Snowfall, a transition from rain to snow. Out near st. Marys county and southern parts of Charles County, that is where we are seeing more of that snow coming down and that is where i expect more snow. Shades of purple, this is where we are looking at the Winter Weather advisory. Shades of pink are the Winter Weather storm warning. This extends all the way to parts of louisiana. 1300 milesing about of some kind of Winter Weather advisory or storm warning. I want to get right to your totals and tell you what we are expecting by tomorrow night. Swath, including the d. C. Metro, we are going to see in the tofour range. The farther west you go, the less you will see. There could easily be a sliver, not a huge area with some totals exceeding six inches snow, mainly to the southeast. There are definitely times that will be better in terms of being able to see or avoid that snow. I will have that for you. Our temperatures are going to tank bigtime. Sure is here. As you bundle up for a cozy night in, we want to hear from you, how you feel about this snow. Com to vote now. Go to the explorer tab. For more, lets turn to brad bell. Brad i want to show you something here. We are in Prince Georges County for the first snow event of the year. All of the salt is still piled to the rafters. They have not even started loading it hardly at all. You can see that did the pay and areve gone home going to come back tonight. Here, they are very calm about this storm. That is what we are hearing from plain folks. We have done all we do before. Nowstorms around here pretreatment with brine. Ready, hooking up plows to dump trucks. We were even there for the first scoop loaded from a salt dome into the spreader truck. We went to a grocery store, all the usual stuff. Ourthing is missing, traditional fear of snow. It dont matter because its not going to be that much snow, only like two inches. Knowis guy didnt really snow was expected. I dont really Pay Attention to the news. Theres so much shenanigans happening. Even at the department of public works, there is stress. We really dont expect it to stick to the pavement, but we are doing some pretreating toay, and we will continue monitor the roadways just in case there is a change in the weather pattern. She even told us they are viewing this as a kind of celebration because it is the first mobilization of the year. Regarding the roads and getting equipment out there, asphalt temperatures are pretty warm. No one is expecting there to be snowof a problem from this on the highways. Well see. Texas a m turned into a bit of a winter wonderland. Check this out. Quad. Ts were taken to the a couple inches of snow. Snow angels, sledding, snowmen, you get it. Do you want to build a snowman . I really wanted to sing it, but i thought i would spare all of you. Parents in mississippi probably sing it as much as we do, but when is the last time they got to do it . Just a couple inches is a big deal in the deep south. Make sure you dont get caught off guard by winter. Get the abc 7 app on google or in the apple store. Shocking news in Fairfax County where six people have died from overdoses in the past week. The epidemic is gripping the area. 2234. Tims are between Police Believe there are patches of heroin on the streets laced with deadly opioids that synthetic opioids that are lethal even in small doses. Congressman franks announced he will leave congress today. Said hisement, hes wife was admitted to the hospital last night you to an ongoing ailment. The best thing for me now would be to tender my resignation immediately. He came under fire after asking staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate. The arab bread horses trying to get away from fires, and it thoroughbred horses trying to get away from fires. An incredible shot. At times, it looked like lava running down the side of the volcano. Of a houses have been reduced to ash. We go to Marcy Gonzales for the latest. Firefighters here in Los Angeles County have made a lot of progress. Many of the evacuation orders here have been lifted. The fires to the north and south are and growing. Neighborhoods lit up for the flames asavaged by the lilac fire in san diego scorching 4000 acres in fewer than 12 hours spreads. The fire was coming right at us. You could feel the heat from the fire. 10,000 residents evacuated. At least four people injured trying to escape. 85 homes and other buildings damaged or destroyed. Crews racing to save others, catching the family inside this house off guard. All six fires are fueled by strong santa ana winds. The wind is as strong as i have ever seen it. Carryingdigit gusts smoldering embers, making the contain. Fficult to when a hurricane hits, there is no stopping it. There is no stopping them. The damage left behind is overwhelming. The woodsnot out of yet. Absolutely not. We need to get out there and make sure all the hotspots are taken care of. Until every hotspot is out, we wont be completely out of the woods. In ventura county, the largest fire growing even more, flames destroying 400 structures across 132,000 acres, threatening communities all the way to the coast. While it is breezy today, the winds are not nearly as powerful as they were yesterday. The wind warning will stay in effect through the weekend. Live in sylmar, abc seven eyewitness news. Nancy there are now half a dozen active fires across southern california. The largest is the thomas fire near venture up. This point and just 10 contained. A lot to keep track of. Keep it here on world news