reporting live marcy gonzalez, abc 77 news. >> ok marcy. thank you for that report. in the meantime today, a judge hearing cases regarding drivers who do not pay for using those express lanes. our john gonzalez joins us live outside the fairfax county courthouse with more on how these cases could impact millions of people who drive on 495. john? >> jummy, i want to throw some numbers at you right now. 24 unpaid tolls at $1 and change each toll have now jumped for one maryland man to $1,000 a toll. you do the math. that's $24,000 and this man was just found guilty. he came to court to fight this and he just lost. minutes ago these are unbelievable cases of large fees and penalties that are being heard here in appeals court for folks who use these 95 hot lanes. now, a judge, an appeals court judge here in fairfax county is hearing the string of cases slapping thousands of dollars on people who have not paid for these tolls. among the plaintiffs are tony cooley, a woman who owes $10,000, jim diller, the maryland man who was just found guilty. he's been slapped with fees

live in boston marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> ok marcy. thank you. now we move to another developing story. authorities in charles county are investigating a school bus crash. it happened around 7:00 this morning at hawthorne drive a mile from henry e. lackey high school. police say the bus rear ended a car that then hit another car. the 16 students on board were all taken to charlesnty medical center just to be checked out. charles county school says one student complained of a possible broken nose and another reported possible whiplash. police and the school system are investigating the crash this noon. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is pushing to have d.c. voting rights restored in congress. she, d.c. mayor, muriel bowser and former veterans affairs director for d.c. kerwin miller held a news conference this morning. annette raez is live with more on why these d.c. leaders are making the push right now. jeanette? >> all right, autria. the fight is on this afternoon to get back to the rights, the news conference wrapped up a couple of hours ag

as marcy gonzalez parts of massachusetts buried under three feet of snow are dealing with flooding and power outages. >> shovelling out from under three feet of snow. today, millions of people in new england are coping with the aftermath of the winter storm that continued well into last night. >> in many parts of massachusetts, i think you could call it in fact an historic event. >> snowfall totals breaking records in some places. this time lapse video shows it piling up. thousands of homes are still without power today. >> we had to shovel to the generators. >> in most of the islands of nantucket where winds reached 80 miles an hour. along the massachusetts coastline, sand dunes giving way and a sea wall crumbling making way for the ocean to surge into homes. >> this is horrible. we walked this wall yesterday and it's gone! >> today, from long island, new york -- >> freedom. >> through new england. they're working hard to clear roads and walkways before more snow moves in later this week. >> mother nature at work! >> and air travelers know all about mother nature's impact after 88,000

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> that will be great. so many people on facebook these days. definitely is important. >> yeah. >> lot of people are on the facebook page talking about the weather. and they should be you know in fact, i just tweeted out a link to the latest blog. brian and i have been kind of powwowing the last hour with the new models that have been coming in and our confidence is growing now that we could be seeing some wintry weather around here for tomorrow morning's commute. i don't want to be alarmist and say this is going to be like last week or anything. models are just picking up on this and the one that is is the same one that handled that system better last week. that's why we're giving a little more weight to it. we think those chances are going to be south and east. we'll walk you through it and start off with what's happening now and setting the stage for conditions that are going to be happening next. the temperature in montgomery now is 26 degrees. look at the beautiful clear skies. it looks very nice. it's just a couple of high thin cirrus clou

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> to help defeat isil militants, the u.s. will send 400 troops overseas to train moderate syrian rebels. aconsideredcording to pentagon officials, the training is set to begin in early spring and they will work out of sites at turkey and qatar. it is in a campaign to defeat the islamic state group. back at home the maryland governor martin o'malley is al interviews before he leaves office next week. our maryland bureau chief brad bell sat down with the governor to talk about his last eight years in office and what he considers his greatest accomplishments. o'malley spoke about his 16 strategic goals to move maryland forward. the governor-elect larry hogan will be sworn in on wednesday. we'll have governor o'malley's in-depth interview coming up here on abc 7 news at 4:00. still to come here on abc 7 news at noon though -- >> let's do the right thing. turn the page and ensure our future legacy is one of pride. >> the redskins football season is over. but find out how local fans are now taking part in the team's name debate. pl

