ough portions of anne arundel county calvert county prince george's county and still seeing just rain for the most part back to the west along i 81 back through 66 at faulkier county look at loudoun county now starting to see some pretty good rain coming down there. this will move into prince george's county right into montgomery county rather then into prince george's later throughout the evening hours. the bulk of this rain changing over the sleet and even some snow. notice to the north of the mason/dixon line, that's what we're seeing rain changing to snow. that will be the case as we move on through the rest of the evening hours. as i mentioned, that's why we had that winter weather advisory in effect. it includes loudoun county and they just updated this it now includes all of loudoun county all of montgomery county and now prince george'sy as well. we will continue to watch these arias through the night tonight and through the early morning hour tomorrow. rush hour tomorrow could be a little bit of a problem, but it may not be in the advisory area. we'll talk about that coming up at 6:15. >> thanks doug. news4 today will be tracking the latest road conditions in the morning.

we start our day early at 4:00 a.m. in fact. make sure you get the very latest information. we invite you to check us out on the tube and online as well. we could get a decision this week in the whistle-blower trial involving the d.c. police chief. closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. today chief cathy lanier faced a tough cross-examination. our kristin wright joins us now from d.c. superior court. kristin? >> repor well chief lanier took the stand for a second day today, and her testimony contradicted that of several officers last week who said look there was no clear-cut policy on celebrity escorts and that chief lanier approved many of them. superior court, police chief cathy lanier testified that mpd considers celebrity escorts on a case-by-case basis approves them only when public safety is a factor. today lanier testified for several hours in the whistle-blower case filed by a former commander of the department.

captain hilton burton says he was demoted in retaliation after he contradicted chief lanier in testimony he gave to district counsel concerning use of police escorts for celebrities. in court today, chief lanier maintainedt burton was demoted for several other reasons, including the handling of a barricade situation in 2011 and pushback against a supervisor. in cross-examination, burton's attorney asked lanier whether she was just angry, that after charlie sheen tweeted about his mpd escort burton revealed that mpd regularly provided free celebrity escorts, contradicting the chief. today lanier insisted she had no knowledge of it at the time. burton's attorney highlighted a media interview chief lanier gave in which she stated that the department does not provide celebrity escorts. lanier responded by saying that that section of the story was taken out of context and that she was making a broader statement about how the department handles celebrity

escorts. again, closing arguments begin tomorrow m. li at superior court, kristin wright news4. isis has released a new video showing captured british journalist john cantley. this is a still frame from that video which isis claims was shot in aleppo. it's the eighth video cantley has appeared in delivering isis propaganda. cantley was kidnapped with american journalist james foley in syria more than two years ago. foley was executed last august. the white house is expected to ask congress on wednesday to horize military force against isis. and today the president's focus was on ukraine and his simmering battles with congress over whether to take a harder line with russia and iran. today he argued for patience and he got some very public support from the leader of germany. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with more. hi steve. >> reporter: hi doreen. republican critics are charging our commander in chief is weak and endangering the united states. but this was one of america's

closest allies today backing the obama approach. president obama and german chancellor angela merkel agree on ukraine. more russian troops are reportedly crossing the boarder into that nation and arming pro-russian separatists. western sanctions have not forced vladimir putin out of ukraine. but they still might, said both leaders. >> we continue to encourage a diplomatic resolution to this issue. >> translator: i've always said i don't see a military solution to this conflict. >> reporter: but republicans who have been to the region are reing the president to send more weapons to the ukrainian army. >> how could we not allow them support to defend themselves? >> reporter: on iran and nuclear weapons there is a similar dispute. merkel and mr. obama want to give talks more time. >> it does not make sense to sour the negotiations a month or two before they're about to be completed. >> r repubn critics

want tougher sanctions on iran immediately. >> as i've said to congress bile the first one to work with them to apply even stronger measures against iran. but what's the rush? >> reporter: it's a warning to iran to make a deal and to challenge hawkish israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who president obama says he has real differences with on iran. republicans still plan to bring netanyahu here to the hill next month to highlight and endorse his hard line. and president obama still plans not to see the israeli leader who's in the middle of a re-election campaign. i'm steve handelsman news4. >> thanks steve. in the last hour we have learned more about the next move for the former second in command at the secret service. the agency announced the resignation of deputy director a.t. smith today. he is stepping down to take a position with immigration and customs enforcement. still no word yet on his exact title in that new role.

