After noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late breaking overnight. A family left out in rips through their home in Montgomery County. Flames erupted just after two this morning on Sea Island Court in spencerville. When firefighters arrived, flames could be seen shooting through the roof. Forutantely all four people inside including two children made it out unharmed. A precautionary second alarm was issued due to the extreme cold conditions. Right now a big concern with this extreme cold is making sure students on their way to school will be safe. John gonzalez is live outside a school bus lot in greenbelt and johnny this morning is much colder than yeterday. States across the country are also feeling the force of this deep freeze. Chills of 20 to 30 below are expected up north. In vermont, Public Safety officials warned residents to limit their Time Outdoors with dangerous wind chills of minus35. Along the lake ontario shore, wind gusts approached 70 miles per hour. Some schools and government offices in the region closed early ahead of lakeeffect snow expected to bring 1 to 2 feet. Make sure to stay connected with the stormwatch 7 team 247. You can follow us on facebook, twitter and wjla. Com. And download the stormwatch app for updates right at your fingertips. We are following breaking news out of washington state. A Police Officer in Critical Condition after being shot in the head. Right now we know that officer is a 61 yearold with 30 years of experience. He was responding to a call just after 530 thursday evening when a gunman started shooting from a house. The suspect barricad took one person hostage. He fired shots at swat team members throughout the night before being taken into custody. Police say the suspect has a very lenghty rap sheet and is well known to police in the mount vernon area. A motive in the shooting is still unknown. An oklahoma man is arrested at bwi airport after tsa officers found a gun in his carryon bag. This 22 caliber handgun was found loaded with two bullets. Also found inside the bag, 16 loose bullets. Mta Police Responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun and arrested the man on state weapons charges. He claimed he had driven to the airport and forgot the gun in his car, and said he still did not remember having it with him inside his carryon bag. Developing now. The family of a man fatally shot by a d. C. Police officer is suing the city. And its Police Department. Terrence sterlings family filed a 50million dollar civil lawsuit yesterday. Sterling was shot in september, after Police Spotted a motorcyclist driving eratically. Police say the officer opened fire when sterlings motorcycle struck the door of a police cruiser, as the out. A friend of sterlings says he didnt deserve to be killed. The lawsuit claims the officer used excessive force, and failed to record the deadly shooting on his body camera. The lawsuit also alleges, the Police Department failed to properly train its officers to use the cameras. Its 5 xxx and coming up on good morning washington. The man behind the pizzagate shooting in dc is due in court today. The very latest on his hearing and what comet ping pongs owner is now saying about the incident. And we continue to monitor that bitter cold outside. Temperatures a lot colder than yesterday. Our storm watch meteoroligst are tracking it all. Winter storm watch for late tonight into saturday morning for western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late its 5 and coming up on good morning sam. Today, the man accused of hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. And if youre lookin down, put a little love in your heart. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. Comet ping pong is expected in court. Edgar welch will have a detention hearing, and a preliminary hearing. He says he went to the northwest d. C. Pizzeria to investigate a report that Hillary Clinton was running a child sex ring there. That report turned out to be false. Comet ping pongs owner spoke to fox news. He said social media attacks against him and his staff, including death threats, were building before the election. Soon, a jury will decide if dylan roofthe man convicted of killing 9 people inside a black church in Charleston South Carolina will get the death penalty. On thursday, roof was found guilty of all charges related to the massacre during a bible study at Emanuel Ame Church last june. Charges raed violations of the hate crime act in an attempt to kill. Roof, a selfdeclared white supremacist, admitted to the murders early on. Sentencing for roof will begin january third. Moving on to the latest in the trump transition. The president elect still searching for a leader for the department of Veterans Affairs to round out his cabinet. Trump made Veterans Issues a centerpiece of his president ial campaign. Transition sources say he is still considering a number of different candidates. Contenders include former Alaska Governor sarah palin, former massachussets senator scott brown, and retired army general ann dunwoody. Staying safe in this brutal cold is essential right now sam sweeney is gearing up for a ride with aaa and will have all the tips drivers need to be safe in this extemely cold weather. Sam . Winter storm watch for late tonight into saturday morning for eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late staying safe in this right now at 5 30 it is so cold outside firefighters doused this Montgomery County house fire the water turned to ice. Take a look at the brick covered in ice. Good morning washington im larry smith. And im autria godfrey. Lets start with our team of stormwatch7 meteorologists Eileen Whelan and veronica johnson. Winter storm watch for late tonight into sat western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late right now a big concern with this extreme cold is making sure way to school will be safe. We are back out at the school bus lot with John Gonzalez this morning in greenbelt. A lot colder out there this morning compared to yesterday. John . Breaking overnight, d. C. Police are robberies that happened early last night. They took place at 17th and east capitol streets northeast. 19th and d streets northeast. And 12th street and South Carolina avenue southeast. Police are looking for two fourdoor sedans. One white, the other black or blue. They say four to five young males were in those cars. Two suspects were stopped last night, and a gun was recovered. But its unclear if they were involved in the robberies. Happening now a search for thieves who targeted a school this footage was caught on tape last month at the west school in northwest dc. Police say they dont know how the suspects got into the school but they got away with money and a cell phone. This video shows several persons of interest. If you have any information give police a call. Covering metro this morning. Fired for the derailment at the East Falls Church station last summer. 4 inspectors and 2 supervisors were terminated thursday. An investigation found workers were lying on inspection reports before the derailment. Another 16 inspectors are facing disciplinary action this morning. Thats nearly half of metros inspectors. Its 5 xxx and coming up next on good morning washington. The nba and sports world takes a tough loss. Coming up how players and fans are remembering craig sager. Eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late good morning washington. I am the power of one. We are the power of one. By agreeing to have my. Both our. Novec power bill rounded up each month. My few cents. Added to my few cents. 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His death came just days after he was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting hall of fame. Known for his colorful suits, sager reported from the sidelines for cnn and Turner Sports for over 40 years. In the spring of 2014, sager was diagnosed with acute Myeloid Leukemia and had to take a break from work while undergoing treatment. But 11 months after his diagnosis, sager did make it back to the court. Nba paid tribute to saber. Many sporting tshirts that resembled some of the wild suits he would sport on the sideline. Craig sager was 65 years old. Josh norman and the redskins back to work on the practice field getting ready for their showdown with carolina on monday night. Its a huge game with playoff implications. The burgundy and gold cant afford another loss in this final stretch if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive, so a lot of drama fedex field on monday night. And were bringing right into your living room, here on abc7. Watch it with us. Our coverage starts at 7 30. Its 5 and time for a check on weather. Winter storm watch for late tonight into saturday morning for western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late 30mph late country. Speaking of mgmdancing with the stars greats julianne and derek be coming to National Harbor may 7th they will be here in the dmv performing at mgm National Harbor. We are giving away tickets. Call in right now to win a pair to the may 7th performance. That number is 7035287334. 7th caller wins 7035287334. Still to come on good morning washington. Day two and the deep freeze holding strong. Temperatures feeling like Single Digits overnight. For some, downright dangerous conditions as crews battle an overnight fire. The stormwatch 7 team is getting you through the worst of it today and getting you ready for the mess headed our you reay for the mess headed our way for the start of the weekend. Good morning to you, washington. Larry oh, boy, you thought it was cold last night. This morning we said we were walking up waking up in the teens. Autria i got my phone was broken. Larry wait, i do not go to buffalo this year