Benefit nobody. So you can see it here. It officially launches tomorrow. Those are the signs to be able to check to see when the next streetcar is arriving at your stop. Now it will be free for the first six months. Today we noticed in a number of businesses along h street the pamphlets to give everyone the information they need to know. Reporting live along h street, brianne carter, abc7 news. Alison one more note here. If mayor bowser has her way the h street line is just the first section of the 22mile priority streetcar system. The citys ultimate goal is to build a 37mile system that will reach each of the citys eight wards. Leon . Leon alison, another mode of transportation having real issues in the area tonight, breaking news now. A serious accident on u. S. 1 in alexandria. Look at this here. This is news chopper 7 live over the scene where five vehicles were involved in a crash. This is on route is just past russell road in Fairfax County if you know the area. All the southbound lanes are blocked at the height of rush of delays if you are going through the area. Five people have been sent to the hospital. Some of them with serious injuries were told. Our sam sweeney is on the way to the scene on mobiletrak7. As soon as he checks in we will get an update on route 1. In the meantime, d. C. Public Service Commission rejected the proposed pepcoexelon merger but in doing so they did leave open the point of the eventual approval. They said if a series of conditions are met, two of the three commissioners would approve the nearly 7 billion deal. It doesnt fit and it is not in our favor. It is not in the public interest. The people of the District Of Columbia were harmed today and will be harmed on into the future by the deal. Until we review the fine print, it is hard to say. Obviously we still believe this is in the public interest. We are pleased that they supported it. And kept it going. Now the approval of the d. C. Regulators is the final hurdle in the merger. Maryland, virginia and other states signed off. The district, the combined Power Company would have 10 million customers in the midatlantic region. Alison to vote 2016. Bombshell today. No one who is better prepared to provide america with the strong leadership that it needs at home and around the world than donald trump. Alison that is right. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie endorsed donald trump for president. You may recall christie and trump really exchanged vicious barbs on the campaign trail when the governor was still in the race to be the republican nominee for president. Trump, though, is widely considered the front runner heading to super tuesday. We are going to have much more on this coming up in a few minutes. We turn to breaking news out of Washington State where sheriffs say five people are dead following a standoff in the western part of the state. Now Police Say Four People were shot inside of a house. Then the gunman shot himself. Police negotiated with the man shootings. We will let you know what is going on there as soon as we get more information in the newsroom. Leon . Leon we are keeping a close eye on a developing story coming out of kansas where a man is dead after opening fire at a factory. This all happened in the small town of heston, about 30 miles from wichita. Jonathan elias here now with more on what is happening there in the situation. Jonathan, what do we know now . Jonathan here is what we can tell you. Police say cedric ford shot three people before going in the lawnmower parts factory, where he worked and he opened fire there. Three people were killed. 15 others were wounded inside the factory. A crazy day. Police say ford arrived for work at 2 15, an hour and 15 minutes later. He was served with a protection order for abuse. An hour later coworkers noticed he didnt come back from the scheduled break. It was 5 00 when the first person was shot. A man driving with his two children. Moments later ford shot another driver. Then stole that persons car. His next stop was caught up with him and shot him dead. A hero out of all of this. Understand that there is probably 200 or 300 more people in that building while this is going on. This man was not going to stop shooting. The only reason he stopped shooting is because that officer stopped the shooter. The first officer to confront him got in a gun battle with him. That officer killed him. Police say ford did have a lengthy criminal record and that the protective order had to do with abuse in the workplace but they are not saying much more about that. Today president obama offered his condolences to the families and he called on americans not to get complacent about the mass shootings. Back to you. Leon thank you. Calling it a new era, Virginia GovernorTerry Mcauliffe signed gun policy bills out of the state permit holders to legally carry firearms in virginia and it prohibits peoples subject to the permanent protective orders from carrying guns. Police will now attend gun shows for the voluntary background checks. The law passed the General Assembly with the byte support. Alison meanwhile in Northern Virginia the debate is raging about a plan to open a gun store in arlington. The owners are getting the green light to open this shop. It will be a north pershing road not far from fort meyer. Well have more on the story coming up in a few minute. Leon tonight the clean sup under way after the deadly tornadoes in virginia this week. Today the National Weather service confirmed seven twisters touched down in old dominion wednesday. Four wiem were killed. Three in the town of we have aerly. The waverly. The fourth was appomattox. A fifth person died in Shenandoah County where the car was swept away in flooding. Winds were the story today. Alison windy and cold today chief meteorologist doug hill in the Weather Center with a look at when the winds will subside. Doug they will diminish later this evening. With the clear skies the temperatures will get chilly in the 20s all areas later tonight. Look at the current temperatures around the area. 38 at reagan national. So for this time of day, this time of february that is well below average. 