stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking the shift. what is going on? doug: a crazy winter. no surprise. it has been this way all winter long. to get a preview. that is snowflakes falling on the campus of frostburg state university in frostburg, maryland. a few hours west of the washington metro area. very mild now but that is all going to change in the day tomorrow. let's get you to the map and tell you what we are watching. snowshowers showing up as a push of air ahead of a weather disturbance coming across the area west of the mountain. most will stay well west tonight. tomorrow it changes. alberta clipper system. fast-moving slow pressure system will come in. early tomorrow morning it will be between 29 and 35 degrees. we have clouds, flurries and snowshowers will develop during the day as it continues to bring in gusty northwest winds. the temperatures are not much above 40. falling in the afternoon. in the afternoon is the best chance to see a snowshowers. no accumulation expected around here at al

temperatures will remain above freezing. will it get on track for a more predictable pattern? we will let you know coming up in 15 minutes. [siren] q: listen, it has been a wild weather experience for the midwest. that is for sure. with 27 reported tornadoes over a 48-hour period. the deadly storm system is responsible for at least three deaths. clean-up is underway right now in illinois. where a fast-moving-e-e -- ef-3 reduced part of a town to rubble. they say it affected them physically and emotionally. >> to see the streets the way they look this morning versus yesterday morning, yeah, it's emotional. >> a lot of stuff got damaged but it's all replaceable. all you got to look at it this way. it's all something to get back. q: high winds in north carolina ripped the roof off the ford dealership but they plan to work through the clean-up efforts. michelle: first at 4:00, he threated

his son and blow up buildings across montgomery county. now he is behind bars. at the center of it all, anger over a child custody fight. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis was first on the scene for us on this story. he is live now from one of the daycare centers that was at the center of this terrible situation. explain to us why it was targeted, kevin. kevin: well, michelle, it was terribly frightening situation. police certainly heeded the warning. the man's 3-year-old son attended class here at the m.s.l. international child care center along cloper road in georgetown. the regional director of the center telling me the man whose name has not been released, saying he was notorious for harassing and bullying the teachers here. the man also according to police threatened to harm a circuit court judge, plus blow up the 51 monroe building in downtown rockville, which houses montgomery cou

child custody offices. law enforcement sources say this father and estranged husband works for a propane company and had access to tanker trucks. officers scoured the country, cornering the man along falls road near i-270 in rockville. the bomb squad used a remote controlled robot to search the man's black volkswagen sedan for explosives. that robot opened car doors. the trunk, and scanned the underbelly before an all-clear was given. >> allegedly he may be claiming that he is not eligible for a tax return as he may be behind in child support payments. kevin: now daycare staff here say this man's 3-year-old son is an absolute delight but out of fear for future threats they decided to remove the child from their program. we are live in georgetown, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: kevin, thank you. maryland state pol

speeding corvette changing lanes on i-270 crashed last night, killing two men in the car. it happened just before 10:00 p.m. in the northbound lanes near baker valley road. police say the corvette clipped a slower car and then lost control. crashing through a guardrail. and striking several trees. the driver and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. q: it was a chaotic scene. a man shoots two of his brothers and sets a town home on fire in herndon. then in a standoff the officer fired his gun. the fairfax county police named him today as lance guckenberger. this is the third time that officer has been involved in a shooting incident since joining the department 16 years ago. he was cleared of wrongdoing in the previous incidents. january's shooting of mohammad azim doudzai remains under investigation. police say doudzai was armed with a knife and stopping officers from reaching a

burning home. officer guckenberger is a member of the fairfax county special operations division. michelle: breaking news right now. we are awaiting a news conference from embattled attorney general jeff sessions. this is a live look at the podium where he is expected to speak. this all comes amidst increasing calls for his resignation over the ties to russia and what he told congress during confirmation hearings. president trump, though, says he has total confidence in sessions. that opinion, though, may be in the minority. >> for the good of the country, attorney general sessions should resign. >> i think the attorney general should further clarify his testimony and recuse himself. michelle: democrats say sessions should resign. many republicans say he should at least recuse himself from the investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia. that is after it was confirmed sessions twice talked to russia's

