bonnie moore opened her home in suburban washington, d.c.o four other women. >> where did this idea come from? >> it was necessity. my husband and i bought this house in 2003 and we remodeled and sometimes remodeling causes divorce. so that's what happened. and suddenly, i had my dream house, i mean, this gorgeous kitchen and all these wonderful things. and i was living here alone and the recession hit, the value just went like this. and i says what do i do? and i at any time want to walk away from it. and i tried to figure out what i could do to keep my house. and i said roommates are in my future. >> moore's experience inspired her to start the golden girls network a web based business that also tries to help senior roommates and provide a blood pressurblueprint for others. >> what's the upside to this? >> having friends that i live with. i walk in the door and somebody says, how was your day? i say oh god it was awful, or most fabulous thing happened today, i had someone to talk to. >> in the middle of the chat charlie johnson showed up,

gop has been upset since she used a recess appointment to install the suburban washington judge on the highest court >>> search is on, police are searching for a man wanted for peeping incident that occurred in the area of glosser avenue and jiles place in springfield. in each of the incident, the man peeped in to occupied homes and escaped. >>> i'm delia goncalves, live in temple hills, fire investigators will return to the home to try to determine what started this fire that sent a woman to the hospital fighting for her life this morning with burns over 40% of her body. we know for sure, there was no smoke alarm here, firefighters believe she was trying to keep warm sleeping next to a heating unit. they say, as we are approaching this cold stretch, please be safe, bundle up inside. don't keep space heaters next to flammables. make sure you have a smoke alarm. if you don't have one, call 311 and firefighters will install one in your home for you. >>> cold for several days, getting above freezing not until wednesday afternoon. all eyes on friday and in to saturday, snow possible especi

video shows some of the vehicles in obama s motorcade having problems driving in suburban maryland and washington d-c on the way back to the white house. a drive that normally takes 25-minutes -- took over an hour. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the low exits the coast by saturday, colder air will wrap around the backside of the low, causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturday? for the peninsulas, we could see anywhere between 4 and 6 however, som

the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> this week the washington suburban sanitation commission will hold public hearings on their preliminary budget hearing for 2017. the staff public hearing takes place on thursday at the building on mccormick drive in largo, maryland. the proposed budget is available for viewing on the wfst's website. >>> sleeves be darned. 57. >> yeah, not bad at all. oh, but could i walk tomorrow? that's the question. >> tomorrow will be passing showers. it is something that perhaps they would view tomorrow morning. wednesday yellow weather alert day in the 60s, but rain, maybe some thunder. and then behind that we'll call the second half of the week. let's talk about what's happening right now, a very nice evening. and we're looking at it, the camera in crystal city just north of reagan national. looking across the potomac this evening. 50 degrees on the nose here at reagan national after hitting the high of 57. wind is south at 10 and one of the reasons why we were so warm today. but they would get up to 60 in spots that were aware f

video shows some of the vehicles in obama s motorcade having problems driving in suburban maryland and washington d-c on the way back to the white house. a drive that normally takes 25-minutes -- took over an hour. we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as this system moves into some very cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the low exits the coast by saturday, colder air will wrap causing any rain to transition back to snow. the highest snowfall amounts will likely be in the richmond area. however, some areas across hampton roads and ne north carolina could see several inches of snow as well. so how much snow are we talking about friday and saturday? for the peninsulas, we could see anywhere between 4 and 6 inches of s

officials with the washington suburban sanitary commission say crews had a tough time finding the valve needed to shut the water off. because the valves were hidden beneath snow. and frank ward and his family felt the impact. >> the water and everything. >> it was the same case for charles, across the street. >> actually very little water pressure here, when i was taking a shower this morning. so i think it has to do with the break down the street. >> how does that impact your morning? >> it makes everything slower, you know, i'm running late, you know to work. >> we got the call about the water main break about 5:30 this morning. and officials couldn't explain how many people would be affected until the water was shut off. there has been 312 water main breaks this month. and crews have seen as many as 600 ruptures in the same time frame. ward hopes something like this doesn't happen again. >> it is not going to be here, and we will be out of water. >> prince george's county, wusa 9. >> and we are learning that crews were able to shut off the water before 11:00 this morning and now star

