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Road. What happened in that house that you see behind me another one right here and several more just down the road beyond that forest. Now, we should tell you that shotgun pellet holes can be seen on one of the houses. The shooter shattered a window. One on white oak road. One on cherry lane drive. One man slept through the shooting but his son who lives with him did not. He said he heard this pow and he said he thought it was a truck backfiring. The bullets went all the way through the house and got lodged in the window in the very back of the house. Now, this bedroom right here, i can tell you the man who lived here told me a few minutes ago his daughter usually sleeps in this room but she wasnt here and thank goodness for that, she certainly could have been hurt. Reporting live this afternoon in Stafford County virginia, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Really scary situation out there, suzanne. Thank you. Less than 24 hours after we learned how that massive mansion fire started in annapolis, were getting a better sense of how quickly those flames spread. About two hours ago, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department released 911 calls from the night of the fire. And Maryland Bureau chief brad bell is live along childs point road with some of those calls. Brad . You know from the outset as weve been covering this story, weve been waiting to hear these calls because they always tell part of the story of what went on. And as we play them for you here youve got to consider that there was just two minutes separating the two that were going to call. The first call from the pyle family home at the alarm company, told the operator that he has not been able to reach the residents. I see it is calling with a fire alarm. It was a businesslike call. Were getting basement smoke detector. That was at 3 22 a. M. Just two minutes later, 3 24 a neighbor calls. Her tone and description of the situation are far different. In just those few moments, the blaze had grown out of control. I mean the whole house is on fire. As the operator assures her help is on the way, she describes flames shooting at the castlelike house. I mean theyre the whole house is engulfed. Is anybody inside . I have no idea. She had no idea. Of course, we know the terrible answer to that question now. There were six people inside. Six people who perished in this home back here. As weve been working this story, weve talked with some experts today about how you can protect yourself from a fire when you hear its going to grow so rapidly and well have those answers coming up at 5 00. Theyre answers that could save lives. In annapolis, brad bell abc 7 news. Thank you brad. To a house fire story with a different ending here. A neighbor called from a smokefilled home to pull out a 62yearold woman to safety. Others on the scene went in and rescued her 93yearold father. This happened in the 6200 block of seminole place not far from where greenbelt road meets kenilworth avenue. Stephen tschida has the story. At 9 00 this morning, two men driving past saw this house engulfed in flames flames bursting from those windows there. They also looked for the front door. Thats where they saw this 93yearold man struggling to get out. They raced through the door and got him out. From deep inside the house they heard screams for help. One of them crawled on his knees through the flames and smoke to pull that woman to safety. I went in and i heard the ladies were screaming for help. And i couldnt even see her and i called her on the floor and said get on the floor and crawl to me. The woman was unconscious. She revived once she got out of the home and into the fresh air. We understand that she is going to be released from the hospital. Her 93yearold father will spend the night in the hospital for observation. About 10 minutes ago, i got off the phone with mark brady from the Prince Georges County Fire Department and he says the cause of the fire is a discarded cigarette in bedding. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Thank you stephen. Chaotic scene in boston this morning as passengers rushed in to escape a train filling up with smoke. A rider shot this video you see here on the red line at the Quincy Center station. Jordan says there were about 20 people in one car and the doors wouldnt open. So people tried to force the doors open. Others kicked out the windows and left that train that way. The Massachusetts State Transportation Authority said the trains propulsion system failed and that sent a burst of smoke into the tunnel. Officials also said that there was no fire no heavy smoke and no reason for passengers to react the way they did. The murder trial of former new England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is officially under way. Despite a delayed start due to a late juror Opening Statements took place this morning in fall river, massachusetts. Lona zack has the latest. Prosecution says cell phone records and Video Surveillance shows the route that Aaron Hernandez took when he allegedly killed oden lloyd. 2. 