Bay and the river could be to 40 miles an hour. That is going to be a concern. As far as the chill, they will keep on falling. The windchill is going to be into the single numbers and after midnight, dropping below zero. We could be anywhere from 1015 degrees below zero. That is the latest and we will have more in a few minutes. So far only four counties have counseled school for tomorrow. That is berkeley, jefferson, morgan, and hampshire county. We have not heard from many others but we will keep you posted. The west has seen the most snow so far today. Savage mountain. The snow continues to fall and Suzanne Kennedy is not that far west but she is in frederick county. How are things looking tonight . That it isll you bitter cold. And the wind is very gusty. Lasts picked up in the hours since we did our last report from here in frederick. The snow continues to follow, as it has been all day, albeit a little bit lighter right now. It started early and showed no signs of letting up. The late january storm moved in on frederick at the end of the morning rush hour. At least four inches on the ground. This person was let go from his job early today so he could get home safely. I think people should get towards home before it gets worse. Move to snow in whatever way possible. Crews plowed the rail station while employees cleared sidewalks in front of their downtown businesses. This shop owner decided it was not worth staying open. Toit is going to continue get worse. It is scary. We are going to close. Road crews were out the drivers found a hard to navigate the road. It is one of those days where people should stay off the road. It is not great conditions out there. In this light. The buildup is significant. Slick. Oing to it is the buildup is significant. Head down and keep moving and you will get to where you need to go. Be safe. You can see this pile of snow behind me. There is a second pile a little bit away from here in the parking lot. That is what has been pushed today in this one parking lot. If you take a look across the street, you can see the flag is moving in the breeze quickly. The wind has picked up significantly. They are about 20 miles an hour gusts and it is only going to get worse through the evening. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. For that. Ou lets go to ashburn where Jeff Goldberg is live with how people are dealing with the snow. Jeff . Have seen the snow falling consistently. You might be able to see it it is a sideways snow as we have. Ad gusts of wind the primary roads are relatively clear. Traffic is relatively light that is you take a way at the secondary roads, you can see a thin layer of snow and ice all over the place, despite consistent efforts to keep them clear. Tn a day like this, vdo does not have to look far to find instant job approval. It is not too bad. Equipment, deployed a portion of the 4000 machines on the road from ashburn to arlington. I have lived here 29 years. Is on herunderwood way home after a day at work. A little bit cautious because it is windy. As snow continues to fall, vdot continues to reacting to changing conditions. Using aareas they are combination of salt and sand. When the roads freeze over and become ice, and you have another issue. We found mostly empty streets with a few exceptions. This person decided to run errands on two wheels. Family waited for the bus home to del city. Some hot chocolate and marshmallows. Stay warm like that. Deedee wilson and her son will spend time shoveling and brushing off the cars, enjoying every minute. I love it. It is so peaceful. Certainly a good attitude to have. Vdot will be on the road all night. But at the snow continues to follow and the ice continues to take shape, there is only so much they can do. We saw traffic light in Loudoun County and of course Law Enforcement everywhere asking drivers, if you can avoid being on the road, do so. Jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. We can really see the snow blowing by when you look at the shot. Parts oft leave any the area untouched today. In the district, people stocked up on supplies and others were out slipping and sliding. Sam ford continues coverage tonight. How is it going this our . This hour . Fared well sos far. The biggest concern officials expressed at a News Conference a couple of hours ago was a situation for the homeless. They have opened an additional three homeless shelters and they placed five metro buses around where Homeless People hang out so they can use them as warming centers. The mayor said this is the first significant snow the city has had in three years. Was wayy, visibility down because of the blowing snow. The city deployed 200 trucks, this time they were absolutely needed. We are fully deployed. We are fully ready and we want the public to know that. A driver lost control of a car but fortunately no injury. Firefighters kept it from becoming worse. We found people clearing walks as the snow continues to fall, hoping to stay ahead of the curve. Hours to have 24 shovel their walks. We are asking you to be a good neighbor. If you have a senior person in your neighborhood, shovel their walks as well. At the store, as soon as they stock shovels, folks were buying them and at safeway, the lines were long as the snow buyers a stocked up for days. We get a snow flurry d. C. Panic. You are from d. C. . Yes, born and bred. I panicked. Then the first retire for and streetcars that will shoot sand so they can move and snow. The driver has a pedal. He pushes it down and sand goes down in front of the wheel on the track to give attraction. Future is a test for snowstorms. For this one, the city will direct efforts at the reeves center. Planninge city is not to declare a snow emergency. But they say that the rushhour parking rules are in effect