with rein the building at rosslyn. women were looking out the window and we see the crews out there pushing the snow. we have cars still trying to scoot by. that is why we don't want people out there on the roads. it's deceiving. you are seeing pavement and you think it's okay to go owl but we still don't suggest that. crash 395 southbound at washington boulevard. this is an overturned vehicle. this is the bottom of the car. stim in place, 395 southbound. crews helping to clean up. this is why you don't want to be out there. there are still slick spots. g.w. parkway. it was supposed to open at 3:00 p.m. it's still closed and that is till further notice. just northbound spout run to 123. look here. get a look at the crews. this is 66 from vdot trying to push the snow over. a great visual there. again, this is why you should stay off the road. brad bell in mobile track 6 and -- mobile track 7 and he can tell you more about why you shouldn't be out there. brad: i have done a lot of driving today and yesterday. i want to s

they venture into rosslyn apparently they do not leave. larry: do not come here because you will find yourself stranded, clearly. abc 7 has been with you 20 47 before and during this historic lizard. you made the right choice to watch us because we were the only station to stay on the air around the clock. we will be with you as we dig out together. stormwatch team. we are always here every morning in the weekday. nice to be here over the weekend. autria: you enjoy that. we will be right back. jacqui: i want to give you an overview of the storm system and our blizzard of 2016. lots of systems to -- lots of things develop. we got hammered for 36 hours over d.c. with heavy snowfall amounts. this storm system moves up the coast. we are dealing with sunshine across the region. to give you an idea of what has happened not just here but in other parts of the country, we said we were going to be the bull's-eye. this is a map from the national weather service showing snowfall accumulation for this dark gray area. as you head up toward new york cit

let's check to see how it looks right now in the rosslyn section of arlington. joce sterman is outside out for usings right now. what are you seeing out there? joce: well, leon, the roads slowly clearing. people getting out of the way. we know one local business is going to do their part to keep drivers off the road. it's the lost dog cafe in arlington. pizza from them earlier tonight. they usually have 18 drivers on a friday night. them.usiness for they have cut down to just two. they are doing something historic. they have been in business 31 tomorrow and will close for the first time in three decades because of the weather. they don't want their own on the roads. all the things you mentioned. they want to stay clear of everyone else. not going to open tomorrow for the first time. they have the drivers out tonight, a few of them. this is, you know, a family business. the place has been around forever. they had people in today. people who walked from the community in to get a little bit of pizza or exercise, a little bit of fun before the big storm comes in. bu

a tour bus got stuck on rosslyn. and people pitched in helped to shovel the snow around the tires and luckily no passengers at the time. >>> schools are closed in northern virginia as well. cabin fever is setting in. >> the kids will drive you crazy if you don't get them out of the house. it is hard work getting some of the homes in some places. nikki burdine has more. >> reporter: now that the snow has stopped, the real work begins and for many people in northern virginia, it was a rough start. >> what was it like getting out of your house this morning? >> relatively easy paired to the last 48 hours -- compared to the last 48 hours? >> what was that like? >> you don't want to know. how do you put it. it is the kind of -- you couldn't open the front door, so we had to pretty much throw our bodies into the door. >> a tour bus got stuck in rosslyn. it took hours of digging to see any movement. and as if there wasn't enough water already on the roads, a water main break in alexandria just added to the problem. in farlin

area i saw some people in shorts and t-shirts today and rosslyn. tonight, but feels even colder.tained wind 15 to 25. at times when the gusts near 40. feels like it is in the 20's and the colder spots in the northwest. the wind really does not go away. it is not a strong tomorrow as today, but they went back up. the cold front came through earlier today at about 4:00. the wind sticks around. tomorrow the wind is more from a westerly direction. in the wind will start to subside in the morning. the next couple days, tons of sunshine, a breeze. the winds shifting tuesday, not as cold but still chilly. arctic cold mr. front wednesday. reset the forecast now, going back overnight towards the morning. air temperature tomorrow morning,25 to 30. feels colder when you factor in the wind. in thes not a cloud sky tomorrow. it will hit 42, but it will feel like the 20's. look for the arctic front comes in. there is the front coming in. if you look to the guidance to the south, there could be some snow showers, even a snow squall that will be brief, little or no accumulation. that will be aft

