we're outside the 7-eleven in bladensburg. take a look at the shot we took earlier. including owner, he's indeed checking his tickets. he was kind of surprised he sold one of those second-tier winning tickets for $1 million. now, of course, merchants who sell those winning tickets do get a percentage, 6%. but, of course, who wouldn't rather have an actual winning ticket in their hands. but as i said, there are three locations in maryland, two in prince george's county. take a look at the map. one is at a gas station on walker mill road. the second is 7-eleven on annapolis road and a wawa on ar

we're live in bladensburg. >> if you missed all the action, you could be a winner. you can head to the nbc washington app to check if the numbers, search the term "powerball." >>> happening today, the suspect in the alexandria killing. police believe it could be gang related. just yesterday alexandria investigators closed the case of the murder in november. they believe that could be tied to the ms-13 gang. >>> there's a new person taking charge of the d.c. police union. he defeated dell roy berman in an overwhelming vote. mull will start. he is quoted as saying they attacked the police chief and cathy lanier too much and he wants to establish a better working relationship between the two sides. >>> take a look at these flames shooting out of the top of the building. you can see the rescues happening last night. prince george's rescue workers were pulling people off their balconies to safety. three firefighters were hurt. two residents also hurt. >> i have exams next week. everything is destroyed. i couldn't save anything. >> fire investigators believe the fire star

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fox5's annie yu live inn bladensburg maryland with more. more.tely some happy campers in our area thisin a morning annie. annie >> they sure are.e are there are multiple winners wne across the dmv.mv we haven't met them yet butut behind me at the 7-eleven isven where one of the winninge of tickets was sold.cket now, we spoke to the owner mr. husain and he actually actuall says that daily just in lotto in sales they sell about $150bout $15 worth but over the last weektee during this frenzy the salesales went up to $3,000 a day justus in lotto sales. ses he his wife his children have h all contributed to that.ntributed he's actually chtoecking hisck tickets now to make sure he ise re h not the winner or he is the winner hopefully but anywayut any this is the 7-eleven along the bladensburg road area, nan his road, 4900 block. lottery officials tell us thatfi this is one of threeci locations. i the other two locations it's a's a wawa off urbana pike inn frederick.fredick. the second one is walker hillr h amoco in capitol heights. also, guys n-d.c. th

the westbound side and bladensburg road. and again, to get some of the snow and ice off the lane, so you can get the full use of the lane. taking you down to some of the towns in maryland right now, a quick note. i want you to watch out for bridges and overpasses, again, a lot of them, still have snow, and still have ice. we still have that snow removal going on, in the 2200 block of pennsylvania avenue. and that is going to be going on for a while. and we are doing really well out in brandy wine. akcokeek. and the northbound side on the capital beltway. it is free and clear. you guys are good to go there. as you can imagine, folks have been sounding off on twitter talking about frustration. we got this tweet from a producer, stephanie wilson, morning hash tag drive crawl to a one lane creep on nebraska avenue from fox hall to wisconsin avenue. you can see how bumper to bumper the traffic is this morning. keep those tweets coming in. we appreciate them. mike, would will send it over to you. >> thank you, larry. >>> a smooth

doll annie this morning in morni i bladensburg with more on that.n that's where one of the bige b ticketsas sold, right, annie? annie? >> reporter: that's right. and you know -- hey.know - h you know, last night they were in chino hills a large crowdargd gathered outside that 7-eleven e store saying clean no, sir s hillschino hills.this is annapor dreams are coming true for for multiple people across the dmv they're waking up millionaires.io this is one of threeree locations. the other two were sold at the e wawa off of urbana pike in frederick and then walker hill h amoco in capitol heightsts maryland. three total millionaires inre i maryland and then in the district, we have people haveeol waking up $50,000 richer.0iche two tickets sold in the dmv -- d or d.c. actually. one was at dave brown winee store in northeast the secondon at tenleytown market northwest just up the street from ourstreo station.st check yourat tickets. ticke there were multiple million mil dollar winners in virginia andga west virginia.ir we don't have info just yet onto the winners there. the store here is just ve

