a cloudy and slippery start to your weekend across the area. nobody escaped. all a mix of freezing snow and rain, a mess out there. you can see a coating of white across the city early this morning. major roads are just fine. but you don't have to get too far off the major roads into the secondary streets and neighborhood before things get very slippery. i assure you, your sidewalk and driveway are extra slick. be careful out the front door. temperatures remain below freezing. this will stay the case the next couple of hours. everything's frozen will stay just like that. 28 in frederick, maryland, 28 in gaitherersburg, 21 in washington, 29 in bethesda, silver springs, fairfax county, temperatures neur 30 degrees. 30 degrees in leesburg, and 32

in fredericksburg. we had about 1-2 inches of snow across northern maryland and the panhandle of virginia, ice accumulation there. in the metro area, about an inch of snow followed by a tenth of ice, why everything is extra slippery. be ready for a very cold go. wintry storm warning continues until this afternoon. freezing rain is south of washington, fairfax county and prince charles county and snow across northern maryland. this will be a slippery do the next couple of hours, temperatures barely in the late 30s by late this afternoon. but precipitation should be done by noon-time and maybe sooner for you other folks. more in just a few minutes. thanks. if you are just waking up this morning, take a peek

outside and you may snnotice sn out i'd your window. >> we finally got our first major snow of the season. derri derrick, how are things looking? >> reporter: you know what? we have grey overcast skies. at least, there's nothing falling from them in bethesda. that wasn't the case earlier. i will show you pictures from prince george's county. earlier today, clouds got out last night and started treating roadways. they were passable with caution. some side streets and sidewalks treacherous. by mid-morning in places like bethesda, you could see what was going on better and a lot of the side streets had not been treated. montgomery county has a snow emergency in effect and that means if you're parked there, you have to move your car and make sure they're clear for

emergency vehicles should the need rise. folks getting out as soon as some sunlight started to filter through the clouds and on their morning rounds for whatever reason. >> looks good. >> reporter: is this your only outing for the day? get warm? >> yes. and then i go in and my wife tells me what to do. is the my only chance for an outdoor activity. >> reporter: who says you can't have a get away for wintry weather? it will warm up and eliminate some of the treacherous conditions but you have to exercise more caution than usual if you're getting out any time so soon. >> stay safe out there. reporting live. we have aosings to tell you about. look at some of them in maryland, montgomery, prince

george's, charles county schools canceled saturday activities. in virginia, fairfax county schools canceled their saturday activities as well. a complete list of closings at the bottom of your screen at this hour and a complete list and delays at our website on our iphone app and nbcwashington.com. we will keep you up to speed, so to speak, on road conditions, schools closings and the forecast throughout the morning and the day. you can follow us on nbcwashington.com. if you have any pictures of the snow, e-mail them to us at weather@nbcwashington.com and we just may show pictures on the air. >> thanks. the other big story, decision 2012, where south carolina is suddenly neck and neck as voters

head to the policy. just -- to the polls. just a few days ago, mitt romney was expected to win by a landslide and now newt gingrich is in the lead. gingrich is polling 32% amongst voters, romney just two percentage points behind at 30%. they open at 7:00 this morning and close at 7:00 tonight. the polls are now open in south carolina, where we mentioned, results could send mitt romney on his way to the republican nomination or cause a free-for-all amongst the candidates. steve handelsman has more now from any campaign trail. >> mitt romney, the next president of the united states. >> reporter: wrapping up his campaign before today's vote, mitt romney tried to focus on barack obama. >> the american people want a different course. >> reporter: is romney's course changing? his 12 point lead is fading fast. >> frankly, to be in a neck to neck race at this last moment is kind of exciting.

>> reporter: excite iing, maybe newt gingrich. >> the polls say romney is collapsing and i'm gaining. >> someone trying to run the clock out and be the person who has the most money. >> reporter: suddenly, the focus is on romney's wealth and his taxes. at a cafe in lexington, some mitt voters were switching to newt. >> think romney wouldn't be as good a debater against obama as what gingrich would. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: mitt romney wants to get out of south carolina with his campaign intact. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, columbia. there is controversy as voters go to the polls in south carolina, republican voters reportedly received e-mails with

untrue statements about newt gingrich. one e-mail made to look like a breaking news report saying gingrich's second wife was forced to have an abortion. the second was made to look like a message from gingrich, admitting to the allegation. gingrich as well as the south carolina republican leader have called on the state's attorney general to conduct a full investigation. two of the candidates are not only battling on the ballot but in the same restaurant. mitt romney and newt gingrich are set to appear at the same breakfast shop this morning. the two say they will show up at tommie's country ham house at 10:45 despite the other candidate being there. both candidates laughed off the coincidence saying they're okay sharing the stage with each other. two weeks after the iowa caucuses, we finally have a winner. rick santorum has taken the hawkeye votes by 34 votes taken away a win by mitt romney,

