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in what could be winter's last big blast. storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer has an up to the minute forecast on the weather conditions for us in a minute. >> a lot of kids who didn't go to school today can look forward to a four-day weekend. every major school district will be closed tomorrow including prince george's anne arundel, alexandria arlington, fairfax, loudoun, prince william county schools all will be closed. d.c. schools will be closed as well. you can find all the closings and delays on our website and scrolling at the bottom of your screen and at our nbcwashington app. we have live team coverage tonight on the dangerous road conditions out there because of this latest storm. >> we start with doug in the storm center. the feel-like temperatures for a lot of people will be negative territory during what you're calling winter's last blast. i hope that isn't wishful

thinking. >> i really think it is yeah. we're going to get cold again in the month of march? maybe. but will we see temperatures that stay in the 20s again like tomorrow? i don't think so. take a look at the last 12 hours on storm team 4 radar. you notice all of the moisture moving up. we went from rain to sleet and then over to snow. most locations picking up around six inches including around the d.c. metro area. some locations back to the west frederick county virginia and maryland picking up close to a foot of snow. now it's the cold that's setting in. it will be one cold night. a windchill advisory for areas in the west. loudoun county, northern falk eyer. even if we don't have that advisory s be a very cold morning when you wake up. 15 d.c. 7 gaithersburg feels like 1 in hagerstown. the wind is starting to pick up as the colder air moves in.

friday headlines, a rough a.m. commute for sure. if you are driving in a lot of rough roads, frigid day tomorrow. and finally warmer yes. we will finally get warmer over the next couple of days. we have live team coverage. veronica johnson has spoke to v-dot today about its expectations for road conditions tomorrow morning. the roads after the storm stopped a couple of hours ago, they're still pretty bad. >> reporter: they are still pretty bad. that's the thing. this is the intersection of spelt run and lee highway. and in fact the sidewalks are faring a lot better than the actual road. still covered with a lot of slush around here as we made our way over to this area. this is what most of the roads actually look like. in fact i stood out here just a couple of minutes ago. yes, they're slushy. i've got some infrared thermometer where i've been taking a temperature reading. watching the road surface temperature continue to drop. right now actually at around 35 36 degrees. but again, it will continue to

drop as we head up the road toward the north there for the 66 on ramp. you can see cars making their way through, yes, no issues they're going at a fairly decent speed, too. but i think the real problem as we head southbound down lee highway tomorrow morning will be the inclines the ramps, the hills, because this slush, it's going to freeze. it's going to get slick at the very least. how are roads going to fare through virginia tomorrow morning? varks- vdot hopes to accomplish a lot. >> we hope to have all the roads passable by tomorrow morning. once they are plowed then we'll treat it with a salt/sand mix. we're still going to continue to have nearly 4,000 trucks like we had at the height of the storm. >> reporter: and one thing that michael murphy from vdot stresses is that even when those crews get out, clear the main roads, even if you do see plaqueblack

top and it looks slick or shiny, watch your speed, watch your braking. there could be a lot of black ice on even the main roads. veronica johnson reporting from arlington, virginia. >> one of the reasons that the snow's still packed on those roads has to do with the consistency in how this storm really came in doesn't it? >> reporter: exactly. we started early this morning, of course with rain. the crews had a hard time keeping anything chemical wise on the road. then we had the slushy snow then the drier snow that came on top of that. that's one reason why i think we're seeing a lot of slick spots on area roads. it's really getting more and more exactcompacted as the night goes on. that could lead to many issues tomorrow morning. that's right. so what's happening elsewhere around the area let's go to chris lawrence. we continue our live team coverage now in silver spring maryland. chris, i know a lot of folks just tired of being cooped up inside especially if they've got

kids. >> reporter: tired? they past tired like ten hours ago. this was full-on get me out of the house, i don't care how cold it is. they've been counting the hours, which were crawling by. and then they just couldn't take it one more minute. >> it gets a little tiring being cooped up all day. stir crazy. >> reporter: a serious outbreak of cabin fever. what was it like being cooped up all day? >> annoying. very annoying because i had a lot of energy. >> reporter: her dad can attest to that. >> kids are home all day long no school. it gets a little bit tight. >> reporter: so they grabbed marco's leash and took a frigid stroll through silver spring. >> came out just to see what was open. nothing's open. >> reporter: we did find one restaurant. but not whole foods or even the local cvs. >> we need some food and we wanted to check the grocery

store. >> i was trying to get some snacks for my wife and i. maybe some juices and gatorade. >> reporter: come on, even that cod have waited till tomorrow. >> and i wanted to get out of the house. >> reporter: clearly. good news is most stores are going to be back open tomorrow. but nearly everyl in the area that's still closed. look continuing our team coverage is news 4's shomari stone. shomari talked to people who have been dealing with the slick roads in prince george's county. >> reporter: well chris, i have seen salt trucks and, you know a lot of folks out here. and i have still seen people slipping and sliding despite all the snow trucks and snow plows on 92 295, the off ramps and a lot of people need to slow down because some folks are still getting in accidents. what was it like on the roadway? >> quite messy. >> reporter: robert mahoney has had a rough drive home in prince george's county. after today's snowstorm. >> i would think the roads would

