the blaze destroyed a popular germantown restaurant. have details next in a live report. >>> breaking now on "action news" a philadelphia restaurant goes up in flames this morning. we're live on the scene. >>> a mass shooter opens fire in the nation's heartland this morning, we're getting a look at the killer and learning about what might have made him do it. >>> kill him with kindness, a local businessman comes up with a way to confront the thief who stole twice from him before. >>> friday, february 26. david murphy has accuweather and karen rogers has the morning commute. >> reporter: as we look at satellite and radar you can see there are breaks in the morning clouds beginning to develop north of philadelphia. as i glance town to the east from the terrace, toward the jersey shore, we'll breaking up there, we'll transition to mostly sunny skies. don't be surprised if we see a flurry afternoon the region. we have lake-effect snow, not a big deal. 36 degrees is the temperature. it's worse than that when you consider the winds. winds are

is live in germantown right now.ghters have been there for more than five hours now. >> yes. it has taken a long time to try to make sure that the remains of this restaurant here don't reignite. as you can see now, this is all beginning to shift intoç a cleanup operation. the sun is coming up. you do have a better look at the destruction here at the house of jin. firefighters had to break the windows to get water inside while this fire was raging after 1:00 this morning. flames were burning through the roof when the fire trucks pulled up. we're told this fire spread quickly and it took a full hour to get it fully under control. the fire marshal's office used a nearby deli to conduct brief interviews. right now we're not sure what caused this. the good news here this morning is that no one got hurt. we're live in germantown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police officer tells nbc 10 about coming face to face with a man who threatened to blow his head off. the man approached his cruiser wednes

good morning to collegeville ridge pike and germantown pike an accident at the intersection there andor folks down in this area watching us down the shore route nine blocked at mathistown road. just stick with the garden state parkway and in blue bell a down tree on penlynn pike at old blue bell pike, all that rain we had last couple of days, loosened up the soil, long comes the wind. any trees are unstable. we will see them get knocked down throughout the day. then septa uses shuttle buses on the portion of the airport line both saturday and sunday, mike and alex, back over to you. >>> do you ever watch those reality shows like real housewives of atlanta. >> no. >> i bet they will start throwing wine on each other last night in houston. g.o.p. candidates square off in the final g.o.p. presidential debate before super tuesday, next tuesday, and it happened last night, yeah, in houston. >> lauren has details on last night's debate. were there any wine there lauren. >> it seems like it. senators marco rubio and ted cruz came out attacking front runner donald trump. cruz and rubio lookin

reporting live in germantown. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thanks, annie. >>> new this morning, a mother called police on one of her own sons with when a family dispute led to gunfire. it happened on woodhaven road in northeast philadelphia late last night. one man is in critical condition from a gunshot wounds to the chest, his brother is under arrest. police are questioning a third family member. >>> we are learning more about the man who brought blood and carnage to his co-workers. his shooting ambush was deadly edge when the police got the drop on him killing the shooter. katherine scott is live in our satellite center. she has the latest on what we know, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police say this gunman shot several people in town before storming that factory. three co-workers were killed, of the 14 people injured ten had critical injuries. >> reporter: the gun was strapped to him he was ready to go. this co-worker was outside the company when he saw the shooter p

the restaurant fire keeps crews busy in germantown overnight. fire break being out just after 1:00 at house of jin on chelten avenue. crews work fast to make sure flames didn't spread to any other places. it was placed under control at 2:00 in the morning. no injuries reported. >>> unless germantown a disturbing case of animal cruelty when seven dogs are found dead, the dog were pit bulls, a couple of them just six weeks old, their bodies were found in the trash cannot backyard of the house on east rittenhouse street. the dogs were victims of a dog fighting ring and they raided this house before in 2014. >> this is like really horrendous. animal cruelty at its worse when you see something like this there is no words to describe this. >> spca says two dogs were alive and treated at headquarters. at this time no arrests have been made but case is still under investigation. >>> 4:36. race for the white house moves in south carolina as hillary clinton's lead in the polls have bernie sanders writing off the palmetto state? where he is shifting his at

but, there are no report of injuries, erika, to report this morning, we're live here in germantown, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", err dismay. >> good to hear no injuries, justin, thank you. >>> new this morning, one suspect is in custody accused of shooting his brother. northeast philadelphia. it happened just after 11:00 last night along the 3100 block of woodhaven road. the unidentified victim was shot in the chest and rushed to the hospital in unstable condition. so far police have no motive for that shooting. >>> the pennsylvania spca needs your help tracking down a suspect in a alleged dog fighting ring in germantown. working off a tip, animal welfare officers searched around the 400 block of east rittenhouse street. the officers found six dead puppies, about two weeks old, in a trash can in a backyard. another dog was found dead inside that home. officials say the location where the dogs were found has a long history of animal fighting. >> the whole neighborhood here is just wrought with pitbull dogs used for breeding and fighting n2014 we had hit the same location with a s

live in germantown this morning, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> 5:02.a small town in kansas has become the scene of the latest mass shooting. this morning, four people are dead, including the gunman and more than a dozen others hurt. it began in heston, 30 miles north of wichita last night. investigators say the shootings happened at four different locations. police say the gurnman shot 15 people at his workplace, excel industries. first officer on the scene shot and killed the gunman. >> he took fire, wentç inside that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. a here he as far as i'm concerned. >> about 150 people were inside the plant at the time of the shooting. >>> this morning, dogfighting is at the center of an animal abuse investigation at a home in germantown. the spca found seven dead dogs at the house on tuesday. when nbc 10 crews arrived at the scene yesterday, we discovered even more suspicious conditions across the street. we tip off the spca and they searched the area and found three more dead pitbulls dumped in plastic bags. officials ma

