Halloween revolt. The National Liberation militias plan is infiltrate revelry and wear masks and then cause a disturbance to lure the police to the scene. Then the anarchists would attack the officers with bricks, bottles and possibly firearms. Just a short while ago i received an email from the field office, the Washington Field office. This is the latest coming from the f. B. I. It reads that the f. B. I. Routinely shares information about potential threats to better enable Law Enforcement to protect the community they serve. So no specific threat here but a general alert across the country. The people we spoke to, the halloween partiers say they wont let the alert discourage them this halloween. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison thank you. We want everyone to have a fun, safe halloween. The National Center for missing and exploited children has a flyer online with recommendations. Plan trickortreating route before you go out. Its a good time to remind your children
Brine to try to keep the roads dry tomorrow. D. C. Is pretreating the roads. They plan to have about 200 plows on the streets by 5 00 a. M. And this is to clear anything that falls of course. The Virginia Department of transportation is pledging about 500 trucks in loudoun, fairfax, Prince William and arlington counties by 4 00 a. M. Picking up our Team Coverage on the approaching Winter Weather live from greensburg hi rich. Hi alison. You know this is kind of the chill before the storm. Its cold out here. No snow yet. But take a look over here. This is route 7 here off the dulles toll road. See those white stripes there . That is pretreating. So crews are out there getting ready to deal with this storm. Now, we have video from all the jurisdictions. What youll see here is salt in gaithersburg and theyve been very busy here. They have 650 trucks and loaders that are out there working. Theyre planning to be out very early in the morning. Some roadways like i270 have already been treated
Continues to set up. Lets take a look at what to expect. Temperatures will eventually fall into the 20s to around 30 degrees. Those winds will pick up. Gusts up to 20 Miles Per Hour and thats going to help dry the pavement out a little bit. But be prepared early tomorrow morning for slick spots on the roadways and on the sidewalk especially as you head out the door for school and for work. Full forecast in much more detail. This Alberta Clipper that moved through this area this morning left its mark on the western part of the region here. Thats why richard reid is here tonight live from winchester with a look at the impact here and a look at the preparations yurn way for round two. How is it looking out there . I got to tell you, we have had a couple of ifrnls out here its been snowing on and off through the day. We have two or three inches here. Take a look at route 7 now. Wet pavement but heres the situation right now, i got off the phone with vdot. They say they are going to a level
The difference is its much more stable. Its a combustible liquid instead of flammable and that doesnt cause some of the volatility issues that we would have with gasoline. Slippery . Yes it is. Is that big concern out here . Well, it certainly can burn. The temperatures are out today and it makes it more difficult to ignite. So its a very slim possibility if you have an ips dent like that. Well its not something they want people driving over. Thats why the cleanup, most of the spill was in the area where you see the work crews right now. What theyve been doing is putting down absorbent and trying to stop up as much of it as they can. That process will wrap up at some point fairly soon and theyre going to get all four lanes open. But at this point, this is still an area to avoid. In Laurel Brad Bell abc 7 news. All right. Thanks. And as you know this mornings accident really made trips around town a lot longer for many drivers who were stuck in that miles long backup. Our diane cho spok
Primarily on the shoulder of the highway. Thats where most of this biodiesel fuel very much like diesel fuel youd use in a Motor Vehicle or home heating oil, thats where it was spilled and it appears as though finally that cleanup is starting to wrap up. Near laurel brad bell, abc 7 news. Thank you, brad. Crews are also cleaning up a hazmat spill in manassas. Petroleum was found this morning in a tributary of lake linden near copper mine road. Environment Officials Say the leak causes no threat to the public and an investigation is under way into the source of the spill. Route 1 is open in college park after a water main break snarled this mornings rush. It put out service to two dozen customers. All lanes reopened at 3 00 this afternoon. The big challenge for drivers tonight is wet roads. The rain moved in just before lunchtime and its been constant ever since. Chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with how much longer the rain will last. I think were going to have periods of rain st