montgomery county is business friendly. discovery communications last summer bought a company called scripts that's the company that ises based in knoxville, tennessee, will go there. this will not go through until 2019 so the employees here at discovery can decide how exactly how they want to go about, where they want to take their familiar i theres. the company said they know people here have roots. as far as discovery is concerned they're going to sell this building. what goes in here is unclear. we're live in silver springs, paul wagner, fox5 local news we're following breaking news right now, steve bannon is out at bright bart news. bannon has served as the executive chairman of that news outlet since 2012, but late this afternoon the company announced he will be leaving his post. bannon spent just over a week working for the president trump administration and leave the of left the white house in ultra a he's recently lost support, though, among conservative back ers over remarks in michael wolf's new book fire and fur

you mentioned montgomery county. they and other fire and rescue departments throughout the area have been very busy tonight. a lot of those calls have been for what they call slip and falls. people who slip on the ice and fall down and injury themselves. again, if you were out tonight, you're walking from a metro station, walking anywhere around this area, please be very, very careful. because the roads for the most part appear to be in very good shape. but wow, the sidewalks are very dangerous tonight. live in arlington, jacki bensen, news 4. >> they sneak up on you, jackie. thank you. 1.45 million people up and down the east coast were under winter weather advisories. the good news now, this deep winter freeze is starting to loosen its grip. boston, buffalo, and providence, rhode island all felt temperatures above freezing today for the first time since christmas day. we're working for you to keep you updated on tomorrow morning's school delays. if you have the nbc washington app, make sure you allow push alerts so

building inspectors as well as montgomery county came out. checked out this building, unfortunately they have deemed all units here as unsafe and this families have, looking for a place to stay tonight. the the nightmare said she thought it was an earthquake >> we heard a really loud crash and just my whole kitchen table just moved. and i thought it might be an earthquake or something at the beginning, then it was just momently and it stopped, but i was startled and wondering what it is and i had no idea that a car came through the wall and we can feel it all the way there. outside four apartments. >> montgomery county saying that they're working on their condition. red, blue alert that means they've got an increased volume of calls coming into the 911 call center and for now, ems all the ambulances are tropical storm nating patients to the nearest hospital to get crews off the road which are icy and to also get to the next call quicker. they're saying the number of calls are mainly for car wrecks as well as for slip and live in montgomery co

live in montgomery county, tim barber, abc 7 news. aide at: only on 7, an a montgomery county school arrested, the charges shawn kelley has been on the radar of the 7 on your side i-team. nathan has more the story. nathan: we first alerted montgomery county schools and maryland state police about a video that was posted on youtube, denying allegations he touched somebody inappropriately in october. tonight we have learned shawn kelley was arrested today. the school principal wrote to parents friday night saying that kelly is charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. he was a former day care employee at the elementary school. maryland state police do not believe any photographs are of montgomery county students. he reviewed children's television shows on youtube. here is his voice from a video on youtube. >> several weeks ago attacks were made on me and my character and people violated the safety of my home including my computer and my car in order hateful and harmful things towards me. a largeo a point where chunk of

king helped to lead the selma and montgomery march -- selma to montgomery march. how proud i emi was able to participate in the reenactment of that on its 50th anniversary. 54 miles route spanned from selma, alabama to the state capital of montgomery. the marchers were in response to the southern states legislatures passing and maintaining discriminatory laws and practices over decades. where it meant to deny african-americans across the state, across the south, the right to vote. what is our message? we are stillecause walking in it. we are still fighting for civil rights and voting rights and economic rights. we are still fighting for equal pay and -- for equal work. us on this house floor -- lead us on this house floor fighting for gun safety. because we areid continuing the legacy of martin luther king. , we mustet me just say break this cycle of economic inequality. racism and poverty. we must stand up to the gop and president trump because when we , it at this tax reform bill brings those injustices to economics inequality. we are here tonight to say there i

he invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. in the meantime, i was accepted by a college in nashville, tennessee. he said, when you are home from spring break, come to see me. bus andd a greyhound traveled from troy to montgomery . been young lawyer, who had a lawyer for rosa parks and dr. martin luther king, met me at the first baptist church in abernathy. see dr. martin luther king and reverend abernathy. dr. martin luther king said are you john lewis? said, dr. king, i am john robert lewis. he still called me the boy from troy. this man inspired me to stand up to find a way to get in the way. you can watch the rest of man lewis' speech here on c-span. was created byan your local satellite provider and is brought to you today. >> facing a challenge over whether the policy of removing an active voters from ls is aation rol violation of federal law? who does not respond is removed from the rolls. this argument is just over one hour. your argument in this morning -- we will hear the argument this morning versus the randolph inst

he invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. in the meantime,, at a little college in nashua, tennessee, dr. king got back in church with me and said, "when you are home for spring break come see me,." so i ordered a greyhound bus and traveled to montgomery, a young lawyer by the name of freddie gray, who had been a lawyer for rosa parks and dr. king, met me at the first baptist church. dr. kinge in to see and the reverend, and dr. king said, "are you the boy from troy? are you john lewis?" and i said, "dr. king, r.i.m john robert lewis. but you still call me the boy from troy." this man inspired me to stand up, to find a way to get in the way. announcer: you can watch the rest of his speech and other lawmakers as they honor the legacy of martin luther king, jr. on monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. announcer: next weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to newport, rhode island with the help of our cox communications cable partners. we will explore the rich literary scene and historic sites. watch the cities tour, newp

montgomery street turned into a skating rink in old town. the good news - no major traffic impact right now. but in prince george's county.. another water main break closing lanes on rhode island avenue in hyattsville... and in montgomery county.. we also have problems near new hampshire avenue in silver spring. route 650 is closed at oakview drive for water main repairs. breaking overnight- passengers in some of the nation's busiest airport stuck in long lines after an outage with u-s customs computers. it came of course.. just as travelers returned from holiday vacations. you can see the images were getting in this morning of long lines in miami.. chicago.. and new york's j-f-k airport. some of the lines were more than four hours long! travelers complained t and were given wrong information by staff. the problem lasted for about two horus and has now been fixed. officials say there is no indication the outage was maliciation now to some breaking news overseas. clashes overnight in iran leaving at least 9 people dead according to reports by

the schuylkill expressway, watching at montgomery drive. both directions eastbound and westbound doing fine. seeing a good drive. the turnpike, westbound and eastbound, route 1 to valley forge. 60s and a 22-minute trip in both directions. no problems on the p.a. turnpike. a pipe burst at new jersey transit's walter ranch transportation center causing delays for patco. check before you go there. >>> murder for hire. nearly six years after a local radio host was shot to death, prosecutors say the scheme to kill april kauffman involves a drug empire, dangerous bike banbang gang -- bike gang, and her husband. >> and we have more from the prosecutor's office. matt, prosecutors said kauffman threatened to expose her husband's illegal drug ring, and that led to her murder. >> reporter: that may have been the final straw that led to this unfortunate end for april kauffman more than 5.5 years ago. it has been a long time for her family waiting for some answers, that happened yesterday. charges filed against kauffman's husband and an associate of his

because that's like four apartments. >> reporter: tonight, montgomery county under what is known as a condition red, that means they're receiving incredibly high volume of calls. they're 911 center, they're also operating under a blue alert that means that ems tropical storm nates to the nearest hospital, that's for two things, one, to get crews ems crews off of the roads, because of their conditions, and secondly, to get them to that next call, and the number one call that montgomery county has been responding to tonight, slips and and falls. live in bethesda, marina marraco fox 5 local news. >>> now, to the district. where a man is in jail tonight accused of beating and tying set up a 68-year-old man last month in southeast. then setting that man's apartment on fire. police say shawn parker beat up william wright on december 4. they say it turns out parker is the ex-boyfriend of one of william wrights daughters. another daughter spoke to fox 5 and said her father is a fighter. >> he's doing communicating. he's able to acknowledge his kids. he's able to talk to us on the phone every

steve: it is already here in frederick county, north montgomery county. as we head through the later afternoon hours, it winter weather advisory for the district in arlington and alexandria, that goes into effect at 3:00, northern montgomery county and frederick at 1:00. temperatures will be in the lower to mid 30's. 45 on wednesday. look at thursday and friday. we are looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 50's, around 60 degrees. a good time to download your stormwatch 7 weather app. watch everything move on in and move on out. bill forget fast food, because we're showing you how to make gourmet grab and go meals in your very own kitchen. i am hanging with the star of "nashville," charles esten. >> the things you learn on these cooking shows! >> announcer: then skip the drive-thru because michael is making a take out classic you'll feel good eating. plus, clinton's teaming up with nutrition ncaa joy bauer to cut the cals in your favorite

breaking overnight a freezing cold rescue in montgomery. larry: three people pulled from the car, they ended up trapped in ice. ryan hughes is there. leads directly to the creek. if you are not familiar with the area it could situation. we just saw a driver come this way and we advised him to turn around. this was a dramatic rescue and an extremely cold close call in dangerous cold. take a look at the conditions. you can see the large chunks of ice and the road leading up to of icelmost a sheet itself. the rescue happening overnight, you can see the tires of the car submerged in the water with ice surrounding it. firefighters first getting the call last night for a car stuck in the icy water with three people trapped inside. this is at 10 mile creek on the west old baltimore road on shiloh church. police say that the driver drove over the creek thinking it was completely frozen, but that is went in.all -- the car zero degrees at the time, extremely cold. a swiftwater rescue team called in and all three people were rescued by boat. as you ca

the montgomery county hero fund is a c-3.e start today after the murder of the police officer brad fox and we stand available at all times to immediately provide aid and assistance to the family. and as we're doing here, we're able to plan bigger events to further support the family. >> brian and his wife survived and their daughter survived. >> yes. and we are blessed in the fact that that occurred, but they've lost absolutely everything. >> and in addition to your organization, there's a number of other organizations coming together that focus on helping families of law enforcement. >> absolutely. with a group this big, we have the district attorney's bike team, the wheels of justice. mark o'connor from the irish pub children's fund. they're part of the community groups that joined us to put this event on. >> the event that's happening tomorrow night is sold out at the valley forth casino. other ways people can help. >> go to the web page, there's ways to donate there and the hero fund is actually underwriting the entire ev

