to change, it is a night team melanie's music. >> belkys: she is the south florida, winner from the hit fox show, the xfactor. >> craig: melanie, do you remember, her musical journey has not been easy now she is aiming for an encore, shireen sandoval hasashihi special, night team report, melanie's music. >> reporter: it was december 22, 2011, when a 19-year-old from sunrise heard the two words that changed her life. melanie damaro. >> reporter: by winning the first season of the xfactor she scored a 5 million dollar recording contract and a starring role in a pepsi commercial with elton john. but fast forward more than four years, the 23-year-oldds older >> definitely my 19-year-old was

are we checking in with melanie now. >> melanie is gathering information anything newen updated melanie. >> i can tell you as far as new information goes we're now seeing some highway assistance crews coming to help the folks along the side of the road. and if you can kind of look down the upper loop here, you'll see that they've actually started to shut down the lanes closest to the shoulder at least to give these folks a measure of safety. i want to walk this way and show you some of the dam what it's like. this vehicle has two flat tires and butted gas tank. if you look up here check out this piece of concrete. this is the kind of stuff that people were hitting up expect edly. >> oh, wow. >> there's really no way to avoid it, it's huge right this vehicle right here has a flat tire and busted radiator. and then look all the way down the side of the road there you can see one, two, three, five, six, seven, more vehicles all of them needing roadside assistance. and again it all happened suddenly. we hit it as well. fortunately we were not sure we smelled strong smell of gas max pulled o

melanie's believe now is in herself and her fans. i have some solid fan and those are the people that i just want to say thank you to. >> her new ing sing he thene is available for down load. we have link to melanie's music at win wip. live in the newsplex. shireen sandoval. 7 news. >> we're back after the break. >>> >> lynn: that is 7 news at 4:30. i'm lynn martinez. >> danielle: and i'm danielle knox. the news at 5:00 start now. miami-dade. with one did not survive. tonight a rally for change and the community has the message. stop the violence. >> reporter: another gathering set to get started. this one after a first grader caught in the cross fiempt the teens a dmiewd the deadly shooting facg the judge snrievment cold air moving in tonight and sticking ash >> craig: troubled waters for a cruise line after one of their ships sail straight into a storm. >> belkeys: oo. >> mother nature's fury saw across the country for the second straight day. >>> and a boy and his family forced off a flight but it's what passengers did next that h

melanie damaro. >> reporter: by winning the first season of the xfactor she scored a 5 million dollar recording contract and a starring role in a pepsi commercial with elton john. but fast forward more than four years, the 23-year-oldds older >> definitely my 19-year-old was naive, we caught up with melanie who has deep ties to south florida. >> reporter: at a miami recording studio, we got an exclusive listen to melanie's soon to be released song, i'm done. >> it is just for anybody who has everone through that time where they are like, i can't do this any more, my heart can't take it i am done. >> reporter: melanie says that the song is about romantic relationships, gone south, but it was the break up with the record label that made news in the years after her xfactor win. >> i have no hard feelings towards anybody, i love la read and he is awesom and sigh monday and he is my mentor and i love him. >> reporter: now feeling melanie's fire, a come back. >> this music that i am working on now, bomb. i spend hours in the studio. i was writing. happened over the years it has broken my co

we've got links to melanie's music at wsvn.com. in the newsplex, shireen sandoval, 7 news. >>> and next from the 7 newsplex. and in trouble. an officer showing bravery story into one of survival. (stock market bell) >> and we are watching wall street for you this noon. the dow i i up 42 points. the nasdaq is down 7. ileehe s&p 500 is up 2. back. >>> time to check on today's top stories. two more south florida teens shot in a pair of shootings just miami-dade. 17-year-old david killed near northwest 14th avenue and 71st street yesterday afternoon. aa 16-year-old hit in the leg while standing outside a home at street. police have notot linked the shootings and the shooters are >>> two accused killers staying behind bars. 18-year-old leonard adams and 17-year-old erwin denied bond. investigators say six-year-old king carter got caught in the cross fire when social media argument spiralled out into a shootout. both facing murder charges. >>> residents forced out after a fire bres out in fort lauderdale. officials say the group home nea

