Southeast. It freezes in a freeze but right now its completely iced over. We found out that the city is well aware of the problem. Everyone from d. C. Water officials to mayor bowsers office themselves. They have been contacted about the problem and nothing has been done. The people here want one thing. It cant be a spring that runs water. If it was a spring the water wouldnt come so much. We are not doing anything with it. We have no means of anything like with it. Somebody has to be responsible. Q is live look at the flowing a live look at if flowing water. It doesnt stop. I contacted the city and they told me they sent an inspector out here and they are wor out where the water is coming from. No one complains about having extremely high water bill. We will let you know what they find out. That is the latest in southeast d. C. Im q mccray for news news. Michelle thank you. They are pretreating the roads for snow overnight. Chief meteorologist bill kelly is tracking the alert. Bill we are expect snow in overnight hours. Good afternoon. The temperatures are still at or below freezing for almost everybody in the area. 31 in d. C. 30 around dulles. Its 28 in great falls. Gaithersburg at 26 degrees. We wide then out across the region this is slightly warmer in the areas for the south. Fredericksburg for example, you are above freezing or at 35. Look at the big swath of blue on the map from iowa indiana. This is part of what is heading our way. Winter weather advisories for the area i just mentioned. Its close to our region now in West Virginia to part of central p. A. Not in the region right now. We are watching that. I dont expect a lot. But tonight the evening rush with the weather will be fine. Cold. 30 at 5 00. 28 or so at 7 00 tonight. Coming up, we will break down the timing and we will talk about how much snow we expect and look ahead to the forecast. Minnesota thank michelle thk you. Keep track of the forecast by downloading the free stormwatch7 app. Jonathan developing now. A horrible situation in an Apartment Fire in the bronx. A child playing with a stover started the fire. This child had a this behavior. What happened . Reporter that is what the fire commissioner said today that the child had a history of playing with the burners on the stover. Ther who who was not in the room didnt realize anything was wrong when the child began screaming. Now one of the deadliest fires in new york city, 12 people dead. Four children. This building behind me gutted days after christmas. Get out of the way. Now reporter thursday night a deadly fire engulfed a bronx apartment complex. Fernando says his sister 53yearold maria and her 8monthold grand daughter were among those killed. Im shocked right now. I dont know how to react. Im numb. People are trapped in apartment 13. We have a baby in there. Also in apartment six, people trapped. Reporter friday morning officials said the flames started in a first floor unit. Where a 3yearold boy was playing with the burners on the stove. Boy began screaming. She exited if apartment with her 2yearold and 3yearold. And left the door open. This fire quickly spread up the stairs. The stairway acted like a chimney. The city fire commissioner reminded all residents in a fire emergency closing all doors is a critical step to help prevent tragedies like this one. Seven firefighters were among the injured. They were there right away. Remember, with the freezing cold, tough conditions for the firefighters. And the emergency personnel. They did a great job. It is the time of year people celebrate. We have people here that lost their lives, lost their homes, lost everything. We grieve with them as everyone in this city sho time. Reporter the new York City Fire commissioner says the fire spread so quickly up the stairwell, it was able to easily spread to other apartments in the building, killing people as they were trying to escape. One resident we spoke to said it felt like the building went up like a match. Four people remained hospitalized at this hour in varying degrees of seriousness. Serious and critical. And authorities as they continue the investigation are looking to previous complaints. I see fire ladders on the side of the building. Were there detectors in the building . Reporter its centuryold building and that is something that the commissioner mentioned that part of the Ongoing Investigation will be determining if all of the smoke detectors were working. Alarms but who they were working is part of investigation. Jonathan thanks. Nancy at home dozens of people displaced in aspen hill after a fair ripped through their Apartment Building last night. As Suzanne Kennedy reports, now the search is on for what started it. Suzanne there are 16 units in the building. You can see the damage behind me. All the units are closed off to the residents who live here after a twoalarm fire overnight. The fire started around 9 00. Authorities say it began in a terrace level utility closet and spread to all four floors. I lived there on the second floor. Delgado is one of the impacted tenants. I was inside of the apartment with my little sister. I started to see a lot of smoke. I run out. Suzanne he has nowhere to i felt bad because we left everything. Tvs, our clothes, money. Many things. Suzanne 100 firefighters respond to the complex. At one point a neighboring building was also evacuated. It was a lot of smoke billowing out from the top of the building. A lot of heavy smoke. You didnt see much fire at all. It was inside the building itself. 