By a falling tree there. In missouri. State patrol says a man was killed when a tornado blew up to 20 junkyard vehicles onto the road while he was driving. The Severe Weather causing not only death and injury, but massive damage throughout the midwest. And now this system is heading our way. Meteorologist Eileen Whelan is timing out the Severe Weather. Weather alert day risk of severe storms; damaging winds, hail, isolated tornado 15pm 1st day of meteorological spring warm, wet, windy wednesday much cooler late week rain snow mix friday today warm and windy. Showers and severe storms this afternoon and early evening. Highs 7580 winds sw 1020 g 35 tonight becoming partly cloudy with falling temperatures. Lows 4246 winds w to nw 1020 g 40 mph thursday partly cloudy, seasonable, and breezy to windy. Highs 4955 winds nw 1020 g 30 President Donald Trump returned to night for the First Time SinceInauguration Day delivering his address to a joint session of congress. It was a speech filled with calls for unity and a much different tone from the president. We want to know how you rank President Trumps address to congress. Log on to wjla. Com votenow to let us know. Abcs maggie rulli has more. 1518 1 331 35 1 38 trt 1 50 oc soc this morning mem response to recent threats at jewish schools and community centers. The bagels not bombs event begins at 7 30 this morning at Charles E Smith day school in rockville. Thats one of three local schools threats. Also developing now a threatening note left at a mosque in silver spring. The note was found in a mailbox at the Islamic Education society. The council on americanislamic relations is calling for a federal investigation. Happening today were expected to get a new, revised immigration order from President Trump. The original travel ban ignited outrage and was halted by a federal court. Sources tell the washington post, the new order exempts current visa holders. It will also reportedly remove iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary travel ban. The six other countries iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen will remain on the ban list. And also happening today a sign of spring. This morning were going to get the first prediction for when the peak bloom of the Cherry Blossoms will be the National Park service will reveal the dates in just a few hours. The press conference is slated for 1030 am. Keep it here at abc7 and wjla. Com for this morning youre waking to a weather laert. The same system that spawned deadly tornaodes in the midwest set to hit us in just a few hours. Stormwatch seven is tracking it all, next. Weather alert day risk and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. 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New this morning. The two women accused of kil brother have been charged with murder. The pair arrived at court in kuala lumpur early this morning guarded by special forces carrying machine guns. The women say they thought they were taking part in a reality show prank when they smeared a deadly nerve agent on Kim Jong Nams face last month. North korea is suspected of involvement in the assasination. Youve probably noticed if youve been near the white house lately. The fencing from the inauguration is still up. This is video from just last night. We checked with National Park service. They say the permit ends today so it should be take down at some point throughout the day. Starting today its going to be a little bit harder to reach roosevelt island. This morning the National Park service is shutting down the parking lot and parts of the nearby mount vernon trail. Both projects are due for much needed facelifts. The closure is expected to last until late spring. 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A surprise visitor at dcs ballou stay high school. Former First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by the Southeast School yesterday. Students were told their special guest would be antwan wilson, the new chancellor of dc public schools. But then mrs. Obama walked in her office says she met privately with about 14 students at the alternative high school. Time now for weather weather alert day risk of severe storms; damaging winds, hail, isolated tornado 15pm 1st day of meteorological spring warm, wet, windy wednesday much cooler late week rain snow mix friday today warm and windy. Showers and severe storms this afternoon and early evening. Winds sw 1020 g 35 tonight becoming partly cloudy with falling temperatures. Lows 4246 winds w to nw 1020 g 40 mph thursday partly cloudy, seasonable, and breezy to windy. Highs 4955 winds nw 1020 g 30 julie toss to break abcs diane macedo and Kendis Gibson have the details in this mornings techbytes. Isjust wanna see ifa again . My score changed. 