horn half of the metro system is above ground. metro couldn't put an exact number on the financial loss from the storm, but it is definitely expensive. >> it will impact obviously you think of all the labor and contractors that go into this. and the supply, fuel, all of that. so those are big numbers for sure. >> crews are still work to go clear all stops on the silver line in northern virginia.work clear all stops on the silver line in northern virginia. it is 5:00. i'm aaron gilchrist p. >> and i'm eun yang. is this a look from montgomery county where the story is similar in a lot of places. the main roads looking clear, but the side roads are what could cause you problems this morning. >> we have complete team coverage for you as you start to dig out from blizzard 2016. let's start things off with chuck bell. >> good morning, aaron and eun.

coming up on 5:01 in the morning thousan now. freezing rain advisories to the mountains of west virginia. be careful out there this morning. a lot of ice and slushiness around the metro area. but again, a little glazing of freezing rain possible here northernmost maryland. first little wave should dry up, but there is another chance coming here late this afternoon into this evening. current temperatures really a big range. 41 in winchester, but 26 this martinsburg. so a 15 degree difference. most of the metro is at or just above the freezing mark. here is the way the next 24 hours are shaping up depending where you live. upper 20s and low to mid-30s slushy and slippery this morning, light rain this evening, temperatures in the upper 30s and we're watching out for a chance anyway that shall of that could glaze over early again tomorrow morning. bon pers one person out dealing with the elements is tom kierein on the weather deck.

>> when you're out shoveling, want to check the latest forecast with the nbc washington app. many rural areas still look like this. this photo taken yesterday afternoon, round hill, virginia, loudoun county, many of the rule areas are just socked in will with very deep snow. many people who live in that area have very long driveways. it was herculean efforts yesterday that cleared out some of those driveways for many folks. if you have photos, send them to me. p facebook, twitter, we'll share on instragram. melissa, how are the roads? overall we're taking a look at the big picture, beltway, all the main routes into and out of town aring on. want to show you, though, some lesser traveled. of course canal road at chain bridge, a lot of people use it, but we're not talking the same volume as something like 495. so roads like this, you can see we have a pretty good single lane pass through a lot of these roads.

two lanes not happening on all roads. you can see that -- 295 north bound being diverted at benning road because of snow removal. inbound suitland parkway after suitland road, also snow removal blocking the right side. 5:03. and the blizzard of to 20 16 means another day at home if you're a federal employee. lawmakers are not due back until tomorrow. we've told you all federal offices are closed today and like yesterday, emergency and telework employees who are required to work should check with your agency's policies. >> yeah, it's pretty bad, like you don't want to be driving out in this. just not something you want to be out in. i don't know how other people feel, but to me it's pretty dangerous. >> so even though many side streets aren't plowed and main streets are plowed, it's probably not a great idea to be driving if you can don't have

to. a lot of roads are still covered in snow and many of us are telling us -- many of you are telling us that your neighborhood has yet to even see a plow so far. molette green is live in will derwood where people are still trying to dig out. >> reporter: absolutely. it's been three days since the snow stopped and you can't even get down many of the streets in this community. we've been riding around this morning seeing evidence of what is going on. take a look behind me, there is a gas truck that we've been watching for the last 10, 15 minutes. this guy has been stuck in the snow because this is the entrance to the mill creek town community here just off of r redland road. all of this is blocked by this wall of snow. and this guy has had to get in and out of tf of the car shovel do whatever he can to try to clear a path. he tried to get in, there was a report of possible gas issues in

this community. and the worker tried to make his way to address the issue, but thousand he's stuck back will. and this is just one little example. there were worse off communities that we saw where the mountain of snow piles was so bad, not a plow in sight. and we wanted to show you that, but it was too dangerous for to us park our truck and to be able to safely get that video to you because of the conditions in some of these areas out here. so we'll have much more coming up throughout the morning as we stay on top of this snow removal. and also the county executive will be out later today and update us on the effort to get this county back moving again. that's the latest live from derwood. back to you. neighbors in montgomery county are getting frustrated that many roads are still snowed in. emergency officials say the cleanup process will take days. the highway services special operations center working around the clock to clear roads.

