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cameron was found with his behind bleeding and layers of skin missing. her bond was said to run $150,000. the man she was with when she was arrested is also in custody. in frederick stephanie rez, wusa9 news. >> details are hard to listen to. a cab driver shot and killed after picking up a passenger in capitol heights and police are looking for the gunman. surae chinn is live in the neighborhood where it happened. >> reporter: the 29-year-old cab driver from ethiopia was found in the 800 block of in capitol heights maryland and police are searching for a shooter. the owner of the company silver cab of prince george's county says khdeir yaya leased his car from them and has been driving for them for two years. he said he was a good guy, a good driver and he had picked someone up after being flagged down at the addison metro station. at 6:00 we talk to the cab company owner, other cab drivers. they say they feel they've lost a family member coming up in the next hour. prince george's county police made an arrest in a murder in fairmount heights. alexis henderson is now charged with first degree murder. it's thought henderson got into an argument with the victim rafael frazier that ended with frazier being stabbed to death. his body was found inside a home on wood hill court yesterday morning and cops found henderson in the district last night driving a car stolen from frazier's local. search crews prepare for another full day of recovery in the waters off indonesia. the grim task of identifying bodies of those found so far from air asia flight 8501 is also underway. craig boswell has the latest. >> reporter: search teams in indonesia are trying to work around high winds and rough seas to locate more victims of air asia flight 8501, the jetliner was about halfway through its two hour flight from indonesia to singapore when it disappeared from radar sunday. cbs news has learned indonesian officials believe the pilot attempted a steep climb to get out of the bad weather before the plane went down. authorities in charge of the investigation, though, cannot confirm that until the so- called black boxes are located. the flight data recorders can provide investigators with critical information about the plane's altitude, air speed and engine performance as well as a recording of the pilot's last words. cbs news confirmed a sonar image believed to be thman fuselage is upside down -- main fuselage is upside down at the bottom of the java sea. the first of the 162 people on board arrived in surabaya wednesday and now the identification process begins. victims' families are given detailed descriptions of their loved ones along with blood samples for dna matching in hopes of speeding up the identification process. craig boswell, cbs news. >> so far searchers have recovered only seven bodies including one of ight attendants. dramatic new home video of that greece ferry fire nearly 100 people still missing, 13 people confirmed dead according to skynews.com. the fire happened sunday in the adriatic sea and a ship was carrying 400 people. investigators are worried the death toll will rise. it looks like d.c. residents will ring in the new year without streetcars. the trolleys are on the road, on the eighth street corridor but just test runs without passengers. the gray administration hoped residents would be enjoying them by now, but safety concerns delayed the launch. ddot still has to complete a safety report. >> it was like oh, street cars are going to be going any minute, blah, blah, blah, you'll have such great transportation to get to union, blah, blah, blah. >> people will be upset because we had thought the trolleys were going to be here almost two years ago. >> the $123 million projects began all the way back in 2008. mayor gray says ddot will workday and night to get passengers safely riding on those trolleys. as new year's eve partiers are in for a chilly night, first alert meteorologist erica grow joins us now. how cold will it get tonight? >> it will feel like it's in the 20s, even upper teens after a really chilly end to the year. we only got up to 39 degrees today, our average high 44. we started the day at 29 degrees. it's going to be even colder today. you'll see that in the feels like forecast. this is when you combine, of course, the air temperature with the wind speed and as you're waking up early tomorrow morning, it's going to feel like 20 in frederick, 20 in gaithersburg, 16 in hagerstown, 23 in fredericksburg. so that chill will remain in the air. if you're heading to the nhl winter classic tomorrow, even in the afternoon, it's still going to feel like it's in the low 30s to mid-30s and it won't get any better until we get to the weekend. so that chill will still be in the air even early on friday morning. overnight tonight if you're heading out for those new year's eve celebrations, make sure you have the winter coat of, 20 to 26 degrees, wind chills in the teens and 20s with that west, southwest wind at 10 miles per hour. we'll talk about the warm-up and the chance for rain coming up in the first alert seven- day. changes are coming to redskins park following another losing season. today general manager bruce allen announced that defensive coordinator jim haslett is no longer with the organization. sports anchor kristen berset is here with more. >> redskins fans have been begging for some major changes to happen in ashburn. of course, they went to a new owner of the team. it's not going to happen any time soon. they also have been calling for general manager bruce allen to get fired. that doesn't appear to be happening either. in fact, today allen gave his annual postseason press conference to talk about the state of the franchise which is 28-52 in his five years as general manager. he s pokeabout 40 minutes. it got pretty testy at times. he promised to reevaluate the program, make some changes, the first which of we now know is a new defensive coordinator. jim haslett and the redskins agreed to part ways. this was haslet's fifth year with the team in. that team the redskins' defense collectively finished 29th in total yard and 30th in points allowed. on monday head coach jay gruden said he would recommend the team keep haslett, but two days later that's not the case. here's bruce allen explaining what happened. >> jay and jim have been talking the last few days and this morning when they were talking, they decided it was the best way for both sides and i appreciate coach haslett's work and what he's done for the redskins, but i think it was the right decision. >> bruce allen said the team planned on reaching out to other candidates beginning today but wouldn't give any kind of timetable when they plan to make a new hire, but did he say it would eventually be up to jay gruden to pick the new defensive coand who he wanted to work with. >> it sounded like he wanted to him. he can. saying he wanted to keep him. >> he came in when mike shanahan and bruce allen came in, but it's pretty obvious something needed to change, so a mutually parting of the ways. we're just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. the healing power of hockey, coming up at 5:30 diane roberts introduces us to the people who could get the most enjoyment out of tomorrow's winter classic. >> plus why the liquor board canceled new year's eve festivities at a popular d.c. bar. >> first alert meteorologist erica grow comes back with a look at your extended forecast. >> plus why millions of americans will be getting a ra i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality; super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house when you get more guaranteed from verizon fios, with tv service rated #1 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police call the mob assault of a pizza delivery plan. it happened december 9th on fletcher road in sterling. the loudoun county sheriff's office said the group of bad guys assaulted the victim while another held him. investigators say the victim was able to get away with only minor injuries. if you think you might recognize who this person is, please call loudoun crime solvers. that number is on your screen, 703-777-1919. much of the west will ring in the new year with freezing temperatures, snow and wind. >> two people actually were killed including a harbor patrol officer during a storm on santa catalina island in california. l.a. authorities say high winds caused several boats to break loose. more than 100 drivers were stranded in about 1 foot of