children. but we begin with winter weather, what a mess in the midwest, heavy snow, ice, thunderstorms pounding several states. in many areas they saw a foot of snow already on the ground. part of that storm system is marching our way. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm brian bolter. >> i'm shawn yancy. fortunately here we're not expecting heavy snowfall, but that storm could still cause some problems tomorrow morning. sue palka is in the weather center now. >> there might be a little spotty prescription around in the morning. i think that would be in the form of snow and sleet. the better chance might be for the evening commute. i want to emphasize anything we get will be light, but when it comes to sleet, light can cause some problems. that's why we'll highlight this. by the time this thing is done, it will have affected half of the country or portions of 24 or 25 states, but what you see here, all the heavy snow and precipitation in the form of thunderstorms down to the south is beginning to split into two separate areas and when this starts coming in our way tomorrow, we are going to be in that split. so what we'll be getting is fairly light. that's why i'm not thinking we'll have big issues in the morning but a little snow and sleet could be around. here's how things will play out. they've got some winter weather advisories up for the mountains. this is where you might get a small accumulation of snow and sleet. that could begin earlier. those advisories kick in tonight through friday, no advisories for the metro area and that first storm that's producing all the snow will be weakening, but there will be more rain coming in our direction and with cold temperatures at the surface and several layers around we could get that light mix of snow and sleet. so here are the headlines very quickly for friday's messy mix. yes, it will be very light. it might affect us in the morning a little bit, but i think the better chance is in the afternoon with periods of light snow or sleet. well north and west there could be freezing rain in the mix. evening commute could be affected, but we think by the time we get after 6:00 or so this should become all rain. sleet or the little ice pellets that tick when they hit your window and that again on road surfaces it could be close to the freezing mark, may make it slick in some areas. for most of us i think temperatures will get above the 32-degree mark. the middle of the country is buried under more than a foot of snow tonight. in some places as much as a foot and a half fell. the snow stepped from colorado to illinois and the snow brought sleet, freezing rain. airports of state capitols have been shut down and two deadly car crashes have been blamed on the storm. now another big story, he dedicated his life to fighting crime. now he's a victim. a retired atf agent was shot to death walking his dog in woodbridge last night. tonight police have a suspect in custody in what appears to be a random crime. audrey barnes is in the newsroom. >> greg holley retired from the atf in 2009 after assignments in atlanta, chicago and detroit where he was the special agent in charge. holley was focusing on his church and family, a wife and four sons. tonight the community and those who knew and loved greg holley cannot believe he's gone. >> absolutely senseless. senseless is the word i could say. >> pastor ronald jones took a class with greg holley at the new life anointed ministry church in woodbridge last night. minutes after it ended holley was dead. >> we left the class probably about 8:30, quarter to 9:00 and said he was going to go walk the dog, go home, do the homework that we had got assigned and i got word. >> word that greg holley, a retired atf agent and army reserve officer, a father with four boys, had been gunned down during a robbery steps from his home. >> what a tremendous loss. i mean the family is, of course, his wife is grieving. the boys just hurt because he was such a great man, such a great man. what a loss. >> an off-duty prince william county police officer spotted a man running from the scene after holley was shot. 25-year-old aric alexander smith was taken into custody after a brief struggle. he had a stolen gun on him and some of holley's personal belongings. >> i basically think it's a sign of the times which should make all of us embrace our families even the more, kissing, talking to our children early in the morning, our ives, the people that we love and work -- our wives, the people that we love and work around the. >> two of moll live's boys made it home from college -- holley's boys made it home from college to be with their mom. the family says loved ones know what to prepare for but never expect to have to deal with. greg's life work was about fighting violent crime and unfortunately it was violent crime that took his life. the family says their only comfort right now is knowing what an incredible man greg holley was. greg moll holley's church set up a facebook -- holley's church set up a facebook memorial page to him. we're putting a link to it on www.myfoxdc.com. the suspect aric smith is facing robbery and first degree murder charges. a frederick man has been arrested by montgomery county police charged with sexually abusing two young