they are looking for melanie nicole. laura is live outside the mcdowell county law enforcement center. where do authorities search this weekend? they have been looking for her >> they have. over the weekend, they received a tip that melanie was spotted with a man named walter mitchell. mitchell is a convicted felon. but they apparently were spotted together. police searched several spots but did not locate either of them. authorities today are still working to determine if these two may, in fact, be together or not. but family members of melanie say this is definitely out of character for this mother of two. and she says she last spoke with her daughter last monday on the phone and also with walter mitchell who she believes melanie is with. scared. the sheriff's office says at this point they are looking into all tips that have yet to name any suspects. >> we don't want to jump to any conclusions and say there is foul play when we don't know that for sure. we'll investigate every possibility. >> i'm scared that he is hur

everyone to be on the lookout for melanie's vehicle. it is a 2012 red kia seoul, license plate dbj4167. they ask anyone who may have seen either melanie or walter mitchell contact the mcdowell office. live in mcdowell county, news 13. >> also mcdowell county, deputies arrest a man on child they charge the 48-year-old with one felony count of first degree sex offense of a child. his girlfriend said she saw video tape of the suspect having contact with an 11-year-old girl. the alleged crime happened in january of 2009. >> happening today, suspects in two high profile cases have court appearances. a probable cause hearing was schedule.

melanie alnwick is on that location gathering more information on the scene. one lane is getting by and because of the debris from the jack knifed semi-she's saying at least a dozen cars disabled pull over on the side of the road. big mess out there we're working on gathering more information. i would avoid the inner loop now or at least proceed with a lot of caution through the one on lane. inside of that montgomery country roadwork, silver hill between st. barnabus sutland parkway. and in alexandria 395 southbound lane closure near seminary road also because of act of construction zone. we're dealing with rain this morning as well. i advice using caution. back to you hol i and wisdom. >> bill gates weighs in on the apple fight against the fbi. >> plus learning more about the death of supreme court justice anthony scalia and preexisting conditions he had. 4:38 is the time now. we'll be right back. >> a vigil was held to honor the victims of the shooting rampage in michigan. 45-year-old jason dalton is charged with killing 6 people last weekend. he was working

melanie is in the middle of it all where debris acausing problems. melanie. >> good morning, steve, alli we've been walking along this shoulder here and just hearing story after story after story of cars just like ours that were coming along the beltway around 4:00 this morning and just hit this debris field of concrete and metal. really just a shocking event and so many disabled vehicles seen damaged tires and broken raid ateers and guy has a gas leak and another guy has oil leak and here we have officer also tell me your name. >> andrew barns. >> andrew, what happened here? >> well i was on my way from work and coming done the road. and it was a lot of debris all over the road and it was impossible for me to see anything before you come up on it. and obviously i got hit by one of the big blocks. >> yeah.

and melanie let's academic with you now. it's coming down hard. we see you standing here now. >> it is we decided to stay here in the market area and this is definitely one of those snow bands gary has been talking about. temperatures remained right about 32 de grows and this is like a really heavy kind of sticky snow. and so, really good. depending on what happens with the kids today i don't know if you guys mentioned frederick. i've been looking online and i don't see anything from them yet. but this is definitely a day off or whatever good snow to play n and i want to show you also untreated areas this parking lot here these parking spaces are untreated and that's what you can expect with sidewalks and that sort of thing impacted by this. and road so far and schools were supposed to make announcement by 5 this morning i've not seen anything yet are you showing my lame little snow many didn't get a chance to finish that. maybe later hour you know he's a tiny baby give me a break. there probably not much you can't make a bi

they are looking for melanie nicole. laura is live outside the mcdowell county law enforcement center. where do authorities search this weekend? they have been looking for her >> they have. over the weekend, they received a tip that melanie was spotted with a man named walter mitchell. mitchell is a convicted felon. but they apparently were spotted together. police searched several spots but did not locate either of them. authorities today are still working to determine if these two may, in fact, be together or not. but family members of melanie say this is definitely out of character for this mother of two.

