announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: it has been a bitter-cold day in d.c. the good news is the cold will end. but by the end of the week we could be in for a big snowstorm. leon: you know how much we love big storms here. getting all worked up about them. maureen: absolutely. leon: we are good at that. we are good at tracking the cold and the storm for you tonight. we will get to stephen tschida with a look at how people are coping with the cold in a bit. but first, get to the chief meteorologist doug hill tracking the storm that is still forming. doug: the storm and the energy is the basis for the system yet to develop is over the pacific northwest and the u.s. we have time to work with it. we are following everything. it still looks likelihood to affect the large viewing area as well. it's cold and clear outside the belfort furniture weather center. low to mid-20's around the area. 25 in washington. the wind will feel like 13 above. feels like 7 in winchester.

we will be clear and cold and the wind will decrease a bit. with 12 to the 19 degree temperatures and the 5 to 10-mile-per-hour winds it will put the chill in the single digits overnight. planning ahead for the day tomorrow. watch sunshine early on. increasing cloudiness. 35 for a high. cold front could bring flurries or a snowshower by the evening hours tomorrow. we jump ahead to friday and saturday. that is the time frame we see a threat for a significant storm. gusty winds. cold temperatures will be part of this. we continue to watch the computer models here. 2:00 in the afternoon on friday is when the snow will develop. the trends will change but all the computer modeling we see continues to suggest a significant if not a major storm will develop friday, friday night and saturday in the midatlantic and the potential exists that the viewing area could be part of the area that gets a heck of a lot of snow.

by this time tomorrow, we will put numbers out. we will leave it at that. steve rudin will be back with more in a few minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. breaking news right now out of northwest washington. leon: jay korff is live on 14th street where the police are investigating a shooting. what can you tell us at this point? jay: we have a couple of crime scenes. this is 4100 block of 14 street in northwest, heart of columbia heights. another crime scene across the street. there is yellow tape near the lobby. we know that they -- hold up. we have a loud fire truck. [siren] bear with me. we know authorities confirmed that an adult male was shot. and was found in this vicinity. based on the fact we saw crime investigators over there. we think that person fell on

that side of the street. this is a very busy area. we have some descriptions. the descriptions are specific. there were two involved in the shooting. one person was armed and had long red dreadlocks. another on a bike and wearing a ski mask. at this hour there is no motive in the case. reporting live in northwest washington, jay korff, abc7 news. leon: thank you. jay. we are following a developing story out of forestville where the search is on for a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash on the beltway. this happened pennsylvania avenue at the beltway before 7:30 a.m. police have identified the victim as 37-year-old from upper marlboro.

firefighters had hair hands full in chillum in the wake of a deadly fire. two grandparents and the twin grandchildren died from flames raced through the house on knollbrook drive. the mother of the twins jumped out of the second floor. two others were able to get out of there without injuries. the investigators don't consider it to be suspicious. they are focusing on the first floor for the cause of the blaze. maureen: a virginia man accused of trying to travel to syria to join isis and the man who helped him set up the connection appeared in court. jeff goldberg was also in courtroom in alexandria following the case. jeff: family members of 25-year-old elhassan cried loud in court watching the sibling stand in front of a judge. outside his attorney -- >> my client is innocent of the charges. jeff: alleging that the federal government fabricated the whole case and they claim to have stopped a terror

threat after makeing for a. >> this is unfair to the public. this is not true. it does detriment to the family. jeff: elhassan and farrokh both of woodbridge charged with supporting isis. they began the involvement with the terror group in november of last year. authorities say last friday elhassan drove farrokh to location near the richmond airport where farrokh planned to fly eventually to syria to fight for isis. anate tv of pennsylvania was arrested before boarding the flight. elhassan the legal resident from sudan was arrested friday night in woodbridge after allegedly making a number of false statements to f.b.i. agents. >> very shocking. don't even know what happened or what is going on. jeff: tahir knows both men from the islamic community center for woodbridge.

he calls them kind and peaceful men and does not believe they are guilty of supporting terror. >> i don't think so. honestly. they never came across like that to me. jeff: no comment from the u.s. attorney office following the hearing. for the two defendants they have bond hearings coming up next. one later this week. the other next week. preliminary hearings in february. if convicted could face 20 years in prison. in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. >> we have a message. leon: just ahead here at 6:00 -- the reason a couple drove more than 1,500 miles to come to virginia and what they left behind. maureen: also ahead tonight -- free data for your cell phone. company about to pick up the tab for your data usage. leon: join us tonight for a town hall round table discussion on guns in america. is to provide choiceseve the that offer you

