this is springfield road in bethesda -- springfield drive. if you look at it this has been plowed been passed through pretty much. it's passable be stopping can be the issue. slush is the order of the day. look at ag den street here a plow came through here within the last five or ten minutes. it doesn't look the same as springfield, still passable but again, slush is the issue. now, of course on the roads it's a whole different story. take a look. this is the scene earlier this morning. we had a plow going out. then we caught up with someone who left their car overnight. a lot of those cars got stuck on the side of the road and prudently decided to leave them there. now is the time to dig out. we talked to a man who was just getting his car out this morning. >> you're doing a good deechltd i went to work yesterday to take care of my patients. i didn't expect it to snow much later than it did and i got stuck. >> reporter: he was an orthopedic surgeon, a doctor some of the folks that had to be on the road. even if you had to be out for good in

we know the fire broke out after 3:00 this morning on dudley lane just off rockville pike in bethesda. we want to check back with news 4's derrick ward there. >> reporter: as you can see, the cleanup has already begun there. crews are putting plywood up and starting to assess the damage. we're told preliminarily it could be close to $1 million. take a look at the scene earlier this morning. it was about 3:00 a.m. when the fire broke out. at the height of this thing the flames were high enough and bright enough to be seen from the other side of the road. that's fortunate because they couldn't be seen from inside the apartment. it was a resident or a guest at the marriott hotel that first called 911 to alert folks this fire was going on. it seems to have started in a drier vent outside the building. the people inside the units weren't immediately aware what was going on. fortunately by the time firefighters got there, they were outside of the apartment. they had gotten themselves out and none of them were injured. however, there were a couple, shall we say, minor injuries on the part of

4 to 8-inch band is going to be pretty prevalent either side of i-66 and up through the beltway, bethesda, maybe even up to rockville. now to the south, that's the bull's eye, culpeper and la plata and fredericksburg. you folks will get 8 to 12 inches and i think that's going to be a lot especially into southern maryland. to the north cumberland and hagerstown probably 3 to 6 inches, probably even frederick as well, so a little less to the north. legitimate snow. critical hours essentially now through 7 a.m. it's a very dry snow, easier to sweep away and easier on your back to shovel. bull's eye south and east of town and a general 4 to 8 inches on the way. we'll pick up some cities here. bowie 6 inches, downtown 7 inches on the terrace, leesburg 5, fairfax kind of in the middle, so 6 inches, bethesda sort of in the middle 7 inches. it's so dry we'll get more bang for the buck, so to speak. that's why we think we'll get a lute fluffy snow. on the impact meter not as high, probably around a four because we're coming off a three-day holiday. it's going to occur mainly overnight. everybody i

it was between river road and the i-270 spur in bethesda. take a look at the video we were able to get our hands on. several people had to be rescued in their cars. two ems workers were hit by a car as they were trying to rescue the people. they were taken to the hospital in serious condition. montgomery county fire says at least six others were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries but no one was killed. no word on the the snow played a role in this crash. >>> you've got a few hours left to sign up for health insurance through the affordable care act. today is the deadline. if you live in the district, you sign up through d.c. health link. several churches will help people sign up today. we've posted all the locations on our website. search d.c. health. if you live in maryland, you can use the state's health connection website. virginians can use healthcare.gov to sign up. >>> you might have had some trouble signing up on healthcare.gov yesterday. that's because there's a glitch. it wouldn't allow people to verify their income electr

we caught up with people at stroh's in bethesda today. the ice melt and shovels were the big attractions. it's the kind of day store managers count on. >> we've been selling product but not like we did last year, so we didn't buy as much as we did last year obviously, but we did take a gamble and try to buy half of what we bought. this is what we're waiting for. >> even though salt is a big seller today managers at stroh's ordered about 100,000 pounds of ice melt this year. last year they went through twice as much. >> we are expanding our news coverage ahead of tonight's storm. after wusa9 news at 7:00 we will continue bringing you news and information on www.wusa9.com as well as our digital channel 9.2. you can even chat with us online if you want to. also our wusa9 news gets started a half hour earlier tomorrow beginning at 4 a.m. meteorologist howard bernstein and the rest of the morning team will have everything you need to know to get out the door on time or not at all depending on cancellations. you can monitor the weather and clos

i we continue to coverage of bethesda tonight. >> this was the scene as we hit 66 going west. blinding snow and pavement barely visible with traffic slowing to a crawl. wind was powerful enough to toss around roadside. there was a nice white blanket covering everything. so much snow that the county has declared a snow emergency. even with the cold and the snow and the wind downtown bethesda was fighting against this, and many headed to max brenner's for sweet chocolate fondue even though it was no easy task. >> was pretty crazy out there on the road tomorrow. >> but it was worth it right? >> of course it is worth it, because i love her and she is worth everything. >> that was really nice. >> he earns a gold star. >> especially when i was sliding down the road and screaming, i think i deserve a gold star for that. >> i come from upstate new york, so this is like summer. >> there is an emergency warning in effect which means that you will be fined ticketed, or towed if you park along these designated streets and roads. it is really icing up and if you can, just stay home. kimber