melanie alnwick is out there now. they start odd let cars to through and there's more that need to be towed and there's backupups continuing to form. 6:16 this morning and roads wet this morning. >> yeah, unfortunately i got to deal with both rain and traffic on north side of beltway. let's get to it. more rain and thunder today. yeah potential for thunderstorms in february. that does not happen often around here. that would be later this afternoon. waking one cloud cover light rain, drizzle out there continues. most of roadways are wet as steve mentioned and we're already seeing light rain we'll continue to deal with that over the next several hours. temperatures are not cold enough to support it. at least that's good news. all right. here's main system. we've been talking for the last 18 hours or so about severe weather across the south. that is trying to lift up generally in our maybe carolinas and maybe southeast virginia bulls eye of severe weather later today. double barrel low backsideed it's winter time. we'll

alnwick, fox5 local news. >> melanie, 5:04 is the time. the storm also causing damagem l in maryland especially forallyor this home along briggs road in a silver spring. spr the basement collapsed and alapd man had to be rescued from the rubble. rubble. montgomery county fire officials say the man was in the basement checking on theon t sump pump when the wall caved c in.in. thankfully the man onlyulhe m suffered minor injuries.njie the building inspector wasnspecs called to the scene to assess the extent of the damage.ag >>> heavy rain causing flooding in parts of the district. take a look at this. this is along the georgetown th waterfront. you can see water flowing o the sidewalk area. now, despite the walls, the flooding, the walls being t raised, the water stillater stil managed to overflow especiallysa on the lower walkways.er walkw now, many of the restaurants res in that area did close lastt ead night just as a precaution. >> and in southeast flashst f flooding causing chaos for cha drivers along benning road and east capitol stree

melanie holt has been on the scene for the past few hours now. melanie, that third victim was in a business next door and said he was grazed by a bullet. >> reporter: he didn't want to be on camera but told me that two bullets fired in that tax office pierced the wall of his business next door. he said he was lucky. the sheriff's office said they aren't releasing any names but aren't looking for anyone else in connection to the shooting on clear lake road that left three injured. it happened at the ttc tax refund business. investigators are trying to determine what happened inside of there. one of the victims airlifted to the hospital. we spoke with a woman who told us she's worked with that victim for the past 5 years. >> it can't be about no enemies because he doesn't have any. he's laid back and cool. >> reporter: we're told the other victim who was transported to the hospital has non-life threatening injuries. as you can see, sheriff's deputies are still out here processing the scene tonight. we're live here in unincorporated cocoa, melanie h

back to you guys. >> thanks, melanie. happening today rally in district in support of apple and tech giant and fbi still at odds over an order to iphone used by one of san bernadine owe shooters. and meanwhile, families of some of the san bernadine owe victims filed a brief on behalf of the government. >> three men behind bars for allegedly attack uberror driver. they turned on driver and beat him with a beer bottle. happened saturday night in arlington. a group of six acting belligerent when the driver cut the ride short on south washington boulevard. they allegedly smashed the back window before throwing a beer bottle in driver's face. uber us is spended accounts of customers that requested the ride and suspect are held without bond. >> meanwhile a uber michigan driver over the weekend admits he shot and killed six people over shooting rampage. jason dal toon period. in court yesterday and charged with six people and shooting two others in series of random attacks on saturday. dalton allegedly continued to pick up and d

melanie holt is at cape canaveral. they will make a fourth attempt at an ocean landing with the reusable rocket. >> reporter: it's just not feasible. there's not enough known to know if it will land. the chances are success are low but that doesn't mean that a lot of people aren't routing for space x to accomplish this feat. launch aboard a falcon 9. the original mission in september was delayed after the rocket was rounded for 6 months after a failure last summer. now space x is flying an upgraded version of its falcon 9 for the second time since december. once sec 9 is placed on the path they will attempt to land on an ocean platform. it's more challenging than landing on the ground and will mark a fourth attempt at a water landing for space x. >> it's going to burn so much fuel they won't have fuel to get the booster back to cape canaveral. that's going to happen in the future as well. this is part of their long-term reuse and recovery and cost effectiveness profile. >> reporter: space x said the weather conditions

let's get to abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow who is live with our developing story. melanie? >> reporter: ama and dan, it is incredible the difference it makes. things are relatively quiet here, but earlier this evening if you were in this city or if you were trying to get out of the city it is a different story. your san francisco super bowl city experience depended on where you were at rush hour. outside super bowl city hundreds of protesters marched. sfpd was directly alongside them. >> what we are really about is advocating for the rights of home res people. >> block by block protesters made their way around super bowl city. >> we hope they can hear us a little bit. we have been screaming all night. >> catching the attention of people working out. >> the city has a much bigger priority than putting on this fiasco. >> inside super bowl city, a different tone. tonight's headline, matt nathanson. >> this is my 170th matt show. >> i would like to think we are throwing a big dinner party for the world. >> it included pictures with cheerleaders. and pictures with family. >> a g