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Good morning im autria godfrey. And im larry smith. Lets get right to stomrwatch7 meteorologist Eileen Whelan with what we can expect,. We ather alert day risk of severe storms; damaging winds, hail, isolated tornado 15pm 1st day of meteorological spring warm, wet, windy wednesday much cooler late week rain snow mix friday today warm and windy. Showers and severe storms this afternoon and early evening. Highs 7580 winds sw 1020 g 35 tonight becoming partly cloudy with falling temperatures. Lows 4246 40 mph thursday partly cloudy, seasonable, and breezy to windy. Highs 4955 winds nw 1020 g 30 not even pouring rain could stop hundreds of gathering before the president s speech. Among them, odonnell. She and other speakers took turns bashing the president before his address to congress. Odonnell, whos been at odds with President Trump over the years, basically called for him to be thrown out of office. O donnell says the president is taking away rights. 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Highs 7580 winds sw 1020 g 35 tonight becoming partly cloudy with falling temperatures. Lows 4246 winds w to nw 1020 g 40 mph thursday partly cloudy, seasonable, and breezy to windy. Highs 4955 winds nw 1020 g 30 coming up on good morning washington grading President Trump. Grading President Trump. Sam live tease suz live tease disciplined. And president ial. During his 60minute speech, he said a new chapter of american greatness is now beginning. He spoke about the need to repeal and replace obamacare. To increase military spending. And to build that wall. He spoke about crime rates, and the dangers of lax enforcement of immigration laws. But there was a shift in tone toward compromise. Over immigration reform. The nights most emotional moment a standing ovation for carryn owens, the widow of Navy Seal Ryan owens, who was killed in january during a raid in yemen. A senior white house official says mr. Trump wrote the speech himself. But he had input from almost every member of his president ial team of advisers. Our question of the day how would you rank President Trumps joint address to congress . Cast your vote at wjladotcom slashvote now. And with more reaction let;s go to sam sweeney live at the whiele reston metro. As sam mentioned the president with calls for unity. He began by talking about civil rights and recent antisemitism. The president addressed threats made in recent weeks towards the jewish community. And today, a group of local jews are standing up against the hate. Suzanne kennedy is live in rockville. A formal petition for dc statehood is expected to be introduced today. Eleanor holmes joined with dc mayor Muriel Bowser will hold a press Conference Today to introduce the washington dc admission act. The new bill will reflect efforts to make dc the 51st state. Its happening this afternoon. Last election 86percent of voters supported a Ballot Initiative for statehood. Covering metro. 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Its the same team behind the popular holiday pop up bar. This time cocktails and food will pay tribute to the Cherry Blossoms and japanese culture. All of superstar singer rihannas from one of the countrys most distinguished learning institutes. Harvard named her the 2017 humanitarian of the year for her charitable efforts. The 29yearold barbados native opened a stateoftheart cancer diagnosis treatment center. And at 18, rihanna started her believe foundation to help terminally ill children. Rihanna says her Organizations Mission is to impact as many lives around the world as possible. Its 5 and time for a check on weather. Of severe storms; damaging winds, hail, isolated tornado 15pm 1st day of meteorological spring warm, wet, windy wednesday much cooler late week rain snow mix friday today warm and windy. Showers and severe storms this afternoon and early evening. Highs 7580 winds sw 1020 g 35 tonight becoming partly cloudy with falling temperatures. 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Com reporting this morning that katy perry and orlando break after a little over a year of dating. Jimmy kimmel has announced trump free tuesdays weather alert. The same system that brought these tornadoes to the midwest heading our way right now. Were timing it all out, coming up at six. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. L for 79. 99 per month, r the first year with a oyear agreement. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios get the best. Get fios. This is a stormwatch 7 weather app alert. Breaking overnight, devastation in the midwest, a rash of tornadoes. Larry the stormwatch 7 weather team is tracking the storms every move. Is at themmy olabanji live desk with the details breaking this morning as the storm beryl seized. Barrels east. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] here. A lot to follow lets start out in missouri. At least two people there confirmed dead. A man was killed while driving on interstate as a tornado sent 20 vehicles from a junkyard right onto the roadway where he was driving. Dozens of homes us the state of illinois, also destroyed this morning. Even most of t