us live from northwest washington with a big problem near virginia avenue. what do you see now, megan? >> reporter: we've got another truck that's here on the scene taking another swipe here laying down salt on this icy mess that has happened. here at the intersection, this is a really bad spot for this to have happened. this is an area where a lot of major roads have their access points. so the whole intersection is closed down because of the ice. that means people coming off the whitehurst freeway cannot access the rock creek parkway. people who use that ramp to 66 west, that's closed. people going northbound on the rock creek, well, they can't go past virginia avenue. they're getting detoured off all because of the ice that has collected in the area. while they're salting and treating, we've not seen any melting going on since we've been here in morning. it is wickedly cold out here. so everng the pipe instantly froze. we have a couple of inches of accumulated ice in some spots. it's going to take a while for this to melt. the bottom line here, for people

tim barber is live in northwest washington. i hear this will not be cheap, but it will clean up the situation? millionis a $580 project, but this has been years in the planning. it would help some of the problems we had back in august. if for structure dates to the 1880's and we have to do something. tim: was socked with more than an inch of rain in 20 minutes. >> the water was coming up in the showers. tim: dozens reported similar sewage backups and flooding. d.c. water launch an investigation. the report did not find evidence of a major blockage of the sewage system, but found that two sewers in northwest washington overflowed. >> there is a major project underway, water mains services project. million project would increase the size of the sewers that overflowed. residents are also being urged to check a program that gives people up to $6,000 to install a this thatvalve like allows water to flow out of your home but has a gate that closes if water starts backing up from the city pipes. >> need to check on that, definitely. t

nebraska avenue in northwest washington. it is a frigid start to the day. 14 degrees. but the feels-like factor is minus 4. courtesy of a northwest wind averaging 22 miles an hour and gusting over 30 miles per hour at times. so as we've been talking about the last couple of days, limit your time outside. make sure you check on your neighbors, make sure their heat is working, especially elderly neighbors who may not have the heat turned up enough. winds are going to be gusting over 25 miles per hour for much of the day. feels-like factors will average between zero and minus 10 for the commute in to work and for the schools that are open, school kids as well. there's your planner for today. not much of a recovery. mid and upper teens for highs today. brutal cold here for today. equally cold and windy for tomorrow. doesn't look like a big chance monday, but with the arctic air in place, any moisture could be problematic on that monday commute. tomorrow morning, wake up with temperatures in the single numbers again. moats everyone should be above zero tomorrow. but the wind

. >> reporter: they are dealing with a lot of problems here at howard university at northwest washingtonese problems are created by the extreme cold that we h last several days. i will show you some video. now, howard is postponing undergraduate, graduate and social work classes for more than a week. power outages and heating problems. the yupuniversity is working ard the clock to get the problems resol resolved. spring classes were set to start on monday. they are being pushed back to january 16th. that's a tuesday for graduate, undergraduate and social work students. jer residents hall are opened. students whose classes delay return to campus. we have much more information on our website, nbc washington.com and the nbc washington app. erika, back to you. >> darci spencer, thank you. >>> a busy week for crews working on nearly 100 water main breaks in our e >> 14 water breaks in montgomery county. eorge county reported of 52 water main breaks. fairfax county is working on two dozen water main breaks. we got tips for how to prevent frozen pipes and other helpful information for you. we a

. >> in northwest washington, nathan baca, abc7 news. >> the public schools responded to the i-team that the d.c. public schools look forward to receiving results and taking steps to ensure every student comes to school to learn and leaves high school prepared for college, career and life. >> the "7 on your side" i-team uncovered the story. they covered a tip sent to the newsroom. if you know grade tampering, false attendance reports of other inappropriate behavior in a school let the item know about it. send us an e-mail. tips@wjla.com. give the tip line a call. >> if you still have salt covering the car it will be washed away. that rain could stick around long enough for rather tricky commute. stormwatch7 weather center. josh: predominantly the heaviest rain is tomorrow morning through lunchtime. so it might make the friday start off a little on messy side. let's talk now. we have a really nice evening. 58 degrees for you in d.c. 55 for gaithersburg. the rain is still a few hours off for most of us. sprinkles trying to move in. the district staying dry until closer to 8:00 or 9:00 toni

wusa9 in northwest washington. >> if you do this, the park service said they don't guarantee they canu if you get in trouble. they said if someone falls in, don't go in after them. call 911, first. >> it looks like fun but goes against conventional knowledge. >> you know, 12 inches thick is fine. it has been below freezing nine days and probably is okay. >> take a big drill out and literally, everybody has an ice drill, right? of course, not battery-powered. >> i tell you wh to keep getting colder. >> some light is at the end of the title -- at the end of the tunnel. perhaps a january thought? the midnight temperatures are 30 off the high and tonight, we are going 24. for the single digits and below zero, the winds are gusting and humidity is 44%, 10% and may get lower. tomorrow night, we will talk about this with wind chills below zero and bus stop temperatures, 5-15 and windchill temperatures well below zero. some of the school districts are caving. think layers for the next few days. cover up as much as you can if you are outside. near freezing on sunday and freezing or below with

