on storm center 4, first where the snow is falling at this minute. we begin with shma rrvei stone. >> iets cold we're in leesburg, virginia the snow has arrived. this is east market street leading to route 15, we saw people driving, the regular speed limit, over the last what, 15 to 20 minutes they have begun to slow down. as you can see by the light right there, that snow is beginning to fall down. you come over here, there is a lot of folks working and when they are getting off they will have to come to their cars, get the snow off the windshields and earlier we went to hardware stores and saw some people buying ice melt. a hot of folks say they have been putting it down including v-dot and maryland dot have their ice melt, they have been going around with trucks, pre-treated the roadways and right now v-dot has 600 trucks will bring in more if needed,

they are out here monitoring the snow. we also drove around and basically there are pepco crews, what they are going to do is monitor the snow, people are really concerned about the sleet and freezing rain. they are not worried about the snow but that sleet and freezing rain, sliding, that what is pepco crews are out here to make sure you have power. now joined by my colleague jackie benson joining us from alexandria, jackie? >> hello shomari and my friends, yes, it is snowing here. you can see i'm going to show you the secret to shooting light snow, that is what we call it when you take pictures of it television pictures, you have to get a light there to show it the camera can't see the way your eye does. we promised we would tell you that. we also want to give you information about cancellations for tomorrow. we're told all fairfax county public schools activities are cancel tomorrow. all charles county schools activities are cancelled, prince georges county school activities

are delayed until noon. i'm sure people who may be driving tonight want to know we're at duke street in alexandria, the roads look fine, lots of snow plows out, certainly this is the beginning of what we have been talking about all day. back to you in the studio. >> jackie benson, thanks, jacks. the same system dumped several inches of snow, 700 flights cancelled in chicago. snow covered roads in iowa and city of davenport saw six inches. veronica johnson will tell us what we're going to see. it doesn't look like a whole lot. >> it will pile up fast. took so long for it to fall but the air was dry. we're seeing pockets of moderate snow as you saw with the reports from shomari stone and jackie benson we're looking at road crews hitting the area but secondary roads where they may have issues and where it will be

slick. getting reports hurndon, most of the accidents i'm seeing on twitter around stafford, overspreading the area, we have the area slick with snow then ice, freezing rain taking place on top of that. that winter weather advisory for the area goes until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. you can see the white echos, that is what we have been waiting on. that is what we have now down around manassas, woodbridge, in eastern troubles county, including leonardtown, there is moderate snow. a lot of moisture from the south will have this for a while. the snow, it will accumulate quickly, a couple inches especially up to the north. but then it's freezing rain that will be taking place on top of that. the breakdown for you right here, from now up until 2::00 a.m. snow, freezing rain from

2:00 to noon. how much ice could you see? details in a couple minutes. >> sounds messy. a pedestrian rushed to the hospital tonight after being hit along duke street in alexandria, happened at 8:45 this evening where duke crosses i-395. the driver stayed on the scene. the pedestrian suffered minor injuries. the same area where a child hit and killed over the weekend. brian hernandez chavez was killed when he was hit by a drunk driver 2:30 sunday afternoon. neighbors responded saying there is a need for better sidewalks along that portion of duke street. route 29 near gainesville was shut down after a train hit a truck. happened at route 29 and us 55. there is a major construction project in that area but not clear if that played a role in the collision. according to inside nova, this is the second time in over a month there has been a train accident at this location. in a few hours, republicans in south carolina go to the

polls and their primary pick could rock the race for the white house. former house speaker newt gingrich is surging in the polls, but will it be enough to surpass front-runner mitt romney? steve handelsman reports from the state capital in columbia. >> reporter: mitt romney's once 12 point lead is fading fast in south carolina. >> frankly to be in a neck-in-neck at the haas moment is kind of exciting. >> exciting? maybe to newt gingrich. >> galop said he's collapsing and i'm gaining. >> rick santorum piled on romney. >> someone who is just trying to run the clock out and be the person who has the most money. >> a sudden focus on romney's wealth and whether he'll share his tax returns. >> maybe. you know, i don't know how many years i'll release. i'll take a look at what our documents are. >> jeered at thursday's debate

where gingrich got cheers. >> we need leadership prepared to take on big projects. >> a cafe in lexington, some mitt voters were switching to newt. >> i think romney wouldn't be a good a debater against obama as what gingrich would. >> gingrich's second wife claiming he asked her to okay his affair with his current wife, calista may not have stopped his surge. >> i'm more interested in getting obama out of office than i am anything else right now. >> mitt romney wants to get out of south carolina with his campaign intact. but since 1980 whoever has won the republican primary in the state has gone on to get the republican nomination. steve handelsman. dc council member marion berry will spend the night in the hospital tonight, his office says he had a minor surgical procedure today involving his urinary tract, he will be 76 in

