matt ackland has been in dupont circle all evening long. the last time we checked in you had a rowdy bunch of people around you. have things calmed down at all? >> they're smart. they went inside. it's much more quiet, but i will tell you it's gotten brutal out here. not only is the snow coming down, but we're really getting gusts of winds and i should tell you a little bit of breaking news. the mayor's spokesperson just texted me and told me that there is a power line down or at least a report of one near 295 and they're currently investigating to see if residents and businesses in that area have lost power. we do know that dc's emergency management has tweeted out that there is some power outages and they're reminding folks -- boy, the wind is picking up -- reminding folks that warming centers across the district are open. there's one in each ward. we put it on twitter. i put all of the different locations. also just to be on the safe side, the city has 30 additional sites that they can open in the event that the power outage is really an

>> the washington football team. >> matt ackland, fox 5 local news. >> all right. she doesn't have a lot of scoring. >> you guys predicted higher scores. >> just a reminder our pregame coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on sun, kickoff is at 4:00. you can join our conversation is twitter using the hashtag #httron5. >> we've got some rain for your tailgating, very windy so dress warm. >> we've been warned. >> thanks for joini ♪ >> we decided to sow seed in the time of famine, and look what god did for us. >> all god wants is your obedience. so once you sow that seed, expect god to perform his word for you. >> utterly lost on me: the importance of sowing in faith for miracles. >> as a result of me planting that seed that night, god sustained me. ♪ [applause] >> thank you for joining us today. we have a very special program today and a very special guest.

. >> that was matt ackland reporting. >>> meanwhile a frustrated mother in montgomery county sent us some pictures of the potomac village shopping center after she tried to park there yesterday. she was trying to get medicine from her daughter who has cerebral palsy after days of being snowed in. >> today megan has the snow been removed from those spaces? i see quite a bit behind you there. >> reporter: hey, ladies. yes, in fact it has within the last hour this space here and this space behind it, a bobcat came in and they cleared it out. they made several calls to the property management company. they manage this marking lot here but the mother who sent us those pictures tells me she's trus traited it took so long to get something done. >> shame on you. it's something that, you know, everybody kind of takes for granted. you don't know when your life is going to take that change. you don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. it might be yourself, it might be a parent, it might be a child. >> we reached out to the maryland department of disabilities and they say the businesses are m

>> the washington football team. >> matt ackland, fox 5 local news. >> all right. she doesn't have a lot of scoring. >> you guys predicted higher scores. >> just a reminder our pregame coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on sun, kickoff is at 4:00. you can join our conversation is twitter using the hashtag #httron5. >> we've got some rain for your tailgating, very windy so dress warm. >> we've been warned. >> thanks for joining us tonight. >> wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. es anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. >> big ben is coming to town and a radio station has issued a massive warning to women. >> all females ages 18 to 40 are urged to use extreme caution. >> this is terrible. >> since he has a really deep history with some really sketchy p

matt ackland life in the northwest tonight on how the districts is digging out. hey, matt. m >>reporter: hey sean and tony, a little bit of breaking news o for you.f fo we are learning from the mayor's office that so far the cost of getting rid of all of this snow has reached $12 million. that's over twice what was budgeted for this year alone. you were talking about side streets. they're an issue throughout the districts.stri many of them have been cleared, but even in some of the busiestusie areas like right here along 14th street, take a look at this street here, corcoran cor street just off of busy 14th street, it hasn't been touched yet. a the look of people are upset and they want their streets cleared quickly. >> the big digout still underway three nights after the snow stopped. drivers who have been removing the snow are exhausted but seem to be in good spirits. fox5 viewers sent us these pictures of unplowed streets. some of them haven't been bee touched. we asked loretta sean to grade the clean up. >> f. the ball was definitely dropped. dro right now i can't even