snow in san bernadino county anicd slk conditions caused heavy backups on the roads to las vegas where revelers planned to ring in the new year. >> it's making me really nervous. i'm telling my friend i'm going to die because these people can't drive out here and i've seen almost 10 accidents. >> on vegas crews have sand ready in case it snows on the strip tonight and parts of arizona could see a foot of snow by tomorrow. the winter weather is expected to make tomorrow's rose bowl parade the coldest one in history. for those of you watching from home you, you can just spend new year's with us. >> yeah. >> where it's warm. >> it's a great way to stay warm because it will be very cold tonight, even by d.c. standards and by this time of year we are seeing some of the coldest temperatures, but it will feel like it's way below freezing even at midnight tonight. here we go with the michael and son weather cam. you can see it was sunny today. we have lots of blue sky overhead, but that sunshine was deceiving. it was cold and look at how dry it is, too. right now the temperature is 36, but the dew point is only 6 degrees. so that adds an extra element of dryness to the air that really makes it feel bitingly cold. that will factor in when the wind starts to pick up overnight into tomorrow. so make sure you bundle up for the teens and 20s overnight tonight. tomorrow morning will be mostly sunny and all day long it's going to stay cold, plus the wind chill will be a factor all day. keep that in mind if you're heading to the nhl winter classic. friday will be seasonably chilly. temperatures will start to rebound a bit heading into friday. now it's already below freezing in hagerstown. it's 31 degrees. it's 30 in martinsburg, 36 in culpeper and orange, 36 in washington and 33 at andrews. just about everyone is going to dip below freezing when that sun sets and here's satellite and radar. plenty of cloud cover to our south and north but none really over us. high pressure will continue to nudge its way toward us keeping things cold and dry. as we head through the day thursday, that area of high pressure starts to slide to the east, but we don't have any precipitation in our forecast until the weekend. some clouds move toward us friday, but no rain and with a little bit of a breeze out of the west and southwest we will start to bump temperatures up. however, saturday here comes our next storm system and by the time we get into saturday evening rain will be falling. at least it's not wintery weather. overnight tonight if we had precipitation, it would be icy. so thank goodness we don't have that in the forecast. at 8 p.m. 33 degrees, 31 at midnight. so already below freezing downtown d.c.ked -- downtown d.c. at midnight and it will be mostly clear and cold, overnight lows between 20 and 26 degrees, wind out of the west, southwest continue at 10 miles per hour. tomorrow morning will be another cold start, temperatures in the 20s and 30s and that wind chill maintains in the 20s as well with winds out of the west, southwest at 10 to 15. heading into the afternoon mostly sunny skies, a high around 40 degrees, still a little breezy and stillly, winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. by friday we're back to where we should be this time of year, 48 degrees. so it's a couple degrees above our average and then saturday we're watching that storm system approach. it will be slow to arrive. we'll see dry conditions in the morning changing over to some showers in afternoon and a high of 42 degrees. timing is everything with this one. we're getting the weather just in time for those temperatures to be above freezing so we aren't concerned about wintery weather here in the immediate metro area. in the first alert seven-day forecast sunday is the warmest day with 50 degrees, but it's going to be a little breezy and we'll have on and off rain showers all day and then temperatures plunge back into the 30s as we head back to work and school on monday. in tonight's consumer alert not such a great day for the stock market. >> but it has been a good year overall. today the dow industrials lost 159 points, the nasdaq dropping 41 points, but for the year the dow gained 7% . volkswagen beetle, jetta and passat from 2014 and 2015 and the golf in 2015, no injuries have been reported on these recalls. white castle says customers were asking for a meat alternative. >> i don't know who those people were, but the veggieburger is chockful of vegetables like carrots, zucchini and broccoli and costs 99 cents. white castle said it got rave reviews. >> no one goes to white castle for a veggie burger. millions who make minimum wage are getting a raise on new year's. >> reporter: from fast food restaurants to retail stores, millions minimum wage workers are getting a pay bump in the new year including jade anderson. >> i've been a cashier 20 plus years, so it will impact me and my family. >> reporter: at least 23 states will have a higher minimum wage in 2015. in missouri the wage is going up to $7.65 an hour. in maryland it's $8. workers in washington will get 9.47 an hour. add in states with previous wage hikes and 29 will be taking above the federal level of 7.25 an hour. >> what do we want? >> reporter: but many workers want more. nationwide protests in 2014 called for a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. new jersey garage owner john o'connor pays his entry level employees a state minimum which moves the to 8.38 an hour. he can hand -- moves up to $8.38 an hour. he can handle the increase now, but it will force companies to raise prices. >> on the small stuff, those prices will have to go up. as my costs go up, i have to pass it on. >> reporter: many business owners and workers will continue to see wages go up. several states plan to increase the minimum again next year. >> both maryland and d.c. will see increases in the minimum wage this year. maryland goes up from $7.25 to $8 appear hour tomorrow. d.c. -- an hour tomorrow, d.c. increases from 9.50 to 10.50 on july 1st. >> reporter: it is new year's eve in times square. the people are showing up. the last minute it's the time of year for making lists... at chevrolet, we've made it onto a few lists ourselves. in fact this year, we've been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. now during the chevy year end event put us on yours. choose a cruze in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. that's over four thousand two hundred fifty dollars on this cruze lt. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. alexandria is celebrating its 20th anniversary of first night alexandria, a family friendly way to welcome in the new year. it got underway this afternoon with a scavenger hunt. carnival games and face in pating will happen tonight and fireworks will burst the potomac river ed amid at -- river at midnight. in beijing china thousands of people filled national stadium. the evening was filled with sports demonstrations and art performances. in tokyo, japan, a former broadcasting tower was lit up with a sign welcoming the new year. >> the party of the year getting started already in the heart of manhattan. >> miss it. hundreds of thousands of people streaming in to watch the ball drop over times square and turn the page on a new year. >> you've actually been there. >> i have. >> kris van cleave is in the middle of all the action now. i can imagine there's tons of revelers there that have already staked out their seats or i guess their standing positions. >> reporter: absolutely. they started very, very early this morning. we saw some people here right about dawn and it is as you know very cold on the east coast right now. people are talking about 17 hours standing in the cold to watch the ball drop. as we're standing here, we're coming to you from the roof of the marriott marquee about 10 shows up. i can see people for blocks -- stories up. i can see people for blocks. the crowd in new york city's time square started growing early on new year's eve despite frigid temperatures. people filled the streets. some arrived soon after dawn to secure the perfect spot. for this new jersey mother and daughter it's an item off their bucket list. >> this is just so exciting. the energy. it's awesome, so really can't wait. >> reporter: at the center of block party is the famous crystal ball. its midnight descent marks the start of 2015. >> it's a new beginning for me and i figured what a better way to start it out. >> reporter: as times square fills to capacity police are shutting down streets and