the snow starts in d.c. tomorrow night, starts in new york city saturday morning and snows for hours. the problem is if it snows 2 inches an hour for five or six hours, that's a foot of snow. if it does that twice, we're up to 2 feet as we would expect. this is the purple area from d.c., charolettesville, roanoke. that's the bull's eye. don't take your prize off new york city. still 6 to 10 inches there. we saw what 1 inch did in d.c. yesterday. >> it was really bad. let's head out to d.c. right now, the salt barn because the salt trucks are loading up with their cargo. chris is in front of the salt barn, awaiting the mayor to speak. she has a lot of explaining to do, chris. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, chris. we got sucker punched here in d.c. it was a mess, gridlock all over the city. the sidewalks were icy, slick. i talked to the mayor's aide before this press conference. i said, what is the mayor going to say? they said, she's going to take spobt for last night. they didn't put enough resources

d.c. so much people just don't know and today is a tutorial where we are going to educate and inform people about the do's and don't. president and owner of d.c. conceal and carry. and brian buckfelt who is a private investigators with the buckfelt group. what are the laws to carry and own guns? let's start with the district of columbia? >> fire must be registered. on top of that, you have to have a concealed carry permit to bear arms outside of your home or place of business. >> armstrong: what are the things you can do if you have those permits of the concealed carry vs. if the gun is in your home? >> d.c. now has a concealed care permit. you need to go get training. once you get training, therefore you need to know situational awareness and the laws for >> armstrong: brian how are the laws different in virginia and maryland. >> virginia has open carry for citizens of virginia as well as non citizens. they do have a concealed carry, you can register the firearm and get your concealed car

d.c. region. >> indeed.d. first of all welcome. w it's 6:00 in at atlanticic time, so it's 5:00 here. continuing coverage of the blizzard. the good news is the blizzard stopped.oppe let's look at some of the digging out that sky fox captured out earlier today. snowplows digging out. >> maybe we're not going to shoh you. this was actually at dullesulle international airport, i was impressed because these are like mounter snowblowers, wouldn'tdnt you like to have one of these to drive around? they're pretty impressive. we just heard from some airlines out at dulles airport saying they hope to resume some service tomorrow. the best advice always to call ahead first and find out if your flight will be able to take off. united said they'll going to to send additional people to dullel and help rebook these people and get them on their way. if you're not one of them, hopefully they'll get on early tomorrow. >> schools are impacted.re we have schools that have closee class by tomorrow. these are t

in d.c.. saturday we have people on the road tonight, indicate lip, are you shocked at what an inch of snow can do. >> aim i'm a new residents ever d.c. i guess vring i heard the snow will shut down the city. unfor natalie that's one inch of snow and we're gearing up for 1 to 2 feet saturday and sunday. we want to show you some snow totals from earlier. >>> thiss with again remarkable. we got nor over 2" for what fell during the evening commut commute. 1.6 northwest d.c. under 2 no, i falls church and gamersburg maryland under an inch. many places montgomery, fairfa fairfax, loudoun, we had so many problems. >> right now stromtracker radar showing purple shading out of district and light snow continues in baltimore across the chesapeake to eastern sho shore and we have a winter weather advisory in effect until midnight. good luck to everyone trying to gets home and we'll head into a busy friday. that's the latest from the weather center, shawn back to you. >> thank you very much. >> and it is

d.c. region. we saw how an insure of snow tripled the roads lang night. did local leaders learn from their mistakes. from the roads to metro, to your local news, fox5 at # 1 has you guys covered. thanks so much for joining us as we prepare again for this monster coming tomorrow. i'm shawn yancy. and i'm tony perkins. we have a lot of ground to cover. in the last 20 minutes we learned that federal agencies will be open tomorrow with the option for unscheduled leave, unscheduled tell he work and early departure no later than noon. so effectively they'll be closing at noon. let's talk about the schools that are closed. d.c. public schools, fairfax, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick county schools also had a scheduled day off. as

