alison: montgomery county schools will be closed tomorrow. we do know that d.c. schools will be open tomorrow. we will let you know if we hear from any other school system in the next hour. leon: metro, the trains at the rail stations tonight. but not as many eight car trains as usual. wmata tells abc7 news some of the rail cars have been taken out of service. they were damaged by the snow and the ice. some of the collector shoe devices on the train are designed to break away if they encounter anything on the third rail. they are coming off if they hit snow or ice. metro says it's normal after this storm. hopes to have more eight car trains on the track tomorrow morning. alison: we have team coverage today as we dig out from the storm.

the icy and the slippery crosswalks are a major concern for the local school districts with tins of thousands of students walking to school. but another huge issue is in fairfax alone 1600 buses drive students to and from school countywide. the main roads are in great shape but many of the side roads are simply not safe enough for buses. the schools are focused on safety, having children at home for seven straight school days creates a major strain for many parents who have to try to balance work and child care. >> it's so hard for me.

i am working right now. my kids are home. >> what does it mean for you? >> i call and check up on them. it's hard for me. as a parent it's hard for me. >> the main challenge is keeping up with the school work. the schoolwork they have to catch up on. >> what has happened with the unique circumstance is the volume of snow made it impassable for a lot of the roadways. >> with seven straight school days off, it puts a don't in the school snow day set aside by the school districts. because this is the first major snowstorm of the season, a lot in the bank for the district. six remains in fairfax, five in prince william county. loudoun county does differently. 15 days left for them.

alison: a lot of cabin fever around downtown. we have a lot of snow and tonight it could refreeze. leon: chief meteorologist doug hill is standing by in the weather center. we have a check of the forecast. is it a big refreeze tonight? doug: it's the issue out there. skies are clear. temperatures are dropped like 12 to 24 degrees. that is the overnight rain. light winds and clear skies. any puddle or water over the roadways here. nothing dried by the wind today is going to freeze up tonight. first, though, 40 degrees at reagan national. same here. outside the belfort furniture weather center center. beautiful picture this morning on the washington monument crowds. we'll see a slow melt off here. 39 in oxon hill. ashburn is 40 degrees. 41 on the campus of gallaudet university. tonight is cold, 12 to 2

degrees. air temperature, light wind. yes. during the day, we will warm back up. it is going to miss us. it will stay southeast and go to sea. colder air arriving on friday. by then there won't be moisture. what do you know. good weather news for a change. cold tonight. cold in the morning. warming up to 44 with partly sunny skies for thursday afternoon. check out the weekend, the next seven days for you in the next few minutes. alison: this morning's commute was a mess on the roads. including three tractor trailer on the beltway. with a refreeze tomorrow may not be much better. joce sterman live in mobile track 7 checking the roadways for you. hey, where are you? joce: we are just on the parkway and hitting the first slowdown we have seen on the entire trip around the

beltway. we got on, on tysons corner heading east. we are looping around, halfway around the beltway. this is the first time we have slowed down. there is a lot of anticipation for this particular commute after a couple of monsters in the morning the last couple of days. the roads just spontaneously closed down for snow removal. all the roads we have seen so far tonight completely clear. dry pavement. drivers making the most of it getting out of town while they can. concerned about what they will see tomorrow morning. sneaking out early and hoping for the best tomorrow morning. we'll continue heading back toward d.c. we will let you know what we find out tonight. send it back to you. leon: this morning abc7 news found the folks clearing their own street. this is in rockville. this is hours after county executive ike leggett 7:00 a.m. deadline for the roads to be passible. every street would have at least one pass by 7:00 a.m. in the county. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live now with a

look at where the promise stands now. what is the word, kevin? kevin: leon, we can't tell you exactly how many streets still were uncleared of 7:00 a.m. i can tell you i spoke to 17 residents on 11 different snow lock streets including burton hill road in kensington. why does everybody have a shovel? the snowplow just came through 88 hours after the snow stopped falling. >> i'm standing before you and saying we would have made a pass in every neighborhood by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. kevin: a bold promise from montgomery county exec ike leggett. plowed down every street by 7:00 a.m. today. >> total letdown. kevin: yet, bridget haynes woke up to see leggett didn't keep his word. her street impassable. >> i have felt trapped. we are going stir crazy.