alison: washington suburban sanitary commission says it is ready to respond to whatever problems that 2016 brings. so 2015 was the second busiest year for breaks. then 2011, they had 1918 repairs. the agency responded to 1943 the year before. but 2010 set the record. 2,125 repairs. jonathan: it makes you wonder at some point are we going to run out of all the old pipes and just have new ones? steve: some of them are so old they go back to the early 1900's. alison: i know. what do we have ahead of us? steve: changes for the weekend. we talked about the cooler temperatures but now it's better. brighter skies and warmer temperatures. look at the beautiful daylight. here we are at 4:51. the sun will set past 5:00. daylight hours getting longer. it's 40 at reagan national airport. now we focus on the sunday for projected daytime highs around 60 degrees. 4:40 for the kickoff for the redskins, we will see a few showers in the early morning hours. partly sunny. a bit on the breezy side. 60 degrees. winds out of the west at 10 to 15. take a look at the seven-day outlook. back track a little bi

. >>> we move on because schools are closed for another day in washington, baltimore, as well suburban communities. all of this as the mid-atlantic region continues to dig out from the blizzard of 2016. >> and don't bother calling the irs headquarters for tax advice today either. all federal government offices in washington closed agai >>> okay, air travel is still a mess after the storm ith hundreds of flights canceled today already. more thaha 1600 flights were canceled yesterday and 2,000 othe delayed. the problems in the east affect flights all across the country as planes and crews are stuck in the wrong places. >> this weekend's blizzard is being blamed for more than 40 deaths some heart tacks. all that made fighting a blaze in baltimore a nightmare. the fire trucks couldn't get close because of snow, 24 to 30 inches fell in the region and many residents aren't happy their streets haven't been cleared yet. >>> well, warmer temperatures today could help the cleanup but asou can seen 0 the weather radar right there, another storm, it's moving in from the snow in the east? abc's rob

suburban virginia. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and tomorrow the weather having moderate impact on your day. the coldest air we've had since early march and not only that, but dealing with breezy to windy conditions throughout the day. so quite the shock to the system and then we'll continue to track cold air throughout the day on tuesday. the coldest time period is monday night on into tuesday morning. so here is your weather outlook and outdoor exercise and you're one of those people who want to be outside and just head to the gym and treat yourself. out walking the dog and talking to one of my veterinary friends this evening, you can't give an absolute temperature as to when you need to be aware of your dog heading outside in the cold. it's kind of all with their hair length, how they've grown up and that sort of thing, but i know my dog just going out and right back in these next few days. you can get your car washed and we're looking at dry weather the next few days. absolutely frigid tomorrow and tuesday. we do start to warm up on wednesday and rain is in t

washington. baltimore as well as philly. and suburban communities. federal offices will again be closed today. themation's capital. but in new york city, roads in manhattan are mostly clear but other boroughs and suburbs still need work causing tempers to flair. >> this is not right. they're not doing anything. >> i didn't think it was going to be this bad. no transportation, really? not everybody has a car. >> it may be days before all public transportation is roing again. warmer temperatures over the next few days may help the cause there. >>> so air travel is still a mess after the storm. hundreds of flights already canceled for today and more than 16 flights were canceled yesterday and 2,000 delayed. united airlines has the most headaches. it has hubs in newark and washington dulles airport. the problems in the east affect flights all across the country as planes and crews are stuck in the wrong places. >> there's a new ruling in the legal battle between detroit and its teachers. teachers protested outside the croom where a judge denied the request for a restraining order. strikes are ille

