it's 37 around 10:00. we drop it to freezing at 8:00 to 9:00. a couple of hours from now. we will go down and end up in the mid-20's by 5:00 or 6:00. the winds are out there. you can hear it, the trees rustling around. wind chill factor. that is what we focus in on now. it's a very important number. how you feel and how the body will respond going on in the hypothermia. 26 is a feels like temperature at 7:00. we will drop it down pretty widespread in the upper single digits. we are nowhere close to freezing when you account for the wind chill factor tomorrow in the peak heating of the day. even though we see sunshine out there. cold air pattern to set up. we will break down where there is snow

it will last in a little bit. alison: all right. as you said, dealing with this cold involves more than turning up the heat. our team coverage continues with richard reeve in rockville tonight. hi, rich. richard: hi, alison. imagine working out here right now as the temperature. bill kelly talking about how the weather is falling. look at the guys here. they are laying down concrete. tomorrow morning imagine what it will be like. we have the suggestions that may help you. working in the bitter cold or repairing a water heater. >> we can get busy when the cold weather hits. >> this is the mean season for pipes and pets. >> older animals will not fare as elas the younger animals. >> that is veterinarian who makes house calls and his advice to keep pets outside no longer than a half hour and away from chemicals like

radiator. >> it's very sweet and palatable and toxic to pets. >> judy owns three dogs learned a tough lesson about the cold two years ago. >> left out overnight. so it was really scary from our point of view. it had been snowing. >> theo is fine now but there were scary moments. >> my stepson was awesome. bundled him up and called the vet and put him near heaters and he did everything he was supposed to do. >> the cold snap is the start of a busy season. pipes freeze and then rubture. >> when the water sits still, it's freezing. if water is moving you don't worry about it as much. >> all right, rich. thank you. stay on top of the weather by downloading the weather app that is available on google play and the app store. nancy: social media is buzzing today about a tweet that

response for calls for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations against him. this morning, the president going after senator kirsten gillibrand calling her a light weight and a flunkie for schumer and saying that she begged him for campaign contributions not so long ago adding she would "do anything for them." the last part bothered many people including congresswoman gillibrand. >> many including senator about sexual innuendo. >> only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way. >> sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. i won't be silenced on this issue. neither will the women who are marching to stand up against policies they don't agree with. nancy: when asked if it was a sexual innuendo, white house spokeswoman sarah huc

whose mind was in the gutter would read it that way. eyes on the political world at alabama. at stake in the president election a crucial seat in the senate. roy moore made an entrance there. you see him arriving on horseback to cast his vote. the polls close in less than three hours. we have a live report from alabama in less than ten minutes. alison: back at home, there are new developments in the grade fixing scandal in prince george's county. this afternoon, maryland governor larry hogan met with the prince george's county chapter of the naacp. maryland bureau chief brad bell joins us live with the latest. brad? brad: alison, meeting was right here in largo at the headquarters of the naacp. the group calling on the governor for help because they don't have any confidence in leadership of prince george's county to make the required changes in the school system. the naacp requested a meet

only met with them but traveled from annapolis to largo for the sitdown session. when the one-hour meeting was over the governor got an earful about the state of the p.g. county school system and the state audit which found widespread irregularities in the system high school graduation rate. >> whistle blowers all over the system that came forward were threatened by the county superintendent. by the chairman of the school board repeatedly. they had guts to come forward. they provided a lot of information. we had an outside auditor that is a specialist in the area who found widespread wrongdoing and the grade fixing. >> the governor stopped short of calling for the ouster of the school c.e.o. kevin maxwell but others repeated the demand. the president of the naacp and prince george's county said there needs to be a complete curriculum audit. and the county executive should be stripped of authority over the system. >

we keep telling the county exec and the school board there is disconnect with the current state that runs the community away. >> the school system is preparing their response to the audit. we expect they will announce the changes and what they plan to do about the irregularities and the graduation rate next week at the school board meeting. in largo, abc7 news. nancy: just in, one person is in custody after hitting several cars and running away. this happened near dulles airport property on route 28. no one was hurt.

a woman's body found in the driveway of an abandoned home and the victim may have been someone authorities were looking for. stephen tschida is live with the latest. >> the body found here. found over here behind the house. in a trash can. is family of joni rockingham believe the body is indeed that, of the missing family member. >> startling discovery behind an abandoned house at 8:30. someone who lives nearby found a woman's body in a trash can. trina rockingham fears it's her missing sister joni rockingham. >> it has been rough for us. if it's her at least we have closure. >> the 53-year-old's home is blocks away. the diminutive rockingham vanished november 22. >> we have our strong belief it could pos