60 people including many children are now without a home. They are being put up in other units in this complex. Right now the damage estimate is 400,000. In aspen hill, Suzanne Kennedy, abc7 news. Nancy that fire is days before the change for smoke alarms on monday. You will need a battery operated detector in your home and they need to be sealed in with tenyear and have a silent hush feature. About thesh ca and shooting along i95 in virginia 24 hours ago. Police say it started when a man killed his wife in fredericksburg. Richard reeve is live in stafford with startling details on that man. What have you learned, rich . Richard we learned gregory lea the suspect is a registered sex offender and he lived here in stafford until two weeks ago. Public records show he had a criminal record that dates back to 2006. You may recall this is the man accused of shooting and killing his wife in fredericksburg and then leading police on a chase. You see the mugshot here. This is the first time we are seeing his face in connection with the crimes. His wife found shot three times in the apartment they shared with three teenage children. This is 11 30 thursday morning. The police put out a lookout. The explorer spotted first by a Virginia State trooper and Stafford County sheriff over. Instead he leaned outside the s. U. V. And fired at least nine shots at the trooper. Slowed down and fired several more at the deputy. Those bullets punctured both cruisers windshield and grazed the deputys head. Both men ducking the gunfire while driving. Two miles north he lost control and he shot himself in the head and he died at the hospital. A former neighbor voicing surprise about the murder and the chase. I was shocked. I just found out. Did they seem to get along . Did they seem fine . Were there issues . I never heard any issues or yelling or screaming. I would see them working together in the yard. The sex charge dates back to rape case from 1999. He has had multile Marijuana Possession and hitandrun. Coming up at 6 00, much more about the suspect and a momentbymoment accounting of what happened in the police chase. Jonathan take a look at this. D. C. Police are searching for a man who broke in a Clothing Store on Christmas Day at the corner of 9th and t street in northwest. Surveillance video shows that the smash in the glass door and stealing all the clothes he could carry. If you recognize the person in the video, they would like to hear from you. Nancy a woman known for the mystery novels is remembered today. Sue graphton is known for the alphabet series. A is for alibi and y is for yesterday. She died thursday night after a twoyear battle with cancer and was 77 years old. Michelle coming up for us at 4 00. Why we may not have seen the last of the work to get the rail system back on track. Jonathan lateer they have country for the last few weeks so why is President Trump taking aim at post offices in todays tweets . Crews braising the temperatures to gear up for first night alexandria. I will nancy remember the safetrack stoppages ove part of the orange, blue and silver line were not fully repaired. Details coming to light in an interim review. Quality control board found three heavily used lines to be in marginal condition. Metro says the tracks will need continuous maintenance for the next several years but the issues are not expected to cause any major disruption. Speaking of metro, new years eve the trail will be open overnight. The trains and buses are running on a sunday schedule. They will run on sunday schedule new years day. Metrorail will be open monday frommal 00 a. M. Until 11 00 p. M. Jonathan new york getting ready for the new years eve celebration in times square. Today they had a confetti test. Nancy got to do it. Jonathan and handfuls thrown in the air. Sunday night 1. 5 tons of this will be flying through times square. Nancy a lot of cleanup. They do it so fast. Jonathan they do. At home we part bit of a smaller scale. Nancy little bit. Alexandria one of the hottest spots with the first fight celebration in old town. Michelle michelle amy aubert is live for us and they are getting ready to ring in the new year. We spotted so many signs and brochures to let everyone know about the event. With only a couple of days to go, today is jam packed. They are gearing up for first night alexandria. People come from all over the world to visit d. C. In the holidays. This is the only thing to do with the families on new years eve. When it comes to the frigid temperatures they are ahead of the game. We are going to put a big bubble around alexandria and heat it. No. Its going to it is december 31 after all. People need to dress for the weather. Most of the events will be indoors. S for night signs peak through store windows. Peek through store windows. We are putting signs up. For eventgoers, it doesnt go unnoticed. They did a good job advertising. They feel they have it all covered. Alexandria is a Safe Community but they will be out in force. Tonight we challenge people heading to the big event and how they plan to stay warm. Nancy easier said than done today to stay warm. Bill we are watching the possibility of snow. Sidebar, i was thinking about it driving to work today and looking around. We still have the decorations up. You said you took yours jonathan my wife likes everything organized because we move stuff around so the day after christmas its all done, gone. Nancy i like to encoo it up. Bill i posted this. There are already ten comments. What do you do . How long is too long to lead up the Christmas Tree . Bill kelly weather. Jonathan if you ask my dad he leaves his Christmas Lights up all year. Bill a year long person . [laughter] jonathan you know what . Michelle dont turn them on. Jonathan you dont want him up on the ladder. Bill that is true. That is good. This is a nice shot. Cool shot in frostburg where its 18. Quiet night and chantilly has breaks as well. This is the weather story for what is going on now. Later tonight is the ground is prepped. Low 20s in the district. Layer up if you are going out. We are expecting some snowfall to enter the area tonight. This will create snow for those folks, two, three, four inches. 