Right now. The water is still flowing at great falls, but is surrounded by something you dont usually see on the potomac ice. Down the river in the district, there is more eyes but cold water here means cold water in the d c areas aging pipes. Big problems. The issue on wisconsin avenue is one of a heck of a lot of water main breaks. Year, 10 a dayte be a lot. But right now, the utilities dealing with 70. That is more than they can handle, so they have to prioritize. We have a major thoroughfare shutdown. This place is gridlocked all the time, so it is really bad. I have to call my wife. Few weeksgot bad a ago when the polar vortex it. And then there was a break and now it terrible again. Weve never been to that one. The icy water that is the root cause of the problem is pretty. In the summer, you often see bubbles and stuff around the edges of the rock, but now it is ice and icicles. But if you see ice like this form on the potomac, you can bet its going to cause a lot of issues elsewhere. See they have salted wisconsin avenue because all of the water that came out of the water main was going to turn to ice very quickly. Theyve got a big job ahead of them. Its going through some time tonight but they have to fix the road. It could affect tomorrow mornings rush hour which would be really bad because during rush hour, most of the traffic is headed in the southbound lanes, which are shutdown right now. It is a snow we night across the deep south. Sliding off the highway. Several states declaring a state of emergency and traffic coming to a halt at dallas, houston and atlanta. We will have a live report on the cold coming up in just a few minutes. If you want to check the temperature or radar any time of day, just download the weather app or follow us on facebook or twitter. Adc family is outraged after their loved one had a heart attack and died steps away from adc firehouse. The emergency happened over the weekend in northeast washington. The mans family wants to know why firefighters ignored their pleas for help. Find out at the Wilson Building . City Officials Say they are outraged, that they called firefighters back on their day off from as far away as pennsylvania to explain why a dying mans daughter and other begged for help on saturday and apparently did nothing. With the daughter today. Her name is maria mills. Readings having trouble and i started screaming and called 911 because i didnt have my cell phone. She is talking about what happened last saturday when her father collapsed of a heart attack in this parking lot right across rhode island avenue from engine 26 fire station. We looked across the street at the fire station and there was a firefighter pending against the apparatus in the fire station just observing. Everybody started trying to wave them over. He would not come over, reportedly telling them he had to be dispatched. I ran to the curb and said are you going to help me or are you going to let my dad died . The amulets was mistakenly dispatched to northwest incentive northeast, 26 blocks away. As for the citys response. I am upset and deeply disappointed. He says internal affairs is investigating, questioning everyone in the firehouse. The Ambulance Union president says they have all the necessary personnel and equipment to have tried to have saved a life if they bothered to walk across the street. Access to resources that could make an impact on their lives. Nobody went over there. Fatherl mills juniors founded Canaan Baptist church, where the funeral will be held on saturday. He was a 47 year employee of the dce government, still employed for the7 working department of parks and recreation and other employees of the d. C. Government would not walk across the street to help them. Wilsonom the john building, sam ford, abc 7 news. That is a real head scratcher. Lets turn to the latest on the Columbia Mall shooting. Investigators are looking into a shooters financial records as they try to figure out what caused them to go in and opened fire at one store in the mall. Rad bell has been on this story from the beginning and now has the very latest. Rex we are assured by Howard County police that they are leaving no stone unturned in this investigation all stop they are working hard and have done an awful lot and talk to hundreds of people but so far, they have no idea why this attack happened. The criminal investigation into the shooting is focusing on everything the 19yearold gunman did leading up to his attack. Police are looking at his cell phone, his computer and his Financial Transactions in the days and weeks leading up to his murderous attack and suicide on saturday morning. Moreready know he spent than 500 on a shotgun and ammunition. His final transaction may have been with the cab driver he called for a ride to the mall. Was 27 and he gave him two 20s. This taxi drivers this is both friend and taxi driver who does not want to appear on camera picked him up on saturday morning. Was wearing ar hoodie and seemed perfectly normal. At the end of the 10 mile trip, he seemed in a hurry to get out of the car. Then a few hours later, after the shooting, the cab driver was horrified when he thought