recent security breaches and other scandals have led to several other high-level resignations in the secret service this year. it's now been more than a week since a man was killed and his fiancee seriously hurt trying to change a tire on the bw parkway. police are still searching for anyone with information about who may have hit them. park police officers handled out flyers near where the crash happened in laurel. rick warrick was killed in that hit-and-run crash and his fiance jewel pierce suffered two broken legs, a broken pelvis and a fractured skull. new tonight, we're hearing from a friend of the man who prompted a deadly four-hour police standoff in montgomery county this morning. pat collins has been at the scene of the barricade all day. it happened outside a landscape business in silver spring. pat? >> reporter: jim, the man who died here was a mechanic here. they say he would often greet you with a wave and a smile. and people who knew him here people like janet gonzalez said they have no idea what caused

him to do what he did here. the man who died in this standoff with police was a mechanic for a landscape company here. janet gonzalez saw him just about every day. >> everybody knew him, like if anything was broken down he would come up -- you know, they would come up and ask him, fix it, and he we glad to do it. i don't think he had any problems with it. >> reporter: miss gonzalez said she e man do anything suspicious or scary. did you ever see him act in an unusual way? >> no never. never. he always smiled. every time that we broef by each other, you know, going in and out, he would just wave that's it. >> reporter: but there he was today, this mechanic at the landscape company, with a shotgun in hand and a long standoff with police. and the cops they didn't hold anything back. the emergency response team deployed armored vehicles called to the scene.

now, it began this morning when the man came to work pulled out a shotgun from his truck, and then fired off a shot into a pile of mulch. >> at one point he left the business t vehicle, and retrieved a shotgun. he pointed at one employee then shot a round into a mulch pile nearby. >> reporter: police had to the place surrounded. and they made attempts to get him to surrender. it went on for about four hours. but then then came the shot that ended it all. >> at approximately 12:16, they did hear a shot and had determined that he ended his life there. >> reporter: now, this began about 8:16 this morning. police continue to work the scene here. live in montgomery county pat collins, news4. >> thank you, pat. new at 6:00 we're working to learn more details about a violent attack on a georgetown universi student over the weekend.

according the hoya newspaper, the victim was walking on m street near 33rd about 1:30 sunday morning when she was assaulted. d.c. police and georgetown universi police are looking for witnesses. the hoya reports that the woman was treated and released from the hospital. a local hospital is promising to bring one of the best disease treatment facilities in the world to northern virginia. toy inova announced plans to renovate the old exxonmobil campus into a new cancer and genomics research center in fairfax. exxonmobil announced plans to vacate that campus back in 2012. the 2,000 employees who were working there are moving to houston. inova hopes to open the new center by 2017. new at 6:00 tonight, responding to the pajama protest. why some montgomery co teachers say delaying school start times will not help students. same-sex couples getting married in the deep south. a decision today that could

signal a larger supreme court late year. >> reporter: the new 95 express lane's b a month, so how's it going?

tonight, same-sex couples in alabama are able to get married after the u.s. supreme court

refused to block a lower court ruling. it could signal the high court's thinking as it considers a case that has an fekt on gay marriage throughout the country. the chief justice in alabama says he considers the marriage licenses handed out today illegal under the state constitution. fo counties today reportedly refused to issue the licenses. gay marriage is now legal in 37 states and the district. the national football league has hired a woman to be its first medical expert. dr. elizabeth nable was named chief health and medical adviser for the league. dr. nable is a cardiologist. the president of brigham and women's hospital in boston and a professor of harvard and harvard medical school. she will work directly with commissioner roger goodell to identify airs of the league to enhance player safety, care, and treatment. > learning how to use the new electronic i-95 and 495 express

lanes in virginia it can be a little bit challenging. and now there are some changes coming. new at 6:00 tonight, our transportation rep explains that it's in the name of safety. adam? >> reporte that's right, jim. clear signs of bigger police presence coming to the express lane network here in northern virginia. and specifically with the 95 express lanes we're getting a progress report how they've been going now that they've been open a little more than a month. take a ride through the springfield interchange where the 95 and 495 express lanes meet and you could see how there would be some confusion. roads crisscrossing everywhere. so now better direction. >> now the big sign that says entrance only flashing beacons on the top of it to call out to drivers that you're about to enter the 495 express lanes. >> reporter: and mike mcguirk with transurban,r of the express lane says extra state police are being called in to monitor the shoulders near

