roof of the porch. they were pulled down off the roof they were taken to the hospital just to get checked out. no updated information yet on just how they're doing, how the fire started, but this was a three-alarm fire when it was going strong. firefighters say they found hoarding conditions inside the home so that definitely made matters worse as far as fighting the fire. most of the dwanlg is to the back of the home. but again, firefighters right now are just wrapping up their fire hoses getting ready to clear the scene. fire investigation get a tors have now arrived to start their investigation to determine the cause of the fire. but again, two people were inside this home. they're over at the hospital this morning. richard jordan news 4. we pushed out this information on nbc washington's app as soon as we received it. the office of personnel management opm says federal offices are open today. government employees, you have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. want to find out why?

tom kierein is in the "weather center". >> because snow will be arriving but you not until later today. right now getting a little bit of a mix of some snow, sleet and freezing rain here in west virginia. and then ohio, northern part of ohio that snow. this is just the leading i think of the system that will be arriving later today. but most of this is passing west of us through the shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia over another few hours. but not into the metro area until later today. where we have all of these counties in color under a winter weather advisory until 6:00 p.m. includes the metro area extreme northern virginia, fairfax and allow tonloudoun. south are there, mostly rain. it develops late in the morning. heaviest of the snow between noon and 4:00 p.m.. expect some delays occurduring the afternoon commute. mostly rain south of the metro area. a coating to an inch at the most across northern virginia. farther to the north, northern montgomery county, northern loudoun may get an inch or two.

mountains could pick up 2 to 4 by the time it tapers off ap he said and ends. coming up chuck bell will have your drive time forecast. melissa, how are the roads some. looking good. beltway at river road moving along quite nicely for us. no problems on the outer loop. 66 at virginia visit tore center also looking good. 95, bw parkway no issues there.tore center, also looking good. 95, bw parkway no issues northbound branch avenue at naylor road, two left lanes blocked from the road work that seems to not want to go away. i'll be back in ten minutes. 5:02 how. right now your morning commute should not be impacted as the snow is expected to arrive late in the morning. but it will make the roads slick later today. 200 snow trucks are scheduled to hit the roads this morning in preparation for another winter snowstorm in northern virginia.

you're advised to put salt on your sidewalks as we're expecting slick conditions. you can download the storm team 4 app to watch for severe weather anytime. 5:03. a lot of you talking about the state of the union address this morning. in fact on twitter it's part of 9 out of 10 top trending topics in our area. if you missed it we watched the whole thing for you of course. tracie potts here with some of the highlights. >> reporter: the president hit everything from climate change cuba but he focused domestically. the economy and jobs his top points. he says things are getting better. we have 11 million jobs that have been created, more than we've ever seen in terms of job growth, but that people are still having trouble with money because wages have not caught up. terrorism, he talked about fighting sooigsisis and getting the authorization for use of force from capitol hill. he also talked about foreign policy things like cuba. as the president put it, you can't ten to do things the same

way and expect different results. and he also talked about taxes.ten to do things the same way and expect different re. he wants to raise them on the rich. here's what he said about tax reform. >> they riddled it with giveaways that the super rich don't need while denying breaks to middle class families who do. this year we have an opportunity to change that. >> reporter: republicans do not want to see taxes go up on the wealthy because they say those are the job creators. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. and you can download the nbc washington app for a link to the president's full speech online. right now fire and police crews remain on the creep of that massive fire at a mansion in anne arundel county. a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. there is still no sign of a maryland couple and their four grand children. relatives fear the family was inside the hole whenme when it burned

down. they face major challenges as the entire home collapsed. members of congress will get a briefing on metro's underground emergency. we expect to learn new information following that briefing and two news conferences. members of the national capitol congressional delegation will get a briefing into the tunnel emergency near l'enfant plaza. one woman died 80 went to the hospital. lawmakers will meet with investigators in a closed door meeting. after that meeting, lawmakers will hold a news conference and federal investigators will hold a separate news conference at 6:30 this evening. fighting breast cancer. life changing treatment more women are choosing to have to fight for their lives. and you may want to rethink your passport this morning. news 4 is working to protect you online. we have our hands on the passwords leaked list. salt trucks are deployed and so is the storm team 4 x 4 in rockville. chuck bell is trac