about the fair. He immediately called. He dropped someone at Columbia Mall. He had no way of knowing that that heavy backpack contained a shotgun, shells and a pair of crude low powered bombs. But he called police with his fears and later they were confirmed. He had delivered aguilar to the mall. Mall, youlive at the can see outside the sears store, the flag is at half staff will stop inside, they are trying to get back to normal as best they can but there are a number of memorial areas. Theres one outside the store where the shooting took lace. Writing memorial messages on that and in the center of the mall, people are throwing flowers in the fountain. Evening, there will be a large candlelight vigil in honor of the victims. Now to a developing story out of hawaii. Police say an officer shot a 17 yearold after that 17yearold attacked officers with a knife will stop it happened at a high school in honolulu. The team was the teen was a runaway and was taken to a nearby hospital. Fairfax County School officials are trying to figure out how a number of convicted felons were able to get jobs in the school system. Our Northern Virginia bureau chief is live in the newsroom with the details. The School District has fired one of the felons and is asking the judge to uphold the decision after employees put forward a challenge. This situation, first reported in the washington post, came as a surprise to parents and the School District. Was a wellliked special ed teacher in vienna who the School District ones highlighted for an article she wrote on medical misdiagnosis. The parents now know butler was convicted in 1992 of felony Drug Trafficking apparel and, something the fairfax School District did not realize until the fall of 2012. Lex i was shocked they did not catch it in the first place. People that work with children should be screened very well. The district made the revelation after butler inquired about whether it would heard chances for a promotion. This prompted a review of 19,000 records of employees hired before 1999 how when employee applications went online. Butler was one of 17 employees who admitted to be convicted felons on the written application. A mistake was made. It was human error. The online applications immediately disqualify convicted felons. Lex we regret what happened that have systems in place to prevent it from happening again. I can understand mistakes, these are serious crimes. We went to her home in vienna but nobody answered the door. Parents say they are pleased that this trick is talking and taking action. I think it is good for them. What else can they do . We were able to confirm that alert was a teacher with the arlington County School district from 2000 to 2006 which is when she began working in fairfax. Of the seven teachers and fairfax no longer working, three have been let go while for remain on paid administrative leave. Thank you. We are a few hours away from the state of the union. President obama will speak from the chamber shortly after 9 00. The white house says the speech will focus heavily on jobs, reducing income inequality, and the middle class. To stressent is said the executive action announced by the white house today, raising the minimum wage of contractors or the white house to 10 dollars an hour. Well have a preview of the speech at 6 00. Changes could be coming to the way we park at the National Mall. How these changes could cost you. A great big guy and im not. Only on 7 a local woman describes what happens when a mida walk turned into a beating. First, the south is getting stopped getting socked by snow. Details coming up. Chapter chopper seven out over a fire in a rule anne arundel county. The fire was so big that crews had to be called into al the blaze. No word on how the fire started. No one was hurt. More now on the deep freeze gripping the eastern coast and the rare snowstorm hitting the deep south. For places not used to dealing with ice and snow, the weather is creating horrible problems on the roadways. For those of us used to this Winter Weather, even we are getting sick and tired of it. Rutherford new jersey, a little game will be played in this miserable cold. Thats right. Stadium, thank goodness it was not today because across the country was a horrible day to be outside. Storm wreakingr havoc across the deep south. Cars spinning out of control on icy roads. More than 200 crashes in Central Texas and dozens of wrecks. I passed about a dozen racks on the way out here. Crews are out in full force. Freezing rain hit austin, forcing school closures. Thousands of flights are being canceled at overwhelmed airport. I chose to get ahead of the storm and leave at a 7 00 a. M. Flight which disrupted my plans. I spent the night in the airport. In florida, residents are stocking up on supplies. Winter storm warnings were ice and snow run from houston to norfolk, virginia. Take this storm seriously. Unless you have to go out on the road, dont do it. Another day of snow and brutal when, water is warmer than air is causing the lakes and rivers to steam. Near cleveland, snow rollers form by high winds that looked like arctic tumbleweeds. These men tried to make the