presidential campaign. something he denied during confirmation hearings. >> i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. michelle: democrats say he lied under oath. republicans say he needs to clarify with some saying the meeting could have been in his capacity as a senator, not as a trump campaign surrogate. that last possible scenario is doing little, though, to slow calls for attorney general sessions to resign. mike carter-conneen joining us live outside the department of justice where a rally wrapped up a short time ago. mike? mike: michelle, this protest was organized by move on and other progressive groups. it attracted a few hundred protesters across the region, plus a few members of congress. even as president trump defended the attorney general today saying he did not think it necessary for him to recuse himself from the investigation, these protesters along with some

are demanding that jeff sessions resign and congress select an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the alleged ties between the trump campaign and russia. they say calls from republican leaders for sessions to recuse himself are not enough. >> i think he needs to at minimum recuse himself. but i think what is best for him, the department of justice, the trump administration, and the american people is for him to resign. mike: coming up at 5:00, we will show you what happened with a man, a counterprotester started heckling maryland congressman haskins during his remarks at the rally. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. q: thank you very much. we want to take a closer look at this with chief it will -- chief political correspondent scott thuman. this is the second time one of his cabinet members has possible ties to russia. scott: that is the

michael flynn had to step down after the president expressed confidence in him and it was revealed he had conversations and misled the vice president about those conversations he had had with the counterpart from russia. so now what we are dealing with is whether or not jeff sessions while a senator and possibly as a surrogate for the trump campaign had conversations that might have been not only improper but omitted during that testimony where he was under oath at his confirmation hearings. what took place during those conversations? were they casual? did they have any sort of implication as to what may happen between russian and u.s. relations if donald trump were to win? of course, he did. a couple other factors. we have heard from president trump a couple hours ago. he expressed confidence, as you said. he said he was unaware that the conversations had taken place between jeff sessions and a russian ambassador.

of the house paul ryan who tried to explain this off. let's listen to jeff sessions. he is coming to the podium now. attorney general sessions: welcome to the department of justice. jodie, thank you for being with me. he is my chief of staff. he has been almost 20 years in the department of justice. let me share a few thoughts. first, about the comments that i made to the committee that have been said to be incorrect and false, let me be clear. i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. and the idea that i was part of a, "continuing exchange of information" during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false.

senator franken asked me at the hearing. that is what got my attention as he noted it was the first, just breaking news. it got my attention. that is the question i responded to. i did not respond by referring to the two meetings. one very brief after a speech. and one with two of my senior staffers, professional staffers with the russian ambassador in washington. where no such things were discussed. in my reply to the question -- my replay to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at the time. i appreciate that some have taken the view that this was a false comment. that is not my intent. that is not correct. i will write the judiciary committee

tomorrow, to explain this testimony for the record. secondly, at my confirmation hearing, i promised that i would do this. if a specific matter arose where i believe my imparality might -- impartialality would be questioned i would consult with ethic officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed. close quote. that is what i told them at the confirmation hearing. i have been here just three weeks today. a lot had been happening in the three-week period. i wish i had more of my staff on board but we are still waiting on confirmation for them. much has been done. much needs to be done. but i did and have done as i promised. i have met with senior officials shor

arriving here. we evaluated the rules of ethics and recusal. i have considered the issues at stake. in fact, on monday of this weak, we set a meeting with ania to a final decision on -- with an eye to a final decision on this question. on monday we set that meeting today. so this was the day that we planned to have a final discussion about handling. i asked for the candid and honest opinion about what i should do about investigation. certain investigation. and my staff recommended recusal. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comment and evaluation. i believe those recommendations are right and just.

myself in the matter that deal with the trump campaign. the exact language of that recusal is in the press release that we will give to you. i have said this. "i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way to the campaign for president of the united states." i went on to say, "this announcement should not be interpreted for confirmation of the existence of any investigation or suggestive of the scope of any such investigation." because we in the department of justice resist confirming or denying the very existence of investigation. so, in the end, i have followed the right procedure. just as i promised the committee i would.

