Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 400 20150123

Road crews arepared they say for this weekends Winter Weather. Right now, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is deploying snow trucks for the rush hour commute tonight as well as tomorrow morning and sunday into monday, too. The maryland state Highway Administration says it has salt plows and other equipment on the ready and urging drivers to take it slow and plan ahead for slippery conditions. As always you can track the Winter Weather through our abc 7 app or following us on facebook or twitter. Next round of winter wea way and at the end of the weekend as well. In the hospital tonight, investigators try to track down the suspect who shot him outside of a walkersville shopping center. 9 15 last night outside of the good will store at the discovery crossing shopping mall. Victims family and coworkers call that shooting baffling. Stephen tschida is on the story for us and stephen, whats the latest out there . Scott, about 9 15 last night a man who worked at a pizza shop behind me took the trash out and he heard gunshots. He and his coworkers rushed to the good will Donation Center they found a man described as 42yearold gregory campbell. He was slumped over the wheel of his vehicle and the horn was going. He was shot numerous times. They know of no one who would want to harm campbell. Tonight, he is in shock trauma in baltimore. His family and friends are hoping he pulls through. Hes a great guy. Everybody is here is devastated and worried about him. About 45 minutes ago spoke with one of the state Police Officers who was on duty when this call came in. Tonight they are looking for a suspect simply described as a tall, thin man. He was wearing a ski mask at the time. At this time, no leads. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Thank you stephen. Meanwhile, d. C. Police are looking fog for the man who stabbed a Grocery Store Security Guard. This happened around noon inside the safeway on 40th street in northeast. A Security Guard is taken to the hospital and is expected to be ok. On tonight for the suspect and jennifer donaldon will have more on this story coming up at 5 00. To the developing story out of annapolis where the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and other agencies are trying to figure out what caused that fire that burned themansion to the ground. Four bodies have been recovered and two others are still missing. Brad bell spoke with an a. T. F. Agent today about what theyre looking for there. Brad . Yeah alison you know weve been out here since monday and for most of that time weve been outside the gate of this property. But weve come acrosser side of crab creek to live now, we can give you a look at the activity at the remains of this mansion. And you can see some of the a. T. F. Agents and fire investigators Walking Around there under that big crane. The priority today was to the final two victims in that rubble. We were told at the outset they were optimistic that that would happen. The process is at 4 30 the family will be briefed on the progress made. Then after that well be told whether or not that was the case. Other aspect of this of course is the investigation into what happened here. After all, this huge house has been destroyed. Six People Killed in this terrible fire. And investigators including the special a. T. F. Task force, National Response team has been here for several days and what were hearing is with regard to the investigation, progress is being made. Was this a crime or a terrible accident . It could possibly take months before the final determination is made. They are making progress. Just in the past few days have a good understandings of whats happening, it will take more effort and more energy to get a full picture of exactly what happened. Back live now as you look at the remains of that home and you can, perhaps, see a crane lifting a big, red bucket you can see that the destruction is really complete. Only those stone corners, what were towers castlelike towers are left standing. Coming up at 5 00 well show exactly the science involved with what the investigators are doing and well take you inside the a. T. F. s national lab in beltsville to explain how they can find answers when it would appear all the evidence has been destroyed. In annapolis, brad bell abc 7 news. Prosecutors said today there is no d. N. A. Link between Jesse Matthew and missing teen alexis murphy. The 17yearold disappeared in august of 2013. Police later found her car in charlottesville. Attorneys for the man arrested in her murder requested the d. N. A. Testing to see if matthew could be connected. Matthew was charged with an attempted murder in fairfax county. Hes also accused of playing a role in the death of the u. V. A. Student hannah graham. Prince georges county police are investigating what looks like a freak that killed a woman in morningside. She was pinned between her vehicle and a tree. Joce sterman is in the newsroom tonight with what the womans husband said when he arrived on of that accident. Joce . Well alison her husband tells us that woman was a mother and a grandmother and he believes she was killed when she was rolled over by her own car. Hasnt even settled in at all. This