Announcer now abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Jonathan well, that was some finish to that game. Happy new year. Thank you for being with us this afternoon. Nancy off the top, a bone chilling start to 2018. We have had another day of bitter cold to make it painly really to be outside painful really to be outside. But the temperatures are about to take another plunge. Say it aint so. Get the latest from meteorologist josh knight. Josh it doesnt seem possible but the temperatures for some of us are around the Single Digits. 10 in gaithersburg. 5 to winchester. How do we get there . Temperatures around 20degree mark but there is a 15mileperhour wind in d. C. 13 in leesburg. 17 Miles Per Hour in manassas. That makes a big difference. So it takes the tempat digits. We had cloud cover. This is good news. We have a cool thing going on tonight. We will talk more about that coming up. We are not the only ones. 10 for d. C. We get to pittsburgh it will feel like negative 9 and minus 15 in chicag
Are shut down. Traffic is being sdi verityed into the shopping center, Brandywine Shopping Center thats how folks are getting a round. Southbound direction is moving well and it should not be too much longer for the northbound direction to remain closed theyre trying to open it up soon. Youre trying to avoid the area now. Anjali hemphill, fox5 local news. And Prince George county Police Investigating their first homicide of the year. It happened this morning inside a home off 38 place in brentwood section of country and investigators say a man stabbed a woman in the home after an argument and she later died at a hospital. The suspect was taken into customers dixt investigators believed other people were inside the home at the time of the stabbing and family and neighbors say the couple had a child together. And its very hard to get to the trust of the people especially theyre not going to look for help. They try to manage themselves with families and friends. But theres no place where
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
Kids going back to School Tomorrow need heavy winter coats and hats and gloves. Feels like temperature for the bus stop tomorrow morning between 5 and five. Chance of light snow later this week and talk about that in a bit. If you havent stepped outside, lucky you. Dangerously cold temperatures are put to the test. You might have the day off. Not Stephanie Ramirez and no days off for her. Shes outside on the wusa weather terrace and something in store for us. Doing my laundry now. Just kidding. Im demonstrating how important it is to have weatherproof gear if youre out in this cold. I did this earlier and it took me less than five minutes to freeze my shirt. We will see if the live shot is long enough. So cold today that other areas canceled polar plunge is. Ocean city, new jersey canceled it and and dc reporter in anacostia monday morning, even if the smiles were frozen in place. I didnt finish first or last. Reporter they were so excited they made it out in the bone chilling cold thi
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