chuck, i feel like the accolades just keep on coming for katie ledecky. she is truly the golden girl. >> absolutely. congratulations to her. love to have that success from a local kid here. if she can do it, so can i. yes, you can. keep on swimming. outside today, it is going to be cold, cold, cold. not very good pool weather. if it's an indoor pool, you there are some snow flurries to be dealt with early on this morning. basically from leesburg to frederick to winchester and the top of the shenandoah valley. picture of a snowflake, get a picture and send it to me @chuckbell4 on twitter. >>> and it's the weather phenomenon that has people seeing triple. what it took for three suns to recently appear in the sky. >>> and to say sparks were flying may be a bit of an understatement. the fire call that left a local couple engaged. kick off the new year with a deal that will save you money for the next 2 years guaranteed. get the 100% fiber-optic network with the fastest internet available. plus phone, plus showt

bethesda's katie ledecky received the honor yesterday.he finished ahead of tennis star serena williams after another dominating year in the pool. she took home five gold medals and a silver medal in the world championship. she's the first washington star ever to win the women's award sports editors, news directors from all over the country get together and vote. she came out on top. >> she should. she is an amazing girl. >>> let's check the morning commute for you now. wtop's rob stallworth in with a look at things. hey, rob. >> aaron, we have a lot of stuff going on especially in the district. northbound in the 3rd street tunnel a car fire near massachusetts avenue. no access from the eastbound to westbound tunnel. eastbound on i-66 near nutley we have a broken down tractor-trailer. the beltway is a good ride in maryland and virginia but watch for the outer loop with some broken downs along the right side. that's the latest from the traffic center. susan, aaron, back to you. >> thanks so much. let's go over to chuck with our weather. >>>

bethesda's own katie ledecky, named the associated press female athlete of the year, finishing ahead. five gold medals and a silver at this year's world championships. she wins after finishing second a year ago. ledecky is the first washington area star ever to earn the woman's award. >> "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy. >>> cold is the operative word. >> cold and some snow tomorrow from about 2 a.m. until 11 a.m. not a lot, under the inch but some slick spots nonetheless. >> that's it for us. hope to see you here tomorrow. have a good one. my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it "the wish house." people visit national parks from all over the world. food tastes better when you don't have to cook it. he was just supposed to be my dog. i don't know why. (vo) we're proud that, on behalf of our own

. >>> it's been quite a run for the last two years for stanford swimmer katie ledecky.he was named the female athlete of the year, winning five gold medals and one silver in this year's world aquatic championships. he's only 20 years old and a college sophomore. and she has six olympic medals to her credit. last year she was the runner up for the award. and she outpointed serena williams and allyson felix. >>> they spent weeks on the fire lines and had an unexpected christmas surprise. we'll tell you more about the bay area fire crews that came home for the holidays. >>> outside our doors a cold start to the day. we'll check on the current conditions and take a look at the patchy fog and of course the afternoon highs coming right up. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or... ...one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose! from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. it's our best whitening technology. plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. ito become dangerous.d for an everyday item n

bethesda's katie ledecky received that honor. she finished ahead of serena williams. ledec t world championships. last year she finished second to u.s.a. gymnast simone biles in this particular pole. doing incredible things in the pool. >> she's awesome. love her. ledecky is the first washington area star to ever win the women's award. >>> 4:34. get another look at the roads with wtop's rob stallworth in a minute. >> first, chuck, we are in the weather alert mode this morning. maybe a little bit of snow in some places. >> don't plan on worrying what you're going to name the snow man because this is not going to be an inch of snow. >> not by any means. if flakes are falling, the roads can be slick. >> if you are getting ready to stand at the bus stop, whatever you have going on, make sure you are bundled up if you are going to be hitting the pavement going for a jog. frederick county, that's where they have the greatest chance r temperatures in the upper 20s even by noon thermal layers are a must. it's going to be cold out there. temperatures today only peeking in the

. >>> six-time olympic gold medalist katie ledecky added one more award. today the san francisco more was named the associated press female athlete of the year edging out tennis star serena williams. ledecky recently won five gold medals and one silver at the world aquatics championships in budapest. >> tough to argue with five goals. >> i know. and that was just the national championships. >> we're back in the moment with the latest on the quake that shook the bay area tonight. news that has people talking across the bay area tonight. >>> okay. we have an update on that breaking news has people talking across the bay area tonight. a jolt that woke some people up around 10:30 tonight. the usgs has upgraded it to a 3.9 earthquake. the epicenter nine miles east of alum rock near san jose. check out our nbc bay area seismograph. it captured the quake. felt in san francisco, san anselmo and in the south bay. we definitely felt it in the newsroom. a quick noticeable shaking and then it was over. i said wow, did you feel that? that was an earthquake. >> and ever

