reporting live in bethesda, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: all right. maureen: we don't want to fight about your forecast. doug: it would be nice to forecast sunshine and 80-degree temperatures but it's not going to happen. we are going to have a blizzard across the major portion of the area. heavy snow and strong winds. steve rudin going to start the coverage. who is under the blizzard warning? steve: d.c. area. fairfax, everyone in red at this time. all the counties including all of southern maryland. head up to b.w.i. or baltimore, the winter storm warning. further west you go, the blizzard warning in the area shaded in red and the winter storm warning shaded in pink. that is tomorrow afternoon and continues through saturday. saturday night to early sunday morning. this is where the storm is located. moisture moving in from the gulf of mexico. if you look closely, the marks here are tornado warnings right now. the area of low pressure moves across. we will look for the atmosphere to become more, well the clouds roll in and look for the snow to start.

suzanne kennedy says why that may not be as easy. suzanne: this woman is going cold turkey. >> i knew i had to make a drastic change. it was social media that i had to give up. suzanne: this former teacher turned education advocate's schooling herself on how to give a bad habit. >> going to the bus stop you pull up the phone. it has become a crutch. she made a promise last month that on january 1 she would shut it down, disconnect so she can reconnect. >> you do not realize how much control it has over you until you are forced to think about what you're going to do with all this free time. suzanne: she estimates that she was spending up to five hours per day on different social media sites. she says she is not anti-social media, just that it is a problem when you spend too much time on it. so many of us dependent social media to stay in touch with friends and be informed. could you give it up for 12 months? >> i could not. suzanne: darla is determine to make it. she even has reminders. >> i look forward to a new way of life. our devic

suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. autria: isis claiming responsibility for the deadly terror attack on the streets of jakarta writes out of starbucks in the heart of the city. authorities are calling it a paris-style attack. jeannette reyes has the latest. jeanette: explosions heard around jakarta. attackers wearing suicide belts and weapons targeted this commercial hub, where people were eating, shopping, going to the movies. >> we heard a third explosion, a fourth, fifth, and sixth, and gunfire. jeanette: bombs exploding in front of the starbucks, leaving bodies scattered. theified workers throughout city barricaded themselves in their offices and watched in terror. the attack, which was meant to paris, the attacks in left several people dead. have madeate backers a claim of responsibility. autria: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, we have a winner, actually three of them. where the look he are that sold those million-dollar tickets. gop candidates going head-to-head again. scott thuman is in charleston with what mak

in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: the national park service is closing g.w. parkway again tonight. jamie sullivan has traffic watch. jamie: they are shutting down the road to block it off and not letting anyone get by. they are just going to town. this is a picture of everyone trying to merge on. this is not the interstate. let's go to the map to focus in on what we have there. it's the traffic that looks good. if you are on the top of the beltway, so far, so good. there is a water main break. tomorrow restrictions were lifted. if they do this tomorrow, don't forget on 95 you do have to still pay in the hot lanes. >> people who wound up in accidents or had to abandon the cars, they were at the towing lot to pick up the vehicles. we talk to a driver hired to clear the road to find a victim of the snowstorm clean-up. >> many of the cars are the casualties of the blizzard of 2015. >> we are slammed with the service call and the police work. getting people unstuck. getting the abandoned vehicles off the roadway. >>

suzanne kennedy was there when they arrived in the commonwealth. suzanne: this is the car they want to return. they drove it a thousand miles to send an effort to volkswagen. marcus and elizabeth were at the end of their rope with the faulty vehicle. they tried to get recourse through the local dealership and had no luck. >> here i am, i bought a car for two-year lease. the clean diesel was central to that. i have been played a fool. suzanne: volkswagen installed devices to defeat emission test in 6,000 so-called clean diesel cars. this afternoon they drove it to the headquarters to hope for satisfaction. >> it is a betrayal. >> they think they should compensate the v.w. owners. >> when a company makes itself defeck tiff they should buy it back. suzanne: volkswagen released a statement saying we take the issues seriously and working as quickly as possible to developed an approved remedy. >> they face fine for violating the impact policies and the recall and lost sales. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: in the next couple of days you may not want to

