right now on "news 4 today," the latest round of snow and rain moving out of the area but what it left behind might cripple your commute this morning. >> chuck bell totaling how much you got. he said the travel could get worse at the end of the day. what a mess out there. good morning, and welcome to "news 4 today" on this sunday. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. boy, out in reston virginia we got a ton of snow. >> i probably got about six or seven in falls church. >> we got close to nine. this morning it's all about the cleanup, driving into work. a lot of slick spots out there, chuck. >> there are a lot of slick areas out there on area roads this morning. this is going to continue as we go into the afternoon.

luckily, though temperatures have climbed above the freezing mark right now. temperatures are mostly in the mid 30s across the metro area right now. 36 at national airport, 34 leesburg and manassas still 32 in gaithersburg. so at or just above the freezing mark still plenty of rain southern prince george's county down into southern maryland, these raindrops are going northeast bound. this is going continue over the next couple hours. the overall trend is a drier one as we get into later this morning and late they are afternoon as well. if you're going to be outside, slushy and milder an excellent opportunity to clear things up. that snow that's on the driveway now because of the rain that fin ushed it off is extremely heavy and wet. take your time shoveling it everybody. rain ending early, clearing out later this afternoon and this will be the mildest day of the week with temperatures in the 40s, back into the deep freeze we go tomorrow.

take your time this morning if you're heading somewhere, the roads are covered pretty much? slush. a couple hours ago, snow was covering our area roads. if you have the nbc washington app, you have the push alert a advising you stay off the streets. >> as night fell crews once again tried to clear snow covered roads and highways their efforts hampered during the storm by heavy traffic. drivers got in accidents, had spinouts and got stuck. on 270, 495 and other major roadways. >> reporter: what do you think about people out driving in these conditions? >> brave stupid. i don't know which is more the issue. >> reporter: this woman got stuck driving into a 7 eleven. two men gave her a push. >> we saw she needed help so we pushed her out. >> reporter: two ride-on buses got stuck in downtown rockville at that time same spot.

on 270 near germantown traffic snarled again, a truck lost its load of salt. this couple took a walk to find something to eat and found out many businesses closed because of the weather. >> we were actually surprised at how much isn't open. but looking at the roads we understand why. >> rep spencer, "news 4 today.." take a look at your screen right here. fairfax and prince william counties and all alexandria schools canceled activities today. check your website for the full list of closings. moving from the roads to the skytion, this latest round of winter weather is causing thousands of flight cancellations. naturally 1500 flights are grounded and more than 2,000 delayed. reagan national has 39 cancellations and eight delays bwi, 17 cancellations and two delays dulles has 12

cancellations and three delays. we'll bring you the latest weather conditions to your phone with the nbc washington app. it's free to download on your cell phone. we're working to find the condition of two people shot in southeast d.c. police tell us a woman was shot in the face a man was grazed by a bum let on elvin street southeast. this happened before 2:00 in the morning. police say whoever shot them is still out there, they have not given us any kind of description at this time. a tragic story out of new york. a recently retired police officer killed his two teenage daughters and thin shot and killed himself. this hand happened in a suburb of new york city glen hockman received an award from his department last year. police are working to find out why this happened. according to one report the daughters were 18 and 13 years old. this morning metro looking at two cases of smoke in the

station. smoke forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station. riders say they heard a small explosion and saw smoke billow around them. everyone got out safely. elsewhere, a maintenance outside the foggy bottom metro station caused smoke. no one was hurt. metro says no trains were involved. good morning. we are looking at 6:05 right now on this sunday morning. here is what's happening in the week ahead. tuesday, wednesday, thursday you can go to a meeting to talk about how much you pay to use the vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. there will even be a meeting the week of march 1st. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreakless. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest.

tomorrow the giant panda cup at the zoo will turn 18 months. that means bao bao is close to reaching a milestone and will begin living separately from her mother. the zoo says she began the weaning process a few months ago. she's now eating more bamboo and other solid food. today you can see a tribute to dr. martin luther king junior. the gospel choir will perform living the dream, singing the dream. reverend c.t. vivian will receive the humanitarian award. it happens at 7:00 tonight. tickets are still available. today the lidge dare ryne 2340e bar and pump house in georgetown is saying good-bye. it's holding its farewell party ahead of next weekend's closing. the bar opened in 1988. the current owners are renewing their lease on the property. on thursday the owners will hold an auction s off the furniture and other items. we'll miss it. coming up don't get comfortable

filling up on cheap gas just yet. why concerns about disasters like this could drive up prices at the pump. >> the good news this morning, the rain is moving out, but another arctic blas

this just in a real dire situation to report. right now rescuers are working to save 100 people on a sinking ferry. this is out in central bangladesh. the ferry was reportedly hit by another ship and it is sinking right now. we are working to bring you that video from the scene there. no word on how many people have been hurt or saved so far. more oil workers are on strike today. it could drive up the price you pay for gas. the new strikes are in louisiana, joining ones in texas and california so far. unions for those workers are

demanding proper safety protocols which they say are not in place. the strike started earlier this month. this past week a refinery in southern california exploded. no one died in the blast. people in the area are still cleaning up the ash today. we're still cleaning a bit of all the mess around here. super slushy -- >> one of the things i noticed, the standing water, on the main roads and the side roads. that's because everything is clogged on the sides. >> we have a pretty good amount of rain on top of all the snow we had yesterday. that has really plugged up a lot of the area drains out there. be really careful this morning. if you have the ability to stay inside and let the road crews continue to do their job, that's the best advice i can give you. fortunately temperatures are above freezing. that will help with the melt down today. that's important because more arctic air arrives tomorrow. outside from our city camera view clouds and fog and a little bit just down to the south of the city of washington. rain is still continuing to fall

across the area as far as pictures go still lovr to see some of you pictures from the snow yesterday. this one from nancy littlefield, a beautiful cardinal in the snow. you can send it to me on twitter @chuckbell4. another nightmarish mixed precipitation event for us, depending on where you lived, you got between zero and 13 inches of snow. a big range. national airport, 2.6, dulles airport just under nine inches of snow. bwi marshall just over six inches. weather impact for today, still moderate. rain coming to an end, but slick and slushy roads out there this morning. it's going to remain very slushy all thh the day. temperatures are at or above freezing in almost every neighborhood. the meltdown continuing at a

rapid pace. fog and rain through nukt couple hours. temperatures near 40 degrees. later today with some sunshine coming back later this afternoon, temperatures should make low to mid 40s. enjoy it everyone. this is the mildest day of the week by far. waking up tomorrow morning, cloudy dry, a little breezy. temperatures mid to upper 20s when you get up tomorrow. when you're on your way home temperatures in the upper s low 20s. temperatures will be falling during the course of the day tomorrow. slushy and icy first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures staying below freezing all day tomorrow the monday night into tuesday refreeze will be substantial. you'll have to deal with that tuesday morning for sure. big area of rain and snow. another winter storm moving into parts of oklahoma and texas. that should stay down to our south. but for us we're coping with the raindrops now from washington southbound towar and la plata, waldorf, st. mary's

city all getting rain. is tracking out onto the eastern shore and should be out of the area by about 11:00, 12:00 this morning. the rain is carried out well before noontime. we'll get clearing skies this afternoonment can't rule out a flurry or two tonight as the arctic front goes by. back into the deep freeze we go. here is your seven-day forecast. 40s today 28 in the morning tomorrow but 18 by the time we get closer to the evening hours, highs staying only around the freezing mark on tuesday. back up near 40 wednesday, couldn't rule out a little light snow chance on wednesday morning. doesn't look like a big deal just yet. more cold air to finish it out and carry us into the weekend. our bitter cold will stay just that bitter cold. next up we have "reporter's notebook" for you, a look at stories affecting our community. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more stories. >> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. did metro drop the wall?

