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At the warmup and yet, another Winter Weather alert. Jacqui . Were doing pretty good out there across most of the region. 43 degrees already starting out in the freezing mark this morning. Feels like 46. 40 degrees at dulles and 43 at manassas and martinsburg at 39. Hagerstown is the cold spot at 35 degrees. Areas that are shaded may still be slick. Continue to use caution in those areas. Especially on sidewalks. But were ok downtown. We have strong blustery winds and drier conditions. Also pulling in some cooler air. That will help set the stage for the next round of wintry weather 24 hours from now. Our hourbyhour forecast shows you well make it into the mid to lower 40s. Temperatures will start to fall with diminishing winds after sundown. A refreeze will be expected with a few slick spots tomorrow morning. Then well watch the clouds increase pretty rapidly in the Morning Hours and a wintry mix albeit light should start about midday tomorrow. How long is this going to last . Is it going to be worse or not as bad as sunday . Well have the details coming up with the seven day forecast in the belfort furniture Weather Center in another few minutes. All right, jacqui. The longest serving woman in the history of congress is set to require. Maryland senator Barbara Mikulski made the announcement less than an hour ago and our Maryland Bureau chief brad bell is there live with the reason behind that announcement. I have had the honor to cover senator Barbara Mikulskis career for the entire term in the United States senate and i think this is a day that i never thought would come. This is someone who loved public service. This is her neighborhood, her home neighborhood. And this is where she said she wanted to come today to make her announcement. This is where she said she learned the values that prompted her to go into public office. But she is 78 years old. Shes got two years left in her term and she said she simply decided she wanted to spend that time fighting for her values rather than running for office. I have thought long and hard about the next two years. And i had to ask myself this question, who am i campaigning for . Am i campaigning for me or am i campaigning for my constituents . The senator points out that shes got two years left in her term and she plans to make the most of it. But this is a political bombshell in the state of maryland and you can just bet the contenders are lining up. Already, theres talk about a number of people. Seemingly, at the top of the list senator representative Chris Van Holland from Montgomery County. There is some thought it should be a senator from the d. C. Region after all these years of senators from baltimore. Representative john delany and representative donna edwards. Perhaps, governor Martin Omalley and perhaps, the former former governor on the list of those who may consider running for the United States senate. When we asked mikulski if she was going to name a successor, someone she would endorse, she said no, not going to do it. Theres a lot of talent in the state of maryland and then she joked shes sure those talented people would be telling them all about themselves in the days ahead. Brad bell abc 7 news. Moving on to the other big announcement today from the d. C. Department of fire and e. M. S. That has a new leader. Mike conneen has more on the change in leadership. Calling it a fresh start for the d. C. Mayor and e. M. S. Department Muriel Bowser announced her selection as next fire chief. Dean is 64 years old and spent 10 years as a chief in seattle, washington. He retired this winter after four decades with that department. After a couple of months, he said today, he decided he liked being busy and he wanted to get back to work. The two departments are similar in their structure, both provide fire and emergency medical responses. Now, every Department Dean said today has challenges and hell face several here in d. C. With accusations and allegations of staffing shortages, mismanaged malfunctioning equipment, delays in patient care notably death of the 77yearold cecil mills who collapsed from a heart attack outside of a d. C. Fire station and later died when firefighters didnt come to his aid despite pleas for help from bystanders. Dean said before making the much needed reform necessary for d. C. Fire, he wants to learn how and why things are done within the department. It is incumbent on me to come in and learn how they do business before i start deciding this is the way to go because different parts of the country, Different Things work very well. Thats what im here to do, learn, lead and be a part of this great organization. In july embattled fire chief kenneth elerbey stepped down. He will no longer be part of this department moving forward. Deans appointment does require the confirmation of the d. C. Council but mayor bowser said he will join the department in may with the title of interim chief. Reporting in northwest, mike conneen, abc 7 news. And mayor bowser also plans to provide an update today on the investigation into the disappearance of rudd. She was last seen one year and one day ago. Yesterday, a Prayer Service was held in honor at the Baptist Church in southeast d. C. Well to weather now, most of the region woke up to a coating of both ice and slush. Slippery roads and even sidewalks caused some concern this morning. Jeanette reyes has a check on the conditions this noon. Motorists this morning had to deal with dense fog and slick roadways once they scraped the ice off their cars and pedestrians, well, they just had to do their best to stay on their two feet. Just when virginians thought they had enough of the cold and snow many had an icy surprise waiting for them as soon as they stepped outside. The sidewalk itself remelted after i salted that. Not enjoying scraping, thats for sure. Ice replaced everything usually covered in morning dew. For many work began even before they got to the office. This manassas city teacher used her twohour delay to scrape off her car. The students need the consistency to you know stay in school as much as they can. So i would rather have a delay and have them come than not come at all. Those delays and cancellations