autria: mrs. codec, the husky >>> that major winter bomb cyclone of snow and ice exploding right now. slamming the east coast. blizzard warnings from north carolina to maine. cars spinning out this morning. a police officer rescued and ice possibly causing this train derailment down south as parts of the atlantic ocean freeze over. schools in new york, philly and boston shut down. thousands of flights canceled. now more than a foot of snow is coming and the coldest air of the season is moving in. we're live up and down the coast tracking this monster storm. >>> and a storm brewing in the white house over that bombshell new book. president trump's lawyers demand steve bannon cease and desist after the f

autria? autria: breaking this morning, a townhouse in flames. larry: suzanne kennedy is in laurel, where it is a busy scene. suzanne: here in the 7800 block of carissa lane where a fire started just after 4:00 this morning. where the fire started, authorities telling us that it spread to the first floor out of that unit, coming for adults and two children. in the unit next door they are also impacted. authority saying that there were two it all to and one child and then off to the left year, this unit also taking a look over here you can see a significant number of firefighters on the scene here. firefighters called in from another county to assist. no injuries here, authorities telling us they are trying to you the situation wrapped up as soon as possible. it's her difficult for firefighters and the tenants to be out here in this cold. reporting in laurel, suzanne kennedy. larry: in southeast, people forced out of their homes when of apartment caught fire. despite the extreme cold causing problems for firefighters, the fire was contained to the

autria: it is cold. on the lot.want to take you out to ryan hughes as we leave you this morning. this is the commute. he tries to make his way to ocean city, maryland. we will check in with him to see what conditions are like there, after they got pummeled during the winter storm. >>> good morning, america. digging out from the deadly storm. more than a foot of snow slamming the east coast. ferocious waves flooding cities trapping drivers. entire streets of cars stuck in freezing water. a family scooped from the roof of their home. now a dangerous antarctic blast moving in. windchills plunging to 50 below zero. all that snow and water turning into treacherous ice. >>> a new storm brewing in the white house over the russia investigation. reports president trump tried to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself as special counsel robert mueller investigates obstruction of justice. this as fallout grows over that bombshell book. the president calls his former

autria: i am autria godfrey. eileen: the kids waiting at the bus stop this morning will not be shivering that much. degrees right nown jacket-worthy,y but areawide, above freezing. by drop-off, 50 one. for kids at the bus stop, it will be dry. is when we seeh showers develop. the high temperature peaks at 55 at 4:00. overnight, temperatures climb and we enjoy 65 tomorrow. then back to winter this weekend . we will talk about the rain chances in 10 minutes. gettingn the roads, busy. we talked about the stalled car inbound route 4 at the suitland parkway slowing down your ride. checking for the stalled car inbound new york avenue from heads up as you travel on new york avenue past south dakota continuing in the direction of the third street tunnel. also the crash northbound toward near the scenic overlook. this is headed in the direction of the cia and watch out for rescuers responding there. the crash in springfield before the beltway tying up the left lane. stacking up out of newington towards 495. in 10 minutes,

autria: a death in waldorf. police trying to identify the woman found dead along old washington road. locate your screen. they hope these tattoos can help them find who this woman is. a black woman in her 30's with a design on her right inner wrist, a cherub on her shoulder. call police if you know who she might be. larry: a deadly crash on branch avenue in a woman was hit by an suv. was only quatro blocks from the one that happened wednesday night at saint barnabas road. developing overnight, trump's profanity making waves across the world. autria: the white house, not denying the comments. suzanne kennedy has more. suzanne: good morning. we are not going to repeat the language used and the white house is not denying it. the president saying he did not eant immigrants from s-hol countries coming into the united states. he was talking about immigrants haiti, el salvador, and other african countries. he said he would like to see more immigrants from countries such as norway. all of this putting in jeopay reformin

autria: deadly mudslides.nna: the destructive wave of mud came in the same area devastated by recent wildfires. the floods have killed 13 people and injured others. responders are in the area. the amount of debris is massive. ellen degeneres posted this picture on her social media of the 101 outside her neighborhood. picture. hope is this a rescue helicopter flying right over a rainbow. larry: the cold snap having an effect on schools. classes are canceled that george washington middle school in alexandria today because of a pipe burst. george washington is one of at least three schools dealing with heating problems. >> they were in there with hats and gloves on in classrooms. it is appalling and something should be done. larry: have school delays and up dates around the clock for you on the abc 7 mobile up. plowa: feeling after a truck is accused of driving drunk and banging three cars with the plow. he blew a .37 when he was pulled over. he has also been arrested before for a dui. no one was hurt. eileen: lo