i retweeted this video from montgomery county fire and rescue. you see that car stuck in several feet of icy water. this was in ten mile creek at shiloh church road. 0. >>> kramer middle school in southeast d.c. has been flooded. here's what we know so far. a pipe in the school's basement burst causing water to overflow and to make matters bores, wors heat, no electricity. you can follow the updates on twitter. >>> a heads up about three water main breaks. first this one in hinesville. rhode island avenue, there are two southbound lanes shut down between 42nd avenue and charles armitage drive. they will need an alternate route in alexandria as well. >>> in silver spring, southbound new hampshire avenue at oak view drive is still closed at this time. >>> over the last few days, firefighters have been responding to a lot of fires. was different. a 94-year-old world war ii veteran died in that fire. his wife woke up coughing and couldn't find him through all that smoke. >> i did not save my husband. i don't know where he is. >> she used to care for

wild video of the moments a transformer caught fire in montgomery county. take a look -- it was captured on one family's dash camera!! they were driving along centerway road in gaithersburg when those transformers blew -- sending fireballs flying!! a few hundred people lost power -- but luckily, nobody was hurt. the cause of all this... still unknown tickets to last night's sugar bowl game were not cheap. and one alabama fan paid even more than others. after arriving at the superdome for the pregame tailgate-- her r-v caught fire! no one was hurt but the vehicle was destroyed. despite the fire-- that woman still attended the game. and she is probably happy that she stayed. alabama fans went home very happy after watching their team dominate the clemson tigers in the sugar bowl last night. the crimson tide jumped ahead in the first quarter with strong plays on offense. and defensively they smothered the defending national champions, who were shut out in the second half. alabama never trailed, and cruised to a 24-6 victory. with the win, alabama returns to th

here's a live look from collegeville in montgomery county. that's where storm ranger 10 is positioned tonight. the world's most powerful mobile weather radar and how it's impacting you and your family. we're here to protect you. good evening. i'm keith jones. >> and i'm erin coleman. we have reporters from philadelphia to the jersey shore and lehigh valley. you can count on nbc 10 to show you what the storm is bringing to your neighborhood. >> and we have coverage from our first alert weather center. receive sosna is taking a closer look at the impact of each region. >> yeah, we have quite a variety of conditions across the area right now. we have part of the region, berks county, lehigh valley, poconos, upper buck and montgomery that has seen the precipitation and extreme south jersey, it hasn't even started yet but we have a zone in between where it's coming down and this area of pink, that is freezing rain. those are raindrops that freeze upon contact with surfaces. and especially untreated surfaces, like side roads, driveways, sidewalks.

and in montgomery county, students at richard montgomery high school went home early because classrooms were as cold as 48 degrees. >> an 11-year-old girl has life-threatening injuries after a crash in prince george's county this morning. she was hit by a car on pennsylvania avenue in suitland as she was heading to school at drew freeman middle school on brooks drive. the driver did stay at the scene. >> we are learning more this i home in sterling last week. it was part of an fbi isis investigation. >> but what happened during the raid led to charges against the home's occupant. sean duncan. news4's chris gordon is at the federal court house in alexandria where duncan was just facing the judge. >> reporter: wendy and jim, duncan is charged with obstruction of justice. that's it for now. more charges could follow. but he was brought here before a federal judge because of his behavior during the search of his sterling, virginia home last friday. >>> the fbi says while agents searched his sterling, virginia home, sean duncan ran barefoot out the back. an affidavit says duncan tried to thr

that montgomery county once the house torn down. saying it is unsafe. there are lot of twists and turns to the story. so many more questions. are marcella robertson's live at the home. what is next?>> reporter: this story seems to get more more bees are -- bizarre. it's been four months since the fire was in this home. there is a dumpster here outside the home. exactly what happened inside, that is a mystery. the county says it is unsafe. it needs to be torn down. the owner of the home is demanding -- another man inside did not. one man died back in september when the fire broke out. now the county sent out a letter to some neighbors saying the home was unsafe. fill with an extensive network of tunnels and chambers and bunkers under the home. what is a mystery and so unclear is what those tunnels were being used for. there is also an extensive amount of hoarding and feces all over the home. the county says with all those tunnels the home itself is unstable public street out here. another important part, four months later, the man's family is without ans

this was last night in montgomery county. around 5700 customers were left in the cold pepco quickly worked to restore the power. we'll send out weather alerts during these frigid temperatures. make sure you have the nbc washington app for updates. >>> we're following news out of montgomery county. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest. >> eun, aaron, we're seeing shocking video of a car stuck in the ice in ten mile creek. three people had to be safely rescued overnight. i retweeted the montgomery county fire and rescue. they were on the scene in the air i can't at shiloh kirk road. the car stalled out in several feet of icy water. i mean, just look at that. you can imagine how cold it was. the feels-like temperature at that time, 0. 0 degrees. aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence at the live desk. thank you. >>> firefighters in our area have been responding to fires like the one you see here. but annandale is different. a 94-year-old world war ii veteran died in this one. his wife woke up coughing and couldn'