all organizers expect about 1 million people to show up. anna weiner is here from germany. while police say there are no specific threats against the new year's celebration, security is high. visitors are screened with both metal and radiation detectors and bomb sniffing dogs are on patrol at teams monitor hundreds of live cameras for nissan of trouble. nissan-- for times of trouble. as the ball drops along with the temperature more than 1 billion people are expected to tune in from around the world. remember about 1 million people gathering in times square as we speak. there are no food vendors allowed in the enclosed secured area, no alcohol allowed and there are no portable bathrooms. >> oh, my goodness. i just hope you stay warm out there, my friend. >> reporter: not for the faint of heart. >> that's like young people all under the age of 25 or something. c have -- have fun. you might consider taking metro night. >> metrorail will operate until 2 a.m. last train times will vary by station. tomorrow both metrorail and metrobus will operate on a sunday scale, but metrorail will provide the extra trains before and after the winter classic at olympic park. a sad ending for a fairytale marriage for a couple in their 90s. this is hank silverberg, that story coming up. >> reporter: we're getting ready for the winter classic tomorrow, but we're going to the winter classic battle between the capitals and blackhawks will be front and center here in the nation's capital tomorrow, but today a different kind of battle, a real one with losses and how hockey is making things better. diane roberts has more from nats park. >> reporter: we are here at nats park as you said. there is a rehearsal going on for the big festivities tomorrow. that's why our cameras are turned this way. we cannot give you any of those secrets. by this time tomorrow we'll have been through a hockey game. we know who is going to win, but earlier today stop hockey loving military men were on -- some hockey loving military men were on hand to share their stories of war and survival. the wars in iraq and afghanistan have taken their toll in this country costing an estimated 4 to $6 trillion. some of that money will go to medical care for wounded veterans. folks like active marine miroslav kashmir and former staff sergeant michael kahne. these men and hockey lovers are at nats park as part of the usa warriorsitis hockey program that provides education, training, motivation and encouragement for u.s. military members who have been injured while serving. sergeant kashmir likes the comradery. >> to help us psychologically and dealing with the pain. tremendously helps. >> reporter: staff sergeant kahne has been able to play the sport he loves and meet players like caps captain alex ovechkin and defense nan john carlson. >> to be an -- defenseman john carlson. >> reporter: even up if events like the winter classic couldn't -- fun events like the winter classic couldn't happen without the sacrifice of military men and women. >> the hardest part was leaving the people in my unit when i was over in iraq. the best thing about my service was raising up my right hand and taking the oath to defend the country and put the uniform on. >> reporter: michael kahne and miroslav kashmir and many other usa warriors will play right out here on the ice to my left on friday afternoon. they're hoping for a competitive game and a lot of fun and a win. tomorrow they hope the caps beat the blackhawks and there is a prediction from mike kahne of a 5-2 win. today outgoing maryland governor martin o'malley commuted the capital sentences of the last four death row inmates. the prisoners will now serve life behind bars. the state's general assembly abolished the death penalty two years ago. family, friends and police are desperately searching for a missing nurse. kim marie kariah was last seen at 2 p.m. sunday and was not working earlier that day. she's believed to be driving a black 2002 nissan with plates 3md0073. please call police if you have any information. you might remember the fairytale story of eddie and edith, the interracial couple who found romance in their 90s and were married last summer. 95-year-old eddie lacy eddie harris -- eddie harrison have died. >> eddie harrison died yesterday from the flu never getting a chance to see his wife edith again. she is still with her daughter in florida where she was taken in a family dispute over her care. >> i want my wife back home with me. >> reporter: that was eddie harrison earlier this month the day after his wife of six months, 96-year-old edith hill, was removed from her alexandria home that she shared with him and her daughter rebecca. she was then sent to live with another daughter in florida. >> they were always so talkative to the people and we got so many congratulations. there was so much excitement they had and their bucket list, so to speak. >> reporter: the couple had gotten some publicity for their summer wedding dancing the night away. edith's daughter rebecca said they were healthier and happier together. rebecca wright said eddie was never the same after edith was taken from the home. he apparently lost his will to live. >> he had no purpose to get better. i think his immune system was weakened, of course, because he had such passion for her. >> reporter: eddie kept waiting for edith to return often looking out the window, but after a few weeks when she didn't come back he began to get sick. it was the flu. rebecca says he may have just given up. >> the fact that my mom had him made all the difference in her life. >> reporter: her family in florida said edith was told about eddie's death and say she's okay, but the saga is not over. eddie's funeral plans are in the hands of a court-appointed guardian and no decisions on his burial have been made. edith may be too fragile to attend. the flu has preached epidemic level in the u.s. -- reached epidemic level in the u.s. this year according to the cdc. it's been called an early and aggressive flu season. one reason, the predominant strain h3n2 is not covered by the current flu vaccine. it's not uncommon. it's just not what experts predicted this year. here's three tips on staying healthy. no. 1, get the flu shot. no. 2, wash your hands and do whatever you can to avoid touching your face and three, if you get sick, stay home from your work or school. a court hearing tomorrow could bring freedom for three al-jazeera journalists convicted of spreading false news. their families hope an appeals judge will rule new year's day allowing the journalists to fly home ending that nightmare. >> caught in a cold war between egypt and cha fur and he didn't do anything -- qatar and he didn't do anything. he didn't commit any crime. >> in london friends and colleagues demonstrated outside the embassy. president obama has also said that the men should be released. trending now, why chipotle is apologizing to the nypd. >> and the play-doh oopsy that's got some parents fine tonight. >> and a dog owner learn -- furious tonight. >> and a dog owner learns the truth about what his pet does after he's off to work. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. after a mild start to the week temperatures have been tumbling. today we didn't even get out of the 30s. i'll tell you how long this cooldown lasts coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. sa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. taking a look at stories trending right now, two chipotle ceos are apologizing to the police after employees in new york city made the hands up don't shoot gesture to nine officers who entered the restaurant back on december 16th in brooklyn. the ceos say the officers were refused service but chose to leave on their own. there has been unspecified action taken against the employees involved. hasbro will replace a toy in the sweet shop cake mountain play set after customers complained that it looked like male genitalia. >> this is a very popular set. here's the play set right here. we've blurred out the part that some parents were upset over. you can see it right there. of course, twitter lit up with plenty of jokes about the toy. you can see the piece in question on our website. go to www.wusa9.com. when you see it, are you kidding me? when they were doing the prototypes, they didn't think anybody saw this because we see it right away? ever wonder what your pets do after you leave the house? i've always wondered this. >> a missouri man learned the heartbreaking truth. after strapping a go pro camera to his