passed but still no word on the condition of two japanese hostages captured by isis. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're in the middle of a stormy pattern. there are a few chances for rain and snow over the next few days. >> we want to get right to tom kierein with a look at what you can expect for today. >> that radar showing a big area of rain, the carolinas, georgia, tennessee, down to alabama, mississippi, florida, this is all advancing off to the north and east. still about 11 1/2 hours away getting into the metro area. so it may be away 5:5:30 6:00 it will be arriving here. all these counties in color, a winter weather advisory. 6:00 p.m. until noon on saturday. a wintry mix of some snow and sleet. maybe even get some icing, as well. and farther south and east, going to be mostly rain. cold morning this morning, your weather headlines on this friday morning, rain likely by sunset. then that wintry mix later

tonight and into saturday. right now our temperatures are subfreezing. layer up we're just in the 20s across most of the region. low 30s in washington. near 30 right by the chesapeake bay. and the hour by hour forecast for the rest of the day, we'll have a little sunshine in and out this morning. temperatures by 8:00 should be in the low 30s. by noon near 40. ought to hit mid-40s by midafternoon. and then that rain arrives changing to that wintry mix later this evening as we get colder. it will begin to accumulate on some untreated surfaces. that will be late tonight and into tomorrow morning. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast, amelia segal will join us with the 4 x 4. still have the water main break bowie, old annapolis at church road. big hole in the ground will. your alternate is annapolis

road. 270 at falls road that looks good. no pro 66 into town you can fly either way. a tad slow as you're crossing over 123. river road at well lard avenue one inbound and one outbound lane blocked here this morning for some road work. that is a typical stretch where they usually dots road work here. it's been happening since the summer but we do see some extra stuff happening there at this point this morning. 395 north bound at seminary road still have two left lanes blocked from an earlier crash there this morning. otherwise everything is generally looking pretty good. 6:02. right now this could make you late for work. madeelissa told us about the wearater main break. megan mcgrath is live on old annapolis road with more. >> reporter: well, melissa has been talking about all morning and take a look live here that's the hole in the middle of the old annapolis road causing

an issue for people. this is a popular short cut. people take it from 450 over to 197. but as you can see, that is not going to be an option for you this morning. this is going to be closed down for the duration of the morning rush hour. we have a water main break that caused a big hole to form in the middle of the road here. crews are on the scene. they're working on it, but they just at this point dug up the pipe they haven't actually begun the work of making the repairs. so it will be with us for several more hours. so you'll have to go actually to the intersection of 450 and cut over if you're going to 197. you won't be able to take that popular short cut. church road though you're okay. church road not affected. just old annapolis road itself. back to you. i'm molette green at the live desk. right now no word from isis on the fate of two japanese men hours after a ransom ted line passes. now, japan is saying it is still

working to free them from the militant japan's government leaders describe the situation as severe. and insisted the government is still working for the release of the hostages. now the 72 hour deadline for the two $200 million ransom expired just hours ago go. muslims gathered at a mosk in tokyo to try to prayer for the men's freedom. 6:04. today a man accused of kidnapping a montgomery county judge heads back to court. he was arrested just days after the reported kidnapping in florida. according to police reports he was in a jealous rage when creighton returned to her germantown home. he grabbed her by her hair and forced her to drive her to gaithersburg. it is not known whether the judge will be at today's hearing. prince george's county police are trying to figure out who murdered a man in broad daylight in laurel.

chopper 4 was over the scene on imperial drive yesterday afternoon. police say the man was found dead with a number of gunshot wounds. police are still trying to figure out a motive. if yinformation, call prince george's county police. you could get a $25,000 reward. 6:05 now. two people are still missing after a fire at a multimillion-dollar mansion in annapolis. search crews will be digging through the rubble again today. searchers found two bodies yesterday. this morning we're getting a look at the family members who died on monday. don and sandy pyle owned the home. their grandchildren were spending the night with them. lexie and katie were just 8 and 7. charlotte was also 8 and wes was 6. atf agents hope to have a cause of the fire by monday. a single bouquet of flowers left at the saudi embassy in d.c.. a solemn tribute to saudi king abdallah who died at the age of 90.

