right now as we look at reagan national airport, i don't know, pretty slow going right now. national was among the airports with the highest number of cancellations on thanksgiving eve and the real test will be sunday when washingtonians who left town for the holiday return home. >> i'm glad i'm not going to be there to be honest with you. >>> shoppers in virginia packed into tysons corner mall for deep discounts this black friday. look at all the people trying to get in. it was crazy and crowded, sales up to 50% off in many stores. a mall spokesperson says there does seem to be higher traffic than last year. that could be because of the silver line. let's go down to laurel, maryland. at wall mark the parking lots were full, but a bit less. at tanger outlet mall even some door buster deals were still available. >>> if black friday is too much for some, cyber monday will continue to dish out the deals thanks to an internet always open for business. cyber monday is a little easier on shoppers, but that doesn't mean it is a breeze. it is a day for retailers and consumers, a big

still 40 at reagan national airport. 37 now in manassas. the overnight, as these winds diminish and skies clear, we'll see overnight readings between 23 and 31 degrees by early tomorrow morning, probably making it the coldest overnight period we've had this season to date. tomorrow, i mean, it looks beautiful. sunshine. but temperatures way below our average high of 59. only 41 to 46. we'll check out sunday with hail. next seven days as we go searching for warmer temperatures in just a few minutes. of appeals court here in washington has rejected a new challenge to the affordable care act. of catholic nonprofit organizations argued the opt-out contraceptionhe mandate is inadequate. a three-judge panel disagreed in decision.s earlier this year, the u.s. supreme court ruled certain thenesses are entitled to same accommodations as religiously affiliated groups. and a note to anyone trying to purchase health insurance ebb.gh heb the -- through healthcare.gov. the obama administration says of the website will be shut down overnight as it transit

dulles at 19 degrees. 21 manassas. 27 reagan national airport. i want to show you what our records look like for early tomorrow morning. 223 degrees the forecast at reagan national. the record stands at 18. dulles and b.w.i.-marshall hikely to drop to 18 or 19 degrees and that will break long-standing records at 20. waking up tomorrow morning 15 to 23 for morning temperatures. we will warm back into the 30's. if you like warmer weather and rain, you're going to like what's on the way. we'll have more in a few minutes. >> just imagine dealing with these cold temperatures without heat. well, that's what families at an apartment complex in northeast washington have been dealing with for days now. residents there tell us the temperatures inside the homes dipped into the 40's. right now the heat is on but the folks tell us they're not optimistic it'll stay that way. we'll go live to northeast tonight for that story. why are these people telling you they don't think this is going to stick? >> they are skeptical quite frankly because the heat is intermit

at least 19 flights into reagan national airport are grounded. the weather channel's rick adams is talking to travelers at dulles airport. >> there's a lot of rain. it's yucky here. we've got a family here who will bring us some sunshine. hello, family. so you're the grand mom so i'm giving you a bit of a hug so i don't have a grand mom. >> thank you, it feels good, nice and warm. >> where are you from? >> i'm originally from chicago but i live in williamsburg. >> off to where? >> to see our family in denver our two sons and their family are coming and we're going to ski and have gobble gobble. >> you're a skiing grand mom? >> i think i'll watch. >> just falling down the slope, i'm pretty good at that. did you bring food? >> we brought a bowl of sausage here. >> has it been tough wrangling all these people here? it is the toughest job in the world. >> it is hard to pack for everybody but we're thrilled, we're excited to go. >> let's talk about the weather as well been were you concerned about the weather, the fact we were concerned about snow and

we're already 53 at reagan national airport. not much of a breeze right now. a light north to northwesterly wind, but less than 5 miles an hour. not much of a breeze. temperatures have already made low to mid 50s. that's the reason for my optimism, that we may be able to crack 60 here today. hometown forecast, girl scout hometown in herndon, virginia, 55 degrees at 11:00. high in herndon today right around 60. back to the upper 40s by 8:00 tonight. should you wash the car today? absolutely. no rain in the forecast until probably after thursday. you have a couple of dry days to come. you can take our storm team 4 weather app, download it absolutely free from the google play store or i team store. it has an interactive radar feature with it. hour by hour for tomorrow, even better weather for tomorrow. 30s and 40s first thing tomorrow morning. 60s by lunchtime. high 60s for your monday afternoon and milder still for veterans day on tuesday. the cold air isn't so far away. showers across parts of the great lakes and the upper midwest. that's the leading edge of th

live at reagan national airport, i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >>> tonight in ferguson there are concrete barricades around police headquarters and thousands of national guard members patrolling the streets and city. more than a dozen businesses are in ruin, burned out cars lining the streets and people are on foot following a night of violent demonstrations against the grand jury decision not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson in the death of michael brown. >>> tonight missouri governor jay nixon says they are ramping up the presence of the national guard and they are out in force on the streets of ferguson tonight surrounding that car that just a little earlier tonight was set afire by the mob of protesters on the streets of ferguson, missouri. now three times the number of national guard members are out there as last night when the crowd sort of roared out of control. today in chicago, though, the president once again denouncing the violence. >> that video is incredible. for the first time we are hearing from officer darren wilson. he spoke with abc's george stephanopoulos

