Storm to stretch to the gulf coast. Where there is severe outbreaks. Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms across mississippi, alabama and louisiana. There is much warmer air in here. Much warmer air and rain comes in tomorrow. Until the warmup, tenth of an inch of ice to a quarter inch tomorrow. In the rain the rain is heavy at times. It may be an inch and a half. On top of this the region is under flood watch through the day tomorrow. We have more for you coming up. Leon as you know the unusual nature and timing to the winter storm means a lot of schools in the area will wait until the morning to make decisions for class tomorrow. Three Virginia School districts are not waiting. Stafford, spotsylvania and king george have announce tied will be closed tomorrow. We will scroll them at the bottom the screen throughout the evening. You can sign up to have the text alerts sent to your phone as soon as the child School Closes or delays you will get it instan sanously. Alison inside the district maureen the snowfall was so intense it was hard to see the capitol from a mile away. But to get to the real jackpot for this storm you had to go south. Maryland bureau chief brad bell joins us from la plata with what he found in Southern Maryland today. Brad . Brad i tell you what. If yuck is an official meteorological term it applies to now. It is cold. Starting to rain. It is not nice here. We did get six or seven inching of snow. On port tobacco road at this hour it seems conditions are improving. We witness half a dozen wrecks. In annapolis three cars collide. One driver injured. In davidsonville the drir in an blains suffering minor injuries after slamming into a light pole. Ending up on a snow bank. He is proof that fourwheel drive will not keep you on the road. I lost control of the vehicle. Brad the snowplow move the snow but when it is snowing like this, they cant possibly expect dry roads. This driver ended up the wrong way in bottom of the gully. Aaron ray stopped to help. The roads are terrible. They are terrible. Seeing it all, mike and amy decide to take a back live you can see the sheen on the tree. That is ice. In the last half hour or so, we had a downpour of rain. It is only 28 degrees here. Freezing rain is falling. So far, not seeing any problems out on the roadways. But i did slip a while ago when i stopped in a store here. That is the real concern tonight. Right now it is starting to rain a little heavier again. In la plata, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon all right. Be careful. It may be more dangerous walking than driving at this point. This wently weather didnt necessary up the roads wintry weather didnt just mess up the roads. Air travel was a nightmare in a lot of places. 285 Outgoing Flights were canceled at the reagan national, b. W. I. And dulles. Its not better on the road. Virginia stit Police Responded to 538 traffic crashes. 337 di that was all between midnight and 2 00 p. M. Vdot has 4,000 plows and other equipment working to clear the roadways now. We know that at least two local bus systems dash and the Loudoun County ended service for the day. Metro is on severe snow schedule. And Suzanne Kennedy continues our Storm Watch Team coverage out in mobiletrak 7. Where are you now . Right now we are in arlington. On 66 eastbound. It is smooth going where we are now but that is not the condition throughout the area. People need to look outside their door to make a decision as to whether or not they want to hit the roads. The conditions are going to get worse. As we go in the evening. Right now smooth sailing in back to you. Steve im steve rudin in rosslyn. We are dealing with the mist and the heaviest rain yet to arrive. Look behind me. You can see the traffic for the most part moving freely. No problems there. However sidewalks and the side roads are slick. Especially if they have not been treated. Temperatures still as mentioned below freezing. We stay below freezing we will look for a threat for the minor ice accumulation. Especially inside the capital beltway. Coming up in a few minutes the chief meteorologist will have more. Doug hill will have more on the freezing rain and what to expect in the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning. With many School Districts have to make a call to cancel school, delay it or keep it on schedule. Maureen . Maureen thank you, steve. We have gotten some memorable pictures from our viewers about the snow around our area. Jacob rudy sent us a picture of cobb island in county. Looking across neil sound. You can share your pictures with us. Email pics wjla. Com. Leon still ahead on abc7 news at 6 00 they are the symbol of america. Now two bald eagles nested in of all places the nations capital. Where you can see them. Wait for the just laid eggs to hatch ahead. Alison looking back at the Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalias life. Maureen breaking news. Paramedics have just take an woman to a