totals bearing down with washington, d.c. in the bull's-eye. icy untreated roads made for a treacherous commute last night. hundreds of vehicle accidents and pedestrian slip and falls. joining us for the latest is meteorologist pedram javaheri live in the cnn weather center. how bad will it be? >> it has the potential to be one of the bigger storms we have seen in a long time. you don't typically see d.c. as a blockbuster snowstorm city. an average for the year around 15 inches. this particular storm in the next couple days could bring more than that. the heaviest snowfall or best indication puts it if d.c. and delmarva and philly and new york city on the moderate end of this. the cutoff line on the northern fringe of this depending on how the storm tracks offshore. we are thinking about 15 to 20 inches in d.c. and philly and about 12 to 18 inches.

when did you leave d.c.? >> well, the house of representatives has been on recess this week, so i actually left last week. i had to go to washington on thursday to give a speech on campaign finance reform to the brookings institution, and i just rushed to the airport to make sure i got a plane before the snow hit. because had i not made it to that plane, it was very likely that i would be stranded in washington. >> we're looking at a shadow of the capitol, whiteout conditions from the camera shot we have right there. i know monday will be a day off as well. when do you expect to get back to work? what do you hear from colleagues? >> they had canceled votes on monday night. they told us to expect to have votes on tuesday. a decision has not yet been made whether the house will be in session tuesday, but if there is more snow i'm told that members may not be able to get back and we may not have votes on tuesday either. >> we know that connecticut has been a state affected by snow problems in the past where they

d.c., maryland and virginia showing you what to expect on the drive to work in the morning. >> plus, after a news 4 iteam investigation exposed underground tattoo and piercing shops. >> in an interview you'll only see on news 4, death is being blamed on a defective air bag and the recall of five million more vehicles. >> news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> we're in weather alert mode here on news 4 not because of new rain or snow, but because what's already on the ground is freezing. >> many school districts closed tomorrow or opening late. and the federal government is opening on a three-hour delay. again, just like today, employee wills have the ongs for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. we've seen today that might be the best option. >> the roads are only going to get worse by tomorrow morning. we're starting off tonight in the storm center. >> guys, i experienced this firsthand just to try to get to dinner tonight. the roads, really still a mess across the region. why you

so d.c. do expect those heavy bands to really start to pick up especially around the 10:00 hour tonight around midnight, be listening, you could hear thunder snow during the overnight hours. and then we are going to see it creep up into the new york city area around 10:00 tonight. this is saturday around 8:00. and you can see the snow still around the d.c. area, all over jersey, new york city included in that as well. and then as it moves up to the northeast around 6:00 saturday, still snowing in d.c. doesn't clear out until late saturday night into early sunday morning. new york city you could still see some lingering snow showers sunday morning around 6:00. let me show you one other aspect to this storm. the winds. it is going to be very windy. we're going to see 30 to 40-mile-per-hour sustained winds, gusts up to 60 miles per hour or more. what that's going to do make visibility for one close to zero. that's what's going to spark those blizzard conditions. and we're also going to see major

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. >> reporter: d.c. schools wouldn't answer questions about what changes have been ordered, issuing us a statement saying d.c. public schools takes proper management of funds seriously and saying we've taken the necessary steps to ensure such funds are properly handled. >> i have a lot of confidence they're going to fix this problem. we've spoken with them. they are the ones who did this audit. >> stephanie evans in a statement said the practice of late deposits began before she arrived and she reported concerns about financial practices in the department when she started the job and asked to hire a business manager and was rejected. she says no questions were raised about hospitality expenses and a central office administrator helped her plane t plan the event. we have her full statement on our website now, nbcwashington.com. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. >>> one year later, a look at the changes and challenges in the wake of this deadly smoke incident on metro. >>> two men wearing masks go into that

