announcer: now, "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. melanie: right off the top, a health alert william county, creating a mad scramble for clean drinking water. a water main break has prompted a boil water notice in parts of haymarket and gainesville. john gonzalez has the latest. >> whatever was left there. i have gallons of baby water and some small bottles of drinking water. john: this afternoon there is a mad rush for bottled water in prince william county. >> i just was getting ready to take a shower when i got the

out here. evidently, everybody was out here before me. john: the store shelves in gainesville emptied early this morning. >> especially when you have children in the household. you want to be a look to provide them freshwater. john: several communities in gainesville and haymarket have extremely low water pressure caused by a watering break overnight in a ditch off university boulevard. swim county schools such as -- william county schools such as battlefield high opened on time. but students were asked to bring their own bottled water. >> the county is saying you need to boil your water. it could cause sickness. john: not much water left here on heathcote boulevard. only a few cases of water are left. that is better than next door. his harris teed her is practically out. extra personnel was brought in to arrange an emergency delivery

asked not to drink tap water. this boil water notice will remain in effect for at least the next 48 hours to provide adequate time for the water quality to be tested. in gainesville, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. melanie: breaking news and last month's schoolbus crash and baltimore that killed six people. the bus driver was speeding and had a history of crashes and seizures. an initial report released today shows that glenn chappell driving at nearly twice this be limit when he struck a car from behind and then struck up transit bus. paramedics have been called to check on him a week before when he was exhibiting seizure-like symptoms. authorities are investing -- authorities are investigating a deadly crash from this morning, involving two vehicles and a tractor-trailer.

to clear the scene. no word on what caused the crash or who was killed. president-elect donald trump promising new announcements and apartments coming soon, and "time" magazine names mr. trump the person of the year, but not without a hint of business -- a hint of bitterness. >> donald trump promised he would announce the final members of his administration soon. mr. believe we are in the process of putting together one of the all-time great cabinets that has ever been assembled in our nations history. >> as the administration prepares to assume the reins of power, he is named person of the year. mr. trump: it is a great honor. it means a lot, especially me growing up reading "time" magazine. it is a very important magazine.

of america, but he does not call it a slight. mr. chung: i did not divide them. we bring people -- mr. trump: i did not divide them. fat dog plays no gains, right? >> and he can -- mr. trump: mad dog plays no games, right? >> promising to bring foreign investment into the united investment from a japanese billionaire. mr. trump: he has pledged to put $50 billion in the united states because of our victory. >> mr. trump has made a public reaching across the aisle, saying he has consulted with president obama on some of his candidate -- some of his cabinet picks, and reading with -- and meeting with rahm emanuel. melanie: you can probably the

months ago. check out the august issue, showing trump in a meltdown, titled "total meltdown." today marks the 75th anniversary of the attack that thrust the u.s. into world war ii. [explosions] melanie: japan's attack on pearl harbor killed 2300 people the ceremony at pearl harbor today to commemorate and honor the survivors of that attack. turning to the weather now. not a bad day, but soon getting a lot colder, right, doug? doug: it is sure looking that way. it looks like friday will be the day for the big turn. in the meantime, a lot different than this time yesterday. 45 degrees on the rockville

expect a lot of sunshine. temperatures will start to warm. 45 in winchester, 50 at reagan national. everybody else close to the 50-degree mark, with increasing sunshine and drier air and high-pressure building into the region. our forecast, hour-by-hour, we will show the numbers continuing to slowly climb up. we are in the mid 40's, close to 50 again. clouds will roll then temperatures drop into the 30's. looking at the forecast for the overnight hours, ashburn, 34 in largo, 33 and waldorf and la plata. it may be a few degrees warmer than that because of the cloud cover coming into the area. tomorrow will be key a -- tomorrow will be a transition day. this model suggests a brief joe of light rain showers -- this model suggests a brief

the region starting friday into saturday and sunday. it will be the coldest air mass of the season to date. we are still looking down the road at the end of next week when potentially in even colder air mass may arrive. no big does -- no big surprise. let the of sunshine through the afternoon hours as the wind gusts out of the northeast -- out of the northwest. wind chill's are in the teens at times. a big change. let me give you the difference. wind chill's in the teens friday morning. sending the kids out to the bus stop tomorrow, not too bad. during the pickup hours, maybe a brief shower or snowflakes. recess time, the sun is out. 64 -- 46 degrees at dismissal time.