jay korff is live in bethesda with the story. >> this can really be a terrifying time in these children's lives. when they come to the children's unit at nih, they have created a home away from home for these families. tonight, they took time away from their treatment. there is a feeling of a party to celebrate the national up session with pro football. but this event is like no other super bowl bash you have been to. sunday night, the children's inn hosted a super bowl party. >> go seahawks! >> for patients and their parents. >> we are just fighting and being strong. >> her six-year-old son, colten, is undergoing therapy. and he is a big patriots fan. >> tom brady, come on, now. >> as soon as we got home, we got a call saying that i had leukemia. >> an>> acute leukemia. they stay here while undergoing experimental therapy at nih. the story here is not about a game. it is about a place that makes the impossible a little easier. >> the children's inn is a great place for the families. >> so that children can focus on getting better and resume childhood at home. >> hoping to get colten on a

as he move this out over the next half hour, oakton at 5:54, fairfax 5:56, bethesda, 6:07 and d.c. around 6:22. in about the next half hour to 45 minutes through the metro and again coming down very heavily. we are see something of the roadways that are starting to get snow covered, especially those secondary roads. that moves on through, and then the cold air moves through. we have the winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 tonight. then we have the windchill advisory that goes into effect overnight too. temperatures 33 in d.c. down to 28 now in dulles. we'll continue to watch out for that. take a look, back to the west the snow is starting. amelia segal has been in it for the last hour or so. you're just tracking this thing right on in amelia. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, doug. we're still on route 7 heading toward reston. our plan is to then head toward the beltway and track this line as it moves through the district. looking outside right now the snow is reducing visibilities to about a quarter to half a mile, and we are seeing potentially some slick spots starting to d

jackie benson is live in bethesda with details. jackie? >> reporter: doreen this fire department draws many volunteers from the ranks of local college students often pre-med students who want to serve the community even though the job does have a great risk involved. when an ambulance rolls out of the fire department station on massachusetts avenue in bethesda there are often volunteer emergency medical technicians on board. sidney marshall who just turned 20 and tom, were onboard responding to a car crash on the inner loop near river road. the weather was terrible and winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. still pictures from the scene show the catastrophic aftermath of what happened as the four-member ambulance crew tended ps from the original crash. a white toyota car role la on the shoulder. the driver of a red ford f-150 pickup truck lost control and collided with the toyota and marshal and shriver. one of the other emts called for help. >> we were on the right shoulder and there are two member who is are down. >> reporter: john wither

we have been checking out the streets in bethesda. mola joins us tonight. >> reporter: because of the ice, as you can see, the ice that is covering the sidewalks, the rain that is falling and the slush that is covering the streets, it kept people at home and gave people fits throughout the area all day long. >> reporter: woodley road is a microcosm of d. c. seems everything that happened in the district happened on this unsuspecting side street off connecticut avenue and northwest. they found people shoveling snow, building snow men, walking their dogs. spinning their tires. >> we're on this hill. a lot of cars are slipping and sliding around. seen anyone hit anyone. >> reporter: it took about five minutes for us to see four vehicles spin out, get stuck, and need a push. >> it's been really rough. any time it snows in the district, i always try to make peace with my creator. >> the weather god's answered around 7:00 after the snow slowed and the accumulation died down. the plows seemed to attack the roads. still, main thoroughfares fr

let's give a look at conditions in bethesda. cloudy skies there with a light east-northeasterly wind. don't know if we'll see much sunshine sunshine. there's a clearing trend in some breaks as far and west. cloudy and cold day. precipitation this morning pushed well to the southeast of the metro area. 36 degrees at reagan national and 34 in frederick. 35 degrees in quantico at this hour. we'll see the possibility of a little sun breaking through the clouds later. 43 is the top number and some areas may stay in the upper 30's. at least it will be well above freezing. and the increasing northerly wind is 10 to 15 miles per hour will start to dry things out a bit. we'll come back and talk about a little warmer day for a day and a half. and then the next arctic front that will slam through the area on thursday. we'll talk again shortly. jummy, back to you. >> see you then doug. thank you. developing now sleeping in and starting later. public officials will vote today on a plan to delay those start times for students. mike conneen is

a man who helped install a new heating system in a bethesda home is accused of breaking in and robbing its owners. robert hartley and his alleged accomplice are accused of breaking into the home armed with a baseball bat. that's when the two came face to face with the owners. police say they told the owners that we respect you, it's just that the economy sucks. the men are accused of taking $10,000 in cash and rare coins. some of those coins were found in hartley's home. still ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, a paralyzing ice storm hits the deep south. see if it has any impact on our area. >> a warning from president obama as thousands of homeland security workers face possible furloughs. and next what abc 7 uncovered about smoke incidents this weekend on metro that has >> new concerns tonight over the safety of metro passengers after multiple smoke incidents in metro tunnels over the weekend. they come one month after a woman was killed when smoke filled a train near l'enfant plaza. stephen tschida reports on the new frustration for passengers and first responders. >> coming through. >> i