man who said who was the victims husband returned from a walk to discover a crime scene near his home. His wife had been killed and he claims her car popped into reverse as she waited at a bus stop this morning to tell the driver her granddaughter was sick and would not be going to school today. The victims family then showed up soon after. They were comforted by neighbors. Prince georges county investigators now handling this case. When officers arrived this morning, they say the woman was found actually pinned between a car door and a tree. And although police got the call around 6 00 neighbors tell us they heard the crash much earlier around 2 00 this morning. With they showed up they found the car in reverse and still running. The woman well known in morningside pronounced dead at scene. How long have you been married . 47 years. Cant believe it her husband in shock waiting on more information. Prince georges county police have not put out any specifics yet on this case and they told our assignment desk a moment ago they expect to release new details in this case shortly. In the newsroom joce sterman, abc 7 news. Thank you joce. Unmarried gay couples in virginia will still not be able to adopt. State Senate Committee rejected a proposal from fairfax senator janet howell. The governor supports the proposal but many oppose it saying unmarried couples are not stable. Same sex scums have the couples have the right to marry in virginia. The suspension takes effect next thursday and its in response to mcdonnells corruption conviction. The bar says mcdonnells license was already suspended because of unpaid dues. Mcdonnell is set to begin his twoyear prison sentence february 9th. Today, we are hearing from the nfl about accusations that the new England Patriots used underinflated footballs in their last weekend win against the indianapolis colts. Marcy gonzalez tells us what the league now says about that investigation and what patriot players said about the scandal as they prepare for the super bowl. The nfl sharing new insight into the socalled deflate gate investigation. Saying the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that the footballs that were underinflated were used by the patriots in the first half explaining, however, the footballs were in compliance by the second half of sundays afc championship game. Now, investigators are trying to figure out who or what is to blame. I didnt alter the ball in any way. Patriots star Quarterback Tom Brady denies any involvement. So does the head coach bill belichick. I was completely and totally unaware of any today other teammates are not only defending them, theyre laughing off the controversy. This is getting out of control. Its not just the patriots and fans questioning all the attention theyre getting. This is so stupid. Other nfl stars are chiming in calling the scandal a manufactured pre super bowl distraction. When youre up in their position, if theres something small you can nitpick at, everybody is dying to do that. The nfl is taking this seriously saying 40 people including patriots personnel have been interviewed. Yesterday, though, tom brady said investigators had not yet reached out to him. Marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. The patriots and the socalled deflate gate are the topic of todays question of the day. So what punishment if any, should the patriots receive . Go to our abc 7 Facebook Page to weigh in on this very hot topic. Well reveal some of your answers a little bit later on in the newscast. I wonder how many people will say they just want it to go away. Major still ahead here on abc 7 news at 4 00 an amazing fourlegged survival story. Find out who came to the rescue of a local dog. Stranded in ohio for two weeks. After a car accident. Separated him from his owners. Plus a warning about pets that look like theyre from your phone carrier. And a woman crossing the street in landover is struck and killed. Coming up, the circumstances surrounding her death. Im Horace Holmes. A local couple gets into a big tussle with the nhl over tickets for their little ones to the nhl all star ga a local couples plans to attend the nhl all star game in Columbus Ohio hit a major snag earlier this week when the league announced that everyone despite age, needed a ticket to attend the game. So thats a problem because this couple planned to take their baby who usually doesnt need a ticket. They contacted 7 on your side and Horace Holmes is here with what he discovered about this. Interesting case. Theyre big caps fans and they take their little one to the games all the time. They say they feel cheated by the National Hockey league. They dont know if theyll be able to attend the all star game this weekend in Columbus Ohio. Months ago, they bought tickets to the game for themselves. Booked a flight and hotel room to columbus. The problem is whether or not their 9monthold daughter will be able to get in. They have no one in columbus now to take care of the baby. They checked with the host team the Columbus Blue Jackets before they even purchased the tickets months ago about whether the baby would need a seat. They were told infants were considered lap children and dont need a ticket. Earlier this week a couple of days ago, the nhl sent out