joe biden will lead a u.s. delegation to saudi arabia soon to pay respects. and president obama praised abdullah for his bold steps in eace. king abdullah was a conservative ruler and powerful ally of the u.s.. he carried out slow but deliberate reforms. they will observe a three day mourning period. his 79-year-old half brother prince salman is now king. get ready to start those engines. we're just a few hours away from the start of the washington auto show. d.c.'s annual showcase of the fastest and fooens cars. it will be open for ten days. there will be 700 different cars. mayor bowser kicks it off at 11:00 a.m.. and you'll also want to check out nbc 4's drive time auto show special this weekend. veronica johnson will take you inside for all the show's highlights. you can catch drive time saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. right here on nbc 4.

so maybe you're enjoying a cup of coffee right now trying to wake yourself up. there is a new coffee out there that may help you fall asleep. the ingredient that is making that happen. many parents in one county say their kids these more shut eye. the one factor that could stop . a dry but cold start to the morning. we're tracking rain and snow. before that happen we want to get you ready for work and school. bus stop forecast . and throughout the break, you can see the approaching storm moving this way.

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we're getting used to all the scaffolding on the capitol. a new phase is under way now. the news 4 iteam reporter scott mcfarland learned crews are now

removings paint from the exterior. they expect to use 1200 gallons of paint. crews have completed the installation of 720 l.e.d. lights along the scaffolding so they can work after dark. this is the first re tore racerestoration of the dome since 1959. there is now a coffee that helps you fall asleep. counting sleep mixes an herb called valerian and is approved by the fda. experts don't know why this plant is such a potent sleep indues, but it doesn't have any side effects. and since it's approved as a food product, you can buy the coffee in the grocery store. parently valerian root is available in a supplement form as well. a man likes coffee but she couldn't fall asleep. >> so he said let's me clear out a space and get to work. >> i like this kind of husband. i have slulgs solutionolutions for you.

>> there should be a class for that. it's time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> amelia segal is live in roslyn. >> reporter: good morning. hustle and bustle of the friday morning starting to pick up. folks walking to work of course as i say that all the metro buses leave. regardless folks are bundled up. it's dry this morning, but just about everybody, all he's counties here in purple are under a winter weather advisory.he's counties here in purple are under a wi so kids need a warm jacket. might want to grab gloves. by the time recess rolls around, they won't need them. temperature as you're heading in it will be around 32 degrees. plenty of clouds. but it's dry. the good news as long as they're not doing any after school activities taking the bus home right when school is done it will still be dry at that point. rain and snow hoovesyou've moves in later. let's send things over to

melissa. still jammed on 395 north at seminary. two left lanes blocked there from an earlier crash. so take a look at some of these travel times. 95 north from quantico to the beltway, 27 minutes. 395 north from the beltway to the bridge that's our worst time here at 38 minutes this morning. 66 eastbound fairfax county looks good. i'll be back in ten. new calls for an investigation this morning after this dash cam video show as deadly confrontation between police officer and a man during a traffic stop. and did you know tax season was upon us? well you still have a few months to file that return. but we'll tell you what you can do right now to get the largest refund.

we're watching the radar. you can see the big area of green moving toward us. that storm is expected to bring us rain an snow. tom is in the storm team 4 "weather center" working on his .

many of you are in favor of a later school start time. a lot of people packed two hearings yesterday in rockville. some of them who spoke said they wanted school start times to be pushed back an hour or more for high school students. >> and then he was double-teamed by the sleep problems related to early start times. his anxiety became so overwhelm overwhelming, he was physically harming himself and he was suicidal. >> a sleep expert was on hand to testify about how sleep patterns for teens are different. and it may all come down to money, though. montgomery county schools say it could cost several million dollars. the superintendent is recommending all schools start 20 minutes later in order to reduce the costs. and in manassas park we told you the school district got

a grant to study year round school last year. and leaders are ready to present their plan to the community. it includes breaking with the statewide rule that starts school after labor day. they want to start would weeks s two weeks earlier. they would have more breaks and two days for students who need extra help. larry hogan is promising a balanced budget. he introduced his proposal yesterday. key items include funding for the purple line and a 2% reduction in spending for all agencies. it also includes record education spending. should you know there is a lot of cuts in some jumome are jurisdictions. it would be the state's first balanced budget in a decade. our budget puts maryland on sound financial footing without raising taxes or fees. and without eliminating agencies or departments or services