autria: yes. larry: i agree. take it away. autria: one thing you do need your phone for today is the stormwatch7 weather app for what is ahead. eileen: bingo! one, it has the school closings on there. it has a look at our live doppler radar. it will give you push alerts if there are updates to the winter weather advisory. it is going to be your friend on the go. i do want to start with the bigger picture. we are talking about the wintry weather later this afternoon, freezing rain. iser this week, the thaw coming. it is going to feel like a heat wave. we will be sticking with those above average temperatures. we drop sunday of this weekend. 31 degrees in frostburg. that is a sign of what is coming as we get milder temperatures starting to move in from west to east. 23, beltsville. 21 in fauquier county. remington feeling a little bit colder, we have a little bit of a breeze out there. dry getting into work this morning. after lunchtime, we start to see that light, freezing rain developing. watch out for to the slick spots. the

autria: back here.arizona family has filed a lawsuit saying the 4-year-old died from an injection after a visit from the dentist. and this morning's gma first look, an arizona family filed a wrongful death over the death of their four-year-old daughter. the parents say they took their daughter to the dentist in arizona for a routine tooth extraction. the family says they took a back the next day because of a fever and were sent home. the dentist told them the child would be fine. days letter -- days later, she spokesperson for the dentist strongly denied the allegation claiming there was no relationship tween the dental care and the child's death. >> i want them to pay attention to what they are doing. >> we will tell you more about this story coming up. >> now, "good morning washington" on your side. autria: your morning commute is a mess. larry: dealing with ice and fog and it wouldn't be a autria: eileen whelan and julie are busy and we are also receiving school closures. closed alongty is with frede

larry, autria back to you. howard university is urging students not to return from winter break until sunday, because not to return from winter break until sunday, because some dorms have no heat. but for some students, that warning came too late. returned to campus early. and they're stunned about what they've had to deal with. howard university officials say there are problems with boilers and ruptured steam pipes in several buildings. crews are racing to restore heat by the time students return. the campus is closed today and tomorrow, because of a lack of heat. coming up -- a fake 9-1-1 call leads to police killing a man. how it happened and details on the person accused of making the call. plus -- here's a look at your stormwatch 7 weather on the go. unlike ordinary toothpaste, colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, eeks and gums. giving you the confidence of a healthier mouth. colgate total. be totally ready for life. locally-owned novec keeps the power d

autria: let's get started with the reason for the water main breaks. eileen: this morning, we are already waking up to dry temperatures. the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 1:00

autria: rain today. winter tomorrow. eileen

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autria: breaking this morning, forced out into the cold. to overnight fires. rescues having all you were asleep. this: we are on your side morning with the efforts to keep your kids safe and warm on your way to class. two jackpots, hundreds of millions of dollars, up for grabs. the new headline overnight about one of those massive rises. -- prizes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] autria: heads up, parents, multiple school systems close -- with two-hour delays this morning. take a close look at your screen. they are all operating on a two hour delay this morning. an extra two hours to try to warm up and get going. it is going to be tough on this wednesday. veronica, how bad is it? veronica: tho

autria: "good morning washington" washington was on the scene.:00 a.m. both vessels now have sunk in the po tomic river. no one was hurt and as soon as we find out what caused the fire, we will let you know. larry: a new clue in the search for the brother of a retired montgomery county firefighter. police believe 65-year-old daniel dehaven may have been dropped off in gambrills. he is non-verbal and suffers from dementia. he was last scene on a camera in beltsville. autria: let's get a check of your forecast with eileen whelan. eileen? >> it is cold but we have a big-time warm-up in our forecast. our winter weather advisory going into effect around lunchtime this afternoon. as i take you hour by hour, temperatures will continue climbing up to about 31 degrees by lunchtime. but any time after lunchtime, we'll start to see the risk of some freezing rain. even though temperatures will be above freezing the road surfaces well below freezing. so we could have some icy spots but angela, this warm-up late week, looking fine. angela: beltway blues in mon

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autria: those roads and a bitter closing schools today. fairfax, loudon, prince william and frederick county schools closed today. arlington county schools are on a two hour delay. larry: montgomery and anne arundel county on a two hour delay. st. mary's and calvert county schools have closed. kids in d.c.,e schools are opening on time. get up and get going. list of closures and delays on the bottom of the screen.