a "washington post" investigo knew for months it needed to update computer software to handle smoke in the tunnels. in response to the post metro's interim gm says wah matta is working to improve training and operating procedures with respect to the ventilation. joe madison, a "post" editorial pointed to the need for funding and warned that even with all of the problems metro shouldn't be penalized by local jurisdictions for its safety failures. >> they shouldn't be penalized financially. it would be absorbed to do that because, one, they obviously need additional funding. it's much like the whole thing with public education. the schools that are performing poorly will take money from them. they're the ones that really need the money. metro needs that money. but let's be honest.

i think it was two weeks in a row we said right here that they had to know and then unfortunately it took a tragedy and a death to get them to move quickly. bottom line, let's fix it. the bottom line is they need the funding, you're right. you cannot penalize them by withdrawing money. >> it certainly makes many people wonder just how safe the system is. >> i think the interim director manager of metro, i think what he's trying to do is find some middle ground here. of course in this letter he sends to "the post" he says it's important to distinguish between modernization and perceived deficiencies. i think what he's saying here is what we had in place could work and my perception here is he's saying there was human failure. so we're just trying to make it . we have it on the books. you see we're trying to make it better but what we had in place was working except we had human on error caused it not to work.

i think it's important to focus in on that. i think he's straddling the middle ground there. >> dave what's your assessment of the way this looks, the way people are perceiving it and the way metro is handling this aftermath? >> it continues to be very very troubling to everybody i talk to in my report. here is more hefd of dysfunction, not getting a job done that needed to be done desperately and here are more excuses. joe is right about the funding. if people want to get even with metro, you don't want to take away their funding. the funding has been one of the problems they had. this raises so many questions about management middle management about direction, a culture of safety which seems, according to the people i'm covering in this story, not there. they's really got to be a change. >> bridge emergencies in maryland inspections of 69 bridges revealed two dozen need work to repair the concrete. the acting transportation

secretary or considered inspections after a piece of concrete fell from i-95 and the beltway, landed on top of the car on suitland road. the car was damaged, luckily the driver was not. dave tell us about the comments this incident generated at a hearing on capitol hill. >> delegate norton was there, very concerned. again, it's like the subway. there's a clear and present danger here and there's a very slow response in congress to do anything about it because they can't agree on the highway funding bill. the infrastructure bill which is now on an extension. it's going to end in i think the spring. the problem is do we raise the gas tax to fund all these projects including bridge building? people say we can't raise taxes. the tea party and the republican party is against that. the revenue isn't coming in.

that's another r find funding jsomewhere. whether it will be enough to deal with all these prijs which we know -- the infrastructure here is very old in this country, needs to be changed. but whether it will meet the problem remains to be seen. >> joe? >> the electrical grid we are watching and we're going to see more of it. main waterlines that break, not just here in washington, d.c. but across the country. here is what really bothers me -- dave knows this -- congress ignores engineers, civil engineers who have said there are literally hundreds of bridges, if not thousands in this country -- >> 63,000. >> there you go. 63,000 bridges in this country that are in danger of having far more than concrete falling, and this is something the american people and commerce should be outraged about. >> obviously it's a wake-up

call. the question is how quickly will the concrete be replaced. >> maryland is already trying to do it. what we're doing is talking about the accident in suitland. at least four other bridges along i-95 and suitland parkway were identified in those 63,000 across the nation. this is not a new story. it's an old story. it's really a story about money. they need about $1.6 billion in maryland about $7 billion in virginia. it gets down to money, gets down to congress because the states rely on them for most of this highway funding. >> think about the number of people that can be employed doing this long-term employment. this is what the president has been trying to say. pass an infrastructure bill. we can put people to work. we can increase and speed up commerce and safety. that's really what it's all about. >> stun guns in virginia schools, a bill making its way through the general assembly would allow school security

officers to carry stun guns and pepper spray and other such weapons. the bill was presented by mark cole. he wants school security officers to respond in the event there's an armed intrude ir at a school. opponents including governor terry mcauliffe's administration says they could be used against intruders but also against students. >> there's also a precedent for this. there are lawsuits, especially in alabama, you've had security guards on campus who have used these against students unruly students. you can see the issue mcauliffe has here. also cole is probably looking at -- a couple years ago after sandy hook and this happened in many jurisdictions, i think about 66% of virginians said security officers in schools should have gunless. i think cole is looking at well maybe not guns but stun guns and pepper spray. again, how much training will you give these security

officers? will they know how to use it and how to deal with unruly students. >> dave this bill does not require training. >> critics say that's astounding because you obviously -- the methodology here is very very clear. you want something that isn't a high powered revolver or rifle, you want that middle ground. yet, if the person isn't properly trained, we know stun guns can have a very bad effect on people and especially should they be used in some cases against children. we had a case in virginia where an inmate in a fairfax jail was subjected to a stun gun and she died. there was a nurse there. they did everything they thought they could do and still the person dichltd it's very risky. whether the risks outweigh the protections remain to be seen. >> what do you think, joe? >> i think it's going to happen. it is a compromise. virginia has a gun culture. here is what i immediately

think. what good is a stun gun or pepper spray if somebody walks in an automatic rifle? you're not going to get close enough to do any good. i agree with dave. you're crazy if you don't provide training to go along with it. that's what i think. i just don't know what good a stun gun or pepper spray is going to do an ak whatever. >> i'm not just saying the risks and the affects have to be weighed carefully. in my reporting, that's what people keep telling me. >> in boston they pulled that from the table, the school board, they pulled that because of the public's pushback against havi something similar that they're trying to have in virginia. >> got to take a break. we'll be right back.

