washington was given that task of citing it in a 10000-mile swath of the potomac and she actually was given up to, as the constitution says to create of federal district up to 10 miles square. he created a diamond district if you will, diamond-shaped district and you can see the tops of the diamond going up to maryland as they do but they went down across the potomac to alexandria. that is an important thing to consider. he was taken in both sides but in the residence act which allowed the president, directed the president really to place the seat of government on the potomac, and all of that, it gave him not 1 penny to carry out the job. so it was rather a trendsetting of the congress at the time to vote for something and yet not give it any money. so washington had to contend with that and we'll talk about little briefly about that. but he also had to contend with thomas jefferson on the one hand who had a vision of the city which was very different. in fact it wasn't a city in the city at all, it was a federal town. this is it right here, this this is rock creek coming in here. you

there at shep herdstown near the potomac, they had 36. 35 around here. up around poolesville, 34 inches. damascus had about 32 inches. 30 inches in silver spring. and then right around the immediate metro area, the beltway, many locations had 20 to 25 inches. fairfax county had to around 30 inches. it tapered off further south. far southern maryland had about 13 or so. main roads are getting treated. secondary roads and other streets are snow covered. we'll have melting and refreezing, melting and refreezing. we'll have patchy ice from the snow. take breaks when you're shoveling. clear snow around the hydrants so if there's a fire, the fire crews will be able to get to it. clear your entire car including the roof. a lot of people don't bother clearing the roof of the snow and then they get out and drive and it goes flying into the car behind. temperatures right now are hovering into the teens. hour by hour forecast by 10:00 a.m., near 30. may get to freezing. a little breeze this morning. the winds will be calming. by late this evening, back into the low

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and get ready to meet the real housewives of potomac. we'll talk about what we saw coming up. >>> three americans freed in a prisoner swap with iran are now in germany. the washington post reporter is among that group. a forth freed american prisoner is staying in iran while a detained student is also free tonight. more developments. >> reporter: the prisoner's swap is the culmination of 14 months of secret diplomacy though the president said the american state was never tied to a successful nuclear deal. >> as i've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with iran, but still, engaging directly with the iranian government on a sustained basis for the first time in decades has created a unique opportunity. a window to try to resolve important issues. >> reporter: in addition to washington post reporter who was arrested in 2014 and convicted of spying by a secret iranian court, the freed americans include a u.s. marine veteran and an american student, though little is known about their cases.

broes birdside who takes over the army of the potomac. he's not a very astute collector of intelligence xs when he's advancing into northern virginia during the fredericksburg campaign he didn't use the local spies that were available to him, didn't have his people question p.o.w.s or deserters, he didn't insist on the cavalry going out and doing scouting. so he is largely ignorant of lee's dispositions and strengths rg rebel defenses at fredericksburg with the results in major defeat in december of 1862. he was sacked of course in january of 1863. as the intelligence historian edward fisher wrote, the story of burnside's intelligence preparations for the campaign, fredericksburg, is a list of things not done. so we don't remember burnside as being a very astute consumer. however, burnside's replacement general joseph hooker, who is often remembered as being a mediocre general, is going to be the person who puts into place the first all-source intelligence organization in the union army. he is going to hire a new york city policeman or la

however, over areas of the mountains, potomac highlands as well as to the front. the west are seeing below the freezing mark. that with all that precipitation if we hadn't been below freezing it would have been quite a mess with plenty of winter precipitation. we haven't had that yet, but this system is going to move out, give us some clearing skies behind it while the flurries remain over the mountains. the ridge of high pressure that's going to clear us out, it's an arctic ridge. we're going to see a temperature drop. this is going to build in on sunday. by the time we get to early monday we are into the 30s. daytime highs, 20s to the north and west of us. so we'll have plenty of sunshine but don't be fooled by the sun because it is really going to be cold. we've had that arctic blast settling in. not tomorrow though. tomorrow we're going to end up being breezy. temperatures into the 40s, our daytime high into the low 50s. by sunday we hit into the upper 30s and the lower 30s on monday. so if you're going to any parades or festivities, make sure you dress warm.

today, when i was coming across the bridge, potomac is iced over. every flake will stick here. the snow developing with the system, the cold front moving threat 8:00. it will quickly clear, the sunshine returns tomorrow. anywhere from .1 inch to an inch and a half. we look ahead to friday afternoon, friday night, saturday, saturday afternoon, saturday night into sunday morning, a blizzard watch. been forecasting weather on tv for 13 years and have never seen a blizzard watch issued two days in advance for this area here. , similarifference snowfall totals, but we will have high winds closer today -- driving impossible at times. friday, the snow moving in during the afternoon hours as the storm intensifies. it hits the coast and gets even stronger. that is when the heaviest snow will fall through the day saturday. saturday night, not ending until sunday. the initial forecast, 1-2 feet of snow is a possibility. that will be friday into saturday and sunday. take a look at this right here. potomac already icing over. unbelievable. we are still just two days out from the big storm.

