Julie toss to q right now road crews are gearing weather and for some, this will be the first time theyve used their plows this winter. But, teams are ready across the region, pretreating roads. You may have already seen some of those brine lines, driving last night. The timing of the storm. Coming after the evening rush and overnight, will help road crews once the snow starts falling. Metro is already taking precautions ahead of the storm. Metroaccess service will stop running at four this afternoon. It will be suspended all day tuesday. When it comes to the rails metro says it can operate pretty close to normal when there are snow totals between four and six inches, but you may see some delays. With the winter storm warning in effect. People are adjusting their travel plans. We spoke with two chicago who decided to fly here earlier than theyd planned. They wanted to avoid potential flight cancellations. They arrived at Reagan National airport yesterday. Bwi airport Officials Say because of the storm headed our way, several airlines have releaxed their ticket change policies. And remember you can follow the forecast right on your smartphone. Download the stormwatch app for instant updates. And following our Stormwatch Team on facebook and twitter. Were following breaking news out of los angeles. A warehouse, going up in flames overnight. Coming up the spicy food inside thats bringing even more heat for firefighters. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com winter storm watch in effect for prince georges, anne arundel, stafford, and orange counties. Dry to prepare for the snow today before 5pm snow likely tonight through tomorrow highest accumulations north of d. C. ; rain snow line critical for totals long melt refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today sun early, clouds late. Snow develops this evening. Winds ne to se 510 mph tonight snow, mixed with rain east of i95. Windy. Lows 2934 winds se to ne 1015 g 30 tuesday snow, mixed with rain southeast in the morning. Snow tapers off around 2pm. Windy cold. Highs 3337 winds n to nw 1020 g 30 still ahead tragedy in pennsylvania. A house going up in flames, leaving a three year old dead. Coming up the recalled toy that started it all. Midwest. This is a look at conditions in southeast minnesota. The snow started sunday night and is still coming down this morning. Later today this storm is expected to collide with another system. That will create the noreaster thats tonight. The stormwatch seven team is monitoring it all. Well check back in with meteorologist Eileen Whelan in just a few minutes. Right now we want to get to breaking news in los angeles. Jummy olabanji is following this one for us at the live desk. Autria, a massive fire breaking out overnight at a warehouse in downtown la. Nearly 200 firefighers were on the scene. No one was injured, but the smoke could be seen from across the city. A large amount of chile peppers were being stored in the facility helping fuel the fire and adding an irritant to the smoke. Right now, most of the fire is out but crews are still putting out hot spots. A pennsylvania family still left in shock this morning after a fire sparked by a hoverboard killed a toddler. Threeyearold Ashanti Hughes died after her harrisburg home went up in flames trapping her and two other children inside. The fir left charging on the first floor of the home. Family members inside say they heard sizzling and crackling before it exploded. Those popular hoverboards have come under scrutiny by government regulators after several incidents of them catching fire. The flaw battery packs that overheat. Now a massive recall is underway for 500thousand hoverboards made by 10 different companies. In another tragic turn, one of the firefighters responding to the scene was killed by an alleged drunk driver. Lieutenant dennis devoe was a 21 year member of the harrisburg fire department. Flags will be flown at halfstaff in pennsylvania today in his honor. The latest now on alaskas onethousand mile iditarod trail sled dog race. Mitch seavey was the first musher to leave the village of kaltag yesterday morning. His son, dallas, was close behind. But by last night. Wade marrs had taken the lead. Meanwhile, some sad news two dogs from two separate teams died last week. One of those dogs became injured, and died while being flown to anchorage. The race began march 6th, and is expected to end early this week. About 150 Special Olympics athletes representing team usa are heading to austria this afternoon, to compete in the world games. In arlington last night, a Sendoff Party was held for them. 17yearold cornell gray is the only team member from d. C. He started speed skating two years ago. Abcsevens scott thuman was the coemcee of last nights event. The Special Olympics world games begin tomorrow. And run through march 25th. Well talk with some of these athletes live, in our nine a. M. Hour. Before they head to dulles airport. The upcoming blizzard is bad news for the cherry blossoms. We went from possibly the earliest peak bloomto a very serious danger of losing them temperatures fell to around 26 degrees this weekend, which the National Park service says could mean a loss of about 10 percent of the blossoms. But