march." michelle: play on words there. we have seen coverage on how it is impacting everyone. chief meteorologist doug hill with the forecast. alison: richard reeve with the update from the national park service on the cherry blossoms. jonathan: but right now go to doug in the forecast. tell us it will warm up sometime soon. doug: it will warm up sometime. a little later in the week but not a lot. that is why rich is shivering down there. 30 in downtown washington. the wind chill is now 15 degrees. all across the area. temperatures are way below average. 32 in warrenton. 28 in frederick. 30 in baltimore. the winds a big player in this, too. now we are down to exactly one hour and 59 minutes to go before the wind advisory expires. but look at the gusts. 44 miles per hour in leesburg. 38 at joint base andrews. 33 at reagan national. the winds will diminish. it's still breezy but not as windy as what we have endured this day. the planner through the

the temperatures will drop in the lower 20's in the city. the wind chills are in sinkallal digits and teens. when you walk up, the air temperatures in the teens to 20 degrees in most areas. wind chill is much lower than that. for kids that will be at the bus stop in the morning, sunshine, a breeze, temperatures averaging 22 degrees. we'll check out the next ten days to see if there is any real sign of spring weather in a few minutes. alison: we look forward to that. thank you. the snow is not the real threat to the cherry blossoms in the tidal basin. it's the bitter cold. today the national park service says it is inspecting the buds that have yet to blossom to see how bad the damage is. richard reeve is along the tidal basin now. so this is really critical couple of few days ahead. richard: yeah, that is right. they are calling this widespread damage. now take a lack at the blossoms here -- look at the blossoms here. they are fully exposed in the puffy white stage. they don't have the

look at them. they are drooping. that is not good. we could see a 90% loss of this with the bitter cold temperatures. there is plenty of this going around. we traveled to georgetown, maryland, to butler's or chard where the manager ben butler checking out the cherry crops. it got down to 15 degrees there last night. the blueberry buds are in a tight cluster. the fruit is enclosed inside the bud. some of the buds have ice in there. others do not. he fears the weather whiplash may cost him between 15-20% of the crop. it's like flooring the gas pedal in your car and then suddenly hitting the brakes. >> seven days in the 70's in february, unheard of. then 15 degrees this morning. it's really throwing our plants out of whack. richard: many, many other growers are also dealing with this as well. we hope that some of the cherry

apricot farmers, pear farmer, all kind of producers right now really keeping a close eye on the temperatures now. reporting live from the tidal basin, richard reeve, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. we are all trying to thaw out after this weeks winter storm. the refreeze overnight delayed the opening and even closed several schools in virginia this morning as ice covered roads and you saw that happen. people falling on sidewalks. making conditions dangerous for the students trying to make it to class. >> it has been freezing cold. really slippery. some of my friends have fell already. they can't come to school today. >> it's icy and there is snow everywhere. certain parts i can cross the street, because they cleared it out but on the other side go back and forth. almost slipped. michelle: sometimes it looks like it's just wet but it's really ice.

prince william and manassas schools were closed. alison: the biggest city in the east was spared but farther inland it was incredible. snow piledded high in new york and the drift took it up to the windows in the homes. there is car right there. completely buried. all you can see the shape of the car visible. massive snow in binghamton. jonathan: president trump is hitting the road. stops scheduled for him. he was in michigan discussing job information the auto industry and the regulations that the car-makers face. he will be traveling to nashville for a campaign style rally this evening. the president's trip does come as his administration is forced to answer questions. 12-year-old tax return shows how much he made and how much he paid while his hacking claims still facing scrutiny on the hill. stephanie ramos has the round-up. stephanie: leaders of the house intelligence committee say there is no evidence

wiretapped. >> i don't think there was an actual tap of trump tower. stephanie: the top democrat on the committee calls for president trump to officially retract his statement that former president obama had trump tower wiretapped. >> it deeply concerns me that the president would make such an accusation without basis. stephanie: the republican chairman nunez says perhaps trump's tweet should not be taken literally. >> are you going to take the tweets literally? if you are, clearly the president was wrong. stephanie: two pagings of trump's income taxes from more than a decade ago are out. after the president spent the last year in the campaign refusing to release them. pulitzer prize winning journalist david cay johnston says he received the summary in the mail anonymously and released them. it shows income of $153 million. trump ended up paying $38 million in federal taxes. his tax rate about

