Ribs off, trees toppling to the ground. 44,000 people without power, the next step starts the next couple of hours. The National Weather service will be sending a team out today to the area to confirm if it was actually a tornado that hit in the area. Meanwhile around here getting out the door this morning, mild conditions, not expecting any storms at all. Yesterday we had sunshine, warmth, closer to late april. This weekend with temperatures in the 70 foss, our third 70 degrees day for february, tie now with the secondmost we have had in any february since 1967. Look at this, 50s this morning with sunshine and wind that will carry us back up into the 60s. Or, not what is warm. Cooler, not quite as more. Those temperatures today this morning are in the 30s and 40s, but todays high is 62 in d. C. We will see how long we can keep the mild weather around in 10 minutes. Julie . Ofie checking out a couple problems we have on the roads, but first lets start with good news. The lanes open around the capital beltway and on 395, looks great. However, main break, repairs continue at this hour, could last until this afternoon until this afternoons rushhour, so keep that in mind. The parade for George Washingtons birthday will kickoff on given street, will be shut down from 1 00 until 3 00 and on the rails metro operating 5 a. M. Until midnight, offpeak fares with an accident reported after interstate 195 tying up the lot the right lane. Back in the next 10 minutes and we will update your ride on the parkway. Autria . Autria more breaking news to get to overnight, james mattis making an unexpected stuff. Larry jummy . Hes now in iraq this morning for a meeting that was never on the books. He landed in baghdad overnight in we are told that the purpose is to meet with leaders there and discuss the fight against the islamic state. Its the second day of a full on campaign to kick isis out of apparently doing a little bit of damage control while there. He told officials that the u. S. Does not intend to seize the oil of the country, an idea proposed by President Trump. We will keep a close eye on this one is details emerge from overseas and we will you with more. Larry . Larry using president s day to send a message to the man in charge. Protests are planned for the day ahead. Ryan . Ryan this is gaining a lot of traction on social media. A lot of people using the hashtag not my president. It is being billed as a peaceful donaldation against trump, saying that the polities policies hes trying to put in place are not shared by the majority of the people. A lot of people will be gathering, organizers are calling with the d. C. Community to stand in solidarity on the spell federal holiday. Trump appeared to be back on the campaign trail this weekend. Holding a large rally with supporters. 9000 people at an aircraft hangar. Its been exactly one month since the president took office, but it has been a bit of a rocky start, you could say. He fired theres that controversial immigration ban, and he still doesnt have a full cabinet in place. But the president and his supporters seem undeterred. They want to give donald trump a hard time. Es not a politician he doesnt have the perfect thing to say. But we love the fact that he goes straight to us and we can decipher it. Its expected to be a bit here thisrent tone afternoon. This demonstration expected to get started on dupont circle. We are seeing hundreds of people planning to attend. There are major rallies planned in big cities across the country, including chicago, atlanta, and los angeles. Live this morning and dupont circle, ryan hughes. Autria growing is the backlash against the media from President Trump. He tweeted that the news media that he calls fake are the enemy of the American People in then this weekend, top lawmakers spoke out. The first thing that dictators do it shut down the press. Im not saying that President Trump is trying to be a dictator. Im just saying we need to learn the lessons of history. Pulitzer prizewinning reporter, call bernstein, called the words treacherous. He said the most dangerous enemy of the people is president ial lying. Crews working to figure out what set a multimillion dollar mansion on fire and burned it to the ground on turkey run road mclean on saturday morning. The properties owned by the government of the united arab emirates. Five people into dogs were inside at the time. Luckily they managed to remain unharmed. The fire burned mostly because there are no hydrants nearby. Developing in arlington, the search for a man accused of turning a housewarming party into a deadly crime scene. Police need help finding this man, david allen johnson. They believe that he shot and killed michael alan gray in north arlington, just around 3 30 sunday morning. Witnesses say the shots were fired after a fight broke out and he was last seen traveling towards maryland. Autria a bittersweet countdown at the national zoo. It is the last full day for bao bao before moving to china. First, a president ial problem, the mixup that once again left the Washington Monument in the dark. Creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Larry the lights are back on at the Washington Monument after the structure again went dark. The national par s called in electricians