. >> in northwest washington i'm sam for >> grapefruit. michelle: i know. don't get me started.he folks can get past the laughter and the giggles and get to the core of the message that there is a pill it could be a good thing. d.c. isn't alone in the provocative ad department today. take a look at this. ikea in sweden has a new feature in the catalog but it requires urine. it directs pregnant women to pee on an ad to get a crib, to reveal a discounted price. with renot making this up. "7 on your side" spoke to ikea late this afternoon and the company says it has no plans of releasing that particular ad in the u.s. so only our friends in sweden get to pee on the ad. >> god gatsby tavern shared picture of the water damage on the ceiling. a bust flight sent water flooding from the second floor to the first. a spokesperson tells abc7 they are waiting for wood to dry out and they expect repairs to take a couple of weeks. michelle: we are seeing busted pipes lefted a right. bill: it is. we have a house in columbus. we are closing on it soon. i called called called the real. can you p

the next storm expreesm northwest, washington -- stream northwest, washington. significant rainfall there, and more snow in the was -- cascades and the southern rockies, as well. is an in -- assistant at -- approaching 90 degrees in san diego. that's a check on what's happening out west. here's the local forecast. here you go. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. the winds will be whipping around here, as well. 57 degrees, gusts up to 30 miles per hour out of the south pumping the temperatures into the mid to upper 50s. giving it somebody else. >> are you really hurt? no. >> are y grand slam. its his 30th grand slam appearance but he's going for 20. >> okay, so we're both right, is that what you're saying? >> no, i was wrong. >> i think she's saying you're right. >> i was wrong and you're right. >> yeah. >> record this. >> give me the jewels. give me the jewels now. >> i literally have never heard her say those words. >> i'm sorry. >> robert, we love you. you can't hurt steel. >>> coming up on "gma," w

go to stephen tschida now live in northwest washington. what are you seeing out there? busy people repairing broken mains. stephen: water mains are bursting all across the region tonight. hundreds of apartments and homes and businesses without water. crews are scrambling. the street of d.c. bundling up and bracing for even more cold weather. water mains made brittle from the freezing temperatures. buckling from the cold. spewing water into streets. ands forking cutoffs to hundreds of apartments and homes. >> no water. it hasn't been on since i guess about 11:00 this morning. winter's grip on the metro area prompting people to bundle up and venture outdoors. for some, the cold, piercing buildings as well. school systems across the region acknowledging some of the heating somes failed again today. >> the heat wasn't working. i got the big jacket on. so i had to keep it on today. students required to wear if jackets, gloves and scarves in class. some parents it's wise to keep schools open when the classrooms get uncomfortably cold. >> tomorrow will be frigid. i think schoo

in from northwest washington, a shooting leading to a lockdown at george washington university hospital. shots werel said the fired nearby and the victim walked to the emergency room. his injuries are not life-threatening and the police are looking for the shooter tonight. operations at the hospital have returned to normal. alison: angry parents pushing back about school closures lingering from the winter blast. classes are canceled at george washington middle school and abbajay to read because of a burst pipe. nancy: and all the schools dealing with the broken pipes in the face of the freezing air. jay korff was at the meeting where the parents weren't amending answers. what are school leader saying? jay: they have a lot of work cut out for them and they need money to improve infrastructure. wrappedast hour, crews up problem at george washington middle school. a short, go, frustrated parents gathered for the pta meeting. crews are working late into the night to repair the water break breakg -- the water pipe that forced the closure of george washington middle school. students also comp

pacific northwest, washington, oregon, they are seeing plenty of that rainfall. there is a very slight chance parts of the north bay may get a slight drizzle today. yesterday, i know a lot of people along the coastline saw the drizzle. a little more, a bit of measurable precip, a few hundredths of an inch but high pressure will take over bringing us a sunny warm weekend. tomorrow morning will also be foggy ahead of that high pressure that's taking over our weather pattern and then by next week, a chance of rain on tuesday. jaclyn. >> i had a little bit of that drizzle yesterday when i was trying to walk my dog. >>> right now, we are tracking a couple of problems, some slowdowns for drivers heading out of tracy. now, there's an accident in the eastbound direction. and that will inevitably slow down the westbound direction with all the looky-loos. you're looking at the westbound direction with the brake lights making your way towards 580. it's already a big backup developing and you can see by our sensors speeds drop below 20 miles per hour. the crash is down at mo

