Tire. No matter where you drive potholes are difficult to avoid. Coming down south to the pothole. That was it. Between connecticut and nevada they call it pothole hell. You have lanes going this way and this way and trying to avoid the pothole at the same time. Two large potholes on the inner loop of the beltway created a mess of the commute and made many drivers mad. Like other transportation agencies the maryland state Highway Association was asking drivers to report potholes and asking for patience. In the coming days motorists on i95, 495, i270 and other roads will be seeing the mobile pothole reprayer crew and improve ride quality for hundreds of thousands of motorists. For now, peter like peter seems to understand. It took time to get to the hos. Perspective. You have to. No one was hurt. Structural damage. That was it. Local transportation Officials Say the priority today was making roads safe. Clearing and the snow and ice off the surface. They say that the moisture from today would have made preparing the potholes difficult and dangerous for the road crews. To make the process happen faster by going to the website. We will find a list of all the local jurisdictions to report a pothole in your neighborhood. Leon thank you, mike. Get back to the structural damage. It does add up fast. A. A. A. Estimate a driver will spend 6 billion on repairs this year. The Insurance Company may help cover some of the damage. In virginia a place at the vdot website. In vermonttureers office treasures office. Alison it has been a wild 24 hours in this area. Even the past 12 hours felt like different seasons. This is what it looked like before sunrise today. We had ice, cold, rain. Compare it to what it looks like now. The sun is shining. It is warm outside. Doug hill has been tracking this. Its warm now. Are we at a risk of a refreeze once the sun sets tonight . Not immediately. It takes a while for the temperatures to go down. But late night and overnight there a chance. Lets get to the numbers. We are at 49. Its 40 in hagerstown. 50 in fredericksburg. The coldest part of the viewing area will be the western zones. Overnight lows in the upper 20s. That is cold enough in a few hours there could be spots with ice and the glaze to deal with. By and large it will be much see the clear skies and storm system south and west will pass us by tonight. Good to go. Good forecast going forward. I will share in a couple of minutes. Leon kulbir schools a culpeper schools announce a twohour delay for tomorrow. If any other makes a delays because of the ice risk you can be the first to know. Sign up for the abc7 text alert and get the child School Closing information sent to your phone. In ten minutes well break down the School Closings that we have so far. Break down the numbers and who is on vacation. Alison another problem we saw briefly as the rain fell and the snow melted was flooding. Around noon we found a creek spilling over the bank in leesburg. Most of the flooding is minor. The driver lost control and hit an office on rally avenue. Two adults were taken to the hospital. But the injuries are not life threatening. The builds sustained minor structural damage. Leon Prince Georges County firefighters hurt battling a morning fire. I broke out around 9 00 this morning in hyattsville. We are told a firefighter hurt his ankle badly enough to be hospitalized. Five people were displaced and they are getting assistance now from the red cross. Alison just over a year ago a horrific fire killed four children and their grand parents inside the annapolis mansion. In the aftermath we were told that the sprinklers would have changed the outcome. Despite that, there is now a fight to loosen sprinkler regulations. So that fewer buildings require them. Suzanne kennedy is following the developing story. What is behind this . This is a lot, i hardship for some home buyers and for the communities say they had new construction before the law. Law on the books since october of 2012 and requires newly constructed town houses will be equipped with the fire sprinkler systems. A delegate says the counties should make their own decision but this woman disagrees. Her brother was killed along with other family members in a house fire in january of last year. Like in a car seat belts and air bags. They are mandated now. Mandated for a good reason. Sometimes the technology is available and when the need is there and great, the government needs to step in and make a law to save lives. Alison coming up at 6 00, we will hear more on the grieving sister on the fight for her live in the newsroom, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Leon thank you. New charges tied to the disappearance of lyons sisters who gathered in 1975 from the Wheaton Plaza mall. Lloyd welch was charged in connection with the incident and today his brotherinlaw pleaded no contest to perjury. Alison Funeral Plans are being finalized now for Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. The conservative icon died saturday while on a hunting trip in texas. Justice scalias death in an Election Year set off a political firestorm in washington. But at the center of all of the political fighting the man who served the nation for 30 years who is now, of course, being remembered. Today his seat on the court was draped in black dating back to 1873 as part of the tradition. Justice scalia will lie in repose a to get an honor since chief Justice Renquist in 2005. Traditionally the other justices stand on the steps of the court as the body is carried inside. A funeral will be saturday at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in northeast washington. Leon