always have with prayers and hard work and lifting each other up. so far, there are no reports of deaths but dozens have been across the region, an estimated 10,000 customers have lost power. to doug hill in the weather center. >> all right. thank you. the good news is in the past new reports of tornado on the gulf coast. however, the tornado watch along the mississippi and alabama gulf coast for another hour. there's plenty of heavy storms. let's change gears and talk about our weather. we made our own headlines. set record high temperatures as expected across the region today. national.at reagan 27 in warrenton. pepper.ll we beat the old record of 64 degrees with a high of 73. record at dulles and bwi at 72. nd when you're beating the record by seven or eight degrees in p wintertime, you're smashing it. that's

quiet tonight. maybe a brief shower. it.'s about otherwise, cloudy and mild tonight. lows only in the 50s tonight. tomorrow one more warm day before winter returns. we'll tell you what that means snow he possibility of thursday morning in just about 10 minutes okay. thank you. here.inder you can always download the app and do it while the weather is be ready so you can nor whatever thursday may bring. and 24er weeks of debate hours of -- vice president mike pence broke a tie in the senate confirm betsy devos as the nation's next secretary of education. ensure that every student has access to a good school whether it's public, any other arter, kind. >> today the senate voted to confirm one of the most unprepared, and unknowledgeable nominees for of education since the cabinet -- department was created. >>

the kind of outsider who can change. critics though say she'll weaken he public education system and as brad bell reports, some in maryland are gearing up to fight others hope she money in their direction. >>reporter: according to the head of maryland's teacher's union, public school classrooms kindergarten class must remain the focus of education spending. >> public education is what for s the playing field everybody. >>reporter: yet tonight, betty weller claims the system is eing undermined by the confirmation of education secretary betsy devos who was a choice. of school >> one of the fears in public chools is that with increased public support for charter schools and other private schools, there will be a drain students and then ultimately -- >> you take money from public schools and give it

schools, that means our unmet needs are not being met. up the street , encouraged they are by the possibility of greater public support. >> it makes a huge difference in terms of resources and what we're able to provide for our students here. eric harrison runs a school marlboro and hopes it means more students have more options. we're trying to further educate our students and need that we can rces get. >>reporter: the battle is now likely to dominate the education for years to come. tomorrow the full senate is on jeff to vote sessions as the nation's next attorney general in just the lasho

dakota access pipeline under a missouri river south dakota meaning work could resume on the ipeline carrying oil from the -- tas and ill d.c. police -- person of interest in the case. nvestigators say the person hrew a lit flair through the window but after he left he saw photos of the car on fire. a second person of interest an object at another vehicle causing damage >> a former mayor vincent gray wants to give some d.c. police officers a raise but sam ford the ts, other members of city council want some more first. ion >>reporter: vincent

today. an emergency bill to keep more offering e street by bonuses to retirees. >> we have a crisis. police don't have enough district of he columbia. >>reporter: it would take -- for retirees who reup for five years double their five. in year >> let's not make rash decisions. chief joinednterim the fray. >> i don't think it's necessary emergency by an basis. i think we knead to be thoughtful about it. hearing later this spring. >>reporter: for some in ward 7 and 8 where most of the homicides and much of the occurs, it is an emergency. go talk to some of the families hat are being subjected to gun fire or losing their loved ones and ask them do you think this emergency. >>reporter: in the hearing there was a clear divide between the three wards with the highest bute

yes. the rest voting no. the bill lost 9-4. >> we wind up with the same approach four months from now, we have people will lost in the process that we could have saved. >>reporter: what happens next? thember of those who oppose emergency say they still like the idea and will be considering at the regular legislation. we're monitoring a developing story about a missing fairfax d baby in county. a month after a teen and her baby reported missing, county police retracing steps today and hitting the streets in the area the two were last seen. at these photos. these are the two juveniles who find.ives are trying to 16-year-old liz rivera and her son and a half month old missing since mid-january. crews on the scene today talking to