montgomery couldn't.st after 11:00 last night at cheltenham.don't know what color the flag is there now, no word yet. all right. >> always blue. >> what about if it is frozen, . >> so we mark it blue. >> you mark blue. >> so blueap err pipe underneath. >> president trump says size is important. to kim jong un's comments about nuclear weapons, and in his >> he put out new tweet last night, here's what he says, north korean lea nuclear button is on his desk at all times. well, someone fromis depleted and food starved regime, i too havebutton, muche powerful one than his, and my buon >> well. >> so, you know, lots of tough talk between world leaders and weapons. so it is cents definitely a situation, lead story on all of thet now. >> okay. more high school jargintz, is mg headlines for his tweets. you know he's a big time to go e dakotas and hunt. well, carson took to to wish hia happy fifth birthy. there, thers hendley the dog by the way shall his name, hendley. was photo of the puppy standing over several

schuylkill past montgomery drive was completely closed. all lanes closed. two vehicles involved here one overturned vehicle and one person was transported to the hospital. good news that around 3:50 or so that accident had cleared out of the way. all lanes were reopen entered. live look outside in the area now schuylkill eastbound past montgomery drive this is what it hooks like. all clear. volume levels starting to heat up a little. getting underway here. overall looking nice. schuylkill east past montgomery drive now all clea clear. 95 south cottman we're looking at s curve looking good and quiet. another accident this morning 422 eastbound at route 724. over to you. >> thank you. here we go. we know it will be minnesota vikings facing eagle tells linc. >> kickoff sunday 6:40. they're off to the game with stunning victory over the new orleans saints. the saints led by one point until the very last play. >> steps into it, caught, touchdown. unbelievable. vikings win it! >> now in the final minutes the lead changed not once, not twice but three times. in th

there's two other locations in kensington and montgomery county.nsington center will offer deliveries to currently served zip codes in the district. >>> a pharmacy opening near a school is usually not that big of a deal but they offer medical marijuana. news4's kristin wright went to see if the school's neighbor is causing any concern. >> we are zoned as a pharmacy. >> reporter: sue is trying it for bad arthritis. >> it gets depressing, you know, when you get older and you say this is not what i thought my go this much pain. >> that type is to be educated about the marijuana than scare them. the school district doesn't expect any problem. >> how hard would it be for the student over there to come over here and actually get cannabis on their own? >> extremely hard. >> reporter: the manager says they've had community outreach meetings and so far are good neighbors. >> there's a specific need everywhere. >> a little baggy. >> reporter: something that sue could not agree with more. >> to get registered in maryland, you have to go through a series of ho

here's what montgomery country fire spokesman pete barringer had to say. >> during the course of operation there was a building collapse, structure collapse middle of the road townhouse appears to be the townhouse of original in. air temperature 9 and feels like is 5 below. difficult for firefighters. its equipment is freezing up and getting stiff. >> reporter: two firefighters and homeowner injured but minor. this is eye look at another in gaithersburg shortly before this one in olney. gaithersburg fire on garth ter res two town homes involve and caused by a dryer. started in basement and spread up and out to neighboring town home and she place the half of the montgomery country fire and mass personnel was deployed at the scenz and with the cold companies you can imagine how hard it is for people, you have the american red cross as well. we've seen increase in number of fires over the past few weeks in the area and here in montgomery countsy. pete was telling me it's not just the cold weather-related fires they're seeing for the for some reason a lot of severe fear. these dpiz out doing t

he moved to montgomery county he bought a -- 20 years ago.bought a truck and started a business. >>> it's 6:48. a former google employee has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired because he's a white man with conservative views. >> software engineer james did he more was let go from the company five months ago. they have a culture discriminating against conservative thoughts. because of that, some employees are singed uld, mistreated and terminated from google. he was fired after posting a controversial memo on a company message board. his actions were contrary to their code of conduct. >>> president trump made a public appearance on the field of the national championship game for college football in atlanta. >> he stayed on the field for the national anthem and then headed to watch what turned out to be quite the showdown between alabama and georgia. what a finish. >> trying to make up for it. fired to the end touchdown. alabama wins! >> look at that. the moment alabama secured its 11th national championship. it wasn't easy. the game went in

live look here through the construction zones coming in through montgomery county.eceipts go to the shore, rehoboth beach, good morning to you, all lit up, and we have a little traffic jam, ed sheeran on your tv what is a sign or song that you can get you going on first day back to work and school. lets do lottery numbers and cup of coffee when we come right back. ♪ you need to survive much more than the cold to be a polar bear plunger. it takes courage, bravery and heart. each year these winter warriors jump to frozen glory to raise money for special olympics pennsylvania athletes and with nine locations statewide you're never far from a polar plunge in your area. join us... the many, the brave... the ones who are "freezin' for a reason." with the bitter temperaturesng- we have to keep that shovel handy, sue's talking about another chance for snow. >>> tripping over thinking bit it could be worse of the season or maybe not we will keep track ago this one. >>> you won't be laughing come thursday, i'll tell thaw. also ahead this morning the 4:29 big swearing in day a

