queens road, some power lines down in the franconia area. just beware of that.stbound, 610 at garrison road, left lane is still blocked. update sti update, the tow truck is still on the scene. this is just after fairfax. we know there's a crash northbound approaching fairfax county parkway. we're not seeing it on the camera. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much this morning. big look at the beltway overall. everything rolling just fine. we'll see you back here at 6:31 with the live look at 270. >> thanks, melissa. a new speed sign is confusing drivers along a busy stretch in montgomery county. take a look. the sign on wisconsin avenue reads 15 miles an hour it's work zone and threatens a higher fine, but the next sign shows the usual 35-mile-per-hour sign. police say the 15-mile-per-hour sign is not a county sign so they're not enforcing it. the crews with the gas services there tell us the sign makes them feel safer. >> our safety is priority first. those coming out of the work zone, they're over 35 or so. >> the pipeline doing the work did not respond to

kellye: but they will now have to be flown farther from his franconia home. faa is restricting unmanned aircraft within a 30 mile radius of reagan national airport. >> cannot fly there, so the only place i can go now is fredericksburg. kellye: the director of a drone service company calls the zone expansion extreme. >> there should be a special system in place whereby you get approval on a case-by-case basis. kellye: the faa is working with organizations to explo options to allow some types of model aircraft to operate in certain parts of the zone. the possibility gives drone owners hope. phillips has no plans of switching to a new hobby. >> i want to continue. i have been in aviation enthusiast my whole life. minehas been a passion of since i was tiny. kellye: kellye lynn, abc 7 news. kimberly: drones have to be registered with the faa. drones weighing a half pound to 55 pounds must be registered. a five dollar fee will be waived for the first month. current owners have until february to complete the registration. each new drone must be registered before the

we are in the southbound lanes of 95, right near the franconia exit. eight: 30 tonight, fairfax fire responded because a person was struck by another car on i-95 and taken to the hospital. that person has been since pronounced dead. we were the backup that extended about a mile. we drove by to see what we can see. there was a black sedan up against the jersey wall, but one of the doors, it appeared to have been ripped off the car and there was lots of damage to the car. investigators are still on the scene, trying to piece together what happened. we don't know if somebody had car trouble, but they are trying to figure out the details. for now, they are still on the scene, and probably will be for a bit to come, but the traffic act up has eased up, just one or 95 --es shut down on any on i 95, but still he tragic accident with one person dead. roz plater, abc 7 news. alison: roz, thank you. georgetown, news in a busy strip flooded with swat teams and the police after nearly eight hours of a barricade switch wishon -- a barricade situation at the waterfr

. >> reporter: at the franconia springfield metro, folks were trying to stay upbeat and warm. >> this is not my normal, but today, it is freezing >> reporter: you have a little thing going on there. >> yes, it's cold, very cold. >> reporter: how many layers do you have on? >> three on the top and three on the bottom. >> and you're still cold. >> still cold. >> i'm missing home. >> reporter: where is home? >> vietnam >> reporter: and bundling up the little ones for school a change of scenery from our unseasonably warm temperatures but some welcome the cold. >> after all, it is winter. >> i love cold weather. i'm fine with it. >> you have ice. >> i have ice from my home >> reporter: so when there is ice, maybe it means snow. >> let's not push it so far, right? fairfax county operates six emergency homeless shelters that are open every night until march. >>> the heck with the cold weather. the skins are hot and fans are over the moon over the team's playoff prospect. more and more die-hards are hoping that the magical turn around in this regular season won't stop on sunday. richard broce

you probably heard a lot of more thanes honking if you were stuck near the franconia springfield metroon last night. fairfax county police say an accident on the parkway started a major backup. snow piles didn't help the situation. a lot of people couldn't get out of the metro garage nearby. one man tried to be row dugt difference. >> i with a you cannalked all t depot. >>i ina taking a chance there. metro says you will not be ticketed if you left your car in the garage overnight. >>> trash and recycling services resume today and road crews are starting the final phase of the snow cleanup. arlington county says all roads are passable, but this could mean just one clear lane. now the focus is on widening the roads and hauling away all the snow. if your street was missed, be sure to call the county right away. >>> it your road make the snow ted lynn? officials in prince george's county said all streets would be passable by 9:00 last night. yesterday some residents were seeing snowplows for the first time since the blizzard began. some beltville residents are happy to see the plows but an