d.c. is bringing in trucks to haul snow off the streets. they have made enough progress to send d.c.'s local government back to work today. d.c. public schools are planning to open back up tomorrow. mayor muriel bowser is urging everyone in the strict to use metro if possible. we're expecting another update from her at noon take. . metro started running either first trains of it ter the massive cleanup effort. crews are still working to get the silver line cleared. the orange line is not running between vienna and boston. regular fares back in effect this morning. metrobus is on a severe snow plan. metroaccess starts at noon, but some locations may be inaccessible. if you've been parked in a metro garage through the storm, you have until 9:30 this morning to get out without having to pay. you won't be able to take vre trains today. crews are still work to go restore service. marc trains, the penn line, that

is running on a reduced s schedule. there is no service on the brunswick line to frederick or west virginia. amtrak running on a modified schedule today. but 80% of its normal trips are running today between d.c. and new york. and happening today, the washington auto show opens today. the blizzard canceled the show's opening last week. car lovers now can head down to the washington convention center beginning at noon. the show will run through sunday. so a shortened time period, but enjoy that show and take metz t metro, of course. days after the blizzard, we're still feeling the impact. take a look at canal road at chain bridge. a lot of roads are icy. chuck bell is commuter forecast. and we're working to learn

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developing right now, police are working to track down this man. they're concerned that he is in our area to carry out some kind of threat. they say if you do see adrian daigle, do not roaapproach him call 911 instead. he may be driving a town car with the license plate yxx 278. the death toll from the blizzard continues to rise. 42 people have died. the deaths have happened from car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and heart attacks. at least five of those deaths are in our area. a dozen people died shoveling snow. several others died from carbon monoxide poisoning after being trapped inside snow covered cars. >> just a dangerous blizzard that we have been dealing with.

let's check in with chuck bell to find out more about our forecast. quick heads up for you this morning if you live or traveling towards hagerstown or martinsburg. we do have a freezing rain advisory in those areas, that goes until 11:00 this morning. temperatures are in the mid-20s, throw hid 20s from frederick, maryland out towards martinsburg whereas mostly in the mid-30s in and around town. so if you're traveling out i 68, you may run into iciness. weather impacts today, walking still tough. don't walk in the middle of the road. just stay on the sidewalks. i can't even believe how many people were still walking in the road yesterday afternoon. driving still a lot of snow and ice covered roads. airline travel is getting back to normal, but it's not 100% just yet. so your commuter forecast then for today, some icy and slippery roads around early this morning. light rain showers possible coming our way later today. temperatures today in the 40s. that will help the meltdown for sure. in a few minutes we'll take a

look at when the cold air returns. a couple of problems in alexandria. king street at quaker lane, we have the water main break still leftover from yesterday. westbound king being diverted on to north quaker there. and then route 1 northbound heading into laegs at queen street, all lanes blocked right now temporarily for snow removal. beltway at st. barnabas road, big look at the beltway, you can take a look for a second, look at your route into work. pretty green overall. no major issues right now. if you can stay off the roads probably still a good idea. we'll take a look at metro, hmac vre coming up. it may be something you've never seen before, but and you are about to love this. how it could make all the snow piled up in d.c. vanish.

today in leesburg, vdot will update residents on the snowfall removal operation at 11:00. the vice mayor and chair of the board of supervisors will also be at that news conference. it is 5:17. it's been a couple of days now since the snow stopped falling. and now anger is rising in one fairfax county community. residents are feeling forgotten by the transportation department. you can see there it is just tough to dig out. residents tell us some of the streets are only half plowed, others barely touched. one man we spoke to said he has to get out, but he doesn't have a choice. >> it was a pretty big storm, so i understand if they haven't gotten to the whole street. i'm just out here digging out trying to get to work tomorrow. >> we do have an update from vdot. the agency says its statewide call center number was down

yesterday. v to the says dot says they havf the area cleared. a lot of you having a tough time on neighborhood roads in prince george's county. we asked the county executive and he says it's a big storm and the clearing will take time. and people in new york city's biggest borough are clearing some of their own streets and they aren't happy about it. residents in queens are digging out because they say the plows haven't been in their neighborhoods. close to 30 inches of snow fell in the state last weekend. reads claim mayor de blasio says streets should have been cleared in time for monday's commute, but that didn't happen. de blasio says queens faces challenges because of the small streets. another area slammed by the weekend snow storm, norristown, pennsylvania. a lot of folks had to dig their cars out of mounds of snow. borough leaders have come under