we want to go to the district with matt ackland who is live in northeast. matt? >> reporter: hi, tony. i heard sue say earlier that the snow tonight is just an appetizer of what we're going to get later. well, within the last two or three minutes here in the district, the snow has started coming down. the mayor held a press conference today and she said the biggest concern for her is that there's talk of a blizzard. she says the city can really push the snow out of the way, get it out of the roads and the sidewalks, but what happens with a blizzard is you've got the winds, they could take downpour lines and there could be huge issues with people losing power. it's cold out there. so folks won't have warmth in their homes. she's prepared to open up shelters. i want to take you to some video. this is what's happening behind me all day today. basically dump trucks are pulling up, they're getting special machinery loaded into the back to spread that salt. also the plows are being put on the front of these trucks and then they are heading out. that's been happening al

fox5's matt ackland joins us life from dupont circle with the very latest. ess life getting back to normal, but very, very slowlo for all of us. >> very slowly and i think it'ss going to be a couple of daysays before we get fully back to normal. tonight mayor bowser and some of her staff have been tweeting about some of the activity thata is going on, she said that this clearing of roadways will continue 24/7 until it is done. in can pennsylvania, she posteds some pictures off of alabama a avenue of crews all the way from boost ton helping clear off the road. already, though, will and lauren i have been hearing from constituents out there, people texting me saying hey whyhy haven't crews got to my sideide streets yet i'm starting to get upset about it.t i i think the way that this is going to take place, they're the given the mayor a pass to get the main thoroughfares basicalls cleaned off. you wait tomorrow, if some of these side streets aren't done,' i think a the look of people are going to get upset. i believe probably the mayor's y staff knows that that'

matt ackland life in the northwest tonight on how the districts is digging out. hey, matt. >>reporter: hey, sean and tony, a little bit of breaking news o for you.f fo we are learning from the mayor's office that so far the cost of getting rid of all of this snow has reached $12 million. that's over twice what was budgeted for this year alone. you were talking about side streets. they're an issue throughout the districts.stri many of them have been cleared, but even in some of the

matt ackland is standing by in dupont circle. >> hey matt, how's the party? >> reporter: it's going behind me every once in a while. the bar is still hopping over here. but i want to introduce you to kevin. kevin, you're having a party of your own. you're doing a little skiing through the middle of the district of columbia. >> this is the best time to do it, there are no cars, it's not too deep and it's really beautiful out here. >> reporter: you've been out here for about what, 30 minutes or so? >> 30 minutes. it's great exercise and the best way to see it. you're not going to get run over by a car. >> reporter: cars are really off the roads for now. i'm noticing some people out. are they getting out of your way. >> or i'm getting out of their way. it's not a problem at all. it's great out here. >> reporter: how quickly can you get around? >> i've gone across dupont and going back home. so you know, cover a good mile pretty easily. >> reporter: we'll let you ski on. hey, tony and shawn, these guys over here, we're live on television, what's happening with yo

right matt ackland thank you very ver much. mu >> meantime tonight a large apartment fire in adelphi that a played out live on fox5 about this time last night. nig if you were out there you saw it and the flames werend t fla shooting out of the fourth the u floor of the building and some of the heroic rescues out there astounding to see how it i continued all night long. long. >> 24 hours over there for pg tp county.coun. tonight we're getting to hearttr some of those 911 calls.al will thomas is with us withs those calls for help. help. >> you know when you look atnown some of the skyfox video youkyfo really can see why those calls s were so frantic.rant flames shooting out of the topgu of the building as people wereel trapped on nearby balconiesconi unable to escape through smoke o filled hallways. hallw firefighters we're toldfigh we' rescued three people.scued three the scene here on new on hampshire avenue again in adelphi. let's get to some of those 911ef calls that just came into the news room.oo >> location of the emerge

