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Where the bullet came from here. Stephen . Alison, this is what we can tell you. Lets show you whats going on right here now. We are on the i. C. C. At mile marker 18. That is just west of 95 and just east of Briggs Cheney road. This is what we know. About 3 00 today, a bullet came out of the woods struck a vehicle. Two people in that vehicle were injured. One by shattering glass. The other one, the bullet according to investigators lodged in that individuals clothing. That raises questions about what type of bullet. We dont have any information there yet. What we can tell you, those two individuals were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Meanwhile, the investigation under way here. Focusing on what went on here on the i. C. C. And, of course focusing on that wooded area across the street. That is where this bullet is believed to have come from. No reason yet as to why someone would have opened fire a very active investigation here. We will be back at the top of the 5 00 p. M. Newscast to give you the very latest. We should learn more by then. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. All right stephen, fill us in and keep us posted. A developing story now out of northwest washington. More than a dozen students were taken to the hospital after a pepper spray incident. This happened at Caesar Chavez Public Charter School on kenyan street earlier this morning. But it wasnt until late this afternoon that students were transported to the hospital. Brad bell is live at the school with the details of what happened here. Brad . Yeah alison what were seeing now is a very orderly dismissal of the school. We believe the police car is here just to help with traffic. We can show you video of what it was like just one hour ago. It was actually declared a mass casualty scene as a precaution. Youre looking at a white bus right now. Thats a bus ambulance. On board that vehicle, 15 students seventh graders from the Caesar Chavez school for Public Policy here. What we are now being told by parents who have come out of the school and have a letter from the principal is that this morning, a student was going through items in the students desk and accidentally touched off a slight discharge from what is being described as a miniature pepper spray tube. Very slight discharge. Were told from this letter that the students were removed from that classroom and some experienced a little bit of trauma and difficulty breathing and that sort of thing and that ultimately, the Fire Department was called. Weve only gotten this information from this letter that was sent home with the students today and from parents. No one from the Caesar Chavez school will tell us anything some representatives from the Mayors Office also came by and they said they were not at liberty to explain why it was that 15 students were transported to the hospital. But again its students were told are really fine. This was just as a precaution and it was a students miniature tube of pepper spray that discharged in this school. Thank you for the latest there. This just in from capitol hill today, congress has just approved a bill to fund the department of homeland security. And this will be through the end of the budget year. The bill will not overturn president obamas immigration policies. The house voted today for the measure that the president is expected to sign. Now, without action, as you know funding for d. H. S. Would have expired this friday at midnight. Former c. I. A. Director David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified materials. Petraeus was charged with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. Charge stems, in part, from documents the director allegedly provided to his biographer and former mistress paula broadwell. The New York Times reports that the plea agreement includes a recommendation of two years probation and a 40,000 fine. Well a controversial day on the hill today where israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before congress. This all comes as the white house and International Allies are working toward a Nuclear Agreement with iran. But as Pablo Sandoval explains netanyahu opposes that plan. The Prime Minister of israel israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before members of both houses of congress tuesday. He expressed concerns over a proposed Nuclear Agreement between the u. S. And other world powers and iran. This is a bad year. Its a very bad year. The Obama Administration says iran will never be permitted to build a nuclear weapon. But israel is concerned that allowing them to further develop any Nuclear Technology opens that door and could put the very existence of the jewish state and the world at risk. The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with nuclear weapons. To defeat isis and let Iran Get Nuclear Weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. President obama said he did not watch the speech and read a transcript and felt the Prime Minister brought nothing new. Prime minister netanyahu has not offered any kind of viable alternative that would achieve the same verifiable mechanism to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Dozens of Congressional Democrats boycotted the speech although Party Leaders nancy pelosi and harry reid did attend. Many voicing criticism of the remarks and Republican House speaker John Boehners invitation to netanyahu just weeks before israeli elections. Pablo sandoval, abc 7 news. And tonight, we want to remind you that abc 7 and our sister station newschannel 8 will be taking an indepth look at u. S. Israel relations. Our National Roundtable town hall airs at 7 00 on newschannel 8 and you can watch it on line at wjla. Com. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley says he will not run for senator barbara mikulskis seat. Hes expected to announce in the coming months whether hell run for president in the democratic primary. Senator mikulski announced yesterday shes not going to be running for a sixth term. By the way shes the longest serving woman in the history of congress. Well the Fairfax County board of supervisors has approved a commission now to review the response to Police Involved shootings. This comes in the wake of the investigation into the shooting death of john geer by a Fairfax County police officer. Our Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is live with more from todays board meeting. Jeff . Alison right now, as we speak, the Fairfax County board of supervisors in a closed door meeting with the Fairfax County attorney who received criticism of how he handled the investigation into the Fatal Shooting of john geer as the family of john geer is currently suing the Fairfax County Police Department. Heres video from that meeting earlier today. Not saying much during that meeting but again, getting a lot of heat right now with how he handled this situation last week, it revealed that his office did not tell supervisors about an ongoing dispute between the Police Department and the Commonwealth Attorney rob marrow and he did not tell supervisors that he wanted to meet with them and discuss the case. Now geer who was 46 years old was shot and killed while standing in the door way of his springfield town home following a standoff with Fairfax Police in august 20613. Some Board Members say changes are needed. Whole host of options to make changes. Theres termination, you know, theres asking for resignation. Theres counselling, you name it. But something needs to be done here because that was unacceptable. As alison mentioned a moment ago, the also formation of a Police Commission by the board of supervisors is going to be taking a look at how Police Involved shootings are examined in the past but some members of the board say thats not what the commission should be doing. Whats that the board should be doing. Well have more of that at 5 00. Well see if anything comes out of that closed door meeting happening right now. All that coming up at 5 00. Jeff goldberg abc 7 news. Thank you jeff. Fairfax county police are investigating an incident involving someone shining a spotlight on the agencys helicopter. It happened february 24th around 8 00 p. M. In the 3100 block of southfield drive. Police say the light appeared to be coming from a home and created dangerous visibility issues for the pilot and the crew. Fortunately, the pilot was not using night vision goggles at the time. A former f. B. I. Agent is providing some insight into the search for serial robbers hitting banks in the d. C. Area. The most recent robbery was at a Wells Fargo Bank in Falls Church Just yesterday. Brianne carter live in falls church with the latest developments. Brianne . Alison here, the latest on whats happening at this wells fargo behind us in falls church. In total here in Northern Virginia there have been six of those robberies that they say are connected to these. And just down the road in maryland, well they tell us that these guys are now connected to two more as well. This comes as were getting new insight from as you mentioned, that former f. B. I. Analyst who says there doesnt appear to be any kind of pattern in all of this. Take a look at the video though you can see that there are masked men walking in. Two suspects they say, inside of the [no audio] sorry about that technical difficulty. Brianne carter reporting there. The d. C. Council votes unanimously to approve new limits on marijuana use. Under the districts new marijuana law, people are allowed to smoke in private residences but not in Public Places. The new emergency measure prohibits smoking in private bars and clubs. Some marijuana advocates are now threatening to protest that decision with public smokeins. Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed the initial law to take effect five days ago despite attempts by congress to block it. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 this evening, Hillary Clinton finds herself in the hot seat over emails, not within them but where they are. And were learning about the future of one of bostons biggest events and that city breaks the possible new snow record, find out if the st. Patricks day events will go on as scheduled there. Heres something to look forward to spring. Preparing for d. C. s National Cherry blossom festival. Hooray well tell you when theyre expected to reach the peak bloom. Lets just take our minds away from the cold weather just for a minute. And think ahead to spring because earlier today, the National Park service announced its prediction for when d. C. s Cherry Blossoms will reach their peak bloom. All right. John gonzalez has word now on when to expect the gorgeous sight along the tidal basin. With more talk of snow this week, its definitely winter outside. Inside the new newseum, there is spring in the air. National park service announced the peak bloom dates for washingtons famous japanese trees so we have a better understanding and its hard to believe that in just a few weeks, we will be well, no longer talking about snow. Instead talking about pink and white petals and thousands will start flocking to the tidal basin. This years festival will run from march 20th through april 12th. But Everyone Wants to know when will we see the actual Cherry Blossoms . And the projected date are april 11 through the 14th. Once the trees become dormant, they have to have so many warm weather days before they become in bloom. We havent been above freezing in it seems like months. But so that always pushes the day back. This years festival marks the 103rd anniversary and will include a pink tie gala on march 19th. As for the Cherry Blossoms well, february was the coldest in d. C. Since 1979. So even though the wind and cold and snow wont harm the Cherry Blossoms, it could delay things a bit. In northwest washington, John Gonzalez abc 7 news. This year well see a first during the National Cherry blossom festival. April 12th the last day of the event, the Anacostia River festival will take place at anacostia park. The goal is to draw visitors to the area to highlight the planned 11th Street Bridge over the Anacostia River. The festival will include live music, free kayaking and other activities meant to honor the river. Today is not the day to be out there. No kayaking anywhere around here. Tomorrow is not the day. Thursday is definitely not the day and friday is going to be cold and should i stop . At this point. Look at our live stormwatch Doppler Radar for you and we have the Winter Weather advisory out there. I noticed the moisture beginning to finally, finally lift on off towards the north and east. Thats definitely good news. Fairfax county into loudoun county, but that Winter Weather advisory does continue and a few slick spots out there especially near bowie and columbia towards b. W. I. Marshall but the best news of all is the temperatures will begin to increase. Were above freezing in many locations except well to the north of us. Those temperatures will continue to increase as we move through the evening hours and waking up tomorrow morning temperatures will be in the upper 30s to around 40. Central Montgomery County gaithersburg at 28. B. W. I. Marshall at 29. Right at freezing in hagerstown. 33 at dulles. You can see how temperatures are beginning to inch their way upward. This is better news especially in terms of this winlter weather advisory. It still hangs on until 10 00. I expect the National Weather service will likely cancel it a little earlier than that. Theyve already shaved off the western portion and then we are going to look for improving conditions or slightly improving conditions come early tomorrow morning. With the exception of a little bit of light rain maybe a little bit of patchy fog. But once again, not expecting it to amount to a whole lot but winds out of the southwest at around four to eight miles an hour. Lets fast forward. Heres the next big storm. Its on the way. We have the cold front and the warm front will bump our temperatures up overnight. Allow them to increase but the bigger storm maker, thats late tomorrow into the day on thursday and thats where we have the potential and i need to stress the potential for accumulating snow around the immediate metro area. National Weather Service has gone ahead and posted a winter storm watch. This is 7 00 tomorrow night through 7 00 thursday evening. It includes the entire d. C. Metro area all of Southern Maryland, all of western maryland hugging the border pennsylvania and maryland so you get the point, a big big storm. But how much snow will we see . Depends on which model you want to believe. Heres one this is our futurecast and it starts at 11 00 tonight. Here are rain showers lifting out of here. Tomorrow, we could see pockets of heavier rain Late Afternoon into the evening hours. It stays wet and all rain for the rush hour commute. Look what happens as we move through the overnight hours. Wednesday at 11 00 still rain. This will keep the snow totals down and notice how it changes over to snow. Thats not until thursday morning. Its a thursday afternoon and finally this begins to lift out of here. Another computer model a bit more aggressive. Here the rain. This is what we expect for tomorrow morning. Moving through the afternoon hours, heavier rain develops and pockets of heavier rain especially late evening and then the switchover on this model happens a little earlier from Montgomery County, Frederick County and western maryland. This is 1 00 in the morning and this will be the worst case scenario. Look what happens as we move through the Early Morning hours of sunday. The darker the blue the heavier the snowfall and look at these. Montgomery county Fairfax County and loudoun, heavy