kimberly: right now, our first dose of winter weather. we are tracking the conditions and what to watch out for tonight. plus -- >> he helped someone in need and now he has joined the ranks of fallen heroes. kimberly: a double tragedy on i 270, two off-duty officers killed and how they are being remembered tonight. >> now abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. kimberly: good evening. i'm kimberly suiters. the first snow of the season, including that rare snowstorm to the south. we have live team coverage tracking it from the d.c. metro to

first we get to meteorologist brian van de graaff. what are we in for tonight? brian: the snow is moving out, but not before putting down a couple inches. maryland, 1.7 inches, frostburg at three, centreville a little over two as well as annapolis. southwest d.c. just under an inch, and singer's county over 2.5 inches of snow. -- and southern maryland over 2.5 inches of snow. the last of the snow bands are lifting to the north. the broken edge of snow through the southwestern portions of the area, fauquier county, culpeper, stafford, fredericksburg. the big picture shows the bulk of the system is north and east. this is a wide system, all the way from the carolinas to virginia. for the overnight, dropping back in temperature and the skies clear. anything that looks

as if it were ice and we are dropping back. i'm concerned especially with the sidewalks and side streets late tonight and early tomorrow morning. be careful tomorrow morning. through the day tomorrow, the wind will howl, with sunshine and the pavement will dry. but definitely be weather aware tonight. kimberly: the first snowfall of the season causing troubles for some. ager road's right now seem to be ok. tom roussey is live in mobile track seven and upper marlboro with how the roads are. are you seeing any ice? we're going to do a live test right now. we are in the villages of marlborough, and we wanted to show the secondary roads and neighborhood streets. we are about to slam on the brakes.

didn't seem like it's looked? >> i don't think so. tom: that said, there is ice and there has been through the day. if you want proof, just look here. >> i was a little shaky but i'm fine. tom: that is very fortunate because this is the car that elizabeth from rockville was in. an icyngs that she had patch on montrose park way, slid, if the curb and a pole, and landed on its side. >> somebody helped me climb out. tom: there were some dangerous spots on the roads. that said, things were not as bad as they could have been. >> without they would be worse than they are. upper marlboro, the snow stuck to the trees and grass, but for the most part when it hit paved surfaces it

and pavementcrews temperatures largely slightly above freezing through the day really helped. >> it look like a light rain. >> it feels pretty good but i've been mostly on the main roads. i'll see how it gets on the side streets. tom: as elizabeth's accident proves come it is still a good idea to be careful. >> it's ok. just lost the car. again in theook villages of marlborough neighborhood where the snow was coming down at this hour. by the way, although the roads have been for the most part ok throughout the day, i've been checking the pavement temperatures throughout the state of maryland in the last few hours, since nightfall, they are going down and some of them are already freezing the mother is very close right now. if you go out tonight, please be careful. live in upper marlboro, prince george's county, tomou

we brought storm trak 7 to leonardtown, maryland, where it has been snowing off and on earlier this morning. i wanted to look at what we are seeing. if you pan down, the roadways have really been wet throughout the morning and over here it is really sticking in the grass. if i step down, you can see how deep we are talking about. right over here, this really is a winter wonderland. look how pretty that is. we found a bunch of kids taking advantage of the snow, having a snowball fight, and we have seen several snowmen and peoples front yards. a really fun first snowfall of the season. in the district, the d.c. snow team plans to keep full deployment until midnight tonight. vdot

sending out a news release about the snowfall, urging drivers if you are out on the roads today or tonight, really be patient and stay cautious. we are in leonardtown, maryland. amy aubert, abc 7 news. what we are experiencing is a little more than a dusting, not much compared to what million saw across the south. talking about record amounts of snow, power outages, and flight delays. ryan clark takes a closer look. brian: kids across the start ours -- across the south are frolicking in the snow. while the children are having fun, some drivers faced potential nightmares. >> some folks in southwest louisiana are not used to driving on ice. brian: officials telling drivers to stay off the roads. treacherous conditions in alabama made worse by down power lines, causing traffic to be diverted. parts of alabama got as much as 10 inches of snow.

