richard reeve, abc 7 news. management has announced that columbia mall will reopen tomorrow at 1:00. personal who left property in the mall's common areas were allowed to pick up their belongings today at the pnc building. emergency situation that is related to property left inside the mall encouraged to call the mall's public safety office. the number is on your screen. stay with abc 7 news and wjla.com as we follow the latest on this shooting. look for breaking news updates on our social media platforms, facebook and twitter. we will turn to the weather. we have one school delay already to pass along for tomorrow. frederick county public schools in virginia will operate on a two-hour delay on monday. i imagine as we go into tuesday we will probably hear a lot of delays and possible cancellations. >> absolutely. it will be because of the extreme windchill factors on the way come tuesday morning. we will have windchill that will make it feel about 10 to 20 degrees colder than that. right at freezing at dulles i

live in arlington, richard reeve. >> you will be in that truck in about two seconds. take it easy, we will see you soon. as temperatures drop and roads ice over, they can get dangerous. the effects stretch up and down the east coast. roz plater is in arlington with a look at that angle. >> we did a lot of driving tonight over the area. we found on the main roads, like 495, they look good. i would give them in a. when you venture off the main roads to the side roads like this one, that is when things get dicey. if you're out trayvon this late, probably you encountered a little bit of this. slick scots -- spot off the main road. >> i have no trouble getting around. >> is as some of what we found in northern virginia. pristine, untouched side roads. >> i live on north royal. it is i see. cy.re is a hell -- it is i there is a hill. you have to be careful. >> everything is re-freezing. we are constantly going over what we did previously to keep the driving safe. >> as bad as things were, it was worse in other areas of the country. roads weren't icy slick mess. at least 11

richard reeve is live in arlington tonight. drivers are dealing with ice and snow, but what about project files -- projectiles thrown at your car? for road weary drivers, tired of ice and snow, there is a new hazard on the gw parkway. >> it is kind of disturbing. >> according to a police memo, something hard enough to break windows. >> we need to catch the guy. that's hard police are investigating 16 incidents taking place since last august. someone is firing projectiles from an unknown weapon/mechanism . >> it is very scary. >> this cabdriver says it has happened to him. the side panel got pretty gained pretty good last year. >> the kids were throwing stones, smash my window. >> there are already enough hazards on the roads at this time of year. >> at least 11 of these incidents have happened off 395, most of them in the past month or so. arlington. in armynths after retired ranger was found dead inside his him, police in prince william county make an arrest. they found his body in november. a friend arrived at his home and fo

richard reeves. a very active investigation. we are being told by sources that police are executing a search warrant after the dimon -- gunman's house. about possible explosives or weapons inside of the mall and that is why it is completely shut off of. it is closed down tonight. mall is nowolumbia a crime scene. >> it is so close. you could hear the gunshots. >> the gun fire at 11:50 a.m. left 23-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson dead. both were employees at zumiez, a skate shop. >> i heard get it down. are still shaking. she tried to alert her coworkers. >> i heard more than 10 gunshots. from the time i got downstairs to upstairs, i heard shots. >> an arm of heavily armed police officers got there in minutes as people were running out. >> there was a mass of people running saying there is a shooter. >> officers found the deceased victims and the suspect dead by a gunshot self-inflicted wound. >> he was obviously dad. -- dead. >> a chaotic scene. many a shelter for more than an hour hoping they were safe. b

in leesburg, richard reeve. >> challenging indeed. in maryland, the dot is operating out of the snow emergency plan in several counties. that includes frederick county. time -- tom roussey is there with the latest. >> the snow has finally stopped. if it looks like it is snowing ultimate, that is because is falling off the trees. this is the main drag through downtown, looking pretty good -- go to sites greets looking pretty good. you go to sidestreets, and you see more snow. as the afternoon came to evening, the snow started laying on the grass and trees and finally on the roads. as the inches kept piling up in frederick, for many it was time to get to work. he says some storms can make you want to do this. he he felt fine tonight as went out to shovel for folks. >> the gentleman right here has a bad heart and cannot do it. i said i would do it for him. the lady next door is like 70, so i do it for her as well. parking lotto keep ice free. -- tonight, his job got harder. with the snow emergency in effect, plows worked to keep roads cl

it was organized by my colleague richard reeves.e are delighted to have so many wonderful experts here to talk about this issue all day. if we are going to put social mobility on the agenda in the united states and figure out what to do about it, we need help from people in public life. it is a tremendous honor to have someone with us today to begin to help us address these questions. senator gillibrand was first assigned by the governor after hillary clinton left her post. she was elected on her own in 2010 for a six-year term. she has worked on all kinds of issues. i have read her biography and there are so many there that i cannot begin to list them all. i think she is best known for her advocacy of ending sexual assault in the military. some people have referred to her as the next hillary clinton. harry reid, very uncharacteristically, once referred to her as the hottest member of the democratic caucus. i can't imagine senator reid saying that but evidently he did. as the mother of two young children and one of only 20 women in

richard reeve is live with road crews getting ready. -- use a clichÉ, this is the calm before the stormhe salt dome right now in northeast washington. you can see how some of these devices are moving salt and sand into the plow trucks. one of the issues they are not as concerned about is the roads are wet right now. that is a good thing. some of these will stick later on when this starts to freeze. they use a combination of salt and sand on the roads. over here we want to show you. here are the trucks getting ready to go. we will have about 200 trucks to once the road starts freeze and they get significant snowfall. they are looking later on for that to happen. right now is a preparation game hoping they will be ready in time for the storm. back to you. >> let's look at how the weather is. how is it been for you? aret is quite white if you driving north on i 270 northbound. you can see the overpass. snow covering the skip lines. that has been the story. the snowfall rates ramp up three a lot of secondary roads downright dangerous and i see. everybody is going slower. wet pavement, lots

richard reeves writes about this in his book. it got mentioned as well in mine they were called out and they thought tip o'neill was going to give them strategy about how to move forward during this tragedy and talk about how the democratic approach would be so much better than ronald reagan's approach. instead, o'neal gathered them together and got up in front of the microphone. he said to them, today we are not democrats. today we are americans and if anybody criticizes the commander in chief in this time of crisis for our country you won't have ronnie reagan to answer to. you will have tip o'neill. and you don't want to have to answer to me. and with that, he was out of the room. for those of you who remember how tip o'neill ran the house of representatives, i don't have to tell you the rest of the story. nobody said anything until ronald reagan and tip o'neill spoke a few weeks later. reagan thanked him and then they commence the debate. and reagan could do that and o'neal could do that because they put their country before t

richard reeves was there. he is outside with the mood. the mall is not normally an act of solidarity or strength or courage but today was different. there were thousands of shoppers here and among them were two amazing women. thought -- i am glad. >> this was her first glance at columbia mall. salon back to the hair and an outpouring of emotion. where saturday she heard a loud noise from across the hall. >> i heard a bang. you immediately think -- bang. we both knew it was a shooter. ofshe was among hundreds shoppers who returned here today. bitter. better. -- >> and many are determined to shop and meet and be normal again. >> i will not let something like this stop me from coming here again. >> she went back today to get her coat and she got a surprise. >> i ran into my new friend for life. that is stephanie he returned to get her purse and ran into her and amid the panic and fear gave her a car ride. >> she took me in. >> and something else -- courage. >> they are heroes. they make me feel comfortable about coming here again. >> thank y

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