>> ready or not, here it comes. snow is falling in virginia and maryland. nancy: this is our first snowfall of the season, and everyone wants to know, how much are we going to see? >> bill kelly is in the weather center with answers. bill: how much snow are we expecting? we will get to the map in the d.c. metro. a general range of two to 4, 1 to three. that is primarily going to be on grasses, bushes. the roads have fortunately been treated. .reat job i just tweeted out a county around leonardtown, you can see it sticking to the grasses but not the roads. on, wes of what is going have clouds.

it is snowing moderately in spots. this goes into effect tonight and stays until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. we will talk about the temperatures. in man, it is going to get chilly. in just a few >> minutes. stormwatch 7 team coverage begins with maryland bureau chief brad bell in district heights in front of something very important for this snowstorm. rad: this is salt, road salt. dome.s inside the salt it looks like a snow-covered mountain range.

there are questions about whether or not they are going to need it for this event because the pavement is so warm. it's one of the reasons why people think this -- people seem to be taking this in stride a. his camera was there as t loader dumped this onto a salt truck. you know what a? this first storm of the winter approaches, we don't hear much of the usual dmv dread because it is part of the story. we stopped by a grocery store. no panic here. >> i love snow. i am a skier. >> i'm used to the snow. >> get out my shovel. brad: even at the prince george's county department of public works yard in district heights. -- heights, the same

prevails. >> we will be mobilizing at 12:00 midnight, and we will be working a couple of 12-hour shifts. may be about 1-3 inches. we are ready. >> they are ready. they've got plenty of salt, and iny will bring those trucks and load them up if they need to, but again, those pavement temperatures are so high. it doesn't look like it is going to be that big of a problem on the roadways. brad bell with the storm prep story, thank you. here is something you don't see often, snow in the south. in suburban scene atlanta shot from a drone. it looks like a snow dome. closed early,e making for an early rush hour. the area remains under a winter storm warning.

get all of your stormwatch 7 updates right on your phone by downloading our weather app. we will be updating snow totals. 1 breaking news to tell you about in the search for pamela butler's remains, butler s brother telling us that dogs were used in a search along i-95 in stafford, and they got a hit for human remains. however, police believe it would be too difficult to recover the remains because of the nearby highway. butler's murderer promised to lead police to her body in exchange for a lighter sentence. he says it started after he stopped a driver. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains why the harassment case is being taken seriously. kevin: in a legal right turn -- an illegal right turn landed a 34-year-old th

ket, prompting in a fit of fury. what followed for days were insulting text messages to the traffic cop, with words like ld," and "worthless." another pointedly suggesting, just kill yourself, bro. it didn't end there. cops say he obtained the officer's social security number thecebook messaged officer's father, and signed the officer up for addiction treatment. according to court records, matusevitch used a similar bullying tactic on a customer service rep located outside of orlando, florida. the tiff, over a $50 refund check. >> very dumb. a little too dumb.

>> while he is facing up to 10 years in prison, his defense attorney told us today they are hopeful for a mutually acceptable resolution. i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. >> one of the top leaders at prince george's public school is on administrative leave. mark fawcett is accused of grabbing a girl's arm at wise high school or this followed an incident one week ago. the girl supposedly through something off the bus, hitting his car. >> developing tonight, congressman trent franks is resigning immediately. yesterday, he announced his plans to leave congress at the end of january. today, he said his wife was admitted to a d.c. hospital, and that sparked today's decision.

if they would bear his child as a surrogate. >> president trump, attending this afternoon's swearing-in of homeland security secretary kristen nielsen. she was sworn in wednesday, a day after her confirmation. the president promised the building of a wall on the southern border. >> i know you want the wall. we are going to get the wall. if we don't get the wall, we are going to have a lot of unhappy people. >> nielsen succeeds john kelly who left the job to become white house chief of staff. she was kelly's chief of staff and worked with the george bush administration. >> california wildfires, still raging the new tool being brought in to help to contain the flames. plus -- >> we are going to be storing your information. >>