d.c. public schools, fairfax, arlington, loudon, principles williams, culpeper, fox jar and stafford counties in virginia, also alexandria, manassas city and manassas park. in maryland, montgomery county, howard, charles and calvert and st. mary's. prince charles county schools already had a scheduled day off. i believe frederick countyred schools also had a scheduled day off. as we count down to the blizzard our fox5 crews have you cover.e. let's start things with sue palka. >> first of all a big bravo toto the federal government for making sure everybody is heading home by noon tomorrow. i am so happy to hear that because we do expect this to get underway tomorrow afternoontern maybe three and 5:00, but itit will quickly accumulate andcc things will go downhill in a big hurry. so great advice for you to be home and honkerred down by theby noon hour or a little after that. here is the very latest. we are continuing to monitor all the winter storm warnings andnd blizzard warnings. if you h

d.c.'s mayor is now warning residents here to stay inside for what is predicted to be the storm of the century. >> we see this as a major storm. it has life and death implications and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat it that way. we have to act as if we have an emergency and that's what's coming our way. >> i'm joined by christopher geldart, director of d.c.'s homeland security and emergency management agency. thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. >> good afternoon. >> what is the state of preparations now? what are you expecting and when will the storm hit? >> you know, we are looking at the storm really coming into here between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. that's when we should start to see the effects of the snow. you know, we were being predicted for anywhere from 24 to 30 inches of snow. heavy wet snow, high winds, 50 mile an hour winds at times so we are really making sure the residents understand how dangerous and how serious this storm is. >>

d.c. police lacking for the person who shot two d.c. administrators in a car monday night. d.c. bureau chief sam ford broke the story. what are you learning? sam: well, the police tape is still here on the scene in the 1500 block of eaton road southeast where two d.c. school administrators from different schools were sitting in a car parked when the shooting started. police say officers responded to the sounds of gunshots monday night around 7:30 and found the pair here. police sources confirmed the victims, the man and a woman were both school administrators. one at ballou stay high school, the other at roosevelt stay high school. police say they are both suffering from serious gunshot wounds and are hospitalized. no word this evening as to any possible motive for the shooting. but police this afternoon released a photo of 23-year-old justin headspeath. there is a warrant out for his arrest in this case. the charge is assault with intent to kill. the school system in a statement said the d.c. public schools community is shocked and saddened by the violence against our administr

we found two d.c. ambulances stopped at the intersection of mount pleasant and park road, both stuck in the snow en route to a home about two blocks away. numberst aimed at once, 31, was stuck, the number 24 was dispatched to replace that, and it became stuck on the opposite corner. they requested a plow to clear the snow or a humvee to deliver them to the patient's home. when we left moments ago, one of the paramedics was walking towards the patient's home with his medical bag. at this point, leon and alison, no word on the situation for the patient, but we saw how difficult it was come in either ambulances could budge. we pulled up behind one in we had to back up for a block. a both had chains on, but that he made -- but that made no difference. alison: the hard work and dedication come getting out and going on foot. sam, thank you. leon: continuing coverage is ahead. we have the largest team of meteorologist in the region. they are working on the updated forecast. alison: this has to be the video of

evening rush hour essentially has not ended in the washington, d.c. area. the d.c. beltway, the big interstate that goes in a circle around the city is still a mess in many places. interstate 95 in virginia south of d.c. still a mess. other interstates throughout the area still bad, as well. slowly but surely things are better. but in just a few hours evening rush hour is going to bleed into morning rush hour. and what happened, as you said earlier, their crews were caught totally unawares. a lot of roads were untreated. even though it was a very small snowstorm, the cars drove over the snow, turned it into ice, that caused a huge amount of accidents and then firefighters and ambulances, they couldn't get to the accidents to clear them. so it just turned into a giant mess. there are stories of folks who have been sitting in their cars for six, seven hours and have barely moved an inch. >> and yeah. >> this is something nobody really expected either. so they weren't prepared. people probably didn't have water and the things they would need to be able to sit in their