girls. timothy crupika is accused of abusing two 11-year-olds. he taught the girls at meadow hall elementary school in rockville. the alleged abuse happened between last september and this month. i an 11-year-old girl continues to -- an 11-year-old girl continues to cling to life after being pulled from a fire in her home this morning in glenarden, maryland. her father and two sisters died in the blaze. her mother and another sister survive. investigators believe this was an accident. >> there were no working smoke detectors inside the home and had there been, investigators believe it would have given the family a little extra time to perhaps make it out alive. it was the worst kind of fire call, kids trapped inside. volunteer firefighters rushed to the home on leslie avenue in glenarden where they found a 33- year-old mother and her 8-year- old daughter outside on the front lawn. the two had managed to escape the inferno through a window and were suffering from smoke inhalation, but trapped inside were the father and three other daughters, an 11, 8 and 4-year- old. >> one firefighter did receive second degree burns from the search. so it's -- the hardest part for them is pulling those kids out of the house. >> the 36-year-old father and his 8 and 4-year-old daughters died before paramedics were able to get them to the hospital. the 11-year-old was resuscitated is put in grave condition. chief bashoor says the fire -- but is now in grave condition. chief bashoor says the fire began on the first floor of the house that was not equipped with smoke alarms. a neighbor across the street called 911. the family is believed to have lived in the one-story house about two years. a large garage is in the rear and holds an auto repair shop. >> it's tough. our kids played together daily every day after school, all day on the weekends. it's tough. it's hard. it's a hard hit to the community. >> by midday firefighters were going door to door on leslie avenue checking smoke alarms and installing new ones if needed. the fire officials have still not released the names of the three people killed in the fire. one of the girls lost her twin sister and again an 11-year-old is in grave condition. for now officials believe an electrical problem caused that fire. also in prince george's county we're learning more about a deadly car accident that killed a clearly last night in oxon hill -- a 3-year- old last night in oxon hill. the family car rolled over dominic watkins jr. killing him. the child's father was picking up his son and daughter from an apartment complex on audrey lane. once the toddler got into the car the father noticed the vehicle was rolling backwards. the little boy fell out. the car ran over him. in the process the father dropped his 2-year-old daughter. she is in the hospital tonight with nonlife threatening injuries. a news alert from capitol hill where the countdown is on for the sequestration deadline with congress in recess, both republicans and democrats have to come up with a deal to cut the deficit. if not, billions of dollars in automatic federal cuts could affect jobs in d.c., maryland and virginia fox 5's tom fitzgerald continues this from capitol hill. >> reporter: on capitol hill today warnings of sequestration as the deadline approaches. >> this is an artificial unnecessary self-inflicted crisis that should end today. >> reporter: but with congress out of session, house democrats instead staged a hearing of their own policy committee on what $85 billion in immediate cuts would do to schools, the military and federal programs. >> and maryland, virginia and the district of columbia we have 21% of all of the federal payroll. >> reporter: steven polar is a george mason university economics professor who has written a report on how sequestration will hit the d.c. area as it is still recovering from receipt session. >> our economy used to be -- the recession. >> our economy used to be the fastest growing in the nation as a metropolitan area. now we're in the bottom 1/3. >> reporter: but the battle lines remain the same as the democrats blame republicans for not going along with their plans to raise higher tax revenues. >> since the new congress began they have not put forward one proposal to prevent the across the board sequester. >> i try to put myself in the place of the regular citizen who sits here and watches this. they got to be scratching their heads. >> reporter: republicans insist deeper entitlement cuts are needed, not more tax money. >> now it's time to get serious about reducing washington's out of control spending. >> reporter: virginia republican congressman randy forbes says the white house is to blame for the sequestration crisis because he says it created the budget cutting mechanism in the first place. >> the president signed it into law. he doesn't have to sign it into law. he did and for over a year from august, 2011 through the end of last year the president did nothing to stop it. >> reporter: for his part president obama has hit the road in recent days hoping to bring public pressure to bear on lawmakers from both sides. of course, if there is a deal to be made, lawmakers are running out of time to make it. the sequestration deadline hits on friday, march 1st. on capitol hill tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. a gunfight on the world famous las vegas industrial, find out what sparked the violence that led to a deadly chain reaction crash. >> and seafood lovers beware, why you might not be getting what you actually pay for. >> tonight on the news edge a warning for young women. police believe a stalker may be cruising the streets of montgomery county. hear from a would be victim who says she barely escaped at 11:00. >> keep it right here of the fox 5 news at 10:00 is coming right back. 