. >>> breaking overnight, flames consumed a restaurant in philadelphia's germantown neighborhood, there's not much of what's left of the house of jin restaurant. annie mccormick has more to tell us what is happening now. >> reporter: the fire destroyed the popular restaurant. i want to take you to the video because you can see how intense the flames were. that's what the firefighters arrived to, this is the house of jin restaurant that serves japanese and chinese cuisine. there were multiple fire agencies that responded. it took more than an hour to get this fire under control. it's in a shopping complex. it is unclear if other businesses were affected. fire crews say this broke out around 1:00 a.m., like we said it looks like the fire was completely so destroyed this business. there are ladder trucks there and they are still dousing the business from above with water. right now they are telling us it took more than an hour to get it under control. we are waiting to hear from fire officials to see how many alarms it it it was and see if there was any other damage. annie mccormick channel

ten dead dogs found over the course everyone week on one germantown block.'m jan carabeo, coming up, the message the pspca now has for who ever is responsible. >> jan, thanks. get ready for winning weekend. katie let us know the best day to spends some time outside. going to flirt with feeling like spring. also, meisha is keeping an eye on your friday morning commute. she let us know about any construction to avoid early this morning. we'll be right back. >>> this is really horrendous. >> gruesome discovery, several dogs found dead in a neighborhood. previous trouble at the same spot, and what office ers want to see happen at that house. >>> we're still cold and windy start, getting ready for nice weekend warm up. it will feel went near spring. if you are waking up, walking the dog, getting the paper thinking man this is cold. good news coming your way. you feel when you walk outside. >> certainly do. i felt that right away. good news, the roadways are nice and dry, great for the morning commuters. but 60s, i just can't stop thinking about that. >> on the wa

if you're away from your tv, it a look, this is a scene in germantown, maryland. depending on where you are this morning, you could see snow on the roads, other places you're dealing with some rain. >> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. and the weather is an important hing this morning. >> chuck bell here with what we need to know to get the morning started. >> another day filled with possibility of accumulating snow, but not much in the way of a reality of it just yet. minor accumulations will be likely for montgomery county, loudoun county, northern fairfax and points north. but temperatures everywhere are just above the freezing mark. so we're not having too much trouble on the roads. snow coming down fast enough could get a little slushy, though. bitter cold still to come this weekend. windchills could be running 10 to 20 below zero as we get towards saturday and sunday. so more about that coming up. morning commute impacts, just mostly a nuisance around here. snow accumulations might be 2 to 4 inches across the

. >>> a raging inferno destroys a restaurant in the germantown section of philadelphia. we're live with the details. >> gop presidential candidates took aim at frontrunner donald trump. the billionaire absorbed his attacks and fired some of his own. >>> wintry winds are moving in our direction, we are tracking sub freezing windchills as we get later into the day. >>> let's get going with dave and karen, good morning. >> reporter: we're off to a cold start, that's for sure. there are some stubborn clouds hanging in this morning, we'll see skies transition to sun later. 35 in wilmington, 34 in trenton. 35 in millville. around the freezing mark from lancaster up through reading and through allentown. with winds starting to kick up a bit it feels like the 20s. 26 degrees is the current windchill in philadelphia, 23 in allentown. the teens out in lancaster. heading out this morning looks like temperatures more or less are on or about the freezing mark with early cloud cover giving way to eventually sunshine. as we roll through the day, it will be sunny, but windy with a high

tip leads to gruesome find in philadelphia's germantown section.f them just puppies. authorities suspect dog fighting ring and "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joining us now at the spca headquarters where authorities need the public's help to find those responsible, january, good morning. >> exactly right. erika, good morning, pspca now asking for the public's help to track down who ever is responsible for all of these dead dogs. we're talking about ten dead dogs, one germantown block, over the course of just one week and six were puppies. take a look at this video, pspca made gruesome discoveries 400 block east rittenhouse street, first on tuesday, officers received the tip and executed search warrant at 417 east rittenhouse, there they fawn six dead puppies about two weeks old in a trash can in the backyard, dead dog was found inside the house. and two other living dogs were found on the property as well. officials tell us the property is vacant, no turn tour inside. they say this is strictly a stash house for dogs. found inside the house