virginia state police are investigating a fatal crash on the southbound lanes of i-195 near exit 69, franconia. we know one confirmed death. traffic is still tied up that the hour. avoid the area if possible. no details own the victim or what caused the accident. >>> perhaps you are looking live at this clear, but very cold night, across the dc area. i mean it's the coldest night of the winter so far, and it's shocking us to the core. >> let's go out to meteorologist topper shutt. how does it feel? >> i have my gloves and my scarf on. the kids need it for the bus stop tomorrow. lay it out so you don't have to fight in the morning. actual temperatures, 19 in frederick, and already 24 downtown, and 24 in waldorf and 24 in dale city. you factor in the win the, and it feels like the single digits this is crazy. a few days ago, in the 60s and 70s. tomorrow morning, you're waking up, it everyonetures in the teens across the board. the northwest flow will continue, and the winds will be better tomorrow. by 8:00, only 20 downtown, and 19 in leesburg, and 19 in fairfax, and we will come back. going all

a viewer sent us this video from the scene at cow patch road and kingfield drive in franconia township. no word on if anything was stored in the barn. no one was hurt. >> we have new surveillance video of what police say is a criminal installing a device on an atm designed to steal your bank account information. this is from beneficial savings bank in overbrook. the suspected thief put a skimmer on, then comes back with two other guys to remove it. investigators are hoping someone will recognize them. >> from our jersey shore bureau looks like rebel will be getting a second chance at a casino. the owner plans to reopen it as a smaller casino. he didn't say when the casino would open but hotel rooms could be open by june. >> fire and ice, parts of center city philadelphia covered in dangerous ice following a fire fight that lasted for hours. >> ahead at 6:00 we'll take you live to the scene to show you the real time conditions and how crews are dealing with the aftermath. >> also, a hollywood a-lister comes to the rescue. what jamie foxx did that has people calling him a hero. >> 12 1/2

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virginia state police had to close two southbound lanes every interstate 95 at franconia road, while investigating the crash. now, it happened shortly after 8:00 last night, and may have involved a pedestrian. no word on what led to that crash. >>> last night fire broke out on metro train. everyone on board had to be evaculated at the addison road station. fire department says they believe newspapers or magazines were set on fire deliberately by male teenagers. the fire was put out by metro employee before they arrived. that fire is under investigation, luckily, no one was hurt. >> weeks after man was attack on metro red lion, new surveillance images in the case have been released. police caught six people on surveillance tame. three males, three females. investigators say they took part in pretty violent attack on december 21. metro police are still uncertain of their ages, although, they repeatedly told fox5 the images were initially being withheld from the lease because they could be minors. many witnesses say they didn't see any officers nearby. >> usually i do see them, but i do

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y blue line residual delays to largo earlier train malfunction at franconia.northbound edsallall road to king street stop and god traffic by the 14th street s bridge picking up traffic theref and again keep in mind innerd ie loop from springfieldm spngfi interchange through annandaleane not looking so good. good. inner loop as you make your wayy through the wilson bridge not nt terrible just heavier volume ono local lanes. outer loop top of the beltway ba new hampshire typical congestioo slowing us down same story 270r0 as you head southbound throughdg gaithersburg.rg. that's your look at traffic.lot back to you steve.steve. >> erin, yesterday's oscar announcements were met withmes e criticism and it's not the firss time. qu estions of best or leaseea diverse were nominated.. dominating the conversation. even the academy award president sounded off about thebout t controversy saying she was quots really disappointed that notot single african-american got an- acting nomination at this year'' oscars. it's the second straight year all of the nominees in acting ca

