again tomorrow. oil in the water and fire still burning after an oil tanker derailed in west virginia. the governor there just gave an update on when that fire might finally day dye out. and a showdown over immigration not on capitol hill but in a courtroom. new reaction just in from the white house. the main roads are clear for most of us tonight, but south of d.c. the morning drive might still be a little rough tomorrow morning. >> and some school districts have already decided to close. here's the list we have so far, all in virginia. culpepper county faulkier, spotsylvania county stafford county and fredericksburg city schools closed tomorrow too. team coverage of the cleanup and the refreeze expected tonight. doug, how cold tonight? >> another cold night for sure temperatures below the freezing mark. we didn't even make it there today even with the sunshine.

2 to 4 inches toward the north, 3 toward the frederick area. in and around the d.c. metro area we went 4 to 6 inches and that's pretty much what we saw here 4.7 at reagan national airport. down to the south, this is why we have some of the school closings tomorrow. 6 to 10 inches is what we predicted. got between 6 and about 9 is the highest that i saw down toward the south pap lot more snow down to the south than to the north. nothing out there right now. we're not seeing any rain or snow but that's going to change. your wednesday headlines, cold but nice early. but then here comes another arctic front. lit bring snow and then the windchills well they fall below zero. we're not talking about little below zero. those numbers including more records that could be broken in just a minute. fredericksburg or points south you saw several inches of snow melt under today's son.

david culvert is in fredericksburg where people are preparing as the melted snow refreezes. hey, david. >> reporter: hi there, doreen. we are starting to feel temperatures drop, a lot colder than just an hour ago. the side street, the neighborhood roads, the parking lot, folks worried that an icy commute awaits them tomorrow jay is hoping to get his business back open without an icy parking lot tomorrow. how much more do you have? >> probably another -- looks like a good hour or so. >> reporter: it's the street right in front of his shop that he hopes to see cleared soon. >> 95 was good, but the side roads are still needing a little attention. >> reporter: we drove through many neighborhoods that will go into the night still covered making the job tough for this letter carrier. >> couldn't make it through street or sidewalks. >> reporter: we'll walk with

you. she said the roads were so rough she had to abandon her cart. >> people don't clear the sidewalks but the side streets are the worst. >> reporter: when we caught up with norville he told me he'd been shoveling for six hours trying to keep ahead of the refreeze. but he'd only gone a few feet on his sidewalk. why did it take so long? why did you start with your neighbors? >> one is 90 years old and the other one is 80. if something ever happens, then they -- they'd -- somebody could come and get them. >> reporter: you thought about them before yourself. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. that's the way to go. >> reporter: neighbors helping neighbors here. given that so many of the side roads are still covered with snow they've cannes l eled classes for the city of fredericksburg tomorrow. i'm david culvert, news4. >> thanks david. aaa says this storm set a record for costs for motorist who is needed a tow or a jump. more than 12,000 aaa members across the region called for

help yesterday. in the meantime virginia state police say they have responded to more than 3,300 service calls since monday afternoon. two people had died in crashes in virginia including one in loudoun county. road conditions and speeding may have played a role in this deadly crash in brookeville, maryland this morning. howard county police say a man was driving a car along route 97 near jennings chap l road took a curb too fast and the car hit a patch of snow or ice on the shoulder. the car reentered the road and crashed into a pickup truck with a plow in the front. the driver was a 26-year-old man from maryland. emergency dispatchers in prince george's county might be in for another busy night. since the snow and ice hit, they have had twice as many calls as usual. it's not expected to ease up anytime soon. our bureau chief womentracee wilkins, is in largo with a

behind-the-scenes look. >> reporter: they're preparing for the refreeze already happening in largo. more staff answering phone bus the calls they get definitely run the gamut. >> of course there were moments of panic from me. >> reporter: when e litz beth berman smelled smoke in her home -- >> i was, like well we need to call 911 because we don't know -- we clearly don't have the expertise to deal with this situation. >> reporter: and that's a good thing, because today the bermans' lives and their home were saved. >> fireplace is smoking? >> yeah. there's no fire actually in it but there's smoke coming up from the basement. >> when her husband made that call they joined the hundreds of prince george's residents flooding the emergency call center since the storm. >> prince george's county 911. >> reporter: by the end of the storm, the prince george's emergency call center took more than 700 calms. >> service calls, broken water pipes, sick people. >> reporter: twice their average. >> right now we're just kind of you know -- no pun intended but weathering the storm. >> prince george's county 911. >> reporter: some were pretty