she kept her maiden name because no one can pronounce zukunft so people would come through reagan national airportthe uso office and asked what her husband does. all of a sudden, they laid down alms but fran is anything but that. she is very proud to be part of this great organization that we call the uso that serves our members and not just our members but our families as well. there's a family i will call out tonight and that is the family of petty officer brett bates, joined tonight by his wife leanne and joined by his mother and father lisa and mark and his grandfather doyle. [applause] why are we calling out -- brett tonight? many of you may have seen the movie "the guardian." brett bates is one of the guardians of the coast guard. he jumps out of perfectly good helicopters and he did so. it was back in april of 2013, launching over 100 miles south of galveston, texas and there is a fishing vessel foundering in 15 foot seas. normally you lower your rescue down by a hoist and it was too rough to lower him down so he jumps out of a perfectly good aircraft. he swims up to a life raft. then he no

tom costello filed this report on travel conditions from reagan national airport. >> hi, andrea, good day to you. we've got a rain event here at reagan national airport on washington, but it's right on the verge of kind of a rain, a sleet event. and as you look at the major airports up and down the i-95 corridor from washington to baltimore to philly into new york and boston. at the moment, we're looking at mostly kind of a rain and high wind and low ceiling event. because of those low seceilings we're seeing delays in the new york city area. i like to look at the flight aware misery map. we've got delays going on in new york at jfk, at laguardia, newark and also down south in philadelphia. but they're blaming that on the low ceilings. in some cases, going into those airports, we're talking about a three-hour delay or so just because of the low ceilings and the winds. so watch for that throughout the day. that's going to be critical. you know, if we get snow in these airports and we're talking about maybe a couple of inches, these airports are more than able to handle that kind of s w

special trains will run between the cemetery and reagan national airport. be available.will smithsonian station will be closed for security reasons. many streets around the mall will be closed all day tuesday beo wednesday morning so aware if you're planning to head to the city on tuesday. attemptp, learn why an to stop underaged drinking owner of a d.c. hot spot in jail. >> the owner of a d.c. nightclub faces theft charges after an employee confiscated an i.d. thought wasn he underage. steven cheetah talked to the shouldn't bes he punished for simply obeying the law. 14th packs them in nightly. the owner, mark barnes, said he cramped as well recently when he squeezed into a jail cell. for upholdingthat the law, you get locked up. >> this video captured what went august 8. a woman is turned away because bouncers question her i.d. august 10, you see her come back and go in with a friend. the friendts later, comes out and rendezvouses with a third woman. believes she handed the i.d. soman her rightful she could get in. >> the rightful owner came back at some

and aaa just wrapped up a news conferen at reagan national airport to get you ready for next week's big travel rush. airports are becoming more traveler friendly. good morning. welcome to news 4 midkay day. the big travel rush les week away. timing is everything this holiday season. whether you hop on a plane or on the road, you will run into crowds of travelers. live at reagan national airport with more. >> reporte aaa just released their annual travel forecast. and they're expecting the travel volume will be at its highest level since 2007. that's before the economy tanked. they belie travel will be up 4.2% this year over last year. most people, 90%, will travel by car. but they say air travel will be up as well. good news at the pump. a gallon of gas is less than three dollars in many places. >> well, this is nice for while it's lasting, you kno until it change again. >> while it is unclear how long it will last, at least the lower prices come at a good time. according to aaa, most people headed out of town for thanksgivi wil be driving. >> the current national average price for gaso

we can't wait to get on the table tomorrow. >> and right now at reagan national airport, the departure delays are on average 33 minutes. and the two minutes, we will not see any delays to speak of. right at this hour. however if you are coming to the airport to pick up somebody coming here or if you yourself are headed to the northeast, you'll definitely want to call the airlines first. reporting live from reagan national, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> now that's great news from there. >> yeah, it really is. >> let's take a look at the scene from the traffic cameras stationed around the area as this will be 270 at 109 in maryland. doesn't look like a whole lot there. this is 270 in clarksburg and again as we just showed you that it will be a bird's eye view of the traditions at reagan national. >> it's another big story tonight that we're following with the franchise quarterback. they benched robert griffin iii in favor of the third string quarterback. the head coach told the quarterbacks individually and then the team this morning. what happened? >> reporter: well jan one of the reasons

clear skies yesterday allowed reagan national airport to drop all the way down to 32 degrees yesterday, the first freeze of the year at national airport. yesterday, of course, was november 15th. a year ago the first freeze at reagan national was on november 13th. just about average for us to get our first freeze in the middle parts of november. for now, cloudy skies, down to reagan national, a cloudy start. all we've been able to muster outside. south breeze at eight miles per hour. count count on a big spring up in temperatures. right now it's 32 in a lot of neighborhoods, in front ro leesburg and dulles. 36 at fort meet. 40 degrees in lorton, 38 at joint base andrews. hourly temperatures for the next couple hours, everyone will climb out of the 30s and into the 40s before lunchtime. cloudy, temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. 48 and clouds today compared to 45 and sunshine yesterday. so if you're putting your outfit together, you'll need your nice fall coat ready to go. a few sprinkles between 7:00 and 9:00. light rain after 9:00 or 10:00. in all likelihood you'll wake up to wet ro