fire for what some say was a snow response failure. more relief on the way to d.c. this morning from central indiana. take a look at this machine. it is a mega snow melter and it's on its way by the special request of d.c. department of homeland security. this thing can melt 60 tons of snow per hour. welcome. >> pretty impressive. >> my thing is where does all the liquid go. >> reagan national just bought a similar thing. coming up on 20 after the hour right now. want to get you caught up on our forecast for the days ahead. >> chuck bell giving us the forecast. shy be worried about this rain/snow thing you're talking about? >> we're keeping a close eye on that for sure because there is a little freezing rain advisory this morning. we could have another little threat for freezing rain coming up late tonight into the pre-dawn hours tomorrow morning.

not a big threat, but any tishl problems on top of all the mess that we already have immediate to keep you ahead of. the snow melt per day, most people still have between 15 and 30 inches of snow on the ground. with temperatures will in the 40s yesterday, today and tomorrow, so with temps near 40, you can expect to lose about 2 to 3 inches of snow per day. and if you have more sunshine or more wind, that actually helps melt the snow all the faster. so it will be a long time before you see green grass in most neighborhoods. here is the freezing rain advisory this morning. washington county, maryland, berkeley county and morgan county in the panhandle of west virginia here this morning, no advisories in and around the metro area. we do have a chance for light rain coming our way later on today. temperatures right now are above freezing in the metro, but the reason the advisory is up here, frederick, hagerstown and martinsburg only in the mid 20s this morning at that little ripple of moisture coming in. any freezing rain at all needs

to be monitored carefully. so today a whole lot of slipperiness this morning. temperatures upper 20s to 30s. lots of melting in by noontime. 44 this afternoon with light rain showers coming in this afternoon and into this evening. here is future weather. 4:00, just hit and miss chance of light rain or drizzle. by 7:00, that will be our best chance for rain. between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. in the metro. and then the rain chance after 10:00 moves down into parts of southern maryland before clearing out. and then tomorrow, by 9:00, all the rain is over, it will be a little breezier tomorrow as colder drier air settled on in. so planning your day out tomorrow, chance of slipperiness in the rural areas, but then clearing skies. temperatures depend near 40 tomorrow, but tomorrow night into friday, another shot of colder air coming. try, but cold, that little snow chance we were watching for thursday, that storm is now going to be staying out to sea. but thursday, friday, saturday mornings, everything will be ice right back up again.

so try and get as much of that stuff off of your driveway and sidewalk as you possibly can. we'll boil it all down to the four things you need to know coming up. for now it's melissa mollet's turn to talk. taking a look at the beltway, take a look at your route in to work. you can see overall the volume here is miss and light. and it should be at this hour. but we're hoping it sort of remain this is way for which of the day. as far as metro goes, no service on the silver line and a situation on the orange line, as well that we'll talk about in a second. rest of the lines running about every ten minutes to 12 minutes. orange line no service today between ballston and vienna, so just a warning for on you that one. marc, bruns womwickbrunswick, cd service. it's 5:23.

developments now surrounding those videos of planned parenthood employees discussing the transfer of fetal tissue. you may remember the conflict kicked up. now the two anti-abortion activists linked to those controversial videos have been indicted on felony charges including tampering with a go. go. record. the woman who became a fixture at the anti-war protest outside the w40hite house has died. her lawyer has confirmed that she died at m street village which is a somewhere for homeless women. the "washington post" says she's believed to be 80 years old. she participated in the protest the past 35 years. juvenile offenders in federal prisons will no longer be held in solitary confinement, president obama announced the ban last night in an op-ed. the president says isolating prisoners can cause long term

psychological effects. happening today, former michigan prosecutor todd flood will begin the independent investigation into the water crisis in flint. the city's water supply is contaminated with lead. levels are so high, lead is now in children's bloodstreams. they switched water sources back in 2014. the national guard and other organizations from around the country are beginning to send treasure water in. >> the trial of a new york city officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in 2014 is under way.jury heard opening statements yesterday in the trial of officer peter leyang. he's accused of firing in to a dark stairwell and violated his training by having his gun out. his attorneys say that he was working in dangerous housing projects and was already upset

when he accidently fired his gun. he's charged with manslaughter. a warning from the world health organization. the agency says it's likely the zika virus will shred to prprea pregnant women here in the united states. the virus can cause a serious birth defect, babies with smaller than usual brains. moss keet to moss kequitos carry the diseas. . blizzard 2016 is over, but the cleanup is just getting started. this is a live look in montgomery county and snow is just piled up. and this morning we're learning we should get an update on the situation there this a matter of hours. a major reminder for those of you who live in d.c., why you want to be mindful of where you park today. and the finalists are in. we'll show you who is in line to get a coveted pat collins snow stick.