freak accident. in mobile, alabama, five snowboarders were injured when propane tanks stalled in hot water opened up. >> it was a flash fire. it ignites the vapors. brian: snow covering much of the south, from northern florida to virginia. the wintry conditions wreaking havoc at airports. winter snow moving up the eastern seaboard, downed power lines causing more power outages. hundreds of thousands of the dark as far north as maine. get all the stormwatch 7 updates on your phone by downloading our free mobile app. will be updating the snow totals in the next way for hours. new developments in a tragic crash on i to 70 in rockville. two law enforcement officers killed last night have been

other. q mccray has how it unfolded. >> he stopped to help and now he has joined the ranks of maryland's followed heroes. q: state police announce the death of sander cohen, a deputy chief with the state fire marshal's office and a rockville volunteer fire friday. the police believe in accurate suv driven by fbi agent carlos wolff hit a barrier and wound up disabled in the left lane of i 270 friday night. sander cohen stopped to help. >> i'm positive he did not give it a second thought. >> he was in his personal vehicle and put his emergency flashers on. q: the two men got out on the left lane and what to the shoulder, where they were hit a honda accord avoiding their cars. >> he swerved onto the shoulder, stroke both men, and propel their bodies over the jersey wall into the northbound lanes of i 270. q:

a different car. wolff later died. to the fbi'signed criminal investigative division at fbi headquarters. the loss will be felt by the entire fbi family. q: cohen died at the scene. fellow rockville firefighters say he will be greatly missed. >> a great guy around the firehouse, really lighthearted and what cracked jokes and make people feel welcome. him.d quite a wit about kimberly: that was q mccray reporting. the police say that a driver hit a gas meter and slammed into a home in southeast on 15th place. crews are checking to see if it is safe for homeowners to return. luckily nobody was hurt. now the raging flames in prince or discounted, three townhomes damaged -- in prince george's county, three townhomes damaged. 12 people have been displaced. nobody was

west coast. six raging wildfires burning in southern california. the authorities are calling for evacuations. officials say that a 70-year-old woman died in a crash time to escape the flames. more than 1000 homes have been destroyed in the past week and entire neighborhoods torched. president trump issued an emergency declaration, allowing counties to receive federal help. coming up, our snow coverage continues. a beautiful live look from fairfax county. brian van de graaff is on your side with the next forecast. first, a thrillseeking couple. the criminal wave that the police say that they jumped at the chance to send money. good as your internet. so get the best internet - with the 100% fiber-optic network.

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kimberly: take a look at this building. this is the grand opening of the west end library and it is not your average library. it is a 325,000 square foot facility in foggy bottom featuring retail, apartments, and lots of books. this looks like fun, right? it's a lot more fun when some alleles pays for it. one of the men here is accused of using somebody else's credit card for the exciting adventure. the police say the couple used a stolen credit card to pay for their skydiving day. officers are trying to track them down and are getting help since they agree to be photographed and videotaped. still ahead, we continue to track the conditions outside. what we need to watch out for.

kimberly: back now with our winter weather alert and the tale of two storms. we have the potential of icy roads. that is upper marlboro on the right. the beautiful winter wonderland and fairfax with the christmas lights. what a romantic saturday night to have dinner with your sweetie. brian: curled up by the fire. kimberly: that would work, too. brian: it was a pretty site today and tonight with the snow falling it will be fun. colleague, hisur baby's first snow. look at that little snookems!

beautiful snow. josh knight got his new puppy into the snow. everybody was checking out the snow today. a live look at the national harbor, reagan national to the northwest, 32 degrees. most of the day we were around freezing. the solar radiation, even though it was cloudy, 34 degrees or so throughout the day. now it is dark, the sun is gone. the temperatures are dropping back, 31 culpeper, 28 winchester. i think we will drop back because the models indicate the skies will clear, meaning temperatures will drop into the 20's overnight. the road temperature will drop as well. i'm concerned about the side streets, sidewalks, areas that are less treated and traveled. the low pressure is lifting to the north and east. the back edge of the precipitation coming out of the virginia tidewater across the