11, the outdoor plans. This is a touch overdone. But this comes overnight and lasts for the early time frame. Going out to 6 00 to 8 00 in the morning. Snow out there and then it will wind down. Most of this to the north is we have the heavier snow. How much snow . This is a smidge overdone but some of the areas and the north of d. C. Couldse two inches of snow. Not a big snow maker. If you are traveling, know its slippery. We warm up tomorrow and a little above freezing. Bone chilling temperatures and mid20s for the highs. If the 23 verifies the coldest new years day in 100 years. That is a long time. Nancy a 100 years, yeah. Thank you. Coming up at 4 00 hear them roar. What is new could feel old again at the box office in 2018. Michelle but first one thing we can tell you will happen in 2018. A super moon. There will be two, in fact. Happening in january. The first want some inspirational stories for a change . You gotta check out the american dream. Saturdays, 1pm, newschannel8 jonathan star wars the last jedi on track to make the most money at the box office this year. It wont match the record setting years of 2015 and 2016, though. The movies brought in just more than 11 million this year. That is from the year before. Nancy blockbusters waiting to hit theaters and we have a preview. The movies in 2018 might sound like the 90s. Jurassic world fallen kingdom roars into theaters in june. Jeff goldblum revises his role from the original and it enjoys flurry of spinoff and seek with. Star wars franchise releases solo this summer. Can we even say the fame of the move vie . Ill see you next year. This is director ron howard. The film part of the disney strategy to appease voracious star wars fans year after year. Marvel studios will rele new avingers film. Black panther will get his own spinoff. Movie studios are going all in with the scifi films in 2018. Like a wrinkle in time. We heard a cry in the universe. Oprah winfrey, Reese Witherspoon make up an allstar ensemble only to be rivaled by the cast of ocean 8 where a crime ring try to steal a necklace. Valued over 100 million. 150 million. Silly. Animation side, disney pixar release incredibles 2, 13 years after the original. You may have noticed that disney will roll in the new year with the name on some of the biggest moneymaking franchises. No surprise since disney hosts the top two highest grossing film of 2017 in the united states. Beauty and the beast and star wars the last jedi. About 1 billion combineed. Jonathan i said 11 million made last year. It was 11 billion total but its down from the previous years. Were you excited to see anything . Was there a movie you were craving . Michelle not really. Nancy the highlights. Excited for 2018. The oceans 8 movie is fun. Jonathan dont you remember five or six years ago you were excited to see three or four a year. Now there are so many duds. Michelle the binge culture. Nancy yet flection all day. Coming up at 4 00 a dramatic scene. Police catching up with a man they say kidnapped a toddler. But first we could see the coldest new years eve on record in the area. Bill kelly has the forecast next. New at 5 00, i have hills to climb nancy gives you chills. Beloved singing bus driver gets to live out the dream. We share the amazing moment when i return with larry s michelle take a look at the spectacular sparkle. The annual ice festival in indiana. Carvers there started to work on the creation thursday and it was cold enough for work. The sculptures should last three or four weeks. Bill perfect outside there. Michelle its been so cold here that ice starting to form on the potomac. This is around whites ferry. Incredible. Bill not all the way across but there are big chunks there. You know it is cold if you start getting the ice developing across the river. Interesting stuff. That is courtesy of the helicopter. Bill good stuff. Show you what is happening. The temperatures will further freeze more areas around the region. 31 in d. C. Currently 26 apter gaithersburg. Great falls at 21. Dulles is 30. Bigger picture is warmer to the south. A little bit. The temperatures are slightly above freezing. 33 in quantico and fredericksburg. Down from where they were last hour by 2 degrees or so. Feels like temperatures. Layer up tonight. We are not in the single digit territory but way down in the teens. A couple of things one is a cold night again. Like it has been. So if you are out and about, friday night, many of you are. Layer, layer, layer. Big time. But you dont have to worry about the snow for the early evening plans. I cant say the same for the late overnight hours and tomorrow. But the evening festivities and the outing on friday, you should be fine. Just cold. 30 t 28 by 8 00. 27 by 11 00. 2 00 in the morning. The clouds work in. The temperatures are warmer overnight. It will bring snow to the area. We talk about the timing in a few minutes. Thank you. Download the free stormwatch7 app to keep track of the temperatures and the chances for snow whenever you want. The police are offering a reward for any information on the man found shot to death close to 295. Cheryl conner is joining us live with the new developments in the investigation. Cheryl . Cheryl jonathan, his name is armani coles. He was 27 years old and from northwest washington. His body was dumped near the busy intersection of Eastern Avenue and kenilworth avenue next to 295. Right on the d. C. And the maryland line. This happened after 6 00 last night. Prince georges county police tell us coles was shot several times. Taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. The neighbor who lives and works in the area says the victims father was out here this morning. He was real upset. A neighbor tells us that coles is a father to a young son. Prince georges county police say they are offering reward for 27,000 for arrest and indictment in the case. Live in capitol heights, cheryl conner, abc7 news. Michelle three months after a man kills 58 people the city isnt taking chances this new years eve. Heather mills looks at what the authorities are planning on the strip. Skyline will be illuminated with 150 firefighters. As the revelers watch the sky unprecedented number of the Law Enforcement will be watching from the sky. The police join officers in the air. Helicopters and the drones will patrol the strip. For the first time snipers will stationed along the properties on las vegas boulevard, a change since the october mass shooting. There is a new threat. In october what changed he shot have an elevated position. We had never seen it before. The Security Threat a level one, highest designation possible. Something the city of las vegas was working toward for several years because they would get more federal dollars it doesnt confirm any kind of threat. They are also not taking chances. The National Guard doubling and they will also have intelligence to survey soc