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d.c. getting the brunt of it right now. we are a awaiting a press conference for mayor bowser in washington, d.c., of course as that begins, we will bring it to you, also at this hour, we are expecting a live press conference in new york mayor bill de blasio, a lot of people want to know what's going to happen to the subway hear in new york city, all of the trains above ground have been halted, but underground subways are open. we're on the high end of the estimate that we were kbelting from all the meteorologists leading up to this storm. i do want to go to swjason caro who is joining me here in central park. i am amazed at the people who are still out here enjoying this when all of the officials are telling them to go home. >> reporter: i'm amazed i'm sill out here too, poppy. i mean literally. there's so many folks that are still out here on this hill. these are dedicated individuals. you know, who come out here, wanting to enjoy this type of snow. this is not a hat, that's hair, maybe that is ice. baby, i feel for you.

. >> d.c. police are investigating another violent attack by a group of teenagers and so far we reported on four other attacks on teens in the last three weeks it happened h street december 24. three others happened on metro station at gallaudet, pentagon city and convention center and metro center and victim of the attack on h street shawn sheppard said he was picking up a peesia delivery and he spoke with us to tell us what happened. >> as they were passing they surrounded me one person behind me made a noise and the person in front of me whenever i turned my head knocked the pizza out of my hand and somebody else from my side pushed me off my bike and then i got punched right there. >> sheppard says after the attack the group got on to met low bus near bayne the teens got away. >> and this morning, charles county police are still searc searching for two men responsible for a deadly home invasion that happened early yesterday morning terrace dmriv waldor of and investigators say two masked me

d.c. what's the word now, tom? >> reporter: jim, we are expecting the mayor about 5:15. is the city ready? is the downtown ready? a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. they were busy clearing the sidewalks at the martin luther king library on g street and across the street at catholic charities, snow crowded the homeless jesus bench designed to call attention to the needy. some streets like north capitol were ready for thousands of commuters and visitors. k street was clearing but critical service roads alongside were snow packed. normal street parking downtown was impossible to find. those who were getting around were doing so carefully. >> a lot of businesses are closed. hundreds of thousands of people need to be down here. sure looks like a lot of snow to move by tomorrow morning. >> it does, yeah. i'm actually from minnesota, and i'm used to seeing the snow move a lot quicker, but, you know, what are you going to do? this is the snowzilla. >> if they can get the snow out of

d.c. we don't have the wind gusts tonight but still plenty bitter out there. >> that's a big difference. you don't have the wind biting through you. as long as you bundle up we can take these kinds of temperatures. it is a very cold night across our area, the cold is here along the east. take a look. already at 15 in dulles, 16 in manassas, 19 at clinton and d.c. 27 degrees. as we move on tonight, heading to the bus stop, very cold start. 18 degrees from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. this morning the wind chill was close to zero. we won't have that same factor but a very cold start as you make your way out. between 3:00 and 4:00, in the 30s and a slight increase tomorrow. you will need to bundle up for sure. one more cold one tomorrow and milder late this week. with the mild air, rain chances on the higher side. could affect the redskins game. the forecast coming up. >>> we learned nats slugger ryan zimmerman is suing al jazeera america and we just got our hands on the lawsuit. it was filed today in d

not just d.c. but maryland too. >> we're about to make you more late. >> yes. >> what do you make of all the traffic. >> it's kind of difficult when they can't get the snow -- the back roads are really bad. >> i've never seen it this bad. >> how long you have been in it? >> 45 minutes. >> it's pretty awful we'll we've been here an hour and a half. >> i heard her, since saidwell that's the private street on wisconsin avenue fraen there to here where we interviewed that young driver 1.3 miles took her an hour and a half to have get this far. that gives you perspective of how bad it was. and d dot is saying we had a lot of crews still moving snow off the road. that does sometimes eat up lanes and you had snow in some lanes as well. it made it difficult. they also have crews and had crews out earlier as well. pretreating roads because of all the expected refreezing. just pan down to sidewalk this is a sheet of ice here. many roads look like that tonight. that's the lock around d.c. presidential. >> met

