20s and then forward to the next couple of days here. Gosh its going to stay very very cold indeed. Well check more of the forecast for you coming up in a few minutes. All right. Look forward to that doug. Thank you. With many neighborhood streets still covered in snow and ice School Systems are cancelling classes for tomorrow. So far the list includes stafford faquier, culpepper, spotsylvania and fredricksburg city schools all in virginia. We have yet to hear from any maryland School Systems. Were tracking these closings at wjla. Com. Well bring you new ones as they are announced. As School Systems across the area assess the Road Conditions parents and children are winding down from a snow day. Horace holmes is live in fairfax with how families are spending the time together waiting for the news. Horace . The news about tomorrow. You can see how the snow plow drivers spent their day. You can see this big mound of snow here that they moved off from the side of the roads. Theyve done a really good job. This was moved off here to the side. But you can see the roads here fairfax looking very good. Clear at this hour. It was a snowstorm that came down hard but shoveled off quick and easy. Lot of fun to come out and play in the snow. Make a few extra dollars. 31 miles riding a plow today and this man was done in time for lunch. For others who had to shovel the Old Fashioned way, it was a chance to get things cleared out to get ready to head back to work tomorrow. Get that all cleaned out. So she can get out without falling and i can get out without falling. The snowfall fell short of what many expected here in fairfax and loudoun counties and for school kids, fun today but tomorrow . No school. And this Kindergarten Teacher is preparing her lesson plans for tomorrow. It was nice to have a nice long weekend, nice fourday weekend. But everything is fine to go back . Absolutely all right. Theres no decision thats been made here in fairfax about schools tomorrow. When they will open. If they will open. The roads shouldnt be a problem. Roads are looking very good out here. The snow is off and the issue will be, as doug mentioned, the freeze overnight. Anything thats wet out there could ice up. Stay tuned. Well let you know what happens for the rest of the School Systems around our area. Horace holmes, abc 7 news. Thank you horace. Update from vdot on the Road Conditions tonight. All primary roads have been cleared. And crews made at least one pass on secondary roads. But crews are clearing only an eight to 10 foot wide path in neighborhoods. And they will not clear to bare pavement. Virginia residents are advised to park off the street or on the odd number side of the street to allow trucks room to do their work. The wintry weather is blamed for two deadly crashes in virginia including one in our area. Last night, near the intersection of route 50 and route 15 the other was in white county. Virginia state police say they responded to more than 1,000 crashes between 4 00 yesterday afternoon and noon today. A driver died after losing control and colliding with a plow truck. This was the scene captured by news chopper 7 shortly before or rather after 9 00 this morning. Investigators say the driver was going too fast on route 97 near the Montgomery CountyHoward County line. The victim was a 26yearold man from timonium and no one else was hurt. A second deadly crash is reported in maryland and this one happened in the johnson bridge in Calvert County. That part of Southern Maryland was especially hard hit by the storm. Diane cho continues our live coverage. Diane . Today was about cleanup here in Calvert County. Crews are busy trying to push this snow in the parking lot off to the side here so that its out of the way. So that drivers could still get in and out of the shopping center. After the snowfall ended, Kevin Mccarthy didnt have much left to shovel after his neighbors all pitched in to help. One had a plow come by and the other as you just saw had a snow blower. Hasnt been too bad. Early on it was very nice because the snow was light. For some it was all smiles. Playing in the snow. But for this Montgomery County drama teacher, the time off from little nervous. Beautiful to look at but i think every teacher is saying maybe well get out in august at this rate. Calvert county and Charles County saw anywhere between five and seven inches of snow on the ground today. This is perfect perfect amount. I can get out. Not stuck in the house. Still get to the gym. But in neighboring st. Marys county, one area had as much as nine inches. The highest amount in the state. Plows are busy clearing the roadways and parking lots as some took advantage of the disruptions it caused for some workers who were told to stay home. The roads even the back roads, side roads were all clear. I was really impressed. For those who had to be behind the wheel, they made sure they were prepared. I got my shovel in the truck. Bracing for a long day ahead in the plumbing business where he says theyve been flooded with calls because of the freezing temperatures. Its been a challenge the last few days. And in the last hour or so weve noticed some slick spots on the pavement out here so if you are heading out tonight, youll want to use extra caution on the roads. In Calvert County diane cho, abc 7 news. Thank you diane. The districts snow emergency deck collaration ended at 2 00 this afternoon. In the seven hours it was in effect, 132 vehicles were ticketed and towed for parking along emergency routes. To get their cars back drivers must pay a 250 fine a 100 towing fee and a 20 impound fee. The cost of all that illegal parking nearly 49,000. Our storm watch weather coverage continues right now on line. You can track School Closings and the forecast for tomorrow on our website on our be facebook and twitter accounts or by using the storm watch weather app for your smartphones. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 6 00 the new defense secretary is on the job. His message that could be a sign of changes at the pentagon. Plus the frightening moment for firefighters as they rescued a family pet that fell through the ice. Next, though the impact Winter Weather is having on travel both here and across the east coast. Last nights winter storm continues to cause problems for travel in our area and nationwide. About 400 u. S. Flights were canceled today. 200 of them at our three major area airports. Rail travel was restricted with amtrak running at half capacity. Metro cut back on Service Running a saturday schedule on the rails and a moderate snow plan for buses is in effect. Buses will avoid routes with hills or narrow side streets. Triple a kept busy during the storm. The auto clubs mid Atlantic Division set a record for the number of calls on monday. More than 12,000 people called for help with everything from towing to dead batteries. Emergency dispatchers in virginia fielded more than 2200 calls during a 12hour period. In North Carolina the wintry weather prompted an Emergency Rescue of a family pet. Take a look. Firefighters near raleigh were called after the dog named brodie fell through the ice while playing with his 12yearold owner. Firefighters managed to pull him to safety but almost fell through the ice themselves. Glad everybody is safe. Thick, black smoke is rising from the Train Derailment in West Virginia. C. S. X. Says 26 rail cars derailed. They contained crude oil. The company says its working with state and federal agencies to clean up any oil leaking into the river. More than 100 people remain out of their homes tonight. A second case of measles has been confirmed in the district. This case is not connected to the disneyland outbreak blamed for more than 100 cases nationwide. The d. C. Department of health has notified who had contact with the patient. Next on abc 7 news at 6 00 a new secretary of defense takes over at the pentagon. The message hes sending in a note to all department of defense employees. And more wintry weather could be coming this way. Doug hill breaks down the timing of it all for us. Jay grudens quarterback works out with john gruden in florida. Georgetown st. John the big preview. Why the caps need Braden Holtby to stand on his head tonight and stop the march of the penguins as abc 7 n the Winter Weather didnt stop the new secretary of defense from his first day on the job. Ashton carter arrived at the pentagon at 8 00 this morning to start a whirlwind day. Scott thuman is live in our newsroom with the challenges that carter is now facing. Scott . Theyre numerous maureen. First day at work for ash carter. Hes picking up the helm after chuck hagle was pressured out. He becomes the fourth defense secretary under president obama and as you showed he came to work despite the fact that the federal government was shut down and understandably. Hes walking into a job with countless serious dilemmas and few easy answers. The one grabbing the most headlines, how to handle the threat with isil and ukraine, north korea iran. Daunting list of challenges. Now, he was sworn in this afternoon officially by Vice President biden. Im honored to rejoin the men and women of the Defense Department in what is the highest calling which is the defense of our country. He also met with president obama but what to me perhaps, is most interesting here was his address to all department of defense employees in which he stated i have pledged to provide the president my most candid strategic advice. I will count on your experience and expertise as i formulate that advice. Ill also ensure that the president receives candid professional military advice there. He used the word candid twice letting staff know that hell be open with his feelings perhaps, even if they arent necessarily in line with what the the president is always thinking. Remember, the Obama Administration has been criticized for allegedly micromanaging the pentagon. It will be interesting to see if he bridges the gap that has been perceived between the white house and the pentagon. Maureen . Thank you, scott. Midshipmen at the u. S. Naval academy spent their snow day helping residents and neighbors and Business Owners in downtown annapolis shovel out. The effort was organized by the midshipmen action group. Group organizes Service Projects for the Community Around the year. And we need a lot of Community Help today. To get out of the snow. Winds werent too bad. Chance to clear things up. Tonight, refreezing or anything is melty and slushy out there today. Tell you the tuesday weather story for you. Mechanicsville in st. Marys county, eight inches of snow. All along, we said the farther south you are from washington, the more snow youd see. Thats the way it wound up with parts of Calvert County 6 1 2 inches and six inches in alexandria. Five inches in burke and also reports of leesburg of four inches of snow from late last night early this morning. Were in the 20s now. The warmest spot is 28 at reagan national. Temperatures will fall quickly tonight and light winds. We do have some concern about the refreeze and icy spots developing. Please be careful tonight and early tomorrow. Think about that as you get ready for work tomorrow and the kids that going to school as well. Different issue to deal with tomorrow afternoon and that will be the approach to another strong cold front and maybe some heavy snow squalls or snow flurries. 12 to 17 is the air temperature range early tomorrow. The winds will be light. The cold blast will be moving in during the day. Start with sunshine and see increasing cloudiness. Our futurecast starts at 8 00 tonight and you can see the front running through michigan and northern indiana. Through the day tomorrow increase in cloudiness and the snow will start to get heavier through the ohio valley. In fact widespread week and as this advances eastward between 4 00 and 8 00, we expect some heavy snow showers, maybe some snow squalls that will be heavy enough to interfere through parts of the rush hour. Followed by gusty winds, falling temperatures and clearing skies late at night and we get into the day on thursday. It will be bitterly cold again. Highs around 20 or so. This is the futurecast for tomorrow morning. Well have some sunshine as you see, but then the clouds roll in and hear a better definition and read the heavier snow squalls coming towards the tail end of rush hour. This is one models version. Could come in an hour or two earlier. To get the idea northsouth line of heavy squalls of snow moving through the area. Major accumulations but enough to whiten the ground and roadways and sidewalks. Thats not good with falling temperatures and rush hour still in progress. So we start the day with kind of a little glimpse of sun and the clouds and the snow showers late in the evening and then everything goes crazy with this cold air. Because by thursday were going to only see highs in the lower 20s at best with gusty winds. As we get through friday morning, maybe some below zero temperatures staying in the teens and then a chance of snow or mix of rain snow combination as we head through the weekend. Maureen and timmy . Thank you so much, doug. Were hoping that Alex Ovechkin is once again going to be the star of the game . Ill tell you, hes been red hot. Good. Doug is over here talking snow. Were talking ice. Caps hope to keep the lid on the iron city. Georgetown is ready for the red storm. Cousins try to keep it in family. Hear the latest the ncaa basketball tournament around the corner. Whos in . Whos out . Were looking at teams more closely. Georgetown hoyas play host to st. Johns in the phone booth. Neither team is in the top 25. Georgetown is 16ly. Quirk of the schedule the hoyas havent played a game in a week. They last played seton hall and won that game by 19. So this is a very, very important game. Aggressive team on defense and offense. I think that the game is going to be chippy. Not sure what he means by chippy. You know, do i expect two teams to play extremely hard . Absolutely. Probably said chippy so im not sure whether im looking and expecting chippy. Hey, john. This is chippy. Seton hall has suspended the junior guard sterling gibbs for throwing the forearm shiver here to the face of villanovas ryan archie. Gibbs has apologized several times since saying hey, this is not me. I am really sorry for the embarrassment. Even more sorry to ryan. He accepted the apology. The incident is over. The suspension is for two games. Our play of the night. Number 23 West Virginia trailing number eight kansas by one. Final seconds, look at juwan stat on on the drive spin and the bucket. 6261 mountaineers. Here comes kansahem on the break, three, two one perry ellis to the hoop. Missed the layup they are still partying at West Virginia. All right. The caps play in pittsburgh tonight. Braden holtby has beaten the pens twice already this season so the penguins are fired up and ready to rumble. Faceoff at 7 00 p. M. Lets talk football. Mark cousins working tenaciously in florida. Hes working with jeff christiansen, a freelance nfl quarterback coach. Listen to this the head coach at carolwood day school john gruden former tampa bay head coach john gruden is working with cousins right now and hes working with Josh Friedman alfred morris. Let the rumors begin. Former basketball coach terry truex has died after suffering a stroke. He coached in dematha with wooten. He was 70 years old. He took towson to the ncaas. Whats the latest for us . What should we be waiting for . After an icy patches tonight and tomorrow take a look at the temperatures when you wake up. Theyll be in the teens. 15 in frederick. 17 in the city. 14 at washington dulles and through the day tomorrow a little sunshine and then another potent cold front Late Afternoon and evening. Partly sunny skies will become cloudy and wind up with snow showers. Could be heavy snow showers. Could impact the tail end of the rush hour tomorrow. Steve rudin will have more information on the timing of that front of the squall when he joins you tonight here at 11 00. Word news tonight with david muir coming up next. Join us again at 11 00. We leave you with some scenes from massive snowball fight this afternoon at Meridian Hill park in northwest d. C. Looks like good times. Have a good night. 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The brutal cold, the new system now sweeping in. 200 million americans. Record lows from north dakota all the way east. All the way down to florida. Tonight, the deadly accidents. The ice rescues. Hundreds of thousands without power. The explosion. The train disaster. And fires still burning. Our team on the scene tonight. The american sniper trial. And this evening, the new video here. The accused killer in the police cruiser. Far different than his days in iraq. Under the microscope. The st. Louis police and the dash cam video. And you hear the officer alert the others the camera is rolling. Everybody hold up. Were red right now, so if you are worried about cameras just wait. Youll see it right here. And up close and personal tonight. Were at the westminster dog show. Can you pick the winner b