later tonight it will move through the region. 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning we will see most of the precipitation. all of it across the area. a small system and a fast mover. we think it will drop snow on the ground and that is that. 10:30 tonight we have a band of snow. this will move out at 3:00 in the morning and get to sunshine tomorrow. slow temperatures and slippery spots are a concern. let's go to steve rudin where he is hanging out in stormtrak7. steve? steve: it is cold out here, doug! but so far no snow flurries. i correct myself. i see one. one has fallen so far. 31 degrees in falls church. 32 in herndon. you get the point. it's cold enough for snow. we are going to see a little bit of it moving through the overnight hours. night time lows this evening will b

snow will develop at 9:00 and continue through the early overnight hours. waking up tomorrow morning most of the snow is gone. it is cold out there. well below freezing. look for slick sidewalks and, of course, a slow go from the early morning rush hour commute. high temperatures tomorrow will eventually make it in the middle 30's. and we will see more sunshine as we move in the afternoon hours. coming up in a few minutes, once the snow is gone this weekend we will deal with the brutal wind chill factors. more on that with the chief meteorologist doug hill in a few minutes. maureen: thank you so much. now for the first measurable snow of the season we are bringing out snowtrak7. remember that? tom roussey is tracking conditions in the frederick county area. how is it out there? tom: hey, maureen. we are in snowtrak7. there is no snow to track yet. it should change as the night goes on.

area. this is how it looks. we are headed southbound to upper montgomery county. things are moving fine. a lot of the roads are pretreated. if you look left you can see one of the trucks waiting on the side of the road for the northbound lanes there. waiting for what is coming. a lot of the guys taking it easy right now. they are not expecting to deploy the trucks in earnest and use them until around 8:00 or so. id may be closer to 9 zer or 10:00 before we get stuff. but the crews tell us they are ready to spread salt when needed and they have pretreated a lot of the roads as well. reporting live in germantown in montgomery county, i'm tom roussey. jonathan: richard reeve is in mobiletrak7. what do you see? richard: it's light on 66. getting on th

northbound. interestingly enough, eastbound 66 in the city. very, very packed full. as you can see here coming to the beltway. not too bad. but now we are going to a dead stop. be ready for this. a lot of the folks left early for the commute. you can see now that we are having issues on the beltway. back to you. jonathan: thank you. things can change when we talk about the snow in the forecast. be the first to snow if your child school changes the schedule because of the weather. you can go to the website wjla.com/text. sign up for alerts. they will be sent there to the phone. >> as but bus driver and an

on board and all three were slightly injured and the people in the car. the cats of the investigation is under investigation. jonathan: a story unfolding in prince george's county. four people have been arrested after the f.b.i. raided the county's board of the licensing, better known as "liquor board." maryland bureau chief brad bell is following this all day. these are big developments. brad: you know what? this is really a big scandal in prince george's county. we have had court hearings this afternoon. three of the four have been, three of the four people arrested today have been released on their own recognizance. we have been going over the court documents. what the f.b.i. is alleging here is a culture of pay to play. the f.b.i. allegations are simple. the owner of this liquor store and two more paid bribes to officials in exchange for favors and votes. arrested today the owner of that store and one other along with liquor

sud, who it is amounted actively sought bribes. also arrested this man, david son. the liquor board administrator who the f.b.i. alleges arranged brides by store owners apt lobbyists to a state delegate and senator for help passing a sunday sales bill last year. the official federals say one legislator has already accepted a plea deal and the other will be charged with bribery. the feds say the investigation is not over. >> i acknowledge federal investigation to submarine. we operate below the surface. we want to put fear in the criminals and want them worried that we are in the neighborhood. >> the two state legislator

scandal and they will reveal the names next week. a while ago we got a statement from the prince george's county executive rushern baker. he wants two things to be made clear. p.g. liquor board, though it is call that would is a state function. the person who today was arrested anuj sud was appointed by governor larry hogan in 2015. county executive says wherever he sees corruption he will do everything he can to stop it, because as we all know prince george's county has had a terrible time beating back the culture of pay to play in the county executive tonight is acknowledging that. in greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, brad. demolition is almost complete on the silver spring apartment complex where seven people were killed in explosion and fire last august. this is video from today at the flower branch apartment complex. investigators determined the devastating fire was sparked by a gas leak. the apartment's management official is facing a lawsuit

still ahead at 6:00 -- a new intelligence report targets russia for the hacking in last november's election. >> some realtors say the nation's capital has seen shift in the housing market and they are crediting the president-elect. i'm stephen tschida. i will tell you about in a moment. jonathan: as we head to break a quick track of the conditions. germantown courtesy of stormwatch7. that is a snowplow. waiting for the snow to start.