the first lady will be talk to go kids about healthy eating habits. they will read them a book called oh, the things you can do that are good for you. written in the style of dr. seuss. it is supposed to help kids feel excited about staying healthy. is your password on the leak last year 3.3 million passwords

were leaked. among the 25 most common were 123456 and the word password. that's according to splash data. they say common passwords are much easier for cyber criminals to guess. top tips are avoiding patterns such as using letters from the same row, don't use your favorite sporting team your birthday. also on the list of the worst passwords are qwerty baseball football and let me in. at will this pointhpoint, you should though better than not to use 123456. snow trucks are been on the roads since early this morning. >> chuck bell is with the storm team 4 x 4 checking out the drive time forecast this morning. good morning, chuck. >> reporter: good morning. my password is 123457.

so no one are will guess that. a little chilly out here in rockville. just one stop in from the shady grove area. and it will be a cold start, but not crazy cold. 33 degrees here at the metro station in rockville. so not quite below freezing. we are going to have a chance for some snow coming our way today. so be prepared for later on, the road impact for you today will be moderate not for conditions this morning but more likely later on this afternoon. a mix of rain and though coming our way particular li here in montgomery county. northward could have slushy roads.li here in montgomery county. northward could have slu could have flurries moving in for the second half of the morning commute. combination of rain bd andand snow temperatures in the upper 30s by later on today. keep in mind it can slow at 35, 6, 7 degrees. it might stem be enough to accumulate. tom will talk more about that. but for now here is melissa

with first 4 traffic. right now looking pretty good. this bopt be thewon't be the situation for the drive home perhaps. 66 out of town and into town completely fine here. not a lot of construction around town this morning. 270 into and out of town also looking good. earlier road work now out of the way. 95 in maryland at 198, northbound and southbound both moving just fine. and in prince george's county, overall looking quite good. we still have the branch avenue at naylor road situation, two lanes blocked because of construction. otherwise here looking pretty good. live picture of 95 in virginia coming up. more information coming out about the deflated ball scandal involving the new england patriots. what it could mean for the team's future if there is roof of wrongdoing. facebook crack down on face links, but they aren't taking it off your feeds.

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good morning. i'm tom kierein.

storm team 4 radar showing a wintry mix way out in west virginia western maryland a little bit of snow the area in gray. the pink is sleet and though. green a little bit of rain. so a bit of a mix there. most of this will be passing west and north of the metro area during the morning. but then light snow moves right into the metro area that will be right away noontime. and then by the time it all tapers off and ends by around 5:00 p.m., a coating to an inch metro area, 2 to 3 inches farther north and west maybe a little bit more out in the mountains. coming up tom is timing out when the snow will hit our area and how much you should expect. now to a developing story in israel. israeli police say a palestinian stabbed nine passengers on a commuter bus in tel aviv. five of the victims are listed in serious condition at the hospital. the suspect was eventually caught and arrested. angie goff at the live desk. breaking news out of france. four men arrested this in

connection with the recent attacks in paris. the four men in jail now are suspected of giving logistical support to amedy coulibaly the map who killed hostages in a kosher supermarket. coulibaly was killed by police when they stormed that shop. today we'll have a news crew in annapolis where larry hogan will be sworn in as maryland's new governor. the inauguration is at the statehouse. hogan opted for the change because of a $750 million budget deficit. he'll have to deal with later this year. there also will not be a military flyover because of federal budget constraints. a prayer service an inaugural ball are scheduled as part of today's events. new this morning, the doctor shot inside a leading boston hospital by a gunman who then killed himself has died. dr. michael caved son was the

leading cardiovascular surgeon at brigham and women's hospital. police say the gun than went to the doctor's office to talk to him. they got this to a fight and that's when shots were fired. right now there is no motive. the man arrested in a high profile murder case of felicia barnes is free. a judge dismissed all charges against michael johnson yesterday afternoon. he ruled the evidence against johnson was insufficient. 16-year-old barnes was from north carolina. she did disappeared in 2010 while she was ris itting her sister in baltimore. she was found months later floating in the susquehanna river. johnson is her sister's ex-boyfriend. he was arrested and convicted. but that conviction was overturned and he was granted a new trial. johnson's lawyer says her client has maintained his innocence from day one. >> we absolutely firmly believe that the court did the right thing in this case and that justice was done. and we are very very thankful. >> baltimore state's attorney says the court had no jurisdiction to grant the acquittal and plans to appeal.