that's what caused this school bus to slide off the road this morning in montgomery county. the bus ended up on its side there in the 10,000th block of chula lane. the driver and two children thankfully weren't hurt. >>> icy weather may be to blame for this weather. into an apartment building last night. forcing seven people out of their homes. now the driver hit a main beam that supports the building. none of the people inside were hurt but the driver had to be taken to the hospital. she's expec >> the car came like this and he was over there like boom. police came, fire department came. everybody came. >> montgomery county police say they are not ruling anything out at this point. the driver said they could face charges. it's not clear when families will be allowed back into their homes. >> the title wave of democrats whether or not won in the november election that includes dozen new women. >> northern virginia peggy fox caught up with one of those women as she gets ready for richmond. >>> eight delegates. half of them all republicans loss the women democrats. those four

look at that snowy view from frederick into montgomery county, 40 minutes, 70 to 121.tions on 50 through bowie across the bay bridge guys. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> straight ahead at 7:30, our continuing coverage of this massive winter storm continues. don't forget we want to see your picture so please post #fox5 snow day. >> and from friend to foe a closer look at the war of words taking over the white house between president trump and this former adviser steve bannon. we'll break it down next. >> ♪ >> palm tree in ocean city, maryland, actually this is not the worst conditions we've seen so far this morning. winds kicking up to 60 miles an hour in some cases around ocean city. our corey coffin is out there enduring it and it is basically looks like a blizzard. >> right. >> almost like what you'd have a summer wind storm out there pushing hurricane strength in some areas. within 20 miles an hour. heavy stuff coming down out in ocean city. >> crazy weather. >> not what we have here. ♪ >>> i donald john trump do solemnly swear. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

you can see right now a mixture of upper bucks, montgomery counties and chester county. that is because temperatures got in the 40's and still in many spots above freezing. this will start as a lit will rain, perhaps mixing with snow and because temperatures are still relatively warm this will likely melt, on contact when it hits road at first. we are not expecting road to be terrible like they have been with previous storms and, of course we have salt trucks as we have mentioned out treating things getting ready for morning commute. steady snow up across poconos, lehigh valley. you can see darker purple shading around lehigh, down into portions of berks county where some of the heavier snow has fallen thus far. we have a winter weather advisory northwestern half of our viewing area, upper bucks, montgomery counties, western chester and up in the lehigh valley and berks county a winter storm warning for poconos where it has been snowing intermittently on and off all day and will continue overnight and tomorrow morning and some spots could end up as much as 6 inches of sn

you can see right now a mixture of upper bucks, montgomery counties and chester county. that is because temperatures got in the 40's and still in many spots above freezing. this will start as a lit will rain, perhaps mixing with snow and because temperatures are still relatively warm this will likely melt, on contact when it hits road at first. we are not expecting road to be terrible like they have been with previous storms and, of course we have salt trucks as we have mentioned out treating things getting ready for morning commute. steady snow up across poconos, lehigh valley. you can see darker purple shading around lehigh, down into portions of berks county where some of the heavier snow has fallen thus far. we have a winter weather advisory northwestern half of our viewing area, upper bucks, montgomery counties, western chester and up in the lehigh valley and berks county a winter storm warning for poconos where it has been snowing intermittently on and off all day and will continue overnight and tomorrow morning and some spots could end up as much as 6 inches of sn

montgomery police blocked off the area until the issue is fixed. no word how long it will take to fix. >>> college park, an 80-year-old water main broke and caused this traffic issue. reporting only one left lane is getting by at cherry hill road. this one of four water main breaks along the same line in recent days. wssd says it's mostly due to the older aging water mains. you can find the latest traffic issues in weather alert report in the nbc washington app. >>> a disturbing find inside a car in montgomery county. police got the call after someone spotted a body inside. the car parked on thayer avenue in silver spring. the man's name has not been released. police are saying they do >>> new details about a missing man in maryland. he may have been picked up last tuesday by a driver as he was walking along route 1. officers believe that driver dropped him off on annapolis road in anne arundel county. he was last seen as a costco store in beltsville. the family is asking search parties to meet with the fire department at 11:00 this morning. >>> on

it is going to take hours before it gets to the rest of chester, montgomery and bucks and it may take until midnight to start in the philadelphia. this is the slowest system that i have ever seen. i am takes 7:00 a.m. until tomorrow to start when it is ending. look at how close it is. it will be here in a couple of hours. it is not moving in this direction. there is the snow. right over redding right now and as we go through the next several hours, we find the snow advancing, the temperatures starting to trap and that's where it starts accumulating and tammie will tell you how much accumulation. >> you know what, it is because of those temperatures is different in every neighborhood, that's why we'll break it down for you. neighborhood by neighborhood. out here long at jersey shore, you may get a dusty tail on this thing. south jersey, less than an inch, it is when you get to the i-95 corridor and philadelphia off to the north and west, that we see it is starting to stick. lets go neighborhood guy neighborhoo and neighborhood. i am going to run it down. look at the time line, it start