and trump declared $103 million in losses. democrats still want the president to release his full tax returns like other presidents since nixon. >> they were just merely a little as we say in minnesota, a cocktail weenie appetizer, right? it was a tiny, tiny piece of what we want to sea. stephanie: we are also hearing from attorney general jeff sessions on the wiretapping claims. he says as the nation's top law enforcement official he is never indicated to the president that president obama had him wiretapped. stephanie ramos, abc7 news, washington. michelle: in seven hours the president's revised travel ban will go into effect. and judges in three states including maryland heard arguments trying to stop it. brad bell is live at the u.s. district court in greenbelt. what is the argument this time? brad: michelle, the same one we heard before. this revised travel ban does th

it says the u.s. will not accept any refugees for 1120 days. i won't accept travelers from six majority muslim country for 90 days. i also says when we start accepting refugees, we are going to reduce the maximum number from 110,000 to 50,000. but what the plaintiff said in court today is that this amount simply to another attempt to ban muslims. >> well, our claim is that the executive order in purpose and effect was intended to discriminate against muslims. it condemns their religion. brad: well, the lawyers arguing on behalf of the government for the justice department, for trump administration says that is absolute nonsense. they say this revised travel ban if that is what you want to call it, the executive order is all about national security. they use the words in court. they said this is about keeping out radical islamic terrorists

states and they are simply asking for a pause to make sure that the vetting processes from what they call "troubled countries" are essentially okay. the u.s. district court in greenbelt, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: before you go, when do we expect the judge to rule on this case? brad: yeah, so, that is interesting as well. the judge his name is theodore shwang, obama appointee and he previously served as general counsel to the department of homeland security. so he knows this area, immigration law and that sort of thing. he said that he will try to issue a written ruling by today. but he said he is not making any promises. he can't guarantee it. michelle: okay, brad. thank you. alison: as you know, hundreds of millions of yahoo! accounts were hacked in the past few years. today the feds are announcing four people have been charged. two of them are russian security officers.

abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman at the "live desk." is this all part of a digital invasion? scott: a lot of people are saying that. this is sounding the alarm again, cyber security needs to be a priority. and that russia may be the greatest threat on that front. of the four who were charged, we had a couple member of the f.s.b., the successor to the k.g.b. the implication is there is russian government involvement. this is as the congressional investigation into possible hacking by the russians to interfere in the 2016 election here and what ties existed between anyone from the trump campaign and russians existed. all that is heating up. f.b.i. director james comey is giving a private briefing for some senators today on that. then, of course, was then candidate trump the suspect of any surveillance ordered by president obama? that is his allegation. the leaders of the house intelligence committee and the judiciary committee say they

evidence but they are waiting for the f.b.i. to divulge more. both chambers are demanding that. they will get perhaps some more insight when comey goes to the hill on the 20th. that is next monday. he will answer some of the questions directly. alison: all right, scott. thank you very much. michelle: the initial numbers are in on the affordable care about sign-up. about 13 million people enrolled in insurance plans. now get this. 80% will receive tax credit to help pay for their premiums. that is based on their income. more than half the people who enrolled will get even more help for out of pocket fees like deductibles and co-pays. jonathan: coming up next at 4:00 for us, why if you are in the market for a new home you better act fast. alison: the must-see smoke detector act. michelle: and this -- >> why it brought so many laughter to so many people. michelle: you have probably seen this by now. the bbc dad opens up about going viral. j

liberty and justice. we checked in on some proud new parents. they got an eaglet. one egg to go. that's coming up next.

alison: let's get to breaking news where police arrested kyle pedigo. he is the

responsible for breaking into a military career center in oxon hill and stealing uniforms and a car. that was on march 2. police nabbed him this morning as he tried to break into a pool company on crane highway in upper marlboro. jonathan: the next four, you have to look at the tv. check this out. mcdonald's employee at the drive-through, dives out the window but he did it for a good reason. to help a customer. it wasn't just any customer. off-duty police officer who suffers some sort of medical emergency with the children in the backseat. look at him go through the window. he realized the drive through guy, that something was wrong when the survivor -- when the s.u.v. started to roll so he jumped right into action. >> i thought i'd rather save that woman's life. this woman is unconscious. i have to do something. she is going to crash maybe. jonathan: wow! surveillance video shows the s.u.v. narrowly missing another car before missing the curb. this is the crazy part. there was a paramedic waiting in his car. he ra