mostly clear outside the belfort furniture weather center in rosslyn. temperatures are low to mid-30's. 30 in hagerstown. the puddles will refreeze. we have gusty winds. last check of reagan national had a gust of 32 miles per hour. 35 at manassas. 25 mile gust in annapolis. still producing winds gusts in the teens and the lower 20's. winds dying down tonight. the temperatures will feel like monitoring. that means the teens and 20's in the morning. wake up to 17 degrees in ashburn. 15 in manassas. 26 in dale city. 25 in brentwood. 20 degrees in aspen hill. 22 in waldorf. the forecast tomorrow, sunshine in the morning. afternoon cloudiness. highs to 46. warmer on sunday. early next week warmer than that. we have updated seven-day outlook coming up in a few minutes, maureen. maureen: doug, it is still possible schools could have delayed openings next monday. you can be the first to know by signing up to get text alert from the school district. go to wjla.com/text. leon: virginia state police say it's the factor of an accident that left three seriously inj

i don't get to ski home because it's uphill from rosslyn, but i will ski this tiny little mound and hope that i don't break my leg this very last time on our coverage tonight. the blizzard 2016. i'm determined to get you out here, leon. alison: we should not say break a leg. leon: no, no. the one time we cannot say that in this business. alison: all right, good job! yay! leon: that was worth coming to work today. alison: she was waiting to do that. leon: she could not wait to get outside. alison: she looks so comfortable in this weather. steve: a quick recap of the blizzard warning that remains in effect. this will likely come down earlier than 6 a.m. the low pressure moves off to the north and east. any remaining snow, the clouds gradually decrease, then we will be waking up to a lot of sunshine across the dmv and temperatures above freezing. the melting will begin tomorrow.

that is where you get a delay just as you approach arlington and get closer toward rosslyn. no problems to report right now in washington, d.c. if you travel on metro, heads up. expect delays because of scheduled track work on the blue and yellow line here is between braddock road and national airport as well as the red line. green line is clear right now. that is a look at afternoon traffic. jummy: thank you. in georgia county, police are investigating a deadly pedestrian involved crash . new this noon, we know the identity of the victim. 19-year-old helena naga sa. the road is closed this morning but back up in this noon. police say no charges have been filed against the driver in the case. the d.c. council is proposing a new measure that could raise the price of traffic violations to $1000. vision zero is an all hands on deck approach from the district and is saving lives. beagle goal is to have zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2024. discouragefeinstein finds to discourage behavior but not so big that nobody pays it. jummy: nearly two dozen district agencies say th

students attending the brooke academy charter school in rosslyn dale and madipan and east boston had higher scores than students in carlisle, concord, whaland, westin and newton. in fact, they had higher scores than students from massachusetts. we are willing to discuss and we are willing to hear both sides, but a state that places such a high value on education should not place arbitrary limits on parents' access to high quality schools. we should not sit idly by while parents feel the pain of kids. >> [applause]. >> i get that energy, opioid issues, but i believe we can successfully take them on. over the past year we worked together to expand and increase the earned income tax credit for 400,000 low income families. [applause]. they will save $125 million every year. they solved two major budget deficits without raising taxes and fees and provided a $28 million down payment to enhance treatment services to beat down the opioid epidemic. today with your help, we are promising state leaders. we will no longer send women who are involuntarily

to give you a look here in rosslyn. it is not too bad. it's better than it was two nights ago when people were slipping and sliding all over the place. can you come a little closer? i want to get our shovel to show you. it's getting tight. just from shoveling the sidewalk. we are getting the piles. this is up to almost seven inches. we are at six inches here. there is somebody -- first, look at the guys shoving here. they have been shoveling for the last hour nonstop. they could be doing this for the next three days nonstop. we have a shovel. we are going to help a little bit. this is early in the storm and not too terribly dangerous yet. some people are having fun. who is that? julie wright. julie wright. you have been up since 2:00 in the morning. >> i have. i have to be on the air at midnight tonight. what fun traffic will be. if you can't beat them, might as well join them. happy blizzard 2016. kimberly: our beautiful snow angel julie wright. back to you. jamie: we are seeing areas on the road where the visibility is low, just like th