matt ackland is live tonight where two weeks ago a robbery led to a serious assault. matt? >> reporter: hey, laura. the police chief for metro told me today that since they released those pictures a couple of days ago, they have been getting a lot of leads. they are hoping to make an arrest in the assault just as soon as possible. but as you were saying, it's just not one crime that has authorities in our area concerned. it's many robberies recently, and that is why they formed this task force to hopefully stop them. a crime scene just a half a block from where dc's mayor and police chief held thard press conference wednesday. as a television crew was covering the meeting, its vehicle window was smashed and computer taken. >> one robbery is one too many. >> reporter: officials say street robberies are up 5%. hard to see but this robbery was caught by a home camera. you can even hear the victim yell out. since early december task force members have been positioned across the city watching police cameras in real time talking to sources moving in quickly to stop what is called

fox 5 matt ackland has the latest tonight. >> reporter: it all happened 8:30 rush hour yesterday here on the red line platform. we believe this camera caught the assault in progress. fortunately, police officers were nearby. they ran to the scene and also radioed other police officers at woodley park. those officers then stopped the train, boarded that train and apprehended six individuals. the assault is hard to watch. one man attacked by a group of high schoolers. witnesses seeing it all. >> he sunk to the ground and five or sixteen agers are punching him in the head and kicking him in the face. >> reporter: we're learning new information about the police response. metro says it took place at 8:21. the suspects jump back on the train and by 8:24, officers at woodly park were told to intercept the train. they did and soon after sixteen agers were arrested charged with felony assault. meanwhile a few hours later dc council member jack evans became metro's board chairman. we immediately asked him what he planned to do about the violence. >> it's again a discussion i'll be having with t

live in northwest, matt mat ackland fox5 news. >> arrested at j.f.k.irport ao in new york.or police say ahmed who works tokso your universal smiles d.c.mi engaged in a sex act with a male patient back in may.ack m the patient at the time was t sedated and ahmed was supposedad to be performing medical services. at last check universal smilesrl still had his profile listedd on its web page. p >> d.c. officials released aelse report today on the use ofe use force by city police officers. r in the seven years since federal oversight of theht of department ended.depa back in 2001, d.c.'s police.c.'o department voluntarily agreedria to justice department oversight after it was labeledad the deadliest big city police force in the nation.rc the nati. during that oversight whichovsih ended in 2008 many reforms manyo were made. were d.c. police chief cathy lanierhn says the report is generallyly positive and the department isen still following the bestest practices surrounding use of force.rce. >> we all put a lot of hoursou and a lot of hard work intohardt this

. >> and matt ackland. police provided new information about the case. alexandra limon is live in the news room with the very latest. >> reporter: sadly the body of that missing 13-year-old girl has been found near the north carolina border. that's according to an announcement at a press conference that just ended minutes ago. now this news comes after 18-year-old david eisenhower was arrested earlier today. he is from columbia maryland and a student at virginia tech. he was initially charged with kidnapping and is now charged with murder. the 13-year-old was last seen midnight and wednesday. family and authorities were especially concerned because she did not have the medication she needed after her recent liver transplant. police have not said how they knew each other, but after his arrest this morning police said this. >> saturday morning police arrested 18-year-old david eisenhower on one felony charge in connection with this investigation. early this morning he was taken into custody without incident. he is now being held without bond at the montgom

matt ackland is live at the site northeast. >>reporter: this is hearteart breaking news for so many people who live east of river. they were looking forward toorwa these two walmart stores and tonight it doesn't look likeit they're coming d.ming we're at the sky line site.line take a look behind me.ehin you can see that the land hasha been cleared. everything is ready to go.o all that they need to do is build the stores, but that's not happening. we are talking about hundreds of jobs here. also there were going to beto other stores residential units. as you said the mayor is ups we talked to the former mayor who negotiated this deal.ea they are all concerned aboutonce this. i want you to listen to comments from mayor bowserday. also we talked tot attorney general for d.c. they are both considering legal action against walmart. take a listen. we are very concerned about that. we will turn our attention to those private developments to see any and everything that the city can do to make sure they continue to be viable.viab we're