at, big plans also under way reagan national airport. it's part of a sharing program at dulles. $1 billion in improvements are the way. it includes new construction of a parking garage and a new commuter concourse. the metropolitan washington airports authority says the new necessary tol be accommodate the 20 million reaganexpected to use national in 2015. an estimated 2.4 million more are expected to travel through reagan national in 2015. alison!reat trip, >> sounds good, kai. thank you. peep while, you can -- meanwhile, you can call it a holiday gift. officialsort announced they are offering the 30-minutes free. they hope it will help drivers the busy terminal roadways. a they say the third time is charm. still ahead, the third time this to give something back. >> but first, a government agency hacked. how it could >> breaking news coming in from west virginia where a federal grand jury has indicted the former ceo in connection with mine explosion that killed 29 people. don blankenship is the former company and is facing a number of c

now, 57s temperatures is the value at reagan national airport. 54 in frederick. 58 degrees in quantico and down theup east coast are pretty comfortable for early november. the colder air continues across northern maine and the upper great lakes. we will get a taste of the cooler temperatures after the cold front. we are talking thursday night and friday. until then, temperatures close to 70 in spots today. that will be our weather tomorrow. high-pressure to our south. the circulation around the high is clockwise. wind from the southwest. tonight, while it will be chilly, it will not be frosty or freezing cold. seeednesday, we expect to temperatures close to seven degrees -- 70 degrees. they found us of cloudiness from time to time. mostly sunny. definitely pleasant weather conditions around the area. at sunrise time tomorrow, we will be in the 40's. day, we are going to climb close to 70 degrees. very pleasant weather indeed south and west of town. be 72 degreesay in fredericksburg, 72 in culpeper. the bottom line for the entire metropolitan area will be just fine. partly cloudy. tempe

. >> they arrived here at reagan national airport today. here for the children's miracle, including the children's national center here in washington and each child that has a personal story. and in the hospital. >> and we have 54 kids who have all been successfully treated at their local children's hospital here in washington, d.c. this week. and they would generate awareness on the need of children's hospital across the country. >> over the next few days, they will share their personal story and first lady michelle obama, that they will be on capitol hill and meet with members of congress and that they will later join the other children from across the country at the celebration in disney world. >>> enjoy the first part of the workweek as temperatures are going to plummet come thursday. erica is coming back wi >>> always watching, always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather. >> and we will be good through veteran's day and then everything starts through. >> yes, but wednesday will still be a nice day, i think. and by most accounts they wo

the auto club released its travel forecast at reagan national airport. that place will be jumping next wednesday. >> yeah. should be crazy. hopefully the weather will be good. as of now, things look good. >> hopefully no delays. it is still a week out. buffalo? >> i know. hopefully the lake effect snow will taper off. cold front coming through, a little colder in frostburg, maryland. 31. weak cold front, winds out of the southwest. fairfax, a lot of clear skies and 50 degrees. time we've seen 50 degrees in about 48 hours. a pretty nice thing. a few clouds. you can see this is where the cold front is. no rain associated. a few high, thin clouds that that is it. it is so comfortable, 52 at reagan national, 45 in gaithersburg, 47 and dulles. not far.r is temperatures into the 20's, 25 in chicago, 26 in detroit. decoder air mass moves in tomorrow. windy, get pretty making it colder. this front is sliding through. if anything you will see a few passing clouds. tonight, temperatures tumble into the lower 20's to around 30 degrees downtown. it is going to be br

we made 71 degrees yesterday at reagan national airport. even though it will be close to 70 at national today, already temperatures back in the 50s out towards the blue ridge. here you go, on storm team 4 radar. nothing to worry about as far as rain's concerned. newest rain drops to us across new york and new jersey. northern in our immediate vicinity. temperatures in the low to mid-50s in the shenandoah valley. 40s in western maryland where we're inching close to 70 along east of i-95. as you expect the kids to come home later this afternoon, temperatures about 62 by 2:00. back into the 50s even in the metro area before 3:00 this afternoon and much chillier weather after that. know where your winter coat is because you're going to need it. it's going to be cold for quite a while. we'll talk about our next chance for rain in our seven day forecast. >>> a woman says she was sexually assaulted after picking up a ride at a commuter lot in prince william county. take a look at the sketch. police are hoping you can help them find the suspect. we

our snowfall total, if you are a storm lover you might want to go west. 51 degrees at reagan national airport. satellite radar, the clouds are in place and now we are waiting for the wind to move in. that will happen over the next couple hours. you can see this listing to the north overnight. tomorrow morning, rush-hour commute, it will be wet out there. the national weather service has posted a winter storm warning for tomorrow, including all the areas in pink. closer to the district, montgomery and fairfax and prince william, this is for tomorrow. advisories, no warnings for southern maryland, the district, arlington, or alexandria. this is the futurecast, giving us a timeline of what to expect. moving through the overnight hours into tomorrow morning. here is the rain settling in around 70, into frederick county. all rain. in the mid day we finally see the switchover a little later than anticipated, talking 3:00 in the afternoon. by that time, most of the moisture will be off to the north and east of us, and that means skies will continue to clear, and the rain and snow will come to a end.