>> reporter: if a 12-year-old wears one of these high-tech suits, are they going to swim like katie ledeckymmer good, of course, is talent, their physical makeup. but it's really the technique, the training. >> reporter: part of the debate also involves money. the suits range in price from $100 to $514. parents, like laura beuning, held out for as long as she could. >> it would feel wrong to send her to a big competition where everyone else is wearing the suit and she isn't. >> reporter: so you felt pressure to buy one. t> yes, yes, very much so. >> reporter: we asked a group of young swimmers about a possible ban. g not very happy. >> reporter: why? >> because, like, i already have one and i don't want to, like, waste it. >> reporter: do you think you can swim just as fast without your tech suit? >> i don't know. >> reporter: it's that psychological component that some coaches, like patrick collins, say instills a false sense of speed. >> a lot of them look at it like some magic pill, but years from now, i'd rather a kid say, "hey, it was me, and all the hard work that i put into the sport

katie ledecky won five gold and a silver. the male athlete will be named tomorrow.rought to you boy toyota. >> good stuff. how many go bowl games. >> around 40 or so. >> are there really. >> yeah still got 20 more to go. >> oh, my god. >> thanks very much. >>> coming up it tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00 a new state la designed to prevent people from drinking and driving but people say it's a free ride for people to over endulge. >>> wrong plane, wrong airline, had a celebrity taking to twitter to express her outrage as the plane returned to lax mid-flight on the way to tokyo. join us for abc 7 news at 11:00 on channel 7. >> great day to be out fishing with dad. >> isaac caught his first fish today. the fish were biting. they reeled in a second when we were there. >> they told us it is one of their favorite fishing holes. oklolike f - [narrator] today, the stories of two murder cases. one in new york state, the other in houston, texas. in our first case, a beloved school superintendent

. >>> stanford sophomore katie ledecky has been named the female athlete of the year at the world championshipspest, she won five gold medals and a silver. serena williams came in second, followed by olympic track star allyson felix. this sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino. >>> join us tonight, a mom and her cubs on the run, why the tahoe sheriff's deputy who shot this video is being called the bear whisperer. >>> at 11:00. elon musk makes a promise today. what will be the next edition of fleets to the tesla vehicles. >>> catch happy new year charlie brown, followed by rudolph's shiningny new year, at 10:00, kevin probably saves the world and stay with us for action news at 11:00. >>> we appreciate your time. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a freelance writer from lyme, connecticut... a project manager f

headline, though, from our friend at "the washington post" is causing controversy referring to katie ledecky washingtoni amou washingtonian to win ap female at least of the she was born in bethesda. they took a poll and they are getting feedback. over 3,000 votes. 84% of folks say, yeah, she's a washingtonian. so we have our panel of experts here. we want to hear your opinion, doug, being from herndon. >> i grew up in the beltway. >> any time at another place and i they say where are you from, i say i'm from washington. it covers everything. that's taking away from maryland and virginia, but washington. >> she's ours. >> all right. that's how you say it, too? >> 100%. absolutely. any time you go anywhere, if anybody comes here, they don't say i'm from behovia. you don't say that. youç say chicago. washingtonian through and through. >> >> okay. we've settled that. bright lights at times square on the new year's eve ball. this year, 288 new triangles added. this is the gift of serenity design. each one weighs seven ounces and can with stand all sorts of weather. the ball, of course, dropping

. >>> stanford sophomore katie ledecky has been named the female athlete of the year at the world championshipslliams came in second, followed by olympic track star allyson felix. this sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino. >>> join us tonight, a mom and her cubs on the run, why the tahoe sheriff's deputy who shot this video is being called the bear whisperer. >>> at 11:00. elon musk makes a promise today. what will be the next edition of fleets to the tesla vehicles. >>> catch happy new year charlie brown, followed by rudolph's shiningny new year, at 10:00, kevin probably saves the world and stay with us for action news at 11:00. >>> we appreciate your time. >>> we appreciate your time. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. (singsongy) hey, mandy! guess whose eighth grade class is going to your high school next week to get oriented? (singsongy) what! ♪ yeah, uh-huh ♪ yeah no. no. stop. no. stop. n-no. mm-hmm. ♪ yep, yep, yep stop it. what's the problem? (forced laugh) what if she talks to me? what if she embarrasses me?

olympic hero katie ledecky earns the honor of the as >>> happening now, a swimmer and olympic hero.earns the honor of the associated press athlete of the year. later in sports find out which high-powered star she beat out for the honor. a new report splash data reveals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 most popular passwordment of the year. that's not recommended. the weeklong cultural celebration - kwanzaa - kicked off today. it )s a celebration of african heritage - that hono >>> the weeklong cultural indication, kwans stchlt aap today principle celebrates unity. it cull in80s with a feast and gift exchange. it was started at cal strait long beach and first observed 550 years ago. >> we are about to wrap up one of the biggest shopping days of the year. very busy the day after christmas. returning unwanted presents as well. less than 30% of include a gift receipt. the national retail federation says the best bet it going to the storp. we found lots of shoppers exchanging gifts, finding bargains and cashing out the holiday gift cards. >>> a warning tonight to be careful with the boxes now that all p