. >> and i'm matt ackland. let's get right to fox 5 alexandra limon. >> tragic news to report tonight. the body of that missing 13-year-old girl was found in north carolina. that's according to an announcement by the police department at a press conference late tonight. this news comes after 18-year-old david eisenhower was arrested earlier today. he's from columbia maryland and a student at virginia tech. he was initially charged with kidnapping but is now facing first degree murder charges. the 13-year-old was last seen around midnight wednesday. police have not said how she and eisenhower new each other. at the press conference the police department thanked the community for the outpouring of support and tips and said they still have a lot of work to do. >> this investigation is far from over as we continue to conduct multiple interviews, the process additional evidence related to this crime. the focus of this investigation is to reconstruct the timeline leading up to nicole's tragic death. this is the most

our matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: when it comes to food, many would say benl's chili bowl is a taste of dc. and at ben's it doesn't get much better than a half smoked smoterred with chili. over the next few days you batter not asked for one add-on. >> one word you can't order is cheese. you cannot say "cheese" this weekend. >> reporter: if the packers win, mayor bowser has promised to send some half smoked to green bay mayor but if the redskins win mayor bowser will enjoy some cheese curds from green bay. >> i haven't had a cheese kurd and we will have offer the mayor any opportunity to have ben's chili bowl. >> you'll know this bet is a win/win for the leader who can claim victory sunday. >> ben's chili has the best half smokeds around. >> smeth won't attend the game but bowser will be cheering in a special suite. >> can you make a prediction i want a score. >> let's call it 14-7. >> in favor of? >> the washington football team. >> reporter: matt ackland fox 5 local news. >> it's not just the city's mayor making a friendly wager, maryland governor larry hogan is joining i

i'm matt ackland, at rfk, the old home of the skins, but could it be the future home. that story coming up after thethe break. you know what i'm noticing about today, especially as i look at you on tv it's still light outside and our sun going down at about 5:00. we're gaining a minute a day onay the sunset. we dropped to 16-degrees rightdegrees right we're going to be real cold again tonight.ag but then i think we can start to bend this cold snap a littlenap bit. i'll have details on what youou can expect in just a bit.it fox5 l local news will be right back. back. [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi...welcome i'm maggie.melanie.maggie. so nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it so great?i think we found it. [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redf

fox's matt ackland reports another attack happened tonight about 5:00 again by a group of teams on the yet arrested anyone in that attack. >>> a new jersey family didn't shovel their driveway at all after the blizzard last weekend. >> thanks to state of art technology it all melled away shortly after hitting the grou ground. the home in paramus is a powered by unique geo thermal system solar energy warms the rainwater to 100 degrees then that water is stored in tanks until it's needed and when it's needed to clear snow the heated water travels up the pike under the sidewalk and driveway no snow on the sidewalk. no shoveling. >> so when the snows come all we use is the earth and the sun to fight it. you know, that's the point. by inn soul lating yourself just enough from the environment, you can tap into it to then manage your indoor space. >> his dad homeowner is a researcher of the home. he hopes his echo friendly house can inspire other toss live in a house that doesn't harm the environment. >> i love it. is it $2 billion to install those. >> it ain't cheap. >> that is so cool. you p

matt ackland thank you. we appreciate the update tonight. >> reporter: thank you. >> before we go to the break i'm getting some tweets and messages people asking about your arm. >> it's a new fashion statement. >> thank you everybody for asking. i actually fell down the stairs in my home last weekend. today it just swelled up really large. and i learned that it's a type of bursitis. it's somewhat painful. so this is just over it because there's a bag of ice under there and i am icing it and keeping it elevated. >> and you're going to get it looked at. >> yes. >> stay with us. it's 28 after the hour. we'll have more on the coverage of the blizzard of 2016 coming up in just a moment. >> welcome back everyone to our blizzard 2016 coverage at 10:31 tonight. here is a live look from fair oaks, virginia. a car is off to the side of the road there. it looks like they got stuck we believe this is a police vehicle an officer out there helping them get out of there. this is one of the reasons we've been saying don't g

