>> it is so hard to sleep right now. i feel like it will happen again. alison: tragedy strikes this young woman on her first night in america. the teenager came here from of thea on the day horrible explosion in silver spring. her

blast and heroic recovery. jonathan: we start on stormwatch alert with a chance of winter weather tomorrow night. alison: crews are pretreating the roadways. jonathan: steve rudin has the timeline. steve: by this time tomorrow night, light snow across much of the area. we are talking about right snow. we have a winter weather advisory going into effect early tomorrow in extreme western garrett, including county and allegheny county. i suspect through most of the day tomorrow most of the area will be under a winter weather advisory tomorrow night come into early friday morning. how much snow are we talking? by the time the system moves outcome anywhere from a dusting and one inch in the immediate metro, the further west, one to two inches of snow. well to the northwest, western

we may see school cancellations or delays. coming up, the timing tomorrow evening through early friday morning, plus looking ahead to a frigid weekend. more on that coming up. alison: steve, thank you. for with abc 7 and wjla.com up-to-the-minute weather coverage. friday, "good morning washington" will start at 4 a.m. with the weather and traffic updates. toathan: she came to america make a better life and on her first night, tragedy. tom roussey spoke with the teenager from ethiopia who survived the silver spring apartment explosion. >> all of the room was on fire. jay: the building that bitseat in was burned up. her tuition money and possessions were incinerated and two people she was living with

ever in the u.s. >> i was alone here. it was hard. to pursue her dream of being a doctor, she came in from ethiopia to start school in the u.s. to bedght, she went early at the paint branch apartments. she never heard the explosion. >> i felt something hot, and when i woke up the room was on fire. tom: she began running. >> to save my life. it was so hard. i said, god, please save me from this fire. tom: the next thing she remembers, she was outside. next three weeks at children's national medical center, where she turned 17. her mother came from ethiopia to help her. >> i don't know if anybody has experienced such an extreme tragedy coming to the uned

go to a montgomery county high school, but with a student visa, that's expensive. >> the local public school will cost about $16,000 for the year. eat now wants to be a doctor more than ever. >> i want to help people. tom: this is with the flour branch apartments looks like now, nearly five months later. ans is where bitseat was seven people died here. there has been a website set up to help raise money for her. there is a link to it on our website, wjla.com. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: we are on the scene of breaking news, a wild police chase leading to an officer hurt, cruiser struck, while a child was in the car. anna-lysa gayle is live in springfield. somebody is in custody, right? anna-lys

we know that the chase started in southeast, the 1800 block of gainesville street, and ended here in springfield nearly springfield interchange. the suspect and a small child was found. this is video captured just 30 minutes ago by sky track 7, over the scene. the driver led the police on a chase through d.c. and virginia, then backed into a police cruiser before taking off into this area. that is when an officer sustained minor injuries trying to get out of the way. the suspect has not been identified and at this time we do not know the charges. live in springfield, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: something into the newsroom now come a disturbing investigation going on in chicago. four people have been taken into custod

the police are calling a video of torture. investigators say that an adult man with mental health issues is the victim in the case. he was held up to two days. at some point, the torture was being broadcast on facebook alive. in victim was found, listed stable condition at the hospital. stick with abc 7 and wjla.com for updates. alison: that's awful. developing now, we are always told if you see something, say something. that led to an unusual investigation in d.c. a woman on a hike found a violin case with guns inside. of the shocking find in the widening investigation about where they came from. tim barber joins us with the search happening now. what's the latest on this? tim: it is a big mystery tonight.

with a person who lives nearby and spot at the officers in the parking lot and scattered in the woods. what caused the commotion. the violin case, right here on this concrete barrier. pictures of a violin case with guns inside being inspected by investigators and dogs. >> i was on the river the whole time. tim: this freelance photographer took the pictures. >> i moved further back. the u.s. park police say that a woman who was hiking discovered the case and called it in. >> this is canal road. the potomac is on the other side. and this woods here, is where the woman spotted the violin case. why it was here, no one knows for stop investigator shut down the road to search the area, where they discovered more guns.

now, all investigators can say for sure is they are glad somebody who saw something said something, especially a couple weeks before the presidential inauguration. >> until we find out more, it is kind of a mystery right now. service national park would not say how many guns were found in the case and in these woods, but they said they are running them through the system to see if they are connected with anything else. live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: very strange, thank you. canvassing for information about a deadly shooting in capitol heights. last friday, carrington carter was killed on white brick place. the police do not have suspects or a motive. there is a reward of up to $25,000. and by ready with information -- anybody with information is asked to come forward.

the moment that led up to a christmas day death. this is body camera video from the police department. it shows what happened. the police were very clear they saw a knife. the family said there was no knife. anna-lysa gayle spoke with the chief of police to break down the footage. anna-lysa: this newly released body camera video gives the site of the officers responding to the frantic 911 call christmas day. the operator asking for an address and the caller saying, "quickly, please, this man has a knife." the person went on to say my sister is locked in the house, her boyfriend is crazy, he got a knife. he turned on the gas and i'm locked out. officers identified the boyfriend as gerald hall. when they got to the door, they asked him to drop the knife. >> put the knife down. anna-lysa: according to the li

to drop the knife, shots were fired. [gunshots] anna-lysa: when we interviewed a hall pass mother friday, she said she did not see a knife in her son's hand based on the video she saw. city officials say that was because it was probably a quick glimpse. traumasure there is associated with watching her son being involved in a situation like that. anna-lysa: chief peter newsham said officers made a split-second decision. >> part of the investigation is if they could have done something differently to prevent the tragedy. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: a popular local ice rink shut down by fire. sky track 7 was over the scene of the took a road ice rink in fort washington. the fire was so hot that it got through the roof and firefighters had to handle this. numeral reports of injuries come and word on the extent of damage at the tucker road ice rink. alison: an escalating

between donald trump and the u.s. intelligence community. trump disputing the assessment russia used cyber hacking to metal in the election. instead, trump is supporting the founder of wikileaks, who also cast doubt about the hacking. trump is set to meet with the directors of the cia and fbi along with the director of national intelligence this friday. jonathan: a lot of questions about this video of a high school students slammed to the ground by police officers. the troubling footage and what the teenager'

