according to charles county sheriff office what happened was there was an on duty k9 officer that saw an adult male trying to open the driver's side door of an occupied vehicle. when the police officer tried to speak with that guy he put on a hoodie and he started walking in the opposite direction. the police officer ordered the man who stop and put his hands up. the suspect did not do so. at that point we are told that the suspect reached for an object around his waist and belt strap. that is when the officer pulled out his service weapon and fired one shot in the suspect's leg. the police put out an all alert on the radio dispatch. officers converged on the scene. they streeted the suspect until paramedics arrived. we are told that the suspect is expected to be okay. we just wrapped up an interview with the police office spokesperson. this is what she had to say. >> initially the officer was

in the middle of obtaining the suspect, off-duty secret service agent was in area and he saw the distress and what was going on. he pulled over to assist our officer. of course the officer discharged the firearm. once the subject fell both secret service agent and the officer were able to secure the suspect. they secured the officers who responded to assist provided first aid to the suspect including a tourniquet and a blood clotting kit. >> we are unaware if the handgun was unloaded but we'll let you know in due time. live in waldorf kevin lewis abc7 news. leon: thank you, kevin. tonight you can add the district to number of places in the u.s. with confirmed cases of zika and one of the people to contract the virus a pregnant woman. brianne carter is live at the national mall with the latest on this. brianne: that pregnant woman and the two other people with confirmed cases according to

d.c. department of health all traveled outside of the u.s. the central or south america. the first case discovered in 2015 and the other two discovered in 2016. there have been two confirmed cases in virginia as well. i could lead to birth defects in pregnant women. c.d.c. issued traveled a vies are for 28 territories warning pregnant women to avoid travel in areas if possible. the d.c. department of health says they are working with the c.d.c to monitor and to track cases here. reaction tonight from the people here in the nation's capital. >> if it were an area that was maybe more underdeveloped i might be more fearful. >> it's a shame. >> the d.c. department of

health says you need to know there is no immediate health threat for people here if you have not traveled outside of here. there is no vaccine or immediate treatment for people who contract zika. but there are things if you are traveling to do to prepare yourself. make sure you have this. make sure you have long sleeves on while you are in the impacted area it. have insectary pel will want and use -- insect repellent. alison: things look quiet outside. nice. but part of the area could see snow by tomorrow morning. meteorologist brian van de graaff found crews out pretreating the roads along 395. this is on his way to work this morning. chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch 7 weather center with forecast. more snow? doug: a little bit. i don't think in the metro it's much of anything. rain tonight ahead of developing storm. it could change to snow in

overnight hours. the best chance of accumulation is well east and southeast of the district. get live look now at the river at the national harbor. cloudy skies now. temperatures in the 40's. later tonight it will drop in 30's as the storm system develops and it will draw in colder temperatures. that is when we see the turnover from rain to snow. winter weather advisory in effect. maybe a couple of inches of snow. the rest of us maybe just is a a coating in some areas grassry areas. mid-40's now. when it gets colder and stronger it will bring rain overhead and could transition to snow and ending around sunrise. alison: thank you. you can stay a step ahead of the weather with the storm

watch team on wjla.com. keep track of the facebook and the twitter feed. download the storm watch7 app for tablet or smartphone. leon: new developments in the murder of a mother and her 2-year-old daughter in maryland. the man accused of pulling the trigger was in court. brad bell was in the courtroom, too, and he has the latest. set the scene for us. brad: this case angered the community more than most and we saw it first-hand outside the courthouse today. outside the prince george's county courthouse passions running high. woman screaming in disgust at a family member of daron boswell-johnson the man accused of killing his own 2-year-old daughter and her mother.

