The amount of time i have put into this. For the second time this week, the patriots head coach defending himself in deflategate. Good evening, im kimberly suiters. We have a winter rather alert. A second round of snow is expected to be in the area tomorrow night and monday. Meteorologist Eileen Whelan is in the stormwatch center with what is ahead. I suspect there will be numerous cancellations and delays monday morning. Good morning washington starting at 4 a. M. With the latest. Right now we have at 11 00 a winter storm watch that remains in effect for northwestern portions of the viewing area beginning tomorrow night at 9 00 , lasting through 9 p. M. Monday. A stormwatch is issued when snow totals may exceed five inches. The d. C. Metro area not under an advisory or watch as of yet, but i suspect the National Weather service will issue an advisory at some point tomorrow. Temperatures at 11 00, 40 degrees at reagan national, 37 frederick and andrews as well as dulles and manassas, the magic number. The temperatures will fall into the upper 20s in the further north suburbs. With all of the moisture from yesterday and this morning, be aware that water on the roadways may get slick. The headlines Going Forward with the next weather system, rain and snow will begin in western sections of the viewing area tomorrow at about dinnertime. More of the snow filling in through the overnight sunday for the rest of the region. Snow showers will be likely monday morning. As i have been hinting, delays and closings will be likely. Coming up from the belfort furniture weather center, more specifics about totals and timing. This system may also impact us tuesday. We have all, kimberly, coming up. This first round of Winter Weather mainly turning into way rain event, families have been prepared for the snow sunday night and monday morning. Rebecca cooper continues Team Coverage live from rockville. Families there do not seem too worried . Well, kimberly, they have been listening to Eileen Whelan, because they are not worried but there are plenty of evil stocking up on milk. How hard they get hit will depend on where they live in the washington area. Points further north and west, expect even more snow. One thing everyone we spoke with seems to agree on today, they would rather see snow at this point than more cold rain and sleet. Here at home depot and gaithersburg, the outdoor grills are on sale. The hot items are still the generators and bags of ice melt. Stacked and ready for this week possibly three blast. Its beautiful, but the reality is its difficult in the mornings. For this rockville resident, his kids have already had snow days. He grew up closer to canada where school was rarely canceled any is not stocking up. I have a snow shovel, thats it. Just enough to get me out of my driveway into work. You are from upstate new york. Over a few inches, yeah. Plenty of shoppers were stocking up at the safeway a northeast d. C. With snow assist jewels. These Wilson High School students had one twohour delayed this winter. They want a full day. You are hopeful . Yes. With the d. C. Expected to get snow mixed with cold, rain, and sleet, this georgetown resident would rather get the snow. It is nice and prettier than the rain. I was disappointed the other day when it melted. This sixyearold agrees. What you like better, cold rain or snow . Snow. Why . Because i like building snowmen. Mom jessica is ready for whatever jack frost has in store. Its winter, we live on the east coast. You never know what you are going to get. Weather rate is cold rain or snow, people are listening. We did the milk check in d. C. , they are buying it here, and in rockville. Too early to say of schools will be canceled, but we will keep you uptodate with all of the latest forecast as the winter mix develops. Rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. Other parts of the east coast are gearing up for several inches of snow. By midday, there were 4 to 9 inches of snow in new york, pennsylvania, and connecticut. Northern new england is expected to get the most snow with 10 to 14 inches possible in eastern maine. Stay with abc 7 and wjla. Com as we track the Winter Weather. We will have updates on facebook and twitter, and the stormwatch app is great to have when you are away from television. It will send the weather alerts to your mobile device. Good morning washington will begin early monday at 4 a. M. With the latest forecast, traffic information, and delays and closings. Developing around the World Intelligence agencies are working to authenticate a chilling message believed to be from the terrorist group isil. It claims that one of two japanese hostages was beheaded. The white house was expressing condolences to the family of Haruna Yukawa and demanding the release of kenji goto. Isil says they will free him only if a bomber in custody in jordan will be released. No bombs on two airplanes after a twitter threat against a southwest flight from milwaukee and a delta flight from wind scheduled to bash a delta flight from portland scheduled to land in atlanta. No items were found of the search. A judge set the trial date yesterday for christopher cornell, who has pled not guilty to three charges including attempted murder