. >> melanie holloway was watching television when gunfire erected outside of the house. the 72-year-old was physically handicapped was hit by bullets during the drive-by shooting. melanie says that at first nothing registered. >> [indiscernible] i protected her. >> the senior citizen was rushed to the hospital, and is critical, but said to be making some progress. >> she is a very sweet lady, she does not bother anybody, everybody lesser in the neighborhood. she is very left. >> the shooting happened last night around 10:00 and the durham county sheriff's office is the home was targeted. you can see that blew it -- bullets blew out the window panel on the front door. authorities are now asking the public to help identify the gunman. >> please stop the violence. please, stop the shooting and the killing. and hurting innocent people for no reason at all. if anybody knows anything, could you please step forward. >> melanie and another relative or inside of the home, also at the time of the shooting, they were not heard. again, the 72-year-old is here tonight with life-threa

. >> melanie woodrow is live in brisbane with a story you'll see only on "abc7 news." melanie? >> reporter: larry and ama, this is the block that shelly lives on. she went missing the day before valentine's day and two days later her husband reported her disappearance. this morning, "abc7 news" was here in front of the home when law enforcement agents from two agencies, fremont and brisbane, showed up. they asked us to move back because they said this was going to be an active crime scene. >> search warrant. >> reporter: with those commands, police entered the home. 57-year-old wife and mother shelly has been missing, her husband carl dreported her disappearance. pd said paul told investigators shelly left her cell phone and laptop at home and she had a history of bipolar disorder and depression. today, those missing signs were covered by crime scene tape. after serving the search warrant at the home, investigators spent much of their time out back. they swabbed this white vehicle, which is registered to the husband, paul. the police department's connection to a missing person

heather: melanie and another at the time, but they were not hurt. the term county sheriff's office says that the home was targeted. developing tonight, a johnston county man accused of shooting his girlfriend son in the face and stomach. timothy driver is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. police say that he shot 33 euros brandon during an argument overnight. it happened in the 900 block of east to join her street. he had surgery today, doctors expect them to make a full recovery. new tonight, fire destroys a family's mobile home in clayton. eyewitness news was there as firefighters battled the flames around noon on glenmore road. nobody was hurt in this, neighbors say that this is the second time in a month that fire broke out here. investigators are working to figure out the cause. a mass movement today in raleigh, thousands crowding fayetteville street for the annual hkon j march. north carolina voter id laws >> we believe that the north carolina voter suppression lies one of the most recounting in the country. and that, we as a faith, we

let's start with melanie who is live at super bowl city. it was a popular place to be tonight, melanie. >> this was the place to be after an incredible one republic concert and awesome fireworks display, super bowl city is now closed. and you can see there are several police officer that are out here and they are making sure people are heading home. these are the same police officers that were out here not too long ago turning away people after super bowl city reached capacity. >> they were playing for a packed crowd of thousands up side super bowl city. >> it was crazy. i was here on monday and it doesn't compare to this. right now it is way more crazier than it was on monday and tuesday. >> this was not the party to attend to fashionably late. >> it took long to get in, but it moved fairly quickly. >> there were lots of cell phone video. >> so my prepped back home can see it -- so my friends back home can see it. >> and pictures, some with police officers. >> they are doing a good job and keeping our family safe and the city safe. showing

