morning. there is a view of northwest washington. you see everything still covered in snow. even some of the streets. that's nebraska avenue in the background. it still has snow on it. and temperatures will stay below freezing until about 9:30, 8:30 or 9:00. i think it will get above freezing after that. by noon, near 40. for this valentine's day, we'll be hovering in the low 40s by mid-afternoon to late afternoon. so that will cause a lot more melting. then i think we'll freeze up again late tonight after midnight. so as you're heading out for your valentine's evening, should stay above freezing. it's going to be slushy and wet. now danella, you're getting multiple accidents, right? >> i am, testimony. i'm tracking breaking news, two roadways. the first, bw parkway dealing with multiple accidents that's blocking southbound lanes between 202 and 410. again, multiple accidents in both areas. the southbound lanes have to be shut down. the other thing i'm tracking, a new accident involving a tractor-trailer, possibly a

commercial vehicle truck. again, just spoke with police, this is what they're saying. inner loop of the beltway, approaching the -- southeast/southwest freeway, crash here blocking the local lanes. it looks like at least one left local lane now gets by. the other accident i'm tracking, this one from earlier, crossing the wilson bridge. also on the inner loop. and also in the local lanes. this one is still just blocking the right lanes. left side. that's getting by. again, your right lane is blocked, and if you're taking the rails, i'm still tracking red line delays. this is because of an earlier track problem at dupont circle. are you seeing delays in both -- you are seeing delays in both directions. back at 6:11. back to you. >> see you then. thank you. it is 6:02. it could be a rough commute this morning. richard jordan is moving around, checking out the conditions in loudoun county, and has more. >> reporter: we are just off of market street and route 15. things are looking pretty good. yesterday, this street here was a nightmare.

the snow was coming down so fast and so heavy that plows couldn't keep up. you see the plows are still out this morning trying to get those side streets and going over the major roadways and highways again just to make sure they're clear. but really they have done a fantastic job out here in loudoun county because most of the roads are completely clear. you have no issues with snow that was left over or ice. take a look because there is a dividing line when it comes to side stets. it is pretty clear. you've got the white snow that was left over, and right over it, the dark pavement. so it is very clear that there are some streets that the crews have not hit yet. so once you get on the roads, not too many issues. however, getting your car out on to the road, that could be a problem. a lot of cars are actually stuck. what happened was those plows started coming through, hitting the streets, they pushed that snow and in some cases right up against some vehicles that were parked on the street there. basically locking those cars in. so the first order of business

for a lot of people that took the advice that officials put out yesterday and said stay incoarse doors, don't go out if you have to, the people who did that and left cars parked on the street, the first thing they'll have to do today is dig their cars out. good luck to all of them. reporting live in leesburg, news4. police are investigating a number of deaths in our area that could be linked to the snowstorm. a man was found buried under a pile of snow in southeast washington yesterday. when police got there, the man was already dead near the anacostia metro station along shannon police in southeast. how he died remains unclear. 6:04. three people are dead in howard county, maryland, after going into cardiac arrest while shoveling snow. the men ranged in age from 45 to 57. we told you yesterday about a wreck. that was yesterday morning. it killed a vdot contract worker in loudoun county. that man was standing behind his salt truck in ashburn on belmont ridge road when a dump truck hit him and killed him. 6:04. even though schools are closed and the government is on a two-hour delay, you might still have to get up and move your

car. d.c. is enforcing morning rush hour parking restrictions. that's from 7:00 a.m. until 9:30 this morning. if you're caught parked in a rush hour zone, you could be fined $100, and your car could be towed. this winter has been brutal for people trying to fly anywhere. >> according to the associated press, this winter has had the highest number of flight cancelations in more than 25 years nationwide. since december 1st, 75,000 nationwide flights have been canceled. taking a live look at reagan national airport, now 70 flights canceled today. 37 have been canceled at dulles airport today. and 32 at bwi marshall. if you're trying to fly out of town this morning, check your flight before you leave for the airport. if's a busy morning for power crews, too. right now more than 1,300 domini dominion virginia power companies don't have power. pepco working to restore power to 600 mainly in the district. bge has more than 2,200 outages now. about 240 potomac edison

customers are out of power, mostly montgomery county. smeco has 900 outages, mostly in charles county. the numbers down in the last hour. this morning the hardest roads to drive are the side streets. take a live look now. news4's megan mcgrath is in d.c. live to show you what you'll have to battle if you are heading out. plus, trapped in an avalanche and thrown 100 feet. how the man wearing the camera that shot the video got himself to safety. and the snow is gone for now. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein's tracking how much we could see this weekend. pre-skiing fuel up @dunkin'donuts. #mydunkin. nothing gives you a boost like delicious dunkin' iced coffee.

