[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] > now, abc 7 news at noon on your side. autria: bundle up on this martin luther king junior holiday. it is a cold one out there. gusty wind taken it feel like the teens and single digits. that sunshine is certainly deceptive, as you take a look at the mlk monument. doug hill is here. , cleart is beautiful blue skies, but the temperature,

wind, and wind chills, a lot to share. in the lower 20's in the metro area. i have fond memories of december. this is going to be a very cold week and perhaps by the end of the week, we may have more than cold air to deal with. it makes it feel like single digits. feels like a 11 in the nation's capital. andill keep the sunshine gusty breezes, highs will reach the upper 20's, that it will not feel that way. wind chills will continue to feel at or below zero. stayrow, wind chills will in the lower teens throughout most of the day. with theve to deal system currently located in the pacific ocean north of hawaii, an area of low pressure that will traverse the country. if you heard any chatter on social media about a big storm,

it is too early to tell. the energy in the pacific is going to change its track, more than likely as it heads east. .otential for snow or a mix it is the best chance so far this winter for anything significant. storm seven weather team will be all over it. autria: officials think that strong wind may be to blame for a tree that ended up through a house in prince george's county. a family was inside at the time, including a baby. they are all ok, and talk to bureau chief brad bell. brad: the wind was howling when it happened after 5:00 a.m. this morning, crashing into the bell family home, two generations in home in bed. >> i saw that my whole kitchen was gone. i was devastated. i am looking at daylight. brad: in the basement, his son

darren and nine month old daughter. it onn you actually see the news, you do not think it is going to happen to you, that it can. brad: a big tree falling from a small valley from behind the home, crashing right into their kitchen area. the bell family says they got through this unscathed as a matter of good luck and good timing. the tree fell right on top of the baby booster seat in the eating area. >> i am heartbroken. look at my house. brad: today, glenn bell says the only good news, but he was injured, and insurance has already started the process of rebuilding. in clinton, brad bell, abc seven news. autria: an alert for at&t customers in fredericksburg, survivors cannot reach 911 using their cell phone, so if you have an emergency here is the number

40-373-3322.call, 5 today we pause and remember martin luther king jr.. many are on a turning -- monitoring -- honoring the civil rights leader. the annual anacostia river cleanup, sam sweeney is an southeast d.c. where the project is just wrapping up. dozens of students from catholic university came out to southeast to clean up the area around the anacostia river. people, this these is just one group that braved the freezing cold temperatures, wind chills in the single digits. freezing outely here, but they are on a mission to clean up the anacostia park. this time last year on martin luther king day, they cleaned out more than 9000 pounds of garbage, and they want to beat

that goal this year. i want to bring in jimmy cassidy, one of the students from catholic university. what brought you out here? you for having us. we are with habitat for humanity and that is why we are here today. on martin luther king day we have service. we have the day off of school, but they call it a day on, because it is a day of service. sam: you guys had to work for that day off. this same group will be traveling to south carolina to continue their service on spring break. this is part of the anacostia clean rivers program that come out several times a year and try to clean up the watershed around the anacostia river. i am sam sweeney, abc 7 news. autria: while some are calling for service, thousands are calling for action. they are holding a stop the violence march in prince george's county, and jeannette

reyes is in landover with the latest crime numbers and how organizers plan to combat it. jeannette: no match for these people who came out, layered up and armed with a simple but strong message. >> young kids need some guidance , and that is what they are trying to do, trying to get the kids to do things. just keep kids on the right track. -- onemessage is simple county, one voice, stop the violence. we just want the violence to stop. jeannette: organizers say this movement cannot go on without participants. if you would like to participate, this is an ongoing year-long campaign. they will be reaching out to the communities and educating the public on how to stop the violence in prince george's county. jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. planningirline workers

a major protest at the mlk memorial in southwest. in the spirit of nonviolent demonstration, reagan national workers are planning to march across the bridge to the martin luther king jr. memorial, as part of a protest calling for $15 an hour and union rights for airport workers. low-wage airport workers make around $6.75 per hour. the mlk junior peace walk and parade is happening, this is a live picture of the parade route on the corner of -- we will be airing the parade live starting at 12:30 on news channel 8, and sam ford is hosting. there are also some changes to metro today because of the holiday. trains are on a saturday schedule. that means they are running every 12 minutes from now until midnight. are all day, and

free parking at all metro facilities. there is no vre service today and marc trains are operating on s service. jamie: we are very light today. 270, 395,vel hov on 66, as well as the dulles toll road the restrictions are lifted. you can see more in the green on the top side of the beltway, and that is almost anywhere you will be. same if you are traveling on any of the side roads, 16th street toward colesville road, east-west highway. some debris being reported on the outer loop on the offramp to get to maryland, but it is not causing a backup. metrorail is on a saturday schedule. no service for the vre and all

marc trains are operating on an s schedule. autria: thank you. a manhunt underway in falls church. police are looking for the person who shot three people outside the state theater overnight. onn gonzalez has the details a shooting that has shaken up this typically quiet city. john: given the police chief in falls church described this as rare. it happened right outside the state theater, this very popular historic venue. while dozens,hot if not hundreds or coming out of the theater. one witness telling us he actually took cover behind a car and watched all of this unfold. we understand there was a go-go concert going on inside. ironically enough, the name of the event, love, peace, and unity. we understand there was a fight

inside, at least one person was kicked out, and a fight workout on washington street. police were called. responded, that is when shots rang out. least 10 to 20t shots in the direction of the theater. >> we had officers on the scene and officers coming to the scene for the fight, so it is pretty brazen there was a shooting right outside in a large crowd. >> it looked like three quarters of a mile away, and it is a really fun place. i have never heard of anything going on in the falls church area. john: we are told the victims' wounds are non-life-threatening. the suspect, not much of a description. he stands about five foot eight and was wearing dark clothing. in falls church, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. autria: taking a look around the nation, a suspect is in custody

in the fatal shooting of a police officer in ohio. officer thomas contrail disappeared while on duty shortly after a woman called police saying her boyfriend had weapons and was looking to kill an officer. the officer was later shot outside a local government building, and police found the suspect later, who was taken into custody after a short chase . coming up, returning home, the latest on the american hostages freed in a prisoner swap with iran. vote 2016, breaking down last night's democratic debate. thehe republican side, attacks only escalating between two top candidates. this is a video that you must see today. founder says led to this huge explosion. back here at home, we may be getting our first big snow of the season.