culpeper. will you, d.c. make a move? the university at the district of columbia may shut down the

doors -- shut the doors of its downtown campus and more than 2,000 students and staff would be moved up town to the van ness campus. this move would help relieve the school's annual operational burden but the move would be costly. $11 million for the move and the lease on the building runs for another 17 years. the board does propose subleasing. you think it might be good for the school in the long run? >> i think in the long run it could be. in the short run it prob doest look good. you're spending $11 million to move up town and a lease that's 17 years long at $5.5 million. >> per month. >> per month. in the area where they are, north capital on 8th street that property value is going up. in the long run they may be able to sublease and charge more than $5.5 million. a couple years ago udc had to cut about a hundred faculty and staff. they have budget issues they're to fix. i think in the long run it could

be a positive thing. >> assuming 2,000 students or so up to the up otown campus ativan necessary is doable -- they figure it is. there's only so much room up there. what kind of expenses would that incur? on the other hand that's an extraordinary expense. it would seem like subleasing it if they can do it and do it right, they won't screw it up par donnell my french or whatever it is -- if they can do this properly it may be the way out. >> it's a financial issue. they've got to cut, got to save money, and i would imagine the board is going to just look at the best deal possible. i think you hit it correctly. sublease it. they should not have a problem. that's one of the fastest growing desirable areas. it's close to capitol hill. so i can see an association wanting that location. so i think they just don't have a choice. >> public transportation

depending on whether they' from still can get them to the van ness campus. again, from the district standpoint i think they had to put about $60 million in last year to cover a budget shortfall for udc. they're looking for all kinds of ways a way of not cutting maybe staff. that's a big thing. >> i remember when they made this move it was for the purpose of the students so they didn't have to come all the way up to northwest. remember that? that was one of the reasons. clearly the financial consideration has outweighed that. >> helping boys hurting girls? a plan proposed by d.c.'s mayor to help young man of color is meeting resistance. the initiative is called empowering males of color. council member mary chase says it could violate title 9. she's requesting an evaluation

because the program involving spending $20 million including a plan to fund an all male college east of anacostia. it's a great idea but the girls need as much help. >> carl racine they're putting him to work very early going over the legal issues. she's doing the right thing. she's a constitutional lawye she'll look at this the right way. statistically on the other side we do know that boys of color in the district black and latino are graduating at a slower rate than girls in the district 48% for black boys 56% for latino boys. this also is part of an initiative president obama has pushed forward for boys of color. muriel bowser, this is local but also a national issue. it's hard to argue you can't do something for boys but you're going to have to do somethg for girls, but it may not be equal. >> it better be equal.

>> does it have to be equal? >> you're darn right it has to be equality. the reality swe ear quickly seeing young girls, almost equal lizing their relationship with graduation. this is a problem in our community with both genders. when you talk about his outreach to boys president obama, you know how that first came about? it was michelle obama who created outreach for girls. so title 9 is very important. >> dave final word? >> just very quickly, there certainly are boy schools, religious boys schools and girls schools and they do well. the idea of single one out over the other, that's a far road to go. i think try to find resources and ways to improve both sections endangered students should be helped anyway possible. >> all right. go to the go. thanks so much. thanks so much for joining us that's "reporter's notebook."

i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. "news 4 to right now on "news 4 today," slush and ice all over the roads. will it be a big problem if you have plans to head out this morning? >> here is better news. storm team 4 radar making its way out of the area and things a bit. chuck bell is timing out when the arctic will set in next. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. it is a sloppy slushy mess seerks cold wet -- whatever adjective you want to throw in there. >> we are going to get this mini reprieve. blin you might miss it. >> it's a one-day warmup. today the temperatures will be the warmest in a soiled week

across the area. that's really important because it will allow the road crews to get ahead of the are snow. a huge amount of slush to deal with. if you're shoveling your driveway the rain has made it extremely heavy. talk it easy. winter weather advisories continue in southern maryland. winter storm warnings hanging on until 9:00 a.m. the snow is over. what we have is a little touch of freezing rain potential. so with a little glazing out there, could still be areas of slipperiness. 33 in an nap sis, 36 in culpepper, 30 in martinsburg. much of the area is above the freezing mark. steady rain showers continuing across southern maryland for at least the next twro hours or so. what will you need to wear today? your winter coat. temperatures in the 30s. maybe a hat and umbrella in southern maryland. by later today, an improving

weather picture for sure. we'll have breaks of sunshine. the arctic air back with us tomorrow. a bone chilling seven-day forecast coming up. activities are canceled at some schools today. fairfax and prince william counties and alexandria sitsity schools say they're closed for the snow. now that the main streets are cleared, plow drivers are focusing on side streets. plow drivers we spoke to said that many people didn't stay put during the storm and decided to go out instead. >> slow down stop trying to go across people. take your time to get home safe. >> slipping and sliding, go very slowly -- >> so going slow though doesn't only apply to driving. you want to pay attention when you're walking so you don't slip on any patches of ice. >> this record breaking winter has a tight grip on most of the country.

this weekend more than 100 million people in 31 states experiencing a winter storm warning. as nbc's gabe gutierrez reports, these historic conditions are putting people's lives in danger. >> reporter: from the midwest to the mid click, from the rockies to the deep south t latest pounding from the siberian express is leaving snowy, soggy, slip pri misery in its wake. >> after all it gets old and you want summer and spring. >> the cold makes it unbearable. >> reporter: the arctic blast now responsible for at least 37 deaths. icy roads to blame for a fatal crash in mississippi. treacherous travel from arkansas -- >> as soon as i got outside and stepped on my carport d nearly hit my bottom. >> reporter: to georgia where i-75 was shu side of the road ha had gone off. >> reporter: amber and her family have been driving from illinois to florida -- >> i don't know if you can see

that sheet of ice. >> reporter: when y were stranded. >> when we were stuck and we were realizingt we were not going to be moving and we were actually going to be spending the night on the highway in the dark i was really nervous. >> reporter: even more snow blanketed washington, d.c. as colorado braces for up to 18 inches. so much snow in massachusetts, the city of summerville is using drones to help spot roof problems. in west virginia heavy sleet, while in pennsylvania lacrosse players donned capes and kept running in place to keep warm. in tennessee, the heavy rain and ice brought down the roof of a chemical plant. to prevent fooding, crews scrambled to clear roof drains. heavy rain was a rude awakening for brad copeland. he had to dig a trench outside his home. >> everywhere the water would have had to go was covered in a solid sheet of ice, three or

four inches thick. >> we continue to stay on top of a developing story in the lyon sister. a convicted sex offender and his uncle are named as person ofs interest in this case. our team tried to find out more about them. >> there will be no comment, no comment. >> culver trying to speak with the welch family. "the washington post" obtained an affidavit which says lloyd welch admitted he kidnapped the sisters from wheaton plaza in 1975 and says he witnessed his uncle richard welch sexually assaulting one of the girls. both men have been named persons of interest but not charged. look for updates on the story on nbcwashington.com. this morning we're working to get surveillance video of a robbery in charles church. a man took cash from apple federal credit union on west

broad street. happening today, a group of people say they will march to stop d.c. police from using the jump out tactic. that's when police are in an unmarked police car and jump out after someone. the group is marching from the congress heights metro station to the 7th district police station. organizers say they're creating awareness about the 2011 death of 18-year-old raphael who was shot and killed by police while running from an unmarked car. in fairfax county, they say the police department needs more transpar especially after it kept a shooting investigation secret for more than a year. a new panel will reveal any police shootings, how they're talked about and investigated as well. today several community groups will hold a forum on what they're calling the barry farm displacement. community lied rs are worried about the future of the commune any in ward 8. it's happening from 2:00 to 5:00 at the anacostia library on good