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there, still a lot of snow on the ground, here as well. the plowing crews that have been working through the region have been a yeoman's job on clearing the major roads at least. they'll have more work to do through the day today. >> the problem, though, the cold temperatures now creating some icy and slushy conditions. could still be a problem. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. weather & traffic on the 1s. tom? yeah. that's right. what has melted yesterday has refrozen. slippery conditions all around. temperatures at or a little below freezing. and it's going continue to drop a little and hover near 30 degrees for another couple of hours. watch out for the slick spots. temperatures today i think will get above freezing by 9:00 this morning. by noontime, we should be near 40 degrees. then mid-afternoon, should make it into the low 40s. then another refreeze tonight. could get accumulating snow on saturday. i'll show the timing, how much we'll get at 6:21. weather & traffic on the 1s. breaking news with danella.

that's right. bw parkway shut down now. i just got off the phone with park police. they're shutting down at the beltway. they'll force you to go on the beltway. they've had multiple accidents between 410 down to the route 50 split. again, southbound bw parkway, not an option as they're dealing with multiple accidents in that area. the other thing that i'm tracking if you're traveling the beltway in the local lanes, at 295, this time heading toward the wilson bridge, that earlier accident involving a tractor-trailer is clear. still seeing delays in the local lanes. i'm back in ten minutes with a live look from chopper 4. >> see you then. thank you. a man in colorado gets caught in an avalanche and gets the whole thing on tape. take a look. you see here he is riding along on his snowmobile when all of a sudden the snow sweeps him away. >> the snow was moving incredibly fast there. the man and his snowmobile were pushed forward almost 100 feet. he wasn't bury toad deeply and

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right here in d.c. on 7th street, the road is kind of okay. the sidewalk, your yard, not so good. you see snow and ice. you can sort of see what looks like that. a t of places close to the freezing mark or lower. >> our storm team 4 radar may be one of the most revealing images we can show you after nearly 24 hours. this snowstorm ms. moved out of the area, but not before it left behind snow that some of are you measuring by the foot. storm -- some of you are measuring by the foot.

storm team 4 has more from derek ward with tough road conditions. hour are things -- how are thing looking? >> reporter: i've seen people coming through at normal speed. probably not the best with these condition. it doesn't look like it's freezing. feels slightly above freezing. so you might not have a problem with black ice. you have to assume especially at intersections places where plows had to make a turn, you've got slush. you probably won't be able to stop in those conditions. people have been out and about moving around. we've seen some pedestrians going to bus stops. the good news is we've seen ride-on buses riding through here, at least this part of east diamond. whether they're running on some of the smaller streets, it may be a bit more hard to navigate. you might want to find out. we have seen people starting to move around. and that, again, is good that people are moving around. if you're a driver, it's something else to look out for.

a lot of people are moving around on the streets because the sidewalks are not cleared. if you come back live here, you can take a look at the typical sidewalk here. near the marc station, they've taken the opportunity to clear the sidewalk pretty well. take a look, that's solid ice there. and to get to the sidewalk, you're going to have to traverse this icy pond right here that's sort of sprung up in the gutter. be careful. that's the main thing if you're walking or driving. we're live in inmontgomery county, news4. >> thank you. we're also keeping an eye on roads and sidewalks in d.c. megan mcgrath live near the eastern market metro station in capitol hill. megan, how are things looking there? >> reporter: it's very icy. on d street, you see all the slush on the road. we also have a lot of water on. somef -- in some areas, the water actually has a layer of ice on top. the slush, chunky, slippery, very slick.