the hills and rosslyn come even smaller cars, and i saw three people fall, one guy flat on his face. alison: is the snow over? steve: it is tapering off, but we have a few more flakes. the temperatures will remain below freezing. korff,cerned with jay gusts if the cars are not moving, how do you get the trucks out there? tomorrow's rush hour will probably be a mess. it is 26 degrees. if we are below freezing, that's cold, not a lot of melting. 31 was the high earlier today, 43 the average. remember last month when we had temperatures in the 70's, and now we are almost on the eve of the blizzard. andrews, pax 26 river at 27. the light snow moving out of here. the heaviest snow now moving across the bay towards the delmarva. the leading edge is exiting the eastern part of the capital beltway, fairfax county, montgomery county, the panhandle of west virginia, the skies clearing. end in theowers will next hour or so. may have some lingering showers, but will not amount to a lot more. nighttime lows from 16 to 24 degrees, the light snow ending with the wind out of the north and west at 10

this is on lynn in rosslyn. they are pushing the snow off to the side. as you will see, we have many cars who pop up behind them. and want to get by. this is why we are encouraging you still to stay at home and let the crews do their jobs. let's move to talk about the closure that will go into place in under two hours. they did reopen the g.w. parkway northbound. it's currently open. but from spout run to the beltway it will close at 8:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. hearing from people about one big issue. if you are traveling to get on the beltway and you have to merge on, this is anywhere really. there is no merge lane. so all of a sudden if you are driving like you normally do and you get on the interstate you are just in the middle of traffic. people going 50 and 60 miles per hour. please be very aware that there are no merge lanes. almost anywhere traveling on the interstate. need to be careful. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. maureen: thank you, jamie. abc7 crews found some people in the neighborhood aren't waiting for p

here' s a crash rosslyn avenue in the westbound lane. at least three vehicles are involved, two lanes are closed. traffic is backed up at least a mile. there is a separate crash on state road 417 at boggy creek road and the northbound lanes that has traffic backed up about a mile. brett: a 3-year-old in his diaper takes off on his power wheels truck, and ends up in the median of busy road, just north of tampa. michelle: as jazmin walker reports he would' ve kept going , if some adults hadn' t stepped in. >> i see this kid out there just kind of bootin' along. jazmin: out there in the median of this busy four-lane highway, danny collins spotted the toddler and knew his hot wheels cars. >> it could' ve ended a lot differently if not for the people that stopped. jazmin: two good samaritans got out of their cars to sit with the boy. collins says dad showed up within 10 minutes, saying his son slipped out of the house while he was in the bathroom. >> how is the child doing? >> man, it' s not a good time, man. jazmin: a reporter from our t get

it started on orange avenue and made its way down central boulevard ending on north rosslyn avenue. does of groups and bands and local leaders participated in the parade including orange county sheriff jerry deemings there. >>> next on eyewitness news, the clean-up is underway tonight again in southwest florida after a tornado touched down in the same place twice. why this type of storm has the officials in central florida worried. >> and this piece of history was on the move today in brevard county. how the shuttle will help future launches. >> and in a little over six hours, thunderstorms will begin i'll time them out and update at longhorn steak like this doesn' t need anything else. which is why we don' t just add, anything else. longhorn steaks that sizzle for $12.99. the new smoky bacon sirloin. the new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. all with hand chopped salad & unlimited bread for $12.99. tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. you cant fake steak. and for lunch try our new steak and bacon cheddar melt. >>> well, tonight in central florida we

there are a lot of people surprisingly still walking around rosslyn. -- thanks for stopping by. alison: you have in finding all the floridians today. leon: ask patrick if that is a sledding accident on his face. erin: we are going to go with that. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." states of emergency -- the blizzard of 2016. the monster storm battering the east right now. taking lives. crippling washington, philadelphia and new york. >> travel is now banned. >> tens of thousands without power. airports closed. cancelled flights rippling across the country. a winter storm for the record books. >>> danger zone. menace on the highways. thousands of people trapped overnight. no heat, no food, no way out. plus, our team heads to the icy coastal flooding. mandatory evacuations and rescues under way. >>> wild race. donald trump's latest boast. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and i wouldn't lose any voters. >> and he's also going after former first lady barbara bush.

