Area. We feel it here at this stage. We are stuck in a deep freeze. Alison abc7s tom roussey joins us from siller is spring where crews are work Silver Spring where the crews are working on a water main break. This is just part of the problem out there today, right . Tom it is. There are a lot of affects from the cold. The water main break is one of the worst. This is on New Hampshire avenue. So as you can imagine its wreaking havoc on traffic. I just got an update. Good news. They have made progress. It wont last forever but it will last through the evening rush hour. Thanks to the water main break the traffic was bad even before rush hour started. Bad. Really bad. How bad was the traffic you were in . Bad. Back like 20 minutes. That is right. 20 minutes from the beltway, which you could see less than a quarter mile away. Everything had to merge to one lane. What i dont like about it is the left lane, they think they automatically can get in without any courtesy. New hampshire avenue isnt the only major road with the water main trouble. Route one in hyattsville, part of the southbound lanes were blocked thanks to a break. It created thick ice leaving a nearby Auto Repair Shop leaving crews to put down more shop. It took me a half hour to pull in here. We are working 16 water breaks since friday. That is montgomery alone. So ones like this in downtown hyattsville not causing the traffic trouble can wait. D. C. Has had a number of breaks, too. Like this one near the u. S. Capitol Cannon Office building. Virginia seen its share like this one in alexandria. All right. Schools are affected, too. Fairfax county about 200 bus routes were affected because the buses wo issue with heating in some of the schools. Burglary, Richard Montgomery county high. And a pipe burst at white oak middle. Reporting live in Silver Spring, im tom roussey, abc7 news. Alison thank you. A broken water pipe caused flooding at the Kramer Junior High School in southeast d. C. At this hour its not clear if it will reopen but the rest of d. C. Schools tomorrow. So be the first to know if your Childs School is shut down or delayed because of the weather. Sign up for the text alerts by going to wjla. Com text. Larry now to a crime alert in takoma park where Police Say Two men tried to lure an 8yearold girl in their vehicle with the promise of candy. This happened around 9 00 a. M. Near pine and elm avenue, not far from the takoma metro station. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis now joins us. This child giving a pretty good description to police of one of the men and also what he said. Kevin yeah. Her memory of this frightening the young girl waiting in the front yard for her dad to drive her after she missed a school bus and the suspicious vehicle appeared. The light brown skinned male with hazel eyes. Kevin the police hold impromptu press conference after two men reportedly tried to abduct an 8yearold girl. The young girl says silver colored s. U. V. Stopped in front of her home. The male passenger opened the door and stated come to my house. I have candy. The man wearing black clothing had a hoop nose ring, flower tattoo on his left hand and a pink pimple or growth near his left eye. It was very brief. By midday, the police went door to door and hopes surveillance camera caught the vehicle. That may have a d. C. Tag the dent on the side. Think are browsing the data base to see if they have anyone with a flower tattoo. The driverer, the young girl could only say it was a man. Live in takoma park, kevin lewis, abc7 news. Larry the Prince Georges CountyPolice Investigating a murder inside am withs home saturday evening on pennsylvania avenue. Sonya harris was found unresponse i in her bedroom and died soon after. She died upper body. If you know anything, please call the police. There is a reward. Alison an 11yearold girl fighting for life after being hit by a car in morning rush. Q mccray is on the scene. Do we know the little girls condition . I just got off the phone with if police and they confirm she is in Critical Condition now. The 1yearold was crossing 11yearold was crossing the street when she was hit. I work with 9 and 10yearolds. That is horrible. It happene a. M. The police shut down the eastbound side of pennsylvania for four hours. As they worked the case. We know right now we have a juvenile struck. Taken to a local hospital. Investigation is ongoing. The driver stayed on scene. This isnt the first accident at the intersection. July 3 last year we told you about a man struck and killed crossing the same street. Speeders are common but he feels safe crossing the street. I am sorry to hear about the child getting hurt. Not a problem for me, though. Follow the rules with the lights. Q i did some digging and found out there were 31 accidents at this intersection last year. 13 involved serious injuries or death. In District Heights im q mccray, abc7 news. Larry the longest serving republican senator is calling at it career. Orrin hatch will not seek reelection when the seat comes up this fall after 40 years on the hill. Many believes his retirement will clear the way for mitt romney to run for the seat. Alison sterling man in court days after f. B. I. Officers raided his home as part of an investigation in isis related terrorism. The f. B. I. Says sean duncan tried to destroy a thumb drive and microchip with evidence against him. Nearly a year ago a Family Member told authorities he may have been radicalized. In the Court Documents revealed he eresearched how to build a bomb. Larry now to a developing