i'm matt ackland. lauren is off tonight. i right off the top, breaking news in relevant ton. we're learning that the allll clear has been given at the arlington county police department after a bomb threat earlier fox5's alexandra limon is liveim on the scene with theon latest. >>reporter: that's right, good news, the bomb squad has givenha the all clear.lear they say no bomb or any kind off suspicious package was found at the arlington county police building. take a look at video fromrom earlier tonight when there was a large police presence around 6:30 p.m. the arlington county police department received an automated phone call and that call was a bomb threat. after that call they evacuatedec the billing that houses the police department headquarters as well as an office for the sheriff's department and the 911 call center. after that, a k9 unit did get a positive hit in a bathroom in the first floor of that building, which is accessible by the public. after that, though, the bomb squad went in and they werewere inside for quite sometime and unable to find any kind off susp

in northwest, matt ackland fox 5 local news. >> new at 6:00, a dc fire lieutenant has been placed on administrative leave after he was diit -- indicted on a charge of receiving child pornography. >> reporter: lieutenant earl walker was arrested this morning and appeared in federal court this afternoon. according to the judge who presided over the hearing, a warrant was issued for walker's arrest after he was indicted by a grand jury in pennsylvania. the 21-year veteran of the department who was assigned to engine 22 on georgia avenue northwest said nothing other than acknowledging the judge and the charge against him and that was in court today. walker's attorney said in court that the charge against the lieutenant does not carry a mandatory minimum sentence if convicted and asked if he be released on his own recould go sans. walker's attorney declined to comment. the indictment is still under seal so the details are still unclear. as soon as the case is unsealed. perhaps by monday, we may know more about what the government says the lieutenant was doing. paul wagner, fox 5 local new

d.c.ea are taking matters into their own hands and forming a neighborhood lookout.orho fox5's matt acklandshawn i methawn iet the neighborhood commissionerss at a press conference that theat t mayor was having yesterday. yeste he represents this area and hent tolds me that basically a lot a lot of residents who live here are he choosing to take their cars now instead of walking to the metro because they areause ty a concerned about the crime.ri they aren't really blamingyla police because they do sayyo that police have stepped upteed patrols. in fact we talked to police today, both metro and d.c. d.c police and they say they have h stepped up patrols here butatrols the residents say they want toy wa to help. so, the commissioner's comingsom up with an idea basically a lookout people nationed around the neighborhoodeigh watching folks as they come toome and from the metro stops and calling if there's suspiciouspicis activity. ac. the potomac metro station sitstation sit on the edge a residential neighborhood. chander j rahman representsrees the area on the anc. a >> we want to make sure peo

our own matt ackland wasckland w actually caught in that travelht a lot, weren't you last night, t right. righ >> mike, what a mess.e, wt a that's what everyone ison talking about today.out today seems like there weree there thousands people caught in it. n i was.as. i left my friend's house right e around 9 o'clock last night,t ng had to go 2 miles, about 10 10 blocks.blocks. well, i hit the stopwatch on my phone i want to show you how long it took me.e. an hour 14 minutes just to get 10 blocks. b a lot of people are talkingple about it.out so many people are upset thateta local officials including mayor bowser today had to step e in front of the camera ande cara apologize and say what s happened last night shouldn't happen again. >> what the heck went wrong last night? that's what so? t many people are asking.g. huge backups, fender-benders travelers fewer use.fe even the president's motorcadede impacted and first off thishis morning, d.c.'s mayor apologized.apolog >> we are very sorry for inadequate response.po we should have been out earlier with more resources. re. >> reporter: some