it would be nice to leave the house and do what we do every day. kevin: so the neighbor rob hopped in a pickup, plow attached and did montgomery county's work for free. >> i have parkinson's now so i'm a little bit concerned. when i couldn't get out, the paranoia comes and if something happened how would they get to me. >> this is a safety issue now that goes well beyond inconvenience. kevin: today, phil of kensington also woke up trapped and irritated. calls to 311 unfruitful. >> when you look at the county website when you call them, they repeatedly will tell you that the street has been cleared. minutes after the interview a plow arrives. 88 hours after the snow stopped falling. >> better late than never. kevin: i just got a text message from a woman in a rockville neighborhood. a snowplow has not come in the street. if you are watching or are

with the montgomery county government, rockville needs your help. what does ike leggett have to say about this? he told us by telephone today his every neighborhood promise was more of a generalization than literal promise to clear every street. take it as what you will. kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. in d.c. now, d.c. schools were back open today for the first time since the storm. we asked chief cathy lanier what lessons d.c. police learned from the blizzard of 2016. >> i think distributing shovels to the officers in a field was a great move. we said use these for yourself and also use them to help people in the community that need help. officers overwhelmingly went out and assisted people in the community with the shovels. alison: so today's abc7 twitter poll is asking how you think d.c. handled the blizzard. let us know the thoughts.

@abc7news. leon: we have developing news tonight. d.c. police lacking for the person who shot two d.c. administrators in a car monday night. d.c. bureau chief sam ford broke the story. what are you learning? sam: well, the police tape is still here on the scene in the 1500 block of eaton road southeast where two d.c. school administrators from different schools were sitting in a car parked when the shooting started. police say officers responded to the sounds of gunshots monday night around 7:30 and found the pair here. police sources confirmed the victims, the man and a woman were both school administrators. one at ballou stay high school, the other at roosevelt stay high school. police say they are both suffering from serious gunshot wounds and are hospitalized. no word this evening as to any possible motive for the shooting. but police this afternoon released a photo of 23-year-old justin headspeath.

there is a warrant out for his arrest in this case. the charge is assault with intent to kill. the school system in a statement said the d.c. public schools community is shocked and saddened by the violence against our administrators and are hoping for swift recovery for the colleagues. we continue to work with m.p.d. and n the ongoing investigation. also reating were the local commissioners. >> very concerned. >> an area with a lot of crime around now. >> it's disappointing to me as a commissioner and resident of ward eight. this has to stop. the violence must stop. sam: and both of them again the administrators are with the ballou and roosevelt stay schools. those are the night schools. the night schools for the school system. again, words of hope on the

part of the school system. reporting live from southeast washington sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. one more note for you here. we just heard from alexandria, and alexandria city schools will be closed tomorrow. so add that to the list. leon: coming up here at 5:00 -- >> very concerned. very, very concerned. >> this is a known area where they have violence and a lot of crime. >> there is going to be a big surprise that night. and the day after. all you guys will be scratching your heads and saying what happened here. >> when i started. >> big promises ahead of the iowa caucuses. we'll show you how some candidates are preparing. alison: a massive fire ripped through a popular area. we have a look at the dangers tonight. leon: then later -- >> health officials in the u.s. are adding more countries to the travel alert because of the zika virus. find out why it is so

concerning for pregnant women and where it is spreading coming up.

