alert in effect-- freezing temperatures outside right now-- and later, it will be even colder. our stormwatch weather team tracking the bitter cold, and checking conditions as you hit the road. good morning washington. i'm larry smith. and i'm adrianna hopkins, in for autria godfrey. toss to eileen winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33

and cold. lows: 12-18 winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph this winter weather

is not just delivering cold temperatures here. several states now dealing with historic snow and this winter weather

is not just delivering cold temperatures here. several states now dealing with historic snow and icy roads-- just as millions travel home after christmas. abc's serena marshall continues our coverage, in nortwest. do not get caught unprepared for the elements. download the unprepared for the elements. download the

weather app to get updates and alerts based on your location. it's on google play and the app store. 5:xx and we're following breaking news in the district. a man found dead inside a home on bryant street northeast. it happened around three this morning. d-c police say the man shot multiple times. right now they have only a vague suspect description. an update now on a unsettled state house race in virginia.

settled today. a random drawing to settle the tied race is delayed. no replacement date has been picked. at issue is the disputed last vote counted, which came after republicans argued it should be included. the democrat wants the vote thrown out -- giving her the win. that would also give democrats an even split in richmond. if you were driving on i-95 in virginia last night and got caught up in a huge backup-- we now know what caused the problems. a big-rig fire right by route one in lorton shut down all northbound lanes for a while! it's actually reignited a couple of times. sky trak 7 showing the backup just growing throughout the evening. the driver of that truck made it out-- he's o.k. happening today-- loved ones will hold a funeral for a lorton mother and son-- killed in a tragic tour bus crash in mexico. anna behar and her 11 year-old son daniel will be laid to rest this afternoon at temple rodef

church. behar's husband was also on the bus, but survived the crash. a mexican state prosecutor said preliminary evidence suggests the bus may have been speeding. today's funeral starts at 12:30. coming up-- a reston couple gunned down-- in their home over the holidays. police releasing new dispatch audio, from officers responding to the scene. at 5:xx time for a

forecast. toss to eileen winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 12-18 winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph there is still a lot ahead on good

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police in troy, new york are investigating the discovery of four bodies. a property manager found the victims yesterday afternoon.. in a basement apartment. police have not released any details about them. but they call the deaths suspicious. and they're investigating them as possible homicides. state police are

assisting in the investigation. they've sent evidence technicians and computer crime specialists to the scene.. to help city police. developing now.. a teen who allegedly killed his girlfriend's parents in reston, then shot himself, remains in critical condition. scott fricker and his wife, buckley kuhn fricker, were fatally shot friday. buckley's mother says the couple's 16-year-old daughter let her boyfriend into the house. and she says when the parents told him to leave, he shot them. the girl's parents had tried to keep her away from her

"the washington post" reports, they'd found retweets of messages attributed to him praising hitler, and calling for white revolution. right now, d-c police are searching for this man -- described as a "person of interest" connected to a deadly shooting in southeast over the weekend. police found 22-year-old maleak coffin unconscious saturday inside a vehicle on martin luther king junior avenue in southeast. he was pronounced dead yesterday at a local hospital. a security camera captured this man running away and at one point even shooting-- your asked to call police if you have any information that may lead to an arrest. an update on that devastating fire on christmas night that gutted the mount vernon antique center.. the building is a total loss. it was home to about 30 antique dealers. customers and vendors came by yesterday.. to take a look at the damage. no one was injured in the fire. it's still unclear

but investigators believe it started on the second floor.. near the back of the building. investigators will return to the scene this morning. new fallout after leaked emails... revealed crude and demeaning comments, about miss america contestants -- reportedly sent by the organization's c-e-o! 2013 "miss america" mallory hagan, a target of many of those e-mails, is speaking out against the pageant. saying she felt belittled about her love life and weight. the organization's top leaders have resigned. former c-e-o sam haskell says -- those emails were published out of context. time now for weather winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick,

counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 12-18

thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph coming up--

up in the northeast. our stormwatch 7 weather team has more on the conditions there-- and what we can expect here in the dmv

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winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 12-18 winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph

new developments in two contested elections in virginia!

random drawing to settle a tied race for the state house delayed. it was scheduled for today.... no replacement date has been picked. at issue is the disputed last vote counted, which came after republicans argued it should be included. the democrat wants the vote thrown out -- giving her the win-- and an even split in richmond. in addition... democrat joshua cole won't contest his loss to republican bob thomas in the 28th district. that race was decied by 73 votes. some stafford and fredericksburg area voters were given the wrong ballot. only on abc 7... two purple line construction workers... with a frightening encounter, inside a vacant house-- slated for demolition! they were held at

police say - four of those gang members used the silver spring house - as a crash pad. that house has since been torn down - but there are now warning signs... telling workers that the "buddy system" is required for entry. thankfully, neither purple line workers were hurt. our web team has posted the exclusive story online... you can access that through the w-j-l-a abc 7 news app. here's your stupid criminal story of the day - a man in florida is under arrest for punching an atm becuase it gave him too much money! back in november -- michael oleksik was spotted on surveillance footage striking the touch screen of a wells fargo atm. he says he was just angry the atm was giving him too much money and did not know what to do. after coming to his senses he called wells fargo and apologized for the damage.