dog's head, guinness, is a golden doodle, laugh golden retriever, half poodle, and instead of napping the day mcguiness walked around room to room howling looking for his master. he feels so bad about it he's considering getting guinness another dog to keep him company. nearly 10 million hits on this video since it was posted a few days ago. >> he just goes room to room looking for him. >> that makes me so sad. >> every time i come home my dog is in the bed sleeping. >> you don't know, though. seeing is believing for a 7- year-old who set up a camera to catch santa delivering the goods christmas eve. >> how did that come on? >> oh, my god. there's santa. what? santa. >> that's scary. >> no way. >> what's de? >> he's drinking the milk and the cookies. >> wow. evan's father caught wind of his son's scheme and tipped off st. nick. more than 4 million hits on this video since it was posted. that is a fancy santa there, too. he's poof. that was good. did he come down the chimney? a reporter's prelive shot warm-up is getting a lot of youtube clicks today. >> here is west texas reporter kim powell rapping alphabet aerobics by blackalicious. >> i assault and amaze things broken barriers, bomb boardings, casualties, got the canopies collapsing. >> wow, she's pretty good. >> that's not easy to do. >> she's a little off beat. you did good. >> i was doing vanilla ice. this is what you get. powell said she was praised, insulted and proposed to all in one day as a result of the video. i think i need to rap again. >> maybe you should. a washington state couple survives dual avalanches, hear one man describe his luckiest day coming up. >> reporter: a mother's fight to save her son battling cancer inspires a new year's day thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated 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system. >> reporter: were you nervous he was not going to survive? >> oh, yes. there were a couple other kids diagnosed in romania and they didn't make it. >> reporter: carrie who became addy's foster mom heard about a drug that could help. it wasn't available in romania, so she flew to city of hope in california. >> with chemotherapy alone his survival at that time was probably less than 20%. >> reporter: he was given a prescription to take back to row a plan ya -- romania and carrie started the adoption process. addy has been cancer free almost 10 years and is dreaming of his future. >> i want to pitch for the dodgers. >> reporter: he'll see the rose parade the first time this year riding on the city of hope's float with other families fighting cancer. >> we were given very little hope that he would survive and he's here today. so there is hope when it seems hopeless. >> doctors say addy's chance of relapse is close to zero. a washington state couple is telling their story tonight after surviving two avalanches. >> this incredible video of the second one sent colby dotson and his girl friend running on saturday. the first avalanche came crashing down moments earlier. colby says ashley was the first to recognize what was happening. >> we heard the noise and he? was like avalanche and turned around and just -- and she was like avalanche and turn around and just started running. it was thunderous sound, sounded like an airplane going over us, heart was beating. i didn't know if it was going to cover us. i did not know the extent what it could do, but it felt like it was time to make split second decisions for sure. >> wow. the couple and some friends were checking out ice caves a few hours north of seattle. colby saw people racing out of the caves when that avalanche started and luckily everyone survived those avalanche unharmed. >> isn't that something. >> unbelievable. >> the video, too. >> avalanches are so incredibly dangerous. they are all very lucky to have survived. hopefully they'll learn better for next time. when there's a big snowfall in the rocky mountains, especially because the slopes are so steep, that's why you don't hear about avalanches happening in the appalachians because our mountains are much lower and the slope isn't as steep as it is in the rocky mountains. >> good insight from erica grow. back home we have temperatures cold enough for snow, but it's cold and dry at the same time. for you snow lovers you'll have to wait. let's look at the michael and son weather cam. right now it's 36 degrees. the dew point is 6, wow, bone dry air. no snow falling now, winds out of the west, southwest at 6 miles per hour. that wind will continue at about 10 miles per hour most of the overnight. you'll have to dress for the 20s and teens tonight. there will be a wind chill 2fanew mostly sunny but cold, so very similar to what we had today. the wind chill remains a factor all day long, but we don't have big gusts tomorrow, just a breeze that will be constant and it will keep poking at you. if you're spending the day outside, especially if you're at the nhl winter classic, you'll feel that wind all day long. temperatures are getting closer to where they should be and it will be milder than average in a couple spots friday. right now it's already cold, 30 degrees in manassas, leesburg and gaithersburg. it's 30 degrees in martinsburg, 30 in cumberland as well, 34 in frederick, so about to dip below freezing in places that aren't below freezing here in the metro area. on satellite and radar you can see how high pressure is keeping things nice and dry over the entire metro, entire dmv, as a matter of fact. we're keeping those clouds out of the forecast. so the factors we have to look for in our forecast the next couple days is the wind and that air temperature and what it feels like when you're outside. the feels like early tomorrow morning, it will feel like 19 degrees in leesburg, 17 in martinsburg, 20 in frederick and gaithersburg, 20 at andrews, so even getting closer to the water we don't have a lot of relief from that cold in the forecast. heading into the afternoon not a ton of relief either. it's going to feel like it's near freezing in places like gaithersburg and martinsburg. it's going to feel like 29 degrees in hagerstown, 36 in la plata, 39 in fredericksburg. the rebound starts friday, 34 for your feels like temperature in the morning in downtown d.c., 28 in leesburg and frederick. in the afternoon it will feel like it's in the 40s as you led through the beltway and points south -- head through the beltway and points south. we do have milder tempere forecast, but for tomorrow when folks will probably spend some time outside, that's when we'll have really cold temperatures. overnight if you're heading to a new year's eve celebration, bundle up, 20 to 26 degrees, winds out of the west, southwest at 10 miles per hour. tomorrow morning wind chills in the 20s, temperatures in the 20s and 30s under a partly to mostly sunny sky. in the afternoon reaching up to around 40 degrees, lots of sunshine, still a bit breezy with winds out southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. here's your all important forecast for that nhl winter classic, only 35 degrees at 11:00 and that's even downtown near nats park, 38 degrees at 1:00 as the game is getting started. that wind continues out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. it will be a factor even if you're sitting in the stands. maybe it's a good day to sit inside and make sure that you're all bundled up by the fire or just watch wusa9 all night and tomorrow again. as we head into friday, 48 degrees, more clouds, still dry. saturday some showers and a high of 42 degrees. in the first alert seven-day forecast some showers will move through sunday and we could see some windy conditions moving in, a high of 50 degrees, but temperatures tumble again on monday. up next a look back at some of the great people we lost this year. cab driver is shot 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cameron was found with his behind bleeding and layers of skin missing. her bond was said to run $150,000. the man she was with when she was arrested is also in custody. in frederick stephanie rez, wusa9 news. >> details are hard to listen to. a cab driver shot and killed after picking up a passenger in capitol heights and police are looking for the gunman. surae chinn is live in the neighborhood where it happened. >> reporter: the 29-year-old cab driver from ethiopia was found in the 800 block of in capitol heights maryland and police are searching for a shooter. the owner of the company silver cab of prince george's county says khdeir yaya leased his car from them and has