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last week president obama told world leaders accept dance of faith is the key to stopping the spread of violent extremism. >> "meet the press" moderator chuck todd is joining us now with more on this. just in the last week the president has received a lot of criticism for refusing to use the word radical islam. is it warranted? >> look this has been a spirited debate. i think the critics of the president, the mainstream critics will say, if you don't call it what it is then you're

not going to be able to motivate moderate muslims to basically root it out themselves. president obama and his team will say they're doing this really at the request for some of these muslim leaders who say do whatever it takes not to give isis this claim to legitimacy to islam. so that's what tm to be fighting. what's interesting and you'll see this on "meet the press," president obama is using the exact same rhetoric that vice president dick cheney and president bush used right after 9/11. the rhett hick hasn't change w some of the criticism has been smashed is because we do irn deed call it the islamic state. we call it's sis? >> i'll be honest. that's where it does sort of seem like the white house is over digging in its heels. isis islamic state is the first two letters of what i.d. stand

for. it's not as if they're not getting legitimacy somehow. no matter what is said in the west they do view this as a war on islam. it doesn't matter what we say, no what ter what anybody says. so there does seem to be this semantics debate when maybe we ought to be debating okay do we have the right strategy. >> for the average person it's almost like who are we fighting at there point? the groups are over there and intermingled with one another. and now al qaeda is almost coming on our side. who is the enemy? >> i think what we're figuring out here is isis is a cult probably the best way to describe it. had multiple people writing about it this way and describe thit way. think david coresh and the branch davidians, way off the reservation fundamentalist view. it's apps an irrational view. how do you deal with cults?

cults don't end peacefully. it doesn't matter what it looks like. >> chuck, are we going to have a partial government shutdown here with homeland security? >> i don't think we will. i think there's too much -- at the end of the day they'll figure something out. i have to say, i don't know how they land the plane. we only have four or five days. i think there will be some sort of temporary solution. i think a lot depends on what happens on the immigration decision. they all this is tied up in the ill grags executive order, a court ruling that will take place monday or tuesday and find out whether the house ahead and start that implementation now. >> you'll have jeh johnson on the show today. a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday right here on nbc4 right after "news 4 today." the fight between the family of bobbi kristina brown and her boyfriend nick gordon is getting ugly. gordon says he's been banned

from visiting bobbi kristina by her father bobby brown. brown releasing a statement yesterday saying it was gordon who did not make an effort to see bobbi kristina. the only daughter of the late whitney houston is in a coma at emory university hospital. she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her home on january 31st. you might be using the internet for a little bit of your sunday shopping today. >> a lot of people do. if you've heard the horror stories, you know it can be unsafe. police are working to fix that. nbc's gabe gutierrez tells us about the safe zones they're creating that are showing up around the country. >> it can be quick and easy. police say doing business on websites like craigslist can also be dangerous. in georgia, 21-year-old college student james jones, junior was robbed and killed. investigators say he responded to a craigslist ad for an iphone 6. >> it's sad that people would do something like that over an

iphone. >> reporter: in january police say a georgia couple was murdered after driving the a secluded location to buy a classic car. crimes like this have police in woodstock, georgia, taking action. they're buying buyers and sellers and other sites like it to do business right here at their local police station. >> it's about moving transactions away from the secluded area and bringing it here to a very public place. >> you need to call ahead to make sure an officer will be there. chief moss says he doesn't expect the service to cost his department any extra manpower. >> if somebody is trying to rip you off, it's harder to do here in the lobby of the police station? >> sure. typically a bad guy doesn't want to transact business in a police department. >> more and more departments across the nation are doing it too. in south florida, the broward county sheriff's office launched its safe spot last summer. >> if you're created to a

list or where you're trying to do a transaction, i don't know of any better way to do this. >> reporter: craigslist didn't respond to our request for comment. the company says users should decide on a public meeting place and tell a friend or family member where they're going or bring a friend along. >> no matter what your profit is or no matter what that product is you may want to have it's not worth getting hurt. >> reporter: with police watching it's an idea they hope will be easy for the public to buy. for "today" gabe gutierrez, nbc news woodstock. pretty good idea there. we did find some fafrmers markets that stayed open during the height of the snowstorm. their probably regretting it. here is a look at leesburg virginia. vendors had to deal with several challenges. we found many people who were happy the market stayed open. >> i do. well not the cold but to have them come out and support us it's brilliant. >> several of the vendors stuck

it out until about noon. many thought the weather couldn't get bad until later in the day. >> the coffee stayed warm for . bonus snow for many right through the heart of the metro. most locations were in that three to seven or eight-inch range. we had some winners out towards the northern spots of loudoun county and northern montgomery county where many many people picked up over 10 to 12 inches of snow. in montgomery county 13.8 inches for yesterday. now it's cloudy in washington. the potomac river solidly follows r frozen over. stay off the water everybody. this is a picture sent to me a

lot of times yesterday, people either waiting for a plane or waiting for someone to get off a plane. lots of delays out there. there may still be slow air travel as we recover. here is where we saw the big amounts. 8 to 12 inches northern montgomery county northern loudoun county southern frederick county that was the big winter. only 2.9 inches at national airport but almost 9 inches in dulles. a big range of snow amounts yesterday. 36 degrees in washington this morning. all that matters is how many of these numbers are at or above the freezing mark right now. we're going to trend upwards today. here is the good news. up into the upper 30s to low and mid 40s across the area. cloudy skies for now. we will see breaks of sunshine coming our way after about lunchtime today, allowing temperatures to get up to about 45 in la plata, 43 in st. mary's county 47 in fredricksburg and 41 in hagerstown. dinner and a movie night, maybe you couldn't do it last night.

temperatures in the upper 30s between 5:00 and :00, mid 30s up to about 11:00. we should stay above freezing up to about midnight. tomorrow morning, the slush out there will start to refreeze. it could be ooez icy in the morning. breezy and cooler again tomorrow. temperatures will fall during the daylight hours tomorrow. we're going to have a big refreeze issue monday night into tuesday morning. for now, here is the way you're coping with it this morning. this will continue for about the next twro to three hours. most of the rain is out of the city for now. the southeastern sides of the beth way is feeling the rain. temperatures are just close enough where there could be a pocket or two of light freezing rain but that shouldn't last too much longer. by noontime, future weather carries all the rain chances out of here. could have a lingering flurry or two as the arctic front comes

right back through here. arctic front means back into the deep freeze we go 42 today, 28 in the morning tomorrow. 18 by late tomorrow evening, below freezing much of the day on tuesday and another shot of cold air arrives thursday, friday and will tas into next weekend. >> all right, chuck, thanks. only on news 4, a local world war ii veteran who came up in a segregated

