For now, were live in rockville. Im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Thank you, kevin. The state board of education will need to approve the county boards pick for an interim superintendent. Larry bowers is currently the assistant operating officer and held that job for the last 16 years. He was set to retire in june. He served as the interim superintendent where as well as the budget director and assistant superintendent. He has been with Montgomery CountyPublic School systems for 37 years. Alison . Meanwhile, across the river evidence that alexandria schools are making the grade. The city is at the top of the list of best education in mid sized cities. The system gets high marks for its 121 studentteacher ratio and the National Average is 161. Hats, scarves gloves. Kids needed all of that today to go to the bus stop this morning. Kids and adults. Cold out there. By afternoon, the chill did ease up a little bit especially if you were in the sunshine. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch 7 center with the forecast. Hi, doug. Mid to upper 30s in spots. The sunshine and lighter winds made it more comfortable out there. Lets have a look at the day. Lot of sunshine. Congressional country club in bethesda, 34 degrees right now and weve had sunshine all day. Just a few clouds and thats all well see through the morning hours. 32 in gaithersburg. 30 in hagerstown. 38 now at Reagan National airport. Bit of a breeze but the winds will settle down out of the south tonight and those sotherly winds will help keep temperatures a little bit milder than they were last night. So about 30 during the evening. May take up a few clouds during the overnight hours and then as we head through the day tomorrow, were going to be in fine shape as we expect temperatures to approach 50 degrees. In this up and down weather pattern, it will turn a whole lot colder on thursday. Maybe some flurries too. Explain the next cold front coming this way for you. 7 is on your side this afternoon with a Health Matter on a lot of peoples minds. The measles. Theres a new debate brewing over whether vaccinations should be mandatory after more than 100 cases in 14 states. That debate reached capitol hill today. Medical experts on capitol hill today didnt mince words. Vaccines save lives. Echoing the scientific and medical consensus that vaccinations are safe and has no known link to autism. Slam dunk with decisions. The pace of measles cases this year have been striking. One month into the new year and the number of cases is nearly 1 6 of last years total shining a spotlight on a controversial divide between parents who vaccinate their children and those who dont. My older son had difficulties with some of the vaccine. We had one shot that he hadnt been able to walk for two days and i was concerned that he could possibly develop autism. Recently comments by two top potential republican candidates for president poured fuel on the fire. While in support of vaccinations both argue its a decision for parents to make. I heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccine. Parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well. Thats the balance the government has to decide. The spike in measles cases is troubling as medical experts say there is a risk that measles could reestablish itself in the united states. So far we havent had any cases of measles in d. C. Maryland or virginia. That doesnt mean that parents arent talking about it. It is a hot topic with everyone from parents to politicians. Whether children should be vaccinated. Im working on a story and talking to one local group that says it should be up to a parent to make that decision. Ill also be talking with a parent who is trying to decide what is best for her children. Ill have that story coming up at 5 00. So our question of the day is asking what you think about this vaccination issue. Should it be the Parents Choice . Or should a vaccination be mandatory . Go to the Facebook Page and join the conversation there. Well have a few of your responses a little bit later in this newscast. Now, to a developing story out of the middle east where it appears that islamic militants have killed that jordanian pilot they were holding hostage. Senior political reporter scott thuman has reaction for us now. Scott . Early this afternoon, islamic militants released another of those horrible execution videos. This one which we will not broadcast shows what appears to be the jordanian Fighter Pilot in a cage on a street and being burned alive. Now, jordan had been working to free possibly through a prisoner swap the 26yearold lieutenant who had been captured back in december when his f16 crashed in sishyria. He was flying as part of the u. S. Led coalition forces. Isil claimed they shot down the jet and took them hostage. The video is 20 minutes in length and the language in it according to analysts is aimed at pressuring jordan to get out of that coalition. Instead tonight, jordan is vowing revenge and in fact this may actually amp up the effort by syrias neighbor. Heres president obamas reaction today. Should this video be authentic, its one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. And it i think will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our Global Coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. And it also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology theyre operating off of its bankrupt. All of this comes just three days after another video one that showed the beheading of a japanese journalist who had been held hostage. Another quick note here. During these negotiations in which jordan seemed willing to iraqi woman, a convicted terrorist they were holding to get the lieutenant back. They had been asking for proof of life. Apparently they werent getting that from isil. Thats part of what may led to this unfortunate ending. Or some believe its possible that