to get the lights on when they failed to turn on themselves. This is the third time it has gone dark recently. The lights failed to turn on twice in january. So. Vj, the good thing is that this great weather is staying on. Thats a good way to put it. This is the perfect graphic to start with. How lucky we are. Were 20y temperatures degrees above average, today about 15. Look at the last five president s far as temperatures go for each afternoon. Only 20 degrees for each temperature in 2015. Today, 62. Very mild across the area with a few clouds to the west, around cumberland. Going up today, about 62 degrees. A lot more with the weather change for us in about 10 minutes. Issues now around the wilson bridge. Checking for a crash there. Also, water main repairs at george street. Headed towards alexandria hospital, plan on using seminary a workaround. We have a crash possibly involving one overturned on the right side of the roadway, so its clocked. Dont forget about the George Washington birthday parade kicking off at givens street. Back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride. Back to you guys. Autria a wild weekend, incredible video. A fire truck takes a tumble off of an overpass. And we are live at the national zoo this morning. A bittersweet day as we say goodbye to bao bao. She gets on a plane tomorrow morning. Coming up we will talk about prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Z2a0gz zi0z y2a0gy yi0y you are watching good morning washington, on your side. Back at 6 15 and a wild weekend in california. Jummy olabanji has the incredible video coming in. Jummy seems this weather is all over the place. Things were just a mess on the west coast. Heavy rain causing chaos. First, video of a fire truck dangling over the edge of a whole before the road just collapses. Before the road just collapses. Take a look at this, students at cal poly evacuating, t cracking and sliding in the rain. Officials afraid it would give out entirely. They have moved out as well as we are dealing with the weather down in texas. A lot going on across the country that we are keeping a close eye on, larry. Happening larry today, we knew that this day was coming, but here it is. A bittersweet goodbye. Autria the national zoo getting ready to celebrate bao baos last full day in d. C. John is getting john has more on what they are doing for his last day before he heads to china. Pound giant panda spent the weekend eating ice cake, chinese dumplings, and a lot of bamboo. We know how crazy d. C. Is over its pandas. Across the zoo you have a cake pop shop selling some special panda pops. This is pretty much the our beloved bao bao. She will be leaving tomorrow, boarding a fedex plane, headed with a zookeeper and veterinarian. In honor of her departure, we are having some fun this morning with some great giant panda fun fact. The average lifespan for this animal is about 25 to 30 years old. It is actually a little bit aoulder shorter if it is wild animal. It spends 15 hours per day eating bamboo. Thats 20 to 40 pounds. The throat has a special lining to protect from splinters, if you are worrieab all of that bamboo. There are only about 240 of these giant pandas in the world. It is an endangered species. Part of the reason why we are losing bao bao. Heart of our longstanding agreement with china, she will be part of a Breeding Program there. You have say her goodbyes. Reporting live, john gonzalez. So bittersweet, john. Thanks. Promuslim activists in new york banning together banding together to protest the recent executive action on immigration. While you are saying i am islim, too, i say to you that am unapologetically muslim, all day, every day. Larry they decided to hold a rally even after an Appeals Court ruled against the travel ban on seven muslim majority nations. Autria happening today, several womens groups plan to rally in annapolis. In favor of rally bills supporting reproductive justice, sick leave and safe leave, and economic security. The rally begins at 7 00 toni girl getting up chance to play on the Boys Basketball team. Sidney phillips originally played on the girls team, but not enough for interested. When she tried to play on the boys team, she was denied. A judge ruled that she must be allowed to play and it turns out that she was that are than most of the boys. Im really impressed. For a girl, being that aggressive in a basketball game, i was really impressed. What . What . She was better than me . Autria bring back it back. [laughter] autria she did not even practice before her first game, but she will play in one more before the season ends. Confident shehow is . Thats confidence right there. Larry little bit of video right there. I love it. [laughter] who . Shes better than me . [laughter] larry i love it. My son was like lets go play some basketball. Veronica were talking about tennis, golfing, all of it. Its just an outdoors kind of day. You are going to be out there going im just so tired, so tired. Its exhausting, right . The fact that we get to spend so weekend,s outside this we get to do it all over again today. Going to work, hitting the roads, dry conditions today. To havee we are going to deal with, but ill take that. Very mild for this time of year. Going back to work and school for