best out of a bad situation, carving sculptures. The brutal cold in the northeast should be over by the end of the week, just in time for the big outdoor super bowl. I get cold every time i see you. It is freezing out there. Be careful. Looks like the cold front will pass through earlier, but partly to mostly cloudy, so that is ok. That is better than we are having now. S to share with you southeast of the city, lets get you started at the pictures this got from georgia is ms. Caroline enjoying the snow with her little puppy. You almost never see that. Into ther image Weather Center from the atlanta area. See what happens with just a little device. Thats all it takes. A little fast around the corner and flipping over cars. Dozens, if not hundreds. Another thing we just saw online thate interstate 10 bridge goes across lake punter train is closed because of ice. A germanic effect with a little of ice and snow. We can handle it and its likely going to be Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck where the heavy duty stuff way south over the lower Eastern Shore, Hampton Roads and that area. Starting to pick up a little snow to the west and southwest, and that will be the trend. A live shot from wintergreen resorts and the snow there up a few thousand feet. A little taste of the snow headed in our general direction. First, it is incredible he cold. Dropping to 12 in gaithersburg. The cold air push his way south into the carolinas and almost to the gulf coast. Here are the advisories we have on the western shore. Through the middle peninsula and northern peninsula and Winter Weather he advisories, its not going to be a lot. A little air disturbance coming in and that is causing the snow. Generally one to three inches. Situation fore the air is locked in and it just takes a small drift to the north to give us a touch more but i dont think we have the potential of what we have here. That is going to be the jackpot area. Probably no more than an inch of snow southeast of the city. Futurecast shows the snow swiping the area down toward the coast of eastern North Carolina. Turning sunny and breezy. Tomorrow is in the 20, and thats warmer, but is not going to feel warmer because of the gusty winds. Maybe 40s by friday. One computer model shows moisture moving in later tonight, but look how quickly it moves back out as the major storm system takes over and moved out to sea. Forecast as we head through the evening hours, maybe just a dusting, you get the feeling with the heavier amounts to the south and east. For the next seven days, in the mid30s. Mid 40s over the weekend and lower 40s next week. Push of cold air likely by the middle of next week. I think i will stop there. Please do. We will see later. President obama will be taking center stage at abc seven primetime tonight. You can watch the state of the union live tonight at 9 00. Then the abc Political Team will have reaction and break down the speech for you. Then stick around for abc 7 news at 11 00. It im to give away another set of tickets for billy joel performing at nationals park. Its not too late for you to enter for your chance to enter for your chance to win. Page ando our facebook enter. You can win every day and we have had thousands of people signed up as you can imagine. Allowedwinner will be will be announced tomorrow. There are plenty of Tickets Available if you want to go to the super bowl. We will tell you why ticket hases are dropping and who some and security help to new jersey. Which colleges are the best value for your but western wreck the top three coming up in todays consumer alert. Most of the attractions here on the National Mall the National Mall is one of the few places in bc where you can likely find free street parking. If you are lucky and quick, but that could be changing. And this gibson is live on them National Mall tonight with why parking meters could be coming soon. Of this year or early next year, there will be parking meters all up and down next to the National Mall. We are told its supposed to help a problem that is a constant frustration for drivers. Source ofbe quite a frustration driving in circles around the National Mall looking for parking. In december before christmas, i would circle for 45 minutes looking for somewhere to park. Me 30e home and it took minutes to walk. While most of the streets that lighten the mall have metered parking available, the dozens of free spots on constitution, jefferson and madison meant for visitors have become daylong parking for commuters. 