edsall road in superstorm sandy. drivers have been waiting on the shoulder until the hov rules on 395 end then jumping in those lanes. >> for drivers, it's unsafe illegal, you should only stop in the shoulder f emy and you have to do it. >> reporter: focusing on the 95 express lane news4 as learned 90% of the traffic on the road does have an ez pass so that's good and the average toll has been $4.30. drivers we talk to certainly are using the new lanes. >> it takes me about ten minutes to get home. >> reporter: wow. >> as opposed to maybe an hour with traffic or bad weather. >> reporter: wow. what about the thought of paying to get around traffic? well some like grant dekeman have their own sweetheart deals in place. you're okay with paying to get around the traffic? >> yeah. actually currently, mom, i know this might be not the best time for her to find out, if she does happen to watch the news but it's still connected to her account, so as of now, she's paying and i'm reaping all the benefits. >> sur she's happy you're getting home faster. >> right. >> reporter: now, we do expect

new numbers on the number of people using the express lanes later on this week. what about you, off gripe or a concern, a safety concern about the express lanes? we want you to tell us on our facebook page. reporting live in alexandria adam tuss news4. >> thanks adam. we have just learned a d.c. employee is facing charges now for pulling a gun during an argume. jim handly at our live desk. >> we just got the police report. it says an employee at the district's wastewater treatment plant pulled that gun during an argument over a parking space. george johnson now faces five gun charges. the report says two men asked johnson to move his that treatment plant at blue plains because it was blocking them in. at first johnson got out of his suv with a baton. that prompted one of the other men to threaten johnson. police tell us it was at that point that johnson reached back into his car and pulled out a sawed-off shotgun. he never pointed it at the other men.

johnson is now out of jail tonight. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and will be back in court sometime next month. at the live desk i'm jim handly. >> jim, thank you. doug is back with more about our weather, that gorgeous sunday we had, it seems like a distant me now. >> it was amazing. wasn't it? i mean 68 in d.c. what's even more amazing, still only 43 up towards frederick. those people did not see that warm air we've seen but we set a record high temperature yesterday and now we're talking about sleet and even snow and even some freezing rain coming in. it's all along the radar right now, storm team 4 radar showing where that rain sleet, and snow is. most of it is now rain in our region but you can start to see some pinks moving into parts of our area. down to the south, just some shower activity after what was some heavier showers back towards waldorf and clinton over towards huntingtown area most of those now off. more towards fredericksburg along 95. back to the west this is where we're seeing heavier rain through the winchester area frederick county virginia

paige county and clark county back towards virginia in through the panh virginia. notice t pinks on the mountaintops and up to the west of frederick. this is the area we will still see first the freezing rain then the cold air moves in and the rest of us start to see it. heads up if you're driving 270 past frederick. this is the area we're watching here maybe along 15 250, we continue to watch that, and in through portions of northern montgomery county you folks will bt see the sleet and freezing rain. the cold air is mo in. notice all the rain changing to snow and freezing rain at this point. that's why we have the winter weather advisory but this is not a very big storm. let's talk it. winter weather advis t the morning. loudoun county, montgomery county, frederick county back to the pajd this is all until 3:00 in the morning. farther to the east though prince george's county anne arundel county howard county this goes through 5:00 a.m. as that's the precipitation will last a little bit longer spop what will we see? mixture of sleet, freezing rain some snow possible not a big

storm but it doesn't take a lot to create slick spots. you only need a trace of ice on the roadway to get that winter weather advisory and that's why we have it inmont fwomry and loudoun counties. the temperatures above freezing in most locations but they're getting close to that 32 te gree mark. 32 in gaithersburg 32 in huntingtown, 33 in baltimore and annapolis. that one degree difference that could pose the problem. gaithersburg you've got the moisture moving in right watch out. some of those roads could get on the slick side. here's future weather through around 9:00 and this is what we're talking about. rain in d.c. northern virginia back to the west.s where we're seeing the sleet, the freezing rain and the snow just about all of them in our region as the cold offering moves down even the d.c. metro area could be talking about sleet and freezing rain in and around midnight and 1:00. by early tomorrow around 5:00 a.m. it's down to the south. we'll continue to watch it move south. most of us should be dry, but we could still be dealing with residual effects from any ice

that does fall. heads up tomorrow morning. tom kierein will be in at 4:00 a.m. with that. 44 on tuesday, 45 on wednesday. light snow on thursday and then look what happens. the bottom high on friday even colder for the weekend. weekend right now the coldest we've seen so far. >> thank you, doug. maryland casinos already taking business away from atlant new at 6:00 one thing you can find only in vegas that could be coming to maryland next. i'm julie carey in arlington where police are urging vehicle owners to do a double-check right now when they park in a ga. the kile murder trial under way in texas. we'll hear ow howe the judge respon ques about

