our chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at our forecast. doug? doug: a layer of marine coming ahead of a cold front but very breezy and warm with a quick update on the cherry blossoms. the park service a forecasting the peak from next tuesday to friday, march 14-17 and we've been going through the time line of different developmental stages and last night the park service said we've reached the getting closer and closer to peak bloom, something we'll keep a close eye on. definitely will be earlier than average and if it blooms on tuesday it will be the earliest on record. look at this, 67 now with mainly cloudy skies and gusty winds across the area. the rain is well to the west and moisture coming up ahead of the cold front and if you look far enough back to the west you see the cold front but the point is we're not going to miss it. we'll get rain showers later this afternoon, especially this evening and tonight and in the overnight period as well. it will take until morning to get all this through the area but when it does, a breezy and dry day

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back inside a warmer studio with chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thanks, steve. trend.t trend by the end of the week and the weekend. we are not finished with the whiplash here with the storm off new england. another snowshower. it has snow with it. there is snow here. nothing heavy? just a reminder we are not finished with the storm. even though the temperatures are above freezing. anything that falls will melt. that will add in the equation that steve described around the area. let's get busy with the forecast. the temperatures will drop. with a gusty winds it will feel like the single digits. the re-freeze is the big weather headline tonight. tomorrow flurries. windy through the day. sunshine. highs will reach 32 to 35 mid-afternoon. as we head through the end of the week we will make progress. 40 on thursday with sunshine. st. patrick's day, 47. come in. look at the effect. 57 degrees here -- i was younger i would jump for joy! 57 on saturday. but wait. it gets cooler again after that. check out the extended outlook for you. by sunday, we are back to 50 for a high.

doug, temperatures going to drop again? doug: pretty much. that will happen overnight. the forecast tonight we will see the increasing cloudiness. chance of showers overnight and drop to 36. tomorrow we will recover to 45. even though the skies turn sunny in the day and the gusty winds. lose wind on thursday but it will stay chilly. 47 degrees. tonight at 11:00 we have the wind speed to look for tomorrow and talk about the wind chills and an impressive warmup on the way for saturday. maybe short sleeve weather. jonathan: 72, that is short sleeves. michelle: thank you, doug. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching tonight. see you at 11:00. have a great night. >>> tonight, the terror concern and the emergency security ban fears over possible explosives smuggled inside laptops and tablets. the new rules for passengers flying to the u.s. from eight muslim-majority countries. martha raddatz standing by. >>> president trump's fight to take down obamacare -- the president's warning to republicans with the bill fails. >>> in the

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doug: ok. ready for good news and bad news? if you are a winter weather lover, you will enjoy the forecast. tomorrow in the morning, some rain and snow possible. temperatures will fall during the day, and that will lead to a much colder weekend. 36 degrees for saturday. it will feel much colder all day and warming up. spring will come. jummy: soon. i know. thanks for joining us. have a great day. >> you know how they say "time is money?" well, for one of our contestants today, the next 30 minutes may be worth a cool $1 million. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] let's do it. today's contestant is a singing waiter with an immense love for elton john. and yet, he's never seen him in concert. we gotta change that. from new york, new york, please welcome david colbert. [cheers and applause] how you doing, david? welcome. [cheers and applause] you sing for a living. you love elton

doug hill is here. doug: it definitely is going to warm up but it is still cold. brilliant blue skies but temperatures are very cold. let me show you the numbers. at the 23rd noon with full sunshine to have temperatures in the upper 30's is not something we see very often. 37 in leesburg and frederick. 40 in fredericksburg. we will warm up only to the upper 40's at best, with plenty of sunshine. the wind is slackening as high pressure moves overhead but it will stay unseasonably chilly. we will start to get a more southerly wind, and there is a warm front well to the west that we are tracking. we will see increasing cloudiness and temperatures might rise overnight. we might see an early morning shower tomorrow and then we get on track. wake up temperatures in the mid-30's and we will climb through the day. it looks pretty good by the afternoon. 62, thattart the day, is more like it, by the afternoon. we can a a another 10 degrees to our forecast for the day on saturday. jummy: coming up on the news at noon, a major break in a series of bomb threats nationwide targ

