d.c. metro area with snow up to the north and east. buy early tomorrow morning, d.c., rain-snow line. uth all rain. to the north it's all snow. frederick, hagerstown, back towards the leesburg and ashburn region. those are the areas that have the best chance for snow. again, more snow to the north during the late morning hours of d.c., maybe going back over to rain. and continuing to watch this play out during the day tomorrow. so new snowfall map. what are we expecting? i've lowered it down to one to two. i think that's extremely generous for areas like d.c. maybe downtown not getting much at all out of this. i'm not expecting much there. fairfax maybe an inch, 2a at the very most. 2 to 5 towards frederick, mt. airy, columbia. would not be surprised to see some areas a little above this but they would be few and far between. not a lot going on tomorrow. an impact forecast on the moderate. rain, snow likely with the umbrellas. need the boots during the day too. the temperatures the next few days. 38 on tomorrow and wednesday. a few flurries on wednesday. and then here comes the cold. w

d.c. metro area. damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, even hail and heavy rain with a chance of flooding all possible over the next couple of hours, and with those high winds there's a chance for a handful of power outages. we'll have a lot more as we track this hour by hour in just a few minutes. >>> and we have breaking news in virginia just to show you how dangerous these storms can be. we just learned two people are dead from what could be a tornado that touched down an hour ago just southeast of richmond. re damage. this is in waverly, virginia. the mayor doesn't have details about the total number of others injured. you can see cars are flipped, buildings torn apart. storm team4 is monitoring this system as it comes over the mountain and comes through our area. we'll have updates for you. we will be here for you throughout the night. >>> thanks, wendy. this afternoon a passionate plea by maryland's law enforcement leaders, asking lawmakers to expand the laws surrounding ignition interlock require

they usually are coming in, not from the d.c. area, usually usu coming in from maryland or virginia they and they needhe spaces to park.y nearly 300 people were at saturday afternoon's meeting. cyclists say protected bike bik lanes keep people save and even safe lives. you can also look at the publicb investment where it's much cheaper to get people to move by bike than it is by car. worshipers feel parking iss already hard to come by. by. our church is 158 years old. o that was 19 -- i'm sorry, 1858. that's five years before slavery ended. we're a very historic church. we've been in this this neighborhood almost since we've' been in existence. they are making a pitch that bike lanes will help ease traffic, are more ecofriendly m andor safer. we're looking at how to build protected bike lanes because b they provide better safety and make better delineation betweenb where drivers are and bikers are. there are a fifth option of dog nothing. that option doesn't sit well with many people.y a big part of the problem here is that these bike

it brought some snow to the d.c. area. us. back to the west and some of that will work in our direction. to the west as well. we will watch that for tomorrow. we might see one or two ocean effect snow showers this afternoon. it will not amount to anything and this evening and the wind dies down, we will see the i' m sorry, the temperatures will be back into the teens tonight. tomorrow, we will see the temperatures bump up into the 30' s. tomorrow, energy will be working to the south and interacting with energy to the north and west. that will ignite a few more snow showers across the area. there is a front to the north which is the leading edge of colder air that will work in your toward the end of the week. tomorrow, mid and upper 30' s but we are going to deal with a lot of clouds. it' s an unsettled they would snow showers. during the morning commute, there could be areas of light snow especially north and west of boston. as the energy works to the south, there could be a few more showers off snow developing. we are no

keep in mind, most of the precipitation working its way up frndom the d.c. area in our direction right now. 1 to 3 inches broadly for the area. a little heavier to the north and west in higher elevations and just a coating to 1 inch right along the shoreline. keep in mind as we head through the evening hours and overnight, we could see icy precip followed by fog and heavy rain and warm temperatures into the 50s. we'll talk about it all in detail in just a little while. >> you can track the cold and the snow with the news4 new york ap p. tap the news4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab. >>> these freezing temperatures overnight didn't hel firefighters in brooklyn. the water used to stop those flam turned into ice, everywhere. we're in greenpoint with new information. >> reporter: it is snowing right en you think about this fire, when you thi bnk about seconds counting, what irefighters were up against, i was like an ice rink out here. ere's still ice right there on the side of the street. all of the elements firefighters were dealing with it, made this