suzanne kennedy live in arlington with all the playoff excitement tonight. suzanne: hi, alison. they sold out in 13 minutes. that number, unlucky one as we know. ill proved to be unlooky for fans trying to get tickets to the game this weekend. >> thank you for calling the washington redskins ticket office. suzanne: phone lines were jammed before the tickets went on sale. online the experience was equally frustrating. >> i did it multiple times but nothing came up. suzanne: he never came tickets. >> i don't think there were many tickets they put out. not sure how many were made available. >> the same with george clemons. >> i tried to get tickets. the news says tickets were sold out. >> life-long redskins fan didn't want to take chances. he bought tickets from a broker last week. checked online last night and the value of the tickets had nearly doubled. >> i bought them last monday. >> they have been watching the tickets climb but say it is not too late to get in the game. >> the tickets are starting at $150 a piece. i don't think you see anything cheaper than that. it's a specia

suzanne kennedy is in northwest washington. a lot of folks are putting this out to claim their space. suzanne: this is what a lot of people are doing today now that it is warm and a lot of people are off. digging out their vehicles. they are using anything they can. in this circumstance here in the 2900 block, they are using a wooden saw horse. we have seen cases they are using a traffic cone or a chair. perhaps a stepladder. the chief of police in washington, d.c. says this is absolutely illegal. there is no opportunity to save parking spaces in the district. even if you do spend several hours digging one out, you are not allowed to save it. that may be frustrating to people who spent all the time doing that. but there is nothing you can do. this space right here is considered public space. so once it is available, it is available to anyone. we tell you the penalty if you do this. jonathan: montgomery county schools have not yet made up their mind whether there will be school or whether they'll be canceled. when we get the wor

reporting live in manassas, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. i want to update you at a horrific beating of an 11-year-old boy on a fun. friday we told you that the academy would let the two girls caught on camera attacking miles slade on the same bus. over the weekend the principal e-mailed the parents and said not only are they off the bus, they are transferring now to a new school. michelle: investigators are trying to figure out what drives a spouse to kill another in leesburg. they were found in a house last night. stephen tschida is live on the scene with the latest. stephen: michelle, the family says the husband is a former minister. he is active in the church. the sheriff department got a call to the home where they found the body of a man and a woman. we understand that the investigators believe the husband andre hull is believed to have shot his wife naomi and then turned the gun on himself. they know the couple was religious but the neighbors also know they were troubled in their relationship. >> it is such a tragedy. they were always

suzanne kennedy at l'enfant plaza with the details. suzanne: they are taking action for filing suit about what happened a year ago today. >> with no final report from the ntsb the passengers from the yellow line train involved in the deadly smoke incident are taking the matters in their own hands. they filed suit against wmata opening the transit system will be held accountable for the 2015 event. >> they were trapped like rat in a can in a tum that felt like a coffin for 45 minutes. suzanne: carroll glove died from what happened a year ago. they tweeted this year and said we missed you for the firsts this year. you would have loved your growing family. >> carroll glove's family doesn't have any more answers they deserve. none of us on the train are any better off than we were. disappointing. suzanne: they say they suffer from remaining health effects. >> i have to carry an inhaler around. it's hard knowing what is on. is this inside of me? this is hard. leon: suzanne kennedy reporting from the l'enfant plaza station. thank you for that

at liberty mountain, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. michelle: we are enjoying the sunshine and warmer temperatures. doug: chillier tomorrow with flurries but don't freak out. only flurries. but ski resorts west of where suzanne is could pick up an inch or two. general theme is a warming trend coming our way. good news. get you started. the past couple of days we show the progress or the lack thereof, plowing the grounds of cardinal rim elementary school in centreville. on tuesday, they started shoveling and they stopped. yesterday, they got the driveway done. but today the parking lot was plowed out. they are slowly getting to every place in fairfax county. making great progress now with help from the warmer temperatures. kids, vacation won't last forever. back to reality for everyone here. the trend i think warmer temperatures will take care of the rest of this stuff. minor refreeze tonight. upper 20's to the lower 30's. nothing to extent of the freeze we saw this morning when the temperatures were in the teens. 39 at reagan national a

suzanne kennedy spoke to fans who want to go no matter what. hey, suzanne. suzanne: the fans might be stopping by stores and picking up t-shirts and sweatshirts and stuff we are seeing here at this store. everyone getting ready for the playoff game. the victory monday might have been unproductive for the redskins fans. the tickets went on sale at 10:00 and there was a limited number. people tried to grab up what they could. they were only available online and calling the redskins ticket office. many people thought they never had a chance in 13 minutes all general admission tickets were sold out. the owner of the ticket broker says the sales really were impacted once the opponent was announced last night. >> last week we didn't know our opponent. everything was up in the air. watching the game, watching the sales, as soon as the game ended we saw the phones light up. we sold a lot of inventory last night. suzanne: coming up in an hour we'll talk to one redskins fan to get his strategy on what he did to ensure he got victories and we see what they say if you a

