mid-to-upper 30's. tomorrow morning they will take the polar plunge as we like to call it. here is our concern going forward. a massive refreeze tonight. slick roads and the sidewalks. gusty winds, bitter wind chills by tomorrow. it will feel like early january in northern minnesota tomorrow. these are the numbers on the future cast. as far as the wind chills. we see by tomorrow morning like after midnight, the low teens. it will feel that cold. as we get to the early morning the wind chills are single digits to 11 degrees in annapolis. five at hagerstown. five in frederick. it won't warm up that much. air temperatures in the mid-30's. chills in the teens and the 20's. tomorrow night we do it over again with another bitter night and another bout of refreeze of whatever melts tomorrow. is there hope of this thawing out and drying up and going away? sure there is. just not sure when. we will talk more in a

jonathan: thank you. i want to let you know what is going on with the school. the refreeze risk enough to close down prince william schools tomorrow. anne arundel county schools are on a two-hour delay. we will let you know as we hare from the other districts as soon as we do. michelle: no rest for the weary when it comes to the road crews. after a night spent plowing, the crews are gearing up for round two. ice busting. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in frederick with what is happening now. brad? brad: yeah. so we are at the salt dome in frederick. this is a place we usually come as the storm approach. tonight is likely to be bodies again. the state put out word that 1600 trucks will be out on the roads tonight. loaded up with salt. looking for the hot spots. they have already done a lot of work. we have been out here in frederick county covering the storm since before it began. we were out on the roads this morning. we saw snow-covered roads. but the plows, they got to work. they d

they got the roads cleared up very, very quickly. they made sense of the storm. >> the weather is bipolar. >> i'm worried about tonight and tomorrow. the crews have been on the road since yesterday. who will ice it when it freezes? brad: the crews are getting rest but they will hit the roads and the highways tonight looking for the icy spots to spread the salt again. jonathan: northern virginia bureau chief goldman is in leesburg. -- jeff goldberg is in leesburg. what are

jeff: last night we got five inches of snow. but v dot issuing a warning saying the snow on the pavement could refreeze tonight. we are in a hotel parking lot and want to be safe. this could turn into black ice. the plowing of the snow started early in leesburg and it was working fast. >> roads are getting better by the minute. jeff: for every car that struggled on the roads there was a blue or two nearby clearing -- was a plow or two nearby to clear up the roads. vdot deployed 4,000 pieces of equipment to keep drivers moving. >> it's pretty good. >> the sidewalks are clearing quickly.

now that the snow is gone from the pavement a new threat emerges. >> i'm afraid the water will turn to ice. jeff: that is the concern. vdot will put out the salt to reduce the threat of the black ice. they are warning the drivers to be careful tonight and in the morning's commute. jonathan: there were no snow day for d.c. going to school. there were some delays. across the city, they were clearing sidewalks but even so, the e.m.s. is reporting 10% of the calls they got were because of the people falling down. be careful. michelle: time out on the snow around here but the snow is falling from new jersey to maine. several deaths blamed on the storm including a ne

crashed in a tree. combination of snow, ice, winds destroyed several homes under construction in queens. gusty winds bent 100-foot tall wind turbine in half in rhode island. the news isn't all bad. >> is this your first snow? >> yes. >> what do you think? >> awesome. michelle: he is excited. they escorted a toddler from one hospital to another for a heart transplant in pennsylvania. jonathan: that blizzard prompted cancellations. they were on the ground trying to sleep. this this is people from miami that were stuck in airports. we are told the cancellations will extend to tomorrow. as they remove

process. rail service was canceled between new york and boston. the rest of the northeast region is running on a modified schedule until fourteenth. michelle: the buses will run on modified service to start the day and we will watch how area schools plan their day. go to wjla.com/text to be the first know if your child's school cancels or delays. jonathan: also want to stop and look at this. an s.u.v. plowing through two gas bumps and explodes. one couple says if not for one little decision they could have been standing in the path of the vehicle. michelle: from fire to ice. mobiletrak7 is tracking roads. what we are finding and the dangerous risk that follows the snow. that is ahead.

