I feel bad for the girl. I feel bad for her family to have to go through this and its tragic. Reporter police say that John Sherwood has no fixed address. This morning a magistrate ordered him held, no bond on charges of murdering his wife and assaulting her friend. Back to you. A tough way to start the new year for a d. C. Watering hole called district 2 bar and grill. The place caught fire today. The bar sits along the 3200 block of wisconsin avenue in northwest and that part of wisconsin has been shut down for much of the afternoon. The one good thing we can report, nobody got hurt in this fire. They were worried about the sun glare delaying the winter classic, but it never became an issue. Everything went off without a hitch today at Nationals Park. There was plenty of fun off the ice and an exciting game on the ice. Sports anchor Kristen Berset is here with more. Shocking stuff. Shocking stuff, big win for the capitals, a really cool event, over all. The teams did trade ends because of the sun, but the blue skies and sun was a perfect atmosphere for an outdoor hockey game. It was the first held in the Nations Capital and those that braved the cold not only got an incredible experience, but a really good game. There was plenty of pomp and circumstance before the game. The players entered in on a makeshift reflecting pool with a miniature Capitol Building in the background. In the 2nd the Blackhawks Brandon Saad finds a wide open net and ties things up. Alex ovechkin breaks his stick and brouwer scores the go ahead goal. Capitals win. Diane roberts is out in the middle of it all. Reporter it was amazing. Fans showed up en masse for the seventh winter classic of the nhl, the first one here, and caps fans showed up all ready for action. From high above you can see them filing in by the droves, hard core and mild fan as like showing up to cheer on messily the caps. You mostly the caps. You know, youre making it weird for all of us. Reporter there was no shortage of characters outside Nationals Park. Here is winter classic. We run into you guys. Who are you and what are you doing . My name is ranger ryan. This is Ranger Nathan next to me. We are the brouwer rangers. So we are Troy Brouwers official unofficial fan club. Reporter no. 20 would be proud of these guys carrying the caps torch and they expected big things from the caps forward. 200, troy brouwer with the hat trick. Reporter i see some girl power. How you guys feeling . Awesome, awesome. Reporter what are you looking forward to most . Just the excitement and all the hoopla and stuff like that. Ive never been to one before. Reporter the nhl had been keeping an eye on the sunshine, not ideal conditions for a winter classic. There was concern the game may have had to be pushed back because the glare could have posed a health hazard. The current family wasnt worried at all. Were going to hang out till it starts and if its delayed, all the better. Well be here till the wee hours. We think its great. We went to the Pittsburgh Penguins game. It was awesome. We cant wait for the caps to win the second one. Sarah smile reporter we didnt find a sarah, but ovie the bulldog made a lot of great 8 fans smile. He traveled all the way from san diego for the big game and ovie the bulldog got to see a win. How exciting is that . So many people so excited streaming out of the park here and look how happy everybody is. Back to you in the studio. You can see all those seat cushions being thrown in the air, a big win for the caps against one of the best teams in the league and a great way for d. C. Sports to start off the new year. Weve got plenty more coverage of the winter classic coming up a bit later in the show. On this new years day a local Shopping Center became ground zero and the ongoing protest in the ongoing protests against alleged police misconduct. Dozens of people gathered at the wheaton Shopping Mall and staged at diein. Heres the organizer elizabeth lakhu. Its just a moment of remembrance to pay our respects to all of those who passed away in the hands of police brutality. No one was arrested and mall management was given advance notice. The sun is out, but its a chilly one out there. First alert meteorologist erica grow joins us now with a look forecast. Its even cold in here. It is but not as cold as it is outside. Its down to 39 degrees in gaithersburg, 43 in Downtown Washington, 41 in manassas and leesburg, not terrible for this time of year, especially when you factor in how much colder it was yesterday. Its about 10 degrees warmer in frederick and gaithersburg, 11 degrees warmer in winchester warmer in martinsburg and hagerstown than it was yesterday at this time. Temperatures will continue to get a little better tomorrow, but we have rain on the approach moving in on saturday. As we head into the weekend, it will be below freezing still in the mountains as the rain initially falls, so icy spots are likely in the i81 corridor and points west of that, but in the immediate metro area by the time the rain arrives it will just be rain. So we dont have to be concerned about the wintery weather here in the immediate metro area. Sunday more rain arrives and temperatures will remain above average for this time of year. Overnight tonight it will be seasonably cold, partly cloudy by the nights end and the winds will be light. That is good news compared to the wind chill we had today. Well track that approaching rain coming up with the first alert sevenday forecast and 9 futurecast. Back to you. Well, new year, new mayor. Today kicked off three days of inaugural events for d. C. Mayor elect Muriel Bowser. Shell be sworn