been driving for them for two years. he said he was a good guy, a good driver and he had picked someone up after being flagged down at the addison metro station. at 6:00 we talk to the cab company owner, other cab drivers. they say they feel they've lost a family member coming up in the next hour. prince george's county police made an arrest in a murder in fairmount heights. alexis henderson is now charged with first degree murder. it's thought henderson got into an argument with the victim rafael frazier that ended with frazier being stabbed to death. his body was found inside a home on wood hill court yesterday morning and cops found henderson in the district last night driving a car stolen from frazier's local. search crews prepare for another full day of recovery in the waters off indonesia. the grim task of identifying bodies of those found so far from air asia flight 8501 is also underway. craig boswell has the latest. >> reporter: search teams in indonesia are trying to work around high winds and rough seas to locate more victims of air asia flight 8501, the jetliner was about halfway through its two hour flight from indonesia to singapore when it disappeared from radar sunday. cbs news has learned indonesian officials believe the pilot attempted a steep climb to get out of the bad weather before the plane went down. authorities in charge of the investigation, though, cannot confirm that until the so- called black boxes are located. the flight data recorders can provide investigators with critical information about the plane's altitude, air speed and engine performance as well as a recording of the pilot's last words. cbs news confirmed a sonar image believed to be thman fuselage is upside down -- main fuselage is upside down at the bottom of the java sea. the first of the 162 people on board arrived in surabaya wednesday and now the identification process begins. victims' families are given detailed descriptions of their loved ones along with blood samples for dna matching in hopes of speeding up the identification process. craig boswell, cbs news. >> so far searchers have recovered only seven bodies including one of ight attendants. dramatic new home video of that greece ferry fire nearly 100 people still missing, 13 people confirmed dead according to skynews.com. the fire happened sunday in the adriatic sea and a ship was carrying 400 people. investigators are worried the death toll will rise. it looks like d.c. residents will ring in the new year without streetcars. the trolleys are on the road, on the eighth street corridor but just test runs without passengers. the gray administration hoped residents would be enjoying them by now, but safety concerns delayed the launch. ddot still has to complete a safety report. >> it was like oh, street cars are going to be going any minute, blah, blah, blah, you'll have such great transportation to get to union, blah, blah, blah. >> people will be upset because we had thought the trolleys were going to be here almost two years ago. >> the $123 million projects began all the way back in 2008. mayor gray says ddot will workday and night to get passengers safely riding on those trolleys. as new year's eve partiers are in for a chilly night, first alert meteorologist erica grow joins us now. how cold will it get tonight? >> it will feel like it's in the 20s, even upper teens after a really chilly end to the year. we only got up to 39 degrees today, our average high 44. we started the day at 29 degrees. it's going to be even colder today. you'll see that in the feels like forecast. this is when you combine, of course, the air temperature with the wind speed and as you're waking up early tomorrow morning, it's going to feel like 20 in frederick, 20 in gaithersburg, 16 in hagerstown, 23 in fredericksburg. so that chill will remain in the air. if you're heading to the nhl winter classic tomorrow, even in the afternoon, it's still going to feel like it's in the low 30s to mid-30s and it won't get any better until we get to the weekend. so that chill will still be in the air even early on friday morning. overnight tonight if you're heading out for those new year's eve celebrations, make sure you have the winter coat of, 20 to 26 degrees, wind chills in the teens and 20s with that west, southwest wind at 10 miles per hour. we'll talk about the warm-up and the chance for rain coming up in the first alert seven- day. changes are coming to redskins park following another losing season. today general manager bruce allen announced that defensive coordinator jim haslett is no longer with the organization. sports anchor kristen berset is here with more. >> redskins fans have been begging for some major changes to happen in ashburn. of course, they went to a new owner of the team. it's not going to happen any time soon. they also have been calling for general manager bruce allen to get fired. that doesn't appear to be happening either. in fact, today allen gave his annual postseason press conference to talk about the state of the franchise which is 28-52 in his five years as general manager. he s pokeabout 40 minutes. it got pretty testy at times. he promised to reevaluate the program, make some changes, the first which of we now know is a new defensive coordinator. jim haslett and the redskins agreed to part ways. this was haslet's fifth year with the team in. that team the redskins' defense collectively finished 29th in total yard and 30th in points allowed. on monday head coach jay gruden said he would recommend the team keep haslett, but two days later that's not the case. here's bruce allen explaining what happened. >> jay and jim have been talking the last few days and this morning when they were talking, they decided it was the best way for both sides and i appreciate coach haslett's work and what he's done for the redskins, but i think it was the right decision. >> bruce allen said the team planned on reaching out to other candidates beginning today but wouldn't give any kind of timetable when they plan to make a new hire, but did he say it would eventually be up to jay gruden to pick the new defensive coand who he wanted to work with. >> it sounded like he wanted to him. he can. saying he wanted to keep him. >> he came in when mike shanahan and bruce allen came in, but it's pretty obvious something needed to change, so a mutually parting of the ways. we're just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. the healing power of hockey, coming up at 5:30 diane roberts introduces us to the people who could get the most enjoyment out of tomorrow's winter classic. >> plus why the liquor board canceled new year's eve festivities at a popular d.c. bar. >> first alert meteorologist erica grow comes back with a look at your extended forecast. >> plus why millions of americans will be getting a ra i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality; super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house when you get more guaranteed from verizon fios, with tv service rated #1 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police call the mob assault of a pizza delivery plan. it happened december 9th on fletcher road in sterling. the loudoun county sheriff's office said the group of bad guys assaulted the victim while another held him. investigators say the victim was able to get away with only minor injuries. if you think you might recognize who this person is, please call loudoun crime solvers. that number is on your screen, 703-777-1919. much of the west will ring in the new year with freezing temperatures, snow and wind. >> two people actually were killed including a harbor patrol officer during a storm on santa catalina island in california. l.a. authorities say high winds caused several boats to break loose. more than 100 drivers were stranded in about 1 foot of snow in san bernadino county anicd slk conditions caused heavy backups on the roads to las vegas where revelers planned to ring in the new year. >> it's making me really nervous. i'm telling my friend i'm going to die because these people can't drive out here and i've seen almost 10 accidents. >> on vegas crews have sand ready in case it snows on the strip tonight and parts of arizona could see a foot of snow by tomorrow. the winter weather is expected to make tomorrow's rose bowl parade the coldest one in history. for those of you watching from home you, you can just spend new year's with us. >> yeah. >> where it's warm. >> it's a great way to stay warm because it will be very cold tonight, even by d.c. standards and by this