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we'll go live to the middle of it down in d.c. tonight. >> we can see you've got your warm gear on. right? >> i know it is, guys. a lot of snow. in fact, you guys are really not getting a lot of what we're getting right now. it has consistently been snowing since. forecasters say we could be in this. >> we're sending a clear message that most people in the storm like this. >> the mayor of washington, stay home and off the roads. >> we are very, very, very concerned about health, life, and safety of d.c. residents. >> the city could see upwards of two feet of snow over the weekend with strong winds causing white out conditions. >> i've activated 500 national guardsmen and women. >> virginia's governor says his state is ready with 13,000 pieces of equipment and 650,000 tons of salt. >> we're having weather issues across the state from the mountains all the way to the coast. >> north carolina is seeing a mix of snow, ice, and freezing rain. in neighboring tennessee, treacherous road conditions. >> you can stay home. that will give ou

>> d.c. doesn't have open carry. >> armstrong: anybody can carry? >> yes. >> armstrong: is it safe? >> i would say it could make for >> how do we know they are trained? >> we don't know. >> >> armstrong: how many stam states? >> in the united states, 42 open carry is in about 42. currently, 10 that are restrictive in terms of may carry, in terms of if you go and apply for concealed carry, you may receive one depending on application status and background. >> >> armstrong: anybody, can go and get a gun and go to maryland. what have been the incidents where this turned out to be not so good for the state? or have people been responsible? >> d.c. had -- >> armstrong: we are talking >> concealed carry holders. >> armstrong: we are talking about open. >> open carry people are responsible. >> armstrong: that is amazing. >> it has been common the virginia a long time. >> armstrong: what about the laws in maryland? >> maryland again, it is a may issue state. you can apply, no open carry per se in mar

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d.c. government and d.c. public schools are oning with no delay and will on on time. >> and although it's back to class for students in the districts several other schools in the region are closed you can check out closings and delays at the bottom of your screen. >> get to breaking news out of new jersey this morning. three tractor-trailers involved in major accident on the outer loop braddock road delaying rush hour commuters. >> annie yu joins us live from the scene. quite eye mess out there annie good morning. >> it is quite a mess out here indeed. allison, steve it's quickly piling up and cars moving inch by inch and slow going here beltway braddock road. as you moneyed this involves three tractor-trailers all lanes closed on main lines or main lanes excuse me as well as express. you're down to one lane merge you're down to one lane merging off braddock road here. take a look at backup. we're told it's about a mile an a half to two mile backup here and very very slow going. at the moment traffic diverted

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washington, d.c. and baltimore. the conditions are pretty bad out there. everyone has been saying, all the emergency officials, city, state, government officials, if you don't have to be outside. washington, d.c. could get at least two and a half feet of snow and up and down the east coast a lot of snow as well. 85 million people in the path of this monster storm. when we come right back we're live all across the snow zone. look at that thing. huge! ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? as long as you love me, it's alright bend me shape me, any way you want me you've got the power, to turn on the light shape the best sleep of your life. sleep number beds with sleep

kevin: again, d.c. police nab amounted sexual assaulter off the street four days after being featured in the "7 on your side" wall of justice series. much more at 5:00. for now we are live in northwest. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you very much. in prince george's county police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old girl. they say she died at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. sadly, this isn't the first time that this has happened in the county in the last two years. brad bell joining us live to explain. very sad. brad: we are told there have been five deaths of children in the last two years at the hands of mothers, boyfriends. we want to show you the man right now the police say is responsible for latest crime. his name is kareem bryant. 23 years old. his official address is in the district. but police say he was living in landover with his girlfriend. staying in the apartment. when he was briefly left alone with 6-month-old ryatt tillman and her twin brothers. still not sure