right now let's begin with our chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: we are busy indeed. we have the reporters positioned all over the place. we will join them. they are much more handsome and a beautiful bunch than the brady bunch but we'll see them in a second to give you the background of what folks are doing to get ready for the big storm that hasn't formed yet. tell you the information you need to know north and west, anybody in the pink color, you are under a winter storm warning tonight through the morning. east of the city, in the purple area, you are under a winter weather advisory. the reason of the difference between a minor advisory and a major advisory, we expect warm air to push in the system once it gets going. rain over southeast section of virginia now. some not reaching the ground. the air is dry. that will rapidly change tonight. what we have an area of low pressure that caused the snow out west. that is here. that is diving to the east. then the storm comes together with the energy transferring to the coast. that storm will be the major storm that will

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head back inside to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: thank you, steve. this is in the bitter backlash of the storm dumping snow across interior new england. high winds and freeze on the coast. back part of that. an additional snow flurry or snowshower. one band now moving in the northwest section of baltimore. couple of flurries. the main deal are the temperatures dropping and the wind chill with the wind. current temperatures are 30s in metro. warmer south of town. id feels like 32 in fredericksburg. 26 in washington. 19 in frederick. getting through t the temperatures dropping more. 22 in the city. the winds combine for wind chills single digit and teens. there is a potential problem for thursday, but maybe not for friday. we will turn warmer. tomorrow, icy start and cold and windy with sunshine. passing flurries. highs of 35. feeling colder. by the end of the week improvement. by 3040 in sunshine. 47 on st. patrick's day. 57 on saturday. will it last or turn cold again? you are only a click aay knowing the answer. should i do it? sure! here we go. for

doug: it's widespread. the whole effect and maggie pointed out in new york city the fact that the storm was so big and close to the coast. now they are getting sleet and freezing rain and the whole mess but it's almost done. northern new england crushed with the heavy snow. steve rudin out in the snowtrak7. checking in on the concerns we have now that the snow and the sleet and the rain is finished. what do we worry about next? i have a hunch it has to do with the temperatures. steve: exactly. it's cold here. good news for what it looks like in fairfax. a lot of the sidewalks are cleared out for the most part. and some of the sidewalks are treated with salt. a little bit of salt can go a long, long way. the problem is look at the parking lot. it's totally cle. they plowed it out today. the temperatures falling below freezing. we look for the puddles to refreeze and likely cause problem for the early morning rush hour commute tomorrow. if you have to get outdoors in the morning and walk your dog or get the n

doug: there will be more, i bet. we show you the whole area because it will be different in other areas. this has a rain snow line it could be close to metro washington. le's get started with the coverage. steve rudin will join us from the weather center in a minute. in the pink areas, d.c. north and west winter storm warnings, the winter weather advisories to the south and east of town. the alignment or the number of the warnings could change tonight as the conditions dictate. in the meantime, the temperatures are starting to to the upper 30's to the low 40's now across the area. we have reports of snow around the area. even with the temperatures above freezing. the flakes will melt. sooner or later we will see the temperatures falling off that some will start. the grassy areas first. we have a problem with the rain, snow line and the wintry mix. show you our areas. we have area of snow and sprinkles. the main area of precipitation is still here. the storm will intensify and move north. it will bring us the warm air

thanks, doug. this year's national cherry blossom festival begins tomorrow but the star attraction may be a no-show after the cold and snow and ice. richard reeve is live at the tidal basin now to explain what it's about. richard? richard: yeah, larry, the national park service calling this widespread damagek to the blossoms. take a the guys are drooping now. this is not just the blossoms. it's affecting the ag industry all over the place. >> you see the little black spot there. that means the flower is dead. richard: the inside of the blueberry bud tells him what he expects. they grow 18 acres of blueberries and 16 acres of strawberries at butler orchard. but 15-degree overnight cold snap is the definition of weather whiplash. >> seven days in the 70's in february, which is unheard of. then 15 degrees this morning is throwing the buds out of whack. richard: he fears his farm faces 15-20% loss. >> if it's dark it means they are dead. if it's green, they're still good. richard: butlers aren't t temp

doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: cloudy skies right now. every once in a while i look for a glimpse of clearing and in some areas you should get clear spots. national, 54eagan -- and what birds at 51 degrees. satellite shows a lot of cloudiness to the west, no rain, but a cold front is on the way. that will drop the temperatures the next few days before we have a chance to warm back up to springlike levels. our average high is close to 60 and tomorrow we will have gusty wind, sunny and only in the mid 40's, continuing into thursday before we see a warm-up. we show a glimmer of sunshine through midday, a better chance this afternoon, somewhere around the 60 degree mark. tomorrow morning we will wake up to clouds but i think they will clear away, most everyone in the 30's. 39 in la plata when you wake up on wednesday. we will look over the next 10 days coming up. two men have been indicted and the december 2015 murder of heather ciccone in spotsylvania county. joshua williams and jonathan verrazano work indicted on a number of charges. deputi

doug: i hear it is going to be warm in june. autria: much of the dmv saw a mix of snow, sleet, and many loudoun county residents are digging out. jummy: horace holmes has been in leesburg all morning long and he joins us live. horace: it is cold. the sign on the building says "snow coming." it was not what we expected in leesburg. several inches came down in a short period of time, but the good news is it has stopped and the wonderful news is that the snow removal crews have done an excellent job getting the snow removed after -- off the main highways and byways. day, get pie now. they thought at mom's apple pie y would be a bus to because of the storm. let's take a look. you have got customers, you did not expect it. >> they are turning out. horace: you thought you were going to get significant snow. >> i actually thought we would get over 12, even when they reduce the to eight so i told everybody to stay home. i do not want them to be endangered on the road. horace: you are backtracking. >> i am. horace: the place to be in lee

michael: doug, what is your view? doug: first of all, thank you here for having me today. i agree with -- agree with half of what glenn said. when i look out a decade or two at our fiscal situation, i am concerned about rising levels of debt. have shown no ability as a country to adopt policies to address that challenge. we haven't even really had uninformed, honest discussion of that outside of groups like this. years i look out several in the federal budget, i am much more worried about the prospect of sharp cuts in federal spending that i think would be damaging to long-term growth cutting at-bat -- back on federal investment and especially damaging to in terms of lower and middle income people who are more dependent on certain forms of government spending. i think our economic policy in this country should be oriented explicitly towards raising living standards for lower and middle income people. there are a number of steps we can take to do that, but the first thing is to do no harm, by not taking away benefits people are depending on. so i worry a lot in the short-te

jonathan: thank you, doug. charles severance the convicted alexandria serial killer is appealing his conviction. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has the argument that was made in court. jeff: charles severance did not attend the appeals court hearing in alex old town alexandria. his attorney claims that severance is not guilty of killing ruthanne lodato, nancy dunning beyond a reasonable doubt. they are arguing that the murder of nancy dunning should not have been tried with ron kirby and ruthanne lodato. they also claimed nothing conclusively connected severance to the gun or guns used in the killings that were never punt to. but the attorney for the prosecution countering that severance was obsessed with the rare gun used in the killing. .22 revolver and similar circumstances of each of the killings make it clear he is guilty. >> it suggests to you one person did it? >> one person did in a distinctive manner as distinct from for example a robbery gone bad in a convenience store where someone is s

let's get to doug with the forecast. doug: the cold air moving in. snowshowers across the mountains from the great flakes. maybe a flurry in the suburbs to the rest of town. that is all we expect as far as precipitation. we expect temperatures to slowly and steadily drop. drop to 31 by 11:00 p.m. tonight and in the 20s tomorrow. wind chill even colder. western zone,11 and teens. air temperatures in the met erow is upper teens to 20's. you can shave ten degrees off that because of the gusty winds. through the weekend, plenty cold. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. wind chills in the morning single digits of 10 to 14 degrees. wind chills will stay in the the winds will slacken a bit on sunday but a cold weekend. so the cold air in place. we get through sunday as the cold air is locked in. through the day area of low pressure moves north. it's become significant east coast snowstorm. will it be a snowstorm for washington or philadelphia or all of us, a mix? all snow? we are working on that. we will have a full discussion update for you but put it on the cale