3 only three people returned to Aaron Hernandezs house. The former new England Patriots star is accused of murdering the semipro Football Player outside an Industrial Park outside of his home. A marijuana joint contained d. N. A. From hernandez and lloyd. Hernandez has pled not guilty. Aaron hernandez is an innocent man. The evidence will show that Aaron Hernandez did not murder his friend oden lloyd. Among the evidence presented today, cameras from inside hernandezs own home. That appeared to be open. The defense argued that image is not proof. Youll decide whats in his hand. Whether its an ipod or tv remote. Meanwhile, in the courtroom, struggling against tears, lloyds family. They cover it up. All too much for this grieving mother who exited the courtroom before the defense even began. The defense kept reinforcing the idea that lloyd and hernandez were friends. He also alleged that the police targeted hernandez and that after that happened he didnt stand a chance. In new york, lona zack, abc 7 news. Well a jury duty notice in your mailbox can fill you with dread or excitement. Jury selection is under way for a case in the district. Yes, but the pool of jurors being questioned for this trial is really interesting because it includes the citys top lawyer. John gonzalez talked about the call to serve. He joked with me this morning and said he didnt want to be held in content. He is the top lawyer in the city. While today, weeks after being elected, the d. C. Attorney general is playing a different role in the legal process. Fulfilling his civic duty like any regular citizen called to jury duty racine arrived at 7 50 this morning a few minutes early and waited in the security line for a few more minutes and became part of the jury pool. I found out just a few weeks ago and put this on the date. And absolutely. Going to fulfill my civic obligation. I will note that the chief judge, judge Lee Satterfield has made jury duty and the responsibility of all citizens to participate a core element of his administration. I think hes done a tremendous job, jury participation rates are up and frankly, we need to do more beyond just participation of juries. We have to encourage our citizens to get out, participate in trials. Be witnesses. If you see something, Say Something and come in and testify as well. The 51yearold democrat born in haiti, a resident of d. C. Since the age of 3 earlier this month was sworn in as the first elected d. C. Attorney general. At d. C. Superior court, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. We checked in the last hour and the attorney general has not been seated on a jury. He has not been dismissed either. Well keep our eye on that. Our question of the day now is asking what your reaction is when you get called for jury duty. Go to the wjla Facebook Page and share your thoughts with us and well share some of the responses a little later in this hour. Well people packed a hearing on changing the lanes along i66 last night. Still to come, a look at how you can still weigh in on these plans. And a little later forget calling in a bomb threat. New way the airlines are struggling to keep you safe in the digital age. New research that could make a deadly allergy obsolete . Im Rebecca Cooper. Theres a new bill in the maryland General Assembly for all state schools thats both costly and controversial. Well tell you more coming up in a live report. Thats next on abc 7 news. University of virginia is stepping up security on and around campus to protect students. It has now hired a security firm. The University Says the unarmed guards from g4s will walk students home call for a safe ride for wait with them at a bus stop. And theyll also stand guard near fraternity houses. The program will start on monday. Columbine, sandy hook and marysville. One maryland lawmaker says he has a plan to try to ensure a shooting rampage like those never happens here. Rebecca cooper live in Upper Marlboro with more on that plan. Rebecca . Its a controversial plan introduced by a republican lawmaker in baltimore county. Hes a retired Police Officer and he wants an armed officer in every classroom in the wake of sandy hook. Of course, that 2012 tragedy where 20 Elementary School students and teachers were gunned down. Its a controversial plan because a lot of parents for elementary and middle School Students say they dont necessarily want a weapon in the school. Theyre worried that accidents could happen with that weapon. So its causing lots of controversy. But here in Prince Georges County, all high schools actually do have an armed officer in every school. We spoke to the head of Prince Georges County schools security and he told us that the big difference is they have the resources in their schools to have Prince Georges County Police Appoint an armed officer to be at the front door of every school. But then they have additional security guards without weapons that can respond to altercations inside the school where a gun could accidentally go off. Those unarmed officers are who responds to those types of altercations. Heres what he told us today about security in Prince Georges County schools. Theyre going to be the first line of defense. Theyre going to be the First Responders to break up any kind of a fight or situation where theres a large crowd and then in an emergency, you have the School Resource officer from the county police. And he has a weapon. And they have a weapon. Big difference there, they say they have an armed officer but plenty of other Security Officials that can also respond to incidents inside the school. This would be an officer to try to respond to any of the bad guys getting in schools. Now, here in Prince Georges County in the wake of sandy hook, they went ahead with plans that every school door is locked. It is an Armed Security entrance and they have panic buttons throughout the school for the teachers and many Washington Area schools have done that as well. It is a controversial bill as i said also because of the cost, 100 million to arm officers in school. So far its just in committee and has not been voted on by the General Assembly. Reporting live in Upper Marlboro Rebecca Cooper abc 7 news. Construction in maryland is just about wrapped up. The state Highway Administration set to reopen the route 650 bridge on monday. It was closed at New Hampshire avenue in tacoma park for a 2. 