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t while we can. outside there's an awful lot of snow slush and ice across the area. that's the view from national harbor cam in prince george's county. up waters of the potomac. here goes the last of the raindrops from leonard town southward to point lookout. meanwhile, around the metro area nothing left for raindrops. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s around town. so comfortably above the freezing mark. we should make it to the low and mid 40s for a time this afternoon, providing for a big meltdown today and a refreeze for tomorrow. have your winter coat and hat ready to go. when i see you in a few minutes, we'll talk about our return to the deep freeze. i know you want to hear about that. >> here we go again. thanks chuck. give yourself extra time on the road. we are seeing a slushy mess out there. news 4's derrick ward is riding along in montgomery county with a closer look at the road conditions.
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>> reporter: we're on river w headed away from the district. you're going to see a variety of conditions out here. we're looking at a couple of cars who probably prudently just gave up last night or earlier this morning. they are on the side of the road. that's something you have to watch out for. another thing is intersections. you have snow that's been pushed out on a street, maybe clearing a secondary street and you get those piles in the intersections on the main road that may have been cleared. you're going to come across that. it's a matter of slush. you move through it well. but just like when we had the snow on the ground stopping can be a challenge. that is indeed going to be the challenge for folks. i've seen a couple of accidents on my way in. nothing major, but people who simply had run off the road ended up in the median among the trees and things like that. not a place you want to be. you can get into a false sense of security because you do see pavement something we haven't seen in a few hours. of course these temperatures would seem down right balmy compared to what we had.
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it's still a matter of being careful. make sure you have lots of wiper fluid, this stuff gets kicke your wind shield pretty good. i've gone through a bottle in my vehicle already. that's something to be aware of. roads are indeed passable and clear, the main roads. secondary roads can have some is up on cars that have spun out, facing the wrong direction, off the road. at some point they'll have to be towed. at some point you'll have to be washing for flashing lights and vehicles when that happens. visibility pretty good. there is some fog, but not necessarily what it should be. put your lights on treat this like icy rain. we're live in montgomery county derrick ward news 4. >> derrick, quick question. you've seen a lot of standing water out there? we're getting reports of that from some viewers? >> reporter: in some low points you do. i know when we came across river road just before -- just after the d.c. line a place where
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there's construction there was indeed some deep standing water. what's happening is catch basins are getting covered with snow. they've been plowed over. so whatever melt there is whatever runoff from the meant isn't able to go anywhere and is going to go to the bottom of the hill the lowest point of a roadway. expect that if you're coming down a hill expect you might run into standing water. could be a serious problem later when the temperatures get back to freezing. >> derrick ward reporting for us live on the roads. stay safe. >> take your time. several schools and churches in our area didn't want you driving through that mess. take a look at your screen. fairfax and prince william and alexandria all canceled activities. loudoun county says schools will be opening after 1:00 this afternoon. turning the the airports a number of cancellations and delays this morning. reagan national reporting 39 cancellations and 22 delays. bwi marshall 17 cancellations,
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six delays. dulles has 14 cancellations and 19 delays. nationally 1500 flights are grounded and more than 2,000 delayed. news 4 is working for you even when we're off the air. you can download the nbc washington app for activity cancellations and weather advisories. it is free and very easy to use. > new this morning, we're working to find out the condition of two people shot in southeast d.c. police tell us a woman was shot in the face and a man grazed by a bullet on elvin street southeast just before 2:00 in the morning. d.c. police say whoever shot them is still out there. they haven't given us any kind of description at this point. >> developing today, we're working to learn more about a tragic story out of new york. a recently retired police officer killed his two teenage daughters and then shot and killed himself. d in a suburb north of new york city. the man had been an officer for 22 years and received an award just last year. police say they are working right now to find out why this happened. according to one report u the
