rebecca cooper is live in bethesda with how people are dealing with the ice and the winter weather. rebecca: kimberly, today was a day where walking could be as treacherous as driving. take a look at the sidewalks in downtown bethesda, heavily trafficked retail areas, and these are slippery sidewalks. montgomery county and anne arundel county got the worst of it, a quarter inch of ice. in bethesda, workers were clearing the sidewalks through the evening so retailers and restaurants could stay open. >> it is slippery when it's wet. rebecca: walking or driving, it was a bad night to be out. >> it is terrible. >> it was pretty crazy. rebecca: there were numerous weather-related accidents. bridges were especially dangerous. the 11th street ridge in d.c. had to close because of an overturned vehicle. and snow plows and ice trucks were out all day, but could not keep pace with the slippery sleet. >> it literally spun through both lanes. rebecca: in montgomery county rescue crews responded to multiple accidents, including a car going down a steep and bank amid. throughout the region, drive

kevin: a woman returned to her pricey bethesda home, her garage door wide open, vehicle missing. inside, no beloved york shire terrier. her longtime friend, seen in facebook, was caught with a crime. they say that she was seeking revenge over an unpaid loan. >> i cannot believe that. we have dogs as well. that surprising. kevin: days after the break-in, reddy offered to look for the missing dog in exchange for five grand. in a call from a blocked caller. >> the whole situation was unique. kevin: detectives reviewed reddy's cell phone records and found that the day of the break-in she was in bethesda even though she lives in new york city. >> no way is this the way to resolve this sort of thing. we have a court system, and yes it takes time, but taking matters like this into your own hands does not usually end in any positive result. >> i think people get to a breaking point and they don't know what to do, and maybe they take measures to the extreme. kevin: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: ahead serving others through snacks. how two women turned their personal hardships into a

this is located in congressional country club in bethesda. u.c. patches of lou -- you can see patches of blue. it does not have a spring-like look. many spots will be colder than that tomorrow. 50 at reagan national, warm spot. 43 in richmond. 30 in columbus. below freezing afternoon temperature, which is unusual. the cold air mass is stuck in place. it is a large one. we will not see changes in the temperature pattern until monday. you will notice it with a warming trend. this indicates how much colder it is now than it was at 4:20 yesterday afternoon. 25 degrees colder in washington. 31 degrees colder in richmond. a definite chill in the air. last weekend of march coming. we will look for temperatures to drop through the 30's tonight. perhaps close to freezing in some areas by tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning as high pressure builds in, we will get gusty breezes. instability over the lakes. we have the possibility of flurries, may be a snow shower, maybe sprinkles with highs struggling to get into the 40's tomorrow afternoon. the next seven da

in damascus clarksburg road at bethesda all lanes blocked because of a crash. we're sending chopper 4. and then in frederick, 75 at price road an overturned vehicle also has all lanes blocked. camden trains 10 to 0 minutes behind in general today. taking a look at travel time 270 looking good from germantown to the beltway. outer loop top of the beltway 95 to 270, just about on time. 13 minute there is. 66 east from the fairfax county parkway looks good. and quantico to the beltway about 7 minutes behind. i'm back in ten. >>> no end to the anger. why members of a fraternity at the university of oklahoma at the center of a racist video for having a hard time escaping protesters. >>> and also ahead, the barbie that is supposed to be able to talk back to your children. but we'll show you why some want to keep the controversial toy off store shel >>> about 20 re testprotested out of parker rice's home. he was seen chanting racist slurs in a video. he has apologized for participating. his family did not appear to be at home last night. rice says threatening calls to

, north bethesda bethesda towards our studios and look at this our studios looking up towards the rockville area. you can see just a few clouds out there. but a very nice evening after a great day. 44 degrees. rain early this morning, ice melting off the trees but now we've got 44 degrees, dropping to about the freezing mark by 11:00. that's when we may start to see some problems on some of the secondary roads, any roads that have not been treated. we may see slick spots overnight, especially sidewalks. 36 gaithersburg 39 in reston 43 ft. belvoir and camp springs around 40 degrees. bowie coming in at 39 degrees. on the radar, nothing to show. we're not going to see anything over the next say 12 hours or so. then things get a little bit iffy. winter weather advisory in effect for tomorrow between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. i really don't think we're going to see this verified down to the south pip just don't see the moisture here. southern maryland most of northern virginia may be on the dry side but to the north, frederick, hagerstown, maybe montgomery county howard county baltimore, back tow

in isolation in a chartered aircraft as they make the journey from sierra leone to the nih campus in bethesda. now the victim was volunteering ebola services in africa. this will be the second person with the disease admitted to nih. >>> heads up late night walkers if you happen to see a drone flying over that restricted airspace around d.c. there may not be reason to alert the authorities. >> the authorities may actually be doing the flying. the secret service is flying those drones over the area in the next few weeks in hopes of figuring out how to counter them. bruce leshan is live in the newsroom with more on the story. >> the secret service declines to say how many drones, how large of drones or when or where they'll be flying.