that leading edge is inching towards the d.c. area, and once it starts the conditions are going to detear yoeriorate in tp of a finger, but you would never know that a storm is coming by looking at the crowd behind me. and the storm line is getting ve very, very close to the d.c. area, and filling in little by little, and like you said, 29 million people under the blizzard warning, and that is stretching from d.c., baltimore, philly, new york, and philadelphia could see more snow than originally expected. we could see up to 20 to 30 inches here in the d.c. area, and it is going to continue to snow for hours and hours on end. we are looking at the 24 to 36 hours. the winds are going to pick up, and we will see the winds at a 30 to 40 miles per hour with gusts up to the 60 or higher as the storm makes its way up the coast. we will continue the feel the winds through tomorrow, and then slacking off by saturday night. look at that, d.c. is definitely in the bull's eye. the nation's capitol is getting the very, very strong winds, and

as we said earlier, washington, d.c. is really in the bull's-eye of this blizzard but the surrounding suburbs are also getting pounded right now. >> they're expecting more than two feet in some areas of virginia but what's even more concerning right now is they're bracing for power outages that could last for several days and abc's gloria riviera is in reston, virginia, for us this morning. hi, gloria. >> reporter: good morning. i have to tell you we're in reston in a town center and feels like it's getting worse, not better. this morning in the early hours very low winds, now they've hour. i want to show you something. look down here. there is a path behind me. it's snowy, it's white but it looks passable, right? that's what it looks like when you've had near constant snow removal. they've been shoveling. they've been plowing, but those suburban areas that are in danger of losing power, they haven't had that. emergency teams told me last night they were working around the clock, these guys are just can't move the snow f

throughout washington, d.c. as we deploy the idea is we're going to be able to provide the same level of care for any child who may suffer from potential injury or any other injury other than head injuries. so that would include anyone at the parks and recs facilities in the public sectors, anyone at private institutions, private youth club organizations, schools, pe classrooms, cafeterias, locker rooms, wherever these head injuries may be occurring, also on the football field, on lacrosse fields, in the soccer pitch, whatever it may be. then as that information comes in, we're able to study the effects of that concussion education training that's being deployed. in the injury free platform the cdc heads up training and return to play protocols are being put in place so we can electronically dis boout all of the necessary requirements, the signs and symptoms, the recognition for parents, but then also for students, coaches, to complete that training process. we're also doing then making it available for administ

the cost of snow removal in d.c. costs $110,000 for 12-hour shift. >> wow, so it does really add up, when we think about this. and right now we can only look at what's predicted. we'll have probably more proper tallies as we look at this into next week. but yeah, it's a big mess. so new york, new york we've had de blasio, he shut the city down once before, we didn't get the snow. >> we. >> yes. false alarm. >> yes, you never want to cry wolf on blizzard. but the city is prepared. like everything in new york city, everything will be more expensive. for every inch of snow falls it costs $1.8 million to clean it up off the streets. the forecast comes down. looks like we'll only get about six inches. the city should be able to handle this. but you do the math. if forecasters think we get six inches of snowfall, it will cost more than $10 million to get it off the street. city officials say workers are loading 579 salt spreaders. that's more than 2,000 workers clearing roads each during a 12-hour shift. good news is that

i know washington d.c. is not hit as much as we are in boston with snowstorms, but do you feel like city officials are prepared for this? >> well, it's odd. on wednesday we had got just a light dusting of snow. really unprepared for that. the streets weren't treated. it caused massive gridlock. a colleague of mine that lived 17 miles out of town, he had to stay out of town halfway because he wasn't going to make it. that was with an inch. when they heard it would get up to 30 inches they want to take more precautions. they are more prepared out. there's 50 front end loaders to get the street cleared and get 39 tons of salt on the road to hopefully get things back to normal early next week. >> scott down in d.c.and that's the storm system east of there trying to move north. look at this stat light picture here. as a kid studying meteorologist, this is what we drool over. and even know i'm a little a husband and a father, no, i don't need another snow blitz. so it's someone else's turn. blizzard warning in ef