two firefighters were eating breakfast in the restaurant. they ran out. all of them helped. but at last check the woman still is listed in critical condition. that was an heroic move. michelle: sure was. he is so nimble. speaking of heroes. in area a hiker is rescued by a crew in a blackhawk helicopter after being found in a rugged ravine. they requested air evacuation after determining a ground rescue was too risky. the hiker was quickly airlifted to the hospital. his condition is not known at this time. jonathan: by now we have all seen the interview. many parents can sympathize with the professor, robert kelly. the kids came barging in while he was doing an interview on bbc. the kids are so darn cute. michelle: they are. back on camera again. alison: amy aubert has what the family says about the time in the spotlight. we can't get enough of the family. amy: the story

parents. the family thought it was a disaster but we and other viewers think otherwise. >> good to have you with us on bbc world news. amy: a live interview on bbc world news that took a turn. >> scandals happen all the time. amy: when professor robert kelly's daughter came dancing right in the spotlight. >> for the wider region, i think one of your children just walked in. amy: baby brother and frantic mom following soon after. now the family stepping in front of the cameras once again. >> we thought it was a disaster. i immediately communicated with the bbc afterwards and i apologized and said if they never called us back or never asked me to be on television again i would understand. amy: earlier family live on the bbc again for thousands of viewers cheering them on, what they thought was a disaster perhaps brought a little dose of heartwarming reality. >> we love our children very much. we are

blooper, our family error there on television brought so much laughter to so many people. amy: you can't help to laugh when you watch that. that is his home office space. he wants his children to female comfortable with coming in and approaching their father. you could tell they did. dancing right on in there. jonathan: next time he needs to give them a hug. he was worried that the bbc wouldn't have them back on. the ratings went on the roof. he will be on every night with the kids. amy: i agree. michelle: talking about a whole host of thing. michelle: thank you. alison: abc7 on traffic watch. in the traffic center. trenice bishop, a lot of people are commuting today. trenice: absolutely. we are back to business as usual here in and around the area. we have the volume delays picking up in most of the favorite spots so it will be a slow cold ride home as well. don't forget we will experience gusty winds so that may add extra frustration. we got a couple of incidents

corridor. southbound on the anacostia freeway. tractor trailer versus a car. heavy volume delays from the shot here at eastern avenue. much heavier as you approach burros and make your way to the workson there. an accident on outbound new york avenue near forth lincoln corridor at south dakota. they are blocking the right lane waiting for a tow truck. we have flashing lights. we had an earlier accident that it's been moved to the shoulder. the police is on the scene. westbound 66 after the beltway before you get to nutley street. previously two lanes were blocked. but it looks like the travel lanes are open. the theys are heavy from 495 -- the delays are still heavy from 495. >> look at that. liberty and justice. they have a new family. she will get up. you see one of the furry things down there. that is an eaglet. came out of the egg. the other egg is there. the baby was born. we all saw the

other one to hatch. that is cool. it takes a while for the coloring to come in with the bald eagles. a little time. michelle: this is a live look. jonathan: i hope the feathers are warm. it is cold! michelle: yeah. alison: i love watching the live camera. jonathan: gorgeous birds. alison: cool opportunity. this winter it feels like phil was right. one prominent local member of the community is admitting it. so he sent out a tweet today after winter's return. our very own stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill. doug, i know this had to be a difficult tweet for you to send. but you are a big man to do that. jonathan: you hate phil. doug: no, i don't like phil. i have recipes for phil i have collected over the year but i'll give the vermin his due. michelle: it takes

man toed a mitt when the rodent is right. i know you hope it's the last time the rodent was right. doug: on february 2 it was warm and we were gloating how incredible it was. what the heck? winter is not coming back. jonathan: did you see phil in the newsroom? interviewing. michelle: interviewing? [laughter] doug: we'll teach him how to use the clicker. it's all good. we'll get started and we will see a modest warm-up. talking about that. the day, this march 15, 2017 might go down as the coldest march 15 on record in washington. we have only hit a high so far of 30 degrees. the average high is 55. looking at montgomery college. 26 there now. this is mid-january temperatures we are experiencing now in the middle of march. as far as the wind gusts, they are still high. although the wind advisory expires at 6:00. look at the gusts at leesburg. 48 miles per hour gusts.