southern fairfax could get a little bit more than that bethesda we'll say 7 inches n. is by tomorrow morning. sterming probably 6 inches -- sterling probably 6 inches but 10 inches in waldorf. frederick only 4 inches and oxon hill about 6 inches. the farther south you go because the air is so cold, we're not talking about any kind of precipitation type. it's all snow. bad for snowballs g for shoveling. -- good for shoveling. where is it now? >> we've been watching the storm as it comes out of the mississippi and tennessee valleys. the blue is the heavier snow. we'll get into some of that later on. right now i want to show you it looks like it's snowing in a lot of spots n. is virga. stanton just about charlottesville. not reaching the ground yet but i think this line gets to here in about two and a half hours the way we're going now. a very cold day with highs in the low 20s with the snow developing. so topper just mentioned the fluff factor. 15, maybe 21 -- 20-1 snow ratios. we have the snow developing mid- to late afternoon east. heavy snow showers possible wednesday

in bethesda, diane cho, abc 7 news. >> coming up a new health concern on the campus of the university of virginia. what doctors are saying about mumn pleases -- mumps at the school. plus, singer bobby brown has released a statement about his daughter who is in a medically induced coma at this hour. his message to fans. and it's news drivers don't want to hear after falling for months gas prices are creeping back up. >> it could be tuesday before we know the professional fate of montgomery county school superintendent joshua starr. within the last hour the board of education released a statement saying it and starr are still discussing his future with the district. starr faced a deadline to apply for another four-year contract. reports had surfaced last week starr lacked support on the board for a new term. the board has until march to make its final decision. the university of virginia reports at least one case of mumn ps on campus. the school sent an alert to students and staff that it is awaiting test results on four other suspected cases. the department of student health says there

look at the lows tonight, 11 in sterling, 9 in leesburg, 13 in bethesda, 17 downtown, 13 in college park, better by the water, 18 in annapolis and also in north beach. snowfall totals, yesterday 5 inches west springsteen -- west springfield. i like him. he was really good for a while. he was a one hit wonder. oakville 9 inches, culpeper 6, gaithersburg almost 4 and leesburg about 4 inches as well. we will come back, talk about our arctic air thursday, friday, maybe the coldest so far and another storm over the weekend. >> as our tenacious topper just detailed, we are far from out of the snowy woods. >> we got refreezing coming our way tonight, black ice in the morning and more snow tomorrow afternoon. the conditions look a business dangerous tomorrow. bruce leshan is live overlooking the beltway in tysons after spending the day with some of those nervous nellies out there, bruce. >> reporter: yeah. i'm getting a little jumpy after talking to all those folks. take a look. the traffic here on the outer loop and on the inner loop incredibly light for this time of night. the road crews have

that fire started at 3:00 this morning at the bethesda hills apartment on deadly lane.tigators say that the fire started in a drier in the laundry room and quickly spread through the events with four apartments in the lease office. fortunately nobody was hurt in that blaze. damage though has been set at $1 million. >>> dc police say that the man was stabbed inside a northwest nightclub happening around 4:30 this morning inside that midtown lounge in the 1200 block of connecticut avenue. dc police say that it is an adult male. a suspect has been arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill. by phone a man who identified himself as the owner told wusa9 that the stack did not happen inside his club. >>> two young children were left inside the car when parents attend add wine tasting. dc police say that passer-byes calls after noticing that the children were alone inside a car late saturday afternoon near 23rd. dc confirmed both children were under two years of age. officers eventually located the parents inside the upscale restaurant at a private wine tasting even

. >>> a water main break causing big problems in bethesda. at live desk aaron gilchrist. >> really big problem. massachusetts avenue closed in bethesda because of a water main break near goldsboro road. see from the live picture, actually looks as though traffic is moving through the area but you might see that little black car went through what seemed like ponding of water. we understand from wssc that a ten-inch pipe broke not far from the intersection of mass and goldsboro. as a result crews are on the scene there, and you see all the water that cars are driving through. trying to get that water main shut off, and they are working to get that road completely back open for traffic to roll through there. it's an 83-year-old pipe that broke a little over an hour ago. wssc crews on-scene there. working to get new information from montgomery county police whether mass avenue is actually closed in that area or another part of the road is closed. latest from the live desk. back to you. >> aaron, thank you. >>> right now below freezing temperature

we are live in bethesda, derrick ward, news 4.back to you. >> glad they got out and are okay. >>> also new this morning, crews are repairing another water main break happening on bradley boulevard. this is just off wisconsin avenue in bethesda. the water should be back on we're told by lunchtime. >> police in d.c. are working to identify a body found near reagan national airport. the body was found in a stream of the potomac river just before noon yesterday. police say it was pulled out near thomas avenue and four mile run. it's not known if the body is male or female. we're working to get more information on this story. ç7>>> a developing story this morning. japan says it is highly likely that a video posted on twitter showing the killing of a journalist is authentic. a heinous crime that is how president obama described this killing. he says the u.s. is standing in solidarity with the japanese ck"aa1h the onliner(t&há videohp &h showsc% a hooded man with a knife to kenji goto's throat and a man threatening to execute others. a s