marcy gonzalez abc 7 news. >> tax season is under way. and tonight, "7 is on your side" making sure you're ready. we'll have experts on hand to answer all of your tax questions for our tax help phone bank. it starts tonight at 5:00. we have the experts. they know everything there is to know. give them a call. can't believe it's tax season again. >> it's coming. listen -- >> i know it's coming. crazy weather. >> you look outside one minute and it's blue skies and sunshine. next minute it's dark as night and in between times it's windy. that's today's weather. we're not talking about what's happening sunday yet. let's jump into it. this is the wind advisory up until through midnight into the entire area shaded in -- i don't know if that's tan. maybe kind of a tan. kind of shows you the whole story and these winds could gust over 40 miles per hour. they're kind of the threshold for wind gusts to prompt the advisory. we also have the snow squalls and some of them are very heavy but rapidly moving from the northwest to the southeast so right n

the increase in air traffic means we have an increase in these incidents. >> that was marcy gonzalezlane and the flight did finally take off for austin a few hours later. a scare today during the delaware home of joseph biden. multiple gunshots were fired near the home from a vehicle. no one was home at the time and there is no clear indication that the home was targeted. delaware police, the secret service and the fbi are investigating. the alameda county coroner's office identified the man shot and killed by fremont police on friday. on friday afternoon, the officers responded to fremont's harvey park after reports a man pulled a knife on two contractors and chased them around a nearby neighborhood. one officer fired a taser and a second shot the man. police say he was holding a knife with a six-inch blade. they also say he was arrested a week earlier for being under the influence of a controlled substance. >>> san jose firefighters rescued two bay area boaters from shallow waters in the south bay. it happened in the el-viso marina. they got the call around 1:30 this afternoon. fir

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> ok marcy. thank you. and of course, the snow is the big topic of conversation on social media today. >> our question of the day is asking what you thought about how the region responded. sylvia posted about the schools asking why place people and personnel in danger. what do you think fairfax would have done? and one writes. no reason to close. a delay would have been enough. >> diane knows that parents have to use their own common sense. if the weather is that bad, nobody should have to tell you to keep your kids home. you can join the conversation on our wjla facebook page. and doug you know, last night at 11 clock:0011:00, we knew that the morning rush would be a big mess. that's exactly what happened. >> the timing temperatures as cold as they were before we had much traffic got the initial coating down and it was off to the races, you know and all the problems got worse from there. couple more inches in spots, but the impact was awful and now this evening, we have a separate kind of issue and that wo

marcy gonzalez has a preview. >> anybody need a ride to the big game?he big game's other big competition. >> what happened? >> barry hit me in the nose with a football. >> reporter: many releasing football ads online. budweiser's latest lost puppy commercial already viewed poremore than 11 million times on&ñ youtube. kim kardashian's selfie spoof watched by more than 8 million. >> it's about generating that big bang now it's about having extended conversation around their spot. >> reporter: that conversation backfiring for one company. godaddy releasing this commercial. >> i'm so glad you made it home. because i just sold you on this website. >> reporter: only to pull it from the super bowl after a major backlash on twitter. >> as far as i can tell, there's never been an ad pulled from the super bowl. this is really quite a situation on godaddy's hands. >> reporter: the company says they will air something in that commercial's place. other advertisers also choosing to keep their ads a surprise for the big game. as always, the price tag is huge. with the

as abc news reporter marcy gonzalez shows us, snow is falling in parts of the u.s.reezing temperatures. >> reporter: when the temperature drops so low that fountains freeze in florida, you know cold doesn't begin to describe how they're feeling farther north. >> it's uncomfortable. i hate it. can't wait for spring. >> reporter: more than half the country is dealing with this brutal blast of arctic air. with record-breaking lows from new england to the gulf coast. windchills in chicago and elsewhere dropping to 15 to 25 degrees below zero. >> i would much rather have six or eight inches of snow rather than what we're going to be facing. >> reporter: not a snow day, but a cold day, for more than 1 million students nationwide whose schools closed today. >> kind of a mixed feeling. >> reporter: safety is a big concern for people who work outside, including firefighters in new jersey whose battle with flames turned into a serious struggle with ice. and in parts of the country that haven't dug out from the snow earlier this week, driving today is especially dangerous. >>

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has a look at this monster storm moving in. >> reporter: the flakesalready falling, and the worst is yet to come. >> it is a serious blizzard. it should not be taken lightly. >> reporter: from philadelphia through new england, this massive blizzard is expected to bring up to several feet of snow. >> i'm hoping for less but ethink we're really going to get hammered. >> reporter: a key concern, the wind, with gusts predicted to be above 50 miles an hour, bringing whitesout conditions and the potential for widespread power outages. >> this will most likery be one ryly lily be one of the largest. >> reporter: only salt trucks snow plows and emergency vehicles will be allowed on the roads toint. the same in connecticut. >> i have signed a travel ban for the entire state. >> reporter: also in preparation, lots of cancellations from flights to votes on capitol hill and nba games postponed, and with so many schooling and businesses closing tomorrow, now the last-minute lines. >> hot chocolate here. thank you for waiting. >> reporter: and this scramble to stoc

