weather advisory starting at 6:00 tonight. right now you can seem the south, but it is not stay rain in place. a breakdown how much of the weekend could be disrupted by the weather. good morning. you're watching "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. over most of the area weather is nice. clouds moving in temperatures not unbearable. for a look when things will change go straight to news 4 storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. good morning rnlg good morning, barbara. seeing rain and snow moving into the area between about 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. that's the d.c. metro area. this system coming in from the south, and with snow in the forecast a winter weather

advisory get to into effect for just about everybody, except parts of southern maryland and the northern neck but everybody else to the north and in purple here under this winter weather advisory from 6:00 p.m. today until noon tomorrow. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar as we track the system. in our area it's still dry, and it's going to remain dry for the afternoon hours. it's the evening hours where this rain and even snow in parts of virginia and north carolina moves into the area. here's the timing with futureweather. the pink is a rain/snow mix, maybe some sleet. the green is rain. 5:00 this is when it starts to arrive. 8:00 p.m. barbara, continuing to track the wintry mix. wintry mix continues on into the morning hours. how much snow can you anticipate in your neighborhood? i'll have that forecast coming up at 11:30, barbara. >> amelia thank you. right now randolph road is closed while police investigate a serious crash.

a van slammed into a tree. one person taken to the hoptd hospital. and right now police are investigating a fatal collision involving a positive decembern and at least one vehicle, probably more. it happened at landover road and matthew henson in hyattsville. megan mcgrath is live at the scene. what are police saying about what happened this morning? >> investigators are still here but starting to wrap up their investigation on the scene. you can see the white car there loaded on to the back of a tow truck. that is the vehicle that struck the woman who was killed here this morning. she was nearby right close to this bus stop across the street. police are trying to figure out now is whether that was the only car that hit her. police turned around traffic as the stop light, just up route 2902 at matthew henson avenue,

the body of a woman, struck and killed while apparently trying to cross the street. >> put a light to stop the traffic so that people can come out of this neighborhood to get over here and so people can cross safely. do they not care? >> reporter: monica robertson lives nearby and has seen many accidents here. there's a bus stop but it's across the street from the neighborhood. there's no crosswalk, stop sign or light at that section of 202. robertson says it's not safe but people have to cross the busy road to catch the bus. >> how many people are going to have to die on this road before they make a change? >> reporter: the victim's body was found near that bus stop but it's unclear where she was headed. a surveillance camera at a nearby laundromat may have caught the accident on tape. you can see the flashing lights of the police cruisers in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. one thing police are trying to figure out is if the victim was hit by more than the one car that stayed on the scene. >> we can confirm at least one

vehicle hit her and trying to rule out the plausibility other vehicles may have struck her as well. >> reporter: police have not releaseded name of the woman killed and it's unclear if charges will be filed. >> thank you, megan. wssc is working to repair a water main break in prince george's county. old annapolis road is shut down now near church road and bowie. a 24-inch water main caused water to gush into the street in a large sink hole formed. crews will be working for the next few hours to try to get it fixed. wssc is also working on a broken eight-inch water main in montgomery county. this one is at river road and willard avenue in bethesda. right now willard avenue is closed between river road and north park avenue. one lane is getting by on river road between little falls parkway and western avenue. this is the second water main break in that area in two weeks. two people are still missing

after a fire at a mansion in annapolis. search crews will dig through the rubble again today. searchers found two bodies yesterday. this morning, we're getting a look at family members who died on monday. don and sandy pyle own the waterfront home. their grandchildren were spending the night with them. all four boone kids were killed. lexi and katy were 8 and 7 years old. charlotte was also 8 and wes was 6 years old. atf agents hope to have a cause of this fire by monday. goodyear issued a tire recall that could affect the car that you're driving. news 4 has more from the live desk on that. >> right. just getting details in to the news room about this recall. so heads up if your car has 18-inch goodyear tires. look at the specifics here. they are the fortera goodyears tires made november 30th through january 10th. small cracks found in the tread have goodyear recalling more