7 00of the spot taken by every 7 00 a. M. Every day. Now the National Park service is looking into a possible solution, turning those spots into metered parking in hopes it will increase turnover and help forers who are in the city meetings. It is really hard. Ive been going up and down the mall for 20 minutes and im finally at a meter. The meters would cost two dollars and out two dollars an hour and the money would go to the city and its new circulator bus expansion from Union Station to the lincoln memorial. While many who rely on the spots to avoid pricey garage parking are upset by the proposal, some dont mind the idea at all. Anything to help the city. Im glad the money goes to the city. Is one of the steadiest streams of income for the city. There are some a questions that remain about the current when will they get the financial windfall from the parking meters . Ifnow, they can afford they cant enforce it now, how will they do it whats the meters are place . Some of those questions could get answered at a Public Meeting on february 11. Thank you. Up, shorter previews coming to a theater near you. Here he wants to shorten the length of trailers. A reward being offered for whoever shot to local bald eagles. And coming up, here from a 50yearold woman who said she felt like she was a punching bag you are watching abc seven news at side. Now an exclusive a local woman speaks only with us after she is beaten and robbed of her purse in the middle of the day. Witnesses say they know the man who did this and they are upset that please havent questioned him yet. Denver donnelly spoke to the victim. Shes live now with an interview you will only see on seven. Lex here is the background the attack happened here on the street on sunday. The woman wants to warn her neighbors about this and she writes about it in the neighborhood blog. Neighborhood residence time and saying they have seen the guy. A witness made contact with the attacker and she is upset because no one has been arrested yet. Cannot show her entire face, just the black eye. A strangerd it after pummeled her face half a dozen times, all for her purse. Overriding sense that this person has hit women before a lot. It was sunday afternoon, 12 30. She was walking to the Grocery Store when she senses that someone is following her. It was very icy on the sidewalk and i could run. Rex she said she tried to get to georgia avenue, but one block away, he grabbed her purse straps from behind and she fell to the ground. He said let go and i froze. He punched me. Sheet. If she screamed he would kill her. I thought if i held on, he would let go. Lex finally she let go and slowly walked away. Called 911. This neighbor walked out of the house. Ive seen him come through this neighborhood all the time. Back inside and the police arrived. Did you offer to go around the neighborhood and look for a question are yes. It a take you . No. Why . The police that wasnt necessary. But if he did it to me in broad daylight, he will do it to someone else. Lex both the victim and witness say all they care about is getting this guy off the street. Him,people say if they saw they would be able to id him to police. We did speak to police and they say they have information that they are following but theres not much they can say because of the active investigation. Thank you very much. To the weatherk and some people in virginia or maryland may see snow tonight. Doug hill has another check of the forecast. Doppler radar, starting to pick up a little snow. Is hitting the ground and a couple of areas may see a flurry or two. The area is so dry that it will take a while for the snow to reach the ground. Radar shows a real mess stretching along the Eastern Shore of making all kinds of headlines will stop what an incredible mess. For us, Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck may get an inch or two of snow. North or west of the city, you may not see anything worse than flurries. You may not even see that. One or two inches in southern and eastern maryland. The Eastern Shore will get more than three inches. That will be the jackpot. Temperatures in the teens now dropping into Single Digits tonight. More on what to expect in just a few minutes. Lex in the meantime, we are going downtown were going down south to atlanta where the snow is making things a big problem. Mark, i understand you are stuck in some serious traffic down there. It is terrible. I met northpoint mall trying to get home. I have been in the traffic now for about three hours. Trying to go from where to where . Them trying to get from roswell area to lawrenceville, georgia. Its about 17 miles. Usually takes about 45 minutes and ive been in traffic now for three miles, three hours. That is awful. Sorry to hear that. Maybe a good thing if youre not moving because the pictures we have seen from around the area shows the roads covered with ice and it could be dangerous. Are you seeing a lot of accidents. Not a lot of accidents. People are pretty patient here in the south. They let the ambulances go by and people are pretty logical right now. It seems like people are pretty pleasant. And you guys dont get weather conditions like this very often so you dont have a lot of practice driving on stuff like this. Everis the worse you have seen it . A couple of years ago, it was worse. I think it shut the city down for about four days. But this is only the second time ive seen it like this. What every do, take your time and be careful. Sure you get home in time for a bathroom break. Lets move on to other local news. Deputies in Frederick County are among the first in maryland to receive training on dealing with people with disabilities. This comes one year after three at beattys working security in frederick were involved in the death of a man with down syndrome. Even