hospital after sledding accident. It happened in the country club in chevy chase. She reportedly slid into a tree. Injuries are not life threatening. Leon update from prince georges county. Investigators tell us they have no suspects in the death of a con man turned government witness. The body of el atari found in a pickup truck in Upper Marlboro saturday afternoon. Investigators say he had been shot. He got out of jail after testifying against other inmates. Maureen as you know it is tax season. Here is motivation to get you filing fast. Not the promise of a big refund but the threat of someone stealing your money. Tonight at 11 00, 7 on your side shows you how easy it is for scammers to take your personal information and buy documents they need online. It happens over and over. When the fake refunds are filed, we all end up paying for them. Well explain tonight at 11 00. The weather outside echoed the sadness inside a maryland church. Visitation is underway for the Harford County deputy pat dailey. Dailey and fellow Deputy Mark Logsdon were killed last week in abingdon. The former marine, the funeral is deputy logsdons funeral is scheduled for saturday. The gunman was wanted in connection with the near Fatal Shooting of his exwife in 1996. He was shot in an exchange of gunfire. Maureen next at 6 00 following the death of justice Antonin Scalia. Local reaction is pouring in. Focusing on his deep devotion to his faith and his heritage. Im Jeff Goldberg. We have more coming up. Leon we have this word just coming in. Faquier county joins the list of schools closed for tomorrow. Doug hill has more with who is at risk for freezing rain and ice tonight. Maureen abc7 wants to keep you ahead of the weather. The good morning Washington Team is with you half an hour early tomorrow with the latest on the School Conditions and delays at you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates, answer the call already. Maureen look at the video on the right of your screen. Two foxes playing on green space at a must be awfully cold. Having a good time. You can share your storm images by emailing pics wjla. Com. Leon despite that snow a couple of dozen people rallied toads Supreme Court today. They were demanding a vote from the senate. This is after the Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell and other republicans said president obama should let the next president appoint the replacement for the late Antonin Scalia. Ted cruz already has an ad on the issue attacking donald trump. Life, marriage, religious liberty, the second amendment. We are one Supreme Court justice away from losing it all. Leon fellow candidate marco rubio joined cruz calling for the next president to make the selection of the new justice. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are blasting the republicans on this issue. Republican john kasich in michigan decried the political fighting that erupted within minutes of Antonin Scalias death announced. Arrived at the Dulles International airport. Tonight abc7 goes beyond politics to look at the life of the conservative justice as a Northern Virginia resident. As Jeff Goldberg reports the late justice was strongly tied to his italian heritage. Jeff among the countless d. C. Power players to sit down for a cut at diego hair sal lon in dupont circle, Antonin Scalia stood out. I miss him already. He is a great guy. Jeff the owner, native of italy, says scalia was filled with great rumor and great pride in his roots. He is really open italian. Really lovely italian. Jeff son of italian immigrant from sicily, he traveled to italy for many times and was a prominent supporter of the National Italian foundation. A patriotic american, but i think always cognizant. Im proud of his italian ethnic heritage. Jeff we was deeply devoted catholic. In this local Catholic Community he will be greatly missed. The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of arlington saying this of scalia. The perhaps encouraged to us be faithful to our own responsibilities, familiar, religious or vocationm. His wisdom brought clarity to issues. His witness to truth enabled us to seek to do the same. This is justice scalia. The owner and head chef at al tieramsu. He used to speak to me in half italian and half american. Jeff he remembered a powerful presence. Lover of pasta and all things italian. Having someone so high profile to represent the heritage is a question of pride. Northwest washington, Jeff Goldberg its a family. One of us. Jeff abc7 news. Maureen the eagles are taking turn incubating the eggs. The eggs should hatch in a month. You can find the eagle cam going to wjla. Com and clicking on this story. Leon we will help you protect your little ones. We are just getting word of more school closings. We will keep you posted on the bottom of the screen. Loudoun county now in Charles County added to the list that included faquier county moments ago. Keep your eyes on the bottom of the screen. Watch that