serious. >> okay. do you know if anyone's injured, sir? >> reporter: other, well it did he understand. >> i just got through shovmg my driveway and my next-door neighbor took the snow and he threw it all back. >> reporter: no matter what the call -- >> i just try to put myself in her situation and just try to be calm and as helpful as possible. >> so we called and they were here within a matter of minutes. >> reporter: looking out here live back at 202, you can see it is cleared completely nap's how major roads are looking in prince george's county. but second roads like koettering drive, this is what we're seeing here. it's starting to refreeze and definitely slippery in spots. don't take for dwranlted that the major roads, even though they look completely clear, are without slippery spots as well. we're seeing black ice andish shouse around the area so be careful tonight. live in largo tracee wilkins, news4. >> thanks tracee. the snow emergency in the district is officially over has been for a few hours now.

some people have an expensive reminder of the storm. city officials say more than 100 cars were ticketed today. that's because they were parked on snow emergency routes and had not moved before the emergency was lifted at 2:00 this afternoon. >> so far as it relates to the snow emergency, we've issued 132 snow emergency tickets and 132 vehicles have been towed as well. >> each of those tickets cost the motorist $250 plus another $100 for towing fee. another plea for d.c. residents to get their measles vaccine after another case. the case is not related to another confirmed case earlier this month. that one was involving international travel. we are told this case also has no connection to the outbreak from disneyland california. president obama says he

believes the law and history are on his side in his effort to change immigration policy. but a federal judge is not on his side at least not at the moment and millions of undocumented immigrants have returned to what might be termed a legal limbo. steve handelsman with the latest. >> this was not a ruling against the obama plan, just a delay until the case can be heard and the president himself is out of town today. he plans to win and a lot of affected immigrants in this area say they're still optimistic. they came from mexico without papers but hope to stay in the u.s. legally because their daughter heather was born here. but that plan the obama plan, is the one that's been blocked. the executive action is not dead, says jose. but maiya is feeling down worried about heather's future. the ruling delays the implementation of president obama's executive order that 4

million to 5 million people without proper papers can stay in the u.s. and work. in texas, a federal judge, andrew hanen, warned the genie would be impossible to put back in the bottle if the obama plan took effect before a court could rule on it. 26 states sued mr. obama. >> in texas, we will not sit idly by while the president ignores the law and fails to secure the border. >> reporter: he says he has the power to do what he did and the obligation. >> we should not be tearing some mom away from her child when thed has been born here and that mom's been living here the last ten years. >> reporter: also the affected dreerms brought to the u.s. as children. a quarter million more of them could stay in a program. >> it would allow them to get a work permit and all of a sudden they've been told to wait. >> reporter: attorney general eric shoulder vows an appeal but opponents vow to kill the obama plan even if that means

more delays in funding homeland security. republicans are rushing again to point out that president obama himself used to say he doesn't have the power on his own to change u.s. immigration policy. now this federal judge in texas today has said that might be right. steve handelsman news4. >> thank you, steve. some federal workers got the day off but not all of them including new secretary of defense ashton carter. he was sworn in at the pentagon this morning by vice president joe biden. carter's wife slipped and fell on the icy pavement while arriving for the ceremony. she was not injured. carter is president obama's fourth defense secretary, replacing chuck hagel who resigned under pressure. cubaneban government official to washington next week for talks with thement. three u.s. senators includeing mark warner from virginia, are wrapping up a four hi day trip to cube queue be bah. they're in negotiations to

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the crude oil on a railcar is still burning more than 24 hours after more than two dozen cars jumped those tracks. the goff nor and csx just wrapped up a news conference. 19 cars exploded injuring one man, burning down his house. unlike what we heard yesterday we are now told none of the cars ended up in the nearby river but oil may have still seeped into that water.

