tom fitzgerald is live in north potomac and not everyone is happy about this. shall we say. >> reporter: nerves are getting a little bit frazled here, laura. here's the situation. now up here in north potomac, a lot of the neighbors have dug out their sidewalks as you can see here. some of them have not. and that is leading to some problems. especially when it comes to getting these schools back open. take a look at some of this video we shot earlier today. now, this is a neighborhood in north potomac around the stone mill elementary school. lots of folks out today trying their best to clear these sidewalks before this stuff is not easy. the sun today melted a lot of it. it's a lot heavier today. earlier this afternoon the montgomery county executive sent out a memo to residents reminding them that the grace period here in the county is 24 hours. you've got 24 hours after the snow has ended and that was saturday, to start cleaning off these sidewalks. some people have not done this. and they are reminding residents that the department of housing and community a

. >>> i'm scott mcfarlane in north potomac. you will see a man snow blowing in the distance. he's trying to snow blow out the entire community. the roads here near jones lake elementary school mirror those throughout montgomery county and frederick county. they have been cleared partially. coming up on news4 at 5:00, we talked to montgomery county and ask them the question how long until people can get their roads clear, even the backroads, even the secondary roads? also frederick county couple has a new baby and had to bring the baby back to the hospital because their driveway was impassable. for now in north potomac, scott mcfarlane, news4. >> you heard how metro is going to have most of its stations back online tomorrow morning but we're still waiting to hear what other train systems will do tomorrow. for now service is limited on amtrak's northeast corridor. trains between there and boston -- here and boston are running on a modified schedule. marc and vre trains are out of service completely. >>> let's take a look at the weather right now. doug, how is it out there? grea

. >> this is what it looked like in north potomac near stone mill elementary school. the situation isn't too bad out there but elsewhere in montgomery county it is still an absolute mess. officials are warning residents to shovel those sidewalks or face a fine. the 24-hour window and a grace period are now over. the inspectors are out and any may issue sigh stations. >>> and it was much of the same in centerville virginia over in fairfax county. they say absolutely no plows have been down their streets. the viewers we talked to say three plows have been in and around the community but they haven't touched a lot of the side streets. >> and our region continues digging out of this mess. you've probably seen plenty of people walking around in the streets mainly because the sidewalks haven't been cleared yet. this morning in the district a teenager says a car ran over her foot. will thomas is live outside the studios. what happened snr people are indeed walking in the streets because many of the sidewalks are covered by snow. the deal is this. some sidewalks are still cov

10 of an inch, so did indeed count. , maryland, 35. 22 inches of snow at the national zoo. 36.6 north potomac. 35 inches and longmont, 26.4 in boston. digitize 1:00 tomorrow, lower temps little bit, we struggle to get to freezing. by 1:00 upper 20s. by 6:00 p.m., back in the mid- 20s in manassas, 26 in fairfax, 25 in bowie. tomorrow we will hold in the teens, maybe 12 downtown and silver springs. overnight clearing, wendy and very cold. wind chills by below to five above, temperatures 16 to 24. day planner, plenty of sunshine tomorrow. that's good. temps cold, by 11:00, 29 by 1:00 p.m. but, full sun. next two days, i've lower that as well. back to 48 tuesday. some showers but not a huge deal, not a heavy rain. everything is going to melt slowly. in fact the next seven days look like this. temperatures in the 40s on wednesday which is actually about average. we do dip back into the 30s on thursday and friday, and call me crazy, i think we might actually hit 52 next week. next saturday. so, that's good for us because every time we have a blizzard, we run the risk of flooding. i.e., 1996 when we

we will leave this part of montgomery county the north potomac area and head over to silver spring where prince gerald tweet med with a picture of his road you can check that out it looks like he was able to clear most of the driveway there's still a good 2 1/2 feet of snow or more on his street as well. we'll check that out. but ki not tell you if you look at the snow operations map we're seeing more yellow that means the street has been done more yellow on that map an we found some streets this morning that looked on the map like they were cleared and they were. so i know they are also working as well to try to get to everybody but if you can get to main roads you have no problem getting a round today. you have to watch out those delays suddenly unexpected snow miles we'll be back in a bit. >> we're starting day in 30s. >> >> i mid 40s. >> that caught me by surprise. d in the discrepancy in temperatures there air coming in south and west trying to warm it up. nap 41. baltimore 21. big sgrepcy across the area and locallyed in the beltway we're at or above freezing and we'll look at high