. >>> we have breaking news in bethesda. this is not something you want to see tonight. >> a water main burst tonight right between massachusetts avenue and sangamore and it sent water rushing down that residential street. mola lenghi is live with the latest. >> reporter: crews finally shut that water off about 45 minutes ago but not before it spent like you said hours and hours flowing down this street, all downhill as you can see creating some very icy conditions on this road. the main broke just before 5:00 this afternoon. water has been flowing down the steady street for hours. combine that with the freezing temperatures and the existing patches of black ice that are already on the street and it will likely make for treacherous conditions tomorrow. this neighborhood gives the impression of a quiet street, but there is a high volume of traffic that passes through during the morning rush hour. this road connects macarthur boulevard with massachusetts avenue. our wusa9 producer lives on this street. >> it's a major thorough

. >> reporter: in bethesda a downed tree stopped traffic on massachusetts avenue bringing down power lines with it and on 12th street northeast wood that appeared to be part of this construction site went on a vehicle. the storm struck like a flash. >> it's just unbelievable. it's shocking really. it was strong wind, but to think it could do that, incredible. >> reporter: despite the damage in the area thankfully different police departments say no injuries were reported. stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >>> violent winds are blamed for damage to a commercial building in rockville, maryland. the winds blew out the windows of a building in the 13900 block of connecticut avenue. that building was not occupied at the time. >>> today's windy weather hampered firefighters' efforts to put out a fire in capitol heights, maryland. it quickly spread to the second floor. nobody was hurt. the cause is still under investigation. >>> the winds also blamed for this scene in northeast washington. a tree came crashing down onto a van. the location, 16th and rahm streets, fortunately nobody was hurt. >

and bethesda they learned a tough lesson about this new lifestyle. it has become incredibly expensive. >> we were shocked because we thought we would be able to sell our house, put a little money in the bank and buy something we could be comfortable in. >> reporter: everything she said was so tiny. >> we couldn't even figure out how mike could watch tv and i could be asleep at the same time. >> reporter: so they gave up like so many baby boomers are now doing which is causing an even bigger problem. you see, downsizing baby boomers were supposed to fuel the nation's anemic housing supply dramatically making way for much needed new buyers but listings now down 9% from a year ago and two of these coming on. so the houses that were waiting to come on the market for the young families trying to move into the good school system and the neighborhood aren't coming on. real estate agent jane fehr weather said half cannot afford to to. >> they're adding almost a million dollars to the price in order to buy less space for a lot more money. >> reporter: boomers

it isn't the cold but repairs that will keep bethesda's metro station closed this weekend. they will be working to replace one of the escalators, according to metro the escalators at the bethesda station are the second longest in the entire western hemisphere. eventually all three of the escalators there will be replaced. >>americans are shivering for another blast of dangerously cold weather that a lot of us are experiencing in many places the temperatures have not risen above freezing all week. brian webb has more from new york. >> reporter: there is no escaping the brutal cold sweeping across just about every state east of the mississippi river. >> i'm 55 years old and i ain't never felt nothing like this in my life. >> reporter: the temperature dipped to 2 degrees friday morning in new york city. a record low for this date. windchills hit 19 below. >> i've been here in the snow time and in blizzard of '94. been here a lot of blizzards but this one never seen cold like this. >> reporter: it's the same frozen forecast for millions. >> the eastern half of the u.s., we're r

bethesda has the longest escalators in the entire western hemisphere. metro will have free shuttle buses running between bethesda and the medical center station . >>> coming up at 6:00 fairfax county releases information about police involved shootings could be changing. the board of supervisors chairwoman wants to create a commission to review the police department's policies and practices. police have been criticized for not releasing information on the shooting of john gear in a timely manner. he was shot by the police back in 2013 but the police released details of that shooting only earlier th. the board would have to improve a creation of any such commission. >>> more law enforcement officers in maryland are carrying kits that reverse drug overdoses and save lives. 14 people have been saved since deputies in frederick county started carrying the kits last year. news4's darcy spencer shows us w >> the way it's put together it's pretty simple. >> reporter: frederick county sheriff's deputy zack levine shows the kit he used to save a young man dieing

had to get out to bethesda today so no avoiding the metro today. >> reporter: other telling statistic, metro rail on-time performa fell shot of its targeted goal in 2014. and back here now live when it comes to breakdowns with individual metro railcars there are some that are breaking down all the time. we'll tell you which ones at 6:00. live at woodley park adam tuss news4. >>> a young man from maryland is in custody after police tried but failed to arrest him last month after he was accused of raping an underaged girl. his name is zachary crawford. he's 18 years old. he raped a 13-year-old girl in frederick last fall. they say he and the victim did know each other. officers tried to arrest crawford last month, but he moved away. he turned himself in over the weekend. >>> a lot of you are commenting on this next story. sharing it on your facebook page. the owner of the ram's head tavern in savage maryland is charged with secretly videotaping women in the restaurant's bathroom. kyle mulehauser was arrested last week. police began this investigation in may when a woman who was using th

