nancy: a winter blast bringing bitter cold. >> abc seven news. jonathan: breaking news from a major where intersection is shut down after a serious crash involving three cars. tom

to the scene and will have the latest in a live report in just a few minutes. first, we are on storm watch . it is freezing outside. nancy: that means record-setting snow totals, but in our area bone chilling cold. we start with stormwatch 7 chief meteorologist bill kelly. inathan: putting this perspective, we are seeing video of people digging out. bill: we don't have that, we don't have the minus temperatures, but 20 degrees in d.c. right now makes it the fourth coldest day of the entire year. you have to go back to mid-january to find a colder temperature. below like it was at international falls today. 18 frederick. the windchill of 6. we have a

feels-like temperature in hagerstown, getting close to the minus territory. if you have pets outside, please bring them inside, it will be in the single digits all night long. we do not have a rebound in sight, at least not a significant rebound. teens inton the tomorrow morning. then we warm into the mid-to-upper 20's. that is about it. i don't expect snow or bad weather, but it looks like the fourth coldest day so far all year, and it's going to last through at least the seven day. i will break down the specifics and the potential of snow coming up. jonathan: here it is the bitter cold, but some areas across the country they have been buried in snow. nancy: in the midwest and northeast, record-setting snowfall

team coverage now with video. affectedmillions are by frigid temperatures and ice and snow. in erie, pennsylvania, a snow plow truck driver got stuck and they are expecting more snow, with warnings advising residents to stay home. five people died and more that 100 were injured in a pileup, and a woman was rescued in upstate new york when she was trapped. in boston, an airplane slid all the way around on the tarmac. >> it started fishtailing and getting rough. in minneapolis, some ventured behind a frozen waterfall. it is beautiful, but dangerous. 19 states are dealing with wind chill warnings and advisories tonight. whether a winter storm

weather by downloading the stormwatch 7 weather app, free in the apple store and google play. back to the breaking news we are following in fairfax county, a horrible crash that shut down a busy intersection in herndon. tom roussey is live at the scene with what he has just learned from the police. tom: i just got this information moments ago. eight people taken to the hospital. apparently this was a police chase that led to this. one of the vehicles involved, a pickup truck which is damaged badly. minivan thato a was damaged even worse at this intersection of centreville road and frying pan road in herndon. this minivan was involved in the accident. from what i'm told come a total of eight people, one apparently taken by air to the hospital, the others taken by ground, including a police officer taken as well. there was

kind involved in this accident, involving the vehicles at this intersection. we don't have all the details, but that is what we know. centreville road and frying pan road completely shut down, a votto fairfax county police officers and a mobile command unit in the intersection. our chopper was over the scene when this happened. a number of people injured in this accident. we'll get more information from fairfax county police as the investigation goes on. the lastmation from few minutes was a total of seven people taken by ground, one flown under the hospital with serious injuries. of the seven people taken on the ground, one was a police officer. also, the suspect that apparently they were pursuing is among those in the hospital right now. that is the latest from the scene in fairfax county. tom roussey, abc 7 news. nancy:

with prosecutors to determine whether a homeowner who shot and killed a man outside of his home in chillum will face criminal charges. onte parkerwhen deno and another man tried to break into a car on sligo creek parkway. tonight we are hearing the 911 call. anna-lysa: neighbors say recently there has been a string of car break-ins in the notunity, so they were surprised to hear about another, but they were surprised to hear about the outcome. >> one shot in the head. servessa: a bullet hole as the reminder of the deadly encounter tuesday morning. the police say the owner of this house on sligo parkway pulled the driver from inside his house when he solved the 32-year-old, parker, breaking into his vehicle parked in his driveway. >>

suspect, advised they were trying to steal the truck. anna-lysa: parker was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting. neighbors say that several children were in the house at the time of the shooting. detectives are consulting with the state's attorney to determine if the homeowner's actions were justified. do you think the homeowner should be charged? >> i really want to know more what happened. he was defending his family, no, not at all. anna-lysa: detectives are reviewing surveillance video. they believe an additional suspect was with parker before the shooting. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. nancy: the police plan to charge the 17-year-old accused of killing a rest and couple once he is released from the hospital. that teenager remains in critical condition. the police say that he shot the couple in reston before turning the gun on himself. the couple had been trying to keep them away from his teenage

jonathan: a warning from d.c. police, keep a close look on your cars after you park them. aficers say there has been big increasing cars being stolen in one area. arebarber, these the use getting the car is because people are leaving their keys inside? thinkonathan, you would this would be common sense to not do this, but investigators say that some people are leaving their keys in the glove box, making it easier for criminals. >> ran to get some snacks. tim: we all know someone who has been targeted. car thieves. but recently, washington's second district from georgetown to friendship heights has seen an uptick in stolen vehicles. >> i believe it. tim: during the last 30 days, 17 vehicles have been

is more than double the amount from the same time last year. mpd says many vehicles were left unlocked, some even had a spare key left in the car. i mean, come on, you are asking to get your car stolen, basically. tim: investigators remind you that if you have a key father to start your car, -- a key fob, keep it away from your car so criminals cannot copy and then drive away. nancy: two people are in custody tonight after leading the police on a multistate chase. on the gwe to an end parkway near the arlington-mclean border. the police caught to people after they crashed into a guard rail, about 25 miles from where it started after montgomery police responded to reports of an armed robbery at a pizza shop in germantown. nobody was hurt in that robbery. jonathan: new