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many roads, particularly overpasses may still be slick with temperatures hovering around freezing, several reports of accidents already this morning including one on the american legion bridge. that crash has been cleared. >> thank you. it took a little longer than usual. winter is definitely here. we're feeling it this weekend. we're not talking about dry cracked roads. cracked and pastesty y is proba what you use to describe your skin. welcome back. thank you. great to be here. >> what is working against us? >> the cold weather today is an example. we don't have as much sunlight and our bodies aren't getting vitamin d and we're not drinking as much water because it's not as warm out. >> drinking lots of water and fruits and vegetables, high in moisture is your number one recommendation. we have bigger tips. when we talk about moisturizers,

you say, go heavy. >> absolutely. a lot of people don't change moisturizers in the winter time and you have to go heavy, even if you have oily skin. >> we have a couple of great ones. olay has a transitional, you can use it during the day and night and votra vue has a full benefits line for aging and dry skin. >> putting it on at night is key. >> people wash their face and don't think they have to moisture. even if it's a day cream, put it on at night, it will help. you will get a better effect if you're using a really good night cream. >> time to heal, right? >> absolutely. the body rejuvenates at night and designed to rest when you sleep. if you're putting the great moisture on your skin, you're getting benefits from outside in. >> we talk about sleeping and puffy eyes, a big one for

ladies. >> for men also. for the ladies, absolutely, we want to get rid of the puffy eyes. keep your eye gels in the refrigerator or eye creams. it's like a little mini mask that goes on theyes and helps restrict the blood vessels for a good result. >> nice tip for that and you have good eye cream that works well. the antioxidant eye gel, really brilliant, and olay total effects, really really great stuff. they have a full line easy to get. >> you can get these at the grocery store. >> absolutely and online. >> this one surprised me. >> a lot of people don't know about this. vaseline. >> everybody has vaseline. >> exactly. if you read the bottle, it says

skin protectant. people don't know about it. if you're running, exercising, drink your water, also put a thin layer of vaseline on your skin and protects from wind and sun and really soothes the skin. >> wonderful tips from james cornwall. the key with vaseline, don't use too much. >> don't use too much and not in problem areas. >> great stuff. let's send it back to chuck bell and chris gordon. >> we have great skin. >> great skin for chuck bell and chris gordon, his sidekick. >> this is winter weather. >> no doubt about that. you will need to layer up and moisture. does your cable company keep charging you more...

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we have angry chris gordon here. angry chris gordon. >> well armed, ready. ready to battle the elements. >> yes. a lot of scraping going on this morning. >> there's a lot of cars in the parking lot that could use that. >> and my colleague in northern montgomery county sent me a tweet pick and i will be tweeting that later. if you want to be part of that tweeting conversation i'm @chuck be bell4. tweet piqc it to me and i will tweet it back to the universe. >> sounds good. >> remember two winters ago, we were measuring snow by the feet and this year, we're clinging to every flake out there because we've had so little? this is as good as we can do, i'm afraid. about an inch on the ground.

we look live at washington. cloudy skies and cold. looks and feels like winter. temperatures below freezing, freezing drizzle in washington. we got about an inch of snow in most locations before it switched over to freezing rain during the pre-dawn hours this morning and now yucky looking outside. fr frozen rain drop on the camera. 31 degrees, wind out of the northea northeast. the northeasterly wind will keep the cold air nestled up against the appalachian mountain. snow and freezing but will take a few more hours. 28 in gaitherersburg and rockville and 28 degrees at the air force base and indianapolis. all temperatures below the freezing mark right now. you have to go below southern

virginia to get above the freezing mark. a mix of rain and snow through the morning hours, and it should end mostly as light rain before it tapers off completely. expect everything on the roadways to refreeze tonight. winter weather advisories until 1:00 this afternoon. most of the light drizzle, southern part of the district, prince george's county, south of route 50 here. that's where the worst is. south of i-95, quantico, fredericksburg, pennsylvania, most of this is light freezing rain with snowflakes mixing in, in southern maryland and northern pennsylvania, a nice drying trend. the back edge of precipitation should be here in the next couple of hours.