. >>> stanford swimmer and olympian katie ledecky is female athlete of the year. she won gold in budapest. she is the first active college athlete to win the award since uconn basketball legend rebecca lobo in 1995. >>> hundreds of volunteers putting in 15-hour days in pasadena with just days left until the tournament of roses parade. the beautiful colors come from things like rose petals and also crushed peas and coconut. judging is set for sunday. the parade is going to be on monday morning new year's day. >> can you believe we're saying good-bye to 2017 already? >> i'm going to be writing 2017 for the next few weeks. i always mess that up. >> there's a lot of auto- correct going on these days! [ laughter ] >> you write physical checks and screw it up but we don't have to deal with anymore barely. >> still pay online. >> i still write checks. >> i'm still writing 1917. [ laughter ] >>> let's jump to the roads right now. we have a traffic alert black road is completely shut down between highway 35 and monte vina. it's been there most of the morning with downed po

our favorite local swimmers, talking about bethesda's katie ledecky. last year she finished second to u.s.a. gymnastics star simone biles. >> we love her. ledecky is the first washington area star ever to earn the award. >> this is editors and news directors voting on this for the ap. it's usually somebody who's done obviously incredible things as an athlete. >> and she has. >>> ten minutes after 5:00. if you are just joining us this morning, we are in weather alert mode today. >> that's right. some of us waking up to some snowflakes. no accumulation from this, but it's enough to cause an issue o especially in southern frederick county seeing some of the snow falling there, northern montgomery county. north of gaithersburg. this advisory goes until 11:00 a.m. this morning. not everyone getting in on some of this snowfall but everyone is going to feel the cold. i made this graphic for you. everyone will feel like it's a cold couple of days. and chuks will help you plan your day coming up. >>> take a look at this. it is the weather phenomenon that had pe

superstar swimmer katie ledecky...is the top athlete of 2017...finishing ahead of serena williams andllyson felix in the voting. this comes after a remarkable performance where she won 5-gold medals...earlier this year at the world aquatic championships in budapest. the 20-year-old stanford sophomore is on track to become one of the most decorated swimmers of all time... as she won 5-medals (4-gold, 1 silver) last summer at the rio olympics. and finally, a prospect for the arizona diamondbacks is a late nominee for son of the year. as he bought his parents quite the gift for christmas. he gave them a house. "for all the sacrifices you've made for our family, i want our family house to be yours... (crying)". those are the parents of a 21-year-old pavin smith...reacting to a letter he wrote to them saying he paid off the mortgage on their home. he was the 7th-overall pick from this year's draft... and he used the money from a 5- million dollar signing bonus. after recording their reaction to the news, he posted a heartfelt message on twitter that read-- 'thank you for everything you hav

superstar swimmer katie ledecky...is the top athlete of 2017...finishing ahead of serena williams andstar allyson felix in the voting. this comes after a remarkable performance where she won 5-gold medals...earlier this year at the world aquatic championships in budapest. the 20-year-old stanford sophomore is on track to become one of the most decorated swimmers of all time... as she won 5-medals (4-gold, 1 silver) last summer at the rio olympics. and finally, a prospect for the arizona diamondbacks is a late nominee for son of the year. as he bought his parents quite the gift for christmas. he gave them a house. <> those are the parents of those are <> those are the parents of a 21-year-old pavin smith...reacting to a letter he wrote to them saying he paid off the mortgage on their home. he was the 7th-overall pick from this year's draft... and he used the money from a 5- million dollar signing bonus. after recording their reaction to the news, he posted a heartfelt message on twitter that read-- 'thank you for everything you have done for me! this doesn't make up for any of it. love

. >>> and stanford swimmer and olympian katie ledecky has been named "associated press" female athleteaffic and weather coming up next. >>> we have been tracking an accident along walnut creek south 680. the good news is chp just canceled the traffic alert associated with t southbound 680 at 24, a dump truck and vehicle crash. there was debris in the road. everything is cleared. damage is done, still a little slow and go as you work your way through there so expect some delays. past that, though, traffic is improving nicely on 680. if you are heading through the maze this morning, westbound 580 right around 24, this is a live look at conditions heading towards oakland. a little foggy out there but moving along. no delays to report and clear at the bay bridge. in fact, all the way clear into san francisco. here's emily. >>> it is certainly foggy out there, in fact taking a live look out at the sutro tower cameras towards the east, you can see just the very tip-top of the "salesforce tower" peeking out but as you can see, above the fog, there is sunshine. your temperatures right now in s