let's show you what we're dealing with. 27 at reagan national airport. winds out of the southwest at about 6 miles an hour. we have breezy conditions across parts of the area. wind chill now 20 in d.c. n. still snow showers towards . that's the big story. lake effect snows right across buffalo region, the airport has reached 3 to 5 inches of snow and south of buffalo, three to that could continue through the day today and could produce more sn. this loop here, 18 hours over look what this does. fred sent me this from just to the east of the look at this snow drift nearly ten feet, that would be pretty cool, at least for one day, low temperatures, 24 in d.c., 16 back towards leesburg. i think dulles will get back broke a record set in 1990. another 20 degrees record set in 1936. so very cold temperatures. at close to it. we will see wind chill in the upper 20s all day long, you need to wear everything on here. only thing you won't need is the umbrella. anything good that did fall would have bee. 37 on wednesda something else going on, want to know the lat

i am confident to say it will not be the case for at least the next seven days. 66 at reagan national airporturg. frederick at 70. gaithersburg at 66. winds moving out of the south and west ahead of a strong cold front. daytime highs in the afternoon, instead we see daytime highs in the morning and falling temperatures in the afternoon hours. to 3ight, 47-53, winds 1 miles per hour, may see patch fog. temperatures will rebound to 60 in gaithersburg. inside the beltway, lower 60's, even middle 60's, but when the cold front moves through you will feel the difference. much colder air is on the way. to the west of us, a cold front is getting ready to move into western pennsylvania, eastern ohio, moving through the daytime hours tomorrow. he will look for strong winds to develop out of the north and west. look at temperatures behind the front. 22 in minneapolis, 21 in duluth. windchill factors make it feel even colder than that, well below the 20-degree mark. 24 hour temperature change, look at the difference. indegree difference indianapolis. if you could see what they are doing over there. futur

. >>> a live look at reagan national airport and the delay map on flightaware.com. most of the problems to the south but will change tomorrow cancellations are possible from d.c. to new york. some airlines dropping change fees for people flying in and out of northeast. check out the lines inside the national airport earlier today to get through security. expect to see more of this tomorrow on one of the busiest travel days of the year. seems like a lot of people listened to the weather forecast and decided to leave early. >> and tomorrow even if we're getting just rain i think i-95 will be mostly a rain event but if a little bit of know moves in, you know how the beltway could be with the rain, and tomorrow we could get a lot of it. temperatures sitting at 51 degrees, still very warm, would have to go down another 15 degrees before getting snow around our region and we have a ways to go. 35 petersburg, west virginia, that's the cold air trying to move in. the temperatures in frederick have come up in the last couple hours we need them to go down if any of that rain

>> we had over half an inch of rain at reagan national airport. frederick, tacoma park, silver spring all coming in with half an inch of rain. 55 at the airport this hour. winds out of the northwest at five. get ready. we have windy conditions on the way for the day tomorrow and even for day on saturday. we're talking a little bit about wind-chill factor. here we are in d.c. all the action moves off toward the east moving into garrett and allegany counties. we should be dry for the rush hour commute early tomorrow morning. hat is the best news of all. maybe grab a windbreaker wbal-tv 11 news we'll see gusts 25-40 miles per hour. our zone forecast shows the daytime high tomorrow that will make it into the middle to upper 50's. arlington just around 59 degrees. gaithersburg talking about 57. the further west you go, it will become a little bit cooler out there. temperatures that are generally going hold in the upper 50's across martinsburg and charlestown. a good deal of sunshine later in the afternoon hours. the cold front continues to move off tow

could ripple across the country as airlines try to deal with passenger backups much at ronald reagan national airporteter barnes, fox business. >> philadelphia international airport, you know, no exception to that one. my daughter was sitting in houston trying to get here for about 3.5 hours because of what was going on here. >> the weather in houston was beautiful. >> perfect. >> exactly much that's how it happens sometimes, of course, right now we're still dealing with the storm system this nor'easter but the good news, the heaviest of the precip now moving into sections of new england. we still have a few more hours to get through. so it's not o as we focus in on ultimate doppler, you can see north and west of i-95 that's where most of the snow has been throughout the day. so this system is playing out just as expected with mostly rain in sections of south jersey and delaware. but right along i-95 north and west, once you move toward the back to the nation's capitol. so this moisture will continue to head in our direction over the next couple of hours. but once again, temperatures have been critic

. >> this honor flight land eat reagan national airport today from new york carrying nearly 120 world war ii veterans. the entire flight crew was comprised of veterans as well. very cool. kai jackson will have more on that special flight coming up at 5:00 tonight. you may have heard about the concert for valor down on the national mall playing for this veterans day. >> it is going to be a star studded affair. it's expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people and also mean some changes to metro service. >> kennedy is gibson is live along the national mall with all the details. >> if you have ever been on the national mall for inauguration then you have a pretty good sense of what it will be like down here. the mall will be filled with hundreds of thousands of people. today has been all about putting in some last-minute preparations, getting the barricades set, getting the stage set. in fact, as you zoom in right now you can probably hear someone doing a dress rehearsal. just about an hour ago the singer jesti jay was on stage for dress rehearsal. this is for something called the co

people raced to reagan national airport to get out ahead of the storm. do you doug will break down the timing for us. >> either the perfect timing or worst timing possible with this storm. the storm system now down to the south and still on the mild side. but it is going to move up from the south and because of that, we've got travel delays that will become likely during the day tomorrow. this will start off as rain overnight tonight but quickly transition to snow, and most of the region, especially west of the i-95 corridor, that's what we're going to be talking about here. that's why we do have a winter storm warning that is in effect for parts of the area. don't know why it's not showing up on my graphic here, but we're talking about loudoun county, frederick county and areas toward the west. a winter weather advisory now includes montgomery county, fairfax county, prince william county and areas to the south. we are expecting some locations to pick up some pretty good accumulation from this in the d.c. metro area. this should be a rain to snow event.