he's driving through northwest washington to show us conditions firsthand. justin, how is it looking out there? >> hey there, eun. perhaps you can see here driving slow on d.c. streets in northwest, we experience problems on the roads already. you will see salt out here and also icy patches out here. you may sometimes feel that -- sliding out here. so you do want to be careful at mentioning the main streets out here are more or less going to be okay. treating your side streets and your neighborho at sidewalks. there are icy patches over there. if you're walking or driving today, you want to be extra careful to watch the conditions you're in. you're seeing some light and low-level fog out here. you have some conditions out here that are going to change your driving today. you want to be careful. some schools are delayed this morning. looking at pretty much why with these road conditions slick as they can be this morning. justin finch, live for us on the roads. justin, thank you. >>> this is what we're talking about when we say take your time on the roads. an

in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: first of all, that is the most adorable baby. nancy: my gosh. jonathan: the countdown baby. born 3:21. perfect. cool. nancy: celebration every year for them. jonathan: a disappointing season for the redskins. it has now come to an end. coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a look at the questions that the team is facing now in off-season. what went wrong in 2017. one player makes a guarantee for next season. robert burton will check in and let us know who it is when we come back. nancy: also coming up, cleaning up after a night of partying. we will show you how much of a mess was le ♪ prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? it's the lowest prices of the season on the queen c4 mattress with adjustable comfort on both sides. now only $1199, save $400. plus, 24 month financing available. ends monday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. jonathan: check this out. ic

. >> reporter: good morning, we're live outside the haitian embassy along embassy row in northwest washingtone comments are being condemned by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we want to show you a couple of tweets representing those comments. first from elijah cummings, a democrat from baltimore. he says i condemn this unforgivable statement and its demeaning of the office of the presidency and i will fight for the vulnerable among us and against bigotry in all its forms. we also heard from republican mia love. a congresswoman from utah whose parents are from haiti. she released a statement on twitter that said in part, the president's remarks are unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values. the haitian ambassador said that the president's comments were regrettable and based stereotypes and sççícliches. back to you. >>> darcy spencer?,x live for u outside the embassy. >> there's a lot of coverage on many news networks. >> including cnn where don lemon and anderson cooper had very strong reactions. listen as anderson cooper got emotional on the air. >> let me be

this is a live look at the water main break at porter and 34th street in northwest washington, d.c. alnwick is live on the scene talking about this and we're also talking about a number of water main breaks throughout the region. erin como is going to get you updated on that. mike thomas is going to talk about the conditions in regards to the weather which is making this so bad on the roads. >> time right now is 4:39 and we are back with what's hot on the web the stories you're engaging with the most th >> holly morris joins us with the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media. >> let's talk about those stories we're engaging with the most on social media this morning. good morning, everybody. good to see you on this monday and first up oprah winfrey is being praised this morning after she used her golden globe lifetime achievement speech to thank the women and men who have bravely shared their personal stories of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. while accepting her cecil b. dee mill award last night she shared a powerful message to the young girls watch

reporting live from northwest washington, suzanne kennedy. autria: since the president made those remarks, reaction has been pouring in. everyone from lawmakers to late-night comedians. ryan hughes tracking at all. ryan: yes, strong reaction from both republicans and democrats. let's start with senator markey warrant from virginia. he said "the word is colder, but the idea that you can write off an entire nation is on namerican.- u not." we are all equal or another -- it has been almost a year under potus. i cannot say anything he says surprises me anymore. senator hatch says "i look forward to getting a more detailed explanation regarding the president's comments. part of what makes america so specialist we welcome the best and the brightest in the world, regardless of the country of origin." you can imagine late-night comedians had a field day. jimmy kimmel from last night. jimmy: the over silver lining as we got to hear wolf blitzer say this all day. s-hole.s s-hole. s-hole. alarm clock. ryan: blitzer watching his words. the country of nor

in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> beautiful baby. >> i love that every year is aelebration. all the fireworks and the champagne. all for him.. larry: exactly. single digit wind chills didn't stop the runners getting a healthy start to the new year. 700 people hit the pavement for the d.c. mayor's fourth annual 5k run. they ran, walked, pushed strollers and all the while in the elements. >> when we sta degrees. these are hearty washingtonians that want to kick the new year off right. i won't say who wanted to cancel it but i said no way. larry: i would have been one to save this till march. mayor bowser, look at her. in the middle of the pack. nancy: great start to 2018. this isn't a race but a different walk that ushered in the new year. hundreds braved the sub zero temperatures to cross a bridge with the father time and oh, yes, a lama. >> the kids love him. they are making drawings of him. >> i don't they are talking about the father time or the lama. it didn't come at midnight but 8:45 p.m. a new tra for it. anytime a lama is involved i'm in. father time is the