al slippery go, be careful. if you don't have to get out, enjoy a good book or movie. the moisture comes back tomorrow. subfreezing start sunday morning could lead to a little bit more snow, late tomorrow afternoon or evening with moisture coming back in put all changes to rain on monday. rain returns late in the afternoon with light snow possible before it all becomes rain. here's the important 7-day forecast. 36 is as good as we do with light rain and freezing rain and drizzle. tomorrow might start as a snowflake or two but temperatures will continue to rise, even during the overnight hours, temperatures will continue to climb back into the 50s. all this, all inch of it will be long gone by lunch on monday. >> temperatures struggling today. >> today is a challenge. >> thank you, chuck. >> in other news, officials in reno say a man has come forward claiming he is responsible for

the massive brush fires. more than 3,000 acres and land and 29 homes were destroyed by the fires. a man admitted to authorities he improperly discarded fireplace a ashes that caught fire and spread quickly and the weather wasn't helping as they battled the blaze. >> it was extremely difficult working conditions, visibility next to nothing. >> rain come into the area. we could potentially have flash floods or mudslides. we are keeping a close eye on it. >> officials say the man is extremely remorseful for accidentally starting the fire and no word whether he will face charges. this morning, the coast guard will evaluate the stability of a grounded cruise ship to see if they can resume their search for 21 people still missing. they were only allowed to search

above the water line yesterday after the costa concordia began to ship. the bo is moving about a half-inch per hour. the sea floor drops off sharply from where the ship is arresting and inclear whether it is vibrations from the ship settling or slowly sliping off the reef. you can call it power of the people as an internet protest against the anti-piracy bill have put that on hold. leaders in the industry including nbc yurn universal supported the bill to stop online piracy. critics called it an attack on free speech and millions showing support for online free speech. apparently it worked. >> we had 15 people a second trying to call members of congress, 5,000 a minute signing

petitions opposing legislation. about 3.9 million tweets. >> lawmakers now say they will work to revise the bill to try and insure it doesn't infringe on free speech rights. d.c. councilman marion barry is recovering from what his office calls a minor surgical procedure. he spent the night at northwest after having surgery involving his urinary tract. he will be 76 in march and survi survived prostate cancer and kidney difficulty in 2009. he will run for another term this fall. several girl scout groups in chan tillie, virginia, are now banned from a local church. >> st. timothy's says they can't wear their uniforms or meet on church property. it stems from an affiliation

from planned parenthood by the girl scouts parenthood association, girl guides. a spokesman for the diocese says quote every pastor in the diocese has the responsibility to determine how best to use their parish, consider the requests of outside group and reconcile such requests with the needs and mission of their parish community. the girl scouts says they will make sure the troops affected can find a new home. he's accused of stabbing three people and just 5 years old. why his own mother says he did it. >> we're continuing to monitor the conditions of the roads after the first significant winter storm of the season.

this is tis ththis is the take that was. >> we saw two drop out, john perry and huntsman and two roll licking debates in shaping the presidential contest. >> no doubt and newt gingrich was able to use his strong performances at those debates for momentum in south carolina, seeing in the polls ticking up. if he's able to pull off an upset in south carolina, this thing could go on for a while. if mitt romney wins, who's still sort of a favorite, this could be over. >> we thought mitt romney had the ability to win the first three contest, now looking like he might be 1 for 2 and the possibility you have three different winners in the first three contes

welcome to ne"news4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. we have a number of school closings to tell you about. montgomery, prince george's and charles county schools have canceled and fairfax has canceled their saturday activities as well. we'll have a complete list at the bottom of your screen throughout this hour and you can find a complete list at our website at nbcwashington.com and on our iphone app. >> on that note, it's great advice you have been giving all morning, if you can delay what you need to do until the afternoon, probably better because of the roads. >> absolutely because we have freezing rain and drizzle coming down and until that stops and we get the temperature inched up another couple of degrees, it will remain slippery. not only the sidewalks but railings you would grab to save

yourself, covered in ice. be careful getting out of your front door and neighborhoods. once you're on the big roads, everything is okay. sometimes, it's the journey from the front door to the highway the tricky part. the temperature is still at 30 degrees, nearly everyone below freezing. warmer air to our south. chart lotsville, virginia, and the naval air station, 36. the warmer air is gradually moving in. how much accumulation have we seen, near hagueerstown, about inches on the ground. an inch in the northern part of montgomery county and loudon county and an inch in manassas and not only the snow cover but glazing of frozen rain on top.

