big storiesve two to get to. the bitter cold is causing major problems today. including a water main break and icy roadways in fairfax county. a devastating fire kills four people in prince george's county. the children's mother escaped by jumping out of a window. earlierned in chillum

this morning. jeanette reyes brought you this news on good morning washington. >> a mother's without her children and their grandparents are also dead after an early morning fire consumes this home. it was 2:00 in the morning. rose aeams of a mother neighbor out of his bed. >> the screams of a mother for her children, she was saying my children are inside. consuming this home. firefighters arrived within three minutes and try to save the two-year-old twins, trapped inside, along with their grandparents. the mother ofay the twins jumped from the second floor and two others were able

to get out without injury. firefighters fought the saveratures and heat to the occupants. it was too late. the twins died at the hospital minutes away from each other. counselors were made available to firefighters. neighbors, friends, and family are heartbroken. >> i can only imagine. >> one of the most tragic parts of the story is investigators have yet to find any sign of smoke detectors in this home. the fire chief saying what differences could have made, we will never know. they are heading out to check neighbors' homes, to make sure they have working smoke detectors. reporting in chillum, jeannette

reyes. investigators do not consider the fire suspicious. they are focusing on the first for a cause of the blaze. the fire happening on the one-year anniversary of a mansion fire in annapolis. a converted -- a corroded sent acal outlet christmas tree up in flames -- up in sent a family flames. it killed a family. the house was not equipped with sprinklers. another story today is a frigid temperatures. the wind chill advisory just ended. doug: the sun is very ineffective warming us up.

bitterly cold air continues well below average. temperatures no better than about 28. gusty wind out of the northwest, it will be colder. satellite and radar, batches of cloudiness. keeping our eye on a disturbance. we are looking with more attention down the road, towards friday and saturday. it is looking more and more likely there will be a major , a snowstorm.rm we have no way of knowing where it's track will wind up, and knowing it is important, because storm will bring in warmer air from the ocean. we cannot say how much snow we are going to get.

the potential of a significant snowstorm is increasing daily. the clouds increase friday. snow will be -- snow will increase across the area. jummy: make sure you stay with abc seven. stay one step ahead of the weather. we will post updates on our website and our facebook and twitter pages. you can download the stormwatch the radar.s and it is on your phone or tablet. the deep freeze causing problems for people heading out today. john gonzalez shows some of the dangerous conditions. >> the wind will not quit this

afternoon. the results are like bees. what is normally a routine water main in oakton, virginia. the road has turned into an ice -- a link,k essentially. a lot of water freezing as soon as it hits the surface. the grass has crystallized. water and ice on one side. water crews have told us on scene is that they are letting me water run so it will not completely freeze over. it is going to take longer to repair this. >> it is freezing. >> it is cold. the wind is bad.

>> moving around, lifting boxes. >> police have closed at least one lane of cambridge road. eventually they will close all of the lanes. they are waiting for the utility to come and mark the lines. the big work will begin. about 10 homes are without water. if you are coming through here, it is very slick. in fairfax county, john gonzalez. jummy: we are following breaking news in california. a greyhound bus rolled onto its side and killed two people. the fire department is investigating the cause. they say it happened during a rainy morning commute. no other vehicles were involved. investigating a fatal hit and run in prince george's county near i-95 and forest bill.

unknown vehicle slammed into a pickup truck which caused the into a pole.h the other driver kept going. police are looking for a green garbage truck and red lettering and fresh damage to the passenger side. we want to get a check on the roadways. a few of those areas near route four with the water main break is where i want to start. court, weton manor have the one lane blocked. icy conditions. once they get more crews on scene, they may block all lanes. just the one lane is blocked. in annandale, we have the left lane blocked. report 95 ino virginia.

no problem on the outer loop. the accident investigation is still underway. route for the ramp to southbound is blocked. the capital beltway, same thing. a live look outside. 270 moving well through gaithersburg. nothing to worry about getting into bethesda. the sun is shining, so it is a nice drive. the supreme court announcing today it will take up a case challenging the legality obama's executive actions on immigration. states have cut -- have challenged that authorization.