kevin: i'm kevin lewis in bethesda. coming up next how chris borland's early retirement from the nfl is helping a bethesda company get out its message about the need for sensors on alison: the subject of football and head injuries back in the national spotlight after chris borland announced he's retiring after one season due to concerns about head trauma. also increasing concerns, of course, about helmet safety for student athletes as well? kevin lewis has more. >> a rookie. kevin: 49ers linebacker's chris borland's sudden divorce from the nfl. >> to me it wasn't worth the risk. kevin: an example of safety trumping salary. >> the sport needs to focus on this serious issue. kevin: greg welcomed borland's unexpected announcement. after all, his bethesda based company develops football helmet sensors that track harsh hits. >> this helmet has experienced 55 impact and if the child were to take a big hit, turn on the red warning light. sarah's son gavin played lacrosse at chevy chase high school until a serious injury last y

bethesda that is tracking right into howard county right now. the orange and red that's fairfax county across prince william into culpeper. that will be moving right into washington right into the metro area in about another half hour or so. so everything is all wet this morning. temperatures are chillier we're in the 40s right now and we'll have this rain with us. there is a live look from the tower camera. wet streets all across the metro area. and during the afternoon though we'll be drying out. over the weekend, turning chilly and very blustery winds on saturday. next weather and traffic on the 1s your bus stop forecast what to wear for this friday. >>> we're still seeing good conditions as you're traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. no reports of delays or incidents. we are seeing ponding on the roadways and potholes. so be careful. traveling out of leesburg on the dulles greenway and tollway,

around the capital beltway, mainly the northwestern quadrant around bethesda towards rockville looking at light rain. dry for alexandria into oxon hill. here's the latest on the winter storm warning. all areas shaded in pink under the warning. it starts tonight and extends through the day on thursday. and right now, this is our best guesstimate as far as what we expect in terms of snowfall totals. four to eight inches. keep in mind as new data comes in over the next several hours, we may have to readjust these totals. some cases it may go down and other cases, it may go up. but right now we're trending a little bit to the he lesser amounts as we move through the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. timing is critical on this. a lot depends on when we see the changeover from rain to sleet to snow. if it happens sooner that means that we're going to see more snow around the metro area. if it happens later, that means less amounts of snow and more sleet. anyway you look at it it's going to get cold around here. still expect a lot of delays come tomorrow. the timeline for you coming

for this region and the sort of inner beltway component between bethesda silver spring all the way over to new carrollton there really is no plan b. >> talk about the economic impact. you touched on it a little bit, but what it means for business growth. >> if you look at montgomery county we have four major growth areas. germantown, gaithersburg looking at white flint that has already started, white oak, we have shady grove life science sectors, around the new shady grove metro center there. all of those projects in my opinion will produce over the next 135 to 20 years, 100,000 jobs. the connectivity in this area is to connect everything from f dfrmthsa in white oak to bethesda connect some ends of the red line that would allow us to have greater connectivity all the way over to college park. that's a key part of that. hopefully if we have the right decision and i hope the government makes the right decision we're right at the goal line here, and i hope we have the ability, but i remember the super bowl. the seattle seahawks -- >> at the last minute they called 23the wrong play. >> we'

from bethesda, a bethesda boy. wisconsin sent carolina home. kentucky is inking west virginia -- spanking west virginia. getting ready for the matchup against duke. the 80th game for the teams. the only other time the terps beat the blue devils for the national championship, 78-76. >> a great game. we have had great games in the past. >> they always look forward to this matchup. for them to have it on a neutral court, that is important. tim: the class act award goes to the late coach. he left $200 for everyone to have a nice dinner. dean smith. that is class. everyone who ever letter beforehand. alison: isn't that nice? still ahead, a set of parents go through a challenging birth. ♪ ♪ ♪ scott: investigators believe a copilot intentionally crashed a german wings playing. -- plane. that is the top trending story. also, colder temperatures will be here. you can read the forecast wjla.com. alison: a couple's trip to the hospital took an unusual turn. they pulled over, called 911. that is where amanda gave birth to their son jacob. it was a br

in north bethesda we have a car or several cars facing the wrong direction. not causing any major delays near the crash site but on the the outer loop of the beltway up to the 95 interchange there, we're starting to see some volume building and slight delays in that area. be mindful if you're going to be heading out. sky 9 is giving you a look at how things are shaping up on 270. you can see volume starting to build up for the folks heading towards the split this morning. add anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to your drive time if at all possible but it looks like traffic is certainly building up there on ien it 270 again -- i-270 again southbound. back to you. >> thanks, larry. >>> we've all heard of music festivals like sweet life or louisiana palooza. this weekend very nanny is home to the music event for the under 7 set. >> tommy mcfly has a preview of the the tom rock festival cag to jam minute java -- coming to the jammin'gentleman v.a. >> the d.c. area is home to children performers who actually rock. so i set out yesterday to find out who these people are