march. he has survived prostate cancer and he had a kidney transplant in 2009. he will run for another term as ward 8 council member this fall. it has been one year and police still have no idea what happened to a pregnant woman from loudon county who disappeared. bethany decker was last seen in january. after weeks trying to contact her family members, they reported her disappearance to police in february. decker's husband deployed to afghanistan in early february of last year. police think her boyfriend was the last person to see her alive. but the sheriff admits investigators still have very few clues. they are working -- they're following up on every lead, doing a terrific job following up on every lead, work vigorously on the investigation. aside from that, not much more to tell you because it's under investigation. >> decker had a 17-month-old son was six months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. take a look at this woman in the black shirt. she is wanted for four robberies

in virginia. just since christmas. two took place at stores in fairfax county, in each case she showed the teller a gun, demanded money. seen leaving in a dark station wagon similar to a subaru. several girl scout troops won't be sponsored by st. timothy's church. they won't be allowed to meet or wear uniforms on school property. it's connected to the parent, the world association of girl guides, and with the church calls the affiliation with planned parenthood. every pa every pastor has to determine the request and reconcile that with the needs and mission of the parish community. the regional girl scout council says it will make sure the troops affected can all find new homes. a developing story in reno,

a man admitted to starting a massive wild fire. the fire chief says the man told authorities he had improperly discarded fireplace ashes. so far, the fire has burned more than 3,000 acres, destroyed 29 homes, and forced as many as 10,000 people to evacuate. the fire chief says the man is cooperating with investigators. the owner of the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy last week says the captain of that ship grossly under-played the severity of the accident that left at least 11 people dead. the ceo told italian television he spoke to francesco schettino 20 minutes after the crash. he never relayed to the company or his crew that the boat had hit rocks. 21 people remain missing. rescue efforts have been on and off because officials are worried about the stability of the massive boat and the safety of the search crews. two communities in virginia are mourning the loss of a marine killed in a helicopter

crash in afghanistan. six marines were killed when the nato helicopter went down in helmand province yesterday. the cause of the crash is not clear. military officials say there was no immediate evidence of enemy activity in the area. one of the fallen marines is sergeant travis riddick, he and his wife lived in gordonsville, met when-- quantico. he recently passed up a chance to retire. today the national highway traffic safety administration closed its investigation in reports of chevy volt battery fires. officials say the electric cars do not have any discernible safety defect. the investigation was opened after a volt that was being tested caught fire after severe roll-over side impact crash tests. general motors has made vehicle modifications. head's up if you're riding metro this weekend, expect delays on all five lines. on the red line the medical

center will be closed. the orange line, trains will be single tracking at two different locations. and eblue and yellow, rail rehabilitation. the green line will be single tracking. to find out more info, nbcwashington.com, search metro. big changes on the way for the booming food truck business. they are operating under laws 30 years old. originally intended for ice cream trucks and hot dog vendors, new laws could create special food truck zones and would clearly specify how long a truck can stay in one particular location. right now the trucks have to move if they don't have any customers for ten minutes. the proposal will undergo a 30 day public comment period and then go before the dc council for a vote. as a hollywood film documenting the tuskegee airmen opens nation-wide this weekend, one of the original pilots was buried at arlington national cemetery today. luke weathers, jr. was laid to

rest, 90 years old. a member of the tuskegee airmen, the first black aviators in u.s. military history. he shot down two german fighter planes during world war ii. developed the camaraderie and spirit of the unit. >> he was compassionate, loving, and kind to children. >> i was proud of my father. not only what happened during the war but after the war i think is important as well. >> weathers continued his career in aviation at the faa and became the first african american air traffic controller in memphis. ♪ at last >> legendary singer etta james died after a long battle with leukemia. she began her career in the 50s, best known for her rendition of the song "at last." she won six grammy awards and was inducted in the rock and

roll hall of fame. she has a star on the hollywood walk of fame. etta james was 73 years old what a voice. >> also ahead tonight, a protest on the steps of the supreme court, led to a number of arrests. a police department is defending their decision to have employees get drunk on the job. i-66 at fairfax county, pavement is slick, several accidents. >> veronica will tell us how much snow we'll get and when it

a dozen protesters were arrested on the steps of the supreme court today. they were protesting the high court ruling that removed limits on the amount of money corporations can spend in federal elections. this weekend marks the two year anniversary of the ruling. police soon moved in on the demonstrators to break things up. similar protests and arrests outside federal courthouses in more than 100 city nationwide. florida's department of law enforcement is defending the decision to pay some employees to get drunk on the job. police conduct and $8,000 study to test effectiveness of the intoxilyzer 8,000. the study was done in a controlled environment. the courts will decide the fate of the breathalyzer, they haven't ruled whether the results will be considered.

