They should call this one the end of the world series. Its hard to focus on sports with this election coming up. The elections two weeks from today, which means we are only six months away from knowing who our next president will be. In l. A. County, if you vote in person on election day, you will not be required to wear a mask. Voters who refuse to wear a mask will not be turned away. Instead, theyll be escorted to an outdoor area to fill out their ballots there. Youve heard of the smoking section . This is a karen corral. [ laughter and applause ] i get it, you cant deny you a right to vote. They wouldnt let you vote if you showed up not wearing pants, right . Huh . I dont know, maybe its word a try. Thursday night voters will get one more chance to see the candidates facetoface. Details for the second and final debate in nashville are being released because the last one went so far off the rails, the commission on president ial debates has come up with a way to cut down on all the p
Your commute. The ice also getting thick on the potomac tonight and in ponds and streams, too, but experts warn not thick enough. How they want you to stay safe. And all eyes on the forecast. Not only a chance for snow but even cold air coming our way. Good evening and happy new year. Im doreen gentzler. Glad to be back with you tonight, folks. Lets start with a cold blast we just cant seem to shake. We go to chief meteorologist doug kammerer. Doug, whats in store . Cold across the area the next couple days and were tracking the big storm thats making its way up the coast tomorrow and into thursday. Its already snowing into louisiana right now. Take a look at the numbers right now. This is so different, because any time you get clear skies, very easy to cool. But the city does not cool nearly as fast as the suburbs. Its 20 degrees right now in d. C. , 13 in college par dulles. It is 14 degrees right now in manassas. Incredible the difference in the cold. This is the thursday storm now.
That artic air is blasting much of the country. So far the severe cold is being blamed for nine deaths in the us. Even the south hasnt been spared with some states dealing with freez ing conditions. Lets get right to sue palka with how its affecting our region. Were going to be dealing with this a little bit longer and the next batch of artic air that a comes in it looks like its going to be colder. Look at all these purples and dark blues. Its 17 in apple ril oh, it is 39 in new orleans, even tampa. As we get in closer to our area were also not he scaimg it. The lack of wind has meant that temperatures locally have gotten really cold, d. C. Is down to 20. Did he striet is one, cincinnati 14 and boston 17. A closer look at our temperatures and weve dropped to four degrees in manassas, seven in culpeper and 14 for qu prepare for a very cold start our wednesday morning and then maybe an interesting finish. I have to tell you that while we expect a sunny and very cold start tomorrow morni
Possibility of snow to some areas. Sue palka is standing by with the latest. Reporter those are two big stories, guess which one is bigger. At this moment its the cold because look how much of the country is covered in this birth cold air and the next round will be even colder thats going to be coming in the friday , saturday timeframe. We start feeling it friday. A. M. Ril oh, 15, 26 for dallas. Its only three in cincinnati. 2 degrees in detroit. Boston, 16, d. C. At 21, but also i wanted to show you that we have a couple other spots here in the region that have dropped even colder, manassas is 5degrees right now, quul pepper nine degrees, the winds have gotten lighter and the temperatures bitter cold and theyre going to continue to remain in the teens with some areas obviously heading for the Single Digits. Lets talk about whats next because this time tomorrow night starting to come up the coast. Its a big deal. It looks like its going to get quite intense even though that intensific
Temperatures again in the teens right havent been above freezing, in days. That is taking big toll on our infrastructure. In the last 48 hours dozens of water main breaks in the district. Jay korff continues our coverage of this winter blast. As we wait for this winter blast to finally break you can get latest fingertips. Just download the abc seven stormwatch app right to your smartphone. Developing now a new war of words with north korea. President trump. Taunting north koreas leader kim jong un. Bragging in a tweet that he has a bigger and more powerful Nuclear Button than north korea. It comes after kim jong un made his new years address, where he repeated Nuclear Threats against the u. S. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is following it all from northwest. Meanwhile President Trump also kicked of 2018 with a tweet storm Justice Department. The president described the Justice Department as a deep state, secretly working to undermine his presidency. He also lashed out at Hillary Clintons longti