even more bad news. Temperatures overnight with the snow will hit the low 20s. Weather that cold means 90 percent of the blossoms could be gone. Time now for weather winter storm warning in effect for d. C. And areas west from 7pm through 2pm tuesday. Winter storm watch in effect for prince georges, anne ru counties. Dry to prepare for the snow today before 5pm snow likely tonight through tomorrow highest accumulations north of d. C. ; rain snow line critical for totals long melt refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today sun early, clouds late. Snow develops this evening. Highs 4346 winds ne to se 510 mph tonight snow, mixed with rain east of i95. Windy. Lows 2934 winds se to ne 1015 g 30 tuesday snow, mixed with rain southeast in the morning. Snow tapers off around 2pm. Windy cold. Highs 3337 winds n to nw 1020 g 30 julie toss to sot it turns out some of your twitter followers may not even be human. Thats life. You diet. You exercise. And if you still need help lowering your blood sugar. This is jardiance. 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Dry to prepare for the snow today before 5pm snow likely tonight through tomorrow highest accumulations north of d. C. ; rain snow line critical for totals long melt refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today sun early, clouds late. Snow develops this evening. Tonight snow, mixed with rain east of i95. Windy. Lows 2934 winds se to ne 1015 g 30 tuesday snow, mixed with rain southeast in the morning. Snow tapers off ghs 3337. Windy cold. e snow is still g orm alreadyut the plans. Ng travel this morning, some flights already delayed or cancelled. Amy aubert is mornitoring it all for us in the newsroom amy . These final few hours before the snow hits, will mean store. Seven is on your side helping you and your family get ready. Coming up at 5 45 were live at zimmermans hardware with the musthave winter gear. The storm heads our way. Following the abc seven Stormwatch Team on facebook, twitter and wjladotcom. And download the stormwatch app for the latest forecast wherever you are. Right now Metro Transit Police are searching for the man responsible for an attack on board a metro train. Take a look. They say this man assaulted someone on a blue line train near metro center. It happened friday night around 8 45. If you know anything give police a call. New details about the california man who allegedly jumped the white house fence friday night, and tried to get inside. The suspect, 26yearold jonathan tran, is expected in u. S. District court this afternoon. Hes being held without bond. New Court Documents reveal. He was carrying a letter for the president that mentioned russian hackers. And he told the secret Service Agent who discovered him, quote, i am a friend of the president. Mr. Trump was inside at the time. The suspect was also allegedly carrying two cans of mace, and one of president trumps books. This is the latest in a string of White House Security breaches. A plan to raise the fence by five feet finally passed last month. A lateseason winter storm taking aim on the east coast. Snow, now just hours away. Coming up the two systems on the move right now. I got it. I gotcha baby. vo its being there when youre needed most. Ve is knowing. Hes the one. vo . It was meant to be. And love always keeps you safe. Were fine. vo love is why we built a car you can trust. Now and for a long time to come. The allnew Subaru Impreza sedan and fivedoor. A car you can love no matter what road youre on. The Subaru Impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Winter storm watch in effect for prince georges, anne arundel, stafford, and orange counties. Dry to prepare for the snow today before 5pm snow likely tonight through tomorrow highest accumulations north of d. C. ; rain snow line critical for totals long melt refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today sun early, clouds late. Snow develops this evening. Highs 4346 winds ne to se 510 mph tonight snow, mixed with rain east of i95. Windy. Lows 2934 winds se to ne 1015 g 30 tuesday snow, mixed with rain southeast in the morning. Snow tapers off around 2pm. Windy cold. Highs 3337 winds n to nw 1020 g deadline day in washington. Coming up the two we are waiting for from the white house. And breaking overnight a car flipping over and catching fire. The quickthinking that may have saved one mans life. Sam live tease fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com forecast were on this morning. A major march storm now just hours away. And this morning people across the dmv are stocking up, and getting ready. Sam sweeney is live at zimmermans hardware in burtonsville sam . Metro is already taking precautions ahead of the storm. Metroaccess can follow the forecast right on download the stormwatch app for instant updates. And following our Stormwatch Team on facebook and twitter. Well have another update from Veronica Johnson coming up at 5 50. Breaking overnight an earthquake hits virginia. Jummy olbabanji is at the live desk. The u. S. Geological survey reports that the 2point3 magnitude quake hit just after 10oclock last night. The quake was centered in Goochland County but People Living across the richmond area report feeling it. People on social media say it sounded like thunder. No immediate reports of any damage. This is the same general area where that 5point8 magnitude quake hit back in 2011. 