treacherous conditions on side roads here in d.c. we also are having issues with sidewalks. this is a sidewalk, not that you can see it, frozen solid. because the sidewalks in many areas are in such bad shape, folks have chosen ton use them and are walking down the middle of the street. we've encountered a number of people doing that. volume is light, so it's not a huge issue, although it is still dangerous. lots of folks say the sidewalks are so icy that they're afraid they'll fall if they use them. >> some of them are just straight-up covered with ice. the rest are covered with bumpy, frozen, slushy stuff. i was hoping they would melt overnight, but they didn't. >> reporter: and just keep in mind if are you a pedestrian, if you're going to be walking around, it's kind of hit or miss. some folks have taken care of their sidewalks and are okay.

other areas, they're not good. they're completely covered or if they have been shoveled, not reshoveled after the additional snow last night, that has frozen up, as well. difficult conditions out here. a lot of people say they're leaving their cars at home. they'll take the metro. not a bad idea. even walking to the metro can be difficult. back to you. >> thank you. if you're taking amtrak, you'll want to check your train status, as well. lines are running on a reduced schedule because of the snow. this includes acela. several trains have already been canceled. meantime, vre and marc trains running on a reduced schedule, as well. vre officials confirmed about two hours ago that they're running on an s schedule. they'll be adding train cars to help with the passenger load. marc pushed by the 880 train, 880 train on the brunswick line. that is departing at 8:25 this morning. this is to accommodate the two-hour delay set by the government. penn line train 425 is also on a

delay leaving at 9:25. and while much of the mid-atlantic is getting a slight break from the snow, many are using this time to dig out. video from pennsylvania had over a foot dumped on parts of it. the weather channel's kate parker is live in phoenixville now to tell us more. good morning to you. >> reporter:ood morning. yes, we came here to phoenixville because of trees like this one you see behind me. this tree came down last week. last week's ice storm took a lot of trees from this neirh out. we're by valley forge to give you an idea outside of fill extra y where we're located here. we saw about ten inches of snow yesterday morning followed by a break in the afternoon. then we saw the freezing rain. .1 inch. and additional snow overnight. we got up to about a foot in this particular area. 10.4 inches. a record-breaker at philadelphia international. and that also puts us in the all-time record for four

six-plus-inch snowfalls in a single season. that has never happened before in philadelphia. today kids are out of school. we'll be using time to dig out. we see the plows and sand trucks around nonstop around the clock. they've been working hard to keep the roads in good shape. the snow did inhibit that a bit. so far, it's been pretty good. we'll kind of wrap up this current snowstorm here. getting geared up for more snow later in pennsylvania. new york city schools haven't canceled classes this week which proved to be a controversial decision. one of the issues being talked about, safety. hundreds of students depend on public transportation and money buses weren't able to arrive at their normal stop. this left kids in the cold. more than half of the students abandoned the idea and stayed home. students could be facing the same problem again today.

part of bw parkway is shut down. breaking news with danella from first 4 traffic. good morning. right now, live look from chopper 4. this is bw parkway southbound at 202. multiple vehicles involved in the accident here. these drivers in the left lane, shut down at the beltway because of multiple accidents. i was watching thisview, and you see these guys are just down -- one vehicle completely off of the roadway. again, you cannot use bw parkway as a route. and you see solid delays from the beltway. heads up. over here, you see the cars off to the side of the roadway. just slid off of the roadway. now the big question i have for you is when are we going to get above freezing because this refreezing is really making thing a mess for drivers in the area. >> it is. i don't think we'll get above freezing until 8:30, 9:00 this

morning. a critical time between now and then when all the slush and whatever turned to water overnight has frozen up. big area with ice in the red zone. covering much of virginia, west virginia, maryland. nearby suburbs in the rural areas, hovering at 30. some upper 20s. the big weather story today, this icy morning. but then we have a possibility of another round of snow coming in. when will it arrive? this is saturday morning at 6:00 a.m., leading edge of the snow coming into northern virginia, loudoun county, western maryland, frederick, washington county, points west. but then i think it will be getting closer to washington by mid mortgage, getting close -- mid morning, getting closer. it will move in from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon, moving east of the bay. how much snow would it leave? nothing like the last couple of