suzanne kennedy live to explain this. she is outside the stadium. what is going on out there? suzanne: we have been here all day long. keeping an eye on the trucks over the shoulder in the parking lot at r.f.k. stadium. they have been coming in and out of the entrance on oklahoma avenue northeast. if you want a good night's sleep this is not the right neighborhood to be in. >> this is what is keeping northwest washington residents up at night. trucks carrying tons of snow has been rolling through the neighborhood near r.f.k. stadium. 24/7 since last sunday. >> here they come. >> it's driving residents nuts. >> the first three nights we didn't sleep. you can't sleep when you either have a dump truck or the backhoe with the reverse, you know, how the reverse beep, beep, beep constantly. that goes on, that went on for two nights. >> real bad. hard to sleep. suzanne: all day longs the bull diazers and the backhoe are working in ear shot of the residents. not just the noise that are a problem. trucks idle overnight on oklahoma avenue belting out exhaust fumes. >> they are often on t

suzanne kennedy is checking the store shelves for us and is live from a safeway in bethesda. i know a lot of people are sold-out. what are you finding? suzanne: very limited number of these. take a look at the shell evers to my right. you can see they are bare and down the aisle it's picked over as well. it will be hard for them to restock the shelves in order to keep up with the demand they are experiencing now. everybody is getting out and getting ready. the mad dash to be prepared for the blizzard of 2016. empty shelves. and long lines are what people are finding as they get ready for the weekend. 73-year-old ida lindsay is having a hard time finding rock salt and a shovel. >> i will just have to go to another store to see if they have what i want for supplies. but i have to get something today. suzanne: hardware city in kensington sold 1,200 bags of snow melt and 200 shovels since tuesday. >> we sold out of everything. we are hoping to get ice and shuffles to tomorrow. suzanne: she came to get a scraper for the car. grocery stores were packed. the lines never died down tod

suzanne kennedy has more in the newsroom why it's not as easy as it sounds. leon: i'm pulling for her. suzanne: okay. it might not be easy. for many of us it's an addiction but maybe a huge part of the daily lives. this woman is looking to change that. darla bunting is about starting6 going cold turkey. >> i knew i had to make a drastic change and social media was what i had to give up. suzanne: she is schooling herself how to give up a bad habit. >> walking to the bus stop, you pull out the phone. on the met met, you pull out your -- on the metro you pull out the phone. it's a crutch for us. suzanne: last month she made a promise that january 1 she would shut it down, disconnect so she could reconnect. >> you don't realize how much control it has over you until you eliminate it and you are forced to what will i do with all the free time now? suzanne: she estimates she spent five hours a day on the different social media sites. she is not antisocial media but thinks it's a problem if you spend too much time on it. so many of us depend on it to stay in touch w

suzanne kennedy in the newsroom to explain. hi suzanne. suzanne: this is my facebook page. this is my professional page. i also have a personal page and i am on it several times a day. this is a story that has people at opposite end of the spectrum. could you give up social media for an entire year? think about that. that means twitter, instagram, all of the social media platforms that you are on every single day. snapchat, twitter. would you be able to completely walk away for an entire year? we put the question to a few people in washington today. here is what they had to say. >> in this day and age no one talks face to face anymore. everyone uses their phone. even when you are out with people they are still on their phone. it's best to get back talking face to face. >> i would miss important times in people's lives what is going on with them new babies weddings. just important memories in people's lives. suzanne: coming up at 5:00, we will introduce you to this woman who i had to post about on my twitter and facebook page. she is 2 woman that decided starting january 1 o

in southwest washington suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. michelle: police are looking for two men involved in a deadly shooting in waldorf maryland. investigators say the pair forced their way into a home on terrace drive this morning. a man inside the home was shot multiple times and died. a second victim escaped through a back window. he sur vised as did two women inside the home. police are still trying to find one of the women to see if she can provide any clues. stephen tschida will have the latest from waldorf at 5:00. jonathan: developing now there is a suicide bombing that killed ten people in istanbul. most of them were german tourists. the bomber was from syria and had links to isis. it happened in the heart of the city. germany and the other countries are warning the citizens to avoid public areas in turkey there the waibe of the attack. this was considered a secure area. michelle: the fight against isis and the war on terror are sure to be two of the main topics in the "state of the union." it's the last one president obama will

