this morning. prince george's county prince william, spotsylvania and fredericksburg city schools all on a two hour delay. now let's check in with tom kierein for your forecast. >> temperatures below freezing, going to stay this way through the morning. storm team 4 radar showing a couple flurries here. a few flurries flying through the area. northern montgomery county, another one a little larger here passing flurries quickly out of charles county northern st. mary's and calvert. watch out for patchy ice. i took this picture of the parking lot here in northwest washington. and there is patchy ice will. so whatever snow did melt is now frozen back up again. upper 20s shen dough have ae shenandoah valley. innocent mountains generally in the 20s. a cloudy sky over the metro area. we'll have patchy ice through the morning. cold afternoon, just barely getting above freezing. and followed by roller coaster temperatures over the next

several days. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our hour by hour cold temperatures for the afternoon. and now we'll check on the morning commute for this friday. alexis davies is in for melissa. >> good morning. you do want to be careful traveling the roadways. watch for slick spots. but no reports of incidents as you're traveling the beltway in maryland rock create parkway and mass avenue northwest, that intersection there, would vehicles involved. we'll get you more information as it becomes available. 395 northbound at 14th street bridge, just one lane blocked now. southbound route 1 at dale, that has reopened. and 95 north headed out of woodbridge, you'll find all lanes open and no delays in this area. 5:02. right now d.c. trash collectors are beginning an all out blitz to get your garbage picked up. there have been major delays because of all the snowy

weather. megan mcgrath is live at trash headquarters in northeast washington with more on you how this is going to work. >> reporter: well, all of this snow and ice that we've seen here lastly has made picking up the trash in d.c. a real challenge. it's been difficult for work crews and the equipment to get down alley ways just because of the weather conditions. so beginning today, there will be an all hands on deck trash collection effort and it's getting on later this morning. and they will bring on additional crews, bring folks from leaf collection put them on trash collection duty. and there will be a push to really salt and clear the alley ways also that they can get the trash picked up all of it within the next 72 hours. we're expecting to learn a little bit more later on this morning. a press conference is scheduled. but folks in the district should

know, if you have not had your trash picked up, help is on the way. the hope is that everything will be back to normal and trash will be hauled away within the next 72 hours. and i'm going to have more coming up later on in the show. megan mcgrath, news 4. today a state department official accused of soliciting a minor will be in a courtroom. daniel rosen was picked up from a d.c. jail yesterday by fairfax police. rosen was arrested earlier this week after police say he had a series of online exchanges with a fairfax county detective who posed as a minor. rosen's security clearance has been suspended at the state department. today is man is facing charges after a fatal crash. a woman died after the car she was a passenger in was hit head-on by a truck. police say alcohol may have been a factor in this crash. the it happened at 8:00 p.m. last night on route 40 in the ridge road area of middletown. the truck driving westbound crossed into the east bound lane hitting the car head-on.

the car's driver was also injured but not seriously. today family and friends will gather to remember the young man killed by a driver in the district. funeral services for philip snodgrass will be held today, memorial service will take place on saturday at chestnut grove presbyterian church in phoenix, maryland. snodgrass died earlier this week when police say a man running from the scene of a crash flipped his car and crushed snodgrass. he was walking to a night class in northwest washington when that happened. the spokesman for the republican party of virginia will announce today that he is stepping down. the "washington post" reports that shipley will take a new job that will allow him more time with his family. shipley has been a spokesman now for five years. your student in stafford county could soon be moving to a new school. the fredericksburg tree lance star reports the school board has decided to redistrict schools to help with overcrowding. students from rodded anywould go to

new schools. total of 40 # students would move. students are being spent to stafford county middle because that school is experiencing underenrollment. after a tense week of negotiations house republicans will try to move today to try to prevent a shutdown of homeland security. john boehner is reportedly quote, adamant that the department won't shut down. they're expected to vote today on a short term fix that will allow more time for negotiations over immigration. twras city twras i'm at the live desk with breaking news. a man who says he had a bomb under his coat was just arrested outside the u.s. consulate in istanbul turkey. police taking him into custody. at this point it's not clear whether he did have any explosives on him. police saying he is mentally unstable. the staff at the u.s. consulate