2 million upgrade in that area. The project added new traffic signals, pedestrian signals and new curbs and medians. The bridge carries some 40,000 vehicles every day. Several lanes of interstate 95 in virginia will close down tonight. The Virginia Department of transportation will be doing some overhead sign work in the northbound lanes. Thats going to be near the area of dale city. One lane will close at 9 00 and the second at 10 00 and all the lanes will close for about 15 minutes at some point between 1 00 and 2 00 a. M. A Second Public meeting is held tonight about a proposal to build toll lanes on i66 in virginia. That starts at 6 00 at the Northern Virginia headquarters in fairfax. A few hundred people packed a Public Meeting in haymarket last night. Vdot wants to make lanes out on the beltway, five of them in all. Two would be high occupancy toll lanes. Right now, jury selection in the Boston Marathon bombing case Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is back. On the proceedings were delayed for two days because of the blizzard that dumped two feet of snow in that city. 21yearold tsarnaev faces the Death Penalty for the 2013 attack at the marathon finish line that killed three people and injured more than 260. He has pleaded not guilty. Speaking of that storm and that finish line, by the way, one man made sure to clear the snow from that storm away from the Boston Marathon finish line and the mystery of his identity has finally been solved. The photos went viral instantly, even the Police Department tweeted for help solving the mystery of the socalled boston shoveller. The bartender and five time Boston Marathoner has come forward and talking about why he did it. Its the greatest place on earth. You would never know it just walking by it. It just says finish Boston Marathon. But for the people in the race and that live nearby, its so much more than that. The organizers of the marathon say that they will haveatement about what the event means not only to the runners but also to americans. Known as the boston shoveller than the boston strangler. Definitely endeared himself to the city. Nice move. Good move. Absolutely. We have some precipitation out there. Yeah wimpy word. Precipitation. Not snow. Right . No. A little bit of snow. You may see it as sleet and rain. If youre in an area where its 32 degrees or colder it becomes freezing rain because of the surface temperatures. Most of the city is rain and sleet. Best news is temperatures are above freezing in most of the area now and this thing is moving like a bat out of your next door neighbors backyard. Flying through. Never heard that saying before. No . Just figured id put that out there. He knows my next door neighbor. Pretty much. This is a Winter Weather advisory. National Weather Service issued it this morning and twice this afternoon they expanded it. First, a little closer to the district and now included in the district, anne arundel all because this thing is moving so much more quickly than we earlier anticipated. So what this means until 9 00 tonight, technical finish line of the advisory is this band of sleet and rain a little snowflake activity here and there may cause a few slippery spots but the best news is temperatures are above freezing. So that doesnt take all the danger away potentially because ice pellets on very cold ground while to melt. They just dont melt instantaneously so high caution advised for the next few hours. But i think all of this will be east of Downtown Washington by 6 00 this evening and then gusty winds later tonight should dry things up. Look at the numbers. 38 at reagan national. 36 in manassas and near andrews, Prince Georges County. Baltimore at 33. 37 at quantico. I think well get by pretty well but just take your time if you have to venture out. If youre watching me now and im driving, well save that problem for a whole another day discussion. Heres the problem moving through tonight. Couple more hours to watch and it clears out and temperatures drop into the 20s. The winds will pick up. Our futurecast shows bright sunshine. Were also going to have strong gusty winds and temperatures in the 30s. Clear, cold day on saturday. And then sunday we do it all over again. Another storm, a much bigger one, much stronger one with more moisture. The question is whether it come right at us . Go to our north or go to our south . If youre a snow lover, the only way well get measurable snow out of this one is if it goes to our south and that is a distinct possibility. Lots of weather stuff to talk about here. Heres the weather story for tomorrow. Sunny and breezy. Down right windy to tell you the truth. As we get through the day on saturday, it looks pretty good here with temperatures near 30 with bright sunshine and now a 70 chance of snow or a mix developing sunday evening through National Holiday known as groundhogs day and back to clearing skies tuesday and another chance of a little rain and snow by wednesday night. I mean this is a very active weather pattern ive been telling you for weeks, as long as the cold air stays in place, its only a matter of time before well need shovels. Were ignoring that. Were in denial. Ok. Thats fine. Leave the shovel on layaway for now. Ok. All right. Well see you soon. All righty. Thank you. We have some breaking news right now out of capitol hill where the senate has just approved the controversial keystone pipeline. Nine democrats joined every republican to pass this measure. It was a 6236 vote. The president has said that he will veto this 8 billion measure but its still unclear if the house will vote on the senates version of the bill or try to merge it with its own version that was passed earlier this month. We will keep you posted on this breaking news. And still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00 initial information. What investigators are starting to learn from those black boxes aboard airasia flight 8501. And then a little later, getting out of the red. How Fairfax County plans to bridge the massive budget gap. But first 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Before you i know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . Please come on make your house the house. 