the teens. dulles d manassas down to 9. warringt just at the 10. gaithe at 14. much of prince georgey hovering aroun 20 degrees. ane drive time this morning, we'll have y pavementd staying in the teens. and sunshin out, you'll need the sunglasses. incr clouds in the aftern af commute looking good. we'll be in the upper 30s with dry roads. how is the commute so far this morning? overall not looking so bad. a couple of disabled vehicles we'll talk about in a second. first of al biggest probl right now will be green line. we have delays to branch avenue. we tweeted about that. he are two crashes. 95 north on ramp from prince william parkway, and 95 north at dale city that crash on the shoulder. you can see a lite aboute of a slowt of a slowdown headed north. 66 at lee highway, disabled vehicle off to the right

wider look everything rolling along pretty nicely. damascus 124 at moyer road it's closed both ways. al i'm back in ten with travel times. new this mornin a sheriff's deputy shot a man in charles county on azalea place. deputies responded to a domestic n around 11:30 last night. th a woman called 911 saying man with a gun was threatg her. the sheriff's office says that when the man walked outside with a gun, an officer shot him. he was taken to the hospital no word on his condition. investigs f the gun on the scene. today we will learn the jail sentence for a man accused of

impe kevi craft had outfitted his personal vehi a kia suv, wi lights and sirens. he was arreste april when he told an officer he was respondio a two alarm warehouse fire. montgome county fire marshal's says craft had been arrest at fires several times before. faces up to three years in prison. t now southwest airlines working on getting the necessary plane inspections. the airline grounded dozens of planes l night. megan mch live at reagan nation with how it could af your travel plans. >> repor well, we are seeing some cancellations at our area airports look at the board behind here at reagan national we have an arrival coming from nashvill was supposed to come in at 10:20, that flight has been canceled. but the impact has really been minimid today because of an agreemt that was reached between s airlines and the faa which allows these planeso continue flying while

they wa wai inspections. now, southwest for a time ground 128 planes, that's its fleet after discovg they missed inspecs involving backup hydrauc systems. 80 flights were canceled tuesday and we're still seeing a bit of an impact today. here at reagan, four southwest flights have been canceled. at bwi, eight flights have been cancel inspections should finish up later on to the faa agreed to let the planes fly for up to five days while the inspections are being comple so if you are flying on we are seeie cancella are still seeing flights leaving on time but we are seeinge cancellations. we bumped into one woman who had that happen to her. she's getting home but she'll to fly through a different city. i got a text at 2:00 a.m., it wokee up at the my hotel, it said my plight had been

canceled. i immedi they booked me through a differt city. >> so if you are flying southwes best thing to do this m is just check, make sure that your flight is leaving leg an mcgrath, news 4. this morning two virginia state troopers are recovering after being hit in two separate crashes north virginia. happened within a 12 hour period. e latest was yesterday n on i-66 in fairfax county. 26-year-d trooper suffered scrapes and bruises t. earlier another trooper was h i-95. he was treated and released. preve by following the move-over law. you need to slow down and move over when you approach a crash or when someone is pulled off to the side. this video shows two men rab

sbank. they have rob seven banks. there is a $30,000 reward for informn leading to an arrest and conviction. five after the hour. right now more th 200 water main breaks have been reported as the cold snap continues. that's a to e washingt suburban sanitary commissi. are also learning today 51 breaks are s waiting to be repaired. wssc wants to remiep as soon as possible but th also warn response time might slowe than usual and says normal response times are 2 you are hour toy priy di court is still closed because of wa related issues. the courthouse has been dealing with busted pipes and electrical issues since thursday. the wing that houses t circuit court is open. hyattsvie courthouse is also open. a live look at national harbor where people are stepping outside to temperatures in the

low 20s. it's 22 e of r studios. chuckk bell will join us live on e weather dek. and always police dash camera capturing the scene as an explosion tears the home about the injuri caused. plus a high ranking state departme emplo waking up this jail this morning. wh we're learning about his ar