we are live in bethesda, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: a concert and an easter egg hunt. help to move out some of that nine feet of snow that is still piled up on the seacoast. there was no parking 24 hours ago. we should be ok. leon: they hoped mother nature would take care of all that snow for him. maureen: glad we are not seeing any of that this weekend. david: here's a time lapse from the hd weather camera from damascus elementary school still located in maryland. cloudy all day with rain. the sky started to brighten a bit. it allowed some sunshine. the roadways dried up. they are way below average. 46 on great falls. 44 degrees in frederick. we are seeing this and a very chilly numbers. 30 degrees in columbus. that cold air sliding in tonight. it is 34 degrees colder than it is yesterday in richmond. you see the drill here. what is going to happen. what we have seen is this cold air has been hanging in the great lakes. another push of chilly air comes next weekend. it is the last place in the country. it will migrate to the new england area. we have a long time warm

at some point today in bethesda. nikki burdine joins us live from outside the hospital with more on what we know but it's not a lot, right? >> reporter: you're right, mike, it's not a lot. what we do know is this is the second person with ebola to be treated at n.i.h. so officials with n.i.h. say they are prepared to treat this person, whoever they are. we don't know who they are. we don't know their name, where they're from, their age or gender but we know that this person contracted ebola while they were overseas volunteering in sierra leone. we know that this person was an american health care volunteer. n.i.h. officials aren't saying really anything else about this person, but they are prepared to deal with this patient. we know that the first patient that they dealt with here at n.i.h. was nina pham who contracted ebola overseas as well. she was treated and released and doing much better. we know the facility this person will be coming to will be the same one that pham was 's specifically for this disease. it is

we're just east of wisconsin avenue downtown bethesda very well traveled. a lot of people live around here and things look like they are about to get better here. so we're going to make this right and you can see this road looks fantastic right here. so the more well travelled roads it looks like the crews have gotten to. but there are a few strictly neighborhood streets that don't seem like they're doing as well. we'll turn on to one of them. this is middleton lane. it was pearl street we were on a minute ago. another street that doesn't look like it's really been plowed yet. but again, it is passable. that's the big thing. there's not so much snow and ice on here that you can't get by. but certainly, as the sun goes down, and it's about to in the next hour or so what you're going to want to watch out for tonight is that potential for refreezing in the area. as far as the major roads, we were on wisconsin a few moments ago. it looked absolutely fantastic, the beltway looked good earlier. the main roads are doing very well. some neighborhood streets like th

he planned to kill the judge by slicing his throat, firing a gun at his head, then burning down his bethesda home. the man's parents called the police, who arrested the 35-year-old man on the spot. >> if you look across the country, there have been judges who have been attacked and seriously injured or killed. kevin: last year, montgomery county circuit court judge was kidnapped by her estranged lover. creighton, who feared for her life, escaped unharmed. >> as far as making sure the courthouse and the bench members are protected, the county sheriffs do a tremendous job. they continue to monitor the situation. kevin: the man has a criminal record for criminal harassment drug distribution, and assault. the police have not revealed why he allegedly wanted to kill his uncle, the judge. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: right now, a live look outside, dealing with unseasonably cold weather. some of us even getting a little bit of snow today. eileen whelan is live in the weather center with when we will see the warm-up. eileen: probably not until monday, the unseasonably cool weather taking us t

we're looking north of wisconsin avenue in bethesda or toward bethesda. 52 right now. the relative humidity 19%. that's huge. this is a very cold dry air mass. that will play into the forecast on friday morning. that will actually determine just how much cold dry air hangs in before it changes over it rain. cold start on thursday, quiet day tomorrow. need your sunglasses, need a winter coat too. bus stop temperatures 26 to 42. that's really more like a winter's day than an almost spring day. friday snow and or rain for both commutes. i think primarily snow for the morning commute and primarily rain for the evening commute. the exceptions would be extreme south and east i think you're going to generally have rain both commutes. snow could look impressive between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. that's what i mean about the freak out. you look outside you're like holy cow. surface temperatures above freezing but it could snow rather vigorously for a while friday morning. okay. tonight futurecast we're in the 30s. you can walk the dog but i would certainly take a coat. upper 30s pretty

the nih has a high security isolation ward at the bethesda facility. the volunteer was infected while helping ebola patients in sierra leone and will be brought to bethesda, maryland, aboard a chartered plane in isolation. >>> evacuations and travel problems this morning in costa rica after a volcano erupts. time-lapsed video shows a tremendous amount of smoke and ash rising from the volcano for a second straight day. villages within two miles of the eruption were evacuated and costa rica's international airport, which is about 15 miles away, was forced to close because of poor visibility. that also forced at least one flight out of dallas/ft. worth to turn back. >>> well, time now for the weather from across the nation. expect more rain from the gulf coast stretching into parts of the northeast with flash flooding possible in the mississippi and ohio valleys. some snow in the rockies. other mostly sunny and dry everywhere else. >> yeah, temperatures mostly where they should be, but part of the planet is unseasonably warm weather. 60s in the midwest, s