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prosecutors say that tavon white impregnated four guards and used contraband cell phones to direct drug activity on the streets. he testified against five krebs officers a kitchen worker and two inmates charged with helping him to run that operation. five of them were convicted and the other three were acquitted after a two-month trial. the state of maryland is considering a plan to open a small casino inside bwi marshall airport. our scott mcfarlane has learned the state legislature will debate a plan that would allow 3,000 slot machines in the airport. they wou be placed in a casino-style room beyond the security checkpoint. so only ticketed passengers could play. supporters say that would prevent competition with nearby casinos. that new legislation would set up a referendum for voters to give the new slots final approval. jury selection is under way now in the so-called "american sniper" murder trial. the victims are former navy

s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle and a friend. kyle's life is the subject of a movie that's still playing in theaters leaving some to question whether a fair trial is possible. nbc's jay gray joins us live from stephensville, texas, where we just learned the jury could be seated at any moment. jay >> reporter: yeah word the inside the courthouse they may have agreed on the 12 men and n and 2 alternates who might hear this case. we expect an official announcement soon. we started getting word from sources inside the courthouse about 20 minutes ago they had reached a decision after going through what initially was a jury pool of 800 potential jurors here. as you talked about, there was co publicity over the blockbuster "american sniper" and the best-selling biography that it was pull from the the pages of would cause some problems with finding that jury. they found, if what we're hearing is correct, ta a day before they had a deadline on finding that jury. jury in place. if this holds and the schedule

stays in place, we will hear opening statements in this case wednesday morning. that is the latest live in stephensville, texas, i'm jay gray news4. next -- new charges against a virginia lawmaker already serving time in jail. what he's saying about the accusation > they call it a sleep-in. parents an student tsprotn pajamas. we'll tell you wha dozens of cars targeted by thooefs in a popular local neighborhood

first at 6:30 storm team 4 is tracking a winter weather advisory. freezing rain could affect your plans tonight and another wave of winter weather potentially impacting us tomorrow morning. >> in the last half hour, that advisory area got even bigger. doug has the latest on that. >> the national weather service included -- decided to include the rest of loudoun and montgomery countys. so even closer to the d.c. metro area that's all in that winter weather ad.ies. so even closer t. not d.c. or fairfax but we could see problem there too through the early mornin areas of biggest concern overnight will be west and down south. here's the moisture.

notice a little more in the way of pink making its way through the region. rain sleet, snow freezing rain right now areas of rain mixing with sleet and maybe snow north. not a big storm. we'll talk more about it in a minute. does more sleep equal better grad in high school? it's a hot topic on our facebo page. right now it's an argument being debated in a school board meeting in montgomery county. >> tomorrow that board votes on whether to change start times for middle and high school students. we've already seen fairfax make that move but most of the teachers in montgomery county are against it. chris gordon in rockville now with more on this. chris? >> reporter: well, right here at the montgomery cou they will have a public hearing and a vote tomorrow. and there was a little last-minute lobbying by some students and their parents who were right out front and held a .

>> that's what we >> reporter: a sleep some students in s others wear pajama parents and studen demonstrating thei later school start front of the build montgomery county education will vot tomorrow. >> when you're rea get black circles. so we put black li think it was, unde show we need more look how tired we >> just today in e really tired and i harder to concentr would have been wi sleep. >> reporter: they wo high school bells from the current 7 time to 8:30. >> 8:30 for middle schools. that's the recomme the experts who ha this, and that is the reach of the b education. >> reporter: last school superintend starr recommended delaying the schoo of the cost, estim million for transpor other accommodatio. the school board a ordered the superi come back with low options. tomorrow the schoo

vote and select on choices for making school start times school bells 20 or which would cost l nothing. the montgomery county education association is the union that represents the school system's 12,000 teachers. >> we did a survey of our members and about half responded, and of those who responded about 63% were opposed to changing bell times. they were in support of keeping things as they are. >> reporter: some teachers are not convinced that there is a correlation between a later school start and academic improvement. if the montgomery county boardo put a change of school time into effect it will take effect in august, the next school year. that's the latest. live in montgomery county chris gordon news4. >> thanks chris. there is an investigation under way tonight in fairfax county following the death of an