deputies have to break it up. inside the courtroom daron boswell-johnson appears via closed circuit tv. judge orders him held without bond but not before six members of the murder suspect family speak. his mother begging for leniency. a brother calling him a good man. but another says to his own brother "you messed up." and asks for forgiveest in from the family of the -- forgiveness from the family of the victims neshante davis and chloe davis-green. >> my friend and i love her. >> a friend of neshante davis approaches us and says this of the accused. >> god has got him. in god's hand. brad: the murder tuesday morning of mother and child continues to stir rage. >> it is shocking to hear any person is capable of executing a defenseless 2-year-old girl. brad: state's attorney angela alsobrooks saying her switchboard is flooded withal calls from people demanding justice and saying she hopes this crime becomes a tipping point in the battle against

domestic violence. >> this violence affects every aspect of the community. we have to do everything we can to stamp it out. brad: how big of a problem is domestic violence? so far in county, ten murders and four were domestic in nature. in upper marlboro, brad bell abc7 news. leon: we cover the story and we want you to snow "7 on your side" fighting back against domestic violence. representative of social service who counsel victims a former victim and someone from the montgomery county state attorney office in the newsroom with the abc7 help center. we will take your calls and answer any questions you have concerning domestic violence. the number is 703-236-9220. alison: we are learning more about the murder of a teenager at the hands of two virginia tech students. this is as the 13-year-old

victim nicole lovell is laid to rest. suzanne kennedy monitoring the developing story from the newsroom now and has the latest. suzanne: alison, the prosecutors say the alleged murderer sat in a fast food restaurant and planned how they were going to kill the 13-year-old. they went to one wal-mart and bought cleaning supplies and in a second wal-mart bought a shovel. prosecutors saying they split the -- split the 7th grader throat before disposing to her body. why would two seemingly successful engineering students plot and carry out the murder of a middle school girl? today prosecutors outline the deliberate nature of the crime. how the virginia tech freshman dumped loch lovell's body in the -- nicole lovell's body in the trunk of a lexus and drove it to a remote area two hours from the blacksburg campus. >> nicole did nothing wrong. neither did the school system. neither did her parents.

there is only one person to look for who robbed nicole. it was the perpetrator. suzanne: at today's bond hearing the prosecution told how natalie keepers felt about being part of the murder. she told f.b.i. agents, "i was excited to be part of something secretive and special." today the victim's family and friends gathered to remember the middle school murder victim. >> there is still a lot of sadness going on. some of her best friends are scarred by it. suzanne: keepers' parents testified in court the 19-year-old had mental health issue, she had suffered from anxiety and had been cutting herself since she was in the eighth grade. that wasn't enough to convince the judge to let her out on bond. the alleged murders will be back in court in late march. live in the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: coming up a 5:00 --

>> i truly believe -- are you listening? alison: this is the man called the most hated in america and he heads to hot seat on capitol hill. leon: seems like he likes the title. plus prosecutors get to grill the alibi witness trying to get syed a new trial after the "sierraserial" podcast. jeff: some oil spill in potomac river by the reagan airportment what happened? we have answers coming up. leon: we head to break check out last night's sunset from paramount, maryland. lovely shot. thank you very much. folks, share your pictures with us as well. if you see it send it to us at pics@wjla.com.

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up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v leon: check this out. bei bei sighting at the national zoo. the baby went outside for the first time. they took time to climb pine trees outside and rolling around on the ground. bei bei doesn't like to share. as soon as momma got off the

tree he took over her spot to get quality time there. funny. you don't understand that. you don't have siblings. but the minute your butt leaves the couch someone takes your seat. alison: i love to see each step of baby noor's development. it's so fun. wow! more to come on that. now we turn to a developing story along the potomac river where crews are working to contain some sort of substance that is in the water. it was noticed near gravelly point north of reagan national airport. there is where jeff goldberg is live with more. jeff? jeff: well, as you can hear we are right by reagan airport. still questions to what went on here. i just got off the phone five or ten minutes ago from representative of dominion power in richmond telling me there is no evidence that the minor oil spill is in any way connected to an issue they had at spill in mineral oil spill at substation on january 24 here in chris call city.