bethesda at wisconsin avenue at wood woodmont and two right lanes blocked. 270 into and out of town no major issues. nice and green. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> hillary clinton trending on twitter overnight about her e-mail use. what we're learning about how she may have violated federal rules. >>> a search warrant reveals details about online conversations between a top state department employee and somebody he thought was a 14-year-old girl. why police >>> fifteen before the hour now. the battle over nutrition and school lunches is heating up again. nearly a thousand nutritionists will lobby on capitol hill today. tracie potts joins us from capitol hill with more on this. >> good morning. they want more money and more options. the usda said schools have to spend $1.2 billion more this year to meet the new standards and a lot of those schools, according to the school nutrition association, are either losing money more than half of them or about a fifth just breaking even. they're here to ask congress for 35 cents per meal more to help cover that shortfall. they're also aski

and in bethesda have construction wisconsin avenue southbound at woodmont. this h bee hanging around for a couple of weeks. beltway at new hampshire rolling along nicely. maryland 95 at cherry hill road no issues at all. an road work on 95 this morning. taking a look at prince george's county looking good on branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, everything e nicely. i'm back at 5:01 with a live picture in prince george's county. >>> a family is reunited after an attempted abduction. what siblings did to protect their baby brother. >>> and coming up, why experts say a new high tech talking barbie is a bad idea fo >>> probably most of us don't like to do the dishes. perhaps you do. come to my house. but one woman has made a living doing it. she's been dirtying plates at consumer reports for 18 years. she tests dishwashers, spaghettios, chili, raspberry jam, all the goouoogooey stuff, she puts it through trials because contrary to popular belief you should not have to clean your plates before you load it. i do it anyway. for some reason i don't

. >>> right now an american aid worker is at nih in bethesda treated for ebola. the patient arrived from west africa earlier this morning. right to news 4 megan mcgrath with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. the patient was brought here to nih very early in the morning before dawn and right now they're being evaluated by a team of specialists. now, not a lot of information is being released at this point, but here is what we know so far -- the patient is an american. they were admitted here to nih at 4:44 a.m. this morning. transported from sierra leon where they contracted ebola to the u.s. in isolation aboard a privately chartered medevac. the patient is a health care worker. they were volunteering at an ebola treatment unit in west africa where they came in contact with the virus. this is the second ebola patient treated here at nih. the first was nurse nina pham. she contracted the virus at a dallas hospital while treating thomas duncan a liberian man who fell ill shortly after coming to the u.s. pham was successfully treated, and

bethesda, maryland. the person is expected to arrive there tomorrow. we do not know their name, age or gender. it has not yet been releaseed. >>> to another developing story coming out of ferguson missouri tonight. two police officers there shot in an ambush style attack last night are now out of the hospital. the officers were monitoring the crowds during a demonstration when someone opened fire at close range. both men suffered serious injuries but they are expected to make a full recovery. authorities are continuing their search for suspects but so far no arrests have been made. >>> i unequivocally condemn these repugnant attacks. that all of us in the law enforcement family and all americans are really across the country are praying for the same recovery of their -- those two officers. >> the justice department s has promised a full investigation. activists organizing peaceful protests in ferguson are calling the early morning shootings senseless. >>> in a statement about the shootings in ferguson u.

today and admitted to the national institutes of health in bethesda bethesda, maryland, for treatment. >>> days after the "blurred lines" verdict it's reported jay-z will pay a jazz musician a portion of royalties for his song "versus." the exact amount of royalties owed to the 79-year-old musician is not disclosed but it will bring an end to the 18-month legal battle. >>> senator joe man sin is speaking out over a new bill which passed the statehouse yesterday, would allow a person to carry a concealed gun without a permit or safety training. manchin criticized the proposal saying there is not one west virginian whose second amendment rights will be infringe the without this bill. >>> the first lady stopped by the "ellen" show to bust a move. the first lady is promoting "give me five" which is part of her "let's move" campaign take a look. >> i have tried to learn the dance. and so if that's your challenge -- you have learned the dance? >> yeah you know. i'm busy too, you know. [ laughter ] ♪ >> michelle obama's appearance on the talk show is set to air monday. it's incredible. >>

today an american health care worker with ebola is heading to the national institutes of health in bethesda. megan mcgrath is live at nih this morning. so this is the second patient to be treated at nih so far for ebola? >> reporter: that's right. n nih has a contagious disease unit one of a handful of units in the country. and they have had some success in the past. this new patient is the second person to be treated for ebola here at nih. the first was nurse nina pham. she contracted the virus at a dallas hospital while treating thomas duncan who fell ill shortly after coming here to the u.s.. now, pham was successfully treated here at nih. she was released last october. and is now ebola-free. as for the new patient, not a lot of information is being released at this point. we don't know their age or gender. we do know the patient is a health care worker who had been volunteering at an ebola treatment unit in sierra leone. of course that's an area that was hard hit by the ebola outbreak. the patient will be flown to our area in isolation on a special aircraft and is expected to arrive at