inmate. 37-year-old natasha mckenna died yesterday a short time after she was taken off life support. last week mckenna was being transferred to alexandria to face an assault charge. officials say she was combative and that they shot her with a taser in order to restrain her. she suffered what's called a medical emergency and was taken to a hospital. d.c.'s department of corrections says it's still investigating how an inmate committed suicide over the weekend. tawana johnson was found dead in her cell underneath d.c. superior court yesterday. she had been arrested on saturday on destruction of property charges. the department of corrections has been working to prevent suicides in the jail since a news4 i-team report last june. we found that 70 inmates had threatened or attempted suicide since 2013. since then 40 cells have been retrofitted to help prevent suicide attempts. federal investigators are back at the site where a small plane crashed in the woods near

tipton airport sunday injuring two people. it went down shortly after takeoff, landing on its roof just a few hundred yards from the airport. the pilot was jeffrey barnett and his passenger thomas klein. they were both injured. klein is still in critical condition tonight. both men live in maryland. now warning for drivers in a congested area for parking. thieves smashed dozens of windows in the past week in the rosalyn part of arlington county. some of the break-ins even took place inside parking garages. northern virginia y joins us with the warning from police tonight. hi julie. >> reporter: wg garage that was targeted is tucked between the buildings here on the corner of clarendon boulevard and pier street. billing management is notifying residents of what happened inside over the weekend, but both the parking garages hit this month also have public parking spaces. he parks a nice sports car in

this garage. he leases a space across t street from his home. but there are also public spots here. he says he's not surprised to learn at least 14 cars were broken into there early saturday morning. >> it happens with all these open garages. it's happened in our building which is actually across the street as well so it just kind of -- it's not like a freak situation or anything like that. it's definitely not good. that's why you want to make sure you have insurance. >> reporter: the latest rash of vehicle break-ins started at the be month. arlington county police believe they may be related. on february 1st at least 17 cars were found in this rosalyn garage with their windows smashed in. we learned the thief got in by cutting through this screen. then around 2:30 saturday morning the discovery in this garage just a half-mile away. and early sunday m this nearby residential area was hit. five cars with broken windows. >> the similarity is the suspects are smashing the passenger side windows to gain entry into the cars. they're rifling through things looking for stuff to easily

conceal on them. >> reporter: police advise everyone to always lock up and take valuables out of your car. and pay close attention if you're parking in a garage. >> if you're entering these structures late at night to make sure that nobody's tailing you and that the door closes behind you and locks. >> reporter: steve su says he'd already changed his ways taking new precautions. >> i'm very careful and tell my wife the same which is to make sure there's nothing in the cars and no exposed keys or anything like that. i think unfortunately we have to be more like that but we started that when we heard about the rash of break-ins into the cars. >> reporter: and unfortunately both parking garages hit, video surveillance cameras didn't catch anybody during any of those break-ins. live from arlington, julie carey. >> thanks, julie. a legal drug with no regulation. that is where d.c. could be head with its new marijuana law. legalization is set to begin on march 1st. we'll report what's standing in

the way. and powerball jackpot still up for grabs. close to half a billion dollars now. new tonight, why tens of thousands of people in our area shouldn't throw away those old

. somebody robbed a bank in manassas today. and the disguise was so good police aren't sure if it was a man or a woman. that's a picture of the suspect. he or she wore a black hoodie and a colorful scarf.

police say the ronner walked in the bank of america and told the teller he or she had a knife. they got away with some cash. nobody was injured. a virginia lawmaker who is serving jail time following a sex scandal involving a teenager has pleaded not guilty to four new felony charges. delegate joe morrissey's trial on perjury and forgery charges is set to begin april 28th. he pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor after being accused of having sex with a 17-year-old employee of his law office. he's spending nights in jail and attending legislat the day. he's on work release. he's accused of forging a document in the first case but is denying the charges. >> my only prayer is that you folks do give the exact amount of coverage to the acquittal as you did to the facts leading up to this case. >> morrissey resigned hi seat in the virginia house of delegates after his guilty plea.