-- crystal system. these are big orange boons containing the petroleum at gravelly point and by roaches run. i don't know how you can pick up on it but a thin sheen of oil of petroleum by reagan airport. boons were put in water at 11:30 this morning after the spill was noticed in the water. for a while it closed down gravelly point and roaches run. they conducted a nighover to get a look at what is going on. d.c. department of emergency and environment noticed rain bow type of sheen in the potomac and the anacostia rivers in the past few days. they say it is the result of the storm run off from the big rain and the big melt from snow melt particles. we are told the sheen spotted here has been as far south as eight mile south of old town alexandria. now the big question is whether the sheen of oil is connected to what we are looking at here. officials say it could be a

few hundred gallons of a spill or up to 5000 gallons. >> there is no acute impact. we'll know more after the coast guard has had a chance to dig and look at everything. jeff: good news not a health ncern for the environment as well. but again department of energy continuing to work with the coast guard dominion is assisting as well as they try to get information and answers to what happened. at the moment, still a lot of questions as to exactly what happened with the oil spill. right by reagan airport. live in arlington jeff goldberg abc7 news. leon: with the rain and everything we had, who knows what could have been washed in the river. doug: we have a little snow in some areas. i don't think it's a big deal. you have to be farther south and east. lower southern maryland. alison: this is overnight? doug: overnight at midnight.

i like to start with the cloud cover coverage. we have had a nice winter's day. cloudy. every now and then is a break in the overcast. that is it. the temperatures in the 40's. we will see more clouds move in the area tonight. we are going to be on the fringes, on the outer circulation of the storm center that is coming up the coast. in advance of that, the winter weather advisory in midnight. for lower southern maryland the eastern shore and through delaware and through new jersey, farther north. in the boston area part of connecticut and road island they could get five or six seven i believes of snow. but here is a dusting. rain first. look how mild. colder air to the west. 48 at reagan national. winds out of the north/northwest at 10 to 12 miles per hour. they will get stronger tonight to bring in colder air overhead. it looks right that the rain will develop.

change to snow. the question is how much. there is colder air to the west. the storm lines up to head northeast. new eng land sticks out on the coastline more than us. so the storm comes up to push the moisture in. these are areas that are likely to get significant accumulatirsey shore and three and four inches. we will be on the fringes of this thing. some parts of the area won't see anything at all. not even anything in rain and snow. possibility is there. and the overnight hours as the storm cranks up and the precipitation expands. we may see rain mixing with and changing to snow. less than an inch. tenth of an inch on the grassry areas. temperatures remain freezing. future cast at 1:30 in the morning. you can see the precipitation from the bay, not to district. heavier to the east.

that makes sense. colder air moves in mix over and a change in snow. quickly end and move out of the area to clear. back to sunshine. breezy. cooler through the day. weekend looks fine as well. we may have heard earlier if you're watching there is a chance again of more significant snow system in the monday tuesday, time frame. that is just a possibility now. nothing formed yet. something to keep a close eye on. in the meantime the computer models suggest wake-up temperatures in the mid-30's in many areas. above freezing. flakes likely to stick on the grassy areas. as far as the computer models tenth of an inch .3 of an inch. farther east and southeast more. not a major system this time around at all. we clear out tomorrow. breezy. nice looking weekend. upper 0's to lower 50's. but we will put 40-50% chance of rain mixing in with the changing snow monday through tuesday. turning colder after the front system goes through.

it's just a little one. >> but we are gun shy. we had the one small storm that turned into the ice issue here. doug: you think? we are. leon: we are gun shy. doug: we are all over it. alison: keep us posted. leon: all right. your call is very important to us. please continue to hold. alison: find out just how often we are listening to that caped of me -- that kind of message. leon: first, this is what is coming up at abc7 --

alison: new surveillance video in to the newsroom of a jewelry store robbery in fairfax county. let's get to jonathan elias in the newsroom. jonathan: thank you very much. the fairfax county police department put the video out in hopes to track the guys down. here is how it goes. sophia's jewelry store at 10:00 in the morning. roll the video. two gloves walk in -- two guys walk in with two gloves and hoodies on. a guy drags the owner to the back of the store where the safe is. other guy walks back in the backpack and they unload it in the backpack. the owner put up a struggle and there was a fight.