tomorrow, heres a look at the forecast for tuesday. Much lower temperatures at this time tomorrow. There will be some cloud cover across the area earlier in the day. Today, short sleeves tomorrow, because of temperatures dropping, we are back to the jackets and then midweek,other way by short sleeves, high of 67 degrees, close to 70. The next big weather maker comes through on thursday, warming again close to 70 degrees. We will be there possibly for two days, thursday and friday. Then a cold front comes through to cool us off for the second half of the weekend. A lot of your loved ones are in town right now. Want to take them sightseeing . Out in Eileen Whelan storm trak 7 and she is down around the tidal basin this morning. Hey, eileen. Eileen hey. Oh, my gosh. What spectacular weather. The fact that it is mid to late february, president s day. Im wearing a light jacket and it feels great. You can see behind me a beautiful, clear sky. Temperatures are not that cold. Storm trak 7 is out here with the weather instruments, the keep in mind the average high this time of year is 48. I want to show you the million sunshine instore today for your son seen sightseeing plans. The sunshine will really warm us up. Not quite as warm as yesterday, but most of steves is where we will top out. Dont forget the sunglasses heading out the door. Speaking of the tidal basin, Cherry Blossom season is coming corner. D the julie wright, fantastic weather. You will want the sunglasses. Some glare. Julie it sun glare. Julie it started out so quiet this morning, but now we have something overturned with sky track 7 above the scene. For those coming inbound through laurel, this is where what it looks like. Bythbound traffic squeezing roadway. Northbound, we have got rubbernecking delays. We are checking for a crash tying up the right side of the road. To and from bwi this morning, better bet, 95. Outer loop of the beltway coming from springfield across the wilson bridge that crash year. Stay to the right to you by. Back in the next 10 minutes to update that right in maryland. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. Larry a fire destroying a mansion in northern virginia. Gio beneath as picksp left off. Heres your first look. The fire went through the roof. Propane. Ke fire, a massive inferno. They were very shaken. It was amazing how quickly it spread throughout the house. Now a disturbing detail about what helped the fire rage for so long. Crews battled for 12 hours to what it out. I have no water. Am going to have to shut it down before i get water. Precious time spent trying to hook up water in this only fire from this fire hydrant. The neighborhood presents additional complexities. There are no hydrants nearby. Coming up live at 7 00 a. M. , we will tell you how to keep your home safe. Im linsey davis, abc news, new york. Now, good morning washington, on your side. Autria donald trump took the oath of office. How would you rate the job he is doing . Log on to wjla. Com folknow to let us a votenow to let us wjla. Com votenow to let us know you think. Larry this nice weather continuing . Veronica cooler today, but its still going to be a nice day to be outdoors, including this morning. Day, Jefferson Memorial, Eileen Whelan is around the tidal basin. Look at that reflection in the water with a clear sky across the area. Temperatures are like a art have since like they have been the average. Temperatures have been at or above average. We did it in january, december, january, above average. Doing it all the way into the weekend, but then the numbers start to come down as we move into the first part of march. More of the same here. The George Washington parade of 1 00 will be around 60 degrees. 4 00, also around 60 and under High Pressure with sunshine across the area. Leaving you with this, big rain coming our way for saturday. Details on that coming up in a few minutes. Got the details on a crash involving an overturned vehicle on the southbound side of the bw parkway at 197. Sky track 7 is hovering above the scene, the vehicle is overturned with all four units up in the air. Traffic squeezing bicycle file to the left. There it is right now, overturned on its roof. Northbound, we have reports of another accident tying up the right side of the sky track 7 looking at that incident as well with delays towards thatound scene. Two separate accidents on the beltway working pass route one in virginia. Stay to thet to right to get by. Coming from springfield in towards the wilson bridge, moved to the right to get by. North Howard Street in north georgia street, plan on using seminary road. Back in the next 10 minutes, we have a close eye on the bw part a. Larry . President trump continues his search for the National Security adviser. Witha hes also dealing backlash about comments he made about sweden. Elizabeth explains. President trump is ready to get back to work in washington, promising to unveil a new version of his travel them. The president at with four possible replacements that was after michael finn was forced to resign. Look at whats happening in germany. Happening inis sweden. Who would believe this . Talking about an incident in sweden that never happened. In large, they took numbers that are having problems that they never thought