We are definitely waking up very chilly again. Many of us in the single digits. The wind is a little more calm. There are no advisories to get us started. It is 19 in the city. What a difference between that temperature and all of the suburbs in the outlying areas. It is six in martinsburg. Gaithersburg, seven. Our weather headline for today, it is going to be a chilly start. You want to bundle up today. Changes begin this afternoon. Our temperatures are going to begin to rebound. We will make it above freezing today. It could be talking 50 degrees as we head towards the weekend. Bee unsettled conditions can expected late into the weekend and early next week. More details on that from the belfort furniture Weather Center in a few minutes. Lets get a check on traffic. Amanda meadows is at wtop. We have lots of activity on the roadways. We have a tractortrailer on fire on 66. You can see the right lane is blocked. That is as you come in through centreville. That is near route 28. He prepared for some minor to moderate delays. You will want to stay to the left if you are heading along 66 eastbound. We also have a crash on 270 northbound, through rockville. That is in the local lane. That will effect your commute as you come up through rockville. There are two vehicles at exit 6. That is going to be with a fuel spill. That could take a little while to clear. Another accident along route seven, coming from herndon. That is blocking traffic between there and the dulles toll road. Police are directing you around it. The beltway is beautiful on both sides. Where getting reports of construction along the bay bridge. That may slow you down a little bit. I will send it back to autria and jummy. The largest cities is still stuck this morning. Abandoned vehicles litter highways in the atlanta area. Hundreds of schools are shut down this morning. Mary bruce has the latest. Chaos,r two days of cold the cleanup is finally underway. After much of the south was paralyzed by a rare winter storm. It is bad. Fellst two inches of snow in atlanta, but the city was blanketed in slick ice, bringing it to a halt. I was on ice, it kept slipping. Jammed for miles with no way out. Many forere stranded, almost 24 hours. One mother to be gave birth on 85. More drivers will return to cars they were forced to abandon. We got stuck behind a couple of trucks. We ran out of gas. The National Guard has been called in to help. The freeze, no match for classic southern hospitality. To themaritans also came rescue, eager to lend a hand. Sheltered ine place. Hundreds of children in georgia and alabama were trapped at school. The roads were too dangerous for them to leave. Many ask whyta, officials were not better prepared. I have been on the road for 16 hours. Someone needs to be held accountable. The governor admits mistakes were made. We have lessons we need to learn. Person is dead and another in Critical Condition after a shooting involving an offduty Montgomery CountyPolice Officer. It happened on lake katrine terrace in gaithersburg. The two victims and the officer, who was not her, were the only ones in the house. Who was not hurt, were the only ones in the house. They were very loved. It is very sad. Say they will release more information after other family members are notified. Two families are temporarily homeless after a fire destroyed their home. A blazer broke out on compton avenue. Water they use to put out the fire quickly turned to ice. The cause of the fire is under investigation. For memorial a set today the two People Killed in the Columbia Mall shooting. Apologized for his actions before carrying out the attack. He suffered from Mental Health problems, but did not seek help. He kept it hidden from his family. His journal also shows he wanted to die and thought about killing people, although he did not specify anyone by name. Apologizes toy his family for what he was about to do. D. C. Police are asking for your help to identify men who robbed someone at gunpoint at a driveup atm. If you know anything, you are asked to call d. C. Police. A new warning for people in West Virginia after the chemical spill. West virginia residents are aftery tap water weary the discovery of not one, but to chemicals during a spell this month. Ut 300 people are being 300,000 people are being warned, shower at your own risk. Arets are here inhaling formaldehyde while showering. The chemical that spilled into the elk river is now breaking down as formaldehyde. It is colorless, but can cause burning eyes and throat. The epa says it causes cancer. Inhaling is more dangerous than ingesting. The lungs are more permeable. The chemical is most evident when taking a hot shower. State officials declared the water safe for human consumption a week after this bill. After the spill. They say they tested the water and it shows no traces of formaldehyde. The d. C. Fireust Department Taking heat for the death of an elderly man. City leaders are in the crosshairs. We will tell you why. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. At first, were protecting networks. Then, we were protecting the transfer of data. And today its evolved to infrastructure. Finance. And military missions. Were constantly innovating to advance the front line in the cyber battle, wherever it takes us. Thats the value of performance. Northrop grumman. Welcome back. We want to get a check of the weather. It is still chilly stepping out this morning. Lets get to jacqui jeras. Good morning. It is very much on the cold side. We are a little bit warmer inside the city. It is very cold in the outlying areas. Reagan national is at 19 degrees. The wind is light. The windchill factor is down a little bit. The seal factor is 11. Our skies are clear. We are clear, that allows us to cool down. It will be a beautiful day. You will want the sunglasses. Getting earlier, at 7 16. And still cold. About 18 degrees at 9 00 this morning. By noon, sunny, with 28 degrees. 34, above freezing, this afternoon. The High Temperature will be about 35 degrees. Still below average, but we are above freezing. It will be warming as we head towards the weekend. Lets get our traffic report with amanda. We already have activity on 66 eastbound. That is near centerville at route 28. We can see that the right lane is partially blocked with the fire response and activity. A tractortrailer caught fire. They are dealing with that at this time. Stay to the left if you have to come in from gaithersburg towards centerville. We also have a crash working on 270. This is on the local lanes northbound. That is right near exit 6. Looks good, as does the dulles toll road. 95 is moving along from virginia, nicely. Beltway, 395to the northbound runs in the smoothly towards the 14th street corridor. I will send it back to autria and jummy. Controversy surrounding the d. C. Fire department is growing. Why the districts top leaders are under fire after an elderly mans and death. Cory remsburg talks about the standing of version standing ovation during the state of the union. A shooting involving a Montgomery CountyPolice Officer leaves one person dead and another in Critical Condition. It happened at a home in gaithersburg. At