>>he snow and the energy has be to our south. down tard blacksburg has picked up a good bit more snow than we have. here's a lookt regional dpampl you casee tre's rain along thevirginia border. all through south western virginia, that's a combination of in, freezing rainnd snow. snowfall amnts anywhere around blacksburg to ronoke have been three to five inches. you can see the moisture i going to stay to our south and have a cple of ribbo to northern maryland. if you've go a great picture of you nd your chdren outside i the snow, send it to us. it c come directly to met

chuck.bell. we'l get as many as we can. >> we want to you fill up chuck in box. we've done it before. let's do withhis one. ev though itas a little one, t was the first snowof the season. we'rtalking about that snow contiing in some location 26 degrees,he current temperature. windchl of 26. we're not seng any wind out there. that's the good nes. do still have the winte weather advisory toartsf the ea. i do expect this to come down over the nextouple hours. temperatures, 19 in hagerstown. 23 in frederick, 25 in manassas. they did treat smeroads. other roads, they wer't able ttreat. simply th temperatur this cold, eating the ro surfaces does not help. you're thinking, why didn't th treat these roads that's. why temperures were just that cold. in th low to mid 20s across our regi. here's the storm system and here's how it made the way in from the west. notice the pocket rightere of clearing. we saw sn and a pretty good amount of it right there. nce the clearig, it opened up acss our area.

we had that snow ening and that storm system is coming to an end. behind it,ery cold r. there goes that area of low pressure. there going to stay cold toe xt couple ds. high pressure ll move in tomorrow. it a niceay torrow for the most art. we'll see plenty ofunshinend a little the breezy side. we'll stay on the cold sideand then we have to watch the weekend. saturday, clouds increase and then look to the south. this is coastal system i've been lking. about i've told you, don't worry about it. this looks like i is movin out to sea. maybe not. mayberying to come back inland. we'll have watch this very closel if yohave intere on sunday, you want to keepit right here th e forecast. 22 to 26 degrees this evening as we move through t day tomorrow. temperatures, 1 to 2 to start we will see some clearing overnight and then by tomorrow morning sunshine returns. still cold, breezy, plenty of melting. 34 to 37 degrees. and as w move through t xt four days, a hh of 36 both saturday a sunday. rit now 're clling it a 40%

chance of sw. to the east, much less of chan to the west. this is one we'llhave to watch. >you thk it could be a little bigg an today? > this is onee'll have to watch. >> all right. ank you, doug. >> okay. don't change that chann. thanks lot. still to come,the latest on the roa as you're heading out the door. also ahd, we're learning moreabout the new ists in the case othe uva

pack your patience if you're headed out the do now. it will be a sl ride home. we've got some snow covered stree out there. elcomeo snow covered thursday afternoon. i'm barbara haison in for jim handly. >> road cre hit the streets earlier day in parts of virginia when the firs flakes began to fall. >> man mcgrath was in francon, virginia, around lunch time today. >> rerter: we're here where the snow isomingdown and we're starting to see an accumulation here. this is an untreated parng lot. you n see how the snow is just starting to stackp hee. we have very,ery cold tempratures. what's happening is th as the snow falls, if the surfe hasn't been treed, it will

stick and say put. take a lok behind me. this is franconiaoadnd you canee that far left lan we're seeing some asphlt through the snow. the right-hand lanes areretty mu snow covered at this pont. the storm didn't catch anody by surise. the plows knew about it. th were at the salt stone rly this morng and they were loading out with sand and salt and he go they need to get throughout a attackhis on the streets. and we've seen quite a few plows o by. they are out therend treating the ads. still, the sondary roads like franconia still pretty slippery here. we are seeing snow coveron the roadways. soolks will ne to bring down theirspeeds, be careful. of enough stance between and you the car in front of you and give thoselows eugh room also. they have a job to do. they'll be sprayin that salt out there. you don't wnt to crack your windshield. give them aittle room so that lt can ge out there on the roa surface so it c help melt that snow. very, very cd conditions. vy, very slickonditions out there right now. franconia, megan mcgrath.