now some 18 months later authorities are making local history in montgomery county. not only charging woods with distribution, but also involuntary manslaughter. upping the prosecutorial ante the combat the opioid pandemic steven woods is 34 years old, he has a wife and a young child and now faces up to 50 years in prison. lewis, abc7 news. michelle: a husband and wife killed in reston. next at "abc7 news at 6:00", the confrontation with the man their daughter was dating. the bombshell developments from the investigation. jonathan: every travel hub from miami to maine affected by the monster winter storm. "7 on your side" helping you reach your destination. the airlines offering f jonathan: new court documents obtained by abc7 revealed a shouting match before a double murder inside a reston home. investigators say scott fricker and his wife buckley kuhn-fricker confronted the daughter's 17-year-old boyfriend after he snuck into their house on the morning of december 22. they suspected that he was a neo nazi. police say the teen shot them and then turned the gun on th

none of them are believed to be of montgomery county students. -team first reported in october he had been put on administrative leave. counselors are being made available to help students cope with the development and also for students to report whether or not they were victimized. in silver spring, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. adrianna: alabama crowned the kings of college football once again. the crimson tide pulled off an epic comeback to beat the georgia team in the national title game in atlanta. the firstminated half. they led at halftime, 13-0. in the second half, the head coach benched is starting quarterback for a true freshman that did not play in a meaningful game all season long. he led the crimson tide in the comeback. they erased a 13-point deficit to win their fifth national chairmanship in nine seasons. nick sabin when we lost last year on the last play of the game, we said don't waste the failing. it was a lesson we all wanted to learn. the something from that. i could not be prouder of a bunch of coaches, players, and people in

we're getting it now in montgomery county as well.era scene we'll show you what it looks like here as we switch to the 30 bypass to business route 30. a little hard to see in this shot but i've been watching some of the light flurries kind of fly across the roadway so it is slick in areas because temperatures are below freezing so you need to be careful as you're traveling. we've got an accident that we've been following on the schuylkill expressway westbound at university. it was off to the side. they've cleared this scene and the traffic's looking a lot better now. westbound we saw at one point a 26 minute jam. we're down to 13 minutes between the walt whitman bridge and the vine but we are getting reports of several accidents on 422 eastbound and westbound near reading. so, that's an area off to the north and west that you need to be particularly careful about on 422 that's just coming in from police saying several accidents in or near reading westbound and eastbound on 422 with slick conditions. as you look at the temperatures, yo

washington, montgomery county. here it is on the map. we'll be at the what on virginia drive until 9 -- the wawa on virginia drive until 9:00 a.m. come by, say hi, and snag a free cup of joe. >> meteorologist bill henley saying people just getting in because it's chilly this morning. bill? >> it is cold. the temperatures have plummeted here. the only person who's warm is wally. wally has no problems with the cold temperatures. you're happy in any kind of weather, aren't you? absolutely. never makes a peep. but he's always happy. stop by for free coffee. that will warm you up and travel mugs to get you on the road, as well. you definitely need to bundle up this morning. ft. washington, the suburbs, parts of new jersey have dropped down into the teens. this is colder than it was yesterday morning. we have less wind and dry air in place. so the temperatures have been coming down. look at the suburbs. 14 now. 19 in the lehigh valley. just dropped another degree. 27 in delaware and philadelphia. not too bad there. but look at the teens that a

from montgomery county to roads we have team coverage this morning tracking everything. but we begin with first alert meteorologist bill henley with your first accurate forecast in town. >> we have a first alert and slippery roads. the slippery roads just in time for the morning commute. and most of those roads are going to be in the pennsylvania neighborhoods. we are getting it into northern delaware and into new jersey. but the roads are still warm, so it's going to be a slushy accumulation at best. at 10:00 this morning, that's when neighborhoods will see it taper off before then. the temperatures are going to stay cold. now, it is getting colder in philadelphia. the cold air that was in the northern and western suburbs all day yesterday has finally started to move into philadelphia. so we've been seeing rain all night. it's starting to change over to some very light snow right now. and they're getting snow in allentown, quickly tapering off in reading. look at what's going on in lancaster. that snow starting to take a break. that will not be the end of it. we'll stil

king helped lead the selma to montgomery march. w proud i am that i was able to participate in the re-enactment of that on its 50th anniversary. the march route wound some 54 miles from selma, alabama, to the state capital of montgomery. the marchers were in response to the southern states' legislatures passing and maintaining discriminatory laws and practices over decades. where it meant to deny, mr. speaker, african-americans across the state, across the south, the right to vote. what is our message? what is our message tonight? we are here because we are still walking in it. we are still fighting for civil rights and voting rights and economic rights. we are still fighting for equal pay and for equal work. but we are not afraid. mr. lewis led us on this house floor fighting for gun safety. we are not afraid because we are continuing the legacy of martin luther king. and lastly, let me just say, we must break this cycle of economic inequality, racism, and poverty. we must stand up to the g.o.p. and to president trump because when