time of year we are seeing some of the coldest temperatures, but it will feel like it's way below freezing even at midnight tonight. here we go with the michael and son weather cam. you can see it was sunny today. we have lots of blue sky overhead, but that sunshine was deceiving. it was cold and look at how dry it is, too. right now the temperature is 36, but the dew point is only 6 degrees. so that adds an extra element of dryness to the air that really makes it feel bitingly cold. that will factor in when the wind starts to pick up overnight into tomorrow. so make sure you bundle up for the teens and 20s overnight tonight. tomorrow morning will be mostly sunny and all day long it's going to stay cold, plus the wind chill will be a factor all day. keep that in mind if you're heading to the nhl winter classic. friday will be seasonably chilly. temperatures will start to rebound a bit heading into friday. now it's already below freezing in hagerstown. it's 31 degrees. it's 30 in martinsburg, 36 in culpeper and orange, 36 in washington and 33 at andrews. just about everyone is going to dip below freezing when that sun sets and here's satellite and radar. plenty of cloud cover to our south and north but none really over us. high pressure will continue to nudge its way toward us keeping things cold and dry. as we head through the day thursday, that area of high pressure starts to slide to the east, but we don't have any precipitation in our forecast until the weekend. some clouds move toward us friday, but no rain and with a little bit of a breeze out of the west and southwest we will start to bump temperatures up. however, saturday here comes our next storm system and by the time we get into saturday evening rain will be falling. at least it's not wintery weather. overnight tonight if we had precipitation, it would be icy. so thank goodness we don't have that in the forecast. at 8 p.m. 33 degrees, 31 at midnight. so already below freezing downtown d.c.ked -- downtown d.c. at midnight and it will be mostly clear and cold, overnight lows between 20 and 26 degrees, wind out of the west, southwest continue at 10 miles per hour. tomorrow morning will be another cold start, temperatures in the 20s and 30s and that wind chill maintains in the 20s as well with winds out of the west, southwest at 10 to 15. heading into the afternoon mostly sunny skies, a high around 40 degrees, still a little breezy and stillly, winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. by friday we're back to where we should be this time of year, 48 degrees. so it's a couple degrees above our average and then saturday we're watching that storm system approach. it will be slow to arrive. we'll see dry conditions in the morning changing over to some showers in afternoon and a high of 42 degrees. timing is everything with this one. we're getting the weather just in time for those temperatures to be above freezing so we aren't concerned about wintery weather here in the immediate metro area. in the first alert seven-day forecast sunday is the warmest day with 50 degrees, but it's going to be a little breezy and we'll have on and off rain showers all day and then temperatures plunge back into the 30s as we head back to work and school on monday. in tonight's consumer alert not such a great day for the stock market. >> but it has been a good year overall. today the dow industrials lost 159 points, the nasdaq dropping 41 points, but for the year the dow gained 7% . volkswagen beetle, jetta and passat from 2014 and 2015 and the golf in 2015, no injuries have been reported on these recalls. white castle says customers were asking for a meat alternative. >> i don't know who those people were, but the veggieburger is chockful of vegetables like carrots, zucchini and broccoli and costs 99 cents. white castle said it got rave reviews. >> no one goes to white castle for a veggie burger. millions who make minimum wage are getting a raise on new year's. >> reporter: from fast food restaurants to retail stores, millions minimum wage workers are getting a pay bump in the new year including jade anderson. >> i've been a cashier 20 plus years, so it will impact me and my family. >> reporter: at least 23 states will have a higher minimum wage in 2015. in missouri the wage is going up to $7.65 an hour. in maryland it's $8. workers in washington will get 9.47 an hour. add in states with previous wage hikes and 29 will be taking above the federal level of 7.25 an hour. >> what do we want? >> reporter: but many workers want more. nationwide protests in 2014 called for a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. new jersey garage owner john o'connor pays his entry level employees a state minimum which moves the to 8.38 an hour. he can hand -- moves up to $8.38 an hour. he can handle the increase now, but it will force companies to raise prices. >> on the small stuff, those prices will have to go up. as my costs go up, i have to pass it on. >> reporter: many business owners and workers will continue to see wages go up. several states plan to increase the minimum again next year. >> both maryland and d.c. will see increases in the minimum wage this year. maryland goes up from $7.25 to $8 appear hour tomorrow. d.c. -- an hour tomorrow, d.c. increases from 9.50 to 10.50 on july 1st. >> reporter: it is new year's eve in times square. the people are showing up. the last minute it's the time of year for making lists... at chevrolet, we've made it onto a few lists ourselves. in fact this year, we've been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. now during the chevy year end event put us on yours. choose a cruze in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. that's over four thousand two hundred fifty dollars on this cruze lt. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. alexandria is celebrating its 20th anniversary of first night alexandria, a family friendly way to welcome in the new year. it got underway this afternoon with a scavenger hunt. carnival games and face in pating will happen tonight and fireworks will burst the potomac river ed amid at -- river at midnight. in beijing china thousands of people filled national stadium. the evening was filled with sports demonstrations and art performances. in tokyo, japan, a former broadcasting tower was lit up with a sign welcoming the new year. >> the party of the year getting started already in the heart of manhattan. >> miss it. hundreds of thousands of people streaming in to watch the ball drop over times square and turn the page on a new year. >> you've actually been there. >> i have. >> kris van cleave is in the middle of all the action now. i can imagine there's tons of revelers there that have already staked out their seats or i guess their standing positions. >> reporter: absolutely. they started very, very early this morning. we saw some people here right about dawn and it is as you know very cold on the east coast right now. people are talking about 17 hours standing in the cold to watch the ball drop. as we're standing here, we're coming to you from the roof of the marriott marquee about 10 shows up. i can see people for blocks -- stories up. i can see people for blocks. the crowd in new york city's time square started growing early on new year's eve despite frigid temperatures. people filled the streets. some arrived soon after dawn to secure the perfect spot. for this new jersey mother and daughter it's an item off their bucket list. >> this is just so exciting. the energy. it's awesome, so really can't wait. >> reporter: at the center of block party is the famous crystal ball. its midnight descent marks the start of 2015. >> it's a new beginning for me and i figured what a better way to start it out. >> reporter: as times square fills to capacity police are shutting down streets and all organizers expect about 1 million people to show up. anna weiner is here from germany. while police say there are no specific threats against the new year's celebration, security is high. visitors are screened with both metal and radiation detectors and bomb sniffing dogs are on patrol at teams monitor hundreds of live cameras for nissan of trouble. nissan-- for times of trouble. as the ball drops along with the temperature more than 1 billion people are expected to tune in from around the world. remember about 1 million people gathering in times square as we speak. there are no food vendors allowed in the enclosed secured area, no alcohol allowed and there are no portable bathrooms. >> oh, my goodness. i just hope you