. >> right to you d.c. area nation's capitol is getting clobbered by severe thunderstorms. look at this line moving right in the middle of rush hour. good news if there is good news no tornado warnings at this time for that region. it is under a severe thunderstorm warning which is not good, very strong damaging wind here but no tornadoes reported around d.c. area as of of yet. that line is making its way very quickly into our region within the neck half an hour, do i expect it to move in lancaster county within the next hour. we will see those storms progress toward the philadelphia area between seven and 10:00 p.m. that is our window of strongest storms, philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. you can see line of wind, it is just flying. if this storm is just line of wind is moving 60 miles an hour, wind at least 60 miles an hour possibly stronger. we have got strong wind in the upper at the months fear that this system taps into and look the at the amount of lightening. very reminiscent have the line we had move through last week. even warmer outside right now and storms h

you will see refreeze on some area roadways. 33 in reston, not much going on around the d.c. metro area. we've got two little areas of snow, one around hagerstown and martinsburg. another one towards fredericksburg. this one moving east and a little bit north of east here that will come into parts of southern maryland as rain and possibly change over to snow, culpepper toward fredericksburg, around stafford reporting snow there. the wider picture showing the cold air that continues to move in. we'll see the colder air over next couple of days. tomorrow, chilly but not too bad. a high temperature of 32 to start, breezy and cold tomorrow. 38 degrees, wind chills tomorrow afternoon will in the 20s all day long. nothing compared to thursday. thursday, a high temperature of 30 degrees, but the wind chill on thursday between 5:00 and 10:00 in the morning, 5 and 10 temperaturewise at 7:00 a.m., and 10-15 by noon. saturday and sunday look at the highs, 22 for a high on sunday, that's close to record cold day here across our region. that's valentine's day, a low of 9. many areas could

mark: good afternoon, welcome the body of supreme court justice antonin scalia arrived back in the d.c. area overnight. setting up a partisan fight on capitol hill. president obama hold off and let the next president name a nbc' s tracie potts has the developing story from washington. scalia' s flag-draped casket arrived in the d.c. area overnight, the political fight over his replacement is underway: president obama: i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor. tracie: the white house says that won' t happen this week while congress is on break. we' re already seeing possible marco rubio: that' s his but we don' and we won' t. jeb bush: if there is an up or down vote it should be rejected based on how the history of how president obama selects judges. if there' s fine tracie: the court' s in the middle of its term, with more now and july. without conservative scalia, key cases could end up in a tie. ted cruz: we will see unlimited abortion on demand throughout this country, partial-birth abortion, taxpayer funding, no parental notification. donald trump: we ne

the church is one of the few if not the only african-american baptist church in the washington, d.c. areao distribute ashes curbside. >>> well, it is the super bowl commercial that got everybody talking here in d.c. a local commercial with a national celebrity. >> that's mike tyson! >> we did a double take when we saw that commercial, that mike tyson? you're right. sam cross is the local boxer known as the vanilla gorilla who was knocked out by mike tyson in that commercial. you can imagine a nickname like that. he hit the floor not once but ten times during the filming of the commercial. i hope he was paid decently. while the punch was faked, it still hurt a little bit. >> grazed my lip. he pulled up right at the last second, but he made contact with it. >> did it hurt at all? >> it hurt a little, honestly. >> he makes a living as a d.c. bartender fights in the cruiserweight class. he said he has no problem taking on mike tyson for freelreal. fighting words. >>> we'll let you know it's a storm team 4 weather alert day. take a look at radar. >> you see that white there falling across our

what can you tell us right the now. >> right to you d.c. areaation's capitol is getting clobbered by severe thunderstorms. look at this line moving right in the middle of rush hour. good news if there is good news no tornado warnings at this time for that region. it is under a severe thunderstorm warning which is not good, very strong damaging wind here but no tornadoes reported around d.c. area as of of yet. that line is making its way very quickly into our region within the neck half an hour, do i expect it to move in lancaster county within the next hour. we will see those storms progress toward the philadelphia area between seven and 10:00 p.m. that is our window of strongest storms, philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. you can see line of wind, it is just flying. if this storm is just line of wind is moving 60 miles an hour, wind at least 60 miles an hour possibly stronger. we have got strong wind in the upper at the months fear that this system taps into and look the at the amount of

so at least areas along i-95 out of d.c. don't have the pounding rain on area roads right now or the high winds.

