Stephen tschida is live in alexandria where a ruptured water main left 20 homes without water. Stephen . Maureen, you can see behind me, weve got a crew dealing with one of the problems with this bitter cold. Theyre trying to get this water main repaired and restore the water to this neighborhood. But this cold weather also is creating some big problems inside homes all across the metro area. Like crazy. So maybe like water fountain. Like going crazy. The biting cold made water mains brittle forcing some to burst. That had water running in the street but not in homes in this alexandria neighborhood. My grandma thought that the water was going to stop because of it so she stored up water just in case. Smart grandma. Her family at least had water in bowls. Across the region the cold weather iced up pipes outside and inside homes. Anwar caan raced from house to house preparing or thawing those pipes. Water line is frozen which makes a huge inconvenience. Just ask matthew campbell. When he woke up this morning, nothing came out of his faucet. Felt cold but i couldnt imagine it was frozen. Campbell considers himself lucky since his Main Water Line didnt rupture. All he has to do is wait for the space heater to melt the ice. Campbell still worries though about the continued cold weather and doesnt want to go through another day without water. Its been a bit of a pain i have to run out to use the bathroom. But, you know, i looked at the weather and weve got, you know down to the teens throughout this week. Yeah getting very cold tonight. Just about finished up here with repairing this water main. As far as what you could do to try to keep your pipes from freezing, all the plumbers we spoke with a couple of hours ago, were saying that they should tell the home owners that they should open up their cupboards here below their sinks to try to get some warm in there. That might warm up the lines and also turn on your faucets a little bit of cold a little bit of warm watered and let it trickle through the coldest hours. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Thank you. Were following breaking news from Fairfax County. The cold weather caused problems for firefighters putting out a townhouse fire. It started at a home in the area of groveton not far from u. S. 1. Firefighters say the cold weather caused the water to freeze once it hit the ground so they had to put down salt. One person was taken to the hospital with burns and the cause of the fire is under investigation. A Fairfax County judge has denied a request to allow cameras in the courtroom for Jesse Matthews trial. Matthews is charged in a 2005 sex assault and attempted murder in Fairfax County. Hes also charged in the abduction of u. V. A. Student hannah graham. Her body was found in october and today in court, matthews attorney suggested its likely he will also face murder charges there. But the attorney did not elaborate. Were waiting for a big decision from the u. S. Olympic Committee Board of directors. At this hour the board is meeting in denver its expected to reveal which of four cities had will put forth as its candidates to host the 2024 olympic games. Washington, d. C. Is a candidate along with boston los angeles and san francisco. A formal announcement will be made tomorrow morning in the winning city. The announcement is part of a 31month bid process. It ends in september of 2017 when the International Committee will decide which city will host the olympic games. Two brothers are some of the most wanted men in france tonight. Theyre accused of yesterdays terror attack on a newspaper in paris that killed a dozen people. Senior political reporter scott thuman is in the newsroom with what were learning about the search. Scott . Maureen, we want to show you right now where the search is taking place. Its just north of paris in a rather small rural area. Heres paris. This is where its taking place. Up here in an area called laponte not terribly far from a gas station said two men stole gas and other items. Two men who matched the suspects descriptions. The two suspects and brothers in the attack one seen here in this decade old video were in a u. S. Terrorism data base and on the no fly list for years. Now, they may be holed up in a small town in northern france. At the same time police scoured the area. Closer to homes here in the states beefed up security. In new york elite hercules teams as theyre called are in action. And theyll show up without notice. You dont know where theyre going to be or how long theyre going to stay. And part of that is just keeping people who might be thinking about or planning a potential attack offbalance. And earlier today, on his way to phoenix, the president held a Conference Call with top intelligence, justice and Homeland Security officials. All across the globe, the shooting has galvanized those who denounce the killings from turkey to australia and, of course france. Emotional pleas and also a show of force. We are ready to fight it. We will fight. We will fight. At the eiffel tower which went dark to signify a country in mourning it was easy earlier in the day to see stepped up security. This, a shutdown of the train station for a suspicious package. With the belief that they cant be too careful. Now earlier this morning, a man confronted a female Police Officer in downtown paris. Got out of his car, shot killed her and then took off. They are not yet connecting it to what happened at charlie hebdo. But obviously, theyre looking for any connection. Maureen . Scott, thank you. Coming up at 6 00 president obama wraps up his latest road trip with