reporting live, marci gonzalez, channel6 "action news." rie, back to you. >> okay, marcy, thank you. >>> there will be much more on the terror sweep on world news tonight with david muir. that's tonight at 6:30 directly after "action news" at 6:00. >> all right, let's talk weather. temperatures jumped into the 40's today. a welcome treat to end our week. >> talk about that. but will the mild weather last for the weekend? meteorologist cecily tynan outside our studios with the details from accuweather. we're waiting for the answer. >> and the answer is no, it's going to get cold and then it's going to get rainy. so, i hope you enjoyed today with temperatures in the 40's. didn't quite feel that mild, though, when you factor in the winds. taking a look at temperatures right now in philadelphia it's 40 degrees. millville 38. wilmington 39. trenton 34 and allentown currently 32 degrees. but then you factor in the winds. the wind chill quite a bit cooler. feels like 31 in philadelphia, feels like 21 in allentown. 30 in wilmington and it feels lik

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> we're going to be looking at this as an extended operation. >>ong painful search for the annapolis couple and their four grandchildren in the charred remains of a multimillion dollar mansion. outpouring of love for those feared loss. >> he died a hero. that's what a woman is telling us about her husband killed before her very eyes. police say by her ex-husband. >> and the demand for answers after a deadly incident in metro. big question that metro's chairman says he can't answer. but first winter weather alert that has the potential to have an impact on the morning and evening commutes tomorrow. >> that despite the m temperatures outside most of today. chief meteorologist doug hill on storm watch now and joins us with when we could see this snow. doug? >> here we go again. it looks like tomorrow sometime during the rush hour towards 9:00 is when the steadier precipitation will begin and be with us for the good portion of the day. in advance of this the weather service has posted a winter weather advisory for the areas shaded in purple. south and

live in new york city marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> all right thanks marcy. count on abc 7 and the storm watch weather team to keep you on top of the weather both in the northeast and here. coming up, we'll check on the conditions at the airports and get a look at the extended forecast from doug along with an in-depth report on the area's roads. alison? >> all right, leon the other big story we're following today, search for answers after a small drone crash landed right on the white house lawn. tonight, a person has come forward saying it is his drone and rebecca cooper is live at the white house tonight with what the secret service is saying about this. rebecca? >> that's right alison apparently this is a man who is a government employee who is flying the drone for recreational purposes right here in this area. the secret service insists that based on what they know now, nobody assigned at the white house was ever in any danger. the fact that the drone could easily fly on to the grounds of the white house is raising serious new questions about security. the

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> thank you for that.earing from two legendary local quarterbacks on this football controversy. stay tuned and hear what joe theismann and john riggins have to say coming up ahead in sports. >> and riggins is funny about it actually. a little tease ahead. >> i would expect nothing less from him! >> i know. classic riggins. >> all right. so what have we got ahead of us? said two times here. >> two systems, the biggest one is tomorrow night and saturday. that will produce lesser amounts of snow and ice. smaller storm and alberta clipper on monday may produce a little more. that's the way it works. it's all about temperatures. that's the key. not going to be cold enough this weekend to get a bigger snow storm out of this one. let's get you started. first, take you to oakdale high school. this is in southern frederick county maryland. early morning shot plenty of snow on the ground. fog in the air. took a couple of hours, fog lifted skies cleared and the winds came up. the temperatures got above freezing and t

marcy gonzalez, abc news new york. >> as marcy mentioned, today is also a day for service. we'll show you how local residents used their day off from work to benefit those in need. that's ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, where pope francis plans to stop in d.c. during his first trip to the u.s. and how he answered one of the toughest questions of the christian faith. >> plus the harsh new criticism of metro's response to last week's smoke incident on the yellow line. >> looked out my passenger window and on my right side and saw my life coming towards me. >> the man who survived his truck being crushed between two tractor-trailers describes what he went through, what went through his head, rather, the moment of impact! >> first, the simple step a mother took months ago that she says savedtt2w>rxly po j# ?a( tt2w>rxly p!!án oa@ tt2w>rxly p4!j# 9w4 tt2w>rxly px#á&ú:>y@ tt2w>rxly pt#j'ú:áy$ tt2w>rxly pt#j)ú:!9@ tt2w>rxly pp#jáú:6"é tt2w>rxly pp#j,ú:wx< tt2w>rxly pl#á.ú:íq0 tt2w>rxly pl#á0ú:egx >> take a look at. this a local mother is sharing

