announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon, on your side. this noon, morning and icon. david bowie died overnight at the age of 69. his death coming two days after his birthday. elizabeth hur is live with more. elizabeth: fans say the rock world has lost a legend.

he has won numerous awards including two grammys and a daytime emmy. ♪ david bowie entertained audiences around the world. favorites including "young americans" and "changes." a renaissance man. he was a superstar. i believe his death is on par with jfk, with elvis. his biographer says he was magnificent. david cameron calling him a master of reinvention. prime minister cameron: we are mourning the loss of an immense british talent. david bowie was a genius. david jones,rn

his style influenced generations of musicians. from singing, to acting, he did it all. just last friday, on his 69th birthday, he released his 25th and a final album, "black star." gift. a parting bowie is survived by his wife iman and his two children. he died peacefully after an 18 month battle with cancer. right now, we want to switch gears and turn to the weather. on the love if you had outside. the 20'snly feel like

and 30's. doug hill has a look at the forecast. with brightr day blue skies. temperatures are going to be colder than we have had for a few days. gorgeous. looking at this live image from frostburg state in allegheny county, maryland, 18 degrees. that is the coolest spot we have. numbers into the 30 now -- into the 30's now. afternoon, most areas will stay in the 30's. a couple of spots may touch the 40 degree mark. average high is 43. looks like we will stay below average through the day. will be approaching tomorrow. there could be rain showers, of -- behindions the front, cold air. around the lakes, plenty of snow showers.

for us, the headline will be it is going to get mighty cold. lots of sunshine today, lots of changes coming. we are going to have a long stretch of cold temperatures around the area. we will highlight those in a few minutes. jummy: following new developments in the freddie gray case. the second trial has been delayed. a judge ruled to delay the trial of caesar goodson. goodson was the driver of the police transport van freddie gray was riding in. a judge decided to delay the trial pending a ruling on isther another officer required to testify. a pretrial hearing underway for jesse matthew. matthew was charged in the death of maureen harrington and hannah graham.

are expected to reveal new details against matthew. matthew is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting another woman in fairfax county. new general manager has a message. he is addressing safety concerns and improvements one year after the dangerous smoke. this letter outlines changes that have been made to improve safety since smoke filled the tunnel outside love from -- l' enfant station. inspections and repairs have been done to the ventilation system. a fire department liaison is to

coordinate emergency response. some got to read this letter this morning. one of the key things that stuck out was being able to make a cell phone call on the train in the tunnel. metro is working to improve. they need to up grade -- the need -- upgrading the cables will not happen. [indiscernible] >> there are a lot of people that would like to see that improved. be able to make calls. started this job with a mission to rededicate metro to safety. the agency is working to hire a new safety officer. attorneys are expected to

file more than 80 lawsuits against wmata on behalf of the victims. a press conference is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning. police and montgomery county investigating a crash involving an over termed session overturned vehicle. the driver is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. let's head over to jamie. she has a check on the traffic. what: starting off with you are going to see outside. in some spots, it will be congested. neark at the beltway georgia avenue. if you are traveling on the outer loop, some heavy volume here. that is due to an accident. this crash near colesville road, everyone is getting by using all of the lanes. activity has been moved to the shoulder. you are still going to see traffic in the teens. that is on the inner loop.

are ok.op, we no problems heading into arlington. the gw parkway looks good. north 395 past the pentagon, no issues. in the third street tunnel, traffic heading southbound, right before new york avenue. only the right lane gets by with an accident. metro on track work on the blue and yellow lines between national airport and pentagon the, possible delays. van ness torom friendship heights. jummy: thank you. this could make your commute easier. the new express lanes on 395 on seminary road will open this afternoon. they provide a direct connection for hov drivers. vehicles with three or more people. it will reverse direction

depending on the time of day. developing now, a man and woman found at in an apparent murder -suicide. it happened in the lansdowne area of leesburg. jeannette reyes is in leesburg with what we know so far. jeanette: a little girl is without her parents after a murder-suicide. the neighborhood is in shock. one neighbor tells me there was trouble at home and it intensified in the days leading up to this tragedy. share'soun county office says they got a call about a suicide at a townhome in an upscale neighborhood. inside, a gruesome discovery. the bodies of a man and woman. this was a domestic dispute and the community is not in danger. one neighbor tells us a couple lived next door and arguments

were frequently heard. they only seem to to be getting worse. always sociable, so was she. [indiscernible] you could see them on sunday dressed up, going to church. he does plan on moving because of the tragedy, says it is too overwhelming and disturbing to stay. an investigation is underway to find out what happened leading up to this tragedy. reporting in leesburg, jeannette reyes. live pictures from houston, where some window washers are stock. -- are stuck. the machinery is tilted on one of the hot floors of the building.