days. there may be an inch or so in washington to a couple of inches, two to four, montgomery county, howard, northern fairfax, loudoun county, and four to six, the higher amounts, six just in some of the higher ridges farther to the west. but mainly up to around four inches many counties near the border. for your valentine's day, though, you'll love the forecast. highs making it to the low 40s. a lot of melting today. lots of sunshine. we'll have a light southwesterly breeze. if you're going out tonight, should be staying above freezing. near freezing, then snow mid morning and midday. sun back in the afternoon. partly cloudy, sunday, monday, then look at the seven day, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, into the 50s. >> like that, thank you. 6:24 the time. today in prince george's county, a judge is preparing to sentence a former deputy sheriff after he admitted to having sex with an inmate. lamar macintyre is looking at less than 18 months in jail. he pled guilty to having

consensual sex with a woman waiting to see a judge in june of 2012. the encounter tax place at a courthouse holding cell. and take a look at these surveillance photos now. police are asking for help to find this man. they say he robbed the hsbc bank in bethesda on wednesday. this is along old georgetown road. crime solvers is offering cash reward up to $10,000 for any information at leads to an arrest. prince george's county schools chief kevin maxwell will find out today whether he is the national superintendent of the year. maxwell was nominated for his work in his previous job as head of the anne arundel school system. the announcement will be made at the national conference on education today in nashville. maxwell will named maryland superintendent of the year in october. loudoun county saw some of the most snow during this storm. we're live to show you why it may be even harder to get to your car this morning than it was yesterday. look at that. and some streets are still covered in snow. we'll take you through today's temperatures hour by hour to see whether there's a chance for it

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this morning some streets are covered in snow. the sidewalks are even worse. the live picture here from

gaithersburg where cars are taking it pretty slowly. we'll have the forecast in a couple of seconds. first, danella sealock following breaking news in your first 4 traffic. that's right. another live look from chopper 4 over one of the multiple accidents on bw parkway. this is just prior to landover road. i want to show you this car off of the roadway. i see the driver out here. they're trying to shovel and get the car out of this -- out of the grassy area here. so traveling bw parkway, southbound lane blocked at the beltway. again that's because of multiple accidents. the other thing i'm tracking, same situation. this time on pennsylvania avenue, right near marlboro pike. police saying reports of ice there. and drivers sliding off of the roadway. you have to look out for the ice in our area. still tracking another accident. this one on the beltway for some time. this is the inner loop of the beltway at branch avenue. just blocking the left lane. police still on the scene of that accident right there. now tom, i'll send it to you. you're saying more snow on the

way? >> yeah. maybe tomorrow. boy, all along there, bw parkway, along the sides of the roads, we've got a lot of snow on the ground. and what did melt yesterday and overnight has refrozen. watch out, it's slippery. we're down to near or below freezing much of the region. we'll say that way through 8:30, 9:00 this morning. we'll stay below freezing. we'll have bright sunshine, light southwesterly breeze. for lunch hour, it should be around 40 degrees. we'll have a lot of melting again of the slushy snow. into mid-afternoon, we'll touch the low 40s mid-afternoon. date night tonight, valentine's this evening, it should be in the 30s and staying above freezing. it will be slushy as that snow will continue to melt. until midnight, above freezing with increasing clouds. we'll have a light southwesterly breeze. i think it's going to freeze right back up again after midnight tonight. if you're going to be out and about. watch out for that late tonight. eun? >> we've been talking a lot about the snow. it looks like the center of it

all where it was heaviest was really in leesburg, virginia. >> yeah. loudoun county got almost 20 inches of snow in some of the locations there. leesburg, right there at the airport, got 18 inches of snow. >> yikes. all right. news4's richard jordan has been driving around loudoun county all morning long. he's live in leesburg with the latest on conditions there. >> reporter: hey, eun. when you hear the totals, it's imprefbssive that the roads aren such good condition. the plows out overnight, treating major roadways. they are cleared. the side streets are having issue. another big problem is the vehicles that were locked in. this truck right here is completely blocked just about every side. and what's blocking it in is pretty much a short wall of ice. look at this, it is like clumping and going to take a while before they dig it out of here. not only this truck, imagine one car is locked in. look at this, several cars, this is a car dealership in leesburg.