stay warm out there, my friend. >> reporter: not for the faint of heart. >> that's like young people all under the age of 25 or something. c have -- have fun. you might consider taking metro night. >> metrorail will operate until 2 a.m. last train times will vary by station. tomorrow both metrorail and metrobus will operate on a sunday scale, but metrorail will provide the extra trains before and after the winter classic at olympic park. a sad ending for a fairytale marriage for a couple in their 90s. this is hank silverberg, that story coming up. >> reporter: we're getting ready for the winter classic tomorrow, but we're going to the winter classic battle between the capitals and blackhawks will be front and center here in the nation's capital tomorrow, but today a different kind of battle, a real one with losses and how hockey is making things better. diane roberts has more from nats park. >> reporter: we are here at nats park as you said. there is a rehearsal going on for the big festivities tomorrow. that's why our cameras are turned this way. we cannot give you any of those secrets. by this time tomorrow we'll have been through a hockey game. we know who is going to win, but earlier today stop hockey loving military men were on -- some hockey loving military men were on hand to share their stories of war and survival. the wars in iraq and afghanistan have taken their toll in this country costing an estimated 4 to $6 trillion. some of that money will go to medical care for wounded veterans. folks like active marine miroslav kashmir and former staff sergeant michael kahne. these men and hockey lovers are at nats park as part of the usa warriorsitis hockey program that provides education, training, motivation and encouragement for u.s. military members who have been injured while serving. sergeant kashmir likes the comradery. >> to help us psychologically and dealing with the pain. tremendously helps. >> reporter: staff sergeant kahne has been able to play the sport he loves and meet players like caps captain alex ovechkin and defense nan john carlson. >> to be an -- defenseman john carlson. >> reporter: even up if events like the winter classic couldn't -- fun events like the winter classic couldn't happen without the sacrifice of military men and women. >> the hardest part was leaving the people in my unit when i was over in iraq. the best thing about my service was raising up my right hand and taking the oath to defend the country and put the uniform on. >> reporter: michael kahne and miroslav kashmir and many other usa warriors will play right out here on the ice to my left on friday afternoon. they're hoping for a competitive game and a lot of fun and a win. tomorrow they hope the caps beat the blackhawks and there is a prediction from mike kahne of a 5-2 win. today outgoing maryland governor martin o'malley commuted the capital sentences of the last four death row inmates. the prisoners will now serve life behind bars. the state's general assembly abolished the death penalty two years ago. family, friends and police are desperately searching for a missing nurse. kim marie kariah was last seen at 2 p.m. sunday and was not working earlier that day. she's believed to be driving a black 2002 nissan with plates 3md0073. please call police if you have any information. you might remember the fairytale story of eddie and edith, the interracial couple who found romance in their 90s and were married last summer. 95-year-old eddie lacy eddie harris -- eddie harrison have died. >> eddie harrison died yesterday from the flu never getting a chance to see his wife edith again. she is still with her daughter in florida where she was taken in a family dispute over her care. >> i want my wife back home with me. >> reporter: that was eddie harrison earlier this month the day after his wife of six months, 96-year-old edith hill, was removed from her alexandria home that she shared with him and her daughter rebecca. she was then sent to live with another daughter in florida. >> they were always so talkative to the people and we got so many congratulations. there was so much excitement they had and their bucket list, so to speak. >> reporter: the couple had gotten some publicity for their summer wedding dancing the night away. edith's daughter rebecca said they were healthier and happier together. rebecca wright said eddie was never the same after edith was taken from the home. he apparently lost his will to live. >> he had no purpose to get better. i think his immune system was weakened, of course, because he had such passion for her. >> reporter: eddie kept waiting for edith to return often looking out the window, but after a few weeks when she didn't come back he began to get sick. it was the flu. rebecca says he may have just given up. >> the fact that my mom had him made all the difference in her life. >> reporter: her family in florida said edith was told about eddie's death and say she's okay, but the saga is not over. eddie's funeral plans are in the hands of a court-appointed guardian and no decisions on his burial have been made. edith may be too fragile to attend. the flu has preached epidemic level in the u.s. -- reached epidemic level in the u.s. this year according to the cdc. it's been called an early and aggressive flu season. one reason, the predominant strain h3n2 is not covered by the current flu vaccine. it's not uncommon. it's just not what experts predicted this year. here's three tips on staying healthy. no. 1, get the flu shot. no. 2, wash your hands and do whatever you can to avoid touching your face and three, if you get sick, stay home from your work or school. a court hearing tomorrow could bring freedom for three al-jazeera journalists convicted of spreading false news. their families hope an appeals judge will rule new year's day allowing the journalists to fly home ending that nightmare. >> caught in a cold war between egypt and cha fur and he didn't do anything -- qatar and he didn't do anything. he didn't commit any crime. >> in london friends and colleagues demonstrated outside the embassy. president obama has also said that the men should be released. trending now, why chipotle is apologizing to the nypd. >> and the play-doh oopsy that's got some parents fine tonight. >> and a dog owner learn -- furious tonight. >> and a dog owner learns the truth about what his pet does after he's off to work. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. after a mild start to the week temperatures have been tumbling. today we didn't even get out of the 30s. i'll tell you how long this cooldown lasts coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. sa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. taking a look at stories trending right now, two chipotle ceos are apologizing to the police after employees in new york city made the hands up don't shoot gesture to nine officers who entered the restaurant back on december 16th in brooklyn. the ceos say the officers were refused service but chose to leave on their own. there has been unspecified action taken against the employees involved. hasbro will replace a toy in the sweet shop cake mountain play set after customers complained that it looked like male genitalia. >> this is a very popular set. here's the play set right here. we've blurred out the part that some parents were upset over. you can see it right there. of course, twitter lit up with plenty of jokes about the toy. you can see the piece in question on our website. go to www.wusa9.com. when you see it, are you kidding me? when they were doing the prototypes, they didn't think anybody saw this because we see it right away? ever wonder what your pets do after you leave the house? i've always wondered this. >> a missouri man learned the heartbreaking truth. after strapping a go pro camera to his dog's head, guinness, is a golden doodle, laugh golden retriever, half poodle, and instead of napping the day mcguiness walked around room to room howling looking for his master. he feels so bad about it he's considering getting guinness another dog to keep him company. nearly 10 million hits on this video since it was posted a few days ago. >> he just goes room to room looking for him. >> that makes me so sad. >> every time i come home my dog is in the bed sleeping. >> you don't know, though. seeing is believing for a 7- year-old who set up a camera to catch santa delivering the goods christmas eve. >> how did that come on? >> oh, my god. there's santa. what? santa. >> that's scary. >> no way. >> what's de? >> he's drinking the