been cold forever. this is a weather story. looking promising. the temperatures are cold now. they don't change much. 124 at reagan national. the southerly wind direction to pull us out of the cold snap to take us above freezing. this is a big change for wednesday and thursday. it's 22 in laurel, 23 at springfield. 21 in dale city. 22 in manassas. the story for the wake up hours upper teens to 20's. it's plenty cold but not as cold as this morning. we will see the big changes and the winds from the southwest. that is going to warm us clos

tomorrow. we see if the warmth will last in the weekend as part of the ten-day outlook in 14 minutes. jonathan: all right. thank you for that. updates on the go, download the storm watch app. do it at the website at wjla.com or at the app store. maureen: developing now in orlando, florida, a massive manhunt underway for a man accused of shooting and killing a police officer. q mccray is at the live desk following the latest develop in the the case. q: the manhunt is sending the area schools in the central florida area in to lockdown. now they are trying to come to grips losing not one but two law enforcement officers. the orange county sheriff deputy responding to the shooting was killed in a motorcycle accident. debra clayton is the latest law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty. >> this is probably one of the toughest days for me in

career. the murder happened in front of a wal-mart this morning. according to homicide detectives debra clayton was looking for markeith lloyd in connection with an unsolveed murder case. he shot her dead. a massive manhunt for lloyd going on now. he is wanted for the murder of a pregnant woman. >> i know the entire police department, city and the county is working to bring justice and make sure that the security is safe and secure. debra clayton was a 17-year veteran of the force and mother of two children. >> she is a hero. she gave her life to protect the community she loves. >> there is a $60,000 reward out for lloyd's arrest. maureen: thank you. the man accused of killing five people in fort lauderdale at the airportth

esteban santiago answered the judge's questions in a clear voice before ordered back behind bars. he is now facing charges chargen the shooting of five people at the airport on friday. he told the judge he understands the charges that could cover the death penalty. jonathan: well, donald trump's first cabinet nominees are facing confirmation hearings in the upcoming days. the senate majority leader was in new york to brief trump on the process. he plans to take up eight of the picks alone. the department of ethics have not completed all of the reviews. the president elect told reporters that he expects all of the nominations to be confirmed. >> they are going great. confirmation is going great. i think they will all pass. every nomination, they are all at the highest level. they are the absolute

level. i think they will do well. jonathan: the transition team announced his son-in-law jared kushner named senior adviser to the president. ivanka's husband. wavers of people will scry -- waves of people will descend on the national mall for the inauguration and the f.b.i. says they are ready for anything and everything. jeff goldberg is at the national mall. you got to see a of the lot of the technology the f.b.i. will use but a lot we won't see. jeff: good point. next week friday 20th, it will be backed with people. the f.b.i. has dealt with many inaugurations in thers -- the past. the threats are always changing. the f.b.i. says the success depends on the cooperation and the communication between a local and federal law enforcement agencies. >> they are the tools. and the people. >> negotiators that people think of us. >>

security and the safety for inauguration day. >> it's an all hand on deck for us. >> today in d.c., f.b.i. special agent giving a show and tell of equipment that could be critical in the event of a security incident in an inauguration. >> a robot for events that may not be safe for people. and the team and the gear can be activated from a quick call. >> it's rapid. if they make a request we can move nearly instantaneous. >> obama's second inauguration was estimated around a million people. law enforcement people don't know what to expect next week but the turnout is sure to be big. >> we know it is coming so we have an ability to prepare more. >> on the a

opinions -- differing opinions on whether the event is free of incident. >> i'm nervous. >> i think it will be secure. >> rob expects strong emotion but no violence. >> some people are upset. but when they get here, i think people will behave themselves i hope. >> obviously a big show of force of the law enforcement. but as jonathan mentioned a lot of the visibility for the f.b.i. and the law enforcement you will not see. it will be behind the scenes. we want to show you breaking news situation. you can't see it too well but that is the washington monumented to the west of where i am standing now. the lights are off on the monument. you might remember this happened last week. the national park service saying that the lights essentially went out. they fixed the lights the next day. we don't know what is happening with this situation. but once again the lights are off in the washington monumented, on the washington monument. a very busy day. a lot of activity

otherwise on the national mall. jonathan: the monument, first the elevator and now the light. coming up next at 6:00, the uber to live branch to the local governments. maureen: and what you will find missing the next time you go to a mall. also coming up at 2:00, we check in with bei bei. what he is now able to eat again. >> this is complete but it's not available for the metro

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: the man at the center of a suspected bribery scheme involving the prince george's county liquor board appeared in court this afternoon. afterwards, david son walked out of the green belt courthouse holding his baby and telling reporters no comment. he is under house arrest for electronic monitoring. son cannot have contact with anyone except for his family and his attorney. he is accused of arranging bribes from liquor store owner to politicians. maureen: virginia 2017 legislative session starts wednesday. lawmakers will battle over the state budget problems. commonwealth has $1.26 billion shortfall through 2018. thi

terry mcauliffe. all three statewide offices as well as every house seat are up for grabs in november. bei bei is making progress after undergoing surgery and now he is eating small amount of bamboo. his mother is still expected to go to china but no specific date has been set for the trip. jonathan: he looks so happy. coming up next at 6:00. million-dollar escalator but the customers can't ride it. what is it? they have to walk up and down the stairs. robert: coming up, clemson and 'bama doesn't get better than that. mike london

