Effect at 1 00, lasting through 7 00. In d c and maryland, we could see an inch of snow. The roads could be slick. Temperatures now below freezing. The snow will be coming in from northwest to southeast. I 3 00, we will have snow. The highest impacts will be along the baltimore metro. From 270, east of i95, anything that will fall will stick. You may want to get out the door a few minutes early to warm up the car. Temperatures are below freezing. In 10 minutes, walking you through the day and looking ahead to the weekend. Find you are going to lanes open eastbound 66 from manassas. No problems. Fairfax county parkway eastbound towards the capital beltwa a ramp to the outer loop. And i out for what could be a stalled vehicle on the ramp. On the inner loop, about an eight minute ride past branch the wilsoning for bridge. That is our traffic watch. We will look at the top stretch of to 70 in 10 minutes. Autria we are monitoring john mccains health. A potential roadblock for trump. Senator is the doing, ryan is live from bethesda. He is receiving treatment for the normal side effects as part of his ongoing cancer therapy. His colleagues are fearing conditions could be growing worse. According to reports, he has been looking spoken up during recent gop meetings. Mccain also missing votes this week in the senate. He did not attend a white house ceremony. It was a major achievement of his for years now. He is chairman of the Armed Services committee. He is five months into his treatment after being diagnosed with brain cancer in july. He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot. He had an aggressive form of brain cancer. Consoled his daughter, megan, telling her there is hope. Passed away from the same type of cancer. Senators hope senator mccain can vote on the crucial gop tax plan, which could happen on monday. Mccains us he is looking to get back to work as soon as possible. We are not sure when that will be. Live in bethesda, ryan hughes. The national is deadline to sign up for coverage under the if or will care act. If you are in virginia, it is your deadline, as well. Signupshas extended another week. You have until next friday. In the district, your enrollment worry 31st. J in romans is up about 17 this enrollment is up about 17 this year. Caught here on surveillance camera caught robbing stores the d. C. , they are the ones who hit up Cell Phone Stores in prince georges county. They are at least 45. They have swiped tens of thousands of dollars in clothing, phones, jewelry. Customers onto the ground, claiming to have a gun. If you know anything that will help capture these guys, police want to hear from you. Someone recorded video of a special needs student undressing and posted it on snapchat. Because she wanted to document her stressful day. Will be home for the holidays. She recovers from her injuries. Last night, a fundraiser, her father described what it means to not have her home. They say it could take a year or two for her to recover as much as she is going to recover. She has a ways to go. She had a good day today. That is a plus. The most important thing is family, friends, and community. She is getting that. The gofundme account has raised more than 6,000 since the shooting. Autria a wreathlaying ceremony will be held at the pentagons 9 11 memorial. Afterward, reits will be placed at the Veterans Memorial and the world war ii memorial. Will be placed at the Veterans Memorial and the world war ii memorial. Jedi is herest at last. Were firsture they in line at the theater in cleveland park. We talked to a man who saw the original star wars back in the same theater back in 1977. It is need to come back wars movies. I hope he does it with his kids. Larry knows boilers here. First reviews from fans have been overwhelmingly positive. Stopping video after something goes wrong on the rails. Please wake up. Sir, please wake up. Autria the efforts from strangers to save a man. Eileen stormwatch seven tracking snow. Coming up, how much snow could fall. Autria a Daring Rescue on the ice. Pond. E trapped in a deputies are trying to save it. One of them falls through. This is a happy ending. Both the horse and the deputy make it out ok. A beautiful white horse. It is beautiful on the snow. Eileen happy ending, everyone is ok. We are expecting a little bit of snow. Up when iturn coincides with the afternoon and evening commute. To 30. Tures now, 25 i am concerned with later this afternoon. This afternoon, highs are going to climb into the mid30s. Unseasonably cold. The wind will be light. It will be overcast today. Totals,s snowfall hardly a quarter to half an inch of snow. , it could be and the weekend is looking good. Nearing 50 degrees. Ahead to the week before christmas, coming up. This is where we had reports of a stalled vehicle. Heading in the direction of andrews, as eileen was wrapping up our forecast, on the ramp with police already there. Something to watch out for. Areer to the beltway, you your Washington Wizards play host to the clippers. We will take a look at the ride, coming up. Kidd coming up, kidds class. Aboutis a lot of talk santa. I had the schools to find out with this guy is about. For adults with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer, previously treated with platinumbased chemotherapy, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene whove tried an fdaapproved targeted therapy, heres a question who wouldnt want a chance for another. . Whod say no to a. . Who wouldnt want. A chance to live longer. Opdivo nivolumab . Opdivo demonstrated longer life versus chemotherapy. Over 40,000 of these patients have been prescribed opdivo. Opdivo works with your immune system. Opdivo can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. 