according to his brother he was evaluated for mental health issues. at this point the f.b.i. and the a.t.f. are involved the investigation. as far as a motive, they are not giving us any indication of what sparked him to go get the bag that had a pistol in it. he loaded the pistol and opened fire. q mccray has the reaction from the passengers inside the terminal when it was playing out. terrifying scene that unfolded. q: no doubt. the stories from the witnesses are disturbing and saddening. some saw the shooting happen. others described the bodies in the baggage claim areas. horrific scenes they won't soon forget. witnesses recounting the horror on the tarmac. gunman spreads throughout the fort lauderdale hollywood airport. passengers looking for the shelter wherever they cod

him coming and walking up and down shooting at people. >> witnesses in shock. describing a shooting rampage inside the baggage claim area at terminal two. calling it a scene out of a movie. >> we looked again and we saw him with a gun going up and down. q: the first report of shots fired appeared to come from police already at the airport. >> multiple victims down. q: one of the victims bloodied. the active shooter shot at least 13 people. eight people as i know now are in area hospitals being treated. >> is he coming? he is coming. q: those who survivorred relieved to be back with family. >> again the suspect's name is esteban santiago. 26 years old. he is cooperating with the detectives. so we could have a motive sometime soon. back to you. jonathan: thank you. one last note on the santiago individual. apparently at the airport after the shooting

witnesses say he threw his gun away from him. he just lied on the ground spread eagle waiting for police to arrest him. they made the arrest without any problems at all. again, as far as a motive, we still don't know. the airport is shut down indefinitely while the investigation continues. we will continue to monitor what is going on in fort lauderdale and how it will impact travel around the country. there is an impact. if you have a flight this evening, call ahead. more of this will come out tonight on "world news tonight" coming up at 6:30. for now from the "live desk," i'm jonathan elias. abc7 news. maureen, back to you. maureen: thank you, jonathan. we have breaking news now from fairfax county where one person is dead. and another seriously hurt as the result of a shooting. skytrak7 was over the scene in the 9200 block. this is an hour and a half ago. police say it appears this was a domestic incident and no threat to the public. now a winter weather alert. this was the scene from frederick, county,

now different parts are preparing for snow tomorrow. let's go to stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: you are right. earlier it was north and west of washington that had the snow. late tonight and tomorrow it is south and east. if you have plans tonight. no weather worries. cloudy and cold. temperatures will drop in the 20's. cold by the morning. what about the snow? stuff showing up on the doppler radar but not reaching the ground. the air is dry. this is a coastal system and it will head to sea. we are on the northern fringe and we'll have the snow here. in advance large part of the southeastern u.s. in the pink area indicate under the winter storm warning that includes st. mary's county, northern neck, eastern shore of maryland. part of delaware. blizzard warnings are now in effect for tide water and the lower eastern shore of

the farther south and east you go you will see more and more. we have more coming up. maureen: now the developing story of the russian alleged role in the u.s. election hacking. just released declassified report says the russian president putin ordered a mission to influence the u.s. presidential election. it had a clear leaning to trump. president-elect now concedes russia and other countries are trying to break through the government structure. >> the intelligence agencies really did great work here. >> i hope the presentation today to trump will cause him to change his tune about this. because i think the facts are

undeniable. maureen: trump says there was no tampering with the voting machines. he said within 90 days of inauguration he will appoint a team to investigate cyber hacking. in 14 days he will be sworn in and for the next 14 days the top priority of the local officials is to make sure the event is safe and secure as possible. sam ford is live along the parade route with details. sam? sam: maureen. the direction that you are looking. that is pennsylvania avenue. down which the parade for trump will take place today. and today the city regional officials talked about it. the city, regional, federal officials walked in muriel bowser's news conference to say that d.c. is ready for the 58th inauguration of a

>> we have been working on this for a long time. we conducted numerous jointed training initiatives. >> this is on the high side of what we saw in 2013. below what we saw in 2009. >> they will have 3,000 additional officers and 5,000 national guard members from around the country. the city's bill is $30 million. >> how much is reimbursed by the federal government? >> we expect it all to be reimbursedded by the federal government. so far $19 million is appropriated. sam: metro general manager says rail z will open an hour earlier and go to midnight. a list of stations and the pentagon will be closed. d.c.