we have too much ice on the potomac.ravel time is in ten minutes >> thank you, melissa. >>> it seems like everywhere everyone is making plans to take care of the storm and the federal government is not closed today but if you are a federal worker you have the option of unscheduled lrm time off. as for schools, almost all of the major school districts made the call to close today. take a look. everything in red on this map closed. they're all dismissing early. we have all those closures on the bottom of your screen and make sure you check the nbc washington app to find out whether your school office is closed. we'll have that as well. >>> crews are hard at work pretreating roads trying to get ahead of the blizzard. they don't want a repeat of the mess. a lot of folks got stuck. several businesses are staying open for a few more hours at least. megan mcgrath at highway 7 in leesburg with how folks are trying to get ready. megan. >> reporter: well, good morning. we're at a shopping center in leesburg along route 7. you can

white ferry is shut down because of all the ice that is forming on the potomac river.that is a kind of cold ready to greet that blizzard. come friday. leon: the university of maryland announced it will be closed all the way through the reason. but before we get to friday's blizzard we have the opening act. snow on the way now. alison: we begin with the chief meet roll just doug hill. hi doug. doug: right now cloudy skies outside the belfort furniture weather center. taste of snow tonight with the cold front coming through. look at the graphics. this evening we have a winter weather advisory. with the temperatures in the 20's well, what will happen tonight is we will see slick spots. this is colder north and west of the metro getting past the sunset here

that colder air is actually settling in quite a bit in terms in of the alleghany front and the potomachighlands and that's where they're seeing some of the precipitation moving in that's t actually going to end up beingp ice and a little bit of snow. a not here, but fo lr the far, far west that's what we're speakingpeak about. actually they have an advisory adv in effect as a result of that. this is a freezing rain advisory until 10:00 tonight. so they are talking some accumulations here.ac as we move into the next day oray so for us things are going to be on the damn april and when the whe side. we have a low pressure system sys that'sing whying to bring us a pretty good swath of rain. of but the majority of this will be heaviest overnight saturday into sunday before it starts to move out. with that we have a ridge ofge high pressure pulling out. pu winds are going to end up being gusty. we're hoping it won't affect the won game too much. mu by 1:00 when you're out tailgating you could see a shower or two. or you can't rule that out, but once the game starts 5:00 in the afternoon into

potomac. tyson. you can see a little bit of blue there. it is on the west side of river road. that is some heavy snow as you head off river road down the beltway. everybody is moving off to the east. southeast. it is headed toward silver spring. dc at 7:30. probably at the airport. 7:36. fedex field at 7:45. now, in the wake of this, the clippers drag a cold front through. typical. typical of the clippers ushering in art tick air. a lot of sun tomorrow, but very cold. bus stop temperatures 18 to 28. seasonal thursday. milder on friday. chilly with rain friday night. that rain will continue into at least saturday morning. so, futurecast. 10:00 tonight. everybody is gone. i mean long gone. 29 leesburg. 34 downtown. 27 gathersburg. 29 silver spring. by 6:00 a.m., we have some teens on the map. 19 in frederick. 21 in fairfax. and then by 9:00, temps don't exactly jump up tomorrow. low to mid 20s . that's it with full sun. and 1:00, maybe we are 30 downtown. maybe 30 in mas manassas. 28 leesburg. 28 hagerstown. okay, day planner looks like this. 20s to start. 20s at 11:00. only 30,

in potomac. i'll show you where the heaviest falling, moving through prince george's county, eventually making it off toward and east. the heaviest of the rain well across the delmarva. but the showers and the periods rain will continue for at least another two to three hours before finally clearing out by morning.orrow to theme lows will fall middle 30's to lower 40's. winds will be light. we are talking about the chances flurries on sunday, plus a shot of very, very cold for martin time luther king jr. day on monday. more on that and your parade forecast, in just a few minutes. >> steve, now, in the meantime, for an evende messier situation. we had a water main break in woodbridge. a portion of the road had to be closed down because of water ground.ut from the firefighters shut down the road because it was too dangerous for cars to drive through it and pass. no word on when that break is going to be repaired. this just in tonight. students expelled for spending a bomb threat from a student's e-