the state has been conducting tests. residents are being told to boil their water through tomorrow. there are also some major questions about the tanker cars carrying that oil. they were supposed to be reinforced and safer, but they have now been involved in several fiery crashes including a derailment that occurred in lynchburg, virginia last year. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >> thank you, wendy. this has been a winter much of the nation would like to forget but it's not going away. the overnight storm took out power and stranded driverst on snowy roads, caused hundreds of flight cancellations too. the south was hit the the north is getting tired of all this. nbc's sarah dallof joins us live from boston with more. sarah? >> reporter: good evening, doreen. the new snow is expected to push boston into its second snowiest winter on record and it's not the state getting hit hardest by

this latest storm. mother nature on the attack, targeting a large swat of the country from the midwest to the east coast, new england to the south. >> you know it don't snow like this all the time, but when it comes here -- >> it comes in with a vengeance. >> reporter: the storm blew in monday night sparing no one. today federal offices in washington are closed and a state of emergency declared in d.c. as well as north carolina virginia mississippi, georgia, kentucky and tennessee. some 1,400 flights canceled and parents told not to send kids to school. >> the snow outside the windows in my classroom, 7 1/2 feet above the adjoining roof covered the windows to the top, no sky visible whatsoever. >> reporter: roads slick with ice, sending cars sliding, and an even bigger skating rink a frozen hudson bay, seen here in this photo from nasa. >> i am sick and tired of it. everyone is. >> reporter: communities in new england were already dealing with record amounts of snow before this latest storm's arrival. in boston rail and bus service was halted by the weather.

officials say it will be at least 30 days before everything is fully operational. frustrating for those who rely on public transportation. >> this has been like this for three weeks. >> what are you going to do? it's going to suck. >> reporter: forecasters are now warning a bitter cold coming to the midwest and northeast. day-to-day life frozen until it passes. and temperatures could dip to 30 degrees below normal for some of us seems like spring has never been farther away. i know you can sympathize with that sentiment. >> not even close to what the folks in boston are experiencing. sarah dallof thank you. the snow and ice did create some beautiful images along the tidal basin in southwest d.c. take a look. snow peppered the martin luther king jr. memorial and covered the frozen water of the tidal basin itself. almost looks like a massive white blanket wrapping around the washington monument. not all that much warmer down in the big easy but that

is not keeping thousands of people from turning out for re looking at bourbon street there. everybody a little more bundled up than normal at this time of year. by the time the celebrations wrap up outside around midnight temperatures will be in the 30s. by then they'll probably be so filled with stuff that it won't much matter. >> are you cold? >> no man. >> what cold? >> oh my goodness. another school closing to tell you about. prince william county schools in virginia will be closed tomorrow. as i was shoveling that light fluffy snow this morning i was thinking about those poor people up in boston. not only is their snow heavier and deeper but there's nowhere to put it right? >> there really isn't anywhere to put it. talking act 6 feet of snow fall en in the past couple weeks. it has been brutal for them and for us 3 inches to the north up towards 8, down to the south. that's the biggest snowfall

we've seen this season kind of puts it into a little bit of a comparison for you as you make your way out. temperatures tonight on the cold side. anything that did melt will quickly refreeze already doing so. 28 the current temperature. windchill down to 23 degrees with a few clouds out there. the temperatures will continue to fall overnight. it will be a cold night tonight doughdown to 23 in gaithersburg 28 in winchester 29 in fredericksburg and 25 over towards huntingtown. i think somebody has to knock on the sensor in manassas. it's not 36. wouldn't that be nice? i don't think that's correct. this is last night. this was from 4:00 at night until 4:00 this morning. there's 4:00 this morning, starting to make its way out of here but a full 12-hour period of snow across our region. that's why we picked up a couple inches here and there. storm team 4 radar clear around our region. we're going to stay that way tonight. look at the almost clear skies that we've got across our area some clouds to the west or rather to the south, and then we

