Extension. But if nothing changes in that time, the county could issue a 50 fine. Lot of people coming down the sidewalk. Silver spring resident mike demott didnt know about the ordinance. But still made sure every bit of ice was scraped off his sidewalk. There are no sidewalks. This is the only way they got to go. Precarious. Caldwell hopes more residents and businesses will heed the warning. We seniors are in jeopardy when we have to walk on ice to get to the bus stop. Im thinking is anybody else around if i fall . Now, according to montgomery county, the Maryland National capital park and planning commissi charge of shovelling this sidewalk and that other one along georgia avenue. Reached out to the agency today for comment. We still havent heard back. Im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Thank you, kevin. The icy conditions have kept news chopper 7 busy today. This morning, it flew over the scene of a Chain Reaction crash involving eight cars on the outer loop near braddock road. Hours later, more problems. This time an audi had broken down and caught fire on the beltway near tysons corner. This afternoon Traffic Cameras caught the aftermath of a truck overturned on i66 in gainesville. All of these crashes caused traffic delays but we have no reports of serious injuries. Arlington drivers have been especially frustrated thanks to a salt shortage in the county. A 2,000 ton delivery is being unloaded right now to help crews catch up. How are the roads looking in the rest of our area . Tom roussey is live with what hes seen. Tom . And we are in northwest d. C. Maureen. It is spring lane northwest, a neighbor just told us they never plow here and you can see this storm was no exception. This road has not been plowed. A lot of snow still on a little slippery too, we just saw starting to spin out a few moments ago on this street. Fortunately, though, this is not the norm in the district. Things are about to look a lot better. Check out the difference as we turn on here as soon as its safe to do so. See how much better it looks. Rockville, neighborhood looks really good and well, we obviously are having some problems with toms story but we will get back to him if we can. Of course while we couldnt break the freezing temperature mark today warmer days are ahead, were told. Meteorologist stev rudin tells us when the fog will arrive. Steve . All righty, we have warmer temperatures or milder temperatures, lets say, on the way for the day tomorrow. And really begins to impact our region as we move into the end of the upcoming weekend. Take you outside right now, this is a view from atop our station here at rosslyn and you can see the sun just about to set. The potomac is still frozen. Temperature today didnt even make it above freezing at Reagan National airport. 23 at dulles and its 21 in gaithersburg. Fredricksburg at 29 degrees. If youre looking for warmer air, its well well off to the west of us. 11 00 tonight temperatures will be in the lower to middle 20s. By 7 00 in the morning, were talking about a temperature of only 15 degrees even colder to the north and west of us. Highs tomorrow will eventually make it into the middle 40s. Its after that, that we really see that nice warmup. More details on the warmer forecasts in just a few minutes. Maureen . Thank you so much steve. School snow days piled up during this winery weather. We are tracking how many days schools have used and how many need to be made up. We have all that for you on wjla. Com. Prince georges county police captured a man they believe may be linked to a series of rapes. The attacks happen in and around bladensburg over the past six months. Maryland bureau chief brad bell explains what we know about the suspect. It was just one week ago that police announced that they feared that a potential serial rapist could be at work in bladensburg. That followed a rape on the 25th of february. And then just this week, there was another one. Now, we can show you a map of four sexual assaults all centered around bladensburg. First one in september. Another in october. The ones we just mentioned on the it 25th and then on march 4th. Well after the march 4th assault on 38th avenue in the cottage city brentwood area police were able to develop a suspect and this is that man. 48yearold James William diggs. Police had his name last night. They had a warrant. They looked for him through the night and through the day today and at 2 30 this afternoon, they were able to make an arrest. And they are relieved because looking at the pattern of the crimes, Police Feared there could become an escalation. Look at the first two, they were september 8th and september 20th. Theres considerable time in between. The third one occurred on february 25th and now this one. So you know, yes, we are very pleased that we managed to get him off the streets. Diggs was arrested in waldorf today without incident. He is undergoing questioning at this point in time. He does have a criminal history. Served a good deal of time were told, after a robbery conviction in the 1980s. Brad bell, abc 7 news. D. C. s crime lab is under scrutiny after some d. N. A. Results were found to contain errors. Prosecutors have been sending d. N. A. Evidence to outside labs since january 12th while a review is conducted. The u. S. Attorneys office insist there are no signs any errors led to convictions. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 6 00, the accusations against the u. S. Senator who may be facing federal corruption charges. Plus, why a former federal prosecutor is drawing parallels between Hillary Clinton and Richard Nixon. And next, the status of the u. S. Ambassador to south korea after a b new development tonight in a lawsuit over the 2013 government shutdown. The suit was filed on behalf of workers deemed essential who worked with no assurance of being paid. On monday workers will receive a notice advising them they are welcome to join the case. The lawsuit claims the federal government violated the law by failing to pay essential workers during the shutdown. Questions tonight over how security was handled for the u. S. Ambassador seriously hurt in an attack in south korea. I need an ambulance fast. Get me to the hospital. Mark lippert was attacked two days ago when a man jumped from a crowd during a speech he was giving and slashed him in the face and wrists. He had just one Security Guard who was unarmed. Security policies are under review. Lippert is expected to remain hospitalized through the weekend. Hes in very good spirits and eager to get back to work. The suspect kim kijong was in court today. Police are investigating his possible ties to north korea. Police believe kim was protesting joint military drills involving the u. S. And south korea. Its been called the largest brief filing in history and now in the hands of the supreme court. The Human Rights Campaign wants the high court to recognize same sex marriage nationwide. It filed a brief today with more than 207,000 signatures supporting its position. The court will hear oral arguments next month and the ruling is expected this summer. The nations Unemployment Rate has fallen to its lowest point in nearly seven years. At 5. 5 . Thats a. 2 drop from last month. This drop was fueled by a combinings of 275,000 jobs created and people dropping out of the labor force. The Largest Corporation in the world is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial average. Apple takes its place in the exclusive club later this month. It replaces tech rival at t. Next on abc 7 news at 6 00 the new lawsuit challenging Hillary Clintons email use while she was secretary of state. The questions one prosecutor wants one Prosecutor Says must be answered. And steve rudin breaks down the risk of refreeze and when well finally warm up. Im robert burton. Coming up in sports, the wiz head coach Randy Whitman is looking for answers and were in orlando where a First National was witty this morning. Well tell you more. Hillary clintons email hablts are under the microscope. She used a private server and email address while she was secretary of state. Now, her critics are demanding even suing to have them released. Senior political reporter scott thuman spoke with the man at the heart of the court battle. Exactly whats in those emails . Thats the question and was Hillary Clinton hiding anything by having her own private server or being protective as some other politicians have done. If the secretary of state decided she was only going to communicate through her own private email accounts set up her own secret server at her house, clearly she didnt want anyone to know what she was communicating. Former federal prosecutor and head of freedom watch Larry Clayman has been asking for years for state department files and just yesterday, asked the courts to seize clintons hard drive and release the contents. They deserve answers as to whether their Public Servants the secretary of state were hiding that documentation because that would be a criminal offense. Thats obstruction of justice. Thats exactly what Richard Nixon was accuse of doing during watergate. He believes they could be damaging on subjects like war planes or Iranian Nuclear programs. Well work as quickly as we can. A lot of shenanigans have been going on in this administration despite the president saying this this is going to be the most transparent. It appears to be the least transparent. She wants the world to see the emails that she decides the world should see. Its obvious that 55,000 email thats not very much. And perhaps giving this email issue added longevity would be the Congressional Committee here on the hill which has been ferociously investigating then secretary of state clintons role in the attacks on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. Scott thuman, abc 7 news. The Justice Department may soon bring criminal corruption charges against bob menendez. He is reportedly under investigation for actions he took on behalf of a florida doctor who contributed to his campaign. Attorney general eric holder would not comment on reports that menendez is about to face charges. An aide issued a statement defending the senators actions. Powerful images tonight from Arlington National cemetery. The third infantry regimen known as the old guard posted these photos today on facebook. They show soldiers conducting a military burial with full honors in the yesterday despite the snow. The old guard is the regiment that acts as sentinels at the tomb of unknown. Beautiful but sad picture there. Absolutely. A lot of snow out there. And a lot of folks are hoping that the snow will melt quickly and a lot of folks are dreaming im one of them. Dreaming about going to the beach this summer and this spring. Only about two months away for beach season. Countdown begins. Take a look at what it looks like right now at ocean city. Yes, theres snow at the beach. It will look a lot different as we move through the next couple of months or so. Actually look a lot different next week as the warmer temperatures settle overhead. 