. >> d.c. area drivers paying hundreds in some cases thousands of dollars for pothole relatedded repairs to the car. i'm mike carter i'm standing near what could be the worst potholes in all of washington and why this area is worth avoiding. maureen: don't forget to check out the bald eagle cam. the eagles are waiting for two eggs to catch. that should happen in 30 to the next 35 days. if you want to watch the h.d. live stream we posted the link on wjla.com. >> robert: i'm robert burton. they need to get it together quick before it's too late. what we say about that. and the d.m.v. dynasty. how the seventh and the eighth grade girls basketball team dominating like crazy. that story when "abc7 news at 6:00" i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental

area in pink. this is a winter storm warning in effect late tonight. the d.c. metro area and west and north from there under the winter weather advisory to be a lesser amount and a mix. we are picking up batches on radar. some reaching the ground. fair amount of it is suspended in the cloud. this is the real deal rain to come in. as the storm is formed up tonight. we'll change the wind direction around and see the rain mix and change to the snow in the overnight hours. different models have different speeds. enough cold air will come in. a mix south and east of town. farther south and east in future cast shows rain. there could be additional heavier snow tomorrow afternoon before it kicks out. so what we expect, one to three inches is the forecast across 24 area. metro area included. a lot of the grassy areas. three to. is plus farther north. it will to no snow farther south and east you go. look at the weather pattern. the vortex will pay us a it have. we'll have the highs in the lower 30's to the upper 20's. chilly. down to 12 on valentine's day morning. jonat

d.c./philadelphia area. we don't see it very often. people need to take it very seriously and know what to do if you have a tornado warning in your area. >> we'll pay attention to the local broadcasts and break back to you if there are any details. >>> to the political storm that is the presidential race. on the republican side, a third consecutive win in the nevada caucuses keeps donald trump the clear front-runner in the gop nomination. trump is way ahead of his rivals with 81 delegates so far while his nearest competitors, ted cruz and marco rubio have 17 delegates apiece. unless there is a ibmajor shake-up, donald trump is set to steam roll his way to victory on super tuesday. if he does, he'll be sitting on more than a third of the delegates needed. it does not appear the other delegates are going to go quietly. chief political correspondent carl cameron has the story. >> reporter: buoyed by his third win in a row, with pat robertson. >> i'm pretty good at that. things were said that were lies, real lies. i can't mention them in p

d.c. metro area.heavy rain likely to come in here starting as early as lunchtime in the shenandoah valley through the evening commute here in metro. >> reporter: the blizzard is gone but the new concern? possible flooding. something the old town is familiar with. the hope is that the rain could seriously helped minimize these mounds of snow, but even then, where does it all go? crews across the area are clearing drains as they prepare for a soggy day. pretty dry here in old town alexandria, but you can find out when exactly the rain is moving in and if it's coming into your area and how fast just by downloading the nbc washington app. for now let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegal. >> leesburg, you'll have these heavy showers moving in momentarily. they'll then continue to eastern areas like fairfax and the district. the heaviest rain 3:00 p.m. in the metro area. flood impacts today and tomorrow. this afternoon we're looking at ponding on the area roads. by the evening hours stil

storm is moving towards washington, d.c., and your area in new york. it's expected to hit that region around 11:00 if there is some good news, it should be packing a bit of a lighter punch. lester? >> all right. miguel almaguer tonight, thank you. scandal involving dangerous air bags in millions of cars appears to be growing even larger with u.s. saying they have uncovered evidenceat the takata corporation was deceiving automakers for years about its defective air bags, and there is a growing possibility that thecall could now grow to cover half of the cars on american roads right now. nbc's tom costello hasils. >> reporter: it was just before christmas when 52-year-old joel knight was killed in south carolina. his 2006 ford rangert a cow on a country road. the takata air bag inflater exploded on impact. >> when it contact, this could have prevented us, his death could have been prevented. >> reporter: the coroner found metal shrapnel that came from the air bag also severed his spine. at least nine have been killed from exploding air bags. now senate i

area. the worst of it is for the d.c. metro area, going to be coming through in another 30 minutes or so.it will be about another 30 to 45 before it's east. so i think by the time we get to maybe 7:00, 8:00 this evening, most of that line, guys, is going to be east of i-95 and headed out over the bay. wendy, you have another question for us? >> i was wondering, veronica, if the character of a storm changes as it goes over a metropolitan area because of all the concrete. does that change the character at all? >> it can change it somewhat, just the frictional effects and that sort of thing as we see storms when they come across the mountains at times. not a summertime situation for us. we've -- today temperatures county and cooler conditions in frederick. frederick into the severe thunderstorm warning. you can see the intense lightning. one of the things we look at too as an indicator if the storm is strengthening or weakening, and right now there's a lot of lightning still with the line as it comes into the d.c. area. a lot of lightning, a lot of rain in a short period of time that could l