new information now this morning about the nfl's investigation if to whether the new england patriots used underinflated footballs in the afc championship. espn says 11 out of the 12 balls provided by the patriots were not properly in-flatsed. less air means the ball is easier to grip, throw and catch. nfl rules say each team must provide 12 walls for its own offense and it member a certain weight. if there is proof of intent patriots could lose some draft picks. if you can't wait for super bowl xlix we have some special new video to show you. take a look. vince lombardi trophy arrived in arizona yesterday. it will go to either the seahawks or patriots. but for now, the arizona science center. the game is a week and a half away. it begins at 6:30 p.m. super bowl sunday right here on nbc 4. in news 4 your health a new study says more american women diagnosed with early breast cancer are now choose to go have

mastectomies according to researchers at vanderbilt. doctors say there are a couple reasons for that increase. women are getting more breast mris. another reason, some women say they never want to think about breast cancer again. >> a lot of people say i never want to do this again. i never want to have to think about chemotherapy again. i'll have bilateral mess tech tomorrow mastectomies. >>s effective. of course talk to your doctor about all of the treatment options to make an informed decision. coming up on 5:20 on it wednesday morning. and we are playing waiting game. we know some snow is headed our way. >> let's check in with tom kierein to get a time line of the winter weather. >> starting off early this morning here in the storm team 4 "weather center," it's a weather alert day which means we'll have frequent storm team 4 updates throughout the morning and into the afternoon as this will storm

system approaches us bring something snow and rain our way. right now the storm team 4 radar showing some snow and rain and sleet out in west virginia. areas in green and gray and pink. that's where we're getting the wintry mix. closer to the metro area maybe getting a few flurries northern, western suburbs. most of this will be passing north and west of us through the morning hours. and then it's later today, here is the timing on any accumulating snow. this is about 10:00 in the morning, some of that begins to move into the northern shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia. then that spreads east between 11:00 until 3:00 4:00 in the afternoon. south, it will be a mix of some snow and rain around the metro area. this area in the green an pepg. but pink. but it will stay all snow for the afternoon from around noon until around 3:00 4:00. but then it's all gone and heads off to the north and east by around 6:00 p.m.. after that we'll have a mostly cloudy evening and it will freeze back up again overnight tonight. so mostly rain south of washington a little bit of a

mix in the metro area. may leave us with a coating to an inch by the time it ends. and north and western suburbs may get 1 to 2 inches. farther to the north, western howard into frederick, washington county panhandle of west virginia could get 2 to 3 inches. some of the high spots might get as much as 3 to 4 inches. and then it's gone. temperatures are below freezing. just a few scattered flurries north and west of us. we're showing our cloudy sky there now live view from storm team 4 city camera. temperatures will be in the upper 20s by 8:00 a.m.. low 30s as the snow and rain moves in around noontime. mid-30s by late afternoon. so a lot of it will be slushy on the roads and much of the accumulation will be on grassy areas. and then patchy ice tomorrow morning with temperatures in the 20s. 40s tomorrow afternoon and partly cloudy. could get another round of snow friday night into saturday. may mix with some rain as well, saturday. sun back sunday. another chance of snow on monday. so we'll have a busy pattern

over the next few days. i'm back in ten minutes at 5:31 with a look at the winter weather advisory zones. right now roads looking pretty good. could be wet and slushy as you mentioned for your trip home. 95 north bound in virginia north of route 1, you can see all the folks headed into town. just normal volume. looking at 66 headed into you're fine as well. 55 miles per hour. same thing headed west on 66. 270 at old hundred road coming around the bend slows just a tad as it normally does. otherwise normal value i'm there. beltway at central avenue moving along nicely. inner loop, outer loop, everything flowing along. 5:23 now. secret service is responding to new reports about that shooting near vice president biden's home in delaware. the incident happened on saturday night. the "washington post" was first to report it and nbc news has