now for the latest on the deadly warehouse fire in oakland. officials say recovery efforts have ended, leaving the death toll at 36. all in one of the victims has been identified. investigators say a refrigerator or another electrical appliance could have sparked that fire. one woman who lived in the warehouse for five months documented what she describes as deplorable living conditions. >> it was a hellhole, a death trap. melanie: the building permitted for use only as a warehouse, not for housing. the city has received six complaints against the property in the last two years. heading around the world now, a plane crash in pakistan that killed 40 people on board. -- that killed all 40 people on board. it is the first -- that killed all 48 people on board. the cause is unknown.

country. the 6.5 magnitude tremor struck this morning. many homes and buildings were damaged, forcing people out into the streets or into temporary shelters. president barack obama and five other western powers are calling for an immediate cease-fire in the syrian city of aleppo. the president, along with leaders of britain, germany, france, and canada issued a joint statement demanding syria's humanitarian crisis by allowing u.s. aid into aleppo. the leaders want the united nations to investigate reports that war crimes are being committed in syria. closer to home, in the district, students and their families got a chance this morning to meet the person who could be the next chancellor of d.c. public schools, antoine wilson. suzanne kennedy was in northwest at tough when elementary school. suzanne: we are in one of three

tubman elementary school. mrs. the chance he had to meet the students and listen to what they were learning about. >> what is your favorite thing you are learning? suzanne: wilson has been everything from a teacher to a principle to a superintendent. he was the oakland school district superintendent for 3.5 years. he also worked in denver and wichita. i had he plans to do during his first days on the job. >> i am an educator. i like to be in school, talking with leaders, parents, i like to sit in classrooms. there are other aspects of my job that are extremely important. ultimately, we need to know that what we are doing is working. suzanne: his nomination must be sent to the nation for improve all -- for approval, which is

back to you. melanie: coming up, beating the holiday rush. we will take you to a fedex facility to show you what you need to know to get your holiday presents delivered on time. and we will show you one police chase the suspect had no chance of escaping. he wanted authorities to put an end to all the drama. jamie: we are talking traffic that is fairly light in most areas. one spot i want to begin with is in d.c. a with a branch in the road on rock creek parkway. right at mass avenue, we have possibly one of the lanes blocked off. as far as the traffic in d.c., we look pretty good. midday roadwork inbound kenilworth avenue slows you down from eastern avenue, continuing south to the 11th street bridge. even a little bit of work northbound on the bw parkway approaching the beltway. focusing on this area, outer

little bit harder to see, but we do have activity with an accident. you are going to see a little bit of volume, nothing major to worry about as you cross the bw parkway. a live look shows you 270, a nice drive. no problems north from germantown up to 80 and urbana, continuing closer to frederick. a reminder, we have some closures that will take place this evening. on the gw parkway right before the memorial bridge. tomorrow, but at 9:30 this evening there will have the right thing closed scheduled

announcer: you are watching "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. melanie: check out this police chase of a dui suspect in los angeles. the suspect's car hit the rear wheel of a bicycle at one point, but the cyclist is ok. then one of the wheels comes off. the driver keeps on going. you can see the sparks flying off the wheel. the one-hour chase ended when he gets stuck on a side street and crashes with a pickup which would not let the suspect get by. it is a rush against time for holiday package deliveries. fedex is gearing up for what could be a record-setting holiday season. sam sweeney has more on what you need to know to get your packages delivered on time. sam: good afternoon. this is considered the super bowl for the nation's shipping companies. fedex plans to ship more than 370 million packages this

