I am scott thuman. I am Cynne Simpson. Good morning. Get to meteorologist as we look forward weekend. Happy friday. It was a short week. We have a great looking weekend. Will be the headline. Chilly end to the week, but we lots of sunshine and low humidity to talk about. Despite a cold front coming, rain or snow in the forecast. Warmer weekend ahead. Out this morning in the for the most part. 18 in manassas and culpeper. Those are the cold spots. 28 at dulles, 31 in d. C. , 30 in gaithersburg. Your express forecast, sunshine through the day with a High Temperature 42. Thats about average. Potentially in the seven forecast, minutes away. Its time for traffic and weather jamee. Thank you. Virginia, and around the beltway, 66, greenway, the toll road, no early problems. 295, nice and quiet 395, nice quiet. City area the dale of 95, opens boulevard is gideon drive off with a crash in the intersection. Boulevard. Around 650, New Hampshire thats the beltway in maryland, no problems. Ouravel lanes are open rockville and down to the lane divide. Back to you. Thank you. We have been telling you about a pakistani activists shot last taliban. He she became an iconic figure, teenager. Jummy olabanji has an update on her story. Some good news to report this morning. Yousafzai was just released from Queen Elizabeth birmingham, england, a short time ago. Picturesp some on line. Goodbye to the nurses and a hospital. Been there since october shot by thes ahead. In she has happened shot in the head. She is improving and doing well have a fewe must more surgeries. Them inld be done with so. Y february or as we reported a few weeks ago, was named time magazines behindof the year president obama. Father accepted a job with e inpakistani consulat england, so he will not have to a while. U. K. For because the, returnshad said if she pakistani, they might try to target her again. So the teenagers headed home in good spirits and in good health, for the most part. Back to you. Thank you. Thats good to see. We want to talk about another in our area. The unfortunate incident that happened with Prince William week. Ice this Funeral Services will be held today. Lets check in with Brianne Carter for the latest. A very large crowd is hyltono memorial aspel later this morning family, and colleagues gathered to say a final goodbye William CountyPolice Officer chris yung. Memorial chapel. His motor bike collided with a minivan on new years eve. He was a 35yearold father. Be remembered as a man who had a smile on his face. Community. D by the the Funeral Service will get under way around 10 00 this morning. To thehe service is open encouraged zens are procession route instead of coming year. To cover as expected of the county and begin right after the e after 12 noonm today. People are encouraged to bring flags and mementos as they stand. To line the procession stand getfuneral is expected to under way around 10 00 this morning. Burial service is scheduled for tomorrow. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. U. S. Senator Michael Crapo is expected to be arraigned this morning after being arrested for dui. Police say the idaho republican ran a red light in alexandria last month. Officers say that he failed sobriety tests. Later issued an apology and said that he accept total responsibility for is actions. , hill, the new congress is getting down to business. House is set to approve of its 50 billion aid package to victims of hurricane sandy. Tahman bradley has more. The newly sworn in 113 down to for the kids business today. First, a vote on a 9 billion for victims of sandy. Orm thats only a fraction of the aid that then senate had approved. The house adjourned earlier this before a vote, which set firestorm. Northeastern. Politicians northeastern Republican Leadership has turned their backs on new yorkers. We sent them there. We sent them there. To do the work for us. Not to sit down and play with other. Chris norby residents, some of duringst everything voiced their anger. They are supposed to be representing us. The package today will cover insurance. The house has promised a vote of 51 billion package later this month. The new congress will then turn its attention to the two looming battles that will surely give of members a taste bitter ands partisan divide. Its like walking into a where the couple that is hosting a is already in the middle of a fight. Address themust boardatic acrossthe cuts that will take place in two months and the possible the fault of the government when the country to the debt ceiling. House speaker john boehner, despite rebellion g some conservatives, says that he hopes the new Congress Rise to meet the countrys extraordinary challenges. Tahman bradley, abc news, washington. 33 degrees on this friday morning. Still ahead, if you thought Favorite Singer could hold a note. Until you hear one of you were singing hail to the redskins. 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Temperatures in the teens in a few spots. Culpeper and manassas in the upper teens. Dulles, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in manchester, quantico, 23 in fredericksburg. We have a wind chill by a couple degrees. Expect the wind to pick up today. Afternoon,a brisk will look gorgeous with plenty of sunshine. Degrees at 9 00, 38 at noon, 40 at 5 00. High temperatures around 42. We have a much warmer sevenday forecast. We could be talking 50 by this time next week. Thats coming up. First lets check on traffic with jamee. I like the sound of that. No problems in virginia. Having some trouble with the audio. We will check back with her right now its 5 12, 33 degrees. New developments in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Why an employee at the medical Examiners Office has now you are watching abc 7s good morning washington with Cynne Simpson and scott thuman. This is good morning washington, on your side. Texting our top stories at 5 15. Funeral services will be held today for Prince William county officer who died in a line of duty. Chris yung died monday when his a minivan are responding to an accident in bristow. Old had been with the Police Department seven years. Todayuse is set to vote package to victims of superstorm sandy. Lawmakers are expected to vote the 60 billion package later this month. New york. Lawmakers were upset about a scrap a vote planned for earlier this weeks. Will noty suspension record. Of first graders lawyer for the family of rodney the principle of our school and elementary has the suspension for after he pretended his