doug? doug: the computer models show 6:00 in the morning we have rain in the area and mixed north and west. we will have heavy wet snow. by 8:30 the colder air will come back in and the northerly wind so it will change back to snow and mix. people along the bay will stay stuck in the rain. at noon there will be snow in the area to deal with. temperatures above freezing and the gusty winds take over. as far as how much, this is the latest incident. two to six in this range for the district. will it be two or six? in between. and more north and east. a work in progress. we are wai in the evening, steve is with you all night long. we will keep you up to date as it changes and the storm warms up to a blockbuster. back to you. alison: doug, thank you very much. pepco says it has more than 2,500 employees ands contractors who are standing by to dealed with downed power lines, trees and any other power problem. larry: but the storm could have the biggest impact on the cherry blossom trees along th

doug: it will start turning colder friday and the weekend. it will feel like the middle of winter, even though it is the end of winter. a live shot from our camera. 56 degrees. trees. driving to work this morning, i noticed how green, with red buds on the trees everywhere. we are ahead of schedule. also running ahead are the pollen updates. a high level for tree pollen already here, in the eighth day of march. grasses and everything else is low. weather conditions will change. issoon as it warms up, it back again. we are in that season for sure. 61 at potomac. 62 in ashburn and turned in. burke, 61 in largo. waldorf at 59. today, plenty of sunshine. gusty wind will hit. tonight, 45. the average temperature lows are still in the low 30's. tomorrow, more sunshine and maybe a touch warmer. only in the middle 50's. we are doing just fine. the goes, you do not see any clouds because we are under the influence of high pressure. as we get into early friday morning, that is the next chance of precipitation. likely a few showers, but early in the morn

. >> doug and tom are standing by. i've been getting the impression listening to you the last couple of days this one is really difficult to nail down in terms of just how much and exactly event and a classic i-95 event too. we always watch that rain/snow line. >> right in our viewing area, those who live south and east of us may not see much at all. but those who are watching us just 10-20 miles north and west of us are going to see a lot. >> that's why we have winter storm warnings to the west of i-95 including fairfax county, montgomery county, prince william and everybody to the north and west. south and east, winter weather advisory in effect for arlington county, prince george's county, waldorf, stafford, down towards spotsylvania. down to the south further there no watches or warnings at all. we're starting to see some flurries. this is helping to moisten the atmosphere a little bit to get us ready for what's coming early. coming up from the south. at the same time an area of low pressure making its way our way.

it's wonderful to have doug is us. and it's also good to have glenn hubbard with us who is dean of, dean of the russell -- sorry, dean and russell carlson professor of finance and economics at the columbia business school and is the past, past chair of the cea under george w. bush. and finally, we have our moderator, michael peterson, president and coo of peterson foundation. michael oversees strategy for the foundation and looking at the key fiscal policy challenges that we all face. michael and the foundation are longtime supporters and backers of nabe, and we're delighted to have you hereby michael, so over -- here, mike billion, so over to you. >> thank you. [applause] well, the peterson foundation's very proud to be back again this year, and we have a great panel that'll be focused on fiscal policy, and as part of our role at the foundation, we like to find common ground, so we'll see if we can find some areas of agreement between these top economists. we've heard about trade and monetary policy this morning. i'd

we start with doug hill. doug: we are looking at a growing area, a developing area of heavy to severe thunderstorms. 100 miles west of the metro but they are quickly making progress. accept in southern maryland and everybody else under a severe thunderstorm watch until 5:00 and i expect this area will be extended eastward shortly. already thunderstorm warning south and west of warren county and shenandoah county, south through rocking him. outside, you would think it is a great first day of march, like summer, windy, sunny, warm. the warm weather helping the development of these storms as they come across the mountains and center cross interstate 81. they have the potential to put down a lot of rain and lightning with high winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes. a severe thunderstorm warning from 12:45 to the southwest of our area and numerous showers and thunderstorms. numerous and they will wind up severe we think. if your area gives a warning, that means wind gusts of 60 miles per hour or higher and pale and