flyers in the area where she lived and was last seen. me today previous leads have not panned out and hey're going back to square one. police also searching for the fire.s police say the teen was last a n with him despite restraining order against him. police are hoping if they can it could lead to new information regarding liz aiden's whereabouts. rape a woman in her home. the woman fought back biting him and running out of

screaming. the suspect took off but police him later. th >> only on 7 a montgomery county stripped of equipment worth $25,000. but this was not just any government vehicle. county fire the chief. garage.broke into his police arrested the suspecteds gps data on a stolen ipad an investigation is underway after a police involved shooting good hope road in southeast d.c. police say it started at a drug man stole a something. police confronted him and then witnesses say the officers told to drop the gun before they opened fire. witnesses say they heard the man not a real gun. the man is currentedly in the hospital. -- currently in the hospital man is dead after a stabbing at a gas station in seat pleasant this afternoon. his happened at the exxon at the corner of central avenue and addison road. police are searching for the suspecbu

and keep track of crime in using the orhood by alert id map which you can find n our website, wjla.com new developments tonight on rehabilitate the memorial bridge. >reporter: it's another step forward for the memorial bridge. we know this has been a project now the park nd service announcing just within the last hour that they're to the designject phase. replace andcided to refurbish parts of the original ridge components to preserve the character. the work that will be done ncludes repairing arches and facades, replacing the steel superstructure, reconstructing sidewalks deck and and then replacing and repaving throughout all of the lanes of traffic. without these repairs, the

federal highway administration had said that the bridge would have to cease operation in 2021. now this work is underway. what we also know though is that the funding has been secured. all right. thank you. you might remember we told you a months ago that nasa is looking into flying cars. well, now the company has actually hired a veteran nasa a ineer to try to make this reality. mark moore wrote a paper seven ears ago talking about the feasibility of electric aircraft that could actually take off and land like helicopters. uber is hoping he can get this initiative off the ground.lity of it's hard to imagine this. >> i can't imagine. >> i know. wrecks on themany ground. i can't imagine in the air. >> this is true. but all the people who sit in for hours this area and hours every day? >> i would take that. >> yea

you're a helicopter taxi service at rush hour. that get going on coming up at 5:00, metro for the ecial slings inauguration but found out what thousands did with their smart cards after visiting the nations capital and then later a federal takes up the president's travel ban while a local law maker tries to crack down on illegal immigration ocally and a new look for lady liberty in observance of black history month. as you can see, crowds are enjoying the beautiful weather on the national mall. been warm all day. i'll show you how people enjoyed the day and explain how why are you checking just want to see if it changed.

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metropolitan police department academy in southeast d.c. you can see here liberty the egg. eagle laid an liberty and justice have nexted years.or a couple of look, you can see it. the egg for a second. and of course we'll let you know as soon as the egg starts to hatch. a lot of excitement there. >> don't want to fly the coop. we're keeping -- that's and first resident two eglets last year. a lot of bird watching this time of year. the best kind. >> the best kind. >> bald eagles right here in our backyard. need a ladder either. great shot. but awesome day outside especially for the first week of february. >> i know.

than this. my sleeves i rolled up. not bad. lost the tie as jonathan suggested in our 4:30 newscast. let me tell you, we've been out since 11:00 o'clock this morning and it has not been hard to find people enjoying themselves. the weather is warm. people have having fun. blossoms.aw some shorts, short sleeves, no jackets. time of usual for this year as the high temperatures we're experiencing in the dmv right now. do you think? >> it's gorgeous and especially being down here i get to enjoy and the scenery. >>reporter: like these pink flowers. cherry blossoms are expected by spring time but what about when it feels like spring in early february. if it was march it would mean a lot but the fact that it's in february and the treesav