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in northwest washington, an ice storm toppled power lines, officials urging people to stay home. texas which is i'll prepared for this frigid weather is coated in ice. a spatula doubling as window scraper. and in dallas. dangerous weather new turned deadly. at least five people freezing to death across four states. polar plunges new years day tradition, but this year event in baltimore came with a medical warning from organizers. and polar plunge in cleveland had to be canceled when they couldn't break through the ice. niagra falls this morning frozen too as the bitter cold shows no sign of letting go. some school kids were canceled for indianapolis and see garr rapids. at many schools the buses wouldn't stop because they have been sitting idle the past two weeks. the bun tell of the story, bundle up. blake mccoy chicago. >> he looks bundled up and still looks cold. right. >> gives me chills. >> i was going to say, his head has to be warm with that hat. >> this is the kind of weather >> it's pretty painful. especially in the morning hours wind chill below zero. but the good news

breaking news right now out of northwest washington. tom roussey on the scene tracking metro delays. he is at mcpherson square. what is going on? >> well, the situation is improving. let me step out of the way. a fairly clouded platform. it was worse 20 minutes ago. there was a rail issue. possibly a cracked rail between here and the smithsonian station. that led to single tracking fo the situation is getting better. single tracking is over. that is the good news. i was talking to commuters who tell me it's getting better. one guy was getting up to get a beer but most people think it is getting better now. reporting live, inside mcpherson square metro station i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: thank you. keep us posted. coming up next -- >> a company says in the cold temperatures their phones are ringing off the hook. they share tips how to keep your home alison: take a look at this. acts of heroism outside atlanta as the firefighters braved sub freezing temperatures battling a fast-moving apartment fire. they were catching babies alon

reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: thank you. metro stopping about ways to stop attacks on metro bus drivers. today a national peer review panel recommended buses with shields for some drivers on some drivers at some route. barring some riders from the buses altogether. metro called for stronger penalty for people convicted of assaulted drivers. larry: for months the "7 on your side" i-team monitoring horace holmes has the latest trip as a company recommends you put a modle in park. horace: "7 on your side" was the first to tell you about the problem with the tacoma air bag andford is telling the owners specifically the 2006 models not to drive the vehicles after the death of a motorist driving a ranger truck in west virginia. that accident occurred in july. but ford insists it found out about it a few weeks ago. this was the second death involving a ranger and the 21st worldwide allegedly caused by the tacoma air bag. ford says to park a truck if you own one. contact the local dealership and the mechanic. come out and get the ve

we're talking about northwest washington. rock creek parkway near avenue this morning. very, very slick. these water main repairs are on northbound rock creek parkway, westbound virginia avenue and southbound 27th. all affected with wayne closures there. going to talk with megan mcgrath with more live pictures from the scene in her live report. drivers cannot use the ramp to westbound 66 or get from whitehurst to rock creek parkway. it's that slick. taking a look in gits burglary, 124 at copper road, wires down. wefs 95, all lanes blocked because of downed wires there. >> melissa, thank you. want to take you back to the scene she mentioned. >> megan mcgrath is live on 27th street where ice is blocking major routes into d.c. megan, what's happening there? >> reporter: we are talking major ice here. we had a water main break on 27th street. these folks e let me mention that. they're driving on this ice. looks like a cone got knocked down. we had a water main break on 27th street. as soon as that water came gushing down on to the roadway, it absolutely froze because of the

a little bit of cloud cover through wyoming and the pacific northwest washington state not going to havewill be setting at about 7:15 on the east coast, so you will maybe about 20 minutes to get out there and view it on the horizon. you will only see a little partial portion of it disappearing. and that will be about it. but almost totality chicago to dallas. chicago is a little iffy with the cloud cover. so partial eclipse begins at 6:48, again a little dimming. and then we get to title at 7:51 a.m. 4:51 on the west coast. central time 6:a 55 6:51, a nic there. and we are seeing chilly temperatures. so even in florida, jacksonville, 35 windchill this morning. negative 4 in buffalo. but here is the good news. this afternoon looks like a beautiful last day of january. mild temperatures, guys, california all the way through areas of chicago and dallas. so some good stuff to end the month, but colder and back to reality once february arrives. >> and you can look directly at this one, it's different than the -- >> no, no, hopefully -- >> don't need the glasses. >> good tip for president trum

. >> we're live outside the haitian embassy in northwest washington right now.arcy spencer is there with a look at how lawmakers and others aree1 reacting to this. darcy? >> reporter: good morning. haitim they were regrettable and based on stereotypes and cliches, not on annual facts. we're hearing from lawmakers across the board. republicans and democrats taking to social media to condemn the comments. we want to show you this tweet from congressman anthony brown. he's a democrat who represents prince george's county. he said at real donald trump, the president's twitter handle. his remarks are both vulgar and racist. they once again demonstrate how his racial prejudices fuel his immoral and cruel decisions. we're also hearing from michael steele. the former head of the republican national committee and former lieutenant governor in the state of maryland. >> reflects not just a particular attitude of the president, but it reflects an attitude that is a growing one among a significant portion of white americans who have a concern about the browning of this count

