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Were not on the air. Breaking news in maryland where a gunshot hit a truck on the connector. It happened a few years ago with the interchange with interstate 95 in laurel. Stephen tschida has the latest. Steve snen tense situation here along the i. C. C. We are just west of 95 and this is why. Check out the front of this tree service truck. Look at the front windshield it appears there are two bullet holes in that windshield. Two men in their two employees of this tree service, both suffered minor injury, one we said was injured by flying glass and one of the bullets lodged in his clothing but did not penetrate his flesh. Both taken to the hospital to be treated to be checked out. Look just beyond the side look at the very active situation here, active investigation here. The focus is trying to find out where this bullet or bullets came from. The focus off in the woods somewhere here to the left they are trying to find the source of the bullets, where the shooter was. From there, they hope to be able to track down this individual or individuals and take the investigation from there. Hopefully lead to a suspect. At this point, no reason why no rational at this point for why this would have occurred who might have opened fire. Again, two people injured. But minor injuries. Reporting live, Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. Today israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his controversial address before a joint session of congress. He received a standing ovation when he entered the chamber. But at least four dozen members of the house and senate were not there. He spoke out against the agreement thats emerging between the u. S. And iran on nuclear weapons. Now were being told that the only alternative to this bad deal is war. Thats not true. The alternative to this bad deal is a much better deal later in the day president obama said there are no viable alternatives to the negotiations that are already under way. All morning long, protesters gathered to make their voices heard about todays speech. Suzanne kennedy is live now at capitol hill with a look at some of the reaction out there. Suzanne . Leon some question the timing. Others, the politics of all of this. But in the end congress rolled out the red carpet for israels Prime Minister. Stop threatening to annihilate my country israel the one and only jewish state. As the Prime Ministers controversial and historic speech played out before a joint session of congress, out the capital there were protests. Activists claiming israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal demonstrated hours before his speech. They carried signs calling on the u. S. To end aid to israel and free palestine. Some democratic members of congress showed their disapproval by boycotting the speech. The floor of the house is a centerpiece of public debate in our democracy. It should not be used as a partisan tool. Israeli flags were flying side by side with u. S. Flags at this demonstration. Netanyahu supporters saying the timing of his speech should not be controversial. The israeli election is the point. Time to be there is now. They have family in jerusalem and they worry about their safety in light of tensions between israel and iran. We know what iran stands for. It stands for terror not just for israel but also for the united states. It breaks my heart. We are absolutely terrified because we are marching towards our doom here. As for president obama, he said he heard nothing new today. No alternative. Reporting live on capitol hill suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Thank you, suzanne. Join us tonight for a special roundtable discussion about the u. S. Israel guide. Thats at 7 00 live on our sister station newschannel 8, well be streaming it on line at wjla. Com. Senior political reporter scott thuman will have a preview coming up at 5 30. Alison . The republican led house agrees to back legislation to funneled the Homeland Security department through the end of the budget year. Short term funding for the department was set to expire on friday at midnight. Well some g. O. P. Leaders were angry that this latest decision comes out restrictions on immigration. It is seen as a major victory for president obama. And Opening Statements are set to begin tomorrow in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. After two months of jury selection, a panel of eight men and 10 women was seated today. The 21yearold Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused of killing three people and injuring nearly 300 others in those twin bombings near the races finish line two years ago. Attorneys for Jesse Matthew want a judge to push back the start of his trial. Matthew is accused of killing 18yearold Hannah Graham in charlottesville. A hearing is set for tomorrow to consider that delay request and some other pretrial motions. Right now, arguments in that case are supposed to begin june 29th. And we have breaking news out of Fairfax County this evening where the countys attorney announced in just the last hour that he will be retiring. This happened after a day on the hot seat right in front of the county board. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is in fairfax with the breaking details. Jeff . Alison about 45 minutes ago board of supervisors members got out of a two hour closed door meeting with county attorney in which they discussed his handling into the investigation of the Fatal Shooting of john geer. Right after that meeting, it was announced that the man who has been the county attorney for 20 years will be restructuring the office before retiring in june of 2016. He said very little during todays Board Meeting but supervisors say the county attorney has a lot of explaining to do for how he handled the investigation into the Fatal Shooting of john geer. A lot of this could have been avoided. The supervisor is referring to recent revelations that bob deans office did not tell supervisors about an ongoing dispute between the Police Department and Commonwealth Attorney ray morrow and that he also didnt tell supervisors that morrow wanted to meet with them to discuss the case. Breach of a basic responsibility of an attorney and i think its unacceptable and i think we need to make some changes. There was a communications severe breakdown that caused us to lose time. Geer 46 was shot and killed while standing in the doorway of his town home following a standoff with Fairfax County in august of 2013. Meanwhile, in response to the incident, the board chair got approval for a 25 Member Commission to examine how Police Shootings are handled which will include members of law enforcement, Community Leaders and the media. I think this is an excellent move and i think its the right thing to do. I have a very strong feeling that we are going to muddy the waters of transparency. The family of john geer is suing Fairfax Police claiming that the shooting by officer adam torres was not justified. I spoke just minutes ago with the attorney for the family mike leeberman and he tells me that his retirement is a good First Step Towards transparency in terms of fixing some of these Police Policies that have been problematic here in Fairfax County going back for years. Live in fairfax, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. An elderly disabled woman is out more than 300,000. Police have arrested her long time repair man accusing him of grossly overbilling her for basic taxes. Kevin lewis is live in the newsroom with a story you will see only here on 7. Kevin . Well leon, police say gary knighting left his home in Rappahannock County in june of 2011 and ended up on a quiet street in bethesda where he knocked on that elderly womans front door. What happened, detectives say is three years of dramatic price gouging. This is the split level that police say gary knighting preyed on billing the home owner, i 72yearold disabled woman for falsely, unneeded repairs. Invoices show he charged one grand to trim shrubs 10,000 to patch up the Backyard Patio and fence and 15k to install a new roof. In the end, investigators say the disabled home owner lost 321,000. Its heart wrenching. The neighbor is stunned. I guess she trusted him. You know once somebody does a job, they kept coming back. Theyre very good at determining what will get the victim to hand over their money. Police say in some cases victims lose more than a million dollars. Thats whats so sad about these cases, they gain these peoples trust. They try to confuse them. Sometimes actually intimidate them and before long theyve taken these peoples life savings. Knighting seen here in this facebook photo with his 7yearold daughter has been charged with a crime including document fraud and identity theft. The state department suspended his contractors license and in maryland he was working without one. I had no idea. Just awful. I feel really bad for her. I hope she has good counselors. Within the last 15 minutes, i spoke with gary knighting on the telephone. Today happens to be his 32nd birthday. He referred me to his attorney who says his client denies any misdeed adding many of the allegations in this case are just wrong. In the newsroom im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Oh, boy yeah. Got to follow up on that one, kevin. Thank you. And coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00, a big thud. A look at how d. C. Is trying to keep up with potholes this winter. A little later, off the menu. Why you may not see the soda on restaurants in the summer. It may not look like it. Spring is around the corner. Well give you the initial time frame for one of the sure signs. But first, 7 on your side steps up for a condo owner sitting with no water well imagine during this bitter cold winter weve been having not having either heat or hot water in your home for your family. Well, a fairfax man and his daughter say they have been suffering in the cold because of a dispute with their hvac companya faulty heating unit. So they contacted our 7 on your side trouble shooter Horace Holmes to see if he could get them to turn up the heat and get things fixed. Joe kaufman says its been 6 1 2 weeks. 