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this video amazing. that is a home in new jersey, ju exploded. it was caught on a police dashbod camera. the blast sent a fireball into e sky. a lot of debris. 15 people hurt there. two gas company employees are in

critical condition. explosion could be felt a mile away. apparent the searching r a gas leak in that neighb when this happened. a developing story, federal invests say they're trying to determine where a pickup truck driver drove on to tracks and then abandoned his truck causing train crash in sout california. take a look at the scene. the trucks mangled there. the ntsb says the truck was not stuck. e driver was found more than a mile froe c site. he suspici of hit and run. 30 people were hurt at least four in critical condition. 10 after 6:00. mo people when it's this cold outside, walk around with a scowl an just not generally happy. >> i'm trying not to scowl. shears a smile for you. chuck be alws manages to be in a good mood with the crazy cold weather. >> you he to learn to embrace

mother nature throws your way. and at thtime'sed cod, it's cod. remember snowiest month of the winter last year was march. so we mane nine record low temperatures in the month of febrt sdul so a cold month for sure. once again you'll need coat scarf, hat, gloves. you may need your sunglasses as well. temperat are only in the single digits and low teens here. it wl be nicer later on today. melissa, you were handing out hugs earlier. where are y now? >> it's too cold out there. i'll hug you when you come in. no rob. free hugs today as long as you're promisi me warm weather. line delays to brah avenue. silver le delays to largo that just popped up.

as far as travel times, 270 south to the beltway 16 minutes. outer loop, 13. taking a look at virginia, 95 north, no big deal. 395 from the beltway to the bridge 13 minutes. and 66 from fairfax county parkway to beltway 11 minutes. i'm back in 10 with hugs for chuck bell. >>8 hours marijua set to become legal in d.c.. the threat members of congress are making to d.c. leaders. plus why chris brown's recent legal problems are forcing

welcome back. developi right now a high ranking feder employee is charged with soliciting sex from a minor. news 4's richard jordan is live outside of the state department now wi how he was arrested. >> repor44-year-old daniel rosen the director of counte here at the state department and the fairfax

police dt says that he's the man they arrested yesterday in this undercover sting, that arrest happened here in washin at the suspect's home. t this was a fairfax county police investigat and it was a fairfax county underc detective that was posing as an underage girl online and apparently having communic with rosen, again all of this happening online. that arrest happened yesterday. now the state department acknowleg tt one of their employs was arrested, but not identi employee. they did release a statement saying that the employee's se clearance has been suspend and that that screw process. richard jordan, news 4p found guilty of shooti andl dress kyle and

his of his life in prison. eddie ray routh was con kyle's autobiography was turned in movie "american sniper". coming up at 6:40 jacob rascon will jn us live from texas with what members from the jury had to say about the verdict. george zimmerman will not be going back to court to killing trayvo three years ago. the justice depart now says there is not enough eviden to sue him in a federal civil ri case. eric holder said the department was cons civil charges after the killing. zimmerma in a criminal case. today a man is in jail after killing a pedestrian during rush hour. s chandler is being charged with murder. police s the suv chandler was driving killed attorn jeff

snodgras documents say chandler was on drugs as he drove along h street at 65 miles per hour. police say his suv hit several signs, a wall and then flipped over. after rolling sever times, it hit snodgrass. news 4 spoke to the victim's father. very compassionate, loving young man who had tremendous promise. very very very many friends. >> a second pedestrian was stru by debris from the crash. but injuries. o minut after midnight tonight, marijuana will be legal in d.c.. and that means you'll be able to have pot at home even grow some plaptss. however, you w not be able to buy it or sell it because the d.c. council is not regulating d the council from spending money on the new law whh includes creating those rules. in fact some congressmen say the mayor and council members could go to jail over this anyway. in maryland a group of parents urgg lawmakers to vote against a bill that would