we'll talk about our 4 by 4 right now in northwest washington heading towards maryland. haven't heard of any problems in the district, but montgomery county, especially northern parts of the county, up through frederick, we are hearing of ice, especially on driveways and sidewalks. so, treated roads tomorrow morning just wet, but those untreated roads will be icy. same for sidewalks, icy in spots. you want to take it easy walking to examine from your car. take a look at the road conditions. some slick spots out there tonight, mainly north of town through tomorrow morning. but by tomorrow evening area wide, it will be dry and we'll salt thankfully. i've outlined counties in red that i think will most likely see delays tomorrow. i think that's the way to go because we're going to warm up quickly. but i think delays would be a good call for areas like loudoun and fauquier countys, howard, frederick, carol counties. once the kids get into school, temperatures warm up. by tomorrow afternoon i think you could say it's going to feel balmy. >> most definitely. we've had this col

. >> reporter: in northwest washington, an ice storm toppled power lines. officials urging people to stay home. texas, which is ill prepared for this frigid weather is coated in ice. a spatula doubling as a window highway as a car nearly slides into him. >> talk about a close call there. >> he was fast. he moved his hands. wow. >> doug, we haven't had to deal with the ice or scraping the windshields just yet. is that to come, thursday, friday, saturday? >> i don't think so. thursday will be the interesting day snow wise. the factor is the cold. it is absolutely freezing across our area. so cold the potomac river is freezing. we told you this -- i told enthuse, i don't know if you remember, a week-and-a-half ago we would see the potomac frozen over. you saw people on the canal doing ice skating there. take a look at all that ice along the potomac. chopper4 was out there earlier today looking at that. this is going to get thicker as we move on through the weekend. i don't see us -- we may go above freezing in parts of the region. most of us stay below freezin

extreme northwest washington, but once it sneaks down into seattle,we're looking at some significant rainfall there. maybe some flooding north of town and certainly more snow in the cascades and the bitterroots and getting down into the northern rockies once again. setup for southern california is a dry one once again, offshore winds so santa ana winds are going to be cranking the next couple of days, and that's going to mean high fire danger critical as we head into monday and that will crank up the temperatures as well getting well above average approaching >> this weather report brought to you by jared, and i had some jewelry to give to you guys but seeing how you've been so mean, i'm giving it back or away to somebody else. >> are you really hurt? no. >> are you really hurt? >> yeah, i'm fine. >> looks like you're going to cry. by the way, thank you for challenging the roger federer information. he is appearing in his 30th grand slam. its his 30th grand slam appearance but he's going for 20. >> okay, so we're both right, is that what you're saying? >> no, i was wrong. >> i think

. >> you are watching the american association gathering and northwest washington, d.c. up next, a panel will begin . >> they will try to bring eric in. we are delighted to be here and humbled and honored by the turnout and look forward to taking questions and comments from the audience. goare here because, one year today, president obama created the first ever national park site devoted to reconstruction. we have dozens devoted to civil war. of 2017, wenuary one devoted to reconstruction. people who one devoted to reconstruction. we set up this roundtable to bring together some of the played crucial roles in making that happen. to understand the process by which it came to be and give them a chance to tell historians and we should learn from it how we can be helpful and interesting partners. and to hear tales of how it came to be. i am crackdowns of the university of california. >> i'm going to do a sound test. bear with me. hooray. we are in good shape. i am kate may serve from northwestern university and i'm going to introduce the panel and go ahead. we decided every

just off connecticut avenue in northwest washington, d.c. of cspan 3 live coverage on american history tv. oming up in just a moment, we will be joined by a history professor from american university in our nation's capital. take your questions. we'll be focusing on the civil protestsvement and the of 1968. 202 is the area code. 748-8900 for those who live in the eastern or central time zone. and 202-748-8901 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. we'll be taking your comments on our facebook page at history.com/cspan again our phone lines open at 202-748-8900 in the eastern and time zones. and for the mountain and pacific 202-748-8901. some of the sights and sounds, back with our live interview in just a moment. >> we want to welcome professor of american university here in washington, d.c. founding director of the anti-racist research and au.icy center at and your first here at american university. here. you for being >> pleasure. >> let's go back to 1968. why was that such a defining the civil rights movement? well, i think kee

that's in northwest washington. water main break. you can see it's just a sheet of ice out there.is closed. they're working on it. but anyway nonetheless you need to exercise caution and we have a crew on the scene. we'll keep you updated as to how things progress throughout the morning. >> on the other side is east-west highway in new and new hampshire there's also a water main break. our photographer mike rickert is showing us live pictures there. there are a couple of -- there's another one out in annapolis out in lanham. there's an issue out there. erin como talked about that a short while ago. lots of issues on the roads and it's because of the freezing temperatures. mike thomas is going to give us an update on weather coming up in just a moment. >> more importantly he's going to give us a ray of hope. >> yes. we got to have hope. we go the to the have hope. 5:41 is the time right now. in the research suggests that the scent of a loved one lowers stress levels in women. researchers examine the effects of a male partner's scent on a woman's stress levels. >> the findings sugge