saylor died of a sexy when deputies detain him for refusing to leave a movie theater. The commission has recommended better training for officers, ande officers, courts schools. A search has intensified tonight for whoever it was that shot and killed two bald eagles in montgomery county. Natural Resources Police are offering an 8,000 award for any information leading to an arrest. One was found on Christmas Day and the other was found two days later. Lets get a check on the traffic situation tonight all lets get a check of the traffic situation. Delays headed westbound, but no incidents as you move into falls church. Southbound, some volumes delays toward woodbridge. Along the way, a problem on i 95. You can take a look and see just where the problem is. That is a broken down truck in the roadway on southbound i95 in the main lanes, and that has been tying things up for a while. They are in the process of trying to get it out of the roadway, but it could take a while. Any inner loop from bethesda to silver spring, just some volume delays. Past Montgomery Village into clarksburg, but no incidents along the way. Thank you very much. Coming up, why a little house in gaithersburg is creating the problems. In the satellite center, i will tell you the two things that could be driving down prices for super bowl tickets. And tonight at 6 00, here is the here what cracks as you likely know, the countdown to the super bowl is on an Homeland Security plans to send hundreds of employees to the stadium to help with security over the weekend. If you still want to go to the super bowl, ticket prices are dropping will stop are dropping. Super bowl ticket prices are taking a nosedive will stop those highly sought after tickets could be the cheapest thee 2002, right after september 11 attacks. And a week, the average price paid for a super bowl ticket has plummeted 40 to around 2050 six dollars. Many of them seemed to say they are waiting for prices to fall even more. Could i get a ticket for 1000 on the upper deck . Nfl Officials Say theres no reason for concern. The secondary market is very strong. If you look at it from one day to the next, you will see things going up and down, as has happened with every super bowl. It all comes down to supply and demand. Saysnline Ticket Broker there are more than 16,000 seats available. So why the drop in demand . With those frigid temperatures, many fans are choosing to watch at home. Most fans have to fly in from across the country. If you are lucky to get a ticket and brave enough to endure the cold, be ready to deal with massive security. Fbi,and security, the state or local Law Enforcement will be monitoring the event. More than 700 state troopers will be in and around the stadium complex. 3000 private security guards will be onsite along with extra security patrolling mass transit. They can see that new York City Hotels are down, which is pretty rare for an event of this size. Thank you. York mchenry live in new for super bowl media day. She will have more on the big game coming up. Lex shorter previews before the movie youre going to see could become a reality. Wax are you buying what you are think youre buyin lex in todays consumer alert, the best colleges for your buck and googles newest product. Natasha barrett joins us with the details. Lets start with google you can read emails, get directions and the internet all from your glasses google glasses, that is. Google lifted the curtain on a line of stylish frames and prescription glasses. Around 100 50 apiece plus the cost of lenses if you need a prescription. But she will have to buy the google glass itself which retails for about 1500. Users can attach or remove the device from the frames as needed. You buying what you think youre buying at Grocery Store . If you read the front the package only, many times you are not. Ew Common Misconceptions red labeling can be tricky. Although it might say wheat or mean isin, it doesnt whole grain bread. Look for it is a 100 . The term light can be confusing it could be spelled two different ways that mean the same thing. Mean less calories, fat or sodium than of foods original counterpart. The best values in public and private education are the winners are the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and oems college in massachusetts. 17,400 a year in tuition. Williams cost 58,900 a year. At the average freshman receives about 40,000 in grants at unc. That college gives out 14,000 in grants to freshman. It is expensive no matter what. Thank you. Have a good one. The National Association of theatre owners is calling for shorter movie previews will stop the group wants to limit them to two minutes per trailer. Perthere are two exceptions year per movie distributor. Trailers for those babies can run up to three minutes. This follows complaints from moviegoers like me about previews being too long and evening away too much information about the movie. Theater owners will be airing just 150 days ahead of the release of the movies. These trailers you cant sit through half an hour of trailers before you get to the movie. At the movies are so long, you are out of my old stop you are out all