snow. So expect significant delays i should say as we move through late thursday into early friday and those delays may continue through the day on friday as we dig out from the snow. How much snow total at this point . Hard to tell. As little as an inch or two or as much as four or five or six inches. Heavier amounts to the north. Well keep you updated on line at wjla. Com. Heres your hourbyhour forecast. Tonight, good news is the temperatures will rise and better news ahead, lets focus here once we get through thursday well see sunshine on friday. Near 40 on saturday. But that trend starts sunday monday and tuesday. There we go. Upper 40s. 50 degrees plus daylight savings time. Welcome that. Early sunday morning. Have to wait until sunday. All right. Get through this week. Absolutely. Thank you. See you in a little bit. Well, all that snow up in boston will not stop the citys annual st. Patricks day parade. Organizers say the event will go on as planned march 15th. However, they are asking for volunteers to help them clear the snow from the parade route. Boston has received 104 inches of snow this winter season placing the city within four inches of a seasonal snowfall record. That record though, could fall with storms expected in boston tonight and tomorrow night. I think you can count on that i think youre right. With the luck theyve had this winter. I know. But the parade will go on. Got to have some fun there. Ok. Lets see if the commute will go on here. Lets get a check of the traffic situation at this hour with bob emler in the wtop traffic center. We have a problem on the baltimorewashington parkway southbound near route 32. Theres a crash there. Its holding up traffic coming south from jessup. Northbound, everybody can see it. Its quite slow. Beltway through college park in greenbelt, volume delays and 95 south, slow down a bit over the occoquan. Heaviest, though south of quantico towards garrisonville and towards stafford, there was a crash on the Left Shoulder getting attention there. The lanes are open and so far not too bad of a rush hour. Take a look here on 270 start to go bog down a bit here headed up north middlebrook and again towards clarksburg but on wet pavement for the most part. Not doing too badly out there. Traffic is briefly slow. Getting into landmark here south of king street its moving pretty well. Im bob emler with 103. 5 wtop radio. See you shortly. Thanks so much. Coming up here at 4 00 a really rough time for some apartment residents going without hot water for more than two weeks learn what happened when 7 on your side stepped in. And we know youre sick this cold weather. Were counting down to spring. 17 days to go hang in there. Abc 7 news at 4 00 will be right back. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Hurry call now its your last chance. This offer ends march twentyfirst. 7 on your side and getting results for some Prince Georges County apartment residents stuck without hot water for more than two weeks. The Property Managers are now taking action after 7 on your side got involved. Mike conneen has more now on whats being done today. Thanks to 7 on your side, a number of residents here at the oaks at park south apartment complex in oxon hill who say theyve gone 15 days without hot water this winter should have hot water flowing out of their pipes and faucets sometime tonight. Now, we spoke with an assistant property manager, the leasing manager and by phone through them the property manager who declined to comment or give an oncamera interview citing Company Policy but they say hot water heaters have been delivered. Theyre on site. But the installation process is under way today. And when asked if that would be done by close of business, they said yes. She said managers at oak parks south here repeatedly told her the problem was being fixed. Like other residents, she was using pots to boil water and for bathing and is staying with relatives. Her daughter bought a thermometer and measured the temperature after running the hot water for several minutes, it barely reached 50 degrees. Farmer remains skeptical but is hopeful she can return to normal life in her apartment unit. I hope its resolved today. I know a lot of people have lived over there that will be happy to go home to hot water to take a hot bath in their own home. Wont believe until i get there. 7 on your side reached out to county officials who confirmed that no hot water in the apartment is a violation. An inspector was sent here yesterday looking into this and were told that county officials could pursue legal action against the Property Management company if this is not resolved today. In oxon hill mike conneen, abc 7 news. Mike tells us an inspector will be returning to the site tomorrow to double check and make sure everything there is fixed. Well keep you posted. Still ahead here at 4 00 steve is back to update a new Winter Weather alert for us. How much snow can we get from the next storm . Well find out. A 7 on your side trouble shooter report comes from a viewer who has been without heat and hot water in his condo for 6 1 2 weeks. The problem is this hot water unit here that has been fixed several times he thought. Well tell you whats happened or what hasnt happened with this coming