midwest is kicking the system out. this is more mountain snow showers that anything. that kicks this system out and that brings clearing skies later tonight. , culpeper madison, and to the west, seeing snow. futurecast says by about 9:00, 10:00, good to go. my bedtime, the snow was basically gone except the western slopes of the mountains. we stay in the 20's, right around freezing, so definitely could be slick spots in the morning and it will be called. overnight 21 to 31, gradual clearing, slick spots with the re-freeze likely. the biggest concern tomorrow morning, sunday services early, the temperatures will be below freezing. the sidewalks will be slick. sunrises at 7:16. through the afternoon we make a run at 40. it will be breezy. the combination of the sunshine and brees should -- and the

pavement but we have the brees to contend with. the start of next week the temperatures move up monday and tuesday. the middle of next week we will be hard-pressed to make it to freezing. by wednesday it is gone. could be a passing snow shower monday night in the mountains to the north and west. we need to watch a few things coming down the pike. cooler than average temperatures and maybe some passing flurries. we are technically still in fall. if you want to share pictures come it's not hard. download them through the news app, go to the section that says and i willend it," gladly share them later tonight. kimberly: i flew over the snow a couple days ago and i brought it with me. scott: you just had to throw that in. i see how it is. kimberly: it was pretty nice.

kimberly: coming soon. georgetown ind at action and the army-navy game had the spotlight. sports is next.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. scott: rivalries make college football special. none are better than army versus navy. the passion in pageantry is truly america's game. 7-3, malcolmr, hurray he calls his own number, chugs through the snow, touchdown. the midshipmen lead at the half.

the 13-7 lead. army knocking on the door. bradshaw keeps it, the one yard go-ahead score. army up 14-13. three seconds left in the game, the mids with a chance to win it with a 46 yard field goal. kicker pushes it, no good. for the second straight year, army beats navy, 14-13. john wall has missed seven straight games. the wizards have needed somebody to step up and carry the load. bradley beal has answered the call. tuesday he scored 51 points at portland. thursday he followed that with 34 points against phoenix. today, bradley beal and the wizards visiting the clippers. to go in 30 seconds the game, bradley beal gets the past, drive, the kuban harm. washington leads -- the kuban harm. -- the

harm. andiams launches the basket it's good. the wizards lose a heartbreaker, 113-112. the maryland men's basketball team will not be going anywhere until january for. the terps have a stretch of five straight nonconference home games. they battled gardner-webb, the first-ever meeting between the schools. huge performance from their freshman, driving the lane and throwing it down. a career-high 18 points. the terps led 38-24 at the half. in the second, czajkowski throws down the alley you. maryland cruises, 82-60. georgetown hosting north carolina. the hoyas jumped out to a huge lead early. off the miss, coming flying in for the rim

georgetown with a 16-4 lead. second half, the hoyas running. georgetown up 14. thehoyas improved to 8-0 on season, winning 83-74. and at eagle bank arena, george mason knocked off usc central, 77-65. the patriots are now 5-5 on the season. ,nd back to the army-navy game a great football game, always fun to watch. kimberly: how did they get the lines and numbers? scott: in between timeouts, they did some snow blowing. kimberly: before we look at the snow we forecast, we want to show you the tale of two snowstorms. on the left, worry about freezing roads, but on the right people enjoying the beauty safely.

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kimberly: snow near houston, texas come is pretty rare, but one high school football team and i cancel practice. -- did not cancel practice. it turned into a huge snowball fight. snow fell all across the south come in some case historic amounts. and outside come oxon hill, maryland, on the left, fairfax on the right. the twinkling lights of virginia, but we are also worried about the roads. brian: the next couple hours snow showers taper off. the snow ends, but anything that looks wet tonight could turn to ice, so be prepared for a cold night and slick spots, especially early tomorrow morning. throughout the day, we near 40. gradual warming monday and tuesday. then back into the deefr

the winter wonderland. stay safe. i so much for joining us and we will see you tonight at 11:00. -- think you so much for joining us.

tonight, breaking news. winter slam. snow across 20 states. 90 million americans feeling the chill of that icy path. power outages and travel delays. where is the storm headed next? return to ruins. devastating wildfires tearing across the west. destroying neighborhoods. the woman who tried to escape in her car trapped in the flames. what firefighters are now hoping for. civil rights clash. the showdown between president trump and protesters over the opening of a museum devoted to racial justice. the boycott of that event. down to the wire. tonight, this just in. the recording of the president's robo-call in support of roy