♪ ♪ >> today the chinese new year's parade is expected to step off at 2:00 this afternoon in the district. you can see dragon dancers, high school bands and different cultural groups. this is the year of the sheep. probably will be the day of the umbrella as well. the parade will happen in chinatown, the china town

community cultural center will host activities from noon until 5:00. >> the year of the sheep. there's been a debate, the year of the sheep or a goat. >> i'm a sheep. they're considered creative and daydreamers. >> it's the youear of you. at the outbreak of world war ii in europe the u.s. only had a fledgling signal corps. it was charged with developing secure codes for u.s. military communications. >> this organization which would years later evolve into the national security agency had a mission during war, to intercept and solve enemy code and decipher their secret messages. with the permission of the nsa, news 4's barbara harrison shares with us a secret inside the agency. >> reporter: in 1944 the war was on in europe and the pacific, and washington's bowling field was buzzing with young recruits eager to sign up for duty, one

of them was james pride. he enlisted with a promise he'd go into train being a small seed troop of army pilots, the tuss kentucky airmen. >> i was very disappointmented i couldn't get to be a pie a lot. i still don't know why because i passed the test. >> reporter: every test he took he passed with flying colors. >> i worked as a radio operator the only african-american on the flight line. >> reporter: even so with racism in full bloom, he wasn't allowed to ride from the segregated barracks with the flight line. if he was disappointed he never learned to fly a plane before leaving the service, he was even more disappointed when he returned home to washington. >> they sent me from training to

ft. meade to discharge. >> reporter: he soon learned that even after serving his country, earning two sets of silver wings he wouldn't find a decent job that was hiring quote, negros. eventually through friends in his old neighborhood he would learn about a military project started two years before a code breaking division of the sis, the u.s. signals intelligence service. it was both civilian and military operating out of what had been arlington hall school for girls in nearby virginia. while most of the work there was classified the biggest secret at arlington hall station was that african-americans were working there, too. historian david hatch. >> i spoke to several white officers who served at arlington hall. three of them told me they had never seen an african-american at arlington hall. >> reporter: the history of the african-american code brokers wasn't easy to uncover. william coffee was the waiter and how man for the arlington

hall school for girls. although he was college educated it was the only job he could find in his native virginia in 1941. >> the girls school was taken over by the government by the army for its crypt logic headquarters. he applied to keep his job. he became a civil servant, janitor. he approached william coffee for introductions to any friends who might want a job here. >> reporter: their earliest message, deciphering messages where enemy messages could have gone undetected. when the war ended in 1945 the need for army cryptologists didn't end. >> about that time i got called. >> reporter: james pride in 1946 would ride the bus from washington to arlington to see if they might have the kind of work he had been hoping for. as the bus crossed the potomac, he was told to move to the back reminding him once again that as a colored man, he was

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wasn't that fun? this morning all eyes on the roads. last night snown some of your neighborhoods than others. right now it's all about digging out from this mess. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today" on this sunday. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." it is a one-day warmup. as adam mentioned, it is a mess out there. >> slushy sloppy. some standing water, too. >> a lot of standing water and still light rain this morning we were dealing with. right, chuck? >> the light rain is quickly coming to an end in the metro washington area but will linger longer across southern maryland. the rain is going to continue probably up through about 9:00 or so. you also still have some winter weather advisories to tell you about down into southern maryland. winter storm warning technically remal 9:00 a.m. for ann rundal and prince george's county. you tell where the warning

advisory areas are. winter weather advisory area winter storm warning here. this continues until 9:00 a.m. it isn't because a whole lot more is coming out of the sky, but what little is falling may enter into small pockets of freezing rain. 32 now in leesburg temperatures are some 20 degrees warmer now than we were at the same time gs the continuation of the rain. southern prince george's county down to point lookout and southern st. mary's county. outdoor activities slushy but milder. temperatures trending into the upper 30s and 40s. if you're shoveling your driveway that snow is extra heavy this morning. take your time and be slow about it. wet and slushy now, the big meltdown today is back into the deep freeze. >> thank you, chuck. take your time if you're headed somewhere. the roads are completely covered in slush. we're taking a live look in

maryland. this is in rockville, norbeck road. it's still very slick, if you have the nbc washington app, you the push alert advising you to stay home if you didn't need to be out. not everyone listened to the warning. news 4's darcy spencer shows us the people that tried to brave the storm. >> reporter: as night fell crews once again tried to clear snow-covered roads and highways. their efforts hampered during the storm by heavy traffic. drivers got in accidents, had spinouts and got stuck. on 270, 495 and other major roadways. >> what do you think about the people out driving in these conditions? >> brave, stupid. not sure which one is the more issue. >> reporter: this woman got stuck driving into a 7-eleven. two men gave her a push. >> we saw she needed help so we helped her out. >> reporter: two ride-on buses got stuck in downtown rockville

at the same spot. workers had to shovel them out. on 270 near germantown traffic snarled again. a truck lost its load of salt. this couple to a walk to find something to eat and found many businesses closed because of the weather. >> we were actually surprised at how much isn't open but looking at the roads we understand why. >> reporter: darcy spencer "news 4 today." take a look at your screen. just a few of the schools in our area canceling activities because of the weather. fairfax, prince william, alexandria all closed right now. loudoun county school also open after 1:00 this afternoon. we'll turn over to the airports where we are seeing a number of cancellations and delays this morning. reagan national is reporting 39d cancellations, 11 delays. bwi marshall 17 cancellations, one delay, and dulles has 12 flights canceled and three

delays. if you have the nbc washington app, you were alerted ability that activity of cancellations right to you get the latest closing and delay information, you can download the app for free on your smart phone right now. someone shot two people in southeast d.c. police say before 2:00 a.m. a woman was shot in the face and a man was grazed by a bullet on elvin street southeast. we're told the victims were awake and breathing after this happened. we or working to find their current condition. also developing this morning, an nbc station in new york learning more about a horrific murder suicide just north of new york city. a recently retired police officer killed his two teenage daughters before killing himself. the girls were reportly 18 and 13 years old. today one of their schools is holding grief counseling. we're told the father had been an officer for more than 22 years. this morning a man is in jail accused of shooting a police officer in minnesota. the minneapolis officer and his

partner were responding to a call for a burglary and domestic assault. they were standing by their squad fire when a man opened fire hitting one of the officers. the officer was taken to the officer. police arrested the suspect. metro is looking into two cases of smoke at stations. the transit agency is checking out a train that malfunctioned. smoke forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station. riders say they heard a small explosion and saw smoke billow around them. firefighters were called. everyone got out safely. a maintenance issue outside the foggy bottom metro station caused smoke. no one was hurt. no trains were involved there. right now we are already looking forward to the week ahead. three days this week you can learn more about a fare hike for vre service. the company is considering increasing what you have to pay by 4%. the change wouldn't take effect until july. this week's first meeting is tuesday in burke, virginia, at