family of missing germantown woman is asking for help to bring her home. 66 year nancy stro meyer were last seen in mill haven place and she suffers from alzheimer's. stromeier does have her medication. they searched a wooded area near her home and there's no signs of foul play. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police. >> baltimore county prosecute rerz asking the yj to delay trials of three of the six officers charged in the freddie gray case and want to wait until the appeals court want to testify against them. it ended in hung jurych the other officer edward nero garrett miller and lieutenant rice face assault, misconduct and reckless endangerment charges and gray suffered a severe spinal injury while transported in the back of police van last sglap this week attorney general loretta lynch plans in six cities to highlight exceptional police and lynch is already visited troubled police forces and her first stop is on thursday in miami-dade county. she also plans to visit portland, la, indianapolis, phoenix and fayetteville, north carolina, lynch says the sig

a tip led authorities to the vacant lot to the 400 block of east rittenhouse street in germantown where officers found three pit bulls dead. on turse, authorities removed two living adult dogs, from an abandoned house across the street. it is as well as four other dead dogs, including six puppies. >> i have no sympathy whatsoever who use these animals for fighting, for breeding, and beating, you know, for fighting. you know, if you get caught it is a felony, you will be a arrested. >> authorities suspect the property being used as part of the dog fighting ring. right now they are asking for public's help identifying a person of interest. >>> a would be robber uses a drive through window to break in the checkers restaurant. you can see it right there. police released this surveillance video. he threw a rock and then crawled inside. this happened at island avenue checkers in elmwood back on february 21st. the suspect did have a handgun, and two employees were inside, they were not the hurt. suspect eventually got away empty handed. >>> the cause of the fire that gutted aid germantown rest

drew smith is in germantown this morning. what are you learning about this fire?>> reporter: tracy, we know fire investigators are here now. the work continues to try to keep putting water on this restaurant. you can see they are still spraying water on it. this is several hours after they said this was under control. the flames no longer leaping through the roof but it is still a situation that firefighters are keeping their eye on. we shot video of those intense flames, firefighters got here around 1:00 this morning. several trucks had to try to get on all sides of this restaurant, the house of gin chinese restaurant. they tried to attack it as best they could. it took a full hour to bring it fully under control. the inside of the restaurant is all charred out. the roof, destroyed. as those flames and those hot flames came right up from the inside. now, again, the fire investigators are here. starting to take photos, look around to try to figure out what may have happened here. there's also someone associated with the restaurant over inside a deli building one b

. >> as we near end of black history month and approach woman's history month a germantown museum is celebrating lives of ordinary, yet extraordinary black women and girls. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon takes us to the colored girls museum. >> reporter: behind this gate, just down the path, inside this germantown three story a collection of a celebration, of colored girls. >> you will find everything from straightening comb, to like pot theory, to works of art, to clothing, ironing board, washing board, any number of really beautiful and interesting things. >> reporter: at the colored girl museum, no two things are exactly the same because you no two perspectives are. >> all of the rooms in this house have been converted into stories, and install haitians, by artists from the community who are here to tell different store business stroud ought nature i colored woman in their lives or themselves through their work or through objects, that have been submitted into the colored girls museum. >> reporter: founder, shown here, says that the thought of such a museum has been with

. >>> flames shoot from the roof of a restaurant in germantown overnight. we're live on the scene as firefighters continue to douse hot spots. >>> new details emerging about the deadly mass shooting at a kansas factory. four people, including the gunman are dead andç more than dozen people are hurt. >>> crash report, pilot error. we're learning new details about what the ntsb says caused this u.s. airways plane to crash at philadelphia international. 4:00 a.m., good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. tgif. let's find out about the forecast where meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> tracy, it's a cold one this morning and the temperatures feel even colder with the wind blowing. 37 degrees in philadelphia. right at the freezing mark for pottstown, reading. it's coming down in dover, 37 and 39 in cape may. but the wind is blowing. see the flag in center city. a gusty wind, already of more than 35 miles an hour. wind chills in the 20s. during the day today, few scattered clouds to start with. we have them overhead right now, 35 degrees at

and tom kierein is in germantown. look at those big flakes falling on the storm team 4 x 4 windshield here. you'll have to work those windshield wipers to move it out of the way. 66 west of ox road, no issues there. again, though, most roads around the area are wet. let me show you the radar right now so you can take a look at thebeltway, you can see the green is rain and then the pink is kind of a mix of stuff and then the white and gray on my maps, again, that is snow falling across the area. i'll be back in ten himinutes wh more. >>> d.c.'s snow team is fully deployed. more than 200 trucks pre-treated with salt and salt. the federal government is open this morning. we've just learned that from opm and the agency says employees do have the option for unscheduled telework or up scheduled leave today. an update on metrobus service this morning, again, we just learned that buses will operate on a normal schedule today. that is a change. metro decided to suspend the moderate snow plan early this morning. mta suspending

live in germantown, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." jim. >> all right, vernon. >>> berks county authorities have released this sketch of a man wanted in an assault case. the teenaged victim gave this description of the suspect she says attacked her on the thun trail in kumry township. the incident happened at 10 o'clock tuesday morning. the 15-year-old girl told police the man came up from behind her then physically and sexually assaulted her. >>> investigators say they caught a man in the act of trying to steal donations meant for the poor. police were staked out inside our lady of calvary church in northeast philadelphia. the church was recently burglarized so investigators spent two nights in the church waiting for the burglar to return. and that -- or the alleged burglar did in fact. police say william sides came back last night. they captured him after he tried to pry open the collections box, that according to police. law men say the 28-year-old will be charged for two other burglaries. >>> the state of new jersey can no longer b