and 70 million worldwide. >> the real housewife of potomac is the official name from bravo. it follows six women and the drama of their families and social circles. the network promises the show is going to give you an inside look at the lives of the six wealthy black families. this isn't the first time women of the dc area have been featured on the franchise. the real house wives of dc aired back in 2010. it was canceled after one more season. >> it sounds like the ladies are going to be on the morning show. >> i hope they drels warm before they come in here tomorrow. >> it's going to be a rough wake-up call. >> it's starting tonight and it's going to go downhill from there. >> get the woollies out, pump up the heat. let's tell you what's going to be happening. today we talked about passing snow showers. nothing that's going to be really too bad that's exactly what happened. some of you saw a little bit more than others but primarily that was across lower southern maryland and we did mention that also. right now outside just some clouds but it is continuing to get even cold

megan mcgrath is live at west potomac high school where the superintendent just spoke. tell us about what she said, megan. >> reporter: no cuts to the classroom and staffing. that's what the superintendent is proposing here. if you look behind me, you can see she and her guests are just starting to wrap up their comments inside the library at west potomac high school. fairfax county schools are facing a major budget deficit to the tune of $50-75 million. there has been a lot of talk about cuts, painful cuts that could impact programs, increase class sizes and the like. superintendent, karen garza, says she won't do it. this morning, she previewed her fy-17 budget proposal. there are no cuts to classroom programs or staffing. it calls for millions for pay increases for teachers and other staff. she says those increases are necessary to keep teachers from leaving for higher paying jobs in other districts. >> we must begin the process of reversing the significant cuts after we have sustained after nine consecutive years of cutting. this investment in our schools must begin

hey, the potomac river is getting icy out there. we don't see that very often. we did see it last year and we're starting to see some ice build in closer to the shore. that's the result of three very cold nights in a row and it looks like tonight will also be pretty cold. and yes, we know you are starting to see some light snow. this has been in the forecast. we have a winter weather advisory that began at 6:00 and will go until midnight. it's almost like 6:00 was the magic point when we started getting information from you on social media that you're seeing the i love this one. it's snow fg in shaw. i'm so excited. you haven't seen anything yet. wait until we get the big one going. sometimes these little ones can cause problems and the wiernt weather advisory issued by the national weather service will go until midnight for all the areas you see in purple. because sometimes a small amount of snow on these very cold roads, it's cold enough to ice up the potomac. we didn't get very much above freezing today. this will have a moderate impact on the region tonight

. >>> a dog bite in potomac leads police to several cases of animal abuse.s 4 learned montgomery county police rescued 66 dogs from a house in rockville on new year's day. police say they found several cases of animal cruelty as well as county code violations. they raided the house after a woman was bitten at a potomac adoption event. >> a dog bite, but at least it led to, you know, the animal control being made aware. >> she told us she's being treated for rabies now. the organization that hosted the event where she was bitten says the dog was not one of theirs. >>> a fight between the church of scientology and the frederick county council is now in the hands of a maryland judge. the church wants to use trout run as a drug rehabilitation facility. the county voted against rezoning the area as historic, something needed for the project to move forward. the church sued for discrimination. the judge's decision is expected in the next 30 days. >>> this morning for the first time we are hearing 911 calls when more than 100 motorcyclists took over the beltway. th

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

it's a pleasure for me to appear here in the potomac institute again. i think that the key for peace, if you want to avoid confrontation or, the key is acceptance. acceptance come in its acceptance of the other. i could speak year for a whole hour, maybe for a whole day regarding the connection between the jewish people and jerusalem, and talk about the history of jerusalem, how was established as capital of the israeli kingdom backing david 3000 years ago, but the first and the second temple, and the fact that jews pray three times a day everyday for going back to jerusalem to restore jerusalem as the capital and the place to which the temple is restored, et cetera. we mentioned jerusalem funerals and weddings. it's part of, part and parcel. but in order to get to peace we have to accept also the other, and the other has to accept us. another thing that we have to do is instead of exploiting religion to radicalized, we have to exploit religion to moderate, the course of moderation. i that is a very difficult task, especially today. because unless we de

it happened today at the potomac oak condos on -- boulevard in gaithersburg. heavy snow brought on the roof of a utility building. one, transit buses went to a nearby rec center where they could get one but in all of the snow, even reaching the bus was a struggle for some. >> it was kind of hard. thanks to the neighbors, they helped us get across the road. i just had a knee replacement. so, this is not my type of weather at all. >> i certainly understand. people in charge of repairs say it could take a couple of days to get all the utilities were stored in those condos. >>> snow is being blamed for a roof collapsed on a barn in poolesville, maryland. montgomery county fire rescue says as many as 35 horses were being housed in the barn on sugar land road. three of them got trapped in the areas 22 inches of snow just proved too much for the roof of the barn. we are told all of the horses are expected to be okay. >>> from our prince georges county bureau, county fire and ems telling us that a fort washington man died from an apparent heart attack this morning whi