than 48,000 of these tires. the cracks were discovered during endurance testing. now, general motors has to stop selling about 6,300 chevy traverse, akade yad and and gmc. take to any goodyear store or authorized dealer for a free replacement. brash, back to you. >> thank you. take a look at this ad in favor of changing the redskins' name. we'll have a look tat in a second. that's rg 3, running a 76yard touchdown during a game in 2012 but the team logo has been digitally removed from the side of his helmet. you can't see it right now but imagine that. the group says the team's name is a racial slur and offensive. team owner dan snyder says the name honors native americans and he has vowed never to change it. and right now concern for the lives of two hostages being

held by isis is growing. the deadline has come and gone now. and it will be a busy weekend at the washington convention center. the washington auto show is underway. the green option, being talked about this year.

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thousands gathered for the funeral of saudi king abdullah who has died at the age of 90.

the austere ceremony is in keeping with islamic tradition, all people are equal before god. saudis will observe three days of mourning. condolences are pouring in. president obama praised abdullah's "bold steps towards arab peace" and vice president biden will lead a delegation to the region. king abdullah leave as complicated legacy. a close and powerful ally of u.s. presidents a slow but deliberate reformer for ultraconservative saudi arabia. this death comes at a pivotal time with tensions high between sunni and shiite muslims and saudi arabia facing threats from isis and iran. a half brother, prince salman now takes the throne. japan's government is woulding to save two hostages held by isis militants. earlier this week isis demanded a $200 million ransom or they'd kill the men. the group the deadline passed just before 1:00 this morning. so far no word on what if

anything has happened to the hostages. we could have a better idea of which republicans are serious about running for president after this weekend. plus the pope says put down that phone. what the pope wants to you do instead. mostly cloudy now with a temperature of 39 degrees. a storm system moves in tonight, and impacts us throughout the first half of tomorrow and then another storm sunday night into monday. i'll have the timing and how much snow you could see

okay. put down your iphone and ignore your twitter feed. that's the message from pope in his annual message he says media can help you keep in touch with distant family member but it can also be a hindrance saying people need to learn to talk to each other face to face once again. right now a live picture of the u.s. capitol arewhere a new phase of the massive dome restoration is under way. crews are removing paint from the dome's exterior. crew working day and night and installed 720 l.e.d. lights along the scaffolding to light their way after sunset. this is the first restoration of the capitol dome since 1959. virginia lawmakers can't agree on how to deal with sexual assaults on college and university campuses. yesterday a senate subcommittee

considered ten bills and couldn't reach a conclusion on a single one of them. among them 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 so would be a misdemeanor. several witnesses said they would discourage victims from reporting assaults at all. this afternoon, president obama will host mayors from across the country at the white house. it's all part of a conference to expand partnerships between cities and the federal gove. one of president obama's state of the union promises is already getting pushed back by some republicans in congress. the president wants to scale back tax benefits on some college savings accounts. his plan would affect 529 college savings plans. right now money in those accounts grows and can be taken out tax-free. the president is looking to tax that money and use the revenue expand a different education tax credits. the gop says they won't support the tax increase. well three different

republican gatherings this weekend. giving us a good look at many of the potential presidential candidates from that party. for more joined by luke russert. >> thank you for having me back. time. >> the right spot. you're keeping an eye on a lot of things going on this weekend. >> yes. >> tell us what's happening in iowa? >> iowa is interesting. there's a thing calmed the faith and freedom summit hosted by an iowa representative steve king getting a lot of big name presidential hopefuls there. chris christie governor of new mexico governor of wisconsin will be there. you see on the screen ted cruz mike huckabee governor rick perry. a lot of people are saying this is the unofficial kickoff to the presidential season. at least on the republican side. iowa is the first in the nation caucus state. a very important state. the first time we are seeing iowa voters get to see all of these people in one room at the same time but emissions from the list. >> was i not reading fast enough? didn't see jeb bush. >> or no mitt romney and they're