>> some residents joined in the searches of the neighborhood looking for rockingham. they wonder how they missed her body if it had been here the whole time. >> i walk this street every day looking for her. >> the neighbors say rockingham was a long-time fixture in the community. beloved neighbor. some say they can't imagine why anyone would want to harm her. >> she is a wonderful person. there is no reason we can see right now why somebody should have murdered her. >> the police await for the autopsy findings to determine positive i.d., the family of miss rockingham is convinced it's her and they say they have the closure at this time. but they are hoping indeed this is a homicide, the crime is solved. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now breaking news to us from prince george's county. look at this. these are live pictures from the skytrak7 over a school bus

this is the inner loop before allentown road. we are told no children are injured because of the school bus crash and one adult has a minor injury. we do not know where the buses were going or where they came from. but as we see here several lanes of traffic are getting by. we will keep you posted throughout the evening. now other news, a new information in the monday attempted terrorist attack in new york city. the suspect now faces state and the federal terrorism charges. 27-year-old akayed ullah set off the homemade pipe bomb in a subway tunnel. five people were hurt. none seriously. the 27-year-old said he was inspired by isis but he has no criminal background and was not on the government terrorism radar. >> we are now seeing increased number of attacks committed by people who are inspired by what they see online who self-connect with a terrorist ideology. but operate separate or

>> law enforcement sources say the bomb was built from a 12-inch pipe, black powder and a nine-volt battery with a wire that came from a christmas light. attorney general jeff sessions says the u.s. is seeing a surge of violent crime from gangs like ms-13 and an aggressive crackdown is underway by the trump administration. sessions says that starts with immigration reform. is there we must recognize that traditional gangs like the ms13 taken advantage of the porous borders and previously lax immigration enforcement. that is just a fact. >> well, ms-13 has more than 10,000 members across 40 different states. sessions says more than 1,000 gang members have been convicted just this year. nancy: coming up at 5:00, a stunning twist and a police chase. a driver falling out of their car during the getaway. we have that story. alison: we have

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alison: a wild police chase in los angeles and it comes to a dramatic end. the driver rolls out of the vehicle and just lays there on the street. it was a woman. she was taken into custody while the car kept going ultimately hitting a pole. it's unclear if the woman was hurt or what sparked the chase to begin with. the chase got up to 80 miles per hour. nancy: back now to a story dominating the political landscape. the alabama's special senate election. the polls closing in less than three hours from now. it looks like picking a winner between the republican roy moore and democrat doug jones will come down to the wire. we are joined live from montgomery with the latest. nastasha? >> i spoke to a political historian today and says this

war over the republican party identity. conservative voters here have a choice to make. they can reject roy moore on grounds of broader morality or support him trying to further specific morality like opposing abortion and things like marriage. the candidate democrat doug jones -- >> this is an important time in alabama history. >> and republican roy moore. >> this is for the country, the state and the future. >> they both cast ballots tuesday in the alabama special election that could reshape washington. now the candidates must wait to see who alabama voters elect to build a seat that opened when president trump called on senator jeff sessions to become his attorney general. moore a former judge is a controversial figure who faced decades old allegations of the sexual assault. allegations moore repeatedly denied. >> if you don't believe in my character, don't vote for me. >> and calls from other senate republicans to drop out of t

race. >> i made my position perfectly clear. let me say it again. i had hoped judge moore would resign, in other words withdraw from the race. >> to think you can elect roy moore without getting the baggage from roy moore is naive. i wish he would have stepped aside. >> polls indicate the contest could be close. president trump throwing his weight behind roy moore. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> president obama has recorded a robo call saying, "this one is serious. you can't sit it out." urging alabamans to vote today. local republicans, some of them have said they would write in their own candidate on the ballot today. it's not clear how many of them will actually do that. in a race this close, even say 3% of voters writing in a candidate could swing the results. live in montgomery, back to you. nancy: a lot of people watching this.