story in iran. 21 people are dead and a hundred more could face the Death Penalty after being arrested in the escalating protests larry the plo tests began a week ago. Spurred by a weak economy. In the first statement since the protests, the ayatollah blamed the unrest on enemies of iran. At almost the same time that the statement came out, President Trump threw support behind the protest calling iran a state sponsor of terror. Tonight, abc7 chief Political Correspondent scott thuman explains the effect it could have and what is driving the wave of protests. Scott calling for the death of irans president and its Supreme Court leader, protesters spread across the country created a firestorm in more than one way. Iran accuses President Trump of adding gasoline. His recent tweet supporting the demonstrators saying its time for change and criticizing the Obama Administration for, foolishly returning money to the regime by lifting sanctions from the nuclear deal. Either way, there is a shi discovering that it doesnt have the automatic support of the people in the past he could count on. Iranian expert says while the protests could dissipate, they expose a weakness. The government is defending itself as a great power in the region. Its just not true. Despite the government funding religious institutions, unemployment is high. Some say 25 among young people. Clearly, there is a very, very strong frustration among population over the worsening economic situation. In the arab spring of 2011, similar concerns led to change in egypt. And libya. But in many ways they are still unstable. In iran, tougher leaders could take over. Is it a be careful what you wish for scenario . Many in the iranian political concluded that it would be a mistake to have some kin overthrow. What we are seeing from the protesters, i wouldnt put up with that. President trump waits to see if any of the allies may join him in the effort the tweets are not sitting well with iran leader who blame the u. S. For many of the problems including that travel ban. Live on capitol hill tonight, scott thuman, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Coming up, seven months after this terrifying scene in times square, a new way to protect pedestrians from attack. Anybody will tell you that is not him. I want a lot of answers. Larry parents demanding answers after a Police Officers car hit and killed their son. They say the official story doesnt make sense. Dramatic video. The race to save a family after their car plunges through thin ice in montgomery county. If your iphone is running slow, 7 on your side has answers on how to z2offz zi0z y2offy yi0y alison if you have an iphone listen up. There is a growing demand by the iphone users to replace the phones battery after apple admitted to slowing down weakens. So how do you know when its time to replace the battery . What does they take . 7 on your side investigator nathan baca found answers. Nathan 7 on your side is working to find out just how difficult it can be to buy replacement battery for your iphone. But first, you can find out just how drained your battery is. Simple looking at the battery percentage on the upper right of your screen does not tell you. Instead you need to search for the battery checker apps in the app store to tell you what your battery life is. If measured in miliamps or mah. What apple has done is they have said that when your battery is no longer able to provide the power that it needs to operate the Peak Performance it scales that back. Apple says they will replace all iphone 6 batteries or later for a 29 charge. No matter what the test results are. We went inside the apple store in georgetown and an employee buy a Battery Replacement can be up to five days if they dont have your model inside the store. Appointments are encouraged and walkins could take a few hours. We found at an apple store its routed to a Central Office that doesnt know if the individual stores still have batteries available. If you have an iphone 5 or older that is not eligible for the Battery Replacement discount. It regularly costs 79. But we found a company to send you a do it yourself kit. That is on the website wjla. Com. It costs 30. But if you do it wrong it could permanently damage your phone. Reporting from georgetown, nathan baca, abc7 news. Larry go to the app. Good information. Mustsee video from florida. You have to see this. The coast guard racing to rescue an 89yearold man who crashed his car off the bridge and into the water. Because the man already suffered a medical emergency he couldnt escape and that smash out the window and drag him from the car. At last check he was hospitalized but alive. Some incredible video showing the firefighters that are kees youing a family of three from the car after it crashed through the ice covered creek. If that wasnt bad enough it was only ten degrees outside with a wind chill of 0. Three people inside were cold. But otherwise they were unharmed. Alison wow so scary. Larry it is. Bill these are dangerous temperatures and a dark area as well. Go there. So interesting. Each day we track when i say interesting. I want to talk about this. This is the shot of the Chesapeake Bay camera. Look in the middle of the screen. You can see the water and it looks like it stops. That is the ice that developed. My mic is on so batteries have run out if you dont hear me. Alison like your iphone. Battery is much they die. This is the ice and its grown over the last 24 hours. So it is getting icier and icier. 