we went deep inside the red carpet to find out what's going on on the real house wives of potomac.nd about the new show. check it out [ inaudible ] >> you've gotten everything right. yes, yes. a lot of times, though, people think because we have all of that, that there's a lot of snootiness. you can identify with each and every one of us. >> reporter: what has been the biggest compliment and biggest criticism you've gotten? >> everybody's immediate reaction is oh, my god, why would you do something like that. drama doesn't have to be negative. you hear the word "drama" and everyone thinks it's women pulling wigs. drama can be productive actually. >> my friends there from the show. now, it's gotten mixed reviews on social media, on the internet, especially from locals who say it's not quite real enough. we'll see next sunday when it comes back. this morning i want to make you aware 7:30 on the tommy show on 94.7 fresh fm, our very own allyson rae will take on one of our callers in can't beat kelly so we'll see how she does in trivia. >> go allyson. >>> 6:54. a fallen service member

police seized them at a house in rockville after a woman was bitten at a potomac adoption event. it is in the clear whether that dog was one of the 66 rescued but police say that investigation led them to the house. the woman is undergoing rabies treatment. >> i'm very grateful that it wasn't either one of my children,because i never could have watched them endure the shots. >> the organization that hosted the event where she was bitten says the dog was not one of theirs. >>> a fight between the church of scientology and the frederick county council is now in the hands of a maryland judge. the church wants to use trout run as a drug rehab facility. the church sued for discrimination. the judge's decision is expected in the next 30 days. >>> fan duel and draft kings lining up top maryland lobbyists and attorneys to keep their fantasy sports businesses up and running. the baltimore sun reporting more than 100,000 people in maryland have received letters urging them to show their support. fan duel is concerned that maryland may join other states and ban the games. nbc's parent compa

was unearthed in alexandria were hotels it turns out that area used to be in the potomac river prefer with the backfield san francisco to extend the water person is outside it is 6:00 a.m. begins right now. let's get right to scott because change is in the air. back down into the doldrums of winter. check it out will close the other direction through saturday and upper 40s friday and

as far as the rest of the area goes, the potomac frozen over. we were so cold last night, down to 16 in d.c. many areas even cooler than that. 41 degrees the current temperature. winds are calm. temperatures well above freezing so we have seen that melting going on across the region. temperature right now, 38 martinsburg, 37 in gaithersburg, 44 down towards the fredericksburg area. well above freezing everywhere so the melting is occurring. now, normally we'd be talking about that refreeze, but overnight low temperatures aren't going to be all that cold and that's some very good news. no rain, no snow in the forecast as far as storm team 4 radar is concerned. notice the cloud cover moving in across the region and there's more clouds back to the west. look at this storm. pretty potent little storm system. nice comma feature there but what it's going to do is bring in milder air, bring in more cloud cover, and that will help temperatures stay a little above where they were, actually a lot above where they were last night. so we're going to have a

now following breaking news, a house fire in potomac maryland. michelle: kevin lewis is on the scene. a quick response. partly because so many heeded the warning to stay off the roads and out of the way. so the crews were able to arrive in quick amount of time. kevin: absolutely, guys. i will tell you. what a going in a weekend where blizzard conditions are so likely and to lose your entire home, just so sad. the family is still here. they have loaded the honda pilot s.u.v. with whatever belongings they could put in there. a lot of white plastic garbage bags filled with their clothes. the damage to the home is really significant. you can see some of the members that live here standing in the front yard. the windows broken out. i want to show you pictures tweeted out by the montgomery county fire department earlier. this is what they saw when fire trucks pulled up out front. heavy, gray, thick smoke pouring out of the first and the second floor. fire department telling us, this is the information relayed to them from the actual family that lived h

at least we got above freezing today and look at the potomac, and look at the ice on the potomac river and that will continue and take a look at the numbers and 33 degrees and winds out of the northwest at 12:00 and that puts the windchills into the 20s and yes, it's another cold day across our area and that's why it's such a big problem and just like last night, as soon as it snows it will stick on the snow and here are the blizzard warnings and for everybody in the red here goes into effect tomorrow at 3:00 in the afternoon and the winter storm warning for areas to the west and the only exception is the ridges of the blue ridge here and you can see 30, 40, 50 mile an hour wind gusts and that's something to think about, too. expect your power to go out. i can't say that enough. expect to go out and prepare for it to go out and hopefully it doesn't. storm team 4 not showing anything here, but again, the wider view shows the clear skies and a few clouds making its way on in here and here is the storm down to the south and it's starting to spin here and you notice we've got severe weathe