without laying off a single state employee and without any furloughs whatsoever. >> some lawmakers did express concerns saying they just don't have enough specifics about what the cuts will be. if you'd like to take a look for yourself we've posted a link on nbcwashington.com. search hogan budget. 6:19 now. the frederick county public school board is look closely at governor hogan's proposal. the board is facing tough budget challenges of its own that could result in a school closure. according to the frederick you news post saddlesville elementary could be closed if the board cannot come up with $24 million. however, one board member says talk of premature. anger and anguish this morning for the family of a 13-year-old girl hit and killed by a woman learning to drive. a judge sentenced esperanza vasquez to 60 days in jail and a small fine. the victim's father is upset that there wouldn't be a bigger punishment. the "washington post" reports vasquez cried as she apologized

in court. prosecutors say it was a tragic accident and did not reach the level of criminal neglect against. negligence. more than 200 people gathered in ward 8 to discuss the violence. there have been six murders in the last month. people shared their thoughts along with police priests and activists so what can be done about the gun violence. >> i'm mostly upset to see our young black men killing each other. >> neighbors say recreational centers need to stay open longer. they also want more police patrols and parental involvement to help will solve the violence. i'm molette green at the live desk. we have new video just in to our newsroom showing a huge fire near downtown pittsburgh. our sister station there is reporting that three people who were trapped have been rescued, but one person is still unaccounted for. this fire spread to at least

four buildings in this neighborhood. one of them may have collapsed. this is a fire that went to at least five alarms. 6:21. tonight "dateline" will tell the story of a largo man who police say killed five women across prince george's county. jason scott will spend the rest of his life in jail as part of a plea deal he was sentenced to 85 years for two of those murs. i sat down with correspondent dennis murphy. he says scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear the ski mask so only the eyes showing. and crawl around the black yards of the neighborhoods where he lived. he would see the people during the day. and at night, he had some secret life and he was out there. >> you can watch more on tonight's dateline starting at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. and remember this case as he sort of stalked mothers and

daughters. he'll do time for killing two. so just a really interesting behinds scenes look at this case. let's check in with tom kierein for a look at the forecast. >> in my 32 years of frfting winter storms, every single one of them has its own personality. this one will be giving us a nasty mix of some snow some sleet and some icing. right now the storm team 4 radar is showing the leading edge of a lot of rain now into tennessee, it's into the carolinas. it is advancing off to the northeast, going to be getting closer to us by later this afternoon. now, here is the timing. initially arriving as snow and rain in the shenandoah valley and across virginia by 6:00 p.m. and coming right into the metro area around 6:30 7:00 p.m. and just to our north, it will likely change over to some sleet and icing and some snoes snoww. by 9:00 p.m. metro area and northern virginia panhandle of west virginia as well as the rest of maryland getting snow.

then during the evening hours, warmer air comes in may change to rain for a while right in washington. definitely all rain southern maryland northern neck and eastern shore. by 6:00 a.m. saturday, still some snow north of the metro area. maybe a little bit of rain freezing rain right in washington. ending during the afternoon maybe as a little more snow and rain. most of it, though dwunone by noon. quickly exits and we'll clear out saturday night leaving about 1 to 2 inches of some sleet and snow northern virginia, nearby suburbs in maryland. farther north and west, shall location some locations 2 to 4 inches. so kind of a nasty mix as this does move on in. then sunday we'll get sunshine back with highs reaching the mid-40s. another key thing that may keep the totals down a little bit is our afternoon temperatures today into the mid-40s. and that will keep those pavement temperatures above freezing into the evening hours. so initially some of that snow falling will be melting on roads

and then pile up. a thnd snow likely on monday for the morning commute and into the afternoon, 1 to 4 inches. cold after that sunshine highs only near 30 degrees on tuesday and wednesday next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s the hour by hour break down over the next 24 hours. now a look at our roads. 95 north in maryland here at 32 an overturned vehicle with the left lane blocked. so right now 95 north bound looks okay. probably going to get a little slow if you're headed out anytime soon. taking a look at 395, our slowest spot in the area right now as you get inbound there past the beltway, that's from an earlier crash at seminary road. delays of course remain as they sometimes do. wide look at things overall looking pretty typical beltway a little slow here 295 as you're passing 50. river road at willard avenue some construction there. one outbound lane and one inbound lane the only things open at this point. could get a little slow. and then in you bowie, we have