i will try to explain in less than 60 seconds. at a glance at dulles with these containers onboard. they are loaded onto one of these tractor-trailers. they are unloaded once they get to this facility in alexandria. they go down this conveyor belt, and they are sorted one by one by these people and onto the trucks. then it is off to your neighborhood. in the afternoon, the whole process happens in reverse. these trucks are loaded up again, this time in the to this facility, brought back to the conveyor belt, and the whole process happens in rivers. 55,000 -- and the whole process happens in reverse. 55,000 employees are brought in. one problem is weather and traffic. how do you work around that? >> the weather and traffic or obstacles for us, but having 15 meteorologists on site in

our packages to customers on time. sam: 50% of the packages will touch the ground in memphis. it is the largest shipping hub. the last day with fedex is december 22. it is this year christmas is on a sunday. reporting in alexandria, i am sam sweeney. melanie: of course we know there are elves alongside the assembly line. doug: but they are not allowed to be on tv. story is after yesterday's rain and gloom and him, cooler tomorrow, and friday it will be wintertime. melanie: are you ready for it? doug: i don't like cold weather. melanie: who does? doug: the truth is, for 32, 33 years in washington, i kind of deal with it. melanie: grin and bear it. doug: try to be excited about snow. i love snow. melanie: if you do not drive in

melanie: we need you when it snows. doug: a beautiful time lapse for a look at the sky this morning. absolutely gorgeous. a a few clouds overhead, then the sun came out here it we will enjoy lots of sunshine, increasing sunshine across the dmz and beyond. 47 at potomac, 45 in a 47 degrees in waldorf. we will see plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. we will see the temperatures around 50, a couple of degrees higher, a couple of degrees lower. we pick a number that you see as a high, but that does not necessarily mean that is the high on your back deck. it is the average high across the viewing area, which could range from 45 to 54. that is how we do it. let you see behind the curtain.

will find the temperatures in most areas are probably more in the 30's than in the upper 20's. tomorrow we will look for the changes to begin. the futurecast gives you the timing. we will see thursday with increasing cloudiness through the morning. this model brings with the upper-level system swinging through, a cold front, a band of right -- a band of white showers -- a band of light showers. notice how quick the behind that line we see the clearing skies. amount to much. it will be a quick mover. plenty of sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures will be cooler tomorrow, probably in the middle 40's for highs. colder air moves in later in the night. i friday morning, plenty of sunshine but very cold. always keep ahead of the storm and the weather changes by downloading the stormwatch 7 weather app app at the app store or on global -- or on google play.

the 20's in many areas. just a cold day all the way around. friday, wind chills in the teens. the next 10 days, we will talk about temperatures going up and down and getting very cold friday, saturday into sunday. briefly milder with showers on monday, and in more chilly air moves in the middle and end of next week. next week and weekend will be much colder than the air moving in this weekend. melanie: thank you, doug. we have transition. the associated press says donald trump has chosen retired four-star general john kelly to be his head of homeland security. here is something that you never want to see when you are flying, the cabin oxygen masks dropping. that is what happened overnight when a southwest plane had to make an emergency landing in mississippi. one passengers said it started with what felt like a bump, and

officials have been unable to confirm what the problem was. nobody was hurt, and the passengers were eventually taken to the final destination. coming up on "abc 7 news at noon ," are you planning to be at tomorrow's grand opening at the mgm casino at national harbor? >> greetings here in open nala, japan. from our extended family with us

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area the parking garage opens thursday night at 10:30. the casino and resort open at 11:00 p.m. you are urged to plan your trip so you can be prepared. we you can find more information on our website. stay with abc 7. we will have live team coverage tomorrow morning, starting at 5:00 a.m. today on capitol hill, two media giants are trying to megadeal. the ceo's of time warner and -- president-elect donald trump was critical of the proposed merger during the campaign, saying he would kill it. the trump team started to show more flexibility. after a quick break, doug is

melanie: coming into the newsroom. this is an upper marlboro, skytrak 7 over the scene of the prince george's county courthouse, where that building has been evacuated for court -- has been evacuated for reports of the suspicious package. we will keep an eye on this and let you know if there are more developers. doug: sunshine today. a cold front could give us a brief shower tomorrow, and then he gets wintry.

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