mean anything. >>reporter: it's been a really mild winter. rees haven't gone dormant yet meaning they haven't hardined from the freeze. that being said, don't be confused when you see this tree with flowers on the mall. this is not one of the cherry blossoms. autumn blossoming cherry tree. be this not supposed to warm as far as these tourists are concerned, that's nothing to complain about. degrees in 100 australia at the moment. we came to the states thinking here e missing summer and it is. you know. >> when can we expect to see the the tidal basin and the national mall? well, i asked that specific national park service and they told me their guess is as good as mine meaning

in the meantime though, we'll blossoms right here. back to you in the studio >> a promise that spring will be here. >> just a preview today. it will be here. >> gorgeous. talking about the possibility of snow around here on thursday morning and tomorrow in the upper 60s again. changes. but first we want to share a with you.eo run rville to virginia elementary school had a room full of sixth graders with a lot of interest in the weather and of played the role schoolteacher for a while explaining how the weather if weather on o tv. the kids had a lot of fun. experiments went well. let's start with a time lapse from our weather bug camera. this is our backdrop because a eek from today, pitchers and catchers report to west palm beach. it's that time.

took some time. still have high clouds. temperatures skyrocketed across afternoon.is into the 70s in most areas and still very mild at this hour. now at es right nationals park. other area temperatures at this degrees in 72 manassas. 72 in springfield. 70 degrees in laurel. tonight we'll hang on to some cloudiness and later tonight isolated d be an shower but that's about it. more impressively, look at the temperatures in the morning. if you go out to dinner tonight, it. it's going to be delightful here with temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow morning temperatures 50s when you wake up. the exception, highest elevations far west. winchester will be 54. ashburn.arlestown and 55 degrees in

57 in the city. fairfax. satellite and radar show cloud cover. a fair amount of rain to the west. his is actually the northern fringes of this whole storm tornado hat has caused in louisiana. could comese showers through the area tomorrow but a ot of it is just going to dissipate. sunshine and mild temperatures tomorrow but as we get through and evening hours, a cold front passes through the area. winds turn to the northwest. colder air fills in. at the same time, a storm system develops to the south. between those two, the stage is set for precipitation. and ratures on the surface overhead determine what type and right now we have -- in fact we think rain will move in, in

predawn hours of thursday. snow to the north. temperatures remaining above to about nd we get 5:00 o'clock and see it turn over to snow and snow for a while through the morning. bit butures will fall a i think with warmth around and warmer than freezing temperatures, most of it should melt off the roadways. accumulation is well to the metro areaest of the in higher elevations. so it will just be cold. an eye on it. week weather. warm tomorrow. much colder with the rain and snow thursday morning. cloudy to cold on friday. there it goes again. another big jump over the weekend. the extended outlook showing temperatures back into the 50s and 60s saturday and sunday. very warm into monday. s we get to the portions of midweek next, it will cool off but only cooling to the 40s to degrees. >> okay. not bad at all. thank you so much. this weath h

about vacation. what did do you on your last vacation? see how it compares with the obama's. pale in k it will comparison plus, find out what one thinks turned the tide for the patriots in the super bowl. about the you think performance? >> awesome. >> amazing. >> awesome. bunker hill elementary, a school that welcomes two top today.musicians i'll tell you why they were here coming up in spotlight on education >> first, here's a look at on abc.oming up tonight >> thanks, allison. tomorrow on good morning special workout for couples that will get you in shape and rev up your hit the hip when you gym together. >> plus, dating advice from the very funny anthony anderson. and stay with us for traffic and weather z231yz zi0z

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two heavy hitters in the music world showed up at a ortheast elementary school today. and tonight kelly lynn shows us ow the musicians shared their talent and their time. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>reporter: they were greeted signs accompanied by the beat of drums.