of u. S. Officials and employees. He was arrested last week and is being held without bond. His trial could be postponed. The judge told both sides to begin discussions on a possible plea agreement. Police officers want to speak with a female passenger involved in a road rage incident on route seven in loudoun county. Vista gator say the victim was pulling into route seven when the driver of a green sedan began tailgating, then pulling up beside. After an argument, the driver of the green sedan is accused of firing shots at the other driver, hitting the back of the car. Nobody was hurt. The police are looking for the driver of the green sedan and a female passenger. The search will resume sunday for the fifth sixth and final victim from the mansion fire in annapolis. Family and friends of don pyle and his wife believed they were inside with their four grandchildren when the fire burn the house to the ground. Complete strangers were paying their respects. We just wanted to come down you know, say we are sorry and we just prefer the family every day we rapray for the family every day. A fire ripped through the chelsea would condos in greenbelt. Richard reeve spoke with some residents who were forced out into the cold. A ball of fire, heavy smoke and firefighters working frantically. We saw there was a huge fire. A hellish landscape that was much more than a two alarm fire. The smoke was filling the kitchen. Jauanita long is still cleaning up after a long day. Fire alarms began blaring at the chelsea wood condos saturday morning. Investigators say the 5 00 a. M. Blaze began in the basement apartment. It was an inferno. Piled up in the backyard, a file cabinet, a sewing machine a bed. The 86yearold man who lived here escaped. He crawled out the window, his feet were bleeding barefoot. He walked down the street about a half mile to the shell station. He was heavily bleeding and he asked the guys working here to call 911. The possible boarding situation has some concern but the fire alarms worked, likely saving lives. It is a blessing. Among the debris, there were lots of walks. We are told that six units were heavily damaged, 18 people displaced. The elderly gentleman who lived inside is in fair condition in the hospital. The authorities are looking for a call. Richard reeve, abc 7 news. Coming up new details in a crash that killed one man and injured comedian tracy morgan. The legal action taken by walmart concerning the accident. President obama skipping a visit to the tosh mahal. We have an update on a crash that injured comedian tracy morgan and killed his friend james mcnair. Mcnairs family has settled the lawsuit against walmart over the accident. They were rearended by a walmart tractortrailer last june. The truck driver was going to fast and was too close to the maximum drive time allowed. Four lawsuits were filed in that crash. President obama will be landing in new delhi india, within the hour. They will be the guest of honor at several events hosted by the Prime Minister of india. Members of congress are also on this trip, including virginia senator mark warner. Tuesday, president obama is shortening history to india for a trip to saudi arabia to pay respects to the late King Abdullah and meet with his successor for stop mccain. Nearly three dozen people are dead in an attack in the ukraine. Secretary of state john kerry nato and others condemn the attack. The separatists said an offensive is under way to increase the territory they now control. Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across Arlington National cemetery to collect remembrance wrea wreaths. There was one on every grave placed for the first time in history. To come here and remember and honor the veterans and to teach the children the cost and value of freedom so the sacrifices will not be forgotten. The wreaths adorn the headstones for the past month. Rick santorum, Sarah Palin Donald trump, and rick perry were some of the speakers at the freedom summit. Nobody has made an official announcement about running for the white house in 2016, but some have signaled their intentions. Some republican contenders did not attend, including mitt romney, jeb bush, marco rubio and rand paul. Lets check in with eileen. You have spent a lot of time tracking this storm heading our way. Yes and it will impact us monday morning. Dont focus necessarily on the total but the impact. Monday morning i think will be messy. Right now, just a few clouds overhead. Satellite radar gray and damp, but the skies cleared before sunset. The clouds that are sitting overhead associated with the upper level low that continues to move further off to see. But stay away from that in focus on the one that is impacting us. This is in Alberta Clipper swinging down into the midsection of the country. This system will continue wanted southeastward track, passing to the south before really evolving into a strong noreaster. It will have high impact to the new england coastline. The precipitation beginning as early as dinnertime tomorrow for the western sections of the area. Tomorrow morning, seven, partly cloudy skies, nice start. Clouds increasing through the afternoon with temperatures in the 40s. By 6 00, the computer simulation pointing at what