lester, this storm is moving towards washington, d.c., and your area in new york. it's expected to hit that region around 11:00 tonight. if there is some good news, it should be packing a bit of a lighter punch. lester? >> miguel almaguer tonight, thank you. >>> tonight the scandal involving dangerous air bags and millions of cars appears to be growing larger with u.s. senate investigators saying they've uncovered evidence that the takata corporation was deceiving automakers for years about its defective air bags. possibility that the recall could now grow to cover half of the cars on american roads right now. nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: it was just before christmas when 52-year-old joel knight was killed in south carolina. his 2006 ford ranger hit a cow on a country road. the takata air bag inflater exploded on impact. >> when it made contact, this could have been prevented. his death could have been prevented. >> reporter: the coroner found metal shrapnel that cut through the air bag also severed his spine. federal investigators report hundreds o

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as we start here, cities from northern carolina up to the d.c. area under the threat of tornadoes. at least four more people were killed this afternoon, some in waverly, virginia, where there's been significant damage from an apparent tornado. at least seven people have died from this time yesterday. right now at least ten states are at risk for

d.c. nonprofit martha's table in partnership with the capital area food bank brings these joyful markets to 12 d.c. elementary schools in underserved communities, offering free fresh fruits and vegetables to families who don't have easy access to fresh food. >> you know, every nugget helps. >> my youngest child gets out at 4:15. i have to wait around. and then we have to go home and cook. so when they have this, it really helps out. >> reporter: there are only three full service grocery stores in all of ward seven and ward eight east of the ancostia river. they also have the district's highest poverty rates. >> we view it as another opportunity for us to come in and provide fresh, high quality food in a meaningful way and dignified way in a way that celebrates healthy food. >> we're going to make our own. >> reporter: at joyful market, cooking lessons come with the shopping experience. >> you take a little bit of onion. put some in here, okay? >> reporter: doctors also answer questions and offer tips for a healthy lifestyle. >> did you know that this is part of being healthy? >> reporter: t

let's talk about that snowfall forecast. 1 to 3 inches the bulk of the area. d.c., waldorf, fredericksburg i don't have you seeing much at all, maybe a coating. 3 to 6 frederick, baltimore over towards columbia, gaithersburg, maybe montgomery village. some areas maybe a little bit more. coming up in a couple minutes, we'll talk about that seven-day forecast because, guys, the snow moves out but the cold moves in, and we're talking the coldest air so far this year. we'll talk much more about that in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. >> shivering already. >>> thousands of restaurants make an unprecedented move. >> they're all part of the same chain that shut its doors but they're making it up in a big way by offering free food and that has social media hungry for more. >>> and they were the big super bowl moments between the plays. first at 4, the local commercial that's getting a huge response. >>> and tomorrow voters in new hampshire head to the polls. after all the speeches, twashtiattacks, and an interesting debate over the weekend, who do you think has the most m

everything is good. >> d.c. area residents are bracing. >> i have wood on the deck if the power goes out. >> ion with the guardian fire protection is spending the day winterizing the pipes for the area businesses so the bitter temperatures don't ruin someone's weekend. >> a lot of times the pipes get cold. they freeze and burst. here comes guardian. >> so the two key critical advice from the firefighters here at the station 11 is if you are going out, be prepared and know the limitations. live in the alexandria section of fairfax county, jay korff, abc7 news. leon: thanks, jay. once the weather does roll in, send us your picture and the videos of what you see. if you see it. send it. pics@wjla.com. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- big breakthrough in the fight against lyme disease. what scientists at geo mason university discovered to help thousands of patients. alison: chicks with sticks. how a woman taking field hockey beyond a game. leon: new at 6:00, opening day for the d.c. streetcar. tell us. it's true. whic

area, they will be out immediately trying to restore power. doug? doug: thank you for that. i want to remind everybody in the immediate d.c. metro area the worst part of the storm is occurring right this minute. so over the next 20 minutes or so we should see improvement as the line continues to move west to east. give you updates here as we look forward in the next hour or so to locations where we will see the storms arrive. it will take an hour and a southern maryland. it will give you an idea. 7:17. 7:45 close to the bay. we are talking in the time frame, an hour 45 to two hours before the viewing area is no longer under a threat. we have not had any recent report of tornado. only area under tornado warning just expired. that was in caroline county and hanover county in virginia. the good news is it was not extended. we don't see any indication close or downstream from the metro area until you get south in virginia toward north carolina line. and several active tornadoes are observed now over north central and central north carolina. our area mostly rain. heavy rain at that. occasional lightning and the wind gusts. every