protests from the plaza. asked about the marijuana smoke-in? >> we are prepared for the peaceful demonstration of the first amendment rights. the website is inauguration.dc.gov. reporting live, sam ford, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, sam. we are learning more about the bribery investigation in the prince george's county liquor board. the f.b.i. yesterday raided board offices and now four people are facing charges. today we learned a scrap metal yard was

liquor board member anuj sud and david son took part in a pay to play scheme. they are accused of improperly using legislation to influence the sunday liquor sales. >> we will pros cume them to the fullest hit. still ahead with the talk of hacking how straight are the district got computers? the city auditor raises big red flags. why the voice of the inauguration won't be behind the microphone this year after almost 60

maureen: only on 7 of tonight a warning from d.c. auditor who says city government computers are vulnerable to hacking. a review found many challenges plaguing the system. stephen tschida has warning and the possible solutions. stephen: the discovery of a city worker committing identity theft prompted a thorough review of the d.c. agency computers. what city auditor kathy patterson discovered prompted

>> we need to do a much better job protecting the information we have on a million people. >> d.c. agencies have vast amount of personal information about the city residents. >> it those be protect and there has to be oversight. stefs info that the audit found susceptible to hackers who might get ahold of the social security, credit card and the financial data. >> there has to be some controls at the city level to control who has access to the information. where it can go from there. >> patterson called on the mayor and the city council to move swiftly to address the gaping exposure in array of computer systems. >> i'd say we are vulnerable. i don't know if anybody is looking to hack or use the database in the manner but it is something we should put a lot of policies in to play, more training. stephen: patterson says the district first priority should be to entrust one entity or individual with authority over the district computer system. and making sure th

everything possible is done to protect the systems from hackers. stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: next at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the first lady's farewell speech from the white house today. her message for the youth of america. and bitter cold and the snow is coming for some neighborhoods. doug hill is back with when and where it will arrive.

maureen: a lot of emotion today as first lady michelle obama made her final white house speech. >> so, i want to close today by simply saying thank you. thank you for everything you do for our kids and for our country. being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my life. i hope i have made you proud. maureen: mrs. obama hosted an event to honor the 2017 school counselor of the year. she has one more public appearance on her schedule before leaving the white house. she is set to be a guest on "the tonight show" the jimmy fallon next wednesday. we are exactly two weeks away from president-elect donald trump's i

and the legendary voice of the parade was not invited back this year. 89-year-old charlie brotman announced every inaugural parade since dwight eisenhower's in 1957. as he tells mike carter-conneen, he has been left heartbroken. >> these are just some of the sample scripts. mike: charlie brotman served as lead announcer from 11 presidents from eisenhauer to obama. >> i have been doing this for 660 years -- 60 years. mike: in an e-mail this week he learned the tenure has been trumped. >> at first, this is yesterday. >> i was destroyed. mike: in a statement, the presidential inaugural committee will be announce -- proud to announce him as announcer emeritus. >> i'm not replacing him or filling his sho

charlie is irreplaceable and a legend. >> he still has not been told why it happened but suspects it's because ray, d.c. based freelance announcer and audio engineer supported the trump campaign and the president-elect values loyalty. >> i want him to do good as opposed to boy i hope he fouls up so they say we want charlie back. no. i don't want that at all. >> he has been offered a v.i.p. seat and the special recognition in the event. now that he has had time to digest it all, he is feeling better. >> i am thinking you know what, charlie brotman? you are one lucky son of a gun. mike: so much history and legacy. will he attend the parade? he says he is still not sure but he is considering several options from multiple media networks and two more came in today. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. maureen: he is an icon. doug: charlie