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doug: yeah. keep stressing how crazy it from 80 on wednesday, in the low 50's today and the snow flurries and snowshowers tomorrow. but the key is during the day tomorrow the temperatures are in the upper 30 to the low 40's. that is not going to melt. but it's psychological impact more than anything else. let's start with a sure sign of spring. mark sto is that a dogwood? maybe. i'm not sure. pretty plant, ma'am. [laughter] >> there you go. doug: it's that time of year. things are running a few weeks ahead of schedule obviously. we keep an eye closely peeled on the tidal basin. 14th to the 17th is what the park service is saying for the peak blooms for the cherry blossoms this year. we will see what happens. but it's time to get colder here. we had rain showers yesterday. heavy downpours that q mccray got soaked in reporting live for us. it didn't make a dent. we are still in moderate drought and we don't see signs for long-soaking rains or the major storms for ten days around here. we can be def

doug? doug: obviously busy. things are quieting down now as the heaviest storms have moved off to the east. no advisorys warnings are in effect for the area. we have a little area of rain especially south of the city this evening and heavier downpours and gusty winds but not the sort we think that will cause any damage. all part of a powerful cold front through the area. what was really interesting is we had severe thunderstorm warnings up all day and a watch for storms that really didn't have any thunder or lightning. it was a line of extremely heavy rain and very high winds across the area. we had a wind gust reported at marine corps base quantico at 78 miles per hour. we'll see temperatures continue to drop this evening but slowly because the cold front we'll be in the 60's. by the time we get overnight we will turn cooler with strong, gusty winds, temperatures in the 40's by tomorrow morning. this after hitting 80 degrees today. the wind gusts looking on our storm watch 7 future cast will be in the 25 to 30-

doug: plenty of sunshine today. the warming trend begins with a warm front in the morning bringing clouds and maybe showers. 62 degrees. that is the beginning. check out the weekend. partly sunny skies. 73 on saturday. on sunday, skill 67. very, very mild weather but the temperatures look like they will continue to stay on the mild side even with the much-needed rain through saturday afternoon and saturday night. we urge you to send your photos. the cherry blossoms or other pictures to burst.com/wjla. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" ret alison: fire was man-made. a man was burning books and it gout of hand and started 400-acre wildfire that destroyed 15 homes and forced 150 people to evacuate. some homeowners chose to stay behind and others mourn what they were leaving behind. >> i'm fixing to lose everything we have that we worked hard for. there are things we can't replace. pictures. furniture that was my grand mother's and different things. my grand children's pictures. a lot of stuff. alison: officials say the

doug: national harbor, we have sun getting through. that is a pattern that is developing ahead of the cold front. holding at 72 in washington. the showers and the cold front is across western maryland. scattered showers could be a possibility. this pattern will shift eastward. we will get increase overnight. clearing skies tomorrow and sunshine. thursday is sunshine. winds come out of the east and cooler. 54. the rain could continue and linger to saturday but it will turn partly sunny in the afternoon. mid-60s for sunday. opening day is great. 64 with sunshine and the pleasant mild sprink conditions through much of next week. stay with us. "abc7 news at 6:00" returns after this. robert: the capping getting ready for five-game roadtrip. the last of the season. wins are important because the metro division is tight. washington has to win the division or they could face pittsburgh or columbus in the first round. we don't want that. start with minnesota tonight and end with toronto. the tribe on the importance of the road trip. >> you can

alison: let's go to doug hill.temperatures will be below freezing significantly in the 19 to 26 degree range. cri call temperatures. tomorrow the skies are mostly clear but it will feel like 9 in frederick. 10 in baltimore and 14 in downtown washington. a cold stretch ahead. it will stay breezy tomorrow. wind chills are in the 20's all day long. the numbers peak out at 36. plenty of sunshine and breezy. sunday we have increasing cloudiness and highs of 41. then the attention switches to monday. on monday, cold high pressure will build in as we get through the late sunday night and monday. upper level disturbance approaches approaches from the west and the low pressure system comes from the south. we will probably have rain and we may have snow north. what happens between 6:00 and 8:00 tuesday morning will depend

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comedian doug benson. and music from leann rimes. and now, first things first -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there, thank you. welcome to the show. welcome, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the program. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. we have more to get to than we could possibly shove into one show. i hate to bring anybody down but i have a little pin to put in our collective balloon. "u.s. news and world reports" released their annual ranking of the best countries in the world, and the united states, you know how we always say we're number one? turns out we're not number one. that honor goes to switzerland. switzerland was named the best country in the world. based on several factors including power, quality of life, economic influence, and tiny little army knife production. [ laughter ] the u.s. dropped from fourth to seventh. canada is number two. which i think means we're going to have to build a wall up there too, i'm sorry. [ laughter ] sweden came in sixth. one ahead of us, sweden. which,