winds won't be as severe. wind chills holding in the teens at 20 after 4:00 in the afternoon. all because of the bitter backlash of the big storm continuing. the strong winds. we had cloud cover today so very little warming effect of the sunshine. overnight air temperatures 16 to 24. if you had icy issues this morning, you are likely to have them tomorrow morning in the same areas. through the day tomorrow, we will do better. we will get decent sunshine. see a high temperature reach 40 degrees. that's good. st. patrick's day, partly cloudy and 47. chance of showers late as the warm front approaches. early morning saturday shower. rather cloudy but warmer. 57. the cold front will drop us back to 47 on sunday. on monday the first day of spring, milder and in the low 50's but that is still below average. warmer tuesday. you see the temperatures slide down a bit. finally by friday and saturday we may turn the corner a little bit. i'll call phil and find out. jonathan: we'll get you set up

all right. coming up next at 4:00, new information in the case of the comet pizza shooter. details of the plea deal in the works. michelle: also next. first phones and now ear phones? the explosion on a flight causing concern.

jonathan: so by this time tomorrow there will be a lot of people out there sitting in front of the television. you co

fireworks next to them. they will be watching the tv and for good reason. alison: the ncaa tournament time. michelle: robert burton is in orlando. great time to be there this time of year. alison: especially today. michelle: u.v.a. wrapped up practice and the terps are hitting the court. robert: amway center in orlando, florida. ncaa tournament. fans coming from near and far to see nonstop basketball. why do they come so far? one, nonstop basketball. two, they get to tour a different city or so. but i think a lot of fans have one thing in common. they all enjoy seeing the big upset. >> 'canes all the way! the u! robert: welcome to basketball lover's heaven. the u can stand for something else. you like upsets? that's why you are really here, right? he lives for the upset but his

do you think unc-wilmington has a chance? josh is here for east tennessee state. he has upset on the brain. >> they're playing florida. they will probably beat florida. robert: you got that upset? >> i'm calling it out, people. robert: what do you say to the unc wilmington fans? >> it's not happening tomorrow. >> we have to play. that is the reality. if you don't play well, you won't advance. you have to play not perfect but you have to play well. robert: if you came all the way from college park to watch the terps. no secret, you have to be nervous. on thursday they take on 11th seeded xavier who went 21-12. in orlando, with the terps, robert burton, abc7 sports. >> so we got a income on our door at 3:40 a.m. this morning. jonathan: it's not the knock on the door you want. the really dangerous animal that needs to be found

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: "7 on your side" e-mail phishing alert, which compromised the social security numbers of employees at a company managing retirement communities in three states. the e-mail looked very real. only on 7, montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains what went wrong. kevin? kevin: michelle, a number of the employees are now having trouble filing taxes online. why? because someone already has. the staff at the asbury methodist village in gaithersburg victim of identity theft. last month they sent sophisticated e-mail to the non-profit agency central finance department requesting w2

an employee replied with all 2016 tax documents for the company retirement centers in maryland, pennsylvania, oklahoma. in total around 3,000 employees impacted. their social security numbers made public. >> we are looking at everyone, including the c.e.o. kevin: and yourself? >> indeed. kevin: the v.p. of h.r. is working closely with them and they have given access to the fraud counselors and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance available to all 3,000 employees affected. this impacted the employees only. no resident information was compromised here. so far 25% of the victims have signed up for credit monitoring. management hopes that number will continue to grow. at the "live desk," i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: let's talk weather now. the snow, it happens. but this

downright jarring. doug: yeah. jonathan: we were used to 60 and 70-degree temperatures. doug: on average. an average is just that but average was 55 degrees for a high today. we have a high of 30 so far. 20 in some suburban areas. something wrong with that picture. it will get better. no indication of the warm weather anytime soon. it will happen but not soon. tomorrow is what i want. wind advisory expires at 6:00. we are almost through that. it will stay breezy tonight but the strongest of the wind gusts will diminish. within the hour, 48-mile-per-hour wind gust at leesburg wins the prize. everybody else in 20s and 30's. very windy and cold. the wind chills very low. a couple snowshowers and flurries observed today. little sunshine, a lot of clouds and gusty winds. as far as tomorrow morning, a lot of teens in the western zone to 20. that is the air temperature. the wind chill single digits. low teen. metro, suburb to the north and teens and low to mid-20's se

