Down to accommodate all of these stranded airplanes. They finally got them empty late last night, people coming in from moscow, argentina, people brought into the terminal and there was no help because a number of these airlines do not actually have service at the less, so they had no dulles, so they had no staff to handle it. The Metropolitan Airport authority did a wonderful job. Many people were sleeping on boxes, but the airport staff got them food and blankets to get them through the night. Some people chose to go hotels. A number of them were put on buses up to jfk without their luggage and it could be days before their passengers see their luggage. We just did a tour of the tarmac and we will have another report coming up at 4 00. Reporting live, sam sweeney. Adrianna lets get to some live pictures of new york city a lot of passengers are trying to get to. The streets are not doing too bad at this hour. It is another story for boston. These images are breathtaking. Streets turned into icy waterways, homes and businesses flooded by several feet of water. That water froze in place, trapping entire streets of cars. Closer to home, ocean city was one of the hardest hit areas with snow, ryan hughes is there with more on their dig out today. Lets get a check on the forecast with steve. It has been a good day to chill out and relax. We cant thought out because it is really cold. Steve we cant thaw out. Dress in layers. The hands, the head, make sure you wear something really warm if you are waiting at the metro stop. Windchill advisory set to go into effect at 6 00 p. M. This evening into tomorrow midday. Temperatures out , 3035 Miles Per Hour wind gusts giving us feelslike temperature in the Single Digits. 3 in leesburg. 1 in gaithersburg. 2 in frederick. Wind chills through the afternoon hours, not a tremendous improvement as we move into the evening. Only around three or four degrees. We will see the wind begins to pick up a little bit and we will see temperatures going to remain well below average for the next 48 hours. Some relief on the sevenday. Lets go to ocean city, where ryan hughes is in the major middle of a major dig out. Ocean city is digging out, trading sand for snow as they are getting pounded by the latest storm. Blowing,nd was , the snow was going sideways. ,yan for the first time barbara is venturing out after shoveling her driveway. She wanted to take a picture of paradise frozen over. Heavy yesterday, blowing yesterday. It is heavier. Ryan the boardwalk is buried in the ocean is crashing into the frigid pier. Joe theobald is the director of emergency services. Right now, people can stay safe. The roads are still treacherous. Public works has been working nonstop. Made its way down the boardwalk to try to clear a path, but the snow is stacked high because of a lot of wind. Are 34these snowdrifts feet. One is as high as 60. The roads around the coastal town is still packed snow and ice. On our drive to the eastern shore, we saw a truck being pull o the roads are dangerous and folks are waiting for a warmup to get back to normal. They do a great job. I would say in another day or two, pretty much everything will be back to normal. Ryan in ocean city, ryan hughes. Adrianna remember to stay connected nomad matter what the weather brings. Download our free weather app for the latest. Right now, a new tellall book about President Trump is causing a firestorm at the white house. It is on sale nationwide. Went on sale at midnight ahead of its release date. Its parked if youd between President Trump and steve bannon. It sparked a few between president feud between President Trump and steve bannon. Customertomer after walked away emptyhanded when they read the sign already amazons bestseller, it will take 12 months to ship. Sold out in 20 minutes at kramer books. Nobody expected the president to respond to it. 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I think in regard to the firing of james comey, it is clear the president has the authority to fire anyone within the federal government he sees fit is not doing the duty appropriate for that job. Adrianna he went on to deny any collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. He left the white house last summer. That help ease tensions between north and south korea. South korea says the north has agreed to hold formal talks for the first time in two years, weeks before the Winter Olympics in seoul. The talks will focus on cooperating during the games. U. S. Outh korea and the have announced they will end demonstrations. Woman accusedound of murdering her mother. Nearly 1 billion up for grabs. The latest lotto fever sweeping the nation. First, a quick check of traffic with eric smith. Afternoon. And mostly quiet ride around our nations capital. A check on the capital beltway on the outer loop near kenilworth avenue. It is going to be a vehicle fire we will see a bit more of that jam as we roll back before the baltimorewashington parkway. Those outer loop delays are pretty heavy at the moment. Inner loop traffic slows down, take a look at the fire activity. 