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in the meantime areas of the mountains, allegheny front, blue ridge, here at potomac highlands they have seen it throughout most of the weekend, unlike what kind of skirted through the city today. here is a look at the highs today, struggled to get into the upper 30s but we're still below seasonal as we should be in the low 40s. the temperatures continue to dip. 34 degrees right now in dc, 30 at gaithersburg. we've got 28 degrees at

turns out, the area used to be in the potomac river before it was back-filled two centuries ago to expand alexandria's waterfront. but mystery remains about who owned the boat, where it sailed. thanks for joining us.. fox5 news at 6 o'clock is straight ahead. a jackpot of 500 million dollars.... live from las vegas, its time for fox5 news at 5. " 202 i think nv is critical bc is it is the state in the west, one of the first 4 to make their views known ab who the next president should be.

it's a pink gloe over the potomac river, ice-free. potomac waters are still above freezing.ome of the shallow ponds may have a thin sheet of ice this morning. elsewhere as we look at this o'camera, there's a live view. clear sky. sun's going to come up short at 7:27. steep climb by noontime. ought to be in the upper 40s, hitting low 50s by around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. it will be hovering in the low 50s. a terrific day to get out, get some exercise, maybe take a bike ride on the toe packet or do some hiking along skyline drive where it's below freezing. down in shenandoah valley it's below freezing. nearby suburbs, many of the rural areas are only in the 20s this morning right near the bay waters. we're in the low 30s. "storm team 4" radar, we're all dry lolgly from 95 from maine all the way down to georgia it's dry. there are some showers in florida. no travel problems nebraska across the country. a little bit of rain in california and a little bit of snow in the cascades and the pacific northwest. by dawn tomorrow morning it's going to be another 30 degrees but the big story mo

yesterday you needed four or five because of the wind. 25 in lay tons ville, 26 in potomac, 26 out inreston. wear your warm winter coat and hat, maybe some gloves depending how tender your hands. are. recaret gets a b. highs today mid to upper 40s. that's a big jump from yesterday but more cold air is coming your way now. for traffic here's kim mccormick. >> we've got to bit of a problem around nutley street. we have delays here after a crash. so expect delays and a detour. southbound 270 from clarksburg to the beltway, from 95 to 270 you're moving along quite nicely. tune in to wtop 103.5 f.m. for "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> thank you, kim. >>> why is there still a delay? what we're learning about positive train controls. >>> if you have a child in college, you're going want to hear this story. when it comes to sexual assaults on campus. on campus. >> why your kids may still ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. on campus. >> why your kids may still know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily kee

we learned the potomac village shopping center has a contract with an independent company to plow the parking lot. the crews plowed the lot but dumped all the snow in the handicapped spaces. >> shame on you. i mean, it's something that, you know, everybody kind of takes for granted. you know, you don't know when your life is going to take that change. you don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. it might be yourself, it might be a parent, it might be a child. >> since we first reported the story the spaces have been cleared. we spoke with the maryland department of disabilities, they told us that businesses are responsible for maintaining disabled parking spots. >> now to the district, dc mayor muriel bowser is praising city workers and their efforts to clean all the snow and get the city back up and running after the blizzard. >> we are just extremely grateful to the men and women that are on our team that work 12-hour shifts since last friday, i think we ended the 12 hours yesterday sometime, that they worked night and day. >> she says she is very proud the city government was ab

the same winds making waves on the potomac. scenic for sure and freezing out here.rost covering the plants. water turned to ice. spilling dog bowls. the cold not keep margaret coleman from enjoying her d.c. visit. she is from minnesota. still, she bundled up. >> i came to see my granddaughter and great grandchildren and i wanted to come down and see the martin luther king. >> reporter: she and her granddaughter jasmine go out to visit the memorial. >> his mission is so is important, speaking of peace. >> reporter: much more than a day off of school. >> it's not a day off of work. >> reporter: huddled under the heat lamps the elder family from wyoming. each wearing about three layers of clothing. >> we thought how cool to be in d.c. on mlk day. we thought we'd find something special to do. >> reporter: we expect the parade and the peace walk to make its way here in the next several minutes. we'll bring you a full recap. for now, over to you. >> dress like david. you need to layer up and as the folks are who are waiting for the parade. these temperatures are down just