then he ran as an independent in the special election to fill that seat and won. 49,000 winning powerball tickets were sold in virginia over weeken according to the virginia lottery board, but none of them hit the jackpot. three people in the state won $10,000. that's not bad. but because th winners, the top prize for the drawing on wednesday could approach a record. it is already an estimated $450 million. that billion, folks. and it will probably go up as we get closer to wednesday. a showdown looming over marijuana. congress takes on d.c. voters. new at 6:00 pro pot activists talk about their next move. also, the unacceptable response to another round of winter weath

now to new questio about the showdown between the district and congress over marijuana. so what happens if no one blinks and legalized pot goes into effect in the city in a matter of weeks? news4's tom sherwood asked that question to city leaders and representatives on the >> reporter: congress voted l.a. year to bar the district fro enacting a legal marijuana law, a measure approved 2-1 by city voters. moil met on the issue anyway. >> i would say briefly it boils down to the ability of the district to self-govern itself. >> reporter: the city ip cysted congress acted too late to block the law, only blocking the city's ability to regulate it. the law could go into effect late thermounless congress takes

new action against it. it's a showdown. congressional staffers say it's not clear what if anything congress will do next. one house leader said however, the intent was clear. no legal marijuana in d.c. >> it has morphed into a whole new issue in way that is not surprise bug forever disappointing. >> r a last-minute letter from d.c. attorney gene warned the ed the hearing might violate a congressional law. the council went ahead hed with the hearing but just legally didn't call it that. chairman phil mendelson said it could result in an odd situation. legal marijuana with no enforcement from the city because it would have to spend money. advocates for legal marijuana urged city leaders to stand up to congress to end excessive marijuana arrests in the city. >> it was racial and social jus it the which prod the council to pass the most successful decriminalization

bill in the country. >> tom sherwood news4. if there were an emergency on a metro train and you had to get out, what would you do? and then perhaps think about the plan or what you would do if you were confined to a wheelchair. tonight, news4 i-tm i askg some questions about plans to help disabled passengers. tisha thompson here with more on her latest investigation. tisha? >> jim, we got an e-mail from a viewer who said we should take a ride on metro with kelly mack. kelly uses metro every day to commute to work. at 5:00 p.m. we showed you what it's like fr her perspective, how people rush in front of her to use the elevator and often leave her behind. when we were on the platform with her, capitol hill saw something else that worried her. pathways in the tunnels that passengers have used before to self-evacuate during an emergency didn't look wide enough for her wheelchair. tonight at 11:00, we go to metro and d.c. fire to find out if they are big enough getting

answers for the first time about wh happen to riders like kelly if there was another emergency like what we saw. just last month with smoke filling a train. plus we'll show you some of the equipment rescuers have to help get people out. that's tonight on news4 at 11:00. tisha thompson news4 i team. tisha, thank you. as boston breaks more snow records, the new governor is blasting the performance of the city's public transit system calling it unacceptable. governor charlie baker said today he's disappointed the transit system hadn't been able to maintain even limited service on some lines as the latest storm pounded the boston area. some parts of the city set records with a snow depth of 37 inches over several different storms. we'd like to have a little snow here but nothing like that. >> they're getting hit back-to-back-to- to back and there are two more storms that could affect them one on thursday one on sunday. each one of those could give

them ao 12 inches if they hit the city. it's been amazing for them. can't seem to buy snow around here they've got plenty of it. 73 inches there, now one of their top ten snowiest winters, most of that coming in the last three weeks, absolutely amazing what's happening for them. for us we're just now starting to get the cold air and you notice a little e way of some pink on our map through portions of maryland and the rain continues to fall through virginia. you can see it making its way in here faulkier county loudoun county, but notice up towards loudoun county we have nothing in the district right now, but this will be moving in over the next few hours. let's zoom in towards frederick. you notice the snow starting to develop in through arnold the fed rick area, also towards airy and damascus seeing a mix in that area so heads up in this region. i think that's the area that will be affected first this and then we'll see other areas affected. and look at the temperatures. oh so critical. 32 in gaithersburg 32 camp

springs and huntington so, we are close to the freezing mark or at it in some areas. this is where we could start to see some issues in the next couple hours. temperatures will drop another 1 to 2 degrees and that's all you need when you see that 33 in rockville and 34 in college park. so watch out. the next couple hours are really going to be critical. that's why we have the winter weather advi in effect. west of i-95 in effect until 3:00 p.m. most of the precipitation will be done rain sleet, freezing rain all done. down to the south, a little different. anne arundel county prince coun maybe the rest of southern maryland you could end as some snow by early morning, and yes, we could see some delays. that's why we're gn morning agent 4:00 a.m. tom kierein, chuck bell wb in with you early to talk about that. then we get to the frigid weather, 40 degrees on thursday with light snow, a high of 28 on friday. sunday, a high of 21l near zero. >> thank you, doug. "nbc nightly news" is coming up next. lester holt will be sitting in for brian williams tonight.