up tonight on abc 7 at 5 00. Okay, i need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. A pizza my family will love. announcer freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. Freschetta. Made better to taste better. Many areas are seeing rain during the evening commute tonight. Hi steve. It looks like well see early tomorrow morning and look at abc 7 live Doppler Radar weather center. Heading closer into d. C. You can see whats going on around the capital beltway. Not as much of a problem, temperatures are rebounding above the freezing mark. Gaithersburg, rockville looking at a little bit of freezing precipitation but otherwise that changeover to rain that has already started as temperatures begin to rebound and they will continue to rebound as we move through the evening and waking up tomorrow morning, it should be just around 40 degrees around here. Take a look at the latest advisories and watches and warnings for you. We have a Winter Weather advisory, those are the areas that are shaded in darker blue or sort of a purple color including the district and all of Southern Maryland. Thats going to expire at 10 00 tonight, the bigger issue is the Winter Weather advisory and thats in the areas shaded in blue. 7 00 tomorrow night and into the day on thursday. We could be looking at significant snow totals around here. Heres the seven day outlook. Temperatures near 50 on wednesday. That cold front moves late into thursday. Highs only in the 20s. Accumulating snow likely during the morning and afternoon hours. By friday its all out of here. 30 degrees so nothing is going to melt but the melting process will begin come saturday sunday, monday and tuesday, were on a roll there with temperatures in the 40s. Nighttime lows in the 30s, well have more on this potential winter storm and snow total projections coming up in just a few minutes. See you then, steve. Thank you very much. Meanwhile, in other news, the Montgomery County Council Passed some new bills today. Two of them deal with ecigarettes and puppy mills. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is at the live desk with the details on them. Kevin . Leon Montgomery County well known for at times its unique and cutting edge legislation, socalled puppy mill and ecigarette bans definitely fit that bill. We are talking about ecigarette legislation first and that will restrict the sale of certain liquid nicotine and their containers in Montgomery County retail stores. Certain amendments were added to the bill that brought in the definition of Electronic Cigarette to include e cigars e hookahs and e pipes. Many laws have restricted smoking in Public Places only a few like new jersey and utah have limited ecigarettes. The one that sponsored this legislation said she wasnt willing to gamble with the health of young people by waiting for federal regulations. As for the puppy mill bill, that will prevent Montgomery County pet stores to sell dogs or cats unless they get it from the humane organization. There are 10,000 active puppy mills in the u. S. All combined. Those facilities turn out more than two million dogs a year. As it stands, cities in 10 different states have passed laws restricting pet store puppy sales including austin chicago, l. A. Phoenix and toledo. Both of those bills will go to the county executive for his approval. If he signs on the dotted line the e cigarette ban will take effect in 91 days after he signs it. In the newsroom kevin lewis, abc 7 news. A dryer fire costs more than 75,000 in damage to a Montgomery County business. Take a look at this picture, they were called to an explosion at the zips cleaners in germantown this morning. Officials say the clothing ignited in the gas dryer sparking the fire and causing the Sprinkler System to activate. Crews were able to quickly get that fire out of control and no one was hurt. Good news there. Howard county fire investigators are ruling a fire at a historic home is accidental. The fire happened at a home in the 4900 block of kansas before midnight on monday. Six people evacuated the place safely thanks to working smoke alarms. The home had historical significance because it was once a barn on land purchased by jim wells. The founder of columbia. A spokesperson for Hillary Clinton says there was nothing illegal or improper about her use of a personal email account during her time as secretary of state. However, clinton is in the hot seat right now after news surfaced that she was using her personal email instead of a government issued email address. Diane cho has more on the controversy. Today the House Select Committee held a News Conference after a Senior State Department official confirmed former secretary of state Hillary Clinton only used the personal email account during her tenure as the nations top diplomat. Our interest here is not in producing a story. Our interest here is in gaining access to all of the documents, all of the emails, all of the witnesses. The New York Times wrote the story reporting that the email surfaced as a result of the special congressional committees investigation on the 2012 attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. The state Department Says mrs. Clinton tens of thousands of documents but they were selected by their