he was not stabbed but it was a violent robbery and he was man-handled and thrown to ground at one point. they need your help to find the guys. if you have information the police wants to hear from you. i'm jonathan elias back to you. leon: thank you. new face in vote 2016 locally. former d.c. mayor vincent gray head it official today he is attempting a comeback. he is in the race for the ward seven city council seat. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in northeast to give us details on the announcement today. sam: hello. we are in ward seven. gray got his saturday in politics representing ward seven in the d.c. council. he went on to become the council chairman and mayor. when he left the job he endorsed yvette alexander as his successor for ward seven. now he will be running against her. >> i like my yvette. >> yvette is my first choice. sam: d.c. ward seven what

could have been a lackluster campaign heated up today. vincent gray announced he will challenge yvette alexander in the election. >> our public service fundamental and i spent my life working to seven people. this is an opportunity to continue in public service. >> he lived under a cloud until a couple of months ago. numerous of his associates in the 2010 mayoral election campaign pled guilty to corruption charges and many believed he would be indicted to cost him the primary election in his job as mayor. a new u.s. attorney said no charges. gray is taking on the woman he originally picked for the job. now he is against her. >> it's just a general sentiment at this stage that there hasn't been level of responsiveness that people expect. >> we could not get yvette on cam ra but she says it's no surprise and she is in the

race to win the election. she has support. while gray is well known he has opposition here too. >> he is a crook. that's what i think. wherever he is, stay wherever he is. now that he is found not guilty of anything he should be able to run again. i think he will win. >> will you vote for him? >> yes i will. >> reporters asked him if it's a steppingstone for him back to the mayor's office. he said he is focused on ward seven. it should be spirited congress test. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford abc7 news. alison: we'll be watching. thank you. now the race for the white house and shakeup in ben carson's campaign to tell you about. after finishing distant fourth in iowa the campaign is firing more than half the staff. we are talking about 50 people. the mauve comes as a new poll -- the move comes as new poll puts carson in fourth place nationally. donald trump is in the lead

with 25% of support among republicans in the polls. senator ted cruz and rubio have 21% each. leon: larry davidson interimmation went viral this year. in a town hall last night in new hampshire, sanders said the impression was the other way around. >> as i understand larry david is hosting s.n.l. this weekend. he does a good imitation of you. do you do a david interpretation? >> i know you have been in journalism a long time. >> are you doing it now? >> i am larry david. [laughter] leon: a lot of people would be convinced. despite the uncanny resemblance and the voice and you name it everything the vermont senator is not the cocreator of "seinfeld" and "curb your enthusiasm" on hbo. but if he wanted to be he could fool somebodying on the phone. alison: i'm sure. even in person probably.

leon: if he becomes president watch out. larry david will be crank calling everybody. all right. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- the nation's largest employer based here in our the result of the watchdog investigation ahead. >> massive shat-out leaves a d.c. neighborhood rattled and shattered. i em stephen tschida. i will tell you about it in a moment. alison: we have counselors standing by to answer questions about domestic violence. you can call the phone bank. 703-236-9220.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: neighbors say it was like a full-on war with bullets tearing through power lines, houses and cars. when the shafting was finished in the 1500 block of butler street four people were hit. stephen tschida live outside d.c. police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. stephen: investigators are trying to track down whoever pulled the trigger. now residents say that one of them told me it reminded her of desert storm the bullets flew for so long. and so many of them. now check out this video. this is why there was so much damage from the shoot-out.