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This used car dealership owner is understandably angry. Two customers used counterfeit money orders to pay for a couple of cars. We just took those as a payment. They bought two cars from us and we were happy and confident. We didnt think any problems. Ahmed said the suspects shopped his car lot and found an acura and Jeep Cherokee that they liked. They put down a deposit of 9,000 in money orders for both cars. Total sale price 12,000. So far, never had any problems with the postal money order so postal money order was considered just like the cash. Take the cars home that night and they would be back the next morning to complete the transaction. The suspects never returned to the car dealership so ahmed was on the hook for the full 12,000 lot. Parcel inspectors say using fraudulent money orders to make car purchases is a growing problem but it is easy to distinguish from the real thing. For example, on a fake there is no metallic security thread woven in or simply printed on the wrong side. Also, real money orders have a water mark of Benjamin Franklin on the far left side. On a counterfeit one, the water mark is printed on the paper. For ahmed, hes learned a hard lesson. Probably been a little bit more research into it and the way they were exactly there. Both of the cars stolen in this case were recovered and returned to ahmed but both suspects remain on the run. Autria godfrey, abc 7 news. A d. C. Woman contacted the 7 on your side team to fight back when her sense of security was shattered. Im Horace Holmes in the 7 on your side trouble shooter report. We have a story about a Home Security system that isnt so secure. This home owner thought everything was all set up but theres one catch. Sounds good. But does it work . Well tell you coming up tonight at 5 00. All right. But first this afternoon, stopping the spread of a deadly allergy. What scientists have learned that they think could one day hold the cure. Plus the deadline for an exchange has come and gone. Tell you whats next in the isil hostage standoff. A recent rash of threatening tweets is creating real problems for the airlines. Why . Winter weather advisories are being issued in parts of our area once again this afternoon. Thats right. Chief meteorologist doug hill is in the Storm Watch Weather Center with what a look at what its expecting and when its going to begin. Hello there, quickly moving cold front pushes through the area with a mix of sleet and rain and couple of snowflakes. Lets get to the stormwatch 7 doppler radar. We have it in storm watch mode. It kind of differentiates or makes the difference just south of the Washington Area rain mostly but theres snow mixed in for sleet. Whats happening is the snow is melting and then refreezing to become sleet pellets. That kind of shows you the pink area. Although the little yellow area south of the word washington thats probably sleet as well. We go farther north in Montgomery County close to the pennsylvania line, snow mixed in. All developing ahead of a cold front that is rapidly moving fromo east. All the precipitation band should be east of metro washington by 6 00 this evening. Well drop into 30 degrees overnight. Partly to mostly sunny. Breezy and windy by midday afternoon. Winds gust in access of 30 miles an hour and join you in the studio in a few minutes and talk about the possibility of potentially some measurable snow over many parts of the area on sunday night. Thanks doug. What were seeing is the fate of two hostages remain unknown after an isil terror plan passes. Isil wanted a Prisoner Exchange for a jordanian fighter pilot. Jordans government said it would cooperate but with one big condition. We want to see life from the jordanian pilot and then we can talk about the exchange. Earlier this morning the terror group isis released video from one of the other hostages that theyre holding. Japanese government held an negligent meeting and confirmed that the recording appeared to be genuine. Theres no word yet on whether the terror group will give japan or jordan additional time to respond to the demands. Theres now new concern for Airlines Across the country tonight. Twitter threats. Thats right. There have been numerous bomb threats via tweets over the past week. Scott thuman is live new with the problems that these tweets are causing. Were not just talking about a couple. By some media counts there have been dozens of these threats in the past two weeks. Its a rash of them. Theyre dangerous and the airlines arent exactly sure how to stop them. Theres a new frustration for flyers, not due to delays but over online threats. With everything thats going on today and i hope they find out who is doing that im worried that someone is going to say lets jump on the bandwagon and have a real threat. Somebody wants to have it. A recent somewhat unexplained spike claims