where you are and when the winter weather arrives. chief meteorologist doug hill has the timeline of the winter alert. doug: most will arrive at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. a freezing rain advisory in effect from midnight to 9s . a.m. the area in pink are a part of southern virginia. and north is d.c., metro and well beyond pennsylvania and new jersey. widespread winter weather advisory. mostly all freezing rain to the south. some sleet mixed with the freezing rain to the north. it runs until 9:00 a.m. to the south. noon to the north. the outlook is the clouds that will lower and thicken. the good news is look at the temperature trend. overnight, the temperatures are rising in the metro area. there will be the window through the early morning where the sleet and the freezing rain will be a real concern. as a result the driving conditions can be treacherous in the spots through the early morning and the mid-morning until it changes over. i could impact the travel. not from the local ice situation but

saint paul, detroit, cleveland. they will have heavy snow and sleet. it could impact the traffic. call ahead. it will improve rapidly in the afternoon as the rain will come to an ends. maureen? >> thank you, doug. jonathan: the timing of the wintry weather and the rain that will follow could not be coming at a worst time. this weekend, traditionally one of the busiest shopping weekend of the year. brianne carter spent her day talking to the road crews. they have been busy to get the roads up. but a lot of people are using the roads to get home. >> they are. many of them will see the brine they will put down. you can see that it is looking fine now but if you give it 12 hours tomorrow, about this time and we'll be see a different situation. the state highway administration in maryland w

to treat the roads. it's a similar situation in virginia. they will have 1,100 crews tonight starting out along the roads. the main roads and the secondary roads as well. they are laying the brine in d.c. if brine instead of the salt. the hard rock salt won't work with the cold temperatures we have had. d.c. will deploy crews at midnight. the biggest concern is the ice. >> our biggest concern is ice. we don't want slick roads tomorrow. we don't want the folks out shopping, the last minute shopping to deal with the slippery roads. we will be treating all night. >> this is what we see for the parking lot at the

outlet. this is the situation all day long. they are trying to get ahead of the weather to find the ice slathered across the sparking spaces. the outlets open up at 8:00. but some say they are heading home and it will be lunchtime before they get the last minute gifts. reporting live, abc7 news. maureen: the frigid temperatures are taking a toll on cars. today alone triple-a says it got double the usual number of the calls to jumpstart dead batteries. the other car commodity in demand is air for tires that lost pressure because of the cold temperatures. jon well, impending weather could make for dicey conditions tomorrow.

you can count on abc7 and newschannel8 for live coverage of the event and the nasty weather on the way tomorrow. the coverage begins at newschannel8 at 7:00 in the morning. we will bring you weather updates throughout the morning on abc7. maureen: air force one en route to hawaii for president obama's annual holiday vacation. moments ago they boarded the presidential plane. but just before that the president spoke to reporters. the first question to him was about the intelligence reports that russia meddled in the u.s. elections. to help trump. kevin lewis is here. we have learned hillary clinton has her own theory about the motive. kevin: that is correct. president waited for

to ask question on the topic but once he did he spoke for more than an hour about the russian hacks and his theory how best to put up with putin. president obama: i have a list of who has been nicety and nice to call on -- naughty and nice to call on. kevin: he started with jokes but turned serious quick saying the russian-led cyber hacks cost hillary clinton the election. president obama: i don't think she was treated fairly in the election. >> last night hillary directed it to putin. >> vladimir putin, himself, directed the cyber attack against our electoral system, against our democracy. apparently because he has a personal beef against me. kevin: president obama said he met with putin in september and he said his message was cut out the cyber hacks or we'll play the same game. president obama: the russians can't change

they are a smaller country, a weaker country. kevin: he says there is a contingent of americans that are picking russia over democrats. president obama: over a third of republican voters approve of vladimir putin. the former head of the k.g.b. ronald reagan would roll over in his grave. kevin: for donald trump, president obama said the two spoke again only a few days ago. the president suggesting that trump listen earnistly to his advice -- earnestly to his advice. will he follow it? that is still unknown. kevin lewis in the newsroom. maureen: thank you. a deer crashes christmas for a family after getting trapped in their home. what may have lured the animal to a fateful encounter. jonathan: plus, the fire that had thousands warned not to leave their homes. they ne

windows. maureen: first, the man accused of opening fire in a d.c. restaurant faces a ju