everybody who shared snow day pictures with us. we have a lot of good ones. you can still join the fun. go to wjla.com. back after this.

we are in rural frederick county. we got off kelly store road. let me show you the scene right here in mobiletrak7.

it's pretty. we wanted to see how the roads were doing in a rural area. you can see, i got to tell you. shout out to the crews in frederick county, state and local. they didn't hit the main roads, they hit roads like this one here. a lot of folks did driveways well. as badly as we handle snow right near d.c. sometimes, they handle it that well in frederick county. things are looking good here. even though the snow flurries, the roads seem to be drying out a little bit. the places we have been, i have to tell you the roads are doing well in frederick county. i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: crews will be happy to hear that. thanks. intense flame and the fire consumes an empty warehouse. i took teams of firefighters an hour to get this. whoa! blow torch out the windows. it took them an hour to get it under control. yikes. in louisiana fire destroyed the home of comedian tyler perry

emmitt perry heard a popping noise, walked outside and saw a roof catching on fire. good thing he got outside. electrical problem is to blame. no one was hurt. michelle: marine corps commandant and the secretary faced pointed and heated questions. at issue is the growing scandal involving the sharing of explicit photos of the female marines, veterans and the other women online. >> general, do you believe that people are sufficiently afraid of degrading their fellow female marines as of this moment? >> based on their actions no, no senator. >> will you promise me there will be a lot of fear coming? >> we will do all we can to hold people accountable. michelle: general robert neller told senators investigators are having trouble identifying those sharing the photos and stopping the spread of spinoff websites. at

includes all branches of the military. jonathan: coming up for us, they swiped two dozen guns in 80 second. now police have a new fear after this same kind of crime happened again. michelle: first, though, an s.u.v. explodes into flames. a couple's spur of the moment decision that may have saved their lives.

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michelle: intense video from seattle. s.u.v. plows through two gas pumps and it turns into a fireball. it started when he tried to pass a car and knocked the car in a tree. blew a tire and went airborne to gas pumps. no one was killed. one couple says one decision could have changed that. >> i'm glad we turn around to get something to drink. we voled been at the bus stop as it happened. michelle: that would have been bad. the other car involved hit a tree, splitting in half. critically injuring that driver. police are investigating whether the s.u.v. driver was drunk.

as well. couple of guys going into a gun store in rockville and in 80 seconds they took 35 guns and away they went. the same scenario played out again. this time three people. stephen tschida reports that is sparking fears a theft ring is putting the weapons in the hands of criminals. >> the video shows how they planned the operation. break in. race to display shelves. shatter them. load up unhandguns and long guns. they pulled off the heist at 4:00 thursday morning at gun store no rockville. they made off with a pile of weapons. days later, miles away in chantilly, three suspects pull off a similar heist. burglary alarm alerted police. when they arrived at a gun store, they found it in similar shape to the one in rockville, more than 30 guns

in fairfax county the investigators are comparing notes to determine if the same guy hit both stores and whether a ring of the criminals is targeting area gunshots. the search for the suspects in the crimes continue. police hope they catch the thieves before they sell the guns to the fellow criminals. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: i know there are folks in a florida neighborhood are worried about the search right here. do you know what he is looking for? a cobra. yeah. florida cobra. cobras are from east asia. the most venomous snake on the planet. one is missing in florida. it escaped from somebody's home. as if they have it as a pet. not sure what that is about. part of the search, they are x-raying a largely saturday, because they think that rep tite -- reptile may have

the snake. what is going on in florida? in new york police are dealing with a cowboy. they had ponies that got loose. they got loose rands away in staten island. both now are back with the owners but it was after somebody cowboyed up and learned how to laso these two. michelle: the return of winter. today's snow and the frigid temperatures on the way could be a devastating combination for the cherry blossoms. today we found many of the buds on the ground frozen and it could get worse. >> the magic temperature is 27 degrees. at 27 degrees we can see the damage to the blossoms. some of them are dying off. 27 degrees we will see 10% loss on the blossoms. it's down to 24 degrees ands that could jump to 90% loss of the blossom. michelle: the budds that do survive are expected to hit the deep bloom next week. jonathan: talk about the weather. i can't get over the cobr