. >>> it appears that the spca has uncovered a major dog fighting operation, in the germantown section of philadelphia. an operation that has claimed, the lives of a large number of k-9 a's. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the spca in hunting park. dann, what are the grim details here. >> reporter: well, jim, they thought you the they had this documented everything after finding seven dead dogs in what is suspected to be a vacant house used for dog breeding and dog fighting but then authority stumbled on another horrific scene tonight which appears to be connect. pennsylvania spca enforcement officers combed through a vacant lot in the 400 block of east rittenhouse. there they foundry mains of other pit bulls, inside of black trash bags. initial indications are that the dogs may have been victims of dog fighting. >> it is a horrendous act. the these dogs suffer mightily. >> reporter: the lot is right across the street from the vacant home where authorities discovered seven dead and two living pit bulls in what is suspect to be a dog fighting operation. >> one of the wall

gaithersburg, germantown. and anne arrundel on a two hour delay and we'll see a lot of that really coming in over the next few minutes too. and montgomery country schools again two hour delay. >> katie. >> we said that. >> here's where we are now. i want to show you ray day to give you an idea what is taking place there. snow starting to accumulate on grassy areas and especially where we're getting a little heavier snow burst. >> and watch how this is m coming in sigh the darker purple that's the snow bursts coming through and thanks for the pictures, too, on twitter and keep them coming in and i'll favorite them and retweet them and do all that stuff gary fox5dc i like to see what it looks like out there i obviously can't tell here. i know where it's snowing moderately. this whole band is moving up north and this is the area right here around 70 and town to part of 270 corridor in montgomery country where we think the heaviest snow totals will end up cannot so much here in the district because simply temperat

we continue to follow this fire in germantown, the flames burn through the restaurant.nbc 10's drew smith is live on scene. what do we know? >> we're talking about a heavy fire here, tracy. it's under control right now. firefighters are spraying a lot of water on it. the walls of the house of gin still standing up. most of the inside as well as the roof. all destroyed from this. i want to show you the video of the heavy flames ripping through the roof of the house of gin around 1:00 this morning it all began. the spoke billowing up into the air at the corner of chelton and pulaski avenue. firefighters were bashing through the windows at one point to get access to the fire inside. firefighters are straying it right now. they haven't even really begun the cleanup efforts. for the people who own this japanese and chinese restaurant it looks like they'll have to totally rebuild or is this is a total loss from this fire this morning. live in germantown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> a philadelphia police officer tells nbc 10 about coming face to face with a man who threatened

germantown to the beltway looking fine. 95 to 270, no problems there. 66 and 95 both looking fine.isten to wtop 103.5 for the latest on the nasty road conditions. >>> how many times have you rented a car on vacation, and how many times was there a bomb under it? the investigation understand way now involving the that something popped up on your netflix account that you don't remember ordering or watching? how some thieves are stealing your account information. >>> a make shift clinic supported by doctors without borders has been destroyed by an air strike in syria. at least 8 staff members are missing, dozens said to be killed and wounded. syrian troops have been on the offensive in northern syria while russia continues air strikes. back to you. >>> and i'm chuck bell updating our snow forecast, now a solid 3 to maybe as much as 6 inches. big winner currently st. mary's county. an updated forecast including a look at a milder ahead. >>> problem 270 south at germ germantown road and another 50 east, two lanes shut down for the next couple of hours. details coming up. >>> i'm live in

right now we are live in germantown. pat, back to you. >> thank you, derrick. >>> right now the baltimore washington parkway is drying out after floodwaters left part of it impassable earlier today. chopper4 through over the scene. you can see water was covering north and southbound lanes leaving some cars stuck. the area between 695 and 95 was closed. >>> we're getting another look at the tornado thatch in the town of waverly, virginia, and all the damage it caused. the tornado killed three people there, including a 2-year-old boy. witnesses told our sister station in norfolk that his family took cover in the mobile home and the winds ripped it apart. virginia governor terry mcauliffe just got a look at the damage. >> it shows how powerful these storms are. when the tornado watches come you have to realize the devastation. >> another tornado hurt two people in virginia's northern neck. nbc's chris pollone is taking a closer look at the wild weather from new york to louisiana coming up in about ten minutes. >>> those sto

we have a few inches on the grassy areas here in germantown, maryland. the good news is it is well above freezing. we just have a lot of west pavement -- wet pavement. has gone up.re we are not seeing much of it sticking. let's talk to dave. he has been out all morning long. the pretreating really seems to help. >> absolutely. it is very effective. we can never anticipate what the temperature is going to be. john: how long will you be out? >> we will monitor the conditions throughout the day. we are expecting temperatures to drop later on. john: let's go over here and talk to mike. he was gassing up when we asked him to talk to us. you have a car that obviously is not four-wheel-drive. have you had any problems? not lately. all the roads are pretty clear. the driveway is messy, but that's my problem. [laughter] john: that's really the headline. not a major snowstorm. a snow nuisance if you will. slushy. could get a bit the snow started falling fairly early this morning in loudoun county. schools canceled classes for the day. our team coverage continues w