ne4. >> all right. let's fi out how the sno s pacting the rush hour. there are problems on the beltway. >> what's goingon? >> well, wee got alot of delays. let's take alook. diving rit in. here's the beltway connecticut avenue. headed awaying from us. you can always seehe salt trucks lined up at the ready. they're not active but they could be if they needed to. alon 270, here's what we've got. we have delaysut of montgory. northbound, the lols are slammed withelays. rtunately, no accidents. ad news is, if the snow is still coming down, the roadsare still slick. i assure you, there are delys there. ase continue northbound though german tn, headed to 109. it is prett congted this afternoon. around the capital beltway, these delaysre pretty subsntial as you ke your way passin by new hampshire avenue. not too bad f outer loop

drvers which y can see but toward the vertop of your screen, not the bestamera ngle. but inner loop dels, you coinue toughollege park. they bin out of ringfid, more or less. hov in t center of t screen, that's flying. not really ying. at the height of poste speed limit you cango for those incredibly ushy conditions but mainline drivers are dealing with springfield. there is th worst it toward newington. it lightens up into lorton. u're still well below speed but have a little more wind your sas. it is slushy and on and off the brakes all the way through quantico but no big objectaccidn 95. >> that's good. there a new develoents in the murder of yeardleylov police say george huguely rutally beat s girlfriend. the torney said she was on drugs and tat's what killed her and they want medil records

>> reporter: on the pristine campus of u where prosetors say lacrosse player george huguely brully beat and killed yeardley love, this new twist. huely's lawyer wants to delve in yeardley love's personal files, he medic records, saying she was on the medication prescribedor hd and may have been overusing. the new dense theory in ssence, blami the victim th the drugs may have caused her death, stopping her heart. n the beating. >> i think that'sretty ans parent. i think that the can't rest their case on anything re substantial is telling. >> i think it i kind of disspectful to heremory personal. >> reporter: huguely frnds say had a turbulent relationship with love a sometimesot physicalith her. poce sours say he may have been riningver their break-up and sent her death threats over text message. investigors found the lacrosse shirt with a red stain on it. then there's his confessi the night of themuder, admitting

to poce he kicked his right foot through the door that leads to love's bedroom. ty got into fight and h shook love. as her head repeatly hit the wall, avingher to die, police say, face down on her pillow on a pool of blood. huguely's attorney wouldn't comment, just thathis is a tragic accident. >> the extent of these injuries to t head are severe and could be explained only by somebody pushing her head rcefully against the wall. it just doe't fit any other way. >> reporter: in court where reasonable doubt is all the jur needs, huguels defense team is pulling out all the stops not onl requesting yeardley lovs medical records but also pointing out,he was drunk the nit of her murder. according to the autopsy, love d a blood alcohol level of .14. >> this is actually a decent strategy by the defense. creatingan alternate theory for cause of death. they're doing their jobs. ifhey can get their experts to

say the may beanothe cause of death, ty are creating a reasonable doubt. >>eporte huguely is sitting in jail awaiting trial next nth. as the family ofeardley love is still grieving the loss of heir rising star gets toward faceim in urt. >> that was jf rossen reporng. huguely is scheduled for a preliminary urtearing anuary 21st. there's more to come on news4 at 4:. a drug to treat beast cancer is reved. a push to get a teach back io the classrm after he was spendedor asking a studt if he ate his homework. >> plus, the snow is adding up and e stres are slick.

the y desion involvg the popular cancer fighting drug. the food and dg administratin says it is no longer recommending it to treatreast cancer. the fda approvedt forbreast cancer in 2008 bas onstudies that the dr slowed the sead of the disease but follow-up studies apparently showed the drug did not st the progression go all that much and patients who took drug suffered dangerous se effects. docto will still be able to prescribe it for brest cancer. howver, some insurers may not payor it. >> a group of suortersis trying to help aconnecticut high schooleacheret his job

ba after he made a questionabl comment to his student hehas been suspendedsince november 19th when a student showed up in his class witut homework, he asked ifhe had eat it. the student complained about that. nearly a tusand people sign a pete asked to let the teher go back to work. he said the suppo is gratifyin >>'m very proud that i touch that many people that they feel that strongly about my teaching that's what it is about. >> do you still want to ach in highchool? >> of course. i've always wanted to teach in high scho. of course. >> he has bee keeling at that school for 32 ars. he said he has asperger's syndrome. when news4 at 4:00 returns, dougkammerer and chuck bellre tracking the radar. find out how much snow we've gotten so far a whether another storm is on the way. >> and wre wting to hear rom you todays part of our 12