is okay. they were unaffected by this they were inside the building. all of this unfolding outside. that's the latest from the live desk. time 5:06. we're hearing from a brave 20-year-old and how she fought off a would-be attacker. and the snow still causing damage even though the storm is over. how it may have ruined christmas for children in need in maine. a live look at national harbor. tom kierein trac

the roof over a toys for tots warehouse in maine caved in due to all the snow. a coordinator says up to $20,000 in toys for underprivileged kids may have been destroyed. the 20 feet by 80 feet hole is directly above the toy storage area. toys for tots says that it can't begin salvaging until the roof is repaired. the building's owner still hasn't had access. he says insurance won't cover the loss of the donations. space savers will soon be a thing of the past in boston and people who live there are not happy about that after digging out a park space after all the snow. bostonians use bucket cones to hold the space. but boston's mayor says on monday they will no longer be allowed. >> i think the mayor's office needs to reassess that

considering the amount of snow we've had. >> a lot of people are here days hour nights. >> so starting next week the space savers will be removed and destroyed along with the regular trash collection. >> a lot of people might go to the mayor's office. >> to take his space. >> during 010, we saw that in our neighborhoods. people had to dig out from so much snow, you have to save a spot. otherwise you spend and you would that time and somebody else takes your space. it's hurtful. weather and traffic on the 1s. another chilly day. >> and you can't park at harvard yard either. this morning we're starting out with a few scattered flurries. one area in montgomery county and down in prince george's county and southern charles into st. mary's. quickly moving away. for the bus top this morning, upper 20s. later today, some sunshine. right now a cloudy sky. we'll have san antonio

throughout afternoon but only briefly getting above freezing by midafternoon. look at the coaler coast erroller coaster temperatures coming up at 5:21. we have a new crash? new accident is in the district. rock creek parkway and p street northwest. accident there involving two vehicles. northbound and southbound rock creek parkway closed at the p street due to the accident. elsewhere accident on the 14th street bridge 395 north bound has been cleared. and taking a look at 66 all lanes are open. no incidents reported here. new information this morning on a train derailment in california. why the man police say caused this mess is a free man. and it is the due bait that broke twitter and split up our newsroom. is this dress white and gold or black and blue?

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welcome back. what a difference a day makes. storm that came through the region yesterday quickly left virginia dealing with about 8 inches of snow. this video was shot in woodbridge amelia segal is in the storm team 4 x 4 in woodbridge. a lot of improvements today i best. >> reporter: exactly. so we left the station in northwest. right now we're traveling along route 1 southbound in woodbridge. and we have not seen one sis city patch on any of the main roads. the temperature here in woodbridge right now around 30 degrees. and the entire way down here, temperature was below freezing. so there certainly could be icy spots. the plan is to take the storm team 4 x 4 to check out the secondary roads. we'll stay in prince william county all morning long where

the schools are on a two hour delay because of yesterday's weather. but at this point, i have to say, we haven't seen any inclement road conditions across the area. but again, some of the secondary roads could of course gave some problems. i'm amelia segal. 16 after the hour. new this accused of calling the train key railment isderailment is a free man and the district attorney announced he will not be chargeded at this time. he's accused of abandoning his produce truck on the train tracks. 28 people were hurt. a warning now for college women. a 0 20-year-old student fights off a would-be rapist. and it's not the suspect's first victim. the assault happened wednesday night near the university of maryland. the student was dropped off by a

friend at her apartment. in the foyer, a man began trying to talk to her and offereded her money. she turned the money down. this very brave young woman told us how that man then became violent. p. >> i told him no and he threw me on the floor. and right there in theor foyer. and then he ripped off my pants. >> the student says her instinct kicked in and she began screaming and kicking. the man got scared and ran off. the same man recently tried to expose himself to another woman. police are putting together a sketch to try to identify him. two people have been arrested for a set of armed carjackings in northwest washington. they both took place yesterday on p street in georgetown. they happened just blocks apart. u.s. park police caught up with one suspect yesterday afternoon and d.c. police say they arrested 21-year-old ronald johnson after a police chase. no one was injured in the