the inferno lit up the overnight sky at a germantown landmark this kline known niece and japanese eatery caught fire sometime after midnight and it took firefighters more than an hour to get it under control. so intense was this blaze there was can't it cop spread to other businesses on this block but at sunup you could survey the damage from chopper6. the building was scorched and gutted but no other buildings were damaged. >> i'm just glad that no one got hurt but it will be missed. it will be missed. it's a nice place. i've known the owners since i've been here. >> reporter: regular customers began to arrive only to learn of the huge fire that destroyed one of their favorite stops. this man is one of the house of jin's owners. he also owns the deli next do that escaped any known fire damage. >> it's a great loss. everybody comes here. they make -- everyone comes here. i can come here for lunch because i work right across the street so everybody is going to be really upset. >> reporter: late morning as the fire marshal launched his search for the cause, they sifted through the rubble,

dave kinchen live from germantown with more. dave, this is so troubling. >> reporter: it is very disturbing. spca officials are asking for the public's help trying to figure out how several dead pup writes found at a property and who might have put them there. investigators acted on a tip that led them to the 400 block of east rittenhouse street in germantown. officers found six dead puppies about two weeks old in a trash cannot backyard. they also found a living dog in the yard and two more dogs inside the house one of them alive, other dead, investigators found blood on the walls in the house leading them to suspect dog fighting being involved, in the death of the animals. >> this is like really horrendous. this is like you know animal cruelty, at its worse when you see something like this. i mean there is no words to describe this. >> cruelty to animals, it is a shame. really a shame. nothing should be going on like that to animals. >> dog fighting and debris of these dogs, it is big money, okay, lot of money in it and, you k

cheryl: in germantown, cheryl conner, abc7 news. leon: hard to believe there is still ice out there. maureen: a lot of words of caution. doug: more through the end of the week and the weekend. cold air coming our way. get started with the numbers on wednesday in washington. the almanac page. 39 a average is 46 and 30. this will go in the book at a below average temperature day. at this hour, the temperatures are continuing to drop hour-by-hour. be low freezing north and west. reagan national at 32. 32 in andrews. above freezing south and east. this is the beginning. to get a couple of pushes of cold air. tonight, tomorrow, friday. friday through the weekend is colder. wind chills are a feature because of the gusty winds out of the northwest at times. 22 in washington. on top of that, we have areas of the flurries and the snowshowers. the air has been dry. we have had report of snow flurries moving through. lighter now isers are demin niching. this is all lake for us it is getting used to the gusty winds and the cold air. wind chill

demaskus and germantown and frederick and western howard county. leesburg getting good snow in loudoun country as well. that's where the heaviest of snow has been. that's where he's happening out for much of the day. all right. in fact, let's talk heavy snow. let's talk to gary mcgrady who is outside in north west d.c.. a live report of what gary -- what's happening out there. >> in the city light rain. that's what it is. and the gassy areas some of the soil and whatnot, dirt, it's getting a little bit light and i noticed a couple cars coming by with district plates. it had a little snow on them they kind of knocked around and look it's just wet right now. this is good. this is all indicative of temperatures too. where the heaviest snow is -- we don't want to get outrageous but minor to heavy snow and tucker is talking about that and montgomery county to the north frederick and howard country places like that you can see that indicate bid the areas of red here. and these are all kind of moving up to the north. and then that basically is just to the

virginia quarter inch germantown almost third an inch ice accumulation. unfortunately we have a lot of ice across the area and now we have a flood watch just went into effect 6 a.m. flood watch i'll show you radar in a second. we have serious rain on the horizon out to the west and we're concerned with a nomination of snow and ice and heavy. >> 40 it was 32 last hour and big surge in temperatures. gaithersburg above the freein freeinging mark. 34 naps and that's great news that warmer air starting to surge north just ahead of our frontal system and again i'll show you exactly what will happen. future cast, you can see look what's apping 10:00 about the morning we'll expect a lot of rain out here. we should be in the upper 30s and low 50s again. yo hours and conditions at this poment not good ais cot region. glad watch in effect three minute ago through the evening. >> very important to pass long i saw a lot of people walking in the treats because sidewalks were icy and saw pims on the inch before walking on the streets be careful. >> he's in fled rick mar