as we start here, cities from northern carolina up to the d.c. area under the threat of tornadoes. at least four more people were killed this afternoon, some in waverly, virginia, where there's been significant damage from an apparent tornado. at least seven people have died from this time yesterday. right now at least ten states are at risk for severe weather with the highest tornado risk this evening. nbc's miguel almaguer reports from the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight this is what they fear, funnel clouds, possible tornadoes, a weather system still packing pounding rain and whipping winds with. with at least four dead today there's another night of dangerous weather still ahead. >> look at that. oh, my god >> reporter: forecast calls for 70-mile-an-hour winds.

. >>> good evening, we begin with breaking news out of the washington, d.c. area. a police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty tonight according to authorities. the officer and two others were shot while responding to the scene of a domestic-related shooting right here in the town of religionridge, virginia. police say the gunman is in custody. it's unclear how badly the other officers were wounded. there are reports this may have been the officer's first weekend on the job after being sworn in on friday. we'll continue to follow this and bring you updates in the morning. >>> a heroin user saved and brought back from the brink. medics use narcan to reverse the overdeuce. addiction has gripped the region and narcan is being used to jolt people back to life. we look closer at the epidemic and has more of this exclusive video. >> reporter: it's 4:00 p.m. in kensington and a septa cop sprints to huntingdon station. a man is unconscious on the ground overdosing from heroin. as trains pass by the victim convulses on the platform, strangers can only hold

jummy: a lasting effect of the storm for much of the d.c. area has been chopper seven captured the scene during the morning rush. that is the bw parkway. you see one car was stranded before the road was closed. scene insimilar annapolis as water from the day spilled over the banks and onto downtown roadways. police had to close several lanes of several roads so traffic could move through. and upper marlboro, the water street bridge is at risk of closing has of rising water. brad bell sent in video, showing the patuxent river right at the bottom of the bridge. what does all of this mean for our roadways? let's go to jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: you may see in some areas that standing water and be careful. if you approach any area there is standing water, please, do not try and go through it. people were stuck. currently, pothole patching on the gw parkway. last night, they close the northbound side. .oday it is southbound there are no delays in either direction. betweenhole patching edsel road and the king street. new hampshire avenue t

area. when we are in d.c., we get to see all that. jeannette: thank you so much. when you see them, this is them preparing for if there were any kind of mass casualty, they are ready to go and they have all the training they need to go out there and save some lives. i'm jeanette reyes. thank you. jummy: recovery teams have located the small plane that went missing in nepal with 23 people on board. officials say there were no survivors. the plane crashed into a mountain in central nepal. witnesses reported seeing flames in a wooded area. plane took offhe in bad weather and lost contact eight minutes into the flight. surveillance video shows the visiting a gun shop hours before police say he gunned down six people. 2 others remain hospitalized this new, one of them in medical condition. uber driver jason dalton didn't buy a weapon, he already had one, but instead he picked up a tactical jacket. >> the person in here was friendly, talk to us, smiling, joking around. jummy: investigators say dalton legally owned the semi-automatic handgun he used in the shootings. pol

families that have moved into the d.c. area since the case. i'm on it. garcia: this is hopeless. we don't even know frank's surname. but we do know the only person ever to survive abduction by frank. jane. he fell in love with her. of emotionally bonding with anyone. yet he was prepared to risk everything to have her. amongst all those he killed there has to be one constant, one repetitious act, a break from pattern. one he's probably not even a of. oh... [agitated breathing] if they don't come soon, somebody's going to get hurt! if you don't shut the hell up, you'll get hurt. i would like to leave now! i don't want to be here. hello?! hello? excuse me! bitch, shut it. please, i don't want to be in here! shut the hell up or i'll do it for you. shut up! hey, knock it off! jane. come in here and get this mouthy bitch out of here. back off! agent prentiss, fbi. fbi? do you remember me? from nevada? [breathing hard] i asked for agent gideon. i told you! agent gideon's right, you know. frank, he can't feel love. he wants to, but he can't. he's coming for me, you know? he's already her