a notice saying that every person including infants require a ticket. They can sell a ticket to an adult who is going to buy concessions and buy merchandise and sell that to somebody as opposed to my daughter who would probably fold up in the folding seat. Thats a very interesting point, isnt it . So what did they do . They packed up this morning, hopped a flight with their daughter out of Reagan National to columbus. They intend to go to the game and somehow get their daughter in the arena with them. So theyre in columbus right now. Well tell you how things developed. There is a development. I was thinking you dont need a ticket for a baby on an airplane at that age. Exactly. Cant wait to hear what happened there. If you have a story that the 7 on your side team might be able to help with email tips at wjla. Com or call our 7 on your side hotline. Number is right there. All right. Time now for a check on the traffic situation and bob is in the wtop Traffic Center with details. Bob . Well scott, it looks like people are trying to rush home before the weather. Really not too bad for a friday rush hour. For now, the pavement is dry even though were getting some reports of some scattered precipitation around the region but temperatures well above freezing and on river road weve had a close in both directions between little falls and western for water main work and were getting some information from Montgomery County police, some traffic may be getting by already. If not just down the road here. Southbound on i95 it slows down a bit over the occoquan from stafford heading southward from quantico towards stafford, i should say, traveling south. Generally a pretty good ride out there as we take a look at some cameras. Usual delays headed north on 270. Very slow, headed up through germantown. Nothing unusual here. As you can see the roads look good and the same on 66 in both directions. A little bit of volume out to centreville with all lanes open. Im bob emler with wtop radio. Everybody rushing home early to beat the weather. Let me say something, my kids tell me im starting to repeat myself that im going to do it intentionally this time. Yesterday we talked and i mentioned the snow and the mix today and the snow monday morning the clipper. Ill repeat, this much bigger system were facing now will have a smaller impact, lesser impact on the metro area than the smaller system monday that will have a bigger impact. Its because of temperatures right . Because it will be snow on monday. And a mix now. So with that said did i tell you about the no. Lets get into it. The temperatures . Winter weather advisory up through noon tomorrow. This is in the purple periwinkle colors and in the pink areas, primarily centered along and north and west of interstate 81 thats a winter storm warning. This is the advisory south of stafford and spotsylvania, and beyond no advisories because its too warm. That will be mostly rain. Well have this issue back and forth and its definitely visible right now. Snow well north and west pretty much toward the 81 corridor with the transition zone of a little sleet with rain mixed in and mostly rain. This is just the leading edge of the precipitation. The entire precipitation shield from this system extends well back to the southwest of us for hundreds and hundreds of miles. Air temperatures, anything that falls right now in the upper 30s, lower 40s is melting. So and most of what we have now is very very light around the area. However, down to the south and southwest, youre starting to see things fill in. A little yellow areas with the heavier rain maybe a few pockets of sleet in spots. All this will expand northeastward through our area later tonight overnight to early tomorrow morning. Late computer models suggests a lot of the precip tags will be out of here by 7 00 or 8 00 in the morning. So what will happen between now and then . Its due to this low pressure area in the gulf moving northward. The temperatures at the surface and overhead will determine what kind of precipitation well get and therefore, that will determine how much of the precipitation well be able to measure. Futurecast, areas of green, later this evening, rain and then areas of mix and purple color farther north and west some snow. This sinlt the, you know absolutely the way its going to happen. This is a representation by computer model. Whats interesting is how much rain is showing yellow here that during the overnight hours could affect metro areas and push out. Some heavy rain at times and look by early in the morning, most of it shifts east with some leftover rain and then the snow continues in the mountains and Higher Elevations. Our western suburbs continue to get sleet and a mix. And then through the afternoon, everything kicks out of herement we get sunshine across the area and clearing skies. Not too long off that we get into the mode for sundays weather. Mostly rain south and east of the area. Up to the inch, based on the projection north and west of the city zone of one to two slushy mushy stuff in the much Higher Elevations of the mountains. If it winds up being colder maybe the totals will come up higher. We dont think so. This is the way its going to be and very quickly transition to the outlook for sunday night and monday