>> they think of potomac as a place where you ride horses, luxury vehicles.'m i'm from washington, i eat canned peas for dinner. reality tv. they like to portray a southern aura about it. >> the word is it seems to move. the dc house wives seem to be sort of the starter show and that was canceled a year later. >>> let's move on to the campaign trail and hillary clinton. singer demi lovato is going to be in iowa. >> that's right, she's going to be supporting clinton at the university of iowa. just one of the many celebrities going to be out there. >> katy perry. >> katy perry is following in another pop star's shoes for hilary. but at 23 years old i imagine they're trying to use her to harness support for the young voters. >> the polls have shown bernie sanders has gotten the young vote. >> i don't think hilary to name one song. >> judi kurtz here with us. >> we'll be right back.

early in the air it was bitterly cold, so cold that for the second straight year the potomac river froze. by the end of the year we experienced one of the warmest decembers ever. number nine, bei bei. there are a few things d.c. gets more excited about than a baby panda. bei bei is healthy, joining his older sister, born in 2013. number rate, the charles severance trial. in early november, charles severance was found guilty of three serial murders. killed three people over 10 years. sentencing is next month. number seven, hogan battles cancer. very hogan became just the second republican governor of maryland since the 1960's. then in june, he announced he was battling an advanced and aggressive form of cancer. he earned wide praise for the ness with public which he fought the disease and in november he announced he was cancer free. number six, security breaches. changes to the white house fence did not stop people scaling it. the ultimate security breach this past year happened in april. mailman doug hughes landed a gyro copter on the west lawn of the capital to protest campaign finance

she grew up in the washington area, attending the potomac school in mclain. she ventured into competitive climbing when she was just 8 and she never looked back or down. >> i've never had to question who i am or what i want because i'm so happy with what i am that i'm most passionate about. >> reporter: her assent of the eiger took a month and included her partner. >> we are about to dig our bed. >> reporter: and had a few setbacks from weather. >> today was a giant smackdown. >> reporter: the greatest danger on the north face of a mountain is storms that can ambush a climber. the other danger comes from within -- fear. >> this climb was probably the beast of my fear. i was scared just about every day. it was focusing on not thinking about falling really and focusing on what i could control. >> reporter: while physical strength and agility gets you on the mountain, dejulian says your mind gets you to the top. >> your mind is overruling your body's exhaustion, so you're convincing yourself that you can keep going when you don't know if physically you can. >> r

suburb of potomac maryland. he left it there in the window until late saturday night. this is a what he captured. >> that's pretty impressive. >> you know what, john, i've the guy is actually smart, he put it up high enough so that it was still going. >> that was pretty smart. he is 15 years old afterall. you ask a 15-year-old, they will tell you, i'm the smartest person herement >> our weather is more mild. >> we're doing the opposite of that, we're melting the snow with a lot of our time lapses. >> the atrium center weather camera not looking too bad. this trend is going to continue where we see lots of clouds continue to move on in. looping it over the past three hours or so. >> some mid and high level clouds and eventually we'll get low level clouds in here. much of today will be nice and dry. temperatures right now finally into the 40s. 42 at the airport. 41 in lunken. we do have 30s across the eastern part of our area. maysville 39. we have snow cover. but even there. we're really melting the snow pretty fast. now precision doppler 12 hd, we don't have anything on the map right

coming u >> plus, your first look at the michelle obama's very first agage wor and the real housewives potomac. they dish on drama in season one. it's all at etonline.com. >>> welcome back to the show. in tonight's "e.t." birthday, star once worked as a bus that is kevin costner who turns that would be a good tour guide. >> heck of a tour guide. before we go, a movie is his week at the sundance film festival. it is the story of barack and michelle obama's very firser of 1989. >> you think i'm cute? >> i didn't say that. some of the secretaries described you that way.ailed the roles and it meant a lot to them making this movie. look what happened when i sat ears to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks technology designed for you.

another yas over the allegheny front and potomac highlands, by parts of tomorrow even talking about snow accumulations over higher elvaths vacations. we are talking more fog, more rain, more drizzle. we've been exactly where we should be. right now 44 at dc and at quantico. 42 at baltimore, 39 at gaithersburg, 42 at dulles and 40 degrees at culpeper. tonight clouds drizzle and fog, but more rainfall into this weekend. i'll have details coming up with your full forecast. of course that game forecast as well. >> thank you, gwen. new at 10:00 tonight the guardian angels are on patrol in the district. the crime-fighting volunteers kicked off a weekend of citywide crime patrols tonight. tisha lewis is live with the latest. >> reporter: well, shawn, the guardian angels say their focus is the red line, that's where there's been a rash of recent incidents as of late. they also say they have received in the last week more than a dozen complaints from fearful commuters. now they say their goal starting tonight is to help deter criminals. >> how do you feel when you see them? >> safe. we had a prog