possible. In response, the former british prime the former swedish Prime Minister tweeted terror attack . What is he talking about . That theyhouse said were not referring to a specific incident, that the president was referencing a news report he had seen the night for. Before. Across the country, for the fifth straight weekend, protesters took over the streets. Simmonsork, russell letter rally called i am a multitude. This is not antitrump, in my estimation. This is the policy, the choices he has made. Thousands more are expected to protest the president s choices in dozens of cities nationwide, calling todays rally not my president s day. Larry new developments following the assassination of the exiled halfbrother of the leader of north korea. Jummy olabanji has more. Jummy we want to show you the tveo that this japanese station obtained. A woman appears to sneak up behind him and cover his face with a cloth. Filled with liquid poison. Searchingpolice are for seven more suspects. The malaysian ambassador to north korea has been recalled amid rising tensions between the two countries. 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My giant. Extended bonus buys only at my giant. Nt. Veronica well, hopefully you have the day off today on this president s day. Look at it this way, its just four more days into friday. But if you do, you got to get out and choose the day. Working out . Maybe get in early run before you start to relax during the early noon hours. Low 60s for the afternoon, the playground is all nice with sunshine throughout the day. The dog park, a little warm. Bring to the dog park for the pooch. This evening temperatures will be in the upper 40s across the area. A nice evening for us. Mild for this time of year when you consider the average high is 45 degrees. Pick story is a little but of a change for tomorrow morning. Temperature starting out in the 30s before they soar again into the midtoupper 50s across the area. Looking like its going to be slightly cooler. We will have more as we take a look at the Cherry Blossom forecast in a few minutes. Right now the story is the bw direction because of a crash and an overturned vehicle. Above the scene, this vehicle overturned on its roof. Traffic squeezing by to the left, there is the vehicle in the distance, all four wheels in the air, pushing everybody to the left to get by. Delays building from 198. Northbound it was tying up the right lane. We definitely have slowdowns here. Youre better bet is to stick with 495. Outer loop of the beltway, traveling from springfield towards the wilson bridge with two separate incidents on route one and traffic squeezing by to the right as you travel from virginia heading across the bridge into maryland. All lanes are open out of oxon hill. Back in the next 10 minutes with a close eye on the bw parkway. Autria bittersweet count down at the national zoo. Larry tt , headed to her forever home in china. This is the last time you will get to see her in d. C. People expected to protest, setting a strong message to the white house on this president s day. Breaking news overnight, severe storms and now a major cleanup. Autria Jummy Olabanji has the latest from the newsroom. Jummy checking in with our sister station in san antonio. They have received reports of a tornado in the area, but they have yet to confirm if one actually touched down. We know that it has left nearly 40,000 people without power. Nearly 100 structures were damaged. Flooding and high water in many areas. Minor injuries have been reported. We know that teams have been deployed in san antonio to assess the damage there. Back to you. Larry look at this, look at this firetruck dangling over the edge of a whole, the truck collapses and takes the truck with it. Amazing video. The crew on board got out safely before it fell. Germanic and yell out in california. Breaking overnight, james mattis landing dramatic video out of california. Autria breaking overnight, james mattis with an unscheduled landing. Its the second day of an unscheduled attack. Plan tothat they dont seize the oil, an idea proposed by don donald trump. Larry people sending a message to the man in charge. How would you rate President Trump in his first month in office . Log on to. We have more on the protests planned for the day ahead. Dupont circle is empty right now, just a few people running, but hundreds are expected to protest the president on president s day. Its being called not my president s day. 3. 3 thousand people are interested in the event. Organizers say that they have a permit for the event and say that they are holding this because they are protesting the president and policies he trying to put forth, saying that they are not shared by the majority of the American People. Organizers are telling the d. C. Community to come out here in in solidarity on this federal holiday. Mr. Trump appeared to be back on the campaign trail in florida, hold month since the president took the oath of office and became the 45th president , but it has been a rocky start. He fired his National Security adviser and there have been protests and demonstrations across the country since that controversial immigration ban and he still does not have a full cabinet place. The president and his supporters