these cars are all covered. it's likely not going to be a good day here for business trying to sell and move these cars out of here. now, issues as far as getting on the roads and getting out of your home, also some of the schools. we were earlier in potomac falls at horizon elementary. that school is completely socked in. there is no way a school bus will be able to get this there today. the ice and snow that's accumulated from the plows pushing that off the roadway, that pretty much created a barrier around the school. that's why we have so many school cancelations. it's just not safe for buses, for kids to be out in those conditions and trying to get those kids to school. luckily they have a couple of days to recover from that, trying to clear the snow. hopefully whoever's driving these vehicles will have -- won't have big valentine's day. it will be a while before they are able to get their vehicle on the roads. roads looking pretty good. reporting live, news4. still, federal workers do have laid extra time before you need to be at work.

the federal government will own two hours late today. workers have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework, too. take a look at the map. the public schools in red, the counties in red here are closed again today. yeah, that's everybody. d.c. public schools were already closed for a teacher in-session day today. a complete -- in-service day today. a complete list at nbcwashington.com and the bottom of the screen. the countless snow and ice storms have led to the highest number of flight cancelations in more than 21 years nationwide according to the associated press. right now 70 flights have been canceled at reagan national. bwi marshall canceled 32. right now, 37 flights are canceled out of dulles. >> the storm grounded about 65% of the flights out of the airport yesterday. >> we ran into several travelers who say they were going back and forth between all the airports around here trying to get out of town. >> i was supposed to fly out of baltimore. and that flight of canceled. then i came through dulles here. and apparently my flight was canceled here, as well. i can't wait to get back home.

>> if you're planning to fly out of town today, you may want to check with your flight status before you head to the airport. now with more snow on the way, remember you can stay up to the minute anywhere with the "news4 today" app. get the latest forecast, school closings, and watch our show streaming live on your iphone. search "news4 today" in the app store. 6:34. in the coming days, we'll report to you what comes from a federal judge's ruling that strikes down virginia's ban on gay marriage. the judge ruled last night that the ban is unconstitutional. our northern virginia reporter, david culver, was first to report this. same-sex couples can't marry in virginia right away, though. the judge issued a stay of her ruling. while it is appealed. and we are monitoring the reaction from this ruling, as well. part of a statement from virginia attorney general mark herring released today. this decision shows that virginia, like america, is coming to a better place in recognizing that every virginian deserves to be treated equally and fairly. brian brown of the national

organization for marriage called the ruling "another example of an obama-appointed judge twisting the constitution and the rule of law to impose her own views of marriage in de defiance of the people of virginia." you are now looking live at d.c. and sochi, russia, this morning which could be more polar opposites -- couldn't be more polar opposites now. 35 here in washington. that's on the left-hand side. 59 degrees in sochi, russia. the home of this year's winter olympics. those warm temperatures have had a big impact on competition, too. three men who did not let the heat wave get to them, though, the men of the u.s. ski slopestyle. jim handly just spoke with the three winners of the debut event. >> reporter: hi, folks. you are looking at the trifecta of men's ski slopestyle. congratulations, guys. here we go. we've got gold, silver, bronze, a clean sweep. joss, what is it like to do

that? >> amazing. the last time it happened was in salt lake. at the first snowpipe, i was able to witness that. it's cool to be part of history. this is the fifth time our sport's been in. for the u.s. to make a sweep through it is just huge. >> are you guys rooting for each other as you watch? do you consider yourselves friends, colleagues, competitors, or what? >> no. i mean, i think we're definitely friends first, competitors second. our sport has pretty crazy level of camaraderie between all of us. i mean, before all the teams and everything came into play for olympics, we've just been doing this for ourselves, an individual sport. along with that, we're always supporting each other. we are rooting for each other. definitely you want to win, and you're nervous when everyone else is going whether or not they'll bump your score out. you want the best for them. this is the perfect scenario for me. >> reporter: what is it like to win and sweep for your sport knowing that young people are going to be looking up to you guys, and the sport's just going to take off? this is a first for the olympics. >> yeah, i'm super stoked about

that. i definitely think it's like the best way that we could have possibly debuted our sport. i think the level of riding was insane yesterday. some of the best rounds that i've ever seen on slopestyle course. and i mean, i'm hoping this kind of pushes the free skate move. >> reporter: you travel in threes? >> yeah, it is. >> reporter: congratulations. this is a lot of hardware you're seeing here. >> for sure. we're stoked, too. >> this winter storm means businesses are taking a hit. the specific industries that say they're losing out on millions, even billions of dollars. we're following breaking news in your morning drive. part of the bw parkway is closed right now near the route 50 split. this is a look from chopper 4. danella sealock is keeping an eye on the backups. we'll be right back. we've got multiple accidents around the region. big area in this red zone where we've got a lot of ice. watch out for that. your hour-by-hour valentine's day forecast coming up.