gun. Rs were a former arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords could meet victims families in connecticut. Spokesman for the lieutenant says the meeting is in works. Meantime, sandy hook Elementary Students are back in school. On thursday classes y town. Arb an employee at connecticut oppose the medical Examiners Office is under investigation following the shooting. Mrs. Henry is accused of letting her husband see the body lanza, the gunman. She has been placed on administrative leave. Its 5 17. For a lot of people, theyre to the weekend. We have to talk about todays weather. We have an interesting sunday forecast. I know. And meteorologist adam caskey us in the next hopefully, for a specific forecast on the redskins. Now, things are really good for the weekend overall. A cold front is approaching. It will be dry. A slight change in temperatures. Variety ofide o start the morning. In d. C. , 31 degrees on the thermometer. Not too shabby. For the rest of the region, more of an exception. 30 in gaithersburg, 28 in dulles, 19 in manassas, 18 in culpeper, 25 in quantico, 24 in park. Ton temperatures much colder in. Hose areas 20 degrees colder in culpeper doing ok in, but Northern Counties at this time, status quo. Our average high today is 43. The average lowest 29 degrees. We are about average. We are expecting low 40s the Midatlantic States today. 20s and 30s towards the north. Skies cleared out quite a bit. Off shore. Ont over the warmer lakes producing lakeeffect. Now bringing a little bit of cloudiness into the ohio valley. For us, its clear skies more than a thing. Our temperatures should warm into low 40s this afternoon. 20s tonight again with clear skies. A great looking forecast. Mostly sunny skies expected today. High temperature between 38 and 42. Clear skies tonight, cold d 28. Ratures between 20 an saturday looks awesome with 45 degrees and sunshine. Cloudy on sunday with a cold front. L reach 47. A little dip in the temperatures before we rise 50 hit by wednesday and thursday. And a second cold front approaching on thursday. Goodlooking weekend. We hope you have a good one. Jamee . , marilyn the beltway, its clear except for 50 the john hanson highway. , secondline from the left a car over tong the shoulder. Tapping the brakes a little. 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Prince William County police say goodbye this to one of their own. Killed in a motorcycle crash. Good morning, washington. Its friday, january 4. I am Cynne Simpson. I am scott thuman. Glad to have you along on this friday. Get to meteorologist jacqui jeras to talk about the to start theures day. We are. Of the cold already. I hate to admit that. No snow to go along with it. Weather pattern is shaping up. Way. He warmth is on the its 18 in manassas, 28 at dulles, 25 in quantico, 23 at in, 33 in frederick 23 frederick. Over their blowing warm the great lakes, bringing lakeeffect snow. Our temperatures will be into low 40s, which is ofre we should be this time year. About the warmup in a few minutes. First, time for traffic and friday. Ee on this move and easy. Problems on 395, off the beltway, to and across the 14th street bridge. Working anyty not problems or incidents. In Prince William county, in theres a crash west of interstate 95, closing the intersection of opus boulevard and gideon drive. West for Police Direction of interstate 95 on opus. Merrill and is checking out 5 on the bw parkway and 50 has no problems reported. Back to you. Thank you. Carter to go to brianne r in woodbrige. Regarding a tragic story. Funeral services will be held today for Prince William county in ace officer killed abou tragic motorcycle crash. A chance to say a final to chris yung. A funeral gets underway here in woodbrige around 10 00 this morning. Was on a call on new years motorcycle when it with a minivan. That accident claimed the life of the 35yearold who had been the department seven years. Hes a father of three and was a beloved member of this community. Hes been here quite some time. While the services are open to the public, many officials are encouraging citizens of the the procession route to show their appreciation to this Police Officer. Line the procession route. Placeexpected to take following the funeral. S say probably sometime after 12 noon. Funeral set to get under way 10 00 this morning. A large crowd of friends, colleagues expected to be here. Burial scheduled for tomorrow. Brianne carter, abc 7. A former fbi agent convicted driving crashunk and brandywine is expected to be sentenced today. Adrian johnson faces appeal 3 years in prison after a found him guilty of several the ferrylated to 2011 crash. Fawn johnson was dropped when he hit a car driven by 18yearold , who died,rner jr. Best friend was seriously injured. Hearing today for former prince, georges county jail aard accused of ignoring dying inmate. Was chargedtosh with lying to Law Enforcement investigating the e, who wasonnie whit d in his jail cell after it was arrested in h ofhitandrun deat finley. Richard initiallyath was but a latercide, investigation proved he might kill themselves. Found himintosh unresponsive, but did not inform others. The house and senate will a joint session of Congress Today to count electoral ballots from the today. Ntial election l judge rejected a challenge on thursday by those seeking to halt the vote in an attempt to overturn call the obama presidency. The judge rejected a request to allow for the man to testify alleged inconsistencies in typeface for on the birth of ticket the president had released. Its 5 34. Looking forward to this weekend big playoff game with the redskins and the seahawks. Lets check in with john gonzalez. I can only imagine you probably will not sleep between now and the game. Im very anxious and excited. And i have reasons to be excited. Have a tough assignment. I have friends with me, the first ladys of football joining some tailgating. And ls rebecca, jamilah, eza from the caribbean. You ladies must be excited. Absolutely. We have been working hard and we wait. Its going to be cold. Its cold this morning. Warm . A we are moving along on the sidelines, so we dont get very cold and we are pumped up. And you probably think of your hometown. Yes, that helps. Its all in the mind. Think about aruba. Eam haseerleading ti been around a long time. Celebrated our 50th anniversary this year, which was exciting. Perform with a lot of our alumni at the halftime show, awesome. It is cold out here. Body heat is important when it is this cold in the