we will do everything we can. jummy: cleanup and damage assessment could take weeks. expected to get worse in some other southern states. they are still trying out there -- such a tough way to start the new year. here at home, we are way colder than we were a week ago. are beloweratures average, but we still have 27 days to go for the month of

january. i'm still thinking that the month will wind up being average or slightly above average. expect a couple of more little cold things but we have a little flurry and gusty winds, but a reminder that it is indeed january. we had a couple of flurries. they don't really count as measurable snowfall. back interesting to look at when we had our first measurable snowfall. 2011, you look back over the past five years and it can be as late as january 9. we will see what happens in the next few days. temperaturese cold continuing. --ook at the capital we'll breezy and colder than what we are used to. factor into that the wind and it

feels chillier everywhere. north and west in the 20's. still on the chilly side and we and these batches of clouds we have had snow showers and flurries moving across the chesapeake bay. andt now, bright sunshine the windchill as we get through the day, wind chills in the single digits. we are not climate ties to these kinds of numbers. laughing minnesota are at us. this will be the coldest morning we have had since march of last year and it will warm up tomorrow. it will still feel like the 20's around here. with highsreezy around 36 degrees. it -- in the next

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jummy: comedian chris rock is getting the public with his first quick tease of his hosting the academy awards. chris: it will be a night that ends with a lot of drunk and

disappointed people swearing they will do better next year. jummy: you can watch the oscars live, sunday, february 28 right here on abc seven. doug: it's always fun to see chris do his thing. feels like winter out there with a little flurries and sunshine. we will stay in the 30's today and then drop to near 20 degrees in the metro area. the wind will still be producing wind chills and tomorrow morning of it colder than that. still a brees at five to 15 and unseasonably cold highs as we get into tuesday and wednesday, a little bit of a warm up. the warm front comes through with a chance of showers over the weekend. the next chance of rain, i see some indications that it could get colder again. us.y: thank you for joining have a great day.

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