milk and the cookies. >> wow. evan's father caught wind of his son's scheme and tipped off st. nick. more than 4 million hits on this video since it was posted. that is a fancy santa there, too. he's poof. that was good. did he come down the chimney? a reporter's prelive shot warm-up is getting a lot of youtube clicks today. >> here is west texas reporter kim powell rapping alphabet aerobics by blackalicious. >> i assault and amaze things broken barriers, bomb boardings, casualties, got the canopies collapsing. >> wow, she's pretty good. >> that's not easy to do. >> she's a little off beat. you did good. >> i was doing vanilla ice. this is what you get. powell said she was praised, insulted and proposed to all in one day as a result of the video. i think i need to rap again. >> maybe you should. a washington state couple survives dual avalanches, hear one man describe his luckiest day coming up. >> reporter: a mother's fight to save her son battling cancer inspires a new year's day thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated 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system. >> reporter: were you nervous he was not going to survive? >> oh, yes. there were a couple other kids diagnosed in romania and they didn't make it. >> reporter: carrie who became addy's foster mom heard about a drug that could help. it wasn't available in romania, so she flew to city of hope in california. >> with chemotherapy alone his survival at that time was probably less than 20%. >> reporter: he was given a prescription to take back to row a plan ya -- romania and carrie started the adoption process. addy has been cancer free almost 10 years and is dreaming of his future. >> i want to pitch for the dodgers. >> reporter: he'll see the rose parade the first time this year riding on the city of hope's float with other families fighting cancer. >> we were given very little hope that he would survive and he's here today. so there is hope when it seems hopeless. >> doctors say addy's chance of relapse is close to zero. a washington state couple is telling their story tonight after surviving two avalanches. >> this incredible video of the second one sent colby dotson and his girl friend running on saturday. the first avalanche came crashing down moments earlier. colby says ashley was the first to recognize what was happening. >> we heard the noise and he? was like avalanche and turned around and just -- and she was like avalanche and turn around and just started running. it was thunderous sound, sounded like an airplane going over us, heart was beating. i didn't know if it was going to cover us. i did not know the extent what it could do, but it felt like it was time to make split second decisions for sure. >> wow. the couple and some friends were checking out ice caves a few hours north of seattle. colby saw people racing out of the caves when that avalanche started and luckily everyone survived those avalanche unharmed. >> isn't that something. >> unbelievable. >> the video, too. >> avalanches are so incredibly dangerous. they are all very lucky to have survived. hopefully they'll learn better for next time. when there's a big snowfall in the rocky mountains, especially because the slopes are so steep, that's why you don't hear about avalanches happening in the appalachians because our mountains are much lower and the slope isn't as steep as it is in the rocky mountains. >> good insight from erica grow. back home we have temperatures cold enough for snow, but it's cold and dry at the same time. for you snow lovers you'll have to wait. let's look at the michael and son weather cam. right now it's 36 degrees. the dew point is 6, wow, bone dry air. no snow falling now, winds out of the west, southwest at 6 miles per hour. that wind will continue at about 10 miles per hour most of the overnight. you'll have to dress for the 20s and teens tonight. there will be a wind chill 2fanew mostly sunny but cold, so very similar to what we had today. the wind chill remains a factor all day long, but we don't have big gusts tomorrow, just a breeze that will be constant and it will keep poking at you. if you're spending the day outside, especially if you're at the nhl winter classic, you'll feel that wind all day long. temperatures are getting closer to where they should be and it will be milder than average in a couple spots friday. right now it's already cold, 30 degrees in manassas, leesburg and gaithersburg. it's 30 degrees in martinsburg, 30 in cumberland as well, 34 in frederick, so about to dip below freezing in places that aren't below freezing here in the metro area. on satellite and radar you can see how high pressure is keeping things nice and dry over the entire metro, entire dmv, as a matter of fact. we're keeping those clouds out of the forecast. so the factors we have to look for in our forecast the next couple days is the wind and that air temperature and what it feels like when you're outside. the feels like early tomorrow morning, it will feel like 19 degrees in leesburg, 17 in martinsburg, 20 in frederick and gaithersburg, 20 at andrews, so even getting closer to the water we don't have a lot of relief from that cold in the forecast. heading into the afternoon not a ton of relief either. it's going to feel like it's near freezing in places like gaithersburg and martinsburg. it's going to feel like 29 degrees in hagerstown, 36 in la plata, 39 in fredericksburg. the rebound starts friday, 34 for your feels like temperature in the morning in downtown d.c., 28 in leesburg and frederick. in the afternoon it will feel like it's in the 40s as you led through the beltway and points south -- head through the beltway and points south. we do have milder tempere forecast, but for tomorrow when folks will probably spend some time outside, that's when we'll have really cold temperatures. overnight if you're heading to a new year's eve celebration, bundle up, 20 to 26 degrees, winds out of the west, southwest at 10 miles per hour. tomorrow morning wind chills in the 20s, temperatures in the 20s and 30s under a partly to mostly sunny sky. in the afternoon reaching up to around 40 degrees, lots of sunshine, still a bit breezy with winds out southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. here's your all important forecast for that nhl winter classic, only 35 degrees at 11:00 and that's even downtown near nats park, 38 degrees at 1:00 as the game is getting started. that wind continues out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. it will be a factor even if you're sitting in the stands. maybe it's a good day to sit inside and make sure that you're all bundled up by the fire or just watch wusa9 all night and tomorrow again. as we head into friday, 48 degrees, more clouds, still dry. saturday some showers and a high of 42 degrees. in the first alert seven-day forecast some showers will move through sunday and we could see some windy conditions moving in, a high of 50 degrees, but temperatures tumble again on monday. up next a look back at some of the great people we lost this year. cab driver is shot and killed after picking up a passenger. i'm surae chinn in capitol heights with the very latest. >> on the run how did this suspect get away from police after they we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. stop living with half-fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads. so his homework won't be so half-fast. that is up to him. get this great price online guaranteed for two full years. plus a $400 bonus with two year agreement. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- 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death. >> the drivers here, they are like family to us and, of course, we love some of our family members and especially this gentleman. he was a good buy. >> reporter: bob nadley, the owner of silver cab mourns the loss of one of their own. he says khdeir yaya leased a car from his company. last night he picked up a fare at addison metro station, but he wasn't found until close to 1 a.m. this morning at balsam tree drive in capitol heights. >> want to make a living an honest way and for somebody to take somebody's life this way. >> reporter: last weekend a taxi driver in d.c. was beaten, robbed and thrown in the trunk of the car. >> their -- nighttime i don't drive. daytime is okay. >> reporter: taxi drivers have the option of using a shield, a bulletproof protection, but a lot of people don't use it because of the lack of comfort an

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