Pennsylvania and north and northeastern maryland today. We will get some wind with it. Same thing for saturday. But blustery with those lower temperatures. It will be downright cold. The wind on friday could gust to 30 miles per hour. The temperatures now, in the upper 30s. Later today, 46 degrees. The bus stop forecast, chilly. Julie chilly this morning, too, if you are making your way around town. The orange, silver, and blue lines are delayed because of problems that foggy bottom, also at the wheeliereston the wiehlereston east. The dot is having some problems of the camera, but the mainline head to dulles because an overturned truck after 286. On the backside of the hotel headed over toward the casino, metro is definitely an option, as well as the alexandria water fairy. Water taxi. Autria the final steps are being put into place at mgm casino at National Harbor. Be pouring in and hoping for a little luck on their side. Sam sweeney is live inside the casino this morning with more on the grand opening. Sam . Sam jummy, the casino countdown is almost over. Just a few hours away from when the doors open at 11 00 tonight. Some of the employees are already here. They have smiles on their faces. The energy here is palpable. Billion mega resort. This is not just a casino, this is upscale shopping, entertainment, a 3000seat theater. Some of the names already on the schedule bruno mars, orinda ran, Durand Durand duran duran, cher. This is all inclusive. Here. If you are looking for a night out with a good neil was a good meal, you want to go to a spa, this is a good destination. A huge economic engine for the county. They expect to bring in more than 40 million a year. Half of that will go to education. Perhaps the best news, 40 of the employees working here are from prince georges county. It is really an incredible operation. We are going to take you around outside, John Gonzalez has all the information on how to get here and what the traffic situation is. What can you tell us . John it is interesting, talking about the economic engine at the National Harbor. It is banking on that as well. We are just now leaving the National Harbor. All morning long we have been giving you different traffic pattern scenarios, how to get in, how to get out. Lets say you live at the National Harbor. Or lets say you are out for dinner, leaving the National Harbor. It is what you are going to do. Inside mobile trak 7, this is harborview drive. Right as you are leaving the National Harbor, you will see signs for 95, 495, the national avenue exit, and that is what you will take. If you have been to the National Harbor, it is essentially right this will put you on to oxon hill road, and directly in front of the mgm. We have been talking to different folks throughout the week about not only the opening, but of course what this new casino hotel and resort is going to do to the area. One gentleman we spoke with who lives here said he plans on walking to the casino if you ever goes there to play. He is concerned with all the trfi feeds about 70,000 to 90,000 vehicles a week. Officials believe that will be doubled from now on. Autria be sure it be sure to stay with abc 7 for coverage of today plus grand opening. Coming up in about 10 minutes, kidd oshea will be put to the taste test. Call as a taxi burst into flames at a station in gaithersburg. Montgomery county police say a taxi was filling up at the exxon on woodfield road when the cab caught fire. Firefighters arrived in time to hit the emergency shutoff. No one was hurt, but the car and part of the gas station were damaged or it jummy the man police say fired a shot inside of comet ping pong is more light on his motivations. Innings exclusive interview with the new york times, edgar welch admitted that he traveled from North Carolina to d. C. To complain about a sex ring allegedly run by Hillary Clinton. He changed his mind while he was driving about going back home. No one was hurt. In the interview, he says the address that he says he regrets how he went about it. Morning, another pizza place is being targeted in connection with the hoax. Robertas restaurant in brooklyn says it received phone calls threatening its employees. The nypd is investigating. Autria what does it take to get a snow day in north dakota . In my future, im twice as likely to have a stroke. Im at higher risk for depression. Im 26 more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. I have a 65 higher chance of developing diabetes. No matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. Because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, autria in the midwest, a overnight, blizzard warnings were reissued by the National Weather service in north dakota. People have been trying to clear up piles of snow since tuesday, and driving is still treacherous with visibility near zero. The crews have been working hard to keep the roads cleared. Some schools were opened yesterday. For all those dmv kids how does that look . Veronica that is just crazy. Flake. More than anything, it is a sprinkle or two. We are about an hour away from sunrise. When the sun does, but when the sun does come up, temperatures will be in the upper 30s to low 40s around 9 00 a. M. Temperatures are going up to 46 degrees today, our warmest out of the next four. Grand opening at 11 00 tonight, temperatures drop to the 20s by the early part of the day tomorrow. Even upper 20s by 11 00, with wind chill in the teens. At the end of the work week and next week you can see that we go to upper 30s to live 30s, around freezing. Julie on the roads we are very busy with delays on the toll road, we have a crash after 286, Fairfax County parkway. Traffic is being diverted at 286 because of a truck overturned on its side. Eastbound 60, lanes are open headed back to the belt way. The stalled car at nutley street is gone. Now orange, blue, and silver lines are