>> at 11:00, winter weather is hitting the d.c. areas right now. the morning at commute ahead. >> our other big story, the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. the battle for the bench already brewing on capitol hill and the campaign trail. investigationin into how a virginia scam artist ended up dead inside of pickup truck. announcer: this is a winter weather alerts. we begin with the weather alert right now. facebook liveoing leading up to this. richmond, we will get to as many places as we with it was getting snow right now. first a live picture at national harbor, not getting snow just yet. we will start with the morning advisories. undergton and baltimore winter weather advisory's. more when you get to morning. in this case, it is more about precipitation types, and more likely for possible ice. the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, especially the allegheny. blu-ray, youe a also see low temperatures that is still cold, having a tough time melting that snow. it was getting snow right now? winchester, warrant, maybe fredericksburg. west,

more than 100 flights have been delayed in new york. 15 so far delayed in the d.c. area. leon? leon: well, michelle, happening now. protesters are rallying outside the headquarters and there in support of apple. this is in response to the apple refusal to unlock iphone of the dead gunman in theperson ben terror attack -- san bernardino terror attack. what are you seeing out there tonight? >> you can see them, they are out in the rain. they are basically saying look, f.b.i. get out of the phones. leave the phones alone. it before. the f.b.i. went to the password and reset it. so, now you have an encrypted phone that is blocked. that is turning into a situation where the f.b.i. is looking for the information. these folks are saying look at the big eck pirture. you have a -- bigger picture. this government agency wants to access the privacy and get in the iphones. bill gates say they are looking for a narrow scope. narrow information about the specific event. but folks wonder is this the start of opening pandora's box where you have a government agency trying to get in and abouts

justice antonin scalia's flag-draped casket arrived in the d.c. area last night. his replacement is already under way. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor. >> reporter: the white house says that won't happen this week. while congress is on break. with flags at half-staff, we are already seeing possible candidates mentioned. >> we don't have to confirm and we won't. fvbs. >> the vote should be rejected based on the history of how president obama selects judges. if there is no vote, that is fine, too. >> reporter: the court is in the middle of its term. with more cases to hear and decide between now and july. without conservative ska lee, a tie. >> we will see unlimited abortion on demand throughout this country. partial birth abortion, notification. >> we need a conservative person. >> reporter: democrats insist the country shouldn't have to next president to decide. >> we have a president. he was elected. he has the right to nominate another supreme court justice. will look kindly on republican actions to try

problem is a lot of folks added an extra 2 to this promotion and they actually got the cell phone of a d.c. area lawyer. the lawyer got dozens of texts from people he didn't know and they didn't know what was going on, and they wanted their free burrito. and they weren't too happy when they found out he wasn't going to give them one. >> he's going to get free gift cards for his troubles. >> so the story of a woman has united thousands of people in denver. during black history month in 2013. it's the story of how a former slave could become a saint. the archdiocese in denver is celebrating her as the model of mercy for jubilee holy year. this painting was commissioned by the archdiocese and unveiled in january. she came to denver after being freed by the emancipation proclamation. as a slave she was beaten so badly she lost one of her eyes, but she still showed mercy. when she lived in curtis park in the five points area, greeley was known to carry supplies for the needy in a little red wagon, even though she was impoverished herself. some say her work is deserving sainthood. and they've been wor

check out this snowfall as a winter storm moves through the washington, d.c., area. a rain and snow mix is still falling and accumulating, just not as muches as expected. there is a risk for roads to ice over. avery county schools closed today. take a look at this. any better. they have had fresh snow falling temperatures are perfect. and what with the weather coming up here, looks like the weekend with the valentine's day holiday it is going to be a great weekend for skiing. >> great snow making weather. i used to hub a snow day, when you caski. perfect snow making weather the next couple days. more natural snow, not a lot but a few more inches possible. live look from our hd tower cam, partly cloudy skies, and breezy northwest wind in charlotte. just to the west, a few light rain showers into gaston county, further out to the west, cleveland county, shelby, maybe even a few snow showers mixed in so we continue to see that cold northwest wind, ride into the scattered snow showers. the radar shoots over the top of some of this, but we have seen the snow falling in th

in the d.c. arearight now, mayor bowser en route back to d.c. >>> coming up, a failed response left a man dead here in the district. tonight, the victim's family is sharing its story in an effort to change the law and perhaps save some lives. >>> an suv slams into a local day care. we'll tell but the lucky break that kept any children sfr getting hurt. >>> and we're going to be seeing showers tomorrow morning. starting off cool, upper 30s, low 40s. tomorrow afternoon, heads up for travel delays, rather stormy, the potential for some severe weather. we have much more on this coming up next. >>> a close call in prince george's county this morning, an suv crashed into day care in largo. it happened about 7:30 at the rising generations early learning center. there were no children inside the room at the time. but you can see how somebody could have easily gotten hurt if there had been. the driver was taken to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. caused this crash. >>> the family of a man in the distr