legali t sale of marijuana. the group parents affected by addictn sent letters to dele annapolis. the marijuana control and revenue act was introduced earlier this month. it would set rules for manufag and sales. your child's principal could ha chance to be this charge for a while. d.c. schools chancellor could i a henderson says she will start offeri multiyear contracts. right now they work under one year contr most of the time. henderson says the change is happeng b a push for mo stabili in schools. chris brown says he is not allowed in canada and is being forcedo cancel two of his upcomi concerts. brown was jailed for nearly three months last year for violatg his probation by getting into an alter it indicati outside a downtown d.c. hotel in 2013. n probation after he attack his then girlfriend rihanna the 2009 the grammy awards. canadian immigrati says brown

can apply to return to the y at a later date. i'm angie goff at the live desk rescuers right now using r bare hands and shovels to try to recent you could you people after an avalanche in the northeas part of afghan we know this avalanche has already killed at least 30 people. dozens more feared dead. search a rescue continues as we hear up to 100 homes may be buried by this avalanche. more as we get it eun. as of 1:00 a.m. this morning, the city of boston hit a weather milestone. it's not necessarily one for celebrat though. li to this the national weather service says more tha0 feet -- feet -- inches, rather. 100 inches. i was going to say, 100 feet seems like a lot. 100 inches of snow has fall this year. we've seen these massive snow drifts. bost just buried there multiple storms in just the last few week.

>> they would have to put me in a white jacket and tuck me away. >> it will be all right. fetal position. >> exactly. fortunat around here no snow to talk about for today. we'll be a little bit warmer than we were yesterday. >> but don't get used to it. let's check in with tom kierein for the rest of the forecast. yes, after this very frigid start, w get above freezing by later this afternoon. look at our sky now we have a peppermi pink sky over washingt. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. you can see the national cathedl here in the foregroue distance there the washingto monument and we is a mostly clear sky. temperat right now are very cold. e just in single digits and teens. not quite as cold as yesterday morning, but then look at our tempere graph quickly jumpine 30s by noontime near 40 by mid afternoo increa clouds and light wind through the day. it is very cold now western and northern suburbs down into the teens. du down to 8, a new record low there.

manassas down to 9. wearing top just at 10. leesburg at 12. prince g in the teens near 20. low 20s in washington. snow begins tomorrow morning and leaving us by the time early afternn comes on thursday with a trace to about an inch in the metro area. just some flurries to our north up near the pennsylvania border. but across northern virginia montgome fairfax, loudoun and into prince william and p thorn fauq may up to an inch. farther south 1 to 3 inches southe calvert, st. mary's thorn neck of virginia and then west of there, southern charreneck of virgin tomorrow stay below freezing. so whateve snow falls will stick d then on friday thursday night into friday might t a few lingering flurri around staying below freezi friday and saturday with sunshine. and then finally getting above freezi again on sunday and we

finally see the frigid air leaving monda tuesday highs 40s with a chance of rain. coming up next weather and traffi holgd runl run coming in. melissa, how is traffic? overall no major issues right now. we have metro delays. n line delays to branch avenue silver line to largo this morning. this problem here de 124 at moyer closed. alter ma is 27. and 270 headed south, for some reason slow until clarksburg. no real obvious reason for this. we did have an issue earlier on 355 southbound up in the frederk area had a closure at ball road. so perhaps some of the folks are bailing out off of 355 and taking 270. so just beware of that. 66 at lee highway there no major problems. 95 north in virginia, at 123, off to th shoulder that crash. same thing 95 north at dale city again that crash is on the shoulder. over all

looking pre good. indian head highway, 34 miles pe headed in to town. it is 624 thousand. virginia governor mcauliffe signed a controversial bill whh could have a big impact on how much you pay for the electry you use. the bill allows dominion virgin power to skip base rate reviews r several years. it also stops the state commis from conducting a compre then su review of the until then.e utility says that new law will keep rates in place. opponents say the new law will allow dominion to lock in highes on e table as congress willreyee the food stamps program. reviewed by the house committee on agriculture. to cut it in 2013 were unsucces. it's not known what changes will be made to the program. in news 4 your health, pain