until 6 30. If you violate them, you are subject to a hundred dollar ticket and a hundred dollar fine. Sam ford, abc 7 news. Thank you, sam. Lets go to jay korff. Jay . Traveling, things got really dicey. Check this out behind me. This teletrack pulled this mercedes suv out of the side of the road. An hour ago. T the car lost control as it was traveling northbound. Check this out, it hit the street and ran into somebody who was waiting at the bus stop. A pedestrian. Fortunately the person is expected to be ok. We are going to come up here here the vehicle went off the road and slammed into that electrical box and came to a stop. We had to back off for a little bit so the utility company, they determined it was a telephone wire. It did not present a safety issue. I just want to let you know, conditions continue to worsen, despite the fact crews have been working around the clock, treating these roads with materials. The roads are definitely getting dicier. Jay korff, abc 7 news. Scary. Thank you, jay. If you dont need to go out, stay inside, stay off the road. Homee tracking the commute tonight. What are you seeing . A little bit of a slowdown. That is where a plow went through so they are cleaning the roads. You are better off staying behind them. There has been a crash on the beltway on the inner loop just before rig 29. It is affecting traffic in both directions for the response. The crash occurred on the inner loop. Taking a look at traffic on interstate 95 right now in virginia, a little but of in between of the lanes but not doing too badly here. The same story for the most part, inside and outside of the beltway. Light traffic volume. The slippery conditions are the issue. The rest slippery than of the roadway. Back to you. We want to see your pictures of the snow so send them to us. See your picture on air or on the website. Doug will be back in a few minutes on when the snow will end. A breakingon to item, breaking news, we just learned Bob Mcdonnell and his wife have been indicted on federal corruption charges. Is in the newsroom with the details on this story. Huge news. I have been poring over this indictment, which paints a scathing picture of a quick well pro involving the governor. A lot of people covet calling this a sad day in varying the pro quo involving governor. A lot of people calling this a sad day. Scientific, ain dietary supplement but it needed clinical studies in order to legitimize it and make it popular for doctors to recommend. The governor helped make that happen and he received private flights, vacation, golf outings and cash from Jonnie Williams and the governor was in dire straits financially, he wrote a lot of money in multiple properties and they took 1 more than 100,000 in loans from williams. Although it appears they gave back much of what they received, prosecutors say this was a scheme to use their influence for personal gain. Therefore these 14 felony counts including wire fraud and much more. It is a tremendous fall from grace for a man who was considered a potential vp pick in 2012. Some talked about him for a u. S. Attorney. It is such a huge development. We will continue to look over these documents and we will have for yourom you coming up tonight at 6 00. Keep us posted on that. New details into what happened moments before two people were shot and killed near Howard University. Thet is snowing all over northeast. How many flights are being affected. And more on how much longer it is going to snow and how cold it will get tonight. We are not the only ones dealing with the cold. The one foot of snow is expected to fall in boston. Schools are being closed. Residents are being told to conserve propane. The lake effect snow in chicago and clashes brought interstate travel to a halt in indiana and iowa. A big mess out there. Airports once again are canceling hundreds of flights all around the country. Scott has this story from reagan national. Boards with nothing but bad news today. Although one travelers amusement is anothers misery. I said i do not like to see you guys in airports during bad weather because it means flights are being canceled. This passenger said the ticket agent summed it up best mottoess, that is the today. . Ground crews would halt movements and trucks would treat the runways and then some deicing before taxing away but at times it was eerily quiet. Empty walkways and plenty of parking spots, as many wisely checked ahead. These conditions are causing a different challenge for this person here to pick up people from multiple cities for a business meeting. It is a puzzle. They keep getting changed to a different time. Or 14. There are 13 how many will make it . Most of them. Canceled. This person showed up asking for an earlier flight, even if it meant adding a leg. Thenncinnati and minneapolis. We are hoping we make it. La scott thuman reporting. It is a mess. That was scott thuman reporting. It is a mess. It will be the arctic air and the increased winds. With that in mind, lets take a look at some headlines here. Give me what were are thinking about, windy and cold tonight. It will taper off but we have several more hours of snow to go. Overnight, it is going to feel like15 below zero. Digit low temperatures, well below zero wind chill. The colder overnight, the less effect of the salt becomes. Road crews will switch to other chemicals. Legacy of thehe storm, the blowing in the blowing and drifting snow as well. We keeps one change telling you about, they are not under a warning anymore. Everybody else remains under a winter storm warning until 11 00 tonight. Snow,te to heavy bands of but at least there is no where it has been snowfree for a lot of the day. We have several more hours of snow to deal with. All of the elements are coming together. This rain shows us the coastal