as the ravens get ready for this weekend's game, more and more marylanders are jumping on the band wagon. you can find candles, plants, footballs, wreaths, even ravens donuts. >> oh my goodness. >> laurel is halfway between washington and baltimore, a lot of fans there are walking across the purple line so to speak before sunday's game in new england. the chance to go to the super bowl. >> they are dancing over the purple line. >> clearly pat collins had a lot to do with that today. >> you can see his fingerprints all over that. >> perhaps the wardrobe choice of our meterologist tonight. clearly pulling for the ravens. >> of course. i'm a household of ravens fans. you're trying to get in the door. >> trying to get in the door and hopefully get off the road safely. because the roads -- we'll try to get in the door tonight. the roads are getting covered with snow, two, three more

hours, we will see ice, not good. stay off the roads, folks, unless you have to be out on th roads. big flakes, this is from brenda in spotsylvania, big flakes, this one from tyler moore in south ridge, virginia, accidents being reported with that snow that is falling fast. moderate snow will accumulate quickly in a couple of locations. not just here, but take a look at winter weather advisories, winter storm warning you can see the snow in leesburg, virginia piling up. the parking lot there covered. the cars starting to get a little covered as well. here we go the wintery mess for the big city, not just here but areas of pennsylvania. there is the white and that means snow. several inches of snow, they will get about three to four inches, what we will have around here is an inch to maybe two inches up to the north and freezing rain on top of that. 28 the temperature, look at the windchill, 21 degrees. the wind, yeah, out of the east, starting to pick up. you can see the moisture, the

bright white, that is where there is moderate snow right now. that is around manassas, woodbridge, areas south around calvert beach. even up to the north around south woodside park. moderate snow falling through the area. more moisture to the south. area of low pressure, that is the storm system that is going to be tracking east, and here we go with the future weather. the snow, there it is to the north. we won't have much more hours of it, freezing rain takes over by 1:30, 2:00. we will see accumulation of ice throughout the area. rain for southern maryland, rain for the northern neck. by the time we get to noontime, i think most of it will be ending and tapering, some showers and freezing rain mix down across the south. a little later than that, and anything that lingers after that for saturday night and sunday morning, more pockets of freezing rain, probably fog and light snow.

here we go, an inch of snow in the light blue, tenth of an inch of ice. frederick, i-70, one to two inches of snow. with a quarter inch of ice on top of that. ice laaccumulation, quarter inc around dc. east wind, little breezy, 37 to 39 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. by the time we get to the afternoon, we can take a big sigh of relief, more rain monday, high of 57. worst conditions early saturday morning for the whole entire weekend. be safe. >> sounds nasty. thanks, veronica. the wizards fly high against the team from

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well, did it look close at all? >> yes, looked close. but you know the saying in that. you know how that goes. was exciting for a little while. >> at least they were in the game. >> i wish i had good news. >> going from back-to-back wins. fresh off 24 point performance, nick young said this morning at practice "i'm back, baby, i'm back" so look out. young was right. tonight he scored 17 of team high 25 points in the first quarter, however the denver nuggets had a guy with a hot hand. verizon center, nick young looking sharp, first quarter. they get a turnover, john wall running the floor, passes to nick young, check out young here, drives baseline throws it down. nick young with a monster dunk. 17 in the quarter.

second quarter now, clinton maryland, lawson, john wall playing good defense gets the steal, passes to lewis, wizards led by 12 in the first half. wall finished with 13 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds. wizards down three, back to nick young, wide open, buries the three-pointer. team high 25 points, game tied at 95. very next wizards possession, 97-95 denver, crawford for the lead, got it. washington up one. crawford 18 points off the bench. just over minute to go, wizards down two. john wall playing great defense here against andre miller, knocks it away. miller gets it back, over to harrington, shot clock running down, knocks it down. harrington, game high 29 points off the bench, wizards lose 108-104, dropping their record to 2-13. unfortunately, it wasn't a pleasant night for capitals,

either. hasn't been a great week for the caps on the road against carolina, the capitals get shut-out for the second time in four days. before the week, they had not been shutout this season. like the jerseys, old school. first period, no score, carlson with the puck. staal pokes it to vokoun. a short-handed goal, gift for carolina. canes in front, 1-0. second period, orlov fires on net, rebound hits the post. are you kidding me? take another look here. so close, then perrault, shot is blocked, caps finished with 23 shots on goal. under 30 seconds to go. harrison drives, shoots, deflected and jokinen is

rewarded. up next for washington home game against penguins. baseball news, the nationals signed michael morris to two year contract extension worth $10.5 million. according to the associated press. the 29-year-old breakout season last year. played first base and outfield, but did the most damage at the plate, finished with .303 batting average, leading the nats in all three categories, the fourth player in national history to hit .300 in one season. all they need is prince fielder. hopefully he will sign in a

the snow is beginning to cause problems on the roads, we have breaking news in fairfax county. this is video just in from i-66 in the fairfax county parkway. you can see it's not pretty out there. we're getting similar reports of car accidents from across northern virginia, please be careful on the roads tonight. >> it's slick already. >> it's slick already and deceptive. >> right, deceptive, we haven't gotten the freezing rain and ice. we will see a couple more hours of snow, freezing rain starts at 2:00 a.m. kim and chuck will be up in the morning. if you're watching this and not at home, make your way slowly home. >> news 4 will begin :00 will b a.m. with the latest. the tonight show is next. >> thank you for watching, have

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