i want you to see this line of storms into the washington, d.c., area and southwestward. this is tornadic activity. the tornado watch exists in southern new jersey until the 11:00 p.m. hour. look at that line going from williamsport down to about richmond, virginia. we'll see some of these slide towards us tonight, likely to produce heavy rainfall. if you get under one of these thunderstorm cells, the conditions up to 40, 50 miles an hour. there's the tornado watch i pointed out to you. it's basically across central-southern new jersey, southwestern new jersey, goes until 11:00, and now you'll see the wind advisory. that's from connecticut across long island to the city down to the jersey shore. that goes until 4:00 a.m. again, those gusts reach 45 to 50 miles an hour. right now look at the temperatures. back to the middle 50s here in the city. it's 59 at newark. bridgeport has jumped five degrees. they're at 55. look at sussex and poughkeepsie. only 40. that's a 15-degree difference across the area. there's the warm front with the wind out of the south. when the wind is

we're watching the snow on this weather alert day as we start to see more snow flakes around the d.c. area. you're looking live in leesburg right now. a mix of snow and rain that chuck has been telling us about. he's tracking what you can expect as you leave for work. >>> and we'll show you more snow on the roadways here in the storm team 4 x 4. and is that snow he causing slowdowns. >>> and fears over the zika virus casting a shadow over the upcoming olympics. what the u.s. olympic committee is saying about a report it could have athletes skipping >>> snow is falling across frederick county maryland, fairfax. we're seeing snowflakes here in the northwest. more in the way of raindrops southern maryland. so rain and snow, temperatures generalenly just above the freezing mark this morning. roads are very well treated an not in too bad of shape skrus y just yet. that may change. >>> 4 x 4 showing you a perfect picture of untreated roads here this morning. very slick and nasty. this is the damascus area, they are headed in to gaithersburg town near 124 into town. 95 southbound here as you're a

in the washington, d.c., area several schools are closed today and the federal government is opening three hours late even as we contend with slush and ice on the sidewalks like this, several places in the northeast could flirt with the 60-degree mark, anne-marie. the winter weather roller coaster continues. >> roller coaster is the best way to describe it. and i know. well because the weather is just all over the place. don champion here in new york. >>> four american journalists are under arrest in the small gulf nation of bahrain. bahrain police say day was detained for providing false information that she was a tourist. she was covering the anniversary of the arab spring protests. they were violently put down by the bahrain government. >>> pope francis has been speaking to some of the most marginalized individuals in mexico. yesterday it was the impoverished. today he visits the city where war and drug games cook much of the meth am amphetamines in the u.s. >> reporter: pope francis routes chanted "long lives pope francis" in chappa. a teenager told pope francis about his struggl

seen as far as away as the washington, d.c. area.hose are some of our top stories on this monday, february 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. we begin this half hour with decision day in iowa. we've waited awhile for this. >> we have. the day is upon us. thousands of iowans will caucus today in the first election test for this year's candidates. candidates on both sides have shifted into high gear cramming in as many last minute events and rallies as they can. >> on democratic side is, the newest poll from the des moines register" has clinton three points ahead of bernie sanders. that's a statistical tie. cecilia vega kicks off coverage with the democrats. >> reporter: hillary clinton is fired you. >> please, come out and caucus, don't worry about the weather. >> reporter: bringing in reinforcements for the final push. >> please join me in welcoming, i hope, our next president, my mom. >> reporter: not just chelsea. the entire family, center stage this weekend. >> thank you, bill. thank you,

could see snow around the d.c. area if you are traveling up there. call ahead. the front working through today and then look at cold air to the west. that is what we are seeing the next several days. raleigh today expect temperatures in the 30's at 9:00. by lunch 43 and we will see partly sunny skies during the afternoon hours. 44 at 2:00, 45 at 5:00. across the region the temperatures mid 40's from cary to garner. 44 durham, 44 siler city. 46 lillington and smithfield. 45 sanford. fayetteville, fort bragg, 50. low 40's south hill. roanoke rapids 44. 45 louisburg, 44 wake dress. tonight back into the 20's for overnight lows. 28 fayetteville. 25 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow back into the 40-degree range, colder tomorrow. 30's thursday and friday 41. saturday another round of cold comes in, 39 saturday. sunday just 30 degrees on valentine's day. hope you didn't put away the will need it. barbara: long johns. john: long underwear. barbara: got to keep him awake. with advil, you'll ask what backache? what sore wrist? what h