nicest people in this town. maureen: absolutely. he has helped more people than you could possibly know. charlie, we love. we -- we love you. we love you. doug: the snow i bring is snowy variety. some area need shovels, some need brooms and other not worry about it at all. through midnight, nothing to worry about. cold to dry. midnight to 3:00 a.m. the snow will begin. through 3:00 p.m. is when we have the highest concern for the effects of the snow, especially farther south and east you are from washington. sunday morning will be just fine. although it's the single digit wind chills will put some concern in your planning for early on sunday morning. so let's get into the nuts an the bolts of this. larger area under winter weather advisory including washington, alexandria, arlington, fairfax. counties south and east to the bay and eastern shore. pink counties are winter storm warnings. that is a widespread area that goes south through the carolinas to mississippi und

on doppler radar, a little snow. flurries here but the air is dry. so it will take a while. 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning for the snow to make it to ground. rain falling now westward. but the mix occurs, even over mississippi, alabama, north georgia. they will get snow and measurable snow. st. mary's could get three or five inches or more. the timing we see it move in 4:00 to 5 verz in the morning -- 5:00 in the morning. that is the best estimate. if you are going out tonight, no problems. cold and dry. but early in the morning the snow moves in. the heaviest snow amounts are south and east and how far the north and west flurries will go. quickly the storm will pull offshore in the afternoon. that is that. get ready for the cold weather, the gusty winds on sunday. the computer modeling suggests underring two inches in the district. lesser amount in the north. much more

east. reedville is 7.4. 11 inches. it's a substantial storm. the weekend, snow for a while. then it ends in the afternoon. 27 for a high. sunny, breezy and cold for the weekend. quick peek at the extended outlook. cold weather through monday. better on tuesday. much moderation here with the showers wednesday and thursday. look at the upper 50's, lower 60's on friday. we will stay mild as it stands now right through next weekend. robert burton. robert: thank you so much. college football. that is coming up on monday alabama-clemson, we preview that. and the wizards hosting the timber wolves. that is next in sports.

robert: we start with the hoops. wizards trying to win after dropping a couple tonight is minnesota at the phone booth. timbering also trying to crack a two-game skid. wizards had every opportunity to get over the .500 mark, against dallas and houston. a good chance to get it going tonight. bradley beal on a possible turn-around. >> you go through tough times. it's a learning experience. same way with basketball. everything may not go perfect. you may go on a losing streak. you will take something out of

adversity. it's similar to life. you take it on and next time you get better. robert: college football championship is monday. tide and tigers. rematch of last year's national title game. alabama won that one 45-40. nick sa barbn -- nick saban is not thinking of last year. >> you want your team to play with confidence. i think mind set of the preparation, clean things up. players to feel confident in what they are doing. i think that is the most important thing to get done now. robert: programming note. raiders-texans is on abc7. saturday. kickoff at 4:35. a shot to remember, mo. this is buckets blake of the harlem globetrotters. he climbed the roof of oracle arena in oakland, california. you saw what happened.

the hoop is positioned 100 feet out. this was a publicity stunt to promote the bay area tour. that is coming up shortly. maureen: could you do that? robert: you have seen my talents. a final note, former state maryland assistant mike london will be hired as howard's new football coach. good stuff there. i don't think i can make that shot. >> i doubt it, too. try anyway. robert: no way. doug: take a look at the forecast for the snowfall around here, starting overnight. generally an inch to two in the metro area. less north. more to the southeast. don't have to go far to find more. new guidance, steve rudin will have and then a warmup after that. maureen: david "world news toni" with david muir up next. join us at 11:00. have a good night.

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tonight, breaking news. the terror playing out inside the ft. lauderdale airport. a gunman opening fire. authorities say a 26-year-old american, an army veteran, killing five and leaving several more injured. victims rushed to the hospital. tonight, what we've just learned about the gunman. he was known to the fbi. as we hear from eyewitnesses who were standing just a few feet away from him. also tonight, the face to face meeting. inside trump tower. after weeks of president-elect donald trump taking aim at u.s. intelligence, questioning their work, questioning the russian hacking, tonight, mr. trump in the same room with them. and what he said right after. and this evening, new information declassified. authorities revealing vladimir putin wanted donald trump to win.