a plan to help homeowners. Learn what it involves. And california senator Barbara Boxer is not seeking reelection. Unique way in which she made the announcement and how it took a close friend by surprise. And a twist for drivers appealing huge fines on the 495 express lanes. Why a judge put rulings on hold. Is president obama highlighted the nations recovering housing sector during a visit to phoenix today. Starting this month the federal Housing Authority will lower its mortgage Insurance Premium rates enough to save the average new borrower more than 900 a year. Tomorrow, the president and Vice President head to tennessee for an event on improving access to higher education. A Senate Committee has approved a bill mandating construction of the controversial keystone x. L. Oil pipeline. The bill cleared the energy and Natural Resources committee by a 139 vote. Also today, House Minority leader nancy pelosi said democrats have enough votes to sustain a president ial veto on the measure. California senator Barbara Boxer wont seek reelection in 2015. She made the announcement in a video in which her grandson interviewed her. The news took many by surprise including boxers close friend, House Minority leader nancy pelosi. Journalists broke the news to pelosi at a News Conference today. She called me and said she wanted to talk to me personally. I thought she wanted to have dinner tonight or something. Oh, my no her decision is imporfor her and her family. Its personal and individual. That election marked a watershed year for women in politics with four women winning u. S. Senate seats. Coming up at 6 00 trouble for another retailer. How many stores jcpenneys plans to close and any of our local locations are on the list. And doug is back with the forecast. Hell tell us when well see warmer weather. Wont get warmer for the ravens in new england. I have the very latest from baltimore and the caps are in philly to play the flyers on broad street. What the bullies are long gone. Its a cold night in the city of brotherly love as abc 7 news at in Harford County flags are being flown at half staff to honor a maryland paramedic killed after hit by a sliding utility truck. Fire Officials Say the 29yearold was responding to a call about a vehicle crash tuesday when the truck slid down an icy driveway. The truck was being reach a patient injured in the initial crash. He was a member of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company and his funeral is set for sunday. A road block for drivers appealing huge fines for not paying to use those hot lanes in virginia. A Fairfax County judge decided to delay ruling on the cases as he considers whether the statute of limitations runs out. The drivers involved plan to fight on. Its a convenient way to get to and from work every day. When Stuart Holmes e. Z. Pass didnt work properly in 2013 he found out more than a year later, that the company that collects the fees, transurban was charging him thousands of dollars in fees and fines for not paying his tolls. I paid tolls before and pay tolls afterwards. Onemonth period out of 10 years i was having the e. Z. Pass and theres a problem. Two other defendants today declined to speak on camera while their cases make their way through court. Tim diller was told by transurban originally to pay 24,000 in fees for fines that he didnt know he owed. The virginia paralegal is facing 10,000 in fees. The fines facing holmes arent in the tens of thousands but still upset him he says, as a matter of fairness and justice. It does. Youre less than 10 in charges and they want like 2800 in fees and everything. With the job at u. S. Cyber command that depends on security clearance, holmes says hes hardly the type to intentionally break the law. Not only that im a graduate of the air force academy and a retired colonel in the air force. Turns out Officials Say theyre simply following the law the way its written in virginia. But new drivers say when you have no way of knowing your e. Z. Pass isnt working, the law should be changed. And given that these heavy fines and fees are going straight to the for profit companies, not to the Virginia State treasury they say the relationship with transurban should be reconsidered. At the Fairfax County courthouse Rebecca Cooper abc 7 news. The owners of an ohio bridal shop visited by an ebola survivor says the store is closing because of business losses. She was diagnosed with ebola days after visiting the store in akron in october. The store was temporarily closed and cleaned before it reopened in november. But business did not bounce back. Cocacola says its cutting between 1600 and 1800 jobs globally. Its part of a push to trim costs. Cocacola says it began notifying workers in the u. S. And some International Locations today. The company has more than 130,000 employees around the world. Holiday sales were up but that is not enough to keep jcpenney from closing some of its stores the retailer announced today it will shut down about 40 Underperforming Stores across the u. S. This year. The list includes the location at manassas mall in virginia. A Company Spokesman says more than 2200 employees would be affected by the closings. Were all being affected by this cold weather. Really a challenge. The coldest is just past us. Its going to be cold tonight but not quite as cold and even going through the next week to 10 days or so when we get colder, we wont get to that extreme level. Take that as a win here. Something to be happy about. Lets start you off with beautiful look at the conditions at sunrise. This is at 7 28 this morning, view from the weather bug camera at Cardinal RidgeElementary School in centreville school. It was gorgeous. Clear skies, sun came up. Blue skies and sunshine. It was so cold through the morning forcing many delays and a few clouds in the afternoon. Ice melted off or dissolved out of the picture in manassas. Listen it will take a good this hours to get us above freezing our numbers and that makes this morning the coldest morning since last january 24th when its 11 degrees well below ourerage of 43 and 29. Numbers are tumbling down post sunset now. 16th in gate gaithersburg. Winds diminished and just a breeze to drop it a bit. 8 around Andrews Air Force base and these are very cold temperatures. 