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than pets and whatever they can grab. terrain, andus ere are noe the homes, they will let them burn. it is very dry brush. treesve desert sage and up on those mountains, and they are completely dried out. these fires are off to the races with wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour. so far, 150,000 acres have been burned this week. situation. police in new mexico say the gunman in yesterday's school shooting disguised himself as a student to get into the building. the 21-year-old killed to students before he killed himself. the pistol purchased legally and had several extra magazines with him at the time. a student at george mason high school faces charges that he is accused of making violent threats against teachers and other students

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exciting, but right now, it's only available at one hilton in memphis, tennessee. reporting in tyson's corner, i am sam sweeney. >> meanwhile, at the ritz-carlton in d.c., the hotel took the wraps off of a giant washington monument in the lobby. the 30-foot creation is made of gingerbread and 900 pounds of icing. the display includes blinking red lights on the top and 50 american flags around the base. no word on if it has a working elevator. [laughter] >> i'm sure it would be delicious. that is a work of art. >> get your shovels. you may want to sprinkle some salt on the drive. bill: i don't think there are going to be a ton of people busting out the big snow blower -- i take that back, some guys might bust out the snowblower.

>> it is warm. surface temperatures are in the mid 40's. bill: we are expecting some snow. the capital we'll there, 39 is the temperature. we are pretty far north of freezing. we have some wins at nine miles per hour, and we are seeing some snow tomorrow, possibly a record. tomorrow,r your day the most snow we've ever had on the day was 1.6 inches. had four years total, going back to the 1800s, 1871, only four years have we had an inch of snow or greater, and snow of 1/10 of an inch or greater has only happened eight times. inchif we get 1/10 of an of snow or more, we are going to rarity.ere as a how much snow are we expecting? this is ma

that two to four-inch range around the d.c. metro. ,here should be some spots especially in st. mary's county, where we see half an inch of snow, not on the road necessarily, but into some of the officially measured areas. feedeted out a live video down around leonardtown. you can see the snow is accumulating in that area. there's a lot more to come down to our south and west, widespread areas where we have winter weather advisories. that extends way down to the south, places that normally don't see it. tonight, we should be fine around the metro area. most of that snow should stay well to the south. overnight, that is when the snow starts to creep up.

there is your winter scene. of thee early part afternoon, that is where the bulk of this should push through our area. it's not a long snow event or event, generally speaking, but it is the first one, and any bit of snow could cause you problems. within the beltway, i think we are going to stay above freezing. it's going to be a chilly week. take the snow aside. 37, 39 when our normal highs were 39, 49. bit likeeel every midwinter, mid-january, and another front coming through tuesday. a little rebound later in the forecast. we will watch tonight and tomorrow. >> if you see snow in your area, we want to see it, too.

send it. can upload a picture of the snow in your neighborhood. scott: the washington capitals, getting healthy with the rangers in town. snow, wreaking havoc on the

toyota dealers. scott: it was supposed to be a big day for high school football in norfolk. mother nature had other ideas. the virginia high school football state championships have been postponed to sunday, the norfolk area expecting 4-6 inches of snow. name betweene tuscarora and highland springs will kickoff sunday at noon. west field will play oscar smith in the championship game that will start sunday at 4:30. the cats return to the new york ice tonight. the boys in red will be getting a little boost. andre burakovsky is back in the lineup after missing 20 games with a broken thumb. his teammates are excited to have him back on the ice. he's got great speed and has shown how dynamic he can be. he's fun to have around. he's like a little brother. it will be good to see him back out there. scott

: jamison crowder has seen better days. the wide receiver not have a dallas.e in dropped passes, fumbles, struggling on punt returns, but head coach jay gruden, maintaining his faith in crowder who will return punts sunday against the chargers. maryland will host george washington. tip-off is set for 7:00. the lady terps are looking for their seventh straight win. >> first snow on the way? >>bill: late tonight for the d.c. metro, already snowing to the southeast. once you hit this time tomorrow night, a great majority of that should be well-off to our northeast. we are looking at 2-4 around the d.c. metro, less to the west. >> you can always download the weather app. the weather team is

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tonight the massive winter storm hitting right now. 20 states from texas eventually all the way up to maine. dangers you driving. news coming in of a chain reaction pileup. thousands without power. the raging wildfires in california. six major fires out of control. the states of emergency around los angeles, now san diego and the animals, the horses trying to escape. the deadly school shooting. inside the school the shooter's alleged hope of killing an entire class. breaking news involving president trump and one of his