aides. He is a fellow in diplomatic studies at the brooking institution. That is not uncommon. Its the Standard Practice of an administration not to turn everything over to congress and let them sort through what it acceptable and what is not. Thats not scandalous. Thats Common Administration practice. Questions are being raised surrounding possible Security Breaches and whether clinton may have violated federal requirements regarding official communications which includes emails. Clintons spokesman told cnn for government business, she sent emails to Department Officials on their Department Accounts with every expectation that they would be retained. The state Department Says clintons successor is the first secretary of state to primarily use an official government account. The Biggest Issue here is whether those emails were preserved and whether the intention was to preserve them as would certainly be necessary. Well find that out as time comes on. Jeb bush tweeted transparency matters, unclassified Clinton Emails should be released. You can see mine here. As this could affect her potential bid for the white house in 2016 certainly something that you know, a year and a half down the line republicans will use to paint a broader picture of clinton as someone who is not accountable, someone who is perhaps, untrustworthy. Diane cho, abc 7 news. Coming up at 4 00 big changes for oprah. Why shes saying goodbye to a place she called home for more than two decades. And a surprising admission about the official portrait of former president bill clinton. Weve got a social media reaction to what else is included in this piece of art. And an army widow is lashing out against a department of veterans affairs. Im chris a widow is gearing up for a fight with the department of veterans affairs. She says that agency is to blame for her husbands death and she wants thousands of dollars to be reimbursed for medications. 7 on your sides iteam investigator chris pabst is live in the newsroom to explain this. Chris . The woman that we spoke today, she is irate but more than that, shes disappointed. She said her husband was proud to be a veteran but the way he was treated in the final months of his life she said was simply terrible. Now, in late 2013 Army Specialist donald page died from congestive Heart Failure a result of agent orange exposure. He had served in vietnam and received two purple hearts. Now, after pages death, his wife was stuck with 24,000 of medical bills. When he got sick, page says they contacted the v. A. For help but never received a response forcing the couple to seek medical care outside of the v. A. And, of course the bills just stacked up. And now she wants reimbursed for that money. I was trying keep my husband alive because he was so sick. If you saw him, youd understand what i was talking about. He was just so sick. When page asked the v. A. For reimbursement, her request was denied. 7 on your side has a copy of that letter explaining why. Coming up at 6 00 well share it with you. In the newsroom chris pabst abc 7 news. Up next here on abc 7 news at 4 00 Hillary Clinton isnt the only one making headlines these days. A portrait of her husband is also big news after a secret is revealed. Im joce sterman. Coming up, your reaction to that infamous blue the man that painted a portrait of former president bill clinton says theres a secret in the works. The shadow that you see when you see the shadow on the president s side is really a reference to Monica Lewinsky were told. And the blue dress that brought down the white house. This revelation is burning up social media today and joce sterman is here with everybodys reactions to this story. Joce . Alison that portrait was hanging in the National Portrait gallery here in d. C. It is not at the moment the big question is what do we do with this thing . On social media, many are weighing in with comments on the Facebook Page. We want to show you. Youre seeing the portrait there, the shadow a reference to Monica Lewinsky. One tells us on facebook no official portrait should have a political agenda attached. He was a good president and couldnt we drop it already . Nobody needs remining. Somebody called it nonsensical p. R. For the artist. Regina says i dont like the clintons but i think this is disrespectful and inappropriate and marty weighs in saying this ridiculous painting is in storage. Lets hope it never sees the light of day again. Of course we want to hear from you on this. Feel free to weigh in on our Facebook Page or tweet us at abc 7 news. In the newsroom joce sterman, abc 7 news. Thanks joce. Its the end of an era in chicago. Oprah winfrey announces that shes going to be closing harpo studios. She filmed the Oprah Winfrey show there for more than 20 years. This December Oprah will transition production for her Cable Network to a studio in california. In a statement that was released today, she says that harpo studios has been a blessing and shes looking ahead to her new home in west hollywood. Well, of course olive oil is a common Cooking Ingredient but theres a chance that youre not getting what you think. Consumer reporter john materise explains so you dont waste your money. One of the hottest food trends these days is olive oil for cooking, salad