northwest. good morning washington.s oustednt strategist, steve bannon, is stepping autria: the book has been out for five days and amazon can't keep it in stock. the publisher says they initially had one edge of 50,000 copies rented but it is now rushing to fill orders for one million more copies of "fire and fury." back to work today for the virginia and maryland governors. larry: ralph northam will be sworn in on saturday. republicans will try to override the paid sick leave hill. and in virginia and maryland, there will be a focus on transfers -- on transportation. congress plan to wear all black. that is to show solidarity of the is of sexual misconduct. larry: new allegations against james franco, leading the new york times to cancel an event with him today. that thetephen colbert false. were breaking news in california. autria: deadly mudslides. adrianna: the destructive wave of mud came in the same area devastated by recent wildfires. the floods have killed 13 people and injured others. responders are in the are

. >> you are watching the american association gathering and northwest washington, d.c. up next, a panel will begin momentarily focusing on the post-civil war and the era of reconstruction. following that, we will talk with a professor to take more of your phone calls as we continue life here on c-span three's american history tv. [indiscernible conversations] >> these kids were half brothers and sisters and first cousins. >> wow. >> yeah. [laughter] >> actually you are not. you do not know if you wanted the house, if he liked the house . [indiscernible] >> it had been fictionalized, right? it is a book by a check -- czech author, a very slim volume. >>, thanks a lot. [indiscernible] >> are you ready for an introduction? continue to work on noring to bring eric con in virtually, we will get started concretely. we are humbled and honored by the turnout, and really look forward to taking questions and comments from the audience. as you know, we are here because a year ago, almost exactly a year ago today, president obama created the first ever national park site devoted to

. >> reporter: in northwest washington, an ice storm toppled power lines, officials urging people to stay home. texas is coated in ice. a spatula doubling as a window scraper. and this police officer outside dallas, slipping on a highway, as a dangerous weather has turned deadly. at least five people freezing to death across four states. polar plunges are a new year's day tradition. but this year's event in milwaukee came with a medical warning froms organizers. a polar plunge had to be canceled because they couldn't cut through the ice. hockey mans attending the nhl's winter classic found their drinks freezing before they could drink them. >> it's cold. >> reporter: nigagara falls thi morning frozen, too, as the bitter cold shows no sign of letting go. some public schools have decided to cancel class this morning in light of the cold, places like indianapolis and cedar rapids. some sitting idle for the past two weeks. bundle up. >>> al has his eyes on the cold. there could be a nasty storm coming. >> we'll get to that in a bit. right now, there's 115 million people impacted by windc

. >>> this just into our newsroom, ross elementary school in northwest washington will be closed todayo get a check on your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. a new problem on the melt bay, inner loop before marlboro road, crash blocking the left lane. southbound 270 quite slow before shady grove, a crash on the right shoulder still closing slowdowns. in takoma park east-west highway after new hampshire avenue eastbound lane still closed for the water main break, one left bound lane is open. >> we will check your forecast when we come back. more. you're doing great. [laugher] you look amazing. the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day. the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day. >>> good morning, we're watching an area of mostly snow out to our west right now, as it comes over the mountains it may also mix in with some sleet or some freezing rain so be very careful for that. we do have a winter weather advisory from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. for today. watch out for slippery roads. much warmer weather comes ou

in northwest washington an ice storm toppled power lines. officials urging people to stay home.his frigid weather, is coated in ice. a spatula doubling as a window scraper, and this police officer outside dallas slipping on a highway as a car nearly slides into him. the dangerous weather has now turned deadly. at least five people freezing to death across four states. polar plunging are a new year's day tradition. this year's event in milwaukee came with a medical warning from organizers. and a polar plunge in cleveland had to be canceled when they couldn't break through the ice. >> unfortunately, it's about ten foot of marble. there's no cutting through it. >> reporter: in new york city where it hasn't been above freezing since christmas day -- >> more battling on the boards. >> reporter: hockey fans attending the nhl's winter classic found their drinks freezing before they could drink them. >> it's cold. it's cold. >> reporter: niagara falls this morning frozen too as the bitter cold showed no signs of letting go. >> some school kids are getting a lucky break this morning. tha

seeing actually severe thunderstorm warning that's fired up for areas to our far northwest, berkley, jefferson, washington part of that. and this is in effect right through until 6:45 p.m. so lots going on here. temperatures are the story. as i said, tying a record of 07 degrees at dullos today, bwi, 63, reagan, 64 degrees, these are some 20 to 21, 22 degrees warmer than we should be. we should only be into the low four's. right now that warm air is till in place. sixty-two in the city. fifty-eight at baltimore. the double 68 culpeper, six p degrees at martinsburg. but it will all come to very abrupt end. we've got strong cold front. that's what's moving our way. pretty evident to see here on the national map where the frontal system s look at these temperatures on the back side of it, into the 20's, even into the teens. this will move it way across our area. ahead of it, getting the precipitation on the back side of it, we're going to get this colder air, and it will be sticking around for quite a bit. so warm up will not be coming any time soon. so with the frontal system, we have low pressure system as