the walker hill amaco and the 7-eleven on annapolis road in bladensburg. john gonzalez was there as people rushed to see if they were rich. john: no one in d.c. won the big $1.5 billion, almost $1.6 billion jackpot but we have a handful of millionaires in the area. in maryland, three stores sold a million-dollar ticket including this 7-eleven in bladensburg off of annapolis road. this is hussein, the owner of the place. you are hoping to be the million-dollar winner. >> i wish i was a millionaire. i'd try to help a lot of people with the money that i would have won from the powerball. john: you were looking at tickets before we got the answer saying it look like you won two powerball. getting the powerball twice so $8. you got $8. not bad. >> well, i'm happy with that. maybe the next time. john: let's talk to hussein. we were here when you arrived. you didn't even know at the time. what did you do? you started to check your tickets. >> i was excited. i check my ticket. i won $4. john: not too bad. the store gets $2,500 for selling the $1 million ticket. ho

in maryland, three stores sold a million dollar ticket, including this 7-eleven in bladensburg off of annapolis road. this is hussein, the owner. you are hoping to be the million-dollar winner? >> i wish i was. i would've tried to help a lot of people. john: you were looking at your tickets before we got the answer. he got two power balls, eight dollars. >> i am happy with that, a b . -- maybe next time. >> we were here when you arrived, and you started checking your ticket. >> i checked my ticket. i won four dollars. the store gets about $2500 for selling that million dollar ticket. how excited are you? >> i am so excited and appreciative of my customers. guestsys try to help the , and to be one of the winners, one million is not bad. good luck for the winner, and i hope i can see him and shake his hand. us the store tells averages about $150 a day in votto sales. this week, they were making about $3000 in sales. autria: turning them out fast. we were just doing some googling , there are six states he will lead you to remain anonymous and maryland is one of those. doug: i think if i

the 7/11 in bladensburg and the wawa. but none of them have come forward. >> when people come in the day after a big drawing and they win this kind of money, they are a little shell shocked so they need to take a breath. >> of course, maryland's win of six states where winners are not required to release their name to the public so we may never know. >> we wish them well. >>> people in line today going crazy over a skateboarder who claims he is one of the jackpot winners. eric bragg posted this video on instagram of him holding a ticket with the right numbers with the the proof it belongs to him. that post has spurred a handful of copy cat accounts promising to share his jackpot. see the a, b, c, d, e listed on the left? each letter represents another line of numbers and only pops up if you bought multiple chances. since those letters are blank, it could spell hoax. >>> always watching, always tracking. wusa9's first alert weather. dc's most accurate. >> how are we looking on the three degree barn tee? >> not so good. >>

were also multiple million dollar tickets sold locally including capitol heights and bladensbu bladensburg. the stores they were sold at are busting with excitement. back to you. >>> 4:30 now. a suspect is heading to court for an alexandria killing that happened back on december 4th. a man was found stabbed to death in four mile run park. police believe it could be gang related. just yesterday the police closed a separate playground murder that happened back in september. police believe that could be tied to the ms-13 gang. >>> the "washington post" reports northern virginia chamber of commerce president jim corcoran may have the edge of d.c. council member jack evans. metro also has a new general manager. as you know paul wiedefeld was named in december. >>> 4:31, your time right now. a check on "weather & traffic on the 1s" beginning with four things to know about the forecast. chuck? >> hey, good morning, aaron. good morning, everyone. thursday's hurst. friday can't be that much farther away and then the weekend. four things you need to know about the weather. wind, no, chill, yes, as o

one, the 711 at 4907 annapolis road in bladensburg. and the walkerville amoco at 6701 walkerville road in capital heights and the third ticket sold at the wa wa, 5440 your banna park in frederick. these three maryland tickets were among 81 tickets from around the country that watched five winning numbers in the drawing to capture the $1 million second tier prize. danielle nottingham has more on where the tickets were sold when the $1.6 billion was the prize. >> chino hills, this 711, they sold a winning powerball ticket. we heard the news and so we came down here to see who the winner was. it is not us. >> the winner has not yet come forward. but that didn't stop the celebration. >> maybe next year. >> this morning, it was back to business as usual. some customers were already buying tickets for saturday's drawing. >> if you think this is now a lucky spot for buying tickets? >> i think so. now that i know where to go, yes. >> the owner of this store also has good reason to celebrate. he takes home a $1 million cut. >> amazing. it feels

this is the 7-eleven along the 4900 black of annapolis roadolis in bladensburg. blade if you purchased a ticket herehr you could be waking up a millionaire.miio lottery officials are tellingffl us this morning that threehat tickets worth $1 million eachn e were sold in maryland. mar this is one of the three locations.ca the other two are wawa alongaw a the urbana pike of the 5400 540 block of urbana pike in frederick, maryland, and thend,d the walker hill amoco stationo s at walker million road inn road capitol heights maryland.toight so, be sure to double-checke- those tickets.thos also in our area two tickets tks worth 50k sold in the district. dave brown wine store inor northeast and the tenleytown tew market in northwest d.c. just. up the street from the station s there were million dollar dol winners west virginia ands we virginia as well but the info regarding the winners has not hs been released. relea as for the big winner, thereinne were more than one.weree than o the winning tickets were soldker in california tennessee ande a florid one of the tickets t

