Like outside. It feels like 18 in winchester. 23 in hagerstown. 26 in leesburg. 33 degrees degrees in annapolis. Its cold and clear and breezy. The wind chills will be down in the upper teens to low 20s through the night, if you have plans. Look at hourbyhour temperatures. Clear skies so well drop to the mid20s in most suburban areas. Close to 27 downtown. On top of that, if you have are in the 20s and the upper teens through the night and the Early Morning hours. We will be dry but there will be precipitation chances and more cold front showing up in the tenday outlook. Ill share that with you in 15 minutes. Alison thank you. Dont miss any changes in the weather even if you have to step away from the tv. Download the stormwatch7 app from google play and the app store to get dougs updates on its doors. The party and the games are just beginning. Horace guess what . 45 minutes later it reached capacity. It happened again today. Traffic jam. Some had trouble not just getting there but also leaving. Alison but overall it was a good night for m. G. M. Today again they are saying we are full. Michelle Maryland Bureau chief brad bell is back at National Harbor, his new home. With breaking news for us today. What is the very latest there . Brad we have to tell you about sad news. Local got official, the head of the Prince Georges County liquor board, charles caldwelliii, 72 years old. He left the casino last night and got in an accident. Officers smelled alcohol his breath. They performed a field sobriety test and determined he was under the influence and he was actually arrested. No injuries in the case. The head of the prince charged with d. U. I. Outside the casino. Big breaking news that Everyone Needs to listen to. Take a look now. You can see there does not appear to be any sort of a big traffic jam outside. Things are flowing smoothly. But just moments ago, word came from the officials at m. G. M. That they are telling people that if you do not have restaurant or hotel reservations, do not come here this weekend. Dont come tonight. Dont come the problem is they are enjoying too much love. Since last night when they opened until noon today they had 50,000 visitors here. Today at about noon, between noon and 2 00 the casino reached capacity. They couldnt allow anybody else in. So the problem is you can get in the resort but not the casino. This is the advice from the coming down now is counterproductive. Your time would be better spent doing something else. My assurance to the community. As soon as they are willing to receive additional guests well have that information to you and we will manage the traffic to help you get in. Brad again, this is big news. M. G. M. Has been advertising to bring crowds here. But now theyre saying there are so many people dont come now because they cannot guarantee you will have a positive experience. The problem is the the casino, itself. So you might get here and you might be able to park and you might get in the resort but not in the casino itself. The bost advice is wait best advice is wait a little bit while. It will still be here. Well be here at 5 00 with the latest as well. At National Harbor, brad bell, abc7 news. Alison we will see you soon. Thank you. Developing at 4 00, we are less than eight hours of way from Congress Running out of we are looking live on the floor. It has to get to the president for a budget bill by midnight or the government would shut down. Democrats threat on the stall for Health Benefit to retired miners in coal states. If its passed the government would be funded through most of april. President obama ordered review of the hacking activity designed to disrupt the election a month ago. He is expecting af 20 of january. He hopes that the u. S. Can learn from this to prevent cyber warfare down the road. Michelle january 20 is six weeks away. Inauguration day. After president obama hands over power to president elect donald trump, well, that is when the parties begin. The inaugural balls. There will be three. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford has a preview of what to expect on president. Sam . Sam yes, michelle. As you are saying, it is the inauguration week. Theme is make America Great again. President elect donald trump is expected to have two balls here at the d. C. Convention center. And a parade and hoopla throughout the week. There may be other unofficial balls around the city, but trump plans to attend only three. The two balls here at the Convention Center and another one in honor of the armed responders. Around the city, the Hospitality Industry is getting ready for this d. C. Greatest events that occurs only once every four years. Destination d. C. Is not speculating how big it will be but they are talking about it in terms of obamas second inauguration and the two george w. Bush inaugurations. The chairman of the Trump Inauguration committee today says the idea for the event is focus on the normal americans. Of america and normal americans that reflects on them. Not on the power and the prestige of this man. World knows it, the people know it. He wants to tribute america. That is what you will see. Sam if you are surprised there are only the two official balls an the ball for the armed forces that the president elect will attend, it is cet attended 14 official balls. But not that different from barack obama who in his second term also only had two. Reporting live from northwest washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Horace last weekend a man walked in the comet ping pong restaurant with a couple of guns. Setting off panic. He apparently was investigating a fake news story. Well, today, the chevy chase neighborhood in northwest d. C. Stephen tschida joins us live with the Community Coming together. Stephen we still have people inside comet ping pong right now. They lined the sidewalk, all up and down the sidewalk today waiting to get into this event, the stand with comet event. They came to show support for this neighborhood