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maserati going northbound eventually running a red light. >> that is the vehicle that fired upon the maserati which initiated the chain reaction car crash that you see behind me. >> reporter: that setting off a deadly chain of events. at least five cars crashed into each ear, a taxicab bursting into flame -- other, a taxicab bursting into flames, the taxicab driver and his passenger now dead. the suspects in the suv somehow managed to get away. the maserati driver died from a gunshot wound. a passenger in the car is being treated for injuries. >> i ran over to help the dude in the has really, pulled him out of the has reid and tried to give him some -- maserati and tried to give him some cpr. he was breathing at at time. >> reporter: police are examining surveillance footage to see exactly what happened. pete griffin, fox news. the lead investigator has been pulled off the murder case against an olympic champion because he's facing attempted murder charges, too. the detective in the oscar pistorius case was involved in a shooting in 2011 along with two other officers. charges have been brought in that case. south african police have named a new lead detective. pistorius is accused of killing his girl friend on valentine's day. he became the first amputee running to compete at the olympic games. now a consumer alert, stunning result from a new study about seafood sold in the u.s. found about 1/3 of the seafood is mislabeled and you wouldn't have a clue. fox 5's will thomas is here with the warning for consumers. >> it was a two year study. a conservation group out of d.c. called oceana analyzed about 1,200 seafood samples from nearly 700 retail outlets in 21 states. the group study shows nearly 90% of the time you think you're buying snapper, you're actually given something else. tuna was also on the list. about 60% of the samples were identified by a dna analysis as something other than what was on the label. in many cases less desirable and cheaper species were sold. here's some of the findings. sushi bars led the way in mislabeling your fish. you're more likely to get an honest catch at a grocery store. some of the mistakes are likely honest because a lot of fish looks and even tastes the same and keep this in mind. there are health concerns at stake here. tilefish, for instance, which can have a high mercury content can be dangerous for pregnant women. that was sold in some cases as red snapper. we spoke with the author of the study on fox 5 news at 5:00 today. here's some of that interview. >> we sampled sushi venues, restaurants and grocery stores across the country and sushi venues were the -- had the highest levels of mislabeling, over 70% nationwide, over 80% in the nation's capital, whereas grocery stores were in the middle, 38% nationwide, 40% in the district. >> again grocery stores have the least amount of mislabeling according to the study which doesn't actually name any of the businesses. here's why. the seafood supply chain is invest complex and they say not compact -- very complex and they say not exactly transparent, so the investigators of the study don't know where the fraud is actually occurring. what they do know is what you think you're getting isn't always the case. >> kind of scary. a federal grand jury indicted four employees of a peanut company linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak. nine people died, hundreds got sick after eating the tainted peanut butter in 2009. the owner of the pie nut corporation of america along -- peanut corporation of america along with the vice president and two other managers are facing charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and obstruction of justice. a popular swim coach admits to disturbing allegations. >> plus superstorm sandy sandy hit back in late october. thousands of families are still living in hotels unable to move back home. it's all on the government's dime, how long until the emergency money runs out. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your retirement. visit a branch or call now for your personal retirement review. the former director of d.c.'s homeland security agency is charged with tax fraud. millicent west is expected in court tomorrow to plead guilty to one felony count of attempting to interfere with the administration of internal revenue laws. the charge appears to be connected to the conviction of former council member harry thomas, jr. if convicted, west could spend three years in prison. a special d.c. council meeting will be held next week to discuss punishing council member jim graham by stripping away some of his power stemming from an ethics violation by the newly formed ethics board. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: council member jim graham was at work thursday leading a hearing that has oversight of how alcoholic beverages are regulated in the district. it is this leadership role graham's colleagues could soon take away from him. >> his conduct adversely harmed the public's confidence in the integrity of the district government. >> reporter: two weeks ago an ethics board said graham broke the city's code of conduct three times when it came to a deal that has to do with the district's lottery contract and a development deal connected to metro. >> we're seeking an in destruction. >> reporter: put graham is not going down without a -- but graham is not going down without a fight. >> their findings were beyond their legal authority to reach without a process. heats have a hearing. >> reporter: chairman -- let's have a hearing. >> reporter: chairman mendelson has been privately meeting with other council members about this reprimand for graham and will likely have support on monday from many members except council member marion barry. >> i'm going to fight as hards a can among the other members to -- hard as i can among other members to try to get them to agree. >> reporter: graham was listening steps away and hopes instead of punishing him on monday council members will call for a hearing to investigate instead. instead. >> this can be solved if five members of this council requested a special committee be convened to conduct a hearing. >> reporter: in the district matt ackland, fox 5 news. coming up next tonight new details about a foiled terror plot in england, the attack the suspects wanted to unleash on a crowd. >> also a local congressman takes a trip to cuba to visit a jailed maryland man, the problem that is stalling the efforts to bring alan gross home. 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voluntary, when you are 13, 14, 15, you are not in a voluntary relationship with someone 20 years your senior who is your coach. >> reporter: according to a police document, coach curl had sex with the teenage girl at the georgetown prep school and in various homes. in a seventh floor courtroom when asked by the judge if he's guilty of child sexual abuse, curl in a quiet but firm voice answered yes, yes, your honor. the victim's eyes occasionally misted up during the proceedings. news agencies usually shield the identity of sexual abuse victims, but kelley davies currin has given the media permission to use her name and image. in the courtroom curl never looked at his former student. curl is facing up to 15ier in prison when he's sentenced on -- 15 years in prison when he's sentenced on may 23rd. more than 70 former patients have contacted an attorney after learning their gynecologist may have secretly recorded their examinations. dr. nikita levy worked for johns hopkins and committed suicide as police in the hospital investigated. levy has been fired -- at least had been february 8th, not clear how many women he recorded or photographed. congressman chris van hollen is back in maryland tonight. he traveled to cuba to visit a potomac man jailed there since 2009. alan gross was convicted of spying during a sanctioned program with the u.s. agency for international development. van hollen says gross is eager to be released and is frustrated about his continued detention. >> well, he is not surprisingly very frustrated about his continued detention. he's very thin. he's lost a lot of weight. he showed me on his belt the additional holes he'd had to punch to make sure he had a belt that could hold his pants up. he was very energetic about the need to resolve the situation and get him out. >> during his visit congressman van hollen met with cuban president raul castro and reiterated the u.s.' position that alan gross didn't do anything wrong and should be released with no preconditions. three muslim extremists who wanted to change the world will watch it pass them by from behind prison bars. they're convicted today of plotting a terrorist attack in england. >> reporter: they had grope up in this country but came to -- grown up in this country but it hail to hate it. these three young -- but came to hate it. these three young man planned terrorist attacks that they hoped to outdo 9/11, the subway bombings and on a bus that killed 52 people. >> from their own worlds they were quite critical of the 77 bombers in the fact they didn't kill enough people and wanted this to be their 9/11. >> reporter: they were followers of the late u.s. born al-qaeda cleric anwar al- awlaki. community men's say they feel betrayed. >> they've given -- members say they feel betrayed. >> they've given money for charitable reasons and it's been used for something other than what they expected. >> reporter: after two returned home the police swooped in arresting them in 2011 in the early stages of planning their savage acts before they had chosen targets. they talked about attaching knife blades to a truck and ramming it into a crowd of people and using poison and firearms in addition to the eight knapsacks they had hoped to explode. they had experimented in bomb making. 