28 degrees. Thats it right now at Reagan National airport. Winds are out of the south around five miles per hour. Wind chill factor at 23 degrees. So theres definitely a chill in the air. And its going to stay chilly at least as we move through the overnight hours into early tomorrow. Look at the high. Only made it up to 29 degrees. Our average for this time of year is 52. Record n[f 81 set back in 1961. 23 at dulles. 25 at winchester. 21 at b. W. I. Marshall. Any way you look at, it its cold out there. It stays cold overnight and were going to see temperatures once again not record breaking temperatures, but still, very cold for this time of year. Warmer air off to the west of us. Look at kansas city. Theyre at 58 degrees. Once we get our winds to change direction, more out of the southsouthwest. That warmer and milder air will overspread the mid atlantic. Not going to happen tonight. 15 degrees inside the capital beltway. Single digits to the north and west of us for morning temperatures come tomorrow. Satellite and radar not a lot going on. A few clouds across western maryland. Panhandle of west virginia. Well look for these clouds to gradually dissipate as it moves through the overnight and then a weak disturbance late on sunday or early sunday, thats going to threaten to bring us a few added clouds once again but it stays dry. Next best chance for a few showers wont come until it looks like tuesday. At that time, 30 risk for seeing anything at all. 46 degrees tomorrow for a high with lots of sunshine. Winds will be out of the southwest at five to 10 miles per hour. As we head through the weekend, it looks good on sunday. Temperatures in the lower 50s. As we move through the next seven days well call for temperatures, lower 50s on monday. Lower 50s and a chance for showers on tuesday. Were talking upper 50s with nighttime lows only in the 40s. That means the snow thats out there right now it wont last very long. Im ready to see it go. Not alone. The nats are in florida. How come youre not there . I dont know. I dont know. Im wanting to go back. Are you going with me this time . Im going right along. Lets make a date. They are heating up in orlando, florida and well check in with them and what Randy Wittman said as a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half o what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 200 back when you upgrade to fios s internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Hurry call now its your last chance. This offer ends march twentyfirst. Nats continued spring ball today in orlando. Yesterday, they kicked things off with a 54 win over the braves today. Second inning, smacked one to right center. Thats gone. Two run shot. Nats take a 20 lead. Then in the fifth, bases loaded. Gets up on this one. Clears the bases. A triple. He was on fire today. The nats go on to win this one. Talking hoops right now. The wizards have lost 10 of their last 13 games. Tonight, theyll try to get something started against the heat at verizon. Last matchup for the wiz said a lot after losing to a banked up bulls team, is there a flaw in the way that the wizards are drawing up plays . Randy wittman said if only it was that easy. I wish it was a strategy. Thing. We take too many plays off. Not playing hearted enough. All right. News out of the redskins camp. Team announced today theyve resigned tight end niles paul to a new deal. Reportly a three Year Contract worth so 10 million. This past year, he posted numbers across the board. Today, he tweeted out a pic of him signing his new contract saying blessed. In womens hoops. Terp women took on Michigan State in the big 10 quarterfinals and lexi brown went crazy. She channelled her inner dee brown, thats her dad. Dropped 29 points on the spartans and led the terps to a win to advance to tomorrow nights semifinal game against northwestern. All right. Final note. The g. W. Women defeated st. Louis 7763 today and advance to tomorrows a10 semifinals against fordham. All right. We are already in the swing of things. March madness going on. Almost spring. Almost. You know were really close to spring because daylight savings time, that begins on sunday morning. We spring ahead by one hour. Look outside right now and you can see what it looks like. Its still bright out there. But at this time monday its going to be sunny at this point. Wonderful. I know. Thats good news on the way. Its still cold out there right now. As we head out doors, make sure you bundle up tonight. Bright skies once again. Temperatures in the middle 40s. At least we have the winds out of the southwest at five to 10 miles an hour. Once we have winds out of the southsouthwest, that will allow the temperatures to warm up snies nicely. Look at the next seven days. Six of the next seven, well be at or above 50 degrees. Lower 50s on monday and chance for a few showers on tuesday. Ill take it. That will help melt the snow a little faster. Upper 50s to around 60 on wednesday and thursday. Cold front on thursday. Behind the cold front, its in the lower 50s. Oh, thats nice thanks, kevin. World news tonight with david muir coming up next. Weekend. On this friday night, breaking developments on the three out of a job in ferguson after the scathing report from the Justice Department. This evening, the president with scathing words of his own. And the rescue team racing to help Harrison Ford after his plane crashes. And tonight, the new pictures of the crashed plane. Many asking, were passengers put at risk . And this evening, the major fears over flooding as we head into the weekend. And youll hear about the new american inventions. Who would you pick
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