37 in manassas and baltimore now. The winds, these are the gusts in the past 20 to 30 minutes. Still 31 Miles Per Hour at reagan national. The winds will diminish later tonight. With that the temperatures will fall to 30 in downtown washington. 20s in the remainder of the area. The weekend we will get off to a sunny, chilly start tomorrow. Get to 48 with the sun in the afternoon. Have a big turnaround on sunday. We are forecasting sunshine and a high of 61 degrees. Cant wait for that. More for you in a little bit. Alison . Leon you are not alone. Alison thank you, doug. Leon new information on a latex spill in the potomac river. Maryland department of the environment fined papermaker verso the state says two spills sent thousands of gallons of synthetic latex and red dye in the river last fall. Much larger latex spill prompted two West Virginia town to close the Drinking Water intake until they determined there was no Health Dangers to them. Police in bowie found three different skimmers in the last week. So Cheryl Conner asked what to do to keep your pin and money safe from people who are planting the devices. Cheryl we watched Dorothy Davis fish for her bank card and get out cash at the a. T. M. Located inside 7eleven on racetrack road in bowie. You used the machine yesterday. Yes. Cheryl she said her bank account checked out but we told her to keep an eye on it since she used her card the same day that bowie police say a technician found devices to steal account information. The chief showed us the evidence. Skimmers and the cameras found on three a. T. M. s at 7e stores here on mount oak road and crane highway. You can run your fingers to see if there is a seam. The reader itself will be loose because all it is, its a sleeve going over the top of the reader that is connected to the machine. Cheryl skimmers catch the information on magnetic strip. The tiny camera shows you entering a personal identification number. Added protection you can cover up your card with your hand as you enter your pin number at an a. T. M. Do you think you would recognize the devices . No. Cheryl since the alert went out chief says his officers have taken several reports on hacked bank accounts. You are not safe anywhere unless the money is under the bed as they say. Cheryl chief says if you used one of the machine change the pin for the card and check your bank account regularly in case your information was sold. In bowie, Cheryl Conner, abc7 news. Leon coming up at 5 00 she is a hero and kids guardian angel. Leon a fourth grader gives her life to save two others. We will tell you what happened. Alison and officer noah leottas death shining a light on drunk driving in maryland but wait until you hear how many officers have been hit in the last few years. Leon as we head to break we take a look back. 3 years ago today. Bomb 23 years ago today the bombing of the World Trade Center bombing in new york city. Six killed. Several injured. There is a serious accident on route 1 between fry road and buckman road. Right now we are told by the Fairfax County police that five vehicles are involved. Two of them collided headon. Five people have been taken to the hospital. Some are in serious condition. We are in mobiletrak7 on the way to the scene. We will have an update as soon as we get there. A live look right now over a serious accident in Fairfax County. Back inside to you. This is a choke artist and this guy is a liar. Do you know what no, no, no every time anyone points at donalds actual record and what he said on National Television donald yells liar. Leon just a sampling of the fireworks at the last night Republican Debate in houston. There were five men on stage but it turned to a threeperson argument between donald trump, senator marco rubio and senator ted cruz. Texas considered the big prize on super tuesday. But virginia, you have a primary next week, too. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg went out today and asked around to find out if anyone here is excited about it. Jeff despite the big names in the race virginia voters dont seem excited about super tuesday. He says the problem is the selection. Im not happy with the ca jeff but the candidates would like to win virginia and they are showing it. Hillary clinton will be in Northern Virginia on monday and bill clinton was here earlier this week. Marco rubio will be in loudoun this weekend along with other stops across the commonwealth. Donald trump was in Virginia Beach on wednesday. And will be in southWest Virginia on monday. Places you might find Campaign Signs along polling places or roads it is hard to find any indication a big election is around the corner. Im surprised by how Little People care. Jeremy mayor is a professor of government at George Mason University and says the voters in virginia are not used to the attention of iowa or new hampshire. That mentality is hard to change. If any year was going to, it would be this year when donald trump is running as a republican. And Bernie Sanders is a democrat. Jeff clinton has a huge lead over sanders in virginia and trumps in every election any voting is important. Jeff sophia cares about super tuesday but many of her friends do not. Not excited. Jeff that is not good news for any candidate of either party. In arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Alison a reminder that several Virginia