confirmed surveillance cameras at the vice president's home did not capture any images of the gunman. the post says those cameras were not aimed at the road where neighbors heard a car speed away after shots were fired. the secret service says all security measures were fully functioning at the biden's home in delaware this weekend. new this morning, a report calls out states for not doing enough to he said tobacco use. the american lung association graded all 50 states on tobacco policy and in 2014 no state passed new smoke free laws or increased tobacco taxes. here in our area d.c. maryland and virginia all received an "f" for smoking prevention but both d.c. and maryland got an "a" for smoke free air. the lung association is urging governments to help bring smoking rates below 10% by 2024. the department of justice has reached a settlement with a woman after creating a fake facebook page. federal drug agents used information from her cell phone to set up a fake facebook page

using her identity. a tactic that has raised privacy concerns. the settlement of $134,000 came months after the justice department defended that practice. her page was used in the hopes of tricking her friends into revealing incriminating drug secrets. the settlement does not specifically prohibit the dea was using similar undercover tactics in the future. in a typical dorm room, you might find a tv perhaps a computer. maybe a little mini fridge. >> one guy in texas decided to turn his dorm room into something much more unusual. he turned his room at rice university into a ball pit. it cost david 500 bucks to get all 13,000 plastic balls in to his room. >> but why? people will be like why. >> a lot of people are like why but then they think about it and they go, no that sounds awesome. >> okay. sounds awesome. at first the school was a bit concerned, but ultimately said it's safe and fine. beside david only has a few

more months to enjoy his ball pit. he graduates in may. >> a way to celebrate the accomplishment of getting out of school. in the wake of a tragic accident metro considering changes to your commute. how much it's going to cost you. financial infidelity temperature what research says you're hiding from your spouse and we'll tell you if men or women are more likely to lie. . and it's a weather alert day. snow is heading our way. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the winter weather advisory zone at 5:3

look at the stories making headlines. breaking news right off the top. firefighters are battling a house fire, this is happening at a home on 40th street near north chester brooke road. two people have been taken to the hospital. today there will be a congressional briefing and two news conferences. the national capitol congressional delegation will get a briefing on the tunnel emergency at metro. israeli police say a palestinian stabbed nine passengers on a commuter bus in tel aviv. the suspect was eventually caught and arrested. we'll have much more on those stories throughout the morning. but first, good morning.

i'm up i can't thinkm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. cloudy skies here in the district and beer starting with temperatures around the 30 degree mark and waiting for though to come in. >> tom kierein here with your forecast.though to come in. >> tom kierein here with your fore. a cloudy sky in the metro area. off to our west there is a mix of snow sleet and rain in west virginia snowing now in pittsburgh into much of ohio. and storm team 4 radar scanning higher elevations of the atmosphere north of the metro area, there are flurries aloft, but they may not be reaching the ground yet. all of this tracking off to the north and west. a few flurries northern and western montgomery and howard county. as well as southern frederick maybe getting just a very few flurries right now. p this is just the leading edge of the system coming in later today. so we have a big area under a winter weather advisory between now and 6:00 p.m..

all these counties in color. northern virginia, loudoun northern shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia. could have this developing as far as any accumulating though not until late this morning and then by midafternoon, most of it will be done. there could be delays by later this afternoon getting around. going to be mostly rain south of the metro area. a coating to an inch around the immediate metro area. farther north and west, maybe a couple of inches to 3 or so mainly on glass city areas. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with your bus stop forecast for this morning and for this afternoon. that's at 5:41. right now roads looking good. this may not be the situation later today as you're headed home. morning commute should be good stars any precipitation goes. 66 east of prince william parkway, that is flowing just fine. 270 at shady grove road all these folks are headed south in

the main lanes. no problem. very light volume here in the local lanes this morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland and bw parkway, into and out of town, we're fine. lots of green, exactly what we like to see. beltway at landover road also moving along nicely. 95 in virginia, we're getting a little slow down northbound through dale city. 45 miles per hour. 5:32 now. new this morning, you can pay more tould be crowded. metro's board of directors is considering several options to raise rev new in the upcoming budget year. among the options is to increase metrobus and metrorail fares by at least five cents. the board is also considering eliminating its late night rail service on friday and saturday nights to save money. there is also an option on cut bus and train trips. metro also requested $140 million from d.c. maryland and virginia to help make their budgets. virginia's former first lady could spend more than six years