to watch for this evening? >> doug jones, the democrat in this race, really is going to have to depend on a large african-american turnout. it turns out that here in montgomery, actually, there is a state senate primary election at the same time. that is a primary between two african-americans for the democratic candidate position. that is probably going to draw out some african-american voters in huge numbers here in the montgomery area. besides that, we are looking carefully at the suburban vote. the well educated white voters and especially women who may look at roy moore's accusers and perhaps appalled by the situation. but perhaps are not entirely comfortable voting for a democrat. a lot of issues in play and those are the people we are looking at. nancy: we will keep an eye on it. thank you. make sure you stay

with the free abc7 news app. everything coming out of alabama today we have full coverage tonight on news at 11:00. alison: let's talk about the weather around here. it is about to get possibly dangerously cold. bill: yeah. we have a weather alert out because it will get cold. some will go it's december, it's cold. i want you to know, i do not over-hype things for the sake of overhyping. if you have wind chill in the single digits that is dangerous, especially for kids, those working outside. i will break it down for you in the hour-by-hour in a minute. it's already getting cold, though, as you mention. take it out live. steve rudin is out and about for the minora lighting. you brought the hood up as well. steve: it is so cold out here. i came out here at 3:00, i wasn't terribly cold.

not terribly windy. an hour, hour and 15 minutes ago all of a sudden the winds started to pick up. so much so, look behind me. that is the national minora. they lit this a half hour ago. they had a hart time lighting it because winds gusting so strongly. wouldn't you know it? the winds continue to grow and it blew the minora out. the rabbi will go up again and relit the minora shortly so it will be illuminated for tonight. the first night of hanukkah. in 1978 was the first time they had the national minora. 1979, president carter lit it. 2014, vice president joe biden lit it. we have had dignitaries to light it over the years. this is lit through the eight nights of hanukkah. so you can check it out live over the next week or. so i promise you and bill will promise you that the winds will move flu the next day or so. improving conditions if

want to check out the minor ra. next to it is the national christmas tree. so a lot to do in this area. let's talk about the weather for you. head inside. bill has a biter cold forecast. >> thank you. you are right. in the next day or so, the winds will calm down considerably. but we have a day until it happens. so all night tonight the winds are gusting out of the northwest 10 to 20. probably up to 30 miles per hour when you look at the gusts. we have to deal with it. it won't die down in the next hour or two. it's 41 degrees. it feels colder than that. that is not indicative of what is going on around the region. the temperatures are farther west you are, the colder the air temperature. hagerstown is 31. 32 in winchester. cumberland at 30. compare it to eastbound or dover -- easton or dover in the mid-40's. the winds are northwest, 10 to 20. the front crossed. pressure gradeient. tight winds around the area. we have wind gusts at 32

it's 40 in leesburg. hagerstown at 33. so it feels like the teens and the 20's in many spots. it's now down to freezing at d.c. 30 at andrews. manassas at 27. these are relatively warm. focus on the hour-by-hour for what it will feel like. model doing a great job. we advance an hour and drop it even further in terms of the temperatures. notice by that time we are in the teens. head to dinner tonight. you take the family and walking around. maybe check out holiday lights. we are in the teens. by 11:00 tonight look at this. single digits at that time. by 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning we may see the minus zero numbers. that is what you need to prepare for out and about tonight or tomorrow. a few light showers. it's not a snow event for us. we had snow

earlier on. the big story is the cold temperatures. bus stop forecast. feeling like single digits tomorrow. bitter cold. we are not going to get involve knowing. not even close. tomorrow night and thursday. it's dry on thursday and friday. we will track another weather system to bring us spotty snowshowers around the region. that is what we are looking at. that is very serious. >> it happened fast. >> strong front. >> you don't mess with that. it only takes a few minutes. >> thank you. coming up, an emotional message from jimmy kimmel. you hear what he has to say about the health debate and how it's playing to the latest battle on capitol hill. alison: creative way some

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alison: several immigrant rights group are ramping up the effort to call on congress to pass a daca bill before the end of the year. the goal is to protect the so-called dreamers from deportation. nancy: they even installed a jumbo tran on capitol hill. >> on the

faces of the dreamers appear one after the another. >> we have people across the country, california, tex. >> brought to the u.s. illegally as children. now hundreds of thousands could face the deportation with the deferred action for childhood arrivals policy now in limbo after president trump rescinded president obama's daca executive order. >> we are here and here to stay. we are in front of them. we are not afraid to share the story. >> organizers say the jumbo tran will be operating 24/7 for two weeks. >> look out the window. provide this. >> today they attended a mass and they marched to the capital for a rally. in the next two weeks they are planning more protest and events each day. >> we need congress to do the right thing and pass the dream act before the end of the year. >> president trump

dreamers. >> i love the dreamers. >> i have a big heart. we will take care of everybody. >> he hopes to avoid the year end government shutdown. >> we order democrats to drop the shut down threats. >> nancy pelosi insists the dreamers must be protected as a broader package of unfinished legislative business including the military spending, disaster aid and the low-cost healthcare for children. congressional republicans say they want to dale with daca separately in the new year. capitol hill, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. >> i have had enough of this. i don't know what could be more disgusting than putting a tax cut that mostly goes to rich people ahead of the lives of children. why hasn't c.h.i.p. been funded? >> coming up, the tear-filled plea to congress about children's healthcare. we take you to the latest for the controversial fight. >> you can hate me and whatever, that is

