here is a live look. no snow but could you still see travel problems. and we'll tell you what students are doing in n. montgomery county in hopes of getting a little more shut eye. first, it is 5:00 a.m.. good morning. welcome to news 4 today for this monday february 9. let's take a live look outside right now. we will see some rain today. let's get right to tom. >> yes, we are starting off with a few scattered sprinkles mainly west of the metro area. this is associated with the big storm hitting new england, but we're onm sid wee seeing just scattered sprinkles western maryland panhandle of west virginia. closer to washington a couple of these near gaithersburg and reston.

this is tracking off to the east just maybe brief sprinkle over the next hour or so. as we start off this morning, we have these clouds passing over the petro area. just maybe light fog in the rural areas. your morning headlines for this monday afternoon showers looking likely. scattered rain showers during the afternoon. then a big change in to the weekend. our maybe coldest weather of the season so far coming up this weekend. right now we're above freezing. mid to upper 30s to near 40 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with you forecast for this monday. melissa, how is the commute? overall no major problems right now. 66 east between the toll road and westmoreland we have the left lane blocked. supposed to be until 5:00 a.m.. it's sticking around right now. we'll keep you updated. wide look at things overall beltway looking pretty good. everything moving and nice and

green. prince george's county, branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, everything moving along. no reports of construction there. 95 in maryland in and out of town looking just fine. same thing bw parkway. colesville road and then of course the top of the beltway here moving along quite nicely. 270 at montrose no issues there. the camera just froze. i'm back at 5:11 with a live picture of 66. speaking of freezing, right now a massive winter storm bearing down on new england as we speak. take a look at the live conditions in boston right now. 17 degrees there and snowing as you can see in this picture. mounds of snow already on the ground there to boot. this storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow over the next few days. schools in boston are closed today and tomorrow. this is the third straight monday on which this area has been hammered with snow. massachusetts governor charlie

baker says in the past few weeks, more than 60 inches of snow has fallen in parts of his state. now, at airports in our area you could find yoursel prett lines before meg apmeg ans liv at airpor >> rep and w expecting a ripple effect. airport operations just getting up way this morning here at reagan national but we are expecting a difficult day for people who are traveling to the new england area because of the snowstorm clobbering cities like boston. we're seeing 280 cancellations out of boston same thick out of laguardia and new york. here on the board, we're seeing cancellations here. we don't have any snow but what we're seeing is this ripple effect. you can see all of the cancellations out of la guardia. i counted 18 listed just right now here on the board at reagan national. and there are many more

cancellations througho the day. reagan national 49 flights have been canceled so far.x ds listed. bwi has 14 cancellations. and 8 delays. dulles 11 cancellations and a couple of delays. and of course as the snowstorm starts to really kick in and starts to clobber areas like boston we're expecting even more cancellations to come down range just because they're moving the flights out of the snowy areas, they don't want their planes to get socked in. so cancellations will just continue to stack up. airlines have waived their change fees. so if you have to change your plans, you will not have to pay those fees. but it may be difficult for you to find another flight because there have been so many canc there are not a lot of seats out there. and the snowstorm will be with us for two days so it could be pretty tough to travel over the

next couple of days. megan mcgrath, news 4. it is now 5 0k 5. students will hold a sleep-in demonstration in hopes of convincing montgomery bod to change start time. students and parents will wear pajamas and camp outside of the rockville offices. the demonstration is set to start at 3:30. this is all ahead of tomorrow's responsible vote on changing the bell times. the proposal is on let high school students to start later in the day. the ntsb is working to find out exactly what went wrong in a plane crash in maryland and we're now hearing from a pilot who saw the crash happen. you can see first responders wheres plane went down by tipton airport in anne arundel county. it had just taken off with a pilot and his 82-year-old passenger e pilot waiting on the runway said it didn't clear the trees.

