For now, were live in rockville. Im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Thank you, kevin. The state board of education will need to approve the county boards pick for an interim superintendent. Larry bowers is currently the assistant operating officer and held that job for the last 16 years. He was set to retire in june. He served as the interim superintendent where as well as the budget director and assistant superintendent. He has been with Montgomery CountyPublic School systems for 37 years. Alison . Meanwhile, across the river evidence that alexandria schools are making the grade. The city is at the top of the list of best education in mid sized cities. The system gets high marks for its 121 studentteacher ratio and the National Average is 161. Hats, scarves gloves. Kids needed all of that today to go to the bus stop this morning. Kids and adults. Cold out there. By afternoon, the chill did ease up a little bit especially if you were in the sunshine. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch 7 center with the forecast. Hi, doug. Mid to upper 30s in spots. The sunshine and lighter winds made it more comfortable out there. Lets have a look at the day. Lot of sunshine. Congressional country club in bethesda, 34 degrees right now and weve had sunshine all day. Just a few clouds and thats all well see through the morning hours. 32 in gaithersburg. 30 in hagerstown. 38 now at Reagan National airport. Bit of a breeze but the winds will settle down out of the south tonight and those sotherly winds will help keep temperatures a little bit milder than they were last night. So about 30 during the evening. May take up a few clouds during the overnight hours and then as we head through the day tomorrow, were going to be in fine shape as we expect temperatures to approach 50 degrees. In this up and down weather pattern, it will turn a whole lot colder on thursday. Maybe some flurries too. Explain the next cold front coming this way for you. 7 is on your side this afternoon with a Health Matter on a lot of peoples minds. The measles. Theres a new debate brewing over whether vaccinations should be mandatory after more than 100 cases in 14 states. That debate reached capitol hill today. Medical experts on capitol hill today didnt mince words. Vaccines save lives. Echoing the scientific and medical consensus that vaccinations are safe and has no known link to autism. Slam dunk with decisions. The pace of measles cases this year have been striking. One month into the new year and the number of cases is nearly 1 6 of last years total shining a spotlight on a controversial divide between parents who vaccinate their children and those who dont. My older son had difficulties with some of the vaccine. We had one shot that he hadnt been able to walk for two days and i was concerned that he could possibly develop autism. Recently comments by two top potential republican candidates for president poured fuel on the fire. While in support of vaccinations both argue its a decision for parents to make. I heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccine. Parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well. Thats the balance the government has to decide. The spike in measles cases is troubling as medical experts say there is a risk that measles could reestablish itself in the united states. So far we havent had any cases of measles in d. C. Maryland or virginia. That doesnt mean that parents arent talking about it. It is a hot topic with everyone from parents to politicians. Whether children should be vaccinated. Im working on a story and talking to one local group that says it should be up to a parent to make that decision. Ill also be talking with a parent who is trying to decide what is best for her children. Ill have that story coming up at 5 00. So our question of the day is asking what you think about this vaccination issue. Should it be the Parents Choice . Or should a vaccination be mandatory . Go to the Facebook Page and join the conversation there. Well have a few of your responses a little bit later in this newscast. Now, to a developing story out of the middle east where it appears that islamic militants have killed that jordanian pilot they were holding hostage. Senior political reporter scott thuman has reaction for us now. Scott . Early this afternoon, islamic militants released another of those horrible execution videos. This one which we will not broadcast shows what appears to be the jordanian Fighter Pilot in a cage on a street and being burned alive. Now, jordan had been working to free possibly through a prisoner swap the 26yearold lieutenant who had been captured back in december when his f16 crashed in sishyria. He was flying as part of the u. S. Led coalition forces. Isil claimed they shot down the jet and took them hostage. The video is 20 minutes in length and the language in it according to analysts is aimed at pressuring jordan to get out of that coalition. Instead tonight, jordan is vowing revenge and in fact this may actually amp up the effort by syrias neighbor. Heres president obamas reaction today. Should this video be authentic, its one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. And it i think will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our Global Coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. And it