the roads may look clear, but be warned. >> you are looking at i-66 in gainesville right now. some of you may be driving in to work for the first time this days this morning. and it could be a slippery commute for you.

>> some of you do have to head to work and our coverage begins with our mooet gueeteorologists continue to work to get you through this blizzard. >> we'll start which i thithing chuck. >> tuesday morning off to a quiet start so far for the metro area, but we do have a breezing rain advisory in northern maryland and parts of the panhandle of west virginia. and this light rain is going eastbound. so the weather service may have to expand that freezing rain advisory into frederick and carroll counties. if that happens, i'll let you know immediately on air and also pushing it out on our nbc washington app. temperatures way below freezing northern maryland. above freezing from washington southbound into southern maryland, so the melting will continue. the next big thing we're watching for comes this evening. light rain moving in this evening overnight tonight into early tomorrow. 2 that might end with a blazing of

freezing rain. so we'll keep a close track on that. so the four things you need to know, slippery and slushy for everybody this morning. late day rain showers coming in. more cold air coming this in, but no big storm. that's what you need to know about the weather. what do you need to do is coming up from tom kierein on the front line. >> and dress warmly. out here on the weather deck under a moonlit sky, the breezes are up a little bit, but you to me your puffy coat as temperatures are down near freezing. four things to today, still need to make sure that you clean off your entire car especially the roof. take breaks while you're shoveling today. clear snow from around your hydrants and make sure you wear sunglasses to avoid snow blindness. post your pictures like tina cole did of her neighborhood in tre frederick, maryland. some areas there got up to 35 inches of snow and you can see the road lead to go her house has yet to be plowed.

that is a common scene areas north and wesz of the mt of the area. we have a brand new problem that just popped up on metro. just heard that as far as the orange line goes, there are now four stations that are unexpectedly not opening. vienna, dunn loring being west falls church and east falls church. ing for to begoing to be a bit an issue for people that may be already there. northbound gw parkway, we're shut down between spout run and the beltway. now not the opening until 6:00. live came are cameras coming up. the cleanup continues today. the question, where are the plows? check this out this, is montgomery county snowplow map. you can access this link through our nbc washington app. many of you tell us the plows haven't even reached your streets yet. molette green is live in derwood

now with a look at some ice-covered streets. first the snow and now the ice overnight. >> reporter: you know people don't care about that map if that map does not show that they have plowed their street. and i'm going to show you, readlaread redland road is the main artery and a salt truck just came by here a couple minutes ago. it eventually turns in to municipal caster. but mill creek town community is right behind us there on roslyn avenue and those folks are stuck in a wall of snow, blocking the entire entrance. we've been watching this gas co-worker for at least, what, 30 minutes now trying to dig out. what was he thinking trying to go town into that community to service the area with all of that snow. i asked him that question and you'll hear his sweet answer coming up. but behind that wall of snow, that is a road, folks, that leads to so many houses. and those people can't get out. they cannot get out. if they get out, they can't get back in as the gas company guy

is finds out. because he is still struggling to make his way out and get on with his day's work. and we want to tell you that the montgomery county executive ike leggett will talk about the success and what is still to come as they try to dig this county out. he's even going to ride along with a plow truck. that will be later on in the day. but in the meantime, many people in this community, in this county stuck in snow. back to you. well, the big digout of course continues in our area and all over the northeast and travel is still a nightmare for so many people. 13,000 flights have been canceled since the blizzard started on friday from laguardia to reagan national, runways are slowly being cleared of snow. parking lots, though, taking a little longer to clear and that means airport employees and passengers are having a hard time actually getting to the terminals. jfk says it is up and running today, the airlines themselves may take a few days to get back

