announcer: abc 7 news that noon. >> we are on storm watch. seem hard to believe with the mom temperatures we have had. change in a big way just in time to impact your weekend plans. doug hill is here with the latest. doug: snow will not be a big deal. way this is going to work out, colder temperatures overhead, it may start as

snow, but it will be sleet and freezing rain. the national weather service has issued a freezing rain advisory from midnight through 6:00 p.m. in the east counties. the weather service will examine and expand some sort of advisory eastward. this is because of what we knew was coming. the air will get dry and cold. as long as the ground of stays warm, the air temperatures at ground stay above freezing. the colder air will come in. then, it is a race against the clock. temperatures will drop slowly but steadily.

a little sunshine at times. here is satellite and radar. it is going to be a major ice portion ofa large the country. futurecast.e morning, werrow have an area of snow depicted here. temperatures will hold steady continue to fall. the best chance of least impact is south and east of the city from metro north and west. there will be problems at times, temperatures not getting above freezing. we will pull out of this as we get into sunday. temperatures get into the upper 30's to about 40 degrees.

there is a potential for snow, sleet, and freezing rain. a lot more to share in a few minutes. on the: for the latest weather, download our stormwatch app. developing this noon, a community trying to cope with the shock and grief of the house fire in baltimore that killed six children. suzanne kennedy is in baltimore with the latest. >> they are starting to tear the house down. you can see the excavator is back at work. all of this is taking place early thursday morning. whatrities don't know caused the blaze. the mother was able to get out of the house along with her

younger oh was able to save two of her younger brothers. six children died here. authorities are saying they are not sure what caused the fire. a vigil is scheduled for this evening.

lana zak has the latest. >> james comey reiterated this week the fbi does not comment on investigations. >> i would never comment on investigations. >> they were extremely careless. >> policy has always been you don't do it close to an election. also under investigation

person who leaked information, specifically, rudy giuliani. based on the information the fbi has, she should never have been allowed to run. on to same tweet, he went call her guilty. legal scholars are saying that is unprecedented in among modern american presidents. >> republicans could take a step on making good on their promise to repeal the affordable care act. they are expected to vote on to repealeasier without the threat of a filibuster. the legislation does not need to be signed by the president.

passed in the senate this week. theweek from today is inauguration. final preparations are underway for the swearing in of the 40 president of the united states. president of the united states. more thanilitary says 5000 military personnel are support. ceremonial security will be tight. the air force is one of many groups that will support -- will provide support during the event. >> we are a week away. in hangar three. full dressry run, a reversal. this branch of the

military has been chosen to oversee the ceremonial festivities. we are seeing everything from this parade demonstration with the honor guard and the u.s. air force band working in tandem. explosiveo seeing training going on and even working dogs. over 1000 air force members will provide support. you see the air force, i want them have ao see sense of pride and patriotism as they see our professionalism. critics who wl

military from different organizations have signed on for the big day. reporting from inside hangar three, john gonzalez. stay with abc 7 through next week for everything you need to do leading up to the inauguration. we have the latest information on our website. we have a crime alert in the district. police are looking for a man targeting women. there have been at least three attacks in northwest. the attacks take place during the morning and evening rush hours. during thehappening morning and evening rush. that is what has police concerned.

>> we broke the disturbing news to women. they have a hard time believing it. the man in this picture is a suspect in not one, but three sexual assault cases. to make matters worse, they say crimes in 24 the hours. >> it don't walk alone. use the buddy system. e

was thursday morning at 8:00 in the 1300 block of massachusetts avenue. >> i hope they catch him soon. q: he was last seen wearing a red flannel shirt. >> it is scary. i am glad the police are on top of it. $1000 award for information leading to an arrest. a local child battling brain cancer gets a special honor by prince george's county police. we will take you there. a mystery in the sky. caused of attendants the pilot to make an emergency landing. bige: we have not seen issues of crashes. some

dc-295 getting closer to eastern avenue, you get a nice break. the big picture look, mostly in the green. as seeing too much as far midday roadwork. we well take a look here. idea,n really get a good both directions moving at a nice pace. some spots in the 60's. a slow stretch approaching midday roadwork. you can get a good day idea of the slowing. route 32, clear out. if you have to head to baltimore, the parkway is the better option.

