anne arundel schools on delay. >> and montgomery. that list expected to continue to grow. keep your eye on the bottom of the screen. >> we'll post it on our facebook payment and website as well. stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. watch out, watch out. he's sliding, he's sliding. >> it's so icy that once they go down the hill, they slide into one another. >> the tow truck hat stopped and he's jamming it. there's no way through. >> you can see there's a lot of confusion. cars are slipping and sliding

all over the place. it's been a frustrating and stressful 12 hours now. >> a lot of folks trying to make it home. in some case many of you still on the roads. it's 5:01. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's check in with melissa mollet. >> it's a major mess. right now as aaron and eun just mentioned, a lot of folks still trying to make it home. this is the evening commute spilling over. look that. we are jammed there. a six-mile backup. bottom of the beltway, inner loop, outer loop. inner loop also has the right side blocked because of crash there. beltway at telegraph also not looking so hot burke the top of the beltway at connecticut, that's started to ease up quite a bit here in the past 20 minutes or so. you can see here, the outer loop at connecticut, we still have a police car on the scene of the

earlier crash. things are loosening up quite a bit. outer loop at old georgetown, we have a stalled vehicle. things are still icy. bottom of the beltway, you want to avoid that. that's just going to get worse as folks start heading out and adding to the mess. chuck? >> all right. thanks, melissa. team coverage of all the winter weather problems continues now. the blizzard watch is posted through the afternoon into saturday. heavy snow and wind. i showed you this just a second ago. i told you i'd detail out where the winners and losers are depending where you like snow. first snow likely at 4:00 or 5:00 tomorrow at the metro. earlier than that across central virginia. by 11:00 tomorrow night, a solid 3 to 6 inches of snow likely in the metro friday night. by the time you wake up saturday morning, a solid foot or more of snow across the metro except for

southernmost maryland. that's going to be the issue. how much the rain/snow line irks toward metro. as much as 25 or 26 inches out across parts of the shenandoah and blue ridge. here's our forecast. most of the metro, and the real issue is a solid 18 to 24 inches. there could be blowing and drifting. could have 3 to 5 feet before all is said and done. highways and roadways are likely to be closed. it's going to be a long lasting impact. this morning roads are icy in spots. temperatures way below freezing. today will be the day to get things done. we'll detail the high temperatures and talk more about the impact of the storm in a few. >> thank you, chuck. take a look at this scene here.

many of you had to deal with slippery roads. these are people push cargo up the hill. tires are skidding. there's just no traction it was bad out there. b.w. told us they did not pretreat roads in virginia because it was too cold to make a difference at that point. all right. we've got new school closings just into the newsroom. we just learned arlington county schools are closed. so are schools in prince william county. fairfax is opening two hours late though. schools in montgomery, prince george's and cal vert county are on a delay. spots vain yarks stafford, and king george counties are all opening two hours late. lex ya, falls church, fredericksburg, manassas city, and manassas park city schools all on on a two-hour delay. the federal government thus far is open right now. we're putting all the closures

on the nbc washington app. i tweeted them myself. they're also scrolling on the scene as well. d.c. public schools went on a two-hour delay, so add that to your list. d.c. public schools now on a two-hour delay. "storm team 4" meteorologist telling us we're going get at least 2 feet of snow. so far we know the city has 20 new plows in its fleet this year. the mayor has already asked the national guard for some vehicles and she's ready to ask for more help if it's needed. a reminder, if a snow emergency is declared in the district do, not park on the snow emergency routes. 'll probably get a big fine and get towed too. governor larry hogan says they're ready for the big blizzard. state agencies are coordinating all available resources to clear

the roads and manage potential incidents. >> salt on hand because we've had a very mild winter so far. all the gase are champing at the bit to plow some snow because they haven't been overworked and they're ready for the big one. >> the maryland emergency agency is ready with local responders for any issues related to the storm. while maryland sayless it's ready for the snow, delays in contracts of independent plows are raising concerns. some are worried there won't be enough to clear the streets. they say sha has been working for several days to clear up concussion related to requirements for the contractors. that's a big relief for contractors and residents who depend on them to clear the road. >> metro depen penpending on th. they can run trains in up to six inches of snow.

anything ore eight inches above ground, service could be stopped for that. metrobus could see delays or suspension of service if roads are too dangerous. a live look at the conditions at reagan national airport. some morning arrivals, some of them have been canceled as we understand it, but there are no changes to flights that are leave dca. at dulles, there are no cancellation or delays right now. flights also running as scheduled at b.w./marshall. you want to check on arrivals and departures at the airport. >> all morning we've been showing you video and pictures of people stuck on the roads and very messy conditions. charlie gischler joining us with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's the latest?