abc's marci gonzalez joins us with much more. er: and monica cent comrie lease add statement at anything that no classified information was accessed by the hackers saying it was simply a case of cyber vandalism while today president obama focused on safeguarding against other kinds of cyber crimes. we've seen the major impact hackers can have from the attack on sony. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea. >> reporter: even u.s. central commands twitter and youtube pages were hacked today with pro-isis messages covering its profile pages. >> i can tell you this is something that we're obviously looking into and something that we take seriously. significant difference between what is a large data breach and the hacking of a twitter account. >> reporter: but today president obama's focus was on cyber security for individuals annoyancing proposed legislation aimed in part at protecting against identity theft. >> so this is a direct threat to the economic security of american families and we've got to stop it. >> reporter: f

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> the deadline has come and gone. and it's about to come up again. >> still ahead here find out if d.c. streetcar line will open up next week as planned. >> then a little later, why the woman who seemed to be center of the rough start to the nation's health care overhaul is back in the news again. >> plus solving a decades old mystery about what happened to a spacecraft heading to mars. >> but first, water shooting out of a broken >> essentially what i've learned from this report is the preliminary report, the initial fact finding by the ntsb on what happened here on monday at l'enfant plaza that there were actually two trains that were impacted and passengers of both trains as well as passengers on the platform were with heavy smoke here. investigators inspected the area of incident and also provide pictures in this preliminary report of the third rail. they say they observed severe electrical arcing damage to the third rail and electrical cables about 1100 feet ahead of the trains, one of the trains impacted and str

marcy gonzalez has more on that and the aftermath of the storm. >> digging out from under three feet of snow. >> i can't do it. there's no way. not going to happen. >> stephanie turner is one of the millions of people in new england coping with wind chills in the single digits today all while trudging through the aftermath. >> so hard to walk. >> of the blizzard that battered some communities for 14 consecutive hours. >> for the most part despite the fact that we had record-breaking snowfall in many parts of massachusetts, we've come out of this, i think, invely good shape. >> it sure doesn't feel that way for the coastal communities in massachusetts still dealing with frozen floodwaters. thousands of people still without electricity. wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour to blame in some places while elsewhere, the power lines are simply frozen. >> we had shoveled through the generators. >> there's still a lot shovelling going on from long island and queens, new york. >> you get a workout. >> every day i do. i'm not as young as i used to be. >> up through new england. where they're work

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marcy gonzalez tells us what the league now says about that investigation and what patriot players said about the scandal as they prepare for the super bowl. >> the nfl sharing new insight into the so-called deflate gate investigation. saying the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that the footballs that were underinflated were used by the patriots in the first half explaining, however, the footballs were in compliance by the second half of sunday's afc championship game. now, investigators are trying to figure out who or what is to blame. >> i didn't alter the ball in any way. >> patriots star quarterback tom brady denies any involvement. so does the head coach bill belichick. >> i was completely and totally unaware of any -- >> today other teammates are not only defending them, they're laughing off the controversy. >> this is getting out of control. >> it's not just the patriots and fans questioning all the attention they're getting. >> this is so stupid. >> other nfl stars are chiming in calling the scandal a manufactured pre super bowl distraction. >> when you're up in their

of course abc's marci gonzalez has been following this for us. she's in new york with more on those published magazines that were put out as well as another arrest in connection with the attacks. marcy. >> reporter: sharrie police say that arrest likely won't be the last. today investigators are busy trying to track down even more suspects. hunting for the rest of the terror cell responsible for last week's deadly attacks in france. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: policization they think the accused terrorists who were killed had accomplices because of their extensive weaponry and logistics. investigators have tracked down this man arrested in bulgaria believed ton linked to the brother who carried out the massacre at a paris newspaper. police are still trying to find this woman the alleged girlfriend of the gunman who killed four people at a kosher supermarket. investigators believe she and an accomplice are hiding in isis territory in syria. >> it's going to be difficult even to conduct surveillance of her activities while she's in syri