meeting themselves in utah together just the two of them. pre-scheduled prior to mitt romney possibly testing the waters. and what's really interesting here is a lot of people say, look if mitt romney and jeb bush both get in this race that is a lot of money on the establishment wing of the party that's going to be split, and perhaps they could beat up on each other and that would open up an avenue for somebody who would not do as well in the general election to come through. they'll probably talk about that and how hard they would go after each other if they would both run. and a meeting in palm springs, california. the koch brothers. give a lot of money to candidates. rand paul libertarian and marco rubio from florida out there as well. ted cruz double dipping in iowa and there. interesting to show these guys are trying to go the financial stream. koch brothers very important in presidential politics. >> the koch brothers usually go rds the far right? >> depends in what race but usually a lot of money on a lot of different cand the tea party?

>> one republic operative says like the casino. house also wins. a lot of bets on a lot of horses. one will come through at the end of the day. >> the more liberal, if you call it that republican side of the party? >> the establishment wing would probably be mitt romney and jeb bush right now. >> they wouldn't want to be associated with the kochs? >> well they would -- it's a necessary thing for them to do at the end of the day. hard to go against the kochs. you need their funds. they have a lot of power on airwaves. >> you'll be real busy? >> a fun thing to watch. i'm enjoying it. >> it's the weekend, luke. >> no weekend in politics, brash. >> good to see you. >> absolutely. >> tell us about your show? >> "the briefing" on msnbc, web show sunday and monday. go to shift.msnbc.com. thank you so much. >> get involved. >> we will indeed. >> thank you. take a look. we've got rain moving towards our area from the south. the big question right now is will it still be raining when it

arrives in this area or turn to snow? kevin o'connor from this old house is here helping people in our area with home remodeling questions this weekend, and an opportunity to ask the doctor today. go to our nbc washington facebook page today at noon. dr. joseph doyle, a reproductive specialist will take your questions about egg freezing. we'll see you in just a few minutes.

door opening -- >> 2015 washington auto show a great place to take your family this weekend. the show isn't likely to disappoint. there will be 700 cars for you to explore. much of the focus this year is on the sustainable design elements including hydrogen powered vehicles. the show will last ten days. you'll also want to check out nbc 4's drive time auto show special this weekend. veronica johnson gives you an inside look at the best stuff on display. catch "drive time" saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. right here on nbc 4. >> this backyard with a lot of potential. unfortunately also needs a lot of work. >> that's kevin oikun'connor host of "this old house" on pbs. kevin is in our area for the big home show going on at the dulles expo center and stopped by our studio. welcome. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you are always busy working hard. aren't you? >> we are fortunate there is no

shortage of old houses that are fall we're always ready to help and lend a hand. >> how do you pick the shows out? those houses out? >> well we have "this oldous" and this is the big ren ohation. and the others ringing doorbells for smaller projects. leave it or out in all homes and homeowners come via mailbag. people write us we dispatch the team five of us a great ensemble. out we go answering questions an working on the big renovations for "this old house." >> do most write for themselves or friends and neighbors write and say this person needs the help? >> mostly for themselves. draft, write a letter. you'll be in good company. thousands every month. tense of thousands every year. >> i understand you are doing homes for the troops? i think woe havee have a video to show? >> a remarkable organization we're working for, homes for our troops. part of our 35th anniversary

celebration. >> let's listen in. >> some of the matsch futures in the new house that i love are the automatic door openers and entry stuff. push button on the key chain to open the door. >> do you do a lot of renovation renovations for veterans? >> unique for us and in this kate not a renovation. a brand new home. spotlighting their work. remarkable, they're giving t veterans who have sustained life-threatens wounds or severely debilitating wounds a new house, mortgage free changes their life. the ability to come and go be self-sufficient. people in wheelchairs, prosthetics. >> wonderful. with all the reconstructions and new homes now that you've built what would be your dream house? literally, tell me a few of the things you would really like to have? you've seen it all? >> i have. over the years, the more i see, the less i want. i would love a house faced to the morning sun. so the kitchen is filled with