with the Alberta Clipper giving us a 70 chance of snow. That could have an impact on the rush hour monday morning. And then clearing and Colder Weather through the rest of the week. Speaking of monday morning, special 4 00 a. M. Early start time to good morning washington on monday morning with jackie jeras and the team will get you updated. After a quite quiet winter so far, you notice howpicking up. Did you order that . You were bored. No never bored, brother. Law enforcement officers braved the cold Chesapeake Bay waters this afternoon. Can you imagine . It was for a good cause. They participated in the Police Polar Bear plunge at Sandy Point State Park in annapolis. This is a picture from the Prince Georges County Police Twitter page. According to the National Oceanic data center the average water temperature this time of year, 36 degrees. But they say its all worth it because the event raises money for the maryland chapter of the special olympics. Another polar plunge will be held tomorrow for the public. Well be there. No. But good for them. Thats fantastic. Great cause. Coming up here on abc 7 news at 4 00 president obama sits down for a post state of the Union Interview with three of the most popular people on you tube. Go ahead, the interesting topic they tackled. And a local dog goes missing after a car crash in ohio. His amazing story of survival is next. Today the washington auto show was transformed into a kind of classroom as hundreds of students from the metro area had a hands on lesson and a little fun. Sam ford takes us to the Washington Convention center. For the official opening of the auto show, they bussed them in from High School Automotive classes from the metropolitan area. Damascus high and maryland. I think this is exciting. This is awesome. Its awesome to be here. T. C. Williams in virginia. I really want to go look at the subarus over there. Ballu in d. C. There were lots of kids in this candy sto. And no sooner had mayor bowser cut the ribbon then they were off to check out the cars. For the folks putting on the show, they invited these kids for a good reason. Theyre the future and the Industry Needs them. We plant some seeds and hopefully some day theyll come back. They got a look at machines from a 1941 General Motors truck thats been declared a National Landmark to a glorified bicycle with a hybrid motor that fascinated the kids. Gets an equivalent of 1900 miles per gallon. They looked under hoods but a lot of times they piled in and sat and enjoyed. Not the most high quality cars because theyre all donated cars. Kind of nice being able to look at the newer ones. And just 37,010 for this volkswagen convertible. After the High School Kids leave, theyre going to be opening the show to the public. So the adult kids can come and it will stay open through 6 00 super bowl sunday. Reporting from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. Still ahead here a very early look at the 2016 president ial election. Plus what happened that left a pedestrian dead this morning in Prince Georges County. What punishment, if any, should the patriots receive for deflate gate . Go to wjla. 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Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v more now on our top story today. That is the weather. Were on storm watch tonight. And chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking it all for us. Doug . Yeah, were kind of like in the top of the first inning with the storm scott and alison, with advisories in effect until noon tomorrow Winter Weather advisories metro area north and west. Winter storm warnings in the Higher Elevations along and north of i81 stafford spotsylvania, southern maryland, sorry, you dont have a headline there. Most will get rain maybe a lot of it and a cold nasty rain at best. This is Doppler Radar. Pocket of fairly moderate rain now south and east of manassas. Thats moving north and east. Mostly rain farther north and west. You get a mix here of snow and sleet and back and forth even though you see wide coverage a lot of this is very, very light. Matter of fact, some are our weather bug cameras that you cant see much on the camera because the sleet or the snowflakes are so small. This is the big picture. Precipitation from the storm system still developing in the gulf. Often what happens in the gulf coastal storms is you get the lines of heavy rain and thunderstorms develop and sometimes, that really inhibits a lot of the heavier precipitation from moving northward so these are all things we watch. Thats why we dont think it will be a major impact for our area. Plenty much rain plus surface temperatures are warm enough now in the 30s and 40s that anyt frozen will melt. So thats a good deal. But later tonight when we get around freezing different story. We think the precipitation will come in different forms and possibly go back and forth in many areas. Better chance of anything significant well to the north and west of the metro area. Calling for mainly rain south of the city south and east. Up to an inch of slushy, mushy stuff in the closer suburbs and the farther north and west you go, the more we can see. Well keep on top of it and give you a fresh update coming up in 15, 16 minutes. Scott . Thank you, doug. A