in prison for corruption. the "washington post" reports the probation office puts the sentencing guideline range between 5 and 6 1/2 years. she'll be sentenced next month. bob mcdonnell was convicted on 11 corruption counts. he's appealing his case. he was sentenced to two years recently and will report to prison by february 9. a virginia delegate is the center of a new criminal investigation. delegate morrissey is serving a six month jail service for a misdemeanor conviction. a new investigation deals with allegedly fraudulent documents that were presented at morrissey's sentencing. i have no more comampaigns to run. my only agenda -- i know because i won both of them.

>> that unscripted moment in the president's state of the union address last night, you can see he sort of winks at the crowd there while speaker john boehner didn't really react. some republicans in the crowd applauded when the president said he has no more campaigns to run. the president said he wanted to reach across the aisle in his speech but issued several proposals. the gop is expected to reject. afterwards senator joni ernst chose not to talk about the speech itself in the republican response. >> we'll work to correct executive overreach. we'll propose ideas that aim to cut wasteful spending and balance the budget. with meaningful reforms, not higher taxes like the president has proposed. >> coming up at 5:45 we'll be joined by mark murray to talk about what the president's proposal means for you in the year ahead. 5:34 now.

today awake for the husband and father will be held. corey mattison was shot in his home allegedly by his wife's ex-husband. family members say he led the shooter outside away from his family. we're also learning that the man accused in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife's husband was captured by his mother. police say the suspect's own mother tackled him and held him down in a struggle for the gun. minh nguyen appeared in court. he's charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of mattison. the wake is tonight at reston bible church at 6:00. the memorial service is thursday at 1:00 at the same location p. police are searching for a than in a fedex uniform after a shooting last night in d.c.. a woman was shot around 9:00 p.m. and then ran to the potomac avenue metro stop for help. medics drove her to the hospital. we're working to get an update on her condition. the motive is unclear. police are also searching for a suspect after three teens were shot in northeast

washington yesterday evening. that shooting was reported in an alley around 3:00 p.m.. sources tell news 4 the teens were in one of these cars when the three suffered serious injuries. new this morning, 16 and 17-year-olds in hyattsville can vote in local locations. a measure was passed to lower the voting age to 16. takoma park is the other city to do so. breaking news out of brooklyn. we know one person is dead seven others hurt after a fire breaks out at a hardware store that sits right underneath the row of apartments that we're looking at. for those of you familiar, this is in the prospects heights park of brooklyn. the victims that did survive, they are in the hospital being treated. but you can see here just a huge response. more than 160 firefighters from

39 units we're told september out oig out to battle the blaze. we don't know what caused it. >> 5:36 now. data from black boxes taken from the crashed airasia jet explain what happened midair. what we're learning happened in those final sends of sehose final sends of s those final sends of seconds of the flight. and chuck bell is in the 4 x 4. your bus sometime forecast at 5:41. >> do you trust your suppose with your family's finances is this why research says perhaps you shou life's running out of shaving stuff.

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dominion virginia power proposing to build a solar array in the commonwealth. the first large project in the state near the remington you power station. it would generate enough electricity to power 5,000 homes. dominion filed its application. if approved it could be online by october of next year. there are things you can do to save money on your energy bill. electricity rates are expected to rise about 2%. you can save money by changing the temperature setting on your water heater from 140 degrees to 1120 120. that could save you $100 a rear. if you upgrade your appliances, consider buying energy efficient ones.rear. if you upgrade your appliances, consider buying .

also up plug the extra refrigerator in the garage. more evidence couples may want to talk to each other more often especially about finances. a study found 7.2 million americans have kept bank accounts or credit cards a secret from their live-in partner. and researchers also found 20% of people who spent $500 or more without telling their significant other. men were more likely than women to do so. it is critical for a relationship. i've read it's the number one issue between couples is money. so you have to be honest and have that conversation. some school changes to tell you about. anne arundel county schools will open on time and dismiss two hours early today. >> and frederick county, virginia schools are closed today. again, frederick county virginia closed. >> all this because of the snow headed to our region.