it. it would be nice radiant heat. the floor, warm walk around barefoot. mostly i'd like a house that was done. one that i didn't have to wake up every weekend and fix something in the honey to-do list. that would be nice. >> you are actually out there with a hammer and nails yourself? >> i ama good company, general contractor always by his side i'm the novice but throw in and when not doing it on the weekends during the week like everyone else. on the weekends working at my own house. >> in all parts of the country? >> absolutely. we've gone to 43 states for "ask this holdous" and major renovations in florida, texas, california anywhere and everywhere even out of the country. >> you're never home? you don't need anything great in your home. >> something nice for my family i guess. >> great. remind us again? >> home weekend at the dulles expo center. live onstage tonight at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and again dwo

2:00 p.m. answering questions, hoping folks out. >> thanks so much. pleasure. great work you're doing. >> my pleasure. airport security. new information on how many people are trying to get weapons past tsa agents. and the weekend is almost here and there is a change coming to our weather. snow perhaps? tonight? maybe monday? storm team meteorologist amelia

right now a busy storm team 4 radar rain coming from the south but it may not stay rain once it arrives in the area. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us with a look of what we may expect this weekend. >> witness we start to his 5:00 6:00 p.m. rain and snow moves it's way into the metro d.c. area. if you know someone who can leave earlier, 4:00 or even 5:00 a good idea. as we get later in the evening, more rain and snow will continue to impact us. this is only the first of two storms that we're going to deal with. mainly impacts us from 6:00 p.m. until noon tomorrow when the winter weather advisory expires at noon tomorrow. so sunday is the better weekend day. it's dry almost all of the day but then sunday night into monday another storm system moves through the area. this storm system we're talking about overnight tonight and throughout the day tomorrow more of a rain/snow mix. the storm monday has a little more potential to be mainly only

snow. temperatures now in the mid to upper 30s's 39 in washington. 37 in frederick. 36 for those in manassas. high temperature today of 44 degrees. i did just check, maryland reports the road temperatures innish temperatures on most roads in maryland are above freezing. that's good news. as this wintry mix moves in around 5:00 tonight, initially we'll only deal with wet, not slick, conditions. the numbers on the map are the temperatures. i want you to notice as this moves in most temperatures are above that freezing mark. as we work our way, though into the evening hours, our temperatures do start to drop. 7:00 p.m. starting to see temperatures around freezing. gaithersburg not far behind. washington still at 36 not supporting a lot of accumulation. a rain and snow mixture overnight and throughout the morning hours tomorrow could be heavy rain in parts of southern maryland off on to the eastern shore. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, that rain and snow mix continues.

as this event comes to an end around 1:00 p.m. we'll continue to track rain and snow, and that includes inside of the beltway. so here's what you can expect tomorrow. how hour-by-hour planner. 7:00 a.m. rain/snow mix. temperature around 34. not supporting a lot of accumulation but there will be some. we'll see it lighter rain and snow. by 11:00 a.m. mainly dry by 3:00 and a temperature at that point of 36. that's going to be our high tomorrow. here's the snow total forecast bringing one to two inches to the d.c. metro area. in the suburbs, just to the north and west including fairfax, most of montgomery county. north most parts of montgomery county loudon leesburg on the line. faulkner on the line. higher elevations es spently in parts of frederick and loudoun coun s could see um to five inches of accumulation. in southern maryland and the northern neck mainly only a rain event for you. i'll post this on my facebook and twitter pages so you can