carjackings. police say they're closing in on a man suspected of posing as a police officer in fairfax and machineryontgomery counties. this is the vehicle, a 2008 vw passat. list seefed ammunition light boards. there were a half dozen incidents where the drive every tried to pull over other cars. police are investigating whether there were other incidents. no charges have been filed as of yet. the maryland 911 dispatcher who told a teenaged caller to, quote, stop lininge ing whining is now out of a job. >> stop lining. it's hard to understand you. >> the anne arundel fire department says the dispatcher no longer works for them. the 13-year-old girl called for help. her father died, he and his fiance were hit while changing a

tire on the parkway. police believe they found the car and the driver who hit the couple. . this morning we're learning more about the man known as jihadi john. his real name is mohammed emwazi. they say he's a 26-year-old computer program from a well to do family in west london. "washington post" and bbc are reporting he was born in kuwait and moved to london when he was 6. neither the police or the fbi are confirming those reports. jihadi john has been seen on multiple beheading videos but police have not been able to catch him. it is a scary trend, teens joining terrorist organizations. canadian officials say six teens are now inside syria fighting for isis. the group includes two women and four men all 18 and 19 years old. they left last month. police say four of the students were studying at a canadian college when they likely became radicalized.

the college has suspended a contract employee after police say he was an al qaeda sleeper agent. the college found a link between his course and one of the students who joined isis. the parents of ap ss an american journalist killed by isis says the american government needs to do more. speaking at the university of arizona, diane and john foley said the government kept them in the dark and failed to help them when their son was being held captive. >> we really feel our government needs to have a clearer policy and be more up front about what they can and cannot do or will and will not do. >> foley's parents say the government intentionally did not provide a network for families in the situation. foley was kidnapped in will november of 2012 and executed in august of 2014. if you've found yourself reaching for the junk food during your busiest days and

weeks, take note. >> like you saw my week. >> my entire life. new study indicates a lack of sleep can lead to cravings for fatty foods the next day. according to researchers at the university of pennsylvania in it a group of 46 adults people skipped a night of sleep -- people who skipped a night of sleep ate more fatty foods. scans also showed differences between these folks in the area of the brain that influences decision making. >> exhibit a. exhibit b. especially yesterday, we were on early, four hours straight. you know i ate some fatty foods when i was tired. >> you get tired, you feel like you deserve a reward for still doing what you're supposed to do. >> chocolate twinkies from the cafeteria. true confessions. >> wow. >> richard shared with me. all right. 5:21 our time right now. if you're noftt comfortable with the cold, you might need some comfort food today. >> that's right. and by the way, eun, don't

forget that decadent muffin we split yesterday. >> she didn't tell us about that. >> this morning you want some hot chocolate maybe to stay warm. a warm beverage. we're subfreezing again on this friday morning. #freezing friday. we've had a few scattered flurries here in montgomery county and howard county and there is a few dissipating in southern maryland. temperatures are below freezing. we're in the 20s across most of virginia west virginia, maryland and reagan national now at 32. and we'll have dry pavement much of the region this morning, but there may be icy spots on some side streets and any uncleared area that melted overnight refroze. dry roads this afternoon. we'll stay below freezing much of the region. but the sun if it breaks through will melt any wetness that still is maybe on the road.

we stay much colder than the average high. monday up near the average, way above the average on wednesday, maybe near 60 on wednesday. between then tuesday and then after that thursday getting cold again. so we're kind of getting up and down temperatures here. low 30s today saturday mid-30s. upper 30s sunday. sunday afternoon and evening height get a little bit of light rain, perhaps a little sleet mixing in. should not be causing any problems. 27s s temperatures will be above freezing. monday up near 50 degrees. partly cloudy. tuesday maybe a little bit of snow and rain. rain in the afternoon. we'll be in the upper 30s. then soaring to near 60 on wednesday. chance of rain though, on wednesday. and then on thursday, cold air comes in may change that rain over to a little bit of snow before it all ends on thursday afternoon as we have highs again only in the 30s on thursday afternoon. next weather and traffic on the