yoyo ma and joshua bell. happy. so >>reporter: the excitement at bunker hill elementary school in ortheast, a celebration of a turn around. >> for them to have the opportunity to see that there re people who do this for a living and are successful at it nd love the arts, it's just amazing for them. >>reporter: the turn around arts integrationght arts into -- >> musical instruments. of our -- >>reporter: the d.c. youth orchestra and dance place now 50 young people at the school. these artists are known as turn here to ts mentors inspire. encourage, >> we're given things by the that are gifts. language, expression, reading,

in. it belongs to everybody. really impressed. they played really wonderfully i end up getting more out of do.i think than they >> they showed me a lot of things and i would like to do same thing as them. >>reporter: using the arts to generation.next abc7 rtheast, kelly lynn, news my baby couldn't say no, don't do that, or defend himself. to this woman's son that has her so mad? have a your chance to heart to heart with a doctor or a nurse. he number to call {703}236-9220. if you're concerned about your heart's health. a board member says he's getting tough on immigration but member says it is all political

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>> three federal judges will hear arguments about the hallenge to president trump's immigration order and decide whether a temporary restraining order against the travel ban will stay in

bureau chief reports today, county board hairman and gubernatorial andidate lashed -- >>reporter: corey stewart says he wants help from the trump dministration on an issue he's been talking about for years. >> the only thing we're asking is the federal government do its job in dangerous ese criminals illegal aliens who have committed crimes from our country. they're formally asking the feds for information immigrants who have committed crimes in the county over the past ten years. ocal police have turned over 7,500 criminals to ice but the county leaders have been unable if the individuals were deported or released. >> what's changed is we have a new administration that's going cooperative. >>reporter: but he's offering no detail on whether the crimes are

felonies or misdemeanors or whether any of the people were actually convicted. percentage now the of conviction is but it's probably pretty high. less driven re or by his political aspirations to un for governor and that's a shame. >>reporter: a board member accuses stewart of changing the platform on immigration after it was unanimously approved by board members. remain going to vigilant and fight this tooth and nail. we're going to make sure that we keep him in his place. >>reporter: immigrant advocates worry about the impact of stewart's proposal. >> i think this is just going to increase the divide between the and the community government and the police. in council and it's chambers that democrats will stewart's proposal on immigration. one question that remains exactly will what the county and the police department do with those thousands of names if they get turned or

government. thank you. meanwhile, howard county promising to veto a easure making the county sanctuary status. they passed the measure last night. vote back d send the to the council for a remote. discrimination based on citizenship. prevents county employees from about immigration status and limits cooperation with immigration enforcement. it could be g now, up to the court to decide the of of a 93-year-old statue obert e. lee in downtown charlottesville. a

coworker breast fed her child without her permission. t was all caught on security camera. she says it happened on friday to the brought her son daycare that she works in. her son was constipated and a there offered to breast feed him to try to help that. ell, she says she told the coworker no twice but she did it anyway. that landed the little boy who lactose intolerant in the hospital. only only, you know -- not did you put your breast on my son, you also made my son sick. or uld hate for any parent family to have to go through had me and my family have to go through. >> her coworker has been fired. local police are now the incident as a child abuse case. not sure we've ever heard of thing. >> no. and like is he shed, the baby tuldn't defend himself

>> absolutely. some happier baby news right now. a massachusetts couple thinks their newborn baby was the key super patriots win in the bowl on sunday. baby was bornheir in the fourth quarter, the pats would rally back. that little boy was born at 8:49 p.m. just moments before new turning the tide little named that what else, brady. >> of course they did. first name nicer than belichick. i thought it would be tom

>> they'll probably call him tom. speaking of the fans, you freezing rain didn't get the patriots or their fans from celebrating today. team's of course the fifth super bowl win and they were celebrating in boston. ens of thousands of people lined up to catch the big parade. >> wow. warmer in the british virgin islands. look at barack obama trying his at kite sailing. he was challenged by richard it.nson to try there they are. president obama in the blue helmet. branson says obama stayed up for about 100 meters beating him by meters. >> it could be a body double. we never see his face. >> true. down. he went >> we just have to take their word for it, that it was him. >> absolutely. like so much fun. looks like a lot of

daytime highs tomorrow back into the middle 60s. a cold front. could be looking at a little bit of snow early thursday morning. let's talk about the weekend. 58 degrees on saturday. by sunday, we'll be in the middle 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. with us.