look at the pock marks in the cars windows showered -- windows shattered. the entire complex shook. there was that much gunfire. we talked to people who say they ran outside because they were worried about relatives an they saw a couple of individuals who were shot. two adults and two juveniles. this is what one of the residents had to say. >> it took the entire building. when we came outside to go because my mom lives in the complex. i came to check on my mom. i saw a girl that was like "i got shot." okay. stephen: four people shot and injured and they did survive. no update at this time. vermonts are actively trying to determine the motive for the shoot-out. again, dozens of bullets flew there last night and police want to find out whoever was pulling the trigger. reporting live, stephen

tschida, abc7 news. leon: day two of a court hearing in baltimore to determine whether adnan syed should get a new trial. today asia chapman testified she saw syed at a library at the time prosecutors claim he was murdering his girlfriend. this happened in 1999. syed is now serving a life sentence. the story picked up by hugely popular podcast "serial." he is now seeking a new trial on the grounds that his first attorney was negligent not contacting chapman. alison: syed -- "7 is on your side" and they are looking at backlog of rape kits. some of the untested kits date back to 1988. the murders of a prince george's county teacher and her 2-year-old daughter have

shaken our region. and tonight "7 on your side" to try and stop domestic violence. leon: jennifer donelan is the fighting back against crime investigator. she is going to explain how we can all help out. jennifer: this event right here is critical. it's life saving. alaska a crime reporter i can't tell you how many times i had to cover homicides where a domestic partner a woman a man killed by their partner. there is help out there. if you are in an abusive relationship or you know someone in a relationship or you suspect it this call phone bank is for you. take advantage of it. we have advocates from across d.c. maryland virginia. calls are private. this is important. no one will know you called. we can't hear what the conversation is. but if you have legals questions we have a lawyer who can help you. i'm joined now from the

district minion, third generation domestic abuse survivor. can you tell us what happened to your daughter as well? >> my daughter was murdered in 2007 by her boyfriend in washington d.c. with that loss i started this organization to be able to let other people know to educate them on domestic violence and how serious it is and we can no longer continue to sweep the epidemic under the rug and not deal with it. we have to deal with th emotional anger that we have lost how to communicate with another. it am a survivor as well and i had my first altercation when i was 16 years old. jennifer: your mother was a domestic abuse victim, your grand mother was domestic abuse victim. you stopped the cycle and got out. her daughter was killed on a metro bus holding her daughter correct? >> that was my niece. domestic violence has hit my family twice in public with the daughter's murder and my

niece was killed in 2012 while boarding a bus in d.c. with her daughter. jennifer: tell them call us. >> call us. it is important. please. if you are going through anything and you know someone abusessed, call us -- abused call us. there is a safety plan to use. there is help. you don't have to suffer alone. jennifer: thank you for sharing your story. it's very brave of you. 703-236-9220. 703-236-9220. call us now. help is here. >> yes. jennifer: back to you. leon: absolutely. this may be the most important thing we do this year. make sure we get the number throughout this hour. now, let's look ahead at what is coming up at 62:00 fears of zika virus. why a mother says she is changing travel plans. plus -- frustration on "h" street because of a streetcar that never carried a passenger. mayor's reaction when we asked when it will finally open.

a big development in the montgomery county public schools. alison: we have all been there, left sitting on the phone waiting for whatever company you called to get you to a real person. americans will spend more than 900 million hours on hold this year. in the end it adds up to 43 days of your life. they say people living in kentucky are the fastest to run out of patience and hang up. those in louisiana are most likely to wait. leon: i saw the math on the list. take a guess which jurisdiction we live in here is the most impatient between virginia maryland district? alison: d.c.? leon: you think? alison: i don't know. leon: virginia. alison: really? leon: virginia. alison: most impatient. leon: in the region. alison: people are busy. you don't want to give up 43 days of your life to wait on hold. leon: traffic is bad enough. we spend that much time on the bentway. those of you feeling impatient for the girl scout cookies you

may not wait longer. more than 4 million box of the treat arrive at r.f.k. stadium this morning in one of 32 scheduled for the sale. hopefully a few of them are coming here. no doubt they are. they do every year. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- >> offers free books to d.c. children from birth to age five. i'm mike carter-conneen in northwest. coming up details on the popular country music star helping to make it happen. leon: but fist look at how the body m

steve: i'm steve rudin. looking great for the upcoming weekend. dry saturday and sunday. temperatures upper 40's to lower 50's. take a look at the next seven days. the eyes are focused late monday to tuesday of next week. could we be looking at another wintry event around the washington metro area? we'll keep you updated.