meds a getting stronger pap new report from the cdc says u.s. doctors prescribed more and more powerful pain killers over the last ten years. the repo say from 1999 to 2012 the number of adults who used strong pain killers, strong than more feerngs judgmem 17% to 37%. in the same time period, th pain killerser trann morphine dropped. you may soon able to k kin son's disease a simple test. a study says a biopsy could depekttect body. in just a few hour a very lo bike ride is starting on the capitol grounds. a few congressmen will meet are art whiting shortly after 9:00. he's riding 15,000 miles across

the country by himself on a tandem bike to honor his wife who died of cancer last year. they had planned to make the trip together. whiting plans to ride to the capitals of all 48 contiguous states and end back up here eight months from now. >> what a beautiful tribute to his wife. two basketball teams are accused trying to throw the same game. >> this video was taken saturday game between the two teams in tennessee. the referees say that the girls made intentional turnovers missed free throws, and even tried shooting in the wrong basket. on. >> both teams here accused of trying to avoid playing in an eliminat game. now they're being banned from the playoffs. both schools have to pay $1500 in fines and they will stay on probatn next year, too. both schools say that they plan on taking a against both the coaches. obviously the coaches were giving the direction to these young girls. >> and one was alr

aboutedd for the first two games.e are high scho girls. what about sportsm and leadersh? breaks my heart. >> those coaches need to go away if it turns out to be true. running out of time. a friday deadline looming to fund homeland secu and avoid a partial government shutdown. the potential compromise th could avd a crisis. also ahead, making local pets sick. what was found inside some treats set o for dogs in one virgin. and you're focusing on our bitter cold temperatures this morning. tom is tracking the threat more snow. the impact the new system co.

>> the number of layers you need depends on where you live. the temp the 20s in northwest washington but places north and west of d.c. are dealing with much colder conditio. th will warm up just a litts oefrts next day, hower the cold is giving way to more snow. >> didn't you know it?n tracking the

impact e winter weather could have on your drive to work tomorrow. yeah it's right around this time tomorrow morning we will ha new snow coming down from a system that will tracking our way from the south this time moving up from the south and heading into the metro area by tomorr morning. here is the latest timing, new model run com in here showing the timing very similar to the pr run. this is as of 5:00 a.m.. the snow moves in to the metro area all across virginia easternt have s southe maryland, eastern shore and into north central maryland. 7:00 a.m., stl complete snow falling. moderate snow the darker colors southern maryland, nort neck lower part of the eastern shore. then by 9:00, still light snow falling in the metro area. maybe a bit moderately just to our east herekell calvert st. mary's. by noon,.arun kell, cal.

total am be about 1 to 3 inches northern neck and from frederico culpeper. metro area maybe a dust g to an inch. coming up your walk to work foreca for this cold wednesday morning. > we have a brand new crash 95 southbou in maryland at powder mill road. not seeing it here in camera. it's a three car crash, but we just got off the phone with police and it is out of lanes. so shouldn't slow you down too much. just hearing in my ear both of these delays have now gone away. no more gre line delays no more silver line delays. taking a look now at 95 in virginia through stafford, you slow there. it opens back up as you're headed northbound and then you're okay until dale city. wider lo at things, overallr issues.

looking pretty typical. 66 into town, pretty slow all the way from manassas. but only about 40 miles per hour here this morning. in damascus, 124 shut down at 27 instead. right now the head of homelay getting ready to make a big pitch to congress today to make sure his agency doesn't run out of money by friday. tracie p live on capitol this g following all the developmes for us. so what do we expect from secrety johnson today? >> repor we're waiting to see, senate republicans have put it out there that they're willine the votes on immigratd the money for homela securi. been the hang-up. t now the democa sure ranss thassurances that republ the house will go along with that. jeh johnn is trying a new roach. after he has a news

conferen bringing back two predec t republicans who headed homeland secu to try to convince congress to someth the money runs out on friday. >> so if squnt movet move the ball down the court and home la what changes will we see? >> repor proba not a lot. if you fly the tsa will still be there. still screening you. they just won't be paid. same for the coast guard, same for border patrol. iv area like louisiana hit by katrina or the east coast that was hit hard by super storm sandy where the fede is still sending out money to help with cleanup, that you may see an impact because the people who deal wh tha money, who send out those checks they would be furlough. tracie potts the hill for us. thank you. republi lawmakers say they are not giving up after presida vetoed a keysto pipeline bill. jo boehner called the veto a, quote, national embarrassment. the bi would have forced