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. >> parents of children with cancer and diabetes and heart problems are about to get letters saying their coverage could be cut off next month. merry christmas, right? so this happened because congress about 72 days ago failed to approve funding for c.h.i.p. since the first time it was created two decades ago. this is literally a life and death program for american kids. alison: so there is jimmy kimmel telling viewers to call congressional leaders and urge them to reauthorize the children health insurance program. cheryl conner on capitol hill with reaction. >> i am jimmy, this is billy. i was out last week, this guy had heart surgery. >> with his son in his arms once again jimmy kimmel got personal and political monday night. >> now chip has become a bargaining chip. on the back burner while they work out the new tax plans. >> the children's health insurance program known as

kids whose parents make too much for medicaid. senator mark warner said letters will start going out in virginia telling families they will lose coverage on january 31 if congress does not pass reauthorization bill. >> the republican leadership is holding this back as a bargaining chip for the end of the year negotiations. >> senator warner says chip is typically a bipartisan bill. >> jam the house and senate phones. >> representative dave bratt republican from virginia say democrats are playing politics with children. >> they act as if it's a bargaining chip that could not go through. it will go through. >> jimmy was emotional thinks of the millions of children that may go without coverage as the states run out of money. on capitol hill, there is a big difference between who is taking it seriously and two isn't. >> what we have not seen particularly some of republican colleagues is a

up. >> there will not be any families affected by this. >> on capitol hill, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: covering metro tonight, it was a rough morning for red line riders this morning with lots of delays. the good news is metro has identified the problem. and it is a 40-year-old communications cable. now the bad newts. train service between brooklyn and takoma is reduced. this weekend there is no service between silver spring and rhode island avenue. nancy: the virginia department of transportation claims first week of the express lanes on i-66 led to faster and more reliable travel times. the secretary of transportation says the average rush hour drive inside the beltway was 10 to 12 minutes. the average toll last week was $10.25. a heads

big construction project will add the time to the drive. it will look like this. but it might make them change their plans. >> you drive here? >> drive here or use uber. >> they suggest using metro. two temporary lanes will be closed to help the traffic flow. work should be completed in july of 2019. alison: there is now backlash against the mother of the tennessee boy, right there, whose video about being bullied went viral. keaton jones' tearful message was viewed more than 20 million times on facebook. he received support from all over the country including several a-list entertainers and athletes. but now people accuse his mother of being

also seeing social media posts featuring the confederate flag. >> we are not racist. i'm truly sorry. if i could take it back, i would. >> meanwhile, a go fund account set up for keaton jones is no longer accepting donations as suspicions have grown about his mother's motive. more than $50,000 in donations made so far. nancy: at home, students at a montgomery county high school can add museum curator to the resume after an anthropology class tackled complex topics. as kevin lewis explain the doors close for good this weekend. >> it has been in the works for two and a half to three months. >> inside abandoned restaurant along wisconsin avenue. >> we have someone almost getting eaten by a shark and taking a selfie of it.

by bethesda chevy chase high school students. >> do you feel more when you are invited somewhere and can't go? >> 30 exhibits. >> showcasing the teenage trials and tribulations. there is a display on the helicopter parents. comfortable uber and the lift stories. highs and lows of the high school love. and basement party scene with the beer goggles to boot. >> they are supposed to represent people passed out. the goal is get to the bathroom without hitting people on the ground. >> in the hallway and the school. >> guests can listen to hours of the 911 calls from school shooting, peek inside bedroom of drug dealer and examine the financial and the social angst of college. >> all the pressure in the community to go to college and go to the best college is, there is so much pressure. >> the final exhibit is a dimly lit maze of the

health. reminding visitors that everyone has a flaw. >> it shows that there are so many people fill the same way you do. >> you are not alone. >> the pop-up museum open thursday, friday and saturday. saturday will be the final day. it is free and open to the public. kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: coming up, why firefighters may catch a break to battling the massive california wildfires. >> a bit later why you may want to save your money at the pump if you are using premium gas. details of a new study from a.a.a. >> coming up new at 6:00, helicopters that have it all. except a pilot. up close look at the new ones

bill: welcome back. if you head out tonight layer up. it will be cooler than what it has been. 29 is the feels like temperature at 6:00. we get to the 8:00 and the 9:00 time frame and we are in the low 20's and maybe the teens. out and about, going to the restaurant. you are walking around. you want to see holiday festivities. by 10:00 we are at 18. 14 by midnight. looking ahead to the weekend. we rebound. normal high is 46. 42 on saturday. tracking a little rain possibly on sunday. so this will not be a long lasting cold snap.