experiencing delays on metro do to track problems due to track problems and to train malfunction at foggy update the roads and the rails. Jummy new overnight, the nations top doctors are sounding the alarm with what the Surgeon General calls a Major Public Health concern. Autria and it is not just slot machines. Kidd . Kidd thats right, it is my guest list just tripled. My Cookie Exchange is super competitive. Mine too. I want to go really big with my appetizers. We can do it without blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great my family really needs to be wowed this year standing rib roast wow. Everything for the holidays. Thats my giant. Autria six 15 now, and a busy day for the president elect and his transition team. That the third stop on his thankyou to her. On his thank you tour. The latest, scott pruitt chosen to lead the michigans recount of the president ial race is over just three days after it started up a judge lifted in order forced a statewide review of millions of ballots. The judge followed the decision by Michigan Appeals Court which found that Green Party Candidate jill stein could not seek a recount. A recount is ongoing in wisconsin, and jill stein is also seeking one in pennsylvania. Jummy a new report overnight, sounding the alarm on ecigarette news. The u. S. Surgeon general says Electronic Cigarettes are the tobacco used by teens and young adults, an increase of 900 in the last four years. Among middle schoolers, it has more than tripled. Public Health Officials say this sharp rise is troubling because of how much researchers do not know about the longterm effects of facing. Of vaping. Autria world series arnold is chapman will not be wearing a deli. A w. The nets were in the hunt but lost out just as the clock struck midnight. It was not all bad news on day three of the meetings. This trade was the first major transaction of the offseason. If you are not big on betting, there is still a lot for you to do, see, and eat. Kidd oshea is live at National Harbor, getting a bit of a first taste. Kidd who doesnt love pizza for breakfast . Chef Jason Johnston is here, the executive chef of the mgm National Harbor. That is a big job. Jason it is a big job, but it is a fun job. Being he we have an amazing resort that we are ready to unveil to the public tonight, and we are super excited over here. Kidd talk about all of the food choices. Jason we have a selection that appeals to pretty much everybody. We have global soul food, brian and michael are together for the first time doing the steakhouse. Fish will be focused on the pizza this is zizis pizza. We want to give people the selection. Kidd this is very special. This is very specialty. With one hand. Jason zizi pizza is very near and dear because it is based on the recipe that my grandmother made when i was a kid. This is what my cousins used to call my grandmothers pizza. They would run around asking for zizis pizza. Kidd what else goes on the prasada some sopressat right there. Kidd this looks amazing. It is all done. Look at that. It has not been sliced yet. I was slice it coming up after 6 30, ok . Rate food, great entertainment. Theres so much here. Back to you guys. Autria kidd, you should make some of the you should make sure that some of that gets back here. Veronica maybe he could even bring back a little bit of soup, too. He is having a lot of fun out there. It makes me want to go, but knowing it is going to be so cold later, do yourself a favor where something warm. Speaking of not so warm, cold kind of weather, we are seeing a Montgomery County. The air is dry. If you are seeing something, make sure that when you get where you have to go that you tweet and say i did see a few flurries in Montgomery County or howard county, or for that matter coming down from baltimore county. A little bit in the way wintry kind of weather. Maybe a sprinkle or two as it gets closer to us. The next ring watch will go with rain by wednesday and a few flakes by wednesday of next week. The weekend, 39, 42. We go up a little bit on monday, then right back down starting wednesday. Temperatures way cold air it around freezing thursday, friday of next week. And our temperatures next york city maybe to do a little shopping. It will be just as cold there. 44 at lunchtime today, 46 by the afternoon. Watch what happens from 46 today. Temperatures take a dip, and we will see highs only in the upper 30s tomorrow with wind chills in the 20s starting out. Autria im going to pajamas. That is happening tomorrow. Julie on the you will find the crash outbound on the dulles toll road on the roads this morning, you will find the crash outbound on the dulles toll road, lanes are now open. An overturned truck was on its side, now cleared. Everything on the mainline is now open. The airport lane remained open during the cleanup. Everything is clear on the outbound side of the dulles toll road. Eastbound, things are open back to the capital beltway. Back over to the map, updating 286 to the beltway. The lanes are open. Metro has had its share of problems on the orange and silver lines because of track problems and train malfunctions. That is out traffic watch. Announcer you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Autria welcome back, at 6 25. The trial continues today for dylann roof. Jummy trial started yesterday, with heartbreaking testimony from a mother who watched her son died. In the United States versus dylan roof, it is moving this morning it is moving forward this morning. Police are telling difficult stories on the witness stand, how they found nine People Killed in the house of their the attorneys spoke elegantly, saying parishioners welcomed him to their bible study, but little did they know how cold of a heart they had. Instead of a bible to study, he chose to bring a 45 caliber pistol. With his boyish face coming he sat in prison stripes staring silently into space. Prosecutors say he confessed in what you gone do . Lift up your head and keep moving or let the paranoia haunt you . Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence announcer now, good morning washington, on your side. Countdown. The new billiondollar resort at National Harbor is just hours away from its grand opening. Autria here is what you need to know. The casino opens at 11 00 tonight. The parking garage will not open until 10 30 p. M. Officials say do not try your luck at getting a spot earlier than that. It will create a lot more im autria godfrey. Jummy im jummy olabanji, in for larry smith. A cold front is moving in. It feels like a lot it feels like winter out there. Veronica the wind will start picking up, and when the sun comes up today, you will notice the overcast sky. There is mgm in the lefthand portion of your screen. Look at that gorgeous tree at the National Harbor. Today, it will be the better they out of the next four, the higher temperature and probably the least amount of wind. 43 degrees by 10 00. We should hit 40 by 9 00 a. M. Today. It is late morning when i expect some of the clouds to start putting. Right now we are seeing some blue, the possibility of a few flakes in the sandy spring, wheaton area, south of gaithersburg. It will get up to columbia as. 46 tomorrow. Only 39 degrees and the winds wow chills will be in the 20s. 39 to 42 with wind chills in the teens. Julie we have some problems on metro especially on the blue and yellow lines per for those traveling on orange and silver, delays due to an earlier problem at foggy bottom. A disabled train is outside of national. The casino opens at 11 00 with a parking garage opening at 10 30. Do not forget about metro heading to branch avenue or king street. You can use the wmata bus, nh one from maryland, and h2 from virginia. Autria dozens of people are for a new place to live. Suzanne kennedy is live in southeast d. C. With the story. Suzanne we are at the orchard park apartment complex in southeast washington, in the 3600 block of 22nd street. People have been out here all night long. We want to show you video of the long line that has started here around 3 00 yesterday afternoon. All of these people getting out here yesterday afternoon and staying through the night in order to get Affordable Housing. In line hoping to get appointments to apply for Affordable Housing at the woodberry village apartments. The rental office will open around 9 00. They can do that. Im joined by jacqueline, you are about 10 then line. What time do you get out here yesterday. I would say i got out here around a 30 last night. You . It has been extremely cold. But i am willing to wait because i need Affordable Housing. I hope for a good outcome. Suzanne what do you think about the fact that you have to be out here overnight when it is 38 degrees . I think it is really inhumane and really cool. However, i guess it is just the protocol, the procedure you must do to get your needs you to get inconsiderate. There should be another measure taken in order to get these people housing. Something else needs to be implemented to get this process conducted. Suzanne i wish you the best of luck. All of these folks here are going to apply for a payments, and then they can come back and apply for the housing that they are looking for. About 200 people would get those appointments. There are Senior Citizens out here, children out here. Washington, suzanne kennedy, good morning washington. Jummy a massive manhunt is underway for an escaped inmate is accused of stabbing a female officer in columbia, south carolina. The officer was stabbed several times last night after responding to a shoplifting call at the walmart there. The suspect, michael williamson, escaped from prison earlier in the evening where he was serving a life sentence. The officer is in stable condition. Autria update from the department of defense. A soldier from takoma park died in the line of duty. Sergeant first class allen brown was injured by an ied explosion in afghanistan last month pretty he died yesterday at walter reed medical center. Two other soldiers were also killed. Brown, who was 46 years old and joined the military in 2004, was on his fifth deployment. Connection with a Deadly Wildfires in tennessee, both charged with aggravated arson. Prosecutors are deciding whether or not to try them as adults. The flames left areas completely flattened and caused thousands of residents to run for their lives. No word exactly how, when, or why the teenagers started the fire. Dolly parton has organized a music telethon to raise money for the victims of the fire. The event will air next tuesday on Great American country. Kenny rogers, with mcintyre, reba mcentire, and alison krauss. Autria coming up here, temperatures dropping. Adding to that, the wind is picking up. Veronica johnson is tracking the Winter Weather headed our way. And good morning washington is i am the power of one. I am the power of one. We are the power of one. By agreeing to have my. Both our. Novec power bill rounded up each month. My few cents. Added to my few cents. Both added to our few cents. Add up to help improve lives in the local community. Rounded up to the next dollar. Thats the power of your small change added to others. All thats the power of one. Veronica yesterday i had so much fun after i wrapped up here. I went to eileen Creek Elementary School to talk to the sixth graders there. They had some great questions. For my for that is equipped with everything. We have the ability to go live. They were more fascinated by that than being inside. We got a great break getting a chance to go outside. It was a little chilly. It is going to be on the chilly side today, too. A winter kind of morning. There is a cold front moving through. Here we are, meteorological winter. It has started in early possibility of a few flurries as th