we are 8 miles from the center of washington, d.c. many suburban streets look like this. you go to suburban, virginia, and it looks the same. that's why the federal government is closed. a lot of the folks here work for the federal government. the schools are closed. the nor is still bringing thing to a total halt in this particular area. if you go to the main streets they are have much clear. you have plenty of streets that are two lanes on a main road. but for the most part they have gotten that back up and running. bus service is still a mess around here. the airports are open but they have massive delays from the weekend with thousands of flights canceled. we are slowly getting back to normal. because of scenes like this replayed throughout the area it's still slow going. did you see the size of that front loader on 6th avenue at 6:00 a.m. this piece of equipment was gigantic. here we are. two days later and they are still moving it. there is a lot out there. martha: hoik going one-on-one with voters in iowa, and she faces tricky questions about whether voters can tru

washington." >> it's not clear when the - but he has scheduled a this thursday in suburban virginia. a group of protestors have occupied a federal building at the national wildlife refuge in oregon. the small group says they're protesting for ranchers' rights. they insist the protest is peaceful, and they are quote "not a threat to anybody." the occupation came after a peaceful march and a rally in nearby protestors were showing support for dwight hammond and steven hammond -two ranchers who california prison. "it is the people's facility owned by the people and it has been provided for us to come together and unite and making a hard stand against this overreach, this taking of the people's land resources," said ammon bundy, protestor. an f-b-i spokesperson said they were aware of the situation at the refuge, but made no further comment. after a chilly day fog is developing for more on that, we'll toss it over to chief meterologist ron demers clouds moved in on our sunday for many of us as temperatures were quite a bit cooler than saturday only topping out in the 20s. we could see ar

suburban traffic report. and we don't have any issues on the roads just yet. this is fort washington9 at the pennsylvania turnpike. where traffic here is moving very nicely. maybe there's a slick spot or two like yesterday but no widespread problems. you should be good to go this morning. let's check on that construction over here in chester county on the turnpike westbound. the crews have left the scene now between 29 and downingtown. we've got all lanes back opened but we've had some problems with water main breaks lately and this is one in douglas township. philadelphia avenue at the ramp for route 100 northbound. you want to expect it to be icy out there. crews on the scene and a new water main break in glenside out here on jenkintown road at briarwood road so that's what's going on in the suburbs. coming in from lower merion this morning and if you're coming into the city we're not get anything reports of problems. an easy 24 minute ride. you should be good to go but give yourself enough time, you shouldn't have any frost on the windshield i don't think today but you will certai

washington, d.c. >> this was a historic storm. we're dealing with removing a lot of snow. it's not just plowing it off to the sides like you do in a suburban >> reporter: the nation's capital is closed for business on monday. the federal government told employees not to come to work and washington, d.c., closed public schools. even the metro remained partially closed for the morning commute. >> the roads are still dangerous. we are still in a snow emergency in washington, d.c. >> reporter: the district's slow cleanup is being compared to new york city, where schools are open despite the storm dumping more than 26 inches of snow in central park, the second largest snowfall in the city's history. >> i know other cities struggled and a lot of them are not blessed with the kind of public employees, the number and the quality and the highly trained public employees that we have. >> reporter: still new york is not without trouble. the school bus stuck in the borough of queens, a signal that pockets outside manhattan are still being dug out. and it wasn't all snow. flooding in new jersey hit residents that are still recovering from the devastatio

washington. statewide virginia troopers responded to more than 100 crashes. even president obama's motorcade also became a victim of yesterday's storm. the 25-minute drive from joint base andrews in suburban it's going to get worse, between 12 and 24 inches of snow 2 fall in the dc metro area by saturday evening. >>> if you're planning to fly along the east coast this weekend it's going to be a mess for airlines. american, delta, united, jetblue, all waiving fees now so you can alter your night to avoid this weekend's big snowstorm. delta is also offering refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed flights. jetblue will offer refunds only for cancellations. >>> shay ryan is monitoring it for us. two feet of snow? >> in dc, yikes. very well. given the fact that they just don't have the equipment to hand that will kind of snow. winter weather watches, warnings, advisories are. they span all the way from nebraska on into the northeast so again if you're going to be doing any traveling, yikes, not looking good over the next 24 to 48 hours. this storm system, the southern portion of it, that we're going to get that cold front rolling through on friday and that is going to change our weather