270, looking pretty good at gaithersburg southbound past montgomery village. You do have a work zone in the right lane. A bit of a jim out of germantown. Overall, not too bad. Overall, we are still in great shape. Road conditions are fine. Busy ride over the 14th street bridge into the district. Westbound through vienna, looking pretty white on the roadways, that is all just salt, though. You are looking very good and nothing is slowing down all too much. Adrianna police have charged two teenagers with stealing dozens of packages from porches. Detectives identify the 17yearolds after being recorded on Home Security systems. The packages included gifts for children. Most of the items have been returned. A 12yearold girl killed in a sledding accident near richmond. Sled headed toa the street when she went into the path of a truck and the driver could not stop in time. This, thatgets like hill is a sheet of ice. Vdot does not get to it soon enough. We any of the kids sledding on that hill at all because they cant see the cars coming this way. No word whether the driver will face charges. Several fastmoving fires knocked out power to people in new work, new jersey newark, new jersey. Crews from neighboring departments were called in to help and give firefighters a break during the cold weather. No one was seriously hurt. Alert for you. Er 39 sears stores and 64 kmart Stores Nationwide will be closing this may. Sears would not say how many employees would be affected, but did say the majority of those jobs are parttime positions. Liquidation sales begin as early as january 12. Life time fitness is blocking cable news channels from tv monitors in its facilities. It is based in minnesota. 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His ticket matched the first five numbers in the drawing. He just missed the powerball. Not too bad. To start the new year. Thought you had 600, you got 1 million. A house, car, everything. Steve talk about winning powerball and Mega Millions. How lucky. Adrianna it is one in 48 quadrillion. If you dont play, it is zero. Steve our odds are working in our favor that we are going to see warmer temperatures. We are in the really cold right now. Cold again tomorrow. And on sunday. Next week, we turn that corner. Outside, a little bit of light snow at belle haven country club. Temperatures are cold. If you are going to be out later on this afternoon into the evening hours, this afternoon, the sunglasses. Dress in layers. After you get a little bit warm, shed a layer at a time. 19 degrees at Reagan National. Not much higher than that this afternoon. The wind is sustained at 20 Miles Per Hour. Temperatures across the board, 15, gaithersburg. 16, frederick. 22 mileperhour wind gusts at warrenton. 35 at Reagan National airport. Thats what gives us those feels like temperatures in the Single Digits to below zero. It feels like five below in winchester. I want to show you the stormwatch7 satellite radar. I81. Looking good out there for this afternoon if you dont mind the cold temperatures. You are going to be fine. Upper teens to around 20 degrees. Those feels like temperatures will only be around three or four degrees moving through the Late Afternoon hours and then we drop off to well below zero. Evening rushhour commute is what we have out there. Look at the sunset time. Gettingylight hours now a little bit longer. Windchill advisory, a new one, 6 00 p. M. This evening through the overnight. That is set to expire tomorrow afternoon. The metro area and off to the north and west of us also included. Here is our forecast tonight. To 9 degrees overnight. Highs tomorrow similar today, in the upper teens. , as we move through what it is going to feel like with wind chills, they come back into the Single Digits and we could be close to recordbreaking temperatures, early sunday at all three local airports. Here is your sevenday outlook. How about a warm up . Lower 40s into the middle of next week. Hopefully once we get through next week we are going to see another cool down and then another warmup. Better weather on the way. Adrianna thanks so much, steve. Tonight, the exclusive story about how a young wheelchairbound woman treated for several and mrs. Illnesses ended up in prison for the murder of her own mother. The focus on gypsy road blanchard. So good to have you with us, amy. I recall the situation as it unfolded and i remember it being one of the greatest cons i had ever seen. It was one of the most shocking s even more shocking as we dug deeper into the story because what you thought you knew about the story is so much more. There are so many twists and turns. At first glance, it seems to be that you had this motherdaughter relationship where you had a very sick young girl and a very doting, devoted mom, who was there to help her through her potentially terminal illnesses. The mother ends up dead and gypsy rose ends up being charged with her murder. Finding out how you get from point a to point b is really astounding. Onlinea she met someone , this is after her mother kept her isolated from the outside world, and that person was involved in the murder here, but is it any clearer who was in charge or whose idea or who