the unrelenting thomas fire entering the ninth day. flames continuing to spread on the hillside and growing closer to the neighboring town of monticeto. >> i never seen it before. >> the family is ready to evacuate. there is smoke lingering. the ash coming down

>> today is scariest day so far. >> mandatory evacuation zone. some of those who choose to stay getting together every night to keep a look out. >> my advice, when they go, igo. the fire still threatening the structures in more than a thousand animals at the shelter. >> everywhere, we can sit animals we have done it. hopefully everyone will get home soon. >> firefighters are doing everything they can to attack the flames that span well over 230,000 acres. >> on the ground, the firefighters are starting backfires hoping to corner forward progress of the flames. >> overnight the fire grew only 1700 acres. if you think about the way it's progressing in the last week that is good news. the red flag warning continue until wednesday. danya bacchus, abc news, los

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alison: if you paid to check a bag in the last three months you are nowhere close to being alone. flyers ponied up $1.2 billion. just in baggage fees last quarter. the fees have been on the rise since 2010. 2016 people paid $7 billion just to check their bags. nancy: here is something to think about the next time you fill up the car. more expensive gas does not mean better quality. interesting. a.a.a. tested regular and the premium fuel vehicles designed to run on regular gas. research shows most cars saw no difference at all in performance. however, a.a.a. says if your car requires premium fuel stick to it. with less than two weeks until christmas day you might have all of your holiday shopping done but what about the shipping? amy aubert spent the day at

details on what it will take to have the packages delivered by december 25. >> leadership on the line. >> 'tis the season to track the holiday deliveries. >> both going to the same place. >> sending packages for hanukkah and christmas. >> hanukkah is tonight so i missed that. >> he is not the only one stopping in the post office to ship the holiday packages. >> i want to know the last day. >> postmaster saying some of the deadlines to guarantee your gift to be there on christmas start next week. >> we had 19th of december for regular first class mail. 20th for priority mail. after the 21 z, you have to mail it express to make it on time. >> workers saying it's been fairly quiet so far but next week the post office will be packed. >> it will be crazy. compared to last week. i expect it to be more crowded. for now the workers are

weeks ahead. >> we are ready. we want customers to come in as soon as possible. >> amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: when it comes to watching tv, there are those who take their time to watch one sodat a time. then there are a binge watchers. and the netflix released the most binge watched shows. do you know what number one? "american vandal" followed by "3%" "13 reasons why" and, "anne with an e." it's defined by someone watching more than two hours of a single show per day. nancy: more than two hours? wow! i usually go for six episodes at a time. that is a true binge. alison: just ahead at 6:00 -- nancy: developing news for thousands depending on metro. and the wild ending to a policetiation caught on video -- police chase caught on video. we could replace military pilots with something as

a new report saying this year is the arctic's second warmest year on record. the report showing that the arctic temperatures rise at double the rate of the global temperature increase. they have multiyear ice comprising 21% of the arctic ice coverage that is down from the 45% 30 years ago. alison: we are talking about the cold around here. tomorrow will feel like the single digits. nancy: time to bundle up. bill: it is. the wind chill is what will make it happen. if you look now at national harbor look at the camera. we have the wind gusts now that are in the 25 to 35 miles per hour range. look at the numbers. he 1-degree temperature at -- 41-degree temperature at reagan. winds sustained at 17. dropping the feels like down considerably. notice farther west and the colder the temperatures are. we are down to 29. stanton, that the air

temperature, not the wind chill. the cold air heading our way. it feels like 32. it feels like 17 in hagerstown. once again i will bring up the numbers relatively warm. we had showers in the form of snow especially off west. there is a lot of blue on the map. cold air working from the north. looking at the mid-atlantic view. 19 in detroit. 24 in columbus. we have the single digit readings. it's only not even technically mid-december. it would typically be late january to see the numbers like this. bundle up. we have more on the wind chill forecast coming up. >> okay, bill. thank you. >> we don't say good news and redskins in the same sentence these days. >> not this season. no. they niederauer this. good news for -- they need this. good newell for redskins. the safety cravens cleared by