woman is struck and killed in landover and a preliminary investigation revealed she was not in the crosswalk at the time. The woman who has not been identified and Brianne Carter explains exactly what happened. That hurts my heart. Residents living along landover road woke up this morning saddened to hear a woman crossing the busy six lane road was struck and killed. Prince georges county police say it all happened just before 6 00. Authorities believe this car was involved. The driver stayed on scene. At this time at least one vehicle hit her. Were trying to rule out the possibility that other vehicles may have struck her as well. Residents in this community are concerned Something Like this could happen again. While there is a crosswalk and a stoplight down the road at kenmore drive, here along this section of landover road there isnt. Esidents say a number of people cross right here to get to the bus stop across the street. They got to get dont even think about it. During rush hour this morning, our cameras caught several people crossing the middle of the road. Every day people crossing this highway going to work. Going to school. Going to whatever theyre doing, trying to get to that bus stop. Monica robertson has lived in this community for 20 years and she says something needs to change. Police cars have gotten hit there. While the crash happened near the bus stop its still unclear whether or not thats where the woman was headed. The investigation is ongoing. In landover Brianne Carter, abc 7 news. An American University professor has pleaded guilty to burglary and Identity Theft charges in court today. The charges for 38yearold david pith stemmed from an incident last year. He broke into Fox Hall Square mall in northwest washington. He was also accused of starting a series of small fires. When police searched his apartment, they found more than 5400 prescription pills. A steady stream of republican contenders are testing the waters for 2016 president ial run. The latest florida senator marco rubio. And karen traverse has a look now at who is hitting the road this weekend to b their candidacies. Election day 2016 is 654 days away. But potential candidates are starting to line up. A Senior Advisor to the Florida Republican snort marco rubio tells abc news he has told us to proceed as if hes running for president. That means linking up with top g. O. P. Fundraisers and getting ready for a tour at early voting states. Recently, he said he would not be deterred by the potential heavyweights in the republican field. You do so because you want to be president. Not you want to be president unless someone else wants to be president first. That list of republicans who want to be president is growing. Hoping the third time is a charm, mitt romney. Im giving some serious consideration to the future. And the son and brother of former president jeb bush. But none of them will be in iowa this weekend when the Hawkeye State unofficially kicks off its every four years turn in the political spotlight. Several likely republican contenders are attending a political summit rally hosted by conservative congressman steve king. So far, king likes what he sees. There are a half a dozen Candidates Plus or minus a little bit. I would put my name in a hat and be really happy to replace the president that we have today. This may feel very early. Compared to previous cycles it actually isnt. At this point in 2007 Hillary Clinton had already declared her candidacy and then senator obama threw his hat in the ring soon after. Reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. Well coming up how tennis and a twirl has created outrage among many women. Plus, if youre signing up for a gym membership this month, beware of the big catch in the paperwork. 7 is on your side with the professional tennis world is spinning tonight over a twirl or rather a requested twirl. All this happened after canadian Eugenie Bouchards win in the Australian Open. Abcs ted rollins odd request that ignited an online firestorm. Can you give a twirl and tell us about your outfit . A twirl . Yes a twirl. Eugenie bouchard after advancing to the third round of the Australian Open is asked by the announce to her do a twirl. A twirl. A pirouette, here we go. While bouchard was good natured about it the twirl has heads spinning. The twitter twirlgate has people calling the twirl sexist and disgusting. Superstar Serena Williams who was also asked to twirl points out that theres no twirling for the men. I never ask roger to twirl. Im fine to being asked to twirl. Billie jean king getting into the debate saying the interviewer asking the women to twirl on court is out of line. This is the reality. Some might think its harmless but it has an impact and it has the impact of minimizing the performance on the field of play. At last years Australian Open bouchard who is 20 years old from canada was asked about dating justin bieber. Shes ranked seventh in the world and seems to be taking twirl gate in stride. I dont know. Just a little guy asking me to twirl was funny. Theres been no comment or apology from the announcer. Bouchard won again on friday advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open. Ted rollins abc 7 news. And coming up next on abc 7 news at 4 00 a warning