>> help! jonathan: these videos are frightening, multiple reports of e-cigarette explosions. the fda says it will look into this issue. the agency has identified 134 incidents come including 50 injuries in the past seven years. we have no shortage of videotape or this is going on. the fda will host a public workshop about this issue. 7 on your side was the first to invest

today, president obama met with democrats trying to save the affordable care act. republicans are promising to end it. vice president-elect mike pence met with republicans to brainstorm ways to roll back the plan, but more than 20 million americans who depend on it have questions about what's ahead. >> why still no plan to replace it? >> we have a plan to replace it. we have plenty ideas to replace it. you will see what we have unfold. alison: today the white house press secretary told reporters there will be chaos if obamacare is repealed. jonathan: church shooter dylann roodf said there is nothing wrog with him, insisting he is sane. of killing accused nine black people at a church shooting in charleston.

death sentence and they point to a jailhouse journal written after the murder where he says, "i have not shed a tear for the innocent people i have killed." new developments about an incident the aclu is calling disturbing. in it, a police officer slams a student to the ground inside of a north carolina high school. says hernt's mom daughter suffered a concussion. she said the teenager was trying to break up a fight when the officer stepped in. >> that kind of force should never be used against children. school is supposed to be where they feel safe and learn. the officer is on paid investigative leave. officials hope that body camera footage will lead to more answers. jonathan: scary moments for commuters and an active investigation about what caused a commuter train crash

more than 100 people were hurt when the train slammed into a barrier. the good news is none of the injuries are life-threatening. the long island railroad train end over the bumper at the of the track and cap to going. investigators are trying to determine why the train did not stop. alison: 7 on your side with a consumer alert. macy's is closing nearly 70 stores, eliminating more than 10,000 jobs. this after a very disappointing holiday season for sales. the only stores in our area closing are the landmark mall in alexandria. jonathan: a group of 30 wounded warriors not letting their amputations get in the way of a cycling competition. the wounded warrior project built custom bicycles for each of them. the veterans are allowing them to take part in the three-day ride. they are not just racing for the sake of it. they say this is a chance to heal their mind and body. >>

regrouping, seeing what your potential is. >> it let you know what is out there and what you are capable of doing. jonathan: good luck to all of them. the race begins tomorrow in in keynd ends saturday west for stop the alison: best of luck to all of them. fantastic. you want to live to be over 100. maybe this is the secret. >> 3:00 every morning, before breakfast, rain or shine. alison: take a walk every morning. that is mary of pennsylvania, who turned 106 this week. she was born one year before the sinking of the titanic. she said the secret to a long life is that little walk every single day. steve: earlier today, the high temperature of 57 degrees. we have cooled into

the 30's and will continue to tumble into the upper 20's through the late-night hours. satellite and radar, clear and dry, no worries. wake up time tomorrow, a little bit of sunshine, but that will quickly fade. 24 to 29 overnight, mainly clear skies. scattered clouds early in the morning. 26 manassas.ark, 3=2 at least we are not dealing with the fog from earlier today. in terms of the forecast tomorrow, 20 degrees colder than the daytime high today. only in the upper 30's the highs. 2:00, cloudy skies. the clout stick around through the afternoon come into the overnight. the clouds eventually produce no. -- eventually produce snow. winter weather advisory well west of the d.c. metro, garrett county and allegheny county into early friday morning. i suspect parts of

see a winter weather advisory by this time tomorrow night. tomorrow morning rush-hour, no problems. midday, may see some pockets of snow showers, not amounting to a whole lot. then as we head into later tomorrow evening, overnight, 11:00 p.m., light snow baltimore, gaithersburg, germantown. towards old town alexandria. it all of this is out of here by about 5 a.m. friday. 8 a.m., the wind changes direction more out of the north and west. we are talking anywhere between a dusting and one inch around the immediate metro, around the beltway. the further north and west, that is where we will see higher amounts, likely at least a few school closings, enough that may cause problems with the roadways. a slow going rush-hour commute friday morning. especially the side roads and sidewalks. the 10-day

saturday and sunday, the highs only near 30 degrees, with the windchill factors in the single digits and teens. this will not last long. back into the middle 50's the middle of next week. the following weekend, daytime highs near 50 degrees. alison: steve, thank you. you may have seen something like this in a movie, but now they are real and may make your life easier. we live in a pick and choose world.

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things are going to get interesting? steve: tomorrow afternoon is when the clouds begin to thicken. the tomorrow night through overnight, light snow will overspread, anywhere from a dusting to about in inch by the time the system moves out by 5 a.m. friday. "gmw" starts early, 4:00 a.m. could see some school delays, not expecting cancellations. saturday and sunday will be very cold. jonathan: sort of exciting.

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