in tomorrow morning and surae chinn is live where the inauguration will be taking place at the d. C. Convention center. Hey there. Reporter hello. The ceremonies begin at 9 30 tomorrow morning. Doors open at 8 30 to the public here at the National Convention and youre expecting a lot of people. You want to get here early and its whatever space is available. You dont need a ticket, but definitely you want to find a time to get here extremely early because 10,000 people are expected to attend. Lets get ready reporter mayor elect Muriel Bowser began her festivities with a 5k fun run in northwest. The inauguration is being dubbed fresh start. What does that mean for d. C. Residents and what changes would they like to see in the Nations Capital . Better parking maybe, better parking. Two very specific seemingly small things, one, to coordinate lights and the other would be to do as most other cities do, which is not to allow huge trucks in downtown d. C. During business hours, two very specific doable ideas. Reporter transportation and traffic improvements are on the wish list for d. C. Residents, not surprising thats what frequent visitors to the district want, too. Something done better, i would say better road conditions. The roads are always pretty messy. The metro can be delayed a lot. Basically traveling. I think fresh start really sums it up. Its a great time for the city. Weve made a lot of progress in the city on every the past 20 years. Its grown, but muriel is really talking about a fresh start. Reporter debrahlee is b. E. T. s ceo and the honorary inaugural chair working to fulfill the councilwomans promise of a fresh start and make d. C. Proud, another theme of Muriel Bowsers term in office. Its going to be a big celebration. Its not every day you get a new mayor. This was only our second female mayor. Reporter heres the rundown for the next two days. There will be a Church Service at 8 a. M. Tomorrow. Thats actually tomorrow morning. Its open to the public. The swearing in ceremony again 8 30 doors open. Mayor elect is expected to be sworn in at 11 25 in the morning. The inaugural ball is at 7 tomorrow night. Sheely e. Is the headliner and the fine sheila e. Is the headliner and the final day is a kids party at noon. You can find everything on our wusa9 app, but make sure you have transportation here. Theres limited parking and you want to take the Mount Vernon Square metro stop to get here. That would be the most convenient. Back to you guys in the studio. Thanks so much. Searchers have recovered nine of the 162 people on board air asia flight 8501. Two more bodies were recovered thursday despite heavy seas that prevented a more thorough search through the wreckage. As Craig Boswell reports, funerals have already begun. Reporter a 49yearold laid to rest thursday, the first victim from air asia flight 8501 to be toly identified and returned to positively identified and returned to family members. More bodies were returned for identification thursday. An honor guard carried the coffins marked only with numbers. The search for victims and debris from the flight was suspended again as heavy seas prevented divers from entering the water. The seas have crews from hearing the pings from the planes black boxes. You need real silence in order to do that. Otherwise you will interfere with the other signal or other noise. Reporter search planes have identified a large shadow in the sea which is believed to be the wreckage of the flight, but crew cant confirm that until divers can reach the area. Seas are expected to calm down next week. Craig boswell, cbs news. More than 150 people are still missing from that flight. Well, we are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. A deadly start to the new year in Prince Georges County. What has people who live there most concerned after the first homicide of 2015 . Thats coming up at 5 30. Plus dangerously cold temperatures out west, why some people are not complaining. And weve got a warmup this weekend, but it comes with a price. And the first its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event, put us on yours. Choose an impala in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. Thats over sixtyfive hundred dollars on this impala lt. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. New years celebrations turned tragic in china when 36 people died in a stampede. Another 43 were injured. Officials dont know what triggered the panic. They since dismissed accounts it may have started over a dash for fake money. A woman waiting to watch fireworks at a theme park on new years eve is recovering tonight after being mysteriously shot in the leg. It happened last night at tampa, floridas busch gardens. Kalen jacobs felt a sudden pain in her leg just before midnight. Police believe she is a victim of celebratory gunfire from outside the park. An arctic blast sent temperatures plunging in several states and in several areas d shaban is in pasadena, california, with the latest. Reporter tens of thousands endured freezing temperatures at the annual tournament of roses parade. Temperatures fell to 36 degrees, making this years parade one of the coldest in its 126 year history. What did you think about the temperatures . It was perfect. Reporter 85yearold pat alazar bundled up. G the parade route every year for the past three decades. The sun is shining and no rain. Reporter was the cold ever going to keep you from coming out . No. Never. Reporter but the wintery weather produced a rare sight in san diego and just an hour north in wildemar some mountain communities received up to 18 inches of snow. Carlos