tracking breaking news on bw parkway. southbound lanes still blocked because of multiple accidents. drivers are sliding off of the roadway. this is a live look chopper 4. at 410, guys trying to help each other shovel out. southbound lanes are block ted beltway. on bw parkway, blocked to the route 50 split. guys that are still on the road here, they're just trying to make their way around. now work-arounds, if you're traveling on route 50 so far, it's clear. still icy. you want to take your time this morning. i'm not tracking any major delays on route 50 as you travel inbound this morning. the other thing i'm tracking, i-to the, just ice here as you travel northbound at tuckerman lane. accident here off to the left side of the roadway. tom, this ice is a mess for drivers. >> yeah. it's deceptive. the road may look wet. in fact, that could be ice.

watch out. wild we'll have slippery conditions. temperatures at or below freezing. it will stay this way between now and 8:30, 9:00 this morning. by noontime, with the bright sun, warming to near 40. mid-afternoon for your valentine's day, we should be making it into the low 40s. if you're going out this valentine's evening, date night should be a nice evening. it's going to be slushy and wet. we'll have a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. staying above freezing through this evening. then maybe a refreeze tomorrow morning. could get some more accumulating snow on saturday. i'll tell you when i think it's going to begin, when tell end, and how much we'll get. coming up, weather & traffic on the 1s at 6:51. back to you. >> all right. thank you. and the cold weather is freezing some businesses' bottom line. >> that's right. with people snowed in, the economy is feeling a chill. economists believe billions of dollars will be lost due to the wintry weather. one of the most concerned groups -- florists. today is one of the busiest days of the year for the industry. smaller boutique stores could lose thousands. many don't believe they can

handle it now. restaurant owners aren't sure if they will see the usual valentine's day crowd either. costing them big money, as well. we have live team coverage of the snow you are deali with this morning. check out the sidewalks in southeast washington. piles of snow on the side and slippery, as well. the efforts to make it easier to get around. this is a live picture from gaithersburg. the slick spots and huge piles of snow. [ male announcer ] start engine. accelerate. shift. shift. ♪ and shift again. through all eight speeds of a transmission connected to more standard horsepower than its german competitors.

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welcome back. in northwest washington, the parking let. some cars have been cleared. the one has snow on it, and there are piles around it. if you're trying to dig out today, prepare for extra time. it's going to be tough going. >> check out radar, too. not a snowflake in sight here. after almost 24 hours of snow, we have relief. our team coverage of the morning's snow covers our entire area. we're live in maryland, northern virginia, and southeast d.c. we start in the district with news4's megan mcgrath. >> reporter: we have tough conditions out here on some of the side streets. we're right here at the intersection of 7th and d street. if you can do this without killing myself here, look at the ice and the frozen slush that we have. anything that was wet just absolutely froze last night. we've got pretty bad conditions here. you see all of the frozen slush that is stacked up here along the side of the roadway here. the -- the left-hand turn lane here is a tough go.

basically what's going on here is the plows because of all the cars parked along the curb, they were not able to plow curb to curb. and so the lanes themselves are more narrow than they normally are. everything has frozen up. and so what they need to do is come back here once some of the cars leave here so that they can get those plows in there and really do a better job. it's going to be a tough go on the streets because the lanes are narrowed passing. this is a two-way street here. you don't have the width of the road that you normally have. some folks are going to have to pull to the side a little bit and let an oncoming car go. people will have to be courteous to get through the side streets. some of the major streets, as well, are an issue. this is pennsylvania avenue that you're seeing there. and right at the intersection, we're seeing some frozen slush right there at the stoplight. keep in mind that if are you going to be coming up to a light, to a stop sign, you'll need stop, you're going to want to hit the brakes earlier than you normally would. also, if you are a pedestrian

and we have seen a lot of them out here this morning, right by the eastern market metro station, are you going to have a tough go as well. a lot of the sidewalks including the one i am standing on, they are absolutely frozen. you can't see the asphalt or pavement at all. it's slick. we've seen people walking in the road because they don't want to use the sidewalks. probably not the best idea. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us. thank you. want to show you a side-by-side shot here. on the left, we recorded a shot from the tower cam. we'll show what it looked like before the snow. this is from almost exactly this time on wednesday morning. now on the right side, a live picture from the same view. you can see snow covers the roof of the buildings around here. the side streets, too. big difference right there. >> uh-huh. right now crews across the area are working to clear the streets. that means your car could be ticketed or towed if it's in the way. >> news4's derek ward live in montgomery county with more on that.