drizzle out there right now. 58 degrees at reagan national airport. winds out of the north at just around three miles per hour. abc 7 liveing at super doppler radar. a break in the action to the us and into prince intoam county to the north williamton.and toward the north and east and still more to cop. tepishs upper 40's to low are 50's. areas of rain likely to become heavy at times especially during the early morning hours. be here earlyill in the morning. temperatures have fallen in the 50's. lets.l 55 manassas. middle 50s in frederick, maryland. satellite and radar. the cold front moves toward the north and east but we have to through all of this moisture just to the the south and west of us. this moves our way during the into -- o night hours during the overnight hours into early morning. it overheaduts during the busy rush hour commute. here we are at 11:00. projected model -- a computer projected model through the overnight hours. yellow over the district into montgomery county. rains.es moderate lifts on out of here. could see a peek of sunshi

here at reagan national airport, it was a relatively busy day. folks trying to get an early jump on the holiday weekend. airport officials are only expecting it to get busier here as well as at dulles airport tonight, tomorrow, and thanksgiving morning. right now they're saying they don't expect widespread delays and cancellations because of the incoming weather. still, they do advise you to try to get an early jump. also some airlines are already offering rebooking and changing fee waivers for travelers. how often does that happen for travelers leaving reagan as well as dulles airports. earlier you can get out of town, the better off you will likely be. same story on the roads. the earlier the better. virginia d.o.t. says they have about 400 trucks ready throughout loudoun, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties to begin treating roads as early as tomorrow morning. maryland didn't o. tfntle says they are -- d.o.t. says they are also ready to goal. if you're traveling you certainly want to check the airports, check the road conditions and

tom roussey now live at reagan national airport. how are flights moving out now? leon, things have finally settled down here after a long day and night. let's check out the flight board to answer your question. most flights appear to be on time. most have already landed. we do have one out of laguardia, not supposed to get here for another 20 minutes or so. it was supposed to arrive at 7:00. most folks say this was not as bad as we expected. >> up in new york, there are a ton of flight cancellations. of northern states, it is tough going on the roads. despite the off and on storms, tonight was not bad at all. very lucky. how easyn was shocked it was to drive here from the district. others were amazed too. >> hardly anything. >> we left three hours early thinking the parkway would be backed up. >> although the roads were fine, not all the flights were. this one from pittsburgh delayed more than four hours. >> she is on the ground. we are very excited. >> considering it is the day before thanksgiving. though we residents were rolling out to nashville. >> how is your

reagan national airport, 35 degrees. the wind has started to calm down.the work gusty winds, we had a windchill factor of 35. 35 is a warm spot in the city. 25 right now andrews, 26 dulles. we are all in the 20's, fairly cool night. in, thickening things up. that will insulate us a little bit. the class will be moving in. the wind will also shift out of the south and southwest. throughds shield moving , fairly mild. the cold air is in place. today was out of the north and west. tomorrow it will be more southerly, assuring in the warmer weather. tomorrow will be in the mid 40's. there will be some clouds. futurecast shows the clouds building in tonight, into the morning. passing flurries, could be sunshine peeking through tomorrow. i don't want to discount that because that is a possibility, but overall, clouds win out. once the front moves through, i think by sunday, we are back into the sunshine. mid 50's, pushing 60 degrees. looking good on the extended outlook for the back half of the weekend. 20's tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, sunshine peeking thro

this is a live look right now at reagan national airport. despite some of the snow, it's been fairly smooth for travelers. a few delays or cancellations at all of the d.c. area airports. reagan looked like a ghost town on this get away wednesday. according to the washington air force authority, anxiety over the storm prompted thousands of air travelers to fly yesterday instead. so yesterday ended up being one of the busiest air travel days in years. >>> we have seen that over the years. some spots in northern virginia did get 4 inches of snow today. surae chinn is tracking the conditions in leesburg. >> reporter: drivers have been handling it well in loudoun county, but there is concern of temperatures falling and a refreeze on the roads. >> it's wet. it's going to be bad if it freezes tonight. >> not bad in the afternoon, but mid-morning was dangerous. >> it's slick. slushy, a lot of vehicles going slow. >> david webb has been up for two days prepping and clearing the snow. >> 11:00, started sleeting and turned over to snow. and then within

this is the reality for drivers along interstate 76 in philadelphia and at reagan national airport. st wave of weather that will impact millions of people over the next 12 hours. nbc meteorologist bill karens joins me now with more on the national forecast. bill, what are we expecting? >> well, andrea, we're getting to the heart of this storm. it's almost getting to the