jummy: i have to imagine with all the snow and cold temperatures, the potomac is probably, i don't know -- doug: ice. didought i was brave when i it but even then i thought, what did i just do? but it's for a great cause. well the weather outside will at least be kind of -- doug: it will only be 25 degrees. jummy: but no snow, that's what i'm saying. ago, a heavyinutes snow shower came in ahead of this cold front. snow showers will be over the metro area in the next hour or two. here is a look at radar. blue is snow. green is rain. it is based on temperatures. fairfax looks rainy, but there are snow showers. there will be a few more ahead of this cold front. temperatures will drop a few degrees. that will be the deal. sunshine in between. gusty wind is the big story. the news with all of this is that temperatures will stay above freezing and we will get sunshine. that will melt more snow and the winds will dry up. we are getting into the teens in some areas. it will be cold overnight and a re-freeze of anything that hasn't even a to. -- hasn't evaporated. a 49 mile per hour gust at bwi.

the ship dismantled in the 18th century used to extend the waterfront from the deepest part of the potomac river. >> the founders of the city had aspirations to become an international port. >> it wasn't uncovered until the construction workers working at the indigo in old town. they don't know what the ship was used for. they could keep it in the wet environment to preserve it. >> a treasure. maureen: like hitting the powerball. speaking of the powerball the jackpot is continuing to grow. wednesday night drawing is now worth $450 million. that is the if there is a single winner the cash would be $275 million. leon: is that all? doug: the core of the cold air coming in tonight from the east coast of new england. first off this is what the cold air will do for you. pictures from dick in virginia. the numbers will be colder tomorrow. we have 34 and 16. high and low. both below the average. we are keeping up to date with the calendar. first three days above average. the last two have been below average. 22 in winchester. 17 degrees is the wake up near andrews air force base. 22 degrees in lex

look at the new movie about barack and michelle obama's very first agage wor and the real housewives potomac. they dish on drama in season one. it's all at etonline.com.ck to the show. in tonight's "e.t." birthday, which star once worked as a bus that is kevin costner who turns 61 today. that would be a good tour guide. >> heck of a tour guide., a movie is debuting this week at the sundance film festival. barack and michelle obama's very firs back in the summer of 1989.cute? >> i didn't say that. some of the secretaries described you that way.e roles and it meant a lot to them making this movie. look what happened when i sat >>> tonight, on the attack. hillary clinton scrambling to shore up support amid growing concern she could lose and new hampshire to bernie sanders after the most intense debate yet on our stage. ublican race taking a nasty turn with ted cruz hitting donald trump after being labelled, quote, a nasty guy. >>> and behind the scenes last-minute drama that could have stopped the free american prisoners from reunited from families. tonight we're in german and richard engel is

after all of this new cripple d.c., why not dump it into the anacostia or potomac rivers?> may be back in the day that would be considered, but nowadays, the focus with the anacostia cleanup in the chesapeake bay, it never crosses anyone's mind to do that. to help mother nature, the snow dragon snowmelt or was loaned to d.c. by the indianapolis airport. >> it has been 24 hours and we are making a dent. water inside the tank and process 60 tons of snow per hour. this is one polluted hot tub you would not what to climb into. >> these bottom doors are were the solids collect. mike: all that water feeds into the store management system using specialized chambers. >> this will go to the river, but it removes a of the oil and grease. : mike they must abide by the clean water act and pollution control act. this operation is costly, but it will be offset by federal emergency funds. with some neighborhoods being cleared, they predict this effort will continue around the clock for at least another 48 or 72 hours. mike carter-conneen, abc 7 news. kimberly: not sure that i will ever g

and so that was a little heads up that the cold air we had around today is not only ice on the potomac chain link pennsylvania but roads mighty cold and tonight's problem is from every flake sticking. it's almost out of here. we'll look at that in a moment. top 5 biggest d.c. snow storms. let me show you the list and see how many you remember. the biggest snow in d.c. 28" knickerbocker and 1989, 20". many remember this one. great photos from the february 1979 leming dairy storm. a lot of meteorologist giingts in this area became meteorologists because this storm. 18.7". 1910, 17.8 and blizzard of '96, 17.3 in district app a lot of snow in the area. are we going to crack the top five with this one. it's possible. we'll show you the snow totels in a few minute. i personally think maybe we come in at number 6. i think we could challenge the blizzard of 96. the blizzard watch was posted for our area. that's rare to put it out 48 hours in advance and don't have to put up with in 2010 on the roads. i learned my lesson tony learned his you're learning it tonight on 1" of snow in the region. h