fall, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is putting the brakes on the department of transportation proposal to dramatically increase fines for speeding. said they would get a ticket for getting ahead of me on that one. isberly: balser said she committed to making d.c. streets safer and call the possibility of 1000 other tickets for excessive speeding unlikely. the d.c. council will hold a hearing on the proposed fines next week. at the start of her term, the mayor promised the long-delayed d.c. streetcar would begin service by 2016. while the city missed the new year's deadline, simulated service along a street and benning road in northeast is now underway. after that, the state safety office will review any problems that were encountered. as long as there is nothing insurmountable, we open. kimberly: the streetcar project has cost $200 million and is a decade behind schedule. the d.c. area's restricted airspace has gotten stricter. new rules that drone owners must follow. first, there is never a shortage

d.c. including in the capitol hill neighborhood. each attack took place between 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. the recent occurring new year's eve night. he would approach his victims from behind and violently hit them in the head. >> the urgency was ramped up. when we realize it's the same person. kevin: police chief cathy lanier say the assaults began november 24, two days before thanksgiving when latney ran away from his halfway house. >> a person was attacked, walking home from work, walking in their own community. that community no matter where it is. everybody is upset and scared. i think that is why we work so hard to try to make sure the residents do feel safe and we work so diligently to prevent those things from happening. kevin: police say they uncovered security video of melvin latney in four of the five sexual assaults he is accused of committing. it generated a ton of tips for police and helped get the guy off the street. live in northwest, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: good r

d.c., had a few sprinkles out there, tom. >> a political bit of drizzle, patchy drizzle around. if you're planning on heading out early you'll be driving on wet pavement. allow yourself extra time as we have fog in the area. there's the capitol dome litç . spotlight shining into the fog. we have scattered drizzle around much of the region, the rain coming our way for later tonight into tomorrow. way down here in the tennessee valley, muss miss river valley, around memphis, tennessee, down into alabama and moving into out of mississippi and into alabama. that's going to be coming up our way by late tonight. after midnight tonight into around this time tomorrow morning we'll have steadier rain moving in. blustery winds and big temperature changes. we'll sort all that out coming up in a few minutes. >>> developing in d.c., we're learning of several shootings overnight, at least one of those deadly, this is off haze street around 9:30. d.c. police say someone shot and killed a person. police

with the healthy corner stores, with d.c. central kitchen, those kind of programs, but we have got to do something about access, because even if i want to shop, and we do like to shop, to cook at home, where am i going to get the food? how am i going to get it? >> you mentioned to me during our conversation before the show that d.c. used to be first among cities that make sure school children got meals. d.c. is no longer first. what happened? >> there was a dropoff. i think we were very excited about breakfast in the classroom, lunch in the classroom, there might be some fatigue around it, but we need to get back to it, because it is, in fact, one of the best ways, i believe, to help educate children. because hungry children aren't thinking about anything. hungry children get sicker. hungry children are then out of school. we can do a lot around this, and it doesn't cost us anything except to make our children, and everyone around them, excited about it. breakfast is really good, it's the best meal of the day, and make it fun

to d.c., to richmond, to philadelphia. all the way to the delaware water gap and allentown will pick up heavy snowfall right through this dark purple area. new york city now in it to win it as the storm gets farther to the north this is 12 inches or more for the city proper and it's a lot to plow. if it gets to be 20 inches that is a big, big slowdown for new york city with millions of people trying to get back to work on monday, might be difficult. is there there is times square. so the snow has started to fall, as you can see. my question is, though, chad, you were on earlier and you said new york city may not get that much snow. is it following the redistricted path or the path you thought? >> it is but because we had been talking about the big models, the gfs, the american model, if i have time to talk about this i will. and the european model, those are large scale models. now we are following the small scale models with little bands of snow. those bands of snow will come off the ocean like lake effect snow that goes