the water main break old annapolis road at church road. we're hearing about a pedestrian accident. more on that coming un. as the patriots prepare for the super bowl they can't shake deflate-gate. new england's quarterback tom brady says he has no idea how the game balls became deflated during last week's afc championship. brady says he picked the balls before the game and didn't see them again until he was on the field. >> nobody did it as far as i know. i don't everything. i also understand that i, you know was in the locker room preparing for a game. i don't know what happened over the course of the process with the footballs. >> brady's take on the ball controversy is the same as coach bill belichick. belichick says that he wasn't even aware there was a problem with the balls until monday morning. the nfl is investigating but has yet to interview the patriots. >> a little over a week to go. a lot of you preparing for your super bowl parties and that may

include buying a new tv. when it comes to tvs more americans are waiting until the super bowl to make that big purchase. shop adviser says 57% more people are buying new tvs for the super bowl than for christmas. people are also spending more money on things like food and super bowl decorations. the average party will cost you $77 this year. you you can watch the game right here on nbc 4 february 1 starting at the 6:30. you will see big changes on tax forms this year. so don't be too quick to file. for example, if you purchased health care on the new exchanges, watch in the mail for a 1095 form. keep your receipts for charitable gifts, mortgage statement, bills and property taxes. they could all mean deductions. you will also want to 34r57bplan ahead. new rules mean longer wait times. the new tax rules mean wait times to meet with tax preparers could be longer than usual. and budget cuts mean the irs may only get to half of the 100 million phone calls they expect. for free advice check out

irs.gov. new developments in the fight against isis right now. the new tension between the u.s. and iraq as both countries try to root out the militants. a health alert for you and your children. an increase in whooping cough cases at a number of schools. what you should look out for and what to do if your child comes down with the infection. radar shows a storm moving our way. it's expected to be nasty outside soon an tomorrow morning. tom will take yo

right now we're getting ready for another round of winter weather. you can see that big storm heading toward us. it is loaded with rain some freezing rain and snow. tom kierein has the timing and the type of precipitation you can expect in your neighborhood. and we're also watching a water main break on old an annapolis road at church street. it's ath megan mcgrath keeping an eye on the repairs. she'll tell us what it happening and what it means for your commute. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist.

>> and i'm eun yang. it looks like our weekend could be book ened by some winter storms. >> tom kyrgios rochb haseerierein has a look at the first threat. >> a big area under a winter weather advisory including all these colors in color. if you look in neighborhoods south and east it will be mostly rain. but could be a nasty combination of snow, sleet and icing. it will last until about noontime on saturday. you now it's all rain in the carolina tennessee and farther south and west. about 11 hours away of getting in to the metro area so it will be around 5:30 this afternoon. keep up with all the changes when you're away from your tv with the weather app. hour by hour temperatures will be climb to go near 40 by noontime. cloudy in the afternoon. low to mid-40s. rain moves in by away 66:00.

ranges over to the combination all the waey until dawn on saturday. amelia segal will be joining us live next weather and traffic on the 1s. a report of a pedestrian hit. we are not confirmed on that quite yet. but landover road at matthew henson avenue. police are blocking the westbound lanes. we'll try to get more information about that. maryland 95 north at 32 overturned vehicle at the left land blocked, so could start seeing slowdowns northbound. old annapolis at church totally shut down because of a water main break. so take annapolis over to 197 to get over to 197. 95 north slow as you're

approaching the beltway. and 395 slow as well. prince george's county if general today is the deadline isis gave japan to either pay a $200 million ransom or two hostages would be killed. meanwhile there is tension this morning between the pentagon and iraq. iraq's prime minister claiming the u.s. and its allies are not to go enough to help fight isis. tracie potts live on the hill now with more on all this. >> reporter: pentagon though says we are make significant progress. john kerry has been in london meeting with our anti-isis partners and they say, yes we are having an impact even though it may be slow going. take a look at this brand new video from the kurdish government. the kurds are launching a brand new offensive against isis in that part of the country. this video comes from near mosul