theicer was offduty time. All of the people in the house were relatives. The officer was not hurt. A visual be held tonight for the two People Killed inside the mall in columbia. It will take place in front of the exterior fountain plaza. Police released new information about the shooters journal. He hid his Mental Illness and apologized to love ones before the attack. One of the largest cities is still stuck this morning after snow and ice swept through the south. Abandon vehicles abandoned vehicles littered the highways and alanna. Many schools are still shut in atlanta. Many schools are still shut down. D. C. s top leaders are under fire for the death of a longtime city employee. He suffered a heart attack next to a d. C. Fire station. No one inside the station would help save his life. We have more on what went wrong and what is being done. Thaturces tell us lieutenant davis is one of the employees at the center of the investigation. Mills dead. L the 77yearold collapsed in cardiac arrest over the weekend, across the street from engine 26 on rhode island avenue. A number of people went across the street to ask for help. They were told to call 911. Everything i have seen up to now is horrific. If they could have gone wrong, it did. No one came out of the firehouse to help this , theeman, the other thing ambulance that was dispatched, was dispatched to the wrong place. Mills daughter, she is not remained silent either. Protocol is heartless. The person stood there and watched the entire thing and did not help. Those who rushed over to the fire hall first met a rookie, who has only been on the job for a couple of months. Asked lieutenant davis what to do and she said they have to call 911. She then returned to her bunk room. Where is Kenneth Ellerbe in this case . He has yet to speak publicly. He is working diligently behind the scenes to get to the bottom of this investigation. The deputy mayor and mayor will take the lead on the case. The Wounded Warrior who received a standing ovation during the state of the union is back home in arizona this morning. Cory remsburg was a guest of the first lady. He said it was incredibly humbling and an honor for him and everyone did so to an america. He loved the and every wounded soldier in america. He is happy to be back in therapy training. Todays a big day for the class of 2014 at the u. S. Naval academy. Today is the ships selection ceremony. Select their first ship and home port assignment. The ceremony is tonight at 6 30. Those are lot of saying send me to san diego. Anywhere but norfolk. Most of the snow will be gone , at least around here, by the weekend. We could be talking about rain showers to help rush everything away. It is very cold. We still have snow. In manassas. At dulles. Annapolis, 1degrees. A little bit warmer for you. 19 at reagan national. When you add in the wind, the windchill factor is in the single digits. A few spots are at subzero. Quantico, negative five. Thisstown is also at 3 at hour. Yesterday, we made it into the low 20s. Look at our averages. 44 and 29. Today, we are still not going to get into this range. We will be making progress. Only about 10 degrees below average. Temperatures. Look at omaha, nebraska. 39 degrees. It is warmer in minneapolis then we are here. Were going to watch the warm air head our way. Today we are stuck in between two systems. We are attacking tracking the jetstream. It is allowing us to be in a school or sector, but we will see this jetstream pattern change as we progress towards the weekend and that will be lifting on up to the north. That will put us in the warmer sack her and we could be hitting 50 degrees as we head into the weekend. Ours take a look at forecast today mostly sunny. The temperatures will be in the low to mid 30s. Tomorrow, 40 seven degrees. 50 by the weekend. Unsettled by the sunday. By sunday. D we have a crash working along 66, if you commute through centerville. We have eyes on this. This is a vehicle fire. A tractortrailer fire has the right side block with fire and emergency crews. Stay to the left. We are starting to see moderate traffic. We also have activity on 270 reported. That is through rockville in the local lanes. Youll run into the right side being closed. That has a fuel spill, so that may hang out for a little bit as you come up 270 north, this morning. We have construction on the bw parkway as you try to access the green belt. Not too bad, otherwise. Bridge, noreet incidents or link closures to report. Route 5 moves in quite nicely all the way to camp springs. I will send it back to you. News have some breaking coming in about ukraines president. Robert lyles is down at the live desk. Surprising information. Asis taking sick leave political crises continue without a sign of resolution in their country. Theap is reporting on website that he is on sick leave due to an acute respiratory illness and high fever. There is no indication of how long he will be on leave or whether he will be able to do any work. He is under pressure after two months of protests seeking his resignation. The countrys parliament voted to repeal an antiprotest law. E was set to formally sign it the Prime Minister has resigned. That is the latest. Back to you. What a mess. An incredible gift this morning for a teenager battling cancer. A he is taking the trip of lifetime. It is all thanks to a stranger. We will explain coming up. A big surprise for nevada team with stage four cancer. He is getting a free trip to the big game. They are a gift from a family fighting their own battle with cancer. Cody is not only getting free tickets, all of his trip related expenses will be paid for, too. Hear something to make you smile this morning. One woman is taking the recent snowstorm in stride. She is reenacting atlantas massive tract it traffic jam with hot wheels cars. I have a feeling that the governor and the mayor of atlanta would not find that too funny. Theyre still trying to clean up. Welcome news for the washington post. The papers new owner is opening up about a change of course that has many people excited. What is it . We will tell you. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, weve always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. Providing technology to get more detail. Detect hidden threats. See the whole picture. Process critical information, and put it in the hands of our defenders. Reaching constantly evolving threats before they reach us. Thats the value of performance. Northrop grumman. Snow and ice is still around this morning. We are live with what you need to know before you go. We are watching a developing story out of gaithersburg. We are set to learn more about a deadly shooting involving a Montgomery CountyPolice Officer. An Italian Court is deliberating a verdict in amanda knoxs retrial. Live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is good morning washington, on your side. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org good morning, washington. Happy to have you along with us on this friday. We are looking forward this friday eve. We are looking forward to friday already. A list of School Closings is scrolling across the