of bombs on board and coming from the first glance may appear isil related have meant emergency evacuations and scrambling fighter jets and those on board completely unaware. We didnt know until we landed. I think it might have led to some chaos on the flight. We are concerned about organizations new use of the internet. The Homeland Security secretary jay johnson points out while none have been legitimate threatening tweets must be taken seriously. One aviation expert told me today it can cost millions of dollars per incident. Thus, the need on catch the culprits which the f. B. I. Does by tracking the i. P. Address and deter any copycats who could face five years in prison and a quarter Million Dollars in fines. An expert told me why they have taken on a life of their own theyre certainly an inconvenience but a major concern. She says the history is almost always shown that if someone is going to blow up a plane, they do it without any sort of advance warning. Alison . Thank you very much for the latest there. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 has been declared an accident with all 239 passengers presumed dead. This means now that the victims families can receive compensation. Flight 370, youll remember disappeared last march after taking off on its way to beijing. It is believed that it crashed in the indian ocean. Some of the victims families were so upset they werent notified ahead of todays announcement. Others say theyre not giving up hope. Waiting, you know. We will wait until they come home. We still have no aircraft. My husband is not there. The families are also out there. Malaysias government says it will keep searching, though for that missing plane. And a new report reveals airasia flight 8501s pilot was not at the controls when that plane went down. Indonesian Officials Say the black boxes show the copilot was flying the plane, not the captain who had 10 times more flying experience. Investigators say the copilot was trying to avoid the storms when that jet climbed three times the normal rate and then crashed. Its still unclear whether a mechanical failure or a pilot error was to blame. A 6yearold boy is in Critical Condition following a sledding accident. Fairfax county Police Rushed to a home on matthew mills road. They say the boy was sledding down a driveway there when he slid into a lexus that was passing by. The driver of the car stopped immediately and got out and tried to help. The boy was air lifted to Fairfax County with life threatening injuries listed in Critical Condition. Northern Virginia Bureau Jeff Goldberg will talk with a close friend of the family of how theyre coping on this tragedy. 7 on your side now with new research thats bringing hope to parents of children with peanut allergies. But doctors warn the study is just another step in the right direction. Not an immediate tour. 9yearold Noelle Thomas has severe peanut allergies. Peanut butter. Her mother amy says its terrifying. To the restaurants that you eat at to traveling to you know, its always a constant constant worry. Now a new study is providing a glimmer of hope. I read that and it was like oh, god this is amazing. Australian researchers at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute studied 60 children with peanut allergies. Half the children were given a daily dose of probiotics and increasing amounts of peanut protein. The other half received a placebo. After 18 months, 80 of the children who received the oral immunotherapy could tolerate peanuts. Thats compared to just 4 in the placebo group. I think its an exciting study in looking at how probiotics might help our immune system. Dr. Sally bailey with Virginia Hospital Center cautions longer and larger studies are needed. One thing we have to be careful about to find out what is going to happen with these patients two years out, even further. Noelle says living without worry would be life changing. I could eat more and i cant have a lot of the things that id really like to have. Amy hopes her daughter is able to try Something Like this soon. Weve done a lot of Different Things and to me this sounds most promising of anything. Especially to someone with her severity. The researchers warn this treatment should only be tried in a clinical setting and not at home without medical supervision. But again, people are ful. Yeah, exactly. All right. Could be good news. 100 million in the red and counting. Still to come this afternoon, Fairfax Countys plan to address the budget deficit. And then a little later, how a new website will help you track all the money Montgomery County is spending. But first were just more than four hours away from the return of scandal. Well have the scandal scoop scandal season four returns after a long hiatus, fans are waiting to learn more about their favorite character. Of course, what happened to the gladiator in a suit . This weeks scandal. Theyre picking up where the finale left off, this time from olivias point of view. What happened when jake went into the bedroom . Who took olivia where did she go . Were told the fight of olivias life will begin tonight. The title of the episode, one word. Run. Now dont expect this mystery to end tonight. Show creator shonda rooims hinted that olivia may stay kidnapped for more than one episode. She told tv its definitely not going to be a one episode short little thing. She went on to say tonights episode is probably my favorite episode that weve done ever. This by the way a little headsup. Tonights episode was directed by the one that plays the character sam, viola davis husband on how to get away with murder. Still to come right here teachers say