the pilot was killed quite sometime ago and that isil just released the video today. Alison . Ok, scott, thank you. Well, after more than a year of debate, it looks like an Arlington Church is moving forward with its plans to redevelop. But not everyone is thrilled with the construction. Its planned along columbia pike just west of glee road. Jeff goldberg is there live to explain the issue for us. Hi, jeff. Hey alison. One of the biggest issues were hearing from people, they dont want more traffic. If you spend time on columbia pike, you know how congested it can be. It causes so much construction were seeing. Its like this, upscale residential and retail construction happening all over the place and the folks here on the corner of lincoln and columbia pike at the arlington presbyterian church, they were looking for a little bit of balance in that regard. So theyre going to be turning the church into Affordable Housing. The church has stood here on the corner of columbia pike and lincoln for 100 years. The Church Leaders came to the conclusion the building itself has become less useful and harder and more costly to maintain. At the same time the leaders have looked at the Columbia Pike Development and had serious concerns that people like schoolteachers firefighters, Hotel Employees simply cannot afford to live in this area. After five years of deliberation and planning the sale of the building will move forward to the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing to build a fivestory, 142 unit building of Affordable Housing. Went out into the community with the question for whom are our hearts breaking . That was the driving question to help us discern where we might be called to be in ministry in this community. So a couple of Big Questions remain. First of all where is the congregation going to be going . Near, far thats one thing and also what are Business Leaders and people who are living in this area feel again about adding new Construction Projects new Apartment Units and understandably, new congestion. Well have answer to those questions coming up on abc 7 at 5 15. Until then live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. Thanks, jeff. Update now on a series of shootings in stafford virginia. Police say that another home was fired at over the weekend. The seventh in a week. The latest incident happened on New Hope Church road in the white oak community. According to the freelance star a person living in the home woke up to a loud noise and shattering glass. Police say the same thing happened to six other homes early last week but luckily no one has been injured at least so far. In arlington, police are looking for the man who grabbed a teenager while she was walking home from school. It happened along south Four Mile Run not far from wakefield high school. Thats where diane cho is live now with the latest on this story. Diane . Alison and leon she was less than a mile away from the school and police say she was assaulted in broad daylight here on the north end of the road closest to the apartments. Police say that the student was on her way home and wearing headphones at the time and she didnt know he was behind her until he allegedly grabbed her behind. Parents we talked to said they were shocked and had no idea that had ever happened. Extremely scared and ran to the residence but called her mom first. By calling police immediately, this gives us time to get down there on the scene and possibly identify somebody in the area matching the description. Coming up at 5 00 well have more on the Advice Police want you to hear after what happened yesterday. In arlington, diane cho, abc 7 news. Thank you. And still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00 digging out. Heres a warning from bostons mayor as that city tries to dig out from a storm and celebrate a championship. Plus two parents and baby make three. But find out where another set of d. N. A. May be entering the equation. Then a little bit later, balancing the budget . A look at the impact one governors plan could have on k through 12 education. A 911 call captures the sound of a massive tree. This tree you see behind me as it crashed into this house. Im Stephen Tschida and ill have that 911 call for you in a moment. Right now, people across new england are digging out after being socked in by snow. The region was hit by about two feet of snow last week and then more last friday and then a third storm hit yesterday. And thats left plenty of people stuck in their houses or bundling up to try to get outside. Some are taking it all in stride. This was bang, bang, bang. Look at the roofs and look at the houses around the banks. You cant pull out on the street. Its dangerous out there. After a while, you get used to it. If anybody watches this wants to come down and help me here i am. I can use all the help i can get. Sorry buddy. Youre on your own. Not coming from d. C. Boston was supposed to host a victory parade for the new England Patriots today for the teams super bowl win but the mayor pushed that back until tomorrow because of the storm cleanup and even then mayor martin walsh is asking fans not to climb on snow banks and dress appropriately for the weather if they go out for the parade. Meanwhile, back here we only saw some rain here. That was followed by a bitter chill and whipping winds outside. Thats right. And in Silver Spring that wind launched a tree right into a house. While the residents were on the phone with 911. That 911 call was released halfhour ago and Stephen Tschida is live along woodley avenue inside the beltway to let us hear this. Hey, stephen. Hi, alison. You can see this massive tree behind me came crashing down on this house as the occupant chris fisher was on the phone with 911 listening into this 911 call it captures the sound of this massive tree as it hit the house. About to fall on my house. Its actually falling on my house right