this is one of the longer lines i have ever seen at reagan national airport. clearly a lot of people not taking any chances with the potential storm that could be coming tomorrow. amanda and her 8-month-old puppy darla able to change their flight to indianapolis and get out of town early. >> we changed our flight because the weather is supposed to be bad tomorrow so i wanted to make sure i got home. and it's been a process today. >> reporter: on the rails, this is amtrak's busiest travel period. a new train tracking map is available, so travelers can see exactly where their train is and when it will arrive. and back here now live along the southeast-southwest freeway. as you see a lot of people going nowhere fast. and coming up in my next report at 6:00, so many people will be out here driving, they'll be tempted to tap on their phone. what about technology that disables the phone while driving? hear about that. reporting live in the district, adam tuss, news4. >>> now to the fallout from ferguson. more protests took place here and across the country today. st

we take you live to reagan national airport tonight and it's a good thing all those lights and travelers are trying to get out of town tonight and not tomorrow. >> mola joins us live from outside the airport. mola, i imagine it's busy out there already, huh? >> yeah, here at reagan, folks are trying to get an early jump on what is always a busy holiday travel weekend. and now as topper just told you, it might be a messy one. >> it was pretty busy today at reagan as well as dulles airport. airport officials are only expecting things to get busier tonight, tomorrow, and thanksgiving morning. right now, they don't expect widespread delays and cancellations because of out incoming weather. still, some airlines are offering waivers on rebooking and changing fees for travelers leaving from reagan and dulles. the earlier you can get out of town, the better off you'll likely be. early is better. virginia d.o.t. says they have 400 trucks ready throughout loudoun, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties to treat roads as early as monday morning. if you are planning on getting out of town, t

plane load of folks, they better not be coming in from miami or they'll hate this trip. 43 at reagan national airportes per hour. a hint of a windchill out there. upper 30s and low 40s. with all the cloud coverage, don't for expt a big change in temperatures. only to the mid and upper 40s today. a chance for a few sprinkles west of the metro area this afternoon. light rain after about 8:00 this even is where the rain is coming from. light snow early this morning, northern-most maryland, western maryland, that's on its way out. in about eight to ten hours, the 6:00 to 10:00 rain arrival times in around town. a few sprinkles possible, 2:00 to 6:00 this evening, loudoun county towards the blue ridge could get a few sprinkles there, in and around town i think 6:00 to 10:00 will be our best chance to start seeing light rain. you can always follow me on instagram and twitter. send me interesting weather photos. cloudy skies today. here comes a little chance for showers after about 7:00 tonight. the real issue this whole week, after the rain tomorrow, the real issue will be the cold. tuesday's high only 36.

. >> i think it's reagan national airport. >> i can't tell the runway from the highway now. >> it lookse the fog is sitting on top of the airport. let's check in with tom kierein. weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. tom, can't see out there. >> looks like the final scene of "casablanca" the sun breaking out quickly. all sunny through the refuse of the afternoon. low 60s around 1:00. then by 5:00 p.m., it gets dark again. winds will be blustery today, gusting to 20 miles per hour by later this morning and during the afternoon. the winds diminish tonight. cool evening. in the 40s by 11:00 p.m. by this time tomorrow morning, we'll be in the cold 30s. should be above freezing. but that commences an extended period of cold weather. look how long that will next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. >>> it is nasty. take a look at virginia. 95 northbound at gordon boulevard. very, very foggy. be careful as you head out this morning. beltway at colesville road, not seeing much fog. of course that could change throughout the morning. 66 and 95 as tom has been saying really nasty at this poin

this is our camera phone old town alexandria. 39 degrees at reagan national airport. that cold front early this afternoon has now moved off. what a refreshing change we had today. 56 degrees was our high at the airport. belowow, we are back average. it is going to be another cool day with temperatures in the 30's. gaithersburg now at 32. rhetoric looking at 36 degrees. right at freezing in markets burg -- martinsburg. thisle-per-hour winds hour. that gives a windchill factor in the 20's. we will keep windchill is in the upper teens to lower 20's late tonight. the bus stop, you are going to want to bundle up. forecast lows tomorrow, 22 at leesburg, 25 in gaithersburg. bowie lookinges, at temperatures in the middle 20's. this is our futurecast. no problems in the overnight. mainly clear skies. off to the west of us, we are going to look for a cold front. the warm front is going to be our big story. --t is going to revive arrive on sunday and eventually bring us rain showers across the mid-atlantic. moves onarm front through, temperatures will be in the 60's. for the day

freezing most of michael and so the washington monument to the left, 37 degrees, mostly clear at reagan national airportut clouds will build in heading into the overnight hours. it won't be breezy anymore. that's a good piece of good news, those blustery winds are settling down, but because the winds are settling down we'll see temperatures dipping as cold as they did last night. that milder trend starts tomorrow. back into the 50s by sunday. so it will definitely be milder for this time of year. a few shower are possible monday, but because of that milder air those showers will be falling as rain and not as snow or ice, good news there. it's 30 degrees right now in hagerstown and leesburg. it's 27 in manassas and 33 degrees in annapolis. you can see on satellite and radar those few snow showers to the north and west are not holding together as they make their way over the mountains, a little contrast to that quick little burst of snow showers that we had early in the morning. it put down just a little dusting. it wasn't a big deal, but now we have a warm front lifting through that will bring an end to