the bethesda station on the red line will be closed all together so a new escalator can be installed. trains will pass through the station without stopping and buses will shuttle passengers between the bethesda and medical center station. red line trains will run every 10 to 20 minutes. trains on all of the other lines -- orange silver blue yellow and green will operate every 16 minutes. >>> parents, you know to be careful when hiring someone to look after your children. but the problem goes both ways. nannies are the target of a new scam cheated out of thousands of dollars, and it's happening right here in our area. a warning this afternoon from . >> reporter: claire lee is like most college students. the university of maryland junior has a full class load and is looking to make some money. >> i was very excited. >> reporter: she want adnanny job. she posted her contact information on the popular website care.com. >> i have two friend who are on it. one friend is baby sitting through it right now. >> reporter: when lee seched a text message from a mom looking for a nanny, she jumped

it wasn't until he graduated from bethesda chevy chase school that he learned that a decade after hees that the vaccine had been approved and uuld save countless lives. years later, he faced the important decision about whether to inoculate his own child. >> when my son was little, my wife and i struggled with that question. and ended up not vaccinating. have the measles vaccine. >> he supports the use of vaccine and considers his role in medical history nothing more than a fluke. >> i did very little personally but makes me feel good to know that i participated in a medical project that helped the world. >> in bowling green, virginia suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> wow! interesting story. >> isn't it? just think of that your neighbor here could be somebody super special around here and superhero. >> absolutely. >> that's it for us here on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now with a winter weather alert. >> cold nights and wind chills plunged far below zero. and shattered decades old records. chief meteorologist doug hill begins our coverage from the storm watch

sky 9 looking at the beltway heading into bethesda in each direction passing connecticut avenue between 270 and college park. everything has been pretty much open. the building volume on the outer loop heading into silver spring past connecticut avenue. we're looking good. southbound side of 270 heaviest volume out of frederick towards hyattstown past the truck scales heading past shady grove road to get into rockville. volume light main and local lanes. virginia 95 heaviest volume is still north into stafford past the express lane entrance getting out of dale city to woodbridge. more heavy traffic leaving newington. >>> just about 6:12 now. they're getting a breather at least for now in boston. public schools are open. commuter trains are starting to slowly return to service. subways, trolleys, commuter rail lines were out of commission tuesday because of the latest huge snow dump there. service is running now, just fewer trains and buses. forecasters say there could be even more snow coming to the area on thursday. and a much larger storm is expected sunday into monday as well. >>> a

the man accused of squatting in a million dollar bethesda home with his family. kevin lewis is live with this new indictment. kevin? >> alison police say they drove right up this driveway to this million dollar bethesda home and then unpacked all of their belongings out of a big box truck. neighbors say he even introduced himself as the new neighbor and home owner. that was until the police arrived. do you see this 4,000 square foot home, although vacant was routinely checked on by the seller who still lives in the area. according to court records, during the squatting sting he told police he bought the home with corporate business shares but didn't have those to prove ownership. they returned an indictment accusing him of crimes like first degree burglary felony theft and fraud. we visited the home where he and his family actually live. here's what he told us at the time. >> hello, are you james crombie? i want to speak with you about these allegations you were squatting in a home. >> he's been fined and he and his wife are three good people. they walked to us.

in bethesda, maryland, the national institutes of health is a vast center of medical progress.he main research arm of the united states public health service. in the office of dr. roderick murray, chief of the division of biologic standards, the manufacturer's protocol is first reviewed. then he summons scientists from his staff. each is given a copy of the protocol, which he will study carefully, checking every process, every test, for consistency. at the same time, another vital judgment is being made in the laboratories of the national institutes of health. here, a sample from every batch of vaccine is received. then subjected to a whole battery of complex scientific tests. a sterility test confirming those of the manufacturer is carried out. a tissue culture test on the vaccine sample. again substantiating tests , already made by the manufacturer. living tissue is inoculated with the polio vaccine, incubated and then carefully examined. the monkey test, one of the most important tests. 20 monkeys are involved in the testing of every lot of vaccine and each receives three in

in bethesda, maryland, the national institutes of health is a vast center of medical progress.n the office of dr. roderick murray, chief of the division of biologic standards, the manufacturer is first reviewed. that he sums to scientists from his staff. each is given a copy of the protocol, which he will study carefully, checking every process, every test for consistency. at the same time, another vital judgment is being made in the laboratories. a sample from every batch of vaccine is received. then subjected to a whole battery of complex scientific tests. a sterility test confirming those of the manufacturer is carried out. a tissue culture test on the vaccine sample. substantiating tests already made by the manufacturer. living tissue is inoculated with the polio vaccine, incubated and carefully examined. the monkey test, one of the most important tests. 20 monkeys are involved in the testing of every lot of vaccine and each receives three injections from the manufacturer wash sample. the purpose is to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the polio vaccine. these are jus

