jonathan: the calendar reads december and the weather is following suit. this will save somebody's life. jonathan: a devastating reality in the fight against opioid abuse in america. six deaths in three days. >> it was a threat to actually

explosives. nancy: a teenager charged with a threat against his falls church school. with the police are thing about his plans and how they caught up with him. jonathan: and winter is on its way. we are tracking the latest with how much snow you could see when you wake up. >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. stormwatche start on because we have a winter weather alert. snowfall of the season is closing in tonight. we have team coverage with tom roussey tracking the roadways, but let's get started right now with the chief meteorologist bill kelly. bill: good evening. we have been watching this all night, seeing if we need to move anything. right now the forecast remaining on track with snow coming down mainly to the southeast. it has been coming down. this is a picture right

has alreadyland, picked up five inches of snow, just north of salisbury. look at all this blue and the bright shades of red in the mouth of the chesapeake. that is where we are getting the heavy, wet snowflakes. very heavy snowfall coming down here. the big picture, a winter storm ink, mainlyted in pui to the east and southeast, but we have a winter weather advisory that includes the d.c. metro area. generally speaking we are expecting two to three inches, including d.c. and baltimore. xouth and east,four to si inches localized. the timing of this is coming up because much of this will occur tomorrow. a very cold forecast in just a bit.

can i find snow? we sent him down to st. mary's, and now you are back in prince george's county? tom: yes, but you are an accurate man. we are with the state highway administration facility with the salt behind me. here at this facility, they are expecting to wrap things up -- ramp things up in about two hours, 1:00 a.m. they will be filling these trucks, and there a lot to fill. this is where bill kelly sent me . he said go to leonardtown, and we went. look at the beautiful christmas scene, about one inch on the ground. you will notice in some of the shots that cars are going by. notice that they are going by at regular speed. notpavement temperature was too bad before the storm started, and also the state highway administration pretreated roads through the entire state of ry

county how things were going so far. have you had any trouble on the roads tonight? >> no, they have been great, honestly. they were treated and we have been driving all over just fine. >> they are just wet, that's all. no freezing, nothing going on. upper marlboroin , normally we would not be here. normally we would be in frederick, gaithersburg, because that is where the storm is the worst, not this time. the state highway administration has to worry about roads all over the state. they have thousands of trucks that will be spreading salt overnight. live in upper marlboro, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: it is not just us. south of here they are enjoying a rare winter site. this is not new england. in fact on the campus

of texas a&m, they proved you are never too old for a good old-fashioned snowball fight. football practice turned into a snowball fight. in louisiana,, lsu's mascot enjoyed a snow day. having a good day. they: airlines are feeling storm's impact as hundreds of flights have been canceled and airports have started issuing travel waivers and free flight changes. and southwestan, are offering the chance to rebook flights from bwi or dulles or reagan. just contact the airline for your best options. stay connected with the stormwatch 7 weather team. download our smartphone app for the latest alerts and closures. jonathan: breaking news from montgomery county, the police on the scene of a very serious crash along route 270. this is near the falls road

in rockville. the crash happened in the southbound lanes when two people were thrown from their vehicle. lanes are blocked both directions. if you are heading that way, choose a different route or calls him but if you know they are heading that way until them to detour. of relief for parents and faculty at george mason high school. that is after the police arrested a student who threatened to go to school with guns and explosives. anna-lysa gayle talked with the police chief as well as the school superintendent about the students motivated how he was caught. >> schools are sacred ground. we hold them as a special community that we need to keep safe. anna-lysa: the falls church police department learned of the threat from the 17-year-old george mason high school student tuesday evening. they did not take it lightly. >> it was a threat to actually go in with weapons and explosives and take out people.

later, that teenager has been charged with threatening to bomb or damage a building after his home was searched. >> we found replica-type weapons. weapons which were bb guns, one of which was altered to appear to be real. anna-lysa: the student is not being identified. >> he was angry. anna-lysa: the announcement about his arrest comes a day after two students were shot and killed at a high school in new mexico. >> through the cooperation of the police department in schools, we were able to take this situation seriously and handle it before it became a problem. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. we are getting disturbing new details about the gunman behind yesterday's deadly shooting at a high school in new mexico. the police say he posed as a student to get into the school and then shot two

at point-blank range before turning the gun on himself. he posted in an online form he was going to die, detailing his plan of attack. we are also looking at what students went through during the shooting. watch. >> ok, guys, get down. >> we could hear casings on the floor. [gunshots] jonathan: the fbi investigated the gunman last year but determined he did not pose a threat. leaders atof the top prince george's public schools on administrative leave. the associate superintendent is accused of grabbing a girls arm at wise high school after a girl supposedly threw something off the bus come hitting his car. school officials met with the parents and the student involved. jonathan: grim evidence of the opioid crisis in america, six people dying in just one week. fairfax county detectives are calling it one of overdoses they have seen.

is doing their part to raise awareness and hopefully save lives. >> this will save somebody's life. tim: this weekend, they are handing out free kits with a drug that can save somebody's suffering from an opioid overdose. she always carries one because her family member is a recovering addict. >> it does not just hit one area or demographic. tim: fairfax county detectives are warning the community because six people died from sinceoverdoses december 1. they believe batches of hair when may be laced with a deadly drug. the deaths happened across the county, the first within the alexandria section of fairfax county, then fairfax station,, mclean, fairfax station. someoneis the reach of who is dealing heroin. tim: this year, more

overdoses and fairfax county. the kris allen foundation is hoping to change that. >> it does not treat addiction, but it can bring people back so they have a second chance. tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: the foundation is handing out the life season -- lifesaving kits tomorrow in falls church. nancy: tonight with the alabama senatorial election next week, president trump again shared his support of embattled senate candidate roy moore. trump spokesident from florida come just across the border from the campaign. moore spurs people to attend the rally and many did. >> get out and vote for roy moore. we need somebody in that senate makewho will vote for our america great again agenda.

just hours after one of moore's accusers admitted she wrote some notes in his signature, but her attorney insisted a handwriting expert said the inscription was authentic. moore has repeatedly denied the allegations. voters will go to the polls tuesday and we will be tracking the results for you. meantime, there has been a lively debate across the area. jonathan: now the toll lanes on i-66 are also the subject of fake news. explain. and fire crews in california doing everything they can to keep the flames from spreading. nancy: and search crews facing a big challenge as they try to solve a decades-old case.