hook up to seminary roam to get to the mark city and this part of alexandria had to get off at the franconia-springfield exit and sit in five miles of seminary road traffic. well no more. this ramp will allow them to make that transition a lot easier. it's going to be hov 3 at all times. open to buses. the cost is $76 million, but the value and time saved, priceless. in alexandria, derrick ward, news 4. >> there's a new proposal to extend the 95 express lanes in stafford to fix backups at the merge point. dell watt mark cole wants to add an extension of the lanes on to u.s. 17. for this to work, vdot would have to negotiate with transurban. the work would be done somewhere around 2020. a lot of you have complained about the backups at the merge since the express lanes opened back in december of 2014. >>> the supreme court could make a big ruling soon involving unions. the justices are hearing arguments today on whether state government workers who choose not to join a union can still be required to pay dues to cover negotiating contracts. the case stems from the california teacher association. it would

maybe from franconia into little 10 might be slick on 93. here is the situation. you can see the clouds we have had in place. it was only the extreme southeastern corner of new hampshire that got to see the most sunshine today. then clouds and snow showers have been moving closer and closer. of snow showers. this is an arctic cold front swinging through. air. temperatures up to the north, probably what you would expect from "back and ontario -- northern quebec and ontario. we will get a taste of the cold air when the arctic cold front moves through. it will allow the cold air to move down out of canada. we are going to feel the effects of that tomorrow. tomorrow, not only do we have the air temperatures much colder than we have seen recently, even for a whole year. but we are also going to have the winds going out of the northwest. this is a look at future wind chills. 7:00 tomorrow morning, getting ready to head out, the kids will be standing in single degree feel-like temperature' s from concord down to nashua. it will feel like below zero in the northern part o

his bus stop on franconia springfield parkway is surrounded. the road is clear for the bus.f you have photos like this one, send them to nbc washington. we would love to see those pictures. >>> nasa is honoring the seven people who died in the space shuttle "challenger" disaster 30 years ago. ♪ these are tributes that are taking place in cape canaveral. the shuttle exploded shortly after lift-off there on january 28th, 1986. seven people onboard the flight including a high school teacher died. >>> after the break, a look at the criminal who police say took advantage in the storm. >>> fun new campaign video. >>> temperatures are moving slowly, above freezing after a very cold morning. let's check in with amelia. can we expect the melt again refreezing tonight and tomorrow morning? >> unfortunately, yes. it's not going to be as bad as it was this morning. temperatures are going to get as cold this morning. we are talking about temperatures starting off in the teens. tomorrow morning we'll be in the upper 20s and low 30s. 30 in washington, d.c., 27 in gaithersburg and 31 in an

two inches in meredith and franconia. we still have light snow coming down across the state. there might be some snow squalls with gusty winds too. maybe another inch or two in some locations. certainly the heaviest snow that we've had overnight on the way out. the big story will be the winds with it. 24 degrees in concord. 25 in manchester. only 22 degrees in lebanon. we have wind gusts now that are starting to get up close to 20 miles per hour. we could have some wind gusts through the day, approaching 30 miles an hour. that will make it feel colder too. be on the look out hours. you could get additional from that. then this afternoon the out. we'll have temperatures in the 20's throughout this week. sean: thanks. certainly a snow stormy mlk day. a lancaster man was found dead following an hour's long standoff with police. the incident started when police were called to the home for a report of shots fired. a woman told officers she was leaving the home with her two kids when 35-year-old jeremiah gillen fire at her car hitting the hood of the car. several hours later a robo

breaking news out of virginia where state police have shut down two southbound lanes of i-95 at franconiaile they investigate a fatal crash. this happened shortly after 8:00 tonight and right now we're hearing it may have involved a pedestrian. as of right now there's no word on what caused the crash. >> if you go to american university, leave the hoverboard behind. >> university officials banned them today because of ongoing safety issues. caitlin roth with the details. >> the university did issue a ban. however, it is temporary. for now the self-balancing scooters are not permitted on campus or in any buildings owned by american university. officials issued the ban after safety issues had been raised. hover boards have also been known to overheat and catch on fire. there's also the well-documented issue of people getting hurt from falling off of them. this is all part of the university's initiative to maintain a safe campus through a expensive fire prevention program. they join george washington university here the growing institutions for banning the device. we caught up with some kids