dont maze live your voice, your future round table on millennials and politics. Catch it tonight at 7 00. I will be streaming on wjla. Com. Our sister station in columbus, ohio. A key swing state this Election Year. Will be discussing the challenges facing the generation. Alison still ahead on abc7 news at 5 00 more redskins drama . Can it be . We tell you about the dispute between the team and the starting quarterback kirk cousins. Leon friends remember a university of maryland freshman killed in what we know so far about what went wrong. Another snow day leaves some parents wondering what that means for makeup days. Ill have that story coming up. Alison we now know why that military blimp floated away from mooring in maryland. The simple mistake that cost the government elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. Leon okay. But know the reason the blimp got loose in maryland. It didnt have batteries. L. A. Times reports no one replaced the battery in the automatic deflation on board the blimp and that is why it floated away a hundred miles and not just two, as it was designed to. It escaped last october. The dangling line used to secure it caused downed power lines from here to pennsylvania. Alison such a simple reason. All right. Happening right now. Protesters are taking positions outside the fairfax board of supervisors meeting today. Their message that the School System needs more money. This comes as county Leaders Debate proposed 4 billion spending plan for next year. The problem is the School Leaders say despite a tax School System only gets a 3 funding increase. They were seeking a 7 increase. Ahead at 6 00, what the big difference in spending could cost students and their parent s in fairfax county. Leon schools across the area shut their doors today or opened up two hours late. For some it means tapping in the summer break. Alison thats right. Our amy aubert spoke with several School Systems and breaks down the numbers. Amy what normally would have been a bustling tuesday, Montgomery CountyPublic Schools sat quiet. This snow day makes six. That is two days over what they allotted for the beginning of the year. We werent sure if it is taken away from the spring break or vacation. Mtg day to the end of the school year. So the last day of school in june is two days later. The way they push school in kids is crazy. The kids are already done with school. If it means safety, they dont mind. We have the extra snow days. Each School System has their own plan. They are building in ten snow days to the calendar. So far they have used eight. Alexandria City Public School allotted eight days and used seven. Prince georges county planned for four but have used seven so far. They have already made up one of those days. Some School System say they are waiting until winter passes. If they have gone over the board of education and the superintendent will come up with a plan. Some are suggesting adding mite applying for a waiver. Amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison wow leon so the last thing we need is stuff melting today and refreezing tonight. Doug there is a little bit of that but its not widespread. This time of year you cant take chances. If it looks wet, treat it as ice. We have had enough sunshine . Spots and enough of a breeze to dry it up. Great time lapse here. They will show you how the icy spots will be. This is Cardinal RidgeElementary School in centreville. 43 now. This morning they were snow covered across the area. Watch what happens in the day. Even before the sun comes out, things start to melt. Skies clear. Sun comes up. The snow disappears. Look what we have right now in the bottom the screen, the puddles and the water at the lowlying areas in the parking lot. So that stuff that doesnt evaporate are the areas likely to have the icy patches in the morning. The major highways will be fine. But every now and then you hi across the area. That is what you want to look like. If you see have pavement and think it looks wet treat it with ice. After tonight we are in good shape and good to go. Share a picture from gwyn. Look at this. Beautiful snowflake. Closeup. Gorgeous. All the detail you can keep. The snow or the ice on top of the railing melting, too. The temperatures are a big story. We expect the coldest areas north and west. I took longer to warm up. At this hour there is colder areas south and east of town 40. In hagerstown. 43 in winchester and martinsburg. 49 at the airport. Looking south how beautiful it is. 56 at ral lay and charlotte. We are going to see the temperatures cooler tomorrow than today. Noticeably cooler thursday and friday. The weekend will promise a huge warmup. I will tell you what it will happen. The heavy and the rain and winds moved offshore. High pressure building in to protect us from this area of the rain and the storms through nashville. That will run in the High Pressure and dissipate late tonight. Well pick up cloudiness from it and that is it. The next couple of days we will feature sunshine. Watch what happens in the future cast overnight. It disappeared. We pick up cloudiness. Tomorrow is partly sunny. Upper 40s and partly sunny for thursday. Over the weekend good stuff is coming after a front goes through. It will bible is. Winds are lighter, too. Out of nor miles per hour. Now we look to the next seven days and it will turn colder on thursday. Breezy at times. 