tucked away in a neighborhood. you have to go through side streets to get here. they are all pretty clear. for the children that walk to school check out the sidewalks. they are very icy, very slick. if you have a child that walks to school they could be in for a tr fairfax county loudoun county a two-hour delay. they decided to go ahead with school. a lot of parents thought it was dangerous to get to school especially the large school buses that had to navigate in snowy, cold conditions. they a apologized to parents saying the call was made early at 5:00 a.m. when it looked like the snow would be light. it came up heavier and piled on faster than expected.

one of the problems is there's no threshold, no strict guidelines to follow when making the call. it is all a case-by-case basis. two hours back in fairfax and loudoun county to give parents and teachers a little extra time to get to school. it doesn't look like there will be much trouble for folks getting to school today. this just in. montgomery county schools are opening two hours later. we just heard from montgomery county schools. metrobus will be running on a moderate snow plan this morning. all school trips in d.c. will operate normally. you should keep an eye on metro's bus alert page. as bus routes are able to operate, they will be announced

on that page >> 4:31 right now. i want to get you up to speed on the forecast if you're just waking up this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein talking subzero temperatures. >> right now look at our temperatures. it's only in the mid to upper teens montgomery county. near 20 in fairfax county. upper teens in prince george's county. low to mid-20s in washington by the were bay. warren town down to 18 degrees. at the bus stop this morning, we'll have temperatures in the teens through 8:00 with some of the slick sidewalks. watch out for that as richard was saying. many of the sidewalks were not shoveled. between 8:00 and 9:00 the winds will pick up. we'll be in the low 20s. windchills in the single digits. dress cooler. what to wear a warm coat.

hat, gloves scarf. you mig glasses as well. during the afternoon, not much sunshine. clouds will be rolling through. we might get a few scattered flurries later this afternoon. a look at the hour-by-hour cold changes coming up at 4:41. back to you. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell keeping an eye o roads this morning. he is in montgomery county this morning. >> chuck, how are the roads looking? >> reporter: good morning, eun and aaron. we are on 270 southbound here getting close to the approach on the north side of the capital beltway. you can see from the view outside the here that the main road is fine. they were able to treat the roads last night. the combination of the wind and the chemicals has made for a very safe 270 first thing this morning. the side streets, as i heard my colleague tom kierein mention,

anything that wasn't plowed and treated yesterday, that's a whole other issue. some of the streets in upper northwest when we left the station still have the snowpack on the road. you'll need to take it street by street on your assessment of how quickly or slowly you should be driving. the main road are not going to be the big problem. the secondary roads is where you are likely to occur the most number of problems. once you get out of your neighborhood and on to a street everything will be fine. that doesn't do school buses any good because they have to go in the neighborhoods to get the kids. it's a good decision to open a little bit late and let sunshine into these streets and things will improve quickly. we will start heading out west into northern virginia and check on the roads there. so far so good melissa. how are the rest of the roads

looking around town? >> not so hot when you're talking about out of annapolis. again, as chuck was saying a lot of those have been cleaned up and look good this morning. traffic being pushed on to 97 because of the crash that happened a little while ago. i came down from rockville, completely fine. the ramps and bridges a little iffy. but overall main roads looking quite good. 66 95 everything rolling along well. do have one thing to tell you about east of suitland eastbound pennsylvania at suitland a crash right there. 270 at mont rows, you could probably see chuck drive by a second ago. the main roads, no major issues. your back streets perhaps could use another little push. just be careful. >> much improvement from

yesterday. melissa, thank you. right now no delays or cancellations reported at any a far cry from what with we saw yesterday. more than 900 flights were canceled across the u.s. more than 100 cancellations originated from reagan international airport only philadelphia's airport had more. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell said the roads are in better shape. melissa said the same thing. check out these numbers from a few local counties. there were 96 crashes yesterday before noon in arlington. 101 in prince william county in montgomery county 100 crashes. and anne arundel responded to 142 crashes yesterday morning. we are working to keep you safe on the morning.

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on capitol hill. . a live look outside. as big a problem. but the bitter cold is. tom says the wind will make it worse. we're track the temperatures in your next weathe

4:43 now. a reminder to shovel your sidewalk or you could get a fine. it all depends where you live.

you must clear sidewalks within six hours of a snowfall. dc arlington and montgomery has fairfax and prince william, no laws requiring you to shovel your sidewalk. you may want to do that so you don't slip and fall. >> that's the first thing i did. i knew it would get icy overnight. >> you shovel? >> why does that surprise you? >> you have boy children. >> they're small. i can do anything you can do. you helped me clear my car yesterday. i really appreciate that. >> you're welcome. let's go to tom and check the forecast. >> angie and i were clearing our cars off yesterday as well. that's a live view from storm team 4 city camera on this winds- live view from city camera. teens to 20 between now and

8:00. the winds will start to pick up. you'll notice by noon time. possible flurries flying in the air. midafternoon down to the mid-20s. here are the feels-like temperatures by 7:00 p.m. today. it's going to be down to near zero. subzero windchills tonight through tomorrow morning. a look at this cold pattern next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. melissa, not too many problems right now, right? >> beltway a at colesville rolling along nicely. 50 westbound at 97 completely closed. wider look at things overall inner and outer loop moving nicely. okay with the exception of that

one situation out in ann app list. guys? >> we are working with you to help keep you safe. kristin

4:47 right now. 27 degrees outside. storm team 4 x 4 on the road this morning. meteorologist chuck bell already checked out 270. he says everything looks pretty clear there. we are keeping an eye on treacherous side roads. many side streets are still a slippery mess this morning. news 4's kristin wright is live with with a look. kristin kristin, good morning >> reporter: some of the side streets and some of the sidewalks. sign has it right.