. >> melanie is live at the park with our developing story. melanie. >>reporter: well, right near this park there are several is directly in front ofús where this tre)q&l. mean timehi another family that waiting; to find out whether or ismv the it was8z like almost like an=t. >ng3porter: she says the largex tree brh falling made abw tree brh falling made abw thunderv hear somethingd2 breaking ando then  a loud boom and then"n could you hear all te branchesa on the floor. quickly discoverede a manw: wo he tree's&& fall. >> we were approached by family who(óhid that theirs; fatherm w3 outmp on a bike ride. >>reporter: not knowing whether(d he was the victim police officers tried to comfort the family. >> so tragic. horrible to hear that. you know your family member could have passed that way. >>reporter: they will examine the tree to see if it was deceased. >> look like a combination of many things. >>reporter: they say possibly included waterur by the roots. tree aim. heavy winds. in the mean time the neighbors in the relatively quiet community

our brevard county reporter melanie holt just spoke to the dad's sister. melanie, she said he was a great father but did have stress in his life. >> reporter: she told me he worked sometimes seven days a week and long hours. she told him that he needed a life outside of work. she told me that she would have a hard time imaging a scenario where he could have harmed his daughter at their home and she's waiting for investigators to do their work. >> neighbors describe 42-year-old sittichai boonkeian as a hard worker who doted on his 13-year-old now. the sheriff's office is investigating his suicide and his daughter's death. just trying to figure out, you know, what is the reasoning behind it. very shocking. >> investigators won't be able to say what happened to ananya mangmart until her autopsy is complete but she was a bright 6th grader who spoke three languages. she had aspirations of a career in law. today grief councillors we are at her school. >> my oldest daughter reminded me of her. she looked just like her from a distance. >> and neighbors tell us the

cbs 2 news reporter melanie citytyonight with more on just how well they did. melanie. >> reporter: it is friday evening and that means a lot of people will come out tonight and for one downtown restaurant owner if tonight is anything like the past year it is going to be a good one. >> how often would you say you go eat toeat. >> probably twice a week for lunch and then two to three times a month for maybe like dinner. >> what are you looking for when you go to a restaurant. >> at moss fear is key for me. >> they're looking first and foremost for an experience, someththg they can remember, something that is authentic. >> has been open in iowa city for about 20 year. >> this year looks like it is going to be even better for us. . all the signs are pointing toward growth. we are excited. >> he's also on the board of directors for the iowa restaurant association. the state's restaurant suffer spaed the sales projection of $3.6 billion by earning $4 billion. must be doing great and that's not true. a lot of restaurants end up struggling. but a number of reasons are

melanie? >> around 7:15 the chp says the driver of the white truck flipped his vehicle. it happened on 101 north near the atherton exit in novato. you can see the smashed windshield. chp says the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. close to 10 people called the accident in and many reporting a dog running through traffic that mi have been hit. they ventured out to san rafael. >> they really wanted to see a movie. >> other driverses didn't appreciate her cautious driving. >> they don't slow down. >> reporter: the movie over and the rain is still coming down here and ivy and her friend headed home. >> i like it. we need it. >> reporter: she says at least it is not snow. in san rafael, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> tonight 3600 pg&e customers are in the dark during the storm. >> let's look at the latest numbers we got 20 minutes ago. 200 customers in the north bay are in the dark and more than 2300 in the south bay. 230 on the peninsula and 80 customers in san francisco. >> abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more from walnut creek. >> a pg&e spokesman

melanie holt just got an update from the sheriff. melanie, he said the corrections officer admitted having inappropriate contact with the i -- the inmate. >> reporter: he said his agency only became aware of this allegation yesterday. they told me that corrections deputies barry taylor was immediately relieved of duty and has since been terminated. we don't know the identity of the female inmate or why she's here in the jail. it's believed that barry had inappropriate contact with her on at least two occasions in the last several weeks. the because other inmates told. >> this type of behavior is never tolerated. it's considered an insult to the incredible men and women of our agency that took an oath of office to do the right thing and do the right thing each and every day. >> reporter: taylor is charged with sexual misconduct and was booked in the brevard county on a $5,000 bound. we won't stay in the same jail where he served, he will end up in the seminole county jail. melanie holt, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> frost and freeze