tonight and stream our newscast abc newsugh the wjla app. Back here locally, the search for Pamela Butler today. Teams of officers searching in between therea locals and the express lanes. Butlers killer pleaded guilty, but her body has never been found. Sam takes us behind the scenes of todays search. We are along interstate 95 of this 147 mile marker highway, where d. C. Police came solve a nearly nineyearold mystery. As t , the highway was closed so authorities could search the area for the remains of Pamela Butler, who disappeared nearly nine years ago. Her brother, derek butler, was among those watching the search with cadaver dogs. And over,p going over up and down. It has to come to an end at some point. Butlers boyfriend confessed he strangled her. Uring an argument in exchange for a 12 year prison sentence, he agreed to tell authorities where he buried the body. The problem is, there was no expressway here in 2009. What is now a highway then was woods. Yes at that time, it would have a standard median, heavily wooded, no development. They needed old photographs to pinpoint the location but derek butler says he is confident they will find the spot. We are talking nine years. Do withwhat animals remains in things like that. Of course, derek butler and his family want remains to give their sister a proper burial. A pressice will have conference within the hour. Will it be good news or hopeful news . Or maps we can tell you when we come back. Thanks for that. Bringing guns to work and we are not talking about Police Officers. To shuttle bus drivers got into a fight. One pulled a gun and other. What happened . Brianne speaking to police, there is no update, no identity, no word on whether charges will be filed. This is an isolated parking lot. You can see to shuttle buses. Police say this all happened. Workers on this property got into a fight earlier this morning. One of the two men got a gun and according to witnesses filed multiple shots. The two men knew each other and did not get along. One died on scene. The other was taken into custody. Folks say they heard the gunshots rang out. It was a gunshot. I was like i didnt know about that. Back here lies, you can see shuttle here live, you can see shuttle buses on the property. You can also see a Different Company bringing workers off the parking lot in the last hour or so. We have learned tonight that another Shuttle Bus Company was called this morning to come in and make sure the workers can come to the parking lot and do their job next week as well. Thank you. A 7 on your side health alert coming up. Breast cancer in remission, but a new test could pinpoint who is more likely than others for a relapse. And this. Holy cow. Car. Ed in a burning the officers baton not breaking the glass and the fire extinguisher not strong enough. Body cam foota these two were pulled to safety. This man ended up becoming a priest but the victims of his hateful act say an apology is not enough. Who they are suing may surprise you. We are watching weather in Southern Maryland. It will be often on tonight, off and on tonight, picking 40 years ago, this couple was living in college park. They looked outside their window and saw a burning cross. Is man who admitted doing it now an ordained priest. The couple says his apology is not enough. Barbara and Phillip Butler discovered the smoldering cross on their front lawn all those years ago. We saw this for the first time settlement checks to them that shouldve been settled many, many years ago. And then there is this, the handwritten letter of apology from the priest who is at the center of this case. S, this is not over. They have 23,000 settlement check and a of apology. Letter in it he writes, one thing that kept me from apologizing to you directly shame for what i did. I didnt know how to deal with it. You deserved an apology, but i did not demonstrate the strength needed to face you. I hope you can forgive me. He says the Catholic Church was complicit. He is trying to get nearly 29 thousand dollars in interest of that is owed to the butlers and their attorney, who let the settlement lapse. They say they are not happy about getting the apology. Coming up at 5 00, how will this complicated case and . Health alert. Women, listen up. There is a new Breast Cancer blood test. It is conducted five years after treatment and could help identify a relapse even before a lump or any other symptoms may appear. Are just preliminary findings, but doctors are now searching for stray cancer cells that can get into the blood during treatment. This is out of atlanta. , it you look at this video is incredible that anyone survived. Its all thanks to the determination of Police Officers. They are working to keep things under control as the pair inside pleads for help. The odds were against them. The door of the car was jammed. Even the police baton could not break through the window. For me, it was a dramati i dont want to die. It was kind of rough at times. Absolutely. Jugmen poured water from a onto the burning car and it bought them enough car until enough time until firefighters got there. How incredibly scary. Terrifying. Behind us, they have snow on the roads in asheville. Bill that is going to be one of the big differences with this snow maker. I do not expect three or four inches of snow on the roads. Surface temperatures are up, but more on the grasses, your car in the morning, trash cans, bushes, that kind of thing. Which is not to say that the roads will not be slippery if you are traveling tonight