attorney general should do. if proper decision, i believe, has been reached. so i thank you for the opportunity to make those comments. and would be pleased to take a few questions. reporter: to clear up confusion, could you clear up the september 8 meeting about who was there and what was discussed with the russian ambassador? a.g. sessions: the russian ambassador sent a staffer to my office. i did not see him. asked for a meeting, as some of the ambassadors were doing. and we set up a time as we did, as we normally did. we met with him. two of my senior staffers were there. maybe a younger staffer, too. and they both retired army colonels. not

we listened to the ambassador. and what his concerns might be. michelle: there you have attorney general jeff sessions responding to new revelations about his ties to russia. the big headline to come out of this, him announcing he will recuse himself from all matters dealing with russia when it comes to the trump campaign. when we look at this, i think the big question is, is this over? q: exactly. scott: i would say not yet. we have to see something he said. the recusal is something we predicted. the questions are going to linger, though, what exactly took place in the conversations? he is talking about that now a little bit. people aren't going to be satisfied with that yet. so they will want to hear details. how many of the conversations, were there followups? was there correspondence back and forth? if in a

surrogate for the campaign that is where it gets to be a real problem. if he says as is so often the case, senators take meetings with ambassadors. this was simply relation meeting about the current state of affairs he can probably ride the storm and say if the investigations continue my deputy will assign someone who is more of an independently seen special prosecutor. they will handle it. i recuse myself. this end. that is how they want to handle this. i was at the white house nold. we had a lengthy discussion with the president and his staff. this is top of their minds. they want this story gone. they think it's nothing but driven by the democrats and the media and they would like it to be over. i won't be over just yet. michelle: thank you. q: if you want to catch the rest of the news conference, it's on the sister station newschannel8 now. michelle: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a chemistry breakthrough. you may wish you had never seen. figure out how much urine may be in the average swimming pool using science. that's a

q: first, though, what is being blamed after a chaotic crash that sent a minivan crashing into a house. that's next at 4:00.

q: we have a chaotic scene now that jarred awake a family. a minivan slammed in their house. now the driver is facing criminal charges. suzanne kennedy was the

reporter there as the van was removed. suzanne: this is just some of the damage that was left behind when a kia sedona minivan slammed in the side of this manassas home. the accident took place in the 10100 block of loman drive around 4:30. police tell us a 19-year-old woman lost control of her car as she was driving eastbound. she was taken to the hospital and was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. we talked to a motorist who lives in the neighborhood who said he was going to work when he saw the kia being driven erratically. >> she ran right in the back of my pickup truck. just hard bang. she had to be running, i was running 25. she had to be running more than 10 miles faster or more. suzanne: there were five people in the house at the time, including three children. one of the adults tells me it sounded like a huge clap of thunder when the car slammed into the house. fortunately no one was injured. but as you can see, ther

they will not be able to return here anytime soon. in manassas, suzanne kennedy. back to you. michelle: time now for a check of the traffic situation. trenice bishop is here with the details. hi, trenice. trenice: hi, michelle. this afternoon we have quite a few things happening. we just reopened 95 southbound in howard county. we had a closure there approaching the beltway due to a jackknifed tractor trailer. now we have a few incidents for you. one in the district and another on the 395 corridor. the delays are picking up at this hour. inner and outer is loop is heavy across the legion. outer loop from the wilson woodrow bridge to prince george's county is heavier with an earlier accident near branch avenue. we should look at live pictures here at benning road and maryland avenue northeast. police are still on the scene with if accident that was in the smack daven in the -- smack da

camera shot. it's 395 where we got another incident for you. the h.o.v. lanes are blocked. it is blocked due to accident with a motorcycle. heavy response here. folks will have to continue south past the duke street entrance to access the h.o.v. lanes. q, back to you. q: all right, trenice. thank you very much. well, here is something to think about as we head closer to spring and pool season. chemist at the university of alberta in canada say they found a way to look into how much of the chlorinated liquid is urine? a normal pool the figure is 20 gallons. in a backyard pool it's more like two gallons. while it sounds revolting, overall it's about 100th of 1% of the pool's volume