weather in northern sections of the area. With the pink, green purple, i think we start with rain. Eventually the colder air will fillin. We will have the transition to a little bit of snow. That will occur from south to north north to south, rather. Monday morning, the blue indicating snow. South of d. C. , some sleet. Southern maryland, culpeper, fredericksburg, rain to start but the cold air will fillin as the low pressure intensifies offshore. Through the day monday, on and off snow showers. With the rapidly intensifying coastal storm, really strong northeasterly wind. That will blow any snow that is falling and could reduce visibility. As the storm system continues to become more defined offshore, it could bring more snow late monday. Now the latest guidance is hinting at that continuing to early tuesday. Snowfall totals, too early to pinpoint the exact totals. As of now, the general rule of thumb is we will have the highest totals northwest of town. Frederick, winchester, three to six inch range. Closer to d. C. , the media metro, one to three and just. Southern maryland, print south probably just a coding if that. That will change, so stay with the stormwatch 7 weather team for the latest updates. Tomorrow, sunny, cloudy with late day snow far northwest. Middle 40s. Overnight sunday, the snow begins in town. We will still have snow showers and windy conditions monday. Higher accumulations further northwest. However, that could change with the developing coastal storm. There is still high uncertainty but i guarantee there will be some impact monday morning. Kids, watch the forecast. Dont worry, we will keep you covered. Do your homework anyways. Still the possibility of lingering snow showers tuesday. Otherwise, notice the temperatures 30s, overnight lows in the teens. The cold air is upon us. The patriots head coach are all these from the same press efforts . They are. And this is a different bill. He sounds kind of smart. Bill the science guy . A science lesson from professor Bill Belichick. Sports is coming up. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. The was or is facing the trail blazers. First quarter, the wiz off to a great start. Nene had 11 points in the first quarter. The wizards lead at the half. A lot to play for for the hoyas. A win over marquette today could help their case for the top 25. Fun game, less than five minutes to go, georgetown comes up with a steel after contact. Erin bowen lays it in, gets the foul. 7471 hoyas. Here is where the juicy stuff happens. Five seconds left, matt carlino for the win. He nails it. Except his foot was on the line, two points. A minute left in overtime, the hoyas up. The hoyas take the fourpoint lead. They win 9585, first place in the big east. Gw duking it out with duquesne. Donald has a good look from straightaway. Gw lead at the break. Second half, 4620. Drives the lane, lays it in. The is found. They win 7459. Hockey, caps forward Alex Ovechkin competed in the allstar skills challenge today the breakaway competition, kind of like the slamdunk contest. You need to score goals, but with creativity. Bounces the golf his stick loses control, not that impressive. Second attempt, behind the back. Totally fans this. For his last attempt, he get some help. He grabs the goalie stick, then a lob pass, tries to swing it like a baseball bat. Strike three. Brian your hansen Brian Johansson was the winner. More deflategate from Bill Belichick come he told the media at no point would he ever compromise the integrity of the game. Thursday his press conference consisted of him saying he had no explanation for anything. Today he became a professor. We all know that air pressure is a function of atmospheric conditions. It is a function of that. So if there is activity in the ball relative to the rubbing process, i think that explains why when we gave them to the officials and the officials put it at, say, 12. 5, if that is what they did, that once the ball each is reaches equilibrium, it was probably closer to 11. 5. Exactly, common knowledge, of course. Check out this dunk, college hoops, north carolina. Off the glass. I dont know what they are feeding kids, but they get better each year. And congratulations to Ashley Wagner from alexandria. She won her first u. S. National title, smashing the u. S. Scoring record for the free skate. She advances to the world championship. And college hoops, george mason loses, 8073, in overtime. So bill, giving the knowledge. I watched ashley tonight, and after one of her jumps, she gave a fist pump. Nice, when they get down with a, we are not just doing the straightaway stuff. We are going crazy. Drama offscreen for patrick dempsey. He and the Makeup Artist he was dating say they are splitting after 15 years of marriage. They have three children together. In a statement they said their primary concern was the wellbeing of their kids. Theyre asking for privacy. The Winter Weather can be a drag, but some people and the loose, minnesota, came up with a way to enjoy it, holding a tiny sled dog race. Each dog a miniature sled. Awards were given for the fastest dogs and best in show. I want to see the tiny dogs. My gosh. Oh, off course. I dont think they are very interested in finishing. Is that a chair