dam. they're trying to hold on to the areas they have already gained and fight off the isis militants. you can see the tanks rolling across the countryside with that kurdish flag. there is the area where the kurds and the isis forces were fighting last august. now the kurds say they're trying to push them out and in fact they have had success pushing isis out of those near by villages. we continue to watch that swellings the situation with the japanese hostages and any further reaction from the pentagon. 6:35. president obama will post mayor across the country at the white house. the mayors will spend the day interacting with cabinet members and white house officials. we do know d.c. mayor bowser will meet with new york city's mayor bill de blasio at 10:00. the goal is to expand partnerships between cities and the federal government. 11 days after one person died in that underground emergency at l'enfant plaza station, metro is taking steps

to make the safer. from now on train operators will be able to turn off ventilation systems to prevent smoke from being pulled in to railcars. new signs will go up to help cried riders and first responders find emergency doors. the union still says it's not enough. >> one of the things that i'm most afraid of is that they haven't grasped a true safety culture. >> investigators are also looking in to a communication break down. a senior metro transit police officer tells news 4 firefighters rejected his help. you can see a breakdown of the ten safety measures on nbcwashington.com, including what they mean. just search metro. >> we have a whooping cough warning to tell you about. an ane arundel county health officials say it is affecting more school age children this year than previous years. whooping cough is a contagious respiratory infection. symptoms include low grade fever, runny nose and persistent

cough. make sure you call your doctor if you think you or your children have it. lawmakers continuing to push for new laws aichlmed at stopping campus sexual assaults. p a new road block. and we'll tell which you part of our aerd is leadingrea is leading the way in traffic safety. rain and snow is on the way. the conditions you'll face on your ride ho and throughout the break, you can keep an eye on radar as the rain and snowstorm approaches. >> plus the current temperatures

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the district is helping to lead the way in traffic safety. d.c. gets a green rating this year from the advocates for highway and auto safety. only ten other states received that rating. it's based on a low number of traffic deaths and implementing

safety laws. matter hand maryla and virginia got a yellow rating. car crashes killed about 33,000 people in 2013. it is now time for a look at your weather and traffic on the 1s. especially as we head toward the weekend. >> amelia segal out with the storm team 4 x 4 in arlington. >> reporter: good morning. all eyes on this storm system here. i'm tracking it with the stormx 4 on this friday morning. it's chilly out here. the temperature right now 33 degrees. so as folks are heading off to work definitely bundling up this morning. a warmer jacket maybe some gloves. the morning commute though, it will be dry. just mostly cloudy skies. a temperature around 32 degrees. heading home especially around 6:00 7:00 p.m., this is when rain and snow starts to move into the area. i just checked, all pavement temperatures in in maryland

right now are below freezing. but a high today of 45 should help them warm to above freezing. so as the rain and snow moves in initially only wet. but not slick conditions. melissa, we'll continue to track the system. another one arrives on monday. for now over to you with breaking news. this is landover road completely shut down at matthew henson avenue. everybody here heading west is being made to you were around here by police. blocking the road therebecause of that crash. we'll have more on that throughout the morning and on twitter of course as well. 95 north at 32 overturned vehicle there with that left lane blocked. travel times for you, slowest spots 95 north quantico to the beltway, 41. 395 north to the bridge 29 minutes. about three times longer than it should. in maryland travel times looks pretty ten minutes. we're keeping an eye on a water main break affecting a popular cut through in prince

george's county. megan mcgrath is on the scene and talking to wssc right now. what she's learning next. the change in a popular tax preparation software that may have

coming up on 15 before the hour. right now we're watching storm team 4 radar. take a look at the rain and snow that is headed right for us.

that storm could bring us a nasty mixed bag of stuff tonight and tomorrow. tom closely watching this. he'll tell you the timing for when the rain will start and when the rain will start to turn over to snow. that's at 6:51. it is now 6:45. this wean could make you late for work. a water main break has a popular cut through shut down. megan mcgrath is on old annapolis road with more. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with wssc and got an update. what they're telling us is thats problem was where a fire hydrant connected to a 24 inch water main. that connection blew and all the water that gushed out, it caused the erosion around the pipe and in the roadway. and you can see the large hole that we've got here in the middle of all apnap police road. they have dug down they are starting to bring in crews to actually make the repair. but this is going to take hours we're told. this is a popular cut through.