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one of two standoffs that left three accused terrorists dead. the first at this printing factory near charles de gaulle airport where the brothers accused of the massacre wednesday at paris newspaper charlie hebdo were cornered by police. this were hold up for hours, finally coming outside shooting at officers before the gun battle that left both brothers dead, one called a french tv station. another called that television station from a medical vehicle. the man who killed an officer thursday were holding hostages at the supermarket near paris. he reportedly said he synchronized his attack with the brothers. the s.w.a.t. team swarmed in killing him and finding four hostages dead. his accomplice is still on the run. the french president saying through a translator, the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows this is not over yet. >> al-qaeda in yemen has now claimed responsibility for the terror attack at the charlie hebdo ne

marci gonzalez has the details. >> reporter: the packed jetblue plane heading down the runway of new york's jfk airport at full speed. >> 1295, cleared for takeoff. >> reporter: out of nowhere, another plane caribbean airways flight 526 crosses right in to its path. air traffic controllers repeatedly calling out to the caribbean airways pilots. >> 526 stop! caribbean 526? >> reporter: no response from the cockpit and at the last second the jetblue plane ordered to brake. >> abort takeoff. >> crazy. the brakes went on, slammed on. >> plane came to a screeching stop and slid a little bit and everyone panicked. >> reporter: these close calls increasingly common, up 20% since 2011. the faa says there are on average three so-called runway incursions every day. just last month, the wings of these two planes collided at new york's la guardia airport, part of one breaking off. last year in barcelona, this scare on the runway was caught on camera. >> very busy airports it depends on everybody doing everything right. we haven't put any new technology in. the increase in air traffic means we ha

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> right now a winter weather alert after snowfall blankets much of the areaonditions this afternoon for a few folks. little trouble for most. tonight, the snow stopped falling leaving behind a wet mess for some areas. >> the question is whether those wet roads are at risk of freezing later. abc 7's chris pabst and jeff goldberg are out there monitoring the roadways in our affected areas right now. we'll check in with them in a moment. >> that's right. first, let's get the latest on th from our chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch weather center. doug doug? >> hey, leon and alison. we're as close to freezing as we can get. outside of the weather center many areas at or below freezing. some areas such as downtown washington and southern suburbs still above. this is key, the snow is gone. that's history. it's moved out. with temperatures below freezing for several hours tonight, then we have a chance for things glazing over and refreezing icy spots and slick patches to deal with. 34 in frederick. 36 in manassas. 31 in annapolis. 36 at reagan national

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> we've got three breaking stories right now at 5:00. the first an unraveled plot to attack the u.s. capitol. >> plus an explosion injures three people at a local shopping center. what we've just learned about the investigation. >> and a major shakeup at the secret service as five high ranking officials are shown the door. and we're going to begin with that story unfolding within the half-hour. an isil sympathizer taken into custody accused of plotting a major attack on the u.s. capitol. >> here's a live look at the capitol where congress just returned for a new session about a week ago. horace holmes is live tonight in our newsroom with the breaking details that we are just learning about this. horace? >> we just received the criminal complaint from the u.s. court. the f.b.i. revealing a lot of the information. they were the main investigating force behind this. and the arrest was made today in cincinnati, ohio. f.b.i. agents taking in a gentleman by the name of christopher lee cornell. and he goes by an alias and he was using that on t

abc's marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> a major discovery today that could help unlock the mystery of airasia flight 8501. divers taking these pictures at the bottom of the java sea of what investigators say is the upside down tail of the missing plane that disappeared a weekand a half ago. a crucial piece of debris because that's the part of the plane that housed the black boxes. flight and data r key to the investigation because they'll reveal what the pilot said and what happened to critical systems on the plane just before it disappeared from radar while traveling from indonesia to singapore. >> the head of the search effort explaining since the boxes haven't been seen and the pingers haven't been heard, they are buried near the tail section. meanwhile, sailors are on the u.s.s. fort worth are helping using sonar to search for more wreckage. spotting this which the retired navy commander said is likely the cockpit. >> that's a really good indication that they're going to narrow this down and they're going to find the rest of the aircraft. >> investigators believe most of the victi

marci gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: an essential key to solving the mystery of airasia 8501. the flit data -- flight data recorder pulled from the jarchg have a sea -- java sea. >> this will be opened. >> reporter: the other black box found after about 60 feet away buried beneath heavy wreckage. today dive teams are working to bring it to the surface hoping the cockpit voice recorder inside will give em -- them the clues they need before the plane crashed killing all 162 people on board. fewer than 50 bodies have been found so far. search teams are in the water again today still looking for other victims and more wreckage. one official claims the debris found so far indicates the plane may have companieded because of the rapid -- exploded because of the rapid change in pressure before it crashed into the sea. channel 6 "action news." >> france is mobilizing thousands of troops to protect sensitive sites in the wake of the terror attacks. three days of violence in the nation left 17 people 2ke8d. a female accomplice is on the run. yesterday millions of people including world l