1 was a trained chemist who worked in a pharmacy. some people dismiss them as a sloppy group, sort of cartoonish jihad jokers, but law enforcement said they were dead serious and deadly and that people in this country are much safer with them behind bars. in london amy kellogg, fox news. the dalai lama is scheduled to speak at university of maryland this spring. school officials say the spiritual leader will deliver the annual lecture for peace on may 7th at the comcast center. previous speakers have included former secretary general of the united kofi annan and nelson mandela. wicked weather is pounding the midwest tonight. >> and after four months of superstorm sandy thousands of people are still living in hotels on the government's dime. still up at the pump, gas prices up 35 straight days, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded fast approaching $3.80. also on the rise mortgage rates, the average for a popular 30 year fixed rate is now at 3.56%, the highest level since last summer, but keep in mind still near record lows. meantime we got this warning from wal-mart, the discount retailer saying those payroll tax hike for social security along with rising gas prices will take a toll on its shoppers and sales this year, but no whining from american winemakers, u.s. wine exports growing for the third straight year. we're selling more vino to canada and china, go figure and americans are slowing down on chowing down, at least at fast food joints. a new study saying that adults get 11% of their calories from fast food, but guess what? that's a decline from the last time the survey was conducted seven years ago. the fast food market in america generating more 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stay home tomorrow, call it a nice four day weekend. >> reporter: freezing rain making driving conditions dangerous in springfield where ice caused this vehicle to flip over on a highway. it's slow going on the interstate for truckers in lincoln, nebraska, where plows trying to clear the road in whiteout conditions, the storm expected to move east. another system may spin off and cause heavy snowfall in new england over the weekend. at least 24 states are expected to be affected before it dissipates. at least two deaths are blamed on the weather system thus far, an 18-year-old and a 19-year- old in nebraska and in oklahoma, both situations where the cars lost control on slick roads. in omaha, mike tobin, fox news. >> that's all over. he was in omaha, talked to friend in st. louis today. >> when it's done it will have affected half the country. >> that's why i don't have friends in st. louis. i don't want to hear it. >> they didn't call and complain. i called to check on them. >> she had to close her daycare you said. >> she said everything was shut down. >> there's an icy part of this, too down to our south. we're watching that storm now. it will affect us but only very slightly. it could be potentially a nonevent here because there's a split, but if there's even smallamount of sleet, sleet can make things dicey. there could be some precipitation around and it could take the form of a little sleet or snow or freezing rain if you live far enough north. we'll start with a look at the big storm everybody is talking about. you know that this moisture here is getting ready to split into two pieces if you were watching at the beginning and this snow portion will weaken. this will transition into a coastal storm that will potentially bring new england more storm. while it's splitting it will come across d.c. that's why we won't get a whole lot out of. this we'll probably get a little rain -- out of this. we'll probably get a little rain on saturday. there's an area of high pressure that will keep this at bay a little bit longer, so most of you will be dry for the morning. you'll have some clouds out there, but i really think any precipitation we get in the morning would be spotty. by the way, we do have some advisories to our west. this is actually for a combination of snow and sleet, but also freezing rain. so late tonight and during the day friday there's a possibility of a small buildup of ice in these purple areas, but nothing has been issued for the d.c. area. at the surface this is what the setup will be tomorrow. there's going to be rain to our south and we'll eventually see this change to rain everywhere else. the pink zone is a small area of a combination of snow and sleet, outside chance for freezing rain, best chances likely in the mountain or perhaps well to the north along the mason-dixon line. that area of low pressure this becomes the coastal storm will head up to new england. it throws some rain showers back at us on saturday, heaviest rain to the east as this thing continues up the coast. it may hit places like boston. they may end up having one of their snowiest februaries in a long time. in terms of any accumulation here, it's only a slight chance. we would say a combination of snow and sleet might produce a light accumulation, but it's only a chance. i think a better chance might be out to our west. we want you to have a heads up because when it comes to sleet, it doesn't take much to create some slippery spots that. would mainly be a concern for the evening commute on friday. let's take this forward in time and it's showing us very little in this area. a lot of times the lightest stuff doesn't really project itself onto the futurecast, but