. >> right, matt ackland, thank you. when we've seen those maps, and the signs of who was getting the most snow, who was slate today get the most snowfall, a lot of folks out to the west, western part of virginia, west to the district, are certainly expected to see a little more snow along the way. that's where tesha lewis out in manassas, tesha lewis out there. people were buying cigarettes, and ice scream before tesha. but, certainly, it is coming down where you are. >> big impact out here at manassas shopping plaza in manassas. as everyone's been mentioning, it is beautiful. you can see it around me, snow coming down, gorgeous, also potentially dangerous. did i just get off the phone moments ago with the virginia department of transportation. and as they mentioned, police are responding to several accidents. they also told me that so far plow trucks have covered at least a thousand miles of roadway. and they also say that some of the challenge, when it comes to kind of staying ahead of the curve when dealing with this

fox5's matt ackland talked totlk mayor of the district about herher bet with green bay. let me put some chilly on top. when it comes to food many would ben's chilly bowl is a taste of d.c. and at ben's it doesn't get much better and half smoked hal supported with chilly. over the next few days you better not for another add onad on. >> you cannot say cheese thischee weekend.we if the packers win mayor bowser has promised to send some half smokes to green bay mayor jim schmidt. in the redskins win mayor bowser will enjoy some cheese curds som from green bay.fr >> have you had a cheese curedured before. >> i haven't had a cheese cured. we will have the mayor any opportunity to have ben's chilly bowel. hopefully it won't be thise t weekend. > you'll know this bet is a within win for the leader whoeade can claim victory this weekend.eeke schmidt won't attend the game, but bowser will be cheering forchee the team and the curds from a special sweet offered up by the redskins. i am going to put you on the spot here.sp can you make a prediction? i want a score because we're goin

live in southeast tonight,onht matt ackland fox5 local news. shawn and tony. ton >> matt thank you. mt thank >>> police hope surveillancece images help them fi hnd ap them suspect in a robbery andbery assault on metro. met here they are, the suspect got off the train at the u streetee stop -- or at the u street metro stop i should say.ul s take a close look, see if you iy recognize him.ize im the assault happened justned after 7:30 tuesday night. nig the victim was cut on the ear.na if you recognize this man calll metro transit police. pol >> the sentencing of a former federal police officer continues at this hour.ue christopher bars tley faces more than three years in prison. he pled guilty to trying to manufacture crystal meth afterer an explosion last summerxplo inside a federal science lab. l an employee of the national nata institute for standards andndara technology bartley resignedtleyr from his job the day after the explosion. >> developing tonight localing law enforcement agencies arencie concerned about a spike in spie homicides in our area linked are to the notorious and

fox5's matt ackland explains what's at stake.t stake >> let me put some chili onili o top. >> reporterwould say ben's chili bowl is a taste off d.c. and at ben's it doesn't get much better than half smoked smothered with chilly wiy but over the next few days you s better not ask for one add on. >> you can order all the halff smokes you want but one word you can't word is cheese.he you cannot say cheese this chee weekend. >> reporter: if the packers wip mayor i bowser has promisedi to send some half smokes tosmokt green bay mayor jim schmidtimch but if the redskins win mayoror bowser will enjoy some cheese kurds from green bay. b have you had a cheese kurdheese before. >> i haven't had a cheesees kurd. we will offer the mayor any maya opportunity to have ben'sen chili bowl. >> reporter: if you ever had a half smoke or cheese kurd chsu you'll know this bet is a win-win for the leader who can claim victory sunday. >> ben's chili has the best thes half smokes around. >> reporter: bowser will be bow cheering for the team and the kurds from a special suiteci offered up by the redskins.edskn

in washington, dc matt ackland, fox 13 news. >> thank you. >>> washington, dc is not the only that will see snow. and the storm will drop a lot. >> we have not seen this in the last five or six years. and still out in the southeast and making its way through texas and the water vapor loop can you see this digging south. the trough as that continues to means our storm is intensifying as well. here is the future cast with the storm. by friday afternoon notice a northern edge of the snow making its way to the capital. back to the west and kentucky and things get going as we head to saturday morning. a full blizzard conditions for dc. baltimore. perhaps just up to new york city as well. but there will be a sharp cut off on the north side of the weather and weather it makes it to boston i don't know. near allentown and harrisburg there ill with be cut off 2 inches, people to the south maybe a couple feet of snow. here is a look at the snow fall forecasted coats. 16 to 24 inches that will break records there. richmond 6 to 14. washington, dc 24 to 30 inches of snow. that may break a record th