on track. >> for the airline on a whole, it will take a couple days to recover. >> we're still seeing delays and cancellations at our area airports. so again, you know the rule, check with your airline before you head out this morning. digging out from the blizzard of 2016 will take some time. maybe a lot of time. vdot says they just don't have the equipment to deal with this much snow. many of the neighborhood streets in in fairfax county are still buried and we have some residents saying they had to dig out on their own. most neighbors band together and began digs out their streets days before the plows even get there. d.c. remains under a snow emergency this morning, that means no parking on snow emergency routes or you will get a $250 fine and towing fee. the district has already issued nearly 3,000 tickets and towed more than 500 cars. many of those cars can be seen here at the blue plane impound

lot. the district is bwaiving the fe from yesterday but it will be open today. the dmv is relaxing some rules. they have waive the $20 late inspection fee, it's also extending learner's permits. road test cancellation fees will also be waived. we'll put all the information on the nbc washington app. 5:35. are you feeling it? a little sweat, a little fever maybe kicking in? getting harder and harder to sit behind that wall of snow at your house is this cabin fever breaking out all over the raefv. we caught up with people at gallery place, some headed to the wizards game, others just happy to get out of the house. >> it's crazy being indoors after a while. things start bothering you,ç! don't know, out of no reason.

but we made the blizzard happen. >> avoid cabin fever, you got to get out. you don't want to kill your room ha mate. >> the guy you liked so much five days ago. most of the businesses here in the district will begin reopening today and more and more people will venture out i'm betting. >> and you have to come up with creative ways after all the snow. >> that's right. cabin fever is a real thing. and it was also the theme for the pat collins snow stick challenge. >> nearly 2,000 of you showed us how you beat boredom during the storm. and ite's down to the final fou. listen to this, it's toe in the snow. snow swimming with fins. and then the cad burglar in training. very very high tech. and then the swizzle stick snow stick in a nice little cocktail.

pat reveals the winner later today. we had a lot of great entries. a lot of cocktails. >> i bet. trust me, i know. i have a winner out of those four. i won't say who i would vote for. >> most kids are waking up on their third snow day in a row. and kids don't get tired of this, though. they still want the school days off. but why chuck bell says you could go back thursday. florida and the new information just coming in in the search for a missing malaysia airlines plane.

a school employee in iowa has been fired after restraining a special needs student. school officials just released this video of the 20 year veteran using her upper body to press the child against the window of a bus last november. the bus driver was also fired for not stepping in. new information in the search for will ma malaysia air flight 370. they say this sheet of metal is not from the missing plane. the blueprints don't include a piece that look like that. japanese scientists say it came from a rocket instead.

it's just about 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we'll find out more about the forecast. because we really still need to be digging out of this blizzard. >> kids want to -- well, parents want kids to go back to school. i liked going to school. i didn't like snow days. >> oh, come on now. >> i have tdespised the snow since i was old enough to talk about it. >> i'm just glad you're going to iowa to cover the primaries next week. that will be good stuff will. school kids, except for the aaron gilchrists of the world, kids are still happy to be out of school today. 70% chance you won't have to worry about school tomorrow either. by the time we get to thursday, those chances down to only 50% and then maybe down to two hour delays by the time we get to thursday. watching a little chance for freezing rain in northern maryland here early this morning. we'll talk more about that and give you the "7-day forecast" in ten minutes. for now trouble du jour on metro. >> again the orange line

situation, we have four stations that will not be opening. vienna, dunn loring, west falls church and east falls church. a warning for you there morning. taking a look at a new problem here, 70 west at 94, all lanes blocked there in woodbine because of a crash. gchlt gw parkway between spout and beltway shut down the next 20 minutes at least as they remove snow. the beltway, 66 and beltway rolling along just fine. 66 actually coming into town for some reason looks a little slow. back with more on that at 5:51. if you're flying out of dulles this morning, several airlines are trying to go get back on track after blizzard 2016. and this morning we're hearing from passengers affected. we're following a developing story out of california. the manhunt for three inmates continues. and we're learning star telling new details on how they believe

the trio managed to escape. what presidential hopefuls on both sides of the aisle are doing as we count down to the iowa caucuses.