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>> they drove the jetta sport was gone from boulder, colorado, to the volkswagen u.s. headquarters in herndon and delivered 120,000 petitions from other v.w. owners asking the company to fully compensate them for the emissions scandal that came to light last september. >> the point is we have a message we want to deliver. that is what we are doing. we feel like what we are creating by doing this is small compared to the possibility of getting ourselves heard. leon: the german auto-maker is working as quickly as it can to come up with an approved remedy for the vehicle owners but they didn't want to wait for that to happen. they left the car behind in virginia maureen: abc7 consumer alert tonight. you probably know about the toll-free phone calls. now verizon is using the concept for data. they announced a new free data

service and will allow the third party companies to pick up the data from the usage. it will be tried out next week using companies like hearst magazine, and verizon owned aol. >> semper fi to all the marines. leon: indeed. one of the four americans released by iran speaking out and his words about america coming up next. >> the cold weather is hard for people even when they bundle up. i will tell you what you need to know to keep your pets warm in a moment. erin: i'm erin hawksworth. later in sports the terps turn to trimble for the game against northwestern and the voice of the caps speaks out on washington incredible stars. what he had to say when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues.

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leon: we are hearing from the marines who were released from iran.

they are happy to have the freedom back. >> the iranian officials who are captured were amazed. why are they working so hard for you. it's american. they love the citizens. maureen: vice presidential nominee sarah palin will endorse gp presidential candidate donald trump. it allows trump with a significant boost. there is a legal challenge to the overhaul of the nation

immigration rule. the president order basically stopped more than four million undocumented immigrants from being deported. a federal judge issued an injust and the action was upheld. leon: get back to the weather. stephen tschida is live in northwest washington with a look at how the people are trying to stay warm. stephen: i am standing here for 20 minute and i am miserable. i have five layers on and i'm still cold. keep in mind what your pet is going through. they only have their fur. people are dealing with a

specific problem. >> freezing cold. >> i bundled him up. stephen: we spotted them trying to keep warm but we spotted this fellow in a park shivering. only occasions did we see them in sweater. >> she needs a sweater, two. >> they were abbreviating the time the dog spent outside. >> i will usually go for an hour and i will do 15 to 20 minutes. even though the dogs have coats, they are not protected from the wind and the cold we're experiencing. >> make the walks shorter.

if we get snow, break the snow out of the paw pads. it can have ice or be sharp and hurt and have frostbite. stephen: something to keep in mind especially if we do get heavy snow later this week. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: get in the truck. doug: it's 28 at the airport. that was it. we are in the upper teens. low to mid-20's in the metro. the winds still gust up a bit but not as windy as yesterday. that is good. we get to the overnight we

have a wind down 5 to 10. the temperatures ranging from 12 to 19 degrees the wind chills will probably run eight or nine degrees in the city by tomorrow morning. a lot of sunshine to start the day tomorrow. it will change. i want you to know tomorrow night a cold front is coming through the area. the setup in place for this guy. it will utilize the balloon day to get the accurate track and the strength and everything else. the headline of things that the model agree on. the general trend is a motion like this. the classic storm track developing in the area of low pressure to move to the east coast. vis-a-vis our viewing area is huge because this will determine who gets the most

storm. this could have a lot of snow. major impact and the storm. the exact track is uncertain. be we think you should prepare for this. by this time tomorrow, we will have several computer model runs under the belt with the newer data. it will help focus on what we will deal with. the western suburb and the southwest probably has the best chance for heaviest snow. friday and saturday. no mix expected. there is a chance of a mix closer to the by a. we feel the suburban county north and southwest will have the heavy snow likely.

southern maryland and the northern neck might have a mix. this is still a couple days out. we clear out sunday and warming trend next week. back to you. leon: nothing going downhill with the caps. on a run like we have never seen. erin: it's exciting. voice of the caps speak out on the historical start. hear what he had to say plus the terps turn to trimble tonight as they host northwestern.

erin: we begin with the capitals. they are on their best start with team history but now the third best start in nhl history. the capitals are in first place in the nhl, 17 points ahead of all other teams in the metropolitan division. three of the players are in the top 20 in points. i spoke with john walton, the

voice of the caps on the new show abc7 sports sunday about the team success. >> i don't think anyone thought in the wildest dreams this is where they would be but here they are at 17 up halfway through the season. a lot of things going up for the team. they have had injuries. significant inches with john carlson being out. the number one face-off guy has been out. >> he is right. john walton joining us live in the new show "abc7 sports sunday" that airs every sunday night at 11:35. college hoops where maryland hosts northern western tonight. the terps are eager to build off the thrashing. it was due to trimble. the terps are unbeatable. but if he's not on the floor they struggle.

he only scored two points in ped ped loss to michigan. but it was just one game. head coach mark turgeon isn't concerned. >> he is a winner. he knows what the team needs. he doesn't care about the numbers. i know he goes to the room at night and i know he thinks about it. in the heat of the moment he is doing what is best for the team. he thinks about winning all the time. >> georgetown and virginia will think about winning as well. maureen: get an update from doug on the weather. doug: on track for significant storm friday, saturday, saturday night. steve rudin will have more to stay about it tonight at 11:00. maureen: thank you. leon: thank you. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir is up next with political endorsement for the r girl scout meeting...

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