doug: the weekend is here. skies are clearing out.es will get colder tonight. 32 in winchester. martinsburg now. 35 in warrenton. 40 in fredericksburg. 39 at the patuxent river naval air station. 36 in college park. we have been watching the snowshowers today. at the noon show we are getting report from the pennsylvania state police they were white-out the snow was heavy along the turnpike. that is all diminishing. we will see clearing skies. if you combine the winds with the rejected overnight lows. 20 to 24, 26. mighty cold in the teens for the wind chills saturday morning. the weekend will brighten up. plenty of sunshine. blue skies but still breezy. winds to 15. the winds are gusty early on sunday and diminishing during the day. 43 degrees for high today. we will go from the 40's for the early january for highs. we jump to 57 on monday. 67 on tuesday. chance of showers. as you have not heard the the extended metro area is now in a severe drought. that is because we go seven or eight days at a time without much rain or any at all.

kimberly: doug joins us now. what do you think about that? doug: they can't pick the exact day.y say between 19 and 22. we first saw 14th. jonathan: that would be the first day ever. doug: they may have to change it again. it's weather dependent. let's start with our coverage. the cherry blossoms love these temperatures. 6 o's at 6:00. 65 downtown. 63 in reston. 61 in frederick. low to mid-60's. widespread including in annapolis and woodbridge as that hour. through the evening the temperatures will drop. clear the humidity is only 15% right now. that is rare to have the humidity levels this low in washington. but 39 to 47 is the range. no trouble making the numbers given the dryness of the air. rapid warm-up. we see plenty of sunshine. temperatures are soaring in the upper 60's. i bet one of the reporting station will hit 70 tomorrow afternoon. but everything changes when we get through late tomorrow night with the approach of a cold front. tomorrow afternoon is breezy and warm, widespread. a large field of the west/southwesterly winds. front. disturbance moving through once the

doug: i hope not. please no. i think we are done with it. alison: thank you, doug. -- michelle: why former vice president joe biden's trip to the hill has him seeing himself in a new light. alison: then later, have you heard about this? why an olympic gold medalist tweet to the woman who won silver that year has people catching their michelle: back with a live look at the eagles nest at the national arboretum. today the arboretum sent an e-mail saying the two eggs in that nest could hatch any day. one of two eggs in another nest at the metropolitan police training academy hatched last week. that camera is offline today and a message says there is a highly woodpeckers working to fix the technical problems. alison: i don't think she likes it. hey, get out of my nest. michelle: we are leaving. people all over the world, they love their dogs. alison: of course. michelle: today is national puppy day here in the u.s. alison: all right. this is a chance to see cute peppies. lindsey mastis has the cutest puppies of the day. lindsey: people love sharing pictures of their dog

doug hill has a look at the weekend. hey, doug. doug: we have been undergoing a slow warmup all day after a warm front went through with the showers. now sunshine. looking at the potomac in alexandria from the torpedo factory. the current numbers, the highest they have been all day. 61 in washington. 60 in fredericksburg at 64. 60 in annapolis. 61 in woodbridge. temperatures will fall this everything. but only through the 50's. this is the benefit of the southerly and the southwesterly winds bringing the warmer air. although it took a long time to arrive 56 with sunshine. the highs are 74. it will stay mild to sunday and that is when the clanses start. we have the timing of that and the look ahead for the next ten days coming up in ten minutes. larry: talk to you then. before you head out this weekend, take the power of the storm watch weather team with you. download the free weather app from the apple or the google play store. alison: if you are on social media, you have seen a lot about this today. people in district seem to be i

thanks for keeping us up to date on all of it, doug. you know the same system that moved through our area spawned nearly two dozen twisters. thank goodness we missed this out in the midwest. this happened late yesterday. storm chasers captured incredible images of twisters. communities west of chicago and south of st. louis are among the hardest hit. three deaths are blamed on the storms which left paths of destruction in eight states. remember you can always stay connected with the storm watch 7 weather team anywhere. just go to wjla.com. down load our storm watch 7 weather app or follow us on facebook and twitter. >> at 4:00 we issued a crime alert and at 6:00 there has been an arrest made after a terrifying sexual assault that happened naught annandale. it happened here in an apartment complex on john adams court. this is really right beside braddock elementary school. the apartment complex just across the street. police say some guy walked up to the woman who was moving and offered to help. she said no. an hour later the same guy wa

