kimberly: tomorrow you can have a nice bike ride or run or something. devon: towards winchester, frederick, baltimore, a little bit around chevy chase and silver spring, but the rain moving in. forecast, the temperature will be dropping through the game. 63 the high during the tailgate. by the time we are heading through the second half after , really a noticeable temperature drop, the wind picking up, 15 to 25. that means the 40's will feel even colder. kimberly: that means field goals, extra points, makes me nervous.

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that brought the most people in tonight. in northwest washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: an odd twist as d.c. leaders announce a new task force to fight crime in the city. crew covering the event became a victim of crime. stephen tschida explains what happened in the city's push to fight back. a surgeon robberies in some parts of the district has residents worried. city leaders are alarmed. >> we can and must do better so that every d.c. neighborhood is safer. stephen: d.c. mayor muriel bowser and police chief cathy lanier announced an agency to have an orchestrated effort to put robbers behind bars. it takes a concerted effort from all of us to focus on this uptick in robberies before gets out of control. stephen: the news conference

held just hours after a robbers/day man at a metro station. manfter a robber slashed a at a metro station. as the speakers spoke at the podium, somebody focused on our news van nearby. this type of crime has residents fed up. >> if everybody else's working, they should be working, too. kimberly: one week into the van of the district hospitably polystyrene, it appears that are complying. city inspectors are checking food trucks and other vendors. so far they have issued just to tickets and offenders have 30 days to phase out foam containers. after that, they could face a $100 fine if they do not comply. some say that paper and plastic containers are more

expensive and do not hold heat as well. fire at theg annapolis yacht club. club members will operate out of the harbor grill restaurant at the city. while their facility is rebuilt. it's not known when the club will move to that site. the club sustain $9 million of damage a last month's firewood is caused by an electrical malfunction in an artificial christmas tree. appearance onext sexual assault charges is being postponed in pennsylvania. next thursday's preliminary hearing will be rescheduled. his lawyers asked to postpone it to allow more time to prepare. at the hearing, press criders argue they have enough evidence to go to trial. he is charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. he remains free on bond. coming up, a huge game tomorrow

for the washington redskins, but what are the odds we are going to win? hear from a former super bowl champion to find a. plus, a social media hiatus. devon: i could see that going over well with my boss. the forecast is coming up.

kimberly: the redskins are one-

point underdogs against the packers this sunday. that does not seem to be bothering them. says that kirk cousins and company should have their eyes on the prize. gary: i think kirk cousins realizes he is really a leader on this team now. forle will go out there him. the defense is playing great, big plays. that is what you have to do. i will not be surprised if there is a championship game at fedex. we will beat green bay, 100%, take that to the bank. kimberly: the skins play the packers at fedex field tomorrow. .ickets sold out in 13 minutes on secondary websites, a standing room ticket will cost more than $100. kickoff is at 4:40. the new year is a time for resolutions when people try to

improve their lives. one woman is swearing off all forms of social media for a year. suzanne kennedy says why that may not be as easy. suzanne: this woman is going cold turkey. >> i knew i had to make a drastic change. it was social media that i had to give up. suzanne: this former teacher turned education advocate's schooling herself on how to give a bad habit. >> going to the bus stop you pull up the phone. it has become a crutch. she made a promise last month that on january 1 she would shut it down, disconnect so she can reconnect. >> you do not realize how much control it has over you until you are forced to think about what you're going to do with all this free time. suzanne: she estimates that she was spending up to five hours per day on different social media sites. she says she is not anti-social media, just that it is a problem

when you spend too much time on it. so many of us dependent social media to stay in touch with friends and be informed. could you give it up for 12 months? >> i could not. suzanne: darla is determine to make it. she even has reminders. >> i look forward to a new way of life. our devices can really control us to a certain extent, so i look forward to having more face-to-face conversations with people. suzanne: suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. ahead, afterll days without water, some relief for homeowners. but they may not be out of the woods yet. and the forecast. it's a huge game for the skins. will you have to play or watch in the rain?