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daughters were 18 and 13 years old. well if you were on twitter this morning, you may have seen a picture that looked like a d.c. streetcar on fire. smoke was coming off of it. we called police who told us a car and the streetcar collided last night. we're working to get information to show you the picture. police say no one was hurt. this morning metro looking into two case of smoke at stations. the transit agency is checking out a train that malfunctioned. smoke forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station. people on the metro told news 4 they heard a small explosion and saw smoke billow around them. firefighters were called. everyone got out safely. elsewhere they say a maintenance issue outside the foggy bottom station caused smoke. this caused major delays there. metro says no trains were involved. no one was h right now rescuers are looking for survivors of a deadly ferry crash in bangladesh. new at 9:00 a.m. we just learned that 31 people have died this
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includes at least one child. about 100 people were on board the ferry. we don't know exactly how many were there because there was no passenger list on board. time is 9:06. end of an era. a popular d.c. bar is closing its doors. >> not going out without a bang. the celebration today and how you can take home memories from rhino bar. saving josh. what's next for a little boy whose family didn't give up the fight for an experimental drug. just how much snow did we get? ch
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2015 humanitarian award. it happens at 7:00 tonight. trikts still available. today jason collins and magic johnson's son will take part in the down hall. the community is coming together for this discussion at 5:30 at the human rights campaign building on rhode island avenue in northwest. the end of an era, the legendary rhino bar and pump house in georgetown is saying good morning. they're holding a farewell party ahead of next week's closing. the current owners are not renewing their lease on the property. on thursday they'll hold an auction to sell off furniture and other items there. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist bell. the snow is over the rain is over but the cold that's not over yet. winter
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now to a story about a young boy in our area whose life was saved thanks to your support on social media. >> news 4's doreen gentzler shows us how josh hardy is doing now and what he wants to do next. >> reporter: josh hardy has a message for all the people who supported the social media campaign that helped save his life. >> i appreciate your help and i'm good.
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>> reporter: the 8-year-old fredricksburg, virginia boy has come a long way since we first learned his story last year. back then he was in the hospital dieing the result of a deadly virus was causing his organs to shut down. none of the available treatments were helping. doctors believe one medication could work but it was anti on the approved by the fda, so doctors requested it under a program called expanded access that gives patients a legal way to access a drug that's still under investigation. >> if he doe get this it's not going to go well for him. >> reporter: expanded access also known as compassionate use is a complicated issue. an fda told us the agency typically grants requests for investigational drugs, but it's the drug manufacturers who ultimately make the decision. >> i think that scientific evidence and safety are the two biggest factors. >> reporter: oncologist dr.
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jeffrey doane says even when science backs the safety and effectiveness of a drug there can be other issues that get in the way of approval. >> sometimes companies might be close to getting fda approval and you don't want a piece of bad publicity or negative event to derail the process. >> they had something that was going to save our son's life and i just -- right or wrong, we were going to do it. >> reporter: the family's social media campaign worked. the drug company finally provided the medicine and after just three doses josh began to get better. >> it's better to be home. >> reporter: he's back home with his family now, but josh still has a long way to go. after 100 days in the hospital his muscles have severely atrophied, so he's got to learn to walk again. his immune system is still compromised so he ha wear a face mask and hand sanitizer is
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everywhere. josh says he can't wait to go back to school and get out of the house. >> going places. >> reporter: like where? >> like funland and chuck e cheese and out to dinner and maybe a washington wizards game. >> what's your hope for his future? >> i baseball and slide home after a great hit and go to school and go on family vacations, dive in ocean waves. the whole nine yards. >> that was doreen gentzler reporting. in the virginia senate lawmakers are considering a bill inspired by josh that would make it easier for terminally ill patient to be approved for experimental medication. we know snow makes parking difficult. but where there's a will there's a way. take a look at this parking job in new york city.