1s a look at our neighborhood highs today. that's at 5:31. now a look at the friday morning commute, alexis davies in for melissa. >> taking a look at the beltway still looking good. serious crash rock creek parkway and p street northwest has all of the north and southbound lanes of rock creek parkway closed. alternate is 23rd street. elsewhere, 270 looking good traveling southbound out of frederick. no incidents being reported. 95 and bw parkway, beltways looking good. 65 and 95 southbound and 55 approaching the beltway. route 50 from annapolis in to the district looking good. and 95 north bound at prince william parkway looking good as well. it's 5:24. d.c. mayor bowser fighting to keep marijuana in the nation's capital. she appeared on the rachel maddow show criticizing andy

harris. harris has questioned the extravalidity of the marijuana law. >> home use, home growth by adults. but i know the people in the first district of maryland would much rather have his attention on on their issues. toys are getting high tech with new responsive dolls and sbir active gadgets could be vulnerable. make you vulnerable to hackers. mattel revealed the toys that use siri-like secretary knowledge. they will listen and respond having full conversations with your kids. the dolls use a wi-fi kegs connection. >> parents will be told clearly which data will be collected and you need a password to be able to access that information.

>> other interactive toys use bluetooth technology to collect information from the web to answer questions. mattel says the new toys like hello barbie will be available this fall. right now police in l.a. searching for the person who stole a one of a kind dress actress lupita nyong'o wore to the academy awards. the gown was taken from her hotel room on wednesday. detectives are reviewing security footage and guest logs to see if it leads to any clues about who may have snatched it. the ivory calvin klein dress is worth about $150,000. >> stunning dress. gorgeous. i hope she find has dress. this next story is causing a firestorm online. and of course debate throughout our own newsroom. >> we want to know what color is this dress? some say it's blue with black lace. others say it's a white dress

with gold lace. we may or may not get it actually. but -- >> we'll have it for you in a little bit. because the whole idea of the reason why there is some buzz about it is because the same person -- or two people could look at the same dress and have a completely different view of what color it is. so we'll bring that picture for you and ask you what you think about it. 5:27 is your time right now. a rocket explosion left a lot of damage on wallops island and repairs are hitting a snag even though virginia has the money. why they're pointing fingers at nasa. and the days of cheap gas may soon be over. how the season change could bring more spring showers and flowers. and bundle up. it's a freezing start to your morning. watch "news 4 today" on the go with your smartphone or tablet. just download the nbc washington app.

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all hands on deck trash collection this weekend. debt department of public works is calling in extra trash collectors to make up for lost time. daniel rosen will be in court this morning. he was arrested after police said he had a series of online exchanges with a deattacketective who posed as a minor. some of you could see some early morning flurries. just flurries, though. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. want to get right to that forecast at 5:31. >> just a few scattered flurries over the last couple of hours passing north and south of washington. most are dissipating. we have subfreezing temperatures

20s across most of virginia and maryland. 34 at ray dwaneagan national probably the high for the day there. you'll need your warm winter gear and even sunglasses later this morning as we get the sunshine breaking out and it will be with us into the afternoon hours. here are neighborhood highs today. just reaching near freezing in montgomery. neighborhoods in prince george's county pair fax countfairfax county as well. near 30 neighborhoods near the chesapeake bay and southern maryland where they had the snow in the northern neck. northern virginia should reach near freezing. shenandoah valley just near 30. mountains, highs just in the mid-20s by midafternoon. a look at the hour by hour colder temperatures on the way over the next 24 hours. that is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. how is the commute now? looking good still on the beltway in maryland and virginia. no incidents being reported

there. elsewhere in the district very serious accident rock creek parkway and p street northwest. that has north and southbound closed. either well route 355, lanes blocked due to emergency road work. 95 at 216, seeing volume. elsewhere in maryland charles county 210, 5 and 301 looking good heading up toward the beltway. taking a look in virginia 66 at the fairfax county parkway, all lanes are open. . today we expect to find out how many year as maryland man will spend in jail for trying to have his ex-wife murdered. enow was convicted of ordering a $1,000 hit on his fourth wife. he met with a police officer who posed as a hit man. he showed the officer pictures

of hits ex-wife and shared her address. prosecutors say he has a lengthy history of domestic violence with his he was wife. a hearing today in the case against a local politician accused of abusing a child. michael garner's lawyer stepped down citing an ethical conflict. today a judge will determine whether garner can secure a new attorney so the trial can begin on time. garner was arrested last year for allegedly abusing a 13-year-old relative. in 2012 he was convicted of molesting two girls at his home, but that conviction was laertter overturned. . launch pad work may have hit a snag. insurance does not cover damage to the launch pad. virginia says it successfully received $20 million from the