alison: "7 on your side" on your side with health questions. how often is body mass index used to determine health problems? a new study found people with

high b.m.i.'s are not necessarily at risk with heart problems. people with the normal b.m.i.'s still developed cardiac trouble. the study suggests diet and exercise are the best way to avoid heart problems. leon: capitol hill and congressmen became visibly angry when a ceo refused to answer questions. martin shkreli invoked his fifth amendment right and kept laughing as they tried to get information. >> no, no. you are not allowed to. under the house rules you have not been sworn in. >> i understand. but he is making -- >> you are not recognized. you will be seated. leon: after the hearing shkreli called lawmakers imbeciles in a tweet. he was arrested on securities

fraud and conspiracy charges in december. alison: coming up at 5 -- >> the number of federal employees making six-figure salaries hits a milestone. i'm chris papst. coming up we show you the numbers and how they changed over the years. alison: "7 on your side" fighting back against domestic violence. we have a team of counselors. someone from the montgomery county state attorney office and survivor standing by in the help center to take your calls. 703-236-9220. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to kp it strong.

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leon: with more than 2 million employees the federal government is the nation's largest employer. abc7 investigation found the number of federal workers making six figures hit a big milestone that has been years in the making. government watchdog reporter chris papst has the story. >> i.t. specialists analyst specialist. chris: filepe moved here and

in that time he has had the same private sector job he liked. but he has always been enticed to work for the federal government. >> the scheduling money benefits holiday off. who wouldn't want the job? chris: many do. the average job posting gets 75 anally can'ts. the jobs are so popular websites like aarp and monster provide tips to get hired. sandy harris runs fedsjobs.com which is devoted to helping fed job seekers. >> historically people look for stability of job with the government. chris: the pay can also be good. last year the number of employees making more than $100,000 topped half a million for the first time. that is 25% of the entire federal workforce.

the number increased from 510,000. 800% increase. >> i think the wjla investigation shows the federal government is getting top heavy. chris: digging in the data we see the biggest jump happened from 2006 to 2009. chris edwards with the cato institute that advocates for limited government says it's due to president george w. bush who implemented pay system that drove up salaries, which president obama repealed. growth has slowed. but the u.s. bureau of the economic analysis found the average federal worker makes 49% more than the arch private sector worker. up from 25% in 1990. >> the federal government has become more and more of an elite iowans of highly paid highly secured jobs. so there are really two americas here. >> are the federal salaries where they should be? >> no, they are too low.

>> jacquelyn simon with the american federation of the union rejects broad comparisons between the public and the private sectors. she says the government needs highly skilled higher paid workers. she points to this federal salary council study which found the average fed worker makes 35% less money than similar jobs in the private sector. only relevant question is what does the private sector what does state and local government pay for similar jobs? chris: this story focused on salaries. when the total compensation such as retirement and healthcare are included the u.s. bureau of the economic analysis found the average federal worker makes 78% more than the average private sector worker. double what it was in 1990. chris papst, abc7 news. alison: all right. check on the roadways. jamie sullivan is on traffic

watch for us. how does it look? jamie: it is slow. you can see behind me. though it is getting better. we started out the afternoon rush with two major crashes. now we are left with just slow traffic. no big crashes. this is a look near the american legion bridge. as we move to the maps you can get a good idea of where we see heavier volume. in the northwest corner we areing through prince george's county since the beltway. nothing that is a major issue to worry about. run through travel times. start off in virginia. 66 to american legion bridge on inner loop. half an hour. 270 northbound from beltway to 121 under 40 minutes. then in d.c. southbound 295 getting to capital beltway near national harbor under 20 minute. back to you. leon: all right. thank you. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is deploying snowplows on bridges now and overpasses as well. that is all going to happen at 2:00 a.m. in preparation of

possible light snow overnight. alison: talk about what to expect with this. chief meteorologist doug hill standing by. doug: we are waiting for a storm system to develop off the coast of north carolina. it will bring rain in the area and might turn to snow. light amounts. look at the national arbor area after sunset. glow on the western horizon. more clouds in the area. national weather service expanded the area to continue baltimore. inches possible. temperatures will be key here. we are well above freezing at the moment. we expect colder air to be drawn in the system and down to the surface once the snow begins. if that happens it's in the mid-to-upper 40's. drop the -- through 30's. a lot of accumulation in grassy areas.