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night. this is the second time in as many weeks it is dark. the first time, they told us there was a malfunction with the lighting dis -- gizmo. the timing was off. that was last week. this week, no idea why it's in the dark. you just see blinking red lights so planes don't bump into it. there you go. yubeer is offering traffic data to local government. they offer a website called movement. it compiles data from the ride hailing service to show the travel time at any route at anyplace in time. they hope they will use it to better deal be the traffic and congestion. d.c. is the only city available on the site. maureen: the repair of the elevator at the huntington station is finished but can't use it.

needs to be done to get it up to code. >> the escalator is idol and the riders are climbing the adjacent steps though construction is complete. >> it's frustrating to a lot of people. >> the project isn't complete to some officials because it's not up to code. i requires new escalators be covered by a canopy. metro plans to build it with construction slated for spring to add that the escalator and the covering couldn't be built at the same time. >> a waste of money and manpower. >> metro says the have gotten approval in other jurisdictions to start operations on a new escalator like this before the canopy is complete. this is where the escalators have been complete

>> they like it to build a wall without a roof. it could create a safety hazard. the new escalators like the one replaced at cleveland park metro station are designed fod withstand the elements. they both tell us they are working together to get the escalator online as soon as possible. maureen: a "7 on your side" consumer alert. limited closed all the stores for -- store front nationwide on sunday. the website is still operating and the company will continue sales online. 20 years ago the limited had 750 stores across the country. but the brand fell on hard times in 2000 and never fully recovered. jonathan: a fast-moving storm cell dumped heavy rain in california. this state was in the dro

they have the flash flood warnings in effect for northern and southern california. residents are being warned of the possible mudslides. only the minor debris flows have been reported. no big mud slides. another chance of rain wednesday. they are expecting 20 feet of snow in ten days. that is a good stroke. there is no water. this is what the swimmers do when it's canceled due to weather. they do snow laps. this is a member of the georgia tech team. 8 million people viewed the snow swimming on facebook. how they are not freezing i have no idea. this is something you do often? maureen: the first snow of the season i'm out there in my bathing suits. doug: doing snow angels. maureen: yeah. doug: it's fun.

the temperatures will come on slowly. let's look at what is happening. this is the almanac. high that is equal to the low. upside down weather in. 29 is the official low. that is the average. rd ro. you can think how nice it would be but that is all you can do. dream about it. we have 20 in martinsburg. it's 20 at the joint base andrews. heading through the evening hours we will see the clouds at times. temperatures are plenty cold. 15 to 24 is cold enough. winds pick up five to ten. there is an added chill in the air. the arctic high is moving out.

the highs approach 40 degrees. we will get sun but more cloudiness than anything else tomorrow. we take the future cast and the chance showers come through. temperatures should be above freezing. wednesday a continue will come through. but behind that it's partly cloudy throughout the day. but another part comes through late at night to bring rain to the area. for the next few days on the list, the highs. look at minneapolis. 31 tomorrow. then they start dropping again. chicago the same way. we get the benefit of not northwesterly bringing in the cold. but southerly winds bringing in the warmth so we will go to 46 in the next few days and there are similar stories up and down the east coast. the warming trent

some computer model suggest we could have a wintery mix in the spots early saturday morning but eventually hitting 37. we stay above freezing saturday night. sunday is 44. for the holiday dr. martin luther king day on monday, 52. that sounds good. we could look forward to a few more days. we'll find the warmup is brief and appreciated. we have a little bit of a chill that comes our way saturday and sunday with a 40% chance of precipitation on saturday in the morning. especially. then we get into monday and just a chance of a shower. that will come later in the day. so partly cloudy in morning. as we go through tuesday, wednesday, thursday, the temperatures look mild. highs in the mid-to-upper 50's. we will take that. back to you. jonathan: thanks. a big game tonight. robert: huge game. maureen: who's playing? jonathan: robert talked about clemson beating up on alabama. you said clemson has a shot. robert: i didn't say that! anything is possible. okay, coming u

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mike london. he resigned as the head coach at 2015 and then he spent one team at maryland where he served as a defensive line coach. on the f.b.s. level, he presented himself as another great challenge. >> a former police officer and bone marrow donor to his daughter. the odds were 10,000 to 1 that were a match but the daughter that is going back to o.u., that is her. we talk about several years past that. so the challenge and the odds and things like that are things i have embraced. and been ready for. i am excited about the opportunity to get to work. robert: college football championship tonight, clemson and alabama. rematch of last year's national title. 'bama didn't blow abody out. they only beat clemson by five. according to nick saban, this is what it is supposed to be. the best versus the best. >> it's no surprise to me

they are where they are relative to last year's team and this year's team. >> i think it is important that you breathe a little bit and you enjoy it. don't let pressure of the moment and the situation cause you to lose pleasure. robert: redskins are interviewing mike pettine. maureen: we have a break. doug: warm-up. tonight at 11:00 steve rudin is checking in at the numbers and look at the cooler weekend after the warm-up. the forecast looks good from where we are now. maureen: "world news tonight"'s with david muir coming up next. jonathan: see you back here at

tonight, the urgent manhunt. authorities going door to door at this hour for a cocular. a mother and son killed by a fugitive. make a run for it, another officer killed in the search. also breaking tonight, the state of emergency in 20 states. california to new york. the massive mud slides bury a at lite truck. and rob marciano with the rushing waters behind him. new reporting tonight on the ft. lauderdale shooter. was his first destination supposed to be new york city on new year's eve? is and inside the 34 seconds of terror tonight, the chilling video. the developing headline involving president-elect trump's son-in-law and the fallout tonight after meryl streep's speech.