a lot of people use old annapolis road to get from 450 to 197. you are not going to be able to do that during the morning rush hour. the area of this hole is right by church road. church road itself is okay but you won't be able to take the left happened turn on to old annapolis road. so what you'll have to do is go down to the light, take 450 directly to 197. they're not sure exactly how long it will take to make this repair but it will be hours. so you're not going to be able to use this cut through this morning. there are about 250 people who are without water. i'm told that the water main itself is okay. it was that connection they are starting to get the water back on to the people and making the repairs to the connection and hopefully get things back to normal in a couple of hours. back to you. i'm molette green at the live desk. japan says it is still working to try to save the lives of two of its citizens taken hostage by

isis in syria. but during a news conferen japanese government t give any details on exactly what they are doing. and there is no word on the fate of the two men since the deadline for a $200 million ransom pavement passyment passed hours ago. prince george's county police are trying to figure out who murdered a man in broad daylight in laurel. chopper 4 over the scene there on imperial drive yesterday afternoon. police say that man was found dead with a number of gunshot wounds. police are still trying to figure out a motive here. if you know anything call prince george's county police. there is a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. two people are still missing after a fire at a multimillion-dollar mansion in annapolis. search crews will figure through the rubble again. two bodies were found yesterday. this morning we're getting a look at the family members who died. don and sandy pyle owned that water front home.

their grant children weredc were spending the night. lexie and katie were 8 and 7, charlotte was also 8, wes was 6. a single bouquet of flowers was left at the saudi embassy in d.c. a tribute to king abdullah who died this morning at the age of 90. vice president joe biden will lead u.s. delegation to saudi arabia to pay respects. president obama praised abdullah for his quote bold steps in advancing peace. king abdullah was a conservative ruler and powerful ally of the u.s.. he carried out slow but deliberate reforms. saudis will be on serve a three day mourning period. abdullah's 79-year-old half brother prince salman is now king. virginia lawmakers conditions agree on how to deal with sex assaults on college campuses. a senate subcommittee considered ten bills and couldn't reach a p conclusion on a single one. the most controversial was the concept of mandatory reporting.

some of the measures would require university employees to report an assault to police within 48 hours. failure to do that would be a misdemeanor. several witnesses said that would discourage victims fromsaults at all. turbotax did something this year that may have a lot of you confused but now it's making good on that mistake. landon dowdy has that story 4 your money. good morning. yeah, a little bit different of a tax return this season. turbotax is apologizing to customers who were forced to upgrade to a more expensive version of its software this tax season. many people learned after they already bought the 2014 version. turbotax will give a $25 rebate to customers who use the deluxe software last year and had to upgrade to the premiere this year. ipad, iphone and now an iraise. the apple ceo saw his pay more

than double last year to $9 million. much of that is in the form of a cash bonus. apple enjoyed strong sales last year thanks to the pap layeropularity of the new i 6 models. unfortunately, the iraise is not available in stores. >> too bad. thank you, landon. ladies and gentlemen, get ready to start those engines. we're just a few hours away now from the start of the washington auto show. d.c.'s annual showcase of the fastest and finest cars in the industry will be open for 10 days. and you can get a closer look at 700 interesting cars. mayor bowser officially kicks off the event at 11:00 a.m. at the washington convention center. and you'll also want to check out nbc 4's drive time auto show special. veronica johnson will take you inside for all the show's highlights. you can catch drive time saturday morning at 10:00 right here on nbc 4.

veronica loves cars. and guess who else? >> tom loves cars and thousand of other people will be out there trying to love the cars, too. so the weather is always the big question. >> and you want a four-wheel drive if you'll be out and about late tonight and into tomorrow morning. best idea, if you don't have to be out, just stay in and feel the glow from nbc 4 on your tv. >> not a bad idea. >> yeah stay warm and stay dry and stay safe as we do have an area of moisture that is coming up. there is the radar showing a big area of rain coming in from the south and west heading our way. winter weather advisory all these counties in color in virginia west virginia, maryland around the metro area. in effect the metro area between 6:00 p.m. until noon on saturday for a wintry mix of some snow sleet and icing. as that moves on in it will initially melt on roadways. but eventually those roads will get below freezing. look at all this rain all this area in green and yellow. tennessee down to the carolinas.