melanie: and alaskan airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after three flight attendants got sick. they were exposed to something before the passengers boarded. the pilot says he has a theory about what caused the illness. onthe deicing fluid they put in seattle created some kind of powder that got in the air system. police and prince george's county are pulling out all stops to make it special for 17-year-old. elijah

gets to become an honorary police officer. he has been battling brain cancer. the disease is now turn them all. he gets to ride in a squad car and like the men in blue. his mother says her son's condition has helped her grow. >> he taught me how to be a mother, how to love, how to have patience, keep fighting. to watch everything he has gone haven't gone through those things. to see him go through those things and still smile, it pushes me. it teaches me not to complain. police department plans to throw a pizza party today. a big day for him. hats off to the prince george's police department. doug:

i had the pleasure of serving with the prince george's county as a police officer for seven years. ready for another saturday. last saturday we had snow. tomorrow, we have ice and snow. saturday seems to be the magic day. let's get started and get you setup. nothing happening this afternoon, this evening, or tonight. in advance of the wintry mess coming this way, a freezing rain advisory issued by the national weather service from midnight. or this later today evening, they will expand some of these advisories eastward. only rule i can give you here is the farther south and east you are from washington, the lesser of an effect this will have.

the further west, the more of an effect. temperatures now are pretty good. 72 at raleigh and charlotte. the temperatures are starting to fall farther north and west. pittsburgh and columbus are above freezing. temperatures stay above freezing, the less impact this will have. .t will take a while the cold air will win out and we will have difficult driving and walking conditions. we have snow and sleet south of st. louis spreading to the east. that will expand eastward later tonight. we have ice storm warnings in effect in parts of oklahoma, kansas, and missouri. it is a large part of the country that will be affected. mostly in the advisory category here. a winter weather advisory north of the maryland

clouds will continue to increase. sleetl see snow and the and a freezing rain in purple. it will not be a uniform layer everywhere. some areas will get sleet. notice temperatures, in the morning, they are freezing. we will be on the borderline. some areas warm up late tomorrow afternoon. after that, things will calm down. in a few minutes we will check owe just moved into this house and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. bassett had everything that we needed. fabric combinations marry the rooms together. having someone with bassett has been invaluable. we could've never dreamed up this room without bassett.

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is heading to the d.c. convention center where the travel and adventure show is being held. i highly encourage you to check out the d.c. travel and adventure show. so much going on. john is here to tell us more. you are the founder and ceo. says this is our 13th year. i am excited about setting up the show. we are expecting thousds of travelers who want to get away from the cold. to thewant to get caribbean and get warm, it is a great place to come. we have speakers going all day long each day. eileen: big names. john: they are all here. they will give great presentations. we

chefs with international cuisine. we have our music and dance stage. there is a lot to do for the whole family. bring the kids. they will see things from around the world. eileen: you have so much here. how do you prepare yourself for the travel show? john: a lot of people don't know what to do first. go to the website. whatan see the schedules, acts are performing on which where.nd who is speaking it is a lot of fun. we have breaking news now from prince george's county. officers are responding to reports of a shooting near sulaimon high school. any are not calling it active shooter situation but the school is on lockdown.

some kind of injury. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we will bring you details. after the break, doug is back.

melanie: ski resorts will be happy with the forecast. doug: here is the forecast for the weekend. saturday in the mountains, a wintry mix likel

what we don't get naturally, we onl find it in good shape the mountain. the next 10 days, it will turn colder tomorrow. still some showers. to be cloudy, chilly, 40 degrees. we are hoping there will be few and far between. it will start a warm-up. partly cloudy with a chance of an isolated shower on inauguration day. winter when,where but we are getting it on saturday. melanie: one day at a time. thank you for joining us.

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