florida? that makes the other problems in the world seem smaller. doug: figured out how to undo the lock on the house and got out. jonathan: if they had an opposing digit that would be scarier. doug: the snow is gone. maybe a flurry here and there but the problem is the refreeze. jonathan: scary. doug: tonight and tomorrow night. steve rudin is spending the day out in fairfax city and talking about the potential of the refreeze. what do you have for us this time? steve: it is cold right now. if you have anywhere to go moving through the evening hours you will want to bundle up. the winds are picking up and the wind chill factors are beginning to drop. wind chill factor. look for yourself. feels like 19 in frederick. 14 in hagerstown. elkins west virginia is dropped to feel like temperature of 7. reagan national is 26 degrees. we are talking the temperatures that will drop below freezing. this parking lot is

nicely. we had sun this afternoon that allows everything to melt. you can see that it has melted and not retreated will likely refreeze. with temperatures in the teens to the lower 20's. cold weather on the way and looking to the rest of the week. head back inside to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thank you, steve. this is in the bitter backlash of the storm dumping snow across interior new england. high winds and freeze on the coast. back part of that. an additional snow flurry or snowshower. one band now moving in the northwest section of baltimore. couple of flurries. the main deal are the temperatures dropping and the wind chill with the wind. current temperatures are 30s in metro. warmer south of town. id feels like 32 in fredericksburg. 26 in washington. 19 in frederick. getting through t

the temperatures dropping more. 22 in the city. the winds combine for wind chills single digit and teens. there is a potential problem for thursday, but maybe not for friday. we will turn warmer. tomorrow, icy start and cold and windy with sunshine. passing flurries. highs of 35. feeling colder. by the end of the week improvement. by 3040 in sunshine. 47 on st. patrick's day. 57 on saturday. will it last or turn cold again? you are only a click aay knowing the answer. should i do it? sure! here we go. for the next several days we will see the cold day warming to 40 on thursday. 47 on friday. warm front to give us saturday morning shower. partly sunny and 57. turning cooler

pleasant weather monday and tuesday. we have a warm-up. after that the temperatures go down again back in the 40's. let's stay with it. "abc7 news at 6:00" ♪ know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values ♪ know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team.

erin: redskins quarterback kirk cousins spoke out today and finally clarified reports that he asked owner dan snyder for a trade. he spo with espn's adam shefter and he admitted talking to snyder because he never demanded a trade. cousins says his conversation with the redskins owner was positive, saying the answer i got back was mr. snyder communicated his belief in me and desire for me to remain a redskin. cousins said he laughed at original reports he demanded a trade saying that wasn't the case at all. let the madness begin. maryland and virginia are in orlando this week for the first round of the ncaa tournament. both teams play thursday, which means robert burton has the day off today in florida? kind of jealous, rob. rob, yes, we are in sunny orlando, florida, where you could say this is where the magic is all going to go down. we are covering maryland and u.v.a.

11th seeded xavier. u.v.a. start off against u.n.c.-wilmington who is a 12th seed. also a scary match-up. always room for upsets. there is no i in "team" but there is an i in "magic." back to you. erin: thank you for the spelling lesson. appreciate that. we look forward to your reports this week. i look forward to watch capitals at home hosting the wild. puck drops at 7:00. lob looked relaxed. michelle: no jacket. great breeze. jonathan: some smart elect that says there is no iin "team" but there is "me" in "team." doug: steve rudin will be to talk about the refreeze and maybe a warming trend for st. patty's day. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. we will see

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tonight, the nor'easter strikes. the storm still slamming parts of the coast. up to two feet of snow in some places. chain-reaction crashes. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, and tonight, tens of thousands are without power. now schools closed in some places again tomorrow. also developing tonight, the white house defends the plan to replace obamacare. and is asked, why the pushback on calling it trumpcare? tonight, the map here. what some pay now, and what you would pay under the replacement. the eye-opening example. as the nude photo scandal widens, the top marine in the hot seat tonight. the very candid answer, and you will see the the moment. and out of control authorities investigating an suv slams into a gas