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what a wonderful tuesday evening it is right now. for tomorrow, again in the 60s. side in is on your health matters. suitorslked to kimberly all day long from the health center talking about heart health. it is heart health month with the american heart association. here. you just don't see me. here we are. at an american heart association luncheon and one of the things they're really on is the difference between men and women and heart disease. and how to react and how women's heart disease i

women. more than most cancers combined. that.ple don't realize >> exactly. et's have a chat with kimberly suitors. day. s the topic of the >> what are you doing down therein? >> i'm glad you said that. of the number one killer men and women more than all cancers combined and not just older americans but some of nurses and doctors are seeing patients in their 20s. let's check in with dr. ellis over here. i'm going to interrupt her facebook live interview. you're seeing more women on the operating table. why is that? it is because women are being more aware of their heart disease so the good news portion of that is that women to the doctor earlier in treatable times where we can medicines, ith stents, or surgeries. bad news is that more women are smoking, bad diet, not

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>> we'd ordered smart cards of time but they came too late for the march so we bought them up here anyway. in card r: that's $30 value that she handed over. he employees here are still trying to figure out how much is on each card. $10.a smart trip costs $2 for the card and $8 in fare value. cards have been donated and they keep coming in from as far away as california. >> it was actually the idea of one of our donors who walked martha's outfitters and asked us to take leftover cards from folks. ryan palmer says they're still working on how to distribute the cards but they them to people who benefit from emergency assistan

access program. >> i was hoping that somebody hat maybe needs to go to a job interview or to work and doesn't have a better way, however they them.to use it's great. awesome. ime now for a check on the roads. >> good afternoon. we certainly have some problems folks on the gw parkway. if you can tell a friend to tell avoid the northbound stretch. right now heavy volume delays ue to an overturned vehicle that we have near cia. looks like travel lanes have reopened but the cleanup process still under way. we can show you the heavy volume on the beltway for the ride home this evening. certainly slow on that top side etween the american legion bridge on the maryland or virginia side. moving not folks are very fast but certainly a lot faster than we are in the

parkway. 66 leaving your neck of the woods, larry. slow from leesburg pike to sycamore. estbound delays heaviest from nuttily out towards 123. >> all right. thank you. tonight.w developments the case of a woman and three kids treateded for carbon poisoning after sitting in an suv idling outside of a shopping center. today that woman was charged. 2, and 3 month old full recovers a driver in pittsburgh took t a step further when he was earing nothing but -- they found him semiconscious behind the wheel of a running car in the middle of an intersection as open bottle of whiskey and two guns in the car. awaiting arraignment behind bars right now. >> i'm glad you don't have video

story. we don't need to see. >> fair enough say beauty is ever lasting and that is certainly brinkly. for christy she is 63 and she will amir on the sports illustrated swimsuit issue with her two daughters. first appeared on the cover in 1979. she thanked si for sending the message that good things do not with an expiration date. >> good for her. >> she looks amazing. >> she does. awesome this weather is amazing as well. >> i know. better than christy brinkly. a bathing suitar today. bikini. >> the temperatures today were outstanding. record smashing high temperature established today. 73 at reagan national. that beat the old record of 64 impressively, it was 28 degrees above average

high at 72 at washington dulles. still very warm out there. 71 degrees at reagan national. 70 in reston. frederick. cooler in annapolis. they never got warm air because much colder s the waters and suppressed the temperature there. 71 now in wood bridge. some hrough the night clouds will come and go through the area. the constant will be the mild air all night. by morning we'll be in the 50s. in a few ief shower spots early in the morning. most of this rain we think will fall apart. however, as we get through the day tomorrow temperatures bounce back to 67. high tomorrow is 68 degrees. tomorrow night everything changes. dissipate ow showers tonight. sunshine through tomorrow. tomorrow night as colder air oves in through the north and moisture moves up from the south, that's going to give us he chance of rain changing to snow in the overnight by sunrise on thursday. could have periods of snow. maybe