7:00 p.m. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence measles outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. at the national press club on northwest. it will last until about 4:00 p.m. it's something so many of us do. but don't make this mistake -- here we go. if you do make this mistake, you could find yourself locked out. consumer reporter air can gonzalez will let you know what to do. it's the secret to getting a manny and peddy. it's what's missing that's all the talk. here is another look at storm team 4 radar showing the recent storm ending

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>> reporter: liz prefer it is so-called dry manicure. for the busy mom of two, it's about safety. >>y t getting an infection which i've had in the past. >> reporter: did you know by law disinfectant is supposed to be left in the foot tub for ten minutes after each service? >> the water is the main source of infection when you go into a nail salon. by eliminating the water we service. >> cleanliness is not the only benefit of having their toes done here there's a conservation component. having your pedicure done this way could save up to ten gallons of water per treatment. holding the water leaves more room for more minutes. >> because we've lichl nated the water we have a four-minute massage on each food or hand. >> reporter: saturday just another trend? remember when the fish pedicure came to town?

maybe let's not. >> once people experience it they're not going to go back. >> reporter: a break from tradition to be considered now that there's a place to try it dry. while eliminating water may reduce your risk health officials say infections can happen anywhere. we posted tips on our website, nbcwashington.com. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chbell plenty of clouds across the area and plenty of rain in southern maryland. the good news is that's coming to an end. but the bad news is old man winter

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>> those were good times, the college days. all right. when you're done watching news 4 on your phone, we know netflix is a common stop. >> you might have your own account or you could be using someone else's password too. news 4's consumer reporter erika gonzalez tells us why they're not track cracking down on it. >> reporter: hulu plus netflix, amazon prime, instant video, hbo go or watch espn. it seems just as easy to give your log in to someone else a new survey shows 46% of those asked share their passwords with friends or relatives who don't live with them. is sharing your password illegal? many of the terms of agreement seem ambiguous, but the companies don't seem to be cracking down. >> the business models are, however, evolving.

next year things could be different. for the time being, they're interested in creating streaming media addicts. >> what do you feel like watching tonight? >> reporter: you get a nasty like the muranos did when the show they wanted to watch got blocked. netflix is not connected. my daughter said i bet so and so is watching. i said how is that? she said i gave her my password. >> netflix limits simultaneous viewing. netflix is one to four depending on your plan amazon prime, two at a time. hbo go allows three. hulu plus only one. watch espn unlike the others doesn't state any limits. if you don't want to interrupt your own viewing pleasure those limits should make you think

twice before giving out your password. erika gonzalez news 4. we all know snow makes driving and parking difficult. where a will, there's a way. take a look at this parking shot. that ice pileup is a result of snow from earlier in the week. the driver of the jeep took advantage, creating their own pocket spot. the next question is how do you get down from all of that? >> this just in alec baldwin drives a jeep. >> in an unrelated story. >> hey, in these conditions you do what you've got to do. >> absolutely. >> they've got tough stuff there. our friends and neighbors in boston have it worse than that. some people e afrd to dig their car out. once you give up the space, you know when you come back it will be gone. >> nowhere to put the snow. >> even the harbor is frozen over. we have our own snow to be cleaning up today. you got between a whole lot of nothing and a foot of snow yesterday. right now it's just cloudy

outside in washington. rain has been coming down most of the overnight hours. that's finally starting to taper off in the metro area, will linger longer in southern maryland. the potomac and most of the local waterways all froeds en over. lots of ice skating going on. be careful out there everybody. got this great picture from winesafari yesterday. if you have pictures send them to my twitter feed @chuckbell4. nothing in southern maryland 13 inches in northern montgomery county and loik as well. here are the official totals reagan national 2.6, dulles 8.9 and bwi marshall 6.3 inches. that's where most of the area ended up yesterday. weather will continue to have a moderate impact on your sunday. rain coming to an end, but there's a whole lot of ugly

sloppy slushy roads out there today. a lot of the untreated sidewalks are slushy as well. it will be clearing out this afternoon. today is the mildest day of the next seven. so enjoy it. 34 in frederick right now, 34 at joint base andrews and 32 in springfield, virginia. hourly temperatures today should be in the 30s through much of the morning hours and spend most of the afternoon in the low, perhaps even the mid 40s. if you have any more in the way of heavier snow you might stay closer to 40. southern maryland probably mid 40s. the rain starting to trend out of southern maryland. almost no accumulation of snow south of the waldorf la play that area yesterday. for tomorrow trours back below freezing by early morning. it means it could be icy in spots, turning breezy and colder. temperatures falling tomorrow. your drive in to work and school tomorrow, temperature r 20s, coming home in the

afternoon, temperatures back in the upper teen achbsd low 20s. annandale, virginia mild melting today, 43. 28 tonight with a possibility of an overnight flurry. that's about it. tomorrow afternoon, breezy and turning cold again. afternoon temperatures back in the mid 20s. seven-day forecast 42 today, soak it in and enjoy it. temperatures falling during the day tomorrow. down to the single digits and teens again by tuesday morning. tuesday highs barely back to the freezing mark about 40 wednesday with a light snow a possibility. ahead of more arctic air to take us into next weekend. while you're busy trying to win on the casino tables other guys are busy winning big outside. >> stealing cars from local casino lots with the cameras rolling. the hollywood hollywood hopefuls looking to be crowned at the oscars this year. the w

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welcome back. the countdown to hollywood's biggest night has begun. we are under 12 hours away from the 87th academy awards. >> this year's most talked about films will go head the head for the film industry's biggest honors. nbc's mark barger has a look at the nominees hoping to be crowned winners tonight.

>> reporter: best actress nominee is a something for felicity jones. her "theory of everything" redman. >> i saw the bhoon stop the thing and go close up on this weird shaped thing. i think it's an award or something. and i was praying that they would make me open it up and they did. >> reporter:s e could give him an oscar. "bird man" star michael keaton is the rival. >> if i were putting money on it i would say eddie redmayne. >> reporter: the nomination and career comeback, are victories of their own. >> you're talking about a dude who gets up in the morning, two arms two legs lungs, eyes i'm pretty much good to go.