last spring it the zika virus arrived in brazil and it spread to south america, caribbean, mexico. >> the virus has spread through mosquitoes. >> mosquitoes that transmit the infection is found in

parts of the united states. primarily the southern part of the united states. but mosquitoes aren't very active right now. >> currently there are confirmed cases of zika in the u.s. but only from travelers coming back from the infected area. >> that someone could travel to puerto rico for instance that has seen cases, come back and be bit by a mosquito in the united states. then that mosquito would transmit the infection to other people. >> most patients have historically found a benign prognosis from the virus. you get over it and move on. >> the c.d.c. is asking pregnant women to postpone going to countries where it's prevalent. alison: thank you. president obama is expected to ask congress for $12 billion for a summer nutrition program for children. nearly 22 million low-income

children participate in reduced price programs in the school year. the white house says only a fraction of the kids receive meals when school is out. program would load benefits to a debit card that can only be used for food at grocery stores. leon: all right. school will be out around here for another couple of days. alison: exactly. all week. doug: i remember as a kid we had a couple of big storms here. the blizzard of '66, in high school, closed for a week and some days. major ones over the years. hope this is the last one of the winter unless the kids want to be in school for the fourth of july. alison: with the refreeze issues? doug: we say it a lot of times after snow, refreeze. it doesn't get cold. high pressure moving in. skies are cleared, the winds are light. with the cold ground. we will drop to the teens in many suburbans areas even around 20 in the city. icy patches will work. a lot of it melted and it did not evaporate. watch for that tonight.

leon: it felt so good today. doug: it was nice. share a picture from sunday morning. after the blizzard ended. had cheer skies. duggar -- the duggins family from washington county. picture of the moon setting. a gorgeous picture. thank you for sharing that with us. pics@wjla.com is the destination for any beautiful weather images you have. happy to share with everybody. the temperatures are cold. but they are above freezing. that is good news. we still melt at 40, 38, 39. but there the next few hours the windy min niche with the clear skies and the -- the wind diminishes with the clear skies. the wind is still out there at 7, 8, 9 miles per hour. light breezes. but they diminish, too. as a result these are the temperatures for the morning. 12 in frederick. 15 degrees in hagerstown. 14 in martinsberg. it's cold enough to ice things

over. the pocket of the cold air is here. high pressure will move out. look what is happening elsewhere. big warmup through the central and the southern plains. this is an area here when we get to this time next week. major storm it looks like developing in the mid-south. it will head north and bypass us. we will be in the warm spot. we will get thunderstorms out of it by the middle of next week. meantime, watching trend ising on the way -- warming trend is on the way. 40's and 50's by the weekend. moisture organized well south through the gulf. coming off the southeast coast. that will miss us. there is a push of colder air across the western lakes now. the moisture will get out of the way before the colder air arrives. tonight is a concern with the refreeze. tomorrow night a slight chance. after that, daytime and nighttime will stay above freezing allowing the melting to continue through the overnight. closeup of the heavy rain and the thunderstorms moving through the sections of florida. they even have tornado warnings today for part of florida as well.

that is where the wicked weather is. here, just clear skies. high pressure in control. the future cast shows more sunshine tomorrow. a few clouds. temperatures in the low to mid-40's tomorrow. here you can see the cold front coming in from the morning. that arrives friday. as the moisture pushes out of the way. the moisture gets out of the colder air arrives. upper 30's on friday. warmer as we head through this upcoming weekend. take a look at the day planner tomorrow. cold start. getting to 44 with mostly sunny skies midday. icy spots galore for the morning rush. check the next seven days. a lot of sunshine on saturday. middle 40's on sunday. in the lower 50's. that is the good news. monday a warm front comes through. we could have showers. 53. briefly cooler on wednesday but get a push of warm air on the eastern side of the big storm center. maybe even thunder as we head to the 50's to near 60 on wednesday. alison: wow! thanks. doug: yeah. we'll take it.

alison: we will hear the melting happening. leon: drip, drip, drill. alison: love that. don't we? reminder here. be among the first to know when the schools close for the weather signing up for the abc7te alert. log on to wjla.com to get the messages on your phone. >> the national zoo reopens and of course panda watch begins again. i'm cheryl conner with some of the cutest video of the day. leon: then a little later taking action to try to fight the water crisis in flint, michigan. alison: but first, a look at what is coming up on abc -- you can sign up to be a fan to get information on the favorite shows.