federal government to repart the pair the pad. repair work will continue on a limited basis until the funds are released. governor mcauliffe is praising state lawmakers for approving a budget. it includes raises and restores $30 million for local governments that had been cut. it does not raise taxes and does not expand medicaid like democrats wanted. happening take, a state senate committee will consider a bill that would allow 18 19 and 20-year-old members in the military to drink beer and wine at bars and restaurants. the bill has received push back though. new leadership in maryland could eventually lead to toll lanes on interstate 270. montgomery county councilman says he supports converting the two hov lanes in to reversal toll lanes. governor hogan is viewed as road

friendly and he called his pick for transportation secretary, quote, the greatest highway builder in the country. the project would take several years from start to finish and would require are a public private partnership. we're learning that you will not be paying a hire fare if you are a metro user. we're learning that you will not be paying a hire fare if you are a metro user. they decided not to the raise fares and they will also not make substantial cuts to services. metro says it will focus on other ways to balance the budget. you won't be able to use the greenbelt metro station this weekend because it will be closed. buses will replace trains between college park and greenbelt on saturday and sunday because of track work. orange blue and yellow line trains will run every 20 minutes, red line trains will run between 8 and 15 minutes. it's happened in the run up to spring every year for the past two decade, and this year will be no different. gas prices are going up. that's according to the website gasbuddy.com. oil markets have seen -- it's

been a rocky time in the past year and prices rallied yesterday. in less than 24 hours, a section of the government could run out of money. why congress' last ditch effort may not be enough. a simple test claims it can tell you how long you have left to live no doctor needed. and you can do it from the comfort of your own home. >> what if i don't want to. a live look outside where it is cold. get ready, tom is timing out how low the temperatures will get.

a new study over heart failure. those who struggle with daily items may be at risk for premature death. experts say doctors may want to assess the ability to do those things whether they need more hands on care. heart . it is time to look at weather and traffic on the 1s. let's check this with tom kierein. >> it is a cold morning. temperatures are subfreezing. we have a lot of clouds away. might have a few flurries between now and 8:00. otherwise a little sunshine breaks out. and we'll stay in the upper 20s through mid-morning. then briefly up near 30 degrees by noontime. may get a little above freezing

around 2:00 3:00. partly sunny during the afternoon. by 5:00 p.m. back down to near 30. if you're going out tonight, dining out, we'll have temperatures in the 20s through the evening. cold and dry evening as the sky clears out. then temperatures are plummeting overnight. by midnight low 20s down to the teens by dawn on saturday. look at our next chances for wintry mix coming up at 5:51. alexis how is the commute? we're still dealing with the accident in the district rock creek parkway at p street. both north and southbound lanes of rock creek parkway are closed. your alternate is 23rd. top side of the beltway looking good. all lanes open. and beltway at landover road also looking good with all lanes open. northbound 395 between the beltway and 149 street bridge 12 minutes. and then 270 south between the spur and beltway looking good, as well.and then 270 south between the spur and beltway looking good, as well.12 minutes. and then 270 south between the spur and beltway looking good, as well. first 4 traffic has received a whole bunch of fantastic meet your street ideas.

and melissa mollet says keep them coming. tonight at 6:00 melissa takes a trip down memory lane and hunter mill road, a route that has huge historical significant significant significance for our area. and she also takes a peek at lawyers road. and if you have a road you've always wondered about, send melissa a note note @first4traffic and she'll try to help you meet your street. 5:42. this will give you something to talk about for the rest of the day. we'll try again to show you the yes, sir starting a ing a dress starting a heated debate. and d.c. mosque is vandalized for a second time in a week. what police are offering to make sure it doesn't