. >> on tuesday the pennsylvania spca found seven dead dogs in a germantown home. crews arrived to cover the story, we discovered it was even worse than initially thought. george spencer's been tracking the developments all evening. george, this particular house has been used for dogfighting in the past. >> reporter: jacqueline, this week marks the third time in three years that animal welfare investigators have served warrants at the same house. they now want that house either torn down or boarded up, saying it has become really an epicenter of deadly dogfighting in the germantown neighborhood. our cameras were there tonight as spca investigators searched this lot with flashlights, thanks to a tip from nbc 10 crews at the scene, and found three more dead pit bulls dumped in plastic bags. just back on tuesday, spca crews discovered seven dead dogs at this home directly across the street. >> we used to hear the dogs. >> reporter: lynn smith insists neighbors had no idea what was happening inside the home, but when we looked through the front window tonight, we could

looking at activity, rockville and germantown, barely enough to affect the roads, frankly. winds gusting to 43 miles per hour and gusts at 30 miles per hour downtown and about 30 miles per hour down to the south. so the winds will be a factor through the next 12-18 hours and then we get into the temperatures, the wind chill feels like 39 downtown and 32 in gaithersburg and 33 in leesburg, and i'm going to tell you to dress for the teens and 20s walking to the bus stop tomorrow morning with the kids. it will be cold if you want a walk after dinner. 38 in gaithersburg and in the upper 30s and low 40s and by morning, 28 in gaithersburg, and 30 in bowie. we'll come back and talk about a cold start to the weekend, and then big changes on the way. >> thank you, topper. >>> the aftermath of the storm closed bw parkway with chopper 9 over the area between i-695 and i-95 because of the high water. last night's intense storm set a new record for rainfall. >>> moving on, police are investigating the death of a man in frederick maryland. >> sky9 flew over the scene where an adult male

you hit the rain patch near germantown.eorgetown pike at springvale road, we are seeing traffic going, but it looks like that is police here this morning. and i spoke with megan mcgrath, georgetown pike at balls hit road, downed wire there. sounds like that could be out of the way here in just a little bit. >>> winds continue to be a prob a of severe storms moved across the area. let's check in with molette green, she's live in herndon. >> reporter: we have a situation where high winds have impacted the traffic signal here at the pair fax county parkway and west ox road. there you can see the cones in the two left turn lanes. right in front of us here. and that is blocking traffic. there is no turning left here because the traffic signals, the lights are turned in the wrong direction. so it's confusing for drivers who need to make the left turn. the left turn lanes on northbound fairfax county parkway at west ox, closed because of the high winds impacting the traffic signal here. live from herndon, green, nbc 4. >>> in beth

tbhaw report in germantown -- but that report in germantown of winds over 50 miles an hour, really impressive. we're looking at winds up to 60 miles an hour here in the next few minutes in places like clinton and d.c. and waldorf. mr. bern bernstein on --r. terrace. >> this torrential downpour. with the hail coming down. this stuff is coming down in buckets, topper. >> whoa. >> i'm not going to be out here long. i don't have waterproof pants. we'll put it to you that way. but we have at least pea-sized hail coming in at the moment. >> get inside. we can hear the rumble of thunder. i don't want you out there. >> was that lightning, too? did we see lightning? >> yeah. there's a little lightning. i'm zooming in now where howard was. and there's a little bit of lightning. so -- >> can we put that hail in context, too? have you ever seen anything like that this time of year? >> well, good question, adam. i don't think i can remember hail in february. not that uncommon to get the rumble of thunder. as a matter of fact, we had rumble of thunder sunday morning. so here's where we are now. here's the

and germantown at 12:48. with the cold air trying to on coming over here, and visibility is an issue. some spots like annapolis with a-quarter mile. along with bwi. and dense fog. warm air, winds, fog should not be a problem. we are in the low 50s right now. but upper 50s to low 60s. late afternoon, evening, that we really got to watch very carefully. i will be back with more and the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>ha wusa 9 app and you can stay ahead of the storm with constant updates and doppler closings and delays and push alerts as well and the best part it is free. the severe weather that ripped across the gulf states is now expected to punish the people in the carolinas. this afternoon before it comes our way. tornadoes killed at least three people, and left a trail of dectstruion, from mississippi, all the way to florida. one twister slammed into a trailer park in covenant, louisiana. causing major damage. there you can see the winds on the video. another slammed into pensacola florida. coming u

we're live from germantown, jeff chirico channel six "action news". >> all right, thanks jeff. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast, last saturday in february it was, spectacular out there today and next few days it will feel like springtime. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> we have nothing to complain about. currently in philadelphia we are at 43 degrees. thirty-five in the poconos. thirty-eight in reading. thirty-nine in the the west in lancaster. beach haven coming in at the 40 degrees. if you are stepping out here on this saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. it is partly cloud which a temperature of 42. we will drop down to 40 at 8:00 o'clock tonight. hold there at 9:00 p.m. partly cloudy at the 10:00 p.m. with a temperature of 39. upper 30's at 11:00 p.m. under a calm sky. we will talk about what is going on. temperatures currently and highs today 44 in philadelphia. fifty-one in cincinnati. sixty-six for st. louis and memphis. we will tap to that milder air with the southeasterly wind that moves in by sunday. talk a