the justices said they would consider undoing lower court rulings that block to be plan from taking effect. in aprilwill be argued probably and be decided in late june. a woodbridge man accused of trying to join isis will appear in court. the fbi says the men were minutes away from leaving the country when they were caught. sam sweeney is outside the courthouse with the latest. >> these men face serious charges related to terrorism according to court documents. ouq wanted to travel to join asis. he said he was meant for the battlefield. police arrested him on friday at richmond international airport. he was about to board a flight ar chicago, where he had

connection to him on, jordan. he would continue on to syria where he would join isis. he pledged his allegiance in a springfield center parking lot with an fbi informant and it is now in the hands of the fbi for investigations. he was brought to the airport by a man from sudan. was a legal resident here in the united states. both men are facing serious charges. few are due in court in a hours. reporting outside the united states courthouse in alexandria, sam sweeney. jummy: coming up, challenging gun control laws. the changes being considered. another celebrity death. remembering a founding member of the eagles.

tennis players speaking out. what some of the stars are saying about match fixing allegations. the has the latest on the potential snow. ♪

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jummy: the debate over gun laws is glowing in virginia. second amendment advocates rallied, voicing their support for pieces of legislation, including allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit. the governor has vowed to veto

any attempts to weaken virginia's gun laws. 7 taking a look at gun laws in america. scott pfirman will be live on to compare u.s. and european gun laws. the music world is mourning the death of another start. glenn frey died last night. the eagles released hit after onein the 1970's, including of these nights, best of my love, and hotel california. he was 67 years old. biggest stars in tennis are speaking out about the match fixing scandal rocking the sport world. the new details coming out. explain some

players are demanding answers. >> the australian open overshadowed. making headlines, reports from the bbc and buzz feed that tennis officials suppressed evidence of match fixing by players. >> i do everything i can to be greats and historic. that is going on, i do not know about it. >> i would love to hear names. then, it is concrete and you can debate about it. >> it is bad. you want to know about the people potentially involved in this. according to novak djokovic, someone on his team was approached back in 2007,

offering him $200,000 to throw a match. was not approached directly. we threw it away right away. it did not even get to me. >> william hill is not implicated in the scandal. while the association of tennis professionals is denying the allegation, buzz feed is standing by their report. jummy: the mayor of flint, michigan, heading to dce to discuss her city's crisis. karen weaver hopes to secure a disaster declaration at the federal level as protest grow

under the undrinkable water in flint due to high levels of lead. >> we are angry. this was persis late done. -- this was purposely done. jummy: they elected to save money by taking tap water from the flint river instead of lake huron. everyone is talking about snow. they want to know about this weekend. doug: i wish i had answers. chances are increasing for significant snowstorms. a way to early with the storm not formed yet to say if you live in this county or this county, you get so much. the farther north and west you are from d.c., the farther west the snow is likely to be. some rain will be mixed in and that will knock down the total.

we will know more when we get closer to the event. us. with we will keep you ahead of it. winter is here. still in the low 20's. a few single digits in the mountains. there is no shortage of cold air. another cold front will come through, they will reinforce the cold air mass. o'hare.icago 24 degrees in the nation's capital. this system putting down snow in omaha. that will head east. that is how we are going to find a possibility of a few flurries. anything but normal as far as futurecast goes. to the short term. here comes some of the snow.

a few patches possible tomorrow night with the system. very little impact, may be showers. thursday looks pretty. it will be nice and in the 30's. sunshine in the area. we will pick up the advancing cloud cover from the storms. it is an impulsive energy over the ocean. there is agreement that by friday morning, we will have snow moving in from the metro area. the track is critical. circulation is clockwise. warmer ocean in air. areas will be too warm for snow. the farther north and west you go from the ocean, the colder air will be in place. air in a majoror storm, are we in a position to say how much? no. tracking where it is, we will have a better idea of where it will go.

once we know that, we will tell you what to expect. looking more and more like a high impact winter storm. the timeframe friday, friday night into saturday, now is the time to start preparing. think about any traveling plans you have, work, jobs, kids. we will let you know there is increasing chances we will be dealing with a major winter storm. this is the best chance of the heaviest snow west of the metro

area. still a chance to have these storms in the metro area. lighter chances south and east. jummy: we will check back in with you. jummy: we will check back in with you. a new voice chiming having lots of devices in your home can reallylow your internet down. so keep things moving with 100% fiber optic fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. it's no wonder we're ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power. now, for $79.99 a month online, get 50 meg fios internet,tv and phone for your first year. or with a 2 year agreement, get $300 back. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios.

jummy: a developing story involving the oscars. calls are coming into the -- to boycott the event. janet hubert, the original aunt viv is issuing her response to jaiteh and her husband.

jada and her husband, will smith. >> it is ironic that someone who has made their money from people them, just because you did not get nominated. jummy: the academy is taking steps to

doug: cold and breezy. we have our eye on t

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