tragedy struck on thin ice in montgomery county. three boys playing on a retention pond plunged through the ice in gaithersburg. one of those boys, 10-year-old d.j. mcmullen drowned in the icy water. firefighters rescued the other two boys. larry: it has been nearly a week since a woman's body was found in the trunk of a burning car. tonight we are learning more about the woman who lost her life. sam ford has her story. sam: the video recalls happier times earlier last year with lewis, her ex-girlfriend. not last thursday when k, as she called her, of kay's car set on fire in an alley. >> i kept calling her. why aren't you answering? pick up. >> neighboring heard multiple shot in the alley behind adrian street southeast and saw a raging fire that claimed the life of a woman who was reared by her grandparents. both of her parents were dead. >> why would they want to do this to her? looking for answers. >> she had a criminal record. arrest on gun charges and had been to prison. her grandfather said she was tough but never saw an end l

county fire personnel deployed in montgomery country. you are looking at a scene from garth ter res in fwaimingersburg and that was another fire they were called to prior to this one. 65 fire fighters deployed to that about a dozen people displaced. there were two town homes and in that case it's believed the fire started in the basement and spread throughout the rests of the home. and it was believed to have started by a drier that started that fire. it's still under investigation. no sear isious injuries. there imagine what a busy evening for all the firefighters again here. and still out here right now. so, certainly tough with the cold temperatures. but they're doing what they can. and i think the good news s. no serious injuries with either of these two fires this evening. that's the latest from olney back to you in the studio. >> you can just see how cold it is and hear how cold it is even with lauren trying to talk there it makes it difficult to do anything. >> winds have been an issue in our area, too, that's not helping getting

it's snowing steadily here in montgomery county. i will tell you about my experience going through the neighborhoods this morning. a lot of rain and snow and slippery conditions. i'll walk you through that, but first the man has covered many snowstorms, bill henley has the latest. >> and steve, here we are with another one. just in time for the morning commute. you can see in philly now a few snowflakes. that's a live view from center city. the colder air steve is experiencing is sweeping into the rest of the area. so you can expect some snow in your neighborhood, too. we'll break it down neighborhood by neighborhood just ahead. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. going oo bea little bit messy out there at times. >> slippery spots, and it looks just wet so far anyway. route 73 at 295, and i'll have the update on the rest of it roads when we come back. (alex trebek) if you're age 50 to 85, you probably know what it's like to juggle bills each month. electric, gas, rent or mortgage, cable, healthcare. you know you

the montgomery county da says, this is the rapist. >> we actual dollar know who this attacker is.ause the rapist left behind his dna. >> reporter: he doesn't know his name but turning to reston, virginia high tech firm he believes he knows what he looks like based on analysis of his dna. information wanted poster is going out with the hope the public will do the rest. >> this the case that keeps us up at night. um, we need help. we need the public's help to put a dangerous rapist behind bars where he belongs. >> reporter: it's called feign know typing and it's developers say it is led to the arrest of other rapists. while highly accurate on skin, eye and hair color they admit there are short coming. >> there's only so much that we can predict. we don't know the person's age or weight so our predictions are always at a default age of 25. >> reporter: steel who will spend three to four grand for the analysis says investigative steps will be taken before anyone is brought in for questioning. in a case in need of a jump start. >> we had a violent gun point rape in montgomery county an

we run the 24-hour hotline, text and chat line in montgomery county.e have a veterans program, we have a seniors program. so we really try to provide services to folks across the life span. >> all right. piper? >> yes. phillips programs for children and families, we're celebrating our 50th anniversary, and we serve children and their families throughout the entire metro d.c. area, so well into maryland and virginia and the district as well. we do that through a couple of different programs. we have three school programs, non-public special mental health issues in those programs. we also have what are called home-based services. >> okay. >> so a family where a child is -- there's some kind of a disruption and it could impact the family being able to stay intact. we have our workers who will go into the home and work with the family, build on their strengths and create the resiliency to keep that family intact. so that's another service that we provide. and then we have a big emphasis on career and tech education, and we are doing that through a couple o

35 stockpiles of salt across our five county philadelphia region which includes bucks, chester, montgomery and delaware counties. the department also has some 250 contractors, trucks on stand by. in new jersey camden county stock up on 500 tons of salt and has 100 trucks on hand so right now jersey shore forecast ted to be impact most with three to 6 inches of snow , other areas are not taking that threat lightly. >> the department will be ready. we have over a hundred thousand tons of salt on the ground we will be ready to handle the storm. it is a major event then we will have a full call out, we will have all of the available equipment. >> we are monitoring everything on a powerly basis and making sure we are treating our road, ahead of time, so by pretreating our road ahead of time at least we will know before the freeze comes, before the snow comes, or even, sleet, whatever the combination that we will be trying to do our best to be prepared. >> reporter: this nor'easter comes in the middle of the deep freeze, for our region. this is schuylkill river just frozen over, and biggest conc