for more on the demonstrations honoring the late civil rights leader we turn to abc's marci gonzalezr us now. >> reporter: alicia people nationwide are marking this holiday in so many different ways from taking part in demonstrations to attending reflective ceremonies as you mentioned while others spent today volunteering. across the country a day of service and remembrance. at this church in atlanta dr. martin luther king, jr.'s daughter and sister leading a ceremony honoring the slain civil rights leader on this holiday commemorating what would have been his 86th birthday. >> and i think it is my duty to be here ton honor him today. >> reporter: from coast to coast. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: marches and rallies carrying dr. king's message of equality, some tying that in with protests on over ongoing tensions between some police and black communities. >> we have to bridge that separation particularly society as a whole. >> reporter: in selma alabama, 50 years after police beat down demonstrators as they marched with dr. king for the right to vote this holiday weekend a symbolic unity march

abc's marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: two tense standoffs leaving three accused terrorists in france dead. >> we're hopeful that the immediate threat is now resolved. >> reporter: first this printing company, nearly 30 miles outside of paris. police cornered the two brothers they say carried out wednesday's massacre at the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. the interior minister says said and cherif kouachi shot two officers then holed up inside. they reportedly called a police station saying they were commissioned by al qaeda in yemen and were defending the prophet muhammed. meanwhile, inside a kosher supermarket east of paris police say another accused terrorist, amedy coulibaly killed four hostages. he reportedly called the same television station claiming to synchronize his attack with the kouachis and that he was a member of isis. investigators say coulibaly also murdered a police officer in a shootout yesterday and was killed in today's siege. his accomplish isce is still on the run. today, president francois hollande says the country remains on high alert. >> transla

marcy gonzalez abc news new york. >> supreme court is expected to hear arguments today in the case of a small arizona church that's fighting a town's sign law. good news presbyterian church sued the town arguing that religious groups face stricter rules on posting signs than politicians. the town argues the law applies to all temporary directional signs regardless of what the event is. the rain is making it slippery for some air in our area. a thin coat of ice is covering some sidewalks and roadways. how the weather is impacting the roads in montgomery county maryland. john? >> and autria this storm much different than what hit us last wednesday. you can still see a lot of snow there in the parking lot at the loews here in frederick, maryland. this is bucky's town pike route 85 and we can tell you the commute, even though there was no snow, the commute was still very difficult for many throughout the day with all that rain and freezing rain overnight. traffic was very light and very slow at this hour, still very cold and still a lot of rain coming down so you want to give yourself ple

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez . >> a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one of two standoffs that lets -- that left three of the terrorists dead. this printing factory where the brothers accused of the masacre were cornered by police. they were holed up for hours finally coming outside shooting at officers before the gunbattle that left both brothers dead and one called a french tv station. police say the man who killed an officer on thursday was holding hostages at this kosher supermarket near paris. he synchronized his attack. the s.w.a.t team stormed in killing him and finding four hostages dead. his accomplice is still on the run. the french president said through a translator that the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows that it is not over yet. >> al-qaeda in yemen have claimed responsibility for the terror attack at "charlie abd o" newspaper this week. abc news, new york. >> and attorney general eric holder will represent the united states at a meeting of world leaders in paris this we

marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one of two standoffs that left three accuse ed terrorists dead. the first at this printing factory near charles de gaulle airport where the brothers accused of the massacre wednesday at charlie hebdo were cornered by police. this were hold up for hours, finally coming outside shooting at officers before the gun battle that left both brothers dead, one called a french tv station. another called that television station from a medical vehicle. the man who killed them thursday were holding hoes fans at the supermarket near paris. he reportedly said he synchronoused his attack with the brothers. the s.w.a.t. team swarmed in killing him and finding four hostages dead. his accomplice is still on the run. the french president saying through a translator the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows this is not over yet. >> al-qaeda in yemen has now claimed responsibility for the terror attack at the charlie hebdo newspaper earlier thi

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez . >> a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one of two standoffs that lets -- that left three of the terrorists dead. this printing factory where the brothers accused of the masacre were cornered by police. they were holed up for hours finally coming outside shooting at officers before the gunbattle that left both brothers dead and one called a french tv station. police say the man who killed an officer on thursday was holding hostages at this kosher supermarket near paris. he synchronized his attack. the s.w.a.t team stormed in killing him and finding four hostages dead. his accomplice is still on the run. the french president said through a translator that the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows that it is not over yet. >> al-qaeda in yemen have claimed responsibility for the terror attack at "charlie abd o" newspaper this week. abc news, new york. >> and attorney general eric holder will represent the united states at a meeting of world leaders in paris this we