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columbus of the ohio statehouse rotunda where glenn's body is lying in state. hundreds filed past his flag-draped casket to pay respects. he died last week at the age of 95. the world war ii and the korean war veteran will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery in the spring. jonathan: the man accused of opening fire in what he called was a rescue mission at a pizza restaurant pleaded not guilty. earlier, edgar welch burst in comet ping pong in chevy chase and said he was there to break up a child sex trafficking ring. the ring isn't real. the hearing was a laundry list of charges against him. he faces ten years if convicted. maureen: virginia lawmakers is considering a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it's the unborn child protection act. it's expected to make the way

there is just a few exceptions, including when the mother's life is at risk. jonathan: next for us at 6:00 -- jonathan: that is a deer behind the tree. what the teenager who shot the video did after he put down his phone and what may have lured the deer inside to begin with. maureen: stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill is warning of a wintry mess. when it will arrive and the frigid air we are facing next week coming up. first, veronica johnson has a look at what is coming up on "good morning washington." >> thank you. after a weekend of mild temperatures we swing back to the arctic zone. the big impact on the morning commute. the chance of the black ice and where to expect the school delays. >> plus looking for the last-minute gift for someone special? we will

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jonathan: a rage fire and billowing smoke in the san francisco bay this morning. it broke out in a jump warning and prompted anyone nearby to stay inside and close the windows and turn the a.c. or the heater. it's the a.c. in california. it's been knocked down but there is no word on a cause. maureen: a 19-year-old woman is charged with setting fire to her own home overnight. it destroyed the home on the sea island port in spencerville. three other people inside the building at the time escaped unharmed. firefighters face additional challenges from the weather. water freezing. jonathan: another fire. rough start to the morning commute for metro riders after a fire broke out underneath a rail car. that happened 7:30. 50 passengers were evacuated from the cars. metro is blaming a brake issue for the fire. maureen: federal railroad

plan to upgrade passenger rail service in the northeast corridor. the goal is to eliminate the bottlenecks that cause delays. the plan calls for shoring up the infrastructure, running more trains and building new tracks to allow the trains to travel faster. the upgrade will cost $120 billion over 30 years. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a crime alert from the fairfax county. take a look at this. this is surveillance video showing a guy robbing a sub awe sandwich shop in the alexandria section of fairfax county. you can see the guy jumps over the counter to confront the clerk before emptying the register. if you know anything about this, anything about the guy that looks familiar, the fairfax police would like to hear from you. maureen: an unusual scene caught on video. behind the rattling and the shaking christmas tree is a deer trying tose cape after it wandered wandered in a frederick county home. we spoke to the teenager who shot the video. what he thinks brought th

christmas. brad: ryan manchester just got home from high school when it happened. >> i heard the loudest banging noise on my front door. >> so he started to roll video of an eight-point buck. a deer in the house. >> the deer was freaking out behind my christmas tree. >> he calls 911. he is told animal control will take 15 minutes to arrive. in the meantime, his family's house is getting trashedded. >> i could hear it down here banging all over the place. >> he calls his dad and gets permission to unlock the pistol father and son use at the range. >> it came and stood next to the table here. and looked at me. i was pointing the gun at it. it kind of gave me the deer in headlights look. brad: he fired twice. the buck went down. the police arrived and said the teenager did the right thing. the deer probably came from the woods in the neighborhood. what it was thinking that day, it's too late

but the experts say this time of year deer in our area are not thinking of pulling santas sleigh. they only have one thing on their minds. >> our working theory a doe sprayed the tree and the buck was passing by and smelled that and wanted to come in and join the party. brases that is right. the buck broke through the front door that the frame shattered and the antlers through the door because he wanted to mate with the christmas tree. brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: well, there you go. it's a weird story. you don't get that every day. maureen: no. jonathan: a deer that wanted to mate with a tree. really confused deer. >> i thought it might have been cold. doug: that, too. but they are used to that. ready for ice, sleet, freezing rain? maureen: do we have a choice? doug: no. i'm here to tell the story, ma'am. that is all. we have two colors on

