Wait a moment in the home after an argument. That woman later died at the hospital. The man was taken into cus custody. Its very hard to get to the trust of the people. Especially they wont look for help. They try to manage themselves with family and friends but theres no place these fa families is go and get help. Police have not released names of suspect or woman who died. More than a dozen people the flames broke out in southeast. One fire fighter suffered minor injuries and no one else was hurt aunt cause of the fire is under investigation. Meanwhile, Northern Virginia an elderly man found dead afro house fire columbia road, annandale. First respond hes found body of lewis spencer. Fa offering up reminders. And the past couple weeks we have had a couple fires that were calls by not properly discarded ash from fireplaces were supposed to make should you keep your aas approximately 20 feet from home but inside metal container and not in a plastic bag but a metal container. No word on a cause for that fire. New tonight, 2018 ushers in a slew of new laws going into effect this new years day in maryland and virginia. All right, fox5 Tom Fitzgerald breaking it all down for us. Fits, things that range from curious to deadly serious. They really are, jim, heres the deal, folks, we know with the hustle and bustle of holidays its easy to lose track now. And what new laws are coming in and what new laws are going out and when 2018 arrived there were changes in the things you nde we want to breakdown for you what you need to know and remember. Well start in maryland. This is a very important change on how you protect your home. As of january 1 par mar residents are required to replace old nine volt batties with a longer laster detector with battery sealed in. Its a pretty good idea. Smoke detectors with sealed in bat i whys last a decade. You dont have to remember to watch them off twice a year. Also in maryland, 2017 in the news. You remember it was a big year for sign area tacks and personal information stolen. Starting today, in maryland, all businesses are now required by a new law to protect the personal information of customers of employees and former employees and from now on maryland business does get hacked and theyll be required to notify individuals in a more timely manner. Virginia they hav effect and one involves birth control. Before today on the opposite end of spectrum, 018 brings good news to coin collectors. Yes, coin collectors inner virginia. Turns out as of today thanks to a brand new law in the commonwealth coin collectors no longer have to pay a sales tax on any transaction more than 1,000. Another sales tax break on quold gold and silver and platinum expended until 202 2. For all of us we spent a lot of time last couple weeks telling how people were trying to prepay property taxes before 2017 and irs weighed in and said only a portion of prepaid taxes may be deductible from federal income taxes. Rule of thumb here you need to get with your tax preparing as soon as you can assess wha you already have done and find out what you need to do, prepare yourself for the 018 tax season because those changes are going into effect and they may affect how much you pay or dont pay in your 2018 taxes. Has a look at the new laws coming in for maryland and virginia this year rming Tom Fitzgerald, happy new year, well send you in to jim and maureen. Happy new year to you, fixt t sdp and happy new year were keeping an eye on the forecast. Marina its a cold way to start. Thankfully on the pictures you cannot tell how cold it is but im sure theres not a lot of folks out there walking. Its cold tonight. New year, same cold. Ive been saying that all day. Happy new year to you both. Its been arctic way to start off 2018. Built hopefully that wont last forever. It lasts first week of the year now im afraid to say. That air mass is not budging. Were going to be cold all week long and in fact, with fr friday well be colder, lowest temperatures of whole spell will be felt later this week. Were not there yet. Impressive for daytime highs. 3 dulles and 23 bwi its probably top ten of coldest days. Outside 22 in washington and temperatures dropped into teens north and west at 16 gaithersburg and 16 westminster and 19 frederick and 15 martinsburg and 18 dulles. Winds are not overly blustery they are out of northwest and higher in places like hagerstown and frederick and thats where you get the lowest wind chills already at this hour zero it feels like cumberland and hagerstown and feeling like lower sickle digits insome some spots. 11 in d. C. Frederick county i believe they dipped to wind chill of 12 below zero this morning. It will probably be similar tonight. No wind chill advisory, but i dont like towing the line. It will be cold no matter what. 21 by 7 and 20 by 9 00 and falling into the teens in the district sometime after 10 p. M. Its a beautifully clear night. Super moon viewing at its peak 9 24 tonight if you can bear being outside it will look beautiful. The low in d. C. Single digit possible north and west. Coming up the 7 day forecast that goes deeper in the cold and possibility of snow that would be in the wednesday and thursday time frame. It is not a sure bet quite yet but were ironing out all the possibilities for you ill have that in the full forecast, jim, marina. 