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the driver of the jeep took advantage and created their own parking shot. i think the next question is how do you get down from there? >> four-wheel drive. here is a pretty cool way to show how much it snowed in your neighborhood. this viewer tweeted this time lapse video. this was taken in frederick, maryland. you can see as the snow keeps falling, you're seeing less and less of the bottle of wine there. by the time it was all said and done i'm sure that wine was nice and chilled. we hope it was white wine right? >> can't treat your reds like that. >> you can chig your red for little bit, but not an extended period of time. >> it seemed like everybody who went to the grocery store and got a battle of wine. >> they're being responsible. they didn't drink theirs. they just washed it. >> some places did get a ton of snow. >> frederick, northern loudoun and southern frederick,
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widespread resorts of 12 and 13 inches. they were far and away the big winners. a lot of folks in and around the met troerks it depends on where you live. southern maryland didn't even get an inch of snow. you saw there over a foot in other areas. if you want to look bad as a forecasters fight that rain-snow line and see how smart you feel by the time april comes around. outside this morning, cloudy and foggy, reduced visibility. rain and snow are coming to a rapidnd. it will take a while to scatter the clouds. it will gradually happen. the view over reston town center a lot of shush sheness. twitter picture from yesterday in the district where the snow coming across the region. grou eve got a picture to share, share with me @chuckbell4. plenty of clouds this morning. wle see breaks of sunshine this afternoon and temperatures will
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climb into and mid 40s across the region. that's a big improvement every degree above 32 really helps. 38 now, 40 degrees in an hour 41 by 11:00 this morning. if you're going out this afternoon, a major meltdown coming our w today. plenty of clouds. but with the return of a little sunshine we should make it up into the mid 40s around washington. maximum amount of sunshine will be just before the sun goes down which is just before 6:00. if you're going out for your sunday evening, plan on temperatures in the upper 30s early on and in the low 30s by 11:00 tonight. down below freezing by tomorrow morning. a lot of the stuff out there will refreeze tomorrow. southern most st. mary's county, that's it, heading oe eastern shore. more snow across boston just where they need it the most right? after 90 inches of snow in the last couple weeks. so what to expect for tomorrow back to work and school slushy potentially icy roads in the morning. temperatures will stay below
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freezing all day tomorrow. in fact temperatures will be falling during the course of the day. so it will be near 30 when you get up and you're 20 by the time you come home from work and school. there goes the last of the raindrops out of here today. future weather is more than i am about getting the sunshine back this afte arctic air could bring a passing flurry overnight. the big difference will be the cold and the wind that settle back in. for tomorrow temperatures upper 20s to near 30 early on staying in the mid 20s during the daylight hours. as early as 8:00 tomorrow night, windchills back down near zero again. feels-like temperatures will be in the teens and 20s when you go out the door tomorrow morning. in the single digits to near zero by the time you come home from work and skom tomorrow afternoon. seven-day forecast 40s today. enjoy it. it will be our warmest day of the week. 20s for the highs tomorrow. any of the slushiness left tonight could be encased in ice
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by early tuesday morning. a little reprieve on wednesday. more super cold air comes our way thursday friday into next weekend. the new safer way to get a manicure and pedicure. it's what's missing that's become all the talk. who family members of bobbi kristina are banning for seeing her as she fights for her life in a coma. welcome, i'm nbc's mark murray. >> i'm carrie dan. >> still very early in the 2016 presidential race but the speed pe ginns to pick up starting next week. >> that's right. on tuesday, hillary clinton l hasn't officially announced the bid but who seems on track for a white house run is giving a speech at a silicon valley conference for women. it will be interesting to see there what she has to say about recent hot button issues. >> also on tuesday, marco rubio is heading to new hampshire to give a speech doesn't appear to be shying away with a 2016 bid even with fellow floridian jeb
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well angie, did you know when it comes to pedicures, it's not all about pretty colors and polish all that primping and soaking means potential for infection. >> certainly does. i met one mother and daughter from d.c. trying t salons safer by holding the water. >> posh lobsbylobbies, everything is on trend. it's what's missing that's all the talk. >>o water? >> yes. it's a new sort of way to do nails. >> look closer not a pedicure bowl in site. varnish lane is the first salon to offer waterless mannies and peddies in washington. lauren dunn and her mom carolyn came up with the idea after getting one in california. >> instead of soaking your feet in water, we have these amazing products that softr skin they're way better for your skin and leaves your skin softer than using the water.