williams sent a letter to nbc news staff this weekend announcing that he was taking himself off the broadcast for, quote, the next several days. he said he had become too much part of the news. williams also canceled a scheduled appearance later this week on the late show with david letterman. nbc has started an internal investigation into williams' statements about his 2003 coverage of the iraq war after an apology he made on the air last week. wizards ought to be able to stay healthy after what they did to the nets the other night. >> hopefully they'll be successful against the magic, who are struggling. but they have to do it without bradley behl. isle tell you who will start for him. and after a tough loss for the caps they had a practice today unlike any other p this se

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what if you ha penny hardaway and shaq and a whole bunch of others. got squat now, but that's good because they're coming to our place and we need to stomp somebody else again. >> wizards could use them for their kds. they're feeling better about themselves but still a long ways from being able to feel good about their play. tonight they have the magic, a team that dismissed their head coach currently, and one of the worst teams in the eastern conference right now. so wizards getting ready this morning without bradley beal who's missing his second game with that toe injury. with beal out, derrick temple in the starting lineup tonight. he started saturday night but temple gets the nod against orlando tonight. a game against the second best team in the east, the toronto raptors, in just 48 hours, the wizardhe look past the struggling magic. >> that's important. we seen their play in brooklyn

the first time didn't look past those guys and they beat us about 20. had to play them back-to-back. we're a target. we have to come out and compete and just come out and get into a good start to start the games out. >> we're not overlooking this game. we know the game is important for us. like i said try to get up on this team early, ahead, and go from there. the yununiversity of virginia men's basketball team hitting some rough spots. the women still at number five. back to the men, georgetown has moved out of the top 25 while uva back up to number two. today the cavaliers' coach tony bennett announced one of the team's leading scorers, anderson had successful surgery on the fractured finger on his shooting hand. this is the play he suffered the injury against louisville this weekend. he's expected to miss four to six weeks. selection sunday guys just over month away. we are almost there. all right.

the cap a big trip out west after yesterday's really sloppy loss to the flyers. i talked to the capps after the game yesterday and they pointed to the fact that they haven't had a full practice in ten days because of the schedule. well today it all changed. barry trotz had his team back out on the ice attoday. at the end of practice something different. trotz had a special drill for the guys. both goaltenders on each blue line, only o puck for a little two-on-two drill, both teams playing offense and defense. first to score wins. a fast pace and fun drill, but for trotz it was good to see the guys get their competitive juices going, something he said that that's what they need as they get ready for that trip out west. you may remember this scene from the nhl all-star draft. alex ovechkin wanted to get picked last so he could get a car. he wasn't picked last but still got that car. pairing up with honda, that car is being raffled off and

proceeds go to t ame special hockey association. his friend anna you see her there, she's in that group. she plays for the washington ice dogs. she first met ovechkin back in september during a skate at the ice plex. then the two went on an infamous sushi date. to date the latest chapter in their friendship. >> i'm really happy to be in this position to help the kids and help everybody to be happy and put smile on their face. >> he's my boyfriend. >> reporter: you guys went on a shoe shi date right? >> yeah. i'd like to go again tonight. you're having sushi again tonight with him? >> yeah. i got to ask my family. >> she's got her valentine's day all set for saturday. one date and it's official. >> got to get permission. >> she's got dad's blessing. why not? >> that is very cool. good for the and good for him too. that's our broadcast for now. thanks for joining us.

on the broadcast tonight, snow bound by another relentless winter storm. so much snow in boston they've run out of places to put it. and there's another big one on the way. dangerous skies as drones get way too high and way too close to passenger planes. a frightening new series of incidents posing serious risks near some very big airports. marriage fight. same-sex weddings begin in the deep south amid cheers and protests and controversy in alabama. did the supreme court just tip its hand to how it will rule nationwide? and car hacking. modern technology making vehicles smarter but not necessarily safer. a new warning about what criminals can do while you're behind the wheel but not necessarily in control. "nightly news" begins now.