trucks already out there. >> chuck bellx 4 checking out the roads. >> reporter: radar is showing some flurries potentially here in montgomery county. we're keeping a close eye on the sky and have seen absolutely nothing as of yet. so the first flakes may yap evaporating before they get to the ground. bus stop weather, morning won't be all that bad. there is a chance of flurries come in later this morning. but plan on bus stop temperatures in the upper 20s. coming back home later today, we'll have a combination of rain and snow. snow on the north side of our viewing area rain down to the south. coming home temperatures later on this afternoon, mostly mid perhaps even the upper 30s. impact on the roads will be moderate for the second half of the day. on our way up here this morning, we saw a lot of salt trucks on the side of the road ready to

go. they have already laid down some chemical in some areas to try to help the first flakes that land later on this afternoon. we'll be keeping a close eye on it. we may have more snow chances into the weekend and again next week. so winter may finally be showing signs arriving. >> i love the snow when i can play in it and make a snowman. we were talking about road definitely do not love the snow. wide look at things, overall looking pretty good right now. taking a look at travel time 95 north, quantico to the beltway, slowest spot 35 minutes. ten minutes hipdbehind. just volume. 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. outer loop running at 10 minutes on time. i'm back in ten, as well. 5:43 now. the rash of crimes that has a local community warning residents to lock their cars. and how walmart is letting you get

good morning. i'm tom kierein p. radar showing a wintry mix out in west virginia and up into ohio. there is some snow there, a little bit of sleet and rain. light snow panhandle of west virginia. storm team 4 radar up close to washington picking up just a few flurries trying to reach the drowned here from winchester over to frederick and then across howard county and maybe new damascus and olney, ashton. a look at titles and the snow timing coming up at 5:51. and you can stay up-to-date with the latest news by downloading the wepather app from apple store or google play. so president obama said his economic and foreign policies are working. >> joining us right now to help

you understand president obama's speech is mark murray nbc's senior political editor. appreciate you getting up with us. >> great to be here. >> let's talk economy. president talked a lot about that last night, in particular about middle class tax cuts. republicans controlling both houses right now. is that going to happen? >> i'm a very optimistic and cheerful person by nature. but, no that's probably not going to happen. precisely for the reasons you mentioned. you have republicans control the house of representatives, united states senate. they're not going to go along with any of this. but one way i was looking at the speech, president obama kind of passing the baton to the rest of his party saying these are the initiatives that we're not going to be able to get the remainder of my presidency but we should next time we have political power once we control congress. things that we should actually shoot for. and he was almost trying to recalibrate his party and saying these are things we need to campaign on. so for example when it comes to taxes, we should roy taxould provide

tax cuts to middle class and raising taxes on the wealthy. >> a lot were excited about the proposal to provide free community college. sounds good especially for the middle class. how will funded? >> one of the reasons is the higher taxes on the wealthy. the total package is about $60 billion. and just like with the tax proposal it's not going to go anywhere. but yet again, this is a way for him to be able to say to our party these are the things we should be for. one reason president obama is talking about this, he made the analogy that there is free public education in high schools, ypwhy not get two more years at least for people who qualify to be able to have an educated workforce going forward. so this will be something i wouldn't be surprised if hillary clinton if she runs campaigns on as well as democrats along the line. and when they have power try to pass it. >> but in the short term for regular folks out there who watched the speech who want these things to be happening,

there is no value really in any of the proposals in the short term. >> there are always values. president obama tried to address what the state of the union is in the first part of his speech. second part, a lot of the proposals he wants. but every state of the union i've covered, whether bill clinton, george w. bush, 95% about of the things are things they can't get accomplished. politics is very hard even when you control all the levers of power. but certainly now. >> mark murray our senior political editor thanks so much for joining us. and you can head to nbcwashington.com right now to read a fact check of everything the president said in his address. investigators now have a clearer picture of why air asia flight 8501 crashed last not. radar data reveals the flight was pushed beyond its limits. it climbed a steep 6,000 feet in one minute. not clear why it made that deadly climb. the pilots did ask to increase