storm is really starting to take over. The whole thing will move off to the northeast and when that happens, temperatures are going to drop in a hurry and look at these numbers, we are going to go down d down. Thank you. As the system moves out of here, 25 at reaganes national, dulles had 21. But the windchill factors, what it feels like, only in the single digits. Go down to southern maryland, a temperature of only 11 degrees. We0, just about 40 minutes, have a windchill advisory for the district. Fairfax, montgomery, all of southern maryland, prince georges county, anywhere between 515 degrees below zero. Futurecast shows the temperatures plummet for the overnight hours. Up, upwardsl pick of 35 miles an hour and that will keep it very cold for tomorrow morning and tomorrow temperatures will have a hard time making it into the teens for daytime highs. Waking up tomorrow morning, the air temperature around 212 degrees. Below zero to 20 degrees below zero wind chill and these are temperatures in the district. Even colder to the north and west of us. Sunshine tomorrow afternoon. And the extended outlook, are temperatures slowly warm up by the first half of the upcoming weekend. We will see highs in the middle 40s and a chance for some flurries. But look at the nighttime lows. Wednesday night into thursday morning, we will see temperatures only in the single digits. Still have several more hours of snow to go. Doppler radar is really filled in. We will be starting early tomorrow morning. On the have the latest cold temperatures and a complete list of School Closings and delays. Thank you. Coming up, he tells on a shooting today. On a shooting today. A man and woman murdered. At thel happened footsteps of Howard University. We will have the latest coming up. And stay with the weather team as we track the snow blanketing the metro are one person is dead following a shooting in purdue university. Suspect surrendered to Police Outside of the building. No word on the identity of the victim of the person appears to have been the intended target. Abc 7 news has learned a double murder appears to be an execution. The crime happened in the severn hundred locke of girard street nw. Homicide detectives are trying to find out who did it the 700 block of girard st nw. Tryinge detectives are to find out who did it. We learned from sources a man and woman inside of the basement were found face down, shot in the head. Executed. Leaving behind a neighborhood in shock. Down. Door was knocks it i dont know if it was the police. Everybody is grieving. Police identified the victims. Man told us he was grieving for his niece but would not speak on camera. The spite the fact both victims were shot in the head in this apartment, Howard University students next door say they did not hear anything at all. It is scary. That kind of shakes me up a little bit. The student mark johnson it is in his junior year. The shocking crime happened just across the street from campus. The victims were not students but you may remember when omar sykes was gunned down to just one block away from last nights violence. His murder still has students on edge. Not a good thing. Students tell us that the front door was unlocked and there did not appear to be forced entry. Also, marijuana and cash were found but they said they did not know if had anything to do with the killing. Information that might provide a break in a chilling case of two lives lost. I hope people come together. Up coming despite to the snow and the cold, despite the wind, there are those of us who have been here all day working. How are they doing in all of this . We will tell you coming up. I am brad bell. The wind is rising in you are watching abc 7 news at 5, on your side. Clarks the snow was still falling. Here is an update on School Closings. Take a look. In virginia, culpeper and wharton schools are closed and in maryland, washington county. And then in west virginia, berkeley, jefferson, morgan, and hampshire counties. And the list is likely to grow. Doug hill is in the Weather Center with a word on how much longer we can expect the snow to fall. Several more hours. Fewome point over the next hours, we will know when the snow was headed out. Look right now, add the snow, a little bit of daylight, even the flags, the wind is picking up. The blue area is very intense. Moderate to heavy snow. That is why the big totals, more snow from the from southern maryland. It is cold. 18 degree ratings. The storm along the coast intensifies and moves out, not only will it take the snow but it will bring in the bitterly cold air and really crazy windchills. In frederick. 11 degrees in washington. That is what we will be watching. The snow ramping down tonight but the wind picking up in velocity and the temperature are starting to drop. An advisory goes into effect until 6 00. That is the latest. Now to the yeast where investigators are trying to determine if the weather caused a deadly crash this morning prince georges county. Brad bell is live monitoring the conditions in bowie. Every also here to vouch in doug hill said. It is getting face biting cold. He has been talking about the wind picking up. It is. This area of the parking lot was platy while ago. Here is a draft about 10 inches deep, come paired to the three or 4 compared to the three or four inches that have fallen. It has been wet for most of the day but now as the temperature drops, it is starting to ice over. Road conditions have been an issue all day. There have been many car racks all across the area. One of the most serious happened just as the snow was starting to fall. The snow had just started when two men died in this violent collision in landover. Two as theyt in slammed into a taxicab. Into apassenger went Drainage Ditch and the second half of the vehicle, the