alison: over the weekend, thousands and thousands of us watched the video of tian tian

rolling around in the snow at the national zoo. leon: we saw the recreators, the guys who dressed up in panda suits who went out to try to do the same thing. alison: exactly. we couldn't get enough. today the doors reopened to the public after shutting down for four days. leon: all right. now our cheryl cheryl got a chance -- our cheryl conner got a chance to get up close to the star of the blizzard and show us now how the animals made it through the storm. cheryl: responding to the zookeeper, tian tian waiting to catch a glimpse of him at the national zoo. through the deep snow. >> they are like rolling around and they get snowy. cheryl: tian tian's top concern is getting the bamboo. but millions of people watched the video of him rolling around in the snow over the weekend. >> while so many of us got snowed in with the families there were 85 zookeepers who had to stay here and give the pandas bamboo and make sure

all the animals were cared for in the blizzard. bao bao seemed comfortable enough to climb a tree with the ball in his mouth. the snow was too deep for bei bei. >> we did lose revenue from folks visiting, parking and buying meals and stuffed pandas. cheryl: zoo director dennis kelly said the animals were able to go inside if they were uncomfortable in the cold. thee couple from california is out of the hotel. >> we lost a couple of days of sightseeing. cheryl: the national mall and the memorial park open at noon. the family from the west coast hoping for tickets to the washingtonian monument. field trip for sam in montgomery county who are spending another day out of school. northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: looking good. one more note here about the school closures for tomorrow. we heard from arlington

county. once again, schools will be closed in arlington tomorrow. leon: well, get back to what we saw with the zoo and the memorials downtown that may be back open today. main stay may be getting ready to close. washington business journal reporting that it's up for sale. the restaurant and bar on 18th street. it's listed for $1.8 million. if you want to write a check. alison: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- melting away. we will take a closer look at what happens to all that snow being put in the melting machine. at r.f.k. stadium. >> speaking of snow, prince george's county set a goal of clearing snow and making all streets passible by 9:00 tonight. i'm brad bell. tonight. i'm brad bell. when we com

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leon: with the federal government opening up three hours late and several school systems closed down, this morning's commute was a bear. these car hit a snow bank this morning. we sent out brad bell to montgomery county to see how the roads were like out there. what did you see out there? brad: we are seeing a mixed bag. i can tell you tomorrow if we have more people on the roads the commute is also going to be a bear. this is one of the reasons. you see this, four-lane road. one lane is missing. that is not going to get fixed overnight. good news today is the snow, i can show you with the rescue shovel here was pretty soft. pretty easy to move around.

so the residential streets are now as we are told 90 to 95% done. this was about one of the last ones to get done. a lot of people relieved tonight. many prince georgeens it's been a long few days. >> the situation was dire. people need medicine. they had problems. >> cecilia smith and her neighbors in temple hill has been trapped, forgotten by snowplows. they called the county and e-mailed "7 on your side." finally in the middle of the night, help. >> 1:37 a.m. when the snow truck came through at a good high speed and one pipe down the middle of the street. >> got up this morning. i saw black top. >> robin calloway knows the feeling. >> it felt like nobody would get out here. brad: her temple hill street was unplowed so long she and

the neighbors decided to dig out by hand when the county executive doing aerial survey spotted them. >> we saw it up in the sky. they promised the plows would follow but by then the shoveling was done. this isn't the tool to do it but a way to show you. peak are required to get the sidewalks cleared up. the county says the work is not done. they will keep working on the road to get you extra lane and turn lanes opened up. we will tell you about that at 6:00. alison: d.c. schools will be open tomorrow. montgomery county schools, alexandria and arlington schools are closed. fairfax, loud lout, prince william and washington county schools are closed tomorrow. again on friday. sign up for the school closing

text alerts at wjla.com. you can see the closings and the delays we know about right now at the bottom of the screen. leon: we have a developing story in new orleans we're following for a while. growing concern now of a possible building collapse after a massive fire there. it broke out on canal street in a main drag in downtown new orleans. in the central business district. this happened around 3:30 this morning. the investigation is ongoing. alison: new develop in the the flint water crisis. they asked a federal judge to order replacement of all the pipes in the flint water system. michigan officials say the water samples in flint are trending better. it's too soon to say if residents can resume drinking unfiltered water.

