[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] jummy: right now at noon, the big storm suffocating parts of the northeast -- parts of pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, all getting better with snow. costing thousands of flight cancellations, hundreds of delays at airports up and down the northeast, including right here at home in the dmv. we have you covered with everything you need to know about the storm. -- updatehas an up to on the weather, but first, lana zak is in the middle of the storm. 450 m

50 million--or americans, -- everyone is being urged to stay off the road. >> the roads are bad and they will only get worse. many are heeding the advice. deserted, are largely but there are those that venture out. look at this truck and suv that collided. first responders had to flip the truck back over. the new york state police tweeting out this photo of a tractor-trailer being told from the highway. just yesterday, it was a different story. a perfect spring day. 62 degrees in central park. what a change from yesterday. it feels like one degree of your. i cannot believe that yesterday i had no coat on. the storm started yesterday in the midwest and moved quickly eased. snowfall in parts

coming at a rate of four inches per hour. trying to keep up, all the more difficult because the type of snow. it is wet. even with four drive, we are slipping and sliding. just a mess. jummy: all right, a much different look here in the district. instead of snow, we were hit with rain, and slippery conditions for some of you. so a big drop in temperatures for everyone. only a few areas were hit with snow. it was not too much. doug hill has a look at the forecast. doug: what we are doing with, strong, gusty wind, a glimmer of sunshine, and the promise of snow showers this afternoon. 35 at reagan national. northwesterly wind at 25 miles per hour. it will be a rough afternoon as far as the wind goes. as far as the storm goes, the leftovers we have -- the storm well to the northeast, strong wind and snow showers thr

winter advisories for the eastern shore, dollar, all the way through new jersey as pressure starts to rush in behind the departed storm. recently, manassas, leesburg, joint bank -- joint base andrews had 40 mile-per-hour gusts. 35 miles an hour in culpeper. that will continue for the rest of the afternoon. we are tracking areas of snow showers to the north and west. the windchill is the story. 21 in leesburg. 16 in hagerstown. feels currently like 23 at reagan national and joint base andrews. we will keep our i on this pattern of snow showers from the great lakes. the bulk of the storm is way over northern new jersey, through new england, but we will do with the clouds, wind, and snow showers. earlier today, just a little bit of rain. to the north, wind-blown snow.

eileen: a lot of you woke up this morning and said where is the snow? well, the cold air did not get him soon enough, so a lot of you woke up to rain, but we did find some snow in frederick county, maryland, in mount airy. just a coding. for the most part, the roads are ok, but everywhere that saw precipitation last night, the entire dmz, has to be concerned with a re-freeze. snow,lks that did see the it was not a lot. it looks pretty in mount airy. the trees dusted with a little light. a key relation, not that much. for the most part, we have only seen about half of an inch on average across most of the area. sorry, snow lovers, this was not the big one, but winter is still coming around. guys, back to you. jummy:

flights were grounded due to this nor'easter. over 4000 flights have been delayed. sinceay has been at dca early this morning. any changes this new? -- noon? q: unfortunately not. i have been out here since a little before 5:00 a.m.. the flat screens are red, and they still are. if you see red, that means flights are canceled. it is not just on this screen, this screen over here to our right. everything is canceled or delayed. there are 66 flags listed. --the seventh are on time flights listed. only seven are on time. look at the long line -- i was told by american airlines workers this line is not usually this long on a thursday. everyone you see in line is likely on a flight that is delayed or canceled. we spoke to a couple of them. most of them are very upset

were not told. is very disheartening. i'm a little upset, but i will see what they can do to get me on another flight. i am frustrated because i tried to get on this flight yesterday when they canceled my flight. i ended up on the flight i needed to be on, but i am five hours early now. they did not email. no warnings. q: all right, here are the latest numbers -- right here at dca, more than 195 cancellations. baltimore, 83 flights canceled. at dulles, 49. that is a whole lot of cancellations. if you have a flight taking off today, double check. give your airline a call. check online. chances are your flight is delayed or canceled. i am q mccray. back to you. jummy:

have the stormwatch 7 weather app. read it before you head out the door. it is free on android and iphone's. other news developing -- a robbery, high-speed chase, and a crash in tysons that led to the escape of three suspects on the run this new era john gonzalez following the latest -- noon. john gonzalez following the latest. john: it was a robbery that turned into a police chase. police were looking for thieves at bloomingdale's. they are looking with a helicopter and a k-9 unit. three young men believed to be in their early 20's's. it started here at the bloomingdale's. last night we understand all three men went into the store wearing hoodies and sweatshirts. they started stealing purses off the shelves. they then took off in a car. we want to show you some of that video of where the car ended up. the

dark-colored mazda was off the road near besley and old courthouse. there was a pursuit. the alleged thieves crashing into a tree in that wooded area three miles from the mall. fortunately, no one else was injured -- no other cars involved. fairfax county police not only searching for the three young suspects, but also going through surveillance video here at the mall, and they would like to speak to the shoppers that may have been in the area, perhaps inside the bloomingdale's when all of this started around 9:00 last night. in tysons, john gonzalez. back to you. noon -- take a look at this man, he is wanted for a string of robberies. bank.test that at m&t anyone with information is asked to call is george's

you cannot forget this guy's face. a convicted sex offender is back in custody this noon. matthew sager, released from a southern virginia jail met -- last week was supposed to self-report, but never showed up. he was spotted on 4th street. easy to pick out. he was taken into custody quickly. coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- new orleans still reeling from devastating tornadoes. the damage assessment and conditions of the injured. defending his daughter -- what president trump have to say -- had to say after her brand was dropped from a nordstrom's store. a stunt backfires -- five in the hospital. what went wrong? a look at traffic this new. angela foster. angela: we are pleased to announce no precipitation falling. the midda

for the most part. in the green around most the capital beltway. a few trouble spots here and there inside the beltway. be alert for metro riders. we are in the middle of the safetrack surge. you might run into delays on the orange, blue, and silverlight. -- silver line. you will be running into delays there. franconia to greenbelt on the yellow line, and now service between rosslyn and pentagon city on the blueline. you can see the capital beltway at georgetown pike. not doing too bad, inner and outer loop moving along at posted speed. then the day works on cropped up on 395 southbound between a toll road and the capital beltway. heading out of the city, northbound i-270 toward frederick county from montgomery county. a live look at clark's book wrote.

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announcer: you are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. jummy: welcome back here to abc 7 news at noon. you are taking another live look at new york city where snow is coming down. there is traffic. people walking around. forecasters expect in a foot in the northeast, especially closer to boston. thousands of flights canceled because of the storm. the snowfall in new york won't be done anytime soon. another look at our forecast here at home with doug hill in a few minutes.

dose of winter weather in the northeast, the cleanup continues to the south after tornadoes swept through parts of louisiana. in new orleans, dozens of homes were destroyed. only some in the path of the --nado were left standing one of the most powerful to hit the city, speeds of 135 miles per hour sent a trailer bed flying through parking lots. unbelievable video. 32 people were hurt, and at least two people are still at the hospital at last check. the first 100 days of the trump administration -- after much resistance and debate, senator jeff sessions was sworn in as attorney general about an hour ago. he spoke shortly a, about the shortly about vowing to end lawlessness. he now faces challenges including legal questions about the president's travel ban and investigations into alleged russian hacking.

arizona, where seven protesters were arrested for attempting to stop a woman's deportation. >> our street. >> whose street? >> our street. jummy: dozens blocked a caravan. protests started after a mother from mexico was taken into custody during a routine check in at an ice facility. the woman, who has reportedly lived in the u.s. for 20 years, is scheduled to be deported. u.s. customs officials claim she was convicted of a felony in 2009. now we turn to the president's battle with nordstrom. he slammed the department store for dropping his daughter's fashion brand. ethics experts say he crossed the line by using the white house bully pulpit for selling a score. trouble tweeted his daughter

