rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. what is this about snow? >> a little bit tomorrow. another storm system next wednesday night. >> how long? >> until it is done. schoolhington lee high weatherbug camera. a beautiful morning. a few high clouds during the day. temperatures into the lower 40's. a beautiful day. a cold and calm night. 44 is the official high temperature. one degree below average. 64 degrees in washington. 41. that is from the cold air coming in tonight. temperatures take a bit of a plunge. make this evening, we will the drop. by morning we will range between 21 and 27 degrees. look at air temperatures. eight above in detroit. 12 in indianapolis. 11 in chicago. that is how we will get from 41 into the lower 20's. that is pushing south to the gulf of mexico. there is only a weak system coming across the states. that is the reason why we do not have a dusting from system number one. it pushes to our southeast tomorrow. the dusting up to an inch at most. cloudy to start the day on saturday. that will sweep the country to our north. the futurecast captures thi

rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. new at 6:00, paul is fighting back. affairsound an internal report. it highlights a lack of training of a rookie firefighter who refuse to help when he collapsed. that information was not included on a public report. they say that is because they have not verified it. what is the benefit to begin by releasing certain segments of it? >> firefighters involved in the case will go before the department's board. an unsolved homicide in woodbridge. they are handing out flyers. they're hoping that someone knows who killed brenda. store shotntering a and killed her and wounded a coworker. a hillary clinton considers run for the white house. we are getting a new look on the behind the scenes work that shaves her public image. at this comes from thousands of pages of public documents. scott is here with what we have learned. specific.ges, to be a covers everything from health care to the handling of saddam hussein. is about hillary clinton. she is seen as a front-runner for president. as we get more insight , we look at this. >> hillary expressed a desire to sh

rebecca cooper explains. a family-owned business that likes to offer reliability. they have been open every day since the snow. some customers even using the store as a refuge while their own office is closed. >> we offer a lot of services that you can operate your business from here. business has definitely been hurt by the weather. people cannot come to pick up their projects and we do not get paid. some stores just hoping to be seen over the snow. businesses have paid big for the bad weather. bethesda, snow shovels, sleds, and deicing equipment are selling well. items ranging from barbecue equipment to home improvement supply. up.ight as well close it >> some cold weather hot items are hard to keep in stock. their andooking over it was not on the shelf where it was supposed to be. i consider myself lucky. i'd be really lucky if there was no storm. >> there are some businesses profiting from the snow. obviously, companies that charge for snow removal. also a company who says to ditch are eager d.c. for the grand cayman's. >> it is tired and depressing and cold an

rebecca cooper will show us all about it. >> there are some winners and losers for more losers. the storms are costing the u.s. economy $15 billion. look over my shoulder at this store. it is hard to draw window shoppers into the store when the snow was still higher than the window and doors. this is a family owned business that likes to offer reliability. they have been opened every day since the snow. some customers reducing the storm as a refuge. serviceser a lot of that you can operate your business from here. >> business has definitely been hurt by the weather. >> it has cost us money. people can come to pick up their projects. with youar dealerships customers to stores hoping to be seen over the snow, businesses have paid big for the bad weather. and icingls, sleds, equipment are selling well. added neighborhoods -- added neighborhoods. >> pretty much. >> some cold weather height items -- hot items are hard to keep in stock. >> they are there like there is supposed to be. i consider myself lucky. i would be more lucky if there are no more storms. >> some businesses are pro

here in the studio with us right now is rebecca cooper. written a book called "diets don't work." she's also founded rebecca's house, eating disorders and treatment program. and i have to say i agree, diets don't work. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> so tell me how you came up with the idea for the book. i think that you probably had an eating disorder yourself? >> yes. after years of recovery, i actually started working with people who had problems with -- at first it was more like yo-yo dieting and i realized that the devastation that's caused by the failed diets wias having a big impact on people's self-esteem, along with setting them up to get into disordered eating. i found out too that dieting actually changes the brain chemistry and some people progress into eating disorders. >> when did you recognize this in yourself? >> in myself, not until i had years of recovery, years of recovery did i start -- in fact a lot of this information is new. we didn't even know about how the brain was involved in the eating disorder. >> so tell me a lit

rebecca cooper will show us all about it. >> there are some winners and losers for more losers. the storms are costing the u.s. economy $15 billion. look over my shoulder at this store. it is hard to draw window shoppers into the store when the snow was still higher than the window and doors. this is a family owned business that likes to offer reliability. they have been opened every day since the snow. some customers reducing the storm as a refuge. serviceser a lot of that you can operate your business from here.