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Announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Autria new this morning, a heart stopping fall. Unconscious on the tracks as a train races towards the station. Adrianna take a look at this. Please wake up. Wake up. Adrianna people started yelling at the train driver to get his or her attention. The driver was able to stop in time. They pulled the guy on to the platform and said he did not appear to be drunk or on drugs. Out oasario batali is theyt of the two. Of theed cohost chew. Autria new allegations against dustin hoffman, a playwright saying he exposed himself to her in a New York Hotel room 37 years ago. Homas said she was a roommate of of the time. Thomas says she wanted to speak out to support them. Larry how pricey can your commute get . The i66 tolls hitting a new high. Tretch, 44 that tops the previous high of 40. That is for anyone driving alone. If you have two or more people in the car, you can drive for free if you use an ezpass flex. Trains for new years, will run until 2 00 a. M. With no scheduled maintenance. It will be on new years day, it will be open from 8 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Before we get to new years, we have to get through christmas. Into how does santa get your house when you dont have a chimney . It is what kidd oshea is about to answer in todays kidds class. Asked who is santa, how does he get out presents. Kidd where does he get them . The north pole. Fly . How does the sleigh with the reindeer. Reindeer. Sed kidd there are multiple raing reindeer. One has a red nose . Why is see the only one with a red nose . R he is the special eindeer. Kidd how does he get into a house that does not have a chimney . He goes through your front door. He will break in. Kidd he will break in. He will get in just two drop the presence off. Just to drop the presents off. Does he know if you are naughty or nice . Jesus can help him. Good morning, washington. Was jesus . Esponse came to ask him, he said yes, that is correct. Christmas songa for me, that i will share with you at 8 00. Elf in theirpecial classroom. Buddy. Ve this elf knows you will meet 7 00. My favorite, santa just breaks in. Got to get in the house. It feels like the holidays with temperatures so low. 35 today. We are on an upward temperature trajectory into next week. Warm today. Temperatures below freezing. Around lunchtime, we will start to see areas in maryland, maybe seeing a little bit of the light snow, Northern Virginia it will be cloudy and cold where you are. Some of the snow showers continue around 4 00. Keep your stormwatch 7 weather app with you so you can track it. By 8 00, 32 degrees. That we are areas most concerned with seeing snow. It will be mainly in d. C. And areas north and east. If travels take you to baltimore, baltimore sees high impact, around annapolis, southern maryland, as. Then, we are dry. Later tonight, about 30 degrees. Watch out for slick spots tomorrow night. Reathsow, the reefs we across america event. It will be sunny and cold in the morning. On sunday, upper 40s. A few spots in the low 50s. Into next week, a few showers tuesday and friday. On thursday, the winter solstice. Julie on the roads now, we were trying to get a picture for you. I dont know if we can pull it up. Lets start off with the maps. The outer loop coming from college park heading around towards to 70, that is a 16 minute ride. Towarg 270. Ong along the lane divide, all lanes are open. An easy start for all lanes this friday. Maps, a look in virginia. All lanes are open. Northbound 95, an 18 minute commute. Ride from Potomac Mills to the beltway. That is our traffic watch. In 10 minutes, we look at the ride on 66. Larry our final set of four tickets to give away for six flags holiday in the park. Caller number 7 winds. Good luck. This morning is being called a christmas miracle. The update about a native of Anne Arundel County shot in the las vegas massacre. What tina frosts what think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Good morning washington, on your side. Ofry a quick look at some your traffic times. 13 minutes from 495 to 14th street. 95 is going well. Eastbound on 66, 21 minutes to get from 234 to the beltway. Autria a fraternity in texas is facing hazing charges. Prosecutors say pledges were subjected to physical abuse. Gio bonita has has the latest. And alleged hazing incident at the university of houston leading to a criminal indictment against an entire fraternity. Chapter ofthe forcing a pledge to go without food, drink, and asleep during a threeday ritual last year. Fraternity members allegedly tackling him in the ark. The freshman was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen. When you get there is a line you have to draw and you cannot cross that. None of the students face individual charges. Officials are going after the fraternitys chapter. Hazing is a crime and will be prosecuted. We will have the latest, coming up. Z2nhxz zi0z y2nhxy yi0y announcer now, good morning washington on your side. A special delivery here as your hard work is paying off this season. A winter are under weather alert today. Eileen whelan is tracking what changed in the forecast while you slept. Eileen tracking a quick moving system later this afternoon. Coinciding with the afternoon and evening co Winter Weather advisory at 1 00 this afternoon. County,k, montgomery the district of columbia, falls church. We could see one to two inches. Two inches will be baltimore and northeast. For us, a dusting to half an inch. Ing temperatures below freezing. Temperatures everywhere below freezing. These are the systems that slide in, dont bring a lot of snow, but make the roads slick. Is the last day of school this week. For some, before winter break. Bundle up this morning. High temperatures only in