>> we're salting. the crews are out. what turned out to be a dusting turned out to be a little more. we need to bring in extra resources. some are experiencing being stuck in traffic themselves. it's kind of counterproductive at this point, but they're out there treating. they're making progress on the highway snoorks charlie, we know there were issues particularly on the beltway overnight with some pretty bad accidents. you do have any roads right now that are closed or you may have to close in the near future? >> i don't think there's anything that's closed but there are a couple of crashes on the prince county side down toward

indian head highway, we're currently assisting the police to get the lanes open so we can get treatment of the highways. >> we're hearing from a lot of people. they're tweeting us and asked why weren't some of the roads pretreated. some people, it took six hours and some still stuck in it this morning. >> yeah. we have to plan our pretreatment and overall response in accordance with the forecast we get. the forecast we received was it was supposed to be a dusting in some arias, nothing too significant. again, we have to base it on what was predicted when it comes in. >> charlie, we're out of time but we may want to try to call you back. i want to ask you about the next storm and how you will handle that. keep your phone nearby. appreciate it. >> you've got it. >> charlie gischlar. thank you, charlie. one person is dead after being hit by a snow plow. being hit by a snow plow.

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top of the beltway, slowdowns, bottom of the beltway, slowdowns. this is the outer loop of colesville. this looks to me like people are pulled over or trying to get off at colesville. hard to tell. they vlkt moved in quite a while. it's possible they're trying to move. here, the beltway, a six-mile backup. beltway at telegraph road, you can see some of that volume there. again, a lot of ice at the bottom of the beltway. at george tourng stalled vehicle there. this, metrobus snow plan in effect. some routes toward others suspended. chuck? >> thanks, melissa. a lot of icy spots on the roads here early this morning.

temperatures way below freezing, so anywhere in the metro area, be on the lookout for icy patches. if the roads look wet, assume it is ice. temperatures are in the mid-20s right now. very, very cold conditions. once you get the sun up, things will improve rapidly. by the time you're coming home at 6:30, clear skies. temperatures at or above freezing. road impacts. many icy spots this morning. use extreme caution. tomorrow, dangerous travel moves in late in the afternoon and travel on saturday will be nearly impossible. almost every mode of transportation driving, flying, on the rails will be ground to a halt or nearly impossible on saturday. we'll show you the snow amounts in ten minutes. >> thank you, chuck. this just in. howard county schools on a two-hour delay. and the headache continues as you look live at the beltway

and st. george's county. all lit up with a lot more traffic than we typically see. a lot more of that because of the awful conditions folks ran into. the latest on the

this just into our newsroom. charles county is closed. we keep getting school closings in. we'll keep updating. i posted it on my facebook page as well. we're on a major blizzard watch. we're working to get you ready before the storm gets here. here are four things before you head out, especially about shoveling. you have to dress appropriately. dress in light layers that are easy to remove and don't restrict your movement. be sure to wear the proper boots that give you traction and

frostbite can sneak in, so make sure you're covered. shovel with a nonstick surface. spray it with a lubricant to prevent liftinpr prevent sticking. avoid picking up heavy snow. maintain good posture to keep your feet shoulder windown't apart. use those legs, bend those knees. when is the best time to shovel. we decided to ask you when you start shoveling. >> when i'm home, i try to go out every three hours. if i'm not home and working, then you do what's there. >> maybe every inch, every half hour, hour, so you don't have to keep doing it all the time. >> i think that's a good plan. make sure you're not waiting till the very end. more tips on how to shovel, be sure to check out the washington app. 5:15.

you won't get a ticket if you don't immediately shovel your your sidewalk. now "news4" has lernd that no tickets will be written this stornl. warnings will be handed out instead. the cities say the tickets have not been printed. when the law goes intodió effec the homeowners will receive a $25 ticket and businesses will get a $150 tirkt for unshoveled sidewalks. our coverage continues with molette green on the wide row wilson bridge. molette, it's rough out there. >> reporter: we're following the nightmare out here. let me step out of the way. you can see the traffic nightmare coming off the bridge from virginia into maryland. just a parking lot of tractor trailer trucks there. now, traffic is rolling along at a slow clip for those going from maryland into virginia. "first4 traffic" has been all over the scene this morning.