their altitude to 38,000 feet to avoid a storm. air traffic controllers said no because there were too many other planes in the area. more bad news from disneyland. the meez measles outbreak is still growing. where wil put on his new uniform for the first time. scherzer won the cy young award in 2013 and he was also an all-star in each of the two last years. huge you news for the nats. what a get. >> tom kierein was actually cheering. i saw him jump up and click his heels together when we heard

about this. >> we now with the deepest rotation in all of major league baseball. just going to be so exciting to watch much about pitchers and catchers report not too far away even though we're looking at snow today. >> i want that baseball spring. >> it's a weather alert day. we'll have frequent updates on storm team 4 throughout the day. right now storm team 4 radar showing a few flurries trying to reach the ground north and west of the metro area. out here in west virginia and up into ohio there is a m xwra areas always light snow trying to reach ground around winchester northern shenandoah valley up to martinsburg and charles town. across the near frederick. and then south and east of there, near damascus parts of howard county getting perhaps a little bit of flurries trying to reach the ground. farther to our west a few of these flurries trying to reach the ground too here along the blue ridge in western fauquier county into rappahannock county.

the main event is still west of us. that will be tracking near us by later today and bringing us some snow. so we do have a winter weather advisory all these counties in color, northern virginia, the district all these counties in maryland and into west virginia this is in effect until 6:00 p.m.. it's snow developing late this morning. heaviest between noon and 4:00 p.m. when we could have a little bit of delay activity as we get in to the afternoon hours. here is the timing. snow arriving in the northern shenandoah valley accumulating snow. thatment won't be until 9:00 10:00. and then most of it passes just north to the metro area. most of it is done by around 5:00 or 6:00 p.m.. overnight tonight, we'll have it refreezing. so a coating to an inch away the metro area. rain farther south. and then farther north and west maybe 2 to 3 inches north and west of the metro area. mountains, higher spots may get as much as 2 to 4 inches. temperatures right now in the

20s to near 30 degrees. road temperatures can cold, so some flurries may try to stick this morning. and then noontime most of it ending by 5:00 pchl.m., low and mid-30s. so a slushy snow and much of the accumulation on grassy areas. refreeze tomorrow morning with patchy ice. highs mid-40s. a lot theof melting tomorrow. more snow friday into saturday. sun back sunday. more snow on monday. active pattern. stay tuned. melissa looking at increasing volume. increasing volume and did he ever definite slowdowns here. 95 north at 100, a vehicle off the roadway on the left side. very hard to see there in the dark. we have the shoulder here blocked. car spun around there. so it will take time to get that out of there and perhaps shall lane closures as they try to tow that car out of the way there. so a little bit of volume building there.

95, lower he saidend of 95 looking pretty good. bw parkway looking fine. wider look at things, your all no major beltway at branch avenue inner loop and outer loop here, good volume. but everything slowing. the evening commute could be a little nasty. and 95 north here, 14 miles per hour as you head through dale . new school closing to tell you about. loudoun county public schools will be closed today. no school in loudoun county virginia. microsoft preparing for a mike announcement. and you can now pick up your tax refund at walmart. landon dowdy joining us with those stories 4 your money. >> good morning. walmart has laufrpgnched a new service letting customers pick up their cash refundses in stores. it's called walmart direct to

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the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. right now winter weather advisory going into effect in our area. salt trucks in overdrive this morning as a fast moving storm gets ready to swoop this. tom has the timing and how much snow we can expect. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. opm says federal offices are open today. government employees have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. we've learned loudoun county public schools are closed today. we also know that anne arundel

county schools are opening on time, but they are sticking with an early dismissal, two hours. frederick county schools closed today, too. >> let's get to tom kierein now for more on the forecast. >> yeah it is a weather alert day which means we will have frequent storm team 4 updates all day long as we see this fatherly weak system coming through. but just enough snow that it will be causing some problems. right now the storm team 4 radar showing a few flurries trying to reach the ground to our north and west. as we look at the radar showing that area of some very very light snow in northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. a little freezing rain here in west virginia. closer to