flint's mayor has hired a virginia professor who helped bring the water crisis to light to oversee all testing done by the state and the federal government. leon: the race for the white house stopped at the white house today. bernie sanders melt with president obama in the oval office for an hour. he met after the president held a similar meeting with hillary clinton last month. >> we talked this morning about a number of issues. foreign policy issues. domestic issues. occasionally politics. leon: meanwhile today hillary clinton calling on sanders to join previously unscheduled debate next month. it's not sanctioned by the democratic party. alison: meanwhile the back and forth between donald trump and fox news continues. even after the republican candidate says he will not participate in tomorrow's debate. trump again attacked the moderator megyn kelly on

twitter calling her among other things a lightweight reporter. the two have clashed before when at a previous debate kelly asked trump about the derogatory comments about women. reminder for you. abc7's chief political correspondent scott thuman is in iowa for the debate and the caucuses. the live reports begin tomorrow on "abc7 news at 4:00". leon: the professional ballroom dancers who lost a leg in the boston marathon bombing plans to run this year's race. in an interview, davis says she will run to raise money and awareness for limbs for life. an oklahoma city based organization that provides prosthesis for the low-income amputees that can't afford artificial limb. she lost her left leg below the knee in the april 2013 attacks. they killed three people and wounded 260 others. alison: wow! amazing. leon: that will be great to see. victory for her to go back there and run. alison: you know it.

a story trending now. of course no woman wants to show up anywhere wearing the same exact outfit as someone else. but is it much worse for this woman who ended up matching the hotels wall exactly? the woman stopped at a super 8 hotel in ohio on the way home from a concert and noticed, look at that. her shirt matched the hotel hallways perfectly. the photo of the unintended twins has racked up more than 4 million views. leon: you are a lady, you tell me? which is more troublesome to find that you are dressed like another woman or another hotel? which would you be most offended by? alison: i don't know. that is pretty funny, though. the fact she was willing to share it with the world is funnier. leon: all right. coming up at 5:00. >> let's go! how football is teaching the young players to be winners on and off the field. alison: later, 71 years after

the liberation of auschwitz, a local student gets an amazing opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the world war ii liberators. leon: we just heard from stafford county, virginia, and the frederick county maryland. the word is they will both be closing schools tomorrow. we'll keep you posted if we hear about any more. stay with us.

steve: i'm steve rudin. temperatures on saturday are middle 40's. by sunday we will rebound nicely. how about the lower to the middle 50's for daytime highs? i will take you out to look at the next seven days. we'll be in the 40's for the next three. by sunday and monday in the 50's, around 50 on tuesday. look at wednesday of next

week. near 60 for a daytime high. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this.

leon: league is producing champions not just on the field but off the field in life. meet this week's harris' heroes, the pepper mill pirates and the team of the dedicated coaches and young players. on a cold night and a muddy field, the peppermill pirates are hard at work. in a few days the 19 boys ranging in age from ten to 12 will hand off to kissimmee, florida, outside of orlando. for the second year in a row they are undefeated. marco coaches with the help of his brother malcolm who is the assistant coach and a few fathers. it's more than teaching the players about football. >> you put out what you put in. if you put in hard work and dedication, football, life, classroom at home, that is

what you want to get out. leon: it's about making an impact on the players. many of whom don't have a father figure in their lives. >> they get more discipline. me and the quarterback step up to be the captain. it motivates me to be a better man in life, these guys motivate me to be do better. like a big family. extension from everybody else. >> we see life sessions. we see them how to become young men and young women. >> one, two, three. leon: well, after a long hard fought season the pirates ended up losing in the championship game. they took home second, which is an impressive feat given that they moved up to older age division. the peppermill association offering football, basketball, cheerleading, serving 274 in the community. we wish them the best of luck going forward. alison: they still got to take

the trip and have the experience of playing in the game. leon: any chance to go to florida this time of year is a good thing. alison: did they miss the blizzard? leon: no. they didn't miss it. alison: that would be really good. toy cars and a look at storm that hit part of florida this morning. >> i'm mike carter-conneen outside r.f.c. memorial stadium. where all the snow is not going anywhere fast. coming up, how the department of environment staffers are melting and cleaning it before putting it back in the river.