and they told me to go into the residence in bethesda.t in there, the whole thing was just, you know, awful to even look at. just blood dripping down and pooling up on the floor. it was like a horror house. >> montgomery county authorities picked up the flyer that we had left at poch hardware and the neighbors identified it as the bishop family. ♪ >> the whole family was described repeatedly by a number of people as being the perfect foreign service family. brad bishop, rising star in the state department, trophy children, beautiful wife, talented. bishop's mother living with them. >> the victims was crime were bishop's mother who was 68 yeared old. annette bishop who was 37 years old. william bradford bishop iii who was 14 years old. brenten bishop who was 10 years old. and jeffrey bishop who was 5 years old. >> but brad bishop was gone. and nobody knows where he went. >> he certainly had the experience of traveling the world. >> he was working a desk lot, and he didn't like being penned into an office and crowded. you've got a man who c

we are well-positioned with our offices in philadelphia and bethesda.en time between 5% and 15% of our business and we are looking to grow it. >> how important for foreign buyers, they comprise about 15% of the market here in new york. >> for our high-rise, it is 15%. it is not a large part of our business nationally. in northern california, a tech market, we have buyers, primarily chinese, and certainly scattered throughout the country, we tend to attract foreign buyers. but it is a relatively small part of our business. >> housing has not recovered as well as she expected. do you share her sentiment? >> i think we all thought it would be further along based on how deep the downturn was. this country from 2007 two 2000 11, went through the deepest and darkest housing depression the country had ever seen. the country typically produces 1.5 million new homes a year and we are producing one third of that. while we are recovering we are still only building one million or slightly less homes per year, nowhere near the 1.5 million normal number. we struck th

the flames started at a building on dudley lane.through a bethesda apartment building. the flames started at a . two fchs sfirefighters suffered minor injuries. they believe it started in a dryer vent. >>> we're working to find out more about the condition of two pedestrians hit on the bw parkway near route 198. at last check police told us a man and woman are in serious condition. the circumstances surrounding the accident are under investigation. >>> one of the most talked about moments of every super bowl is of course the halftime show. >> this year pop star katy perry took center stage and she did not disappoint. ♪ ♪ a lot of people are saying that missy elliott stole the show. she was much talked about as a surprise guest. although people of course leaked it on social media. her 12 minute performance, this is katy perry's full of visual effects. she came in on a giant robotic tiger, she had lenny kravitz dancing sharks skateboards. this of course was her fire work finale. >> this was my favorite. as soon as i saw this, i thought she's riding the more you know star.

they can go two stops, change trains and go to bethesda. skblr that's part of the reason the developer attended the conference at the university. they are asking business owners to lobby maryland's governor and remind him what's at stake. >> so what i'm asking and what i'm saying to you, we have to convey that message to the government. >> reporter: the purposele line is a proposed 16 miles of l21 stops. the project is expected to cost $2.45 billion to build. while the state has not committed federal, the administration is expected to green light $900 million for the project. >> if the purple line is canceled the federal investment of $900 million, which will be green lighted by the federal transit administration goes to another state. it doesn't comry s ready to fight for the line but he expects the governor to support it. >> i think he gets it. governor hogan is in real estate. he understands the value of the transit network. >> reporter: while governor did not call the purple line by name leaving business owners uneasy. they want an abso

paul and his wife were home during the break in that happened last week in bethesda.he men went for a box filled with $10,000 in cash and rare coins. the accused robbers explained why they did it. >> we're not going to hurt you. we will not hurt you. we respect you. and then he said we're doing this because the economy sucks. that's sucks. >> the men are waking up in jail now charged with home invasion assault, and theft. >>> a maryland father lost and two children when a plane crashed into their home. this was the scene from the terrible day. ken gemmells is sharing his story for the first time. news 4 angie goff spoke with him. >> ken gemmells lost most of his family. it touched starts here and across the nation. when i sat down to talk with him, he told me his wife was a hero who died trying to protect their two sons 3-year-old cole and devon who was seven weeks old. >> i knew he was trying to do everything she could to keep them calm and try to save them. but to make sure it wasn't painful for them. >> his wife marie was found cradling their babies trying to shiel

there are robber but you don't often find robbers using words like the ones used in this homen in bethesda the exact quotes. >>> plus we're digging deeper into the recent troubles on metro. ♪ ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ ♪ 6:30 a weekend of problems on the rails. what metro is doing to fix it. >> thousands in cash and rare coins stolen from a house in maryland. how police knew exactly where to look to find them.> and commuter confusion in virginia. state police trying to sort out who gets a ticket after a mistake affecting thousands of drivers. >>> fist at 6:30 tonight a closer look at metro's performance and reliability after a weekend of smoke and mechanical emergencies at several stations. >> new tonight, transportation re found out which railcars have the most problems. adam? >> reporter: a tough stretch for metro no doubt. fire inc