because of the winds. through the day tomorrow we have plenty of sunshine for a change. very cold. we will get to 40, 41 in the afternoon. the thing about tomorrow, with the full mid-april sun -- "april." i wish. march sun, we will see melting. for the folks up north where it's solid it will melt off tomorrow. 40 tomorrow. 47 on st. patrick's day. showers with the warm front late friday and saturday morning. then 57 with the cloudy to the partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. jonathan: thank you, doug. charles severance the convicted alexandria serial killer is appealing his conviction. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has the argument that was made in court. jeff: charles severance did not attend the appeals court hearing in alex old town alexandria. his attorney claims that severance is not guilty of

killing ruthanne lodato, nancy dunning beyond a reasonable doubt. they are arguing that the murder of nancy dunning should not have been tried with ron kirby and ruthanne lodato. they also claimed nothing conclusively connected severance to the gun or guns used in the killings that were never punt to. but the attorney for the prosecution countering that severance was obsessed with the rare gun used in the killing. .22 revolver and similar circumstances of each of the killings make it clear he is guilty. >> it suggests to you one person did it? >> one person did in a distinctive manner as distinct from for example a robbery gone bad in a convenience store where someone is shot. jeff: family members of the victims were inside the courtroom today but did not want to comment afterwards. the appeal court judges are expected to issue a ruling in this case at some point in the next one to three

in old down alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: a plea deal is in place for the comet ping pong pizza shooter. police arrested edgar welch in december after witnesses say he shot multiple times inside the northwest d.c. pizza shop. the prosecutors said he was motivated by something he read online about non-existent child sex ring at the business. the plea is expected to be finalized march 24. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. americans spending a little more in february compared to january. that may be tied to essential things like gas prices dropping. february historically has not been a big spending month so economists are optimistic. some believe a slowdown in tax refunds being issued meant holding on to money a little longer. michelle: mcdonald's thinks you are stressing out too much when you order in person. so it has started testing a mobile ordering and payment platform. it is going to gain feedback first from users before

nationwide. the golden arches company believes this will reach or bring back customers seeking convenience. jonathan: a health alert for those trying to kick a bad habit. it's national kick butts day. it's to persuade teens and people even younger to say no to smoking. more than 1,000 events are taking place in the united states and around the world. new underwater video, a look at a reef off indonesia's coast where the researchers believe it has been irreparably damaged. a british own cruise ship sailed in at low tide. the 4,200-ton ship ran through what was believed to be pristine seas in one of the most diverse marine habitats.

to trap a sea lion that is trapped in california. they believe he traveled up the river and traveled through ditches to reach the canal. >> it's usually a river otter. that's what we thought it was on first. when we arrived on scene we notify and we confirmed a sea lion. michelle: a marine science center said the sea lion appears to be young, healthy and seems to be enjoying his adventure. jonathan: he has a horrible sense of direction. poor guy. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- for the second time in less than two years, a deadly, deadly animal is on the loose in florida. they don't get any deadlier. the extremely venomous creature that escaped and is out there. we will tell you about it next. michelle: here is jummy olabanji with a first look at thursday wakeup with "good morning washington." jummy: thanks, michelle. tomorrow on "good morning washington," the surprising ways to save even more money on overlooked deductions when

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and it sends a chill down your spine. a neighborhood in florida is on edge and for good reason. somewhere there is a missing one of these. that is a cobra. very deadly snake. michelle: yeah. highly venomous and it slithered out of its enclosure on monday. that has been a while. it's now wednesday. here we are at wednesday. got away on monday. the owner has a permit to own the type of reptile so it wasn't illegal but the cobra got loose when an apprentice opened the top of the cage. while wildlife officials are searching the neighborhood around the home, they say it's possible a largely saturday in the home ate the snake. jonathan: -- a large lizard in the home ate the snake. jonathan: what is in his house? if he bit you, you would die within an hour. michelle: maybe the lizard took care of it and we don't have to worry. i'll be sure to get you an update. this isn't the first

jonathan: in 2015 a cobra got loose near orlando. what is it with having a pet cobra in florida? today we heard the man that owns the cobra will plead no contest and donate $1,500 to the florida wildlife fun. you might remember kids had to stay inside for recess when they thought the snake was near the school. they hope to catch it before it comes in contact with anybody. michelle: scary if you live there. jonathan: now something less deadly. michelle: we are waiting on april to give birth. the keepers stayed home yesterday because of the snow but they are monitoring her progress. will april give birth before april? jonathan: you have to feel sorry for the giraffe. michelle: it's been 15 months now. jonathan: will you please come on out. she is ready. next the headphones that literally burst into flames, what is inside that investigators believe sparked a midflight fire? >> i'm