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>> reporter: liz tindal prefers the dry manicure. for the busy mom of two, it's about safety. >> i don't have any concern about getting an infection which had in the past. >> reporter: health infections say infections are rare around here but they do happen. 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 wart we create a safer environment. >> reporter: there's a conservation component. dunne says having your pedicure this way can save up to $10 of water per treatment. >> holding the water also leaves room for more minutes that many could use more of. because we've eliminated the soak we have a four-minute massage on each foot or hand. >> lotions and colors reportedly last longer too, because the skin is not waterlogged. but is it just another trend? remember when the fish pedicure
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came to down? maybe let's not. >> once people experience it they're not going to go back. >> a break from tradition to be considered now that there's a place to try it dry. >> and eliminating water may reduce your risk but health officials say you can still get infections in the process. to help tell if your nail salon is safe, we posted tipgs on our website, nbcwashington.com. time is 9:26 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 ride vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. the meetings are in burke, arlington and mon nat sass, virginia. in the week ahead you can find out how to protect your kid from measles. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest. it will last until about 4:00
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p.m. tomorrow the giant panda cub at the zoo will turn 18 months. that means bobo is reachingw bao bao will be leaving her mother. 9:27 now. after a man's shooting death by local police we'll tell you the chaungs some police officers in northern virginia are making to be more up front with the communities they served. >> you've traveled across bridges lots of times, you've never seen a bridge like this. what you missed all these times. >> it probably looks something like this out your window, a whiteout or
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right now on news 4, we're taking a nice drive along bethesda maryland looks like one of the side roads. you can see there's ice and slush covered. a lot of slick spots. a lot of drivers heading out this morning, factor in extra time. standing water also a lot of problems. a lot of the catch basins clogged up by the snow. the good news is temperatures are a tad bit warmer than what we've been seeing the biting temperatures all week long. more single digit temps are right around the corner. >> the biggest problem you might have is walking to your car. >> a lot of the sidewalks totally covered.
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where you see the pavement there's a layer of ice as well. >> good morning and welcome in to "news 4 today," i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. to tell us about this we want to go straight to chuck bell he's been busy in the storm team 4 weather center. >> the rain that finished yesterday after the snow stopped has turned all the slush out there into a huge mess. if you're doing any shoveling today, take it easy. don't throw your back out. that is a heavy, wet, concrete-like slush out there first thing this morning. a lot of the local waterways are frozen over including the potomac. last of the raindro moving off the soirnth tip of st. mary's county and the eastern shore. we're all dry but incredibly cloudy. reduced visibility around town, relatively thick fog in places. temperatures now are comfortably above freezing. we should continue to inch our
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way, even with the clouds into the low and mid 40s for a time today with some sunshine coming back after about lunchtime. if the seven-day forecast were a bar graph not a single day this week would we get to our average o high of 49 degrees. a couple shots of cold air coming our way when i see you next we'll detail how cold and when. we do want to show you a picture. this is what we got on twitter. this san underpass on 16th street northwest. take a look. you can see what appears to be the standing water covering the road. the person who sent us this said he was nearly stuck trying to get through it. >> be careful out there. now that the main streets are pretty much clear, plow drivers are focusing on the side streets. plow drivers we spoke to said many people did not stay put during the storm and decided to go out instead. >> showdown stop trying to go across people. take your time to get home safe. >> slipping and sliding, go very
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slowly. >> going slow doesn't only apply to driving, you want to pay attention when you ear walking so you don't slip a patch of ice out there. you can cancel plans for some places in the area. take a look at your screen fairfax and prince wm and alexandria schools are closed. loudoun county skool schr noon. download the nbc washington app or check online for the complete list of closings. we're staying on top of the developing story in the lyons sisters disappearance. our news 4 team tried to find out more about two people named persons of interest. >> patricia -- >> 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 in
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1975. he also says lloyd witnessed his uncle sexually assaulting one of the girls. both men have been named persons interest but have not been charged. look for updates on nbcwashington.com. we're working to get surveillance of a robbery in false church. police say a man held up the teller and took cash from the apple federal credit union. police didn't say how much money was taken. happening today, 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 they jump out to go after someone t. group is march the congress heights metro station to the 7th district police station at 6:00 tonight. organizers say they're creating awareness about the 2011 death of rafael briscoe shot and killed by police while running from an unmarked car. police transparency coming under scrutiny in fairfax county. leaders there say they're creating a new panel to examine
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police shootings, how they're talked about and investigated. a few months ago we told you at one man county officers killed in 2013. the department then kept its investigation secret for more than a year. today several community groups will hold a forum on what they are calling the barry farm displacement. community leaders are concerned about the future of plans for the barry farms public housing community ind 8. the meeting is happening from 2:00 to 5:00 at the anacostia library on good hope road in southeast. you've driven across the key bridge plenty of times. maybe you've biked across it walked across it. but you've never seen the br the way our cameras did recently. >> reporter: iconic majestic. after a century scanning the potomac, the francis scott key bridge still doesn't lack beauty. one of the things about the old bridges is that they're cellular meaning you can get on the inside.
