mayor bouzer says street cars will open when it's safe and not a moment sooner. that's what she tweeted this after after d-dot said there was a brief flash fire on top of one of the cars last night. the sparks went out on its own. the power system was checked out, but they're still going to do a full inspection. right now they're only running simulated service. >>> in southeast, a man and woman are recovering after someone shot them. it happened just before 2:00 in the morn on elvins road. we're told the woman was shot in the face and the bullet grazed the man. police say the shooter is still out there. >>> the road conditions were problematic for a lot of drivers. some had more luck than others. >>> a credible terror threat made to shopping malls, a warning from the top officials. >> you would want everything done to britain your child home. >> a trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your neares

now mayor bouzer is declaring her own snow emergency in the district. that set to begin at 7:00 tomorrow morning. our team coverage continues now with news4's tom sherwood. he's live in northeast d.c. hi tom. >> hi doreen. let me show you, this is one of the largest salt domes in the whole region here. mayor bowser so declaring a no parking snow emergency at 7:00 a.m. and people all over the city were reacting to the bitter cold and the coming snow. the city's fleet of salt trucks were suiting up for the snowy night. more than 200 trucks getting ready to go. >> i am also declaring a snow emergency in the district effective at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: other officials were checking encampments around town for any homeless people needing aid. this camp was empty. >> we're asking residents if they see someone in need to call 211. >> reporter: mayor bowser facing the most serious snow of her short time in office pledged the city would be ready and all eight boards. meanwhile, at the office of personnel management a spokeswoman had no early word for the 700,000

>>> wendy, mayor bouzer is calling it an all hands on deck weekend. all weekend the department of public works will be beefing up its staff to help haul all that trash away. residents all over the city as you said have been filing complaints about the garbage piling up in their alleys. earlier today we found more than a dozen folks requesting pickups. dpw says with the frigid temps we've been dealing with it's been too cold to melt all the snow and the ice and that's created a dangerous and difficult situation for crews trying to pick up the trash. >> we have quite a few people out on injury quite a few people getting hurt daily. yesterday we may have had four getting injured, slip and fall. >> probably anywhere 60% to 70% collections so that means there's 30% to 40% that's still out there that we've missed. >>> we're told collectors will be working in 12-hour shifts throughout the weekend until everybody's trash is picked up along with extra contract workers, leaf collection crews are also being shifted to this effort to help with the cleanup. back t