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 upper 20s, low 30s for a lot

favorite around here, bethesda's katie ledecky got that honor yesterday. she finished ahead of serena williams. ledecky took home five gold medals and a silver medal at the world championships. last year she finished second to u.s.a. gymnastic star simone biles. >> ledecky is the first washington woman to win the award. >> she knows this means she's in the company of a lot of incredible women over the years, since 1931. >> she is an incredible woman for sure. >>> a flight frustration you'll be hearing about all promise you that. a plane forced to turn around when a passenger realizes they were on the wrong plane? hear from the celebrity who live tweeted this disastrous journey just ahead. >>> plus, it sounds like an emergency, but it's actually the start of one couple's engagement story. you'll want to stick around for this one, folks. it's still ahead. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. weather alert this morning. winter weather advisory for the northern sides of our viewing area up towards frederick, maryland, and montgomery county. the big issue is the persistence of the cold. n

katiely deck i. shortly after the tournament williams left tennis tour to have her first child. we got some good news for george town hoya fans. the georgetown university sing ing bus driver, we've done stories about him. he's got a be singing the national anthem at tomorrow night's game, the hoyas are playing the bulldogs at 6:30. congratulations, larry big deal. coming up arizona cardinal star larry fitzgerald approximation an american hero. we'll show you his open letter coming up. president trump's message on the african-american heritage kwanzaa. we're back after this. don't miss your last chance of the year to save at havertys furniture. get up to $1000 in bonus discounts now through new year's day. plus, you can finance with no interest for 36 months. ring in the new year with stylish upgrades. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. hurry, this sale ends new year's day at havertys. life looks good. >>

bethesda's own katie ledecky, named the associated press female athlete of the year, finishing ahead of williamsmedals 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 owners, the sub

william who was born almost deaf, kicked a 24-yard field goal. >>> stanford sophomore katie ledecky hasmed the female athlete of the year at the world championships in budapest, 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 contestant

william who was born almost deaf, kicked a 24-yard field goal. >>> stanford sophomore katie ledecky hasonships in budapest, 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. >>> 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 embar

katie a la decky. she won five gold medals and one silver. williamsof course, won the australian open to capture her 23rd grand slam tennis title and then we found out she was pregnant when she won. that a defeat in himself could have earned you many honors but this time went to katie la decky. ♪ ♪. >>> good news for georgetown fans the university singing bus driver, larry calloway will be singing the national anthem tonight at capitol arena, tip-off at 6:30. >> nice voice. i think katie should get involved in winter olympics as well. that way she can play multi-sports and bring us gold basically year around >> she's got to have a life outside of sports. >> she's our best hope at everything. >> great time. no breaks? >> ice-skate in the winter, swim in the summer. let's go for it. guys. >>> speaking of ice-skating, you may be able to that locally as well. >> look at the temperatures to the west >> on your sidewalk, the next couple days, look out to the west. chicago minus three, detroit minus one, 10 in pittsburgh. two in columbus, we're relatively ba

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

. >>> maryland native katie ladecie has been named woman athlete of the year r she won five gold medals and one silver in budapest. her swimming serena williams captured her 23rd tennessee title. after that she left to have her first child >> i think she's getting ready to play a match. that's the tweet i saw. the baby is like three months old? all right. ok. >> sometimes >> you want to get back. >>> let's do weather, traffic and let's start with you, boy. >> my traffic depends on your weather, basically >> right. i think the areas you stereo watch out for are north through central maryland. it's not going to be an everybody sees there's a radar, you see the little thin strike that of snow starting to fire up in areas north of town, very light and the air is very dry. what starts to fall will evaporate before hitting the ground. it will be cold enough overnight at location that is could see a little bit of stick itch. there's a i want wide area under a winter weather advisory north. it will be patchy me there. whoever gets stuck under that little band that see eagles the accumulating snows. we are not under a winter weather advisory and i don

william yoder. >> reporter: in court, katie's attorney christopher pelli told the jury that mary's killer wasn't katieth say had motive to -- to actually kill his wife. >> reporter: according to the defense, bill was no grieving widower. >> do you remember the first time that you had sexual relations with kathy richmond? >> i don't remember the date, no. i don't -- i wasn't keeping a journal. >> reporter: bill said in court the same thing his text messages seemed to confirm for detectives the romance with his wife's sister only started after mary sister only started after mary died.the romance with his wife's sister only started after mary died.sister only started after mary diedied. and that's what kathy said, too, when she was asked the same question. >> the romantic relationship began some time in september. late september, mid-september. >> reporter: but this woman, one of kathy's neighbors, told a different story. she said she'd seen the two kissing on kathy's porch a couple of weeks before mary's death. >> bill was holding kathy and he was kissing her and looking in her eyes and it was very inte

william kicked 24 yard field goal and 3 points and blue devils win it finishing 17-6 this year. katieilver. the male athlete will be named tomorrow. this sports report has been brought 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

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 everybody said yeah. >> a 3.1 hit east of morgan hill around 7:00 p.m. no reports of damage or injuries. san jose mayor sam liccar

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

williams captured her 23rd grand slam title. she left the tour to have her first child which is an honor herself, but this year, goes to katie la deck? >> we were just talking about her, my daughter goes to the school she went to and has, you know, ideas of being an olympic swimmer too. >> she's such a sweetheart. katie, just a so humble. i love that about somebody being humble and approachable >> kind of wish the olympics were every year. >>> women on the rides new trend shows one particular generation of women break, the glass ceiling in start-up businesses, we'll explain. >>> we'll be right back. > we'll be right back. . >>> 7:14 is the time it's 32 looking outside. what's a little hazy? muggy >> it's a gray winter diploma >> three more months. >> yeah, us. >>> it won't be that bad. >> january, february, a little >> you get the big arctic areas of high pressure >> i feel like in december you can deal with it because it's the holidays and funds >> new year's then >> then >> we've got, a lot of holidays to look forward to, 4th of july. >> what are you talking about? we got washington's birthday >> lincoln's birthday, east, st.