it shows 48 degrees inside a montgomery county classroom today. but for another school district, the trouble started even before the bell rang. news4's meagan fitzgerald is in fairfax county. meagan, what was the issue with the buses? >> reporter: well, fairfax county officials tell us the problem is the school buses have been sitting outside in the freezing cold weather like they are behind me here for the last two weeks while students were on winter break. so, this morning when they started them up, some of them didn't turnover. others broke down later. but this is just one of several issues we saw in school districts across our area. >> yeah, it's really cold. especially with the wind. >> reporter: no one thought the start of 2018 would be a warm one. >> it's really cold. we're all wearing our coats. >> reporter: but students returning from winter break at richard montgomery high school figured it would at least be comfortable inside the classrooms. >> i thought the school was going to be warm. it's so cold. >> i just remember walking to first

this is eastbound at montgomery drive.ed and now we see police and penndot on the scene. it's all off to thetoo bad there and i want to show you these travel times. overall it's really not too bad. i think it's too cold for people to work. i really think they're calling out sick because the past couple days we haven't seen terrible delays on your majors even though as you're traveling you're dealing with a ton of problems and water main breaks. so the bitter cold is still there. this is a new number. it's now 1 degree in quakertown. 15, though, in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey, it's now three in hammonton, seven in glassboro and six in smyrna, matt. >> might be on to something with that theory. thank you, karen. >>> new video here this morning shows intense flames pouring from a residential building in brooklyn. the three-alarm fire spread next door and injured three firefighters. the photo shows the crew tackling the inferno from the roof. the minor injuries to the firefighters happened indoors when a staircas

to 7:00 a.m., a quick inch here in philadelphia, up to 3 inches, northern bucks, montgomery counties, three to six in the lehigh valley and poconos, higher amounts in the poconos and quick coat to go perhaps an inch down across portions of south jersey and delaware. then we will go from wintry to warm temperatures lower 30's tomorrow, mid 30's thursday but look at that warm up 42 on friday, 49 on saturday, 53 degrees on sunday and just in time for the eagles game and monies even milder, monday does bray the chance for rain. tomorrow three to 7:00 a.m., we will go on early our morning team at 4:00 a.m. so meet role goodies katie fehlinger and matt pederson will get you through it. once it is out we will be fine >> slow your roll. >> don's up next with sports. >> this is opposite of slow your roll invitation to throw fists. ben simmons in a heat exchange with the philadelphia native. >>> scouting report on the vikings out even if we will hear from the eagles d, sports coming up next. pro tip: gianraspberries for prices on produce. john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks!

washington, montgomery county. here it is on the map.e'll be at the what on virginia drive until 9 -- the wawa on virginia drive until 9:00 a.m. come by, say hi, and snag a free cup of joe. >> meteorologist bill henley saying people just getting in because it's chilly this morning. bill? >> it is cold. the temperatures have plummeted here. the only person who's warm is wally. wally has no problems with the cold temperatures. you're happy in any kind of weather, aren't you? absolutely. never makes a peep. but he's always happy. stop by for free coffee. that will warm you up and travel mugs to get you on the road, as well. you definitely need to bundle up this morning. ft. washington, the suburbs, parts of new jersey have dropped down into the teens. this is colder than it was yesterday morning. we have less wind and dry air in e.

we are told they have all been treated and released. >>> meanwhile in montgomery county investigators have yet to determine the cause of this three alarm fire at car dealership here, chopper three over bryner chevrolet on fair way in jenkintown last nights. fire fighters arrived to the showroom filled with smoke but fortunately no one was injury. >>> new developments on the korean peninsula rhetoric from north korea kim jong u.n. and tweet from president trump are escalating tensions, while north korea is reaching out to south korea correspondent andrew spencer says that the communications came on a korean hot line that has been dormant for years. >> kim jong u.n. gave order to reopen hot line for communication, starting discussions on sending delegation to the winter olympics to south korea next movement call comes after a rare move by kim in his speech on monday offering an olive brand to much south korea. >> he started off his statement with the threats toward u.s. and then went on to make more conceal try gesture toward south. i think this was well played by north koreans, and i t

there's one more. >> reporter: this driving video shows a montgomery village neighborhood. homes with no lights. christmas decorations gone dark. it happened when many are home for new year's day. gene zep says the canceled her holiday dinner. >> you were without power for how long? >> at 5:00 i put in my lasagna for my new year's eve dinner and at 5:20 the lights went out. >> reporter: pepco worked quickly to restore the power. 5700 customers lost their lights for about three hours. residents thankful it didn't last longer and made the best of a cold and dark situation. >> what did you do during the hours when the power was out? >> we lit lots of candles and had lots of as my husband called zen time. we just sort of sat and talked and fixated on what it would be like to have hot lasagnlasagna. >> reporter: i'm thinking a lot about hot lasagna right now. it sounds pretty good. they also wanted to watch the football game tonight. fortunately, they got their power back in time for the kickoff. so it all worked out tonight, leon. back to you. >> thank you, darcy. it's nice tha