reporting live, jeannette reyes. our storm watch weather team continues to track the blizzard. we will be on your side all weekend long. following breaking news now. the man convicted of killing three people at their homes has been consent desk sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. he was also given 48 years i nee prison for other charges and find $400,000. was playing at nats park in the summer and when you can get those tickets. at area happening now grocery stores and what you want to buy. looking at where the storm is now and the impact it is having in other parts of the country. doug will be back. >> the blizzard watch has been updated to a blizzard warning. doug: what the watchword means i couldis possible that happen. when it is a warning, it means it is happening or will happen. we have upgraded the graphics here. under the spine of the blue probably about 1:00 in the afternoon. ascontinues to be activated we get through the afternoon or evening hours. you see the colors. to the west, the pink color. that is a winter storm warning. the difference between that a

reporting in leesburg, jeannette reyes.ive pictures from houston, where some window washers are stock. -- are stuck. the machinery is tilted on one of the hot floors of the building. they are performing a high angle rescue. it this is in a building located downtown. we will keep a close eye on this story. thee two men are on scaffold. this building is the chase tower. it is the tallest building in downtown houston, about 75 stories high. we will keep an eye on this story an update u.s. soon as they rescue the two men who are stuck now. officer sam man was shot to death in the 3200 block of park drive on sunday night. police in montgomery county are investigating an industrial accident in clarksburg. police were called to the metro groundcover. machinery fell on top of someone. the victim died at the scene. an investigation is underway. coming up, efforts underway to bring the drug paying -- drug kingpin known as el chapo back to the united states. the investigation into an american artist in italy, the post that may contain

jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. planningirline workers a major protest at the mlk memorial in southwest. in the spirit of nonviolent demonstration, reagan national workers are planning to march across the bridge to the martin luther king jr. memorial, as part of a protest calling for $15 an hour and union rights for airport workers. low-wage airport workers make around $6.75 per hour. the mlk junior peace walk and parade is happening, this is a live picture of the parade route on the corner of -- we will be airing the parade live starting at 12:30 on news channel 8, and sam ford is hosting. there are also some changes to metro today because of the holiday. trains are on a saturday schedule. that means they are running every 12 minutes from now until midnight. are all day, and free parking at all metro facilities. there is no vre service today and marc trains are operating on s service. jamie: we are very light today. 270, 395,vel hov on 66, as well as the dulles toll road the restrictions are lifted. you can see mor

jeannette reyes takes a closer look.this is likely the largest audience the president will have for the remainder of his time in office. regreted a rare flash of and took on republicans that are hoping to replace him. let's take you straight to social media. "theyor mike huckabee -- are like tsa pat downs, painfully bad." "thed trump weighed in -- state of the union speech was one of the most boring, rambling, and non-substantive i have heard in a long time. south carolina governor nikki haley was not as one-sided. she actually called out donald trump. governor haley: it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. on the democratic side, hillary clinton said america is better because of potus's leadership. she also posted a picture of her and president obama. lastly, bernie sanders said, "tonight's speech was important -- the president reminded us not to be afraid of change." most of the candidates did weigh in and it was pretty divided along party lines. again, everyo

reporting in chillum, jeannette reyes. investigators do not consider the fire suspicious. they are focusing on the first for a cause of the blaze. the fire happening on the one-year anniversary of a mansion fire in annapolis. a converted -- a corroded sent acal outlet christmas tree up in flames -- up in sent a family flames. it killed a family. the house was not equipped with sprinklers. another story today is a frigid temperatures. the wind chill advisory just ended. doug: the sun is very ineffective warming us up. bitterly cold air continues well below average. temperatures no better than about 28. gusty wind out of the northwest, it will be colder. satellite and radar, batches of cloudiness. keeping our eye on a disturbance. we are looking with more attention down the road, towards friday and saturday. it is looking more and more likely there will be a major , a snowstorm.rm we have no way of knowing where it's track will wind up, and knowing it is important, because storm will bring in warmer air from the ocean. we cannot say how much snow we are going to get. the pot

jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. jummy: now to a developing story. police are still searching for a hit and run driver who critically injured a homeless man. on man was forced to walk the road because snow was piled up on the sidewalk. the vehicle you are seeing is similar to the one that hit him. mirrore passenger side is missing, we are told. we are following new developments in the war on terror. a former computer science dude and accused of communicating with isis will appear in court this afternoon. in best again or believe ardit ferizi stole information on government employees -- investigators believe ardit stole information on government employees. he faces 35 years in prison if convicted. -- campaignto 2016 2016 and last night's debate. fox says donald trump demanded $5 million to take part. we recap last night fireworks. boycottingald trump the debate, the new candidate at was under fire. >> i will note that the last four questions have been attacked ted, attack ted, attack ted. >> it is a debate. >> i may have to leave the stage. this stage