40. Get to below freezing at night. Friday it will change. We have a high of 45. But a frontal system will go through. Notice friday nights low is only 39. Milder pattern. Look what the weekend brings. Sunshine 60 to 63 on saturday. Close to 60 with the sunshine on sunday. Monday is mild in 50s. We hit tuesday and wednesday. Alison uhoh. Doug computer models suggest another storm may be developing. We may be dealing with the rain, snow, who knows . Turn colder tuesday and wednesday. Too early to say how much of what kind of anything we will get. Out on the horizon, tuesday, wednesday, something to keep busy. That is why i turned all gray at 32 years old. The constant alison the stress doug crazy. Alison at least we have this weekend to look forward to. Doug it will be nice. Alison nice break. Leon break from the snow and ice melt. Coming up at 5 00 my view on the drug war was wrong. Leon why a longtime Narcotics Police officer says the war on drugs must change and how he is fighting back after losing a daughter to the drug he fought on the streets. A freshman killed in a valentines day crash. Up next what one of her friends says hurt the most. Alison a look at primetime lineup today. Remember to get special information on shows on the abc7 fan blast. Sign up on wjla. Com. Leon tomorrow morning, join the one and the only alex trebeck for good morning alex trebek for good morning, washington. Hes cohosting and that beginning at 4 30 on abc7 i lead the 11 oclock news with stories of gun violence. And like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. In congress, ill fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. Lets show the nra were not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. Im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. Then quickly fell back to earth landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. Luckily geico recently helped the residents they were able to get the roof repaired like new. They later sold the cow because they had all become lactose intolerant. Call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. Leon this just in. President obama just addressed the vacancy on the Supreme Court caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The president said it is his responsibility to lect a responsibility and the senates responsibility to give that person a fair hearing. President obama there is no unwritten law that says it can only be done on off that is not in the constitutional text. Leon if confirmed it would be president obamas third. The last president to nominate that many justices was ronald reagan. Antonin scalia died over the weekend at the age of 79 and will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on friday ahead of his funeral saturday. Alison well, tonight, friends are remembering a university of maryland freshman killed in a horrific valentines day crash. Police say a sports car fueled by speed may be to blame. Kevin lewis joins us live from college park with the latest. Kevin hi there. Christina koutsoukos was a freshman biology major and she aspired to become a doctor. This evening fellow teenagers are trying to make sense of her sudden loss. Honestly im still in shock. Kevin until sunday, Samantha Walker shared a Christina Koutsoukos. Its so surreal. You are just like in disbelief. All her stuff is there. Waiting for her to come home. Kevin Christina Koutsoukos spent valentines day with her boyfriend brandon bussard. But at 3 00 p. M. , bussard lost control of the dodge viper sports car and crashed into a concrete wall. The wreckage is horrible. I read one thing online it talked about how she was trapped for 45 minutes. All i can think about how scared she could have been in that time. If i could do anything to take that pain away from her. So she wouldnt experience it. Kevin koutsoukos grew up in rockville and received sacraments here. And had been a altar server. Police say bussard may have been speeding. He is expected to be okay. She had a positive impct kevin friends say she looked to celebrate valentines day. She got her boyfriend chocolate and took him to the u. M. D. Mens basketball game. She was only 18 years old. Live in College Park Im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Leon thank you, kevin. There is a new Prince Georges County police chief in maryland. Hank stawinski was sworn in today. His confirmation heark took place today. He had been the interim chief since the former chief mark magaw stepped down to take another county position. Alison at 5 00 the redskins might have found the starting q. B. In kirk cousins but now the trouble is resigning him. The new twist to get the q. B. Signature on a just ahead. Leon scare in the air. The source of the smoke on the plane. Jennifer a Police Sergeant that everyone turned to for help. Then came heroin. The soulshattering story. The series heroin highway continues after this. Alison what a difference a day can make on the weather. The roads are dry, the sun is out. But it doesnt mean we are finished with the snow. The day doug hill is keeping alison an epidemic is destroying families across our area. The devastation caused by heroin addiction is alarmingly pronounced in communities along what is known as the heroin highway. The route stretches from the supply source which is baltimore along interstate 70 and south on interstate 81 through western maryland. West virginia and virginia. Tonight, 7 on your side fighting back against crime investigator Jennifer Donelan continues the special report with the story of a hagerstown Police Officer and the tragedy that struck his family. I was right downtown. Everyone knew me. Face of Law Enforcement in washington county. Jennifer former Police Sergeant kevin simmers spent two decade in drug war and then came heroin. Its unlike any drug or epidemic i have seen in my career. Jennifer it changed him. My view on the drug war was wrong. Jennifer aft