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well this door is open. take a look what's inside. >> we've stumbled into what appears to be a messy living room that someone is most likely homeless. there are doors to be found under the bridge and that's by design. >> the piers, because they're so massive are voided. that gives you access to the interior of the bridge that you normally wouldn't have. >> who holds the key? >> we have a master key. >> reporter: sometimes not enough to keep people out. the bridge provides protection and the city has had an issue of the homeless making a home here. take this ladder all the way to the top and you'll find the underside of the road you've probably traveled across many times. some other stuff hanging swing ropes left or old ways that crews inspected the bridge. another buried secret this bridge doesn't carry people it also carries water, a huge
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waterline under the bridge sends water from d.c. directly to the pentagon and reagan national airport. the bridget self is showing its age in spots and it needs a facelift. ddot giving us a firsthand tour. >> the key bridge has been deteriorating over the past 30 years since the last major rehabilitation. the major portion of the work we're doing is on the underside of the bridge it's concrete repair. >> there's some small pieces that look like they're ready to go. >> that's an area that will be addressed with the rehab. >> reporter: a major rehab expected to start this summer it will take two years to complete. ddot hopes to clean a lot of this up inside and out. the key bridge was built more than 90 years ago, it's the oldest surviving bridge across the potomac. 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
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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 after having found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home on january 31st. ♪ ♪ today the chinese new year's parade is expected to start at 2:00 this afternoon in the district. you can see dragon dancers and cultural groups. this is the year of the sheep. the china town community cultural center will host activities from noon until 5:00 this afternoon. i know that area also having chinese new year celebrations free to the family. >> looks like tons of fun. time now is 9:38. we're not alone in this winter wallop. the dangerous and deadly conditions hampering people
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he's had a lot of catching up today, barbara harrison takes us t xavier. >> reporter: xavier was in his classroom when i stopped by his school recently. >> is this something you made? >> he doesn't speak but he understands and can respond in his own way to everything. >> what can you do with this? can you show me what to do with this? >> xavier was diagnosed as
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autism. but as a foflter child social workers don't know if it's from infancy or later onset. >> the history we have is had symptoms all along. he's learned how to communicate through sign language and gestures. >> working with skilled teachers he's made progress. >> he can match colors and shapes point to letters. it's difficult to say exactly what his cognitive function can be because he can't speak and verbalize what he knows. >> say hi. >> hi. >> reporter: what can be expected for his future? >> what his potential is we don't know. it depends on what kind of support system he has to continue the structure and routine. >> his hope is that a family will come forward to adopt xavier. >> he needs stable structured environment where he knows what's going to happen. >> as for every child, it's what xavier needs. >> to know they're love and
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supported and they have caregivers that can trust and count on is important for any child anywn for news 4 and's child. >> if you have room in your home r xavier or another child call 1-88-to-adopt-me or search nbcwashington.com. got a heat wave coming? >> who thought 45 degrees would qualify as a heat wave? it will be our warmest day in the past week and it may be the warmest day for the week ahead, too.