dressing dipping your bread in and even for dessert. A new report said some of the olive oil youre buying is not what it appears to be on the label. Americans are so in love with olive oil, Specialty Shops are popping up all over. She helps customers taste before they buy. You get fresh pressed oil out of sealed stainless steel drums poured as you watch. But Forbes Magazine says so Many Companies have jumped on to the olive oil bandwagon that what you buy in the magazines words is often a scam. Forbes says many cheap brands are only partially olive oil. The problem is there are no labelling rules. Theres olive oil in it. They can put a splash of extra Virgin Olive Oil in it and it can be canola oil, safflower oil. She looked over some supermarket bottles that use oil from everywhere. Spain argentina tunisia. Another says its italian oil. In the fine print doesnt tell you where the olive oil came from. It tells you where it was packed. Forbes says olive oil should be packed in dark bottles, not clear glass like this. Clear bottle is not good for olive oil. Being exposed to fluorescent lighting will break down the oil faster. But lynn and Forbes Magazine says theres a simple solution. Look for extra virgin oil from one country packed in a dark bottle. Forbes says olive oil are best used in one year of pressing. Sure, youll have to pay a little bit more but you can get the real thing. That way, you dont waste your money. All right. A lot to talk about in the Weather Department today. What . Hes raising his eyebrows. Whats going to go on . No im raising my expectations from you. I want to hear something give us a reason to have hope here. Daylight saving time. Monday morning, extra daylight of hour. However, we lose an hour of sleep this weekend. Im sorry. I had to half cup half empty . Were ready lot to talk about. We had that Winter Weather advisory that continues at least until 10 00. National Weather Service may cancel that a little bit early. However, temperatures now finally beginning to rise above freezing. Its 34 at Reagan National. 33 at dulles. 30 gaithersburg. Look at frederick now at 34. Hagerstown at 32 degrees. The colder air still off to the northwest of us. Its going to take another couple of hours and eventually, well see that warmer air make its way towards the north and temperatures waking up tomorrow morning a whole lot milder. Satellite and radar heres that wintry mix that we had earlier in the day. Most of this is now converted over to just plain old rain but be on the lookout, the rush hour commute under way right now. Slow it down if you have to head out because we are going to see a few slick spots. Most of the roadways have been treated and once again, we are above freezing inside the capital beltway. This is what it looks like with that Winter Weather advisory. They shaved off the western half of it a few hours ago. Now its mainly contained east of d. C. , anne arundel county, all of Southern Maryland head off towards the north along the marylandpennsylvania border. This isnt until 10 00 tonight. Once again, i suspect this will cancel a little earlier than that. Heres our temperature forecast as we move through the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. Notice the showers will stick around overnight but the temperatures go from the middle 30s into the upper 30s to just around 40 degrees. So a warming trend overnight, no problems for the rush hour commute come early tomorrow morning. Pavement will be wet. Lets fast forward to tomorrow night. Heres something on the winter storm watch, i should say it includes the district, all of Southern Maryland everything shaded in blue. More than likely by this time tomorrow night this map is going to be pink. Just like this. As they upgrade this to a winter storm warning. We will see significant amounts of snow across the metro area. This is the futurecast moving through the next 24 hours, 11 00 tomorrow morning mainly rain across the d. C. Metro, that rain will continue through the evening hours. Look at the transition over to mixed precip over to snow. This happens during the Early Morning and we could be looking at sizable totals. This is our first go at it. Our first map. This is the map that everyone has been waiting for. Could see upwards of three to seven inches of snow across the immediate metro. This is waking up thursday morning into the day on thursday. Five to nine inches to the north of us. Lesser amounts extreme Southern Maryland and i said this is the map everyone has been waiting for. Leon and alison went ooh, there it is. Alison went ooh. Three to seven inches of snow . So this could change as we move through the next day or so. But this is our first bet, going bet and it depends on how quickly that rain transitions to snow. Thats the critical key to the puzzle. Ok. Looks like you may have enough information in advance to help folks make decisions. Absolutely. Even if its one inch it will be big problems thursday morning. Every single one of these storms has hit at the wrong time. Theyve hit around some kind of commuting hour. Although we have them on the weekend, too. No way of timing that. We have them all the time it seems like. Always something. Ok. See you later. Speaking of the commute, lets check to see how things are shaping up this evening since we only have to deal with wet roads tonight. Bob emler in the wtop traffic center. Generally not a bad drive out there today. We have a crash on branch avenue route 5 southbound south of the beltway causing delays on both loops of the beltway getting on to southbound route 5. Thats the problem. Come up to unexpected both ways on the beltway. Otherwise, its just volume delays around the region. Not too bad elsewhere. 