opened today. what it means for the store and what

consumer alert. this will get everybody's attention. a very carry incident on board a flight from beijing to melbourne last month. now it's renewing concerning about traveling with batteries. we're not sure if it's lithium or what kind. these pictures show a woman's face as her battery powered headphones caught fire. she woke up in a panic. threw them on the floor. the flight attendants put out the fire with water. no word on the type of batteries batteries in the headphones. when we find out we will let you know. michelle: if you are in the market for a new home or shopping for a loan, now is the time to act. as expected the federal reserve hiked the key short-term rate by a quarter point. >> today's decision also reflects our view waiting too long to scale back some accommodation could potentially require us to raise rates rapidly down the

michelle: here is the deal. if you are house hunting or looking to refinance, rising interest rates could mean you could pay more on the loan. for credit cards most come with variable rates so as the interest rate rise the annual percentage rate you pay on any credit card balance is likely to increase. jonathan: earlier in year, general motors cut 4,400 jobs across four of the plants. so now we are learning more than 700 will be rehired in michigan at three locations. earlier in year, g.m. said it was investing $1 billion in the plants and they will be adding 7,000 new jobs in the u.s. it appears that some will be bringing back the jobs slashed and adding more to them. michelle: whole foods market opened its sixth d.c. store located in the heart of the booming h street corridor. mike carter-conneen explains d.c. leaders call this a major milestone. mike: instead of a ribbon cutting, whole foods celebrated the opening of

eighth street northeast by breaking bread. a big crowd showed up with samples and savings. >> they need to come back. these are good. mike: she calls the store a blessing. she remembers what h street looked like after the 1968 riot and before the redevelopment. >> this whole area was terrible. and they really fixing it up. they started with the giant and the wal-mart. i'm thankful. mike: while long-time residents and newcomers welcomed another grocery store here, the fact is many shoppers cannot afford whole food prices or not every week. still loyal customers love the buy healthy brand. some a few wandered inside a few weeks ago. >> we had people shopping in the store when it wasn't open. can i help you? " i'm shopping." we're still a week away. mike: they may wanted to

hot dog stand or the chinese style paper horse. >> we are excited to be part of the property. mike: this location is the first in d.c. with a full service bar offering wine and beer. the tap handles are vintage microphone celebrating h street music history. >> i'm excited to come check out happy hour in the week. >> whole foods has 150 employees here. about 100 of them new hires. many of them live in the neighborhood. in northeast washington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. michelle: the u.s. women's hockey team may refuse to play in the world championships. it's over a wage dispute. the team announcing today it will not lace up at the end of the month for the tournament. training camp begins in less than a week. they won't show unless progress is made. the u.s. women are defending champs. jonathan: so if you haven't left your house today at all and you are in the nice warm inside, it's cold outside. michelle: don't bother.

it's also windy out there. sam ford caught up with people sick and tired of getting blown around as winter mounts the last stand. sam: for people a few days ago thought went every was over, today in d.c. was a different story. >> way too cold. sam: in the 120 o block of n northeast it was below freezing with wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. >> hard walking? >> oh, yeah. sometimes i think i'm about to take off. >> the wind, it just makes it almost unbearable. i can't feel my ears. sam: the lunchtime crowd struggled forward, occasionally walked backwards against wind this chilled indeed. some insisted they were tougher. >> it's so cold. it's not that bad. sam: you don't have a coat on or anything. >> i'm from cincinnati. this is nothing. sam: right! a number of people said they expected it to be ld

they weren't expecting anything quite like this. reporting live from washington, sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: if you had an umbrella you would take off like mary poppins. steve: i was so surprised this morning when i took my dog out for a walk. the snow on the grass was walk solid hard. last night it was so cold. jonathan: i had a blast watching beau. he was trying to find the special spot and the paws sliding off over the place. steve: crazy. we have another cold night ahead and at least a ten-day has milder temperatures on it. it will just take extra time to get here. for the evening, cold. not quite as windy. on the breezy side. the temperatures will hold around 30 degrees. we are going to look for the temperatures to drop in teens to middle 20's as we head through the overnight hours under the mainly clear skies once again tomorrow. looking for refreeze in the morning. leave extra time early tomorrow morning. off to school. or off to work. grabbing the newspaper on the driveway. could find slick spots with the winds out of the west.