head there and check it out. sunday a high temperature of 45. partly to mostly cloudy skies and then snow is likely on monday. one to four inches possible on monday. and a high of 36. barbara, another update at the end of the show and veronica in at 4:00. doug at 5:00 and 6:00 and chuck here tomorrow morning. we'll keep all eyes on not one but two storm systems that are impacting our area. >> all right, thanks amelia. checking in with mollette green at the live desk with the historic changes happening right now between the u.s. and cuba. >> that's right. the top u.s. diplomat in cuba just start add news conference after wrapping up the first round of those historic talks there between the two countries. roberta jabssoncobsen says we still have a very long way to go before embassies will reopen. there are big sticking points that remain over human rights and the jailing of political prisoners. let's hear her. >> we also address continuing

areas of deep disagreement between the united states and cuba. this includes our concern about progress in the areas of freedom of expression and human rights. we also raised the need for greater cooperation with regards to u.s. fugitives from justice and other areas of concern. these issues too, will be part of this renewed bilateral dialogue. >> now earlier this morning, jacobsen met with seven dissidents at her residence there in havana. we'll continue to stay on top of this developing story throughout the day here on news 4. back to you. >> thanks. you may be surprised to know that the number of guns found in carry-on bags at two of our major regional d.c. airports increased. nine guns were found in dulles in 2013. 14 at reagan national and 14 at baltimore washington international airport. combined the guns detected in our region rose by one-third. across the country, more than 2,000 gurn was found in care

joer bags and 83% of those were loaded. overall, there was a 22% increase in the number of guns found in 2014. prince george's county police are trying to figurerdorred a man in broad day flite laurel. chopper 4 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 here. if you know any information, please call prince george's county police. police say that you could get a $25,000 reward for help in finding him. tonight, "dateline" tells the story of a largo man police say killed five within across prince george's county. jason scott will spend the rest of his life in jail as part of a plea deal scott was sentenced to 85 years for two of those murders. "dateline's" dennis murphy stoped by our studios saying scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear right? the ski masks, only the eyes

showing, and crawl around the backyards of the neighborhoods where he lived. would see the people during the day. and at night, had this secret life and was watch more on tonight's "dateline" starting at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. we have a whooping cough warning. an anne arundel say it's include aglow-grade fever, runny nose and persistent cough, can be life threatening to infants and young children. call your doctor if you think you or your children may have it. target says they are listening to what they're customers want and need. we'll tell you about the new clothing line and year-round schooling is closer to a reality for some students in northern virginia. how one school system is trying to make the changes that include a shorter summer break.

many of you with children in montgomery county schools, seems like you're glad when school does get started. i guess most parents feel that way, but in montgomery county two hearings in rockville packed with parents wanting school start times to be pushed back an hour or more for high school students. let's listen in. >> double-teamed by the sleep problems related to early school start times. his anxiety became so overwhelming --

he was physically harming himself was suicidal. >> a sleep expert who specializes in teenagers was on hand how sleep patterns for teens are different than for adults but it may all come down to court. montgomery county schools say pushing back the start time could cost tens of millions of dollars. the superintendent is recommending all schools start 20 minutes later in order to reduce the costs. a big change could be coming to the school calendar in manassas park. we told you when the school district receive add grant to study year-round school. now school leaders are ready to present their plan to the community. it includes breaking ging state-wide tradition and starting two weeks before labor day and students would have more breaks and two intercessions. some d.c. students are starting the new year as award winning poets. thanks to an after-school program called "d.c. scores." joined by katrina owens of d.c.

scores and two poets. jancey maheia and laron boyd. welcome, everybody. good to have you with us. >> hi. >> hi. >> hello. >> hi. >> why don't we start with you, katrina. tell us about d.c. scores. we've had you on before. to remind everybody what is this after-school program? >> good morning. thank you for having us barbara. >> happy to you have. >> at d.c. scores we build teams for 1,500 young people. at 47 d.c. public and public charter schools. through our program are combined soccerish poetry and combined service learning. physically fit, learn to express feeling, through poetry and build a stronger more positive doekz the connecti to the school and community. every team gets onstage to perform original poetry. this year our judges picked yancy and laron because of outstanding individual poems. >> we can't wait to hear the poem opinions let me ask you a little about yourself first. what grade are you in?