way. who wants to think about that. michelle: it's not even yours or your family member's. it's some strangers. doug: when my kids were little, we used to tell them if you do that in the pool, the chemicals will turn red and they will know who did it. that is something they should think about. let's start with the crazy weather pattern. michelle: windy. doug: yes, we have the wind and 80-degree temperatures yesterday. wind today. snowshowers tomorrow. michelle: a little bit of everything. doug: western maryland has snowshowers now. not in rockville. beautiful sky. 44 degrees. the current temperature is well below average. we have had very few stretches this winter where we sustained below average temperatures. that is the reason we have the warmer february on record. because of the warmth. snowshowers on radar now. they are moving to the west. they are over the higher elevations. not much will make it east of kize ears ridge and the higher elevation breakoff out west today.

comes in tomorrow, a different story. the temperatures drop 30's to 40 overnight. some of the snowshowers make it to the mountains. in the morning hours, maybe flurries. the ground is warm enough that anything that falls may be on the grass briefly but not cause issues on the streets. through the day, the temperatures won't rise much. they will fall in the afternoon. gusty northwest winds and occasional snowshowers and flurries. that is it. no impact at all driving. it will get cold tomorrow night as the temperatures drop in the mid-20's. we still have the winds tomorrow night and into the day on saturday. the forecast will hit 45 with sun. breezy with the flurries or the snowshowers at times. then as we look ahead beyond that, we see the possibility going through the weekend that the temperatures are just going to be uncomfortable. wind chill wise. look for friday evening, feel like the 20's. as we get through saturday, same story. it will be in the teens saturday morning. so a cold stretch. but like all other cold stretches they go around quickly t

back to 60 on monday. 67 on tuesday with showers and the warm front. we turn cooler through wednesday and thursday. not terribly cold. we warm up next weekend. next weekend we return to daylight savings time and turn the clocks ahead an hour saturday night. spring is coming. q: sure is. michelle: thank you, doug. still ahead at 4:00, pushing back against the president. the spaces virginia leaders want off-limits in the president immigration crackdown. q: first, though, the president's message to the military from the nation's newest

michelle: it is an unusual sight. aboard one of the nation's most advanced military weapons. you are looking at a test two years ago aboard the uss gerald ford. testing the advanced catapult. that is a critical step getting the ship ready for sea. today the ship got a visit from the commander-in-chief and he had a message. amy aubert is following this from the "live desk." amy? amy: in just the past two hours, president trump promising the tools to prevent and if needed fight and win war. he spoke aboard the gerald r. ford. a warship expected to be commissioned this year. he told the crowd we need to start winning again. specifically, telling the military he will, "always support you and your mission." he backed it up by saying he is planning one of the largest defense spendi

history. take a listen. president trump: we will give the men and women of america's armed services the resources you need to keep us safe. we will have the finest equipment in the world. planes, ships, and everything else. we are going to have very soon the finest equipment in the world. amy: president trump told the crowd we will have a great rebuilding of our military might. at the "live desk," amy aubert, abc7 news. q: thank you, amy. next at "abc7 news at 4:00". >> an immigration enforcement action at a church in alexandria has virginia political leaders furious. they are speaking out. i'm jeff goldberg. their words coming up. michelle: first, here is what the "good morning washington" team is work on for tomorrow. >> hey

tomorrow on "good morning washington," we are live to simple exclusive cocktails at the new cherry blossom pop-up bar in downtown d.c. >> plus the monumental mistakes to avoid before you buy a new home. >> and keep it right here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 on "good