. >> here we are in germantown. how was it? >> not bad. with the two-hour delay in the schools in montgomery county, everybody is not on the road yet. so i get a gift this morning. >> reporter: by 8:30 though, roads were in much better shape and the schools were just about ready for that delayed opening. kevin, do you like the snow or sick of it? >> i love it. it is the first time i've seen snow. >> where are you from? >> california. >> i got here last year in august. >> from germantown, maryland, i'm first alert meteorologist howard bernstein, wusa 9. >> welcome to the mid atlantic. >>> to stay on top of weather conditions, live radar, and weather-related closing and delays, download the wusa 9 news app. >>> coming up, breast cancer or heart disease, the scary side effects of a breast cancer miracle drug in some women. >>> but first, hear from parents who say they're not surprised about the disturbing charges against a prince george's county (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential ca

sands hers quite a rap sheet including previous di icon vick seans, fox5 alexandra live in germantown with more on the story. alex, no way this suspect should have even been driving. >> reporter: no way at all, in fact, he had a suspended drivers license, and according to the states attorney's office he also had a cold beer in his pocket, in the front seat of his car he had a scale, dollar bills with cocaine, actual cocaine, and beer bottles sim full and some empty all while driving down this road right here, clock err road in germantown, then he struck a police officer, now, take a look at this dash cam video from that officer's murphy doing a traffic stop, this was back in october. then, you see 35 year old lynnewood saunders drive up and hit him. luckily, officer murphy jumps out of the way, but he is still hit by the car's mirror, despite being injured, he actually had a cracked rib, the officer got in his car, chased the suspect down, and ultimately, arrested him. >> you hit me with your car. and you didn't stop. >> if you are a drunk driver, and you strike a police officer, let

scott groom is on mill haven place in germantown with more on the search. >>reporter: they wanted to get in the woods this afternoon but with snow and darkness coming, they want to take another careful look for nancy ellen strohmeyer to figure out anything, any clues about what may have happened to her. research and the force behind her home is going on before incoming snow covers up evidence. no dramatics -- no dramatic discoveries were made. >> we are hopeful they will find her. >>reporter: ken strohmeyer is keeping a good face on a desperate situation. >> we found out a neighbor saw her that evening. >>reporter: nancy ellen strohmeyer, quite loving mother and grandmother lived alone, until being recently stricken with fast onset dementia. last wednesday a caregiver left her condo unit for the day and after a checkup phone call with her son, a neighbor saw her pacing the sidewalk near her unit wearing only a light coat. she has not been seen since and her car is parked where it was wednesday, left behind with her keys, wallet, id and phone. neighbors are

around germantown. reports of hail. anywhere from dime-sized to that meets the criteria of severe thunderstorm. farther south. around fredericksburg and just north. we had reports of confirmed tornadoes. that is the red. so they have a history of severe weather. yes, this is the same system that produced all the same systems a couple of nights ago. these other warnings. -- these are the warnings. this is the blue here, a flash flood warning, which means flooding is occurring. any time you see the word "warning ," it means it's occurring. a watch means it can occur. but a warning means, take cover, it is occurring. so look at all the warnings, the flood warnings, for most of the metro area, is still on tap for us. and it will take a while. the threat of severe weather will wane long before the flood warnings recedes. and the floodwaters recede. so, you know, by 9:00, i think we're done with severe weather. but may take until midnight or 1:00, to get the streams back in thei the road. so big-time flooding out to western,

seven dogs found dead at a germantown home. two other dogs are alive.e joins us live only nbc 10 was there as investigators returned to the scene. >> minutes ago the pspca found more dead dogs? >> reporter: at least five it looks like. take a look, this is the house on the 400 block of rittenhouse street that investigators say they raided on tuesday. finding a number of dead dogs. neighbors here tell us they didn't know there were dogs in the house despite a dog kennel in the back and minutes ago an investigator with the spca showed up across the street behind this fence where you see that trash bag, finding the bodies of at least five more dead dogs. >> there have been incidents at this residence before, in september of 2014 we responded as well, seized some dogs from the area and charged the occupant at the time with animal fighting. >> that was last september according to officials, they say this time they don't think anyone was living in the house on the 400 block of rittenhouse. the backyard is filled with trash and furniture. inside the spca says

we have chopper headed that way. 270 southbound getting germantown.in totally normal for this time of morning. no incident, just the normal volume headed southbound. 66 east at 234, we do have report of an accident will. so seeing some slowdowns inbound 234. inner loop after colesville, the left lanes getting by the work zone here this morning. and 95 at powder mill road, no issues. again we'll have chopper over that problem connecticut avenue and the beltway in a couple minutes. >>> it is 5:53. lawyers will now question the woman at the center of a debunked "rolling stone" article about a gang rape at uva. according to the daily progress in charlottesville, a federal judge ordered the woman identified only as jackie to be deposed on april 5. it's part of a civil lawsuit filed by a uva dean against several people including the writer of the article and the magazine. the article said jackie was raped by seven men in a fraternity after police found no evidence to support the allegations. an october 11 really at a time has be date has ben set for the cas

