[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> from abc 7, this is a breaking news alert. jummy: the breaking news is out of prince george's county this noon. the fbi has rated the prince george's county liquor board. two people are under arrest. brad bell facing this breaking news story. he is live in largo with the latest. fbi raid, serving of the search warrant, is still going on now. we are on the fourth floor of an office building, and these are the office of the

commissioners, it is called the liquor board. the sign on the window says they are closed until afternoon. what we are seeing that you cannot see now is fbi agents occasionally going back and forth, carrying boxes of files that they are going through. what we have been told by sources is that two people have in fact been arrested in connection with this operation. one of them actually a member of the liquor board. one of the commissioners. another is a staff member here, and we are told that there are also search warrant's being served at other locations in the county. as a matter fact, two liquor stores. this has to do with the activities of the liquor commission and related to their work. it is not, a source has told us, related in any way to the recent dwi arrest of the former commissioner of the liquor board. it is one of the few times that this operation has been in the news, and it is not related to that. to recap, this raid is going on right now, the fbi is still inside. yo

the door, and there are search warrants being served at liquor stores as well in the county. we expect that some of the court documents involved in this federal operations will be unsealed this afternoon, and we will be able to bring you more information later on today. in largo, brad bell, abc 7 news. jummy: all right, brad committee white. another big -- brad, thank you. piece of news -- out west, heavy snow blanketing colorado. it will not be that bad here, though. abc 7 stormwatch chief meteorologist doug hill begins our team coverage this noon. doug: not that bad as the far west mountains in sierra nevada, is the first measurable fall of the winter, and especially overnight we will get a little accumulation. winter weather advisory in effect from 5:00 p.m. this afternoon

morning. it starts a little sooner north and west. you notice the metro area south and east not under an advisory. that has to do with timing and accumulation. doppler radar picking up some snow, most of it not reaching the ground, but there are a few flurries here. we will see a few more later on. the bulk of the energy out west. that will overspread the region tonight. the heaviest snow looking relations will be a. snow bands feature you notice it will narrow down. it will be more like a band. our futurecast timing shows life :00, we will have some snow starting, but it will be later tonight, eighth: 30, 9:00 in the overnight hours, probably ending 4:00, 5:00 in the morning, temperatures falling below freezing. ccording to this computer model, maybe an inch or more in the metro area, but certainly more north and west, farther south, not much of anything. much more in

jummy: we will see you then, doug. kruse prepped our roadways under stationing salt and plow trucks. suzanne kennedy has more on what you can expect. suzanne: the retreating started in the district, maryland and virginia yesterday. take a look behind me here in northeast washington. this is what they are using -- salt brine, which prevents salt and ice from binding -- snow and ice from binding on the roadways. they have over 300 pieces of equivalent to deploy to handle this winter weather event, whistle begin this afternoon. 750 people are taken to the roadways to manage the lane miles in d.c. in maryland, highway patrol are asking people to make smart decisions about whether they have to drive first thing tomorrow morning. they say if possible, delay commuting so crews can

the roads. here in d.c., they plan to begin their deployment around 2:00 this afternoon. in northeast washington, suzanne kennedy. back to you. jummy: other parts of the country are dealing with snow as well. this is the scene in colorado at denver international airport. right now, more than 35 flights have been delayed and 40 flights canceled. if you are headed that way, check your flight before you leave. make sure you stay connected whenever bad weather strikes. look for instant forecasts, school and road closures, as well as travelers on air, online, as well as our facebook and twitter pages. delivery to download the free abc 7 weather app. --ering metro now wit >> we are experiencing up to 20-minute delays. jummy: a metro spokesperson says the cause of this failure with the rock rail operation control, which controls the automatic switches that allow trains to change tracks.