and tomorrow. A couple things. Now at reagan, way above the freezing mark. Thats having an effecon road temperatures. We are also looking at how dry the air as. It makes a difference as to how much snow could fall. Lets get right to the satellite radar. Nothing going on around the metro region. I would not expect a rough commute in terms of snowing over the next hour or two. Most of it is down to the south. Is snowing right now in st. Marys county and parts of Charles County where you see darker shades of blue. That is where the snow is coming down. Not every bit of it is going to stick because of the temperatures. In all prime the ground way. Notice this goes all the way to the gulf. This is what we have in store for us tomorrow. Current weather alerts. Pink shades are a winter storm warning. Purple is a weather advisory, and that does include our area. D. C. Metro in purple until 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. Until 7 00. Warning t hourbyhour timing. Futurecast keeps this out. In some of our southern counties, that is where the heaviest total is going to be. 11 00 tonight, we should still have a few snow showers around the metro. If you have evening plans, i think you will be fine. It will be close. To seeht, we will start snow kick up in the area. 8 00,ow morning, 7 00, you get some snow on the ground. Our heaviest time will likely be mid morning through afternoon. Notice all the blue on the map. That is snow. Surface, we are still above freezing. That is why not every bit is going to stick to the ground. When you walk outside, it will be wet, heavy snow. By tomorrow evening, that kicks out of here, a few lingering sn evening plans, chances are you are going to be ok. Snowfall potential, generalized tofour around the d. C. Metro and in that swath. Some areas could pick up four, maybe even six inches. Most likely snowing. A love and 00, the best chance of moderate snowfall. , the best chance of moderate snowfall. 3739 for your daytime highs. With the windchill, i doubt we are above freezing for the weekend. We have another front on tuesday that will knock our temperature down to freezing for the High Temperature on wednesday. Right now, we are focused on the snow maker. Is richmond, very snowy looking. This is i95 a little outside or through richmond. On the sides of the roads, the roads look here. Kind of rain can close things down. This is certainly going to put a slowdown on the commute. Kind of nice to have this happen on a saturday to ease us into this. Still to come, one year later, and g. M. National harbor celebratin welcome back. This is what it looked like one year ago when Mgm National Harbor opened up. Since then, it has been a nonstop flow of people. Details on how they are celebrating the first anniversary. The conservatory has been decorated for the holidays. They flipped a week and a half ago. Tonight, to celebrate their oneyear anniversary, this will be set up as a party with live music. Place has been, by any account, an absolute success. In the year that it has been open, they have seen 6 million visitors. On gaming revenue has been the order of 600 Million Dollars and a contribution to the trust fund, 170 million. These were the projections mgm pris one of the things they are most proud of is that they have exceeded their goals for local hiring. Our goal our first year was and 2, 40 5 one for years three and four. We have already exceeded our fouryear goal. This place he works is making a positive difference in the community. The community, my family, my friends, Everybody Loves coming here. It is a destination resort. Tonight, just like one year ago, there will be a celebration here, the oneyear anniversary of mgm. Live entertainment, and fireworks at 10 30 p. M. At mgm harbor, brad bell, abc 7 news. Now seeing maryland snow sticking to the grass. The latest and what it means for totals. A 75 fine this just in. Schools canceled saturday activities. Probably a good idea. Snow we are going to see in the area, probably not as much on the roads, but still, two or three inches in Fairfax County, and it is the first round. That makes a huge difference. It is going to be those thick, wet flakes. Here is what it looks like. I want to widen it out. Look how dark the blue is. Intove snow coming down Southern Maryland and up into delaware and that is just the early part of the snow. The winter storm warning. We have a Winter Weather advisory that includes the d. C. Metro, areas to the north, parts of maryland all the way to the maryland line. Untilry in effect tonight 4 00 p e is the snowfall general here is the generalized snowfall that we have. We are going to go a generalized 24 around the d. C. Metro. The record for tomorrow is 1. 