rebecca cooper is following the latest developments and will have much more on this coming up at 6:00. to getther is fighting medical marijuana approved in the state of maryland. she says that it will help her twin boys who are battling severe epilepsy. colorado gave this to her daughter and says it helped with her seizures. >> time now to check on the traffic situation tonight. here's the traffic center with the details on this friday. hi, bob. >> a couple of problems on i-95 in maryland southbound at the 212 grade there was a crash that should be out of the roadway now. still, a lot of volume. in college park, plenty of volume there, as well. very slow heading out toward centreville. routeh on 123, south of 50. that is in the process of clearing. i-95 south from springfield just some volume delays. here is some traffic now. if you can see the volume headed away from us on the inner loop. westbound 66 headed and out toward centreville. all little bit of volume out there, as well. have a great weekend. >> you too. thank you so much. trying to save a beloved bagel shop in alexandria. a

this is "washington business report" with abc7 national correspondent rebecca cooper.ness and finance in the washington region.. wasng up, widad mouthg a dumb move for a corporate ceo. he has forcehis company do it do complete 0. and embrace google less. will tell you why and how. first, let's look at the week in rereview. it was dramatic, blustery, and kept people guessing. this week, the weather was the big headline. interest rates will ay low for some time. th could mean money for some businesses. these snow shovelers had no choice but to get to work for it there was no placeo get breakfast or snow essentials. >> it was miserable. >> there is no place to get coffee. >> he says he has to take advantage of a good d time to sell. >> we are en every day to bring fun to bethesda and the surrounding areas. >> and tracy is trging knee-deep through snow. she says her company made sure its employees came in. they were expecting a lot of insurance claims. >> a little cold for theecko. >> beyond losses, this snow meant a lot ofost busine. retailers, restaurants, and businesses

cooper,g live, rebecca abc seven news thank you. coming up, doug is checking more winter weather heading this way. what to expect overnight. gets ready to face off in sochi. abc >> the annual democratic retreat. the president said congress needs to raise the minimum wage and pass immigration reform. ourselves to remind that there are people behind the statistics. there are lives being impacted. >> the president get around. tonight he's in california. we are here with would hundred $60 million. before the present lebron california, he had a message for the first lady. >> the president tweeted a picture with a message. here is the truth here at michelle obama is still the best valentine. the first lady also tweeted a picture with the message hey barack, i will always be your valentine. >> there you go. how sweet. you will always be our valentine a matter what the weather. like you are so sweet. i do not deserve that. we have one more little go around tonight. i will tell you what to expect. here we go. doug champ high school. sunrise

rebecca, the weather is cooperating. people have something to look forward to with the super bowl coming. >> that's true. a lot of folks have been looking at the forecast changing. we went from seeing forecasts for snow and temperatures in the teens to pouring down rain, then to dry, and now the system, the weather system we have been watching is slowly but surely making its way to the east coast. you can see in the north-east that it is well north of morningstar mann. but when we talk about statistics, february 2nd. got the closest place. we have good weather records. newark, liberty, international airport. the coldest it's been on february the 2nd is minus 2 degrees. that happened in 1961. we look at the highest amount of precip, 2.36 inches, happening in 1973, and we had the greatest snowfall at 3.26 inches. we are getting a forecast of snow. here is why. we have a storm system moving in. it's well north of manhattan. as we get into the temperatures, it's 40 in new york, 46 in washington d.c. we have mild air in the s