reporting live in bethesda. megan mcgrath. >>> thank you. we're getting a better indication whether your taxes will go up. right now there's a $25 million budget shortfall between those two groups between what supervisors would give. the new tax rate would be $1.15 per $100 of assessed value. >>> in fairfax county a prominent parent group is asking school officials for tax hikes. it wants to help with educational funding. the fairfax county council of pta's is asking the average tax bill be raised by $100. superintendent cairnkaren is asking to help cover a $14 million gap. >>> lines are growing in moscow as they pay their respects to boris nemtsov. thousands came. take a look at the video. many of them carrying those flowers. nemtsov was shot friday near the kremlin. several ambassadors are visiting his casket there laying flowers on it. this is in the central part of the city. he was arrested several times before his murder often criticizing vladmir putin's government. putin condemns this killing. >>> a developing story today as congress i

in bethesda bethesda right there, cathedral off in the distance again. this is going to look really pretty the next couple weeks once we see things bloom. there's the pretty shot we like to see, 37 by 11:00. ipts going to be a chilly night for sure. and that will set the stage for what could be a lit until the way of some morning snow showers. 43 in gaithersburg 50 ft. belvoir, 41 huntingtown and annapolis. a chilly night for sure and very chilly afternoon in most places. at least we have the sun. look at the storm making its way our way. it's falling apart. this was a big storm, minneapolis close to a foot of snow chicago 3 to 6 inches of snow. for us this will continue to fall apart and most of the moisture will be squeezed out by the mountains. so if you ear going back i-70 back towards pittsburgh this evening, could be a snowy night there. for the rest of us areas of light snow if anything at all. i'm not expecting any accumulation 41 to 46 degrees. taking out the bike tomorrow watch out for those light snow showers early then just chilly and rather

we're sending chopper 4 right now to this one, clarksburg road at bethesda. all lanes blocked because of a crash that happened about 20 minutes ago. so we'll be there in just a little bit here. 80 ramp to southbound 270, that crash now on the shoulder. so for some reason this area just not looking so hot this morning. beltway at colesville inner loop outer loop moving quite nicely. big look at the beltway also again looking quite good taking a look at all of the main routes. generally looking pretty good there. do want to tell you about this, white's ferry completely closed today because of flooding. so that won't be running. again, though this 75 at price road have the overturned vehicle and headed chopper toutout to clarksburg. >>> march madness is a productivity killer and amazon is supporting the little guys. landon dowdy has your business headlines. that time of the year again. >> it is. it is here. but first, amazon may be the biggest online retailer in the u.s. but now it's also the place that supports the little guy. amazon is launching a store to sel

she is live now on the outer loop of the beltway in bethesda with an update from mobile track 7. suzanne? >> it's been fascinating to see how things have changed throughout the day with some rain, some sleet, some snow and then back to rain and now we're in an all snow event right now. we are on river road beltway at river road. we are in bethesda and people are going very slowly right now. 30, 40 miles an hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone. you may be able to see in front of me right now, there are plow trucks that are out here there are trucks that are treating the roadways and there is also a tow truck that's working its way across the beltway right now. mostly what we're seeing right now are vehicles dealing with the conditions that we have in front of us. i want to show you some still photos that we took earlier today and some video. we'll go to the video first and the video shows something very interesting. we saw up in frederick county where a plow truck had gone right off the side of the road and couldn't handle the conditions they were experiencing and they had to bring out

be bethesda and silver spring heading past connecticut avenue. the crash near the shoulder of kenilworth getting attention. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> it was great being out there today. >> wasn't it? >> gorgeous day. >> so nice. unfortunately, not going to stay that way through the weekend. we're going to salvage some of the weekend. i won't be cryptic any longer. i'll tell you what's going to happen. time lapse of congressional country club in bethesda and at the bottom of the screen you can see the snow. watch what happens during the day. full day of sunshine more intense high angle sunshine at that. and watch the snow slowly disappear from view. still a little bit left around the fringes. leon you never get that far out of the fairway for it to matter you wouldn't lose the ball in that snow, would you? here we go. temperatures around the area. on the weather bug network, currently 58 degrees in madison and 54 in manassas. the lows this morning in the 30's to about 40. clear skies tonight. winds will diminish. temperatures will tu

it's actually closed both the north and southbound lanes of clarksburg road just south of bethesda church road. so you want to be mindful if you're going to be heading out in that area. for those of you on the beltway, no issues on the inner or outer loop. free of any incidents so you should be able to get to school and work on type. a live look at eastern avenue at volume building as you head on 295 toward the district. mike and andrea, back to you. >>> a sinkhole will tie up traffic near the new carrollton metro station. it's a pretty big one. crews have closed ramps from garden city drive on to u.s. route 50 so they can fix it. the state highway administration says new carrollton metro station riders will be impacted by the detour so give yourself extra time this morning. >>> besides the sinkhole, prince george's county residents are also dealing with post snow potholes. crews will be spread out across the county on pothole patrol today. county and state crews will team up to patch up as many road craters as they can find and they're out there for the finding. they do ask you to watch