it's a crunchy experience. advisory until 1:00. the majority of precipitation has already come down. 90% of what we're going to get has already come down. but you folks in southern maryland, fredericksburg, be on the lookout and fading areas in parts of western maryland. it should be coming to an end this afternoon and in parts of western pa. temperatures winching their way to the mid-30s and should allow things to thaw out. watch out for black ice refreezing tonight. derrick is standing in the elements. how do things look alongside of the road? >> reporter: alongside the road, they're a bit better. you can see this sidewalk has just been shoveled and like clockwork, got done by the time we got here with our live shot.

it's dark, barren, cold and wet and what sun we have comes up and you see people starting to stir now. on these road, the exit road there hasn't been treated yet. they're packing down ice and snow by vehicles traveling it. in montgomery county there is a snow emergency in effect. if you are parked on an emergency route they designate by a bright red sign, they want to make sure they're clear for emergency vehicles should the need arise. for now, a bit of digout and respite until this evening when things clear up. but that thawing and refreezing could make for treacherous travel as chuck has been telling you. keep those things into account. start getting ready to make your move if you need to. you might want to check your particular street and neighborhood because things vary

depending where you are. we're in bethesda, live back to you, chuck. >> thank you. it looks awfully frozen. we're dealing with this storm but it's been traveling across the country. started in the pacific northwest. this is the seattle, washington area, they had 3-6 inches of snow and the higher elevations had a lot more snow. that's what it looked like in washington state. to the south in oregon, mostly in the form of rain and led to a lot of flooding, especially parts of central and southern oregon, some places had as much as 3-6 inches of rain. messy and sandbagging. a lot of people, number one rule, turn around, don't drown. never ever drive through water covered roadways. how many times have we said that. middle of the country, got colder, came down in snow.

north eastern oregon, the quad cities digging out late yesterday afternoon. not a lot of snow. 3-5 inch range. chicago, windy city, marilyn monroe, this is what she is looking like on a winter morning. cold indeed for marilyn out there. she should have put on a heavy jacket. downtown chicago, about 6 inches of snow, nothing they can't handle for sure but this storm has been causing trouble coast-to-coa coast-to-coast and should be nothing more than an icy memory by the morning. >> thanks. residents and officials are gathering to debate a controversial waterfront redevelopment program calling for commercial and residential space and will bring about more

tourism and residents are worried about the city's history and calling for the mayor and vice mayor to recuse themselves because they own businesses that could benefit from the project. both have refused. >> i will do a public disclosure so folks understand i do not have a conflict of interest. >> more than 100 people expected to speak at the meeting this morning. the vote is expected today and if approved, the redevelopment will take place over 15 years. the mother of a 5-year-old virginia boy accused of stabbing three people in his home is speaking out for the first time in hopes of getting her son the hope he needs. the mom, not being identified to protect the boy, said her son got into a robotic state after a day of feeling picked on. she says he first stabbed a 12-year-old cousin in this leg, then aunt in the arm and another cousin in the back of the head and neck. she says after police restrained

him, he had no idea what he had don done. >> the rest of the police came in and restrained him and it was like we had my son back. he said, why is there blood everywhere? where does it come from? >> he suffers from a mood disorder and says s s he is bei treated for mental health issues at the hospital and she plans to be with him throughout his treatment. the time right now, 9:38. a story you have to see to believe. a man accidentally shoots a 3 1/2 inch nail into his brain and survives. even more amazing, what he did right after the accident happened. mystery solved. what doctors say really caused this group of teens to suddenly

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administration is considering closing the u.s. embassy in syria as a security precaution because security there is deteriorating. officials say the threat of danger to americans in the country has the u.s. administration considering the move. all u.s. personnel would be asked to leave if the embassy closes. a ten month up rising against syria bashar ashad has lead to the deaths of many people. elizabeth smart, the woman kidnapped at knife point at 14 and held captive for nine months is getting married. a spokesman says smart got engaged last weekend and will likely get married this summer. there are no details about her fiance and smart's spokesman says she plans to keep her personal life private. although smart's father has said his future son-in-law is a fine young man. one time street preacher, brian

david mitchell was convicted in 2010 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting smart. he is serving a life sentence. good for her. some people are tweeting this morning, as you invited them to do, and they are, and asking why are we calling this a major winter storm? >> it's the most major storm we have and having a major impact if you're planning to do something. obviously, it's not a blizzard. we haven't it's your social network. all mixed together. with galaxy nexus by samsung, now you can organize your contacts into circles, like you do in real life. so you can choose what people see and what they don't.