doug, cold night tonight. doug: look at the forecast. we drop to 20's. maybe the lower 20's in outlying areas. 27 downtown. sunshine, 49 tomorrow. warmer and then up to 62. we have a warmup for saturday and we'll talk about the cherry blossoms and the cold tonight at 11:00. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. have a great night. >>> tonight, terror on the streets of london. at least four dead including a police officer. carnage, panic and gunfire under big ben. parliament on lockdown. people running for their lives. tonight, the hunt for a motive and possible terror ties. the u.s. under increased security. we have team coverage. >>> gop health care on life support. on the eve of the major vote, president trump's last chance to convince republican holdouts. and now the white house saying there is no plan "b." >>> the bombshell report, former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort. was he once paid millions of dollars to promote the interests of vladimir putin? >>> plus, the new development. di

doug has held many hats. been an academic at syracuse university. he was director of congressional budget office between 2003 and 2005 and worked on the president's council of economic advisors and early bush administration and he was director of the economic chief economist for john mccain's presidential campaign in 2008. so he will hear maybe a different perspective from doug, but any way i'm sure you want to hear what the destination based cash flow tax is all and. i'll turn it other to dug. >> it is always a pleasure to come to the tax policy center and i appreciate the chance to talk about this. i'm at a little bit of a disadvantage because i didn't get a chance to hear everything that preceded me so i'm probably going to repeat things and i apologize in advance. i want to talk broadly about the prospects of tax reform echoing what pam said at the conclusion, which is there is a definite consensus that the u.s. corporation income tax has to change that the status quo is untenable for the forseeable future and we need to have tax reform. i think

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doug: we have been telling you that the stormtrack was in question. it's over the ocean but there is enough evidence it will stay south. for the snow lovers maybe tuesday we have in the forecast, maybe a wintry mix. jonathan: nice! doug: we give you a chance of that until we take those chances away, too. alison: dash our hopes again. doug: the allergy levels are up for the tree pollen in the high range. it's unseasonably early from what we have learned for the free pollen to be so high up there. the rest in the low category. it changes day today -- it changes day-to-day depending on the weather. it's 67 currently at quantico. annapolis is 65. 65 at joint base andrews. 67 in washington. southwesterly winds right now. just as an example how cold the water still is. 48 degrees. the winds to the southeas shore of the bay drop to the upper 40's. it's very common this time of year when you have a difference between the air temperature and the water temperatures. the winds are gusty. 39-mile-per-hour gusts in martinsburg. 38 in cumberland. the winds will sta

doug: it is in somebody's corner. jummy: miami. now we turn to an abc news investigation, taking us inside programs that claim to perform gay conversions. us to talkis joining about a camp in alabama. tell us a little bit about what you're going to see tonight. brian: it is a place of horrors, a cap the charges21 for parents to bring their teenagers who are troubled or day, and they would use a bible or a belt to try to get rid of their gay tendencies. jummy: i understand tonight's episode centers around a boy named lucas. can you tell us about his story? brian: we met lucas more than a year ago when he arrived on a late-night bus after he said he just escaped from one of the caps where he had been brutalized. he took us through one can't after another where so-called christian pastors told him they would find one way or another to make him straight. along the way he found friends who had also been abused. nobody had done anything about this and local police had not moved in. he pushed hard with one local officer in alabama, and we

doug hill is here. doug: the sunshine is key. even with taliban test temperatures -- temperatures on the chilly side, the radiant son will help melt the temperatures. close to 40 degrees in most areas this afternoon. 36 degrees right now at reagan national airport and a west, northwesterly wind at 17 miles per hour. wind gustsl getting and wind chills not feeling good at the moment. far as the wind speeds, 16 to 21 miles per hour, less windy than yesterday but the cold wind still making it feel quite uncomfortable so the gusts will be an issue through the afternoon. they will drop off this evening so the weather pattern will change, and look at the low temperature tonight. they will be colder but reasonably cold for this time of year. a more noticeable warm-up coming this way for our weekend. jummy: thank you. now we want to turn to the fesident's earlier today he unveiled his spending wishlist for 2018. sam sweeney is breaking it down. sam: 54 days after the president took office, has budgeted for 2018 discretionary spending is