blizzard 2016 still impacting a lot of us here. ice impacts still very dangerous here to this morning. by later this afternoon, temperatures well above freezing, so just slick spots and slushiness. overnight tonight, a little light rain could and wiend with little glazing of icing tomorrow morning. and real slowdowns around town because of snow removal. one of them 66 inbound at nutley, several mile backup because we have only one lane getting by just past that camera. it is now 5:47.

flights are finally taking off after this big blizzard. check out the photo of the national mall. it is a viewer who caught one of the first flights once they started running plenty of plane not taking off today and derrick ward is at the airport where people have been waiting a long time to leave. >> reporter: folks are starting to trickle in here after finding our region to be an unexpected and long layover on their trips elsewhere. dulles is one of the hardest hit, so this is happening all across the region. here at dulles, 132 flights were affected. that's 73 outbound and 59 incoming flights. p but reagan national, they had their problems, too. 17 outbound flights and 10 inbound flights were affected. that's 27 in all. and even bwi make yorshall was affected. behind all of the numbers are of

course lives and name. people whose plans have been delayed, shall we say. people like margarita. >> actually, i was hope that it would have been cleared by sunday evening. but that's okay. i guess they're not used to the snow here. >> where are you from? >> reporter: and now she is a doctor, so she had to cancel several patients. but you know, the reason that her expectations were high is that she's from syracuse, new york where they're a little more used to dealing with this than we are. but a lot of folks are headed to places like that. we talk to people from minnesota later on this morning who have had their trip delayed. quite an odyssey for a lot of people you see here. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. so let's get real. the snow is not going to melt. it's too much of it. >> by july. >> right. so removing all the snow in big

trucks, you might ask where does it all go. here is an abc for you. d.c. crews are dumping snow in lot 7 at rfk stadium. there is some concern that debris and chemicals will go into the water ways once that melts. district officials from the environmental did department he checked the site and the water will go through mesh screens and into a catch basin, and not all correctly into the anacostia river. florida mo most of metro back up and running and it's taken a massive effort. special equipment had to make you multiple passes to push snow away from all three rails. >> we don't want to put people out there leaving them strapped, so we're taking our time and getting it right. >> metro couldn't put an exact numb number, but it's been expensive.

we're just days away from the first primary vote in decision 016. presidential hopefuls are in iowa this week. first we want to say good morning to edward lawrence live on capitol hill. an important next few days. >> reporter: very important. monday is the first challenge going to happen in iowa and all the democratic candidates are desperate to try to show that they are the ones that can lead us into the next generation. now, hillary clinton says that she would make folks' lives better as president. she says she has the authority to be commander in chief. hillary clinton did not mention donald trump by name, but did talk about him and reference him saying, quote, it's a great country, despite what one of the republicans says. >> the democrats tried to make head way in that town hall. anything else stand out from that town hall, edward? >> reporter: on the democratic side absolutely. that town hall, they were trying to again highlight what they say they wanted to have happen with the country. bernie sanders was saying that he in fact is the one who can

make change, change the establishment, and hillary clinton is the one with the ideals of the establishment. >> what about the republicans? >> the republican side, things have turned nasty. senator ted cruz released his second at attack ad in iowa attacking donald trump's, quote, new york values. donald trump is calling ted cruz the man from canada. so getting very nasty. and political experts say in order for trump to win, he will have to channel the energy that he has inside his huge events that he's having to folks actually to come out and caucus. >> we'll have to see what happens. he hadded ward lawrence live at capitol hill for us, thank you. as you would expect, nearly all the candidates are on the trail in iowa today. ted cruz making plans to make seven stops. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and donald trump are all planning rallies, as well. we found out jeb bush is going to be in nevada today. he has a campaign rally and that

is scheduled for tonight. we of course are covering the count todown to iowa oig for yf. i'll be there next week as chuck mentioned. you can download our washington app. we will have coverage from iowa right here monday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. >> i'm not going to lie, i'm a little worried, you've been going to wall to wall blizzard coverage right into iowa where the temperatures i'm thinking won't get above zero. right, chuck? >> i have prepared for this. i bought a balaclava. >> sounds like something i could eat. >> baklava is what you eat. >> that might not be bad. >> what is that thing? i think it's a ticket to tahiti. >> there you go. >> outside this morning, these pink shaded areas, northern maryland, eastern west virginia, southern pennsylvania, that is a freezing rain advisory that goes until 11:00 a.m. this morning. doesn't include any of the metro area. we don't have to worry about it this morning. may have a little possibility of