i'm matt ackland. lauren is off tonight. i right off the top, breaking news in relevant ton. learning that the allll clear has been given at the arlington county police department after a bomb threat earlier fox5's alexandra limon is liveim on the scene with theon latest. >>reporter: that's right, good news, the bomb squad has givenha the all clear.lear they say no bomb or any kind off suspicious package was found at the arlington county police building. take a look at video fromrom earlier tonight when there was a large police presence around 6:30 p.m. the arlington county police department received an automated phone call and that call was a bomb threat. after that call they evacuatedec

. >> matt ackland is live in northeast tonight where preparations have begun long before the big snowfall. matt? >> reporter: mayor bouser says the city is preparing for the worst-case scenario but she's hoping these grim predictions don't come true. she has already asked the national guard for some help with vehicles, getting around the city if needed and she says she could call on personnel if that is needed later in the future. let's show you some video that's taking place behind me. we shot some video earlier today as the city prepares to get ready. large dump trucks have been pulling up all day and cranes have been loading on those salt spreaders and basically putting plows on the front. we even saw a truck out tweeting slippery intersections near georgia avenue today. we're still a couple of days out from this storm but the mayor is concerned most about a weather update given today talking about blizzard-like conditions. here is why she is so concerned. >> we know what that means. that means that we could also lose power. when it's cold and snow, people are shut in. and there's the

we want to start with matt ackland live in northwest at the gallery place metro station. hey matt. >> reporter: you are right, it has been a tough one. if you were on the red line with me today you notice that it was packed this morning. we are told the reason why is the trains are running basically on a slower schedule. they typically go every six minutes. they were running every 8 minutes this morning. also there was some cars that were taken off because of snow-related maintenance. we want to take you some pictures that were sent to us this morning so you can get a good look at the red line and some of the stations there. all of the people. now, after you've seen that, we want to take you to a little video that we just shot a few minutes ago. this is a gallery place metro. it really is starting to get busy. we're told not only tonight but expect delays tomorrow. very packed conditions, especially as everyone heads back to work at the same time tomorrow. by the way, we asked metro board member jack evans about this. he heard all of the complaints today and he says that t

good evening, thanks for joining us tonight.ht i'm matt ackland. lauren has the evening off. our top story tonight at 6, five americans being held in iran are being freed tonight.bein four of them in a prisoner swap. the prisoners include anrs american pastor, a us marine and a washington post reporter. in exchange seven iranianrani prisoners that are held here inn the united states will be freed. fox's doug myocele way with more. washington post buyer owe chief jason row sign and is one of the prisoners being released today. pastor sigh read a and deed ' and a student. they're flying from take ron ton switzerland and then to germ in i for medical treatment. the family is excited about this, the children especially with not having a father or over three years. it's a bit, as you can imagine, it's shocking to believe that this day has finally come ando that he's made it through. > in return for the release of the prisoners, the united states is granting chem situate for c seven iranian to the united states. washington has also agreed toto drop red notices fugitives. contenders

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. >> and as fox's matt ackland shows us, that got some d.c.ents inn cellly frustrated. >> reporter: three nights after the snow stops drivers removing the snow are exhaus exd but seem to be in good spirits. >> fox5 viewers sent us these pictures of unplowed streets. some of them hadn't even been touched. we asked for loretta swan to grade the lean yup. >> f. the ball was definitely dropped. >> right now i can't even get to work. i can't even dry out of here. >> reporter: another problem where do you put all note? for example it happened in my neighborhood last night in northeast we were excited to finally get the street out in front plowed it was a single lane one way street so it was low on the priority list. we were happy to finally get it done, but look where they put all the snow. on this freshly shoveled sidewalk now there's a mound of snow and it's almost sick feet high. >> good morning everyone. >> we also asked mayor bowser to give the city a grade for the response to the storm. she avoided grading the performance saying this instead.