front end, ended up on the sidewalk. Is notce say the weather to blame. Not so for many other fender benders, including this crash involving a dump truck. It is no wonder. Watch the cars in bowie. Back roads are treacherous and getting worse. That is why officers offices closed early. We have a lot of employees that live in southern maryland. So we closed shop. Are you happy . Very happy. Im ready to go home and sit in front of the tv. It is a cliche for a tv news story to show Grocery Stores but they really are busy places. I opened my eyes. I had no food in the house. There are those who must work, like this fedex driver who says other drivers are his against concern. Everybody wants their package. This person owns a plateau. For him, the deeper the better. We get more money. , they can see the flags are ripping as the wind picks up. Tryinguck is over here to plow. There is no traffic. I can step out and show you that it is but that the snow is starting to pile up. If it starts falling again, it appears as though it is going to stick. If youre one of the few people out tonight, my advice is you have to be careful. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Easy as well. Not everyone could say inside during the storm. Some had to be outside working and Horace Holmes continues our coverage from arlington, working tonight. Us, it is very difficult to stand in this cold and blowing snow. It is very tough. This gentleman, where did he go . There he is. He has been out here for hours. Some folks all day, it is tough being outside and sometimes it is even dangerous. If you dont think working in the snow is dangerous, just ask the driver of this bus trying to negotiate a turn in arlington. He offloaded his passengers it was very scary. Park to the bus and called for help. Parked the bus and called for him. Job forther down the him. Business as usual. For thise show goes on person. Out all day in the cold. It is rough. I have to work. Of theto take care people. It becomes a busy time for many, including tow truck driver and pizza delivery people. They have been slipping and sliding all day. How are we going to get our pizza . It is busy fore the folks who work hard shoveling the snow. It is not slowing down. We are going to be outside for a while. Is this good or bad for you . It is good. Arlington, ain virtual army of people have been working all day long for as. The snow keeps coming down. The night shift is starting. I tip my hat to all of them. Or is holmes, abc 7 news. We will be stuck here Horace Holmes, abc 7 news. We will be stuck here. The traffic center, how does a look right now . A little bit hard to tell but we do have a ice piling up on the beltway at connecticut avenue. Snow and ice, it is getting harder and harder to clear the road as the temperatures drop. Out ofa crash, now moved the roadway and lanes are open and the volume is light enough there is no backup. But this is the way it looks all the way around all the way around the region. The snow was also continuing to fall. You can imagine neighborhood roads are even worse. You can see the snow and ice as well. The volume is very light and on thethey have closed expressway. Traffic was light enough it does not matter. There was an incident they were trying to clear. It may be a while before they reopen. That is the way it looks. Folks can check the temperature in the traffic situation any time of day. They connected through wjla. Com, our facebook page, or the weather app. The latest of the killing of two siblings. Silence in court today as prosecutors described the attempted exorcism that left them dead and their older brother and sister in the hospital. Zakieya avery and her friend are accused. D kevin lewis explains how insanity may play a role in court. Covers the reality of what transpired inside of this town home. Police say Zakieya Avery managed a demon assassins. In court today, the prosecution revealed they had scheduled an inhome exorcism thursday evening but the client never showed up. Sometime overnight, they became convinced a spirit had invaded the four children, turning their eyes black. Attempt to with an break the neck of the youngest child. It proceeded to strangulation and stabbing. The one andfound twoyearold in their mothers bed. After that attack, the proceededered and to clean up the crime scene and prepare the children to see god. Believe she knew she did something wrong. There were no documents, no literature. There was nothing that said it was an exorcism. Defense attorneys claim no history of child abuse. She has been known as a nurturing caregiver. It is shocking. Jurors will transfer the women will undergo testing to see if they are fit to stand trial. Police say neither woman appears remorseful. Kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Our coverage continues. Doug hill will be back with how cold it is going to get tonight. We go back to our stormwatch coverage. The cameras come out. With social media, it is easier to share all of your photos. We have some of the best pictures and videos you sent us. A lot of pictures and video including this one, which shows you should not be on the road. You can see the buses spinning. This was shot in the metro area. The bus was trying to make a righthand turn. Bus wasague says the able to continue. It lets it this picture we have, this is from the state Police Twitter page. The driver likely lost control. Police say the roads are icy and there have been room reports of cars sliding into trees. Closer to home, a coating in the backyard of one of our viewers are used to used a ruler to measure seven inches of snow. That kids are taking advantage. They are sliding. Why wouldnt you lets finish with this last picture which reminds us of why we love the snow. Arrowhead, at lake this picture