we're at the exit ramp just off the beltway and the major roadways getting here were fiechbl 695, 295, no issues on the road. of course, the beltway issues continue for many folks. many of them sitting in this traffic for hours and hours and getting quite sleepy and it's just been a nightmare for a lot of people who need to get where they're going this morning safely. that is the latest live near the will sow bridge. back to you. >> all right, molette. thank you. it is 5:21. we want to go back to the phone. we have the city administrator, rashad young on the phone. rashad, are you there? >> yes, i am. >> can you reveal what you've been doing since you got the snow overnight? >> absolutely. we've been in active deployments all evening and all night. our crews have been working with

plows, spreading salt, major arterials on our secondary roads, getting them clear and passable. our crews continue to work throughout the night and will be working this morning to get residentials clear and treated. we've been doing this since yesterday evening. >> looking ahead, we're looking a monster storm on friday. what are you doing to make sure roads are passable and roads are safe? >> absolutely. we're gearing up before the storm came yesterday evening for a full deployment with all of our resources. we have additional contract resources for the storm on friday and saturday. we have resources in case we actually have to remove snow from district streets and

transport it to a different location. we're working with all of our resources across the district to make sure we're as prepared as possible. we' the mayor will talk about that later this morning. we will be be declared to talk snow emergency, prepared to talk a state of emergency chrk will allow us national resources. we've got the national guard on standby. they're giving us our first equipment so navigators can respond to the storm this weekend. >> we have to go right now. rashaad young from the d.c. government. stay with us. we have a lot of questions about what happened yesterday and frustrated commuters. we'll try to check in later. rashaad young. >> sure, sure, thank you. >> let's check in with chuck bell and the "storm team 4" forecast. >> today we're dealing with

iciness left over from the little ail ber tall clipper last night. it was 307b8 inches of snow at the national airport but with the grould frozen late night, it was impop to see how much of an impact three quarters of an inch of snow could leave. today is the dayo get things done. heavy snow tomorrow afternoon. crippling and historic storm. blizzard watches are out for the entire d.c. metro area. likely to be updated to a blizzard warning. the difference, one difference. the winds. if you could have winds sustained at 30 miles an hour or hire, which i think we could do with this storm, that's what qualifies it as a blizzard. 30 to 45 miles an hour. looks line winds could be in the 40 to 55-mile-per-hour range. this is going to be a very hard wallop of snow.

i'll show you different come pouter outputs. this is our local model. 16 inches at national airport. out toward the blue ridge, more than two feet of snow. that's model number one. model number two. the american model gives 19 inches at national airport. notice the trend. heaviest amounts at i-95. 30 inches at winchester, lower achlts of the rain/snow mix. still, a significant storm. the european model, 23 inches at national airport and a solid foot at st. mary's county. it will probably be between 6 and 12 inches of snow. out toward the blue ridge where it's all snow all the time, snowfall amounts will be extreme. potentially as mu as 12 if we can maximize the snow in

southern maryland. could do 18 down there. a quick check of your seven-day forecast. snow tomorrow and saturday and a lot of it. you will be digging out sunday and monday. a little chance of inclement weather on tuesday. melissa mollet, what an ugly commute this morning. >> it is nasty. this is one of those days you want to stay home and not deal with it. beltway at barnabas, this is the outlook. we have a six-mime backup, bottom of the beltway. national harbor. a six-mile backup. inner loop, a four-mile backup. you want to avoid this. you can still head out to work without an issue. it's going to be slow. take an alternate. take a look at the bottom of the beltway. those very icy conditions. still some ice kplanlts coming from the top of the beltway out through connecticut avenue as well. snow plan, moderate service snow plan. detours. others suspended. i want to show yu now some video

taken this morning in northwest washington. driving in here. just the roads a little bit packed, a little bit slick, a little bit nasty. you have to be careful this morning when you head out. it is nasty no matter where you go. some of these roads were not treated and they're very yucky. this is the northwest. lots of cross coverage. you're going to have to dust your car off. it is slippery, especially on the back roads. eun? >> thank you, melissa. it's 5:27. we're following a developing story out of rockville. >> a tent set on fire. "news4's" erika gonzalez has more from the newsroom. >> aaron, eun, they t police are calling this a homicide. we got word somebody set a tent on fire on randolph. it happened shortly after

midnight. police say a man trapped inside died. according to fire investigators, several cars, also caught fiefrmt it's not clear whether that is back open right now. it looks far away now, but that little bit of pink you see west of memphis, that's about to wreak havoc on us.