to mix in, talking about places like least berg, hagerstown, over to the 81 corridor, far northwest of washingtonre may and loft frozen wet surfaces. massive storm system, along with cold front across eastern half of the country. there is the snow from the great lakes back down to places like cincinnati even into portions of kentucky, ohio, on the warm side of the storm all that rain lifting from the south to the north. and pretty much by sectioning the washington area right now, again, little bit of light rain here, but you see heavy bands along 81, then another one from southern maryland up along the chesapeake. so depending where you are, you're seeing wide variety of rain, here in the district itself, actually dry. got to get to the eastern side of the belt way over into prince george's county where you are seeing rain right there. this will all fill in in the overnight. east of 81 really that's very intense rain falling. so we have been in a moderate drought. we can use a little benefit from the rain. fog has been locally very dense along the potomac and the chesapeakement look annapolis, ha

the pacific northwest west of the cascades, western washington, flooding likely as the atmospheric riverhe pacific northwest. this is a ten-day rain estimate. for northern california, just nothing there. high pressure giving us the warm temperatures today. actually trends stronger thursday and friday. i think a few areas could climb into the mid 70s on friday. through the weekend and beyond all the way through the first week of february things are looking dry. we're going to have a midwinter dry spell. you've got the blue blood moon super moon lunar eclipse. we'll hope the low clouds hold off on wednesday morning. but the bigger picture here is the lack of rainfall. that sierra snow pack, you're going to see some big declines if this pattern continues. for now, it looks like it could hold up through mid february if things don't change. >>> the tensions between the u.s. and north korea on the minds of our local athletes going to the olympics. the one thing that is making many of them feel better about the safety of the games. we've got that next. legend has it, the first voyagers arrived

the gunman was last seen running up 23rd street towards washington circle. live in northwest, jackie the search for a missing father is over. prince george's county police tell us someone out for a walk tonight found daniel dehaven dead. he had dementia, you'll recall. he disappeared a week ago today and was last seen at the costco in beltsville. over the weekend, police told us dehaven may have been picked up along route 1 and dropped off in anne arundel county. he was found off dorsey road near bwi thor good marshall airport. >>> the last day and a half have been stressful on frozen pipes and water mains in our area. it caused many to burst and break across our region. water seen flowing today down brantley boulevard in potomac. route 1 in college park even inside from a broken pipe of the historic dan by's tavern museum in alexandria. >> after the freeze comes the that their pipes are frozen and that's often when we find out that some of our pipes belowground have failed. brittle and may be cracked. if you see an outage, don't assume someone has called it in. let us know.

northwest. larry: remembering the washington state deputy killed over the weekend. was respondingy to an armed robbery call. he was a three-year member of the force and the father of 3 boys. fellow officers appreciating the show of support. >> it means a lot. people come out in the cold and fly flags. to see the little kid that looks like a little kennedy picture making a little flute out of that knot. joakim up and make you feel special. larry: -- choke you up and make you feel special. larry: three people are charged. carolinane north school is canceling classes after 100 kids came down with flu-like symptoms. 160 students were out sick yesterday. it will allow the students time to recover and take preventative measures. >> it is the way to go when it comes to kids. with not one it to spread -- would not want it to spread more. autria: contractors were hired bathroom, classroom, and wipe down every surface. this flu season is the worst in years with double the amount of cases nationwide compared to last year. a weather alert from new mexico to wisconsin. this is t

northwest. the most recent burglary happened in the early morning hours of january 7th. it was also hit decbe looking for gunman who shot a person near george washington d.c. police released these images of the suspect. the victim is expected to be okay. police believe the suspect and the victim had an argument right before this shooting. >>> and chilling new details in an ms-13 gang murder coming out now. damaris alexandria reyes rivas killed last january after being lured into a wooded area in fairfax county where she was tortured and killed. now venous romero. >> reirahat.take a listen to hee the way -- the day rivas was killed. [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: i said i'm not going to forgive you. [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: and you're going to remember me until the day we see each other [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: don't forget my name. [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: and i told her my full name. >> she will be sentenced in may and is facing life in prison. >>> to virginia now where governor terry mcauliffe delivered his final state of the commonwealth address last night. he spe