institution which has been affected by the fake news phenomenon to a point a man went in and shot up the the restaurant last su sex slaves who dont exist. He surrendered after unable to find sex slaves. We spoke to the organizer of stand with comet and he says the phenomenon of fake news is only getting worse, especially after this past weekend. I feel like sundays event has fanned the flames for the epidemic. In the course of the week, on attacks and disgusting imagery that i cant up see at this point. Now more than ever we need to come together as a community and say we support our small businesses. We wont let the rumor continue anymore. Stephen also here today showing support, political historian who put it in context. He staid the fake news phenomenon is inhibiting some people. And creating fear of taking a stand. He comp mccarthyism which paralyzed the country in the 1950s that led to a shameful era in our history. One other footnote before i send it back to you in the studio. The organizer here, eric sanchez of this event today has extended an invitation to another neighbor, a man who recently moved to this community. Vice president elect mike pence. He says if you are really to come by and show some support for comet ping pong. Well wait and see if he does show up eventually. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Horace if you are interested in the comet ping pong saga head to wjla. Com and type just that in the search field. You will see all of our reporting since the news broke last week. Coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 porch pirates caught. We show you who redelivered stolen michelle well take you inside u. P. S. s operation to make sure the important holiday deliveries make it to their destination. We go inside one of their massive cargo planes ahead. Alison plus, joe biden arrives in the snow there in canada. But oh, he heats things up pretty fast with offthecuff comments. I remember those days when is talking about coming up. The snow guns are blaring and the mountain is getting covered at white tail resort. Im ryan hughes. He gets a lot of compliments. He wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, . Thank you for serving our country . And im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Horace well, 7 on your side fighting back against and the holiday grinches. Howard county Police Recover nabbing porch pirates. Now they get to deliver smiles to folks wondering what happened to their orders. Howard county Police Officer jared dean. Hey. How are you doing . Good. How are you . Horace got to play santa for a night. Wow thank you. Yesterday we got a call for suspicious vehicle. Horace officer dean helping to deliver holiday packages that were stolen from 51 families wednesday in columbia, including jordans. Shame this is christmas season. Why are they doing that . Taking peoples hard earned stuff. Police say a concerned neighborhood called 911 before 5 00 wednesday evening to report two thieves stealing packages from peoples porches and putting them a box truck. It was a slam dunk. When we saw the van we knew it was our guy. Horace the sergeant is one of the officer who made the arrest after arriving in less this is the Holiday Season. The last thing you want to worry your packages wont be deliveried. Horace but he is would being to restore the Christmas Spirit working to restore the Christmas Spirit. You can see the stories like this and pictures of the porch pirates by logging on to wjla. Com. Click on the porch pirates section under the 7 on your side tab. Alison all right. Great. Thank you. Well, president obama ordered flags following the death of former senator and astronaut john glenn. The last survivor of the mercury 7. Glenn was the First American to orbit the early and the oldest person to fly to space. Tributes poured the in his honor. Today nasa administrator Charlie Bolden said glenn was the right man for a critical moment in history. It was moment we fly an Orbital Mission which john though, we have someone with whom americans could identify. Somebody like me. Alison glenn will lie in state at the ohio state house. The dates and times are still being determined but he will be buried at the Arlington National cemetery. Michelle Florida Governor rick scott declaring the state has no active cases of zika. This is the First Time Since the scare this summer. Four zones in south florida have been cleared of the also be transmitted from human to human sexually. The spread of the virus at one point prompted travel warnings from the c. D. C. Alison the most popular app getting a pickup from starbucks. You can order pok . Mon go frappuccino. Its a frozen raspberry and blackberry flavored version of the vanilla bean frappuccino, targeting kids, of course. Its available across the abc7 is on traffic watch. Jamie sullivan is here to talk about the friday getaway. Jamie Prince Georges County, the outer loop. We have an eightmile backup. Stopandgo crash that just cleared away. It was at ritchie marlboro road. You can get an idea of the volume on the outer loop. Inner loop is not bad. If you are heading to m. G. M. The traffic looks good now. Speaking of, i want to show you. Last night throughout the moin traffic. But because they are at full capacity everyone who is driving straight is able the loop around. There are no slowdowns that is because no one is allowed to park and get in with the casino being at full capacity. Lets talk about what we are seeing if you are traveling then inside the beltway. No big problems on the b. W. Parkway. The g. W. Parkway looks good. Mainly just on the freeway, 295 as well as 395. Crossing the 14th street to bumper. This is the inner loop heading north past old dominion continuing further into maryland. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Horace well, when its this cold outside its almost a shame there isnt snow around. Michelle yeah. In the mountains and at the ski slopes they depend on it. Alison thats right. Today ryan hughes takes us to white tail where they are making snow around the clock now that its cold enough. Ryan the snow guns are slopes at full speed. White tail resort is taking advantage of the bitter blast. Its looking and feeling like winter atop the mountain. Getting the momentum built before christmas is perfect. Ryan white tail is using the automatic snow guns to coat a dozen trails on two top mountains and hoping to kickoff the season thursday or friday. To make perfect snow. Ryan the resort is at the mercy of mother nature. It didnt hope until january 7 last year so they are opening that it will mean extra green in the cash register. Last year was a late start. We are happy we wont repeat that. Ryan with the guns running at full speed outside, workers are putting the finishing touches on the resorts new 31,000square foot edition inside. So this is the restaurant. Ryan down the hall a starbucks cafe and pizzeria. Skiers and snowboarders are chomping at the bit. When you are in the snow business you can only hope for a long cold winter. There are so many people waiting to get on the mountain. Its fun. Ryan at white tail resort, ryan hughes, abc7 news. Michelle part of the country is on storm watch. This is perry, ohio, where 50 northeast of 35 miles northeast of cleveland. The highway was shut down in both directions while emergency crews tried to get out there. There were reports of injuries. The severity not clear at this point. Horace look horrible. Alison terrible. Meanwhile, we want to show you this. Vice President Joe Biden arriving in ottawa, canada, under the cover of heavy snow. He had a motorcade of s. U. V. s there greeting him on the tarmac to take him to an event minister justin trudeau. It hus was comments about trud that broke the ice. Take a listen. I remember those days when i used to be eye candy. Dont get used to it, old buddy. Another 40 years, i dont know. [laughter] snow. Michelle he meant that. Alison very funny. Doug its coming down the ottawa. This is the time of year you dont need a storm to get the big accident. There was no storm center. Just the lake effect winds. The cold winds over the lakes, not frozen yet. Depending on the wind direction ands the speed determines what part of the lower side of the lakes get the heavy snow. It could change. You can be in a blizzard and drive 15 minutes and see sunshine. Its crazy we anytime soon . Doug not really. Wednesday maybe wet flakes mixed in but most of the air is dry. Michelle cheering for snow flakes. Doug it was cold this morning. This was the story earlier this morning in northwest washington along idaho avenue. The temperature is 32 degrees. We are in the upper 20s this morning. Through the day, a lot of sunshine. Notice the low angle arc of the sun. A few afternoon clouds. Temperatures to fall we will have slow wind chills again. Take a look at the lake effect. This is just sustained winds moving across the lake. Some of the streamers and the snow bands pushing far south to pennsylvania. The hill areas are picking up the highest amounts. More coming that way. 127 degrees. That is 27 degrees. That is a look at the conditions when we get through the late morning and the early afternoon tomorrow. We will continue to see the low wind chill. Though they are not as strong as today. The future cast shows through the day tomorrow nothing but sunshine for us. Lake effect snow continues north and will continue throughout the day. We will pick up a couple of clouds on sunday morning. More cloudiness throughout the day. Some of the snow ahead of the front is more than the lake effect. We will get snow from the frontal system across the eastern great lakes. Substantial snow there. For us we are talking clouds rain. 2430 overnight. The temperatures very cold. Looking ahead to weekend, plenty of sunshine. 39. 42 for the day on sunday. In ten minutes we look at the tenday outlook. Cold one at that. A couple more to deal with next week as well. Michelle were prepared. Thank you. We take you not just inside the u. P. S. Rush to deliver Holiday Cheer and packages at a fast rate but also one of the cargo jets. The massive challenge to move millions of gifts. Horace man, they move american pandas are moving to china. It happened to bao bao. But the cubs from atlanta are could have. Alison look at how to start the work week on monday on good morning washington. Thank you. Mont on good morning washington, we are live from an inaugural Christmas Village event and where they are getting in the Christmas Spirit with a one of a kind experience. Plus, the arctic blast will last through the weekend. But will the temperatures stay below average next week . We let you know. Plus, stay with us. Traffic and weather every ten horace its december 9 today. Two weeks from christmas. That means the rush is on for the nations shipping companies. Michelle so many people are doing all of their shopping online. This year fedex and u. P. S. Predict record numbers. Alison sam sweeney at the u. P. S. Shipping center at b. W. I. Thurgood airport a behindthescenes look at how it gets done. Sam Early Morning the ramp comes alive. Not passengers. Three jumbo jets loaded with packages arrives before 6 30 a. M. Thens showtime. Mike supervisors the ramp. For him he describes the Holiday Season one way. Organized chaos. Packages a day before christmas. Its 373 per second. We know what to expect this time of the year. We put the planning in place to get it right. To get it right u. P. S. Hires 95,000 system seasonal workers. Many work on the ramp where the planes are offloaded in less than 30 minutes. An hour and ten minutes ago these packages were in louisville, kentucky. Now the rush to get them out of the whens and on the trucks to be on your 8 30. They have 97 ontime rate. These planes are back in the air in an hour and a half. Two are headed to louisville where 75 of the u. P. S. Packages touch the ground at some point. It takes a half hour to load on the typical 757. 15 containers sit inside. By t