5:31. welcome back to "news4 today." >> we're taking a look at the vdot. this is in maryland. the right-hand side of your screen. you can see cars are just moving at a very slow pace. >> if at all. >> yeah. it looks like a park lot. this has been the frustrating situation all night and now into the morning. >> somebody ask on twitter, how do we know that these people have been stuck from last night? we don't know that for a fact but traffic never dissipated from last night. it's still moving. you don't expect to see that at 5:30 in the morning, right, melissa? >> you don't expect to see the evening commute at 5:30 in the morning that. is all traffic headed into maryland this morning. it is nasty and where molette green is right now. we have a report of three new

crashes -- five new crashes actually. we have the center of this roadway blocked. we're going try to get a chopper over that to see what's going on. we have a problem at inner loop central avenue and outer loop near river road. they just popped up. penn south, 120, four minutes bhiechbl behind. chuck, please tell me you have better news. i'm the most hated woman in the world right now. >> and i'm the most hated man. the problem is it came down during rush hour and it's nearly impossible to treat roads when there's already stopped traffic on it. and the ground because of our cold snap was frozen solid. today is preparation day. give it a little time. temperatures will be go above freezing today so that little

clipper will be nothing but a memory. snow moves in tomorrow. whiteout conditions on sar. the digout starts on sunday. it won't take sunday. it will take two or three days to dig it all out. it's cold this morning. if you look and see a sheen on the road, that's probably ice. temperatures in the 20s. tomorrow, problematic. crippling levels of impact for friday and saturday into sunday. it looks like moderate impacts will continue on into tuesday as well for next week. when i see you in a few more minutes w'll bre minutes, we'll break down how long it's going last. >> we pulled the maps down. wi woodrow wilson. still stuck.

last night made it a real mess. >> let's check in live with megan mcgrath who's leave in chevy chase along longfellow place. what are you seeing right now, megan? >> reporter: well, guys, folks have been having difficulty overnight on the major roads, which have been having more challenges. you can see there's been some pretreatment here. we've got some chunks of salt here and obviously a plow has gone through. still, slippery areas going along this hill. we have slick conditions. the bigger problems is going to be areas that have not been treated or seen any plow action like right here. this is the entrance to a private drive. the homeowner at the end of the drooev

drive is going to have slick conditions. normally you say a half inch, what's the big deal here. well, it's so cold out and there were a lot of situations where there wasn't any pretreating done, it froze to the ground. i was on clal hill. that was one of the areas that was worse this morning. basically once you got off the main roads in capital hills, there was a thin layer of slippery ice. i have four-wheel drive. i was in the lowest lock mode and still slipping around a bit. folks are going to want to take it easy out there. major rhodess, connecticut avenue, that's in decent shape, although there's snow along the sides. suitland park, i drove through there this morning. take it easy. it's still tough out there. back to you all in the studio. all of those tough conditions causing a lot of our school closures and delays today. we're updating this

continuously. charles county schools are closed today. so are arlington and prince william schools. we heard from d.c. schools not long aeg. fairfax, montgomery county, and prince george's all opening two hours late. in maryland, st. marries, calvert, and anne arundel opening late. stafford, king george also delayed by two hours. studentses in alexandria, falls church, fredericksburg, and manassas city, manassas city park schools also on two hour f hour dlags. the federal government is now open. we're going to put a list of closures. they've been scrolling all throughout the morning. back to you. >> thank you. it is now 5:37. a state trooper in virginia is recovering this morning after being hit by a van while working

the scene of a crash. this happened during rush hour last night in northern virginia on 495. the trooper was responding to a two-car crash when the van swerved to avoid hitting a car and struck him. he was taken to fairfax hospital and is expected to be okay. you'll want to download the washington, d.c. app. the huge blizzard is on its way. the d.c. schools already say they'll be closing early tomorrow. loudoun county schools rescheduled some weekend events to today. owe need to watch those on the road, including 20 new trucks. >> first respoernlds are going to be working overtime these next few days. firefighters, police officer, and ems crews in northern virginia are preparing for the

worst but they're asking for patience once this storm hits. >> we don't have marriage powers to deal with it. >> they're working. . they say one thing to do is clear. wssc says it's ready for the upcoming storm. preparations are under way to act quickly on any water main breaks. they've been testing mobile equipment. there's been salt and breaks. report any water main breaks you report as soon as upon. d.c. wants you to keep the water flowing through. a few remiernlds to prevent your pipes from freezing. wrap them. insulate them. the flow of water will prevent your pipes from freezing.