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clfr a cloud cover and freezing mist and drizzle across washington and snow around some areas. 30 degrees at national airport. winds remain out of the northeast at 10 miles an hour. it's that northeasterly wind with the cold air wedged into the area. 28 in gaithersville and falls church and vienna and restine and town center and dulles airport. temperatures in the mid to upper 20s now. far enough below freezing but the leading edge of the so slightly warmer air coming our way. we'll make it to the mid-30s and anything above 32 degrees is all we need. the precipitation will be coming to an end fairly shortly. steady or light freezing rain and snowflakes across parts of

charles county, maryland, fredericksburg, spotsylvania, stafford and mix of freezing rain and snow gradually coming to an end. the back of the precipitation from southern west virginia and the bulk of what we will get we already have on the ground. it will stay slippery. between 2:00 this afternoon and 7:00 this evening, the best time to get out and around and this evening, everything will refreeze. tomorrow afternoon, precipitation starts to come back in again, might start with snowflakes and starts to rise tomorrow morning and everything back to rain. icy morning coming to an end and temperatures in this 30s. chance for more tomorrow afternoon and then all rain and i'll be here updating you all

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amazingly he didn't realize what happened and kept working before going to the hospital. >> i actually worked another 12 hours afterwards salting and plowing and the next day, slept, and then decided to go to the intermediate care center. >> doctors performed surgery to remove the nail and he is recovering in the hospital and amazingly other than the actual wound, he amazingly didn't have any damage to his brain. >> unbelievable. >> kept working for 12 hours. >> amazing, without a headache. the end of an error.

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after more than 20,000 contestants and 200,000 questions, mac mcgarry is moving on. >> he's retiring as host of "it's academic" after a span of decades. news4 jim handly caught up with him to talk about how the show changed over the years and the most memorable moments. >> reporter: he has walked these halls over 50 years. mac mcgarry is an institution at nbc, the man armed with envelopes, filled with the questions he's posed to thousands of students over the years. >> the oldest students on the show would now be in their late 60s. i remember them as 18. >> reporter: he's called out famous faces and names to come on down over the decades. >> good evening. welcome to "it's academic. >> i'm mac mcgarry. thanks, parent and teachers, come on up here! >> we had astronauts on the program, john glenn and perry mason.

>> reporter: hillary clinton, she was -- >> she was an alternate on "it's academic" from chicago. >> reporter: the questions that they come up with every week can stump students in ways we don't always get to see or hear. >> you can see the distress when they don't and sometimes you can hear a four-letter word that has to be excised. >> reporter: technology has changed the way students learn and communicate and the questions always have to keep up with the times. >> the major difference is that information technology was not available 50 years ago. >> reporter: mac's 85 now and getting over a stubborn sinus infection. like a fine wine, his sense of humor gets better with age. >> the question was, who defeated napoleon at waterloo and this kid eagerly said, duke ellington. >> reporter: with confidence! >> yeah. >> reporter: among his favorite days with wrc, radio, a

drive-time announcer in the big band era, interviewing big names. >> i would select them and i would go up and interview them. >> reporter: he still comes back to nbc for every week with former colleagues to listen to favorites. >> ♪ hey there you with the stars in your eyes ♪ >> reporter: on "it's academic" it's the good old days that make for his favorite kinds of questions. >> i like broadway show questions. i grew up in new york city and able to go to these shows and saw the premier run on oklahoma. >> reporter: his memory still legendary here, he can rattle off baseball stats and names of world leaders who graced studio a while most of us were just waking up on saturday mornings to watch, mac was always spot on, never missing a beat. >> you have cheerleaders, bands,

bleachers filled, parents, students, there's so much electricity in here, a lot of nervous energy, too. what's it like for you? it must be a rush on saturday mornings. >> i must say now that i'm retired i miss it. it is. it makes you forget your troubles. i'm mac mcgarry. thanks very much, everybody. >> reporter: in washington, news4. he makes his final appearance on "it's academic" in just 10 minutes, minutes from now, at 10:00 on nbc4. that's going to do it for "news4 today." >> thanks for joining us.