>> didn't look like there was any mechanical issue. very disturbing. very great people. >> the plane's pilot is jeffrey barnett, his passenger thomas klein from silver spring. they are both recovering in the hospital today. it is now 5:06. today the d.c. council is preparing for a showdown with congress over the bill to legalize pot in d.c.. council members are holding a hearing about regulating the drug despite a federal measure to keep the bill from taking effect. the measure was put in place by andy harris. mcauliffe is set to announce a major economic project. nova health system ceo will join mcauliffe to talk about the future of research and cancer care. next hour we will have a live report on the announcement virginia lawmaker discuss the latest state budget proposal. trying again.

spacex attempting to launch its latest rocket. we'll explain what caused the launch to be scrubbed yesterday. plus why the biggest security threat in your car could be in your dashboard. and it will be a little wet on your way out the door this morning. we'll head outside to storm team 4 meteorologist check bell with a check .

this rocket scheduled to be shot into deep space today. spacex is shooting it sky ward to s gps signals. yesterday a glitch disrupted tracking equipment just minutes before liftoff. they will try again about 6:00 tonight. two northern california communities have been emptied out this morning because of a massive wildfire. the so-called round fire has burned 7,000 acres and destroyed four homes. p the at one point the fire was being fueled by 75 mile-per-hour winds. rained moved in over the weekend and is giving much needed help. four firefighters have been hurt. so hitting record highs over the weekend, we're heading in the opposite direction. so sad. >> it was a nice little break. first, though, we are going to have to deal with a little rain today. let's go to chuck bell on the weather deck with a look at what you can expect at the bus stop. >> reporter: good morning.

yeah yesterday a record 68 degrees at national airport. fredericksburg washington in the low 70s. but hagarstown topped out at only # 1. so a 30 degree spread across the area yesterday. so not everyone got the bonus warmth. today nobody gets the bonus warmth as temperatures will be down in the upper 40s and low 50s today courtesy of the clouds and a chance for a few light rain showers. so you either need a warm coat, upmbrella um or like myself something with a hood on it. small amount of rainfall today. just occasional sprinkles and light drizzle. that's really just about it. bus stop temperatures upper 30s first thing this morning for high school kids low 40s for the kids take go in a little later this morning. melissa mollet now with traffic. looking good out there with your hood on this morning trying to stay warm. wide look at things overall beltway looking quite good. everything moving along nicely.

everybody behaving themselves. 66 and 95 also moving along well. same thing as we're looking at prince george's county. no major problems right now. just have a couple incidents on our little list here this morning. beltway at new hampshire, that is moving along quite nicely. and belt way at broad dockad moving g well, as well. back in ten minutes. a story that inspired the hit movie american sniper. this morning jury selection begins for the man accused of killing the real life american sniper. plus we all know about the chocolates and flowers, but this year we'll tell you about the new popular gift to give on va how can i avoid maintenance fees?

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in the day ahead jury selection set to begin for the man accused of killing former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle. kyle inspired the holiday movie american snirp.per.

jay gray is live with what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning. eddie ray routh will be back in the courthouse here later this morning as his attorneys and the prosecution continue the process of trying to find the 12 men and women and two alternates who will be a part of this case. there has been concern obviously over whether there can be a fair trial here after the popularity of the movie pulled from the best sel auto biography by kyle. the judge says, yes, we can have a fair trial we will slekts the jury in the next two days. if everything goes as planned, they expect to start opening statements in this case on wednesday. that's the latest here in stevensville. back to you. >> jay, thank you. this breaking out of baghdad. two bombs just went off killing at least 15 people.s almost happened in the northern part of iraq. first suicide bombing was at a

security checkpoint new a holy site. you're looking at the aftermath. and another sue bomber attacked a busy square. so far no one has claimed responsibility for this attack. >> angie, thank you. p. now to a developing story. alabama's top judge issued a probate telling all state judges not to issue same sex minch liezeksx marriage licenses. this comes one day before they could begin getting married. it's not clear whether any of the new judges will follow the mandate. there are questions surrounding an inmate death. 37-year-old natasha mckenna was taken off life support yesterday. deputies say last week mckenna became combative and was tased. sometime after that, she experienced a medical emergency and s ush aredru to the hospital. an investigation sunday way. in a statement the sheriff's

office says it h. it is fully cooperating and we anticipate a prompt and comprehensive investign and will continue to update our website as new infon becomes available. in d.c. authorities are investigating how a woman died in a cell block. tawana johnson was found dead of an apparent suicide. she was arrested saturday on a charge of destruction of property. the newest way to have your information stolen may be sitting in your driveway. a new report says automakers are cramming cars with wireless technology but aren't encrypting it. it's not just personal data that can be stolen. hackers can also take control of the car while you're driving. consumers need to know how car computers gather and transmit personal information. the report says automakers have to do a better job of protecting your car against hackers. bruce jenner's publicist says he was not texting when he got the into a deadly skrash and and