control the manually. most of those trains experienced delays of up to 10 minutes or so. the problem only lasted for about an hour. is recoveringee this noon from serious injuries after falling more than 30 feet. it happened last night underneath a sidewalk grate along wisconsin avenue near the bethesda metro station. our sam sweeney explains how it happened and shows us the rescue efforts. sam: afternoon. all of this unfolded around 1:30 this morning when i metro employee was underneath this great trying to clean up debris and trash. everything was ok when he was over here, but once he gets to this point underneath the great, that is when things went south. he fell more than 35 feet, the fall so bad, he could not get himself out. emergency crews from montgomery county fire and rescue came to the scene, and they did what is called a confined space extrication. take a look at the video. you can see how big this operatn

stabilize him, then they pump hot air down there because there was a concern about hype of their romance -- about hypothermia. then they had to lower ropes down and bring him up slowly. it took 45 minutes. he is seriously injured, possibly with a broken back, internal bleeding, and a broken leg. the good news is -- he is expected to be ok. reporting in bethesda, i am sam sweeney. back to you. jummy: happening now on the hill, a senior u.s. intelligence official is answering us is about the russian hack that had an impact on the election. it is an accusation that has democrats and republicans in sharp disagreement this noon. karen travers has more on that hearing that is now just a few hours old. karen: congress wants answers in what

called an unprecedented attack on the u.s. democracy. sen. mccain: every american should be concerned about the attacks on our nation. care in addressing the broad issue of cyber security, but of course russia's election meddling dominated lawmakers' questions during >> russia is increasing cyber espionage, leaking data stolen from these operations, and targeting andical infrastructure -- targeting critical infrastructure. karen: president obama getting briefed today on the investigation and conclusion. president-elect donald trump scheduled to receive his own briefing friday. this issue has created massive device in washington between the current and incoming administration and between the trunk team and some top republican lawmakers. 17 u.s. intelligence agencies concluded that russia was behind the election cyber attack, but trump continues t

skepticism and at times outright hostility aimed at the intelligence community. today, the president-elect writing on twitter, "the media lies to make it look like i'm against intelligence when in fact i'm a big fan." trump and his team promising an overhaul of the director of national intelligence. receive axpected to classified report next week, and there will be a brief, unclassified report made available to the public. . karen travers, abc news, washington. jummy: there will be a hearing today for the man accused of firing shots in a d.c. pizzeria. edgar welch said he wanted to investigate a report that hillary clinton was running a child sex ring inside comment ping-pong -- comet ping-pong. he said he wanted to do some good but went about it the wrong y.

an attack in turkey took place outside a courthouse. police believe three men set of a car bomb before engaging in a shootout with officers. to of the gunmen were killed in the shootouts. another suspect that away. this follows the nightclub attack in istanbul that left 39 people dead. the family of charlotte zaremba will say their final goodbyes this weekend. they released details. she was shot and killed inside her bedroom early new year's day. her mother was also shot. the suspect 15-year-old sean kreiser, shot himself and i from the wound on tuesday. police say kreiser did not know emba, and it appears to be a robbery or home invasion attack. we will show you how road crews got compared. coming up on abc 7, we will show you how people are getting ready across the area.

closer that includes one store in our area? and keeping your kids active. a new way to keep your kids moving while the move on an ipad or notebook. now let's get a look at the roadways with jamie. jamie: they are dry right now. i want to start off with metro rail. we had quite a few issues through the morning and afternoon. due to the earlier signal problems, that midday track work has been canceled. all lines -- normal service has resumed. silver lines are still turning back at allston. -- ballston. 270 moving good in both directions. are dry right now. we are seeing more green than we are yellow and red. springfield interchange, heading north getting there, it is a quiet ride. again, not too much to worry about right there on. the road

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. back. welcome so far, a fire on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico has yet to cause any illusions you're the coast guard says the fire was reported around 2:30 is morning about 80 miles off the coast of louisiana. the fire has been suppressed, but it is not completely out just yet. for people rescued after jumping into the water, but no injuries were reported. aw information this noon little closer to home about that fire at a popular ice rink in port washington. it has been ruled accidental, saying it started in the ceiling of a light fixture and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. inclined to two alarms and took fire

hours to put out. managers say they will make decisions about repair work and reopening it. turning to our stormwatch coverage now, we are a few hours away from the first snowfall of the season. as is often the case, people are taking note chances stocking up for supplies to our john gonzales has that story from burtonsville. we have been seeing this pretreating here in maryland. the roads have been pretreated with the salt and briane mix. hardware stores receive their morning shipments that are geared toward the snow. they have the generators, the snow shovels -- machine, itcurrent is 27 years old, and it needs an upgrade. john: are you a fan of this stuff, the snow? >> no.