look how calm the potomac is. the winds are light. that is good news. not much of a wind chill to deal with at all. something big happens today for those of us who suffer from the disorder where shorter amount of days and the longer nights make us a little crazy. the sun sets at 5:00. that is a big deal. the last time we had a 5:00 sunset was november 9. so it has been slowly building. as we get through the end of january, the sunset will go to 5:28. that is just over the next 26 days. daylight hours are getting longer and get to the point of the end of march. 7:31. that is with the help of the daylight savings time. and then april 30 is 8:00 p.m. big changes coming. but year after year the coldest weather happens the same time that we get the longer daylight hours. that is part of this forecast here. 32 degrees. common numbers from college park to aspen hill to chevy chase. 33 at reagan national. we have clear skies and light wind. the center of the cold air is going to move offshore so we begin a slow warming trend the next couple of days. the high mo

that's what you see here and allow folks to get access across the potomac more easily. board members want to collaborate with other governments in the region on this possibility. >>> temperatures right now mainly in the upper 30s. 38 degrees in washington. we'll see near steady or slowly falling temperatures into the afternoon. when you factor in the wind, it will feel likes the 20s. it will be breezy to windy this afternoon and evening. now, as we look to the weekend, winds not an issue. looking like a pretty nice weekend. if you plan to go out and do walking, it will be tough in spots. great weekend to hit the slopes. generally nice both days. not a bad weekend to wash the salt off your car. currently in washington, a temperature of 38 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun. by 5:00, a temperature around 35. 8:00, we're dry. but a temperature at that point below freezing, barbara. >> thanks amelia. a major investigation under way into how tickets are sold for hot concerts and sporting events. nbc's jacob ras cone reports that investigators are fighting what they call a

possum creek is in dumfries, and there's the potomac.ronmentalists have argued they've received too much leniency from the state. they'll have the final say. >> we're cold this morning. a lot of you wake up to temperatures in the 20s and 30s. >> you have to add up the windchill. we want to check back in. >> i've gotten bitten by mosquitos in december. that does it for the mild weather. we need a freeze to kill out the bugs and rest the plants. they need their chill time. one thing you notice is the wind. it's back, everybody. unlike the wind, the southerly breezes, it's a northwesterly breeze and temperatures will be some 30 degrees colder than yesterday. it comes with plenty of sunshine, though. temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. so already 25 to 30 degrees colder than we were at the same time yesterday. windchills in the higher teens. as you guys were mentioning, the windchill, current windchills, teens and lower 20s and the future feels like as we go through the remainder of the day, hovering through, below freezing. no

michelle: in potomac, buses will be off-limit. and in crystal city the lanes are off-limits off-limits in th. in the afternoon from 3:30 to 7:00. violators face a $200 fine if caught. warnings will be handed out for 30 days after the rule goes in effect. leon: we need the 60-degree weather to get here now! doug: getting close. couple days. you will see a good melt off here. it will take longer for the piles of snow the melt away. gusty winds. get cold. live look at the rockville at montgomery college. 31 degrees right now. the puddles out there didn't dry up in the winds. they will slowly and steadily refreeze tonight. overall, i think we are in pretty good shape. because a lot of them plow in many areas. not all areas. sunshine helps melt off and the winds dry things out as well. 35 in andrews. 37 in annapolis. and the capital. the wind gusts are still up there. 40 miles per hour gusts. highest one locally in manassas. 31-mile-per-hour gust at b.,i. thurgood marshall. 26-mile-per-hour gust down the river at reagan national. wind

two tried to determine the coldest spot, right along the waterfront of potomac in georgetown. we got readings as low as 12 degrees on this device. that said, i wonder if it's not even colder on the exposed key bridge. we are up on the key bridge to find out. the wind gust of appear, readings as low as seven degrees. we had a sneaky suspicion, however, the hill where the washington monument stands would be the worst because there is always a lot of wind here. right, this is colder, three degrees of windchill. after registering three degrees, we met thompson, how jogging -- in shorts! he says it is not as bad as you might think. >> crisp and it feels good. tom: right after we talked to him, we did another windchill reading. -2. live, the person in the distance is bundled up. most of the folks that we have talked to tonight, i have seen some folks walking around in shorts. what are they thinking? i don't know. the focus right now is cold, but it will later turn to snow, the focus will. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. a police are on the scene of a homicide in cam