also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology theyre operating off of its bankrupt. All of this comes just three days after another video one that showed the beheading of a japanese journalist who had been held hostage. Another quick note here. During these negotiations in which jordan seemed willing to iraqi woman, a convicted terrorist they were holding to get the lieutenant back. They had been asking for proof of life. Apparently they werent getting that from isil. Thats part of what may led to this unfortunate ending. Or some believe its possible that the pilot was killed quite sometime ago and that isil just released the video today. Alison . Ok, scott, thank you. Well, after more than a year of debate, it looks like an Arlington Church is moving forward with its plans to redevelop. But not everyone is thrilled with the construction. Its planned along columbia pike just west of glee road. Jeff goldberg is there live to explain the issue for us. Hi, jeff. Hey alison. One of the biggest issues were hearing from people, they dont want more traffic. If you spend time on columbia pike, you know how congested it can be. It causes so much construction were seeing. Its like this, upscale residential and retail construction happening all over the place and the folks here on the corner of lincoln and columbia pike at the arlington presbyterian church, they were looking for a little bit of balance in that regard. So theyre going to be turning the church into Affordable Housing. The church has stood here on the corner of columbia pike and lincoln for 100 years. The Church Leaders came to the conclusion the building itself has become less useful and harder and more costly to maintain. At the same time the leaders have looked at the Columbia Pike Development and had serious concerns that people like schoolteachers firefighters, Hotel Employees simply cannot afford to live in this area. After five years of deliberation and planning the sale of the building will move forward to the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing to build a fivestory, 142 unit building of Affordable Housing. Went out into the community with the question for whom are our hearts breaking . That was the driving question to help us discern where we might be called to be in ministry in this community. So a couple of Big Questions remain. First of all where is the congregation going to be going . Near, far thats one thing and also what are Business Leaders and people who are living in this area feel again about adding new Construction Projects new Apartment Units and understandably, new congestion. Well have answer to those questions coming up on abc 7 at 5 15. Until then live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. Thanks, jeff. Update now on a series of shootings in stafford virginia. Police say that another home was fired at over the weekend. The seventh in a week. The latest incident happened on New Hope Church road in the white oak community. According to the freelance star a person living in the home woke up to a loud noise and shattering glass. Police say the same thing happened to six other homes early last week but luckily no one has been injured at least so far. In arlington, police are looking for the man who grabbed a teenager while she was walking home from school. It happened along south Four Mile Run not far from wakefield high school. Thats where diane cho is live now with the latest on this story. Diane . Alison and leon she was less than a mile away from the school and police say she was assaulted in broad daylight here on the north end of the road closest to the apartments. Police say that the student was on her way home and wearing headphones at the time and she didnt know he was behind her until he allegedly grabbed her behind. Parents we talked to said they were shocked and had no idea that had ever happened. Extremely scared and ran to the residence but called her mom first. By calling police immediately, this gives us time to get down there on the scene and possibly identify somebody in the area matching the description. Coming up at 5 00 well have more on the Advice Police want you to hear after what happened yesterday. In arlington, diane cho, abc 7 news. Thank you. And still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00 digging out. Heres a warning from bostons mayor as that city tries to dig out from a storm and celebrate a championship. Plus two parents and baby make three. But find out where another set of d. N. A. May be entering the equation. Then a little bit later, balancing the budget . A look at the impact one governors plan could have on k through 12 education. A 911 call captures the sound of a massive tree. This tree you see behind me as it crashed into this house. Im Stephen Tschida and ill have that 911 call for you in a moment. Right now, people across new england are digging out after being socked in by snow. The region was hit by about two feet of snow last week and then more last friday and then a third storm hit yesterday. And thats left plenty of people stuck in their houses or bundling up to try to get outside. Some are taking it all in stride. This was bang, bang, bang. Look at the roofs and look at the houses around the banks. You cant pull out on the street. Its dangerous out there. After a while, you get used to it. If anybody watches this wants to come down and help