open up your cabinets in your kitchen and bathroom, especially if your cabinets are on an outside wall. run water through your pipes. let's give you an idea what you're dealing with. snow, ice in only place. here's a look at chevy chase where a lot of roads are slippery this morning. >> we'll be right back with a closer look at some of the problems around the beltway and your full forecast of

4:42 your time right now. we're continue to develop breaking news around the storm we just had and the one that's still to come. another one, this time a closing to tell you about. alexandria schools are closed today adding to a number of schools. just about all have reported a closing. we have that left scrolling on the bottom of your screen and facebook as well. >> roads are probably a big reason they're closing. let's check in with melissa mollet. >> that's a big part of the delay. take a look. you can see as you're headed to the woodrow wilson bridge, inner loop, very, very slow. a five-mile backup. 595 north. we have good delays headed

northbound and southbound also quite slow as you're pass 3g 2 this morning. inner loop at central avenue, we have the left side of the roadway blocked. icy conditions and a jam. outer lane, river rod, redline blocked as well we have a disabled train. as far as travel times duo, they're not so hot this morning. some of them are okay. 66 and 95 also rolling along just fine. again, if i showed you travel times, you wouldn't want to see it. higher than we can count here this morning. chuck? >> i can count pretty high. >> than you'd want to count. >> absolutely. bus stop conditions. slipperiness out there. the kids do have to go to school. again, we have a lot of delays and school closures as well. our nbc washington app has all the latest as well as our nbcwashington.com websites. go there. it's scrolling on the bottom of the screen.

by later this afternoon, plenty of sunshine, at or above freezing today. that's welcome news because it looks like a food to two feet or more on the way tomorrow. i'll time out the arrival to let you know what to do and when to do it. see you in ten. >> chuck, thank you. it's 5:44. let's take a look at the roadways still unfolding. a lot of you just getting home from last night's commute. this is a look at the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic is finally moving, at least on one side. >> still slowly. >> still slowly. >> still

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big things and other things causing problems in the roadway. chuck? >> heavy snow. blinding conditions are expected on saturday afternoon. i'll let you know when the worst of the snow is going to be falling coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, chuck. all right. it's now 5:48. let's check back in with "news4's" molette green on the woodrow wilson bridge. we've been seeing the video. traffic is on a standstill. is it moving now? looks like there was some movement earlier. >> only the traffic going from maryland into virginia is actually moving, eun. and at a slow pace as you can see behind me here. take a look. you can see the scene here. it's not going very fast and they're not getting where they're going any time soon. as far as the traffic from virginia into maryland. that's at a complete standstill. it's just a sea of tractor

trailers looking like a parking lot. there is a bit of good news i can share with you. i saw a come of salt trucks head headeding there. hopefully that will relieve some of the pain from the beltway nightmare this morning that's taking a lot of folks by surprise. hopefully we can see an easeup in the jam on the beltway into maryland. that's the latest live from the scene. back to you. >> mollet greene. thank you. thousands of senior citizens will have too depenlds on others during the snowstorm. this week they started going door to door to make sure this residents are ready. social workers say while most

are prepare for the cold, some seniors need immediate help. >> if somebody's experiencing a medical emergency or there's a food crisis in the home. >> now, the district has 2,000 volunteers ready to shovel sidewalks for the seniors and also making sure they have food once the storm hits. washington's top five snowstorms have had 17 inches of snow. >> the most recent being snowmaggedon on february 5th and 6th of 2010. that time was similar to what we're tracking this week. here's video that knocked out hundreds of thousands that left many schools closed for days. the biggest snowstorm on record was 94 years ago when 28 inches of snow fell on january 27th and 28th in 1922. this storm was called the

knickerbocker storm as heavy snow caused the roof collapse of the knickerbocker theater in washington, d.c., unfortunately killing 9 8d and injureding 133 people. many people remember the blizzard of '96. i know i do. a nor'easter brought two waves of snow bringing at least 10 inches. flooding occurred because of warm temperatures leading to fast snowmelt. the other top two snow events had 20 inches and 19 inches. for more, open up our washington app and search "biggest snowstorm." as the area brace for the big storm, the university of maryland closes tomorrow. there will be people on hand to assist new students moving in and students will head back to class on monday unless you hear from us. they're making their final checks ahead of the storm. they'll review the plan and preparations today. he'll head to the county's sal