School districts decided to close for super tuesday. They include fairfax, loudoun, pins william and spotsylvania counties. School administrators say they are closing because of the large crowds they are expecting. Leon stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage for super tuesday. We have a team of reporters spread out across virginia as the results come in. For those keeping track at home maryland primary is scheduled for april 26 and we will be all over that as well. Alison this is a delicate topic. You may want to be careful asking if an older woman may be the newborns grandmother . Because births to women in their last 15 years. We are going to have like baby and menopause crashing down on each other. Alison our consumer investigator kimberly suiters finds out how many of the women in their 50s are getting pregnant naturally and how many are paying for pregnancy. Pregnant and pushing 50. Tune in sunday night at 11 00 after the oscars. Doug i have a feel for that. My twins are 19. I remember they were babies and toddlers and in strollers. People say i watch you on t every night. Are these your grandchildren . No. They are my kids alison you shiled tweetly. The weather will do a turnaround for us. This time lapse from nationals park. Not that long before the nats are home playing but right now we are starting off with clouds around area. 36 at the park. Look at the sky. It cleared out. High pressure moved in. We still had gusty winds. We still do. We can flip the coin and talk about the nats right now in vierra. South of there at melbourne the closest airport there is 65 degrees. So when you seer rin down there enjoying the warm sunshine she is really cold because its 65. I will take it any day. We wont be that far from it by the time sunday rolls around. 30 in frederick. That is chilly given the average around this time of february its near 50. 33 at Childrens Hospital in the district. Capital heights at 34. Look at the wind gust. 45mileperhour gusts in the past hour or so. Its midtoupper 30s everywhere you look. The wind gusts are scattering reports in the minutes. Strongest is up in baltimore at b. W. I. , 30mileperhour gust. 31 at reagan national. Stronger. 29 gust in manassas. Chill is the story for a while. We havent had the wind chill maps up often in the past few weeks but we have today. It feels like the 20s now. As the winds diminish, this is the future wind speed. Look at this hour. Sustained winds projected in the upper teens to 20 Miles Per Hour. Before the overnight temperature, the temperatures will drop in the 20s. But the winds will diminish. That is good news. It wont be as gusty tomorrow. Southern california is warm. But most of the country is mild. There is a chill in the east. Coldest air is the extreme northern new england, maine and quebec in canada. That is where the real cold air is. We have High Pressure building in but it will eventually move to the east here over the weekend. Winds to turn southwesterly. Northwesterly wind. Cold direction from canada and the lakes. As we get over the weekend it will change around. Tomorrow we will have the southwesterly winds developing. Six to 12 Miles Per Hour. That will boost up to the 40s. Sunday check it out. 616 degrees. Nice. Sunshine. Partly sunny monday and hit 62. That is a leap day. Happens every four years. Same story for tuesday. We hit 60 before the showers arrive and well turn colder for thursday. Maybe more rain developing by friday. Leon do you still have snow piles at your place . Doug all gone. Gone for a week or so. Leon still do. I wonder the date we finally have no snow. Doug with the 60s, it will be soon. Leon talk to you monday. Alison well see what happens. Thank you. Leon the outfit that shocked the fashion world. Alison yes. Well look back as we inch closer to one of the biggest fashion nights of kidd good afternoon. Im kidd oshea live in hollywood on the red carpet. We take you inside one of the fancy hotel rooms where the stars will be hanging out this weekend in a live report. Alison but first a look at what is coming up at abc7. You can log on to wjla. Com to be a abc7 fan. That is how you can get information on all the favorite shows. Right through your email. Well be right back. Alison welcome back. At we count down to the oscars which is really soon. Coming up this sunday on abc7. So, did you know that the same company made the little golden statues for more than 30 years . Rs owens and Company Based in chicago. They are all capped by hand. Leon but they look different this year. They are going back to the design from the 1950s. Alison real gold, right . Leon on the outside. Not the whole thing. You know what it would be worth . Amazing. Alison earlier this month most of the nominees got together and met for the traditional preoscar lunch and the class photo you could call it. Leon that is what we see here. But do you wonder where the hollywood . Our colleague kidd oshea is live in l. A. He has the answer for us. Hey, kidd. Kidd good afternoon. Setup is still underway. There is excitement on the red carpet now. All the stars will be here sunday. Where are they staying ahead of the big show . We went to find out. Its all about location. The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel is right next to the red carpet. Its where the very First Academy awards took place in 1929. Been going four or five awards. The first award went to Mary Pickford who was an investor in the Hollywood Roosevelt at the time and created the academy with douglas fairbanks. Kidd the winners were announced three months in advance and ceremony only lasted 15 minute. 88 years later celebrities will city be staying in the he fell for the oscars now held across the street. He kidd the roosevelt v. P. Of the