66 out to the west. Out through vienna off and on through centreville, not a bad drive there. No incidents to report along the way. Wet pavement around the region but, of course just wet. Thats it. No slippery surfaces as of yet. Now, things are generally doing well as you travel around the beltway. Lets take a look at some cameras and see how things look like around the beltway in connecticut avenue. East of bethesda and Silver Spring and headed over to college park and greenbelt, you slow down here as well and generally a pretty good ride for the most part on 95 south briefly slow getting to the occoquan and then headed farther south. Im bob emler with 103. 5 wtop radio. Thank you. Coming up next at 4 00 reaction to whats being called a new way for catholics who go to confession. How it involves a social media app. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. 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Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v could you go to catholic confession without ever leaving your home . An ordained priest in san antonio, texas says that he will take confessions through the snapchat app for the next two weeks. But as lauren lee explains many people are skeptical that its the real thing. Instead of turning a church to confess your sins could you instead turn to your phone . A local ordained priest says hes offering confessions digitally for the first time through snapchat. But some faithful believers are skeptics. Its not confession. Its not what the sacrament is all about. Father tony valanno hears confessions in person daily at San Fernando Cathedral downtown and questions who could be behind the online confessions. Hes not a catholic priest. Because the church teaches when you go to confession you should go to the priest. Either behind a divider or a face to face. The priest wants to stay anonymous but you can reach him through at priest david. Hes making himself available through the app through march 16th. Doing it snapchat i mean you can do snapchat or through the internet and list everything youve done and theres no humility in there. Theres no ownership of the sins youve committed. We asked people what they think about connecting on line to make a confession. Ridiculous. Absurd. Thats what the Catholic Church is for. Internet is not reality. You want confession go see a priest. The only real confession you could make is through a priest. And now, the priest says his offer to do confessions by snapchat started as a project to help a college student, he claims he wants to reach younger people in the community. Thats all for us at 4 00. Abc 7 news at 5 00 starts right now reports of gunfire on the i. C. C. Abc 7 is on the scene with breaking details. Quickly cash the check and they want that money fast. Handyman accused of preying on an elderly womans checkbook with three years of work that he didnt do and the mountain of money he allegedly made off with. Also believe it or not spring will come eventually. The annual Cherry Blossom prediction is in and whats now forbidden at the smithsonian that could affect your next selfie. A dreary tuesday outside today but at least the temperatures are on the rise. Mainly, just had the light rain to deal with it today. Right, so it doesnt look like well be so lucky a little later in the week though. Meteorologist steve rudin in the stormwatch 7 center with a Winter Weather alert for us. Hi, steve. Hi. Big changes are on the way. At least temperatures, as you mentioned now on the rebound. That means were looking at mainly light rain and maybe a little bit of light fog as we move through the evening and overnight hours. Nothing thats going to cause tremendous delays. May find a few slick spots especially north and east of d. C. As we head through baltimore and aberdeen. Look at the temperatures, above freezing at dulles and at Reagan National airport, at quantico and culpepper and fredricksburg. Indeed, thats good news for the rush hour commute. Satellite and radar shows that transition to mainly rain as we move through the next couple of hours or so we will see the rain lighten up even more as we move through the overnight hours. Still have that Winter Weather advisory for the d. C. Metro and Southern Maryland until 10 00. I suspect its going to cancel earlier than that and waking up tomorrow morning, were talking temperatures at 40 degrees. Heres the teaser for tomorrow night. A Winter Weather watch will go into effect. Give you projected snow totals and the timing and what to expect come thursday morning. I can say a couple of words. It is going to be a mess more on that coming up in just a few minute. Leon . All right, steve. Folks, you can stay connected with the forecast through wjla. Com. 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