werth gnome among a butch of other things designed at -- bunch of other things designed at reagan national airportd structure institution. the cans will be donated to arlington food pantry, very creative stuff going on there. >>> speaking of creative we got some stuff for you tonight, high school football and basketball college style. how small is wagner college? if you multiplied the student body by 10, it still wouldn't equal maryland. terps versus wagner is a mismatch, sort of like our newscast versus all the rest. we're way up here. everybody else is way down here. that's what i'm talking about. college basketball opening night at the xfinity center. look at dez wells. he says i ain't a player. i just flush them out. terps up 26. i tell you if this was an election, it would be mondale versus reagan, a landslide. maryland wins 82-48. let's move on. preseason ranked 16th in annapolis rams, bcu beats tennessee 85-69 in annapolis. that's the hoops story. >>> now we turn to high school football. let's get the spirit popping, quince orchard pom squad. ladies, take us to the break. make us stronger.

a record daytime high at reagan national airport, but it will not last much longer. g changes on the way. >> thank you, happy thanksgiving. >> the average for this date is 55 degrees. not only reagan national got to 70, but he much every reporting stations all temperatures at 70 or above, including dulles in gaithersburg and frederick, 72 the high. 75 the high in fredericksburg. lexington park a high of 73. now we stand at 68, the wind out of the south southwest at 15. there is not a wind chill, but wednesday into thursday, you will feel the chill in the air. mostly clear and mild, the temperatures will fall into the upper 40's, lower 50's. the wind will be out of the west at 5-10. at this point, i know you have heard us talk about this coastal storm. the, going to develop. it is not there right now. two pieces of energy off to the upper northwest. across colorado, these converge wednesday.into that will lead to the coastal storm that will likely bring us the winter weather across the mid-atlantic. will it be a huge snowstorm we are watching? no, it is not going to be

the wind gusts are still pretty strong. 31 miles per hour recorded at reagan national airport in the past hour. 29 at washington dulles. winds will diminish. and the combination of diminishing winds and clear skies will yield cold temperatures. mostly sunny and cold in the morning. metro area temperatures waking up, 31 in leesburg. 32 in gaithersburg. 35 in bowie. 31 degrees manassas and 37 in arlington. better news for the weekend. a little warmup begins. we'll track the warming and the chill coming next week. part of our seven-day forecast in a few minutes, leon. >> thank you, doug. mark warner will continue to represent the commonwealth of virginia in the u.s. senate. this afternoon his republican challenger ed gillespie conceded without requesting a recount. gillespie had trailed warner by about 17,000 votes out of more than 2 million cast. the virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg was there for the announcement. i don't think this is the last we'll hear of gillespie in virginia politics, is it? >> not at all. the buzz is already building he is the republican front-runner for the r

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degreesudy overhead, 65 up the river at reagan national airport. a few little batches of rain starting to show up on the radar just west of metro washington. this is developing ahead of a cold front. rain coming of across fairfax and southern portions of loudoun county. there will be more and more as the evening and overnight progress. temperatures are very comfortable, low to mid 60's at 5:00. 61 in frederick. quantico at 60 degrees, 63 in morningside. through the overnight the areas of rain will become more widespread and rain will be heavy at times as the winds come out of the east about five miles per hour. in the morning, some very chilly temperatures, 48-53 degrees. not a comfortable start to your thursday morning. the trajectory in the atmosphere is coming straight at us. it's all moving right towards our area so we will have the rain. it looks as though after the rush hour it should begin to taper off. by midday it should pretty much be over. this is a computer simulation of the atmosphere. a pretty wide area of rain. around midnight, start

we are live at reagan national airport. okay. now we're seeing the crowd behind you picking up. how's it going? >> well, fred, just a little bit. actually senator john mccain leave here a few minutes ago. a lot of people come into washington d.c. on monday so monday can be a busy travel day, too. what we're seeing, people are moving through these lines much faster. tsa has done a lot to improve these systems. we have seen smooth sailing for many of the travelers. we have heard that 90% of the travelers for this weekend are traveling by car going by road and that's a lot busier. the roads are a lot busier because gass prices have fallen dramatically. people may find bottlenecks when they are in the big city. >> oh my goodness. we're wishing the best to all traveling. thank you so much. jennifer gray has the forecast. >> fred, if you are traveling back today, should be much better compared to wednesday when people are trying to get to thanksgiving. nothing that is going to slow you down. we are seeing temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. 76 in dallas. very cold air is going to sta

washington's official records are kept at reagan national airport. but it isthere, brutally cold. temperatures in the teens from pittsburgh to detroit. minneapolis right now, the core of cold air moving in, in the 20's across the entire area. suburban degrees for a , average temperature and through the afternoon, we will warm up in a measured way. still 22 degrees low average. will come through, so only in the upper 30's with sunshine, but then we turn it around as the arctic air starts to retreat. that will bring temperatures to the upper 50's and we will hit the upper 60's and perhaps 70 degrees. >> for once, we will all be looking forward to monday. >> even though it was cold outside, i spend the days with some warm hearts. it was a day to recognize the generosity of others. the association of fundraising professionals gather today at the capitol for their 13th annual philanthropy day. they came together to honor philanthropists and fundraisers who manage to improve the quality of life of people in this area in so many important ways of stop we learn more about the matter and n