26 is the high. 13 is the low. Want me to wear this microphone . All right. Wear this one. 43 degrees. 29 is the temperature. The record is 71 that was set in 1876. Getting close to the 5 00 hour. In terms of the temperatures. The winds are out of the west. The dew point is so dry. You may notice the knuckling cracking or the lips cracking because it is so dry and so cold. There. We are not dealing with the snow around the region. Not just in our area but region wide. The story, hands down are cold temperatures. They will extend to florida. It feels like high us in 13 in detroit. Ridiculous. Minus 12 in chicago. 21 around louisville. The weather system we are watching is an aggressive system that is working up. It will strengthen in the intensity. What we are watching for is where it is positioned. I think we here in the d. C. Metro will be on the western edge of this. Bulk of the energy should stay offshore. This is 3 00 in the morning on thursday. Let me point out that we look at a myriad of the models. This is a worst case scenario. Up and down the eastern seaboard to new england, new york city, providence, hartford, boston. This is widespread to northern florida. This is a winter storm watch. Watch means its favorable. A warning means it is happening or will happen. We have only had an hour above freezing fo hours. 4 00 in the morning last wednesday. There are colder temperatures to push records on records, friday, saturday and sunday the highs and the low. This is the 7th coldest of the day. That is going to flirt with the coldest day ever. The record is five on that day. Alison i want to hibernate. Bill exactly alison still ahead temperatures got cold at the north american zoo that was too cold for penguins. There is good news in 2018 regarding crime in the capital in 2017. Alison dont forget its comedy night in abc7 primetime but first here is what is cooking for good morning washington tomorrow. Thanks, guys. Form on good morning washington is gym intimidation holds you back dont let fear ruin your fitness goals. We show you how to overcome your hesitation to hit the gym. Do you hear the c word . We look at sell brassy and millennial dating in the d. M. V. See you bright and early for traffic and weather every ten minutes starting at 4 25 a. M. O im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. 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Violent crime dropped 22 from the previous year. 9 dip in the property crime. 11 reduction overall. Im pleased to announce that crime is decreasing here in the city. The reason vary. Lake the installation of the cameras to aid in capturing criminal. Our ability to capture those involved in the Violent Crime is something that is most instrumental in us being able to close crimes. There are some pockets that crime is resilient. But the chief cited another statistic that shows something on the rise in d. C. The homicide closure rate. For last year sto coming up, mustsee video of the race to save a sawn frozen in the pond it calls home. Larry new york has plans to prevent this from happening again. A teenager is killed after larry a mother is demanding answers tonight 24 hours after the crash that killed her son, 16yearold derek staton died after the police say he stepped in the path of a metro transit Police Officers car. His mother says it cant be true. She spoke to Maryland Bureau chief brad bell who joins us with what else she is saying. Brad so many questions tonight. This is where the teenager was killed. Trying to cross the highway to get to the popular shopping the investigation is still underway. Something we know this is a dangerous place to cross the road. There is no marking in the road. There is no pedestrian crossway, there is no button on the hole to push. There is no walk or dont walk sign. 16yearold derek staton was killed yesterday as he tried to cross crane highway on foot. The state police say they believe he was at fault walking in the path of the Metro Transit Police truck driven by the officer gary who was offduty and on the way to work. The mother and the stepfather says it cant be that simple. I dont know what to believe but i know he knows better than trying to run on the red light. I know that. I just want the truth. It is not going to bring our son back. Apart. The police want to hear from the witnesses. The Metro Transit Administration put him on leave but offer no comment. Something that seems clear to family, this is a dangerous cross. There is no crosswalk of any sort. I find it crazy that nobody would have anything here to safeguard the children. Which is a real problem. Were told that engineers will look at the intersection to see if improvements can be made. Derek didnt deserve this at all. Nobody deserves this. Nobody. While we were out here this afternoon we saw others crossing the street. Them. The state Highway Administration will come out here and the engineers will look at this to see if there is a safe and a practical way to get people from there to the shopping center. We are going to stay on the story and find out if and when the improvements are made. From brandywine, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. Caught on video a transformer explodes in flames along the central way road in gaithersburg. I took a couple of hours but the power was restored last night. People in maryland could be paying more for the electricity. Pepco is requesting permission for 4 increase that is 5 a month or more on an average bill. The rate increase is recoup the cost of the 41 million in upgrades last year. Larry there is no word what sp