they would need to ask. >> a bethesda pediatrician is not taking a stand on the legislation but says she's concerned about childhood obesity. >> healthy drinks would be low-fat milk for kids over 2. and water. and then 100% fruit juice is an option. >> as an entrepreneur she sees both sides of the debate. >> as a business owner, i understand why restaurateurs would, you know, prefer to offer just the soda option. so i think it's interesting as a parent, i'm not a fan of it. >> no matter what's on the menu, she says she'll be picking the healthier choice. caroline tucker abc 7 news. >> montgomery county council approved the bill expanding the ban on smoking in public places to electronic cigarettes. the legislation goes to the county executive for his signature. if it becomes law, smoking e cigars e hookahs and pens would be illegal in places where smoking cigarettes are banned. a bill hoping to crack down on puppy mills. it prohibits a retail store to sell kittens or puppies from the puppy mills. they have to obtain the puppies from an animal care facility or nonprofit rescue organiz

we are on river road in bethesda, and it's pretty clearite now. we haven't run into too many problems. the road is a little wet but so far we haven't run into any icy spots. not seeing as much slush here. really the most slush we saw was in the area of beach drive. it was very icy and slushy. here it's kind of mimicking what we saw in much of the district. a little bit of moisture on the roads but not too tough of a commute. however, lots of cars were icy when we were driving around. if you don't have a garage, allow yourself extra time to scrape the car off. do be careful. we did see a lot of ice on the sidewalks. if you're walking or catching the metro, be aware of that. nick and andrea action back to you. >>> a number of federal government agencies and several school districts are delaying their opening by two hours this morning. some even closures at this point. we have a list running at the bottom of the screen. you can also find the list on your phone as well as the latest traffic and weather conditions with our wusa9 app. it's free in the g

in this case, a good citizen did the right thing and really drew attention to that little house in bethesda, maryland. >> the neighbors said they hadn't seen the family in a week, and the papers and mail were backing up. normally the family would actually tell the neighbors that they were going out of town, they were going somewhere. >> i received a call on the police radio, i was working that beat, and they told me to go to the residence on williston drive in bethesda. as soon as i got in there, the whole thing was just, you know, awful to even look at. just blood dripping down and pooling up on the floor. it was like a horror house. >> montgomery county authorities picked up the flyer that we had left at poch hardware, and the neighbors identified it as the bishop family. >> the whole family was described repeatedly by a number of people as being the perfect foreign service family. brad bishop, rising star in the state department, trophy children, beautiful wife, talented. bishop's mother living with them. >> the victims of the crime were bishop's mother, lobelia bishop, who was 68 years

kevin: this is the bethesda split-level that the police say that gary knighting preyed building the disabled elderly homeowner for repairs. he charged $10,000 to patch up the backyard patio fence and $15,000 to install a new roof. in the end, the disabled homeowner paid over $300,000. this neighbor is stunned. >> i guess she trusted him. once somebody does a job for you, i guess they have trust. >> they are good at determining what the victim will pay. kevin: in some cases, victims lose more than a million dollars. >> that is what is so sad as they gain their trust, they confuse them, sometimes intimidate them. before long, they have taken their life savings. kevin: knighting has convictions for crimes including document fraud and identity theft. detectives say the state of virginia suspended his contractors license and in maryland he was working without one. >> i had no idea. it's just awful. i feel really bad for her. kevin: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kellye: knighting'

megan mcgrath is live at bethesda elementary with the changes the school system is making to the schedule. >> reporter: it has been a tough winter. lots of school delays and cancellations and it will mean a longer school year for the kids. many jurisdictions in maryland have actually used up all their a lotted snow days. a spokesperson is telling parents and teachers to plan on an extended school year. they may have to add days to the end of the year. let's take a look what is going on in the various jurisdictions here. montgomery county prince george's county and charles county they have four days built into their calendar. however, all three of those jurisdictions have used five days. frederick county they have five days built into the calendar and they have used all five. winter may not be over. we're hearing a wintery mix we could see later this afternoon. there's a possibility of additional cancellations making the situation even worse. now the state requires schools to have 180 days of instruction, however, the state can also waive snow days that aren't built into the calendar. what

glorious. 53 in bethesda at congressional country club. really, just a spectacular day on this first day of daylight saving time. temperature right now in the upper 50's still at reagan national, and even warmer further south. 70 degrees in atlanta right now. 69 degrees in raleigh. a very comfortable air. a few class will move in similar to last night. about 34 degrees downtown. a little bit on the chilly side as you are getting out the door early tomorrow for work and for school. so many teachers and students going back after a four-day weekend. definitely make sure you have a light jacket. but by 1:00, 53 degrees. highs will top out at the upper 50's. maybe a bit more cloud cover for the afternoon as our next weather system approaches. sunrise tomorrow, not until 7:29. even though we are enjoying extra daylight in the evening, we will lose that in the morning. it may be a little bit dark. clear skies over the mid-atlantic right now. i want to turn our attention to the south, where the next weather system is originating. it is bringing a