maps. the pinkish color indicates an area through virginia and southern maryland under freezing rain advisory from midnight until 9:00 a.m. the area lightly and the colorfully shaded in periwinkle to the north of the metro area is a winter weather advisory. in effect at the same time. midnight to 9s . a.m. tomorrow. we think we will deal with the light amount of sleet. a little of that. freezing rain for a while. overnight through 9:00 in the morning because temperatures will hold steady overnight and slowly rise. once we get up to 33, we are good to go. it will be rain. keep an eye on the map and the numbers. 8:00 in the morning, the purplish area shows where we are likely to freezing rain. temperatures are starting to come up above freezing in many locations. then almost everybody south is above freezing but hanging on to the ice potential to the north. that is why the northern and the western zones have advisory in effect from noon until 1:00. we could see clearing in the afternoon. the temperatures will change as we head in the 50's. that is good

tomorrow night. even after nightfall. snowfall, maybe tenth of an inch locally. maybe a half inch north and west. the majority is freezing rain. as far as the ice accumulation, we are looking for over tenth of an inch in baltimore. the same in washington. .2 in annapolis. andrews is more than that. not a huge accumulation of ice. but enough with the temperatures cold it could glaze place, especially the untreated roadways, sidewalk and the parking lot. it would be self-limiting for a short time in the morning until the warmer winds blow in and raise the temperature. we hit the lower 50's between noon and 4:00 and then fall off. maybe as i said sunshine late in the afternoon. sunday a cold front is coming in. we have showers in the morning. showers in the afternoon. some could be heavy as a strong cold front comes in. we could hit 60, 362 in spots before the -- 60, 362 in spots before the front goes through. it will drop to 62 at

the morning. by the time we are in late afternoon we are in the 40's and drop colder than that as the cold weather will return to the region. we have unsettled weather with a wintry start for the morning. clearing and chilly for the mid-part of next week. we warm up on the first day of honca and christmas eve -- hanukkah and christmas eve. next week we don't have the weather worries around the area. maureen: thank you, doug. jonathan: you have to hope skins have time to get healthy to get in the next few games. >> they can't afford a loss. they are on the outside looking in for the playoffs. they have to keep winning. it starts monday against carolina. the clock is ticking. monday night fedex field will be rocking when the redskins battle panthers. we will explain why jay gruden and the players get an extra bounce in their step for

scott: the last time redskins played on primetime kirk cousins had a viral video. he went to the g.m. and said how do you like me now? espn liked it. they are promoting monday night's game with music from the heavy "how you like me now." another productive day of practice. kind of. josh norman

different kind of football. getting his kicks in with the soccer ball. the prime time lights are ready to shine light with the burgundy and gold as a featured attraction but don't tell that to head coach jay gruden. coach gruden: i don't remember our primetime games. we take each game for what it is. its own entity. trying to do the best we can, to take care of carolina. we understood monday night football, a lot of adrenaline and a lot of people watching. but it is a big game for to us take care of the fundamentals and we'll have a good chance. scott: you can watch the game on abc7 on monday. coverage begins at 7:30. both the wizards and the caps in action tonight. the zards host the pistons at 7:00. while the capitols visit carolina with the first face-off set for 7:30. the cats going for the sixth win in a row. last night in women's college basketball a drubbing took place at baylor.

get this 140-32. they set a division i ncaa record with 108-point margin of victory. baylor head coach kim mulkey emptied the bench after the first quarter. all 12 scholarship players played 21 minutes. winthrop was scoreless in the fourth quarter. three months after tearing his meniscus, viking running back adrian peterson plans to play on sunday against the colts. i know you are a fantasy football guy. get him in line-up now. jonathan: no. he needs to stay on the pinch. a big injury. >> i don't know. he is a machine. he has come back from injuries before. jonathan: fingers crossed. thanks. doug: we have steve rudin's update at 11:00 about a freezing rain advise rid and the christmas week outlook tonight later. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. jonathan: thank you for being with us.

tonight, president obama on russia. was vladimir putin himself behind the hacking during the presidential election? the president reveals what he told putin. his warning to russia's leader. and will the u.s. now retaliate? the winter storm moving across the country tonight, just as the weekend begins. and the major fire in wind chills well below zero. multiple injuries tonight. the car plowing into a bus stop, several waiting to board the bus. the new video tonight. the student who brought guns to school. his parents, who noticed them missing. they race to school. the takedown of their son. and the jonbenet ramsey case. the new turn involving dna. and now, right here, the interview. the grand juror breaking their silence. and, the famous voice this week, and so many americans who heeded the call. can you guess our person of the