they are being forced to take to the test. Effort to see how students are evaluated in virginia. She blew a stop sign and sped through a red light and careened through a neighborhood Traffic Circle and today, that gentleman pled not guilty in court. Ill tell you what he was hiding in that big box truck. But first, the latest round in the fight to repeal a new at 4 00 now a setback for those trying to repeal a controversial ultrasound law in virginia. Today, the Senate Education and Health Committee rejected a bill to repeal that law. The 2012 measure requires any woman seeking an abortion to get an ultrasound first. They say the law helps women make informed choices but critics like Governor Terry mauliffe say it is medically unnecessary. Facebook has brought together more than 14,000 women with a cause. They plan theyve had severe side effects from a Birth Control device thats f. D. A. Approved and they want it taken off the market. 7 on your side iteam investigator joce sterman joins us with how theyre fighting back. They took their fight even further to the halls of congress and we were there with them women from across the country earlier this month took their push to pull a device called assure from the market. They took that push to lawmakers. This device which uses coils placed in the fallopian tubes is considered by the feds a safe effective alternative to getting your tubes tied. But the 7 on your side iteam dug in to find hundreds of complications reported to the f. D. A. On their trip to d. C. Members of the assure Problems Group wanted to talk with that agency. They lined up a potential date and spoke with a leader at the agency and had a plan in place. But once they asked if media could attend that meeting, their plans were dropped. I think it was a little sad they had two weeks notice and there were patients to show them how this device was failing and they couldnt make time for us. Well, if you want to hear from the maker of this device just go to our website, abc7news. Com and weve posted a video statement. Tonight at 5 00 well explain how a legal loophole keeps woman who say theyve been hurt by essure from suing. Well tell you what we found when we dug into the f. D. A. Records. Joce sterman, abc 7 news. Ok. Well see you then, joce. Thank you. Well we all know that people feel strongly about a summons for jury duty. Thats right. They have the chance to get out to perform their civic duty or scramble on ways to get out of it. Our question of the day is what your reaction is when you get the jury notice. Tina likes this a little annoyed. Work hates it when i go. And another posted i go but dont feel like i should have to. I dont work there. Robert suggests do it as soon as possible and get it over with. Everyone including the president , should serve. You can join that conversation and its still going on on our wjla Facebook Page. All right. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 tonight, a capitol hill shocker. Get out of here you low life scum. Prompted that angry outburst from senator john mccain during a hearing that included three former secretaries of state. Plus, first surgery. Now jail for jason werth. Thats next on abc 7 news at 5 00. Place to do your rehab. All right. Lot to talk about with the weather because, as you said earlier, one pattern after the next. Good news is its quickly moving. We have mostly sleet and rain. Not so much snow in the metro area and even though its above freezing the sleet is actually accumulating. We can see it outside of our studios in arlington and the tire tracks. Be careful if youre expecting the folks here at home, you can take a little extra time. People are slowing down which is good news. Lets get to the maps and show you everything that you need to know. Winter weather advisory shaded everywhere for you. This runs until 9 00 tonight. I wouldnt be surprised if its little more quickly off to the west but again this is all for caution. We let you know that sleet and rain causing some issues out there. Later tonight, i think problems will correct as we get some winds and pretty much dry up everything too. Look at how particularly moving this is. Here we are at 4 55 and the back edge is almost into the district. Rain south and east with pockets of sleet and most everything north of the metro area are sleet. If get far enough north, deep snowflakes towards the pennsylvania line. Whole area is moving eastward at 35 miles an hour. Thats why we can define a sharp line on the backside. Forecast for tonight, stay cloudy and become breezy. Temperatures near 30 degrees for the overnight. And then the satellite shows everything pushing off to the day tomorrow. Futurecast gives us a breezy day with sunshine. Gusty winds as High Pressure moves in. This will be the saturday weather, bright and sunny and cold. Then on sunday another storm system will approach from the west and that system will give us a chance of some snow or another mix here sunday night. Heres your forecast as we head to tomorrow. Gusty igh of 36 degrees. Sunday night to monday increasing chances of more wintry stuff, a lot more volume wise than what we have right now because the storm track is not established, we can tell you most of it will be snow or sleet or a mix. Something substantial is the possibility by sunday. Coming up next on abc 7 news came in the newsroom they say it could be the new standard in government transparency. Coming up ill show you what spending montgomery is all about and how it works. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with fami can we sleep over . Please come on make youhouse the house. You get more from verizon fios the tv Service Rated 1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on Customer Satisfaction studies plus americas fastest most reliable internet. And for peace of mind, get a price quote in writing and professional installation from a highly trained verizon technician. Hurry now to get this deal that cant be beat. Get a fios triple play online for just 79. 99 a month a price guaranteed for two full years. And when you sign a two year agreement, get an incredible 300 bonus. This great deal wont last. Visit verizon. Com worryfree to learn more today. Tonight, the Fairfax County School System will address its massive budget shortfall. District is more than 1 is00 million in the red. Proposed 2016 budget of 2. 6 billion is only adding to the deficit. Part of the reason is potentially Later High School start times. Full day mondays for Elementary Schools and a 100 Salary Increase for members of the school board. I think the teachers are the ones that work with the students every day and they work hard in everything that they have to deal with. Theyre the ones that deserve the higher salary. The most costly increase is that proposed 3 bump in teachers salaries that currently make 49,000. Thats lower than Neighboring School Districts by the way. District will hold a meeting to discuss the budget tonight at 7 00 and bring you results tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00. A bill to cut the number of standardized tests required for students in virginia sailed in a senate committee. That bill would have cut tests from 29 to 17. Thats the minimum required by law. Proponents of the bill say the tests promote memorization and hurt Critical Thinking skills. 7 on your side tonight with a look at how bit of your taxpayer dollars are being spent. A new website in Montgomery County reveals every expenditure. Which services are spending money. Spending montgomery allows users to dive deep into the countys 5 billion operating budget. Searching by the Department Expenditure or the vendor. All the way down to check level details. Its all there. I believe deeply that putting information out into the public arena makes organizations better. Makes governments better. As county lawmakers look ahead to the fiscal year 2016 budget, they acknowledge that indepth status could result in an advocacy tug of war between county funded departments and programs. As long as were working from the facts we have a good discussion. When people make assertions of what might or might not be true thats when we have a more difficult time. Meanwhile, theres uncertainty about state level funding for the county schools and the purple line project that the republican governor larry hogan promising fiscal restraint and in some cases cuts. Could all these expenditures be used against the county as it asks annapolis for more money . This executive doesnt think so but welcomes it. It encourages the state to adopt such fiscal transparency. Very few governments have open themselves up as wide as montgomery have. Weve posted a link to this spending montgomery website at wjla. Com. It is very very interactive. Updated quarterly. For example, you can see what theyre being paid for and which departments are spending go into detail looking at, for example, transportation. Go into the Transportation Division and ride on budget in particular. You can look at it and see the annual number the county is working with. This is updated every quarter and we should note this data went live last month and in the next year or so the government plans to add a Government Contracting figure to this program. Im mike conneen in the newsroom. Abc 7 news at 5 00 starts right now. Later than when we got here she would have been nobody would have helped her. Three heroes run into a burning home saving an elderly daughter. Only on 7 the man who dragged the unconscious woman out of that home reveals the Pivotal Moment that changed everything. We will have much more on that Daring Rescue for you here in a moment. But first, a Winter Weather alert. So lets get right to our chief meteorologist doug hill with the latest on wintry weather moving through. Hi there. Weve had a little bit of sleet here outside of the Weather Center in arlington. It ended a bit ago as this whole area is rapidly moving from west to east across the region. Lets give you the headline which is the Winter Weather advisory continues until 9 00 in all the areas shaded in purple metro area points north and northeast. West and northeast. This is all due to the one band of snow or sleet and a little bit of snow. But mostly snow and rain. Its moving ahead of a cold front. If you follow the cold front far enough north and find the alberta clipper, thats going to morph into a storm that could cause making a foot of snow in parts of coastal maine. For us this is all we get out of it. Small narrow band of rapidly moving sleet and rain. That will be out of the area here. We said earlier we thought by 6 00 it will be east of the metro area and pretty much on target with that. A little larger view for you now. Most of the accumulating snow State College northeast into upstate pennsylvania and new york and that will be that. Well have a very calm pattern through tomorrow. Kind of windy but after that it gets very complicated. So tonight, precipitation ends. Cloudy and breezy. Temperatures by 30 for the morning and tomorrow, partly cloudy and blustery. Temperatures in the 20s to about 30. Well hold in the 30s to gusty winds. Beautiful day on saturday. Albeit cold and then sunday maybe something more substantial weatherwise to deal with. Well explain those possibilities in just a couple of minutes. Alison