6. We have only had four days on tomorrows data that have had an inch of snow or greater and the records go back to the 1800s. By far, it looks like the heaviest totals will be to the south. We are going to talk much more about the timing coming up and the temperature. The normal high this time of around 50 degrees. Are you excited or maybe not so much about the potential for snowfall . We want to hear from you. Many people are sharing their thoughts on social media. What are they saying . Reaction. I am seeing a lot of excitement. A lot of people are looking forward to the first snow of the season. Someone calling himself d. C. Snow expert in jokes that if than fournot get more inches tomorrow, i will like myself on fire. Another person says so excited, really hoping for accumulation. Snow and netflix. Others are sharing their preparation. One says she went to target to get snow boots, cookie mix, and wine. Isnt that the way to do it . And finally, because this is washington, two inches in d. C. Tomorrow means the government will reopen sometime in march. People are probably excited because it is happening on a weekend. Otherwise, we would probably be timing is everything. We are supposed to show you some snow here, but it looks like we dont have that video. Right, the system was frozen. This is a live look at leonard. Traffic moving slowly. Dont miss an update, even when you are away from the tv. Download the storm watch weather app. Moving on, calling a Police Officer names typically does not go over well, and now a bethesda man faces 15 years in prison for doing that and more. The sign in downtown bethesda turns onighthand weekdays between 4 007 00 p. M. Police ticketed the accused for doing just that, and he was not thrilled, to say the least. Last month, eugene let Montgomery County left Montgomery County District Court with orders to pay a 75 dollars traffic ticket. In a fit of fury, the 35yearold returned home and sent a barrage of older facebook and Text Messages to the officer who cited him. Like fat, bald, ugly, broken, jealous. Text asking, are you there, fat boy . On a doughnut break . Applying for welfare . Another said to just kill yourself. There would be less shame in that than living your life out. Alsoers claim that the man found the officers Social Security number and signed him up for addti aback by the outright harassment. They got he did not become violent or act on anything that could have hurt this officer. Telephone, his defense attorney told me they are looking for a mutually acceptable resolution. However, police say the 34yearold has a history of this behavior. We will talk more about that at 6 00. Storyarning, this next starts with disturbing video. Its body cam video of an officer shooting an unarmed man last year. Crawl toward me. Crawl toward me. Yes, sir. [gunshots] clearly, he was complying. We froze the video as he officer. The video shows the victim reaching toward his waistband as the officer opens fire. Thoughtcer testified he the victim was reaching for a gun. If you have ever wondered where all the pacifiers disappeared too, they were not under the couch. The stunning discovery that should be a clue. If they open presents, they must be experts at wrapping them. See what happens when when it comes to holiday shopping, my wife loves style, my son is all about technology and my daughter . She just loves horses. Dont you just love onestop shopping . I do. Ring in the holidays with buick. Get up to 20 below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. Thats over 7,100 on this Buick Envision essence. Experience the new buick this holiday season. Are you good at wrapping presents . When i am. I am terrible. Well, its worth inside that counts, right . , this ishese gifts what kids say. Do you know how expensive this is . Wrecks expensive. How much do you think wrapping paper costs . 100. Are you ready . Lets wrap, go. Ok, we got one. Times up. Lets take a look. Now, what in the world happened here . I thought you said you knew how to wrap presents. Looks pretty good like that. , all right. N here i mean, not bad. [laughter] should have asked, do you guys like opening presence . That wouldve been a definite yes. On top of the you latest storm arriving. Bill kelly president s travel ban, affecting people from six a nations, is in effect. Are the president s tweets at the center of arguments for and against the ban. The fight over the travel ban is back in court and the president s own tweets are the subject of arguments on its legality. The president has continued to make statements some people regard as antimuslim. Another asking do we just ignore reality and look at legality to determine how to handle this case . Fourth circuit to and to reverse a lower court decision. And, run, syria, somalia, yemen are part of the lawsuit. Banned in countries the lawsuit. It doesntouse said matter if videos are accurate. Whether it is a real video, the threat israel, and that is what the president is talking about. In court, the government argued to bed while the president s tweets are official, the content is not legally resident. Relevant. Lawyers argued its clear on the record that the president has continued to make statements of hostility toward muslims. To go into full effect even while its legality is still being fought in the lower court. Today the state department announced, our embassies and consulates around the world are still fully implementing the ban. Whatever the decision, the Supreme Court will have the final say. Serena marshall, abc seven eyewitness news. The final jobs report released this year is better than expected. Inost 200 30,000 jobs added november. The Unemployment Rate unchanged and still at a 17 year low. The downside, wages are only up to. 5 . The last time unemployment was low, wages grew it almost twice the pace they are on now. What in oklahoma family did not expect was that their dog eating their babies pacifiers. The vet discovered 21 in the caused the the diet sharpei to lose weight. This is the craziest surgery we have ever done. We thought there were 79 in there. I pulled out 21. The dog is on the mend and will be going home soon. The owners say the home is now baby proof and pacifier proof. Most of us know who are cool oural biological parents are and whether we have brothers most of us know