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. q: welcome back. a group of virginia's elected leaders is fighting back against the president's immigration policy. this is after a group of immigrants were arrested after leaving a church. northern virginia's bureau chief jeff goldberg is live near mount vernon tonight with more. jeff? jeff: well, q, since that immigration enforcement action happened here by i.c.e. three weeks ago at the riding hope mission church in alexandria, political leaders have been furious, claiming that i.c.e. agents indies crem nantly questioned, rounded up and took away seven to eight hispanic men. today at the church, community and political leaders speaking out against the raid and speaking out against president trump immigration policies and calling for immigration reform. the i.c.e. action taking place february 8. witnesses say the men were taken aside, taken across the street, frisked, asked about their immigration status and ta

this afternoon, the political leaders denouncing this action and other i.c.e. enforcement actions that have been reported across the country. >> the policies of the administration are policies to divide and they are policies to create fear. >> they exist to spread terror and misunderstanding and insecurity throughout the immigrant neighborhoods to make them feel unwelcome, to make them flee. >> now according to i.c.e., the immigration enforcement action was only against two specific individuals with a criminal record. those two individuals were taken away. i.c.e. says they are only going after individuals with criminal records. but, political leaders inside today say that is not exactly true. we will have more on that in an hour. until then, live in the alexandria section of fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. q: thank you, jeff. pennsylvania avenue is back open to pedestrians in front of the white house now. the last pieces of fence that

the inauguration were removed yesterday. that was the deadline for the inauguration committee to have the area back open again. michelle: now to the developing saga on the death of kim jong nam. the oldest estranged half brother of north korea's dictator kim jong un. north korea has yet to do its own autopsy on jong nam but now claim it was likely a heart attack that killed him, discrediting a malaysian autopsy that says he was killed by a nerve agent. video shows two women ambushing him in an airport in an expected assassination attempt. the women now face the death penalty. well, "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. increase in mail theft in loudoun county is resulting in check fraud. officials tell us thieves are stealing mail from residential boxes and then altering and cashing the checks. here is what you can do to prevent it happe

outgoing mail, drop it off at official collection site or make payments online. for incoming mail use a lock on your mailbox. q: electronics retailer h.h. greg is closingal 8 stores. this includes ten locations in the d.c. area and all over the mid-atlantic. 1,500 employees are expected to lose their jobs over this. the c.e.o. of the company says this is part of a turn-around plan aimed to return profitability. the locations are expected to shut down by mid-april. 132 h.h. gregg stores will remain open after the closing. wall street not having a good day. dow dropping 188 points the worst day since late january. the nasdaq fell 42 points and the s&p dropped 14 points. michelle: the biggest news of the day on wall street is the opening of the snapchat i.p.o. s

public offering at $17 a share. but finished above $24. a 44% increase. they have a market value of $24 billion. it was the most anticipated tech i.p.o. since twitter went public in 2013. coming up for us, a giraffe gives birth. no, not the one the nation has been watching in new york. why the birth came as a shock to even zookeepers. q: first, though, take a look. it's in a book. the special guest who read to children from across our area

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q: take a look. it's in a book. or on your tv. local students got a special visit from the man who was the voice of a book for generations. burton joined the reading extravaganza today i was there and it was a great event. he was the host of "reading rainbow" on pbs. and he was also in "star trek: the next generation." we hear from him at 5:00. michelle: he gave you a gift. let's see it. q: i do. it just has to be dr. seuss' birthday today. michelle: it marked the 20th anniversary of read acr

america, a push to get kids to read more. lindsey mastis is finding euell nic ways people celebrated today. -- finding unique ways for people to celebrate today. lindsey: let's start with melania trump. she went to a school. and governor hogan was at a school close to hyattsville. we have senator from arizona that was able to read over video online. a lot of people celebrated dr. seuss' birthday. eileen got a hat as well as she visited a school in fairfax county. michelle: thank you so much. i can't stop laughing at that hat. q: it's cat in the hat. one of my favorite books. michelle: you have young kids. q: i do. they will love the hat

michelle: in honor of read across america and dr. seuss' birthday we are asking you which dr. seuss book is your favorite. q: "cat in the hat." "green eggs and ham" the "places you go" and "the lorax." michelle: use the reaction button. we will check the progress of the vote at "abc7 news at 5:00". ditch the hat now, q. q: it's gone. no more hat for the rest of the show. forget about chocolate chip or peanut butter. michelle: the hottest cookie might be made out of your favorite salty snack. >> new numbers show less people walking in to this metro station. which one it is and how low has the ridership dipped? we have that coming up.

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q: we have breaking news out of oxon hill. anna-lysa gayle just got to the scene where a teenager died. right? anna-lysa: yes, q. we have just learned a boy in his teens was shot and killed here outside the southview apartment complex in oxon hill. as you can see behind me, it's still an active scene. crime scene investigators are working to figure out what led up to the shooting. so far we have heard from neighbors that they believe the child was a student at a nearby high school here. about a half a mile from potomac high school. neighbors believe this was a drive-by shooting. right now we are joined by lieutenant david coman who is going to give us a little more information about what is going on. tell us what you have. >> sure. about 2:50 this afternoon we received a call for the

view drive. when officers got to the scene they found the body of a teenage male suffered from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. we are asking the public to come forward with any information they have. call us. you can remain anonymous but help us out. we are asking everyone to do their part so we can close the case as soon as possible. anna-lysa: you just heard. so far no arrests. police are looking for more information. we have going to have more at 5:00. we are gathering details. back to you, q. michelle: i'll take it. thank you. metro ridership is down but it's really down at one station on the orange line. that is where we find abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter. she is live in vienna to explain why. brianne: take a look here at the vienna metro station. this is the park and ride. plenty of people picked up and dropped off as we get underway at rush hour. if you take a look at the entrance of the

the last three months of 2016. the metro station impacted by safetrack striking new numbers. showing the number of folks who have stayed away from riding the rails. according to the new information to the northern virginia transportation commission, in the last three months of 2016 the ridership was down 41.2% at this station. that is compared to the same time last year. ridership at other stations saw major dropoffs. more than 34%. down the way at the west falls station they saw 29% increase. perhaps showing riders changed stations based on the track work. at other stations, at northern virginia, according to the data, the declines were close to what we are seeing across the system. an average of 10 or 12%. >> it's a surprise. they stop using safetrack. they elected to use uber or any other

brianne: what are the riders seeing here? we'll have more at 6:00. brianne carter, abc7 news. q: thank you. the next story is the last thing you want to hear if you deal with northwest traffic on a regular basis. drivers will be detouring beach drive for longer than planned. the national park service reports the beach drive closure between rock creek and tilden street has been extended through august. officials had originally planned for work to wrap up by late spring. this is just phase one of a three-year reconstruction project on beach drive. get this. the overall project they say is still on track to be complete by fall of 2019. we have a traffic alert for you now also from northwest washington. the intersection of canal road and fox hall road will be closed for five weeks beginning march 13 while d.c. water works on a large valve replacement project going on now.

improvement program to improve the water system. the project is expected to wrap up on april 21. trenice bishop has traffic. trenice: there are delays on the beltway and many of the thoroughfares. the heaviest volume on the beltway is on the river route from maryland and the virginia area crossing the potomac across the legion bridge. the inner loop also heaviest to make the ride back home to the 270 spur. we have an issue for folks in the sterling corridor. this is a live shot of 28 northbound at sterling boulevard. this is only allowing traffic by single file. you may notice the gusty winds. you may need both hands on the wheel this afternoon to continue the trip home. now on 66 we have

495 to centreville. that is pretty typical. 395 we had an earlier issue that was blocking the ramp to duke street. that is cleared up. volume looking good southbound but heavy leaving the pentagon most of the way to the springfield mixing bowl. initial michelle: thank you. now to the developing story we have been following for 15 months now. we are talking about the giraffe. we are waiting for her to give birth. amy? amy: we are anxiously watching this video and waiting for the big debut of the baby giraffe that has already taken the internet by storm. pull the video full so you can see what is going on with the giraffe cam right now. standing around the pen at this point. this is happening in harpersville, new york. this is not far from binghamton. the park workers posted on facebook april, the mom to be, is doing well and her condition is about the same as last night. she has kept them on their toes but so far no signs of active