constre lon a waite their outrage, s don't have the the veto. police were called tm e circle last night and found an injured man. he was shot as he sat in a car. police believe the suspect may also have been inside a vehicle. a murder mystery is unfoldg at a senior living complex in montgomery county. homicide detectives are investg the death of a 95-year- veteran at the randol village complex. property manager found daniel long belvin dead in his apartment yesterday. belvin had drama to his upper body. police s they some leads. answer into what was making dogs sick. somebody had p caffeine pills in sausages. two dogs found the sausages while out on north columbus street. survived but they had rapid heart rates and had to be watched overnight. no one has been charged in

conn with the poisoning. police don't k if someone intended for the dogs to eat them but if they find someone responsil cruelty charges. a new affordable housing developm on its way to arlingn county. leaders agreed to build the new complex on south rolfe street. the george washin carver homes koopts differ is there now. th "post" says that complex will be down to create the new buildin for more than 200 low income residents. 6:36 spotsylvania school distri says it's more than a million short on its spending plan and is asking the county for $1.3 million.e mon would pay for salary increar employee and sube athletics programs. we now know one of the people you can vote for in virginia next governor's race."wash says lieuter ralph northam confirms he wl be runnin he's been p telling people a few weeks now.

the vase a few years away in 2017. we're tracking potential proble travelers in our ar as southwest airlines scrambto check dozens of its planes overdue for inspections. we're lipa these inspectis are having an finished. we're seeing wide ranging temperfending dependsi on where you live. almost 20 degrees here. chk bell is helping you dress for e conditions in your neighbor> husband making history. a local radio host's

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bell. >> repor good morning from thr deck where it is a balmy 17 degrees outside this morning. it's a cold one for sure on your way out the door you'll have to dress wamly for sure. layer it up, everybody. plan on this afterno temperatures in the s to near 40. but skies will know to by later on this a snow chance that could bring a couple inches to southern maryland tomorrow morning. wil have more on that coming up. for now time for a check on first 4 traffic. still have this situation 95 south at powder mill road. we're hearing that it's cleared, however e sti seeing some slowdowns soud the after the earlier crash. outer loop at new hampshire avenue report of a new accident. seeing slowdowns. as for travel times, overall in virginia looking pretty good.

a couple minutes behin 2340r9 to the beltway. 66 and 395 inbound okay. 395 actually slower than it should be before about five minutes behind there this morning. 495 to the 14th street bridge. 270 south, no real problems there. slower than normal from germantoe beltway. and outer loop from 95 to 270, we're at 21 minutes this morning. so a little slow here top of the beltway, as well. i'm back in a couple of minutes. 6:42 now. developi sto this morning, we're learning that kidnappers of an american missionary in mya are demanding a ransom of $300,000 for the reverend abducted mon morning. told nbc news the kidnap are probably crimins rathe terrorists because they only took sorder.

bowko har does not generally operate in th area. and in paris, right now authors are trying to figure out who is mind these drones th are flying over the city, u.sembassy. the unban aircrafts have been spotted recently also over the presid palace. total five incidents reported far. this is over the last couple days. don know about this is maliciou perhaps a game but what it is you have to imagine this is very unnerving because fra is still on high alert following the recent terror attacks. ba> spram blinkg to keep its planes in the sky. soutt airlines admitted it missed mandatory inspections. e tracking the impact those emergey inspections are having on passengers in our area. we expect snow by this time tomorr morni ending by early

afternoon leaving a trace to an inch in the metro area. flurries farther north. nearby sn pri county montgomery fairfa may pick up an inch. to our south, could get 1 to 3 inches. brd new report of a crash outer loop new hampshire avenue. seeing slowdowns there. and in damascus, 124 totally closed at moyer road. alternat is 27. 6:44 now dozens of southwt airlines are flying despite missi inspections. the airline made a deal to keep the planes in the air, but some flighte canceled. n hkmcgrh has what this means for you and your safety. te if you're flying southwes you may want to che flight status because we are seeing a couple of cancellas at two of our area airports. t reay the impact has been minimid today because of a