melanie alnwick is on the road near mounts arie maryland. >> hi, we're definitely seeing a little more than you have down there. and it looks like air temperatures here remain consistent around 32 degrees and we're definitely seeing a lot of snow coming down here it's sticking to grassy areas and we've seep a little bit in some of the turn lanes but we can definitely hear the rock solt that's been put down at this points roads are -- and because it is hard to see. there's decent amount of snow coming down and we'll start heading to frederick proper as well and we'll check back in with you guys in a little bit and let you know what we find. back to you. . >> for that remember you can track the latest on today's weather and get updates "fox5" weather team throughout the day and on fox5dc.com and twit ebb and also on our "fox5" d.c. weather app. . >> 4:33 is the time and prince george countsy this morning an elementary school accused of abusing students and 2 22-year-old deonta and sexual bus of minor and second degree sexual offense. they believe -- and they also believe it happened at a

melanie? >> around 7:15 the chp says the driver of the white truck flipped his vehicle. it happened on 101 north near the atherton exit in novato. you can see the smashed windshield. chp says the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. close to 10 people called the accident in and many reporting a dog running through traffic that mi have been hit. they ventured out to san rafael. >> they really wanted to see a movie. >> other driverses didn't appreciate her cautious driving. >> they don't slow down. >> reporter: the movie over and the rain is still coming down here and ivy and her friend headed home. >> i like it. we need it. >> reporter: she says at least it is not snow. in san rafael, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> tonight 3600 pg&e customers are in the dark during the storm. >> let's look at the latest numbers we got 20 minutes ago. 200 customers in the north bay are in the dark and more than 2300 in the south bay. 230 on the peninsula and 80 customers in san francisco. >> abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more from walnut creek. >> a pg&e spokesman

melanie, are you there? what w can you tell us? okay,ay clearly --cl >> some people call this mountet vernon area of fairfax it's alexandria fairfax county closer down toward mountunt vernon.on. we're in the woodlawn section. this is the woodlawn woo apartments here.apar fairfax county polictme are working to develop a compositete sketch of the suspect andnd they're also trying to figureo g out exactly how this man gotan g into the woman's home. h it was the middle of the night, 3 a.m. saturdayatur morning. a 51-year-old woman was asleep p when a man broke into her home.me. he threatened her, thenea sexually assautelted her and ran off. of she told police that the suspect was hispanic, short inrn stature, about 25 years oldea wearing a black jacket andnd carrying a black backpack.ac police say he did seem to be familiar with the area andwi neighbors hope there's an arrest soon. >> awful.ul. we never have things like that happen here.en her >> reporter: now, fairfaxai county k-9s and helicoptersters canvassed the complex andthe oml

melanie alnwick is on the road near mounts arie maryland. >> hi, we're definitely seeing a little more than you have down there. and it looks like air temperatures here remain consistent around 32 degrees and we're definitely seeing a lot of snow coming down here it's sticking to grassy areas and we've seep a little bit in some of the turn lanes but we can definitely hear the rock solt that's been put down at this points roads are -- and because it is hard to see. there's decent amount of snow coming down and we'll start heading to frederick proper as well and we'll check back in with you guys in a little bit and let you know what we find. back to you.

melanie barden joins us at the shelters. how are they stepping up their . >>reporter: columbia's homeless population is more than 1600 people. and all those people obviously needing a place to stay tonight. i'm standing here on main street and columbia. our thermometer is reading 34 dooz. that number will drop overnight. those people without a warm place to stay, without a hot meal are very trang my that the city has provided those resources. could i would have a place i could, at a hotel. >>reporter: with a potential for ice, columbia's homeless population is grateful to have somewhere to keep warm. >> i didn't see the inclement weather center. these people show a lot of love. >>reporter: when the temperature

let's start with melanie who is live at super bowl city. it was a popular place to be tonight, melanie. >> this was the place to be after an incredible one republic concert and awesome fireworks display, super bowl city is now closed. and you can see there are several police officer that are out here and they are making sure people are heading home. these are the same police officers that were out here not too long ago turning away people after super bowl city reached capacity. >> they were playing for a packed crowd of thousands up side super bowl city. >> it was crazy. i was here on monday and it doesn't compare to this. right now it is way more crazier than it was on monday and tuesday. >> this was not the party to attend to fashionably late. >> it took long to get in but it moved fairly quickly. >> there were lots of cell phone video. >> so my prepped back home can see it -- so my friends back home can see it. >> and pictures, some with police officers. >> they are doing a good job and keeping our family safe and the city safe. showing

