Prompting some Area School Districts to close. Others opened up on a delayed schedule. Its raising a few questions today about how neighboring systems came up with different decisions. Jeff goldberg is live with reaction to all of this. Hi jeff. Hey, alison. Its definitely a tough call for these districts. Im here in alexandria right now. This is Four Mile Run. On that side of Four Mile Run is arlington. Students had the day off from school. Here in alexandria it was a two hour delay. As the day has gone on this is what weve seen all over the place. These big ponds of water as the melting has continued and nothing but sunshine and really warm weather all over the place. And of course students in arlington very happy about the fact that they did not have school today and could enjoy the day off. School district said again, it was a tough call. They felt like sidewalks and roads would still be pretty icy even after a twohour delay at 10 00 or 11 00 this morning that they did not want to
Reuters news agency, the president also acknowledged substantial disagreement with the Israeli Government in the goal of keeping iran from getting Nuclear Weapons. Steve handelsman on capitol hill has the latest on this. Reporter jim, thanks. Here on the hill israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed joint meetings of the house and senate for almost 20 years, but this time tomorrow about 30 democrats say they wont attend. Thank you. Reporter cheered by American Jewish leaders in washington israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that israels survival is threatened. We must not let that happen. Reporter iran said netanyahu, would build a Nuclear Weapon to use on israel. I have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these dangers while they theres still time to avert them. Reporter the white house tried reassurance. The United States of america will not allow iran to obtain a Nuclear Weapon period. Reporter but john mccain warned iran will cheat. The Monitor
Thank you steve. A frigid february saw the second highest number of water main breaks in the history of wssc. During the month, crews had to repair 426 water mains in the wssc service area. Thats second only to february of 2007 when 479 mains burst. The average for february is just 132. According to records that date back 40 years. You can count on abc 7 and the Storm Watch Weather Team to keep you ahead of our changing weather. Were constantly updating the forecast on social media and on the stormwatch weather app for your smartphone. The maryland senator revered as the dean of the women is calling it a career. Senator Barbara Mikulski said today she will not seek a fifth term in office. Mikulski is the longest serving woman in congressional history. As Maryland Bureau chief brad bell explains, she doesnt plan to go quietly. She is just 411 but her giant shadow has loomed over maryland politics since 1976. She became one of the most powerful senators. And so few thought Barbara Mikuls
At the warmup and yet, another Winter Weather alert. Jacqui . Were doing pretty good out there across most of the region. 43 degrees already starting out in the freezing mark this morning. Feels like 46. 40 degrees at dulles and 43 at manassas and martinsburg at 39. Hagerstown is the cold spot at 35 degrees. Areas that are shaded may still be slick. Continue to use caution in those areas. Especially on sidewalks. But were ok downtown. We have strong blustery winds and drier conditions. Also pulling in some cooler air. That will help set the stage for the next round of wintry weather 24 hours from now. Our hourbyhour forecast shows you well make it into the mid to lower 40s. Temperatures will start to fall with diminishing winds after sundown. A refreeze will be expected with a few slick spots tomorrow morning. Then well watch the clouds increase pretty rapidly in the Morning Hours and a wintry mix albeit light should start about midday tomorrow. How long is this going to last . Is it g
With fluorescent paint and inside the paint they have a chemical to take an impression of the footprints. It appears after the bank robbers committed the robbery, they ran across this area here and left footprints in the ice and in the snow. Investigators went to a nearby restaurant took the boxes from the restaurant boxes used to ship fritolay potato ships but used the boxes to preserve the footprints until csi techs could get here to work the scene. There are a number of foot prints here. Its unclear as to how many of the foot prints theyre going to process here in the rear of the Wells Fargo Bank. Lets take another look at the Surveillance Video of the black hat bank robbers we got today. This is their eighth bank robbery since january, two in maryland six in virginia. They did this like the others walked in the bank about 12 40 in the afternoon, guns drawn, told everybody to get on the floor, got their money and off they went through a little stand of trees, out over the snowcovere