agent says he was treated for post concussion syndrome. he is excited to return for the 2018 season and many years to follow. he was on the left squad list earlier as he said he wanted to retire. concussions can end a career. for the next young lady this isn't stop her from making a difference at all. scott abraham has the rising star. >> 19-year-old sarah on track to play major college hockey. >> i went from being potential d1 recruit to barely being able to get out of bed. >> so serious concussions ended the high school grad playing career. >> there is anger in terms of what i lost. but over time it has turned into something positive. >> driven by the personal experience with the conclusion, she started the fouat

sports culture with concussions through the education. it's driven by the athletes who have had career altering concussions with a goal of making sure injury is handled properly for the next generation. we explain to them the stories and the importance of recognizing the symptoms, reporting the symptoms. >> madison suffered a conclusion at college. headway helped her get back on the ice. >> i didn't know as much as now because of the foundation and sarah. i am thankful they are out there researching and learning a lot and speaking with athletes. i found something to make he just as proud as when i would make the right play or score goals. it was important to find something to care as much about. >> i'm scott abraham with the rising star. >> awesome stuff. >> good stuff. >> trying to change the world. >> thank you. >> we'

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tomorrow on "good morning washington" -- get ready for one of the coldest days so far since last winter. how low temperatures will drop for the morning commute. >> live for the top of the skate on the rooftop of the watergate hotel. get a look at what sets this rink apart from the rest. >> wake up with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow on "good morning washington." >> plenty of happy children in alexandria because they got to pick out toys or books donated through toys for tots. this is not too late to donate to make sure every child gets a gift this holiday season. a surprise in fairfax county for children who will spend holiys

suzanne kennedy was there to see the kids' faces light up. >> for nearly three decades this has been the tradition here in fairfax county. it's called santa's ride. about half a dozen northern virginia law enforcement agencies collect toys to be given to ill children in the community at christmas. this team is going to the eight local schools, police stations and the government facilities to pick up the donations. this morning, santa and his trusted team started to work at holy spirits school in annandale where they collected more than 600 presents. >> you have to realize they are going to the children hospitalized and they realize the benefit they have and the blessings of the own good health. they are more than willing to give to others. >> it's something to do the mission and keep the community safe. but when we get to see miles on the kids' face and give back, it warms our heart. >> all the toys collected will be handed out later this week at inova h

georgetown cancer center. in annandale, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. michelle: right now at 6:00, a winter weather alert. snow pounding western maryland as the entire area braces for dangerous, plunging temperatures. alison: plus, a major problem found on the metro redline and the fix will affect thousands who rely on the service every day. anybody will tell you the cell phone can use the tablet. >> the military helicopters that no longer need pilots. still ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00". >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. alison: first tonight, a winter weather alert. there is a snow emergency in place as the several inches of snow piles up to garrett county. michelle: for the rest of the area, the threat isn't snow. it's dangerous, potentially deadly cold. chief meteorologist

temperatures in the stormwatch7 weather center for us. bill: good evening, everyone. the cold front went through earlier. now the winds are out there and the temperatures are plummeting. we have snowshowers around. they are still in spots off to the west primarily. that bears watching. the big story are the temperatures. is the temperature. let me show you. the feels like number. the most real number for you when you add wind. what it feels like. 30 in d.c. that is dropping rapidly. 22 in leesburg. 16 in winchester. 16 in hagerstown. i want to run you through the hour-by-hour. start at 8:00. notice we are at 16 degrees in d.c. 12 in leesburg. if you are heading out, check out the lights or take family to dinner, even the car to the restaurant it's beyond cold. stop it at 9:00. you will notice we have the temperatures at this time, 8 in leesburg. five in hagerstown. down to 13 in d.c. luray is 3 degrees. we advance one more hour to take o

it was nearly below zero. we are pretty widespread. 4 in leesburg. 7 in d.c. 5 in andrews. if you take the kids to school or sit with them in the car until the bus arrives, please do that. 23 to 25, the temperature with the sunshine. but it will feel like the single digits. it would not take long for that to become dangerous not layered up. coming up, we will talk about the next snow maker. michelle: of course. right now is the time to prepare the home for the cold. you will find ways to do that and the complete forecast anytime on the stormwatch7 news app. alison: all right. developing now, a major hassle coming for redline commuters. that is after the metro found the source of a problem that snarled the