look at the storms making its way down out of minneapolis look at the snow back towards kansas city. that's the next arctic front. that's going to move on through here. when does that happen? it happens tomorrow. but it happens late tomorrow. most of the day will be fine. it will be cold tomorrow. but not bad. kind of like what we had out there today. a pretty nice afternoon. but here we are at 3:00 in the afternoon. you have to cold air. there's the cloud cover, then heres the snow back to the west. we're not going to see a lot of snow but just like with valentine's night, it's going to be a very quick bursz of snow and then we're going to see the winds come through. so we could see some problems out there on the roads coming through d.c. around the 7:00, 8:00 hour moving out by 11:00. it is through very quickly, then things go downhill big time. but collating on the roads even a half an inch to an inch that's all we're going to get, but that will accumulate on the road with those snow bursts reducing visibilities if you're traveling at that time. heads up. i definitely think see some slick spots tomorrow evening. then the windchills set in. tomorrow windchills, 7 in d.c.

early on 5 gaithersburg 8 in manassas. during the afternoon, not as bad. teens and low 20s. and then a cold front moves through. we're down to 8 in d.c. at 11:00, 5 in gaithersburg but here comes the real cold air. everybody on the negative side. 3 below in washington 5 below martinsburg, 10 below in cumberland. that's thursday at 7:00. and i do think friday will be much much colder. high temperatures 18 on thursday 17 on friday after record low temperatures early friday morning, then another chance of snow and changing over to rain as we move the through the weekend. saturday night could be a mess. >> not much to look forward to in that forecast doug. thank you. there is still time for you to get something out of this snowstorm. a pat collins snow stick. what could be better? tweet your best pet pictures to @patsnowstick. school buses did not move today. it is a snow day. school districts across our area canceled school. tonight on news4, how many snow

days are left. and the first and only african-american piano maker. he's got roots in d.c.

duke ellington, marvin gaye ella come to mind. now there is another name that's getting interna and making history. aaron gilchrist reports. ♪ >> my father was the exclusive piano tuner for the howard theater. but as soon as he said he was going to the howard theater, i

was going to cover. that was a phenomenal time for me. >> reporter: he's been around music for as long as he can remember but he wasn't always interested in the piano. he played his first concert as a drummer when he was just 4 years old. by adulthood, he was touring professionally. >> i toured with so many acts. in fact i toured with so many acts that i actually saw at the howard theater. >> reporter: the riots of '68 changed things for the howard. it would close, reopen close again, meanwhile his career would also take a turn. >> i am the first african-american piano manufacturer and the first and only. >> reporter: when his father passed away in 1993 he took over the family business of tuning pianos. less than ten years later he expanded into making them. >> i feel very fortunate and i've been bestowed a great opportunity to be this manufacturer and being i guess the chosen one, if you will. >> reporter: he's trying to make

sure his gift reaches others. he's created a piano that allows the deaf to feel their music through vibrations. his pianos are in churches and concert hall ace cross the country and going internationally. >> we have a piano just about completed going to the vatican, as in rome, the vatican. that's very exciting and who does that? i mean, wow. ♪ >> reporter: aaron gilchrist, news4. next another day out of class and winter's blast isn't over yet. when local districts are telling news4 about the impact snow days could have on your students' school year. a threatening fall through an icy pond. now two virginia kid pulled themselves out. plus, metro defending concerns for your safety.

now at 6:30 metro fires back. the agency is responding to questions about what it knew before a tedly incident at l'enphant plaza. we've had hardly any snow but for local school districts, the snow days are piling up. and the next wave of winter weather's coming. a hard freeze a quick burst of snow and windchills below zero. add loudoun county to the list of schools that are closing

tomorrow. let's go to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. what about the next wave? >> it will be the cold wave. we saw the coalest air on sunday over the last couple days so, no school on sunday but this time we've got school when some of the coldest air might move in especially friday morning. tomorrow the issue will be the snow that comes in during the afternoon. we'll start off cold around 15 we'll rise to about 28 by 1:00 33 by around 3:00, then the temperatures will come down after the snow moves through. could be a very quick burst of snow nap's something we're going to be watching. early sunshine, some ice early around the that a.m. time frame. 15 degrees to start off the day, then that drive time in the afternoon, snow between 5:00 and 9:00 could be heavy at times. we'll talk much more about that and the cold in another minute. >> thank you, doug. as we have noted, a number of schools have canceled classes for tomorrow. at this point, even with the relatively small amount of snow we've had this year some school

districts are running low on snow days. our kristin wright is in germantown right now with the tally and more on that. kristin? >> reporter: montgomery county and a few other school districts have just one snow day left. if we see much more of this one goes down to none. today every public school across the d.c. area was closed. monday's snowstorm shuttered classrooms and left desks empty. the number of snow days districts have left is dwindling. in maryland montgomery frederick, and prince george's counties each has one snow day remaining. fairfax county schools in virginia still has eight snow days left. alexandria two. while loudoun county has used seven, the zriktd has no fixed number of school days built into it calendar. students in montgomery county maryland went sledding this snow day, the third increment weather day of the school year.

lucas is a third-grader at farmland elementary. >> i usually ask to go sledding or have a snowball fight with friends. >> reporter: monday brought impressive snow totals for the area prompting widespread closures before morning. >> sometimes they call school for little things. that's when it's aggravating. this was a reasonable snowfall. >> reporter: michelle remembers anxious parents last year when the tough winter nearly exteblded the school year into summer camps and vacations. the school district was granted a waiver for the makeup days. >> i'm less concerned because last year we had so many snow days. >> reporter: >> reporter: we're still waiting to hear back from a few schools on their tallies. if you're wondering how many snow days your school district has used, take a look at the nbc washington app. we have posted details. live in germantown kristin wright news4. icy roads are keeping

schools in prince william county closed tomorrow. our shomari stone found some difficult conditions in woodbridge this afternoon where several side streets were still covered in snow and ice. and of course anything that goes untreated is likely going to refreeze tonight. it wasn't the snow day two virginia kids had planned. they fell through the ice on a frozen pond at an apartment complex in blacksburg monday. our roanoke affiliate says the kids were walking on the pond when they fell in. they were only in the water for a short time before they managed to climb onto an island in the middle of the pond. both are out of the hospital and expected to be okay. metro is pushing back against some new allegations connected to the deadly smoke emergency at l'enphant plaza a few weeks ago. "the washington post" ran an article today saying before that incident metro knew it needed to upgrade computer software that handles smoke emergencies. those upgrades would make it easier for metro's control center to pinpoint smoke in the

system and to coordinate the ventilation fans. today, metro wrote a letter to the editor saying "wmata is working to improve training and operating procedures with respect to the ventilation." metro says the current software works properly. and upgrades must be paid for by local jurisdictions. we've posted metro's entire letter to the editor on our website. a woman was killed and several others hospitalized when smoke filled that station back on january 12th. right now in alexandria a memorial is being dedicated to ruth ann lodato a stained glass win toe at the del ray united methodist church where she based her music together classes. the window was commissioned by parents of students in the program. lodato led the music classes for two decades before she was murdered last february. charles severance is charged

with her murder along with the deaths of two other prominent alexandria residents, nancy dunning and ron kirby. coming up on our broadcast, 100 people around the globe competing for a one-way ticket to mars. some of them might be your neighbors. we'll also go back to the bull's-eye of this winter storm, see who got the highest snow totals and how much digging they still have left to do. >> reporter: i'm pat collins and this is the official pat collins snow stick. i can tell you how to get one.

the prime minister of haiti has declared three days of mourning after a deadly accident at a carnival parade. at least 16 people were killed when one of the floats hit an overhead power line. it happened early this morning. a man was electrocuted by that line. other people were trampled in a panic that ensued. thousands had packed the streets of downtown for the annual celebration. wendy rieger is at our live desk now with an update regarding your commute tomorrow. wendy? >> we just got some new information from metro about what service is going to look like tomorrow and metro rail will look like a normal weekday tomorrow. bus service is expected to return to normal but some of the routes could be detoured or delayed depending on the road conditions so metro says you should give yourself extra time just in case your bus does run

into some bad roads. and metroaccess service will be restored tomorrow. so back to normal and just in time for the next snowstorm. at the live desk wendy rieger back to you. >> thanks wendy. stun guns could soon be allowed in virginia public schools. a plan to arm school security officers is moving forward in the general assembly. it was approved by a senate subcommittee monday after already passing the virginia house. the weapons would be limited to stun guns and pepper spray. the bill is split mostly along party lines with most republicans saying it would help defend against a school shooter. democrats argue it could be used against the students. somebody you know might be going to mars. six people from d.c. maryland and virginia are finalists for a one-way ticket to mars. a nonprofit group in holland called marsone is planning to send a group of four people to mars in the year 2024.

they won't be coming back. they'll have to stay there for the rest of their lives. 100 finalists from around the world are still in the running. the field will eventually be narrowed down to 24 and then six groups of four will train and compete for the first and last flight. >> could you do that? >> no. >> me either. no way. a new apology from the yankees' alex rodriguez. coming up what he's telling fans after his season-long suspension and the sentence handed down today in the drug scandal that took him down. if it's a snow day, you know where to find pat collins, right? the top contenders for the s

people in virginia beach and norfolk are digging out after the storm. most interstates were cleared by noon but crews are still work tong side roads tonight. we get snow around here we give pat something to do other than what we normally does and he has such a good time with it i must say, doesn't he? >> he does. this time around pat issued a challenge to snow us your pets. pat joins us live along connecticut avenue in the district with some of the more unusual entries. hi pat. >> reporter: hi doreen. hi jim. the pat collins snow stick challenge. snow us your pet. but, pat, i don't have a pet.

no problem. it didn't stop some people. we call this the snow us your pet snow stick challenge. best pet picture gets an official pat collins snow stick. it's hard to keep up with all of the entries. the way some of these dogs look pictured against the snow it's almost art. look at this dog. part dog, part lion. it's like canine royalty. or this action shot of a tennis ball and this pooch ready to pounce. and i can't leave out the pig. you know what they say. everything is bet we are a little -- [ snorting ] every time we have a snow stick challenge we get some off the wall out of the boxx entries. hold your breath. here they come. a bunny. a sugar dplider. and a goat.

this one is called i don't have a pet but i have a neat dog hat and some paw gloves. or this one. i don't have a pet but i have a little brother. the gorilla in a bikini in a tree. quit monkeying around and give me that snow stick. now, the entry deadline is 7:30 tonight. judging tomorrow. and tomorrow someone will get an official pat collins snow stick. pat collins, news4. >> so hard to choose between the pets. i liked the gorilla in the bikini bikini. creative. >> looks like you. >> i've been working with pat for more than 30 years. i've been begging str a snow stick that entire thing. >> where does he hide them? >> i don't know. >> you have to compete. you have to enter the contest to win. you don't get that free. >> i'm your boy, man. i don't get a stick at some point? >> he's got 30 of those hats.

that's not the same hat every day. he's got 30 of those hats. i thought it was the same one. >> no. >> smells like the same one. >> yes. >> maybe we ought to talk about the weather, doug. >> maybe now is the time. >> we've headed south. >> headed south. i think what we'll see tonight is those refreezing temperatures going way down. anything that melted today will refreeze. we are seeing some ice out there already. temperatures will continue to fall down to 28 now, we'll be at 25 next hour and by 11:00 down to 19 and that's in the city. again, many of you will be between 10 and 15 degrees by that time. current numbers around the metro region gaithersburg coming in around 21 degrees, rockville for my friends watching in rockville tonight, showing some love. 25 diagnosis there, 23 in dulles 26 at ft. belvoir. the coldest, camp springs at 20 degrees. here's the snow. we saw a 12-hour period of snow from 4:00 in the afternoon to 4:00 in the morning this morning

before it finally moved out. the bull's-eye was down toward southern maryland around the northern neck and fredericksburg. this is the area we talked about getting 6 to 10 inches of snow. that's why we sent jackie bensen down there. she was down there last night, down there today. this is what she saw. >> reporter: that little bit of warmth today created this. icicles. a sign that the snow on roof is melting. the problem is when temperatures drop tonight, that becomes very dangerous ice. when it snows, you want this man to be your neighbor. >> clearing the snow from the sidewalks and driveway then went around the side and helped out a friend around the way and then a neighbor who couldn't get outside. >> it's fluffy. >> reporter: we found this woman shoveling with a garden rake for the usual reasons. >> my boyfriend took the other shovel. he's helping some people in the neighborhood. >> reporter: those who did work on presidents' day, monday are still talking about the brutal

commute home last night. but what a difference today as the sun helped de-icing chemicals take effect left major roads cleared to the black top. take a look at this pile of snow. you can see it's nice and soft right now. but when temperatures plummet overnight, that's going to become as hard as an iceberg. in la plata, jackie bensen news4. >> more cold and snow on the way. most of the day tomorrow will not be bad at all. it will be a chilly wednesday afternoon but dry for the most part. then we start to see the snow moving in around the 5:00 hour around i-81 i-95 around 7:00 to 7:30. this is going to be a heavy band. remember what we saw valentine's night. that's around saturday night. remember that quick band that moved through. quickly coated the roadways then moved out very quickly. that's i think what's going to happen again on wednesday night. so the roads could be bad very quick. so snow bursts between 5:00 and 9:00 5:00 to the west 9:00 to

the east of i-95. coating to an inch. does not take much to produce slick roadways. we'll see that tomorrow night, then very windy and cold. talk about windchills that will be well below zero. talking 25 below zero by early friday morning. record cold potentially by thursday morning and friday morning, another system moves in with some snow and then all rain saturday night into the day on sunday. that's a storm system we'll continue to watch for you. >> thank you, doug. a couple more school closings just in. manassas city and manassas park closed tomorrow. >> sports coming up. the ovechkin/crosby rivalry. going another round tonight.

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penguins. they've done well against them this year right? >> yes, 2-0 with a combined score of 7-0. i don't even have that in my notes. i just know that. amaze, right? we have scoreboard. we don't have a ring against crosby, though. ovi wants that. ary that's been around for a full decade ten years. some argue it's dying off. others say it's at its peak. we contend it is the latter and here's why, teams separated by three points in a tight division race thanks to these guys. ovechkin leading the nhl with 36 goals, crosby ranks fifth the league in points with ovechkin right behind. these two number-one draft picks. they have tangled on every level. that memorable playoff matchup in 2009. the winter classic in 2011. and now tonight the 32nd regular-season meeting between the two. oh yeah this rivalry not just real for ovi and sid but the teams too. let's get it on. >> good matchups they enjoy it

and we enjoy it as well. not me personally or him. it's just both team enjoy playing against each other. >> they play their best against us and there's a lot of guys on their team from that playoff series so we need to make sure that our intensity is where it needs to be because we always see their best. >> that playoff series they both scored a hat trick in the same game. you know it's been a very marketable rivalry, which, you know is good for all of us because that means it draws more excitement draws more people and more intensity to the games. >> tonight at 7:00 move over sid the kid, a new rivalry brewing for ovi. after sunday ryan getzlaf accused ovechkin of diving and called it embarrassing. ovechkin responded to his comments this morning. >> no response. maybe he's just jealous. all kind of stuff.

we can start talking about all that all day long. >> he's got hair. and the other guy doesn't. he's really bald. that's what it was. that's what he's saying. hair jealousy. so georgetown we're going to go to college hoops, back at verizon center tonight, hoyas taking on st. john's. they'll play the red storm twice in the next three games. the last time we saw georgetown on the court wauds week ago when they took it to seton hall snapping a two-game skid, a game in which two players combined for 43 points. long layoff after a big w. this the extra pack tisractice be a good thing? >> i'll let you know after we play. no we had a lot of things to work on. gives you time to catch up on some things as well as give the guys a chance to focus on schoolwork. >> great thing about us all getting more energy getting prepared for the next time. when you have a week off and repair your body it's always

great. to charlottesville, tony bennett and the virginia cavaliers continuing to rack up the wins now at 24-1. the wa hoos have matched the best tied with the '81-28 squad. next up for virginia florida state on sunday. speaking of our local top five teams, the maryland women keep winning, the streak up to 17 in a row. latest victory, monday night michigan state. terps back in action on thursday at wisconsin. also it is a-rod back in the news. he was suspended all last season for his role in the biogenesis scandal issued a handwritten apology to fans taking full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season. to major league baseball the yankees, the steinbrenner family and players association, and you, the fan, i can only say i'm sorry pip wish he just said everyone, but he did handw touching. going to be awkward at spring training!

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