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falling around poions othe area. live digital doper radar showing sow to the north of the district, for the mo partburk still seeing some light snow in the district and down toward the fredericksburg area. let'soom in. th snow right now making its way through theim70 corridor and jt to the south of i-0, into portions of prince george's county, ne arundel county over toward serna park. most of this is on t light side but it cod pick u a quarter to a half inchof accumulation. same thi toward fredicksburg where thenow has moved in in your region. we will continue to see some light snow there. r the most part, this is about done. watch as the snow makes its way through th area. watchow it falls apart and really dissves across the area. that's the good news. we are about done whit but so areas did pck up some pretty good totals. not too impressivehen you consider whatwe saw last year. for the first snow of the season, not tooba >> we'll take it. if you want to make anher run

at the records, outside as far as snowfall mounts,e want to encourage everybody to send in your sn totals. ki, he west virginia, three inches. gore, virginia, snow inches of snow. four and a half in remmington. old town alexander rrialexandri. an inch and half. >> my microphone just went off. >> and hi microphone just went off so iill continue. one to three inches. if would you like to send in your pictures, send them to weather@nbcshington.com. that's how we just upted those. outside, the tempeture, 23. 25down t the south near quantico. that area of low prsure tat brought us the sn is moving out. high pressure moving in for the day tomorrow. and on saturday, but then again we'll be watching this coastal orm whh looks like it was moving out to see. now it m come closer to us. we'll have to watch forhat on

sunday. cloy, cold areas of light snow. 22 to 26 degrees. some clring ornight and then by tomorrow, just another cold start. 18o 25 tomorrow aftnoon. sunshine returns. men of melting. tha's th good news. the tperatures are above freezg and then there's that chance of snow on sunday. not big chance yet but we'll watch it for you right here from the weathercenter. >> okay, doug. thank you. >> tha you. coming up, we'll show you the mt expensive christmas tree in th world. findutow many millions o ornaments are hangin fromhe tree. >> that's a beauty. >>plus a security guard who shot the spect during that school board incident talk day and he said he is not a hero.

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saving lives in tuesday's school board meeting. ke jones is chief of serity for schools in panama cy but he refes to call himself a here officially chris clackum hasis reaction and a reminder that you might find somef this video disturbing. >> repter: a humble mike jes went public with thoughts on his role intuesday's shoong ral page in the soting in panama cit after a deanged and suicidal 56-ar-oldx-con named clay du opened fire on bard members, jones burst into the room and opened fire on him. >> i saw that first shot. and i knew the superintendent a fell backwards andll the boarmembers fell backwards. he and i engag in a gun battle. i lost the supintendt and i let him down. >> rerter: jones' bullets hit duke but it was a self-inflicted shot to the head that killed him. after which jonesushedto his side to kick away his gun.

jones credits his police traiing for theuccessful strategy. but adeep abidingaith for a successful tcome. >> if nobody believes in god after you watch that video, you ned to g to church this sunday. he had his arms wpped around everyone us. >> repoer: jones sa he looks forwar to resuming his regul life which includes cristmas shopping tonight for 0 underprivileged children. >> and mike jones' charitable fort is gettg a boost. remember the school board member who ied to swat theun o of his hands? ginger is ptting that rse that she used on ebay and whatever money it fetchesfter 24 hours, she is panning to ive to jones' christmas fnd for those underprivileged children that's news4 at 4:0. news4 at 5:00 starts right now.

snow covered streets, schools closed earl treacherous conditionson the roa. e first significant snow of e season and w could get up to three inches by the timet's all over. good evening. >> wendy receivingeand m handly have he night off. the ficial start of winter isn't next wee but you couldn't tell by the conditionstoday. have crews all over the regn and maryland and the district. our live team coverage starts with meteorologist ug kammerer tracking condition >> we're lookin a live doppler radar. what are we dealing with? the snow acrs the area. we have some snow toward frederick. a look atnow toward the fredericksburg area and also still some light snow arou the district. but most of that is now outof here. where are we seeing is in let's zoom in to a couple of locatios. toward i-70 and 270, righ along i-95 toward aspenhill, springfield, all seeing some light snow. asou move intonne arundel county,