alison: we are back with a look at the majesty that is niagara falls. it's a scene you may not see for long. project in the works to replace two bridges that connects the u.s. mainland with the island between american falls and bridal veil falls. but they'd reroute the water from the american side and shut down the falls. it would force the water to horseshoe falls if it goes happens. leon: isn't it amazing, almost

no ice there. isn't that crazy? no ice. we are stuck in 18 feet of it, i swear. our big dig out continues. one of the biggest challenges for cities has been where to put all the snow. especially in the neighborhood of d.c. as mike carter-conneen reports the district is concerned about the environmental impact of the snow melt. mike: those scooped up, snow must go down somewhere. that d.c. is lot six outside r.f.c. memorial stadium. even as it melts, a mountain of 20-foot high peaks of snow continues to grow with truckload after truckload. after all of this snow crippled d.c., why not dump it in the anacostia or the potomac river? maybe back in the day that would have been considered but now days, especially the folks coming to the anacostia clean-up and the focus on the chesapeake bay, i don't think it crossed anyone's mind they would dump it. the snow drag and snow melter

was loaned to d.c. by the indianapolis airport. >> it's 24 hours straight now. we are making a don't. mike: with the temperature of nine degrees the water inside the tank processed 60 tons of snow an hour. but it's a polluted hot tub you wouldn't want to jump into. the huge draws here is where the salt collects. it will go in the drains for the r.f.c. storm management system using special chambers. >> it goes to the river but removes the oil and the grease. >> district leaders say they must abide by the federal clean water act and the d.c. water pollution control act. but still, the operation will be costly but they expect it to be offset with the federal emergency fund. with some neighborhoods still cleared they predict the effort will continue around the clock for at least another 48 or 72 hours. at r.f.k., mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. leon: well, we have this just coming in from prince george's

county. schools will be closed there tomorrow. you can see all the closings and the cancellations we have so far scrolling at the bottom of the screen. alison: let's get a check of the roadways, jamie sullivan on traffic watch for us tonight. jamie: one thing we are looking at right now is cool. motorcade going through connecticut avenue on van ness. the traffic is stopped. if you live in norths we d.c., of course, this is why we see stopped traffic. not because of the snow removal. let's head to the maps to focus in on what we have on 66. they are doing a clean-up on the ramp to get to the beltway from 66 eastbound. while they do that, it is in fact closed off. outbound 395, 30 minutes from the 14th street bridge getting closer to the turnfield interchange. right now we are seeing the stop-and-go traffic in some areas. d.c. is the heaviest right now for volume. the capital beltway so far is not in terrible shape. although tonight, and tomorrow morning as doug hill will talk

more about this, freezing and the black ice we may see. keep in mind you need to be careful. that is a look at traffic. back to you. alison: the national weather service is confirming a tornado touched down this morning in florida. the strong winds overturned the box truck. damaged several other vehicles. this is in coke cut creek. official with the national weather service performed a storm survey this afternoon. he says the tornado touched down at least three times. it was estimated to be some 100 feet wide. luckily, though, no one was hurt. leon: we're not worried about the the wind here. we are worried about the refreezing. doug: that is a concern. start off with a look at heavy storms. the one you reported was an ef-1. 100-mile-per-hour winds with it expected there. there is more heavy storms moving across south florida. this is a storm system a week ago or so looked like it would bring moisture our way. it will not happen. it will stay farther to the