now. Hold on one second. Yea, it just fell on my house. Yeah, that sound recorded on that 911 call of that massive tree. Fisher heard from his neighbor that it looked like the tree was going to fall. A branch had come down. He had gone to the right side of the house, the opposite side of the house to make that 911 call. He spoke with us a short while ago about what it sounded like and what went through his mind when that tree came down. Almost like kind of like a small earthquake and it shook the house and scared the dog. It was definitely, you know something that you dont feel every day. Right over there. There you can see just what that is that is chris fisher there with friends. It was he his wife and their dog in the home. Now, they do say they expect its going to be at least several months before they will be allowed to return to this home. But again, because of those warnings from a neighbor and seeing that branch come down, they were able to retreat to the other side of the house and they are not harmed. Reporting live Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. Thanks stephen. They were so lucky they were awake when it happened and not the middle of the night. Exactly. I lived next to a tree and i was petrified at every storm. No trees around. Winds are really ferocious. They will get gusty here again on thursday. I dont think theyll be at the level they were yesterday. 30 and 35mileperhour winds not out of the question for the next cold front. Cold front after cold front but the big storms form to the north of us. Thats why new england is getting the big storm. Lets see what happens here. Were beautiful this afternoon and as you head out tonight, early this evening, the full moon later tonight, sometimes this one in february is called the snow moon or hunter moon highest in the sky around midnight. After sunset when it arises in the east look to the lefthand side of the moon because its a nice conjunction with jupiter and the moon. So neat to see. In the next couple of nights we have jupiter flying a little bit higher in the sky for a couple of nights. Temperaturewise, its cold here but not brutally so. Were in the mid 30s and the numbers are seven, eight nine degrees below average. It was so much more enjoyable without the strong winds today. Tonight, 26. Thats the overnight temperature average due to an increase in the southsouthwesterly winds keeping us a little milder and well be in fine shape for a good portion of the day tomorrow. In fact, as High Pressure moves to the east and southeast a bit it will come around the backside. That will warm us up close to 50 degrees. A few clouds coming into tomorrow. These little blue streaks here indicate the possibility of snow showers or flurries. And well turn out and turn quite breezy in the afternoon. Heres the next seven days for you. Numbers are up and down. 50 degrees for a high tomorrow and then well drop into the mid 30s with gusty winds and falling temperatures thursday afternoon. Friday looks ok in the 30s. Saturday, back in the mid 40s. Sunday night and monday, another storm system will approach. Because it comes in from the southwest, will it be rain snow, sleet or wintry mix . Stay tuned. Wait and see. Yep. Ok. Thank you. Lets get a check on traffic now. Bob emler with the wtop Traffic Center with the details. Hi there. Hi alison. On 295 southbound in the district after the 11th Street Bridge theres been a crash there for a couple of hours with all lanes blocked and southbound traffic is diverted on to the 11th Street Bridge or what theyre calling 695 these days heading for the southeastsouthwest freeway in virginia. And there was a crash on the wilson bridge on the outer loop. Thats on the shoulder now. 95 south has a crash after the Prince William parkway and 270 north, its a broken down car. Theres a lot of volume. On the outer loop heading into the sun towards tysons and traffic on 95 south on the left side of your screen getting into woodbridge now complicated by that crash just near the Prince William parkway and thats reported to be along the left side of the roadway. Im bob emler with wtop radio. See you in a little bit. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00 good idea gone bad. How an app designed to keep you from getting locked out could work against you. Those body scanners arent just for airport security. How they can help you target your workout. First, 7 on your side with an alert about an 7 is on your side with a consumer alert now. Getting a good deal on line is what many of us set out searching for but if it seems too good to be true listen to this. Autria godfrey shows us one comment targeted an Online Community thats typically very trusting. Tim is an avid gun collector who thought hed found the great deal on line. The collectible was 20 less than the going rate so he quickly contacted the seller by phone. This guy knew his firearms. Tim was eager to get the item before it got away. As requested, he sent the seller a postal money order for 1,000. I hadnt heard from him in four or five days so i tried to contact him. And the number that i had went straight to voicemail so i emailed and kept doing this for a few days afterwards and just nothing ever came of it. Tim had been duped and he wasnt alone. Postal inspectors were already investigating dozens of similar complaints. In every case the person had bid on this particular auction item and never received their products. Investigators soon realized all the complaints were against the same person. Paul Steven Webster who kept creating new accounts. Webster would rack up about 10,000 and handful of victims. He would then close that account out, open a new one and the con would continue. Piece of advice for postal inspectors if you send money orders through the mail get the recipients signature. That piece of information was key in busting webster. I had a tracking number. I had a signature of the person w