yellow line trains to and from franconia springfield will also resume today. only a few metrobus routes have a few detours. >>> today you have to get out your shovels if you live in prince george's county. the sidewalk clearing law is put into action. megan mcgrath, how are the sidewalks where you are? >> reporter: well, we've been driving around college park this morning early this morning. and actually we found that a lot of people have already done the work of shoveling their sidewalks just like this person here. and today is the day. they will start enforcing the laws in terms of homeowners or residents making sure that everything is clear on the sidewalk. and there are some people who still have some work to do. you take a look just a short way done here, you can see that this sidewalk is completely snow covered here. i can kind of dig my heel down and you can see the pavement down there. so it's not a long stretch. i'd say maybe about half a block here, but this is the kind of thing that needs to be cleaned up. now, the law in prince george's county is t

and the number one according to the viewers is cannon mountain in franconia. erin: a lot of challenging terrain. it is now 6:52. still to come, a final check on your top stories, including a developing story out of manchester where police are investigating a pair erin: 6:55. updating our top stories. sean: manchester police are investigating a pair of shootings. here's ray brewer. ray: last night police were called to the townhouse suites. they found the person suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound. an hour later they were called to pine street. a similar situation. one person found to be wounded from a gunshot. again non-life threatening wounds. at this point, police do not believe the incidents are connected. erin: we are following breaking news political news in an exclusive interview. frank gina. he said he replace the $355,000 loan and he will seek re-election this year. sean: police are looking for people after shots were fired. two people reported hearing a gunshot after a gray car pulled over. erin: the sixth annual black ice pond hockey

even though the upper valley and franconia notch are not showing snow, the radar kind of being broken up a little bit, so there is some snow flying there, just not all that intense at this hour. all the energy for the system still back to the west, and it will march on through here morning. between now and then it's going to transfer its energy to an exploding storm off shore. you can see some bands of snow firing up east of of new hampshire, and this is where the jackpot will be out of this particular storm, with the highest amounts over central and eastern maine. having said that we will still get our fair share of steady light snow tonight, with those pockets of snow squalls between 6:30 and 9:00 or 9:30. then most of that will lift into mount washington valley between 9:30 and 10:30 or 11:00 tonight before it races into maine. overnight tonight could be a passing snow shower central, southern new hampshire, lingering snow will fly up north and by early tomorrow morning, the skies with have cleared over hampshire. for your wednesday, gusty wind out of the northwest, driving more sn

fairfax county police say an extent on the franconia spring field parkway started a major backup.le couldn't get out of the metro garage nearby. >> just a stream of cars and i was parked head in, so i couldn't even bag out. >> metro says it will not ticket you or tow your car if you left it parked in that garage overnight. >>> it is 5:48. the blizzard of 2016 is responsible for 50 deaths nationwide, four of those in maryland, four people also died in northern virginia. and another eight in other parts of the common wealth. causes range from heart attacks caused by shoveling to hypothermia and car accidents. a memorial fund has been set up for a u.s. capitol police officer who died while shoveling show. 44-year-old vernon alston was helping neighbors in delaware shovel during the storm saturday when he had a heart attack. friends are started and online campaign for raise money for his wife and four children. alston attended howard university and was a capitol police officer for 19 years. >>> prince george's county police are thousand offering a $2500 reward in the case of a blizzar

right now they have to leave the hov 3 lane at franconia parkway.avel of five along seminary road. you get into a bottleneck and that's no fun. they hope this new edition which will be open will ease that traffic. you'll see turn lanes. a whole bunch of different infrastructure changes. the last will be a new pedestrian bridge that will open in the spring. this is happening a couple of days earlier than planned. we're live in alexandria, derrick ward, "news4." back to you. >> thank you, derrick. new detail, 348d police have identified the woman found dead on 301 in upper mar bowl. they say tiffany story died of multiple injuries but they're not sure what killed her. they discovered her body saturday night. they found no signs of, quote, suspicious injury. today we expect a teacher to be in court over cruelty to a developmentally developed child. he pulled a student out of the classroom last month, squeezing the child so hard it left a mark. he was frustrated with the child because he wouldn't stop talking or go to his next class. lewis no longer has