. >>> a new career link center hope in germantown.ials say it offers one stop shopping for those looking for a job as well as employers. ribbon cutting helder this morning for the center on 5800 block of germantown avenue. it offers expanded workshop to helping those looking for work become competitive in the job market. people were also have opportunities to talk with employers through on site screenings and hiring events. >> we have a lot of work ahead of us to make sure that there are good paying jobs for everyone that we are getting everyone the skills and training that they need. >> the germantown location is one of four new center links to open in the city of philadelph philadelphia. >>> robber picks the wrong store in florida. he makes it behind the counter but not much farther. the clerk fought back with a fury that people around the country are talking about tonight. >> new jersey state trooper showed that all lives are worth saving watch they did to save a barn full of animals. >> one woman is hard at work making thousands o

funeral services for acel moore are taking place in germantown. lauren joins us where the services are being held. >> good morning, vai. if you were a journalist over the last four decades there is a chance you came in contact with acel moore. he touched the kinds of stories that we all see covered and he is credited to helping to change the wayafrican-americans are covered in the news and here at this church today, colleagues, friends, loved ones, they are all showing up to pay their respects. not just from philadelphia, but people are coming from other parts of the country, as well, because of the impression he had on their lives as a mentor, as a friend and as someone who shared optimism and a sense of service. i talked to some of the people who say acel moore made a difference. >> to say without equivocation, i loved acel moore. he was real. he was authentic and his concern was for other people. he was almost selfless, in a sense. >> he was not only a mentor and adviser, but he also was an inspiration. he gave people a sense and a very easy an

investigators were led to the 400 block of east rittenhouse street in germantown. officers found six dead puppies, about two weeks old, in a trash can, in a backyard. they also found a living dog in the yard and two more dogs inside the house one live one dead and investigators found blood on the walls in the house leading them to suspect dog fighting in the death of the animals. >> the whole neighborhood here is just crowd with pit bulls that they use for breeding and fighting. the other night we served for a third time a search warrant 417 and we recovered six deceased puppies in a trash cannot reward along with one living male pit bull. >> just crazy, crazy. like give them up. to abuse them. >> it is a shame that something like this should be happening to anyone, any animal, that is cruelty. two surviving contusion were found in fair condition and in protective custody at spca headquarters. we are told investigators dell with this residence before in december 2014, 4 dogs and two pup writes removed there and many of them, had medical needs that were not met. ani

a church damaged by the storm in germantown, maryland, last night. those powerful winds and the rains hit right before bible study here. the reverend talked to us today about the scary moments when the storm bore down on them. news4's derrick ward is live now with his story and a look at all the damage. derrick? >> reporter: well, indeed. we're here on the grounds of the baptist church in germantown. this is a side of trees you don't get to see very often except at times like this. doug kammerer tells us that winds were clocked at 70 miles an hour through here and that is, indeed, believable. it amounted to some hairy moments for the folks inside the church here as it cut a swath all through this area. here at the upper seneca baptist church in germantown they were getting ready for wednesday evening bible study and choir practice, but they weren't ready for what the winds had in store. from the sanctuary they could lightning and they could feel the high winds. >> i looked out the side doors, that's when i saw this solid sheet of rain and the wind ju

. >> and germantown had a report of 70 mile an hour gusts. >> so the shear was about right. they were to the ground. heaviest rain now, silver spring. around college park. fact, this is live. college park right now. and you can see the lightning. and lightning is as dangerous as anything else. so you hear thunder. you can can be struck by lightning. that's how we pull howie back into the weather office. and really, another hour or so. before crosses and clears prince george's county. as howard mentioned -- that's the -- driving toward d.c., on 210 in the shehe m and visibility not great right now. i don't see too many flashes of lightning. don't hear any hail. but not great. let's go back to radar in a second. and we'll show you where the heavy rain is. it is right through e district. eastern sections of montgomery county. and now into prince george's county. and stretching all the way down toward waldorf and la plata. what howard was making reference to was that little area of thunderstorms to the southwest of us, that were still prompting tornado warnings to the southwest.

so this ones also will put a here is another one which is south of germantown now. between germantown and stone wall, a little heavier snow shower there, moving across bracken county toward mason county. most of it is light but occasional lee it will occasionally it will have bursts of snow, light snow, flurries, and the occasional heavy snow shower for a few locations around the tri-state, especially now in the south side of the i-275 loop. because of this situation, a winter weather advisory remains in effect through 10:00 this morning. here is the view at downtown cincinnati, the visibility has improved quite a bit as the snow shower has pushed south of covington. you can see downtown there, with a little bit of light snow, cloudy skies, the snow showers will come to an end this afternoon, bitter cold air, start the morning here as we get into the weekend, it could get colder. 16 now, a windchill of 5 at the windchills in the single digits, even one below zero at wilmington. we will start the teens and have flurries and snow showers this morning. we will end the

the mother, 2, 4, and 7-year-old live in the apartment in germantown. the children's grandmother is thankful that a carbon monoxide detecter went off. >>> thank god. this would would have been unbelievable. >>> the grandmom tells us the family just moved into that unit. the mom and kids moved in earlier in the week. they are being treated at einstein medical center. >>> the 15-year-old boy is suspected of being stabbed multiple times in south philadelphia. police got a report of altercation between teenagers. the victim was taken to jefferson university hospital to be treated. >>> right now philadelphia police are looking for a group of teens who have allegedly beat you mean and robbed at least two students at roman catholic high school. chad perdelli has more on the investigation. >>> jimmy falon's eye is swollen and bloodied. he was a concussion after a group of teens jumped him in front of the mooch -- make munil services building at jfk and broad. >>> it makes you scared because ten minutes before i'm telling him i love him and i get a phone call an