we re starting a new tradition with the fresh start 5k. the mayor-elect packed them in at oyster school as she launched what she said will be an annual new year s day race. despite the chill, hundreds showed up. included, newly elected members of the d.c. council. very exciting. i think we re going to be able to move forward on a lot of important issues like affordable housing and education. and shadow representative, the first latino elected in d.c. since the 1970s. it s been a long, long time. not for lack of trying. they will all join bowser and thousands of others here in the a.m.b. halls of the convention center tomorrow. bowser s inauguration chair bet television s deborah lee said the themes are fresh start and d.c. proud. so it s a new day. and i think it s exciting. and i hope all washingtonians are ready to celebrate. bowser finished the 5k race. no one was keeping track of the at the time. she s got a busy weekend ahead. very excited, you know, this
here with my dad. love being here! chicago fans were in the house as well. here come the hawks! the mighty blackhawks and they were loving this washington weather. this is like miami for us. no snow it s great. this is almost tropical to us! from the food to the fans. this game is a new year s tradition that caps fans have passionately embraced. c-a-p-s, caps, caps caps! it s been a long day for a lot of people. gates opened at 1:00 but there was a fanfest across the street that started much earlier today. so a lot of people came out making an entire day of it. fortunately, the temperature got up into the mid 40 s so it was a great day to be outside and obviously, a fantastic finish to washington, d.c. s first winter classic. reporting live in nationals park suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. and the day is not over for those fans yet right, suzanne? thank you very much. prior to the game the big discussion was whether the glare off the ice would cause a pro
and remembering a political icon. i want when it s over for people to say, now, there was an honest person. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] good evening, everybody. morris jones. the restaurant is closed after a fire on wisconsin avenue about three blocks north of the national cathedral. tom roussey has the latest on the investigation. crews have arrived to try to get the district two bar and grill open at some time tonight. officials believe the fire started at the kitchen in the restaurant. a lot of work to do after what was a very quick moving fire. after dark, firefighters remained on the scene of what had been a two alarm higher. folks at the district two bar and grill figured out how to move forward after a chaotic scene. i started smelling smoke. i then look out the window and noticed smoke pouring from the roof of the bar and grill. he then started shooti
you can see them arriving by helicopter to shore there. a total of 16 recovered now of the 162 on board that doomed flight. i m molette green at the live desk. back to you. thank yo molette. it is time to check our forecast. cold start. 37 degrees. a little cold my taste. yeah. it s not too bad. for january. you re right. you re right. it s going to get even colder in the next up of weeks. i guess eun s new year s resolution was to not continue to complain about the cold. never. that s never going to happen, tom. here we are again. the 2nd day of january not as cold. but it is cold starting off in the mid-30s montgomery. near 30 in ior 30 in fauquier and loudoun county. a few clouds coming through. low 30s around the bay. and there is nationals park. that s a live view there. we ll see cold here through 8:00. a few high clouds. by noon time, partly cloudy. ought to be in the mid-40s. by midafternoon, they brieflye upper 40s by 2:00 3:00. by 5:00 p.m. back to th
reporter: the ball dropped in times square, the countdown is officially on for the puck to drop inside the nats park on a day dedicated to outdoor hockey in d.c.. a larger than life winter wonderlands emerged from the heart of the capital. it s a blast, we ve got beautiful weather. couldn t really ask for any better of a situation you know. we finally got the winter classic in the nation s capital. hockey is blowing up in the country. it s amazing. reporter: with d.c. that s the only seventh site for the winter classic, the plaza was packed first thing wednesday morning. their throwback gear. i already feel the patriotism. the local area and the team can it s great the steven out here supporting the to see everybody out here supporting the same cause. reporter: among them duff goldman the food network star of ace of cakes. i think that s a really big deal because that s where hockey starts. reporter: even though sun is glaring off the ice casts a cloud of un