>> reporter: keaton's fi about an actor trying to make a comeback has wrapped up numerous best picture nominations but so has "boyhood" which followed characters through 12 years of filming. >> i have a feeling the academy is going to go for "boyhood" it's a little more of a film that tugs at that time heart strings than bird man. >> reporter: the wildcard is "mayor nan sniper" best picture and best actor for bradley cooper are among six nominations. >> i think the best shot of the actual win will be in one of the two sound categories not the most exciting winst could have but at least it wouldn't go home empty-handed. >> reporter: still being handed any oscar remains a pinnacle achievement. mark barger nbc news. >> should be a good show. monday morning after the oskars wake up with "news 4 today" for

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right now on "news 4 today," this latest round of snow and rain is almost over but what it left behind might be sticking around for quite some time. >> all this ice and snow could cripple the way you get around this morning. chuck bell is telling us how much snow was dumped on us and what old man winter has up his sleeve. good morning, welcome to "news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. if you're just waking up you're looking at a mess outside. you need to factor in extra minutes for wherever you're going. >> chuck, i think the best way to describe it is sloppy right? >> one big slush pile out there. we had plenty of snow across much of the metro area yesterday afternoon, but it changed ov the time the sun went down and rained into the snow bank during the overnight hours. it turned it into a mountain of

incredibly wet slush this morning. use care if you're clearing off the driveways and sidewalks this morning as that snow has an awful lot more weight to it now than it did yesterday. currently temperatures are just above the freezing mark across the metro area that's definitely good news. still a winter storm warning for prince george and anne arundel and howard counties. mainly there are pockets of light, freezing rain possible out there. the bulk of the rain now is across southern most prince george's county down to the southern tip of st. mary's county. this is moving offshore and could be shout by about 9:00 this morning. what you'll need to wear today, your winter coast for now. you'll need an umbrella by southern maryland. by later today, just a hat. temperatures climbing to the low to mid 40s. clouds this morning but turning the sunshine by later this afternoon. a big meltdown coming our way this afternoon. that's good news because arctic air comes back in tomorrow and we're back into the deep freeze

for much of the coming week. don't miss the seven-day forecast. >> yuck. thanks, chuck. thr is causing about two dozen closings and cancellations in schools and churches. activities in fairfax, prince william and alexandria schools have been canceled. loudoun county schools will open after 1:00 p.m. you can see the full list on nbcwashington.com. you'll notice it as soon as you hit the road. there is everywhe this morning. the plow drivers did a good job of clearing the snow but the rain created a whole new problem. today plows will focus on side streets making sure everyone can get their cars moving for the week. yesterday plows had a tough time clearing streets because many people didn't stay home. >> showdown stop trying to go across people just take your time to get home. >> slipping and sliding. go very slowly. >> now, going slow doesn't only apply to driving. you want to pay attention when

you're walking so you don't slip on a patch of ice. we are staying on top of the developing story in the lyons sisters disappearance. a convicted sex offender and his uncle have been named as persons of interest. our news 4 tomorrow tried to find out more about them. >> hi patricia. >> no there will be no comment. no comment. >> our david culver trying to speak with the welch family. "the washington post" obtained an affidavit which says lloyd welch admitted he kidnapped the sisters from wheaton plaza back in 1975. it also says lloyd witnessed his uncle richard welch sexually assaulting one of the girls. both men have been named persons of interest but have not been charged. look for updates on this story on nbcwashington.com. this morning we're working the get surveillance video of a robbery in false church. police say a man took cash from the apple federal credit union on west broad street.

they didn't say how much was taken. a group of people say they will march to stop d.c. police from using the so-called jump-out tactic. that's when police are in an unmarked police vehicle and jump out after someone. the group is marching from the congress heights metro station to the seventh disce n at 6:00 tonight. organizers say they're creating awareness about the 2011 death of 18-year-old raf yell briscoe who was shot and killed by police while running from an unmarked car. >> polic are coming uchb der scrutiny. in fairfax county a new system is being put in place to see how they're reviewed. the new panel will examine any police shootings, how they're talked about and how they're investigated as well. >> today several community groups will hold a forum on what they're calling the barry farm displacement. community lead rs are concerned about the future plans of the barry farm public housing

community in ward 8. the meeting is from 2:00 to 5:00 at the anacostia library on good hope road in southeast. a deadly ferry crash in bangladesh seven people have died including a child. the ferry hit another ship and capsized with about 100 people on board. it's not clear how many people are missing because many ferries there don't have formal passenger lists. the fight between the family of bobbi kristina brown and her family nick gordon is getting ugly. gordon says he's been banned from visiting bobbi kristina by her father bobby brown. brown released a statement yesterday saying it was gordon who didn't make an effort to see bobbi kristina. the only daughter of the late whitney houston is in a coma. she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home on january 31st.

♪ ♪ >> today the chinese is expected ex-p is the year of the sheep. the parade will happen in chinatown near 7th and 8th street in northwest. the cultural center will host activities from noon to 5:00 afternoon. we are looking at 7:36. thieves are busy breaking into cars outside casinos. how they are getting away with it even though all of it caught camera. the dangerous and deadly conditions hampering people across the country. it is above freedsing in the district. a nice break from the bitter cold. but chuck is timing out when the

check this out. we found one farmers market who stayed open during the height of the snowstorm. this is a look at what's going on in leesburg virginia. we found many people who were happy that the market stayed open. several of the vendors stuck it out until about noon. many thought the weather wouldn't get bad until later in the day. >> good for them. >> at least they had some places to go into right? >> this winter is barreling its way through record books with record snowfall and cold temperatures. you've seen some of the impressive images of the frozen chesapeake bay and niagara falls. >> they were spectacular. this weekend millions are under winter storm warnings. nbc's gabe gutierrez shows us how that is creating very dangerous scenarios. >> reporter: from the midwest to the mid atlantic the rockies from the deep south, the lat is leaving misery in its wake. >> after awhile it gets old and you just want summer and spring.

>> the cold makes it unbearable. >> reporter: the arctic blast now responsible for at least 37 death ts icy roads to blame for a fatal crash in mississippi, treacherous travel from arkansas -- >> as soon as i got outside and stepped on my carport, nearly hit my bottom. >> reporter: -- in alabama drivers were trapped for hours. >> a few semis jackknifed. we saw probably two or three in the side of the road multiple cars. >> reporter: amber and her family were driving from illinois to florida -- >> i don't know if you can see that a sheet of ice. >> reporter: when suddenly they were stranded. >> when we were stuck and we were realizing that we were not going to be moving and that we were actually going to be spending the night on the highway in the dark i was really nervous. >> reporter: even more snow blanketing washington, d.c. as colorado braces for up to 18 inches. so much snow in massachusetts, the city of summerville is using drones to help spot roof problems. in west virginia heavy sleet.

while in pennsylvania lacrosse players donned capes and kept running in place to keep warm. here in tennessee the heavy rain and ice brought down the roof of a chemical plant. check kals inside sparked a fire. to prevent blooding crews in nashville scrambled to clear storm dre's. >> day before yesterday we had 15 water main breaks. >> reporter: a rude awake ening for brad copeland. he had to dig a trench outside his home. >> everywhere the water would have had to go was covered in a solid sheet of ice, three, four inches thick. >> that's going to be repeated across our area today as a lot of folks have slush about that thick across their drivewaysing this morning. when i see you next we'll talk about the meltdown today and the refreeze ahead..

we've got the "today" show up next on4 stag at 8:00. >> erica hill and craig melvin joining us live from new york. >> good morning. we just can't get enough of this weather. actually we can. but we don't have a choice so we're going to get you up to speed on what's headed our way at this point and how much of the country could be affected. plus the very latest on the desperate plea for the families of the three teenagers believed to be trying to join isis. we'll work at whether it's too late to get the boys back home. a big crash knocks another

star out of today's daytona 500, kyle busch, his brother kurt already suspended. 35 years ago a group of american college hockey plargs beat the russians in the olympics at lake placid, known as the miracle on ice. as you know tonight is the night. from who is likely to win the top honors to the red carpet fashion. we'll look at what the nominees were doing before they were stars. for instance guys in d.c., have any idea who was an is cream truck driver before he hit it big. >> bradley cooper. >> the best guess we've gotten all morning. you are incorrect. >> are you going to tell us? >> i will not. >> oh come on! >> a teaser guys. >> we'll get back to our research. >> please do.