12 to 18 degrees by morning with partly cloudy skies but theyre somewhat warmer than they were yesterday morning as we get through late tomorrow and saturday, though temperatures will take another nose dive after this slight improvement. The reason for it is the area of High Pressure the arctic air mass thats settled in has moved to the south. Shifting away so plenty of cold air, teens, even colder, 7 in detroit right now. And 15 degrees in sioux st. Marie but shift to the southeast, get more of a westerly wind. Even though we have a cold start in the morning, well warm up in the afternoon to the upper 30s. Theres the high moving out of the way. Moisture ahead of this cold front may fall over the mountains as snow and just may see an area of snow flurries or snow shower over parts of our viewing area through the morning tomorrow. Otherwise, partly cloudy day as the front gets in here and gets out of here. Partly sunny and breezy. Westerly winds will push us to the upper 30s tomorrow afternoon but turn colder tomorrow night and saturday. Saturday, well have bright sunshine but only be in the upper 20s and rebound into the upper 30s for the day on sunday and by monday maybe some rain or snow or sleet in areas. Tomorrow partly sunny and flurry and flake in the forecast. 16 is an average wakeup. 37 in the afternoon and then well be back down on saturday. But sunny and cold. A bit milder on sunday. The wintry mix possible monday. Remaining cloudy and cold through early next week. Maureen and tim . Thank you, doug. Good news to report. Continuing good news about the wizards. Absolutely. I think this is great news. John wall is the leader in the balloting in the nba and i have the very latest. Carry the flag, the ravens battle plan for the patriots is set and the Washington Capitals have the hockey world talking. Ill tell you why lets start with hockey because the caps continue their run in philadelphia tonight going after their fourth straight win and look to get at least a point for the 15th time in 16 games. The capitals won 62 last night in toronto. He said he wants a quicker more dramatic start in philly tonight against the struggling flyers. Alex ovechkin extended the scoring streak to four straight games. Everybody is contributing and barry trott, folks has been the m. V. P. How about the wizards . Theyre back on track. They beat the knicks last night. Another big game for john wall. Wizards announced today that john wall is still the eastern conference leading all star vote getter among guards. Today, Randy Whitman talked about the continued emergence of john wall. Hes taking steps each year of the five years now that hes been here. And trying to become better player, a better person a better leader. All of those things john continually strives to do so you like to see guys like that bewildered. The head coach Randy Whitman. The nfl players have a lot of attention on social media. Aaron rodgers has a slight calf muscle tear. Well play against the cowboys in green bay this weekend. Game Time Temperature there expected to be in the low teens. Meanwhile, at the ravens practice today indoors, they prepared for their divisional matchup with the new england patriots. Youd Better Believe it will be bitterly cold in fox burrough as well. 18 degrees at kickoff. But the raven players dont seem worried. Its going to be cold and, you know, only thing, we got to focus on playing ball. And, you know no matter what the element is if its rain snow, whatever it is. I dont like playing in the cold. I prefer not to play in the rain. Prefer not to play in the freezing cold. But i think that comes with the territory. Give us 7 on and sunny. Oregon is favored by a touchdown against ohio state. Speed kills. Pretty good bet. Pretty good bet. All right. 70 and sunny you said . Not quite yet. Check out the temperatures tomorrow morning when you get up on a friday morning and it looks like well be about 13 at dulles manassas 14 in frederick. 19 in downtown washington. Thats a little better than this morning. For today, well climb in the upper 30s with partly sunny and breezy weather. Maybe a few snowflakes early this morning and the cold front. Steve rudin will have the latest on the possible snow showers when he sees you tonight at welcome to world news tonight. And breaking now. Our team on the scene of the urgent manhunt for the killers. After the terror in paris. The s. W. A. T. Teams moving in and well take you there. And the suspects the brothers and the list they turned up on right here in america. The extreme cold now dangerous. A Million School children kept home. Train tracks cracking. Plus 11 earthquakes in 24 hours here in the u. S. And tonight, the emergency drills. The Police Body Cam capturing it all. Watch the suspect opening fire on the officer. What happens next. And pilot error. When families buy those expensive drones landing them in the wrong spot. Can he possibly get there in time