d.c. took three. that means school officials will now adjust some days in the schedule. prince george's only have four days built in and they are now a day over. arlington has ten. four left to burn. fairfax has the most snow days built in with 13. so still plenty left there. michelle: as we are closing in on the weekend, arlington and montgomery county public schools announced classes tomorrow are canceled. alexandria city schools will open on a two-hour delay. for instant updates you can sign up for school closing text alert at wjla.com/text. or just follow the ticker at the bottom of your screen. we also have a complete list of closings under the wjla.com weather tab. alison: flowing water in street called backup in northwest washington this morning. it wasn't a water main break but abc7 learned it was a plow that hit a fire hydrant. crews were able to shut the water off and replace the hydrant. but also another reminder today that when it snows make sure you try to clear a path to the

places like d.c. expect to shut down. >>> jim cantore, from the weather channel, you know when he arrives in your city, it is going to be bad. where is jim going next? >> i think everybody knows we are waiting for that storm that is supposed to come tomorrow. i think we have on great authority that it will be here sometime tomorrow. now is the time to download our nbc washington app to stay on top of it. >> we'll send you breaking alerts and everything you need to know to keep you and your >>> we take a look back at washington's top five snowstorms. >>> washington's top five snowstorms have had 17 itches or more. the most recent being sn snowmageddon on february 1st of 2010. it fell friday into saturday crippling the days for days after. that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and left many schools closed for days after this event. this storm dropped 20.5 oichs of snow in washington. the biggest snow stork on record was 94 years ago when 28 inches fell on january 27th and 28th. in 1922. this s

light snow in d.c., very heavy to the north of there. so d.c. gets a break now. it should fill back in though later this morning. >> thanks for staying on top of things. >>> in about 20 minutes or so, i'll be speaking with andrew cuomo about the blizzard watch in effect for new york. as bill mentioned the expectations changed for the worse over overnight. >>> renewed tensions between donald trump and ted cruz. the two rivals are among several candidates in iowa today making a last pitch to voters before the caucuses nine days from now. in the midst of their fight in iowa, donald trump's campaign released an ad painting ted cruz as pro amnesty on immigration and cruz followed with an ad of his own. >> sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. >> well, of course i wanted the bill to pass. my amendment to pass. what my amendment -- >> you said the bill. >> is take citizenship off the table. it doesn't mean -- it doesn't mean that i supported the other aspects of the bill. >> i think eminent domain is wonderful. >> it made him rich. like when trump colluded with atla

now when d.c. public schools reopen tomorrow as d.c. government and the mayor have announced, we will be prepared to run the 32 metro bus school trips to the extent possible, given road conditions. some of those routes earlier today needed treatment. but we're working hand in glove with d d.o.t. and d-dot has embedded personnel in our bus control center. so we can just turn to them and say -- where the problem areas are and they can dispatch resources to address it. that coordination has been incredibly smooth through this entire event. for net ro rail, the system opened on time at 5:00 a.m. this morning and generally the rail system is running well today. there have been a few weathe weather-related issues bucks we opened with 82 out of 91 train stations in service. that's to be expected, given the fact that the federal government was closed and all the school closings. as of 2:00 p.m., we've had 115,000 trips, as to compare it to last week, same time, that was 300,000 trips. so down about 60% today. again, that is expected, given the

in d.c., it should wreak havoc in d.c. you see shelves completely em y empty. this is becoming a problem for people who weren't able to get out early to get the necessities. the other thing that's going on is massive flight cancellations. i have for you a misery map from flight aware.com. you can go city by city and see where the main problems are. right now charlotte is completely shut down for obvious reasons, the ice. as we lk at. >> did. >> -- d.c., you can see you should give up and stay home. the misery level will go up all day. >> olivia stern is looking at the economic impact of this storm. how much will this storm cost u.s.? >> according to a weather intelligence firm, the storm will cost about half a billion dollars. $500 million sounds like a lot of money. if you compare that to the polar vortex that took away $15 billion because it lasted a long time. the duration of the storm is expected to be a lot of snow butch it, but it's going to be a relatively quick storm. the ebig thing i