about text alerts that appear to be from your cell phone provider. Some popular you tubers go oneonone with president obama and take on some very interesting topics. And dont forget to weigh in on our question of the day. What punishment, if any, should the patriots face for deflate gate . Your answers are next. If youre thinking of joining a gym to keep up with your new years resolution before you do, we have an important warning. John matteris shows us the top health club traps so you dont waste your money. If your resolution for 2015 to lose some weight its this time of year that gyms in the d. C. Area are offering super signup deals. Its 10 or 20 a month. Heres why in a few months you may wind up regretting that decision to sign up. Health clubs everywhere are advertising low monthly rates, twofer deals and even a free month of workouts. But so many of us who start the year hopeful end up frustrated when the club doesnt work out and we still have to pay. I prepaid. I actually paid in full when i signed up. Will they let he out of your contract . No they wont. Suzy was locked into a contract at another club. When get out of costs 250 to get out of the contract. The Better Business bureau receives hundreds of complaints about gyms that wont let people go. Get you in a room and ask you to sign right away. Our advice is take the contract home and carefully read it before you sign it. Both the b. B. B. And Consumer Reports magazine says never sign a gym contract on the spot. In addition the website credit. Com suggests you ask about penalties you may face if you cancel your membership early. Dont believe verbal promises about classes, childcare or anything else. And pay the bill monthly by check or credit card. If you give a gym your Checking Account number billing can continue for months after you try to cancel. Bottom line, think twice before you sign a gym contract. Are you really going to use it regularly come summer . If youre not sure choose a monthtomonth program so you dont waste your money. A warning about Text Messages that look like theyre from your phone company. They could be from a scanner. Hackers can forge those text alerts which means you click on the link your login information is vulnerable to identity thieves. The computer experts say the phone company should use email or dedicated app to communicate with customers and the company that makes sky mall that inflight Shopping Catalog is filing for bankruptcy. The catalog is best known for its quirky and sometimes odd products including designer litter box end tables night glow toilet seats and big foot garden statues. The Company Blames its dropin sales on the increased use of Electronic Devices in flight and airlines providing internet access. Lets take a look at some of your answers to todays question of the day. What punishment should the patriots receive, if any, for the underinflated football . One says forfeit. Its cheating. I dont care who won or who didnt, cheating is cheating. Jennifer lucas writes strip their title from them. Suspend the entire team and fine or fire the coach . Set an example for youth sports. Cheating should not be tolerated no matter what league you play for. And Michelle Mcsweeney says oh, for gods let it it go i knew someone would say that. Go to our Facebook Page to tell us what you think on this very developing story. Its a talker for sure. You could say that. All right. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 tonight, knives in enchiladas, the surprising spike in weapons turning up in airports. How much that problem is growing and what the t. S. A. Is telling us that most surprises them. Plus the shocking water bill for a community pool. How much they were charged for water when their pool sat empty and what happened just weeks before that shocking bill arrived. What 7 on your side found out. Thats new tonight at 5 00. Nine years after starting its mission, nasas new horizons spacecraft is almost to pluto. It has about 100 million miles to go which would actually put the spacecraft at pluto, rather, in july. However, you noo horizons will start taking pictures of pluto this sunday. The spacecraft launched back in 2006 and it was the size of a piano and it is currently three billion miles from earth. All right. From 100 million miles away pluto is going to look like that. Great resolution as it gets closer. Zoom in. Will be exciting to see what it looks like. Definitely. Speaking of exciting, few things coming our way. Very fluid situation. Within the past couple of minutes, the National Weather service has already canceled some areas from the Winter Weather advisory realizing its going to be too warm. Lets get to the map and start with that. If you pay close attention, youll notice that arlington is not purple anymore, district is not purple and prince georges and anne arundel has been removed. Temperatures are so critical this whole thing could go either way but every hour that goes on it becomes more and more apparent that the biggest threat will continue to be in Higher Elevations north and west. They could at Higher Elevations with colder air get some heavy, wet snow. Everything in this area will be transitional zone back and forth. Maybe slushy, mushy up to an inch or two at some Higher Elevations