south. that is good news, the rain will move up the coast. colder air moving in by friday. by then the moisture is well southeast. our story now is the temperatures starting to fall. it's 37 degrees right now. looking live in laurel. notice here is what is coming up nine minutes before 6:00. light in the sky. that is all good. what will happen over the next few hours, temperatures will fall quickly. in fact, it will be below freezing in many areas according to the computer outlook now. 40 at reagan national. 34 at frederick. 38 around andrews and oxon hill area. over the next couple of hours the temperatures will drop. by 8:30 tonight we will be closer to freezing in the city and below freezing in the suburban areas. even the teens by overnight or early in the morning it could be 20 downtown. freeze, the puddled and the pools of water or areas of the melted snow with the temperatures so cold. we warm back up to freezing through the day tomorrow. we'll be in good shape for the

day. we have more melting and hopefully more drying for the roadway surfaces, too. take a look another the next seven days if for you moving across the area. 44 tomorrow. 42 on friday. 46 on saturday. by sunday, warming to the lower 50's. more shower monsed a high of 53. briefly cooler. melting territory. all the nighttime temperatures after friday night. wednesday close to 60 degrees with the showers and thunderstorms. robert burton? robert: thank you, doug. time to shake the rust off. caps are finally back on the ice with the week layoff. both were canceled due to snow. flyers at the phone booth. scott abraham has more as the caps prepare for a big return. >> you can call it an island game. long breaks before and long break after with the all-star game.

in total tonight's game against the flyers are the caps' only game in a 13-day stretch. >> there isn't any excuse. it is what it is. you have to mentally prepare and go for it. >> finally play a game. to see where we are at. we all feel pretty good right now. >> guys are excited. to be able to go up there and play after a couple day break. a lot of energy at the rink for the last couple of days. really catapult us into the game today. >> washington capitals are expected to receive a big boost in the line-up. defenseman john carlson will make his return after missing the last 12 games with a lower body injury. head coach barry trotz said it's probable carlson will make his return tonight. scott abraham, abc7 sports. robert: about time to see some hockey. alison: okay. leon: they're used to being in alison: okay. leon: they're used to being in cold

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isleon: today marks 71 years since the liberation of auschwitz. a million people died there in the holocaust. today is the international holocaust memorial day. in germany, austrian born writer described it the experience as inmate and slave laborer. alison: back at home a local high school student is getting an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of the american forces who stormed normandy. kellye lynn puts the spotlight on education to share this remarkable student's story. kellye: june 6, 1944, allied forces storm normandy, france. >> i want to see what maybe their life was like before, during and how it affected their lives after the war. kellye: 16-year-old kimberly ortiz, sophomore at wilson high school will get an

opportunity to learn more about d-day thanks to veteran albert h. small who created the normandy sacrifice for freedom student and teacher institute. >> essentially it takes 15 student-teacher teams from around the country to normandy to walk in the footsteps of their own silent hero. kellye: kimberly and her history teacher are the only team selected from the d.c. area. >> she had such a history of overcoming adversity when we saw the application we were really excited. wanted to know is it something she can do? kellye: for kimberly, yes, even though there are extended walking for the trip. but not just travel before she reaches there in june e has to do research.

>> i want to enjoy the trip as much as possible. >> a chance to tell the story of bravery and inspire others with her own. kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: what an amazing opportunity. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". "abc7 news at 6:00" starts with breaking news. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. maureen: we begin with breaking news we're following from waldorf where a 2-year-old has been shot inside an apartment. richard reeve arrived on the scene. what can you tell us? richard: maureen, here is what we know right now. this is an apartment and the shooting happened in one of the upper floors of the apartment. police were called here. here is what they are telling us and what they know so far. apparently a father was asleep in one room. his son was in another room.

he found the son wounded in the leg. one of the important things here is maryland does have strict gun laws in terms of the storage. you must have a gun stored inside of a cabinet or it has to have a gun lock on it. that was not the case here. even though police are calling this an accident. they are investigating to try to find out exactly what happened here. the youngster has been transported and the wounds are considered non-life threatening. they will investigate to see what they can learn about the case. richard reeve, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, richard. our other big story the storm watch team tracking risk of a refreeze. this is as we got the warm temperatures needed to dig out from the blizzard. we learning another death in the area. leon: pri