be much clearer, you know with all the trucks you see. >> reporter: except there's a problem. the temperature is dropping by the hour. and roadways are freezing in some spots. take a look. these cars got in an accident on the snow covered 295 off ramp to the wilson bridge. accidents and frozen roads worry cab drivers. >> comemute is going to be crazy tomorrow morning. >> reporter: we saw salt trucks on interstates as these cars backed up. we've heard of salt trucks the and plows, this is a dirt truck that is now a snow truck. what do you mean by that? >> just load the truck up with snow and dump it off, get it out of the roads. >> reporter: while crews work overnight, you might be a little surprised. robert mahoney wants powder. >> i love the snow. it doesn't matter to me. i love to drive. >> reporter: more snow i don't think so quite frankly, i'm sick of it. now if you have to travel make sure you give yourself plenty of

time. live in oxon hill i'm shomari stone. you won't see any metrobuses on the street tonight. metro suspended bus service at 9:00. it is not expected to resume until 4:00 tomorrow morning. even thoen,en it will operate on what they call a moderate snow plan. that means businesses will avoid hilly and narrow streets and other areas that might cause a problem. we hope you'll stay with news 4 for the very latest on the winter weather. we'll post updates oton nbc washington app and on our website and be sure to catch news 4 today tomorrow morning for the very latest on the road conditions closings and delays. harrison ford the actor, is expected to fully recover after he was forced to crash land his airplane. apparently harrison is a pretty experienced pilot. he was flying a vintage world war ii era training plane when he reported that his engine lost power. he landed on fairway. the golfers rushed to help him before the paramedics arrived.

harrison ford is 72 years old now. his son tweeted tonight, quote, dad is okay. battered but okay. he is every bit the man you would think he is. he is an incredibly strong man. new at 11:00, the wiehle reston east center is back open after flames were seen on the tracks. flames were seen under an out of service rail car. only the operator was on board at the time. a fire stand people broke while firefighters were putting out the flames. this caused water to flood the platform. metro ran fairfax connector buses between the spring hill station and the wiehle reston east station. >> there's still no word on what sparked a massive fire that started in the garage of a house in bowie. it's on rustic hill drive. the woman inside that house got out with her dogs before the firefighters showed up.

on the way responding to the call one of the fire chief's vehicle slid off an icy road and hit a tree. nobody was hurt in that incident or in the fire. new at 11:00 tonight the hunt is on for two men who robbed d.c.'s only head shop. the guys walked into the island dyes head shop on h street northeast about 3:30 this afternoon. they robbed the place at gunpoint. they got away with cash. no one was injured. the shop sells mostly smoking pipes. the robbery was captured by the store's surveillance camera. passengers on the edge of disaster on a snow-filled runway at an airport. why landings at this airport can be tricky even in perfect conditions. >> i just knew that i was in the most excruciating pain of my entire life. >> the boston bombing survivor

says the one thing she wants from the man alleged in that

the moment of the explosion i was already on the ground. i'd already been thrown back. and i had no idea what was going on. i just knew that i was in the most excruciating pain of my entire life. >> that's boston marathon bombing victim rebekah gregory talking about that day in april almost two years ago. she lost a leg in the attack. gregory was one of the first survivors to take the witness stand in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev in boston this week. >> i want him to look in the eyes of the people that he hurt

that day. and so i kept looking at him hoping that i could just catch his eyes one time. and he would not look at me. not once. >> tsarnaev is facing 30 counts in the bombings that killed three and injured hundreds more. that trial resumes on monday. video from inside delta flight 1086 tonight rather calm exodus after that plane skidded off the runway up in new york. cancellations for tomorrow are already stacking up at laguardia. >> it's clear the city is still shaken by how dangerously close that plane came to ending up in flushing bay. the plane slid into an embankment halfway down the runway. other pilots had reported good breaking conditions but laguardia's notorious for difficult landings even when snow isn't falling. tonight passengers are describing what they experienced. >> it started skiing then it hit the side of the rail and then went 400 yards. next thing we knew it came to a

halt. we all kind of went forward. it was definitely an experience that we'll be able to talk about. >> only five of the 130 people on board were taken to the hospital. they all have minor injuries. weather also created havoc on air travel all over. according to flightaware.com, 150 flights scheduled to leave bwi marshall were canceled. we talked to one traveler whose flight landed safely but took longer than normal because of the weather. >> we circled the airport for, i think they said it was about 45 minutes, trying to get a spot in line to come land. then when we finally landed we sat on the runway for another hour or so. >> another 134 incoming flights also were canceled. >> so many problems and challenges created by this weather. doug it's march. tell us it's almost over. >> it's almost over. and this time i haven't had good news for you guys in a while.