that's the latest from outside our studios in rosslyn.let me show you pictures from georgetown overnight that are pretty incredible. it shows georgetown as a ghost town absolutely no one anywhere no cars, no people everything just shut down. if you have pictures, send them to us, and we'll put you on tv as well. larry, back to you. larry: you talked about the trouble on the roads. i've got people on social media, should i get out there? no, do not go anywhere. bring anne carter is in mobile track 7, and she's out on the beltway near greenbelt with some cars that are stuck as well. we've already seen you help one motorist out of trouble, and now others are stuck. bring ann: people think if you have four-wheel drive that you are going to make it through all of this. take a look what we're seeing from our radio camera. that is a tractor-trailer on the outer loop of the beltway stuck in they are building up snow, and then people trying to get off and on the exit ramp and the entry ramp. that is where they are running into problems here on the

rosslyn news -- roz plater abc7 news. michelle: thank you. alexandria police believe they closed not one but two murder cases in poplar park but they are not connected. the first on the playground at beverly park last november. that is where kevin lewis is live with details on who is in custody. kevin: hi, michelle. the morning of november 9. a woman was walking her dog through this park when she found the body of jose luis perez. his body was underneath the bouncing bridge. on the part of the playground over there. the murder startled the alexandria neighborhood. full of single family homes, most worth $750,000. today alexandria police announced three suspects an adult male, 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. investigators say the two men both now facing charges of first-degree murder. they say the men are ms-13 gang members. the girl being charged as an accomplice is a gang associate. today police would not divulge a motive but the sources told abc7 news that the killer slashed perez's neck. cops say they could not have solved this mur

under the bridge she took this shot of the high rises there across the river in northern virginia and rosslyning in the sunlight on twitter. another shot of our capital camera. the flag is flapping gently and a j gentle southerlierly breeze. we're in the mid-to upper 30s. nearly 40 degrees there. the "storm team 4" not showing any rain, no snow, no travel problems. a lot of people heading home. rain in florida. a little bit of rain way out on the west coast. parts of california and only a minor flight delay there. a little bit of snow in the cascades an oregon. for us big change blows in tomorrow morning. afternoon temperatures will struggle to make it into tupper 30s. waiting for the bus tomorrow morning and the metro, it will only be around 30 degrees. winds pick up. winds will only be in the 20s. the dress accordingly. warm clothes, scarves, glove, hat tomorrow morning and money of the day on monday and again on tuesday as we only reach upper 30s tomorrow afternoon. that wind may make it feel only like 20s and the wind diminishes by monday night and clouds racing through might produce a sc

. >>> police are investigating four separate cases from rosslyn to crystal city.hey're looking into the possibility that there are multiple suspects here. >>> well, today is the day. there is a chance that you could become $800 million richer. crazy. >> it is crazy. if no one hits the numbers tonight -- >> your phone is going off. >> i just tweeted about the powerball. >> wednesday's jackpot could be more than $1 billion if nobody hits tonight. >> ridiculous. >> a lot of money. >> it'sç easily the largest jackpot in u.s. history. the more tickets you buy, usually the higher your chance to win. you start with a 1 in 292 million chance of winning despite the long odds. someone is destined to win at some point, you think, right? >>> metro getting ready for tomorrow's redskins playoff game by making it easier for you to get to fedex field or wherever you're watching the game. metro planned some track work this weekend but now starting at noon sunday, the orange, blue and silver line will run on a regular sunday schedule. the boulevard station on the silver line and b

brianne carter joining us from the rosslyn metro station. hi. brianne: we often see social media fees fill up with riders talking about delays. now a new way to track on-time performance has to do with this. the smart cards. how do they do it? from the time you do this. you pass into the system and come through. to the time that you do the same thing and tap out of the system at your final destination. this is a change from what was previously done. previously metro was tracking the headway or the travel time between the trains. the riders say it doesn't go with the experience and what it is. the train may show up on time. there could be other instances from the system to make us late to get to where we need to go. paul wiedefeld says this is the right way to do things to go more with the customer experience. >> real information about how their world work. we are making sure we look at it from the customer eyes and not what we do. coming up tonight at 6:00, why wouldn't this work on the buss? we have more tonight. leon: always a catch. prince ge

suggested it even but i halt it might be alison: well, this tractor-trailer stuck on wilson boulevard in rosslyn outside the studios this morning. the driver was there a few hours until the truck could finally be towed away. trucks like that, of course, vital to help keep stores on the inventory on a regular basis. leon: that is right. when you get record-breaking snow, shutting down the city, businesses can take a real major hit when that happens. kellye lynn takes a closer look at the snowstorm's impact on the local retailers as they try to open up the doors today and welcome back customers. kellye: moving the snow was the first order of business at the people supply hardware store in hyattsville where shovels are sold out. on the first day back in business after the storm, expectations are low. >> the snow hurts our main business. >> we do maybe a third of business we the normally. >> the newton food mart closed the doors if for the entire weekend. it resulted in a loss of 25% of the store's weekly sales. items in demand right before the blizzard stuck had yet to be restocked. need a half gal