derek? >> reporter: in montgomery county, a snow emergency remains in effect. that means that you will be ticketed and towed if you are parked in a designated snow emergency route. it also means that the city-operated parking lots will allow free parking for the duration of the snow emergency. we're not completely out of the woods yet. take a look here. you see this is what some folks are having to deal with as they try to move around. and people are indeed moving around today. a lot of people going back to work for the first time. buses, the ride-on buses, we've seen them running here at least along east diamond avenue. they've been running with seemingly regular frequency. can't speak for the side roads. they may still be somewhat treacherous. the roads are slushy, as you've seen. again, to get to the sidewalks that are clear, when you do find one that is cleared, the plows have created a sort of wall of snow. and that is crusted and frozen and hard. people are having to hop over those. even if you are walking, allow

yourself extra time. you know, i spent time in buffalo. there's a thing they call the buffalo shuffle for these conditions. when you have ice on the road or streets, you sort of have to walk like this. you know, drag your feet along. that's apparently what you'll have to do right now. we're live in gaithersburg, derek ward, news4. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 6:50. even though schools are closed and the government is on a two-hour delay, you might have to get up and move your car. d.c. is enforcing morning rush hour parking restrictions. that's from 7:00 to :30 this morning. if you're caught parked in a rush hour zone, you could be fined $100, and your car might be towed. police are investigating a number of deaths in the area that could be linked to the snowstorm. a man was found buried under a pile of snow in southeast washington yesterday. when police arrived, the man was already dead near the anacostia metro station along shannon place in southeast. how he died remains unclear. 6:50. three people are dead this morning in howard county after going into cardiac arrest while shoveling snow. the men ranged in age from 45 to

57. the fifth death we told you about yesterday morning when a vdot contract worker was killed while working in loudoun county. the man was standing behind his salt truck in ashburn along belmont ridge road when a dump truck hit and killed him. some of you may be watching us on your phone or tablet this morning because you don't have power. dominion virginia power has more than 1,300 outages in its service area in northern virginia. that number has not changed much through the morning. pepcong me than 0 customers with service, without service, i should say, in the district. and the progress report in other spots, bge down about 170 outages. potomac edison has most of its customers back on line in montgomery county. and in charles county, smeco reporting about 240 outages. that is down from about 900 just a half-hour ago. we asked for your best snow pictures for the pat collins snow stick challenge. and you've really delivered. >> somebody, we are -- indeed, we are less than 12 hours away from finding out who is the best in snow.

look at some of the entries here. news4 received more than 2,300 pictures featuring everything from snowy dogs -- look, a horse. people wearing a swimsuit in the cold. babies, children, couples. r panel of esteemed judges will sift through the choices to decide on the winner which will be revealed tonight on news4 at 6:00 p.m. thank you very much for sharing your great photos. we have breaking news, though, on the bw parkway. we have more from danella sealock in first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning. i'm still watching the situation on bw parkway. here's another view from chopper 4 live now. traveling bw parkway southbound, those lanes are blocked. you're forced on to the beltway. you'll have to loop around. and then get up on route 50. so far it looks good, light volume, not terrible over there. but again, bw parkway traveling southbound, jammed heading to the beltway because of multiple accidents. i can tell you i counted over six. it's more than that. cars are just veering off of the

road. you see just very slick on the roadway. chopper's going zoom out. we'll talk about again, want to show you how the congestion is. but the good news once you loop around, smooth sailing as you continue on to the beltway. now also traveling in our area this morning, i'm just tracking ice on the side streets. heads up, southeast d.c. traveling along georgia avenue -- excuse me, northwest on georgia avenue at kansas avenue. you see here a lot of icy conditions there. what time do you think the ice is going to let up? >> not until, i don't think, around 8:30, 9:00 this ing. the roads are ugly, but the sky is beautiful on this valentine's morning. look at that. that's a heart-warming sunrise. pink snow there at reagan national airport reflecting that sunrise. live view from the storm team 4 city camera. 336 at reagan national. we've -- 36 at reagan national. a southerly breeze at eight to ten miles per hour. that's going to warm it up. not yet. big area where we've got the ice problem. what melted has refrozen.