. >> moses lee welcomed us to bowl more lanes in bethesda. great to see you.ou're ready for the bowling? >> he was first up. proved to have a lot of natural tale since this is something he recently took up. >> i've been bowling for prob a month and a half now. >>> did fall in love with bowling immediately? >> it took a while to get used to. of course i didn't know what i was doing. he's a very bright 14-yeao has been in the fost care systemr half his life. nick has been in care almost eight years. >> i've been in 19 different fost homes. >> how hard has that been for you? it's been pretty hard. getting to know new people transi doing a lot of new stuff. i got to work with it and try to get along. those who know nick say he shows a great deal of maturity for a 14-year-old. nick has just grown remark. he has matured. he has really started to focus on his studies. >> i have all as and bs so far for the first and second term. he needs the love and secu of a family now. she hopes one will come forward to adopt him. >> of course i'd like to have a two-pa family like

they can go two stops, change trains and go to bethesda. >> reporter: it's part of the the developer attended the conference at the university of maryland. politicians from montgomery are asking business owners to lobby the governor and remind him what's at stake if he does not commit to funding the purple line. . >> what i'm asking and what i'm saying to you, we have to convey that message to the government. >> reporter: the purple line is 16 miles of light rail with 21 stops between new carolton and bethesda. president obama promised $100 million for the project in his new budget, but it's not clear governor is on board with committing the money needed from the state. the project is expected to cost $2.45 billion to build and $55 million to operate annually. bake.r says its benefits are worth the cost. >> we're going to grow in the state and grow and attract businesses to thosareas. e only way that happens is to invest in the purple line that we have already put money into. >> reporter: he's ready to fight for the line but he expects the governor to support it. >> i think he gets i

bethesda rockville, bowie. 4 to 6 inches. some areas a little more with that plus for the banding. 6 to 10, the bull's-eye, fredericksburg, quantico, waldorf, heads up in this region reports from the thomas jefferson bridge between calvert and st. mary's county closed now due to an accident. stay off the roads. tomorrow watch for ice. most areas stay beg low that freezing mark. and look at the next few days. 32 with some snow on wednesday, and then it's just cold again, high temperatures only in the teens on thursday, and guys we could set a couple more records thursday and friday morning. >> it is wintertime isn't it. >> yeah. >>> coming up why the sixth-graders might end up on your fantasy footb >>> talked about he hated what happened in the all-star game because they never played defense. >> oh. >> when the heck did you ever turn on nba basketball to look for defense? you don't look for defense in that game! >> i know. how much better was the all-star game than the proe bowl? night and day. >> so much fun. >> we've been ta

an early-morning fire in bethesda has replaced clutch of families and caused nearly $100,000 of damagentgomery county fire and rescue see votes person says one firefighter suffered minor injuries but everyone else when out -- got out safely. the red cross is helping those families. here is dave with a look at your super bowl forecast. >> a major winters snow right now on doppler radar. most of it is not reaching the ground. temperatures today about 40 degrees very winter weather advisory's north and west of us feared >> thanks and thank you for watching. have a wonderful super bowl sunday. ♪ baby you're a firework come on show 'em what you're worth ♪ >>> okay, so this is not the kind of instagram that we're used to seeing. kim kardashian on the far right, might be the most amazing. there she is with her husband, kanye west. >> he looks really angry as usual. >> john legend. his beautiful wife, chrissy teigen. they're at a waffle house restaurant in phoenix before the super bowl, guys. >> i think kanye is doing an angry model shot. >> is this prefood or after food? >> he's hangry. >> he

this happened along river road in bethesda. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: only on 7 uncovering the reason for a hold up in the investigation of the shooting of a child. the nine-year-old is recovering after being shot five months ago. family members are still searching for answers as to what happened to him. abc 7 discover there is a backup of the crime lab. a spokesman said they are working on excessive amounts of evidence in the case. a written report should be ready in two weeks. incidents on metro are piling up and commuters are telling us they are worried. this is one month after smoke filled a train in l'enfant plaza, killing a woman. today, passengers say they were stranded near the same station for 40 minutes. >> a lot of other passengers and i stood toget will have to take out the doors to get out of here. as we got past 45 minutes, we were getting scared. leon: over the weekend, metro experienced four smoke incidents. it were no injuries involved. -- there were no injuries involved. stores at the mall of america held a lockdown drill, closin

alison: in bethesda, crews are on the scene of a fire. clara barton parkway is closed, which means that other roadways are getting icy. you are urged to be careful. leon: for updates on the freezing temperatures, stay tuned. join "good morning washington" starting at 4:24. alison: in southeast washington a person of interest in a vehicle theft and kidnapping case. take a good look at this image. we first told you about the crime tuesday night. a five-year-old was taken for about 15 minutes, but is safe tonight. if you have information, d.c. police want to talk to you. leon: a case against a former karate instructor has grown tonight. the man, who had already been convicted of a sex crime, and roz plater has how a new cases building. reporter: the police say that a second potential victim has come forward. they are still investigating the case. both men are in their 40's and there could be more out there, the police say. 56-year-old allica is charged with multiple sex offenses dating back decades. a former student came back with the accusa