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coerced and that he should stay behind bars. his attorneys appeal the decision. -- if his attorney appeals the decision it would head to the state supreme court. jonathan: a 70-year-old woman has become the first confirmed death of the raging wildfires in california. this is like a runaway freight train of fire. ventura county, trying to get away in her car when she crashed. she died of smoke inhalation. firefighters continue to battle the fires. six of them have already destroyed hundreds of homes. reporter: neighborhoods lit up for the holidays, ravaged by flames. in san diego county, 4000 acres scorched in fewer than 12 hours, spreading. >> the fire was coming right at us. you could feel the heat. reporter: 10,000 residents evacuated,

injured while trying to escape. 240 homes and other buildings damaged or destroyed. crews raced to save others, catching the family inside this house offguard. all six wildfires burning in southern california are from the strong santa ana winds. >> the strongest i've ever seen. reporter: carrying smoldering embers from the flames, difficult to contain. >> when a tornado hits the midwest, there is no stopping it. when the santa ana wind comes in, there is no stopping it. reporter: the fires in los angeles county are now between 30% and 40% contained, but the damage is overwhelming. in ventura county, the largest of the fire is growing more. flames destroying more than 400 chartures across 132,000 acres, threatening communities all the way to the coast. >>

the way the fire is coming around. reporter: the wind is not as powerful as it was yesterday. warnings remain in effect for the weekend. the family of pamela butler losing hope they will ever be able to grieve their -- bring their loved ones remains home. searchers in stafford county searched where their killer said he buried her nine years ago. the police say they are most likely covered by the hov lanes which were built after butler's murder. earlier this year, her former boyfriend political to to killing her. jonathan: a maryland couple says an apology is not enough. four decades after a cross was bert on their front lawn -- was burnt on the front lawn, the man responsible is now a catholic priest. he admits he was a kkk member at the time of the cross burning

he wrote the couple a letter of apology. they say it's not enough. >> ok, here's the piece of paper and i'm saying i'm sorry. jonathan: the attorney says the church was complicit in the actions, saying that it knew about its background and covered up for him. the church said it did not know about his past until this past summer. nancy: a lot of news surrounding the toll lanes on i-66, but it turns out those lanes are also the subject of "fake news" and articles circulating from the site real news right now. plans to bandot cars worth less than $60,000 from the express lanes. that is a lot of cars. vdot says the article is 100% false. real news is listed as a media hoax site. jonathan:

getting into the christmas spirit and celebrating in the nation's capital the same time, the ritz-carlton in northwest d.c. has unveiled a giant replica of the washington monument. nancy: it is 30 feet tall and held together with 900 pounds of icing. that is a lot of icing. like the real thing, it has blinking red lights on the top and 50 american flags around the base. no word on whether this has a functional elevator or not. jonathan: the real one does not either. bill: good evening. starting out with the numbers, not much in terms of the d.c. metro, still above freezing. d.c. 37, 34 frederick, 36 woodbridge. when you look at the road surface temperature, it's very important to what's going on with the snow and

spots at the surface. neargrees on 270 gaithersburg, 35 degree reading here, but the service temperatures considerably above freezing. even though we are picking up a few light snowflakes, very little if any of this reaching the ground around the d.c. metro. things are starting to change a bit, but were we have seen the snow today and are currently seeing it is off to the southeast. look at these dark shades of blue. even where the radar is transitioning, you get the red and orange, that is a very thick, wet snow that is coming down. we have seen the continuation of snow all day long. have fiveryland, they inches already. he sent the picture. we are expecting more of that winter weather advisory for our

warning in effect. the futurecast and i come overnight the snow potentially bills in. tomorrow morning, a little bit of snow, the heaviest of that will be mid to late morning. this is noon, filling in, into the late afternoon -- early afternoon. late afternoon it starts to take per off and winds down. it has the potential of bringing two to four inches around the d.c. metro, a half foot or more to the southwest, -- southeast i should say, not as much to the west. heaviest mid to late morning, still snowing at 3 p.m., tapering off. cold over the weekend, 30's, the windchill in the 20's, with another cold front coming tuesday.

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tonight, the capitals battling the rangers. in the first, the caps started fast. jay beagle, 14 seconds into the game, 1-0 washington. late in the third, tied at 2-2, alex ovechkin throws it in front, tom wilson keeps it alive and the go-ahead goal is scored a. capitals keep winning, 4-2 the final. the virginia high school football championship has been postponed until sunday because of the snow. that means the 5-a state title game will kickoff sunday at noon. westfield will play oscar smith in the 6-a state championship game starting sunday at 4:30. ncaa quarterfinals, james madison hosting we first date. j,u

with the two-point conversion, the game is tied. one second on the clock, from 46 yards out. let the celebration begin. james madison advances to the semifinals, 31-28. in college basketball, the maryland women take care of george washington, 80-54. the turks have n

bill: winter is here. nancy: let it snow, let it snow. bill: tonight, a little snow here and there, to the east and south already seeing quite a bit, but most of it will be mid to late morning, early afternoon. very cold with the windchill come and another front tuesday. jonathan:

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