even more so a little bit later tonight. 58 at reagan national airport, 54 at dulles, the farther west you go, the lower the temperatures get. we also have some wind out there of 10,ined wind speed 12, 13 miles an hour. we have had a few higher gusts. clear skies and very dry cold air is in place. 30-38 will be the range of temperatures around the area by early tomorrow morning. temperatures just to the south are mild, 71 in raleigh, north carolina. it's so obvious what happened, little more to the west gives you more into the core of this cold air. the air mass does moderate and get warmer. we will get a big chill, but nothing at that level. later in the winter it will happen, but not quite yet. we will enjoy some sunshine tomorrow morning and then clouds will increase ahead of the second cold front. that may lead to some isolated showers east or south of the city tomorrow afternoon and maybe a touch of snow shower activity later tomorrow night. , it keepsis cold air resupplying and pushing south. that's why we are confident there will be a prolonged period of lower temperatures here.

the campus of montgomery college, 32 degrees currently. 39 in frederick. 39 degrees at reagan national airport with clear skies. we will drop to the 30's this evening ending the overnight we are going to tank out. that is going to yield 15 degrees on the thermometer on the morning. there is a warm-up for the weekend. we will have the timing of that in a couple of minutes. street after street buried in snow in buffalo this afternoon and right now rain is in the forecast and it is ranking concerns about foding. we are in buffalo with the latest on that storm. leon, it just started snowing again. we were told the brunt of the snowfall is over. on thes so much snow ground, you can see people stuck on the side street over there. to digtrues trying through these mountains of snow to get the people who are stranded and so much snow. that is causing the greatest number of problems around here. with up to seven feet of snow is onng roads, the race in western new york to rescue people and save home from collapsing. ems crews using this machine to free victims who are trapped. others shoveling off their

on thursday the weather will be an issue, but not until then. , not far way the reagan national airport report 60 degrees and southern southeasterly wins that are responsible for the numbers. 72 in manassas and culpeper. 66 in the nations capital. dropping into the upper 50's , the overnight hours are dropping down to 54 by the morning hours. big changes in the weather pattern with an impressive looking cold front on thursday. we will have the timing and the impact coming up in a few minutes. >> folks have seen the empire state building lit up four different colors, tonight it will shine either red or blue based upon which party gained control of the senate. we might not know what the answer to that question is going to be until the end of the evening tonight. scott freeman is live in the d.c. capital bureau with a look at some of the key races he will be watching tonight. >> you are right, this could be a nailbiter that lasts well into the evening, if not beyond. this is where the focus is tonight. if the senate is the balance of power we will be filling in the empty spots as the races

they flew from jfk new york to reagan national airport. >> it's a chance for jetblue to give back, showing that sort of leadership that we know all veterans have. it's absolutely the right thing to do. >> the crew members on board were former service members. >> thanks. up, and hazard that has sent hundreds of children to the hospital. >> and a virginia plane crash, including -- an update on a virginia plane crash, including the identity of the man killed. >> >> you are watching abc seven news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling, chief meteorologist doug hill weather, and tim brant sports. this is abc seven news side. >> a u.s. congresswoman's dcc home was broken into and her husband comes home stilld the thief is inside. >> jennifer donelan is their life with details. p.m., exactly the as fridayof evening night when this happened. you see how dark it is at 5:30 p.m. we only have headlights and taillights. and that is when the criminal struck. what a week it was for ofgresswoman rosa delauro connecticut. last tuesday, she was reelected to her 13th the term in office. 72 hours later,

and our local airports, he joins us from reagan national. >> jim, there have been delays. we still have frozen precipitation. i want to show you and get a good look at the light there and what is falling at reagan national. for, some the snow was a welc e welcomed sight. the flag flies in the cold wind and snow. outside dulles international. while inside collin admires it. collin is on his way to atlanta. >> what do you think about this? it is just the snow? >> yes. >> driving to the airport it was nice. >> while it may have looked nice, the weather up and down the east coast has caused delays and cancellations. the family from vienna trying to get to indianapolis but their flight out of reagan national was coming from rochester and now, yep, canceled. >>. >> i cancel, what you are doing? >> eat. >> not a bad idea. but 10-year-old nicole looking forward to her grand mother's cooking. >> i like the mashed potatoes and cornbread. >> the runways are just wet and most flight operations are running normally. >> and back here now live at reagan national airport, you know this is

here's a live look now outside reagan national airport. planes are being de-iced out there today. 69 flights at reagan national were canceled because of the weather. things are a bit better at dulles. only eight flights were scrapped so far. and at bwi marshal, all but four flights have gotten out. >> we have teams across our region tonight tracking the impact this weather is having on your flight, roads, and the rest of your holiday weekend. >> we start with adam tuft at reagan national where for some vacation is starting with a long wait, adam. >> that's right. certainly delays and cancellations on the board here at reagan national. right now we have a rain and snow mixture coming down. it's just plain cold out here. yeah, a lot of people have had to sit and wait. at times the snow has been steady. an opaque looking flight control tower telling the story and families like this family from vienna trying to get to indianapolis caught in the middle. bags and all. their 2:00 flight from reagan national canceled and this is just the beginning