tip-off at 7 verz on newschannel8 -- 7:00 on newschannel8. maryland at michigan and tip-off is at 9:00. leon: amazing. i still want to hear the story about the eye. erin: i really want to know what that is. doug: we got snow. our own richard reeve is at winchester in virginia and sent this to us. erin: wow! doug: good snow there. the whole snow ban is headed in our direction so we will see the snow pushing through the area here. probably about, there is the video for you. probably pushing through the area at 7:00 to 7:30. band of snow is coming through ahead of the arctic cold front. brian van de graaff is in tonight and he will tell you how low it will go. maureen: winter is here. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. with new >>> tonight, breaking news here. the u.s. naval vessels with nearly a dozen sailors held by iran. we have late details coming in as we come on the air. martha raddatz standing by. >>> also tonight, the pileups on america's highways. the chain reaction collisions on icy roads. drivers caught in whiteou

alison: still to come at 5 verz in the news a second straight day of twists in the freddie gray case. the court appeal is underway as we learn new details about the charges against two of the six baltimore police officers charged in gray's death. leon: coming up next here the beloved sta the oldtown alexandria closing its doors. why the toy store that served for generations is going away. alison: here is tonight's primetime line-up. you can get updated show information and learn about the abc7 contests anytime. by signing up for the abc7 fan blast. go to wjla.com/enews. tt2watí(@%4 bt@q9op tt2watí(@%4 "a@q)c4 tttt2watí(@%4 bm@q"h8 tt4watí(@%4 " dztq l<8 tt4watí(@%4 " entq <8x tt4watí(@%4 " gzt& %? tt4watí(@%4 " hnt& 51l tt4watí(@%4 " iztq óx4 tt4watí(@%4 " jntq m(tt4watí(@%4 " lzt& ue( alison: a toy store that brought happiness to children for generations. it's called why not. it's closing. leon: even if you didn't shop there you probably walked by it. diane cho explains why they are closing to the heartbreak of the fans. >> it has been a part of the community for five decades. >> a o

with two verz different messages. earlier this week, we found out about a page encouraging others to target waterloo police officers. the waterloo police chief believes it was created after these pictures popd up... with te caption 've got my eyes on you. those pictures were takk after a shooting on new years eve. a waterloo man wanted to counter that facebook page -- with his own. . his one tells pplice -- we've got your back. it's been liked thousands of rebuttal page, i didnt expect anything, but i started adding a few things and it was up to 50 people then later in the afternoon it was up to 500. he sss -- now he'' looking to help organize meet and greets between police and kids at places like most of us remember the rocky scene -- where he's running through the streets and up the steps. it was dramatic and inspiring. cue up the eye of the tiger music gain... this time for a norwegian sprinter. slow-motion videos of her training went viral. she's seen leaping up several steps at a time in south africa, jumping in

it's out of there by 3:00 4 verz. kickoff 4:40. partly sunny ski.let me take you out to look at the next seven days. lower 40's on tuesday. by wednesday we could see flurries. jamie sullivan, what is going on with traffic? jamie: no flurries here. but there is a crash near pennsylvania avenue but it's been moved to the shoulder. traveling on the freeway. we are quiet. we have the traffic lights malfunctioning. a commute heading out and 66 malfunctioning. a commute heading out and 66 we are seeing sl wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. jonathan: both the house and the senate pass a controversial bill repealing the president's signature healthcare law and defunding planned parenthood. we

. >> nate sill verz out with a new poed today. it's called "the republican party may be failing." he writes that the republican party will dominating trump, a candidate who might at once object larger parts. >> i'm talking about the money mechanisms. trump will pull in a lot of the same people, consultants, pollsters. he's not going to go completely against the rnc. he isn't completely going to bring in his own people like ted cruz, who really has made his entire candidacy a rejection of the washington class, they rejected him in 2000 when he failed to get the position he wanted after the bush campaign. >> elyse jordan, nice to get your perspective. >>> the two democrats are fighting their own battle. they were in their own forum in des moines, iowa last night before their caucus in six days. casey hunt is following the bernie sanders campaign. polls are showing both sanders and clinton trading back and forth in iowa with huge swings either direction. they're kind of all over the place. that's the nbc news silver monkey on-line poll showing that clinton has a big lead nationally.