icy roads possible. that's exactly what you want to do this morning. if you look at wisconsin, it's clear. that's what we are finding for the most part in northwest. main roads like wisconsin look pretty good. sidewalk over there you can see that looks good too. that's what we're finding for the most part. but there are spots you want to be alert, be aware of especially if you're walking or catching the bus. 35th and wisconsin, you can see it is slick. it is wet. it is snowy. definitely an area you want to be careful of. if you're walking or catching a bus, there is a bus stop down there. we saw guys salting side roads. a good example of what you're going to see, no doubt, in some areas this morning. they told us they tried to get here yesterday t 35th

here but they jus couldn't get here. that's probably the case in a lot of areas. be careful and heed this voice. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. take a look at these temperatures here. everything outside is frozen now. and tom kierein says it is just getting colder. his forecast is minutes away at 4:51 with your weather and traffic on the 1s. . the president is heading to detroit today as he prepares for the state of the union address less than two weeks from now. it happens january 20th. president obama expected to talk about jobs and housing initiatives. however, with a new congress republicans are already reacting saying they plan to set the agenda this year. and a new representative in washington what. barbara comstock republican, is now in congress in a election in the 34th district.

democrats kathleen murphy will replace her in the virginia general assembly >> the woman accused of vandalizing two d.c. landmarks is free this morning. she was released from st. elizabeth hospital after the department of health says she should not be committed. last november a judge ruled the 60-year-old was in competent to stand trial. that means there is no way to criminally prosecute her. we know a teen hit and killed by marc train was walk anything a prohibited area. 18-year-old mario hernandez was wearing earbuds and hooded sweater covering his head. the marc train conductor blew his horn and tried to apply the brakes before hitting hernandez. the accident happened near old town station. he lived just two miles away.

investigators are trying to figure out what caused a gun mapp to shoot and kill a doctor at a veterans clinic in texas. the gun mapp killed one person from killing himself. the shooting happened yesterday at the william beaumont army medical center in fort bliss. this is the same va clinic that came under fire last year for having some of the longest wait times in the country >> baltimore police charged a man who took a loaded gun into a police station. that man said he was ordered by a violent gang to smuggle the loaded gun into the building. according to police the 29-year-old walkedhe northeastern district substation smelling of marijuana. they found marijuana, cocaine and a gun with a bullet in the chamber. angie goff at the live desk where the death toll is rising right now after a suicide bombing attacking in yemen.

at least 30 are dead. dozens others hurt after the person drove a mini bus into a police academy where qaa gets were gathering. so far no one has taken responsibility for this attack. eun, that's the latest. thanks angie. >> aww. >> you know who that is. >> yeah. this is -- look at the video if you haven't seen it. go ahead and look up and see what we're talking about here. >> this is bao bao rolling down sliding down a a snowy hill. >> look at her. >> the giant panda playing with her mother. >> stop it with the cuteness. >> pow bough's first encounter -- you all are fascinated with this. >> she is fully equipped to handle this kind of weather. they're having fun. it is a adorable.

>> if i had all that fur i would roll around too. i want to see video of you shoveling snow. i don't believe it. >> why don't people believe i shovel snow? >> i have only seen you in heels. >> i cleaned my speier car too. >> i believe you. well this morning we are dealing with winds that will move in later today. we have a windchill advisory. all these include all of virginia maryland parts of pennsylvania for gusts of wind this afternoon of 30 to 40 miles per hour. windchills tonight will be zero to 10 below zero as the winds will really be continuing to pick up and get gusty overnight. by 3:00 this afternoon, we'll have wind speeds around 25, 35 miles per hour. look at the speeds this evening. by 7:00 p.m. 30 to 35-mile-per-hour winds. we could have gusts 35 or so, up

to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. by this time tomorrow morning, they will diminish a bit. our feels-like temperature by 7:00 p.m. down to near zero. and then subzero feels like temperatures by 11:00 p.m. it will feel like 5 to 10 below zero windchill. many places are down into the teens. for the afternoon, a a lot of clouds around. might get a passing flurry with the gusty winds. highs reaching po in the metro area. radar not picking up any snow. highs mid-20s on thursday. friday upper 30s. cold again saturday with subfreezing temperatures. sunday partly sunny.

mid-30s. might get a little rain monday and tuesday. afternoon highs low 40s. now melissa looking at a smooth commute so far. >> looking quite good. beltway at river road moving along nicely. we're talking the ramps and the bridges. even river road where i got off on the southbound lanes. main lanes in general looking good. taking a look at 95 in virginia into town out of town no problems. same thing on prince george's county. no issues at this point this morning. we have this problem heading out of annapolis, 50 west at 97 closed. 97 at route 50 closed. your alternate, take 214 to central avenue. back in 10 minutes >> thank you. 4:55. coming up at 5:00 the first time we are hearing from co-star

phylicia rashad about bill cosby. snow stick challenge. it's about what is on their heads for this competition. stay with us. we'll

this just in to our newsroom. alexandria schools tweeted it is

on a two-hour delay. we'll have a full list on your website and scrolling on your screen. we have seen some pretty creative head gear all across our region. >> so for his first competition of 2015 pat collins asked everybody is show off their best snow hats. take a look at some of the pictures you showed us. later this morning, our panel of judges will select their favorite hats. the winner this afternoon news 4 at 4:00. . cuties. oh come on. cute. >> stay with us. news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. news 4 today starts now. storm team 4 working hard right now as you are waking up to dangerous conditions outside. a team of meteorologists keeping an eye on the roads. the problems for you will be

getting to the highways. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. if you have the nbc washington app, we just sent you an alert. >> howard county schools, two-hour delay. alexandria just announced the same. fairfax county schools opening late after they apologized for staying open yesterday. stwo- two-hour delay in fairfax. arlington, prince william counties starting late as well.