mostly due to icy roads and dense fog in the early hours and Mother Nature burned off much of it and melted the rest before late starters could complain. Im done with the wintertime. This former mississippi resident said hes still waiting for weather to complain about. Another day at the office you know, everybody cries about how much snow and ice they have. They really need to go to a place like wisconsin, new hampshire, maine or boston. And they really can appreciate how little we actually got. Reporting in Prince William county jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. Hes got a point. You can always stay one step ahead of the forecast with the storm watch 7 team and you can check for updates on the website, at wjla. Com as well as on our wjla Facebook Page or the abc 7 news twitter feed. If you havent done also already, make sure you download that free storm is it watch app and receive weather alerts on your smartphone. Developing story out of the white house. Two men are in custody after trying to gain access to white house grounds. In first incident a man hopped a bike rack encircling the white house and earlier this morning, a man tried to go through a white house entrance by walking in while an authorized pass holder was walking out. This mornings incident led to a temporary lockdown of the white houses north lawn. It has since been reopened and both men are scheduled to appear in d. C. Superior court today. And just into the abc 7 newsroom, the suspect in a string of car breakins is now in custody. 54yearold Antoine Kennedy is charged with habitual petty larceny and destruction of property. Police say kennedy was caught in the act in a parking garage on wilson boulevard. Detectives say he is responsible for 50 car breakins in arlington county. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the Nations Capital to address congress against president obamas wishes. That event has exacerbated tensions between israel and the u. S. Heres more of what the Prime Minister said today. The u. S. Israeli relationship is facing a major test. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address congress tomorrow, a speech thats been controversial from the moment it was announced. My speech is not intended to show any disrespect to president obama. Netanyahu is expected to continue his strong criticism of the long term Nuclear Agreement with iran and hes coming before congress at the invitation of Republican House Speaker John Boehner who didnt involve the white house. The Obama Administration said boehners injected a partisanship thats been destructive to u. S. Israeli relations. Its so important for the American People to hear what Prime Minister netanyahu has to say about the great thats that were facing. Netanyahus speech comes as secretary of state john kerry is in geneva for the latest round of ongoing negotiations on a nuclear deal with iran. The israeli Prime Minister wants more sanctions on iran and has been adamant that any deal that doesnt completely end Irans Nuclear program would threaten israels existence. Right now, no deal exists. No partial deal exists. And unless iran is able to make the difficult decisions that will be required there wont be a deal. President obama will not meet with Prime Minister netanyahu when hes in washington this week. He said it would be inappropriate to do that given netanyahu is up for reelection in just two weeks. Reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. And netanyahus visit and the relationship between the United States and israel is the subject of our next town hall discussion. It will be tomorrow night at 7 00 after netanyahus address to congress. You can watch it live on our sister station, newschannel 8 or streaming on line at wjla. Com. Coming up her on abc 7 news at noon a Deadly Police encounter all caught on camera. The new concerns its raising about police use of force. And a breakthrough study involving your health. One thing that doctors say can accurately tell how long youll live. Plus danger on the roads. The damage caused to one truck and why its not just the slippery conditions that you have to look out for. And jacqui tracking our next weather alert. Whats in store and how it could impact your commute. An investigation is under way in los angeles after a fatal officer involved shooting and the incident was caught on camera. This happened sunday on skid row. Police shot and killed a homeless man who struggled with officers on a sidewalk. An lapd Spokesman Says police were answering a robbery call. The officers used a stun gun on the suspect before shooting five shots. The house reportedly wants to enter talks with the senate on a final bill to fund the Homeland Security department but its reported that Senate Democrats are not interested in joining in on those talks. The senate is holding a procedural vote today on the question of talks between the two chambers. On friday Congress Granted the department a one week extension. Campus safety is the focus of three town Hall Meetings at the university of virginia this week. Each meeting will be hosted by a working group covering one of three topics. Prevention. Response. And culture. The Prevention Working Group will meet today and after the meetings, the group will take their suggestions to ad hoc groups on the University Climate and culture. Baltimore ravens quarterback Vinton Hampton facing multiple charges after being arrested in charlotte, north carolina. Troopers say hampton was driving 100 miles an hour in a 65mileperhour zone on interstate 77. The charges include d. W. I. Speeding and even reckless driving. In a statement the ravens say they are working to get more information about the situation. This latest winter storm is causing travel troubles all across the country. From kansas to new england, as much as 10 inches of snow fell in some places topped with thick layers of ice. It caused dangerous and slippery Road Conditions and hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. In fact, about 5,000 people had to spend the night at the airport in dallas ft. Worth. In boston the fresh coating is bringing the city a few inches away from an all time record. And back here at home its not just the icy roads thats causing problems. As John Gonzalez shows us ice on cars is proving to be just as dangerous. Scared me. Its on icy days like these when the tow truck driver is especially busy. Down here getting the truck out of the building and, you know, hopping all day long. He was headed to that weatherrelated accident in Montgomery County when he found himself on the side of the road with his own problem. Driving down 270, normal traffic scene, everything is normal and a huge sheet of ice. The windshield of his towing wrecker shattered and this has become an all too common occurrence. Videos like this have been posted on you tube. This morning, we found large sheets of ice on cars like this one here on the highway, it becomes a dangerous missile. Mattress right in my windshield. I couldnt get left or right. Couldnt do anything about it. My truck is so large, you cant swerve left and right. The impact was so hard, it actually knocked the g. P. S. System right off the windshield and the device came flying dangerously close to todds head and now, the windshield gives way and you can actually feel the broken glass. Unfortunately, people dont do that theyre in such a rush. Warwick learned that the hard way. You just drive down the road. You have 500 600 700 worth of damage right there. John gonzalez abc 7 news. We also had that video when one of our photographers had taken, they put the window down and the ice sheet was still there and punch right through it. Lot of people were posting that over the weekend. It was raining ice this morning, right, everything was melting and coming down in some chunks and big drops of rain. Were all melted in most spots now. Good. Good. Watch the sheltered areas you know things that stay shaded more than anything else. That could still be slick this afternoon. Are you ready for another . No. I dont think we have a choice. I think we have a lot of things coming this week. Its going to get warmer but then were probably going to finish it off with a good bit of snow come thursday. Well walk you through this. Starting out right now with the temperature above the freezing mark, live picture from the Weather Bug Network where the temperature is 41 degrees. Laurel, maryland you look gorgeous right now look at that. A couple of high thin clouds along with the blue sky. Still a little chilly there. The roads look dry. In rockville, maryland in montgomery college, the temperature is 37. Dont see a cloud in the sky there. The wind is a little brisk here this afternoon. Getting some gusts around 30 plus miles an hour. Notice its quite a difference between the temperature and the feel factor as a result of that. Feels like 37 and 37 in gaithersburg, feeling like 27. 39 in frederick feeling like 29. And dulles, youre feeling like 30 at this hour. Sun will be abundant through the rest of the day today as High Pressure controls our weather and pushes in. Our low pressure system is pushing off to the east. We have those changes ahead. Highs this afternoon will be a little bit cooler in our northern zones in the upper 30s to lower 40s. In fredricksburg, were stay in the mid 40s in d. C. As the clouds start to roll in tonight, were expecting some changes ahead. Another little overrunning event. That means warm air comes in on top of cold air, comes down as liquid and could ice on contact or get a little sleet out of this. Heres what im expecting for the futurecast. There could be a little bit of snow to start out. Otherwise, a light mix of sleet and freezing rain. That could start by late in the Morning Hours. By the afternoon i think most of that changes to the freezing rain and will likely get icy for the evening commute. Temperatures will warm up as we head into the nighttime hours on tuesday and last with occasional rain through wednesday and well likely finish this off with snow showers wednesday night continuing into thursday morning. Heres the big key points you need to know. Wintry mix is back in the forecast by midday. Though i think it should be light and not as bad as what we had over the weekend but still, a slick evening rush especially bridges and overpasses. All rain expected on wednesday. I think it turns warmer earlier this time around. And temperatures should make it into the 50s on wednesday afternoon. This ends with a cold sector on thursday morning, cold enough for snow and accumulations will be possible. Still a little early to put any numbers on that one for you. So lets go ahead and take a look. Heres the seven day forecast whether you like it or not, im going to give it to you. Today, the rest of today will be just fine. A little breeze overnight. Just rain on wednesday with milder temperatures and then we could see some accumulating snow in the morning primarily on your thursday. Well finish off the week on the chilly side but the week understandweekend, knock on wood looks pretty good. Well set clocks ahead one hour this weekend. You lose an hour of sleep. It tells me i need to book a spring vacation very quick. Take us with you. Jacqui, thank you. Coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, a recall impacting hundreds of thousands of vehicles. What you need to know. How taking a walk or run t how long you live. Details from a new study still ahead. Many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. In this 7 on your side Health Matters report, a quick jog on the treadmill could determine how long you may live. Researchers at the mayo clinic looked at the result of 58,000 tests on patients and the patients heart rate and how highly activated their metabolism was during the test were the two best predictors of whether they would be alive in 10 years. Doctors say the studys findings are the perfect catalyst to make a lifestyle change. Now to a 7 on your side consumer alert. Hyundai is recalling more than 200,000. The problem is a problem steering defect that increases the risk of a crash. The recall affects the elantra sedan as well as touring hatchbacks from 2009 and 2010. And jacqui is in next with the information you should have before our next w ok. A little bit of a wintry mix coming in by midday tomorrow. Could be a slick evening rush. A chance of rain on wednesday. 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