they are performing a high angle rescue. it this is in a building located downtown. we will keep a close eye on this story. thee two men are on scaffold. this building is the chase tower. it is the tallest building in downtown houston, about 75 stories high. we will keep an eye on this story an update u.s. soon as they rescue the two men who are stuck now. officer sam man was shot to death in the 3200 block of park drive on sunday night. police in montgomery county are investigating an industrial accident in clarksburg. police were called to the metro groundcover. machinery fell on top of someone. the victim died at the scene. an investigation is underway.

coming up, efforts underway to bring the drug paying -- drug kingpin known as el chapo back to the united states. the investigation into an american artist in italy, the post that may contain a clue about what happens. the jackpot jumping again. bundle up. doug is back with details on the cold blocks of weather.

announcer: you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. mexico has started extraditing el chapo to the united states. it could be a year before joaquin guzman steps foot in a federal prison. land a movieto deal about his life led authorities to his hideout. some are wondering if sean penn broke the law in meeting with the fugitive. need evidence that he actually helped him, aided him, gave him money, sheltered him. not just to say he met with him. is in joaquin guzman solitary confinement from the same prison he escaped from months ago. escaping custody are lower here than in mexico. ininvestigation underway italy to find a person who killed an american artist. ofwers are at the apartment

ashley olsen, where she was strangled over the weekend. instagram, hinting someone may have been following her. of the man leading the standoff at the national wildlife refuge in oregon is asking porters to send -- asking supporters to send supplies. members will not leave until there is a plan to transfer control of federal land to federal land to locals. -- transfer control of federal land to locals. 60 yesterday and possible flurries tomorrow. is january. this is not an unusual january day. we had such a mild december and beginning of the month. it is changing. to get colder than

it is now. 34, annapolis. school,'s elementary not far from chesapeake bay, we will enjoy a full day of loose guys and run shine. -- arature struggle to full day of blue skies and sunshine. a little bit of a breeze, not very windy. here, lookt is cold at temperatures to the west. 14, columbus. 15 degrees, chicago. air is banking up in canada. this map shows us how many degrees colder it is now than it was 24 hours ago. out, brighterer colors show how much warmer it is there than it was this time yesterday. is warm air that comes in

going to be brief and mild. another blast of air is on the way. of snow of indications showers. the bigger story is the upper-level disturbance. futurecast, quiet now. clear skies. a few clouds as we head through the late overnight. get through the late afternoon or evening, you will see more cloud cover and we get to dinner tomorrow, a possibility of a shower or two, maybe a few wet snowflakes. they could get dusting of snow in the mountains. ae big effect for us will be resurgence of cold air and gusty wind as we head through the day on thursday. near 40 today. breezy later in the day. most areas will stay in the 30's. increasing cloudiness, a chance of rain, maybe a flake mixed in. for the day on

wednesday. it will be cold. 40 degrees spurs day. a bit of a warm up on friday. it starts to turn colder on the weekend and next week. thank you. perhaps when we win the powerball, we can win an island. -- we can buy an island. no tickets matched all six numbers after saturday's drawings. if you choose a lump some payment, it would be about a hundred $60 million. $860 million. uber is cutting their prices. they are trying to drum up more

business. the amount of the discount will vary by city. the average is about 10% savings for an uberx ride. price went into us -- the price change went into effect over the weekend. a painful loss for the redskins.

many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. jummy: this is not the monday most redskins fans had planned. the coach will talk about the season and drive a press conference around 3:00 this afternoon. john gonzalez takes a look at how fans are coping.

john: breakfast tastes bitter. it we are at the tasty diner. agreement that we were outplayed yesterday by an experienced team. that is the face of all redskins fans today. not happy. is a lot to look forward to. we are going to talk to the manager at the tasty diner. you knew this might happen. afraid of the quarterback. the playoff experience, future hall of famer, everybody was talking about we can beat them. they hear that, they read that. look what happens. looking forward to the off-season. the new gm, i am excited about. i do not even want to eat.

it is terrible. it is tough. it is a tough loss to swallow. next year could be better. fun toould have been have another week to play. inn: i figured i would bring -- take a look at what we have. this was a christmas gift because d.c. could still have a champion this winter. start talking about the capitals. we want to get back to the breaking news we talked to you about earlier. two window washers are stuck in a scaffolding and houston. they are bringing them in through a window. this happened in houston. houston firefighters are helping

me men get to safety through the window. good news there. we

doug: lots of sunshine. a briefly milder tomorrow. colder come wednesday. jummy: thank you for joining us.

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>> coming up on today's show: great contestants, great questions, and very possibly, a great big check. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hello, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. you guys ready to play "w wants to be a millionaire"? [cheers and applause] all right, let's do this. it's a very special day for our first contestant, not just because she has a great shot at winning $1 million, but more importantly, it's her birthday. come on. [cheers and applause] from tyngsborough, massachusetts, happy birthday, lisa blubaugh. [cheers and applause] happy birthday. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. come on over. i would sing, but i don't want to scare you. >> [laughs] that's quite all right. >> but