. >>> for the first time since 2007, two area high school basketball stars will represent the d.c. area in the mcdonald's all american game on march 30. acum my includes lebron james, carmelo anthony and blake griffin. tonight two local stars face off on the hardwood. they both told us that the honor required a lot more than many realize. >> early mornings, late nights. criticisms, constructive criticisms, staying up at night and watching film. >> you off the court. a great person can play on the court and i think you gotta be a winner to be able to do it. you can't be fine with losing. that's one of the things i have in me. >> the annual mcdonald's all american game began in 1978 but it wasn't until 2002 that a girls' game was added to the mix and one of the 24 female athletes selected is kayla charles, a guard for riverdale baptist. >> the reports on her are incredible. of course she's going to marlin and they tell me she is the total package. if she's going there, i can assure you she's aegirite one. >> kyla charles. i apologize. congratulations to them. upper levels and honors for t

risk of seeing tornadoes today and damaging wind gusts and severe threat extends toed washington, d.c. area. you can see why. the warm temperatures up and down the eastern seaboard with 70s in raleigh and new york city into the 50s. cold side of the storm as heavy snow is developing throughout the day. chicago watch that carefully. the snow line is straddling the city and could see some significant totals over a half foot here and especially just east of town. the biggest snow totals, northwestern indiana up to michigan, could see up to a foot. >>> republicans who control the senate judiciary committee say supreme courts. it has erupted into a battle between the white house and gop opponents who want the next president to make an appointment. mitch mcconnell said his party would not permit a vote and election. >>> significant medical conditions that led to justice scalia's death according to the supreme court doctor. scalia suffered from coronary artery decease and high blood bought a jacket with an notice pocket designed for a handgun. dalton was laughing and joking, but did not buy a weap

as we start here, cities from northern carolina up to the d.c. area under the threat of tornadoes. at least four more people were killed this afternoon, some in waverly, virginia, where there's been significant damage from an apparent tornado. at least seven people have died from this time yesterday. right now at least ten states are at risk for severe weather with the highest tornado risk this evening. nbc's miguel almaguer reports from the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight this is what they fear, funnel clouds, possible tornadoes, a weather system still packing pounding rain and whipping winds with. with at least four dead today there's another night of dangerous weather still ahead. >> look at that. oh, my god >> reporter: forecast calls for

alex ovechkin has fans all over the d.c. area and all over the world. after his hat trick thursdayy night he received a new high profile admirer. congrats leading the nhl in hat tricks. just a beast on the ice. oh ovechkin saw the tweet and said, thanks, you're the best. the capitols are in dallas trying to en against the stars. the second period the quest andd the losing streak off to a bad start. mad is juan mark gets his 11thh goal of the season. s bee hole pee off to an uncharacteristic start here. local pee will be pulled.led. the capitols trying to give a val ingredient effort. it wasn't enough as they losee just their tenth game of the t season in dallas. the university of maryland will always be a member oral placer o for the players of the 19666 basketball team. that's where the upset the jugger nuts to win the championship.cham it was the first time in in american history that a team five african-americans. they were honored tonight. that one day that will never, ever be changed to be team to, you know, break the color barrier not just for afr

areas. mixture of rain and snow into the d.c. metro area. fairfax, i-95 corridor, friends up toward baltimore, around columbia, maryland, manassas, a mixture of rain and snow. that's really going to cut down even from what you see on the grassy areas, an inch around leesburg, gaithersburg, and up toward frederick. that's the map. it will be very slushy. most of the snow that will accumulate will be right down here through southern maryland and areas east. the early morning temperatures, they're low enough in the 30s and low 30s to the north and west, leesburg around gaithersburg. so, again, wintry weather for early tomorrow morning. easy out the door. what to wear? you will need the coat, the hat, the gloves, even the umbrella because of so much rain starting to mix in with the system. want to show you the windchill temperatures midday. it's going to be cold, windy. we'll be around 32 to 35 degrees and stay in the 30s all day long. we've got a lot more on improving conditions for the weekend but we're not done with the winter because we're a