can take full blame . There is a lo pleaded to a lesser charge of seconddegree murder and is serving time for that, but her online boyfriend is still awaiting trial and he has pleaded not guilty to firstdegree murder and i spoke with him again actually this morning talking to him about his role in this and he claims that gypsy rose was the mastermind and gypsy rose says that she believes there is a difference between asking someone to kill someone and actually doing the deed. You will hear from both of them and what they think about their roles and who was to blame for the murder of didi blanchard. Adrianna is there any remorse on gypsy roses part . There is. I asked her exactly that, did she feel remorse for what she had done, what she had contributed to . I asked her what she would say to her mother. Now. She told me very simply, so sorry. Adrianna i cant wait to see it. That airs tonight at 10 00 on 20 20. Thank you, adrianna. Adrianna we have much more straight ahead. 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Novec holds the record for the most Reliable Electric Service in the region. And has for almost two decades. Novec also uses Proven Technology and roundtheclock response to maintain one of the highest Utility Customer Satisfaction ratings in the nation. Novec. Keeping you connected. Recovering from brain surgery after he was injured in a fall. He underwent surgery. Surgery was performed after two days in the hospital and i came home to start recovery. Adrianna he had trebek surgery to remove blood clots on his brain. Willgs of jeopardy continue this month as scheduled and he is expected to make a full recovery. It is dangerously cold out there. When c adrianna we are all looking forward to monday. Steve it is going to feel a lot better out there, folks. Adrianna look, 40 degrees. Steve that is 20 degrees warmer than today and tomorrow. And only the upper teens. A chance for a wintry mix on monday. By tuesday, we are in the lower 40s. 4045 degrees compared to windchill factors that are 5 to 15, that is a big swing. Adrianna in the right direction. Autria closer to summer. Adrianna but prevagen helps your brain th an ingredient. Iginally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. You are watching abc7 news at noon, on your side. Northeastmuch of the is recovering from the first places like boston not only got hit with massive amounts of snow, but flooding caused major problems. Maggie rulli with more on the winter blast that left several areas cripple. A bitter cold is gripping the east coast. With temperatures that feel like 15 or more spreading from the midwest to the northeast, even florida scrambling to do with windchills below zero. Schools up and down the coast are closed, many for a second straight day. Sanitation crews salt the roads trying to stay ahead of what has becoming become a deadly ice situation. Roads made worse by the monster storm yesterday. I cant see it. Oh no. In boston, and historic storm surge flooded the city, freezing everything in its path. This happened in a matter of 45 minutes. Lifeboats and a tractor used to rescue people from the floodwaters. In new york, the coast guard cutter was needed to break up ice in the hudson river. At the airports, travelers are met with bitter cold and long lines. We are stuck here another day. Jfk reopened after suspending 3000 flights. In orlando, a rare sight, a plane getting deiced. Even the animals seem to have had enough. Areain as iguanas literally falling from the trees in florida, literally crippled by the cold. Surfers hanging 10 in the middle of a blizzard. It is supposed to be colder tomorrow with windchills approaching 50 in new england and even getting below zero in north carolina. Adrianna right now as a result of that monster storm, thousands are stuck at dulles after the flights were diverted. Sam sweeney is there with flyers trying to get home. Sam better at dulles. Most of the passengers stranded overnight went on buses to jfk early this morning. Take a look at what the scene looks like. Some of these people were sleeping on boxes, their bags stuck on the plane, roughly 20 planes diverted that were supposed to go to new york area airports. Many dont have service you normally, so the airlines have no staff here. The Metropolitan Airport authority got people off the planes, some were stuck for several hours, but they got them fed, blankets, and pillows and were able to accommodate them through the night and then get them on buses up to new york. On the runway, multiple planes out there that are parked. They had to shut down runway 19 to accommodate the additional airplanes. They just simply did not have enough room for all of these widebodied planes with hundreds of people on board. Again, the situation is improving. Most of the stranded passengers have now left for new york. Reporting at dulles, sam sweeney. Adrianna now to where weather, the snow was gone, but we are in the middle of a brutal cold spell. Steve is here with a check of the forecast. Steve the gusty winds only making it feel colder out there as we move through the afternoon hours. Even though we have bright sunshine,