arrested and charged with criminal mischief. by now-- you've probably seen this video. a space-x rocket-- lighting up the night sky in california. most people didnt know a launch was happening-- and this mesmerizing moment caused a lot of confusion on the ground, and on social media. abc's matt gutman has more. the time is 5:xx.. and

still ahead on good morning washington.. tis' the season-- flu season that is. and even if you got the vaccine.. the c-d-c is issuing a strong warning. the details.. coming up.

weather alert... record snowfall in erie pennsylvania. you might have heard about it, but look at this. 34 inches christmas day... and then another couple of feet tuesday! this shatters state records dating back to 19-56. and it's not done yet... the lake-effect snow threat continues today. winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning slick spots with flurries/light snow showers (nothing falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold.

winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph

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now. president trump -- on his holiday retreat at his his luxurious mar-a-lago resort in florida. but he says this is a "working vacation". and before hitting the golf course-- he sounded off on twitter, bashing the fbi. kenneth moton has more from west palm beach. happening right now-- police want to happening right now-- police want to

them track down this man and woman -- after a deadly stabbing on christmas. take a look at your screen. investigators say the man got into a fight with two people inside a columbia convenience store, then stabbed them. he and a woman then fled the scene in a maroon jeep. police are offering a reward of up to 5-thousand dollars for information on their identities and

seven is on your side with an important health reminder this morning. the c-d-c is telling the public to take extra precautions as it sees a dramatic spike in flu cases. with the holidays in full swing, and families traveling and getting together-- the flu is running rampant across nearly two dozen states. and even if you got the flu shot-- you're still not in the clear. doctors say this year's vaccine is only 10- percent effective. although the vaccine isn't as effective as in previous years-- it can make the symptoms milder if you do get sick. we want to update an abc 7 exclusive... the arrest after a horse and buggy accident in saint mary's county on christmas night. the man holding the reigns of that carriage in mechanicsville, is now clinging to life. still no word on any potential charges for the man who police say never stopped, but came back later that night. a d-c teacher is demanding an apology -- after she says - she was bumped, from a first-class seat -- for a congresswoman. jean-marie simon was heading home...

last week. she says -- she used 140-thousand miles to get the ticket. but united said -- her seat was assigned to someone else. the airline offered her a 500-dollar voucher - and a seat in coach. texas congresswoman, sheila jackson lee responded to the incident on facebook - saying that she believes she was an easy target, because she is african american. simon says she would have been mad if anyone took her seat-- including santa claus. she is now demanding a written apology from united. the airline tells us - it gave simon a verbal apology last week -- and it believes simon deleted the last segment of her flight, by accident. two men in south dakota are thrilled to find out they're brothers. omi shulte and t.j. wright were each adopted by different families. the two recently met at a non-profit ranch that helps troubled boys. and they felt an unusual bond.

oh'-me and t.j. told staff members at the ranch, they thought they might be related. the boys then took a blood test. it revealed, there's a 99-point-nine percent chance they share both parents. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. winter weather advisory until 11am for frederick, montgomery, and loudoun counties - isolated early morning

falling as of this writing -- very dry air to overcome) - cold is the big weather story across much of the country; including the dmv - arctic blast to ring in new year's (sub-freezing temperatures!) today: isolated flurries, snow showers early. clouds give way to sun. cold and breezy. highs: 29-33 winds: nw 5-15 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 12-18 winds: nw 5-15 mph thursday: partly cloudy. unseasonably cold. highs: 25-29 winds: nw 5-10 mph kidd o'shea in the now..

rapper t.i. is spreading a little christmas cheer. rapper t.i. is spreading a little christmas cheer. this video posted on social media shows t.i. entering an atlanta-area target on sunday. he calls for all single mothers to follow him -- then heads for the cash register. t.i. pays for all of their chrima

tthe bill- roughly 20 thousand dollars. how did "all the money in the world" director ridley scott cast christopher plummer as a last-minute replacement for scandal-plagued kevin spacey? we are now learning how he pulled it off in secrecy. a story in

ridley scott had called casting agencies looking for an actor to play a 90 year old man, everyone would of known that kevin spacey was being replaced. that's when you call "wonder woman" to the rescue -- or, rather, "wonder woman" director patty jenkins, who put out the casting call for a role in a t-v series she's developing. the ruse worked, ridley got his reshoots and christopher plummer, and co-star michelle williams all got golden globe nominations. what do rich people get each other for christmas? well if you're kim and kanye, you give money. kim

adrianna: a winter weather alert. parts of the d.c. area waking up to flurries. everyone is feeling the freeze this morning. stormwatch sesame and is watching the bitter cold end of 2017. than four feet of snow near the great lakes. it is not stopping any times 10. the question is, how close does it get to us? eileen whelan is here. the snow is a little close. this cold is here. eileen: it is going to get progressively colder into the weekend and new year. let's get you started with the winter weather advisory.