treated unfairly by nordstrom and the move to drop her was "terrible." horsham said they drop the product line due to declining sales. this morning, a high-wire stunt gone wrong -- five performers only more than 20 feet during a circus act in florida. two of the five are in serious condition. the group was rehearsing a never-before-performed eight-person. similar to this one that would have set a world record. that is when disaster struck. >> they are looking they survived. artists, sometimes we compare them to nascar drivers, pushing the limits. jummy: one of the performers say they successfully practiced the trip on -- trick hundreds of times before. we wish them the best. let's talk about the weather -- with the colder, we did not get as much snow. doug: the placement we were looking

the precipitation would be, did not materialize. the storm moved faster and the cold air took longer. the linchpin was how fast the cold air moved in. it started to move in after the storm moved out. end of story. we will not have any driving problems, no patchy ice. the air is cold, dry, and windy. bonething will be dry as a through the afternoon and evening. winter advisories in effect through the afternoon, the chesapeake bay, these in short, andover southwestern virginia. we are watching a patch of blue and every now and then a flurry. check the wind gusts in st. mary's county, maryland. 50 mile per hour gust. 48 at washington, dulles. 47 degrees on the boardwalk. in hyattsville, 45 mile-per-hour wind. this is a widespread event with wind and cold while the snow i

temperatures will hold steady and slowly fall in the afternoon. it will feel like the ninth of february, even colder because of the wind chills. there are patchy snow showers and flurries that will stream in through the northwest. given the placement, not everyone will see a flick. some of you might. you will see the cold and chilly temperatures. the storm rapidly intensifies and races out. the rapid intensification is leading to the draw in of this cold windy -- cold, windy weather. tomorrow morning, upper-teens, around 20. it will feel cold with a breeze. suburbs to the west will be around the 20-degree mark. 17 in damascus. 20 in upper marlboro. 20 in downtown. at the bus stop, cold. 25. 38 in the afternoon. a cold day, but a rapid warm-up follows. check out the

38 today and tomorrow. close to 60 degrees saturday. upper-60 sunday. sunday evening, scattered showers. mild monday. temperatures settle down through most of next week, more seasonable. put stockt, i do not in that, but the trend might be to turn colder by next week. jummy: i do not mind seasonable, as long as it is not snow. doug: fine with you on that. i will take sunshine anytime. jummy: thank you. did you know every 24 minutes in this country and child goes to an emergency room because they have been injured by a falling piece of television -- furniture or a falling television? accidents,undreds of many fatalities, that could be prevented if parents weralert to hidden dangers. tonight, lisa fletcher shows us the five dollar,

one young mother wishes she knew about before she tragically lost her three-year-old to a falling television set. do not miss that story. of now, here is a preview what is coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 p.m. >> good afternoon -- there today, meet an immigrant forced to beat the odds twice. he risked everything to build a thriving business, and nearly died of two decades of hard work went up in flames. now he has no choice but to keep going. how the hard reality of

jummy: well, a splash of tricks, comedy, and skill coming to a court near you. the world famous harlem globetrotters -- sam sweeney is live in falls church with a tribute. no expert, sam: i am but this is entertainment. they travel all over the country to do these tricks and perform against teams. this time it will be teachers across the county. you willome of what see. i am going to try some. >> you are going to try some. put the microphone down. 1962, baby. let's get excited. >> respect on him. >> respect on him. >> get ready. pay

>> running back two times. >> no, no. >> it is basketball. >> yeah. >> there you go. around the back. sam: we are done. life, baby.out this sam: [laughter] you can come out and check this out. they did not tell me we were going to do this before hand. we are going to check in with the principal, ms. gross. that is a preview of what will happen. what is the purpose? ms. gross: we are excited to bring the community together -- they will get everyone laughing, and the funds we raise will pay for student athletes, equipment, the uniforms any -- athletic boosters work so hard to raise money. we are excited for this

sam: 7:00 tonight. we will see you out here. they: we managed to dodge big st

doug: a few snow flurries, gusty wind, a peak of sunshine. in the 30's. cold again tomorrow. jummy: thanks for joining us.

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