most of maryland, most of virginia, nearby suburbs around washington and roads and sidewalks and front steps are going to be slippery here for another couple of hours. temperatures are still hovering right near freezing or a little below freezing around much of the region. and then it will have a rapid warmup. i think much of the region by the time we get to mid-afternoon should be into the low 40s. but this icy morning is going to be with us here for another few hours. then we have snow returning on saturday. i think the leading edge, as of 6:00 saturday morning, that's going to begin to move in to the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, washington county and frederick county, loudoun county after that by 9:00. then getting closer to washington by around 10:00, 11:00, that band of snow sweeps on through, moves east of the bay by 3:00 p.m. how much snow will we get? i think there's a good chance we'll see one to two inches in this light blue zone around washington, nearby suburbs south and southeast. just north and northwest, we may get two to four inches.

some isolated spots in the dark blue zone, higher elevations could get six inches of snow. so for your valentine's day, we'll have that milder weather moving in this afternoon. then down to near 30 by dawn on saturday. after the snow ends saturday afternoon, sun back, highs upper 30s. another refreeze on sunday morning, in the 20s. afternoon highs on sunday, the upper 30s. and upper 30s again on monday. we'll have continual melting and refreezing each night all the way into next week. look at these numbers. the best numbers in the seven-day outlook, into the 50s tuesday, wednesday, thursday. aaron? >> all right. thank you. 6:55. let's see how the roads look in loudoun county. richard jordan is live in leesburg. >> reporter: this is one of the areas that was hardest hit with the snowfall. but they are bouncing back and bouncing back fast. take a look at market street here. it is completely clear. we had now trucks, salt trucks comes back and forth all night long. they've been able to push all that snow and ice off to the shoulder and keep the road

clear. now the focus is going to be on the side streets, getting to those so people in their neighborhoods can get out quickly. then of course you've got the parking lots. we're in a big lot here now. there is a lot of ice on the pavement. we've got a bobcat trying to clear that up so that once the businesses open, especially after yesterday when businesses weren't able to open, once they start opening they want to make sure it's safe for customers to park and come i without all that slipping and sliding. that's the next step. that's what's happening in leesburg. back to you. >> all right. richard, this morning. thank you for joining us this morning. should let you know in a couple of minutes on the "today" show, matt lauer andalal are spending their -- and al roker are spending their valentine's day together by going to the double luge. >> what better way? >> we have video of them practicing. you see it there. >> so cozy, right? you might remember they first tried this sport in 2006 in the torino games. we'll see if matt will do a better job steering than al did back then. that's next on the "today" show.

you got to love the outfits, too. tom, we'll check in with you. >> watch out for the ice until now, 9:00, it will finally melt. during the afternoon, the low 40s, lots of sun, if you're going out tonight, should be good weather for your date night, 30s. then maybe that snow saturday morning. talking about the ice, still shutting down bw parkway southbound. forced to the beltway. 395 northbound in the hov lanes, washington boulevard, you see this driver slid off the roadway. >> thank you. that is the broadcast this morning.

good morning. enough is enough. the storm that's already taken a deadly toll still wreaking havoc up and down the east coast this morning. and guess what, another blast of snow is on the way. thrills and spills, american figure skater jeremy abbott recovers bravely from a nasty fall while his teammate jason brown turns in an electric performance. >> this is the way to introduce yourself to the world at the olympics. >> couldn't have skated that much better -- >> and he finds himself right in the middle of tonight's medal hunt.

flying high, an emotional medal ceremony for the three americans who swept ski slopestyle. all of them are with us live as bronze medalist goepper has a valentine's day message. and pushing our luck eight years after first-time luge, al and i give it another shot. spandex and all. one run to remember and another we'd like to forget "today," friday, february 14th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from olympic park in sochi, russia. >> and good morning, welcome to "today" on a friday morning, i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie along