are in the upper 20s. there is a view of the sky over northwest washington. off in the distance there the horizon is bethesda. cold morning and lighter winds for the bundle up tuesday. milder weather moving in for tomorrow afternoon. and hour by hour through the morning we'll stay a little bit breezy and cold. we'll be down low 20s between now and 8:00. lots of sunshine through the rest of the day. have your sun glazs and layer up. it's not going to be warming up until above freezing until noontime. sunshine and a little bit of wind. then the wind goes calm by mid to late afternoon. by then we should be in the upper 30s. quite a chill in the air. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. chuck bell joins us live. melissa, how is the commute? >> this popped up. college park the outer loop report of a crash on the right side of the roadway.

we'll get more information and tweet it this morning. wide look at things no major issues. a little slow here. d.c. 295. take a look to the north here. nate maryland no major -- 95 maryland no major problems. beltway way 66 here at 50 all the folks inbound as chopper four is over the scene to show a little bit of volume this morning. back in ten minutes. thank you. right now nbc news confirming 15 people have died in the past two days from the winter storm. the snow forced delay the new england patriot es victory parade until tomorrow. people in boston dealing with 48 inches of snow from the back to back snowstorms. more than 500 flights have been cancelled nationwide. we're seeing a handful of flight dlas and cancellations in our region. 15 flights cancelled at reagan national. two flights at dulles.

so far no flights cancelled at bwi marshall. we learn whether joshua star will keep his job. the vote on his contract could be hours away. megan mcgrath live outside the school headquarters with will happen today. >> reporter: will they renew his contract? does joshua star want to be renewed? all of these things are unclear at this point, but woe could get some answers later on today. now the deadline for star to let the school board know whether he wants to be renewed went on sunday. but the board did not hear from him. star was also scheduled to appear with a panel to brief the county council on a plan to protect students from child abuse and neglect but he did not participate in that panel. now the school board is expected to meet later on this morning at a closed door session. they're going to be getting some legal advice about star's

contract and then we're expecting a vote on whether to keep him. whether to renew star's contract or not. all of that expected later on this morning. five of the eight members of the school board would need to vote yes to keep star on, and it's, only obviously, a story that affects a lot of people. we'll keep on it and let you know what the board decides and what joshua star has to say. reporting live from the school board headquarters. thank you. it's the law to start school after labor day in virginia. they plan to follow this this year. the district started before labor day in the past but the school board rejected a proposal to do so this year. according to the freelance star. right now king george's have already approved the change. a man accused of killing a teen in baltimore will likely fashion face charges for a third time.

last month the judge ruled there was not enough evidence against michael johnson to continu murder trial. he was accused of killing felica barns an the river. the judge dropped charges against him but barn's father told our affiliate in baltimore that johnson has been indicted again. firefighters discovered another communication issue following metro's underground emergency. metro said emergency radio coverage working along the metro platform at the wheaten station. they found they could not communicate with each other between the ground and the platform. this happened during a routine inspection on friday. d.c. firefighters say they had similar communication problems at the l'enfant plaza at metro station when a woman died after a smoke filled the tunnel. a new push happening today in maryland to make sure you had leave. the working matters coalition will present new information about the benefits of earning

time off. this comes as state senator from baltimore is proposing a bill that would allow you to earn a week of paid sick leave. a never-ending battle making sure you gate good night sleep. the new research that may have you trying to change the time you head to bed. you can find yourself out of luck if you try use capital bike share today. >> these commuters are getting first-hand taste of the chilly morning conditions that settled in.

welcome back. news 4 is working for you with the consumer alert. if you drive a jeep cherokee you may want to listen up. jeep is recalling more than 228,000 cherokees worldwide because a software glitch.

it's causing side air bags to deflate for no reason. the model years are 2014 to 2015. heads up you may not be able to pick up a capital bike share bike tonight. the company is updating the software and that will affect service beginning at 7:00 tonight. you will not be able to pay by credit card. the capital bike share website, the mobile mapps, too, will not show where bikes are available. you will not be able to become a member or renew your membership. the upgrade will take up to 24 hours. it will help the company with the bookkeeping. >> it makes sense to do it on a cold night. >> and 24 hours. get it done and move on and get everything back running again. the hashtag we're using today is #bundleup. you'll need to dress in layers. >> chuck bell drove the storm team 4 x 4 to wood bridge. he has the bus stop forecast. it's cold out there! >> reporter: it's cold!

my hashtag of the day is let's get ready to bundle! it's cold outside. 20 degrees here in wood bridge but a windchill of 9 this morning. we're here in the parking lot. 30 minutes we're going talk to somebody in the slug line. so had a couple of people say hello. i tweeted out the rules for the slug line. who knew there was a thing. but there's a whole website dedicated to it. for bus stop weather this morning, got all your clothes on. your mittens, glove, hat. put it on this morning. it's a cold one. bus stop temperatures in the upper teens and rising to the between 7:00 and 8:00 this morning. it's going to be a cold one. interesting reading on the slug line. i'm sure you know those because you do traffic for a living. >> of course! i know all of those things. i'm not sure what you're talking about right now. i came running in here. outer loop past route 1 here.

66 at route 50 volume not too bad. take a look at travel times. looking good in virginia. 66 east. in maryland also looking good on 270 and the outer loop of the beltway. i usually listen to chuck. i love chuck! i'm running in and he said you know and i said i do. you're right chuck. >> you're busy! you're watching roads for us. >> check out his twitter. he's talking about slug lines. >> thank you. new information this morning on the challenges facing college students. the big factor that could play a role in whether or not your kid gets his or her degree. plus turning into a zombie? the problem keeping your teens

[ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. i'm angie goth at the live desk. this just in from the white house today. president will get personal in an attempt to drum up support for the health care law. we're getting word that ten

people who wrote letters to the president about the affordable care act will actually meet with him today. they are expected at the white house a little bit later. this comes on a day when the house will vote on a bill to repeal that law. the bill that the president says he will veto. thank you. it's 6:15. developing story this morning. a new report says police found drugs in the home of bobbi kristina brown. according to tmz. the drugs were found during a second search of brown's home. family members say that the 21-year-old daughter of whitney houston is in a fight for her life this morning. she remains on a ventilator in a medically induced coma and reportedly opening and closing her eyes. brown was found face down and unconscious in a bathtub over the weekend. price george's county school is figuring out how to discipline a student that attacked a teacher in class. this the teacher that was punched last week. the teacher said something the

student misinterpreted. parents told us the comment was racially charged. >> if the dependcommend was made that i was told was made i could understand the pain and anger that was incited in that student. teacher was treated and okay today. the school district told us it's working to find out exactly what happened. the d.c. branch of the ncaap is looking into the firing of howard university middle schools. three social studies teachers were terminated for teaching black history. the d.c. council isthe dod is being sued. they say the dod doesn't recruit enough women and won't release records about the practice which it public. they focus on recruiting at the army, naval, and air force academyings. we left a message for the

defense department to find out what they have to say. a virginia woman facing up to eight years in prison for lying to the fbi about her support for isis. heather coffman outside richmond pleaded guilty yesterday. police arrested her last year following her for months d suspicious facebook post possible connections to isis. she'll be sentenced in may. one man recovering and another man is facing charges after a bizarre sword attack. d.c. police arrested a man yesterday for swinging a samurai sword at a man. he's charged with assault with intent to kill. it happened at midtownon connecticut avenue at dupont circle. the victim suffered cuts to the hand. investigators are trying to figure out what caused an explosion that killed two people and burned two others in australia. they were working on an electrical transformer at the time of the explosion. starting tomorrow you can

see important civil rights artifacts in washington. the library of congress is opening the rosa park ss exhibit to the public. this is also the first time a lot of researchers will be able to see those items as well. rosa parks' bible, her presidential medal of freedom, and even one of her hats will be there. new this morning a new study said it is now more difficult for low-income students to earn a bachelor's degree. a higher percent of low-income students earn a degree today than they did 40 years ago. however, the number increased by only 3 percentage points from 6 to 9%. in the same time graduation rates for students from wealthy families jumped by 33%. it was released by two education groups. high winds and high emotions for a homeowner in the forest glen neighborhood in montgomery

county. this video shows the severely damaged home. chris fisher was inside his house when heavy winds caused the tree in his front yard to lean. as he called 9-1-1, the tree crashed into his second floor bedroom. let's go to tom to find out what the winds are like right now. >> the winds have diminished and we have just unloading here some of the reports from last night that we had come in. we had gusts to over 50 miles an hour from last -- yesterday afternoon to last evening. as a result we had downed branchs and poles. we had some trees that bent over garbage cans were flying an. lighter winds are going continue to be moving in this morning as we've had the winds diminish now. they are down to around 15 miles per hour or so. good weather for the drive time morning commute. we'll have dry pavement.

winds blow dried the roads from yesterday's rain and a little bit of light snow. we'll have a dry roads for the morning commute. we'll be in the low 20s and as we look at the afternoon commute, still dry roads. you'll need the sun glasses with the low sun angle. we'll have it in the mid to upper 30s by later this afternoon. the feels like temperatures because the winds have diminished we don't have really terribly cold windchills by 8:00 a.m. they'll be in the teens with winds around 10 to 15 miles per hour. you need to wear a couple of layers. by noontime the windchills improve. they'll be in the 20s. by late afternoon our windchills should be in the low 30s as the winds go nearly calm and temperatures get into the mid to upper 30s. four-day forecast in the upper 20s tomorrow morning and rebound nicely up to near 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon. then we take another plunge back down into the deep freeze on thursday. thursday morning is when we might get a little bit of a dusting of light snow for the morning commute. there's about 30% chance of

that. so not a big deal. it may be affecting our morning commute on thursday. still cold on friday. highs in the 30s. then we rebound again over the weekend near 50 on saturday and sunday. might gate little rain on sunday. too warm for any snow. dhilly first part of next week. a look at the hour-by-hour cold temperatures over the next 24 hours. how is the commute? >> overall looking pretty good. a couple of crashes out of the way and clear again. beltway at tyson's corner heading into town. overall looking pretty good. a little slow here top of the beltway new hampshire avenue and inbound 395. these are typical slow spots but i wanted to mention if you're heading out any time soon. 66 headed into town a little slow at 41 miles per hour. it is move and no incidents, fingers crossed, at this point. 95 virginia and stafford you can see we're a bit slow headed northbound and a little bit southbound there.

just after dale city and then in through dale city northbound is slow as well. going about 15 miles per hour there. take a look at prince george's county overall looking pretty good here. indian head highway, branch avenue pennsylvania avenue everything moving fine. no major issues. back at 6:31. weather and traffic on the 1s. thank you. 6:22 is the time. now to a news 4 i-team investigation. there have been hundreds of car thefts since the start of the year. and commuters around the d.c. area could be vulnerable. police say the crooks are canvassing the area looking for people who warm up their cars leaving them unattended in the driveway or gas station with the engines running. >> they're not stealing the cars to keep them. >> correct. this is a theft for federal government -- profit. >> we go undercover to see how

they operate. we'll show the crimes caught on camera. you won't believe how bold they truly are and why drivers need to be on alert. in news for your health today been you and your kids may not be getting the right amount of sleep. experts a the national sleep foundation come up with a new list of recommended sleep times. the results of a study depend on your age, for example, a newborn up to three months old should get between 14 and 17 hours a of sleep every day. a young adult between 18 and 25 should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep. it's a new category for the experts. and ranges for older adults too. this is the first time any professional organization developed age-specific recommendations for sleep duration. if you're watching us on your computer or phone. researchers say the screens could be hurting your child's ability to sleep. the study was published in a journal. researchers looked at 10,000 teens 16 to 19.

those who used more than one device a day were more likely to sleep more less than five hours a night. teens who use screens for four or more hours a day 50% were more likely to take more than one hour a sleep a night. >> at the end of the night just shut it off. >> put it away. give yourself a little time and go to sleep. what a way to enter the world. a baby born on the side of the interstate. >> if you feel like you need to push -- oh! >> yeah she did. that was it. she was in labor and frantically driving herself. she was in labor driving herself to the hospital in utah. go momma! baby didn't want to wait. she had to pull over and called 9-1-1. troopers lived at her car just in time. less than one minute later, the nearly 10-pound baby boy was born. and look how she's smiling!

>> she's laughing. >> that's a strong woman. she had the presence of mind to drive herself. she knew something was going on. called 9-1-1 -- >> strong woman. >> thanks to the troopers for coming to her aid. >> 10-pounder. whoop! ? no medicine. the measles crisis is sparking debate among children. the debate on capitol hill. why you may need to remember to bring your own bags when you shop in some stores in virginia. we've been watching the steady breeze blow the flag outside our studios in northwest washington. calm right now. tom told us that was coming too. this will make things feel colder when you step outside where the wind is blowing. the hour by hour break down of the temperatures you can exp

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the world has changed and now real estate has too. . words to live by this morning. bundle up. these commuters in wood bridge are braving the cold now as we deal with windchills in the teens at this hour. good news as you step outside. -- there is some good news. the wind won't be as big a

factor as it was last night. >> we are breaking down your day by the hour to help us get ready for the conditions out there. too bad we can't stay inside all day. >> if you have to be out, layer up and wear a warm hat and warm footwear, too. i love my thermal socks. so dress accordingly as we'll have the temperatures staying below freezing here for the rest of the morning. right now we are down to just upper teens to near 20 degrees in prince george's county and montgomery downtown. much of fairfax county low to mid 20s and alexandra and arlington. farther north and west low 20s in loudoun county prince william, generally mid 20s. upper 20s around the chesapeake bay with a lighter winds. winds now just only around 10 to 15 miles per hour. we will have it remaining sub freezing all the way until noontime. bright and sunny. you'll need your sunglasses. temperatures by noon for the lunch hour will be near

freezing. and by late afternoon we ought to be getting into the mid to upper 30s most of the region with bright sunshine. going forward over the next 24 hours a rollercoaster ride. we'll be not quite as cold tonight. down to near freezing by midnight under a clear sky with a calm wind. this time tomorrow morning into the upper 20s by dawn on wednesday. warmer weather on the way. a look coming up this half hour. how is the compute? >> hearing about a brand new crash in alexandria duke street. we'll get more information and tweet it out. wide look at things overall looking pretty typical. slow top of the beltway. let's zoom? a little bit to 395 inbound 19 miles per hour as you cross over the beltway. a little bit slow there. nothing that we don't expect of course. 66 as you're heading into town pretty slow the entire way in if you're hopping on near prince william parkway.

270 you can see pretty good volume headed southbound. northbound no problems there. completely fine. taking look at 95 and maryland no problems. bw parkwaynto and out of no problems there. beltway and richie marl-- >> today you want to pay attention to an important hearing on capitol hill for you and your family. the nation's top health leaders will be talking about the flu, measles, and vaccinations. tracie potts live on capitol s members of congress talk medicine today. >> that's right. they're there to focus on the flu, but we anticipate they will probably the cdc and the nih will probably get asked about the measles because of the outbreak. 102 cases in 14 states. it started with disney. now it spread throughout the country. and it's becoming very

political. you heard president obama with savannah on the "today" show interview say that yes, people should get their kids vaccinated. now chris christie governor of new jersey on an overseas trip made some confusing comments about it. i said confusing because what he said was parents need to have choice and that needs to be factored in. there needs to be a balance between parental choice and what the government says we should do. his office came back and clarified he's saying you shouldn't get the shot. he's saying there needs to be balance. what the balance is wasn't very clear. overnight we heard from hillary clinton who tweeted following up with what president obama said. that absolutely people should get their kids vaccinated. the earth is round, the sky is blue vaccines work. end of story. but there is still a lot of question. a lot of controversy about this. we're likely to hear more about that with health experts on the hill today. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. uva issued a mumps alert on

campus. the university said a case of mumps has been confirmed there. they're waiting on test results for other suspected cases. students were notified in an e-mail about the incident. mumps is spread through coughs sneezing or direct contact with an infected person's saliva. >> a d.c. man's family is preparing a funeral after he was killed in a hit and run. we spoke to his mother, she said she forgives whomever hit him. rick warrick was changing a flat tire. he fiancè and two teen children with him. she hopes the driver turns him or herself in. it's 6:34. new security measures the next time you visit the national zoo on easter monday. the zoo released a draft of the safety plan to news 4. during big events the zoo will do random bag checks and may use metal detectors to screen visitors. the zoo police will also limit the crowds if necessary. last year two 18-year-olds were

shot outside of the zoo on easter monday. that prompted the zoo to review the security measures. maryland may soon join a handful of states that allow death with dignity. lawmakers plan to introduce a bill allowing termly ill people the option to end their lives. kwand will see the first latino legislative caucus. one of the fastest growing group in the state. a group of six will organize the caucus. they will give maryland's hispanic symbolic and physical home within the legisl today you can learn more about the i-66 improvement plan. a public meeting tonight discuss plans for the highway between route 15 and the beltway. that meeting happens at 6:30 in vienna vienna. buried under nearly two feet of fresh snow.

we'll take you live t conditions they're waking up to this morning. plus how the winter weather is impacting travelers in our area. no snow in our area but you need to bundle up like the commuters in wood bridge. chuck bell will tell us about people who getting all their winter gear on. >> plus remembering more than just your shopping list. the change that could soon force you to remember to bring those reusable bags. >> we know weather is important to you. keep an eye on the temperatures and conditions outside throughout the break

welcome back. it's 6:38. if you live in maryland your children's school could be getting a lot less money from the government this year. larry hogan gave big cuts. maryland schools are launching new website to show what the budget changes mean. they say the cuts will seriously hurt education across the state. it may not be able to use plastic bags to carry your groceries and other items in virginia. the virginia state senate passed

a measure that would allow cities and counties to ban plastic shopping bags. however, there is an exemption that allows plastic bags for meat newspapers and virginia abc stores. the bill passed with bipartisan support. it goes to the virginia house delegates for consideration. >> you get a bag for the liquor. got to keep the vodka covered up. >> it's different from a bag tax. we eliminate the bags. >> yeah. grab your coat gloves scarf. everything! jackets, if you can. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell live in wood bridge. hey, chuck. >> reporter: absolutely right. it is definitely a three or four layer kind of a morning out here. 20 degrees in wood bridge with windchill near 10. we'll talk to folks in the slug line but the slugs have gotten in cars and ridden away. we'll show you that. a little early light in the eastern sky already. loving the fact that the days are getting longer.

we're adding almost two minutes of daylight per day! oh that's nice. it's important to focus on what feels good. the temperatures will stay cold walking in this morning. plan on temperatures in the low 20s and bam back home this afternoon temperatures mid to upper 30s. the sun will be shining. a chance of snow before the work and school week. tom has more in ten minutes. for now the traffic line is getting longer and longer by the minute. >> i'm sure it is building up quilt. quite a bit. a little bit of the volume there. westbound east west highway at adel ph i road. in maryland 270 south germantown taking 20 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270 ten minutes

longer than it should. 395 northbound taking twice as long at 23 minutes. thank you. move over uber. the tech giant that may be ready to offer you a lift. >> also ahead not the walk to work you want to deal with on a daily basis. the story that will have you talking today. the outpouring of support for a man who has to walk 21 miles to and from work every day. your time is 6:42.

right now everyone from chicago to boston is digging out from a major snowstorm overnight. the number of deaths from the storm rose to 15. the snow forced organizers to delay the patriot's victory parade until tomorrow. more than 500 flights have been cancelled nationwide. >> boston is probably the worst hit city. they are digging out of 48 inches of snow from the back to back snowstorms. the weather channel's jim cantore is live in boston with a look at conditions there. people say boston is ready for this. it's bad where you are. >> reporter: here is the deal guys. never in my career which spans about 30 years have i stood in 40.5 inches of snow.