autria: good morning.am will outline his legislative priorities ahead of the new session beginning tomorrow. he will work with a dramatically reshape legislature after a democratic wave shook up the balance of power in the house. is set for 9:45 this morning in richmond. he takes office on saturday. another honor for three local blind triplets. right here ons good morning washington. they recently became the first blintr eagle scouts. tonight, they will be awarded with scholarships under the scholarship for eagles program. we want to get an update on your weather. eileen whelan is tracking fog. eileen: that's right. information to pass along. national weather service extending the dense fog advisory the closed in metro. we will see visibility at less than a quarter of a mile in the next hour. then the sun comes out and the fog is gone. up to 60 degrees on friday. late week, we will need rain showers. early saturday and then the cold comes back by sunday. more sunshine peeking through the clouds. julie: wes

good morning washington im autria godfrey. and im larry smith - a lot of school delays this mornin because of those icy roads. we've got the full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen. toss to eileen watch for ice & patchy fog early this morning - first day above 40 since christmas - warming late week; 60 by friday - much needed rain thursday through saturday morning - back to the cold by sunday sunny. seasonable. highs: 43-49 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. cold. lows: 22-26 winds: n 5 mph wednesday: mostly cloudy. seasonable. highs: 42-47 winds: se 5 mph new this morning. alabama -- crowned alabama -- crowned the kings of college football -- again! the crimson tide pulled off an epic comeback to beat georgia in the national title game in atlanta. and this game was a tale of two halfs. georgia dominated the first half - leaving alabama scoreless. they led at half time 13 to nothing. but in the second half alabama head coach nick saban benched his starting quarterback for a true freshman who did not

and i'm autria godfrey. lets get right to this winter weather-- impacting everything in our area.d newport news and norfolk is completely cancelled today! amtrak is also operating a modified schedule between new york and boston. and the board at reagan national is showing more and more red. it's a similar story up and down the east coast. about 3-thousand flights are canceled today,

autria: breaking overnight. a dangerous joyride. a cup car that was stolen and the head-on collision. there he co-and the decision on .gov. with that decision means for thousands of immigrants. isria: eileen whelan tracking where some of us will be getting into the 40's today. anth

autria: a 2-year-old is missing overnight.heffield was seen tuesday afternoon with his father who does not have custody. might be driving an older model acura four-door blue car with tent on the windows. if you have seen him or his young son, police want to hear from you. a town hall at howard university will be held to address recent problems after the wave of cold. issues have been plaguing several buildings. spring semester classes had to be delayed until tuesday. the meeting starts at three :00 this afternoon. providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. verizon doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. verizon, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. verizon, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. eileen: it is dry and cloudy. temperatures in the upper 30's. 47 our lunch. 54 by 3:0

autria: just last month, -- adrianna: just last month, a two-year-old boy died after getting a crown and feel at the same location. wrongdoing.denies a powerful storm pounding the west. thousands are forced to evacuate as concerns about flooding and mudslides mount in the same areas devastated by recent wildfires. matt gutman is in the middle of all of it. matt: the first major winter rainstorm lashing the same parts of california scorched by wildfire in the fall. the soil in place. >> there is nothing slowing it down. matt: right now thousands are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. fears over landslides growing. hay, and using sand, sheets of plastic. this family is facing its second mandatory evacuation in less than a month. we first met them in december -- cars packed, as the thomas fire tour through. >> what are you afraid of? is it slowing? matt: now leaving again. it was little macy's first day back at school since the fires. the family is arming itself with sandbags and makeshift waterways, hoping to fight off another disaster. >> would be devastating -- absolute

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autria: ken calvert county, we find john gonzalez come alive. johnny g?ve been working so hard. there are getting in for a little bit of a break and refueling for another round. like i mentioned, still coming down in southern maryland. i stepped on this about an hour ago. visibility is very poor at this hour. for on a could johnson, it is not just the snow. it is the howling wind. veronica: it is that howling wind we are going to have to deal with not only for later today, but for friday and even saturday. the winter weather advisory -- they think those will come down early. the snow. it is pulling out of here quickly. the storm will move off the coast. still intensifying, but moving away. highest today in the mid to upper 20's. if the kids are going to try to go sled riding or tubing, they will have to dress up in a couple of layers, kos windchills are going to be in the teens today and single digits by early tomorrow morning at the bus stop. julie: not a bad ride for those coming up the road. some trouble here to the west on 66 after the beltway. a trac

and i'm autria godfrey. lets get right to this winter weather-- impacting everything in our area. first up -- delays and cancellations on amtrak. northeast regional service between d-c and newport news and norfolk is completely cancelled today! amtrak is also operating a modified schedule between new york and boston. and the board at reagan national is showing more and more red. it's a similar story up and down the east coast. about 3-thousand flights are canceled today, com. more than 2-thousand are delayed right now. if you have a trip scheduled -- the airlines are being flexible. all the major carriers have travel alerts in place. that means -- you can change or cancel your tickets at no cost. dozens of schools are closed or delayed in and around the d-m-v this morning. prince william and spotsylvania county schools are closed. prince george's.. fairfax county and d-c public schools have a two hour delay. you can also see the full list scrolling on the bottom of your screen. we have team stormwatch coverage. eileen whelan is on the road in storm track. but we start with veronic