night. We do like previews around here. We have a preview of 6 00 will newsconsider this your trailer. Tonight at 6 00, we have pictures that show the commuter nightmare a winter storm has brought to atlanta. Plus as we bear down for another night of frigid temperatures, we are being warned about the impact a prolonged cold spell can have on our emotions. We will look at why the Virginia Attorney general is closing the case against former governor Bob Mcdonnell coming up at 6 00. Is getting weather us hot and bothered. I think we will be in the mid 40s on saturday and sunday, so some improvements down the road, but not tonight. Showstest outlaw radar snow continuing to spread out a little bit. Some pockets of flurries in the next few hours, think we will the radar image showing more snow. The air is so dry that a lot of the snow is not making it. 12 in gaithersburg, in the teens and dropping even lower tonight. Feels like nine in the nations capital. Winter weather advisorys east and south of the metro area. Stafford and spotsylvania winter storm warnings across the Eastern Shore. It is a mess as we have been showing you all evening snow and ice south through georgia and the gulf coast. Here is what we can expect as we go through the evening hours some light sheets some light snow rapidly expanding and leaving the area. A little lucky relations south and east of the city. , still warm uph coming our way over the weekend. Thank you. Today is not big stuff, but it is fun stuff. Its a spectacle and theres nothing else like it in all of sports. Thousands of media members were there today. For the second straight year, a select number of fans paid 25 to sit in the stands. They answer every question you can imagine. This is what it looked like from the inside out this was richard shooting back at the photographers. Your take on the wild and crazy media day. We saw a little bit of everything today. Namely richard sherman. The photo you posted is accurate. We could barely get in but sherman isnt the only attention grabber. His teammates are experiencing this wild shot at the prebowl fame. We walked into the hotel now and youve got to have a credential to get in and you have the media everywhere. You look and theres a picture of me. Theres no mistaking the seahawks wide receiver. I want to share my experience. It certainly was a scene of its own at Prudential Center today. Lex it was what i thought it was going to be. Hundreds of reporters swarmed around the players. Some of the most intimidating figures admitted to being a little intimidated themselves. Is,ust how big everything goodness gracious. It has been an overwhelming experience. Bailey had some reassuring words for his young teammates. Youve got to take it all in. Moment. Enjoy a its the super bowl. Coming up at 6 00, we will give you one players take on what makes wilson so good. Thank you very much. Dont forget the wizards and the caps tonight. A tiny home is causing a big controversy in one gaithersburg neighborhood. The homeowner says the city approved construction of a livable shed on her property. A building inspector condemned last week. Kevin lewis explains why officials in gaithersburg say thats not the whole story. Im not doing anything. Home is where the headache is. This is too much. Smack dab in her backyard. The professional accountant budgeted 15 grand to craft this microhouse for her 25yearold daughter. Gainfully employed but tight on cash. Here is the bathroom. The project houses a kitchenette and bedroom loft was cut short by written notice with one heart stopping were condemned. I dont know how i got on there. It was the same house that was approved on august 31, 2012 old stop the city of gaithersburg declinedo talk on camera and said it approve the structure when it looked like this a simple shed. She turned the hut into a cozy home, violating multiple zoning code. Condemned sign on the house is the most painful thing. The daughter i dont think it should just be condemned and thats it. I built a really wellmade house and i think its a good idea. City leaders say they will repeal the threat of a 500 fine if and only if she promises to keep life under one roof. Thank you. Abc. Is it for abc 7 news at six charts right now on storm watch. Abc sevenrom the broadcast centers, this is abc 7 news at 6 00, on your side. The wintry mess unfolding across the self. Snow mixed with the rushhour traffic. In birmingham, more traffic nightmares as tractortrailers jackknifed in perilous conditions. Its part of a storm trend stretching from texas to virginia. We could see some snow in our area. For certain its going to be cold. 16 degrees outside the belfort furniture Weather Center. Some of the snow not reaching the ground because the area so dry. And more will fall, but this is a situation that the farther south and east more the chance of accumulating snow and the farther north and west you go, the less the probability of any snow. This area will fillin over the next several hours. That, Winter Weather advisorys in virginia and winter storm warnings on the coast. Overackpot is going to be tidewater, virginia. Only coding an inch at most in the metro area. You