one in maryland, one in fredericksburg, and one in bladensburg.hey, derrick. >> reporter: you know what? there's a lucky patron. whether they know it or not, that's a mystery. the three-called gold ticketing being sold in california, florida, an tennessee but to have three in this area, that's impress v. they don't want to go on camera officially. sales were really up for this drawing. it started out at about $4 million back in nosh. another authentic about this is even if they don't sell a winning ticket, all of those places that get that increased customer presence, that foot traffic -- you know, went in here and bought a coffee and doughnut because i was in 7-eleven, you can't help it. but the merchant who sells the winning ticket gets about 6%. that's something more too. hope to have more on this. back to you. >> 5:17. the metro board has 14 more days before deciding who the next chairman will be. jim cork ray may have the edge of jack edmonds. they try to recover from a difficult year. metro has a new general manager as you know. paul wiedefe

and amco on walker mill road in capital heights and 711 in bladensburg.100 people displaced after a fire in a condo building in a delphi m.d. it started just after 5 at the presidential park condos on new hampshire avenue. two residents suffered minor burns, 3 firefighters were hurt. right now that fire appears to be accidental. and you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great thursday. ♪ >>> you are looking at the 7-eleven in chino hills, california. that was last night as one of those winning powerball tickets were sold there. the whole town going crazy and now waiting to find out who the winner of that $1.5 billion jackpot is. three winners. a lot of excitement. >> it's wonderful to see everybody was enjoying the success and riches. >> sure. >> whole town celebration. >> got to love that. >>> also right now the republican presidential hopefuls facing off in tonight's big debate. one of their last opportunities to sway voters in iowa less than three weeks away and this morning, kate del c

stephen tschida is live at bladensburg at the bus stop in northeast d.c. with details. stephen: we heard from metro g.m. paul wiedefeld. he talked about metrobus and metrorail. big progress. 79 of 91 stations are reopened. full service restored to the green line. partial service to all other lines. by tomorrow morning they expect full service on the metrorail except for the five distant branches of the silver line. today they made progress toward healing the snow-crippled metro system. >> because of the hard work from a lot of people, as of 3:00 today we had limited service across the system on the blue and yellow, green line. stephen: metro manager had news for the snowbound people who plan to return to work tomorrow. >> the system will open at 5:00 a.m. and serve all the lines except for silver line. stefs the

sold in maryland and one was sold at the amoco in capital heights and another at the 7-eleven in bladensburg the at a wa-wa. >> they plan to use that money to start a college fund for their child. >>> they also plan to buy a house, a new truck and take a vacation, but first, they're going to celebrate. they say they are going out to dinner. it probably will not be at mcdonald's. >> no. >>> two other $1 million tickets were sold in salem, virginia and in virginia beach. in d.c. there were two tickets worth $50,000 that were sold. that's not so bad. for a complete list we invite you to go to the nbc washington app. >> we're waiting to hear who won at the tinnily market. >>> up next, a big break in three local crimes, but it came from an unlikely source. >>> he's investigating three local crimes and he's helped break open at least one of the cases. >> he's not a police officer and he didn't even live around here. scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team found a powerful man in iowa is sifting through the crews of d.c. area violence. >> you won't see them in the video, but jeff stewart says he was

traffic on bladensburg seeing heavy.e dale city to woodbridge dipse down to 28 miles per hour asil you head out on 95 northboundoro and just north of that pointt lorton to franconia-springfield parkwaykwy 27 miles per hour. as you make your way out in outi montgomery county on 2727027 north is dealing with snow with removal blocking lanes at 121 a2 and then aside from that one, o 270 volume building 70 to theint truck scales in that usual spot. get an early start. 270 seems anlike it's gettings i back to the steady flow of fw of congestion that we're upesti against. if you want to take metro all a rails right now are on or close to schedule and metrobusel is operating on a regularngn a schedule. that's your traffic.at's back to you. >> thanks erin.hankerin >>> 6:07 right now n maryland ml there's a renewed effort torenee allow terminally ill patientsil to legally end their lives with medication prescribed byato a doctor. supporters of the idea saye idey they plan to reintroduceroce legislation this year.ion the bill woul