the fbi will not take over the investigation into the murder of a baltimore police detective. baltimore police asked the feds iters'estigate sean suters death. the fbi refused saying it was not connected with any probe of the department or any other case. he still said they would assist. turning 7 on your side up reports of dangerous working conditions at a manassas post office. employee say they are working up to 95 hours per week and dangerous condition and are not getting any overtime pay for it. are don't know how they doing this correctly. they are not being paid for the hours they worked. nancy: one workers shared pictures of a mail truck that caught on fire with him still inside. he said that a faulty door

left him briefly trapped inside. the postal workers are filing a complaint with their union. so far there has been no response from the u.s. postal service. jonathan: it is supposed be the happiest place on earth, but not everybody was smiling at disneyland. a massive power outage strata guests on broken rides. and a d.c. couple recounts the eight hour trip from lax, four hours up, back to lax. nancy: and new year's eve with the netflix. the video services helping parents.

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nancy: the police tonight looking for the armed robber caught on camera in the district. this was at a 7-eleven on eighth street north east over the weekend. and aered the clerk customer to the ground and cleared out the register.

i saw him pointing the gun. then i turned around and it was at my face. he said lie down there, i said lie down there. believe me, i lay down. the momentng crazier, the robbery happened minutes after a police officer left the store. if you know anything about the crime, investigators want to hear from you. jonathan: the power is back on and things are back to normal after an outage left some guests stranded on rides at disneyland. a park spokeswoman said the outage was the result of a transformer problem. nancy: we are hearing from passengers on the flight to nowhere, four hours into a tokyo-bound flight, an extra person was realized to be on board and the turn the airp

the airplane around. a local couple said they were only compensated about $265 from the airline. >> there is no compensation that can give us back today. the feeling of turning around in the middle of the flight is no better. supermodel christie teagan was on board with her husband, john legend, and she was on board tweeting, "why did we all get punished for this one person's mistake?" jonathan: we are ready know that russia used social media to try to influence the 2016 election. facebook is rolling out a tool that allows users to check if they like door follow the pages created by a russian troll farm. all you do is login and it will tell you if he interacted with any russian posts. it is only available on desktop computers right now, no catch.

today is random drawing for the 94th district seat in virginia has been postponed with no new date set. the democratic candidate does not want the ballot to be counted because it was not originally counted. winter,s decided the the statehouse we evenly split 50/50. there is a new in visor he from the irs about prepaid property taxes. hundreds lined up in fairfax hoping to pay their 2018 property taxes on this year's return by paying early. that is because a $10,000 state is local tax to reduction set, but the iris says that you can only prepay if you have the assessment. fairfax officials have not sent assessments yet and are now looking into options for a refund. getting: crews are ready to ring in the new year in new york city. nancy: they were working to

on the big ball in times square, a big job with more than 2,600. crystals jonathan: that will shine thanks to the led lights on the famous new year's ball. butly carotid and freezing, if your kids want to get it on the excitement, that is fine, but you do not let them stay up until midnight, netflix is here to help, offering kid friendly new year's countdown's that make any time, even bedtime, feel like midnight. just turn on the video, countdown the last 10 seconds a few hours early. nancy: i like that. jonathan: hopefully they are asleep and they won't know the difference. bill: but daddy, it is still bright outside. locally, will be very cold new year's night. degrees, around 19, 20 similar to right now when the clock hits midnight. 20

gaithersburg 15, martinsburg 14. add the wind and we have single digits. it is the fourth coldest temperature so far this year. we still have a little time until midnight. you have to go all the way back to january to find temperatures colder than tonight. pittsburgh is zero. the goose egg in columbus, high-level clouds moving by. no weather related problems other than it being absolutely frigid tonight. even in january this would be a frigid night. bring in the pats, cover up the hoses and spigots because it will be a deep freeze lasting into the seven day forecast -- bring in the pets. noontime, have the sunglasses, bright blue skies, passing clouds. a dry, beautiful day -- from the inside looking out.

layers, and feet warmers, even coffee in the thermos. tomorrow night, same thing, clouds rolling through, bitter cold. overnight lows generally 12 to 1 8. tomorrow, 27, that is it turned up not a record for the coldest high of the day. we have numbers may be above freezing friday, 34. all the other numbers are at or below freezing. the record for the coldest high of the day? 27 tomorrow. the records for those are generally in the teens, so we are not close to them. saturday the next snow potential. new year's day, just a 30% chance, does not look like a lot of moisture. bitter cold air remains into the beginning of next year, subfreezing temperatures

it will be quite some stretch with bitter cold air. nancy: bill, thank you. you may notice more in front of the white house, crews cutting back a large portion of a 200-year-old magnolia tree for safety. that was planted during andrew jackson's presidency, but the wood had been rotting and they said it was too dangerous to leave it. jonathan: they will replant it with a similar tree. inspiring people across america in arlington.

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