that's what we gotten here in boston in the last five days. it's a new record of boston. we've never had a period of time for seven days we've gotten that much snowfall. that's amazing to say the least. the deal is there's no place to put it. the snow literally has to be pay lowed, you know, they take the loaders in here and take it out piece by piece. it's not going to melt any time soon. we won't see temperatures get above freezing for the next several days. that's unfortunate for boston. they would love to have a little help from mother nature. you can see the beautiful sunrise. let's take you over here at the wharf. look at the gorgeous sunrise. i heard chuck talking about the one you have in d.c. well, we're not doing so bad in boston. that's for sure. patriots came in last night about 8:00. their parade will be postponed to tomorrow because of the weather. it's interesting even a week ago we saw the potential for a storm coming for boston.

and we thought, you know, let's see patriots win the super bowl but can't get back to boston. that's what happened yesterday. they were delayed by about 12-hours or so. what's in the pipeline next? maybe a little snow for thursday afternoon. not surprising. not surprising. 53.4 inches here in boston for the year and counting. guys back to you. >> wow! our best to those folks in deali with the snow. jim cantore live for us. thank you, jim. closer to home we're seeing more than a dozen cancelled flights in our region. the weather in boston and other parts affecting our travel here. we checked flightaware.com. 15 flights cancelled at reagan national. two flights at dulle subpoena. we will learn whether joshua star will keep his job. megan mcgrath is live with more.

>> reporter: good morning. there's a lot of up in the air, frankly. it's unclear whether the montgomery county school board is going to renew joshua star's contract. it's unclear whether star wants to stay on. the deadline for star to tell the board was on sunday. they didn't hear from him. star was scheduled to scheduled to brief the panel. he did not attend. the school board is meeting later on this morning. they'll meet behind closed doors to get some legal advice about the super tent's contract. they're expected to vote on whether to keep star. whether to give him a new contract. that vote expected at some point today. now five out of the eight members of the board must vote yes for joshua star to stay on. but again we're unclear. it's unclear whether star wants to remain the school

superintendent. a lot of unanswered questions. we're expecting some answers at some point today. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath thank you. 12 before the hour. it is the law to start school after labor day in virginia. spotsvania plans to follow that this year. right now park is considering a proposal to change when the classes begin. 6:48. we expect to hear from the baltimore prosecutor on whether michael johnson will face charges again. he was accused and cleared of killing teen felica barnes four years ago. prosecutors promised to appeal the judge's decision and barn's father told our affiliate that johnson has been indicted again. some of the greatest heros of the great generation will receive a special honor. the unit called the devil's

brigade are being recognized for their efforts during world war ii. their actions actually lead to a hollywood movie. they helped liberate europe from fascism. today the 50 survivors head to capitol hill to receive the congressional gold medal. the senate is expected to vote today on a bill aimed at a reducing a suicide epidemic among military veterans. that measure is named for clay hunt, a 26-year-old veteran who killed himself in 2011. an estimated 22 military veterans commit suicide every day. more than 8,000 every year. the bill already cleared the house in a unanimous vote. it is expected to pass in the senate. it will soon be 100% legal for you to ride share services like uber and lift in virginia. the senate and the house voted to lift a ban on the services and regulate them in the commonwealth. the companies will be required to ensure drivers are at least 21 complete background checks

and purchase liability insurance. governor terri mccullough has to sign the final bill into law. it's not the only good news for people who use the ride sharing apps. you may soon have a third option to choose from thanks to google. cnbc is live with the story. google can do about anything now. >> that's right. it's google's world and we're living in. it goggles may be looking to take on uber. they could launch the ride sharing service as a way to build driverless cars. google has been one of the biggest investors in uber. they sent out a tweet not commenting directly on the report but saying the employees continue to use uber and lift. the energizer bunny will keep going. the company will begin selling aa batteries made from partially recycled old batteries. they are the first from a major brand to use recycled material. about 4% it's part of

energizer's effort to reduce the environmental impact of powering our devices. >> thank you. 6:51 today. the next steps are happening in a plan to bring more business to aspen hill. if you live near or drive by the intersection of connecticut avenue and aspen hill road you may see a vacant building there. the montgomery planning board wants to use the space for new stores. they'll hold a hearing today. if you think your commute is bad, how about walking 20 miles to work every day? that is exactly what a man in detroit does. meet james robertson. he makes the 21-mile trek each day. he's been commuting like this since 1998 when his car took the last breathe. he hasn't been able to save enough money for a new car. it seems people are donating to buy him new car. a college student in the detroit area started a go fund me page. we checked it raised more than