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it's a last minute scramble on capitol hill. congress has to make a deal on funding for homeland security today. now house republicans are eyeing a short term fix. tracie potts is live with more. so walk us through the gop fix. >> reporter: sure. house republicans say they will go for three week of money while they sit down in a conference with the senate and try to work this out. no word if the senate the especially senate democrats will be willing to participate because today they have their own vote happening. full funding for dhs for the rest of yeert with no mention at all of the controversial immigration issue. so two different plans, neither deals with immigration at this point. neither gets us on track to avoiding a shutdown by midnight. >> so if congress can only come up with a short term fix would we be right back where we started? >> reporter: we could. if they can't at least sit down at a conference and try to work this out, the deadline comes and goes and people go to work and

most of them will not get paid, many will also stay at home. so would we be right back at square one? it's possible. the issue is immigration and now congressional budget office is saying if they get rid of what the president is doing, allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in this country, we will lose social security money and that's going to lead to a $6.3 billion deficit over the next ten years. >> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. and today all eyes are on former florida governor jeb bush as the biggest names in the republican party gather in washington. bush joins a long list of potential republican candidates who are all speaking at the conservative political action conference. governor scott walker governor chris christie senator ted cruz and many others spoke yesterday. today bush is expected to play up his conservative credentials when he addresses the crowd. he is competing for attention with senator rand paul and governor rick perry. the search for two missing teens continues today in loudoun

county. 15-year-old christopher rams and stefan seaver were last seen three days ago. both need medication for health issues. if you have any information, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. we're learning this morning that a mosque in d.c. was vandalized for the second time. first happened monday night. yesterday another incident. this time vandals ripped down wall hangings and broke chairs. now its director fears someone may be targeting this house of worship. >> tore that down flipped this and stole a picture. there was a big picture right there. >> the mosque has been this the district for 17 years. and the folks who run it say that they are not leaving. you could receive a reward if you have any information on the incidents there. today family and frnds will gather to remember a young man killed by a driver in the district. funeral services for philip

snodgrass will be held today and a mem ororial service saturday. snodgrass died when a man running from a crash scene flipped his car and crushed snodgrass. he was walking to a class at the time. major crime is down in leesburg, but police say they're still seeing a the lot of drug cases. rape is down 27%. aggravated assault is down 39%. police say the town is still seeing more heroin cases than last year. officers are also investigating an increase in the use of that synthetic drug called k-2. these numbers are were released in a quarterly report by the leesburg police department. all right. well this this next story is really you causing a lot of conversations and debate online throughout our newsroom. >> we want to know what color this dress is. take a look here. some say it's blue dress with

black lace. others say it's a white dress with gold lace. i see white and gold. >> see, right now from this video, i see white and gold, as well. so apparently a buzzfeed poll say 75% believe the dress is white and gold. but guess what? it's actually blue and black. >> i don't understand. wire.com has a little bit of a scientific explanation about why people can't agree on the color here. it has to do with how we see and interpret colors differently during different times of the day. >> and another theory now floating around. if you see black and blue, you might be dealing with stress in your life. and if you're seeing white and gold everything is fine. how about that? stress free you and me. >> if you say so. what color do you think the dress is? you can go to the facebook page. most of you are seeing white and gold. you can take the poll. i will say the executive producer of the "today" show instragramed that they have the dress.

>> they have the actual dress? >> so on the "today" show maybe we can see it more clearly. >> this is creating debates within families. you have to choose sides. >> i saw gold and pastel blue. >> so that's a whole new color palette. >> your mind is ahead of the game. >> and my tie is purple and green. no it's -- >> peach and blue. >> i'm wearing tropical colors. >> if you tell me that is gold, i'm going to be in trouble. >> i'm in a jamaica frame of mind here. we're so weary of this winter. here we are starting off cold this morning. storm team radar showing a few scattered flurries moving northeast of the metro area. now near chestertown and passing through the northern part of the eastern shore. and right now just a few flurries coming in will to anne arundel county and quickly moving through. we're below freezing. down to just upper 20s to near

30 across virginia maryland. all below freezing out of the mountains where it's always colder. oakland down to just 3 above freezing right now. and we'll have mostly dry pavement all the treated roads dried out overnight, but there could still be icy spots. watch out for that especially those areas that got the most snow south of the metro area this morning. and then during the afternoon, even those icy spots will be melting and then drying and temperatures hovering right in the low 30s during the afternoon. keep up with all these wintry changes with the storm team 4 weather app when you're away from your tv. wednesday i traveled to columbia and visited students. they were so smart. many already starting to read. i want to thank the teacher barbara frederick in the back for the invitation. and look at the temperature its here over the next 7 days roller coaster ride. we stay cold through sunday then monday up near 50.