fox5's matt ackland joins us live from the gallons replacegal metro station with the latest.at >> reporterbefore we talk to you at yt 5 o'clock tonight we noticed wed several metro transit police pol officers running past us ats at the gallery place stop. they went down into the platform and they werend breaking up something.et then we called metro's spokesperson and said therersond was -- he told us there was w some kinof

speaking of being out for a long time, matt ackland has been out in dupont circle. the bar was open tonight and then the snowball fight. we have 8 minutes left before we head out for the evening. eve i'm just curious what thehe situation is like down there. >>reporter: i think a lot off people are going in for the the night. i notice the temperatures dropping a little bit.tle we just watched a whole bunch of people, a car stuck got on 19th street, they were stuck s for a while, but a bunch of neighbors, people came and a pushed thend car out. a little bit later tonight aftea we go out of the air we are going to dig out one of our neww cars of the we're hoping to getg that out. that's what folks have been doing all day long. just a recap on some of things that mayor bowser said today. she not only said d.c. schools s are closed but now government offices. i know a lot of people on social media have been asking what area the feds are going to do. d we haven't heard about that at this point, typically in our experience what the districts ds government does tip correlat

i don't have to tell matt m ackland how cold it is.d it he's outside right now and talking about storm preps for the city even though it's a few days away. mattth, what can you tell. you >> it is brutal outside and addd that wind it to, it is awful cold. you're right. yo all of this storm coverage talkl on the air and the newspapersew all over has prompted a lot of o people to head out to stores to get those winter splice we'reli talking the salt mixtures,s, shovels, even generators. genert now when it comes to local to l officials they're holding backdi just for a little bit.e b they are talking about this abot storm but they want to wait and see how bad it is. likely tomorrow probably the neck day you'll really be seeing some plans from local officialsc >> the cold today almost painf painful. listen to the strong wind hitngd our microphones. imagine having to work outside t like these guys. talk of this possible storm onrm the front pages of several s newspapers posted out in front of the newseum. winter without much snow aroundd here thisness is getting a lotst of attention. >> as a

fox5's matt ackland has the latest. >> reporter: the assault isr: t hard to watch.hardo watch one manttacked by a group ofro high schoolers, witnesseswitnes seeing it all.ll. >> shoved to the ground and probably five or six teens t punching him kicking him inn the face. >> reporter: we're learninge'ren new information about theti police response.policeespo metro says it took place at 8:21. the suspect then jumped backumpc on the train and by 8:24 officers atwood lee park were told to intercept the train.erct they did and soon after six teenagers were arrested aes charged with felony assaulty asu after the victim identifiedd them. a few hours later d.c. council c member jack evans became jacans metro's board chairman. chama we immediately asked him whatedw he planned to do about the violence. >> have to say to the people soh that ride each day that are tt worried about being on board.noa >> it's again a discussion i'll be having with thee vi general manager about how weow can come forward with newith n ideas to make it a safer system. i believe metro is safe but there's a perception be

ackland live in northwest. nth matt, so the question is, arere people stocking up,? what are they doing right now to get to ready for the big storm.y for t >> reporter: one thing is for sure, shawn, it seems liket sms everybody is talking about this, and many people they are takingn action.action i met so many of them today.od by the way local governments ara also starting to talk aboutal a this. they're not taking action yetcty the district just this afternoon active date 58 add website d.c d.c..snow.org basically you can go on there and find out how the district is preparing some tipse on how you should prepare shouls it get really snowy in thisnowyn area. we'll have more on that in justj a moment.a men but first take look at some ofto the preps happening today. cold today almost painful.nful. listen to the strong wind hit our microphones.. imagine having to work outside like these guys. guy talk of this possible storm on m the front pages of severaleral newspapers posted out in front o of the newseum.. a winter without much snowuch s around here this news is getti