$132,000. up $2,000 just in the past hour. people are hearing the story inspiring to give more. we expect he'll have a new car soon and won't have to walk the 21-miles. >> as you mentioned before hopefully start to pay it forward. there are at lot of people under the same circumstances that can use a little help. especially in detroit where they have record snow. can you imagine walking through the snow. we had the howling wolf winds yesterday. now the only howling wolf is on my ipad. and muddy waters too. no muddy waters today. we have a dry sky this morning. all good for your drive time weather today. dry pavement the winds blow dried the roads. good for morning, midday and afternoon driving around. dry pavement, temps in the low 20s between now through about 8:00 this morning. in the afternoon getting above freezing.

ought to make it to the mid to upper 30s. dry commute coming back home as well. we'll have quite a bit of sunshine. a few clouds coming through now. and temperatures in the suburbs prince george's county montgomery fairfax in the low 20s. mid 20s in washington by the bay. north low to mid 20s and stay below freezing for another few hours with windchills that are general in the teens to single digits. gradually improving. windchills by noontime will be in the 20s. and the feels like temperature should be around 30 degrees as the winds diminish. lo this photograph taken over the weekend. paris, virginia. i love paris in the winter time. i shared that on instagram. you can post yours on facebook. tomorrow afternoon near 50. a nice rebound. and then cold again. roller coaster ride into the 20s and 30s on thursday. thursday morning we have a

chance of a light dusting just a little bit. a small chance for the morning commute on thursday. that's the only chance of snow over the next seven days. cold friday. mild over the weekend. might get a little rain on sunday. melissa has breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news. tacoma park chopper 4 got over the scene. looks like a metro bus versus a car. perhaps two vehicles involved here. the right side taken up with the crash. no doubt police response going to be there in a couple of minutes. that's our situation there at prince george's county now. 395 northbound at the 14th street bridge had a report of a crash in the middle. we're not seeing it on camera but doesn't mean it won't be slowing things down. wider look at things. 395 inbound slow. top of the beltway slow. 66 at germantown road -- obviously the 14th street bridge. same thing as you're heading in

on 95 and virginia. guys? >> thank you. crews fixed another communication issue following metro's underground emergency. emergency radio coverage is now working along the wheaten metro platform. fire crews found they couldn't communicate with one another between the ground and platform. it happened during a routine inspection on friday. d.c. firefighters had similar communications problems at the l'enfant accident. if you can't wait for snow to go sledding. make sure you stay safe. jeff rossen tells us about his special sledding report coming up on the "today" show. good morning. coming up this morning on "today" all new report. sledding alert. we're on the sledding hill. startling new numbers out. 20,000 kids are hurt every year cities and towns are going to be extreme banning sledding

all together. whoa! we have the safety tips you need to stay safe. here is a hint. i made one key mistake there. it's coming up this morning on "today." 6:56. four things to know this morning. tmz reporting that police found drugs in the home of bobby chris type -- bobbi kristina brown. a hearing on capitol hill will discuss the recent measles outbreak. many are asking the question should vaccinations for the disease be mandatory. this will be the first time lawmakers have discussed the outbreak publicly. the montgomery county school board is just hours from a vote on whether to renew the contract for superintendent joshua star. he's faced with criticism in recent months over communication and his record. the the latest winter storm killed 15 people and is creating an airline travel mess. more than 500 flights nationwide have been cancelled today. more than a dozen from our region. hour by hour staying below

freezing this morning and mid to upper 30s this afternoon with sunshine. taking live look chopper 4 over the scene westbound. right side of the roadway is blocked. >> okay. thank you. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. until the

. >> good morning. frozen. a flash freeze grips an area from the northwest to the northeast, in some cases plunging to double-digits overnight. schools closed and coated in ice and al said get ready for another winter wal up. six more states tied to the measles outbreak 14 in all as politicians take sides on whether parents should get kids vaccinated. family feud. robin williams's widow and kids going to court over his belongings. his wife said the kids take