suzanne kennedy is live in northeast washington. this has created a problem for some who are nearby the area. suzanne: you are right, jonathan. if you look over the left shoulder, you can see the lot here at r.f.k. all the trucks that are lined up that have been coming in and out of here for days. the problem is the trucks are coming to residential area. the residents are not happy. they have been coming in sings sunday and at it overnight since then 24/7. they hear air brakes, reverse alarms, hopping. you name it, they hear it. they're tired of it. >> it's really bad. sounds like the earth is moving. i didn't sleep at all last night. because of the noise and everything. suzanne: as you can see, they are lining up here again on oklahoma avenue in northeast washington. residents are just over this. they want the department of public works to do something about this. they say they understand that the snow has to go somewhere. but they say this is just unacceptable. coming up at 50:00, we're hear what the department of public works says

suzanne kennedy has the details on a bill approved by the mayor.now that that'll has been signed into law, the district can provide up to $500 -- $500,000 to private business owners, citizens, and nonprofits who want to install security cameras. the metropolitan police department must have access to the video. businesses will get $750 in rebate. citizens get $500. >> the residents of ward eight do not want to the victims of crime. they want to be able to go to their business is. our businesses do not want to be robbed. we have to have tools across the spectrum. suzanne: the measure is temporary. it will draw in half $1 million that the council and the mayor set aside last year. if successful, the council wants to make it permanent. developments following a high-profile murder outside of metro station. one of the men accused is in course -- is in court. accused in the killing of a former capitol hill intern. allng up, get ready for cute all the time. the industry and a cup at the national-- the youngest panda cub gets ready for his debut. wonwe get

suzanne kennedy is in bethesda. long lines again this afternoon. if you are heading out and prep you have to make sure you bring your patience. suzanne: you absolutely do. take a look here at the safeway in bethesda. look to my left and you can see every single register is open here at this store. this is more than they actually have open on the day before thanksgiving. all these people coming in to grab what they will need and anticipate they will be snowed in. what do they buy? people go through the store shelves and are picking up bottled water, batteries and even toilet paper. hardware stores have run out of shovels and salt. they are trying to get it in and satisfy the customers' needs. this store is open 24 hours. they anticipate it will be a steady stream just as it is here now. we can tell you they have been able to keep up with many of the needs of the customers. but i can tell you right now that one customer told me that the bread aisle, i checked 25 minutes ago, is pretty much empty. if you are going to go out, get out early, make a list

suzanne kennedy is live in chevy chase. it's pretty bad out there. suzanne: it absolutely is.n inch and a half. connecticut avenue is a mess. we are seeing people on roads despite the fact that d.c. asked everyone to get off the road at 3:00 this afternoon. we haven't seen buses come down the street. a bus stop here. usually it's busy but the bus line suspended at 5:00 this afternoon. we are seeing driving that is tricky. i drove three miles to by a neighborhood just down connecticut avenue. i can tell you it's slippery and slushy. the snow is heavy and wet. it is a long road ahead of us before the storm is over. reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy abc7 news. announcer: you're watching stormwatch7 coverage of blizzard 2016. leon: abc7 is on storm watch tonight for blizzard 2016. alison: that's right. some 30 million people in the path of this massive storm. right now we are standing by for a press conference from d.c. mayor muriel bowser on the city's response to the storm. metro just suspended bus service at 5:00 p.m. leon: right on schedule. same will hap

we have heard it from the suzanne kennedy who is in chevy chase area and from onace holmes on the roads i-66. mayor bowser said it about the district as well. if you are thinking about going out, folks. don't do it right now. this is a bad time to start the roads. things will only get worse from here on out. maureen: the road crews need have the space to go out, removedown salt, to the snow. and for their own safety it's important that you stay out of way. leon: that is right. maureen: if you have to be out is a different story. your options. we have had quite a bit of time to prepare for the storm. forome you are ready it -- we hope you are ready for it. we want to keep the roads clear. a emergency the last thing you want to hear is you were on the road or someone else on the road interfered with emergency vehicle's ability to get to a house fire, rescue somebody, or to deal with physical or a health problem. leon: that is right. 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

one person that has been doing a great job shoveling, she's killing two birds with one stone, suzanne kennedyin northwest d.c. you still got your shovel. suzanne: i got it right here. it's constant here in northwest washington. by late of day we're getting a sense of what it looks like. i'm in the middle of the road where i live, and walking through this stuff is extremely challenging. got to be careful for holes in the ground, because you will fall and not even realize it. but if you can't really see where you're going want to talk about this right here, the fire hydrant at the corner of my street. first responders are asking that people who have these on their property, get outside and dig these out. that way if there is a fire, they have access to the fire hydrant and they can see it. in some jurisdictions, they have them marked with large poles. i know montgomery county has some of those, very large poles that extend out of the ground so firefighters can see them. this is a good idea. if you know you've got one of those in your front yard, get out, take a couple of seconds. this is import