it could affect the morning rush early on. at some point the expectation is it will lift closer to the metro area with the cold air in place. might be enough to get snow through the district. the portion in highlighted in the purple color. it should get out of the way quickly we think by you know late to mid-morning and the clearing skies after that. good shape here as we head through the next few days to the weekend. still thinking tenth of an inch to an inch or so in metro area. more east/southeast more snow you can see. tomorrow we see clearing skies that are partly sunny. and breezy. sunshine 51 on sunday. monday and tuesday another storm system could develop depending where it develops. rain or snow. we have to work those details out but it will turn colder after that. talk about sports. robert? robert: super bowl party at doug's house by the way. i'm kidding. super bowl 50 this sunday. both teams began preparation on the field yesterday. the players have been available to the media every day since touching down in

santa clara. if you are a reporter you are probably exhausted all of your angles by now. what more can you ask the players? if you run out ofports questions try fashion. >> why are you wearing socks with sandals? >> why are you wearing jeans with shoes? it's comfort. we are still at our team hotel. if i see an article talking about my sandals and socks that will be new. robert: leon why are you wearing a suit? leon: why are you asking that robert? robert: kirk cousins is having fun, too much fun to hang out at the court-yard marriott folks in san francisco behind me. this is video of a court-yard camera episode. kirk 'cuz and his new haircut hanging out with the host. >> famous phrase you invented

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alison: back with a story we told you about last year. new early literacy program in the district. mike carter-conneen reports books from birth offers d.c. children a free book until the age of five. >> with storytime at children national medical center, mayor muriel bowser celebrated d.c. new books from birth program to encourage reading and increase literacy. >> we want to emphasize to parents it's never too early to start reading, singing and talking to the children. >> by the time they reach

kindergarten they have heard 3 million fewer words than those in affluent families. >> when they help themselves to the event in middle of the event, 4-year-old matthew williams stole the show. >> he wanted to be reading a book. >> the bulk of the book from birth program is sundayed by the dollywood foundation. >> it's hand honor for us to join hands with the d.c. public library. >> in autobiography dolly describes growing up poor in tennessee with an illiterate father. >> they are closing the word gap and hopes to close the achievement gap in d.c. schools. >> $2 book to get it in the home and get it in the hands of a child is really inexpensive and a powerful intervention. >> all d.c. children can participate. >> we have children opting in. some families say we have enough books and i don't node too do that. >> they can be registered online or d.c. public library association. books are mailed to each

participant home to make it as easy as an accessible as possible. >> we do this for every kid in the city. >> bilingual books are available for spanish speakers with other languages at the other libraries. in northwest, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: great program. that is it for five -- "abc7 news at 5:00". right now at 6:00 new warning about the zika virus. why a mother says she is changing the travel plans. what happened moments before a police opened fire on a man near a busy roadway. >> six month after towing began for the streetcar no opening day is set. why is the mayor laughing? "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. leon: up fiction at 6:00 tracking the chance for wintery weather overnight.

we are seeing the strucks pretrialing roadway in virginia and getting them ready in maryland and district as well. michelle: because of concern of a commuter mess. this is two weeks a talking about january 20. the everything chute was a disaster. doug hill monitoring this from the weather center. which area are at risk? doug: as the best chance to have any adverse conditions overnight in the morning south and east of the city. however, the national weather service in the past 30 minutes expanded to preexisting winter weather advisory to the west and the north. now charles county, prince george's the district and anne arundel county, north of baltimore included expecting rain to develop. colder temperatures overnight mixing with snow. could get an inch or two in the morning. it would mean problems.