208 strong strong. In many fronts really the new year and new threat theres a warning for north korean dictator kim jongun drawing concerns from the u. S. And day out west latest marijuana milestone in california and how it sparks changes in legislation across the u. S. A idea give us a call at fox5. 20 fox5tips wttg. Com or 2028953000 i like these awardwinning cheddar puffs. And i like these awardwinning cheddar puffs. First place. Both events . Booyah were an awards family. Awardwinning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. Simply smarter shopping. A maryland woman is in trouble with the law four months after arrested for being intoxicated and passed out in a car while her toddler sat in the backseat. I Police Officer pulled over Christina Hall before 8 00 last night and police say she smelled of alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated. When officers asked her to exit the vehicle she put the car in drive and sped off. Haul then led police on chase until she was charged with dui, assault and reckless endangerment. Recreational marijuana now legal in california. Historic day arrives in the golden state more than two decades after california paved way for legal pot after passing first marijuana medical legal in the country. California is now the nations largest state to legalize Recreational Marijuana sales. And President Trump holiday vacation in florida quickly coming to end and hes expected to arrive at the white house tonight and despite hosting a new Years Eve Party the president was up writing first tweets of the new year. First tweet took aim pakistan saying United States foolishly has given pakistan more than 43 billion in aid over the last 15 years and given the United States nothing but lies and de set. He went on to say no more. And the president too at iran saying the country is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made by obama administration. At the end of the tweet the president said its time for change. Meanwhile north Korean Leader kim jongun kicked off with a threat to the United States . Speech to people he said the countrys Nuclear Program is complete and that will ensure the United States do not go to war with yang. Kim went on to claim he has a Nuclear Button on his desk and he talked about achieving peace with south korea and improving ties by center athletes to wirpt olympics. Another fist for 2018, Transgender Americans can begin enlisting in military service. Reaction is battle of the courts over a ban by the president raging on. And ringing in the new year the massive column after the big celebration in the big apple. 12eubg around after this kick off the new year with a deal that will save you money for the next 2 years guaranteed. Fios is here with a great offer on the 100 fiberoptic network. It starts with the Fastest Internet available. Plus up to 200 channels. Plus phone, plus showtime for 2 years. Plus multiroom dvr service for 2 years. Plus a 2 year price guarantee. All for just 79. 99 per month online with a 2 year agreement. Thats a lot of pluses, and over 800 dollars in savings. Just think about having the best internet with the best showtime shows. Its what our customers expect. 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Evidence and science and experience of 18 allies and experience of 134,000 transgender veterans that served already and thousands serving now death straight that transgender people can serve honorably and contribute to the mission and have been for decades. My story is example of that. Now i was in the closet polinar ais forminger lieu tent in the United States navy after studying at the Naval Academy she served six years and in dessert storm. She complained leaving navy was most difficult decision she ever had to make in her life but she could no longer continue living as a man and needed to transition from neal female. Nira believes that qualified transgender individuals that want to serve add to the strength of the United States armed forces. Our country has evolved and our military realizes that we draw strength from diversity. For me i was 25 years too early. But every time weve allowed more people the opportunity to serve their country, military has gotten better and we become more lethal and we do better job of defending currenty and values. Guidelines for t enlistment require in part a medical professional certify that an individual has been stable without whats called significant distress or impairment for the last 18 months. Ronica cleary, fox5 local news. And theres with a crowd before st. Peters basilica. He asked to set aside a moment of silence to be with god and urged rejecting consumerism and said people should try to create a peaceful and welcoming world in part by embracing refugees and migrants. Thousands of people packed towns square to ring in the new year. The massive cleanup effort is underway. Crews out early this morning with all shorts of machinery there to dleen up up. This year ees new years eve celebration this year crowd smaller than in past yishz and protection for event cost 7 nae million dollars. Earlier on in the evening mariah carey was back on stage making her return to new years eve festive tis. Remember last year she blamed Dick Clark Productions for Technical Glitch which resulted in a performance that went viral. As of this