>> fifth grade. >> where do you go to school? >> barnard elementary school. >> do you get to choose between sports and poetry or do you do both? >> we do both. >> i see. you have to right? >> yes. >> which do you like better? >> poetry. >> good. wonderful. how old are you? >> 9. >> i shouldn't say, oh good. sports is good too. you know we got to stay in good shape but it's nice to develop that mind. what school do you go to? >> imagine -- >> who's first to recite their poem? your turn. >> do you have the courage to go against bullying? do you have the courage to feel free? to be you and be yourself. do you have the courage to see? to believe that you can view the world? do you have the courage to feel me to not judge me by how i look how i talk my music and my culture? do you have the courage? be who your heart tells you to

be. >> wonderful. that was fabulous. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> beautiful. you wrote that yourself. right? >> yes. >> and your inspiration noor? >> was people in my school like to change their outfits just to be a little more popular. >> you're saying you don't have to do that right? your turn ron. >> freedom isn't free. freedom comes with a price. this is the hard painful truth. so be free live free act nice? freedom isn't free. people have been held back held down. let people express themselves instead of a frown. have a dream of who they are. shouldn't everyone be a star? freedom isn't free but why not? we can be the change in the world. life is hard but we have each other. there will be bumps in the road where we were work together. outstanding for each other instead of ourselves.

in case you don't agree is freedom really free? >> wow. wonderful. you are a winner. thank you. and so you are. thanks for coming. katrina thanks for bringing them. so glad you came. congratulations. we'll look for your winners next year. >> thanks for having us. a behind the scenes tour of what will become of the largest casino complex in maryland. how workers are trying to prevent added traffic out there on our roads. plus, another restaurant food choice. e cooking with one of d.c.'s finest chefs and testing an item you can only a get a

only on news 4, getting a behind the scenes tour what will become the largest ka seancasino complex. now tower cranes put in place to get the foundation ready. the billion dollar resort is designed to be a green building with minimal fossil fuels and carbon emissions used. >> this is a concrete batch plant. we'll have three batch plants right here on-site. that way the trucks that haul the cement the thousands of cubic yards of cement to our site don't have to go out on to the roads. >> right now it's a dirt lot with construction vehicles but in a couple of months the first level of the garage is expected to be in place. the ka seancasino is expected to open

in 2016. just a few more days left to take advantage of winter restaurant week in washington pap three-coorsurse lunch menu just over $20. and a dinner just overs$35. the chef is with us from one of the restaurants join us with a special restaurant dish. welcome. >> thank you. >> everything looks and. shes so good. shes. so good. shes good. >> we're looking forward to a good weekend also. >> and i-of--of--- what is your restaurant known for and located? >> in arlington, virginia known as a moroccan restaurant we serve a lot of lamb. >> a lot of the restaurants are using lamb dishes. right? >> correct. >> this year because one of your sponsors is true aussie

lambs. is the lamb better in australia? >> yes. >> 2it truly is? >> yes, it is. we'll make a dish from first morocco. an old dish that i've been famous for making. so it's a lamb shank. >> okay. that's what a lamb shank looks like. >> correct. >> what you should ask for when you go to the butcher shop. >> yes. >> can you find it in a regular grocery store? >> a lot of people see it in the aisle and don't know what to do with it. to that probably show you thousand make this dish. >> okay. you put it in there. okay. >> and then what we do is take the olive oil to marinate it. >> cover it with olive oil. >> okay. a little salt. >> oh i like that. lots of salt actually. what's that? >> that's theh. wow. >> and we do also ginger.

and this is an old spice of it's a moroccan old spice where it is a bunch of different spices. >> tell me the name of it? in case anyone wants to make at home. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. i don't think i can say that. ras hamlet. >> also the garlic. >> already crushed. >> yes. >> and our famous safran. we only use very little. >> really kind of takes over the flavor. doesn't it? the safran? >> yes. >> and then what do you do? >> just marinate the whole thing. >> how long do you leave it setting to marinate? >> at least an hour, and if longer is better. if you go to the grocery store and find it you can marinate this overnight for the next day. >> so we can move along and see the finished dish you will put it in here? >> right. salte in here a little bit. the secret for lamb braze it well before you add the water.