deal between southwest and the faa which allows southwt to continue flying these planes until the inspections are complete now, southwest for a time ground 128 planes. that's one-fifth of its fleet after discovering that they missed inspections involving the backup hydraulic system. 80 flights were canceled on tuesy and we are still seeing t of an impact today. at reagan four flights are canceled. bwi marshall, eigliesy flights have been canceled. hope to finish up the inspecs later today, but faa has agreed to either will the planes while so long as the work is completed in the five days. soe are seeing a bit of an impact in our area. but those planes many of them are up in the air right now they a allowed to fly pending comple of the inspections t you might want to check the flight status because we are seeing some cancellationsgan mcgrath,

news 4. 14 before the hour. we jurors were thinking in the "ameri" trial. the jury found eddie ray routh guilty of drilling chris kyle and his friend. jacob rascon has reaction from the jurors. r: good morning. the verdict came quickly and punish was immediate. e accused of killing the most lethal sniper in america and his close friend was found guilty of capital and sentenced without the possibily of parole. the defendant showed no emotion as the verdict was read or when victim impact statements were given. one person a family member called routh an american disgrace. important to note kyle's wife was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.

she had left abruptly when defense talked about whether or not kyle should have known routh was crazy at the of the shooting. l have much more including reac from family members coming up on "today". >> of course coming up jacob will he much more on the vet as he said. that starts right after "news 4 . working to find out more about a dip involved shooting on azalea place. they responded to a domestic call last night. a woman with man with a be wasn w threatening her. investigs s they did find a gun on the scene. today we will learn the jaindtence of kevin craft. he had told an officer he was respon to a warehouse fire.

montgome county fire marshal's office says crd been arrested at fires several times before. faces up to three years in prison. > pe are asking for your help this morning to catch two robbers. take a look at this video. police are calling them the so-calle bla hat bandits. they can be seen robbing the essex bank in arnold. the fbi says the bandits have hit seven banks in our area and at one point held a customer at gun point. there is a $30,000 reward for informn leading to an arrest and convictio make sure you watch where you're going on the roads. two virginia state troopers are recoveri after being hit in two separate crashes. bo crashes happened within about a 12 hour period. the latest yesterday afternoon on i-66 in fairfax county. r suffere scrapes and bruises. earlier another troop on i-95.

virginia state list remind to u slow down and move over when you approach a crash or when someone is pulled over. i'm an gi goff with an update o a d.c. power problem that is changing by the minute. take a look at your screen. this is the coverage live this area pennsy avenue and southern avenue southeast pepco reportg power is out. we that number withine minutes drop from 12,000 to 40 so definitely improvin the working on it. as far as everyone getting their power back on, no time table n for that. want to show you live picturm atlanta georgia. folks there bracing for a possib 4 inches of snow that afternoo southern states have faced cold icy youfew da s all that ice was just good practi for them ahead today's storm.

millions of people who no longer have anthem insurance may still ha prp all n compromised. landon dowdy has more "4 your insurer anthem which reported earli it was hit by a major data breach says hackers access personal information from nearly 79 million people. includes 60 million to 750 million of its own current and former employees and customers. the rest of the people were enrolled in other blue crosd plans, but used t coverage in states e anthem is the plan operator. anthem says the attack exposed names, gayda social numbers, but n r or bank account number thank you, landon. a potentially rd breaki b to benefit a d.c. museum is under way. you can lisn to joe madison on siri xm urban view station.

he says he plans to be on the air for 52 hours to raise money for the new african-amerin history and culture museum. if he succeeds, the broadcast would bre guinness world record. he says this is all in honor of black history month. he'll have folks like aretha fr brady on the show. >> should be a great show. good luck to him. tom kierein, what is going >> when you use my full name, i know i'm in trouble. >> i didn't use thomas. >> it's coming, tht to my room. the sunrise should lift your spirits. live view. it is another frigid morning. we are just in the teens and single digits. by mid-morning 20s just about everywhe.g abo freezing by noontime. then all the way up to near 40 degrees. so we'll take this brief break.

that will be by midafternoon near 40. and dropping back down into the 30s h the evening hours and then the 20s by dawn toll. down to single digits, dull 8 dulles t old record.e s will be affecting us with snow, it's now in texas and coming to louisiana, arkansas mississi l be quickly coming up our way during the morning on thursd. d out ahead of that we have winter weather advisories all the counties in purple includin st. mary's northern neck fredericksburg over to richmondm warnings out for southern into the carolinas. 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. coming in to much of maryla and then it continues throh the morning hours. by noontime it will be quickly ending and pull away. after it quickly does pull away wel have a lingering flurry

early afternoon. could have about a trace to an inch in the metro area. nearby suburbs, maybe flurries to our north. maybe an inch far southern suburb. much farther south southern maryland northern neck frederic to culpeper could get up to 3 inches. keep up with storm with the storm te 4 weather app. we'll stay below freezing tomorrow se snow will stick arou freez friday as well on saturday. e a few flurries on friday. then sunday, we get above freezi and finally this frigid air is gone. first part of next week highs 40s. chance of rain monday/tuesday. 95 southd chopper 4 over the scene at powder mill. this is a three car crash. looks like most of it is off to the shoulder and they're getting this veh towed out of the way. stl we have see something delays because of that crash. again 95 south as you're approachg powder mill road. outer loop at new hampshire, getting repor of a crash here. not the seeing anything on camera. looking pretty typically slow. wide look at things overall no major problems. but you can see the slowdowns

top of the beltway and in-bound 295. 66 and 95 rolling about 40 miles hour. not bad. same thi at prince geo county.d r this problem in damascus 124 at moyer road shut down both ways. your alternate is 27. big story developing this morning. high ranking state departmt employ cha with soliciting sex from a minor. richard jordan is live outside of the state department in northwwashingt richard, tel us what's happenin >> repor 44d dan cell row rosen director of countert facing charges a minor. an undercover sting. he communication online w he thought was an undera girl it was actually

undercover detective. they say the security clearan been suspended and that employ on a minute leave. d jordan, news 4e are 51 water main brea waiting to be reported. more than 200 have been reported in the recent cold snap. wssc wants to remind you to report the breaks as soon as possiblet als warns the resp time might be slower than usual. it says normal response times are 2 to 4 hours. 6:55. busted pipes also affecting the pr distric court in upper marlboro. the courthoe remains closed while fixes pipes and electrs there. the problems started last thursday. the wing that houses the circuit court is open and hyattsville courth is also open. four things you need to know before you head out. southwest airlines keeping some planes in the air even though

n 100 planes missed safety inspections. the airline made a deal with the faa to keep the planes in the air. southwt d cancel a few flights to get the needed inspecs ss completed. just hours away there pot becomi in d.c.. the law takes effect just after midnight. are a lot of rules for its use. we put them all up for you on the nbcwashington site. a texas jury found eddie ray routh guilty of murdering chris kyle and his friend. h will spend the rest of his life in prison. coming up on "today" show,e jurors had to say. we're working to find out the condition of the man shot by a charles county sheriff's deputy. happened during a domestic disture call at a home in waldorf. it is a four layer morning. temperat jus single digits and teens. this afterno a couple of layers you'l be comfortable as we'll get above freezing. still problem 124 at moyer, shut down both ways.

alternat is 27. and 95 south in maryland at powder mill, a little slow. lots of people looking to the right from the earlier crash. >> and that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we leave with you this gorg

. good morning. life in prison. a guilty verdict for the man who killed chris kyle and chad littlefield. littlefield's mother emotional after the decision. >> we waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son. >> this morning the littlefield family joins us for an exclusive live interview. >> unrelenting. more snow more ice, more cold from texas to delaware. boston hits a milestone overnight. 100 inches of snow and counting. winter is far from over. explosion, a home erupts into a huge fireball. 15