he will hand over cell phone records if requested. one woman died. jenner was driving one of four vehicles involved. police say jenner was being followed by paparazzi before the crash, not being chased though. jenner passed a sobriety test. jenner says in part it is a devastating tragedy and i cannot he retend to imagine what this family is going through at this time. i am praying for them. it is now 5:19. fish and wild life service is making sure your kids will sdil have a chance to see one of the most famous butterflies. the federal agency is conducting a status review to determine whether the monarch butterfly will be named an endangered species. they're so beautiful. and interesting their migration pattern. that's all i'm going to say. i'm not an expert. >> but why we need to protect them. 20 after 5:00. take a look outside. 43 degrees outside our studios. not going to get much warmer than that today.

>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now with more on what we can expect in the day ahead. tom, good morning. >> we can say good-bye to our spring tease that we had yesterday. got into the 60s in the metro area. a few scattered light sprinkles off to west showing up on radar. spectacles of green here in west virginia up into pennsylvania panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley getting a few scattered sprinkles there. closer to washington, one little sprinkle there near wheaton and coming into silver spring. the steadier rain is still way off to our north and west as a weak front does come on through this afternoon. we'll likely get a greater chance of some of the showers moving on through. it's all above freezing now, we're in the mid to upper 30s shenandoah valley and into the mountains, low 40s. around the metro area upper 30s near 40, near 40 away the bay. northern neck eastern shore. morning commute, most roads will be dry. upper 30s.

most roads will be wet during the afternoon as we'll be hovering in the mid-40s by late afternoon and we'll have a few of these late rain showers continuing into the evening hours. here is the timing on any rain coming in by noon still just pok. then a few sca rain shows these patches of green, moving in by around 3:00 p.m.. and then by 5:00 to 6:00, maybe steadier larger areas of just some light rain moving across northern virginia, the district and maryland. this patch of pink is sleet way up near the pennsylvania bo. and then most ending by 11:00 p.m. and we'll have the rain crossing the eastern shore by late tonight and all of this ending and gone by dawn on tuesday. and we'll be down to the low thirt by then. highs only in the low 40s tomorrow blustery wind. it's back to winter. and then on wednesday, partly cloudy a bit milder reaching the mid to upper 40s after a

subfreezing start. then thursday might get a few scattered snow flurries. otherwise just a cloudy day with temperatures hitting just the low to mid-40s. and then we turn much colder friday into the weekend and arctic air mass coming in highs only reaching near 30 on friday. saturday we might get a few scattered flurries away very cold with temperatures only near 32. maybe just a little bit of light snow on saturday. and then that is gone and on sunday some sunshine back but very cold. sunday may be our coldest day, highs only reaching the low stwepts20s. dock uup hour by hour neighborhood temperatures. beltway at kenilworth avenue everybody behaving themselves and everything rolling along quite nicely here. wider look at things over all looking pretty good. not the seeing any yellow. we had that earlier slow spot

near kenilworth, but not seeing that any are more. so right now everything nice and group and rolling along well. we do have some slowdowns here when you're talking about 95 in virginia northbound at dale city you can see we have normal approaching 5:30 slowdown as i call it because every day around 5:20 we get a little slow there in dale city. and then taking a look 270 at germantown road, that is flowing just fine. live look at 95 in maryland coming up. its's 5:23. an annapolis pole are trying to find owners of abandoned dogs on cananoro road. they couldn't pen point the exact location. another person ended up taking the dogs home to keep thee p. she posted something on social media and police came to pick them up. those dogs are now in protective custody and will be put up for adoption so

it is now 5:24. new 4 your kids health, the american heart association is making a new push to teach kids how to improve their heart health. they're sending a che into kids' classrooms to teach them healthy ways to cook food. the group says teaching your kids early can establish good habits that are last their whole life time. even small changes can make a big difference inclu fruits and vegetables for sweets about. >> let's talk ice cream now. breyers also has your kids in mind. the company says it is now only using milk and cream made without artificial growth hormones. it is also planning to start onlyy sourced and certified vaa beans. >> breyers is one of the most popular and common brand names, but still so good. they always mainta greepts

mint chocolate chip, my favorite. a lot of folks are still talking about music's biggest night. nine of the top ten trending topics on twitter right now are grammy related. >> one musician wound up shining a little brighter than the rest. sam smith won four of the six grammys he was nominated for. beck took home the top prize album of the year for morning phase. the other big winner beyonce picked up a trio of grammys. is he now has 20 at home. she is kind of like queen of the world at this point. this is one of the biggest surprises of the night though. that is "saturday night live's" alum kristen wiig performing while cia sang her hit chandelier. apparently this was a parody of the actual music video. but she's doing it all up like she's for real. >> she's loving it. and then there was this moment everybody is talking about this

morning. when beck walked on to the stage to accept the album of the year award, that guy, kanye west jumped up to join him. he smiled everyone laughed. then he went back to his seat. back stage west said it wasn't a joke and beck should have given the award to beyonce. you might remember he grabbed the microphone from taylor swift during the mtv video awards in 2009 saying she should have given her award to beyonce at that time too. >> so every time beyonce doesn't win an award that she's not nominated for -- >> stop putting him in the front row. problem solveded. >> grammy trending people are watching. >> mission accomplished. valentine's day is this saturday. >> did you buy something for your loved one already for valentine's day? you're running out of time. recent survee love of your life may want more than just candy or flowers. one survey found 39% of people are hoping for a smartphone.

wow. especially the man in your life. >> pre are changing. social media becomes an every day aspect of our lives. getting something like a smartphone is a little bit sexier than it used to be. >> yeah, last check smartphone a lot more expensive than a box of chocolates. candy and flowers, though, still rank as the number one gift for valentine's day. smartphone? getting expensive to be in a relationship. well, we do have new developments to tell you t today in the fight against isis. this morning germany's chancellor heads to the u.s. to talk strategy with president obama. we'll tell you one of the key elements the white house says they need to defeat the extremist group. plus a teen in jail accused of killing a man in pennsylvania. but it's what he did next that is causing even more outrage this morning. and a live look outside for you. rain is expected today. tom has the timing.

the stories making headline another winter storm is hitting

the northeast hard. some flight delays are expected here today. virginia governor mcauliffe set to announce a make economic development project at 8:00 a.m. in falls church. and jury selection is set to begin for the man accused of killing former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle. kyle inspired hollywood movie american sniper. much more on those stories throughout the morning, but first, good morning to you. >> let's get you up to speed on the forecast with tom kierein. starting off this monday morning, we have a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. panhandle of west virginia, western maryland. closer to the metro area getting a few sprinkles here in southeastern and eastern montgomery county. a few along 81 between winchester and hagerstown. there is the cloudy sky over washington. timing on any rain arriving in the metro area, any steady rain that won't be until mid to late

afternoon and into the evening hours. before then hitting the upper 40s. by noon, we'll still be in the mid to upper 40s, maybe they're 50 degrees between fredericksburg eefr to culpepper, charlottes will southern maryland mid-40s. by 5:00 p.m. chillier as the rain moves throughr 30s to near 40s. that rain continues off and on into tonight. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with your walk to work forecast. how is driving to work? overall looking pretty good. one problem inner loop the a gw parkway, disabled vehicle on the shoulder. not seeing any slowdowns right now. but if it sticks around too long we might. in laurel, maryland 95 south at 198, everything flowing there. taking a look at 270 headed down into the gaithersburg, you're fine. 66 into and out of town looking quite good.

95 slowest spot northbound through dale city 29 miles per hour. 5:33. today german chancellor angela her kell will be in d.c. to meet with president obal talk about several foreign issues especially the th of isis. tracie potts live on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: the u.s. needs to strengthen this coalition. they really need supporters here on capitol hill say more boots on the ground, arab nations, iraqis and others willing to fight isis on the ground. not the u.s.. now, we are expecting that authorization for use of military force to get wrapped up in the white house. we're told they're working on it and they will send it over here to capitol hill probably sometime this we ther are critics who say that the u.s. needs to do a lot more. they are right now accompanying jordan and we've seen new video of that. jordan says they're flying 20 missions a day now hitting isis in syria.

but they dozen that one of those strooip strikes killed kayla mueller who isis claims was hit in one of those jordanian strikes. so a number of things for obama and merkel to talk about today. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. and the family of the woman kidnapped by isis now asking the u.s. to pray for her return. kayla mueller from arizona is the only known u.s. hostage still believed held by the group about she's still alive. isis said she was kill this had an air strike from jordan last week. jordanian government says that is propaganda. the country also says it's fired 58 air strikes -- 56 air strike against isis since a jordanian pilot was burned alive last week. today the domestic abuse trial against an nfl player begins. carolina panthers defensive end greg hardy is charged with assaulting his girlfriend in his home last may. last july a north carolina judge found hardy guilty on the assault charges. he appealed the ruling and was

granted a trial. another woman is accusing bill cosby of inappropriate behavior, coming just before cosby decided to cancel a show in boston last night. former fashion model helen gumpel said he made sexual advances and lewd gestures toward her on the set of the cosby show. at least 15-year-old have accused him of sexual assault. he has denied the allegations and never been charged with a crime. right now a 16-year-old in pennsylvania is in jail charged with killing another teenager and then taking a selfie with the body. this happened in western pennsylvania about an hour outside of pittsburgh. police say the teenager sent the picture to a friend. he's now facing first-degree murder cha an adult in this case. 5:35. in a few hours, a group of d.c. residents are protest a utility merger. exelon planning to purchase pepco for more than $6 billion. at noon the d.c. power coalition

will protest tt hernlgmerger. today's prote will be in front of d.c.'s public service commission office. today is also the commission's first day of formal hearings on that proposed merger. if it goes through, it will create a single energy provider for most of our area. in the day ahead, you can learn more about a project to upgrade an interchange in west springfield, virginia. vdot crews will widen the inner loop ramp from rolling road to fairfax county parkway. it will create a dual lane ramp. you can stop by the public meeting at rolling valley elementary school at 6:30 tonight. gas prices are rising once again. what is driving the prices now and how high they may go. dozens of cars vandalized. the unwanted surprise for many in one d.c. neighborhood. some of you may be waking up to some sprinkles this morning. tom kierein and chuck bell are tracking this storm, the timing and how it will impact your r.

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welcome back. right now you'll notice gas prices are rising again. aaa reports national price for gas is up 12 cents from last week. it expects prices to go up 30 to 50 cents because of demand and refinery maintenance this time of year. in the district the average surprise $2.41. in maryland, $2.20. in virginia $2.08. and in west virginia, average price is $2.29. there is a new push from police to keep you safe at an intersection in loudoun county. virginia state police say they are increasing patrols around route 15 and route 50 where there have been several serious crashes in the last few years. they say drunk and distracted drivers may cause many of those crashes. p. we had a 23450isnice wm weekend. can we rewind? >> no coat or anything. >> at one point i took off my jacket because i just wanted to absorb the sunshine for just a minutes. but temperatures are headed in

the opposite direction this week. >> oh, yeah that reality check. we'll have to deal with a little rain today, too. let's check in with chuck bell and a look at the walk to work forecast.ed message. unzipped jacket plus the hood. >> reporter: well, you can go -- got it all going on this morning. we've had like two or three drops out here this morning. it's not worth an umbrella carry all the way to the front lawn. and i have my hood here so, you know that works just like that. sort of a dual purpose hat/umbrella. walking to work today, yes, indeed you'll have to have your rain coat a hood or carry your small fold up-umbrella. better chance ult needyo need it coming home. have your weather app in the palm of your hand. we'll be back to talk more about

my fashion in 0 minutes. >> outer loop at branch avenue we were hearing about debris in t seeg anything on camera but just a warning there. inner loop at gw disabled vehicle on the shoulder. taking a look at travel times, 95 north quantico to the belt wae, way, 29 minutes. in maryland 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. and outer loop from 95 to 270, 10 minutes. a major economic development announcement expected in northern virginia. how the announcement is connected to one of our area's biggest hospitals. chipotle apologizing after its twetitter account was .

in just a few hours, terry mcauliffe is expected to make a major economic announcement impacting northern virginia. this comes as lawmakers are working on the state budget. richard jordan is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the big announcement here not only will it affect hospital staffers, but countless people throughout the region. governor terry mcauliffe and e know nova ceo will announce that it is expanding taking over the parking lot across the street. exxon is moving to houston and that means that just under 120 acres will be available. the hospital plans to use that property to create a medical campus that will focus on genomics and cancer research. that big announcement from the

hospital. and yesterday the virginia generals is l.assembly announced a pay increase to government workers. could see according to one proposal a 1.5% to 3% increase in their salary during the 2015 fiscal now, mcauliffe also asking the general assembly for more money to bring new businesses to virginia. it looks like he's not going to get all the money that he's asking forks but there is funding in the proposed budget for that as well. reporting live this morning in falls church richard jordan news 4. in maryland, governor hogan will meet with the state's speaker of the house this week. both the speaker and the state senate majority leader are democrats. hogan says that he wants to discuss bipartisan efforts with them after his state of the state address last week. democrats criticized that speech saying it sounded more like a campaign address. the post says state republicans applauded what the governor said. i'm angie goff at the live desk. this developing story out of

australia. we know a surfer is dead after a shark attack. this was on the country's east coast. a 41-year-old japanese man was sitting on his board waiting for a wave when witnesses say that the shark came from behind him and attacked him grabbed part of his board and both of the man's legs. his friends rushed him to shore, but it was too late. now, this happened just 12 miles from where another attack happened this weekend and officials are saying that they believe both of these attacks are connected. 5:48 right now. pennsylvania mall is planning to crack down on unsupervised teens on the weekends. a 17-year-old is accused of shooting three people at the monroeville monday all side pittsburgh saturday might. two people suffered critical injuries. the third person shot is in stable condition. that mall plans to enforce a new policy banning unaccompanied minors on weekend nights. anyone under 18 will have to be with a parent or guardian on fridays and saturdays. ovechkin is getting a new car but he won't be using it.

honda will gift ovechkin a brand new honda accord and he's going to turn around and donate the car to the american special hockey association the organization allows players with mental disabilities to a. chance to learn and grow by playing hockey. the search is on to figure out who slashed tires in the congress heights neighborhood in the district. several cars parked along 9 street in southeast had their tires cut. you can see the damage here. many neighbors will havey new tires. one woman says she's looking at the bright set. >> setback is a setup for better things to come. so that's the way i'm looking at it. >> all right now. most tires were slashed so badly that people had to buy new tires. if you saw anything, call d.c. police. in the day ahead, a task force will hold the first of two public hearings on what you can do on the ocean city boardwalk. they're looking in to proposals for street performers and maintaining a family friendly the atmosphere. the meeting happens tonight at

6:00 at the ocean city council chambers. and starting today and each day this week you can chat on facebook with a member of the news 4 today team. >> first up at 10:00 a.m. angie goff. all you have to do is like our nbc washington facebook page on it take part in the chat. i know you have a lot of questions for angi them. >> we made her go first so we can see how it goes before we jump in. >> she's a good sport about it. she'll be great. and then you're tuesday. >> right, tomorrow. >> wednesday, thursday. melissa is friday. >> yeah chat with us facebook, take all questions. like when will it snow again or ever. >> do people ask you all the time? >> constantly will. especially at my school visits. and this morning no snow, just a few scattered sprinkles showing up on storm team 4 radar. right now little spectacles of green are just scattered light rain showers. very light now. panhandle of west virginia central shenandoah valley. along 66 along 81 between martinsburg up toward hagarstown

and then east of there, just maybe a light rain drop in southern montgomery county, northern prince george's county w and parts of northern virginia loudoun county getting a few of those sprinkles moving on in. here is the timing on any steadier rain. it will arrive here this afternoon. but to our west, a few scattered light sprinkles the areas in green where we may get some rain. but then it does start to fill in and broader area of rain begins to move in this is as of 3:00 prn.m.. northern western suburbs and the mountains by 3:00 p.m.. after that, most of the rain is just south of the metro area. this area in pink along the pennsylvania border that may be a little bit of freezing rain or sleet during the latter part of the afternoon and into the early evening hours. then a broader area of that rain changes east southern maryland, eastern shor and our eastern suburb northern suburbs. most of northern virginia still getting rain by mid to late evening. by 11:00, most of it is done and

we'll see much of the rain exiting southern maryland northern neck and eastern shore after midnight tonight. temperatures right now well above freezing. we're in the mid to upper 30s shenandoah valley out in the mountains, some locations there low to mid-40s right now. so quite a bit of mild air still lingering from yesterday right now 40 degrees in the metro area and eastern suburbs and near the bay, 40 as well. so morning commute, most roads will be dry. but for the afternoon commute, most roads will be wet especially the southn suburbs. this afternoon, maybe slipping and sliding on wet roads. look at thin credible sunrise over the chesapeake bay on saturday morning. we had gormga gorgeous sunrise. i post this had one on instragram loving this. posted by sonia wagner taken at chesapeake beach. by contrast cloudy sunday

morning, this is gunston cove east of lorton. you can see all the ice still on the potomac river even though we were in the 60s yesterday. of course stay off the ice and warn your kids. then tomorrow a blustery wind. morning lows low 30s. afternoon highs low 40s. and then back in to the upper 40s on wednesday and partly cloudy. might get a few scattered flurries on thursday. then the big change frigid weather arrives on friday into the weekend. probably not even getting above freezing. teens in the morning near 30 in the afternoons. might have light snow on saturday. then sunday back on sunday. melissa here now looking at traffic slowing down. and hearing in my ear we have a metro delay. there is the green line between branch and naylor. single tracking there. taking a look at 95 in virginia headed through dale city that is a slow spot there. it opens up once you hits the

beltway and head through springfield. 66 germantown road they don't have any issues either. all of the earlier construction we had 066 is now out of the way. so that is great. taking a look at 270 headed south at montrose road no problems. same thing as you're head northbound seeing volume start to build of course. but no problems right now. wide look at things overall, everything is looking pretty good. a little tiny bit slow 295 past 50 there in the city. otherwise look quite good on the beltway. and the beltway at indian head highway, everything is flowing quite nicely. back at 6:01. we'll have a live picture of 95 in virginia. 5:54. there is talk now da about the fees you have to pay to dump your trash this spot veinsylvania and stafford county. leaders are against a plan to charge more for bigger trash loads brought to the landfill on

he is es hill road. they say you should pay a flat 2350 you fee. you don't have to pay anythg for resickables. virginia's dmv says ride sharing companies like lyft and uber can now legally operate in virginia. they approved a temporary agreement. it requires the companies to conduct background checks for drivers, document their rates and meet rigorous insurance requirements> a major court dispute threatens to have a major effect on the u.s. xhireconomy and you might want to watch out what you say around your tv. landon dowdy has those stories 4 your money. good morning. more than two dozen west coast ports are set to reopen to shipping today following a weekend shutdown. this comes amid tense contract talks between operators and the longshoreman's union. the national retail federation warns full blown shutdown could cost the economy some $2 billion a day.

retailers and other companies have cited their earnings report but firms may be able to ship more cargo by air. and be careful what you say around your tv. smt the small print of samsung's pry vase is po the company warns voice recognition feature could capture your conversation including personal information fasting that on to third parties. the feature normally captures voice commands to improve your viewing experience. samsung says data is only shared if consumers consent and if they turn on the voice feature. back to you. >> watch what you say around the tv now. wow. okay. >> in your own living room. >> landon dowdy, thank you. this morning chipotle is apologizing for a series of offensive tweets. their twitter was hacked early this morning. the hackers tweeted racist insults at president obama and homophobic slurs. it also changed their profile photo to an image of swastika. the food chain got control after about an hour of hacker tweets.

jcpenney is teaming up with in-style. the department store says the salon makeover will have have a new sleek look. it will also include hair coloring bars where you can get a consultation from stylists. jcpenney will launch the project with 15 pilot lotions this summer. none in this area. a nationwide rollo planned for next year. no break from the winter weather. you're looking live at boston right now where y is get upping up to a foot of fresh snow. we're tracking the conditions. and in our area 42 degrees outside. temperatures plummeted compared to yesterday. we'll tell you more about the rain in our forecast and wh.

wintry weather is pounding parts of the northeast yet again bringing northern a fooft snow to a region already struggling to dig out. the problems they're dealing with right now and how it could impact your travel plans. no snow in our future, but you will need to keep that umbrella handy today. as showers roll through the

morning, tom kierein is here now with your weather headlines. >> getting a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar, but well west of the metro area. shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia western maryland these little spectacles of light green tracking off to the east right into washington now maybe one little sprinkle here right near college park up to laurel. and off to our west one line of some light sprinkles just now coming into western loudoun county then southeastern washington county, northern frederick, all this tracking off to the east. most of it breaking up. so most areas should stay dry for the morning commute. right now upper 30s in fairfax, montgomery prince george's county. theye 40 in washington and right near the chesapeake bay. upper 30s to near 40 across the rest of northern virginia. and we will have our temperatures staying w chilly this mo