doug hill is here with our forecast. doug: plenty of sunshine and temperatures through the 50's in many areas today and we will find out if gusty winds live in montgomery college. are gusty as they are everywhere, 35 recently at reagan national and 38 miles per hour in fredericksburg and martinsburg but that is below the criteria for wind advisory. editors will climb into the 50's. -- temperatures will climb into the 50's. in the afternoon, dropping into the 40's tonight. later tonight, clouds increase around the area. because of a system we: alberta clipper, a low-pressure center developing in the central plains. this thing will start to go to the east tonight and in the overnight, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, there could be light snow but temperatures above freezing on the ground, upstairs a few thousand feet where the precipitation is made, below freezing so we could see some snow. the cause of the warm anything that accumulates will be on grassy areas. through tomorrow, the system as it comes through, gusty winds will

so anything else you want to say, doug? otherwise, we'll wrap up? >> no, i just want to say i think this was a tremendous contribution to the discussion about the tax reform. it's been in my view a very mixed quality and this was a high quality morning where the issues really got laid out and i thank the tax policy center for ding it. >> and we want we want to thank you for your contribution, we really do. [ applause ] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern on the civil war, abraham lincoln authorities speculate on what might have been had he not been assassinated. >> we would have to assume he was going to follow a very cautious plan, and so he might not have been willing to have black coats implemented, for instance, but he certainly would have been much more conciliatory to the south. >> at 10:00, on reel america, the 1952 film round trip, the usa and world trade. >> we take stuff from where they make it to where they need it. 10 million tons from this yard alone. everything from an orange to a tractor

doug: hi there. it is cold and windy. although finally a peek of the blue sky. looking at national harbor. 27 degrees. here live showing you the wind gusts around how it was still gusty and we had the advisory to expire at 6:00. i wonder if the weather service would extend it? yes, they did. until 8:00 in all the areas, d.c., metro. but the areas to the south and west expired. so still gusty winds out there. very gusty winds. look at the latest gusts. we just had one to 47 miles per hour at reagan national. partly cloudy. clearing tonight. take a look at area temperatures as we speak combine with the winds to make winds chills. 14 in hagerstown. 19 in washington. the values will go lower and lower. another day we will wake up to the wind chill in single digits. air temperature wise we stay in the 20's all night long. in 12 minutes we look to the weekend and the next ten days to see if there is a chance of a warm-up. at least a little warm-up. michelle: we need it. the winter whiplash is taking a critical toll on a d.c. treasure. we are talking about the cherry b

doug: tonight it's cold. the numbers, potomac, 24, 23 in burtonsville.'s 24 in upper marlboro. 27, the magic number in downtown washington. close eye. steve will have a really important update at 11:00. join him for that. temperatures south of town are winds diminish by the morning. in southwestern zones on the low numbers. this may be the coldest night we endure until next fall or next winter. 49 tomorrow with the sunshine. 62 on sunday. maybe isolated shower in the morning. the weekend outlook is beautiful saturday. showers develop on sunday. highs of 65. we'll take that. >> that is for sure. it looks great. let's talk about the blossoms. hot, cold, hot, cold again. cherry blossoms and all of us have had one wild ride. michelle: we sure have. there is a lot of color at the tidal basin. richard reeve with a look at how to get a good view. park service cold night. >> blustery day. they are beautiful. >> all the petals emerging from the trees. >> a few days ago there was nothing. richard: that is despite overnight low in the upper 40's. >> there are still

alison: it will change after today it sounds like, doug. doug: briefly. it will turn colder. then it warms up by friday for we are getting out of the winter pattern. a beautiful afternoon looking live at the campus of the high school in laurel, maryland. there is sunshine longer but right now the clouds are rolling in from the cold front. it's 63 in reston. annapolis is cooler. that is the influence of the water blowing across the water. 52. woodbridge is 62. what we have is a nice night for the outdoor plans. dinner or anything you will be fine. it won't turn colder until the early morning hours. the cold front is going to be preceded by the clouds and accompanied by showers through the area. this will show up in the future cast. isolated showers are possible. breezy and cold. we pull out of it after that. 41 in midday. it will feel cooler. then it will warm up. 57 by friday. 72 by saturday. we have a quick look at seven days in the next ten days. chance of showers of the warm front for friday morning. maybe rain saturday night. clearly and warmer by the end of next week. it