. >>> we're just getting new video in from bethesda where a bmw slammed into a rite aid. this is the store in the west bar shopping center. our camera crews say nobody was seriously injured in the crash. the investigation is still going on. >>> a triple shooting this morning inside a home in knoxville, maryland turned out to be a double murder and a suicide. this is new video of the home on valley road in washington county. police say 87-year-old johnny green called a family member and said he had shot his wife mary and son, mark and was just about to shoot himself. then that relative called police. police got there and found the two men dead. the woman was take on the hospital where she later died. there's no word yet on a possible motive. >>> the director of the secret service is trying to debunk news accounts of the latest scandal at the agency. director joseph clancy told the senate today that initial accounts of two agents driving a car into a gate were overblown. he says the video shows the vehicle entering the white house complex at an extremely low speed, one or t

the light rail project would connect new carrollton to bethesda. advocates say they're worried larry hogan plans to cut the funding. they're meeting with maryland lawmakers to talk about it tonight. >>> we're expecting to learn more about apple's latest hot gadget. landon dowdy has more on the apple smart watch including some prices "4 your money". >>> apple is holding an event in san francisco today where the company is expected to reveal more details about its new smart watch. the base model starts at $349. but analysts think the higher end version including a gold watch could cost $8,000 or more. apple also may say how consumer can upgrade the device. it goes on sale next month. did aaron ever get you the diamond encrusted one? >> we're waiting for that one. thousand we have another option because we have the gold apple watch for a school $8,000. >> now that i have my mike on and aaron can hear me we will settle for the $8,000 one. >> you keep planning and we'll see what isn't happen. thank you, landon. >> the diamond encrusted sounds really nic

metro acknowledged that bethesda was built before new fire codes were put in place and therefore would not meet current standards for evacuation. and back here now live metro isn't saying much about the possibility of water leaking onto power cables only saying that we'll have to wait for the ntsb's final report to tell the facts. jim, back to you. >> thanks adam. >>> an important change in policy today. the u.s. slowing down the pullout of troops from afghanistan. president obama says the u.s. will keep its current level of 9,800 troops in afghanistan through the end of the year. earlier plans had that number being cut to 5,500 troops. the decision comes from a direct plea from afghan president ashraf ghani. he's been visiting the u.s. recently and says the troop presence would help the afghan government. >> we're determined to preserve the gains our troops have won. president ghani has requested some flexibility on our drawdown time lines, and i've decided that we will maintain our current posture of 9,800 troops through the end of this year. >> the white house says this is not a ret

rockville, towards the north, bethesda region down around the city white caps on the potomac earlier. 60 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 21 miles per hour. those temperatures have dropped 13 degrees over the last few hours. look where we are now in hagerstown. down to 47 already, 46 in cumberland. that's the cold air moving on in. gaithersburg at 52 degrees. if you're going out this evening, take the jacket. it's going to be a very cold night. look at these winds, 36 miles an hour in d.c. 35 in martinsburg. 21 in culpeper. so the wind is going to be a factor as we move through the overnight hour. we'll be talking act windchill genl. storm team 4 radar, it's clear. we're not talking rain or snow tonight. as a matter of fact we're going to stay dry right on through the day on friday. friday's the next chance for some of the rain or snow. here it is, the aurora is possible overnight tonight. better chance as you get up towards pennsylvania and of course the farther north you get mu but maybe in our area, it's not unheard of we have seen it before pretty strong geomagnetic storm go

reporter: to shield the heart from even incidental rays of radiation doctors at suburban hospital in bethesda are coaching patients how to hold their breasts. it's called abc or active breathing coordinator. with the abc device a patient takes a deep breath before the beam of radiation is delivered. this increases the distance between the breast tissue or chest wall getting radiation on the left side and the heart. >> tried doing that for a bit. >> reporter: it took risa one two hour session to get the hang of correctly holding her breath for up to 35 seconds. >> if you just went with the coaching and what the machines were doing for you, it's all very, very manageable. >> if we can decrease the incidental dose of radiation to the heart to a very safe level, the risk of ischemic heart disease later in life is virtually eliminated. >> researchers found patients able to hold their breath during treatment had a 90% disease free survival rate while limiting radiation exposure by 62%. >>> keeping your family safe with weather call, a custom message sent to your phone when severe weather is in your

cameras caught him using it as a safeway in bethesda. if you recnize this person, you're asked to call montgomery county police. >>> fairfax county schools could be changing to a uniform grading policy. that is according to the "washington post". deputy superintendent steven lockhart wants to change it f 50%. he also wants to separate grading for effort and achievement. it could be for middle apnd high school students. >>> coming up on 5:41. want to get right on your weather and traffic on the 1s. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center". >> good thursday morning. nothing to worry about for your thursday. we're off to a dry start this morning. temperature 41 at reagan national, but 32 at dulles. 32 also in college park and rockville, 28 gaithersburg 29 inner har bar inner harbor in baltimore. headed out to the bus sops upper 20s to mid-30s. you'll need a warm jacket for sure. later this away,fternoon, temperatures should climb to upper 40s to right around 50. chances for a rainy and snowy friday morning commute and slushy roads