barn. they're going to be busy. they want to keep you safe during the upcoming snowstorm, you want to keep your speed down. use your headlights even during the day time. maybe you still need to slow down. you need to keep that braking significant. make sure your windshield wipers are good, too, and you have the good tire pressure. make sure you buckle up. president obama's motorcade wasn't match for the snowfall. take a look at the lights there. it took an hour to get from the joint base andrews to the white house. the presidential suvs and others slid along with the others and

passed several crashes along the way. here's breaking news. melissa mollet. bottom of the beltway is our biggest problem right now. inner loop acosta area, a five-mile backup. that's where melissa mollet is for us right now. beltway and temple hills showing us how nasty this is. the left side of the roadway is blocked. again, these icy conditions are here. indian head highway slow getting in. you don't have to worry about any major issues there right now. looking pretty typical going 27 miles per hour right now. redline delays, right now, single tracking between silver spring and forest glen. chuck, tell me you have better news. >> i have better news. we're going to be above freezing

and sunshine and that half an inch will be gone by 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon and today is the day to get things done because things go downhill quickly tomorrow. coming up in a few minutes we'll be on facebook live answering any questions we kchlt outside, indeed. here's a look at it. here's future weather. snow already moving into the area. the heaviest of the snow, i think, will occur early saturday mannering between kk in the morning and noon on saturday. that's when we'll have the highest snow fall accumulate rate. could even have thundersnow. that's always a sign you could have an enormous amount of snow. thundersnow possible tomorrow morning into tomorrow afternoon. things will wind down after about mieblt saturday night into sunday morning. how much snow on average. somewhere between 10 inches in southern maryland to as much as

34 3 33 inches and more. snow drifts between 3 and 5 feet. the wind will be howling tomorrow. the impact will last for days. here's our forecast. i updated it just a smidgen here to go 8 to 18 inches in southern maryland. it looks like a solid 18 to 24 or more. what you need to do before tomorrow evening gets here. gas up your car. if you have a generator, gas it up. have extra food, extra water. any prescription medication, get those things done today. plan on being snowed in from night night until monday morning at the earliest. it may even take longer than that. the snow begins around here during the early afternoon tomorrow. somewhere between 1:00 and 3:00, 4:00, depending where you live. could have as much as three inches on the ground. what to expect saturday during this? heavy snow and high winds. whiteout conditions.

roads will be virtually impassible. plus you shouldn't be on it anyway. leave it to the plous and emergency vehicles. the winds will be extreme. 40 to 50 miles an hour. it will make travel nearly impossible. if you're trying to fly out of town, get on a plane first thing today or monday or tuesday when things go back to normal. but this is going to be a hard hit, you guys. >> all right. chuck bell. we'll check back in with you. a story you'll only see on "news4." "news4's" erica gonzalez has more on that from the news room, erika. fbi says andrea turk doctored one of her employee's time sheets giving her employer extra overtime pay and then insisting the employee funnel

the money back to turk. turk was fired when they became aware of the details of the case. this is far from the only federal case involved doctored time sheets. the "news4" i-teem found 60 so-called time and attendance proud case costing taxpayers more than a million dollars. the fight to keep open laurel regional hospital continued today. local leaders are holding a round table discussion in annapolis. both laurel and prince george's county residents are urged to attend that meeting. that's happening today at 3:30 in the afternoon at the low house office building in annapolis. >> thanks, erika. we're looking at a live look at colesville road. we're seeing trouble spots and we're going snow you next on "news4" at 6:00.

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you heard it before. pack your patience. after a frustrating evening commute, you're waking up to more trouble on the roads. >> our crews are spread out throughout the d.c. areas, tracking the problems we're

seeing to help you make it to work safely today. right now a lot of delays all over our area, however, the federal government right now is operating on time today. schools, a whole different story. >> very different story. we have all the delays on the nbc washington app and scroll on your screen right now. fairfax county schools just closed. you see that update there. arlington, prince william, and charles county schools are closed. so are the schools in alexander. >> if your child goes to school in d.c., montgomery county or prince george's, they're on a two-hour delay. >> spotsylvania, stafford, and king george counties in georgia are also delayed. schools in . breaking news on the