some freezing drizzle early tomorrow morning. this advisory up here may have to be expanded in to frederick and carroll county. keeping a close eye on that. if it gets s expanded, we'll bg it to you right away. temperatures only mid-20s northern maryland, but mid-30s washington southbound. so the meltdown continues for the southern side of the d.c. metro area. highs today generally up this to the low and mid-40s. mid-40s around the metro area. the next thing we're keeping an eye on, that opportunity for a little freezing drizzle or freezing light rain late tonight. it will be rain to start. temperatures well above freezing. but by early tomorrow morning, as the rain is coming to an end, some colder air starts to filter in. so worth keeping a close eye on. future weather, here is our little rain chance moving in after #:00 today. best chance for rain in the

metro 4rks:00 pchl a:00 p.m. an then colder air starts to move back in. so above freezing today and tomorrow. the refreeze concerns return to the forecast for thursday, friday and saturday s in a row everything goes back into the solid form, better known as ice. lots of slow plows on the roads. and impacting a lot of things. several different issues because of the plows and clearing the snow out of the way. this is the reason to stay home if you can today. we have a plea mile backup 66 inbound at nl nutley because it goes down to just one left lane. orange line, we now have buss from ballston to the four stations not opening. vienna, dunn loring, west falls church and east falls church. westbound 70, four lanes blocked.

gw parkway still shut down. they say they open at 6:00. travel times coming up. 5:55. folks up and down the east coast are still digging out from last week's monster snowstorm. >> people in queens say they have seen little help from plows. >> katherine creag shows us what it looks like this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it is a puzzling morning really for so many residents here thin queens. one man says it boggles the mind that his street the here in queens could look like this. he tells us that it has not been plowed. ever since the blizzard hit. for people who know queens, this is 86th road at 95th. residents feel per lplexed thatt is day three and this street remains unplowed. many streets are not been

cleared. mayor de blasio said he wanted all streets in queens to be cleared by the end of the day yesterday. clearly that is not the case and residents aren't just upset, they're concerned about medical emergencies. one resident told us what happens how would an plans get to a person who lives here on this street, 85th road in queens. that's the latest from new york. i'm katherine creag. back to you. now a developing story out of california. police make a plea to the about public for help finding plea escaped inmates. more than 30 search warrants have been served since the manhunt started last friday. officials say they cut through steel bars and plumbing ducts before climbing on to the roof and rappelling several stories using a rope. jill officia jail officials didn't realize they were missing until 16 hours after they were last seen. president obama will propose expankd access to retirement accounts when he issues his budget next month. and that the white house says

could benefit more than 30 million people. the plan would require employers who don't already offer 401(k)s to automatically enroll workers in an ira in exchange for a tax credit to offset the adm administrative costs. snow stopped falling, but the blizzard of 2016 is not ready to let us forgets. you're looking at a side street that could very well be the one you live on and many of you are frustrate as you wait for plows. plus the drivers of cars aren't the only ones having trouble in these conditions. the plow problems that are sloeing things down for people in one virginia county. tough job. that's next on "news 4 today" at 6:00.

we're watching the roads as some of you start to head back to work. the trouble spots you may encounter. >> you know before you can get out on the highway, you need too make it out of your neighborhood first and that is no easy feat for many of us. what we're learning about efforts to plow the side streets today. and melissa mollet is tracking

all of the hamg trouble spots that you need to know about. >> plus meteorologist chuck bell starts our weather and traffic on the 1s with the conditions you're facing right now. >> outside this morning, most of the metro area is above freezing. that is excellent news. but there are plenty of pockets of subfreezing air where road conditions remain dangerously icy. outside on storm team 4 radar, still keeping a close eye on this freezing rain advisory up towards hagerstown and martinsburg. not affecting the metro area because temperatures are above freezing here. 37 now in washington, but 30 in gaithersburg, 23 in frederick and 25 in hagerstown. so much colder air up across northern maryland. if you live up there or traveling that way, be careful. on planning out your day. a lot of slipperiness for the area this morning, lots of melting did your the early afternoon and then light rain showers move in between about 4:00 and 8:00 this evening. it will be rain to start as temperatures will be above freezing. keeping an eye on any chance for that turning to ice by early