accumulations. we think for the metro area it be too warm. that's it for now. larry, back to you. thank you. here with sports. >> georgetown playing at illanova and the georgetown men's basketball team had a scare yesterday when the team bus was involved in an accident to pennsylvania. look at this. according to police, the bus ended an suv causing that to flip off the side of the overturn.d you can see it there on the with players making sure everyone was okay. thankfully they were. nobody was seriously hurt. news there. it's been nearly 16 months last had at peterson professional fight but as robert burton explains, he's used this work on his skills before he returns to the ring.

lamont peterson spent a lot of outside the ring. 16 months. but he says all the rest is gone. the gym and i've been working and working on getting better. >reporter: this next bout february 18th versus another champ. >> so many lamont -- over the years. to be able to make, you and have suchence an impact on their lives, it means the world to me. >> plenty of support from the

channel 8 legend flynn harris came out. i'm m training hard and doing it for honestly the kids at the gym. that don't even box. just go about their life and something in lish life and i try to give them motivation. abc7 rter: robert burton, sports. >> good to see glen at that story. a boxer e i interview or see a story like that, i want to get in the gym. omething about it is contagious. >> like rocky. >> great workout. >> absolutely. move on to breaking news out of virginia. we've learned that all orthbound lanes of the gw parkway are currently closed. this is happening right near turkey run. us that a olice tell car flipped over. however, no one was hurt. to o have a crew on the way the scene here on the parkway and we'll bring you an update as soon as we have it. northbound lanes

the u.s. mint is celebrating and to h anniversary mark the occasion it's unveiling we've everunlike any seen before. we have the scoop on this piece history. >>reporter: there she is. >> the first u.s. coin to depict ady liberty as an african-american. >>reporter: the newest minted coin featuring a new lady liberty, a black woman with braids and stars in her crown we t above the words in god trust. >> you get something that is unapologetically american. >>reporter: the mint gave us a close up look at the new coin. he tells me mint designers came up with several prototypes for of metal.ersary piece his year, officialed wanted to do something special and different and show case the diversity of the american spirit. look at the coin, i'm remind

are the sons and daughters of a ation that was founded on the ideals of liberty. >>reporter: on the back of the united states of america fine gold and the mott means oute u.s. which of many, one. race, epresent every creed, and color of humanity on this planet and when you put all together, you get something pretty special. >>reporter: only a couple of thousand of these limited be ion gold coins will available for purchase. the price will be based on the rice of an ounce of gold which is typically around $1,000. the mint will be making a silver coin that will be more affordable and readily available. one, u don't want to buy you can view one at the new mithsonian museum of african-american history and culture. we all want one here in the studio. the coin

series of events to of thete the anniversary mint. 6:00 o'clock. t >> 50/50. >> an historic end to a lead versial pick to america's schools. why d.c. could actually act as a days ahead the a mistake allows thieves to teal thousands of dollars in equipment from a local fire chief. compulsion lt this to get off the train and help them. >> and why the stars had to for the woman t to save the life of a father of two. >> the senate being equally divided, the vice president and the the affirmative nomination is confirmed. >> a historic vote on a issue.ious vice president mike pence casting the tie b

devos as u.s. secretary of education. vice the first time a president has ever cast the deciding vote for a cabinet position. rallied against devos pointing to her strange or missing answers to questions hearings.firmation they even mounted a 24-hour floor. on the senate >> the white house insists that devos is an advocate for education for all children. >> one of the biggest concerns oiced by public educators is that devos supporters public funding of private schools and reaction today to that question. but first from a public school and then a private school administrator. >> public education is what playing field for everybody. you take money from public schools and give tea to other means our unmet needs are not being met. >> it makes a huge difference in resources and what we're able to provide for