in this zone. Most everybody else is mostly rain. Thats what were seeing on Doppler Radar. Its interesting to keep an on this. This is the live weather bug picture right now in woodbridge. And wood bridge was showing us on Doppler Radar a big patchy yellow. Maybe some heavier precipitation. Were looking at a couple of snowflakes and a little rain. Whats actually happening is you know 1,000, 1500 feet up we got some big wet sloppy pancake snowflakes that are melting. Return on Doppler Radar when the beam goes through, looks like heavy duty stuff. Its melting snow flakes along with a little bit of rain. Everything is fairly light and pushing to the northeast so anne arundel county, northern calvert, the city of washington and Montgomery County havent seen much yet. It will slowly increase but the heavier precipitation will come in later tonight and overnight. 37 in gaithersburg and 38 at quantico. 41 at Reagan National. Everything is melting but the roads are just wet. More precipitation still to come from this yet developing storm Center Located on the northeast florida coast. It will make a move across land and eventually merge somewhere in there over tomorrow morning, late tomorrow morning hours. And as it comes along, there will be areas of precipitation. Heavier sometimes and lighter than others. One thing we always watch in these storms are any sort of concentrated bands of thunderstorms or convection or heavy downpours that sometimes can rob the energy from moving northward. As i said this is a fluid situation. Weve seen that the threat is clearly confined north and west the heavier amounts but with temperatures so borderline were not ready to really call this one yet. Except to say mainly rain continues to be as weve been saying the heaviest threat south and east overnight and then the farther no and west you get more chances of snow. Remember, dont forget what were talking about for sunday night and monday. Even though well clear out a bit sunday morning, Alberta Clipper will come our way sunday night and thats going to give us late in the day a 70 chance of snow maybe rain while south of town, continuing into monday clearing and colder after that. As you look at this, keep stressing that the bigger storm may is having less of an impact than the smaller storm which could have a more significant impact. Ok. I think ill quit while im ahead. A lot to look ahead to there. Lets get a check on traffic and how things are shaping up on a friday. Bob emler in the wtop Traffic Center. Hi, bob. Hi alison. On river road, now open in both directions around the water main break, it had been closed since this morning. In fact, even last night and just opened a few moments ago, both ways between Western Avenue and little falls parkway. So things are moving both directions through there and any precipitation falling or temperatures melting on impact. So really not causing any problems around the area at least for now. Just some volume to tysons and 270. 66 dealing with a minor crash outside of the beltway. Quickly cleared. Otherwise, volume headed west to centreville east through vienna and also to falls church. Beltway here atut avenue at the inner loop pavement dry and running quite slow headed towards Silver Spring as it tends to do this time of day and traffic generally ok on 395 south and volume delays headed for landmark. Im bob emler with 103. 5 wtop radio. Thank you so much, bob. Coming up next at 4 00 you tube takes over the white house. What these popular you tubers asked of the president this is jim. A man who doesnt stand still. But jim has afib, Atrial Fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. For years, jims medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. But now, with onceaday xarelto®, jims on the move. Jims doctor recommended xarelto®. Like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afibrelated stroke risk. But xarelto® is the first and only onceaday prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem that doesnt require regular blood monitoring. So jim not tied to that monitoring routine. Gps proceed to the designated route. Not today. For patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. Xarelto® is just one pill a day taken with the evening meal. Plus, with no known dietary restrictions jim can eat the Healthy Foods he likes. Dont stop taking xarelto® rivaroxaban, unless your doct while taking xarelto®, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto® may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious bleeding and in rare cases, may be fatal. Get help right away if you develop unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto® watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Jim changed his routine. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. Onceaday xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring, no known dietary restrictions. The cost of renting a home reportedly rose more last month than in the previous year. Real estate data says the price has increased 3. 3 in december compared to 3. Rent for an apartment increased more than 13 in San Francisco and 10. 