you can see why along interstate 80 one will have to watch for a bit of snow or sleet or freezing rain. at 5:00 there's a little rain to our south, patches of snow to our north. some of you might not see anything, but again sometimes these things can change a little bit and we're awfully close to moisture. by midnight rain and a little patch of snow hanging around to our north and rain saturday. watch for how the snow begins for new england and boston saturday at 11:00. we'll be drying out by then. get ready for a little mix tomorrow and rain on saturday. your fox 5 accuweather seven- day forecast, only about 36 degrees tomorrow and roads are cold, so that's why we think potentially sleet could cause some slick spot here and there. saturday 42, cold showers, sunday 49 degrees, looks like a pretty good day and so does monday. we might have a wintery mix back in the forecast on tuesday at 40' and a couple other days in the -- 48 and a couple other days in the mid-40s. one more day of meteorological winter. . the red carpet is being rolled out in hollywood for this weekend's academy awards. the oscars will be handed out sunday night. we have a preview of what's in store for the biggest night in hollywood. >> reporter: final preps are underway for the 85th annual academy awards. >> abraham lincoln has asked us to work with him to accomplish the death of slavery. >> reporter: with nine best picture nominees it's a diverse crowd vying for the top prize including lincoln, silver lining's playbook, les miserables, life of pi and argo. >> two months ago everyone would have told you lincoln will get best picture hands down, but over the last couple months it really has become argo's award to win. >> there are nine amazing movies, any of which could win, any of which would deserve to win if they did. >> it is a self-evident truth the things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. >> reporter: in the best actor category expect two time winner daniel day lewis to pick up his third statue playing the 16th president while lead actress is a tossup between emanuel riva and jessica chastain. >> this is an award that people thought chastain had a lock-in for, but it really has turned out that people are really connecting with jennifer lawrence's performance and for that reason i think she'll win. >> reporter: following wins at the globals in sag anne hathaway should win for her performance in les miserables while it could be a topup for the supporting guys as all five are previous winners. family guy creator seth mcfarland will handle hosting duties. he told fox he knows now he's going to keep the audience enter takenned for at least three hours. >> can -- entertained for at least three hours. >> can i just do half? >> reporter: you can tune in to look at some of the world's prettiest people in designer duds. with the oscars days away we asked our facebook fans to share some of their favorite movie lines. anita brown stevens likes there's no place like home. darnell williams favorite, i'll have what she's having from the famous restaurant scene in when harry met sally. pat bailey picked what if this is as good as it gets spoken by jack nicholson. here's one that's probably a favorite of many people, jessica pender posted may the force be with you and jack mckinney, you can't handle the truth. we invite you to log onto our my fox d.c. facebook page and share your favorite line. >> one of those yours? >> i don't really have a favorite movie line. you remember them all when people start talking about them, but i don't have favorite. >> i don't watch many movies. >> you have to get out a bit more. >> i watch the kid movies. what was the last one? >> hotel transylvania. >> defender of the guardian. >> you have to get -- >> 6 and 3-year-olds in our house. >> -- some adult movies, too. our first peek of the next generation of video games. >> we'll check out the brand- new playstation 4 and its new features. >> and a mother busted for an outrageous gift to her son strippers at his 16th birthday party at a bowling alley, details next on the news edge. now your capital rundown with tom fitzgerald. >> it's your look at the new and noteworthy in the week ahead. it's your capital rundown for the week of february 25th, 2013. on monday february 25th the u.s. supreme court hears arguments in the case ppl energy versus the internal revenue service examing whether u.s. corporations can deduct foreign taxes from taxes paid to the u.s. government. the justices convene at 10a. tuesday, february 26th the house homeland -- 10 a.m. tuesday, february 26th, the house homeland security committee will hear testimony on security at u.s. borders and how to improve it at 10 a.m. in room 311 of the cannon building. wednesday february 27th at the u.s. capitol the late civil rights icon rosa parks will become the first african american woman ever honored with a statue in statuary hall. the ceremony and unveiling begins at 11 a.m. thursday, february 28th, the house committee on education and welfare holds hearings on school standards and whether schools are doing enough to measure teacher performance at 9 a.m. in the rayburn building room 2175 and on friday, march 1st, at nasa headquarters nasa's 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