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maureen: a live look at route 50 near the beltway where mobiletrak7 shows the traffic moving relatively smoothly. that could change in coming hours as the snow makes its way to our area. we will talk to doug hill about that in a few minutes. jonathan: stay connected with the weather team anytime of day. you can find the forecast and how to share pictures at wjla.com. or download the stormwatch7 weather app. good to have on the phone. maureen: president obama was briefed this afternoon on russia hacking aimed to influence the presidential election. this this is hours after the top intelligence officials share the findings with congress. >> russia clearly assumed an even more aggressive cyber posture increasing the

espionage investigations and targeting the critical infrastructure system. maureen: president-elect donald trump is scheduled to be briefed on the issue tomorrow in new york. trump expressed doubt that russia is responsible for hacking the democratic national committee e-mail. >> the airport is investigating a frightening and embarrassing midair mishap and it has to do with a plane here. this is the b-52. what happened an engine fell off in a training flight in north dakota. >> they have eight engines and they can land with two of them. a similar incident happened in 1995 when two gins fell over b-52 over louisiana. the forres has been in service for 65 years. as i said, the backbone of the u.s. strategic bomber fleet. maureen: next at 6:00 -- why president-elect trump is being credited with a shift in

real estate market. jonathan: one more look outside as we prepare for the first snow of the season. only a few flakes coming down. it will pick up. check in with doug hill for what to expect in the coming hours and the morning rush. maureen: first, veronica johnson has a look at what is coming up tomorrow on "good morning washington." >> thank you, maureen. tomorrow on "good morning washington". >> we are live with the stormtrak7, snowtrak7 and mobiletrak7. the first on the slippery road conditions and the school days and impact on the commute. >> stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow early at 4:00 a.m.on "good morning wa

jonathan: a live look outside, this is ashburn. picking up a little bit. we will check in with steve rudin we will talk to stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill for the full forecast. this is just the beginning. it will pick up in intensity.

maureen: this is a home that ivanka trump and her family will call home. the house purchased part of a wave of the housing decisions coming along with the new administration. realers say it's inspiring more than the usual multimillion dollar. >> ivanka trump dropped cash for a home priced at more than $5 million. some realtors say all of a sudden more buyers are jumping at the ultra-prices houses. >> exposure with the ivan carb trump house is going to get more enthusiastic buyers out there that have the money to spend. >> jordan stewart says one of the clients pulled a trigger on a deal today. >> they decided to purchase in georgetown. they were nervous about the new buyers coming in to d.c. >> a lot of them worry over the disapproval of the presid

voting 95% for hillary clinton. >> we spoke to a realtor who said he has a multimillion dollar listing that is getting a lot of foot traffic. he says interestingly every person who looked at it is russian. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: interesting tidbit. maureen: may have to have a place to live, too. jonathan: absolutely. maureen: what is going on out there? doug: is snow is starting but the heaviest is 8:00 to 9:00 tonight. it's beginning in many areas, especially west of the area. steve rudin

stormtrak7 all afternoon. it's all changed! steve: it is finally starting out here. it is very, very cold. 32 on the weather bug network. at least we are not dealing with the wind chill factors too cold. as we move through the next three or four hours or so we are going to look for the snow to gradually increase a little bit. temperatures will stay around freezing. that is cold enough to see minor accumulations. at least around the immediate metro area. heading through the overnight hours we will have the winter weather advisory that remains in effect until 5:00 a.m. north and west of town. northern montgomery county. western loudoun county. if panhandle of west virginia. if you look at southern maryland, the shading in blue, that is for a winter storm watch. but for saturday. that is a different storm. let's talk about snow totals. what to expect for tomorrow. but the upcoming weekend. they head bc