and listen to doug. Doug that works. Maureen here is your chance. Doug lets get to it. Tell you about the freezing rain we had across the area. Only 29. That the high so far at reagan national. The sooner it gets to 33, the better for all of us so th 47 and 31 are the averages. We continue in winter storm area, that is shaded in pink. Until 4 00 a. M. The rest of the region is under the weather winter advisory. The temperatures are key. Precipitation of the form of rain that freezes on contact. Freezing rain. 33 or higher is still rain but it doesnt freeze anymore. In the upper 20s across most of the area. It comesd continues to freeze. We have the patches of freezing rain. In between its freezing drizzle. Cold air overhead with snow. Most of the story the rest of the way is freezing rain and freezing drizzle. More patches. Coming across Central North Carolina now. Continues to get larger area of freezing rain this will move north northeast through the area. Even freezing rain in charlotte. The cold air is well corridor and the west. It is warmer. Just inland from the coast in north carolina. Hampton loads. That is encouraging to us. Warmer west as well. Until the change over in the temperatures, wi will see ice accumulate. Onetenth of an inch accumulating and up to a quarter inch in the west. The future cast shows continuation of freezing rain. We have two computer models here. One to show precipitation. The other is showing the freezing line. Watch. 9 30 at night the freezing line indicated southeast of the city. Midnight is closer to washington. Warm air overnight will take over and the problems will improve ice wise. Look at this. Tomorrow morning a slug of heavy rain. Enough rain inch toage and a h to an inch and a half expected tomorrow morning. That is enough to cause the one to one and a half inches of rain expected by that time. That is a tough go with the drainage areas. After that, it looks better. Wednesday we hit upper 40s. Lower 40s and then mid40s friday with sunshine. Check out the weekend. Hope. Partly sunny. Highs near 60 saturday and sunday. Stay with us. I lead the 11 oclock news with stories of gun violence. And like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. In congress, ill fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. Lets show the nra were not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. Im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Robert welcome back. Thousands of volleyball players around the country flock to the Washington Convention center today. Our own Erin Hawksworth was there. And interviews one of the d. M. V. s top players. This is just one of 1100 teams in the a6 capitol hill classic at the Washington Convention center. We figured out how to build the court in the convention center. Since it started from 18 courts to now 120 courts and 11,000 players nationwide. And canada. This is a fun tournant environment. At 65, Holly Carlton played in the tournament every year with her local club team metro. Cmon erin what do you get out of it and what does the team get out of this atmosphere and this much volleyball . Its down be a role model for the younger girls. I remember looking up to the big players. So its fun to be a team that everybody watches. Robert bad news to report here. Maryland has suspended the star freshman diamond stone. Stone was hit with a flagrant foul in saturdays loss to wisconsin. Got to watch the flagrants. Leon got to watch that. All right. Maureen got to watch this weather unfortunately. Doug yeah. Take a look. The first thing is steve rudin in the weather center. He will be in watching the freezing rain. A lot of it tonight. Looking ahead to milder days ahead. Catch the report tonight. Maureen we will. World news tonight is up next. Leon stay off the roads and to old town, alexandria to ask folks some questions about the area. Lets go. What common snack was first grown right here in virginia . Grapes . Peanuts peanuts fresh roasted peanuts man laughs peanuts did that surprise you . That was very surprising you know what else might surprise you . Geico is the number one auto insurer in the d. C. Metropolitan area. Call or click today to see how much you could save with geico. Breaking news tonight. The travel chaos at this hour. A deadly mix of snow, ice and rain. More than 2,000 accidents. Major travel delays. And at least six tornadoes reported, as this major system moves through, winter alerts from georgia, all the way up to maine. Trumps tirade, taking aim late today at jeb bush and his brother, the former president , who was out on the trail for the first time. The World Trade Center came down during your brothers reign. And what donald trump is now threatening to do. And epic battle under way over the Supreme Court. The death of justice Antonin Scalia, and now, the fight over his successor. The scare in the air. The passenger jet headed to new york, 252 people onboard. And the emergency in the cockpit. And, going to the dogs