5 xxx and happening this week. Two major deadlines for the trump administration. The first is for the Justice Department to provide evidence to back up the president s claims of wiretapping by president obama. The other. An assessment on the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. The president took to twitter last week. Claiming that the phones at trump tower were tapped during the campaign by president obama. Obamas representatives have emphatically denied it. Today top members of congress say the president must either come up with the evidence or retract his statements. The second key deadline could have a big impact on president trumps plan to repeal and replac obamacare. The independent Congressional Budget Office is expected to release an assesment on the gop legislation thats already getting plenty push back. Under the new plan. 10 Million People could lose healthcare coverage. A point house seemed to avoid when asked. The president has publicly promised more people would be covered. Its what many sports fans call the best time of the year. March madness is well underway. Time to get those brackets out. And start filling them out as teams get ready to compete in the ncaa tournament. Seedings per region were all announced sunday. Lets start with the four number one seeds. Defending champion villanova out of the east is the tournaments number one overall seed. Gonzaga claims the number one seed in the west. Kansas in the midwest and North Carolina in the south. Now here is a quick look at our local teams already in the big dance. Marylandwho took a tough loss to northwestern in the big ten tourney is a 6 seed in the west. They will play number 11 xavier thursday in buffalo. In the east. The university of virginiaa five seed will take on seed in the first round. Virginia tech. A 9 seed will face 8th seeded wisconsin in the first round. Vcu is a 10th seed in the west they will face the 7 seed saint marys. Mount saint marys is a 16 seed they play new orleans for a chance to play villanova. A special Birthday Celebration is happening this morning for one of dcs oldest residents. Virginia mclaurin turned 108 on sunday and what a year shes had she made headlines around the world when she got the chance to meet and dance with president obama at the white house. Then she was honored at nats park, at her firstever baseball game. Today, shell celebrate her birthday with the Harlem Globetrotters for the second year in a row. Mclaurin has lived in washington dc for over a century its 5 and time for a check on weather. Warning in effect for d. C. And areas west from 7pm through 2pm tuesday. Winter storm watch in effect for prince georges, anne arundel, stafford, and orange counties. Dry to prepare for the snow today before 5pm snow likely tonight through tomorrow highest accumulations north of d. C. ; rain snow line critical for totals long melt refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today sun early, clouds late. Snow develops this evening. Highs 4346 nht snow, mixedth rain east of esday snow, mixedth rain southe morning. Snow tapers off around 2pm. Windy cold. Ghs 3337 s n tn120 g dd oshea in thew. It was a beastly weekend at the box office as king kong fought off wolverine for first place. Kong skull island opened with an estimated sixtyone million dolars. The xmen sequel logan fell to second with an estimated 37 point nine million. Get out finished in third place variety reporting tyra banks has been named the new host of americas got named the new host of americas got talent. Tyra will replace nick cannon who served as host since 2009 and left the show last month after a falling out with nbc following a joke he told on his showtime comedy special. And get ready to see ed sheeran on game of thrones the series showrunners made the announcement sunday at southbysouthwest. No word what role the grammywinning singersongwriter will play on the show, which retur celebrity fitness trainer Richard Simmons is doing just fine, according to his publicist. People magazine said on thursday that police went to his home to check on reports that his housekeeper was holding him hostage. Los Angeles Police later said those reports were not true. Similar allegations popped up about a year ago, when richard personally denied them. The fitness guru has been keeping out of the public eye in recent years. You are waking up on a Winter Weather alert. Snow now just e timing of the o and this is a stormwatch 7 weather app alert. Autria all eyes on the skies. Larry trekking up to a foot of snow in some areas in the dmz. Already change in plans on the roads and at the airport. Autria the timing that you need to here as we prepare you for whats ahead. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 6 00 now, good morning, washington. What an interesting week. We have not had a monday like this this winter. Lets get right over to the storm watch weather team. From a cut, eileen . Veronica, eileen . Veronica biggest storm of the season coming in the month of march. It could be one of our biggest march snowfalls that have had