doug is tracking it all and he is back

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. of the fiveyoungest americans freed in that prisoner swap with iran is back home today. boston university graduate student is the first to arrive home, after being detained 40 days in iran. aree of the ex prisoners getting much needed medical treatment at a u.s. military base in germany, including washington post reporter jason rezaian. >> he is doing ok.

he has been neglected for a time. autria: the fifth american chose to stay in a run -- the fifth prisoner chose to stay in a ron. this on top of paying $1.7 billion to settle an old financial dispute with the iranian government. iraqi security forces are searching a neighborhood in baghdad after three americans went missing over the weekend. they are civilian contractors and were reportedly contract -- kidnapped while at the home of their interpreter. the u.s. state department is working with iraqi authorities to "locate and recover" those people. the democratic front runners got a little testy in the last debate. they are virtually deadlocked and came out swinging during last night's debate.

they challenged each other on who was tougher on gun control, and accused each other of flip-flopping on the important issues. : you received over $600,000 in speaking fees from goldman sachs. ms. clinton: he voted for guns to go on amtrak, on national parks. he voted against doing research to figure out how we can save lives. autria: analysts are saying sanders came out ahead in the debate, but are not sure it was enough to give him an advantage in the national polls. attacks are escalating between donald trump and ted cruz. trump is saying that ted cruz is a hypocrite railing against big banks, even though he took loans. trumpuz saying donald displaying the art values. : it may be a little

bit of a new york background, because there is some different attitude in different parts of the country, and i was raised in new york and grew up and worked in new york city. autria: when asked about that interview he said "it does not matter, they understand me." ted video,cap put out this in a fundraiser where he should support for crews. ted cruz on his way to a campaign rally in new hampshire but first made a stop in virginia -- donald trump is on his way to a campaign rally in new hampshire but first made a stop in virginia at liberty university. turning to sports, the professional tennis world under fire after some ranked players are facing accusations of fixing matches as the australian open kicks off. the bbc reporting they have

obtained leaked documents from a secret investigation commissioned by professional tennis. the claims that 16 players ranked in the top 50 have told that theying body, have thrown matches, including wimbledon. it tapered unit has dealt with all the allegations appropriately. causing- a tiny slip up a problem for spacex. elon musk posted this video, showing the exact moment a rocket landed on a floating barge, tipped over, and exploded. he tweeted out there was a problem with one of the legs, likely because of ice buildup. towas his fourth attempt safely land a spacex rocket at sea. that is a lot of money.

he seems like a man with a plan, though. you have been busy in the weather center. doug: you are going to hear a lot and you will hear a lot on social media. there is no storm yet. there is an area of low pressure way off in the pacific ocean, that it looks as if it will come across the u.s. and east coast. but trick is, will it be us or not? how about the snow we had yesterday? areas south and east of washington had the most. 2.0 inches in ridge, maryland. 1.5 and par call. 6/10 of an inch in columbia. impactvery little because most of it melted off the street pretty quickly, and the wind dry things up. 20 degrees at belle haven country club, it is a beautiful early afternoon, just cold and

windy with temperatures ranging in the low 20's across the region. 22 and kelly.. .- at gallaudet the key is the wind aching it feels even colder. current wind chills, two in hagerstown, eight in manassas, seven at andrews. as far as the temperatures go, these are the air temperatures, nine degrees in pittsburgh, 10 in columbus, eight degrees in indianapolis, so we are milder. the cold air is on the way into the region and also with the wind, we are picking up a little lake-effect snow. i think we will say mostly sunny for most of the day. minute or sopend a talking about what may happen later this week, friday-saturday timeframe. this area of low pressure way out in the pacific ocean, over

the next four or five days it will travel eastward. this time, the atmosphere is set up with the upper-level wind that it will make landfall over some energyn caused to redevelop the surface low pressure center somewhere in this vicinity. that is going to track to the east, northeast. skies will turn cloudy and the potential will be for significant snowfall somewhere in the atlantic. could it be our area? yes, it could. could it be west or south? .es, it could it is a possibility, not a probability yet. by the end of the week and the weekend, the cold air will be in place. you can see that the rain and snow areas exactly where it hits the coast, where it moves, where the cold air is will make all the difference in the world on

whether we have a snowstorm or not. the weather pattern for the rest of the day, it will continue to be blustery, teens tonight, cold on wednesday, and we will put a 50/50 chance of snow on friday. autria: that is not terrible. doug: it is monday. the chances will go up or down. autria: hopefully down. up, aext story coming health alert as it is getting

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fatal bleeding. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. if you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto®, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. xarelto® is the number one prescribed blood thinner in its class. well that calls for a round of kevin nealons. make mine an arnold palmer. same here. with xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto®. autria: seven is on your side with a health matters report, your winter gloves may be

keeping you warm but they could be making you sick. results of an abc news test reported that 26 out of 27 samples tested positive for bacteria. say do not keep your gloves balled up in your pockets, and wash them often.

doug: sunday, -- sunny, windy

and cold for all day. au

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