we really have had a lot going on. beer we're now over 18 inches of snow and 35 out at dulles. so yeah we're done. we're above average. let's just stop it right there. today, though this is what was going on down at dupont circle. i've got to make it out to one of these snowball fights. if they can just have it on a weekend, it would be great. early on the snow was great for packing as it was a nice wet snow early. as the wind came in it quickly became powdery. great shot there hit our camera lens. we saw a few more snow showers move through earlier this evening, but take a look at 12 hours ago, the heavy, heavy snow coming down at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. there's the actual cold front, arctic front coming through. that is also through. so what's left behind? it's the cold. and we are going to get very cold. especially for the month of march. i think we'll set records tonight. breezy conditions too. so it's not going to be

superwindy but even a light breeze 5 to 10 miles per hour. we get a windchill. brutal. 18 martinsburg, 18 in gaithersburg. these are the actual temperatures. but we do have the windchill advisory howard county montgomery loudoun, fauquier d.c. and the south and east still cold in those areas too. let's show you the windchills the feels-like temperatures. everybody in the single digit. tomorrow 6 below in hagerstown 1 below in manassas and 2 when you step out the door at 7:00 a.m. good things the kids won't be at the bus stop. 11 clm, still only 12 in d.c. let's just call it a frigid friday. but here's the good news. cold across the entire eastern two-thirds of the country. that leaves the cold air moves away and then we get quite warm. we talk much more about this on

our facebook page our nbcwashington page as well. if you want to learn more about the warm weather and how long it might stick around. tomorrow morning 14 in d.c. 9 in leesburg. the record low at dulles is 15. we'll shatter that. the record low at d.c. is 10 degrees. we could get close to that too. i do think we'll break a couple record bun at dulles bwi and d.c. tomorrow a high of only 27. 47 on sunday. we're moving in the right direction. then let's go to 50 on monday. that believe it or not, is still below average. so let's go above average. 53 on tuesday, 59 on wednesday, and take a trip with me back to the 60s, 64 degrees coming up on thursday. >> just think how popular you'll be soon. >> thank goodness, because i'm not getting -- i'm getting a -- >> not a whole lot of love right now. thank you, doug. >> snow did not stop some maryland lawmakers from heading

to work today. they talked about a bill that was introduced after a news 4 i-team investigation. the legislation could affect any new home buyers in the state. our report showed how some viewers had their entire down payment seized on potential new homes after they lost their financing. the bill aims to keep that from happening to other people but opponents worry that the legislation is just too broad. >> just very simply takes out the ability of anyone to buy a new home for cash. >> we work with good faith with them and think that we can come up with a resolution and something that will protect our consumers. >> we'll update you when the bill goes to a vote and the i-team has more on how home buyers can protect themselves right now with expert legal advice. this saturday's nbc 4 all-state community shred has been canceled because of the snow. we will share a new date on our website and our facebook page when it is rescheduled.

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this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. jason has sports and the caps have the blues. >> yes. that is absolutely right, vance. no alex ovechkin tonight for the capitals. ovechkin missing tonight's game due to a lower body injury he suffered tuesday night at columbus. head coach barry trotz said after the game that ovechkin is listed day-to-day. take away the most productive goal scorer in the entire league. the capitals holding salute to

military night wearing those camo jerseys during warm-ups. first period action just three minutes in. the newest member of the capitals that's curtis glencross making his presence felt. scoring his first goal as a cap. top shelf. third period now. scary moment. big hit on the boards. it's the referee who actually goes down. he'd had trouble getting up. down on the ice a few seconds later the play continued on the other end. braden holtby makes a nice save but the caps can't clear it. how about that? minnesota, jay conpom nson pominville. he evens up the game at 1. the capitals turning it over in their zone. it's pominville again. second goal of the game. he beats holtby. and that's it. 2-1, the wild take it. that would be your final score. now the capitals back at it this saturday when they host buffalaseball now. the nationals playing their first spring training game

against the mets. max scherzer getting the action today. not too bad of an outing. the $210 million pitcher. first inning second batter infield fly. ryan zimerman coming in to make a nice grab. top of the second inning. some trouble. scherzer facing john mabry jr. he takes him deep. scherzer went two innings today gave up one run on 29 pitches. after the game he was pleased with his outing. >> been working hard for the past several months. so it's nice to get out there and actually get on the mound and actually pitch in the game. i thought for the most part i was able to get the ball to the side of the plate that i wanted to. for me i'm happy on how i went out theri felt. sarasota the o's trying to pick up their first win of spring training. taking on the blue jays.

strikes out carrera here. gonzalez no runs allowed. bottom of the third, been a long time since we've seen this guy. two on for chris davis. crush the back. that is a three-run homer. the o's take a 3-0 lead. they go on to win this game 5-0 is your final score. college basketball a couple of teams in action tonight locally. american beats lehigh the quarter finals of the patriot league tournament they'll play colgate on sunday. katherine winners over alverne ya. congratulations to both of those.

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