covering the snow all morning for us. He finally gets to lay back and enjoy the beautiful scenery in stafford, virginia. If you want to show your pictures, you can share your or you canjla. Com use twitter by using our name, abc 7 news. Thank you. Nice to end on a pretty shot like that. We have other closings to announce. Lets take a look at snowshoe, west virginia. They are asking now but people to get advantage of all of the precious know earlier today. We want to know what is of the fresh snow earlier today. Snow to go. More take a look at our radar, the areas in blue are enhanced. Moderate to heavy north and west of town. That is where the heaviest accumulations are. These areas, there might be some more but for the most of the area, not much for the next few hours. The key is the wind is going to get so strong it will be hard to measure how much there is anyway. It will be the very cold there, the strong wind that will develop as everything is coming together. Snow, because of all of the energy transferred in. This storm will deepen and as it does, that wind will increase tonight, especially on the water. S, considerable blowing and drifting of snow. That will be an issue. Total north and west of the metro area. Much less to the south and again it is the cold and the wind that this storm will be remembered for. Temperatures headed down to the teens and the key will be the more precipitous drop late tonight when the arctic air starts to get pulled in. Just an idea of some of the windchill right now, single numbers, we will we well below zero going into effect in eight minutes and 52 seconds. New forords are nothing you, deb. Here is a look what is coming up tonight. And thenf shield trophy wife and killer women and then we will have the latest on the storm and of course any School Closings for tomorrow on abc seven abc 7 news. Are going to be playing. These are hockey players. They are used to the ice and snow. Not be there. May Alex Ovechkin did not participate in the morning skate because of a lower body injury and he will be a gametime decision tonight. There, the will be capital sent phillips down to her she. He has spent two months as a backup after starting 29 games. But now he is going to reclaim that spot and reclaim his confidence. It is a relief and the fact that you get to practice a lot more. I feel like im not going to fall behind from not being able to practice and that is a plus. At the same time, you have to perform no matter the circumstances. Under, they say third time is a charm but what about the fourth . Novak djokovic said unto invest and one rita set out to win the questawinka ends for that fourth title. He wins with a marathon of a match. The nfl keeping us busy. Roger goodell said today that the leagues Competition Committee could consider getting rid of the extra point. He says it is almost automatic. Apparently he has missed a few redskins games. So a touchdown could be worth seven points with the potential of an additional play for eight points but if they miss it, it would go back to six. Sounds like the more it might change the more it would stay the same. I kind of like that idea. It would add some shot ag. That is an interesting idea. I think i like that one. The storm built over the region throughout the day. Stephen tschida met the storm s progress and he is in downtown d. C. Right now. How is it looking . Cold. Is really getting the temperature really feels like it has dropped. We saw a mixup of whether. It got heavy now it is kind of like again. It is colder and it is very wet as well. By late morning, the snow started falling. It gradually grew more consistent and heavy. The moisture began to cover the u. S. Capitol in a thin mist of white. Within an hour, it grew to a heavy blanket. Itd secured monuments and streets it up secured obscured monuments and streets. They tried to keep eyes from building up on roads. Ice from building up on roads. Efforts continue to keep sidewalks clear. The work got harder as the snow got heavier. Visitors were used to snow and consider our reaction over the top but they get it. Can understand shutting everything down before the snow came. I guess they were right. Actually welcomed the closures and the wet snow, cold, and wind. In the district, we found a group making the best of the winter blast. Some doing it for the very first time. You crazy monkey there you can see even with all of the shoveling, there is still a lot of moisture on the ground. Drop,the temperatures there will be a lot of ice. One positive note, traffic was really light and it is getting lighter as the evening progresses. I am from minnesota. I am freezing. Stephen tschida, abc 7 news. We can tell. Inside. It is fun to hear the kids. That is it for abc 7 news at 5. Our coverage continues right now on abc 7 news at 6 00. Is abc 7 news at 6 00. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org we are tracking the dangers on the highway. The snowfall is not showing signs of letting up. Frigidaire sending temperatures plunging. This is just the first wave of a dangerous cold snap. That means a major mess on the roadway. Our team has spread out to cover all parts of our viewing area. We will check in with the Suzanne Kennedy in a moment but we begin with doug hill who is tracking the storm. Continue to watch Doppler Radar as the snow continues, it is snowing so heavy, the snow is there and the areas in blue show areas where the snow is the heaviest. A strong snow band may lay down a little more accumulation. The rest of the area, probably not so much. As we go be the story through the next few hours. Everything will consolidate off the coast of southeast virginia as the major the pressure continues to wind up. That will eventually take all of the snow offshore that it will bring in stronger wind and