. >>> another teen was also killed in that crash in north potomac. the driver is facing charges and police say that all of the teens attended an underaged drinking party before the single car crash that night. >>> fox 5 in howard county now where firefighters responded to a house fire along the hat brim terrace in columbia, maryland. two people were taken to the hospital and firefighters were able to rescue the family dog. they provided oxygen and first aid to the pup on the scene. >>> takoma park police are putting out a warning following the surge in car jackings. the cars are being taken along the borders of the park and the district. the thieves are taking the vehicles then renting them out to other criminals to commit other crimes. investigators want area drivers to be extra alert and aware of your surroundings. >>> to arlington county now where several online cleaning companies are being accused of taking out more than just the trash. they're accused of stealing from their paying customers. the arlington county police department says county res

north potomac, 38 inches of snow. well over three feet. some of the larger cities impacted, baltimore, new york, philadelphia, washington. these are all pretty high numbers. boston, a little breather there. six, almost seven inches of snow. parts of cape cod did get a food. depends on where you were in massachusetts. let's talk about the numbers when we look at the history in though record books. this was the third worst storm ever for washington, d.c. for baltimore, 2016, this was the worst and the biggest snowstorm ever of all time. wow. so looking at temperatures outside right now. it is still cold. still below freezing in all the locations where we have the heavy snow. temperatures into the 20s and 30s. factor in the windchill. this is something i want to note for those of you heading out to shovel or play in the snow. the winds aren't too strong but it does feel like it's 17 in philadelphia and 16 in albany. 21 in boston. 21 in washington, d.c. so even with the sun shining we're not looking at a rapid melting going on. these are pictu

that is the latest at the house fire in north potomac. i'm kevin lewis, back to you. jonathan: thank you. michelle: despite the blizzard conditions, we are experiencing right now the march for life. went on as planned. thousands of demonstrators from across the nation came out to the national mall to march. organizers of the pro-life event said bad weather wouldn't stop them from marching. some demonstrators we spoke to said they had plans leaving town as soon as the march ended in order to beat the storm. jonathan: if you haven't peeked outside, this is not the time to head out. you heard the warnings in the past few days. getting out on the road now if somebody happens you have nobody to blame but yourself. it is a mess. michelle: these are the live traffic cameras. you are getting a look at a few drivers out there. hopefully they are heading to the destination where they plan to ride out the storm. you can see all the roads covered. we have heard from the agencies talking about how they'll be out in full force but this is an extremely difficult task for them to att

a montgomery county firefighter is hurt after battling a blaze that destroyed a home in north potomac the blaze started in the basement of a home on turley drive. a smoke detector did go off and all six people who were inside were able to get out, thank goodness, but firefighters say the home sustained major damage and the family, unfortunately will be looking for a place to stay. firefighters are reminding you tonight to check your smoke detectors right now to make sure they're working with with the possibility of power outages and keep the generators outside and away from your house. >>> capitol bike share will be closing at 7:00. closing this evening at 7:00. we sent out word about that on the nbc washington app. back to you. >>> i would not want to be riding a bike in this stuff. especially not tomorrow. we'll take a look at the radar just to show you. there's no running away or hiding from this. it is now everywhere. >> let's get the latest tracking on the radar from doug and veronica. they are in the storm center and what are you seeing? this thing came in on cue. are we exactly

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north potomac, maryland, 38. greencastle, p.a., 38, cascade, maryland, 37 and round hill, virginia.ities. baltimore, maryland, almost up to 2 1/2 feet of snow. new york at 26.8. filly 22. d.c. 19.4. dulles had almost 30 inches of snow. and boston figured out about six inches of snow. some of the pictures are really amazing out there. obviously a lot of backyard shots. people looking out their back windows and seeing their patio furniture looking like this. i love this one from bay ridge, brooklyn. how do they even plow these streets. this is the back of one car and the front of one here. still a lot of cleanup to be done. this shot had me wondering. jersey city. down here are the cars. this is a car. that's a car and that's a car. this is just a big brick wall with woods behind it. you couldn't see the tops of those cars. all the pictures from the storm, this is the one that we were going through the storm yesterday and figuring out, how bad is this going to be? a billion-dollar weather disaster. when we saw this happening on the jersey shore, this is the image i'll remember. that's