seem undeterred. Take a listen to one supporter. They want to give donald trump hard time. Dissecting what he said, hes not a politician. He doesnt have the perfect thing to say. But we love the fact that he goes straight to us and we can decipher it. You can expect a bit of a different town out here this tone out here this afternoon. There are supposed t a list of speakers, but they have not been released. Chicago, atlanta, los angeles. Live in dupont circle, ryan hughes. Rich parliament, expecting to vote as to whether they should rescind the information invitation to invite President Trump to visit. Became the backdrop for this large projection saying say no to trump. Happening today, a bittersweet goodbye. John gonzalez is live this morning with a look at what is being done before bao bao heads halfway around the world to china. John . John you are right, it is a bittersweet day at the national zoo. The day has come, it is your final day to say goodbye to bao bao the biggest celebrity in d. C. This weekend here at the national zoo, that will probably continue today. We want to show you the sign out, in case you are coming to say goodbye. Remember, were still on winter schedule. You have from 8 00 until 5 00 tonight to say your goodbyes. A 16 hour flight, the panda express, she will be traveling with a zookeeper and veterinarian. Fun facts today, in honor of bao bao. It takes five years for a female cub to become an adult. Seven years for a male. And the panda bear does not hibernate. How cool is that . They have 42 teeth and just like us, two sets during the lifetime. She spent the weekend eating chinese dumplings, ice cake, and a whole lot of bamboo. Shed sit 20 to 40 pounds of bamboo. I have been told that the airplane is packed with a lot of it. Reporting live at the national zoo, john gonzalez, good morning washington. Larry thanks so much. We were just talking about this. Autria what am i going to do . [laughter] veronica like half of you, i am going to clean. And im going to enjoy myself. Larry what about drinking on the patio . [laughter] veronica thats at the end of the day. It is so odd, normally we talk about barbecuing, fourth of july, labor day. Who barbecues on president s day . Media, ifon social you can remember barbecuing on president s day. It is starting out to be a nice day. Still aes, 62 later today, thats the hive. Sunglasses posted for lunchtime. Its just going to be really nice. Folks in short sleeves with short pants, just enjoying things. Today, a nice drive on the area. Sunglasses, look at the High Temperature in d. C. , 62. Annapolis, 56. Cooler near the water. Until weather system get to the end of the week and the first part of the weekend. Showers and storms, going from 69 to 53. With all of this warmth, we expect the week in the 70s, but how are the Cherry Blossoms looking . I know that last week a few viewers were sending us pictures from the tidal basin in front of the Jefferson Memorial such a beautiful morning. Walkingt seen any around. But it brings up a good question. Peak bloom average is early april. Still a little over a month away. Last year was a bit earlier. March 25 was when they peaked. The earliest . March 15, back in 1990. With this warm stretch of days we may be a bit earlier. Of course, stay with us right here, we will give you the latest here from the National Park service. What a fantastic day to be out and about. A lot of people coming downtown to enjoy the gorgeous weather. Julie i know. We should grab deal bailey, pd, taking them for a walk around the tidal basin. The bw parkway is where we are tied up, southbound, after 197 we have a crash tying up the right lane. This one involving an overturned vehicle. Scene trying to retrieve the vehicle, it is back up on its wheels. Single file to the left, squeezing through, delays building out of laurel headed southbound. Northbound, the lanes are now open with an earlier fender bender that has cleared. On the brakes from powder milk. This a better ultimate morning. On the outer loop of the beltway you have from springfield towards the wilson bridge, accidents after route one, the latest is still there tying up the left lane. Stay to the right to get by. Back in the next 10 minutes, keeping a close eye on your ride on the parkway. Back to you guys. Kidd oshea has the exciting news. Kidd congratulations to larry lynn mary lynn smith. 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Seventh caller wins. That is it for us here on abc seven, that was fast. Dont go anywhere. We are heading over to news channel 8. Hope you will join us or another three hours. Good morning, america. Devastating storms overnight. A possible tornado tearing through texas, damaging a hundred homes. As the west coast is slammed with another major storm. Torrential rains battering the already hard hit area. Fears of flooding, mudslides and powerful wind gusts after that deadly storm. This sinkhole swallowing cars, a freeway crumbling taking this fire truck with it. Millions on alert right now. Also this morning rallying his supporters. We will continue to win, win, win. President trump pumping up supporters at a Campaign Event just one month on the job, now facing backlash for what he said about an incident in sweden that never happened. You look at