. >>> stanford and cal are in the pacific northwest this weekend. stanford beat washington state, 79-70. the cardinals are now above the .500 level. the guard dorian pickens had a career-high 28 points. he did his best steph curry imitation inmate 7 of 10 three- pointers. >>> cal lost to washington. 66-56. the huskies -- i know, sal , -- they pulled away in the second half. that's for the performance by freshman forward just assuming. here the best game of his career. 27 points, 8 rebounds and cal had 18 turnovers. >> you're not going to win games if you do that. >> they should've known you were watching them, sal. >> you know what? they will rebound. they will play better next time. or i will send a sternly worded email to something -- to someone. >>> good morning. this friday morning we already have some slow traffic on five 80 westbound as you drive through the altamont pass. on this friday were not getting too much of a break, however, we are hoping traffic volume will be lighter when it gets later in the morning. sometimes this backup ends up getting cleared up earlier

did we implemented the kaiser multi region plan so we offered kaiser in hawaii in the northwest, oregon and washington so we had a total of 38 subscribers enrolled and it's good and that is not the total so i don't have those numbers yet. that message out got out there and i'm sure in the following years we will continue to get good membership with that. outside of trio, non medicare and blue shield decrease about 127 subscribers so they did lose some membership. kaiser active enrollment increases 406 subscribers and it tripled that number so that was a good addition for them and city plan members increased by about 31 subscribers. healthcare, medicine' care, vantage, ppo increases by 171 subscribers and cruger senior advantage 150 were gained. so i just wanted to give you those numbers and just so you know how our communications work and what type of migration and activity is going on out there and there's just a -- i'll finish up here. vision premiere plan which was another very popular addition that we did this year we have many, many, many compliments from membership thanking us and the board fora

northwest. a little rain moving into washington and seattle, that's coming next week. not today, not tomorrow, not the weekend. mild for the eagles temperature. 50 for the eagles game. we'll see the southwesterly winds at ten miles per hour, 48 degrees. by the end of the game, 46 degrees with clouds coming in. you won't see any cold air this weekend. we've got that today. 36 this afternoon. down to 23 tomorrow morning. 45 in the afternoon. that trend continues right on through saturday. a mild day. a few clouds sunday. increasing clouds sunday during the game. the rain holds off until monday and tuesday. sunshine again and no sign of the really cold air. 40s for wednesday and thursday. thursday will be a little bit chillier especially in the morning. 20s on thursday and friday morning. a chance of rain showers the falling week, next saturday. the temperature at 52. looks good, doesn't it? >> it does. saturday and sunday, looking great. the eagles' game, fantastic. a good weekend. >>> let's see if your ride to work looks good. a check of 78. >> we have a look at the leh

a statement to release >>> dc police are investigating a shooting near georgia washington university hospital in northwest, we're told a victim walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds after being shot outside the entrance of the hospital on 23rd street. it was placed on lockdown for a short time while police investigate. >>> and just in case you were among those wondering why so many schools were delayed on tuesday, take a look. my goodness. this is video of man leaving his home in loudoun county virginia. he gave it a go but it wasn't happening. the man's family posted it on social media, just another day leaving the office and the #black ice is real. it has more than half a million screws and more than 300,000 shares. >>> 4:35 is the time. fortunately. mike thomas, we don't have to deal with that today, because it's warmer. >> the one thing i will say caution-wise, we did a lot of melting because temperatures reached the 50's, some suburbs back below freezing. many melted areas make may be frozen. the majors will be fine. nothing coming down from the sky as you can see on satellite and radar and we

now to a developing story, dw c police are investigating a shooting near george washington university hospital in northwest d.c. fox5's corey cough i'm is at the hospital now. she joins us live with the latest. this happened earlier this evening, right, corey? >>reporter: that's right. we know that this happened right outside the main entrance to the hospital as a matter of fact. this is right off of 23rd street . if i direct you over here you can actually see some remnants from the scene earlier police have h entire area roped off here and you can still see some of the police tape on the inside of the hospital and we're also told that casings, bullet casings could be seen out here in front where this happened. we know that once the man was shot out here he walked inside the hospital, presumably to receive treatment. now at this time we know is back open, but it was placed on lock down for a short time during this whole incident. it caused a massive response from authorities out here showing up here and so far we know that there is no word on the victim's condition. at this hour or any potential motive her

northwest d.c. bookstore once described as a national magazine as liberal washington's most sacred space. the release of michael wolff's fire and fury was an event with a capital e. >> we're leaving for africa tomorrow we have to have a copy. >> reporter: today began with people lined up at the outside door at opening time. they brought up the store's 80 copies. graham compares it to the excitement of a new harry potter release with a significant difference -- >> nobody expected this. you expect when a new harry potter book is going to come out they're going to be in great demand. this one caught everybody by surprise. >> got a call saying it's in. >> reporter: many called ahead to reserve their copy. >> this is the second delivery. at least, i guess. >> reporter: i spoke with one man who got three copies he told me he was purchasing it for people who didn't want to be seen buying the book. >> if you missed the book's author morning you can catch the author on sunday on "meet the press chl". >>> when we come back -- change in tone, this sunday's golden globes awards are expected to be a l