then 30s again tuesday, near 60 on wednesday. and then 30s again on thursday. up and down we go. and different kinds of weather, too, each day with tomorrow in the mid-30s, partly cloudy sunday cloudy, might get a little sleet and rain in the afternoon. then monday partly cloudy near 50. then a chance maybe a little bit of snow and rain on tuesday. doesn't look like a big deal. then warming up with the rain on wednesday. chance maybe of a little bit of rain ending as snow on thursday. amelia segal is live in the storm team 4 x 4. are you nearoccoquan? >> reporter: yes. we're traveling more on secondary roads and even these roads have been treated. we haven't seen one icy patch. even the parking lots here are okay. of course schools though this morning are on a two hour delay after the snow everybody received yesterday. it was about 3 to 4 inches.

isolated spots maybe saw a little bit more. temperature in the storm team 4 x 4 coming in at 32 degrees. but again, road conditions appear to be fine. to give you a frame of reference, we are running about eight degrees below average for february. so very cold february. and like tom saying no different for today. we'll send things over to alexis davies with a check of the road. >> an accident in springfield this morning westbound franconia road mere rosso street right lane blocked. taking a look elsewhere, 270 south just before 109, an accident being reported on the left side of the roadway. 66 in virginia, beltway looking good about that all lanes open. 95 traveling toward the beltway, seeing a little bit of slowing. no reports of incidents there. route 50 in maryland seeing volume.

no incidents. rock creek parkway at p street it is closed. it's now 5:55. fcc adopted new guidelines to regulate internet service. landon dowdy has more now for your money. >> fcc voted thursday to implement new rules designed to ensure net neutrality. it's the principal that companies that provide internet services should treat all legal data equally. major broadband providers have already threatened to go to court over the issue. back to you. >> i can't let you you go before i ask you about the dress. okay. you have to tell me what color you see. >> it's a no-brainer for me. it is black and blue. what do you think? >> aaron and i both see white and gold. >> what? maybe i'm just very stressed. maybe we should refer to aaron on this. he is a fashion expert. i heard him talk about the oscars. >> that one time.

>> exactly. landon dowdy, thank you. have a great weekend. >> thanks. there is an easy or maybe not so easy test to try to figure out how long you'll live. it's called the sitting/rise test. as you're standing, you cross your legs and try to sit down on the floor with your legs still crossed. then try to get back up the exact same way. no help from your hands, arm knee nothing. the better you can do that the more likely you are to live longer. the test was developed after looking at older patients who were able to perform that test well. and so it's based on a 10 point scale. if you have to use lims to get up you lose points. >> or if you lose your balance you lose points. we're going to try this. we might not have it on camera, but -- >> and you have to be in comfortable clothes no shoes. >> so maybe not today. you may not be able to smoke marijuana everywhere you thought you could. landlords will not be required to allow marijuana use on their property. so if you rent your apartment

it's up who whomever owns the building whether or not to allow smoking. land lords can also include anti-smoking claws in lease agreements. so if you do own your own home though, you still may not be in the clear if there is a condo board or homeowner's association, those groups could create rules against you allowing marijuana. 5:57. a mayor bowser is expected to make a major announcement this morning at 11:00. the announcement has to do with education policy and personnel. we'll be watching the story and update you you on nbcwashington.com. busy day ahead after winter delayed trash pickup. the extra steps being taken to make sure your garbage is not left overflowing.

right now on "news 4 today," racing to clean up the mess after all of our snow. the extra steps being taken this morning for pick up all the garbage that is piling up. but first another chilly start to your day. as we try to move past the mess that was the thursday morning commute. tom kierein is tracking the conditions you'll deal with in the day ahead. we're stuck in this cold

pattern. >> and we have a few scattered flurries too, showing up on the storm team 4 radar. you can also see it on the storm team 4 app. radar showing getting a few flurries northern prince george's county moving colors of gray here. quickly tracking off to the south and east. and patchy ice around this morning. i took this picture in the parking lot. some of the snow on the side plowed up melted yesterday. and then refroze. so watch out for that. if it looks wet, that in pact could be ice this morning as we are below freezing. most temperatures now just in the upper 20s to near 30. reagan national is at 34. and your headlines this morning, cloudy sky now, but the sky beginning to break up and clearing out from the west. we'll have a little of the patchy ice through the morning and then a cold afternoon, only barely getting most of freeze. after that roller coaster temperatures as we get into the weeken