well, well below freezing. another challenging night for the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin. 21 degrees in bethesda. around 19 in fairfax. future cast looks like this. tomorrow we have sunshine and a lot of it. it will help aid melting in terms of the snow and it will only extra problems come early friday morning. once again as our temperatures are eventually going to drop to below freezing around the d.m.v. the day planner tomorrow, temperatures around 40 degrees or so for a high. the ten-day outlook shows temperatures around 47 degree on st. patrick's day. upper 50's to 60 on saturday. spring officially arrives on monday. lower 50's. back in the upper 50's by tuesday. cooler on thursday. middle 50's by friday and saturday. but the trends show once we get through the next ten days we will start to crank up the warmth more. let's get a check on traffic. here is trenice bishop. trenice: thanks, steve. this afternoon

are entering in the first rush after the snow event yesterday. we are finding lots of incidents for folks making your way in and around the area. take a look at the big picture map. we have one northbound b.w. parkway before 495. a stalled car blocking the right lane. the delays from bladensburg to the beltway corridor. after that, you are free through greenbelt to continue the trip. take a look at the live cameras. we may have an incident on the 29 or the colesville road stretch. just after the beltway and before university boulevard. not visible in the cameras here but 29 is very slow leaving northbound -- leaving silver spring northbound. it's causing congestion for the folks trying to exit beltway for northbound stretch of coalsville road -- volesville road. from 355 to new hampshire avenue and a new accident reported on the outer loop between the american lea john bridge and it looks like georgetown pike reportedly blocking a right lane. jonathan? jonathan: trenice, thanks. hey, you remember the

cuisinart recall? >> the last thing you want to do is serve a guest in your house and have them slice open their mouth. jonathan: you might not be able to use the processor for several months. how long the process is taking? we have that coming up next.

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john: owners of cuisinart food processors in the d.c. area are getting more and more frustrated of the latest news about an important safety recall. the company says it could be six months before they could use the machine again. mary loves cooking and especially loves using her cuisinart food processor. but late last year she had to tuck it away because -- >> cuisinart recalled the chopping blades because they were small pieces of metal shredding off to people's food. john: the company recalled millions of the blades and told customers to stop using them. >> the last thing you want to do is serve a guest and have them slice open their mouth from something you fed them. john: but three months later they are still waiting for the replacement. how can it take so long to get a simple replacement part? cuisinart tells consumer reports magazine that the blade i

small factory. and there is a big backlog right now. the precise manufacturing process means they can't rush the blades. the result is some customers have to wait six months for the replacement blade. mary has one request she would like the company to hear. >> get me a replacement blade. i'd like a replacement blade and be able to use this. johnson: check with the -- john: check with the store you bought it. look into that so you don't waste your money. john matarese, abc7 news. larry: tonight only on 7. a w2 disaster. how an employee mistakenly gave away scores of social security numbers at a local non-profit. damage is done. all eyes may be on the tidal basin but the cherry blossoms aren't the only important blooms to worry about. fast food pomp and circumstance. an immigrant's dream once put

mickey d's. announcer: "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: well, one month before the deadline to file your taxes, a reminder tonight about how easy it could be for someone to steal your personal information. it happened to a local business and accidentally exposed thousands of employees' social security numbers to scammers. kevin lewis has the story you will see only on 7. >> so we wanted to move quickly. we did so with decisiveness. kevin: manny runs h.r. for asbury retirement communities. last month, scammers sent a late night e-mail to the non-profit finance department asking for w2 forms. the e-mail address identical to the c.e.o.'s. a female employee responded with the master file of 2016 w2's. around 3,000 forms in total. >> the associates are the people who care for the people we

kevin: asbury owns retirement community in gaithersburg also has properties in pennsylvania and oklahoma. management now working closely with law enforcement. but so far, no idea as to who is responsible. they also made triple bureau credit monitoring, credit reports, access to antifraud counselors and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance free and readily available to all 3,000 employees affected. >> we are obviously concerned about the people who are the least paid in our workforce. they have in a way the greatest amount of impact if this doesn't get addressed. >> it's worth stressing the scammers did not get resident information. for the employee that sent out the master w2 file, they did not discipline her because they determined it was a