the purple line is a planned light rail system that prould connect the bethesda and new carrollton sessions. >>> this week we could learn when the krerry blossoms could bloom. on tuesday there will be a press conference to predict the peak bloom period at the museum at 10:00 a.m. >>> how a local car dealership is trying to change the industry so you know more information about the safety of your car. >>> what start add late night fire at disney land right next to one of its most popular rides? storm team 4 radar very busy tracking that snow sleet and freezing rain. chuck bell is watching this very closely. he'll tell you where you'll feel the impact where you live. stay with us on this weather alert day. "news 4 today" will be right back. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. there's a possibility of ice accumulating on top of this coating of snow we're getting first thing this morning, the potential for up to .10 inch of freezing rain from the d.c. metro area arlington, parts of fairfax county much of prince george's county all the way south into parts of southern ma

kimberly: a close call for two window washers in bethesda. montgomery county fire and rescue service tweeted this photograph of the cleaning rigs stuck 13 floors up. one side is tilting. washers climbed inside through an opening that is still under construction on the building. police in anne arundel county are asking you to stay away from route 50 near 655. eastbound lanes are closed because of a deadly crash and are expected to stay close several hours. no word on what caused the accident. another serious crash, this one on solomons island road. we know at least four cars were involved. eight people had to be taken to the hospital, three of them life lighted it, including a one-year-old. none of the injuries were life-threatening. antennae, two police officers are in critical condition after a wrong way crash in new york city. that killed another officer and a friend. all were heading home from a strip club when the car drove into oncoming traffic, hitting a tractor-trailer head on. investigators have applied for warrant to test the driver'

an american infected with ebola will be admitted to the national institutes of health in bethesda tomorrow. this victim was volunteering in sierra leone where this video was taken today when a british military worker was flown out also infected with ebola. >>> and tonight a police force and a local community, they're in mourning. >> yeah weather heavy, heavy hearts. colleagues paid their final respects to a prince george's county police officer who died at a crash. >> news4's tracee wilkins was at the funeral for the 26-year-old officer. tracee? >> reporter: he had only been on the force for two years, but you would not have known that by the turnout here at the church today. when something like this happens, what we find is that it's just a matter of trying to find the right words. >> present! >> reporter: it was a military-style service. >> arms! >> reporter: with all of the full honors reserved for a public servant who makes the

355 to the north towards the bethesda area. plenty of sunshine across the region but that did not help temperatures. all this snowfall we've seen so far over the last few days as bumped totals up. dulles three feet of snowfall for the season national 18.3 above average, and bwi 27.5 inches of snow. well above average now. we finally hit our forecast our winter forecast right there for the season. so we don't need any more. we're good now. evening planner showing the snow across our region right now at least on the ground. clear skies tonight. that will allow temperatures to be cold. 28 now, down to 23 by 9:00 21 by 11:00. the good news is not a whole lot of wind tonight. so we're not talking act windchill, but it is going to be quite cold so wund bundle up going out. and watch those sidewalks. they're the problems around town. storm team 4 radar clear, no rain no snow to talk about this weekend. and it will stay that way. the big deal the cold. 18 in d.c. 16 in fairfax. 15 in burke, 17 in superstorm sandy, 13 in gaithersburg bu

produce short films about service and giving back. 17-year-old jess fan is of chevy chase high school in bethesda among those selected. his film named to change looks at gender equality and sexual violence through the eyes of a young woman who starts a support group. >> i think the biggest message is that even though we are in high school we can make a difference and we should be making a difference as members of the community. and being recognized at the white house today that just goes on encouraging us to keep going, you have to keep going on having great projects dealing with social justice. dealing with compassion, community service. >> fan believes students have a responsibility to address the social needs that are in the country and around the world. where would you like to retire? there's a new study out there that says you might want to hang around the d.c. area. >>> plus when "news 4 this week" returns, it's been said to have fatal flaws, but a new report is giving new life to d.c. streetcar. now, more and more americans are discovering that... shred after shred... dish after dish... da

the proposed purple line would be a 16-mile system connecting new carrollton to bethesda. supporter of the purple line will meet with legislators and hold a rally later today to highlight the need for that transit system. it all starts at 5:00 this evening in front of the lowhouse building in annapolis. >>> and if you plan to take the marc penn line this week as part of your commute, check the schedule first. service will be impacted because of emergency repairs on the amtrak line. odenton station will be reduced service for all trains. >>> governor mcauliffe will kick off a two-day agriculture trade conference in rich pond. he's expected to announce final export numbers for the state in 2014. virginia reached an all-time record in agriculture exports for 2013. >>> we want to congratulate our facebook fan of the day this morning at 6:35. daniel cooper of manassas, virginia is the station fan of the -- is the facebook fan of the day. he says his wife and mother-in- law are also big theater fans. >> that's good because he wins our first pair of tickets to see angela lansbury