meteorologist doug hill. doug: thank you, steve. you can see where he is in the western section of the fairfax county. we have in eastern section of the loudoun county. the whole area is the leading edge of the snow band coming in. this is going to be characterized by the bands of snow over six, seven, eight-hour period. we are starting to see it reach the ground north and west of winchester. that is the pattern shifting east. it will give us accumulation later. especially areas north and west of the city under the current advisory. we widen out on the radar, you see new band developing. larger area behind that. that is going to move east, northeast in overnight hours. by the time it moves out, snow in the area. that is the steady forecast from harrisonburg to winchester and hagerstown. morn suburb through baltimore, pennsylvania, delaware. 22 inches generally. the pattern and the higher elevation. i think it is a good forecast. metro area around an

less we say with this system moving through the region. after we get through this system. we have another one ready to keep an eye on and the future cast heading south. saturday we have snowstorm developing from southeast virginia to southern maryland south through the carolinas. the rain along the immediate coastline. this is heavy in spots. four or five, seven inches of the snow. northern fringe. we might see a flurry or two. we going to closely watch it. the track is inches farther northward, we can keep an eye on that. we have a cloudy forecast. southern maryland snow. i think most of the area is sunshine saturday afternoon and breezy and cold weather. in advance the saturday system the whole area is under a winter storm warning. in southern maryland, northern neck, southeast virginia under a winter storm watch. check out the next ten days. 36 tomorrow with the partly sunny skies. snow will come and go. saturday, keep it cloudy and

the city. 30. sunny, windy. 128 on sunday -- 28 on sunday. 32 monday. showers late tuesday and wednesday. warming up and staying mild as we head to the end of next week. maureen: thank you. "good morning washington" will be with you throughout the morning tomorrow to help navigate any problems that the weather brings. of course, update the forecast and the traffic. tune in starting at 4:00 a.m. jonathan: check in with erin hawksworth. the caps are red hot. >> they are on a three-game winning streak. the blue jackets are on a 16-game winning streak with a chance to make history. i catch up with the voice of the why are you checking your credit score? i think we can finally get a bigger place. bigger place? yeah, let me check my score too. try credit karma. it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit.

erin: i'm erin hawksworth live at verizon center. before we get to the capitals and the blue jackets we have redskins news. washington decided to part ways with defensive coordinator joe barry. it doesn't come as much of a surprise. defense really did struggle all season long. but that is the nature of the nfl. in the end, the redskins finished the season with the 28th ranked defense. so that will be an area that they certainly want to fix. let's talk about this awesome game that wi have here at the verizon

one red hot. on a three-game winning streak. the blue jackets are making history. they are on a 16-game winning streak. if they make it to 17 tonight, they will tie an nhl record for half an hour away from the game. and fans are filing in. you can expect it to be like a playoff atmosphere. the players are fired up. >> to tell you how big the division is, first place team that seven-points in front of the caps. if the caps win they are five back. from washington perspective there is a lot on the lain. not just break a streak but get closer to the guys. good shot at it. erin: you are around the team a lot. what is your sense? how are the caps going into this? >> i think there is some of that. they are watching the highlights apt see co

this. it would be fun to end it and do it in our building and in front of our fans, too. there is a little bit of both. the capitals need two points. right now they are chasing and they have the road games coming up. nice way to end up a home stand, snap the streak, get within five points and get to the second half of the season here. erin: the fans would like them to end the blue jackets streak. andre said this morning it will be fun to end the streak. walking around the verizon center there is national media and you get a sense this is a big game in washington. >> end the streak in short order. we hope. thank you. maureen: thank you. we hope this snow streak won't last too long. doug: just light snow. steve rudin's location in ashburn. he will be back at 11:00 to give you an update on what to exp

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tonight, u.s. intelligence fighting back. leaders of the intelligence community heading to capitol hill. tonight, responding to president-elect donald trump's comments. his tweets about them. how they now respond. also breaking, president obama a short time ago, briefed on the russian hacking. the final report, and new reporting from our team about the level of confidence. and word tonight there was, in fact, a very specific motive. breaking news from chicago. hate crime charges after this video live on facebook police say four young african-americans targeting a disabled white man. monster storm bearing down tonight. driving from the west to the northeast. a second storm coming. and two sisters on the way to see their