5 in denver. Financial experts say this will make it difficult for renters who hope to eventually own a home. D. C. Residents, by the way are said to be catching a break with rent. Going up a little more than just 2 . Well this time it wasnt a scrum of journalists interviewing president obama. Instead, it was a trio of you tube stars. The mission was to get milennials in touch with mr. Obamas latest policy proposals especially those that he presented in the state of the union address. And cnns michelle kazinski takes a look. The state of the union is strong. The white house assembled some top talent to delve into the president s thinking. Not from among the titans of journalism or the political uber blogger wonkie but the best of you tube. Prepare to empty your brain good. I want to know. The lineup gloselle with my yonz of subscribers. Her clip my pushup bra will help me get my man 23 million views. And green science nerd. Speed and velocity are not interchangeable. Neither are mass and weight. And bethany moda a teenager briming with style tips and eight million subscribers. My eyebrows look extremely uneven. Whats the deal . Lets not talk about it for all that buildup you know what . Used the phrase middle class economics in the speech. How can you bridge the gap between black, africanamerican males and white cops . Last april, they kidnapped hundreds of school girls. They asked all the same questions we might ask and president obama gave extremely long answers. Thats a Government Program that helps a lot of people. Running commentary things like we need marijuana. And i thought this was going to be interesting but its boring. I know its important but im 13. Come on guys youre the you tubers, arent you supposed to at least shock everyone . Bring some kittens or something . Ok there were some fun moments. If you had any super power what would it be . The flying thing seems pretty cool. Green asked the president to sign a receipt for his medication. It went from costing 1100 to 5. Obamacare has worked. Obamacare has worked. Thanks for that. That makes me feel good. And gloselle finally stepped up. I have your first wife auto my first wife . Do you know something i dont . Oh oh im sorry. First lady. And the first children. And the first i see. No you tube gathering, of course, being complete without take a selfie with me . Lets do it. All right got it michelle kazinski cnn the white house. And an asteroid up to about 1800 feet across is headed earths way. But dont worry, it is not a threat. The giant rock will miss us by about 745,000 miles which is about three times the distance between the earth and the moon. Though if you want to catch a glimpse, nasa Scientists Say it will be closest on monday. Thats the nearest the asteroid will get for another 200 years. Right now at 5 00 a wenter weather alert as a coastal storm makes its way into the area bringing with it a rick of wintry weather. Parts of the area feeling the impact of this storm. As the sun begins to set the question remains of whether most people will see rain or something else. Chief meteorologist doug hill trac hes in the stormwatch Weather Center with what hes seeing. Hi, doug. Hello there. What were seeing is yes, metro area south and east will be mostly rain. In fact, the Winter Weather advisory that had been in effect for arlington and the district prince georges and anne arundel has been canceled by the National Weather service for that reason, the air temperatures and the temperatures overhead with the precipitation may be too warm for much more than rain. But as you go north and west it changes. It will be colder and a little sleet and snow. Minor accumulations farther north and west of the city. Heaviest area probably up in the mountains where there could be several inches of snow. Precipitation moving slowly through the metro area and a little bit of snow and a lot of mew thats falling. Some rain and not much. The tempo, rate of fall will pick up later tonight as the Energy Source gets a little bit closer to us. Look at these numbers. 41 at Reagan National. 31 in frederick. 38 at quantico. Everything is melting as it falls. Now, it will get a bit colder tonight but not necessarily much colder up above the ground with the precipitation manufactured so we feel pretty good about this forecast of mainly rain for the district and east and south. And southwest. And then you get a little farther north and west in the suburbs, may be a slushy mushy inch total to a little bit less, a trace. Inch or two farther north and west and eventually the mountains a little bit more. Its happening late at night on a saturday. Alberta clipper coming here sunday night into monday potentially having a much bigger impact. Have time to explore that for you in a couple of minutes. Back to you. Thank you very much. Meanwhile, western parts of virginia and maryland began their preparations for this storm hours ago. Richard reid is live in western Loudoun County with a look at the conditions early on. Rich . Yeah, alison its been lightly snowing here but its not sticking yet but you know just in time for the evening commute. Take a look. This is route 7. These folks heading west towards leesburg right now. Traffic was stacked up and very much stop and go at this point. But vdot says it is ready. Now, we visited a vdot facility off route 7. They have 650 to 700 trucks loaded with salt and sand. By midnight, they stay theyll have