and we're looking at it, the camera in crystal city just north of reagan national. looking across the potomac this evening. 50 degrees on the nose here at reagan national after hitting the high of 57. wind is south at 10 and one of the reasons why we were so warm today. but they would get up to 60 in spots that were aware from the warmth because of the river temperatures, still like 40ish in the upper 30s to the 40s near the bay. where indianapolis is only 47. we are still 57 in fredericksburg and still 60. even in the mountains, elk horn at 52, very mild air mass that has moved in. on top of the snow covered too, this is how warm it got, keeping it from getting too warm reflecting sunlight, but hey it will be warm tonight. a few showers, some areas in the mornings, the afternoon as the front is pushing through. behind the front it will be cooler to the 50s. wednesday, warm, windy, wet, weather yellow alert day. the front will push through. colder finish to the week. i'm already tracking our wednesday storm bringing in a lot of rain and snow on the west -- snow on the west coast. this is goin

north. so folks in leesburg get ready for heavy bands. rockville heavy bands. potomac and even up into poolesville it will move essentially due north. temperatures, brrr! low 20s but now what it's keeping it a fairly dry snow which is a good thing. 21 manassas. 23 leesburg right now. these are current temperatures. these are not wind chills. and 23 downtown. now, it feels like it's nine in d.c. feels like 10 in frederick, 11 in leesburg and 11 in manassas and 12 in leesburg and the winds haven't started yet. we think wind chills will be around 0 by the time we get to -- after midnight and early tomorrow morning. futurecast, 8:00 tonight, we have snow across the board. low 20s. no surprise there. by 10:00 we are seeing a little mix now developing to southern maryland. you will get snow until probably about 10:00 and then into the midnight hour, heavy snow, manassas, fairfax, tyson's, dale city, wheaton and silver spring. and again, by early morning, it doesn't let up. it's not going to happen until 3, 4:00 tomorrow. 6 a.m., heavy snow across the metro area. temperatures

digits off to the north and west with the windchill factor in the morning, feeling like 6 potomac, seven, southern maryland single digits. the windchill factor in the single digits to about 10 further south and west. the futurecast in terms of the windchill, and the wind will ease a little by noon tomorrow. the feels like temperature still cold. only in the upper 20's, lower 30's. then we really begin to warm up -- if you want to call it that -- wednesday, the high temperature back into the 40's. the windchill will be upper 30's. tomorrow, 31 by noon time 36 at 4:00 in the afternoon. lower 40'sven days, wednesday, near 50 thursday, chance of showers friday. but sunday, the big football game, 40% chance of showers during the afternoon hours. 4:40 is kickoff and the temperature will be about 47 to 49. leon: that will make the packers uncomfortable, because they are 10ing from where it is 9, degrees, they come down here and will fall apart. erin: right, that is cold. do you plan -- how handle aaron rodgers? sports is coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local

potomac. when lee invades the north that gives him an opportunity to shake up the command structure and just custer upon as brigadier general at the age of 23. custer went directly to almost directly to the battle of gettysburg at a couple of other battles of which he performs well. at the battle of gettysburg he is the lead combat general, the one who's out in front. he's not commend all the union cavalry but he is a leading officer in the battle between the confederate cavalry and the union calgary. he shows up in this brigadier general's uniform, double-breasted uniform, very flamboyant. is not a regular uniform but it is black velvet. it has elaborate gold braid. a general's uniform wasn't double-breasted appeared a junior officer's uniform wasn't single breasted. the fact he showed up immediately in this outfit with a blue sailor shirt with a bright red tie, it was a very well thought out and elaborate costume. it's not the sort of thing that you buy in a store, just elaborate costumes. he had it in his trunk. he was thinking about the fact he might become a general when he's in his 20s. this

north and west of washington. these are current temperatures 20. in potomac. 21 in dale city. 2 in anacostia. 2 on the campus of gallaudet university. it's still blustery with the air temperature 7 to 16 above. 10 to 20 miles per hour. there are not many clouds out there. this isn't the end of the week storm. this is tuesday morning from the oklahoma panhandle that may spread snow across the valley. back to sunshine for thursday. friday and saturday's entire stretch could be highlighted by a significant east coast storm. 70% probability of friday and saturday. we will explore the possibilities as more guidance comes to report back. back to alison. [music] alison: that is the blue high school marching band closing out the martin luther king parade this afternoon. at the center of it all is our own photo journalist peggy. she is not having fun or anything. she the biggest fan in world of blue and they are big fans of her, too. after 42 years that was her last assignment with us here at abc7. leon: we talked about this for a day. i do it innocent whoa will miss

