joe staton, 7news. >>> ahead on 7 news, a special >>> fourth gradener north carolina is receiving quite -- making quite a name for himself. >> the surprise coming after he offered an athlete a good luck charm that he crafted himself. here's the heart-warming story. >> reporter: 9-year-old jackson spends a lot of time perfecting but scaling the keys isn't as easy as -- with his new necessity. >> he gave me the practice gloves. >> reporter: jackson is talking about this moment with panthers player lou keikley, a moment he calls... >> one of the best moments of my life. this is so cool. >> reporter: last week jackson and his family waited outside panther practice to offer his flavor player a -- his favorite player a good luck charm. >> i said maybe i should give it for him to keep. >> reporter: he named it the keekly card and actually made it through a few rounds of the pinewood derby. >> very first race he won and got so excited. he's good luck for us. >> reporter: which is why jackson thought it belonged to its nape sake. >> are you sure? i gave it to him and he said do you want me to si

let's get a check of the roads with joe staton. >> thanks very much, we're checking route 128 southbound, a lot of company here down past route 95 in the canton area. it stays pretty heavy right down past route 24. it's been about a half-hour ride now from the masspike down into randolph, set up by an earlier the headlights are southbound, continues heavy down towards the expressway, more than a 40 minute ride there. traffic leading away from us on 93 northbound has been blocking down as well and increase of traffic on the left-hand side on the up and down ramps. making your way towards route 128 not too badly back by the masspike, pretty quiet. no major tie-ups here downtown on route 93 but blocks out again out by route 28 in somerville. joe stapleton, 7news. >> thank you so much, joe. >>> coming up next, a football fan's big surprise. how one kid got the chance to hang out with his hometown hero. >>> and a scituate man killed after his home goes up in flames. why firefighters a tough time getting inside that home. >>> and jamie foxx is being called a hero today but not for a movie role

snow supplies each customer could purchase-- staton sot: the fastest moving thing has been our last few of them which is like 3 or 4... this dc-trader joe's supermarket trying to control the crowds, only allowing 10-shoppers in at a time nats "take the next ten..." is it all too much? the director of the nation's weather forecasting agency today said preparation can save lives. sot - louis w. uccellini, director of noaa's national weather service: we're talking about a potentailly paralyzing storm. nats [cars sliding] and after wednesday's relatively minor snowfall caused major accidents, the stakes are even higher. tag: live look outside right now where we've seen nothing close live look outside right now where we've seen nothing close to what people on the east coast are experiencing. but will these warmer temperautres stick around or could we see some rain this weekend? let's go to chief thickness will continue to through the day ahead of our next weather system. temperatures overnight will benefit and will remain similar to last night - right around 40 but our afternoon highs tomorrow will suffer and remain cooler. highs will peak in

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joes supermarket in the nation's capital nats "take the next ten..." ...forced to limit customers to ten at a time. shelves of water are now virtually empty and snow shovels are disappearing just as fast. staton sot: "we're down to our last few of them which is like 3 or 4..." also preparing? the federal government which announced it would be closing at noon today ahead of the epic winter storm. nat pop d.c. metro: d.c.'s public transportatio n including rail and bus service will be closing later today too. sot dr. louis uccellini, director of national everything line up for a major storm system affecting the eastern third of the country, and affecting at least 50 million people..." at reagan international airport- de-icers on standby as all major airlines offer passengers waivers to rebook their flights. for those staying home like ryan williams in philadelphia one last stop before the snow arrives. "well, i already hit the grocery store, but honestly when we're being truthful, the most important thing is wine and whiskey" on-cam tag: but there is no doubt washington will be hit the hardest with more than 2 feet of snow expected to fall during the storm. a state of emergency has already been

scene at this trader joes supermarket in the nation's capital nats "take the next ten..." ...forced to limit customers to ten at a time. now virtually empty and snow shovels are staton sot: "we're down to our last few of them which is like 3 or 4..." also preparing? the announced it would be closing at noon today ahead of the epic winter storm. nat pop d.c. metro: d.c.'s public transportatio n including rail and bus service will be closing later today too. sot dr. louis uccellini, director of national weather service: "were seeing everything line up for a major storm system affecting the eastern third of the country, and affecting at least 50 million people..." at reagan international airport- de-icers on standby as all major airlines offer passengers waivers to rebook their flights. for those staying home like ryan williams in philadelphia one last stop before the snow arrives. "well, i already hit the grocery store, but honestly when we're being truthful, the most important thing is wine and whiskey" on-cam tag: but there is no doubt washington will be hit the hardest with more than 2 feet of snow expected to fall during the storm. a state of emergency has already

joes supermarket in the nation's capital nats "take the next ten..." ...forced to limit customers to ten at a time. shelves of water are now virtually empty and snow shovels are disappearing just as fast. staton sot: "we're down to our last few of them which is like 3 or 4..." also preparing? the federal government which