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we found one farmer's market that stayed open during the height of the snowstorm. you're taking a look at what's going on in leesburg virginia. vendors had to deal with several challenges. we found many people who were happy that the market actually 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. thank goodness they had some shelter. >> there you go. go get your broccoli and tomato. we've seen some of the impressive images of the frozen chesapeake bay, niagara falls. >> something else. this weekend millions are under winter storm mornings. abc's gape gutierrez shows how that is creating some dangerous
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scenarios. >> reporter: from the midwest to the mid click, from the rockies to the deep south, the lat exs is leaving snowy, soggy, slippery misery in its wake. >> after awhile it gets old and you just want summer and spring. the cold just makes it unbearable. >> reporte the arctic blast now responsible for 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 and nearly hit my bottom. >> reporter: to georgia where i-75 was shut down. in alabaere passed for hours. >> we saw two or three on the side of the road that knocked off. >> reporter: amber howe and her family were driving from illinois to florida. >> i don't know if you can see that 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 highway in the dark i was
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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 h sleet. while in pennsylvania lacrosse players donned capes and ran in place to keep down. this roof of the printing plant caved in chemicals inside sparked a fire. crews in nashville scramble to clear storm drains. >> day before yesterday we had 15 water main breaks. >> reporter: heavy rain was a rude awakening for brad copeland. he had to dig a trench outside his home. >> everywhere that the water would have had to go was covered in a sol it sheet of ice three, four inches thick. >> don't feel bad for the people in miami, but it actually got pretty cold. 50 degrees in miami -- >> record lows. when we were 7 on friday morning, miami was 42 degrees,
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the coldest they've been in four or five years. that's tough. you move to florida thinking you're done with all that stuff. 42 isn't that cold -- >> but it shows this whole siberian express thing. >> my folks live outside of atlanta. they were iced in for sure. we weren't alone with it around here. we got our hint of snow yesterday. some people got a little more than expected. others got a little less. on the whole i think we were with the forecast. you guys with little kids how much snow was there? one baby high. >> i'm glad they dug out a spot there. >> the kid dug it out himself. >> the diaper is good thermal -- >> he's earning his allowance. nicole buchanan dug out the spot for the kiddo. if you have any other great pictures send it to me on twitter. at chuck bell 4. a repeat performance from earlier in t but love the hitchhiking snowman with the
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jamaica sign suitcase included. what would the snowman pack in his suitcase? where is pat collins when you need him. >> a carrot. >> exactly. the big range, southern maryland zero northern maryland 13 inches 2.6 at reagan national 8.9 inches at dulles. the daily snowfall record most in the three to six or seven inch range, a little more in the six to ten inches farther to the north and west. a glad many start outside. 38 at national airport. you'll be shoveling the slush today. temperatures in the low 40s with a little sunshine coming our way later this afternoon. it's an impreing weather picture. hometown temperatures 30 in headachers down 34 front royal, 34 in quantico and stafford and 38 in fredricksburg. annandale, virginia in fairfax county mild today with a lot of
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melting going on temperatures in the 40s, by tomorrow morning temperatures in the upper 20s. but the cold front goes through tomorrow early on and temperatures will fall during the day. so another very impactful weather day coming our way with windchills near zero. have our storm team 4 weather app ready to go. as far as rain chances, the last of the drops across southern maryland onto the eastern shore. that's the end of the rain and snow chances for several days to come. here is future weather today, clouds breaking up during the daylight hours today. but there's 7:30 tomorrow morning, a chance as the arctic front comes by it could bring out a couple passing flurries. might be enough to whiten the ground but i don't think it will have much of an impact. temperatures won't budge much. in the upper 20s in the morning, down in the teens with subzero windchills by the time you wake up tuesday morning. 40s to darkts another day
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when you're done watching news 4, we know netflix is a common followup for some. >> you might have your own account or you could be using someone else's password. news 4 consumer reporter erika gonzalez tells us why companies are not cracking down on that practice. >> reporter: it seems so easy type in your password and have access to countless video streams on a service like you hulu plus netflix, amazon prime instant video, hbo go or waft espn. it seems just as easy to give you 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. but is sharing your password illegal? many of the terms of agreement seem ambiguous, but the companies don't seem to be cracking down. >> their business models however, are evolving. next year things could be different. for the time being, they're interested in creating streaming media addicts.
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>> what do you feel like watching tonight? >> reporter: while it technically may be okay to hand out your password you could get a nasty surprise like the moranos did when the show they were watching got blocked. it said netflix isn't connecting. my daughter said oerks i bet so and so watching. i said how would so and so be watching? she said gave her my password. >> reporter: each subscription plan is different. netflix is one to four, amaz prime two at a time. hbo go allows three, hul low plus allows one. watch espn unlike the others does not state any limits. if you don't want to interrupt your own viewing pleasure those limits should make you think twice before you give up your password. erika gonzalez news 4. right now it is just ugly on the roads, especially those
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bit. don't get too comfortable. >> definitely going to be a sloppy mix out there. chuck bell timing out when when the arctic air will settle in next. >> you all that stuff off the sidewalks and driveways today. temperatures will be below freezing when you wake up tomorrow morning and won't get above freezing again potentially until wednesday afternoon. another shot of seriously cold arctic air coming our way. tower camera view this morning, overcast, tryi to thin out a little bit. last of the raindrops now off the sout tip of st. mary's county. we've been dry in the metro for the last couple hours. the roads are all still a big slushy mess especially north and west where the snowfall
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