jeannette reyes is in mobile you areven, currently on 66, how does it look in falls church? >> i want to get to that beltway accident quickly. you covered the biggest issue, is the accident with the tractor-trailer. look at the road in front of me. 495, where the accident happened near tysons is looking like this, moving smoothly. at one point we were moving at eight miles per hour, it took us over an hour to move that distance. if you take a look here, you can see traffic is moving along nicely, this is a long 66 eastbound past the dulles toll road. we know federal agencies are on a two hour delay so they can come in a little later. we were expecting to see some congestion around this time when a lot of employees will be heading into work but surprisingly it is not looking too bad. again, you want to take a heads up if you're headed this way that traffic will build once the employees start to come in. early this morning, the issue was what roads. it has dried out a little bit. they are working hard to get on the roads to work. the maryland state highway ableistration told u

jeannette reyes has the latest. jeanette: explosions heard around jakarta. attackers wearing suicide belts and weapons targeted this commercial hub, where people were eating, shopping, going to the movies. >> we heard a third explosion, a fourth, fifth, and sixth, and gunfire. jeanette: bombs exploding in front of the starbucks, leaving bodies scattered. theified workers throughout city barricaded themselves in their offices and watched in terror. the attack, which was meant to paris, the attacks in left several people dead. have madeate backers a claim of responsibility. autria: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, we have a winner, actually three of them. where the look he are that sold those million-dollar tickets. gop candidates going head-to-head again. scott thuman is in charleston with what makes tonight's debate a standout. later, a huge day for film stars in hollywood. who got the love and who got snubbed for oscar nominations. doug is looking ahead to our weekend forecast, when you may need that umbrella when we come back. if a denture were to be put u

jeannette reyes has the details. jeanette: fire and hazmat crews were scrambling to contain and ammonia leak in a skating rink. it scared many. park ice rink is usually swarming with kids, especially this time of year, but this defendedhazmat crews onto m street near the navy yard. i ammonia was leaking from a valve under the rank and set off an alarm. the gas is a cooling agent that can be deadly if inhaled. >> it gets really dangerous. never in my life have i seen something like this. i have been down here for a while. jeanette: a safety system did kick in and shut off the leak and set off the alarms. everything is good to go. they are just ventilating the area. to get to ant update. montgomery county police investigating whether or not signals were working properly after a deadly pedestrian accident involving a bus. this happened yesterday. a woman was crossing the road when she was struck by a bus. she died at the hospital. inestigators believe she was a marked crosswalk at the time. they are working to see who h

jeannette reyes has been at the scene all morning and is there now with the impact it's having on the roads. i ran into this yesterday evening. i did not know what it was, but this was a tough water main break for cruise. it broke out around 7:00 yesterday evening. it was not until 7:00 this morning that they were finally able to find that break. things looking a lot nicer than they were this morning. you don't see the ice we saw this morning. you had closed lanes, slick conditions and then of course, the hard to find water main break. they were closing down the street altogether at one point. it usually takes between six and eight hours to get it all done. take a listen to how one commuter tried to get work as money. >> traffic getting and was backed up to telegraph road. it was difficult to get here. took about 25 minutes for a normally 10 minute commute. had seen us earlier this morning, all of this was stopped with traffic. they are wrapping up just about now. we were worried this would go into the evening hours. they should be wrapping up in about an hour or so. traffic should be

jeannette reyes explains why. of notte: it is day five and itin fairfax county, has proven to be a controversial decision. the roads here are pretty clean. just yesterday they were covered in snow, but now barely anything on the roads. but the problem is clear roads mean snow in sidewalks. take a look. it takes quite a bit of effort mounds ande snow piles apart. that is proving to be quite a big problem. the school district has said one of the issue is snowed-in sidewalks and bus stops, so a lot of people have to wait on the road so it is not very safe. parents, the reality is you have had your kids at home for five days, and it is harder to keep them entertained. a lot of parents say this is understandable. >> we are running out of things to do, and they have all this pent energy that they need to get out. jeannette: when do you want to go back to school? >> never. it is fun because we can do what we want. jeannette: walking on the street is obviously a danger, but something that perhaps is not so obvious is the