cordova spent his final hours of 2014 shoveling his driveway. It was completely white. It was exciting because its something we never get. Reporter throughout the southwest snow and ice made roads treacherous. We got stuck in the middle of the road because we tried to go in four wheel drive. Reporter but the cold didnt dampen spirits in pasadena where revelers say they were happy to wear a few more layers to ring in the new year with a parade. The storm killed at least five people in california including two victims who died on Catalina Island after boats broke loose from gusting winds. A new record low temperature was set at the l. A. Airport at 36 degrees breaking a 43 year record. Wow. Its cold everywhere. In l. A. Cry me a river, but i understand, its l. A. Theyre not accustomed to that kind of cold. I get it. Its 70 degrees and theyre cold. Later on in the workweek well be lucky to have 36 degrees as a High Temperature and theyre complaining about low temperatures in the mid 30s. We have another arctic blast on the way just like in november. Remember how cold it was . December was not bad. Now it looks like were going to pay the piper. On this michael and son weather cam a beautiful shot of the Kennedy Center in the center of your screen, 43 degrees, partly cloudy at reagan national, winds south, southwest at 10 Miles Per Hour. The winds were occasionally gusty today. I told you the wind chill would be a factor all day and pretty much was, especially midmorning onward, but heading into friday winds are not going to be an issue. A few clouds move in tonight, not as cold. Friday well see a little less sunshine, but it will still be dry. We arent looking at the rain arriving until we get into the weekend. Its saturday afternoon that the showers will arrive in the beltway and beyond and sunday more rain arrives. Its a slow moving storm system. Its going to take a couple days to completely move through the metro area. Right now its 41 degrees in la plata and leesburg, 42 in martinsburg, 43 in Downtown Washington and 40 at andrews. So temperatures are seasonably chilly and theyll be a bit above our seasonable average tomorrow. You can see that cloud cover continuing to spread toward us on satellite and radar, but still no rain. Its hundreds of miles away and were tracking the arrival of that rain with 9 futurecast. So the cloud cover continues and streams past us to the south as we head through the day friday, but on saturday the storm starts to get a northerly push. The warm front of this storm system is lifting toward us but its not going to warm us up until sunday. So saturday High Temperatures are still in the because of the cloud cover and easterly wind. Showers start to move in at noon saturday. More showers arrive in the afternoon and some yellows and oranges showing up here on 9 futurecast that we could see heavier rain, maybe even thunderstorms as the front passes. The front continues to slide through on sunday. Here we are around lunchtime sunday still looking at scattered showers. Its going to be milder as well. Overnight just seasonably cold, winds out of the west at 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Friday morning 20s and 30s, partly cloudy and chilly but seasonable with winds out of the west about 10 Miles Per Hour. In the afternoon more clouds arrive and temperatures a bit above average, 45 to 50. Our average high is 44 in downtown d. C. Green alerts the next three days because we dont have heavy rain in the forecast and this is not the time of year where you spend a lot of time you outdoors. We will see showers in the afternoon on saturday, high of 44 degrees. Then sunday more showers and milder, but you cant really get out and enjoy it, plus its going to be breezy on sunday. In the first alert forecast it will turn much cooler. Wednesday and thursday High Temperature 34 degrees. Well, new year, new live, meet some of the first babies of 2015. Reporter at shady grove adventist hospital. Its really surreal right now. Reporter you didnt have the baby. But i helped. Reporter meet kristen and joshua kaiser. Meet micah. Hes big. We were thinking probably he would come on new years eve, but he would come faster, but it took him a lot longer to get down there because hes pretty big. Honestly i didnt even realize. You know hes born after new years, but you dont realize how close he is and one of the nurses came in and brought us a really nice gift basket and theyre like you have the first baby and im like oh, yeah, its new years, completely forget. Reporter in the district another first. No doubt no one will be getting sleep at the dennis. Meet sawyer, 7 pounds 14 ounces, two babies the first day of 2015, two families lives changed forever. What used to be a new years condition is coming to an end. Hospitals are choosing not to sub pies the first baby born in 2015 for publicize the first baby born in 2015 for safety reasons ordering its facilities to stop that tradition citing potential for abductions and identity theft. Didnt think about that. 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As you usher in the new year and prepare to put away those ornaments, you may realize you received fewer christmas cards this holiday. I did. Hallmark said the number of paper cards delivered has dropped from 2 billion a decade ago to 1. 4 billion adding people are more selective about who they send those traditional cards to. A dispute over storage is at the center of a lawsuit against apple. Two men from miami contend that the Storage Capacity for ipads and iphones around as advertised. Thats because the ios8 operating system can take up as much as