timing on its arrival, by around 6:00 p.m. it comes into the metro area. maybe initially as rain. and then quickly changes over to snow especially north and west of the i-95 corridor. a lot of rain south and east through the rest of the evening. by dawn on saturday much of the heaviest rains will be gone but we'll have snow falling to our west and northwest. that will continue into around noon time. and then it should quickly change over to just some brief rain on the eastern shore as it's all gone by early to midafternoon on saturday. leaving in its wake about 1 to 2 inches of snow in the metro area. suburbs in virginia and maryland. 2 to 4 inches farther north and west. dark blue zone including shenandoah valley highest amounts in the ridges as usual and up near the pennsylvania border. temperatures are cold. p layer up this morning as you're heading out the door. we're in the 20s. this afternoon, low to mid-40s. that will keep the pavement temperatures above freezing. rain initially and then changing

to that mix of some snow rain an sleet, all through the evening and by dawn on saturday down to near 30. then sunday, sunshine back and on monday this to the low to mid-30s and more snow likely. this will have a bigger impact because we have work and school on monday morning. it looks like it will be arriving accumulations likely. could get 1 to 4 inches of snow on monday. quickly gone followed by cold weather tuesday, wednesday, highs only mere 30 degrees. breaking news on the roads this hyattsville. got confirmation this is a fatal pedestrian accident here west bound landover road at matthew henson. you're being forced to make a u turn. taking another look 395 inbound, 16 miles per hour. looking pretty typical for a friday morning. 95 north at 32, still an overturned vehicle with the left lane blocked. 270 at montrose moving along. and river road at willard, one outbound and one inbound lane only open at this point this

morning because of a construction situation there. 6:54 now. a maryland man is behind bars this morning after allegedly being caught with crack while driving. frederick police spotted colton driving a sus pish 14uspicious car. during the traffic stop officers found crack cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia. thisin just a few hours, the u.s. conference of mayors to expand partnerships between cities and the federal government. president obama will host the group at the white house this afternoon. you can now nominate a 2015 super teacher. the virginia lottery is searching for eight virginia k through 12 public schoolteachers who go that extra mile in the classroom. the winners will receive the covet the title, a cash prize and classroom supplies. a panel of distinguished educators apz community leaders will select the winners.

it is 6:55. four things to know on this friday morning. water main break in prince george's county has part of old annapolis road shut down at church road in bowie. it could take hours for to be repaired. japan's government says it's working to save two militants. isis demanded a $20 million ransom or they would kill the men. the deadline has passed. and c to saudi arabia has died. he was 90. his half brother will take the throne. and you can take a close look at 700 cars at the auto show. it lasts ten days. first light showing up on this friday morning. beautiful blueberry tangerine sky over the potomac. and then we'll get increasing clouds laert slater take with rain, snow sleet arriving. accumulations overnight maybe 1 to 2 inches in the metro area, 2

to 4 inches farther north and west. sun back on sunday highs mid-40s. could get a little more snow on monday. maybe another 2, 3, 4 inches as it quickly moves through. and then cold weather after that. we may not even get above freezing. prince george's county a fatal pedestrian crash westbound landover road at matthew henson avenue. the actual closure is at kenmar. also this situation in bethesda river road atenue one outbound and one inbound lane the only thing open right work. and overall looking pretty good. to which the top of the beltway not so bad. that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. take a look at that beautiful sky behind us. we'll be back in 25 minutes.

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pressure rising. the nfl under fire once again as tom brady reveals he's yet to hear from league officials aboute. while the patriots quarterback repeatedly denies his involvement in the scandal. >> i didn't alter the ball in any way. here it comes a powerful winter storm set to barrel up the east coast starting today delivering a dangerous mix of snow ice, and rain. new denial. for the first time prince andrew publicly addresses accusations that he had sex with an underage girl. but will he respond to those startling allegations under oath? and mind-blowing. >> it goes to my brain. it goes to my heart.