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez . >> a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one of two standoffs that lets -- that left three of the terrorists dead. this printing factory where the brothers accused of the masacre were cornered by police. they were holed up for hours finally coming outside shooting at officers before the gunbattle that left both brothers dead and one called a french tv station. police say the man who killed an officer on thursday was holding hostages at this kosher supermarket near paris. he synchronized his attack. the s.w.a.t team stormed in killing him and finding four hostages dead. his accomplice is still on the run. the french president said through a translator that the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows that it is not over yet. >> al-qaeda in yemen have claimed responsibility for the terror attack at "charlie abd o" newspaper this week. abc news, new york. >> and attorney general eric holder will represent the united states at a meeting of world leaders in paris this we

abc's marci gonzalez with the scarey takeoff. >> reporter: the jet blue plane packed with passengers, heading down the runway of new york's jfk airport at full speed. >> jetblue 1295, cleared for takeoff. >> reporter: then, out of nowhere, another plane, caribbean airways flight 526, crosses right into its path. air traffic controllers repeatedly calling out to the caribbean airways' pilots. >> 526 stop. caribbean 526? caribbean 526? >> reporter: no response from the cockpit, and at the last second, the jetblue plane ordered to brake. >> jetblue 1295, abort takeoff. >> it was crazy. all of a sudden, the brakes went on, slammed on. >> the plane came to a screeching stop and kind of slid a little bit. and everyone kind of panicked. >> reporter: these close calls, now increasingly common, up 20% since 2011. the faa says there are on average three so-called runway incursions every day. just last month, the wings of these two planes collided at new york's laguardia airport. part of one, breaking off, and last year, in barcelona, this dramatic scare on the runway was caught on camera. >> at

. >> abc's marci gonzalez has the latest. mahrecy, good morning. >> i love to hear how you are rubbing it in how nice and toasty it is in the studio while i'm out here in the snow. it picked up within the past howe few hours. where we are at least, only a few inches of snow accumulated but that is quickly changing. the worst of the storm now moving in and much of the northeast could be buried beneath a few feet of snow. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. >> that prediction prompting an unprecedented level of response. roads, bridges and tunnels in new york city shut down for everything but emergency vehicles. subways and a lot of commuter trains aren't running either. >> when they say go home early you are better off going home early because you are not getting home, especially when it is like this. >> reporter: 4500 flights cancelled tomorrow the ripple effect felt nationwide. not just the snow causing problems. wind gusts could be up to 75 miles an hour in some areas le

marcy gonzalez has more on how the tense hostage situation unfolded. >> reporter: a day of terror in france ending with that flash. hostages running for their lives at the scene of one two standoffs that left three of the accused terrorists dead. the first this printing factor near charles de gaulle airport where the suspects were cornered by police. one called the french tv station, another called the television station police say the man who killed the officer thursday was holding people hostage at this kosher grocery store. the somewhat team swung in and shot him dead. french president saying the country is on high alert. >> france knows it is not over yet. >> reporter: al qaeda in yemen has claimed responsibility for the terror attack at charlie hebdo earlier this week. marry --y gonzalez abc new york. >>> more than 200 people some of them french americans gathered in love park last night they sang the french national anthem and held posterses -- posters that read in french, we are charlie. among them a native of paris. >> with 9/11 we never understood in france what it it was to

live in boston, marci gonzalez channel6 "action news. >> marcy thank you. >>> meantime a member of therand jury that that declined to charge police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown is legal seeking help to speak out. the aclu says the jury is suing the saint louis prosecutor to be allowed to talk about the case. the juror wants to speak out as part of a public dialogue on race relations. the jury is barred by missouri law from talking about the case. >>> florida held its first legal same-sex marriages today. miami dade county got a jump start and allowed same-sex couples to start to tie the knot one day ahead of the ban being officially lifted by a circuit court judge. this was the very first ceremony to take place today. the couple said they didn't expect to make history. they just headed to the courthouse as soon as they could. >> thank you sharrie. >>> health check tonight delaware senator chris coons says the ebola epidemic in liberia has turned the corner. coons who was in the hot zone last month says sending in 101st airborne made the big difference. h

marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: a day of terror in france ending with that flash.ostages running for their lives at the scene of one two standoffs that left three terrorists dead. the first site near de gaulle airport where 89 suspects in the deadly attack on charlie hebdo was cornered by police. the brothers, cherif and said kouachi came charging outside before being shot dead. police say the man who killed an officer thursday was holding hostages at this kosher supermarket. he said he synchronized the attack with the brothers. the s.w.a.t team stormed in and killed him and found four hostages dead. french president saying through a translator, the country remains on high alert. >> france also knows it is not over yet. >> reporter: al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for the terror attack at charlie hebdo newspaper earlier this week. abc news new york. >> a body camera captured led up to a deadly shooting by a utah police officer. >> send me another unit. you need to calm down right now. >> i know my business. >> i'm trying to to find out what you're doing. >