. >> melanie is live at the park with our developing story. melanie. >>reporter: well, right near this park there are several is directly in front ofús where this tre)q&l. mean timehi another family that waiting; to find out whether or ismv the it was8z like almost like an=t. >ng3porter: she says the largex tree brh falling made abw tree brh falling made abw thunderv hear somethingd2 breaking ando then  a loud boom and then"n could you hear all te branchesa on the floor. quickly discoverede a manw: wo he tree's&& fall. >> we were approached by family who(óhid that theirs; fatherm w3 outmp on a bike ride. >>reporter: not knowing whether(d he was the victim police officers tried to comfort the family. >> so tragic. horrible to hear that. you know your family member could have passed that way. >>reporter: they will examine the tree to see if it was deceased. >> look like a combination of many things. >>reporter: they say possibly included waterur by the roots. tree aim. heavy winds. in the mean time the neighbors in the relatively quiet community

n-h-p says 55 year old melanie marnne-lawson was killed in crash between college parkway and arrowhead drive last friday. she was driving in the fast lane when she drove into the left shoulder. she overcorrected and drove across all the southbound lanes and hit a concrete wall. she was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries. this is still under

. >> melanie michael live at tampa police headquarters tonight. this is why people get these surveillance cameras, but it still has to be that shock. you're actually seeing what happened, what those cameras captured. >> reporter: it is shocking, guys. good evening to you both. let's face it. we can do everything on our busting the bad guys in our own home. busted in the act right there plain as day. look at these guys, so bold. watch as they walk room to room casually never knowing that one piece of furniture disguised as decoration was detailing every single second. >> usually you think with everything that's going on in the world you think that you're safe in your house. >> reporter: terrified to show their faces, but inspired to share their story this south stamp a couple is still in shock -- tampa couple is still in shock. the wife tells me her phone sent an alert ha someone was in their living room and -- that someone was in their living

live in glenarden i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> thanks, mel, just in, washington county schools in western maryland are on a two hour delay this morning and that's in addition to frederick continuey schools in maryland. they're also on a two hour delay. coming up traffic stop caught on cam are and that's more news four why the driver says the officer was out of line and when police say he was just doing his job. >> team you're out there mostly below freezing and all locations at freezing and belo below. watch out for the slick spots. we'll warm up a little bit today. and hold on because really cold arctic air is going to settle in. will later on this weekend and into the weekend. we'll talk more about that specifics coming up full we'll talk more about that specifics coming up full forecast stay with us.

let's get to abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow who is live with our developing story. melanie? >> reporter: ama and dan, it is incredible the difference it makes. things are relatively quiet here, but earlier this evening if you were in this city or if you were trying to get out of the city it is a different story. your san francisco super bowl city experience depended on where you were at rush hour. outside super bowl city hundreds of protesters marched. sfpd was directly alongside them. >> what we are really about is advocating for the rights of home res people. >> block by block protesters made their way around super bowl city. >> we hope they can hear us a little bit. we have been screaming all night. >> catching the attention of people working out. >> the city has a much bigger priority than putting on this fiasco. >> inside super bowl city, a different tone. tonight's headline, matt nathanson. >> this is my 170th matt show. >> i would like to think we are throwing a big dinner party for the world. >> it included pictures with cheerleaders. and pictures with family. >> a g

they we have been checking in with melanie. a lot of salt trucks out. cup pear 37, winchester 36.chese let me show you radar.ad most of this is i-95 off to5 off the east. eas the significant potential for fr snow is i-95 off to the east. winter weather advisory inerther place until 11:00 a.m. this.m. morning it does include d.c.ludc and all points and countiespo a east of 95 across the bay and ad over to the shore, okay. shore,a there is an expectation thattatn that's where the heaviest ofea the snow is going to be and be d where it's going too accumulate.accu today we're going make it upke p eventually with some sunshinesh into the lower to mid 40's.ow ti let me show was we're thinkinghk in terms of snowfall. swf at most along i-95 a dusting on grassy areas, rooftops,s, cars, up to an inch inh i isolated spots.ed spo you get over towards the bay, b, southern maryland woar talkingag about potentiawe're talkabout pt be a busy morning for erinor e this morning as well but it is i friday morning, erin, so will so we have that to look forwardwa to. >> that'