>> have a good day. >> have a good morning. gam hers losing big at local casinos no tables. recent car thefts at or near maryland's largest casinos. >> people walk out to find the real drama outside. >> reporter: you risk losing every time you walk into a casino. >> i knew something wasn't right. >> reporter: larry mcmichaels didn't expect to loosz lose outside. it's 5:00 outside live casino. watch your screen closely. you're about to see someone steel his 2000 audi. >> he makes his line through the line of cars and slowly slides in before quickly peeling out. mcmichael didn't know how easy it happened until the i-team

obtained the surveillance video. >> i was heartbroken. i was sick. >> reporter: mcmichael wasn't the only person to lose big. >> someone came out and said hey, we made a mistake and gave your car to the wrong person. >> reporter: mandel west gave his 2012 acura keys. the valley gave them to a woman who drove off in the car. wade finally recovered this car at this montgomery county lot more than a month after it was stolen st. >> i was in a casino enjoying myself while they were enjoying my car. >> reporter: the i-team review found seven police reports of investigations into stolen cars in 2013 on the grounds of maryland live in hanover and at least one more on the property of horseshoe casino since it opening in august. a spokesperson says crime has

dropped 16% since horseshoe last year and all gamblers can park in the 3,000 car garage to avoid parking on the streets. a spokesperson for maryland live says they have cameras covering just about every inch of the casino. in her words it would be nearly impossible for somebody to perpetrate a crime on the property and get away with it. >> i ended up getting none of my stuff back. it was a headache. i just walked away. >> reporter: as larry mcmichael found out, he had to pay for a toe service to retrieve his car plus storage fees at the lot. mandel's car was missing so long, he bought a new one. >> they put an additional 7,300 miles on my car. >> reporter: police tell us neither of those car thieves have been caught yesterday. maryland state gaming officials issue a monthly report for all crimes from stolen cars to

stolen cash to stolen phones. you can read through the casino crime reports right now on our website, nbcwashington.com, click on investigations. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> i tell you what i like chuck, last week when we were doing the weather, there was a single digit. now we have 37. >> see how much better that feels. >> how long will it last. >> we are focusing on the positive. it is above freezing now and will stay above freezing for the remainder of the day today. that will allow for the big meltdown during the daylight hours today. get everything you can off your sidewalks an driveways today while temperatures are above freezing. the deep freeze returns tomorrow. outside this morning still full cloud cover over downtown and still rain in southern maryland this more rain has already ended north and west of the city. that trend will continue for the . a lot of great pictures in

social media. tory this is her beautiful horse image with the horse blanket on. smart horse right there. snowfall totals arc cross the area yesterday, down into st. mary's county nothing u justing to an inch. northern montgomery county loudoun county a solid patch of ten to 13-inch snowfall totals yesterday. adam and angie, this is the picture you will relate it. david bross sent me this from germantown a snowman hitchhiking to jamaica, even has a suitcase. good luck making it too long in jamaica. outside for now, 36 in washington. windchills won't be much of an issue there for the remainder of the morning. temperatures mid 30s in northern maryland. you'e freezg mark in parts of the shenandoah valley low to mid 30s across northern virginia. outside today, if you're doing what this picture is doing,

shoveling the heavy slush, temperatures today in the low to mid 40s. it will be a big meltdown. temperatures 38 degrees by early this evening, maybe watching the academy awards tonight at your friend's house, 35 degrees, generally dry weather. have the weather app ready to go for tomorrow as temperatures will be going back down below freezing tonight and staying below freezing tomorrow afternoon. storm team 4 radar zooming in. the rain is almost out of the southern tip of prince george's county. the last of the raindrops, calvert and st. mary's, down near charlotte hall that's about it for the rainfall. that should be out of there by about 9:00 orr so. for tomorrow starting off with clouds temperatures in the upper 20s in the morning. look what happens. temperatures don't really go anywhere during the day. we'll be back into the teens by tomorrow night. i know you're going to love this. here is your future feels-like temperatures. monday morning when you go out the doorks it will feel like

teens and 20s. when you come home tomorrow night, subzero windchills coming back our way from monday night into early tuesday morning. get ready for cold weather again. 20s in the morning tomorrow teens by tomorrow morning. layer up. 15 by tuesday morning. that means single digits in the suburbs, maybe a flurry wednesday. more arctic air to finish out the week. >> back lick road the street names are getting

what in the world is backlick road named for? >> i have no idea. >> first 4's traffic alice so monet has the store sgli this is dr. wheelly on the side. >> kind of a jokester. >> looks like it. >> turns out dr. max wiehle was a physician in philadelphia. at age 35 he moved to washington. >> he had a home in downtown d.c. and decided to build a small town that would be sort of a rural retreat out here in virginia along the rail line. >> reporter: we had more questions about dr. max wiehle so we came here to find out more about him. >> that's the old town.

>> in 1886 the doctor bought 3,000 acres. >> $3.00 an acre is what he paid. >> don't we wish right? >> don't we wish. >> reporter: he hired a german planner. first he bile town hall that was later a distillery and church. also built a hotel, his own home and eight others. there were bigger plans for thousands to live here. >> he was quite a dreamer we think. >> reporter: the doctor died in 1901 before he saw his full vision turn to reality. >> it's kind ofd ironic in a way that we have this history here of a planned community in the late 19th century and robert e. simon came down in 1961 and created his own town much larger than the town of wiehle was, but an ideal place to live. >> as robert e. simon built reston temporary road popped up for construction traffic. the original road is now a path

but it was so often used. temporary road was realigned and became -- >> the temporary permanent road. >> reporter: now to backlick road the area was once filled with hog and dairy farms. according to the west springfield village civic association, those farmers would drag huge salt l along the rounds to entice cattle and move them from pastures back to their farms. hence the event name back lick. in annandale, virginia ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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good morning. unrelenting. the winter that just won't quit delivering another punch. more than a foot of snow falling in some parts of the country. sleet and ice causing power outages turning the nation's roads into skating rinks. and no, we are not done yet. race against time. worried families issue a desperate plea to the three teenage girls who may have fled to syria to join isis begging them to come home. this as scotland yard closes in on where the girls are right now. frightening crash. racer kyle busch slams at high speed right into a wall at >> horrific crash for kyle busch who slid through the infield grass and went head-on into the inside wall. >> he survived but won't be racing today, joining his