year she sang vivtion love and hero pausing between the songs to ask for hot tea. You may think for vocal cords i think she knew what she was doyp. She tweeted this pictures of herself enjoying tea he giving us unofficial meme of 2018 sdmri need some tea. I wonder why it was absolutely freezing there. Good former going back out there even after everything that happened last year. A lot of attention paid to that. You know, its f the one buzz word. On new years eave the themes go buzz worthy for the wrong reason. The network loved it. Absolutely they did. They brought sure on for a second time. A network we assume nuchb you were watching. You were watching steve harvey on fox5. I want steve havrkys coat. Thats the white wool coat i want to own. He was doing what he could to say warm you can blame him. You thought hate looked ridiculous. I was in new york last night. It was cold. Yes. I mean think about all these people standing out there all night long and yes, broadcasters too. He said you know what im going to be fashionable and warm by the way. You give him a plus. Im giving steve harvey a plus for that one. Fashion is is least of your concerns as you deal with air mass such as this. And its going to last straight through week of 018. In fact coldest temperatures are on the way. Friday, saturday, will be even colder if you can imagine. Wind chills bitter tonight into negative territory tuesday morning. Like all of you that have been on vacation before the holiday guess what is youre creating for sunshine and wind chills below zero tomorrow morning. Fqi snow in the forecast wednesday to thursday. Ive been watching this all week. Originally i would stay out to sea. Storm itself is staying out far to sea. Close enough we have to raise the red flag a little for chance of snow in that time frame. Fresh work of arctic care and that will arrive on friday. Out now 2 washington and 16 baltimore and 2 these are air temperatures falling past under that beautiful super moon outside. Its tough to want to go outside and look at it. It is spectacular. Single digits to be lee zero, 3 below in winchester and 11 in the district. Satellite and radar clear kiz overhead its great viewing all night but it is comfortable. You may have wind chills below zero i believe that north and west. This is showing extreme numbers by early tomorrow morning. But its not out of the question. And if we have enough winds and temperatures continue to fall, we are talking about getting into advisory cri criteria. No advisory yet but well see if that changes later tonight. Arctic high to the west and plant add cross the country and again the dakotas back to maine and down the way to northern florida and feeling arctic chill. It of course are. 40s in florida is a chill. For us the High Temperature is staying low axe we saw mid up up toer 20s and not 30s until you get douse do South Central virginia. Sunshine and 8 a. M. Thats air temperature. All right. Well zoom out and watch this storm system closer to wednesday. Quiet tomorrow. A swaj of snow up the east coast and its a very narrow band because majority of precipitation with the storm looks to be offshore and close uv it is spreading an in an area of snow. This is 6 a. M. , thursday, its been snowing several hours for 95 and east ward and theres been westward shift every few days with this symptom. Its in the forecast now. Theres thursday morning before the storm system capz up and portions to portions of new england. Its one model and givrs you an idea what were looking at. 28, cold tomorrow, sl slightly above freezing there on wednesday. Those days are totally dry. Built its that Late Wednesday into early thursday time frame where we may have snow and then behind that, heres where its how low can we go. High temperatures around 0. Lows in low teens. That will be single dijtists and perfect we get there it will feel wintery every single day. As soon as we get to teens it feels the same. Completely numbing. Temperature in small town in north day colt aair temperature 44 below zero. I dont want to know what that feels like. 13 is freezing cold. How about 44 below. You cannot feel scre screamties. Temperature falls but you dont feel the district. Its bite. Cowelling all volunteers a job down south requires two hands warm hot and desire to cuddle. Z2i1zz z16fz y2i1zy y16fy welcome back a Florida Hospital recruiting professional baby kudlers. Requirements two arms and warm heart. There you have it the most of the newborns in need faced a variety of khechings in their first days it frevring parents incarcerates todd born prematurely to waiting to ab doptd. Its for comfort. The pranl is incred ugly rewarding allowing them to make a difference in a life. I love that. Thats very cool. Thats nice little gig there. Yeah. Theyre so tiny. They really are. Last check of the forecast. Lets see it, first week of 2018. Well start cold. Keeping it that way. 28 and sunny. Watching for snow early thursday morning and fresh round of arctic air friday and saturday. Will be another cold weekend. So as you head back to work and school prepare. Well keep watching. Behind the lens is next. See you at 8 on the plus. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . That makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . 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