>> start with a high temperature? >> high temperature, braze on both sides and then -- add the water. >> how much water do you add? >> we use for this two lamb shanks about two pounds use about two liters, two quarts. >> this much water? >> two of these. for about an hour and a half in a low heat. >> so it's going to stew with the top on. you don't have to do that now because you've done it for us ahead of time and it comes out looking like -- this? >> present to you, how it is going to look. yes. that's the sauce. >> looks fantastic. i'll put it in here so people can see what it actually looks like when it comes out. looks like you've put a lot of other things in it? >> yes. onions come and butput this into the pot. let it cook an hour and a half. >> does it have raisins, too? >> yes. raisins is at the end. when we add it before we do the

presentation. >> it looks fabulous. give me spoon. i've gopt have a bite of this and i won't put it back in so everybody else is can some. let's see. oh this is not going to be easy. hmm. oh -- i shouldn't have tried it. it's good! it's wonderful. do you have a napkin? >> yes. >> i have to tell you it is good. moroccan lamb. okay. one of the things i can get at -- masa gan. two more days. thank you for coming. thank you. >> thank you. there is a -- the restaurant continuing to go on this week for the next two days and you can find out where, to find these restaurants on our website, nbcwashington.com. time now 11:51. coming up how to save money on your auto insurance, plus an update on when the first rain drops or snowflakes will fall today. also look for the latest on twitter. search for the

i'm at live desk. word from three school systems about closings and early closings due the weather. shenandoah county schools will close at 1:00 this afternoon. there you can see the information on your television set, and page county schools closing at 1:30 this afternoon. over to maryland in prince

george's county. all afternoon and evening activities will be cancelled in prince george's after-school programs will operate on regular schedules but all afternoon and evening activities cancelled in prince george's county. that's the latest. backu. a new plus-size clothing brand is coming to a target store near you. the retailer is launching a new line of plus-sized clothing called ava and target currently offering women up to size 18 and criticized for not offering larger sizing. they offer up to size 24 and 6x and launch nationwide in march. looking for ways to save this time of year, look no further than your auto insurance policy. consumer reporter erica gonzalez tells us how switching plans could save you hundreds of dollars. >> one way to save money, switching to less expensive auto insurance, and can you do so

without waiting for a policy to renew. >> even if you've paid for the next year of insurance, if you switch companies, you'll get the unused part of your policy back. from the company that you were insured with. you can change at any time and make big savings. >> robert crewgoff with washington consumer check sbook our go-to for consumer reviewsing on kulti and cost of company services. checkbook.org found the big companies in our area charge more than average, and that could mean a saving of $300 to $1,000. also take a look at what your deductible is. if you've got a $250 deductible for instance it may be worth it to your wallet now to up that to $1,000. that could also parlay into a 15% savings. and if your car's best years are behind it think about doing away with collision damage coverage altogether.

another way to put more money back in your wallet. time for a final check on our forecast. here's amelia. >> most of us under a winter weather advisory that begins at 6:00 p.m. tonight through noon tomorrow. those in pink including washington county back in maryland you're under now a winter storm warning. that will run through tomorrow around the midday hours as well. if you're in that pink area you could see over four inches of snow. the d.c. metro area is looking at one to two inches of accumulation. areas to the north and west like loudon and frederick counties two to four inches and those higher elevations again, could see over four. that map, you can find on facebook and twitter, and then, barbara, our next storm system moves in sunday night, continues on to monday. could be delays monday mork and, of course, veronica in at 4:00 updating snow amounts and latest on the forecast. >> if you want to make that dish this morning, the recipe on our website. >> get the ingredients now.

that's mid-"midday" for today. we'll watch the weather four of course and about monday morning with

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