the mid30s. Coming up, a closer look at stormwatch 7 and futurecast. Julie talking about the cold weather and what will happen for the drive home, a few reminders to make su y deicer, you will need it. The ice scraper. Keep that in mind. An emergency car care kit. Check the tires and the battery. Good toe the battery is go so you dont get stuck in the cold. Right now, a little back up on 66. Between manassas and the beltway, not a bad ride. Folks are starting to tap the brakes. A stalled car reported in down on 4 as you work your way in towards andrews. States of the center and left to get by. That is our traffic watch. We will look of the rides coming out of frederick. News that a family in maryland has been waiting to hear. For theina frosts home holidays. John gonzalez is live with the heartfelt message from her father. John is incredible. Doctors tell you gunshot wounds to the head have a 5 survival rate. Have a goodictims quality of life. It appears tina frost, shot during the las vegas attack, is going to beat those odds. Her father calling it a christmas miracle. Able to walk out of rehab, she is home for the holidays. She is receiving Outpatient Care at the familys home. She was among the 500 the more than 500 injured. 58 people were killed. They could take a year or two for her to recover. A ways to go, but she had a good day today. That is a plus. , friends, community are the most important things. She is hitting that. It is helping us help her. Doctors had to remove a bullet lodged in her right eye. Frost has been trying to redevelop her motor skills. Even baking cookies and painting her eye patch. Reporting live, john gonzalez. Autria today is take a cancer survivor to breakfast at original pancake house. Area areations in our taking part. It runs from 7 00 until 3 00 this afternoon. Official christmas portraits from the white house. She and trump are standing in the cross all of the white house surrounding by christmas trees. About two hours later, second ofy pence tweeted a picture herself and mike. Weeks, we have been telling you how abc news is teaming up with the marines for toys for tots. Adrianna thank you to our viewers and everyone at home who did this. About 2300 toys going out to kids in our community. From of Different Things little tykes, a soccer goal, a magnetic dressup. This year, you are doing things different. To the kids. Didast year, we distribution out of rfk stadium. People lined up and we distributed them that way. This year, we are going into the community. It is a pretty awesome effort. It mean to youis personally when you see these kids . Program, it is the culminating fan the culminating factor. Regardless of being a marine, it melts your heart. Adrianna thank you. Toys,ve donated so many 2300. Of you who have donated, we really appreciate it. It is your last shot to see dancing with the stars power trio. They are performing in april. Caller number 7, you get to go see them on us. Seat to thist row the incredible video of an active volcano coming into our newsroom. That is on the way. Eileen tracking snow. I will show you the update from our futurecast. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Autria news video this morning. A group of hikers getting a front row seat to a mountain erecting. We have been covering this volcano for a couple of weeks now. Talk about a birdseye view. Can you believe that . Eileen that is wild. Just to have that vantage point, unbelievable. Q started with what you need to know before you go. Dress warm. Cloudy and cold. Below freezing. Our simulated radar updating and the latest guidance brings us less snow, more of the snow around the baltimore area. Any areas that get snow today, it is going to be lights, but it could impact the roads with temperatures so low. It will be dry for friday night plans. We will talk more about Wreaths Across America when i join you at 6 50. Julie an easy drive around the capital beltway. Sky track 7 joining us now. They are above the way in virginia. As you work your way towards 66, no issues to report. Between tysons and springfield interchange, light Traffic Volume in each direction. In our look at the ride on the wilson bridge. Mccainsnitoring john health. Autria ryan hughes is live in bethesda. There are concerns his condition is growing worse. He is said to be frail and is back in the hospital. Can tell my story, it is profound. I know the world will want to hear it. Be tellinge she will that story. Autria Robin Roberts with a crack on live tv. Did she crossed the line . Kidd a lot of people are putting ugly sweaters on today. Are you going to be riding in an ugly sweater and wed like you to be part of ours. So our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. You pay what we pay. Not a cent more. Were so happy to share this with you. Its our way of saying happy holidays. And welcome to the family. The chevy family. Use your employee discount for everyone and trade up to this silverado all star to get a total value of over eleven thousand dollars. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Autria developing now, we are monitoring john mccains health. Larry he was admitted to walter reed. His absence from the senate floor a potential roadblock for trump. Live inryan hughes is bethesda with how he is doing. Senators good friend is neededhe is getting rest. He is receiving treatments for normal side effect as part of his ongoing cancer therapy. Reports mccain has been looking increasingly frail lately. He has not spoken up during a recent gop meeting. Mccain also missing votes this week in the senate. He did not attend a white house ceremony where trump signed a defense bill into law. That was a major achievement of his for years. Kane is chairman of the Armed Services committee. Mccain is chairman of the Armed Services committee. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in july. He underwent surgery to remove a blood. Viewden was on the consoling mccains daughter, telling her there is hope. His son passed away from the same type of brain cancer. Republicans hope he can return to work ahead of a crucial vote on the gop tax plan. Republicans need mccains vote. He is looking to get back to work as soon as possible. It is unclear when that is. Live in bethesda, ryan hughes. Tory republicans hoping pass their tax reform plan before christmas. Loselicans can afford to only two votes. Bob corker will vote no. Marco rubio says he will vote against it unless it extends the child tax credit. The thomas fire flar up over fillmore, california. An evacuationing advisory for part of the town. It is the fourthlargest fire in the states history. A second person is confirmed dead. A firefighter, who had a twoyearold daughter and a wife pregnant with their second child. The fire is only 33 contained. New information on a story we have been following. Police say the guys caught here robbing upscale stores are the same ones who hit Cell Phone Stores in prince georges county. The robbers appear to be older than 45 and have swiped tens of thousands of dollars and clothing, phones, and jewelry. Customersthey forced onto the ground, claiming they had a gun. If you know anything, police want to hear from you. Larry Free Shipping day for online shoppers. About 1000 major retailers like macys, jcpenney, target and best buy are waiving shipping fees all day. There is no minimum purchase needed. Shipping is guaranteed by christmas eve. Two words and one heated conversation. Autria we want to say hello to adriana hopkins, or rather, hello, felicia. Felicia, the two words who have people going on good morning america. It is a profound the story i know the world will want to hear. Bye, felicia. Autria that is all it took. Some say that comment was unprofessional for a journalist. Others say that is how people feel about omarosa. Was her comment unprofessional . You can let us know through the abc 7 news app. About 77 agree it was unprofessional. If you are a journalist, it is always unbiased. I am surprised robin let it come out. She also wasnt smiling. Adrianna not at all. Hello, star. The wait is over. Jedi is showing nationwide. Favorite heroes or villains. We talked to Brian Rudolph who saw the original star wars back in 1977. Is one of our resident star wars fanatics, posting this picture as he and his wife went to see the last jedi. Q has his own darth vader costume. Autria we have been waiting all morning for this. We have a special viewer having a big birthday today. This is thelma. It is her 96 birthday today. She is apparently a huge fan. Ussent her a photo of all of , wishing her a happy birthday. 96 years young. She looks incredible. Happy birthday, i hope you like the cold, and maybe a little snow. Is not going to be a big deal. With temperatures so low, it could make the roads a little slippery. Let me show you new guidance. Closer to half an inch in baltimore. This is one simulation. Most likely seeing a dusting. Heading into the weekend. Tomorrow, sunny. Layer up. Moreratures are a little seasonable. It will be breezy, with wind about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Skies will to head to the redskins game. A few rain showers tuesday and wednesday. Our high on thursday, 49. Just a reminder, with Service Suspension on red line between Silver Spring and rhode island avenue, you will want to bundle up. On the platforms, it will be cold. Waiting for a bus will be cold, as well. Thata reminder, to install communication cable that needs to be replaced, that happens this weekend. Bender. H, a fender 16 minute ride leaving the beltway heading towards the 14th street bridge. Autria lyft is getting you in the holiday spirit. Larry in the ugliest way possible. Kidd is live with more. Has thought about everything, even the cars can wear an ugly sweater for National Ugly sweater day. This is steve. Whose idea was this . Creative teamreat who thought about this. Kidd you had to have someone make a sweater for a car. Cars that have these ugly sweaters, they were yarnbombed by professional mentors. Knitters. Onal all of the fares go to marthas table, a local charity here. Kidd a lot of people watching now, this could either next thing. Maybe cars will be how long did it take to knit a sweater for a car . About 80 hours. It took several hours to do this. Kidd what is the Response Time for people taking rides . People are Walking Around the streets watching these cars pull up. Has beennse incredible. Kidd thank you for bringing it here. We love it. I want a car with a sweater. Back to you. Senator mccains telling us he is receiving treatment for normal side normal of part of his cancer therapy, but colleagues field his condition is worse. Gunshot wounds to the head only have a 5 survival rate. It appears tina frost will be those odds. Eileen a Winter Weather advisory going into effect at 1 00. Adrianna a man face down on the tracks. That train driver was able to stop in time. This is not going to go the way you think. It was funny. You think things are good and then they are bad, you think things are bad and they are good. Good morning, america. Winter weather alert. Two new storms moving into the midwest and northeast right now bringing a blast of snow and ice. This driver losing control sliding off the road. His car sinking into the water. And now concerns about more than a foot of snow heading for new york and pennsylvania as millions wake up to windchills in the single digits. Down to the wire, republicans scrambling to pass their tax bill as key gop lawmakers withhold support. A bedridden senator mccain holes a critical vote. A player