me here i am. I can use all the help i can get. Sorry buddy. Youre on your own. Not coming from d. C. Boston was supposed to host a victory parade for the new England Patriots today for the teams super bowl win but the mayor pushed that back until tomorrow because of the storm cleanup and even then mayor martin walsh is asking fans not to climb on snow banks and dress appropriately for the weather if they go out for the parade. Meanwhile, back here we only saw some rain here. That was followed by a bitter chill and whipping winds outside. Thats right. And in Silver Spring that wind launched a tree right into a house. While the residents were on the phone with 911. That 911 call was released halfhour ago and Stephen Tschida is live along woodley avenue inside the beltway to let us hear this. Hey, stephen. Hi, alison. You can see this massive tree behind me came crashing down on this house as the occupant chris fisher was on the phone with 911 listening into this 911 call it captures the sound of this massive tree as it hit the house. About to fall on my house. Its actually falling on my house right now. Hold on one second. Yea, it just fell on my house. Yeah, that sound recorded on that 911 call of that massive tree. Fisher heard from his neighbor that it looked like the tree was going to fall. A branch had come down. He had gone to the right side of the house, the opposite side of the house to make that 911 call. He spoke with us a short while ago about what it sounded like and what went through his mind when that tree came down. Almost like kind of like a small earthquake and it shook the house and scared the dog. It was definitely, you know something that you dont feel every day. Right over there. There you can see just what that is that is chris fisher there with friends. It was he his wife and their dog in the home. Now, they do say they expect its going to be at least several months before they will be allowed to return to this home. But again, because of those warnings from a neighbor and seeing that branch come down, they were able to retreat to the other side of the house and they are not harmed. Reporting live Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. Thanks stephen. They were so lucky they were awake when it happened and not the middle of the night. Exactly. I lived next to a tree and i was petrified at every storm. No trees around. Winds are really ferocious. They will get gusty here again on thursday. I dont think theyll be at the level they were yesterday. 30 and 35mileperhour winds not out of the question for the next cold front. Cold front after cold front but the big storms form to the north of us. Thats why new england is getting the big storm. Lets see what happens here. Were beautiful this afternoon and as you head out tonight, early this evening, the full moon later tonight, sometimes this one in february is called the snow moon or hunter moon highest in the sky around midnight. After sunset when it arises in the east look to the lefthand side of the moon because its a nice conjunction with jupiter and the moon. So neat to see. In the next couple of nights we have jupiter flying a little bit higher in the sky for a couple of nights. Temperaturewise, its cold here but not brutally so. Were in the mid 30s and the numbers are seven, eight nine degrees below average. It was so much more enjoyable without the strong winds today. Tonight, 26. Thats the overnight temperature average due to an increase in the southsouthwesterly winds keeping us a little milder and well be in fine shape for a good portion of the day tomorrow. In fact, as High Pressure moves to the east and southeast a bit it will come around the backside. That will warm us up close to 50 degrees. A few clouds coming into tomorrow. These little blue streaks here indicate the possibility of snow showers or flurries. And well turn out and turn quite breezy in the afternoon. Heres the next seven days for you. Numbers are up and down. 50 degrees for a high tomorrow and then well drop into the mid 30s with gusty winds and falling temperatures thursday afternoon. Friday looks ok in the 30s. Saturday, back in the mid 40s. Sunday night and monday, another storm system will approach. Because it comes in from the southwest, will it be rain snow, sleet or wintry mix . Stay tuned. Wait and see. Yep. Ok. Thank you. Lets get a check on traffic now. Bob emler with the wtop Traffic Center with the details. Hi there. Hi alison. On 295 southbound in the district after the 11th Street Bridge theres been a crash there for a couple of hours with all lanes blocked and southbound traffic is diverted on to the 11th Street Bridge or what theyre calling 695 these days heading for the southeastsouthwest freeway in virginia. And there was a crash on the wilson bridge on the outer loop. Thats on the shoulder now. 95 south has a crash after the Prince William parkway and 270 north, its a broken down car. Theres a lot of volume. On the outer loop heading into the sun towards tysons and traffic on 95 south on the left side of your screen getting into woodbridge now complicated by that crash just near the Prince William parkway and thats reported to be along the left side of the roadway. Im bob emler with wtop radio. See you in a little bit. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 good idea gone bad. How an app designed to keep you from getting locked out could work against you. Those body scanners arent just for airport security. How they can help you target your workout. First, 7 on your side with an alert about an 7 is on your side with a consumer alert now. Getting a good deal on line is what many of us set out searching for but if it seems too good to be true listen to this. Autria godfrey shows us one comment targeted an Online Community thats typically very trusting. Tim is an avid gun collector who thought hed found the great deal on line. The collectible was 20 less than the going rate so he quickly contacted the seller by phone. This guy knew his firearms. Tim was eager to get the item before it got away. As requested, he sent the seller a postal money order for 1,000. I hadnt heard from him in four or five days so i tried to contact him. And the number that i had went straight to voicemail so i emailed and kept doing this for a few days afterwards and just nothing ever came of it. Tim had been duped and he wasnt alone. Postal inspectors were already investigating dozens of similar complaints. In every case the person had bid on this particular auction item and never received their products. Investigators soon realized all the complaints were against the same person. Paul Steven Webster who kept creating new accounts. Webster would rack up about 10,000 and handful of victims. He would then close that account out, open a new one and the con would continue. Piece of advice for postal inspectors if you send money orders through the mail get the recipients signature. That piece of information was key in busting webster. I had a tracking number. I had a signature of the person who signed for it and i could actually research where that mail and where those payments went to. His arrest was a notable one. Webster had hundreds of victims and was known throughout the online gun buying world as the most elusive purveyor of internet fraud. Autria godfrey, abc 7 news. Babies are typically formed from the combination of two peoples d. N. A. But now in britain, a third person could get involved. House of commons voted today that make it legal for scientists to use the d. N. A. Of three people to create babies. And if the house of lords files suit there it would be the first country to allow genetic modification. Defects can lead to muscular dystrophy or heart, kidney or liver failure, the third donor would make up less than 1 10 of 1 of the childs d. N. A. At this point, its unclear if that person would have any parental rights to the child. Wow. Open up a lot of questions, a lot of controversy both ways. How about this . As we head towards valentines day. Coming up soon theres a new poll that shows your best bet to secure a valentines day date is to impress the parents . Thats right. The Associated Press wetv poll finds 6 in 10 young women say their mothers approval of a potential partner is extremely or very important. Half of the 18 to 29yearold men said the same. And dad gets a say too. 50 of young women and 40 of young men put high importance on their fathers opinion when a romance is getting serious. Your dads opinion or your moms opinion matter more to you . Probably both. Probably. Yeah even if i didnt want to admit it it probably still matters. You have to admit it. Do your kids ask . You have to admit. Theyre in town and theyll ask you. And they approve of my husband so thats good. All right. She hasnt published a book in 55 years but still to come find out why the woman behind to kill a mockingbird is putting pen to paper again. Plus well tell you what police found in a second search of Bobbi Kristinas home after she was found face down in a bathtub. And less than two weeks after governor larry hogan release his budget, the battle over bucks has begun. Im brad bell. Coming up ill less than a month into his term, larry hogan will give the first state of the state address tomorrow. Thats right. And the republican is expected to spend a lot of time talking about the states budget problems. Maryland bureau chief brad bell live in annapolis with a preview of what it could mean for schools. Brad . Yeah you know right now, it is all about the budget. The governor released his budget just a couple of weeks ago and its taken that long for legislators to really go through and take a look at the numbers. The governor has to find about nearly 800 million in savings. The thing that hes tarpthed most of all according to critics is schools across the state. And the hit is about 144 Million Dollars to the k through 12 education across the state of maryland. Now, today, the state Teachers Union, the Maryland State Education Association launched a website. And the website is critical of the governors budget and makes fun of his change maryland website but lays out the exact cuts county by county or what theyre calling cuts in the head of the Association Says its just too much. Governor hogans 144 million cut from Public Schools next year will put an estimated 2500 teacher jobs or 4200 support staff jobs at risk. And while urban jurisdictions are getting hit hard this is a statewide problem. Now the governor and his people are countering with the exact same numbers but a very different interpretation. They say that in this budget, they actually increase fund to go education to record numbers. But they havent increased it as much as some people would like. So coming up at 6 00 tonight, well have much more of this. A little bit more number crunching as well as more from the governors side of the story. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Thank you. Speaking of governor Maryland Governor larry hogan has chosen an associate professor at Bowie State University to fill a state delegate seat. That seat represents parts of frederick and carroll county. 78yearold barry silabarte will fill the seat vacated by karen schultz. Pending her appointment as secretary of the department of regulation. He served one term in the house of delegates from 1995 to 1998 representing part of Montgomery County. Chilly start gave way to a more pleasant afternoon today. We saw some sun out there. Not too bad. And this could be just a preview of whats to come for the rest of the week. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch weather center. At least for one day. Were in this area where we warm up for one day and go down again. Heres the way it will work out. Start with a beautiful sunrise from our weather bug camera on the roof of Washington Lee High School up towards arlington. Beautiful colors this morning. Then some clouds for a while moved in but then behind the cold front things cleared out nicely. Bright sunshine and temperatures in the 30s but much lighter winds. Thats important. As far as numbers right now, 39 in culpepper. 34 degrees in rockville. Manassas at 36. Winds fairly light showing a southwesterly direction that will keep temperatures warmer than last night. Still in the mid 20s but it will be rather pleasant. About 31 by 9 00 a. M. And getting close to 50 degrees in the afternoon and a cold front will change everything on thursday once again. Maybe bring some flurries and gusty winds back to the air. Thats the very latest. Alison . Ok doug. Thank you. We have an update now on Bobbi Kristina brown. The family says the 21yearold daughter of Whitney Houston and bobby brown is fighting for her life. She was found face down in a bathtub at her georgia home on saturday. Police also discovered drugs during a second search of her home according to tmz. Marcy gonzalez has the latest. Today Bobbi Kristina brown is in a medically induced coma. 21yearold female in the bathtub face down. The daughter of singers bobby brown and the late Whitney Houston found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home this weekend. The Police Report just released. In it officers described what happened as a possible drowning. Police say browns husband nick gordon and a friend found her barely breathing and then started c. P. R. The circumstances striking an eerie similarity to her mothers death. I need paramedics. Apparently i got a 36yearold female found in the bathroom. Whitney houston died nearly three years ago after being found face down in a hotel bathtub. Days later, Bobbi Kristina was hospitalized for anxiety. Her father described her ongoing struggle with the loss in this interview with lifetime last month. Some days are good. Some days are bad, you know for the most part she remembers her mom in such a beautiful way. The family of her famous mother thanking fans for their prayers. Saying in a statement, Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family. We learned today that Bobbi Kristina was moved to a different hospital. Her family asking for privacy, giving no explanation and no comment on her prognosis. Marcy gonzalez abc news new york. Meanwhile, a battle is raging over the estate of actor and comedian robin williams. His widow susan accuses his children from two previous marriages of taking items without her permission. The children, zachary, zelda and cody say Susan Williams is trying to change the trust agreement. Robin williams of course killed himself at his home in california back in august. Right now, former hiphop mogul suge knight is in the hospital after complaining of chest pains in court. He appeared in a courtroom this morning and pled not guilty of murder, attempted murder and hitandrun charges. Prosecutors allege that knight intended to run down two men with his pickup truck last weekend. One of the men died. Knight will have to remain in jail until his trial and face life in prison if hes convicted. A shakeup in the trial of former new England Patriots player aaron hernandez. The judge removed a jury who posed a substantial risk to conducting an orderly trial. That decision followed a brief suspension of court proceedings. Court was postponed because of snow. Cuba has released the first pictures of the former leader fidel castro in more than five months. Cubas communist Party Newspaper apparently published the photos to end rumors that his health is failing. These pictures show him in what appears to be a lively conversation with a university student. The newspaper says the meeting took place january 23rd. You can soon get a rare glimpse of the rosa parks archives at the library of congress. Starting tomorrow that collection will be available to view for the first time. Hundreds of personal notes and photographs and inspiring others on a segregated list. Harper lee after publishing how to kill a mockingbird. She published her second novel. The 88yearold lee says she finished it in the 1950s and features the character scout as an adult woman. Wow. Fascinating. Very interesting. All right. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 right here why an app designed to keep you safe could actually be putting you at risk. Im Horace Holmes and an 84yearold woman battles to get her car back from a local auto repair shop. You wont believe how long shes been fighting to get her vehicle before 7 on your side stepped in. The bills, confrontation and the surprise ending for our trouble shooter report coming up. 7 on your side jumps into action after a woman says she took her car to the mechanic to get it fixed. Yeah but after a year she still doesnt have that car back. 7 on your side trouble shooter Horace Holmes is in the newsroom tonight with the word on what he found out when he went looking for some answers for this woman. Horace . Its been a year leon a year exactly that ruth took her car to an auto repair in forest hill to get her transmission fixed. She said she paid her 2100 bill but she says after several attempts to take him to court, she still doesnt have her car. Send me a letter. Aint nobody been able to serve me. Why should i tell you a lie . If he cant fix my car, give it back. So she turned to 7 on your side and we went out to ginyard auto and guess what . We found tony ginyard. What about her car . She says youve had it for a year. Are you going to give it back to her . Now, we eventually did speak with tony ginyard at length by phone and he told us that hes been trying to contact worthy but hasnt spoken to her since the summer. Part of the holdup he says has been because of a dispute with her over labor charges. Now, this story doesnt end without a resolution. But theres a surprise twist tonight on abc 7 news at 5 00 well tell you and well have some advice for consumers who may be going through a similar problem. A lot of folks are. In the newsroom Horace Holmes abc 7 news. Horace is a bulldog, isnt he . He is. Winters chill bringing a deep freeze to a big part of the country. Still ahead, see some of the impacts of the weather. Plus someone is not satisfied with around the abdomen. Focus on that. How personal trainers are there are lots of reasons to finish college. At Devry University we can help. By maximizing qualifying transfer credits so you can graduate sooner. All you need. Is a good reason to finish now. 7 on your side to help you sleep. The National Sleep foundation is out with new recommendations to help you feel more rested. Now, theyre suggesting nine to 11 hours a night for schoolaged children between 6 and 13. Teenagers between 14 and 17 should get between eight and 10 hours and they think young adults between 18 and 25 should get seven to nine hours. Older adults should get the same. Does that happen for you . Not since the 1970s. Wow. A new tool to help you get in shape. This one tells you which muscles need more work and where you put on a little fat right down to the millimeter. Yeah, and get this its the brain child of some area college students. Stephen tschida fills us in. You work and work. But sometimes the places you want small get big. And the places you want to make big stay small. I dont want to know how much fat i have on my body. But fitness experts say knowledge can help you achieve your goals. I think its going to help take people to the next level. Getting that kind of detailed information can be difficult and not very accurate. Now, this box is designed to give you a precise road map of your body and put you on the path to ultimate fitness. Going to give you your height, weight b. M. I. Lean muscle mass body mass percentage. The scanner doesnt use radiation like an xray. Just simple photography. Actually all external. Its all photo based. The developers of the vfit scanner hope it revolutionizes how people exercise but they arent some Corporate Research development team. College student. Thats right. A group of Virginia Tech students including jonathan tran. He joined up with some of his friends to create the vfit scanner. I was going to what they wanted to do. The body fit gym in northwest d. C. Has one of two vfit scanners. Other one is in blacksburg and some fitness fanatics are anxious to get inside. Progress checkin. Still not Everyone Wants to find out how much fat they have on their hips belly or anywhere else. Its not something i worry about. But i know thats different from like the average woman. For a scanner to really work, well the door should be closed and also to get a really good read on your body you probably should have as little clothing on as possible. An obstacles for some potential users. I hate to think theres a camera in that there that can wind up on the internet. If youre dressed like this the vfit scanner isnt going to work too well. For those who regularly use it to undress or dress appropriately, they can get an app on their smartphones so they can check their progress. Stephen tschida, abc 7 news. All right, stephen. Thank you. Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is facing two citations for allegedly hitting two cars. This after letting his girlfriend take the blame. It happened december 28th in aspen, colorado. Police say anna hansen initially told them she had been driving home from a party when she lost control of armstrongs s. U. V. But later changed her story. Armstrong is due in court march 17th. And were learning new details in the fatal d. U. I. Case against a baltimore bishop. The Episcopal Diocese of maryland says the Church Leader was concerned that Heather Cooke had been intoxicated at a dinner before her consecration last year. It was reported to a presiding bishop but its unclear exactly what action of taken. December 27th nearly four months after that dinner cooke was charged with hitting and killing a bicyclist while drunk. More than 100 cases of measles around the country have people talking about potential for a national outbreak. Its also sparking a National Conversation about vaccinating children so our question of the day is asking if you think vaccines should be mandatory or a matter of parental choice. Brenda writes so the government is supposed to protect its people isnt what theyre doing by imposing laws to have children vaccinated . Ray posts its called freedom. Whats so hard to understand . Diane echoed a lot of the nearly 400 people that responded by writing this. Dont vaccinate your kid. That may be your choice. But then you should not have the option of enrolling him or her in Public School or even being a part of the general public. Join the conversation in the wjla Facebook Page. And coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 today, a plane crash blamed on selfies . The unusual evidence found at the scene. Plus the mistake that left the data of special ed students exposed in one School District possibly for years. And a new proposal to honor marion barry but just how is d. C. s council and the public reacting to the idea of marion Barry University . Well, so just how cold is that deep freeze in the midwest weve been telling you about . Check out this picture. The Mississippi River frozen over. This was taken in lacrosse wisconsin on sunday. Wow. Picture tells 1,000 words there. Yes it does. That happens sometimes. I remember times when the Chesapeake Bay was frozen or big chunk of the shoreline was. That happens every now and then not necessarily this winter. Im glad that real intense feel of winter is out of the air this morning. Lets start with this image here. Live picture from our weather bug camera in alexandria. What a beautiful late afternoon. Clear skies. Good look at the full moon later this evening and just to the left of the full moon you may be able to make out that bright object in the 8 00, 9 00 position to the left of the moon, thats the planet jupiter. Watch for that in a couple of hours. Temperatures below average but again, when you take away the strong winds it just was not all that uncomfortable outside. Will it get uncomfortable tonight . Not so much given the date of february 3rd. Were only going to drop into middle to upper 20s for overnight lows. That because of southwesterly wind thats going to develop. Thats going to help moderate the temperatures a bit. Were at 38 in Reagan National. 36 in charleston. Chicago 23. Theres some cold air but before we get that cold air well get a bunch of winds tomorrow. Then we deal with this cold front as it comes through the area on thursday morning with flurries and behind it gusty winds and falling temperatures. A new High Pressure center will move into the area making for a cold friday. At least the weekend will start off in a nice way with some sunshine. But then by sunday night, another chance of a wintry mix or rain or snow mix together around the area here. The next seven days, up and down continues here with temperatures near 50 tommorrow and then only in the mid 30s with falling fry afternoon. Thats going to be chilly and over the weekend, pop back in the mid 40s and drop again for that chance of a wintry mix sunday night and monday. Ok, doug. Nothing frozen over here. Thats a good thing. All right, coming up next on abc 7 news at 4 00 7 on your side is you dont waste your money. 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One year later, where is the truck . 7 on your side trouble shooter Horace Holmes gets some answers. Up first tonight, the search is on for a new superintendent from Montgomery County schools. Current superintendent joshua starr said today he will leave the job after 3 1 2 years that have been filled with controversy. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live with how we got here and where he goes from here. Kevin . Well alison and leon todays announcement was by no means a shocker. Starr has taken a lot of heat from parents and teachers alike while at the helm of marylands largest School District and today, like you said he issued his resignation. Were moving forward. Are you not going to tell us why . Lets just have a couple more questions. Lets have a couple more questions. Tell us why. You dont want to. Mcpss board of education stonewalled reporters refusing to say why its cutting ties with superintendent joshua starr. Great and wonderful relationship, why is he leaving . Starr who has received mixed reviews needed at least five votes to stay. The numbers were not in his favor. There are eight individuals on the board. Theyre with eight different thoughts, opinions. The message is not one of quitting. Right . The message, i hope will be one that dont get into a fight that you know youre not going to win. We knew this was coming for a few weeks. The president of montgomery Teachers Union say starr led mcps during tough times. These are days when its difficult to be a public educator because of the testing who demands interns evaluation. Dr. Starr . Dr. Starr, can i ask you another