6 1 2 long cold weeks without heat or hot water in his fairfax condo. On auto to wash your hands, its ridiculous. Its cold. It hurts. He and his two teenaged daughters have been out in the cold all this time he says because of a faulty heat and hot water unit that was broken kaufman claims by united air temp, the company that installed the unit he says nine years ago. We have called. We have begged. We have pleaded with these people to come and fix it. Kaufman says back in january, he and his landlord called united air when the hot water started turning cold. The Service Person came they cut things. They did things. They didnt fix the problem and ever since then its gone downhill from there. To the point now im not even getting a spark. Where the unit doesnt work at all. Kaufman says a repair person has visited his condo at least once a week trying to get the heat flowing. Theyve replaced parts, pipes and even the entire unit but nothing has worked. Fed up and weary of suffering through the cold and bathing at neighbors homes we walk outside in this weather and we have our backpacks on our back and we get our shampoos and our soaps. He calls 7 on your side and we contacted united air temp. A representative told us theyve been working to fix the problem and the heat he insists have been on intermittently and the real problem is with the manufacturer of the unit. 6 1 2 weeks, the apartment is still cold and theres still no hot water, kaufman says a representative from the manufacturer of the heating unit is going to come out here at least has promised to and take a look to see whats wrong. But kaufman says hes not hopeful that this will be fixed. In meantime he says he and his girls can only hope things warm up outside soon. In fairfax, Horace Holmes, abc 7 news. Let us know how 7 can be on your side. Call our tips hotline. You see the number there. You can send us your story ideas at tips at wjla. Com. Now to an abc 7 update on a story that weve been following all day out of prince georges county. 7 on your side is also working to get results for some apartment residents in oxon hill. They also were stuck without hot water for more than two weeks. The Property Managers at the oaks at park south are now taking action and the residents were told should have hot water flowing later tonight. We will let you know how that goes. All right. Now you may think that folks in california are basquing in the sun and laughing at us as we suffer through the long winter. A freak hail storm coated hunting beach yesterday afternoon. Thats southern california. Temperatures were cool enough to let that stick around for a while so the beach goers usedt to build some hail men instead of the usual sand castles out there. The dogs had to be freaking out. Theyve never seen snow. Exactly. I dont feel bad for them. Still looks a lot warmer. Still in shorts. Exactly. You know, even though we have snow on the way, the last snowstorm we had was that light fluffy snow that you put in your glove and it blew away. This is going to be great packing snow for snowman and snowball fights. Tougher to shovel. Yeah, very heavy, thats the bad end of it. Really, really heavy. The rain out there right now and the temperatures are now beginning to increase and thats good news. We saw that Winter Weather advisory until 10 00 tonight. But with temperatures above freezing at Reagan National and at 34 degrees everything that hits the ground as long as its rain and needs to stop freezing. However, the further north and west you go of d. C. Up towards the Baltimore Area thats when we still have a little bit of freezing going on. Thats going to quickly come to an end over the next couple of hours or so. Look at the temperatures. Above freezing at dulles. Now 28 degrees gaithersburg. Right at freezing in frederick. B. W. I. Marshall at 30 degrees. 33 in Lexington Park maryland. You can see the warmer air thats trying to advance from the south where you have that process over from the freezing drizzle over to all rain around the capital beltway. But like i said the bigger problem as you head up towards b. W. I. And towards aberdeen but all that is eventually going to turn green as they prove through the evening hours and waking up tomorrow morning, wouldnt be surprised if we have temperatures that will approach close to 40 degrees. This is what we have in terms of the latest advisory that Winter Weather advisory. A lot has been shaved off, especially off to the west of us. Still includes the district and southern maryland. This is set to cancel at 10 00. Look at the warmer air thats trying to move in from the south. 63 degrees in charleston. 5 51 in asheville. This is part of that warm front thats going to move overhead. Temperatures will not be that warm but still well above freezing. We have highs tomorrow that will approach 50 degrees. Look at the temperatures we will increase. That warming trend will continue through the Morning Hours tomorrow into the early afternoon. At that point, a cold front off to the north and west of us, that will signal big big changes for us. Heres the cold front, and it extends well well to the west of us. Well widen the view out a bit. Biggest concerns is oklahoma and into the deep south. Were not the only ones dealing with the winter storm watch for tomorrow night into thursday. More than likely all the areas shaded in blue here will convert over to a winter storm warning and look at the warnings already beginning to pop up. Little rock and nashville, this is where theyre expecting significant snowfalls. For us, though we are going to call for rain tomorrow morning for the Early Morning rush hour commute and it continues all day long but then as we move through the overnight hours into early thursday morning, that transition from rain to snow may become heavy at times early thursday morning before finally moving on out of here. How much snow are we talking about . Let me step out of the way here. D. C. Metro area may see upwards of three to seven inches. Keep in mind this is our first map. Its likely to change a little bit as it moves through the next 24 hours or so. Lower amounts to the south. Higher amounts to the north. And we could see five to nine inches. 49 degrees for a high tomorrow. If youre looking for a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel, lets end this forecast on a good night. Sunshine for the weekend. Temperatures in the 40s near 50 degrees by sunday monday and tuesday. There you go. Those totals were no joke though. No. Even if its one or two inches thursday morning its going to be a mess youve been warned. You heard it here first. Sorry. Thanks. You mentioned a light at the end of the tunnel. As with every year weve got that after this long winter. And the projected dates are april 11th through the 14th. So of course, theyre talking about the Cherry Blossoms along the tidal basin and today, the National Park service gave its first prediction as to when those blossoms will hit their peak bloom. That, of course is when 70 of the trees have flowers. This Years National Cherry Blossom festival will run from march 20th until april 12th. Airlines are already getting ready for some weather later on this week. Well have more on that and the problems being caused by a south american volcano. Thats still ahead. But first, concerns about safety in the skies. A look at the new threat facing the federal aviation administration. And heres a look at whats coming up tonight on abc. More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from the city in southern chile after the volcano began erupting overnight. Look at these scenes. That volcano spewed some heavy smoke into the air and sent lava surging down the slopes. This eruption continued for a few hours before calming down at the break of dawn. Authorities are now worried that mudslides caused by melting snow there could endanger nearby communities. Well, new concerns that the nations air Traffic Control system is vulnerable to hackers. Lona zack explains why a new report fienldznds the f. A. A. s efforts to protect against Cyber Security is not enough. Every day, nearly two million travelers are screened before boarding flights in the u. S. The goal is to keep those airplanes safe from all dangers including terrorism. But today, a new report outlines a threat that bypasses security checkpoints. From a Cyber Security standpoint is functioning like 10 or 15 years ago. And its just unacceptable today. The Government Accountability office warned that even commercial aircraft could be exposed to cyber attacks. Think of the catastrophes you could unfold getting inside the f. A. A. s Computer System potentially controlling planes, crashing planes. Tips include beefing up guards and regular changing passwords. Today, the f. A. A. Ensured the public its fixing these vulnerabilities and people should feel safe to fly. Weve remediated a very number of the technical findings already. But in an era of increasingly common cyberbased threats, staying a step ahead requires constant vigilance. Fixing it certainly could be fixed. Maintaining it and making sure it works day in and day out, thats a whole different story. The report detailed more than 170 secret recommendations. One security expert that i spoke with said it may be easier to rebuild the system entirely. In new york lona zack, abc 7 news. And still to come on abc 7 news at 5 00 water, juice, soda . Find out which option may not be on some local childrens menus much longer. Plus airlines are already making plans for Winter Weather this week. What you need to know before you travel. And a massive sink hole opens under a local street. Im brad bell. When we come back ill 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 half fast internet . 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The bullets went through the windshield. One person was grazed and another was hurt by broken glass. Both are expected to be ok. Police say it appears the gunshot came from a wooded area. Congress has passed a bill funding the department of Homeland Security through september. The measure approved by the house this afternoon does not reverse president obamas executive actions on immigration. A one week funding bill for the department would have expired on friday. And israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a bad deal with iran during his address to congress today. Netanyahu said he never intended the speech to be political. President obama said the speech failed to offer viable alternatives to the Nuclear Talks now under way. And of course that speech caused some controversy after House Speaker john boehner extended the invitation to the Prime Minister without speaking to the white house. And tonight, were holding a roundtable discussion on the growing tensions between the u. S. And israel. Senator political reporter scott thuman with a preview for us. No topic dominating the conversation in d. C. And frankly around the world today like this one. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus address to congress. And on this set tonight, we are going to have an insightful honest conversation about the repercussions of his as appearance and why you should care. Does it drive the u. S. Closer to a war with iran or keep that risk in check . Many members of congress decided not to attend. Well find out the real reasons why and on the flip side was it irresponsible to invite the Prime Minister to speak. It is live from 7 00 to 8 00 tonight on newschannel 8 and on line as well streaming. We hope youll not only join us but chime in now starting now using the your voice your future and well be answering your questions live on air. Well be watching scott. Thank you very much. All right, lets get back to our stormwatch coverage now and another Winter Weather advisory thats posted for our area. This one begins tomorrow night. Steve rudin will have more on that in a few minutes. But ahead of the storm, airlines already making it easier for you to change your plans. Delta, united, jet blue. They all issued waivers for the three d. C. Airports allowing you to change your flight without paying a fee. Leon . Alison this winter is taking its toll on the roads around here. You should know that. The salt the sand the brine and the plows, everything leaving plenty of potholes behind. Abc 7 talked with the d. C. Department of transportation and said the city has filled 80,982 potholes since 2013. 7600 were in the first few months of this year. Typically the city offers the annual effort to fill potholes dubbed the pothole palooza in march. No dates have been set for this years pothole palooza. In this case, not a pothole but massive sink hole causing problems in northeast d. C. Tonight. It opened up along 13th place between faraday place and faragut street. Brad bell live on the scene with a look at the repairs there. Potholes everywhere and things like that. Water main break is the cause. Water main break under the street opened up at 11 00 this morning. Theyre working on it now. I want to walk up here a little bit closer because, you know, a lot of times when you see these things on tv its difficult to really get a feel for just how big these holes are. Well take a look at this. Look at that excavator bucket down there as it goes up you can see that big dumptruck. This sink hole is so big that it could and in fact did swallow a car. We can show you some video of what it looked like when we first got here. Car had already been removed from the hole. The hole was filled with water. But what were hearing from neighbors is that there was no problem here and all of a sudden, the car drives down the street and the road opened upderneath and it went in halfway. One of the neighbors tells us that his car barely escaped. I got a call from my neighbor saying you need to get home. Your car is about to sink. And i said youre joking. She said no you need to get home and then my next door neighbor called, yeah i need to get home. Well back live now, you can see they got a lot of work to do here and theyve just started excavating. They have to get down to figure out what they need to do to replace it. As we take look around here at the rest of the road in this area, its all undermined and its all buckled. Estimate originally for repairs was 10 00 tonight, its going to take a good long time to get this thing wrapped up. In northeast d. C. Brad bell abc 7 news. Ok brad thank you so much for the latest there. Lets find out what else is going on the roads and a check on traffic with bob emler. Hi, bob. Hi alison. While the temperatures are above freezing around the district and close to the district we see volume delays on the inner loop from the dulles toll road to 270 and traffic on 66 pretty much the same headed east into falls church and west from centreville to the beltway off and on. North of there on the corridor there and now theres a crash on 70 westbound in mount airy and only one lane is open. 270 northbound the ramp to route 80 has the truck stopped on the ramp. That ramp is blocked. Lets take a look and see what it looks like out there and its very slow headed west here on 66 as you move out past nutley street on the left side of the screen. Thats out to centreville. No incidents along the way. 270 starts to slow down here at klopper road headed to montgomery village. Thanks, bob. Tonight will be the sixth of seven public hearings on plans to raise rates for virginia express commuters. Its slated to begin at 7 00 at the prtc building off Potomac Mills road in woodbridge. V. R. E. Is considering a 4 increase towards tickets. When you take a minute to look at how much were earning and how much were learning d. C. Is one of the richest cities in all of america. Theres a new study by findthehome. Com and it looked at five years of data and ranked the district third on that list. The group found that 19 of the population earns more than 150,000 a year. More than half the population has a bachelors degree or higher. San francisco and san jose ranked first and second respectively. New information tonight about sticks designed to help you take better pictures of yourself socalled selfie sticks. Today, the smithsonian banned the use inside the institutions. They are concerned about people poking each other in crowded conditions or in the exhibits. This decision comes weeks after another museum instituted a similar policy. Still to come on abc 7 news at 5 00 a bill thats designed to stop the sale of puppies bred illegally. What people are calling for after a man was shot and killed by los angeles police. A shocking admission from the former head of the c. I. A. He shared military secrets. The possible punishment for general david petraeus. And as followed by abc world news tonight, david youre here now with a preview. David . Alison leon he kept guard over americas top secrets. Tonight, the former general who admits he let his mistress read them and even conversations with the president. Also we havenning findings coming in at this hour about the ferguson Police Department. Well have a late report. Famous sports star protecting his daughter from bullies. He revealed their identities and tonight, what happened next. And a quiz for you at home. Who do you inherit more of your genetic makeup from . Your mom or your dad . The medical study right h new developments in the airasia flight 8501 crash. A large part of the main fuselage has been recovered. It is on its way to jakarta to be investigated. The plane crashed in the java sea three days after christmas. Bad weather made Recovery Efforts difficult up until now. Researchers have recovered 100 bodies of the 162 people who were on board. Back here locally now, a three inch broken high pressured gas line prompted the evacuation of residents in a bethesda neighborhood this afternoon. Evacuations and road closures took place in the 4800 block of montgomery lane. That is between woodmont avenue and arlington road. Montgomery county hazmat crews were on the scene. Right now, theres no word of what caused the break. The Maryland Senate advanced a bill to change the day of the states primary. Only in the years of a president ial election. Current law mandates the election be held on the first tuesday of april but every four hours, that would make Easter Sunday an early voting day. The measure approved by the senate would make that primary the last tuesday in april in those years. Charlottesville, ra virginia will no longer observe a holiday commemorating general lee and jackson. The council is expected to choose a replacement holiday for city workers at a later date. A daughters plea and an nhl trade. Find out what they added up to r this player coming up. But first, changing the menu. The push some parents are making when it comes to 7 on your side in Health Matters and tonight, a new study finds taxing the amount of sugary drinks you consume could be good for your health. Researchers in australia say that taxing nondiet soft drinks and fruit drinks on the quantity is more effective at reducing how much people drink than taxing the price of the drink. The study is published in the Magazine Health economics. A proposal to pull sugary drinks from kids menus is in the works in maryland. Those on both sides of the argument got to speak out in annapolis today. Caroline tucker explains how the law could impact you. Navigating a restaurant menu can be tough for some parents. Sometimes even the childrens menu has temptations. Like i said its more of like a treat. Sometimes well be able to do like a lemonade or a juice. And were ok with that. From time to time. She is a mom of two who usually takes milk for her sons. Soon, that might always be on the menu in maryland for kids. Lawmakers will decide on the healthy kids bill that would replace soda with other options in kids meals. Last year similar legislation was proposed and it included water and milk. This time, theyre adding juice to the mix. The only drink that could be automatically included would be those healthy drinks. The group sugar free kids is pushing the proposal. If a family wanted to order another beverage unhealthy beverage they certainly could. They would need to ask. A bethesda pediatrician is not taking a stand on the legislation but says shes concerned about childhood obesity. Healthy drinks would be lowfat milk for kids over 2. And water. And then 100 fruit juice is an option. As an entrepreneur she sees both sides of the debate. As a business owner, i understand why restaurateurs would, you know, prefer to offer just the soda option. So i think its interesting as a parent, im not a fan of it. No matter whats on the menu, she says shell be picking the healthier choice. Caroline tucker abc 7 news. Montgomery county Council Approved the bill expanding the ban on smoking in Public Places to electronic cigarettes. The legislation goes to the county executive for his signature. If it becomes law, smoking e cigars e hookahs and pens would be illegal in places where smoking cigarettes are banned. A bill hoping to crack down on puppy mills. It prohibits a retail store to sell kittens or puppies from the puppy mills. They have to obtain the puppies from an Animal Care Facility or nonprofit rescue organization. A dog in colorado is back home tonight after he was held hostage by a neighbor . Thats right. It all started when henry ran away from home after hours of searching his owner received a phone call from a neighbor saying henry was, in fact safe. However, because he attacked the neighbors cats henry would not be coming home right away. I absolutely volunteered to take care of the vet bills and he said thats good because youre not going to get your dog back until all the vet bills are paid for. So the owner bill feldman eventually called police and they brought henry home. Police did not charge the neighbor because he gave henry willingly to the officers. Cat, the vet bills were paid and he too is back home. Neighbor is lucky he didnt call liam neeson. Could have been ugly. Exactly. A little heavy handed. All right. We got some weather coming in here, steve we are not going to enjoy. Another round. Here we go again. At least this evening didnt turn out as bad as originally thought. The Winter Weather advisory still continues for much of the area. More on that in a second. But take a look at whats going on. Satellite and radar, this is actually our storm scan. Most of the wintry weather, frozen precip moving off towards the north and east. This is good news as the temperatures begin to rise. Temperature now 34 at dulles and Reagan National airport, above freezing or at freezing for andrews. Above freezing at quantico and fredricksburg. We get the point and we can see whats happening, that warmer air beginning to filter in from the south. Heres that Winter Weather advisory, its until 10 00 tonight, but i suspect parts of it if not all of it will cancel out a little bit before then as we move through the evening hours. This is what we expect temperatures will increase waking up tomorrow morning around 40 degrees and i dont foresee any big problems for the morning rush hour commute. Come tomorrow night at 7 00 winter storm watch goes into effect. This watch will likely be upgraded to a warning. That has not happened yet. When it does, well keep you updated here on abc 7. Heres what our first batch our first jab at our projected snowfall totals wednesday night into thursday three to seven inches not out of the question around the capital beltway. Higher amounts further north. Highs tomorrow will make it to 50 degrees and lets end this segment on a better note brighter note. Sunshine on saturday. Spring forward for Daylight Saving time on sunday. High temperature then around 50 degrees. Leon . All right speaking of springing forward, lets take a look at whats coming up ahead here on abc 7 news at 6 00 a widows outrage. Why she says the department of Veterans Affairs is partly to blame for her husbands death decades after he was exposed to agent orange. Plus, why a virginia Womens College is shutting its doors after more than a century of education. Thats ahead new at 6 00 right here. Alison . Leon this story is trending today. The letter that may have helped bring a hockey player home to his family. Until the nhl trade deadline Jordan Leopold played for the columbus blue jackets. Then this letter from his daughter went viral. Leopold played for the Minnesota Wild before being traded to columbus last november. His family stayed in minnesota and his 11yearold daughter wrote the wild a letter asking for them to get him back. The letter was never actually sent to the team but leopolds wife posted this photo to her Facebook Page and it went viral. Theres a human side believe it or not it our business too. So i think its great that he can go home and join his family and see that letter is pretty touching. He was traded just before yesterdays deadline but both teams say it was in the works before they ever saw the letter. Believe that . I dont know. You guys have and you didnt think that hockey players love love stories. Punch each other. They didnt see the letter until the trade was done. It was almost simultaneous. But still, a great story. A month ago the wizards were plowing through one of the easiest schedules in the league. Theyve won only three of their 12 games. They play their first game in the month of march. They play the bulls in chicago. They know they have to pick up their level of play, solid defense, tenacious rebounding up tempo attack. Every game is magnified as they build momentum towards the playoffs. Both teams are trying to win. We want to continue to keep the streak alive but we know chicago has a lot of guys out and a lot of opportunities for guys to step up and definitely going to be its going to be a chippy game, i think. The weather has restricted so much outdoor play this winter but d. C. United is ready to start the season. They open up their mla schedule on saturday. Weather permitting. Man up. Not too bad. Its winter its washington, d. C. So its never changed. Its always like this going to march and april. You have to get used to it. With the sleet today they were outdoors. There they are practicing getting ready for their match this saturday. And they say it doesnt make any difference. Theyre out there in shorts having a good time and the snow is falling. Theres something wrong with that picture. Well keep an eye on tomorrows weather and see if theyre out there tomorrow. If so theyll have to use the yellow soccer balls. Unreal. Thanks. Coming up here next on abc 7 news at 5 00 calls for an independent investigation. Latest on the deadly shooting involving the lapd. Welcome back, everyone. We want to remind you that coming up at 7 00 we hope youll join us for a special roundtable discussion about the u. S. Israel divide. Its going to be our sister station on newschannel 8 streaming on line at wjla. Com. Our scott thuman will be moderating and we understand he has brought together a very special panel to discuss this controversial issue. We expect this will be a lively and informative discussion. Wont want to miss that. Tonight live from 7 00 to 8 00 on our sister channel, newschannel 8. Now, well get some new information about a homeless man who was shot and killed by police in los angeles. He served 15 years for bank robbery. This is one of several new developments in this case thats generating national attention. In part, because it was caught on video. Ted rollins has the latest. More than 100 people marching from l. A. s skid row to Police Headquarters protesting sundays Fatal Police Shooting of a homeless man. New video obtained by abc news shows him before he was shot and killed arguing with a person inside an orange tent. Surveillance video shows him being questioned by police. He ducks into a tent when police pull him out, he starts swinging eventually as the now viral video shows officers shoot and kill him. While police and the city of los angeles are vowing full investigations, critics are speaking out. We got to fix this the l. A. Police chief said the photos taken of the officers gun after the shooting shows he had the hand on the gun oochlt. This is indicative of a struggle over the weapon. Two of the officers were wearing body cameras which l. A. s mayor is hoping to provide clarity. The murkiness should be cleared up by body cameras more often than not. Nobody should depend on cameras by themselves. As the investigation continues, three officers remain on administrative leave. Meanwhile, theres another protest scheduled later tonight. Ted rollins, abc 7 news. Thats it now for abc 7 news at 5 00. But abc 7 news at 6 00 starts right now. First at 6 00 a messy evening commute as rain falls across most of our area. Its not the icy mess many had feared but more Winter Weather is ahead. Meteorologist steve rudin tracking it all in the stormwatch weather center. Temperatures are critical as we move through the evening hours, temperatures are now increasing. 34 at dulles and 32 andrews. Still at 28 degrees in gaithersburg. Thats where we have a few slick shots and the Winter Weather advisory continues until 10 00 tonight. Entire metro area off to the north and east of us, that will expire by 10 00 as mentioned. Biggest story is whats heading after that. As we move through the overnight hours, temperatures will gradually increase. Anything thats frozen precip will change over to light rain and may see a little bit of light fog but nothing thats going to cause a lot of problems at least as we move through the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning. Temperatures eventually waking up to around 40 degrees. So temperatures will be critical. The big story, though the winter storm watch. 7 00 tomorrow night to 7 00 thursday, it does include all the d. C. Metro area and we are expecting significant snowfall accumulations as early as thursday morning. When i say significant, could be looking at three, four, maybe five inches across parts of the metro. Well dissect the forecast and give you a timeline in a few minutes. Maureen . Thank you steve a man hunt is under way across two states for three men accused of robbing the banks in our area. Investigators say the bandits is becoming more daring with each successful robbery. As Brianne Carter reports, thats a cause for concern. These are called bank takeovers. They go in and put everybody on the floor and they rob all the tellers. Watch as these two brazen suspects with guns in hand walk into this bank and demand money. The suspects who hide their identities with sunglasses, hats masks and even fake beards are called by the