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water to a group of homes after frozen pipes. there has been waterline work going on for months. the pipes are above ground during the work. that is why they froze. wssc says the work should be done by the end of january. they are concerned the pipes could freeze again because of low temperatures in the coming weeks. urging affected customers in brentwood to leave

one cold water line running in the house about 20% to prevent the pipes from freezing. ski season is finally here. liberty mountain opened this week now that the temperatures are cold enough for the snow to stick. john gonzalez takes us to the slopes. 250 vertical feet, that is the length of this slope. we are going all the way up the slope. they are opening the doors at 9:00 this one in. i'm on skis for the first time ever. this is my instructor, steve martin. i've been able to stay operate most of this morning. it is been a blast. we are getting faster. here we go. usually open the doors early, mid december, before christmas. they are opening today and they are thrilled. it has been a mild winter. they have finally been able to open the doors and they are excited. how much snow have they made?

1300 tons of snow being made peru hour. they have 18 inches of snow on the ground. >> we are so thrilled to be open. we have been making snow since the weekend and we have a good 18-inch base across the mountain. open across the out. skiers and snowboarders rejoice. >> there's nothing we can do with mother nature but wait. john: the day has finally come. >> yes. john: monday, there was not a speck of snow on the slopes. today, look at this, a winter wonderland. i do not fall once. it's all because of this guy, steve martin. that was john gonzalez reporting from liberty mountain. makinga, people are amazing art thanks to the cold. this video from a festival

features sculptures made from ice and snow and a castle 160 feet tall, which could set the record for the world's tallest and largest snow sculpture. devon: that's amazing. if you go to national harbor for the ice exhibit, some of those sculptors came over from china and school that their works. andame over from china sculpted their works. we have the opposite, warmer temperatures this weekend. usually you think, winter, rain, cold. a live look at the national harbor, the temperatures are up 50, joint base andrews and annapolis, right near 50. already seeing the rise in temperatures. one round of rain has moved through already. we will get another, especially northern virginia, fredericksburg. moderate showers from warrenton,

fredericksburg with moderate rain. nanjemoy is getting steady rain, waldorf and la plata getting moderate rain. the second round is coming through, but just about to midday, 4:00 a.m., that is when all the projections show it to much be a rain event tonight. the warm front eventually moving through. the warmer temperatures coming back. the next few days, the round is through, mild tomorrow. the front through the afternoon with the trailing cold front. a lot going on in the forecast. rain tonight. tomorrow, we go through the temperatures. with the high definition forecast, in the heart of the early morning hours. midnight, 4:00 a.m., rain in washington. could be some thunderstorms as well.

a.m., wrapping up the rain. the last couple raindrop starting to fall at sunrise. the temperatures actually climb tomorrow morning. morning lows in the 50's, really mild this time of year. by 4:00, breaking out in sunshine. add that to the brisk southwest breeze and we are into the 60's tomorrow, which is about 20 degrees above average. game time, the temperatures drop. monday, the arctic air is back. the high doctors in the upper 30's, 40. factor in the wind come it only feels like 20's. one more time resetting the ,orecast, the abc 7 skycast could be a flash of lightning and rumble of thunder from a very isolated. tomorrow morning the rain wraps up, breaks out sunshine.

airy tomorrow in the warmer , because we quickly go back to the arctic air monday. arctic air, the most frigid day lowesday, 32 feeling like 20's, teens. chilly rounding out next week. a couple of flakes could fall tuesday. a closer look at the redskins -- i'm having a tough time, but the temperatures will be falling through the game. expecting 63 for the tailgate, the temperatures going down during the game, mid 40's towards the end of the game. if you are lucky enough to have a ticket, don't be caught off guard. take a heavy gear. kimberly: you will want it. coming up next, the end of an era. oh remotes, you've had it tough.

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queue muted a than five decades. soon, why not toy store is finally closing its doors. it has become part of her children's and grandchildren's lives. >> it's a great place for stocking stuffers. these are my grandchildren. owners saidtore's she simply could not fight the competition online anymore. people outo we have here with their phones out, taking pictures, watering. -- ordering. that is disheartening when you watch people do that. definitely said, ok, were done -- we;re done. you don't go to target and have it look like fairyland. those are the things we have, but it's just not the atmosphere. diane: adding a personal touch

to the buying experience. >> we get to know people and they are happy for it. things like that. that's what really has touched everybody. as for when they were close, the owner says she has not yet set a firm date. she expects it to be by the end of the month. a not so happy holiday for retailer macy's. close 40 stores and cut 4000 jobs after what it calls disappointing sales and earnings in 2015. among the store slated for hagerstown asn well as in owings mills mall. jobs cut locally. the closures and laos will save the company $400 billion in annual costs.