marci gonzalez abc news, new york. >>> a 27-year-old man says it's a miracle he's alive today.ou'll see why. caleb whitby trapped in his pick-up, sandwiched between two rigs. it was part of a 26-vehicle pileup in eastern oregon on saturday. he said he saw what was happening but there was nothing he could do. >> as soon as he jack-knifed i shifted down and pushed my brakes. being on black ice there's no chance, what can you do? so i tried to steer to the right side of the road and ended up hitting the trailer. when i hit it shut my pick-up off, so i was pretty much helpless there. as soon as that came to stop, i looked out my passenger window on the right side and saw semi lights coming towards me. >> you see his head there. >> incredible. >> he's very fortunate to be alive. amazingly, he walked away from the wreck with just a bruise and a few scratches. about a dozen people were hurt, but nobody was killed. it probably took some time to pry him out of that. >> absolutely. >>> let's get a check on our forecast. >> it is going to be warming up steadily throughout the week and by

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> jury selection began today in the aurora, colorado movie theaterial. a quiet james holmes appeared in court this morning looking clean shaven with a short beard and glasses. dramatically different than the orange hair he had following the 2012 shooting. holmes has admitted to killing twelve people and wounding 70 others during a screening of "the dark knight rises." he has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. relatives of his victims aren't buying it. >> he did monstrous things. therefore, he is a monster. and he is the boogieman that comes in the night. >> an unprecedented pool of 9,000 jurors was initially summoned today. jury selection is expected to drag on for months. if holmes is found not guilty, he would be committed to a mental institution. if jurors find him guilty he could receive the death penalty. >>> a major freeway in ohio remains closed because of a deadly overpass collapse. the stretch of road on i-75 in cincinnati gave way during construction last night and killed one worker. a tractor-trailer driver suffered some minor injur

. >> marcy gonzalez breaks down the president's proposal and how it would impact you, the consumer. >> president obama says cyber hacking is a real threat that can have devastating consequences. >> president clintoning our digital infrastructure is a national security priority and national economic priority. >> so today, he urged congress to pass legislation that promotes better information sharing between private companies and the government. >> got to stay ahead of those who are trying to do us harm. >> earlier today president obama sat down with congressional leaders at the white house. he said that cyber security is one area where democrats and republicans can work together. >> with the sony attacks that took place with the twitter account that was hacked by islamists jihadists sympathizers yesterday, it just goes to show how much more work we need to do. >> the president was referring to yesterday's brazen and shocking cyber attack on the u.s. military. supposed isis followers managed to take over the twitter feed and you tube page of u.s. central command. the hackers posted isis

as marci gonzalez reports, the coldest weather yet this winter is not over. >> reporter: when the temperature hate it. can't wait for spring. >> reporter: more than half the country is dealing with this brutal blast of arctic air with record-breaking lows from new england to the gulf coast. wind chills in chicago and elsewhere dropping to 15 to 25 degrees below zero. >> i would much rather have 6 or 8 inches of snow rather than what we're going to be facing. >> reporter: not a snow day but a cold day for more than a million students whose schools closed. >> mixed feelings, but being safe is the best thing. >> reporter: and being safe is important for those who work outside. including firefighters in new jersey whose battle with flames turned into a battle with ice. and for those who haven't dug out from the snow earlier this week, the roads are dangerous. >> the roads are sheer ice. >> this makes me appreciate spring. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> today's forecast, extremely cold in the northern plains. not as bad as earlier in the week. 30 degrees below normal. several

here's more from marci gonzalez. >> digging out from under three feet of snow. >> i can't do it.. >> stephanie turner is one of the millions of people in new england coping with windchills in the single digits, all while trudging through the aftermath. >> up to my head. so hard to walk. >> reporter: of the blizzard that battered some communities for 14 consecutive hours. >> despite the fact we had record-breaking snowfall in many parts of massachusetts, we've come out of this in relatively good shape. >> reporter: it doesn't feel that way for the coastal communities in massachusetts still dealing with frozen floodwaters. >> it's another world down here. pretty devastating. >> reporter: the thousand of people still without electricity. wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour to blame in some places and elsewhere the power lines are simply frozen. >> we had to shovel to the generators. >> there's a lot of shoveling going on from long island to queens, new york. >> getting a workout. you can see every day i do. >> up through new england. >> where they are working hard to clear the roads b