leon: suzanne kennedy went to liberty mountain to see how business is there today. suzanne: call it payback for warm december and the inability to hit the slopes. >> we came here yesterday, today, schools are closed tomorrow we'll be here tomorrow. suzanne: that is just what the area ski resorts need after not being able to open last month. 26 inches of snow fell in the blizzard here at liberty mountain. conditions are ideal. >> all the natural snow has been mixed in with the snow death. we have carvable snow. it's nice and soft. >> they took to the 16 runs here and that is double mid-week. >> they are teaching the kids to ski. >> we have days off and the kids are with us. >> we played board games and it's finally time to get out of the house. >> what will it mean for next week "it" may improve things. it will melt the snow to make it softer and better for skiing. leon: jamie sullivan has traffic watch for us. >> it seems like it last week. it was the roads. this week we are getting closer to normal. that means the slow traffic. in silver springs. some of the volume

as suzanne kennedy reports it comes back to the scandal surrounding te missions testing. are few people who would drive the car across the country to send a message to manufacturer but that is what a couple did. they drove the 2011 sport wagon from boulderer volkswagen and the american headquarters in hern don and delivered 20,000 petitions from the other v.w. owners asking them to fully compensate consumers for the admissions scand that came to light. >> we feel the emissions for example that we recite are small compared to the possibility of actually getting ourselves heard. suzanne: they are working to come up with a remedy for the owners. they left the car and the emissions system behind. michelle: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- what is in the water? the showdown over the water quality in flint, michigan, spilling over to washington, d.c. kellye: i'm kellye lynn at mckinley tech high school where they won competition for creating a safety app. where they won competition for creating a safety app. i will tell you how it w having lots of devices in your home can re

reporting live in manassas virginia suzanne kennedy abc7 news. alison: thank you. to maryland now an appeals court postponed the second trial in the freddie gray case the case of goad goods goods was -- the case of caesar goodson was supposed to begin today but the appeals court said it cannot go forward unless a ruling is issued on william porter's testimony. a judge ordered porter to testify and he refused citing the fifth amendment rights of self-ing crim nation. porter's case ended in a mistrial. he faces a second trial in june. leon: let's talk about the weather now. back on the goofy roller coaster we have been having all winter here. alison: we are talking tomorrow maybe we might see snow flakes to go with this. doug hill is here. what are we talking about? doug: no expectation of the accumulation here. strong cold front and will get gusty. is it nice outside the belfort furniture weather center. clear skies as you look at the torpedo museum in alexandria. people along the dock. fine night. the temperatures will drop in the 30's. at 30 at the reagan national

for: as we watch, wait the inning to change, let's change locations to go to maryland.e, suzanne kennedy, wow! it looks like it's coming down there. suzanne: both of you know me am a hugehat i baseball fan. i am not enjoying the game. hill's analysis of this being the first inning is true. we have only seen an inch and a half in chevy chase. have a long way to go. take a look here. of in the 5500 block connecticut avenue here. this is normally a busy road. especially on a friday night around 6:00. but there are very few cars on the street. we have a plow truck here that to be out and about this evening. a private citizen there vehicle.is we heard a while ago the mayor and the director of the department of homeland here in washington saying please get off the road. you can see still there are people out here. there are some walking around and enjoying the weather. enjoying the storm. see here we even out bicycling in this on connecticut avenue. another person behind him walking in the middle of the road. motoristl you as a that is a disaster. you just can't control your conditions. if you

i'm suzanne kennedy.e weather right now. >> a little chilly as we start 2016. we have more sunshine to look forward to. a bit today and more into the weekend. your hourly forecast, upper 30s to lower 40s now. we'll make our way up to around 45 degrees by lunch. temperatures reaching 47, maybe 48 degrees in the afternoon hours with partly cloudy skies. lots of sunshine for tomorrow. but this'll be the coolest day of the weekend and another shot of cold air by early next week. >>> as far as traffic is concerned, lighter volume given the new year's day holiday. around the capital beltway, virginia and maryland. we don't have any accidents. down in southern prince georges county, a crash closing 381 in each direction. ongoing investigation near crew road. in southeast washington, minnesota avenue remains closed just south of east capital street near d street with a crash. back to you, suzanne. >>> thanks, beverly. well, a ban on foam take out containers takes effect in d.c. today. the containers do not decomp