We have seen here in the past five years. Stay ahead of the weather anytime of the day taking power of the stormwatch7 weather team wherever you go. All you do is download the free stormwatch7 weather app and bring your smart phone or tablet. Michelle new developments in the fire that dels stroyed a longtime antiques mall in mount vernon. We were on the scene as the flames tore through the roof. Reality is setting in. Tom roussey joins us live from the site of the mall. You spoke to heartbroken people today. Tom heart broken customers and the vendors are coming by. We step out of the way and you can see the destruction of the giant building. More than 30 vendors respected space and all rented space and all the stuff destroyed. What happens now . I know they had antiques in there that went. Tom the christmas night fire didnt just destroy a building but it destroyed individual spaces by vendors. Antique shop and the Computer Repair shop i use a great deal. It will be a real loss. Craig b
Friday sunny early becoming mostly cloudy. Cold. Highs 3742 winds s 510 mph right now the northeast is bracing for the worst of todays Winter Weather. More than a foot of snow is forecast in parts of new england and new york. Its expected to be the biggest storm of the season so far. Most schools in new york, boston, and philadelphia are already closed for today. Thousands of flights have been cancelled. We are monitoring the situation here update you in the next ten minutes. And you can stay connected around the clock by following us on facebook, twitter, and the stormwatch seven weather app. A manhunt happening now in fairfax county. Three suspects are on the loose after a theft and car chase. It all started at tysons mall last night. Were told the suspects stole purses from bloomingdales and took off. The car was reported to police and spotted a short time later in vienna. The car tried to get away but crashed along besley road, and they ran off. Again 3 suspects on the loose right
signs out here. it s all about those charges coming down and the reaction to it. i spoke to a minister who has a church not far from here, and i asked him what he makes of this. here s what he said. it was the spirit that was hovering over everybody that was in a sense evil. there was a spirit that we were defeated. there was a spirit that we were being taken advantage of. and i think now what you re seeing is that the spirit of liberation, the spirit of freedom, the spirit of justice is being released. that s the kind of spirit that you need in a community. reporter: you know, as happy as everyone is here and i m seeing smiles. we were here monday night and saw nothing of the sort there still lies ahead the actual trial. i ve talked to some folks here who say yes this is great, but they re tempering this with a bit of reality that justice as they see it has not been served yet. yes, there are charges. a lot of people didn t expect that. they want to wait and see what
off the stairwells as a crime scene. the hospital produced no explanation today and apparently miss a body on the same premises. it s very concerning this body was found. we re distressed and don t know what happened. that is our top priority to find out. that is the hospital s last word on the subject that. was at about 12:00 noon today. maybe 11:00. so it s 6:00 or 7:00 hours later. that investigation continues in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. wayne, thank you. bart and unions still negotiating issues tonight. commuters trying to make plans in case of a strike. the court ordered cooling off period ends thursday. we re live with the very latest. heather? we ve had a chat with bart chief negotiator tom hawk. he d come out to get fresh air because apparently rooms don t have any windows. there is very little we re atloud report but he thinks 48 hours is time to get the deal done. we know they spent the afternoon working on the very difficult generals, wages
i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. a sig alert could make a mess of the morning commute after a fatal accident on interstate 80 involving a suspected dui driver and the chb. abc news reporter amy hollyfield is live in richmond with the latest. amy? reporter: eric, look at the car behind me. it flew off of the freeway, rolled down that embankment and landed right there. this is on the exit ramp for central here in the richmond el serrito border. the driver did die. the off ramp is closed. he was westbound on interstate 80 passing a construction site when a chp officer who was at that site saw him passing and noticed his front tire was so flat he was driving on the rim. the officer was going to pursue him to see if he needed help. to see if he was drunk. just to see what was going on with this guy. but investigators say they don t even know if the officer had time to turn on his lights and siren. that this all happened so fast. they put out a little information over the ra