. >> for that let's go outside.s o melanie alnwick is live inive montgomery county now with the latest. where are you, mel? goodmegood morning. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, we're in rockville and we're -- we're heading norbeckne road and you can see here it really. >> very good and it's been a a couple hours since there haverev been some road crews out on o the road and it looks likeooks l this is one of those they just haven't gotten to yet and what's happening is in isn addition to the fact thatac tha you've got the snow and it's it' that crystal kind of snow and it is very sling it's packed's p down you also have -- nowe -- n you're getting kind of likeik these chunky lane lines on o these roads which can make traveling a little bumpy.a the cars seem to be moving alle right. we haven't seen anyone really speeding like crazy, which is wh g people seem to be paying pay attention. i did just check all the a pavement temperatures for the sensors that they have around the state and pavement isan anywhere between like 19 degrees and 25 degrees, soo as we've said before, i mean, ma unl

melanie, good morning.nie, >> reporter: good morning. mning you can sigh behind me this t black draped police car which pl has been here outside theer station wheree officer guindonn reported for her first and last day of duty saturday. sunday a dav day of mourning.ou. the 28-year-old was a formeror marine corps reservist andvist earned a master's degree in i forensic science.. bag pipes played at the princeea william county complex sunday s evening though officer guindon n had only been on duty for an foa hour and a half fellow fello officers and community members c said that made her no less aom member of their h family. famil they lit candles and prayed prae that her life was not taken inn vain. >> my view is too much criticism and disrespect shownen for officers across america.meri and this will be a reminder todt all of us that they're puttingut their lives on the line to t lin protect us and we need to respect them. >> reporter: now, the two the other officers that were with wt ashley guindon on saturday night, 31-year-old jessiees

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up melanie has been down theren thr gathering more information. make sure you give yourself extra time the detour arou und a that area. a keep it to fox5 news morning. mi we'll be back in just a few minutes with more news, weather and traffic. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> right now off the top at 7 o'clock we have breakingck w news from virginia.ws the tornado aftermath. f four people are dead after aft severe storms moved through tou the commonwealth and we arewe ad live this morning in one ofni the hardest hit areas of virginia.in >> and here locally the same sam system that brought heavy rain r and whipping winds to the d.c.ed region has left a mess behind.eh this morning downed power lines and minor floodingoding impacting the morning rush and a we're live at the troublerole spots.ot >> it is going to be a betteret day for our regionegion weather-wise as we take a live v look outside on this thursday morning. nice sunny start to the day onay this february 25th.ruary 25th wind will be a factor but ther b rain is gon

. >> "fox5" melanie alnwick is checking things out in frederick county. how is it looking mel i saw your snow man. >> yeah. >> you left him. >> that's all coye do out there i know i tried. and look hey look we got back on the road and wanted to head 75 south and i have to tell you it's really not very good out here. and some of these roads you can -- i don't know if you can see in our picture almost all the roads we've seen now have started to have a little bit of snow cover on them and we just now saw here on 75 going not opposite sgrex heading north one know truck in a way looks like they were trying to spread ice meltdown there and nothing to plow just yet. and it looks like we're approaching another one here if you can see it there on our left happened side. and so, but it is tricky driving as here and as i expected we get down fourth 75 into montgomery country because you need your lights and that causes a -- some difficulty when you try to drive and then again when these roads -- they're starting to become a white and covered with that snow. so, lit

if you wonder how we track winter storms, what oes into a forecast, melanie has been doing a little research on that. has a nice little piece to see what is going on behind the scenes. [ no audio ] day.00:58:00 to see it unfold the way you expect it to over a seven or eight day period is pretty rewarding.that's what makes teorology a 24/7 job. job.00:27:17 we're only, you know, 24 hours out and it's still changing a lot so this is one of those hard to nail down storms, right now. that's why it takes a team of four people.our weather team...chief meteorologist terry swails...justin rebecca kopelman have been talking about the incomimg winter storm since last week. week.00:35:18 we come together and we learn from each other, last week. >> we learn from each other, feed off each other. there were the tete is constantly updating cbs2iowa.com, the cbs weather first app, forecasting more than 20 radio stations, running seven different monitoring. >> the one in front of me is the maininon-air computer. >> reporter: gathering information from different models and figures out what it means for easter