park employees aren't the only ones on their toes. we'll stay on giraffe watch and let you know when it happens. michelle: while the world is watching april another giraffe stuck in the spotlight. the denver zoo announced she is a new mom to little dobby. the zoo doesn't announce pregnancies but even they were shocked. get this. because her mother was on birth control. the baby is a bit small, only about five feet and half the weight of a typical baby but we are told he is doing fine. q: surprise! steve: i have been watching that giraffe on youtube for it seems like the last week. last weekend i watch and i got so fed up with it, i did a search under giraffe birth. and i saw one. michelle: so now you are satisfied. steve: i'm good with it. q: any surprises weather wise? steve: we have snow flurries tomorrow. we'll talk

moment. chilly out there. 46 in leesburg. 50 at reagan national airport. fredericksburg now at 451 degrees. i'll show you stormwatch7. we have a few snowshowers in frostburg. 29 to 35 degrees. the overnight lows. the flurries and the snowshowers on the radar. the winds are 5 to 10 but not as gusty as earlier today. here is the future cast. we will take you through the day tomorrow. it shows snowshowers through the afternoon hours. it should not amount to a lot. not looking for accumulation but more or less conversational snow flurries we can deal with around here. the snowshowers in the afternoon hours. the wind chill factors are going to definitely pick up or drop, i should say. 9:00, 10:00 in the morning on saturday. only in the teens. rebounding to the up every 20's. -- rebounding to the upper 20's. the temperatures rebound nicely next week. we are back in 60's

tuesday, wednesday. daylight saving time begins next weekend as we spring ahead by one hour. michelle: thank you, steve. q: it sounds like something only a toddler could think of. cheetos cookies. michelle: but it's becoming a california bakery the hottest item. a bakery called cookie good is pioneering the concoction. it started off with the crushed cheetos. those are the puffs. then it is mixed in with powdered cheese and typical sugar cookie ingredients and then it's rolled through the orange puff again. q: the orn doesn't give out free samples expect for the cookies. he says every time someone tries some, they buy them. you will find more about the cookies on the partner's website,

michelle: for years d.c. m.l.k. library has been a popular place for homeless people in district to spend their time. as d.c. bureau chief sam ford explains with a major library renovation about to begin, there are new plans in the works to create some new options for them. >> they don't have no place to go. so it keeps a lot of people out of trouble during those times that it's open. especially early in the morning. it is going to be a lot of problem for a lot of people. sam: the three-year closing of the martin luther king library downtown is

d.c. human services which runs the city's homeless shelter is gearing up. >> when we talk to people about what they would like to do during the day, they want access to jobs, they want access to computers, access to services. sam: in fact, d.c. human services is passing out these cards with information on people who depend on this library can find services somewhere else. d.c. human services buses that have taken homeless from northeast and southeast shelters to the downtown library will go to the church at the epiphany at 13th and g which is volunteered for bathrooms, water, basic shelters. nearby libraries will expand offerings. >> we have additional computers. sam: a look inside and it's obvious many people just need somewhere to be, even if they are not technically homeless. they are talking about a downtown day center. >> but until that happens this is the interim strategy.

i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: tonight threats of violence at a courthouse and a daycare. an angry father bent on revenge and a bomb squad in action near a middle school. the leader of a virginia watchdog troop protesting trump policy speaks out after being threatened. plus, rain gardens. they are forced to collect toxic runoffs. people living next to them tell "7 on your side" they are a dangerous way to help save the bay. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. >> i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigation of any matter relating in any way to the campaign for president of the united states. larry: breaking tonight. attorney general jeff sessions stepping away from any investigation into the russian hacking of the u.s. presidential election. chief political correspondent scott thuman is here to break it down for us. this comes after the president

his attorney general. scott: right. that is expected. but so is the recusal. the problem is this is not going to go away for jeff sessions, for administration yet. he explained today saying during that testimony he was trying to give the excuse there was no continuing exchange of information. that that is totally false, the accusation. he never had a discussion with his russian counterparts or russian ambassador regarding the election. it was as a senator doing his daily job. he was not acting as a surrogate when he had the conversations. this is what he said when senator al franken asked him about any conversations, how he would handle them as the attorney general. hix execution. this is what he had to say. >> my reply to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at the time.