an inch or two, a little bit of ice, it could create some problems because it is so cold out, and re-freezing is always a concern. gary zimmerman, the owner of the hardware store, this is essential stuff. gary:. definitely you want to get yourself prepared whether it is a flashlight, a vest that is reflective some people can see you, hand warmers, food, flashers, all of that, you can put in a tote and keep it with you. john: they opened the doors at 7:00 this morning. the first customer here bought a snowblower. he said he is not looking forward to whatever we get tonight into the morning. back to you inside. jummy: doug, you got a little ice melt. doug: pet safe ice melt. jummy: i need to get some, too. doug: if you live well south of the city, you may not need it at all, but the winter is just beginning. jummy:

doug: yep. we will be surprised to see snow flurries before long. the weather will wait until tonight until after sunset before light snow starts across the area. if you are just joining us, the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory in effect this evening through tomorrow morning, 5:00 in the morning north of the metro area. that is where we will the biggest issues regarding travel. icy spots, snow response, that is the area north of montgomery, western loudoun, all the way up line. pennsylvania as far as the forecast of the day, we will keep it cloudy, clouds are lower and thicker, there could be flurries in the late afternoon. we're thinking mainly after 8:00 today is steadier, light snow. system.a fast-moving we are picking of snow on doppler radar, and most of it is evaporating, drying up before it reaches the ground. stafford county, south and

based on what we are seeing on doppler radar, that will be the story in a many areas for the next few hours. the main area of snow and energy is back to the west of the mountains, moving across kentucky. if you notice the amount of snow, how it narrows down, it looks like we will be dealing with a band of snow moving through the area with the thought that most of it will be in fact north of the metro area. futurecast kind of there's this out as we head through the afternoon hours. , then thisstorm evening, steady snow north and west of metro washington. that will continue until about 2:30, 3:00 in the morning according to our timing here, and that should pretty much be the end of it with clearing skies early tomorrow morning following the snow. as far as how much, one of our computer models has the most snow with an inch and a half for washington, close to that in manassas, more to the north and west. our official stormwatch 7 weather team that is forecasting for our area here, about a dusting to one inch for the immediate metro area

the northern zone. slightly more in highest elevations. more snow in the highest mountains to the west. extended outlook once we get through all this is for sunshine tomorrow and a few clouds, 36. 30 degrees, maybe some flakes south and east of the city saturday morning. a new storm system develops their. onreezy, 20 on sunday, 32 monday, then we started that of a warm-up -- 54 degrees on wednesday, and then back in the 40's of had to the middle and end of next week, jummy. jummy: we want to remind our viewers that 7 is always on your side. "good morning washington" will start early at 4:00 a.m., and julia right -- julie wright, veronica johnson, eileen eileen whelan will keep you poste. make sure you stay tuned at 4:30 a.m. the washington capitals could break the hot streak of the columbus blue jackets. the puck drops tonight at

at the verizon center. go caps. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, getting your kids'

7 on: we are back with a your side consumer alert -- macy's is closing several stores, including one in alexandria. this is eliminating more than 10,000 jobs after a disappointing holiday season. sears is selling us well-known craftsman brand to black & decker. about $9ill pay million for craftsman.

to sell craftsman products at its stores. ford is bringing alexa to its cars. it is giving the car is the ability to use the voice service for their cars, such as checking the weather, etc. ford will rollout the feature this summer. you can call it the top dog of consumer flash drives. the world of the biggest thumb drive, according to its maker, it was unveiled at the consumer electronics show this week. it can hold more than 160 hd movies, all squeezed into a body that is less than three inches long. the price tag is still unknown, but it's predecessor cost about $2700. and keeping kids active while they play on a computer -- that is the idea behind the think and learn smart cycle from pitcher

it is designed for kids between the ages of three and six and comes with a free learning at. the price tag of the smart cycle is only about $150. coming up after the break, doug has a

jummy: it is a statement he's hanging at an urban

bottles. it is made from water bottles collected from flint. the flint water crisis started about two years ago when the city warned residents of byproducts in the water that contained defectives that could contain -- i could cause health issues. we left those to service a reminder of where these bottles came from. all right. doug: very good. jummy: here at home -- doug: steady to light snow tonight. winter weather advisory, northern, western suburbs and to the west of the area. as far as what comes next here, we will keep our eye on areas of light snow and snow showers that continue to develop later today. by the time it finishes up around 4:00 in the morning, metro area a dusting to one inch, and little more north and west. jummy: stay tuned at 4:00 for the latest on the forecast. we will see you then. thank you for joining us this midday.

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