dentsville maryland, three inches, to put five inches bethesda, called for three-putt two, and fairfaxthree and just. all of these areas, no school tomorrow, and the federal government is closed. the winter storm warning until 12 noon tomorrow that includes the district and surrounding counties, all of southern maryland. from the north and south spotsylvania, washington counties the winter storm warning and a winter weather advisory for extreme western maryland. we have a lot more on the way. changes are coming as we move into the early morning hours. more on that with chief meteorologist doug hill. >> a live look at live super doppler seven, the moderate areas of snow. generally from west to east, there have been gaps west of town, but they are filling in. the storm center itself, there is a surface low and another low to the south and west of the metro area. as that moves east, it will put the heaviest snow across southern maryland, the eastern shore, the middle peninsula and the northern neck of virginia. we thought all along the further south you go, closer to the storm track, the

zero in bethesda and college park. we're looking at the record lows tonight as we'll come back and talk about that weather on saturday, which could be a mess. >>> check out the palm trees. and that is after our forecast on wusa9.com and your only local news the bed reacts to your body. it hugs you. it's really cool to the touch. this zips off so i can wash it-yes, please. (vo) visit your local retailer and feel the tempur-pedic difference for yourself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >>> bursting left and right. >> wait until you see what they could do to a whole block. >> i'm scott broom in northwest washington where a good neighbor is credited with raising the alarms to this downhill ice rink. be glad this is not what is pouring out of your foundation. while they were at work today that they ran long enough to turn that alley for their whole block northwest in to this downhill ice rink. >> that will be a big water bill. >> oh my

the line would run along the popular trail between the bethesda and silver spring. the action committee for transit or act says the town violated maryland's public information act. the group claimed chevy chase spent more than half a million dollars in public money on lobbyists and consultants in an effort to block the line and failed to disclose its contracts with lobbyists and consultants. >> the district of columbia lost more than $55 million in outstanding traffic and parking tickets in the last fiscal year. according a mid atlantic, most of the lost revenue comes from some 278,000 unpaid parking tickets totalling more than $31 million. more than $18 million went unpaid from photo enforcement tickets. we're still waiting for word about whether montgomery county school superintendent is going to be back on the job next year. yesterday was deadline for the county and for doctor joshua starr to reach an agreement. but abc 7 has learned that the board of education and dr. starr are still talking. those conversations are expected to continue tomorrow. and we expect t

>> i'm bruce leshan in bethesda. that's a cell phone tower spoofing a tree. what several local police agencies now have is a tracking device that spoofs a cell phone tower. montgomery fairfax dc all declined to talk about it. the suitcase-sized stingray devices do not look like much but they're so good at scarfing up cell phone data that local police are spending as much as $400,000 a piece in federal terrorism grants to buy them. stingrays are like big cell phone towers. phones register with them. and as the police drive around, they triangulate a phone'scise location in -- phone's precise location in real time. >> it shows where you are. it shows you and who you're talking to, what you're doing. you go to a doctor's office. you go to a gun show. you go to a church. >> loc al police departments have been so secretive about the devices, it's hard to know how they're using them. though they're getting warrants. bruce leshan wusa9. >>> this is bruce johnson along 8th street in northeast. could this be both the beginning and the end of the line for the city stre

. >>> the bethesda station will be closed all weekend so crews can fix the escalators. 212 feet longe western hemisphere. first one will go this weekend and eventually all three will be replaced. >>> thank you for joining us. we're back here in the next half hour. now back to "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. >>> it is friday february 20th 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead, including the oscars. we're going to predict sunday's big winners and show you how the red carpet may be just a little different this year but first here's look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>e' wre at least 20 degrees below normal. i'm talking maine all the way to florida. we have whiindcll advisories windchill warnings. >> here's where we lie. as we come down you see the large piles of ice are still ricoveheng t road. t >>his is the type of tee advice causing all the problems similar to the ones used at hospitals that might be kaying th e infectious device. >> the suspect that killed mis

as abc 7 new >> a grand jury has taken action against a man accused of squatting in a luxury bethesda home with his family and pet dog. james crombie now faces several felony charges including burglary. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis brought you this story first on 7 and he's live outside that home tonight. kevin? >> maureen, police tell us that crombie, his wife children even the pet dog rolled right up this driveway back in august. they had a big boxruck that they were unloading all of their belongings and personal items. neighbors tell me that crombie even introduced himself as the new home owner. that was until police arrived. >> hello. are you james crombie? >> yeah. who are you? >> abc 7 news. we want to speak with you about the allegations that y squatting in a home? >> it was new year's day, james crombie in no mood to talk about allegations he and his family squatted in this vacant luxury home which features a g kitchen and marble bathrooms. charles hill remains stunned. >> i did hear that the lock had been drilled and that they had moved into the house and introduced