. -- franconia. was killed and we do not know if anyone else was hurt or details on what caused the accident. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out why a man barricaded himself in a georgetown office for seven hours yesterday afternoon. the standoff started around 3:00 p.m. in the 3000 block of k street northwest. the man eventually surrendered peacefully and was taken into custody. fortunately no one was injured. >>> remember that maryland woman guard bid her pit bull after a fire at her home? the woman is now facing arson charges. 34-year-old april newell of landover hills has been charged with setting a fire at the same house the day before. now officials are calling into question newell's condition in the photo. while she appeared unconscious at the time, paramedics were never really convinced she was ever unconscious. she was arrested and locked up this morning. >>> as redskins head into the playoffs, we are going to be talking to some of the team's biggest fans. >> nikki burdine is l

the truck carrying oranges, overturn in the southbound lanes, and morewood road overpass in franconia township montgomery county. we are told this crash is blocking all southbound lanes, no word right now on injuries. >>> a chester county pastor is accused of sexual assault and currently await extradition back to pennsylvania. police say three three-year old jacob malone began sexually assaulting a 17 year-old girl while living with malone and his family in exton in 2014. the victim also told police malone bought her alcohol after she carried 18, and molested her. malone was arrested after he returned to the u.s. from overseas. >>> please take a good look at the this surveillance video police need public's help to catch a suspect who robbed a wawa convenient store on nights night road december 13th. he was armed with a large knife. he got away with cash in a plastic bag and last seen running toward bensalem. if you have any information, contact the the police. >>> johnson and johnson announced it will cut 3,000 jobs over the next two years. cot which has its headquarters in new brunsw

here are the only ones still closed, van dorn, franconia springfield, east and west falls church, dunn loring, vienna, and then the five siller line stations in northern virginia. all of those still closed, but 80 of the 91 are back open. now, by tomorrow morning all stations except the five silver line stations in northern virginia will be back open. metrorail will open at 5:00 tomorrow morning. trains will be on a modified schedule though. they will be running every 12 minutes. here is metro's general manager at a press conference a short time ago. >> rail tomorrow, the system will open at 5:00 a.m. with service on all lines, all the lines will be served tomorrow except the silver line. as you all know, that was the hardest hit area of the region and that's also the most elevated structure and it creates its own set of issues. we will go back to regular fares, i'm sorry, tomorrow. no more free service that way, and parking fees will also kick in tomorrow as well. >> reporter: now, take a look at this video that we shot earlier here. this is the cleanup effort that we got to see up cl

28 miles per hour asil you head out on 95 northboundoro and just north of that pointt lorton to franconia-springfieldarkwaykwy 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 would apply to thoseo t with less than six months toons live and would allow patientsie to self administer the drug. thd >> in virginia, governorr mcauliffe set to

blueline residual delays to del laughing go due to an earliere train malfunction outside franconia-springfield.ngfier lines rider now on or close to schedule.cl taking a look in the district ln we have t an inbound to third tr street tunnel crash afterrash a massachusetts avenue.mahuse inbound 295 is slow fromm burroughs avenue to pennsylvania avenue as usual. a. things starting to wake up intat the district. not so good there. multiple vehicle crash severalrs cars involved in princeince george's county. c branch avenue northbound anue approaching the beltway delaysay are back to kirby road. r so be prepared for that as you head to the bottom of the t beltway. aside from that house firese fir right now montgomery county bowie mill road closed between t willow knoll drive and muncaster mill road.aste we'll take a live look outsidek with your next look at traffic. traffic. beltway backed up top of the beltway by new hampshire.y by back to you guys.ba >> yes, it's not pretty. y, it thank you erin. >>> next, two breaking newsing stories we're following for're l you. a house fire in montgomery imo count

two inches in meredith and franconia. we still have light snow coming down across the state. there might be some snow squalls with gusty winds too. maybe another inch or two in some locations. certainly the heaviest snow that we've had overnight on the way out.

the franconia notch ski resort has 20 trails open with five lifts running.