better, the snow there covering the streets, parks, and look closely at the potomac, ice and snow appearing to cover the river northof the 14th street bridge. i saw that on the freeway yesterday you can see off of georgetown the river is completely iced over. >> the concern for a different danger, the danger of people going hungry during the storm is what led dc public schools chancellor to open several dc schools today. >> free breakfast and hot lunches were given out but stephanie ramirez is here to tell us it looks like hardly anyone came out. >> i spent significant time at 2 schools, both almost empty, the people wondering what is going on. >> with just 15 minutes left to closing, samuel williams, jr. made it time to grab a meal for him and his son. >> how come you are just coming now? >> because i just heard about it. i didn't know and i ran up here. i ran. >> this is blue high school in southeast, williams saying the meal means everything to him since he could only get a few things with food stamps, mostly canned goods. >> a meal, life, food, so i can eat. it means a lot. >> which is why the few people that d

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potomac river. crews recovered this boat you see here half filled with water. they found it just north of fort hunt state park. based on all the duck decoys it carried, investigators believe the boater may have fallen out while duck hunting. >>> switching gears you might be starting off the new year with your mind on your mind and your mind on your money. there was no winner in the last power ball drawing so the jackpot has risen to $334 million. that's good for the 12th largest pot in the game's history. the next drawing -- you guessed it -- is tonight. the odds of winning the jackpot one in 292 million. so we're saying there's a chance. >>> still to come this morning, making a new year's resolution to get your tech life into shape. we'll get some help on that in our cnet report. >>> one tv meteorologist not named allyson rae gets all shook up not like elvis. find out where this earthquake actually hit in studio. >> we have been waiting for this day all week, since christmas the sun is finally making a comeback today. it is a little chill yu out here but it's -- chilly out here but it

potomac, same aspen hill, dale city 30 degrees. the wind out of the west northwest, adding a little extra chill to the air. it feels like 30's closer to town, but the further north and west, it feels like the middle 20's. satellite and radar, quiet and dry, skies clearing. the temperatures will plummet overnight. , but the coldest temperatures, allowing county, montgomery county, frederick county.- loudon the good news is for the ski resorts looking to make snow in the mountains. more on that, plus a look at the cold air on the way with daytime highs in the 30's. that is going to be for three days in a row. jonathan: thanks, steve. happening now, a search going on -- after a body was found in a popular trail. the woman appears to be in her 20's and appears to have been beaten to death. she was found only northwest -- she was found only northwest branch trail, which is where tom roussey is. tom: this body was found here. about a quarter-mile mile to the west is east-west highway. wastrail where the body found is through those woods, over there. this discovery is shaking a lot of folks. the marylandn suburbs use the northwest branch trail from hyattsville to silve

potomac river. there's the capital. temperatures are down in the mid-30s by the nearby suburbs. farther north and west generally in the mid-30s. generally everywhere it's above freezing except luray is 32. manassas at 38. a little bit below freezing. that's going to be scooting by us. then the potential of our first major storm of the season, snow that is. i'll show you the timing on that. that's in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much, tom. >>> new this morning we're working to learn how a fire started in northern d.c. the firefighters rushed to put out a house fire there. everyone got out of time and no one was hurt. police say none of the residents have been displaced. >>> it's 6:02. developing this morning, two woodbridge men will appear in federal court for allegedly trying to join isis and syria. joseph farok was arrested friday. they arrested him for trying to supply materiels. the two will be in court on tuesday. >>> everything is back to normal at the arlington department. it thood be evacuated after a bomb threat. we're told the threat came from an automated phone call. dogs h

potomac park. on the cake memorial bridge and we are dealing with crash clean up on 295. as you approach kennelworth, alert for extra delays. capital beltway northf the american legion bridge. east of require road. accident activity outer loop jam from 270 spur at the clairborne parkway blocking two lanes. back to you. >> anchor: thank you. crews are trying to close off a broken water main on duke street in alexandria t burst 3:15 a.m.. and american water said they do not know how many people are impacted. right now the 3600 block of duke street is closed in both directions. and some streets are closed right now in downtown dc. for a shooting investigation. police have the area near 18th and l streets northwest blocked off. they say that's where a man was shot early this morning. but that's not where he was found. the victim was treated and taken to the hospital on quincy street in petworth neighborhood. he suffered non-life threatening injuries. more news, traffic, and weather updates on good morning washington. >>> colombia! >> oh, welcome back to "gma." we all remember that moment. host steve harvey crowned the the wrong winner of the miss un