who our biological parents are and whether we have brothers and sisters. But for those who dont, there are questions. Silvia has been given an early gift by her daughter. I feel so. I have never felt so thankful my entire life or anything. The 66yearold Arlington Woman now knows where she came from. To give that gift to her there are no words. Sylvia was adopted when she was around four years old, growing up as the only child of two africanamerican parents, knowing only that her birth name was dorothy. Her whole life, she felt that something was not right. I did not look like my adopted mother. She was dark skinned. People used to ask whose little girl she was keeping. She and her daughter set off on a genealogical journey, an unknown path into her past. They did a dna test through ancestry. Com. For the first time, i saw who i look like. I thought she was beautiful. I loved her right then. Reunion waseks, a planned. We were a little nervous going down there. I was like, does everybody know were black . Sylvia met her three brothers as well as her longlost family. I hugged them, and we did not want to let go. It was beautiful. Questionsecades of and uncertainty, one simple test providing clarity. I have a whole new outlook on life. A life that includes a family she never knew she had. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Fascinating. Knowing your roots is very cool. How about this . The interstate traffic is not bad. On that picture, you can see the difference between the grassy area and the road. Its going to be a huge difference this weekend. Surface temperatures were up as well, which is going to be very helpful. In terms of what its going on in our area right now, you can see the clouds. Temperaturewise, everybody is above freezing. You definitely want to wear layers. 41 in woodbridge. This is a map of the road surface temperature, actual temperature on the pavement. Notice that around the metro, we are in the 4146 degree range. Snow falls, it will instantly melt on contact, especially when treated as they are right now. The grassy areas are not treated, so you will see more snow. Here is a generalized snowfall. We talked about it. We will do it again in a few minutes. For the first half of the day tomorrow, we are going to say mid morning or early afternoon, a widespread swath, 24 inches in spots, the heaviest totals are going to be to the southeast. The farther west you go, the less chance you have, most likely the less totals. Lets talk about the first snow. Oryou look at the last four five years, it was in january. Last several years. December 5 back in 2013. You have to go back to 2013 to find it earlier. Even close. That was october 10, 1979. The latest first snow we have ever had was february 23. That was in 1973. A wintry mixto get thoroughly, generally snow, and the heaviest is going to be during the morning tomorrow into the early afternoon. Off into thetaper 30s. It will feel like january, and cold january at that. Another cold front on tuesday, that one looking dry. Back above the freezing mark for wednesday. Thanks. It is the most wonderful time of the year for porch pirates. We are on your side w what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. This is the season for giving. It is also the season for taking from front porches around the d c area and package theft is worse than ever with some thieves now following delivery drivers. We have seen it all over the country. Thieves snatching packages from doorsteps. Some bring empty boxes with them to swap out with the ones they steal. A reallife grinch. How can you protect your deliveries this month . The easiest way is to get a neighbor to sign for it. Not an option . Look up the estimated delivery time and make sure someone will be home. Ask the Postal Service to hold it. Ask the Police Department of they all except the delivery. More and more well. Will. A tepid response so far to the Amazon Key Service that lets leave anter your home, package, and lock the door on the way out. Judging by twitter, its going to be a long time before people warm up to the idea. Many are not key on giving a man a key, even if its just for a minute. Now at 5 00, the first wintry the question is, snow or nasty mix . Bill kelly has the answer. Also, heroine cutting its grip on the d. C. Area. What behind what is behind the spike in overdoses . Liketation in california the state has never seen. The disaster that just wont stop. On, abc 7 news at 5 00 your side. As we come on the air at 5 00, a Winter Weather alert. We are seeing the winters first snow. This is in southwestern virginia. We are also seeing wintry weather rolling through the tidewater region and even parts of richmond. Want to show you a live picture of california, maryland. You can see the grassy areas are already coated over. Trucks are treating roadways. And School Districts are already canceling activities, including a Football Game that has been delayed until sunday. Brad bell bill that is going to be an interesting day around the area tomorrow. First, the focus on the beltway, we are fine. We dont have any snow coming down. If you have friday evening plans, that is all fine, but right now, we have snow in our comingnd some of this is down pretty good. Richmond, they are in a winter storm warning. County, calvert county, seeing some of that snow working down, and the radar is picking up snow all the way down. Its not just confined off to the west. This thing extends all the way
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